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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
MR.. A. OPPENHEIMER DEAD.
Aged Resident of Scotland Neck Passes Away.
Other News.
Especial to, News and Observer.)

Especial to- News and Observer
Scotland Neck, n. c., Jan. 1S.-Yester-
day afternoon at 2:t5 o'clock Mr.. A. OPP
penhemer died at his home here. aged
IS years About a year ago he was
stricken with paralysis from which he
had never recovered. Mr.. Oppenheimer
was born in Germany and when he was
about twenty-five years old he came to
this country He lived in Bridgeport
Conn, until about thrty-five years ago
when he came south 70 Petersburg and
lived for a dozen years. He then came
to Scotland Neck to live and has lived
here for the most pare ever since. He
moved back TO Petersburg once and lived
a short while and then returned to Scot
land Neck. He leaves a wife and some
grown children, among them Mrs. NJ.
Hoffman. of this place and MIR. NJ. Open
heimer Of Rocky Mount, ~ c.
His SON law, Mr.. NJ. Hoffman sccur-
ed a special train which carried the body
from here this morning at 7 O'Clock TO
conect with train at Halifax which
carried the body and its attendants TO
Petersburg where the burial occurred
this afternoon. Those accompanying the
body were his wife, MI. and Mrs. NJ
holman, MeSSfS. u. holman, DaVld
Holman, Joseph Stern, and Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. Oppenheimer.
Messrs. NJ. Hoffman and brother closed
their store yesterday when tie death
of Mr.. Oppenheimer was announced and
it remained closed through today. Those
who attended the body to Petersburg will
return tomorrow.
There is a strong feeling for a graded
school here ard Efforts will be maze To
secure the proper legislation for the
same
Snow fell here last night and but for
the rain which preceded it there would
have been several inches of snow today.
There seems not so much work in this
section as usual, and it must be result
of the short corn crop.
One of the leading farmers of Edge
cOmbe county was here yesterday and
said that farmers are having trouble in
hiring labor for this year. The colored
people do not wish to work for wages.
but prefer to rent or work share crops.
Farmers in this county say they are hav-
ing the same trouble with their labor
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
WIFE WOULDN'T SWEAR TO LIE.
And so Martin Jale, the Rapist, Was Brought
to Raleigh Jail

The Sanford Express gives these latest
facts with reference to the assault upon
Miss Brewer By Silas Mantindale
"A preliminary trial was held before a
justice of the peace and Martindale was
ordered to be sent to Jail. He is a mar
ried man and asked that he be permitted
to retire. TO room and hold a private
conversation with his wife. His request
was granted, but some one who had been
secreted in the room heard him ask her
to go on the stand and state that he was
at homo at the time the deed was COM
mitted. She refused to do so saying that
she couldn't swear TO a lie
"A guard of about twenty men armed
with pistols and guns left for Carthage
with the prisoner arriving there on Fri
day afternoon. They turned him over to
Sheriff Jones who placed him in Jail. 1t
was believed in Carthage that if Martin
dale were left in Jail there that night that
he would be lynched by mob of men
from the neighborhood where the crime
was committed. Sheriff Jones fearing that
there would be a lynching he quietly
took the prisoner from jail and slipped
him out Of town. He had Mr.. Petty to
stop his train about mile from Carthage
and boarding it the Sheriff carried Mar
tindale to Cameron. From there he went
to Raleigh on one of the night trains over
the Seaboard Air Line where the culprit
is now in Jail.
1T IS said that Martindale is man
of bad character; that this is not the first
crime of this kind that he has committed.
Mrs. Brewer is of a good family and is
highly respected by her neighbors The
case will probably come up for hearing
at the April term of Moore court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19

Lies current coin is made of plain
common sense
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
STORY OF A SLAVE.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst form
Of slavery. George d. Williams, of Man
chester, Mich, tells how such a slave was
made free He says My wife has been
80 helpless for five years that she could
not turn over in bed alone. After using
two bottles of Electric Btters she is
wonderfully improved and able to do her
own work" This supreme remedy for
female diseases quickly cures nervousness,
sleeplessness, melancholy, headache
backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine is a godsend
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, 1901-01-19
Tim Lee Gets $4,000.

The Washington Star of yesterday has
this item that will interest Raleigh peo-
cle:
In the case Of Timothy F. Lee, who
sued the Metropolitan Railroad Company
to recover damages in the sum OF $40, coo
for personal injuries alleged to have re-
suited from carelessness on the part of
employees of the defendant, a sealed ver-
dict was reported today in Justice Coles
court, awarding the plaintiff $4,000 At
torneys Hamilton and Colbert appeared
for the plaintiff, while Attorney j. j.
Darlington represented the defendant"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
STANLEY HOPKINS.
A Young Man From Florida Captures Tar
heel Prize.

Cards have been received here TO the
wedding of Miss Irene Stanley. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Knox Stanley
of Goldsboro. to Richard Parkhill Hop
kins OF Tallahassee, Fla. The ceremony
will take place at o'clock in the even
ing of January 80 in st. Pauls Methodist
church o. Goldsboro.
Miss Stanley is an attractive young
lady, Well known here. where she has
visited friends
Mr.. HOPKINS is the Tallahassee agent
of the Seaboard Air Line. He was form
erly resident of Jacksonville. having
held a position in the freight department
of the Florida Central and Pennsular
Railroad before the consolidation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
Daughters of Confcderacy.

January 18Th. Lees birthday is set
apart as the mountaineering of the
Daughters Of the Confederacy. Tomor-
row the tombstone Pcttigrew Chapter D.
of c., viii meet with Mrs. Parker on
East Edenton street AS it is the annual
meeting and election of officers it is
hoped there will be a good attendance.
The NEE ting is at $50 p. M
Mrs. j. W HNSDALE. Pres
MRS. r. A. OLDS Sec.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19

lie ram as it is to get information from
a bank teller.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19

The non-irritating cathartic-Hood's
Pills. ~s-u
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
SALARIES RAISED.
Teachers in Durham Township Will Get sS5
Per Month
Especial to News and Observer

Especial 70 News and OD5eTver.)
Durham, n. c., Jan. 1S-At a meeting
of the Board OF Trustees of the public
schools of Durham township, held in the
Board of Education room late this after
noon. the salaries of all the first grade
teachers in the township were raised
from thirty to thirty-fve dollars per
month. a cooking department was order
ed by the board of trustees to be added
TO the East. West and North Durham
schools. The schools throughout the
township will be in session ten months
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
Prof, Holmes Hcnored.

1t was reported in Raleigh yesterday
that Prof. Joseph A. Holmes, State Geo
logist, had accepted position in the
Agricultural Department at the head of
the Good Roads Department and would
soon enter upon his duties This would
be a serious loss TO the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19

The German American Land Company
has elected the following directors:
Messrs. Adolf Kaliscner e. II. Meadows,
William Dunn, e. II. Meadows, c. e.
Foy, James A. Boylan. The following of
ficers were elected; President. Adolf
KOlischer, vice-president, E. H. Mead
ows, secretary, Fl. c. Brown, treasurer,
John Dunn
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
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Good all round job printer, p-to- date
Apply 1t once. Afford, Bynum & Christie
pher. 1S-tf.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-19
SNEFZE AND BLOW.

That is what you must do when you
have catarrh in the head. The way to
cure this disease is to purify the blood
with Hoods Sarsaparilla. This medicine
soothes and heals the inflamed surfaces
rehuilds the delicate tissues and perma-
nenty cures catarrh by expelling from
the blood the scrofulous taints upon which
it depends. Be sure to get Hoods.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
The Mothers Favorite.

Chamberlain s Cough Rem.
ody is the mothers iavorite.
1t is pleasant and safe for
children to take and always
cures. 1t is intended especial.
ly tor coughs, Group, colds,
and whooping cough, and is
the best medicine made for
these diseases. There is not
the least danger in giving ii
to childaen for it contains no
opium or other injurious drug
and may be given as conf
IDENTIFY to a babe as toan ad-
ult. For sale by Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
A Deep Mystery.

1t is a mystery why women en-.
dure backacbe, headache, nerv.
BUSINESS, sleeplessuess, melancho-
ly, faiDting and dizzy spells when
thousands have proved hat Elec
trio Bitters will cure such troub,
les. 81 suffered for years with kid
ney troubles" writes Mrs. Phoebe
Cherley. of Peterson, Ia, "and a
lame back pained me Sd | could
not dress myself, but Electric Bit
ters wholly cured me, and, altbo'
73 years old, | now am able to
do all my house work." 1t over
comes constipation, improves az
petite, gives perfect health. Only
50c. at Blackbura's.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart d
over-working In pumping thick. kidney.
poisoned blood through veins and arteries. !
II used to be considered that only urinary
troubles we're to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their Begin
ming in kidney trouble.
II you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp-RO0t, the great kidney remedy y
soon realized. II stands the highest for M
wonderful cures Of the most distressing canes
and is sold on its merits EH
by all druggists in fifty fz5Baz
cent and one-dollar siz- 1f3 81 |ltI
Is. You may have a wy !s;ES 81
sample bottle by mall Home Of swanrsecs
free, also pamphlet telling you how TO find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. kiif.ee
B Co., Binghamson, N. y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31

Don't use any OF the counter
ieits OF DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve. Most OF them are worth
less or liable to cause injury. The
original DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve is a certain cure for piles,
eczema, cuts, scalds, burns, sores
and skin diseases. Moretz and
Farthing. johnson and Buch
anan.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
Death Of Mr.. b. curtIes
Wilkesboro Chronicle.

Wllkesboro Chronicle.
Mr.. H. Cnrtice, ono Of the
Oldest and most respected cit
izens of our community, died
atshis home, near town. Sum
day afternoon, abouts 2 o.:
clock. He was stricken with
paralysis Just two weeks be-
fore his death, and gradually
sank until death relieved bis
sufferings,
His wife died about 18s
months ago and since that
time he seemed to grow wea-
~ OF life and often expressed
himself as desiring to die, 60
that he might renew cornpan
ionship with her and withlrels
atives and friends ofother-
days, on those blissful shores
where partings never come
and the weary are at rest,
Above all he longed TO be
with his Savior whom b, had
served and loved with unfal-
tering devotion for nearly 70
years.
Mr.. Curtice was born in
Caldwell comfy, 81 years a.
go next May. He moved to-
Wilkes county and settled In
the lovely valley, where he.
died, about 40 years ago.
A kind husband and ia ather,
an earnest and active chris
tian, a loyal and useful citi-
zen, he closed q life full of
years and usefulness, enjoy
ing the esteem and confidence
OF a wide circle 81 friends.
His funeral services were
conducted at his residence by
Rev. W. R. Bradshaw at 2,
p. m., on Monday, a large
number OF friends and rela-
tivts being present. He was
laid to rest beside his wife
and the soldier grave of his
son Larkin, overlooking his
residence.
He hasfought a agood fight.
he has finished his course and
God called him to the ever
lasting rest OF the faithful.
A FRIEND.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
The fact that the General

The fact that the General
Assembly adjourned in honor
Uf Robert E. Lee recalls the
fact that the fusion Legisla
ture refused that honor TO
Lee but adjourned in honor
OF Fred Douglas. The con
trast in these acts tells the
difference between the t W o
bodies.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
A "Crumpacke, y Present.
News and Observer, %.

A'SN' ttiNi 'PotNi
And it was yesteld day that
we found out that We had Il
Crumpi'cker among us. Car.
son, is he, of Alexander, and
he got in his work yesterday
with a bill that aims to re-
duce Misrepresentation in the
General Assembly from t h e
Eastern counties. Thisis ap
parent from thefollowlng pro
visions:
That sections 4, 8 ana 6 OF
article | of the Constitution
be abrogated, and in e u
thereof shall be substituted
the following:
Section 4. The Senat te dis
tricts may be so altered by
the General Assembly Of 1908
that each Senate district
shall contain, asnear as may
he, an equal number Of in
habitants, excluding negroes,
aliens and negroes not taxed.
Section 5. The House oi
Representatives shall be com
posed of 12O representatives,
to be elected by the counties
respectively according to pop
ulation, excluding negroes, al
lens and Indians not taxed.
Section 6. In making the
apportionment in the House
of representatives the ratio
OF representation shall be AS
certained by dividing the a
mount of population of t h G
State, excluding negroes, al.
lens and Indians not taxed,
exclusive OF that comprehen
ded within the counties that
do not scverally contain tht
l2Oth part OF the population
of the State, by the number
of representatives, less the
number assigned to such
counties.
This same Republican war.
riOr makes ar attack from
another quarter With an act
to repeal sections SO and SO
of the Election Law under
which the last general cleo
ton was held. He wants
back the power OF the writ o.
Inandamus. And all this
goes to show that our foes
are dying game.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31

Landmark: An east bound
freight train was wrecked on
the Western road, seven miles
west of Marion. Saturday
night. Ten coal cars W ere
smashed, II broken axle caus
ing the wreck.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
A Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks

Prof. Roxie Tyler. of Chi.
cago, Vice President Illinois
Woman's Alliance, in speak.
ing of Cha amberlain's Cough
Remedy says: 81 suffered
with a severe cold this winter
which threatened to run into
pneumonia. | tried different
remedies but [ seemed to
grow worse and the medicine
upset my stomach. A friend
advised me to try Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and
found it was easy to Ia k G
and it relieved me at once.
am now entirely recovered
saved a doctors bill time and
suffering, and will nsver be
without this medicine again.
For sale by Black burn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
Aphorism From Emerson.

AphVthS rum Am0iopus
Man is the image of God;
why run after Il ghost or a
dream?
Nv creed is very simple =
that goodness IL the only
reality.
Men are respectable only
as they respect.
Nature hates mon0polies
and exceptions.
Nature loSes analogies, but
not repetitions.
Never mind the ridicule.
never mind the defeat; up
again, old heart!
No 8ristOcrat, no prince
born to the purple, can begin
to compare with the self re
spect of the saint.
No man ever stated bis
griefs as lightly as he might.
Obedience alone gives the
right to command.
Omit the negative PROPOSE
tions; nerve us with incossant
ammations.
Prayer is the contempla.
ton of the facts OF life from
the highest point of view.
Prosperity and pound.cake
are for veryyoung gentlemen
whom such things content.
Put God in your debt: ev-
cry stroke shall be repaid.
Rectitude is a perpetual vic
tory.
Self-t1ust is the essence o'
herOism.
70 he great is to be misun
derstOod.
Sincere and happy conver.
sation doubles our powers.
The false prudence which
dotes on health and wealth is
the butt and merriment oI
heroism.
The beautiful rests on the
foundations of the necessary.
The condition which high
friendship demands is the
ability to do without it.
The disease with which the
human mind now labors is
want OF faith.
The essence of greatness is
the perception that virtue is
enough; poverty is its OIna-
ment.
The good spirit Of our life
has no heaven which is the
price of rashness.
The great are not tender
abonl being obscure, despis
ed, insu|ted.
The greatest wonder is
that we can see these trees
Tin Yesemite) and not won
der more.
The highest revelation /,
| 4 l. i
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31

Cut this out and take it to
Blackburn's and get a free
sample Of Chamherlain's Liv
er and Stomach Tablets, the
best physic. They also cure
disorders Of the stomach, bill
5ousnpss and headache.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31

Mrs. Simmons, mother OF Hon.
F. NJ. Simmons. died at her home
in Jones county Thursday night,
aged about 80 years.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31

|
help Hanna get the nomina-
tion, they will certainly do
so, because OF their belief that
his nomination by the repub
licans would assure the elec-
ton OF any democrat.
That Pull under this adj
mlnistratian is stronger than
the Civil Service law ls moth
ing new, but a disgracefuI
proof of it has just been Civ
en- by the appointment of
VIM. Hamlet, of Maryland,
who was forced to resign as
general Inspector Of the Post
Office Department, for hav-
ing hired ont hisgovprument
railroad pass, to be an in
spcctor in the Baltimore Gus
tom House. In other words,
a man who has shown his un
fitness Tor a position under
one department OF the public
service, has been given an
equally responsible position
in another. The secret OF
Hamlett's Pull" is his abil-
ity, or his supposed ability
to control the negro voters
of Maryland.
Senator Teller said of the
Filipino petition, presented
by him, which he wishes to
have printed as a public docu
ment and which is now in the
hands of the Senate Commit
tee on the Philippines: "My
Filipino petition represents
what might he called the
great middle class of the
Philippine Islands. 1t is no
protest from the National
Filipino government. There
is pot in the list OF 1000 and
more names, that of one of
fice-holder under the Filipino
government. No one can
charge that the document
emanates from AguinaIdo or
his followers. 1t is a sincere
and unbiased protest frou,
the business men and respect
able citizens of the island
against the treatment they
are receiving from the UDited
States. and it is IN the ma ture
of d petition for redress.
consider that in it's way, it is
one of the most conclusive
documents that has yet been
put in the hands of the Amer
lean people. 1t is the last
word from the main body oil
educate business like Filipi.
nos. The original docunent
was, of course, in Spanish. 1t
was delivered to me by Ines
tizo, himself a most brilliant
specimen of the well-e1ucated
half-Spanish and half Filipi-
no business man. The docu-
ment has been carefully trans
lated, and every American
should have an opportunity
to read it,"
A sensational scandal in
the dead letter Office of the
Post Office Department, has
resulted in the dismissal oil
the Chief in the property d.
vision and three clerks under
him, and will probably result
in the entire reorganization
OF the dead letter office. The
clerks dismissed were guilty
of consplring TO get valuable
property for nominal prices,
by means Of bidding in Ger
tain packages, improperly de
scribed in the catalogue Ol
the aunual dead letter auc :
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they I'll
ter out the waste OF
impurities In the blood
II they are sick or out
Of order. they fall to do
their work.
Pains. aches andrhes,-
matism como from En-.
cess Of uric acid In the
blood, due to neglected
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

w AOAllANO O-AN LE IlN'
From our Regular Correspondent
Oh! no. the Mckinley AT
milistrntion has no under
standing with England, and
does not act for the prcsrva
ition Of English interests. 1t
just happened that the ad-
ininistrntion bosses forced a
caucus of republican Sena
tors to decide to take no ac-
ton in the Nicaragua Canal
bill, while the Ha, .Paunce-
fOte treaty is under consider
alton b. the British govern
ment. In other words. a ma
jority OF the u. S. Senate in
forms the world that it has
turned the question OF wheth
er the Nicaragua Canal shall
he provided for Mt this ses
sion over to the British gov.
ernment. All and all this is
one OF the most remarkable
instances OF trucking to a
foreign nation in the history
of the Senate, and it is not
surprising that four fepubIi-
can Senator's should have re.
voted and openly said that
they would not be bound by
the action OF the caucus-the
surprising thing is that "A ma
jority of hem should h a v e
been willing 70 make such an
exhibition of themselves. Il
the British government wish
es to prevent Nicaragua Ca
nal legisla ton at this seSSiO
of Congress, it has only to
defer making known its ac-
tion on the treaty, until af-
ter the 4th OF March. Nntu-
rally the Panama lobbyists
are jubilant. This is playing
right into their hands.
As the administration does
not wish to take any M o re
chances, the conierees on the
part of the House on the Ar
my bill have orders to agree
to the bill as it passed t h e
Senate. 1t is expected to go
to Mr.. Mckinley in a day or
two. and mouths are already
watering for the nice ! t le
com missions that he will dis.
tribute under the new law.
The Ship subsidy bill has
been patched up SO as to pla
cate republican opposition,
and it is now claimed that it
will get the vote OF every re.
publican Senator if it gets va
ted upon. 1t is to be consid
cred in the Senate whenever
noregular appropriation bills
are on hand, for q time, but
Senator Aldridg reminded
Senator Hanna that the time
would be limited when he
gave notice that the Finance
Committee would. during the
week, report the revenue re.
duction bill. The prediction
has been made by a Senator
that if the Ship Subsidy bill
was not passed before t h G
revenue reduction bill, which
will have the right of way,
got before the Senateit would
not pass at all. If the demo
cratic Senator'S choose they
can easily prevent the Ship
Subsidy bill getting toa vote
but they may, conclude that
it will be good party policy
to allow the republicans to
pass it.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-01-31
Over.Nork Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure BlooA

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.