North Carolina Newspapers

. Cheapest ,and'Best., . . - "-Newspaper, advertising has the advantage . of being, the cheapest form of advertising as well as the best-r-Helena Independent , Merit in the ad. and merit in the article advertised - always" mean success. Printers Ink 7-' TWICE A WEEK. Vol. 1. In the Heart of Panama Columbia, S J C. f First Naval Battle in Ves ; tern Hemisphere Since Spanish War The Phila delphia was there. Panama, Jan, 23. The naval tattle in the harbor here the first nayal fight in the Western Hemis phere since the r Spanish i war, re sulted in heavy 4- loss . life . on both sides. Many were killed and wounded and the United Sates, cruiser Philadelphia cared for a . number of the v-latter. According to the latest dispatches, five men of the government force were skilled and fifteen woundedi About thirty insurgents were i wounded and many killed, but the: list ( of the dead is unknown. j More far-reaching in effect even than the fight is expected - to - be the death of General Alban, mili tary and civil governor of .Panama and northern Colombia, and pra .tically dictator in the district. He was killed leading his men' in per- 3 son oh the steamer Lautaro which only a few - days ago he ; seized from a Chilean company. J Standing, on the quarterdeck, encouraging his men, after the ship was afire, he was struck by a bullet from a revolutionist gun boat Ble died quickly ' and his men were soon in full retreat from the burning ship. She was deser ted by her crew within an hour after they lost the inspiration of General Alban's leadership. Former efforts of the insurgents to gain control of the Isthmus of Pann.ma had been made on land. Liearning that the latest expedition, comnvinded by General Herrera, who was defeated here last year, would attack bv sea; General Alban chartered two steamers and seized " the Lautaro to repel the invasion. ...'With scarcely. 1,000 troops . at his ccsaraand, he mannefl the three -shis'a and sent the Pinion on the Atlantic side, for reinforcements. Slipping into Panama Bay at 6 o'clock yesterday , morning, - the insurgent vessels Almirante Pa- dilla, formerly a Salvadorean -gun- boat; the Darien and the I Galtan, practically surprised the Iiautaro, the i largest of the government ships. ! The PadillaV well equipped with rapid fire guns, went dose to the Lautaro, and on the first fire killed os mounded scores of the Lautaro'B crewr fhe Danen and Galtan started in the direction of a long government sea wharf, nsar the city. This wharf had been fortified by Alban as the result of the capture recently . ' of letters that outlined ' the insurgents' plans. - 1 "With the- Boyaca, which had been chartered from the Panama Canal ; Company, - absent " ! getting troops at Chiriqui, the- only other government vessel . effective ' was the Chicui to, which had been cha rtered from the 'Pacific Steam Navigation Company. The Chi cui to I attempted. to -cut ioff the Darien and - Galtan, and tht Padilla sent three shots from her heaviest, guns at- the Chicuito. This vessel replied with rapid fire guns and the Padilla moved away little, evidently - Unconvinced. Moving off, the Padilla got within range of the guns of Las Bovedas, a fortress, j&nd several shots ' fell close to the ship. So for as could be 'seen, there ' was no evidence that this vessel was struck except that she i moved slbwly after the exchange with the-Chicuito. There was a great deal of manevvering without any damage being done. Fire appeared t on; the Lautaro about 10 o'clock or one hour be fore General Alban ': was killed on her decks. -The , vessel was prac tically deserted afterward, and by 1,2 o'qlock many of her dead were being, buried in. . Panama.- ' The flames spread , rapidly and within half an hour after thr general's death, drove the. last faithful ' ones off the ship. It was rumored here that the Lautaro was fired as the result of treachery. : ; Firing ceased about the time. the five gained sway over the Lautaro, and ' the revolutionist ship Darien -then steamed closed to the . -United States 'ship "Phila delphia. American sailors were by that time busy rowing to the Eautaro and taking off the wound ed and fugitives - from the fire. Ihe men from the United States ship next eitdeavored to extinguish the fire on the Lautaro, but failed. Control of , the - entire ; state of Panama hinges upon the outcome of : the revolutionary attack . on Panama. If the insurgents should be victorious difficulties probably will arise which will- again involve the United States. - i, REPORT . C0NFRHED. The Seaboard Air Line Will Now Bun ; i Into Krioxville. , Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. ; 23,The Atlantic.Knoxville & Northern Bail road Company today filed for re eorift a mortgage on its road to se cure -a : bond issue of $2,000,000. The bonds are 4 per cent, gold and are to retire a 5 per cent, issue of $500,000 of December 1st, 1896, and will be used to extend the road from Marietta to Atlanta, Ga., and make 4 other i improvements. The bond issue it is delieved confirms the recent report that the Sea board Air Line has purchased, or leased the Atlantic Knoxville and Northern and will run into Knox ville by way of Atlatna. i - . The Big Globe Store. At the Globe Store on Poindexter stree t can be seen an immense stock of elegant matting. : These mattings have just been received from China this week and comprise over one hundred elegant patterns and designs. .. A splendid ' assort ment of lounges, couches and bed lounges are in. stock (as a complete line of carpets, . clothing and gents furnishings. The " store and stock occupies three floors and is constantly . growing; In the casement are the . display samples of furniture. On" the ground , floor are the carpets mattings, clothing, etc., while up stairs is the furniture, .stock. The business has grown so rapidly that the propietors have been obliged to open warerooms - in the . building recently occupied by Samuel Over man on Poindexter street. Some fine parlor suits will be put in, next week. The propietors are- always glad to show r goods and explain their qualities. ' WATEDAn experienced lady book keeper at a good aalary. , , - , - rjie rjlobe Store - , H. H. Lavaxbtkw & Bbo. Devoted td the Industrial Development of -Eastern North Carolina; ELIZABETH CITY, N. G., FRIDAY, 111 House; Comm. Contin ues to Investigate. 'SHARP WORDS SPOKEN; -- v .y . Head of Cuban Delegation Makes; a i Statement - Cuban Proposition Stig matized as Vicjous. . ' Washington, D. C. Jan. 22 The hearings on - Cuban reciprocity were resumed before the .ways and means v committee; today. - The beet sugar interests ofthe United SJates occupied most of the time being represented by Henry T. Oxnard, president of the American Beet Sugar Association, and' by delegation from those States in terested in the production of sugar from beets. The cane sugar interests of Louisiana also '.; were well represented and : Chairman Payne 1 arranged to give them a part of the time.; At the outset" M. Place, head of the CiLhad r delegation, made a stateaaeiit-io clear up misappre hepeionaxm tiba'a., position. He had jurgued 4or free , trade, he said that was the earnest wish of Cuba. " But while- this v was the judgement of the Cuban people, he' saidv they , deferred to the judgment of the American Con gress on the wbole question. Mr. Oxnard made ; an extended statement of the-- positwn of " the beet sugar association. - He said beet sugar production represented a vast industry' brought 'into ex istence by the legislation of ; Con gress, which had invited capital to invest to an extent little realized; Already the industry was' flour ishing in eleven States, and many people employed and prospects of rapid debelopment. Continuing he said: - - ' "Leaving aside all sentimentality and all extraneous , consBierations and reducing the Cuban demands for . free or freer sugar to its simplest equation, it is this; Shall the United States, through-its agri culturalists, produce its raw sugar and in its factories scattered from from the Atlantic . to the Pacific, refine its products or permit fore ign lands to import to it raw mat erial? That is what I fear would eventually come to pass if you in terfere in any way at the present time with the existing" production of home sugar." " - - v SOUTHERN FARMER TALKS. Mr. Samuel Woodson of Woodstock - Manor, Visits Washington. - We clip the following from the Washington Post: "A, rare type of the Southern planter is exemplified . in the person of Mr.i Samuel-. Woodson of H-Woodstock Manor, Halifax County, N. C, and - these facts about him may prove interesting to who .imagine that agriculture in the South is a poor business. Mr. Woodson is a guest of the Na tional, and looks more like a pros perous . professional- man than i farmer from the cotton belt , ;. "I don't want to talk too much in the first perspn," said he, 'but my own experience, demonstrates that-.; the culture of r the Boil in Dixie can be made to pay. My IT country h.otne has'--every con venience' of'a; city residence, in eluding eleitrie 3- Ughts " from "a private dyjjfiamo, hot aid - cold water, Datnrooms; a teiepnone, and he- like. have 800 acres in cultivation and m 'chief ' crops are xotton anct -jeanttts, f9r - both of which v there ia -ever a cash market. - Hlven at the minimum price'' of " cents a . pound JL find a pruut iii.,,cyicon, s ana -wnen' it brings & ceniilny gains f aresoine-i thing like $23 IT" bale. I have 350 bales now lyilg. in ; my giii lot at nome. 'ihet peanut crop.'; never J ails and brfngs . me from 70 to .- r - . - - i $1. a bushed 1 ' y ."In addition -T raise iny own grain and nay and always kill enough, hoga .'to supply-' the de mands of theplantatian. To pro duce yohr oWn supplies ; is one of the secrets of -'successful farming, and another is to- breed good live tock. " My mulea, are "worth f $400 a pair, but one oi them ; will do three times the work of an ordin ary beast. If farmers will only devote , their whole time and talents to their business they can get more pleasure ' out of it, and at the same . time live more independently; than t - any. set of men oil earths ASKS FOR APPROPRIATON. Hon. John H. Small will ask the . Goytrraent . , , Tie . Chamb of Commerce, of lakabethCit, through ItV com mittee on Hatbors, Shipping and Commerce, has - requested Hon. John H. Small to ask the govern : me4i Sbzadu appropriatiottif or the purpose -of' 'dredging out ' Cape Channel on the Eastern: gide-of Pamlico sound near Hatteras, N. C, and also -for dredging out the bar atthe month of the Nubegnn Creek,' where it empties into the Pasquotank river,,, this' county;'' The : dredging of the first two named channels will admit ' of vessels of eight-foot draft enter ing Pamlico TOund-moref directly, and will save them a great deal of rtime. The removal of .the bar at the mquthof Nubegun Creek v will permit the smaller to run up manv miles" into" onel of the most prosperous trucking counties in the state of North Carolina., 1r i CONFERENCE WITH KING. 3 j. in His Citizens Meet. Him Private . - Car. A number of our . prominent citizens and business men con ferred with M. C' King,' General Manatrer of the' Norfolk and Southern Railroad,1 in' his priyate ear at the depot, -this city, Monday nigt ; The meeting was called of course for the discussion of rail road matters. , Mr. King informed them of tlie . consolidation of tbe Lake Drummond Canal and Water Co.. with the Norfolk & Southern and stated that it was the inten tion of the" committee to continue the larger boats through to Nor folk; tyrput on many new boats to connect this city: with other points on the sound .v and ; its . tri butaries. He also stated that it was-not the intention of the Com pany to make, any - raise in rates, but that the company of the move; made the step advisable. ' Freight collected on the sound for ' ship ment to the north .will not; be unloaded- at this city .-' and- re- shiDDed bir rail as has been' the method, but - the boats .will con tinue through the canal directly to Norfolk" fe- v,-y JAN. 24, 1902. ALBEMARLE LAUNDRY. Fitted tip1 with .Latest Improved . r. Machinery, c; The Albemare steam laundry is well . prepared to do the very best quality of ,work: possible. The power for running ihe machines is produced by ar twelve horse-power boiler and aefen" horse-power engine.. An automatic . reversing drum washing machine washes the clothing without any wear or tear whatever. , The : centrifugal extractor yanks thewater out of the articles in jig time and without Ithe least bit of wear or friction. After a whirl in the starch box and . a short stay in the steam heated drying room, the articles are fed into the automatic ironer. Th'se machines are so arranged as to" give' either gloss or domestic finish. The rolls, which are heated with gasr move with the article to be ironed, 'without friction, . whereas for" gloss the rolls more very rapidly, with friction, producing a high finish. i Shaping machines- for' collars and cuffs as well as a small one for smoothing the edge of collars are provided. ,There is positively no danger from infection where steam and proper disinfectants, are uBed - . .-. . - A system " of marking and registering work is used, which insures against errors. ' - - - Railreiiojsailtee.Meets :i The Railroad Committee of the Chamber of- Commerce met ac cording -to.; appointment at the office of E- Alexander ' on Monday evening,;.!. The committee- agreed to tender ta thenew raihroad- two -4 -. sites, -.viz: The y Zimmerman site which-will cost the city. $10,000 or thei Rivervievr a Heights site which has been donated to the city. H. T. Greenleaf, engineer, not having "his report ready, the com mittee adjourned. Edward P. Elliott in "David Harum." ' On . February 26th. "David Harum" wfii be presented ,u by Edward - P. Elliott, - an artist of national repute. " This will be a literary feast,- constituting the f o ur th and one of the finest enter- ... tainment. of the "Star. Course" All the reading people of .' the country- have : read Daid Harum . ' ' . 3 - . with -a great ; deal of pleasure, The presentation 'of - the great novel . by an' artist - of known reputation - cannot 1 fail ;tol please. Tickets will be on sale at Hatha- way's., m, - -, rr- ::. Thinkability of ThoughtrV After , thinking. about' ".this thought for some - time - I i have decided that few i people : realize how much thought fit - requires , to think. ' Their apparatus for mak ing thinks was leftoutWhen they were on the stocks I think.; A few people spend a great aleal of time on a think before turning' out the finished thought, y When . they have' worked on ;he think long enough it is turned out, bright, polished and finely, carved and nice. '' . Tho Jght is great stuff. T we should think what we thought and say what we think, s i - think we should not . be long for this world. If we think, we will think a great deal more about - thought than we now think, ' r NUXIUJ5 Tne city taxes are past due anq, ; all . parties are requested to settle at once. Office hours from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 pm. .R. W. WHTTEHtJfiSt, . . . Academy "xf Music Bid . . - t : . V r , - . - . ....5.. r - . A School Enumeration. -The recent : enumeration' of pu pilsjn the public schools - showed that almost all of them possessed some article purchased at THE FAIR. 'In several cases- the chil- dren saidthey liked to go to THE FAIR because they saved so much on what they bought that their mammas permitted' them to spend a part of. what they, saved fori canaiest'w s . ' w .. Slight Blaze. About "- ten - o'clock -. Saturday morning a fire alarm was turned in. ?. Itprovedjto be only the - bur ning out of a chimney in an upper Road, street - residence. ' The fire men were4on hand but their servi ces were not needed and' the fire was easily extinguished. ;No" dam age. , - - v ' Wedding ' Bells. , , ' Married, Jan. 21st, 1902, in this city, t by the registrar, ; John M. Sanders and Miss Elizabeth Whed- bee both, of this county. ' The marriage of JohnR; Pritch- ard and Miss 'Mary Anne Tlowe. both of Norfolk, Va.; was solemniz ed Tuesday noon at the Arlington Hotel-V. r. i Elwood Draws .a Crowd. ; A large and,; enthusiastic - audi enx3eas -present-at the-Aeademv f .- 4m - ---t .. ' J vi on.; juLonutiy-T lugav 3 rue occasion being the appearance of EUwood" the world's noted magi- eian, .illusionist and artist, :' and ? he proved to be a real attraction. " - The; opening of the evening's en tertainment was the . manipulation of a large number of very ' skillf nl- y executed sleight-of-hand, .tricks. Elwood being in Japanese eostume. The second" part oi -t 'the : pro gram was the making of tt number of drawings. One, a funny face from the audience, was -easily re cognized by his friends as Mr. r and was amusing in the extreme. A . disfi of fruit drawn - up-side-dowh, the next, a beatuiful -land scape drawn up-side-down - with his eyes blind-folded. The to,uch- ing incident' "brought down ; the house. XJ -, " , After plucking a hatful of half dollars from the air, a - number- of amusing- - tricks were performed witn tne aia oi a couple oi ,Doys. If the old saying "laugh nd' grow f at'should really mean anything; we fear for those who were present.' Taken as a whole the audience was well r pleased" with', the entertain ment. - r - Removing Sheds. ' In compliance with.; a city., or dinance, the sheds over the Bide- vralk in front of stores : . on - Water and Main streets, nearthe corner, are being- removed.! This will . let a. little sunshine in?, : jThis is a move in the right direc tion - For a long time Ihese old sheds havebeeh an eyesore to the community. ' It -might be" suggest ed that - the .merchants provide themselves with up-to-date -, cloth awnings. It will add much to the appearance of the stores. w : g ; WANTED To borrow $1,500 at once, good security, on city real estate, ..-...r- !-.,. r...ti -. .- '--'i - s. Address S, 'this office,' ? For a nrst-class family news paper, subscribe to the Semi m . tt ' i tin WcoKlj .i.AK XitJt-JJ x.w ; - xi - Tim nnvA . fas.m vwe to see that it is n8ednereyoucan place it m fnnniTir.A , your name- signs, on yourwacrons and Z vnn, & if- rrmters Ink TWICE AVEEK: No.,25 Elizaboth City' fl: c. r.larkcts, Official wholesale; quotations as furnished by -HV:-T, GreenleafJr " Broker & Distributing Agent - U., -V a ecx. . ; " Cora Market quiet; t ailed com v0 )S white oorn 73c. . ;." : . , Hay From store ; No. l tinotlor H 8pecil oaa MixedNo. 2 tn tie eai: white No. a Irom etore, BpeoUl price on cr lnt . JUPeed. corn aomiay L55 . MUl Fexl Bran from store per ton 30.00 ; j, Mid41ing from store ' per ton S3X0 Shorts from store per ton gtn Rice .Head 6.1-2 No.1 a3 Btee",'Rrtia ' 1800per Ton-s.: , 1 . - -.-'couhtby pfconuca. - AS ' PoaltrruiAri. steady; ichlckena, oldie, - large & f t 80o andSSe -Eggs Weak18toaooperdoz. -' -1. Butter Good Country. SOo lb. , Country Hams Ilrm; Good Norta Carolina ' atl2.l-aperlb. " Onions at 4XO to VS0 per nag. ' . Potatoes j.Ke? sweets, Haymaa at 1.00 per " ' VU TeUow at L25 t . ' Irish 2.60 to 2.75 per bag "i " , Tomatoes None being received. " ' : . Cabbages at 1.50 to L75 per bU . , - PEurrs. ' Apples at 4.50per bbl fine northern " Lemons &50 to 5.75 per box. Coeoemrt lOOtobagat fcfl0to8.S0 - -V--'; " Oranges Florida, 3.00 per box,' ali. &25 Budded 2.75 , ' " Bananas 75o to 1.60. ' 1 , - ' ' FBESH FISH AND OYSTEBS. Oysters Selects LOO medium 90 atds 80 per gallon . No Ash to quote. ' a,- k 5- . WTTiT(, ' - . Sides weak.: Dry Hint! ill, "dry salt ft, dry damaged 6 to 7, green salt 6.1-2 green 4.1-2, dry calf 9. , , i-r -"v.. r GBOCEaiES,' ' " Flour Best Patent at 4.25 to 4J0 Straight at 4.00 to 45 -- z t Heal Bolted Meal, 100 pouns to sack at 1.50 , tTn-Bolted Meal, lOOponnds to sacs! 1.45. , Cheese Jjlats, foU cream at 11 to 13e v : 1 ftJ Umtoiahsjats to 2te -4-Sxtrallbprintaat' '- - - ' i - . - paovlsioss. ; Bulk Meat Market -Higher; Western heavy ; bellies at 9,7-8 to lo Western flight Weight . . . atloto - Port Plate at 84 Picnic Hams at &S-4 i i a'- Ham PorJt New at 17 JH to 173 o . . . - Mesa Pork. Keir at Ham sugar cured at 13 to 14 - - Shoulders 8C&34 to r:t - , Lard -pare In tierces at 10tolt. BO D) tins - add -4 o i , - ; Sugar Granulated at i& ' Yellow at 4J-2 ' SHIPPING REPORT At 'Furnished' By Davis & ' Dudley, . Ship Brokers, Elizabeth t CrtyvH C. . ARRIVALS; . -.. V: ' StrNeuse, Davis, Cteneral Cargo.: " Ocraooke. Hancock, General Cargo, - .' Thos, Newton, Ballance, Merchandised -Alma, Spencer, Produce, . .. , - - Nina Fertilisers " ; " A. B. Covington, PhiUips, Towing - s M W. W. Graham. Morrisette, Towing, ',. .. John Tavis, Willis,. Towing Albemarle, Towing,:. ..".- " Schooners: - , , -,f X3. B. Benaette, Oysters ' ? Florence Davis, Daris, Oysters, IT J. B, Moffle, Hill. Oystertj ' ; . Helen M. Oysters -. ..... - Birdie May, Thornton, Oysters, , " Carries, Moose, White, Oysters, , R. B. Leeds Orsters, - J; T. Hopkins, ColUson, Oysters, KeUi and Mattie, Howmaa, Oysters : Eunice Beynolds, Whitehnrst, Light . , Strawn, Lumber, .r- ' : bailed V'-T ' ' ' Str Kense, Daris, General Cargo,.' : , ' Ocracoke, Hancock, General Cargo, , T - Thos Newton, BaUanee, Ceneral Cargo ' " Alma, Spencer, General Cargo, Nina,- . Light, 2 v " ' " W.W. Graham, Morrisetta, Towing . A. B. Covington, Philippe, Towing, a. F.Derickson, Bbodes, Towing. " D. E. Neal, Bawjer, Towing, Schr eo, T. Garrison, Hill, Corn, ." J.L. Hopldjia, CnHnwwi, tight, - .- " JfeUie and Mattie. Bowman, Light. ..; . " Florence Davis, Daris, Light , .r . t . 3.B.Bennette, Light . I. P. L. Hawkins, aaskinB, Canned goods, B. 3. Leeds, Light, . :" Bell of Dover, Gillikins, Canned goods, i Carrie S. Moose, White Light. -v - r i- A FOR SALE. S . " Two Houses paying 10 per cent above taxes and :. insurance. ' Also V lbts of an acre each, on edge of town and covered 1 with timber. -Nine lots 'in Korfolk which will double in value in five years, it is thought Will exchange these for K "Citv property or sell cheap. Titles all guaranteed.. -No swamps or made lots.' j . .1 . , - ,.;J k'z . w DtnreTou. '.rlU jjjgjteth CStyV -I7.C v V