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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17
Fire Near La Grange
Especial to News and Observer.)

LAGRANGE, n. c., Nov. IA five-roon
house on the farm of J. H. Dawson, occu
pied by Mrs r. T. Walston at Denson's
CROSSROADS, was burned about midnight
The fire is supposed to have originated
from matches ignited by rats. All of the
contents of the house were burned and
some of the family narrowly escaped
Rev. J. S. Dosier, pastor of the NJ. P.
church. of LAGRANGE, starts tomorrow to
attend the annual conference at Winston.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17
Keen Dets Give Work

Especial to News and Observer.)
Durnam. N. c., Nov. 16-Mr. J. B.
Duke, president of the American Tobacco
company, who has been here on short
visit to his father, Mr.. Washington Duke
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17

PECIAL TRAIN TO RICHMOND.
Via
S. A. L. RAILWAY.
Thanksgiving Day, November 26th.


x Account Virginia Carolina football =
X game and debate between Wake For :
x est and Richmond College. Fare for Z
X round trip $3.50 from all points be- !
J. tween Raleigh and Norlina inclusive. !:
). Leave Raleigh. :. :. -. 700 a. m. X
X Arrive Richmond ........ 1870 a. m. j
i Leave Richmond :. ..12:00 midn'gt \
X Arrive Raleigh ........... 4:30 a. m \
x Special coaches will be provided for <
X ladies and their escorts. !.
!. Train will be personally conducted =
X by c. H Gattis, City Passenger and !.
X Ticket Agent, Raleigh, N. c., and \
X the very best equipment that the Sea- x
:. board can provide will be furnished X
x for this train. X
K Pullman sleepers will be arranged X
X for return trip. Will be opened at =
i station in Richmond at 8 H. m and 4
X passengers can remain in same at \
X Raleigh until a. m. ::
:. For further information apply to X
< C. H. GATTIS, C. P. & T. A., !,
x Raleigh, n. c. !.
& z. P. SMITH, T. p. A, !.
= Raleigh, n. c. !.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17

A dose of the
Bitters before
meals will ere
ate a healthy
desire for food
and assist the
stomach in its
work Of diges-
t 10 n. T h e Ii
you'll not suffer.
from
Flatulency,
Sour Stomach.
Sick Headache,
or
Indigestion.
w e u + & e a
trial at once.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17
Death Of Mrs. Peter Hardin,

Especial to News and Observer.)
Graham, n. c., Nov. 16.-Mrs. Peter r.
Harden, of Graham, died at 10 O'Clock this
The burial will take pace here
at p. M, tomorrow
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17

We have several good second hand en-
gines and boilers for sale, ranging from
five to seventy-five horsepower. Quick
delivery.
16-tf. RALEIGH IRON WORKS co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17

C. road who YVES injured in wreck
some time ago, has resumed his uutics
as conductor on the road.-New bern
Journal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17

It up III sound health ana strength.
oI had been great sufferer from indigestion
for the last nine years" writes Mrs. Margaret
Single, Of Owings Mills, Baltimore Co., Md.
III was such wreck it seemed death was near,
but TODAY can say feel like another woman.
have received much and lasting good from Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery aud Favorite
Prescription have taken twenty five bottles in
ALI and followed the advice of DR.. K. V. Pierce
and am happy to say that life is worth living
now. A thousand thanks for your treatment"
Do not be cajoled into trading a SUBJ
stance for a shadow Any substitute
offered as "just as good" as Golden
Medical Discovery" is shadow Of that
medicine There are cures behind every
claim made for the Discovery"
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 large pages, in paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of twenty-one one-cent
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Address Dr. R. " Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17
CURES STOMACH TROUBLES.
HOSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE.

Produces healthy activity of weak and dis
ordered stomachs: perfects digestion, and
improves appetite. A strength builder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17

Demand Blue Ribbon vanilla, best ever
made.
The colored American., 1903-07-18
A WHITE MANS CRIME.
Atlantic City Breezes-Doings in the
Social World-News Notes.

Atlantic City, N. J., Special-A
"hlte man In our city administers a
hen1ous and effective rebuke to the
nysterical whites who have wasted
-ons OF elegant diction denouncing
Negros assaults upon white women,
by white man committing a most hor-
rlDIe assault upon a twelve-year-old
coIored- girl living at 14O New York
avenue. The british white man was
committed to Jail after partly confess
ing his crime by stating on the witness
stand his Willingness to marry the lit
lie girl This statement in the police
court brought forth the condemnation
of both white and colored and he was
'ed Dack to Jail to- await the action of
the grand jury this September coming.
queen Esther Court of Colanthe, No.
Y, will celebrate it's tenth anniversary
at Odd Fellows Hall, North Michigan
avenue, Monday evening, July goth.
Alpha Co, No. 1, V. R. K of P, will
assist in the reception The following
talent has been engaged: Miss Muriel
R1nggold, of Williams & Walker; Mad
anne Ware, of Honolulu Coon Compa-
ny; Miss Charlotte Ringgold, formerly
Of Rice's Speciality Co., assisted by
Miss Helen Canpher; Mr.. James Cros-
by, of Black Patti Troubadore, and the
Ringgold, president; Mrs. Q. G. Nor
ris, secretary, and Mrs M D. David
son, treasurer.
Mr.. Arthur Kennedy passed through
our city enroute to Corning, n. Y, to
deliver an address before the Y. M
C. A.
Mr.. Andrew Stevens, one of Phila-
delphia's foremost caterers and repre-
sentative business men, is spending a
few days in our city.
The representative of The Colored
American wishes to announce in our
next issue will appear full and elabo-
rate detail of the much talked about
bellmen's musical and RECEPTION, and
all desirOus of a. copy will give him
their order at an early date
The representative of The Colored
American being sick this week is cause
of short letter.
The colored American., 1903-07-18
KEITH-LEFTWICH.

A very pretty home wedding was
that of Miss Emma Leftwich to Mr.
j. T. Keith, of Newark, N. J., Wednes-
day evening at the home of the bride,
l416 Tenth street. 1t was a scene of
loveliness, the beautiful decorations,
the pretty toilets and the charming
manner of all assembled when Rev.
Walter H. Brooks performed the cere-
mony uniting the two for life. Mr.. r.
P. Leftwich, a cousin of the bride, gave
her away
The bride wore an elaborately hand
worked gown of crepe de chine, trim
med with silk applique, and carried a
shower boquet of white roses, wearing
a tulle veil.
The bridesmaids were Miss Marie
Morgan, niece of the bride; Misses
Clara and Mary Leftwich, the brides
sisters; and Miss Abbie Webb. The
best man was Mr.. VIM L. Taylor, jr.,
Of Richmond; the ushers. DR.. erich
low and Mr.. Ottaway Hill, a nephew
The reception was kept up unit lten
o'clock, when the bridal party began
their honeymoon by a trip to eNwark,
and other points north The presents.
elegant and abundant, testified to the
high appreciation in which the con-
tracing parties are held by their many
friends and acquaintances.
The colored American., 1903-07-18
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

Rev. VIM. j. L. Hughes pastor of the
Mt. Joy NJ. E. Church, Wilmington.
Del. was married to Miss B. B. Dun
can. of Maryland, at the residence of
Mrs. John Lloyd 1908 Wharton street.
June 18th last. The bride is a popular
and well-known school teacher and for
the past five wears has taught school at
Centerville, Md. She has large circle
OF friends and acquaintances in this
section who extend to her their hearth
est congratulations The bride and
groom will make their home in Will
mington, Del.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

The gifted clairvoyant, the great f4
male wonder, born with the double
(cauD veil, she is of the old ancient
Southern clairvOyants of New Orleans.
She's living Phreno1ogist and Physi-
ogomist. She tells plainly what you are
best adapted for in life by reading your
brain and mind. With a grasp of her
hand she gives you a coil of influence
to enable you to overcome all bad luck.
She has made thousands of homes hap
py Read the fifth chapter, TX verse of
st. Matt. Blessed are the peacemal1ers
for they shall be called the chiE dren of
God" She reunites the separated,
makes peace where there is confusion.
Your husband or wife will never become
angry or your sweetheart forsake you,
but will love you better and marry you
sooner if you will heed this lady's con-
Sultation. Read what several ladies of
your city say "YeS, we believe her Z
GodSend to our city; nv husband and l
had been separated over a year and just
think since | called on this lady, he re-
turned to-day; we are together and hap
py." This young lady says: The one
loved refused to call or write me; l
called on this lady and we are now en-
gagged" You can't afford to miss consult
ing this gifted lady; she is gifted to read
characters. She challenges the world to
excel her advice on love, losses, business,
family and financial troubles. Reunites
the separated, causes speedy marriage
with the one of your choice. No cards
allowed in her place of business; no ones
III wishes filled strictly Christian lady
and depends entirely on her heavenly
gift. If you are painful or ailing, think
YOU have been witchcrafted, go to See
her. She spent eight years in the Jungles
of Africa and has travelled through "a
States doing good wherever she went:
Read St. John, 9th chap, sgd verse: = If
this man is not God he could do moth
ing"
Three parlors SO arranged that you
meet no friends nor strangers; every
thing confidential. Owing to sucn
crowds YOU may call day or night. Per-
manently located. Send money by postal
order or registered letter.
She certainly is the wonderful woman
of the goth century. She has made
many heart happy through her wonder
full power l, for one, as one IN the
The colored American., 1903-07-18

Mrs. Alice Dickerson, the wife of our
well-known fellow townsman, Mr.. ]. J.
D1ckerson, left the city .last Saturday
Tor New Jersey and New York. visiting
friends She will be in Atlantic City
August 1st, where she will join her
husband.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

The Amphions! The Amphions, !!
Th1s evening"! Six o'clock sharp,i
twenty miles down the Potomac, Re
turning to Motley Hall!i Monumental
Orchestral Round trip 25 eentsil
The colored American., 1903-07-18

Prof. Alex. Richardson. of the Land
Ofnce. is now holding the fort alone
his estimable family having gone west
for the summer.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

Lieut. M. A. Fair left last Monday
for New York City and Saratoga to
spend his vacation. He will return
next fall to take up his new duties at
the Normal school
The colored American., 1903-07-18

The Mississippi State Register. the
organ of Col. James Hill, announces
lis suspension on account of his death
The colored American., 1903-07-18
Race GleaningS.

Paul Laurence Dunbar has recently
been lying dangerously Ill at his resi-
dence in Chicago.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

Hon. w. H. Lewis, of Boston. Mass,
made fine impression by his speech
at Louisville. =
The colored American., 1903-07-18

Kansas farmers are calling for 20
900 farm laborers to harvest their
wheat crop.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

1t must not be forgotten thta the Ma
tiOnal Negro Business eLague will
meet at Nashville, Tenn, August 26,
1903.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

Mr.. ThadeuS w. Wheeler, of Dayton
Ohio, talented young colored man,
has been appointed deputy county
clerk for Montgomery County, Ohio.
The colored American., 1903-07-18


midst My heart ached from the cruel
treatment of my husband and the way
he would throw away his time and
money until l consulted this wonderful
lady. 1t will soon be a year Through
her he has become a loving husband:
highly.
A LADY of New Iberia, Ia. !.
Write her at once for all information.
There is no doubt of this lady's pro-
phetic power. She is a living phrenol-
og1St, palniSt and a natural born clair
voyant to which thousands will testify.
She is God send to our country-born
with gift that no one can dictate. Tell
you every incident of your past and
present life and put you on the road 10
success both financially and physically
If you will only heed her instruction.
called on her when the one l love had
gone, L knew not where, and he returned
at once, and to-day | am his dear wife.
A LADY of Fort Gibson, Ind. T.
Madam feel it my duty to do this
for you are all you advertise Just
think, my husband and l had been sep
arated two years; called on you in
September and in a weeks time he rez
turned and married me, and can't praise
~
hearted by family troubles, love affairs
and bad luck, until it seems that life is
blank, call or write to this dear lady;
she will do you good; she will tell you
to trust God and she will do the balance,
and she will.
A LADY of Rossland, B. c.
Dear Sisters and Brothers-Ca1l on
her when you can; she will be pleased to
meet you and will, whenever you wish,
to. She devOtes her entire time to the
welfare Of the people, believing God will
reward her. She will make your very
soul glad TO hear her talk of heaven. for
she writes such soul-searching letters,
tells you how to make home happy.
Please always enclose stamp for answer.
n. B.-Send lock of hair accompanied
by one dollar (SI) and receive full life
reading. Clip this ad
Madam McNairdee- Moore
oo8 n West St, cor. Indiana ave,
indianapolis, Ind
The colored American., 1903-07-18

Race GleaningS.
Paul Laurence Dunbar has recently
been lying dangerously i'll at his resi-
dence in Chicago.
The Mississippi State Register. the
organ of Col. James Hill, announces
iS suspension on account of his death.
Kansas farmers are calling for 20
900 farm laborers to harvest their
wheat crop.
Hon. w. H. Lewis, of Boston. Mass.
made a fine impression by his speech
at Louisville.
1t must not be forgotten thta the Ma
tiOnal Negro Business eLague will
meet at Nashville, Tenn, August 26,
1903.
Mr.. ThadeuS w. Wheeler, of Dayton.
Ohio, talented young colored man,
has been appointed deputy county
clerk for Montgomery County, Ohio.
The Negroes of Columbia, S. c.. are
lutely boycotted the Jim Grow cars in
that city.
Howard University is already in the
field with the prospectus of her Medi-
cal Department for the next scholastic
year
There is very general appreciation
expressed of the untiring efforts made
by DR.. w. H. Steward, of Louisville,
KY, to entertain the Afro-American
Council at its recent meeting.
James Augustus Wilson, a colored
student at the Wesleyan University at
MiddletOwn, Conn, has won the fresh
man honors. He is from Calhoun,
Ala.
Felix Wear, a talented young col
ored musical student, has walked off
with the highest honors at the Chica-
go Musical College. All the other
members of his class were whites.
Senator Hopkins, of Illinois. spoke
out bravely at a meeting in Chicago
on the second instant the supineness
of the white people of the country in
permitting continued outrages upon
our people.
Indian Territor is prolific of success
ful Negroes. One of them, Mr. E. E.
McDaniels, living in the Choctaw Ma
tion is worth $25, 900, and is a railroad
contractor and large employer of
labor.
The authorities at Evansville. Ind,
made hopeful fight for law and order
In the recent disturbances brought on,
II Is said. by one class of beer Several
whlte members of the mob lost their
lVes III resisting the militia.
In the recent disorders at Evans
Nllle, lno., one of the worst results of
the mob's excises was the destruction
or Blacks hotel, which was completely
: wrecked Mr.. Henry Black, the pro
prietor. had made the hotel a mode
one and had invested his all in it. He
is much disheartened and thinks of re-
moving to ST. Louis. Mo. 1t does not
seem that Evansville Ind, is quite a
healthy spot for Negroes just at pres
ent.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

She certainly is the wonderful woman
~ the Goth century. She has made
many heart happy through her wonder
full power l, for one, as one in the
The colored American., 1903-07-18

The Negroes of Columbia, S. c.. are
showing some grit. They have reso-
lutely boycotted the Jim Crow cars in
that city.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

Howard University is already in the
field with the prospectus of her Medi-
cal Department for the next scholastic
year.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

There is very general appreciation
expressed of the untiring efforts made
by DIR. w. H. Steward, of Louisville,
KY, to entertain the Afro-American
Council at its recent meeting.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

James Augustus Wilson, a colored
student at the Wesleyan University at
MiddletOwn, Conn, has won the fresh
man honors. He is from Calhoun,
Ala.
The colored American., 1903-07-18

The authorities at Evansville. Ind,
made hopeful fight for law and order
In the recent disturbances brought on,
II is said. by one class of beer. Several
wh1te members of the mob lost their
lives in resisting the militia.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-20
SCHEDULE OF MAILS
AT ELLSWORTH POST OFFICE.
In effect October 13, 1909.

0oiNe EAbT-i.lo m, Gus m.
GOING wEsr-ll.56 m, 6.S1 and 9.47 m.
NAIL CLOSES AT rosT.oFFIcE.
GofNe EAsT-8.a0 a m. $50 m.
GOING WEsT-1l.20 m, s and Q 15 m.
SUNDAY.
Mail train from the west arrives at 7.1s q m.
Leaves for the west at COS p III. Mall closes for
the west 5.3f IN.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-20
CITY'S VALUATION
INCREASED ABOUT $50, ,OOO-TAX
RATE REDUCED.
ASSESSORS DISCOVER LOTS OF UN
TAXED PROPERTY IN
CREASE IN POLLS.

The assessors of Ellsworth, x-Mayor F.
B. Aiken, Edward K Hopkins and Levi
w. Bennett, have completed the work OF
valuation of property, and the assessment
of the tax OF 1908.
The total tax levy is s44 ,256 81; the tax
rate is .021-twenty one mills on the
dollar, s2 10 per q 900 This is the lowest
tax rate for many years.
The valuation is fixed at s1,9O6 439, an
increase OF S59,2N over the valuation OF
1902, over $4,000 of which is property not
hitherto on the valuation books. The
number of polls is 1,407, an in
crease of "a over the number in 1902,
The valuation is made up as follows:
Resident real estate ,257 ,s35
Nonresident ..1l4,7il
Resident personal ...................... 5l9 9i3
Non resident .l3 $50
Total..... ......... ........... 3. 1906 439
This total, at .021, yields $40. .035 21; 1,4O7
polls at S3 each yield $4,221-a total OF
s44, ,256 21.
This total is based on the following
| items:
City appropriations. pit 90
State tax deficiency in dog tax. 1902. Oo
County tax..................... 236l 46
Overlayings. ,345 81
Total.... ..........."...." .$4t 256 2l
| The corresponding figures for 1902 were
Valuation, q, ,s47, ,16s; tax rate, .O23; num-
Der Of polls, 1873; tax levy, SAG, ,603 Sc.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-20

Judge and Mrs. Wiswell are i'm Boston.
Mrs. Charity G. Royal, who has been
seriously i'll, is improving.
Mrs. l.. B. Wyman, who has been seri-
ously i'll, is to- day very much improved
DR.. Harry w. Osgood went to Boston
Monday night to enter the hospital for
treatment.
Miss Mary F. Robinson, who has spent
the winter in Brockton, Mass, is home
for the summer.
II. w. Cushmap, cashier of the First
national bank, is on business "trip
through Washington county.
G. II. Leland aud E. G. Osgood are in
Portland, delegates from Donaqua lodge,
K. of p, to tie grand lodge.
George p. WOODY ward was in town yes
terday and to-day. He took a degree in
Acadia K. A. chapter last evening.
Evangelist Williams preached an ex-
cellent sermon to large audience in
the Methodist church last Sunday even
ing.
Miss Fannie Hopkins, ho is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. s. d. Wiggin, goes to
Bar Hsrbor the last OF this week for the
summer.
Mrs. Orlando Brooks, OF Hartland, :,
formerly Mrs. Martha Blsisdeil of this
city, is spending few day with relatives
In Ellsworth.
Mrs. G. s. Cook has been seriously Ill
for the past two weeks. She has been at
tended by her daughter, Mrs. Frank E.
Smith, of Gardiner.
Sheriff Whitcomb last Monday seized at
the railroad station at Ellsworth Falls,
one case containing nineteen quart bottles
of whiskey marked ID. T. Bonsey.
The service next Sunday morning at the
Unitarian church will be in commemora-
tion OF the one hundredth anniversary Of
the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Rev. A. l.. Hudson, of Massach chusetts,
was in town last week, getting his sum-
mer cottage at East Surry in readiness.
The family is expected early in June.
The rain OF Tuesday night was well
come, in spite Of the fact that it washed
paint on to the windows of the many
houses that are being newly painted.
Rev. David Kerr and Rev. s. r. Belyea,
OF Iamoine, are at Brooklin attending
| the celebration of the seventy fifth ami
versary OF the Baptist church in that
town.
Next Sunday will be Memorial Sunday.
here will be services In Hancock hail in
| the evening at O'Clock. The sermon will
be preached by Rev. 8. w. Sutton, of the
| Unitarian church.
| Rev. A. NJ. Macdonald, pastor of the
| Congregational church at Bar Harbor
occupied the pulpit Of the Congregational
church here last Sunday In exchange
| with Rev. j. M. Adams.
! A portable saw.mill to be used In cut.
| ting hard wood is being erected near
| Rocky pond, about three miles from
Green Lake station, by Frank Fits, the
| Ellsworth hardwood man.
This evening Judge Emery is to be the
guest at a banquet in his honor, rendered
| by the members of the Alpha chapter OF
the Gamma Eta Gamma, a legal fraternity,
at the Penobscot exchange, Bangor.
The following exercises will take place at
the high school next Friday afternoon
Music by Rena Bonsey, Kathie Hurley and
Ida Higgins; debate by Helene Bellatty
and James Bowden on the affirmative,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-20
Paint Your Buggy for 75c.

to $l.O0 with Devoe's Gloss Carriage Paint. II
weighs to ozs. more to the pint than otherS;
wears longer, and gives gloss equal to new
work. Sold by WIGGIN & MOORE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-20
SEARCH AND SEIZURE.

Horace Bonsey, of Ellsworth Falls,
Fined 800 and Costs.
Sheriff Whitcomb on Monday visited
he store OF Horace Bonsey at Ellsworth
Falls, armed ,with search and seizure
warrant, and took away barrel Of "O'tis"
b er, SO called.
Mr.. Bonsey was arraigned before Judge
Peters Tuesday afternoon. The reading
of the warrant was waived and plea of
not guilty entered.
Mr. Whitcomb testified to the finding
of be beer, which he described as a malt
qnor; he also described the general ap-
pearance of the place.
F l. Mason, for the defense, asked for
the discharge of his client, first on the
ground of fatal defect in the warrant,
in that the location of the shop described
in the complaint differed from the loca-
tion described in the warrant; second, on
the ground that the liquor seized was not
intoxicating within the meaning of the
statute prohibiting the sale Of intoxicat-
ing liquors.
Judge Peters suspended judgment,
pending inquiry into the alleged defect
in the warrant.
On Wednesday the judge ruled that the
defect in the warrant was not serious
enough to vitiate it, and fined Bonsey $1W
and costs.
The case was appealed, and defendant
| furnished bonds
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-20
Old Home Week.

The Portland branch of the Maine Old
Home Week association organized last
Friday, with those officers: President,
Hon. Frederic e. Boothby; secretary,
James E. Dunning; treasurer, George H.
Richardson. 1t was voted to esta blish for
Old Home Week the week OF August TO- Is
with Wednesday, Aug. 12, as the special
day.
This is the week that will generally be
observed throughout Maine as Old Home
Week.