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' O'CLOCK v OFFICIAL PAPER NEWS WITHOUT BIAS I OF " CURRITUCK COUNTY WS WITHOUT PREJUDICE : .1 Fi VOL K. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY JULY 13, 1915 1 (HQU VmWAV AT'- nik i t i i i i i i ill i ,-.' i . . 1 1 1 1 - . f i r I II ' P7 - T I : i I v,i - .7,-' i ' u i s v m u u u t. t i I PEOPLE OF COUNTY WIH OUT ll FIGHT FOR LOWER ASSESSMENTS Get Exactly What They Ask For In Mass Meeting Assembled and Yet Increase In Valuations Here Prob ably as Great as Anywhere Else in The State SPEiICEB GHAPLIN PASSES AlVAY ' The total taxable valuation of iliie1 property of Pasquotank comnty will not be raised this year, over twelve per cent above - the valuation of 1014. This marks a complete vie- f L, tory for the Citiaen's committees v appointed by the mass meeting ofvMonday, July 5th as this ; is precisely what these com mittees were directed to ask for. I At the same time the pro- pofSed plan of adjustment Works confusion to atoy indi vidual whose property was far undervalued last ear and whj may have had the idea that he would be able to get his property! listed at not more ' than twelve 1 ir cent i 50$ thei, old aiuation.. For ; iajrteadof ising .the" did valua v tion a a' basis, f or adjustment there will be sifch a general redvetiott of the . new asses r men M will bring the total valuation rf property in- the v orottty rwithin 112 . per cent of the old valuation. The motion of the Board of Equalization, consisting of the :'.. ounty Taj Assessor and coun ' ty ; Commissioners; under whidf the adjustment tie made i in substanfe as follows: The V board will first hear and ad just individual complaints rf inequalities of valuation and v after these have been acted upon if the total valuation ". shall exoeed (a it undoubtedly . will) by over twelve per cent 7a the valuation last . year then ,'. su)Ch uniform reduction in the assessment will be made as to briii0 the total within the Jt required limit; For example, if the total as ih sessnienT snau exreeu iuai ui last vejif by twenty per cent. each 'individual assessme4 will be reduced S per cent. Tin motion was adopted after thft. board had heard ad dresses in. bfhalf of the citi- ' zens comiuit1e ly K. V. Ay dlett and V. h. Small. Mr. Aydlett. put hefore the Board the action (f the Mass Meeting V the action of the Mass Meet ing nd asked the Ismrd, as K representatives of the people of H county, to hear the voice of jf'J people in this matter and lejt( the demands of those i4e interests tliey have len 'wlcted to serve and guard. Mr fcmal! statnl that as a mem ber of the Finance Com mittee in the last lcgisla ture he felt himself jn a losi tion to say with all certainty, that a general increase of 12 per cent is all that is looked for this Tenr throughout the state. The lxard then proceeded to he(y individual complaints of unequal assessment. The fol lowing orders were made.. The . Edwin Markhnm Jr. farm i Ralem township was reduced from an accessed value of M.BOO to 1,400. The assessment of the W. O. roppersmith farm in Balem t was rednced fronij ,000 to 10 ' The1 assessment on the B.' P. tjameB farm" In' Falem Xwas "re 'du ''from -11,400 to f C00. , f i.a flement 'of flip W.' TV. Eves farm in Salem was re duced from $1,200 to fUOO, J. J. Morris, agent for Mrs. Mary F. Davis and TV, P. Small of alein were rtlerel to apjfsar before the board on Wednesday at 12 o'clock and show why the value at which their proj)erty was assessed should not be raised. The Assessment of It. 8. l'ritchard's farm in Nixontou was reduced from , f,1,900 to That on Karah ll Elliott's farm in &alem was reducel from fl,000 to 900. That on K. K. Wilson's wood land in Salem was reduced from fltiO to $100. That on M. . Cartwright's far,m in , Balem, was reduced from 1450' to 400 That on Mm'. 8. K. Lums den's farm was reduced from $25,000 to $22,000 That. on W. J. Banders farm in Salem was reduced from $1,800 to 1.600. That ooi OH-erman'a farm in Balem was reduced from 1.1000 to $2,730. That or the 8. "VL Harris farm in Nixonton was reduced from1 $1,500 to $ljl50. That on the J. B. Fearing land and lots in Elisabeth Oity township was reduced from $2.1.22T to $1,725. That on the Daihjy farm of J, R Eves was reduced from $1,700 to $1,500; and that on hiK store from $000 to $800. FCREES n JMl f . V Shei-iff J. H. Mitchell of Cam den county wan here Saturlay and interviewed by au Advance reporter stated that Caleb Forles. the man who a .little over a week ago slniit Men Hew eft. and who was released un der a $250. 00 lond, had been committed to jail. "FoHh's got himself in trou ble 1 talking tool much", said Sheriff 'Mitchell. He threatened shooting some body cJse, the man threatened swore out a warrant against him, Forbes was brought ' again Ice tore the recorder and a jx'ace bond in the sum of five bun ded was demanded.' In de fault of Imii(1 Forbes was com mitted to jail". Forbes release in the first in stance was the occasion for a good deal of surprise here. FARMERS TO 1UVE PICKIC Pasquotank County farmers ore to have a pirnic at the fair grounds on Wednesday, July 28 Br. IT. T. Alexander of Charlotte will ,be among the speaker rf the .day and those in cbarge of the day's program are making every every effort to prepare for a feast of v profit and pleasure; The f armera have invited Eliz abeth vCifv business-men to "'co operate with them in making thr occnsioh an cnjnynMe one. . Many Friends Pay Last Tribute of Respect to Man Known For Kind Deeds The body of Spencer Chaplin was laid to rest in Hollywood cemetery yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. Funeral ser vices were held in the home and .were conducted bv Mr. Chaplin's pastor, Uev. B. O nenniug, assisted bv Rev. I. N. Ix)ftin. Attending the service besides the immediate family, were mini hers of friends who gathered to pay their last tribute of rcsect to the dead man's memory. Deautiful floral offerings also attested to the high regard and esteeem in which he was held. Mr. Chaplin's death occurred in the early dawning hours of Sunday. For sen-feral days the end had seemed at hand. and death came as a release from long suffering). It was about six weeks ago that Spencer Chaplin, out in the yard with his chickens, was seized with an attack of. what he and bis friend&thxuight at the time was a seisifce of vertigo. For a number of days subsequent to the attack he remained in bed, but it was uot long before he was ont on the streets and about his usual work. His friends could not toil tu ofvem-e, however, that his restoration to health) ' hadl not been complete; and soon it became notuieafole that he waa losing instead of gaining ground with the passing days. Three weeks ago Mr. Chaplin gave up his work and did wi leave his yard. His physician, questioned by anxious friends about his trouble, admitted that he had suffered something in the nature of a paralytic stroke, that d bloodidot on the brain had formed, that his condition was precarious and daily growing more serious. Time bore out their diagnosis. Mr. Chaplin ceased to leave the house, became confined to . his bed, and for the last fe,w days was unable to speak. ',' Mr. Chaplin was born hu Tyr rell county forty -one years? ago. He entered Wake Forest College in 1892, completing his course there in 1805. He their began the work of teaching, continuing this profession until about ten years ago, when he came to Elizabeth City. ' He was married in 1895 to Miss Fannie Iean at' Cedar Hock in Franklin county, orth Carolina. Mrs. Chaffln's father. Mr TV. T. Dean, now; of Nashville. M. C. was present at the funeral and is still here Soon after coming to "Eliza- Iteth City. Mr. Chaplin the work of newspaper pondent and rejorter represented the leading of the State in Elizabeth TO SHOT DPI Oil M STBEET Negro Named Combs Hit By Three Bullets Was Able to Walk Home F0I1D STEP i 1 ' - FOR CURBITITCK . County Employs Whole Time Superintendent Of Public Instruction Jim Combs, a negro living on uowrtn Street, was shot and seriously wounded sometime be tween midnight and two o'clock Monday morning 'by John Dun a . l m oar, generally Known here as 'Dunbar'. Combs is said to have made some statement reflecting on iMinoara wue. tms was ok Walnut Street. Dunbar went to his home on Juniper Street, about seventy yards away, got his gun and returning invited Combs to repeat his assertion. 'RejMpat what?' querried 'Coinbs, whereuiKui ' Dunbar drew his gun and tired. Ihe ball crazed the ton of Combs' head and persuaded him that discretion was the better part of valor, He turned to run. hut Ihtnbar shot twice more and the lust ball, strik ing Combs in the back brought him to the ground. The other shot lodged in his leg below the hip. Medical aid vas aummoned and Combs wounds were riven anrgfeal attention. The bullet In his leg was extracted but the ball in his back is still lodged there. It is thought however, that he will recover.. Dunbar did not appear to be upset by the .occurence. After the shooting he went to his house and when officers Gregory and Holmes approached the place he walked oat and gave himself up. His case will not be heard lefore the recorder un til Combs is pronouneied out of danger. began He dailies City, and was on the staff of the local dailies when Elizabeth City had a daily newspaper. He Was also for a number of years a faithful djnd loyal member of The Advmiye force. Spencer Chaplin is .survived by a wife and four children the eldest of whom. Spencer ' Chap lin, Jr., is a lad of fourteen. He also has a brothen' Tj. R. Chaplin, a prominent ' farmer of lyrren cuiim., turn ,um iuuinv-i( frs Francis Chaplin, is : also, a resident of Tyrrell. . Both of these: were present at? vthe ' f rin- erarandjare ."Win lntheVdrj. Mr. Chaplin was a member of the Pit Baptist Tlmrdi. TTfl was also one of the members of the Worth Hagley Council Junior 0. 1'. A. M It was the purjtose of his lodge to at tend the funeral in a bod v. but a nhattge in the time of the ser vice prevented their doing so. A number of its members were present, however, us were also members of his church. Had there not Iwen au error in an nouncing tlie time of the service the numiher attending would have been much larger, spite of the fact that it was held in the home instead of the church. A man of kindly heart and generous iumpulscs, Mr. Chap lin was always on the alert to help those in want or mis fortune. He never seemed happier than when, having dis covered some case of distress he was able to minister to those needing help. Hisl kindness of heart and piick sympathy, were so unaffected and genuine and sincere that these qualities of tlie man made themselves felt bv all who knew him. Currituck county has placed itself among the wideawake counties of the state in matters of education by electing to the position of superintendent of public instruction of this county K. W. Isley-who for the past 2 years has been principal of the Poplar Branch High School. Mr. Isley will devote his whole time to the cause of education in Currituck. "It was the sense of the board of education, "one of its mem bers is quoted as saying, "that the county should employ a whole time superintendent from outside the county. If Mr. Is lev had not accepted, we should have retained Dr. New hern in the Msition. The only object ion to Dr. Newbern was that he was not a school man and emild not give his entire time to thei work.' SHEW GIGS GETS GIIIILI m A Dead Negro the Result of Prank Wilh an Un loaded Pistol -'; V. CHUM 18 SING HERE A singing; class of cjliildren from tlie (XI d Fellows child ren's Home at Ooldsboro will give a concert here in the Al krama Theatre) on next Tues day,, July 20th. The Odd Fellowa of the city are making preparations to insure the suc cess 4 the event and the public generally are looking forward to the occasion with much in terest., The. concert ofi these children is an annual event here and one walch is always sure of good attendance. Tickets went on aale to dayat, Beligs and'rtJserved. Bcata t should be secured at once.' ; , ; K, At a special service Sunday evening at Blai-kwfell Memorial Church Mr. Elwyn Trueblood was licensed or set apart by the church to enter the ministry. Mh Trueblood leaves in Septem ber to enter . Wake Forest Col lege where he will begin prepara tion for his ministerial work. The service was a very im pressive one. Mr. lftin, the pastor, spoke with great earnest ness upon the qualifications nec essary for one entering upon the work. These qualifications be ing understood, Mr. Irftin said there must lie absolute fearless ness in the mau who entered upon this calling and an im leiling and divine call. At the close of the sermon Mr. True blood was asked to address thtt congregation, and in a few aim pie but very earnest words ex pressed his ITetenn ination to fight the forces of evil and asked the sanction if his church upon his decision. This was hearti ly piven. The public ceremony of set ting apart those young men who are entering upon their prepara tioji for the ministry is one that is no louger olmcrved by all Hap tist churches but is observed by Black well Memorial church, Hnd amost every year at this season there is some young, man ready to go forth as a representative of tlie church. Mr. Ambrose Ward of this city entered Wake Forest last year with the pur pose of preparing for the min istry and was present Sunday evening with Mi'. Trueblood to receive again the hearty good' wishes of the church in the work he is undertaking. The choir, with anthems, duet and a male quartette, added con siderably to the spirit of wor ship in the evenings service. At a negro ice icream sapper ( .i- near Jarvisburg in Curritu; ; , County last Tuesday Mack ,Co--K .J , ton was shot and inatantlf - killed by Halstead Brotterai'';;-' The supper was in progress,-. at Brothers' borne and a gss&r ' , era! jollification was In foli awing. One of the arty 4 ' paying a "mouth organ' ah.1) )" preaently some of his feUdw . merry makers began to dance, to the music. Brother!1 objected to the dancing an.H V. rdered) his friends to cut it! , . out', intimating that if they did not heed his request he s - woiini mid a way to make tnetn. ,- do so . A moment later he atepel into the house; got hit pistol and ordered Dave Old.'," a man near the door td stand . ' aside. "I am going tq burn , ' Costpn", said Brothers, Where , - upon he levelled his gun at . ' , Mack and pplled the trigger.'1 , The pistol snapped once : bntA V w the second time it , nred , Coatoa dropjied in hla tracks. .V Icalibre bullet from BiWrifri' gun had drilled a hole in fX,f,A-' ton's body a few inches below i f ' the Heart. Probably Brother i ' K thought that the gun was not loaded. Frightened at the . result of what he had intended T only as a joke he ran " for a ( dot tor, going to the house of Dr J, M. Newbern, who was , ;f; the nearest physician. Brothers . ", told Dr. Newbern that he had r ' shot a man by taccident and ' 1 wanted advice as to what he' ' had best do. Dr. Newbern ' ' told him that he liad better put ) -himself in the hands of an offl"? ' cer, so Brothem went to fiherifll Origgs and gave himself into the officer's matody. Mean-' ' . time Ir. Newbern had reached -("imton and .found him dead.' , , ' A hearing was held at the , , scene of the shooting and Broth h ers was held for trial at the , ' '-. next term of Sus?rior court. He is lodged in Currituck Jail ; , i as is also Tom Jones, a Vir ginia darkey who shot Coston'S . brother not many weeks ago. ,f Jones, who skipped to his home imineiliately after the shooting ven turn! back "into the county t and Sheriff (Iriggs was prompt - . to take him in charge. ' : mum Mr, James Ijeon Bider of Kin ston and Miss Vivian Gray of Coinjrk were married here Saturday by Kev. I. N. Iftin at his residence on Pennsylvania avenue. The bride is the daughter of Mr. B." Ii Gray of Coin jock and the groom J a one of the an-gineers- n u the government dredge ' now operating In'Xthe Albemarle'''.; and ' -! Chesapeake K'aunl... ' r REVIVM AT GOIUBIA 'olumbia, July 1V -One of the greatest evangelistic cam paigns ever helfl in Tyrrell County is now in progress at , the Baptist chuith here. Kvan geist W. Ml Huggins of New-ls'i-n and 4'borus Director W. H. Howe, also of Newbern, came on Sunday, July 4th, and began the meetaing. They, have fought the forces of evil without compromise and in the most vehement manner. , One of the most forceful eer mons preached by Mr. Huggins was that; of Thursday evening on 'The Dead Church', in which he called upon the mem hers of the church to renew , their vows with God. Mr. . Huggins has denounced the er- frors of Russellism most em phatically in his preaching here and warned the people against its delusions. ; Misses Ruth, Sawyer and ' Mary Ferebee of Belcrops word n city r''tr r .. - -
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