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tw&Mi in L CITY'S SEMI-WEEKLY BIAS VIEWS WITHOUT I PREJUDICE J PAPER ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MARCH 14, 1916 NO 21 -' ..- ,!. c. 5; . ID lid SETS IIEI'J GOAL Over Five Hundred Members En rolled But Many Juniors Includ ed. Expect to Have Five Thous and Dollars in Membership Fees Pledged at Close of Race Wednes day Night Four thousand and six hundred "dollars in membership fees has been pledged to the Elizabeth City Y. 1. C. A. lnee the campaign for opening the building was launched about t o weeks ago. This means that the associat'on nowhas the equivalent of four hundred and sixty senior members, but as a large number of those signing the membership cards are Juniors, there can brno doubt that the actu.il numeral strength . has already passed the five hundred mark. "Workers are now expecting to reach the ' six thousand dollar' mark, ind the rhdicat'ons are that the final results of the contest now on will surpass that point a matter which a month ago hardly any one could have been found to beiieve .possible. "The organiEatlon of this Y. M. C. A." said chairman . Spragins last night, "is one of the bggest things for Elizabeth City that has happened in a long time,' and that ds the concensus of opinion. The whole town Is Intensely interested In the movement and in the even ing crowds gather around the big -window in the Hinton building -where the relative standing of the . contestants and the results ot fcach days work are posted. Monday was the second day of the Y. M. C. A. Automobile race, and every car entered has made some progress while some have made a remarkable record. In this race each senior membership counts for ten miles and each ju nior membership for five m'los, and the rivalry between the Reds and the Whites aB well as among the Captains and their teams on each car is intense and keen. The best sort of spirit' prevai s, however, and when one side fails to land a prospective member, there is no hesitation aout giving the "other side a tip as to where to find him. - From the beginning of the race the.Tn'ge' has led the field, and at the dose- of the s:nd day's . con test this car, which s in Ihe. 'Hod' division, and is captained by Joe Wins'xw. had increased its lead over its nearest competitor. The "BuicV taptahrd by Stall'ngs of the Gas Company, stood second llasn. night with the 'Packard.' Ros aces Foreman, Captain, as a close third.- At the end of the first (lay of the-race 1he Whit were leading, ""by fifteen miles but at the end -or the second the l:ip of the contest showed them neariy two hundred miles outdistanced by their compe titors. St 11 the 'whiten' are saying that he laughs best who laughs last. The re'at ve posit Inns of the cars find the standing of the different divisions arc ns follows: "REDS" Xar Captain Miles Oldsmoblle Bennett 180 National Burgess 130 Oakland Clark 20,1 LoeoinoM'e Weeks 195 Paige Wlnslo,w fil5 White Cntry 300 Franklin Cropsey ir,5 Austin Wilson 170 Dodge .Blades 2.r.5 Saxton 1'oele 1C3 ' "WHITES" ' Car . ' Captain Mileg; PASSES MARK I 0 Bulck . Stallings 345 Peerless . . Wynn 120 Pierce Arrow Hughes 205 Packard , Foreman 330 Studebaker Twiddy 195 Overland Weatherly 210 Maxwell Grffin, 195 Hup Brothers 130 Cadillac Wright 205 Ford Weils 270 TOTAL 4600 THE IVORY SNUFF BOX AT ALKRAMA TO-NIGHT. To-ight's attraction at the A'.kra ma will be the 5 part "The Ivory Snuff Box,' based on the drama of the same name by Frederick Arnold Kuinnier. Hoibrook Blinn makes hfs second appearance in World Finn in this picture, and plays the p:trt.of an American detective in France who is commissioned to re cover a lost ivory snuff box, the property of the French Ambassador But on the very day when he re ceives his orders he has got mar ried. Duty parts him from his bride. Then Duvall's adventures begin. Murder; mystery; espion age; plot and counterplot; Journeys to and fro In Europe; perils on ships and trains culminate In h's finding himself in a sanitarium where, horror pf horrors, he meets his young wife. They escape, and the recovery of the snuff box permits Bueail and his bride to con t ime their interrupted honeymoon. Hoibrook Blinn's part fits him like the proverbial globe. It is a great part in the powerful play. Alma Beiwip, plays the part of Grace, the young bride It is this (harming a tress's "first appearance in p'l'tures and she. acquits herself with db faction. '" adv PLAY AT GRANDY tirandy, X. ('., March 13th The teachers M G randy are put t'ng forth siec'n! effort to make th" play 'Down in Dixie' an entire success. The play will be given Saturday night, March The Ladies Betterment Society met Monday afternoon and a num ber of new members were added. Mrs. 'Lillian Wise sjient the wt k with her parents at El zabeth City. . PROFESSOR SAMS WILL SPEAK The Pasquotank Teachers' Asso cation will meet In regular wess ion Suturd-iy March 18th at 10:30 o'clock In the auditorium of the High school. A splendid program 'consisting Of music and intcrestnc papers followed by d'senssions ;hs been arranged. 4 The special feature of the oc casion will be snn address by Prof K. E. Sams of Ualeiuli, Ntato Pupvnbor of Teacher training. FIRE ON HARNEY A house on Harney street, orcu pled by negroes, cauuht fire and liirued to a charred frame before the flames could bo checked San-' day night; The loss is estimated at about Dve hundred dollars. MILLINERY OPENINGS HERALD SPRING COMING S. ring has come to Elizabeth P-ty, though on.y the most wide awake peop e have yet found it out. While the slow and sleepy have been crouching by ths fireside and ordering more coal, the milliners have bushy plied their needles and wielded their braius, and on last Fr day issued their invitation to the city and countryside to at and their displays of SprinA lovi: ness on WednesSay and Thursday of this week. And now everybody, even the men, are waking up. Supplementing the big mllldnery openings of M as Sallle Perry, The L. P. Gilbert Company, The Prichard Miilinery Company, Mrs. M. Hill on Main Street, and of Walker & Company on Polndexter street, the S. R. Sift Company will display on its large and airy second floor an attractive showing of both spr ng ml'.lnery and ladies ready to wear apparel. The M. Leigh Sheep Company also wfll show the latest In ladies ready to wear garments; and Wed nesday and Thursday will be rally days for the feminine folk of the country and town. Very soon, not oely the winter garment but Also the winter hat will be sacri ficed upon the fires of Spring, and the whol land shall. b'ossom anew FUNERAL OF R. C. McCOY Tin funeral of Richurd Stevens McCoy was conducted Sunday after noon at three o'clock from Black weli Memorial Church by Rev . I. N. Loftln.. The members of the' or der of Red Men, ot which organiza tion he was a member, attended in a body and conducted the service at the grave. Interment was made In Hollywood cemetary.x Mr. McCoy died early Saturday morning at the home of hla wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wynn, on Second street after a short ill ness. Returning the previous Sun day from Hopewell, Va. where he bad been at work, his illness de veloped soon afterwards and what at first appeared to be merely a cold became a serious case ofpneu inonia, causing his death within a few days. Mr. McCoy is survived by his wife who was Miss Mary Wynn before her marriage; by a small child; by a Ir ther, T. C. McCov of Port3 niou'li; by live sisters, Mrs. E. K. Sawyer of this city, Mrs. Han Har ris m Mrs. George Sawyer, Mrs. L. 1'. SlatT all of Portsmouth; Miss l.u'a McCoy of Butts Road, Va; ana In his parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. ( . M(C"y of Butts Road,Va. Mr. Mi Coy was a young man, an active member of Black well Mcmor in! church and of the Herman Sun day S ehool Cuss. 1 Beautiful floral rfl'T'ims from the Berean and Fidel is classes as well as from many friends gave evidence of the regard i:i which he was held. The church and annex were filled at, the funeral service with friends and relatives of the young man . HENRY CHORY DEAD Hi nty 1'hory died at the homo of hisN son, Walter Chory, In Nix onion township, Friday afternoon at the age of eighty four. . The buriHl service vb conducted Sat urday afternoon at the grave, the inlnhter who wag to have conduct fd the funeral service failing to arriv, and the loily was laid to rest at Union church. Mr, ehory Is survived by three sons; Walter Chory and Mrs. Su :in Iio"ersnn of Xlxonton township, Biily Chory, who lives at Shipyard Ferry In ('nnnleii County, and Frank Chory of this city; also by u stepson, Tlftiry Clay Markhain, and 1 stepdaughter. Miss Nellie Sander, both of this county, and a li.rge number of grandchildren, J. W, Warren of Fdenton was In tho city Sunday. THRONGS flTTEHD FEARIflb FUNERAL Large Crowd Follows Pro cession of Forty-one Au tomobiles to Hollywood Cemetery Not s.nce 1888, when another doub e funeral occurred in the Fearing fami y, and perhaps not even then, has so large a concourse cf people gathared to attend a fun eral as that which followed the re mains of Mr. and Mrs.'Zenas Fear Ing to Hollywood cemetery yes terday afternoon, where, after ser vice at the First Methodist church, the bodies were Interred s de by sid9. The crowd attending filled and overf owed the church auditorium and thronged the street, the num ber outside being many times the number of those within. Some who were present estimate tho number of co'ord people alone s'and'ng on tho street during the st rv co as from one to two thous and. Tlfe floral offering too was ns utusuil In abundunc; and in b"aufy as was the great concourse or 1 e )ple pres . nt. Music for the service was ren dered by the choir of thj Flrsf Methodist Church and the opening prayer. was made by Rev. J. . Old of this city. Tributes to the dnd were spoken by Mr. Old and also by Presiding Elder Adams, while the serv'ce was led by Uie pastor, Rev. J. L. Cunninggim. Mrs. Fearing died on Saturday afternoon at three o'c'ock. She was seventy-three years old ana was born on April 10th, 1843, in the old residence still standing on the corner of Lawrence and Green streets, though at that time the house was not quite in its present posit'on and occupied the entire square. Before her marriage she was Miss Mary Greene, the fami ly whosq name was made immor tal by General Greene of Revolu tionary Tame, and she Is survived by a brother. Rev. George Green of Richmond, and by- .throe sisters, Mrs. C. C. Pool of this city, Mrs John Ward of Nags Head and Mrs IlatHe B'and of Richmond.' Mr. Fearing was born on July 1st. IS.'IS, 'n the old Fearing home which fctill stands on the corner of Fearing and Road streets. A young man when the war for Southern lndcp'-ndence wns begun in 1''U, be volunteered as a. private in the S'a'e Guards conmanded by Cap t'i'n. af'.erw,!rds Coloiv)!, Martin, and scivil w'th distinction and holier intii J. huson's Fiirrender In 186."i. As a member of Company 1, Seven' h North Carolina Hea;'. ment, Mr, Fearing was sent, early in the war to Rianokn Is'aml. nnd from th 'ie to Oregon Iniel. Wien lla't t' 8 was captured by the yan kees in )8t;2, he returned to Roa noke Island and was there who'j Hnnislde's fleet nhellud tuu , Con federate positions and when h:s forces later (fleeted a landing and occupied thu Island. Caroled for a period after this enuagemcnt In Kl'zah?th City, Mr. Fen rim? later J ined the seventeenth North ear olina regiment at Weldon. noon after which t'ma he was deL-llml t-- serve under .fames F. Mil.lgan cf tlo Independent. Signal C'jtpii which Ftretchint from Itlrhtnoiid nn' 1 etcrsburg to Pig's Point, en den d the Confederacy vahiH'.ri? service 'n funi'Miing -.Information as to the eneliP s movements. In 184 Mr. Fearim detailed to report to Commotion' Mltchril of the Confederate inny and was sta tioned on Hi" Hi' liinond under Maury. in lsI,1 joined th army of retreat from Richmond at Drcwry bluff, tlw section of troops to which he belonged escsp. lug tho dutches Of the Federals MURDERERS NOT APPREHENDED Neither of the negroes who 011 Wedn sday nlht did To death Cic-r-rj White, a respectable negro tirayman, h's up to this time bten apprcht tided,. A report reailid her at one time that Sykes. one of thf nun wanted,, had been tak en at Deep Creek Va., but Investi gation proved the report erroneous A n gro named Charlie Sykes was taken at Deep Creek; but tbl- man wanted bv the authorities here Is Fred Sykes. SOAP WOULDN'T WASH The b! window d'splay at Mitchell's Deportment Stone adi vertlsed for last Saturday morning failed to materialize. The decora tor came and was ready to begin work, but Mr. Gilbert found, upon examination that the soap did' not fulfil his expectations. Mr. Gil bert therefore, severed his contract with the firm and refused to. ac cept the goods delivered. adv LITTLE CHILD DEAD Th" six months o'd child of Mr and Mrs. George Feiton died Sat urday morning at the home, of Its grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Broth"rs ln Nixcnton township, af ter a week's illness. The child's father, Mr. Fo'ton, was summoned from Washington, 1) C. where he holds a position and arrived just I'efor" the funeral, which was con duced by H-v. Rufus Bradley of Ihls t it y Monday afternoon. The rrra ns were laid to reBt In the family burying ground. ' ; INSTALLS AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAPHER Tho Standard Pharmacy has in stalled an automatic photographer which' hands you out your finished and framed photographed within one minute after you drop a dime 'n the slot. It Is the first seen here and is attracting considerable attention. roCKETBOOK LOST last Thurs day between county gate and Eli sha Coppersmith's pond. Purse contained sixty dol'ars in currency and some smaller change. Five dollars reward if returned to G. W. Cartwright Nixonton, Route Five. J. L. Tucker of Hertford in the city Sunday. was and 'reaching Danville. In safety and l iter j jn ng Johnston, w ho was approaching thnt city. Mr. Fear'ng wns with Johnston when that Cenorr tonvllle. 1 surrendered at TU'ti Mr. ' Fearing and Mr. B. F. White returned from Iho surrender- to Elizabeth City on horsl.uck or rather on muleback. On January 31st of the year fol lowing the close of the war Mr. Fear'ng married Miss Mary Greene and on January 31st 1915 tho cou ple celebrated their golden wed d ng. At that time Mrs. Fear ing was In feeble besi'th but. Mr. Fear'ng was in the hearty vigor of old a';. II; coming hi about, a month ao he passed awa, three days befoie,.llie death of his wlfet At the funeral jesienlay the ae live nail bearers were tho six sonn of Mr. anil Mrs Feai-ing: Con slant Greene. Dr. Isalali, .Taints Grot lit!, Dr. 'eiia and Henry Martin F'-arii':. The last named is from Washington. It. C. but all he rest are resldeiiU of F i.abe.th City. ' Thii fo'lowiir: wcth honorary uil bearers: V. V, Brndfr'l John Henry Bur ,'e::s Sr., Ilev. II F. Sawyer. N. II . Parker, M. B. Culpepper, J. D. Fulnier. B. F. Spetice, W. M. Hinton. N. Grandy, George Bevprltlge, J. T. McCalm, C E. Kramer. F. M. ("ooke. C. W. Melltk, J. M. Pool and Louis Se Ill I I IHEHLKfiMJil Louveroe Ladies Brass Band StrikinglFeatureof Thursday's Musical Com , - edy The past season has developed an entirely new form of theatrical entertainment. It is nothing ena than a musical farce. Someone conceived the idea of, taking a brisk farce, bringing it up to date and interpolate musical numbers. The idea proved an Immediate sua cess. It is this style of entertain . ment that Billy (Single) Clifford will come to the A.krama Theatre ou March 16, for one night only. The offering ( is called 'WALK THIS WAY.' being a lively farce, with a laugh In every line, and in terspersed therein no less than eighteen tuneful songs added for good measure. Billy Is seen to the best possible advantage and 1 surrounded by an excellent com pany, who sing ami dance In a very nteci tab'e mnnri'T. You've heard the 'Billy' song ' 'For when 1 waik, I always walk wish Bi ly, cause Billy knows just where to walk; end when I talk, 1 always talk wiMi Riily. cause Billy ' knows just how to talk; and when I sl-op I dream of Billy,' ' etc, etc., Well, that song is dedicated to Billy 'S'nglo' Clifford. The sotig, famous the country over, partlctl' fariy anions Elks, was written by Joe Goodwin, the music is by Kan dls & Paley, and on the cover piece appeurs the same picture of Billy Clifford which has been spread on the billboards the past week. . When Clifford isn't starring In a musical comedy, he U a headliner one of the big ones In vaudeville. He's said to be funny as can be and his company promises to keep the audience laughing from begin ning to end. He can sing some, too. The Louverne Ladles', Bras Baud, who are trave ing this sea- sen with tho Billy 'Single' Clifford Company,' playing 'WALK THIS WAV,' are made up of ail French , women whoso headquarters are at Paris, France. Tho ladles have, have bfeu p aying for years In their native country, but owing to the dreadful var, tliey were secur ed by .Mr. Clifford's foreign a'ent, and everywhere they havu been heard they have been a big featuro for the show. At Spokane, Wash ington, they headed one section of' the gnat Labor Day parade and received rounds of applause over tho whole lln? of march. The t ladies parade the principal, streets at three thirty ami play a concert fo'lowlng the parade.' They also , play again in the evening at 7:30 In front of the theatre. There are fourteen buxom French maidens who complete the lmtke-up, and they double into thO Imperial Or- chs'tra, which Is e. treat in itself " ' ' ndr SPECIAL, PRICE FOR EGGS Thorough bred Buff Orpington egs for sale. 75 cents 11 set, settlnif of fifteen eggs. Can serve you on short notice. Rev. N. P. Stallings. Moyoek, N. C. mar 14 ,"t J. BRYAN GRIMES TO SPEAK AT POPLAR BRANCH Poplar Branch, N. C. Marib 11 The third c ommeneemeltt of Cur rituck County will be held at. Gran tly, NT Cr on Frlil ay. March 31st. lion. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, has accepted au Invltatloa to deliver an address ill this com mencement. Mr. GiiiniH Is an able man and will show this ability at the County Commencement. Every . man and woman In the county should moke an effort to hear him,
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