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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
BIG FIRE IN TYRRELL.
A $4,000 Lumber Plant Des.
troyed by Fire.

Columbia, n. c., March g.
Especial. .)-Branning's mill, a
very large lu1n Der plant situate
at this place, was burned SUD
day at 1 p. m. The mill was
worth $4,000. The B1anning
Manufacturing Company is one
of the biggest timber concerns
i'll the State, and had a daily
capacity of about 10000 feet.
The company owns large quan>
titles Of standing pine timber in
the county and have about
eight miles of railroad in this
county and conte1nplates
building road into Hyde
county, which would give them
d road thirty miles long. 1t is
probable that the mil. will be
built.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
LYNCH Ed IN JAIL.
Shot to Death by a Mob at
Waynesville.
CAUGHT AT CLYDE SAT-
URDAY.
He Was Taken to Waynesville
For Safe Keeping After Mar
rowly Escaping Lynching
at the Hands of an In.
furiated Mob.

Waynesville, N. c. March
5.-(Special)-The negro Geo
rye Ratcliffe, who on Saturday
outraged a little white girl
years old, the grand daughter OF
Nithias Holland, three miles
from Clyde, was shot to death in
Jail here early this morning by
mob of infuriated whites. II is
thought that large part of the
mob followed the negro here
from the scene OF his crime.
He was run down and caught
about 5 o'clock and brought to
Clyde and placed under a heavy
guard, who guarded him all
night and brought him to
Wayncsv1lle Sunday morning,
where be was placed in Jail. He
confessed his guilt Saturday
night after being taken to Clyde,
but claimed he did not accomp~
lish his purpose.
1t was particularly atrocious
crime. His victim is a poor lit
tie invalid girl of only eight
years of age, having been a suf-
ferer all her life with St. Vitas'
dance. 1t was almost impossible
to prevent lynching Saturday
night, MOB remaining in town
until a late hour. The whole
country was worked up to the
lynching point and the end the
negro met has created no sur
prise.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
The Total Eclipse.

A special committee, has been
appoil ted to invite scientific
bodies to 60 to Raleigh next
May to witness the total clipse
of the sun. Alderman Drewry, of
Raleigh, who goes north next
week, will carry with him the
official invitation, signed by the
mayor. This will be to the
United States Observatory
officials, to universities, colleges.
etc. Raleigh will be the best
point from which to view the
eclipse. President w .nston. of
the Agricultural aud Mechani-
cal College, has already invited
various colleges to send their
corps OF observers here.
Rival Milk is only 10 cents a
can. Robinson & Whitehurst.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09

We notice that J. w. Lee, a
fellow who called himself the
"Irish Evangelist" and who
abused and villhed the best peo"
pie of every town he polluted
by his presence, has left his wife
and children destitute in Green's
boro and is now living in adul>
terry in Washington City with a
Georgia girl he seduced from her
home. It is generally this breed
of cattle who have SO much to
say about the wrong doing OF
their betters and who disgrace
every pulpit they preach in by
vile TRADES of slander, filth and
billingsgate. Such wretches who
pretend to be followers of the
meek and lowly Nazarine are
but wolves in Sleeps clothing
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
Crawled Ninety Miles.

Jonathan Graves, of Burli ng-
ton Junction, Mo-, who has APP
piled for a pension, has uni>
que record, saws an exchange.
He was a private in the I12th
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and
contracted scurvy in Anderson>
Vile Prison, losing the use OF
his legs. While being removed
in an ambulance he managed to
slip to the ground unnotlced,
and crawled on his hands and
knees from Goldsboro, N. c., to
Newberne, N. c., where there
was a Union camp. He cove red
the ninety miles in seventeen
days. When captured he tipped
the scales at rs pounds, but
after his long crawl he weighed
only ninety pounds.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
SHOT The
GIRL'SFATHER
He Has a Brother Killed in
the Melee.
ATTEMPTED ELOPEMENT.
Results in a Terrible Tragedy
in Pitt.
ATTEMPTED ELOPEMENT.

Tarboro, n. c., March s.
Especial. "A very unfortunate
occurrence happened in Pitt
county Sunday night 1t seems
that Jesse James was engaged tc
a daughter of Mr.. Ed. Lewis
who lives in No. 2 Township
Mr.. Lewis, bad objected to his
daugh ter's marrying Mr.. James
and had prohibited ms coming
to his house. Sunday morning
Mr.. James went to Lewis house
for the purpose of getting the
girl and running away with her
and marrying her, but he was
foiled in this scheme. Sunday
night, accompanied by his
brother, Sam James, he goes to
Lewis house and attempts to
get Miss Lewis by force. A
scuffle ensued, in which Mr..
Lewis, Sam James and Jesse
James all participated. Jesse
James shot Mr.. Lewis in the
head and leg, but these wounds
were not fatal. In this fight Sam
James was shot through the
head and killed instantly. This
put an end to the fight and Jesse
James and his crowd left. Mr.
Lewis sons We're present, and it
is thought one of them may
have shot Sam James.
Up until this evening no ar>
rest had been made | have seen
several men from this section of
th county, and they all express
sympathy for Mr.. Lewis and his
family.
The coroner's jury has returns
ed no verdict yet. The James
boys were considered desperate
characters.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
"My Own White Folks At
Last"

The Neutrality-suspicious. tells
gooi story about an ola color
ed man " ho hearing that Boston
was the Mecca of the Southern
darkies, concluded he would
emigrate to that city Of Back
Bay culture and baked beans.
But alas the poor old mans
bright was dream "too sweet and
beautiful to last" and pretty
soon he found himself out in
the world both hungry and
homeless. In his distress, re
mem bering how the white
folks" in the South always help,
ed him out when in trouble the
old "uncle' went from house 10
house and, hat in hand, told his
tale of woe and humbly asked
for some work to do, or if no
work would they give him some
thing to eat. To his surprise the
invariable answer was "No;
Mister, very sorry but we
have nothing for you . He got
plenty Mistering but no help or
sympathy.
Finally he rang at the front
door of a fine looking house and
On it's being opened by the OWL
er he made the same pitiiul plea
He not no "Mr." here but the
gentleman exclaimed "You
darned black kinky headed ras-
cal how dare you ring at my
front door Go round to the
kitchen and the cook will give
you all you want.
Instead of being indig nant
the poor old homesick fellow
fell on his knees and with tears
streaming down his face exclaim
ed
"Thauk de LaWd, | foup' my
own white folks at last Thank
de Lawd, l foun' 'em-I foun'
'em "
He realized the difference in
the kindly heal ted Soutkerner
who "cussed him out" but fed
him, and the "Bostonese" who
"Mistered" him but would let
him starve to death on his door
step.
The old time negroes know
who their friends are. The
young ones had better learn the
lesson also.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
Euc1el IL the Field.

Friday evening cid of dry
grass and vegetation was burned
On farm belonging to James A
Bryan near i|avenlock. Clifford
Rogerson, son OF Capt. VIM
Rogerson of this city, ationed
himself near house to prevent
the fire reaching it.
After the fire had swept
through, the men came to where
Rogerson had been stationed,
and found that he had moved
several hundred yards from his
first position and that the flames
had caught and burned him to
death. He was 28 years old
NeWbern Journal.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
The Way it Works.

We read OF a town in the
State of Indiana where a tins
plate plant giving employment
to two hundred workmen was
"absorbed" by the Trust, and
the work men thrown out ON the
street; and then again that the
Brooklyn house OF the sugar
trust has closed down and five
hundred workmen find their oc-
cupatiou gone. This is the
system under which it is claim
ed that wages are advancing and
the country is prosperous.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
STEAMBOAT SERVICE.

Stca,nc leave Edcnton daily {. x
Cept sunday 100 p. NJ. for Plymouth.
GAINESVILLE, Williamson and Wind
So.
Leave Edenton Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday 100 p. III fol- Chowan
River landings; and Fyiday for Soup
pernOng River.
Steamers leave Elizabeth City fol
RoauOke Island, Oriental and New
Berne, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day SEQ p III connect with a & n {.
X. r aud ". & w. r K. for Colds boro
and Wilmington, &c.
For Scupyeinong River Monday
1900 noon.
For Goiujock and North River Land
iugs Tuesday, Th 1rsday and Saturday
500 p III.
For South Mills aud landings On
Dismal Swamp route Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday 600 a. nj.
Steamers leave Belhaven daily lex
ccpt Sunday for Washington, N. c.
For further Information apply to M
H. Snowden, Agent, EliAobeth City,
or to the General Office Of the N & S.
r. r. Co.. Norfolk, Va.
N. K. KING, II. {. HUDGINS.
Gen. Mgr. Gen Ft.&Pass. .Agt
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
PORTO RICO'S DISTRESS.
Many of the People are B Jrder
ing On Starvation.

Washington, March 7.-Act>
ing Secretary of War Meiklejohn
received today another appeal
from General Davis, military
governor of Porto Rico, for as
sistance for the islanders. Gen
eral Davis letter depicts an avs
full situation in the island. He
says that Workmen and their
families, being without means
to live, are drifting into towns
and demanding food. In a re-
port which he transmits it is
said that a great many people
are borde ring on starvati On. In
the centre of the island there /
nothing for the poor to eat, and
the officer reports that unless
assistance is given there will be
an outbreak of lawlessness and
sickness will prevail.
He recommends that he he
given means to put $4,000 men
at work for three months On the
Improvement of the roads. For
this he says he will need, fol-
labor, tools and supplies, about
s22s,ooo per month.
He thinks that within three
months, under this plan the
period of acute distress will be
passed over without difficulty
that new industrial and economic
conditions will exist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
KING COTTON" ONCE MORE
tVirginian n Pilot J

Once more the glad news re
sounds through the South tha
"Cotton is King Once more
the planter is getting his share
of the p offs with the manu-
facturer and consumer, and
more, there pr misses a reign o.
prosperity in the South.
For the time being, at least,
the planter can smile upon the
proper side OF his face. and it is
all because cotton is selling at a
price that brings profit to the
man who follows the plow.
Say what one will in criticism
OF the chronic dissatisfaction of
the farmer; Of his constant
grum bling and ever anxious de
sire Ior some kind of help, it
mattezs not from where it comes,
but no people could live happily
with cotton selling at 5 cents a
pound.
A country aud a city is in
bad way when it's chief industry
or business is conducted on a
losing bass. How could the
farming element of the South
show sigus of progress and inn
provements when its staple crop
brought the producer in debit
The general activity throug bout
the country has had something
to do with increase in price of
cotton as we'll as the specula-
tive movement and a short crop.
The improvement is being felt
last i'll the products of the farm.
There is nothing Of recent oc
2urrence that brings more gen
-ral joy and qualification than
III proved conditions in the con-
ranks. Farmers are gen |
-rally consumers, and their |
earnings go to help out every
Kind of manufsc ctory from the
silk loom 10 the i.on foundry. |
Their purchases are governed by
heir income, Or, more part1cu
arly, by their profits.
For many years farmers have
1ad no profits. They have, in
many instances and sections,
actually gone into debt for the
necessities of life, in which there
is little profit for the merchant.
1t is the liberal hand of the suc>
cessful planter, of manufacturer,
that carries profit to the mer>
chant. Success in the agricul~
tural world is a sure and per-
feet reflection of success in
every other line.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
DAVENPORT, MORRIS
& co.,
Wholesale Grocers anu COmmiS>
sion Merchants and
Dealers in


Consignments of North Caro-,
lima Herring solicited, and pro
Ceeds remltted 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. {. Fish to the best
possible advantage, and wc are
known everywhere IS the larg>
est distributors in this market.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09

l have been afflicted with
rheumatism for fourteen years
and nothing seemed to give any
relief. | was able to be around
all the time. but constantly suf-
fering. l had tried everything l
could hear of and at last was
told to try Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. which l did, and was i'm
mediately relieved and in short
time cured. 1 am happy to say
that it has not since returned
JOSH EDGAR, Germantown, Cal.
For sale by w. w. Griggs &
Son Druggists.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09

been spent on the Lily. Over
half of that sum was expended
last year IN practically rebuild
ing the craft. The chief inspect
ors have drawn $3,246 since
1895, and the deputy inspectors
have been paid $II,2S7 40.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09

For Barb Wire Cuts, Scratches,
=. Idle and Collar Calls, Cracked Heel
:lirns, Old Sores, Cuts, Boils, Bruises.
. lies and all kinds of inflammation On
IAN OF beast. Cures Itch and Mango.
zAs Gore, Cut or Burn Will never nsss after the oil
,: baa1 applied.
Be prepared for accidents by keeping it in your
h1ase or stable AIosusslsts sell on guarantee.
+, Cure, No Pay. Price IS cts and SI.oo. II YOU
Druggist d ocs not keep 1t send IS cts. in pos
t=ze stamps and we will send it to you by mail.
Paris Tens, Jan. Goth, 1894.
Dear Sir: have used Porter's AataAsptc Healing On
"a, Harness Saddle Calls Scratches and Barb Wire Cui
WIN perfect satisfaction and heartily recommend 1t
d. B. IRVINE Livery and Feed Stable
BABY BURNED.
eentlemen Ian pleased to speak word for Fc-tsrs
trying all other remedies applied your
d the application relief and in few days the
s2.e we'll also used the oil steck and ind th
remedy for this purpose that have ever ssea
Yours, C. I. LEWIS.
Paris, Tenn, Jar uarv 28 1894
nANCFACTCRED By
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09

Was the ball that hit G.. IS.
Steadmau of Newark. Mich. II
the Civil War. 1t caused horTi-
bic Ulcers that no treatment
helped for 20 years. Then Buck
lens Aruica Salve cured him.
Cures Cuts, Bruises. Burns, BoilS,
Felons. Corns, Skin Eruptions.
Best Pile cure on earth. 5 cts.
a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
Standard Pharmacy Druggist
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09

TRAIN SERVICE.
NORTUBOUND
Lv. Eiiz City dolly lex SUM 2:45, pm
Ar. Norfolk, 4.25, pm
Lv Etiz- City, Tue. Thur. .&Sat 9:35, am
Ar. Norfolk HOO, 4 N
SOUrHBOUND
Lv. Eliz. City daily lex eun)I 40. a. III
AT. Edcnton " " I2:4o, III
Ar. Belhaven " :" 4:45, D. m
Lv Eliz City Tue Thu &Sat 600, IN
Trains stop at all intermediate
stations
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
COTTON IN THE STATE.
North Carolina Fast Beco ring
Manufacturing State

For the last ten years It has
been evident to the casual OBJ,
server that North Carolina is
making rapid strides in indus
trial development This has
been especially true i'll the cot
ton manufacturing industry
For over fifty years North Caro-
lima has had cotton mills, but
to day they are far more numer
Gus than ever before. Counting
those recently organized, there
are now IN the State 224 mills
having 100000 spindles and
48.1oo looms. The com bined
capital reaches $23,ooo,ooo.
Since January Ist sixteen new
mills have been incorporated
an average of ore every three
days
AS the farm lands are valued
at only 900, 900, it will be
readily seen that the cotton mill
industry is second in importance
only to the agricultural interests
If the race of increase d,1rino
past year we're to continue for
ten years, the State could no
longer be called al agricultural
State.
Those who do not live in a
mill community can form only
a very slight idea of the good a
cotton mill does. The Henriet>
ia Mills, the largest in the State,
with capital of 100000, has
$4,000 splndles, and looms in
proportion. Every day they
weave $4,000 yards of cloth =
enough to cover a road Is feet
wide for nearly eight miles.
The land around the mill, which
was $40 per acre, is now worth
$50, and nearly three thousand
people are directly or Indirectly
supported by the mill. In the
same proportion, prosperity has
followed the cotton mill wher-
ever it has gone.
The cotton mills in North
Carolina now use all the cotton
grown in the State-about 800,
900 bales. At sc per pound this
is valued at SI2 900 900, and this
is all it brought before the cot
ton mills were established. Now,
however, in the form of cloth
and yarn, its value is doubled,
and more than doubled. Instead
of twelve million, the State now
gets thirty million.
1t is sometimes asked if there
is not danger of Our OVERRIDING
the thing-of building too many
mills The answer is, "No, not
while We annually import
millions of dollars worth of
goods from England. So long
as English spindles Jean 1un and
make both ends meet, ours can
run at profit. Besides this the
demand for cotton goods is
rapidly increasing. There are in
Asia and Africa. 100000, 900
people who want our goods. AS
civilization advances the demand
becomes more urgent. There
are in North and South Carolina
thousands of looms making
cleth, every yard of which is ex
ported to China. While such
conditions exists let the good
work go On. Nothing could
please us more than to see two
mills where there is not but
one; and let us all hope that
such a condition is not far in
the future.-Raleigh Christian
Advocate.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
SHELL FISH COMMISSION.

A statement of the receipts
and disbursements of the She'll
fish Commission has been PEE
pared for the first time in five
years by Chief Clerk Denmark
of the State Treasury DEPART
ment.
From March II, 1895, to Feb
ruary 20, 1900, the receipts have
been $28,8oo.2I, while the dis
bursements during that time
have been $24,145.o3, leaving
balance of $4,12o.25.
The following are the amounts
received from the counties that
have contributed to the commits
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09

and should not be allowed in
Christian churches or tolerated
by gcdly people
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-03-09
Da.EOaix ~ South
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TRAIN SERVICE.

III effect March Ist , 1000.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-08-01
HOW'$ 'sliIS!

We Cffer On" Hu dred Dollars Re-
ward for any Gaze ~ a'arrh that cans
not be cured by tall's Catarrh Cure
~ CHENEY & co., Props To-
leu, o
We the undersigned have known
Sheney for TIE last Is wears and
neiieVe nm perfectly honorable in all
business transHcll"rs and financially
ro'e carry ou' any obligations made
bv their finn
WEST d rRUAX. Wholesale D,urcist
toledo, y
"AhnING kINNAN & MARVIN
Whnles4'r Druggists, Toip,Io O
Hairs Catarh ure j. taken in.
I rna ~, acting div" t'y upou the hl0od
al mucous surfr'S of the system.
rue, Zoe per rOr'lc sold by ALI
Druggists. r,>trmonsals free.
hal's Fam. Pits are the best
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-08-01
Items From The Rock Hill Her

Items From The Rock Hill Her
aid.
Measles is still spreading in
town. In the family of MIR r D
Sealy there are nine cases, all in
bed.
The Rock Hill Roller Mills is run
ming night and day to accommo-
date the many customers who are
having their wheat ground there.
The Herald has a proposition
from responsible party who de.
sires to come to Rock Hill and
erect cotton seed oil mill. The
matter will be brought to the at,
tention of our business men.
About ten days ago Mr. S A
Matthews, of Ebenezer sustained
a painful injury to his right hand
by a pick slipping on its handle
and falling against the hand
pinching the flesh between the
thumb md forefnger. Blood
poison set in few days ago and
Thursday DR. Thompson of Ebe-
nezer amputated the arm just be,
low the elbow. The sufferer is
doing as well as could be expected.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-08-01
SutrO Cotton Mill Fails.
Also the Yorkville Savings Bank.
All the Business Interests of
the Town More or Less In
volved in the Failure.
Special to Charlotte Observer.

Charleston, S G, July 2S-A
special from YorkvilIe TO The
News and Courier, says: The
Sutro Cotton Mill has gone to the
wall and taken with it the Loan
and Savings Bank. The Sutro
Mill, MIR. I R McCIain, proprie-
tor, has been understood to he
shaky for several weeks, but the
crash did not come until yester-
day afternoon, when it became
known upon the closing of the
bank that it's doors would not he
opened this morning. The liabiIi.
ties of the bank are about S35, 900
In round numbers, and of the
Sutro Mill 100000. The nomina'
assets of the Sutro Mill arc abo, t
Sll5, 600, but it is not at all like
lY that from these can be realized
100 cents on the dollar of indebted
ness. 1t is not practicable to
state the assets of the bank. Its
capital is 5000 and its de
posltors will be paid in full, very
probably, but the bank has failed
beyond hope Of early reorganiza-
tion. Mr.. McClain will at once file
a petition in bankruptcy.
Messrs James w Hart and w
w Lewis are in Chester asking
Judge Gage to appoint a receiver
for the bank. The president and
board of directors have offered to
give their services in winding up
the affairs of the institution free
of charge.
There being but one bank here
nearl y all of the business interests
of the town are involed. There
are few exceptions. There is
not great deal of excitement.
The people are taking the situa-
tlon as quietly as could be expect
cd.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-08-01

An Allendale correspondent
whose letter was printed in The
state yesterday, asked us to an
swer a question raised in his com-
muuity: "Will not the csncella-
tion of candidates name from
the ticket, when only one candl
date is in tho field, nullify the
whole ticket :" We answer,
certainly not ! If the printed
ballot only showed ono name the
cancellation of that name would
of course make the ballot a blank
one; but this is impossible in the
case of the official ballot provided
for the coming primary, which
contains many names for many
offices. This "blanket" ballot is
used for convenience, but it is in
effect a combination of ballots,
one for each Office to be voted for.
If there should be but one name
presented for a certain Office and
the voter shouldscratch that name,
the ballot, so far as that office Is
concerned, would be blank; but
the names voted for the other Of
hces would have to be counted.
No voter can be forced to vote
for a candidate he does not favor
on penalty of not having his vote
counted for the candidates he does
favor. To throw out his ballot
if he refused compliance would be
to rob him and the Candidates he
supports. s.-The State.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-08-01
CARD.

While giving notice of my new
place of business, | desire to thank
my customers and friends in gener.
al, for their past favors and kind
ness to me and for a continuance
of the same. Especially do l
thank Mrs. Mollie Perry who had
me to build a handsome draped
urn monument, that will show to
all that they can get as fine work
done here, as elsewhere. You can
find me on The Ledger Office lot,
near the Methodist church, now
ready to serve you.
Yours respectfully,
A j McNinch.