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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6. 1916
NO. 45
.VOL. V
ckett
HOLDS
HIS SAFE LEAD
Cohoon Carries Chowan,
Gates and Hertford But
Concedes Defeat
News came yesterday that Bick
ett had carried the State by a ma
jority of about twenty thousand
and to-day little can be added to
that statement, Official returns
"will reach Raleigh to-day, however,
and perhaps tomorrow definite
figures can be had.
. Complete returns, from Currituck
give Daughtrldge 46, Bickett 280;
.Grimes 367, Hartness 253, Clark
38; Mann 385, Lacy 266 Manning
167, Sinclair 223, Calvert 145, Jones
97; Shipman 401, Dellinger 199;
Lee 278, Boyd 324; Hobbs 255, Mcl
Klnnon 44; Graham 323 Young 357,
McClenaghan 275. '
Official returns from Pasquotank
gave Daughtrldge 379, Bickett 746;
'Grimes 904, V Hartness 45, Clark
115; Mann 565, Lacy 147; Manning
473, Sinclair 431, Calvert 85, Jones
35; Shipman 635, ; Dellinger 251;
Lee 756, Boyd 163; Hobbs 159. jj5c
Klnnon 102, Graham 671; Young
740, McClenaghan 219.
Bickett's majority in Hertford
County is .reported 237. Lacy,
"Shipman, Lee and Graham have
good majorities in that county, and
Manning leads for. Attorney Qjmer-.
al. : Hertford gave" Cohoon a 200
majority over Johnson. Cohoon
carried Gates by a small majority,
according to a phone message from
Gates vllle. yesterday.
Complete returns from Camden
give Bickett 368 Daughtrldge 84.
Grimes,. 378. Hartness 17, Clark 28.
.Manning 196, Sinclair 89. Calvert
99, Jones 18. Shipman 292, Dellin
ger 89, le 271, Boyd 140, Hobbs
33,. .McKinnon 32, Graham 809,
Young 150( McClenghan 138. Cam
den gives Cohoon 162, Johnson 687,
Mcnider 430.
Manteo precinct gives Daugh
trldge 7, Bickett 80; Grimes 83.
Hartness 3, Clark 2; Mann 77. Lacy
8; Jones 6t, Manning 13, Sinclair 16,
Calvert 4; Dellinger 16, Shipman
64; Boyd 12, Lee 66; Hobbs 5, Mc
Kinnon 1, Graham 76; Young 80;
In this senatorial district returns
hat have actually come show Blck
'W with 2730 votes as against
1175 for Daughtrldge.
Other candidates who have run
wen in this district and who are
certain to nave received the nom
ination are J. Bryan Grimes, Secre
tary of State, W. A. Graham, Com
missioner of Agriculture, M. L.
Shipman, Commissioner of Labor
and Printing, and James R.
Young, Insurance Commissioner.
!Lee running against Boyd for mem
"her of the Corporation Commission
ftas carried . practically county in
the State. '' n 2'-"
J. S. Manning, who is thought to
;be in the lead for Attorney General,
has pftfled a large vote in this dis
trict,3 Sinclair running him a fairly
cose second According to returns
In hand Mann leads Lacy for State
treasurer - in this district by a
small majority but at Raleigh
Lacy's nomination Is conceeded.
Vo contest In this district has !
! VV o? more ItlCeriit ?a Pasquo- j
'""S'ii i than that for" the State Senate.
witE three candidates, Cohoon of
Tasquotank. Johnson of Currituck
rand McNidcr of Perquimans In the"
Tunning. - It now appears from
the 'Incomplete returns now In. hand
that the nomination belongs to the
Inst two candidates named. Two
-years ago Cohoon won the nomina
tion to the senate largely by the
isupport of the rural vote In this
bounty. This year bis hlphpst
rural vote came from Salem and
there McNIder got thro to his one.
Tn three precincts, Mt. Termon,
Cartwrleht's School House and Nix
onton. Cohoon got only two votes.
As far as returns tire In from the
district thpv Plve Cohoon 1034,
, Johnson 2J74 and McN'irtcr 2415
LITTLE FOLKS ENJOY
Chautauqua goers last year, and
esteclally the Junior Chautauquans
have not forgotten the fun of seeing
themselves In moving pictures on
the second of the Seven Joyous
Days. :
The picture will be made again
this year and everybody should look
out for the parade on opening day
and 'get In the pictures. The pic
tures will be taken as the parade
marches down Main street on open
ing Day and will be shown on the
screen at Chautauqua on the first
or second night.
Mr. R. E. Carets is- the official
Chautauqua photographer who takes
the pictures, develops and shows
them. Such quick work is possible
because of especially improved photo
graphic devices and the skill of the
Chautauqua photographer. -
Junior Chautauqua will meet at
the close of the first afternoon's pro
gram, and all children are Invited
to stay. .
"Junior Town,' the yery success
ful plan of last year, will be used
again. The children will elect their
own Law and Order, Health, Clean-
Up. and Make Good Commissioners.
Many new features have been add
ed. -
The children of Junior Town will
present on the last day of Chautau
qua a bright new play, "Uncle Sam's
Experiment." Uncle Sam himself
will be In it. '
New soius, written especially for
Junior Chautauqua, new games, new
stories will be usef this year."There
are badges for the Commissioners,
membership pins forall, and gold
pins for fourth-year members. On
epenlng day the children should
bring the pins received each preced
Ing year.
The age limits are from six to
fourteen, and Chautauqua urges the
children to earn some money and
buy their own tickets. -
The Superintendent of Chautauqua
this year Is Mr. Cook of Vlcksburg,
Miss., one of the most experienced
Superintendents on the circuit, and
one of the most successful.
He has been very prominently con
nected with the Boy Scout move'
ment In the South, and is Intensely
Interested In all that contributes to
the development of the life of the
boy. He will lecture upon "Literary
Hearth-stones,' and will speak es
pecially of Lanier, Kipling. Emerson
and others.
It is time to be buying season
tickets for these Seven Joyous Days,
for Chautauqua begins next Satur
day and the guarantors must finish
their ticket selling campaign by that
time.
DIKECTPOSII.
CHARGED ITU ElSBEZZuIEIIT
TRIED BEFORE COMMISSIONER
WILSON MONDAY MORNING
Mr. Paul Mann of Manns Harbor
was brought before United States
Commissioner, T. B. Wilson, Mon
day morning on the charge of" era
bezilement of government funds
coming Into Mann's" hands as poast
master at Mann's Hafbori "
Manll Is widely knowti in Dare"
county where he has always been H
garded as a ci:lzen of good charac
ter. The amount he is alleged td
have misappropriated is $464.00. He
was brought to Elizabeth City Tues
day by United States Deputy Mar
shall J. n. Williams.
Mann Is forty five years old and
unmarried. He was removed from
the post 6fflre at Manns Harbor a-
bout two months ago.
Miss Sallie Cobb is at home for
two weeks following her comple
tion of a year's work at the State
Normal at Greensboro.
Mrs. Jasper Garrls and children
arc Giles's of her mother on South
Head s'reet.
Chautauqua
The Chautauqua Guarantors call attention to
the fact that unless you buy your season tick
ets at two dollars rind atone dollar for children
under fourteen, you do not assist the guaran
tors in this Chautauqua movement. Each year
these guarantors have had to make good a defi
cit causedbythe failure of the public to buy sea
son tickets. They earnestly urge upon you
thtirneecr of your co-opesation and support in
this matter. The Chautauqua brings pleasure,
instruction and recreation to us. Come up
and buy tickets. . Help your town.
The Chautauqua Gurantors
BUREAU
(
E. E. Culbreth of State
Department of Agricul
ture Now Here
Mr. E. E. Culbreth of the Divi
sion of Markets of North Carolina
arrived in Elizabeth City this morn
ing to assist and co-operate with
the Local Field Office Branch of the
Federal Office of Markets, which la
establishing a Telegraphic Market
News Service on prices, shipments,
sales( and general conditions in var
lous city -markets on the present
crop of potatoes.
It had been announced that Mr.
C. E. Haskett would be In charge
of this work, but as Mr. Haskett
has been affiliated recently with the
Carolina Potato Exchange, it was im
possible for the Federal Office, of
Markets to avail themselves of any
services on the part of Mr. Haskett
owing to his work as Agent of the
Exchange.
The Federal Office delivers its bul
letins, and Issues its Information
free to every and all factors, and
acts as an entirely dlsinteretsed
news bureau, and their work and
services are for all parties Interest
ed In this crop's movement, shippers
buyers, brokers, commission mer
chants,' growers and truck , farmers
as well.
The United States Department
Agriculture, through the Office
Markets and Rural Organization
establishing in Elizabeth City
Field Branch Station, which is
of
of
is
a
to
work In co-operation with the 8tate
Division of Markets, for the distri
bution of market news throughout
the potato season.
P. C . lsbell and W. B . Walker
of Washington arrived June first to
get this service started. Mr. W.
R. Camp, Chief of the North Caro
lina Division of Markes was also qu
ins ground-for a few days repre
senting the State Department of Ag
riculture.
Each day the Information regard
ing market conditions in the princi
pal cities and movement of potatoes
from producing sections will be as
sembled by wire and distributed,
form this station by telephone, tel
egraph, mail and bulletins.
The bulletins will be Issued about
12:30 p. m. each day and are for
free distribution to producers, ship
pers and all who are Interested in
the movement of this crop. These
reports glve quantities originating
from the different competing sec
tions, the arrivals that same day
upon the principal markets, and the
prices prevailing that same morn
ing. This work lias been carried on
with front success in leading pro
rontlnuci On Lrsst Taso
nnnrno
LflDM
wuiu lumi
POTATO EXCHANGE
C. E. Haskett Says Branch
Organization In This
. County Needed
The meeting of fanners and truck
growers at the Court House Monday
was called to order, by the Chair
man of the Chamber of Commerce
who Introduced MrtC. E. Has
Haskett, Assistant In Marketing of
the Division of - Markets of the
North Carolina . Department of
Agriculture.
Mr. Haskett, under whose direc
tion last year the Carolina Potato
Exchange was organized, spoke to
potato growers present of the val
ue of cooperation In the grade and
pack and In the marketing of their
potatoes.
The speaker expressed his... will
ingness to De or any possible ser
vice to the Potato growers of Pas
quotank county this year. He
suggested that the potato growers
might organize as a branch of the
Carolina Potato , Exchar-gc; or if
this year the proposition has been
put before them too late to effect
an organization, that he would be
glad to serve them individually in
case the grower would guarantee a
good grade and pa-k of I his pota
toes. Mr. Hasket was very em
phatic in stating that he could do
absolutely nothing for the potato
grower who would not co-operste to
the extent of making this guaran
tee. As this is the farmer's busiest
season and as the number present
was therefore too small' to make
any definite action possible, it was
decided to present the matter of
Organizing the" branch of the Caro
lina Potato Exchange In this coun
ty to the farmers of the county at
their homes during the coming
week. The .County Agricultural
Demonstration Agent, Mr. O. W.
Falls will have charge of this
work. - x
The farmers who were present
showed intense interest In the
movement and It Is hoped, that In
spite of the late beginning the pro
posed organization can be effected
this year.
W. It. Camp, Chief of the Divi
sion of Markets of the Nortji Caro
lina Department of Agriculture, who
Is here for a few days looking after
the establishment of the Federal
Market News Bureau here, last
week gave thlj taper the following
Interview:
It would be well for business men
as well as farmers, who are Interest
ed In the prosperity of Eastern
North Carolina, to consider how
our nHshbor to the north, have
diiclng ciilers of many perishable
mm
i
LET OLD BETSEY PROVE
SHE'S STYLE ALL THE WHILE
Chautauqua began this summer's
tour with two slogans, "The Best
Yet Program' and 'Every Season
Ticket Sold:r
That the first has been verified is
abundantly evident from the many
announcement which have been
made in the city of the week's at
tractions. The guarantors are now
making a strong effort to bring to
pass, the second. On Friday a party
oi Chautauqua boosters toured Per
quimans County scattering enthusi
asm In their, wake. They found a
prosperous country and friendly peo
ple and to these they extended an
invitation to come to Elizabeth City's
Chautauqua.
'Fannie Chautauqua" says, she
Is the suffragette sister of "Mr. Chau
tauqua Fan"
'Sometimes ilans and devices
Go up with flash,
And earnest endeavors
Come down with a crash;
Lut we're bound that-Chautauqui
Shall go with a dash.
.. i
Our motto's the thing,
Let nothing abash;
With a "Pull all together"
The, record we'll smash."
All Chautauquans remember with
pleasure Dr. 8. Parks Cadman and
bis splendid lecture last year. This
year his subject is; "Makers of A-
merica."
Some towns sometimes say of
some lecturers, even good onest "We
have had him here before; please
send us some one else." All towns
always say of Dr. Cadman: "We
have had him here before; by all
means send him again." Cadman is
the greatest 'repeater" on the cir
cuit. He has return dates every
where. It Is said that the only man
who did not raise his hand last year,
voting for his re'urn, had had both
arras shot off.
Cadman is one of the most Ir
resistible forces on the platform
a torrent of thought, a torrent of
words, a torrent of enthusiasm. With
the rain beating on the tent, and the
thunder reverberating on every side,
he has been known to throw off his
coat and exclaim: "I'll out-lecture
this storm if It takes five hours"
and he did it and everybody heard
every word .
Cadman Is extremely entertaining.
His flashes of wit an humor provoke
uproarious laughter; but his lecture
does not aim to be amusing It Is
a succession of great mounts a-
boundtng in eloquence and Inspira
tion.
His new lecture, "Makers of A-
merlca," is the most virile and vital
that he has ever prepared.
He is pastor of the great Central
Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N.
Y,
commodities such as strawberries,
tomatoes, asparagus, onions canta
loupes, peaches, apples and pota
toes. It Is hoped that this service
may be continued here for the sweet
potato shipping season as well.
This work has given shippers in
other sections an opportunity to in
telligently distribute , their -ptodute
on favorable markets and to save
themselves loser on overstocked'
markets.
In the matter of the recent Texas
Onion deal. It has been estimated
growers and shippers have been
saved nearly a million dollars
through the market news service .
A single branch shipping associa
tion In the Arkansas strawberry
section reports that by use of these
dally bulletins . one car was so
advantageously moved as t0 pay
that station's entire cost for tele
grams from n nenr by Branch
office of Markets.
Any desirous of securing these
dally marked bulletins by mall may
obtain them free of cost upon ap
plication to C. E. Haskett. Mar
ket AiBlstant of Division of Mar
kets, or by giving their names to
Mr. O. W. Falls, County Demon
stration Arcnt.
Continue;! On Last Patro
OFFICIAL VOTE
III PASPH
Returns From Various Pre
cincts All Now In and
Figure? Definite
i
For Representative, Eugene'
Scott; for Sheriff; Charles Reld.1
for Police, Justice Saweyr or
Lamb; for Auditor Charles Car
mine; for County Commissioners.'
In Elizabeth City township, N. 0. 1
Grandy and J. Q. Fearing. Ia
Newland township H. W. Bright
is nominated Commissioner over
Joslah Brlte by a majority of 320;' i
in-Mxoirtoa township Frank Jen-j
nlngs Is nominated by a bare ma.;
Jority, polling 639 votes against
637 for the other two candidate '
In Salem township a second pri- j
inary will be necessary between
John C. James and Thomas
Palmer. 1
These are the results of Satur
day's Primary for the Democratic
nomination of county officers In
Pasquotank. The polls closed at
sunset but the counting of the,
votes was a tedious undertaking
In the second and first wards it
was after midnight when the last
vote was counted.
As has been the case for the last
five years, It was Charles Reft who
got more votes than any other can
didate running. Reld was given
808 votes to 422 for his opponent.
Scott's majority over Perry was
148, Scott's vote being 670.
Carmine defeated Thompson by a
majority of 360, Thompson polling
428.
The contest for the office of Trial
Justice will have to be fouibt out-
In a second primary between Lamb .
and Sawyer. Sawyer polled BIT
votes, Lamb 357 and Spence 835.
The vote by wards and precinct
Is as follows:
FOR
COMMISSIONER E. CITY
TOWNSHIP
Fearing Grandy Wilson
Newland 64 66 33
Providence 68 74 " T
Mt. Hermon 21 37 33
Cartwrtght 16 26 11
Nixonton 11 27 22
Pools 54 73 30
Salem 74 79 . 22
First Ward 95 136 156
Second Ward 135 138 160
Third Ward 106 101 61
Fourth" Ward 94 115 65
Totsl 728 872 60O
FOR COMMISSIONER NEWLAND
TOWNSHIP
Bright Brlte
Newland 53 28
Providence 74 8
Mt Hermon 45 0
Cart wrlght 21 9
Nixonton 6 24
Pools 55 20
dSaelm '63 23
"First Ward : : ' .91 78 J
Second Ward 128 79 '
Third Ward 80 45 !
I Fourth Ward 70 51 I
Total 686 366
FOR COMMISSIONER NIXONTON
TOWNSHIP
Jennings Knowles Overman
Newland GO 15 3
Providence 62 7 15
Mt Hermon 33 13 0
Cartwright 12 11 6
Nixonton 12 14 7
Pools 54 14 17
Salem 47 43 3
First Ward 47 102 19
2nd Ward 89 66 50
Third Ward 57 58 10
Fourth Ward 66 49 15
Total 539 392 145
Continued From Page Ono
Mrs. Clarence Crowson of High
Point Is the guest of her mother,
Mrs. C. C. Allen on South Road at.