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Published Every Friday. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. Circulation Large.
Editor lJiaWr. "The Smallest Hair Throw a Shadow." iw'Y.SP
Established" 1886. EDENTON. N, P., FRIDAY, December 27, 1889. No. 237.
OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN!
WHAT HE SEES AND HEARS DURING
THE WEEK.
Our Man,Iike the rest of the boys
about town, is full of good cheer
this Christmas and repeats, with be
coming glee, the triumphal song :
Ring, joy bells, ring, the day is here
That wafts the praises of the year;
Peal ibrth the glory of the past,
Bear Christmas cheer on every blast;
The echoing notes tor hearts of glee.
For grief a mellow threnody;
13ut thrill and cheer with every ring,
To tell that Christ is born our King.
Ring, joy bells, ring for young and old
A happy chorus, bright as gold;
Toll for dead strifes and bickerings.
Ring in the day of better things,
Peace, mercy, love and charity,
For saint and sinner, bond and free;
To breezes far thy joy notes fling,
To tell that Christ is born our King.
It is astonishing to see, although
the universal complaint of hard times
and scarcity of money, how our peo
ple are buying and selling, how they
eat, drink and keep merry, like in
the olden time when things were ac
knowledged plentiful and money was
was "no object." Going in any of
the stores Our Man About Town
found a jam of customers anxious to I
spend their money for themselves
and the little ones, anxious to pur
chase goods which are actually cheap,
even cheaper than for many, many
years. In
Hooper & Co's.
ladies and men were seen in numbers
buying books, toilet articles, fancy
crockery, &c. as presents for some
favored of their friends.
W. O. Elliott's,
right along side of Hooper & Co's, a
constant flow was seen bearing away
choice articles of dry goods, shoes,
hats, &c.
Mr, A L. White
was up to his very eyes in business
dispensing sweets as well as substan
tial such as but few confectioners
and grocers ever keep. Peeping in at
Mr. O. Newman's
we lind him busy waiting on custom
ers and, as each bundle is wrapped
and passed to its purchaser we be
hold that purchaser walking away
wreathed in smiles looking like a
linen! descendent of the remembered
ubiquitary Tom Collins. At the
WOODARD HOFSE
all was as merry as a marriage.
Every body was pleasant; every one
seemed content. It looked as if old
Santa, himself, weary of his pervious
nights service, had called to refresh j
himself and give impetus to social j
conviviality. John Rogerson, the
proprietor, was himself, in all his j
accustomed good humor and liberal-1
it nf snnl. and his boarders looked !
like -folks at home." That's a good j
0
place to spend the winter. From the
Woodard House we tear ourselves
) em m, m . .
to take in, mrtner, tne situation.
We go to our friend's,
E. VV. Burton,
"Now, here's something, you hear
me; If he dont beat them, the devil's
a dutchman." "As sure as gun's
iron" he is selling goods and selling
cheap and to please. Returning, we
cross the street and stop to shake
hands with our old friend
Mr. J. M. Skinner.
Now, here's something substantial
a guuu uinu ucanug iu gvuu guuua
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A litf. a? 1 .u:
. 11 ie 01 reality me ouiy tuiuv;
that gives him pleasure and positive
existences are the onlv things upon
which he will suffer himself to "dwell,
even in thought, for an hour. He is
a practical man, a safe merchant and
a good citizen. Right across Queen
street, from Mr. Skinner's, is the
fancy store and grocery of
John M. Wozelka.
Every child in town knows where it
is and almost every child in town has
been accustomed to carrv his nickle
there for investment. O, the apples,
the oranges, the candy, the cake that
man does keep is truly astonishing,
to the young and hungry,
down West side Main street
Passing
we stop
to shake hands with
E. L. Brinkley
and his salesman, Mr. Ed. Smith.
They are polite, genial gentlemen,
and will always invite you in wheth
er you wish to buy or, not. We say
this knowingly for, Our Man never
buys anything and they are as polite
to him as they are to a man who has
justsold his cotton. Interchanging
the compliments of the day, we pro
ceed to
Mr Moore's
but, we didn't go in, although it is
Xmas times wh9n men generally
excuse themselves for any indul
gence temperance iolks ordinanally
condemn. Mr. Moore says he is
doing a good business and we really
think he is, the signs indicate it.
Passing aloog to
L. F. Zeigler's,
the popular place where travelers,
taking immediate leave for another
and longer station, can be accomo-
i dated, at moderate rates, with special
cars for the purpose. His is the
depot of the rapid transit line which
runs from Here to Hereafter. Louis
is a conductor and can run a body
through to Cemetery station without
a break or, whistle. From the place
where coffins are kept we pass to
T. B. Bland's
and look at something to eat. It's a
better sight, and don't you have a
doubt about it. Mr. Bland is the
Degt butcher this side of where the
preceding generations took their
departure from mundane existence,
He can safely be compared with any
green grocer in the country After
laying at Rand's long enough to
qam what, was to be een and to get
hangrv we run up to see frie
John Quinton.
u. . ha av in work- R
actually too buisy to talk and, for I ican wrtr and is as stern in his adher
that Tfason. we left him. John is a Unce to rule in business as he ever was
good boy worthy the patronage which
he universally receives.
Mr. Sam'l. Goodwin
j keeps store below where Mr. Quintoa
lives nnd we halt there a while to en
quire after his health and business.
Like all the rest of the merchants, he
is actively engaged, disposing of his
goods and making friends by fair
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j uants. o;uu 15 a otcauy, omc, ici;.
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:iuiu imsiueas man auu win Hucceeu
though yon put him in a saw mill of
I opposition. Nex to Goodwins lives
Andrew J. Batemhn
whose store, filled with toys, confec-
tions, jewelry &c. seems to be one of
the principal centers of attraction.
Andrew is a jolly fellow and an es
pecial favorite among the children
whose pleasure he a! wars considers
and whose wants, in Xmas times, he
always supplies. His store is well
filled with good things and costly ar
ticles fit for presents to the old as well
as the youug. Going from Andrew's
we take a peep into the shoe shop of
Louis Tilleky
and finding him quite busy we go to
J. E. Bonner's
large and well fil'.ed establishment.
Hundreds of people are fonnd supplying
their wants in a most quiet and satis
factory manner. Every salesman be
hind the counter is almost too busy to
say "good morning" and Bonner him
self is up to his elbows iu activity.
Finding the place too active for loafers
we, with a few others, take an early
departure. Passing the Express and
Telegraphic office we discovered our
friend
Mr. M. F. Bon?
as busy as a bee in a tar bucket, deliv
ering packages sent by Santa Clause
or his agents to a ixious consignees.
We stop at
Dr. Leary's
and find that drugs as well as dainties
are in demand. The Dr quickly sup
plies the suffering and, in all his
business care, never forgets that po
lite and cordial courtesy which marks
him as of the progeny of the old
school. Down the street we ramble
to take a peep at our estimable friend
Mr. H. A. Bond, Sr.
who is occupying his old stand where,
forty years ago, he did business ac
cumulating a large fortune. He is the
oldest merchant in town and remem
bers with pleasure the davs wheu a
1
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uncut tiauc una can icu ' ' n uoiw-cu
Edenton and the We. India islands.
It was then that he delighted in busi-
anrl Minld mat mnnpv fiasilu an
; abundantly. He carries his age well
nnrl with t iP rost. nf ftnr fr Pnd
passing the holiday in happiness.
Capt Jacob Wool's
is the next place we visit and, although
the Captain keeps it "fit for gods,"
j you never see any one drunk around , and properly conducted, is a credit Having passed the rounds of the
; Kim T4a ib rmf af tha .cw men. v'hn ' to OUT D'aCC It commands -a larare a.. ....t. . f,
J I ' V. IU!1H V! .Ill . II li ' ' I .tu
Qd : deal in wine, that will not sell a drunk share ot the patronage and is. in itself ln pu,,;jf. ,Hjnr to one and all of (he
I man whiskey, or anything e'se. The . fortune to its owner, J. E. ionncr. pHtioiiS ot the F ishkkman' and Kak-
ia ' Uantam was an old soiaier r tn? iex- t ena oi tne jay v jew is M-R Tn,Wf haoov and Drosoerous
to the regulations ot service. On the polite L. L. Brinkley, Esq. We stop
way up the street we take in the beau- there, for a moment to pass the coin
ties of Cheap side halting, occasionally, pliments of the hour, and theo we
I in our passage to interview the old
friends and patrons of the Fisher
man and Farmer. At
G. VV. Griffih's.
trade is brisk. He tells us that his sue
cess has been pleasing and he be
lieves it entirely attributable to the
lace oi nis having- acted up to
Quick
: rne OJQ mercnantlle maxim
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iaucs duu a man (jiuuis.
R. M. Lee,
;i co'ored man, well known in this
community is a marvel to every one
II
lJC "V7U,,vl JU' "ia
aiiiiuuiiuiuva uiai 11c was 01 ina
was o:
c ass in business life who were "never
born to die.' Dick is
like a COrK,
he'll come up, no matter how
many
times you sink him At
O. H. Dardkn & Co's.
we s op (in th - front part of the
housej to observe tuat here, too, was
a place enjoying the extensive pat
ronage ot a
l trading people This
quite as .successful as
firm has been
any in Edenton and :s worth v, in
every way, of the continued advance
which rus characterized them and
their b -siness. We ha.t at friend
C. M. Mukden's
to find him safe and quiet and filled
with pieasant contemplations as to
'Who' il be the next.'' Bro Murden
is an undertaker and therefore inter
ested in the departures from Kden
ton either bv the Rapid Transit
line or, the Dirt tr-iin to Quiescent
turD-out. Next we stop 10 shake the
hand of the old clock,
Sam'l P. Wixov,
who is eight day steady an 1 with the
sun. lie never varies a minute and
always strikes when the hour comes,
He never lU.is down but, keep, his
hands moving in the prescribed
circle upon the dial p ate of timj and
business. Next, we call at
A. L. Gregory's.
Now. this is a Salmon and "don't
you forget it " We did'nt forget
it for the simple reason thatGergory ' the proprietor of the Bee Hive Store,
and his force has always been is the next man to whom we pay our
friends of this paper. His wines respects. His is the largest dry
and brandies bear the right bead goods, clothing, notion, and furni
and his cigars are of the besi brands. I ture house in town. He employs more
Customers hang around like bees men and sells more goods than a ry
over a watermelon rind and buzz merchant here. This is account
away in thick-tougued confusion, ed for in two ways: First, he knows
It does its work and does it well, how to buy, when to buy, where to
if you let ir'have its way and give to buy, what to buv. Second, he
it the time required for genera knows exactiy how to sell,
pe meation. Mr. Gregory has been Our Professional Fmiends
a very successful man of business ' are keeping Christmas to the extent
and is now daily increasing in of their ability. lir Vann is p'av
wealth. ingf with the children; Hro. Prudetl
Woodard Bros is circu'atin with bis and Bros. Bond
to find them eniovina- the rush nf and Leary are claiming for t heir's
trade. This is a new establishment,
u n fH pnH ri i n hv lrnnnnr Kripntnniinc
j - . . , . . . w j 7 u.iuuniam
I of pluck and energy backed by capi-
j tal equal to every requirement. The
are wholesale, as well as. rpfail HmI.
j ers and command a large and exten-
SlVe trade. bom? Over to the
Bay View Hotel
we find a crowded house of pleasant
i company. This hotel, beautifully
j locatea. newly Duut and iurnished
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p &x
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Post OF! ICE,
kept bv the efficient, popular and
passed on to
rKB Bank,
not to 'drav or make deposit, to be
sure, but, to make our bow to the
Banker who is our Mayor and to
congratulate him upon the peace and
good order which everywhere prevails
within our municipal borders. The
next place at which we halt i the
siure ui
M H Dixon.
which he established in 1S74. ft is
lmi iron font brick building filled with
ail the different goods usually kept in
a first ciass yrocery. Mr. I )ixon is one
of the be t merchants in town and
eniovs the confidence of ourchasers.
II Liuc anH caIIk irtr ru- anrl i
therefore, ab'e to offer inducements
even to merchants, doing business in
the county, as well as consumers.
Next to Dixon's is the new store
called the
People's Pitoe Store,
kept by W. R. Brothers. This is a
new establishment and, like a new
broom, it sweeps clean, tnat is, it is
successful, even beyond the expecta
tion of its owners and managers. May
it ever so continue Now we come
to interview the oldest merchant, save
one, in Edenton,
Col. R. (t. Mitchell.
We fmd him enjoving the usual
amount of trade and in the same
good humor which has ever charac
terized him. We could write a vol
umn on thi- man. fil'ed with pleasant
incidents in his life aconnecud with
Edenton. its business and its
pastime". He and (iisbon T Cherry
were the first to ship fresh shad, and
other fish, from this to Northern
markets, thus introducing a business
which has brought to this section
more cash money than auv and all
others combined Me has ever been
prominent in ad public commemora-
tive occasions and is a source of inex-
' haustiblefun fit for Xmas or any other
similar occasion.
Mc. R. T. MtT HELL,
superiority of form and .prighthness
i ro V ooo is in the same boat with
. ,
Bro Skinner. They are captains ot
their own crafts ar.e numZ them
i witnout mates or, deck-hands. Ors
Hoskins, Dillard and McMnUan
werr UUl Ui lowu, uaudi, wnci
we were going the rounds of the city
q n-l thrfrrf ur rannnt rfnorf as tO
rhem. ' Thv are trood fellows and
command the unbounded confidence
of this entire public
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our elegant
New Year!"'
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