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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
NINE DELEGATES To ST. LOUIS.
A oportioned Amorg the Counties by
Popu:ist Congressional Committee.

The Populist Congressional commit
tee for the Fourth distroctmethere yes
terday. They came together to appor-
ton the delegates to S. Louis among
the several counties. This district is
entitled to nine delegates to the Nation
al convention. The committee gave
Wake couny two delegates, Randolph
two, and Johnston Nash, Franklin,
Vance and Chatham one each.
They left the individual counties to
decide upon the manner of selection,
whether by county convention or by
the county executive committee.
Balroad Commissioner Ohio Wilson
is chairman Of this Congressional com
mittee, and the members present were:
Joseph Amos, of Vance; Folwell, of
Randolph: Gudup, Of Franklin;
Spence, of Chatham; Creech, of John
ston. and Nash was represented by
proxy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
FREE PILLS.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
tiers. This medicine does not stimu-
late and contains no whiskey nor 9TH
err intoxicants, but acts as a tonic and
Alternative. Tt acts mildly on the stom-
aeh and bowels, adding strength and
giving tone to the organs, thereby aid
ing nature in the performance of the
functions Electric Bitters is an ex-
cellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old people find it just exactly what
they need. Price cents and $1.00 per
bottle at John Y. MacRae's drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
PLAY PRESENTED AT WEST RAIL-
EIGH.

The children of West Raleigh and
a talented set of children they are
presented play all their own in the
chapel of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college last night
A good crowd of people young and
old was present. and enjoyed the pretty
fan drills, '"The House that Jack
Built" the love scenes, and all the 9TH
er features of the entertainment,
which was conceived and carried out
entirely by the juvenile actors.
Those who took part We're Virginia
Hoge, Mamie Holiday, Kate Skinner,
Mamie Belyin, Pauline Hill, Peyton
Hoge, Jr., and Frank Irby.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
President Winston to Leave
North Carolina.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
To Be at the Head of this Great
Institution.
He Regrets to Leave North Carolina,
but Sees Wider Field in the Lone
Star State--And the State Re-
grets His Leaving Great
Work for the State
University.
University.

Yes. | have decided to go to leNas'
said DR.. Winston, who was IN Kalelgn
a few hours yesterday afternoon.
He spoke of leaving North Carolina
with deep regret, but seemed to see IN
the State of the Lone Star wider
opening field for his ceaseless energies.
DR.. Winsaon's decision will cause
genuine regret among those who have
the good of the State University near
their hearts
His five years at the head of the State
University have been twelve-months OF
constant progress and ever increasing
prosperity. He has been tireless in his
work for the University, and, hand firm
OH the helm, he has guided it into
smoother seas.
The elixir of new life has given
the University second youth in its
centennial time.
The institution was never SO strong,
never 50 well founded in the hearts OF
the people.
DR. Winston's great work for the
University is known of all men, and
is in itself the most eloquent praise OF
him.
He was elected president in 1891, and
every year since that time has seem a
distinct advance in the popularity and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
"THE TRIPLE LINK"

The Raleigh Odd Fellows will this
year run their annual excursion to
Asheville instead of Norfolk. So many
excursions are run TO the Virginia town
that it is not so attractive as it once
was to the people seeking change of
scene and new air. So they GO to the
mountains this year.
The Triple Link" excursions are al
ways popular, and the one this year
will no doubt be well patronized.
1t will be run sometime between the
18th and the 21st inst.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
WHAT BERNARD THINKS.
So North Cardinals Great Iron Indus
try" Makes it a Protective State,
Does It2

Claud NJ. Bernard, the Republican
Lilliputian, who is solicitor of the Sec
ond Judicial District, telegraphs thus
TO the New York Morning Advert
SER
"As things look to me now there is
only one thing which will prevent Re
publican success in North Carolina
and that is the nomination at Chicago
of either Sibley or Teller. The nomi-
nation of either of those men might
result in fusion between the Demo
Gratis and Populists of that State. You
see North Carolina is a protection
State by reason of its iron and other
industries, which prosper under a sys-
tenn Of protection. To the Republicans
and Democrats who favor both protec-
ton and sound money, Mckinley is
perfectly satisfactory. But there are
some Republicans who favor free sill
yer who would vote for Teller, free
silver man and also a protectionist.
But unless the Chicago convention is
to nominate Teller or Sibley, / do not
see how we can fail to carry the State
with the sentiment there for protec-
ton"
That great Iron industry has such
an influence on our politics
And Mr. Bernard writes as if people
were thinking of tariff and protection.
He really must not be tall enough to
see the procession that is passing by.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
CONE TO RALEIGH THE FOURTH

The railroads have all granted re-
duced rates for the Fourth of July, and
it affords an excellent opportunity
for you to visit Raleigh, the Capital
City, now in its prettiest garb. The
grand display of fire works will be held
at Pullen Park in the afternoon and
at night. Manager Charles Johnson,
of the Raleigh Electric CO., will have
charge of the display.
Come to Raleigh, and celebrate the
Fourth
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
BUFFALO AND ELK AT THE FAIT

Secretary Nichols is looking around
in every direction for curious and in
teresting things to add to the attrac-
tons of the State Fair.
The latest addition is pen of buff
falo, deer and elk.
The buffalo is almost extinct, and
is now one of the rarest of animals.
The elk is not common by any means,
and will be a novelty in this locality.
There are to be two each of the
three varieties of animals. They are
exhibited by a wire-fence firm from
Adrian, Michigan, who give the attrac-
ton for the privilege of furnishing
the fence that holds them.
\ site for this exhibit has been fixed
on THE Midway"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
THE PLANTERS REGISTER.

Mr.. Perry Ferguson, of York coun-
ty, S. c., is in the city introducing 1.-The
Planters Register" which enables ev-
cry farmer at all times to know just
what he is doing. 1t is SO simple that
any child can easily keep it, and it is
so complete that there can be no
transaction but there is a place to put
it down. Sheriff Page and Clerk of the
Court Young have examined it and GER
tify that lit is just what every farm
er needs"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
THE SHOE FACTORY A FACT.

''The Alliance shoe factory is almost
a fact" said MIR. T. Ivey, Alliance State
Business Agent, who was here yester-
day. Carloads of machinery are al
ready in the house at Hillsboro, and the
rest will be there in few days Our
professional shoe expert, who will
have charge of the factory has already
arrived. He IS Robert Brockett, Of
Alexandria. Va. and has had many
years experience in the business. We
are also putting in the tanning machin-
cry, the boilers and engines. When the
Alliance meets with us the second
week in August, we expect TO be turn
ing out shoes by the wholesale"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02

prestige OF the University, and in the
number of young men who have sought
its instruction. This year the rolls bear
the names of more than five hundred
students. The standard of the institu-
ton has been raised and it's moral tone
elevated. Healthy athletics have been
encouraged, and manliness physical
has gone hand in hand with manliness
mental and manliness moral.
DR.. WinstOn's ability as an educator
has been recognized throughout the
country, and the University has been
raised in the estimation of the world
outside our borders.
Il must confess" ne remarked, with
tinge of sadness, that | feel consider
able sorrow at leaving the State.
came 20 the University as young man.
and brought with me my bride. For
twenty years | have been with the Uni
yersity in some capacity, and it is very
near my heart. All my children have
been born there, and for nearly twenty
years i have occupied the same house.
| ann attached to everything about the
town, and have a personal interest in
it ALL / have made d hard fight for
the University, and have, ! think. had
hand in the promotion of its success
fui growth. 1t is very hard to leave THE
institution and North Carolina. fai
But now / feel that the future of
the University is safe, and / know that
it is embedded deep in the hearts of
the people"
That was his backward look at
the past, past that came down to
yesterday.
&c nh tnA
asm and anticipation as turned to
the future.
LET me tell you about Texas" he
said with that energetic force of his
giving thrill to the words. "Take
North Carolina, take out of it three
fourths of it's negroes, bring into it
one-fourth of German and steady
going foreign population, add to that
one-ffteenth of New England and
Western people, and let the rest be
Southern people of the best type-all
going fifty miles an hour instead of ten
with a Southern color given to the
whole civilizations: that's Texas.
"You can stand on any elevated
place like the dome of the capitol and
see the earth stretch away from you
mile after mile, level as a foor-one
solid stretch of cotton and corn. The
soil is of inexhaustible fertility. 1t
is decomposed limestone and the up
lands are fertile as our richest river
bottoms. In fifty years the almost
boundless acres of Texas will be under
cultivation by steam or electric plows,
and the farmer will make profit on
cotton at three cents pound.
at is a great State, and there is a
broad field for the University of
Texas"
The salary Of President Winston will
be five thousand a year.
He was unanimously elected presi-
dent of the University of Texas the
day before yesterday (Tuesday) and
Yesterday afternoon decided to accept
the position.
The trustees had a long list of prom
inent educators under consideration.
among them Prof. Woodrow Wilson, Of
PRINCETON. and Prof. w L. Wilson, the
nresent Postmaster General.
The selection of DR.. Winston for this
important position is an honor not
only to him, but to the State.
North Carolina loses a strong force
when DR.. Winston goes away, but it
is pleasing to know that he enters
broader field where he will have a
wider sway.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
POPULIsT STATE CONVENTION

The State Executive Committee of
the Populist party will meet here to-
morrow. The purpose of the meeting
is to name the date, and issue the call
for the Populist State convention
This will probably be called to meet
in this city the latter part of July, af
ter the National convention at st.
Louis.
Senator Butler, who has since Con-
gress adjourned been at his home in
Sampson county, is expected to arrive
this afternoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
TO CARRY THE COLORS.

Mr.. j. w. pike, quartermaster's SER
geant ON Col. Eugene Harrel's staff,
left yesterday morning for Richmond.
His assistant, Mr.. l.. II. Woodell, accom-
panied him.
Mr. Pike camied with him the State
oolors, the official flag of the Governor.
This will be carried at the head of the
North Carolina column in the great
parade to-day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
THANKS TO THE STATE PRESS

The following card has been issued:
Estate Board of Charities, July !.
'"The thanks of the State Board OF
Public Charities are due and are here
by rendered to the Press of the North
Carolina for their generous response
to the recent application from this
office for copies of their journals for
the Soldiers Home. The response has
been liberal and gratifying.
&C. b. benson, Secretary,
and Secretary State Assn Confede-
rate Veterans"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
HANNA AND HOBART CONFER.

Cleveland, july 1.--Garrett A. Ho-
bart, Republican nominee for Wee
President, had a conference to-day
with Chairman Hanna, of the National
committee. They talked over the com
ing campaign, the appointment of sub
committees, etc. Mr.. Hobart left for
home tonight.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALvE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin EruP-
ions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by John Y. MacRae.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
IN COMPLIMENT TO MISS PETTY

Last evening Mrs. T. O. Moring gave a
very pleasant musicale, complimentary
to her guest. Miss Petty, of Carthage.
Miss Petty is a graduate of the New
England observatory. and is one of
the States most accomplished musi-
clans The guests spent an enjoyable
musical evening.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
PREMIUM LIST OUT THIS WEEK

The new premium list of the State
Fair will be out in a few days. Secre-
tary Nichols has arranged a very at
tractive list that makes a neat pam
phlet The list will be even more at
tractive this year than heretofore.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
letter on the
Hands.

For several years was a suf-
ferer from letter on my hands.
1t would come in little watery
pimples, and the itching was almost
more than / could stand. The skin was
tender and the itching would be so
intense that my hands would swell so
could hardly bend my fingers. Some
times my hands would become perfect
y raw from the scratching or breaking
of the pimples. When l was in this
condition l tried one-half dozen bottles
of Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy and some
Wash in 1884, and by the time took
t my hands were cured, and / am now
well of the trouble. 1t has since broken
out little at times, but not enough to
inconvenience me or make me try more
medicine. | am now well.
M. e. KING.
Burlington, n. c., May 81, 1896.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-02
We are Going to Move!

always July; this exception, and moving
goods up you light and be cool while
looking at the cheapest goods you your eyes
having general sale all SUMNER GOODS only got
sixty DAYS get ready like
chants do and carry prefer selling
them row slight carry them We
going carry goods buy what want
haven't got tell all the things
that we have price have them right up front where
You can them glance had good
portuny saving good money your you'll
self and good We
move the but have made
eand
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
DANISH TOWNS,
They Are Mt Best Nothing More Than Toll
erably Developed Villages.

Tho Dane is good follow One
comes, think, inevitably to this conclu-
sion after somewhat intimate acuuaint-
ancc with him. His country also is not
the tame, embarrassing tooth of land one
is prone to fancy from tho summary of it
given by tho geography books.
TO get in touch with tho Danes and
Denmark proper it is desirable not to So
iourn too long in the towns. They arc
called towns, these little red rooted stork
inhabited, stone paved settlements of
from two TO thirty thousand souls. But
really they are nothing better than tolcr-
ably developed villages. The tone of OK
istcnce in them is distinctly parochial and
bucolc. Flocks and herds make noises in
the streets, the people have mirrors affixed
to their windows to give Thorn sly yet cx-
hilarating glimpse of the passorsby and
the stranger within their bounds is marked
down in "A moment and becomes u most
welcome topic of conjecture and an object
for all eyes to fasten upon. They are so
very rural, in fact, that the white mist,
which in the gay summer season rises
about bedtime from the rich grass lands in
the ncighborhood, has no difficulty toward
midnight i'll covering them with its film
and Keeping them (storks and all) rs cool
as it keeps the grass blades in tho mead
ows. Tho ono or two high chimneys in
their midst must not DO taken for indica
lions of iron works or factories. Thithcr
night and day chatter the milk carts with
milk from the farms for miles round, and
in them butter is made on behalf of an
entire district for shipment to England.
If there is another building of some size
in the place, you may safely assume that
1t is slaughter house The slaughter
house, like tho dairy, is closely connected
with England. Wagonloads of carcasscs
go from its gates periodically toward the
nearest railway station, whence they jour
noy mt dismal rate to Esbjcrg, the chief
port of shipment to Great Britain. Corn
hill Magazine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
HISTORY OF IRRIGATION.
The Anglo-Saxon Race Has Taken 1t Up
Only In the Last Half Century.

But although irrigation is both ancient
and universal the ADglo-SaXon never dealt
with 1t in large way until the last half
century, when he found it to be the indis-
pensable condition of settlement in large
portions of western America, Australia
and South Africa Through all the cen
turtles OF the past the art has been the ex-
elusive possession of Indian, Latin and
monaghan races. It's earliest modern
traces in this country are found in the
small gardens OF the mission fathers OF
southern California They brought the
method from Mexico and taught it TO the
Indians But the real cradle or American
irrigation as practicable industry Is
Utah. treasured historical painting in
Salt Lake City shows the pioneers of 1877
in the act of turning the waters of the
mountain stream now known as City
creek upon the alkaline desert. This pic
ture commentaries the opening scene in
the new industrial drama of arid America
In the hands of tho Indians and Mcxi-
cans OF the southwest irrigation was a
stagnant nrt, but the white population
has studied 1t with tho same enthusiasm
winch IL bestowS upon electricity and new
mining processes. The lower races merely
knew that II crops were expected to grow
on dry land they must be artificially wa
tered They proceeded to pour on the wa
ter by the rudest method The Anglo
Saxon demanded to know why crops re-
quired water and how and when it could
be best supplied to meet their diverse
needs. Ho has sought this knowledge
through the medium of agricultural col
leges, experimental farms and ncighbor-
hood associations. Ho has thus approach
ed by gradual steps true scientific meth.
DDS, which arc producing results unknown
before in any part of the world. William
Il. Smythe In Century.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
PUT GOOD MEN ON GUARD.

The Importance and value Of the po-
sition Of Councilman to the material in
terests OF q city cannot be we'll overesti
mated. In the selection Of such officers
party lines and political organizations
count for nothing when compared with
the responsibilities at stake. To guard
the business interests OF the public true
and sensible men in the City Council
are OF paramount Importance. Every
voter in city the sizs OF Roanoke is
supposed to be somewhat acquainted
with the business qualifications and
standing of candidates offering for mu-
nicipsl Offices. To secure good govern
meRt 1t IS necessary that party lines
should be set aside and such men Sc
lected as the business interests of the
city demand.
The average plsce-hunter is always,
of course, in favor of standing by the
party" A man with loose jointed
morals and more cunning than intellect
can be counted on to howl for party
nominations. He knows that com bines
and tricks are much more easily worked
in primaries and conventions than on
election day. The weak man wants to
be bolstered up with q party endorse.
ment for the position which he knows
the majority OF his fellow citizens be-
1ieve him unable to fill. The man who
is really deserving cares nothing for a
party nomination whe en- Offering for Office
at the homo of his acquaintances and
friends, and men OF that character are
now wanted in Roanoke.
The affairs OF this city need careful
attention and earnest and Intelligent
supervision, and 1t is row OF great i'm
portance to the welfare of the munich
pAlity that the best men and only those
we'll qualified should be elected to the
office OF City Council Such men are not
found only in one party; in fact. many
OF the best business men OF every COM
munity are not politicians at all. There
is an abundance CT good material in
Roanoke and in choosing men for the
City Council this year only those of
recognized business ability and sterling
worth of character should be selected,
regardless of party affiliations or party
predictions.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21

able homes. When representatives Of
these settlers assemble in North Caro-
lima next May and formally make known
to their fellow countrymen and to the
world at large the advantages Of climate
and resources to be found here and tell Of
the kind and cordial re ception they have
met with, thousands of people from the
same States and from Europe will slso
hasten to make their homes in the
South where independence and comfort
in genial climate awaits all corners.
Northern and European settlers in this
section of Virginia should join In the
movement, and IL unable to attend the
convention send words of encourage
ment to the members thus assembled.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
AN IMPORTANT CONVENTION.

The convention of Northern and for.
eign born settlers in the South, which
it is proposed to hold at Southern Pines,
n. c., on the 5th of May next, promises
TO effect substantial results In promot-
ing the immigration of most desirable
class of home.seekers to this section.
Thousands of progressive and energetic
men have already gone from the Norsh-
ern and Northwestern States, AMI from
Europe to the South and found cimfort.