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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
Ten Years of Progress.
A NORTH CAROLINA EXHIBIT.
The Manufacturer Record.

The Manufacturers Record.
The News and Observer of Raleigh n.
c., has recently published two special
issues inspired by the opportunity given
Ly the Charleston Exposition for the eX-
the Carolinas. One of these issues pub
lished on March 16, dealt especially with
the exposition proper and the exhibit
made there by North Carolina. The 9TH
er, issued on April s. and containing
forty pages, makes a splendid display ct
the possibilities of North Carolina as to
agl iculrure stock-raising, dairying, fruit
growing, fisheries, lumber and wood
working, water-poWer, cotton manufac-
turing and health and pleasure resorts,
set forth by more than a hundred wri
tiers, including farmers, fishermen. me-
chanicS lawyers, doctors, manufacturers,
bankers, teachers. preachers. experts in
many lines and men of affairs generally,
leaders in their respective communities.
At the same time they tell what has
been accomplished in the State during
the past ten years. This increase is we'll
marked by the percentage of increase in
manufacturing industries as follows.
Number of establishments, 97.1; capital
invested, 1866; number of employees,
1899. wages, ILL; cost of material.
1929; value Of products, 1851. Bound
together these two issues of the News
and Observer are in reality an elaborate
census report of North Carolina, TO which
reference will be constantly made for
many years by persons seeking informa
tion about the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
The Oxford Graded School.
(Special to News and Observer)

Especial to News and Observer
3 Oxford n. c., May 12.-The closing
exercises of the first year of the OK
ford graded school were held at the
opera house on last evening. On the
stage were the superintendent and trus-
tees, also Prof Joyner, the orator of the
occasion, the mayor, several ministers
and leading citizens.
The address of welcome by Prof. Con-
nor was very fine.
Prof. Joyner was gracefully introduced
by DR.. E. T. White During his entire
address he held the closest attention of
the large audience, which showed that
notwithstanding our superior private
schools they We're aroused to the i'm
portance of maintaining this school.
In the second grade Master Hood Par
ham won the Shelor prize and Miss An
ME Walters the scholarship prize.
In the seventh grade the Davis medal
was won by Miss Julia Minor and the
superintendent prize was won by Miss
jamie Booth
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
DIVERSIFIED FARMING PAYS.

Diversified farming, intelligently car
recent big edition-"Twenty Years of
Progress in North Carolira".-we pub
lished many examples of successful farm
crs. This weeks Pender Chronicle gives
another object lesson, which we copy as
follows.
In the farm of Mr.. w. NJ. Hand, Ioc2-
ted just without the corporate limits Of
Burgaw, we believe this community has
the challenge truck farm of the county.
AS an instance of what the lands of this
county are capable of producing when
managed with intelligence and worked
with industry, we give few OF the par
ticulars of Mr.. Hands farming.
From one third of an acre of land. Mr.
Hand has already gathered, this year
three hundred and sixty-fve dollars
worth of lettuce. The total cost of pro-
ducing this crop was only one hundred
ana twenty-five dollars. On this same
piece of land. there is now crop of
beans in full bloom. The bean crop will
be followed by isweet potatoes, making
three crops grown on this ground within
the year. At the usual prices and from
an ordinary crop. the beans and pota-
toes should net about one hundred dol
lars, making total of four hundred and
sixty-five dollars worth of produce grown
on this small tract of land within one
year.
From another piece of land, consisting
Of two acres Mr.. Hand has gathered ole
hundred and sixty-five dollars worth 0r
radishes. There is now planted on this
ground a crop of sweet potatoes, and II
this years crop approaches the usual
average four hundred bushels OF pota-
toes will he gathered from this ground.
ION another piece of land, one acre III
size. Ay Hand has growing asparagus
and turnips After the turnips, two
crops Of hay will be gathered from this
land. During the past five years THIS
acre of ground has produced three and
onc-half tons of hay annually. Three
crops annually have been gathered from
this ground for five years in succession
"On another four acre tract, Mr. Hand
has now growing a crop of tomatoes
and turnips The turnips are now heing
marketed. This will be followed by.
crop of peavine hay, or forage. Last
year. the turnips and tomatoes from IRIS
piece of land sold, on an average, Tor
scvcnty-five and one hundred dollars per
acre, respectively.
MIR Hand also conducts corn and
cotton farm. some distance from Bar
gaw On this farm. from a field or zen
acres. MIR Hand gathers annually from
three hundred and fifty 30 four hundred
bushels of corn
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
Many of Our Boys and Girls
are Suffering this month
from the After Effects
of winter Grippe.
Wise Parents Provide
Paine'S Celery Compound
For Their Loved Ones.
The Wondrous Medicine Quickly Elk.
pels all Germ Poisons from the
Blood and Fortifes the Weak
and Run Down System.

A busy city physician enjoying a large
annual income. remarked the other day
that a host of young people--bOys and
>girls-were suffering this month from the
after effects of winter grippe.
Dear parents, have any OF your chill
dren suffered from an attack Of the
cruel monster grippe, during the past
winter months? Are your boys and girls
irritable, fevcrish, pale. or weak? Have
they cold and clammy limbs? Is the
blood watery, impure. or sluggish? Is
tho appetite poor and digestion weak?
Has the rose tint of health faded from
the cheeks? If any of these conditions
are noted, be assured the dregs of dead
~ grippe arc implanted in the system.
If your children are not blithesOme
happy, boisterous, and strong in May,
their condition calls for prompt action
on your part. Their future-health and
physical happiness or sufferings and early
DEATHS in your hands, dear parents,
and you alone are responsible 70 Heaven
and the community of which you form d
part
When winter grippe has implanted
seeds of virulent diseases, the first and
most important work is to eXpcl from
the blood every trace of poison. This
is always successfully accomplished by
the use of Paines Celery Compound,
This marvellous medicine, after purify
ing the foul and stagnant blood acts as
a nerve food. 1t builds uD the nervous
system and nourishes all the bodily
tissues.
Boys and girls with such start in life
as they always receive from Paine's Col
cry Compound. grow un as sturdy as
forest oaks; they revel in strength and
true life; they are fair to behold they
make the men and women most needed
by our country. Do your par, this month,
dear parents, with prcmptness and hon
esty, and rest assured Paine's Celery
Compound Will not fail in its grand work
Of health building.
DIAMOND DYES Purest. Strongest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
Gen. Cox at Smithfield.

Especial to News and Observer
smithficld. N. c., May 12-The address
by Gen. VIM. r. Cox at the Confederate
Veterans Reunion here on Saturday was
q r1asterly address and made a profound
impression. He always speaks wisely ard
in Johnston county he is always head
with gladness Gen. Cox has always had
strong place in the hearts of the peo-
pie of Johnston, and when he was n
Congress he could always rely upO1 the
vote of this county in the convention ana
at the polls. He has lost none OF the
esteem Of this people and they were glad
to meet him and hear him again.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

VS.. The City of Raleigh, prove that his
opinions have been very much modified
by the lapse of time very much in favor
OF the railroads, and not by any changed
condition of affairs that would warrant
such modification So that the railroads
would have three friends on the bench
to prevent The people from robbing the
railroads If the two nominees for Asso-
cate Justices are dictated by the rail-
roads In this view would it not be well
for each county to endorse TWO candi-
dates for Associate Justices. Forearmed
is fOrearmed. A word to the people on
this subject ought to be sufficient"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
DAD NEVER HEARD OF RUSSELL

DAD NEVER HEARD OF RUSSELL.
Ashevillc Citizen.
correspondent of the Boston Trans
script, commenting causticaly on the
proposition to erect a statue of Benjo =
min T. Butler in Boston, SAYS the le2St
we can do is to have a little ring OF
celebrities of this sort who have been
conspicuous as malefactor3 standing up
N the Common" He adds: - shall be
pleased to head Il subscription list for
this purpose. | will subscribe $2J for
statue of Satan. S. for Benedict Arnold,
$40 for John Wilkes Booth, 80 cents for
Aaron Burr, So for Guiteau and So for
Czolgosz." The writer also suggests the
addition of horns and a tail to the But
Ter statue.
Evidently this correspondent had never
heard of our own beloved Ex-Governor
RUSSELL the man who betrays condolences
and hawks around private letters, max
ing merchandise of them among the enc
mics of the man who wrote them. Gov
ernor Russell should also be included in
the above list at the marked down price
of 81 cents, reduced from 80 cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
& Strong Speech.
(Roanoke-Chow Times.)

IROanOke-C hOWan IlmeS.J
One of the ablestsand best education
al addresses it has ever been our pleas
ure to listen to was made at Aurora
Academy last Thursday by Mr.. Cling
man w Mitchell, of Aulander, Berthe
county, he having accepted an urgent
invitation to deliver the annual address
at the closing exercises of that most
excellent school, which is situated about
two miles from Rich Square. Mr..
Mitchell took for his text that section of
our State Constitution which provides
that education and religion shall be for
ever encouraged, and handled his sub
ject in a mastery manner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
A JNUIUs COME TO JUDGMENT

Asheville Citizen.
There's mighty smart letter writer
down in Raleigh. A sort of Juniu5 the
second
He's not only a good writer he's right
up TO date in politics, and remembers
most accurately some things IN recent
North Carolina history that many other
folk had forgotten-if in truth, they ever
knew them.
This Iunius is contributing just now
to the columns of the News and OBJ
server. Two OF his letters we print be-
low, for the reason that they size mp
exactly the present status of the fight
on Judge Clark-that is to say, Governor
Russcils proposition to make public any
letters or notes Judge Clark had ever
written him.
This proposition, it will be rerlcm-
bercd was made to Judge CLARK last
Sunday afternoon in a letter from Rus
sell delivered by volunteer" Fab Bus
bee, attorney for the Southern railway,
and w. II. Day, attorney for the Sea-
beard railroad. AS yet it seems that
nobody knows exactly what was in the
letter. but our modern Junius takes two
bites at the cherry and tells The News
and Observer readers what he thinks
ought to have been in them. Here arc
his letters, purporting to come from Rus
sell to Clark. CThe Asheville Citizen
prints the letters in full.-Ed.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
Northampton's Finer ecord.

To the Editor:-Northampto county
has only so3en Democrats who have
not paid their poll tax, remaining in the
State and ISL negroes. Our list com
rarcs very favorably with others.
Yours very truly.
w. H. JOY,tER
Garysburg n. c., May r. 1902.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

The WiIkesboro Hustler says the Dem
ocrats will have a fighting chance OF car
rying Wilkes county this year. With
plenty of good schools, it will only re-
quire new generation of voters for the
Democrats to carry Yadkin, Mitchell and
Madison
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

Warsaw y. c., May 12.-The safe in the
store Of l. p. Best was cracked and $20f
stolen therefrom. Tools to accomplish
the robbery were secured from d black
smith shop near by.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
ANNOUNCEMENT.

I am candidate for the nomination. Of
Register of Deeds. l have filed the of
flee since the death of Capt. Billy Hood
and everyone who has visited the office
says it is in better shape than ever be
fore in its history. With this record
come to the Democratic voters soliciting
their support in the primaries.
J. J. BERNARD.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

Itcing, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles. Your druggist will refund your
money if PAZO OINTllENT fails to cure
you. so cents. tuesday
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

The citizens of Belhaven held a pub
lie meeting and endorsed DR. W. J. Bul-
lock as their candidate for the House of
Representatives,.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

The mountain was in labor and brought
forth mouse. We give the translation
instead of the original because some or
our readers have never gotten further
than Webster's Blue Back Spelling Book.
They were born before this new Aycock
Educational Revolution. They were in
another revolution where ability TO shoot
was more important than ability to
spell.-Rhamkatte Rooster.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

Mr.. Vests statement about the Hampton
Roads Conference has punctured ore d
the most widely circulated fairy tales
that this generation has heard. If true,
ism OF the Southern leaders, aud Mr. Vest
speaking by authority, relieves them from
the criticisms that has been unjustly
given them for a quarter of a century.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
met Il lawyer coming out of the court
house, and he said:

I met lawyer coming out of the court
house, and he said:
Now that Wilson, Russell Day and
Ruslea nave made the nomination of
Judge Clark a certainty for Chief JUS
ticc, would it not be we'll for such of the
voters as DO rot intend that the Supreme
Court shall be packed in favor Of any
interest whatever of the State to give
their earnest attention 10 the. other two
mon who are to be nominated for Asso-
Ciate Justices of the supreme Court. II
Is just possible all this tempest III a
teapot concerning Judge Clark was got
ten up to engage the attention of the
voters while the railroads and law
agents are getting ready to pack the State
Convention so as to nominate two candi-
dates who will do the bidding of the
railroads. And III this connection it
should be borne in mind that the later
opinions of Associate Justice Walter
Mont gonlcry, especially that of Olmstead
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13
Spirit of the Press.
NOT THIS YEAR.
Winston Journal.

Winston Journal.
At the same time, we don't believe
the Southern Railway will be called
upon to elect Chief Justice of the
North Carolina Supreme court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

VIEWS SAND INTERVIEWS


All the talk yesterday in Raleigh was
about the Clark letter.
Nirety-nine men out of every hundred
seen We're of the opinion that the an
swcr was satisfactory and that, so far as
it affected Judge Clark. the incident was
a closed one.
Surely" said a man on the streets Of
Raleigh. who IS not partisan of Judge
Ciark's By any means. To-day the Fab
Busbce-B Bill Day-Dan RUSSELL Southern
Railroad Company Combination against
Judge Clark reminds me of the late John
I'hoenix's ia yorable Interpretation of ad-
verse circumstances In his published
account of MS fight with the San Diego
editor he describes the situation some
what as follows:
1--WE got our adversary just where We
wanted him, on top of us. We held him
down With our nose, which was THRUST
between his teenth for that purpose. We
occupied his left hand with our hair AMI
Iept him right busy in pounding our
short ribs
A quiet citizen, not in politics. sent
this note to a friend:
Have you noticed that the Charlotte
Observer says today that Judge Clark
letters we're received by Wire at the last
moment and they had no time for COM
mcnt. Would it not be pertinent to ask
If they got the fac SMILES by wire at
the last moment or had had them for
some time waiting a chance to make cap
ltai out of tn I'm?
1t is evidently the railroads behind
the Whole matter"
other folks had noticed the same thing
TOO. If Mr.. Busbce did not show them
tC anybody except the Governor, and eX-
Governor Russell never gave them TO
anybody except Mr.. Busbee, how did the
Charlotte Observer have fac SMILES
made? gentleman said last night:
The work could not be done in Char
lotto, and that paper must have been
in poss ession of the photographs or Origi-
nails several days. 1t Is up to Russell
and Blsbee TO explain. One or the other
mas slipped cog in his memory, accord
ing to their separate letters and state
mcnts. Last week it was up to Clark"
Now he is as good as nominated for Chief
Justice. and 1t is now up to Russell and
BusEcC."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-13

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-17
Ogden Briefs.

French E. Oliver, the evangelist, is
visiting friends in Ogden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert w. Scowcroft
left yesterday for st. Paul, Mimi.
A T. Wright and B. H. Goddard
have gone to Yellowstone park for a
two weeks outing.
Sheriff Clark Of Sewer county was
in the city yesterday talking about
Judge McCarty's fitness for supreme
justice.
A. ]. Loar of Cattlesburg, KY, was
the guest yesterday of H. H. Spencer.
Sheriff Gordon of Box Elder was in
the city yesterday.
Church of the Good Shepherd-Cor-
ner Grant avenue and Twenty-fourth
street. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m;
morning prayer and sermon IL. Samuel
Unsworth in charge.
The funeral of Henry Lee, who died
Thursday at the Chapman house, aged
As years. will be held today at p. m.
in Richey's undertaking parlors, the
Woodmen of the World having charge.
The police department last night
made a general roundup, gathering in
about thirty hoboes and suspicious
characters in all parts of the city. The
roundup is part of a general plan to
rid the city of the undesirable element
of its population. The men will be held
till Monday and then taken before the
municipal judge on charges of vagran-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-17
MRS. TsIIKA's TRIBULAT1oNs.
Miss Stones Companion Virtually a
Prisoner in Albania.

Miss Stone may congratulate herself
on being so well quit of her troubles
for her companion in captivity, Mrs
Tsilka, is having almost as misera BILE
a time in freedom as she had in cap
tivity. Miss Stone left Mrs. Tsilka
behind in Salonica. Mrs. Tsilka ex-
pected to return Immediately TO her
home in Kortcha, Albania, to resume
her mission work. To her intense dis
may she found that she and her hus-
band were virtually prisoners Her
husband was suspected of having been
in the plot with the brigands and
barely escaped Imprisonment. When
at last they had arrived home, they
found their situation, if anything, even
more deplorable. They were suspect
ed by their own people, and to pursue
their work in such an atmosphere Of
distrust became almost impossible.
Many of Mrs. Tsilka's letters were
opened and stopped by the Turkish
authorities. Things have at last come
to such a pass that Mrs. Tsilka has
about determined to give up her work
for the present and come to America.
where she has many friends, for a
rest. Her one joy is in the fine health
of her baby, THE Little Brigand,' - who
has not had a single sick day since
she was born. OF the birth of her
baby, Mrs. TsiIka writes in the August
McCIure'S
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-17
A Marvellous Tree.
Boston Transcript


Undoubtedly the most marvellous
tree in the world grows in Brazil. 1t
is the carnahuba palm, and can be
employed for many useful purposes Its
roots produce the same medical effects
as sarsaparilla Its stems afford
strong. light fibers, which acquire a
beautiful luster, and serve also for
joists. rafters and other building ma
terials. as well as for stakes for fences.
From parts of the tree wines and
vinegar are made 1t yields also a
saccharine 8 distance, as we'll as a
starch. resembling sage. Its fruit is
used for feeding cattle. The pulp has
an agreeable taste, and the nut. which
is oleaginous and enulsive, is some
times used as a substitute for coffee.
Of the wood of the stem musical in
struments. water tubes and pumps are
made The pitch is an excellent sub
stitute for cork. From the stem a
white liquid similar to the milk of the
cocoanut and a -four resembling mai
zena may be extracted
OF the straw, hats, baskets, brooms
and mats are made. 4 considerable
quantity of this straw is shipped to
Europe, and a part of it returns to
Brazil manufactured into hats. The
straw is also used for matching houses
Moreover. salt is extracted from it, and
likewise an alkali used in the manu-
facture of common soap
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-17
PREPARING FOR CAMPAIGN.
Republican County Committee to
Meet-Slate For Ogden Convention.

Chairman Eichnor Of the Republican
county committee has called a meeting
II the committee for next Saturday aft
ernOon at the Knutsford to fix a date
FOR the convention which will elect
delegates to the state convention to be
held at Ogden on Sept. IL. 1t is prob
able that the committee viii also fix
the apportionment of delegates and the
time for holding the convention the
latter part of September for nominat-
ing a county and legislative ticket.
1t is semi-OffiCially stated and not de-
MED that John D. Murphy Of ogden
and Colonel George B. Squires have
been selected by the Republican state
executive committee 10 serve as tenn
pOTaTy chairman and secretary OF the
Ogden convention The selection is said
to have been made with due regard to
The proba bility that these temporary
oIncers viii be made the permanent Of
ncers Of the big convention.
Among the politicians it is an open
secret that Mr. Murphy's selection is.
IN part, at least. due TO his alliances
with George NJ. Hanson, who is cred
lied with having charge of Representa-
tive SutheTland's senatorial campaign
IN Weber county. The wiseacres also
see IN Colonel Squires' pTeferment the
nandiwork of State Statisticiau De-
Aoisey, at the solicitation of Captain
FRED ". Price. in the interest OF State
chairman Christensen for his Candi-
odcy Tor denomination as county attor-
Aey Ior salt Lake county.