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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20
CRIME AMONG NEGROES.

Rochester Express,
There have been recently some start
ling revelations of crime among the col
ored race at the south, avenged quickly
by lynchings, exceeding in brutality even
the offenses Of which the negroes were
guilty. In view of this plethora of crime
two lines of inquiry have been suggested,
one as to the precautionary measures to
be adopted to stop mobs from taking the
law into their own hands, and the other
as to the prevention of the crimes them
selves by more severe legal sanctions
against them than now obtain.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

But little elbow work and no
hot water is required
when the washing is
done with
FELS-NAPTHA soap.
FEELS s. CO., PhiIadeIp PHI a.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20
ANOTHER PRESENTATION.

After those present had returned to
the building the exercises We're resum-
ed. Miss Florence NJ. Bower, on behalf
of tile class of '9S of the school, of
which she is a member, presented a
silk flag for Grammar A room in a
very neat address. The response was
by Professor Burdick, who accepted
the flag for the room.
Other numbers on the programme
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

SALT BOX of wood value 19c, an
now ....................... tOS
SALT BOX of China wood COW
er, value 75c., now............. 44C
WOOD RIM FLOUR SEIVE, .o
all sizes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IOC
KNIFE BOXES, with two parts IN
and handle, regular 24c., now. lUC
BREAD BOARDS, 12 inches in an
diameter ...............,...... IUC
DOUGH BOARD, large sizes,
regular 75c., now............. aye
CHOPPING BOWLS, sizes,
value much more than price.
fOC., 10c., 24c
BUTTER PRINTS that will
make neat designs, regular ,o
price Zoe, Observation-Disclosures. tSC
SLAW CUTTERS that are of
the best wood and blade, .o
value 25c., NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. kSC
ROLLING PINS with loose 40
handles neutrality-suspicious.. IOC
COFFEE MILLS, good wood
box, adjustable grinders..... Z4C
CLOTHES POLES notched in an
places and sharp end....... lUC
NO. BROOM, best whisks, an
value Csc, short time for.,... lSC
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

While these inquiries are being prose-
cuted another question has been raised,
and that is, whether crime among negroes
has increased In the freedom which they
now enjoy succaeding the bondage
which they were long subjected. AS yet
there are no trustw orthy statistics bear
ing upon the subject, but Governor At
kinson, who has been investigating it,
has come to the conclusion that there
has been such an increase. We are in
clined to believe that he is correct. II 80
the increase is tho logical sequence Of
thestate of servitude in which the African
was held for two centuries and a half.
Slavery has ceased but its effects remain
aggravated by the freedom that has been
achieved.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20
LOCAL FOOT BALI. NOTES.

The Scranton Business college scrub
foot ball team will play the Alumni Ath-
letic association eleven today on the
Washburn street grounds at 2.3O o'clock.
A good game is expected as the business
college club has not lost a game this year.
The line up is as follows:
Scranton Business Scrub. a. A. y.
Roberts. .......... left end ......W. Davis
Thompson..... left tackle ..,..Magovern
Strong. left guard .......L. Davis
Latham. center Phillips
Sturges. ........ r!kht gurd .......... Elias
Maghran. right tackle ........ Eynon
Adams. ......... righe end .......... Morse
Williams, Cusick. quarter back "A. Davis
j.. Schroeder. left half back civilians
c. Schroeder. right half back .Coons
f. Tropp, Capt. full back ..... Harrington
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20
Dyspepsia,

ders positively cured Grover Graham's Dys-
pepsia Remedy Is sueclfic. one dose re-
moves all distress, and permanent cure of
the most chronic and severe cases is guaran-
teed, DO not suffer A bO-cent bottle will
convince the most skeptlcal.
Matthews Bros, Druggists, $50 Laoka-
wanna avenue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

MOTHERS PRAISE Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, because, by it's great blood
enriching qualities, it gives rosy cheeks
and vigorous appetites to pale and
puny children. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

HOODS PILLS are the favorite
family cathartic and liver medicine.
Price 25c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20
FLAG RAISING
AT GREEN RIDGE
Old Glory Flutters from Tall Mast at
No rs School Building.
WAS PRESENTED by GRIFFIN POST

Speech IN Which the Flag Was Given
to the Children of the school Was
Made by Ex-Sherif A. ID. stevens.
Response on the Part ofthe Board
of Control by President 4. J..
Jennings.-Othcr Features of the
Interesting Exercises.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

Drowsiness is dispelled by BEECH
ANS PILLS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

Meanwhile educating processes, much
as has been accomplished in this regard,
have not kept pace, perhaps, with tho in
creasing temptations to and opportuni-
ties for crime. While many representa-
tives of the colored race have indicated
their manhood, it may be questioned
whether the race as such has materially
improved since 1t was Cmancipated. TN
der all the circumstances of discourage
ment in the transition period, through
which the African is passing, it will not
be surprising If the estimate of Governor
Atkinson shall be found to be correct,
when it is tested by figures. Much as it
is to be regretted. the onus of RESPONSE
bility for 1t largely rests with the whites
who condemned the negro to servitude
and have no. yet rehabiiitated him in the
responsibilities of reedom. How solemn
is the responsibility still resting on the
separate cOmmonwealths and the nation
to make the race so long enslaved worthy
Of the rights and immunitieS or freemen'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

The case appears to be @ very plain one.
Slavery taught the negro crime, but it
restrained its commission with an iron
hand. 1t taught theft, robbery and the
qualification of lust, but the watchful-
ness it exercised over the Colored man,
because he was property and not person
was largely reprossive of open and wan
ton crime. The care of the slave was also
involved i'm his custody. He had food,
raiment and shelter provided for him,
and thus he was measurably deprived of
temptation to crime. The morals of sav-
cry We're atrocioUs, but 1t at least had the
safeguards indicated. Suddenly slavery
comes to an end, leaving a race with the
impulse to crime, with the restraints to
its commission removed, with new temp
tations offered, and without the persua-
sion of mental and moral education to
deter it from yielding to them. And be-
yond this there was the friction between
the whites and blacks accentuated by
the unbridled rule of the carpet-bagger,
followed by the eXcesscs of the Ku kluX
Khan and the denial of southern COM
munites Of the civil and political rights
guaranteed to the negro by the constitu-
ton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Aug. 23.-The stock market
to-day shook itself free from the heavy
restraint which was imposed upon it dur
lipg all Of last week and bounded upward
again. Today the large dealers, who
threw their holdings upon the market last
week to realize, bought back stocks in
enormous volume and brought the level
of the market to that of last Monday,
when the rise seemed to have culmi-
mated. That great monied interests were
concerned in today's buying was shown
Il by the heavy blocks Of stocks that
changed hands and by the extensive buy
| ing of bonds There was one order for
any part of $1,0OO,000 Of a bond which
Il is a favorite in the speculation at pres
ent. The commission houses which had
withdrawn from the market last week
and had joined the selling movement to-
toward the latter part of the
week, were out in full force
lagain in the market today. 1t
was more movement of the large
dealers to buy back at the lower level
what they had sold. The motive for the
abandonment of the bear move
ment and the resumption of
buying was growing scep-
ticism regarding the reports of reduced
spring wheat crop in the Northwest. The
enormous liquidation in the wheat mar
ket gave confirmation to these doubts.
The continued rise of wheat in England
and on the continent on the other hand
was convincing evidence of the foreign
need for wheat and gave assurance of
ereat freight traffic to seaboard to trans
port the grain and back again to trans
port the merchandise which the farmers
profits would buy. The strength Of corn
and cotton in London also aided the
stock market. The fact that foreign
houses sold grain in the market and that
purchases for export We're largely cur
tailed did not prevent the sterling eX-
change market from weakening one
Eighth cent for actual rates of both long
and short sterling, the former falling to
4S33s and the latter to 4.S512 This re-
fleets the warning influence of the meas
ures taken by the Bank of England to
defer the movement of gold to this coun-
TRY and was a strengthening factor in the
stock market. The grangers and all grain
carrying roads led the improvement, Bur
Ilington leading with 234 per cent. The
Vanderbilt shares and Southwestern, the
Gould stocks and international shares
were all very strong and active, and few
failed to show net improvement Of at
least point The anthracite coal shares
ESPECIALLY the Reading issues, were also
active and strong.
The total sales of stocks today were
449. 800 shares, including Atchison pre-
Iferred 80 ,253; Chesapeake and Ohio, s.
$50; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
At $50; Louisville and Nashville, 1860
Manhattan L, $500; Missouri Pacific,
$3.50; Northern Pacific, 1901; Northern
Pacific preferred, 1898; Reading, H.
POS; Rock Island, 20,320; st. Paul, 55,-
I02O; Southern Railway preferred, S,134;
Union Pacific, 1850; American Spirits,
5000; American Tobacco, 1850; Sugar,
1910; United States Leather, 1920;
United States Leather preferred, 26,02O;
Chicago Great Western, 1906; Western
Union, 1920.
! The bond market showed re-awakened
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-The upward rush
Of the wheat market was stopped to-day.
The September option was sold as high
as $1.0212 per bushel on the curb, but
broke badly on change under a perfect
flood of realizing sales, declining to Doc
in the first five minutes of trading and
closed at 96c., a decline of 415c. since
Saturday. December also suffered, the
closing price, 95Ac., being 3asc. under
Saturdays closing figures. Trading in
corn and oats was On a mammoth scale
and marked by frequent fluctuations,
realizing was heavy in both markets.
Corn declined 1ac. and oats &c.
Provisions closed unchanged to Zoe.
lower. A 6-cent decline was chronicled
in flax seed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
THOMAS BRANCH & CO..
Members of New York Stock Exchange.
Bankers and Brokers.
Established 1888
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.

VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
On Monday, October 4th, 1897, at the
Court House door in Raleigh, N. O.,
land in Wake County, about two miles
southwark Of Raleigh on the Holleman
Road and adjoining the lands Of w. IS.
Wilder, Mrs. Roe Ella Holleman, the
North Carolina Railroad Company and
theirs and described In the deed of trust
ereinafter mentioned, as follows:
First, a tract Of (305) three hundred
nu five acres, more or less, lying on the
Holleman Road about pa miles South
Raleigh, adjoining the lands Of W. FL.
1olleman, NJ. A. BledsOe and others and
known as the Nixon tract, formerly
wned by George T. Cooke; it being the
and conveyed to said George Il. Cooke
by e. A. Nixon and others by deed re-
corded in Book No. 81 at page 100 of
the Register of Deeds office, of Wake
County, reference to which deed as re-
corded is hereby made for a more par
ticular and detailed description Of said
land.
Second, tract Of land in said County
and State, containing one hundred and
thirteen nacres C113), more or less, known
the O'Rourke tract, formerly owned
by said George Il. Cooke, it being the
land conveyed to said George T. Cooke
by Martha e. Stronach and her husband
b. deed recorded in Book No. 80 at
age Psi OF the Register Of Deeds office
Of Wake County; reference to which
deed as recorded and +. the deed from
Bachelor and Battle, Commissioners, to
aid Martha e. Stronach, fCr said land,
recorded in Book No. 80 at page IL of
said Registers office is hereby made for
more particular and detailed descrip-
ion of said land. Both of said tracts of
land were conveyed to said Martha e.
Stronach by Mary V. D. Cooke, Commits
Toner, by deed bearing even date here
with"
Excepting, nevertheless, that part of
he aforesaid lands ~hich was conveyed
to W. B. Wilder, Esq, by said Martha
Stronach by deed registered in Book
No. 100 at pages AL and 442 of said
Registers office of Wake County: the
part conveyed to said w. B. Wilder by
aid deed contains 145 acres, leaving 273
cres which will be sold at the time and
place above stated.
Said lands will be sold In parcels.
Sale made by virtue of powers con-
rred upon me by a deed of trust regis,
tered |: Book-No. 107 at page 500 of the
Register of Deeds office of Wake
County.
Terms Of sale Cash. Hour Of sale II
m. Crops on the land not sold.
s. F. MORDECAI. Trustee.
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CITY PROPERTY FOR
SALE

On Monday, September 9th, 1897, at
the court house door in Raleigh, N. O., I
will sell at public cutlery that valuable
real estate in the city of Raleigh, owned
by Ashley Horne, Esq, Charles Fl. Bel
vim, Esq, and the estate of the late VIM.
G. Upchurch, known as "The Morgan
Street Warehouse" Said property lies
on the South side of Morgan street and
is bounded as follows: Begins at the
Northwest corner of the late N. s. Harp's
lot In the South line of Morgan street;
runsj thence westward along said street
100 feet; thence southwark 60 feet;
theEce eastward 80 feet; thence south
wagd $50 feet; thence eastward 20 feet;
theflce northward to the beginning. 1t
being the property conveyed to W. @.
Upchurch and Chas. III. Belvin as ten
ants in common by deed in book No.
40, at page 633 Of the registers office
of Wake county and In which a one
third share was conveyed to Ashley
Horne, Esq, by deed in said book No.
110, at page 634.
I On the lot is large brick cotton stor-
age warehouse well Quilted, equipped and
located for the cotton storage business.
The sale Is made for partition under
consent judgment of Wake Superior court
in the special proceeding, entitled O. H.
Belvin, A. Horne and W. G. Up
church executors, ex parte, s. p. D. Ne.
SO2.
Trims of sale: One third cash, residue
in two equal nstallments, payable one
and two years after date of sale with
per cent interest. Title reserved until
purchase money paid. Hour Of sails
II m.
s. f. MORDELAI,
Commissioner.
July 81. 1897. tds-S-1.
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newed active and heavy buying by the
leading bull interests, generally credited
to the Standard Oil people and J. p. Nor
gan and his following. The buying was
based on the denial of the sensational
crop damage reports current on Friday
and Saturday and the greatly improved
situation at London. The market started
off strong and fractionally higher and
gathered strength as business progressed
and closed strong at practically the best
prices of the day. The grangers and
Southwestern shares led the list in point
of activity and strength.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
RALEIGH COTTON MARK ET.
RALHIaH. N. c.. August 90
Good cotton 8z6sk. Receipts - bales.
RALEIGH PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

New YORK. August %. Money on cal
easier at la1k per cent; last loan at IN pei
cent, closed at IN per cent. Prime mer-
canti'e paper 3xa4k per cent; Sterling ex
change weak. with actual business In
bankers bills at 8ik6485x for demand, and
l.s3Ka4 S3k for sixty days. Posted rates 4.Ah
al IS and 4.86k004s7. Commercial bills
s2ka4s} Silver certificates 52a52H. BAR sil
YER Mexican dollars 39k Government bonds
steady. State bonds dull. Railrosd bonds
CT
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Land for Sale.

By authority vested in me by mortgage
deed executed by w. H. Gulley, to myself,
on the 9th day of May, 1887, and c1rded in
book IS, page 6l9, in Register of Deeds office,
| will sell for cash at the court house door ia
Raleigh, on Monday, the 18th day Of Sep
tember 1N97, at ~ M, the land described in
said mortgage, containing 100 acres. moreor
less. and situated on the Fayetteville road
about ID miles north of Raleigh, adjoining
the lands of Anderson Ferguson, the Wiley
Clifton tract, John Lunsford and others.
JOHN r. O'BRIANT.
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LIVERPOOL, Aug. s3.-4:0O p. M.-spot cot
ton, limited demand, prices higher: Ameri-
can midding fair " 32d: good mddliug
9 SD: American middling 4td; low mid
ding 4d; good ordinary 81; ordinary 1l-I6d.
safes of the day were 5000 bales. OF which
800 were for speculation and exrort. and
included 500 American: receipts 1900 bales
including 200 American.
urures opened steady with fair demand
a nd plosad firm
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activity, the Atchison, Erie and Northern
Pacific issues being prominent. Northern
Pacific IS gained rs, Atchison adjust
ment As 49, and Erie 3s IA.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
PROSPERITY.

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 10, 1897.
thoughtful Americans are satisfied that
conditions have rarely been so promising for
the return of prosperity.
We have passed through long period of
depression Liz idation has run its course.
Railroad earnings steadily improve Our
crops are large. There is a recognized de-
ficiency in the crops of Europe. We will be
called upon to make enormous exports of
wheat. corn and cotton. Foreign exchange
has dropped sharply.
For weeks traders have declared that re-
action was due The market declined from
one to three points this week, but promptly
recovered.
The political situation is such that nothing
adverse to the currency can be done for three
years.
In the great period Of revival from 1879 TO
1881. when money was dearer, securities sold
much higher
We believe in the destiny OF the American
people. We believe in the future.
Good Sc 'urities are purchase on all reac-
tons.
Accounts carried on most favorable terms.
GOrresDOndence solicited.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
NEW ORLEANS.
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.

Galveston. steady. TX. s96 bales.
Norfolk. quiet, 8, S bales.
baltimore, nominal, 81, - bales.
Boston, steady, ~, $40 bales.
wilm .lgton. quiet. IN, bales.
Philadelphia, firm, 81. - bales.
savannah, steady. Z, 276 bales
View Orleans, firm, 7T-l6. 079 bales
Mobile, nothing doing, TX. "a bales.
Memphis, firm, 7-l6, "a bales.
AUGUSTA, steady, IN. 2G bales.
Charleston, steady !. 20 bales.
Cincinnati, quiet. SIX, "a bales.
Louisville. quiet, 4, - hales.
st. Louis, steady, Z IL Is, p bales.
Houston, steady, 7 i-l6. 8,Z96 bales.
New York, quiet, S. - bales.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
CHICAGO, August 90.
WHEAT.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet. Wheat, No. spring
96999; No. spring 90; No. 2 red, new,
990lOO; Corn. No. 2, 3Ox. Oats, No. Q,
l9x No. 2 white o b 22a23: No. white
I o 2Oh: Rye, No. 2, So Barley, No.
2, nominal: No. 8 32a43: No. 4, o b
q. Flax seed, No. /, ia. Prime Tim
othy seed $2.76. Mess pork per Dbl, S.55
8 50. Lard, per 100 lbs $685. Short rib
sides Qoose) $5.l5. Dry-salte@ shoulders
(boxeD 5a54. Short clear slices (boxed)
6h@5%: Whiskey, distillers' finished goods
per hallOn 81 20.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
HARRIS
.Lithia CarbOnated

We guarantee that one glass of Har-
ris' Lthia Carbonated Water will relieve
any case of indigestion in one minutes
time or money refunded, or II taken
after each meal will cure any case OF In
digestion. Read what the noted DR..
Davega, Of Chester, S. c., has to say
for 1t:
Mr.. J. T. HARRIS:
Dear Sir-For the past eight months
l have been usins Harris Lithia Water,
wlLn the most excellent results, where I
have been able to get my patients to
drink a sufficient quantity daily. The
Carbonated has no equal in gastric dis
turbances. In old chronic dyspeptics II
you will wash the stomach with salt and
water, and an hour later have your pa
tient drink the Carbonated Lithia you
will make many friends and improve
many stomachs. It Is an excellent table
water. 1t is an excellent laxative, and
is a sure cure for datulent dyspepsia.
8. M. DAVEGA, NJ. D.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-24
NEW YORN
NEW YORK, August 23.-Futures opened
irregular; sales q, 800 bales.
Futures closed firm; sales $4,000 bales,
flxnnn fVn
LIv ERPOOL.

SPOT cotton closed quiet; uniddling uplands
:. middlinR gulf 81: sales / 90J lles.
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, August. 23.-Flour firmer;
western superfine So. l0a3.25; do. extra S. C5a
AIS; do. family $475G5.00; winter wheat pat
entS $6.25a660; spring do. $5.75lG6. 90; spring
wheat stratghts S5.3006.45.
Wheat unsettled and lower; No. g red sDot
and August 81 05{al.05@; September 81 05Xa
U5H; steamer No. red 1,024 al ON; South
grade 81 02al06.
Corn firm; spot and Auguft 36Xa36%: Sep
tember 368a36H; steamer mixed 84a34 i:
southern white 37Ka3S do. yellow 3sa39
Oats frmer; No. 2 white, new 24ka25:
No 2 mixed, new 21Ha22.
Rye higher; Il o. 2. nearby 55X; No. west
ern 66 oil.
Hay steady; choice Timothy sl351al6OO.
NEW YORK.
Nav YORK, August 23.-FIour easier at
the close; Minnesota patents 90. Min
nesota bakers 4.25a4.6O: winter patents S. asa
IS; do. stra1ghts O00525; winter extras
3.5Qa4.O0 winter low grades. 3.40a3 50.
Rye flour stronger; superfne S2.S5N3 10:
fancy -.
Corn meal quiet; yellow western II; city
70: Brandywine -.
Rye strong; No.2 western 81; car lots.
Barley firm; western feeding 30: mailing
Wheat, spot weak; No. 2 red SIOs afloat:
No. northern New York TX afloat; No. 2
hard | O5A atloat; options, No 2 red August
closed III O5H; September $lC3aI OGk, closed
IU3h October closed -; December $l.0lba
L0iK.
Corn. spot active; No. 2, 35% in elevator;
36$ ahoat -; options, August closed 35B Sep
40f, closed 3S%.
Oats, spot, quiet; No. 2, Is; options, Au
gust closed -; September closed 23K; October
closed 23&; December closed -.
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]. R. FERRALL & CO., 'GrOcers

And wholesale agents for Harthorn
Saratoga Water. Trade supplied.