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Published Every Friday. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. -uiuti u i
A. H. Mitchell,
Kdlfcor and Business Manager.
Established 1886.
A CONTENTED PHILOSOPHER.
I jes' don't waDt no office, though they
planked the money down,
They couldn't get me twenty miles in
sight any town,
With its schemin' an' its steamin', I'm
a-takin' o' my ease,
An' a-dreamin' jest a dreamin' in the
blossoms an' the breeze!
I wouldn't nigh be Governor, though
its kinder great to be,
An' the Georgia Legislatur ain't a
drawin' card for me:
An' as for that ere Congress now,
what's its biggest seat
To a feller on a river bank with lillies
at his feet?
I tell ye, folks, its somethin' though
you ain't got nary cent,
To live free as religion, with a sweet
wife an' content:
To give up all the schemin' an' jest
take a feller's ease,
A-dreamin' an' a-dreamin' in the blos
soms an' the breeze.
THE EDITOR'S DUTIES.
A newspaper roan ba- n business to
seek office. It is his business to try
and got an office for the other fellow:
to sound the praise of the candidate
and keep quiet his own feeling, to
whoop her up for his man, and let his
man forget ali about him when he is
elected: co defend his candidate against
the unjust attacks ot the opposition,
and see Uvt whatever favors his can
didate has to bestow go to the other
fellow.
It ie his business to boom the city for
ail it is worth, month after month, and
then see 8100 worth of printing 0 out
of the city because ten cents can be
ou -2u i.i aoiiif., :o. it is the buess
of the newspapt-r to give every enter
prise a frequent ''send oif" and then
find 1hat he has raised sheol because he
had failed to record the fact that some
prominent citizen had his delivery
wagon painted. T subscribe liberally
to every public, charitable and church
entertainment, advertise them for
nothing, pay hia own way to every
thing and then be called prejudiced
and mean spirited because a column is
rot devoted to that particular affair.
Do 3 op wonder that there are not more
crank iti tiie newspaper business? Ex
A LEADER
Since its first introduction, Electric
Bitters has gained rapidly in popular
favsu until bow it is clearly in the lead
among pure medici&n tonics and alter
atives containing nothing which per
mits its use as a beverage or intoxicant.
It in recognized a the best and purest
medicine for all ailments of Stomach,
Liver or Kidneys. It will cure Sick
Headach, Indigestion, Congtipation and
drive Malaria from the system. Satis
faction guaranteed with each bottle or
the money will ne refunded. Eric
only 50c per bottle. Sold by W. I Leary
Druggist.
Three thousaad marriages are
performed every day all oyer the
world.
The
CHARGES AT THE WORLD'S
FAIR.
In reg&rdto the expense of living
at Chicago during the World's Fair,
in that city, a local newspaper says :
"As to charges outside the grounds,
let it be understood that the best
hotels have plainly said that they
would not charge more than their
nsual rates, and the hotels of ksser
magnitude wjil be compelled to do
likewise. Chicago is full of enterpris
ing people, and really enterprising
people know that extortion ruins en
terprise. There wilt be millions of
visitors to Chicago during the ex
position season, and for that reason
there will be fierce competition tor
their patronage There are now
hundreds of resturants in that city at
which a satisfying meal can be had
for from i5 to 25 cents, and the num
ber of such places will be greatly
ncr eased during the year. The
scramble for patronage of vis:t:rs of
moderate meanb will furious. It
is quite possible that the pr:cs ot te
restaurants that cater for people of
small income, will be reduced by
reason of excessive competition, and
it is certain that they will not be in
creased. lIn short, it will he very easy for
a rich visitor to spend f25 or 50 per
dav, and it will be quite as easy for
an economist to find a room at the
rate of $2.50 per week, and to feed
himself for 75 cents per day. The
great exposition is for the delectation
of the people of the worid, but espe
cial for those of the United States;
therefore attendance upon !t wiH be
made to be within the reach of all.
The rich can enjoy all the luxuries
that money can buy ; the person
slender means can live at slight cost.
All are invited Everyone will be
welcome. Nobody shall be imposed
upon. This is Chicago's pledge t
the nat'on and to the whole world."
FIRE AT WILLI AMSTON.
Last Fiiday. the 14th Williamston,
N. C, was visitea by a conflagration
which broke cut in a building occupied
by G. Goddard. general merchant. It
quickly spread, consuming the build
ing occupied by B. B. Watts, general
merchandise. The loss is about 12,
000, partly covered by insurance.
A Tennessee family recently purchas
ed a barrel of molasses the peculiar
taste of which led to an investigation,
whon a little darkey was found inside.
The impression is that he was fooling
with the bunghole and got sucked in.
Ex.
An Indiana woman who she 1 a
man for hi each of promise, and got a
verdict tor one cent damages, is now
racking her braias to determine
whether this was a refiectiou on her
or on the man.
SmaMest Hair Throws a Shadow'
EDENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, April 21, 1893.
ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
Progressive Farmer. 1
People who know nothing about
North Carolina except what they read
in ancient ?eogr p'i es, which amounts
to about this : "The chi t produces
are cotton, nee. ar, ud eanuts,"
wi1! be interested in a few facts about
the State. We have a
good many ondesirab e things, but
we have better heait i, more kinds of
climate and soi!, ,-ieit r variety of
minerals and 'd-m product than any
State in America Addud to this is
a rapidly increasing number of good
schools, aitd it is becoming , leading
manuiacturing Sare.
It is just 000 miles from Cherokee
to Roanoke Islani, and every portion
from ihe fisheries of Aibemarle to
the land of the sky has something
peculiar .aid dusir.bie- to boas- of.
Our farmers arv nt prosperous, but
factories are do ng .. e:', and railroads
are multiplying There are nineteen
cot ion lactones in Alamance county,
seventeen in Gasto . tsve e in Ran
dolph. nine in MeoKlenburg, ei: in
Guilford and i40 in the State, besides
a number in construction. In these
mills are nearly i)O0O ooms and
over 500,000 spindles, and the con
sumed last year 1 -5, 00 ba es f ot
lou. Best' ies these ihere are thirteen
woo en m'tils tiut are t iruin out the
br:s', quality of j.ics kerseys, cas
s mers and blankets, and Lh; r are
e ght knitting tr;:!'.. Kome fhem he
iag operated d an i ig-d ar d all
(iel-.i-hg goo i dividends There
are fifty-seven factories that make
cirri iges an 3 buggies thirty-two
that make wagons, thirty-five thar
make lurnituie, that Bake huts
i spoken ;.nd twenty -f j r t-iat mafie
ih. doors aud jluids One ot these
wo k 125 baiid ... Then here are
s.uadieds of sawmills an . turpentine
distilleries.
There are twenty-eight cann'ng
factories for vegetables m l f-iurteea
for oyste s, there are fourteen cotton
seed oil factories, fifty-fmf fertilizer
factories and 1 nite a number that
A.
inaktf barrels a:,d crates and b ;ke s
and brooms.
But on ihe high top of thisp ramid
are the tobacco fajtorits tiiat far ex
ceed in number and capita those of
any Sfateintiie Union.
There are 110 that make plug to
bacco, nine th t make smoking to
bacco. Durham alone sold 1 10,000
000 puunds iast year and paid to he
government for stamps $616,12?;
Winston paid more than that an i
Asbvilie so d over 0.00,000 pounds
of leaf tobacco. These are onJy the
pnncpsl tobacco markets, and tne
aggregate of the production increae,
witn every year. Then there are the
rice fields sod cranberry mead aad
the immense truck farms that extend
all along the coast and Bed sB eary
market in WashinstOH, Ha timore and
Philadelphia. At New Beroe a one
i there were shipped in one day i.OuO
barrels of Irish potatoes and 1 8,000
boxes of bean9, and this is an every
list bn;iries nrtd rlnes nfit. inciinio
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the peas, tomatoes, npnarairus and J
t i j lL. - J
uuuuagc. inuceu, uic piouuciiun 01
Then there are fisheries that employ
6,000 persons and 3,000 boats and
ship 30,000,000 pounds ot fish in a
season. Next comes the medicinal
herbs, of which one firm in Statesviile
shipped ih one month 1 18,000 pounds.
They emply 300 agents to collect j
these herbs, and they do by far th- j
largest business of any similiar fcrm
n the world- Added to ail this we j
have millionare Geo. W. VanderhiUj
and his $6,000,000 residence aud Bill
Nye, the peerless humorist.
Sad ts the lot of tiie man
waits on princes' frvors A
has just died at the advance?;
of seventy years, who has
in an
1 ecu
waiting thirty years for a po
only succeeded in getur:g a s
there.
vt u a st AiN i ,rjU u it r .
We authorize our advertised C' urgist
to sell Dr Km:
s New
I'Jiscovery fr
Consumption. Coughs and Colds, upon
this condition. If you art; afflicte-d
with a Cough. Cold or any Luiig. ,
Throat or Chest trouble, and wijii uce
this remedy as directed, ;ri v apr it a fair
trial, and experience no benefit, you 1
may return the bottle and have your
money refunded. We could not make !
this offer dia we not know ti.at Dr
iving's New Discovery could be; relifd ;
on. Ic never disappoints. Trial bottles
tree at vv. l. deary's drugstore. Lsrr
size oCcts and Si 00.
mm H. ROGERS,
Wholesale Commission
106 Fulton Fish Mabkkt,
J"e-vcr Yoris..
Special Attention ?iven to the sale of
North Carolina Shad, Rock, (Jhub,
Reference: Guirkin & Co., Bankers,
and Chas. RobinsoD, President 1st Nat
ional Bank. Elizabeth City, N. C. and
other Financials when desired.
OT Am not and have never been in the
Mellon, Truck er Fruit business.
Stationery and Stencils furnished at
a moments notice.
Sow is the time to Subscribes
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Clarence i. Miller. (
Special Attention
Gives to
THE SALE OF NOR rH CAR
Li n a Shad.
teui's Mini Stationary Fiirnisbcci n
A pplicari -li
WE EMPLOY NO AGENT
EstHblished 1861
SAML M. LAWDER & SON,
Wnolesalc Conam s&ion IVrtler In
Soft. Crabs, Terrapin, Rtc.
J Quick Sales 1 frotupt Hlettirns
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Wxu. J . Hooper iv
)uk hail i' '
E, W. Albangh & f n
Wholesale Comrnifiaion Merchai -
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Consignments Soiicitel.
Prompt Retains, )ur Motto.
Citizens Nationni Bank.
W. J Hooer fe Co.
G.JL ZIBCKEL 4 88
ITS. Charles S'rret
Baltimore, - Md.
Sole a!:tc ':r
Tourers Oiled Clothing,
' BfETKOPOLIT AX RUBBER C( 'S
1 Rubber Ciothinvr and HackfB-
lOtlieH. and
LYCOMIXG RUBBER CO'S
Extra line qOuloy rnhNr
BootJ nd Sho and
TENNIS SHOE?.
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! botf the best it the woi ld-
Write for Discounts.