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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12
Over 5000 in Goldsboro.

President Vann is leading III the good
work of raising the funds needed by the
Baptist Female University to free that
institution from debt He preached in
Go.dsboro on Sunday, and, after his elo-
queEt sermon, the Baptist congregation
gave ever 5000 to the Baptist Female Uni
ytrsitv
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12
Spirit of the Press.
THE GOOD ROADS IMPULSE.

Wilmington Messenger.
The Raleigh News and Observer with
it's characteristic energy and enterprise
issued royal number on last Sunday
in the way of a Good Roads number. IL
filled many pages-nearly "a dozen and
a haif-with discussions, reports and pic
lures concerning the great movement
now so much urged and favored in our
great and good State. Correspondents
in abundance contributed to the enter
tainment There is a difference OF opin-
ion as to the levying of a special tax
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

Since the macadam roads we're built in
New Jersey the farmers haul from IS TO
100 baskets OF potatoes with a two horse
wagon. They used TO haul % baskets
could not haul that much.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

is there no law TO reach a common and
vulgar nuisance? Are there no officers
charged with the duty of preventing the
rasty pictures ana suggestions which dis
grGce The streets of the capital city?
Ii not then legislation is needed, and il
ii is not given decent men will take the
law in their own hands ard tear down
the posters which offend all decent peo-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

A few days ago we published the CEN
sus figures showing that North Carolina,
which formerly led in the production of
turpentine, now produces only per cent
OF the total output. But this State re-
tains its lead as a tar State, producing
in 1900 something over $4,000 barrels. We
can still repeat, though not with so much
emphasis. tar pitch and turpentine-all
begins with A." The Wilmington Star
says that the naval stores crop in North
Carolina is very short this year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12
HOW STRENGTH is REsToREp.

People as a rule have somewhat
vague idea of the manner in which life
is sustained and supported. They know
they must eat to live. But they do not
consider that when the stomach and d.
gestive and nutritive tracts are diseased,
the object of eating, which is the nutri-
tion of the body, cannot be perfectly at
tanned Only part of the food eaten Is
converted into nutrition, and the body is
but partly nourished Yet the body is
required to do as much daily as if it were
being fully nourished The result is the
wasting Of the flesh, loss of weight which
goes hand in hand with loss of strength,
and general debility. When the diseased
stomach is cured by Golden Medical
Discovery" the food is dgested and as
simulated and in the form of nourishment
restores the strength and vigor of the
body, the proof of this being written in
the pounds and ounces of lost flesh which
are rapidly .regained. The only way in
which physical strength can be made is
by food, digested and assimilated. When
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12
Among the Railroads.

Capt. L. e. Parsons. construction su-
perintendent of the Seaboard Air Line.
who has just returned from Florida,
says there is large force at work build
ing the road from Plant City to Char
lotte Harbor, distance of 100 miles,
giving port more than hundred miles
south of Tampa. Charlotte Harbor is the
nearest port to Key West and it is
thought that the S: A. l.. will make it its
terminal instead of Tampa. This would
greatly shorten the water distance be-
tween the mainland and Havana Capt.
Parsons says that two thousand hands
were at work on this line and some OF
the labor was carried from North and
South Carolina.
A force is at work putting down broad
gauge rails on the narrow gauge road
from Chester to Lenoir. When that
road is made standard gauge look out for
extension beyond Lenoir.
The Tarboro Southerner says that in
creased traffic on the East Carolina Rail-
way has necessitated heavier rails. The
iron has arrived and will be put down at
once. The lumber business on that road
has increased SO rapidly that regular
daily logging train viii be put on.
In the case OF Robinson vs.. A. and \.
C. r. II tried in Newbern Robinson was
given 5000 damages. He sued for $4,000
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12
SoBRIETY IN RALEIGH IN 1870.


In 1870, u young Englishman then four
months in Raleigh, told us that the most
surprising thing To him in that town,
was the sobriety OF the men," He said
out OF eleven boarders at the house he
was stopping, but two ever took drink
and but one would ever repeat. He said
he did not believe that in all England q
parallel could be found.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

SO far Edgecombe has the largest adj
vance guard Of delegates in Raleigh 10
attend the Good Roads Congress. In in
telligent cultivation of the soil and PRO-
gressive agriculture no county in North
Carolina stands ahead CT that grand old
Eastern county.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

Tho farmers OF Europe haul three to
four tons at a load in any kind of wealth
er, and sometimes more than that. How
do they do 1t? BY having macadam roads.
With the same team the farmers Of
not haul one ton in bad weather. Do mud
roads pay?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

Columbia College has conferred the de-
gree OF Doctor OF Philosophy upon Mr..
Charles Lee Raper. of the CHAIR OF
Economics OF the University OF North
Carolina. DR.. Raper is one OF the abiest
:, rho Young North Carolina scholars,
and has won his degree as student of
economic problems.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

The heaviest tax paid by the farmers
of North Carolina is the tax levied by
mud roads over which they now try to
haul their products to market.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

They had Philadeiphia-sort- ORA
,i,,a =. the recent Cuban election. eight
,imas as many votes being returned as
49, east What prevents these people
lse into the Union under Quay's pro-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

the stomach and its allied
organs are diseased the di-
gestion is imperfect, the as
similation partial, conse-
quently there is a daily loss
Of strength. When DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery cures the diseases
of the stomach and other or
gans of digestion and nutri-
ton, the food eaten is prop
erly digested and assimilat-
ed, the body is adequately
nourished, and thus its
strength is restored.
! Il will express my thanks
To you for the kindly advice
you have given me in regard
to my case" writes Miss
Carrie j. Wharton, of Dun
avant, Spottsylvania CO.,
Va. When / wrote to you
last spring 1 was in a ter
rible state of health. Had
given up all hope Of ever
being better. 1 spit up my
food all the time and IL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

Every man who uses a public road, or
IS benefited by some one else using it..
should help bear the burden Of improving
the road
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

a woman is considered eccentric if she
does nor talk when she has nothing to
say.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

the kind in the country. has established
a southern office in this city. II is in
charge of w I. Young d Co
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

The farmers OF New Jersey were bit
terly opposed to building macadam roads
when the matter was first agitated. They
said the cost would be too great But
the start was made and New Jersey has
hundreds and hundreds of miles of splen-
did macadam. After the start was made
the demand for more roads OF the same
kind was so great that the authorities
found 1t hard TO decide which roads
should be improved next A New Jersey
farmer opposed to macadam roads now
would probably be taken for hopeless
lunatic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

BOTH MEAN THE SkME THING.
Petersburg Index-A Appeal.
The Raleigh News and Observer says
that we are too coor not To build good
roads. Is 1t not nearer the truth to say
that We are poor because we don't build
good roads?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12
A MORNING TONIC.

tRowe.)
The wise and prudent conquer difficult
ties by daring to attempt them
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12
GOOD ROADS AND GOOD SCHOOLS.

Raleigh will b. the scene this week Of
two notable meetings, held to give an
impetus in a practical way TO the States
two chief needs: GOOD ROADS and
GOOD SCHOOLS. They are mutually de-
pendent and the men who are doing most
for education are generally the men who
are also doing most for good roads.
Today and tomorrow the Good Roads
Congress will be held in this city. Emil
nent men of national reputation and dis
tinsuished North Carolinians viii speak
in the Good Roads Congress. These ad-
dresses will be heard by progressive
men and. will be widely read by the MAX
ers of public sentiment in North Caro-
lima. The farmers, who suffer most by
Tad roads, are already much further adj
vanced in advocacy of good roads than
public men imagine, and the more pro-
hands with the people in the cities and
towns to adopt the best plans to in
sure good roads. 1t is TO be hoped that
the people OF Raleigh, already interested
enough in good roads to pay pretty good
road tax TO improve the roads leading
into the city, will attend this Congress.
and that they will cooperate with the
people of Wake county in adopting plans
that will extend the good roads TO the
remotest section of the county. The dele
gates who nave already arrived are
among the best men in North Carolina,
and they bring word that others are
coming from their counties to take part
in this important gathering of represen-
tative progressive men of the State.
Tomorrow night, at the Governors of
fee, there will be an Educational Con-
ference, attended by representatives OF
the leading colleges and other schools of
the State to confer as to the best plans
for lettering the public school system
of the state. The character of the men
who viii attend this conference Is evil
dence that Il will plan wisely for large
things in the educational development OF
the STATE It's deliberations will be
awaited with interest by the educators
and parents who are laboring 10 put
good educational advantages within the
reach OF every child in North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

MRet on a paltry salary
Atlippines. Why not
\: j.. :: !: :. !. !.
themselves any
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-12

In the case OF Robinson vs.. A. and y.
C. r. r. tried in Newbern, Robinson was
given 5000 damages. He sued for $4,000
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23
THE RUM POWER.
Uncle Sam In Partnership
With 1t.

At the First Christian Church
in Kansas CITY this week before the
American Young Peoples Chris
tian Temperance Union Rev. +.
W. Emerson, of Topeka. Kas.
said:
From the time the national
government entered into partner
ship with the liquor traffic that
traffic has grown steadily, until
now it controls our governmental
say it boldly-controls our gov
eminent and controls our State
and municipal governments as
well!"
The Rev. Mr.. Emerson suggest
ed that the temperance question
be forced on Congress thru a petit
ton to repeal the internal reve-
nue. laws. With the government
law out of the way, the speaker
thought that the State and mu-
nicipal licenses could be revoked
Washington, he asserted, was the
battle ground Of the temperance
war
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23
Trustees Sale.

Whereas Emma +. Darst and her hus-
band c, +. Darst, on the 18th day Of
October, 1890. by their certain deed of
trust, duly acknowledged and recorded
in the deed of trust records of Audrain
county, Missouri, In book 20, page 400
conveyed to the undersigned trustee the
following described real estate, situated
in Audrain county, Missouri, to-wit:
Lots numbered six (6) and seven ca of
block numbered six (6) OF Lakenan &
Barnes College Addition to the city of
Mexico.
Which said conveyance was made In
trust to secure the payment OF a certain
promissory note therein described. and,
whereas, said note Is now due and I'M
paid. Now, therefore, l, the said trustee.
at the request of the legal holder OF said
note, will, between the hours OF 0 o'clock
a. m. and 5.o'clock p. M. on
FRIDAY, the l4th day Of FEBRUARY, A. D.,
1902
/ at the cast front door of the Court House
in Mexico, Audrain county, Missouri, sell
the above described. property at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash Ia
satisfy said debt and costs of executing
this trust. r. =. HOPKINS,
Trustee.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23
Land Exchanges.

James I. Johnson to George n
johnson, 70 GO in % and 24-j1.
0, $1,000.
Thurston b. Duncan and wife to
George b. Stadden, 294. 81 ii in IS
and 29-5l-7. Sc, 800.
Cassius Il. Iobson aud wife to
John Zimmerman, so a prt Sc and
sw 1901, 81 900.
Rebecca Neal to Obadiah Neal
g T. a ne prt ne 9-J0-1O. So.
Emily J. Mccormick to Hardy
Doolin, lot I, blk ), Hill 4 Il, LIST
al to Rush Hill. $3.50.
Hardy Doolin and wife to Frank
+. Burgess, Inf sw 10 and Inf 5,
II and "a IA n prt NV ne 23-j1-S,
81 500.
Louis SicvcrS and wife to John
Sievcrs, II If NV 34-J2-ll, So, 800.
Jesse Cannon and wife to Il. G.
Waters, l2O II e prt ne 1-52-G
SO, 200.
Joseph Fritch and wife to Jacob
Williams, Inf Sc 26-52-7, s., 200.
Jacob Williams and wife to 10.
seph Fritch, 120xl2O # ground in
Vandalia, 81 900.
Geo. w. Petty and wife to Lucy
A. and Kate n. Thornhill, 80 a
prt sw Toll, $l,75O.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23
MYSTERIOUS KILLING.
Government VIII Protect q
Murderer.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. IA
record that establishes the validity
of an Oklahoma widows claim for
a pension has Just been completed
by Henry l.. Arnold, Special Pen
sion Examiner at Kansas City. a
part of this record, which is not
for public inspection, explains a
murder committed in Randolph
county, Missouri, thirty-fve years
ago, The man who did the kill
ing is living today in Arkansas.
The facts detailed are part of an
official record. This record shows
that Maggie ID. Swinton of Okla
homa is an applicant for IL pen
sion as the widow of Thomas
Svinton, Company q, Thirty
eighth Missouri Volunteer Infant
ny. Swinton was her second hus-
band, and during his lifetime was
a pensiouer Swinton died in
July, 1898, from the effects of an
injury received in the rush for
claims at the opening of the Okla
homa Territory in 1889. The
widow admitted having been pre-
viously married, but was unable
to prove her first husbands death.
Mrs. Swinton gave several
places of residence, from child
hood, and this formed basis for
further investigation. In small
town in Iowa it was learned that
Mrs. Swinton had been legally
married before the war to Nathan
Williams. Williams joined the
Eighth Iowa Infantry, Later, he
joined his wife in Macon county,
Missouri. There he lived under
an assumed name. In 1866 he
moved with his wife to Randolph
county, Missouri, with team and
wagon which he had mortgaged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams put up
temporarily with family living
some distance in the country.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

Rose Evans, colored girl, who
formerly worked for Joseph Bot
kin in this city, was murdered
last week in Chicago by negro
named Hamilton. He shot the
girl thru the heart and then drank
carbolic acid and was soon dea d
himself. He wanted the girl to
marry him and she refused.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23
A DASTARDLY ACT.
Should Have Placed Money
Beside a Certain Tel
phone Pole.

The Paris Appeal repeats the
following item from the Monroe
City Democrat:
Mr.. Eli Cooperider, of Granville,
was in town yesterday and told a
friend about the burning of his
barn last Thursday night. The fire
was discovered between 2 and 3
o'clock a. IN. The barn was an
immense structure and made big
fire. While it was burning two
neighbor women came over and
said, "Now we know what that
note meant" Upon inquiry, Mr..
Cooperider learned that these three
ladies had, il few days before,
found note addressed to him,
signed by two persons unknown
to them, telling Mr.. Cooperider to
place sum of money beside a
certain telephone post, giving the
exact location. This was to be
done by January 10, 1902, or, the
writer said, there would be big
fire in Granville.
The ladies destroyed the note
after reading it. They attached
no Importance to it, for they sup
posed Mr.. Cooperider had read il
and dropped it.
Mr.. Cooperider went to the
place designated for delivery OF
the money and found in hole by
the telephone post a tobacco sack.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23
It's Coming.

THE State Democratic Com
mittee ut st. Louis last Saturday
by vote of 10 to 10 decided
against the plan for n State pri-
mary to settle the Senatorial
question. Champ Clark says the
vote is a practical victory for the
plan. Mr.. Clark is in good spirits
over the result and gives ont the
following interview from Wash
ington City:
III honestly believe that a gen
eral primary for all nominations is
the best plan for Democracy, and
consequently made as good a fight
for it as was possible with a great
press of official and private busi-
ness. | am in no way dismayed
or cast down, either as to winning
the United States senatorship or
as to seeing general primary
adopted in the State. 1t is com
ing just as sure as grass grows
and water runs. The vote in the
State Committee to-day is a practi-
cal victory for the general pri-
mary. When Mr.. Chairman Sci
bert made his poll of the commit
tee by letter in November and
December, he reported only three
for the general primary. Today
there were ten. If its advocates
had had one month longer in which
to work we would have won out.
We are the ones to rejoice and not
those who succeeded in Temporal
rily knocking out great reform
in political procedure.
Without being prophet or
the son of a prophet, predict
that within five years the Missouri
Legislature will adopt the South
Carolina primary law, providing
for the nomination of all officers,
great and small, on the same day
"a plan which gives every Demo-
crat an equal voice in the selection
of candidates.
Il have no quarrel with the
committeeman who voted against
the general primary, | had a
right to urge it. They had n right
to refuse it, Their action is sim
ply another illustration of the
force of habit. We have always
had conventions; therefore, we
must always have them is not
very sound or very convincing
logic, but it won the convention
advocates temporary victory by
n narrow margin.
Coming from things general
to things personal, and judging by
dispatches / have received today
from Missouri, | believe that the
agitation for the general primary
has increased my chances for
winning the senatorship, and that
am nearer to it tonight than ever
before; for it has shown that | am
not afraid to trust the people
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

They had been there two weeks
when Williams was called to the
door at midnight. AS he opened
the door there was a flash in the
outer darkness aud IA loud report
Both charges from double-bar-
relied shotgun struck him in the
abdomen aud he died within an
hour.
There was not the slightest clew
to the slayer of Williams.
The man who killed Williams
was never known until the exam
liners found him. He is living in
a small town in one of the coun-
ties of Arkansas, bordering on
Missouri. He made a full confess
sion regarding the killing when
assured by the examiner that the
matter would be held sacred by
the Government. He had been
one Of the ncighbors of the family
with whom Williams was staying
and he was hunted up solely with
the idea that he might help estab-
lish the fact of the death of Mrs.
Swinton's first husband. When
he realized that her prospects OF
getting Il pension depended on
that, he made II confession. He
would not tell why he killed
ANillin,,,r
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

Judge Elijah Robinson, well
known in this section of the State,
was in railroad wreck on the
Missouri Pacific near Kansas City
last Sunday morning. He, with
ten others, was slightly injured.
The engineer went to sleep and
ran into another passenger train,
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23
Trustees Sale.

Whereas Oliver Il. Davis and EStclla
Davis, his wife, on the l4th day of No.
vcmber, 1898, by their certain deed OF
trust, duly acknowledged and recorded IN
the deed of trust records Of Audrair
county, Missouri in book 10, page IA
conveyed to the undersigned trustee the
following described real estate, situated
in Audrain county, Missouri, to-wit:
The west half % Of tho south east
quarter % and the south east fourth a.
Of the south east quarter 90 of Section
twenty two (22l, Township fifty-one OBJ
north, Range ten lowest Of the 5th p.
Audrain County, Missouri, containing In
all one-hundred and twenty Q2O) acres
more or less.
Which said conveyance was made in
trust to secure the payment OF four certain
promissory notes therein de scribed. and
whereas, said notes are now due and I'M
paid. Now, therefore, l, the said trustee,
at the request of the legal holder of said
notes will. between the hours of 0 o'clock
q. IN. and o'clock p. m. on
Friday. the 3fst Day of January, AD., 1902
at the east front door of the Court House
in Mexico. Audrain county. Missouri, sell
the above described property at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash to
satisfy said debt and costs of executing
this trust. 7. l.. Mcbride,
Trustee.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

w. l.. Fowles, secretary of the
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.
sent in his annual report to the
State Superintendent of Insurance.
The commissioners in his reply
compliments the report, and the
company is authorized to do bus
mess thru another year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

Poor Carrie Nation! The latest
lie they tell on her is that an ad-
miring friend sent her Ratchet
of the finest tempered steel and
while she was holding it up to the
gaze of a friend the implement
slipped from her hand and went
thru her foot to the floor, taking
of her great toe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

AMERICAN sympathy is spread
ing and growing deeper for the
struggling Beers. Innocent wo.
men and children are suffer
ing and dying. In the language
of Robert &. Ingersol, we would
gladly make dimples in the cheeks
of the world to catch, hold and
glorify every tear. But this coun-
try ought to be in position where
it could offer more than sympathy
or tears.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

STATISTICS show that South
Carolina made net profit of
$500, 900 last year by selling liq-
uor to her citizens. Not such
commendable business but if men
will drink and we must have
the business, the State better have
the profit than few individuals.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

CHAMP CLARK will be renOmin-
ated for Congress without opposi-
ton. This district also stands
solid for him for United States
Senator. Champ Clark is brainy,
honest and true; has been tried.
He is just the mrn to succeed Vest
in the Senate.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

DR.. w. h. Rodes, of this city,
was recently elected president of
the Chicago & Alton surgeons
organization at a meeting held at
Jerseyville, Ill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23
Creeks Become Salt.

Marshall, Mo, Jan. bit is
drier here than at any time this
winter. All the creeks are fed
mostly by large salt springs and
the water in them now is so salty
that the fish are trying to escape
down stream to frcsher water. AS
the fish pass over the shallow
places they can be captured by
dozen.
For Grippe medicine call on DR..
Patterson.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-01-23

MANY strange faces are taking
the places of citizens who have left
this county for the West in the
last twelve months. Regret to see
our old neighbors go, but glad to
welcome the new ones.