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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-02-27
CRCE nONSULTRIIi)9.
--- DR.. A. B. SPIhNEf, aa.

Medical Superintendent Of the YpsllaDii
Sanitarium for the purpose of accommodate
ting his many friends and patients that can
not visit or consult him at the Sanitarium, has
opened an Office at the point named below,
and will be there on that day, from 8 A. M.
until10 L. M. The Doctor has been twenty
eight years in practice - thirteen years in
general practice, and fifteen years in The study
and treatment of all forms of Chronic Dis
eases. The last two years has had charge,
firsto of Alma and now Ypsilanti Sanitariums.
Having secured an able assistant he is en-
abled to get away from the Sanitarium four
days alta time. If you have Catarrh. Throat,
Laag, Eye, Ear, Liver, Stomach, Kidney,
or Nervous Diseases, improve this oppor-
tuniiy for careful examination. IL yo.
ca e is clIrabe he will tell you so; ifyou cor
trc,ted al home he will do So il not, he
eill tell You what il will cost and how lon1
q viii take at the Sanitarium.
GLsSSES fitted to all cases needing them.
.pecial attention given to Rectal, Uterirk
a"e orivate Diseases.
At Dyckman House, 9th day of each
month. 1875
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-02-27

THE SCENES OF MY CHILDHOOD"

The "Sas Wegg' of the TOLEDO BLADE asked
compose little poem his childhood this is what he
produced:
"How dear my heart the school attended, and how
remember distinct and dim, that redheaded Bill and the
pin that bended and carefully put the bench under him.
And how recall the surprise of the maser when Bill gave
yell and sprang up from the pin high that his bulehead
up plaster above, scholars all upa
din"
The reader will recall many pleasant incidents like the
above in his own life He may think those were happier
days than the boys enjoy should remember
boys have least pleasure denied to him. The pleasure
of wearing the RED School HOUSE sold by BRoUeu-
TON We many bargains the parents of these
boys and girls Let us mention one or two
womens SO shoes have been greatly improved this
spring Handsome they are, they better than they
look This cannot be said of all handsome things
be truly said of Broughtons SO shoer
Although have said much in the past of womens
So remind the readers that they the equal
every way any $3.50 shoe before the people So
good they that asked many every by
travelling why do not sell them for $3.50.
A young lawyer taking chair in crowded court room,
set upon the of the Hon. Ben Butler Said the
general looking sadly the ruin of his stoveppe, 81
could told you that that hat would fit before you
tried it on"
The fit of shoe as well a hat, all important Then
the shoe times fit the purse of the
well his Broughtons shoe department offers shoes
that both purses and the feet of call and cond
tons of men," That why his large stock better for the
customer than a small one.
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correspondence Department.


~ We are now having our first taste of
real winter.
MIR, and Mrs. Charlie Conklin, OF
Lawton, are visiting friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gustine lost an
infant on the 18th inst. The mother is
comfortable.
Married, at the home of the bride, on
the Goth inst, Win Meyers and Lucinda
Fernham, both of Keller.
Mrs Lewis has been moved To her
daughters, Mrs. Stanton's home, on ac'
count of her feble condition.
A six years-old child of Charles Yer
ington died of epilepsy on the Goth inst.
Funeral from the Nj. +. church on the
22d.
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GcNeville.


Harvey Smith Is very seriously i'll.
L. Dresser had a leg broken by "A roll
ing log, ON the 10th.
Miss Kittie Fitch, of Paw Paw, was
the guest of Miss Nellie Bush part of
last week.
John Beardsley, upwards Of SO years
of age, was buried at Old Pine Grove
on the ED.
A. III. Long and n. w. Lewis, with
their families, went fishing last week
Thursday, and have not yet returned.
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sherlr Of Yan Rnren County. Mlchll
Iecfors of Paw Paw Township /:

To the Electors Of Paw Paw Township:
In accordance with the above, you are hereby no.
tilted that election will be held on the rst Mon
day In April, 1889, for the purpose OF electng the
several township officers and the state officers above
named. The polls OF said election win be opened at
the town hall, In the village Of Paw Paw, at 81
o'clock I'm the forenoon, near that hour may
be, and will be closed at 5 O'Clock In the afternoon
Of said day.
Dated Paw Paw, Feb. Nth, A. y. 1889.
7lt3o73l II. G. NASH, Township Clerk.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

r. CLERK OF the Township Of Paw Paw, Van Buren,
County, Michigan:
You are hereby notified that at the election 10 be
held the first Monday of April, 1889, i'm the state
OF Michigan, the following officers TO be elected,
viz: Justice Of the Supreme Court, In place of
Thomas II. Sherwood, whose term Of Office will ex-
pire December 31st 1889: also. two Regents OF the
University, I'm place Of Charles =. Draper and Austin
Blair whose term of Office viii expire December3lst
1889.
ID RfgV ApT
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Worth It, weight in cold.

Albert Emminger, Covington, KY, was
afflicted with Catarrh three years. He says:
after trying every known patent medicine
which saw advertised, none of which helped
me; l tried Papillon (extract of fax Catarrh
Cure az a last resort. II has made a com
plete cure and is worth its weight in gold. l
will give you other references from parties
who have been cured. II il no experiment,
but positive cure" Large bottles only 81
at Bartraui q Millington's drug store.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18

RE-soLD privately and IN large guam
titles to our manufacturers, so that
after all great portion of the to-
baeco HANDLED IN OTHER Markets
has had TO seek market In Durham.
Now our manufacturers much pre-
fer to buy their stocks on their own
market, and are ready and willing TO
DO 50 If planters will but bring it
here. And not ouly do our manu-
facturers desire TO buy their stocks
at home, but our leaf dealers were
NEVER IN A BETTER CONDITION FL
NAsCIALLY THAN THEY ARE TODAY,
and they, too, are ready and willing
To take large quantities of your to-
bacco. Why, then, haul it off to
other markets? Perhaps it is the
hue and cry about .trustsn and
combines" If it is, we will say
that as a body we are as much OPP
posed to trusts and combinations as
any other town in the State nor is
Durham any more responsible for
their formation, il any exist, than
any other market in the State. The
Messrs. Duke, who some busy-bodIes
in their effort TO minre this market
have charged with entering into
''cutter trust" with other large man
ufacturers of the country, expressly
declare that what they have done IN
this matter was not done with any
view Of iniuring the farmer in the
slightest degree, but rather to bene-
fit him by buying their stock from
him directly and without the inter-
vention Of any middle man and we
repeat, therefore, that as a matter of
simple justice, Durham should not
BE- held responsible for any so-called
''cutier trust" but that the tobacco
growers Of the State should continue
to give it their confidence and pat
| ronage in future as they have done
in the past, because, as a market, il
/ has done far more for them than any
other town IN the State, and has
bought, and, If they will bring il
here, will continue to buy more Of
their tobacco than any other mar
ket in North Carolina, and that, too,
at as high prices as can be gotten
elsewhere, as we have an outlet for
every pound that can be brought to
our warehouses and abundant cash
TO pay for it.
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The Mercantile Interest of Dur
ham.

nam.
1t is truly gratifying to learn from
our merchants that this is by far bet.
ter than il was last fall. In fact, as
a whole it is bette; than it hss been
in several years. This is attributed
to the fine tobacco raised and sold in
Durham and to the large number Of
hands who are paid off every Satur~
day by our manufacturers. The rail-
roads have reduced rates owing TO
the fact, Durham has two competing
railroad system with another in sight.
The sales of tobacco at the wares
houses have been double that of last
year and the prices have been more
than double. The merchants all
seem to be in prosperous condition.
They have not overstocked them.
selves, but are carrying such goods
that find ready sale. We look for o
continuous increase oftrade. Durham
is indeed more fortunate than the
towns in the exclusive cotton section.
The farmers made good small grain
crops and an average corn crop in
the section tributary to Durham.
While the tobacco crop was shorter
than last year it will yield nearly
double as much as the last crop.
Durham has fine territory TO draw
tobacco from, so after January we
look for a much larger increase in
trade. The advertising columns OF
the RECORDER show the names Of
our live merchants, who are seeking
the trad,, by offering good bargains.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18
VOL DURHAM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
WHAT THE DUKES HAVE TO
SAY TO PLANTERS.
They Want 100000 Pounds
Of Cutters Of the 1883 Crop.
Highest Prices Guar
..nteed.

MEssRs. w. DUKE, SONS a.
co, DURHAM, N. q.
j ENTLEMAN: As Warehousemen
having the best interest Of our pat~
raps and the welfare Of the Durham
Tobacco market at heart. We take this
emporium ty If Informing you that
there are many reports il circula ion,
both in Durham and III oughout the
,onrtry, concerning what is said to
lie the fortnatl II Of IL "Cigarete
Trust the chief oi ject Of which is
said to b. for the purpose Of lower.
ing the prices on sill grades Of "Cut-
ters," thus forcing the farmers to ac~
cept lower prices than they have been
receiving during the past few years
and lower ricrs than they have
right 10 expect, upon the well known
basis of The law of SUPPLY AND DE-
MAND.
It is known that you are the larg-
EST buyers of Cigarette Tobacco" in
the world and it is charged that you
are party to such combination or
Cigarette Trust" whose chief odject
is to lower the prices on all tobacco
To be used in the manufacture Of
Cigarettes. We haye presumed to
addre s you this letter that we may
hear from you directly that we, as
Wsrehousemen, have to expect, as
well as the farmers who sell their to.
baeco with us. For the above rea.
sos, together with the fact that we
are nenbtrs of the same Board
Of Trade and as residents Of the same
town, therefore equally interested in
the snccess of our market, feel that
it would not be presumption in us to
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18

The Baptist Female College.
Will Durham get il? This is The
question uppermost in the minis OF
every DurLsmite. To secure such a
valuable prize, We will have TO unite,
and, with liberal hand plank down
a big sum. Isit worth the price that
we will have TO pay? Yes, and q
hundred times m re. The Baptists
OF The State viii endow the College
and make il one Of highe education,
similarto the University.
SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES.
1st. 1t will have a great tendency
tn elevate aud improve society.
2nd. It will afford a frstclass
college for our daughters without the
great cost Of sending them away to
be educated
3rd. It will cause thousands Of
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18
DURHAN'S MESSAGE
TO THE PLANTERS OF
TOBACCO.
DURHAM MANUFACTURERS
WANT AND MUST HAVE
i4,OO5,0OO POUNDS OF ~
LEAF TOBACCO.
They Want It sold On the
Warehouse Floors In Dur
ham Highest Prices
Will Be Paid.

The Durham Tobacco Association
desires to call to your attention few
facts which, in lis judgment, should
command the most favorable consid-
Grafton ON your part. First, We
claim that Durham was the cause Of
the building up Of nearly every to-
baceo market IN North Carolina,
thereby giving TO the planter home
market for the sale Of his produce.
For. as is well known, it was for
merly the custom to sell Oh tue Vir-
ginia markets nearly all Of the to-
baceo grown in our State, ~ we had
no market Of oar own. But about
1870 or 1871 the first warehouse Of
any consequence for the sale Of leaf
tobacco ever established in North
Carolina was opened in Durham,
which was quickly followed by
others, and the place at once sprang
into existence as a regular tobacco
market. This example thus set by
Durham was followed by other
towns in the State, until now We
have number u marketf, each
competing with the Others. and nj
any Of which the planter can sell
his tobacco without beng forced to
send il out o. the State, as was the
case until Durham inaDgurated the
present system. Aud not only this.
North Carolina tobacco now enjoys
a higher reputation throughout the
world than that grown IN any other
State Of the American Union, whilst
formerly ii was not known at all as
North Carolina tobacco, but Us Nir-
ginia tobacco, owing 10 the fact that
Il was nearly ali sold on the markets
Of that State. Now we claim that
Durham was the chief cause Of the
building up Of this great reputation
which North Carolina tobacco has ;
first. because she inaugurated the
present system Of HONE markets for
the planter, thus having his tobacco
elassed and sold a. North Carolina
tobacco. and. second, because |. was
through the vim aud push ii her
great manufacturers, the. Dukes and
tile Blackmell concern, In Spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
advertising their brands, that North
Carolina tobacco has become known
TO the uttermust bounds Of the earth
We think, therefore, that We can
safely say that IN the respects named
Durham has done far more for the
planter than any other town in The
State. In fact, we 10 not thlnk il
too much ~ say that she has don,
more tran all Others put together
but this Il not all. VIZ TAKE MORT
or YorR TOBACCO THAN ANY oTHgI
MARKET IN TnE STATE. For IL mus
be remembered that the quanlit,
which We handle j. not 10 be meas
ured BY the amount actually sold or
our warehouse floors, though tha
foots up many millions Of pound
annually, but in addition there hal
not been a market ID The State wher,
tobacco has not been bought upol
the warehouse iloors aud afterward
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18
DURHAM TOBACCO FACTORY.

ing undone that We can do for the
best interest of our customers. We
are glad to say that the Durham
market sold more than double as
much tobacco the past three months
that was sold during the same three
months last year. Come to Durham
with your tobacco and you shall have
full prices for all grades.
Your friends,
E. J. PARRISH,
j s. L0CKHART,
j. W. POPE.
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18
Amount or Leaf Tobrcco Used
By Durham Manufacturers
this Year.

The outside world will be aston
ished to learn Of the immense amount
of leaf tobacco used bY the man
ufacturers of a "busted town" Af-
ter visiting the various factories
and getting the exact number Of
pounds they used, the aggregate is
1I,005,000.
THIS would give 10 each man, wo-
man and child in the United States
nearly oue-half pound each. IL is
about n third as much tobacco as
was raised in North Carolina last
year. Yet some people, who have
but little regard for the truth say
the Durham market is going down.
Our fastories must have this much
again next year. They can and do
pay as much as ten per cent. more
for tobacco on the warehouse floors
as Is paid for the same tobacco else
where. They have been unable TO
buy IS much as they wanted on this
market, nence they are forced 10
buy elsewhere. As fast A. possible,
they are all turning their attention
| to their home market and will see
that the highest market price will
bc paid for every pile sold. They
had rather aid in building up their
home market. They have seen their
error ii placing buyers on compel.
ing markets. They will push the
market here as Il has never been
pushed.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18
MESSRs. E. ]. PARRISH, J. S.
LOCKnART AND ]. w. POPE,

GENTLEMEN Your favor Of the
18th inst. received, and contents care.
fully noted. II has been our custom
not to notice reports concerning our
business, but We think your letter
calls for a reply.
We beg, in the first place, 10 in-
form you that there has been no Gig
arctic or Tobacco Trust formed to
our knowlege. The Cigarette Manus
facturers have. however, agreed to
BUY ALL THEIR CUTTERS on THE WARE.
HOUSE FLOORS, where we can see exs
actly what we are buying and can
handle them as best suited TO our
business, thus obyiating the necessity
Of purchasing from spectators, COM
mission and middle men, who have
heretofore bought on the same mark
cts with Us and afterwards sold to US
at from five 10 twelve cents profit;
these cutters we're often found i'm"
perfectly packed, and sometimes moi
what we wanted. The various TO-.
hacco markets have been divided
among the different cigarette manu-,
/ factures simply as q means Of conven
ience and economy, thus enabling vi
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dollars to be spent with our mer.
chants.
4th. Il will cause leading citizens
from every section to visit Durham,
and when they become acquainted
with the town, many Of them will
invest their money. II will afford n
better market for the produce Of the
farmer.
WILL DURHAM GET Ir9
We believe the College will be 10.
Gated here
Let Because, when 1t comes TO
the scratch aud Durham unites, she
always wins.
End All denominations are be-
coming greatly interested in secur.
inc the college.
Ord. Durham Is a railroad cent ,r
4lh. Durham is the healthiest
city in tue State. and right here ",
defy any editor to show to the con.
trary.
9th. The Baptist Of Durham arc
numerous, and the combined wealth
is large, yet the bet Of all, tha
grest aud good philanthropist. Mr..
J. y. Carr ssys he will give one dol
lar for every dollar the Baptists vii
raise. Besides Mr.. Il. @. Geer, viii
give fifteen acres, 4 beautiful site il
d large grove for The College.
There are a large number Of othe
denominations, VINO will give llberall'
Now let there be one strong, uniteI
pull and aad pull that will tell th
tale OF Durham's llberality and pros
perity, and the College will be lecateu
here. LIT there be no child's play
work earnestly, give literally.
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to concentrate our hands; locate our
prize and storage houses in fewer
places; buy direct from the farmer;
steam, strip and prize just as we
might want to do, and give this branch
Of the business closer and more care
ful personal attention than when
each manufacturers purchases were
made On every market in the country
by a dozen different buyers. 0nr only
reason for not sooner doing this is
that We have never been prepared to
carry sufficient stock, but were forced
to buy from the spectators.
THERE Is NO INTENTION TO
LOWER PRICES of cigarette leaf
on the floors. Had we desired to do
this, we wonld hsve limited prices.
We are satisfied to pay the farmer
what bis cutters have averaged him
the past FIVE years ; we can readily do
this and make big money by saving
the profit Of, say eight cents per
pound upon two million pounds of
cutters heretofore bought each year
from the spectators by our firm
alone, to say nothing of thhe amount
saved by reducing our expenses in
buying and handling our cutters.
No, Gentlemen, we have not com.
bined to lower prices, but on the con.
trary, we give notice to everyone that
we are going to buy our cutters on
the warehouse floors, from the farms
ers, regardless Of who else buys cuts
ters. All the spectators and export.
ers may buy just what they want to,
and run prices rs high as they please,
we have nothing to do with that, we
will only try TO buy our part. In
stead of lowering prices, we believe
the farmers will get more for their
cutters, but the trouble is the specu.
lators are growing because we wish
to buy on the warehouse floors and
let the farmer get part Of the large
profits whict Mr.. Spectator has
heretofore gotten. If you warehouse.
men will get your farmer friends to
bring in the cutters, we will obligate
ourselves to see that they bring as
much as ever if not more.
You need have no fear in regard
to the Durham market. We want TO
buy 5000, 900 pounds Of cutters on
the warehouse floors and will be glad
TO get them at the average prices they
have paid the farmer in the past five
years, and will certainly pay as much
for all grades as can or will be paid
elsewhere. Our storage and prize
houses are here, what property wC
own is IN Durham, and we do moi
propose that ou= home market shall
be seconed to any in the land. All
you warehousemen have to do is Il
bring the cutters to Durham, and
and the farmers shall 20 home salts
fied-IF BIG PRICES WILL SAT
ISFY THEM.
In conclusion, IL does seem to u
that by our being on the warehous,
floors all the time to bid against AM
and all pers ms, with Che determine
ton TO buy all our cutters on thu
floors, and the necessity this vii
cause Of our buying on the floor
three times as much as formerly, tha
the farmers will get better prlces in
stead Of less. The reports mtntione,
which are liable to injure the Durhar
market may have been started by ID
signing competitors from other mark
cts, as there Is no truth in them.
Very respectfully,
w. DUKE, SoSs Il Co,
GEo. W. WATTS, Sec'y and TreaI
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Ladies' Choice Scotch snuff.

II Is with peculiar pride that we
see our people learning more and
more yearly to patronize home en-.
terprises. Il Is a step in the right
direction, and il continued will aid
materially in upbuilding this beauti-
fal Southland. There is one thing
We can do: those who deal in snuff
can get purer and better article
Of snuff in Durham than can be found
anywhere else. Ladies' Choice Scotch
Snuff made by the r. F. Morris d
Son Manufacturing Co., is said to be
q very superior article. We trust
every reader Of the RECORDER who
uses the article will ask their mer-
chant for Ladies Choice Scotch
Snuff This snuff is made of pure
North Carolina leaf made perhaps
from the very tobacco hundreds Of
you farmers raised. Then help ems
courage and foster this enterprise
one that patroEizes literally your
farmers by buying hundreds Of thous.
ands of pounds Of your tobacco.
Work 10 spread the sale Of Il. The
Company is W. II. Willard, Presi.
dent; \. +. Tomlinson. Secretary and
Treasurer. These gentlemen under.
stand their business and are putting
a first-class article on the market.
EUREKA DURHAM.
Besides their snuff business they
put up a frst.Class brand of smoking
tobacco known as Eureka Durham" /"
which finds ready sale. This tobae.
co has been on the market several
yesrs and We are glad 10 learn that
the sales are increasing every year.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18

The above corresDoudepCe explains
itself. We believe you will get as
much, If not more, for your tobacco
on the Durham market than you will
get elsewhere. We are leaving noth~