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"VOL IV ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY tiEPJEMBER 7,191$ NO 70 ( Mil 6REflTSUCCESS Excellent Speaking And Fine Spirit Mark First Meeting of Group One ' 9 The first meeting of group Qne of the North Carolina Banker's )Asociation (was held in Elizabeth City yesterday. She afternoos session was called to order by Chairman L. W. Norman of Hertford at the Southern Hotel Monday at half past three o'clock. The afidress of welcome was made by Rev. C. A. Ashby, rector ot Christ Church, and this was .responded to' by Mr. A. E. vDunning, vice president of the bank of Martin Countyp at Williamston, N. C. Fol lowing tins was an address by the chairman and the ' dis Hussion of the session was led oy Mr. J. 15. Ramsey, pres ident of the First National jBank of Rocky Mouut, whose subject was 'Ways to Promote the General Welfare and Fos ter a Fraternal Spirit of Group One'. Twenty four banks of Ihe forty six in the trritory com prising (Iroup One were repre sented in the meeting. L. W. Norman of the Hert ford Banking Company Hert ford, N. 'CI, was re-elected pres ident of the Convention; 0. H. Godwin of the Bank of Mar tin county. Williamston. was elected secretary and treasurer; and C. S. Carr, of the Green ville Banking Company, Green ville, W It. Curtis of the Bank of Ahoskie, Ahoskie. and H. G. Kramer of the Havings Bank and Trust Company of this city were elected as advis ory board. The office of vice president was "created and W. G. Gaither of this city was -elected to this position. The town of Greenville was chosen as the next plaKie of meeting and the meetings of Group One will be held each year on February 22nd. After adjournment the visi tors were taken on an automo bile ride along the rivef front and on a tour of 'inspection of the city. Inthe evening a ban quet was given at the Southern Hotel. Dr. O. McMullan President of the Citizen's Bank of Elizabeth City was toast master and among those re sponding to toasts were: A. M. Dumay, cashier of the First National Bank of Washington, N. 0. whose subject was 'Na tional Hanks and the Federal Reserve System'; II. A. Biears. president of the Farm ers' aiifl Merchants' Bank of I Williamston, who responded to. the toast "State Banks and It. Sparrow of Washington; W. the Federal Reserve System"; II. Wool lard of Bethel; John J. C. B. Ehringhaus whose' D. Lilly of Jamesville; A. R. subject was 'Courtesy as a Bus-! Dunning of Williamston, J. iness Assett'; and P . !B. Ross of Washington ; Frank H. Williams president of Fagan j)f Rocky Mount, E. C. the Savings Bank and Trust Rea of Eden ton; J. R. Mc Company of this city, whose Mullan of Hertford; J. L. subject was 'Thrift'. Music Walker of Hertford; W. L. for the banquet was provided Curtis of Ahoskie, II. R. Cool by a male quartette consisting ey of Baltimore; R, B. Ether- of J. W. Foreman, liiirry En- iilge of Manteo; L. II. Harri nis Skinner. Jhn M. liarney son of Columbia; W. E. Stnbb and n.'. G. Kramer. y , of Belhaven; Claranc'e Latham Those attending the Conven-'of Plymouth; A. B. Whitfield tion from other towns were: of the Bank of Hyde; W. S. A. .M. Dumav of the First White of Belhaven; C. H. National Bank, Washington; Wood of Edenton; H- M. B. Si. Clark and Elmer H . Stearn of Belhaveny Harry A. Spniill of the Bank of Roper: Bisrgs of Williamston. R. G. Harrison of the Farm -i Many were the expressions prs and Merchants Rank oif of pleasure from , the various Williameton; Jos. 'b. Ramsey of the First National 'Bank of : Rocky Mount; Norman O. t Warren ojf Greenville, J. D. J I Woollard of Robinsonrille;- W. It. Watts' of Plymouth; . John dl II 1 FROST Currituck, NL C. Sept. 7 Currituck Court convened this moning at about ten thirty with Judge Cooke on the bench. The morning session was taken up with the Judge's charge to the jury. The County Highway Com mission, v the Board of County Commissioners and the Board of Education have all been in session but the last nam ed bqdy is the only one which has completed its session. The board passed an order, to the effect that hereafter the proceed ings of its meetings be sent to The Advance for publication. The highway, commission passed yesterday in discussing the best and most feasible means of raising revenue for the building of roads in Cur rituck County, No decision was recahed but it is safe to say tbtit some steps, will be tak en to ensure at an early date a system of good roads for the county. The members of the highway commission are: E. R. Johnson, lr. W. ,T. Griggs It is of the definite and R. O. Bagley. thought that the plans commission will take shape by Wednesday. 8L0 IN GUM! A. witli I. Bloomberg, embezzlement to charged the sum of $050. was found not guilty by JurTgel?awer " inpbHce court Saturday morning. Bloomberg came to this city to enter the employ of 1). Wal ter Harris. Harris charged him with receiving and appro priating money paid as an ad vance on a suit of clothes by a negro named Harrington. Har rington claimed that he paid Bloomberg Hie money and an other negro testified that he saw the transaction but the corroborating witness was not able to prove good character and Bloomberg was. REVISE JURY BOX The County Commissioners in regular session yesterday in structetl the Register of Deeds to revise the jury box from this year's tax list in order that time may le saved in the selec tion of the jury at the various lerniK of court here. There have leen for some time many names in the old jury bof of men who were either dead or had moved away. Afthe same meeting the Com missioiiers voted to provide a fourth month's treatment for Miss Kteger in the State Saui- tonum. visitors upon the beauty of tinl , river front, the well kept appeW I anlae of the town, the hospital ity of Elizabeth City's Bankers and the organization ot the con vention;' Tfft: u: f r ' E APPEAL Much Discussion But no Permanent Action taken By Aldermen Last Night Last night's session of the board of aldermen, which lasted for more than three hours, was spent chiefly in the discussion of the license tax. the new ,licfense tax. Attorneys W. L. Small and George J, Spence appeared be fofre the board in behalf of the dairymen asking for a re duction of the $2 tax per cow. Mr. Spence pointed out. to the board that the charter reads that the board may' levy a tax of not more than two dollars, and that, therefore, the board is at liberty to make the levy any amount under, two dollars per head or to exempt the dairy men from this tax entirely. The yity attorney, argued;, however, thai the levy had been made by a charter committee, so the boarl had only the right to take oil' the entire assessment or to let it stand as reported by the charter committee. jThere was considerable de bate and the board decided to red u e the tax to !fd per cattle liea.il. then re-considered and voted to take off the entire lev jv. 4m$., dually rescinded Its action,, leaving matters as they stood prior to.-last nights meet ing, and adjourned to meet next Monday afternoon. The collection of license taxes will be held up until after this meet ing. ENTERTAINS FlUS CUSS Mrs. B. T. Venttrs enter tained the Fidelis olass of Black well Memorial church last night at her home on Rood street. A large number of the. class members and invited guest were present. Recitations by Miss "Terry and music by Misses Goodwin anl Parker added greatly to the enjoyment of the evening Delicious refresh ments were served . FOtll DUD 0 WS The funeral of E. J. Mer cer was conducted th n morning from the home on Cherry, street and the interment occurred on the family burving ground v at Camden. Mr. Mercer was Jottud dead Sunday night on the' porch of Sylvester's Grocery Store On Eu clid Heights at ten thirty and it was at 'first believed that he had eoniniittfed suicide but later examination showed that his death was the result of heart depression caused perhaps by the excessive Use of alcohol and other stimulants. Mr. Mercer was employed by the Crown Oil ami Wax Com pany here, and is survived by his wife and three children,. Rena, Janie, and George, aped respectively 14 and .twelve years. Three haif v sisters and a half brother also survive of age aucrmoVed to Elizabeth City friom Canwen about ten years ago. HeAwas a. member of the7 First Baptist' Church. Ui. loo kecoaQ fq or rue iiJ iieauni omcer re- Sorts nine whiteCbmhf and one eath;1 idTgfhe motitbj 1 of, Au gustt V eleven , colored Ibirthr aid seven HcatMr y-'Zi1' LI LIS. FAILS EVER CROPS And Offers Assistance, to Pasquotank Farmers in Enriching Soil To Pasquotank County Farm ers: The greatest agricultural as sets f the south are the long growing seasons, large rainfall and mjld winters, that enable us to keep our soils busy the year around. But if we do not. they are a positive disadvantage, for without winter cover crops our soils are subject to washing and leaking. It has been estimated that on ly one fourth of the olint fool that becomes available each yea is used because people have not realized that most of the euso luble plant food becomes avail able in the latter part of the present crop season. This cheuijeal change-is caus ed by an excessive amount i" heat Thus we can very readily see that our largest portion of plant food is subject to use; or loss in the tall of the year. There fore, we should use some method to prevent this loss. To prevent such an 0 enormous loss we should have some crops growing the entire year. In using winter legumes, apd other crops such aju:8fcjoiLta.j.nu .wheat we . . are able to occupy this idle space of time aOjd prevent the loss of plant food, at the same tiaie there ran be a valuable crop produced. With continous use of cover crops our soil can lie supplied with organic matter which will enable us to have a better soil, better crops and better live stock. Thus we shall be able to re duce our fertilizer bill, which has been eating out our pockets from time to time, and at the same time see the' Improvement in texture and humus content of the soil; for organic matter results in the formation of car bonic acid which tears down the insoluble compounds of plant food. I woulkl like to see eaih and every farmer in this county sow some kind of cover crop if not more than one acre; and if pre preferred, some legume. 1 can sdcure bacteria free for inocu lation. Yours Truly. (1. W. FALLS, County Agent. ,K BETSEY TWICE DEFEATED The idhiabelli City baseball team was defeated Wednesday afternoon by the Sound Neck aggregation on the Sound Neck diamond by the score of 5 to 4. Elizabeth City was in the lead until' the ninth when Sound Niqek scored three runs. Hughes pitcled for Elizabeth City fanned out sixteen men. r n e E (City 00 (KM) (M)0 4 S S Neck 0)0 000 02.'5 5 4 :! Struck out Ity. Hughes 16. by Davis 7. Rase ,011 balls from Davis 3, from Hughes 1. Hit by pitcher Balance and Sawyer. 1 Dry Ridge defeated Elizabeth CJity on the Dry Ridge Diamond Friday by the Score of 5) to 2. ft A R II E Ci UY 1WV UW lUfl Z O I Ridge uCK) 221 031 0 9 2 Airs. P. A. Parker is visiting Mrs J. B. Moran at Edenton. Frajk W?. Ilollowell of Portsmouth visiting his moth eft Mrs . , 0W!,r HoTlowell at (OZISSIOnCESliUES ,To the Tax Payers of Pasquo tank County : i The Corporation Commission at its recent session in Raleigh reduced the values placed upon real estate in Pasquotank Coun ty 5 per cent. This it the result of the fight made at the mass meetings in this county. Pasquotank County is the only County in the state whose real estate was valued too high and is the only one the Cor poratio Commission has re dujoed. The people of the Coun ty are to be congratulated. It will save the tax payers of Pas quotank between 3,000 and f 4,000. T. B. Wilson. BEACH PARTY AT POWELLS POJilT Powell's Point. September 4 Mist, Ivor Bray of Shiloh and Miss Madeline Dalton of Nor folk were guests of honor at a delightful beach party given last week by Mr. Charles Wright at Powell's Point. The other members of the party were: Misses Blanche Harmon, Annie Newbern, lela Harmon, Sarah Xewbern. Janie O'Neal, and Margaret Uarnard, Messrs. Duke Fisher, Norman Hughes, Bryan Fisfier, aud Thomas Forbes. The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Walter, Newbern Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gray and Rev. V. A. RoyaJ. CUSS ELECTS OFFICERS The First Baptist Baraca class at a business meeting Sun day elected the following offi cers for the coming six months: Jaa Ou Gregory, teacher; C. A. Cooke,, Assistant teacher; J. W. Wilcox, President; W. T. Love, Jr., Vice President ; Frank Ta tein. Secretary; Boush Leigh, Assistant Secretary; Kenyon Baily, Treasurer, and John Spruill, reporter. GOOD CROWD AT CAMDEN PICNIC H. C. Ferebee of Camden was in the city Saturday and report ed a large crowd at the Camden Farmers Picnic on Arneuse Creek last Wednesday with an address by Dr. Templeton, vice president of the State Farmer's Union and a big basket dinner. CHEAPER HUE FOR FARMERS County Farm Demonstration agent Falls had a busy week with the farmers of the upper part of the county last week. Farmers in Newland Township arc said to l.e inoculating their ''g- against hog cho'eri' v iv generally now. Mr Falls is expressing run sidcralde satisfaction ii. t'n be has leri able to call to the utbiiiijii of the farmers if this county ihe fact that t'ley ha.e beei paying too high a pil e foi lime. Pasquotank farm ers have been purchasing their supply from Virginia cities,, seemingly unadvised 'hat the last legislature had appropria ted fifty thousand dollars to enable farmers to secure lire at cost. Mr. Falls has writ ten State- Farm Demonstration agent Hudson to finjd out what amount is 'available at this time for the county. He ex pects to get the ground iiects to be able to get the ground limestone at about $1.50 per ton whereas farmers have been paying nearly four times that amount for the shell lime for use on the lands in this part of the state, the shell lime be ing tod strong for. the soil here. I 1 11 IV I Wll tmV W i TOMORROW :i611T Thrilling History of Great Struggle to be Shown at Alkrama in Five Reels The first pictures of the Eu ropean War seen un F4izabeth City will be shown at the Al Krama weanesaay mgni oi luia week. Thesa pictures will t9 of interest to every one and .tha ten cents admission price guar antees a full uouse. , ' The first reel will show ; th movements of troops and i pro ,. gress of the campaign from tha ' beginning of the war last 'Aug r ust until the first of Decembefl with scenes in London, Berlin and Brussels at the outbreak of ' the titanic struggle. King: Albert of Belgium at the head of h s troops and the Belgians eutreiiK lung themselves to meet uie uermuu advance wui ue part of the thrilling drama. , The onward march of the (Jermans, the tragic change of plac of amusement and gayety v into refuges, the bread lfne soldiers m rue trendies, ana the oocujmtion of Breussels are "" among features of the second part of the film production, while the third reel takerf XO the story of flghting,iu . JbejJasV featuring Ton Kluc k! great turning , piovement which ? result edin' thL Oerman'retreat to the Aisne. Wk' l ' The fourth reel shows Cana dian troops going to England's aid, and scenes front Belgium, I) England and Germany. The ififth shows the destruction of the sleautiful cathedral of; Rheims and the sixth brings', the story on alni(t to the pre sent time. From an educational stand joint these pictures should be . seen by everybody, and no movie 'thriller' can compare with them in the interest which these scenes from the great war command. adf. HAD FlfflS SAWED OFF ' ; J. II. Lutou, a young white . man, about twenty two years old and married!, who lives on Simonds Creek in this county, v had three fingers of his left had sawed off Friday while op-' era ting a wood saw. Luton is owner of a small circular wood saw operated by ' a gasoline engine. Tue wnoie , outfit is on wheels and at this',; season Luton is busy sawing winter wood for his patrons all ? over the county . x Fridav lift , was at work in town when the accident occured. Lutou was taken at once to the city Drug ' jre where Dr. McMullan -dressoil the wound. Splendid Scenic Display As previously noted in these columns, 'The Winning of Bar- ; bara Worth', a highly sutress-V ful stage production of Harold ; Bell Wright's widely read story, with a large New York Compa-' ny, ami splendid sceni(c equip- 1 nient, is to be played at The ' Colonial Theatre. Norfolk Va. i September Judging by-' the thorough advertising me thods employed, it is quite eviv dent that the performance is' one of unusual excellence. It .' is said that a number of theatre parties have been form ed and will attend from here , if the weather is favorable. . sep 13 It ' See our window display v of pencils and holder For a few days only IOcl .each'. vv J"jr-tf;:?: ; LOUIB BEMO m' fading Jewelec " ait: r i-
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