North Carolina Newspapers

: : . U k J ' . , ' F If yonr small ad THIS YEAR was a Paying Investment p (Sill li ii iiii O SEL. Try a larger one ' Next Week, J A. H. Mitchell, Editor and Business Manager. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. Established 1886. ONE DOMiAR per year iq advance. EDENTON, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 1896. 2STo. &mm i i fi f i i i i ii ii iiii i i- i i x . i a 1L iiii Jiil ii ii IKSUrli Jl i-1 I I A Regiment of Relatives. There is a movement in Horry eoimtv, S. C, for the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead of the Tenth regiment, S.C Volunteers. The regiment had in it one company that became somewhat famous for its com position, as well as its fighting qualities. The Athens (Ga.)Zfo ner which has been studying up the history of the regiment says that it was made up almost en tirely of men from a dozen or more families, and they were about all related to each other. There are some ten Chestnuts, fourteen Johnsons, six or seven Al fords and so on. The captain nfthp rnmranv was the cousin of nearly every man in the ranks who was not his brother. It was his custom in drilling to address his men in the most kindly man ner, somewhat in this way: "Cousin Jeems, dress to the right; Buddy George, please swell your chest; Cousin Arthur, you want .o turn your toes out, not in." But when it came to fight there were no more brave or daring fellows in the service than the Tenth Regiment "butternut" company. A New Tar-Heel Poet. Atlanta Constitution. There is a poet in North Car olina who has'not yet made his appearance in -the leading mag azines," but we predict that he will not be long absent from their pages. Here is a verse that he ' just dashed off" while making a stage journey among the eternal hills of the Old North vState : "The i st:igc coach uyou I got; The bosses seemed to sorter trot, And there I sot and sot and sot, Just kinder on the selfsame spot. The day was midbliu' clear and hot; The cushions padded had been not; It wa'u't like scooting on a yacht, The driver did not give a drot." Return of the Liberty Bell. Philadel- nl t.: -iitK-il will leave tl t CUHlllllLltl. KJl .... 011 di , uilia v-uv i"""'"-1 January 16th, for Atlanta, to es- cort the Liberty Bell back to Philadelphia. M DAVID COX, Jr., B. E. f ARCHITECT and ZEHZertford- O j-STLand Surveying a specialty. Plans furnished on application. W HE. BOND, Attorney m baw EDEXToX, N. C Practice in the Superior Courts of Chowan and adjoining counties, and in the Supreme Court at Raleigh. Collections promptly niaile. DR. C. P. BOGERT, Surgeon ami Mechanical DENTIST Ed out on, N V. Patients visited when requested. SIMPLE INQUIRY MAY 5JVI YOr DOLLABS. Write for prices before p!ac ing orders for gravestones or ceniotery work. Designs sent free. COUPER'S MARBLE WORKS, til, 113 & 115 Bank St., Norfolk . Auctioneer. Having been appointed County Auctioneer and given bond therefor, all persons are forbid den to exercise the virtues of that office under penalty of law. A. J. BATEMAN, Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. LAND FOR SALE. That valuable tract of land at the head of Main street, known as "Holmes;" containing about 118 acres. Also the "Quarter tract" recently owned by Mr. T. D. Warren, containing about 233 acres, which I will sell in sections of 25 and 50 acres. Terms easy. RICHARD DILLARD. LOVE'S MILLIONAIRE. FRANK L. STANTON. I sny: "The world is lonely; The hearth at home is cold, And snd is life to child and wife he:i lite has little gold." Hut sofi a . r arms steal round my neck My L jia rol ler so dc-ir; And "Ikw much do you love use ?" And hvr sweet voice answers clear: "I love yu, t love you A hundred million there ! ' And then I'm poor no .more no more, I' or I'm love's millionaire ! Then sweeter seems the breaking Of poverty's sad bread, And ro.-ics iluom from out the gloom And crown her curly head. And if sometime a thankful tear My dreaming eyes will fill, Her soft arms steal around me, And she whispers sweetly still: "I love you, I love you A hunched million there!" I weep no more: Cod help the ry.or ! I'm love's own millionaire! The Best Only is Wanted. We are living at present in an age of keen competition and exs treme activity. Every merchant and business man in whatever line isstriving to out-run his competitor. Never has there been a time when the minutest details of trade were so severely scrutinized as the present time. Now in order to be successful the employer takes as his motto The Best Only is Wanted. "The fallowing article from the Lake City Republican illustrates the present situation and should prove an educational lesson for young men who are just starting out for themselves. Lord Bacon said long ago: "We need fewer fiddlers and more men who could build a town." Kmerson hit the truth squarely: "We do not need more farmers, or bankers, or manufacturers.but more men who can larm, who can manage banking houses, more men who can manufacture.' So in every department of sers vice, amid all vacant places there is a cry for men. In the course of conversation with a manager of a large dry goods establish ment he remarked about the capacity of his corps of helpers: Tf we could find in everyone of these helpers what we have been talking about capacity for ser vice, sterling character and loy alty of purpose we could double our trade in six months. Not long since a young man was greeted on one of the busy streets in Boston with this ques tion: "What are you finding to to do now?" "I am, teller in a bank," was the answer.jmeution ing the place of business. Eight years before he was an errand boy in a business firm, helping with his three dollars a week a widowed mother to keep the lit tle family together. It was one of his duties to go every day to the bank. At the end of two years a bank officer called him into his private office for a mo ment's conversation. This is what he said to the boy: "I don't know your name and I don't care for any recommendation from anybody. You recommend your self. I have watched you for two years and I want you. If the position I offer you is worth your consideration I "hope you will accept it." The boy con sidered it, accepted it, and now for some time hasjbeen teller in that bank. If that boy had been bleached out with cigarettes and the dis sipation of late hours he would not have been wanted. If he had been robust in physique,but deficient in mental powers he would not have been wanted. If he had possessed an ideal phy sical form and a mind as keen as a lightning calculator, but had revealed great moral weak ness, he would not have been wanted. He was wanted because he had a good character illu mined and served by trained mind, dwelling in a healthful and robust body. A January thaw is always more pro ductive of colds and coughs than a January freeze. This is the time Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is needed and proves so extremely efficacious. Ask Your druggist for it, and also for Ayer's Almanac, Which is free to all. Whatever goods your store supplies, You'll sell them if you advertise. Jl FOOLVWBRK. A Senseless Cry of Fire Causes Twenty-Five Deaths. AN AWFUL CALAMITY AT Tin: FRONT STREET THEATRE IN baltimore. narrow doorways and insufficent Exits ik their deadly work. In a senseless panic, caused by a defective gas burner and a foolish crv of fire, at the old Front street theatre in Baltimore, Marylaud, last Friday night, 24 peop'ewere killed, two fatally injured and ten more seriously hurt. Almost all the victims are of Polish nativity and Hebraic ex traction, and many of the injured were taken to their homes by friends, rendering it almost im possible to get a complete list at this, time. The theatre, which is probably the oldest in the city, was filled from pit to dome with people who had assembled to listen to Hebrew opera, which has been given in the old house twic-- a week for the past month. The ticket office receipts show that over 2,700 tickets had been sold, when, at & o'clock, the sale of seats -was stopped because there were no more left. General ad mission tickets were sold, how ever, alter this, and it is sup posed that there were at least three thousand people within the walls when the curtain went up on the first act As the capacity of the house is less than 2,500 the density of the crowd may be imagined. Ten minutes after the certain rose, one of the attendants went up to the second tier to light a gas jet which appeared to have been extinguished. Ashe turn ed the c-jck and applied a match, the light flared up, and it was seen that there was no tip to the burner. The jet was well down toward the stage on the left side of the house, in plain view ot the greater part of the audience, but as the glare from it showed against the wall, someone in the gallery shoutted "fire, fire, fire." In an instant there was a mad scramble for the door, in which the whole audience took part. The van guard of the terror stricken multitude reached the entrance on Front street, pushed on by the howling, shrieking mob behind them. There those in the foremost rank, were com pelled to turn to the right and to the left to reach the double en-; trance way, built in the form of storm doors. Passing through these doors, they reached a flight of steps, leading from each door, downward to a landing, from whence a broad stairway ot mod erate height would have carried them into the street and to safety. The steps leading from the door ways are but about five feet high, but the lauding at their base is narrow. Down these the fright ened people hurled themselves in the Irightful struggle to reach the open air end to escape the certain death they thought was behind them. As the crowd from the two doors, one on the right, the other on the left, reached the landing they met. There was a brief struggle, and then some one lost his, or her footing and fell. In a moment the crowd, pushed with irresisti ble force from the rear, crowded upon the prostrate form and be gan in turn to stumble, reel and presently to fall prone upon the floor, under the myriads of feet coming like a herd of frightened Buffalo from behind. In less time than it takes to tell it, the landing was packed twenty or thirty deep with the panic stricken multitude and the hundreds behind them were struggling over them to reach the street. New, subscribers to the Fish erman & Farmer ' are coming in. A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. A MICHIGAN FARMER MUTILAT ED BY AN OLD SHELL. A terrible explosion with fa tal results occured earlv last Fri day morning on the "Main'Tarm, about seven miles from Wil liamsburg, Va. Mr. Lawrence, of Michigan, is the owner, who purchased the place last year, was making preparation to kill hogs. In looking around for something upon which to rest the large iron boiler in which to heat water, he found a 100-pouud shell that has been on the farm every since the war Taking the shell, he placed it in the fire, but was cautioned against it by a colored boy Hying on the place. He still persisted, however, and put it in the fire. Robert, the colored boy, seeing this, took a rake and pulled it out of the fire. For doing this, he was jeered at by young Lawrence, a man about 25 years of age, and married, and who lives with his father, who took the rake from the boy and placed the shell back in the fire. Seeing this the boy took to his heels, and soon a terrific explosion was heard. Going to the spot.young Lawrence was found, terribly mutilated. A portion of the old shell had torn his left arm into iragments, cut off one ear, and otherwise badly cut him. The fences and buildings near were blown into fragments, and a truly dismal scene was presented. A doctor was sent for who amputated one arm, but says he has little hopes ot his recovery. The old shell was, no doubt, shot over by one of the Federal gunboats, in passing up James river during the war. This is not a very uncommon accident and should put the new comers, as well as home folks on their guard against "fooling with the old war dogs," however harm, less they may seem. , Disappointed Bridal Party A prospective bride, groom, attendants and clergyman re cently assembled in Southamp ton county, Va., to celebrate a nuptial occasion, but the end was a disappointment owing to the negligence of the groom. That personage enclosed a n amount of money to the clerk of county courts for a license, and in due time received a package, which he supposed was the de sired article. He disregarded the advice of friends to examine the supposed license, postponing the matter till the final moment, ar.d leaving the examination to the preacher, who found a note to the effect that the license would be forwarded when the proper amount of money was re ceive:!. - Scripture Cake. A formula for Scripture cake is sent to the Household News by a woman who adds the infor mation that she realized $10 for the sale of slices of this cake, with its receipt, for two days at a church fair: SCRIPTURE CAKU. One cup of butter Judges v, 25. Three and a half cups of flour I Kings iv, 22. Three cups of sugar Jeremiah vi,2o. Two cups of raisins I Samuel xxx,i2 Two cups of figs I Samuel xxx, 12. Ouccup of water Genesis xxiv, 17. One cup of almonds Genesis xliii, 11 Six eggs Isaiah x, 14. One tablespooufnl of honey Exodus xvi, 21. A pinch of salt Leviticus ii, 13. Spice to taste I Kings x, 10. Follow Soloman's advice for making good boys and you will have a good cake Proverbs xiii, 14. The Atchinson Globe's advice is: Don't wish you had a thou sand dollars; you are making a big enough fool of yourself al ready on the dollar you have. In The Beginning Of a new year, when the winter sear.on of close confinement is only half gone, many find that their health begins to break down, that the least exposure threatens sickness. It is then as well as at all other times, and with people even in good health, that the following facts should be remembered, namely: that Hood's Sarsaparilla leads every thing in the way of medicines; that it accomplishes the greatest cure in the world; has the largest sale in the world, and requires the largest building in the world devoted exclusively to the prep aration cf the proprietary medicine. Does not this exclusively prove, if you are sick, that Hood's Sarsaparilla is the medicine for you to take? SOI GOOD ADVICE. Make Yourself Pure in Thought, Word And Deed. WHOLKSCMi: SL'GGKsTIONd TO YOUNG " PEOPU: AN1 Ol.Il ONES AS WELL "BY THINK WOU IS THOU SHALT BE CON DEMNED AND BY THY WORDS THOV SHALT BE JUSTIFIED." N. II. J owpes, in Word ami Works. Young man. young woman, of "Youth aid Beauty" be p rj in thought, Word and deed. In tho; :dit, because thought makes the m u, for "as a man thinketh in his Iteart so is he." It is the thoughts that we entertain that shape our characters and color our lives. From the life ot young men and women it is plainly to be seen what kind of thoughts they have for their constant companions, for they take root in the heart and spring forth into the life. We are not responsible for the people who pass our door but we are responsible for those whom we invite into our homes to enjoy our fireside and our so ciety, even so we are not respon sible for the thoughts that flit through the mind, for the evil one is forever casting his fiery darts at us, if happy he may ob tain a footing and destroy that which is good, but we are re sponsible for the thoughts which we entertain and harbor. An impure thought of temptation may flash through the mind but if cast" out immediately it is no sin and can do no harm, but if it is thought of and enrolled as a sweet morsel under the tongue it becomes sin and does harm. A little leak has sent many a noble ship, to the bottom of the sea; so an evil thought has sent many a soul to perdition. The heart is the foundation upon which we build character: As we build our magnificent buildings upon a solid foundation, and are care ful to have it secure, so in building- character that is not built for a generation but for eternity it behooves us to see that the foun dation is sure and secure. Doubt less, thought is the greatest power belonging to mortal man. It is by thought that greatness is achieved, victories gained, that empires rise and fall. The greatest things that have ever been given of the world, all in ventions and discoveries have been by thoughtful minds. Very few things have been stumbled upon accidentally by idle, thoughtless men; if apparent ao cidents have happened it has been to those who have searched long and earnestly and in every direction for the secret that was at last unfolded. We can often tell by the faces of those whom we meet what are the thouguts of the heart, for thoughts leave their tell tale marks upon the face as well as upon the life. There is one with a proud and hauty look, there is one with sensual lines, another who has a covetous or avaricious look, cunning and selfish, anoth er with a pleasant face, or honest, or pure and good. It so happens that by the aid of these things our fellowmen know us better than we imagine. Be pure then that the face and life may bear their messages of love to the world. It so happens that there is a certain class of young men who thiuk it is a disgrace to be pure or even to be thought of as such. When they meet their worst side is seen; if there is any thing to be spoken of it is the impure things, hiding the good if there is any good in them, they attempt to make themselves out to be worse than they real.y are. Thev think it is not manly to be pure minded, while those who try to be pure and dare to show it are often called "sissy boy." Perhaps from fear or rid icule the pure is hidden from sight The world stands in need of courageous young" men who dare to be and do right because right is right. It is very easy to be good and do good at times, to say kind and polite things and to act the part of a gentleman, even when the heart is fuil of bitterness, hatred and murder. What we desire to see is a life of purity. The impure thoughts may be kept out of sight for a long time, they may smoulder away for months, but if allowed to smoulder they will surely burst into a flame and the world see the conflagration. The bank cashier was tempted a long time before he yielded, he watched his opportunity, but at last it came and the world knew of his sin. Therefore - be p u r e in thought. He pure in word, "for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." Thoughts affect us directly and others in directly, while words affect oth ers directly Confer a short time with a young man and you will be able to tell much of his mind, for he will be sure to speak of the things that interest him most. How the first impure word that we uttered or heard others utter shocked us, but after awhile those same impurities become a delight, showing that "the heart is deceitful above all things." If the pure-minded are shocked and pained when obliged to listen to what is impure, how must it be to a pure and holy God. The power of words upon men and the lives of men are be ing tested daily, by one person persuading another either to do eyil or to do good. By words men are led to give up evil hab its, to reform, or a throng of peaceful citizens may be incited until they become a howling mob, taking vengeance upon in nocent mortals. Some homes are very impure, things that ought never to be mentioned an spoken of as if there were no lines to be drawn. The other day a young married lady said to me, "I would not want my little girl to live in such a home and be obliged to listen to the langu age that is spoken there." What sort of children are such homes turning out into the world? "We must give an account of every idle word;" although we may think idle words that amount to nothing they are recorded against us, and "by thine words thou shalt be condemned and by thy words thou shalt be justified." It matters not what we say and how we say it. James says "he that stumbleth not in word is a perfect man," and "if he does not bridle his tongue his religion is vain." Be pure in deed not because you expect to be applauded, but because it is right. One young man said of another "he is a clean young man," he was in a position to say so, although he himself made no pretentions of being good, from the tone of voice we perceived that he had great respect for the clean life of that young man. It is the pure lives that leave effect upon the world, and such lives are not lived in vain. There are those who may laugh aud sneer, but at the same time they cannot help but admire the life that can re main pure and good in the midst of so many temptations, in the midst of so much that is impure and stained and polluted by com ing in contact with the world. So again, I say be clean, be pure in thought, word and deed. For the pure in heart shall see God. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able .to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., 1 Toledo, O. J Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The Dunraven Charges. f J- Will Jii t LIVV. tl LUC j New York Yacht Club,sittingas ia court of inquiry into the charges made by Lord Dunraven against the people in charge of the Defender, concluded its labor of taking testimony in the case Tuesday. The loti arrav of witnesses who took the stand on behalf of the Defender syndicate aud gave evidence entirely re futing the charges of foul play, brought by the Irish Karl, had all been examined by Monday night with the exception of some of the riggers from New York and Boston, who added their quota Tuesday morning to the already overwhelming mass of rebuttal testimonv. George R. Asquith, Lord Dun laveu's counsel, came alone for the first time since the session opened. J. A. G. Hamilton, Dunraven's private secretary, who was one of the stenogra phers of the hearing, has left for London on board the Noith German Lloyd steamer Harvc. Nothing could be gotten out of any member of the committee beyond this from Mr. Whitney: 'It will be some days before the report will be ready. The evidence has all been taken and were through except for making the report. I cannot say what day the decision of the committee may be expected. A Farmer Murdered. In Richmond county, near the South Carolina line, Scott Currie, a white farmer, was assassinated by four white men Rob't Wil son and Alex. Wilson, brothers, and Peter L. Pate aud his son Wm. Pate. Currie left home at night to visit a neighbor and did not return. His wife next morn ing at daylight went to the house of the man her husband had said he would visit. She found her husband's body within seventy-five yards of the house. His brains were beaten out and he was shot through the head and arm. The coroner held an in quest and evidence quickly de veloped against the lour men named above. Their arrest fol lowed and the Wilson brothers confessed that all four were guilty of waylaying Currie and that Wm. Pate did the shooting. All are in jail. Keep Your Husband Happy. By feeding him well. By serving meals on time. By not boring him with do mestic history. By taking an intilligcnt inter est in his affairs. By judicious flattery and equal ly judicious blame. By being an ornament to his household and a credit to his taste. By not locking up the ways of a sweetheart in the chest with your bridal veil. New York World. Will Erect a Sanitarium. Capitalists are negotiating for the erection of alarge sanitarium, to be built on the water front between Hampton and Newport News, Va. The building, if constructed according to present plans, vill be an imposing edi fice ofgranite of no small pro portions. The woman who dreads get ting thin should eat plenty of eggs and drink milk. She should not be afraid of pure candies pre fering those known as creams. Candy should never be eaten be tween meal by any one whether they are dieting or not. Its place is at the end of a meal and then it should be properly masti cated, says an exchange. Dunraven has offered the Val kyrie for sale. Somebody ought to buy it just to get so good a boat out of such bad hands,thinks the Augusta Chronicle. To be Built at Newport News.Va. The Newport News Shin, amlding aud I)rv Dock Co.. have been awarded the contract for building the two new U. S bat tleships (the Kcarsarge and her unnamed mate) and will bcKiu work 011 them in about thirty days. The force of workmen in the van! will be increased from 2,200 to 4,000. Kach ship will measure 370 feet, with 72 feet inch beam, 4,000 tons displace, Jcnt, 1; knots per hour, and 11 -000 horse-jKnver. Thev will carry four thirtcen-inch and four ei;ht-inch Kuns, besides many other smaller ones, and will cost the Government 250,000 apiece. Fort Monroe Very Week. It is said that the main pur pose of General Miles' visit to the cities of the South Atlantic coast was to ascertain by person al inspection the actual condition of the coast defense in that sec tion and to call the attention of the Southern people to the ex posed position thev Would occu py in the event ot hostilities. He was particularly impressed with the antiquated character of the defenses at Port Monrtxv xvliil, t - - - f x. at are relied upon not only to juaid 1 A 1 . uie national capital and Balti more and Norfolk aud Richmond from attack by water, but even more to form an impregnable base of naval operations .-m.l safe refuge for our warships in uie event mat tlicy were forced to retire before an overwhelming hostile naval force. Although the War Depar' incut has very little money available, it will probably take immediate steps to improve the defenses there, rely ing upon sufficient appropria tions from the present Congress to restore the works to the stand ing they had at the breakingjout of the civil war, namely, one of the strongest systems of defenses in the world. (ft e? friends. Come aud feast on my low cut prices and new goods. SANG ACL AUSE will make my store his head quarters this season. Come out children, tell your mama to bring you out aud see the pretty goods, they will all be in and opened up in a few days. go gov Mfant Shoes Buy here and get the wortli of your hard earned cash. My line FURNI5URE was never better. Pull lmc no tions, Hats, Caps, clothing, and don't forget that this is the place to save money in buying your Klegant oak suits lrom 20.00 to $25.00. Nice dining chairs &c, the line is complete. Turner's N. C. Almanac for 1806 is now ready and on sale here. This "old reliable" Alma nac has an Annual Sratc Record. It is indispcnsiblc in any family. All kind school books constantly on hand. Come and see my bargains. E. S. Norman. J. H. BELL, The Tinner. Manufacturer and Repairer of Tiff and Slet Iron W arc. Roofing and Guttering A SPECIALTY. ItIftlri orHfovcH. All work attended to promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Only first class shop in Edenton Having found it necessary 1 1 r- oy uie request ot ray many patrons to remove on Broad street, 1 MAY BE FOUND upstairs in the new ETTIICK jUILDING, near Brinkleys Emporium. XS. E. DYRD, Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician, EDKjrrotf. N. C