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Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
RUNNING TIME REDUCED ONE DAY.
Quick Freight Train Service between
Omnhn md New York.

Edmund Keane, assistant general freight
agent OF the Baltimore G. Ohio Southwestern
railway, came up to Omaha from st. Louis
yesterday and after consultation with the
Missouri Pacific freight officials here, made
arrangements for quicker freight service be-
tween New York City and Philadelphia and
Omaha, that will prove of great interest to
local business men who receive freight from
the east. Effective Monday next, May II,
tho Continental Freight line will make the
distance between New York City and Omaha
in ninety-six hours-four days. The best
time now made Is five days, while seven
days Is not The Continental
Freight line embraces the Baltimore & Ohio,
and the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern sys-
tens, and operates INTO Omaha over the Ms
souri, Pacific line
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

have the class leaders appointed by the
ministers, and in th~ree-fourths Of the
churches the pastors mako uilis;s Of whom
they want for towards and trustees, and
delegates are chosen by the members.
Rev. Dr.. Moore says the four women dele
gates have decided net 20 resume their seats
in the conference, though theeN are probably
entitled to them. He and other advocates
OF women delegates feel they have made a
long etride toward their goal In securing the
vote Of a con stItntinnal afrardment.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
FISH CANNOT BE DECEIVED.
they Wont Bite at Everybody's Hook,
Even Though q is Worn.

A fishing party had been organized and
Gadsby, who was an ardent disciple of the
rod and line, had gone ahead on the early
train, relates the Detroit Free Press. The
later arrivals were h~urrying along the road
to the stream which was to be the scene of
sport.
II wonder If Gadsby has left any fish for
us to CATCH" said one of them.
Il guesp there will be a few" replied an
other. I'D have got discouraged long ago
If had been in his place. When he drops
a line in the water the fish all seem to turn
around and run the other way. Who's that
coming up the road, / wonder?"
81 don't know. Looks odd, whoever 1t Is.
Maybe it's an escaped lupatic."
But when the figure drew nearer they
recognized it. 1t was Gadgby, The change
that had come over hirp, however, seemed
to fully justify the lunacy theory. He was
barefooted and wore a battered, big brimmed
straw hat. A pair of rough, earth-stained
trousers and a Bingham shirt completed an
attire which on a man Of Gadsby's punctil-
ious taste was more than mysterious,
What In the name of common sense have
you been doing?" asked one Of his friends
in tones Of the most, anxious concern.
Have you gone staring mad?'
NO was the reply. I'm not crazy"
What are you looking like this for, them"
i've been trying to change my luck. I've
heard people say that fish did not possess
a great deal of intelligence II anybody ever
tells you that don't you believe 'em. | came
up here ahead of you people 20 try an exper-
iment. I've seen these country boys get
bite after bite, while l did nothing but hang
my feet over the water and look so often
that | resolved to try a new method. | got
these clothes and a bent pin for a hook
and baited with a common worm"
And you didn't catch anything?"
Not a thing except an eel. And as soon
as he saw who | was he wriggled off the
bank and got away. These scientists know a
great deal, but when it comes to talking
about the intelligence OF fsh they are away
off. I've tried the experiment and / am In
a position to speak. You can't fool EN-"
The "Trnin that Runs on Time"
Is the Burlington's "Vestibuled Flyer" for
Chicago.
Leaves Omaha-5 90 p. m.
Arrives Chicago-S:2 20 a. m.
Tipketa AT 1b01 Earnam street-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
Eads In Jewels.

Jewels are the fad in Paris. They are
strung in garlands over a handsome bodice,
and the very latest idea is to have the ma
terial almost covered with them. A hand
some white satin gown recently worn at a
ball in Paris was embroidered with pearls,
a~lternated with small diamonds. The shoulder
bands, line of the square neck and also the
buckle contained many large diamonds, and
the bodice ou,shone everything else in the
looms.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
Death of Mrs. Firestone.

Last night word was received announcing
the death at Columbus, o., of Mrs. Fire
stone. wife OF G. ID. Firestone OF the Column
bus Buggy company. Mrs. Firestone had
many friends In Omaha, Her funeral will
occur today. The Omaha office of the COM
pany will be closed today.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

day, May IL, should prove one of the great
local theatrical events Of recent years. as
the extraordinary talents Of Miss Ada Rehan
place that great actress in the front rank of
her profession. THE Tanning of the Shrew,'
Shakespelre's merriest comedy, will be pro-
duced with all the elaborate effects and by
the same talented company as during the
recent successful presentation In New York
Large theater parties will attend from all
adjacent cities.
Murray and Mack, supported by a large
company of farce-comedy artists, will open a
t~wo-nights engagement at the Creighton with
a matinee tomorrow, presenting their laugh
ing success, "Ftnnigan's Ball" The company
includes Oracle Cummings, the Loring Sisters.
Edith Newton, Winifred Stewart, Rita Dixon,
Lonnie Dean, Clayton e. White, Bert Leslie,
Charles lamb and Nincent Minelli.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
Suing for Dog Tax.

Henry Dltzen, ex-city clerk, and his bonds
men. have been sued by the city to recover
s24O, which it 10 alleged Ditzen collected for
dog tags during his term of office and failed
to turn into the city treasury. The case is
to be called in the district court next Mon
day. Ditzen's bondsmen are T. j. Eggers,
John Frey, and Balthas Sautter. The bonds
men set up as a defense that they are not
liable, as it was the duty of the city treas
urer to collect the money for the dog tax.
Clerk Ditzen was under a $1,000 bend, and
he does not think he can be held for per-
forming a duty which devolved upon the
treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
n Won Don', sIeen W.u

berths OF the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul Ry. City ticket office. 1904 Farnam st.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
SOUTH OMAHA NEWS s
aeoseaccoeo

Mrs. May d. Truax has instituted pro-
ceedings in the district court for a divorce
from her husband, Charles TruaX, alleging
abuse. For some time past the TruaX
family has been keeping a cigar and fruit
store on lower n street, and for fear that
her husband would dispose of the property,
which is valued at $1,000, Mrs. TruaX has
obtained an injunction from the court, pre-
venting Truax from disposing of the property
until the case is heard next Thursday. Mr..
Truax tried a night or two ago to get
ahead of his wife by giving an eN-constable
of Omaha a bill of sale. During the event
!ng the constable hired a couple of wagons
and waited across the street from the store
for Mrs. TruaX to close up and go home.
Then he intended opening the door with a
key belonging to MIR. TruaX and taking away
the stock. The constable grew lonesome
and finally struck up a conversation with a
stranger, who was lettering alcng the street,
and told him all about the case, and what he
intended to do as soon as Mrs. TruaX went
home. The stranger happened to be Mrs.
TruaX's attorney, and he soon managed to
leave the ex-consatble and get word to his
client. Mrs. Truax sent to her home for
bedding ani a couple of neighbors, and
much to the establishment of the eX-consta-
Bile. slept in the store all night, and still
continues to do so. The constable Is kick
ing himself for talking so much to strangers
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05
VVTNSTM 1.-THE S0QS GREAT STORM GENT IRE OF PLUG R4ZNG.

ing right arm Of the churches; the
military company, to which belong
much Of the flower of youth, has an
armory III the new and handsome NUM-
cipal building these and other agen-
cies for the social intermingIing of the
people exert an influence for mental,
moral and physical broadening Of the
life Of the community.
On this page Is presented a picture
of the Municipal building III which is
the marlef the armory, fire depart-
ment, mayors Office. and every other
need ct a progressive city 1t is to be
doubted whether any other city of
equal size has better city building.
There is also presented view Of the
new Courthouse that will soon of.na-
ment the central public square, for
Winston has shaded public square
from which all points radiate. THIS
courthouse is planned to cost S50.0oU,
and the view given here serves to SHOW
that It will be an edifice worthy Of
the prosperous county and growing
city.
Five miles of street paved i'm bell
gian block is one of the evidences that
Winston, in making its improvements,
builds for the future and makes them
all the most permanent character
The books Of the Collector of Inter
nal Revenue for the Fifth District
show the number of factories engaged
in the manufacture of tobacco in plug,
twist, smoking, cigars. cheroots, and
cigarettes is forty-seyen.
There Is no better way to test the
prosperity Of Il town than IN the
amount paid out for wages. The sum
ascertained as paid in Winston-Salem
in one year is $s97, 258.9S.
One sure way to test the business
growth Of a community is to watch
It's post-office receipts. In four years
the annual postal receipts in Winston
Salem increased from $12. to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05

men who have done most to make
Winston grow in twenty years TO the
position Of the second largest loose to-
bacco market I'm the world. In per
cent of gain, ii stands first
The manufacture of plug in 1887 was
i. g6s.333 pounds. In the first SIX
months OF 1895 the plug shipments
amounted to 6.475,I pounds, while
for the whole year il reached q giant
total of 121sf,753M pounds. The
shipment OF manufactured plug III the
early months of the present year eN-
ceed those Of any previous months III
the history OF the city, which
has grown since 1872 from mere
handful Of villagers to a population
Including tile people in both Winston
and Saleml in the neighborhood OF
10000. Nearly all this growth and
prosperity has been built mp on to-
bacco, IT'S culture, sale and manufae-
ture.
But while tobacco is Winston s cor
.ner stone. 1T does not confine itself 70
the manipulation of the weed. Its
citizens have invested their earnings
III other ways that give employment
and build up the town, but they have
wisely employed most Of It 70 build
bigger warehouses and larger facto-
ries. knowing that having the pri-
macy in the line that has made the
place wealthy and famous, it is the
part OF wisdom To dig deeper and
make broader foundations I'M the TO-
bacco business rather than permit II
to remain stationary while trying e
build mp other industries.
Winston not only stands in the front
ranks as All industrial centre. II
stands with the most progressive cities
III the South In every department q
progress that adds to the beauty Of the
civ and the betterment of it's people.
III conjunction with its twin-slstfT
Salem. 1 system OF water-works, sew
erage. electric lights, AND electric
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that brought good luck and prosperity
as well as happiness and sweet con-
tent
The first warehouse was an old barn
refitted and decorated for the occasion
bY putting Ill 4 floor procured from
Ar. ls NJ Hiilshaw. who took lively
interest IN the eSperiment-and apply
ing d coat Of whitewash to the interior
walls. The site of this old building
Is Oh the southeast side Of the old jail.
Maj. Il. i. Brown, who had received
s6s per hundred for some Yellow
0rinoco grown on his plantation IN
Dayle county. had influenced many
farmers in that and adjoining counties
to rlanf the weed. and lie saw the need
Of i near market to SAKE the cost OF
senGing fhe tobacco to Danyille or
Iynchhurg lie considered Madison,
Salisbury. Lexington and Winston, but
decided upon Winston as the best site,
lie caused circulars and posters. and
hand-painted designs I'D oil to be
posted or painted upon the rocks and
posts fir many miles around, some of
which are still standing as an evidence
Of the advertising skill Of Mr.. +. n.
Mosely.
On the morning of February 18th,
the little village WAS oVer-rnn with
tobacco and people. All the day and
greater part of the night preceding the
famous day the farmers we're bringing
in the weed. vehicles of every descrip-
ton. drawn by animals OF every kind,
hauled ii In large and small lots. With
the farmers came their wives, daugh-
fers, friends, flee and cur dogs-the last
mentioned accompaniment yielding
neither place nor share la the confti-
sion. noise and hustle of this new and
strange enterprise. The old barn was
packed with leaf. The sale was an I'M
mense success. 1T made Winston fa-
nous, and laid the foundation Of its
greatness ais d market for the sale and
manufacture of tobacco. The names
OF the men who were the instruments
In the wonderful success Of this first
venture deserve to be- chiselled iii
marble and remembered for all time
with the same honors that Californ-
ians to-day pay TO the Forty - iners. Z
They are recorded because they were
pioneers in b great business that has
built great and growing city. Maj
T. j. Brown was proprietor: Col. Al
b. Gorrell, book-lseepers Mr.. r.. ID
Mosely, anctioneer; Messrs. Ton
Barber, Tom Jones, and Alex s. Mosely
buyers; and two darkieis, Dock an
pard Mack, aoor-hands.
There is no need to count step bS
step from this humble successful be
ginning the growth Of Winston as to
bacco centre. The history Of the IN
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was elected without dissenting vote,
and makes an admirable officer.
OF the leaf tobacco grown through
out the country, surrounding Winston-
Salem, for ten years preceding the
year 1894, 110,000,000 pounds were sold
in the warehouses of Winston for SILL,
s00,00000 making an annual average
Of 100000 pounds for S1,1o0, 10000,
the maximum number of pounds in
one year being 100000 pounds,
which sold for 81 100000. Dur
ing the ten years preceding the year
1894, there were manufactured in VIM
ston-5alem 69,O00,0o0 pounds of cnew-
ing and smoking tobacco, and its mar
ket value was $23, 900, 10000, the maxi
mum number of pounds in one year
being 11 100000 pounds of the value of
S., 600, 10000. And it is said truly that
Winston has a greater number of plug
tobacco factories than any other city
ia the world. 1t pays an average OF
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dren. As early as 1869, when Win
ston hadn't Ii single tobacco ware
house, and Ii population Of only 426, II
had d flourishing male school, ttught
hy Col. A. b. Gorreli, In an aci denny
building belonging to Col. j. w. Al
spaugh and Mr.. Ct. w. Hinshaw, ~
the session Of the Legislature Of 1879
the people of Winston sent commit
tee To Raleigh to secure an amend
ment 10 the charter to enable them
to establish graded schools. The SEN
ator from the district secured the de-
feat az the bill, but in 1879 the privilege
OF voting tax on themselves was
granted by the Legislature. When the
question OF levying this tax to estab-
fish the public schools was submitted
Ia the people, only four voters cast
their ballots against 1T. This shows
the high value the people place upon
education.
In lovely location, beyond the Wa
ehovia property, ii located Davis
School. military academy for boys
and young men that draws patronage
from Il dozen States and half the coun-
ties HI North Carolina,
Just across the imaginary line that
separates Winston from Salem is the
old famous Salem Female Academy
that has maintained itself without q
single endowment since 1902, and in
this old sanctuary of learning the
daughters of the busy men Of Winston
receive their education, At least ten
thousand alumnae claim Salem Female
Academy as their alma mater OF that
number two have been called on to do
the honors of the White House, the
wife OF President Polk and the
daughter of President Andrew jack
son. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and Mrs.
Gen. ID. III. Hill were also educated in
that seminary Of learning.
The presence of these famous ednca-
tional institutions in close proximity
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10 tobacco warehouses and immense
factories has been most helpful to
Winston. The refining and elevating
influence of the schools has made itself
felt in the very atmosphere Of the
place, while the manufacturing spirit
and the enterprise that characterizes
it have d wholesome effect upon the
educational institutions, preventing
that spirit that sometimes creeps into
school towns that the end Of education
is something else than work. In ineul-
eating that truth, the traditions and
practices OF the Moraviafis has blended
with the present day, busting, busy
life Of Winston.
The T'win-City Hospital is benefi.
cent agency Of which the people are
justly proud The buildings, built
with special reference to the needs, are
new and commodious.
The churches Of Winston are the
best evidences of the religious senti-
ment of the community 1T may be
doubted Ii III any city Of its size there
are SO many handsome and modern
brick churches as In Winston, and II
YOU happen in town To spend the Sab
bath you viii see that these churches
were not built merely as an ornament
Though they add much to Winston's
architectural beauty, but TO provide
d place of worship for q church-going
community.
The Twin-City Club is one Of the in
stitnfions of the city, and to it be-
longs most OF the influential men Of all
callings; the Y NJ. G. A. is q flourish
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100000 a year ia revenue taxes, and
mas in one year reached almost one
million dollars.
1t has been estimated by careful
men that an average of $4,000 per day
throughout the year is paid to the
farmers for the leaf tobacco sold on
the warehouse floors.
beginning with small capital it has
followed up with success, has kept
apace with the world in the newest and
best machinery The hand presses
have been discarded, the wooden struc-
lures have been replaced by the mass
i've brick structures of modern archi-
lecture, fitted with the latest machin-
cry, driving by steam, and operating
hydraulic presses run by steam pumps
and all modern improvements, etc, to
be found on the continent.
Trains of wagons can be seen any
morning entering the city from all di-
rections ON their way to the different
warehouses, where they receive good
prices for their long and tedious labor,
and return home happy with the fruit
Of their toll, to be invested in farm inn
plements or home comforts and neces-
saries of life.
tt was Mr. Grandgrind whose whole
philosophy was summed up in the
epigram give 'eln facts. This is the
governing principle in Winston. As a
tobacco mart it has been SO long out
of it's swaddling clothes that 1T has
passed the era of about There is no
boasting Of the great business done.
The Winston Tobacco Association
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ing facilities, having three banks, and
trust company combined. The
capital exceeds half a million
dollars, and this with the large
deposits drawn not only from
Winston-Salem, but from a dozen adj
joining counties provide ample eapi-
tai for the large business transacted.
In addition to the banks, the Wachoyia
Loan and Trust Company brings a
large volume of money to be loaned
from other sections by reason of its
popularity as an institution for admin
istering on estates.
Winston is always wise when it
comes 10 selecting men to represent it.
It's present Mayor, Mr. Eugene Gray,
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$37, 463.15.
During the panic of 1898, when VIM
ston was Of course affected as was all
other places something like 100000
was expended in building in that year.
Winstons location is greatly in its
favor. 1T is located in Forsyth county,
n the Northwestern portion of the
state. and in what is known as the
Piedmont region Of the State, being
situated about fifty miles from the foot
Of the Blue Ridge mountains, and lying
above the level of the sea some 900
feet
1t il said that John c. Calhoun pre-
dicted that Atlanta would become q
great city by reason Of its location.
Winston-Sa1em, often called the ATT
lanta'' OF North Carolina, must become
III time d great city for the same rea-
son. with a very little railroad extern
sion. the entire Northwestern portion
of the State, stretching from East to
west 100 miles, and from North to
South so miles, and rich in soil and
minerals. it's streams affording the
most abundant water power, its cli-
mate the most salubrious and its water
tbe purest, it's climate and soils especi-
allv adapted to the growing Of fruits,
would become commercially tributary
~ Winston-Salem A glance ait the
map Of North Carolina will show what
a proud position the city holds in this
respect and what vast section Of
country is bound to look to Winston
Salem as its commercial metropolis.
Winston is well supplied with bank
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showing comparisons for past years.
The Winston Tobacco Association, by
the way, is an institution that is to
Winston what heart is to the human
system. Its officers are:
President E. c. Edmunds
Nice-President r. l., Vaughn,
Treasurer NJ ID. Stockton.
Secretary II. a. Coleman.
Executive Committee-W. II. Pollard,
r. j. Dalton, J W. Hanes, =. Nj. Jessup,
j. X. Norfleet, A. II. Gorrell, a. nj. Cole
man, W. r. Hill and r. j. Wilson.
In response for a request to furnish
us the facts in regard to the sale and
manufacture Of tobacco i'm Winston,
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Great Plus and Twist City.

s.Any three oil wimen tween the cot
house and Nissen's shops kin smoke IN
their pipes all the hacker as d ever be
sold in that thar war house. was the
direful prediction which Miss ID. =.
Hall writes, in an interesting. sketch
in the Woraan's Edition of the South
ern Tobacco Journal, was uttered
when the first tobacco warehouse was
opened IN Winston on the 18th OF FED
rnary, 1872. It was happy valentine
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Mr.. E. G. Edmunds, President OF the
Association, sends ms the following ex-
tract from his last annual report to the
Association:
II now have the honor of submitting
MY annual report of the sales Of leaf
tobacco on the Winston market for the
year ending September 30th, 1895, and
for the purpose Of comparison / in
clude also statements of seven previ-
Gus years:
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Per

The manufacturing interests show q
gain Of s45,764 pounds over the year
preceding which must be truly graft
flying to every member of this Assoc
citation. Fully approaching the enor-
nous and growing demand for the
leaf and plug tobacco Of this section,
AMI the injury which might arise from
a lack of the rich, finely favored pro
duet Of this section and the hazard to
this important trade by being COM
PEELED to use tobacco from other sec
tions, and thereby iniuring the brands
and the trade Of this market, your
President called a meeting of this As
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ne saIes OF leaF f0baccO Tor the
year just ended show decrease of
1,99s,ss9 pounds, as compared with last
year, while the price paid shows
gain Of ~ cents per hundred pounds
over price paid the previous year.
| also give the comparative report Of
shipments Of manufactured tobacco
with the revenue tax paid during the
past eight years.