FOR PUBltlGlTY I ( 4 - . BMM I FrTlcXKVS! bubotiibc to the Ftstjetman & Farmer OCoutains latest ami lict news featmci up to date of issue. Advertise m the II fisherman & Faram rail . It lias The t I I;argcst Girclilotioij. J 1 ONE DOLLiAR per Year, in Advance." ELIZABETH CITY, N C, FRIDAY, MAY 7 97 Established 1886 s,0 XjesLd.in.g' INTe wsipsiper of tn.e First XDistriot. O Tl YOU TAKE NO RISKS i when Inlying shoes of ns. SPRING STYLESM NOW IN. Ladies Oxford Ties, laced and ' 'button in the New Coors now lifted j Nol1) styles for Men ami Hoys in Red, ' " Chocolate r.. ul Tan DOYLE & SAALL.j v,2.MainSt. NORFOIK, VA. ;!( ::i'ion Fisherman & Farm-jr. ) A. S. FOREMAN, Successor to J. R. Wynn & Co. Wholesale Fish Commission Merchants, TN'o. x, Roanoke Dock. iNTorfolk, Virginia. Hcfci'CIK Bank of Commerce; R. Cr. Dunn Mer cantile Agency; Adams and Southern nr ss Company, or any lare busi-ir-s.s firm in Norfolk. Monuments arjd Tombstones r-vjADESIUNS SENT FREE. In writing jive some limit as to price and state aye of de ceased. -LARGEST STOCK- a5iu the South to select from. Couper Marble fflorks, (KstaUished 1S4S.) i-,t j I" lkmk St., Norfolk, Va. 1 MAY BULLETIN, i E The weather man if Dinned g down to facts would probably 3 suggest that the season is now all EE right for Negligee Shirts, modest i E neckwear and Spring Pantaloons. That is our opinion too. We back l r up our belief by showing the now- B est ideas at right prices. 2 Men's Negligee Shirts May 2 E Special new 1897 designs-pre t- 2 E ty patterns and handsomely made 3 " shirts to sell them rapidlv we E price at 50 cents each, Men's 2 E white body colored bosom strik- 2 E ingly handsome designs worn 3 E with white collars the newest 75 . 2 E cents- 2 g Men's Spring Pantaloons the 2 E proper styles of materials hand- 3 g somely tailored in the 1897 cut 2 and style good value at higher 2 g prices May price $2.00. Better r at $3-00 and up, but each pair at 3 g value. 3 E Men's May Neckwear in the 2 g new and pretty bold colorings in 3 E plaids and stripes in club ties in 2 tecks and scarfs, in four-in-hands, 3 E the new ideas. A pretty fashion- E able club tie at 25 cents, better at 2 E 45 cents- 2 E Our store is full of right ideas 3 for gentlemen at careful prices. 2 e THEE 5A.XK 2 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiuiuiuiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ASK the recovered liyaa-rA oyspepiics, diugus ui Ta llilM il k, r-rafcre'rs. victiir of fever and ague, tfie mercurial diseased patient, how they recovered health, cheerful spirits and good apoetite: thev will tell I aftll J 17' V 1 :& ou ly taking Simmons Liver Regulator. The Cheapest, Purest and Rest Family .'iruitlliv JM 1:10 ITUHUi ' For DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION, Jaundice, . Pilious attacks, SICK. HI'.AP ACHE. Colic, Depres sion of Spirits, SOUK STOMACH, Heartburn, etc. 1 This unrivaled remedy warranted not to contain a single panicle of M er vry, or any mineral substauos, I but is i PURELY VEGETABLE, 1 containing those Southern Roots and Herbs which aA, ! all-wise Providence has placed in countries whera ' I.iver Diseases most prevail. It will core W IHseaites caaited ty Ueraugement of ih Liver and liowi-Is. el he SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a hitter or bad taste in the mouth ; Pain in the Hack, Sides or Jjints, often mistaken for Rheumatism; Soar Stomach; Loss of Appetite; Bowels alternately , coniive and lax ; Headache ; Loss of Memory, with a paintul sensation ot having tailed to do something which aught to have been done; Debility; Dow Spirits ; a thick, yellow appearance of the Skin and Eyes ; a dry Cough, often mistaken for Consumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms attend tht disease, at others very few ; but the Liven, the largest organ in the boc'", is generally the scat of the disease, and if not Regulated in time, great suffering, wretch edness and DEATH wiil ensue. The following bighly-c-tecmcd persons attest to the virtues of Simmons L;vi.k Uu.i laiok: Gen.W. S. Holt, Pres. Oa. S. W. k. K. Co. ; Rev. J. R. Fclder, Perry, Ga.; Col. E. K. Sparks, Aiiianv.Ga.; C. Master son, Esq. .Sheriff liibb C" .,(ia.; ). A. liutts, Uainbridge, Ga. ; Rev. J. W. KurTe, Macon, (ia.; Yirgil Powers, Supt. Ga. S. W. R. R. ; Hon. Alexander H.Stephens. We have listed its viriut- jH.-1-sonalIy, and know that for Dyspepsia, Hiliou-nc5s and Throbbing Head, ache, it is the best mcciiriiie the world ever saw. We have tried forty other remedies before Simmons Liver Regulator, and none of them gave us more than tem porary relief; the Regulator not only relieved, but cured us." Ed. Telegraph anu Messknc.ek, Macon, Ga. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY J. II. ZEILIX & CO.. Phi!, aelphia. Pa. S.L.STORER c&CO A'hoie3iIe Dealers and Shippers of all kinds of I FULTON FISH MARKET "li:W YOK'K. We work harder for tlie inter est of the Southern fishermen than any house in the business. If your Stencil ii not in 00 1 o der let us know, i-TWe Employ no Agents and I'ay no Commissions. W I IOLES Ah i: COM M ISSIO S NO. 7 I-ULTON MARKK'I. New York. Samuel B. Miller, ) Clarence G, Miller 5 Snecial Attention Given to HE SALE OF NOR TH CARO LINA SHAD. Stencils ami Stationary F'umishedon Applic-af ion WE EMPLOY NO AGENT. A GALA DAY. At Nashville, Where the Cen tennial Exposition was FORMALLY OPENED BY The President Pressing the Morse Key, The Tennessee centennial ex position was opened at noon, May 1st, with appropriate eeie monies, in the presence of many thousands of people. The weather was bright and cool and at an early hour the sheets of Nashville were thronged with people assembled to witness the parade of the Essenic Order and other societies. The procession formed on the public square and marched through the principal streets to the exposition grounds. Inclement weather which prevail ed the day before interfered with the arrangements for the parade in honor of the visiting supreme officers of the Ancient Essenic Order, yet it was a most credit able affair and manitested their appreciation of opening of the exposition. The procession was headed by a detachment of mounted police, followed by the local divisions of the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, officers of the Tennessee batalliou and other organizations Governor Taylor and his stall in open carriages, went to the grounds later. The public buildings and Inm dreds of business houses and pris vate residences along the line of march and every other portion i of the city are handsomely adorned with national colors and other decorations and present a very beautiful appearance. Arriving at the exposition grounds those in the procession joined with thousands of other visitors in inspecting the s.plen did buildings and very attractive grounds. PRESSED THK BUTTON. In compliance with a request of the executive committee of the Nashville (Tennessee) cen tennial, the president opened the exposition by wire from the White House at one o'clock. The arrangements were very simple in detail. The circuit was made up by Western Union officials under the supervision of Mr. Montgomery, executive clerk in charge of the telegraph, and of Manager Marean, of the West ern Union. The wires were made direct to Nashville, by way of Richmond, Va., and Ashe ville, N. C, repeaters being used at the former place. The circuit was a little over 700 miles in length. Immediately upon the completion of the circuit into the exposition grounds, the Pres ident was notified by Secretary Porter and at once walked across the hall to the telegraph room, where, under the guidance of Mr. Montgomery, he stepped up to the desk, placed his finger on a Morse key and slightly de pressed it, which action instants ly gave the signal to the Nash ville end and put in motion the wheels of the exposition. Members of the Tennessee del egation in Congress, Pension Commissioner H. Cay Evans and several other prominent Tennesseaus witnessed the cere mony. The arrangements qontem plated a prompt opening of the exposition at noon, central time, but there was a lew minutes de lay in making the final prepar ations. President McKinley stood at the key chatting with Repre sentative McMillan about the exposition, awaiting the signal from Nashville. In the course of his conversation he said he probably would visit the exposis tion in June. At 1:1 1 the following message was ticked off the instrument and handed to Mr. McKinley: "The people of Tennessee-send greetings and request that you nowput in motion the machinery of the Tennessee centennial ex position." j This was signed by President f Thomas, Mr. McKinley then gently pressed-, the instrument and the exposition was opened. Before he left the key the fol-i lowing message was received: "People wild. The gun went offj all-right. Bands playing and! whistles g o i u g. Everybody j shaking hands." j Mr. McKinley smiled and ex-j T 1 ' . .- . . 1 pressed 111s irraiincation at me' success of the undertaking. Af ter receiving the thanks of the Tennesseaus and shaking hands! with them, he retired' to the cabinefroom. . One Boy Murders Another. The Tarbcro Southerner says: "Charles Whitaker and Joseph Neal, two colored boys, not over 11 or 12 years old, got into a quarrel over a compost heap, about a mile from Battleboro. Sunday morning, while all the!scene- suspicion had already other lolks about the place had gone to church. During the quarrel both boys went to the house, and Whitaker took a gun and shot Neal in the neck, re suiting in his death. After Whitaker had killed Neal, he carried the body to a reed inarsh about 150 yards away and hid it. It appears that he went back to the house and attempted to wash up the blood stains on the floor. When the dead body was missed, Whitaker claimed that he did not know anything about him. Monday morning some neigh bors who had hearrl the report of a gun Sunday, went to the house to make a search for the missing boy Blood stains were discovered on the floor, and a closer search revealed a trail of blood leading to where the body, had been carried. In the mean' time the young murderer had skipped, but was caught later on at Whitakers. H e acknowl edged doing the deed, and when asked why he did it, said he didn't allow anyone to call him a d 1. "The boy is now in jail and will have a preliminary trial be fore Justice Keech Thursday." The editor of a neighboring country newspaper thus gives his experience: "Somebody is writing for the papers that aps pies eaten just before retiring are a great help to digestion. We tried it and about two o'clock we dreamed that a fiery red dragon with a pea green tail and eyes as big as a soup plate were carving us with a meat saw and sword. We final ly awoke to frnd our good wife fanning us with a bed slat and trying to get the baby out of a coal scuttle, where we had put it to keep the dragon from get ting it. Darn the apples. Give us prunes." Ex. .'I.:-: .,to c-.v..,- jii.i 'i'Otcvc.''- iv ::J5 ii!:: r.cr. v:r-( r, t;:!.o Ne-To---.vi-rkor tiint snu!ccs: v nil: jr.- n :str. uOc cr s-s. C'ury f.'"as-n-id sample tree. Aiktrcss in;; KeiiiC.ly Co., C'aicaro cr New York. The man who pays his bills cheerfully and promptly is a great blessing without any disguise on. He discharges his own duties and enables others to do likewise. Durham Sni. No. 117. White Enamelpd Stcrt Bed. solid brasa trimmings. We havo them 54 in. wide, 48 in. wide, 43 in. wide and 36 in. wide. - All sizes are 78 in. long. Special Price any size) (orders promptly filled.) Everywhere local dealers are saying unkind things about us. Their cus tomers are tired of paying them double prices; our immense (free) money saving catalogue is enlightening the masses. Drop a postal now for com plete catalt one of Furniture, Matting, Carpets. Oil Cloths, Baby Carriages, Refrigerators, Stoves, Fancy Lamps, . Bedding, Springs, etc. The catalogue costs you nothing and we pay all post age. Get double value for your dollar by dealing with the manufac- - turers. JULIUS HINES & SON, BALTIMORE, MP. SLEW THEM FUTHEH Otisn, of Beaufort, , Killed by 13 Year-Old Son. AIDED BY TWO SI STERS. Fired a Load of Squirrel Shot Into His Father's Heart, Saying They Would hitch upthe UX-uartana UO. " r x- Beamort countv, N. C. iias . , , ' . no.TiM wn !ip ccpho nTnr-- til wVV.- . tragedy. 'pi.:- - - -ii f 1 u ,aLUtr Aas :iiCti I in coI,i bloo(i !" his son-st years old. j A dispatch lrom Washington, N. C, gives the following par ticulars of the horrible crime : "Monday afternoon about 6:30 o'clock, the news waa received here that a murder had been committed near Hunter's bridge. Messrs. Irviu Bremley, John j Oden, Burwell Jones and Claude j Robcrson went down to the centered When these gentlemen reached the home of Oden. thev found nearly one hundred people gath- ered, and the children in the house setting by the fire. They were immediately placed under arrest and held until the coroner reached there. The children protested their innocence, saying they knew nothing about it. Just prior to the hearing this morn ing belore the coroner, the boy confessed the crime, saying: 'I shot my father about twenty-five leet from the door.' lie said his sister told him to shoot him, they could take the hind wheels of the wagon and make an ox cart and go where they pleased. The younger sister said sub stantially what her biother did. The oldest girl claimed her father was shot in the woods, but did not know whether her brother did it or not. Oden was shot in the left side in the heart, tn shot, 'squirrel,' entering that organ, and his left : through the crucible of public lung was snot all to pieces. The.. , r , & c , 1 . . j inspection belore it can nope lor cause of the murder was tuat the ! 1 1 boy ran away last week. When complete public confidence. The he' returned,' his lather told him paper which starts out with an he was eoine to puni sh him. axe in one hand and and a His sister told the boy if the father attempted to carry out his threat to kill him, a com mand executed to the letter, and our county gazes upon another crime too horrible to chronicle. The coroner's jury's verdict was that Lewis Oden came to his death at the hands of his chil dren, Mariettajarvis and Amesia Oden. They were brought to the city this morning jail. and lodged in NEW POSTMASTERS. Harry Skinner is rettinr iu his work in getting Democrats i removed and having new post masters appointed in the first district. Last week M. M. Alex ander was removed at Creswell, Washington county, aud C. T. Spruill appointed; Warren Brick house was removed at Columbia, Tyrrell county, and Mayuard Davis appointed, aud J. T. Hay man had to bite the dust at Con oho, Martin county, to make room for J. L. Hines. There's Truth in This. A town is likea large family; we are interested in each other's welfare or should be. A cut throat ever y-man-for-himself-policy means ruin for the whole community. It means retrogra tion and failure. - The first les son any family must learn, to be happy and successful, is unity and mutual assistance. The same applies to the business life of a town and the more generally it is obeyed the more abundaut will be the city's prosperity, Canton Advance. The Insurance Convention at Southern Piues the last week in April was a success. During the Couvention the notable statement was made that out side insurance companies pay in to this State $ i . i o for every $ i .00 we pay them.. We are not pre pared to question this statement, but it is hard to believe. Bib lical Recorder. Ta-: V fscarcts Otidv Cutcartic. ori It C. C. C. lull to cure, urai.sts r-.-furiU a.oi J. H. BLOUNT DEAD. For Twelve Years Solicitor of First Judicial District. Hon. J. H. Blount, who has been critical! v ill for some weeks died at 4 oLck last Saturday, the 1st lMst., at Ins home at, Greenville, N. C. . ' I Mr. Blount was for twelve; jvcars Solicitor of this District,! ; and a mcst excellent prosecuting j attorney. Two years ago he moved Irom Hertford to Green - 1 -n , c . , . ville. . . C ... n:ul lorn cd a Cos j ' -- J - - . ipartnehhip with J. L. Fleming at har lnr-v lie ranked with the ablest lawvers of North 'Carolina He was buried Sunday at Tar-i boro. Peace to his ashes. A reallyGood Newspaper, It is impossible to estimate the value of a really good news paper to the community. Year after year the size and scope of the paper is enlarged with the growing demand of its constitu ents. As there is no royal road to learning so there :s no royal road to success in newspaper making. Newspapers grows by inches, not by leaps and bounds They are creatures of hard and incessant toil, and honest, pains taking endeavor. A man goes to them not only for the news but for history and law and the ology. His paper tells him where to make his purchase. Crooks find that the man who reads the newspaper is "onto their little game and they seek the fellow who is not a subscriber when they want to sell an exception ally fine gold brick or a batch of green goods. But a newspaper must have a reputation just the same as an individual and this cannot be obtained by self - recommenda - Itious and vouchers. It must eo! griud-stou in the otlr never i reaches the goal. The news 1 IlC IieV.S- paper which oeeius -ins its life! v stating that i in this world b it intends to "plant flowers over the graves of its contemporaries" invariably goes to the journalise tic God's acre uuwept,unhonored and unsung. The newspaper that tries to rise on the ashes of its rivals is generally picked up by the dirt cart itself, and every body is glad when the rubbish is carted away. Ivx. According to the Savannah News, ex-Champion James J. Corbett has brought suit for in junction against Thomas A. Ed ison to restrain him from manu facturing and selling films of the Corbett-Courtney fight, as he claims uuder the contract he and his manager, W. A. Brady were to have exclusive control of these films. The ex-champion is evi dently trying to save all he can from the wreck. The essence of life is force. Every breathyoubrea.the,every h heart beat, every motion of your hand, takes force. The tj measure of force we call vital- L ity. If this is bckinp;, there is h los, of flesh, lack of resistive R power, a tendency to catch di sease easily, especially a tend ency to Consumption. For low vitality nothing; is better than Scott's Emulsion. It supplies fores by furnishing; the nourish incr, strenp-thenino; elements of food in an easily digested form; a enriches the blood, and builds u? the system. When ordinary food is of no avail, Scott's Emulsion will supply the body with all the vital elements of life. Tvo sices, 50 cts. and SiJDO. AH druggists. If you will ask for it we will send you a back telling you all about Scott's Eniubica. Free. SCOTT U BOWXE, Xc.v York. j 1 in Vitality r j LYNCHED Bf NEGRO ES Six of Their Race StruDg Up by Them for Rape. i THEIR FIENDISH CRIMES - j Ravished Twj Young Girls And Burned One AlsoMurder- ed the Father. j por thrce murders, ravishing j tWQ irs. aml buruh 1S? cIoNVU lhc 1. ?. , c . . t. m:tp'le home of lheir victims j Jlu incarcerating their bodies, i s l x --perhaps sev. n negroes last Friday night ."it tiered the death penalty at the hands of a mob of their own race. At midnight, a nio! of negroes j took "rom a room at Sunnyside, I Texas, where they were being ! guarded, Piyette Rhone, aged 21; Will Gates, 35; Lewis Thom as, 20; Aaron Thomas, 13; Jim Thomas 14; Benny Th.nnas 15, the four latter being brothers, and Will Williams, all negroes, and hanged the first six named to an oak tree. The seventh was to have been hanged, but has disappeared. Several shots were heard shortly after the mob took them from the room, and he may have tried to escape. The negroes all confessed to have murdered Hcnrv Daniel, an old negro, his step daughter, Marie, and a seven-year-old child, burning the bodies of the two oldest by setting fire to the cabin where the crime occurred, and throwing the little one's body ins to a well. ( )11 man-Daniels had the proceeds of a robbery which tne Thomas boys had committed and demanded it ot him under pain of death. They outraged the grown girl and the seven-year-old girl, and then killed 1 both i Ghost was a Sleepwalker. I 1 ! j Young residents of Harley j ; settlement, near Groton, N. Y.,j i whose courage Sunday night at ! i in mo ir ot n w iiitp rnnpn r.frnrc, .1 'Tj r 1. . ! r are n0t answer,nS questions i . ,. ... 1. i. showed Miss Jessie Culver to be the heroine ot the neighbor - hood. There was a birthday party at the farmhouse of Joseph Stebbins in honor of his eldest son, David, and a score of the young man's associates partici pated in the festivities. While those who had been at the party were 0:1 their way home, about midnight, a wdiite figure was seen moving toward them. "It's a ghost," said Thomas Baker, the recognized leader of the I young folks, aud then everybody but Miss Culver fled. She advanced to meet the figs lire, and when it reached her she recognized the face of her friend, Miss Carrie Thompson, and, seizing-her in the arms, shouted to her timid female companions: "Come here quick. There is no ghost, but poor Carrie Thomp son is walking in her sleep." When awakened Miss Thomp son screamed aud fainted in Miss Culver's arms. She soon recov ered, however, and was assisted back to her home by her friends, who found it necessary to awaken her parents belore she could en ter the house, as the somnambu list had evidently made her es cape from a window in her room to a roof underneath aud thence to the around. She was clad only in her night robe, a j light Shawl and Slippers. Whipped Negro And Voman. White .... . . , , of Walter Price at. the foot of Paris Mountain, near Green ville, N. C, late Saturday night and severely beat him and a white woman named Mary Roch ester, with whom he lived. Price is a negro. The woman is badly hurf. She recognized some of the party as white men living in and near Greenville. KrerTbody SaTB So. C;;"c;:; ji3 ( aii 2v Catl'art!c. the most won derful !!i"ui al discovery of tl:c ape, !cas-1 ant stia reu-f-sianer to tno taste, act frecuy and ifjS:tivi Iv r.n kii'mpvi livi-r uril lrfiv.-l t cieaiisirig the entire system, di8tei coiis, ; cur; headaciie. fev-r, fcaliitual tonstipatioa arm biliousness. Vleaso buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 25. 50 cents, tivld and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. FUty Years Ago. No tbeory cl germ to chill Affcclior' budding tlliscs; When rde.-t lor-rt took fill. No mi. lobes on their Lhsc.t. How happy thry were net to know The germ lad 50 year ago. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is tho standard family remedy of tho world for colds, couha and lung diseases. It id not t; palliative, and is not thcrcforo put up in small cheap bottler. It is put up in largo bottles for the household. They cost more but cure moro. Fads como and go but no theory or fad can overthrow the fact, that the greatest euro for all colds, coughs and throat and lunff diseases, is Ayor'a Cherry Pectoral. 50 Years of Cures. DAVENPORT, MORRIS CO., Wholesale Giocers .and Com mission Merchants And Dealers in r.ir n rr V';lSlj: gichmond, yirginia. Consignments of North C.uo lina Herring solicited, and pro, eceds remitLd in cash. On account of our intimate acquaiulance.aud frequent trans action with the grocery trade of the WesL and South we are able to handleN. C. Fish to thebvst possible advantage, and we aie known evi ry where as the largest distributors tm this market. E. W. ALBAUGH & SONS W h o lesu 1 1 t 'o 1 1 1 111 i s i 0 1 1 .M . rr 1 1 u n 1 1 j .nl ,rj ".nj r, ff ViPf 1 ''j ; .rl ,r ,il. , . ,- t .1 .t . .r-.1 j -pER R I PIN AND GAME, 1 .xo.wi Lu-ia mh-i wi.ai-r. j J5 ALTIMOR E j pro,iipt Returns, Quick Sales- KKFKUKNCL Citizen National Hank. VV. J Ilnoner 'i Co. Stencils Furnished Free. KHtJiblihhed tSCl. SAML. M. LAWDER & SON. WfioIcMilf 'ornrnlHiiri l !i!i-i in Fresh Fish Soft CniliM Terrapin, L'tc. 125 Light St. Baltimore, Md. uick .Sales! Prompt Return KKI'EKKNCKS Tl-:iIi:!h Niit'l. 15ank, Diii.h Mi i 'a it I ! Ar nc Win . J . ilo.'ii er A- o. .1. fiiik lr:u i o, etitriis Narl. liank. The J. S. Johnson Co ESTABLISHED 188(5. The Most Reliable I louse- Norfolk. FEUER5TEIX&G"- , wholksalk;- FISH COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOOT OF ICOAKOKI-: DOCK. TSTcrfoll-:, "7"ci Quick Sales, Prompt Returns. Rtfcicncts !y I'crn.ission: City National JJank; K. . Dunn M-r 1:111 tilt- Ai'cik v: Soulht-tii :i;i(l Ailant:; I.j,u:.s Co. We respectfully solicit a share of "jour jjatronagc. Stencils r. : 1. , .1 .... luniiMicu uu a 1 iiitaiiuii. ESTABLISHED 1887- Odell Bros., Commission Merchants. (Consignments Solicited. Bradstreet's or Dunn's Agency, City National Bank, Citizens Bank, Norfolk, Va., or any shipper in the South Norfolk, Va.