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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27
A BENEFICIARY OF S. A. L.
THE SOUTH'S MOST INDEPEND
ENT AND GRITTY RAILROAD.
WONDERFUL WATER AND WINE
The Famous Panacea Springs and the
Medoc Vine yards, the Educational
Advantages, Fertile Soil and
HeaIthfuI Climate.
HeaIthtuI Climate.

I,;ttleton, n. c., June 1S.-(Staff Cor
respondence.)-I heard funny story
once that was told to illustrate the speed
that characterized the running OF TRAINS
ON the r. and G. Railroad in We olden
times. The Raleigh and CASTOR was the
first railroad built in the State and in
those days steel rails, stOne ballast,parlor
cars and mammoth Baldwin locomotives
were locked up in the recesses OF mans
ingenuity. The first trains on the Old Kai-
eigh and CASTOR road were not Wild
Irishmen" nor Limited Vestibules." 1t
was in the days when people were not
in such a great hurry and if train was a
day or so late it made no more differ
ence than so many minutes delay make
to-day. 1t is said that on one occasion
a gentleman got on the train at Littleton
going to Raleigh. Just before the train
stea med into Raleigh the conductor woke
him up and asked for his ticket, the old
fellow got up gave a yawn or two, run
his fingers through his gray locks sew
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an extent as has the management OF
this system. 1t is bold, courageous, ag-
gressiye and almost single-handed and
alone has stood aloof from traffic asso-
cations and other combinations having
for their object the establishment and
maintenance of purely arbitrary rates.
If | am not mistaken it has been the
bold, courageous leader in every reduc-
ton of rates we have had in years. Mr..
Hoffman and Mr.. st. John, Mr.. McBee
and Mr.. Anderson and their subordin ties
seem to have some regard for the nee 10
of their patrons and respect for their
opinions. In this way they have made
friends of the masses until the Seahoard
Airline is alluded to often as the "Peo-
pies Road" / hear travelling men md
shippers every day, speaking in praise Of
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then and my head has turned little gray
but am the same man."
The conductor looked at him closely for
a moment and finally concluded that the
old fellow was right. That was in the
days when only those who had time to
snare. rode on the railroad. But what a
change? Now the Littletonian boards
9. Seaboard Airline Limited Vestibule
and if it is southbound before he
hardly gets still he is in Raleigh. In ten
hours more he is in Atlanta. If it is
northbound before he scarcely thinks that
he has crossed the Roanoke river he is
in Richmond, or Norfolk and in the
same time that it would formerly have
taken him to get to Garysburg he is N
Washington city.
And other things have changed
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partake of the newly found specific.
They came in great numbers and were
healed. Then others came with skin
eruptions, old sores, scrufulous affections
and the like of many years standing.
They drank of the water, bathed in it
and applied the sediment to the affected
parts. They, too, were healed, and in
many cases the cures were marvellous.
II have found a spring whose waters
it seems will cure anything" said Col.
Harris one day to his neighbor and
friend, DR.. Willis Aston, land l want
an appropriate name for it"
'Well, if it will cure anything, and cure
to stay cured" said DR.. Aston, the
only appropriate name is 'Panacea. So
it became the Panacea Springs, and for
these forty years or more this great ma
lures Panacae has been year after year
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Littleton, n. G.

Harrison is in charge Of the vineyards
and the manufacture of the wines. He
has been connected with the establish
ment for many years and knows the
business in all it's details. Mr.. Allen
has charge of the shipping department
and the office work. He is careful,
capable and is prompt and reliable in
his dealings with his thousands OK
patrons all over the country.
They make at Medoc, besides the IA
nous Medoc caret, pure and popular
dry Meisch from the celebrated Meisch
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water is now being made. Recent practi-
cal and scientific experiments have de-
monstrated the fact that a toilet soap
made from pure vegetable oil and an
evaporation of Panacea water is posi-
tive and quick cure for all skin eruptions
and diseases, all pimples, blotches, ecze-
ma, letter, dandruff, cuts or abrasions
and even old sores, eresipelas and scrof-
ulous affections are relieved by it. A
company is now being organized to manu-
facture and sell this soap. 1t has proven
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to be par-exceIIence for babys and for
shaving and shampooing it is highly
recommended.
DIR. Thomas w. Harris, Of Littleton,
the manager of the Springs property,
has been making the experiment, and so
successful have they been that the COM
pany is to be organized and active ener-
getic work is soon to begin. The COM
pany proposes to make first-class toilet
soap, using nothing but the best Of
oils and other ingredients and place it
on the market strictly on its merits as a
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were made famous by the late 9. W.
Garrett, who planted and pruned and
pressed and made himself, his grapes
and his wine national reputation.
Since his death, a few years ago, the
enterprise has been managed by Mr..
Spooner Harrison and Mr.. w. B. Allen.
These gentlemen are business men OF
experience and ability, and under their
management the reputation of the wines
from the MedOc cellars have been kept
up to the standard, which they attained
during the lifetime Of Mr.. Garrett. Mr..
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good mineral spring that you find about
it many evidences of Indian camp life,
numerous archaeological relics, showing
that in their roamings they struck camp
if possible near one of natures labora-
tories. 1t was the roamer of the forest
that tasted and tested the herbs and led
to the establishment of great herbariums
for the gathering of medicinal plants: 1t
was likewise the same savage of the wild
wood that tasted and tested natures
liquid specifics and led to the great gath
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more convenient ways Of getting like
combinations by the compromising of
chemicals into more homeopathic and
convenient doses with no scientific rea-
son why the results from their use should
not be as good" This time, however, was
an intermediate epoch between the period
when the red man relied upon natures
provisions and the present. When civil
lization has discovered that in this par
ticular the red man was not altogether
an idiot. / have heard it said in my
rambles that whenever you find a real
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lands producing more than bale OF cot
ton or a hundred and fifty bushels Of corn
per acre. There was not the same demand
for rapid freight and passenger transit
as we find here to-day, and then there
were no such buoyant aggressive ideas
either i'm the minds OF the people or of the
railroad managers that we find to-day
There was no great daily movement Of
northerners to the South and Southern
ers to the North, and hence there was
no demand for this rapid moving of men
and their products and if there had been
there were perhaps no mechanical or
executive minds quite sufficiently devel-
oped in the equipment and management
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too. there were no great rama
cea Springs to attract the visitors to
I,ittleton in those days There were no
mammoth Medoc vineyards and WINE
cellars sending their popular product
from one end of the country to the other
there was no Littleton Female College,
no Littleton Male Academy there were
no two dozen enterprising and prosperous
merchants a few acres of cotton,
corn. wheat tobacco and other field pro-
ducts.no vast fields of highly enriched
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like other highly favored agricultural
sections of the State are doing their
part in this new industrial development
and the progressive Seaboard Airline
system is keeping even ahead of the
procession.
There is hardly an enter
prise in the South, hardly a manage
ment of railroad system that has won
the confidence and the good will Of the
people of all classes along its line to such
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then said, "No can't remember wheth-
er you did or not, where did you get on
the train.
"At Lttleton," replied the passenger.
"Ah, now I have got you said the con-
ductor. 81 remember very distinctly that
only one passenger boarded the train at
Lttleton and he was young man. 1t
could not have been you for you are old
and gray headed"
"That's all right Captain said the
passenger, "but you must remember that
it has been a long time since you passed
Iittleton. / was young man, then, but
| confess / have aged considerably since
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Of great railways to grasp the situation
and meet the demand. There was perhaps
need, but no demand for solid refrigerator
trains to fly from the tropical South to the
cold North and deliver to them in the
midst of snow storms and sheets train
loads Of early fruits and vegetables from
our sunny southland. But these things
dreams of our fathers-are realities now.
Littleton like other towns is North Caro-
lima, and the section around Littleton
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tim say that after exhausting nearly all
his means on hundreds of scientific and
other so-called positive cures; he had
found relief only in the use of Panacea
water. 1 have heard dyspeptics say that
their lives were burdensome until they
visited Panacea Springs and afterwards
they were aale, hearty and well.
dare say that if these springs were
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eral times and seemed to be in deep
thought.
"Well let me have your ticket" said
the conductor.
my ticketY' said the passenger. "Why
/ gave you my ticket long ago. Don't
you remember gave you my ticket soon
after we passed Littleton?
The conductor thought moment and
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any deductions you please from it, have
talked with dozens, yea hundreds of
others all over the State who make like
emphatic statements about their own
,ersonal experiences with Panacea water.
! heard a poor unfortunate syphiEtic vic
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ledicinal toilet article.

medicinal toilet article.
DIR. Thomas w. Harris is one Of the
principal owners and managers of the
Panacea Springs property. He is one or
the States most competent destists and
one on Littleton's most popular and en-
terprisils-young citizens. His friends
compri8 the entire citizenship of the
town &pd community and his universal
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grape. They make also cognac brandy
that is second to none made or the con-
timent. Their Sacramento wines are
popular the country over and their sales
reach from Maine to California.
They make a speciality of pure blackber-
j. wines, cordials and brandies. They are
the largest producers of pure black
berry juice in America and the Oldest
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popularity, both as a citizen and profess
sional man, is richly deserved.
MEDOC VINEYARDS

In all creation there is no grape more
to the liking Ct the ordinary lover OF
grapes than the famous scuppernOng, and
this section is it's native home. Nowhere
else does it ripen to more delicious per-
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lection, and nowhere has the wine
maker made its juices into a more palat-
able or popular beverage. The king OF
the vineyards in this section is the
Medoc, one Of the most extensive and
widely known. Here the scuppernong
reigns supreme. These vineyards were
established as far back as 1885. They
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-21
SMITH-MEYERS MARRIED.
Cities of the Carolinas Joined in Loving
And Holy Wedlock.

Yesterday morning at 1O:45 o'clock
Miss Roberta Smith, of Raleigh, was
married to Mr.. Frank X. Myers, Of
Charleston, s. G. The ceremony was per-
formed at Christ church, in this city, the
rector, DR.. NJ. NJ. Marshall, officiating.
Thus was linked together the two lead
ing cities of the two Carolinas in the
Joining of the hearts and hands of one
of Raleigh's most accomplished, popular
and charming young women, to one of
CharlestOn's most talented and prOmi-
nent young men.
1t was a past lenten wedding and the
church, which had been handsomely decor
ated for the Easter services, was a bower
Of artistic and dainty arrangement and
was filled with the friends OF the popular
young bride and groom. The ushers
were Messrs. Fox Grow and Tom Myers,
of Wilmington: Gu:on Drewry of Ports
mouth: S. j. Hinsdale, w. c.. Smith and
Andrew Syme, Of Raleigh. Mss Annie
Busbee, of Raleigh, was bridesmaid.
These with the bride leaning on the arm
of her father and the groom, accom-
panied by his brother, Mr.. CASTOR Myers,
marched to the decorated altar to the
Wedding March, rendered by Miss Mary
Mackay, the accomplished Organist. At
the altar the bride was given away by
her father.
The ceremony was performed in an
impressive manner by the rector, after
which the happy young couple were ac-
companied by large number of friends
to the Union depot, where they boarded
the Seaboard Airline train for an ex-
tended tour to the Northern cites.
Mr.. Myers is a talented young attor-
ney Of Charleston, S. G. The bride is
a daughter of Capt. VIM. Smith, one of
the best known and most popular of our
North Carolina railroad officials. The
best wishes Of host Of friends go with
the happy twain.
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PARDON MILL STILL GRINDS.
Yesterday a Dull Day and Only One
Pardon Was Granted.

The pardon mill now turns out from
one to two convicts every day. Never
in the history of the State have there
been so many pardons granted in SO short
a time.
Only one was turned out yesterday
He was from Mecklenburg county. His
name is John +. Johnston. He was
sent up for five years for forgery.
In granting the pardon the Governor
assigns the following reasons:
'This old man is about 20 years of age,
IS in feeble health. he has friends who are
able and willing to take care of him,
and prevent his becoming charge on any
community. 1t is represented that he was
Colonel in the Confederate army aud it
seems that he was certainly a Confedev-
ate soldier. He,iwas convicted of trying
to obtain money by using a forged paper,
but nobody was actually defra uded. The
pardon is asked for by Rev. Father Fran
els Meyer, who was the prosecutor, or at
least the party to whom the prisoner
presented the forged paper, and from
whom he attempted to obtain money. The
pardon is recommended by the sheriff and
county officers of Mecklcnburg. The
old man has been punished enough"
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LOW RATES TO MOREHEAD.
Schedule Will Also Be Faster and Bet
ter Than Heretofore.

President Hancock. of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad is negotiating
with General Passenger Agent Turk, of
the Southern Railway, with a view to
arranging summer passenger rates from
Morehead City.
This will mean much for Raleigh and
much more for Morehead. Such an ar
iangement viii, If made, give the people
in all sections Of the State an opportunity
to visit this popular resort, and by none
will it be more generally taken advant-
age Of than by the people Of this city.
Mr.. Hancock will try to arrange an
especial low rate from here for Saturday
night, the tickets to be good returning
until Tuesday night.
DR.. Blacknall, proprietor Of the hotel,
has also agreed to give special hotel rates
and accommodations for these occasions.
The schedule will be so arranged over
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail-
road as to connect at Goldsboro with the
Southern Railway train from Atlanta
and Chattanooga, which arrives at
GOldsboro at 4:55 in the afternoon. This
will put through passengers in Morehad
at about 8 o'clock, without delay or stop
over on the entire route.
DIR. Blacknall says this will enable him
to give the new arrivals each night sup
per by themselves. thus making the SER
vice more satisfactory both to the guest
and to the management of the hotel.
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Hancock
can succeed in completing these plans
before the season at Morehead begins.
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PERSONALS.

Miss Eliza Williams, of Fayetteville,
is visiting Miss Ethel Bagley.
Judge w. w. Clark, of Newborn, Is
here on business of legal nature.
Mr.. Wheeler Martin, member of the
penitentiary board of directors, is in the
city.
Maj. r. A. Darlington, U. s. A., was
here yesterday to inspect the A. and NJ.
cadets.
Senate branch Of the last Legislature, is
in the city.
Capt. w. Ii. Day and Maj. JOS. e.
Bachelor have gone to Louisburg to at
tend court.
DIR. Henry i. Marriott, OF Battleboro,
is IN the city on a visit to his sister, Mrs.
Ivan Proctor.
Mr. Jas. A. Bryan, of Newbern, is here
on business connected with the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad.
Mr.. j. w. Cooper, of Murphy, who has
been here attending Supreme court, re-
turned to his home yesterday.
Prof. n. Y. Gulley, Of Wake Forest,
and Prof. J. Is. Brewer, of Murfrees~
boro, spent yesterday in Raleigh.
Mr. Il. III. Clark, State Senator from
Halifax, arrived in the city yesterday. He
is here to attend the meeting Of the
penitent:ary directors to-day.
Judge Thomas G. Fuller has returned
from Carteret Lodge and Morehead City.
where he has been for several days with
friends on a fishing excursion.
Mr.. w. J. Edwards, wno is engaged in
the banking business at Sanford, is in
the city. His bank has become one Of
he leading institutions in that section.
Mr.. Robert Hancock, the new presi-
dent of the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad, left yesterday for his home in
Newbern. He came up to consult with
the Governor touching his road.
DR.. d. II. Abbott, the new Railroad
Commissioner, has gone to his home in
Pamlico county to make arrangements
for moving his family here about the first
Of May. They will probably take rooms
at the Marlborough House.
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A BRILLIANT RECEPTION.
Throngs Of Visitors Called Last Nigh
at the Home of Mrs. j. d. Stith.

Throngs Of Visitors Called Last Night
at the Home of Mrs. j. d. Stith.
One Of the most delightful receptions
held in Raleigh in many days was given
last night at the residence of Mrs. Il. d.
Stith, on Morgan street. From 8 to 8
the married people, among whom the
bride has host of friends in Raleigh,
called 10 extend their congratulations
and good wishes. From 9 to Ii there
was constant stream or young people
calling to extend hearty congratula-
tons.
The receiving party was composed Of
Mrs. Il. ID. Stith, mother of the bride,
Miss Margaret Stith and Mr.. Seamans.
who will plight their troth to-day, Mr. and
Mrs. s. +. Childs, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. X.
Williams, Mr.. William Bailey and wife.
The parlors were brilliantly illuminated
and beautifully decorated.
was served.
The ladies. assisting in the reception
were Mrs. o. II. Foster, Mrs. S. r. Tel
fair. Mrs. Minnie Bagley, Mrs. c. G..
Latta, Mrs L. II. Cameron. Mrs. Z.
Lacy Gibbon, Mrs. William Moncure.
Misses Janet and Kate Badger, Annie
and Addie HARDWOOD, and Miss Lizzie
Taylor.
The marriage will take place at the
Church OF the Good Shepherd at high
noon.
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such laws, and promise to use all their
efforts to suppress them. That's jim
dandy clause, and when the new "pie-
triots' get in, the people can pay their
taxes at the proper time If they are
especially anxious to do so, and If not
they can just let it alone.
The fifth spasm declares again for
the consolidation Of Offices so as to re-
auire the whole time of those who draw
salaries from the city treasury. We
suppose if the boilers movement should
happen to be successful, one or mora
prominent business enterprises would
change hands.
The sixth spasm of the "flatform de-
clares for an equitable geographical dis
tribution Of public funds; the fore. let all
the sections Of the city rejoice; tn" distri-
buting wagon will pass around doubt
less in regular ice-wagan fashion and
ring bell in front Of every house. be-
tween the hours of 6 o'clock and 8 O'Clock
Il. m, and Z O'clock and 8 OcocE p. IN.
Great scheme this--a regular Edward Bel
lamy looking backward scheme, ny which
every voter vii; have permanent I'M
provements" to throw ut birds.
But Mayor Russ and Mr.. Ham Smith
and Mr.. Chns. Lumsden are all right for
the seventh section pledges the suph,rt Of
all the new ''pietriots' to the foregoing
resolutions, and the second spasm un-
equivocally declares in favor Of two
years term and a tew tenure term. Mayor
Russ has only served one term and there
fore is entitled to his second term. ny.
Smith likewise Mr. Lumsden, most
popular and deserving young citizen, has
not yet had any term at all. and SO he is
entitled to his two year terms, and there
fore if the new 'pietriots" are ut all
consistent in their declarations, these
gentlemen will have no opposition.
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Do you know what an
/" emulsion isl" 1t is when
each drop of the oil is broken
up into minute drops, SO small
you can hardly see them with
the microscope: SO minute
that they pass at once through
the tissues into the circula-
ton. SCOTS Emulsion does
not disturb digestion, is not
unpleasant to take, and does
not fail to do its work be-
cause digestion can deal with
it at once. You may be able
to disguise the taste Of raw
OIL AMI Ger It },:s: The palate
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with - .t.@Sr, Il BOVINE
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