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FISHEteMAJf & FAfRMEfR The Official Paper of Chowan County. A. H. Mitchell, - - Editor. Delivered at doors of city subscribers by carriers, as soon as from press, without extra charge. The Editor disclaims all responsibil ity ,!(, or statements of -cor respondents, and reserves the right at all times to revise or reject any article he may think proper. Always sign your name to a news -I timi simulv as paper cumim-"-"- , " . Iiij.. fnith. It will not be U1CUK- s. . published unless you desire u r ,i...-4i"ci",ir medium m the lJis f.irt. Rates verv moderate. Special rates on long contracts. EDENTON, N.C. l:eb. rsth, 180.5- Below will be found a speech on the life and character of Henry V. Grady. Under ordinary cir cumstances vc?roT?dd not give place to articles oflifce-iaracter; th bitorv of the liuthor and our connection with him prompts us to make room for it and to ask a careful perusal by the young men of our town. No doubt many of our readers remember D. W. Griffin, who few years ago held the position as "devil" in our office and spent the time he was not engaged in delivering papers, cleaning forms and doing other "devil s work, in making "pi." Now, after years of vicissitude, he is a licensed preacher and is at college fitting himself for his calling. Had we the space we mi"ht give to our read rs a bit r,f 1n"c ln'stnru tlmt WOllld be of value to them. This truth can ,r. loirnwl frnUl IIS llle. (.tOCI is no respector of persons and pluck and push will bring to the fore -ill nrlinhnve the' PTlt to use the faculties with which they areendowed. Your success, Brother Griffin, crSvo us o-reat nleasure. Heaven speed you in your work and pros Tr r von in all vour undertak- ings : On this electric age, on this,the eve of the 20th century, when civilization seems to have almost reached the top round of the lad der,and the pulse beat of progress is in close proximity with the swift ebb of time, the world takes little note of the advent and exit of mankind. The average man, entering upon the stage of life yesterday, acts his part and pass es behind the curtain to-day and is forgotten to-morrow. "Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigii, and it's lost on the air." Oh, cruel world! why so soon consign our names to the realm of night? Because purity has decreed that the name in an en sign, that lowers with the sink ing of the crait, but deeds are durable, that stand the test of ages; reputation is a mirror, that can be demolished with one fell blow, but character is a monu ment as durable as the pyramids of Egypt. The deeds that men do live after them, and they are loved and honored in accordance, with the measure of happiness they bring into the world, the service they render their country and the purity of their deeds. Many great and good men have graced the arena of human action, and passed on down the corridor of eternity .some unsung, some lauded to the skies, but I want to speak to you, my com rades, this evening, on the life and character of a young man who lived but a day, as it were, yet whose name has been wafted from continent to continent, who lived for humanity and died for his country and who left behind him a chaplet of virtues from which every young American can draw inspiration, the immor tal Henry Wood fin Grady. Mr. Grady was born in Athens, Ga.. May ith, i85i,and living in a land of patriotism, at a very early age he embibed those sterl ing virtues and that patriotic zeal which characterizes the Southern people. One of his marked characteristics as a boy was his tenderness of heart and his great sympathy for the poor. He could not tolerate the thought of oppression and considered malice and jealoucy the greatest eneni; of a pure heart. His lov ing mother would sometimes get a note from him: "Dear Mama, give the bearer of this note, this poor boy, something to eat; he looks so hungry. H. W. G." He continued on through boyhood, nourishing those beautiful vir tues, and at a very early age en tered college, graduating from the State University of Georgia with an unusual love for journal ism. No other profession being so dear to his heart, and at the same time realizing the immense amount of valuable service one could render his country with the pen, which "is mightier than the sword," he "was not dis obedient to the heavenly vission," but accepted the calling, and at the early age of 18 was made editor of the Rome Courier. One of Mr. Grady's first efforts, (and a HENRY GRID! successful one) after taking charge of this paper, was to ex pose and smash a corrupt com bine in the city, being run by a few at the expense of many, and from that very day the force of his words and the ring of. his eloquence was felt and heard throughout the State of Georgia As true worth is always known and acknowledged, the voting editor soon arrested the attention of the leading men of his State, diidin 1880 was called to the editorship of the Atlanta Consti tution, the leading newspaper of the South. In this responsible position he could not only speak to the people of his own State but to the people of the United States, and he did not fail to 'sneak forth the words of truth. and soberness,'" condeming sin and upholdingjustice. In these stirring times, when demagogue- ism was prevalent, a man of this type was not without political . - - . r t enemies, who hurled tneir iruit- less invective at him from many sides, yet, it is said "he never bore malace against any man, "he was a guileless man. Mr. Grady was a born orator, and besides the frank and timely advice given through the edito rial columns of the Constitution, whenever an opportunity present ed itself, he mounted the plat form and instructed the people. He was the main factor in the restoration of peace and happi ness to the calamity stricken people of Charleston, S. C, when an earthquake had rocked it to pieces and enshrouded it with gloom. Being a man of some means, still cherishing the ten der virtues of his childhood and following as near as possible in the footsteps of the meek and lowly Jesus, his philanthropic hand was continually extended to the poor and needy. Mr. Grady was also a prohibitionist, and when the famous liquor fight was in vogue in Atlanta, Ga.. he headed the forefront of the battle aud dealt the great whiskey god some blows, the accents of which are still ringing in the ears of mankind. His native State realizing in him the stern char acteristics of true greatness, "lay her trophies at his feet." She offered him the highest gift of office in her power. Individuals emplored him to accept some office at the hands of his country men. At one time he was peti tioned by a long list of promi nent names to become a congress ional candidate, an honor never before paid a man in his State, but in a pleasant and appreciative manner, he declined the office, in substance, that he had rather be a public servant as an humble newspaper editor than to be a king. A man so great in a time so imperative could not live out his davs in comparative seclus- ion. His writings were being feasted on from Maine to Texas, the strains of his genius were be ing flashed from North to South, from Kast to West, and the pop ulace was eager to see and to hear hint; therefore urgent invitations were crowded upon him to de liver addresses in different sec tions ot the country. Grand ovations were tendered the young Southerner on all sides. Whole communities were aroused fair women chanted his praise and threw laural wreaths in his pathway; old men were filled with hope and admiration;young men were infused with love and inspiration. Mr. Grady had one ambition, aud that ambition was, to be in strumental in reuniting a land rent with civil feuds. The bond of common sympathy that once united the North and the South had been severed by the bloody hand of war, and the reign of the demagogue and unwise and crim inal discussions of the race problem had kept the ugly wound in a state of constant irratation. He loved the sunny South, the home of Jackson and Lee; he also loved the North, the laud of fame and fortune. . He was invited to deliver an address at the banquet of the New Eng land Club in New York City and accepted the invitation. When the gifted Georgian walked into that immense banquet hall aud beheld the wonderfvl display of wealth aud grandeur and at the same time heard pealing forth the inspiring strains of Dixie, his whole soul was on fire. Amid that concourse of silvery locks and nobility, he was only a boy, but in oratory he was a Demesthenes. Such a speech had never been heard at an annual feast of that honorable body-. As he discuss ed the subject of the "New South," his serene eloquence melted the scales of false- im pression from Northern eyes, his auditors shouted themselves hoarse, brave hearts North and South were electrified and the two sections were brought closer together. Mr. Grady came to his home, but was not allowed to remain. In a short time he was called to Boston, Mass., to deliver an address on the "Race Prob lem. M Followed by the prayers or a loving wife and the love of thousands of true Southern hearts, he went on that memora ble journey. Arriving in Boston, Mr." Grady was given the grand est ovation any man in his capa- city had ever received at the hands of that people. He in herited ihe love of the South and had won the love o the North. They listened and believed and accepted what he said. He was accomplishing the desire of his soul, the thought of his li c As he stood tlrcre, .Phoenix like, in circled by the historic light of Plymouth Roci-. Mid Bunker Hill,, and impelled by ,the weight of duty and responsibility, holding, as it were, the interests oi the South in one hand and the inter tstc of the North in the other hand, dispelling the vista of human prejudice, and weaving a silken thread of devoted love and good will to bind them for ever one; a hungry republic seemed to be hanging on hi. words. It was the masterpiece of oratory of the iSth century on the question. But hold ! The drama has a sudden and sad end ing. He went too far and over exerted himself. His frame was human. The strain was great. A deep cold prostrate him. Pneu monia inserted its' poisonous langs. He wastaken to his lov ing home an$ in a lew days, on the 23rd of December, 1889, God called his spirit to glory to re ceive a crown decked with bright er stars than earth could give. On Christmas day his body wa s laid to rest in mother earth a:-d ot; .000 .000 people were 111 mourning. Thus closed the career of tin brightest chaiacter, for the space of time, 38 years, that ever gr ced American soil. This is the character the world de lights to honor. This is the man for whom the nation has a lasting esteem. This is the man, Christian, irieud, philanthropist, statesman, whose virtues are revered wherever they are known, whose memory is en shrined in the Southern heart Fellow comrads, let us, as should all young men, take this high model of character in close observation and gain from it in centives to higher thoughts and purer motives. The world wants men to day. Let us strive to live for the betterment of mankind and for the glory of God, so that "When the summons comes for us to loin That innumerable carravan which is Marching lo the mysterious realm where each Shall take his character in the silent halls of death, V.'c go not like the quarry slave, scourged to his dungeon. But soothed and sustained by an un faltering trust, Approach the grave like one Who wraps the drapery of his couch about him And lies down in pleasant dreams." FLASHES FROM MY CAMERA. YOUNG AMKRICATO THE FRONT ' AND KKEr UP WITH THE PRO CESSION ! ! ! So our Commissioners have set a committee to work with a view to giving us Artesian water. Why not give us Electric lights also ? We need to wake up from our self-satisfaction and make some such improvements if we would keep abreast with our sister towns. Good street some new ones need to be opened and some old ones widened good churches, a good Academy good lights and pure water, with a little more push will add materially not onlv to the comfort of our present population, but will greatly augment it. Why not? A few good roomy houses could be built by our capitalists at a profit to themselves and would help to bring good citizens to our town. More aud more do we see the need of a reaching out on the part of our citizens for settlers for our fertile fields as we read of the successful efforts that are be ing made by put sister towns in this direction. Manufactures we need aud must have. New England is moving South. Will not our business men present to the mov ers our advantages ? Organize a "Business Men's Association" and get in touch with the times and use all honorable methods to bring to our community more enterprise, capital and citizens. Do not sit still and "wait for something to turn up but go to work, and turn up something" is good advice. X. Y. Z. A MILLION FRIENDS. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a friend ia Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and colds. If you have nevei used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has won derful curative powers iu all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottles free at W. I. Leary's Drug store. Large bottles 50c and 1. 00. 1 The last census 1 890 show ed 11,483,318 houses in the United States six people to each house. The Lyons-Healey Comedy Company will surely appear at Rea's Opera House, next Mou day. Don't fail to attend. 1 FOR A PROFITABLE f GARDEIS IOVJ UI5T5 SEEDS. i Our GardKnI.uicE, 160 pages, also 4 ZwTa.rlrot Gardners Q-axtexl;?-, j " which gives our T J Wholesale Prices to Gardners, ( t mailed free. i ROBERT RUIST, f SeedGrower. Philadelphia, pa. mo in 0 He used roicelVa Fertilizers. If you raise Tomatoes Potatoes Cabbage Berries Peas d other Melons Trucking Crops for Northern and Western Harketi, POWELL'S GREENBAG Fertilizers, the MgJiest grade fertilizers made, are the kind you need. Send for circular telling all about them. POWELL FERTILIZER & CHEH. CO. OALTIMORC. MD. Fertilizer manufacturers, importers and dealers in Nitrate of Soda. Sulphate of Potash, Concentrated Acid Phosphate, and all kinds of Fertilizing Materials. -lUil- -AND- WM. 110 J. HOOFER Pratt, near CO. Li BALTIMORE, MD. .4nmacturcrs of o a COTTON AND FLAX GlLLNETS, Corks, Seine Leads, d.c. SciMP Twine of all IsimTs. Ma nilla, t't.tiou & Hemp Ku E, W. Albaugh & Son Wholesale Commissiou Merchants Fresh Fish, KUKA'IN. OYSTERS, GAMt & POULTKf No. 2! Light tr,et Wharf, BALTIMORE Consignments Solicited. Prompt Returns. Our Motto. REFERENCE. Citizeiss National Bank. VV. J H ...-er & Co. TO THE PUBLIC We have associated with us in the -oractice ot law Mr. J. N. Pruden, under the firm name of Pruden, Vann & Pruden, to take effect Monday, Feb. 1 1 th 1895. Pruden & Vann. O h RELIABLE FISH DEALERS. - ? 7 A. W. HAFF m l-fl -sale ro:ni:ii.-s'on Dealer in N ! i i niton Fish Market. North Carolina Shad z Specialty. No Agents. WILLIS H ROGERS V- holts;ilr C'i;:ui.s oil E "7 " ISll sealer. 10G Fulton Fish Market, "TNTo-vr Yorli Special Attention given to the sale of North Carolina Shad, Kocfc, 1 nuu, Perch anl TERRAPIN- Reference: Guirkin & Co., Bankers, and Chas. Robinson, President 1st Nat ional Bank, Elizabeth City. N. C. aud other Financials when dcaired. g3f An not aud have never been in the Mellon, Truck or Fruit busimss. Stationery and Stencils furnished At a Bioraent3 notice. S.B.Xvliller&OG., WHOLESALE COMMISSION FIShpDealers, NO. 7 FULTON MARKET, New York. Samuel ii. Miller, ) Clarence G, Miller J Special Attention Given to THE SALE OF NORTH CARO LINA SHAD. Stencils and Stationery Furnished on Application. WE EMPLOY NO AGENT. S- Ir. Storci-& Go. W ho't'.'..-iie Dealers and Shippers of all kinds of l5 FULTON FISH MARKEI. 1 W YOK IiL . We work harder for the inter est of the Southern fishermen than any house in the business. Successor lo crRitKY & t:iest;-:u." Wholesale Commission Merchant in refill 4'ish. . md Oysters. li'i- 1S N. Delaware Avcni-.e, Above Vine Street. PHI! :A D E h F H I A . Returns Promptly Made. Stencils furnished.'ou application. C. E. -Warner. P. F. Jasx. L. E.UW1JWER&G0., Wholesale Commission Merchants in I;obstcrs, Terrapiij, North Carolina SHAD A Specialty. Nos. 9, 10, 22, 23, 32 33, 28 & 39 Dock Stkkkt Wharf. Philadelphia. Established 1S61. SAML. M. LAWDER & SON. Wooleeale Commission Dealers in Fresh Fish, Soft Crabs, Terrapin, Etc. 125 Light St. Baltimore, Md. Quick Sales I Prompt Return REFERENCES Traders Xat'l. Bank, Puns Mercantile Agency Wm.J. Hooper & Co. .1. Dukehart .v Co. Citizens Nat'l. Bank. The J. S. Johnson Co. Sanner Bros. Wholesale Commission Dealers in- f ieli Tiiih. Barrelled Oysters &v. 116 Hollingsworth Street., Baltimore, Md. HC M Ml, M Reduction in Fact. Ladie's will find at my store a beautiful line of new and nice Dress Goods in single patterns, no two alike, which I have this day fed need from 15 to i( pr-r cent, and many beautiful things in this line at actual cost. 11 Tv"COl Ladies' Cloth 36 inches wide, by the pattern, at 33 yit w orth 50 cts., yd. SHOES ALSO INABUNDANCE. All styles and prices to please. Ladies' Shoes from 75 cts,. to $3-5o. 0 Pant oods, For Men and Boys, that is worth 50 cts., yard, now going for 30cts. Dout miss this bargain. Clothing,1 Also reduced, and the nice lines and cheapest prices ever before offered in Eden- ton. Remember I am giv ing cut prices on Clothing now . All new stock. Every thing Guaranteed. Mr. Skinner will always please you in my absence: Come early aud secure bargains for yourself. Respeetiully, New York Racket. FOR RENT. Capehart's Scotch Hall Fish ery for rent. Apply to W. R. Capkiiart, Avoca, N. C. mONEY LOANED. Local Representatives Wanted. Our system allor.'.s an op;xrtr.iiity tu liorp.w i! cither pcrsiMiu! or real estate security. The A..ti is Miperii.r to Building ami Loan Associ.ticju.i The amount borrowed may be returned in month ly payn.ents without i onus, with interest at 5 per cent, per annum, itafTbrds ab.-olute se urity to investors, with a reasonabe ruarantee of an ; 11 nual diii.eiid of from S to 10 percent. We desire to secure the services of energetic, r-.'irese:;i..tive n.en in every couimui i".y t ) aet as i ou.l Ltittaries. The position will he saliieient ly remunerative to amply coni;ensate for services. I. yon j o-sess the above qualifications: write lor particulars. Full inlormat 011 regarding our sys tem of makinii loans as well as im estmeuts aud agencies will be furnished by addressing S. S Roberts, President, 1122 Walnut street, I'hiladel pliia. JDec 14 3 m. Ai'c You Woi-kiio F)iS"UiH WAGES? If so, trade with Parker -r ! AND 'H owell, tL-r io to 20 per cent on all gcods you buv. Our Shoe r)epar;rieit is complete and we guarantee every pair to be as repre sented or money refunded. We have Dry Goods and Notions at the very lowest figures. Also Crockery and glassware. We keep in stock a nice line of Tobacco at the very lowest prices Groceries we have got the oldiRats company on them.Come and see for yourselves. A call from you will be greatly appreciated and money saved Store is one door below O. H. Dardens, Broad street Edenton, N. C. Better result from use of fertilizers rich in potash. Most fertilizers 0; 1 do not contain Sufficient Potash j to insure the best results. The results of the latest imc :i . r. of the use and abuse of potash are told in our books. 0 Th-y arc sent free. It will cost you nothin;; to rca.l iVra, an! f. - ,. . . , . j dollars.' GERMAN KM A WORKS. NasSl ft;,, v. , ' mm mwm, The only strictlv Where ; ou will always Inula well selected stock, at ;, reduced prices, consisting of GENERAL HARDWARE. BUI LDER S SUFF IES. SBOVES AND SGOVEWARE Tin etrxd. Tinware. cam: a ai: nt m a a ox jia tij j: a l . i 1AIXTS, OILS, VAHXJSII, CLASS ami l'l Hy Chinese Bristle Brushes. Camel's Hair Brushes ami Arti-s J Z1'IT11- OOOJi Guns, Rifles aud Pistols; Empty aud Loaded Shells; A::;::; and Loading Tools; Pistol aud Rifle Cartridges; W . ,;. Wad Cutters; Shell Extractors, Cleaning Rods .1:.,; Implements; Hunting Coats and Leggins. Ship Chandlery. Farm Implements of a;; kinds. Ornamental Fence Wire. Barbu7 and Staples, &c. Thanking- the public for the generous patronage tj;, , given us in the past. We will endeavor to show our aj.pii i of the same by meeting the hard times with low prices. Our tonus arc CASH. BOiM V ,J 1 :s mwm J. 3VC. WOZTZHjILA. ri-'x-. First-class in every respect Choices cakes conloetionerics, bie id. Sic, :ilvv . i v t n hand. Everything fresh We bake "''very I ).iy. Nothing; but the very best good sold. Clark's Cream Patent Family Fl ur a speei iln Tin best on the market. Wciiding ('akis furnished at short notice. Cor. Main iN. Queen hh. W Yfyt 7' Work done at Low Price.- with neatness anc' Dispatch. Shop on Water street. f xt Walter i. leary, f A full line 7V. I m (Co-educational j - ORGANIZED IN 180(,. NEW BUILDING, NLV? EQUIPM Uassical, Scientific MUSIC, EIAH VTIOX. Fits pupils lor the Universities or for active life. I-'ul experienced teachers. No novices. rl -i-m i: :.-,oi.:llI-. Present ICiirolhuent 130 li.tn. i Spring term begins the 3rd Wednesday in January, information address J. n. SLKIMI, Dr. . Hox 87. Kdent I have the 'mi A i I buy most of my goods from first hands. 4 Assortment M Mi V ! U 1 My Watch stock 1 w I have a Store lull of elegant Silverware. W mm. is th ' largest in j: Elizabeth City. - W A r 2 Large assortment T g 4 ladies' side combs Wedding rings kept 5 Just received. in 3Inil Ordorw Promptly Atteiil.d to. LOUIS SELIG, E21izfilotli Oitv, TV. Crops Hardware Dealt! ;r J BAKERY. k- "Sfc. -".fc. j. . - "5. rV . Druggist and Pharmacist of Drugs always on hai.M. UWlViiTU U IN XJJZiXJ. I 111 FA I 1 . I Ma. -k fc- ' Kf.'T. and Commercial r i !it-: ill. I GuaranU 1 the .Quality a:i i I Price. PRICKS t I guarantee the LOWEST. I I invite evervore t-zi. to call and see z. Z constantly Stock. my Goods. I. t I r
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