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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09
OFFICE OF THE
Durham Tobacco Association
Durham, n, q, Aug. 81, '99.

K 3a w 4 e y Z N
The Durham Tobacco Association
wishes to call your attention TO the
FACT that Durham is the best equipped
market in The world, HAVING MORE
MONEY, and buyers with room enough
to handle half the tobacco grown In
North Carolina Besides the fact that
Durham manufactures more tobacco than
any other place. 10 either Virginia or
North Carolina, she bss six Of the largest
stemmeries and exporters in the trade.
Also large lot of order buyers and
speculators.
THOS. II. MARTIN, Pres't.
P, A. NoELL, Sec'y.
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A Cure for Sick Headac,e.

/ have friend who had suffered 20
years from Sick Headache and had tried
every remedy available, but found no re.
lief. Finally / induced him to try RAJ
mons Liver Pills 81 Tonic Pellets, and he
is now free from headache, and looks
Ikea new man q. ID. Murray, Dory, Ky.
Sen wv Nth Side Store Compan y
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at Former Low Prices.
J BIG Sales. .spECEAL paTCEs,
81 Ccnks.

. Gtod White Cio'h, s. c.nie; good Cal.
leo, ~ een'S; Ginghal, %or'h G C1n's, f3r
~ cents; Claik's y. N. T. Spoal Cotton,
VI Geuts.
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TOBACCO.
Prices and Purchasers of the
Weed.

ElF t Y + X = 5
The following from the Danville, Va,
Tobacco Journal of October Gath, paper
devoted to the tobacco interest generally
sin all Its branches" and the Danville
tobacco market in particular, throws light
on subject which Is of much interest 10
North Carolinians, to tobacco growers,
aud to the development of truth and
justice. The Journal says;
1T has been heralded around that the
difference in the prices Of tobacco today
and what they were eight or ten years
ago, is directly due to the formation Of
the American Tobacco Company, and
that that company now.fixes prices on sll
the markets.
Can this thing be true?
According to recent statistics gathered
by contemporary journal It was shown
that abou, 24O,0O0,0OO pounds of tobacco
we're sold on the warehouse floors. 10
Virginia aud North Carolina, to say moth.
ing of South Carolina, which sold about
10000, 900 pounds, making an aggregate
of about 100000, 900 pounds sold on the
warehouse floors Of the three States. OF
this amount the American Tobacco Com
psny purchased about 35,000,0O0 pounds,
or less than one seventh of the amount
sold. Now how can any firm or corpora
tion dictate prices Of raw article when
that coLcern purchases only one seventh
Of the amount solds
As regards this market, Danville, Va.
Il is the largest bright loose leaf tobacco
market In the world, the annual sales Of
which amount to 5O.OOO,OOO pounds, and
is really the market by which prices on
other markets are guaged. On this mar.
ket the American Tobacco Company buys
on the warehouse floors less than one
ninth Of the total sales, with several
independent firms each buying fully as
much as the American.
II is nonsense to talk Of firm buying
only one-seyenth Of crop debating the
price Of that crop.
1t Is more reasonable to suppose that
..-.-SsGIiaG IiiI1naii0n -
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Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as Administrator Of
W. 5 Spikes, deceased, late of Durham
county, North ta'oiins, this IL 10 notify
all persons having claims against The
estate Of said deceased to exhibit them 10
the undersigned on or before the i4ti day
Of September, 1900, or this notice will be
plead In bar Of their recovery. All per.
sons indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
III. A. SPIKES,
Administrator.
This 14Ih day Of September, 1899.
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10 consumption"

| " uSUnbuunpiOu.
We wore aware Of the approximal,
amount sold In the three States, as Th,
Post has Of late published such informa-
tion from the msrkets, and called a,ten-
ticn TO the rapid aud enormous increas,
in production, the production extending
to new territory, etc, but we before had
no idea of the relative amount required
and purchased by the American Tobacco
Company. This information given by
our Danville contemporary Is very i'm.
por;ant and merits consideration, no less
by growers, and those contemplating
growing, than others who, from one
motive and another more or less vicious
have been told and led TO believe that 10
this particular company Is due all the
woes and disappoiutments which have
bef. lien tobacco growers during the past
decade.
The growers are interested In this be-
cause, II this company only requires and
takes for Its business one seventh Of the
amount offered on the warehouse floors
Of the three States, and It's taking controls
and fixes the price for the market as con.
tended by many, then there must be seven
times more tobacco grown than the legit
innate demand or the requirements Of the
world will justify. The Journal SAYS,
however, that each Of several companies
not at oil connected with the American
Tobacco Company buy as much on the
Danyille market as the latter company
which shows not only competition, but
further sustsins the assertion that, with
this competition, II price, are below the
proper level, that far too much Is pros
duced; otherwise this competition would
necessarily keep up prices. But II ESQ.,.
100000 pounds are offered on the market,
and only two.thirds Of that amount is
required for manufacture, Il is more than
foolish 10 expect prices to average SO
high as would be the case II the supply
only squalea the demand.
But like cotton, the tendency Is TO in,
crease the output rather than 9th srwise,
aud this at q much greater rate than the
demand will increase. The profit, there
fore, TO the individual farmer must de.
pend entirely upon the quality Of his
crop, and so far throughout the markets
We believe good tobacco has commanded
good prices. And while good tobacco
will command good prices, the excessive
supply, the great bulk Of which Il in,
feriur, will certainly keep the average
quite low.
There is another matter Of local and
personal Interest 10 connection with this
business. @
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ELECTROPOlSE

Cures all diseases without theuse Of med
icine. A pure Oxygen treatment, hy ab.
sorption Itcures where everything else
fails. II Is needed In every family, for II
will cure every weakness or ailment, 10
the most persistent chronic disease, and
without The use Of grain Of medicine
Thousands OF people all over the United
States, from private citizens 10 Lawyers,
Doctors, Preachers, Supreme Judges,
Editors, etc, even Crowned Heads of
Europe have given wIiltei testimonials
of these facts Book of testimonials, with
price OF instruments, sent free. Agents
wanted. $5 to 5000 a day.
BuB0IS 81 WEBB,
5l3 Alb 81, Louisville, Ky.
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V f Il r. ( "
Several Of the large stockholders inthe
American Tobacco Company are North
Carolinians, residents of the State, and
deyoting sheir energies and fortunes to
the upbuilding Of the State. Besides the
immense tobacco plants owned by the
company and Immediately managed by
these North Carolinians, these particular
gentlemen are largely interested in i'm
portant industries other than tobacco
already established In the State and In
others being developed. Those estab-
lished and now in operation at different
points, including their tobacco plants,
employ and by such employmentsupport,
over $4,000 people-all citizens Of the
State. The weekly pay roll in all these
industries salaries and wages-exceeds,
$4,000 The Messrs. Duke and Mr..
Watts haye for some yeatSiR vested quite
ali OF Their incoas,li -
largihS visiting industrial enterprlses,'
notably cotton mills. (We make no refer.
ence here to their charitable and benevo~
lent gifts. Many Of these are known,
but very many, involving thousands Of
dollsrs, are not known to the public, as
these benefactors refuse to furnish the
press with information concerning them)
These facts as to these investments, en-
ployment and wages, 1t Is due to state,
we learned from Mr.. Watts himself, some
months ago.
This American Tobacco Company Is
controlled largely by North Carolinians.
Millions Of dollars of the money they
have accumulated are invested In the
State, giving employment to thousands
and furnishing markets for the products
Of very many more. II these North Car
olinians, therefore, controlling this great
company, are guilty Of the oppression
and robbery of their own fellow-citizens
as their personal and other enemies have
so assiduously proclaimed, they would
deserve the execratjon of all good citi-
zens; but when, as the Danville Journal
shows, they have conducted and are con-
Quoting their great enterprise strictly
along the lines Of legitimate business
methods, dealing In the markets 10 their
particular branch as others do on other
ksrnrn<nunuuunuIx1nrlrrI
The times., 1899-10-30
GOLD IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Riches to BE Developed when the
War Is Ended

NEW YORK, Oct 29.-The hunger for
gold springs as eternal in the human breast
as hope, and the eyes of prospectors are
now turned anxiously on two remote re-
gions Of the world-the Philippines and
Siberia.
One OF the trust companies recently or
ganlzed in this city is eagerly awaiting the
end of the war with Aguinaldo. in order
to establish banking house in Manila.
with capital sufficient to compete for the
banking business which is sure to be Great
ed there.
But one of the chief reasons why this
company wants to get an early foOthold
in the Philippines is because it believes
that one Of the first developments of the
archipelago will be of its gold fields. In
formation has been received that some Of
our soldiers when discharged will remain
in the island of Luzon for the purpose OF
prospecting, being satisfied that there is a
rich deposit of gold, and that even the
streams can be worked proftably for placer
gold.
The private reports received from the
Philippines indicate rich gold deposits that
need only American enterprise for a salts
factory development. The trust corporation
will aid in this work, and hopes to secure
good share OF the business which will
follow.
There comes, too, from Russia most i'm
portant disclosures as to the purposes of
that Government with respect to the devel-
opment of gold mines in Siberia. Some Of
the experts have recently reported that
with the completion of the Siberian Rail-
way and its branches It will be possible to
extend gold mining operations there.
The times., 1899-10-30
THE VANDERBILT WILL.
The Agreement Made by the Broth
ers and Their Lawyers.


NEW YORK, Oct 29-There is the best
authority for repeating that there viii be
no contest Of the will OF the late Corne-
lius Vanderbilt. The attorneys of Come
Illus, jr., say that the adjustment BY which
Alfred viii make over TO Cornelius enough
to put Cornelius on equal terms with Regi-
naId and Gladys was arrived at by the
brothers and their counsel. Cornelius is
quoted as saying that this is not 10 be re-
garded as a gift from Alfred. but as
family settlement
Some of the provisions of the will con
tain matter OF interest not included in the
published summary. There is this. for in
stance, excepting certain mementoes from
the bequest to the widow OF the contents
OF the house at Fifty-seventh Street and
Fifth Avenue:
Il except from this bequest the portrait
and bust of my grandfather and the por-
trait Of my father. left 70 me by my father
and the two portraits bequeathed in the
will Of my grandfather, all OF which
give to my son Alfred G.; the portrait
OF my father and grandfather which I be-
queath TO my son Reginald c.; two por-
traits OF myself. which I bequeath one 70
each OF my daughters, Gertrude and Gladys
Moore. to be selected for that purpose by
my wife, and MY several pearl pins, which
l bequeath 10 my two daughters. Gertrude
and Gladys Moore. All the rest Of my per-
sonal jewelry with my watches. I give to
my wife, Alice G. She knows my views
in respect thereof and IN her judgment
have entire confidence"
The income of $3.50, 600 year given to the
widow is payable to her quarterly The
will says Of the eventual division among the
children. Gertrude, Alfred, Reginald and
Gladys, of the principal sum from which
this income is to be derived:
Any child born to US after my death
shall be entitled to a share in this division,
and in the case OF the death OF either Of
said children without issue, the share OF
such child to go TO the survivors of such
children in equal shares"
The 500 000, 900 in securities set apart to
be divided among the four children named
are to be taken at their market value All
the trust funds established under the will
are to be kept invested in stocks and bonds
of the United States or the State OF New
York, or the mortgage bonds of the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Company, the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad Company the New York
and Harlem Railroad Company, and the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Com
pany, or in bonds guaranteed by some one
OF more of the said railroad companies,
also secured by mortgage on improved real
estate in the city OF New York. "and
expressly authorize them to invest any OF
said trust funds in the mortgage bonds OF
any railroad company which may be ap-
proved for that purpose by all Of my
executors who qualify"
The times., 1899-10-30
HAvANA's NEW GOVERNOR.
Gen. Emilio Nunez TnIks About His
Appointments.

PHILADELPHIA Oct. 29.-Gen Emilio
Nunez, of this city, appointed Civil Gov
ernor of Havana by General Brooke, was
not prepared yesterday to say whether he
would accept or not. The appointment"
he said, came as the greatest surprise to
me. The first intimation I had of such
thing was letter from the Secretary of
state announcing it to me. I will sail for
Cuba next Saturday, spending some time
there to look over the situation. 1 am in
clined to think that 1 shall accept the Gp-
pointment, though l cannot state positively
until l have returned
The increased prosperity of the island
since the war is something remarkable.
Business has improved since the first OF
January 100 per cent. Not for years has
Cuba been in so flourishing q condition.
In accepting or declining the appointment
Cf Governor of Havana I want TO do what
l feel will be best for my country If
1 see that 1 can be OF any benefit to her
l will accept"
General NuneZ. who lives at 752 North
F0rty-tirst Street, has fought in three re-
bellions in Cuba. He graduated from the
dental department of the University of
Pennsylvania and was subsequently sue
cessful tobacco importer in this city.
The times., 1899-10-30
NIementoeS of Tribal Glory.

(From the New York Commercial Adyertiser)
There IS something pathethic in the fight which
present descendants of the Six Nations have made
to recover poszassion OF wampum belts that cnce
belonged to these tribes. These belts were a
symbol Of power, and retention OF them by
descendants of the original owners signifed that
the Iroquis League was still in existence. Pressed
by necessity the tribal keeper OF these belts sold
them a short time ago, and now the courts have
declared that the sale was entirely legal 1t was
like selling an heirloom that had been treasured
in the family for centuries with the added sig
nifcaucc 10 surviving members OF the six Ma
lions that the roquos League. skeleton Of
which has always been maintained, has formally
ceased TO exist
The times., 1899-10-30
THE PARMELL FUND.
The Decentralization In Boston Yields
More Than 5000.

BOSTON. Oct s9.-Lord Mayor Talon
and the Hon. John e. Redmond, " p,
were Lonored with great demonstration
here this evening. a large crowd Of people
being massed about the hotel and lining
the streets on the way to the theatre. Tee
visitors were escorted from the Parker
House to the Boston Theatre b. four COM
panies Of the Ninth Regiment n v 81.
and the many Irish societies Of Boston
with four bands. The greeting at the
theatre was very hearty and was not con
fined to those OF Irish nationality The
house was filed President Capeu, q
Tufts College, occupied a szat on the plae-
form. and was one OF the principal speak
ers. Mayor Quincy presided at the NEE
ing. paying an earnest tribute 70 Mr. Par
nell in his address OF welcome Lord
Mayor Talon explained the purpose OF his
visit TO America in brief speech TIE
yrincipaI address was by Mr.. Redmond,
who made an earnest appeal for funds
President Capen and William Temple
Emmett. Chairman OF the ParnsH NOM
mcnt fund. in New York. also sp-ke
Resolutions were adopted fay0rius the
preservation of the ParneIl estate and es-
tending sympathy to the BCess. Over 50
COO. including the proceeds al the tEeat-e.
was realized tonight
The times., 1899-10-30
COMMODORE PERKINS
The Deceased omcer's Services 9
the civil War


BOSTON. Oct 9s-Commolore Georre
Hamilton Perkins, retired q the United
States Navy. who died from heart disease
at his home, on Commonwealth Avenue.
last evening was born at HOpknton. y.
H.. on October 20. 1886. He was graduated
from the Naval School In 1886. and in ths
same year was ordered en- a cruise IN the
West Indies. He saw service la South
America and African waters until The Out-
break OF the Civil War. and attached %
the Cayuga, with the rank Of mater. be
passed Forts Jackson and St Philip and
the Chalmette batteries. and was In sew
eEal s.Cirmishes on Kle Mississippi after
the capture OF New Orleans. For a short
time he was executive officer OF the Pen
saCOla-
In 1852 he was made a lieutenant com
mander tok command % the gunEoat New
Haven, then used as a supply and despatch
boat, and successfully ran the Port Hud-
son batteries hve times In the foIozinz
year he was appointed to the command
OF the SciOtO. doing blockade duty of the
Texan coast. As a volunteer for the bat
tie OF Mobile Bay he received an appoint
meut to the ironclad Chickasaw. and his
vessel played a prominent part ia the re-
duction OF Forts Powell. Gaines. and
Morgan, and in the capture OF the Teunes-
see Shore duty, service in the North
Pacific and ordnance service AZ the Boston
navy yard followed. He was made a
commander in 1871. captain in 1852. wes
retired Ia 1891 and in 1895 was promo ef
10 the rank OF commodore for his services
in the Civil War
The times., 1899-10-30
SPANISH GENERALS TRIAL.
The Navy Department Receives
Copy of the Decree.

The Navy Department Receives a
Copy OF the Decree.
An official copy of the decree rendered
August Q by the supreme military council
OF Spain in the trial OF Generals ToraI and
LiEares and other officers in command in
the province Of Santiago de Cuba on the
charge of surrenCering the Spanish forces
there to the Americans, has been received
and translated at the Office of Naval In
telligeEee. The verdict OF the court was
complete acquittaI of the defendants, It
having been shown by the testimony that
General TOral the cOmmander-in-chief OF
the province, acted in compliance with in
structiOus received from the general-in
chief of the Spanish army and had used
every means of defence required by ths
laws of honor and duty before surren-
dering.
The conditions prevailing in Santiago a.
the time Of the capIulation are set forth
at length in the decree, and are the sub
ject of two supplemental DEGREES directing
that such steps be taken "as in justice anu
equity may Be necessary for the purpose OF
ascertainLEg the causes for and TX th5
responsibility Of the fact that there was not
sufficient war materials in the city and
province of Santiago at the time OF the
breaking out OF the war with the United
States. although such war material had
been asked for in good season by the ar
tillery part; this being an important point
which should be cleared Up as being closely
connected with the capituIatiOn of said
province"
II also directs proceedings to be taken &c
ascertain to what extent the admiuistra-
tives chief Of the army of Cuba is re-
spoEsible for rot having complied with
the order of the geUsraI-in-chief OF Cuba
to provision Santiago for four months.
The times., 1899-10-30
ADARING VENTURE
Captain Baettge to Sail Around the
Earth I'm SIOOp.

Earth I'm SIOOp.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct ga daring at
tempt 10 cfrcumnavigate the globe in
thirty-foot sloOp is to be made by Captain
Baettge. OF this port Captain Baetge is
forced by the terms OF the agreement &c go
around Cape Horn to New York and thence
70 Europe. He cannot so through the
Straits Of Magellan, but must actually
round the Horn in his thirty-fo0t bOaJ.
taking his chances in the heavy weather
that prevails of the cape OF storms
Captain Baettge was born and brought
up on shipbCard and he has been afioat in
every kind Of craft from dingy 70 a man
O'-war. He has been shipwrecked. but
never suffered serious injury. Captain
Baettge's slOOp is we'll known on the Bay
OF San Francisco as the Mabel She is q
centrsEoard boat, drawing three feet six
draws ten feet OF water and Captain
Baettge says that 10 gale could capsize
her. In December Of last year Captain
Baettge and Captain LOwbeTg were out in
the Mabel when il was blowing nearly 100
miles an hour. They had a terrible time
of it. but the boat weathered the storm aud
came into port after everybody had given
her up for lost.
In March CT next year Captain Baettge
viii be seventy-twO years old. He is q
giant in stature and has never known what
il is to be sick. His seventy-third birth
day. he says. he viii spend with relatives
in HOlsteiu Germany and he viii have
seen all the ports on the Pacific and At
Iantic coasts Of America on his way.
The times., 1899-10-30
MISS ANTHoNY's SUCCESSOR.
Two Candidates Already in the Field
for Her PInre

for Her Place.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-Susau B. Authouy
has announced her coming resignation As
leader OF the woman suffrage movement and
president OF the national association. The
canvass for the successor OF this
pioneer in wOmans rights has eugsadarsa
much party feeling and promises a struggle
at the convention in Washington next Feb-
rUary which win long be remembered ia
the annals Of feminine politics.
Two candidates are already named fo-
the position. who command each an eX-
tensive popularity and an intimate kEowi-
edge Of the details OF the crusade that qd-
mits OF no criticism Each has given her-
self 10 the work "in spirit and IN truth
and both stand Tor what IS best In wom1n's
demand for a voice in the affairs Of mu-
nicipality. SlRte end nation. Mrs Lille
DeyeTeuX Blake and Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Ca-t a-e suGTagc presidential possibilities.
aud the hisuds 81 either side a~e already
al work seeking votes.
Mrs. Blake has the right OF seniority
For more than twenty years she has laDOred
for the principles she endorses in and out
of season Through her instTumen sality
most Of the State privileges for women WeEs
secured. She is. according 10 ther sup
porteTs, the only logical follower OF Eliza
beth Cady Stanton and Miss Anthony. Her
executive ability is undoubted As a pre-
siding ofaeer she has few equals. and hsr
ability as a speaker is known from Maine
70 California.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, on the othe<
hand, has for FIVE years beeu chairman Of
the committee on organization o. the Ma
tiOnal Suffrage Association. She has viz
tually directed all the campaigns OF the
women in the different States. and is now
on a tour that viii occupy her till Christ
mas. The State convention Of su6ragists at
Dunkirk, ". Y. next week. probably viii
have great bearing on the matter