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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-05

dertaken by the press. of the State, is
a matter of no surprise The News and
Observer keeps lin the Lead while
other dailies follow gracefully in the
rear.
The News and Observer is always a
welcome visitor here, and this special
edition has received unmeasured com
mendation. 1t should be filed away as
a reference book for generations yet I'M
born.
The Constitutional Amendment grows
in favor every day, and Richmond will
column in the grand fight for white
supremacy now, and for all time to
come.
The drought continues. Generally,
crops will be quite short Cotton is
of November all of it will have been
harvested.
Trade prospects are rather encouraging
Notwithstanding the short crops and low
prices of farm products.
Many of our schools viii be opened
next week ard it is generally believed
that our public schools will be better
attended than heretofore.
oui III tDutltf uiEgCIOES
has appointed our best men township
school trustees, and they are appointing
the best men as school committeeman
over the schools of both races.
The sentiment in favor of public
schools grows stronger as the season adj
vances, and we trust that the attendance
upon these schools will become more
general.
Our factories will be forced to run on
short time unless their water supply is
increased. The creeks are low now and
the supply of water is diminishing daily
Our court conyenes September 18th
1t will be a busy court if all the eases
on the docket are disposed of. There
will be several murder cases and quite
a number Of minor offences. Judge
Coble is TO preside.
The exercises of the Rockingham
Academy, Prof. O. r. King, principal
will be resumed next week. Under Prof.
Kings management, this school is sec
ond to no academy in the State
The little factory town of Roberdel
has established first class academy.
Prof. II. H. Abbott, principal, assisted
by Miss Allen.
The Roberdel Manufacturing Com
pany has shown itself commercially
kind and charitable in its action toward
this school,
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CAPT. IROBARDS is DEAD
MEMBER OF PROMINENT FAMILY. BROTH
ERIN LAW OF COL. ANDREWS.
Magnificent Sermon in Presbyterian Church.
Desperate Fight on Saturday Nigh,
Two Men May Die.

Henderson, n. c., Sept. 4.-SpeciaL)-
Capt. William J. Richards. promin ct
citizen of our town, died Saturday night
at II o'clock. The funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon Mt J:3e al the
Episcopal church Rev. Julian =. Ingie
officiated, assisted by the Rev w. ).
Pettigrew, OF Itidguway. The pail
bearers were Messrs. Henry Macy, w.
E. Gary and Fred Hil!, Col W. II. ).
Burgwyn, Col. Thomas Jones and Mr..
A. G. Zollicoffer. Honorary pal-bcar-
ers, Messrs. j. ID. Cooper and Samuel
Watkins. The remains We're inferred in
Elmwood Cemetery. The toral offerings
were profuse and beautiful.
Capt Richards was Il member of the
Episcopal church and highly thought of
in the community. His family was
prominent in the State i'm early colonial
times. His grandfather Richards was
Treasurer of the State of North, caro-.
lima i'm Revolutionary times.
Capt Robards married Miss Annie
Andrews, sister of Col. \. b. Andrews,
and Mr.. =. H. Andrews, Of KalaigG.
lie leaves a devoted wife and six chil-
6lren
Rev. w. i. Bridewcll, pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church of Atlanln,
preached a magnificent Sermon in the
Henderson Presbyterian church ycstcr-
day Sunday morning. Mr.. BrideWel
was formerly pastor at Fort Worth; he
is Il young man and gives great prom
Use. Mrs. Bridewell was Miss Leila
Cooper. of Arkansas, the granddaughter
OF DR.. Lewis Cooper, a native of Gran
Vile county. They are the guests of NJ"
ID. Y. Cooper. on Main street.
There was desperate hight
among some o fthe cotton mills people
Saturday might. | understand that two
men were 50 terribly wounded that they
are expected to die.
Mrs C. NJ Cooper left yesterday for
Newhcln to attend the funeral OF her
sister-in-law. Mrs Fred Mitchell.
Misses Bette and Sue Richards and
Mr. Henry RQbards, of Oxford, attend
ed the funeral of their brother, Capt.
w. j. R0bards. Messrs. Watkins Rob
ards. of Raleigh. and Clifton Richards, OF
Winston came to attend the funeral of
their father.
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than old Thrifty as it is more foolish to
work your own body under starvation
conditions, than your horses. But every
farmer has plenty to eat. Yes, but 1t
isn't what is eaten, it is what nourish-
nent is obtained from food that decides
the question of starvation. 1t wouldn't
do the farmer any good to run stack of
wheat through a thrashing machine
which was so out of gear that it didn't
get the grain out of one head of wheat III
fifty. That's just the way with the dis
ordered stomach 1t doesn't get the
good ont of the food that is eaten.
There is no medicine will so quickly
act on the organs of digestion and rutri-
ton, and put the stomach in perfect
working order, as DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t makes pure
blood, and rich blood, and puts the body
Oh plane of perfect health.
81 suffered for six years with constipation and
indigestion, during which time employed ply
sicans but they could not reach my case,
writes Mr.. G Popplewell, of Eureka Springs,
Carroll Co. Arkansas. II felt there no
heiD for me Two wears ago | commenced TAX
ing pr Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery and
little Pellets and improved from the start
am now i'll good health"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets keep the
bowels healthy
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IMPORTANT SALE.

Under and IN pursuance of Judgment of the
Superior court of Wake county, duly rendered
at april term, 1899, in the action OF John Ward
ct al VS.. The North Carolina Car Company ct al,
and under the provisions of deed of trust exc
cuted April /, 1897, by said North Carolina Car
Company to the undersigned Trustees, and reg
istered in the office of the Register of Deeds OF
Wake county in Book 49, page 729, the under
signed will expose to pub ic sale on MONDAY,
AUGUST z, 1899, at IL o'clock M, at the County
Courthouse door in the city OF Raleigh, all
that tract or Parcel of land, on which the works
of the North Carolina Car Company are now
located. situated in the county of Wake and
state of North Carolina, just beyond the north,
ern boundary of the city of Raleigh. bounded
and described as follows: Beginning on Frank
lin Place street at the southwest corner OF the
Rlueppelhnrg lot and running with his hoe
north ~ degrees west, POS I2 feet to his conner;
thence with his line and the line of Vass' ot
southsS0 10 degI ees cast $50 feet to Steinmet2S
line thtnce with Stenmetz's line north "a de-
gTees, east 287 feet to W. TURKS line thence
with sale line noT'h 81 IL degrees, west 343H
feet to tao right of way of the Raleigh Il CASTOR
Railroad Company; thence southwardly with
said right Of way $50 feet; thence north "a l-2
degrees east 1877 feet With ,he lines of Cole and
Neumeyer's lots thence north degrees, east
"a feet thence north 81 IL feet, east with Neu
MEYERS line 1874 l. 2 feet; thence north degrees,
east with Undertakes and Heilig's lines BIS
feet; thence north 81 degrees, east with Franklin
Place street lis feet to the beginning, contain
ing six and 39-l00 acres, more or less, together
with all privileges and appurtenances thereto
appertaining or belonging, and all the buildings
ana structures, Improvements ana nAtureS Oh
said land. and all engines, boilers and every
other kind of machinery on said land or IN said
buildings and all and singular the corporate
rights and franchises Of said North Carolina
Car Company.
Terms of sale: cash. G. II. BELVIN,
Il. G. SMITH,
Trustees and Commissioners.
June Is, 800 ids.
The above sale is postponed by consent of all
parties until Monday, October I'd, 1899 at IL
O'Clock m, at the county court house door,
Raleigh, N. o..
G. IT. BELVIN,
u. G. SMITH,
rrnStee' and Commissioners.
August 6. 1899.
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MEETING OF THE HENDERSON
CHAPTER
Excellent Address by Col. Burgwyn Be
fore the Daughters or the Confed-


Excellent Address by Col. Burgwyn Be
fore the Daughters or the Confed-
eracy.
kittrell, y. c., September 4.--(Spe-
cial.)-Ihere was in interesting meeting
Of the Daughters of the Confederacy at
Henderson last Thursday evening.
The Daughters met in the par
Tors Of DIR. w. T. Chatham
hospitable residence. Col w. III. S.
Burgwyn delivered an informal but ex-
ceedingly interesting address. Many in
terestiDg facts We're brought out touch.
ing North Cardinals part in the war
for Southern Independence An impor-
tant one was that not long before the
battle of Gettysburg the Confederate
Congress decreed in part what the Con
federate standard should be and had
made a battle flag for Lees army. Gen
eral Lee honored his best division
Rhodes'-by making it the custodian of
the flag. Rhodes committed its safety
to his best brigade-Daniels'. Daniels
entrusted it to his best regiment-the
Twenty-third North Carolina.
A convention of the twenty or more
chapters of the Daughters in the State
will, in September,b be held at Henderson.
The Henderson chapter is composed
Of most excellent material. In partiot-
ism and in the intelligence of its mem
hers it has few equals in the South
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MORTGAGE SALE.

BY virtue OF the power OF sale con-
ferred in deed of mortgage, executed to
me by y. III. Olive and wife Emeline
Olive dated January 9th, 1874, and re-
corded in the Register of Deeds office
for Wake county in book 81, at page IA.
! viii sell at public cutlery at the court
house door in Raleigh y. c., at u
o'clock m. on Monday, September IL,
1899, to the highest bidder for cash the
following described real estate in Cary
township conveyed in said mortgage.
First tract.-Beginning at a hickory,
thence north 261a poles to a stake, thence
east 39l@ poles to a rock in Eastman's
line, thence north 500 poles to stake
Eastman's corner, thence west III poles
to a stake at the Trinity road, thence
south 10 degrees, west 80 poles to
stake on the n. G. r. r., thence with
railroad south rs degrees, east S91a poles
to the first station, containing SO acres
] rod 10 poles, more or less.
Second tract:-Adjoining Needham
Jones, DIR. Cooks estate, Barber and
Olive and others, containing 6S acres
mole or less.
w. ID. UpCHURCH,
Mortgage.
August 18th, 1899.
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NOT ICE.

OF offer to sell one thousand shares of
Stock in The Durham and Northern
Railway Company owned by the City
of Durham.
At an adjourned meeting of the Board
Of Aldermen Of the City of Durham,
held on the 25th day of August, 1890, it
was ordered by said Board that: 1.-THE
entire stock owned by the City of Dur
ham, in the Durham and Northern Rail
way Company, be offered for sale, as Il
whole, in the following manner: The
City Clerk shall advertise for sealed
bids, for said stock, to be opened on the
14th day of September, 1899, at II
o'clock M, the City reserving the right
to reject any or all bids. Each bid must
be accompanied by five hundred dollars,
or certified check for that amount on
some responsible bank, as an evidence
OF good faith on the part Of the bidder,
which shall be returned to the owner if
the bid be not accepted
If a sale should be made, the pro-
cecds thereof shall be placed to the
credit Of the sinking fund, provided for
the payment Of the bonds issued by the
Town OF Durham IN ana or the durham
and Northern Railway Company, under
Chapter 40 of the Laws Of 1887, and
the interest or dividends arising there
from shall be applied and used to reduce
taxes collected for said fund"
by virtue of the foregoing resolution,
! will receive bids as therein provided,
until II o'clock m. of the 18th day Of
September. 1899. The stock to be sold
consists Of one thousand shares Of the
par value of one hundred dollars each.
1t was issued to the Town NOW City OF
Durham, in exchange for bonds of the
par value of one hundred thousand dol
lars, after a subscription to that amount
had been made by said Town. Persons
desiring further information, may adj
dress me or Victor s. Bryant, City At
torney at Durham, n. G..
GEO. w. WOODWARD,
August 9th. 1899. City Clerk.
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SPECIAL RATE TO CHARLOTTE,
n. G. VIA s. A. l..

Meeting of the General Association Of
the congregational Church of North
carolina, Charlotte, N. c., Sept 10Th
10Th, 1899.
On account of the above occasion the
oeaboard Air Line will sell round trip
tickets from Raleigh to Charlotte, y. T.,
and return for $3.50. Tickets to he sold
sept II, IS and 10, final limit Sept. 9th,
tor further information call ON
Ii. ). LEARD, II. Z. A., Raleigh, Y. G..
II. T. SMITH, C. 7. A., Raleigh, Y. C.
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WHEN YOU RIDE YOUR WHEEL

Always shake into your shoes Aliens
Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. II
keeps your feet cool, prevents sweating
feet, and makes your endurance tcn-fold
greater. Over one million wheel pe0-
pie are using Aliens Foot-Ease. They
all praise it. 1t gives rest an1 comfort
to smarting, hot, swollen, aching feet
and is certain cure for ingrowing nails.
At all druggists and shoe stores, 25r.
Sample FREE by mail. Address Allen
S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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There's always hope while there's One
Minute Cough Cure. IAN attack Of
pneumonia left my lungs in bad shape
and ] was near the first stages of con
sumption. One Minute Cough Cure COM
pletely cured me-" writes Helen Me
Henry, Bismarck, y. ID. Gives. instant
relief. Bobbitt- Wynne Drug Co, w. II.
King & Co, Adams & Moye, Wa. Simp-
son.
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When man becomes possessed of the
idea that he is a philosopher it Is pretty
hard to get him to listen to advice.
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IT EcLIPsEs EVERYTHING.

Drought in Rockingham Opening OF
schools Amendment Grows in Fa-
goF.
Rockingham, \. G., Sept. 4.(Special.)
That the Twentieth Century Edition
should eclipse anything heretofore I'M
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FOR THE SAKE OF FUN MIS-
CHIEF is DONE"

A vast amount of mischief is done,
too, because people neglect to keep their
blood pure. The mischief appears in
eruptions, dyspepsia, indigestion, ner-
vousness, kidney diseases, and other
ailments. This mischief, fortunately,
may be undone by the faithful use of
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which cures all
diseases originating in or promoted by
impure blood.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-05

The great success of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in the treatment of bowel complaints
has made it standard over the greater
part of the civilized world. For sale
everywhere. Bobbitt- Wynne Drug Co.,
and III. r. Hicks, Druggists, Raleigh.
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200 STUDENTS PRESENT.
Wake Forest College Opened Very Fla
teringly.

Wake Forest, n. c., Sept. Especial
Wake Forest College opened very fiat
teringly last week. Two hundred stu
dents were enrolled the first week. She
has set good pace for the colleges.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-05

Whether a man is a crank or eccen-
trio depends much on his Importance as
Il part of the social machine.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-05

Sometimes when we are most puffed
up over the size Of our SHADOW we are
standing in our own light.
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
VINE HILL MALE ACADEMY

Select boarding school for boys. Nine
tleth year. Thorough preparation for
college or business. Good buildings,
library, literary societies. For terms
and catalogues address
PRINCE & WILSON, Superintendent,
SCOTLAND NECK, n. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-05

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. Non
irritating.
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OF offer to sell one thousand shares Of
Stock in The Durham and Northern
Railway Company owned by the City
of Durham.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-22
A MYSTERY NEAR PANA.
Three People Under Arrest For MHr-
Ler-0tIler Crimes Hunted At.

Ger-ttner crimes uhteu A.
Pana. lis. April 23,-The mutilated
body Of Miss Jane Brunot, Il wealthy
woman Of advanced years WAS found in
we'll on the BrunOt farm near here,
and an hour later the dead WOman's
sster-inlaw Mrs. Brunot, the latter's
ls-year-old son Henry and Frederick
Sibley were arrested, charged with the
woman's murder.
Miss Brunot lived at Danna, Ind, and,
the police declare. was decoyed to the
farm of her brothers widow and shot to
death in the garnet of the farmhouse.
The murder is supposed to have been
committed about April l. The body was
carried to the we'll at night and was not
discovered until now. The securing of
the dead woman's property is given as
the motive for the crime.
Miss Brunot is said to have taken to
the Brunot farm valise containing
$500 and many valuable papers. Young
Brunot and Sibley disappeared about
April /, taking the valise with them, ac
cording to the police, and have since
made several efforts to get deeds and
valuables from the dead woman's sister,
who lives at Danna.
Mrs. Brunot is also charged with hav-
ing killed her husband with poison two
years ago to get his life insurance, and
by the authorities to be the murderers
of Mrs. May Mcintyre, who was robbed
and killed at Flatham in February.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-22
WARMING.

The legal voters of the city of Barre are
hereby warned and notified to meet in cit!
meeting in Armory Hall on North Main ST.,
Barre. Vernon. on the rs day of April, 1S''o
at o'clock D. IN. to transact the following
business:
LIST. TO see if the City will vote to erect
and locate school house.
bud. TO see if the City will vote to pur-
chase land, or otherwise procure land upon
which to erect Il school house.
Bird. TO see if the City will vote to give the
school commissioners authority to selecta site
for said school building, and to purchase land
therefor. and to erect Il building thereon:
4th. TO see if the City will vote to raise a
special tax for the purpose of purchasing laiId
for new school building, and erecting the
same, and if 30 how much.
9Th. To see if the City will vote to borrow
money: ard issue its bonds. notes or order,
for the purchase OF land for new school
building and the erection OF said building,
and If SO how much.
9Th. TO see if the City will veto to pay the
mayor Il salary for the ensuing year, anu To
fix the compensation of city assessors, CIV
treasurer and clerk, and the members OF the
board of aldermen, and if SO how much.
18th, TO see if the Cit. Will vote to author
ize the city council to borrow money III anu
cipution OF taxes for the present year To meet
the expenses and Indebtedness OF the City,
and if so how much.
Sth. TO do any other proper business
Dated at the City of Barre this 9th day OF
JOHN W. GORDON, MAYOR.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-22

Africa is a continent rich in tailed
men myths. There is supposed to be a
caudate race of pygnies somewhere in
the uplands of Abyssinia The Main
Mains are celebrated case. A good
many years ago the French government
dispatched NJ. Descouret with instruc-
tions to explore some of the least known
parts of Africa and to ascertain the OK
act degree of truth in tn various stories
about the Main Mains. He describes
the people as being mostly under five
feet in height. i rroportioned, thin,
weak and ugly. with short, woolly hair
and with an external elongation Of the
vertebral column. which, he says, lin
every individual. male or female, forms
a tail two or three inches long. Med
ical Record.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-22
Closing prices:
General Markets,

New York, April 81.
FLOUR--State and western in moderate de-
mand and steady; winter patents. 20;
winter straignts, $36oa3.75; Minnesota patents,
$3.9oa4.2); winter extras, S26'ja3.
WHEAT No. red opened firmer on cables
and then weakened under favorab bic crop pros
poets and realizing; May, 7sj4a,95sc.; July.
Is 15-l6a799Ac.
realistically: state, 6laGac.; No . western,
661ac., f. O. b., afiOat
CORNING. 2 dull and barely steady with
wheat; May, 40 l-l6a4Olsc.; July,40 l-l6al01sc.
OATS--No. 2 opened inactive: track, white
state. 35a;,9c.; track, white, western, 35a;}9c.
PORk-Steady; mess, SS.ija.950 family,
$1O.5Oal.
LARD-Quiet; prime western steam, S55a11
a555. nominal.
BUTTER Steady; state dairy, Halle; state
creamery, ljalSc.
CHEESE Steady: large, white, l2al2l4 :
small, white, l234al3c.
EGGS-Quiet; state and Pennsylvania, l4c
western, l316al4c.
SUGAR-Raw steady; fair refining, 3-l6c
centrifugal, 9G test. i5Sc. refined steady: crush
ed, 534c. powdered 5ssc.
TURPENTI NE Quietat 42l9a43c.
Firm New Orleans, 3aa31c.
RICE Firm; domestic. 41aa1c.; Japan, ga
sic.
TALLOW-Easy; city, AZ asked country,
iAa4}6c.
HAY - FIRM shipping. 45a55c.; COOL to
choice. G5a15c.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-22
RULES GOVERNING THE CONTEST.

/. The contest runs from March Is, 1899
till 10 p. m. on June ID. 1899. both dates in
elusive and no votes received at this Office
after the latter date will he counted. Contest
closes at 10 p. m. June Is 1899. sharp. Every
TELEGRAM printed during the contest will
contain Il vote.
2. No papers will be sold at our Office for
less than | cent each. excepting to our news
toys. No papers contAing votes Tor this con-
Iest will be printed after our regular edition
VI June 49,. Bear this in mind. The way to
win this contest is to subscribe for the Tce-
cram at once and get your friends to do so
too. Then forward your votes for most pop
ular lady.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-22
Her Sweet Mistake.

A short time since the daughter of a
millionaire drove up to the door of a
jewelers. shop. went in and selected a
turquoise and diamond ring valued at
$3.50 She made out her check for that
sum and passed it to the proprietor,
who glanced at it and then looked in
quiringly up at the young lady and
said, There is some mistake here. l
think.
The young lady flushed and asked if
the check was not for the right amount
She was told it was. but
''But what - she exclaimed frigidly
"Do you mean that my check is not ac-
ceptable2'
The jeweler acknowledged that he
knew quite we'll who the young lady
was, but explained that the check was
not made out just as it should be. and
he handed it back. The girl ran her eye
over it and then turned deep crimson.
"Ohl" she exclaimed, II seeP' And
then she proceeded to make out another
check. Shs had signed the first one.
"Your own sweetheart. Jessie.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-22
A New SOuSn NInrcl.

Baltimore, April %. - Sousa's new
march, Hands Across the Sea-" was
rendered last night by his famous band
before large and fashionable audience
The name of the new production was
selected several weeks ago, but owing
to the eXigencies of the international
copyright law it was not made public
until few hours before it's production
The work compares favorably with the
authors best efforts and was thorough
ly appreciated by it's hearers. The au-
thor was given an ovation after it's
rendition.