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COTTON BELT NOTES.
 E, WALTER NCRDMAN
BY E, WALTER NORDMAN

company, have arrived. They are numbered 2e6, DOT and 20S. There ls still one more to come.
 General Master Mechanic Robt. Johnson has returned from dyins Lip to St, Louis. He was accompa n' ed by his family.
 Mr. has. Anderson. an employe C the boiler department. has severed his connection with this company and will leave today for hls home i0 Mississippi.
 Coaches 167 and l73, which are now completed in the paint depart ment. will be ready for use the latter part of this week.
 Bids will be open for the next ter days for one brakeman to fill the va cancy on caboose 20003, Conductor MeCoy's train, in place of Brakeman Grainey, who has resigned.
 Dispatcher r, \. Korn left Thurs day for his home at Breek isxldge, Mo-, on account of the death VI his mother. His brother W. $. korn who is conductor on the New Mad rid branch, accompanied him.
 MT. Fred Blner0ck, bright young man who was raised here aLd serv- ed an apprenticeship at these shops as timer, has accepted a similar position at Palestine, Texas, in the International and Great Northern shops.
 Mir. Charley Dudley. d machini..t who has been here for a Lumber Of years, has severed his connection with this company and leaves today for 1is home at Jackson. Miss. where he will in future reside.
 MT. J ohn Dlnna, a passenger ire man W ho for about eight years has served this company faithfully, has decided to accept position as en- gineer on the Pee Gee systemAfut , Shreveport.
 t has been rumored that after the 18th of this month until the lst oi January, the mill, coach and rip track deDartments will be closed : We hope that there is no founda tion to this rumor.
 The advertising board now atlxa tisef for one engineer on engfrfe l q an fngincer on train 3 and l0, ons fireman on engine l4e on trssin A
 pasaenger run south, fireuIIl Iepf1ne HE on pa ssenger nm S ii7 F E I1S
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Engineer Dean is reported on the sick list.
 All the telegraph wires were down yesterday at Altheimer eansed by Il large tlee falling across them.
 Mir. Theodore WolIerman K now assisting Mr. Jemes Malone in the mill as overseer.
 The new coal chute ali Maiden, Mo, which was recently built, K now completed and ready for coal
 Mir. Will Ferguson. boiler mak- er at these shops, has returned from business trip to Camden.
 Mir. l. T. Kinsey, Of DeSoto. Mo, has accepted position at the e sh ops as coach timer.
 r. J. Nichols, traveling engineer with headquarters at. this place is in Tyler today on business.
 MT. Will Harper has secured a po- sition as q helper in the tin and cop per department.
 Conductor ]. C. Fox can now hp seen punching tickets on trains5 and 1 between here and Cairo.
 MT. J. l.. Stamper, of the coach department. is sufferer from a large. painful boil on his face.
 The coach department has only two coaches in for repairs and they are due to be ready for use by the l5.
 Sfr. H. B. Shredder, an operator for this road at Birds Point. is on duty again, after q few days sick ness
 Business along this road is so dull that the extra crews have to seek employment elsew here to make liy- ing wages.
 Mir. l.. (. Frazier. stationary en- ginfer, has been off for the past week on account Of his baby being sick.
 Superintendent J. $. Berry Of tn bridge and building department, passed through here en route to St. Louis from Tyler.
 Conductors are warned to keep the track at Onalaska clear while gravel trains are in operation be- tween the pit and Camden, l MT. George Morr iss, formerly fore man in the mill department .is now al the bench in the coach }part- m{nt buildinx cauf
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Pine Bluff, Ark, Dee. 3, 1s99.-Dear Santa Claus-T wish ron would please bring me nice ball and all express wagon; abox of marbles, q bicycle. suck of candy, and nuts and oranges. I will go to bed at : o'clock and sleep tight and will not look Ut you. l won forget to hang my stocking up, either Nv don't forget your little boy.
 GtsFAyE STKoB4E.
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Pine Bluff, Ark, Dee. 9, 1s99-Dear Santa Clans-T want you to buy me a big doll like saw in Golfers win= dow and little buggy to put it in, because it ~iil be too heavy for me te carry. and some apples, oranges. candy anG nuts and 1 guess q little stove. tho. Please don't forget any thing Your little girl,
 SELMA STRoBI.E.
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Pine Bluff, Ark, Dee. 9, fs99.-Dear Santa Claus:-Please Lring me . jointed doll with black hair and q game and story book and wash stand ard doll table and nuts and oranges and please don't fail to come.
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against him while the Sultan of Sulu and the keeper of his royal harem are kept on the pay roll of the Utited State Government, to say nothing Of the appointment of polygamists to Federal positions in Ulah by the President.
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come
 31lRs
HATTIE HAI.SEY.
 3lI Olive street.

Pine Bluff. Ark, Dee. 9. 1s99.-Dear santa Claus:-I wish you would bring me a big doll, q picture book, doll bed and Il dresser for my doll, and some oranges. apples ana nuts.
 Your little friend.
 ETHEL WEAVER.
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It is very Inconsistent in the Re pablicans to prevent Congressman Roberts of Utah from being sworn in because of the charge of polvgamv
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ger Dean is reported on the
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If Congress- were to refuse to ad. minister tneeath ef offiee to every member that applied who had been guilty of illegal eohabitation, ? tthe charge aeinst Roberts,, we are afraid that 1he mum Der of Congress- men would be materially reduced.
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Dear Santa Glaus:-iPlease bring me a little banjo, little train, some candy, apples and oranges.
 Your Little boy.
 VIRGIL PARNEIL.
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Eneinper Dick Johnson is much improved from q recent spell ef sick ness
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Dear santa Claus:-Please bring me a doll, bracelet, and some candy. apples, and oranges.
 Your little girl,
 VERA PARNEEI.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-17

1888 crop The farmers have made
tbis years crop at less expense than
usual, and they save the cost of picking
and ginning q big crop. and receive as
much for their small crop as they would
have received for dig crop DO
believe N holding cotton foa' a higher
price, 1t is hard to say | think it
IS better 70 sell at seven and a half or
eight CENTS q pound than to hold it
for Price higher than that pay storage,
ir~r.alce and run the risk of it going
down. About the high price for cot
ton seed: / am afraid many farmers
age going to make "a mistake i'm selling
cotton seed and buying fertilizers next
year. 1t looks like better business than
&c is hui the cotton seed stay with the
}ii longer than any fertilizer and in the
Ane run It is better to Use them. Mr..
Whitaker is cne farmer whose opinion
is worth quoting fer he Ewes at home
and boards at the same place. He is
ulr Cd the best farmers in the State, al
ways has fine two-year-old hams for
sale and gets fifteen cents pound read
N.Y. when many others can find NO mar
kG at price near Chat paid Mr.. Whita-
kerr
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Mechanic & Investors Union

A State institution OF Raleigh, N. Q,
organized May, 1898, and managed By
John g. Drewry, president, j. s. Wynne,
gice-president; B. S. Jerman, treasurer;
]. n. Holding, attorney, George Allen
secretary and manager. w. s. Primrose
and G. G.. Latta, all Of whom are direc-
tors.
This is one Of the best managed and
most prosperous investment and loan
companies in the State.
The investment plan assures the mem
bers the return Of all payments, togeth-
er with a profit of fifty per cent in 100
months. The payment Of cents per
day, which is 60 cents per month, for
100 months, natures one share of 500.
The loaning plan guarantees the re-
turn to the borrower of all his payments
less three per cent per annum ON the
amount advanced to him. Both the
investing and borrowing members are
fully protected by the guarantee fund,
which promises and agrees to mature the
stock, making the monthly payments for
the widow should death occur. This Sc
cures the home to the family without
further cost after death. For full par
ticulars read the printed matter Of the
company.
GEORGE ALLEN, Secretary.
% Pullen Building. Raleigh, N. O.
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means Of accomplishing such a difficult
feat. unless Mile Christine is two sep
arate and distinct individuals, and one
is tempted 10 eXclaim, in the words
OF The immortal Artemus, How many
is there Of she?' She certainly has two
positive and very keen intellects, more
than falls 10 the lot Of ordinary woman,
aud her conversational powers are not
only remarkable but cultivated and re-
fined I'm very agreeable interview
with her recently. it was ascertained
that She is quite capable with her needle
and fond of sewing, and that she makes
everything she wears, even her dresses
TO be sure. she is one person. She
is exceptionally blessed with two pair
Of hands, and can accomplish two days.
work in one; but then, again her gar
ments are nearly twice the work Of or
binary mortas and the cutting and fit
ting thereof is an artistic triumph Of
mind over the matter. Sine enjoys read
ing and music, especially singing which
seems to be her great gift, and the com
pensation that renders her peculiar fate
an enjoyable and happy one, and she
has musical instructions, but possesses
two remarkable voices the alto is very
sweet and rich-and She sings various
duets In good style and with exceeding
taste
She has never had any feelings OF
sensitiyeness regarding her condition,
for she has always been before the pub
lie, but She is very modest and un-
obtrusiye, and her manners are quite as
courteous and elegant as those Of any
cultivated and accomplished lady in pri-
vate circles. Take her all in all, wheth-
en- two persons in one, or only one in
some mysterious and inexplcable fash
ion. she is certainly very curious and
wonderful specimen of humanity; and
she is very human, too, loving and af-
fectionate. sweet tempered and happy,
and above all, deeply religious, feeling
that for some wise purpose she was
created
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HIS LIFE WAS SAVED.

Mr.. J. e. Lilly, prominent citizen Of
Hannibal, Mo. lately had a wonderful
dcliyerance from a frightful death. In
telling of it he says: u was taken with
Typhoid fever that ran into Pneumonia.
My lungs became hardened. | was so
weak ! couldn't even sit up in bed.
Nothing helped me- ! expected to soon
die Of Consumption, when ! heard Of
DR. Kings New Discovery. One bottle
gave great relief L continued to use it.,
and now am well and strong. | can't
say too much in its praise This mar
vicious medicine is the surest and quick
est cure in the world for all Throat and
Lung Trouble. Regular sizes 30 cents
and S100 Trial bottles free at all drug
stores, every bottle guaranteed.
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That May Stump You, Would
Mile Christine,
THE NOTED DUAL WOMAN
Be Entitled to One or Two
Votes. Take it Seriously
and Ask Yourself
the Pulling
Question.
Gives her first exhibition today under

Gives her first exhibition today under
a large pavilion ait the Fair.
A brief description of the most re-
markabIe human being on earth may be
Of interest to our readers:
Mile Christine was born in White
vile. y. c., aud exhibited here in this
city before the war, about thirty-iiye
years ago.
Natures most remarkable efforts to
produce something unique and orig
NAL, and although she is a rare and
interesting curiosity, and must al
ways attract wonder-loving crowds, il
is perhaps as well that the effort has
not been duplicated. Being of tie
gentlcr sex, and 'woman's right" still
mooted question, the complications
are not as disastrous as they might be;
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will produce 1000 bales Of cotton. $4,000
bushels of peanuts, $4,000 barrels Of
corn. aud vast amount OF feed stuff and
many peas. We have many hogs raised
on the farms, all in Very fine condi-
ton. They are getting along very well
gathering crops, and will all be in by
Christmas. ] do not think the cotton
crop is as short as the crops OF private
farmers i'll the same communities. A
right smart of wheat and grasses have
been put IN. Less cotton and more hog
and hominy will he raised next year.
The lease of the Halifax and North
ampton farms expire next December
We will probably not cultivate them am
other year, combining operations to the
farms purchased. These farms will
cost the State ahon- so 600. There
Is little over 5000 acres and much of
it is the best farming land in the State,
and as fine as can be found in any
country. Ii is expected that more labor
will be employed at the central prison
than heretofore and will be- able 20 get
as much railroad work as We want next
year at very good prices.
Mr.. Duncan Drysdale. Of Edinburg,
Scotland, was in the city yesterday
meeting 4 number of the leading citi
zens of Raleigh and other Srcuons Of
the State. Mr.. Drysdale is a capitalist
of large means and comes 10 North
Carolina to make ii his home. lie is
going to establish a town near Southern
Pines with modern hotel md cottages
and make it charming resort. Mr..
Drysdae was led to come to North
Carolina because his wife is in lined TO
be consumptive and he regards the eli
mate and air in the neighborhool or
Southern Pines as the best location he
has been able TO find in this country. He
was greatly pleased yesterday by n
visit to the State Museum and by the
courtesy with which he was received
by the public officials and private citi-
zens. North Carolina has a warm vel
come for such citizens as Mr. Drysdale,
and among thousands of Scotch in North
Carolina he win soon feel as much at
home as in Edinburg itself.
Mr.. Thad c. Sturg.s, ticket agent for
the Southern Railway here, must Ike
wonderful man.
Il know every fa<ir in the country
he said yesterday. and all their gratis
tGameSl was nm chafge OF the Md
way Of the Atlanta Exposition and /
went to Coney Island to sst them. You
Know that is faEir headquarters.
''The Fair here this year, he com
tinued will not be much troubled by
them. They don't like the restrictions
put unon them here One of them ar
rived here yesterday and telegraphed
tack to his people this morning: Needn't
come. Fish won't bite
There seems to he a misunderstand-
ing in some sections said State Audi
tor Aver lin regard to pensions. 1t
has been reported somehow that third
class pensioners get only S16 That IS
not true. First class pensioners get
So; second class, AZ; third, $50, md
fourth, SIG"
Il am writing again today about The
bonds said State Treasurer Worth,
''and I'm writing to two well known
engraving establishments in New York.
I'm tired fooling with the American
Bank Note Company They have made
promise after promise and never full
flied any Of them. SO | am going to
try somebody else. Why, I've never
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If it we're otherwise, would she be en-
titled to one or two vores ?This is not
exactly cpnundrum, but a problem
that will bear much arguing without
a chance of any satisfactory solution
Miss Mile Christine always says n"
and never we" and evidently con-
siders herself one party.
OF course she must know her own
true 'inwardness;" but when each half
is talking. one to you in excellent
French. and the other to some one else
in English when one is telling Of her
childhood and giving her daily exper-
fence, and the other is discoursing in
an enthusiastic manner of her recent
European travels the listeners are
thoroughly mystifed at the ways and
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Views and Interviews.


'Fayetteville grows apaee-and the
pace IS rapid one" said 4 resident Of
that thriving city here to visit the Fair
s'The Tolar-Iart Holt mill on Massey
hin IS nearly ready to receive its MAJ
chinery. The Ashley Bailey silk mill is
now in operation Raw negro labor is
being schooled in the work.
1.-THE Holt-Amean nuiil is shortly to
have an addition Of 100 looms. which
added to the As now in operation will
has d splendid finishing plant
MIR. w. NJ. Morgan. president Of the
Cape Fear Power Company, and Mr..
Percy Gray, secretary and treasurer,
have made a proposition to furnish Fay
etteville with electric power TO run it's
mills and light its STREETS. They offer to
contract for 1000 horsepower at $15
per horse power per year The Chamber
of Commerce has appointed committee
TO ascertain the amount OF horse power
that Fayetteville viii take. Mr. Walter
L. Holt is quoted as saving that the cot
ton mills alone will take 1900 horse
power
Now, here is a picture of the United
States, drawn by Louise de la Rance
(Ouidal, which ought to be framed:
In the United States. since they have
abandoned their wise doctrine Of non
intervention in foreign affairs, the life
OF the nation is similar to that Of the
British; it is vain, overbearng. hypocri-
teal, and, at present. warlike also. The
thirst for gold consumes the nation.
There is not another nation where the
contrast between rich and poor is more
marked and more terrible; none other
where millions are squandered more ego
tistically and with such frightful care
lessness. Lynch law in all its horrors
dominates in many States, and corrup-
tion is rampant to such degree as to
empoison public life in all its manifesta-
tions."
John III. Peyton, army secretary Of the
brotherhood Of st. Andrew; who has
been some months in the Philippines,
wants the brotherhood to send at least
one minister to work among the soldiers;
as for missionaries to the natives, he
does not recommend sending them. and
makes these remarkable statements
about the people:
IF there are, as is stated, ten million
natives in the Philippines. then there are
over seven million of them Roman
Catholics The islands were conquered
by priests, not by soldiers The natives
know nothing about other churches.
They are children with undeveloped in
telligence, and they are wonderfully NOR
al. Over $50 soldiers with whom / con-
yersed upon the subject corroborated my
opinion as to the morality Of the natives
They are. too. remarkably temperate
During my stay in the islands / never
saw an intoxicated native. They have
grown up in the shadow of the great
Catholic churches there, and are wonder
fully devoutD
State Senator E. L. Travis. chairman
or the executive hoard Of the peniten-
tiary, arrived yesterday to be present
at the full meeting Of the board today.
Speaking Of the penitentiary and its
farms and operations. he said:
f@This year the penitentiary farms
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PUT ! 200 COLORED VOTERS REG
ISTERED IN NEW ORLEANS
Now Orleans picayune.l

4 notable showing Of the present regis
traion is the small negro vote register
ed. -Four wears ago there were $4,000
Celored voters registered: whereas the
present lists include not much more than
1.200 colorel voters, and ii is reasonable
to assume that this number includes the
more intelligent and conservative class
of colored men, For the first time in
years past the black vote will play no
important part in municipal election
and to that extent. at least, local politics
will be bettered by the elimination of a
factor which was entirely a purchasable
quantity and, consequently, a serious
monaco to good government
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-17

On the 10th of December, 1897, Rev.
S. A. Donahoe, pastor M. e. church,
South, Pit Pleasant, w. Va, contracted
a severe cold which was attended from
the beginning by violent coughing. He
says: After resorting to a number Of
so-called specifies usually kept in the
house, to no purpose, | purchased a bot
tie Of Chamberlain Cough Remedy,
which acted like a charm. most cheer
fully recommend it to the public" For
sale everywhere Bobbitt-Wynne Drug
Co., and Henry I. Hicks, Druggists,
Raleigh
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-17

yet received the bonds for t}p g11O 900
State bonds sold to pay thp penitep+iarv
debts But for chose we issued another
bold which will serve all gplrpoSes M
iii we can get the new For the 500
000 Of bonds sold to buy the oeniten-
riary farms. though, we have no tenn
porary bonds and we must have the
bonds nj fhe earliest possible day"
Mr.. !. T. Darst, who is connected with
the industrial department of the Seaboard
Air Line railroad, was in Raleigh yester-
day He said
Il doubt whether the people of
North Carolina really appreciate the
number of Northern men with capital
who are being induced to settle in North
Carolina. 4 day does not pass that
from three to five northern citizens do
no come into North Carolina to live and
make investments. This month five
have come from the state of Michigan
alone They realize that the opportuni-
ties for investment in the South are bet
ter in North Carolina than elsewhere
and are coming Only a short while ago
gentleman came to Norfolk from the
far West and bought 1000 acres of
land on the James river His name
was Rolfe and he was n lineal descend
ant of Pocahontas. His people had been
away from Virginia for 200 years, but
their faces are now turned backward to
the old home Many others who have
prospered in the West ana North, as we'll
as natives of those sections are coming
TO the South, and when one man comes it
is only a short while before he brings
others"
Maj. VIM. A. Graham, who is here to
attend the meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture. speaking of the crops in
Lincoln county, said: THE cotton is
about one-third short on the red land and
the gray hand generally an average. On
some parts of the red land ii is not
fourth of crop. Upland corn does not
exceed 30 per cent. and bottom land corn
is over 100 per cent. 1t was planted
late and the seasons struck it right
There were no floods or freshets and the
corn crop in the bottoms is excellent
The wheat crop did not exceed Is per
cent this year, but the acreage this Fall
will be increased 20 per cent. Wheat
will take the place of cotton. The wheat
farmers have obtained good prices and
are in better condition"
Mr. l.. G. Waugh ex-Representatiye
from Surry. is here to attend the session
of the Board of Agriculture. Asked
about politics in Surry. Mr.. Waugh said
that there was very little talk about
politics now. ''All the Democrats are in
favor Of the Constitutional Amendment
and so are quite number Of Republi-
cans. There are quite number Of
white Republicans in Surry county who
wish to eliminate the negro from politics
and are heartily in favor Of the amend
ment." "Will the Republican bosses be
able to make them changer II don't
know. OF couse if the Republicans
make it a party question, some Of them
will fan in line with their party but
there are some who will stick in their
advocacy of the Amendment"
Il think the cottcm crop in Wake
is better than in Johnston or Haimett
said State Senator Whitaker, who was
am the ctty yesterday Judging by my
section should say that THE crop N
Wake is not more than " off Of The
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It is a pity the average man can't
row trouble.
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Little Neck CLAIMS at Giersch's.
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Il think the cottcn crop in Wake
is better than in Johnston or Halnett, .
said State Senator Whitaker, who was
am the c.ty yesterday. Judging by my
section | should say that THE ctop IN
Wake is not more than VI off of the
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State Senator E. T. Travis. chairman
tiary. arrived yesterday to be present
at the full meeting Of the board today.
Speaking Of the penitentiary and it's
farms and operations he said:
f"This year the penitentiary farms