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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
MUNICIPALITY
Of llITLETON
Surrounded by Some of the
Finest
FARMING LANDS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Peoped by live, Hospi'able Men and Women.
Kissedby Mild and Life Giving Sun
beams. Resources 4 any
and Varied.

Nesting in the bosom of Eastern North
Carolina, famed by Zephyrs laden With
perfume of wild flowers and myrtle Of
the Southland. curtained by skies of
deepest blue. kissed by mild and lie
giving sunheanls that reflect the cheer
full warmhaarted hospitality Of her people
rests II1tleton the ideal city of homes.
a beautiful little city, thriving md
nicipality she takes her place among the
coming cities of the Old North State.
Surrounded by finest farm lands, con-
qectea Ivy rail with all parts of the
world. Iittleton, the city Of homes.
health. wealth and prosperity has writ
ten he rown eulogy, and that too in 4
language that can easily be understood.
LITTLETON.
Iittleton is the model town of North
Carolina. She is eminently entitled to
the distinction of The Beautiful for
nature has been kind to this fair city.
The delights to be enjoyed here are
already acknowledged by the travelled
tourist. Littleton With her mineral WA
ters and pure air is Saratoga; the blue
skies and the glorious sunsets equal
bQasted Italy's: the scenery as pleasing.
varied, and beautiful; the health-givins
atmosphere, the waters of crystal purity,
the invigorating days and refreshing
nights make Littleton sanitarium.
When persons have once enjoyed SUM
mer in Lttleton, its opportunities for re-
creation and enjoyment, and those de-
lights which no picture can represent or
pen describe, awake iii him an irresiti.
BILE desire to come again.
lNfyATInN
The town is situated on the great Sea-
board Air Line. part of it lying in War
rem and part i'll Halifax county, two
OF the best counties in the State.
POPULATION.
1Iittleton has population of fully one
thousand people. The city has previous
~, enormously, been given population
Of but five hundred. The mistake oc-
Cured by the census enumeration giving
only the returns from one part lying in
one of the counties. Iittdeton Is a NOR
al city. a city of beautiful christian wo-
men and manly men. 1t is decidedly
pleasant place to live in. a delightful
climate, mild in winter, while her sum
mers are unequaled in many ways.
HER STREETS.
Are large, well kept anu are lghlea
by large Kerosene lamps that give ample
light.
DRAINAGE.
The city is situated on 4 ridge between
tributary Of the Tar and Roanoke
rivers, hence the natural drainage As eS-
celent and amply sufficient. This is
one OF the main reasons that Litteton
lis one of the healthiest cities in the
South.
WATER
Abundance of waiter can be obtained
at a depth of from eighteen TO twenty
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and received an excellent education in
medicine at the University of New York.
When the war between the States broke
out, true to his sunny Southland" he
espoused the cause of the Confederacy
and became a captain in the Confederate
Army Subsequently for meritorious
services he was promoted to a Major,
and then Lieutenant Colonel of the 47th
North Carolina Regiment, serving until
the surrender. In 1881 he made his adj
vent into Wake Forest and began prac-
ticing his profession. In 1883 he added
n drug business, and carries a full line
of pure fresh drugs, etc. The Doctor
is a member of the Wake Forest Medi-
cal Society, and is also a member of
the Masonic Fraternity and in politics
a Democrat of the most pronounced type.
As citizen he is thoroughly alive to the
building up of his adopted city.
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!. ]. neutrality-suspicious.
AND MERCHANT.

The average successful man has at
tanned his position around the top of the
ladder Of success by following up the
ambitions of his boyhood, and by start
ing out in life with fixed purpose and
then sticking to it until success has
crowned his efforts. And one who has
in that manner is the gentle
man whose name appears at the top Of
this article.
Mr. Stallings, who is n son of JOS
&. Stallings, was born and reared on a
farm in Warren county. His first c.-
trance into the business arena was as
clerk at a very early age but subsequent
~ he entered business for himself, and
to-day occupies a handsome and com
m0dious two-story brick building ut this
place where he enjoys a Well-established
trade. His stock is very large and of
the very best goods that can be found
He does n general merchandise bust
ness, and is also prepared and is the
leader in the undertaking business Of
this section. He is town commissioner
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The Carlsbad ofAmeriCa Sit
uated a Short Dis
lance from LittIeton.
PANACEA SPRINGS HOTEL CONTROLS
The Exclusive Use Of Water from the Springs
for Hotel Purposes. An Elegant Is
Establishment, With Every
PANACEA SPRINGS HOTEL CONTROLS
Modern Comfort

The price of health cannot be esti-
mated by dollars and cents and those
alone who have lost it, can properly APP
preciate its real worth. Inspired poets
have sung the praise Of these waters.
Eminent divines have preached their
benefits. Leave dull care ut home.
Seek rest for mind and body and enjoy
a short respite from work and worry,
where benefit will be added to recrea-
tion. where energy viii be renewed and
vitality quickened. Here the nights
shall be filed with music and the cares
that infest the day shall fold their tents
like Arabs and silently steal away :" The
Panacea Springs Hotel is located at
the springs. and is a perfect model of
convenience and comfort. 1t is under
the management of Mr.. n. j. Miles, is
newly re-fitted, elegantly furnished, and
will be open all the year. Every de-
partment is under competent and expert
enced management The proprietor
studies the convenience of the guests
and insures polite attention. Panacea
Hotel has the control of Panacea water
for hotel purposes, and guests Stoppn@
at any other hotel or boarding house
will not be allowed the use of the water
either at or from the springs, for less
than twenty-five cents per gallon. The
hotel is as above stated, the place to
spend quiet, pleasant vacation. The
bus meets each daily train, telephone
to all points from the hotel.
daily mails, excellent cuisine, horses
kept on reasonable terms. These facts
and others too numerous to mention con
stitute the facilities Of the establishment.
Rates - per day, $40 per week. $50 per
month.
The virtues of these wonderful waters
are many. They are natures best
tonic, appetizer and blood purifier, pleas
ant, harmless and wonderful.
pANACEA WATER ANALYSIS.
T., E,a,,,., D., r,uo,,
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a beautiful spot in the northern limits
of Iittleton, near Shaw Spring. The
grounds are ample. The school is a
large three-story frame building contain
ing fifteen rooms. 1t is nicely equipped
for school purposes and gives one
an idea that the Littleton High School
is certainly prosperous institution
The course taught is Preparatory and
Business. The latter the same as
taught in a business college. The same
course in Bookkeeping is given as in
the business colleges of Richmond and
Baltimore.
The Iittleton High School has a large
and this increases with the
flight OF time Pupils from all over the
eastern section of the State attend.
The school has ample accommodations
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p. T.. FOWI]ER.

Conducts a strictly A /. Livery, feed
and sales stables, situated 100 yards east
of the depot. He is always prepared to
furnish teams and careful drivers to
any part of the country. Rates 81 and
$3.50 per diem. Mr.. Fowler is a native
of Franklin county and came to Wake
Forest in 1889 founding his business ut
that period. He has been very success
full and is a progressive gentleman.
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Il. j. CORDLE-ALDERMAN AND
JEWELER.

In making a review Of the members
Of the Board, we find it is composed IT
some of our best and most enterprising
citizens and among that board we take
pleasure in saying few words in re-
gard to the success of the one whose
name captions :lis article He cstab-
lished his present business here in Ianu-
airy. 1889, and is prepared to do al,
kinds of work IN the jewclry line. 90.
craving especially, as he has a machine
for that purpose, carrying nice stock
on hand. He makes speciality of optical
work. and is Il graduate Of Kelam and
Mo0re's College Of Optics at Atlanta.
Ga. He is member of the Board of
Commissioners for Littleton, ana has
been for the past six years.
Mr.. Cordle is quite a genius, ami q
number of patents which will play a
prominent part in the mechanlcai depart
ment Of the world are products Of his
BRAIN
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BENJAMIN RAY BROWNING, NJ. D..


The medical profession Of North Caro-
lima is made mp Of an enterprisng and
progressive class of citizens. Among
these gentlemen Doctor Benjamin Ray
Browning practices his profession at Lit
Teton.
Doctor Browning is a North Carolinian
by birth, and first saw the CLEAN of
dawn at Warren Plains in 1861.
His parents moved to Littleton in 1869
and here he was reared. His youth was
passed in securing an education which
was completed at Wake Forest College,
from which he was graduated with tho
degree of A. b. in 1887. Subsequently
he began the study of medicine at the
University of Maryland, and was after
wards appointed to hospital service,
graduating in 1891. The Doctor was Ii
censed to practice at Asheyille this
State.
Subsequently, he went to New York,
and took post graduate course at the
New York Polytechnic and Bellvue Medi-
cal Hospital At the expiration of that
period he returned to North Carolina and
began the active practice of his chosen
profession at Littleton.
In 1890, Doctor Browning married
Miss Eva De kaIb, of Baltimore, Mary
land, and this union has been blessed
with an interesting family of two bright
and attractive children. The Doctor is
a member Of the Masonic Fraternity,
the Baptist Church, and is a property
owner of Littleton.
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LITTLtTON HIGH SCHOOL
AN ECU cATIONAl INSTITUTION OF HIGH
STANDARD ABLY MANAGED BY
Professor Leroy W. Bagley, an Educator of
Note. ASp'endid Faculty. A Large
Patronage. Healthy location

The Littleton High School taxes rams
with the leading educational lnS'''ntloh
OF the kind tlroagho the state. This
is due to the excellent management Of
Professor Leroy w. Ba%l4Y. one Of
North Cardinals most able educators.
The school is Il mixed one and was es-
tablished by Mr. Bagley in 1850. The
PREMISES and buildings are situated in
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C. L. REID.
Town Commissioner and Local Agent
S. A. l.. Railway.

>. 4. y. IEdHWaN.
This well-known and popular gentle
man enjoys the distinction of being the
senior agent and operator ON the 5. a.
J.. railway. He was horn in Halifax
county. this State, April 29th, 1914, and
received his education at the common
schools. During the civil war he served
as a telegraph operator in the Confeder-
ate Army May. 1865 he came to Wake
Forest. In 1880 he was selected as
charter member of the local Board of
Trustees and has served almost con-
tinuously on the board since. He is a
Democrat and member of the Baptist
church. He is a wide-awake citizen and
genial, pleasant gentleman.
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Spruill. since the war has been an ar
dent and uncompromiSing Democrat. and
has always done all in his power 70 push
his party forward He is a member of
the Methodist church and one of our
solid men, being property owner OF this
section.
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well. Land is comparatively cheap and
can be had upon reasonable terms.
MANTFA CTORIES WANTED.

well Land is comparatively cheap ana
can be mad upon reasonable terms.
MANUFACTURERS WANTED.
Littelton wants manufactures and
is prepared to offer inducements
for same. The idea of her peo-
pie is that she would prefer ten
$4,000 factory. Having ample ia
cilitics, cheap labor. cheap living.
etc. she offers unriyalled attractions to
the man looking out for a desirable fac
tory location. Just four miles from
Littleton, on the Roanoke river is. one
Of the finest water-powers, capable OF
illimitable power. The recent Legis-
lature gave the right of incorporation to
Il company who will in the near future
furnish power for running manufacro-
ries in Iittleton and this section. Thus
a cheap motive power can be obtained.
There Us Il great deal of hardwood i'm
this section that is being shipped ,ls,A-
where at the present time and this could
be easily utilized by some enierprisirg
manufacturer.
A tobacco factory would pay well here
as would Others too numerous to mem
tion.
Stl11O1lS.
The city is decidedly city of schools
The I4ittleton Female College and the
Iittleton High School, two Of the best
schools in the State are situated here.
TELEGRAPH FACILITIES.
Are excellent and are furnished by HE
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.
HOTELS.
The city has ample hotel facilities.
So let the glad tidings go forth that
Littleton, beautiful I1ittleton, in the fur
tide of her prosperity, offers TO friend
or stranger who would enter Ier portals,
the blessings and good will Of her people,
of whom there are no better within or
glorious Republic.
HON. w. Il. SPRUILL.
Littleton's Energetic Chief Executive.
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President of $500 Miles Of Railroad in
the Seaboard Air Line System
). Davies Warfield, president of the
Continental Trust Company. This com
mittee will act in conjunction with the
three managing committees previously
named of the three above-named railroad
systems. The total mileage of the three
roads is $500 miles
Messrs. John Shelton Williams and
James III. Dooley. Of Richmond. were in
Baltimore yesterday, and, together with
Mr.. j. William Mddendorf, these gentle
men, being the managing committee OF
the Florida Central and Peninsular Rail-
road syndicate, made final arrangements
with the Continental Trust Company,
through which payment for the stock Of
the Florida Central and Pennsular
Railroad vii be made today in New
York
The total amount involved in the pur-
chase of the Florida Central and Penin-
sular Railroad is understood to be be-
tween six and seven millions of dollars
The check of the Continental Trust
Company forwarded to make the first
payment was for some S4.000000. The
Continental Trust Company is also the
depository for the syndicate.
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S. JOHNsON-CITY TREASURER

The people of Littleton may congratu-
late themselves ON having such an able
list of city officers and among those
who have by their business integrity
and trustworthiness won the entire re-
Spect, confidence and esteem of the peo-
pie is that well known gentleman and
citizen whose name captions this article.
Mr.. Johson is a native of the historic
old county of Warren by birth, and spent
his boyhood days on her picturesque and
productive fields. Al the present he is
numbered among the most successful
ana well-to-do merchants of Littleton,
which is the outcome of a very small
start in 1869. At his place of business
will be found a complete line of general
merchandise. He enjoys large trade,
which extends for miles around, and he
has by his fair dealings, won the re-
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lRaltimnre Snnl

The committee which will have charge
of all matters in connection with the
consolidation of the Seaboard Air Line,
the Georgia and Alabama Railway and
the Florida Central and PenInsular Rail
road into one system has been formed
and will consist of Messrs. John Ske-
ton Williams, J. William Middendorf and
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MERCANTILE HOUSES.

The mercantile houses of Ittleton are
many and varied. The stores are large
and conducted in an up-to-date metrop-
olitan manner. Goods are sold as cheap
" here as they can be purchased any
where in the land The variety is am
ple and it is entirely unnecessary to send
away from home for goods of any kind
or description. The merchants are
thoroughly wide-awake and are doing
all in their power to push their town for
ward
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]. WILLIAMS MARSHALL.

J. ]. WILLIAMS MARSHALL.
Is native Of Halifax county. and
was born eight miles south Of Littleton
in 1912 His education was had by at
tendance at the old-held schools OF the
county As a native of the Southland he
served her faithfully, and was Leuten-
ant Of Company \. 18th n G. State
Troops. After the close of the war he
returned 20 his natal county, and became
engaged in merchandising He removed
to Littleton in 1870 AS a Democrat he
has been a good one, and has served rs
deputy sheriff for Halifax and Warren
counties, and also as county commits
sioner He has held his present position
for the past 10 years, and has made an
excellent officer and is terror 70 evil
doors.
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Manganese M. ND............. 0l03
Potassium (N2 OD............. .7041
Sodium (N2 OQ.,...........2 >. 2340
Acids
Hydrochloric GICL) ......,.....S l67
Sulphuric (SO3).. ......... 1858
PhoSphoric (P2 90 .... $3.50
Silica - 1862
Carbonic Acid COZ, not determined,
large amount.
Total solid in grains per gallon. DISH
Large amount free Corbonic Acid
present.
Cures dyspepsia. chronic diarrhoea,
kidney and liver troubles, eczema, scrof-
MIA, etc, and is particularly efficient in
restoring weak men, delicate females,
and sickly children to health.
Under its influence many have been
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FARMING LANDS.

Surrounding Littleton are some of the
finest farming lands in the State, espe-
calIy adapted to the raising of the
bright yellow leaf tobacco. This species
Of agriculture is steadily growing in this
section. As a fruit country, it stands
without a peer. here are grown the most
delicious peaches, plums, pears, the fa-
NOUS scuppeInong grape and the yar-
Gus vegetables in profusion. Some cot
ton is raised Corn, wheat and oats do
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BE disappointment in love ever sc
great, the fact remains that there are
other things to think about sometimes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

Economy may be wealth. but it is not
a satisfactory Inheritance.
We often give another strength by
leaning upon him.
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Conscience makes towards of us all,
but it can't make honest men of us ALL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

Some men see all things rs individuals.
others see things only in groups, while
he with the really great mind separates
such an individual as he wishes to study
and makes all else background. The
power 60 do this is genius.
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NEW sEABoARD SYSTEM.

Committee Appointed to Take Charge
Of Matters Relating to the Consolida-
tion 80
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RAILWAYS.

Ample passenger and freight facili-
ties are furnished by the great Seaboard
Air Line This road connects the com
munity with the various markets of the
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spect of this entire section of the people.
lie has been for several years past city
treasurer. His friends are legion, and
are only limited by the number Of his
acquaintance.
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est in the workings of that organiza-
ton.
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HON. w. f. SPRUILL.
Littleton's Energetic Chief Executive,
The acts of w f. Spruill, mayor OF
Iittleton have fully eXemplified his in
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-26
CONVENTION CLOSES.
Delegates to Baptist Young Peoples
Union Complete Their Work
Final Services.

Richmond, Va, July 17.-It was a
very late hour Saturday night before
the executive committee of the Bap-
tist Young Peoples union reached
vote on the meeting place for 1901. The
vote stood: Denver, II; Charleston, e
Prior to consideration of the question
of the next place of meeting, Rev. DIR.
E. E. Chivers, of Chicago, was reelected
general secretary of the union and ed
itor of the Baptist Union. He had al
ready served two years.
The convention of the Young Peoples
Baptist union closed Sunday night. In
the morning many of the pulpits of the
city were occupied by ministers in at
tendance upon the convention. In the
afternoon a regular session was held
at the auditorium, when an address
was made by Maurice P. Franks, of
Trenton, N. j., and the convention SER
mon was preached by DR.. T. J. Villers,
of indianapolis. Ind. At the night clos
ing sessions addresses were made by
Dr.,G. Whitman, of Buffalo, N. Y; Prof.
T. L. Shepperson, of Hamilton, n. Y,
and others. Final conservation services
were conducted by DR.. Chivers, of Chi
cagO.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-26
A HEAVY SHORTAGE.
Former Secretary of Chicago Boafo
of Education Defa aulter to the
Extent of $34,5OO.

Chicago, July 19.-William A. S. Gra-
ham, ex-school agent, clerk and secre-
tary of the board of education, is self
confessed defaulter in the sum of 1884,
500. Positive proof of shortage was
discovered Tuesday, together with a
letter left by Graham authorizing the
conveyance OF all his property for the
purpose of 'liquidating the shortage
The ex-secretary left the city. and
agents of his bondsmen, the Ma
tional Surety company, the New York
6 City Trust and Safety Deposit com
pany of Philadelphia, who are each his
surety for $4,000, are now endeavor-
ing to find him. Prior to his depar-
ture Graham left a letter with his wife,
which was addressed to Whom it may
concern" This letter, according to At
torney ID. j. Mcmahon, legal adviser of
the board of education, was a state
ment of property owned by Graham
ostensibly, but in reality in his wife's
name, power of attorney and author
ity to convey the property for the pur-
pose of iquidating his Indebtedness.
The amount of property to be turned
over by Mrs. Graham will not exceed
$4,000. 1t is supposed that stock spec
ulation was the cause of Graham's S
downfall, as it is known he was op-
Grating quite heavily.