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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
COERCED By A
FORTUNE TELLER
a LADY Of GOOD FAMILY
Welded TO a PAUPER.
CANNOT BE ANNULLED.
The State Does Not Grand Nor
Recognize Divorces of Other
States.

An extraordinary case is re
ported from Orangeburg county
South Carolina. \ young mar
named James Courtney, who hae
for some time past been an in
mate OF the county poor house
Id was at the time living OF
charity of the citizens of Orange.
burg City, appeared before Mag
istrate BurnsOn with a girl lean.
ing on his arm, and asked to be
married. The Magistrate knew
Courtney, but not the girl, and
being informed that she was a
factory operative from the Aug
usta cotton mills, he tied the
knot which is forever binding
in this State.
A few hours after the cons
uunity was shocked by receiv-
ing the information that the
bride was Eva Easterlin, a uen-
Der of one the best known fam
lilies i'll the city. Mr.. and Mrs.
John C. Easterlin, the girls par
ents, sought for their daughter
all over the town and finding
her made her return to their
home, where she now is. But
they are confronted with the
knowledge that the marriage is
legal, that it cannot be annulled
in this State, and that South
Carolina laws do not recognize
the annulment provided for in
other States.
But now the most singular
part of the story comes. As soon
as the facts of the marriage be-
came known friends of the Easts
erlin family maintained that the
girls mind must have suddenly
become seriously affected, other
wise she would not have con-
sented to such an alliance, but
the story has gotten out that
Mrs. Courtney explained her
conduct to her parents by telling
them that Courtney,s mother,
who has the reputation III the
community of being a fortune
teller, repeatedly warned her that
if she did not marry young
Courtney she would die This
fear SO worked upon her mind
and her nerves became so shaken
that she had no longer power
to resist the young mans I'M
portunities.
In the meantime Courtuey,
probably fearing violence, has
fed from the town. Altogether
it is case without a parallel in
that State.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
A RIOT
Occurs Monday III Knox
Vile. Tenn.
ONE MAN KILLED.
A DOZEN OR MORE OTHERS HURT
EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH.

A snall-sized riot occurred or
the streets Of Knoxville, Tenn.
early Monday morning, March I
| III which one man was killed
and a dozen or more hurt The
trouble grew out of the pending
street railway litigation. Two
rival street car companies want
to occupy the same street. The
Knoxville Street Railway has
occupied the street for several
years. The Citizens Railway
ia new corporation, wants to
parallel these tracks, but the City
Council refuses to give them the
right Of way.
Early Monday morning the
latter company put two hundred
men to work laying tracks. The
city authorities stopped the work
under the ordinance that the
streets shall not be dug up dur
ing the winter months. The
Citizens Railway people claim
that they have al Injunction
from the United States Court re,
straining the city from interiors
ing. The police were ordered to
arrest the labOrers, and as fast as
the men were arrested they gave
bond and went back to work.
The police became powerless,
and the Fire Department was
called out to disperse the crowd
with water
When this was attempted a
negro tried to cut the hose, but
was prevented by Chief Mcintosh
whereupon another negro struck
the chief with a club. Lieuter~
ant Of Police Hood shot the ne
gro and this enraged the crowd.
The entire police force was ar
rested by the sheriff and depu>
ties, and laborers were put back
to work. Later ali Injunction
was issued by Circuit Judge
Sneed restraining the company
from tearing up the streets. This
stopped the matter temporarily.
Mayor Heiskell appealed to
the mob to disperse, but he was
ilooted down. The excitement
runs high. The latest move
made is to arrest all the Citizens
Railway officials for melting
riot. All the city officials, from
the Chairman of the Board of
Public Works, down to the fore
man, is III arrest.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
ABE WAS CONVICT %.
But he Had Left 81 TO the
Lord and Came out
All Right,

They were going 10 try 9
Colorcd man for stealing 4 quan>
tity of raw cotton, aud when the
/ hour arrived, | went up to the
court house to hear the case The
prisoner was a man about 40
years of age, and had elected to
/ plead his own case. The pros>
ecut:on proved that the bag ot
cotton was found III his cabin,
and the property was fully ldcnt-
ihed as belonging to the owner
Of the compress. The prisoner
asked 40 questions, but said he
wanted to make a statement and
rest his case "Wid de Lawd. !"
After a while he was given all
opportunity to speak, and said:
i war gWine by dat compress
at 'leven o'clock at night, when
a voice called out to me: Hold
on, dar, Aberhan jones' Yo' was
a pore man, an you jes' take long
dis bag O cotton to buy yo' sum
shoes fur cole wedder." Den de
Gag fell at my feet an l dun tok
it home -
did you recognize the voice."
asked the Judge.
mo, sab; but I reckon it was
er enjnl dat spoke"
Then why did you hide the
bag when you got home?'
"Well, sab, jest as got frew
de gate anodder voice tole nle
dat Id better hide de cotton fur
a few days"
"No, sab; but I reckon it was
a voice from Heaben." ."
"And that's your defence, isit?"
Eyes, sab. Use willin to res
dis case in de Lawd's hands.
De Lawd knows Inever stole
dat cotton"
"Hadn't you better have a
lawyer2' suggested the judge.
mo, sab. Ize been gwine ter
chuich fur de las fo'ty vars an
I'm restin dis case right in de
hands Of de Lawd."
"1 shall have to give you four
in Jail, Abraham. "
Huh! What fur?"
"Stealing that cotton.
The prisoner received his sen
tence without word, seeming
to have expected it, and was
taken away. Two weeks later
met him on the street Of Selma,
50 miles away, and said to him:
"Why, thought you were in
Jail for four months over in Flor
enCe!"
"Yaas, was, he replied.
Il renber that you put your
case in the hands OF the Lord" "
"Yaas, sab; an l come out all
right
"But you got four months" -"
$50 | did, sab, but arter sar>
vim fur nine days, de Lawd show
ed me how to dig outer dat jail,
an yere l am, an dey won't git
me agaiu!"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
Now is the Time

To purify your bloJd with Hoods Sar-
saparilla. March, April, May are the
trying months of the year. At this
season your blood is loaded with i'm
purities which have accumulated dur
ing the winter. and these impurities
must be Immediately expelled. Hood s
Sarsaparilla is the One True Blood
Purifier. 1t is the medicine which has
accomplished many thousands of re-
n1arkable cures of all blood diseases.
It is what the millions take in the
spring to build up health and ward off
sickness.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
A Prosperous Georgia Farmer.

w. I. NJ. Brown, of Dewy
Rose, Ga, is one of the most pros
sperous farmers in tile State.
He has fifty acres of land, which
four years ago yielded one fourth
CT bale Of cotton to the acre.
This year he raised on the same
land forty one bales Of cotton,
which he sold for 5I,I4S and the
seed for $40; 500 BUSHES corn
for S24C; 100 BUSHES Of oats for
$50, and 100 BUSHES of sweet
potatoes for SIS. Besides this
he sells weekly four dozen eggs
at 10 cents, and thirty
gallons of buttermilk at !; cents
a gallon, making for the year
s41o.So. This. added to the pro-
duce of his land, makes an ae>
gregate sum of S2,I20 SO. Mr..
Brown employs three 1len at an
expense of $50 a month. He
spent s2Io for guano, i1ciden-
tails $40 and Sis for the keep
ing of three mules, making the
general expenses SIT, thus
showing a profit Of 81, ,352 SO for
the year.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
And when it comes to

"And when it comes to strlNN
iug a flowing we'll of fresh fish, "
continued Grandfather, Il hope
my experience i'll that line is at
least worth the tribute of pas
sing notice. l drilled in the
first hsh we'll of which science
has any account. Izaak Walton
was among the tens of thousands
who came to witness the phenom
enon, and he was free to say that
in all his experience as a fisher
men he never saw anything like
It. A thousand pounds Of fish
a minrte.2 Why, if there was a
pound there was surely ten
thousand pounds. And the
finest fish you ever saw. Mighty
few catfish and suckers and
common fish like that Mostly
all bass, perch, pickerel, salmon,
weakhsh, sheepshead, polnpauo,
blue fish, white fish, red fish, red
fish, yellow fish and a large per~
centage Of the finest speckled
tripe ever seen anywhere.
Speckled tripe, grandfather p
"Ah, excuse me, mean speck-
led trout
And what did you do with
these immense quantities Of fish?
THAT was problem which
gave me serious though for quite
a while. OF course the strike
precipitated panic in the fish
market il Oil City and PETROL
cum Centre, and the bulls were
knoc' ed fat as a founder, if |
may be allowed to ring one Of
my own fish by way of conpar-
ison. It is almost needless to
say that my strike simply para
lived those persons who We're
making their living by catching
fish with hook and line. | think
| can say that these persons,
without exception, took to drink
Occasionly my we'll would flow
boiled fish.
Is it possible ~
ooh, I'lnEnot stringing you, as
used to say to my fish. Yes, sir.
Boiled-boiled finer than Del
1nonico or Mr.. Waldorf ever
boiled 'em. You see the drill
opened up an artery of hot water
Occasionally this would get the
better of the cold stream, and
forcing it to the top, would boil
the fish ell route. When this
happened we would drop few
barrels of salt into the we'll ,and
those fish would flow out there
by the ton all cooked:and season
ed to the queens taste. l got
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
a SONS HEROIC SAC
RlFICE.

Paul. l.. lie Fevre of Calves
ton, Texas; made a heroice and
successful effort to save the life
of his father at that place Satur
day morning, but lost his own.
Eugene lie Fevre & Son were
house raisers, movers and car,
penters. When the accident
occurred they were engaged III
moving an old building sheathed
with iron, but their progress was
obstructed by wires. Eugene
lie Fevre, who was standing on
top of the building. gras-ed one
of the wires with both hands in
all effort to raise it to the top Of
the house. Instantly he was
paralYzed, blue flashes of elect
ricity flew from his body, and
his hands were smoking.
Paul, who was on the roof
with his father, saw his danger
and sprang to him and tore him
loose. The effort was his last.
AS the father fell Oh the roof, his
life saved, the son fell upon the
wires and his life was sacrificed.
The young man was 23 years
old. The elder lie Fevre's hands
were badly burned. His escape
from death was miraculous, and
was entirely due to the bravery
of his son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05

The bIte-birti is hailed as a harbin
ger of Spring. It is also a reminder
that blood-puriher is needed to pre-
pare the system for the bebilitatirg g
weather to come. Listen and you will
hear the birds singing "Takc Ayers
SarsapariIla i'll March, April, May
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
Taking

a cot.sse of Ayers Pills the
system is set i'll good working
order and a man begins to feel
that life is worth living. He
who has become the gradual
prey of constipation, does not
realize the friction under which
he labors, until the burden is
lifted from him. Then his
mountains sink into mole
hills, his morosencss gives
place to jollity, he is happy
man again. If life does not
seem worth living to you, you
may take a very different view
of it after taking
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05

Thieves proWling around 4
house after night never run into
the clothes line, but a good man
who ventures out after dark to
get a drink of cold water for his
dear wife invariably does.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05

Consignments of North Caro-
lima Herring solicited, and pro
ceeds renittcd in cash.
On account Of our intimate
acquaintance and frequent trans
action with the Grocery trade OF
the West and South we are able
to handle n. c. Fish to the best
possible advantage, and we are
known everywhere as the largest
distributors in this marked.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05

DR.. Eugene Grissom, formerly
superintendent Of the North
Carolina Insane Asylum, is now
assistant physician of tn Color>
ado Asylum. His health is re>
stored.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05

An exchange says that fellow
in near by town, who couldn't
spare 81 a year for a newspaper,
sent fifty 2-cent stamps to a
down-east Yankee to lean how to
stop horse from SOLDERING.
He~got his recipe and he'll never
forget it: ITO stop a horse from
soldering, teach him to spit"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-05
Do You Want Good Times?

The following good advice is
given by the Wilmington, DEL }
Star, which we reprint for the
benefit Of the Elizabeth City
,,,orCba1fc.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-29
TEACHING POINTS.

INTRODUCTION "A second specimen les
son from the Epistle of James, the Lord s
brother
~. V. 1, 2. RESPONSIBILITY OF SPEECH
Public speaking seems so easy. 1t is
so fine to be arespected teacher, a popular
preacher, an able exponent But con-
spicuous place means responsibility. A
public teacher will be criticised; he will
at times be consciously judged. To set
about the control of the tongue; to learn
what to say and how to say it correctly !;
to learn when silence is gold and speech,
even the best, is silver; to make the tongue
the undertaking servant of the Right
means striving after physical, intellectual
and moral perfection.
e. V. 3-12. ILLUSTRATIONS james was
so stirred by the thought of the uses and
abuses of the tongue, that metaphors and
comparisons superabound in his own
speech. Control of the tongue is like
tongue is like the rudder of a ship.--An
evil tongue is like spark kindling de-
structive flame. The evil tongue holds
its owner in a world of iniquity. 1t de-
files his whole body. 1t sets fire to the
whole round of experience. 1t is a fire
lighted in Gehenna.-lt is easier for a
man, by actual experience, to tame the
whole animal creation than one poisoned
tongue. Some tongues bless and curse
alternately. 1t is unnatural, like foun-
tain sending forth sweet water and bitter
like fig-tree bearing olives, or grape
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INTRODUCTION.

James, the Lords brother, was. like
his Brother and Master, an intense
teacher of righteousness. His Epistle
may be read as continuation of the
Sermon on the Mount. 1t exalts faith
only as faith results in good works. 1t
commends profession only as the life be-
hind it makes the profession needless.
1t praises assumption of leadership only
as it means humble service of mankind.
The author is distinctively ethical. He
teaches that only right-doing, or right
eous character, is Christian salvation.
Righteousness, in his view, is not a
condition of salvation hereafter; it is
itself salvation here and now. The
Episte is rich and felicitous in natural
imagery. Because it's author was near
to the heart of Christ he must needs be
near to natures heart. The morality he
commends is divine. because it accords
with the nature of things.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-29

BILE fire-a symbol OF terrible yet purify
ing spiritual suffering. The evil speak
ing tongue will become it's own fearful
Judgment.
Every kind of beasts and birds, Of
creeping things and things in the sea,
is tanned. The whole animal creation
may be. in time must be, subject to
man. Our domestic animals are cor
quests from the wilds. All animals, as
civilization advances, must become
peaceful or else disappear. In the net
aphorical sense in which James speake,
the whole animal creation is surely
tamable. But the tongue no man can
tame; a restless evil full of deadly
poison. OF course James speaks of the
tongue as subject and generator of
evil. 1t contains a poison no man, in
his own power, can make harmless.
Man has hitherto been the victim, never
the complete master. of the evil tongue.
Out of the same mouth conaeth forth
blessing and cursing. Where the hid
den impulses alternate good and bad.
Some of the early Christians wor-
shipped God in the assembly, and pro-
famed his name on the street. Has this
anomaly yet entirely disappeared? My
brethren these things ought not so to
be. The spirit of reverence ought to be
a permanent dweller in the Christians
soul.
Doth the fountain send forth from
the same opening sUeet aCdter and bit
ter. 1t is as unnatural for a human
soul to alternately worship and curse,
as it would be for fountain to send
forth at the same time sweet and bitter
streams.
Can fig tree. mig brethren. yield
olives. or a zine .fgsP As the tree or
vine is known by its fruit, man is
known by his words.
Neither can salt a0oter yield Sweet.
The meaning may be that, as bitter
waters do not become sweet by expos
ure, so words from an evil heart do not,
in process of time, become good. They
remain evil, and generators of evil.
3. Aim to Speak by Good
Life.-vs. Is.
Who is scise and understanding
among you let him Shoao By has good
life his aUorks in meekness and a0is-
dom. Out of A GOOD LIFE good words
naturally and necessarily flow. Ennoble
the life; your speech will tn en- be spon-
taneously right.
Here is the nearest, the greatest,
the vital human duty; Christian mas.
terry of the tongue.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-29
SCHOLARS STUDY.

TIME.-Time of writing unknown.
but either between A. d. As and 40 or So
and 65.
PLACE.-The Epistle Of James was
probably sent to the churches from Jer-
usalem, where James was the head of
church.
GOLDEN TEXT. -" Keep ting
tongue from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile. "-Ps. "a; ID.
ERSALIST CATE
CHISM.-XXLI. How long does the
punishment of the sinner last? Until
the end of punishment is secured IN the
changed life of the sinner.-Ez. Is: 81.
GENERAL SURVEYOR
second specimen-le lesson from the Epistle
of James is series of sharp admonitions
in regard to the control of the tongue.
The tongue is the natural organ OF ex-
preston. One may correctly judge of
his own character. and discern whether
his faith is genuine, by observing what
use he is habitually making of his ton.
que. To know when to speak and when
not to speak; to know exactly what to
say and exactly what not to say when we
do speak, requires mental and moral
perfection. James teaches that speech
is to be corrected and kept free from
blameworthiness by the publication and
continued uprightness of the heart; and
faith is the correcter and purifier of the
heart,
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TEACHERS HELP.

1t is yet commonly enough taught, in
fact altogether too commonly taught,
that the only words of vital consequence
in this world are these or their equiva-
lent: Il believe in Jesus as my Saviour"
DR.. Lyman Abbott recently told of
young man of whom he had knowledge
in his early ministry,-a young man of
excellent character but who had never
publicly spoken these words, or made an
open profession of religion. He, while
bathing, was seized with cramp, and be-
fore help could reach him was drowned.
The only comfort which the orthodox"
preacher could minister to the stricken
parents in the funeral service was the
dim hope that the young man had, while
sinking, mentally confessed faith in
Christ. If he had done that, the preach
or declared, it was eternally we'll with
him; if he had not done that, the good
young man must be the companion of
disappearing demons through endless
ages. The preacher was miserable
comforter; but he was faithful to his
doctrine.
No one can reasonably question that
speaking the short sentence that deci-
sively commits one to discipleship of
Jesus is of momentous import, 1t is to
turn from the darkness of ones own
shadow it is to face the Light
But that these few words, spoken or
unspoken, are the only ones for which
we shall be diyinely judged is surely not
the doctrine of Jesus. EUery idle aoord
that men speah, they shall giue account
thereof IN the day ofjudgment. For by
thy a1ords thou shalt be justified. and
by thy words thou shall be condemned
Matt. u: SO, 81. BY all our words, not
by some of them. we demonstrate what
We are. Not alone are the pivotal words
of our experience made account of in
the unacceptable eternal judgment; but
all the words we speak. even the idle,
the spontaneous, the unprecedented,
are constituents and expression of char
acter.
And this, manifestly is also the teach
ing of James. the Lords brother.
The aggregate import of the Epistle
of James is that faith is not exclusively
an act of one decisive moment in life,
but the parent of good works in the
whole life.
Faith, according to the teaching of
James, fulfils it's end in good works;
therefore in right words. For words
are to be judged as deeds are judged.
They make an atmosphere; they deter
mine influence.
In our lesson-passage James COM
mends the comprehensive and vital en-
deayor to purify and ennoble all the
words we speak. He teaches, as his
Lord taught before him, that pure
speech can come only from pure heart.
AS ones heart liz, so will his words be.
1. On Assuming Special Re
spOnsibility for Speech,-vs. l. ,.
Be not many teachers. mig brethren,
knowing that zoe shall receive heauier
marginal, greater) judgment. James
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-29
vine figs. Salt water from fountain
does not subsequently become fresh.

vine figs. Salt water from fountain
does not subsequently become fresh.
81 V. 10. A Coon LIFE.-Good con-
versation naturally flows from a good life.
He who really wishes to make
great conquest for Christ will find field
for endeavor in his own mouth.
The tongue is test of culture, of
courtesy, of common-sense, of honesty, of
religion.
-Thoughtless words have broken
hearts.
Words once uttered can never be en-
tirely recalled.
Christians should never speak I'M
Christian words.
To love truth and hate lying is the
beginning of righteousness.
Words are trustworthy only when
attested by good life.
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Songs of Faith. Hope and
Lore,

BY ALBERT j. HOLDEN An excellent
collection of very choice hymns and tunes.
Hon. H. M. Knowlton, Superintendent of
Universalist Sunday school, New Bedford,
Mass. writes: I'VE like Songs of Faith,
Hope and Love- very much. The music is
never cheap nor poor, and the melody is
always easy and graceful. The book is
great advance in the matter of Sunday
school singing PIP. 152. Price, "a. 20 per
dozen
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UniversaIist Books.
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SINGING BOOKS.
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