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\ Roanoke ■ Chowan ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER. “CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN’S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER.’ Volume XVI. , RICH SQUARE .XORTHAMPTOX COUXTY X. C., THURSDAY APRIL 18, 190T. mmtmrn For Thin, Poor Blood You can trust a medicine tested 60 years! Sixty years of experience, think of that! Experience with Ayer’s Sar saparilla; the original Sarsa parilla; the Sarsaparilla the doctors endorse for thin blood, weak nerves, general debility. But even this grand old medicine cannot do it:, best work it the liver is inactive luiii tlie bowels constipated. For the best possible re suits, yrm should take laxative doses of Ayer’s Pills while taking the Sarsaparilla. The Sutton and Aboskle Ridge. A protnin nt ridge of land, A" Mad© hy J. C. Ayer Co., r.owoll. Mas© AiBO uauufacturers of 9 HAIR VIGOR. S AQUECURE. W f O CHERRY PECTORAL. A. J. DUXNING, JR. XOTAKY PUBLIC WITH SEAL, Legal papers neatly - and promptly typewritten at reasonable prices. AULANDER, N. C. B. S. Gay. G. E. Midyette GAY & MIDYETTE Attorueys & Coiiusellors at Law JACKSON. N. C. Practice in all Courts. All business promptly and faithfully attended to. C. G. Peebles. F. R. Harris PEEBLES & HARRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, JACKSON. N. C. Practice in alL Courts. Business promptly and faithfully attended to. W. C. BOWEN, Attorney-at-Law, JACKSON, N. C, Practices in all courts. All business given prompt attention Benj. B. V/inborne. Lloyd J. Lawrence WiNBORNE & LAWRENCE. Attorneys at Law, ‘ ;,.::n'F:vE«.;BOEO, N. c. 'Phones Nos. 17 and 21. W. R. JOHNSON. Attorney at Law, WINDSOR, N. C. Phonr ifi T. W. Mason. J. A. Worrell. MASON & WORRELL Attorneys & Counsellors at law, JACKSON, N. C, Practice is all Courts. Business promptly and faithfully attended to. Dr. W. J. Ward, DEKTIST WELDO ' V. 1. DR. J. M. JACOBS. DENTIST, WOODLANU, N. Can be found in his office at all times except when notice is given in this paper. Will be in Roxobel week after each Second Sunday. DR. CT Wr^OWELL DENTIST, POTECASI. N C, Can be found at his office at all times except when notice is given is this paper mF tSEWELL ^ H o m s e ^ R. SEWELL. Proprietor Murfreesboro, N. C. Centrally and conveniently located. First-class table accomodations. Board by day, week or month. Comfortable home for commercial travelers. Good livery attached. GEO. T. PARKER, Builder of Vehicles. HORSE SHOEING AND REPAIRING. KELFOED, NORTH CAROLIMA. THE HOTEL KILFORD, KELFORD, - - - - N. C. Best accommodations. Newly built and fur nished with modern equipments, Polite attendants Livery attached. J. B. STEPHENSON, Prop. Eggs for Hatchiog. From a flock of carefully selected Barred Rocks, to which we've lately added a beautiful cockerel, Thompson’s “Ringlet" one of the most famous strains in existance. One dollar per 15. Uraha Poultry Farm, T. C. Peele, Propr. Rich Square, N. C^ (ending from Roanoke river to the Chowan in an irregular route icross Northampton and Hertford counties, has been kno.wn from the time of the earliest settlement of the country, and, on account 'f its elevation, its oak, hickory md pine forests, and excellent water, was early occupied by set tlers. In Northampton county this ridge ha be^n known as the Sutton Ridge, probably from the name oi a Mr. Sutton who early owned a tract of land on the ridge; ahd in Hertford county it has been known as the Ahoskie Ridge. Upon the bosom of this great ridge some of the best farms of the State have been made. The soil of the land is a sandy loam, underlain with red or yellow clay. Veins of purest water are found throughout its whole extent. h iom the earliest times Indian trails ana pioneer roads were made over and along the Sutton and AhoskieRidge. Lord Cornwal" lis in preparing to move the Brit ish army from Halifax,N.C.,about the close of the Revolution cut his way from the Roanoke river along the crest of this ridge as far as present Anneta, and this old road is yet easily traced, and is used as a driveway by the far m:^rs through whose lands it passes, Cornwallis did not, how ever, use this road in moving his army. Some of the oldest, towns of Northampton and Hertford are found on this ridge. Bryantown, Rich Square, St. Johns, Union, and Ahoskie are in this territory. In the history of the town of Rich Square, which we expect to give in the near future, we hope to be able to give the names of the pioneer farmers who settled on the ridge nuar the Roai,oke river and about Bryantown East of Rich Square all along the Eagletown road to E‘^gletown,and t urther east, a man by the name of Peterson' Brown early .^wned two or three thousand acres of land. His son, William S. Brown, by inheritance, c me into posses sion of a large tract of larid ex tending from about where th« Mt. Olive schoe>l house now stands west to the present home of Eli C. Copeland, and south one mile to the Perry Tyler tract of land. In 1839 Thomas Elliott, of Pas quotank county, having married a Virginia girl by the name of Annie Hare, and she not being willing to go into the then very sickly country, about Elizabeth City in Pasquotank county, was persuaded to seek a home in Northampton county, and finding the Sutton Ridge, he purchased of Wm. S. Brown the tract of land just described, and moved the same year into the house where his son, Wm. H. Elliott and wife now reside. As far as we are able to ascertain, Thomas Elliott was the first Quaker to buy land on the Sutton Ridge about Eagle- town, or on what has been known for several years as the “Quaker Road.” His moving to this place seems to be the beginning of an invasion of the Quakers from Perquimans, Pasquotank, and other counties. Eli Copeland, who married Mary Hare, of Somerton, Va., a sister to the wife of Thomas Elliotr, came to this neighborhooa and purchased of Thomas Elliott 300 acres of land, and settled where the widow, Mary Copeland, now 95 years old,and son Rufus Cope land, now reside. Issac Parker, who married Jane Hare, another sisiei to Annie Elliott, settled where C. G. Con ner now lives near the Times printing office, and afterward moved to the farm where his son, Joseph J. Parker, lived and died, and where his widow and family yet reside, near Eagletown. Elias Elliott, father of Elias S. Elliott, of Eagletown, came from Per quimans county and purchased the farm where L. L. Shoulars now lives, and resiaed there for many years. Henry Copeland Sr., also of Perquimans county, moved to the Sutton Ridge, and pur chased the farm now owned by James P. Lassiter. Eli C. Copeland in 1845 pur chased and moved to the farm wher<=* he now resides. Wm. C. Outland, the father of Henry T. Outland Sr., purchased and moved to the farm now owned by Wm. A. Ward at Eagletown. Aaron Parker, who married Ju dita A. Outland, sister to Wm. Outland, purchased and moved to the farm upon which his sen, W. J. Parker, now lives near. Anneta. Jonathan E. Cox came with his family from Pasquotank county and purchased “the Cid Copeland Farm opposite Aurora Academy, and lived there for many years. He was the father of J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, who is the largest manufacturer of shuttle blocks in the world, and a promi nent banker. Jonathan E. Cox left the Copeland farm in 1859, and became Superintendent of New Garden Boarding School,—: now Guilford College, which po sition he held for many years. Other Friends, or Quakers, moved and settled on the Sutton Ridge about Eagletown, and there was a grand constellation of no ble hearted Quakers on the road from Ric Square to Anneta, and thus the people rightly called it the “Quaker Road.” AlUNDER NEWS. A Spricg Medley. For the Roanoke Chowan-Times. When Spring hangs out her garments, To flutter in the breeze, And birds begin their little nests. Among the orchard trees; When busy bees hang on the flowers, And fish move up the stream:— Then anglers get their hooks and lines, And scribbling rhymers dream. The maidens trip along in smiles, And watchful mammas welcome spring. With quickened step the farmer moves, And the jogging plow-boy sing. The balmy zephyrs fan the cheek— Light is the heart and light the hat— Hear the jocund school boys shout. As John or Ben, strong, wields the bat Bill Drake. To the “Confederate Veterans' of Northampton County: I wish to say that I would be greatly obliged for any war relics they may have in their posession, which they feel disposed to pre sent to the North Carolina room of the Confederate Museum at Richmond. Uniforms, guns, swords, canteens or any articles used by our heroes will be care fully preserved to tell their story of privation and heroism to com ing generations. Our room is not so well filled as those of the other states. Still there are a few very valuable ar ticles, such as the “Ku Klux’’ banner, and portraits of some of our generals. Now soldiers who did the work, bring forward the little cherished mementoes of those days that tried men’s souls, and let our room speak to the world of the part North Carolina bore in the strife. I desire to say also to the Vet eran’s of our county that I am agent Lr the “Confederate Vet eran, ^ a magazine filled with the experiences of the Southern Sol diers in which every Veteran will delight. This magazine is only $1.00 a year. Any one calling at my home can procure a sample copy for examination. I hope every Veteran will re member the 10th of May, our memorial day, on which we hope to observe our reunion and decor ation of the graves of Confeder ate Soldiers. Come prepared to help us out in our exercises with some of your war experiences. I am, as ever, the faithful ser vant of the Confederate cause. Sallie Moore Calvert, Jackson, N. C. From George. The Olney Literary Society will meet on the 20th of this month at the usual time. J. G. Parker went to Norfolk last week on business. Cedron Parker and wife went to Rich Square last Seventhday the guest of W. F. Hunter and family. B. P. Brown and son Joseph left for Philadelphia on the 12th, accompanied by D. F. White and wife. James W. Brown left last Fifth- day for Menola where he will stay a few weeks with his brothers. The next Temperance meeting is to be held at Eagletown in the Friends church. Monthly meeting of Friends is to be held at Rich Square the 20th of this month. Noalj Brown and Effie Futrell of Rich Square were callers at Joseph J. Futrell’s last Fourth- day afternoon. Anna Brown of this place, who left a few months ago for Balti more, has accepted a position in South Carolina as milliner. Olney High School closes the 31st of May. Found Dead in Rnnci—The Oil Mili-- Sncial Events-Imprnvement -in Rural Mall Service. Mrs. W. H. Ward of Greenville is visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. J. Branch Bea man and Misses Edna and Lillian Dunning, who have been the guests of relatives here, left for their homes in Franklin last Mon day. Mr. Gilbert Stephenson of Pen dleton was a guest of friends in our town last week. The baseball boys are practic ing every afternoon and the results are very satisfactory so far. The outlook for a good team this season is excellent, anti arrangements are being made to have many games on the home ground- The School team is also having practice, and it is under- stood that the above combination will challenge Windsor foragame on the occasion of the Commence ment here. The Commencement at the Graded school will take place about May 1st to 3rd. On last Thursday evening, Mr. A. J. Dunning Jr. entertained a number of friends in honor of Mrs. John Branch Beaman and Miss Edna Earl Dunning of Franklin, Mrs. William H. Ward of Greenville and Mr. Gilbert Stenhenson of Pendleton. The ladies prize, a subscription to Ladies Home Journal, was won by Miss Elizabeth Williams who guessed the greatest number of scenes represented in the Sou venir Postcard contest, and the- gentleman’s prize was awarded to Mr. Herbert Mitchell for. the best picture in the drawing con test, th prize being a subscrip tion to Everybody’s Magazine. Popular quotations and familiar sentences were distributed amoii.g the gentlemen, each strip oi paper containing a sentence of which one w^rd was omitti d, tlie abeont word boing, on o ennnr-,i:.e ip which was given to the ladies, and the gentleman accom panied the lady to supper who had the missing word in his sen tence. The guests- on this occa sion were Misses Elizabeth Wil liams, Mollie Mitchell, Annh Tayloe, Carr e Mitchell, Elizabeth Burden, Susie Runkle, Rosa Bynum, Edna Dunning, Ella Deans, Mrs. W. H. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. John Branch Beama'-, Professor and Mrs. J. I. White, Messrs Gilbert Stephenson of Pendleton, John W. Mitchell, Clyde Jenkins, Herbert Mitchell, Claud Newsome, Leon Dunning, William Gatling, Asa F. Rice, Moses Rice, Cleveland Mitchell, Clifton Early and Langley Tay loe, Jr. Keith’s Moving Picture Co, gave two entertainments here last week. They were well at tended, and the pictures were very good. Mr. Willie Gatling has resumed charge of the railroad office here, and Mr. Weeks has been transferred. The Masonic Order here are rebuilding the old Bertie House which they will use as a hall in future. Mr. George Williford is having his new residence painted. Harry Cotton, the negro who caused the powder explosion mentioned in this letter last week, was found dead on Saturday morning at his room. Cotton was subject to fits, and it is thought he was attacked during the night as the chair on which he was sitting was turned over and the neg-o was lying face downward. No inquest was held as it was generally known that Cotton was liable to these spasms. He was buried Satur day afternoon. It is definitely announced that we are to have two new trains through here in the near future. One will be operated by the Southern Railway. Mr. and Mrs. Doddridge Green will shortly move in their new home which was recently built by Mr. W. M. Nichols on Canal street. Dr. W. J. Harrell went to Windsor last week to attend a medical convention. Mr. Herbert Copeland of Ahos kie was here last Friday. Grove and St Johns. ! S6V6rn NeWS. Miss Ethel Early will visit her' (gy sister Mrs. Claudius Grant in p_ pjeetwood and Rich Square this week. , d.W. Watson went to Courtland, The offer of half an acre land free to the cottonseed Oil mill holds good only to May 1st, and while many new subscribers are coming in, there still remains ma ly shares unsold. It does seem that we should make an ex tra effort to get all this stock subscribed, as not only the share- ■holders, but the country in gen eral and the town in particular will be benefltted by the inter- prise. There a' e about a hun dred farmers now owning stock, most ot whom will increase their subscriptions, bdt still a large gap must be filled, and if anything is done, it must be done before May 1st. The sh res are only f 10. and the plan is one of . coper-ition which guarantees sue-1 ‘ Mrs The Dunning Company tells about “Dirt being the best Bank.’’ Va., Monday. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fleetwood went to Capron, Va., Saturday to visit Mrs. Fleetwood’s parents. Mr. J. H. Pruden movtd to “ Boykins, Va., last week, Messrs. Clyde Stephenson and Archie Pruden attended the Re- I cital given at the C. B. F. I. last ' Friday night. Mrs. Penny Bridgers left to- ; day for Boykins, Va., to visit his brother, Capt. Stephenson. We are glad to report Miss Audrey Pruden very much im proved. Messrs. W. W. White of Boy kins and Rufus White of Conway were in town Sunday to visit their who was very ill. M. M. Long Jr. spent last week very pleasantly in the home of her mother, Mrs. C. T. Wood ard. We are sorry to say Mr. J. B. Stephenson was absent from church Sunday on account of be ing sick. Rev. W. F. Craven filled his regular monthly appointment at Providence Methodist church Sun day. Ouriown was very much sad, dened Sunday night by the death of Miss Mary Eliza White, sister of Mn. J. J. iVhite, of this place. She has been a great sufferer for eleven years and has borne her suffering with patience. She was, a consecrated raen.ber of the Methodist church (Providence) near here and her pastor. Rev, U. VAUGHAN. MURFREtSBORO, N. C. We are now ready to supply your needs with a magnificent stock of Anneta News. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hoggard, of Lewiston spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Hoggard’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hughes. Misses Bettie and May Barnes, of Lewiston were the appreciated guest o" Mrs. C. F. Jenkins a few days last week. Sorry to report Mr. R. L. Tyler on the sick list. Miss Hattie Joyner, of Lewis ton, is the guest of Mr. J. 3. Hughes’ family. Messrs. Jim and Joe Hughes , , , and Mi.ss Mattie Joyner attended ! service Sunday at Lewiston. | Misses Mary and Eunice Parker | spent Saturday and Sunday with their sister, Mrs. Preston Bracy, I ^ HGar Rich SqUetre. ! district is just 25 cents;the cost of a box Mt. OUto Sunday school was of Dr. King s New Life Pills,” writes largly attended last Sunday, we ^la Slayton, of Noland, Ark. New , , , , ... 1 Life Pills cleanse gently and impart nope to have a large, attendance system. 26c. f-ach Sunday. ^ Satisfaction guaranteed at Rich Square ■ - Ma’'" VtVfv’pv- '‘v—^ Silks, White Goods, Figured Lawns, Dimities, B^ti^tes, etc., Laeps, Em broideries, Neck wear. Gloves and Belts SHOES CLOTHING, HATS. SHIRTS, COLLARS & NECKTIES. ; burial services Monday afternoon: She was buried ai her old home.' Tha Price of Health Dirt IS the best Bank. Some people dig holes in the ground and buryt their money. Many put it in banks and get 4 per cent interest. Others lend it to some one at about 6 per cent. Scores look about for good investments, sorae- tiraes meking and sometimes losing. The only real safe place for money is in dirt. Most dir is good money, but any old dirt is not. $200.0'' invested in a lot in Auiander is about the safest and best investment a man can make. $200.00 will buy a lot here about the same size as you get in most towns for about $800.00. We would be glad to tell you more about the.m; they cannot remain at this price long. THE DUNNING CO., Auiander. N C We buy or sell Farms, Residences, Town Lots. Timber, Busim Standard Patterns, 10c. and 15c. The Designer, 10c. a copy. Fashion Sheets Free. U7. Murfreesboro. - - - - North Clias. R,; General Cqqnpission Mercb,«int, 26 and 28 Roanoke Dock, : NO RFGL K, VA Best prices obtained for all kin^ of Country Produce. - - - , Special attention to Live Stock. We control the only quaraajine pwa ia Norfolk. Refer by pemission to Notional Bank of f'omroerce, Norfolk, Va.,- H<*jchante & Farmers Bank, Portsmouth, Va., C. Bu^.ene Stephenson with S. ^rank ft Son, Norfolk, Va., D. N. Stephenson, Pendleton, N. C. “ YOUR EYES. Do they trouble you? If so, have the defects corrected without, 4flay, and thereby jpreaerve your vision. G. W. MEWBORN. B. S., Dpctor of Qptics. Examines and treats Eyes F*es, jnd fits them with glasses at rea- M^ble. prices. Rich Square, April 11, 12. .'5Vo<>dland,. ,4pril 23. Potecasi, April 24. April 26. Pendleton, April 26. Severn, April 27. New G GnaiaDteed Cure For Piles Itching, blind, blesding, protruding Piles Drng gists are authorized to refund money if PAZ Ointment fails to cure in 7 to 14daya 60, Our Mr. W. G. Leake, from an experience of 14 years in the mercantile business has been able to purchase goods this year that mers as never before. We have a complete line of New Goods! ! Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions, Hardware & General Merchandise We have added a Grain and Feed Department to our store, and will de liver to any part of town the best Oats, Com, Hay and Mill Feed at lowest prices. Uivermsiii Eealies (Successors to M. G. LIVERMAn.) RICH SQUARE, : : NORTH CAROLINA- Instead of a RacKet Store, 1 pow assume the name of IMPERIAt. IJTilY GOODS STORE, with prospects if giving',this: line special attention., .‘yt-are will satisfy our custo- getting in a new and varied line of Dry Goods, Notions, ..Gents Furnish- ings, Ladies Trimmed and ReadyKto-wefuf Hats, etc. We invite the public to inspe<^t and see what high priced stuff we hav e. New Sprinp (iooiis. I am back from the Northern Markets with a new stock of , SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. Rurll TOuteTumber'* two farm We will be pleased for you to give us a call while our stock is com- here will be changed to an every- plete. Very respectfully, day trip on May 1st. There are , several applicants for the posi- GK.IEE1N, Woodland. N. C. tion. This route is by Pleasant Mattie WohdliAd, N. C. Insurance! Insruancd W. T. JQYNI^ Gaiysburg, N. C. The only (exclusive) Insurance Agency in Northampton County. Fire, Life, Accident and Boiijijngjir^ce, placed in. be9t. Companies. Policies written bn Dwelling^ Bams, Stables, Gin,^pt^«, Stores and Merchandise,.'Hotel3,*'ChurcHe8, Halfs, Cotton,.P^uto, &c., &c., at lowest Intimate rates.' I am District Agent for ^tem ;Nbrtli Carolina for the Old Reliable PgIHI Mutu&l Life |nSUr£ltlCG Co., Philadelphia,^a. The premium rates are 15 to ^ per centjo-wer, ahd dividen^^to policy holders latter, than inbtlfe bid fine companies. ' Policies on all approved plans, inciu^gjannual dividends, deferred diyj^«4*. ordinary life, limited parent life and endowments. Also iow.rete convertable term, etc. Correspondenceitoficited fifd information furnished. W T TAVIVinO general Insurance Agent, * I4 PostofficeBox5. OABTSBUBG K. C
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