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Vho Roanoke Beacon. llio Official Paper of Wash iiitou Oouuty.i Publwhw! Every Friday by This Koaxosk Publishing Compant. W. FLETCHER AUSBJN, Local Editor. THOMAS IICS0N, Business Manager. Subscription irice, fcl.SJ per year. A vfhuniiiit inwrhtit at taw rmiefl. The editor will not be responsible fur the views of cwropondents. . , , All article for publication inot be accomuanled by the full name of ine writer. Oorreeiieoduiita ere rvqueiAed not to write on oat n no er roe puper. . All coiumaaicuons atut be sent in by Thursday laoriirnjr or (buy will not appear. , . . i Adtireee all communications to . TUB BOANOKE BEACON, Plymouth, N. C. We appeal to every eder of Ta Roanoke BaAoOi. to aid ns in making it aa acceptable end profitable medium of news ro our citizen. Let Plymouth people and the public know what is sotDK on in Plymouth. Keport ta all , Item of uewr the arrival and departure of friend, social events dentin, sorious Uittw, aootdeoM.- new buildings, new eaterprlcea and improvement)! of whatever character. -cliiinRei" in bntine Indeed anything aud everything that would be of interest to our people t. ; FRIDAY, SF.PTEMBEB 27, 1889. 7 A cohvkksation can now be telephoned from Portland, Me., to Buffalo, N. Y. a distance of 7-50 miles. 'Lite and Love" is to be'ihe title of the first volume of poem written by America's rising poet, Robert Barna "Wilson, of Ken tucky. He is only 20 years old ' now and has beeu writing verses for quite a while. . THE Canadian 'officials deny that there is any disposition on their part to' become a part of oar Union. Perhaps not when it is found that there are at present about one million of their natives in the United States who have come nere to live oat the rest of their Uvea. Tub Fisherman and Farmer, of Edenton, celebrated its third anniversary on the 14th insfc. It started' from a little 16 I 22 inch ftheft three years ago, 'and to-day it is an eight-page 10 column paper, well printed and carefully edited. May it live to cele brate many more birthdays and still work S for Ihe advancement of the people of North Carolina and the Democratic party. . It is said that the enforced resignation of - Tanner had the effect of so enraging V some of those who were looking to the Pension Office with a view to securing boodle, that the authorities at Washington deemed it JTrUUOUt 4saO umuawi v nwinwv aaavaa Harrison with an escort derfog his visit te his mountain home in' Maryland j Many threat euing letters,' it U said, have baen received et the White House. A most scoundrelly and villainous proceeding. Daily Call. - Abb we to have under this administra tion another ill tf striatum of Christian Statesmanship such as disgraced ' the first Grant administration. Tanner,' W indom. - Wanimalrw tni Harriann fl.ll hplnni t.n th school of politicians who publicly, exhort ouce a week and stir cp scan die the bther six days. Tanner has given the first big Scandal of the Harrison Administration. It , looks jnst noW as though the second six months would develop a discreditable sen. aation in which the rubber stamp states, man might be unhappily mixed up. Ex. , The fine vessels that have been added to the navy by Secretary Tracy, the late Dem- ; emtio Secretary, reminds us that the last batch of splendid naval vessels was built also by a Democratic administration. It was when Secretary James Dobbin, of , Fajetteville, was" the Secretary. Under bis supervision the Niagara, the Memmae, the Wabash,' and other ' Vessels of that, class were built, being then the fastest and finest war ships afloat. The Democrats always do snch things well. What this country ''needs is more Democratic administrations. News and Observer. 'Ike Treasury Department has just brought an odd claim againBt the State of Virginia for $16,923. It seems that during the war Francis Peirpont was appointed Governor of that State by Presideut Ly neon. Peirpont, for some reason did not date his official letters from Richmond, (the capitol of the State), but at the same time got the United States Treasury to advance him the ibum of $16,023 to buy arms with, and now f tne Department presents the claim to Gov. Lee. Tub Railroad is rapidly neaiing comple. tion. It is this side Of JamesviUe, and in a short time the whistle of the iron horse - will be heard in our midst. f . The completion of this Road has been 1 looked toward to with great anxiety, and but for the unfavorable weather it would have been done ere this. Si ime of our citizens anticipate a renewal of life by its completion, while others say they think it will do no good. - It is onr opinion that the completion of this Road will enthuse in our people new life, it will moke transportation quicker and cheaper, it will, to some extent, increase the population of the towu, it will give to sora, employment, it will put more money fa circulation and iu every way add to the 'advancement 6f the county. What is a town1 without a Railroad? In this new ago it is like day without sun. shine. ; ' ' ' . Of con-rue, if our people expect the Rail Kwadtobnid. Uj tbevacau tola, build maunfactorys, 3if all kiudsV street f cars, trbools. banks, hotels, wholesale houses, A J., and fill their pockets with cash, while ihe-y sit down and talk about what might bo, and never do it, they wilt get left, a'od ihe Railroad will be of but little use, 'but if they will use their influence to draw the mctt who have Capital to invent, and wilt invtwt tbt ir own eapiul the Railroad will help thf in to do if, and soou our town will be on the road to success. Awake, ye men who are asleep, to the advancement f the town, and lt Plymouth welcome the completion (if the Road with ff.fu aini-i. Ou rbat dav let every house in towu te Kritced by a fls. and at night iiluniinat ! the btreftls, azid let's have, a 'r ml ti Everybody sliould hurrah for ti ' ihiwu ut vi' f life for i'lysT'Cth. . OBITUARY. , ;' G W. Walker Vas borne J in Curritack county; N, C. January Mt 1817. and died at his home in Plymouth, N, C, August 21st l&ft, ad 42 years U month and 2i dya - fa the year' 1880 h was ' hnppity married to Miss" Annie Lay ton, of Bridge, ville, Del, who with one kou still survive to mourn their loss. Brother Walker was soundly converted and joined the Metho list Episcop; Church South, in the year 1874 aud lived a devoted christian of the same the remainder of his dtys. As a christian he as earnest, meek and sweet spirited as a child, bis life was as joyous in the Saviors love as his translation was triuuipbaut and glorious. For several years he filled the office of stewart,f aithfull.r and energetically. Ne man ever lived in thit community who was more honored and loved as a christian and citizen than he. ; He was, indeed. "A living epistle known and read of all men." As a member of the eunrch he was true aud faithful, a good neighbor, a trusted friend, a loyiote husband aud a kind father. While he quietly lingered on the shores of time, waiting for the call of hi Saivour he trusted his promisor to the end for sustain, ing grace, which was graciously given to him. ' lit- last hours were like the beauti ful setting snn. Without an intervening cloud'. The business of the town wa s al. most sdepended, and every possible respect was shown by the large concourse of Bor rowing friends who followed his remains to their last resting-place the -Methodist Gemetary. May the benedictions of heaven res upon the beretved wife, and may the FatherV mantle fall upon his sou, and may the name left him- encourage him to walk in his father's footsteps. C. W. Robinson. STAT IN NORTH CAROLINA. The following letter wag received by the editors of the Roanoke News and was writ, ten by a man who has tried the Old North State as well as others : Akmoubdalk, Kan., Aug. 28, '89. Messes. Editokb : Should any young North" Carolinian of your acquaintance expreHS auy desire to leave his native State and "wander 'mid strangers alone" in the West, tell him to stay where he is unless he has murdered somebody or stolen some thing. I have traveled over .the hills and valleys, the flate and marshes of fourteen of th Southern and Western States, and lived in five of them, and being au observ. ant man, my opinion should not be entirely valueless. Any intelligent young white man with a fair record as to character, has a finer opportunity to gratify any ambition he may have in North Carolina than in any other State I know, aud for this plain rea. son otying b the lack of foreign emigration into its borders, the vast business interests of the Statu are dependent solely upon home talent for their development, support and the execution of ' their enterprises. The 'young men have no competition : for promotion except among themselves and the doctrine or the 'survival of the fittest" obtains there aa elsewhere. Any individual. therefore, has practically the cnoioe of auo oees or failure offered to him. Iu this country it is different; the yellow glare wbfcrtr California threw over the West in 1M9 has not, to Eastern eyes, vet died down; the great silver mines of Nevada, the gigantic cattle interests or DaKot, Uolorada and'New Mexico, the romance attached to the cowboys life, the wild adventures and Occasional snoceeses of miners and trappers all combine to throw a fasciuating cloud over this vast region, and hide' the plaib. unvarnished truth about the difficulties and uncertainties which beset the "tenderfoot" in his endeavor to earn a livelihood. The consequence is multidudes of young men, finely equipped for the race of life, have been annually pouring into it for the last fifteen years ; the entire county is over-run with men of every calling, every place there are forty or fifty applicants of course, only one gets in, the question is, what becomes of the others? They mus live somehow. I will give u few illustrations : I know a physician, a man of flue education and good manners, who after years of struggling with - poverty in hi profession, is now working side by side with negroes and iguoract white, men iu a packing house. I khoW a -young collejce-graduate of high standing, Who was admitted to the bar and essayed to practice, ne is now standing on a street comer distributing transfer ' tickets for a street car company. And thus it is in all other protessious, trades and callings. There is absolutely no room for more. The one grand requisite for success out here is a little cosh capital to start with, that would instantly place a man ahead of his comped. itorrf, and give bis abilities a chance to dis. play themselves, without it. the chances are ten to one his career will be wrecked aud he will go to swell the vast horde of tramps and bums with whioh the country is already infested. Thns you see North Car olina really oilers a bet'er field to the ener. gias aud ambitions of her children than they can hope to find elsewhere. It is not only the best place to earn their first little cash capital, but it is also the best place to invest it. ' It is true that at the present time, this couutry has one great advautage over the South, but it is one which is fast disappearing, and if given proper attention will oon be a thing of the past. It is the amount of Northern capital seeking invest, inent here. The great money, kiugs of the northeast are scattering their treasure alt over this entire section beautifying and enriching it With magniiicaut houses and immense factories and all sorts of industries and giving employment to thousands of men aud women, they have confidence in the resources of the country, they have confidence in . its institutions, aud they cannot afford to let their money remain idle iu Northern vaults. Some Of these times they' will feel the same ' way towards the South and that will be the beguiuing of a new era for you, the beginning of the sec. ond greatness and predominance of your God-favored land, but they do not feel so as yet, hard work and patience still lie beiore the people of the South, before they can convince the North that the couutry is again one iu sentiment and feeling as it is iu territory. I had no idea the nemory of the war was so tresb in the mind of these people. W l.ila the Southern people have been hard at work trying to reclaim their beloved country from the ruins of war, these wealthy eonquerers have been looking idly ou aud thinking they ' deserved all of their suffering. To their prejudiced eyes the shadow of the appletree at Appomattox fctill spreads like a pall 'over the land, and it is only by mutual intercourse and con. stant effort on the part of the South that the situation caa be changed, and the great stream' of investment-seeking . gold be turned Southwards. When the tide is turued, the young man who baa pinned his fats to the prosperity and success of North Carolina will find, himself 'Bitting on ihe top tail, pickiug his teetli " KeHpectfuIly, CEPHA9. The first snow of the season in New York State fell at Nowburg lasi week. FROM CO, SUPERINTENDENT. Editor Roanoke Beacon : Dxah siRt I send yon a letter from lion S. M. Flrger. State Superintendent of Pnblie Instruction, whioh I am sura you will tke great pleasure iu publishing in the interest of education within our county . I heartily appreciate' your kiud co-opcra-tiou in the important work of educatiou a work preeminently worthy of the highest consideration of our people. With such feeling I am earnestly endeavoring to in troduce fully all the text books reconi. mended by th State' Bord of Education, and RtquiHED by the Legislature to bo used in the Public Schools. As I have re quested, the merchants in the county are kiudly co openttiug by keepiug tho books for sale at special contract prices, which are made lower than for other similar iKioks, ,. School books on hand dropped by the Act of the Legislature, may be ex. changed with the publishers without cost. Uniformity of text books are of the utmost importance,'' enabling teachers to manage larger schools, and to do more efficient Work; enabling pupils to study with better advantage; and allowing to parents at the same time 25 per cent, dis count on purchase of books. The State authorities are now bringing to a close the hitherto continual contusion and diaadvae tage occasioned by a want of uniformity in sobool books. Let us all co.operate in rapidly perfecting the long and much needed object." Luther Ebobke, Supt. Public Instruction of Washington Co. sept. 19, 'y. HON. S. iff. FINGER'S LETTER Raleigh, N. C, Sept, 9, '89. To Rv. Lutheb Ebobnb, Sxcbetaby and County Superintendent Public lNSTBGCrlON, CBESWELL. N. O., Dxah Sib: If you have not already done so. will you please give the matter of exohange of books your special attention. The exchange rates, will - not be continued longer than is necessary for you to avail yourself of them. The law requires the books on the State list to be used, and the rates for exchange are very low. It would be unfortunate if for any cause we fail to take the books now, and later have to pay bigner prices. ;Alay I not ask that you see every mer chant in your county who sells school-books and get him to order' from Mess, Harper k Jirothers, Hew lork, and from Messrs. Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., Cincinnati', all the books that are offered for exchange as ex plained on page .VJ of the school-law, Theno firms ' will take pleasure' iu furnishing blanks aud all necessary information. If you fail to get booksellers to attend to this matter promptly, I ask that you order the books yourself and arrange with the teachers to make the exchanges. It is a matter of such immediate importance that I must be excused tor urging your prompt action. By devoting a little extra time to this matter, for which your board will of course compensate you, you will uniform your schools with excellent books aud ac the same time save money to the children. The exchinge account, . you will note, must be opened with the house that pub. bribes the books offered for exobrnge. After the vxchauge rat as are withdrawn all the books on the State list except Webster's Dictionaries can best be bought from the regular depositaries as explained in the Appendex to the school-law. The publishers of Webster's Dictionaries decliue to put them with the depositaries on same terms as other publishers, but Worchester's may be obtained in lieu of them. ' It is worthy of special attention that to get the books that are offered for exchange no money need be advanced. . Auy reliable house can get them, . to be accounted for when exchanged or sold. I will send you, or cause to be sent you. all necessary -blanks and information. Will you please show this letter to your board and ask their co-operation. Mow is the time to uniform your schools - cheaply ; if you wait until next year it will cost more to do it Instruct your teachers to nse every effort to have the State hat books used. While our people are conservative, they are reasonable. If the teachers will show the importance of uniformity, and that the State list books are better than many of the old books now iu the hands of the children, and if they explain that upon the surrender of the old books the new books on the list can be had for a very small ex chaugff price, most parents will willingly get the list books. Especially do I ask that when a new book is bought it shall be one that is on the State list, t'he parents frequently do not know what books to get. It they do not know they should always wait uutil the teacher informs them. Iu so great an organization as a State system of schools there will necessarily be some friction, and, perhaps, nobody can have things exactly as he wants them. All that the State Board asks has been most carefully considered by persons who have nothing in view but the good of the children; and who, from long experience, ought to be able so to guide that the children may learn as rapidly as possible, and their education be safe and pleasant. You and your board and the teachers, I feel sure, can very rapidly bring about a uniformity iu your county, and I make this appeal to you and them and to the people, in the confident hope that we will not neglect this opportunity. (Signed,) 8. M. Finger. Supt. Public Instruction. HOW TO UTILIZE OUR WASTE A.ANDS. The following from the Wilmington Star is a sensible article, aud we ask our farm, era to read it: "In the State of Texas the culture of the ecau nut is found to be very profitable, t would prove possibly quite as profitable in North Carolina, where the tree grows well ' Nut culture is something to which very little attention is given in any portiou of this country, aud yet it would pay well if it Were followed with any system. There is much worn -out, uncultivated laud iu North Carolina which could be turned to valuable account, at little cost and little labor, by planting pecan, hickory or wal nut groves, the Iruit of which would pay bandaomely in a few years at simply the cose of picking, and the timber of which would be immensely valuable, if cut for timber, years hence when that kiud of tim ber will bd scarcer aud more valuable than now. The man who will plant twenty acres or walnut trees now win leave a vai. uable inheritance to his children when the trees are grown, when each tree will be worth more than the acre, of land upon which it is grown, aud au acre will grow a lare ugmbar of trees. Tree culture and nut culture should receive more attention from our farmers than they do. They in volve little labor and iu time will yield hanis9ir!e results." PERRY lAffUPAGTURIIG rjf) n . I. inoa. "Boilers. Saw Mills. Folloys, Shafting, Belting &c. Orders lor Castings and Solicited. Send for catalogue and prica list. G3 637- Sc G41 Qoeix St, T nHE NORFOLK SOUTHERN R. R. Tub dibect snont line between Plt- moutk. Edenton and Eastern Nobth Carolina; ' and Norfolk, and all points NORTn. ; Mail and Express leaves Norfolk daily (except Sunday) at 10;2 A. M., arrives at Edenton 1:45 P. M.,, making close connec tion with all passenger lines to and from Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia and the north. ' ' Connect At Edenton with the Company's Steamer Plymouth for Koanoke River, Jauiesville & Washington R. R. Albemarle & Raleigh R. R. Str. ' Bertie for Windsor aud Cashie River, also with the Str. M. E. Roberts Tnesday, Thursday aud Saturday for all landings on Chowan River as high as Wiuton and Mouday and Wednesday for Columbia and landingB on the Scupper noug River. ' Through tickets on sale on Str. Plymouth, and baggage checked to stations on the Norfolk Southern R- R. and landings on Biver routes, and to Baltimore, Philadel phia aud New York. Norfolk freight and passenger stations at Norfolk & Western R. R. depot. ' J Freight received ' daily nntil 5 P. M. (except SundayVand forwarded promptly. EASTERN CAROLINA DISPATCH FAST FREIGHT LINE; Regular line of Freight Steamers ply between Elizabeth City and New Borne and Washington, N. C. connecting with the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad. . Daily all rail service between Elizabeth City, Edenton and New York, Philadel phia and Baltimore and Norfolk. Through cars without breaking bulk, low rates and quicker time than by any other route.- Direct all goods to be shipped via Eastern Carolina Dispatch as follows: From Norfolk, via Norfolk Southern Railroad. From Baltimore, via P, W & B. R. 11. President St. Station. '. From Philadelphia, by Penn. R. R. Dock St. Station. From New York, by Penn, R. R. Pier 27 North River. 83y For lurther information apply to Levi Blount, Agout, Plymouth, or to the General Office of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company Norfolk. n. C. HUDGINS, Gen'l. Fr't. & Pass. Ag't. M. K. KING, Geu'l. Manager, augl6-ly. PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER1 23Eli, 1889. At the FREE SCHOOL BUILDING Located in the quietst part of the Town. Special Attention To Beginners. Terms Very Moderate. MISS MARGIE GARRETT. Goo9.S. Stevenson, -DEALER IN- Patent Roller Process Meal. Hay, Corn, Brand, Hominy1 &c. In f4ct anything kept in a h rat-class FEED STORE. Also on band a fine stock of fancy and heavy Groceries, ' Tobacco, Cigars, Can goods, &o., Ac . At rock bottom prices. Give me a call. Cor. Water and Jefferson Streets, ; Plymouth, N. C. Mills at Snowden, N. C- Dealer in , Groceries & Confectioneries, and wholesale and retail dealer in Foreign and Domestic Fruits. Manufacturer of aud Wholesale and Retail Denier Iu BRICK. - j No. ill Water Street, Plymouth,-N. C MANUFACTURERS ANTi DKAI.KRS TTM Grist IMills. Shirifflo Mills I The "OLD RELIABLE" Carriage Factory, B. PEAL Proprietor. G W. EOLUDAY Business Man'g. Plymouth, H". C. AlANCFACTinEIt OF . ' '. liuggies, Phaeions, Boad-carts, Fann-carts, . wagons &c9 atpricos lo'er than oyer. Men with the cash can' get a bargain. I defy competition and wiil not bo undersold. Repairing of all kinds done. Give me a call J. M. REID, E. r. DEALERS IN Dry goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Oaps, Clothing and General Merchandise. Headquarters for the Farmers of Washington and arijoininff Counties. We have a varied and well selected stock to meet the wants of all parties and we ask you to give us a trial before purchashing elsewhere. . . . r ... Country produce bought and sold and the highest market price paid. ; 18. We are in the market forBalo and Seed-Cotton. ' Come and bo convinced of the extraordinary bargains we oflfrr N. D. Norman's Old Stand Water St, PlVlTiOTlthr II. C. Military ' Academy- Established in 1875. One of the cheapaet and beet equiped Schools in tbe South, where boy and young men are prepared for butiue8. or for college. Supplied with chemical and phitoeoplucal appar atus for scientific Illustration. , 4l.nv.a ! I lu.u a i I Marvin T.nntom in llii.tpat A Geogiuphy.Physlolagy, Natural History and Astron omy. Couopaei. Level and Traarft for field work In Land Purveying and Civil Kitgincrrtng. Uandaome nicuel-plated rioes aud accoutrements furnished by the State. Full i'orp of experienced Graduates of the highest Iniutnttoii, a Inntrncton. bpt clal attention paid to the BUSINESS COURSE couHiHiog of PENMANSHIP, BOOK KEEPING, CUM MKKCIAL ARITHMETIC and PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS. Seventy -six Cadets from five States in attendance diirins the last veRBion. Tho n-xt aeeeiou will begin on Wednesday 11th of September, aud close In June 1800. For 88 page Catalogue address Joseph King, A. M., Prk SUFFOLK, VA. PW ENTERPRISE The undersigned respectfully an nounces to the citizens of Plymouth and yashington county that having purohased the entire Ootfit of the late ' Stewart Ward thy are now prepared to fill all orders in the " ' , . Undertaking Business, with neatness, cheapness and ' dispatch. a A full supply of Metallic and Wooden Caskets always on hand. Give us a trial Harriner & Truitt Ward's Old Stand Wasbiugtoa Street. COIBMf, Edsrcrs and Lath Mills, JJachine work of all kinds NORFOLK, Ta. DUKE, J. E. REID. THE PLYMOUTH HIGH' SCHOOL Will open the first Monday (2d day) of September 1889. The design of this school will be to prepare students for College or any pursuit of business life. , Sufficient measure will be adopted to ea. force discipline;. ; . practical and fully abreast oftke limes-. Special attention given primary . CLASSES -. TUITION MODERATE. ' Latin, German and French will ha tantrbt. Board can be secured at low rates, , For further information "adrlies& , C. W. TOilS. Ph. B. P5nJiiftl- - Plymottlh, N.O. WESLEYiY FEMALE COLLEGE,. MURFBllESBORD, N, C; This Old and Well-Kxowh School will open on WEDNESDAY, SEP.T. , 18th 1889. It offers many advantages: A thorough course under teachers of ABILITY and experience, a large and well, arranged building, with rooms for 80 boarders, a larae and beaatiful Chapel, high-pitched und well Ventilated rooms, lecture and practice rooms, all heated by steam, afford, ing all needed comforts for boarders. tar-TEHMS VERY MODERATE. Corrcepondenee: golicited. - i ' , . . E. E. PARIIAM, A.M., Prei'U VINE SILL MALE ACADEMY. SCOTLAND NECK, Halifax Coanty N.C. Fall session opens August 12, '89. jrrspares ooysior nusmess. vonege or the ActivedutieS of life Course of Instruction thorough and omptehenive Including the sciences and the classics. Cost of Tuition, Board, . washing, Fue., Lights kc, r rom $52,50 to $57,50 per session of five months.' Commuoity strictly moral. W. C. A.LlXK,Principai, Write for Catalogue. . - ' 1
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