isherman
ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance.
ELIZABETH CITY N. C, FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, I899
Established 1886
The Best Advertising Medium in the Albemarle District The Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. Circulation Doubles Any Other Paper
Fubhshed in This Section. The Most Wide-Awake and Successful Business Men use the Fisherman & Farmer Columns with the Highest Satisfaction and Profit.
Farmer.
The Lake Drummond
Opened.
Canal
The Lake Drummond Canal
and Water Company wish to
give notice that the Old Dismal
Swamp Canal route between
1 1 tS1 1 .1 r- .
NortiK and JtuizaDetn Uity is
now open lor business and the
tug boat will leave every other
day except Sunday, commen
eing August 28th, making trips
as follows: Leaves Norfolk
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days. Returning, leayes Eliza
beth City, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
The Canal Company insures
nine feet of water at present
time between the locks, and in
a few weeks they will have ten
feet of water in the canal. The
Company has dredged lifteen
feet in depth for a distance of
three thousand feet below the
locks in Deep Creek. They
have also made deep water be
tween South Mill's locks, in the
waters of the Pasquotank river.
The Canal Company has dredg
ed the Old Turner Cut to the
depth often feet at low water.
Thus far the Canal Company
can insure a sufficient depth of
water.
The Canal Company would
1 ot at present guarantee a safe
passage between Norfolk and
Elizabeth City for boats draws
ine more than seven and a half
feet of water as the Pasquotank
has one shoal place, and Deep
Creek at low water has not more
than seven and a half feet at the
present time.
The government has appro
priated money to deepen and
widen Deep Creek and also to
deepen and straighten the wat
ers of the Pasquotank river.
This work is to commecc at
once. The Company in the
meantime intend to improve
and widen the canal, and in the
near future the Canal Company
believe that they will have a
canal and waterway between the
points named that cannot be ex
celled in this country.
J. B. SANFORD, V. P.
Information as to where
leave and receive freight and
the boats landing can be had
Hathaway Bros., corner Main
at d Water streets, Elizabeth
City. N. C.
ROASTED
TO DEATH
For Burning a Mother
and Four Children.
TIED HIS VICTIMS TO
THE FLOOR.
He Confessed his Crime, Hop
ing for no Mercy People
Stand by in Silene While
he is Lashed to a Stake
and Burned Alive.
to
of
at
Norfolk Ac Sontl)
ern 1,. H..
Schedule in effect Aug. 28, '99
Norf ilk & Southern R. R. Mail and
Express trains, Southbonnd, daily (ex
cept Sundays,) leave Elizabeth City at
11:40 a. m., Northbound, daily, (excepa
Sundays) leave Elizabeth City at 2:45
p. m. Trains Nos. 3 and 4 leave Eliza
beth City Southbound 6 p. m., North
bound 9:30 a. m. Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. The trains arrive at
and depart from Norfolk & Western de
pot, Norfolk; connect at Norfolk with
all Rail and Steamer lines, and at
Edentoa with Steamer for Roanoke,
Cashie, Chowan and Scupperuong
rivers; Transfer steamers to .lackeys
Feiry, thence by Norfolk & Southern
R. R. to Roper, Pantego, and Bell
haven, connecting with Old Dominion
steamer lor ;laklcyville, Aurora,
Kishington and all intermediate land,
icsjs.
Eastern Carolina Dispatch
AND
Old. JO -M , 4
The steamer Newberne leaves
Elizabeth City Tuesday, Tnuis
day and Saturday at 6 p. m. for New
Heine Oriental, Roanoke Island con
necting with the A. & N. C. R R. for
Goldsboro, Kinston, Morehead City,
and with theW.&W.R.R.forJacksonvile
Wilmington, N. C , etc. Returning
leave New Bern Tuesday and
Friday.
Tickets on sale at Elizabeth Cit;
station to all landings, Newberne
Kinston, Goldsboro, Morehead Cit?
and Wilmington, N. C.
Daily all rail service lo.weer Eliza
heth City and New York Philcdelphh
Baltimore and Norfolk.
Through cars and as low ,ates and
quicker time than by any othei route.
Direct all goods to b shipped via
Eastern Carolina Dispa! ch as follows
From Norfolk by Noriol & Southern
Railroad; Baltimore by W. & B. R.
R., President Street Stat on; Philadel
phia, Philadelphia R.R., Dock Street
Station; New York, by Pennsylvania
R. R., Pier 27 North River, and Old
Dominion Line.
For further information apply to M.
H. Snowden, Agent, Elizabeth City, 01
to the General Office of the Norfolk &
Southern R. R. Company, Norfolk, Ya
M. K. KINO, General Manager.
H. C. HUDGINS, G. F. & P. Agt.
tyoiji npjjtsand Gravestones.
Our Illustrated Catalogue, No.
10, which we mail free, con
tains a variety of designs of
Marble and granite Memorials,
and will help you in making
a proper selection Write for
it: we will satisfy you as to
prices. Our stock is tne lar
gest in the South.
THE
Gouper Marble Works
(Established 50 Years.)
159 to 163 Bank Street. Norfoll.
A special from Canton, Miss.,
says:
"The little town of Saint
Anne, twenty miles east of Can
ton, in Leak county, was last
Friday night the scene of a trags
edy a sequel to the burning of
the Gatnbrel family the night
before. Joe Leflore, a negro, who
was captured by a posse, confess
ed that he, in company with
other negroes, had tied Mrs. Gam-
brel and. her four children to the
floor of the house, saturated the
surroundings with kerosene and
burned them alive. The negro
after a confession of the crime,
was promptly roped to a stake
and burned to a crisp, while the
citizens looked on in silence.
"Another negro, Bob Smith,
was saved in the nick of time, as
there was doubt as to his guilt.
"The Gambrel tragedy occurs
red Thursday morning and it
was 5rst thought that the fire
was the result of an accident. A
casual investigation was made
and it was soon established bes
yond doubt that the family had
been murdered and the house
fired.
"Posses were immediately form
ed to scour the country and fol
lowed every possible clue. Be
fore the posses left Saint Anne
it was discovered that Joe Leflore
a negro who lived in the ueigh-.
borhood and who had heretofore
borne a good reptatiou had dis
appeared. Early Friday evening
Leflore was captured several
miles from the scene of the mur
der. At first the murderer denied
any knowledge of the affair, but
he finally broke down and con
fessed that he and Bob and An
drew Smith, two other negroes
were guilty. He hoped for no
mercy and told with a brutal
frankness all the details of the
crime. In the yard where the
Gambrel residence had stood
Leflore was tied to a stake and
burned alive. No one sent a
merciful bullet into his body to
kill him. Andrew Smith es.
caped from the mob while Le
flo.e was being burned, and has
not been captured. Bob Smith
was tied to another stake and a
fire started, though he was finally
released as there was a possibility
of his proving his innocence.
"Andrew Smith will be r. cap
tured and if it is proven that he
and his brother Bob are guilty,
it is thought no power can save
them from a similar fate meted
out to Leflore."
A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
A Condemned Murderer's Deed
In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., October 21.
Edward C. Flanagan, the De
Kalb county murderer, broke
from his cell in the DeKalb
county jail this morning. As
he dashed through the door and
past the guard, who had the
murderer's breakfast in his
hands, he snatched up the two
year old baby of Sheriff Talley.
Drawing a long knife from his
sleeve and clasping the child to
his half clad breast the prisoner
fled down the jail stairway to
ward the street and liberty.
Down one flight of steps and
then through a corridor leading
to the sheriff s residence, the
only avenue of escape from the
prison, Flanangan sped, and
brandishing his knife in his
right hand.
RECAPTURED.
But for the presence of the
sheriff in the corridor Flanagan
would have escaped. Sheriff
Talley happened to be in the
room into which Flanagan
dashed. Mrs. Talley, the child's
mother, was also in the room
The father and mother simul
taneously sprang upon the es
capiug prisoner. Mrs. Talley
wielding a broom and the
sheriff chuchingFlanagau by the
neck.
BACK TO HIS CELL.
The guard came running
down the steps at the same in
staut in pursuit of the prisoner
and the three of them overpow
ered Flanagan and tore the child
from his grasp. The sheriff"
then drove him back up the
steps and into his cell at the
point of his pistol.
FLANAGAN'S CRIME.
Flanagan has been confined
in the DeKalb jail since last
February, awaiting a new trial
on the charge of murdering
Miss Ruth Slack, Mrs. Dick
son Allen, attempting to mur
der George W- Allen and in
flicting injuries on the latter's
father, Dixon Allen, from which
he afterwards died. He has
been sentenced to hang, but
on a plea of lunacy he has been
allowed repeated trials.
NO-HED-AKE Toblets are guaran
teed. No cure no pay. 7doses for 10
cents. Cures all headaches.
Constitution and Olympia.
That Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you, if you used
Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their matchless
merttfor sick and Nervous Headaches.
They make pure blood aud strong ner
ves and build up your health. Easy
to take. Try them. Only 25 cents.
Mouey bak if not cured, rfold by
Griggs & Sou Druggist.
A Girl's Scalp Torn Off.
The 10 year old daughter of
George W. Hixson, near McCon
nellsburg, Pa., met with a terri
ble accident while in her father's
flouring mill. The child's hair
was caught by a rapidly revolv
ing shaft and whirled around it.
Her scalp was torn from her fore
head to her neck and one ear
taken off. It is not believed that
she can live.
A Frightfut Blunder.
Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, th best in the world, will kill
the pain and promptly heal it. Cures
Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils,
Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptions.
Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Griggs
& Son Druggist.
At the Charlestowu Navy yard
side by side lie the Olympia and
the Constitution, America's
naval champions of 18 12 and 18-
199. un one side 01 uie qock is
the quaint old wooden hulk,
covered over with a temporary
shed, its great yawning portholes
cannonless. On the other side of
the dock is the great steel mod
ern naval fighting machine, with
its immense guns, rapid fire baN
teries, torpedo tubes, and electric
mechanisms, fresh still after a
fierce and victorious sea fight,
and newly returned from an as
tonishiug cruise around the
world. No stronger contrast
could be found in the history of
naval architecture than is here
shown. The Olympia was swung
into the dock that she might be
overhauled and freshened after
her long absence. With "Old
Ironsides" it is different. A num
ber of times, in order to preserve
the famous eld frigate, the
architects of the navy have been
called upon to make repairs of a
temporary nature, and unless
she is rebuilt and re rigged the
good old boat must soon fall to
pieces. Eoston Globe.
A BRYAN VICTORY.
The fiiends of Mr. Bryan cap
tured the New York Democratic
committed October nth in a
clean cut fight: It was the ele
ment in lavor of Bryan's renom
ination and the element opposed
to it. The former won by a good
majority, contrary to the confid
ent expectation of the latter.
It was somewhat surprising to
see Mr. Perry Belmont arrayed
with the Bryan element. Only a
short wnile ago he was among
the most avowed anti-Bryan
Democrats in the state, but a
sudden change seems to have
come over the spirit of his
dreams
"Boss' Croker flopped some
weeks ago and led the Bryan
forces in the committee.
David B. Hill was the leader
of the oDDOSition and took his
M A.
defeat so much to heart that he
not only stormed, but actually
shook his fist in Croker's face.
It is very doubtful if anything
will induce Hill to support Bry
an for the nomination, and it is
probable that he will bolt again
next year if Bryan should be
nominated.
But Hill's power in New York
is far from what it once was,
and every indication now points
to a solid Bryan delegation from
that state next year.
The politicians who have the
swing in the Democratic organ
ization of that state seem to have
made up their minds that Bryan
is the man to nominate, and it
will be impossible for Hill and
his few remaining lieutenants
to control the New York con
vention.
It must be a peculiar feeling
for the or.ee supreme dictators
of the policy of the New York
Democracy to find himself both
a statesman without a job aud a
leader with few followers.
A BIG RAILWAY
DEAL CLOSED
Norfolk and Southern
and Norfolk Va.
Beach and South
ern United.
UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT.
Abrahams.
THE UNIVERSAL DESIRE
I
Rumored Change and an Official
Statement Irom the Last Men
tioned Road Mr. Morris K.
King Will Have Management
of Both Lines It is Said The
Combine Forms an Important
Belt Line.
Bears the Tlls Kind You Havg Always Bought
Signature V . jAS 7
of tttfif 4UcAjA(
The Largest Pie.
Probably the biggest p e ever
baked was the big feature at a
reception to Artie Philips, a
member of the Twentieth Kan
sas Regiment, on his return to
his home in Mulvane. This sold
ier boy, in one of his letters from
Manila, said he would give four
years of his life for one of those
apple pies such as his mother
used to make. At the reception
tendered him by the people of
Mulvane he was presented with
a pie measuring 5 feet one way
by 2 feet the other. In the pie
were 2 y2 bushels of apples, 10
pounds of flour, 10 pounds of
sugar, 6 pounds of lard, 2 pounds
of butter and a commensuiate
amount of other truck which
goes in this kind of pastry. The
pie was cut and served, and it is
said that "it didn't last longer
than a keg of beer in a prohibi
tion town."
Beforeycm leave tor the sea shore be
sure and take NO-HED-AKE Tablets
with you. No cure no pay. 7 doses
for 10 cents.
The New York State Com
mittee having declared for W. J.
Bryan some people may not like
him so well for the friends he
has made.
SCOTT'S
MULSIOIN
OF COD-LIVER OIL WITH
HYPOPHOSPHITES
should always be kept in
the house for the fol
lowing reasons:
FIRST Because, if any member
of the family has a hard cold, it
will cure it.
SECOND Because, if the chil
dren are delicate and sickly, it will
make them strong and well.
THIRD Because, if the father or
mother is losing flesh and becom
ing thin and emaciated, it will build
them up and give them flesh and
strength.
FOURTH Because it is the
standard remedy in all throat and
lung affections.
No household should be without it.
It can be taken in summer as well
as in winter
yc. and $1.00, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New tot.
Norfolk Virginia-Pilot Oct. 26.
A rumor eained some cur
9
rency last night of important
railway cha..ees affectiuer two
local lines, the Norfolk and
Southern and the Norfolk, Vir
ginia Beach and Southern.
These indicated that the Norfolk,
Virginia Beach and Southern
(owned by the Vanderbilt com
bine) had absorted the Norfolk
and Southern.
OFFICIAL, CONFIRMATION.
The Virginian-Pilot last night
looked into the matter and ob
tained the following official state
ment from the ofhee of the Nor
folk Virginia Beach and Souths
ern.
'At a meeting of the directors
of the Norfolk and Southern
Railroad Company, held on the
16th inst., Mr. John Carstensen
was elected president aud Mr.
Alfred Skitt vice president of
the said railroad company. This
naturally brings this property
into close relations with the Nor
folk, Virginia Beach and South"
ern Railroad Company.
"Mr. Morris K. King: will con
tmue toe management of the
Norfolk and Sothern aud, we are
informed, represent the other
railroad in this city."
OFFICERS OF THE N., V. B. & S.
Mr. Carstensen is and has for
some time been president of the
Norfolk, Virginia Beach and
Southern Railroad and Mr. Skitt
is and has for some time been
vice president of the same road.
A BELT LINE.
This will give the new com
bined system a belt line (includ
ing steamer connections, from
Norfolk through Princess Anne,
Back Bay, Creed's, Munden
Point, Currituck Sound, Albem
arle Sound, Pasquotank River,
Elizabeth City and back to Nor
folk, covering a large area of
valuable truck, fish, oyster and
lumber producing territory.
An important feature of the
deal will be the union of a num
ber of steamers traversing, in
the aggregate, many miles 01
river and sound navigation
through Northeastern North
Carolina.
Everybody in making a purchase has one overruling desire, and
that is to give one's self a happy surprise of saving. Nobody ever
makes a purchase without hoping and expecting to save something!
but the universal desire is to be able to save so much that it will
prove a delightful surprise The only danger Contingent upon in
dulging this desire is the liability of being too readily influenced by
the price, and at the same time too much carried away from a dn i
consideration of the value. We wish to keep your mind concen
trated upon the value for thereby the delightful surprise of an unex
pectedly low price will be all the grerter. You will, therefore, tak
the 'Value view," of the bargains we publish, and carrv that valu
view into all your thoughts and reflections rpon us, for it is by the sr -
periority of the value that we promote the greatest benefit arisir:
from saying money in the price.
r
Mens fine plaid suits, plaid silk lining, well made, worth ,S.$o for $6.7$.
M ens' fine plaid suits, well made and trimmed, worth 7.50 for $5.90.
Also a nice line of mens' plaid suits, to close in prices at $2 75, $3 and $3.75 wotth iron
14 1 1
Mens' fine blue or black woolen clay worsted suits, sUk faced and plaid silk lining, made we
worth $9, our price, $7.
Mens' fine clay worsted suits, well made and trimmed, at 5.
Also a nice line of mens' pants Irom Si. 25 down as low as 65 cents.
Boys' clothing at very cheap prices. Single coats for men and boys at almost any price.
Mens' vici kid or box calf shoes, warranted solid leather, sold for Soand $3, our price!
Mens' fine Sunday shoes from $1.50 to 90c.
Ladies Sunday shoes, lace or button, 3 to 8, worth $1.35, for 95c
Ladies grain shoes, lace or button, warranted solid leather, worth $1.2$ tor 90c
Mens' boots, worth $2, our price $2, our price, $1
Mens' cotton flannel drawers
65.
Valises all sies and prices
Lots of other goods too numerous to mention.
double seat 20c, extra heavy quality 250. worth
Also a nice line of mens' neckwear at hall price.
40c.
Call and be convinced.
JEb' HEa fS iKSl "La arSbdEL
Speaking in a negro church
n Chicago President McKinley,
we are told, paid an eloquent
tribute to the patriotism of the
negro. But we don't remember
that he has appointed any negro
postmasters in Ohio or Pennsyl-
vauia, tnougn tne KepuDiican
majority in the latter State is due
to negro votes. Proof of the pud
ding is chewing the string.
83 Poindexter 3.
ELIZABETH CITY ISL C.
URS! IACKETS!!
F
APES!!!
New Garments.
Up-To-Date Styles. 1
Perfect Fitting.
Our stock in this line is the largest to be found in the city
Our prices always "Fair." Here are our leaders.
French Coney
Collarettes; serge
lined.
Stylish and ser
viceable. Extra
value at $3.00
each.
Imitation Sable
Eoa with eight
tails. Looks well
and feels well.
An exceptional
value at $2 75
each.
"I wish to express my thanks
to the manufacturers of Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and diar
rhoea Remedy, for having put
on the market such a wondeiful
medicine," says W. W. Massin
gill, of Beaumont, Texas. There
aro many thousands of mothers
whose children have been saved
from attacks of dvsenterv and
cholera in fantum who must al
so feel thankful. It is for sale by
Griggs & Son.
Judge Purnell is quoted as
saying there is an astonishing
increase in the matter of illicit
distilling. There is no increase
in the Western district. In the
Eastern district there are now
400 cases against moonshiners
on the docket.
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We have a large line of
Furs but space permits us to
tell you of only these three
numbers. An early visit will
convince you.
JACKETS We have everything
from the medium priced goods to the
finer grades, Sp t cash is the solu
tion of our cloak business. We buy
for cash. We sell for cash. You reap
the benefit of quick sales and small
profits.
CAPES The handiest garment wo
man ever wore. Stylish and service
able. Our stock comprises plain cloth
capes trimmed with braid and fur; Golf
Capes fashion's latest fad; Plush capes
plain and elaborately trimmed with
braid and jet.
B. No large business can be carried on for any length of time without ac
cumulating large quantities of odds and ends and Remnants. Next week we will
tell you of our Remnant Sale,
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