Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-06-18
NElGHBORHOOD NEWS.
TIE MS GATHERED HERE
AND THERE
BY CHARLES MORGAN.
SOME THINGS HE SEES AND HEARS AT
POINTS WHERE WE HAVE NO
REGULAR REPORTER.

Mr.. Thos. Babb, OF Hartford
is visiting friends in Gates.
Mr.. Joseph Bundy, OF Viz
ginia, was in Winfall Saturday.
Some young men of E. City,
were in Winfall Sunday.on their
wheels.
Mrs. Jordan Ward, of Hartford,
is the guest of Mrs. John Prlvott,
at Amboy.
Miss Jane Kelley, Of Camden
county, is visiting relatives III
South Norfolk.
Mr.. Charles Riddick, of Gates,
visited friends and relatives, near
Winfall on Sunday.
Mr.. Cader Newbold, of Lees
burg, is visiting friends and rel
atives i'll Perquimans.
Miss Pcrnie Norcum, of Hert-
ford, was the guest Of Mrs. BIZ
lups at Winfall Sunday.
The farmers around Winfall
are busy Milling corn. Crops Of
all kinds are looking well.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Matthias,
living near Wintall, were in
Hartford shopping Tuesday.
Mr.. II. c. Morgan, of Win
fall, accompanied by his son
Willie, were i'll +. City Friday.
Miss Edna Harrell, Of G1bbe
ton, is the guest Of Misses Eunlce
and Lizzie Russell, of Gates Co.
Mr.. Nathan White, residing
near Belvidere, is dangerously
i'll. We wish for him a speedy
recovery.
Miss Mamie Clayton, of New
Jersey, returned last week, after
an extended visit with relatives
at Hartford.
Miss Mamie f. Davis, of
South Norfolk, is quite i'll with
measles, which are plentiful in
this community.
Miss Maggie Skinner returned
to her home at Hartford We'd
ncsday, after spending some time
with friends at Amboy.
Mr.. D. Barclift and daughter,
Of South Norfolk, returned yes
terday from a visit to his daugh-
tiers in North Carolina.
Mr.. T. P. Summons, an ex~
perienced and popular baker,
formerly Of f. City, is now do
ing we'll at Newport News, Va.
Miss Fannie Hinton, of Lees>
burg, accompanied by Mr., Cor>
bett, were the guests Of Misses
Russell Of Gates Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev. w. B. Duling, of South
Norfolk Baptist church, baptized
IS converts at PoindeXter shore
Sunday afternoon before a large
audience.
Miss Sarah Speight, Of Wins
fall, returned Sunday, a ft e +
spending some time with the
Misses Riddick, of Gates. She
reports having a delightful visit.
Rev. Jas. +. Love, formerly of
+. City, was in Norfolk Monday
to hear Bryan. Mr.. Love has
charge Of the First Baptist churh
in Suffolk, and will also have
charge Of the First Baptist
church i'll Baltimore during
August.
The Government Kitchen at
Soldiers Home, near Norfolk,
is one of the best equipped in
the U. S. $500 men take meals
there. 1t requires 500. gallons
Of coffee, IS gallons of milk,
1850 pounds of be f, 10 barrels
Of flour and 5 barrels of potatoes
tor dinner daily.
III the corporation court OF
Noafolk, Va, Oh the 9th inst,
Michael Traver, of Elizabeth
City, N. c., was presented by
the Grand Jury in two indict-
nlents for obtaining money and
property to the aggregate value
of 1000, from D. c. Foreman,
of Norfolk, in the first instance,
and Wilson Davis, Of Norfolk
county, formerly of PasquOtank
county in the other.
This is the result of two real
estate deals effected some months
ago, in which Traver obtained
i'll ons case from d. c. Foreman
a valuable farm in Princess
Anne county, Va, by a transfer
to him three worthless notes,
which Traver preferred, were
secured on valuable real estate
in the suburbs of the city of
Chicago. The first note was
dishonored upon maturity, and
the anxious inquery OF Foreman
showed him that his valu
valuable suburban property a