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Published Every Friday. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming
A. 11. Mitchell,
Editor and liusiness Manager.
Established 1886.
A CHARLIE ROSS AFFAIR.
A BOY WHO WAS ABDUCTED WHEW HE
WAS FOUll TEAKS OLD RETURNS HOME
A MAN OF TH1KTY OXE YEARS.
Ncwb from Washington, N. C, tells
a tale surpassing that ot Charlie Ross.
In 1863 a lltt,e 4-'ear-ld son 01
Mr. and Mr9. Chancey, near there,
mysteriously disappeared. Mrs. Char,
.,1 fr i,io
cey startea tne mue ieuuw
lather who was some distance from
the house. He never reached lmu
and all efforts to find him proving
fruitless, he was given up for dead or
last, but his mother never lost the
hope cf seeing him before she died.
A neighbor with whom Mr. Chan
cey was on bad terms was always sus
pected o! being connected wth the
boy's disappearance. Thar, neighbor
died years ago and on his deathbed
sent Tor Mr. Chuncey wishing to tel
bin something very important. Mi .
Chancey did not go, and it is thought
the secret of the boy's disappearance
died with thai neighbor.
Some time ago a Mr. Chaneey, a
horse dealer in Washington, received
a letter from Tennessee, asking about
his people and if there was a missing
relative No attention was pa'd to
this, Soon another letter came mak
ing the same inquiries I his was taK-
M. nn,l ATrc Chanm-TT and tho.
til IA AJL A .j .
hope of again seeing their boy alive
revived. The letter was answered
The only marks by which the boy
could be identified were a mo'e on
his borS arid a liule scar on his bai-.
The letter asked if those marks couid
be found The repj.v came ih.it fee
could. He was asked to come to
Washington, which he did at once,
arrividg Friday night. His parents
and hundreds of people were at the
train to meet him. The personal f:t
vor ot the Cbarlceys was at once rees
ognizable. He was hurried to the
long left horae, and great was the jfy
there. The personal favor, and the
mole, and the scar, made identificat ion
complete. The little boy of 4 had
returned a man of 81.
lie has no recollection ol bow he
was taken away or by whom. He
was taken to Tennessee and planed in
a Catholic institution, where he was
educated, lie became by trade a
stone cutter. His only recollection
of his home was his name Chaneey
and that he was always teased.' till he
cried, by a larger boy, who was his
brother. A 8tray copy of a Wash
ington paper containing the advertise
ment of Mr. Chaneey, the horse deal
er, led to his once" more finding his
home and people.
This State now has 4,711 pension
ers. It is said that the pension tax
will probably yield over $110,000.
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A WHITE HOUSE GUIDE.
Entertaining Conversation cf r.n Executive
IirpIoye of a. Few IlonlJis .1 ';.
Not to bo too personal, tliia account cf
White Honso visiting is taken from an
experienco in the past. It i.i on a d:sy
wLen tli'o president is in tho bkj east
room, Bhakiii hands with any Tom,
Dieli or Augustus who wishes to inflict
alhiiaaelf on tho head of the nation. There
are naiaGTous familiarly
polite mtn
j lounging in the vestibule of the
! Their dres3 consists of indifferi
mansion.
different busi
ness suits, very ready made in appear
ance, black, brown, blue and gray, ill
fitting and often shabby. Thene are the
servants of the place, whr-30 duties ar
to shov the gTie.t tlirough the public
rooms and at tii;s throngli the private
ones. Their appellation in this house of
the people i.s "guide." They are partic
ularly the persons from whori the visiter
to Washington gets the tone of the
White House. If any one claims thr.t
these are gentlemen in office and not
serving men, let him try them with a
fee. It is not exacted, is forbidden, but
try it!
Through with the president, a group of
peopl ii are invited by a guide to-go into
the other rooms.
"These rooms has all been newly dec
orated," he says, "and after designs by
Ili:s' Uairison. and 'tain'v necessary for
me to say that she's a artist. " A creep
of his hand takes in floor, wall, ceiling
and furmture.
"This," he goes on, "is the famous blue
room, where the president receives with
his lady beside him. You have all heard
of going behind thtrline. Well, the pres
ident stands here with his lady on his
rigat ana tno laaies or tne cabinet.
j That makes the line. After they shake
hands tho elight go behind tho line where
! oil 7v ili r-r ryT"! ri? -Jo
"That's right, ma'am. Sit right down."
Thi3 to a woman who has rested against
the arm of a chair. "All git down and
make yourself comfortable.
seem to think this house belongs to ilisa'
Fiat vison, but it don't. It btioags to all
of you. iss Harrison wants everybody
to feel rc home. JNTow, ia this room
Miss' Cleveland was luaiTied. o 10 stood
right thci'o where thst lady's feet is."
The modest appearing little woman
on whoso feet all eyes; were centered
looked inclined to put them ;n her pock
et, but the guide went on remorselessly.
"Where that lady's feet is placed."
"This clock," said tho guile later,
pausing before an elaborate mantel
clock., "and them tide ornaments wis
presented to George Washington, our
first president, by Lay f aye t to and pre
sented by he to the White Iiour,e. And
it has ben going ever Fence. Them lights
are electric and just put in. You turn
them on and off this way," illustrating.
"Seeing as you look interested, sir, you
can turn them on once if you like."
The man to whom this kind permis
sion was granted bears a name synony
mous with electricity, but the famous
electrician, as courteous as ths guide,
gravely manipulated the button.
Leaving after a quarter of an hour
more of this talk, and a visit to tho con
eervatories, and a peep at the private
dining room, Selina expressed herself in
this fashioner
"All applicants for such work in the
White Hoiiso should pass a civil service
examination before being accepted.. Sec
ondly, they should bo obliged to wear
distinctive dress. Call it a uniform if
the word livery is objectionable. But
these men should look as neat and trig
as postmeu, motormeu and -car conduct
ors. Thirdly, they must be as willing
and obliging as' they are at present. 1
would like 60 leave our president's house
once without feeling half amused and
half vexed and altogether ashamed, as I
am tc?ay.n Newport News.
Smallest hair Thi-cw u Shadow."
EDENTON, N. P."" FRIDAY, Mayv26 iS98.
CANNING FACTORFES.
As truck farrtsiDg expends it will
ftecome more apparent that tle South
Mball not only produce vegetables and
irow fruits, but that it shall prepare
ihern for market by canning them. A.
pot of preserves was found at Pmpe.i
after being buried for over eighteen
hundred years. They were found to
be nice and appetizing. This gave
hint at once that fruits and vegetables
should be otted and canned, and then
bent n a new industry that has devel
oped with lie years until it has bc
eom - v;tst.
The South all along has been too
dependent. We have seen Norway
ci'bhage on sale in Wilmington
Northern hay feeds the horses een
of farmers in this section. Thousand
and ten thousands of families are
duly eating canned fruits a;id vege
tables put up in the North. Is there
:iny horse ense in that? The rule
ought to work Uje other way. Th
.outh ha all the advani. .ge in cliu:ate
and still it is content toaat the brend
of idiencHs and loll? and t continue
to be the hewers of wowd and drawer
of wnter of the North.
We have seen cap nod vegetable
for sale here put up In Maine, and ;
man told us that he knew the u'ro
well where they were canned, and
that the vegetables were actually
4iown on soil that had to be brought
rom a distance.
This ren inds of another industry,
Connecticut has an oyster industry
amounting to some two or three mil-
ion dwllurs. The oysters in th start
lc;d to be brought ail the way from
the Cueepeake Bay and planted in
Connects ut waters. 'North Carolina
as an oyMer industry worr,u possibiy
8150.000, and it has the most exten
sive sounds ;and rivers excellently
adapted to the oysters-it hand not es-
arv to extend largely the product.
I! the wvj-ter industry is properly de
veloped oyster canning can be nmde
a most important business.
In Writ Tennessee the cannic
msiness is pushed with er.ergy.
In
perhaps . dozen towns factories have
Jeen started. The Atlanta Consti-
tution S's and it is true :
'T ie demand for canned vegeta
bles and raits is practicably unlimit
ed, and will increase mre r.ipidiy
than the factories can siipply the
goods. Kow, we have in the South
the finest fruit and truck funning re
gion$ iu the world, and. by establish-
jing numerous canning factories right
j here within a stone's throw cf th
fields, our farmers will find in a very
! short time that the new industry wdl
jmake Hum far more pro perous than
j they cot. Id hope to be under tue all
cotnu stein. Wilraiugton Messen
ger. ,
You are not in It unlesi yon read
the Fisherman & Farmer.c x
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Section in North Carolina. K in ui.ait-n Lar
Quwr Jit panose lie! if? f.
The Japncso believe in more mythical
creature th.vn cny otlvr people i i the
globe, civilized or savage. Arn-:ig tiij-e
are mytlhcul a:iimal. withoiit any re
markabie iKx'uliaritie-i of conformation,
but gifted with supernatural attri-rates,
soch as tho tiger which is Raid to tun. as
while as ?i io:ar r on the d :te ofh's:. .e
thotU.me.lh birthday. Tht-y a o b. IIeve
in a sHK?ies of fox which if it lives l l,o ,,)
years old without having beea cbtj-f by
j a uog tram-iorms ltscir anto a iM-iul-rui
woman. This same fox, if he can man-
re to livef.
ins ad
itional
powers, su-Jii as Jn-comrig a wonta-ri.;!
wizard, etc. When ho livJs to be l,v.4
years old, he becomcaa "celeilhil f o
with ntne golcesi i..iis, and has th-j pov. r
of going to u':tven and returning whcn:
ever ho ehooses.
These J;;ps also believe in a multitude
or
ti.i; dl.",ilU
;ue-h
oy tr:.;;-
stronr. size or by
-1
v)Ii ol
their memKrs.
Among t
'so ;ir' s:.r-
penis --(rJ teet long a::..l iar-re
1 1. I'il i , : r ,1-5 . 1 . X
swallow, an elephant; boue:i wifh vl;.:hi
I-".?. ; monkeys with iour ears and sera,
tails; lishes with 10 luMtln attache! to -
bodv, il
ht-.-a or t.
1,
mo!r-;terb
l sure cure
scriwi.tL-., 1
phi-a Prt.;s.
uoi.s. oire't or poi.-.,.'
no.
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DESERVING PRAI-E.
'e desire to say 10 o:ir eitiz n, t!;T
for years we have been sei ieg D.
K'ngV. Now Discovery for V.r, untp
tion. Dr. Khi2's New L'fe Pills. !5:;ek
leti's Arni?a Salvt and Eiecr.ric fittrn.
and liuve never h tiidled !eme 'it-s lint
ell as well, or Unit have si'ch
;o iversai sa.isf'tction. We do not hes
itate to guarantee them ev ry tune, ;um1
we stand teady to ret'ahd th 5 ureliace
price, if satisfac 01 y resu.ts d not f.d
iow their use. The:-e jrnioiies have
vvon tlieir gre;it popu iriti- p nelv 00
their meiits.
W. I T.efiry , Di opist.
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Kir.
A monthly t tateuierrr. JMo.; n v.-eaklv
statement. III. ; a pe.T.onal .statni'.nt.
ile.; a graphic statement. Del. : a writ
tea statement, Pctni.; a decimal st.at
mcnt, Tenn.; a:i interc-.::ti::'4 t:fi-tcm nl
iMiss.-a hi-'tori'-.d statement. Arli.: a
confident stele ment, Kun. : a rich ;.;.'ttc-uie-nt.
Ore.: a krmp etutci-icnt. id.is.; ;;
spirited stale:::-r.nt, II. I.: a ir.ed'.j.d
statement. Ml.: a French st;itenrit.
Va.: a Fre:i-h statement, Ala. ;
phalic statement, O.: an emphatic st.tte-
ment
J 0sy, 'i-it.
neutral statement, 1. T. ; :i ro:t : t . -
1 ment. Wash.; a, doubtful statement. Yv.
' Truth.
Par your subset iption or we will
lavp to cut Oil off.
FASHIONABLE
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER.
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First ciaKi repairing
A done at fehort notice
Keep a full
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Shoe fiuil
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hand. Your orders6licite 1 . Proui
Attentioi'. Call and see me. Main St
Edenton. N. C.
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H.E. WILLIAMS,
ox king sti:ki:t,
T1 e Popular Place ol he Town
hr ci oico and be W'ie.s. Lirpiors
tv:' lwasoii hahid
1 he fnesl st cl: of o. '() and l-r cts
Cigars in the cite
Ore visit nil1, unn nipf the secr-tid.
Tfon !nng inv friend aid tl- f td lie
for tie iy lileial pntionage alri'tdy
-ecMV . 1 ani Ptill
H. E. Williams.
The Fish 1 km ax & F.kmkk vraf.ts
a good, trustworthy and reliable agent
in all the surrounding acuities. Lib
eral comreirdou kiil be ;.dven riht
parries. App'v at once, by letter or
.0 the office.