Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-06-01

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folk, this week for treatment.
P. W. Mcmillan. Esq, atten
ded the rally at Hartford Tues
day and addressed the peopl'
of that section.
If you are thinking of buying
a printing plant you shoult
consult the Fisherman and Far
mer Immediately.
Rev. E. F. Sawyer preached
Sunday at Cor1nth church anc
his many hearers were much
pleased with the sermon.
Mr.. R. O. Pryor and family
left Wednesday for Cleveland
Ohio, where they will reside il
the future. They leave many
friends here, who regret theil
departure.
Mr.. J. D. Gaskins, the gentle
manly representative of the Raj
eigh Christian Advocate, paid us
a pleasant call on Tuesday, and
requested us to add the Advocate
to our exchange list, which we
do with pleasure.
Rev. J. Paul Spence has been
called to take charge of the BUSH
ness department of Mars Hill
college in this State. Mr..
Spence recently graduated from
the Virginia Business college
and is young man of rare in
tellectual powers.
Mr.. Gaston G. Bell return ed
home Saturday from the Rich>
mond Medical College, where
he has just graduated. He re-
ceived the congratulations of
his many friends who wish him
success. We hear he will To-
cate at Oriental, N. c.
The successful contestants for
the medals i'll the closing exer-
cises of the public school last
Thursday and Friday nights
were Misses Camille Jenkins,
1st, and Rose Goodwin end,
for the girls, and Willie Sar
ders, 1st, and Harrell Overman
end, for the boys.
Several offenders have been
before His Honor, Mayor Viii
son, this week, and contributed
to the support of the town. Mr..
Wilson is making All effort to
break up some of the laWless-
ness going on around here, and
he will do it or else the city
will have money to burn.
The American Ministries have
postponed the date of their
performance at Edenton On ac-
count of the big Democratic
rally at Windsor, which took a
great many people from Eden
ton. They will play there next
Wednesday night, and a rare
treat is in store for the people
of that place.
Mr.. ]. T. Coppersmith had
the finest Irish potatoes in town
Wednesday we ever saw in May.
Some of them weighed ten
and a half ounces. He tells as
he has already shipped 80 bar
rels from barrels of seed and
is not yet done. This shows
that farming pays when the
right man is at the helm.
The White Supremacy club
was entertained last night by
an elegant speech from its
President, Hon. P. H. Williams.
They meet again next Thurs,
day night, and every white man
is invited to come out. The
club is in splendid working or
der, aud you may expect some
fine speech S.
The eclipse On Monday was
watched with eager interest by
every body, few people having
ever witnessed such a sight,
Many views of it were taken by
our amateur photographers,
some being very good. Nearly
every body to be seen on the
streets were peeping at the sun
through a piece of smoked glass,
and one colored boy, seeing SO
many pieces of black glass and
not knowing what it was, hied
himself 10 one of the tin shops
and secured a piece of sheet iron,
and because he could see moths
ing through it. walked silently
away wondering what the peo>
pie were looking at.
Mr.. w. S. Whedon, Cashier
of the First National Bank of