North Carolina Newspapers

Fa dvertisers IN' THE ( IF YOU Lm1 0 Were face to face mJ tomcr what wouM ran Were face to face with a prospective cus tomer what wouhl vou My to insure a I rTcHERMAN & FARMER J F rh a Class whose Patronage r v atticr rarmcMnKiain II to our many trailers, every II 4 live buyer. "People woukt I I I with vou if Ihey kucw h( I I j benefit them. sale. Shv the same in an advertisement be ito one a a pronpec kl to deal how you CouM 1 VtM - lossii'iillo . H. Mitchell, Editor and Business Manager. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. Established 1886. ()XE DOLlcAR year 117 adVaice. EDENTON, N. G, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1895. TSTo. 513.. HI L f cnn M i I li 7. V.-r7i i-r unn I i GDUNIT Mb. fh. commissioners hold their 1 Wafer monthly meeting. r.se.it who transact much business- flu.- minutes ot last meeting and bills approved, the were ordered ' 1. W Parker, $8.25, for three . presses for jail, cleaning out ,..'la::! care of Court House. " ji Kbiuson,, $48.40 for bd. J ata -rr r o ' the p: u.oucrs, 1. iv. iees, ccc. lich:inlsoii Hunch $20.00, for ,.r tax list in 2nd township. M. 'A'- h liott, $20.00 for tak- xx list in 3rd township. nths supplies to County llmiie. K. K. Kverett, $5.00 for serv 'is one of the Assessors in V." ,1,,-M L. Woodard, M 1.00 as re te of taxes for year 1S94 on oTJity that was listed twice. II. C. I'rivott, $2.50 for blanks .,;!icc, certificate and seal.ap- . ,,t ,f ov:iminrr and re- jH.Ull'Llll. v.. ,:t to State Superintendent. I) ;. Ilyrum, $9.25 for board ;i; care of Bettie Bunch. '. Ward, $5.00, for services ; .ss:ss r in 3rd township. Luke Hollo well, $5.00 for ser ies as Assessor in 3rd to.vn- tip. i;. H. Holller, $1. 50, for yz re ).;1IS Oil V,ieei uimgi., T. U. liyrum, $13.20 for 1 day Jkrk to Hoard, minutesor pub lication, issuing and recording .ink-rs. and two tax books. LF. Zieyler, $10.00, for two joftins for Andrew Rauls and Lucimla I'.embury. T.A. Ilarrell, $5.00, for ser vices as assessor 4th township, :urvear i93. J. K. Smith, $5.00 for services ; Assessor, '4t.l1 township, for ur 1805. Iknrv Hawkins, $2.50, for re of lun ma Russel, month of une . I. Ward, $37.40 for blank- ts for County Home, 8 days and ilcage as 1 0111111 issioner, one av aim mileage iil vuimLy Home. John J.Chappel, g2.oo,for care Kli.a Chappell. . C. Thompson, $12.80 for 3 1 -i r : avs ana mileage as v.01111111- rur, 1 ilav and mileage at mutv Home. The order relieving the Sher- tf of R. M. Blount'slpoll tax for hj4 'e, and is, hereby recinded ami the Sheriff instructed to col- a't same. A. J. Bateman presented his ocaut as Public Auctioneer, Tfcich was approved and ordered tcorded and fded. jkl'EkKD: That the Sheriff have until August to settle County Tax for hi. ThatR. H. Coffield furnish '100 feet of heart lumber to re pair toot bridge of Pollock v;um. and other bridges on K'oii Hall road. That James Bouser be re ieved of tax to the amount of M :n rw ti--twrfi- flint- wns listpfl ihroucrh mistake. riiat the Sheriff be required to make report to the Board of Co., Uimnissionrrs on the 2nd MOU- hy in July on all unlisted sub tcls, sueh as Liquor Tax, Mer chants purchase. Halls. Shows, 4. 'eddk-rs. Lightning rod dealers, ami first Mondav 'reafter. That the following liquor filers he granted License to H litmors in quantities of five Salons or less, from July ist., lhi tu December 31 1895: t()1I. Darden. at Woodard douse on Main street. H. J. Bond, at the Rogers'on huilding.Main, below King St. Jacob Wool, Main street below "Water. N'. Baker & Co., Main street Mow Vino- b. J- M. Deans, corner Main and Kig streets. W. Leipsitz, near N, &. S. Qepot. H. E. Williams, Cason store, "ain street. B. F. Francis, Main below Klg street. E. W. Raymond, Main below Kl"g street. - B. Evans, on Ferry road, 3rd township. T. D. Byrum, Clerk. the Fisherman & Farmer .Wjscription list is growing rap- If you want to yoVi? Produce FRUITS AND VEGETABLES have always received especial attention with this house, and that RESULTS attained have been Uniformly Satisfactory can be at tested by our numerous patrons 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. 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. GIBO N 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. A MANIAC FARMER. KILLED HIS WIFE AND MORTALLY WOUNDED A BOY. A white farmer named Sims was at work in a field near Hun tersville, 16 miles from Char lotte, N. C, Saturday afternoon when some boys passing called to him saying something which he construed as an insult. He became angry and made toward them when one of them told him they meant no harm. He start ed to return to his field when the boldest of them told him he had better attend to his own business. He stopped, and one of them threw a rock t him, Sims drew a pistol and fired on the boy, in flicting what is considered a mortal wound. He then ran tos ward his house, and his wife con ceiving that there was danger in him, fled. He overtook her in a field and shot her in the body, then putting his pistol to her temple blew out her brains. Sims then went to Huntersville and surrendered to a magistrate, who sent him on to jail at Charlotte, lie gave as his reason for killing his wife that he knew he would be hung or sent to the peniten Hnr for killing the boy, and 1.1 .,r.t tipnr to be separated from his wife. A Shocking Hanging. At Columbus, O., last Friday Michael McDonough was hanged in the "annex" of the State prison. There was a shocking scene in the execution room. In his long imprisonment he had grown heavy and his flesh and muscles soft. The drop was Ion"- one over six feet and the momentum ot the body was such as to pull the head almost en tirelv from the body. Blood spurted from the neck upon the executioners and spectators, ana the prison physicians who grasp ed the wrists were as bloody as butchers in a few moments. The drop fell at 12:08 o'clock and at 12:19 o'clock he was pro nounced dead. The guillotine execution was never more bloody than this. McDonough met his death bravely. He murdered his wife from jealousy, although both were over 60 years of age. One of Norfolk's Police Com- .... iccinn pre Ttolton. sneaks of Ulisai""-.") ' Norfolk as a 'hell-hole." to a I Send you a KILLED AND BURNED HIM. MRS. NOBI.ES CAVE A NEGRO MAN TEN DOLLARS TO KiLL HER HUSBAND. A special from Cochran, Ga., says that Mrs. William Nobles paid a negro $10 to kill her hus band. The body was burned by the woman. The negro, Gus Jones, Mrs. Nobles and her two daughters all have been arrested and the negro has confessed. Nobles was an old farmer of Twiggs county. He and his wife often quarreled. When the body was found, Mrs. Nobles said: "Well, mur der will out and I'd iust as well tell the straight of it. They can't do anything but hang or send her to the penitentiary and either is better than living with a man you have to quarrel and fuss with all the time." Mrs. Nobles said that she for got to retract her offer for the death of her husband, and was very sorry when she learned that Gus had kill him. She knew, however; that she was re sponsible for the crime. The negro Gus also is said to have made a confession without much hesitancy. His story coin cides with that of Mrs. Nobles, except he declares the murder was committed behind the barn, and three licks caused the death. One of these was struck by Mrs. Nobles herself. A Queer Lead Pencil. A German exchange gives an account of a bit of smuggling rascality which would do credit to the sharpest Yankee malefac tors. The Russian Government knew that counterfeit paper money was being brought into the country, crossing the frontier at a certain place, but for a long time could noi ascertain how it got in. At last the scheme was revealed by an accident. The money was rolled tightly into the holes in the centre of lead pencils, the ends of which were filled with graphite, as usual. A case of pe"cils fell from a wagon as it was being inspected, the in spector put a pencil in his pock et, and after a time sharpened it and used it. Presently, of course, he came to the hollow and pull ed out a counterfeit bank bill. tl m aa m c a m bmh -m h. m r .mm mm mm FaSnDlb)inin (6 Ola. OiiiiiiiBiiii 108 SPRUCE Street, pYou Have This Market Stencil, And R. S. MITCHELL, SOLICITING AGENT. A LONG RIDE. i FROM JACKSONVILLE TO CHICAGO ON AN l8-rOUND BICYCLE. Berley Murritt arrived in Chi cago, 111., Saturday morning at 12:45, completing the ride on an 18-pound bicycle from Jackson ville, Fla., to Chicago. The to tal distance covered was 1,385 miles. Burritt started on his ride June 13th at 6:20 a. in. He was accompanied by Frank Powers of Jacksonville. Powers parted company with Burritt at Olney, 111. Burritt says the ride was undertaken for pleasure. He traversed a part of the States of Florida and Georgia, rode the full length of Alabama, crossing the sand mountains.and over the States of Tennessee, Kentucky, part of Ohio, and the length of Illinois. When he started on his ride he weighed 100 pounds. He gained twelve pounds on the trip. He carried baggage weigh ing twenty-five pounds strapped to his back. Burritt, except for a generous coating of tan, shows little sign of his long ride. Oae Cent For President land. Cleve- A Treasury warrant for one cent, 111 favor ot (j rover Lleve land, President of the United States, was forwarded Saturday from the Tresury to Gray Gables. This sum was found to be due him 1 s salary upon the adjust mei.t of his account for the fiscal year. The President's salary account is stated monthly by Thomas HolcQinb, Auditor of the Treas ury for the State Department. From there the account was sent to the warrant division, exam ined and initiated by the chief of the division. Acting Secretary Wyke then signed, and Acting Controller Bowers certified to its correctness. The warrant was completed by United States Treasurer Morgan directing the disbursement officer of the White House to pay the sum mentioned in the w arrant, and his account with the Treasury would be credited with the amount in the warrant on its presentation to the Treasury. The President's salary is $$0, 000 a year, paid monthly, and the monthly warrant is ior $4,166,66 2-3, or 34,109.97 2-3 each month. It was found that one-third of a cent for three months had been overlooked in drawing the warrants, and the cent sent Saturday is the result of the correct adding up of the account. IReliSLOle 99 The Goods.g Needs Them. Keep You Posted This Season? AWFUL CRIME 1 NEAR AURORA. A YOUNG GIRL OUTRAGED BY A SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. Washington, N. C. June 2S. Mr. Walter Hooker, of Aurora, this county, who is a prominent church man of that village, suc ceeded in committing rape upon a Miss Midette, the thirteen year-old daughter of Mr. Benj. Midette, yesterday afternoon, about three miles from Aurora. He was apprehended and car ried to Idalia for trial, but on account of the precarious condi tion ot Miss Midyette, the trial has been postponed. The doc tors state her chance for recovery is slim. Hooker admits his crime, but gives no reason for the same. He is Superintendent of the M. E. Sunday School, and a man who was looked upon with the high est respect by that section of Beaufort county. Great excite ment prevails, and serious conse quences are feared. Way Physicians use an "R. A woman of an investigating turn of mind started out the oth er day to discover why physi cians begin their prescriptions with the letter "R." Weil, she found out, but it took time and and caused her some trouble. It seems that during the middle ages, when astrology was in fashion, a character very much like our "R," was the sign of Jupiter, the preserver of health. The physicians, being then equally devoted to the science of medicine and astrology, invaria bly began their prescriptions with the following words: "In the name of Jupiter take the fol lowing doses in the order set dovn hereinafter." In the course of time this formula was abbre viated, until at present only the letter R." remains to teach us that the medical art was once as sociated with the science of the stars. Boston Traveler. A MILLION FRIENDS. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a fnend in Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and colds. If you have never used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has won derful curative powers in 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'sDrug store. Large bottles 50c and $1.00. 1 FISH, OYSTERS, GAME, &c Though practically the business our success is already assured. We have 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. THESE ARE SIMPLE STATEMENTS OF FACTS, that are easily susceptable of eonfermation. 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 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 satisfactory. J. C. SlTTKRSOX. I have been shipping truck for the last four seasons and have shipped to several firms, hut found none as prompt in returns as F. S. GIBSON. H. E. Williams. DR. BUCHANAN ELEC TROCUTED. Dr. Buchanan was electrocu ted at Sing-Sing prison, New York, on Monday morning. The current was turned on at 11:21 at 1,740 volts for four seconds: reduced to 400 volts, left on for thirty seconds, when it was turned on to 1,740 volts again, and gradually reduced, until turned off, fifty-eight seconds af- ter it was first applied. Buch- anau entered the room with his' , . . ... , ... CC tlUSCU ttHU UIU UUl UptU 1113 eyes at ail. tie waiicea aiong H -W T- It 1 1 beside an attendant without as sistance to the chair. His feg was slightly scorched and smoked during the last few sec- ouds of the execution. The body was perfectly motionless after the current was turned on. Thirty-two seconds after the current was turned off Buchan an was examined by physicians, who discovered a slight pulsa tion of the heart. The victim also gasped, and the doctors de clared that life was not extinct. The current was again turned on the full force of 1,740 volts, where it was held for twenty three seconds, when it was again turned off. Buchanan was dead at 11:30 a. m. A Fish Story. The pickerel weighing five pounds six ounces, caught by Alfred Johnson at Smithville Flats, Chenango county, was sent by Thomas Kelly, esq., to his brother supervisor, Edward Nash, of Norwich. This fish has quite a record. About the ist of September last Iph. L,oomis, while picking cranberries about the pond, lost a silver watch and a pocket piece. Upon dressing the pickerel the watch was found imbedded in its throat, running, and the time correct. The watch was a stem winder, and the pres sure on the stem when the fish swallowed food has wound it up daily. The dollar pocket piece was found in the stomach, to gether with accrued interest to January 1, 1895. Killed With a Base Ball Bat. On Friday last, in an alterca tion about a woman at Carhn Springs, Va., near Washington City, Louis Berry struck Jas. a. icwum, , VMt -Msociationwill be held at New tli p. Iipad with a base ball bat. . ... -vr i ir : ..- 1 with fatal results. The murder rrri i er is in jail at Alexandria. new in this branch of A YOUNG MAIL ROBBER. A FIFTEEN YEAR-OLD BOY HAS TAKEN f 500 IN THE l'ASTFEW WEEKS. A messenger in the State Des partment at Washington, D. C, has been detected robbing the mails directed to the Passport Bureau, and although the inves- tigation is still being conducted secretly, enough has leaked out to Drove a rase of nrerorioiis ,. 1 uaswiuy which win uneci Jlliu- dreds of persons in various parts of the country. Just at this time of the year when so many people are going abroad the Passport Bureau does a thriving business in furnishing documentary evidence of nation ality, principally for those who have secured their American citizenship through our naturali zation process. Applications for passports must be accompanied by one dol lar, and knowledge of the fact has led to systematic robbery of incoming letters by a fifteen-year-old boy named Kirk Mc Murtrie, employed in the State Department to distribute the mail. This youth, it appears, has not only secured $400 or 500 within the last few weeks, but to cover up his thefts has destroyed all the applications that came into his hands, together with their letters, including the naturalization papers so price less to adopted citizens. This proceeding might not have been detected had not the Department been fairly inun dated with complaints from per sons whose steam passage for foreign countries had already- been engaged; that they had not I received the passports they sent for. Although the full extent of the speculations cannot yet be determined, it is evident the State Department's loss will be trifling compared with the incon venience suffered by intending tourists. And until persons whose applications to the De partment have not been granted complain of the fact, officials will not be able to estimate the extent of the crime. The Firemen's Association. The seventh Annual tourna ment ot the State Firemen's As- 1 - i 1 ilUCUk VUi UUU Wllla A LX- elusive. When The Note Falls Due. You may say that life is trouble When the clomls arc iti the !luc; But a fellow finds its double When the Note Falls Duo! Sorrow's nothini; but a bubble That will vanbh from the view; Hut it's trouble, trouble, troubU j When the Note Falls Due ! Ami the corn it goes to stubble. And the roses it withers, too; Ami it's trouble, trouble, trouble. When the Note Tails Due ! Go it single file, or double, There'll be work enough for you In a living world of trouble. When the Note Falls Due! Atlanta Constitution. TWOlSTlLLED. In a Fight With ISouth Carolina Dispensary Constables. Two of the Latter WounJed- One fatally-Thr Dead Men Were Citiiens of Tyron, Polk County, North Carolina. A special to the Charleston iVezcs il'r Courier of the 2S ulto., from Spartanburg, S. C. says: Last night a fight took place on the Howard Gap road, about five miles from here. The constables had heard that a load of whiskey was coming firm the direction of Polk county, N. C. Constable Klchelberger sent out constables Pettigrcw, of Fairfield, 'Poland and Bars, of this county, and a man named Stevens to intercept the wagon. They met it in the road, about five miles from town, not far from the scene of the re cent Pisgah fight. The consta bles divided their forces and made the attack in front and rear. One of them in front or dered a halt and surrendeii stating they were State officers. Some one in the wagon said: "All right!" but before they had time to dismount and deliver the wagon and contents, a pistol was fired and Pettigrcw fell. The fighting then became gcucral. When the smoke cleared away, it was ascertained that Jack Fisher and Bill Durham, of Tryon, N. C, were killed. Pettigrcw was very severely wounded with lit tle chance of recovery. 'Poland was shot in the breast, but the ball ranged round and the wound is slight. It is said that a youth, by the name of Brown, a driver of the wagon, was wounded. One of the mules drawing the wagon was shot and it is believed he will die. Stevens was left in charge of the wagon and whiskey. 'Po land caine 011 to town last night. Mark Durham, a brother of Bill Durham, is in town this morning. He was in the neighberhood yes terday. In a private conversa tion he said Fisher and Durham were idiot in the wagon, and tell back with their heads on a whiskey barrel. The Fisher family is prominent or rather no torious about Tryon. Physically they are fine specimens cf moun taineers, Durham was a close friend of the Fishers, and they could always count on him when needed. They had two barrels of whiskey, and perhaps more in the wagon. It is not known what the destination of the whiskey was. No one from the city was mixed up with it in any way. It is said that Pettigrcw cannot live. The coroner held an inquest and the verdict was that Fisher and Durham came to their death by gun shot wounds at the hands cf parties unknown to the jury. The constables refuse to give testi mony and there were no witness- . " . 1" 1 . 1 . 'f . es. it is Dcneveu mat risner and Durham did not fire at all. Their guns were all loaded and the testimony was :hat they were shot while lying down in the wagon. It was a pitiful sight. Fisher was killed instantly, but Durham lived for several hours and died from loss of blood. Learns a Lesson. Last week at Raleigh a bag gage wagon driver, a negro, who, as he says, does not like street cars, tried the wreckless experi ment of driving across the track only eight feet in front of amov ing car. He was thrown fifteen feet in the air and his wagon wrecked. He had a narrow es cape and was immediately after discharged by his employer be cause he refused to pay for one half the damage caused by his own wilful negligence.