North Carolina Newspapers

-j as&63& bps ADVERTISERS IN TIIE IF YOU 0 i FISHERMAN & FARMER $ . x . -Jie:ich a Class whose Patronage f Were face to fact- with a prospective en, j tomer what would voti kiv ti ' ale? Say the same in au alvertisrment S to our many rcjxhri, everr one a nn.v-. m - .z 1.1 .a tive buyrr People would te Kla.l to deal ivrm f they knew how you could with benefit them. A. H. Mitchell, Editor and Business Manager. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. Established 1886. OXE DOIrlxAR pepyearii advance. EDENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1895. To. 513. SECRETARY GRESHAM DEAD Ii you want to Sl I 73 - ss If " 11 1 ii ii ii iiiit. ;ii a fvf3 rlTrSI TT Vs TT .; I'KACKKL'U.Y AWAY ON Tl i'SDAY MOKMXG LAST. Secretary of State, Walter Q. ( ; : -liam died at the Arlington : :,:,,. Washing D.C.. at ,:,5 ; Tuesday morning. The . Secretary's illness began i Mav 1 st, with acute pleurisy ,but i ;is condition was favorable until the -5th, when he suffered a re- l.-ipsc due to development ofi acute Pneumonia. In the room with Judge Gres ham when he died, besides Mrs. (in-sham and Mr. and ?Irs. An drews, were the two physicians and the two nurses who have been in attendance. In an ad joining room were Secretary La ui"iit, Assistant Postmaster (ieu (.ral Jones, Assistant Secretary i" State Adec, Colonel Conbik and Major Fuller, of the Army, a!! of whom had been in waiting dining the evening in order to ,t- of auv assistance to the dying statesman and his bereaved fani ih that might be necessary. Wants a Military Company Suppressed. Col. (ieorge A. Mercer, Senoir Commanding Officer of the k-: gia militia, has requested ( Atkins ji to tike steps to ,;:.:.-n-s I lie i.ile Lity iiianis, a i ii;.tv i Hiiliuirv cumpair- of At-1 I :'.;;, which wilhdre.- h-oin the i St a;-.- v.-rviee some time ago, but! c ,i'ti:iues as an independent or I a-.iia.tio!i. Col. Mercer declares j Uis eompauy to be a standing j iiu-v.ance to the discipline and j efliciencv of the entire State en- j lifted force, lie declares that j everv member of the company is lia'd. 'to prosecution, and that; it is a penal offense t belong to j it under tieorgia's military laws,; and if the (iate City Guards are j . ved to continue asat present,! jlu;e would be nothing to pre-j veut !jegnes all over the State i f.air.i;! military organizations, j.1. no wise subjeel to State ci' line or control. lis-' i ! Fat in Ri-ird to tiii Wearies t. i ILnrv Ci.-innttt, an expert 111 : tiu- L ;is.is office, throws light n:) ).i the negr- question by late ! sound judgment is just as essen sUlUics. In one hundred years tial to success in farming as in ,1, . .. .-.ami, it an n! t ip Lit. 1 a ti!i n t i nil ( tllP 111 , .. , 1- ,! i.ned Mates lias multiplied ; lillv pUMlltiV.'ll I c-nteen turns aim the 1WS!U1 iscvably fail nearly ten times. At the begin-! j;dri,ur. mnir ot the century the negroes c nictitated ne irly one fifth of the iMiuilation; now thev constitute j one eiglitn. 1 wenc-:ie pei -1 1 1 h i ventv-:ive per cent of the population of North Carolina is colored. The eudencv of the negroes . KUe veavs is 10 move to towns. 1 1 rt , ..4-. ... .t w-n -wr iL" 11 tow 11 io abled between i860 and ,s7" There are nine white prison o:s in each 10,000 of the white V ;u!ation, and 33 in each 10,000 ') tile negro population. Tile teudeucv of the negro Ii.ihiiou is more and more to ma.s in the Gulf vStates. The attendance of the negroes on the schools is gratifying and encour- ajrinjr. New ReligiousjSect in Oklahoma A fanner named Eugene iviisch, f'fkoi-.nd l'oud. Oklahoma, has ;idudedafortvdaysfast,wliich,j . 1 lie soys, he kept because com manded to do so bv God. liusch is a walking skeleton. He has instituted a new religion, which denominates the "Evening I-ight." He already has forty -dheraiits to his strange religious sect, and they look upon him as a direct mediator between them selves and God. He delivers communications to hisfollowers after he has passed through a sort of trance, and he has in structed them to abandon all of their worldly possessions and take up a nomadic life. Busch and his family will give up their home and become pilgrims. Produce i our " FRUITS' AND have always received this house, and that RESULTS attained have been Uniformly Satisfactory can be at-! tested by car nmneronr; 'oatroilsinthis vicin- i a. t 1 it, we shall have increased room, better facilities and greater outlets the coming season and shall give the same earnest eli des, v or towards pleasing and giving satisfac tion to our shippers. EGGS AND POULTRY are products that we also handle with satis- factory results, and we 1 ! atronasje from the fact co dispose of larger quantities than ever be fore, and we think to well. ;y a-. Shall 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. SHORT AND NEWSY. The Teachers' Assembly at Morehead will open on June 1 8th and continue two weeks. I Kx-Secretary of the Treasury, ! Iluoh McCulloh, died at Wash- ington City, May 24th. In .New York the Republicans atc lixino- no a slate witu iiar x risou and Morten It is to be a n - oldbuv ticket. l A reasonable amount of sood, ailVUUICl UM who hopes to succeed Dy uie use V f. r';c will ,01 musne wiuiuui iimn . iit -Progressive The Post Office Department has issued a fraud order against Mrs. V. A. Warner, of Jacksou- i?ia vwlm advertised the ! sac Gf seeds, but it is said suited 'her pleasure as to delivering j them after receiving the money. ! : A number 01 Northern men are now m tins btaLe contracting to purchase tne grape ciop. x iie v sav that in no State they have yet visited is the crop so hue as in North Carolina. Indeed the crop is very large and promising Prices are apt to rule very high this season for good varieties. MM.,... The printers have passed res olutious requesting the President to put the government printing office under civil service rules. Heretofore the printers have op posed this change on the ground that the Typographical Union af forded the' best examination. It is believed the change will he made. . .... Having failed to comply with the recmirement ot the election law, namely, that all candidates mnke rmblic the amounts they have spent in election, within ',1o,-c ifter that occasion, two Republican aldermen of Raleigh have been replaced with Demo crats. Four others failed to com ply. The New York World, cor recting the discouraging ac counts, prints reports from 300 joints in the wheat belt 01 ui Pacific slope, which shows that on the vast wheat farms of the Northwest the wheat crop is not only uninjured, but actually is in letter than the average condi- tinti. and that the gain there will make up for the loss in the cen tral section. to a "- VEGETABLES especial attention with anticipate increased that we shall be able better advantage as I Send you a Claude Henderson, the negro j who attempted to commit rape upon a thirteen vear old child,;" Mildred Gray, near Dekovel, Ky., was taken from jail by a mob of 100 men, who conveyed him to the scene of his crime, where his lifeless body was left hanging to a trec- Three young men 111 Lee county, Va., named Joe Burton, Hd Gallagher and Sam Jones, were behind a counter m a store where some moonshine whiskey was secreted for their speck; 1 use, this morning, and drank liberally of the stuif. Some one had placed poison in the whis key and only one of the three, Gallagher, survives. r . There was another lire at lvin-1 stou May 2 1st, before dav-hreak. The residences of Mrs. Irvin uti vi 4. 1 -v r -. t'l;., ,1 4-', ; Whitehurst and Mrs. Ehzabetn ; Parrot down. were Whih fired and burned i the tire was m i progress a store and the railroad 1 . . a It JJ L V Lie uiuitii vwv,ii. j. -v special to the Raleigh ,t o I '). !--. !- !fir(ic in flnnhf thnt flip 1 1' O L r i. L H.uV. iiv vnMiut mi, ni i r ' T .4.1. 4-1 1 , fire was inceudiarv with t'ie ob- , r 4.:. .i.4- i robberv might be committed. A negro is in jail. Mr. Charles h. Pettigrew, the North Carolina commissioner of the Atlanta exposition, is perfect ing a plan which may result in j giving this State a grand exhib it a grander one than was pro posed in the bill which the Leg islature refused to pass. This plan is for the Seaboard AirLine, the Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line to unite and prepare an exhibit of the resources of the country along their lines in the State and transport this to Atlanta as well as the exhibit in the State museum, and show all this great collection in a builds ing erected jointly. The plan is well under way. The Stat will heartily co-operate in it, as far as the resources of the museum are concerned. The Seaboard Air Line and the Southern raihvay already have exhibits. The At lantic Coast Line also has much material at hand. There are few towns in North Carolina where so deep and fer vent an interest is taken in re-lio-ious matters as in Edentou, and as a rule the churches are both largely attended and well sustained. Advertise in our Trade Edition. K SI II 14 M -J W ft 0 II :. I I El II f ft iv 1 j si ii ia iTT-l i I 1 1 11 11 F0SDobsDTi (6 8 This Market itencil, And R. S. MITCHELL, $4,000. for a Parrot. Ui:i iI.XI;:(MJil.Y UKM !!!: UV.l MfS Aary Jean Hratlfonlt who ied at South liostou last week, leaves by will $4,000 in trust for the care and maintenance of her PoU Parrot; T5;e Parrt only 25 ye its old, and was thejoy, so- lace and comfort of Mrs. Brad ford's declining years, and has been in the family twenU . 'fhe parrot knows some choice expletives, and has acquired the 'ic 01 conversation. When Mrs. Bradford would say "(rood morning, polly, did you sleep well?' Polly would answer, ' Quite well, thank you," or "Not so well as usual." The intelli gence of the bird is said to be lit tle short of human. .Mrs Br ad fori v.s not over well to do, but of her possessions she leaves $4,000 in trust to Geo. ,,. . , ' . V ' 1-- . , Liie oesi 01 ca;e io e Kiua v . , - iieaLeei aim :mi.u uol oe puu 11110 a store of any public place. On !TT , , - , & , , i Home for Aged Couples and the Women's Hospital. It is figured out tnat the person wno secures . . .-.1 1' 1 11 Uilv i i.1 J. ; v Wl L11V. Will iLtUL , & ., lt . . - T it ir. (T"i-iir vr t.t. it.ii ! .-i. i"i 1 t - - r - u - num . 11 Liie ..i..eie' i u il at o per cent, interest. FLEECED BY GREEN GOODS MEN. Two green goods men calling themselves Nash and Brown, re spectively, fleeced D. V. Wil liams, of Floyd county, Ya., out of $300 here on Saturday. They offered him $ 1,000 in counterfeit money that could not be detected from the genuine, for 300, and lie bit and got the money stolen, and did not get the green goods either. Williams informed W. G. Baldwin, chief of the Bald win Detective Agencv, of the theft, and Baldwin laid a trap to capture the swindlers, but the Pocahontas police got on to them Jaud scared them out of town. Baldwin pretended to want to buy their goods. One of the men laid the whole plan before him. The contract was made, and was to be carried out the same day ; but the birds skipped to parts unknown as soon as they found they were suspected. Those who want an advestise merit in our Trade Edition had better send it in at once. We are now rapidly going to press with its PaSes- SI 99 O Street, Needs Them Keep You Posted This Season? NG AGENT. CHIEF OF-JOLIXE-RETIRED. BYRNES Chief of Police Thos. Byrnes, of New York City, sent an ap plication to the Poiice Commis sioners Monday last, asking to be retired. The application was immediately acted upon and granted. lie goes on the re tired list with a pension of 53. 000 per year. Oscar Wild" Found Guilty. The jury found Oscar Yv'ilde guilty. Wilde and Taylor were sentenced to two years' hard labor each. Droppeo Erom a Balloon. Among the attractions for the benefit of cxeurtionists at Arsen al Island, a pleasure resort on the river a few miles south of St. Louis, Mo., last Sunday afternoon, was a balloon ascension and parachute drop by Professor Bar son, a local cerouaut. The Pro fessor had a number of men en gaged to assist infilling the bal loon with gas and to steady it be fore it was released. Among these was Tony Heafle, aged 23 years. Heafle urged Professor Barton to permit him to accom pany him in the flight, but was refused. When everything was in read iness, and the Professor gave the order to ' let go," and the bal loon shot upwards the people were horrified to see Heafle hang ing to the netting 011 the upper part of the immense-bag. The Professor's attention being at tracted to'Heaflc when the bal loon was about 700 feet from the ground, and he cried to him "For God's sake hang on to the balloon," but at that instant Heafle loosened his grasp on the ropes, and went swirling through the air, turning several somer saults in his descent, and striks ing the ground with such force as to m 'sh his body into a shape less mass. Heafle is said to have gone to the grounds early in the day with a young lady, and later on quarreled with her. It is sug gested that his trip on the bal loon was with the deliberate pur pose of committing suicide in this novel manner. FISH, OYSTERS, GAME, &c : T1,-.U 4. n Pl UULlUcUiy , . i tne uusmess our success is aireaay assured. We havo been compelled by its steady growth to seek more room, and have taken- the (premises No- 322 S. Water St., to use fortius 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 experienced and our facilities are now such as to warrant a belief in such a result. TH K K ARK SIMPLE STATEMENTS OF FACTS, that are easily susceptable of confermation. 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. I know of 110 better man ) than F. S. GIBSON. too than r. b. GIBSON. 1 al years and returns are always satisfactory. J. C. SlTTKRSOX. I have been shipping truck for the last four seasons and have shipped to several firms, but foand none as prompt in returns as F. S. GIBSON. II. E. Wim.iams. A MOTHER CRIME. SIIK MURDERS HER DAUGHTER r MATT IE AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE. Lying in pools in blood in the second story of No. 13 17 Asquith street, Baltimore, Md., Tuesday afternoon were found the bodies of Mrs. Marion J. Cur tain, aged 49, and her 16 year old daughter Mattie. In the hands of the mother was a razor, fresh of the life blood of both. The elder woman had killed her daughter and committed suicide with the same instrument. Mrs. Curtain and her daughter lived at 1600 North Bond street. Tuesday they visited Mrs. Emma King the elder daughter of the murderess, and in her absence from the house the shocking tragedy was committed. Upon her return from an errand that had occupied only a few minutes Mrs. King; found her mother and sister stretched on the floor, while the compartment resem bled a slaughter house. Blood was everywhere. The ghastly discovery drove Mrs. King into the street shriek ing with fright and horror. A crowd soon gathered and physi cians were summoned. It was discovered that mother and daughter were growing cold in death. The neck of the girl Mattie was slashed from ear to ear. Several other deep gashes were found on her body. fcSaSSS The condition of the room, with its overturned furniture and blood stains, indicated that the girl had fought hard for her liie. Jt is supposed that Mrs. Curtain cut her own throat immediately after she murdered her child. The girl was lying on the floor with her hands at her throat and with every indication of having died in fearful agony. Mrs. Curtain's head was resting against the leg of the bed. One vigorous dash of the razor had been sufficient to put an end to her life. Her face wore its customary look of sadness. Mrs. Curtain's husband, who was a saloonkeeper on Central avemie,diedabout three years ago and she had brooded over his death ever since. On several occasions she had threatened to do herself harm, and her rela tives were contemplating placing her in an asylum to .be treated for insanity. The Fisherman' & Farmer subscription list is growing rapidly. . i 1. HtJW 111 LUIS UrailUIl Oljlargc number of delegates from . in Philadelphia to ship truck I have shipped him for sever- have ship; A LYNCHING IN MARYLAND. Jacob Heuson, a young color ed man, convicted in Howard county court r.nd sentenced to be hanged on June 7th for the mur der of D. F. Shea, was taken from the Elliott City jail early Tuesday morning and hanged to a limb of a dogwood tree. The lynchers feared that the Governor of Maryland might be induced to interfere and com mute the dead man's sentence to life imprisonment. The grounds for this apprehen sion came from recent repeated visits to the jail of a specialist in mental diseases to inquire into Henson's sanity, and the report ed intention of Gov. Brown him self to go out there for the same purpose. The effect of this be lief was lound in a placard which was left pinned to the breast of the lynched negro, on which was written.- "We respect our court and judges. Gov. Brown fenced law abiding citizens to carry out the verdict of the jury. (Signed) White Cars." Betrayed by a Woman. Two men were arrested at Leadville, Col., and identified on Friday as part of the gang that robbed the Wells-Fargo Express agent, near Cripple Creek, last April, and secured iG,ooo. One is the notorious "Kid" Gray, and it was he who fractured the skull of the express messenger. Both men have been spending money lavishly since their arrival there. They were betrayed by a woman and were nabbed while asleep. . An Immense Meteor Fell. Shortly before 7 o'clock Mon day evening an immense meteor passed over Fernandina, Fla., from southeast to northwest and fell on Tiger shoal. It was ap parently as iarge as a tub, gave out a light like the sun, and is said to have exploded with a loud report as it fell. FOUR BIG SUCCESSES. Having the needed merit to more than make good all the advertising claimed for them, the following four remedies have reached a phenomenal sale. Dr: King's New Discovery, for consumption, coughs and colds, each bottle guaranteed Electric Bitters, the great remedy for Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Iiucklen's Arnica Salve, the best'in the world, and Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are a perfect pill. All these remedies are guaranteed to -do just what is claimed for them and the dealer whose name is attached herewith will be glad to tell you more of them Sold at W. I. Lear.t's Drugstore. 1 A f.RK.VT OATHKKINU I N UTTKNUAXCK ! V l'UNrillC LAKOKST MISSIONAUV j HA1TIST OUCANI.ATION ! IN Tllli '.STATl. Tl'.c Chowan Raptist Associa tion was in session three ilay last week at (.atcsvillc. N. C. The 'ra" 011 Wetlncstlay kept awav a the various churches in the As- sociation. This body contains about 10,000 members, the larg est as well as th oldest organi zation of Missionarv Baptists in the entire State. E F. Aydlett. a prominent lawyer of Elizabeth City, was elected moderator for the third tune. L. llofller, who is register of deeds of Gates coun ty, was made clerk for the second time, and C. E. Cross was elect ed reading clerk. Rev. Jno. E. White, of this place who was to have preached the Introductory Sermon, being unable to reach the Association in time, Dr. A. E. Dickinson, of Richmond, Ya., was asked to perform this duty, and did so to the great pleasure and edification of all present. The report u the Chowan Female Institute was read by Mr. Pierce and discussed bv a number of gentlemen, who com plimented the president on his successful management of the school in the past, and also ten dered "various and sundry" opin ions as to what should be (lone in the future. An elaborate and verv inter esting report on foreign missions was read by Dr. C. S. Blackwell and ably discussed by the writer of the report and by Dr. C. Dur-. ham, corresponding secretary of the Baptist State convention. The report on State Missions was read by Rev. Jno. E. White, of Edentou, and discussed bv Dr. Durham and others. The discussion on "General Education" on Wednesday night was one of the interesting fea tures of the meeting. Rev. C. W. Blanchard, who is now working for the endowment of Wake Forest, led in this discussion and Was followed by Dr. A. E. Dick inson, of Richmond, Ya., and others. This matter of education will continue, so it is learned, to be agitated along the line of oppo sition to the State's furnishing higher education at the expense of the tax payers of the State. All pledges of the churches were fully met and the report as read by Dr. Overby showed the work of the past year to be the largest ever done by the Associa tion. The Association will meet in July in '96, instead of in May, as heretofore. Dr, J. H. Mills spoke for the orphanage, which he said con tained 137 children, and also ask ed for subscribers to Cliatity c Children. Dr. John Mitchell spoke for the ministerial students of Wake Forest. The attendance on the last day was very large, ad journing at I o clock to meet next year, with Berea Church, near Elizabeth City. A Train on a Burning Trestle. A freight train 011 the Lyons branch of the Central railroad was wrecked Monday morning by going through a burning trestle near Moldrim, twenty miles west of Savannah. The fire was not discovered until the train was too close to the trestle to stop. The engine and tender crossed in safety, but a part of the train went down. Five cars load ed with lumber were burned. The train crew stopped the progress of the fire and saved most of the trestle. Shot by a Magistrate. A special to the Observer from Ft. Mill, S. C, tells of the shoot ing and probable fatally wound ing there Monday of a young mill hand and desperado, Charles Bradshaw, by trial Justice Mcs Elhauey. The fellow was up on some petty charge, but insisted on de fying the Judge and officers with a drawn pistol. Squire McElha ney went and got a Winchester rifle. As he returned to court the desperado opened fire on him . The Judge replied promptly with the result above mentioned. The court came out unscathed. 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