NEWS WITHOUT
OFFICIAL PAP,
BIAS
OF
CURRITUCK
COUNTY
)WS WITHOUT
'V PREJUDICE
VOL V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MARCH 26 1915
NO 25
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S
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And Work Will Be
gin on New Structure
Very Soon.
Bids are now being taken for
the ni'W market building for
Elizabeth City, N. ('.. plans
for which were made a year ago
TUe bonds have been soLl and
the work will procied sis soon
.as bids -ran be taken and the
contract signed.
The architects, .Mitchell and
Wilcox, have provided for a
modern, tire proof, building,
complete in every particular.
A feature of the building is a
complete cold storage plant,
which will furnish freezing
temperature for the mtiat, poul
t i-y and tish. Storage eoin
iri!iients are provided for
eacili stall. Special atten
tion has been given to sanita
tion, and display cases have
been provided for fish and oys
ters, as well as for butter and
poultry, so that fresh foods
may be on exhibit and at the
same time be under cover and
kept at a low temperfture. .
All the refrigerating compartr
ments are to be erected ir
plajce at the building,, according
to plans and Hjieciflcations oi
the Architects.
The exterior of the building
will be trimmed in white onaair
ellqd terra cotta, and all open
ings and doors are provided
Villi copper screens. 10 very
market stall is provided with an
ample floor drain, and the tops
if .-ill counters aiv of marble,
whih- die floois aie reinforce I
roneri'tr. I;l" h market si. dl
will liae an ollice mezzanine,
and public leva'orirs are pro
Aided on this floor; also ollfirs
for the Superintendent of tlic
Markoit.
In an interview given to
this
the
a
pajKM Mr. Mitchell said:
i ' ' In regard to
building it will be
surprise no doubt even
to
those most interested in this
new struct lire, to know what a
large proportion of the owt of r
modern market is taken up by
the equipment.
"For instanoe, in this the re
frigerating plant alone .will cost
somewhere near $10,000.00, in
clvg the cold storage com
paVjW for oili stall. These
conTftpftmentH will be built of
compressed cork, the liest ma
terial known for such purpose
and not used in the ordinary
stock refrigerators. P.y the
installation of a cold storage
system, a temperature well be
low freezing ean be maintained
without difficulty, even in hot
weather, and at a lower cos.4
than n much hipjher temperature
than coifld be soured bv the use
of ice. to say nothing of the
lalwr and annoyance of eon
stantl v refill in? refrigerators
KIN
FOR NEW MAKKET
Willi I'
t ing iso
with ice. which in this build
ntirely eliminated.
ther extensive but very
HEM PRESS PRAISES SHEEP
The following from Sundays
isUc of tl:,- Helena Wo.. Id will
h of interest to I In people of
Elizabeth City:
'The patrons of tin Helena
Scluiols and the CiMic gener
ally will be glad to learn tliat
Prof. S. L. Sheep, at a recent
meeting of the school board,
was unanimously iv-elerted to
the position of Superintendent
tor the l!)i: l!)lti s-hool year.
lVof. Sheep ijanie to us from
Klizalteth City North Carolina,
last year. with the highest
remnimemlat ions, and his
work here during the presold
school year 'has Urn ol the
most satisfactory kind, and it
is quite generally hoped that
it will lie n long time liefoiv
Helena is called upon to reconi
mend lii in to some other school
board. The schools have
prospered wonderfully under
his direction, and both pupils
and itrons are well pleased
with things as they are."
MRS. ANNIE E. HASTINGS DEAD
Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Has
tings oue of tlie oldest women
in IfcurtemNrtb' -JOaroliBauied
suddenly Tuesday afternoon at
the home of her son, 8. W. Has
ting's, near Elizabeth City.
She was eighty-three years ol,d
but was in her usual health all
day and there was nothing in
her physical condition to indi
cate such a sudd n end of life.
She was sitting before the fire
a boit; six o'clock conversing
with relatives, when she stopped
so-akiiie.- and hi-:- head dropped
I fii: w ;!i i! . l-'rightont d n i - J 1 1
hers ol' tin- family rushed to be.
! found I'.at slie had eiirei!
S!ie is sun ived by a lartv
niimbei of cliildr n. grand child
ren and greal grandchildren.
She was greatly loved by all who
knew her.
The flint Iral wias conducted
yesterday al'teinoon at Heleros
by ev. I . N. Iioftin and in
tcrinenl followed in the faaiily
burving ground in Camden .
necessary feature, is the cold
storage display cases for lish
and oysters. The meat com
partments, twelve in number
will keep the meat at a very
low tenierature, and an' so
arranged that supplies will be
brought in at the rear of the
stalls,. There is a public
space running continously
around mil three side of the
buibliiiLi ejitered by doors at
each comer.
'"The equipment of ' the new
market will mt be excelled by
any. The exterior of the
building is of simple but success
ful design, and the edifice will
be one of (lie show places of the
fcitv when completed.''
STOI.KN. Hi foot Canvas
Canoe, pain'ed grcn, extra
loiVJ decks. Howard if re
turned to Klmer Profilers.
:tt mar 2o n jvd
1
I
A Brief Review of Work
of Legislature of Present
Year
The News and Observer i its
issue of March 1 !M li added a
supplement setting forth the
work of die state legislatuie.
Front it is ginned the follow
ing summary of the most iiupor
taut acts passetl.
Probably of tirst interest ii
this section is the state wide
tish bill which establishes a
fisheries commission for the
state ami is '.osignod to pro
tect the ''-.li'iig ii.dustiy. The
commission will be appoint,
q bv the (ioverimr within a
few days, three meiubers of
which shall be from the fishing
districts of the slate and one
of the state ni.tl one of whom
is 1o be a Kcpublicau . The
commissi. in will appoint a tish
commissioner and he in 1 41 in
aypoints two assistants the sal
aiies of all of whom are to be
determined by the commission.
The drastic provision of the bill
and one which aroused bitter op
position allows the commission
ers the power when a man is
caught violating the law to ar
rest, the offender without a war
rant. A license tax is i.n
Psed on those engaged in any
fish and oyster industry and the
lsials used in Qshing and oystor
iiur are re(iiircd to display a
numbered 1 n for which a fee
is e ha i i'ed . The bill also
c.i 11 i s a 11 annual a porop'-: :' r i ' 1 1
o" Slll.tmii.
The Primary Bill
Of liisi importance all mir
the stale is die act pro idiug
for prima rv elections in North
Carolina. Fori y eiglit conn
tics are exempted from the pjo
visions ol the bill but all ihe
counties in ibis secion are in
cluded. The date of th; pri
maiv is the (i 1st Saturday in
lane next pieceding each gen
eral ehrtion hebl in November
The iriii'.ry is to be conducted
as far as practicable in accord
ance with the general eledion
laws of the state. Any can
didate for state or congressional
office is required to pay into
the state treasury $.r0; fop judge
of superior court, solicitor of
any judicial district, the sum of
$20; for state senator, the sum
of fXi. Candidates for any coun
ty office shall at the. time of
filing their notices of candidacy
pnv to the county board of
elections the sum of ?5. The
regular registration lxioks ai"
kept open In fore the priinari
in the same manner and for the
same line- as prescribed by law
for the general elections and
each voter when he registers
shall be ifonired to state he
partv affiliations. Candidates
also are required to tile with the
s'ate board of elections six
weeks previous to the primary
(Continued on Page Five)
M DONE
UNDER IDE DOME
TYRRELL CITIZEN
y
Man Known all Over This
Section Dies at Forty
Four
Columbia N. C. .March 2::.
.Mi . . M. I!ri( kbouse. Clerk
0!' ill - Superior Conn for Tyr
rel County died Thursday at
his lioiiie luiitv
Mr. Hrickhoiise was ah uit
forty four years of age and
had lieou in ill health for a
long time. For a number ol
yea is his friends had noticed
his decreasing vigor and failing
stmigth. A few days before
his death he b'l&in to roinplain
of an attack of grippe, which
hough not serious in ilselj' was
more than his decivasing vital
it y was able to resist .
Mr. Itrickhoiise was a man of
great stri'iigih of character and
of the strictest integrity. He
was one of the most prominent
men of this entire section ami
the son of Mr. . Joseph C.
ltrit kbouse. one of Tyrrel Conn
tie's mose prominent citizens
of a generation ago. Mr. Jo
seph Brickhonse-rmred a iarge
and excellent family, and four
daiihters and six sons yet sur
vivo their father and brother
Mrs. S. M'v Combs, Mrs. Sam
Leigh. Mrs. S. .1. Hollowell.
Mrs. .1. K. Pinner, and Messrs
W'a Ten, Joseph;. Stephen, !an
i '1. I 111 1 is. and Kphriain
1 1 1 -i 1 k house .
v . n llrick'ioii.N
ma 11 11. 1 . 1 1 1 i was
Ii 1 - on'. . -1 lii-o h.-r
wa 1111
ethical iirj
I 'j'li 1 .1 iai i
I iie oil II
I'M Wri'U II '.
I--a 0 in. 1 1 ' d .1 1 ulllic; , a : ,1
ol I n i 1 -1 . 1 1 1 u i I lion I his Ii u II '.
k in ' !imIl'' a nil ret 11 1 ir d to
--' In 11 d a I'i er I lie cereaioii . M I .
a 11 1 M rii . Lihria 111 1 h ick house
1 1 11 1 ' 1 i v 1 here when the news of
!i is illness was received . .
A member of the Junior Ol
der and of the Odd Fellow.-,
the funeral was in charge of
Ihos- two lodges and the ex
ercises were conducted on Sal
unlay afternoon, a long pro
cession of sorrowing relatives
and friends, in addition to Ihe
ineinls'is of the on I ers, follow
ing the body to its lasi rest
ing place in the ceineiei v just
outside of town.
For many, years 'lCk of
Sujierior Court, ami a man of
more than ordinary usefulness
in his torn muni ty, he will lie
greatly missed by bis town ami
county and the wtory of his
worth of olm)racteT ami charm
of jM'Ts.Miality.will be lold by
his conteniK)rarJ to their
sons through njnjt',.ycaiN
PASSES
AW
NOTICE TOMBMN
The penally for. fishing w 1 1 i i
out a Hveiiae.ij''a fine of '''
It is yoi? iduty10atid to "'r
lu st inteWit 4o CJill upon the
Slimir ofyotilf''Oiunty al nce
and imy ' tUI1 Jitfqif se as it is my
Y .. . f .
T
EVERY ClIIZEfl
Debate at High School
Auditorium Deserves
Good House.
To-night, tiiroughoiit the
length and breadth of North
a;oliiia, licked deleters of
h'u high schools lover a I11111
thfd of whom this car- aiv
girls) will try (,, set tie for the
country the vexed question of
the Ship Subsidy Hill.
The High School of Klizalieth
Ciiv entiiTotl the statewitlt; con
test when this inter st holastic
tlebate was first established
thwc yeiiirs ago. The 3ioiue
team lias not yet won the dis
tinction of being sent to Chapel
Hill to compute there for the
Ayoock Memorial 'Cup, which
in the linal 'contest is awarded
to the w inners in the debate at
the I niversity . Yet the train
ing in pjiblic speaking and the
knowledge of public affairs that
partita 1 Kit ion in the debates fs
giving the young aspirants for
forensic honois is of great
worth to the pupils and. their
effortMwiil4 h encouraged by
tlie patrons of the schiooi
At the High School building
tonight Mr. Henry YVhite and
Miss Nannie Fearing, class of
lllla, will uphold the affirma
tive side of the qties.'ioit: "Shall
the I nited States subsidize her
mei clian t ma': ine?'' The debat
ing ham from New born will
contend tor die negative side
of f 1 1 1 . ijuesl ion . 1 1 is Impi il
1 11.1I a larue alldiein e will air
d I ii exorcises and bv this
1 . 101 in e of their interest in die
.--x orators spu- iliein on to
i in 11 best elforts .
.b ssrs Aubrev Met 'a.be ami
I : il l ( 'besson. class of lilKi, will
lepresenl Lli,abeth City High
School al Washington tonight
dcl'.i.linu on the noignlivo side
against the Was! ingloii team.
Washington's n . r i: loam
will debate against Newliorn's
allirinal ive in the In I Mm- icily.
Should the Klizab-th City
teaais will both at home ami
am! in Wellington ihe sncci'SH
ess, 1. i debaters will be sent
to ( ! iK'l Hill to contend with
the successful teams from the
other High Schools of the state
for the (flip.
KlizalxMh City is in to win,
if not this year, then next, or
another year. It is Imped that
evofi-yl)0fly will got interested
in this statewide movement,
talk it up, ami lielp the school
bv the.ijr encouragement and
attendance t. might.
A large mnnlier of ladies from
die I'aptisl churches of lite city
attended the Stale Missionary
meet in: at Newborn ibis week.
I'urpost" to visit or b ie my
"leputies visit the tishtaanen
1I1 is season and I will be com
M'llod to pi-.u"riip ihose found
violating the law.
'i v Jjr n. LKKOY.
511! INTERES
m DECISION IN
CASE
This The News Which
Came Over The Wires
This Afternoon
(Soveiiior Craig has not yet
announced hi.s dtffeion in regard
to the petition for the pardon
of James Wilcox. This was
the statement of a telegram re
ceived here, late this af tea-noon
from the (iovernor's Secnitaxy .
The petition was given a hear
ing before the Coventor YV'ednea
day morning. Koscoo W.
Turner of this city appeaml for
the prisoner ami a decision was
ex ieo tod yesterday. Whether
the executive's protracted delib
eiation augurs well or ill for
the prisoner is 11 matter on
which opinion is divided. It
is admit toil tbajt before the hear
ing the governor was strongly in
elicited to the opinion that this
was not a case lor executive
clemency .
"Mr. Turner." nays the Newff
and Observer' wqiort of the
hearing ''made a splendid plea,
eraphA8iting the fact that tho
the evidence was circumstantial
and that even if the young man t
had killed Miss Cropsey, it
could not have possibly been
murder in the tirst degree and'
he conTended Wat lltf prisoner
had suffered enough.
Mr Turner also presented peti
tions signed by jill meiubers of
both juiies who tried Wilcox and
also petitions signed by about
o.lHMl persons in KuMern North
Carolina. He also received
telegrams while 1 lie hearing was
in proxies- a-kiiiu that Wilcox
lie pai tinned . lit" matle the
assertion thai no one was op
posing ihe granting of the par
m 1 1 1 n except the father of the
dead girl .
He ( -ailed to the attention of
the dovernor tlie model conduct
of the prisoner during his in
carceration,, lie had Mr. I).
Crinkley, Wilcox's Sunday
School ta:-her, to testify to his
good liehavior.
"Mrs, Ktlwin KerobtH-. i.der
of Wilcox and Mr. J. P. Evans,
uncle of the prisoner, were at
the hearing. 1
WILCOX
RICTTEST WOMAN HAD
SIMPLIO lifi:
iMrs John l. llockafeUer,
wife of the world's richest man, (
died at Tarry town, New York,.
March l'Jth, while her husband
son were in Florida. She met ','
her Inisbantl at (iraminer school
in Cleveland. Ohio, at the age
of tiftoeu. when her father . v'?;
was a wealthy mini of affairs, ' '
ami her husband to-be was a . f
poor toiiiitry lad. She be
tiiine inleieshd in his ambitions. '
and ineoiirnged him through hi ' ,'
first years of struggling for ed
ucation. Throughout their mar
ried life she avoided soclaf j
fumetiniis ami women's olubay'
making lu r husbaii, her child, v , .
ten, and her church her whblft
interest. . ' '
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