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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-27
MR.. JAMES s. DUNN.

The Directors of the Forsyth County
Fair have made most excellent selection
as the Chief Marshal fer the Great Fair
which they hold this year.
After looking over the field their choice
fell upon one of Winston's most progress
sive young men, He is a busy man or
he would not have been selected, for 1t is
the busy men who are needed to make
successes of big undertakings, such as
making perfect the features of Fair
which depend upon the leader of the So
cial events.
Mr.. James S. Dunn is the gentleman
selected He was born in 1870 in Vance
county, near Henderson, his father being
Mr.. J. H. Dunn, prominent planter. AS
a lad and young man he was educated
in the schools of Henderson.
Entering business life in 1887, he was
for five years connected with the Bank
of Henderson, being for a long while the
bockkeeper of that institution. In 1892
he removed to Winston and his work
here has been most successful
He is engaged in the real estate busi-
ness, his office being in the First Ma
tional Bank building, second floor. His
patronage has steadily increased and
with it has come the unqualified conf
dence of his customers His is the only
business of the kind in Winston and he
makes a speciality of it. He is also the
agent of the New York Life Insurance
Company, doing much business for it.
Mr. Dunn is member of the First
Presbyterian Church and holds member
ship in a number of business and frater-
nal organizations, among them Chamber
of Commerce and Young Mems Business
Association and the Elks and the
knights OF Pythias. He is now taking the
various degrees as a Mason and will show
the interest in that order that he has
shown in the others. He is one of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-27

GreSluent OF the foTSyCn COuHty rdiT.
fractions that have been in attendance
on the Fairs at Hagerstown, Frederick,
Richmond, Greensboro, and Raleigh. Eat
EN- Alive will be there, and the Girl
in Blue" There will be electric theatres
and picture men. Attractions too numer-
GUS to list have secured space.
A great free attractions will be the
Collins Carnival Company. The active
members Of this corps of nimble people
,wIaI give performance each day during
the Fair, consisting of balloon ascensions,
trapeze performances, trick bicycle rid
ing, grand stairway ride, etc.
GREAT SPEAKERS EXPECTED.
Governor Aycock has been invited to the
Fair and is TO be present. The people
will crowd to hear the great educational
Governor. In addition, Senator Tillman,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-27
RACING PROGRAMME.
Track Events For Four Days At Forsyth
County Fair.

The racing during the Fair will be an
especially attractive feature. The events
occur for four days during the week and
there have been entries made of some OF
the best racers in the South. 1t will be
real treat to ee the races, which are
scheduled to be run as follows:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 90.
Purse
l. 240 Glass, Trot and pace. e.. $50 90
2. 2:l5 Class, Trot. 200 90
8. Running Race, u mile dash
tBest z in 3.)................. 80 90
WEDNESDAY.
Purse.
4. 2:20 Glass, Trot and Pace. $50. 5000 90
5. 2:35 Glass, TTot. .............. 200 90
6. Running " mile dash. (Best
in 3.)...... ................ so 90
aa THURSDAY.
Purse
T. 2:90 Glass, Trotting. .......... 5000 90
s. Free for all classes, Trotting
and Pacing .................. 200 90
s. 2:27 Pace and Trot. .......... 200 90
Ladies Riding Match. ... rs 90
FRIDAY.
Purse
Special slow mule race. Riders
exchange mules during the
race and slowest mule wins
Not less than five to start.
No entry fee ........... $40 90
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Races called each day at 1870, start
promptly.
The supervisors reserve the right to
change the program and to declare any
race or races off on account OF bad wealth
er the entrance fee for races SO declared
off to be refunded.
A horse distancing the field will receive
first money only.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03
The Taxing of Boards.

Boards have been taxed at various
times and in various countries. In
England, during the reign of Elizabeth
every beard of a fortnight's growth was
subject to a tax Of 3s 4d. Peter the
Great. In 1705, imposed tax upon the
boards of the Russian mobiles of one
hundred roubles, while the common
peoples beard tax amounted to one
k0pec for each person. This tax caused
much dissatisfaction; but, in spite of
this, the impost was extended to St.
Petersburg in 1714. The tax on boards
was confirmed by Catharine I. in 1925,
by Peter II. in 1928, by Empress Anne
in 1871, and in 1743 by the Empress
Elizabeth. 1t was repealed by Cathar-
Inc II. in 1862. In France beard tax
was imposed upon the clergy. The Gel
ebrated Duprat, lord high chancellor of
France, was the advocate of the meas
ure, and bull was published by the
pope enjoining the clergy to shave
their chins. and then tax was levied
By the king upon all who wished to be
exempted from the harsh decree. The
bishops and all others who could af-
ford the means paid the tax, but the
poorer clergy were obliged to yield
at the point Of the razor.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03
The Noislest Bird,

1'he bird which makes the greatest
noise is said to be the bell-bird, OF
campanero, which is found in South
America and also in Africa. Waterton,
the famous traveller and naturalist
states that 1t can be heard distance
of three miles. Its note is like the
tolling of a distant church bell, and Ia
uttered during the heat of the day,
when every other bird has ceased to
sing and nature is hushed in silence.
How the bell-bird utters this deep note
is not known, though it Is supposed
that fleshy protuberance on its head,
which, when inflated with air, stands
up like horn, in some way is the
cause of it. The horn-bill, bird
which is widely distributed In India,
the Malay archipelago and Africa, has
also very loud note. Its call has been
described as between the shrek Of q
locomotive and the bray of donkey"
and can be heard a distance Of cou-
pie Of miles. The barking bird also
utters very loud note; indeed, 1t Ia
impossible to distinguish 1t from the
bark of dog. Its English name, says
Darwin, is well given, for l defy any
one at first to feel certain that a
small dog is not yelping somewhere in
the forest"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03
Rajah's Bride is Europea N.

The young rajah of Jhind, who is
lord of the third biggest native state
under the Punjab government, has cell
ebrated his coming of age by marrying
a European girl, Miss Olive Monalesen.
daughter of Mr.. Monalesen of Bombay
The wedding took place according to
Sikh rites. and was to some extent a
runaway one. If the match can be SD
described where the bridegroom is al
ready the husband of at least two ma
tive ladies. Anyhow the British DO
litical officer was not given time to
interfere effectively. The marriage
contract is drawn up In accordance
with Sikh usage, and provides the lady
with definite income, besides making
supulations, with reservations. as to
how many other wives the potentata
may also possess. The existence ma
haranis are reservations The lady will
be known a. her highnem Juswant
KuaF.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

"I am no longer young" said an
Alaska pioneer the other day, but 1
expect to live to see a continuous
line of railway from New York to st.
Petersburg by way of Bering Strait
In fact, work on one Of the connecting
links will be begun within a year." The
line he referred to will extend from
Port Valdez on the sea to the Yukon
river at the mouth of the Tanana.
From this point another road is pro-
jected to Nome, and If that should be
built, railway across the strait to
Siberia might become at least possi-
bility. If expanding trade should de-
mand such road, neither the en-
gineering nor the financial difficulties
would be insurmountable. It is an
interesting thing to speculate about,
ut any rate.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03
He Came Early.

A certain mans wife was much trou,
bled with the thought that the houst
would be broken into. Her husband
being kept awake at night by her anx
iety, hoped to cure her Of the delusiol
by arranging with man he knew t.
enter the house and pretend to be 4
robber, while he would satisfy his wife
by going down and soaring him away
by firing his revolver. The man
agreed and received a small fee for his
trouble. On the night In question the
wife heard some noise, 80 aroused he,
husband, who crept downstairs with
his revolver. All WAS quiet, but hs
boldly entered the dining room and
crying, Hands up!" fired his revolve,
into the ceiling. With a sudden feel.
ing of anxiety he ptruck . match and
found every particle Of plate and valu.
able things gone. The man had come
early and made the most Of II.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

The increased American demand for
tropical and subtropical products forms
a marked striking feature of American
import trade as indicated in the most
recent monthly summary issued by
the Treasury Department. Such i'm
ports of tropical and subtropical prod
ucts now amount to $780, 900 per
annum, including sugar, tea, coffee,
cocoa, spices, fruits, rubber, cork,
rice, nuts, indigo, olive oil and ivory.
The largest item Of such commerce
is sugar, and tea and coffee follow.
New York City's commercial suprem-
acy as the chief coffee port of the west
ern hemisphere was unsuccessfully
challenged some years ago by Balti-
more, port nearer the sources of cof-
fee supply, and it has again, but less
aertously, been challenged by New Or
leans. The importation of coffee into
the United States are to the amount
of 800,000,000 pounds year, of which
600,000,000 are shipments from Brazil,
two-thirds of the whole amount. From
other South American countries 90,-
100000 pounds are shipped to the
United States from Central America
45,000,000, from Mexico 80 100000, from
the East Indies direct 100000 and
from the East Indies via European
ports as much more. The United
States is one of the great coffee-con-
suming countries of the world and the
Importance of coffee as an article of
commerce Is considerably enhanced by
the fact that in addition to the large
amounts of it imported into the
United States for domestic consump-
tion there is trade of $3000,000 a
year reshipped from this country to
European ports, chiefly France, Ger
many and Holland. Until year ago
80 per cent of the imports of foreign
coffee were to the city of New York,
nual average of New Orleans being
3000 900, of Baltimore 100000 and of San
Francisco $50, ,000 No other American
cities import coffee in any appreciable
amount and the disparity between
New York and its three competitors
is SO large as to preclude the notion
that New York's lead can at any time
be seriously challenged. In behalf of
New Orleans. the claim is made that
freight rates from Brazil to New Or
leans age about one-half the rates to
New York. The extension of Ameri-
can influence over Cuba and Porto
Rico has had the effect of stimulat-
ing closer commercial relations with
those two islands, both of which are
coffee producers, and the facilities OF
delivery of coffee in New Orleans are
greater thanin New York, besides which
sundry western trunk lines have made
New Orleans their harbor terminus
for The shipment of American grain
and merchandise to foreign countries
and return, and the delivery there of
coffee for shipment to the cities of the
far and middle west would thus be
facilitated. New York has its coffee
exchange, and this city shares with
Havre and Hamburg only it's impor-
tance as a shipping port for coffee.
New Orleans, though nearer than New
York is to Brazil. is not in such good
connection with European ports and,
moreover, the largest coffee consum-
Ing states are on the Atlantic seaboard,
and of all these states (since Baltimore
ceased to be factor in the market)
New York is the great distributing
point.-New York Sun.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

The retirement from active service
Of Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn.
Of the United States navy. on account
OF the age limit, is severe loss to this
important branch of the service OF
Uncle Sam. Although his name is not
as familiar to the general public as
those Of Dewey, Sampson and Schley,
nevertheless he was one Of the men
whose genius made possible the glor-
ious work of our navy during the war
with Spain. When the country was
ringing with the praises of the officers
and men who carried our victorious
emblem into Manila bay and who
strewed the coast of southern Cuba
with .ne battered wrecks Of SPANS
best fighting vessels, and honors and
promotions came thick and fast to
those who participated in the engage
ments, there were three men at the
heads of three naval bureaus in Wash
ington whose work did not receive the
recognition that was due them, at
least by the public at large. These men
were Chief Constructor Hichborn,
George W. Wallace, engineer-in-chief
of the navy, and Charles O'Neil, head
of the ordnance bureau. Theirs were
The Master Minds
that planned the hulls of our modern
vessels Of war; that designed the
mighty engines which carried them
swiftly and surely into the enemy's
waters; that were responsible for the
powerful armament and various NUM-
tions Of war which enabled our jackies
to humble the proud Castilian. That
these chiefs have not been accorded
the public recognition due them for
the distinguished service they rem
dered the country in its time of need
is not due to lack of appreciation, but
to general ignorance regarding the
Important part which the bureaus un-
der their control play in the construc-
ton Of an up-to-date navy. Their
brains planned about all of the vessels
In our present navy and that they
builded well Is recorded on history's
pages. 1t is no wonder, then, that the
retirement from the service of one OF
these men is looked upon, by those
who know his worth, as a public ca
lamity.
Philip Hlchborn was born sixty-two
years prior to tho date on which he
retired, March 4, in Charlestown,
Mass, and came of an old Colonial
family, one member of which, De-
borah Hichborn, was the mother Of
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

its perpetuity. The purpose of the
school is to promote psychological and
philosophical investigation by teachers
and to furnish opportunity for mental
culture. Beside the advantages it offers
teachers, the school has kindergarten
and academic branches, and nature
study, domestic economies and man
ual training are also taught.
The founder of this school, Mrs. EN-
mons Blaine, is daughter-in-law Of
the distinguished Maine statesman,
James G. Blaine. and a daughter of
the late Cyrus Mccormick, of reaper
fame. She is a business woman, and
has an Office in the general offices of
her brothers, who are among the FORE
most business men of Chicago. Her
estate amounts to several millions,
and she looks after 1t herself. She
has ideas of her own regarding educa-
tion and the social problems that per-
plex great thinkers. She believes that
text books are sin and a shame and
that examination papers are the device
OF the evil one. She believes that her
servants should be obliged to work
only eight hours In a day, and she
believes that a rich woman should
have brains enough to look after Fer
own property. Mrs. Blaine ID IS years
Old.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03
CHIEF CONSTRUC-
TOR HICHBORN
TO RETIRE.
GREAT NAVY
BUILDER~~~

| Paul Revere. He graduated from the
Boston High School and when Il. al
the direction of the navy department
he received o special course of instruc-
ton in ship building, etc, in the Dos-
ton navy yard. In 1861 he took trip
as carpenter on a ship going from
Boston to San Francisco, and entering
the Mare Island navy yard there, rose
to the position of master shipwright.
In 1869 he was appointed an assistant
naval constructor with the rank or
lieutenant. Two years later he was de-
tached from duty at Mare Island and
ordered to the Portsmouth navy yard.
After passing a competitive examina-
ton at the New York navy yard, In
which he distanced all competitors, he
was in 1875 commissioned naval con-
structor He became chief constructor
of the navy in 1898 and was appointed
for q second term in 1897.
Since ne firsst entered the navy as
an assistant constructor in 1863, his
life has been one Of uninterrupted ac-
tivity in the immediate concerns of our
naval vessels. AS government ex-
pert he has inspected the principal
navies of Europe and has made ex-
haustive reports on their condition and
efficiency. In 1899 he was promoted
to the rank OF rear admiral, and in
the same year was elected an honor
ary member of the Institute of Naval
Architects, then in session in Lon
don.
A Distinction Rarely Conferred.
Among the many hulls designed by
Admiral Hichborn are those of the
battIeships Iowa, Kearsarge, Alabama.
Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin and Maine, besides several cruis-
ers and many gunboats and torpedo
boats. So successful has been his work
that the various types of his creation
are being literally copied by the prin-
cipal foreign governments. In 1880 he
superintended the construction and
completion of the monitors Terror.
Amphitrite and Puritan, and it is due
to him that two of these vessels were
converted from double-turreted moni-
tors Of doubtful utility into double
barbette- -turreted coast defense vessels
Of a very formidable type. These
highly efficient barbette-turrets. famil-
iarly styled "Hichborn turrets," were
unanimously approved by the board OF
proved and perfected and become part
of the construction of every turreted
vessel of the navy.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03
"kEEPINo FAMILY TOGETHER"
Circular Letters Sent to Headquartsrs
Psrpetuates Record.

Circular Letters Sent to Headquarters
Perpetuates Record.
A novel idea has been originated by
the widely scattered Ohioan Riggs
family in order that its members may
keep in touch with each other. A
branch of the family originated at
Portsmouth, o., 66 years ago. when
Joseph Riggs and his newly married
wife settled there. Their ten children
grew to manhood and womanhood and
the rapidly increasing circle OF cous-
ms made anything more than sporadic
correspondence impossible. The Riggs
family letter was devised to meet this
demand and every six days a bulky
envelope arrives at Portsmouth, u,
where a single representative of the
family still lives. The Riggs family
has left its mark upon Ohio, and has
the proud distinction Of being without
single black sheep. The family had
a reunion in Portsmouth about ten
years ago. Long before that time
they had adopted the scheme of
family letter" for keeping in touch
with each other. The circuit of this
letter originally included the first, sec
ond and third generations Of the de-
scendants Of Joseph Riggs, and as
younger ones grow up or are mar ried
they are taken into the circuit. When
the first letter was written the one
writing it simply indited the news OF
his own household and whatever might
be of interest to the relatives at large
and sent it to the relatives living in
the town nearest him. This person
read the letter, then wrote one himself
Cor herself), placed it in the envelope
with the other and sent it to the next
one on the circuit, who repeated the
operation, and SO it went, each one
adding letter addressed to the family
in general till it got around to the one
who started it. By this time 1t was
a pretty big package. The original
sender then takes out his own old let
ter and puts in a new one. The circuit
is long one, including Boston, New
York, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago, Florida, California and scores
of other places and states-so many
that it takes just two months for the
letter to complete the circuit. For sew
eral years the circuit included Rome,
Italy.--Chicago Journal.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

II would joyfully, many a time"
said famous singer the other day
Exchange all my public ovations for
my mothers knowledge how to prepare
a palatable meal" Nevertheless, so
fashionable have culinary and house
hold subjects become, that my moth
er's pies" have formidable rivals in
my daughters doughnuts." Even
collegiate straws shows which way the
wind blows. Themes recently chosen
for senior theses in several leading
women's colleges include "The Servant
Problem" Household Economics" and
Foods in Relation toIntellect and San
ity," and stand In marked contrast
with the poetic and platitudinous
graduating essays of only generation
ago. To be "a good housekeeper," said
Shakespeare. "soes as fairly as to say
(. +. a great scholar" Today, as
never before, the two accomplishments
walk hand in hand.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

Valentine Woodhouse, who has just
died at Albury. England, at the great
age of "a. was one OF the apostles Of
the Catholic Apostolic church," es-
tabliohed by Edward Irving some 70
months ago. who, it was fondly hoped
would not complete their work before
the second advent of Christ. Since
the first death took rlace among this
band Of II in the year 1855, that hope
has been gradually falling, and with
the death Of the sole survivor, the ex-
pectation Of many that he would be
miraculously preserved must now be
supplanted by a renewed confession of
failure.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

Daniel R. Magruder, an ex-judge OF
the Maryland court of appeals, is con-
stable in Annapolis. To the protest
OF the citizens that constables had not
been appointed the board in charge OF
the matter replied that they could not
ind men to accept the Office. When
Judge Magruder stated that plenty Of
good men could be found it was ban
teringly suggested by prominent poll
tician that the Judge should accept and
he did.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

Near Rio Grande City, Texas, an i'm
nense deposit of an unknown gaseous
substance has been discovered. Pieces
OF 1t ignite quickly and give out a
strong fame, which lasts for a remark
ably long period. 1t is said by scien-
lists that the substance is either an
unknown mineral or ordinary clay
highly charged with gas. In either
case, the value of the deposit as fuel
is Immense, as it covers many thou
sands of acres, and is of immense
depth.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03
st. Peter'a Chair.

The actual material chair of st. Pc
ter is now venerated in his basilica
in Rome, and enshrined in the splen-
did bronze throne supported by colos-
sal figures of four doctors OF the
Church, SIS. Ambrose, Augustine, Atha-
nasius and Chrosotom, the whole
weighing 219,000 Roman pounds, says
the Tablet. The actual seat Is 4 SIM
pie oak chair, which only in the ninth
century was adorned in front with
ivory plates. Until the time of Alex
ander VIII. the position of the relic
frequently changed. In the Oldest
church of st. Peter, built by Constan-
tine between 32O and $50, the chair
had place of honor at one Of the sides
in the baptismal chapel erected by
Pope Damascus. In those days the Ro-
man pontiffs used to seat themselves
upon this chair in order to administer
confirmation to the neophytes Just
baptized. In the eighth century con-
temporary pictures represented the
chair as kept in the oratory Of St. Leo.
Archaeologists like De Rossi and Ma
rucchi have proved the existence OF
this venerable relic as far back as the
second century. Even at that time il
was looked upon with highest venera-
ton as material proof of the Apos-
tolic succession. In the sixth century
the Abbot John is recorded as having
carried some of the oil from the lamp
ever burning before the apostolic
throne to the Lombard Queen Theodo-
linda.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-03

A large number Of Junior officers of
the French army are to be employed
tor four months next summer in revis-
ing the map Of France. The whole
work falls into two divisions-the one
ccnsisting Of the actual revision Of the
map, the other Of the preparation of
plans for defense Of the frontier. The
entire task will be carried out under
ths supevintendencs Of the permanent
etak q the gsogrsphical star, and
&redif counting toward promotion or
- : enrds n The Legion q Honor viii
= glyen 70 thnss oMeess who send In