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Meeting of Stockholders Called for Sept.
ITO Vote on the Matter.

CHICAGO. June 21.-The directors OF the
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company met
here to-day and decided to call n special meet
Ing OF stockholders for Sept. to consider
measures for refunding bonds and securing
provements to the roadbed
An Increase OF the capital stock from S22.-
OOO.'DO to about S+O.OOO.OOO is expected to be
President OF the Alton. but not before his re-
cetvcrship OF the Queen and Crescent road ter
inmates. which will not be before a year
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28
The Transport McPhar,on Ir

The United States transport McPberson
from San Juan June 70 and Santiago June %,
with ninety-tTo cabin passengers, arrived
here late last night
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MORE TEXAS MURDERS THAN EYER
An Unprecedented Epidemic of Crime In
the State at Present.

AUSTIN, Tex, June 27.-There is an unprece-
dentod epidemic OF murders and assassinations
throughout Texas at present. These crimes
have been so common during the last few
tho Legislative appropriation for rewards for
the arrest OF criminals for the present year
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
A Service Appreciated by
WiImingtohians and Noted
blythe Goyernment--Wil-
mington to be a First
Class Post Office
July 1st 1899.

To one acquainted with the city of
Wilmington and with its citizens who
have not only made. a reputation for
themselves but also for their city as
well. list of those prominent men
would be incomplete without a mention
of WllmingtonS distinguished post
master. the Hon. W. II. Chadbourn,
He has succeeded i'm business in an al
most phenomenal manner for the reason
that he has the energy. sagacity and bust
ness ability of two ordinary men. In
the early years of his life it was not his
habit to be idle, nor is it now, after
success and prominence have been at
tanned. He is a native of Maine. was
prepared for college i'll the Boston
Latin School, graduated from Harvard
in 1862. and came TO Wilmington in
1872. OF n genial nature he at once
made many friends and acquaintance,
and was soon ready to start upon Il sue
cessful business career. In the business
world he has always had the confidence
of his patrons and the respect of his
felow-citizenS. The many enterprises
with which he has been and is now con
nected is evidence of his clear business
Judgment and good financial standing.
He was the builder and promoter of the
Wilmington, Chadbourn and Conway
Railroad. running from Hub. y. c., to
Conway. $. c., and was its president
until sold to the Atlantic Coast Line.
The same may he said of the Whining
ton Seacoast Railway, in the company
of which he is still director. He has
been president of the Citizens Building
and Loan Association, the largest of its
kind in the city. for the past twelve
years. In 1885 he represented New
Hanover and Pender counties i'm the
State Senate. and took a prominent
part in the deliberations of that body.
He is general manager of the Chadbourn
Lumber Company, one Of the largest
and most successful enterprises OF it's
kind in the State. He was chairman
Of the Board of Audit and Finance of
the city Of Wilmington when appointed
postmaster, was 4 director of the State
Penitentiary, and is at present trustee
of the State University. He was APP
pointed postmaster of Wilmington Feb
ruary Z. 1898. by President Mckinley,
and his administration of the office has
been notably fine. He has secured the at
tention of the department ut Washing
ton. and by touching all his people with
the hand Of liberaltty and convenience
has Won their applaudits. One thing
IF which Mr.. Chadbourn Speakes with
much pride is the fact that the Whining
tom postoifice is soon to he made a first
class one. His qualification in this is
shared by the people in general, for
hitherto North Carolina has not had
he distinction of having irst-class
i'm the sense of the volunoe If
business transacted
This sketch is resume OF what
nan can accomplish by personal effort
Accomplished, of genial disposition and
pleasant address. it is not strange that
he subject of this sketch should have
70 many friends and admirers who de-
light in his company, and are proud of
heir honored and fortunate associate
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
Has Been the Career of Thos
]. Gore, Wholesale and
Retail Dealer In
COUNTRY PRODUCE, WINES LIQUORS
Cigars and Tobacc, Owns and Operates 'ow
Dis lleries Headquarters Corner of
Dock end Water Streets.

In displaying the advantages of any
city with reference to its commercial re-
sources, no method affords so complete
il representative as that which depicts
the various individual enterprises. 1t is
therefore with great pleasure that the
writer presents for the consid-
GRAFTON of his readers some facts in
regard to the well known and popular
Wholesale and retail emporium Of Thos.
i. Gore. a gentleman well and favorably
known throughout this entire section. as
progressive citizens and an honorable
upright man.
Mr.. Gore is North Carolinian by
birth, and first saw the light of day in
Brunswick county in 1868. He received
an excellent education at the schools of
this section. In 1886 he came to Will
mington and secured a clerkship i'll
wholesale grocery, liquor and ship chan
dlery house In 1889 he engaged in bus
mess for himself upon a small scale.
Since that period the business has flour
ished and grown until it has reached
its present great proportions. He moved
into his present cemmodions quarters
in 1898. The business is both whole
sale and retail The stock embraces
staple and fancy groceries, country pro-
duce. wines, liquors. cigars and tobacco.
His ship supply business is a very large
feature of his trade. lie furnishes
the government mud scows and various
vessels that come into Port, both foreign
and home. He has always given salts
faction in the character of his supplies.
He also does an extensive business in
furnishing supplies to farmers.
In addition to his mercantile interests
he owns and operates two distilleries.
One of these. situated in the northeast
part Of Wilmington, is small, but is one
of the finest in the country. 1t has II
capacity of three bushels, and here is
manufactured the best corn whisky.
The other is situated in Brunswick
county near Southport, and has Il capa
city of six and one-half gallons per
diem. This plant is of recent inception,
and is equipped with the latest and
most improved machinery.
Mr. Gore is a member of the State
Iiouor Dealers Association, and was
formerly yice-president of that organiza-
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A Firm That Has Come to the
Front With Wonderful
Strides.
ONE or NORTH CAR0LlNA'S S0UNDEST
BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Their Brands of Fertilizers Are Known and
Called For in All the Agricultural Dis
tricts of The Southland.

Tt is quite probable that there is no
other Industrial institution III the whole
State of North Carolina that has served
more to place Wilmington ON the com
mercial map of nations than has the
Acme Manufacturing Company. The
nature of things has been conducive to
growth and this company has awaited II
self of the opportunity. The great
phosphate deposits of North and South
Carolina have long been subject of Il
great deal of study on the part of scien-
lists, in which they have found the most
wonderful and bountiful formations
known in all geology.
These deposits consists of nodules Of
phosphates of lime thickly interspersed
with the huge bones and teeth OF aatede-
luvian mammalia and marine mammoths
of stupendous and gigantic proportions.
These wonderful and awe inspiring skel-
eton remains, STYLED by Prof. Asasslz
'the greatest cemetery in the world,
constitute by far the most valuable fertl-
lizer known to man since the cShaastiC II
Of the Peruvian guano deposits, and are
m inexhaustible source of wealth to the
two Carolinas, and thence to the world.
1t may be easily understood that pro-
gressive men would not be long in dis
covering a way of utilizing this wealth
to the good of the country. As a result
Wilmington has grown into Il great phos-
phate and fertilizer market,am which
is the Acme Manufacturing Company.
The company's plant is situated at
Crowley. near Wilmington, and contains
three large acid chambers with several
tons capacity perday. The plant con-
xNf all tha Iafact iyannttypmpnfS for
the manufacture of all classes of 600 Is.
With ample grounds, thousands of feet
OF railroad tracks entering the buildings
and other convenieces for doing the
great business. it will be seen that the
company has superior facilities for hand
ling its large output
The company gets its principal supply
of ammonia from cotton seed meal and
imports sulphate of potash in large guam
titles from Germany. Pure Kainet Is
also imported from Germany. Their
principal. brands are the Acme Fertilizer
and Acme Fertilizer for Tobacco with
Iatimer's complete Fertilizer Cor cotton
and corn, and the Gem Fertilizer,
Acme and Phosphate AMI Pure Ger
man Kainet
The products of this company never
lose premium when placed in compe.'-
ton with the outputs of other compan-
les.
The officers of the company are rs
follows: William Latimer. President:
Henry Savage. Secretary AMI Treasurer.
and Smith 4 Gilchrist, General Agents,
all of Wilmington.
It would be difficult indeed to say too
much i'm praise and c6mmendation If this
superb business establishment that IS
doing so much for North Carolina and
that il an honor to Wilmington.
A cordial welcome is always extended
to their friends from the interior to
make themselves at home at their office
when visiting Wilmington.
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ton. He is now chairman of the board
of control, one Of the most important
positions in the organization.
Aside. from his mercantile career Mr..
Gore has found time to devote to other
interests. He is Il Democrat of I'M
swerving fidelity, and has fought hard
for Democratic supremacy. During
the years of 1893, 1894. 1885 and 1896
he was member of the Board of Al
dermen, and made an excellent record
in that body During volunteer days
he was captain of the 18th Ward
Hook and Ladder Company. He Is
now and has been for the past four
years a member Of the Naval Reserves.
He il especially prominent in secret
societies. being member of the Red
Men. and having passed through all the
chairs. He is Deputy Supreme Organ
Of the Heptasophis for North and South
Carolina, and treasurer of the local
lodge. He is also a member and treas
urer of the United Order of Druds. as
well rs member and treasurer of the
knights Of the. Golden Eagle
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In Every Sense of the Term
is the Mammoth En-
pCIium of
OWEN T. LOVE & co.
Wholesale Dealer 10 Hardware, Cutlery, Guns
&c : Built up on the Honor and faith
of Its Merits,

1t is the purpose of this work to aid in
the development of Wilmington by dis
seminating such intelligence i'll regard to
her establishments and those who main
tain them as will draw the attention of
the country to these prominent enter
prises. Wilmington has many business
houses in her midst Of which any city
might well be proud and among those
at the head Of the list is the large and
prosperous Wholesale Hardware estah-
lishment of Owen +. Love x Co. This
concern needs no Introduction to the
people of this section; its far reaching Of
forts in the line Of trade. its wide awake
Management, and its immense army OF
patrons are a guarantee of its merits,
far beyond words that may fall from
our pen 1t was in 1894 that the business
was established by the present firm, since
which time has grown and prospered 10
such an extent that it is now among the
leading establishments of its kind III the
State. Commodious quarters are occn-
pied ut No. Ia s. Front street. ne
building is three stories high and all are
in use in carrying the immense stock.
Another store 40XS9 at Nos. IL ana 10
Chestnut street is used for the heavy
hardware. In both these stores every
inch of available space is necessary 10
accommodate the immense quantity or
goods, embracing a general line OF hard-
ware. cooking and heating stoves, all
kinds of agricultural implements, ammu-
milton, guns and Il thousand other Things
designated under the head Of stndrles.
In addition there is a tin shop for the
manufacture Of gasoline street lamps, tin
and roofing. An extensive business Is
also done in roof and cornice work con-
tracing and il speciality is made of the
manufacture of tobacco fues. A full
corps of travelling men are kept busy
filling orders and employment IS given to
quite number of people. The company
is splendidly equipped tor the TRANSACTION
of its business III an up-to'date aad moe
ern manner. 1t is c0nducte upon pol
icy of fairness and liberaiity. tending
largely to the profit, advantage az sat
is faction of all who may form business
relations with it.
The great success of the establish
ment is due to the acumen and hnstllng
abilities of it's wide awake manager Mr..
Owen +. Love. Mr.. Love comes from
one of the Oldest families in the State.
His great, great grandfather was killed
by Corvallis men on spot not more
than eight miles from Wilmington. re
was at the head of the colonial soldiers
and was suddenly come upon DS large
British force. he refused to surrender
and in attempting to escape was klliac
His great grandfather was q sen captain
and his wife was Theresa de Ioyelefte,
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Of Wilmington, North Caro-
lima, Ably Differed and
Managed in an Up-to-
Date Manner.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL OF 100000
The Eleventh Annual Statement Shows Cash
Assets ST. 801 IA; Net Surplus
Sil.832 Sc. Now Doing
Conservative Yet Large
Business.

The Legislature of 1887 granted a
charter to the Carolina Insurance Com
nany of Wilmington, y. c.. for the pur-
pose of transacting an insurance bust
ness in all its branches.
The company was soon after organ
lied and has since that date been carry
ing on a first-class insurance business
in most Of the cities and towns of North
Carolina.
The authorized capital of the com
pany is 100000, and there has been
paid in cash the sum of $4,000.
This amount is invested in North Car
DINA State bonds, and loaned ON first
mortgage on real estate in Wilmington
and other cities of the State
The following statement shows the
gradual increase in the company's as
sets and net surplus, and indicates ON
the part of the management careful and
busineSs-like methods:
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daughter of Thadeus de Lovelette. who
was banished from Paris at IN early day
for political reasons and came to Amer
lea settling at what is now known as old
Brunswick at which place they We're
married. Mr.. Loves father was born
and raised in Wilmington and was in
business here all Of his life 1t will thus
be seen that this ancient and honorable.
family have been identified with the
interests of this section for more than
one hundred and thirty years. Mr.. Owen
Il. Love is young man full of energy
and enterprise, and his career since its
.beginning has embodied the highest prin-
.ciples of integrity and commercial honor
and it is the wish of the writer that
may the family be as illustrlous and
patriotic in the future as it has been IN
the past.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1911
An Immense Business Built
Upon Practical Ability and
Judicious Enterprise.
Covering in its Operations North and South Car.
DINA and Georgia With Branch Offices
at Charlotte, N. c. and Augusta,
Ga. History of the BUSINESS.
Ga. History of the BUSINESS.

Among the many business enterprises
contributing to the credit of Wilmington
as manufacturing and commercla' cen
Ter, there is undoubtedly no single estaD-
lishment of any kind that is contribu1-
ing more by its capable management,
practical skill, abundant means and bust
ness ability, to the development of the
resources and possibilities of the city
than the establishment which heads this
article During its existence of eighty
eight years it has enjoyed position and
standing shared by few and surpassed by
none The business was founded IN
1871 and passed to its present proprietor,
Mr.. j. H. Sloan, in 1891, when he sue
ceeded the firm of Walker, Fleming *
Sloan.
The business has long been regarded
as one of the most substantial CONNER
cial concerns in the country, and certain
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

For loans ... 100000
Unpaid premiums 961.79
All other disbursements and
losses o,VIVo%
Cash on hand and in banks. 5,4l291
$177.635.34
RECEIPTS SINCE ORGANIZATIONS
From premiums ......... S97 ,5S9.2G
from interest. -. ..... ZS,oo>.af
rom rents $3.50. l,oIO.lI
From all other sources. . 1868
S177,G35.34
The officers of the company are as
follows:
ID. l.. Gore. .........P President.
Clayton Giles. Vice President.
Nj. ). Willard. ..... Secretary.
THE DIRECTORS.
II. l.. Vollers, Donald McRae, III. c.
Mcqueen, Clayton Giles.
These are all solid business and fnan-
cial men, prominent in their several ca
pacities and standing at the head and
front of their respective lines in the
State.
IL mas Deeh the p0lcy OF the caro-
lima" to pay all its losses Immediately
upon receipt of proofs of loss and it
has never deducted a dollar from the
face of its claims on account of prompt
payment of losses.
The Carolina" is now represented by
reliable agents in every city and town of
Importance in North Carolina and ac-
lively solicts part of the insurance bus
mess of the people of the State. Its
business is confined entirely to North
Carolina. and it is thus doing a large
work in keeping part of the money
spent by our people for insurance within
the borders of the State
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

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cause of the strange look upon your
features. | had never seen it before. :"
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-10
OEWEYS NEW YORK WELCOME
TO BE THE MOST NOTABLE CELE-
BRATION THE METROPOLIS
HAS EVER KNOWN.

Millions of Dollars and Enthusiasm
Beyond Estimate to BE Expended
in Greeting Him When He Ar
riVes-NOt More Than Two Millions
of People win BE Able to Watch
the Gallant Naval Fighter as He
Passes Up Fifth Avenue-But Dom
bile That Number VIII Try tO-The
Grand Arch and COlIonade which
are Being Built in His Honor VIII
BE the Finest Things Of Their
Kind Ever Seen in America.
Copyrighted by the s s. Mcclure Co, 1899.
New York, Sept 1S.-When George
Dewey. admiral, sails into New York har-
bor late this month he will be the most
talked of man in the world and the best
loved man in America. Only Dreyfus has
occupied so large a share Of public thought
during the months since Dewey left Ma
Mia. and Dreyfus' prominence has been
that Of notoriety. not fame.
IF the money that is to be spent on
Dewey's reception should be weighed up
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-10

indicate lack of enthusiasm over the arch
project.
The Sculpture Society had TO make their
general plans for the work in one night.
No such colossal task was ever performed
by artists in so short a time. They Sc
lected the arch of Titus, slightly modified,
as the scheme for the main feature. This
arch had no side entrances but it was
decided to pierce the Dewey orch trans
versedly, so that it would span Fifth ave-
nue. and Twenty-Fourth street with free
space for each thoroughfare. Extending
on Fifth avenue in each direction for
distance of one block, they planned col
onnade heroically designed and lavlshly
decorated.
This was one nights work The next
day the scuptors were hard at work on
their designs, and within a week the mod
els were growing in their studios.
To j. @. A. Ward was naturally intrust-
ed the task of making the great group for
the top of the arch. Prancing sea horses
drawing Victorys barge through curling
waves. with Liberty at the helm, was his
subject. Two weeks he had to complete
his model in--work which ordinarily would
task, the glory of the reason for 1t, in.
spired him. Done in haste the great group
will be. but hurried in appearance It will
not be.
Dewey's Welcome.
And so with the two great groups which
will appear on the sides of the archs
downtown front. Niehaus and Karl Bitter
took them up with the same impulsive en-
thuslasm and the sea warriors returning
to their home with victorys wings spread
over them will stand out on the Dewey
arch not only as evidences of the intense
patriotism which animated the idea,
4 ,f art ~
lip Martigni, Daniel G. French, F. w.
Ruchstuhl, George F.. Bissen. Charles A.
Lopez Isadore Cont, and many others
nearly ali the members of the SCULPTURE
society i'm fact-have done as much. Never
have the studios of New Yorks workers
at this art been 50 busy. Vacations have
been curtailed Other orders have been
put aside. Nothing has been permitted 10
stand in the way of making the home
coming of our great admiral beautiful
as well as an enthusiastic occasion.
The Repatriation of Art.
"AII this has another Significance" Mr..
Ward said. He was hard at work on the
touches needed to finish his great group.
His years sit lightly on him. The tale of
time told by his gray hair and pointed
white beard Is belied by the athletic lines
of his active figure. He Is no plush jacket
ted sculptor dabblng daintily. He wore
white. clay spattered undershirt that day,
and his trousers were the overalls of the
hard working hod-carrier. He professedly
was pleased with an parts of life except
his own group (which stood in brown,
shining clay behind him on a turning
standard and modestly alone made him
slight the merit of that. Two assistants
were working with the mud which hiled
The great clay chest IN one corner OF the
enormous room and they were visibly
proud OF Their master and Of his work.
Mr.. Ward beamed benignly.
at all means more than we see on the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-10

seat of the trouble, purl-
Purifies fies the blood. tones up the
the Blood. whole system and neutrallzes
the poisons which produce
the diseased conditions.
Yearly he restores to per-
All Diseases feet health thousands of
Treated. sufferers from Catarrh
Bronchitis. Asthma, Hay
Fever. Lung Complaints, Stomach, Liver
and Kidney Diseases, Piles. Tumors, Cam
GERS. Eczema and all manner of skin af-
fections.
DR.. Hathaway also treats
Diseases of with the greatest success all
women. those many distressing weak
nesses and diseases by which
so many women are afflicted.
Dr. Hathaway's offices are
Electrical fitted with all the latest
Appliances. electrical and other appli-
ances, in the use of which,
as well as the microscope, he has world
wide fame as an expert. All of the medi-
cines used by Dr. Hathaway are com
pounded in his own laboratories under his
personal direction, and special remedies
are prepared for each individual case ac-
cording 10 its requirements
DR.. Hathaway has prepar-'
Examination ed a series of self-eXami-
Blanks. nation blanks applying to
the different diseases,
which he sends free on application: No. !,
for Men; No. 2, for Women; No. 3, for Skin
Diseases; No. 4, for Catarrhal Diseases;
No. ), for Kidneys.
DIR. Hathaway makes no
Consultation charge for consultation at
Free. either his Office or by mail