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LORES aosElt 0 y ri . n -7 ri n nri 1 ' y 1 OFFICIAL PAPER. NEWS WITHOVTi OF BIAS CURRITUCK WS WITHOUT COUNTY PREJUDICE VOL JK ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY JULY 9, I9IS NO 54 a . a f ', i ) '-' 7 Ira TAX ASSESSOR WILL IT HE I REDUCT10H But Committees Will Go Before Board of Equalization and Repre sentative of Corporation Commis sion Has Been Invited to be Present. No defini.e agreement was reached as a result of the meet ing of the Citizens Committee appointed by the mass meeting last Saturday with the Pasquo rtank County Tax Assessor The meeting was held in the courthouse and came to order at half past ten o'clock yes terday morning. Every man appointed on the committee with but one exception was present. 'Representing the first ward were T. B. Wilson and P. HL Williams; second, M. N. Sawyer,; third. N. K. Parker, W. T. Ive; fourth, E. F. Aydlett, W. II.. Small. Ilepre xenting Xewlaud Township were E.B. Granger, V.W. Har ris; Providence, K. E. Butt on, W. F. Pritciiard; Mt. Beiimon,, IX W. Morgan, J. W Perry; Nixonton, A J Jennings, 01.- D. Sherork; Salon, George , Cgrtwrigh J. M. Wilson. The committees are determin ed to take up the matter with the board of Equalisation next Monday unless a satisfactory settlement oan be reached be fore that time. Interviewed by an Advance -reporter after the meeting Mr. W. L. Small stated that the xassessor had made no satisfac tory concessions to the eom- mittees . ' These commit tees", Mr. Small continued, will, therefore, go before the board of equalization next Mon- day and attempt to get satis factory adjustment there-' ' Judge Leigh was also seen by .a reporter of this newspaper yesterday afternoon. He en plained that the committees had called him More them and asked for a reduction of the assessments on the basis of a twelve per cent increase on the assessment of last year. "I told the committeemen", he said, "thiit I could not consider Miioh a proposition at all". He then went on to explain that an adjustment on this basis would iippear to regard the IJ14 assessment as infallible and final, whereas in his opin ion it emlsdied serious errors. Asked whether he was mak ing a reduction on his first . assessments Mr. Leigh admitted that in some cases he was. 'Ulere in town", he said. "1 am reducing the assessment 111 U:;'rs were not written for ub per cent. In Salem the re- '''!' '" lim1 Mp- Leigh did not iduction amounts to about tenf'cl at liberty to offer them for per cent and in Nixonton also! 'hat purpose. There will pro k. that reduction will be made, hably 1e nothing ,amiss, how- 'Jln other townships the values ? except in cases of unequal as- sessment will be left about as they are." It is Mr. Ix-igh's idea that the town property has always been assessed higher in proportion to its value than the country property, but that in Salem and Nixonton the as sessment hnia Kikun hiirher than m the other countrv townships. 1 Porters next question. "I t He is working with' the idea"nt" wa tne r,'l,1.v- "hut 1 i of equalizing the assessments and making them uniform all over the county. "Have you had correspon dence with the Corporation Commission which led you to make the reductions you are undertaking?" Mr; 'Leigh was rj ASSESSMENT BETSEY CLEANS DP Thinking, perhaps, that ex ample, might be worth quite as mity'li as precept, the town with in the last few days has clean up its own back yard. The property in question is Ink k of the city hall and, tol as long probably as the town has possessed it, lias been the dumping ground for various odds and ends belonging to the city which were not immediate ly needed. This condition came under the eye of the City Manager before he had been loiif in office and he was prompt to have the lot cleaned up. Ter ra cotta pipe, wood an,d so on have been ueatly piled up and the clear ground on the lot looks as if it had been gone over with an old 'fashioned 'brushbrooin.' Manager Commander ' says that with the co-operation of the people of the 4 town he wants to make Elizabeth City as olean a town as can be found in the State. OUT BUILD PUBLIC lift The city manager has plans on footi for building a public wharf at the foot of Main Street an improvement the need of which has made itself felt here for a long time. It is pointed out that considerable work in the way of new piling must be undertaken on the water front soon to oheck the sinking of the Main iSt.ieet Water (front. City Manager says that while this is being done the wharf could be built at no great ex I tense . Mr. (leorge Rogers has re turned from Manteo where he went with Mr. O. F. (Jilbert on the (ienevieve to witness the Fourth of .July boat races. asked. In reply the assessor handed the reporter two letters from E. E. Travis, chairman of the commission . These let pver. in saying that in the U letter Mr. Travis made admissions as to lead Mr ! l''gh to Mieve that some of the property in the county had been assessed too high . ''Are yon making a twenty five per cent reduction of the assessment in the town or in any township?" was the re "I am mi r anxious as any one to we Pasquotank county given a square deal in this matter and1 T have written the 'Corpor ation Commission to have a representative here at the meet ing of the lioarfl of equalization next Monday. I am expect ing a reply by "wire to-morrow." SMALL MAKES AIIEUAIII Chairman of Citizens Com mittee Emphasizes Point Made By This Paper In Last Issue " x Mr. W. L. Small, chairman of the committees appointed to try to effect a reduction in the tax assessments for this county has given this paper the fol lowing signed statement for publication. "Fearing that in spite of the editorial, 'A Misapprehension' appearing in the last issue of The Advance, there may still 'lo some misunderstanding . as to the function of the citizen's committee appointed by the mass meeting last Saturday, the committee wishes to adise through the columns of this news paper that each person who thinks the valuation placed on his projier ty is unequal with that of other property of similar values will have to attend to his par ticuar case by appearing before the board of Equalization at the courthouse, Monday July 12th, and make .complaint to said board. The only power and duty of the committee is to endeavor to get values'' re duced generally throughout Pasquotank County. This committee makes this an nouncement bcause of numer ous letters received in regard to unequal values.' ' Walter L. Small, Chairman Committee;., IN POUGE COURT Ed word Martin, colored was found guilty of larceny More Judge Sawyer Wednesday morn ing and sent to the roads for ix months. He is iin old offender and in this vase was found to have stolei lo tubs of hid 'rom Twiddv's iMocery. .John Williams, also colored, who lives here but works in Camden, was sent to the roads for three months for beating a neigio woman here about three weeks ago. m BUSINESS OPENS IT OLD FISH MARKET The Elizabeth City Hide and Metal Company is a new lousi ness now beinr established in the city. II will le conducted in the old Ventral Fish Market Building which is being re modelled for the new business. "I want, says Mr. J. Lamb, proprietor of the new enter prise, "to impress umii the people of this section the fact r hat 1 have opened this business in ElizalK'th City with the full exportation and purpose of pay ing them the highest market prices for their hides and for red and white metals such a copier, brass, zinc, rubber and so on, also beeswax, wool, and so on. I know" that the mar ket is very quiet now but J wisti to advertise ana get roy claims before the public, and if they are i from Missouri, 1 'an show them." Phone 867 P. a l?ox 1.12 adv PONIES FOR BALE Weight 01.800 pounds. Apply J. C Baura. Poplar Branch, N. C. jul fl 5t SLUG LIU PUT I New Aldermen Make good Selections in Naming Four to Serve on This Body Four Years The following graded school trustees were elected Tuesday afternoon to serve for the next four years: First Ward. P. If. Williams; Second Ward, W. 11. JenningH; Third Waif I, Geo Mark ham; Fourth Ward, Dr. (L. K. Blades. The city manager recommend ed that underground pijes for steam heat in the new market house which is now in course of o mst ruction be changed in order to withstand the salt water deterioration in this low piece of ground. The manager thought that the pipes should be encased in glazed terra cot ta. As it is, they are simply covered with asbestos. As the market house will have a concrete floor, the matter of getting to defective pijtes would present great difficulty. The question of a change was left to the discretion of the city mana ger. The cases of Messrs Duff and Hex ton against the town were ordered taken before the Su preme Court for final decision. City attorney, Thos. J. Mark ham has prepared to appeal the cases and to obtain u hearing at the August term of Hupreme oourt. Alderineo ,P. C. Cohoon, L. 1C. Foreman, and L. W. Ander son, were named as a committee to act with the city attorney in drafting the town ordinances for the ensuing year. The weatherbureau was given permission to move its instru ments to the city lot back of the city hall. These instru ments have leeu on the Brad ford property hack f McCabe and iric' store and permission could not obtained for them to remain there. The city health officer. I)r C 15 W illiams, reported the city water free from ollution but highly colored, lie reccomeudej that the city manager thought the sanitary officer make every effort to see that all private pre mises are kept clean through the summer months. He also advis ed that proper! v owners lm strickly required to keep down weeds on vacant lots and keep swamp properly tree ol vegeta tion. The license tax on Chautauqua was remitted. Mary -I. Cordon was ordered l aid 17r for property condem ed for the widening of Hiverside Avenue, this being the amount ofjudgenient obtained by her at the last term of Superior ourt here The iurv anoointed first ------ 4 to award damage for the condeiu ed property gave her 175. A similar judgement for ?li.")H in favor of .1 . B. Fearing was ordered paid. Mr. Fearing was awarded 2o0 when the proper tv was condemned and sued the town for SWIOO. The verdict was set aside by the president judge who changed the amount to IboO. Projierty belonging to Mr. Fearing on Elliott Street and condemned at f.r) was valued by a superior court jury at f 1 50 and thi judgement was also ordered paid. WANTED To close out our $1.00 Sterling Silver Bracelets at 48 cents. adv H-. C. BRIOIIT MO union iounum um UUHIIII ullUIIH nut PIS U0IIII FARMERS II II 1 United States Department of Agri- X culture Making Arrangements for I Demonstration Here lLast year Congress made an appropriation of $500,000 to help the farmers in various states fight the disease in swine known as hog cholera, a disease which annually kills over $75,0OO;000 worth of swine, and which in 1913 costs farm ers of the United States over ten per cent of their hogs, .7.'H.2K$ hogs out o tne total of til, 178,00 in the country. The weapon that is being nse,( to tight this costly disease is the Anti Hog Cholera serum, by which the hogs are made immune against the disease, and a further understanding of the xunitary precautions necessary to be taken,. The serum, blood taken from another hog which has been ini-' niuuized to such a degree that, he has jsiwer enough to protect nt only himself but many other hogs as well, is a product of, the research laboratories of the Federal Department of Agricul-j ture. and where used has been the means of saving- millions of dollars in pork, and the ; method of hs use is so simple that one has only to see it in jected, or read the instructions regarding its use when the far mer or swine raiser nimseii can do the work. The half million dol.ars ap ropriated for this purpose is being made use of, very Largely,1 in conducting a general educa tional and demonstrative cam paign throughout the country, and the work in North Carolina, was placed in charge of Dr. F. D. Owen, who has been in the employ of the Department of Agriculture for over fifteen vea rs . Dr. Owen was in Elizabeth Citv on Saturday. July .Ird, (Hiking into the possibilities of onducting a county wide cam paign in rasquotauk otinty, iiid other sections nearbyt He states that the work con sists of a series of nuH'tiiigs at litferent points yet to be select ed. and at which he will treat one or more herds ol swine with the serum to illustrate how easy mid simple the demonstra tion is. and at these demonsfra tions he wishes all the farmers and others interested to come out. ohsenc and learn the me thod of using the serum. Then at night he will give steieoiitican addresses. illus trated bv about sixlv view's howi'iir how this serum is made how it is used, how to clean up and disinfect farms, and other matters of interest to the swine growers. The eXM'iise of this work is entirely borne l the I'nited States (lovernment. except for the serum used, which has be paid for by the owner of the the serum used, but as that amounts to about Kc in pigs and from that up to about 75c fcr the largest bogs, it will, no doubt, appeal to the Tas quotank fanners' as a good op portuuity to secure immunity for their animals against th's dreadful disease. . Dr. Owen states that he wishes any one who desires to have their hogs treated to write to him and give him the mini ler of hogs they have, their live weights', and also the best way to et to . their farms, llis .iddresa Ts Dr. F. D. Owpn, -r-'1',-i'''' III TOO EVENTS New Type of Craft Inven-1 ted by Elizabeth Cirri Man Takes all Honors at Manteo TO PREVENT HUG CHOLERA IIS Firsts People from Elizabeth Citf-i who attended the boat races at ; ,; Manteo on July 5th havithu brought back enthusiastic ' !.. , '. counts of the events of the dajj.!;! :' From the standpoint of the .' HM(ple of Manteo the racei , . . were a disappointment only,ia v'. t one particular ; namely, ) &8 - , . first place in both racing event . . waa won by an Elizabeth City I V boat, B. Bajman's The first race waa 'a free ('. !- r all and the second a handicap V race. Mr. Herbert Creef of Manteo won second place In both races and Mr. Will Pore' man of Elisabeth City captured the third prise in each contest. Creef stood a good chance fof first in the handicap race and v probably would have won hid :,;r. it not been for a break down , -.' '.; of his engine A big crowd attended the races and the occasion wilt very greatly enjoyed by every '"'i : bony The judges were Dr. J. C. ltaura of Poplar Branch. O. Fi. Gilbert of Eli' ; a Mh City. Thad Snowden of 'Av' Currituck, ami C. C. Miller of0'1; Manteo. - Vv 'The Siide' was designed anil ' built h Mr. T. B. Daymen. ;i The bout embodies a numbed rf new ideas and Mr. Hayraen 'f has protectetl himself by tak ing out a patent for his inven . tion. He expects to manu facture craft of this type on an extended scale I'rominent people of Elizabeth City are planning to celebrate the next Fourth with lioat rac- 111'' here. RED MEN Ml C0R8ECTI0N A communication received at this office from Mr. B. B. ll(dmes, of the order of Red Men at Fort landing, asks that correction Ik- made news sent in last week from that place which stated that dinner would ls served to everybody and that the ) 1 1 1 1 1 i - in general is invited and urged to be present. Mr. Holmes says "This is the Bqd Men and Pocahontas picnic They are cordially invited." THE I..ATE8T Nilver mono- . . gram Belt Buckles for inen.'Beft our selections. adf - H. C. BRIGHT Haleigh, N. C. A7eterinarian . can of State If more convenient he state v , this information can be left Jf . with W. G. Gaither. Jr.' cash ier of the First National Banlt; of Elizabeth Oity. ' r . &4, 'Hi:.'- A 4 ' - ;- ' r u - "fl'.'-t'.. . ' .v ;
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