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1 - a; I 7 ELIZABETH J I IZJ' f 7Y 7 " 71 H I J ' ' ' ttlVtff U LTLZJ j M ' " ! i VWKCl U 7 J 7 7 TV7 I i I - i BIAS I SEMI-WEEKLY I . V (J . V " ! V . A : I ly c Vi.;vP?!P,?!CrouT,l v IT' I I .yC" I 7. -V- 1 - . 3 F.I Dnmrrmr i ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.; WES&AY OCTOBER 12. 1915 ''''WWsMsBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmBMSBBSBSMi I Te United 8ute. i. an " acute aipjviuauo coairoversr with i tone of ti retire x , AT I VT iTli i'A t k I n IL III III i omiL uiiiUii id is now PHI Oil TIGHT Joe James, a negro draymen who has long been suspected of stealing vunuu una ueen apprehended by the police for this offence and they believe lthat they nave a clear case agamst n,m. jameB oid & load of cotton at the in n,i ins Add tn lUf 4 A..: r? WMre ne g0t " gave i. oiu- a ncuuous name. Ha will be tried in police court here tomorrow Aldermen in Called Meety cles Which May Not be Sold Sunday. The lid Is on in Elizabeth City -Tiow , without a doubt. There has beon a great deaa of talk about Elizabeth City's S.- aay 'Blue. Eaw' since the enactment by the present board of aldfcrmen of the foEowing ordinance : fit shall be unlawrul lor any per aon firm or corporation engaged in the mercantile busintess, buy -ng and selling goods, merchandise, fruit confectioneries and cold onnKs, or any otfcer commodity, to buy or sell at his or her or Its place of business, or any where else within the city limits or witn in one mile of the dty llmitsr on Sunday( goods, wares, merchandise, fruit, confectioneries, cold drinks, and so called soft drinks or any other commodity whatever; pro vided tha(t the foregoing shall not apply to the sale of drugs, gasoline, lubricants, milk, Joe, c1garsi cigar ettes or tobacco. Any person violating this ordinance shalll be guiuy or misdemeanor and upon ,-conTiation shall be fined ten dollars or Imprisoned not less than thirty -days." This ordinance was a sort of compromise measure passed in an effort to frame a law which would satisfy those who wanted a less wtde open 8unday hi Elizabeth City and at tne saai time not offend the element who are insistent; flhat a olosed Sunday is impracticable in a town of ElizaBeth City's size. When the ordinance went Cito ef fect It clearly appeared that It rpleaaed nobody. People who wanted a d'osed Sunday complained -a the laxneag T tne law while those ho opposed any restrictions on (the aale of drug store and? cafe eommo dltlee were bHter against the pro hibition of the sale or sort drinks'. At a called meeting of thle board of aTdermen yesterday afternoon, therefore, the board added to the pros crtbed list gasoline, lubricants, cigars cigarettes and tobacco. Drugs, ice and milk are nnw tka nil nnmn.. 7Mtles which have not been puti un it, i der the ban ELIZABETH CITY RESERVES JOIN ENCAMPMENT The Eizabeth City Naval Reserves left Sunday might for Moroheafl City to join the lencampment of Nav ai Militia at Camp Glenn. An the militia of the State are required to go on this encampment and lUB ainaDetn city Division teft here with a full nF..n.4i Business men of ,thje city who have members of the company in their employ have been most liberal in the matter of granting them leave at a season when business promi ses to be very actjve. The Firemen's Carnival ooened last night and tne town went out to ee the shows. The Negro Aril- tccracy, a ro.licking minstru. stoow; The hippodrome, The Hurdlers The Crazy House and the Wi d Animal Show were among the most popular f the evening's attraction. OUfiers are to be added to the list this teven in an(l the CarnivH w( I continue mrougnout the week, The Smiyi Showg come to this city well reccommended, flnil from herb go to Rieigh, to furnish amuse- ment for the inidway of the State Fair, 1hich Is a reccommendation in itself in that the same shows may be seen here at the ball park that many peop e g0 as far as Ral eigh to see. The band Is a drawing card also auu us uauy pertormanies on the street attract roth young and old. adv TAX BOOKS COMPLETED Register of Deeds, J. W. Mun- den, has completed his work on the Pasquotank County ,tax books for all townships except hlizabetn City urn mcce books are now in the iiaiids of the sheriff who is ready to receive the tuxes. The work of Comolet nir t.iv books thj8 year has btiii extreme. y onerous and difficult on Recount of the many rovisiona made since pro perty was first listed. The county 'tax asHessor afl-r ho np.a completed his work ordered general rwiupMnn. of from Ccn to eixteen and two thirds per cent in several town ships. After the board of equal ization had oeen given a report uy Mr. Munden showing tne total with the rtductionc ordered by tne tax assessor taken off, the ooara made additional reductions in certain townships. When the books bade been made out on the basis of th,0ae reductions came an order from the corporation commis sion ordering a utiii further reduc" lion of nve per cent. A-l these u ciiBHKes navo maae the work of making out the tax books about four tjm,es as heavy as usual. THRIFT DAY SET APART FUNERAL OF MIS3 GORDAN . The same meeting or the board passed an ordinance forbidding the shucking of oysters -to be offered !, for sale except under cover sheltered ( from the dust of the street. The i ordinance also spec'fled that all 1 oyiters offered for Bale shall be . Kept in covered vessels. It has Men tbh custom of some oyster 1 dealers to shuck their oysters out side or the building and to sell and v. to expose the shucked oysters for Mle In open vessels entirely unpro tected from 4he dust of the street. Th board went in a body to the i of the new market house, , bere construction work on the "vaUs of (the bufding tuu now begun o determine whether there should .. one or two doors In the west ; wBi of 'thte-bulding. ' ' JT was rfouiKl that this was the Ion-eat wall; but tis where u the pcans called for two doors on the other two sides of the building only one was : ipedfled. for the west side. The aldermen ordered that the p'ans bo changed and two entrances provided on this side. The funeral of Miss Sophie Anne Gordon was conduceed Sundav after- Plioon at two o'clock t rom t ha hrvnnu in Camden by Rev. ti. L. Stack, in terment following in the famty uurying ground. Miss Gordon died Friday morning at the Elizabeth City Hospital where she was taken two weeks ago in a very critical condition after an oper ation performed at her home. She was seventy years anu seven months old, and her Ufe was despa'red of when first brought to the hospital for treatment. Miss Gordon was a member of Nash's Chapel's Methodist Church in Camden county. Sh la survived by a brother, John B. Uordon of Cam den, and two nephews, Sam Gordon of Berkley and Dr. Fait Uordon of Charleston, West Virginia. n- u i ne corporations, the liquor fu- terebt and the multimillionaires aie uui me owners .of yie earth, uetp t.' the shouting 01 the yellow W'eas. The world oelongs to the air.tiy man. ' ao tuieut, no c r citinstaiHes, no oppbrtunities w(i.l make a man a success in lite with out the virtue of tnrut hence tue movement for a national Thnit Day is receivflg encouragement, u is proposed oy thu Uieraatiouar Congress for Thrifti mat the Pres ident and governors oi the state designate a day the Sunday uefore Labor Day, as Thrift Day. The idea is a worthy one, and the labor (organizations of tne country are supporting it. The constant ap plication of thrift will make the world a better place to live in, There will be tewer inmates of cnaniaDne jinstuutiions, tewer ap pilcants for alms, less poverty and more happiness. It is proposed to establish state as well as national headquarters for the association and an active campaign undertaken for educat n the easy going asd thoughtless. NEWLAND NOTES FORBES CONOVER Pr G. PrltcWd of Providence was nere on business SafOrday ' V :, .? v.-vs :: E. Johnson of CirrHack tu spr Monday. - - - Edward Carroll Forbes and' Miss SalUie Johnson Unover, both of Nor folk, were married here Sunday by Justice of the Peace 4. W. Mundes at his residence on Uefdea street Ttte bridal pair ' were accompanied from Norfolk by Mrs. E. K. Whar ton of Norfolk who was msrrled here a little over a year ago. ( The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Conover of Norfolk and the groom Is the son of Mrs. LU CSe Forbes of Portsmouth. 8chool has opened In Newland School No. 3 with Miss Etta Spivey of New Hope, Perquimans county, in charge. Election on Central High School in Newland and Salem wfafl be eld to day. Crops are one third short is New and Township. Miles Brite 01 Corinth was in this community last week. Mrs. J. N. WiL'lams and son Geo Taylor Wiriams and Mrs. Walter K . Jon a motored to Norfolk Sun day. C. C. Bright of Lambert's Point a here visiting friends last w-ek. Rosa Williams a highly respected colored woman of the county died Tuesday. John E. Temple who has been Wry sick is now improving. W'js Fannie Bharber who has been sick Is now improving. Mrs. H. W. Bright ts sick at Iht home here, Charles Morgan of flheth- Qty was In this community on business Inst week. RUN OVtR BY FARM CART John Morris of Nixonton was In the city Saturday on buness.'""" Columbia, N. C, October 11th Mr. Sam Egertcn, an old man of this place, while coming down town Saturday night was run over by two boys In a tarm cart. His blp was dislocated and he was badly bruised and shaken up. The younr men are up for trial herel this morn- A revival is in progress her 'at the Christian Clurch. The nee 1ng will c'ose to-night acute oipivinatio comroversy with J unity, lU aauitiou to its dimci'.ties witu Gieat Britain, Germany and ..kxico. Aroused oy tne accounts of Turkish a.rociueg agaiusc the Armen 'aus, the State Department has h,. (ruf:lirt A mhoa..nrt . "uur uiorgeuthau at OIlBlautlnop.0, 0y caD. l0 lulnn e Turkish miutsier oi toreiJ gf. Ui.iled States was so stared by the nons of the Armenian atrocities itat unless the massacres ceased .riindly re.ations beiaeen the Ame icun peop e and the people of Turkey ouia be threatened. Otticiais made it n:ear. howev.r that this message, tnouB'ii iu impor tance was oy no means mlnhed, did not threaten a oreaa m diplomatic relations. Turkey aiready uas let It be known that Bhe wt 1 not permit interference ty any foreign power with her so t-aiieo Armenian policy. As Anle can life or property has not been af fected, the united states govern ment wlihout submitting an official protest, merely intoims Turkev nt the effect continued Armenian atrcr cities would nave upon the American peopl.e. Secretaiy Lansing said that no ren resentations had been made to Ger many regarding the treatment of ithe Armeniaus by the Turns. It is understood that the German embas sy at Constantinople tiled a protest "n thi subject with the Turkish oreign ofllce. Robert P. Skinner, ttfe United States consul general in London, has been "summoned to Washington for consultation on the trade situation existing between the United States and Great Brltian. in London the oonsul general has gathered much in formation concerning British exports and reexport, and It is thla phase of the situation on which State De partment otncia'a are particularly the tone of the cotton market r& mains firm, but the high level of nso nas not been reached since last Tuesday. cotton was quoted on the local market yesterday at 11 1 -8c. Fo lowing the recent ceo! weather and i'llng frosts .uuie puruous or the cotton belt It wouia seem ,that an advance th s '?ek up to or above last week's high evei mav not bo improbable. The prfqes quoted for seed cotton nt the various g ns in the section 01 io oc ock this afternoon were as fol'ows: We.k.vile G nnlng Company A SaWVfT Relrrnaa cents 4.90 5.00 Eattern. Cotton Oil Co, Hertford 6.00 L. M(. Sawyer, Burnt Mill 5. 00 Hubbard, Jones & Pugh, Old Trap 5.10 V. Bright, Woodvilie Gregory & Forbes. Hhiioh W. G. Stafford South Mills W,. S. Berry, Beicroos W, T. Wright, Shlloh V Jones, Oklsko, 0. V. To we, Chapanoke. fl. R. Keaton Cn I'enpip's Oil & Ginning Co irizabeth City m MnHg Cq.. port . 5.00 5,00 5.00 5.U0 5.00 5.10 5.15 5.00 4.90 no re BURGLARY NEAR CRE8WELL J . vv . bhores returned Friday from Creswell where lie was cal ed hy telegram Wednesday night by Sheriff Reed of Washington coun . m BBurcu ior me their who on the night before smashed a window jn the store of Peter Prltch ard between Cress well and stole a gun. Mr. Shores ano nis dogs tracked the theif to Deep Creek I, andmg, two miles be low the store.. TWere the fugl tive had made his escape by boat, Elizabeth City Ladles take Active 'Part In Tem perance Meeting Held at Raleigh Mrs. Clay Foreman of this citVwaa reelected vice president of th Nnrth Caro.isa Woman's Christian Temper. ance Union at the thirty-third set. slon of that organization Saturday la Raleigh. Business matters took un th IngB of Friday, until th eveirfn when the White Ribbon band sa fornwlly welcomed by Governnn Cralg, Mayor Johsson ana athsi speakers represenung the phys'clanj or tne city and other organizations - In sympaty with the (temperance movement, 1 On Saturday evening an address f ' by Chief Justice Water Clark whlflK' dealt with ,tlhe notary public decision and suongly advocated woman's suf. frnge as a means of removing unjist " a.scnuiinatloss against the women of North Carolina was neard with spe cial interest. The State organiifc. t on of the W. c. t. U. has never ioae on record as tavorfng equal ' juffrago ithough it is prominent on ' the platform of the narfldnal organ1 zatlon. Mrs. Ooodno president of the S,tate W. C. T. V. ia itmn.l. "' '' n favor of woman suffrage, but . other speakers opposen taklnr i 1 stand in its favor and the matter was finally refered to a commltte to be Reported upon at next year's ineetlnj. , anxious to obtain first hand informs tlon from him. NO RELEA8E FOR HUERTA victonano Huerta tormer dicta tor of Mexico, who was mad a a prisonter by the United States when he approached the border om months ago, presumably to organize an expediency foroe tor operations south of thfa border, will not be released as was recently suggested by Cardinal Gibbons. Department of Justice otticiais- assert that they havie Information concerning Huor- tas affairs that Justify his deten tion until a provisional government has been established in Mexico. Th" understanding is that Huerta win not be no eased until th United States and the Neven other American powers that comprise the Pan American Conference have recognlzed a government South of the Rio Grande. semi-centennial of the view fifty year8 ago of the GRAND ARMY DISBANDED The last of the ttrand Army vis itors bar practlcaiy eft Washing ton, after tho impressive ceremonies last week in coueruoa with the grand re- Union rmy at the close of too Civil War in 1865 . A few of the aged soldiers and visitors havo remained over U witness ths laying of ithe corner rtono of the Arlington Mem orial amphitheatre, which was to take place last r wee but jiris potr poned, on account of inoipnient weather on the day -ot for those exercises. 8AK8 BURKE Abe Saks and Oussle Burke, both of tlorfof k, were married hero Fri day. by Justlco of tho Pesce J;W. Munden. , Y' '""rwivr MEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON At the memorial! exercises held on Saturday morning Mrs. William Boettcher of this city spoke of the work done Here along W. (j. The Chautauqua guarantor for T. U. lines by the late Mr. Ktm 1916 will meet In the offices of C. R. E. Zimmerman Pugl in the Hint on Bldg., Wednes day afternoon at five o'clock to ceot offlcersi- AU guarantors tre requested to be present. The annual sermon was preached Sunday morning by Dr. L. E. B. Freeman, of the chair of Bible and Phllosphy at Mefleditn College., sad the meqtlng on Sunday night WSJ marked ft- stiriog address by IflSS Lillian PBelps of New York. Miss Germany has sent no new note to L, . , k Tr..i " the ,1(Juor tramc not n its use GERMANY MEETS DEMANDS the United States regarding the Ara blc case and the imperial govern ment's submarine policy, but Instead Count von Bernstorff the German Ambassador, has been given full au hority to carry the negotiations to a conclusion without further reference to his home government, according to a statement from an authoritative source close to the Ambassador, The Ambassador recently turned over to the Secretary of State some material. part of which was In writing, but this was in the nature of a persons me morandum, It Is understood, and not formal communication from Ber lin. The next step toward an adjustment of the dlfflcutles will be a conference between the Secretary of State and the German Ambassa dor. It Is the intention of the admin istration to stand Ann for all that has been demand' d of Germany. There Is a berief on the nart of some otHkalB here that the Ger man government would be quQte satisfied to let; the -matter rest, now that It hat ten removed from tho "cute stage, but It is declared that the United State will not be a party to such a pan. AN INQENIOU8 FARMER An Ingenious farmer of Illinois attached a rubber hose to tho ex haust of his automobile, . drove through his fields snd inserted the hose Into every gopher hole he found. , Every gopher was klllea. The farmer then Inserted the hose Into raf holes, "turned" on his engine snd the rodents have dlsappearel. or abuse out in the very nature of the thing It self," threw out t&0 ' argument tharf. prohibition does not ' prohibit, save statistics showing the cost of caring for men and women who nave become worthless ' members of society through tho ' liquor evil and brought her speech, to a climax with a plea for suffrage, calRlsg attention to the manner la ' which women In other states save ' erferclsed the ballot against tha w liquor traffic in those states. Following Miss Phelps address tha''; sum of three hundred and flttf dollars was obtained In donations and pledges for the work of tJoa ' Woman's Christian Temperesct Union in North Carolina. . The convention came to a 0I0M ' Monday evening with a reception given by the Woman's Club of Ral- ,y eigh. Eizabeth were Mrs. City's Clay representatives Foreman F. Derrtekson Mr Mm.' Wm. Boettchor and Miss LUlle Grand?. , Mrs. roremsk. Mrs. Derickson and Mrs. Bostttcber returned today, from ' he meeting, Miss Orandy rentals Ing to visit friends In Raleigh, MATTIE GIBBS WILL RECOVER It Is now stated thai Mattie Olbbi, the colored woman who was atot oy her husband about two week ago win recover. one jeyo, part of her nose, and one cheek Were fort away? but "she will leave &4 hospital in a few days.
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