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..v ' ' .- ' . . . zr : -777 nt7 . t r- n S7. m i n r7 7 r-1 7 OFFICIAL PAP, NEWS WlTBOUTl OF BIAS CURRITUCK COUNTY ii I VIE JP5 WITHO UT 7 I PREJUDICE VOL V ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY APRIL 20 1915 NO 32 -1 -' 1 1 r--v f: f l . I ' i - X ill I ' I 1 III ' e r ' I UUUU I , P. LJ LJ I " i ?, I f w a ' nil ' w v ) "'k A r i IDE "DIVERSITY" VII BE TGLD TO HE WORLD o A Special "Diversity Edition" Of The Advance To Appear at An Early Date. Expert Publi city Men In Charge of Work "Tell the world about it. The great big, outride world. That is tfle iiniMJrutui maun. These nro important days many people are looking to wand the South, many are com ing this way for homes, and -still others could be influenced lo conuv Manv are looking this wav for investment. This l i a field of diversified possibil j nties. Elizabeth City is the center of a lriaghincleht seclion. There is none better. The county and the surrouuiding counties :rv fertile, the land is wy ... o develon. the climate in! pleasing. The great big! lane0"9 8"0er given by Mrs; VorW does not know this sec"Ida MotiHfc Miss Augusta C. ien as it should know it. Our Carstarphen ahtf Mrs Benjamin own people do not know it as H- lark at Mrs. founts homt; tthej shouJd know it. ' xnc Advance Relieves m vim abeth.Cifrjrand. in Pawinotank , j county. . mt ihmgn Mf W:-- Grear thug are in a A-i. "11 i tart ;storo ior.tne ,-xurure; -. ;lightful seocial affairs of the Wn Titvv men are niag.micOV ,,s, !.. S(.ilson. The house men. They have made their1 ft,.S ,.lsU.fv ;lh( ai.proi.iiately mark. They aiv doing Hiii (.(.t.;1,(.i, ,,. ()(.(.ssi(II1 wit, They will do some more things, j frhiu. ,..iri,ttti0H ;ll The '.lvaini- ii-opoHe to is- !(.,ftvtils tlie general color sue a special edition. Tll,S helnv being white and gold, purpose of that edition will llTu. were informally re to tell the sfory of Klizals'lh in ball whm. fruit City and the surrmmlinsectionl - and tell it truthfully. The Duruose of that edition' will be truthfully. The,! to scatter the story abr oa. It I is protiMsiti to put a copy or that edition into every home in' tile adjacent counties. it is , , 1 further proposel to put a copvi ' , . . into manv other homes in and, ... I mt of the Staff. (The Advance will spare no effort to make this ejlition worthy of the patronage of the Elizabeth City people. Eli x abeth City business men will be asked to aid in the work by taking advertising1 space in the edition. Mr. V,. Gay Bell, recognized as an adyertiwng ex pert and industrial writer the same ban who engineered the magnificient Interurban Ed ition of the Charlotte Obeserver, aereral years ago, the edition that was unanimously declared to be one of the best ever is sued in the entire South,, will be in charge of the special work on The Advance. Mr. Bell has done many other big pub- licity features in Eastern North Oarolina the past year. Foil Worqtifiition of the spe cial edition can be secured at the office, or-lf you prefer, tel5 phone and Mr. Bell or Mr .3 II. O. Bcott will call to see yon. t OF OPP01I08ITV COMMISSION NAMES LEROY DEMI The newly Appointed Piwh Commission met at Newbern last Thursday and elected H. L. (libUs commissioner with the understanding that l,eKov s,UHlhl ,M' I,iUmI i,s loIMlt It is thought that Mr. I.eKoy will accept. 1 he office, carries a salary of 1.500. 1 SOCIAL a ROPER ljl)e1'' Alril 1T.-The hiiscel WeeP.V Hollow,, on Ttfetday even' mi;. Anril 13. in honor of Miss Miss Mabel Roper; who nt t6 he married .. to Mr. , Elmer . C mfaimtiam&?m tnost elaborate, unique and de- 4 . , ill ?vivm uuin ui i utf and TMI it was attnodtlced tfrat tti&rttmtt. that thn l)rfi-'to-1w , tuu uu nnw w an IUIIM9UCU nun u waa- ,u , . tifur .lapane paraiiol as a pro , . tection of hep lovely cosuime of , j J sannon pmir,' armense go try her fortune by Jooking into the oVl fashioned well covered with green moss aKf frfted with moss covered bucket, olW and sweep, situated in the" ejwt bay window of the drawing tm. She discovered little jtmtiA Smith of Plymouth dressed an1 Cupid in white duck military suit down in the well who beck oned her to lower the bucket and when it came up it was fill ed with packages tied with rib bon. This was repeated nntil the well went dry, after which the bride-tbe, Bnrrounded by a circle of faces eager with anticipation, opened the pack ages which contained gUyer, china, linen, and fancy work Un exquisite pattern and endless rariety. . After the shower, the guests were inrfted to tn dSnlng room to 'see the raiiofiow ... wnjck was nspended' oter thV table and while admiring its' beauty, en joyed a ddlcioW ' iiaacKeott in courses. To each' place card The schooner, Kstella. belong ing to Ir. H. K. t'nx of this rily. ran aground lasl week on I'inkleton Shoal in Long Slmal Uiver. The. boat was h-adcd with sixty tons of fe: tilizrr and al least a pari of itiis carj:o will be lost . The ( ri t' r Pamlico lias been called to the aid of the KstHla. SPECIAL RATES TOR HAS The Ilaraca . Philathca Con vention in Raleigh this week, beginning Thursday evening, Apiil 'ji!n,.1. I creating wide spread interest among the young MHple of the Sunday schools of this state, of .all Protestant denmiirfcitions. Over 7(H) regular delegates have en rolled at ISaraca Philatliea Head quarters ( li-ecnshoro ; for sev eral days ahead for those who happen to be late in deciding to go. In addition to the regular delegates several hundred visi tors will attend the Convention, especially on Sunday. Wil- ffoTT nl Henderson are endea voring to MHiiM .H" attt'tMiane fruflirieilt to rilii social tralnMl for the Sunday meetings, W'liih' the Charlotte delegates. ac companied by a fnim.be r frfti Uastonia, will go I n. slecial car,. It is well understood that tW local; wnmtoee ..qn,v.oii'fel ift RaidgbV hflvelBecii plenty of lionleff for the delegates at $1.00 each per uliiy. two in a rooai, and those who prefer hotel i nlertaiiuneiil will lack nothing in the pb-udid hotels cf the i apital n . EXAMINATION FOR NURSES. The Roaid of Examiners' 6f Trained Nurses of North Caro lina. waH 1101,1 tu' r,gu,a,i Spring examination in Wilming ton, May 18th, lWh and 20th. Furrher' information on request Iibuis A. Joomer, R. N See'y, v , M' la tTouffr Forth StreUt, Wil lmugton. N. C. . ' - HAMl'Elflli fflfiB The Bara'e class' of thV First Baptist Sunday School last fcn. day elected the friI16win o!lSV cersj: Jas. (.!. Gregory Teacher; Mr. O. A. Cooki' Assistant teacher; Alson Seele President 41 W. Wilcox, Vice rrlssideht; lK6nyi Bailey Treasurer; Frank TatiSm Jtecretary; W. H. I&nch Assistant Secretary and tfar tin Slinpsoti Reporter. !FOR AlLOERMAN 1st WARD I hereby announce my self a candidate for Alderman for the First Ward. Tour support will be highly appreciated. Respectfully HARRY EKNI8 SKINNER was attached a tiny umbrella and on leafing eachvifuest select ed a nugget of d'tren the pfle at the foot of the ratebwr. Oorgtous colotqd btterties wire flitting about toe 'daffodils' tog gesfire of Spring.1" JUMP EH TRAIB RESULTS III DEATH Negro Trying To Escape Arrest Sacrificed Saturday Life .losepli IJichai lsun, a Newbern negro in the employ of the Nor folk Southern Kailroad. was ac cidently killed Saturday night when he jumped from the night express as it was passing the Elizabeth City cotton mills and, 'going ut the rate of about twen ty five miles an hour. The back of his head was crushed in. After the body had been viewed by the coroner it was turned over to Undertaker Zeig ler who had receive 1 a tele gram from Newbern asking that it be prl'pared for burial and sent to that city. Asked about the accident Ofli cer .Jennings said that the porter on the train just ls fore reaching El-abeth City, called his attention to Kichard son who was asleep on bin seat with his shoeless fool slick ing out in the aisle. The ofli ... went to Rirluinlsoiu tolii him to put on ill? sll0' 11,1,1 ,he qtwfdioned him nlsuif the con tents )f bis suit i'ases which the neg'O admit te.l rontained liquor. Srfyin'g that he Want ed io put on li It overcoat Rich aTdson' .aros but as4 i'oo'ii as he reached' i standing ,sstur6 h,. threw Hie coaf ovet' the dtr n is head, ran to the plat.''"1'1''' md jiiaiped. ' leiuiiiigs say.s n he dnl noi .-ee the man ivani uiilil lie ieV()- his dead I ii ii I . There lias been persistent r'K nun ih.ii the negro Was knock ed in i In hack of the head on llln 1 : 1 1 1 l in of the ejoaeli but this storv is discredited tfv tin .t)i ice . GILBERT BUYS SUITS Mr. Oliver R Gilbert of this city has just made an important ourcihase df men's suits to which hp k calling the attentloiT of rwwiers tit tii'lH newspaHf 11 i. F. Grief t .Company o( Baltimore had jW nlade up ia' twenty five- hundred dollar lot ot' fWrtbiniy for a tft'm which befdp the order was shipped had become financially itfywted Mr. Gilbert was on the spot when rtirtef & Bros, decided not to mak ttie shtpment and pur chased th' dhtire lot of suits at a most uhtuVuai prico. lie ells his customers about these shifts in his axfrerusemeiit on the ibaci page of this isMe. add. POR At jERMAN Vd& rJBST WARD I hereby annotinj my self a candidate for ''alderman foVtbe Plwt'Wftirtr flftejetft' t6 '.the' action of the bean-fsaic ' Vttmitj cm next toflffaty., LITTLE INTEREST IN CITY PRIMARY tl But New Candidates En tering Field May Make Race Lively Yet Mathias Owens and Larry Knnis Skinner, since the last issue of The Advance went to press, have thrown their hats in the ring and are definitely in the race for aldermen to re present the first ward. 1 'nless there are fuithef developments now the first will be the only ward in which there will be any con test and even there only three candidates are definitely in the running. The third man -I . y . Halbiuce. went into olhYc by a large vote in the last inn uicipnl primary chiefly through the support of the anli Sheep faction; bin it is hardly pro liable thai lie will leai ticket this year. Many diet his complete defeat Owens find Skinner in thi the ill) Held against him, Hcslden the rli-st.. however, there is beginning as this paxr goes to press, a utrong expecta tion of the entry of another can dhlitte In the field in the fourth ward. .Most prominently men. fionej among the prospects to-day Is Mr. W, l: Williams, the popular agpnt foi tfae" Wes tern Union in this citv. The general apathy in regard lo U- fiiiniai'v this year is excif ing eniiiarnl all oer the citv. The opinion 'ems to prevail that conscious of rfic nuili re i , Kponsihilities thai will deMdve upon die aldermen under the new cinder thoughtful men aril slow lo put themselves in the way of astfiffefhig such heavy public burdens. Of all the citizens who have announced Ifhei'r candidacy in this paper liactically every one has in one' way or nm t'ler expressed' his iiducrance to eutc-'ng the' contest. k Thev are entering the rare, they say. not through desire for office biY through un willingness to shirk responsibil ity which the people' btc asking (Jwl they take up. FT any of fhenf is going to iriake stretitfAc! effort to secure the office tot wbich he is offering himself ft does o appear. not Li yet The Kprfolk Southern Rail- ' I way win run a special theatre train wifi parlor 3ar Friday, April 23rd, for, the accommoda tion of tbos&'wh'o' wfsh to pa tronize the popular comedy, "A Fair of xe' at" fht-f New Weils. The curtai'p rises, at 80. The train leares" EUsa beth City, at B:-' and Wttfcat Norfolk at 7;4S, stopping at ta- trmedate statioai. phot Nor folk: theatres alto adWrrtJae ep rial - attractJons: tov W' sejln ELECTION SET FOR MAY 11TH And Polling Places And Other Details Have Now Been Decided Uron At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen held on last Friday it was ordered that an election be held for the purpose of elect ing eight Aldermen. ...... ( Two Aldermen from each) Wand of the city for the en suing two years are to be chos en and the election is to be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in May. or May the 11th. The following Election and were named First Ward: Godfreys Store, G . Godfrey, Ship and .1 . M . Second Ward: Registrars of Polling Places Polling Tlace: Registrar: H .ludges: P. 8-, Hill. Polling Place: Millers Store, Registrar: Alson Miller. diiflges: Llenry WiJ Hams and 11. P. Jones. 'j Third Ward: Polling Placet .lones Store, Registrar: Capt . Henry Covert, .JudgeH: J. B Burgess and M. M, lawyer, Fourth Ward : Polling Place. Pri tch and and Jacksoros Store, Registrar: Willis Burgess, Jud1 ges: 11. C. Prico and Ed Got dolt. - fr.VVtV Tlie Polls will be opened oh the date ,f election from half pasi six o'clock a. in. until half past six o'clock p.m. All ballots are to be printed or written or partly printed OP partly written upon white paper without deviea mutilation or, ornamentation, size of ballot to be otic and one half inches bj, three indies. The notice of election hast' been Hsled and Irt signed by the mayor and chief of police , ji RUSSENACKSG3 Charles F. Russell of Eden ton, and Miss Beulah Lescelle Jackson, of Oklsko, were mar ried Sunday afternoon at thl hom of the bride's sister Mrs, j. 'Claude Ferry, in thif city. A.Minbir of friends of the families witnessed the cer emony. , ;' Mr. Russell U a well know. young man of Chowan County, Mrs. Rtissell Is a popular young Ijady of the Okinco section, where she has large' numoer ot f HetlQs . North Carolina' Grand If aster of the I. O. O. F.t W. P." Erans of Grcenyille" wilt adHress,' the local order of Odd fellows ' . " r - . . s.k. , tii - next Bunaay ruxeniovn . i AJkrtuha theatre. ' A cortllal - HtaUon is extended : tt'"f?ftM fpubjjc to hear MrV Era&sv 1 MA
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