Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-04-10
MORE ABOUT FISHING.

b'otber r. Is, Creecv, of tn,
Economist-Facon, at Elizabeti
City. says:
In the ate issue of the Edontor
FIsuEEMAN 4 FARMER, a writer sign.
ing himself "Subscrtber," furnishes
some lnteresth < tacS about the
History of Fishing on AIbemarle
Sound and ChuAan River " hich, are
In the main, accurat-; but there are
inaccuracies for which We hope we
W il be p~rdoned for suggesting some
add't ons and correctlors We are
OF opinion that the pioneer fisher
men on tue Chowan river, and proba-
bly, proceeded Thomas BrownlIgg
who was engaged in the business as
cary as 1869, was parson Earle.
ergyman Of the Church of Eng
land W 20 ofhCiated in St Paula Church
In EdeRton, and of whom a doygerel
was chaked Oh the front door of the
Church by some village willing who
described the parson, Earle, as a
herring catching parson, Tradi-
ton s'ys the impious d.ggerel ran
thus:
half built church and broken down steeple
A herring catching parSOn.
And dam Set Of people
Parson Earle fshed at Bandon on
Chowan river, Thos. Brownripg fish
ed at Winghe.d on Chowan river
and was contemporary or soon sue
ceeded Parson Earle. He is known
to living memory as dignifed in per
son and department, a man of wealth
and consideration, and as we infsr
from the: college education he gave
his two soas at the University He
vas TOR years the moderator of the
Chowan Baptist Association. Judge
LancasterBaily was private tutor ia
his family and married his daughter,
and ne Is now represented by his
grandson Bailey of NJ in Charlotte
During this period seine fishing was
considered hazard Gus and 1mprac-
ticable in the broad and tempestu-
Gus waters of the AlbemarIe Sound.
Toward the close of the 9Th century.
about 1890 or 1895, we think a seine
fishery was established bv Lemuel
Crcecy just within the mouth of Yeo-
PIN river. and within full view of the
AlbemarIe sound Before the death
of Lemuel Creecy a fishery was es.
tabIished at old Sandy Point Beach
on Albemarle sound By Joshua 5.
CreecJ, (son of Lemuel) Thomas
senbury Ga son iH-law-of LemueN
and Gen. Duacan Mcdonald. a con-
nect'on by marriage, This We think
was the first venture of seine fishing
on AIbemarle sound, and we think,
was established in 1914. 1t was sue
ceeded, probably the next year, By
a fishery at SINNERS Point about
three miles from Edenton, established
by Charles W. Skinner am Josiah
I. CRANBERRY. both Of Perouinans
These ventures brewing
safe and profitable. were soon fol
lowed By the establishment OF other
fisheries on Albemarls sound aud It's
Probably the next in
point OF time was The fishery at Ed.
On House on The BERTHE side of A. I
oemarle sound established by Joseph
3. sklnner. Capt. Paine and vii.
liam ID. Lowther. There could not
have been fonud three men more
anllke Mr.. Skinner was a cool
headed, clear headed, intelligent.
retired lawyer. Capt. Paine WAS a
roarer. the embOdimens of energy
sud carried things by storm without
OF Cast Or consequence.
w m; ~. Lowther was quiet mod
sst. deficient, imperturbable gentle
nan, delicate as a girl and too unset.
ISM and gentle for this rough world.
1aee when storm was raging, the T
ooats oss and everything in peril.
-taps. faine was full Of vim. He
vas rearing and charging up and
.owh the beach and had several G
ilnes passed Mr.. Lowther. sittingq