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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
BANKRuPTs COMPROMISE.
WILL PAY SO PER CENT.
Creditors Of Mcpherson and weathersp,cn Met
Here Vest: rday. The { # ris
Accepted

Messrs. Mcpherson and Mediterranean
the general mercantile firm of Sanford,
that was recently declared BANKRUPT YES
terday offered to settle with creditors at
the rate of fifty cents on the dollar
The liabilities of the firm are about
$4,000 and at a meeting of the creditors
held here yesterday 1t was decided to ac-
cept this offer of compromise. A majority
of the creditors, both in number and
in amounts claimed, voted for the accent
ance of the offer of compromise. which
will be submitted to Judge Purnell by
the referee, Mr.. Victor Boyden, for con-
firmation. This was agreed upon at a
meeting of the creditors yesterday before
Referee Boyden.
Among those who were present at the
meeting yesterday representing creditors
were: w. j. Adams, of Carthage; d. e.
Mclver G. Seawell, of Sanford; Robt. T.
Mcdowell, of the Mcdowell & Rhodes
Collecting Agency, Baltimore; G. w.
Temple, of Sanford; ]. A. Weatherspoon
of Portsmouth, Ohio; W. S. Weatherspoon
of Greensboro, and A. l.. Mcdonald, of
Rockingham.
Mr.. JAS Il. Weatherspoon, CT the bank
rupt firm, and the legal representative of
the company, r. 7. c. Guthrie, were also
present. Mr.. Weatherspoon said that the
assets inventoried about $35 900. The liza
bilities are $4,000. The reason for the
difference is that some of the claims are
preferred by mortgage. The inventory of
assets gave $4,000 in stock and s13 900
in real estate.
Mr.. j. r. Weatherspoon will conduct the
business by himself, if the compromise
is confirmed. Mr.. Weatherspoon has bust
ness ability and his associates have con-
fdeuce in him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
DECLINE TO REINsrATE
TIE KNIGHTS OF HONOR
Members Of Local Lodge Who Have Lost About
$4,000 Will. Probably Bring
emit

The Oak City Lodge, No. 491, knights
Of Honor, will not be reinstated.
Official information to this effect was
received yesterday in a letter from
Noah M. Givan, of st. Louis, the Su-
preme Reporter of the knights of Hon
or. AE
There were twenty members of this
order in Raleigh and it is estimated
that their losses as the result Of the
failure to reinstate the lodge will be
$4,000. Some of the members had paid
more than thousand dollars in the or
der.
There is now movement on foot to
bring suit against the knights of Hon.
or for the amounts paid into the treas
ury with interest, by members of Oak
City Lodge. The company is incorpor-
ated in the State Of Missouri.
Local members of the order had in
dulged in the hope that the lodge would
be reinstated ever since it was learned
that the financial agent, Mr.. c. c. Nc
Donald, had failed to remit dues
promptly. The company has taken ad-
vantage of Mr.. McDonald's action and
will not reinstate the lodge. On the
18th instant Mr.. r. H. Bradley made
demand on the Supreme Dictator, d. D.
Riggs, of Boston, for reinstatement.
Mr.. Biggs referred Mr.. Bradley to Mr.
Givan, the Supreme Reporter and here
is what he wrote in letter received
here yesterday: ,
1.-THE Supreme Dictator has forward
ed to this office your letter to him OF
the 14th in regard to a reinstatement Of
your lodge. THE Supreme Medical sEx-
aminer has passed upon the applications,
and those of Mr.. r. & III. Bradley and
Samuel Merrill, the former by the local
physician DR.. Jordan, and the latter
by the Supreme Medical Examiner,
This leaves only six competent MEM
bers and i hardly think the. Supreme
Dictator will grant dispensation to
reinstate a lodge suspended since June
18th, 1900, with only six members.
will submit the matter to him, however,
and if he thinks best to do so he will
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
THE NEWS ENCOURAGING
Telegram From Promoter Ashenback
Received Last Night.
A MEETING WILL BE CALLED VERY SOON
Savannah Will Send representative. Strong
Backing Secured and the. People Ere
Enthusiastic. Mr.. fshenback
Will Not Return Soon.

Savannah will enter the Tri-State Base
Ball League, which has already been
dubbed the Southeastern League.
The following telegram from Mr.. E. M.
Ashenback, who has gone on Southern
trip to get several desirable cities in
line, was received last night:
arrangements completed today, where
by Savannah will have a team in the
Southeastern League. Savannah will send
representative to League meeting. Well
known people will back the team and
they are very. enthusiastic
Savannah was one of the few cities
, from which no word had been received
and it was not known whether that place
would be represented in the league. The
telegram from Mr.. Ashenback gives sub
stantial encouragement to the promoters
of the Tri-State League, composed OF
teams in North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia, which now seems a GER
tainty.
Mr.. Ashenback will be absent ten days
or two weeks. He will go from Savan-
nah to Augusta, Ga. and then to Charles
ton, S. c., Columbia and possibly Spar
tanburg and Charlotte. The prospects for
the formation of strong league are most
encouraging.
With four cities in South Carolina and
Georgia there will be no trouble in or
ganizng the league. A meeting will be
called next week at some points in South
Carolina, possibly Columbia, for the pur-
pose of formally organizing the proposed
league.
Franchises will be awarded and the
signing of players, will begin.
In Raleigh there will be no trouble il
securing backing for team. 1t is most
likely that new company will be or
ganizcd here to take charge of the team
There have been no developments as yet
and nothing will be done until it is def
nitely known what teams will enter the
league.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
THE CHEMICALfs0cIErY
MET HERE YESTERDAY
A Largely Attended and Interesting Meeting
at Which Officers Were Elected.

The North Carolina section of the
yesterday in the office of the State
Chemist and number of papers of
interest to the chemical world were
read.
Among those who were present and
participated in the meeting were:
Profs A. Withers and G. S. Traps,
A. and M. College; Profs. Chas. Basker-
willie and A. S. Wheeler, University of
North Carolina; Prof. Chas. E. Brewer,
Wake Forest College; Director B. w.
Kilgore. North Carolina Department of
Agriculture; Prof. j. l.. Kesler, Bap-
fist University; Prof S. M. Smith,
Elon College; Prof. j. M. Pickel, Shaw
University; Messrs. S. E. Asbury,
Grimes Haywood, w. M. Allen, Fred G.
Lamb and c. B. Williams, North Caro-
lima Department of Agriculture;
Messrs. W. A. Syme, w. F. Pate and
w. A. Parker, A. and NJ College; and
Mr.. Paul Collins, chemist to the Cara
leigh Phosphate and Fertilizer Works.
Messrs. Paul Collins and Charles Wat
son were elected members of the Sec
ton. The program as presented was as
follows:
Notes on the teaching Of Dyeing,''
by G.. S. Traps.
DR.. Traps gave some account of the
instruction in dyeing at the A. and M.
College, with a description of some of
the difficulties to be encountered. Scrap
books were exhibited, prepared by stu
dents, which contained dyed samples eX-
hibiting the different methods of dye
ing, and the fastness of the colors.
Systematic Acid Analysis" by A. S.
Wheeler.
Recent Work on the Phthaleins," by
Charles T.. Brewer.
"A New Constant Temperature Bath
for Atomic Weight Work" by Chas
Baskerville.
A drawing of this bath was exhibited
and DIR. Baskerville stated that it had
proven very successful in his hands for
the purpose stated.
New Apprenticeship "Soil Digestion
Bath CD IAN Improved Condensing
Bulb Tube for Nitrogen and Determine
tioas," by G. B. Williams. ~
Drawings of these two pieces OF
apparatus designed for use in the labor
atory Of the North Carolina Departs
ment of Agriculture We're submitted by
Mr. Williams. The designer stated
that these two pieces of apparatus had
proved Valuable !, acquisitions to the
laboratory with which his is connected
Notification Of Ammonium Sulphate
and cotton see dmeal," by w. A. With
ers and G. S. Traps.
President Withers and DIR. Basker-
VILE reported that the work of the
section is being felt and appreciated by
the outside chemical world. DIR. Bas-
kerville presented verbal report of the
recent meeting of the American Chemi-
cal Society at Denver, Colorado.
The officers of the section are:
President-W. A. Withers.
Vice President-W. j Martin, Jr.
Secretary Treasurer-C. r. Will
liams
Representative in the Council of the
American Chemical Society-Charlcs
Baskerville.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
AND TIE MULE CAME BACK.
Warrant Issued For Man Who is Charged with
Stealing G. G. O'Neaps Mule.

Mr.. C. G. O'Neal, of Wake Forest town
ship has recovered the mule which dis
appeared from his stable one night last
week.
The S25 reward. which Mr.. O'Neal Of
fered for the return of his muleship
seems to have had the desired effect, for
yesterday he was notified by man
named Watts. that he had traded for
the mule and that according to the de-
scription the mule was evidently the
one that disappeared, w
A warrant was issued yesterday fol-
Walter Bumpus, colored, who lives be-
yond Method charging him with stealing
the mule.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
5000 BAGS LAST YEAR.
The Spanish Peanut Crop This Year Will be
About Three Fourths.

To the Editor: Think the acreage il
Spanish peanuts has increased both in
Virginia and North Carolina about 10 tC
Is per cent, but the yield per acre, in
quantities of instances, will be fearfullj
short, as expected some time back. We
think it doubtful whether the Spanish
crop, as whole, will be over n per cent
of last years crop, if that.
Last years crop of Spanish pea
nuts was about $4,000 bags, and that this
years crop will, as we have said DC
about n per cent of last years.
ARLINGTON &c GREEN.
Petersburg, Va, Nov. g.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
Accused Bigamist Freed.

Laurinburg, N. c., Nov. 23.-At this
weeks term of court j. j. Mason, charged
with bigamy, who has been in Jail since
March on a $500 bond was released, the
case being mol pressed as the solicitor
could not get Mrs. Mason No. 1. Afte.
being released Mason left at once for
South Carolina
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
DR.. Alderman in Demand.

The New Orleans Picayrlne says that
President Alderman, of Tulane Univer-
sity, has been invited to speak at the
Union League banquet in Chicago on
February 22nd, but is bound to resign
because he had previously accepted an in
vitation from the Grave Corus of Peoria
Illinois, to address that club on the same
day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
A Faith Cure Death.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer)
Marion, N. c., Nov. ga young girl
of Ia, Nellie Trip. from near Goldsboro,
a student at the Elhanan school has died
from typhoid fever. She was sick only
a few days, and had a hemorrhage for
some time before she died. The people
let the girl die without calling in phys
ician as they believe in faith cure. 1t is
reported that there is boy there now
with typhoid and without physician.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26

At Edenton Street Sunday school Sun
day morning, Mr.. Blair made an eloquent
and earnest talk on Temperance. that
being the subject of the lesson for that
De-.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
ORDERS COMING IN.

The Pannill Paint Co. are now painting
the roofs of the Standard Oil Company,
and work is coming in rapidly-the Gem
erai Manager, Mr.. Henry Pannill, will
be here to-day tt s.k.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26

The one great virtue of Burnett's vanil-
la Extract is purity. 1t is real vanilla
extract and nothing but vanilla extract.
Always use Burnett's
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
WEAK KIDNEYS

When you have pains in the back ard
are unable to sleep, your kidneys arc
weak. Heed these danger signals by
giving nature the aid she requires. The
best medicine to do this is Hostctter's
Stomach Bitters. Try it for Indigestion,
dyspepsia, constipation, liver and kidney
troubles, or malaria Our Private Die
Stamp is over the neck CT the bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

you must take maneuver to help your partner
should you be playing sides
lhe board may be of any material size and thickness
ana IS preferably square. The central portion forms
hed common to all the players and square and sub
oVloeo into small squares similar to a checker-board
the squares being of contrasting color ard alternately
arranged in straight lines.
he marginal fields ob1ong and checkered or d-
Wded into squares, corresponding with the central
field
Each OF the fields contains twentyfour squares
and the central field sixty-four squares.
Whether it is compulsory to take is matter for the
Players to decide before commencing The rule in
checkers is that if player has zen prse"-whch
Is the stylish way of saying in holeand forgets on
purpose not to take because he sees better chance
next move to double up him. his adversary if he is
wide-awake, may do what is known huff him,
which IS make him remember or capture his piece.
Huff and move" go together-tha is, the player who
hutts then makes his -
There many other rules of checkers besides this
one that can be used or emitted according to the choice
OF the players.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

Of Pompei several houses marked with checkers were
discovered
The results however, are the same The grandfather
taught his granddaughter how to play the game of
checkers and she finished generally by beating his head
of and laughing at his discontinue.
Now he will have to in all over again to learn
this new, advanced game in order that his grandchildren
may be taught and once put it all grandpa
1t is pretty hard him, but he will do it. as he has
done often before for children and grown-ups live to
be amused and inventors up all the time to help
The new board is so constructed that two three or
four people play the time pieces being
distinguished by the coors white black red and green
When four entered they may play partners or in
dividually.
Presumng that four people wish to play each man
places his pieces of which there are twelve to the
player upon corresponding squares of the obong mar
ginal fields.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

The first player then moves piece forward diaEon-
ally, one square at a time, from the marginal or outer
adjacent field into the square in the center which Is the
field of battle between the four contestants.
To take an opponents piece you must be next to il
diagonaly and there be empty behind il
on the same diagonal. In this the thus
Jumped" is "taken"-that is removed from the board
The main object is to get into your adversares
territory without being taken which becomes at once
great feather in your cap it entities to place
little flag in the piece which makes it at king.
and he can move backward or forward as long as he
doesn't get off his diagonal basis.
The player wins who has one or more pieces on &e
board at the finish, although rules be eventually
agreed upon for playing the to and make die
same interesting.
This new game would appear at first sight identical
to checkers but where four playing, either the
against the other or and two it will be that
they advance, from each end and from each
side great discrimination is necessary to avoid your
three opponents if each is playing for himself, or
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15
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CHI HIECMElR5
George VI. Observation-Disclosures.

7 n this century Of racing at automobile speed to
achieve ends it seems almost more than wonderful
4 that anything new, under the sun, can be discov-
cred, more especially in the game line yet walk
along the Christmas approaches and the
hundred and toys chasing along in straight lines
and running around in circles look in the shop win
and the toys, entirely inventions and
year its the thing something brand-new from the
brain OF the inventor.
Now comes game that is one better in the checker
line.
Checkers as every one knows is as old as the hills
The Romans played squatting stone stools in their
shirt-sleeves, and called it by very hgh-sounding
indeed and the Egyptians sat in the sand and bet
their sarcophag on a single game.
There was named Strut of more or less the
present day who called it modern invention but some
fellow came up and said that draught games are fire.
qucntly found in the monuments of the ancients and
that cooked Struts goose; BESIDES at the exhuming
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
Pc RSONAl.

PERSONAL.
Judge J. b. Barnes is a visitor In Lin.
coin.
T. l.. Alderman was up from Stanton
yesterday,
l. w. Alter of Wayne was in Norfolk
over night.
Barclay Jones of Columbus was in
town over night.
II. j, Backes was in the city yester.
day from Lindsay.
Guy II. WILDER of Wayne was a Nor.
folk guest last night.
Mr.. and Mrs, Joseph Wareck of WILDER
were i'll the city yesterday.
Mrs. Paul Karo of Lyons is visiting
Norfolk relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Hassman Of Hold.
ridge were Norfolk visitors yesterday.
Or. a. L. Scobee departed today for n
visit of about ten days at Huntsville,
Mo.
Mrs. Burt Mapes is visiting Omaha
friends this week. She will return to.
morrow evening.
w. o. Hall has returned from Ha.
warden, Iowa, where he traded for a
thoroughbred horse.
II + Owen departed today for Pied.
mont, Wyoming, where he goes to look
after business affairs.
Mayor elect II. +. Memminger was in
the city from Madison yesterday, %receiv-
ing the congratulations of friends.
Norris Huse came up from Lincoln
last night to spend a few days vacation
at home, Gene returned with him.
Mrs. r. Craft and children OF Mis-.
souri, Valley, Iowa, who have been the
guests of Mrs. Crafts sisters, Mrs.
Roland and Mrs. Crotty of South Nor.
folk, returned home yesterday.
George H. Spear returned this loon
from his visit to Hot Springs, 8. d.,
where he had been for several weeks in
the interest of his health. The condition
of his health is much improved.
Get your Easter lilies at l.. Bucken-
DORIS greenhouse.
Good farms to trade for town property.
G. r. SELLER.
Sturgeon is the piano man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
81 Plunkard.

A Yankee comedy of the above name
will be at the Auditorium Friday even
ing, April D. The comedy is in four
acts, the scenes of which are laid in and
around the New England country and
New York City. The central figure of
course is Isl P~lnnkard," a young
Yankee notion peddler, which part is
looked after by Mr.. j. @. Lewis.
Some of the leading characters seen
may be mentioned Dora Page, a young
country lass in love with 81; Felix
Smart, an inventive Dutchman Robert
Denny, a bogus stock Spectator Ezra
Page, an honest old farmer who does
not understand speculation Moses Viii.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

Tibet Music Students club will meet
Tuesday,evening, instead Of Monday
with Miss Luikart.
This is Good Friday and the day is be.
ing observed in several of the churches
with appropriate services.
The colonies on Governor Dietrich's
staff have arranged to tender the gov.
ernor and senator elect a banquet mex
Wednesday, the 10th.
There was no quorum at the regular
meeting of the city council, which was
to have been held last night, and an ad.
journment was taken It'll Saturday
night at 8 O'Clock sharp.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Norfolk re.
port that the work of seeding is well
advanced and are satisfied that the
weather is all that could be desired for
starting the crops along right.
81 Plunkard and his hayseed band ar
rived today in spite of the wind and
attracted contracted attention with
their burlesque parade. The company
will entertain at the Auditorium this
evening.
G. G. Miller is preparing to improve
his residence property, r of Madi.
son venue and Eighth street, The
house will be raised and a new founda.
ton put under it and other improve.
ments are contemplated.
After a day or two of spring Old
Boreas again holds sway. He is rude,
very, and the way he sweeps around the
corners is disastrous to anything light
and movable, and exceedingly distress.
ing to pedestrians, especially If they
wear skirts.
The contemplated improvements to
Norfolk electric light system are well
under way. Several residences have
been wired, new foundations for the
machinery at the power station are be.
ing put in, a large door has been cut
through the front of the building and
other work is being done.
A crematory association with a capital
stock Of $10,0 600, has been incorporated
at Lincoln. J. Sterling Morton and
other residents of Nebraska City are the
incorporators. 1t is the first organiza.
ton of the kind in the state and it's bus
mess will be the maintenance of a
crematory furnace and chapel, cremat-
ing human bodies and storing ashes.
Carl T. Seeley of Madison, who for
nearly three years past has served as
deputy revenue collector in this terri
tory, received notice last week that the
changes in the district and the shortage
of the appropriation made it necessary
to get along with less help, and he was
laid off. Collector Williams of Colum-
bus will have a large part of mis- terri.
tory.
The barn of Henry Klug, living in
Edgewater Park, was destroyed by fire
this afternoon and the chicken house of
Wm. Klug was likewise destroyed. BY
hard work the barn of the latter was
saved. An alarm was turned in and the
hose carts started but came back when
it was found that the blaze was out of
the reach of the city water. The hook
and ladder company did good work with
their chemicals, however. It is sup
posed to have started from q 81 ark from
passing engine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
FRIDAY FACTS.

Work on the new residence of w. B.
Hight, on South Tenth street, is we'll ad-
vanced.
The Bishop block is ready for the
fathers and their work will be completed
in a few days.
Rev. S. F. Sharpless will preach in
the Presbyterian church Sabbath norm
ing at II o'clock.
The West Side Whist club was enter
tanned last evening by Mr.. and Mrs. ]
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

We have bought the Michael stock of
mouldings and picture frame goods, at
a big discount, and until it is gone you
can get pictures framed at almost any
price. HOFFMAN 81 SMITH.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

/. M. Macy has returned from his
western trip, has reopened his gallery
and is ready for business. All kinds of
photographs made with neatness and
dispatch.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
Houses for sale. T. E. ODIoREK
Watch for the Great Montana.
Bids for State Printing.

The state board of printing will re.
ceive bids at the Office of secretary OF
state on or before IL 100 noon Wednes-
day, April II, for sundry and miscel.
laneous printing. Specifications and
samples may be found at the office of
secretary of state. Bids should be &C.
companied by bond equal to the prob.
able amount to be paid for the work.
The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
STATE PRINTING BOARD,
Lincoln, Nebr., April 4.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

ton, a Hebrew money lender, and num-.
erous country friends of the Page family.
The performance includes many special
ties of an original and novel character
by a company Of comedians.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

We make loans on real estate at
lowest rates. Elkhorn Building and
Savings association. T. E. ODIoRNE Sec.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

Mrs. Sadie Hart Miller, o~steopath
Rooms over the Hayes jewelry house.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
Fresh Baltimore oysters at Glissman' Is

Buy your aprons, sun bonnets and
dust caps at the bazaar of the NJ. E.
ladies on Thursday, April IL.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
Fresh celery at Glissman's.

The Ladies Aid society of the NJ. E.
church will hold it's apron bazaar on
Thursday, April II.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

Fine Easter lilies at l.. Buckendorf's
greenhouse.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

Farm Land and city property for sole
by g. r. Seller