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1 SIX Jl csiii ' nil 'ilJroi psss aaaa SIX ELIZABETH CITY N. G. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897. ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance. Established 1888. The Best Advertising Medium in the Albemarle District The Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. Circulation Doubles Any Other Paper Published in This Section. The Most wiae-AwaKe anu ouuuessiui Dusmess iyicu use uio Aonrixvumn rAnmn ouiumns witn tne .tiignesx eatisiacuon and Profit. ASK the recovered dyspeptics, bilious suf ferers, victims of fever the mercuriat tl dii,:as"d 1 patient, how recovered health. ""3S chc.ri"ul spirils and eood petite ; they will tell V"5 3? g llrJ '"u ''' 'g Simmons V L,VLR --ATOR. j t iif!-.iet, Pnrebf aitrl Brut Family Medicine in the World! r r I v--F'r;?r. ( Oy ST! PATIOS', Jaundice, ... ks, SH K. HKADACHK, Colic, Depre. i.i'.S'JU MO.MACli, Heartburn, etc. di d remedy U warranted not to contain . .it f Mi ki. lkv, or any mineral substance, r'JKELY VEGETABLE, 'nj 1. -i- Southern Runts and Herbs which aS) i i -ii. r ha placet! in countries whert rr tr.-i-it preval. It will cure a! .... ;!-. ii-.-1 by DeraugFintnt of th , i 1 Hi v. -1h. .'.I I' ' OM of Ij'. v. Complaint .ure httts , . ... ; mi me mouth : I'aiu i the liatln Side o ri.istaken' tor Kheuaatvifti k ii; 1.0s o--Appate; fsowels alternater . F I i l.i y; Ijjeadadur; Ixss of Memory, with a I t on of having failed to do something' , i, to htive been done; Debility; Low int; a thi. k . yellow ajipearance of the Skin and , -, . .!: y l 'oultfoiten mistaken fur Consumption. . i:ii-;i!i..- many f these symptoms attend the . .-.,m:, .,! otli.-rs very few ; but the LivFR, the largest : :i in tl:- y. generally the seat of the disease '. i."i Ketilat-.j in time, great su tiering, wretch v, ..1, I IXiATlI will ensue. ,:r I-..-0-.mi a liitlily eMecnicd persons attest to the ot MMM. 1 I V I K l FA. I LAI OR '. Gen. W. S. , IV-,. . W. K. I . Co.; Rev. J. R, Felder :,..., I f.. K. Sp.-irks, Albany, Ga.; C. Master. ' 'I ' ' 1 ' 1 !,- " J-A- I"". Bainbridge, )' .! ''. )arke, Macon, (ia.; Virgil I'owers, 1 - I' . f I "ii. Alexander 11. Stephens. - irtuen personally, and know I ; . I ., i! Ii.ii,nes, and Throbbing Head. ' . i ( t.c .i uiL-iucme the world ever saw. We tut.-.' :..ny oiiicr remedies before Simmons liver " ' -' none of thcHi nave us more than tem .! : K -j;u..i:or not only relieved, but cured . i i : i K.M ii ami M Fssr.sc. eh, Macon, Ga. M I..THI THEU ONLY BY .1.1: '.KI I. IN Ai CO., HiiUj -elphia. Vm. Get on to This P. DeLON, Matthew 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 -.also supply- bicyclists with a-1 equir iih nts belonging to wheels. .y shop is thoroughly equip ped which enables me to do work neatly and promptly. ivo iik si rI?jrifal. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The fic cxils jltn:ure or ' it n . eerj VTappar. uio tli5 XJKiiail Tiling-. a Ther'll be cool winds from the north one of these (lavs, With a Klondike feeling about them. Just as well be ready. There are added reasons for early buying this season, for almost t very thing is advancing and you had just r.s wtll have the benefit of early purchases. Stock is yet complete--prices are at the lowest notch. To keep the stock moving rapidly to hold your iuter Cst the lowest prices are being made in every part of our stock. Not a detail overlooked. If you get in early you secure the best possible selections Underwear. Knitted to fit-made for service, with puces under their rea worth. Ladies' heavy underwear uer garment 35c. Special values in union suits, from 50c up to $1.50. Child's heavy ribbed underwear natural coloring at 10c. for a No. 16, with a rise according to the sizes Child's wool heavy comfortable per gar ment 25c. IUaiikets. Solt, comfortable blankets -every pair of interest. When you note our prices, and see the goo Is, you'll feel that we are exactly right on blankets. 10 4 cotton fleeced -gty or tan neat borders pair 45c. Heavy fleeced blankets, pair 90c. Heavy wool mixed blankets, pair $1.50. Heavy all-wool blauke's, pair 2.50 to $6.00. I'opnliif Drews Ooods The reception given oqr dress goods stock by our pat rons the present season, has been very gratifying. Many dainty costumes can yet be Secured, in the newest color ings and weaves. Prices on our dress goods are very reasonable. Very choice line of novelties-In fancy ch.-cksdiagonals and mixtures -the correct shadings in value 25c. All wool serges-in popular colorings -yard 35c. The choicest ideas in popular trimmings, at the same careful prices. No: many suggestions of k z YOU w 1 wQuldn t know from mis unless vou happened in mo- the many new ideas we are iuade by competent tailors omit on inewuiCviwuiMi lines as our men's goods the same care in their selec tion perfectly fitting economically priced. THE Department Store,- Nos. 64, 66, and 68 Water A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SUICIDES. Miss Wells, of Washington, a Friend of Miss Herbert, ends Her Life With Pistol Bullet. The recent tragic death of Miss Lelia Herbert, the daugh ter of the Ex-Secretary of the Navy, is given as the reason for the suicide which occurred Sun day, December 26th of Miss An nie, .'irguuia. vv ells, an accom- T 1 - mi' VI rjllSnea VOUIll; ; aUlilCly viuo"i . - atift daughter 01 J.ewp o. Wells, a well-known attorney The young woman shot herself through the heart with her brother's revolver at the resis dence of her lather, 13 11 N. St., northwest, Washington. D, C. Miss Wells had met Miss Her bert a number of times, and was very much attached to her. She herself had been confined to the house for four months by ill ness, and this, combined with the' shock caused by the death of her friend, brought on melan cholia, which resulted.in suicide. The deed was apparently entirely unpremeditated, and coming im mediately after Christmas fes tivities in the house completely prostmted bar aged mother. Miss Wells was 33 years of age, and very beautiful. Is Not Lawful. The Supreme Court decides that section 38 of the Revenue Act rcgardiug the imprisonment of non-payment of taxes is not lawful. Totter, SaU-llhcuin" ntl Kczema. The iiiten3e itching Hudtniarting,inci lent to these aisA-uaw, isiustantly allayeci y ;i': lyin Chamberlain's Eye and 'Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases iave been permanently cnrel by it. It ;'!u,:.l!v officiant for itching piles and .1 f ivorite remedy for sore nipples, chapo-d hands, chilblains, frost bitei and chronic sore eyes. 23 cts.rer box. Dr. Cady' Condition Towders, art just what a horse needs rhen in bar condition. Tonic, blood purifier an vermifnire. T'tey are not food bu1 'ne lici'e and best in nse to pnt : tioi-st" in pHin? condition. Price 2.' cents ;vr j.-jk.i:e. The papers are rather hard on Rev. Mr. Tuttle, the Methodist minister at Beaufort, for putting on a bathing suit and immersing ten converts. iieu s. goqds jn this column. ruai wc our store, and took note ot showing. Boy s doting Street, Elizabeth City, N. C. t Occurs at Asheville, N. C, on Christmas Day. POWDER CAN. EXPLODED. Thirty or Forty People Injured Some will Die, Others Blinded for Life. A dispatch from Ashevilh , N. C, gives the following parti culars of iTn accident 611 Christ mas day A crowd ot 100 or more men and boys were firing a Christmas salute from an old cannon on the outskirts of the town when a can of thirty pounds of powder ex ploded in the thick of the crowd 1 lnrty or forty persons were injured, but none, it is believed, fatally. The cannon star.ds on the crest ot a hill just north of the city, overlooking French Bioad river, and had been used for years in celebrating holidays. Saturday forenoon, having pro cured ammunition for the salute, a party of a hundred set out for the hill The cannon was loaded and fired several times, and then Joseph Finch, an employe of the Southern Railway, ruuning on the Asheyille nd Spartan burg division, picked up the powder can and began to reload the piece. The gun had not been swabbed, anu the moment the tiny stream of powder struck the heated metal, there was a flash and thirty pounds of pow der exploded with a report that nade the earth tremble. A moment later there was a scene that make sick the heart Ot those watching the hilWrom their homes on the river.. In the smoke that rose from the explo sion they saw human beings run blindly here and there over the hill, falling and rising only to fall again as they frantically rushed about, blinded and pow der burned, and madly trying to extinguish their flaming clothes. Those who were unhurt ran to the aid of their unfortunate play fellows, smothering flaming clothing or cutting the garment from their bodies. One man was blown or rolled comple'ely down the high bluff 30P leet nearly to the river: People in the neigh borhocd ran to the scene and the work of giving assistance to the in jured began. The hill was dotted with blackened, groaning figures some of whom lay almost per fectly nude. A number of the injured were able to walk from the scene, while cots were pro," vided and gentle hands placed the more seriously wounded on them and conveyed them to an old residence near by, which was improvised into a hospital. Those seriously wounded are : Joseph Finch, Edward Miller, John Ingle, Barton Maans, Clar ence Ledford, Vernon Sentell, Charles Karwood, Hay Eaton, Eugene Wynne, D. Bennett, Dexter Aldrich, John Powell, B. L. Gowan, Henry Mclntyre, 3uck Trivett, Dell Bishop, Geo. Eaton, J. F. Hamilton, James Warren and Frank Pratter. The porch and hall of the house were sqon filled with an guished relatives of the injured and the scene was pitiful. Joseph Finch is among the more seriously hurt, his nose and mouth being torn out of all shape, and he is probably blind ed. Clarence Ledford, who stood near the cannon when the pow der ignited, was thrown mere than fifty feet. His clothing was torn or burned entirely off, and a part of the skin on the fore head burned, loqse. Charles, Ear wood and John Ingle also are seriously hurt, and several oth ers will probably lose their sight or be disfigurered for life. A later dispatch says that Sentell will die and Ingle will lose his sight. HORKIBL AUulubNI . ...siaasiMasft M I I I I 'W T flTTTITOrFl V I A m S m, a, a A IT The Death of "Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing Toll ye the church -bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak. low, For the. old year lies a-dying. - Old year, yoU.rnufit not die ; You came tojis so readily, You lived witfi-us-so steadily. Old year you shall not die. "He lieth still : he doth not' move : He will not see the dawn of day. - He hath no other life above. He gave me a friend, and a true true-love, And the New-year will take 'em away. Old year, you must not go ; So long as 3ox have been with us. Such joy as you have seen with us, Old year, you shall not go, "He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste His son and heir doth ride post-haste, But he'll be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friend, And the New-year blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own-" " Tennyson. In An Unenviable Position. Only one white woman, it is said, has ever been executed in Georgia, but if the sentence of j the highest court of that State,! , v i-ji.! which has been sustained by I the United States Supreme! Court, is carried our, Mrs. Eiiz. abeth Nobles, sixty years old' will perish on the gallows. There is an overwhelming sentiment in Georgia against the hanging of a white woman, but there are certain circum stances connected with the case of Mrs. gobies which make it almost impossible for Governor Atkinson to commute her sent ence to life imprisonment. Mrs. Nobles paid her colored man servant Sio to kill her husband. The servant was a poor hand at murder and had to invoid the aid of his em plover to furnish the work Un h WPrP nvirted'whicl1 he ved was surprised and sentenced to death, but the white women of Georgia pro- tested against the execution Gf Mrs. Nobles, and Governor Atkinson finds himself in a disagreeable predicament. If he commutes the sentence of the woman and allows the colored man to be hanged, he will be charged with unjust discrimina tion, however good his motive may be. On the other hand, if he does not interfere to save Mrs. Nobles from the galjows, lie will incur the enmity of the thousands of women who have protested against her death on the gallows. The governor is an ambitious man, with the pros pect of a political future that looks rjeyond the State House. Of course, political considera tions would not influence his action, but from any point of view his position is not to be envied. Just as Good as Scott's and we sett It much eheAper," is a statement sometimes made by the drueeist when Scott's Em vision is called for. This shows that the druggists themselves regard Emuloion of God-Liver Oil with Hypophos phites of Lime and Soda as the standard and the purchaser who desires' to procure the "standard" because be knows it has been of untold benefit should not for one stan't think of taking: the risk of qsmg: some untried prepa? ration The substitution of something said to be "just as ooar for a stand ard preparation twenty five years on the market, should not be permitted by the Intelligent purchaser. B Tir you get SCOTT'S Emulsion. Se that the man and fish re on the wrapper 90& and $2.00, a!l druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. "the Old Year, A MISER FREEZES DEATH. TO ,C. G. Phelps dies in his hut on the Pool Road Near Ra'eigh. News & Observer. , L J For fifty years or more, C. G. Phelps, a native of Wake county. il, U 1:-.: i; r 11(19 uccu "vinK un a ulue Iarm near Raleigh. Up to fifteen years ago his mother lived with him, and since then he has lived the life ol a recluse. Naturally he became a miser and in his hut, a two-room house, he has collected alino.it a rauseuni. He was industrious and thrifty, and was possessed, it has always been thought, of considerable money, but if this be so, no liv ing human being knows where it is. He was robust and heal thy, especially so for one of his !aSe, and the community in uu .uy wnen me news was spread about that Miser PhelPs was dead- Early in the O A J 1 . V .1' morning, Mrs. Buflaloe, a neigh bor, went to carry the old man some Christmas dainties. She knocked at the door, but there was no response. She heard heavy breathing inside. She called several other neighbors who forced open the window and went in. The old man was lying on the floor half dressed. There was no fire and the body was cold and rigid, but life was not entirely extinct. They did ali possible to save him, but he was too far gone and died a short while after being found. After the funeral a search was made for a will, but none Was found. Phelps had no near rel atives, but .several families in the county are distant relatives. The house is a perfect rendez vous for all kind of relics and oddities. Considerable Confed erate money was found, and some rare old silver coins, inclu ding a dollar made on Wash ington's birthday. N consid erable amount of money was found, but it is believed that he has much money, and that at some time it will come jo light. It is said that when he went to the war he took six thousand dollars in gold with him ; car ried it on his person all through the war and brought it back with him when the war cl sed. He was 71 years old and had lived iu Wake couuty all his life, except the time he was in the war. He knew but few people, and but few knew him. His associ ates were limited to a very -few nearby ueighbors. and even with these he was not very com muni cative. Further search will be made by his relatives for a will or otner documents tnat may throw light on money and its whereabouts. VERY SAD CHRISTMAS. A Three-Year-Old Child Mis takes Strychnine for Candy And Dies. At Suffolk, Va., Dec. 24th little three-year old Michae Folk ate strychnine and died. Michael was a bright little fel low, the older of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Folk's two children Michael took a nap in the after noon. vv neu ne woke up there was no one in the room and Michael began looking about for some Christmas candy. He rummaged around the room and found a package of strych cine which had been purchased five years ago before Mr. and Mrs. Folk were married. Mich ael opened the package and par took of its contents. When found he was already suffering the agony of death's throes. It was too late for medical aid to avail, the young sufferer was soon a young corpse and his pa rents were mourning the loss of their pet. TURN IT Turn over the leaf, the new Who knows as the time goes by. It may burst to a blossom for you, A blossom that shall not die, Turn over the leaf, For time is the brief And the stars fade from life's sky. ". L. Stanton. The Business Barometer. The advertising columns of legitimate newspapers are now ragarded by the public as an un erring barometer of the charac tei , energy and success of busi ness men, and those who fail to accept the now universally ac cepted method of reaching the people must fall behind in the race of trade. Putnam, Con.) Standard. : Don't be persuaded into buy ing liniments without reputation or merit Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more, and its merits have been proven by a test of many years. Such letters as the following from L. G. Bagley, Hueneme, Cal., are con stantly being received : "The best remedy for pain I have ever used is Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and I say so after having used it in my family for several years." It cures rheumatism, lame back, sprains and swellings. For sale by W. W. Griggs & Son. "Here's Hopin1 "New Year's coming up the slope, Do you bring ought of hope ? And the answer thrills and chills ; "Hope you'll pay the Christmas bills !" Fifty Year Ago. Qrandfatfcer's hat 1 And within it yon fee, Grandfather' farorite cough remedy. Whether 'twas Asthmft, Bronchitis or Croup, Or baby at Bight waked the house with a whoop, With AyeHs Cherry Pectoral Gran'ther was sure That no cold or cough would e'er fail of a cure. In bats the styles change, but the rca4 will show . Coughs are cured as they were SOeers ago. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has no equal as a remedy f? eoughs, col da, and long dis eases. Where other soothing elixirs palliate, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral heeds. It is not a cheap cough syrup, which soothes but does not strength en; it is a physician's cough remedy, and it cures. It is put up in large bottles, only, for household use. It was awarded the medal at the World's Pair of ninety -three. It has a record of 50 Years of Cures. COMING OF THE MILLENIUlt Latest Prophecy of "Prof." An derson, of the "Holiness Band" of Lyme, Conn. From New Haven, dated Dec. 26, comes the following.- "Prof." Anderson, of Lyme's famons "Holiness Baud," is out with another series of predictions of what is to happen when the gaeat change of the world comes two'years hence. "Since ' the time allotted," writes the Profes sor, "to the. four Gentile Em pires end on November 15th, 1899, at evening (probably) Je rusalem time, and the fifth king dom, that of Israel, begins, let us consider some ot the charao eristics of that kingdom, and we shall indeed see that the procla mation that heralded the gift to the earth of that kingdom was ndeed, 'Good tidings of joy which shall be to all people. "The first characteristic of this ingdom will be the rigid and exact justice with which the law will be administered. All op pression of the poor will ceasef and any attempted oppression will be checked in the begin mug. "Second It shall be a king dom of peace. There shall be no war in all the earth for a thous- and years, and then but one great revolt, followed by an eternity of 1 Third Thi W1 K abundance of food. No more hunger, no more want of any ' w- a Kina. livery aesire ot a man s heart that is not wrong shall be abundantly satified. In order that there may be this abundance the climate will be changed, and as a result, there will be such fertility as the world has not yet seen, l lie animals will become m a peaceful and eat grass again. ine deserts will be fertile, ana from Jerusalem, a river will flow into the Dead Sea, freshing its waters, and then on into the In dian Ocean. All that desert land shall be a very garden. "Another point is mentioned by Micah, and that is there will be no house rent to pay. They shall sit every man under his own vine and under his fig tree. There will be no more great ten' ement houses, no more slums, filled with every kind of evil.but every man shall own his own house and open yard. I think of how many there are who sufs fer for air and see the great bles sing that this little thing will bring ! Again there will be healing for all diseases. "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as a hart aud the tongue of the dumb shall sing. Those pa rents who have laid away their --e a a a a t . . I little ones shall know that never again shall that sorrow come to the children of men, for 'Thcrr shall be no more thence an in fant of days'. Think of all the romances and schemes of a golden age from Plato and Thomas Moore to Howells and Bellamy, and then think that the blessed reality exceeds those books a hundred fold. And then look at the hope less outlook belore us under the operation of the present harsh law of the survival of the fittest, how Spencer sees nothing be fore us, but a crushing social tyranny, and how Huxley sees that the necessity consequent 0! present arrangements is to press the great part of men down in to constant life of starvation and then say if these things that T am telling these people are not the best of good news." After hearing some friends continualljy praising. ; Chamber Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy, Curtis Fleck, of Anaheim, California, purchased a bottle of it for his own use and is now as enthusiastic over its wonderful work as anyone can be. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by W. W Griggs & son No. SQL Iktoquai tr w-4 oak wrttta 4B la poJ tatMMl Us Nana. It ba e-Utcfc bottled paste e-taas iatoaa4 bolow. Ar- alat.nuh.avd au atabooar. S3. 95 ta our o- lal Ottem lam tatoflucVak. af all orders Allad nBtfr.) w wtU mall aayotMs fiw of all eharvee, ovr now lij Css FZST- ,M4t- "'rtnwiow. Baby Carrlasrra, ate. Tula as aa asoat rrai latatMuk orsr aa w pay , w Owr Ltbarased t ayet aiao sours foe ta aaktaa, If earaei aampJea ara wanted. oMui.'e ea. r- There Is no rea ton why you boufd par ynnr l.ical tfaaior SO pw eot. proa when you can buy frosa the allL Drop a line bow to the iooeyaaTVia. JULIUS HINES & SON, Baltimore, Ud. Plcaee meat ion this LUMBER AMD Truck AND.. Now is the time to place you oider for the latter for the Spring Shipping. Address gramer Elizabeth City N.C. Miles s, ooooooooooooco K I A I KSM I H I Cmm.. T)..I1 .11 T..: 1 a. "UWU1"K. -mucxicr at MH1 3,11(1 MarilieFOrffiDgS A Specialty. tFull line of Wheels and Wagons kept in stock. All work done promptly and iu the most workmanlike manner. G Vc Mc a Trial A NEW I 1 X J 3 rJT XJ J r 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. . . Respectfully, B. E BYRD & CO. Come to see us. Qur sock is in. Andof the best. Look to your Interest. all us over the 'phone. Or, write us by the post Also at Flora & Cos store,' you can Leave your orders for us. Remember that we give ' 2240 pounds to the ton. Also, that we will put it down to you as cheap, as clean, and as quick as anybody. We respectfully solicit your patronage. Crystal Ice & Coal Co. tyonuments aijd Tombstones c-wviDX81Q5S BS2IT rlW ' In writjoe jie some limit at ,to price aod state age of de ceased. -LARGEST STOCK- in the South to select from. gouper (Harble forks, (Established 1848.) 159 to 163 Bank St., Norfolk, Va. Boxes J enning A ; fit
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