North Carolina Newspapers

I! 11 i't 1 Everybody who reads the Fisljevman & Farmer Pronounces it to be the best paper in Elisabeth City, and the NewsJestt ilia ttlhi EDlstirilctt. TUB rFistjetmau &. Farmer : IS IN THE LEAD. X Haj the largest circulation of J paper in the District Established 1889 ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance. ELIZABETH CITY N C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, i 1897 II of tlie jxe-wspaper ZDistrict II I) ii 13 ASK tke rrinrwad 5Tpptice, bUiovs mai- ferara, TietlM of ferae 'ad ru, tba KMrrorial etteeaaed yuittt, baw tbey reoo Tared fceaUa. eheerfUl apiriaj aad gaaA apatite; tbey will WI fx mm yen by takiar Si Lit Rmvlatob. TV c' rnrt mnl Tiat YaoaUy M-'llne in tho TTorld! nvsrr.rsM. ro;-n?ATIOX, Ta IV.ir i.a . ij tm.edr i warranted at ta caataJa 1. f 11 . . - .... .rTil-M iHUCUIIT,ru; BUMttlN PURELY VEGETABLE, - 1 : rlie fu;kni Rmu Bad Herbe wkieb aS) ic '; has placed ia eauatiiea wbara ;.. 1-..- rr.wt prevail. It Will BMTm mM i"'"Mri nuen .y i-ragaimapt ar Ij... r. 5 ?nwer. ' .. . . ;Ve r.mk; Tula ia the Back, Sldea ' . ;t. r.iuten lor KaauraaUea ; mm 1 i i.,;.-.ri, f Appetire; Howeie aJteraaaaly "'. H..dacrie; Loee ef Meaary, witb a ,. ... ...i in .; hT:n fniled te da aaMtaiag H'tn done; Debility; Ierw ;--irt'.. - . eii ipearance of the Skla aad ..-.. Ocn inrakea for Cenaumpdaa. .-p-i.-r. . ... f tlic-ie Tntptoma attend aba ...-. .-,;t ; but he Lite, tat largaat i ; . " t the aeat of the rlliem, - ' - ' tine, jraat auAariaf, vratch f A A. cmui. . - - . e:cemed ncneit mm m iU ivm Kici'Lato: Ga.W. 8. ' P. R-C-..; Re. J. R. Fallar. -i ,r...;rvikt. AihanT,G.; C. Uaata. - ..:; .Ce .(..; J. A. tutt.Baiabridf, ' j r.:ke. Macon, Ga.; Virgil Powara ' -."... i i -n. Alexaader H. Stepkaaa. . . .--t nrtucr personally, aad kaav ....... f. !ie., and Tkrokkiaf HaadV .. ... 'O'nr ike irarid avar aaw. We .. .K- r eriies hef.ire Siataiona Lirar .... (iiTeui more tka Hal ;hr f- f -,:-r not nnly reliered, butcarad ' , r. fn r'D ttlessr.KCB. Macoh.C. ifFACI L'RBO OULT T - ' :.i A CO.. rWiiaal.kU. r. Get on to This P. DeLON, Repair Sliop,i4 MaUhew Street, ELIZABETH CITY. N- C. With proper tools and much experience I can guarantee work done in the best work manship manner and to be sat isfactory to all. I can als.o sup ply bicyclists with all equip ments belonging to wheels. Prices Low. y shop is thoroughly equip ped which enables me to do work neatly and promptly. Give Xiao a Trial. ISPEIKIQG e RIGHT OUT. Jf it wasn't for what it brought you, your money wouldn't possess much value. It isn't the money that you work for it's what it brings. Make it go as far as possible get the best re turns. Every item you buy from us every dol lar invested in any line brings you the fullest returns. If it isn't that way, speak right out, and the money will be returned. Every sale must be satisfactoiy it's our way and we insist upon it. ' A & GOOD r BIOHTH, For economical buying is August- Weather conditions do not affect our desire to sell yon goods never too hot. or too cold to find values at our store. The lowest prices prevail thromgH August. The kind that gives you comfort, and yet a stylish appearance cool, easy in the most sought for colorings should be marked at $1.00 each, but our August price make them 50 cts. Mens' balbriggan finished equal to the most expensive grades perfectly made perfectly fit ting a plum at the price we name-August value, 35 cts. ' SPECIAb HAT VALUED In the up to-date styles for late summer and early autumn trade-in straight and roll brims soft Fedoras -the most recent .colorings superior values, each Si.oo. "Left-over " ftrw hats shapes of the best-broken sies-but an early selection insures a fit extra values at 25 to 35c X PftNTftLOON Stylishly out and made-possessing every gooa point that goes hand in hand with finely made hieh grade goods-in patterns that are desired b good dressers-worth much more money than we ask for them August value, from $1.00 up. We make a study of what men should wear. When it's summer we show what is most com fortable, and yet conforming to what is jmost stvlish We dress men well, and we make them comfortable for price-for style-for quality. Water Street, LOCOMOTIVE EXPL0SI01T. Body of tht Engineer Thrown np the Mountain Side. Engineer E. Bennett Mitchell was killtd and fireman Jno. R. Cawley seriously injured Mon day moining by the explosion of a locomotive on the North-ru Central railway, at.Georgetown, a few miles north of .Harrisburg. Pa, 1 The victims were both res idents of JIarrisburg,, and had been in the passenger service of the company for many years. Mitchell was thrown up the side of a mountain a distance of sixty feet, and was dead when found. Fireman Cawley was hurled in an opposite direction. almost to the edge of the Susque hanna river. He. was so badly scalded that it is thought he will die. Mitchell's body was taken to his home in Harrisburg. The wrecked locomotive came out ot the shops Saturday after an over hauling, and the railroad offi cials cannot account for the ex plosion. The trucks were thrown irto the river and the tender along the bank. All the carsexceps the rear Pullman sleeper, were derailed. None of the i 'passengers were injured, although several were badly shaken up. The explosion oc curred opposite a watch box, which was reduced to kindling wood, and the watchman badly hurt. The wires and tracks for a distance of 150 yards were torn up and telegraphic communica tion and travel was suspended for several hours. Reward for Rebels. The latest news from Gua tamala states that the price of $ 100,000 has been placed on the heads of Prospero and Morales, the revolutionary leaders. The o rder was promulgated by PresU c eut Barros. VftLUeS. X my 1 59 r Elizabeth City, Nr C. FIEfiO oymoMi ? An Iowa Farmer's Deed Leaves The Question in Doubt. KILLED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. After Completing His Horrible Work he Took His Own Life. . The slaughter of a mother and her six children occurred at the home of John Boecker, a farmer living eight miles north west of Carroll, Iowa, Sunday night. Afterward the fiendish or demented husband and father, at whose hands they died, com pleted his bloody work by send ing a bullet into his own head, inflicting a fatal wound. The family were prosperous Ger mans and as far as is known lived happily. No motive for the tragedy has been disclosed. Boecker's victims are his wife and these children: Caroline, aged 14 ; Christine, aged 9 ; Hen ry, aged 8 ; Lizzie, aged 6 ; John, aged 3 ; an infant. Boecker had an engagement to help a neighbor thresh, and on his not putting in an appears j ance, his brother Henry, whoi lives about 20 rods away, went about 7 o'clock to; see why he did not come. The doors of the Boecker house were locked and there were no signs of life about. Henry tried to get in the house, put met no response, and finally he kicked open the door audj came upon a horrible scene., Boecker, with his wife and baby, slept in a back room, and the three corpses lay on a bed. The wife had been shot in the neck with a shot gua, which stood in the corner ; the baby had been shot and its head crushed with he butt of a revolver. Tne .... . it? 1 u.. mail, stiu Dreaming, a duuci hole high up on the forehead, and by bis side was a Smith & Wesson six shooter, with two chambers empty. The Boecker home is a story and a halt frame louse and up stairs Henry and Lizzie lay on a bed with bullet loles in the forehead, the latter dead, the boy still breathing. In the opposite corner of the same room Caroline, vnrisune and John were dead, each with a bullet hole in the forehead, though Caroline bad two. The indications are that Boecker first dispatched his wife with a shot gun then used the baby, first shooting it and then knocking its brains out with the butt, Boecker then went up stairs where the five .children were sleeping and killed them. He must have used a light, for his aim was effective, each vic tim being shot in the forehead. All but two children met with instant death, for the blood clots were under their heads, and two of them lay as calmly ieposed as if in sleep. Boecker nan re oaded the weapon while up stairs, and evidently sent the second bullet into the eldest girl's brain just before leaving the room. Going down stairs he stretched himself beside the corpse of his wife and shot him self. His right hand was burned by tne powder, showing the rapid use of the revolver. The weapon he had borrowed from his brother Henry, remarking that he wanted it to kill rats in the cellar. He afterwards prac ticed at target shooting with it. Boecker was thirty-four years old, and for over twenty years lived in the same neighborhood, In fact, on the same faring Jic was married eleven years ago, aud after living a year with his parents, moved to the; scene -of the tragedy, wnicn is almost within hailing distance of his old home. He has been re garded as a prosperous farmer, and had only recently bought a 20a acre farm a few miles from his old homestead. The family were visited on the tatal even ing by a neighbor, who- says they seemed to be happy: Memi bers of his father's family say he had no family troubles his financial affairs were 1 in 5 good shape, and they can assign 5 no motive for the terrible crime. Croup Quickly Cured. Mountain Gucn, Ark. Our children were suffering with croup when we received a bolt! of Chamberlains Cough R carted y. Te- n(FrtrAmA ol mntf Snitdnt Tl Imf X k aUUluvu Muiwi aawu F. A. Thornton. Tkis celebrate ed remedy uvfor.... aaleSoy y, W GiJggs-&SQn. " Negroes Back From Liberia. Otley Waite and five children aud G. W. Farmer and wife, all colored, who belonged to a party of 315 emigrants who left Sav annah for Liberia by the steam er Labrador, in March, 1896, have just arrived at Liverpool from Liberia. The Farmers are destitute . and the Waites have onlv enough money to enable them to reach the United States. All the adult members of the party described the conditions of those whom they left in Li beria as being most pitiable. They say the land promised them by the Liberian agent in the United States turned out to be absolutely no good; they claim there is no gold or diamonds there; they assert that more than half the Labrador's party are dead and that the rest of them are trying to reach the United States. The Waites aud Farmers say in conclusion that the Liberian goverumentdid nothing for them and that the climale of the re public of Liberia is most un healthy. With but little care and no trouble, the beard aud mustache caabekepta uniform brown or black color by using Buckingham' Dye for the Whiskers. REV. J. L. WINFIELD DEAD. Rev. J. L. Wiufield, editor of the Watch-tower, the organ of the Christian Church in this State, died at his residence in Washington, N. C, Monday, last, after some days' illness. Mr. Winfield was one of the foremost preachers of his church in the State and had quite a number of positions of trust and honor both in church and state, and at the time of his death was chairman of the county board of education. "For several months, I 'vas troubled with a persistent humor on my head wVich gave me considerablt annoyance until it occurred to me to try Ayer's Hair Vigor. Before using one bottle, the humor was healed." T. T. Adams, General Merchant, Turbeville, Ya. Biggest Watermelon Yet. The biggest melon yet heard of in this State is that sent by express from Charlotte to Mrs. Russell. It weighed 74 pounds just 6 pounds less than the one recently sent to President Mc Kinley fiom Georgia. It came wrapped in dollar wheat, and nobody knows who sent it. It was feet IS liiclies in circum- ference, 4 feet 6 inches long. It was cut open with a sword. It was nerfectlv ripened and of most delicious flavor. Mrs. Rus sell has saved the seed and will next season have them planted on her plantation in New Hano ier county. Ntws & Obstrvtr IYaaraAfo. Wk coaki kMLftae Ut IMt tJeMld to T1 plMt wlrerc. la elk inty-tk? That wktt wV-wlr of td 4mt ' ' ' o4 tew the MtiMM, porl"m Vtf mi. Dm VmU wm tk prie cmfcrve4 0a Ayr ritts. my Ue wd4 yrvfevecd. SiMt) tbx Urt4-fO y Aycrt CatharUc, Pills bat, tran the tin of thair prparaUn, tea a continuous cmootM witk tb public. And that mm tka AytCa Fills aoeompUah what Ss proxaised for tkaxn; thay cW "where tiers fail. X was i ntting. iheredors, tai the world-wide pevluttct &ese piPe should 7 ike World's ra4r.saeAapC 1890-a fsct A." the record: to. HER FIGHTING ABILITY DOUBLED Cruiser Chicago Remodeled and Fitted With Modern Engines. The United States cruiser Chicago was relaunched from the dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard Sep. 22. The ves sel, since being put out of com mission, more than a year ago, kW been dismantled and the boilers and engines removed to make room for those of more modern design. The masts, with their yards, have been un stepped, and their places will be taken by military masts fitted with fighting tops of an im proved design. The bowsprit has also been removed, aud a "straight up" bow put in. The new engines, four in number, and of the most modern pattern, have been constructed by the bureau of steam engineer ing "at the navy yard. They will not be put in until the ship is in deep water. They are of the quadruple-expansion type, and it is believed will drive the ship at a rate of twenty knots an hour. It will be some months before the Chicago will be ready for service. The alterations to the ship will cost about $300,000. When they have been completed the vessel witl be one of the best cruisers in the service. Her speed will be increased and the fighting ability of the ship will be more than double that when she was put into commission more than ten years ago. If your child is puny, fretful, troubled with glandular swellings, , inflamed eyes, or sores on the he-id, face or body, a course of Ayer's Sarsaparilla ts needed to expel the scrofulous hum ors from the blood. The sooner you begin to give this medicine the better. Swallowed a Hat Pin. A delicate surgical operation was performed at the German Hospital at Newark, N. J., Fri day, when a pin five and one-half inches long was removed from a child's stomach. The subject of the operation was Le na Strippe, of Harrison. She was playing on the floor Mon day, and found the hat pin which she put in her mouth. It slip ped down her throat. A woman in the room tried to grasp the poiut of pie pin, which still pro truded from her throat, but the child in breathing drew the pin down into her stomach. The little girl was taken to the Ger man Hospital, where the loca tion of the pin was determined by means of the X rays. The pin was shown upright in the aesophagus, the point only a short distance from the heart. A slight change, in the position of the pin would have caused it to pierce the heart. On this ac count the utmost caution was necessary in the operation for its removal, which is pronounced entirely successful. ' The secret of a speedy cure in sick ness lies ic selecting the proper remedy and this is difficult to do unless one is sure what the ailment' is. But one thicg is sure, had the liver been active ly at woik sickness could not have come. It is then always safe to . take Simmons Liver Regulator which keeps the liver well regulated and all poison expelled from the system. YoursJine and Ours. A western paper tells a story of a mixed brood of children, which reveals the confusion lia ble to exist; in certain families. A widowcrrand widow, each hav ing children, married and chil dren were-subsequentiy born to them. The parents agreed much better; than the children did. One day a stranger, going past their place, heard a commo tion within, out of which rose the voice of thewife, screaming to the husband, Jim 1 Jim ! har ry out into the yard ! Your chil dren and my .children are beat mg tkt lives oat of our children 1 Be Square With Your Paper. Probably no one thing has done more to retard the prog ress of the newspaper in North Carolina than the credit system attached to its subscription list. With few exceptions the news papers published in this State have been issued week after week and sent out to its readers, who strangely enough are set down as subscribers," and with no thought that these "subscri bers'.' will pay anytime before the year ends- Iu fact, with many newspa pers, the "subscriber" who has within, or at the end of a year, is regarded as good pay. It is no unusual circumstance for newspapers that have been runniucr ten or twenty years to have names of persons on their books who have been receiving these papers during the entire existence of the paper, and who have never paid a dollar towards their support. The newspapers in North Carolina that are run upon the sttictly pay in advance plan whose subscribers are cut otf with the last issue paid for are so few that they would make a small list, if published. And yet, with this shiitlessN ness, this is no way of publish ing newspapers, this unlimited credit system, is it surprising that the newspaper business, from a financial standpoint, is a failure in this btate ? In marked contrast with the above style of issuing newspa pers, is the method pursued Dy the thousands of publishers of newspapers who pour tneir editions into North Carolina every week. Is there an outside daily news paper sent into North Carolina to any subscriber who has not paid for it in advance ? How many, weekly or monthly publications are sent to readers in this State for which the sub scription has not been paid ? Aud yet North Carolinians will pay cash in advance for newspapers published in Wash ington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, or New York, Atlanta or Charles ton, and make no protest, while at the same time, if their own home newspapers ask for their subscription in advance, they will consider it a hardship, and make a protest against such a system. Is this a just or a fair treats ment of the home newspaper, which courageously upholds its town, county and btate with all their interests ? The cress of North Carolina to dav is hardworkiug, liberal towards its patrons, patriotic in all matters pertaining to its State, yet it must almost beg for its maintenance. Is it exacting when a news paper demands cash iu advance for its paper? Surely not. Greenville Reflector. They Need Prayers. When the oystermen of New River hold their Thanksgiving Day services in November, we presume they will remember the fusion legislators who passed the law taxing them two , cents on everv bushel or gallon ot oysters (they offer for sale. ; Those legis lators need the prayers 01 some one. Onslow limes. Your Cough, like a dot's feark, is a aigtvlEat there is something foriiB around whfch ihooldnlBir there You can qukt the notse, bat the danger may be there fiat the same. SCOTT'S EMULSION ol Cod-ttver Oil is not a coagh speciikf it docs not merely allay the irrmp'tosns btst it does give such strength to the body that ft is able to throw oil the disease. ' . You know the old proverb of "the ounce si prcrentionr" Don't neckct ytxt covfh. A book which wiU tell yo mosc on the stssjeft senjt free on re quest. ; Yttf draggis SkSSjlW. sioo f CMrr Oi Pui P fa : Scott a aowxs. MmttJ." - fc-- r 1 T BARK'S CREW RESCUED. The Carrie L. Tyler Abandoned Off Cape Hatteras. The Uritish tramp steamer Egremont Castle has arrived in New York from Feruandina, with the captain aud crew of the lumber laden bark Carrie L. Tyler, from Savaunah for New York, which was abandoned about fifty miles south-southeast of Frying Pan Shoals lightship on September 4, in a dismasted and waterlogged condition. On Monday, September o, a north east gale was encountered, with enormous seas, which swept over the vessel fore aud aft, causing her to plunge and labor heavily. The bark sprang aleak and on Wednesday morns ing she became unmanageable. The water gained in the hold until the bark was waterlogged, and captain Jayne ordered the masts cut away, leaving the ves sel in a helpless condition. The next day the steamer Egremont Castle hove in sight, and cap tain Jayne, with his crew, seven in number, took to their boats and abandoned the wreck. The Carrie L. Tyler was built at North port, L. I., lin 1874, and was of 538 tons burden. After serious illness Hood's Sarsa parilla has wouderful building up power. It purines the blood and re tores perfect health. As Others See Us. At Elizabeth City the contract has been let to the J. O. White Company, of New Jersey, to put in a complete system of water works. The town will be fur dished with hydrants at an aun nual rental of $40. A sewer sys tem will necessarily follow. The new opera house, which will have a seating capacity of 90O1 will be opened January 1, 1898, All over town new buildings are going up, but there is no boom, only a steady growth. Eliza beth City has doubled its popula tion since 1887, aud now has about 8,000 inhabitants. When the Great Dismal Swamp Canal is finished, which will be fifteen months, boats drawing fifteen feet of water will be able to en ter the Pasquotank ;river. This river has a sixty foot channel, but boats drawing more than nine feet are kept out by the shallow sands. Wilmington Mes senger. Women's Ovarian Troubles Are indicated by pains in the abdo men and groins. Tb'.s, and all similar diieases peculiar te women quickly yield to the marie influence of Dr. Bellamy's Gossypium. It cures to stay cured of all manner or female diseases. Pvice Si per bottle: For by druggists, or seed to Bellamy Mfg. Co., Box 199, Atlanta, Ua. Oldest Old Maid in The World The oldest old maid in the world lives in Seymour, Ind., and is 101 years old. "Aunt Bettie," as Miss Dowling is known, was never in love, and declares she never saw a man that she considered good enough for her. "I never kep comp'ny with but two fellers 'n all my life," snd said, "an as they didn't have spunk enough to ask me to marry 'em I became disgusted." A few weeks ago the editor was taken jwith a very severe cold-that caused 1him to be in a most miserable condition. It was undoubtedly a bad case of la grippe and recognizing it as dangerous he tooic lmmeaiaie steps to bring about a speedy cure. From the advertisement of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the many good recommends atione included therein, we con cluded to make a first trial of the medicine. To say that it was satisfactory in its results, is put ting it very mildly, indeed. It acted like magic and the result was a speedy and permauent cure. We have no hesitancy in recommending this excellent Cough Remedy to anyone afflict ed with a cough or cold in any form. Tkt Banner of Liberty, Liberty town, Maryland. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by W W. Griggs & Son. 7i $&z&mVBmm' at aa Bmimi TTn, w tra4 bMutirul Car t Oataioru Uttpgimphcd tn color wktek ta m nmt ttrml that tka color ltM tn tai Vcok look XMtlx. ll Ib cftxpata . wjyotar o6 evevy Sow k ro ty rrvS U Incladod tn tfctaeattv lcu ('. to $1.50) and ran am bar tela to to FHBR, AND WE PAT ALL POtTAOK. If you wlah ua to mail uaJitr aaaaplea, aod ua So. inaUaM to coree aipauie. Wa hT bo dolnr buitaaaa tn DaJU Saora for 48 ywira and you ma no rlalt la purine from tboinlll. Drop a postal now for oar emUln-ua and aav tba bi proflta you ara paj'n tba caiaMlamaa. Oar Furaltur CatAlogu to alao frna. JULIUS HINU8 A SON, Baltimore, Bid. Plaaaa naatioo tbia papar. s The Old Reliable Sail Maker, ELIZABETH CITY, A'. C, can be found at his old stand at tha 8hort bridge, over James Spires store, Zimmerman Hall. ! Can vas Furnished at Factory Prices. Awnings, Tents and Flags a specialty. All orders by mail promptly attend. ed to. Old Canvass bought and sold. V. O. Jiox w. IZlizabitk City. A". C. Monuments aijd Tombstones In writing give some limit as to price and state age of do. erased. -LARGEST STOCK- in the South to select from. Qoiiper garble ffiorks, (Established 1848.) 159 to 163 i;.mk St., Norfolk, Vo. ESTABLISHED 1886. The Most Reliable House in Norfolk. FEUERSTEIN&Go., a WUOLKHAIJt FISH COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOOT OF ROANOKE HOCK. ISTorfbllr, Va, Quick Sales, Prompt Returns. References by Permission: City National Lank; K. (. Dunn Mercantile Agency; Southern and Adams Express Co. We respectfully solicit a share ol your patronage. Stencils furnished on application. Miles J ennings, OOP OOOOOOOOQ Pig. BLACKSMITH banders Building, I'oindez'.er St MillandMarineForgings A Specialty. t-Full line of Wheels and Wagons kept in stock. All work done promptly and in the most workmanlike manner. GiVc Mfc a Tlol -A. NEW DEPARTURE FOR EDENTON. The now famous Optician, Watchmaker and Jeweler has added to his workshop a GOLD and SILVER Plateing Department- Work guaranteed or money refunded. . . r- . Respectfully, B. E. BYRD & CO. PATENTS Sana far Srr Gmld wltk 9ft katB4 ataaaaaaa aa) Sat Gf St laTaatl w WamaaaV Wat f. msrrmsiexi cov OS Stoat, y. w, Waahfyla, p. ft I a, mmmi