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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-19
DodsOn $ Oeethfng
powae1s.

They will cure your
baby If troubled with
bowel affections.
They alsoremove and
stops the generation
of worms, give
strength to the child
and makes teething
easy. Price 25c box
of twelve powders.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-19

.caunaretA's Ou,mip
Seed. Crop 1902.

We have Just recelv.
ed direct from Land
reth's seed farm, all
varieties of Turnip
Seed. They were
raised this year, so
you know they are
fresh. Now is the
time to plant.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Library Committee to Meet.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, N. c., April 3.-Chairman
Grimsley has called a meeting of TIE
Library Committee of the State Literary
and Historical Society, to be held here
tomorrow during the educational con-
Gerence. Several questions relative to
the establishment of libraries in the pub
lie schools of the State will be discussed.
A letter received from Senator Sim
mons conveys the information that he
will render any assistance in his power
to secure the passage of the bill making
an Appropriation for the improvement and
enlargement of the public building at this
place.
MIR. ]. Van Lndley has returned from
Southern Pines. where he is interested i'll
a large peach orchard. He says this
companl has an orchard of 100 acres in
full bloom now, and that a large yield
is expected. The hundred acres should
yield in the neighborhOod of $4,000 crates
of peaches.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
A BIT OF POLITICAL HISTORY.
Some Incidents About the State Convention in
Greensboro in 1879.

Maj. Henry A. London gives some in
teresting incidents connected with the
last meeting of the Democratic State
Convention which was held in Green's
boro thirty years ago. We quote:
1.-The Democratic State Convention of
1872 was held in May at Greensboro,
when Judge Merrimon was nominated for
Governor We have very distinct re-
collection of the latter convention, hav-
ing been it's secretary. 1t was held in a
tobacco warehouse a few yards north of
the present railroad passenger station,
and it's president was Hon. John Kerr,
who made a 4sost impassioned and ele-
CANT speech. Governor Vance also
made notable speech, short hand re-
port of which was made by Rev. ~ b.
Cobb and published in Maj. Hearne's
paper at Raleigh, which was then con-
sidered quite a journalistic feat.
Nearly all the prominent men at that
convention are now dead. So far as We
can recall, the only nominee of that
convention now living is Maj. John w.
Graham, who was the nominee for State
Treasurer. Very few who attended that
convention will be at the convention next
July. The few survivors of that con-
yention will attend the convention next
July. The few survivors of that con-
yention who may attend the next will
find not only a change in the personnel
of that body, but they will also find a
wonderful change in Greensboro. But of
that later We hope to be there, and
while recalling the past enjoy the pres
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
FIRE AT DURHAM.
The Residence of Mrs. Mary Nangum is PraC.
tically Destroyed.

Especial to News and Observer)
Durham, N. c., April 3.-The residence
of Mrs. Mary Mangum, in West bur
ham, was practically destroyed by fire
this morning about $3.50 o'clock The
flames originated from the stove fluc in
the kitchen. A part of the household
goods was saved. Loss ON the building
and contents will amount to about 81 900
1t was insured for 5000. The residences
of DIR. r. l.. Holloway and j. A. Condor,
which were close by, were damaged to
some extent.
Capt. j. j. Laughlin, Jr., quartermas-
ter of the Third North Carolina Regi-
ment, left here today for Henderson.
From there he will accompany Major w.
Z. Gary, Assistant Quartermaster ten
eral of the State Guard, to Charleston.
They go to make arrangements for the
reception of the provisional regiment.
The Durham Mattress Factory has Just
made nice shipment of mattresses TO
Louisbur~
Two more new street cars were receiv-
ed here thi morning. 1t may be possible
to start the cars to running next week
or the week thereafter.
A silver tea will be given at the home
of Mrs. Thos H. Martin on April 18th,
for the benefit of the Watts Hospital.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Paine'S Celery
Compound
Saves Sleepless. Nervous, De-
spondent and MoroSe Peo-
pie from Insanity,
It is the Only Effective and Honest
Medicine for the Punishment of
Common Spring Ailments.

Medical men of the highest standing,
and host of educated men and women,
competent to judge, declare that Paine s
Celery Compound is the only true and
effective medicine for the Punishment
of the ills that make life miserable in
springtime.
In the spring season tens of thousands
are sleepless, fretful, nervous, despond-
ent, and gloomy. They find it impossible
to obtain restful sleep and soon become
physically exhausted; some are already
mere wrecks of humanity.
Such sufferers cannot with safety trife
with their condition. They need imme
date succor and aid before nature is too
severely overtaXed. The weakened, ex-
hausted and irritated system must be
fortified at once.
Paines Celery Compound is the only
agent that can afford the run down,
nervous, sleepless and Respondent vic
Tins prompt relief and permanent cure.
If you are assured of this fact, dear read
er, do not hesitate a moment; putting
off will certainly aggravate your condi-
tion and lead you nearer the grave. If
you wisely determine to test the health
building powers of Paines Celery Com
pound, do not accept a substitute or vile
limitation. Your special case demands
should get it, Ask your dealer for
PAINE'S, refuse all others. See that the
name is on the bottle and wrapper.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

outcome was resentment and the adop-
tion of measures to keep the negro in
that sphere for which he was created.
The fundamental mistake Mr.. Iittlefield
declares-and he is not the only man in
New England Of that opinion-was in
enfrarchising the negro, placing in his
hands powers ne was unqualified to eXer-
else. More than generation or two is
necessary to ciVilize any people, and,
said Mr.. Littlefield fortunate llebe the
generation that will see true solution
of the problem. But if Mr.. I.ittlefield
admits it was mistake to give the negro
the right of suffrage, he must also con-
cede that the present generation is fair
ly we'll started on the road to the fOrtu
nate goal he mentions, in its adoption of
measures TO take back that which was
given in error When a physician dis
covers that the medicine that he pre-
scribed to create a certain condition has
waited symptoms of another kind threat
enng to spread it's noxicus influence
among healthy persons, he Immediately
ceases the treatment. For what justifi-
cation, in the name Of humanity or any
thing else, has he in injecting healthy
community with disease when he inds
that his remedies have failed to c.ire one
individual who is now even far more ad-
vanced toward a condition of hopeless
ness than he was the day the prescrip-
ticn was first tried?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Trucking that Pays $3.50 Per Acre

Between Goldsboro and Wilmington
there are about LOO acres in straw
berries Other small fruits and vegeta-
bles are grown extensively. Two, and
often three, crops a year are grown on
the same land. Potatoes yield IS bar
rels to the acre, and are> ready for ship
ment early in June; the prices realized
this year were S.. Sc and 81 barrel.
Beets grown through the winter are al
ways sure and profitable crop. Cabbage
also grows through the winter and pays
we'll; as much as 326 barrels to the acre
has been grown here. Asparagus is al
ways profitable. A good average yield
is 1000 bushels to the acre, and 81 per
dozen punches is an average price. This
gives a gross return of about $240 an
acre The cost of cultivating, gathering
and shipping approximates $50 an acre,
which includes $50 for fertilizers. The
net profit per acre is therefore about $3.50.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Spirit of the Press.
THE BALLOT CURE INTELLECTUAL.
Baltimore Sun.

THE BALLOT CURE INTELLECTUAL.
Baltimore Sun.
Before the Congressional Club Of
Washington on Monday night Represen-
tative Charles f.. Iittlefield, of Maine,
spoke to the subject of "a Feature of
the Development of Civilization" He
dwelt particularly on the race phrase,
which confronts not only the people of
the South in the negro, but the country
at large in the aliens in the Philippine
archipelago, which insular group the
speaker termed IAN International vermi-
form appendix" Mr. Littlefeld con-
tended that while other nationalities are
mixed with it, the AngIo-SaAon race
dominates on this continent, and history
proves it always has been ready TO dis
charge its obligation to civilization. In
this country's earliest days the Indian
problem was paramount among race ques-
tions. All the different nationalities COM
posing the colonies tried to make friends
with the red man, only 10 discover final
ly and invariably that perfect subiuga-
ton must precede conquest. This meth
cd was adopted, the Indian being push
ed gradually westward until he encoun-
tered forces Of civilization which were
bending their energies eastward, and the
natural result was the squeezing OF the
aboriginal tribes until today their
strength is reduced below 300, 900 individ~
uals who face determination. IN the
case Of the Indian the civiliZing process
has failed of its intended purpose.
Mr.. Littlefield, whose home in the
pines CT Maine is not so far removed as
to preclude an intelligent study of the
subject, then turned to the negro ques-
ton. He said the erd of the Civil War
found 100000 freed blacks in the posi-
tlcn of peril to the country. The col
onization Of the white race was accom-
plished after years of struggle and asso-
citation with the greatest races of man
kind. Drawing a vivid picture of the
sequences of the anomalous condition,
Mr. Littlefield asked: by what right
does an act of Congress seek to place an
inferior race on an equal footing with
men who have lived through 1000 years
OF Christianity" The people of the
South, who possessed the highest form
of civilization, were asked to recognize
the black as an equal, and the natural
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
KICKS THE OWNER OVER.

The refusal by the sheriff of Chatham
county to permit the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee to take a list of the
white meu who had not paid their poll
tax has been repudiated by the white
voters of Chatham county. While the
sheriff was refusing this information
Republican heelers in Chatham were
helping the negroes who can read and
write to pay their tax. 1t seems that
the sheriff's action has had a contrary
effect from his expectations for this
weeks Chatham Record says:
Sheriff Johnson's attempt to conceal
the names of white men who had not
paid their poll tax has caused more
white men to pay their poll tax than il
he had allowed an inspection of his re-
ceipt books His conduct has created
such indignation that several white men
who might not have registered will now
pay poll tax in order to vote against
him and the party that endorses his ac-
ton
1t is another case of the gun flying
back and kicking the owner over.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Doath at Scotland Neck
Especial to News and Observer3

Especial to News aud ObserVer.)
Scotland Neck, n. c., April 3.--Mrs.
Collin Gray died at her home here .-es-
terday of pneumonia. aged so years. She
leaves husband and four children, two
sons and three daughters. She was a
most excellent woman and her death is
a great loss to the community. The re-
mains were inferred this afternoon at
the old Gray homestead. a few miles in
the country. Rev. M. l.. Kesler, pastor
of the Baptist church here, conducted the
services.
There was little wreck on the road
at Cunningham's Mill, near town one
day last week which delayed the freight
and passenger trains about three hours.
1t was caused by the breaking down of
a wheel to a freight car. There was no
serious loss.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
MISS DOROTHY DIX.

Yesterday was the ona hundredth an
adversary of the birth of Miss Dorothy
y. one of the most notable and useful
Zen who have lived in America.
ST. hospitals for the insane
klished through her instrument
thousands of persons aftiict
seases of the mind have been
kind care and treatment because
she made known the crying need of hos
pitfalls and aroused public sentiment TO
demand their establishment.
The centennial of the birth of Miss Dix
is of deep local interest to Raleigh. The
magnificent property on which the State
honor of the noble woman whose zeal
caused it's erection. She travelled
through the State on stage coaches,
learning the deplorable condition of the
insane, and presented their wretchedness
to the. General Assembly. The PROPOSE
tion failed in the House, but in the per-
son Of Mrs. James G. Dobbin, wife of the
Speaker. Miss Dix had a powerful ally
after the defeat of the bill, Mrs. DGbbin,
inspired doubtless by the influence of
Miss Dix and her own love of humanity,
then on her dying bed, besought her hus-
hand to exert his great influence TO Sc
cure a reconsideration and the passage of
a bin establishing the hospital. With his
wife lying dead. in the city Of Raleigh
Mr.. Dobbin made his appeal to the Leg
islature, and so great was his eloquence
that the measure was reconsdered and
pas sed with unanimity. 1t may well be
doubted if in genuine eloquence North
Carolina has produced the equal of Jas.
C. Dobbin. The late Judge Strong said
ne had never heard any public man who
ccrld approach him as an orator, and he
heard him often at Sampson court.
North Carolina owes lasting debt Of
gratitude to Miss Dix. and the authori-
ties of the Raleigh Hospital keep her
$, memcry green in that institution of
which she was the virtual founder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04


%-Wiley Shook is right Men who
couldn' t>earn but eight dollars week
as field hands" who have been trans
formed into Federal officials with "lu-
crative salaries" ought to turn over
most of their salary to the Republican
committee. That committee knows how
10 spend the money to advantage while
the hands" are apt to spend it in
riotous living, going to Washington, get
ting on sprees and the like. The hands"
ought to thank Pope for his Standard
deliver policy. 1t is a blessing in dis
guise 20 them ard prevents their squan-
dering good money.-Rhamkatte Roas-
ter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Dress Innings.

We offer for this week some specials in
this department:
@6-ineh Percaline. in Black and all the
rev spring shadings.. Zoe
Premier Silk, SO inches wide, in Black
and all colors. This fabric is beautifully
brOcaded and very desirable for separate
Skirts. ........ ............16 2-3c
Coolie Silk, SO inches wide, in Fast
Black, Cream, White, and all desirable
colors-a very desirable lining for thin
fabrics. -.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Rare Bargains in Silk.
49, %%~%%%%%

19-inch All-Silk TaGeta, in a wide
range of the wanted colorings, including
White, Cream and Black. ..39c
20-inch Figured and Fancy Striped Taft
fetas, in a rich variety of desirable col
Orings and designs, the kinds that sold
at S5c and 81, for Observation-Disclosures. 55c
19-inch Corded Striped and Plain Col
ored Wash Silk, in the latest spring
19-inch Corded Wash Silk, in solid
Black only. SOC
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

A serious accident was narrowly es-
capped on the Pittsboro road few days
ago. Just as the train had started from
Moncure rail under the engine was
broken, but the train was stopped so
quickly that no damage was done. If
the train had been moving rapidly it
might have been wrecked, as a piece of
the rail two feet long had been broken
out.-Cbatham Record.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
THE POLL TAX FEATURE.


The poll tax feature of the suffrage
amendment does not require any more
people to pay poll tax than were re-
quired to pay it before. ANY effort to
make the matter appear otherwise is
either the result of ignorance or a de-
liberate design to deceive. What the
poll tax feature does require is that
those subject to poll tax shall pay the
same or they will not be permitted to
vote. 1t should be remembered, also.
that this does not afford the tax payer
the option of cancelling his liability to
poll tax by failing to pay within the
time prescribed to secure his right to
vote. If the tax is not paid on or before
the LIST of May he can't vote at the next
election but he is still liable to the tax,
and must pay it later, after having lost
his vote by reason of failure to pay with
in the prescribed time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
APPRECIATED COMMENTATOR.

Charlie ston, S. c., Mar. 81.
The Hon. Josephus Daniels,
The News and Observer,
Raleigh, N. G..
My Dear Sir: wish to express in
behalf of the Board OF Directors
of the South Carolina Interstate
and West Indian Exposition Com
pany their high appreciation of the
excellent way in which your in
fuentia1 newspaper has presented
the claims of the Exposition at
Charleston to the people of your
State. The story printed in your
Exposition number gave an admir-
able view of the Exposition and its
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

1t having been reported that Rev. NJ.
MEG. Shields, Presbyterian pastor at
Gastonia, had preached an Easter SER
mon, he writes card denying the i'm
parchment, and adding 1.-The sermons at
simple gospel sermons without any
frills, such as may be heard on any Sab
bath day." Do Easter sermons wear
Drills %
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Colored Dress Goods.

No doubt when you see this in print
you will think it is a mistake, but such is
not the case:
42-inch Silk and Wool Wolfe Examines
in six standings, unique in point of beauty,
texture and finish-one of the special fa-
voritcs of Dame Fashion. The original
price should be 81; special price. ..... 10
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Asheville Citizen.

ASheVille Citizen.
Kentucky's highest court has just de-
cided that in case Of total destruction by
fire the full amount of the insurance
policy must be paid. regardless of any
stipulation in the policy contrary to this
rule, and that the actual loss must be
paid where the. property is damaged 20
an extent less than the amount of the
policy. This is not the law in some other
States, but it ought to he.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
1880 Fire at Kittrell.

Especial to the News and Observer
Kittrell, N. c., April 3.-The old Of
fees of the Continental Plant Company
were burned at noon today. The build
ing was vacated when they moved into
their present quarters. the Davis Hotel
property The building was insured. 1t
contained 81 500 worth OF fertilizers and
cotton seed meal, which sustained some
damage
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04
Death of Mrs. a. M. Burton.

Especial to the News and Observer
Reidsville, ~ &C., April 3.-Mrs. A. NJ.
Burton died this afternoon after an ill
ness lasting some time She is sur
vived by her husband and six children.
The burial will be tomorrow
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

Mr.. Clarence w. Murphy, one of the
most popular railroad men in the South,
has resigned his position with the Sun
set line and will make his home in Sal
sbury. He has purchased an interest in
the commission business of Boyden,
brennan & Co. He is a winner in any
line.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

Morganton, April 3.-Miss Grant, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, has leased from it's
owner. Jno. s. Armstrong, of Whining
ton, Glen Alpine Springs, with an option
to buy, and will open it as a mission
school under the auspices of the North
ern Presbyterian Mission Board. 1t is
an ideal location and will be usetul
institution.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

purposes. No enterprise of the sort
ever undertaken in the South has
equal1ed in artistic beauty and
utility the Exposition now in prog
ress at Charleston. The managers
of the Exposition are under deep
obligations to their neighbors in
the Old North State for the spirit
they have shown in cooperating
with them in building this great
show and are especially indebted
to you for the invaluable service
which you have rendered.
Yours very truly,
j. G. HEMPHILL,
Manager Department Promotion
and Publicity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

The announcement is made that the
Chesapeake Western. which is to connect
the coal fields of West Virginia with the
Virginia port of Gloucester Point, has
secured subscriptions to the capital stock
sufficient to make the building of the
read at comparatively early date an
absolute certainty. Senator William A.
Clarke and George Gould have subscrib
ed this week 81, 900 900 each, and $4,000, 900
had already been rased.-Richmond Dis
patch.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

The State Fair is going to be great
success. The presence of three expires
idents at the meeting of the executive
committee shows that the first men in
North Carolina are interested in its sue
cess.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

Mark Hanna is standing by Rathbone.
OF course. He was Hanna's man when
the Senator bought his seat in the Sen
ate. Why should anybody object to
Rathbone's getting his pay out OF the
Cuban revenues any more than Hanna's
getting his big pile out of the treasury
through the ship subsidy?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

1t seems wonderful, if not miraculous,
that a locomotive could knock dog off
the railroad without killing or even
hurting it. And yet that happened near
here last Monday. The fine bird dog,
"Borax," belonging to Mr.. Isaac Lon
don, was knocked off the track high in
the air, near the Turkey creek trestle,
and, after picking himself up, trotted on
home as if nothing had happened
Chatham Record.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

North Carolina has more than doubled
its appropriation for ex-Confederate vet
erans in the. past ten years. In 1892 it's
appropriation for Confederate pensions
was $92,2SO. For 1902 it is 100000. The
last Legislature did better by the old
veterans than any pension hoard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

Spencer Adams prefers the practice of
revenue doodle business to the $4,000
attorneyship in Alaska, though he
hankered for the lifetime judgeship
lie has declined the attorneyship. Con-
CALCULATIONS to Alaska; considerations
to North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

WHEN YOU GO INTO A DRUG STORE
to get a bottle of Painkiller, examine it
carefully to see if it is made by Perry
Davis, and don't be persuaded to utake
something Just as good" because it is
a few cents cheaper. There is only one
Painkller, Perry Davis" Large bot
ties % and soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

Maxton, N. c., April 3.-The elegant
residence of Capt. w. l. Everett, which
was burned here, cost $1,000. The cause
of the fire is unknown. 1t was insured
for only $4,000
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-04

Maxton, April 3.-The Purcell resi-
dence, which was burned yesterday near
here, involved a loss of $1,000. No in
surance.