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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-20
ABOUT PUBLIC ROADS.
h1It0y Fisherman and Farmer:

Adltoy Fisherman and Farmer:
Dear Sir-In regard to the
public road system as mention
ed in your last issue, | have
had some experience as super
visor, and find it impossible
to have good ro1ds under the
present system, and l am sure
that the wear and tear of the
wheels, vehicles and team, Is a
greater tax on the people than
would be required to keep the
roads in fair passa BILE order if
the same were properly applied
Mr.. Cohoon's plan might work
very we'll, yet it looks a little
unfair to increase the tax on al.
property, because good deal of
the property are owned by PEG
pie who are road free by age,
having served their time out
on public duties. l think it
would be better plan to levy a
special tax on those who are
subject to the road under the
present system, put the roat 5
out under contractors instead of
overseers and Instead of sums
moning hands on the roads let
them be hired to work the road.
| am satisfied that one man lib>
orally paid would do more work
one day than two who were
compelled by law to give their
presence. I don't know what
amount OF taxes would be re
quired, it might be little steep
at first uutil the roads are re-
claimed for they are all gone
down in our section of the coun
try, aud would have fallen Into
disuse If it was possible to travel
without them.
Respectfully.
J. c. BYRD.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-20
STATE SONG.
Prohibition Forever


AIR, "OLD NORTH STATE.
From ne hills of the west, where the sunset is
streaming,
Tothe shores of the sea. where the white waves
cleaning,
From valley and prairie, from mountain and
river,
Our banner shall float Prohibition forever
Chorus, Hurrah, hurrah,
Prohibition forever,
Hurrah hurrah,
In the good Old North State.
Her daughters hall sing in the accents of glory
The triumph ofrght. from the mountain tops
hOary~
And echo shall sound like the ocean she'll ever
From the land of the sky Prohibition forever!
Chorus, Hurrah &c.
Hurrah for the land where each caste and con
dition
May stand for the right and may vote Prohibition
Hurrah for our union, whose ties none can sever
Hurrat for our flag, Prohibition forever.
Chorus, Hurrah, &C.
n d Hundley, Greensboro, n {.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-20
The Manufacturers

. The Manufacturers Record,
in summing up the progress
made in the developments of
the South last year, shows that
total of 3,oo7 industries of va
rious kinds were founded or
prof ected upon definite grounds.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-20

It is said that at the expiration
of his term Of office, Governor
Russell will not return to his
home at Wilmington, but will
go to New York and engage in
the practice of law He is per-
sonc non grata to the Whining
ton Democrats.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-20
Tie Washington correspor,

Tie Washington correspond
ent Of the Raleigh Post says the
Department of Justice will pro-
badly remove District attorney
Bernard, of the Eastern district,
because he is incompetent to
manage the affairs of hi; office.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-20
FIRST CONVENTION Of
FIRST DISTRICT,
WOman's Christian
Temperance Union
Of North Caro-
lima.
To be Held Jan. 10 and Fl at
The M. E, Church, Eliza
beth City, Mrs. Mary E.
Garland, State President,
Presiding.

THURSDAY EVENING 7 O'CLOCK.
Music,
Devotional Exercises Miss sallie Cherry, Eden
ton.
Address of Welcome OH behalf of the Churches
DIR. Johnston.
Address of Welcome on behalf of the town, Prof
Hinton
Address of Welcome on behalf of the W. C. TT.
of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Preyor,
Response,
Young Women and the Temperance Reform
Miss Cora White, Belvdere.
Meeting Of Executive Committee Friday Inorn ug
ats. 30.
FRIDAY MORNING $50 O'CLOCK.
Convention called to order.
Devotional Exercises Miss Melena Ward, Par
male.
Appointment of Committees.
Credentials.
Courtesies.
Finance
Resolutions
Adoption of Constitution an By Laws
Election of Officers,
Noontide hour II to H. Mrs Isabel Wing Lake
National Superintendent Rescue Work
Chicago Ill
FRIDAY AFTERNOON O'CLOCK.
Devotional Exercises, Mrs. Kate Zimm erman,
Elizabeth City.
Reading of Minutes,
Report of Executive Committees.
Report of Unions.
Need of District Organization, Miss sallie Cherry
Mothers Meeting, Miss Isabel Wing Lake.
Report of Committees.
Adjournment.
FRIDAY EVENING 7 O'CLOCK.
Devo iona1 Exercises, Mrs. Emma II. White
Address Mrs Isabel Lake, Chicago
Adjournment.
The times., 1899-10-23

NEW YORK, Oct 22.-Diamonds have
been becoming dearer since the Transvaal
war cloud first appeared. and another 5
per cent was added to the price last Sat
urday by the De Beers syndicate in Lon
don. AS they run in the trade diamonds
now cost the importers down in Maiden
Lane from % to 35 per cent more than
they did four months ago.
The big dealers in that quarter are
divided into groups OF bulls and bears so
far as their opinions as to future prices
are concerned. Kimberley, threatened by
the Beers, is practically the only source
of the gems. If it should be separated
from the worlds market for any great
length of time the syndicate could ask
what it pleased for its. wares. up to the
limit of the buyers ability to pay for
them
As the case stands today jewels in the
possession of the people are worth a good
deal more than they cost year or two
ago The man who has just proposed with
success will wish, when he goes to buy a
ring, that his courtship had been advanced
so far last spring.
A despatch from London Thursday re
peated a rumor heard there that the price
Of diamonds in the rough had been doubled
in Amsterdam the great centre Of the
diamond cutting industry, since the war
began. The expert at Tifany's said of this
news: Don't you believe it," He added
that in spite of considerable advance in
wholesale prices, this was a good time to
buy diamonds to wear.
1T is hard to say just how the retail
market is affected by the war news, said
a large Maiden Lane importer. The rstail
trade in New York has not fe!t it so badly
as have some of the larger cities of the
country That is because diamonds sell
more easily here at the current price than
elsewhere Dealers in Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Denver and Kansas City, Tor in
stance are holding back their orders rather
than pay what the goods are worth now.
Take this lot of small stones which we
lave just received from Amsterdam. l
would have paid for them few months
ago about $40 carat. These cost me $50.
Some OF the stones are worth only $55,
others S65 a carat.
L think the New York dealers who are
buying at the advanced price show the
right judgment for it viii be a long time
before prices come down, if they ever do.
Another factor in the market which makes
the price stiH is the demand. There is so
much more money going that diamonds
have to be had"
A retail dealer few doors away, who
buys uncut stones. cuts and sets them,
opened his books to show that in his own
case he had made no advance on goods
purchased a year or more ago.
Every Wednesday," he said, the
steamer from the Cape brings a shipment
from the Kimberley mines to LonlOn. Tne
stones are assorted and offered for sale in
lots each lot containing good bad and in
different stones of about the same size.
/ The buyers cannot select, but must take a
lot or none The syndicate has advanced
its prices I should judge, an average Of 30
per cent. The dealers have TO have them,
and pay what is asked. think however
that the interruption in production viii be
short. and tat normal pres VIII be
1uotad soon
The times., 1899-10-23
TIE TRADE OF JAMAICA
Efforts of Great Britain TO Improve
Its Condition.
a Subsidy 10 BE Given Fruit Com
Germ for a Direct Steamship Line
English Comment on the New
Reciprocity Treaties - Our Share
OF the British West India Trade.

The condition of the commerce of ia
maica and the anxiety expressed by the
people of that island for its improvement
have resulted in the establishment of
new direct steamship line between England
and that island Copies of the British
Trade Journal" Just received by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics. state that
the Colonial Office has signed a contract
with the Jamaica Fruit and Produce Asso-
citation for a direct fruit and passenger
service between that island and the United
Kingdom, TO commence May. 1900. The
contract is for five years, and the steam
ers viii run fortnighuy, at an average
speed of fifteen knots, between Kingston
and Port Antonio and Southampton. The
steamers will be fitted for the conveyance
of fruit, and will have a storage for at
least 10000 punches OF bananas. The con-
tractors bind themselves to employ at least
six agents in Jamaica in developing the
fruit industry, to improve the wharf ac
commodations at Kingston and other ports,
and TO build one or more hotels in the
island The subsidy payable is 10000
per annum-of which one-half Will be con-
tributed by the Imperial Governmental
be increased to &12 600 if more passenger
accommodation is required.
The British Trade Journal of October
1, commenting upon the condition of COM
merce in the British West Indies, says:
The new reciprocity treaties between
British colonies and the United States
bode no good to British manufacturers.
They may show no directly discriminating
treatment against the step-mOther's goods.
but they may make arrangements which
may reasonably be held to be discrim-
mating. For instance, Barbados has con-
cluded a convention with the United States
providing that certain articles imported
from that country are 10 be imported free
Of duty or at greatly reduced rates. To
make up for the loss OF revenue thus
occasioned the colony greatly increases the
duties on the classes of merchandise i'm
ported chiefly from the United Kingdom;
and this will unfortunately hit Manchester
and Birmingham traders very severely.
The reply of the colonists will be that as
the United States has countervailed boun-
ty-fed sugar, they have opened the door
TO the sugar OF Barbados, and therefore.
very naturally expect the colony to take
American products at low duties in return.
As soon as Manchester and Birmingham
adopt similar policy they will have
similar claim on the colony.
The following table shows the total inn
ports into. and exports from the British
West Indies and the proportion imported
from, or exported TO the United States.
in 1897:
The times., 1899-10-23
MISS RICHARDSON IN COURT.
The spite House" MiIIionaire's
Daughter Objects to Bills.

The spite House" MiIIionaire's
Daughter Objects to Bills.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-Miss Dellarifa
Grace Richardson. daughter Of the late Jo-
seph Richardson, known as the Spite
House" millionaire, sat in Surrogate Fitz-
geraId's court yesterday, garbed in black
from head 10 foot and looking very for
bidding. Subpoena servers and court Off
GERS had long tried TO get her into court,
and nOw she was there of her own accord
No one could understand why she had
come willingly until the case was called.
Then IL was discovered that J. Jeffrei
Butler, appointed temporary administra-
To- of the Joseph Richardson estate. had
preferred a bill against the estate Of 81 500
as pay for detectives and subpoena ser
yers he had employed to try and serve
Miss Richardson with papers. Miss Rich
ardsOu had come into court 10 dispute this
item. She declared, through an attorney,
that an office boy could have done the
work for which $500 was charged, and
that the item was outrageous.
c. E. Hotchkiss, for the administrator,
said that an Office boy could have done the
work had il not been that Miss Richardson
was an exceptionally shTeWd woman and
had bafled even the best of detectives in
their attempts TO serve her with papers.
He told the court of the many attempts to
get at Miss Richardson and of their failure.
The matter was taken under coasideTa-
tion Il is supposed, from an examination
made at great trouble by the attorneys for
Mrs Richardson, that the estate is worth
nearly SI0-O000J0 in stocks and bonds, but
the authorities have never been able TO tell
where the securities were secreted.
Miss Richardson holds that her step
mother is an interlopeT and is not entitled
10 any OF her fathers millions. The for
tune was left TO be divided equally be-
tween Miss Richardson, her stepmother,
and her brother George. The latter is
dead Miss Richardson insists that the
estate is worth only 100000.
The times., 1899-10-23
SHE FLED FROM JAPAN.
4 Woman Arrested on n Charge of
Aiding F0rEer.

SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 22-When the
japanese steamer Hongkong Maiu arrived
here the police arrested Miss Margerie
Vinton, accused of being the accomplice Of
Alta NJ Kent jr., in forging $4,000 in
checks on the Union Trust Company, OF
jamestown, y. Y. Kent is in jail In Io-
kohama, but his woman companion e.uded
the police and escaped on the st ner- A
cable message warned the officers ol the
bank. and Sheriff GTiswold, OF jamestown,
was here waiting for her.
On May Kent obtained $4,000 by forg-
ing endorsements on notes on the James
town Bank. and went away with the young
woman. who goes by the name OF Nlnton.
lie deserted his wife, to whom he had been
married only six months. Warning was
sent to Japan, as it was thought the tugl-
tives had started for that country On
July - the fugitive was seen and idenuilsn
by an American military officer who knew
him we'll and the United States Consul
was informed. The japanese police shad-
owed the man. who had recently landed
from a Canadian Pacific steamer with
woman companion. They made tips 70
several watering places where they passel
as man and wife Finally tEey Sc 3arated.
The police arrested Kent on September
- at Littletown, Shaji. When they read
the warrant he became violently excited,
and. jumping up. tried 10 reach his re-
yolver in a coat hanging on the wall, but
this was prevented. When Kent was told
be had been identified and that he would
be extradited he confessed. He declared
that he had given the women all the money
that was left after paying their expenses.
When Miss Vinton was arrested here she
was taken before Chief Lees. She declared
she knew nothing of Kents crime until five
hours before he was arrested. Then he
confessed and gave her $4,000 which she
deposited with Mr.. Eppinger, the proprietor
Of the Grand Hotel, Yokohama, retaining
only $500 to pay her steamer fare and eX-
penses. When arrested she had only Sll
in her purse When asked by Chief Lees
how she expected to reach home on this
small sum she said she had voice and
expected to sing in concerts and thus make
money.
She said she had been in love with Kent
before his marriage, and had determined
TO get even with his wife. Sheriff Girls
void has started for the East with the
woman, who he says, was involved in
previous escapade of like character. He
thinks she has hidden the stolen coin some
where in Japan She was a teacher of
music in jamestown. On the voyage over
from Yokohama she aroused an interest
on the part of Lieut. C. B. Plunkett, of
the United States steamer Petrol, and he
tried to gain for her the privilege of going
to a hotel instead of to the police station
The times., 1899-10-23
A MOOSE HUNTER FINED.
Alfred Muller Pays High for Game
in Mmine.

BANGOR. Ne, Oct 22.-Alfred Muller.
a restaurant keeper Of Brooklyn, n. Y,
yesterday paid fine Of $500 for having
killed a moose in close time at Shin Pond
on the line Of the Bangor and Aroostook
Railroad.
Muller was arrested there Tuesday night
BY Wardner Neal on suspicion. as the
moose which he was taking home with
him, had the appearance Of having been
killed for several days. He swore that it
was killed on the preceding day, which
would clear the law.
Games Commissioner Carleton was sum
moned from the State Capital (Augusta)
and an investigation began. The result
was that evidence to convict the Brook
Ignite was brought to light. When Null
Ter learned the result of the search for
evidence he was more than willing to set
tie and waived all rights to trial
In addition to the fine and costs he has
lost the moose carcass and head the lat
ter having excellent sntlers. He said he
was glad TO get out Of the trouble so
easily.
The times., 1899-10-23
THE FATE o. SO YAcHrs.
Strange Career of the America Since
Her Rnce In IS5I.

NEW YORK, Oct 22-In view Of the
amount of money that is spent upon en-
American Cup racer and for sentimental
reasons, too, it is interesting TO know what
has become Of the various boats that have
struggled for the highest prize known 70
modern sea racing Men are curious 70
find out what the future holds for the gal
liant Shamrock and the happier Columbia
1t seems 10 be settled, however, that the
American viii next year continue her rae
ing abroad. if only TO show the "furriners''
what Yankee racing machine can 90 out
side Of her own waters.
The America won the Cup in 1851. Since
that time she has been bought and sold
many times. She has been a Government
vessel. been sunk. refioated, and length
ened Tetimbered and given a new lease Of
life She is now a smart yacht. and at
the recent races between the Shamrock
and the Columbia she was a daily visitor.
The Cambria was the first yacht TO try
and fetch back TO England the cup. The
attempt was made in 1870. Although the
Cambria failed in her mission-in which
she has never lacked for company, exclu-
sive and otherwise-she performed a feat
which made her famous by beating the
American schooner Dauntless on her jour
ney out 70 fight for the cup. Tle race was
from KinsaIe Head to Sandy Hook The
Cambria ran the gamut from a common
trader on the coast Of West Africa TO en-
pIoyment as a coal schooner. She has
been finally rigged again as = yacht in her
old age.
The first American Columbia, together
with the Sappho, beat the Eng ish LivORia
who challenged in 1871 LivOnia won the
only race that an Englishman has Won
since the cup came over The Columbia
is now the property of Vice Commodore
Jenkins. of the Philadelphia COrintlian
Yacht Club. With her high bulwarks she
looks all over a trader today.
These boats who successfully defended
the cup from capture have most Of them
done other racing since. the Made eine.
W ho won in Centennial year, the Mischief
in 1881, Puritan in 1885, Mayfover in 1856.
the Volunteer in 1857, and the Vigi ant in
1898 They are syiU in commission as
pleasure yachts. The Volunteer, one OF
the fastest Of the lot, has been altered sey-
eraI times. She is still a beauty
or the English boats the Ealkyrie, whicl
tried to win back the cup in 1893. and
which was beaten by the Eigildnt was
sunk IN collision with the Samantha in a
race on the Clyde. The Va.kyrLe sank
eight minutes after she was struck By
coincidence on the day the Falkyrie went
down the Vigilant her cOaqu5rOr, mad
her first racing start in English waters
The Valkyrie was an UHlucky boat from
the beginning.
The times., 1899-10-23
Took n Fortune-TeIIer,s Cue.

NEW YORK. Oct 22.-Miss Mamie Cul-
len. who lives with her mother, at a In
dia Street, Greenpoint, went TO the Even
Street Police Court yesterday and de-
manded a warrant against Mrs. Kate
StultZ of 81 Greenpoint Avenue, for hav-
ing called her a thief. The women were
formerly warm friends. a week ago Mrs
Stultz missed a lace curtain, and after
a vain search she went to Mrs Guilfoyle
a fortune teller, who, it is alleged, told
Mrs. Stultz that short, stout and dark
compleXioned woman had taken the cur
tain. Mrs. StuItz was positive that Miss
Cullen must be the person, and accused
her
The times., 1899-10-23
KILLED HERSELF ON A TRAIN.
A Demented Woman Secretly Drinks
CarboIfc Acid.

NEW YORK. Oct 22.-The doctors at
Bellevue Hospital told Gustave Liebling
that his wife's mind had failed and that
she would have to be deprived of her lib
erty. Liebling is a well-to-do cigarmaker
al 2l4 Forsyth Street, and, rather than
have his unfortunate wife 60 TO Ward s
Island at the expense of the State, he said
that he would send her to a private sani-
tarium and made arrangements to have her
treated BY Dr. Givins at Stamford, for
which place they set forth yesterday.
Liebling had his father and two men
friends go with him as escort for his wife.
who was led to believe that the little party
was setting forth on merrymaking expe-
ditisn. The five went TO the Grand Central
station and took the 3:l5 train.
Mrs Liebling must have suspected that
she was about to be placed in confinement,
but with all the shrewdness of the insane
she concealed her knowledge and pretended
TO be cheerful. Just before time Cor the
train to leave the station she said she
wanted a drink of water, and when her
husband said that he would get it for her
she Iaughingly said that she would get
il herself. The men saw her 90 to the
water cooler and take a drink Then she
stepped into the women S retiring room.
Her husband followed her. He arrived at
the door just In time to see her drink the
contents OF a bottle. 1t was carbolic acid,
and she writhed on the floor. The poor
woman was carried out on the platform and
an ambulance took her 10 Flower Hospital.
Il was impossible 10 save her. She died
in Q few moments.
Her body was taken home Liebling has
three children, a girl Of ten. another Of
eight. and a baby OF eight months. He
said that his wife had been i'll for two
years, following an operation for appendi-
citis. She realized that her mind was fail
ing, and had made TWO trips to the Battery
10 drown herself, but her heart failed her
al the last moment Ii is not known how
or Mhera Inc woman sacurad the unisnn-