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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-21

made them a special study.
FOR THE PRESENT
Nor need we live altogether in the
past: the present has its problems II
Is our duty to see that no Confederate
Veteran is I'm the poor house, nor his
family begging bread. II We cannot
dispense the large public gratuities given
bv the North, Il is at least within the
scope Of our powers 10 do some thing
more than has been done
AN opportunity will be- offered us on
Friday next 10 visit the Soldiers Home.
so that we can see what has already been
accomplished by the local Camp OF sons
the building OF cottage and the support
OF a veteran. In the winter OF their
lives shall we see those. who surrendered
the spring tide Of their hope that we
might stand up and look at the suffering
Of those men without shame?
TO REFER TO COMMITTEES.
your commander has made the sug-
gestions in his report with due Difference
10 the wishes Of the convention and only
seeks TO draw out expressions from the
members as how best to proceed II
you will pardon the hint. l think our
best means TO proceed would be TO have
general discussion Of each Of these
matters and then a committee appointed
10 consider them. The only reason, why
| have taken this method Of bringing
these matters before you, is the absence
Of any committee reports.
THE FINANCES.
"Our finances have been put OF by me
TO the last. because ! hesitatcd 10 men
ton disagreeable subjects. We owe S20.50
Of debts and have $50 10 pay them with.
The debts are ti2 so for printing. s. for
stationery and s. for postage. our as
sets consist OF s. paid by r. r. Lee
Camp. Sens OF Veterans OF RICHMOND
and 20 cents paid by Page Valley Camp.
This is a matter which ought 10 engage
our attention.
In conclusion I say let us hope for a
brilliant future Remember that the
Grand Camp OF Virginia started with a
membership Of three Camps and the
United Confederate Veterans with only
forty Camps l believe that we can so
formulate our plans here. that when the
eavcl falls upon the adjournment OF
this meeting. we can 90 forth with an
assurance that not many years more shall
roll around. before every county and
city in old Virginia shall have living
monument in a Sons OF Confederate Vet
Grams Camp 10 the memory OF those lives
who fought for and loved her 80 we'll. :"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
AS Others See Us.

A visit to Eastern North Car
Dina irupresscs one with the
conviction that there is a great
future in store for Elizabeth
City. It is the natural distri5ut>
ing point for the rich Albenarle
region. and with the reopening
Of the Dismal Swamp canal as a
great inland ship waterway, a
decided impetus must, of neces
sity, result to the traffic which
centers at Elizabeth City. The
town is now rapidly growing,
and northern capital for the past
dozen years has found profitable
employment at that point Its
shipping facilities are second to
none in Eastern Carolina and lis
harbor advantages are capable Of
being enlarged and improved
sufficiently to accommodate a
great merchant fleet. With the
dismal Swamp canal completed
there will be a continuous
chanel thirty feet deep and sixty
feet wide from Elizabeth City to
Norfolk. The design is to ex-
tend this inland ship waterway
as far south as the first inlet be-
low Cape Lookout, and thus
secure a safe and easy inland
route SO as to escape the danger
Gus Hatteras coast. This would
save millions Of dollars to the
coast wise trade ard is an i'm
provement that should command
the earnest support Of the United
States government as well as
that Of every coast trader from
Main to the Gulf Of Mexico.
But whether this inland water
way IS made deep enough to
accommodate large ships below
City or not, that thriv>
ing town is sure to profit by the
Of the Dismal Swamp
canal, as it cannot fail, in that
event, to become the main out
let for the varied products Of one
Of the richest and fairest sections
Of the Union Tie DEL, Star.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29

ELIZABETH CITY, October %, isg,.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
War RumOrS

READING fine re-,
u1or D,roro oor+ of Ce,.r,1
1fi1ae ora would
,,,;,1, +1,o+t,a Ir,;+od c+o+os .
a., five threshold Of war with all
na+ions PERTAINS discretion Is
+1,a h,t4a~ ,,ort af ro1or :, +1,;s
.,o4ta. b...a,,or h,+ o,,o,s o,..e
o,a,, when no osts for moro
than two AND half million dol.
,ars for Notifications or course
he ,v;sho. five arms, 70 ha -
creased Ara wa eti1I 70 ba .
,,otio, Of ra,ca or will orr IN
,4arests ~ Hawaii (-,;ds Senator
Maroo,, Cr,, AVID ,I,c Nort1,
Pole demand . 1aroer ar,na,
De7t1
Someone 1,,s s,id that war
oI,yavs races At the o,d Of aocI,
oao+I,rv Whether +ho+ ia ,r,,a
or rot. Won must look TO vour
histories bnt never before !,av.,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
GREAT DOME FALLS.
An Opera House The Scene Of
\ Terrible Catastrophe.
THREE PEOPLE KILLED.
Falling flastering Gave The
Audience a Warning

The Dangers Of a Great City"
on the stage Of kobinson's OPP
era House in Cincinnati, last
FRIDAY night. was cut short III
It's performance by 4 tragic real
ization Of the actual dangers of
great city. The house was
fairiy we'll filled but not crow
ded. \ little before s: so o
clock 4 lady in the audience says
she heard a creeping noise which
continued for five minutes be
fore the catastrophe. Presently
the plastcTing began tC fall in
small PARTICLES at first. After =,
while the plastering began to
shower down III great chunks.
It came lrom the ceiling which
supported the dome There was
a rush from the gallery. which
was not very we'll filled. The
balcony was soon elnptied.
Those i'll the dress circle retired
as promptly as possible, and
strange to say, without panic.
The crowding Of these to the
door obstruCted the passage of
| people from the parquette,
which accounts in d measure for
the mum Der Of casualties. Sud
denly the great central truss of
the ceiling, eighty feet long and
thirty feet wide, came plunging
down The ends of t struck on
the two gallery wings, sending it
down into the paraquet Moths
ing on the stage was harmed.
The list at the hospital showed
three dead, five dangerously if
not fatally wounded, and twenty
six more or less seriously injured
In addition to these large mum
Der, probably twenty >hve or
thirty, were SO slightly injured
as to be able to walk home. Of
the dangerously injured at the
hospital, amputation will be
necessary III several cases,
4 score ofsurgeons volunteers
ed their assistance to the hospital
corps. A sufficient mum Der was
accepted. The scene in front of
the hospital door was a sad one.
Hundreds of people gathered
there clamoring for the names
of the injured.
At the Opera House ropes
were stretched across all ap-
preaching streets and the police
had all they could do to keep
the crowd Of seven or eight
thousand people from crushing
through. The damage to the
theatre is comparatively small.
The nights disaster recalls the
one which happened in the same
house in 1876 when a score or
more were killed and many i'll
ju5cd during a panic which e.
SIZED from a needless call Of fire.
The deadare Miss Lucy Cohen,
Mrs. George Kleman aud an un-
known man.
Abe dangerously injured are
Mr.. Goldman, Mrs. Studder,
Mary Studdcr. Marin Hass and
an unknown woman
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29


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The baby show, IN which
there were 10 or II contestants,
came Oil about 5 p III. Being
attlred III loVely style, the little
ones with their rlngIets OF dill
terent hues, under which their
gentle smiles Wreathed their
beautiful faces, closely Te5eM-
Oled angelic impress. This part
OF the program was exceedingly
interesting 70 the female Por~
ton OF tie FAR visitors. The
award vas given by the Judges
% MI. ana MIS-. w. :. Dawson 5
ch1Io. ne handsome folding
Gid donated by MI. \. K. Pax
ker' was promptly presented as
d" aloeo'
! ~ oil'''e "''eIh0oH was d
i'Fely OCCASION lie TWO race"
LooA place with purses amount
my 10 o/oo, WHICH proved TO be
'He 'eS'' tH9 CLOSEST ana the
- ''' ->o''''iS '""' rave ever
'0e'1 "i'"0o@0o ." INC AIDES
'N7lie l ak 'iacN'
I i'ii IaIe hou1 the multi
Iuoe were moving about III all
parts OF the geounds' visiting
each ana every department. all
OF winch were f''ll ana complete.
lie houf arriving Tor the mat
breaking up o1 the Falr tor 1897,
the Oand played "Home Sweet
nome ana the folks Ielt' Wend
Ing their way homeWard with
happy memories OF the occasion.
mere IS regret OF course that
the rains llltertered with the
Attendance, Dut the falr has
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29

Delivered at doors ofcity Subscribers
bv carriers, as soon a5 from 1r@-s,
without extra charge.
The Editor GiscIainls ali re5pJ"riDiI-
lty for the views OF statements o. or
respondents, aad reserves the 1'%ht 81
ali times TO revise OF reject any 1l'icIG
he may think proper
Always sign your name to a news
paper communication simply rs z
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published unless you desifc il.
Best advertising medium III the I)i@
trict. Rates very moderate. Special
rates on long contracts.
All Announcements and rccoumen-
dations Of candidatcs for Office, whether
III the st7pe OF communications Or
otherwise, viii be charged az adver
.iactlCutS.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29

Atits July meet
Telegraph ing, the Rail
Toll Fight. road Commits,
sion ordered tel
graph rates to be reduced to IF,
teen cents for ten words over the
lines of the Western Union
Company, and twenty cents over
all others. OF course the com
panies appealed-everythin
must go through the Grand Cir,
cult of courts nOwadays-and
the final hearing Will be before
the Federal court at Winnings
ton November I. The Cons
mission has Just filed an elabors
ate defence, charging that the
earnings Of The companies are
exorbitapt that their stock is
highly Watered, and that the re-
duCtiOn IN rates will cause a
largely increased business, as it
did IL Belgium and Switzerland.
On the side of0N}e State are six
very able lawyers and the bat
tie will be long-fought, tedius
and technical. The question
very naturally arises: If the
rates are reduced, vii! not the
fees Of these six attorneys affect
the saving .or many years to
come?
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29

Continued on third Page.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
Great Treat f0r Elizabeth City.

The securing Of the Kronberg
G~lud Concert Company to come
over here from Norfolk to give
concert on the only open date
they have is quite victory for
this city. The Company is one
OF the strongest on the road and
our people should hail with de
light their coming. The COM
pany is composed Of Madam
Nannie-Hands Kronberg. The
Soprano who made the tour
with the famous Listemann and
was as associate of PadereWski =,
Mr.. S, Kronberg the eminent
Baritone from Gilmores Band
and the Thomas Orchestra, Mr..
Frank Kennedy Bostons favorite
violinist and Miss Marie Patter~
son eminent pianist. This is one
of the strongest musical organi :
cations Oil the platform and our
people don't want to miss the
chance Of hearing them. They
will be here November 9th.
Subscription list for tickets is
now at Seligs jewelry store and
by placing your name thereon
YOU get them cheaper.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
Some StatIstiCau
The Drought.

sOOlIIC 5laLiS LICe1!!.
The Drought. having little els
to do, has calcu-
lated that il fifty years. our lit
tie world will have become a
rarcheJ wilderness II the rain
TAI continues to decrease as it
has during tie past twenty
years Since January it IS SIX
teen inches below the average
that is, eighteen tons Of water
for each square , mile. The
streams III the Picdno ont section
Of the State have almost dried
up; and, at Fayetteville, the
hull OF a haIf-burncd Confeder~
ate steamer is high and dry, for
the first time since it was sunk.
At Norfolk and other places, the
water supply has proved insult
hcicnt, and thc rains Of the past
few days have been God-sends
indeed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
THE FAIR
Held Last Week on the Abe
marie Park Fair grounds.
: Comprehensive ard AttTac>
tive Exhibit, Every De
partment Full and
Complies.

Last week was a gala week
tor Elizabeth City The Abe
marie Park Fair, which Logan
Tuesday. the 10Th, and closed
on Friday, 22d, brought tF'ou>
sands of people here. all Of
whom left pleased and praislng
the Fair. Notwithstanding the
threatening weather, the Fair
was a success, and will b re
ncrnbered as one o. the best ex-
hibits Of it's kind ever held III
the First District Of North Caro-
lima. People aocked here from
every quarter all OF the hotels,
boarding houses, restaurants and
private houses being filed to
OVERLOOKING with visitors III
fact, the Oldest inhabitant never
witnessed such an assenblage Of
people at any Fair held al THIS
place. They came from the east
and the west, from north Of US
and south 0! us, and no manage
ment Of any attraction ever
looked Oh a more comedy crowd.
The old veterans came, the
venerable sages came, the beau
tiful girls were there, a great
army of them, and the handsome
Young men were there, the
brides and groorns were as sweet
on the Fair as they were On each
other, and the children, oh, yes,
hundreds of the pretty buds OF
promise, they all saw the great
Fair, they saw the attractions,
they viewed the handsome stock,
they chatted with each other,
and they all had a grand and
glorious time The lawyers
and doctors and their families,
the me- chants and farmers and
their sons and daughters and
sisters and aunts. The mechan
les. the clerks, the scholars and
teachers, and 1.-THE preachers, the
rich and those that are not rich j,
the handsome and those that are
still more handsome they
were all at the Fair, mingling
together i'll a moving sea Of
chaste and charming N nth
Carolina folk
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
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Eac, t,.lE0nj Ger worker thatnakes weak men
str"&g All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran.
ICED lI1chlct ana sample free. Address
't~@.icg Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
OPENING DAY.


Tuesday, the 10Th, was "Edu-
cati0uai Day" The weather
was delightful, the skies cloud
less, and everything was bright
and promising People came
III large numbers, and such an
opening day was never known
in the history Of the Albenarle
Park Fair. The programme
was most admirably arranged,
consisting Of speeches, music,
amusemGnts, vocal contests be-
tween the county Sunday
Schools, bicycle race, &C., aud
was quite interesting from start
to finish.
It is a great misfortune that
every school teacher and school
committeeman in the county,
did not hear the admirable
speech of Superintendent Me
bane, Editor Bailey and Presi>
dent Kileo. Mr.. Mebane spoke
i'll behalf of the 100000 school
children of North Carolino,
showing wherin the State and
people have failed i'll their duty,
and severely scoring Pasquo-
tank and other counties for their
failure to vote the special school
tax in August He threw out
practical suggestions and sug-
9ested remedies for existing
evils. Mr.. Bailey followed with
a short forCible talk, his subject
being, "who shall have the
child" He held that the pa
rent was simply holding the
child i'll trust for God that the
child should be educated in
Christianity as we'll as i'll math-
elnatics. Nj. Bailey is a young
man of h.4e presence and has a
pleasing voice and delivery
At 3 o'clock, Dr.. Kilgo spoke.
Everyone is familiar with his
nasterful style and personality,
and it is needless to say that he
held the crowd spell bound du-
ring the hour that he spoke.
He presented the claims of !
"Christian Education in a |
strong manner, and made manv |
Prof w. NJ. Hutton proved |
himself ali admirable master of |
ceremonies. His hard waSI
seen everywhere, and his short
speeches of Introduction were
germs Of oratory.
SINGING CONTESTS.
There was Intense interest
in the contest of the
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
LAST DAY.

Friday daWned with a cloud
les sky, which brought people
from far and near. The ticket
sellers were again kept busy,
from whom we learn there was
a larger attendance on the clos
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29

OF MUSIC and succeeded well, but
were handicapped il: the eyes Of
the judges by an accompari-
rnent. The judges were Mrs.
Price, Misses Ada Melick, Ben
lab Eulner and Ethel Blythe.
Ii Willis Gregory, Elizabeth
City has crack-a,jack bicycle
rider, nor must Abbott be for
gotten as a speedy man Twice
the strawberry blonde sho we'd
his auburn locks first under the
wire, winning the race. Alter
ward, paced by Abbott, Gregory
did the halG-mile in I:o4. re-
1narkably good time OH a dirt
track The race was acceptably
paced by Dan Morgan.
THAT RAINY DAY.
Everybody looked forward to
"Wednesday with increasing III.
terest that developed Oh the OPP
ening day, but io' the lowering
clouds that SO long held back
their refreshing showers, turned
loose their food gates and with
the bowling wind that betoken-
cd a storm, ushered Wednes-
day il as all exceedingly inclem
ent day which dampened not
only the ardor5 Of the Fair Man
ayers, but threatened the entire
destruction Of weeks pleasure
SO admirably arranged.
THURSDAY \ BIG DAY.
Early Thursday morning
there was some signs Of clear
ing weather, and later on the
king Of day asserted his power
and i; sel;A. rays dissipated the
threatening clouds. No sooner
done, long and continu>
Gus line Of vehicles commenced
vending their way to the Fair
Grounds. Three active ticket
agents were kept busy for hours
dealing out tickets to applicants.
Soon the grounds were filled.
The great event of the day was
a double marriage, which proved
to be a most attractive and inter
estlng feature Of the days pro-
gramme. The public were to,
tally at loss as to who the con-
tracing parties were, which ex-
, anu ""oeo I'LL
mensely to the interest of the
occasion Promptly at 1880
O'Clock the carriages arriving in
" ,''~ main e'l'i' nce' were
met by the A. F. c. Baud and
l"1 .o0 - '"e u''@e 'ot7nd'
wa e'"0o''lely deco
- '~N' " 1'A' II" "ol' ana evergreen
''''" 'o''ooI1o s1>'cS1 "l'
=. "PPl'I)I119l' n "1"l-
'oi '"S i'0""eo III tue cen
" liz o''' ill., "I' III Iloht
'''e III ~ 'Ilce " huge morse
- az P'0p'' ca ~
~ Ne''o''o i'"''o9 VI Tue i'dies'
''>',e0 ll'''c'' - 'he oea"ty OF the
'"0n S''N0' he o'loal par
y 1''S i'e0' "e Dana opened
''N' PIaY '''s al appropriate
- "','' WIN much conlPoS-
nlN .''o o,'"'l f'a'',9'' escorted
~ wv ol''oeI' u Tic Falr' pro-
oe1'e0 10 'ne marriage altar
" N.Y. 'Ney "e'e met o' Kew
}, o. Fereoee' and Kew. W. +.
Hoco''' mere III the presence
y, SeEeiai thousand spectators
LIN '''o'fy was most ''npfeS
9 81 performed oy KEY. }. b.
ele0ee, 'l Tue close OF Which
New W. T. hocntt offered
oeautilul prayer asking Gods
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-26
SESSION OF THE SENATORS.
HENDERSON's CREDENTIALS PRE-
SENTED IN AMENDED FORM.

Senator Hoar Explains Why No Ac-
ton Has Yet Been Taken by the
Committee on Privileges and EIec-
tiOns-Mr. HendersOn's Credentials
Referred to the Committee - The
bankruptcy Bill Taken Up and
Read in ExtensO-Mr. Nelson Offers
substitute for 1t.
Washington, March 25.-Among the bills
introduced and referred in the Senate to-
day was one by Mr. Foraker, rep, of
ONO, to provide a modern organization of
the artillery of the army.
Mr.. Pasco presented, in an amended
form, the credentials Of John A. Hender-
son as senator from the state of Florida,
under appointment by the governor until
the next meeting of the state legislature
in April next.
Mr.. Hoar stated why no action had been
taken by the committee on privileges and
elections in the matter of the admission
of senator's appointment of governors. He
supposed that, by the retirement Of It's
chairman (Mr. Mitchell of Oregon) he, Mr..
Hoar, being next in committee might act
as temporary chairman; but he supposed
that the matter of filling vacancies on
committees would be settled in a day or
two, and he had not thought 1t wise to
call meeting of the committee on privi-
leges and elections with three or four va
vancies in 1t. He would, however, call
meeting of the committee at once If sena-
tors Interested in the matter desired ac-
ton to be taken while these vacancies ex-
listed His own opinion was that IL would
be better 10 wait until the committee va
cancies were filled
Mr.. Pasco disclaimed any idea of wish
ing to find fault with the committee on
privileges and elections; and on his mo-
ton Mr.. Henderson's credentials were
referred to it.
At 1920 o'clock, on motion of Mr.. Davis,
the committee on foreign relations, the
with closed DOORS of the arbitration
treaty.
At 3 o'clock the doors were reopened,
and the unfinished business-the bank
ruptcy bill-was taken up, being read in
extenSo.
The reading of the bill occupied exactly
one hour. Some formal amendments were
offered by MIR. Hoar and were agreed to.
Mr.. Nelson, rep, of Minnesota offered
substitute for the bill, which was also
read in full, and when it was concluded
the Senate, at APO o'clock, adjourned until
tomorrow.
Three minor nominations only were cen
hrmed by the Senate to-day, of local in
terest to New England and Ohio.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-26
APEOPLE OF FEW WORDS

Let your speech be yea, yea. and nay,
nay" says the Good Book, for whose
ever is more than these cometh of evil"
The Shakers abide by the spirit of this
rule. Their words are few, simple sin
cere and direct. They waste no energy
in Idle talk; they use il in thinking and
doing. And whatever they do they do
with their might. They are content with
nothing short of the essence and principle
of the things they investigate. They take
pains and are patient. And thus the
doors of many strange truths open to
them. In this way they discovered what
may almost be called the unity of disease.
A venerable Shaker says of it: 1T is said
that one mans meat Is another mans
poison. That is but half the truth. ANY
mans meat is any mans poison, under
certain conditions. If the grain never got
further than the hopper we should never
have bread; and if bread never got further
than the stomach we should never have
strength. When the stomach is torpid,
helpless and inflamed the food lies in IL
and rots This fermentation produces
poisons which may. and often do. disorder
every other organ and function oSSthe
body. This is indigestion or dyspepsia,
with many symptoms and DISCUSSES.
Cure il and you cure nine-tenths of your
complaints" These words were uttered
many years ago Since then they have
found a remedy now known as the Shak-
er Digestive Cordial. II is made from me-
dicinal plants cultivated by them Il is
a food and digests other foods. Taken
while eating Il rests the stomach and
nourishes the system. The pain and dis
tresses of dyspepsia disappear before IL.
IL prevents fermentation and soon re-
stores full power TO the digestion. II sue
ccCds I'm the worst cases. It is worthy the
Any druggist win sell YOU a trial bottle
for ten cents