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Published Every Friday. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming
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A. If. Mitchell,
Editor and Kcsiness Manager.
Established 1886.
A QUARRELL.
There's a knowing little proverb
From the sunny land of Spain,
But in Northland, as in Southland,
Is its meaning clear and plain.
Lock it up within your hearftJ
Neither lose nor lend it
Two it takes to make a quarrell',
One can always end it.
Try it well in every way.
Still you'll find it true
In a fight without a foe,
Pray what could you do?
If the wrath is youre. alone
Soon you will expend it I
Two it takes to make a quarrell,
One can always end it. 2
Let's suppose thatboth are wroth
And the strife begun
If ono voice shall cry for peace
Soon it shall be done.
If but oae shall span the breach
He will quickly mend it---"
Two it takes to make a quarrel
One ean always end if
AN HISTORICAL PICTURE.
Mr. B. A. Richardson, of this city,
will in a few days place on exhibition,
in the window of Messrs. Umstader &
Co., two pictures original, and copy
of a scene recalling the never-to-be foi
gotten time in American history, when
America was about to declare her in
dependence from her mother, England,
The picture is a mezza ti"t, 14 by lo
inches, and is a '.Revolutionary carica
ture. It is entitled "A society of Pat
riotic Ladies at Edenton in North Carolina-"
It was printed in London.
March 25th, 1775, by Parhuient A
group of fifteen figures are around or
near a table in a room, a majority of
of whom are emptying tea caddies,
while some are preparing a circular
which states that the ladies of Edenton
would neither drink tea nor wear
clothes manufactured in England untill
America was free.
The original was found in a barber
shop at Port Mahorr. on the island of
Minorca, in the Mediterranean sea, by
a United States naval officer and carried
to Edenton is 18S0. It is now owned
by 1 Richard Dillard, of that city,
but is in such a delapidated condition
as to be hardly distinguishable. The
copy, :v.auc by Mr. Richardson, in very
good.
Both of these will be tent bv th
owner to the World's Fair as a portion
of the North Carolina exhibit, after
which th-y will be presented to the
Nortn Carolina Historical Society.
Norfolk Landmark.
7.o picture referred to-abovo, will,
go wt- are informed by Dr. Dillard, be
prsfi nted to -.he "Virginia Dare Me
mori,.. Association'7 instead of the "N.
C. H. 'mi-ai Society,' as the Laud-marc-
.is stated, and as soon a3 it
arri . s v Edentou will be placed on
exh'MM :,;-, in the show window of
Bri:K ;f Eruporium. Ed. F. & F.
- . rin and horses and all
riitfii m 80 minutes by Wool
sn)tity Lotion This never
-o: : by V. I. Leary, Druggist,
an?
fot
"The
ELM GROVE SCHOOL.
CLOSING EXERCISES REPORTED BY
CUR REGULAR CORRESPOND h. NT.
The entertainment given by the
Elm Grove school near Cisco, on
Friday night last was quite a success.
The exercises opened promptly with
music by the Band, which was fol
lowed by a grand chorus by the school.
Next came the delivery of the gold
medals to Misses Elliotts, Evan9and
Coffield for their very faithful work
in the prosecution of their studies
during the scbool term.
Mr. Prudea was expected to pre
sent the medals, but having been
called from home on business was not
able to be present to perform the
pleasant duty. Mr. B. L. Evans
acted as his substitute, and presented
the medals t the happy winner? in a
short and appropriate address. Then
came the salutatory by Master Scott
Privott, delivered in his inimitable
style, which called forth much laugh
ter from the audience. He was fol
lowed by charades and recitations by
the v irlous members of the school,
inteis rced with sweet music from
the organ by Miss Mary Evans and
Mr. Humphry Svao;e.
The pupils all acfed their parts
well, showing that they bad been
eirefully trained by their very ffici
ent teacher. Miss Addie J Walker
who has won for herself an enviable
reputation ;-iS a fine instructress.
Under her wise management the Elm
Gro' e scho )l has grown to be verv
popular. At eah annua' entertain
ment a large number of poople of the
surrounding country assemble to give
evidence of ttleir appreciation of its
merits.
On Saturday evening a pleasan
Lawn Party w s held in the grove
ner the achool house for the benofi-
of Evans' Church, from which were
realized about thirty-one dollars
F.
The Orator who intends to ho'd
his audience spe'l-boiiTid must be
acquainted with the spelling tneth-
i ods of tke oest dictionaries.
A LEADER.
Since its first, introduction, E ec
trie Bit'ers has g dried rapidly in
popular favor, until now it is ceailv
in the lead among pure medictnui
tonics and alteratives containins
nothing wh'ch permits its use as a
beverage '-r intoxicant, it is recogniz
ed as the best and purest for oil ail
ments of Stomach, Liver or Kind
neys. "it wili care Sick Headache,
Indigestion, Constipnt'on, and drive
Malaria from the system. Satisfac
tion guarauteed with each bottle or
money refunded. Price only oOcts
per bottle: Sold by W. I. Leary.
A weathercock policy is always
in vane.
Smallest Hah Throws a Shadow."
EDENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, June 2, 1893
Greek Stools and Chairs.
The stools or chairs 6een on Greek
vases are in great variety, and as regards
time cover a period t many iiunurea
years. On some of thern are figures scat-
ed on blocks of stone or wood, but the
general fcrai i that of stools with or
without the feet of animals, soiuetimfs
having arias, I;::t rarely bac!:s. Rome-
times personages are seen on vaaes cr en
statuettes 6eatod on chairs, with backs
of moderate elevation, carved in the
form of the ruff worn by women in the
time of Queeu Elizabeth, which were
probably considered thrones. A form
of chair in common rise among the Ro
mans was that with cuivecl i!rm?, fa
miliar to all those who have seen upon
the stage the Roman plays of Shake
speare. Chairs or stoels of other forms were
also in use among the Romans, made?
often vithin a certain degree of art and
elegance and of costly materials. Sitting
at table the pesttrro now considered the
most elegant and tho most, cleanly was
not practiced by them, the reclining at
titude corresponding more n?arlv with
th
-heir ideas of esse and luxury. S:n
Praafcisco Ch-r.olie.
F1
No Ie-i to V.;it T?a T.xrs.
It is said that a pnblic reader of som?
remits, malrinar i tmr tiiro-uh the west.
happened to hay- vn audience one night
in a South DiZkz&i ttwn wijeso 4hr,s-
tling spirit ciw&'d a tleruand for aT:y
thinyrfrom Sunday do figbts to lectures
on esthetics. The houae f-rH pae're;
and the reader's efxcrt.-s were t olio wed
with marked attention. Several p-jtec-
v.v. ..v.., ,..x. ......
of the short sr rxrerns of Arnold were a:;-
nonncod.
Probably few of the andi tors kz:ew who
Matthew Arnold was or what to espeet
fTnia the nct n!Hr,lvrrcn t"e TTo:rrti""iiif'
but they had been heirinSso nool old
soul stirring verses, and interest w;v,
keyed to a high pitch. It chanced that
tho reader started vrith "Youth's A tar-
tions," beginning, "Yvhcn I yhall be di-
vorced. some 10 year3 hence" He
pansedfor breath, and in an instant a
voice in tne gallery snocttd: "xen years!
Come out to Dakota, au yer ccn one
in two weeks." New York Tribrai!
Th Custom of Collecting "peter Pence."
The custom of collecting "Peter pence."
)r "Home scot," as it is sometimes
called, i.3 of ancient cri.crin. If the cu-
torn is tairly understood by the onteiae
worm, it consists oi setting usiae one
day out of each year for taking r,p a col-
lection of money (not necossarily pen-
is supposed to nse it in defrayh:;? the
exjense of xhe holy see. Chamborsr
"Book of Daye5 and Brand's "Popular
Antiquities' neither mention the ens
tom, but I have succeeded in traciir: it
back to the twelfth century for a cer
tainty. One authority even pees so far
as to ascribe its origin to Ina, kimr of the
west Saxons, who went to Rome in the
year 121 and founded a hospital for Eng
lish pilgrims to the sacred city, the ex
penses to be defrayed by "each niayle
adult" giving one "small copper coyne
each yeaxe."
This mighty collection of pennies was
forwarded direct to the pope. Others
claim that the honor of originating the
Peter pence scheme is due to Ethel wnlf.
At a very early date (the most laborious
research fails to locate these things as
far as the year, month and day are con
cerned) the copper penny clause was
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tribnted by every family who possessed :
land or cattle of a yearly value of SO j
pence. This probably means upon which
a yearly tax of SO pence waa levied.
St. XiOnis Republic
Section in North Carolina. Circulation Largo.
PECULIARITIES OF THE YEAR 1S03
Roanoke News.
A study of the calendar of 1893 will
! , .
! hve some peculiarities. :To begin
'with it commenced and closes on Sun
!diV, and cont&ins all or part of o4
, n
VeL 8
: Each of the eeven days of the week
I has the honor of being the firs dav of
i , , 4 ... m, c'
months begin on Wednesday, while
Sunday, Thursday and Saturday are
each the natal day lor two months.
There are three months, April, Tu'-.V
and December, that cover part of six
weeks each. Washington's birthday
came on Wednesday and Decoration
Dav and the 4th of Ju v on Tuesdav
Thanksgiving Dav will fail on
Thursday, the last day cl November,
and will be the latest Thanksgiving
! celebrated in the last decade.
T , ...
theyenr. Old Santa Claus will visit us
n Monday. As this is the Word's
Fair v eor. all the pecu'idrities are
excuseable.
KEEP UP YOUR SIGN.
Here is what Peter Cooler, who
. rtl8ft worin many rnu 110ns, 01 -a
;. . " .
I newspaper : In all the tow n wtire
ia newspaper is published every man
; shouli advertise in it, if nothing more
1
thiin a Card siting his name and the
j business he is in. It does rot only
j pav the advertiser, but it !es
1 , ,. . Al
Pople tlt a distmce know the town
! in which you preside is piosperoos
i cnmmnnitv of businosa men. As
1 , . . ,
j wed ib sov,n sothe seed r
ecom-
! r enses.
Neverpull down v?ur sign
while you expect to lo biisr.es.
But tbere i better nutboritv f r ad
v rtising. A reverend aenf leuian who
I J's charge ol the ad vertisein;- of .
pi eminent religion? weekly, was re-
jCtr,t)v asked what scriptural author
j itv he coni fiDd for his oi-cup.Uion.
'.QV' he replied ,,thaf is easy
!enolIb AdvertiVne not oak 'ins
riptural authority, nut is oT very
r pectabte antiqni'y !s w. If
i u will look in numbers xxiv. 14,
r u will tind Baalam ? yim.', 'Con,
n w, and I will p.dvertie.' and 15o'i;.
rsin Ruth iv., 4. 4 And I thought
to advertise.' Advtrasini is no
rc dern thinsr. Press and Printer.
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We author:zeou" dverrised drug
gt to sell Dr. King'? new dip crvery
'or Consumption, Coughs and Cold?,
1 1 on this condition If you ae af
fA ted with a Cough Cold, or anv
J.' ng Throat or Chest trouble, and
will use this remedy as direi ted. giv
Jtig it a fair trialrand experience ro
benefits, you mav return the bottle
and have yonr money refunded. We
could not trrake this ofTer dil vrt not
Dr. King's ew Discovery could
be relied on. It never d'sappoio's.
Trial bottles free at W. T. Leary's
Dfugstore. Large size ouc aad 551. .
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NO. 41 05
Attention
In time to nny irrefrularity of th
Stomach, Liver, or Bowels may
jrs prevent serior.s
'liriY 1 11 (l 1 1 e s 1 1 1
headache, na; .
(iCX sen. hi Hor. .
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mey.ts, the bt.t
reir.edy 1 ' :
wliich is Ave r'x
Pills. I'urely v--t;i!le, su-.-r-coat(
(1, easy to take and tjuhk t.
assimilate, this is tiu- ideal fiiini.'.y
medicine the mo. t pcr;uiar, sal-,
and useful aiK'riji;t in pharimtr;
Mrs. M. A. Jji:ocKWi.LL, I la; 1 s,
Tenri., says:
"Ayer's Cuth.A '. o r;:! rn:'l ni.- of : 'v
headache ami my husb:iu; ki ijt".:ra:?;i.i. V
think there is
No Bolter fVledicmo,
aud have induced i:l;:i:y lo t:st? it."
"Thirty-five ycurs ;.; t! is Sj'rir.. I v, us
rr.n down by hard woi l: mid a tucc s.s;(,ii .f
colds, which mudrt in; so le Lk that'll v.
an tffi.rt fo; ii;; t 'a;.!a. I vrw )u, ;
doctors, but knpt siiilti:. lower vit:i 1 h i
given Mp a!) hope of ever lh.i; 1-J;. 1.
Ilappcnis.g to be h a storu, one d.iy, v,j l S
medieines wrc ?M, the prprlet r li'la--.!
my weak and sickly aj-pe-u-ri'if e, and ;ir r
H i-w questions a: t- i:.y hir.-';th. i e .
mei id ."'.! int.' to try AytrN i';;.. 1 l.-d li.j'e
faith in thest-. r ai.y t.ther ti ed; inc. i .t.
concliided, at, last, to ;,ike l.is aovi 1 : y
a l)ox. Before I hhd used t)i-m n!!, I v
very much hettei , :;nd twr 1k. s erred ri' .
I am uow 80 ye:trs old; 1 ut I ldieve tl :.t
if it h.id r.ot be ( ii lor Ayer's PiTls. I $uu : I
hive been in niy gr.ive h-xii? aH'o. I ;
boxes every yt-nr, wi.ieli n;ilA bp(- vp
to this time, f.nd I woiiid no UM t e re v ; U
uf them than without bread." Jl. ij.
li.grahain, Itocklnd, Me.
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One visit will guarantee the second.
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