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ATTEND Y.M.C.A. MEETING AT COURT HOUSE TONIGHT7:30 O'CLOCK ELIZABETH tmwswmiom bias 1 i CITY'S SEMI-WEEKLY views without! PREJUDICE I PAPER VOL V ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MARCH 7, 1916 NO 19 - Jn IlllGS Sit HOT ADEQUATE iSupt. Spragins Gives Out Interview About Crowd ed Condition of Recita- " tion Rooms Supt. S. H. Spragins this morning gave this paper the following inter view: The Board of Trustees of the Elizabeth City Graded Schools desire to call the attention of the citizens to the present and near-future crowded condition of the existing accommod ations for the seating and instruction of the school children. The Super intendent believes that with the pres ent number of rooms and teachers itwill be a physical impossibility to geat and instruct the prospective number of school children for anoth er year. In fact, the present enroll ment in s ome rooms is so much great er than it ought to be that the child ren in these rooms cannot receive the amount of individual attention that they should receive. When the en rollment in any schoolroom is more than thirty five the patrons may rest assured that the children in that room are not Retting all that they should gt; no teacher can do justice by a greater number of pupils, and it must not be expected. For the eulightenment of the citizens, the .Superintendent has prepared the to lowing statistics. These figures have -no reference to the negro schools. Enrollment , raoKH nnui kit te rade 1(a) 35....J...49 47 Grade 1(b) 35.....-.-4C ...47 Grade 1(c).... 35.:...... 44 ..47 Grade 1(d) 35 44 47 Grade lAdv 35 51 60 Grade 2(a)........j35 52 42 Grade 2(b) 35 64 :;.42 Grade 2(c)... t 35 63 42 Grade 3(a) 35 48 57 Grade 3(b) 35 47 57 Grade 3(c) 35 49 56 Grade 4(a) 35 4G 48 Grade 4(b) 35........50 48 Grade 4(c) 35 52 49 Grade 5(a).... 35 45 50 Grade 5b) 35 44. .50 Grade 5(c).... 35., 44 51 Grade 6(a) "5 48 46 Grade 6(b) 35 46 47 Grade 6(c) 35 35 47 Grade 7(a) 35 44 6C Grade 7(b) 35 46 66 High School ..160..191-207 Jo. of Grade Teachers employed for this year - 22 No. of Grade Teachers that should have been employed this year 29 No. of Grade Teachers employed for this year : 22 No. of Grade Teachers that should lie employed for next year 31 JS'o. or High School Teachers employ ed lor thi year 6 No. -of High School Teachers that should be employed for next year.. 7 Such Is the condition of the white schools with respect to the number of children enrolled and the number of teachers employed. All available rooms are occupied with the excep tion of six rooms in the basement of the so-called High School building on North Road Street. These base ment rooms can be fitted up, heated ind posslbily (?) ventilated for schoolroom purposes. Those on the north side if the building would have to be occupied by boys; those on the south side, by girls. The Superintendent believes that, by using these basement rooms and continuing the crowded condition of the schoolrooms, the Board of Trus tees can seat tin children for the next year or two. After one or two more years, it will be necessary' for the Board of Trustees to erect another school'bullding, to provide for the in creased enrollment at the time and for the future. This gives ample time, if steps are taken at once, to provide ample accomodations for the children at that time. By an examination of the pros Tective enrollment for next year, PETITION OF HACKMEN FAILS TO CARRY The hackmen of the city, repre sented bv Attorney R. W. Turner, in a'dermen's meeting yesterday petit'oned the aldermen that they be allowed to raise their charges trom fifteen to twenty cents. The motion, made by alderman Pappen dick, received no secqnd, however, and the former rate of fifteen cents will stand. A petition from Miles Jennings, a junk dealer here, asking that the city statute be change,d so as to al low him to buy junk from minors was granted,' with the provision that a record be kept by him of all metals and rafting materials bought" This proviso was made for the con venience of the. po'.'ce in tracing stolen shipbuilding materials and similar matter frequently sold to junk dealers. Mrs. V. F. Reid of this city, who has beencritical!y fil In the Frotestant hospjtal, Norfolk, for the last ten days is reported to be slowly but steadily improving. ANOTHER REPORT OF Charlotte Observer's Story of the Republican Duel Between Duncan and Marianne John Motley Morehead was elect ed National Committeemen over E. Duncan. His election came after onj of the most thrilling and dra matic incidents that has ever tak en place In a political conrent'on, wherein E. Carl Duncan, the Re publican leader of this state for many years, faced his arch-enemy Marlon Hutier on the platform and denounced him in terms that burnt and blistered, whjle that foxey in dividual smiled craftily and strok ed his whiskers. The convention, noisy and unruly from the beginning, was hushed in to silence by the, unexpected turn of events and they listened at first with rapt attention. Soon the tension snapped and Carl Duncan, who had ruled with a rod of iron, fcr Whose w'sdom the party had always had the hlehest respect, for the first t me heard himself hissed In a Republican convention. He stood his ground stubbornly but it was no use. And this is how it came about. Butler was out with the platform committee and the convention was failing along merrily without hm. A set of delegates to tha National convention had been selected, eight pf them, and everything was re,ady for '8 vote that apparently would be all one way. Butler's Cumber land County representative Me C skill, bad moved to sidetrack the list of delegates and elect a National Committeeman. The Con vention sat down on h'Tn. voting practically unanimously to proceed. They got up an argument, over the taking of the vote and MeCiiskill butted in again He got the floor and kept it tlir Butler, apprised of the trouble on frot, hastened to the convention hall. He, took h's henchmen's place on the? flour, moved a reconsideration, and the convention reconsidered He told how he had come to Raleigh to bring Hbont a compromise between the waring factions and how he had been scorned by Duncan and the ret of the Taft wing of the party and he Hccused Duncan of b!ng hostile to the best intqrests of the Republican party, a friend of the Democrats and out of harmony with the rank and file of the party He snfd some harsh things about the Duncan faction, but ended his speech wljth an oily Invitation to C.n'inued On Page Four BEST III SOUTH SAYS THE PRESS So Enthusiastic Applause of Audience That Only Physical Weariness Brings Pause. ' 'The,'r reputation as the best, College Gke Club in the South ap pears to be justified at least it would take a mighty good one to bent them." Such was the ver dict of Lexngton afte.r the ap pearance there of the Wake Forest Glee Club with its Director, Dr. Hubert Poteat. The twenty three members, with Dr. Foteat left Wake Forest Fri day on a tour of Eastern Carolina and they will land in Elizabeth City to-morrow night at the A'krama, warranted to Btart the ball rolling and the crowS roaring rt eight o'clock. The peisonnel of the glee club is rs folkw": First tenor, R. S. Brt ton, n. C. Ingram, G.'W. Lassiter," n. T. Tally, C. L. Wharton; s cond tenor, K.i F. Cul om, M . P. I'utreh, R. p. Holding, A. D. Mc Fayde , J. M. Newbold;- first b::sn. J. L. Holmm, J. M. Kesler, II. M IVteit J. L. Ridley, C. C. Warrin; second bas W. G. Dot son, ('. P. Hcrrinn;, R. K. Hedwlne, G. F. Strole, R. K. White. Of the program press reports are unanimous In commendation. "Doth clissi.aj and popular music were UFed,' ' says The Ra'eigh News and Observer, and both were thoroughly enjoyed. Each number was lib erally applauded and the Club was most generous in its appreciation, as shown by its responses." The Ashevllle Citizen speaks of ' 'the unmistakable College flavors' and dec'ares that they put their whole soul into their songs; and sang as only college boys can sing. The, Dispatch of Lexington says: It is rarely the good fortune of any group of entertainers to so uni versally please an audience or to evoke such hearty and continuous applause as that which greeted the Wake Forest Glee, Club and Or chestia, at the Sunday School room of the First Baptist Church- last Thursday night. Their program was a comprehensive one and with out encore would havq been a wor thy presentation. But the hoys time ti nd a'aln responded to encore, and then encore Bgi. The (mly time that they were not heartily encored was for a brief spell when the, audi' nee had to rest awhile to keep fn.ni prod tie Mag blistered hands. Some likn ' Dr. Poteat and h' wonderful singing of ' 'On the Road to Mandnlay" bent, some like the, quartets best hut everybody was of the opinion that Wake Forest College is, send ing out a group of young musicians who do high credit to the institu tion. ' 'Although the, period of adver tising WHS 1 r'ef, the' receipts were pleas'tig to the Club and to the Civic League, under whosn auspi ces the entertainment was held. The croud was larger than that which has greeted musical events this season, but it was not so large as it will be If they return next year. The boys were alto gether nf ense, and what pleased the, pudiencn most was that they did not seem to bo conscious of performing but that they played or sang ,'ust because they Iked It. Outside of Dr. Hubert Poteat. who Is director, there are no particular stars, but they pull for team work end get the results.' Tickets for the concert are now on safe at Sellg's for thirty five and flftv cents. C. U. Pugh and J. Q. A. Wood hive returned from Raleigh where thev attended the State Re publican Convention. DEFER ran SE V County Commissioners Apathetic About Gov ernment Bridge Across Turner's Cut. The ccuniy commissioners on Monday deferred action in the mat er of revoking the franchise grant Ins C. L. and W. E. Hintcn of this county the r gut to ma ntain and A.. operata as a to 1 ro.d the road crossing the Pasquotank at what is known as River Bridge. This franchise now held by the H.nton's was granted in 1847 to William R.. Abbott by both Camden and Pasquotank counties for a pe riod of one hundred years. Over a month ago Camden county revoked the franchise so far as it apples to that County and Monday Attorney D. H. Tiliiit of Camden was before Pasquotank's commis sioners with the request that they take similar action. At Mr. Tillitt's instance sura nuns had already 'been served upon ho liiaton's to come before the i uimi.isloners at this meeting and show cauie why the'r franchise si iu!d not be revoked. These gcr.t'cmcn, however, failed to ap pear. The board was not disposed to ct histily and indeed were some what disposed to table the motion to revoke the franchise but they were persuaded by. Mr.' Tihltt to continue the matter to the next meeting. The object of Mr, Tlllitt in seek-' ing to annul the franchise is to get tha government to build a bridge across Turner's Cut. This canal was dug; by the Old Disimil wamp Canal Company in 1837 and Intersects that portion of the toll road which is in Camden County. The Dismal' Swamp Canal Company, built and muinta'ped a bridge across this rut until it sold its holdings to the Lake Drummond Canal aud Water Company. The Lake, Drum mond company claims that It did rot purchase Turner's Cut but nevertheless thut company did main- ain the drawbridge until about two und a half years aga, when they refused to do so. The llin ton s promptly brought suit to com pel the Canal Company tu keep up niul maintain the ' hrldg. but the Canal Company won the suit. Nei ther, however, d d the courts hold that it was the part of the llinton's to keep up this bridge,. It was about this time or a year and a half atso that the Texas Com pany tout, Goat, crashed into the closed draw and put the bridge out of commission completely. Since' that time the peop'e 1m that seg ment (f Cnnnln County bare been isolated from the rest of the coun ty, and unable, except by crossing Turner's Cut 'u a boat, t reach their own courthouse without com ing back into Pasquotank and tnuk Int: a wide detour. I'.p to this time th government cn',rIneets have refused to recom mend to Convress that this bridge be built on the ground that the rend Intersected by Turner's Cut Is a toli road and not a, pubi c road. Mr. Tlllit feels assured that if ho can get Pasquotank county to re voke the Hint'in's franchise, the matter of getting a government brideo across the, Cut will bo com paratively easy. If the road could bi opened It would offer a shorter road into Camden among many people now living In upper Pasquotank. WANTED An energetic active man to establish permanent busi ness. Whole or part time Health and accident Insurance, im mediate cash returns and future. Address Nat'onal Casualty Co., De trolt. Mich. ltpd ONFRANCH SNOWSTORM DID NOT DAUNT ENTHUSIASM FOR Y. M. C. A. Spite of the blinding snowstorm nl out sixiy yaui; moa asswwblwd- at tue Cor.rt!ious3 Friday n ght for the Y. M. C. A. mass meeting which was to be. held there. About f ftecn new nanis were added to the list of those who w 1 1 join the as sociation as coon as It is organized. The crowd, howeve.r, was so much smaller than it would have been with less inclement weather that it was decided to de.fer the meeting uutil tonight, at which time it is hoped that as many as four hun dred wiil I e present to hear the plans for taking further steps to ward organization. No money has be,en asked for up to this time, none will be asked for to-n'ght, nor will the e be any requests for contributions until the interest in the Y. M. C. A. move ment here is thoroughly manifest. E SET DATE TO VOTE BONDS April 11th Will Decide Whether Education In Currituck Shall go Back ward or Not. Court (onvejied at Currituck this week Tum-day instead of Monday morning. Judge All. n not arriving in tim.j to begin work Monday. The County Commissioners wne n session, however, both morning and afternoon, the most important mutter coming before them being that of fixing the dates for tho elec tion on the school bond issue, ques tion in Poplar Branch township. April 1st was tha date first get for the election hut Monday this dale was changed to April 11th. The date for tho registration books to open was als0 changed from March 1st to March loth. Much interest Is be.lng taken in the approaching election which is o detcimine whether Poplar Branch township is willing to Issue $l.r,imo n bonds to erect at Poplar Branch hMh school buildings adequate to thq needs of Poplar Branch .town ship. This school' now, with an enrolment for the year, of s'xty- seven high cchool pupils, has no school building whatever, two hand some structures having been de stroyed by lire, during the present session. Only about two thous and dollars In Insurance was carried cn the old buildings and that is the total sum now in hand with which to erect a new building. Both old buildings were erected hirgeiy through the work and per severance of people immediately In Poplar Branch and its surrounding community. These people hud burdened themselves to no small extent In the erection of these two buildings, one of which had been In us fur only a year or two. They feel Ihut they lire not now equal to the task of erecting new build- lues Hnd besides that It Is but riulit that (he people of the rest, of the township as well ns the children who nrn now tece'vinj Hie benefits of the school should shari1 the ex pense of the undertaking. Here tofore one building has hardly been eelnpieled before thi school had out grown it. and in order (o put out of the way for years to come this hand bap the board of education has determined lo ask the people for adequate funds to, erect buildings amply adequate to the growing needs of the sfhool. Tho following are the registrars and poll holdeis at each polling place In the townsh p as finnily corrected at Monday's meeting of the board of commissioners : Churches Island Registrar, J, L. Dunton; 1 'oil-holders, Will Koss, R. L. Right. Narrow Shore Registrar, A. A. BODIES ARE IT tfT nrnniFrnrn TL I HtljtU Men Not Trapped in Hold As was Popularly Sup posed Before Sunol was Brought in Dralnin? the water from the hull of the Sunol on the railways failed to reveal the bodies of her Captain and mate. Tho house was practically torn away and even the pilot house wai partly gone but there was no evi dence of explosion or of any leak or any consequence m the lower ni V ll lltU VCOOGIO UU1I, g The Sunol, towed here Sunday evening by the tug CaYvert Crarjr, , lay overnight supported on hawser between two tugs at the foot 'of WUley's railways. Monday morn fng tho vessel was hauled out. Aa her waist line, rose above the water level water from th? hull spurted . from her upper srama. As rising h'ghe.r she careened on the waya water poured out of her hatches. When she hud been brought fully gut of the water an augur hole wai bore I in he,r bottom, the hull drill ed und failed empty. S) ended the delusion, Improbable but popu lar, thut the missing men had been s trapped in the hold of the vessel. Many wh0 knew the Sunol weil think that she was loaded too hea vily for bad weather and that aa the seas broke al ove, her waist Hat the boat took on water until bar engine stopped. Then the anchar wus thrown out to bring the vessels ' head to the wind. . But before ah felt tho pull of her anchor the boat, ' wallowing herplessly iu the, trough of the sea, may have careened and sunk. Else, If the explanation atlo the stopping of the enjiaa given above lie correct, sh contin ued to leak until she went down. Again, a shifting cf her cargo as sha tossed on the waves might hata wrought her destruction. The Sunol carried ail her clrf above decks under the shelter af the house which covered them. Ta weight of the cargo after the Tas sel' had turned over is the explana tion of the destruction wrought tha i i ..... The Sunol left Weeksvlllo Thurs day evening for Hertford, loaded witli snja beans. At one o'clock , l'r day afternoon. Captain Lowry af the Nina sighted the wreck aa fea was bringing his own boat into Bill obeth City. Swinging the Nina alongside the sunken craft he look ed In vain for any s'gn of her crew. Seeing that he could render aa aid he continued on his Way t Elizabeth City and upon reaching port Immed ately reiiorted the loss of the Sunol and her crew to tha Pasquotank and North River Llna. The Nina did not comq into port until pfter nightfall, and news at th Sunol's fale did not genorally about tho cltv ' until . thai. following morning. The tug Derricksod on Saturday left for the scene of the wreck and discovered the Sunol about a mile, nhd a half from shore In seventeen feet of water, between the mouths of Big Flatty creqk and Little River. Those, Who know tho spot-describe It as one of the roughest parts of the, sound. Baiim; Pollholders, E. W. Baum G. M. Overton. G randy Registrar. John Aydlett; Polf holders. C. H. Simpson, J. F. Brown. Jarvlsburg Registrar, llollls Bar- co; i oiinoiners, j. . r isner, . w. II. Gallop. Powells Point Ucg'strar, J. W. Griggs; Pollholders, W. T. Belaa gla, S. T. Harrell. . Corolla Registrar, Captain Swain Pollholders, John Roddy, Curtl Gray. . 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