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Economist JUDICIOUS ADVERTISERS THE WEATHER: Y Advertise In The ECONOMIST Partly cloudy tonight and Bhowers Friday. Beoause the People Read It VOL. 5. ELIZABETH CITY, jN. C.. THURESDAY AUG. 3. 1905. NO. 98 any Are Hunting For Pirate's Buried Gold Another Hot Wave 111 Strike Here Prettv Soon - j BAIL V Banks of Torn Up Gold Dijrgers Dug Hole in Hollowel Faim as Die as a - House. Reports from all along the banks of the Pasquotank River, from C W. llollowell's farm to Albemarle 'sound, tell of annoying trespasses of mid-night hunters for buried treasure. For the past few weeks appearances have indicated that doz ons of men are hunting for buried gold. Thousand? of square feet of earth have been turned and "a hole big enough to sink an average dwelling bouse in has been dug by unknown parties on my farm," says Mr. C. W.. Hollo well. The buried gold that the "money diggers" are going wild over is a fabulous fortune which the Pirate Teaoh. who held high carnival of blood and plunder in this section early in the last century, is said to have buried some where on the banks of the Pasquotank. For many years after Teach met his tragic death at Ocraooke, hun dreds of people searched for his buried treasure but not finding a sou they- seemed to have stopped digging for it years ago. But it seems that renewed stories of the Croesus hoard of the pirate have circulated recently and a new gen eration has taken up the hunt for Teach's plunder. While indications would point to scores of hands engaged in dig ging for this possible treasure no one can be found .who can give a clue to the parties. Maybe this is because their depredations are be coming annoying and might be pro" ecuted. The renewed search for the pi rate's buried gold recalls many in cidents in his remarkable career, and many folks stories that were batched out of his doings. Hundreds of people even in this city. and county have implicit faith in the story that the spirit of Pi rate Teach appears in the form of a ball of fire on Roanoke Island every dark night. Thousands at Nags Head have seen a ball of fire rise out of the marshes on the island, disappear and rise again at another and distant point. This ball of fire they ciaim is the dead Teach keep ing watch over a portion of his bur ied erold. : Scientists who would , Q . have it appear that this ball of fire 1 ig a combustion of gaseous matter .,) arising from the bogs are laughed j . . .. , YYhetner tne parties wno are now digging for Teacbs gold will find it i doubtful. . SMALL POX BREAKS OUT i. NEAR WIN FALL - - - - (By wire to the Economist.) Winfall, N. C, Aug. 3 1W)3 l Two cases of small pox are reported from the vicinity of the county alms house, near here. The victims are 7 pegroes. The " cases in charge spread of the ci V j ed. The authorities have the and no fear ot a foo- t o iear oi contagion in entertain- Pasquotank For Miles. "PROMPTNESS AND GOOD SERVICE" Is the notto Handicap ped at Present But Will be Ready to Serve Pfompt- ly Within 5days , We wisli to' state to the public that if any business matters con nected with the Carolina Publish ing Company are not attended to as promptly as they should be at pre seul, it ison account of being handi capped by the business being carr ed on in two different offices and lack of sufficient help to do the work of both the newspapers and jol printing departments, and various business matters to straighten out flowing out of the consolidation of the business of the Economist an the Tar Heel. mt i i i .1 ine worK or maKinir me neces sary change and improvements in our new quarters, the 'n iee story f lora build ing on the rner of Fearing and Water stree;, is now progressing rapidly ant1, will be ready for occupancy witM'i a few days. As soon as this is done the entire business of the Carolina Publishing Company will be move into that building, where we have plenty of r.om and will then put i:i sufficient help to prompLly turn our job printing, give advert'sing more prompt attention aid all other busi ness matters. We assure the pub lic when tnese matters are straigh tened out, all business will receive prompt attention and ail mechanical work will be promptly executed by the most proficient men to be had in each department. "Promptness and Good Service" is set up as our motto, and our greatest aim is to please the people. V 'lile the above mentioned matters are being straigh tened out we ask the indulgence of the people if we do not live strictly j to our motto. Bus. Manager. Melon Lured -Small Boy Near to Death A small boy, name unknown, steppedfrom Flora's wharf into the river yesterday afternoon and nar rowly escaped drowning. A boat load of water melons affords a pschycological . explanation of tht accident. The boy's attention rivet1 ed on a luscious melon, - he forgo -his surroundings. Wishing to ge in better position tn anrvnv tVio Ins. cious fruit he .took a 6tep forward-' , iiU2-Erucr-l-l-ui! A neero longshore- man fished the little fellow out of his bath and set him on shore wet, strangled and very much frightened, jso much frightened that he couldn't tell his nam:, Puts light in the eye, tints the cheek with Nature's bloc ,:, loosens tbe tension of Use, brushes the cob- webs trom the brain, that s what nn: n i . m iiouisters iiocjcy luountain lea will do. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Standard Pharmacy. 7, WILL THIS BE A RESULT OF THE WAR? A. question which is agitating after' its victory over Russia form au alliance with China by which she will be able to marjhall the fighting force of China's 400,000,000 souls against any possible interference Don't Tell Government Agents All You Know mm m mym J W J m bays mr. J.t J lunaen 01 weeksviiie It wHUSCS Mr. J. C. Munden, of the mercan tile firm of Perry Munden & Co., of Weeksville, believes that farmers make a mistake in giving to the government advance reports of their cotton acreage. Mr. Mun den talks in a very interesting man ner on this subject. He says: "The suspension of Statistician Holmes for divulging secrets of The Agricultural Department rela tive to the cotton report should be a lesson to the cotton growers a&d farmers of theSouth. Theginners and farmers have been taught to believe that the gatheriug of statis tics and information as to the amount of cotton ginned was a benefit to them, but 'it has proved itself a curse. If "Scape Goat Holmes" had not divulged the sec rets intrusted to him there would never have been such a break in cot ton last season. It came near ruining the South. Millions of dollars were lost, unnecessarily by the ginners ind farmers, only to go into the coffers of the "Bears," "It was the greatest crime ever pepetra ted on the South. President oosevelt says that "Holmes is a far greater scoundrel than if he had stolen from the government, as he used the government to deceive outsiders and make money for him self and others." I think it useless for me or any other one to make further comment on such a man after our Chief Executive has ex pressed the above opinion of him . Now it is the duty of all ginners and farmers to positively decline to give any informalion whatever to anyone as to prospects pi crop; number of acres in cultivation in cotton; or the number of bales gin ned and in other words to profit by the least in the last report and avoid a repetion of th6 acts of "Holmes." The farmers should co operate with the ginners and not divulgfl any information relative to his or his neighbors crop. Any ginner that assists in making up the cotton report is working against his interests or the interests of the far mers. I have always heretofore cheerfully given the information asked and thought it was beneficial and it would be if we could have honest men to trust the in f "rela tion with.' I closing I will say let all the ginner rarmers keep all their cotton the powers right now is will Japan of white nations, in future? LelkS. business strickly to themselves and it the whole bouth will do so, there will be no secrets to leak out. I hope this may meet the heartily ap- in tfiie boutii. SAYS MELONS will go in three MORE WEEKS Crop About Exhausted And of Very Inferior rv..i c t a.,, flarkets Will Decrease From Now on. Capt. T. E. Sowers, of Powells Point, who is 'n port today with a ship load of water melons and who has brought several thousand mel odh to Elizabeth City markets with i'i the past few weeks, says that the crop is about exhausted- Capt, Sowers says that the shipments of melons will grow smaller every day and that within three weeks it mav be a hard matter to find a melon on Ai ; - have been unfavorable for the crop lately and the fruit is very inferior in nualil.v to what it. wu nt. t.h 1 uistoi we season. There on four ship loads of mel- on in me naroor loaay, selling at reasonable prices. No Hope For Uucle Sam in The Filipines Mr. Thomas Albertsoh, Pharma cist in the United States army ser vices in the Phillipines left this city today, for San Francisco after a shoit visit to his relatives here. Mn Albertson entertains few hopes for the success of the United States in the Philipine Islands. He says that every condition is against the United States in iis efforts to colo nize its new possession. He says the best the United States may ever hope to profit from the Phillipines is the use of them as a coaling station. Weather Man Says Don't Be Deceived. . Eleven Cars Packed With Excursionists The First Baptist Sunday School's annual summer excursion which left this mording over the Suffolk and Carolina Railway for Pine Beach carried eleven coaches packed to their capacity The crowd was described by S. & C. employees as being as large as any that has patronized an excur sion from Elizabeth City this summer. Several excursion parties from Lm-ns nT1 Albpmnrln nnnnl ininpd ... . m boats from Manteo brought fully eighty persons who bought tickets for Pine Beach. When the train pulled out from the station in this city every coach was packed and small boys and men I "CIO llftUUIUg UU bU UIO UlBWUilUB 0; the coaches, it was necessary i : a 1 1. ele8raph hd for two extra coacnes to accomodate tne overnow and the number that was expected io ioin the excursion at other points. The effect of this excursion upon the commerciai business of the city may be seeu from the deserted ap pearance of the streets today. personal Mention Mr. F.F. Cohoon in Norfolk today. Rev. R.R. Overby, of Camden, was ln the city today' Mr. George Brothers who was seriously ill is on the streets today. Miss Helen Sheep, who has been ill with fever is recovering her health. . ' " Dr.R.A.Kellam is spending a week at Nags Head, enjoying him self with rod and gun. Dr. J. D. Hathaway has returned from Fairfield, where he spent a few days on a vieit to relatives. Miss Ida Walker of Brambleton is visiting Mrs. C. C. Barnard on Burge9B 8treet Mr- P-U- WilliamH left today for Cme Henry where he will 8Pend ft 'ew daJ8 with llis famiIv- wno are spending the summer there James Derrickson Jr. will leave tomorrow to spend a month with hi(J coIlege friends in Delaware and New Jersey. , At the end of which time he will return to read me hig studies at Wilmington Del- eware. Mr. ierricKson s stay nere with his parents has been very short Mr. J. W. Dernckson and wife with their three sons leave tomor row to spend a week at Frankford Camp. From there they will go to Ocean View to spend a month at their cottage which has been made ready for their coming. Mr. F. Martin, of Pennsylvania Avenue, leaves today for Baltimore to join his family, who left three weeks ago to visit relatives in-Delaware and Pennsylvania. They will spend the month of August at the seashore accompanied1 bv Mr Martins too sisters. ." j Prepard to do a Little Prespiri ngSome Don'ts For Hot Weather, Another hot wave is coming. In a few days or maybe a few hours the temperature will begin to rise and those who have pulled blankets over their chilly forms early in the morning lately will perspire and pile up laundry bills as they did a week ago. Don't be deceived by the few days of lowered temperature that have blessed you this week. The weather man says get ready for another spell of real hot weather. He doesn't promise anything Jike 103 degrees in the shade like we'' had some time ago but he does pre dict weather warm enough to jus tify mankind in going coatless. Look out for this hot wave . Go through it sensibly. Don't wear high collars and s tiff cuffs, lay aside woolen coats, drink plenty of pure water not too cold, don't hurry, don't get excited about anything, don't worry, don't eat too much and be cheerful at meal times. Cheerfulness aids digestion. Diges tion is more or less retardedly con gestion of the stomach and intes tines in hot weather. It will not do any harm to dis pense with meats. Vegetables are j the summer food. Eat plenty of J vegetables and be sure that they I are fully matured and yet uot too J ripe. ODD FELLOWS MEET Regular meeting of Elizabeth' Lodge, No. 217, I.O.O.F. tonight at 8 oclock in their hall on Water street. All members are expected to be present. J. W. Kight, Secy't Eliz. Lodge No, 122 K of P to night Odd Fellow's hall to confer degree of ranks of Knight. All visitinir branches and mnml.orB in. ' vited, J. W. Barnes, K. of R. S. YOUR WANTS IAKB than - aivfAAn 1 1. f U..4t pany. Make application in own nand writing. J. D. Svkes, Agt. HELP WANTED We want seve ral girls and boys; and two ori three families cas secure steady employment. Apply at once to j inn Elizabeth City Cotton JXP.'t. jiw im WANTED To lend several thous and dollars on city Recurity. Ad dress Eox 7. City. WANTED 1 'o lease 5 to 7 room dwelling. W. A. Worth, City. Try a cup of Gillies Mokajava Coffee at Dawsons Cafe. It will cheer your heart. Poindexter street. Notice. There will be a meeting of the stockholders of the Carolina. Pub. Co. Monday Aug, 7, 1905, in the office of Williams and Leigh, in the First National Bank . Building, at 8 o.clock p. m. for the pnrpoBS of making conveyances and other things. J. II. LeRov, Pres. W. L. Smith, Sec'y.
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