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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-22
PERSONALS.

Judge Womack has gone to Pittsbort
to spend Sunday.
Mr.. A. f. Page, of Aberdeen, was ii
Raleigh yesterday.
Governor Russell has gone to Wrights
vile. He viii return Tuesday.
Ex-Sheriff M. w. Page spent yester
day in Raleigh on private business.
| Mr.. r. L. Gray returned yesterday
! from a visit to the Western part of the
State.
| Miss Cornie Petty, of Carthage, is ii
the city, visiting at Mrs. F. 0. Mornings
on Blount street.
Mr.. r. HI. Battle and his daughter
Miss Rosa, yesterday returned from
Washington City.
| Mrs. Charles NJ. Busbee is visiting
!. John S. Cunningham at her home
! al Person county.
| Mrs. Harvey, of Kinston, and Miss
Eta Heart, of Durham, are visiting al
Mrs. julius Lewis.
Judge James e. Shepherd came down
from Chapel Hill yesterday and spent
the day in Raleigh.
Mr.. e. A. Keeling left yesterday for
Wilson. He has many warm friends
here who are always glad to see him.
Mr.. Lee benson, who has been visiting
relatives and friends in the city, left yes
terday for his home in Albany, n. Y.
Mrs. Van Moore, Mrs. e. 2. Maynard,
and Mrs. Bart Calling have gone to
Meridian, Miss, to visit their parents.
Mr. e. II. Fellows returned to the city
yesterday. He has been in England
this summer on a visit to his parents.
t. of
passed through Raleigh on his way to
Oak Ridge, where he will attend school.
Mr.. w. NJ. Babbitt, who has been here
looking up some old land grants, left
yesterday for his home in Pamlico coun-
ty.
Mrs. J. p Belk, of Charlotte, and Miss
Mamie Hill, of San Antonio, Texas,
are visiting at the home of Prof. d. I'll.
Hill.
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., will this sea-
son deliver his lecture, Backbone" in
prominent courses, as far west as Chi
cago.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Norman yesterday
returned from the Western part of the
State, where they have been for the past
two weeks.
Misses Bertha Kluppelberg and BERTHE
THEM, who have been spending several
weeks at Misenheimer Springs, have re-
turned home.
Mrs Paul Lee and children. accom-
panied by Mrs. Lees mother, have re-
turned from a months visit to Baltimore
and Washington.
Mr.. Charles E. Johnson, Miss Mary
Johnson and Miss Eleanor Vass returned
Yesterday from EuroDn where they have
been for two months.
Ex-Governor Elias Carr left yesterday
for his hon Bracebridge Hail." in
Edgecombe / ~. He has been here
several days / qsiness.
Mr.. p. G. l SIS returned yesterday
from the West part of the State
with the A. and college.
Mr.. Roscoe Star Cd Theophilus Dodd,
of Johnston count. jSand his bride, nee
Miss Fannie Powers,@of Wake Forest,
returned yesterday from a bridal tour to
Morehead.
Mr.. w. Hickman Carter, who has been
in the city for several weeks, visiting his
sister, Mrs. John e. Ray, left yesterday
for Kentucky, to resume his duties in
the institution for the blind in that State
Miss Edna Robinson, official stenogra-
pher to the Eastern Criminal Court, and
formerly executive clerk in the Govern
or's office here, was in the city yester-
day. Miss Robinson left on the after
noon train for Wilson.
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JOhnSOn'S
Chill and
Fever
TOXIC
Cures Fever
In One Day.
MRS. w. w. HOLT, GRAHAM, N. c.,
SAYS:

If all nursing mothers could only know
the trae worth of Mrs. Joe Persons Rem
edy, a world of anxiety and trouble
would be saved. 1t is the greatest medi-
cine / ever tried in my life. had a
"a la4I rtllHs, and do believe
/ am indebted to Mrs. Joe Persons Rem
edy for having raised them all. When
anything is the matter with my children
give them the Remedy and there is
never any need to give them soothing syr-
ups, paregoric and things OF that KIND.
The Remedy keeps them well and
healthy, especially when teething, and
they never need anything else. One of my
babies had sore eyes so that the eyes had
to be kept shaded all the time, and the
Remedy cured her. cannot say enough
for it. If everybody could know what
it would D and try it, world of suf
fering would be saved.
MRS. w. w. HOLT.
Graham, N. c., July Is, 1897.
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WHO IS no Anr Fnp rHEa.9-

WHO Ic no RrsAafn Enp TI1Er.a- :.
The tents shipped back here yesterday
from Ocean View were in terrible con-
dition. Though they were sent by ex-
press they were piled up helter-skelter
with stoves, bicycles and other mer-
chandise, and when taken off the train
they were rolled and tumbled around
on the platform in the dirt and rain.
The officer who is responsible for the
shipment of those tents ought to be
court-martialed. They ought to have
been carefully cleaned, dried and pack
ed in bundles of five, and the tent poles
in bundles of three and tied with tarred
Irvine. Instead Of that they were piled
into the car like so much rubbish that
was never to be used again.
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DEATH OF MRS. A. f. PAGE,
She Passed Away Suddenly Yesterday
Afternoon at Aberdeen Surrounded by
Her Family.

She Passed Away Suddenly Yesterday
Afternoon at Aberdeen Surrounded by
Her Family.
A telegram was received here yester-
day afternoon by her aunt, Miss Il. j.
Barclay, announcing the sudden death,
presumably of heart-failure, at Aberdeen
at 5:15 p m, of Mrs. a. f. Page.
Mrs. Page had been somewhat ailing
for several days, but she was yesterday
morning considered so much better that
her husband, Mr.. A. Il. Page, had spent
the day in Raleigh, and had taken the
train back home only a little while af-
ter leaving Miss Barclay, who had not
then received the sad intelligence.
There were present with Mrs. Page
at the time of hr death all her children,
except Mr.. Walter III. Page, Associate
Editor of the Atlantic Monthly. The
surviving children are Misses Emma,
Mary and Fannie Page, Messrs. Walter
H., Robert n, H. A., Christopher and
A. Frank Page, Jr. Besides these her
aunt, also, Mrs. Esther RabOteau, was
with her.
Mrs. Page was about fifty-five years
of age, and was woman of marked
strength and nobility of character and
strong mental endowment. she was q
devoted member of the Methodist church
in which her good works shone to the
glory of God.
Mrs. Page was the niece of the late
Mrs. c. C. Barbee, also.
The details of funeral arrangements
are not yet known.
Mr.. Page and his children as well
as other relatives Of the deceased will
have the deep sympathy of friends in
all parts of the State, who will be
shocked at the startling tidings of her
untimely passing away.
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DOLLAR IN CHICAGO
Wheat Touched Top in the
Windy City.
A 6 ~ CENTS BULGE
THE OTHER MARKETS SHARE
THE WHEAT EXCITEMENT.
BUT THE BULLS LET GO LARGE BLOCKS.
Cotton Started OFF Somewhat BuIIishIy and
Closed at Net Advance of to II
Points, Stocks Still Irregular and
Unsettled.

New York, Aug. 21.-The cotton mar
ket started with something of a bull
flourish, the first call developing an adj
vance of to s points, August alone
showing the latter. There was some
quite active buying by houses having
European and Southern connections, but
as soon as this demand was satisfied
the market eased off some 2 to points
under what seemed to be organized pres
sure on the part of several prominent
houses, who took advantage of the fact
that the market had no general, outside
speculative support. AT IL o'clock the
price showed a net gain of 4 to 5 points,
then rallied sharply on renewed buying
for New Orleans and Liverpool account
and closed very steady at net advance
of 5 to II points.
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RALEIGH COTTON n
Good cotton S3 0S1. Receipts - bales.
RALEIGH PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. August I:-Money on call
nominally IL ak per cent; last loan at - per
cent, closed at = per cent. Prime meT-
camille paper 8xa4E per cent; Sterling ex-
change steady, with actual business in
483Kal 83A for sixty days. Posted rates 4.s4K
a488 and 4.86k(1487. Commercial bills,
go. Silver certificates =. Bar silver
firm. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds
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MORE MULES AND HORSES.

The tax returns in the hands of the
State Equalization Board show an in
crease Of about IL per cent in the num-
Dor Of n -les and hnrSasja. the snatt ri ST
Of the State this year, as compared with
the year 1896. In sixteen Of the princi-
pal cotton counties Of the State there
are 1880 more mules and horses than
there were a year ago.
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|
| During the present administration the
indebtedness of the city has been reduced
| by $4,000. The claim is therefore made
| that the city's money has not been vast
ed. Its fiscal affairs have been wisely
and economically managed. 1t is believ-
ed that the present tax rate will produce
sufficient revenue to pay all current eX-
penses and provide for the sinking fund
1t is very clear that the present tax rate
will not produce sufficient revenue to
pay current expenses-hOwever economi-
cal-provide for the sinking fund and in
addition, pay for permanent improve
ments.
Let us go back to first principles for a
moment The issue upon which the
board of 1895 was elected, and again in
1897, unanimously endorsed and re-elect-
ed was street improvements and lights.
The lights have been provided for land
we shall have good lights or die fghting).
How, then, shall the streets be provided
for?
In making up the budget for the year
1897. the committee could not provide
sufficient funds for permanent improve
ments on the streets for lack
of sufficient revenue. Our record
will clearly bear out the statement that
we do not wish or intend to increase the
taxes. But what about the issue upon
which we were elected and so handsomely
endorsed for reelection? If you meant
what You said, fellow citizens, we call
upon you to stand by us. We desire to
make these improvements, but in order to
do so, it is necessary to issue bonds. We
believe you to be in earnest, we want you
to he serious now. These bonds cannot
be issued unless YOU register and go to
the polls and authorize us to do so.
1t is believed to be true that the saving
an repairs to streets paved with this mon
ey will more than pay the interest on
these bonds, and instead of increasing the
taxes, in a short time, the taxes may be
reduced
Sympathizing with the Street commit
ought to be the handsomest streets of our
lovely city, we call upon you to give us
the power to provide the funds
We append a table showing the indebt-
edness and tax rate of this city as com
pared with a number of cities of like i'm
portance, prepared by the worthy city at
torney, the Hon. r. T. Gray, in 1889,
which even then. showed every compari-
son most favorable to Raleigh. And
while the other cities may have gone on
increasing their Indebtedness or their
tax rate, neither of these has been the
case with Raleigh.
Respectfully submitted: J. d. Boushall,
chariman John G. Drewry, II. NJ. Ivey,
Finance committee.
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LIVERPOOL, Aug. 21.-1:00 p. M.-Spot cot
ton, retail demand, prices steady; American
middling g. sd.
sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export and
included 4,700 American; receipts 200 bales,
all American.
5000 steAriy fts ssss. @seaa=l
ord oIoaad oI1iat bOt ste adv.
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neooRNLo.Nco.
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.

Galveston, easy, Z 3 Is, 1,495 bales.
Norfolk, quiet, 8, - bales
Baltimore, nominal, 81, - bales.
Boston. quiet, *, % bales.
win. Lgton, quiet, ~, - bales.
Philadelphia, firm. 81. 40 bales.
savannah, quiet. Z, li5 bales.
New Orleans, easy, LIS. ~, bales
Mobile, nothing doing, TX, bales.
Memphis, steady, ~, s bales.
Augusta, steady. ~. bales
Charleston, steady I. 2 bales.
Cincinnati. quiet, 81, s bales
Louisville, quiet, 3, bales.
st. Louis, steady, :, l bale
Houston, quiet, Lie. AGO. bales,
New YORK, quiet, steady, X, - bales.
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SALESM, N (side line preferred):-To
'eell Wrapping Paper and Advertising
Novelties to merchants in their territory.
Correspondence solicited. Exclusive ter
ritory given. Kemper-Thomas Paper
Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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WANTED.

Men and women who wish good paying
government positions. Now is the time
to apply. Fall examinations held in ev-
cry State Pointers and catalogue free.
Address, e American Correspondence
School, Ellington, D. @.
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Cash Eaid for old clothes, shoes, and
is at Harris Steam Dye Works, East
argett street. Raleigh.
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NEW YORA.

NEW YORK, August 21.-Futures opened
steady at the advance; sales $500 bales.
Futures closed very steady; sales $4,000
boIaS
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CHICAGO, August 81.
opening. Closing,

Flour active. Wheat. No spring
Sal No. 3 spring 92a97; No. g red, new,
n: No. white O o Oh a1k: No. Wbite
0 b2lCd23 Rye, No. 2, 53& Barley, No.
y, nominal; No. f o b 27a3l; No. 1, ola
a38 flax seed. No. l, ll8kal2O. Prime Tim
Otby seed 81 70. Mess pork per Dbl, $40
S75 Lard. per 100 lbs 1886. Short rib
SIDES GOOSE So 2UaS.45 Dry salted shoulders
Cboxed) 6ahk Snort clear sides boxed
l5AG5% Whiskey, distillers' finished goods
per AallOn El20
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LIy ERPOOL.

Spot cotton closed quiet and stea ly; mid
ding uplands ~, middlinE gulf So; sales 60
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THE BOND ISSUE.
An Address to the Citizens by the
Finance Committee.

To the Citizens of the City of Raleigh:
When the board of 1895 came into
power, there was a deficit in the city s
revenues of $5,1U3.64. The deficit at the
close of the fiscal year ending March LIST,
1897 was $17,S1001 net deficit for the
two years, $12,10737. The expenditures
during that time upon permanent i'm
provements were as follows (see Mayors
'0T..
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BALTIMORE.

\ BALTIMORE, August. 21.-Flour firm,
unchanged; western supertine S3.I0a3.25; do.
extra 81 5ats5, do. family &75d5.0O; winter
wheat patents &5.25a550 spring do. $500
SIS: sprtng wheat strai0hts $5.0595.20.
Wheat strong and higher: No 2 red spot
and August 81 U6Aal.06x; September 81 05xa
U5K: steamer No. 2 red l.03Mal OBJ South
ern wheat by sample, &.02al07h; do. onz
grade 81 DIAL OF.
Corn strong, spot, 35Hae9K; September &xt
a36; steamer miyed 38a33k; Southern white
80; do. yellow 35a38.
Oats 81 eady; No. 9 white, new 2SKa24;
No mixed, new 20a2l.
Rye sJrong and higher; o. 2, nearby SEA
b2k: NO 2 western b2.
Hay firm; choice Timothy slS.O0al3.5O.
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WILMINGTON, N. O., August 2I-Spirits
turpentine steady at 25a25K; receipts l82
CASKS.
kosin firm strained S1.15; good strained
$l20; receipts $50 barrels.
Crude turpentine steady; hard S1.30; soft
xl.SO; virgin $190, receipts 80 barrels.
Tar quiet and steady at $l.l0 receipts I39
barrels. f-
CHARLEaToE, Sc, August 2I.-Turpen inc
firm at 20 bid; sales - casks
Rosin firm; sales -; A, b, @, $1.20; d, Sl.20;
y, I.20; +. Sl25, g, $3.50, H, S1.45, |, $l.45 X,
SLOT, M, 81 55, N, $l.75, window glass $3.50, wa
ter white 81 20.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug 2l.-Spirits turpen-
tine firm at 20; sales l,O20; receipts 900.
hosln firm, sales 1858; receipts 4,282; A. b.
y SL2Q; ID, Sl20; Il. Sl.25; +, $780, u, S1.35; III,
Sl.45, !, $3.50; X. $3.50; M, $685. N, $3.50; win
dow glass 81 %; water white 1926.
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VISOR Of the library.
Rnninnnin NNvrha I lit r librarian

VISOR Of the library.
Benjamin Wyche, Litt.B., librarian.
Eugene Lewis Harris, PHI. B.. registrar.
Willie Thomas Patterson, bursar.
-Four departments-Colleg 30T; law,
Il; medicine, 81; summer school for
teachers, 1853; total, $40.
Three college courses. Three brief
courses.
Fully equipped library and laborato-
ries.
Tuition, $50. Board, IS per month.
| think the ordinary North CarOlnian
may be pardoned for little special re-
joicing over the recent elevation of DIR.
Edwin a. Alderman to the presidency
of the institution, and those who know
him we'll may be pardOned even if they
appear a little enthusiastic in their re-
joicing. The University has had at its
head some of the worthiest of the sons
of the old State, a Caldwell. a Swain,
a Battle, a Winston and as Il most
worthy successor of them-Alderman
These predecessors of the present DIS
tinguished president have done much
for the institution. DR.. Alderman, if pos
sibe, is doing more. They have worked
hard in season and out of season to
build it up and keep it built. DIR. Alder
have by earnest labor and by virtue of
their own lofty character, and that of
their efficient faculty associates at
tracted large numbers to the institution.
DIR. Alderman is attracting more They
have after patient and tireless effort and
training sent many young men out into
the useful avenues of the State fred with
the ambition to become influential forces
the States upbringing. DR.. Alderman
is sending more. These facts are the best
endorsement of the action of the Board
of Trustees in their selection of this dis
tinguished young North Carolinian to
preside over the destinies of the States
'mightiest piece of social machinery"
His efforts are ably and enthusiastical-
ly seconded by the other members Of
the faculty and the five hundred men
and boys here form a little educational
army as well generated as any in the
land.
l would like to write at some length
about the classes, the societies and fra
ternities, and about the gymnasium, and
the college athletics all complete and all
interesting. but as to get started on these
would mean an almost endless story
must forbear.
The University is in the midday of its
glory; the sun of prosperity is shining
with peculiar brightness and across it's
sky there are no clouds appearing. II
looks back upon past as glorious as it
is honorable, and starts its second CEN
fury with full confidence that it is to
receive more than ever the affection and
confidence of the people of the State. 1t
has broadened with the breadth of this
\ i
classical curriculum and adding to it the
modern additional scientific and profess
sional courses. The widening of the
scope of the University's instruction will
keep pace with the needs of the people,
There is here the spirit of helpfulness
to the whole people as well as the spirit
of scholarship and investigation.
Improvement and progress mark not
only the instruction impaired and the
attendance, but in the comforts and
eauty of the physical university as well.
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in all TO $3.50, for which he gave his note.
At first he did some practice in the viii
lage and surrounding country. but sshe
soon determined to devote his whole time
to the mercantile business aud linked in
with vigor 10 build himself up in this line.
He applied himself diligently to the con-
Quoting of his little store. He knew the
college boys. they knew and liked him,
and they gave him large percentage of
their trade. His business began to grow.
He paid up the $4,000 note honght
other goods. NET his payments promptly
and within few months his business
WAS spreading out into larger and more
convenient quarters. He is now me Of
the leading merchants Of Chapel Hin,
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RESIDENCE OF A. A. KLUTTZ, ESQ.
Chapel Hill, N c.

his lahors. He has dealt fairly and
squarely with his ne:ghhors. and NIL his
III -:tf4tf ttiirrrr r. perhaps nor one
among them would deny his just right 20
sions.
Mr.. McCauly is native of Orange
county. was raised an u farm four miles
from Chapel Hill. He has been
merchandising in the same build
ing for forty four years. He be-
gan his mercantile career as a clerk in
1873. After clerking two years he
became n member Of the firm Of Long
& McCauly. which firm remained to-
gether for IL years. Since then Mr..
McCauly has conducted the business by
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himself. He occupies one of the most con-
ven:ently located stores in the town
winch nc bought years ago, and which
is 80 feet wide by lob long. He has
because of gradual growth in his BUSH
ness found it necessary several times
to enlarge his store and otherwise in
crease his facilities. He has for all these
long years been leader in the general
trade of his section, carries an extensive
stock of general merchandise aud all
kinds of farmers supplies. Mr.. McCauly
went to the war with the First North
Carolina regiment which was organized
in Raleigh and served through the strug-
gle with that fidelity to the cause and
with that heroism and courage that was
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w. N. Pritchard and every man that
knows him will say so.
Mr. Pritchard came to Chapel Hill in
1883, after his business had Outgrown the
little store he occupied five miles out
in the country. He became Il partner in
Tie mercantile business with Mr.. L. II.
lloyd, one of the sOlidest citizens Of the
county. and the firm of Pritchard Sc
lloyd did an extensive business for sew
eral years. Finally Mr.LlOyd retired from
the firm and the business since then has
Keen successfully conducted by Mr..
Pritchard. He is a good merchant even
in these days when it takes the hest of
business men to successfully conduct a
mercantile business. His store is head
quarters for large number of people
from all over this section of the country
who have been his patrons ever since he
began business in 1873.
Mr.. Pritchard is popular with the town
people as well as was evidenced by the
fact that in March 1896, when IA vacancy
was to occur in the postoffice hese his
neighbors and friends united fm recon-
mendations to President Cleveland to
appoint him nostmas ter Lis, aanderse-
.,ients We're so numerous and SO cunvinc-
ing that the position was rendered him
and the old town has never had an off,
cial that has given more universal salts
ractlon. He is capnhle. competent
ana accommodation postmaster and has
the good will and the respect Of every
patron OF the office. Mr.. Prtchard has
carved out of the opportunities around
MN the success that is his and in the
endowment Of the fruits OF his inces~ant
ton ne has friends all about who wish
MN still greater measure Of success.
Mr.. Algernon s. Barber is the towns
popular mayor. He is u native Chapel