Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-09-10

DC :tt Camden CotIr-
next week. See him, tris
;.iv.. l:iIl, your Sub~ci.ip
ton
Mr.. Luther K. Christie, whC
has been i'll our town for seyera
months in the Insurance bust
ness, VIII leave this week fol
Virginia where he will entel
the ministry OF The Baptis'
church.
The county commissioners
were III session on the 9th. The
tcwn commissioners were IL
session two days this week-the
time being principally devoted
to the consideration Of bids fol-
water works.
Tuesday large crowd OF col
otcd people from this city went
to Edenton to attend the col
oyed Fair i'll progress there this
week. The hook and ladder
company and base ball team
We're among the number.
Mr.. Willis Gregory is in Nor
70, training for his entry III
the great Bicycle Meet at the
Norfolk Driving Park Il
week. Willis has a host of
friends here who will wish
heartily for his success.
The many friends Of Mr..
Castor Bell, formerly of this
city but now Of Norfolk, Va,
were delighted to see him here
this week. He came to spend a
few days with his mother, Mrs.
VI. G.. Bell, Oh Road street.
The FISHERMAN & FARMER
is the only OFFICIAL PAPER
Of the Albcmarlc Park Far
Don't be mislcd. What appears
iii these columns i'll reference to
the coming exhibition you can
depend unpo as being correct.
The negro who was so seri,
ously hurt at one Of the mills
some time ago, was operated on
successful at the hospital of the
Johns Hopkins University at
Baltimore this week, and the
physicians are hopeful of his re
cOvery.
Mcssrs. L J. Loyal and w.
b. Tillyard, rode through from
Norfolk Sunday on their wheels
and spent Sunday night and
Monday with Mr.. d. NJ. Simons
on BURGESS street. They left for
their home Oh the PAS p. NJ.
train Oh Monday.
y match game Of base ball
was to have been played here
wednesday by the Cyclones and
Il team from South Mills. The
South Mills boys were on hand
but the game was postponed on
account Of the general services
Of Mrs. Griffin and children.
Mr. T NJ. Meckins, of Eliza
beth City, has entered the race,
even at this early date, for the
Republican nomination for Sor
licitor OF the First Judicial Dis
trict. Solicitor Leary, the present
incumbent, we learn, asplres tor
a seat on the Superior Court
BENCH
The Atlantic Collegiate In
stitute, which begins its Fall
session on the Goth inst, IS SO
thoroughly equipped i'll every
way for its purposes that the
people of Elizabeth City have
lust cause for congratulatln9
themselves, for having such an
institution at our very DOORS
When some of the unsightly
buildings OH Poindexter street
are removed to aive way to tie
spirit of enterprise that is adorn-
ing the upper portion OF the
street, it will furnish a more
attractive advertisement tc
strangers who are catching a
first glimpse O. our architectural
beauty.
Detectives from Norfolk, Va.
we're in the city carly Monday
morning in search Of a negro
murderer who escaped from thai
city. The negro wanted K
named Bill Pitts, who killed {
Ieero Saturday night in a So
loon on Plume street, by stab
bing him with dirk.
The twenty four building lot:
thee squares from the N 5. r
R. Depot and two squares from
the Il. C. Institute, known a:
the Vaughan property, pur
chased by NJ. N. Sawyer ane
C. w. Stevens on the sd O
August, was sold to separate
persons by the 2Sth of August
This shows that real estate II
Our town is on the mp grade anc
| will continue up tie same line
in the future.
The revival which began Sun
dav at the Methodist church II