Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-07-03

O-mOrTOW is the "GlOl0u
Fourth" the day that all Amer
leans celebrate, and a large mum
Der of people are expected i,
town. There will be no celebra
| ton here however.
Only nine marriage license
were issued in this county dur
ing the month of June. OF these
| five were white and four color
ed, of the whites two came from
Virginia.
The regular monthly meeting
of the board of County Commits
sioners will be held at the public
chambers i'll the Court House
Monday. Tuesday the board
will sit to revise the tax list.
After an illness of several days
Mr.. H. c. Divers died Sunday
morning of typhoid fever. His
age was about 81 years. He
leaves a bride of only two
months.
Col. r. B. Creecy, of the
Economist, has gone to Mays
Head to enjoy the breezes of old
ocean. He is stopping on the
beach with his daughter, Mrs.
Winston.
Zoeller having had such a big
run on his $500 Crayons for
$500 he will continue this low
price short while longer. Large
line frames to select from.
Miss Mamie Merriam left this
week to visit friends and rela-
tives in Washington, n. c., after
which she will go to New Jersey,
where she usually spends her
summer.
| Miss Nobel Whitehurst is
spending a few days with her
friend. Miss Mamie Allen On
Road street. The two ladies
were former class mates at the
Norfolk College.
Farmers this year have lost
money on their potato crop.
The yield was large enough, but
the dry spell in April caused
them to be late. The price in
New York yesterday was only
one dollar for primes.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Mcdonald,
of Portsmouth, the latter a sister
of the late Mr.. w. NJ. Jewell,
were in the city last Saturday to
attend the funeral of Mr.. Jewell.
They returned to Portsmouth
Monday.
Mr.. w. G. Dawson and Miss
Pearl Wallace were married at
the home of the brides parents
in the first ward last night by
Rev. J. H. Hall. Only a few
special friends were present.
The accommodating store Of
Mr.. J. A. HolloWell, at Nays
Head, will be run to the queen S
taste this season. Ample prep
arations have been made to sup
ply visitors with fresh and up
to date goods at live and let live
prices.
The officers and teachers of
the Methodist Sunday School
will give the. childr an excur-
siou to Nays Head on the I4th
4 limited number of tickets will
be sold to children outside of the
school,
! The Elizabeth City Telephone
Company began this week to
double their capacity. Already
a large number of the phones
have been engaged. Business
men find the system a great con-
venience and use it greatly to
their benefit.
Seeing the dissatisfaction
among factory hands and the in
convenience of making Monday
instead of Saturday pay day,
the local ministers have again
made G request of employer that
the old system Of paying be re
stored.
The New York parties who
purchased from Mr.. Harvey
Ferry the "Great Park Estate
some months ago, are dividing it
up into smaller tracks and sell
ing it off to parties for various
purposes. Four deeds were re
corded last month.
Send to the FISHERMAN &
FARMER Office for printing of
any kind. Our stock of enve-
lopes, linen and white note heads,
bills, cards, posters, etc, is the
best and most varied of any in
this section. Call, see us on the
street, or order by mail.
A colored woman, whose name
it is not necessary to mention
and whose incorporate habits are
we'll known i'll the Mayors court.