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EDGECOMBE AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.
This body has been thoroughly reorgan-
lied, and active operations have been made
by it to secure means to supply the desti-
tute of tie county with the Bible. All
donations will be thankfully received by
any one of theofficers or members of the
Executive Committee. The following are
the officers for the current year. H. A.
Walker, President, N. NJ. Lawrence,
Vice President, VIM. A. Bagley, Treas
urer, J. J. White, Secretary. The Exec
utive Committee is composed of Messrs. ].
D. Cumming, J. W. Jones, Thos. II. Cat
lin, n. NJ. Lawrence and E. r. Stamps,
The President and Secretary are also e1
| Officio members of the Executive Commit
| tpp
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WATERMELONS.-We have to thank Col.
Cromwell and Mr. James Lawrence for two
of the finest watcrmelons that have graced
our sanctum this season. The one sent
by Col. Cromwell weighed 81 pounds, that
sent by Mr.. Lawrence fell little under
this in weight but was pronounced by
those who ate it as somewhat superior in
flavor. We love to see rivalry in the
watermelon business.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-08-21

DULL.-Times are dull in trade just now.
Our merchants expect to start North in a
few weeks for their new fall stock and
buyers seem to be holding back for the
fall trade
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TARBCRo TOWNSHIP. Some idea Of our
county may be formed from the fact that
this township alone gives a larger vote
than any one of the following counties ;
Allegheny, Clay. Dare, Polk, Swain, and
Pennsylvania.
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Advertisements will be inserted in The ENQuR
ER-SoUTHERNER at the following rates. Ten lines
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One square one insertion, SlOo
Each subsequent insertion, 80
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While mortal it was thine,
But now in robes immortal pent,
1t lives forever mine. }. :.
Died, at her residence in this county, on
the 2nd inst, Mrs. SALLlE \. SAVAGE,
consort of Mr.. John Savage, of Edgecombe
county, n. c.
Youthful, with pleasing face and man
ners, the morning of life seemed but just
began, when the evening shadows put on
their gloom, and thus shrOuded the cOmnlu-
nity in which she lived, in sorrow and sad
ncss-that time, the only precious rescue
/ for the Stubborn Will-can chase the gloomy
shadows away and give the conscience rest.
! Six months previous to her death her little
| boy died, then her baby; it was with great
| strugglings within her own breast that size
could give her darling little Jimmie up
she said he was such good boy so like
every atfectiOnate mother, to love the crea-
ture more than their Creator.
What strange rebelliOns creatures We
But Gods as strangely kind,
he protracts our days awhile,
And then He frees the mind.
Which was made manifest during her
own illness, which lasted only twelve
hours; here she was made 20 see the good
ness of God in taking from her, her darl-
ing little boy, because said she, He fore
knew | too would die i'll little while, and
thus it was as the bright sunshine of anoth-
er day Crept through the folds of a cur
tanned window and sprinkled its rays on
the drapery of newly born baby-boy-
} The tender mother lay silent in death
5 ''The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away
blessed be the name of the Lord :" for Hi!
mysteEiOusways are past finding out W.
know not what day tomorrow NAV bring
g forth, and therefore we take no though
+ for it. Can !, with my feeble and tremb
/ ling hand describe the scenes that consc
4 Grated the inner walls of that chamber from
three to five O'Clock in the morning No
d no there is one who perhaps now can al
v most feel the hot breath of her who CAV
d the parting kiss ere She folded her arms i
IS death-WhOse drOWsy powers are all quick
ened and made alive by the unexpecte
turn in the current of human life, for wit
e him she left evidences of a joy that cart
If cannot afford, when life's labor is done
and the spirits lightened from its load
With true sympathy do | sacredly ask
If Thy holy name that the bereaved HUSBAND
re- children and relatives may be brought
m see and feel that "The sorrow which &C
IN appoints is purifying and enobling al
e. contains within it serious JOY" Life
of nothing; the ties that bind us to earth a
lis nothing. The good we do to others viii
Lying is all.
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WILSON CoURT.-The next term Of VIII
son Superior Court, which will he the reg
ular Fall Term, will begin on the second
Monday in September, being the l4th day
of the month.
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SURvEYING.-Mr H, F. Price, Surveyor,
whose card appears in the Enquirer-South-
emer, has beautiful map of Penny Hill,
Capt. James r. Thigpcn's farm, now on
exhibition at Mr.. Ed Lewis Book Store.
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WoRTHY.-The example set by some of
our citizens returning from far distant
places to vote, is highly patriotic and
worthy of emulation.
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Cash Buyers would do well to enquire
the price of Patapsco and other brands Of
flour, at Pender s. Jenkins. I'm.
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PIANO TUNING.-Prof. ]. F. Rueckert,
of Wilmington, \. G., well known in North
Carolina, is at present in Tarboro and i'm
mediate vicinity, tuning Pianos. Mr.. T..
Z. Lewis Book Store receives orders for
him
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ORPHAN AsYLUM-We think the impor-
tance of the matter sufficient apology fo1
the space we denote in this issue to the
contributions to the Orphan Asylum.
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REuGIoUs.-Rev Mr.. Allison has loca-
ted in our town as Stated Supply of the
Presbyterian Church. He will preach
three Sundays in the month in Tarboro.
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OBITUARY

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Died at Lagrange, n. c., July 9th 1874.
JOHN, infant of Mary and Dallas VI. Stan
ton age five months
No poor words Of ours can pour oil into
the wounds of the bleeding hearts left des-
olate by the death Of their little babe, and
we can only offer our heartfelt sympathy
in their bereavement. "The Lord gave
and the Lord hath taken away blessed be
the name Of the Lord" His body quietly
sleeps beside his little sister who but few
months had gone before whilst his sweet
spirit has winged its flight over the beau
tiful river to the shining shore where it
will ever be waiting for the loved ones left
| behind
An early summons Jesus sends,
| To call a child above,
And whispers DER the weeping friends,
'Tis all the fruit Of love.
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Great Bargains in all kinds of goods TO
make room for Fall and Winter Goods, at
A. Whitlock's.
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Piques, Grenadines, Organdies, Poplns
and Lawns for sale VERY Low at Gatlin's
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Pender & Jenkins can furnish plain or
metal lined Cucumber Wood Pumps. I'm.
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THE crescent. Three Daily Cresents
Yesterday Our friends will please send
them one at time
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APPLES Thanks to our young friend,
George Lloyd, for nice basket of apples.
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New York Markets.
New YORK, Aug 19-6 P. nj.
Cotton quiet sales 2,502 bales at l6 Sc
all 3 4.
Baltimore Mark cts.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.-6 P. NJ.
Cotton dull; lower; middlings Is "a !;
low middlings Is 7-8 good ordinary Is.
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THE MARKET-Seems to be we'll stocked
with meats, fruits and vegetables.
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NorlcE-Jockey Club advertisement
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seekers
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THE CRoPs-Continue promising.
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LOCAL MATTERS.

TIE WEATHER. Pleasant.
BASE BALL-Is playing out.
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1t is proposed to erect telegraph
from Plymouth to Weldon, via Wind
sor, Woodvile Roxabel and Jackson.
The cost will be about 4,500. The
The shares are $25. So says the
Windsor Times.
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Paris will send us kind of coach
mans cape for an outer wrap for the
autumn. 1t is stated to have two capes,
sometimes three, and can hardly fail to
be clumsy in consequence, unless made
of material so thin as to lack the requi-
site warmth. Besides, we are promised
mantles of various shapes and styles,
and for regular stand-bys our adored
half-6tting sacks and paletots are to be
left us. 1t is believed that if plaids are
worn to any extent for costumes, plaid
shawls will come in vogue, especially
the Scotch plaids, matching the design
OF the dress. Rumor declares that while
the weather is warm enough, the clan
plaids will be worn over one shoulder,
secured there by a silver thistle, aud be
carried under the other arm, falling like
a sash on the skirt. There would seem
to be q doubt about this, for it is q triae
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velocity / had never before witnessed; I;
yet we were some distance from the bar
when we saw the boat come out bottom
upward, and two of the men clnging to
her.
"One, two, three-that makes FIVE, sir, f"
said the coxswain, as three more cleared
the surf and struck out for us.
Thank God, they re all safe thus far, f"
said l. It's the Resolutions boat; saw
the captain and four hands go in this
morning. Give way, men; a bottle of
grog each when we get on board"
"Ay, ay, sir" said the young fellow
who pulled the stroke oar, never fear
of that;-but hang all grog in such case
as this"
/ felt the rebuke; felt l ought to have
known sailors better.
Zone, tive, three, four-I can only see
-four" said Carey; "one poor fellow
gone. What's thatP A shark God
help en-"
The water foamed from her bows;
Carey and / cutched the thwarts of the
boat still we fed onward.
Another shark, said Carey; dye
see him coming down to windward2"
Fl" One, two, three-only three; another
poor fellow gone. Give way, my bon
nies, rally again, all together; that S your
sort.
We were now drawing close to the
boat; one man only remained in the
water; he struck out wildly, and then
lifting up his hands imploringly, sank,
and his faint cry for help was drowned
in the surging waters.
Way enough; in bow; back water,
said the coxswain.
Carey who had divested himself of
his jacket and shoes, now dived after
him; he rose, supporting the drowning
man; we hauled them on board; just
then huge shark dashed past us.
THANK God, you're safe" said l.
squeezing my friends hand. The two
men who were taken off the boat had
sustained no damage bat good ducking
We learned from them that the first man
who went down was the captain; and as
he was striking out strongly only few
seconds before he sank, in all proba
bility he was seized by shark, for
neither he nor the man ever rose again.
1t was a melancholy termination to
our first attempt ia 90 to Ullua, and |
felt the matter painfully at the time, as
understood that both of the poor fell
lows had wives, and the captain large
family, to lament their loss. OF course,
after such an occurrence, it was out of
the question to proceed on our intended
voyage, and we therefore made our way
back to the ship.
l cannot avoid relating an incident
connected with the sad scene, which is
strongly characteristic of the supersti-
ton of sailors. The boat in which the
melancholy accident occurred was strong
and well built, worth at least twenty
pounds. Yet, after we had rescued the
men from off her, there was not man
in the fleet would touch her, and she
was left to drift out to sea.
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A SHARK STORY.

In the month of June | was on board
the bark Calcutta, at anchor off the
Ullua. My gig was manned and along
side, and l aud my friend, Tom Carey,
were going up the river to look after our
stevedore, who had been sent up some
days before to select raft Of mahogany.
The sea breeze had set in strongly, and
the afternoon was cool and refreshing.
Do not misunderstood me; do not think
it was really cool-it was only compara-
lively so. The sea breeze had but modi-
fed the sultry atmosphere of the morn
ing; the thermometer stood at eighty-two
in the shade.
We did not put on our dress coats or
black pants, although we we're going to
visit a gentleman of no small import
ance in those psrts-the captain OF the
mahogany cutters. But, having duly
encased ourselves in a suit of clean white
duck, and taking our pea-coats to pro-
tect us from the chill of the evening, we
stepped into our little four-oared cutter,
and started tor the river. Ny little boat
had always been the admiration of the
whole feet; she was very sharp in the
bow, light and buoyant as a cork, and
was, without doubt, regular clipper.
As we neared the bar / could see the
surf breaking on it in a remarkably un-
pleasant fashion. | had heard of the
dangerous nature of the entrance, but
had not paid much heed to it; thought
it was only a tale to frighten youngsters
and old women; but when | saw the i'm
mease breakers follow one after the
other, dash on the bar, and then roll,
boiling and Kissing, right into the mouth
of the river, / confess | altered my opin-
ion, and looked on them with something
like perplexity; however, with such a
boat as we had under us, | did not fear.
We had not gotfar from the ship when
the man at the stroke oar called my at
tention to several boats which had put
off from the ships in the feet.
Something amiss, said Tom Carey.
Look out ahead, coxswain, and see if
you can make out what it is.
mo" l replied; yet / cant see
anything astern; it must be ahead. Give
way. nv men; perhaps it is boat cap
sized in the surf.
"Ay, ay, sir, you're right" broke in
the coxswain. "See-there in the way
of them two cocoanut trees; watch the
next rollers, and you will see the poor
fellows holding on to the boat.
l did see them; and, knowing that the
coast swarmed with sharks, | saw at once
that their only chance of safety, in case
they escaped drowning and got outside
the surf, was for us to reach them as soon
as they got clear OF it. therefore urged
my men to put out their strength they
responded nObly to my call, and we soon
began to fly over the seas. A race like
this-time against life or DEATHS a
most exciting thing; and, as we bounded
over the waves, multitude Of thoughts
fitted through my brain. tits perfectly
astounding at what rate the mind will
travel under such circumstances.
Had our boat been endowed with the
same faculty the result might have been
different; but, as it was, she seemed to
know she was on an eFrand Of mercy, for
l never saw her skim so lightly over the
seas. She was a paragon Of boat, was
that same gig Of the Calcutta. Stout arms
and brave hearts propelled her with a
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The New York Tribune announces
the latest proof that music hath charms
to soothe the savage breast" The proof
came from 0nondsga county, the region
of salt and Cardiff giants An intelli-
gent young farmer endeavored to try a
three yoke team of steers. The nigh
steer in the middle yoke lay down and
refused to move After lashing, kicking
and probing the animal, the intelligent
young farmer bethought him of lively
scourge, "the necessary cat. Thomas
was placed upon the shoulders of the re-
fractory steer and pulled tailwards by
the tail. His claws made deep furrows
down the back of the reluctant steer,
but without locomotive effect. A second
trial was made, but with no better re-
suits. At the third, Thomas, who had
borne the strain upon his tail long
enough, rendered strain of his own,
which curdles the midnight blood and
starts the householder for the bootjack,
The music worked to a charm. The
reluctant steer arose as though the
caterwauling came from Gabrieps trump,
and tested the strength of yoke and
chain. Hereafter it is expected that no
living being, human or otherwise, can
listen unmoved to the melodies of
Thomas orchestra.
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MY FOOLISH HEART.


He asked me for the choicest gift
Twas in my power to give;
could not say
My lover nay,
And so bade him live
Within my heart.
o loving heart
Thy faith was sadly strayed;
On bended knee
He promised me
A price he has not paid.
He pledged his honor and his truth
To love till death should part;
With love he bought
The prize he sought.
And thus obtained my heart.
o happy timel
o happy cline
Through which we idly strayed!
What joy was ours
As through the flowers
A fragrant path We made!
But soon we reached the outer edge
Of this our Eden land,
Where love had reigned,
And haply feigned
Te do the kings command.
0 loving heartl
o trustful heartl
How was thy trust betrayed
With love he bought
The heart he sought;
But has the price been paid?
If should live a thousand years,
/ ne'er again should know
The same regret,
Or could forget
Those days of long ago,
When first my heart
This foolish heart
Its choicest wealth displayed;
With love twas sought,
With love twas bought;
But has the price been paid2
The careless tene. the unkind word,
The changed and chilling mood
Are these the things
Affection brings,
To prove its promise goodY
o foolish heart
Be 10th ~ part
With love. though love entice;
So sharp trade
With hearts is made,
That few will pay their price.
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Am Eagle,s Nest.Hiding.

Young Raymond ought to be invited
to complete new unabridged diction-
ary. To illustrate his conception of the
meaning of nest hiding" he relates an
experience Of his in the Yellowstone
region. One evening some of the party
fred several shots at an eagle sitting
upon her nest in tall cottonwood.
Only her head could be seen; but that
never ainched nor moved, though the
marksmen felt that they must have hit
the bird At last they gave up in cha
grin and came to supper. In the morn
ing they saw the eagle still unmoved
upon her nest. and they resolved to un-
ravel the mystery. They finally sue
ceeded in overturning the nest, when
down huttered the full-hedged eaglets
alive, and the mother bird riddled with
balls. She had taken her death wounds
in silence and covered her young to the
last That, ladies and gentlemen, is
nest-hiding. - Boston Post.
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or MEMPHIS TENN. THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBERBER1 1874

too pronounced to "take" T" with quiet
tastes AT any rate, there is assurance
that some flowing garment, a cross be-
tween the old Arab mantle and the
ancient mantilla, will be in order, so
that those slender people, whom they be-
come, may rejoice in the prospect.
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