North Carolina Newspapers

7Fiof "fl ADVERTISERS IF YOU IX THE Were fact: to face with a prospective co- FISHERMAN & FARMER J Jfe r D-ha Class whose Patronage f fS aale ? Say the same iu an advertisement to our many readers, crcrv one a prtyinrc- live buyer. People would be glad to deal with you if they knew how you could benefit them. M 2 v-.v I4liixJlL T A. H. MITCHELL, Editor and Business Manager. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. ESTABLISHED 1886. ()XE DOLflxAR-Peryeur-in advance. EDENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1895. TSTo. 509. ; i tS t; few M -Br -''fP Pi m LI b 4 feANK C ASHIER IN TROUBLE. ... tioI I.AXI,Or-TIIl5 MKRCIIANTS ; K islli":. - nANK.OF CHARLOTTE, ! AN! 1 " " ,'.., .ri4 vmi AMOUNT v' you want ( I rl.TI-.i vSo.OOO. HIS PECULA TION'S RUNNING l'OR VfiARS. Cashier J. K- Holland, of the l.Nirmpr';' Nation- Alercnus,luw x 1 . r ri,1vfff "NT f . is a i f-mlt- r to the amount 01 so,-Unit- V.v.nninPT o0o or niun.. - - filler has been there lor several i 1,,-. ,ttJ11 romniti fnr davsaiui sas - " least two weeks longer. It who discovered the de- Mr. Holland s pecu- , c been carried on for t.jcrht years past, and he has man- ,1 till the last lew days to them from discovery. ine exact amount of them is not yet fullv known. Xo man in Charlotte has in the at 1. u-.is lie flilcation past been held higher in regard r been more fully trusted than Mr. Holland, and the whole city was greatly surprised and shock- ,1 to hear of his embezzlement. Holland assured the bank of . . 1 1,1 1 ficialS that lie woum suum ins rround. They trusted him. On 1... ..r.,1f 1ir A ici tiripnrerl n iues(ia logm iiv- ' effectually as if the earth had swallowed him up. It has since developed that he was a iorger, as well as defaulter. The ,,iu,unt of the shortage is now ,lVU 0,000 and still growing. Monday night he sent for his brother in-law, Mr. W. K.Shaw, and the two together proceeded through the deserted streets of the city during a dreary, steady down-pour of rain, to the resi dence of Bank President Dr. J. H. McAdden, where theex-cashs ier declared bis intention of sur rendering himself to the author ities, preferring this course to the anxieties consequent upon an attempt to escape justice by flight. Holland, his brother-in-law and the President, and Commis sioner Maxwell proceeded to tiie coiintv jail , where C3111 1 rocuice to a ET123 . ssn.-c5i n 4F3r? "r-n 1 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES have always received especial attention with this house, and that RESULTS attained have been Uniformly Satisfactory can be at tested b.7 our numerous iDatrons in this vicin ity. We shall have increased room, better facilities and greater outlets the coming season and shall give the same earnest en deavor towards pleasing and giving satisfac tion to our shippers. EGGS AND POULTRY are products that we also handle with satis factory results, and we anticipate increased patronage from the fact that we shall be able to dispose of larger quantities than ever be fore, and we think to better advantage as well- "Old. ZEel-Ieuble 99 108 SP T JUL UUIOT lYou Have The Goods.p -a This Market Needs Them. FISH, OYSTERS, GAME, &c. Though practically new in this branch of the business our success is already assured. We have been compelled by its steady growth to seek more room, and have taken the I premises No. 322 S. W ater St., to use for this purpose exclusively, and shall endeavor by giving the same earnest attention to YOUR SHIPMEETS to make it mutually profitable and satisfactory. Our people are trained and j experienced and our facilities are now such as to warrant a belief in such a result. THESE ARE SIMPLE STATEMENTS OF FACTS, that are easily susceptable of confermatioii. DIGEST THEM thoroughly. LOOK US UP, and we feel sure that if you are not already patrons, you will become so. WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE and will gladly furnish any information as to methods, prices and con ditions prevailing at any time. University Centennial. IOOO AI.VMNI TO BK 1'KKSKNT OS THIS OCCASION. Shall I Send you a -Stencil, And Keep You Posted This Season': t.-Q I have shipped produce to F. S. GIBSON for several years and he has given entire satisfaction. A. K. Jordan. I have shipped F. S. GIBSON truck for two years and find returns good. T. J. Hoskins, M. D I have been a shipper to F. S. GIBSON for several years and he has given me entire satisfaction. I. J. Moore. R. S. MITCHELL, SOLICITING AGENT. I know of no better man in Philadelphia to ship truck too than F. S. GIBSON. I have shipped him for sever al years and returns are always satisfactor-. J. C. Sittkrson. I have been shipping truck for the last four seasons and have shipped to several firms, but foaud none as prompt in returns as F. S. GIBSON. H. E. Williams. Great Falling off in Fertilizer! Sales. j Fatal Duel. j Deputy Marshal Stalcup and Henderson Goki Leaf 1 Kale Taylor, a distiller, m et in Farmers are buying less com-! on Shoal Creek( chero. Holland was mcrcial lertilizers tms seasun miintv. and agreed to settle tL1. ... ,irri. inn llUia . 1 lie iiMiu""-"" : 11 . -1 r 1 1 inane coiniuuami; m lh v.wti. an oiu ieua in a njmt. uor bv the sheriff. UP UK' DO i liKirkable popularity was seen. District Attorney R. 15. Glenn ik-numded a bond "of $ 1 5 ;ooo. A scoic or more of Hollands friends came forward and signified their wish to o on his bond signatures for 3 1 ,ooo each more than covered the bail required, but when all who asked it had been allowed to sign the bond it footed up a grand total of $91- uuo. "The most remarkable bond I ever saw," commented District Attorney Glenn. Another Robbery. The Farmers Bank at Kox boro. N. C, has been robbed of jL'.Soo, and the cashier has been sent to jail. Drowned in Chowan River. Thiee white men, Starky and Elijah Piland and Tom White, were drowned in the Chowan river, a few miles below Wintou, on Tuesday. The wind was high, and the boat they were in capsized. There were two oth ers, but they were rescued. Mm ' t rctsboro Index. The assignment or 1 1 U.. 1ocf : mortgage law passeu uy - Stalclip wlippcd Taylor. Tay- Holland had a preliminary j Legislature nau uniu. lu u ; theu gQt his pistol and shot Kariu- Tuesday, and in making i this, but whether from inability ; Stalcup returned the . t. . i . 1 ,litoriiiiiintinil fill ! the bond the cletaulter s re- to uuy ui . i fire, breaking Taylor's arm. One their part to make more o tneir ; T friendSj named Suitj manures on the farm and thereby , t a shot from his wagon add more to the permanent fer" and shot and killed Stalcnp. But tility of the land and at the same , f Stalcup have less money to pay out when I n.. r-. ninrlo we hone it will i . j. 11c ; liic eiup '"""-1 x 1 - . ll . 1 . . . J be better tor tnem miiiceuuai lead to the practice of using j in11fr nuantities of the stuff in , future. Some idea may be gath- a Chicken Hard to Kill ered when it is stated that at the I A Cheerful Face Dug Wlls a Source of Disease. Henderson Gold Leaf. j FrOlll the iVciO BcmC JourMil There is no greater every day ; we cip the following: We have virtue than cheerfulness. This cQme across a strikiugf con quabty in man among men is vinchlR aud most remarkable ex like sunshine to the day, or gen- j amplc of discase iurking in the tie renewing moisture to parch-dear aud apparently good water ed herbs. The light of a cheer- j of a du? weU and spri.ading cou. ful face diffuses itself aud com-; t - and death thr0Ugi10ut a muuicaies ine nappy spun mai , - , , , d The circumstance America One Hundred Years Ago. Six Negroes Lynched. lnsr. Suit fled and has not yet been captured. State Agricultural department it j is given out that the balance sheet at the first of April shows the receipts for fertilizer tags are iort of the total at this IW,v.i Peter F. Terry, of Riverhead, N. Y., carted home a load ot hay recently. He took it into the barn and unpacked the bundle. On the inside was an apparently 11 1 . .ncc ! time last year. It win oe una- dead chicken. cult to tell what the tailing of! j He was a rooster, an 1 Terry will be before the season is over. too jt out and tossed it on the It will be great. 'ground, intending to bury i ! later. Great was his astonish Washington, N. C. ! nient when the apparently dead V. S NAMKD BlU'OK TON WAS BORN i bird struggled to its feet in a few The following paragraph clip-1 curiosity. ped from the Messenger, printed J in ashiugtou, N. C, is inter-; estiug to gencologists: j Tt is a o-eueral belie t among; A unique i minutes and crowed shrilly ! Terry will keep the bird as a inspires it. The sourest temper must sweeten in the atmosphere of continuous good humor. As 11 1 , r -i 1 1 1 wen nngnt tog ana cioua aim vapor hope to cling to the suu illumed landscape, as the "blues" and nioroseness to combat jovial speech and exhilarating laught er. Be cheerful alwavs. There is no path but will be easier trav eled, no load but will be lighter, no heart or brain but will lift sooner in the presence of a deter mined cheerfulness. It may at times seem difficult for the hap piest tempered to keep the conn tenance of peace and content, but the difficulty will vanish wdien we truly consider that sullen gloom aud passionate despair do nothing but multiply thorns and thicken sorrows. It will come to us providentially as good, if we rightly apply its lessons. Southern Labor vs. Northern. is narrated in "Water Supply," a periodical whose mission of educating people along this im portant line is indicated by its name. The incident narrated is that some years ago a farmer by the name of Daniel Dodds living iu Washington County, Pa., took typhoid fever and died. During his illness a neighbor came to j haul aud cut some wood for him and while at it drank water from a "dug" well near the house, from which the family obtained its supply. In a short time he took the fever aud died. The funeral of Mr. Dodds was Every gentleman wTore a queue and powdered his hair. Imprisonment for debt was a common practice. There was not a public library in the United States. Almost all the furniture was I imported from England. An old copper mine 111 L.011 necticut was used as a prison. There was only one hat fac tory, and that made cocked hats. A day laborer considered him self well paid with two shillings a day. Crockery plates were objected to because they dulled the knives. A man who jeered at the preacher or criticised the ser mon was fined. Virginia contained a fifth of the whole population of the country. A gentleman bowing to a lady always scraped his foot on the ground. Two stage-coaches bore all the travel between New ork and Boston. The whipping post and pillory .11 j: . 1 a were still scanning 111 uoaiun l'OU THE MUK DISK Ol- WATTS Ml'Kl'llY IN BUT I. KK COl'NTY, AI,A. The University of North Car olina will celebrate the Centen nial of its opening on Wednes day, June 5, 1S95. In the morn ing orations will be delivered by Hon. A. M. Waddell, class of 1S54, on the "Ante-bellum Uni versity," and A. II. Kller, Esq., class of 1895, on the "New Uni versity.,' A banquet will be given at 2 p. in., at which the Alumni will sit together by classes, and va rious toasts will receive suitable responses. "At night, in Memorial Hall, will be held a grand re-union of all the classes. The roll will be called, and each class will re spond by marching upon the rostrum. Such classes aj desire will have 10 minute-allotted for special programmes. It is expected that fully 1000 Alumni will be present at this the culminating festival in the life of the University. Let every living alumnus immediately send his name and address to Presi dent Winston, Chapel Hill, N. C.aud signify his purpose to attend. In a Little Sloop. The sixth negro was lynched in Butler county Monday last for the murder of Youmr Watts 0 Murphy. Sheriff Bargainer found his body hanging to a tree iu the neighborhood of where the other five were lynched last Sunday. He appeared to have been dead for at least a day. This last victim is believed to have been the one who struck the blow that killed Murphy. His name is not known. Capt. Joshua Slocum and his forty-foot sloop Spray sailed Inst week from East Boston on a round-the-world voyage. It was Capt. Slocum's original intention to accept a tow to New York which had been offered hiin.jbut, as he wished to visit Gloucester on business and had nothing special to call him to New York, he decided to start his voyage in the same way it will have to be continued under sail. So Glou cester will be the first port he will make, and from there he will sail for Panama or for Cape Horn, as circumstances may dictate. Capt. Slocum has taken out a yacht license at the Boston Custom-house, so that the spray now hails from that port instead of Fair Haven, and will have proper papers to show in what ever port she may enter. A Double Tragedy. A Wild Western Story. A unique case -has been m . ' r 1 our citizens that our beautitui ; brought before a Kansas court, citv w as named after the Father j A woman sent out invitations to Ice is said to be so cheap in Chicago that a number of dealers are going out of the business,! they claiming that there is no money in it. Contractors are offering to furnish ice to con sinners of large quantities at two thirds of the price charged last year, aud householders are offer ed rates twenty-five per cent, less than those which prevailed last summer. The extreme cold that prevailed for several weeks last winter caused lare quantities of ice to be gathered in all parts of the country, aud it occurs to us that the price of that very neces sary article should be reduced to consumers iu every city and town in the land. Ex. the -rrr'ind . . 1 , . of our Country, but History t.v." : fl was compelled, by not bear us out n. t us op.inon fai,ure iu business telnoTd 7. which ;to cancel the invitations. One reads as follows: "Capt, Henry ! Gf the invited guests had bought Bonner, born in the town of i a new dress for tiie occasion, and ashington 1720, fnd diefiwiilsuethe giver of the party So we see mat vaui. u.-., Iip nrp I Tell.. iui e- -r . . .1 a. z f !,; tliof Hip i .f-.n At rue cimc ut "10 . .. t, ocnVncrton was unknown 'cause of false pretenses, as she to fanie and the first known ofwould n,ver hae bought the him was iu 1855. when he ?-,dress if she hadn't been invited, companied Gen. Braddock in his j , tVnt It is also at i"" fact of history that at first our city was known as 'Peatown. dress-maker i745 nonner was death is "Do you go to church to hear the sermon or the music, Maude?" "I go lor the hims," said Maude. Harper's Bazaar. A 1 nston quoted as saying that the style requires five yarps of goods for ladies sleeves. -These are cut out The Goldsboro Argus throws ridicule, and we think correctly, upon the idea that the South cannot manufacture the finest grades of cotton goods. It points out the fact that the ablest mill men of New England, the ones wdio control its greatest enter prises, freely admit in private conversation, if not in public, that the South has every advan tage needed for the manufacture mnnw was soent be- ot the finest goods aud that the ' 1 .- r 11 1 . .1 operatives are nuiy equal co cnose of New England. The Argus goes turther and maintains that the truth is that the Southern operatives are much superior and that in the South the operatives are native Americans, quick to learn; 111 New England the operatives are attended Dy many 01 cue neigu- , d New York bors and the day being warm Keef, pork, salt fish, potatoes many of them drank of the well and hominy were the staple diet fi, mntPT nrmenrimr to be clear all the year round 1 ri. fi,,voi Buttons were scarce and ex- ions did not drink of it however, with or laces earing concagiou. 01 Luaium- There were no manufacturers ber who drank of the water 26 hi this country, aud every house -m r.,-,n,vi tnni-tim fpvpr and sev- wife raised her own flax and UlfcVl. - oi a;a f it nf thosp nresent made her own linen l I 4 I VI 1 V I Aki r I . . . . . , r , , vi . i,.:i. The church collection was at the funeral who did not drink I , , , f of it none took it. lhe above , -t1 bell attached to was given to the paper publish- rouse sleepy contributors ino-itbv a son of the man who Leather breeches, a checked OS I - .I 1 1 . . 1" ,nj i,Pirw1 1iU iirMcrlihor shirt, a red iiannei jacKec aim a iiu ini-ii y --r , , . r t .1 -I r 111 1 111s. 111 i; wi Gooj News From Mississippi. A man who has recently trav elled through the State of Miss issippi says that State is solid, that every farmer has his corn- fli-ct nnd fthe remainder 01 uie crios nui, ins nuukc nrst anu S - 1 ij..: 1.: if-PQ tnade out ot the scraps ana uooouy is ukxl .v.- dress is left from the sleeves. over low priced cotton. mostly of the lower classes o foreigners. To say that the lat ter are superior to the form er would be absurd. Two Gangs of Outlaws. A bloody encounter has just occurred iu the neighborhood of Tower, in Baldwin county, Ala. "Railroad Bill," a negro despc rado and train robber, accompa nied by several pals, ran up on a camp of moonshiners. The out laws thought they had encoun tered a posse and the moon- A. " - ' shiners concluded they were at tacked by a revenue band. A general fusilade commenced, and several are reported fatally wounded, but as the survivors 011 both sides bore the injured way, the result is not known to a certainty. A DEATH BED ANCE. REPENT- mirl lrct 1ii; lifp bv UliU A W . I k- J . - - - . 3 I . r , . he water. When a man had enough tea, Occurrences of the above kind hie Diaced his spoon across his are calculated to make people CUp to indicate that he wanted think olten when it is coo lace. ao more The fact is that no well or A new arrival in a jail was set "enrinor" water which is come- I iinnn fellow iirisoners and , . j j --- at-able by surlace drainage is robbed of everything lie had safelv fit for drinking, lever germs will remain-dormant for Will Fight in Florida months 111 cold water, freezing . rr a m 1 seems to nave no eneccon uium. j H Vendi? the manager of The only saie cning co uu is tu Af,itlV nh,h w nt n ,ii-.1-p pprt.n n that the source ot tuv- " supply is from a depth totally check for $5,000 to P. H. Dwyer, unaffected bv surface con tarn in a- to bind the match between Cor- tion. bett and Fitzsimmons. The A single case of typhoid fever iu question will stand as in a house from which the sew- a forfejt and wiU be divided be erage goes into a stream may re- f,ppn Porbett and Fitzsimmons suit in hundreds of cases months if ihe rMor;da Athletic club fails afterward and miles and miles fnhr:n aff the fight at the time away down stream, if the water and place to be appointed on lSUSeU IOr XIOUSCUUIU pulJJUSta. Juy 1st A correspondent of the Ashe boro Courier, writing from Ce dar Falls, on April 16th, says: "A prominent physician of this county was recently called 111 to see a patient who thought he was on his death bed. He told the doctor that before he died he wished to make some confessions. After making many startling confessions he said that the thing that lashed his con science most was voting the Fusion ticket last fall." CURE FOR HEADACHE. As a remedy for all forms of Head ache Electric Bitters has proved to be Uie very best, it eiiects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. We urge all who are afflicted to procure bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial In cases of habitual constipation Hlec trie Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist me use 01 tms medicine. Try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at W. 1. leary s drugstore. 2 At Union, S.C., Monday even ing, V. T. Crumpton, formerly of Danville, Va., while at the dinner table, had some words with his wife it is said he was jealous of her and shot her in the side. Thinking he had kill ed her, he turned the weapon to his breast and fired twice. One bullet glanced off; the other fol a rib around the body to the backbone, struck the spinal cord, paralyzing his lower limbs. His chances of recovery are slight. Mrs. Crumpton is not danger ously wounded. Florida Farmers. One of the results of the cold weather which in Florida last December and January, which tactically destroyed the orange- crop, will be it is said, that the farmers have turned their atten tion to vegetables, and the pre diction is made that the present vegetable crop will be twice as large as that of last year, whilst the melon crop will be ten times as large. One of the disadvan tages that the truck fanners of Florida have labored under has been the remoteness of large markets, but with fast freight lines to the North and West this disadvantage can be removed in part, with the result of benefit ing the Florida farmers as well as the great centres of popular tion. Norfolk Public Ledger. Governor Carr has been ins vite"d by Mrs. Armistead Jones, president of the Ladies' Monu mental Association and members of its commiittee to receive the Confederate monument on bes half of the State. The Governor Atlanta, Ga., has been visited j has accepted the invitation, by a $28,000 fire.