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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

j, J. Bevry, Loganton, Pa, writes, Il
am willing to take my oath that / was
cured of pneumonia entirely by the use
of One Minute Cough Cure after doctors
failed. 1t also cured my children of
whooping cough" Quickly relieves and
cures coughs, colds, Group, grippe and
throat and lung troubles. Children all
like it. Mothers endorse it. Bobbitt u
Wynne Drug Co., W. I'll. King, Adams
& Moye, VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06
WILL OPEN TO-DAY.
w. D. Jordan Won His Fight and Opens
His Saloon.

II have won my fight for license to do
business in the Spence Building at 1876
East Martini street." said Mr.. w. ID.
Jordan last might, land will be open for
business tomorrow morning at the same
old stand. The establishment was for
merly owned by the late Mr.. Uzzell,
but in future ] will have complete charge
Of the store and may be found there at
all times. / shall run the lunch room
connected with the saloon and will serve
meals according to the custom heretofore
followed"
Mr.. Jordan stated that his fight had
been hard one, hut that majority OF
the board realized that there was no
reason for denying one the privileges TO
open and allow others to open ON each
side of the establishment. Mr.. Jordan
place of business is 126, East Martin
street in the Spence Building.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

81 am indebted to One Minute Cough
Cure for my health and life. 1t cured
me of lung trouble following grippe"
Thousands owe their lives to the prompt
action of this never failing remedy. 1t
cures coughs, colds, Group, bronchitis,
pneumonia, grippe and throat and lung
troubles. Its early use prevents con-
sumption 1t is the only harmless RENE
dy that gives immediate results. Bobbitt
& Wynne Drug Co., w. ii. hlng, Adams
& Moye, VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

"Never quit certainty for hope"
Never take a medicine of doubtful value
instead of Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is
sure to do you good.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

The hungry mendicant prefers the cold
ham to the cold shoulder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

: Alderman J0nn- y. DFeWry lhaue a
lengthy report explaining and defending
the expenditures on the streets.
The fountain in front of the market
house was ordered connected with the
city sewer at cost of S21.5O.
Alderman Miller offered a resolution
from the Ordinance committee to the end
the Raleigh Ice and Electric Company
be granted franchise to erect poles and
string wires on the city streets. The or
dinance was adopted.
The report of the city physician show
ed that for the month of December there
were 80 patients treated. ID office CON
situations, 40 visits made, 40 prescrip-
tions written, sent to hospital % dis
charged as cured and continued.
The report of the Fire committee rec
commended that the petition of the Stand
ard Oil Company to be allowed to dis
pense with its night Waterman be re-
fused. that n horse be purchased for
the Victor Fire Company to replace the
one that recently died and that the fire
alarm box corner Harrington and Lane
streets be not moved. The report was
adopted. As
A communication was read from the
board of health, that if it should ever be
necessary to open the city smallpox hos
pital that county patients be received
and charged for at So per week, and
suspects at $3.50 per week. Referred
to the Charity committee.
The question of granting license to W.
j. Jordan TO sell liquor at the Spence
building ON Martin street came up an
motion to grant license to w. ID. Jor-
dan & Co. at the same place The mayor
ruled that the matter had been settled
at the last meeting and could come up
only by two-thirds vote to reconsider
the vote being as to the place, not
as to the applicant. Alderman Correll
appealed from the ruling of the char
ON the ground that w. d. Jordan & Co.
had not had a hearing before the board
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

The most expensive things one acquires
are those purchased below cost.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

Some men show good judgment by
showing a lack of selfconfidence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

For Group use CHENEY'S
EXPECTORANT,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-06

MIR. J. C. DREWRY,
Chairman Com. Board of Aldermen,
Raleigh. y. C..
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
WOODLAND BEACH HAPPENINGS.
Aipha Boat Club of Chester Takes Cottage
A Democratic Meeting Soon to be Held
Camping Parties and Strawrides.

WOODLAND BEACH, Aug. 22.-The
Alpha Boat Club, of Chester, Pa, has
taken the cottage recently vacated by
the Alcedo Club, of Wilmington, and
since their arrival at this bayside re-
sort there has been an impetus to the
social gayeties. The Alpha Boat Club
IS one of the most popular social or
carnations of Chester, and they have
among them some especially fine mu-
sical talent. The entertainment they
afford is much enjoyed by all who
sojourn there.
Arrangements are being made to
hold large Democratic mass meeting
here soon, at which some popular
speakers will discuss the issues of the
campaign.
The Thomas. Clyde continues to
bring large crowds here daily, and the
business on the Beach is good. The
dance given last Wednesday evening,
at which Oglesby' s orchestra furnished
the music, was one of the best of the
season. There was jolly crowd pres
ent, and the dancing was heartily in
dulged in until the closing hour.
Among the arrivals at the Woodland
Beach Hotel, L. P. Campbell, propri-
etor, the past week, were: Senator r.
r. Kenney, ex-Secretary of State John
W. Hawkins, Dover; Mr.. E. STRAIT
more, N. Y; Miss L. L. Reed, Miss
j. Coward, Miss E. B. Rice, Mr.. J..
Reed, Mr.. D. Bastian, Miss Keys, of
Chester; Mr.. E. r. Cochran, Mr.. A.
Hushebeck, Middletown; Miss Laura
Taylor, Wilmington; Mr.. J. Troat-
man, N. Y; Mr.. H. Buckelew, Allan
tic City.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
DR.. POULSONS STRONG SERMON.
Large Congregations Turn Out to Hear Him
Both Morning and Evening.

Rev. DIR. Thos. L. Poulson, of New
York, who resided in this town several
years before going into the ministry,
and was married here, filed the pulpit
for Rev. G. A. Hill Sunday morning
and evening last at the Nj. r. church.
Though away for so many years, he
was still remembered by many who
were glad to hear him again, and he
was greeted by large audiences, es-
pecially SC for the summer season,
when so many of the congregation are
away from home. The morning text
was from Hebrews, 3rd chapter and
18th verse: "But exhOrt one another
daily, while it is called to-day; lest any
of you be hardened through the de-
ceitfulness of sin. D."
Starting with the hardness of heart
and unbelief as described in the chap
ter from which the text was taken,
which kept the children of Isreal out
of the promised land, he applied it to
the condition of things to-day, for
human nature is just the same now as
then. The discourse of 55 minutes of
course dwelt upon many phases OF
Christian life and character-the two
strong points being the importance of
to-day, and the deceitfulness of sin in
hardening the heart and urging to-
morrow. Sin, he said, always registered
under name from what it really was.
The discourse was characterized by
strong points, fuency and earnestness
and held throughout, the close atten-
tion of his audience. A pleasing fea
ture of the service was solo by Miss
Helen Waters-"Angels Ever Bright
and Fair
At night after service of song leo
by L. M. Price, DIR. Poulson preached
a short, but appreciative sermon O
fifteen minutes.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
STRAWRIDE TO WOODLAND BEACH.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Blizzard Entertain in
Honor of their Wilmington Guests.

John G. Blizzard, the genial pro-
prietor of the Delaware House, and
his wife, entertained in honor of their
guests, Mrs. Casperson and the Misses
Casperson, the Misses Eakins and
Miss Cloward, of Wilmington, Friday
night, by giving a strawride to Wood
land Beach. 1t was a lovely evening
and the party moved off, taking with
them plenty of refreshments, to spend
few hours at this popular bayside re-
sort. AS the party was passing in
high glee out Commerce street in the
direction of Woodland, they were
called to a sudden halt in the vicinity
of "Whopping" by wheel coming off
their wagon. The letting down of
that end of the wagon caused some lit
tie commotion, but it was soon found
that the accident was due to a nut
coming loose. The wheel was put on
again, the nut frightened and the team
moved off with all i'll a merry mood.
At Woodland Beach excellent enter
tainment was afforded them in the
dance pavilion by Oglesby's Orches-
ira. Dancing seemed to be the pas
time of the evening, although several
found pleasure in the surf pavilion, pier,
and under the cordial hospitality of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Campbell, at the
Woodland Beach Hotel. J. G. Biz
zard was host in himself and he kept
the party in good humor with his en-
tertainlng songs and witty sayings.
The party voted it delightful evening.
Among those included in the party
were: Mrs. L. r. Casperson and
daughters, Misses Nellie and Mabel,
Miss NJ. E. Eakins, Miss Katherine
Eakins, Miss Anna M. Cloward, Will
mington; Mrs. Theodore Stratton,
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Blizzard and
son John, Mrs. Marion Coverdale,
Miss Lolita Smith; Messrs. T. Bayard
Jones, J. Edmund Stevens and Viii.
liam Norris
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY COMMENCED.
Route No. 2, From Townsend for Thorough
fare Neck Does Not Give Satisfaction
Should be Made From Smyrna.

Last week, on Thursday, change
went into effect in Blackbird and APP
poquinimink Hundreds, that mater
tally affects the postal arrangements of
that section. The change as we un-
derstand it, embraces all the postoffices
between the railroad on the one side
and the creek below Odessa on the
north and Smyrna on the south. The
rural delivery will take the places of
the postoffices at Walkers, Deakyne-
vile, TaylOr's Bridge, and Fieldsboro,
which gives daily service.
There is considerable dissatisfaction
by those who live near the old post
offices, but this is natural because the
rural mail cannot pass by each mans
gate. Several of our subscribers have
called at the TINES office to have their
paper forwarded to Townsend so they
can get them promptly by the rural
mail. Some will doubtless be discom-
moded by the change, but how much
and how many, remains to be seen. 1t
would doubtless have been better to
have had the mail for lower New Cas-
tie county sent out from Smryna.
There are three routes running out
from Townsend, designated as Nos. /,
?, and 3, respectively. No is the one
that has not 1oen laid out properly,
say the farmers. 1t commences in
Townsend, runs down the State road
to Blackbird, thence across country to
what is known as the "Tent, the road
leading to Collins Beach, to Walkers
school house, to Eagle Nest" cross
roads, to the tile yard of Cosgriff &
Beck, of Smyrna, a short distance
from the New Castle county side Of
Smyrna Landing. two miles from this
place, thence to Pryor's corner, one
mile north of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
WILL ELECT EXTRA TEACHER
DECIDED AT A MEETING OF THE SMYRNA
SCHOOL BOARD LAST EVENING.
Over Fifteen Applications in Hand and Election
Will Probably Take Place Next Tuesday
Work on Assembly Room Begins.

At a meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Smyrna Public Schools last
evening, it was decided to elect an
extra teacher to assist Principal Bur-
dette in his department. The commit
tee on school property composed of
Messrs. E. Marriott Fowler, H. B.
Grieves and VIM. A. FAIRIES, made a
favorable report and it is thought the
change in the Assembly Room can be
accomplished at a moderate cost. In
fact the whole expense including the
salary of the extra teacher, will not ex-
ceed a figure that will make it embar-
RAISING for the Board to shoulder. The
committee was ordered TO make the
necessary changes in the Assembly
Room, and to rush the work to an
early completion. The salary of the
extra teacher was fixed at $500 per
annum.
The Smyrna Public Schools will open
Monday September the 10th Princi-
pal john 2. Burdette is expected to
arrive here with his family next Mon
day, and matters will be rushed to get
the new conditions of affairs in shape
by the time of the school opening.
The Board of Directors think it advis-
able that the extra teacher should not
be known as Assistant Principal, and
! when elected he will he DESIGNATED
only as a teacher of that certain grade
This will give Principal Burdette su.
pervising power over all the depart.
ments, and help him to maintain his
individuality. There are now in the
hands Of Secretary Fowler, over fifteer
applicants, and the Board will most
probably make an election at meet
ing next Tuesday.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
MISS MARION START ENTERTATNS.
Given In Honor of Miss Jennie Williamson, of
Chester, Pa, Thursday Evening.

Miss Marion Start entertained a
number of her young friends at her
home on Mt. Vernon street Thursday
evening last in honor of her guest,
Miss Jennie Williamson, of Chester,
Pa. The evening was spent in sing
ing and other pastimes, after which
watermelon treat was served.
Those present were; Miss Jennie
Williamson, Chester, Pa; Miss Ethel
Emerson, Cheswold; Miss Blanche
Hazell, Miss Agnes Carrow, Miss
Nina Wells, Miss Bertha Price, Miss
Beulah HAZEL, Miss Fannie Taylor,
Miss Helen Collins, Miss Marion Start;
Messrs. G.. Reynolds Stevenson, Ver-
non Phillips, Calvin Boggs, Roland
Carr and McKendree Williams.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
CUBAN GIRL TO BE EDUCATED.
VIII Make Her Home With Mrs. Andrew Col
lisOn and Attend Smyrna Public Schools
"A Native Of CeigO.de.AyiIa. Cuba.

Senorita Amalia Contero, a pretty
Cuban girl from Ceigo- -Avila, Cuba,
arrived in Philadelphia last week, after
a fourteen day voyage. She was placed
in charge of the conductor on the Del
aware Division train at Broad street
station, and at Smyrna Mrs. Andrew
Collision identified her by a photo
graph which had been sent on in adj
vance.
Senorita ConterO will make her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Col
lison on South street, and if satisfac-
tory arrangements can be made she
will attend the Smyrna Public Schools.
Her mother is said to be very wealthy,
and has been anxious for her daughter
to receive an English education. Her
father is dead, and her family consists
of mother, two brothers and one sis
ter. Through an acquaintance which
was struck up between Sergeant w. L.
Collision, of the Signal Corps of the
United States Army stationed at Ceigo-
de-Avila, brother of Mr.. Andrew Col
lison, OF this town, arrangements were
made to send the girl to Smyrna. Sub
sefuently she was placed in charge of
Sergeant Leonard, friend of Sergeant
Collision, who was returning to this
country. As soon as Principal John
P. Burdette arrives, the matter Of the
girls education will be discussed. In
addition to the public schools she will
likely have private lessons.
This is not Senorita Contero's first
visit to this country. About five
months ago she was at Asheville, \.
c., studying few of the elementary
branches in English. She was only
there few months and then returned
to her native land. This time she
comes to stay indefinitely. When
asked if she liked this country, she
replied that she thought it lovely and
wanted to live here all the time, if she
could have hor mother with her. She
seems bright and happy and very fond
of children.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
WORKING up TELEPHONE INTERESTS.
Mr.. Harry F. Mayer, Solicitor, EndeavOring
to Get it in General Use Here.

Some months ago the Diamond State
Telephone Co., of Dover, Del, was
requested to furnish Smyrna with
first-class exchange, with the assur-
ance that the people of Smyrna would
demonstrate the social and commercial
Importance of their town by Il general
use of the phone
The Company has been as good as
its word, and has put in a modern ex-
change, and is now prepared to fur
nish the very best local and long dis
tance service. From your own home
or place of business you can commu-
nicate with points as far distant as
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Washington, Detroit, Chicago,
etc., and also to all points on the Del
aware Maryland Peninsula.
1t is impossible to estimate the value
of phone in your place of business or
home. 1t must be tried to be appre-
ciated. The Company has put the rate
down to the lowest possible fgures:-
business phones, $25 per year or six
cents per day; residence phones $12
per year or three cents a day. Moth
ing but the very best long distance in.
struments. If residents would only
secure the use of phones, the gro
Ger and butcher would put them in
and your orders could be made direct
at your convenience. In some Dover
instances phone is said to take the
place of cook or errand girl. Smyrna
residences and business places should
all be connected.
Mr.. Harry Mayer, representing the
Diamond State Co., will be in towr
for some days, and we hope our towns
people will take advantage of the lib
eral rates he has to offer and keep III
with the times by having a phone.
Quite few new phones are being
put in this week. Among others, Mrs
Caroline J. Raymond, Edw. G. Walls
store and home, Clifton & Raymond.
drug store, DR.. J. W. Clifton's res
idence, Smyrna; A. L. Hudson's ofic,
at Clayton, the P. w. & b. Office and
st. Joseph's Catholic Home, Clayton
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
CITIZENS FEAR BEING STRUCK.
Falling of Glass InsuatOrs From Telephone
Poles Make Pedestrians Timid.

Complaint is being made by a num-
Der of our citizens to the risk encoun-
tered with the falling of the glass insu-
lators on the lines of the Diamond
State Telephone Company. Where
there is no wire to hold them in
place, the glass insulators ON the in
verted wooden pegs, have in a number
of cases, fallen of and nearly struck
pedestrians walking along the street.
The glass is thick and heavy and in
falling fifty or sixty feet, enough speed
is accelerated to cause a painful acci-
dent. Many of our citizens feel that
they are running considerable risk of
being struck on the head. When not
held by wire, shrinkage takes place
with the wooden pegs and the glass in
sulator, having nothing to support it,
falls. The company should remedy
this condition of affairs at once, before
any injury is inflicted. Recently pc
destrian just escaped being struck at
the corner Of Mt. Vernon and Pearl
streets; another iii front of Alexander
Carson's store and two others at the
"Four Corners"
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
NO MONEY IN PEACHES.
Trees at BrldgeviIIe are OverIaden While
Prices are Very Low.

Hundreds of baskets of peaches are
rotting and dropping from the trees
says the Wilmington Sunday Star,
owing to the fact that prices are so low
that Farmers cannot afford to pick
them, and an increase in prices is anx-
iously awaited.
Never before has there been so many
peaches, and the sap of the trees can
not support so many. Consequently,
the fruit is small, hardly two-thirds
the normal size. Trees are breaking
down beneath loads of such fruit, and
growers are unable to realize anything
from the sale of it, prices rang ing
from 10 to IS cents per basket.
Fancy fruit which at the first of the
week sold for 50 per carrier, is now
being sold at from so to 75 cents and
are expected to drop still lower. 1t is
now a universal belief that the crop
will be a failure from what was ex-
'pected.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
DUPONT MACHINE UNHORSED.
IRREGULAR" REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN-
TION AT WILMINGTON YESTERDAY.
Martin B. Burris, for Governor; W. O. HOf-
fecker and Jonathan S. Willis for Con-
gress, and Full Ticket Named.

The Regular" Republicans held a
State Convention yesterday in Will
mington. J. S. Willis was chairman
and F. L. Speakman, secretary. The
convention was largely attended. 1t
was noticed that in the deliberations
DUPONT was unhorsed. Anthony Hig-
gins, who is for harmony on one
ticket, captured the convention. After
a good deal of sparring the following
ticket was put in nomination, but the
two committees are likely to make i'm
portant changes in trying to reach one
ticket.
The full ticket was nominated as
follows
For Governor Martin B. Burris,
New Castle County, the Addicks nomi-
nee for Treasurer.
For Lieutenant Governor John
Hum, Kent County, named by the Ad-
dicks Convention for the same place.
For Attorney Genneral- Herbert H.
Ward, New Castle Castle, nominee
of the Addicks convention.
For Congress, short term Walter o.
Hoffecker, nominee of the Addicks
Convention
For Congress long term-Jonathan
S. Willis, Kent County.
For State Treasurer-Dr L. Heislel
Ball, New Castle County.
For State Auditor-P. B. Norman,
Sussex County.
For Insurance Commissioner George
E. Smith, Sussex County.
For Presidential electors Charles
W. Pusey, New Castle; Manlovt
Hayes, Kent, and Daniel J. Layton
Sussex County.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
PAINFUL STING OF A BEE.
Mr.. Levi Riggs, Brother of Mrs. William
R. Smith, Near Town.

While drinking from pump spout
at his home on the farm owned by DR..
J. G. Stanton, four miles from Milford,
Levi Riggs was stung on his upper lip
by honey bee. This occurred on
Sunday morning, the 19th inst, and
the sting was extracted promptly, but
his head and face swelled to alarming
proportions. DR.. Marshall was called
upon to relieve his pain. Drinking
from pump spouts in summer time is
risky business. Mr.. Riggs is a brother
of Mrs. VIM. r. Smith, of Kenton
Hundred.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
SHORT TOMATO CROP EXPECTED.
COunselmans Cannery and HOffecker's Can.
merry Start up for the Season.

merry Start up Tor the Season.
1t is not a little matter to our female
bread winners that the canning factor
les have started up. From the middle
of August until October, the women
and children are usually busy with the
tomato canneries, and this year will
hardly be an exception. 1t will not be
like last year which was exceptionally
productive, and if the crop is one quar-
ter short, as some estimate, there will
be fruit enough for busy time. Coun-
cilman's factory at S myrna Landing,
did some canning last week, but our
morning nappers did not get the ben
eft Of its syrene whistle with its night
mare yells until yesterday at $50
o'clock, when the wind was sitting
over the town from the east.
The Hoffecker canning factory did
not blow until yesterday, when they
had 70) or 800 baskets to start on. No
man in town can have buster time be-
fore him than MIR. Walter o. Hoffecker
for the next six weeks, having all the
responsibility to shoulder now which
was formerly partially shared by his
father.
The fruit, this year, which has been
full in every department, has given q
stimulus to business very apparent in
the movement of teams on our streets.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
SMYRNA SOJOURNERS AT WOODLAND.
Rented One of Motifs Cottages and Left
Saturday for Weeks Outing.

A party chaperoned by Mrs. Ellie
Perry, left Saturday for Woodland
Beach, where they occupied one Of
Motifs cottages for weeks outing in
true camp style. They took with them
plenty of provisions, and on a week of
recreation, they seemed ready for all
the good times that were in store.
Besides the chaperone, the party was
composed of Miss Reba Davis, Mr..
Lee Springs, Brenford; Miss Matte
Jones, of Thoroughfare Neck; Miss
Hilda Wells, Miss Mary Anthony, Mr..
Robert H. Denney and Mr.. John
S. Anthony.
Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
Sunday School Reunion.

The Sunday School of Asbury NJ. E.
Church will hold its annual reunion on
the 10th of September, when it will be
addressed by several speakers, one of
whom will be Henry c. Conrad, Esq,
of Wilmington.