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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07

ness of them, and if they do
not get what they deserve it
will be the fault of the law and
not of me.
w will fine that fellow $Ioo.
l am glad of it. would have
been just twice as glad if had
been able to fine him twice as
much. TIE man who beats his
wife wants to get out of the jur>
isdiction of the Fort Smith Po-
lice Court, at least while I am
on the bench, if be doesn't " ant
to get into the consomme away
over his head. | stand squarely
on that platform. gentlemen,
and there is no backwater which
will run me off,"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
WOMAN.
NOBLEST WORK OF GOD.
The Fall Of Womanhood is a
Sad and Awful Commentary
Upon the Depravity of
Man.
Durham Sun.

Durham Sun.
Whether sister, friend, sweet
heart, wife or mother, a woman
is the noblest work Of God. If
she be high>minded and pure
hearted, she stands near the sun.
When, from any cause she tails,
the descent is SO swift, the dis
tarce so great, that restoration
is we'll nigh impossible. Every
man deserves to look upon his
sister as queen Of all the virtues,
upon his sweetheart as a para,
gon of purity, upon his wife as
a spotless priestess Of love, and
upon his mother as an angel.
They are what he lives for, and
for them he would brave all
dangers and gladly die. They
are the pride of life. their smiles
illuminate his rugged thorn.
strewu path from the cradle TO
grave. Their kiss is the balm Of
Gilead to his bruised and bleed.
ing heart when other torsake,
disappointments are sore. and
the world is dark. Cheered by a
sisters affection, sustained by a
wite's devotion. and upheld by
mothers deathless love, it is
strange a man should fall by the
wayside a victim Of vice and
lust. Knowing, and loving his
own so we'll, it is almost incredi-
BILE that he could lure to the
hell Of ruin the sister, daughter,
wife or mother Of men. The tall
of Womanhood is a sad and aw>
tul commentary upon the de-
pravity Of man. Did all men
but keep the golden rule, there
would not be a wrecked home,
a blasted life, broken heart, or
falleu woman in the wide
world.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
Dusting a Room.

The girl who takes as much
pride in learning to dust room
properly as she does in learning
to draw, who boils a steak with
the same nicely as she embroid>
ers a rosebud. who makes coffee
as carefully as she crochets, is
the girl who will make the econ-
omical, CHEEKY wife, loving
mother, and delightful compan>
ion. It is not a crime to know
how to keep house. Every girl
expects to have a home of her
own some day, yet the girl and
her mother, when circumstances
permit, tco often act as thought
there was no such thing as a
servantless home, and food grew
on bushes ready for the picking.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
NEGRO SOLDIERS
RAID A SALOON.
Took ALI The Liquor
And Shot The
Bar-Keeper
CITIZENS HOLD UP A TRAIN
To Force The Surren-
der of the Guilty
Parties.

Winnemuca, New, June 3o.-
Last night special train con-
tanning members of Companie:
L and M of the Twenty-hfth In
fantry, and Company E of the
Twenty>fourth [colored) regi'
m ents arrived in Winnemuca
A number of the men left the
train and raided a neighborine
saloon. They wrecked the bar
and stole what liquor was in
sight. Chris Deiss, the barkeep>
er, was shot down by one of the
soldiers. Those who com mitted
the outrage then fed to the
train.
The alarm was given at once,
and before the train could draw
out of the station it was sur
rounded by the excited citizens
of the place. Sheriff McDeid and
the District Attorney Vanduster
would not permit the train to
leave until the guilty parties
were given up.
Major Noble, who was in COM
lnand, while not recognizing the
authority of the local authorities
to deal with the expedition, con-
sented that the trained be de-
layed until a through search
could be made.
Mr.. Vanduster Insisted that
the train remain here until day.
light so that the Identification
could be made. The Major
would not consent to this. At
I o'clock this morning the Dis
trict Attorney and the Major
came to an issue and the Major
gave orders to have the train
started A writ ct attachment
was secured on the local ticket
agent prohibiting the moving OF
the train from Winnemuca, un-
til S a. M, until the soldier had
been turned over to the officers.
Major Noble claims that by de-
laying the tain the expedition
which was to leave San Franz
cisco tonight for the Philippines
has been delayed.
At half past one this morning
District Attorney Vanduster
to the release of the
train.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
g. -. - ~ . II IA.
Bears tho ~ The Kind 70. Have A!xays Bought
signature ss NHZZzZm
A SAD HOME.

At his home near Corinth,
June 10Th, 1899, the spirit of
Mr.. Elisha Riddick took its
flight ..
Brother Riddick was born in
Perquimans county in the year
1884, having reached the ripe
age OF 65 years when the Lord
called him home.
He had not been we'll for
nearly year, although not se>
riously i'll until about two
months ago.
A man of few words was he,
but of numerous kind deeds. In
his business relations he was as
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
Glorious News

Cones from DR.. D. B. Cargile, of
washita, I. T., He writes: -Four bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scIofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face, and the best doctors could give
no help; but hef curse is complete and
her health is excellent" This shows
what thousands have proved,-that
Electrip Bitters is the best blood puri-
fer known. It's the supreme remedy
for eczema, letter, salt rheum, ulcers,
boils and running sores. It Stimulates
liver, kidneys and bowels, expels
poisons, helps digestion builds up the
strength. Onlyl6o cents. Sold by
Griggs & Son Druggist. Guaranteed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
THE WORST
OF CRIMES.
HIS HONOR ON WIFE
BEATING.
An Arkansas Police Justices
Remarks upon Sentencing
an Offender.
Memphis Commercial-A ppeal.

| MempniS NommerClal-AP PpeaI.
In finding a man 500 for
whipping his wife Judge Freer,
of Fort Smith discoursed as fol-
lows:
~ am opposed to wife-beat~
ing. I have no respect tor any
man who will beat a woman. l
am not like the St. Louis Judge
who saw extenuating circum>
stances in a Wife-beating case.
A man has no right to whip
his wife. That is not what he
married her for. No, sir, he
married her to love and protect
her. Doesn't she see that buttons
are put on his clothes7 Of course
she does. Doesn't she see that
his collar button doesn't roll un-
der the dresser, and if it does,
doesn't she get down on her
knees and fish it out for him?
OF course she does. Doesn't she
cook meals for him, and have
them ready for him when he
comes home, and doesn't she sit
up sewing fol his children Or
stay all night watching them
when they are sick? Of course
she does. And what has she
done to be beaten by him1
Nothing at all. Very often she
doesn't make enough to enable
him to wear silk ties and patent
leather pumps and fill himself
to the brim every night and roll
home and tumble into bed and
snore off his drunk like a hog.
Il tell you what it is, I can
extend mercy to the man who
gets drunk and makes a beast of
himself. I can have some sym-
pathy for the man who steals,
because he is often compelled to
do it. l have a feeling for the
man who asks 'hand-me outs or
who has to sleep in box cars,
but when it comes to wife
beater. am lost to all sense of
mercy. Say, do you know that
never had man before me
charged with wife-beating that
man did not have an ugly mug
on him? Well, that's fact. It
takes some considerable nerve
to sandbag a man or to hold a
man up, but what nerve does it
take to beat a poor, weak Wo~
man7 Bah! l get hot all over
when | have one of those cases
before me. feel just like taking
the man by the nape of the neck
and kicking him clean out of
town. I run up against good
many hard propositions while
sitting on the bench, but the
hardest is the wife beater. am
not going to have any mercy no
that class of p ople. am going
to drive the sword of justice in.
to them deep and break it off.
1 am going to lamblast them
with all my might and main. I
ain going to salt all the fresh
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
FLEEING FROM
THE FLOODS.
Many Lives Supposed
To Have Been
Lost.
THE DAMAGE Is MILLIONS.
The Railroad Traffic
Is Suspended In
South Texas.
THE DAMAGE IS MILLIONS.

The Brazos river, in Texas,
reached the highest point attain
ed in IA years Friday. Crops in
the Brazos bottoms are inundat-
ed from six to fifteen feet and in
most cases are a total loss.
Hundreds Of people fed from
the valley and took refuge in
Waco. In East Waco the main
street is six feet deep, the busi-
ness houses are completely un>
der water, and all merchandise
is ruined All trains entering
the city have been abandoned,
the tracks having been washed
away for several miles. The
water Sunday night stood six
feet deep in the passenger depot.
The river is slowly falling but
the rain continues.
A special from Houston. Tex
as, says: The remarkably heavy
rains of the past four days in
Texas have done damage which
will amount to hundreds of
thousands of dollars. Railroad
traffic is suspended in South
Texas because OF the numerous
wash outs and many bridges are
gone. Every stream in this sec
tion of the State is above highs
water mark and the angry
waters have destroyed thousands
OF acres of cotten, corn and cane
besides houses and cattle.
At Calvert, the rise was so
sudden that when the water
went through the town several
were drowned and FIVE
bodies have been recovered 1t
is reported that many farmers,
white and colored, living in the
Brazos bottoms, have been
drowned, but neither names nor
reliable particulars are yet OBJ
tainable. The big and little
Brazos rivers have joined the
Navasota, where they are ordi>
narily three miles apart, and tse
whole country between, mostly
cotton and corn land, is ruined.
1t is reliably stated that one
family of six persons perished.
LATER-The loss of life will
never be fully known, Perhaps;
the bottoms were thickly settled
mostly with negro tenant farm
ers; among these has been the
greatest loss of life. To show
the damage doue the following
estimates have been made by
men who are in a position to
know:
Lives lost from one hundred
to three hundred.
Loss to farmers, including
crops as we'll as live stock, from
s5, 900, 900 to $4,000, 900.
Damage to railroads and coun-
try bridges 1000, 900 to 1900,
600.
These estimates are taken in
the whole area. It is known
that more than sixty people have
met their death; that many
bodies have been recovered; 1t is
not believed that all of them
will ever be recovered.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
A STRANGE WAR CRY.
as a Slogan Proved
Highly Effective in The
Philippines.

The enemy were invisible,
and shooting. That made it
necessary for Uncle Sans
Troopers to 60 on until they
got near enough to get a good
and close view OF the little
brown enemy. And they did it
with splendid spirit, rushing,
shooting, cheering and laugh>
ing. Two companies of Cook S
battalion of the Third were or
dered to the left of the railroad, =,
while the other two companies,
under Captain Cook, kept to
the right OF the track. All four
of the companies were made up
mainly of "rookies," as recruits
are called, but they made up in
spirit what they lacked in efec>
tive drill. AS the two compan~
les to the left of the track, under
Captain Day and Lieutenant
Hannay, got their first glimpse
of the shooting enemy their Of
fcers shouted out to steady their
commands. 1t was unnecessary.
One tall rocky, who was the
first to catch sight of the heads
OF the mass of Filipinos ahead,
yelled gleefully "Gangway!"
With one accord the two COM
panies took up the cry of gang
way" aud on they rushed. It
was their slogan. They kept it
up until they reached the
thrown-up dirt of the trench
and saw the Filipinos, now an
irregular mass, fleeing hundred
yards ahead of them. The Fil>
ipiuos gained another trench,
but "gangway" was the battle
cry that drove them out of it.
I was the same with a third
line of trenches. Parenthically.
it is understood, of course, that
our boys shot off something be-
sides "gangway." Dead and
wounded Filipinos strewed the
ground and filled the trenches.
Our losses all along the line
that day were trifling by COM
parison. Days and Hannay's
companies, for instance, which
suffered rather more than the
average losses, had FIVE men
killed and eleven wounded. But
that cry of "gangway" is famous
over in the Filipinos lines. In
surgents who have been brought
in either as wounded or prison
els have inquired eagerly the
meaning and potency of that
mysterious Yankee word which
invariably preceded Filipinos
retreat. And so the Third has
contributed another famous
word to the technical slang of
the American soldier.-Manila
correspondent in Leslie's Week
| 1y,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07

patient, kind>hearted and con
siderate as a man could Well af.
tord to be, yet a man Of strong
character, of sterling integrity
strictly honest and thoroughly
reliable.
In his death the community
has lost true friend; the county
a highly esteemed aud ever law
abiding citizen.
Bellamy church has lost one
of her brightest jewels; the wife,
a devoted husband; the children,
tender, loving father.
Alas! his ch eerful voice and
familiar footsteps are heard no
no more. Surely it is a sad
scene.
At eventide when the sheep
are folded and the birds have
winged their flight homeward;
when the echo OF the Woodman s
axe has ceased to steal through
the forest and the last rays of
the setting sun has illumed the
sky with beauty as we gaze
upon the family circle gathered
Ill the cosy home, we behold a
a vacant chair, a missing link
which vacancy seems to fill the
heart to overflow with sadness.
The wind means dolefully. The
air is chilled with a nameless
longing. None can know the
bitter pang save those who have.
stood at Deaths portal aud seen
the most precious jewel of their
heart borne from their presence
to sleep among the solitary hills.
Oh, thou Death Angel! Why
didst thou enter our happy
home and bear from us the treas
ure that made life sweetest and
dearest9 Why didst thou lay
thine icy cold finger upon him
and blight al joy and happiness
Of "home, sweet homer"
No more will he battle with
the trials and temptations of
this world. No more will he
CATTLE with the trials and temp
tations of this world. No more
will he suffer physically or men
Tor there.-"God will wipe
away all tears" NJ. M. w.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07

DeWitt's Little Early Risers expel
from the system all poisonous accuui-
ulations, regulate the stomach, bowels
and liver, and purify the blood. They
drive away disease, dissipate melan
choly, and give health and vlgor for
the daily routine. Do not gripe or
sicken. Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07
Norfolk 81 South
er.n n. r.
Schedule in effect Oct. 10, 'os

Norfolk & Southern r. r. Nail and
Express trains, Southbonnd, daily lex
cept Sundays,) leave Elizabeth City at
1910 a. NJ, Northbound, daily, (excepa
Sundays leave Elizabeth City at 2:45
p. NJ. Trains Nos. 3 and a leave Eliza
beth City Southbound E p. m, North
bound $3.50 i. III. The trains arrive at
and depart from Norfolk & Western de-
pot, Norfolk; connect at Norfolk with
all Rail and Steamer lines, and at
Edenton with Steamer for Roanoke,
Gastric, Chowan and Scuppernong
rivers; Transfer steamers to Nlackey;s
Ferry, thence by Norfolk & Southern
K. r. to Roper, Pantego, and Bell
haven, connecting with Old Dominion
steamer for Maklcyville, Aurora,
Washington and all intermediate land,
ings.
Eastern Carolina Dispatch
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07

"We have sold many different
cough remedies, but none has
given better satisfaction than
Chamberlain's," says Mr.. Char
les Holzhauer, Druggist, New
ark, N. J. "It is perfectly safe
and can be relied upon in all
cases of coughs, colds or hoarse>
ness. Sold by w. w. Griggs
& Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07

The tandem cycle is all right
in its way, but it will never see
the day when it can supplant
the hammock built for two.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-07-07

Mr. and Mrs. B. Lackamu, Elston,
Mo-, write: Zone Minute Cough Curs
saved the life of our little boy when
nearly dead with Group Griggs &
Son.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-04
A Drove of Turkeys.

Messrs. A. G. Strother, E. STAN
ley and E. G.. Campbell, of CaIca-
sieu ward, brought to Alexandria to-
day, says the Town Talk a large
drove Of turkeys. They were driven
on feot from Calcasieu ward to Alex
andria, about IS miles. They started
Thursday evening, and arrived here
this morning. In old times it was
the prevailing fashion to drive tur-
keys on foot to Alexandria from long
distances in the country but of late
years not much of it has been done.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-04
An Early Snow

Chicago, Oct. PA dispatch
from Helena, Montana, to-day states
that the entire northern portion of the
State is covered deep in snow that
has drifted badly.
For five days last week the snow
fell almost increasingly. 1t lay three
feet deep on the level, and the wind
piled the now in huge drifts 10 and
II feet high.
Considerable loss of life has already
come to light. The dead bodies of
eight shepherds have been recovered
in Teton county alone, and Is others
are missing.
At least 20, 600 head of sheep have
persisted in the snow in Teton county
and it is believed that not less THAI
20 lives have been lost.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-04
An Infant at Forty.

"A shoplifter in Hungary, a Jewess
of forty, who six months before the
arrest for stealing had been baptized
in the Roman Catholic church, plead
ed that she was legally an infant,
and as such was not responsible be-
fore the law. The rule of the coun-
try being that the date Of birth figures
from the date of baptism, the court
sustained her plea, and the 6 months
old shoplifter Of 40 was released.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-04
Sherifs Sale.
STATE OF LoUISTANA-Parish Of
Vermilion-l7lh Judicial District
Court-No. 1889.
Laura Bodin ct ais
]. 4. Gibson.

j. a. Gibson.
DY virtue of q writ of fieri faeias issued
ID by the Hon. 18th Judicial District
Court in and for the parish of Vermilion,
in the matters of the above entitled and
numbered suit, fully authorizing me to
seize and sell, I will proceed to sell at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, at the principal front door of the
courthouse in this parish, on
Saturday. December 2, 1899,
between the hours prescribed by law. the
following described property seized to
satisfy said writ, to wit
One certain tract of land lying and
being situated in the parish of Vermil-
ion, containing one hundred and twenty
four arpents, more or less, measur-
ing four arpents front, more or less, by
thirty-one arpents deep, more or less,
together with all and singular the build
ings and improvements thereon situa-
ted and appertaining thereto being the
Schexnaiider tract in the Marin Mou-
ton grant, and bounded north by Cbas.
Baudoin tract hereinafter described,
east by Cleophas Vincent, south by
Primeau1 tract. west by Amilda Glib
son, wife of lack Griffin, being the
same property acquired by said j.. A.
Giboon from John Lemaire and Joseph
Lemaire by act of sale executed before
Leo Perret, notary public.
An undivided one-eighth interest in
and to that certain tract of land lying
and being situated in said parish being
the Chas Baudoin tract in the Marin
Mouton grant measuring four arpents
front by forty arpents deep, being
bounded north by Mrs. Beloni Baudoin,
south BY the tract described above un-
der item thereof, west by public road
and east by
Terms-Cash.
Abbeville, La, October 81, 1899.
D.. O. HEBERT. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-04
Succession Elodie Abshire.

mllIOu-IiIH OUOlGLdI OloUIIcG GOuEE-%-
No. 800.
Succession Elodie Abshire.
Notice is hereby given that by virtua
of an order of sale granted by the Hon.
18th Judicial District Court aforesaid.
in the matters of the succession entitled
and numbered as above and of a COM
mission issued to me Hereunder, there
will be offered foT sale at public auc-
ton, to the last and highest bidder, al
the late residence of the deceased in
this parish, all the property movable
and immovable of the community here
tofore existing between said Elodie Alb
| shire. deceased, and Daphnis Labris
surviving spouse, for the purpose 81
paying debts of said deceased and saiA
community, on
Wv edmesdays November Q. lS9A
between the legal hours prescribed by
law, the following described property
belonging to said succession, to wit:
One certain tract Of land situated In
the parish Of Vermillon, containing 40
acres. more or less; designated as the
southwest quarter of northeast quarter
Of section eighteen, township eleven,
south of range two east.
400 lbs. of wire fencing and oak posts,
1900 lbs. on lands belonging to separate
estate of the deceased, one potato
house, one unfinished buggy house, ITO
pannels fencing 8 planks and one wire
with posts, 48 pannels plank fencing, 2
old horses, one pair creole mules, one
white face horse, q mare, one 6Ily,
two year old, one American mare and
colt, one COW and calf, one two year
old heifer, one big hog, 9 hogs, one
buggy, wagon, 5 plows, | double
pillow, 2small harroWs, l large harrow,
one blacksmith shop, / lot blacksmith's
tools, slot carpenters tools, | stove
with cooking utensils, / sewing ma
chine, one gun and many other articles
too numerous to mention, on che follow
ing terms and conditions, to wit
All a~diudications of ten dollars or
less, to be for cash, all adjudicationsin
excess of ten dollars to be paid one
half cash on the day of sale, the other
half to be on a credit of one year, pur=
chasers to furnish their notes for tho
credit portion Of such price, payable
one wear from date to the order of The
administrators bearing eight per cent
per annum interest from date, with the
usual stipulations for 10 per cent attOr-
ney's fees thereon in case OF suit or the
notes are put in the hands an attorney
for collection after maturity ; purcha-
sers of movable property on credit to
furnish two good and solvent securities
on their said notes to the satisfaction OF
the administrators, and vendors lien
and privilege and a special mortgage 70
be retained Oh all lands sold to secure
the payment OF the credit portion OF the
!, price thereof, and which thereafter ar6
not to lie sold alienated, h~ypothecatel
or in any manner encountered I'd the
prejudice OF the aforesaid rights.
ELEZIA LABRT,
FELIX MEAUx.
observation-disclosures.
Abbeville, October z, 1899.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-04
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish Of
Vermilion-17th judicial District
Court-No. 230.
Eli Wise & Co,
VS..
Eloi Dupuy.

By virtue of a writ of fieri facias
issued in the matters of the above en-
titled and numbered suit and to me
directed from the Honorable 18th
Judicial District Court aforesaid, in
and for the State and parish above
mentioned, I have seized and will ex-
pose to public sale to the last and
highest bidder, at the principal front
door of the courthouse in this parish,
on
Saturday, November rs, 1899.
between the hours prescribed by law,
the following described property seized
to satisfy said writ, to wit:
One grey and one blue horse.
Terms-Cash.
sheriff7s Office, Abbeville, La, Nov.
4, 1899. j. o. HEBERT,
Sheriff.