3,000 DOLLARS
FOR RACING AT THE ALBE
MARLE PARK FAIR.
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News Adrift.
PICKED UP BY OUR REPORT
ERS WHO ARE ALWAYS
IK "THE SWIM."
The Board of Manageas of
t' c Albemarle Park Fair, at
their meeting Tuesday, voted
unanimously purses aggregating
;c,t)0 for racing, divided as foK
lows : Wednesday No. i class,
f .o minute trotting, purse $2 50;
X.) 2 class, 2.40 minute pace
.m l trotting, $35; No- 3 class,
--' 6.1-w- turned from Nag's Head
'!''.m:i;iI.iv No. I rlnss. r cn I
Mrs. Ida Simpson and children
lll!iIua,,u.u,gir,iu) .,. kve returned from Nag's Head,
BRIEFLY RELATED.
The Pith of the News Especially
Prepared for the Busy
Readers.
Miss Gertie Bland lias
re-
purse $3 5 ; No. 3
trotting,!
class, 2.25
Miss Ella V, John is spending-
the week with frirrirU nt Mo.r'c
Friday No. 1 class, 2.35
Miss Ada MeWr'tr i HoUrrlif.
minutes pacing and trotting, ing some Currituck friends with
purse 5250 ; No. 2 class, 2.24 a visit.
minutes pacing and trotting, Read notice in this issue sitrn-
j.urse S350 ; No. 3 class, Free ed E. F. Aydlett, special Corn
ier All, pacing and trotting, missioner.
purse $400. These are the larJ Bob Saunders, of Portsmouth,
est purses ever offered by any Js visiting Will Steger, on Fear-
in: 111 Eastern JNorth Carolina. J"
riuse amounts will surely in-. For Sale A lot of slightly
ir.ee trotting men all over ther4a"lrtKcu ilL iN- - epot.
M. H. Snowdkx.
Rev. J. Y. Old will preach in
T T M.C 1 a
riemoru next CMinaay morning
and night.
ChRt of Police Brooks has
been rusticating this week at
Nag's Head.
Rev. and Mrs. P. VV. Alelick
have returned from their Cali-
Tnion to make entries with their
fiiu horses iiver before seen
here and will attract thousands
of people to the Fair. This
nerosity on the part of the
J; :ard shows conclusively that
their aim is to far excel any fair
ever held in Elizabeth City, and
thus compensate visitors for the fornia trip
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i.cv. rv. r. 1 yei will preacil
sue 11 vmuiais iuvu, ( ,P MPt mr cf n u.rM,
1 llV AI&V,hllV.ilJk VUlllll
been sent out to all the owners Sunday night
Aimic ruiu, 01 vjiimerton, va.
mimner, residing an over me is visiting Jennie Williams, on
Union. Already increased fa Fearing street.
emiics lor accommociating inem Mr. George Coleman, of Fair.
have begun to be made in the field, is visiting Mrs. Krauss on
Albemarle Park Fair enclosure. Burgess street
next
O.i our part as managers an ads
ditional expense of vein and en
ergy, and cn your part full and
complete exhibits brought to
the Fair, together with your
patronage and that of your
friends will insure a grand success.
Diseases of Women Cured
All irregularities, such as chlorosis
or rctentiou, irregularity, painful or
suppressed periods, Lc-ucorrhoua or
whites, uterine ulceration ovarion
i.iins, and all complaints peculiar to
woman are quickly cured with Dt.
l'.cll.-imy's (Jossipium. Read advertise
ment in another columu. It is woman's
1 1 lend.
Charged
With Mail Kob-bery,
James N. Hudson, the young
white man who carried the U.
S. mail from the S. & C. R. R. to
Amboy, Chowan county, was
arrested and brought to this city
Tuesday by a U. S. Marshal, by
order of Postal Inspector Greg
ory, under a charge of mail rob
bery. On the iSth of March a mail
pouch was delivered at Amboy
post oflice by Hudson, in which
there was a knife-cut about three
inches long. Afterwards a reg
istered letter containing money
was found to be missing. This
was promptly reported to head
quarters, and Inspector Gregory
was sent out to investigate the
matter, which resulted in the ars
rest of Hudson.
Wednesday the accused was
given a preliminary hearing be
fore U. S. Commissioner M B.
Culpepper, and about the only
evidence against him was the
fact that the envelope that con
tained the missing letter was
f mnd in a ditch along the route
that Hudson traveled. Hudson
was required to give a bond of
$500 for his appearance at the
next term of the Federal court,
which will convene in this city
in October. The bond was
promptly given and the piisoucr
discharged.
CASTOIIIA.
Elgaitori
Of
is ea
vpper.
Brick! Brick!
BRIGK WORKS.
The leading brick manu
facturers of this section are
now ready to supply orders
on short notice. This plant
jj for twenty years, and they
guarantee satisfaction as to
quality and price,
ghese (Brick have
$too& the $est
And reflex action will be
a guide to youi further
purchase. You could do
worse, and we venture to
say, you can do no better
elsewhere.
Call Telephone No. 2, or
address
. .. Thompson, Mgr,
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Weymouth.
are spending the week at Nag's
Head and Manteo.
The family of Mr. James B.
Blades returned home Jrom the
seashore last Tuesday.
Masters Clyde and Mercer
Crawford have been visiting
their uncle at OUisko.
Mrs. J. Archie Turner, of Wil
liamston, is visiting Mrs. I. K
Turner on Lawrence street.
The dwelling of Mr. J. A
Hollowell on Burgess street, is
being enlarged and improved.
Mrs. Sophia Berry has re
turned from her old home (Cam
den), where she has been visit
ing. The Oriole base ball team of
this city, challenges any team in
Kastem North Carolina, average
age 14 years.
Mr. F. C. Jones, of the firm
of Sawyer & Jones, left on Mon
day to visit northern cities to
purchase his Fall stock.
Harry Grouto, age 23, and
Martha Arrington, age 18 years,
were married in this city Tuess
day by Rev. Dr. Blackwell.
Mr. B. N. Bray spent last
wreek at Virginia Beach, Ocean
Vi'iw and other points 111 Vir
ginia returning last Saturday.
Mrs. Carrie Broughton of
Portsmouth, who is visiting re
latives in K. City, will leave to
day to visit relatives at Edenton.
Mrs. P. S. C. Davis, of Ports
mouth, Va., accompanied by her
daughter and little son, are in
the city on a visit to relatives.
Miss Venie Biothers and Na
than M. White were married
last Sunday by M. B. Culpepper,
J. P., who is a professional "knot
tier."
Misses Bessie Crawford and
Flethia Weeks have returned
hour- Irom a visit to lr ends and
relatives at Winfall and Chapa
uoke. Mr. N. XV Crawford and Mrs.
J. il: Burgess icturned from a
verv pleasant visit to their broth
er Mr. W. A. Newbold near
Wiuf.ll.
M rs. C. G. Fearing, after spend
ing a mouth with her mother in
Currituck Co. has returned, her
health being greatly improved
by her visit.
Mrs. J. L. Morrisette, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. G.
h. Lamb, on Burgess street, re
turned to her home at Berkley,
Va., last Saturday.
Rev. U. S. Crowder, of Ocra
coke, will preach next Saturday
night and Sunday in the Whed
bee building, at the corner of
Main and Road stieets.
Messrs. VV. H. Elliott, J. N.
Hudson and J no. A. Hudson, of
Amboy, N. C, and Mr. O. E.
Ward, of Ryland, were in the
city this week on business.
Mathias Owens, a Norfolk
merchant, has rented one of the
Robinson stores on Poindexter
street, in which he will soon
conduct a mercantile business.
The steamer Newberue will
make her last Sunday trip to
Nag's Head next Sunday. Next
Wednesday she will make her
Undertaker Ziegler shipped a
casket to Currituck county
Tuesday, for the burial of the
eight year old son of Mr. W. H
Bray, who died suddenly on
Monday.
Mr. Gideon Pendleton, of this
city, is off taking a well earner
vacation in Norfolk, Richmond
and the large northern cities
He expects to be crone about
three weeks.
Mr. Lharles C. Banks, town
clerk, was elected Mayor of Eliz
oetn L-ity, at a special meeting
n the town commissioners held
Monday last. Mr. Chas. Guir-
kin was elected town clerk.
The Chas. Morgan residence
at the head of Bureess street
which is occupied by the family
ot Mr. W. D. Williams, has re
cently been beautified by the
touch of the painter's brush.
Why pay $35.00 to $40.00 for
a second grade Bicycle, when
we are offering the Ramblkr,
1897 model, at $6$. 00. Ladies
1896 models at 50.00? Louis
Sehg, agent, Elizabeth City,
N. C.
Mr. F. C. Mitchell, a popular
salesman of Edenton, has accep
ted a position with "Big Ike,"
the live merchant of Newberne,
who has moved to this city and
is opening up on Poindexter
street.
The colored base ball club of
this city, is playing ball this
week in Newberne, and from re
ports that reached here yesters
day the E. City boys were giv
ing me iNcwoerne nine some
"hot stuff."
The Public School of Eliza
beth City will open on the 27th
of September ; Prof. VV. L. Hin
ton, principal, assisted by Miss
Rosalind De Lon, Miss Liwa V.
James, Miss Minnie Greaves and
Miss Clmtonia Cartwright.
The Fisherman & Farmer
is the only OFFICIAL PAPER
of the Albemarle Park Fair.
Don't be misled. What appears
in these columns in reference to
the coming exhibition you can
depend upon as being correct.
The negro, John Allen, who
was seriously injured at South
Mills last FYiday, was sent to
this city by Dr. Lister aud put
into the hands of Dr. H. T. Ayd
lett, under whose treatment, I
we hear, he is rapidly improv
ing.
Mr. J. T. McCabe, ot the firm
of McCabe & Grice, has gone
North to purchase new goods
for the fall - trade. Next week
Mrs. Grice, manager of the miK
inery department, will join him
iu New York to select headgear
for the ladies.
The Norfolk & Southern Rail
road Company gave an excur
sion to JNorioiK Wednesday to
the employees of the road, and
will give another to day to those
who could not go on Wednesday.
Next week the colored employ
ees will be treated likewise.
That very desirable property
between Burgess aud Cypress
streets, known as the Vaughau
property, containing 27 fine
building lots, has been purchased
by M. N. Sawyer and C. W.
Stevens and are being sold at
very low prices for building lots.
A very serious accident oc
curred last Friday, on the canal
at South Mills. An embank
ment caved in upon three meu
who were at work in the canal
which came near resulting in
the death of all of them. All
were badly hurt and one Very
seriously so.
There were two interesting
games ot ball at the park Tues
day, Junior Giants vs. Hertford
and Cyclones vs. Fairfield, Score
16 to 3 in favor of JuniorGiants
and 12 to 10 111 favor of Frirheld.
Batteries Eaves and Fearing for
the JuniorGiants and Blanchard
Burton and Makeley for the
Hertford ; Simons aud Parsons
for Cyclones, Mann and Gibbs
tor Fairfield ; umpires Dawson
and Miller ; scorer, T. C. Bland.
Mr. Hill Humphries, better
known as "Big Ike," of New
berne. having secured a store on
Poindexter street, arrived in the
city yesterday, accompanied by
his wife, to begin business here.
He is a wide-awake, hustling
merchant, and his coming to our
town no doubt will create a
boom in business circles. The
Fisherman & Farmer extendi
to "Big Ike" a cordial welcome.
Our people will find him a live
business man. He will begin
opening goods to day.
C. W. Stevens & Co., whole
sale tobacconists, having recent
ly employed an expert cigar,
maker, have purchased an extra
fine lot of tobacco and begun
the manufacturing of cigars at
their place of business on Water
street. The cigars made by this
firm are high-grade, extra fine
"thirty-five" dollar goods, made
of the finest leaf that can possi
bly be gut in such a grade. The
"World's Favorite" is the brand
adopted as their leader. Cheaper
grades will also be made. A
cigar factory is a new venture in
Elizabeth City, but being start
ed by such an old, reliable and
well-established firm as Stevens
& Co.. we are quite sure wllr b
one of the growing industries of
The A lautic Collegiate Insti
tute, of this city, an institution
of great merit, worthy of public
confidence, and Datronaee. and
the equal of any of its kind in
North Carolina, will begin its
fall session September 20th. It
is under the energetic manage
ment of that scholarly gentle
man Prof. S. L.. Sheep, whose
patience and labor has placed it
among the foremost of high
grade educational institutions
enio intr an annual enrollment
of scholarship of over 200. Prof.
Sheep is assisted by an able
corps of teachers, and the Fisus
erman & Farmer takes pkas
ure in commending the school
to those having children to edu
cate.
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The cure of Rheumatism has often
taxed medical skill, but it's prevention
has been very easy ly an occasional
use of Simmons Liver Regulator. It
keeps the liver well regulated, aud the
system free from poison. Therein is
the secret of health. "I have used it for
years for Indigestion and Constipation,
and also found it gives one relief from
a touch of Rheumatism." N. Huges
Loidsburg. N. M.
, J Or Handsome
Set your sail and
Wedding Presents!,,
steer straight ahead for
Barn Burned.
H The Handsome Jewelry Emporium 1
Mr. Geo. D, Pool, living iu
this county about five miles
rom Elizabeth City, lost his
bam and contents Tuesday night
by fire. The cause of the fire!
we were unable to learn. For
tunately it was insured.
Mil eiM
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THE LEADING JEWELER.
You cannot say that you have tried
everything for your rheumatism, until
vou have taken Ayer's Pills. Hundreds
lave been cured of this complaint by
the use of these Pills alone. They were
admitted on exhibition at the world's
Fair as a standard cathartic.
An up-to-date stock to select from, prices low,
and goods guaranteed. Repairing a specialty.
Orders by mail promptly filled.
Trouble Crazed Him.
Mr. Patrick II. Hill died last
Saturday in the North Carolina
nsane Asylum at Raleigh. He
was an uncle of Mr. I. O. Hill, a
well-known citizen of Suffolk
aud a brother of Mrs. Tane R.
endleton, of Elizabeth City.
and Miss Kate Hill, of Sunsbury,
Mr. Hill had been demented
"or nearly twenty years. His
mind gave way under the strain
of financial troubles. He loaned
out larjifc amounts of money and
lost. The deceased was well-
known and respected in Gates
countv, where his remains were
taken for buiial. He was 5
years of age.
The People are Convinced
When they read the testimonials of
cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla. They are
written by honest men and women,
and are plain, straightforward state
ments of fact. The people have con
fidence in Hood's Sarsaparilla because
they know it actually and permanently
cures, even when other medicines
fail.
Hood's Pim.s are the only pills to take
with Hood s Sarsaparilla. Easy aud yet
enicicnt.
TO THE PEOPLE.
GOOi) SKEHS
OOOI SOIL
GOOI) CULTIVATION
and then you may reasonably expect good crops. Some
times, by extra cultivation, you may get along pretty well
on really poor soils, and sometimes, on extra soils, passable
crops are made without proper cultivation, but there is one
thing to be remembered no matter what the soil or the
cultivation, you will never succeed unless the seeds are all
right. "Figs do not grow from thistles," nor good crops
from poor seeds.
We sell no seeds which are not good.
Will you let us help you to grow good crops? No matter
how small operations may be, we want to furnish the seeds,
and you will be surprised to find how e?isy it is to buy our
seeds by mail. Write for a catalogue it is the best ever
written for the Southern garducr.
Qcio. rJ?sxit Ac Son.
Seed Growers.
78 Commercial Place,
Norfolk, Va.
THJBi CITY MARKET,
Look over your old shoes and
harness.
I now have a nice stock of
leather, and am prepared to re
pair shoes and harness with
neatness and dispatch.
Shop at fcotot Poindexter St.,
in full view from Main St.
Will the people of Elizabeth
City support a good shoe maker
or not.- me matter is witn
you.
Respectfully,
Ag 20-2t B. F. Gunn.
Not one complaint, has ever been
made by those using Ayer's Sarsapar
illa according to directions. Further
more, we have yet to learu of a case
in which it has failed to afioid benefit.
So say hundreds of druggists all over
the country. Has cured others, will
cure you.
Texas is the only state where
the cotton crop is poor this year.
Talks
'Merit talks" the
intrinsic value of
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Merit in medicine means the power to
core. Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses actual
and unequalled curative power and there
fore it has true merit. When you boy
Hood's Sarsaparilla, and take it according
to directions, to purify your blood, or
core any of the many blood diseases, you
are morally certain to receive benefit.
The power to cure is there. Yon are not
trying an experiment. It will make your
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs of disease, strengthen
the nerves and build up the whole system.
Sarsaparilla
1 3 the best, in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Prepared only by C L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Hood's Pills &USiSK
TTAUTED !
Wanted by a young lady, a
position as teacher in a private
family. References exchanged.
Address,
Miss V. H. Drake,
Ag-20, 4t Barhamsville, Va.
Proprietor.
EDENGON, N. C.
The Choicest Meats on hand at all times.
It will be to your interest ) j LOWEST CASH PRICES )
to give us your orders, f ) IN THE CITY.
e Fresh Vegetables a specialty.
POUTE ATTENTION ! o PROMPT DELIVERY !
W. J. Biroimg'IhifcoirR?
MANUFACTURER OF
BUGGIES, WAGONS, CaRTS,
Repairing a specialty.
Having enlarged my shop and added mot e tools and
slock, I am now prepared to do more work than ever.
And with over Twenty Years of Experience iu the
Blacksmith Busines;
I can do from the lightest Carriage Forging to the heaviest
mill, machine or marine forging. I guarantee satisfac
ion both in price and quality.
tALL WORK DONE PROnPTLY.F
t'Oive me a call before going elscwhc re.
get where I am located on Poindexter
Don't for-vStreet,
THE STAFF OF LIFE AND LIFE ITSELF
Can be had at
MAIN STREET,
cm
ELIZABETH CITY.N. C.
I have removed my business from the corner to the Hughes
building: and invite a call from my friends and the public gener
ally. In connection with my stock of Wines, Liquors and Cigars,
I have added a first class stock ot
which I am offering at rock bottom prices. Call and you will
find anything for the hungry or thirsty. Cold Beer on draught.
If you feci bad in the morning and want a bracer, use
rt VYfV VT fT) Mi V, V,
Jpatfadp
And gives new life
to the nerves.
2 arge goses
fov IO cts.
See that every Bottle is Stamped with 3 Sprigs of Celery.
PREPARED BYYAEKEL DRUG CO, BALTIMORE, Md.
Is the way you ike your MEATS, fresh is way
we have it.
O
Beef, Veal,
Mutton and
Pork
All from our own slaughter house
every day. Buy your meats of
and
9
fresh
IOOO FT. ALTITUDE
01 RIDGE INSTITUTE
45th Year
LAtCEST tmi JEST EQUiPPCO FITTW
SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH
Ton know something of this famous
school ; you ought to know more.
Write for beautlfal catalogue to
J. A. A M. H. HOLT,
OAK RIDQC. N. C.
Caleb Walker,
Stall IISTo. l,
CITY MARKET. 'Phone 91.
AND GKT THE BKST.
Finest Poultry at The Lowest Prices. &
Let ns have your orders, they shall have our most ccrcful
and prompt attention. Remember Stall No. 1, City Market.
GOODS DELIVERED FREE.
1 W 'J
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ATI. An
IX-I?
ft
Has opened a SALE, EXCHAN
BOARD and LIVERY STABLE
On Water Street,
And soicits the patronage of his
Friends and the public generally.
cared for at the
Stylish Turnouts for hire at all times.-
Give Him a call. o Stables on Water St.
Elizabeth City, N. C.
last regular trip tor the season
the city.