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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
CURSED BY NEGRO VOTE.

Durham Herald.
The political conditions of the South.
especially in States like North Carolina
where there is such a large illiterate ne
gro vote, grow worse with each year. 1t
does not take an expert to observe this
state of affairs, but the most casual OBJ
server easily sees that the negro vote
is a curse to our fair Southland and that
the only remedy for this evil is the dis
reimbursement of this ignorant vote.
The Baltimore Sun has member of the
staff OF that paper making tour of the
South, and in viewing the situation a few
days ago had the following to say, which
shows that many Republicans will join
the Democrats in plotting out this curse
forever:
I'm Virginia, as in every other South
ern State, the Republicans are cursed
by the negro vote. In every campaign
the race question arises and instead of
campaign fought out on State issues or
national issues the one question upper
most is that of white supremacy against
negro domination. OF course in States
with large negro vote this solidifies
white men in one party The best thing
that could happen to the Republican par
| ty in the South would be the disfranchise-
ment of the negro. Until that is done
| there is no hope in Virginia for instance,
of building up a strong minority party,
| the need of which is SO greatly felt here
| as elsewhere
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
DEATH OF A GOOD OLD MAN.
Mr.. Thos. J. Shepherd Passes Away. His Char
acter. Young Man Drowned.

Especial to News and Observer)
Greenville. y. c.. May 2.-Mr. Thos.
j. Sheppard. of Carolina township.
this county. died this morning. He
was within fourteen days of being 80
wears old. \ week before his death
he had his measure taken and a cof-
fin made out of lumber that he had
sawed forty years ago at his own mill
for that purpose His wife died a few
years ago. and they had no children.
He was a man of great energy ana
was possessed of snug fortune at
the time of his death. He owned
much real estate, a large water mill
and had several thousand dollars i'll
cash He always kept his money at
home. lived plainly and was never
known to buy anything on credit. He
kept an itemiZed account of even the
smallest transaction and was Scrupu-
lousy honest I'm his last sickness he
sometimes had as many as four ply
sicianS with him and settled with
them on every visit. Your correspond
ent learns that he left no will. and
it is reported that distant relatives
from all quarters are fiocking to his
late home to look after a division OF
the property. Doubtless there is a
harvest in prospect for the lawyers in
disposing of the estate.
Sunday Messrs. l.. b. ElhS and Isaac
Lewis were fishing in Chicad creek,
about fifteen miles from Greenvlle.
Mr. Elks fell out of the canoe and
was drowned.
The dwelling house of Mr. l.. B..
Newborn. in the southern portion of
the county, was destroyed by fire yes
terday morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
STORY OF A SLAVE.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George ID. Williams. of
Manchester, Mich. tells how such a slave
was made free. He says: MY wife has
been so helpless for five years that she
could not turn over in bed alone. After
using two bottles of Electric Bitters. she
is wonderfully improved and able TO do
her own work. This supreme remedy
for female diseases quickly cures ner-
vousnes, sleeplessness, melancholy head
ache, backache fainting and dizzy spells,
This miracle working medicine is a god
send to weak, sickly, run down people.
Every bottle guaranteed. Only 80 cents.
Sold by all druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

The ancients believed that rheumatism
was the work of demon within a man.
Any one who has had an attack of sciatic
or inf1ammatory rheumatism will agree
that the infection is demoniac enough to
warrant the belief. 1t has never been
claimed that Chamberlain's Pain Balm
would cast out demons, but it will cure
rheumatism, and hundreds bear testi-
mony to the truth of this statement One
application relieves the pain, and this
quick relief which it affords is alone
worth many times it's cost. For sale
everywhere. Bobbitt Wynne Drug Co., H.
T. Hicks, druggists. Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
PREVENTED A TRAGEDY.

Timely information given Mrs. George
Long of New Straitsville, Ohio. prevented
a dreadful tragedy and saved two lives
A frightful cough had long kept her awake
every night. She had tried many RENE
dies and doctors but steadily grew worse
until urged tC try DR.. Kings New DIS
covery One bottle wholly cured her and
she writes this marvellous medicine also
cured Mr.. Long of a severe attack OF
pneumonia. Such cures are positive proof
of the matchless merit of this grand rem
edy for curing all throat chest and lung
troubles Only soc and $1.00. Every bot
tie guaranteed. Trial bottles free at all
drug stores. aF4KEEiS as;&
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
MRS. JOE PERSONS
RET EDY
Without an Equal.

/ consider Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy
is without an equal. Ten years ago it
cured me of cancer on my face, pro-
nounced so by tire physicians, also of
rheumatism, and every spring previous
to that l was covered with boils that
would last for months. Since that time
l have never had the appearance of one.
So many have been to me for informa-
ton that | have concluded to write you
a second time, acknowledging my graft
tude to you and Almighty God for max
ing you the instrument in His hands of
doing SO much, and let the public know
of my wonderful cure.
Your Remedy and Wash do all they
claim to do and even more. Should they
ever return, | would feel safe of recov-
cry with your medicine and Gods help.
| have seen numbers of cases cured right
here at home with your Remedy, and all
are ready to bless you and say there is
none SO worthy of universal patronage as
this noble woman and her valuable med
icine Only give it trial. 1t will speak
for itself l am still using all my in
fiuence for you.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES c. ARLINGTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

J. @. Hood, Justice of the Peace, Cros-
by. Miss, makes the following statement
81 can certify that One Minute Cough
Cure will do all that is claimed for it. My
wife could not get her breath and the first
dose of it relieved her. 1t has also ben
Gifted my whole family" 1t acts imme-
diately and cures coughs, colds, crop
grippe, bronchitis, asthma and all throat
and lung troubles. BobbittW ynne Drug
Co., w H. King, Adams & Moye, VIM
Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
Bankrupt Sale.

BY virtue OF an order of the Court of
Bankruptcy, l will sell at public auction
for cash to the highest bidder, at Davis
Hotel, in the town of Kittrell, N. c., on
Wednesday. the 9th day of May, 1900, at
10 O'Clock a. M, all the personal property
belonging to the estate of M. De Forest
and r. T. Bunce, bankrupts, consisting
OF hotel fixtures, kitchen furniture and
other pc.sonal property. Much Of this
property is new. 1t is also ordered that
the trustees shall have power to sell such
property at private sale, until May 9th.
d. S. Rowland, Trustee.
B. c. Beckwith, Attorney.
April 18th, 1900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
Congressman DeArmond of MISC

Congressman DeArmond of Missouri
will deliver the literary address at the
approaching commencement of the State
Normal and Industrial College in Green's
boro Congressman John H. Small, of the
First district, will be present and deliv
er an address on the educational needs
of the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

State of North Carolina,
County of Wake.
I, Henry e. Litchford, Cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
HENRY f. LITCHFORD, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
md day of May, 1900.
FRANK P. HAYWOOD, JR.,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
JOS. G. BROWN,
A. B. HAWKINS,
r. H. BATTLE,
Directors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

medical journal advises ladies to ex
ercise with dumbells. There seems Il
be base and ungallant insinuation wrap
ped up in this suggestion.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

State of North Carolina.
County of Wake.
|, r. H. Briggs, Cashier of the above
named bank do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best OF
my knowledge and belief
F. H. BRIGGS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
3rd day of May, 1900.
JAMES O. LITCHFORD,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
CHAS. H. BELVIN,
JULIUS LEWIS,
C. NJ. BUSBEE,
JAMES A. BRIGGS,
Directors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
For Gravel use
STUART'S GIN and
BUCHU.

Ii man can afford to sit down and
wait for a golden opportunity TO come
along he doesn't really need it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

An insane baggage master hurled him.
self from fourth story window recently
He probably thought he was a trunk.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

The fame of North Carolinas popu-
lar resort, Morehead City, has gone
abroad. The people of Tennessee have
learned what a good thing we have
and they are coming to help us enjoy
it. The Sweetwater, (Tenn.), Tele-
phone annOnces:
The Tennessee Press Association
will conventhe latter part of June at
Morehead y. c. They will stop at
Asheville and other points along the
way.
North Carolina extends warm
welcome to the Tennessee editors and
we hope they may enjoy their stay
with us.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
Sexual and Nervous Ionic.

Acts quickly and permanently for both
sexes. Send $1.00 for packcg to r. q
lox 1904. Boston, Mass.
B-3 2Ro
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

mand again and Mr.. Swinson said:
II cannot put negroes at work in my
office. Ladies are employed there as
cOpyistS and i am unwilling to put
negroes at work there" and he stuck
to it and refused to put the negroes
at work in the same department the
white ladies. Then Mr.. Dockery and
Mr.. Reynolds and the rest of the gang,
who owed their votes to the negroes,
passed bill removing Mr.. Swinson
from office. and one of the crowd for
chilly opened his deck. Mr.. Swinson S
only Offense was that he preferred TO
have white ladies' and white men as
clerks. and could not permit the Dock
cry and Co., to put the negroes at
work in the Enrolling Clerks De-
partment. For that. and for that
alone. Dockery and Co., dismissed
him from office.
These are the leaders who have
been selected for the two highest Of
fees in the State.
White men. how do you like their
record?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04
CONVENTIONS.

NATIONAL
Republican, Philadelphia, June 10.
Prohibition, Chicago, June q.
Populist, Sioux Falls s. D., May g.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-25

sents the folly of granting people un-
prepared for suffrage, the free exercise
of the ballot. AS "Kamehameha"
shows, doubtless the unfortunate expe-
rience of the government in this in
stance will serve to prevent repetition
in the case of Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines, where it must provide for the
suffrage privileges of people in very
much the same condition of mind as
are the lower classes of Hawaiians.-
Washington Star, Dec. 4.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-25
CASTLE & COOKE CO.. Id.
HONOLULU.
Commission Merchants
SUGAR FACTDH~

- AGENTS For -
The Eva Plantation Company.
The Wsisiua Agricultural Co. liza
The KohAla Sugar Company.
The Waimea Sugar MIL Company.
The Koios Agricultural Company.
The ru.tcn iron Works. 80. Louis. MO.
The standard OF Company.
The Georse n. Blake Steam Pumps.
Wsston's Centrifusals.
The New England Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Company of
Hartford. Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Company OF
London.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-25
oHlA WOOD FOR SALE

In any quantity. Apply 90
VIC. ACHr q co.
10 West King Street
July 20. 1900.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-25
7\F]
WHITMAN A 80. -
wOMAYs ExCHASsgCALENDAR
FO2 1901

rweuty.four HAwArfAN VIEWS for
70 centa
ALOHA FROM HAWAII CALES-
bNR. fDr o. 90.
uA,vAft FAIR. by y. ", Dodge. and
other articles ssitsbie for Christmas.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-25
THE STARS EDITORIAL.

Intelligent Hawaii Is somewhat rec
onciled to the prospect of being rep
represented in Congress by an adven-
turer like Wilcox. who has just been
elected. when II reflects that perhaps
the United States may be Afforded a
valuable object lesson which will guide
IL IN framing suffrage legislation for
the other new dependencies. Wilcox's S
status in Hawaii is clearly pointed out
| by "Kamehameha," the Stars Homo
lulu correspondent, in the course OF his
latest letter. printed today. He shows
/ how thoroughly unrepresentative the
| delegate Is of the enlightened senti-
ment of the Islands. how reactionary
his presence in the House of Represen-
tatives really will be. For Wilcox viii
stand as the protest OF a portion o.
the more ignorant natives against an
nexation. an accomplished fact, nevel
to be changed. This futile role repre-
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-25
wu.Cox's SUCCESS AN OBJECT
LESSON.

such as he r.. however. Mr.. Wilcox Is
,he delegated representative Of the Ter
r,tory Of Hawaii upon the floor OF Con-
sress While he l. manifestly Incapable
~ adequately presenting our needs. or
AZ commanding the respectful attention
-, Congress. we may hope In other
wavs TO secure some proper regard for
our necessities. one good may be hoped
sor from such delegate. n not to Ha-
waii itself. yet perhaps 10 other depen-
denc,es Of the United states. He may
serve as n useful object lesson on the
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-25
THE WEATHER.

The exceptionally hot summer here
has been succeeded by unusually hea-
Wy rains during the past six weeks. Tho
rain was deluging on the Island OF
Maui Being accompanied by a vIo-
lent gale. there was some desti uction
Iof property IL was more of 4 storm
than has occurred in these parts for
many years You know that our group
Is absolutely exempt from anything
like n hurricane OF typhoon, just as we
are exempt from the extreme heats or
the tropics, or even your Washington
summer heats.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
II is a pleasure to note the practical
success OF the wireless Marconi tele-
urap ph between our islands. The Eek
lrerts" have been for several months at
work installing the stations upon the
different islands. but seemed tn have
encountered serious obstacles. Mr.. Mar
lconi finally sent out a special expert
named Gray. who Immediately discov-
lered the cause. which was one hardly
lcreditable to the other men. 1t was
simply that their ground wires were
. linadequately connected with moist
ground reaching TO the sea. Excellent
Communication was speedily establish
ed across the first channel of forty
miles. IL will, however. be some Ettlt
: time before the system goes into practt-
, ical operation. Some OF the stations
/, have to be removed TO points nearer T.
the sea. There seems to be no doub
that by February next we shall srJoY
perfect telegraphic communicated
Z f:om Honolulu To Hilo, across tire
= sea channels. KAMEHAMEflA. A.
New Ulm review., 1900-10-24
BOUGHT HER OWN RING.
Young Woman Got an Engagement
Circlet That Certainly Ought
to Have Suited Her.

1t occasionally happens that the
ring girl receives as an engagement
token is far from suitable to her ideas
OF what such thing should be. One
young woman. however. will have no
one to blame but herself if the ring
she wears is not satisfactory, for she
bought it herself. Her fance lived in
a small southern town, where there
is not the wide variety of diamond
rings from which to select that one
finds in a city; therefore. it was de-
cided that when the young woman
came north she should choose her
own ring.
And she did. She brought with her
a goodly sum of money-her fiance's
money, OF course-and when she
reached Chicago she repaired in haste
to one of the big shops and with
much care selected solitaire that
suited her. says the Chicago Chron-
icle.
None of the clerks guessed. of
course, that the girl with the flushed
cheeks was buying the circlet that
was to seal her engagement, but
she was and she paid for it in a busi-
ness-like way, secured a receipt and
left the shop smiling, and probably
better satisfied with the bit of iewelrv
than she would have been if her af-
lanced had bought it himself.
New Ulm review., 1900-10-24
WHEEL WAS HIS SAFEGUARD.
Petty Naval Officers Bicycle Kept
Him from the Allurcments of
the Saloons.

"In these days of automobiles.
steam carriages and electric vehicles,"
said an observant man the other day
to a New York Tribune man, "the
bicycle is not being neglected. It has
become too cheap to be popular with
the upper classes, but it is more of a
blessing than ever to the poor. Even
the newsboys and bootblacks own
their own wheels now. 1t was on
visit to the cruiser Baltimore the
other day that l became convinced
that one could find bicycles every
where.
II was passing through one of the
gangways leading to the quarters of
the crew. There were guns and fight
ing things on every side. I happened
to look up and was surprised to see a
bicycle securely fastened to the top
of the gangway. 1t was an old-style
wheel, with heavy frame and thick
tires, but it had served the petty off,
Ger who owned it very well. 1t had
been ridden in most of the seaports
of Europe at which American war ves-
sells call. The owner had ,scorched
about the streets of Hong-Kong and
had taken bicycle trip into the in
terror of Japan. Even in Manila he
had found it useful, in spite of the
extreme heat.
1.-The owner of that wheel has saved
more money during the last three
years than any other petty officer on
the ship said the lieutenant who was
showing me around. 1T keeps him
busy when he has shore leave and he
has no desire to go to saloons and
other places in which sailors "drop'
all of their hard-earned pay"
New Ulm review., 1900-10-24
A CURIOUS MINERAL.
Considerable Attention Attracted to
Mo1davite Among GeoloEIsts of
Austria and Bohemia

Acurious mineral called moldavite. or
bouteillenstein, has attracted consider
able attention among the geologists 5
in Austria and Bohemia The mineral
is in CLASSY ovals from an inch to an
jnch and half long, and is character
led by various markings, which look
somewhat like finger impressions,
while others form network of fur
rows, which seem in part a rough
radial arrangement.
They have been regarde. by some
authors as relics of prehistoric glass
manufacture, but this view does not
appear to have been sustained, accord
ing to the Scientific American. DR..
Suess, the Austrian geologist, finds
resemblances between them and me-
'eorites, and the general disposition
of students seems to be to regard
them as of terrestrial origin.
Resemblances, have been pointed out
between them and the obsidian VOL
canic bombs found in Australia In
bohemia the moldavites occur in
sandy deposits, which are assigned to
the late tertiary or early diluvial pc
riOd
New Ulm review., 1900-10-24
PUZZLED ABOUT DESCENT.
Problem That Is DistractinE nm Enr-
1ish Student of Genealogy-
Subtle Fallacy

Here is a little genealogical prob
lem which perhaps some of the read
ers can solve. A man writes to the
Liverpool Post saying: Il have, like
the rest of human beings, two par
ents. They in turn had each two.
These four grandparents had each
two, and so on. Now, if we take on
an average four generations to a CEN
tury, 33 generations have passed away
since the time of William the Con-
queror, and by the simple process of
multiplying two by itself 33 times I
find that at the date of the Norman
conquest I must have had $3.50, ,934,5s2
ancestors of that generation. But
this is eight or nine times the total
population of the globe at the pres
ent day, and must be fully 80 or 40
times the total number of human be-
inSs living in the eleventh century,
so that there must be fallacy in nv
calculation somewhere. Can ANYBODY
tell me,' he asks, what the fall
lacy is?"
New Ulm review., 1900-10-24
FINLAND'S STAMPS VANISH.
Amusing Method to Which the Stub.
born Firms Have Resorted to
Keep Them Current

Finland is no longer a member of the
international postal union, as by an
imperial Russian Nkase the Finnish
postage stamp is withdrawn from use,
and the Russian postage stamp substi-
tuted. While the Finnish postage
stamp until few weeks ago had no
value in the eyes of stamp collectors,
it has now at one jump reached to
the head of the list, and will probably
be the most valua bic in the stamp COL
lector's albums. The Finas are Of
course furious against Russia for this
additional demonstration of the Bear
to bot their country off the map of
the world.
But the Firms are by ma ture stub
born people, and the method they
adopted to still compel the Russian au-
thorities to forward letters with the
Finnish postage stamp is amusing.
Their correspondence they inclosed in
an ordinary envelope, on which they
placed the Finnish postage stamp in
the usual corner. This envelope was
then ;nclosed in thin transparent
envelope, plainly showing the Finnish
stamp. The outside envelope was then
properly addressed and provided with
a Russian postage stamp placed by the
side of the Finnish. So far no notice
has been taken by the Russian govern
ment of this amusing method. ::
New Ulm review., 1900-10-24
FOUNDED BY A FOUNDING.
Large business Enterprise of LOn-
don Which Had II Very RO.
mantle Origin.

Very curious and romantic are the
circumstances under which certain
fourishing city enterprises have been
founded For instance, says the Lon
don NJ. 4. P, there stands in the heart
of Cheapside noble pile of buildings,
occupied by firm whose name is a
household word throughout the king
dom. The founder of that business was
mysteriously dropped on the doorstep
of city church and sent by the au-
thorities to the Founding hospital,
where he was named after the church
in question. He was afterward intrust-
ed to a respectable woman, who un-
dertook to bring him up with her own
ia mily.
Soon after this inquiries were made
at the Founding hospital about the boy
by a young and beautiful, lady, whose
name and rank-she was evidently of
aristocratic origin-remained shroud-
ed in mystery. A solicitor was ulti-
mately instructed to pay the boys fos-
ter-mother a certain sum monthly.
This continued until he arrived at the
age of about II, when he was taken
away, put to a good school and finally
started in life. Plucky and pushing,
he developed his business until it be-
came one Of the finest of it's class in
the city. He died a wealthy man, with
out having penetrated the mystery of
his birth.