Published Every Friday. Located in the Finest Fish. Truck and Farming
A. H. Mitchell,,
Editor and Business Manager.
Established 1886.
CURREY & TRESTER,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Tier 19 North Delaware Avenue,
PHILADELPHIA.
Jorth Carolina SHAD a Specialty.
We have no Agent.
Returns Daily if required.
C. G. LINDER. J. A. LINDER
C.G. LINDER &BRO
Successors to A. B. HIGBIE A GO.
Commission Merchants and Wholesale
DEALERS IN
Fresh
Game and Terrapin,
80, 81, 40 & 41 Dock St. Wharf
Philadelphia, Pa.
H INC H M AN, SON & CO
Wholesale Commission Dealers, for the
Sale of
FISH, POULTRY,
Produce, Game S- Terrapin,
No. 7 and 8 Dock St. wharf,
PHILADELPHIA," PA.
Consignments solicited and prompt
returns made. We employ no Agents.
NETTING
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SEINES
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WM. J. HOOPER & CO.,
a.
110 E. Pratt, near Light,
BALTIMORE, WD.,
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Seine Twine of all kinds, Ma-
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'The
EDENTON,
AN IHKEGULAE HISTORICAL ODE, AT
AVOCA, APRIL 23, 1889.
BY U. B. CiEi:uY.
At. the request of Gov. Fowle and
other prominent gentlemen, we publish
the following O le ;
The ancient writers tell us, that in the
olden time,
When Greece was in her palmy days
And tilled with old renown, .
Her men of note and virtue,
Her youth of noblest aims
Met on the plaius of Etia,
At the Olympic games.
Those Greeks were sturdy men and true,
They reached the heights of fame,
Their limbs were trained to manly
strength,
Their minds to highest aim,
They bent the bow; they tossed the quoit,
They wrestled in the ring,
They drove the foaming chariots
Ail whirling to the goal,
They listened to their orators -who fired
the patriot throng.
They listened to their poets who sang in
dulcet song,
Their historians, their patriots, their
statesmen all were there
And every brew was bent in thought or
loosed from every care.
Time moves in an enlarging ring,
"Tis nature's chosen law,
As the spiral force of physics
Follows almost everything. .
And so the ancient sports, embalmed
In classic song and story,
Avoca reproduces here
In all their former glory.
We form a new Olympic here,
On this majectic shore,
We play the sports that gathered them
Iu the dajs long gone before,
Tic history's repeating of two thousand
years and more.
At this new Olympic, I, all unused to
song,
Present my humble offering
To this distinguished throng,
And as in meditation
I dwell on scenes long gone,
The thought comes back to cheer me
I'm on historic grounds.
At the gateway of our history.
Stands one wThose fame is ours,
A gallant man and noble, our father and
our son,
i4A man to note right, as one,
Who shot his arrows straightway at the
sun.
His was all the Norman's polish
And sobriety of grace,
All the Goth's majestic figure.
j All the Roman's noble face,
And he stood the tall exemplar
Of a grand historic race.
His fame is ours,
This foster-child of fame.
Who made his Queen and Country
His brightest, noblest aim.
Who dare challenge our heritage
Of Walter Raleigh's name!
His fame is ours.
As he rides with knightly bearing
Down the corridors of time
We bow in homage to his name
And claim him as our own.
We weep at his misfortunes,
We rejoice at his renown,
-JlUU at Ulo UUtti guasnj uuuiu,
We place our green forget-me-not
In sorrow on his tomb.
As I look back through the vista
Of three hundred years ago,
My heart is swelled with varying tides
Alternate joy and woe
I pause in thought and sadness at those
immortal men
Who perished at Roanoke, but how, or
where or when,
Will ne'er be known while time endures
to any mortal man
Till that great day, when all shall see,
the secrets of the past.
But this sad thought comes to cheer us,
In this far distant time
If round the brow of any land
We twine the cypress leaf,
It is lovely in its sadness
With its coronet of grief.
So cheer up Carotinians,
Smallest If air Tin airs a Fffadau?"
N. C FRIDAY. May 10. 1889.
The seed watered by your tears
Has grown to might v (greatness
' tn all the coming years.
! But as I search again our ample store
; Of vast and misty legendary lore
And view its scenes and sights with
pleasure rife.
I find the old kaleidoscope of life.
The thorns and rosebuds nestling side
by side,
I The bane and antidote of life allied.
As otttime at the tall ot sonic sad rear
There stands a smile to comfort and to
cheer.
Ana so tne lountain ot our gianu out
rt n I 1 1
Was not all bitter waters,
At that time of ancient date.
The purple grape, the perfume laden air
The weird music from the moekbird's
note.
The willet's whistle and the gull's wild
scream
Wrapped all their senses in a soothing
dream
When first they anchored iu old Ocean 's
stream.
Continued on eighth page.
THE NEXT CENSUS FARM STATISTICS.
In 1890 an officer of the Federal
Government will call upon every farmer
in this State, and expgfef to receive
correct answers to many questions pro
pounded in regard to his farm and
operations thereon.
Thes? statistics are very important,
and all are interested in them. They
will refer almost exclusively to the
crops of the present year, 1889. It
behooves every farmer, therefore, to
make correct answers to all questions
propounded by these officers Among
the many questions asked will be the
number of acres in the several crops,
and the aggregate in cultivation; value
of farm implements and also of live
stock; cost of fertilizers used; estimated
value of all farm productions for the
present year, 1889; number of horses,
mules, oxen, milch cows and other
cattle, sheep, swine; wool, milk, butter,
cheese, etc.
Every one should feel interested in
these statistics, and endeavor to have
them correct and full, so as to make a
creditable showing for our common
wealth, as well as to furnish a large
and growing demand fo - correct statis
tical information of our agricultural
interests, which at present is very in
adequate. Jso. Robinson,
Commissioner.
SCHOOL LAW.
Mr. Sam'l. J. Skinner, our County
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
has received for distribution the School
Law as amended bv the General As
sembly of 1889
Justices of the Peace. Countv Cora J
t 4. c i i
missioners, Keirister ot Deeds, members
of the Board of Education. School Com- j
mittees, Public School Teachers, Mer- j
chants who sell school books and1
to one copy each. Call and get them. ;
MEEIT WL3.
We desire to sav to our citizens, that Instruction. Maj. S. M. Finger, proposes
for vears we have be-"-, selling Dr. to send a competent person to assist in
King's New Discoverv for Consumption holding a County Institute in this coun
Dr. King's New Life" Pals, Bucklen's beginning the oth Monday in July
Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and next, in accordance with the recent
hnve never handled remedies that sell statute. Let the teachers of the county .
as well, or that have sriveu such univer-
sal satisfaction. N e do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and we
stand readv to refund the purchase price
if satisfactory results Co not follow
their use. These remedies have won
their great popularity purely on their
merits. Dr. vV. J. Leary. Druggist.
Section in North Carolina. Circulation Urge.
SOME WASHINGTON
RELICS.
CENTENNIAL
J
A correspondent to the Raleigh 1 ail v
Call, of April 27 th, says: Now that
the great Centennial exhibition iu New
York is o near at hand, it is to be
supposed that all the relics connected
with George Washington will he col
lected and exhibited in New York next
week.
Notably, one in North Carolina
should have been carried and given a
1 J
conspicuous place. In tin; Masonic
Lodge, over the Court House in Eden
ton. N. G , is the massive chair in which
George Washington sat during the
whole time he was Master of the Lodge
in Williamsburg, Ya. It is elaborately
carved, showing all the emblems and
ensigns of that honored fraternity. It
was sent during the war to the lodge
in Edenton for safe keeping, and now
our Tar Heel Masons won' I give i: up
It is quite a curiosity.
Also, there are two ladies (sisters)
now living in Edenton, who have now
in their possession the tea set put before
George Washington at an entertainment
given him by their ancestors in that
place.
In the same lodge room can beseen
an Episcopal prayer book printed by
His Majesty's printer. Alexander Kin
caid, iu 1708, and also a copy f the
Holy liihle, printed by John Bassett
(printer to the King's most Excellent
Majesty) 17.'iS.
I am also informed that there is in
Salem, N. C , the veritable piano that
was used on the occasion of a concert
given in honor of George Washington
o
during his visit to that town.
A SAFE INVESTMENT.
Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our
advertised Druggist a bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption.
It is guaranteed to bring relief in every
case, when used for any affection of
Throat, Lungs or Cht, such as Con
sumption, Infiamation of Lungs, Bron
chitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough,
Croup, etc., etc. It is pleasant and
agreeable to taste perfectly safe, and
can always be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at Dr. YV. J. Leary "s Drug
Store.
TO WHOM DO THE HONORS BELONG ?
Republican organs of the North are
seemingly anxious that to President
Harrison the oratorical honors at the
centennial banquet shall he given. It
will be remembered that Gov. Lee was
there, Ex-President Cleveland was
there and our honored Fowle also, with
others, whose reputations forbid any
COncla.slon Coring the Presidents
preeminence,
r
Ifeuralftic Persons
And those troubled with nervousness resulting
from care or overwork will be relieved by taking
T - S - W - W- . a
has trade mark an crossed red lines ou rupijer.
ATTETION, TEACHEES
The State Superintendent of Public
black and white, take notice and arrange
to attend. Only
will be held.
a one week session
FOB DYSPEPSIA
lse lirotvn'n Iron Hitters.
Physicians recoiumeni it.
All dealers keep it. SI.Cj per bottle. Genuine
hae trade-mark and crossed rer! lines on wrapper.
Pi I i : Wi 01.00
Single I v1 iVnt.
NO. 204
E. W. Albaugli & Son,
Wholesale Commission Merchants
FRESH FISH
TERRAPIN, OYSTERS ii.MK AND
I'Ol LTkY.
No. 2C4 Light St. ha:t
BALTIMORE, MD.
( !onstgnmens Po!rc:tecL
Pro t Return' Our Motto.
Sanner Bros.,
Wholesale Commission Dealers in
FRESH FISH,
Terrapin, Game, Etc.,
11 HoiiingHWorth Street,
Baltimore, - Md.
Quick sales-good prices prcm pt returns
John. K Johnson. Aduison E. Wilson
JOHN 8. JOHNSON & CO.
V hoksale Commission Merchants
AND
Dealees in FISH,
421T S. Charles Street.
Baltimore, Md.
BE8 r PRICES.
PROMPT RETURNS.
I f e solicit a tria l.
Reference: Franklin Bank; Edw. Jen
kins & Sons.
HORACE K. STILLMAN
Wholesale Commission Merchants.
Fresh Fish,
Lobsteis, Terrapin. Green TurLe,
GAME, FROGS,
Soft and Shedded rabs. Prawn, Hard
and Soft ' lams. BcollopS &.
4 Fulton l'ibh Market.
NEW YORK.
Consignment Solicited.
0. S. HARDING & CO.,
W holesale (.'omuiiHgion leaier a
GAME AND TERRAPIN,
Nos. 9 & 10 Dock St. Whf.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
Consignments of all kinds of Piflh,
Game and Terrapin solicited. RMwns
promptly made as advised.