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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
A NEW RAIL ROAD
| FOR RALEIGH
will Run From This City to
Springhope.
THE COMPANY Is FORMED
INCORPORATION PAPERS HAVE
BEEN DRAWN.
GEN. JULIAN S. CARR is Ar IFS HEAD
Some Twenty Five of RaIeigh's Leading Bust
ness Men Among Subscribers TO Stock.
win Give Raleigh an Atlantic
Coast Line Connection.

At last it does seem as if Raleigh's
dream is to become a reality.
A railroad is to be built TO Spring
hope, Nash county.
A rich agricultural and timber section
is to be opened up.
We are to be brought many miles
nearer Northern and seacoast cities.
The Atlantic Coast Line is to come in
and compete with the Seaboard and
the Southern for our business.
1t will not come IN directly, nor rs the
Coast Line, but it will come in over a
road to be built from here to Springhopc
by home capital.
The charter for this railroad has al
ready been drawn and about twenty
five Of Raleigh's wealthiesr and most
enterprising business men are among its
incorporators.
The leading spirits in the. enterprise,
and the largest stockholders so far are
Gen. Julian $. Carr, of Durham, and
Mr. e. b. Barbee, OF Raleigh.
The incorporation papers were drawn
Friday by Mr.. Armistead Jones, Of this
city, and it was expected that they
would be sent to the Secretary Of State
yesterday, but some of those interested
were absent from the city. They will
probably be sent up this week and the
organization of the company perfected.
Springhope is in Nash county, thirty
five miles from here. 1t is thriving
lumber, cotton and naval store market,
and the terminus of branch Of the
Atlantic Coast Line. When the Coast
Line built this road it was said that it
intended TO come on to Raleigh, but it
has never done so.
For its failure to come two reasons
have been assigned: Q) That the Sea-
board allowed it to use its bridge at
Weldon only on condition that it should
not build into Raleigh; - that both Sea-
board and Southern declined to sell it
a third interest in the Union depot here
and fair trackage arrangements could
not be made.
Now it Is proposed to build by private
enterprise road from here 10 Spring
hope. TO connect with the Coast Line,
which will to all intents and purposes
be bringing the Coast Line into Raj
eigh.
This road win run through the richest
agricultural and most heavily timbered
sections of Wake county, district
hitherto bottled up. The company is
backed by men Of means ana Of influence
in financial circles.
The construction Of this road means
much, very much to Raleigh, and it is
to be hoped it will be built ut any early
date, as it must be built some day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
BARBECUE AT CARALEIGH.
A Splendid Feast TO the Operatives and
Some Invited Guests

People who do not understand condi-
tions in the South sometimes express
surprise at the friendly relations that
exists here between employer and EN-
ploye.
Had such persons been at the Cara
leigh mills yesterday. they would have
ceased to wonder and would have re-
manned to take part in the feast of good
things. They would have seen a bounti-
full dinner spread for operatives and i'm
yited guests. They would have seen
employer and employee, workingman and
banker chatting Familiarity together and
helping themselves out of the same dish.
They would have seen two hundred
and fifty as bright faced young men and
women, boys and girls, as ONE can find
anywhere dressed in clean fresh clothes,
enjoying a half holiday and making their
dinner Of barbecue and Brunswick
stew.
1t is the custom of this mill to give a
picnic on outing of some kind to its en-
ployes once or twice every year. Half
holidays and holidays are more frequent.
And this is one reason why there are
no labor troubles in the South. At yes
terday's feast ten barbecued hogs, eight
barbecued sheep, two cases Of potted
hams, two dozen bottles of pickles, three
hundred loaves of bread and fifty pounds
of cake were eaten. The food was well
cooked and served in splendid manner.
1t was prepared by Mr. Bryant Smith,
who is an expert in this line. Another
expert, Mr.. Howard Thomas, superin-
tended the serving of the meal. With
the assistance Of Secretary Moring,
Vice President Everett and Superinten-
dent Butler. he allowed nobody to go
hungry or have an empty plate before
him.
In addition to the mill operatives the
following invited guests We're present:
@. G. Latta, ID. e. Everett, Julius
Lewis, Henry II. Litchford, Capt. j. j
Thomas, j. A. Jones, n. w. West, John
II. Pullen, VIM. Boylan. e. M. Uzzell.
v. G. Royster, w. q. Upchurch, Il. o.
Moring. Frank Ward, Alfred Chamber.
lain, s. G. Pool, II. G. Butler, Howard
Thomas, Chas Stickney, ]. NJ. Cham
berlain, w A. Myatt. j. A. Duncan,
George Gatlin, Ben Parkinson, Il. j
Pence, G. ]. Hunter, John A. Mills
Chas Belvin, L. s. Wynne, Joseph G.
Brown, Chas. Crawford, John Gatlin
and George II. Ball.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
SAYS HE'S THE son OF GOD.
Harry Debnams Mind Gone and He
Says Strange Things.


Harry Debnam. negro hack driver
who went crazy here several days ago,
was yesterday brought back from Au-
burn, whittier he had wandered, and put
in jail awaiting his admission into the
asylum at Goldsboro. He imagines HIM
self the son of God and thinks he is
compelled to go about preaching the
gospel When arrested ut Auburn he
had been ont in the storm all night and
had lost everything except his Bible a
copy Of the News and Observer and a
short stick. He was very scantily cloth
ed
When he arrived here and was being
taken to the Jail he conceived the idea
he was about to be hung ara ne set up
a mighty cry for help and mercy. When
fresh clothes were taken to him he got
solemnly down on his knees ana prayed
the Lord to hold the earth still for a
few moments until he could put on his
clothes.
He says the News and Observer is in
spired and all men should read and fol
low it, that it is the next thing to the
New Testament. All men. he says,
ought TO vote for the constitutional
amendment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
NO RIOT AT THE PEN.

1t was reported Friday, and the report
was published in certain papers, that
there had been a riot at the penitcntiary
"Ihere was not particle of truth III
it." said Mr.. Il. b. Arendell, manager
Of the central prison. "One man was
sent to the dark cell for refusal to work
and a second was sent because he en-
outraged the man in his stubbornness-
There was no riot nor anything III the
nature of one" The report seems to
have been given out in the City by a
drunken employee who had been dis
charged.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

stitution for colored consumptives.
Each Of the buildings is constructed for
the accommodation of twelve patients.
So when the new building is completed
on November 10Th, the institution will
be ready to receive SO negro consump-
tives.
Last year there were IA patients
treated, and this year a much larger
number is expected The institution is
open from November 10Th to May LIST
each year
1t has been endorsed by the Chamber
of Commerce here and by the Legisla-
ture of North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

The soothing and healing properties of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy, its pleas
ant taste and prompt and permanent
cures, have made it a great favorlte with
the people everywhere. For sale every
where. Bobbitt Wynne Drug Co, and
II. T. Hicks, Druggists, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
The results from an advertisement In the
One Cent a Word Column win surprise you.
FINE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

The completest and best telephone di-
rectory ever issued in Raleigh is that
yesterday distributed by the Interstate
Telephone Company among its sub
seribers. First it contains in large bold
type, an alphabetical list, of all sub
scribers with their phone number. Then
there is a numerical list from 1 to $50.
Next is the Interstate business directo-
ry, in which every business subscriber is
put under an appropriate head with all
other subscribers in the same business.
And this last feature makes it almost
a necessity for a business man 10 have
an Interstate phone. And lastly comes
on red and blue paper respectively, the
Durham and Goldsboro directories. The
book is splendidly printed and well
bound.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
HONESTY OF CORPORATIONS.
The Postal Says It's Receipts for a Quar-
ter Were Only $319.5O.


Here is what makes the people have
such small confidence in the honesty Of
corporations.
The laws of North Carolina require
all telegraph, telephone and express com
panies to make returns every quarter
OF their gross receipts and pay 2 per
cent. tax thereon.
For the quarter ending June Both.
the Postal Telegraph Company returns
only Sjl9.5O Now this, it swears, were
its entire receipts in North Carolina for
three months. On this the per cent.
tax amounts to the munificent sum Of
$500
The Western Union Company has not
yet made its return for the quarter, but
for the quarter ending March 31st it
returned $12,S1S and paid as tax ON it
S2j6.36.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
WONDERFUL CHEAP AND GOOD

Richmond and return. all stations
from Durham to Selma, 1926 on Wealth
ers and Christians personally conducted
excursion. Train leaves Raleigh 8 A. M,
Aug. 23rd. Leaves Richmond 6 p. m,
the Oath. Low rates at first class hotels.
Only great outing to this city this sea,
son.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspep-
STA because its ingredients are such that
it can't help doing so. '"The public can
rely upon it as a master remedy for all
disorders arising from imperfect diges-
ton. james M. Thomas, M. d.. in
America journal Of Health, N. Y. Bob
bitt Wynne & Co, w. H. King & Co.,
Adams & Moye, VIM. Simpson, Drug
gists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

"Trust not to appearances, but put
your faith in Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
never disappoints. 1t is the best medi-
cine money can buy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
THE PIcKFoRD sANITARIUM.
A New Building Being Erected Given
BY a Lady in New England

DIR. Scruggs. the secretary and general
manager of the Piekford Sanitarium at
Southern Pines, tells the News and OH
server that new building is being erect
cd there with capacity for II patients.
1t will cost about 1000 completed and
is the gift OF Lady living in New Eng
land.
This is the third building at this in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

WANTED. "A PORTION OF YOUR
printing. Bill heads, letter heads,
statements, briefs, records, cards in
fact, printing of all kinds executed
promptly in the highest style of the art
by Afford, Bynum and Christopher,
10 Il. Hargett street, Raleigh, n. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

WANTED. A REGISTERED DRUG
gist with reference. Address Box No.
>, Red Springs, n. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

About the hardest thing for the ann
ateur farmer to raise is the money to
run the farm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

FEMALE HELP WANTED 70
man to do plain sewing at home. $l50
per day. Four months work guaran-
teed. Send stamped addressed envelope
for particulars. r. W. Hutton & Co,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

WA NTED-ONE THOUSAND MEN
and Women to give us their work.
Our Agents are all over the State.
OAK CITY STEAM LAUNDRY,
Raleigh. n. G.. I'd If
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-A NICE TWENTY,
room hotel comparatively new, well
furnished stable and barn on premises,
in a growing little town. Also other
property, improved and unimproyed.
Address, r.. b. GIBSON, Gibson, n. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

WANTED A POSITION AS BOOK
keeper and stenographer by a young
man who is a graduate Of one OF the
lead business colleges in the South;
has had previous experience in book
keeping before entering college; can
give best of reference. Address:
ook-keeper, Plateau, n. c.
WANTED TO BUY SECONDHAND
engine and hoiler, in good repair. Ad.
dress j. care News and Observer, stat
ing make, condition and price.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
One Cent a Word.

NO ADVERTISEMENT TAKEN
FOR LESS THAN % CENTS AN IN
,ERTION. CASH MUST ACCOM-
PANY ORDER. SPECIAL DIS
COUNTS ON LONG CONTRACTS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

lady CLEARED 1920, MAN S1,lS1
Marvel Waterproof shoe polish.
last six months, introducing Holiday
Selfshining, russet or black Demon
strative samples free. Why not you:
Holiday & Co. Room 3S0-1S2, Dear
born street, Chicago sole manufactur
ers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

WANTED no BUY.-AN IRON
safe with combination lock. Parties
desiring to sell should state size and
price, and address Z. o. Box 2S3, Raj
eigh, ~ c. S-2-tf
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

A partition has been torn out in the
office of the clerk of the Corporation
Commission and the office doubled in
size. 1t is a very great Improvement. as
the increased space was badly needed
The same enlargement of the Commits
sioner's room should now be made. It
is entirely too small for court room
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

WANTED FEMALE HELM
telligent Ladies to accept permanent
position, own town; salary to start vi
week. Send stamp for particulars.
The Bell Company, Dept. g, Philadel
phia, Pa
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WANTED.

MALE HELP.-REIABLE MEN
and women wanted to travel and APP
point agents; salary $3.50 Ia $1,000 q
year and all expenses guaranteed and
paid weekly. The Bell Company, Dept
ID 60, Philadelphia, Pa.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

MONEY is MANS BEST FRIEND. :"
We have figured out a positive money
maker without risk Send for our lit
tie book ON Wheat Pools, mailed free. Z
Union Investment Co. Richmond, Va.
Box 1885.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

Work is progressing very rapidly on
the new annex to the Agricultural build
ing. The foundations have been laid and
the brick work is already above ground.
A large force of hands is employed on
the building.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

$40 DAILY, NO COMPETITION, IN
Producing new Gaslight Burner for
kerosene lamps. Sells itself; sample
free. Perfection Gaslight Burner Co.
Cincinnati, ..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

FOR SALE.-ONE PORTABLE
eight horse Eclipse engine made by
Frick & Co One fifty saw Brown Cot
ton Gin and condenser. Both second
hand, hut now in perfect order. For
cash or on time properly secured. Ad-
dress T. +. Thomas & Co., Raleigh,
IN. G.
FOR sALE.-LoT CORNER OAK
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-13

FOR SALE.-LOT CORNER OAK
wook Avenue and North East streets.
Apply to u. H. Hughes, Manager
Postal Telegraph Gable Co, Savannah,
Ga.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-14
THE GOVERNMENT MOVES
MEETING TO DISCUSS A HOME
FOR CONSERVATIVES.
President Dole Will Present a Plan
Other Schemes-All Interested to
Consult Together.

The board of health and the cemete-
ry association will meet with the eX-
ecutive council tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock to discuss the matter of the
proposed public cemetery at Halawa,
and public cemeteries generally in
Honolulu. Physicians are invited to
be present at the meeting.
At o'clock on the same afternoon
the board of health and the trustees of
the Queens hospital will meet the
executive council to discuss the sub
ject of the establishment of a con-
sumptive hospital in Honolulu. All
physicians are invited to attend.
The above call, issued by the eXecu-
tive council this morning explains it
self.
The principal discussion will be up
on the hospital for consumptives, as
advocated for some time by this paper.
Today the board of health is thorough
ly alive to the matter and seem deter
mined that something shall be done at
Cnce. President Dole, also, is much in
terested and has even gone so far as to
draft plans for the institution which
will be submitted at tomorrow's meet
ing.
One of the proposals is to have a sep
arate building for cOnSumptiVes on
the grounds of the Queens hospital.
This idea is generally endorsed, al
though there is some opposition to it
on the part of persons most interested
in the hospital 1t is doubted that per-
sons afflicted with incurable diseases
should be housed so near TO as many
people as are always at the hospital.
At tomorrow afternoons meeting
there will be present the members of
the board of health, executive council,
trustees of the Queens hospital. ply
sicians of the city and all others inter
ested in the project 1t is desirable to
have all interested and all shades of
opinion represented.
If the scheme of establishing a home
on the hospital grounds obtains, it is
said that it can be built and operated
at much less expense than at any other
place in the city. One of the plans
suggested is to build a neat cottage on
one of the driest spots close to the
mountains.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-14
THIRTEEN PATENTS ISSUED
HISTORY OF THE PATENT LAW
FROM 1916.
Applications for Patents for Sugar
land-Coffee Patents From Here.

There were thirteen Hawaiian pat
ents issued last year by the commits
sioner of patents,C. p. Ripley
Patents for improvements in sugar
and coffee machinery outnumber all
others. The patents for sugar machin-
cry are nearly all to inventors resi-
dent abroad. But the patents for in
ventions and Improvement in coffee
machinery are nearly all to inventors
resident in the Islands.
The whole number of Hawaiian pat
ents issued up to January l. 1899, is 14S,
The number of applications rejected
has been very small and there has new
er been an appeal from the decision of
the commissioner of patents, while in
the United States a large part of the
litigation in the federal courts is pat
ent litigation.
In the last published report of Com
missioner of Patents Ripley a very
complete summary of the history of
the Hawaiian patent office is given. 1t
was first established in 1916, in the
reign of Kamehameha III. A law simp-
ly authorized the Minister of the Inte-
rior to grant patents at the direction
of his majesty in privy council If
deemed beneficial to- the interests of
the kingdom. No drawings or models
were required and no limit of time for
the life of the patent was set. There
issued under this law. In 1859 patents
were limited to ten years and drawings
and descriptions were required. IN
1868 caveats" were authorized. In
1884 provision was made for q commits
sioner of patents. In 1888 appeals TO
the supreme court were authorized,
and in 1886 the life of patents was in
creased from ten to fifteen years.
The number of patents granted has
been steadily increasing each year. su-
gar and coffee machinery leading. The
call for pamphlets giving the text of
the patent laws and the rules of prac-
tice adopted by the bureau comes from
all over the world.
The bureau has an almost complete
set of reports of the United States pat
ent Office from 1890 to the present time
a very valuable collection of books.
When Congress finally enacts legis-
lation for Hawaii the patent Office will
come to an end. 1t is a matter of Gu
rious interest as to what will become
of the files of the office, the descriptions
and models. They will very likely be-
come a part of the files of the patent
Office at Washington. though it is to
be hoped that the volumes of the re-
ports of the United States patent office
may remain here permanently.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-14
DAY OF ROUTINE BUSINESS
CIRCUIT COURT BUSTED WITH
DETAIL WORK.
Weizbiski. the Galician, Charged with
Larceny, Declared by Foreign Jury
Not Guilty.

In the damage matter of Henry C.
Vida vs.. James Carty, plaintiff has fill
ed a motion for a new trial.
In the suit of j. Todd VS.. James
Hooper Davis and William Hooper,
administrator, assumpsit defendant
Davis, has filed an amended answer to
the complaint averring that he had sold
all his right in the estate of Charles
Hooper to the administrator thereof
William Hooper.
Ed Aldrich, charged with forgery
has by his attorney filed a motion to
quash the indictment against him for
the following reasons The indictment
is invalid in law for the reason that
the same charges a felony and is not
the presentment of a grand jury as re-
quired by the constitution of the Unit
ed States; the indictment is not found,
subscribed, sworn to or endorsed as
required by law; it does not state facts
constituting any offense cognizable by
this court.
Nolle prosequi was this morning en-
tered in the circuit court in the case
of Thomas Quinn, charged with heed
less driving. Defendant drove over a
soldier on street corner about two
months ago. AS the soldier left the
country short time later the govern
ment lost its principal witness and
could not proceed with the matter
Tasaka was found guilty in Judge
Stanley's court this morning of viOlat-
ing Section 100 of the penal code. Sen
tence tomorrow.
In the matter of Fiodor Weizbski
charged with larceny in the second de-
gree, a foreign jury this morning re-
turned a unanimous verdict of acquit-
tai.
Judge Stanley this morning heard
the charge against Jules Titcomb, for
murder in the second degree. On mo-
ton of the prosecution the case went
over to next Monday, when the plea
will be entered. The woman whose
death is charged to Titcomb, was nam
ed Kahele, and the crime is alleged to
have taken place at Hanalei on No
Vember last
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-14
IT HAS LARGELY INCREASED
SINCE ANNEXATION.
All Efforts to Make People Understand
That Postal Union Rates Still Pre-
vail Seem Intellectual
Annexation has its drawbacks.


The records of the postoffice show
that the amount and proportion of in
sufficiently prepaid foreign mail has
largely increased since the Islands be-
came a part of the United States. In
spite of notification sent out to all fed
eral postmasters by the United States
postmaster general, and to the public
generally through the Associated Press
a great many people in the union per-
sist in believing, or in acting as If they
believed, that because Hawaii is Ame-
rica, a two cent postage stamp is
enough to put on a letter.
The result is that nearly everybody
who gets any considerable amount of
mail finds himself called on after the
arrival of every steamer from the
coast to pay a few fines imposed by
the rules of the postal union. In many
cases it amounts to a considerable
sum.
But this is not the only feature about
the situation Every man, woman and
child apparently in the United States.
who has any thought that it would be
a good thing to come here, feels priVi-
legged to write to anyone here whose
name or identity they may happen to
learn, to make inquiries about the Is
lands. In hundreds of instances they
neglect to fully prepay postage on
their own letters or to enclose postage
for reply. The result is that the recip-
lent has to pay from ten to fifteen cents
to get the letter of inquiry. out of the
postofIice, and at least five cents more
if he answers the letter, which is q
higher rate on courtesy and complai-
sance than any war tax the govern
ment ever dared impose.
The acme of this sort of thing was
experienced by a citizen who received
a letter from the states inquiring about
a matter that was absolutely of no in
terest to the recipient, but was Of
considerable interest to the sender.
But the sender had insufficiently pre-
paid the postage on the letter, had en-
closed no stamps, but had enclosed a
self addressed envelope.