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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
THE POSTAL AUTHORITIES REPORT.
North Cardinals Gain in Money Order Receipts
in 1900 Exceeds Indiana and Ohio.

The postoffice at this place has just
received a report from the Federal
postal authorities at Washington that
is of interest. From it some idea may
be gained as to North Cardinals rank
in amount of business done through
postal channels, etc.
The gain for North Carolina in
money order receipts for the past
wear is 2.13 per cent. This exceeds
the gain in any other Southern State
and is even greater than the gain in
such States as West Virginia, Indiana,
New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio. or Mis-
souri,.
North Carolina has more postoffices
which take in less than $50 year
than any State in the Union. There
are 1,648 such offices in North Caro-
lima, Tennessee comes next with 1.5l2,
Kentucky with 1896. Georgia 1908,
Alabama 1879. and Virginia 1,116. No
other State has as many as 1000.
There are 3029 offices in this State
that take in less than $1,000 year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
Telegraphic Brief (,

The Reichsanzeiger announces that EN-
peror William has awarded the Queen OF
Italy, a life saving medal for recently
saving the life of German marine.
There have been arrested in Caracas,
Venezuela, ffty-six prominent Venezue-
lans on the charge of plotting new rev.
oIution. The arrests have created great
excitement.
Judgment for $50 pounds sterling was
entered in the Queens Bench court Lon
don, yesterday, against the Duke of Man
chester for wine and cigars supplied by a
city merchant. The claim was not con-
tested.
A mob of nearly a thousand people
would have lynched a young negro in jail
at Westville, Fla, for the murder Of a
merchant there recently, but for the
passionate appeals in the Negroes behalf
by the sheriff and leading citizens.
The British steamer Bohemian reports
having spoke the White Star Line steamer
Cutie, from Liverpool December 4th, for
New York; with her propeller lost, 81
miles from Fastnet in tow of the
Threstlegarth, making for Queenstown.
The official report of the finances of the
Paris exposition show a loss Of two mil
lion francs. The total of expenditures is
liz. 500 900 francs. The receipts amounted
| to ia 500, 900 francs. The loss ia less
than in the case of either of the proceed
ing expositions.
News was received at Des Moines
Iowa, last night that an engine, IL cars
| and 35 men plunged down a fifty foot en-
bankment on the Chicago, Quincy, Bur-
| lington and Quincy road John Dozle was
killed and two other men, names unknown
were hardly hurt.
Count Won Buelow is still bitterly at
tackled by majority of the German press
on account of the on-receDtion of Mr.
Kruger at Berlin. Evidently the anti
British sentiment is much stronger in
the nation than the Emperor and Count
Won Buelow suspected
striker from Topeka stated in Kansas
City yesterday that unless the teleg-
raphers strike is adjusted by five oclocE
this evening the Brotherhood of Railway
| Trainmen on the Santa Pc System will
strike. President Dolphin, of the o. R. T
characterizcs the statement as pipe
dream.
In view of the events in South Africa
it is scarcely surprising that the Lon
don public refuses to be cajoled into TAX
ing a burning interest in the Nicaragua
Canal. in spite of the special American
cable dispatches, which break the records
for length and seriousness. There exists
| in the Foreign Office sane appreciation
of the American objections to building
the canal and not being allowed t
| fortify 4.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
SOUGHT TO WRECK THE BANK.
Bloodhounds in Pursuit Of Five Robbers Who
Posed as Tramps
(By the Associated Press.)

Brighton Ills, Dec 15.-Five men,
posing as tramps, we're permitted to
lodge in the lookup here last evening.
During the night they overpowered the
town marshal. locked him in a cell, and
broke into the private bank of Blodgett
Brothers. Several charges of dynamite
were exploded, but the vault, which con-
tanned large sum, was only partially
wrecked, and the men gave up trying to
secure it. The general store of Edward
Butler was next visited. Here the safe
was blown open and several hundred dol
lars secured. The men were entering
another store when an alarm of fire was
sounded Meantime the robbers escaped
A posse with bloodhounds is in pursuit.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
CoLORED GRAND LODGE.
The Same Officers Were Reelected to Serve
Another Year.

Especial to News and Observer
Asheville, n. c., Dec. 15.-The Grand
Lodge of colored Masons met here
Tuesday and were in session three
days
The following officers We're re-
elected: G. NJ, j. j. World, Raleigh;
G. S. W., NJ. p Holly, Newbern; G.
j. W., f. w. Hoke. Lincolnton; 6. L.
A. r. Middleton, Kenansville; G. S.,
B. S. Stevens, Goldsboro.
Seven new lodges were chartered,
and SO chartered lodges were repre-
scented. The total amount raised for
charitable purposes during the year
is 1929 The next Grand Lodge meets
at Kinston.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
The Brunswick & Birmingham.
(By the Associated Press

Brunswick, Ga, Dec. 15.-Temporary
organization of the Brunswick and Bir-
mngham Railroad Company was perfected
here today The incorporators are: c..
Downing, r. d. Aiken, NJ A. Kiser. n. E.
Manuel. ]. ]. Lott. E. B. Robston. w. G..
Grantley. T. Newman, f. H. Mason. of
Brunswick, and L. r. Aiken, of Wayne
county
The temporary officers elected are 5.
C. Machen, New York, president; c. l.
Bushnell. ice-president; G.. 3. CowlaD,
New York, secretary: c. w. Deming,
Brunswick, assistant secretary; H. S.
Gould. New York, treasurer; j. ]. Lott
and f. r. Mason, local directors.
The entire capital stock of $3.50 600
was subscribed by local parties and repre-
sentaties of New England capital The
preliminary survey starts TueSd q
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
Nothing
Tastes GOOd

And eating is simply pcrfunctory-
done because it must be.
This is the common complaint OF
the dyspeptic.
Il eating sparingly would cure dys-
pepsia, few would suffer from it long.
The only way to cure dyspepsia.
which is difficult digestion, is to give
vigor and tone TO the stomach and the
whole digestive system.
Hoods Sarsararilla cured the niece OF
Frank Fay i06 n. ST.. South Boston Mass.
who writes that she hal been great sufferer
from dyspepsia for six years: had been with
out appetite and bal been troubled with sour
steaach and headache. She had tried many
a. n sAs.ieipes in vain Two bottles OF
od.s Sarsaparile made her well.
Coa'S ScssSaSras.iAa
lsss TO cure and l.ceps the
Don't wait till you are
ntndaa
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
END OF STUDENTS REVOLT
Agree to Return to Military Duty Charges
Against President Declared Frivolous.
(By the Associated Press.

(By the Associated Press)
Tuscaloosa Ala, Dec 15.-The trustees
of the University of Alabama tonight fin
ished their investigation into the trouble
at the University of Alabama on the night
of October 9th. The boys having sent
in communication stating that they
had decided to return to military duty,
they were absolved from punishment
Resolutions stating that the charges made
by the boys against President Powers
were frivolous, were passed and Com
mandant Vests integrity, honesty and
devotion to duty were commended.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
Ellis. Peasants,

This invitation has been sent to friends:
''Mr. and Mrs. G.. w. Peasants request
the honor of your presence at the Inar
riage of their daughter, Mary Ozark, to
Mr. Charles Jewell Ellis. Wednesday
morning, December nineteenth, nineteen
hundred, at half after eight o'clock.
Aberdeen North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
BEATEN BY WHITE CAPS.
For This Alleged Outrage Two People Bring
Suit Against Prominent Citizens.
(By the Associated Press.)

10y tIIc 1hOS'UCIUtCu ICOS'I
Atlanta Ca. Dec. 15.-Because, so they
allege, they had been taken from their
house in the night and beaten by White
Caps, Benjamin w. Evans and Miss Emma
White today brought suit in the Federal
court against eleven prominent citizens
of Hart county for damages amounting in
the aggregate to 1000. Each Of the
plaintiffs sues for $4,000.
Evans, it seems is now in South Caro-
lima. One of the defendants is bank
president, several are merchants and
some are farmers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES BY S. A. I

An account of the Christmas Holidays.
the Seaboard Air Line Railway will sell
round trip tickets from Raleigh to all
points in North Carolina, Virginia. South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and
Kentucky, at rate of one and one-third
first-class fare for the round trip Tickets
to be sold December % to 25th inclusive
and December 80 to January l, inclusive,
with final return limit January 4th 1901.
Tickets for teachers and students Will
be sold from December 18th to 2lst inclus-
i've. with final lint January Sth., 1901.
For further information write or call on
c. II. GATTIS. G. T. A.
Marlborough House, Raleigh. n. e.
Telephone No. III.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
Watson. -Atwater.

Cards are out for the marriage of Rev
~ NJ. Watson, one of the States ables
Methodist preachers, who is pastor a
Chapel Hill, to Miss Fannie Virginia At
water. daughter of Mr.. Edward w. At
water, of Chatham. The marriage vii
take place at the home of the brides
father, December 26th.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
Supt. Barrett to Leave the Southern
(By the Associated Press

NIoy INC 3NooUOIstOCu IOo0'I
Atlanta, Dec. ia private dispatch re-
ceived in Atlanta today from Washington,
D. c., announces the resignation of ]. H.
Barrett, General Superintendent of Trans
portation of the Southern Railway. Mr..
Barrett will leave the Southern January
list. and will identify himself with an
important Northern line.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16

bonus money to those who made a serious
contest in the race, but were obliged to
retire on account of accident or other
good cause.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
Clements is Confirmed,
lBr The Associated Press.l

IBy lIt NoaUVIaIN T Vo0'y
Washington, Dec. 15.-ln executive ses-
sion today the Senate confirmed the nomi-
nation of Judson c. Clements Ca reap
pointment) to be Interstate Commerce
Commissioner
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16
sENATEs OPEN SESSION.

Washington. Dec. 15.-Only routine
business was transacted by the Senate
today in open session. At 1926 the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty was taken up in secret
session. The Senate adjourned at 2:45
n N
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16

Eight more cases Of smallpox have de-
veloped aAVilton. Schools are closed
49, lar ection is under quarantine.
that the infection came
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL it fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature is on
each box. Frice 25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16

The directors of the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad referred the natler OF
building branch to La Grange "a -
Legislature. The net earninsg efs
road this year are $40 ooC-in eAes's Il
year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-16

Yarborough House, RaIclgh, n Q.
Telephone No. III
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13

B9urre D'Anjou, Seckel, Lawrence,
Vicar of Wiukheld, Easter Bsurre,
Winter Nelis, Kieff9r.
Lawrence is usually claased as a
winter pear, but here it is a rather
early fall pear, but keeps longer than
most pears Of the a Beurre
d'A u is m OF the finest and lees5
liable 20 blight. seckel does nos blight
as BADLY es some. The latest peppers
are the Vicar OF Wink6, Id Cd not
think thai a. err r for Wakefield, for
i5 Ia no) ana Ehs5 T B3urra. There is
very little d ference IN the dates of
blooming, the early sor5s usually bio m
ing lare sc. [ put in Leconte and Kgef-r
not because OF their quality, bus be-
cause of the uniform early bearing and
productiveness leone Is a summer
pear and Of very poor quslIty < fer
is a fall year that is eaiable when fully
ripe and is a very snowy fruit.
w. r MASSEY
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13
TaH HRN'S OWN GRINDING MA
CHI M.

The ben is furnished with a grinding
apparatus and ehe will not keep in Il
vigorous state of health unless it Is pu
Co usa. Amateurs are ant TO form the
opinion that they are doing their hens
a kindness by makipg their food co.,
slst IN sarge part Of sOftened and ptas
&c masses. It saves them the WORK
Of gr ndmg it, and il Scent altogether
reasonable that il would Oe mCr digest
iO!e end more readily ESTIMATED II
that form than such a tough and uu-
yielding substance as whole grain,
says Farmers VOICE.
In the natural 3 ate the grain food of
the hen would consist of whole seede,
AID they were fitted for suosistIpg
upon this kind of food. DJmestication
has modlfi9t, but Eas rot wholly
eta 1g7c, Enelr nature. The grIUdlna
apparatus must be kept in active OptEa
ton No h-ck will long remain heaI5Dy
on ofyened and m Ashy food. Though
the elements Of toe mass may be wholly
ALI J-S"ASLGDAO' - 0AAC ~ SIN Phg bhC
mechanical conditions whiCn viii
8 imuate 20 healthy action the grind
Ing machinery.
The msjorIJy of successful poultry
mCn approve the practice OF feeding a
emaii quantity of ground grain daily,
mixed with sum cient water to enable
it to be worked up into a crumOty
mass. But a spoonful OF the mixture
for each hen is the allowance. The
greater part Of those who are commit.
ted to its use would prefer TO dispense
with IL entirely rather than give m re
than this. While confesslng the ad-
vantages of a restricted ration Of this
description, they all know that it cen
be omitted and paying returns be ub-
tAiDed by feeding all the grairv whole
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13
THE GRsAT RATIONAL NOUN
TAIN PARK.

The widest and most naturally beau
tiful part of THE country easE OF the
Rocky Mountains is that Teglon Where
North Carolina, Tennesse a, Virginia,
South Carolina and Georgia approach
each other. IL is a mountain country
with an average elevation OF 4. 900 feet
and peaks running up thous ands OF
feet higher. The tellest mountain east
the Rockies is in North Carolina.
This wild region abound g in timber,
and is still a natural and unbroken
wilderness except as the lumbermen
invade it's quiet. They have come
Already trs fic in forest land is on and
the railroads Of the vicinity are loaded
with lumber for the market. L95 the
Am 3rican people sit by with their &C
customed optimistic apathy and before
long the forests will be gone, the water
courses left to dry up, the bears, deer
and other wild animals killed eff ano
nothing but a fading memory remain
of what now is a great natural park.
The General Government ought to
step in, before it is too late, and take
possession o. the whole region. Hart
ford Courant.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13

horse when the bride ia put on, refuse
to let you handle his ears, which is the
onty way he has to make it known that
they are sore. and that it hurts him to
pull them about when bridling him.
|. Aud what does ne often get8 A blow
over the head is oftt n the remedy he
| gets for his sore ears aud head, which
is often caused by cutting the hair out
AMI letting the cold wind, rain and
/ snow down in the head.
The head is al with both man and
beast. Take it from the b)dy OF either
ana you lake all the value OF them at
once A good horse or mule is second
q man and chou d be we'll cared for.
A good man careGh for his dunno beast.
When a man is taking good care o.
his dunno beast he is putting money in
his pocket or corn in his barn.
Horses live to bs old where they
have good treatment and are we'll cared
for from colts to old age. My father
had a mule that lived to be 80 years
old. And his mare that he drove while
carving In the ministry lived to beover
81 years old; was sold after his death
a5 that age in good condition, looking
veil AID could do good work on the
farm az that aga
FOR HOGS.
K ep plenty # asaes and charcoal
ABOUT your hog pen or feeding place.
Burn plenty OF wood to make Goals
ana es0es II you have a hog to die
burn hIm as soon as he is dead. Keep
plenty of salt and sulphur where they
can eat it at will l learned this from
an old farmer and have had but one
hog to die in over 90 years.
With many good wishes to the good
old Progressive Farmer
J. L. WHITEHEAD
HaliFax 10. N y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13
The Poultry Yard,
HARD CRAW.

Correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
In reply to NJ. II N. q, Fl uItax
Co N. O., / will say l know a r. md
for the hard craw. Hard craV If
caused by the hens not having gravel
enough to cut up their food 10 time for
it to digest. II he viii break up some
pieces of earthen ware fue on his J ard.
ne will see his poultry st p dying ri b
the hard craW. do this mys@Gf for
my poultry. J. W. s.
Beaufort Co, N. =.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13

study Of packing We must consider
where the stuff is to be shipped, the
amount of handling that will have to
be done by train hands and express
men, 10 the first place you should
have q solidly built platform or oun =
ter to place your truck on, over which
q stout, we'll supported, tightly GOV
cred shed or ROOT, Quilt 90 as to admit
Of as much air as possible. By no
means try to crate your truck out on
the ground in the open s%unshiCe 80 the
heat OF the summers sun will 90 a
great deal toward starting decomp2si-
ton and decay. DON'T allow your
truck to be scratched or IN the least
bruised and as we said before let each
crate or package be of uniform ripe
ness when loading IN the car; see that
the packages are so arranged as to
allow for circulation of air.
QUOTATIONS.
Look well into glowing, glittering
quotations. High sounding letters and
quotations are fle bait for any OF US,
and they do their work admirably
we'll. Some of us will bic in spite Of
ourselves when we almost know better
but sre prone to want to make money
and make it easy.
Most of the States have laws for the
protection OF shippers and nearly all
Of them similar 90 our own State law
Under these Iaws a man may be pe1i
tentiaried fer disposing of, and failing
to pay for goods consigned to him, He
must account for every ounce and
pound Of stuff entrusted to his are
whether carried off to the dumping
ground or sold for a fabulous price.
KIND OF BOXES
StrRwberFl g, ~DlackOerries, plums
etc invariably shipped in 16 and 80
quart crates of as many baskets.
Apples are usually shipped in bar
rels; however toe I and ] Oushel boxes
are used extensively in marketing
early apples.
Peaches are shipped in J bushel crates
and baskets of a like size.
Pears are Usually marketed in half
busheI and busheI boxes. Most any
box dealer can make you acquainted
with the latest styles of boxes, baskets
and crates, which you should keep up
with, and strive, as we have said be-
fore, to earn for Texas a justly de
served reputation for her fruits and
vegetables, a reputation which every
Texan will be proud of, like they now
are of her cattle and cotton.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13
WHAT THB NEXT LIE GISLATURE
SHOULD GIVE US.

Four months public schools.
A law to prevent the removal O.
cases by corporations from State tc
Federal courts.
A statute making agriculture a com
mon school study.
A reformatory for young criminals
A fair election law, providing for
equal representation of each faction
upon boards of election ldges and
registrars.
A law making il illegal to employ
children under fifteen years of age il
any cotton mills, except where the
child so employed attends school for a.
least three mon his of each year.
Lower pricad school books.
A graduated tax upon the gross earn
ings OF railroads, one. half of the pro
ceeds to be devoted to public schools.
The sched ule to be THAI contained il
the original bill considered by tae Join.
Finance Committee of the last legisla.
ture, viz:
Less than 81 600 per mile
(gro2s earn'gs) annually, ] per cent
As muca as 81 900 psr mile
or less than 81 5OO......
81 500 per mile or less than
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13
SEoCE
"a RIGHTEOUS MAN RaGARDETH
THE LIFR OF HIS BEAST"

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Don'E cut The a ouJ OF the ears of
your mules and horses. It IL cruelty
to expose the naked skin OF the ears to
the flies and gnats and caus 8 much
diseases such as distsnper. cold and
cough, lung fever, deafness and blind
staggers, and, in many casss, death.
Just think of is: Take a horse or mule
with full ears OF hair, in cpld winter
time, and IA it ell ont, IL exposes It
to cold wind, raia. sn1v and lilo w
ous7 to fail N the cars, a Ehi.g c sIe p
la5aa - do great doua9gs % r7a naa 0.
the bkaR5.
How often d. We see a mule CT e
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13
TUBE-ROsR GROWINGI IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
W. r MASSEY

A recent visitor TO Magnolia, N O.,
sends the Wilmington Star the follow
ing interesting comment upon things
seen there:
"The tube rose Industry here is in
creasing, Mr.. Newoerry, the pioneer,
has a business that ships macy car
load lots and furnishes emp uyment to
many hands, and nRs a greaF ware
house packed also with cslladida and
caEIas. Massrs. Q. P G4ylor and ] f.
Groom are also carrying on the same
business. Magnolia is said to be the
most e extensive producer of tube rosee
In the world. Farmers grow them by
the acre and secure better returns r1m
them than from cotton. Mr. Newb rry
also has a large crate and berry b8sk {
factory and has lst shipped carload
lets to Wilmington Crossties are also
beiog sold here on a large scale and
afford timely help after losses suffered
by truckers last yeer."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13
HO HORTICULTURE
PEARS FOR WESTERN NURTH
CAROLINA.

EDITORS PROGRE sIVE FARMER
want % Dlaus an orchard OF peer
trees, and as I Euo nothing about the
names Of the o. fl. rent varieties, / would
be glad OF any Instructions through
The Progressive F-rmer. I want TO
plant as mary d f-rsnt varieties es
will do well IL Western North Caro-
lima, esDacIs ly winter ware lee. !
would ike a succession to bloom es
late and early as may be had. My ob
jet is primarily to have early pasture
for bees, as I know OF nothing that
produces as mUcl honey in spring as
the pear trees, but mus have good
fruit to keep of the expense as the
honey alone would net do to depend on.
MRS. 8. A. P.
Wilkes Co., N Q.
We handed the above inquiry to
Prof. W. f. Massey, of the State Ex-
pertinent Station who replies as fol
lows:
There are hundreds Of varieties of
pears that will thrive in Wilkes county.
but l suppose your correspondent
wishes those mainly that are the best.
Most of the good pears are summer
pears, and there is no pear to my
knowledge that viii keep in winter
much, grown in this climate. With
Out exception the winter pears are
rather Of poorer quality and have more
astringency than the summer and fall
pears. Toe earliest good pear is Man
ning's Elz bath. 1t is a small round
pear with a rosy cheek and is a won.
derful bearer, but like all early pears
it must be sold or consumed at once. as
it soon decays as it meIlo VIZ. Madeline
is also a good early pear, and also the
French J~srZ0n=Ile. Iexpact the fol-
lowing liss would swer the purpose:
Aanniog's E z .bath, Madeline. Fiem
ish B7aur7 10 veil. Bsurre G fad
Bartlett, Baurra Superdn, Lec3nta.