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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
FACTS ARE NEEDED.

The Association of Commissioners of
Agriculture of the cotton States adopted
Il plan at their meeting last week which
ought to be adopted III every State. 1t
is, in brief, to make the tax assessor
in each county. throughout the cotton
belt a crop reporter. The assessors are
men of intelligence, and they come into
contact with the farmers Of their respec
tive counties. They see all Of them at
least once q year. and some Of them many
times year. 1t would be an easy mat
proXimately correct information as to the
number of acres of cotton planted and al
so the condition of the cotton crop as
the season progressed This information
would be sent to the Commissioner Of
Agriculture, who would compile it aud
give it to the public.
When correct information, gathered by
competent men under government au-
thOrity, about the cotton crop is Dub-
lished by the State or Federal authori-
ties. or both working in concert. the
Neills and the rest of the so-called eX-
perts and spectators will lose their
occupation by which they have been &C
customed to make money by means of
their predictions" and estimates" Facts
Of this character that can be relied upon
wi fot 4
lars-many times more than the cost. AS
long as the price can be manipulated
by guesses-and this will be done until
public officials are charged with collect
ing the facts the cotton farmers will be
the prey of the Neills.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Observation-Disclosures
Opportunity

anybodys seized and made the
most conditions generally go from bad Lost opportunity
financial results only
fnteIy more SO when health is balance There
time suffering from Bighs kidneys
helped His kidneys destroyed and medicine
time opportunity
mansS itself by
unate tired feelings dcoored water showing sediment
Standing dyspepsia bad taste in the mouth short BREATH
loss memory many symptoms have
the kidney trouble Others such
failure of evesght rheumatism hs and constipation neural
ga ETC. The foregoing symptoms the real oubdiseased
kidneys When any Of preceding warnings given OF kidney
then the time the opportunity TO resort to Waners
PREPARATION which has stood the test twenty
wears in all parts cured people of kidney liver
urinary diseases than any preparation manufactured
great remey procured Of your druggist Accept no
been proved thousands OF that there IS
nothing "just as good
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
Columbus is All Right.
(Whitevellic News.)

The reports from the various parts of
the country were most gratifying.
Every township represented reported
their Democracy as in fine condition. III
spirit and organization, and solid for
the amendment. Columbus county De
mocracy will register Il safe majority for
eternal white supremacy. for campaigns
conducted upon political issues instead
of race prcjudices, for wise, safe and
economical government by the highest
manhood of the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
Tor Asthma use CHENEYS
EXPECTORANT.

a. c. Gilligan. the alleged murderer of
c. 3. Turner, ut Ferguson's Wharf. VA.
on the 9th of December last, has sur
rendered to the sheriff of iSurry county
and was brought to Petersburg yester-
day for protection against mob VIC
lence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

Maxton. \. c.. Jan. 15.-(Special)-
The board of town commissioners at a
meeting held this evening passed an or
dinance auarantinmg against Hamlet
\. c., same to take effect from this
date. E. l.. MacIsAE, Mayor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

The Antitrust Conference meets i'll
Chicago Febrltary 18th. on Lipcoln's
birthday. 1t is a good time. Lincoln
declared that government by the peo~
pie, of the people and for the people
should not perish from the earth. That
was in 1864. and yet in 1899 such a GOV
eminent in the United States has been
merged into government by the trusts,
of the trusts and for the trusts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

l want to let the people who suffer
from rheumatism and sciatica know that
Chamberlain Pain Balm relieved me
after number of other medicines and
a doctor had failed 1t is the best Iini
ment l have ever known of. a.
Dodgen, Alpharetta, Ga. Thousands
have been cured of rheumatism by this
remedy. One application relieves the
pain. For sale everywhere. Bob5itt-
Wynne Drug Co. and III. I. Hicks Drug
gists, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
Spirit of the Press.
MOST FATAL BLUNDER.

Washington Post.
1t is now clearly seen that negro en-
reimbursement was, next to secession,
the most fatal blunder in our history.
1t has brought nothing but injury to
either race, and it has totally failed to
serve the purpose of its adoption.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

Calm is the winters night-without 81
sound
The slowly dying year
Lies cold and mCtionless upon his bier,
And silently the snowfiakes kiss the
ground.
Forgotten is the old year in the night
While the sad earth
Shrouds all her sins-waiting the new
years birth
In softest covering of purest WHITE;
Earth's voices all are huShed, but not
i'll sleep.
No sound of woe
Shall tell the Old years passing, let him
For him we have no longer tears to
weep.
Alone at last he draws his dying breath
The old are soon forgot
And enters the hopeful new year to
his death,
Swift speeding onward, though he knows
it not +. c. X.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

The Kentucky Republicans say they
viii not give up the offices even if Gust
ed by the legal method. As matter
of fact the law will be enforced, no mat
ter who loses the Offices
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

A[r..tD Ohm Barrett is very smart young
man. but he makes himself ridiculous
when lie tries to make Senator Hoar
and the other anti-imperiaists RESPONSE
bic for the Philippine war. The man
or men who instructed the Paris Commits
sioners to buy the sovereignty from Spain
and sought to make Filipiuos our subjects
ny war--that is where the responsibility
belongs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

Did we have Peace Conference ut
The Hague last year? And were not
England and America foremost III utg
ing arbitration in place of war: Were
they hypocrites then or what?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
lT SAVED HIS LEG.

L. 4. Danforth, of Lagrange, Ga, suf-
fered intensely for six months with Il
frightful running sore on his leg. but
writes that Bucklen's Arnica Sally"
wholly cured it in ten days. For Ulcers.
Wounds, Burns. Boils or Piles it's the
best salve in the world. Cure guaran-
teed. Only 25c. Sold by all druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
Or. THOMAS M. JORDAN,
Physician and Surgeon.
PHONES ~ Il I34.

In general practice eighteen years.
Offices, Tucker Building. Room 800.
and residence 532 North Wilmington
street. All calls promptly answered
day or night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

The friends of the Normal and midas
trial College will be gratiied to know that
the board of directors were unanimous
i'll their conclusion that the college will
open on the first of February. This coli
lege has done great work III North
Carolina and its faculty and officers
enjoy today the fullest confidence of the
people in the State. Its success has slim
ulaIed education i'll the entire State
John W. Baker, Il prominent commits
sion merchant has been arrested in st.
Louis for using the mails to defraud.
1t is said he has defrauded people to the
tune Of 100000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

There is nothing like poverty to give
one a practical knowledge of the scarcity
of the milk OF human kindness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
HE FORGED APPLICATIONS
Serious Charge Against Insurance
Agent James II. MOffett

An insurance agent named James p.
Moffett has gotten himself into trouble.
He is a solicitor for the Farmers Mu-
tual Hail association, and has been in
This city for some time making his head
quarters at the Baltimore hotel.
It is his business to get applications
from the farmers. and it appears that on
January 26 he could not get Michael Row,
a prominent farmer near Garden Plain, to
sign an application and so. It. is alleged.
signed it himself, using Rows name.
The head office Of the association at To-
peka suspected that something was
wrong with the applications Moffett was
sending in, and so the president, Mr..
Frank H. Foster. came here to find out
about it. He discovered that the names
on a number of applications had been
forged and got Detective Sutton to ar
rest Mofett. Attached to the applica-
lions IS a note for $50. and OF course this
note had to be forged also.
Yesterday Moffett was brought before
the city court. He waived preliminary
examination and was bound over TO the
district court. The bond was fixed at
500, in default OF which Moffett went 10
the county Jail TO await his trial A
stranger wanted to go 70 the Jail TO talk
with Moffett but was denied by Sheriff
Simmons Moffett says he never wrote
the applications, but another did who
was with him, and It IS thought this
stranger was that man
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
HAS AN ALIAS
BICKFORD IS WANTED IN CHASE
COUNTY.
Right Name as Harry Ford and He Is
Supposed FOrGer.

W. S. Bickford, who is in the county
Jail on the charge Of burglary and lar
ceny alleged to have been committed at
farm house near Kechi a few days ago,
seems to have a pretty bad record. He
is wanted in Chase county for forging his
employers name to a draft for so. and
Saturday Sheriff Beach Of that county
came here to serve the warrant In Chase
county Bickford went by the name OF
Harry Ford. He was in the employ of a
man named Manning. Mr. Manning, it
is said. had trusted Ford with much of his
business, but finally got caught. He had
sent Ford to market with a carload Of
hay. Ford marketed the hay and got in
payment draft for $50. He at once
proceeded to cash the draft, forging MIR.
Manning's name on the back as endorser.
That night he quit Manning and came to
this county securing work on a farm
near Kechi, where he soon attempted 10
set the best of his employer and was
nabbed by the Wichita Golice. He offered
to plead guilty to petit larceny on the
Kechi job, but refused to plead to the
charge of burglary. He was therefore
bound over for a preliminary hearing.
which is set for next Friday. Sheriff
Beach Of Chase county left h}5 warrant
with Sheriff simmons to serve in case
Ford, alias Bickford, came clear on the
Kechi Job.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.
The New Discovery for Catarrh Seems
TO Possess RemarkabI Merit.

a new catarrh cure has recently ap-
peared which so far as tested has been
remarkably successful in curing all forms
of catarrh, whether in the head, throat,
bronchial tubes, or in the stomach and
liver.
and convenient to take. and no special Sc
crecy is maintained as to what it con-
recy is maintained as to what it con-
tains, the tablets being a scientific COM
bination of Guaiacol, Eucalyptol. San
guinaria, Hydrastin and similar valuable
and harmless antiseptics.
This safe and effective catarrh cure
may be found at any drug store under
the name of Stuarts Catarrh Tablets.
Whether the catarrh is located in the
nose, throat bronchial tubes or stomach.
the tablets seem 10 act with equal sue
cess, removing the stuny feeling in head
and nose. clearing the mucous membrane
Of throat and trachea from catarrhal Sc
OF throat and trachea from catarrhal Sc
cretions which cause the tickling. cough
ing, hawking and gagging 50 annoying 10
every catarrh sufferer.
Nasal catarrh generally leads to ulcer
alton, in some cases TO such an extent
as to destroy the nose entirely. and in
many old cases Of catarrh the bones Of
the head become diseased Nasal catarrh
gradually extends u the throat and bron-
chial tubes and very often to the stomach
causing that very obstinate trouble. ca
tarrh Of the stomach
Cat2rrh IS a systemic poison. Inherent
In the blood. and local washes. douches.
salves, inhaIers and sprays can have no
effect or the real cause of the disease.
An internal remedy which acts upou tha
blood is the only rational treatment and
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets is the safest q
all internal remedies as well as the most
convenient and satisfactory from medi-
ca standpoint
DR.. Eaton recently stated that he had
successfully used Stuart's Catarrh Tab
lets in old chronic cases. even where al
ceration had extended so Ear as 10 de-
Etroy the septum Of the rose. He SAYS:
Il am pleasantly surprised almost every
aay by the excellent results from Stuart
C2tarrh Tablets. It is remarkable Row
efecrually they remove the excessive Sc
erection and bring about a healthy conai-
ton % the mucous membranes OF The
nose. throat and stomach
All druggists sell complete trea tment Of
the tablets az - cents and a little book
giving the symptoms and causes or the
various forms Of catarrh will be mailed
free by addressing +. a Stuart Co. Mar
shall. Mich.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

The Missionary department q ire
Tvrentie-a century c]an Ei1 meet - TIE
CoaE-egarIonaI char-A TO-DAY a. -
The meeting q The training sc142oi CON
-it;ee o The wlo2zi,a Eosg4tsi. watch
was called FOR This uaoT1anE. azs been
postponed antn further rotlce.
Tas meeting . the Paek q cueens IS
postponed un,l Fri2sy. A. wksca tire s..
viii ae 81 tk2s Eoze G 2fass Azaz Brown
"a Sg-ta Lz~ve=soe s~enzz.
T5e UrI:aa Brethren xEs a1o5i thslF a.
ruag c0nfsre1ee n tae city a. shes- cazrca
corner q Washington ara Price = Vii
eoaveae wednesday q his zesk
W-scalta * - T y. wgs Aasd tAelr
usual Eerk.y nesting ca 1sszzav. PES
ruzvv =. a. q IA. 3. heaia ssrters. 49,
Eorsn Masn strsst Visitors are w~.co-1e-
Al rzsusaess q Batfs-y r. X X g..
azs requested = - ssss<zi =: tAelE a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
GOT RICH THROUGH FAITH
COwiey County Farmer Braved All
hansas us and :. III 30 to Paris

The Gate City Journal, published at Ar
kansas City, has the following concerning
a well known Cowley county former, who
is connected incidentally with some Of
Wichita's early history:
Thomas Baird and wife of Bolton
township, Will maye the trip to Europe
this summer, taking in the Paris exposi-
ton. Mr.. Baird IS one of Cowley coun-
tvs most prosperous formers. and one of
the earliest pioneers. He built The first
church in this city. and various other
pioneer buildings. one spring in the 70's
during the big Hood, when all freighting
was at a standsJill, he went to Wichita.
the nearest railroad point. built raft.
loaded it with lumber and other supplies,
and after cruising around over Wichita
awhile. which village was flooded. he
headed for Arkansas City with his craft.
and landede the cargo in due time, with
out accident Mr.. Baird. you see, is
something Of a sailor. and 10 cross the
big ditch won't be near so dangerous as
the Wichita cruise; he has stood by kan
saS through floods. grasshoppers and
drouth, and deserves the vacation"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
CITY In BRlEF.

Mr.. Gibson spent Sunday with friends
in FL Dorado.
DR.. Everson and daughter, OF Pratt,
Kansas, were here yesterday.
Two young ladies of the city are busily
engaged in writing a novel
Mr.. Peter springob left last evening for
Kansas City to be gone two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Murdoch returned
Yesterday from their tour of Mexico.
San Israel, with the Barber Asphalt
company Of Chicago, Is visiting his broth
ers.
r. A. Webb, special agent of the Han
over Insurance Co., was in the city yes
terday.
i. S. Natter, president of the Fourth
National bank, went to Garden Piaine
last night.
G. A. Bailey, special agent Of the Phe-
nix Insurance Co, of Brooklyn, was here
yesterday.
W. c. Hodges. general purchasing agent
for the Santa Fe, was in the city yestter-
day in his special car.
A fine girl baby was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kelly. Of North Emporia ave
nue.. Saturday evening. 1t is their first
born.
Chief walden IS back at his Office IN the
city building after having been confined
TO his room for the last two weeks with
the grip.
Mrs. Ada Butcher of Coldwater. Kan.
IS in the city spending a few days with
Captain and Mrs. Foster. at $40 South
Water street
c. S. Priestly. the assistant ticket agent
for the Santa Fe at this point has gone
10 Kansas City 10 spend q few days visit
ing his parents.
Sheriff Simmons and Mr.. Jno- KnotAoch
left last night in charge CT Miss Minnie
Knoffoch. ls years OF age, "aom they
took to the asylum at Topeka
Mrs. z. u. Ross. who was called %
Lawrence during the holidays on account
OF her mothers serious iHness. has re-
turned TO her home IN wichita
Dr.. \. B. Butteraeld wao has been IN
California and old Mexico for the last six
weeks seeing sights and o1l fights. Is
home az 80 south Water street
J. Il. Mccall returuer sunday from To-
pes.a where he attended meeting q the
Masonic Grand Lodge. MT- Mccall cham
psoned TIE Wichita Masonic Hone oef7re
the grand lodge and did good Work eer g.
Invitations are oar FOR the wedding q.
Miss Maude McCvockiis o. Derry 20 ~.
". n. Eastman. the dag operator % the
santa Re AZ P0ucz Czty- Thursday. TIE
s,a q March. a. SD ?. n. Is The &gpa.nt-
e. time f5- this happy event - take
place
Herman & Hess a-e nothing e not e.
te-p-ssing- One q the latest s8e1s c: tais
arn IS to irnpor; one q the helmets ~orR
By the British soldiers n TIE T-a1sTaai.
which wlti ee OF display IN the copper
case II FROST q thesr store thks morning
The idea Is unique. and, n vieT o. The
interest inst nov esntere4 n taaE tAF
away Land. Is ys-x il-nsly aid interesting
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27

placed on the center; each of them can
throw ball one mile IN one minute.
One Of these cannon is to Shrow ball at
a flag placed on the front end Of the
train, the train going at the rate of one
mile per minute; the other to throw ball
at a flag placed on the rear end of the
train. Both are fired at the same time
and the balls strike the flags at the same
time Each of these balls have been sent
a mile from where the cannons are placed
on board the train, but the ball shot at
the flag in the rear has gained nothing
in distance on the earth, while the one
shot at the front flag has gained two
miles. One of these two miles was gain
ed by the moving Of the train, the other
by the force of the powder. The one shot
to the rear was retarded one mile by the
acceleration of the train which IS exactly
equal to the force Of the powder
Other explanations can be readily CIV
en-, but this one is thought to be all that
is necessary to make it known that it is
an easy question TO solve instead Of
blood sweating" G. G. SHIDLES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27

nory tonight at O'Clock sharp. and with
out fail BY order of Captain Lewis
Aspey.
Sedgwick Camp No. II woodmen Of
the World. will meet at their hall over
Dunbar's Tuesday evening at 7;So. mi
tiations and a warm time generally. Wis
itors welcome.
Special communication OF Albert Pike
Lodge No. 500. A F. & A. n, at 80
o'clock this evening. for work in the sec
ond degree. Visitors welcome. A. ]. APP
plegate, secretary.
In addition TO the next regular meet
ing OF Pleasant Council No. p Modern
Tonties. will occur their regular month
" social. A good time has been prepared
for members and their invited guests.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
WORK OF The WEEK
Notes From FAzeI a Adams Wichita
Business Z oIIeEe.

New York plp2ins have taken a gre>,
advance IN the actual business dsDart~
uent, since Dir. Gates closea out rs
stock.
The students are AL pleased WIKI The
new currency: the merchandise cards are
a triae large 1or intercollegiate work. 81:
they are Beautifully gotten Up.
By the combined sk.u q the oarpenisr
and hte painter the bank ratings are
much improved
Those four dozen new chairs d couas
handy. Just as we eXpected
The young teachers n9w begin - cloae
their winter schools and HE them away
% learn Shorthand. o. % S,-za vp th@l-
memory = ths ''ccmmo1 braucass-~ In
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
WILL CONE soon
Free Rural Delivery Assured
for Sedgwick County.
CHESTER LONG FAVORS IT
Routes May be Established
Soon After July lst

The prospects seem very favorable for
free rural mail delivery in Sedgwick coun-
ty very soon. Assistant Postmaster
Jewett recently wrote Congressman Long
regarding applications from this county
for rural free delivery. He received from
his the following communication, giving
the names of those who had applied for
this service, and also his own views re-
garding this branch of the postal service:
Commute on Ways and Means, House
of Representatives, Washington, D. c.,
February D. 1900.
''E. B. Jewett, Esq, Wichita. Kansas.
MY Dear Sir:-Yours of the nth inst.
is received. The only recent applications
for rural delivery routes in Sedgwick
county that have been filed with the post
office department through me are from
F. ]. Sawtn. Derby-Derbyto Wichita; and
from John A Hartley, Cheney-Cheney to
Ost
These applications I have fled with
the department but they have not yet
been accepted. This is probably due to a
lack of appropriations, and the routes can
hardly be established until after the first
of July.
II assure you that will do everything
that is possible to secure favorable ac-
ton on these and any other applications
that may be filed, and that I am heartily
in favor of rural free delivery
IF I can be OF further service please
advise me. Very truly yours,
CHESTER I LONG"
Mr.. Jewett says that he will assist in
this matter in every possible way. That
Mr.. Long is now in a position to insist
upon his district having its share of the
appropriations made for this service, and
that he proposes to do SO.
He says that he expects to see several
of these routes established in this county
before fall: that it will be but a short
time until sixty-ive per cent of out Of
town residents-people living on farms
in this county-will have their mail de-
Iivered every day, and that another thing
this will stimulate will be the building of
good roads, as the inspectors who will
have the locating of these routes Will not
establish them in a section Of the coun-
try devoid of bridges and good roads.
me SOOu IOdu QutSl4Ollr HO"SHCl, VIII
not trouble this section very much, as
seventy-five per cent of our country roads
are always in pretty fair condition.
'I have used Beggs' Blood Purifier IN
my family over two years and do not
believe there is a better medicine made.
1t is the family remedy for US, and all
we need" writes Frank Mitchell Mason
City Iowa Purifies the system-rnakes
new. rich blood. J. P. Allen, Dockum &
Higginson, Geo Van Werden.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-27
DYING AT EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
4. ID. Forker. a Wichita Mason I'm
Need OF FraternaI Aid.

A. s. Forke-. formerly % Wichita, and
who IS now a member Of the wichita
Blue lodge OF Masonry and The Wichita
Comma16ery. Is said to Be dying at the
Mckenzie hotel IN Excelsior Springs. No.
J. ". Tapp received a letter from Ma
son at E2uroeka SPRINGS yesterday, who
notified him % Fo-ker's serious Illness
there. and with instructions 70 cal TIE
attention of the lodge here 70 the -
NJ Forker i said " have had very BAD
luck In This city. having lost hs wife
and two children here some time ego
The writer OF the letter said that FerSer
was slowly dying 81 his hotel 81 Excel
sior Springs. ans complained q Tire lax
OF fraternity % the order there respecting
the treatment accorded Forker