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The HoanokQ Beacon. 'lho Official Paper of Wash ington. County. Published Every Friday by Thh Koanocb Pum.isiixKa Company. W. FLETCHEU AUSB JN, - Editor. THOMAS IIUSON, Busines Manager. BobfCrlption price, $1.25 per ye.tr. Adyert'enu'nts iunerutd nt low rules. The editor will noi be responsible for the views I oorrespondentg. All rucle for publication munt be nccomuanled by the full name of toe writer. Correepot dent are requested pot to write on bat on tide of the paper. All conimunieattons must be wait in by Thursday turning or they will not uppear. Address alt commanicatioua to THE KOANOKE BEACON, Plymouth, N. C. We appeal to every reader of Tub Roanokb Beacon, to aid ua in making it an acceptable and profitable medium of new to our cltir.eu. Iah Ply mouth people and tlie pubtic know wbat is going on in Plymouth. Report to u all item of newv the arrival and departure of friends, social event, deaths, forious iliuepx,- accident, new buildings, new enterprises sntr improvement of whatever chsmcter. chanRe in kusines indeed anything and everything that u'ould be of interest to our people. FEIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1890. When the House was called to order on Monday last tha Speaker ordered the roll called that Congressmen might vote for the World's Fair, the following vote was taken: Chicago, J.1 5; New York, 72; St. Louis, CI i Washington, 50. Oar Congressman, Hob. -T. G. Skinner, voted far. Cumberland Gap. The result of the voting was that the Fair will be held at Chicago in 1892. ; Mr. L. I. Fagan, one of our most enter, prising citizen and at present Dep't Sheriff of this township, which offL-e he fills with credit, is a candidate for the Stewardship of the North Carolina Insane Asylum, he has a petition signed by almost every prominent citizen of this county also by a number of ' the business men throughout the State, he also holds letters of recommendation from a number of public men. We are satisfied the appointment of Mr. Fagan to that position would never be regreted, his honest Btreightforward manner could but give I satisfaction. - Asa soldier Mr. Fagm was brave and fearless, ever found where duty called him face to the foe, and was kuowa in the dark days of '64 and '65, both North and South as the "Big Seargem from North Carolina," as a citizen he is quiet, energetic always looking to the interests of his country, as n officer ha is firm, ever carrying out the law to its fullest extent. But, above all the noble traits of this man the greatest is hia christian character. Iu war, in peaca, as a private citizen or as an officer he ever re spects and loves the christian religion, and while we would regret to have him leave vus, yet we heartily endorse him as a man worthy, not only the Stewardship cf the Asylum, bat any other position of trust that is within the power of our people to give Thf Raleigh News and Ooserver under .date of Feb, 21 says : " We ytsterday had some conversation with Mr. Hand, the gentleman who was so grossly outraged at Plymouth a short time since. Mr. Hand came to this country rather more than two years ago, and after a short sojourn iD New ..' York came to ltaleigh, and went on the v arext day to Durham, lie spent tvro years tuning pianos in Durham, Granville, Vauce . and some of the neighboring counties, and went to Plymouth to do some work on the . organ of a church. On reaching the town i , i . i. i . . i i . . ( Me employed a umu loiimp aim, uui cowing into the street from the church, he found thimself covered wi h a pistol, with direc tions to hold his bauds np, which, denvind he hastened to comply with. He was car ried before a justice and an affidavit was xuade by one Reddiok that he was a forger from Tennessee, and he was thrown into jail, without any proper examination. His papers wre taken from him, his clothing ripped up and the soles of his shoes even ripped, to nun the stolen niouey. He was tied and chained down in the jail and kept several days before lie could get any one to carry Word to a lawvor. Iu the meantime the man ho had hired ran off with his tools and clothing. Finally he was releosM after the men who bad coon from Tennessee testified that he was not the man at all. Mr. Hand being a French subject hopes that some ' remuneration may be made to him by the State for hi treatment at least to the ex tent of replacing some of his tools so that be may go to work to earn his living. I lie above is the substance of a conversation with him. It goes without saying that Mr. Hand , has been grossly abused. His treatment was an outrage. We take it that an honest mistake was committed in apprehending nun ; but the examination must have been wretchedly conducted for a man who lias Hpont two yearn in the vicinity of Haleigh as a piano tuner to have been held as the Tennessee forger. Doubtless Mr. Hand could have shown without Iron bio where he was during the period when the forgeries were being committed. It wah a reckless piece of work. It seems to as a fa;r caso for restitution. We think the above comment as made by the News and Observer uj ou the people of Flv mouth is quite unjust. Mr. Hand misrepresented the 'case if the above is correct. In the first placo he did not hire a man to help him do any work on his arrival in this town, but came here with a roan which he claimed was his brother but after being arrested, three diys later, he doaied their being any relation. He was pot arrested near any church as stated, nor was be arrested by an officer, but by a man n sued Etddick, a citizen of Pasquotank county, and bis bands tied as was also the inat's brotbt-r ? then the two men were taken before a justice and the proper papers sworn ont by Mr. Keddick, after wbiob Mr. Heddiek turned said Hand over to Depnty Sheriff Fagaa and the court at once d;schar!d the other man. Mr, Hand wns given the fall beneit of the !a, but falling to ri tb bond required, he was (.keatojUsi nr.dras comfortable as posible, he was not tied or chained down, neither was be deprived seeing a lawyer, for before goiug to jail he employed one. Of course he was kept in jail until he had proven his innocence, what else could have been done? he bad received a legal hearing and been offe.ed a bond which he Could not give. As to his being maltreated while in the costody of the officials of Washington connty that is utterly without truth, if he was roughly handled by Mr, Reddick while being taken before the justice, the citizens of Plymouth and county officials should not be held responsible. If Mr. Hand an a French subject is seek lug redress and remuneration from the State we think he should do so in an honest manner and not by misrepresentation, and we hopo our worthy contempoary the News and Observer, will not be so ready in future to comment so harshly upon the acts of people without bearing both sides of the case. We must say that Mr. Hand is one of tha most uugrateful men we ever knew, to go from a town where he was treated so kindly by the citizens, aud make such a report as he has. When he was released be had no money, a citizen took him to a hotel and paid his bill as long as he remained here. Some of our citizens paid a lawyer to bring suit against Iteddick and to defend Hand, The letter of thanks to Deputy Sheriff Fagan and other of our citizens by Mr. Hand in the last issue of the Beacon ought to be evidence enough that he was treated kindly, by our people. Later. The News and Observer in its issue ol Feb. 25, published some of the letters received from our cidzeus, also an txplination why they published the above article. Wc did not think Bra. Ashe would do the people of this or aay other sjction an injustice intentionally. THE HAND AFFAIR. Cor. of the Kev and Observer. Plymouth, N. C, Feb. 22, '90. I wa surprised at an article in vour paper of the date of the 2 1st int.. relative to the arrest and imprisonment of one Hand, a piano tuner. the facts are these: There bad been a bank forgery committed in Middleborough, Ken., ana tne torgcr advertised with a full description of his person. Mr. Itiddiok, of Elizabeth City, come to this phce and ar. rested Hand under the description in said advertisement, and Hand was committed to jail to await the arrival of parties from Ken- tucky to identity mm. As soon as the parties arrived here he was released, but the witnesses who knew the person guilty of the forgery io Kentucky stated that there was a marked resemblenoe between Hand and the guilty one. While in prison here he was treated kindly, and some citizens of the town em. ployed an attorney to defend liiui. He lost no tools or anything else while in jail. His friend who was with him when arrested said that Hand had no tools. After hia release some of the citizens of the town raised a purse for him. It was only a case of mistaken idenity and the charge of cruelty is absolutely fake. It is strange that you should give credence to the lying declarations of a tramp without first investigating the truth of his statement. and publish an article calculated to reflect discredit on the officers of the law and citi. zeus of any portion of your State. The citizens of this community feel in dignant that thev should thus be tried and convicted of cruelty aud injustice without having had a hearing. Yours truly, S. B. Sphuill. Hand had a lawful examination; no papers were taken from him, none of his clothes or nhoes were torn. He was not chained or tied in jail and had a lawyer. He had clean, good quarters, new room, good fire, and was as comfortable as posni. ble. Jj. I. Fagan, Deputy Sheriff. (The News and Observer stated that what it printed was the substance of a conversa tion with Hand. The fact that he had been arrested and i'.h-galiy detained was well known. We said that we supposed au honest mistake was made in apprehending him; but the examination must have been wretchedly conducted. If this man could show that he hai been at work for two years tuning pianos in Durham. Vauoe aud Granville counties, it was a reckless piece of work to incarcerate him an the Kentucky Bank forger, because of a personal resem blance to tint criminal. Some of our Plymouth friends find in our article reflections on the people of that community. W o do not think that there is a word in tne article capable of that con. structiou. Wc said not a word about the community or the people of Piymoutti one way or another. We did not suppose that the community had anything to do with the matter, and uuid nothing about it. It was a case before a committing mag. istrate, and not notion by the citizens. Mr. Hand published in the Plymouth Beacon the fallowing: a letter of thanks. Mr. Editor : Dear Sir I beg you hereby to extend my thinks to the young men of Plymouth, and especially to Mr. 11. 8. Owcus and the Deputy Sheriff, Mr. L. I. Fagan, for their kindness and courtesies they have shown me in my hours of trouble. Verj Kespectfullv, P. C. Hasd. Whatever there was in bis statement mblished by us, differing from the above etter from Mr. Spruill is to be set down as untrue. No one questions that the people of Plymouth are tne equals m charitable deeds and humans sympathies of any other community in tha State. tD N. & 0. Remarkable Itesone- Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, 111., makes the statement that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs ; she was treated for a month by her family physician , but grew worse. He told her she was a hope LESS VICTIM ov CONSUMPTION and that no mediciua could cure her. Her druggist sugted Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption ; sbe bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefited from first dose. Sbe continued its use aud after taking ten bottles found herself ound and well, now does her own house work and is as well m she ev-r was. Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at J. W. Bryan's Drugstore, large bottles 50a and $1.00. . Fire in Washington oa Tuesday last destroyed Short's dry kilns together with one million feet of lumber. Tfi9 property was partly insured. SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE. No. C. In order prove to the readers of these articles that the figures used are not those often or more years ago, I will refer them ti No. , of these snides, I stated there that England imported $15.0(X),W0 worth of eggs annually. I will give them the exact figures in 1888 England's foreign egg bill wan $14,770,023.20. in 188!) (last year) $U,9j.602.40, just $498 sbo-tof $ 15,000,000 and an inorease ou 1888 of $219,470 20, not much fear of over stockiug that market gentlemen, why cannot our farmers com. bine, and endeavor to furnish their queta of this commodity, and bring some of that British gold into North Carolina, instead oi selling their lauds to English capitalists and speculators, here is a good chance for the Farmers' Alliance to effect a good stroke for the farmer. The leading dairymen of the North are considering the English market as being a good one for their surplus product, the Cunard Steamship Company offers to provide first-class storage for batter if they are guaranteed weekly shipments of not has than five tons. This cold storage would keep the butter in first-class oouditiou for the English market, the price wou'd be governed by its quality. There would not be very much difference in freight shipping to Euglaud or thippiug to New York, ar rangements might be made to 6hip from Not folk, New Berne or Wilmington. Oor farmers have it in their power to raise truck, capons, broilers and fat poultry generally for the northern market, t say nothing about supplying the home market for eggs, then there is this English market for them, and cotton behind it all, one rctisou why I have dwelt upon this egg and poultry in. dustry is, because it is Tight, and agreeable work, a work much belter suited to our jrives and daughters, than field work, all nouor and praise is due to the Southern farmer's wife for her efforts to second her husband's work, aud nmke both ends ruef-t, but how much better it would be for both, if instead of having to work with the hou all day long, she had a gang of 100 or 150 hens to look after feed, etc., eggs to gather or young broods to watch over, many a woman would make just about double what her husbaud does, no need for him to go aronud to seek some merchant to furnish him with provisions, to enable him to make his crop if ho was a renter, aud just here let mi gay that 10 acres of your own is worth more to you thau 50 acres of another man's land, remember it is n t the number of acres that he cultivates that makes the farmer, but the manner in which he culti vates those acres, U ell new about grading np and improving the stock you already have, perhaps you have a pretty good lot of hens, you have no fault to fiud with them, but still you would like to see if something more could not be made out of them, do they pay you a good profit, for time and labor bestowed upon them ? do you know how much they cost you per annum? do you keep any account of feeding, etc ? if you don't, how can you te.l whether they pay you or not ? keep an account of ex penses and sale of eggs and chickens, do your business in a methodical manner, kc-p a daily register of your hens, etc.. it will be useful to you next year, or at any time for comparison, it will help you to avoid mis. takes, say you have 15 or 2') hens and 3 or 4 roosters, sell or kill the roosters and the old hens, keep last year' pullets ouly. get a pure blooded, thorough bred rooster, Light Brahma say, these are a first class breed, they are spleudid winter layers, pro. during an abundance of fine large eggs wnen other fowls have "gone into winter quarters No breed makes larger or better broilers at eight to ten weeks old. Wheu eight months old cockerels will weigh 9 to 12 pounds, and pullets i to 9 pounds each. A fine large cock can be obtained for $5 00. He will grade up the stock, if you have two or three broody hens get a sitting or two of eggs of the same stock (Light Brahmas) you can get them for $1.50 or $2 00 per clutch of 13. ay you only get To per cent. or cniCKS, or aoout cnioks out of your L'o eggs yon can rely upon naviug 20 pure Light Brahm is for $3.00 or $1.0, a portion of these will be made birds, you can keep d or t oi tne nuem lookiug ones tor your own yards the others you can sell to your mighbors for grading up their Hooks, you will have i goodstaudard by which to judge which birds you wish to keep for your own use. in the mature bird you gave $5 00 for. Now during the season you will be getting off wveral brood of young chichens, these will be a cross between Light Brahmas aud your native stock, these together with the chicks from the two clutches of eggs bonght will give yon a iirst class yard of poultry. The half bred cockerels together with tne full blooded ones not kept or otherwise disposed of conld be capoii'zed at three months old, don't let your half bred cocker els run with the beus as you will have S or 4 full blooded ones for stock, now your capons when ready for market average 12 pounds each, you will have at least 20 of them altogether during the season, that would be about 240 pounds of capon meat or say 200 poui.ds .o be quite snre ut 18 cents per pound that would be $30.00, that would reimburse you for the original $9 00 or $10.0o you paid for your rooster and gf?8 yu would still have your original stock and a fine lot of full blooded and half blooded chickens, und what about the eggs especially during next winter, now this is a very small venture yet it may b the har binger or greater operations, much valuable information and experience would be gained in this way and the poultry keeper would gradually t3 able to build up a good pay business. There is another important item to be taken into account, the droppings, when carefully saved aud properly applied 25 pounds will furnish suiHcieut to manure an acre of corn. To prevent cholera amongst your chickens and to keep them in good health give your heu houses a good coat of whkewah at frequent intervals, scrub your perches with kerosene, feed them regularly and give them pure fresh water to drink, see that everything is clean and fresh, remove the droppings every week or two, throw fresh dirt over it. have good comfortable nests for them to lay in, Match them aud study their ways and habits, you will gain that experience that money cannot buy. I kuow there are many people who take up this and other businesses and fail, I believe if they looked the matter squarely in the face, they would find that the fault lay chiefly with themtelves. There is good money in it if you conduct the business properly, to do this you must have tact, intelligence and patience, study your grouud Well then go ahead, there is a large and ever increasing market to be supplied. You can do a large share towards it it you try, and act npon the suggestions of Ruo Gramma Puu Racklen'a Arnica Salvs. The Best Salvk in the world for Cuts, Braises, SoreB, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sore?, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Em pt ions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no py required. It i guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. W. Bryan. PERRY MANUFACTURING GOIPAIY. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Shinglo Mills. Edgers and Lath Mills, Pulleys, Shafting, Belting &c. Orders for Castings and Machine work of all kinds Solicited. Send for catalogue and price list. 635 637 Ac G41 Qeen St, rjpiIE NORFOLK SOUTHERN K. R. TriE DIRECT SHORT LINE nETWEKN PLY' mouth. Edektos ajh Eastern north Cakoi.isa awd Norfolk, akd all points NORTH. Mail and Express leaves Norfolk daily (except Sunday) at 10 A. M.. arrives at Edouton 1:15 P. M., making close connec tion with all pasBonger lines to and from Baltimore, New York aud Philadelphia and the north. Connect at Edenfou daily (except Sunday) with the Company's Steamer Plymouth for Roanoke River. Jauesville & Washington R. U Albemarle & Kaleigb R. R. Steamer goes to Hamilton Tuesday and Friday Str. Bertie for Windsor aud Cashie River, alfio with the Str. M. E. Roberts Tresday, Thursday and Saturday for all landings on Chowan River as high as Wiuton and on Mouday and Friday for Columbia and landings on the Scuppernong River. Leave Edenton Jevery Wednesday for Mill Land, ing, Solmon Creek and returns following day. Through tickets on sale on Strs. Plymouth and M. E. Roberts aud baggage checked to stations on the Norfolk Southern R R., and landings on Biver routes, aud to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. Norfolk freight and passenger stations at Norfolk & Western R. It. depot. Freight received daily nutil 5 P. M. (except Sunday) and forwarded promptly. O EASTERN CAROLINA DISPATCH FAST FREIGHT LINE. Regular line of Freight Steamers: ply between Elizabeth City aud New Borne and Washington, N. C. connecting with the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad. Daily all rail service between Elizabeth City, Edenton and New York, Philadel phia and Baltimore and Norfolk. Through cars w ithout breaking bulk, low rates and quicker time thin by any other route LirtKjt all goods to be shipped via Eastern Carolina Dibpatch as follows: From Norfolk, via Norfolk Southern Railroad. From Baltimore, via P. W & B. R. R. President St. Station. Froni Philadelphia, by Penn. R. R. Dock St. Station. From New York, by Penn, R. R. 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M L NCY The "OLD RELIABLE" Carriage FactoryJ H. Peal Proprietor. C Plymouth, N. C. MANUFACTURER OF Buggies. Phaelons, lload-carts, Farm-carts, wajons &c, at prices lower than ever. Men with the cash can get a bargain. I defy competition and will not be undersold. Repairing of all kinds done. Givo me a call. m ft eaiNER'Y . s s Having located in this placo I am now prepaircd to do all kinds of machine wovk. OLD ENGINES Overhauled and put in First-Class order at short notice. I will also furnish Machine Supplies when needed. j For further information apply at this office. janlO-tf. EEDRGE , B ATE MAN MANUFACTURER OF Carts, Wagons and othe Hiding Vehicles. Repairing of all kind done with neatness and dispatch. All Work Guaranteed. Adams Street Plymouth, N. C E E. HXNES. E EVERETT. HINES Sc EVERETT, UFHDLSTERERS AND CABINETMAKERS EAST WATH STEEET, INWE A k K DEl'OT. w 2 :3isSi i X .a p 5 ifCtl3fHa 1 is: a k es o ' OKFOLK, Vti. W. HOLUDAY Business Man'g. Plymouth, N,- - WJ OB-- ..
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