A. H. Mitchell, Editor and Manager.
Price $1.50 Per Year.
Delivered at doors of city subscribers, as
soon as from press, by carriers, without extra
charge.
'o name entered without payment, and no
paper w?nt after the expiration of time paid for.
The Editor dlsclalmsall responaibility forthe
views or btatementh of oorrehijondents and re
tierves the right at all times to revise or reject
anyartlcle he may think projxr
lV-fet Advertising Medium in the District.
Itates very moderate-.ivcial 1 late 8 on Long
Contracts.
E DENTON, May 11.
NOTICE.
The Democratic County Conven
tion to select delegates to the State,
Congressional and Senatorial Con
ventions, will be held at the Court
House in Edenton on Saturday, May
26th, at 12 m.
The various Townships will hold
their Conventions at usual places on
Saturday, the 19th of May, 1S88, to
select delegates to the County Con
vention. W. M. I3oxd, Chairman.
Edenton, May 8th, 'SS.
Judge Lynch holds another court
in Beaufort county, and the wide
awake Washington Gazette knows
well how to report the proceedings.
. It Feends out an extra which we
print elsewhere.
Editors evidently does not ap
prove of single blessedness, judging
from the number of marriages this
year. Now it is we are to congratu
late Bro. Jcsephus Daniels, of the
Raleigh Chronicle, and Bro. P. H.
Welch, of the Plymouth Monitor,
who were both married last week.
Our heartiest wishes are extended
them and their lovely brides. May
they always be happy.
-
Why is it the Treasurer of the
County never handles any cash and
never can take up the county orders
presented him? Can't some one
answer? What is the good of a
Treasurer? and why is it he is compel
to give a large bond? This is a
mystery to many and one which
should be solved. A man . holding
an order on the county must either
lose 20 per cent, or put his order in
the waste basket, why is this? Who
is the speculator and who gets the
20 per cent? We hope some one
will answer this question at once.
STEDMAJST.
It is a noteworthy fact that in all
the articles which we have seen in
our exchanges concerning the possible
nomination of Maj. Stedman for
Governor, no one of them has so far
.as we can recollect advanced a single
reason why that distinguished leader
should not have the party's banner
committed to his care in the coming
contest.
If in this we are remembering cor
rectlv we find an unanswerable
argument in his behalf. The papers
of the State have been heavily laden
with articles commendatory of the
respective favorites of the writers.
Some have sought to show why
others mentioned in this connection
should not be selected to lead, but
the record of the gallant Wilming
tonian stands forth to-day as spotless
in its purity as when first his friends
placed him in the race.
If that record was in any way
open to attack the assault would long
since have been made. Fortunate
indeed is the man whose known
purity of conduct forbids any impu
tation in this day of criticism.
PRUDEjY.
We find another tribute to the
merit of our townsman in the out
spoken endorsement given to his
claims for nomination to the Supreme
Court Bench by the Democrats in
convention assembled in old Curri
tuck. We are waiting to hear from
the other Counties of the District,
and in our judgment nearly all of
them will give utterance to similar
feeling in lonea of equal certainty.
The people of our section desire to
see the gentleman whose name
heads this article placed upon the,
bench of our court of last resort.
Ihev believe him in every wayi
qualified to discharge it3 duties and
reflect credit upon the party which
selects him for that Ioftv oosition.
With a degree of professional at
tainment which has placed . him in;
the front as a leader of the bar in j
this portion of the State, with a
record absolutely unassailable, with
a firm adherence to everv ru'e of!
right, they tender to the State Con
vention the name of Hon. W'm. D.
Pruden for Associate Justice of tie
Supreme Court believing that no
better selection can be made.
A DOUBLEJRAGEDY.
TERRIBLE MURDER SPEEDILY
AVENGED.
A DESPERATE CHARACTER RIDDLED
BY LYNCHERS' BULLETS CRIME
3IAXES WIDOWS ANN ORPHANS.
From Washington Gazette Extra.
Ayrain has our commumitv been
shocked by another terrible tragedy.
Like a thunder clap the startling
announce me nt came tLiat MTr. JhiM
A. Cox, a peaceable and useful
citizen and successful lumberman of
Blount's Creek, 1G miles from Wash
ington, had been murdered by
Thoiuas Frazier, an employee of Mr.
II. Mac Cox, deceased's brother.
Bad blood for Cox hail boiled in the
veins of Frazier for some time past,
and on Saturday afternoon, sccom
panied by two friends, .Newton ami
Adam9, he entered Cox's store and
demanded liquor, which Cox refused,
and then walked off towards his mill,
a few yards distant. Frazier, wir
had been drinking, now boiling with
rage, thought it "d d strand
others could buy when he could no,.'
and seizins a jruii which was in the
hands of one of his friends standing
near, emptied the contents of both
n " &
barrels, which literally riddled Mr.
Cox with buck shot, producing almost
instant death. Frazier tied through
the swamp near by to the house 01
Mr. II. Mac Cox, where his clothes
were thinking to secure them and
escape, believing his employer absent.
Mr. Cox, however, had heard of the
murder, but not having left the house,
arrested Frazier, and with the aid oi
others, who came up, uptmd him and
carried him to a small dwelling near
the mill, where he was placed under
a strong guard, preparatory to bring
ing him to this citv, the following
morning, for incarcecration iu the
county jail. A' magistrate, fearing
attempted release by Frazier" s
friends, posted sentinels at different
points around the premises, securing
.1 1 A . 1 i
tne lnuruerer wilq neavv enains 1
fastened to a post within the building.
Toward morning a company ol
masked men, adroitly eluded the
sentinels and gained admission to
the temporary prison, and overpower
ing the guard, took possession oi
Frazier, knocked oil the irons, and
rared and bound, dragged him
near to the exact spot where he stood
when he fired the first shot at his
innocent victim. Here a volley 01
gun and pistol shots was emptied
into his body, instantly killing him
and mutilating him almost beyond
recognition, and then the Ij-ucuers
disperse1, having done their work
in much less time thau it takes to
tell the story.
Frazier was considered a desperate
character, having confessed to several
other murders, among them the kill
ing of Mac Waters, several years ago,
while night watch at Kugler's mill, in
this town. The community around
the scene of the tragedj' is mutch
excited, and fears are entertained
for the safety of Frazier's friends,
who had not been seen since Saturday
night, and is supposed to have not
an
iukling of
Uaniier
and tied to
parts unknown. Frazier was the son
of a prominent lawyer in Pender
for a number of years.
Mr. Cox was a verr biprlilv re-
spected citizen, a hard worker, and a
useful man. Many will morn his
death, out none wi
iii feei it so keeniv!
ith her five small
all pity in their,
as his widow with
children, whom we
sore affliction.
ner'8 inquest '
dr of Frazier
Later. At the Coro
held Sunday over the bodj
a verdict of "death at the hands of
parties unknown to the jury" was '
rendered.
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Wholesale Commission D
,arln all
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Fresn Fisii
From the Waters of North Carolina.
LSTStencils and stationery sent upon
application.
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WHOLESALE
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DALTIMORE, ID.
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I that can be performed all over the coun
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the work: t ither sex, young or old; no
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bitr Har'rain5? in every Hue. No olh can ;ilIY,nl to buy befoi -: is 4" . 1 3- vk. .
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