The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-26
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
This District embraces the Albemarlt
Sound counties of North Eastern North
Carolina; famed for the largest fisher
les, the finest ship-timber, the best
ducking grounds, the biggest sweet pc
tatoe., etc, in America.
Elizabeth City, the metropolis, has
about 1900 pop; water trade with &
vast inland river; two canals and {
newly-built Railroad to Norfolk; giving
it a most promising outlook.
Elizabeth City Falcon, is issued daily
and weekly by Frank Vaughan.
Elizabeth City North Carolinian, es
tablished in 1869. DIR Palemon John.
Editor; Wednesdays Republican, bat
moderate, and newsy. Price, 81.
Elizabeth City Economist, Il b Cree
cy, Editor; Tuesdays. Price So.
Edenton (about 1,5OO population.
Enquirer, E l. c Ward, $50, Editor,
W i Spiers, Publ sher; Fridays; s.
Coward and Upward" is Its motto
and 80 far as we can judge it has steadi
ly pract;ccd the sentiment. 1t appeared
last week in neat new dress of type.
Washington 5000 pop.) Nortl
State Press, Chas NJ Brown, d & p,
Wednesdays, 50.
G~reenville Il, 800 pop) Reflector.
SECOND CONG. DIST.
New Berne, the chief town, giver
6 ,434 pop. by last census, but counting
the suburbs, has probably 5000 and
is in one ofthe four leading towns of the
State. In age it stands first, tbeing the
ancient capital), and prior to the wa
second only to Wilmington in popula-
ton, business. political, and social i'm
portance. Railroads, and the decline o.
coasting trade, have shorn some of this
pre- eminence but the present pros
poets OF the place are brighter, (aud
brightening,) than at any time In ten
years past.
NewBerne Journal, published daily,
Sc; and weekly So, by Messrs } w Har
per and H S Num-. Recently establish
ed. but neat and successful. Takes
Press dispatches.
New Berne Nutshell, published daily,
Geo z Pittman, E s. P. About te
have new outfit, and enlarge.
New Berne Commercial, published
by Maj VIM A Hearne, an old and tai
ented journalist.
New Berne Neacbernian, Geo A La.
than; Mrs Mary Bayard Clarke, Lit.
erary correspondent Saturdays. Says
its say as freely as any paper In the land.
Tarboro 3, 745 pop centre OF D OF
the richest cotton sections IN the State;
has railroad and river-steamer traffic,
and will become one of the first towns
of Eastern Carolina.
IarDurO ioOutHc, aos, Moooro J G
Charles and Frank Powell, pro the lat.
ter, editor; Thursdays; one of the
oldest in the State established In
ls2a;' and representing perhaps the
richest cotton planting section.
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DIST.
Wilmington is the chief city, and
seaport, of the State population II,
Sol. We give a very hatterlng exhibit
of its trade and growth in another col.
umn.
Wilmington Star, est 1867: Daily s..
" ii Bernard, Esq, K Il p. II
kingsbury, Esq, editor-in-chief J H
Muse, city editor. Considered as to
age, success, literary and news excel
lence, etc., the Star is, We suppose, the
leading North Carolina journal. 1t.
location, at q corner of the State, may
lessen its influence politically.
Wilmington Reotet0, est 1875; daily
S. weekly, 50; Joshua L. James,
+ 4 P; Mr. Walker Meares, city editor.
The weekly edition bears the old title
of the Wilmington Journal. The daily
u-oc nhonraI loSt -aaE frN,,
to a morning paper. 1t appeared in
new type throughout and enlarged,
with a splendid showing of advertise
mentS.
Wilmington Post, est 1869: Fridays,
w 2 Canady, Ed z, Republican.
Fayetteville "a, 756 pop), at the head
of navig ton on Cape Fear River, has
one railroad, and others projected,
which will make it one Of the most i'm
pOrtant centres In the State.
Fayetteville Er0m,ner, weekly: r X
Bryan, K & P, Thursdays, 81. Entered
4th volume and doing we'll.
Warsaw Brief Mention, Rev N Stall
lings, editor.
Whiteville Enterprise, Messrs H A
hcEachern and h l. Lowell, E s 2,
Wednesdays, 81. Has made a good
start in q country 0 before supplied
with a local paper.
Goldsboro "a, 933 pop) Messenger, es-
tabllshed in 1867, published seml-week.
ly and weekly, by Col Julius A Bonitz ;
In size and circulation is surpassed by
no other secular paper; So a year for
s ml-weekly. 1t Is the Home Paper
OF half dozen counties around Colds
boro.
Wilson L3,972 popl, is one of the
growing towns, with a fine future. The
Wilson Adoonce is published by the
Adrance company; Josephus Daniels,
manager and local editor, j w Lancas.
ter political editor; Fridays, So.
Wilson Sytings, d S Carraway, ESQ,
editor; Wednesdays; ST. Three months
old, but toddling right along!
klnst0n l525 .popl, Free Press. Jo-
sephus Daniels, p; Messrs C w How
ard and Z Daniels, editors, 81. The
young proprietor is also of the