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flDLLAR DAY BARGAINS
Willi SOTO mi RECORDS
Merchants Have Surpassed Their
Own Expections And A Study
Of Advertisements In This Is
sue Will Disclose Surprising
Values
The merchants of Elizabeth City
Jiave reaJly surprised themse.vtes.
Everybody knew that everybody
else was likely o make extra
ordinary price concessions, but
nobody had quite figured the actual
extent to which these would go.
There's a wea.th of Interestlpg
reading in each and every one of
today's Dollar Day advertisements
and the discr minating shopper is
advised to read each merchant's
announcement carefully.
Merchants who have been mak
ing arrangements for the event
Jiave le'ieved al" along that Eliz
abeth City could have as success
ful a Dollar Day as any town
in the state. That belief will be
trsnsfornieil by this' morning's pa-"
per into a profound and well
grounded conviction. With such
prices and such valrcs offered as
are to lfe found 'n these announce
ments something extraordinary
must intervene to keep shoppers
away from the stores tomorrow.
Many Merchants Participating
Never before have the merchants
of Elizabeth City made such co
operative efforts to attract busi
ness. This statement , is true in
tint more merchants are offering
special' va'ues than ever before
and ln that each merchant s try
ing to give his customers the best
Dollar values. The merchants
are one and all imbued with the
Idea of mak'ng the event an epoch
in local trade circies and are de
termined to leave nothing undone
that will insure shoppers offerings
worth coming to buy.
"We will de'.'rer . the goods"
said the merchants yesterday while
preparing for Dollar Day's offer
ings. "No one can eo away and
ay that we promised more than
we gave. And we will have
clerks to look after the wants or
all customers."
Dollar Day wT no doubt be a
great event in Elizabeth City but
its greatness can not be adequately
described. Shoppers must needs
come and see the offerings, and It
will te the part of wisdom to come
early. When t'red out there are
Rest Rooms in the Hlnton Build
ing, there are cafes and drug stores
where one may be refreshed easily
and at little outlay, and there is a
spec'al matinee at the A'krama in
the afternoon which will give an
opportunity for relaxation and en
joyment ."T
MRS." J. D. HASTINGS DEAD
News' reached here ear y Monday
morn'ng of the death of Mrs. J.
D. Hastings at her home in Cam
" den county at a half hour past mid
night Sunday night, after a five
week's illness. -
Mrs. Hastings was forty one
years of pge and is survived by her
husband; two sons. J. W. Hastings
and Clarence Russell Hastings;
. two daughters, Ruth and Ethel;
one brother, Lee Evans of Gregory;
two s'sters, Mrs. Harriett Sawyer
of Berkley. Va. and Mrs. Tina
Forbes of Indiantown; The funeral
was conducted Tuesday afternoon
r 7' at half past one o'clock at the home
and interment was made 'n the
Hastings burying ground near Has
tings Corner.
Miss Claudia Sanderlln of Ply
mouth was here shopping Wednesday.
EVERYBODY SAVES DOLLARS DOLLAR DAY
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ELIZABETH
NEGRO LYNCHED AT KINSTON
WITHOUT OFFICIAL PROTEST
Kin3ton, April5. A party of men
estimated to have been between
two and three hundred in number,
came to Kinston this morning at
abjut 2:30 O'clock and took Joe
Black, father of the Greene county
rape fiend who was hurried away
from that county to prevent a lynch
ng, lastweek, and ln a few minutes
a numbed of Bhots .were heard on
.he edge of the c ty in northeaster
ly d.rection and there was no ques
tion as to ihe fate of the negor.
The negro, who was accused of
giving his son fire.irms and advising
him to u:e them after his dastardly
ir.me, was brought to this c'ty at
alout nine o'clock iast night by
fc'htiiff Williams, Greene county, to
prevent a lynching. Evidently the
people of Greene county heard the
regro had been brought here' and the
lynching was the result.
Shortly after 2 o'clock the night
police force saw a crowd of men
gathered around the court house butj
before any effort could he made to
protect theprisoner nine of the mob
appeared at tbe jaii door and after
informing Jailer Allen that they did
not wish to harm him or h i wife,
but meant business, they surround
ed the jailer to prevent him taking
any action. One of them b'ew a
whist'e and the others swarmed into
the jai'. Securing the man Ihey were
after the crowd soon disappeared
In automobiles and a few minutes
af er the shots were heard.
Res.'dents tf King street were
awakened by cries of 'murder,' and
a number got up to investigate,
tut soon saw what was in the air
and realized that there was no
help for the situation.
Jailer Alien told a reporter
af'er the cccurrence that the nine
men who first appeared at the
jail and 'got himJ did not wear
masks of any kind, but that many
others In the party ) were masked.
Mr. Allen says he did not know
any of the party but believes that
they were not Greene county men,
-as he knows a goodly number of
citizens of that county.
While the affair is to be greatly
regretted, no fiult attaches to
Jailer Allen or to the police force
of the city as the whole affair was
pulled off so quickly that it would
have been impolite for a regi
ment to have prevented. - The
mob was very orderly and quiet.
tut demonstrated in every act that
they meant business and knew
what they were after. This is
the first lynching that has occurred
In this county for noarly fifty
years and this one can in. no wise
be charged against the good county
of Lenoir as the 'bee' was not our
people or the victim a Lenoir
man.
TO MEET AT NEWBERN
A mee'lng of the Standing Com
mittee of toe diocese of Eastern
Carolina has been called to New
Bern on April 11th. Dr. Wne
of Edenton. the chairman, desires
a full attendance. The committee
cinfists of Dr. Drane, Dr. Mt'ton
of Wilmington. Rev. B. F. Huske
of New Bern, Mr. George Roberts
of New Bern and Mr. F. R. Rose
of Fayeltevllle.' ,
J. L. Lewshe of Wilson was "In the
city Wednesday.
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CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY APRIL 7,
COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
A SPLENDID SUCCESS
I'vlilar Lia..t jNC April 4
Tie auui al County Commence
ment va htld.ut UranJy Fr.day
A:arih ul&t. '.he be.l ran at
2:43 tor the schools to get ;n line
aid march in ihe church. All the
th grade pupils occupied Cue
scuth virg of the church, the hign
ucLool pupils occupied the north
wing. lieu. J. Bryan Grimes
gave an interesting and .nstructive
address on education. He era
l hasized the fact that the progress
of the world is due to education.
Th s address was one of the great
est ever heard in this part of the
county. Hou Grimes presented
the certificates to the fifty-six 7th
grade pupLs who had passed the
county examination.
"Superintendent R. W. Isley call
ed upon many people for testimon
'als in' regard to why the bond
is.ue shou d be carried. Mrs.
Char.eton of Moyo k showed how
the progress of the north
end of the county depended
upon the progress of this end of
the county. M'ss Pede, M'ss Pas
more and Mr. Weathers told how
high srhoo s had been established
;n Wale County ly the bond issue.
I rof. Lhr to;k the floor the se
cond time telling of the progress
in Cms on County by the bond issue
The lunch was grcatiy enjoyed
tt:at Vas Kprend urqn the tables by
!ho total Indies of the Grundy Iiet
tfrment Assoclat'cn
At the ring'ng of the lell the
people returned to the church to
hear the d fferent contests.
Margaret Barnard and John Spry
won nieda's for the best recitation
and declamat'on in the 7th grade.
Fannie Simpson Von the meda'
for the best recitation in 8th grade;
Louis M dgett won medal in spell
ign contest; Mildred Baum for
highest average in 7th grade Eng
l sh; Ina White for second hlghes;
average; Edward 0. Baum for best
paper on 'Booze and its Ev11b;"
Vivian Evans for second best paper.
The medals were delivered by Rev.
Bradley. ,
Prizeas were awarded to the fol
lowing: Corolla School for ra'sing
most money per student enro led
during the year; Ralph Smith, best
outline map of North Carolina;
Ralph Smith best outl'ne map of
Currituck County; Robamia Griggs
cr best uarnea sinewing; uiuds
School for best exhibit of wr ting
from first three grr.des; Aydlett
School for best hand cutting of
story cf Hiawatha; Mlnn'e Klrbs
for lest set of doll clothes; Archie
O'Nea! for best pig trough; Archie
O'Neal for best boat hand carved;
roplar Branch Schoo' for best draw
ing of a boat; Poplar Branch School
for best exhibit of drawng; Eva
Bagley, for best made dust cap;
Nellie Barco for best made cook
apron; Ulaay saunaers tor oei
made button holes; Evelyn Kinsey
for best fancy work; Vernie Par
ker for 2nd best fancy work; Mil
dred Baum for 3rd best fancy work;
lessie Aydlett for best sweet pota
to p'e; Mlldrd Doxey for best
corn meal muffins; G-nndy School
for hst six biscuit; Pop'ar Branch
school for best ail round exhlbf.
Nell'e Ilarco for best plain cake;
Nell'e Lane for best loaf of light
bread; Ethel Gregory for best
school lunch;
Alvin Saunders
running broad Jump-, A'vln Sanders
standm? brood jump; John Spry
for beet paper on Sanitation In
the school.
Two th'Hs of the wh'te schools
in Currituck County were repre
sented at this commenceme'nt.
These that were not represented
sre small one teacher schools. Pop
lar Branch, Jarvlsbur?. Harbinger.
Moyork and Knotts Island schools
were the best represented. More
Interest was taken In the county
commencement this year than ever
before. More schools were repre
sented by exhibits.
LOST Between Blackwell Memor
ial church and R. E. Qulnh's Fur
niture Store one jrold pin. horse
shoe shaped, with leaf and pearl in
horse shoe. Reward if returned to
the office of R. E. Qulnn tc Co. It
MANY FRCM COUNTRY ATTEND
R J. Y. O-DS FUNERAL
A to;-t of cut cf town friends who
bad l.uov. n Kev. J. Y. Old as their
pusxr wire m ti.e city Wednesday
to attend h.s funeral which was
held at two o'clock ia the afternoon
t the Fiiist M thodiit ihurch. The
si; vies wera conduced by Pies d
ng Eld r Adams aad Rev. J. L.
Cunningini, assbted ty Kev. E. L.
Stack, Rtv. C. 1). Culnth, and
Rev. Rufus. Bradiey. 'Some Day
We'll Understand' was sung as a
quartet ly Mis. Wesley Foreman,'
Mrs. Robert Fearing. W.- C. Saw
yer and Wesiey Forman, and a pro
fusion cf f.cral offer ngs expressed
the grief of thoe who knew him.
Mr. Old was born in Norfolk
County, Virginia, cn Fel ruary 5th.
1S44. . He served through the C'vll
War with distinction in the Thir
teenth Virg nla Infantry, and car
ried his body like a soldier to the
ast.
Direct y after the war Mr. Old
was marr ed to Miss Agenora Ive9
of Berkley. Four children were
bori of this union, three of whom
with their mother, are now living.
Those are W. T. Old of Norfolk, L.
E. Old cf this city nnd Walter Old
cf (jileralnc.
Thirty yenrs tuo Mr. O'd come to
E izsteih City to l'v3, and twenty
yi'iiis ago ho entered the m'nistry
und r thn North ('aro ina Mt'thotlist
Confer. nee. He held a number of
(harpies in this se-tion among
which were the l'ar.quotanU cir
cuit, the Pellnvrn circuit, the Cam
den circuit and the Currltunk circuit
and at one t'me was stationed at
FalrfieH. Crmpekd to retire from
the active' ministry by fulling health'
at last, he as for a number of
years without an active charge, but
two years ago when the Perquim
ans clrcu't was left without a pas
tor he undertook the work first as
a supply and then as re"ul r pastor,
taking much grat'ficatlon In the
fact that he was finding hirase'f
again fit for active service.
DR. McMULLAN ELECTED
DELEGATE
At the April meeting5 of the Pas
quotank-Camden Dare MeuVdal So
ciety he d Wednesduy in the office
of Dr. O. McMulian, the society
elected Dr. McMulian as delegate
to the State Medical Society which
meets in Durham on April 18th.
The meeting was a very interest
ing one and wel sttended. Dr.
John Saliba of the Elizabeth City
Hospi'al read a very interesf'ng
paper on the Caesarian section.
Local hea th conditions and eases
of Interest to the profession were
diseusrted and Dr. Newly"of Hert
ford was appointed to read ft paper
at the next meeting on May the
third. ;
The following" nn mbers of the So
ciety wene present: Dr. O. Mc
Mulian, Dr. O. W. Sawyer, Dr. W.
W. Sawyer, Dr. I. Fearing. Dr. Z.
Fearing, Dr. R. L. Kendr'ck, Dr.
W. A. Hoggard, Dr. H. T. Aydlett,
Dr. W. A. Peters, Dr. C. B. Wil
liams. Dr. John Satiba. Dr. G.
K. Newby of Hertford affi'liHted
himself with the society at this
meeting.
INSTALL ELECTRIC MOTOR
An electric motor for the pipe
organ' at Christ church was Install
ed this week. Mr. A. F. Stein of
Richmond had the work In charge
TO HEAR BILLY SUNDAY
Rev. I. N. Loftln left Monday
to attend the Billy Sunday meeting
In Batimore. He will return to
night and fill his regular ap
pointments at Blackwell' Memorial
church Sunday. At the evening
service Sunday he will speak of
Bl'ly Sunday and his work.
Dr. B. C. Hennmg left Thursday
morning for R'chmond to attend ft
meeting of the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist Con
vention. He will return Friday
and fill his- regular appointments
on Sunday, '
1916
HOT- Of
IS NOW
And Preparations
Will Be Complete When
Business Concerns Of
City Open Their Doors
urday Morning
A perlcd of only twenty-four hours
intervenes between Elizabeth City
and what is expected to be one of
the greatest bus'nesss days in the
city's history the first Dollar Day,'
scheduled to be staged to-morrow
by the progressive merchants of the
town.
This morning's p-per carries an
nouncements supplementary to thoxe
which made Tuesday's Issue Inter
est ng to the economically Inclined.
The two issues together tell the
itovy pretty ntarly in full and a
great slcry t is, too, (It scribing as
does numerous opportunities to
stretch the do lar to its maximum
Pi r-- hv a'ng... value -
Notwiths'unding the fullness - of
111" tie ai s which have been pub
lished however, the real wealth of
t-a'guir.s to le had tomorrow dellos
listing. The most that the mer
chants have teen able to advertise
Is merely a.'ortion cf what will be
oh sale tomorrow. Scarcely a cus
tomer wl 1 cro-s the threshould of
the average Elizabeth City store to
morrow who will , "not delightedly
happen upon some trading tidbit
which either as not found a place
ln tho published advert'sements or
has been overlooked ln the reading
of them by that particular shopper.
An Early Start
Approximately every Dollar Day
shopper worthy of the name wl 1
set out early on the morrow, a defi
nite bargain or group of bargains ln
view. Negotiations therefore com
pleted the rea;ly wise will devote
considerable time to a general tour
In search of any thing and every
thing that may prove 'nteresting.
There are so many different art cles
offered at a reduction that it would
be vain on tho part of any single
shopper to hone to find time to con
sider all the bargains or eve.n that
portion of them In lis entirety m
wh'ch he or she t especially Inter
ested. None the less when to
morrcw comes w'h Its busy close.
were the truth to be told that is
precise y what more than one shop
per in th's city may have very
nearly accomplished. Elizabeth
City'8 I've merchants eater to a
type of customers which is as ag
gressive on tho bargain paths as
Ty Cobb f n the d amond.
Interest It Growing '.
On this, what may be described
as the 'eve of the battle,' interest ln
to-mrrow's event should reach the
high water ins'rk, On the streots.
over the counters in the. offices, one
and all have Dol ar Day on their
minds and the majority of folks
bave It often on their lips as well.
This Interest s not limited by class
or cond'tlnn. ' My lady who drives
her own car and the dusky damsel
who is my lady's laundress are'allke
pleasantly a thril' with expectation.
Dear to the fem'nine heart is the
Idea of a bargain, and trobly dear
Is the 'dea of many bargains on the
same day. Nor has the sex that
In said to desire the vote any mono
poly on this in'erest. There's many
a trousered citizen who will on the
morrow abstract from business
enough of h's own or his employers
t'me to connect with a few of the
juiciest Items.
Th'i state of affairs Is only natur
al. Do'lar Day Is made possible
only through the co-operation of 1I
the merchantg practically all of
hem, dealing as whole in every
commodity usually found In a city
OLLARS
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OLLAR
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H1IIIG Oil APACE
For Dollar
Day
The
The
Sat-
of ten or more thousand hustling
peope. I;s appeal must be to ftll
classes and sections of the commu '
Qity if the day is to be a success.
Evidence is not lack ng that Eli .
beth City'8 first Dollar Day, as It
Is understood and practiced by
the town s retail merchants carries
a commercial appeal which la to ftll
Intents and purposes irresistible. '
Further evidence, it is be ieved, to
the same effect will be in sight be
fore to-morrow's sun has sunk, and
fctlll, tint 1 the s ores close, will tho
merchants wa t for testimony as to
the value of Ei.abeth City's semi
week'y paper as an advert'slng me
dium. . .
MARY V. JENKINS "2EAD
Miss Mary V. Jenkins, 26 year
old. died at tho home cf her t'auts,
Mr. and Mr.. J. B. Jenkins, on
Pennsylvania Avenue Monday even
ln at seven' o'clock. For moro,
than two years she had been a vlp
tira of tuberculosa, but her condi
tion up to a few hours before her
death had eeemed rather better
than usual. He mother ia proa
trated from phock and airlef.
The funeral service wai conduct
ed at the home by RevC. B. CM
breth, pastor of City Road Metho
dist church, Tuesday afternoon ftt
four o'clock. Interment followed
fn Hollywood.
Miss Jenkins is survived by her
father and mo her; five sisters and
four brothers. The sisters are:
Mrs. Hugh M'tchell of Edenton,
Mrs. G. W. Bell, Misses Margaret, '
Grace and Nellie Jenkins. The
brothers are: John, Wright, Vernon
and AVI lard Jenkins.
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DEAD NEGRO FOUND IN DITCH
A long distance messuge received
here late lant evening brought th
news of tbe finding in a ditch near
the Roberts farm about a mile from
Gregory of the body of Jamea
Coefie'.d a negro who escaped from
tho chain gang here some time ago
Coefleld got off the train at Greg
ory, it 1 said, Sunday night and
found that bis wife was living with
another man. A fight ensued. Coe
field drew a gun which was taken
away from him and turned against
htm. The man who shot Coefleld
waas a Gregory negro by the name
of Dick Ferebee.
THESE ARED0LLAR0AYIFIR1SIIS
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alkramA theatre
the apothecary 8h0p
h. c. bright
city drug store
DEANS
FOWLER & COMPANY
GALLOP & TOXEY SHOE CO.
MARKHAM A FEREBEE
THE GAS COMPANY
M ITCHELL'8 DEPT. STORE
P. W. MELICK COMPANY
D. R. MORGAN A COMPANY
MORRISETTE A PERRY
McCABE A GRICE
M. LEIGH SHEEP COMPANY
OWENS SHOE COMPANY
PRICHARD MILLINERY CO.
PARKER BROS
THE PEOPLE'S BARGAIN STORK
R. E. QUINN A COMPANY
LOUIS SELIQ
8. R. SIFF COMPANY
SHARBER A WHITE
WALKER A COMPANY
WEEKS A SAWYER
ZOELLER'S STUDIO " fl