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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
VALUE OF SAVINGS BANKS.

In New England for several gem
erations the people have been accustom-
ed to deposit their savings in what are
called savings banks. This has had two
good results: 1. 1t has taught economy
and thrift inducing men and women and
children to earn and to save money: ,.
1t has drawn all the money out of hid
ing places and put it to work. making
the small savings of the many helpful
to the general industrial progress.
Twelve years age there was mot saw
fngs bank in Raleigh, and the small say
ings were hid away in old stockings or III
out of the way corners and crevices. 1T
has NOW two savings banks with aggre-
gate deposits exceeding four hundred
thousand dollars. Nearly all this money
is loaned out in Raleigh, and us one of
the factors in Raleighs now industrial
life. The lesson of Raleigh's two say
ings banks ought to be worth something
to those communities that have not eS-
tablished savings banks. They are the
best financial institutions that amy town
or city can have.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
WELCOME TO MASONS.

No gathering LII Raleigh during the
year meets with warmer welcome than
the annual coming together of the MEM
beers of the Grand Lodge of Masons. Ev-
cry January this lodge of the ancient and
honorable order holds its meeting in the
capital of the State, and the attendance
grows from year to year as Masonry III
creases in influence and in numbers.
1t is an order that has always NUM-
bered many of the States best soEs
among its membership from the days of
William Il. Davie to the present. Today
in every county it is an order that stands
fcr the betterment of man, for virtue
and benevolence. Raleigh is honoTed in
being selected as the permanent meeting
place of this noble order, and extends a
welcome to one and ALL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
Auction Sale of Land.

By virtue of power conferred upon me
by certain mortgage executed by Ben
McCullers and duly recorded in Registry
of Wake county in Book No. ia at
Page 365, l will offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash at the court
house door in the city of Raleigh, n. o..
on Wednesday, February Z, 1900, at IL
o'clock M, a tract of land situate in
Wake county in ST. Mary's township.
about seven miles southeast from Raj
eish and described as follows:
Beginning at stake on the north edge
Of the road leading from Raleigh to Bat
ties Bridge the southwest corner. thence
north 21a degrees east 152 30 poles to
\ stake in Caswell Powell's line, thence
with the same east "a poles to red oak
thence south / degree west 124 40 poles
TO stake in the old dover line, thence
east ~ poles to a stake ON the branch,
thence up the various courses of said
branch about So poles to road, thence
westwardly along the road 112 poles to
the beginning, containing one hundred
and eight acres Cos acres save and ex-
cept from the above tract fifty acres on
the south side of said tract heretofore
CONCEDED to James Holder.
B. f. MONTAGUE. Mortgage.
Raleigh. N. O.. Jan. 1. 1900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
THERE ARE OTHERS"

A little while ago when visiting
minister told the Lord in his prayer
that Raleigh was something of "a mod
ern Sodom' we felt that it was a harsh
and unfair judgment of the best city in
the State
There are others AT the Minister'S
Conference held in Charlotte on Mon
day the News makes this report:
~ spirited discussion of the moral
condition of the city was engaged i'll
by nearly all the preachers present
Sabbath breaking, whiskey drinking
card parties and gambling, and other
social evils were discussed, and it was
the opinion of the conference that an
, active crusade must be made against
them at once"
Most of the Raleigh ministers resigned
or were transferred shortly after the
prayer alluded to above, but the Char
lotte preachers are going to spit in their
hand so as to take first hold in Fan ac-
tive crusade
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

Il call for the meeting of the county
executive committee ON January 10Th.
That body is composed of representative
leading Democrats who won a notable vic
tory in 1893 and they are already plan
ing for like one this veal"
Mr. Foushee is one of the wisest of the
younger leaders in the Democratic party
in the State He was regarded as one
Of the safest men i'll that body in the
last Legislature, and his friends in the
State hope he will return to the next
Legislature and help to complete the inn
portant and far-reaching legislation be-
gun by the 1899 session.
The Durham papers speak in terms of
high praise of the opening speech of the
campaign in Durham made by Mr. Fou-
shee ut Fletcher's school house in Dur
ham county last Saturday. They say
it was an able and convincing speech.
and was received with many expressions
of approval.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
5O7 STUDENTS ENROLLED.
This is the University's High Water
Mark, Lecture to be Delivered.

Chapel Hill, y. c., Jan. 9.-(Special.) -
Work in all departments Of the Uni
versity began on Thursday. Twenty
seven new students have been added to
the enrolment, making the total en-
rollment to date 507. This number will
probably be increased within the next
thirty days. This marks the highest
number of students ever at the Uni
versity. The semi-annual gathering OF
students occurred in Gerard Hall today
at the noon hour. President Alderman
spoke to the students on the meaning
of culture and scholarship. lie conSratu-
lated them on the uneXampled record for
the fall term, for manliness and for
scholarly achievements. He declared
that the cultured man was the man
who wanted to know things and that
scholarship was a spiritual habit rather
than a mental condition. He showed the
necessity in the world for men who
knew things and knew them well. The
president referred to the various activl-
ties that enlist the sympathieS of the
students, in the direction of debating,
journalistic and magazine work, and
athletics. He discussed methods by
which the students themselves could take
hold of those things in a business like
way. Attention WAS called to the hearty
relations Of sympathy and good will
and mutual understanding between the
authorities and the students. 1t was
predicted that the coming term would
make a record in the history of the
institution for scholarly enthusiastic and
honest work. Lectures are to be deliver
ShnpflV hX- Prof
Ii. l.. Smith, Davidson College; Presi-
dent Chas. T. Thwing, a noted educa-
tor of Cleveland. Ohio; Major Robert
Bingham, and Prof. Poteat of Wake
Forest College.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
ROBBED THE GRAVE.

A startling incident, Of which Mr.. John
Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject,
is narrated by him as follows: Il was
in a most dreadful condition. My skin
was almost yellow, eyes sunllen, tongue
coated pain continually in back and
sides, no appetite-gradually growing
weaker day by day. Three physicians
had given me up. Fortunately, ii friend
advised trying Electric Bitters; and to
my great joy and surprise, the first bot
tie made a decided Improvement. | con-
tinued their use for three weeks, and
am now well man. L know they saved
my life. and robbed the grave Of another
victim" No one should fail to try
them. Only soc, guaranteed, at all
drug stores.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
STATE NEWS.

Louis Iitchenstein, captain of the Sal
isbury military company, has resigned
The five Year old som of Mr.. John
Weston, of lower Rowan, was drowned
yesterday morning. The child, as our
informant heard it, was playing too near
the bank OF IA creek when it fell in. The
water was not very deep.-Salisbury In
dex.
This pleasant incident at the meeting
of the Edgecombe Democratic executive
committee is published by the Tarboro
Southerner w. Il. Sharpe had a bot
tie of wine twenty-five years cid. He
wanted Don Gillian. who has so sue
cessfully led the Democratic forces OF
the county, to have it. SO he had Paul
Jones to present it, which he did IN well
chosen words, eloquently uttered, and
amid much applause"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
HIGHLY APPRECIATED
The Law Glass Thinks Highly of Judge
Mackes and Mr.. Biggs.

Chapel Hill, n. c.. Jan. 9.-(Special.) -
The law class recently presented Judge
MacRae, Dean of the Law School, with
lamp. 1t was presented i'll an elo-
quent speech by James Shipman, of
Hcndersonville, and they gave an UNI
brella to Prof. Crawford Biggs, and it
was presented by Il. V. Long, of States
Vile. who is the orator of the day. Judge
MacRae made one of the most feeling
speeches as did also Mr.. Biggs who is 4
fine teacher and the University regrets
to lose him.
Judge MacRae has won the esteem and
confidence of all here and every member
of the class has come to hold him in
the highest esteem as a man and as a
teacher.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
DURHAM IN LINE.
It Will Give Good Majority For the
Amendment.

Mr.. Howard A. Foushee, of Durham,
member of the House from the big town
that will SOON lead the State in cotton
manufacturing as well as IN tobacco
manufacturing, is in the city on legal
business. He understands the political
situation as we'll as any man in Durham
and is alert to press the Democratic
cause to victory.
The Democratic campaign has opened
i'll Durham" he said yesterday. Col
Carr our county chairman, has issued
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

1t has been demonstrated repeatedly
in every State in the Union and ia
many foreign countries that Chamber
lains Cough Remedy is certain pre-
yentiye and cure for Group. 1t has be-
come the universal remedy for that dis
ease. NJ. Y. Fisher, of Liberty, w. Va.
only repeats what has been said around
the globe when he writes: II have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my
family for several years and always with
perfect success. We believe that it is
not only the best cough remedy, but
that it is a sure cure for Group. 1t has
saved the lives of our children a num-
Der Of times" This remedy IS for SAFE
everywhere Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Co.
and FL. L. Hicks, Druggists, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
EQUAL TO A JUDICIAL DECISION.

For weeks the Republicans and their
allies have been declaring in the United
States Senate and elsewhere that the
amendment to the constitution Of North
cruel and outrageous provision that is
palpably contrary to the Federal Con
stitution.
The speech of Senator Morgan. who
says that contrary to his first impress
sion, there is nothing in the pending
amendment that is i'll conflict with the
fifteenth amendment, is a complete, full
and sufficient answer to the arguments
of Pritchard, Butler and the rest of the
opponents of the amendment. Senator
Morgan is the most profound cOnstltu-
tional lawyer in the Senate, and when,
after careful consideration, he pro-
nounces the amendment constitutional,
his mature opinion will have the weight
with most men of a judicial decision.
Mr.. Morgan would not risk his reputa
ton as a lawyer and a statesman in or
der to bolster up any proposition. His
own State, while interested i'll eliminat-
ing the mass of unfit negro voters, has
no interest in the grand father" clause,
and unless convinced that it was in har-
mony with the letter and spirit of the
Constitution, Mr.. Morgan could not be
induced to give it his countenance. He
would pronounce against an Unconstitu-
tionaI measure, no matter by whom add
vocated.
The speech of Mr. Morgan is master
effort. Calm, dispassionate, able and
profound it will carry conviction to AL
who read it, More than that: The very
fact that Mr.. Morgan risks his reputa
ton as a lawyer and a statesman upon
its constitutionality will be evidence
enough to thousands that it is constitu-
tional. His approval, whatever else it
does, will effectually answer those who
have thought to dismiss the amendment
as ''palpably unconstitutional upon the
hasty dictum of superficial opponents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
Coupon Notice,
Mechanics and Investors
Union.

Stockholders who own FULL PAID
COUPON CERTIFICATES in the
MECHANICS AND INVESTORS
UNION, can have their Semi-annual
coupons, paid on presentation at the
COMMERCIAL AND FARMERS
BANK, on and after Saturday the 23rd
day of December.
Owing to the large demand for loans
ON residence property, the Directors Of
the Company have authorized the further
sale of Full Paid 500 shares Of Diyi-
dend paying stock at eighty dollars per
share, cash. This gives the purchaser
an eight per cent investment, of which
$3.50 is paid in cash each year and
$1,000 profit at maturity. This stock is
amply secured by first mortgage on
residence property in Raleigh and other
prosperous Cities and Towns in North
Carolina. Dividends are paid promptly
in June and December. For further
particulars address
B. S. JERMAN,
Treasurer.
GEORGE ALLEN,
Secretary Pullen Building, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

A correspondent asks: IF the Senate
should pass, Mr.. Pritchard's resolution,
what effect would it havc?" No more
than dog baying at the moon. 1t
would be nothing but buncombe for po-
litioal effect, or as Senator Morgan said:
If we should adopt the resolution it
would be brutum fulmen that this Con-
gress or subsequent Congress would
follow or reject at will
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
A Card

Mr.. Editor: | was considerably sur
prised, not to say little mortified at
the misspelling Of my name, both at the
beginning and especially ut the ending
the signature) of the little communica-
ton sent you the other day, and which
appeared in your Sundays issue. [ flat
tered myself that you knew it's ortho-
graphy, even if / did not myself. My
objection is to the redundancy of the
letter "E." If you ever have occasion
for it's use hereafter please Oblige me
Icy spelling it as below written.
Yours truly,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
Fine School at a Good Place.

Trinity, n. c., JAM 9.-(Special.) =
Trinity High School, Trinity Randolph
county, \. c., enrolled 100 pupils during
the fall term. The spring term has just
opened with an enrolment of 81, and
more to come. Prof. ]. L. Histman is
principal and is assisted by a corps Of
competent and faithful teachers "Old
Trinity is good place for a school,
and there is now good school at the
place.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

The Houston Post, which has obtained
the information from the most reliable
sources, says that "stockS of cotton are
really smaller than for years and that
holding of farmers and ginners is very
light" This effectually answers the mis-
leading figures of Price Mccormick &
Co., who report tremendous amounts of
cotton on farms and in interior towns.
The New York firm outreached them
selves.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

We have been noticing in our ex-
changes the reports of the annual meet
ings of the stockholders of the various
cotton mills in the State. Almost in
variably the report reads: "A dividend
of s per cent was declared and nice
sum was carried to- the surplus fund
1t would be interesting TO have the fig
ures showing the exact profit for the past
year. 1t is enough to know that all have
done well in the way of earnings and
by the prompt purchase of cotton have
made it impossible for the foreign spin
ners, Neill and the New York specula-
tors to rob the farmer as Neilrs cireu-
lar showed it was their purpose to do
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

W. j. NhEEN.
Fayetteville, n. c., Jan. 9th, 1900.
[Our proof-reader is not fully acquaint-
ed with North Carolina names.-Editor. ]
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

The Race Problem in the South" is
the subject of an article which Mr..
Walter H. Page writes this month for
the Atlantic Monthly. The subject is
treated under three heads: The White
Man and the Negro; The Race Problem
and Education; Politics in the South. "
We have not yet had time to read it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

Dear Jeter: You made a mistake in
letting Senator Morgan blow first. He
gave you the dose you intended to blow
down the nostrils of The Democracy. -
Maryann.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-15
THE USEFUL CACTUS.

The most splendid example OF the
cactus family Is the giant cactus, OF
which fine example is still standing
at point eight miles south OF Pheoe-
nix, Ariz., near the Pima reservation.
1t is about 40 feet high What the
date palm is to the African desert the
giant cactus is to our own arid lands.
From it the Mexlcans extract a drink
called "mescal," and the Indians also
obtain a beverage from it. On its fruit
the Papago Indians live for weeks at
a time. Woodpeckers dig their nests
In the trunk and branches, and even
doves feed on the fruit When the
cactus of this kind dies its unfulness
is not destroyed for the tough ribs
beneath the outer skin are used by the
Papago Indians for the foundation OF
their mud roofs, and they also use IL
in building chicken coops, and even
In covering for their graves. 1t is not
this species of cactus from which trav-
elers are supposed to obtain a supply
of water, but the small cactus, which
contains a plentiful supply Of sap.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-15
Useful Household Hints.

Fresh raw meat is the best bait for
mice traps.
Lemon and salt will remove stains
from the hands.
Hot water and soda will remove
most grease stains.
For nose bleeding. snuff powdered
alum through the nostrils.
To make your light brilliant rub the
lamp chimneys, after washing, with
dry salt.
Overheated rooms are more injuri-
GUS than a temperature lower than is
usually advised for them.
Use warm water instead of cold for
watering the tropical plants, such as
palms, rubber plants. orange trees, etc.
II black underwear, stockings Or
black yarn that is to be knitted is
boiled a few minutes in milk the dye
will not stain the skin.
Limewater will sweeten jars and jugs
which soap and water fail to cleanse.
1t is admirable for cleansing milk ves-
sells and nursing bottles.
Yellow oil stains left by the sewing
machine will easily be removed in the
wash If they are first rubbed over with
a little liquid ammonia.
To raise the nap In cloth soak 1t in
cold water for half An hour. then put
on a board and rub the threadbare
parts with prickly thistle or emery.
Creamy Hair-Wash.-One ounce OF
oil sweet almonds, one ounce strong
liquid ammonia, two ounces rosewater.
four ounces spirits of rosemary. Mix
we'll. To be we'll rubbed in the lair.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-15
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-15
ME For = Nervous Horse.

This new safety bride is a French
invention and is composed OF two
jcinted snafIies and a curb. forming a
spring which is placed over the horses
nose without disturbing MIN unless
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bit Is operated by the relns, or there
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-15

There are many who consider clever
ness lies merely In being able TO do
one or two things specially well. This
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household; a clever woman is one
who undertakes nothing that she does
rot understand; a clever woman is
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how to make the social wheels run
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the sweetness and strength out Of
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-15

The colored work IN Blggie Berry
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-15
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when Jimmie Goes out to Tea.

why, Jimmie,' SAID the gracious
hostess. you have taken half a pie on
your plate"
sYes'm. Mamma said mustn't hays
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