Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-05
BITTER but
INTOXICATING.
State Treasurer Worth Receives a
Bottle Of Bittsrs.
HEARD IN RALEIGH
RALEIGH
Proposed Summer schooI-Anothcr
Man aoc. Daft oyor Perpetual
no,ion-AnAged Han IkiIled- stiIi
Waiting for Those siato nonds-.
Tho Go,orcd Peoples Cotton sIillI
Mt Concord-Ncw Chartor Granted.

Raleigh. N. c., Nov. 4.-The bottle Of
"bltters' that. was sent to Treasurer
Worth from Rich Square for analysis
is closely related to the genuine article.
An official analysis of the bottle Of
blttcrs by State Chemist ISilgore shows
that it contains 2S.4O per cent. of aico-
hol.. In commenting on the analysis,
DR.. Nllgore says this contains fully
5 twice rs much alcohol as ordinary wine.
Whskey contains about fifty per cent.
OF alcohol.
The bottle was sent to the treasurer
by MIR. Andrew j. Conner, the editor
OF The Roanoke Chowan Times Of Rich
Square. In his letter to the treasurer
MIR. Conner says:
II have sent you per express to-day.
prepaid, bottle of so-called bitters.'
1 wish you would have same analysed
and inform me II 1t is not subject TO
license tax. 1 mean, should not the
party selling 1t here first obtain Ii
censc? We have no saloons here, but
of late this bitters' Is being sold.
which has u demoralizing effect. 1t
seems TO be as harmful. or more SO,
than pure whi,skey. You will note the
bottle has no seal on 1t. 1t is just
us it was bought at a store here this
morning. Much drunkenness has re-
suited from It's sale"
PROPOSED SUMMER SCHOOL.
Recently there has been good deal
of talk OF establishing q summer school
somewhere in the mountains of West
ern Carolina as an adjunct to the State
Normal and Industrial College. So
soon rs the citizens of Morganton heard
OF this plan they sent representative
down here with u view Of having the
school established in that town. Nor
canton "a Tho only town IN the West
that sent out q bid.
ANOTHER MAN DAFT.
A. special from Greensboro says:
There is Swedc here who claims to
have discovered perpetual motion. He
has written 10 DIR. McIvcr, asking him
to inspect his continuance and telling
him To beware how he neglects to give
hearing to the poor men who struggle
for n living and fame. DIR. McIver and
went to the mans address. but he
was not In. DR.. McIver will continue
the search for him to-day.
AGED MAN KILLED.
A letter from Charlotte says:
News reached here yesterday that
Edward Henderson, an aged and re-
spccted citizen of this county, was
killed by n falling tree. The tree was
q large walnut in his yard, and he was
standing by, seeing 1t fellcd. He could
not get out of the way, and was crush
ed in the broken branches. His back
was broken and his body badly bruised.
He was 7G years old.
THOSE STATE BONDS.
1T will be remembered the trouble the
american BanlSnote Company" has
given State Treasurer Worth by not
sending, according to contract. the en-
graved bonds for the payment of the
penitentiary debt and for the State
farms. The company promised Treasu-
rer Worth personally. when he was In
New York. that the work was well UNI
der way, and would be quickly finished.
It is now learned through the States
counsel In New York that no work
whatever has been done on the bonds.
Treasurer Worth says he will sue the
company for breach OF contract, and
force 1t to pay the interest on the pur-
chase money for the farms, as that in
terest would have stopped had he had
the bonds to turn over to the pur-
chasers and get the money. This Is
rather n unique suit and will attract
attention.
CoLoRED COTTON FACTORY.
Warren Coleman (colored) the pres
ident Of the cotton mill at Concord,
owned and controlled entirely by ne
groes, is here. lie says it will be six
weeks before the mill begins work.
This delay is caused by our company
failing TO put in the shafting on time.
The mill will have 1000 spindles and
$50 looms. giving work to $50 persons.
NEW CHARTER.
The State charters the Charlotte
Clothing Manufacturing Company with
capital stock of 100000
Tho Corporation Commission, Is this
week, looking into the reports of bank
examiners on the condition of the State
banks. o3.ii.