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BIAS I VIEWS WITHOUT I SEAfi-TFEEKLF PREJUDICE PAPER VOL V ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MARCH 3, 1916 NO 18 '( '-' v f L-Y -. -I ,' . i r lib1 R E P I j I L I r: A i J 3 III HANDS OF BUTLER Carl Duncan and Cy Thompson Think That Without Them "Grand Old Party"isin Bad Way The following is an abridged ac--count of the News and Observer's - report of the meeting of the Repub lican State Convention held in Ral--elgh on Wednesday of this week: Following the dictates of Marion But'er, the Republican State Con vention yesterday unseated E. C. Duncan as National Committeeman and named in his his stead John Mctley Morehead of Charlotte, whose split with Duncan, after in sistence of theConyentionled by. VMitlcr. furnished the sensation of the day. Ir m Tuesday night when, in tin interest of harmony, he offered to efface himse'f from the fruits of the campaign if Duncan would do ''likewise, Marion Butlar had the convention with him. Making his a pearance always at decisive mo n:nts, play in; his hand drama ti ally and tonfldently, he4 brought semiring "ovations unto himseif ana success to his efforts. What little hope ,there had been ' of a harmonious convention was - disrupted.' Tuesday night . Butler ret umed to North .Carolina making ' - the proposition that E., C. Duncan, twelve y ears the" National Com mitteemen and his own personal -enemy, step down and out. In con sideration of, this hs would do like wise, thus healing the Taft and Roosevelt split in the party. Dun can declined this obstinately, treat ing Butler's offer as impertinence. Refused To Get Down "It is folly' he is quoted- as having said, ' 'to compromise with a. man holding a pair of deuces when you ho1d four aces yourself.' ' Frknds yesterday who saw how the convention was standing and who viewed the steam roller pre Tarations with alarm, earnestly be rsought h'm to reconsider. lie world net, dec'aring that Butler had st acked his honor had come to North Carolina to get control - of the party oh the pretext of seek f harmony, and he would not '.vle'd himself beaten. A harmony gathering in the Wake county courthouse Tuesday night, with the Butler element completely in control, went on record for har mony evsii if a fight was necessary - to get it. Moreover, it was the determination of the de'egates there to annihilate any man who ct cod in the way. During the night it became known that John Motley Morehead, C, J. "Harris, E, C. Duncan, and Cyrus Thompson were slated for the del gates to the national convention ty the Duncan forces, and that they had agreed to stand or fall by the national committeeman. In the meantime the name of Morehead was seized upon by .the Butler delegates. In another har , mony meeting yesterday morning 1n fhe courfhouse, several hours be fore the convention was called to order, Marlon ' Butler called for action, and the name of Morehead'1 was presented and received with , -acclamations of delight. . But r tlorchead then wou'd have none of it. He announced his allegiance to Duncan and emphatically de clined to have his name considered, emphatically declaring that he would tot serve even though elect ed. Here Tom Settle took hold of the delegates In the harmony meeting with a grip of compelling oratory. Praises Morehead ' 'He can no more refuse to serve, ' he declared. ' 'than Jus tice Hughes could refuse to serve to serve as t candidate for the MRS ANNIE E. SPROUSE DEAD Manteo, February 29 Mrs Annie E Sprouse died Thursday evening atjO : 30 o't lock at the home I ier om,.R.?YT J Ragland- She . was a member of the Manteo Baptist ihurch, was torn ac Chorlottesville, Va., and lived there until 1905, when when she moved to Stewart, Va., with her son. Rev. T. J. Ragland, thonce to North Carolina, where Mr. Ragland held several pastor ates. She was married twice; first to B. F. Raglind and after his death to Dabny Sprouse. She was 73 years old when she died. All that medi cal sk!ll and loving hinds could do for her was done.1 but to no avail. Rev J. C. Humblte conducted the burial services.and she was laid to rest in Manteo cemetery. IN THE INTEREST OF BASEBALL . it Mr. Bennett of Norfolk, Va. is in the city in the interest of the organ ization of a baseball club to repre sent this city in a Virgina Caro lina independent leagueT I residency. I will Btake my life on tha statement that John Motley Morehead is too big a man to slap the Republican party in the face by tef using to 8-rve if you eicct him as you should do.' ' . The gathering of more 'than six hundred dek sites then and there endorsed Morehead for National Commit' eetnan and dot rmined to make h s e'ecticm the first order of business When the convention" assembled this h!:d teen passed by, and the e'ection of delegates had been tak en iup when Butler and Settle ma nipulated the fortes to re-consider. At a'l times, it was apparent that Morehead was overwhermlng'y the choice of the convention. But Dun can persisted,- even go ng so .faras to take the platform and askr the withdrawal qf Morehead and the support cf h's friends in a roll call vote as between himseit ami But ler. It was one step too far. More head followed him, explained the situation, discharged the ethics of his obligation according to his con scienc3 and yielded to the wishes of the majority. "The vote that foVowed by ro'l oil was 7fi1 foi Morehead and 3i!5 for Duncan. ' 1 Thompson Expresses Disgust Dr. Cy Thompson, staunch sup porter of Duncan, expressed his in tense d'sgust. " , "If you can run ths Republican party in North Carolina without such men as E. C. Duncan and me,' take it and run it " he declared when hissed for his support of the Nat'onal Committeeman. Both Duncan and Thompson de clined to have their names used later in nominat'ons as delegates to the National Convention and more than one prominent Republican made open statement of intense dis gust. The convent'on went through the business with H. J. Seawell, chair man and Gilliam Orlssom, secre tary. The other election "resuts of the Convention were as follows: ,s, State Chairman, Frank Linney Boone. Delegates to National Convention, Thomas Settle, Ashville; J. L. Lewis, Randlemen; W. S. O'B. Robinson, ; Goldsboro; Jaines , J. Britt, Asheville. A'tterna'es to Nat'onal Convention Clarence Call. Wilkes; L L Wrenn, Siler City; H. S. Williams, Con cord; Jonh E. Cameron, Kinsfon. State electors. John E. Fowler, Sampson; John A. Hendricks, Ma dison. Executive" Committee. Hugh Paul, Washington; Ceo. W. Stanton, Winston Salem; J, S. Basnight, New Bern; J. J. Jenkins, Slier City; Gilliam Glssom, Greensboro; A. F. Surles,,Dunn; R. II. Beisec ker, Lexington; J. D. DorBett, Spencer; John Motley Morehead. Cbar'otte; C. A. Dickry, Black Mountain. eODY WAS TAKEN e on -mm Remains of Young Man a Suicide at Norfolk Sent to Old Home at Wan chese For Interment The body of Wallace Danie's, who shot himself Tuesday muruing in Noifo.k, was brought h:re Wednes day ch the cu o'clock train and was taken cn the Trenton to Man teo where it was met by relatives and taken to Wanehese for inter ment. Danieis' wife and two children p.ve at Wanehese but at the time of his death he was living with his mother and two sisters in Norfolk. In a moving trolley car Tuesday U'Orning -In Norfolk on Granby street near Twenty third street. j Mo orman ' Walbce H. Daniels, jwhie standing at the controller, pulled a revolver from his rocket and fired a bullett into his brain. He staggered I ackward and fell In to" the arms of Mrs. Annie L. Myers, who v, ht ti she saw the man pu 1 the tr'gier and heard the ex pics'cnvfpiaii'j from her seat in i he c; r and rushed to the motor mini's looth. W;th one arm smrport.ng the dy ng man, Mrs. Mytrs with her other hand." threw ' off the current cf thi motor. Mrs Myers was a trend of the" dear nan, The car in charge of motor eian Paije's and Conductor C. It, Spiingle, was Southbound, and was filled with passengers on their way downtown. Despondency over poor health, and financial and other troubles are eaid to have been the cause of the suicide. After the current had been thrown off by Mrs. Myers, Conduotor Springle hastened to the front of the car and applied the brakes, and the car was brought to a stop. Dr. A. M. Saunders was called but Daniels died before the physician arrievd. Daniels was1 niotorman of River view car, No. 2112. with Conductor II. Spring'e. He went on duty about Fix o'clock Tuesday morning and had made several trips between Itiverview and the Union station. Daniels talked pleasantly with liis conductor on the early morning trips and d'd not seem in poor spirits. As the car passed Thirty fourth street on Granny, about 8:15 go'n'r south. Danie's set his con troller at half speed took a 32 calibre revolver from his ".-pocket end shot himself through the right temple. The effect of the shot was instantaneous. Dan'e's fell to the platform and was dead by the time Conductor Sprfngle cou'd get from the rear platform to his side. The sound of the pistol and the sight cf blood , pouring from the motorman's head, in the car and but for the presence of mind of Conductor Soringle, who Imme diately cut off the motor and ap plied the brakes, everal persons might have ben injured. One or two passengers trie to jump thrdugh the windows while the car was still in motion, but Conductor Springle sopprdthem and brought the car to a standstill. The physician who arrived within a few minutes found that ' Daniels' death had been almost instantan eous . The bullet had entered the right temple penetrated a portion of the bra'n and came out near the left eye. The body was carried to the car bams at Church and Eighteenth streets in the car in which the suicide occurred, the passengers be ing transfered to other Inbound cars. Conductor Springe accom panied the car to the barns, where Dr. R. N. S. Knight, City coroner, viewed the body, deciding that no inquest woul be necessary and or edred It delivered to an undertaker GLEE CLUB HERE HEXT WEDHESDAY Will Appear at Alkrama And Rare Treat is Prom ised Those Who Will Attend Entertainment ' 'We will be there with the bells a. That is the message : from ... the Wake Fx rest Gee Cub which at torney T. J. Markhi.m received the other day. Just what that means it will not be necessary to exp.a.n to these who saw and beard the perfor mance cf this glee dob here sev eral years ago. At that time tha to'.iege boys, gave an entertainment which brought those present in the audliorium. ofthe, o'd school build tag such pleasure as has rarely been experienced by an Elizabeth City audience. This t me the Wake Forest G ee Club will appear before an audience n the Alkrama theatre and the changa of audiioriiini will give the newcoirc's a dist'net advantage over their predecessors. That the Club is as pood as or better than it has ever been every body who knows Dr. Huburt M. Poteat. the present director, 'wl l te ready to vouch for. The Wuk'e . Forest Glee Cub won the distinct'on of be big the best Glee Club in the State when' Hubert , Poteat was a student member; of the bodyi : With Dr. Prteat as director It easily holds' that distinction today, if one may judge by the press reports of its recent performances. Said a re cent issue of the Winston Salem 'Sentinel'; "The performance of the Wake; Forest G'ee Club was a notable sue ess and was received by the audi ence with an enthusiasm such as it falls to the lot of few performances 'o be received. From the, first number throughout the entire 'per formnnce the audience kept up a perfect uproar of applause, often breaking in upon the sinking of a pong. The members of tha Club Tsponded with greatest cheerful ness to the applause, frequently giving two encores in succession. ' 'Hard y would it be possible to get together seven'een men In a chorus whose voices wou'd blend and harmonize more perfectly than cio the voices of this Club. ' With more than four hundred men from whom to sele t his chorus and his quartette, Dr. Hubert Poteat the director. has accomplished this ' difficu't task. And the control under which the different parts perform, each part never in the leart perceptible way overbal ancing the other, is a tribute to his skill as a musical director. The seventeen voices rose and fell in volume from the whisper of the zephyr to the roll and roar or the raging surf. The best illustration of this power was brought out In the first number, 'Wake Forest Med ley, when after singing parts of It with softness cf a woo'ng breeze the fe'lows swung Into the chorus of the 'O'd North State' with so mueh power that the audience broke In upon them to a member in the wildest applause, "And this was only the begin ning of a series of demonstrations of like nature recurring after each number and oftentimes during the performance of the selection. The entire program rendered by the choral division of the Club was of the highest order. To he sure there was nothing classical about It. But it was made up of a series of selections , representing and in terpreting to him who could under stand, a major part part of the ga mut of the college man's sentimen tal life. There " were selections built upon mock-pathos, deep senti ment, and loyalty for the Old Col- KNOTTS'S ISLAND ORGANIZES CORN AND CLANNING CLUBS Kno ts Island. N. C. March 1 rnT; R. w. mey has recently c r-aui;:cd a tomato " canning "and ctra cub at Knott s Is and. Two meetings have been held resulCng in a s.c e sfu' organ sta' ion cf the clubs electing Dr. J. D. Maynard pres:dent; E. 1). Howden, Vice I resident. There .are 62- mem bers and ethers expect to join later. In connect'on with this work here will be a committee on Educa lien aho one on Farm IJfe. The anus of the committe on Education era as follows: 1. To aid the teachers In making the Wcrk of the school room more efficient. 2. To build and equip suitable sch ol buildings, and to improve school grounds. 3. To secure for, the people suit able entertainments, such as lec tures, debates, plays etc. 4. To make the school rooms mrdsls of sanltat'on and neatness and thus piomete the general The aims cf the Committee on Farm IJfe are as follows: To promote land Improvement, rotation and diversiflrafon of crops nnd the riising of home supplies. 2. To create a greater interest in live-toc-k poiftry and pig rais in: ind othrr h'-me industries. 3. To in'erest the farmer "in bet ter farm tools and machinery and in better equipment for the home. 4. To en'ist all of the boys and g'rls in our c ub work, corn clubs, pig clulm, poultry clubs and can ning elu' s, .' To co-operate with farmers or ganizations, women's c'ubs, to se cure better roads, promote commu nity fairs, to form, credit unions and buy on a cash basis. ' Much Interest has been given to the work by a majority of the peo ple here and it is hoped that the work will be successful. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH , At the First Baptist church Sun day morning Dr. Henning will con tinue his morning series of Ber nions en certain aspects of the Bible. The subject of the morn ing sermon will be 'How to read the Bible.' At night Dr. Henning will begin a series of sermons on. practical conduct,. The first sermon in the s ries will be from 'The Tonsue', th subject lege. The encores were especially c ever and eilctcd the wildest ap- pliiu e.' ' This is the .comment on the Wake Forest Gieo Club's perfor mance at Durham reprinted, in a Colilsbcro paper the other day: "There is no col ego glee club in the State comparabio to that of Wake Forest College. There is no music quite so reminscont, pure and delightful as the songs of college boys in concert. Hence a great treat is In store for ajl Goldsboro ao the Messenger Opera House on the evening of March 3rd, when the Wake Forest G'ee C.b will be heard ' 'Recently the Durham Herald had this to say of a recent appear ance of the chib in that city: 'AH who heard tho concert giv en by the Wake Forest g'ee club at tho V. M. C. A. last night were amply repaid for going out In the wet night, for the quality of enter ta'nment cffer:d by the college boys was of the, very highest order. 'Tho club carries seventeen and is about the best aggregation of ma'e voices that has been heard in Durham In a long time. The or chestra also carries ten pieces and will make a very favorable compar ison with the average professional orchestra In any North Carolina town. It Is larger than most of the towns can muster, 'Mr. Hubert M. Poteat Is director of the club this year, and this young man also takes a very prominent part In the concert .offered by the club. He has a fine voice that combines strength with sweetness. It's vocal so'o 'The Bandolero,' was heartily applauded and his encore very muchenjoyed.' " y.M.G.A- PLAHSflRP TAKING SHAPE Indications That Two or Three Hundred Mem bers for Association Can be Had Here Easily Al'out fif.'y young men gathered in ihe eusiern lull cf the Kramer lui ding Wednesday night and plectg d thenise.ves to membership in and to active work in behalf of the opening of a Y. M. C. A. in Elizibeth City. - - These young men were given lists of uamcs. of other young men whom tiiey are to see at once and secure their promise to attend secend meeting in the courthouse on Friday night. It is hoped that at this time an attendance of three or foi'.r hundred may be secured and thuLjBtthls mass meeting a much larger number of members can be secured. Up to this time no work has teen done among the business men or other older citizens of the city, if being Mr. Markham's idea' that help from them, can be, much more readl y secured when the . young men hive shown their interest to su?i an extent as to assure that the membership in an association here would be large and enthusias tic. - ., The call of the meet'ng Wednes day night was Issued by Attorney Thomas J, Markham and he ex pressed n'mseffas much 1 pleased and gratified at the presence of so large a number of workers. IDS SEEK DESPERATE NEGRO Convict Who Killed Pitt County Chain Gang Guard Gets Another Vic tim With Stolen Pistol J. W. Shores was called to Greenville Wednesday night to as sist in the search for Dave Evans. Dave, Evans the convict who led the mutiny in the Pitt county Camp when Joe McLawhorn, a guard, was killed, several days ago, Wednesday shot and probably fatal'y wounded Ileddln A. Smith, supervisor of convict camps in Pitt County. The wounded man, accompanied by Joe Tripp, was htadlg a posse in search of the escaped cofvict. Ha and Tripp were some distance ahead of other members of the posse and were putting bloodhounds upon tho negro's trail' when Evan stepped from behind a tree and shot. Smith In the abdomen with the pistol tak en from the man be killed at the camp. ' Tripp was armed, but through ex citement made no effort tp shoot the negro, it is said, Smith was so lad'y hurt that members of tho party abandoned further search for the negro to take him to Ayden for immediate medical attention. From Ayden police officials of an nearby townB were summoned and an army of thousands of deter mined citizens gathered to hunt for Evans. Mr. Smith was carried to Klnstoti for hospital treatment Wednesday night. At 11 o'clock he was on the op erating table. It is feared that he cannot live. There are but few olllcers in the throng of men who are pursuing Evans and it is not thought thattheywilt be able to prevent the crowd from giving short shift to Evans it h is caught THSA f t
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