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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-04

To the Editor: During the year 1902
Hickory has enjoyed greater prosperity
than at any time in her past history.
Her population has increased from $500
to nearly 1900 within the past two years.
All her manufacturing industries are in
prosperous condition, and the demand
for her manufactured products is greater
than the supply. The Hickory Furniture
Co., with q capital stock Of $4,000 and the
Martin Furniture Co, with a capital
stock of $50, goo are two Industries recent
ly added, and both are now in success
ful operation table factory is being
organized for operation in the early
spring. Within the past year nine large
brick store houses and office buildings
have been erected at q cost of from two
TO four thousand dollars each. Two 9TH
er large store buildings and modernly
equipped opera house will be among the
additions added in the spring to supply
the place of those destroyed by the recent
fire. During the same time about forty
dwelling houses have been constructed,
ranging in cost from $500 to $4,000 each.
A large foundry ard machine shop, a col
lar factory, and q number of smaller
industries have been added, and add
lions made to several of our manufactuT-
ing plants heretofore established. The
progress made has been substantial and
permanent. and the outlook for 1903 Is
even greater than that Of the year which
has Just closed.
NJ II. YOUNT,
Mayor.
Hickory, ~ c., Jan. I, 1908
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To the Editor: Franklinton has had
70 boom but is on a steady growth. A
little more than $40, 700 has been put in
brick stores and residences this year. The
Citizens Bank that was established about
a year ago is in good condition and has
done n good year work. The Sterling
Cotton Mills has made considerable i'm
rrCyements but they are of such a ma
ture that the amount cannot be given by
the writer.
Our schools are in good and prosperous
condition.
The outlook for 1903 is good and we ex-
pcct larger increase in business.
wishing YOU and your progressive.
Wiae-aWake paper, the paper of North
Carolina abundant success.
Very respectfully
E. w. MORRIS,
Mayor.
Franklirton, N. c., Jan. 1, 1903.
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set our people on their fee" again. There
is now building, Baptist church TO cost
81 $50 or 81 500, which gives our town
four churches. with services twice every
week.
The Faison Male Academy, Of Whining
ton Presbytery, is a new and prosperous
institution of the town, with an enroll
ment of 135 students so far, and with ca
pacity for $50 students. This is high
class educational institution and bids
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Concord.

new corporation organized under the
name of The Pythian Real Co.. has built
a large three-story stone front building
at cost of $21 ,000 This building has
two handsome store rooms to be occu-
pied by the new firm of Dry, Heath, Miller
Co. This new building will furnish
neat home for the New South Club and
a commrdious hall for the Pythians.
The Common Mfg Co. has added sever
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proved and enlarged, permanent street
work steadily growing, the water and
sewerage systems extended and the oil
lights in the suburbs replaced by gas
and electricity.
The steady increase in business here
enabled the board to do all of this and
at the same time lower the tax rate to
one dollar, and Winston's future will en-
able them to keep it there.
Many thousands of dollars have been in
vested in elegant homes and new enter
prises. The laboring classes have found
plenty of work to do at coed wages,
Winston is on a safe and solid foundation
and will commence the New Year with
the brightest prospects in her history.
o. B. EATON,
Mayor.
Winston, ~ c., Jan. 1903.
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Wilmington, n. c., Jan. l, 1908.
MOrgantOn.

To the Editor: Morganton has been
unusually prosperous this year. About
two hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars having been expended in and around
it. A new cotton factory costing $780,,
600. Improvements to Tannery, $50, 900,
and private residence costing from 500,
600 to 800 600 each. The town owning it's
electric light plant and Furnishing the
largest, best and cheapest light for the
money in the State. Fine system telep-
hone ct very moderate cost. We have a
$4,000 rock crusher in operation which
does fine work as the streets and side
walks will bear witness.
Yours very truly,
JOHN TULL,
Mayor.
Morganton, n. c., Jan /, 1903
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construction exceed any recent previous
year and the result is not only an evil
tcnce of prosperity, but adds signally
to the appearance of city long famed
for the comfort and elegance OF its
homes. One residence now in course Of
erection will cost $4,000. New Bern's
future prospects are encouraging.
FRANK T. PATTERSON, Mayor.
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about $15O,OOO. I think 100000 would
be fair estimate of the total of new
One of the largest, if not
the largest, items is in the plant CT the
Railways, Light and Power
which has no superior in the
Southern States The people of Whining
ton are more sanguine, 1 think, than
ever before.
ALFRED MOORE WADDELL.
Mayor.
Wilmington, n c., Jan. / 1903.
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FaisOn.

To the Editor The little town of
Faison has made no great progress this
year. The crops of 1901 were such fail
ure that it has taken this last year ''to
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THE NATIONAL BANK or RALEIGH.

Raleigh, N. c., Dec II, 1902.
The annual meeting of the shareholders
of this bank for the election of directors,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may come before it, will
be held in their banking house at II M,
Tuesday, January 18TH 1908.
T. II. BRIGGS, Cashier.
10-12-4f
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North Carolina in 1902.

Continued from second page.)
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YOungsViile.

Franklirton, N. c., Jan. /, 1903.
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Hickory.

Concord, N. c., Jan. l, 1903.
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TarbOrO,

Sanford, n. c.. Jan. /. 1903.
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Sanford.
NJ. II. YOUNT,
Mnunp

Hickory, N. c., Jan. I, 1908.
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Fer number Of years was troubled with
Dyspepsia and Indigestion. It grew into the
worst form, nothing | used did me any good.
Finally. seeing Kodol advertised tried it and.
after using four bottles was entirely cured.
Kodol does all that is claimed for it. heartily
recommend it to all sufferers from Dyspepsia
and Indigestion.
MRS. CARRIE GRANFlLL, Tray, 1T.
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Wilmington.

Tarbcro, N. c.. Jan. /, 1908.
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FrankIintOn.

Morganton, N. c., Jan. /, 1908.
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New Bern.

Youngsville, n. c., Jan. /, 1868.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
A CANDID EDITOR.

Jackson Letter In the Memphis News.
 On one or two occasions during the present campaign the charge has been made or intimated that certain persons were being influenced to vote and work for candidates by methods that are not considered exactly honorable by right thinking people. and much publicity has been given to the absurdity of news paper and reportorial trust" domiciled at the state capital to further the inter- ests of favored aspirants for public place. In view of the charges. the following naive confession from Editor Walker of the Williamsburg Watchman-J Journal is of passing interest:
 "Ye editor was treated to a very fine cigar this week by Press Watts, can didate for circuit clerk. Press Watts is a nice gentleman, and he should receive the nomination"
 After making this candid admission of how he was influenced, the editor an- nounces himself as a candidate for jus tice of the peace, and whoops up the voters like this:
 Keep in your minds, gentlemen, that we are still running for justice of the peace. We Ire running fast, but just at present we can't tell whether we are running to the office or from it. Help us, ye voters, to run towards it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
Making Iron at Brunswick.

It is reported that furnaces and a great steel plant are to be established at Brunswick, Ga. This would of course necessitate the building of a direct railroad to the Alabama coal fields But even then it would be a new de- parture in the iron trade, for as a rule ore seeks fuel, and not fuel ore, al though sometimes, as at Chicago and other lake ports they meet half way.
 The mills at Brunswick, if built, will be based on the possibility of rich Gu ban ores of the Bessemer sort meet ing at the Georgian port coke from this district. If openhearth steel is to be made, as the papers report, both ores and fuel must be transported from this district, and the margin of profit would be in favor of this district. But no doubt Bessemer ores can be melted and treated at Brunswick to good advant- age. The plant at Sparrow's Point Is located near fuel supply, and the mills of the Mohawk company will be the only mills in the world placed far away from ores, fuel and Aux.
 In carrying Cuban ores and Alabama coke to Brunswick a good deal of freight money will be expended on waste material, but no doubt in most seasons there would De a margin of profit, but in dull seasons 1t will be well-nigh impossible to make at profit forge iron or open-hearth steel at Brunswick, all the materials that go into the stack, except Aux, being drawn from this district.
 This district would, however, be benefited, and there Is no one here who does not wish the Mohawk com psny the amplest success. If it can make iron and steel profltably, the at- tention of the capitalists will be drawn in redoubled volume this way, and the position of this district will be greatly in the iron world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
Cotton Exports Increasinu.

The exports of raw cotton in March of last year were 456, 1865 bales, valued at 20,130,S46; in March of this year they were ,626 bales, worth $36, 001, an increase In value exceeding six teen million dollars in a single month. Not only was more cotton exported, but every bale was worth about $7 more than bale was worth one year ago.
 Up to March 31 in the present fiscal year there had been a gain of twenty eight and a half million dollars in raw cotton values, thus making good the losses in breadstuffs and mineral oils. The exports of cotton are playing an important part this year in maintain ing for this country favorable bal ance of trade The gains In cotton exports are running to large figures just at time when foreign credit is much needed.
 But better still was the dispatch on April 6, from Norfolk, of steamship bound to China laden with cotton goods made in the south" "The day." says the Textile Excelsior, 'ls not far dis tant when this section will witness a complete reversal of shipments, and tc products of our mills will be ship ped to the deep water southern ports via canals and rivers and thence abroad, on sales and orders direct to the mill from foreign buyers instead of the less profitable method of selling through agents and middlemen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
souTH's INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION

From Fibre and Fabric,
 For many years the cotton manufac- turing industry of the Southern States has been dependent upon the north for many things, but progressing conditions are gradually breaking away these ties and every year brings the southern mills nearer their independence. While former ly northern men almost exclusively super intended the mills, as we'll as filled the positions of overseers, the native south erner Is now both superintendent and overseer, and stands almost on an equal footing with the New Englander. Cotton bleacheres and finishing works are also gaining a foothold in some states of the south and may eventually increase to such an extent that at least only small portion of the southern product need be sent north to be bleached, printed. dyed, etc. The Cotton Mill Mutual Fire In- surance company. recently organized at Augusta, Ga, is established for the pur- pose of keeping the southern cotton mill insurance business at home instead of having 1t placed in the nort.. as here tofore, and risks aggregating s2,0oo, 900 have, it is said, been already pledged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Pleassd With Birmingham.

"I have just received a communica- ton from a member of the party of northern manufacturers which visited Birmingham on Monday" said man at the Morris, "and it contains some inter- esting suggestions. Among other things he says.
 ." I noticed an editorial in the Age Herald lamenting the fact that out of 122,02S immigrants landed in New York only 128 came to Alabama. This is jus tihable lament for you certainly have an abundance of good soil for agricultural purposes and great mineral resources. We northerners never before realized what you havel You are entirely too modestl Blow your own horn more and blow 1t where 1t will do the most good.
 Your railroads in advertising in the north devote too much attention to southern resorts" Your mercantile or ganizations should combine with the rail- roads and put a man in New York to meet immigrant steamers. or better still in Germany Holland or Sweden to tell the new homeseekers of your advantages as we have seen them, and the immi- grants will 'do the rest" This plan has been tried with the greatest success by other sections of the country, and why can't Alabama reap some good from 1t?
 Judging from the representatives of your mercantile organizations which it was our pleasure to meet you have many live. progressive men in your community, and if you do not divert sood-sized stream of the tide of immigration Ala bamaward in the coming months and years the responsibility will be on your own people. Modesty is a good thing in it's place, but Birmingham must not be too bashful in business methods or in Incoming itself "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
Profitable Strawberries.

Barlow, Fla, April 11.-L. l., Bryant, of the Socrum neighborhood of this coun- ty. gives some interesting figures relative to the strawberry business in his part of the county this year. He says this is considered an off year with the grow CTS, owing to the heavy rains of the past few weeks, which caused many of the berries to rot in the field. The berries that were shipped were not In such con dition as to reach the northern, eastern and western markets in time to bring fancy prices.
 The product from about sixty acres was shipped from Kathleen, and up to date 10000 quarts have been shipped. the net price realized being 15 cents per quart average.
 The total income from the strawberry crop in that community is in the neigh borhood of S13000 which is considered very good in view of the drawbacks to which reference has been made. The berry growers have been made. The longer in which to ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
So-CaIIed Spiritualism.

''The spiritual medium business comes along periodically and the victims of the so-called spiritualists are very numerous at the present time" said matter-of- fact man. Tt is almost unthinkable that intelligent persons should be deceived by the professional frauds, but many per- sons, practical and conservative in most matters, are taken in by sprtualists.
 'The trial at Berlin of the famous spirit medium, Anna Rothe, on charges of fraud has been chiefly remarkable for the number of witnesses, prominent and highly educated people, who have come forward in her defense to testify that all her claims are genuine and that there is no fraud about her. Among those are Judge Sulzer, president of the Swiss High Court of Appeal and an eminent Euro pean jurist; Professors Fassenbender and Seilin. Frau Seiffert, the wife of a bank director. and several others of equal dis tinction. One of the mediums feats was to cause flowers, presumably from the other world, to drop from the ceiling upon the heads of her patrons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
FOREST HYMN.

By William Cullen Bryant. The groves were Gods first temples. Ere
 man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architrave And spread the roof above them; ere he
 framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, in the darklins
 wood Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt And offered to the Mightiest solemn
 thanks And supplications. Let me then, at least, Here in the shadow of this aged wood. Offer one hymn-thrice happy, if 1t find Acceptance in His ear.
 Father Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns;
 Thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst
 look down Upon the naked earth, and forthwith rose All these fair ranks of trees. They in Thy
 sun Budded and shook their green leaves in
 the breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century
 living crow Whose birth was in their tops, grew old Among their branches. till, at last. they
 stood, As now they stand, massy. and tall. and
 dark, Fit shrine for humble worshiper to hold Communion with his Maker. These dim
 vaults, These winding aisles of human pomp or
 pride, Report not. No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the
 form Of Thy fair works. But Thou art here;
 Thou fill'st The solitude; Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music; Thou art in the cooler breath That. from the inmost darkness of the
 place, Comes, scarcely felt; the barky trunks,
 the ground, The fresh, moist ground, arc all instinct with Thee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
The stage negro is to stay
WILL KEEP TROUSERS CREASED.
Railroad Bureau, for Free Use, to Have
 Employees Neat.

Chicago, April 13.-A bureau of neat ness has been added to the Erie system, and 1t is expected to play an important part in the future appearance and con- duct of conductors and trainmen.
 The plan Is to provide each trainman and conductor with a monthly ticket, by the use of which the employe need not suffer from trousers bagging at the knee. Hereafter the bagginess will give way to neat and deep creases, for the ticket will entltle the holder to have his trousers pressed and cleaned twelve times each month.
 In order that the trousers may not lead in the procession of neatness the train- men and conductors can have their tick cts punched for six cleanings and press ings of other articles of wearing apparel. They will not have to pay a dime to get the dust and mud removed from their shoes but will be given twenty-five free shines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
Eastar In New York.

''Never was Lent so strictly observed in New York as it was this year, and never was so much money spent for the cele- bration of Easter as was spent this year" said New York man.
 'In attempting to make an estimate of the cost of New Yorks observance of Easter here are some of the features to be reckoned with: Womens clothes and hats, mems apparel, children's clothes, Easter presents of candy, eggs and other fancy trifes; Easter presents of flowers decorations of the churches, church col- lections, private gifts of money to indi- viduals. gifts to institutions, Easter en- tertainments for the young, Easter we'd dings.
 ''Relatively as to cost, the Easter bon net leads all the rest with the Easter gown a good second and flowers coming In third.
 Tn computing the money put in cir culation by way of the Easter bonnet 1t is estimated that out of a population of more than 3,00O,O00 there are 5OO,OOO women and girls big and little, who at least make an attempt to appear in some sort of new head covering on Easter Sunday, and that their hats range in price from 50 cents to $50 or more. Milli- ners say that striking an average of 50 comes pretty close to the mark. If that Is true and 100000 hats are multiplied by five one gets the astounding total of $2, 300, GOO to be set down to the Easter account.
 Candy sales In New York the day before Easter amounted to a quarter of a million dollars. Flower sales amounted to $1O0OOOO. Church colec- tions were close on to $l,00o,0oO Put the totals spent on dress, flowers, candy and contributions to the church together and the grand total that this Easter cost New York was between seven and eight million dollars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-15
NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Plaintiff; The United States Govern ment
 -efendants: The Northern Securities company the Northern Pacific Railway company the Great Northern Railway company James J. HILL William P. Clough, D. Willis James, John s. Kenne- dy, J. Pierpont Morgan, Robert Bacon, George F. Baker and Daniel Lamont.
 The Issue: That the consolidation of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railways under the Northern Se- curities companies violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, and that the consolida- ton was in restraint of trade and inter state commerce.
 Railways involved: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Great Northern and the Northern Pacific, with a total of 1S 764 miles of traclS distributed as follows: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. s,4ss; Great Northern, 5,2sS Northern Pacific. 5037.
 Stock involved:
 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. com mon stock, $11O,OO0OOO.
 Great Northern. common stock, s9S, S,00O,- OOO
 Northern Pacific, common stock. s115.- OOOOOO.
 States traversed by the railways af- fected Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota. Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Colo rado, Wyoming, South Dakota Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and North Dakota.
 Decree in favor of the United States was lntered to this effect: Adjudging that the stock of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern companies now held by the securities company was &C., quired by a combination In restraint of trade. Enjoning the Securities company from acquiring further stock. Enjoining 1t from voting such stock. Enjolning the Northern Pacific and Great Northern and its officers from permitting such stock to be voted. Enjoining them from paying dividends to the Securities com pany, and finally permitting the Securi- ties company to return the stock it had acquired in restraint of trade