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ELIZAU1LTU CITY. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY MARCH 1915
NO 18
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IZMUVMNLL
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SUSTAINS REFORT
OF REFEREE
And Vote Of Small Major
ity For T. VV. Bax
ter. A small crowd at Currituck
court house this morning heard
Judge Whedbee announce his de
cision that lie would sustain the
referee's findings in tlie ease of
iBray against Baxter, except in
Jyie immaterial finding of fact,
ad leave the result as in that re
port.
This (decision gives the ofliee of
Tegister of deeds of Turrit tick
county to T W Baxter In a vote
of rll; to olio. The crowd was
small this inorning because it was
.seen yesterday afternoon that
Judge Whedbee in bis rulings
was following the referee's fintl
ings closely. Only six alleged il
legal votes were left to be passed
upon this inorning, those of J J Ov
erton, John Duncan, J J Doxey.
Wallace OXeaV Fit Clair ON'eiil
and 1) E Saunders.
The case of B. N. Bray rela
tor, against T. W. Baxter, re
spondent, held the center of the
stage at Currituck court this
week. A crowded courthouse
manifested thie general interest
when Judge Harry Whedbee on
Monday afternoon took the ref
erees tindings and listened to the
exceptions filed by counsel on
both sides.
It early became apparent that
. T 1 1 1 1: i Whedlie would susiain
the 1 1 fine's findings in I he m i i n
poia - ;ii issue a nil I hat if 1 1. 1
should gci i he f; hi I di-cisi.ii! i I '
ft nil !c I lie In 111 - c 'n' mi v-i ' .,(
'it 1 1" 1 ' n . 1 1 1 1 i i ,: i I ,i, i j' i ! : i i i
Mm. -.he,- afternoon IhiMm- w is
..' , ! I ;,u-e o.i s ;hc.-id and tip' ''
w r Lin i inon- ballots mi pass
Oil
1 1
, un thai he wauled to
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miss in. on. iini"e u neiiocc s.imi
and upon w hich he had not foi in
ed an opinion, was ihe question
as to whether Ihe three votes
thrown out al C randy because
they contained more names of
commissioners tlum tlu.' elector
was allowed to vote for could be
counted for Bra. - AHer Hie ar
guanent and the t-ilation of au
thorities' on both sides Judge
Whedbee sustained the r.feree's
findings on this point .
fcyitc of objections and the
noting of exceptions on both sides
JivVe Whedbee continued to huh
taO the referee's findings except
for the six names already referred
to. Bray's counsel made an es
pecially hard fight to throw out
the votes of certain electors in
North Banks precinct : claiming
that they had never H'gistered
there, but to no avail .
It is expected that this case
will be taken to the supremo
court .
WM NEW IKING SYSTEM
At the meeting of (he Board of
Oounlv Commissioners held in
the courthouse here Monday morn
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till PROVIDES
FOI! SICK M
At Meeting Of Board Of
Aldermen Last Night
Motion Passes
The Board of Ahlerineu voted
unanimously last night in favor
of paying $700 a year for the
maintenance in the Llizalieth
-ity Hospital of a ward for the
poor.
It seemed to be the sentiment
of the Committee appointtvl to
report on this question, that
the board for the present was
unable to make this appropria
tion!. Aldermen Anderson
stated that he knew of several
in his ward who n tilled this help,
and he suggested that the board
pay the expenses of the poor as
it became necessary. Dr. lien
uing urged that the appropria
tion be made and laid stress
on (he fact that the Hot:
tors were offering their services
free in "ealffie' Board complied
.with their request which meant
that the boaiu would be giving
an average of $14. (0 a week
while the surgeons were titillat
ing an average of two hundred
dollars a week. He gave an
instance of working men in
town who hail no jKtiple here
and who belonged to no kind of
otganizat ion - ami said that it
was the duty of the public, and
n.it the duty of the physician lo
look after i hen .
Tile 1 1 1 , 1 y ohjeclion thai came
1 1 mil I lie lio.l -, seenieil In he tin'
liic low n u .is ii 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 In p.i il
.H pivM-nl ami lhal il was tin-
V in In.
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itial the
i 1 mill
, of III,'
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llial
ike pe I i I I m I Would
lie presenreil In ilie Coiiniv Com
issimris. lie also staled that
the Hospital would nkc the conces
sion of taking care of even four
or five of I he poor in one week
and perhaps none in the next,
for instance, finally Alderman
Anderson made a motion that the
Hospital Company make suitable
contract for Ihe .'57110 for I lie
luaintainanec of one or more beds
one half lo be paid in May, the
other in October. That the may
or and Health Officer determine
as to who (deserves this support.
This motion was unanimously
carried by the Hoard, after which
Dr. Helming expressed thanks
in behalf of the Ministerial I'
nion aiul Dr. Saliba in behalf
of t he Hospital -then came ;ip
plause from those persent.
Nothing else of great impor
tance came up. Considerable
time was taken up in the d is
mission of sire"! pavingwhet
her the town should buy1 the
le i k or woc'Imt ii should leae
both the pax inn and t he pm chas
ing to !. . Swilzer and Sons
and ;is to what kind of brick they j
shouM pun has ". Th y de 'id"d ,
finally lo Lr"l the brick direct :
from the Wcsfport Baying Co.
of Baltimore and a contract
was made with them not to in
terfere with the new citv charter
.rMt bond,toue aoyj
DEATH SICKS
Much Loved Woman Of
Elizabeth City Dies Un
expectedly
The funeral of Mrs I la siaipstui
was conducted on Sunday after
noon at the First Baptist church
at half pasi two o'clock. A wealth
of floral offerings, the most beau
tiful ever seen in this city, cover
ed the chancel of the church and
surrounded the casket. The soft
notes tif -Abide with aie' opened
the service as the pall bearers en
tered. and after prayer the choir
sanjj 'Asleep in .Jesus.' The ser
vice was conducted by the pastor
of the church, Dr. B. C. Hen
ning, ami the choir sani at its
close 'Jesus Lover of my Soul'.
The pall bearer were: .Messrs.
Prank dice. Marshal Pool, c. 1)
B. Pritchard, M. 0. Olovcr.
H. Weathorly. T. P. Nash, .
W. Turner. M. K. (Jriffin, and
C: JP, Muiith. . ..Ihe, iptermcnt
took place in Hollywood Ceme
tery .
The sudden death of Mrs Simp
son at two o'clock last Saturday
morning was a blow to relatives
and n shot k to her many friends
in the city and elsewhere.
Mrs. Simpson had lieen, except
for her deafness, in the best of
health liniil an hour or two before
her death occurred. She had
been out on Friday evening and
s-'cnurl entirely well.
Mrs. Simpson was born in F.liz
ii lot h I'm . I ler fat her, M r.
n.mra- f : I : 1 1 1 1 . Iied on west
'lam s, i , i a I i ha I I i in. . I I el
inm'll.,- ..'S j Ms j If l"i : a I ul
, i 'a , .i 'o.i-i v i ii I 'm d .am
i 1
M is,; 1 fl i m! was ma rri-d lo M r
'' i m S'laoii, w ' 1 1 1 I ii 1 1 ire 1 1 i s
i i' a :h was w i : h ihe .1 . II. Flora
urn j a n I b-r son. Martin Simp
son Jr.. sinics her. and is a
partner of the law firm of Ayd
left and Simpson. A daughter.
Mrs. Harold Overman, ulso sur
vives her and is a resident of tins
city.
A member of the First Baptist
church, Mrs Simpson was knftwn
ftir her many excellent qualities
and was Ik IomvI by a large nuni
her of friends. Hc-r death, occur
ring at the age of fifty seven with
scarcely a warning note preced
ing, was n distinct shock to the
entire citv.
BOX SI IMi:ii A SUCCESS
Weeksville. X. C. Feb 21.
The Imix supM'r held last night
at New begun scboolhouse was
a complete success. Not only
was the occassion a most en
j vii hie one lo Ihe large crowd
attending, but the sum of $U0.
was raised for improvements up
on ihe school building.
I -1 I 1 1 1 I'' til"
1 a : ive
The 1 v hi nl Ii uei' it report ed
that the i ity water Mas (it !or
d: inking purmses, and the g-mT
al sani'taty condition of the town
good. lie reported a total of
three while deathsand ten colored
deaths; nine white births ami
eight colored. . , .
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SPEAKER HEH
PASSES AWAY
Brilliant Career Of Young
Man Comes To Early
Close
Baleigh. N . r.. Mar. h 1st Al,
ler a bra e ami le roic tight i
for a we.'k during which tian- bi'
sufferings were intense, the gen
tie spirit of laiunetl Kobinson
Wooten, Speaker of the House of
Kepresentatives, took its eternal
flight Saturday afternoon and i-e
turned to the (iod wjio gae it.
lH-ath came at ;!:4."i at the Ie
Hospital, where he had been
since the fatal aiitnmoliilc
ride last Thursday night at
which time William Aynxk, Fn
grossing Clerk of the Senate, and
Senator Johnson, of Duplin, an I
the negro driver of the car wt'ie
slightly injured.
At the bedside when the end
came were Mrs. Wooten, wife of
the Speaker, his mother, Mrs.
Mary Cobb Wooten, his brother,
Mr Harry Wooten, and his uncle,
Mr. D. F. Wooten. all of Kins
Ion, and his faithful physician
Dr. Hubert A. Koyster. who has
been in utmost constant attend
ante on him for several days.
The Speaker was conscious up
to a few minutes of the end and
full rcalijiil that death was
only a question of a few hours at
the I II'
lie was told of his se
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dilion Frijay and wasj,,' speaker Woolen, ami so il goes
. his fale. r died I all daw n i!ie line. llewasaDein
mill ! 1 1 1 : 1 1'
. ' i, la 1 1 1 r 1 1 , i g . : In- 1 "i i.i
siil lei a im I rein slim I a ml la u i s s
one of ihe tirsi things lhal lie
said was lhal he would gel well
if be cm aped pneumonia. but
being exposed to cold for more
than an hour after the accidenl
he feared that pneumonia would
develop an I he staled this fact
to his physician and also remark
ed that his father hail di'd from
pneumonia and that he had al
ways had a tlivad of the disease.
Dr. Hubert A. Btiyslcr. who
had been attending the Speaker
since his injury, states that ihe
immediate cause of bis death
was traumatic pneumonia, which
is a form of pneumonia tine to
injuries. Dr. Koyster stated
that he stood the operat ion. which
was performed last Saturday,
splendidly, and lhat the wound
was in splendid condition and
healing nicely. He suf forced
no
further from his kvluevs al
tcr t he opera I ion .
Bneiniioiiia
(levelop'd Thursday night and m
l:is weakened coiidi'ioii Ihe do
seas,- could iimI be coinhaili
Tliere was en more ,oim!ai'
man in lb" Stale than Funn-il
Wooten. Four times he has
been a member of (he house I'imii
l.enoir (ounty. the last time be ng
eb vatetl to the speakership. Din
ing the contest for the speaker
whip he wan m kind and affable
RECEIVES H FSM RGJT
A medal fo heroic a, .,M js
to b- awarded nnn- U'slie
Hooper ini Friday ew-ning.
The iii-.-ii 1 1 ii t i n i ivhlress on
im occasion will in.id,.
Mr, C. K. I'ugli of this .
and the exert ises will o, cm
ly
ity,
at
iMackwell Memorial annex.
Cii the day after Thanks
ing. I'.H 1. six year oli liar
old tlilibs play ing ..n the A . V.
T ,m v wharf fell oti board and
hi.; :ir ihe instant action of
Leslie Hooper won I I have
di ow ;n A . Hooper w as in the
water immediately without lies
ilation, and soon brought the
little fellow up and out, chilled
and slightly strangled, hut suf
fering no serious harm. It
is for I his unselfish and ex
cellent service that Hooper is
lo receive the mark of heroism
Friday Kweiiiiy and many will
attend the exercises, no doubt,
Ihus expressing their t apprecia
tion of iiractical heroism.
to his ,i , mil nls as h, those who
were his supporters. .Vud after
his election he forgot that there
hd ever been any opposition, to
hiai. This can best, be illustrat
ed by revetting to his coinniit tee
appoint nienls. Mr Dotighion
whom he naniirl as cliairnian of
the most important committee in
the House, finance, was support
ing iiuolher one of the several ex
ceJIent gentlemen who were in
the race. Mr Page, who is chair
man of another et y iinpm .: at
coiiimii I Ice, was not a supporter
Ill, I II. I:
I
I III- '.
hclicyi d in im n and at
! ic in icra 1 ic i a m ils had
.a ., s i I s leaner he 1 1 O'Lol
; e cr I. ,, . it i.i - ,si
Il II
I
mi ii was
I'm ven
. ihe son
, Mary
II.
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o-ie:
,,lm.
1m- oi ihe late I r.
a well Known physi
u i .
, i.in nl I he easlci n part of the
Slate. When the lale Speaker
was two years old his parents
niocd I.i Ihe obi Woolen home
slead. Flm ( !roe. nine miles fi-oin
Ki list tin where young Funnel!
grew up, siirrunde, by the influ
ences of a refined home and Un
healthy surroundings attend
ing those raised in the country.
He read law under Ihe late Judge
A. C. A very at Morgan ton, and
finished his law cotisre at the V,
Diversity Law School, Chapel
Hill. . He w as just a few months
past Iweuty one years of age
when he secured bis law license
and returned to Kinston where
he has since resided and had
built up an extensive practice.
He was married in 1901. to Miss
Nannie Cox, daughter of the late
D. F. Cox, a prominent Kinston
banker. Two children have come
to bless the union. Funnel Kobin-
SU1 Woolen. Jr., and C, race Wont
(ii. These survive with his gray
lii-ed mother. Mrs. Mary Cobb
Woolen, and brother. Mr Harry
Woolen, of K'inslon His home
jf(. Wils a u t i f ul . in ihe night
,,f the caucus, when all ihe other
candidates had w iihdra w n in bis
favor, his first thought w, of bis
ivife, and rushing to the telephone
it wag she ut her home in Kins
Continued on Page jour)
REFEREE STATES
FIND TIBS
A Brief Of Judge Leigh's
Report As Made Public
Last Friday
Owing to ilm late hour Thura
day at which Judge Leigh's dec!
sion as referee in the Currituck
county election case wus given
out this newspaper was not able
to learn on what tindings the de
uision was based. However,
since that time a importer lias ex
amined carefully Judge Deigh'f
rehirt .
The following are the findillgB
of the referee in the case whichi
are of most pivotal iinMriaace:
He finds thai thte judges of
the election at (iiaivdv threw;
out j i.i m I refused to count four
tickets cast for Bray beiciiuge
each of th,. liallots contained
more names than the elector
was allowed to vote for. After"
scrutinizing! these, ballots thfli
referee decides tliatt oue of
them has no more names than
an elector was entitled to votfl
for.
He finds that Lancelot l'oy
ner was il it I v elected or apjsiint
ed registrar for Hrandy pre4
tiuct. that the registration
hooks were kept open by him
and that no qualified voter ill
this precinct was deprived of
'he right lo register or vote be
en use of I'oyiiei's failure tin
keep keep the hooks open th
line liuie ami
i o i ', i i led li law
i'i oel!a:les
at exacf placet
This find
a'p'tlljit of
have th(J
i Cinndy
a
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ii i m
I ;M Nai
I ' I '
iw shord
ballols casl for
i n ii u m 1 1 l.ci a u so
i it v ei i-
! a w m e torn ,n i w o
He linds that the county cart
vasM'is did not prescribe the
si,, of the ballots o lie usiyl it)
:he Itll I election .
He finds that it is admitted
by Maxlcr that Luther Wate.r
tiebl. J . D. Fisher, Fd Biggot,
W. D. I'.rumley, James liowden,
and M. Wtitertitdd were duly
(pialitieil I'lecfors and that their
votes should not be deducted
from the aggregate cast for Bray
He finds as to Will Bell nO
sufficient evidence as to how he
yotv and leaves his name to lie
counted as shown in the returns
He finds as to Willie nggl
the evidence as to how he voted
so conflicting that his name if?
left as counted by the Judged
of (he election.
He finds that the vole of Har"
rv Welsted was not counted and
the vote of Avery Woodhouse is
Jeft as counted by the judges of
t he elect ion .
lie finds that Kichard Water
field was twenty one years old
en the -jo !, of July l!l f. aiwl
limp fore, was entitled to volft
in the eh c inn of that year.
lie finds that it is admitfed
lev !ra v that Will Best, F . H.
Cm i Teuton, T. C. Woodhouse,
John Smith., Haywood Banks,
Sylvester Donald, W. H. Gal
(Continued on Vape Three)