Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-05-28
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE
A-VO THERE
BY CHARLES MORGAN.
SOME THINGS HE SEES AND HEARS AT
POINTS WHERE WE HAVE NO
REGULAR REPORTER.

Mrs. Merrett, of Winfall, has
been i'll for several days.
Mrs. VIM. 9. Ward, has been
i'll for the past two weeks.
Mr.. Earl Corey, Of Elizabeth
City, was in Winfall Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Speight IS the guest
of Miss E. Mae Morgan this
week.
Mr.. William Madrey, Of Bags
ley Swamp, is quite sick with
Pneumonia.
Mr.. Thomas White, residing
near Belvidere, continues quite
i'll.
j. Miss Nettie Cartwright, Of E.
City, has been visiting her old
home in Nixonton.
Mr.. Z. w. Hollowell, one of
our best farmers, has fine lot
of cabbages and strawberries.
Rev. J. T. Riddick, of Win
ton, and Miss Dorothy Chase, OF
Virginia, will be married June
End.
Miss Sallie Pegram, very at
tractive young lady, of Garys-
burg, is visiting friends in Wits
fall.
The people of Hartford en-
| joyed a very interesting concert
at the Courthouse Thursday
night
We are sorry to say that Miss
Mary Hollowell is sick, and had
to stop school. We hope she
will soon recover.
Miss Denie Thomas, residing
near Winfall, returned Saturday,
after spending some time with
her sister at Centerville, Va.
Miss Sarah Speight, of Wins
fall is visiting friends near Sandy
Cross. She will also attend the
Union Meeting at that place.
Mr.. Charles Overman, who
has been sick at his daughters
Mrs. Ida Morris, at Nixonton,
we are glad to say is improving.
Mr.. Willie J. Brothers and
wife, of Manteo, are the guests
of Mr.. E. P. Walsh, father of
Mrs. Brothers, near Elizabeth
City.
Mr.. NJ. L. Davis, living near
Elizabeth City, is a champion
strawberry raiser. His berries
are always the best and command
good prices.
Mr.. c. {. Thompson, having
recently purchased the DR.. Null
Ian timber lands near South
Mills, is now actively engaged
in cutting same.
Rev. Mr.. Hatcher, Grand
Lecturer for Masons, for North
Carolina, preached an able SER
mon at Halls Creek church
Sunday morning.
Misses Sallie and Lena Rid>
dick, of Nicanor, attended the
commencement at Belvidere
Friday, they were the guests Of
Mrs. Bragg Perry.
Rev. N. P. Stallings preached
very impressive sermon at Mt.
Sinai church On Sunday. He
had very attentive congre-
CATION, also had a short talk on
missionary work.
The three trottlng horses,
bay Line, "Sy Ivan" and Len
uon j." owned by c. c. Thomp-
son, are at the Albemarle Park
Grounds. Mr.. J. T. Snyder is
training them for the Fall.
A young white boy, Willie
Harrell, was drowned a few DAYS
ago i'll Perquimans river, be-
tween Hartford and Belvidere.
He fell from a raft of logs. His
body has been recovered.
Mrs. Fife L. Morgan, the
wife of d. w. Morgan, living
near Elizabeth City, died very
suddenly Tuesday morning while
sitting in chair at her home.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Jos. Ferebee.
Mrs. Alethia Holloweli, re-
siding near Norfolk, died Suns
day, after all illness of several
weeks. She leaves a husband,
four children and many friends
and relatives to mourn her death.
Her remains We're brought to
Elizabeth City and deposited in
the cemetery near town.
Last Saturday a shooting af>
fair occurred at South Mills be-
tween two white men named
Sawyer and Miller. The former
shot at the latter four times,
neither ball taking effect. The
father of Sawyer in trying to /
oct the nistnl from his CO.., ac