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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
WILMINGTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT
The Pride of the City,
Body of Fine and Tried
Men - Superb
Equipment,
Equipment,

Actual results show that no city in
North Carolina can boast of better
fire department than Wilmington. This
is no idle boast, deeds speak louder than
words and deeds are what the Whining
ton fire department perform.
There are fire stations, hook and lad
der company. No. /, engine company
Nos. and 2, chemical No. /, hose com
pany No. 3.
The equipment consists of three steam
fire engines, one chemical engine two
trucks three hose wagons carrying l.,
600 feet each, fourteen horses, six fire
extirguishers, thirty two men full paid
and d chief
The department is run at a small cost,
only about $4,000 per year. Since the
fire department became effective the
insurance rate of the city has been low
cred twenty five cents on the hundred
dollars, thus saving the tax payers from
$4,000 to $4,000 per year. Sleeping
apartments are provided at each station
for the regular or paid men; the horses
are all trained and get in place at first
stroke of the bell.
The efficient and popular chief, Chas.
Schnibben gives his whole time to the
fire department He was born in Ger
many but came to America when quite
Young and settled in Wilmington in 1881.
He has been connected with the fire de-
partment of Wilmington for ten years
and no city ever had a Drawer or more
daring chief. His eight years Of SER
vice in the voluntary fire department
was SO notable and praiseworthy that
he was made chief of the paid depart
ment when it was organized rwo years
ago. Chief Schnibben is n X. Of F., Il
Woodman of the World and also belongs
to the order Of Druids. He is popular
among all classes and his services are
much appreciated by the people Of VIII
mington.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
P, B. MANNING.
A Brilliant and Brainy Law
yer of Wilmington Bar.
A DISTINGUISHED AND NOBLE ANCESTRY
A Gentleman VINO has Come to the Front
by Reason Of his Own
Talents.

Character is the pivotal point upon
which success, to a greater or less eX-
tent, is based. Going still deeper into
the subject it may be said that traits
of character may mar or make Il man.
If the individual possesses those traits
of determination and energy, coupled
with mind prone to accept nothing
upon mere assertion. but delves into the
mystery and solves it--that man is bound
to make his mark in the world. A glow
ing example of this theory is Mr.. +. b.
Manning, one of the brainiest men prac-
ticing law at the Wilmington bar.
He is a North Carolinian by birth,
and springs from one of the oldest and
most distinguished families in the State.
His ancestry's name is interviewer with
the history of the State and numbers
among ii some of the most distinguished
men the State has ever produced. Hon.
Thomas G. Manning is Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The
late Hon. John Manning was possibly
one Of the best known men in North
Carolina. and was for many years Pro-
fessor Of Law at the State University.
Our subject graduated at the State
University with honors, and subsequent
IL studied law under Hon. John Man
ming, and was admitted to the bar He
went to Wilmington and secured the
position of assistant principal of the
academy under Washington Catlett.
Subsequently he entered upon the active
practice of his chosen profession, and
has since built mp ii large and extern
sive practice.
Mr.. Manning married a daughter of
John ID. Taylor. and enjoys all the com
forts of a pleasant and happy home.
He is Il man of quiet. stndions habits.
of sterling integrity and fine business
capacity As a lawyer he has few equals
and no peers. 1t is said by prominent
WiImingtonian. who is in position TO
know. THAT Mr.. p. b. Manning is one
of the ablest lawyers in the State"
Said prominent judge, He prepares
his cases thoroughly and when he comes
into court knows exactly what he is there
for"
Mr.. Manning has held commanding
position in the public affairs of this
section and is esteemed and admired by
all who know him, as the personiticatlon
Of the true citizen and the able lawyer
While a Democrat in politics, he has
never sought political preference, but
has given his entire time and attention
to the practice Of his large and con
stantly increasing legal business.
In concluding the sketch Of this esti-
mable gentleman it may be said that as
a citizen of Wilmington he is thoroughly
in accord with everything that has a
tendency to build up North Carolinas
greatest seaport, and is ever ready and
willing to devote both his time and
means TO the accomplishment of that OBJ
ject. Such men are town builders and
Wilmington is fortunate in numbering
him among her sterling citizens.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
THE COUNTY SCHOOLS OF NEW
HANOVER COUNTY.
by Il. w. Manning, County Supt.)

by Il. w. Manning, County Supt)
The public schools of New Hanover
county outside of the city of Wilmington
number twenty-five, being ten for the
white children and twelve for the me-
groes. They are located in the most
thicRly settled portions of the county,
and very few OF the children of the
county are deprived of school advantages
by reason Of their home being too great
a distance from the school houses There
are no mixed schools, the white children
being taught by white teachers and the
negro children by negro teachers, and
the schools separate and distinct, but
under white supervision. The school
buildings are modern and well-equipped
with all needful helps to the teacher and
pupils, and as comfortable as any school
buildings in this or any other State.
The grounds are usually kept clean and
attractive, and the road approaches are
looked after and made passable for the
children. The teachers, with few excep-
TONS are females and well up in the
art of teaching; are faithful in the dis
charge of their duties and obedient to the
rules and regulations of our school sys-
tenn. One white and two negro schools
constitute a school district, and three
school committeeman are appointed TO
a school district, and they are the custo-
dams of the school property and attend
to the needs of the teachers and COM
forts of the pupils.
1t happens that in two of our town
ships there is only one school each in a
district Besides the committeeman
there are three township trustees and
the County Superintendent, who visits
aud has authority to correct abuses His
duties are varied and If the attention is
given that this office requires it is often
times arduous and perplexing in the ex-
treme.
There are by the census about 1876
children of school age between and
q years old. about 60 per cent. of
whom are enrolled in the schools outside
of the city of Wilmington. This pro-
portion may appear small, but when it
is known that our children have to go
at some kind of work for a support Mt
about 16 years of age, and others are
sent off to higher schools to complete
their educations, this is by no means a
bad showing Our school term for the
county schools is from FIVE to six months,
and the teachers are paid monthly from
$50 to $50. 1t costs about $3.50 monthly
to run these schools, and all bills are
promptly paid when approved by TWO
committeeman and countersigned by and
have the seal of the Couty Superinten-
dent There is marked improvement IN
our schools from year to year. and with
proper management our progress will
continue to be onward and upward.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
w. II. BIDDLE. REGISTER OF
DEEDS

New Hanover county is indeed FORUM
ate in possessing an able body Of tried
and progressive officials. Perhaps the
entire State might be searched and yet
New Hanover county would still hold the
lead. Individually and collectively they,
one and all. strive for the highest point
of excellence, and, in consequence, the
county is one of the best governed at the
present time in the State.
Among these gentlemen is Mr.. w. ii.
Biddle, who holds the position of Regis
ter Of Deeds and he has made record
of which any man might well be proud.
Mr.. BiddIe is i'll every sense of the word
a self-made man, he having forced his
way to the front solely by his own ener-
gies and industry, and the rapidity with
which he has done this would be com
mendable under any circumstances.
He was born in the county which he
now so satisfactorily serves September
-, 1866, and received what education
was afforded by the county schools at
that time. Beginning in 1893 he conduct
ed grocery business for five years,
afterwards engaging in the butcher bust
ness. which he followed until the time
of his election to the position he now &C.
cupies i'm November, 1898. BY his fair
mindedness, courteous treatment to all
and strict attention to business Mr.. Bid
die deserves all the popularity that IS
accorded him not only by his own party,
but by the public in general. lie IS an
ardent Democrat, and on all occasions
fights for honest men and a clean party
record. New Hanover county may yet
expect much from this sterling young
Democrat.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
}OL. JOHN d. TAYLOR, CLERK OF
THE SUPERIOR COURT.

col. JOHN d. TAYLOR, CLERK OF
THE SUPERIOR COURT.
The subject of this sketch was born in
Wilmington in 1881, was prepared for
college at the Caldwell Institute in Hills
boro, y. c., and graduated from the Uni
yersity Of North Carolina in 1858. Upon
the completion of his education he made
quite an extensive European tour, and
upon returning home settled in Bruins
wick county and pursued the vocation of
rice planting, which, in ante-bellum
days, was not only very lucrative bust
ness but one in which much leisure and
liberal wealth contributed to make the
ideal Southern life. In 1860 he was elect
ed to the State Senate from Brunswick,
Baden and Columbus counties This
session of the Legislature was the one
which adopted the ordinance of seces-
sion, and Col. Taylor took no small part
in enacting the legislation. Upon adj
iournment of the Legislature he raised Il
company from Brunswick county and en-
tered the Confederate service He was
stationed for some time at Fort Caswell,
and later placed in command Of Fort
Campbell, which he continued to occupy
of all the other forts
Having risen in rank
from captain to lieu
tenant colonel, he joined Johnson's
army under Gen. Haygood, and in COM
mand of the Thirty sixth North Carolina
Regiment engaged in the fights leading
up to the three days fight at Benton
vile, where i'll the second days fight,
while leading his regiment he lost his left
arm in fierce charge on the works of
the enemy in which over 60 per cent Of
his command was lost So fierce was
this charge and terrific the opposition
that out of total of 2JS men only 115
survived, and every commissioned officer
was either killed or wounded. When the
war was over Col. Taylor returned to
Brunswick county and resumed the pur-
suit of rice planting, but the sudden and
radical change that the war had wrought
in slave labor made this a very unprotit-
able industry for a number of years, so
that it became necessary for him to dis
continue rice planting and remove to his
native city where he was shortly after
elected Clerk of the Superior Court, and
has since been twice elected to the same
position. OF naturally legal mind and
Of liberal education, the duties of the
Clerk of Court are well adapted to his
talents and tastes, and it is the consen-
sus of opinion of the bar that he is in all
respects model clerk or easy and APP
proachable manner and of a character
which commands respect and enlists con-
fidence. Col. Taylor enjoys in a rare de-
gree popularity which it should be the
desire Of every man to possess
Col Taylor is ut once a representative
of the old school of the Southern gem
tleman, and worthy example of the
humble Christian.
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81

net county, and was educated at Sum
merville, y. G. He moved to Whining
ton in 1871, and engaged in the timber
and lumber commission business He was
chairman of the county Democratic
executive committee in 1SB6'97 and as
Il slight token to him for his valuable
services to the party the county conyen-
ton passed resolutions thanking him
for the important work he rendered the
party. In 1893 he was elected County
Treasurer He has always been a Demo
crat and a worker for the party, and dur
ing the last campaign no one worked
more diligently for the success of the
whole ticket.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
CAPT. w. z. OLDHAM, CLERK
BOARD OF AUDIT, COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.

OF the corps of able men who are
serving the people of New Hanover
county in various capacities, there is no
one who is better qualified for the posi-
ton to which he has been assigned, or
who is more conscientious and hard
working in the performance of his duties
than Capt. w. T. Oldham. Born in
Orange county, North Carolina, in 1886,
he received his early education in the
academic schools of that county, but was
prepared for college under Prof. W. j..
Bingham, the distinguished founder Of
the noted Bingham School, and after
wards entered Wake Forest College,
where he spent three years. When the
war broke out, true to his convictions,
he enlisted in the Chapel Hill company,
Twenty eighth Regiment and was after
wards made a captain Of the Forty
fourth Regiment, Company Il. He was
takeni prisoner on the AppomattoX
above Petersburg, just before the sur
render. Of Gen. Lee He was in Wash
ington the night Lincoln was assassi-
mated, and was wounded three times dur
ing the war.
In politics Capt. Oldham is an ardent
Democrat, and has always fought for the
interests of his party. In fact it is to
such men as Capt. Oldham that the
Democratic party of New Hanover
county owes a lasting debt of gratitude.
He was chairman of the Democratic
county executive committee of New Han
over county in 1890 when the county
went Democratic for the first time since
the war.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
w. r. FRENCH.
Clerk of the Eastern District Crimina
Court, Wilmington, n. G.

Clerk of the Eastern District Criminal
Court, Wilmington, n. G.
The Circuit Criminal Court of New
Hanover county was merged by the last
Legislature into what is now known as
the Eastern District Criminal Court.
This criminal court has been in success
full operation since 1885, and has been re-
garded in Wilmington as an indispens-
able factor in the preservation of the
morals and conduct of an element Of
citizenship found in all cities. This court
was presided over for thirteen years by
Judge O. p. Meares, one of the best
criminal court judges of which the
State can boast. He was succeeded by
Judge Thomas II. Sutton, who i'll turn
was succeeded by the present incumbent,
Judge Dorsey Battle. Mr.. w. L..
French has been the efficient Clerk of
this court since 1887.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
Geo. @. Gaylord
RACKET STORE,
OPPOSITE ORION HOTEL.
Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods


Wilmington's Big Racket
Store invites YOU tn call or
write to them for Dry Goods,
Silks. Laces, Dress Goods,
Domestic Goods. Boots and
Shoes, Notions, Clothing, Mil
Iinery, lace Curtains. Shad e,
Rugs. Matting, CarpafS, on
Cloth, etc, etc
The l5rgest Store in the
city, covering 1900 square
feet filled from the ceiling to
cellar with bargains of every
kind.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

Our delivery wagons deliver ice each
morning and evening to all regular Gus
toners who will get tickets and let us
know their names and places half day
in advance.
Drivers will sell tickets and ice for
cash at same old low prices. We cannot
fill orders for small lots promptly unless
such orders are given before wagons
leave Factory. Those wanting small
lots quickly, can get them at cellar,
under our office, 107 Fayetteville street.
Tickets for sale at from 60 cents per
100 pounds down.
Ice well packed for shipment at 5o
cents per 100 pounds per Express.
Raleigh, N. c., April IA. 1899.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
AQuILA j. MARSHAL, ESQ.

Prominent among the young lawyers
of North Carolina is Aquila j Marshal,
of the Wilmington bar. He is native
OF Onslow county, was reared in viii
.mington, but is well and favorably
known in many sections of the State.
A gifted young man. he has already at.
tanned a prominence in his profession
that few men ever surpass.
After finishing the course in Cape Fear
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
HECTOR MCLEAN GREEN, COUN-
IVY TREASURER.

The responsibilities of County Treas
urer to the community is of u most inn
portant character, the correct discharge
of the duties of which requires business
tact and financial ability, a knowledge
of the best methods Of keeping accounts
and unfaltering integrity. Mr.. Hector
Mclean Green is true representative
of the grand old county of New Han
over. He was born and raised in Har-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

The effect of a mules kick does not
depend upon the soundness of his brain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

People who live in glass houses should
not be located near the baseball grounds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

A retired confidence man says that
any man worth doing at all is worth
doing we'll.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

lished in the South. Since then he has
been an engineer, and in November,
1898, was elected Sheriff of New Han
over county.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
A Representative Body ofMen
Men Who Believe in
Keeping Their Co,
Abreast of the
Times.
One of the Best Governed Counties in the
State--Short Sketch of the
officials.

One of the excellent men who was plac-
ed in charge of affairs in New Hanover
county by the Democratic tidal wave of
The Republican journal., 1899-06-15
Secret societies.

The regular meeting Of Phoenix Lodge
will be held next Monday evening.
F. H. WEIGH, Belfast, has been appointed
Deputy Grand Chancellor, K. of P, of Dis
trict ~ for the official term 1S99-19OO
Aurora Rebekah Lodge will observe Odd
Fellows Memorial Day Sunday, June 18th
All Rebekahs are requested to meet at Odd
Fellows Hall, Saturday afternoon at i
o'clock, and bring flowers.
The following chevaliers from Canton Pal
las, l. o. o. F., of this city are attending
the annual council and field Gay of the Pa
triarchs Militant of Maine, in Portl and l..
I. Shales, r. II. Howes, G. II. Sargent, G.
NJ. Craig, ID. f. Stephenson.
The Republican journal., 1899-06-15
Zine Specimen of a Worthy Class

The Belfast (Me.) Republican Journal
is an excellent ne xample OF the very best
type of local wSeklies, such as are pub
lished in the older portions of the country.
In its seventy-tirst volume, with large
circulation and an enviable advertising
patronage, the property is in every respect
oteworthy. The Republican Journal makes
no use of auxiliary matter, its editor and
manager, Chas. A. Pilsbury, contenting
himself with cultivating assduously the
local news field. That he succeeds is
apparent from even casual glance through
the pages of his paper, in which he evidently
presents a complete service of city and Vi
cinity news that must answer the de-
mands of every reader. The Republican
Journal is strong in local advertising
besides commanding the best foreign bust
ness. Halftone cuts frequently used
and with good effect. Newspaperdom.
The Republican journal., 1899-06-15
THE DINSM0RE STORE. 5 ME4kIEzAHs
Wedding Bells.

HARDING-swErT. a very pleasant we'd
ding took place at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank W SWEET of Knox, June It'll, when
their daughter, Mary Frances, was married
to Walter f. Harding of Waldo. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. A, d. Thibo-
deau of Deer Isle at half past three in the
afternoon. The house was very prettilv
decorated with June flowers. The bride
was dressed in white cashmere He
bridesmaid was Miss Matte Kelsey Of
Knox, and Edgar L, Harding Of Belfast,
brother of the groom, was best man. The
bridegroom IS the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs
james &. Harding of Waldo, and his bride
is popular young lady. Both have many
friends i'll Belfast, Knox, Waldo and other
places who extend hearty congra tut ations
The presents, which were numerous and
handsome, included gold watch from the
groom's father. They will make their home
for the present with the parents of the
bridegroom in Waldo,
The Republican journal., 1899-06-15

y. ~ ~ u - TI''I'L NOMNIITEE,
BELFAST, Me. June IL 1899
n pursuance with the instructions from the
SchooI Committee bids on fuel for the coming
Sehooi year beginning September / are called for
The Republican journal., 1899-06-15
Deaths of Maine Men.

Lieut.. Commander Charles Atherton
French, United States navy, retired, of
Brooklyn. is dead. He was born in Maine
rs years ago and was in command of the
gunboat Southteld when she was sunk by
the confederate ram Albemarle in 1864.
the State died at his home in Lawrence,
Kansas, June 9th. He was prominently in
Identified with the early history OF Kansas,
going there in 1854 with the second part
of the New England emigrant aid society.
Judge Emery was IS years of age, and a
native of Industry, Me.
The Republican journal., 1899-06-15
Proposals for Fuel.



BELFAST. Me. June II. 1899
IN pursuance with the instructions from the
SchooI Committee, bids on fuel for the cominlr
sehooi year beginning September /, are called for
COAL.
Fifty five (55l tons egg coal delivered within
city limits. ~
limits. ~ 1''S
Six 81 tons egg coal, delivered 10 east sits
Brick School. ''
Four and one half a l-2) tons stove coal. 3l.2
tons egg coal delivered to Head of Tide school.
WOOD
to be delivered within the city limits. = cords
nara WOOD, stove; cords soft or edrinps f,r
kindiing cords of coarse or CRATE wood
10 De dellvered at the Brick SCHOOL, cords
nard wood Tor stove. l-2 cord kindljnv
White School cords long wood 10 cord
kindling. 0"'N
City Point School cords lony wood % 49,,
kindling. '0'' 20 Voi"
cord kindlng ''
Head Of Tide SCHOOL, cord stove wood. IL
cord kindling.
Poor's Mills School cords 1on,r ,p,o, I 8, ,t
kindling. O''''
Hayford School, cords long wood IL cord
Pitcher School cords long wood IL cord
kindling.
All bids must be submitted, sealed. on or before
the fifteenth of July
Bids for coal must be at so much Ier ton
Wood, unless otherwise specified must he hard
properly seasoned
BY stove wood is meant 4feet wood cut three
times and split.
BY long wood is meant fleet wood cut twice.
not split. 0N'
Crate wood, cut three times not split.
Blds may include the whole or any part of wood
delivered and Aoused '
The committee reserve the right to accent or re.
IeCt pius' #. =. BRICK.
secretary school Committee
The Republican journal., 1899-06-15
A Silly Season Yarn.

AS summer is now upon us, and as yester-
day was the hottest day of the season, a
new yarn about Mr.. Reed found its way
around. 1t is about as thin as the sweat
that produced it. According to this story
Mr.. Reed will not leave Congress, but re-
lieved of the cares the speakersnip, which
he did not desire again to shoulder, he will
essay the role of "Wild Irishman" in next
winters congressional dance. Washing
ton Star.
The Republican journal., 1899-06-15

BURNs-CooMBs. There was a quiet but
very pleasant wedding at the residence of
Captain and Mrs. William Kalloch en- Ran
kin street, Rockland, June eth at o'clock,
when j. t. Coombs of North Haven and
Mrs. Frances Burns of this city We're united
in marriage by Rev. W. 0. Holman. MIR.
Coombs is highly esteemed in his island
home, where he has lived all his life Mrs
Burns is the daughter of the late Deacon and
Mrs. Isaac Gregory of this city and has many
friends here who will wish her much happl-
ness in her new relationship. Mrs. William
kalloch, at whose home the wedding cere-
mony was performed is her daughter. Rock
land Star.