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The Alkrama
A Model
One of Best Ventilated Play Houses
In the Country. A Variety of
Attractions that Appeals to all
Classes Pleasure-Loving Folk.
The Alkrama theatre has long
siv,ce won the ublic's approval.
"As we started to say, War
ren Kerrigan "
Ah! we knew that would
take your eye, '-ar lady. You're
no .more than human, and where
is there a well posted woman in
all the land who doesn't sit
up and take notice at the move
mention of that name? Hut
this story hasn't any thing1 lo
do with Warren Kerrigan fur
ther than that, as we started i
eay, he will he "seen oecasion
ally at the Alkrama.,. He will
be in the best of company, ton,
for in the distinguished gath
ering with him will be, perhaps
Mary Pickford, Pearl White,
King Raggott, jierhaps on re
in a while Maurice Costello,
Charles Chaplin, and scores of
other celebraties of the movie
world. The Alkrama is a
specialty playhouse, for the e
is a feature a distinctive fea
ture, not a silly subject boosted
up for a topliner simply be
cause there must lx something
at the top of the hill presen
ted every night. If there is
a vaudeville to be had good
enough for the Alkrama's pa'
trons, and the management i
realizes that the Alkrama's pi-j
trons are a critical lot, vamler
ville is the feature. When it
an be had the lest of the le- j
BARREL YARD
Theatre
of Excellence
gitimate dramatic offerings or
opera or lighter stuff takes pro
cedure over the pictures. And
when neither the legitimate nor
the vaudeville good of either
can be had, and the bill is
solely pictures, the pictures are
only of the best .
The Alkrama is a lovely
phce on the interior. It cost
a pretty penny, and John lrew
even wouldn't make remarks
about it in the dressing room's
seclusion to the janitor
nor the "other" actor
folk. There isn't anything
gaudy about the decorations.
Tlie proprietors had enough
money to spend to avoid that,
and Director Walter Dainrosch
could hardly be exeeted to
grunt "vodevillc" if he were
called upon to conduct his fa
mous orchestra upon its stage.
There is something about the
arrangement of the interior
that makes whatever is going
on in it seem perfectly natural.
There is a perfect blending of
the decorations with thi stage
fixing that suppretfs'.'s any
harsh effect that the production
being played might have. A
Drury Lane pantomine might
be rendered. Hmnlet's father's
jhost might prowl around, any
hamfatter of the obi school
might howl out his abuse of ;i
frock coated villian to bis
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FACTORY SITE
FRUIT AND TRUCK PACKAGES
Diagonal and Straight Stave Barrels
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA
and HEADING MILL
hearts content ,or little WilEe
might die all over the stage
and in the orchestra pit with
out the scene, losing one whit
of its effect because of imper
fect environment. The Al
krama is distinctly a theatre,
and wasn't built for a grocery
store. The accoustics are
good.
The Alkrama is equipped
with two moving picture ma
chines, a number 6 Powers opr
erated with a motor and one
crank machine in reserve.
The Theatre has been in opf
oration five years. A. K.
Kramer is owner and manager.
He knows what his patrons want
and caters accordingly. The thea
tre has a seating capacity of
eight hundred, and the gallery
is yet to be extended into a
horseshoe to bring the capacity
up to nmre than a thousand.
Four boxes are contemplated.
The stage flpace is also to be in
creased.
The Alkrama has been called
by experts one of the best ven
tilated theatres in the country.
It is open all the year round.
D-i-v-e-r-s-i-t-y
Spells
Prosperity!!!
Elizabeth City Real Estate Agency
L. I.. WINDER, Manager.
Offering City Homes and Building Lots; also
large and small Farms at reasonable prices and
easy terms, or will exchange city property for
farms. Write us when you want anything and
we will have it for you.
SPECIALIZE-
PEA BASKETS
AND
POTATO BARRELS
FOREMAN-DERRICKSON VENEEI CO
MANUFACTURE
SPECIALIZE-
PEA BASKETS
AND
POTATO BARRELS
Local Ice Plant Progressive.
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Seventy-five
One of the Leading Concerns that is
Ever Pushing Ahead. Sells Coal
at Attractive Prices for Home and
Steam Purpds.
Rates by Water.
The Crystal Ice Company was
established in 1889, with a ca-
imcitv of 18 tons a day. li
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104 the plant of
lee Company was
the Baxter
consolidated '
with it, the concerns taking on
this name of the Crystal Ice
ami I'nal Company.
In 1!M4 the capacity was en
largcd to :C tons a day .
I in P.lll a large new brick
plain was erected and ma
cliiiici'v to turn out 7.") tons
per diem installed. The plant
would lie a credit to a much
larger town.
Mr. Y. T. l)ve has b?en
president of the Crystal lee
and Coal Co. for the past four
years. The first of this year
he took full charge of the bn
siness. and now has in mind
the enlargement of the coal
business.
Tons Capacity
Cheap Freight
The supply of coal is large,
and the grades handled varied.
The extraordinary freight rates
enjoyed by Elizabeth City
makes this business profitable,
all ;' the black fuel nearly
coining to the port by water.
When the improvements eon
t'.-iuplnted have been made Pres
ident l.oe will boast of the
la-gest ai, in Eastern Car
olina.
The following Elizabeth bu
siuess men comprise the direc
torate: .1. H. A. Wood
lr. .1 . . White. W. S. Over
man. V. E. iMinstan. F. F.
Spinier. I. M. lve, the sec
rotary, and President and gen
eral Manager lve. All are
substantial citizens and well
known in the (it v.
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The Crystal Ice and Coal
Company is an enterprising
organization, with a pros)eroii8
business and a growing one. j
Not many cities of this size
have a plant to make seventy
five tons of ice er day. Too!
many citizens frequently face
famine when the weather gets!
extremely hot and the demand i
is to great for the supply, i
Thanks to these business get
ters ami city builders, the sup
ply here is not apt to fall
short for yvnvn to come.
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ASSEMBLING PLANT
The Back
Yards of S
ElizabetHCity
Clean as the J
Front Yards it
in Mol Cities
and Towns.
The Hteady, persistent
deter. '.:
City
preacii , ,
to Mr
mination of Elizabeth
health authorities to
to the people and not
contented with teTuporary
makeshifts is resulting in tre
luendoiis irood. Elizabeth.
City is not only one of the
health est nf Tidewater Carols
na towns; it is one ot :
the cleanest . It is al'
community in which clean-apj
week" is of little importance.
for Elizabeth C'ty is being
elm nod everyday in the year.
Harlots here after a careful ill
! sped ion by a u on resident con
I vinced him that Hetsy is clean
er than anv of her sister. - ,
llacklotsare very clean because v
the health authorities would ',
have it s. They are when
I littered w:th broken bottfes
i .i . 1
and tin cans breeding places :
for all Kinds of mosquitos in-
eluding the malarial kind,
well as the tilth carrying do
inestic fly. destroyer of babies
and one f the hark Angle's
most willing accomplices.
Elizalielh Mty is getting
cleaner every day. The peo- ..
pie have the "live longer' spirit)
They have had it so long that
the generation now being born!
has it innate. Paint brush,
rake and broom are popular
and honorable implements in
this comniiinitv now,
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