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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-09
DrvGoods

New York, November S.-Spot market
again ruled quiet, but good supply of mail
orders for staple cottons and for spring
lines of shirtings, prints. percals, etc.
Prices of brown and bleaehed eottons very
firm Denims show further advances of
nc. in some quarters. Ticks and paids also
occasionally Nc advance. No business in
regular print cloths, but wide goods are in
fuller demand than supply, and Lice.
dearer. Wooden and worsted dress fabrics
in good request and tending upward. Silks
are firm with fair demand.
New York Cotton Futures
By Private Wire to T. G. Hewlett Agt.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-09
The Cattle Markets

The Cattle Marxets
Chicago, November S.-Native beeves
higher; general quality not very good.
Texans, small receipts. market stronger
Cow market firm; Gamers, steady; stockers
and feeders unchanged; calves steady.
Cattle, good to fancy; sales, $5.S@6.50; few
fancy, $3.50. Common to medium, $4.35@5.65;
common to medium fed. $4IOq55O; calves
s4OO@7.5O; western rangers, $415@5S0; can
ners, $7.75Q2.90.
Hogs-Packing hogs, s cents higher;
others steady to stronger; hogs fair to
prime $415d4.30 heavy packers, $3.9OG4.15;
mixed, s4.OOQ4. 221z; light weight, 400@4-25.
Sheep-Good sheep and lambs, 1Oa15 cents
higher; other grades steady to firm: sheep,
common to choice, $325@4.60; western
rangers, $360d4.50; good to prime lambs,
S.. O0a5. so; prime native yearlings &4Od475;
receipts cattle, 1880; hogs, $1,000; sheep,
1900.
St Louis, November Seattle receipts,
8 400. including 1000 Texans. Market strong
with Texans, 10 higher. Native shipping
and export steers, $5006I6.40; dressed beef
and butchers steers, $4.25GI5.50; steers under
1000 pounds, $3.559475; stockers and feed
ers. s2.5094.55 Gamers, .$1.0o42.75; Texas
and Indian steers, $4,000. 40; Texas and
Indian cows and heifers. 81. 25@3.55
Hogs-Receipts. $500; market, strong;
pigs and lights, $4Oo@4.10; packers, $4,000
40; butchers, $4.10GI420,
sheep-Receipts, 100; market strong;
native muttons, si0od4.25; lambs. $4,000
4.e21b; culls and bucks, s25oa4Oo Texans,
$S.0OQ405.
Cincinnati November S.-Hogs, steady
and strong S3.50a430; cattle steady, $4,000
$40; sheep, steady. S20OQ3.So; lambs easy,
$S.25Q5.00.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-09

Treas Try Statement
washington, November S--Today's state
ment of the condition or the treasury shows
available cash balance of s2S9. sos; gold
reserve, s254,176, 504.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
MAJOR JOHN W. SCOTT
Sanford'S Leading Citizen and One of Natures
NobIemen. Young in all but Years,

Major John w. Scott, one Of North
cardinals most honored and respected
citizens, was born in Wake county De-
cember Is. 1929. His father, Willis
Scott, was a farmer of Wake county,
and in 1910 moved to Raleigh. His
great grand father came to North Caro-
ma from Virginia more than one hun
dred and ten years ago.
Young Scott was educated principally
III the Raleigh Academy, and out of his
class of forty-five in this school thirty
eight attended the State University, and
1t Is a noticeable fact that those who did
not attend have succeeded better finan-
cially. He has always been a strong
advocate Of temperance in ali its forms,
denouncing the use of liquor and the Ii
censing Of saloons as the curse or mod
ern cities.
He did not attend school after leaving
the Raleigh Academy, but accepted the
position of cashier of the Did Yarbor-
ough House, north of the Capitol. After
being here one year he went TO Fayette-
vile and engaged with Ham and John
son, who were the largest merchants
of that place. After serving this firm
two years as a clerk he engaged in busI-
ness at Ramsey's Mills. in Chatham
county. This was in 1913, and in 1854
he removed to Haywood's in the same
county, and continued his general mer-
chandise business at that point until
1872, when he engaged in farming,
which he continued actively until 1881,
at which time he moved to Lennon
Springs Moore county, buying this prop
erty and widely advertised the sll-
perior medicinal properties of these
springs, which are almost identical with
the Buffalo Lithia Springs waters.
In 1891 Major Scott moved to San
ford. where he has been one of the fore
most citizens in building that live and
progressive little city.
He is president of the Sanford Sash
and Blind Factory, is n director i'll the
Moore, Harnet and Chatham Bank of
Sanford, and also of the Commercial
and Farmers Bank of Raleigh. Major
Scott has been one Of the prime movers
in Sanford's new cotton mill. in the sue
cess of which he is taking great inter
est. 1t is his intention to see that no
employee Of this mill is addicted - drink,
and he also wishes to make the mill a
place where the best class of CITIZENSHIP
may be employed.
He IS a large land owner. having
about eight thousand acres of land that
can be cultivated. lie has twenty-five
or thirty farms in high state of cult
vation In 1885 he married Miss Kate
l.. Mclean. Of Chatham county, whose
grandmother was a sister of DIR. Mac
Rae, who came from Scotland
He has four children living, two sons
and two daughters. One OF his sons
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
HON. DUNCAN T. McIVER
An Able Lawyer and Prominent Citizen Who
Has Gained Distinction not Only as
Lawyer and Business Man
but.in the Party
Councils Of
the State.
hesitate.

Duncan T.. McIver was born in Moore
county February II, 1861. His father,
Wesley McIver, was farmer of Moore
county. The McIver family some or
the oldest in the State, and came ORR
ginally from Scotland.
Mr. Mclver was educated at Bing
hams School and at the State Uni
yersity. On leaving the University he
located in Sanford. and became the man
aging partner of the firm Of McIyers,
which was for years the leading mercun-
tile firm Of this section. He soon be-
came prominently identified with the
business and ra2tical life Of this entire
section, and in 1886 the people called
on him to represent them in the State
Senate. He was elected and made Il
notable record in that body: II was high
~ satisfactory not only to his party, but
TO the people, regardless of party affili-
alton. Mr.. McIver is an ardent Demo-
crat, and halls from a section where the
atmosphere seems to be unusually com
dueive to the development Of stalwart
Democrats, men who cling to and fight
for d principle through storm and stress
be that principle popular Or unpopular
Mt. McINef nas Helu UP the nag OF he
mocracy i'll all sorts Of political weather
He is in a district where men have TO
fight for the political faith that is in
them. He is a strenuous fighter and
has led his party in his county and dis
trict into and ont OF some OF the most
emliyening political battles fought there
in recent years. and that too where poll
tics is taken as seriously as religious
beliefs. In 1894 his county endorsed
him for Congress from the third dis
trict. lie was n strong candidate be-
fore the convention, and came within a
few votes Of being nominated. 1t was
only in 1897 that Mr.. Mclver turned his
attention to law, having been licensed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
Backed by Ample Capital Plant Situated on 7O-Acre
Tract, Thirty Acres of Which Are Within the
Corporate Limits, And Laid Off in Lots
AN UNPARALLELED OFFER.
Mr. NJ MNe President Secretary This Land And Has Three Lots Most Desa-
by Located Within Yards the Depot Which He viii Absolutely Give
Away to Any One Who WI Erect Thereon Brick Building
Buildings Two Three Stories High.

tion with a concern of this character, as
to its growth and Importance is argu-
ment enough, without comment on my
part. to direct the attention of purchasers
to the staple manufactured, and TO the
standing of its officers, emitting them
10 the esteem and confidence Of the
trade.
Mr. A. i. Mcneil, the president and.
treasurer Of the company, was born in
three miles of Sanford in 1866. He
was partly educated under the cele-
brated instructor John Il. Kelley, or
Union Home School. In 1889 he enter
ed the law department Of the State Uni
yersity. took the course, and was licens-
ed and began practicing in 1889. After
pFacticing law eight years he incepted
the present business, Us ne saw that
manufacturing enterprises IRE the most
important factors in the building up OF
a town.
Mr.. Mcneil specialzes In corporation,
real estate and commercial law.
BUSINESS AND RESI- DI1NCIG LOTS
Just east Of the depot Mr.. Mcneil
has several acres of land divided up into
lots This is the direction in which the
town is building, rs it is by far the most
desirably located Mr. Mcneil makes
the following most liberal offer: He
has three lots within one hundred yards
of the depot which he VIII absolutely
give away to any one VINO will erect
thereon two or three story brick build
ing In view of the fact that Sanford
is one of the most rapidly growing
towns of the State this is an offer that
has heretofore never been equaled in
the State for liberality. Sanford has
the best railroad facilities of any town
in the State, being located on three
trunk lines its advantages and shipping
facilities are unequalled.
1t is the seat of some of the most
substantial manufacturing enterprises of
the State Its brown stone quarry is
one of the best in the world; its $780,,
600 cotton mill will soon be running.
4 great many enterprises can be es-'
tablished here with great profit with
little capital and these conditions are
fast being taken advantage of. Near
the Clothing Manufacturing COmpany's
plant is one of the finest clay pits in
the world for the manufacture Of brick,
which enterprise has not Yet been estab-
liShed in Sanford.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

The Sanford Clothing Manufacturing
Company was organized and incor-
porated on January LIST, 1898, with a
capital stock of $4,000 which has re-
Gently been increased to $4,000. The
officers of the company are:
A. l.. Mcneil, President and Treas
urer.
w. A. Monroe, Secretary.
Sanford may well congratulate user
on the number and standing OF lis man
ufacturing enterprises, which are the
proudest plumes in its civic wreath aS
il is on manufacturing thar i must rely
for its future growth and greatness.
Among the institutions which contribute
to the wealth and stability Of his rapla-
" growing city, the Sanford Clothing
Manufacturing Company, with its 81
nerb euuipment and excellent manage
ment. must be accorded the first rank
The plant is admirably located in the
centre of one hundred acre tract or
land just east of Sanford, thlrty acres
of which tract are within the corporate
limits OF the city and extend 10 very
near the depot. The main building OF
the plant is Il SHDSldittldi StluItuiN ~
100 feet, the office and ware room IS
20x30 feet. The plant IS admirably
equipped with all the latest machines,
fidty-two in number, which are modern
and up-to-date in every respect. The
machines are Wheeler q Wilson $,
Union Special and Singers.
A speciality is made of the manufac-
ture of overalls which are conceded to
be the best made overall In the United
States. These goods are reinforced and
STAYED in the crotch, which makes them
the most desirable made
The capacity of the plant IS one hun
bred and fifty dozen per day. and sixty
people can be employed Mt one time
The goods find a ready sale in Phlla-
delphia, Pittsburg and other northern
cities. A corps of travelling men are
employed. The success of the Sanford
Clothing Manufacturing Company has
been large. Its growth in Il measure IS
directly attributable to the energetic
management, whose constant aim IS to
give to their customers the best pfoduc-
lions commensurate with prices that
meet all competition.
The relation of bare facts, in connec-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
J, D. MOVER.
Dealer 10 General Merchandise, Hardware,
Shoes Heavy and Fancy Groceries.

Foremost among the mercantile estab-
lishments Of Moore county stands the
above well known house which IL de-
serving of more than a passing notice
both on account Of the character and eX-
tent of its transactions and the superior
quality of the goods handled. The bust
ness was established twenty-five years
ago, and is the oldest in Sanford. 1t
has had an uninterrupted existence, an
nually increasing its sales and extending
its sphere of operations until they now
extend all over Moore and adjoining
counties, and the goods are taken with
out auestion-the fact that they are sold
by the house is sufficient guarantee
of their excellence.
The building is large three-story
structure 24X7O, and is filled with fine
assortment of heavy and fancy groceries.
No goods are allowed to become shelf
worn. The house ships more produce
than all the other business houses of the
town combined. Mr.. W. ID. Hunter is
the courteous and enterprising manager,
and he has wide acquaintance and a
host of friends throughout the entire
section
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
THE PAGE HOTEL.
Sanford's Up-to-Date Hosiery. A Hotel Run so
as 10 Make Guests Comfortable. Ably
Managed by Mr.. G. A. Cunningham.

The Page Hotel is nicely situated and
very convenient to the depot Under the
present management it has been eminent
ly satisfactory and successful and stands
well TO the front among the commercial
houses of the State. The hotel has
twenty-three rooms comfortably and ele-
gantly furnished, and we'll ventilated
The reception room and parlors are taste
fully and costly furnished and arranged
The dining room has a capacity OF thirty,
and the table is one of the distinctive
features of the hotel. as there is none
better in the State. The Page is enjoy
ing well-deserved popularity that is
easily accounted for by the fact that
its proprietor Mr.. G. A. Cunningham,
giyesethe entire management his personal
supervision and spares no pains in look
ing after the comfort and enjoyment of
his guests.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
w. A. CRABTREE. Druggist.

This is the representative business of
its kind in Moore county. Mr.. Crabtree
is young man of energy and enterprise,
and his stock is always fresh and of the
hest. while the assortment is all that the
trade demands. The store is a large
one, nicely fitted, and has one of the
handsomest prescription cases in the
State In addition to the large local
trade Mr.. Crabtree does a large business
throughout the county. He is an ex-
perenced druggist and chemist and re-
liable in. every particular He is inter-
ested in the rapid growth and develop
ment of Sanford, and is always ready TO
aid any project for the betterment of
the community.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

in September of that year. He has be-
come the leader of the bar in that sec
ton. is learned in the statutes Of the
State. and Is an eloquent pleader He
is county attorney for Moore county
and also city attorney for Sanford. He
Is a. director in the Chatham, Moore
and Harnett Bank Of Sanford, and a
stakeholder in the Sanford Cotton Mills.
He is n great believer in the future OF
Sanford. and is one Of the prime movers
in all the undertakings that tend to
build up the town and section. num-
Der Of the States ablest and most val
ued citizens have heretofore and are
now adding lustre to the good old
Scotch name of McIver, but none are
more clever or more popular or known
more prominently throughout the State
than Duncan e., Of Sanford. In 1893
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
Its Rich and Beautiful Surroundings. It's Splen-
did Climate and Natural Advant-
ages. One of the Finest
Brown Stone Quarries
in the World.

The rural population is highly intelli-
gent and moral. and deeply imbued with
the spirit Of religion. Education, its
handmade, is in great favor, the zeal
for both having distinguished the county
from the earliest days. With the moral
and religious spirit, with enlightenment
and progressiyeness, they unite, of
course. courtesy and hospitality. Strang-
ers are welcomed among them whether
as visitors or citizens. They are alive
to the fact that the need of the country
is more population, and from their de-
sire to see this increase, rs well as out
of the natural disposition to courtesy and
kindness. they give hearty greeting TO all
who come among them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
LYNCH & KELLY.

Machine and Blacksmith Shops.
This is one of Sanford's new enter
prises, but it as meeting with great suc-
cess. The firm manufactures wagons,
carts, buggies, carriages and makes a
specially Of all kinds Of repair work.
Mr.. L. II. Lynch is an experienced ma
chinist, steam filter and plumber, while
Mr.. j. II. Kelly is one of the best black
smiths in the State. Only the best grade
Of material is used in making and re-
pairing wagons, carts, buggies, etc. anu
all work is guaranteed to be the very
best.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

the rapid advancement of the enter
prising town of Sanford and Moore
county. The business was established in
1889 by the present firm in a small way
and to-day it is the largest business in
the county, and is conducted in a build
ing that would be credit to any city in
the State. The firm carries general
line of dry goods. notions, shoes, dress
goods. clothing, etc. The building is a
handsome two-story brick structure 55y
II feet, with an ell 30xS0 feet 1t is
valued at $4,000. and it is filled with one
of the most varied and complete stocks
to be found anywhere and ranging in
value from $4,000. to $4,000! \ well
organized mail department is sustained,
and all orders receive prompt and care
full attention.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
II. rlIn d T1Ellgs

DIR. Charles l.. Scott lives at Mebane,
Orange county, and the other, s. Il.
Scott, is a travelling man. One of his
daughters, Mary Willis, Married II. NJ
Cross, who lives at Lennon Springs
Station, and the other one, Kate, mar
red the Hon Duncan Mclver, of San
ford.
Major Scott is an old man now, but
he is active physically and as alert mem
tally as ever. 1t is to just such men as
he that North Carolina is indebted for
its strong and influential citizenship. He
is a strong advocate of temperance
never drinks, lives plain, and despite
his age is as rugged as an oak. RE is
Il fine man every inch of him. is Major
John NJ. Scott, one Of the States fore
most citizens.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
MCPHERSON &
WEATHERSP00N
The Largest General Merchants and Cotton
Buyers in Moore County. One Of the Hand
Some Business Blocks in the State

Ii would be difficult to find an instance
in the entire State that would be more
readily accepted by well-informed BUSH
ness men and the general public as ty-
pical modern commercial enterprise than
the above house which is one of the
solid factors and mainstays in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

he was married to Miss Kate Scott
the accomplished daughter Of Mayor
Scott. of Sanford. In the meantime
Mr.. McIyer will remain one of the fore
most lawyers and business men. and tine
most conspicuous Democrat of his sec
ton The future holds for him political
hunors higher than any he has attained
in the past
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
I. E. WHITES NEW HOTEL.

L. Il. WHITES NEW HOTEL.
The visitor to Sanford is at once
struck with the remarkable business ac-
tiyity of the place-new buildings and
new improvements going up on every
hand. Prominent among these is the
new hotel now being built by Mr.. ~ Il.
White The hotel contains eighteen
rooms elegantly furnished. 1t will be
supplied with all modern conyeniences,
such as baths, etc The aim in the con-
struction of the hotel was to make it
modern in every way. The dining room
Is large and airy.
Mr.. White is a live, progressive citi-
zen, who has been a resident Of Moore
county for twenty years, and the build
ing of this fine hotel shows he has faith
in the future OF Sanford.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
CHATHAM. MOORE AND HAIR
NETT BANK.

A Solid Financial Institution and
Great Factor in the Development OF
Sanford.
This live financial institution which
bears the name Of three progressive
counties was organized March 20, 1879,
and ten days later issued the followings
statement:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
S49,04G.90
S15.000.00
LIABILITIES
.S49.o4G.OO


The officers of the bank are: w ].
Edwards. president: Major J. w. Scott,
vice-president, and s. T. Hatch, cash
Ter. Directors: A. f. Mcpherson, John
f. Buchan. John Il. Jones, w. ID. Hum
ter, VIM. Godfrey. John W. Scott, w.
j. Edwards, j. Il. Makepeace, w. IT,
Britton, i. Cole. w G.. Carter, \. Cam
eron. ID. Il. McIyer. Il. G. Moifitt and
W. \. Monroe.
These names represent men of recog-
nized business ability in their several
lines. The bank is conducted carefully
and wisely. and is one of the most sub
stantial banking concerns in the State.
The bank is covered by a strong surety
bond with the American Bonding Trust
Company.
The interior arrangements are modern
and up-to-date. Ii is supplied with a
large steel burglar proof vault, fire
proof safes. etc
Mr.. w. j. Edwards, president Of the
bank, is one of the best business men
in the State. and commands the en-
tire respect and confidence of the busi-
ness world. He is at the head OF a
syndicate that stands ready to buy the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
any time the State will SELL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
MOORE COUNTY

The soil is Of great fertility and Of
various qualities. as must necessarily be
inferred from the variety Of its pro-
ducts. 1t varies from sandy and loamy
to red clay. The sub-soil is generally
red clay, which fact accounts for the
excellence of the grain product wheat,
corn. oats, rye. barley, etc--large guam
titles Of which are grown annually. The
population is far from dense. the county
having enjoyed too little emigration and
the quantity Of land being ont Of pro-
portion to the amount of population, the
price IS accordingly low.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-30
1T CAUSED A MIsTRIAL.

Report That Three Members of "a
Jury Were Given Passes.
Atlanta, May pa report, circulated to
the effect that an employe of the Southern
Railway Company, which was being sued
for damages, had furnished complimentary
passes TO three members of the jury that
was trying the case, caused Judge New
man this morning TO declare a mistrial.
It turned out that there was no truth
in the report but lnasmuch as it had
caused the court to make an investigation
the mistrial was declared, because of the
possibility that some prejudice might have
been created in the minds of the three
Jurors, whose names had been connected
with the report
The case on trial was that of d. s.
Basemore against the Southern Railway
for $4,000 damages.