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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-19
GROWTH OF PAPERS
There Ara 315 Publications
in the stare.
They Have a Circulation Ct 6O5 985 a d
Show Gain Over Last Year. he
WeekIiss Lead.

There are SIS newspapers in the State
with a total circulation of 6O5,9S5.
These figures, which are obtained from
advance sheets of the forthcoming re-
port of the Commissioner of Labor and
Printing, Mr.. H. B. Warner, show there
are 81 more newspapers and publications
in the State this year than last.
Mitchell, Davie and Hyde are the only
three counties in the State that report
no publications of any kind
There are morning dailies with a
circulation of 25,775 and % evening pa
pers with a circulation of 22,735. The
weekles lead with 1913 in number and
circulation 253, COL. Other publications
are reported as follows: Semi weekly
20, circulation 2S730; monthly 81, circu-
lation 1854; semi monthly 10, circula-
ton Is 600; annually 5, circulation 177,900
semi-annually /, circulation 500; BIZ
monthly /, circulation 500; quarterly a,
circulation 5000.
The weekly papers show an average
circulation Of 1855 as compared with
600 circulation ten years ago. Not only
have the weekly papers improved in cir
culation and influence. but they have
improved wonderfully in mechanical 2p-
pearance.
There is one paper in the State that
has no subscription price.
The Democratic papers lead in num-
Der, of course, and the most noticeable
feature of the report is the decline in
the number of Populist papers, which
were quite numerous several years ago.
The politics, denomination, and char
acter of the various publications is
given as follows: Democratic las; Re-
publican 20; Independent SO; Populist q;
Baptist Ia; Methodist 5; Christian 3;
Moravian l; Protestant Episcopal 8; Re-
formed church /; Presbyterian 5; Print
tive Baptist 8; Free-Will Baptist L;
Methodist Protestant l. Catholic / Re-
ligious A; Quaker 1; w. c. T. u, 2; La
Dor /; Masonic / Independent Demo-
cratic II; Almanac 4 Lumber 1; Holt
ness 2; Golf 1; Horticultural /; Pythian
1; J. o. o. F., /; Educational IA; Literary
(. 1; Medical 4; Agricultural 3; Tobacco /;
Industrial 2; Literary and Industrial /;
Poultry, !; Athletic /; News, 6; Law l;
Textile, 5; Methodist Episcopal /; Luth-
eran /; Independent Republican, 1; Trade
/; not given 5. Total 315.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-19
Cept J. M. Turner and Other Prom
inent Railroad Men Are In
terest d in Project.
THE MATTER is TAKING ABUslnESS SHAPE
The Proposed Read Would be About Huadred
n lies long and Would Pass through
a Section in Need Of a
Railroad.
Especial to News and Observer.

Wilson, N. c., Dec. 17.-There is rail-
road talk going on here, but going on so
quietly as hardly to be known. 1t is
business talk that is being done and the
result may link Raleigh to Wilson with
another tie of iron rails and pass on to
Washington through Greenville.
Mr.. J. NJ. Turner, lately superintendent
Of the Second Division Of the Seaboard,
has been here talking to our business
men, and besides him another prominent
railroad man has been here seeking iE-
formation about the road which it is
proposed to build.
The project, as information is obtained
here, is to run the line of read from
Raleigh to Wakefield and then turning
to the southeast corner to Wilson and
on to Greenville and Washington and
the Pamlico river.
This would make an ideal line of road,
for it would pass through Level country
and productive one, opening up unde-
veloped territory rich in Eastern Caro-
linas great tobacco crop and thick with
virgin timber land
That an effort will he made to build
such a road seems certain. 1t is being
gone at in business-like way by men
who know the possibilities of railroad
ing and who see in this projected road
Il paying transportation line.
The above information from Wilson
will be read with much interest here.
There has been in the past the expecta-
tion of building a road from Raleigh TO
Wakefield, for which the projectors OBJ
tanned several years ago a charter.
During the last few days a gentleman
who was interested in the construction
OF this road to Wakefield has been in
Raleigh and his visit here at this time,
in view of the information from Wilson.
is most suggestive.
The business men CT Raleigh have
lately been talking of the necessity Of
another road to the east and have made
freight comparisons which snow how
badly a new outlet is needed for the
city. That the projected road will meet
with great encouragement here is not to
be doubted, for its construction would
oren up in great shape q territory along
a line CT road something like a hundred
miles lcng, leading through productive
ard fertile section.
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Raleigh is to have one locomobile to
start with and others perhaps later. Mr..
a. d. Zachary has purchased ont from Mr.
c. A. Benjamin, the representative of the
company now in Raleigh. Mr. Benjamin
will shortly leave for Durham, Whining
ton and Charlotte, but has appointed MIR.
w. H. Brewer as his agent here. The
machine bought by Mr.. Zachary is loco
mobile runabout.
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It is $4,000.

The statement made that Elon College
was to receive 20,0oo from Hon. Z. A.
Palmer, of New York, on condition CT
raising $4,000 by December S1St Was
wrong as to the amount It should have
Lccn $12.0 900 TIA. Elon must raise. II
is good news 20 hear that the money is
ia sight and that Zion College will meet
the conditions OF tho generous offer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-19

The State Board of Charities will
meet here this afternoon. It is the an
nual meeting and the reports of officers
will be received. Dr.. Chas. Duffy, OF
Craven. is president, and Capt. {. b. Den
son, of Raleigh, is secretary to the
board. Mr.. W. n. Jones, OF this city, is
also member.
The officers have visited the Charitable
and Penal Institutions in the State upon
which thew base their reports
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-19
U s. Bouds Liable 10 Tax

The Acting Attorney General Mr. 5.
Brown Shepherd, has ruled in compliance
With a request from State Treasurer
Lacy that United States Government
bonds are liable to the inheritance tax
Treasurer Lacy asked for an Immediate
railing on this point for it affects large
interests in the State.
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SfALEY FILES A BILL OF
> EXCEPTIONS WITH LONG.

Continued from First Page.)
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Refined Sugars Reduced.
.tBy the Associated Press.

tBy The Associated Press.)
New York. Dec, 1S-The American
Sugar Refining Company today reduced
grades of refined sugar 10 cents per hum
dred pounds
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-19
CTT GLASS

We are selling cut glass at cut prices
Just received a new assortment. Drop
in.
JOLLY & WYNNE JEWELRY co.
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-Four Different Entrances to the Bis Corner,

Space Space which
makes and ingrrss pleasant fer shoppers.
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TEMPERATURE

Fair today. Increasing cloudincss to-
morrow, with diminishing westerly winds.
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IMPROVE BROAD BRANCH ROAD.
An Important Thoroug hfnre In Very
bad Condition.

The bad condition OF the Broad Branch
Road, in the northwestern portion Of the
District, is the subject Of a communica-
tion from Louis p Shoemaker. OF s2O F
Street, TO the District Commissioners.
After stating that this road extends from
the Pierce Mill In Rock Creek Park to
the District line, and that II is an i'm
portant avenue Of travel. Mr. Shoemaker
asks that 1t be widened to thirty-three
feet, and that it be graveled or macada-
mized, so as TO put 1t in good condition
Mr.. Shoemaker states that II the work
can be done from the appropriation for
county roads, that he will furnish the
stone necessary for the purpose.
Morris Hacker, superintendent OF
Roads. has made an inspection OF the
road, and reports that the improvement
asked for is desirable one. He states
that the surface Of the road has been
worn down. making the track exceedingly
rough in places. He says that the mater
ials for the proper improvement Of the
roadway are not at hand in the section
through which the road passes, nor is the
appropriation for county roadc sufficient
to permit of the work being done in its
entirety
Mr.. Hacker suggests that an allotment
OF $500 be made from the appropriation.
to be used first in widening the roadway
to twenty-five feet in the clear. and then
for the purchase OF as much material as
the amount will allow He states that
over a portion of the r-rte II will be
necessary to cut the roadway out of SOLID
rock by blasting. Mr. Hacker thinks that
Z good beginning can be made In the i'm
provement Of the road al the lower end.
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GRANITE coMPANY's CONTRACT
Time for the Delivery of Material
Here Extended to Spring

The District Commissioners are In re-
ceipt OF communications from the Rowan
Granite Company, of Woodsde, n c., to
the effect that their best efforts have been
used to deliver granite curbing under
their contract. a few days ago the com
pany wa called upon by the Commission
ers TO show cause why they had not held
TO the specifications Of the contract
The reasons assigned for the delay are
to the effect that the Rowan Company had
arranged with a granite company In Del
aware TO furnish a part OF the material,
and that the latter company had been un-
able to contract for a vessel TO bring the
curbing to Washington, though they had
made enquiries for the same in ship bro
kers' offices and had offered a bonus on
the freight.
Col John Biddle. Engineer Commission
er, has suggested to his colleagues that
the company be given time in the execu-
tion OF their contract until spring. but
that every effort be put forth by the com
pany TO catch up with the delivery before
April 1. when the laying OF curb will ac-
lively begin throughout the city.
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The Dcnth Record.

The following deaths were reported to
the Health Office during the twenty four
hours ending at noon yesterday: Henrietta
A. Conrad, ~ years; Perry Sherwood, 76
years; Mary Holt de Graffenried 76 years;
William Brooke, 65 years: John W Ken
nedy, 81 years. Thomas Nordenstrahe. 60
years; Charles Brown. SO years; Rebecca
L. Padgelt, "a years; William f. BroHn.
80 years: Henry +. Meddows. ~ years:
William w. Orndorff. 40 years. Patrick
Enright. 30 years; Josephine May Burton,
q years; Margaret Z. Santmyer, "a years;
Walter Crawford. % years; Bertha Por-
ter. l6 years: Ralph Boyd. . months
Robert James Koehl IL days; Corinne
Chandlee Chadwick, days.
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Market Space,
fh} Blsj CoTn9f." +"

OF
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now TO PREVENT GROUP.

# will be good news to the mothers Of small
children 10 learn that Group can be prevented
The lr,t sign u the disease i hoarsencss. A day
o. two before the attack the child becomes hoarse
This Is soon followed by peculiar rough cough
Give Chamberlsin's Cough Remedy freely as soOn
as the child becomes hosTse, or even after the
rough cough appears, and 1t will dispel all Aymp-
toms Of Group. In this way all danger and
anxiety may be avoided That remedy is used
in this way by many thousands OF mothers, and
has never peen known 20 fail. a. is IN fact, the
only remedy that can slways be depended upon,
and that IN pleasant and safe TO take. For sale
by Henry Evans Wholesale and Retail. All
Druggists
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the contractor to resume work tenno-
rarily, but that storm ensuing swept
away the fume and caused considerable
settlements near the intersection OF the
Two streets, extending to -he surface. The
engineer further states that as a result
OF the operations OF the contractor the
sewer has fallen in pieces, and will have
10 be reconstructed for length of about
thirty five feet. The engineer is of tbs
opinion that the displacements are due
entirely TO the work OF the contractor
ana that they should be repaired by him
rms is the view accepted by the Com
missioners. and they have approved the
report OF the engineer in charge. and n
is understood that the contractor will he
SO informed
sfdewaik on Fourteenth street
The Columbia Heights Citizens Assn
citation. through Judge Charles s. Bundy.
its president, have asked the District
Commissioners to lay a new sidewalk on
bath sides of Fourteenth Street. from
Florida Avenue to Park Street. The side
walk is represented to be in an unsatis
factory condition, especially in front o,
the OAK Grove, between Kenesaw Avenue
and the Columbia Road
sioner, in considering the application.
states that the matter was taken up in
his department last January. and an esti-
mate prepared showing that the cost OF
the Improvement would be 81. 500. He saws
that one-half OF this sum would have to
be assessed against the abutting properly.
and that. Because a great part of these
holdings are unimproved, and because the
work was not requested by majority of
the property holders the improvement
was not undertaken.
An Important Thoroughfarc.
Colonel Biddle says that Fourteenth
Street is very important thoroughfare.
and that II should be made subject of
special consideration. He SAYS It is now
too late in the season to attempt to lay
a cement sidewalk, but that the matter
should be taken up in the early spring.
He says further that ii is customary In
such cases for the property holders to
take the Initiative and to present a re-
quest representing majority Of the
frontage TO be improved, aud he recon-
mends that II this is done 1t viii simplify
matters considerably.
Improve "a Reservation.
At the Instance Of the Computing En-
gineer the District Commissioners have
decided TO improve public reservation 17S.
being the triangle al tn. intersection OF
Massachusetts Avenue and / Street at
Fifth Street northwest II is proposed 10
relay the curb and the sidewalk.
Before attempting the Improvement.
however, IL is proposed TO change the
shape OF the reservation somewhat and
to include within the same some addi-
tiopal space, giving the point rounded
shape and adding little to the sides of
the triangle.
with this in view the Commissioners
have sent communication to Gen George
l. Gillespie. Chief of Engineers. United
States Army, informing him OF the con-
templated change and asking If the same
viii be accepted by him.
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ORDERS FOR PUBLIC WORK.
The Construction of Sewer ana Catch
Bnsin Authorized.

The District Commissioners nave au-
thorlzed the following items Of public
work thrnugh the Engineer Department:
That sewer be constructed In Sixteenth
Street, between Grant and Lowell Streets
northwest, at an estimated cost Of $500
chargeable to the current appropriation
for suburban sewers.
That catch basin De constructed at the
northeast corner of Eighteenth and Low
ell Streets, at an estimated cost OF $S5,
chargeable to the current appropriation
for main and pipe seWers.
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TIDE TABLE

sun rose. 1907 AN. Sun sets...4:S9 PM.
Moon rises ........ Moon sets.G:I3 AN.
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National-Mrs. Leslie Carter in "Du
Barry" evening.
Columbia-"The Chaperons." evening.
Lafayette-"The Dancing Girl" after
noon and evening
Chase s-Henrietta Gresham, in Mis-
tross Nell" afternoon and evening.
Academy-"The Heart OF Maryland"
evening.
Kernan's-Irwln Burlesquers. afternoon
and evening
Burlesque and vaudeville. after
noon and evening.
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THE ASSESSOR AND
ATTORNEY AT ODDS.
CANCELLATION OF AN ASSESSMENT
A Corner Lot In Georgetown Claimed
10 BE UnJustIy Taxed--Trouble
for Sewer Contractor
Sidewalk Desired.

The Assessor and the Attorney for the
District have reached opposite conclu-
sions relative to ;he cancellation Of an
assessment for water main The question
was raised recently by John a. Baker, OF
1919 II Street northwest. who asked for
the cancellation OF the tax levied against
property OF his on X Street, in George
town. and the relief OF title from tax
sales of April 10. 1900. and of April 10.
1901.
II appears from the report of the AS
SCISSOR on the application that water
main was laid in Thirty-frst Street Au-
gust 81, 1894. for which an assessment Of
sl55.2 was levied. This assessment was
cancelled under the decision Of the court
In May. 1899, the property was reassessed
in the sum Of ss6.SS, and upon default Of
the payment Of two installments IT was
sold. as above stated, to Charles II. wilt
sic OF Rochester, n. Y.
Assessor Recommends Refund.
Reviewing the case at some length, the
Assessor reaches the conclusion that the
owner is entitled to have the assessment
Cancelled. He recommends that this be
done, and that the purchase money Of the
sale be refunded.
The Attorney, to whom the matter was
referred, states that he does not agree
with the Assessor. He refers TO action
taken by the Commissioners in 1899 on a
similar application when he submitted an
opinion upon the subject showing that the
assessment was legal and should stand
In that opinion The Attorney gave re
view Of the leg station affecting the lay
ing OF water mains and assessment Tor
the same, showing that the acts OF Con-
gresg do not repeal the Legislation Of the
corporation OF Georgetown.
The Attorney states that be sees no
reason 20 amend his opinion submitted
in 1899. and recommends that the asGess-
meat stand.
Twelfth Street Sewer Disturbed.
According TO reports received from the
contractor and the engineer supervising
tine work. trouble has been experienced
in the construction OF the East Side in
tercepiing sewer along NJ Street south
east. II appears that John Jacoby. the
contractor, was pushing the work on the
sewer forward in a tunnel. When Twelfth
Street was reached water began 20 enter
the tunnel. and IL was soon discovered
that il came from the Twelfth Street
sewer or from a twenty -four-inch pipe
sewer directly ever the tunnel
The contractor states that his work
was interrupted, and that. in his judg-
ment. IL would be necessary 10 recon-
struct about 200 feet OF the Twelfth
Street sewer before he could go on. He
asked what course he should pursue un-
der the circumstances.
Report of the Engineer.
II appears from the report of the en-
gineer that q lume was constructed in
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Lamps lit today ..................5:l2 5:l2 PM.
Lamps out tomorrow. w.............6:17 AM.
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Tbe 1uasbinston Gimss.
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER II, 1901.
The weather Indications.

CORNER TENTH AND D STREETS.
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Washington --Paris

Among the interesting exhibits
at the late Paris Exposition was
hne display Of Rorick Air Cushion
Trusses Of all kinds. supporters
and various appliances for men.
women. and children. from 1924
+ st. y. W. which took the high
est award over all competitors.
American and foreign. The Roriek
Air Cushion Truss Company leads
the world. Two weeks trial. Two
years guarantee. Catalosue and
consultation Tree 1921 ST. n.
W
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Report of the Engineer.

II appears from the report of the en-
gineer that iiume was constructed in
the Twelfth Street sewer which enabled
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gTRFEI IIGUTINC.

Low tide...........2:3s AN and 2:i5 7. NJ
High tide ..........S:37 AN and $40 T. NJ
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THE suN AND MOnN-

Highest temperature, 4 n. m.............5
Lowest temperature, 10 p. m........... g
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-07
A VAST TONNAGE.
Ships That Were Launched from British
Shipyards Last Year.

According to statistics issued by
Lloyd's Register, during 1900, exclu-
sive of warships, 692 vessels of 1 ,442,-
All tons gross-viz., ga steamers Of
1,432, 500 tons, and Is sailing vessels
of 9,S71 tons-have been launched in
the United Kingdom. The warships
launched at both governmentand pri-
yate yards amount to 90, of 1854
tons displacement. The total output
of the United Kingdom for the year
has, therefore, been 721 vessels, of
1,51O,s35tons. The tonnage launched
in 1898 and 1899 was less by $4,000
tons and $4,000 tons, respectively,
than that launched in 1900. As re-
CARDS war vessels, the figures for 1900
are less than those for 1899 by 100,-
900 tons.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-07
THE HAND eF MAN,
. Most Skillful Between Thirty and
Forty Years of Age.

The actual amount Of dexterity in
the human hand has been measured
with more or less accuracy, asd Its
value in mechanical employments
traced from youth to age. The high
period of skill and endurance. the
Family Doctor" says, is from 30 to
40 the hand after that beginning to
lose its muscular delicacy and its sup.
pleness.
After 40 the muscles do not re-
tpOnd nearly as readily and certainly
to the orders of the brain, and the
quality and quantity of the work done
begin TO fall off While man in es-
peclally fine health, and one especial
iy dextrOus, can often keep up his de-
gree of skill long past the age of 40,
such man is anexception. This com
paratively early aging of the hand is
an interesting and remarkable fact,
as 1t Is after 40, as rule, that care
fully used brain becomes the most val
:uable.
The scale of wages in the button
trade, for example, is good indica-
,tion of this tendency of the hand to
grow old so early in life. At his very
best, in his prime, skillful button
maker can make 6,24Oivory buttons
day on his lathe. For this he receives
40 shillngs a week. AT As years of
age it is only the exceptional man who
can make more than 20 shillings a
week. When the workman is IS years
of age he can seldom make more than
20 shillings, this providing that he
still hjoyssound health.
Of course, this is only the case in
the trades where one hand is used con-
tinually and systemata cally. In farm
ing or the seafaring life, orsome other
vocation in which the energy is more
equally distributed over the entire
body the hand does not lose its cum
ming so early. Oftentimes it retains
It's skill until the faculties generally
commence to give way-London
Leader.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-07
EurfuroI I'm whisky

cliffe, conclude that the furfurol con-
stituent of whisky is that which causes
the violent headache of intoxication.
Experiments upon animals and man
demonstrated that furfurol has tenn
porary paralyZing action upon the vol-
lowed in man by throbbing headaches
for "a hours. In aging, the amount of
the furfurol in whisky grows less, and
hence old whisky causes less head
ache than fresh spirit. With a per-
fectly furfurol free whisky the secon-
dairy symptoms of drunkenness In man
and animals were absent.-American
Medicine.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-07
A SQUIRRELS BREAKFAST.
Finds Maple Syrup Made for Him by
Natures Freezing Process.

In telling 'The Story of Maple
Tree" in the Ladies Home Journal,
William Davenport Hubert writes:
at happened that the tree lost one
of its branches in February ice
storm, and a week OF two later, when
warmer weather arrived, the sap be-
;Nn to drip from the open wound in
the side of the trunk. A red squirrel
came along at just the right moment,
as it CHANGED, and got taste of the
sweet liquor Here was something
new and very delicious, and he drank
so much Of it that if it had been in
toxicating he would certainly have
lost his head. And one morning he
found something that even you would
have enjoyed. The saphad been flow
ing most of the night, a big icicle had
formed just below the wound, and
from its very tip there hung huge
drop of golden maple sirup-sirup
4 made by Natures freezing process,
not by mans boiling, and far more
delicious than anything that ever saw
the inside Of sap-pan."