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t pi Published Every Friday. Located in the Finest Fish, Trnck and Farming A. H. Mitchell, Editor and Business Manager. Established 1886. OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN! WHAT HE 8EES AND HEABS DURING THE WEEK. "Our Man" makes his usual ex cursion arround the city this week but, finds nothing of startling import or, of unusual occurrence. The people all seem content although shad time is still remote some two months or, more. There is no peo ple on earth more independent than ours, in fiishing season. It is said that the man who would take any sort of an insult in winter, in view of fine and costs, would fight you, at the dropping of a hat, when the herring begins to run. Fish and fishing constitute the chief promo tive of this section. Our merchants are not so busy this week as usual. Some seem to be doing well and others better. This is true in all sections. It cannot be expected that all can succeed alike. This is never the case in any com ' munity. The history of Edenton, for several years back, records but few failures in any kind of business and, while it notes but few preemi" net successes, it does attest the truth of moderate advance and good living among many, if not, the most of the business people. The movements of our people are slow but, as a rule, they are surely and certainly direc ted. But, while all this is verv creditable, we would like to see them shake off their letheanic motion and bound to heights of activity that would bring near to us and to them the possibilties of section and busi ness. There is no place better loca ted, in all the eastern section of North Carolina, for business enter prise of any sort, and all that's needed is pusn, energy and some additional capital. There is no reason why Edenton could not be made, to the trans-Albemarle section, what Nor folk is to the counties lying east of the Chowan river and North of the Albemarle sound. Considered with reference to its geographical relations or, its devised facilities for coinmu-1 nication and transportation, it equals the best ol all the sectional towns of I the State and could be made all that its best friends desire in its behalf. 'Our Man" finds himself among the lawyers this week, They are a tine lot of men and appear, to be taking things easy and quietly. You can never tell from a lawyer's chat or. countenance whether he is making money, neither can you al ways tell by his dress or, the house he lives in. They take the world easy and in their defeats, as well as in their triumphs,present agoodtfront. Without lawyers it would be difficult to tell what would become of us. They are the guides and lights in every ! community and stand, shoulder to 1 shoulder, with the ministry as the j prebervators of peace and gooa feeling among men. Edenton is blessed with a clever bar equalling, in point of general efllciencv, the very best in tbe District. jm . - - & - . . sj m - u "v it- , Tr .rr-rtf-4 The EDENTON, BOY KILLED BY A CAR WHILE PLAYING ON THE S. & C. RAIL ROAD. Near Montrose, the terminus of the Suffolk & Carolina R. R., an ac .cident occurred, last Friday, result ing fatally. Young Jerry Jackson, playing with other boys, shoving a car up grade to have a ride back, fell from the top of one of the cars and was run over and so wounded as to necessitate the amputation of an arm and leg. Notwithstanding every effort of the Doctors attending him,he died Sunday evening. Moral Keep away fron things with which you have no business IH SOLDIER'S APPEAL. Wilmington N.C. To THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN of Edenton, N. C. I humbly ask for a little assistance at your hands. When in the Con federate service in 3rd, Batalion, Company B. Edenton .Bell Battery, Captain Wm. Badham, Commander, I was taken, wounded, a prisoner in Febuary 1865 and carried to Point Lookout. I was kept there till June when I returned home- Ever since then I have been unable to work for my living but, have made out until November of last year. I was wounded in my left leg while in the army, and, in Novem ber last, got my right leg broken all to pieces which rendered me unable to do anything for my sup port. Therefore, I come to you in this letter to ask aid at your hands. JOHN W. LEONARD, Of Co. B., 3rd North Carolina Batalion, Capt. Wm. Badham, Commander. Anything left with us will be for warded to Mr. Leonard. Ed. RESOLUTIONS. Alliance Hall, Hertford, N. C. Oct. 25th, 1889. Whereas, the newspapers, publish ed in Elizabeth City, N. C., have treated the Farmers' Alliance with contempt, in that they have spoken disparagingly of the Farmers' Fair and of the Lecturers, Therefore Resolved, That we withdraw our patronage from the said Elizabeth City papers. Resolved, further, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Edenton Fisherman & Farmer and Progressive Farmer, with request that they publish same. Hertford F. A., No. 1043, Per Secretary. Cousins Cannot Marry. An exchange says the Missouri Legislature has passed a law prohib iting fir3t coasins marrying. It is estimated that over 250 couples of first cousins marry in that State every year and that this law will not stop it. It is to be strictly enforced. Hp BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Indigestion, Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Mala ria, Nervousness, and General Debility. Physi cians recommend it. All dealers sell it. Genuine has trade mark and crossed red lines oa wrapper. N 2J12 &V3&. - ...... - - -. . Smallest Hair Throws a, SJiadow" N. C, FRIDAY, November 15, 1889. AGRICULTURAL 1 FAIRS AS GAMBLING It is never pleasant to us to PPnnrA nntr nno nnrl row that person is a friend. But there are times and occasions when it becomes necessary, and as a public journalist we cannoc be true to our high trust, true to the public and true to ourself if we do not speak out and spare not. And so we have to set our seal of condemnation upon the practice of allowing gambling nt agricultural fairs. As we understand the purpose and intent of these ar. nual exhibitions of the products of our soil, manufactures, mechanic arts, household and needle work, improved and bloode 1 stock, poultry, &c, it is to teach object lessons and therebv to encourage and incite to 1 people, to;promote emulation and a friendly spirit of rivalry to excel, as well as to make money for stock holders. At any rate this ought to be the object in view, but as many of our so called agricultural fairs of to-day are conducted they are most anything else. Instead of being run for the benefit of the farmer, the me channic, the stock breeder, the poul try raiser and tha household, they too often prove to the contrary -and t0 encrage and patronize such organ why? Because these very people lzat,ons' For ono the Gold Leaf wil1 are enticed to the fair by the belief li0fc lend lts nnee to aJ in that thev will see and learn some- ! future tbat does not advertise -No thing for their good, or for the social mb.mg allowed." And thon if we pleasure of the thing, and when thev ! fiu J that the PeoP,e hav0 been ved get inside the gates they Mud to their disgust and disappointment if they have not fallen among a veritable den of theives and robbers, they have found the next thing to it. The officials may say they are not responsible for the fact that people are swindled by these gamblers; that they ought to have better sense than to throw away their money trying to beat a fellow at his own gama- But they are resPonsible-for putting the i. : 1.1 r J l temptation in their way and thus seducing the innocent youth and the unsophisticated countryman. But for the presence of these gambling stands and catch-penny affairs that confront him at eyery turn he would . . UUO UC UC"UUCU lUbU tlC U1C3UC3 Ul the swindler. They look exceedingly ft i 0f thls wonderful Discovery free at three to fire pals standing arround i r m r r 1 & ! Dr. W.J. Learv s Drugstore. winning so easily the ignorant and i imr unsuspecting, little thinking who ! Ex-Governor Dead. these men are, imagines he can be as j Ex-Governor John L. Manning, of lucky and so is induced to try his j South Carolina, is dead. He was at hand. And once he commences he : one time one of the wealthiest plant , . . . . . ers in the South. He was of a dis- keeps on in tbe Yam hope of getting .. . . A . . ,z? T r r & o tmguished family, his father having back What he has lost and next thing Keen Governor and his errand fthPr the poor fellow finds his last dollar j gone, and but for the return ticket that luckily he has in bis pocket he j would either have to foot it back home or borroww the money from some 1 friend to pay his railroad fare. Is this thing light? We think not. I For the sake of the few dollars they 1 - - i - ' t . V U M, Section in North Carolina . Circulation Large, pv into the treasury in tl way 1 J privilege taxes, all sorts of gambling , concerns are admitted into the grouods, ' an 1 Un'ier tbe SaDCtiotl uf law, by vir- tue of such license tax, the high way robbers (and they are nothing else) are a lowed lo ply their nefarious names uf chance and swindle and defraud the ignorant nn 1 unsophisticated to their heart's content. This thing is a shame and an outrage. It is a disgrace to th' State and a civilized people. It is an insult to the refined and virtuous women of our land and an indignity upon a decent intelligent public. Away with it or down with the agricultural fairs so called. If these gamblers and cut-throats are essential to the lift f a fair let that institution die the death it deserves, and the sooner the better. Let us have done with it. It is not right. It is not lawful. The better j anient of the people revalt against it and we do not believe they will much longer countenance it. Let it be un derstood that if this feature (which has got to be a leading one at some places) is not eliminated and forever banished from the fair grounds the stock holders of some of the fair associations in North Carolina will awake to the realiza tion that they are badly left, for the press an J public will positively refuse we will denounce the iraud and hold the officials up to public scorn and contempt.- Henderson Gold Leaf, A Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life. It was just an ordinary scrap of wrapping paper, but it saved her life. She was in the last stages of consump- tion, told by physicians that she was incurable and could live only a short time: she weighed less than seventy nounds. On a niece of wrannintr naner j ghe re(J f Dr RJ , x Discovery O and got a sample bottle, it helped her, she bought a large bottle, it helped her more, bought annother and grew better fast, continued its use and is now strong, healthy, rosy, plump. ! ; , 1An j x? c n weighing 140 pounds, tor lull er particulars send stamp to W. H. Cole, Druggist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles a distinguished revolutionary officer. . , ETe the most vorr0 and hearty PeoPie h,ave, at fimf a fehn$ 01 1wealf.1' j fe59 ad, la43ltUTdeW T TdlsPel Jhl? feelm 25, - J. sapariJla; it will impart vigor and vital- at Bond 8 4 rv --Si-JV' Price Per Year X.GO snikilf Orp" Fur '!, m. NO. 231. 1 DIRECTORY COUNTY OOWSNMEXT '. sheriff Jog. H. Perry, Superior Court Clerk Jno. c. Bond, Register of feedfl T. If. Small, Treasurer K. R. Pendleton, Coroner A J. Bateiuan, Jailer Joseph Sprtiill, (. omtniasioners W. B. Shepard, A. J. Ward, W.J. Webb, W. P. Jones, W. H. Bonner, Board of Education Rev. H. B. Drane, W. B. Felton. Mile V. Klliutt. Public School Superintendent Samuel J. Skinner. Health Sup't. Pr. R. vv. Winborne. cmr : Mavor J. R. B. Hathaway, H erk A. T. Bush, Treasuier H. A. Bond. Sr. ? ,hief Police Charles Leary. i 'ouneilmen J. L. Rogerson, W. J. Leary, Jr.. M. FT. Dixon. J. W. Bran niug. Alfred King, Anderson Ivewtou. churches : I Methodist Rev. Ernest Stevens, Pas tor. Services morning and evening of every Sabbath. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. Sunday school every Sabbath at 4 p. m. APTIST Rv. R. T. Vann, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath, morning nt 11 o'clock, evening at 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting every Thursday night. Sunday school every Sabbath. 4 p. ra. St. Paul's Rev. R. B. Drane, Rector. Morning and evening service! every Sabbath. Evening Prayer every ed nesday. Morning prayer at 9:80 every Friday. Sunday school every Sunday evening. Fish & Terrapin Trap rat. Dec. M, 1B0. Adapted to River and Lons: Shore Fishing in 4 to 10 feet water. A Great Catcher! Send for descriptive price list to J, S. vOHWSCW & C0.f MANUFACTURERS OF X A A A A 1 A 1 ATK A ' A " A ' A A A 121 South Street, Baltimore, Md. v NETTING FOR- SEINES -AND- POUNDS WM. i. HOOPER & CO. 110 S. Pratt, near Light, es a. BALTIMORE. MD. O n HiMtoctBfrs of Cotton and Flax Gill nets, n Corks, scine Leads, a.c n Kelne Twine cf all kind. Mm a ilia, i oiton A Hemp Rope. V. IL
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