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The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18
THE LEADING WORKER PROHlNENT MANAGERS OF TH
 PORT ARTHUR ROUTE. NOT DAUNTED BY HARD TIMty CARRIED FOTH A GREAT ENrI PRISE WHILE OTHERS Wan All the World FOnors Them for, Ability and Courage that En.
 abled Them to Plan and
 Execute the Task.
NOT DAUATED BY HARD TIME
Next in public interest.

mond, Asst Gen Mgr haps, to the fact of the succes accomplishment of any great undertaking is the sopT from which the orcs ght energy and determinat essential to the execution of the We take peas1
 in giving this page portraits of of the men M have been largely instrumental in the building and on@ aton of the Kansas City, Pittsburg Gulf railroad gether with its myriad of associates and connecting n ests and enterprises
 Standing pre-eminenty at the head as leader and nd distinguished is Arthur E. Stlwel, president of the re Mir. Stilwcll born at Rochester, N. Y October 1859, and is therefore comparatively young man to M attained such prominence in the business and fnanc world. At the age 14 years he began work at < printers trade In about 1878 he first located in Kana City and for time conducted printing business at u place. Ill health neccsstated his return to the East a for some tune he engaged in the insurance busne.
 Mir. Stilwell's grandfather, Hambin Stilwell was of of the builders of the New York Central railroad and the Erie canal, and his grandson had strong desire follow in the footsteps of his ancestor As an oroana Mir, StilweIl has shown great strength and judgment this has had much to do with his notable successes give idea of the power of hls leadership. it is o necessary to point to the fact that he is at the pres time not only president of the Kansas City, Pittsburg Gulf railroad but also of the Missouri Kansas and Te Trust Company, the Kansas City & Northern Connects railroad, and president of the Kansas City Suburb Belt Line Company. He is known a free yet care investor and has large and varied interests in many tcrprises in the West and South Few projects of va to his home city receive such substantial assistance fir any from him.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

No other enterprise of the pres cnt decade has done so much for the developing of the resources of the coun-r -ry through which it has passed nor so much for the enrichment of the nation at large, and it will bring prosperity to thousands upon thousands of our thrifty people in opening up so vast a field of industry. Further more, it can never be estimated the good that has come from the ex- penditure of the many millions of dollars for labor and the materials used in construction of this great modern railroad in times of fnan cial and business depression, when thousands )f idle men were seek ing work and great mills and factories were practically cIose1 for want of a market for their products.
 A brief closing summary of the
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

as a carrier of exports can hardly be realized, and even at this early day its effect is being felt by the great Eastern outlets. The pres ent trend of Western export trade through the Gulf ports is recog nized as one of the most marked changes in the commercial inter ests of the United States. It is also largely felt in foreign nations and will be the means of a greatly in- creased consumption of our food and other products. Almost half of the grain exported in 1896 was by the way of our Southern ports and this can but be increased by the completion of the Port Arthur Route.
 Leaving Kansas City and fol- lowing very closely the boundary line between Missouri and Kan sas, the first important establish ed town touched is Pittsburg, Kan. This' city is located in the Southern Kapsas coal bed, which supplies a very large per cent. of the coal used in Kansas City and thus will furnish much profitable business for the Plttsburg & Gulf.
 From Pittsburg to Joplin, Mo-, is but a few miles, and here the road reaches the center of the lead and zinc mines. It is said that this district furnishes fully three fourths of the zinc mined in the world. 1t is interesting to note that already a large amount of this valuable ore is being export ed by the way of this road and the Gulf ports, thus creating a new market and increasing the price of the ore.
 Farther still down the road lies the semi-anthracite coal region and here again the line will do an immense business as a carrier of this very superior coal, both to the North and South.
 The road now enters the largest remaining body of timber in this part of the United States and the demands made on the line to han dle this business will be very great.
 All of the southern part of the road passes through great cotton belt and here again it will be carrier for the manufaetories of the North and East and for ex- port trade.
 Food products, coal, minerals, lumber and cotton would thus ap- pear to be the heavy freight fea- lures of the road, but another large item cannot be overlooked No road on earth runs through a richer fruit region than the Kan sas City. Pitisburg & Gulf and
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

Il. c Orr, General Passenger Agent. with the immense markets at the northern terminus this item will greatly increase the receipts.
 Much we'll directed work has been done all along the Pittsburg < Gulf in establishing new towns and cities and many of these have already become we'll known and thriving business points, thus helping to repay the promoters of the road for the large expendi- lures for their work. The most important by all means are Mena, Ark, and Port Arthur, Tex, the first being at almost the center of the line and the central division
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

w. K Morley, Supt, Northern Div. of Mexico in the interest of the steam ship line to be established by the Pittsburg & Gulf railroad from the Gulf of Mexico to Tampico and Verra Cruz Robert Gillham general man. ager and chef engineer of the road said this morning that his company expected to form through the steam ship line a closer union between thls country, and especially this particular part of the country, and the republic of Mexico than had ever existed be- fore.
 Messrs Half and Grannis will visit the City of Mexico and all the ports of the country and are expected to get valuable concessions from Mexico, and make favorable arrangements for the opening and carrying on of this new branch of traftiG The company ex- poets to have ships running direct from Port Arthur to Mexican ports by next spring. With the connections af- forded by the Pittsburg & Gulf road and other lines, notably the Maple Leaf, which taps all of the Northern country. Mir, Gillham says that the new steamship line Is bound to open up and carry on an immense business with Mexico K C. Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

point, and the latter the southern terminus and seaport. Among the other points where much work has been done and where marked success has been made are Amo- ret, Goodman, Lanagan, Sulphur Springs, Gentry, Siloam Springs. Jansen, DeQuren and Hornbeck.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

General Officers. A. E Stilwell, president E. L. Martin. vice president. c. M. Titsingh, SC ond vice presi- dent
 E. T. Stotesbury, third vice presi- dent
 Robt Gillham, general manager and chief engineer.
 F. $. Hammond, assistant general manager.
 Wm. $ Taylor, secretary and treas urer.
 A. l.. Howe Assistant treasurer Frank B. Wilcox, assistant secretary. W. A. Morley, uperintendent north ern division
 ". A. Williams, superintendent t southern division John A. Sargent, general freight agt. k. w. Lightburn, general agent
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

Mir. k. l.. Martin, until receI ly president, now vice preside of the Pittsburg & Gulf, stands the head of the originators of | road. He was among those VI made efforts in this direction oI twenty years ago and is thorous acquainted with the history thest early attempts and failul Of all of the early projectors y Martin has been most persist@ and by his continuous agitat5 has contributed largely to the al victory.
 Robert GiIlham, the popu. general manager, is one of brightest railroad men of tod and deserves great credit for good work in the company's terests. He is ably assisted this department by Mir. Frank Hammond.
 Il. C. Orr and J. A. Sarge general passenger and frei agents respectively, are men known in railroad circles and always found among the hs workers for the good of the rC
 MT. F. A. Hornbeck, land c9 missioner, holds a position great importance and is one of busiest men connected with Port Arthur Route. The land terests of the road are very ext sive and the successful hand of the same is due in a large gree to the able direction of Hornbeck.
 Mir. George Mathews, the al itect and builder, is always in foregi ound in working for welfare of the company and genial and hearty manner made for him many warm pers al friends.
 Few If any men connected the road are so generally knl along the line as the popular eral townsite agent, MT. Geo M. Craig. In every town or on the line his time and enc have contributed to success. IS strong and able man ana addition to making a succes his undertakings in a busi way, he can count his friend: the score at almost every sta on the entire line.
 There are many other me various positions equally woI of notice, but we have endeav to speak principally of | most in the public eye recognized by all as among leaders.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

advantages of this road follows: It Is the shortest line to deep water.
 No other north and south road reaches more than one port. while the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf, through its connections, reaches three-Port Arthur, Gal weston and New Orleans.
 It reaches more freight froduc- ing regions than any other road in the West.
 FROn PORT ARTHUR TO MEXICO. The Project Started to Run Steamers
 Connecting With the Pitts
 burg & Gulf.
 D. J. Half and c. E. Grannis will leave Kansas City tonight for the City
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

Y, A. Horn beck, Land Commissioner. Ira C. Hubbell, purchasing agent. tt N. Wilson, auditor.
 E. F. Serviss, commercial agent J. c Now, commercial agent Q. Il. Poehler, commercial agent. F. A. Hornbeck, land com missioner. Geo. Mathews, architect and builder. II. C. Orr, general passenger agent Rush. II. Barnes, southern passen ger agent.
 H. D. Dutton, general travelling agent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
Sale of Valuable Land.

By virtue of power of sale contained In
mortgage deeds, executed by G. E. j. Good
win, of Wake county. N. c., to Mrs. Emily
10Th day of March, 1895, registered in the Reg
ister's office of Wake county, in book So. page
5s2, and 9. +. ]. Goodwin, of Wake county.
N. g, to Rev Bennett Smedes, of said county
and State, on the 18th day of January, 1855,
registered in the Registers Office of Wake
county, n. o., in book l0i, page 65l, I will
sell at public cutlery, to the highest bidder
for cash. at the court house door of Wake
county, Raleigh, N. c., on the 10Th day OF
September, 1897. at one O'Clock, D. M. the
following described lands, to wit: A act OF
land of 400 acres, more or less in Swift Creek
township. Wake county, N. O., adjoining the
lands OF OF the late w: g Upchurch, w. j.
ard, X. l.. Powell, y. Campbell w. w, Wood
ard. and the late Donald Campbell being the
land conveyed to the said G. E. + Goodwin
In several parcels, to-wit: T. II. Briggs and
listers Office of Wake county. N. G.. hook ~
page 167. sily Mays, by deed OF ApriI a5tb'
1881, req ered In Register of Deeds office az
Wake colnty. book 3d., page 5s5, Winny
1881, registered In Register of Deeds Office OF
WAKE county, book 70, page 693, d. r. Up
church, Com'r, etc, by deed of March 2Iss
1881; registered in Register of Deeds ONCE
wake county, book q, page 3O4. w. J King
tered In Register of Deeds Office OF Wake
county, book IS, page $50, w, T. King and
VIE, oy deed of July 18th, 1885, registered in
Register OF Deeds office of Wake county. hook
O., page oo5, Hllliard Hamilton and wife, by
ter or Deeds office of Wake county, Nc.
book 81, page $50. and w. G. Stronach and
vile, by deed OF April 18th, 1886, registered ip
Register OF Deeds office, Wake county. n
C.' BOOK ~, page 6sI. -
aug2o-tds :. f. ERWIN Attorney.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
NEW BINGHAM SCHOOL.

Great Improvements Made and Bright
Opening Promised.-Principal Preston
Lewis Gray with an Able Faculty
Reception by Mrs. Owen Bingham
Large Attendance Expected.
Mcbane. n. c., Aug. 31.-(Special)-
Every body is chiefly interested now in
the opening of the William Bingham
School. The school grounds have been
and much money and labor have been
expended in improvements of all kinds
Principal Gray and Prof. Oldham have
been here for some days, as well rs
Misses. White and Johnson, teachers OF
SHORTHAND, Typewriting and Telegra-
ply DR.. +. G.. Murray will arrive by
Thursday, the opening day, and Prof
J. f. Mills, of South Carolina, came in
this morning.
Friday night the Y. NJ. c. A. give a
reception to the students at the home OF
Mrs. William Bingham, which promises
to be most pleasant.
1t is understood that seynra! Raleigh
boys will be here this session. a very
good school in point of numbers as well
as n nice set of boys have written they
would matriculate from North Carolina
and other States.
Mr. Gray is said to be fine discipin-
arian, and the tone of the school people
will not fall below that established by
Col William Bingham.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
A VALUABLE PRESCRIPTION.

Editor Morrison of Worthington, Ind,
"Sun," writes: you have a BILE
prescription in Electric Bitters, and l
can cheerfully recommend it for Consti-
patton and Sick Headache, and, as gen.
eral system tonic it has no equal" Mrs.
Annie Stehle, 1926 Cottage Grove Ave,
Chicago, was all run down, could not
eat nor digest food, had backache which
never left her and felt tired and weary,
but six bottles of Electric Bitters restor-
ed her health and renewed her strength.
Prices SO cents and $1.OO. Get bottle
at any drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
Beware
OF the knife.

Mr.. Lincoln Nelson, of Marshfield, NO.
writes: "For six years l have been a
sufferer from a scrofulous affection OF
the glands of my neck, and all efforts
of physicians in Washington, ID. e.
Springfield, ILL.,, and ST. Louis failed to
reduce the enlargement. Alter SIX
months constant treatment here, my
physician urged me to submit to a re
moval of the gland. Atthis critical mo-
ment a friend recommended S.S.S.,
and laying aside a deep-rooted preju-
dice against all patent medicines, be-
gan its use. Before had used one bot
tie the enlargement began to disappear,
and now it is entirely gone, though am
not through with my second bottle yet.
Had only used your SIS. long ago,
I would have escaped years of misery
and saved over $I5o."
This experience is like that of all who
suffer with deep-seated blood troubles.
The doctors can do no good, and even
their resorts to the knife prove either
fruitless or fatal. SIS. is the only
zeal blood remedy; it gets at the root OF
the disease and forces it out perma-
nently.
G g Ays.,Tx, etc0pf1bIcl
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01

Dead.
Ns~~~. SsE"TH''vs 'ss's' ~ sVEs"ss
To the Editor: 1t is to be hoped that
the ladies of the North Carolina Monu-
mental Association will succeed in their
efforts to obtain excursion rates to Win
chester ON the occasion of the dedication
of the head stones recently erected.
We have been all too slow in marking
these graves. The only way in which we
can now retrieve ourselves is to see that
the dedication is attended by North Caro-
linians in at least respectable numbers.
The only way to insure this is for every
patriotic man and woman who can attend
to do so.
For only a handful to go would be a
very serious reflection on our State. VAR
ginia, or rather the matchless women OF
Winchester, saved by tireless exertion
these our soldiers, our fathers and broth
ers. from oblivion by collecting their re-
mains from far and near. They were
given the place of honor in the grand
"Stonewall' cemetery. Each grave was
marked with a head board and we were
invited to come forward and replace then,
with stone. Twice or thrice these head
boards crumbled under the hand Of time
and were replaced by the Winchester
women amid the multiplicity of labors
which the wardship of the vast cemetery
entailed.
At length Mr.. Averitt's zeal and elo-
quence broke the lethargy of thirty years.
We tardily awoke to the fact of our delin-
quency and the graves were marked.
Let us make amends for the past by do
ing our duty on this occasion. The dedica-
ton day, September II, commentaries
the battle of Sharpsburg, battle in
which with even more than her wonted
arnestness North Carolina attested with
her best blood her deathless devotion to
the cause of Southern independence
1t viii be great day at Winchester.
The Valley Fair will be on. Charles
Broadway Rouss, the millionaire philan-
Ithropist, who has given, and is giving. so
freely to honor the Confederate soldier,
has chosen that day of all others to be
there.
On that high and sacred occasion lei
not North Carolina have to point to the
dead for her representatives.
0. w. BLACKNALL.
| Kitrell, N. c., Aug. 80, 1897.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
BAPTIST FEMALE UNIVERSITY
biblical Recorder

biblical Recorder.)
Those who have felt an interest in the
building of this school for our daughters
and sisters and who have contributed to
its erection. will be glad to know that
some of the stating has been put on, and
that the roof is being completed as rap
idly as the material can be gotten here.
The completion of the roof is n great
point gained, as the building will then
be protected and work on the interior
can go on regardless of the weather, as
the money comes into the treasury.
1t is very important that those who
have promised us help shall send in
their contributions now, at the earliest
date possible We have relied upon your
promises and our obligations will be
due i'll few days. We respectfully
urge you to diligence and good faith in
this matter. 1t may be some trouble to
you to get it, but please remember the
trouble ii will be to us if you do not get
it. 1t will be some Inconvenience to you
possibly to borrow it and pay the prom
Use you have made. but such trouble You
have perhaps gotten used to it in your
own business. Why now borrow to pay
this much needed money upon which we
have depended? We have enough due to
meet our obligations and go further
with the work. Will you not prayerful-
~ and diligently see to it that we do
not have any delay or hindrance on ac-
count of the amount you have promised
We hope to hear from you in few
days. Perhaps you think we are not
Inconvenience by your delay as your
amount is IA small one, but herein you
are mistaken \ great work is waiting
on you. May God bless yo.
REV. a. NJ. SIAIAIS.
Chairman Executive Committee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
THERE REMAINETH A REST
From the Christian Observer
BY Rhena Cameron.

BY Rhena Cameron;
"Wearisome nights are appointed
By one who knoweth best,
And days of weary toiling
Before we find our rest;
But the rest is still remaining,
Oh, promise wondrous sweet!
Rest for the weary hearted,
For tired hands and feet
The rest that still remaineth.
Thank God it has not passed,
That in its sweet enclosure
Our lives may yet be cast;
1t will be worth the tOiling
The weary conflicts lure
To have the right to enter in
The rest that waits us there.
Oh, / have toiled so YEARLY.
For days, and months, and years.
Thro' dreaded tasks, in wearing pain
And swarms Of fretting cares!
But guiding hand upheld me
When cares the thickest pressed.
And pointed to the peaceful land
OF never broken rest.
The hardest task is done at last,
The longest journey ends,
AS on the longest summer day
The evening shade descends,
And one day / shall quiet lie,
Life's weary work all done!
And sink to rest as steadily
AS sinks yon setting sun,
ThrO' the glare and heat Of MONDAY
Ever towards the west,
Whose bars of gold seem gates
To that wondrous Land of Rest.
Hillsborough. N. C..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
CROPS NEAR SCOTLAND NECK.
Serious Drought at Last Broken by &c
pious Rains.

Scotland Neck, N. e., Aug. 31.-(Spe-
al.)-The serious drought was broken
last night by copious rains. There was a
remarkable electric display, which lasted
about eight hours, commencing before
10 o'clock and continuing until nearly 6
O'Clock this morning The rains were not
very heavy, but cloud after cloud rolled
by all night. From observations made by
conservative people in this community it
is now thought that the crop will be much
shorter than has been anticipated, though
many say that no true estimate can be
made yet.
Fodder saving has progressed well dur
ing the past few days, and the very hot
sun was favorable to curing it well.
Mr.. w. A. Dunn lost another barn of
tobacco by fire few days ago.
Mr.. N. Biggs and family have just re-
turned from Tate's Springs, Tenn.
A most successful meeting was held at
Dawson's last week by Rev. J. A. Nc
Kaughan. Rev. G. L. Finch, of Williams
ton, did the preaching The meeting is
still in progress.
Rev. r. II. Vann and family have re-
turned from their summer vacation
which they spent in Virginia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
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NO SUNDAY DISSERTATION.

The News and Observers Independent
Policy Is the Secret of KS Growth.
To the Editor: Yesterdays editorial
in defence of the sacred influences of the
Sabbath day marks well the high stand
ard of Christian morals that your paper
so warmly advocates. The independent
policy of the News and Observer ex-
plains the secret of its extensive circula-
ton and increasing popularity. The
browning motto is "Hew to the line, let
the chips fall where they may" Let
the Sunday nuisances be abolished, so
Gods day will be holy and a day of
rest, as commanded "Free from care and
labor free"
T.. CAMERON WILLIAMS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
Talk About Water.

Nature has supplied US with a remedy
for every disease MANY of the RENE
lies are found in roots herbs and banks.
md to effect cures the medicinal prop
rites must be extracted and nut into
concentrated form, and then properly
compounded.
Nature has also placed some of the
cry best medicines in water, common.
y known as mineral water. One of
he best of these is the famous OTTER
BURN LITHIA WvTER For indigestion,
kidney, bladder and diseases of like ma
rure there is nothi, & better than Otter
burn Lithla. And the price is moderate.
| handle it in large quantities, and am
the sole dealer in Raleigh. Bring your
own containers and I will furnish the
water at 90 cents for half gallon, IS
cents per gallon, or 30 cents in gallon
lots. Extra charge if I furnish con-
tanners. By the glass at my soda foun-
tain, carbonated, cents.
n. R0RRlTT
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES.

Thorough courses. Experienced facul-
ty. Superior home accommodations and
opportunities for social culture. Charm
ing location. Buildings in a beautiful
park OF ten acres, and overlook the Cap
itol. other Government buildings, and
portions Of the city. f. Menefee, Presi-
dent: J. Robert Gould, Secretary, Wash
ngton, D. @.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
EDUCATIONAL,
Virginia Military Institute,
LEXINGTON, VA.

GENIN0 ON. VA.
59th Year. State Military, Scientific
and Technical School. Thorough course
in general and applied Chemistry, and
in Engineering. Degrees conferred In
course: Grad: V. NJ. L., and Bachelor
Science; in Post Grad. courses, Master
Science. Civil Engineer. All expenses,
including clothing and incidentals, pro-
vided at an average rate of $3.50 per
month exclusive of outfit. New cadets
report Sept. 1.