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ELIZABETH CITY N. C, FRIDAY MARCH 23, I900.
One Dollar per Year, in Advance.) The Official Paper of Pasquotank and Camden Counties. (Established 188(J
Norfolk Sc oittl)
ern R,.
..... ,3 w W. VyVS'a f 1 .THE. :f
In effect March ist , 1900.
TRAIN SERVICE.
NORTHBOUND
Lv. Eliz. City daily (ex. Sun) 2:45, p.m
Ar. Norfolk, " " 4.25, p.m
Lt. Eliz. City, Tue.Thur.&Sat 9:3.5, a m
Ar. Norfolk. " " " 11:00, am
SOUTHBOUND
Lv. Eliz. City daily (ex. Suu)n 40. a.m
Ar. Edenton " " 12:40, p.m
Ar. Belhaven " ' 4:45, p.m
Lv. Eliz City Tue Thu &Sat. 6:00, p.m
fif" Trains stop at all intermediate
stations.
STEAMBOAT SERVICE.
Steamers leave Edenton daily (ex
cept Sunday) coo p. m. for Plymouth,
Jamesville, Williamstou and Wind-so-.
Leave Edenton Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday 1:00 p. m. for Chowan
River landings; and Fyiday for Scup
pernong River.
Steamers leave Elizabeth City foi
Roanoke Island, Oriental and New
Berne, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday-
6:00 p. m.: connect with A & N.C.
R. R and W. & W. R R. for Goldsboro
and Wilmington, &c.
I' or Scupyemoiig River Monday
1 2:00 noon.
ForCoinjock and Noith River Land
ings luesday, 1 hursday and Saturday
3:00 p m.
cor c-outn Miiis and landings on
Dismal Swamp route Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday 6:00 a. m.
Steamers leave Belhaven daily (ex
cept Sunday for Washington, N. C.
For further information apply to M.
H. Snowden, Agent, Elixobeth City,
or to the General Office of the N. & S.
R. R. Co.. Norfolk, Va.
M. K. KING, H. C. HUDGINS.
Gen. M'g'r. Gen Ft.&Pass.Agt
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AN ANCIENT RELIC.
Specimen of North Carolina
Journalism a Year Ago.
In the Livingston (Ala.)
Southern Home is found an in
teresting article on an old paper
published in Raleigh nearly a
century ago.
Says the Home :
A lady friend has presonted us
a copy of the Raleigh (N. C.)
Star of date November 9, 1809.
The paper is dingy with age,
but is a decidedly
interesting
It contains
trom the
memento of that era
two stirring letters
English statesman, Wm. Cobbett
addressed to King George on the
subject of the war with France
In one of the letters Cobbet
made this prediction : "The
time is now fast approaching
when this kingdom will have
single handed to contend for its
independence, and that too
against all the rest of Europe
under the sway of the Emperor
Napoleon. His prophecy was
ed incorrect in one particular, as
all of Europe finally united with
England against Napoleon, and
accomplished his overthrow
riAl 1. 1 . s . s
ine Historical student will re
call that a year later (18 10) Cob
bett was sent to prison for two
years on account of his satires
against the British government
un ine tnira raee is eiven a
list of United States war ships
then in commission. Oneofthem
was the battleship 'United
States," under command of Capt
Decatur, afterward Commodore.
He entered the war of 18 12 in
command of the ship. Another
was the battleship "Wasp,' with
Lieut. Lawrence in command
This officer was afterward
promoted to the command of
Chesapeake, and fell mortally
wounded in the fight writh the
British frigate Shannon in 1813
His dying words, "Don't give up
the ship' made him famous,
and a handsome monument was
erected to his memory in Trinitv
Churchyard, Nc v York, where
his remains were buried. There
were only thirteen war vessels
in commission according to the
list given.
The paper contaius an adver-
tiseraent, of a run-a way slave.
and another advertisement of
the committal of a captured run.,
a way rlave to jail to avait
identification py the owner.
There was no local news; it
was altogether of a general and
foreign character. Some of the
American news bore date of
the preceding month of October.
'The Latest News from Eng
land" was inrcidued wit.h this
statement : "From papers re
ceived at the office of the Nor
folk Ledger by the ship,
hatan, 44 days out from
mouth, England."
A letter dated July 29,
Pow
than three months old, gave an
account of the battle of Tala
vera. This was the battle in
which Sir Arthur Wellesley with
19,000 English and German
troops and 34,000 Spaniard! de
feated 5b, 000 veteran French
troops under Joseph Bonaparte.
An item that will illustrate
the slow transit of news at that
day reads : "A vessel has arrived
at Philadelphia from Toningen,
which she left the 4th of Sep
tember, when it was not known
that peace had been concluded
between France and Austria,
ergo, the news from London of
the 5th ot September announc
ing that event must be pre
mature." Another reads : "On Friday
Mr. Jackson's dispatches were
received by express from Balti
more on board L'Africane, and
011 Saturday Mr. Erskine and
his family embarked on board
that ship. At the time we are
writing the wind is ahead, and
prevents the frigate from putting
to sea : she goes that moment
the wind will permit. From
the Norfolk Ledger October 30."
This Mr. Erskine was no doubt
the English Lord of that name.
On the whole every item in
the old relic is still legible and
in teresting. With the writer
Raleigh has ancestral associa
tion. The paper was a 4-page
weekly and the subscription was
$4.00 per annum. Advertise
ments were very few, and all in
small type.
HANGING AT NASHVILLE.
A 1:10 o'clock on Wednesday
of last week at Nashville, N. C,
the drop fell and sent two souls
into the unknown beyond, to
stand before their God ou the
charge of murder.
John Henry Taylor, aged 23,
and Robert Fortune, aged 21,
paid the penalty for the murder
of Robert Hester, one of Nash
county's most highly respected
and esteemed citizens, about one
mile irom this city on the 24th
of Dec. 1899
They both confessed their
guilt, one at the trial, and one
Wednesday night.
At 12:45 the condemned men
were marched from the jail to
the bottom about 50 or 75 yards
in rear of the jail, through a
drizzling rain to the scaffold.
They showed no signs of fear,
but with a firm step and head
erect they marched to their
doom.
When upon the scaffold Rev.
H. A. Humble read the 23rd
Psalm and offered up a most
beautiful and eloquent prayer
for the souls of the condemned
men, after which Taylor made a
short speech, and said he and
Fortune killed Mr. Hester, and
their punishment was just, as
they deserved it, and said he be
lieved the Lord had foigiven
him, and that he was going home
to elorv. and that lie had no
hard feelings toward any one,
but wanted them all to meet him
in Heaven. Taylor also con
fessed to another murder in
Weldon. Lawrence Jackson,
colored, was murdered in Weldon
PV4 Dec. 1 8th, 1899, a few days
prior to the Hester murder he
said he was guily of that crime
also, and to let no one be punish
ed for it he Was the guilty one
but gave no reason for the kill-,
ing of Jackson. We learn that
Taylor's father and an uncle
were both hung for murder, so
we expect he thought he would
keep up the family reputation,
an I so he was a wholesale mur
derer.
At 1:10 the drop fell. Both
their necks were broken ForU
une died without a struggle at
1:14; Taylor struggled fos.- a few
seconds and expired at 1:18.
They were prcmouneed dead
and cut down at 1:45, and their
bodies turned over to their
friends.
Thus for a few paltry d;alla.rs
three soujs passed to their
maker. Que by the hands of the
robbers and murderers, two by
the hands of the law.
The crowd was estimated at
about 6,000 people, and, consid
ering the sixe, were very orderly.
There was some talk of the
negroes trying to interfere, but
everything passed off very quiet-
ly.
This is the only hanging that
has occurred in Nash county for
over 50 years, which speaks well
for the people of the county.
Argonaut.
NORFOLK'S BUCK
MONSTER KILLED
He Assaulted and Robbed
Helpless Women There.
TERROR OF THE CITY
He Ran From One Officer
Straight Into the Arms of
Another, Who Shot Him
in Self Defence.
rs'onolk, Va . March 20.
The indications are that the
negro who has broken into
several residences, assaulted and
robbed helpless women recenty,
and well nigh terrorized the
town was shot and killed this
morning by Policeman Salyer.
He is Brooks Ramsey, a deck
hand on the Chesapeake and
Ohio steamer Louise, who about
five o'clock this morning enter
ed the home of Mrs. Virginia
Pruitt. an aged dress maker on
Charlotte street, and brutally as
saulted her with a piece of iron
grate. Shortly after fleeing from
the house he was arrested by
Officer Caffee, from whom he
escaped, to run into the arms of
Salyer, who after a desperate
struggle shot Ramsey to avoid
being killed by him. In the hip
pocket of the negro, to which
he had ieached before Salyer
shot, was found a 38 calibre
revolver.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller, who
were murderously assaulted in
their home the night of March
4th, identified the shoes the
negro had on as having been
taken from their house. Miss
C otton, who was subsequently
assaulted in her home, identified
the rings found in possession of
Ramsey's wife, as the same torn
irom her fingers, and Mrs. Jones,
another aged victim, identified
him as the man who attacked
her. Several overcoats found in
his house have been returned to
their owners. He is no doubt the
man the police have been look
ing for.
The Hustling Candidate.
A nearby editor who it is be
lieved, wouldn't imperil his im
mortal soul unnecessarily, print!
the following : "Two well
known candidates running for
the same office were canvassing
near town last week. Both hap
pened on the same road a short
distance apart; the hindmost one
called at a certain house, where
a bright little girl came to the
door. Said he, "Sissie, will you
please bring me a drink of
water?" which she quickly did;
then he gave her candy and
said : 'Did the man just ahead
of me give you candy?' 'Yes, sir
Then he gave her a nickel and
said : 'Did he give you money?
Yes, sir, he gave me ten cents.'
Then picking her up in his arms
he kissed her and said : 'Did he
kiss you? 'Yes, sir, and he kisss
ed ma, too." Hickory Mercury.
W. C, T. U. MEETING.
The Woman's Christian Tern
perance Union Convention for
this district, which was in ses
sion at Hertford last week closed
Thursday. A large number of
delegates were present and much
business relating to this organ
ization was transacted. Among
visitors present were Mrs. Maty
E. Cartland, ot Greensboro,
State president; Mrs. Emma H.
White, of Belvidere, district
president, and Miss Lee Glen
cora Cook, State organizer ior
Virginia.
THE DEWEY MONEY SUIT.
The suit brought by Admiral
Dewey against the Government
for the money due him and his
crew for the victory in Manila
Bay has been decided against
the Admiral. His claim was that
the force opposed to the Ameris
can neet was vastly superior to
it, and that taking the shore
batteries into consideration, the
force was so large that the men
who did the fighting in Manila
were entitled to the double prize
of $200 per fighting man in the
opposing force, instead of the
regular alio wance of $100 per
man.
The statute provides that the
United States shall pay $100 for
every man on board an enemy's
ship at the commencement of an
engagement which shall be des
troyed or sunk during the battle
if the ship is of inferior loice,
and $200 if the ship is of supe
rior force.
The United States Comt of
Claims, in Washington, however
maintains that the ships opposed
to Admiral Dewey, their equip
ment and guns, and the force of
men manning them, were in
ferior to those of the United
States, and therefore it was im
possible to grant the bounty
applied for by the Admiral.
The court, however, stated that
with the land batteries included
there was no doubt that Admiral
Dewey's force was considerably
overmatched. It regretted, how
ever, that the statute took no
account of land batteries, and
that the court had therefore no
right to do so.
The counsel for the Admiral
will appeal the case to the
United States Supreme Court.
It is said that under the pres
sent decision of the court the
Admiral's share of the prize
money will be a little over
$9,500. Great Round World.
"He that seeks finds." He
that takes Hood's Sarsaparilla
finds in its use pure, rich blood
and consequently good health.
English Used Lyddite.
An English naval commander
says that towards the close of
the Pieter's Hill engagement
the naval guns threw lyddite
shells on a kopje 2,500 yards
distant. When the place was
evacuated by the Boers he visit
ed the trenches and counted
therein ninetyeight dead Boers
who had been killed by the con
cussion of the lyddite, not one
of them having a wound of any
kind. Lieutenant Anderson des
glared that the fumes of the
lyddite turned the hair and
beards of the dead men to a
peculiar greenish hue, while the
color of their skin was a strange
yellow.
Mis. Isaac Rosenzweig, of
Cleveland, O., has given birth
to girl twins, joined together
like the famous Siamese twins.
The infants died socn after
birth. The bodies are joined
from the seventh ribs to a point
just belo n the hips. The left
side of one of the children is
joined to the left side of the
other, the seventh ribs of each
being grown together.
I have been afflicted with
rheumatism for fourteen years
and nothing seemed to give any
relief. I was able to be around
all the time, but constantly suf
fering. I had tried everything I
could hear of and at last was
told to try Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, which I did, and was im
mediately relieved and in a short
time cured. I am bappy to say
that it has not since returned.
Josh Edgar, German town, Cal.
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GENERAL NEWS CLIPPINGS.
The State Sunday School
Convention at Charlotte last
week was well attended.
Tobe Harrison shot West
Speight at Tarboro last Sunday.
The two men quarrelled over a
rabbitt.
Col. J. S. Carr slipped and fell
upon the ice in New York Sat
urday afternoon. It is supposed
he is not seriously hurt.
Hon. H. M. Justice, of Ruther
ford, has written a letter with
drawing as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor.
Hon. Chas. B. Aycock, who
is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, ad
dressed the people of Randolph
county on Tuesday.
Hon. F. A. Woodard delivered
an eloquent address at South
port Monday night, making a
clear and forceful argument in
favor of the Amendment.
Wilmington will make the
State Firemen's tournament,
July ioth-i2th inclusive, a great
event. It is proposed to make it
A. M
also an inter-State tournament.
A State convict named J. C.
Lashley, while trying to escape,
was shot and killed by a guard
near Tarboro Tuesday. He was
one of a number at work on the
East Carolina Railroad.
Tuesday night Prof. Samuel
May, instructor of modern lan
guages and a member ot the
University faculty, died of pneu
mouia, at Chapel Hill, N. C,
after an illness of one week.
Near Hernando, Miss., last
week Thomas Clayton, a negro,
was shot to death by members
of his own race, because cf a
criminal assault on a 10 year old
girl. The negroes refused to bury
the corpse.
The stockholders of the Har
riet Cotton Mill, at Henderson,
N. C, met Tuesday and were
authorized to increase their
capital stock to $300,000. Hen
derson is also to have a Knitting
mill in the near future.
On Saturday night the two
year old daughter of Mr. Lee
Greenwood, of Elm City, N. C,
by some unhappy mischance,
got hold of a box of pills con
taining arsenic and swallowed
some. She died soon afterward.
It is asserted that not only
will there be an increase in cot
ton acreage in North Carolina
this year, but also an increase
in tobacco. The claim is made
that a considerable part of the
fertilizer sales increase so far this
season is for tobacco.
The Republican congressional
convention for Eighth district
will be held at Wilkcsboro May
17th The Republicans say the
nominee will be either Assistant
District Attorney Sptncer
Blackburn or R. Z. Linney,
present representative.
Fayetteville Observer : Two
hundred and thirty five Angora
goats passed through here yester
day over the Atlantic Coast Line
on their way to Mr. Main's goat
farm, at Swann's Station. They
came from Texas and had been
on the road for twelve days.
The Jesse Barnes Camp of
Confederate Veterans at Wilson
is now ready to give out the con
tract for the erection of the Con
federate monument on the plot
in Maplewood cemetery reserved
for the monument when the
cemetery was purchased and laid
off years ago.
Red Hot From The Gun
Was the ball that hit G. n.
Steadman of Newark, Mich., in
the Civil War. It caused horri
ble Ulcers that no treatment
helped for 20 years. Then Buck
len's Arnica Salve cured him.
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the West and South we are able
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