Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-30

ing. Business was never bette
than this year.
The handsome appearance G
the Naval Reserves at the Zap
list church last Sunday nigh
was remarked upon by many o
the vast throng who gazed upoi
them.
The brick-layers began worl
yesterday on the three store!
Mr.. c. Fl. Robinson is having
erected OIL Poindexter street. Mr.
P. S. Ship is the contractor il
charge of same.
Mr.. VIM. Lortz, of Wiona
Mimi, spent week here look
ing for good farm. He vii.
move down next fall, having
purchased a farm from the Eliz,
abeth City Colony Co.
Mr.. John LaidloW, who has
been down the sound on a gun
ulng trip, was brought home on
the steamer Burrus Sunday
night quite sick, and is still un>
able to leave his home.
The sound of the hammer is
heard i'll all parts of the city.
New buildings seem to rise up
in a night. Well, if the birds
keep mateing nests will have to
be built for them, that's all.
Sharber & White have pur>
chased fine lot from Mr.. N. r.
Zimmerman on Fearing street,
and will erect fine brick block
III the near future. They expect
to occupy it as Hardware store.
West end Main street property
is in the swim, and booming.
Fifty~fve feet site of the old
livery stable formerly occupied
by Col. A. l.. Jones, was bought
by Mr. B. +. White last week
for 81 800.
Miss Hattie Stewart, of Wash
ington. d. c., who has been WIS.,
1tlng her aunt, Mrs. Potter, on
Main ST., for some time past, re-
turned to her home Wednesday,
much to the regret of her many
friends.
Messrs. E. F. Aydlett and J.
w. Meads have secured a patent
for a Railroad frog, which seems
to be attracting much attention.
They are now receiving many
letters regarding same, and some
trying to purchase it.
We failed to acknowledge in
our last issue a delightful call
we received from Mr.. J. J. Jack
son, of Newport News, Va. Mr.. |
Jackson came to spend Easter
Sunday in this city, which no
doubt he spent quite pleasantly. !
Seaboard Air Line will run a
"Chapel Car" from Portsmouth
to Wilmington next Wednesday
and the Baptist Convention peo-
pie will hold unique all day ser
vices as the train moves on. DR.. |
Blackwell will occupy one hour
Mr.. Ebert Spence is home
again from Richmond Medical |
College, and looking almost as
dignihed as full hedged M. D.
Elizabeth City is rear-
ing up and sending out some
promising young men who will
be heard from.
After paying expenses of the
Gran h one entertainment
night at the Atlantic
Institute Hall. the remainder OF
of the proceeds will go to to the
3, Y. 2: U. We urge a big
crowd to hear the marvellous
machine.
Mr.. c. w. Morris, one of Eliz-
abeth City's liverymen, will have
charge of the livery department
at Mays Head this season. He
will also manage the bath houses,
which will be equipped with
new bathing suits and all nee
essary conveniences
New subscribers are coming
our way all the time. Our subs
scription list is already larger
than any paper ever published
in Elizabeth City. 1t is graf
flying to know the people APP
preciate our efforts to give them
a live, newsy, wide>awake paper
The only fault we have to
find with the fine entertainment
given Wednesday night by our
local talent at the Opera House
is that they ought to have
charged 50 cents admission, as it
was a much finer entertainment
than any troupe that has ever
been here.
The delegation to Winnings
ton to attend the Southern Bap-
fist Convention next week is ex>
pected to be large from this secs
ton. DR.. Blackwell, Revs. Jo>
siah Elliott, J. N. Stallings, Mr..
aud Mrs. J. E. c. Bell, Mr..
Luther Christie, and several
others.