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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28
National Baptist Anniversaries

will be held in San Francisco this
year. For the first time in the his
tory of this organization these meet
ings will be held on the Pacific Coast,
The Santa Fe will sell round trip
tickets May 10 to Is, inclusive, with
limit Of July 10, for 500. Liberal
stop-oyers permitted, Pullman pal
ace and tourist sleepers and free
chair cars to California daily Call
on G. B, Young, Agent, Chanute, for
literature and details,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28
LONG STORY MAD
SHORT.

Dr. Thurmond's Catarrh Cure
is sold no cure no pay. 1t will
cure your catarrh and colds in the
head while you wait. Sold by ].
R. Fay, price, SOC and $500 bot
tie.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28

Mothers! Beware of those secret
robbers of your baby's quiet and
health. Those sleepless nights and
long hours of tiresome vigil are caus-
ed by those terrible enemies of child
hood-worms. Destroy and remove
them with WHITES CREAM YER
MIFUGE. Price Is cents.-G, p. Will
der,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28
$1e. rs DENVER AND RETURN.
VIA SANTA FE ROUTE.

Tickets on sale May l6 and II. Good
for return until June -, 1899. Pull.
man sleepers and free chairs through.
Berths reserved, baggage checked and
tickets sold by G. B. Young, Agent,
Chanute.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28
500 San Francisco and Return

Tickets on sale May Is to 18th, in
elusive. Final limit July Is. 1899.
Stop over privileges in each direc-
tiOn. You may 90 one way and re-
turn another. G. b. Young, Agent,
Santa Fe Route, Chanute. will cheer
fully respond tn all inquiries for in
formation,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28
COLORADO SPRINGS AND
Sl9.75 RETURN $l9.75
VIA SANTA FEE ROUTE.

A low rate for an early vacation.
Tickets Cd sale May 16and II, hearing
limit of June Is. Particulars may be
had on application to c. b. Young,
Agent, Chanute,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28

Many so-caled "btters' are not medicines,
but simply liquors disguised, SO as TO evode
the law. Prckly Ash Bitters is not one of this
class 1t is strictly a medicine, acting primar
lily on the kidneys, liver and bowels, and for
the dangerous diseases that attack these organs
it is a remedy of the first grade, There is moth
ing Objectionable in it's taste, it has a very ar
reeable flavor aud is acceptable to the most de-
licate stomach Sold by j. l. Sewell
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28

Many people suffer untold tor
lures from piles, because Of the popu
lar impression that they cannot be
cured. TABLER'S BUCKEYE PILE
OINTMENT will cure them. II has
met with absolute success. Price, so
cts. in bottles, tubes, rs cts.-G. P,
Wilder.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28

For coughs and colds there is no
medicine so effective as BALLARD'S
HOREHOUND SYRUP. 1t is the
ideal remedy Price, IS cents and 50
cents-G. p. Wilder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

and leaving behind him an enviable
record at that institution.
In 1898 he matriculated at the Baltl-
more Dental College, where he remain
ed for three years, applying hlmser
so assiduously and to such good pur-
pose that he graduated at the head
of his class in 1896 and won the COW
eted honor of delivering the valedic-
tory address. Not only many States
OF the Union were represented in the
class, but other countries as well, the
Baltimore Dental College being one
of the oldest and best known institu
tons of the kind in the United States.
After graduation DR.. Early located
at Louisburg, n. c., where he success
fully practiced his profession before
removing to Newbern. In Newbern
he won immediate recognition as
skilled practitioner and has secured
the most exclusive trade of the city.
His office, which is over Bradham's
pharmacy, has the advantage of ex-
cellent location and within his suite
Of rooms is fitted up with all the nu-
merous appliances necessary for the
successful practice of modern DENTS
try. So soon as a new instrument or
appliance has demonstrated its utility
DR. Early adds it to his. equipment,
being always alert and thoroughly de
voted to the right practice of his pro-
feSSiOn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
HON. S. w. HANCOCK.
NeWbern's Popular PostmaS-
ter and a Progressive
Citizen.
An Administration that has Received the High
est Praise from the Government and
the People.

Newbern's handsome Federal build
ing is the pride of the city and receives
the highest praise from all visitors. In
il is housed one of the best conducted
postoffices i'll the South. 1t is a service
that pleases alike the citizen and the
stranger. To the Hon. S. w. Hancock
is the public indebted for this satisfac-
tory state Of affairs. He was born in
Raleigh in 1868, but reared and edu-
Gated i'll Newborn. At the age of fifteen
he engaged in the drug business, but
at the age of eighteen abandoned this
and read law under W. w. Clark, of
NewbeIn. He was licensed to practice
IN 1896 and at once began to practice.
He was county attorney of Craven coun-
ty for two years and was also general
attorney for the a. and n. G. Railroad.
He was appointed postmaster July LIST,
1885, Mr. Hancock is an able lawyer,
Il progressive citizen. strong believer
i'll the future of Newhern and has made
Il host of friends socially and profession
ally throughout the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
j. L. HAHN

The Present Sheriff of Craven County.
Mr.. j. l.. Hahn, sheriff of Craven
county, was born in Middlesex county,
New Jersey, in June 1854 and is there
fore 45 years old Immediately after the
civil war, when he was but Is years old,
his family removed to Newbern where
Mr.. Hahn has since resided.
After finishing school he entered the
mercantile business with his father ana
so remained until 1882 when he accepted
a place in the sheriff's office under his
uncle, Nj. Hahn, who was sheriff from
1880 to 1886 and is now collector of
customs for the port of NewDern.
In 1894 Mr.. Hahn was elected sheriff
for the first time but the commissioners
failed to qualify him. In 1896 he was
again elected and was qualified and was
reelected in 1898 by a good majority.
Mr.. Hahn is one of the largest real
property holders of Newborn. where his
interests are large, and has extensive in
terests elsewhere He is the owner Of
what is known as 'Rheinstein's town"
a suburb of Newbern, and owns i'm addi-
tiom some fifty or more tenant houses
within the corporate limits of the city.
Besides these holdings he has in Jones
county fine farm of 1000 acres.
Mr.. Hahn is a fine business man and
devotes his entire time to the affairs OF
hrs office and the management of his
private interests. He is a Republican in
politics and takes an active interest in
the local, State and National affairs of
his party.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
HON. GEORGE GREEN,
Secretary of the Newbern
Industrial Fair ASsocia-
ton.
His Grandfather an Extensive Planter of the
Tide Water S ction and his Father for
Years Newbern's Foremost
Attorney.

One of the best known citizens of
Newbeln is Mr.. George Green, secre-
tary of the Newbern Fish, Game and In
dustrial Fair Associations man who
has done distinguished public service
and whose record is without spot or
blemish
Mr. Green was born in Newbern Sep
TENDER 10Th, 1856, and has been citi-
zen Of that town all his life. After a
thorough preparation in the schools of
his native town he attended the Uniyer-
sity of North Carolina where he took
an optional course in the sciences and
cognate branches. After the compile
ton of his course there he attended
Georgetown University at Washington,
ID. Gil. where his course was completed.
He finished from this latter institution
in 1878 and returned to Newbern to
cast in his lot with his own people.
In 1880, when not yet u years of age,
he was given recognition by his fellow
citizens, being elected to represent Graz
ven county in the Legislature, where he
served so satisfactorily that he was
subsequently elected to serve two con-
secutiye terms in the State Senate-the
sessions of 1887 and 1899.
In June of 1888 he was appointed dep
uty clerk of the United States District
Court in which capacity he served until
March. 1892, when he was appointed
clerk by the late Judge Seymour, then
Judge presiding. He was subsequently
reappointed by Judge Thomas r. Pur-
nell the present incumbent of the bench.
Mr.. Green is a successful planter and
has extensive farm interest near New
bern.
The ancestors of Mr.. Green came
originally from England and settled i'll
Craven county in Colonial times. His
grandfather was an extensive planter
and large Shareholder of the section
and his father, the late Hon. George
Green, was for Il long period Newbern's
foremost attorney and served on the
bench with distinction. He was a mem
her of the Legislature in 1854 and of
the secession committee of that body.
In 1861 he was a signer of the declara-
ton of secession. He was one of tho
organizers of the A. and n G. Railroad
and director for number Of years.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
j. H. BENTON,
M d. D, D, S,
One of the Foremost Dentists
of Eastern North Carolina
AN UP-TO-DATE DENTIST
Thoroughly Abreast with the Times in Every
thing Pertaining to the Profession,
Handsome Suite of Offices
Over the Farmers and
Mechanics Bank.

Wonderful advancement has been
made in the practice of dentistry in the
last few years. Now the dental surgeon
takes rank with the medical practi-
TONER and dentistry has been raised from
the rank of a mere trade to that of one
of the learned and scientific professions.
When we look back to the first stages
of dentistry we may and do perceive a
just feeling of pride and perceive matter
for congratulation in the giant strides of
Improvement made manifest by the
slightest comparison of then and now.
1t is astonishing to relate that the birth
of dentistry took place in the United
States, but such is the case, and today
America leads the world in the pro-
fession.
The subject of our sketch, Mr.. j. II.
Benton, is one of the States most en-
thusiastc dentists He was born in
Sampson county and after receiving his
literary education entered the medical
department of the University of Penn
Sylvania, the oldest medical college i'll
America, from which institution he
graduated. Thus thoroughly trained i'll
one Of the finest schools in America,
he began the practice and was thus en-
gagged in Sampson county for fifteen
years. Always infatuated with DENTS
try, he decided to give up the practice
of medicine and to devote his whole time
to it, With this end in view he attend
ed the Baltimore College Of Dental Sur
gerry and graduated from this institu-
ton in 1890. So it will be seen that
Dr. Benton has the distinction of being
Il, ,l.I Fnyltf 4 oil
lege in America and of the oldest Den
tai College in the world.
DR.. Benton established himself in New
bern and has been busy ever since. He
has all the work he can do in Newbern
and his patronage is of the most eX-
elusive kind His elegant suite of rooms
are filled with all the modern and i'm
proved appliances and { II necessary con-
yenieuces for the successful practice of
his profession. He has electrical APP
piances.
Dr. Benton keeps thoroughly abreast
with the tires III everything pertaining
to the profession Of dentistry. He uses
the best material obtainahle, and per
forms his work in thorough and skill
full manner.
He is a member of the State Dental
Society. the National Dental Associa-
ton and the Southern Branch of the
National Association.
IIeyis prominent in secret societies, be
ing Il. member of the Eureka Lodge No
:, /. o. o. +. Of the Calumet Encamp.
ment, No. 4, l. .. O. f., of the st
Johns Lodge No. 3, 4. Il. and A. NJ.
and Of the Athena lodge No. s, knights
Of Pythias.
DR.. Benton is an enterprising citizen
and has a host of friends throughout the
State who appreciate him for his many
sterling qualities.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
Builder IF The Magnificent Neuse and
Trent Bridges
ONE 5,O88 FEET, THE OTHER 1884
Marvels Of Architecture and Engineering Skill
Mr.. Neal Has Also Helped ia the Con
struction Of Some Of the South's
Leading Railways AM Finest
Bridges and Wharves.


Beside these splendid bridges Mr. Neal
has planned and constructed the WharveS
and warehouses; for the VrsinIl-Garo-
lima Chemical Company, and the mi,
buildings and Wharyes for the Newbern
cotton oil and fertilizer company, con-
ceded to he among the best in the city.
Mr.. Neal is as facile as an architect and
contractor as he is al engineer. The
construction of these wharves and
buildings has charged. nlmeasurably
for the better. the appearance Cf the
river front Of Newborn.
Mr.. Neal was born and reared at
Halifax, n. c., and that is still his
permanent address He was educated
at the University and after .raying that
institution Immediately took up the
work of civil engineer which he has
followed with Sucns brilliant Suc"eSs
since.
He first joined corps of engineers
engaged in railway building and helped
in the survey and construction OF tie
Norfolk and Western and the Atlantic
Coast Line railways. For these lines he
planned and built the tresties and was
the assistant engineer N lie con>trhc-
libi VI Ilt NiidlNIf 'illh NN'tiNii'ii''' -
of the road al Norfolk and Lambeth $
Point, Virginia lie was with the A..
G. l.. for eight years AMI rs resident
engineer had charge If the construction
of the finest bridge of the road, which
spans the Santee river. He also super
intended the building of large number
Of smaller bridges during his period OF
service with this road.
At present Mr.. Neal makes Il special
ty of the construction of wharv =, hridg
es, warehouses and heavy trestle work
but is prepared to furnish plans and
specifications at any time for any and
all kinds of contracts.
During his brilliantly successful career
he has been thrown with some If the
most distinguished civil engineers in Am
erica and has perfected himself in the
practical school Of experience. While
on the Norfolk and Western constrnc-
ton corps he worked CONFORMITY with the
men who constructed that magnificent
transcontinental line, the Canadian Pa
cifc.
In the midst of his busy career and
weighty responsibilities he has found
time to keep up with the current Of af-
fairs and is man of wide culture and
large views.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

Perhaps the best known civil engineer
of North Carolina is Mr. r. 5. Neal.
for his work has given him more than
a Statewide reputation. He has build
ed his own monuments in steel and
stone in nearly every State of the South
and time and the stress of wind and
waves and weather have found them
enduring.
His greatest feat of engineering is
perhaps the two magnificent bridges
spanning the .Neuse and Trent rivers.
each being nearly mile in length. u"
be exact, the bridge over the Aense at
Newbern is 5,0SS feet long, while the
one over the Trent at the same point is
3,1S7 feet in length. The first has a
draw clear of the masonry at the CEN
tire pier of 90 feet, while the second
has draw spanning its centre Of -
feet to enable ships TO come and go III
the rivers without obstruction.
OF these fine products of the engineer
skill and the constructors art the peo-
pie of Newborn are justly proud. Both
bridges are new, having been COM
pleted in 1893, and were constructed Mt
the expense Of the county, but already
the benefits, alike to the sections Of
country formerly cut off from New bern
but which now have ready access TO
the city, and to the city. which receives
a vastly augmented volume of trade,
have shown the wisdom of the step
and that the county has builded even
better than it knew. Ten months weft
required for the building Of these
bridges and no timber was used iii thcir
construction but the best Of long leaf
pine, which Mr.. Neal manufactured
himself.
The bridges are built upon immense
piles, the two centre piles being perpen-
dicular while those at The outside are
slanting.
During the past winter he durability
and strength Of these bridges were but 10
most severe test and they stoud It
without injury. During the almost un-
precedented snow fall of February ana
the terrific freeze that accompanied Il
the river became choked with snow and
ice, whiw accumulated above the
bridges banking up on some OF thu
spans to a height Of twenty feet AMI
apparently Threatening the structures
with certain ruin, but tha work stood
the test.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
MIR. E. w. SMALLWOOD.

Chairman of the Board of County Com
missioners and Merchant.
Mr.. Il. w. Smallwood has been chair
man of the board of county commits
sioners since 1897, and member of
the board since 1897. The board consists
of three Republicans and four Demo
Gratis. the latter appointed by the last
Legislature. In 1898 the county issued
bonds and built the fine bridges that
now span the Neuse and Trent rivers.
one being a mile and the other three
quarters of a mile in length. These
bridges have proved splendid investments
for the county. Craven now has more
and handsomer bridges than any other
county in the State.
Mr.. Smallwood was born and reared in
Newbern. He has served as an alder
man of the city, and has been for if
teen years leader in the hardware bust
ness of the section. He does both a
wholesale and retail business, and car
ries a large and complete stock. In the
management of his own business and the
affairs of the county he has shown con-
spicuous ability. In politics he is an
ardent Democrat as was shown i'm his
election to hold the balances between the
Republican members of the board and
the people, He is director of the Citi-
zens' Bank, of Newbern.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
A Successful Practitioner in
State and Federal Courts.
MEMBER OF NEWBERN BAR
And a Leader Of the Strong Young Democracy
of the State Of Washington, Where He
Was the Banner Bearer Of His
Party in a Number Of Contests,

Few men of his age and profession
have had more varied or extensive
experience than Mr. ID. l.. Ward, at
present a member of the bar Of New
bern.
Mr.. Ward was born in Greene county.
this State, and was educated at Wake
Forest College, from which he grad
uated in 1881 with the degree of Al b.
He then read law at Dick and billiards.
law school in Greensboro and was Ii
censed to practice at the February term
of 1883.
He located ut Wilson and practiced
his profession there for several years,
but the west drew him and following
the advice of Horace Greedy he went to
Washington Territory, as it then was,
and located in Olympia. He took an
active interest in politics in his new
nome and was nominated for the State
Senate the year that the territory be-
came State of the Union. He was
subsequently nominated by the Demo-
cratic party for district attorney for
the western district of the State with
James Hamilton Lewis and Charles
Voorhees,. both of whom have since serv-
ed in Congress.
From Olympia Mr. Ward went to San
Francisco where he became associated
wiz the law firm of Jarboe, Harrison
and Goodfellow, at that time the best
known firm practicing on the Pacific
slope. While with this firm he assisted
in what was one of the largest suits
on record, the great Blythe case, involv-
ing six million dollars and the trial of
which consumed a year in the Superior
Court
With this firm he remained six years,
or until its dissolution by the death of
Air. Jarboe, the senior member, and the
elevation of Mr.. Harrison to the SUI
preme Court bench of the State. Mr.
Ward then returned to North Carolina
and opened an office at Newbern in
March. 1894. Here. as abroad, his abil-
ity was recognized by his party and he
was nominated for the Senate 10y the
Democrats in 1896 and canvassed the
six counties comprising the district
During the last campaign he was put
on the stump by Chairman Simmons
and canvassed Surry, Carteret and sew
eral other counties He is at present
county attorney of Craven and was re-
Gently elected attorney for the State
Board Of Shell Fish Commissioners and
represented the board at the time the
oyster patrol steamer Lille was taken
from the fusionists
DR.. ID. @. w. Ward, the father of the
subject of this sketch, was presiden-
tial elector on the Pierce ticket in 1852
anu was a member of the Governors
staff. He held original grants from the
King of England to his family of lands
in Onslow county, his family having
lived there since early colonial times
Capt. w. p. Ward has several times
represented Jones county in the Legis-
lature, and indeed the name is one of
the best known in Eastern North Caro-
lima.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
NJ. HAHN.
Collector of Customs for the
Port of NeWbefn.
Born and Educated in Germany he Removed to
America When IA Years Old. Has
Filled Number of Public
Positions.

NJ Hahn, collector of customs for the
port of Newborn, is a German by birth,
having been born in Baden, Germany
in 1888 He was educated in his ma
tive town after the thorough German
manner and when only II years of age
left Germany and came to New York,
where he remained until 1864 when lie
removed to Newbern, where he has since
resided,
Mr.. Hahn took an active interest in
the politics of his county and in 1880
was elected sheriff of Craven, which
position he filled for three successive
terms, ending his last term in 1886.
Shortly after going to Newbern, in
1866, Mr.. Hahn established a livery
and sales stable and has continued as
the proprietor of that business ever since
and still conducts il at the same stand
as where it was first established. His
stable now, as heretofore. gets IA large
share of the patronage of the city.
In June of 1898 Mr.. Hahn was APP
pointed collector Of customs for the
port of Newbern, an important and re-
sponsible position. He has under him
in the Collectors office clerical force
of six men.
Mr.. Hahn is a Mason, member of the
Chapter and Knight Of Honor. In
both orders he takes Il lively interest.
He is President of the Jewish congre-
CATION in Newborn.
Nothing in the way of enterprise or
progress in Newbern or Craven county
ever counts amiss on the support of Mr..
Hahn He is proud of his town and
follows with the keenest zest the trend
OF events in the commercial and politi-
cal life of North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

formed partnership with f. NJ. Sim
mons, the present Chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee. He
was subsequently chosen attorney of the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
and served in chat capacity for four
years. or until the fusionists gained CON
troll of and reorganized that road, when
he retired
He was member of the delegation
from North Carolina to the National
Democratic convention which nominated
Mr.. Bryan for The Presidency in 1896
and was afterward member of the
notification committee at Madison
Square Garden in New York city, when
Mr. Bryan was officially appraised Of
his nomination.
1t was, however. us the associate of
Chairman Simmons ut Democratic head
quarters during the late campaign for
White Supremacy that Mr.. Pearsall
rendered the most valued service to his
State and party. For four months dur
ing the campaign he had charge of the
assignments of speakers, and it was due
in no small degree to his intimate knowl-
edge Of the situation thar the Democrats
were so overwhelmingly successful. To
keep in touch with the needs of every
section. almost of every neighborhood,
and to assign tie speaker best fitted
to those needs was no small undertaking
hut that Mr. Pearsall accomplished the
task the results showed. During the
campaign he made 40 assignments of
speakers and covered in that range ey-
cry county in the State except two.
Such services his party will be slow
TO forget