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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
SALE OF VALUABLE LAND.

By virtue or a decree of the Superior
Court of Wake County, N. c., entered at
the February term, 1903, of said court in
the case of E. b. Barbee and G. b.
Barbee, trustees OF G. B. Afford ct al VS..
George w. B. Utley ct al, l will offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash, at
public cutlery, at the Court House door,
in the city of Raleigh, n. c., on Monday,
the 4th day of May, 1908, at L. o'clock n,
the following described tracts Of land,
situated in Holly Springs township. Wake
county, N. c., and bounded as follows:
First Tract: Known as the old field
tract, described in mortgage to G. b
Afford, dated March 7th, 1892, containing
fifty acres more or less, adjoining the
lands of G. B. Afford, N. G.. Burns ct al,
and known as that tract OF land conveyed
to G. w. B. Utley by J. w. Adams and
wife. beginning at J. c. Hunters corner.
formerly Marshall BENEFITS line, run
ming south 80 poles to Wheeler's line,
thence with said line 96 poles to the
road, thence north SO poles to a stake
PASSWORDS corner, thence with Hunters
line to the beginning.
Second Tract: Situated in said town
ship and known as the house tract, be-
ginning III isaac hunter 3 OIu me- run
ming south 64H poles to a stake, thence
east to the Apex road about 1913 poles,
thence with said road northward about
70 poles to a corner in The Easter Ann
Rogers line, thence west with Mrs
TTaywick's line to the beginning, con-
tanning 46 acres or thereabouts.
Third Tract: Situated In said town
ship, containing one acre, conveyed to
G. w. B. Utley by Mrs. P. K Traywick,
adjoining the Traywick land on the north
end. The said deed from Mrs Trayyick
is hereby referred to for description.
Fourth Tract: Situated in said town
ship and known as the one acre lot con
veyed to Pink Utley By G. 3. Afford, en-
bracing the T. L. Gates old house, where
Jobe Taylor now lives, more fully de-
scrlbed as follows: Beginning al stake
in the north and south line OF G. y. Al
ford's land on the new road, running
west - poles to a stake, thence south il
poles 8 links to a stake thence east u
poles to a stake in the north and south
line Of a 1913 acre tract, belongin to said
Afford, thence with said line north Is
poles and 8 links 10 the beginning, con-
tanning one acre. II being the same lot
that was conveyed by T. /. Gates and
wife to G. B. Afford by deed registered
In the office OF the Register OF Deeds OF
Wake county, in book 81, page 500.
W. r. JONES, Commissioners.
March Is, 1903.
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A MORNING TONIC.
Henry Van Dyke.)

De loyal TO your country on earth and
to your country in heaven. In the provi-
dence of God you and l are Americans.
1t is a glorious privilege. because our
country is destined to be the best and
greatest and most powerful on earth. No
country can outrank us, and in a genera
toni none can rival US. The question Of
moral life has not yet been settled. What
do we seek for destiny of our country?
We want it saved from dangers in her
government; from the perils of her en-
ormous growth: from her congestion of
wealth. from confusion of right and
wrong iii the binding glare of CONNER
clal hurry; from avarice, violence, loss.
ard any inward principle of decay which
has brought great nations TO the abyss of
despair and ruin.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
APPRECIATION OF CHARACTER

The time has not come in North Caro-
character and service as of the highest
value. recent proof of this clinging
to right ideals in day of money wor
ship is found in the fact that the people
of Laurinburg are prepared to build a
monument to a school teacher who left
behind him nothing but the memory of
a pure life and the pouring of all that
was best in him into the lives of the
children he taught. The erection of
monument to Mr. Quakenbush will show
an appreciation of character by that
people that has no parallel in North Car
DINA.
The Laurinhurg Exchange prints sew
eral tributes to Prof Quakenbush. We
make room for one that is model obit-
uary, written by Rev. r. b. John, pre-
siding elder of the Wilmington district
He writes:
Il first looked into his face in 1879
when he came to Laurinburg to arrange
for opening a school. That face indicated
broad mind and nature, He was mod
est: yet at ease, He made no boast,
but we felt he was a man to do well
what he attempted. / was at this time
a college student and didn't see a great
deal OF him till the last half OF the year
1850. From then till now l have never
thought of him except with emotions of
esteem and affection. He is material
for a beautiful story. a story of his boy
hood life around the red hills of Orange,
his great misfortune, the raising up of
friends. his acquiring an education; then
his long years Of noble unsclish service,
his deeds of kindness and charity, the
cleanness and reverence of his speech,
free from cant. his righteousness, his
magnanimity. the love he gave. the love
he won. his short year of married life.
the sudden ending of his home joy how
hravely he bore his loss. and how ten
derby he cherished her memory TO the
end; his necessary loneliness in the midst
OF many friends:-Would some master
hand might give it becoming setting that
his life might continue 10 bless
He enlarged and enriched the life of
your community in volumes that COM
merce know not"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
NOAH REBY NOT A MYTH. tx
A Raleigh Man Testifes to his Existence and
His Extreme Old Bge

To the Editor A few days ago you
made an editorial fling at my old friend,
Noah Raby, of New Jersey, who recently
celebrated his 131st birthday
Now l cannot vouch positively for his
age, as he is some years older than !,
but the evidence l have heard touching
this point shows that he does not OK
aggerate greatly, if at all.
He was born in Eastern North Carolina,
according to his statement, in 1772. His
mother was Martha Raby, his father a
Croatan Indian, Eagle Eye, who lived
among the whites and took his wife's
name after marriage.
In 1907 he was a farm hand working
for a family of the name of Parker in
Nausemond county Virginia. l hear
from reliable parties who have inyesti-
gated that this is a matter of record.
Being madly in love with his employers
daughter, and knowing the hopelessness
of his love he went North in 1909 and
for many years did service in different
parts of New Jersey as a common laborcr
His cyesight failing he became an in
mate of the Piscataway poor house
some fifty years ago, where he has since
remained. The keeper of this institution
who is some fifty years of age, remembers
Noah Raby as an old inmate--a grey
haired old m8n-when he was a boy and
his father was in charge OF the institu-
ton. Other men in that locality, Who
have reached three score and ten remem-
bers Noah Raby as an old man when
they were boys.
When l saw him in 1899 he talked
freely and in a strong, clear voice, of his
past which appears to have been re-
markable only for it's length He is
very fond of talking, especially on re-
ligion. He has never recovered his eye
sight sufficiently to distinguish between
objects, but can see the light, and re-
quires very little attention from TIE
keeper Of the home
He IS. in my opinion, not only tho oldest
living native of our State, but the old
est man in the world. / cannot believe
that he is under 116, and there arc many
who know him, who accept his claim OF
ISL birthdays as true.
j. E. JOHNSTON.
Raleigh, n. c., April %, 1903.-
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North Carolina, Wake County-In su-
perior Court
II. H. Harris. administrator of f. /. u.
Harris vs.. s. C. Vann, w. w. Rob-
bins ct aI-Notice.
The above defendant. w w. Robbins.
will take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
Superior court of Wake county. to fore
close a mortgage upon real estate in
Wake Forest township. Wake county, n.
c., and the above defendant will further
take notice that he is required TO appear
at the next term of tho Superior court
OF said county, to be held on the 18th Mon
day before the 1st Monday in July, 1908,
at~the court house of said county in
Raleigh, N. c., to answer or demur to
tho complaint in said action or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the relief
dmanded in said complaint.
This March 25th 1903
WIN. RUSS. c. S. c.
1v,r cxy
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Spirit of the Press.
BEN ADAMS NAME LED ALL THE
REST"

REST"
Monroe Journal.
Anyone who has ever been about the
town of Laurinburg much will easily re-
call the familiar figure of a fine old man
who by the aid of a crutch and one
leg, frequented the streets of that quiet
little town of the sandy country. This
figure is now no more to be seen having
put out to sea" and we may well guess
that there was mo moaning of the har-
Dor bar" when he embarked And when
a great, or good, or a useful one
goes, the people speak in quiet tones of
him and think that he will not be for
gotten, but the Laurinburg people have
determined that the memory of the one
of whom we speak shall not only rest in
their hearts but shall be fresh before
the eyes of men. They have determined
to build a monument to his memory
How they regarded him, we let Charity
and Children tell. a paper whose editor
knew the subject of which he wrote. He
says:
An incident in connection with the life
Of the late w. G.. Quakenbush, of Laurin-
burg, is so remarkable as to be we'll
worth the telling and remembering AZ
ter giving up his school, to which he had
devoted the strength of his manhood, he
engaged in the insurance business, and
would have made fine success of it,
but some two years ago he was stricken
with paralysis, which so impaired his
speech as to unfit him for his business.
He had accumulated some property which
he had invested in the cotton mills about
town, but which paid no dividends. n
half dozen of his friends, seeing his con-
dition, quietly deposited in the bank
$325.00 to his credit, which made the way
easy for him. A message was sent to
him that when that was exhausted
like amount would be placed at his dis
posal He did not live to use the first
deposit. We recite this incident in his
life. now that he has gone to show the
manner OF man he was. a man must
live a high and unselfish life to grip a
community like this; and it shows also
the value of sincerity and honesty and
charity-three characteristics which
adorn the life of William Graham Qua
Only school teacher, he left no stocks
or bonds; only servant of humanity,
ne bought no lands and he boarded no
gold; only builder of character, his
soul fattened not itself in contemplation
of houses and barns; setting Alright the
chords of the human heart in the young
and gentle years, attuning them to the
touch of honor, sincerity, charity, patriot
ism, valor, and all good works, no gross
er work had charms for him, and so he
died upon the hand OF charity, but, praise
Goa, twas not a repulsive charity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23

There are fewer divorces among the
Southern white people than among any
other people in this country In tho
Southern cities, the number of divorces
are: Birmingham, 1856; Montgomery, 2G5
Mobile, 241 Atlanta, 49, Memphis, AS
indianapolis has the largest number
in proportion to population of any city
in the union, even surprising Chicago,
supposed generally to be moro wicked
than other. cities.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
GIRLS Or CIGARETTES.

The school teachers are after the cigar
cite smokers. Prof Pennypacker, prin-
eipal Of York High School, with the
hope of breaking up the cigarette habit
has posted the following sign:
"A cigarette smoker is not fit to enjoy
the company of a young woman. Here
after, any boy student found smoking will
not be permitted to associate with the
young women OF this school,"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
BLOW TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
Roxboro Courier.

Another blow to the tobacco industry.
The press dispatches of last Friday an
nounced that the American Tobacco Com
pany had absorbed the IT. G. Williams
Tobacco Company, of Richmond, Va, the
largest independent tobacco concern ln
this country. The price paid was four
million dollars. Thus another buyer is
taken off the market and competition al
most wiped out entirely On the RoX-
boro market the buyer representing the
T. c. Williams concern was one of the
largest buyers, standing close to the
American Tobacco Company. Our farm
mers had better follow the example OF
Jay Bird Roost and go into the hog and
hcminy business and not be dependent
upon any trust. May not be able to wear
as many new clothes and sport such fine
new buggies but the sheriff will not tack
up a notice OF a foreclosure for a guano
debt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23

For the first time in many years Bloom
ington. Ills, elected a Democratic mayor.
Your uncle Adlai didn't let that little
burning stop good electioneering. II he
town is all right.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23

The Pennsylvania editors ought to unite
and demand the passage of the North
Carolina libel law. 1t is the best law in
any State in the United States and shows
that the press is respected in this Com
monwealth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
State of North Carolina,

State of North Carolina,
Insurance Department
Raleigh April s, 1903
I, James r. Young, Insurance Commits
sioner, do hereby tertify that the above
is a true and correct abstract of the
statement Of the Fire Association Of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, filed with
this Department, showing the condition
of said Company on the 3lst day of De-
cember, 1902.
Witness my hand and official seal, the
day and date above written.
JAMES Il. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
WHERE THE DIVORCED LIVE.

We published a few days ago a state
ment from the Chicago Record Herald
showing that in this country there now
reside 81 ,53S divorced people. The num-
Der in the chief cities is as follows:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23

Mr.. Cleveland's speech on the negro
question and Mr.. Hanna's speech to the
iron workers are both significant of the
face that each is a willing Barkis.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
ELECTRIC RAILROADS.
Their Convenience and Comfort are Fast In
creasing in Use by tho People.

(By Hon. Walter Clark, in A. and NJ.
College Magazine.)
The yearly number of passengers on
steam railroads in this country has fallen
OF 1900, 000 in seven years. More pas
sengers by hundreds of millions are
travelling than ever before; but the
steam railroads are not carrying them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
THE LABOR UNION RESPONSIBLE.

THE LABOR UNION RESPONSIBLE.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A Vermont jury has just rendered a
verdict against labor union for $3.50
in favor of a manufacturing company,
which claimed damages for the intimida-
ton of non-union men and for preventing
them from filling the positions vacated
by strikers. The plaintiff alleged that it
was obliged to maintain boarding house
for the non-union employees and to pro-
tect them by hiring private police. The
strike was primarily for the recognition
of the union, and the suit IL question.
which lasted two weeks, attracted much
attention. The issue was practically like
that involved in the Taft Vale Railroad
case in England, in which the liability
of British labor unions for financial losses
occasioned by strikers was for the first
time determined by the courts. An at
tempt will b made in the Vermont case
to attach the funds in the union treas
ury, as well as to enforce collection upon
the property of the individual members
OF the union. II this movement be sus-
tanned by the courts an important prece-
dent will be established in this country.
The case will doubtless be appealed to a
higher court. In the Taft Vale Railroad
case the judgment against the labor
union was paid.
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Total Liabilities .......$ 6,1
OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN 1902
Fire Risks written. $2.7S1, 5000: Pre-
miums received. $33, 1868.
Losses incurred-Fire, $l8,73915; Paid,
$14, 1851 Is.
President, f. C. Irwin.
Secretary, NJ. G. Ganigus.
Home office, 407-4O9 Walnut street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
General Agent for service b. Grimes
Cowper. Raleigh, n. C.
Business Manager for North Carolina,
w. E. Chaplin, Atlanta. Ga
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
Billings. Montana, April q.

TO question the sincerity Of his magma
ton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
Among the Railroads.

Tom Doyles interview announcing that
Mr.. Flagler had sold the Florida East
Coast road and hotels to the Southern,
Jared the boys from Jacksonville to
Miami. Many were the predictions that
he would lose out on account of the in
tcrvicw, but the joke in it is that no one
knew but the story might turn out
to be true And it would we awkward to
let a man out and then soon afterward
find that he was right-though perhaps
previous.
Mr. Flagler was not distressed at all by
the story. One of his old friends was with
him one day when the papers were pub
fishing accounts of the sale.
Il see the papers have sold Us out, -
Mr.. Flagler remarked with a smile.
81 have read the article and was Won
dering what foundation there was for it, :"
the gentleman answered.
None at ALL Mr. Flagler stated. Il
have not even had an offer for the prop
erty."
The inference from the subsequent con
versation was that if Mr.. Morgan or
anyone else should make an attractive
offer, Mr.. FIagler would certainly con
slider it,
A later report is that Mr. Morgan Of
fered $50, 900 600 for the East Coast road
and the hotels, and that Mr.. Flagler asked
S22, GOO ,000.
The Florida East Coast road is said to
have made twenty eight per cent net last
year. The hotel properties, I am inform
ed, paid five per cent.-The Common Car
ripr
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President Spencor's Investment Of $120,-
600 in Washington residence does not
look very much as if he contemplated re-
signing to become chairman of the South
ern's board.
1t rather throws cold water, too, on the
recurring rumors that the Southerns gen
eral offices are to be brought back to At
lanta.-The Common Carrier.
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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-03-04
ADOPTS STANDARD OIL TACTICS
Amalgamated Copper Wells all its Bust.
ness in Dense Secrecy.

John Stanton, president of the
Copper Producers association, made
the announcement that hereafter
there would be no more copper sta
tistics issued by the organization.
The suspension of statistics of pro-
duction, rs is generally known, is
due to the withdrawal of the copper
mining companies that sell their
output through the United Metals
Selling company, from the Copper
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-03-04
BIG TIMBER
LAND DEAL ON.
No Truth in Published Re-
ports Of Frauds in This
District.

v. Il. Mead returned yesterday
from Michigan, where he had beer
for three weeks, negotiating the sale
of a large tract of timber land to q
syndicate Of lumbermen. These
gentlemen will come out and inspect
the land IN SOC AZ the snow disap-
pears, when they can travel through
the country with mor ease than now.
This land IL all decided, the
United States government having
issued patents.
In speaking of the sensational re-
port Of alleged frauds having been
perpetrated here by timber cruisers
and land locators, which wa pub
lished In the Baker City Democrat
Sunday, under II Sumpter date line,
Mr.. Mead says no has never heard Of
anything Of the kind having been
done In this land district, and feels
sure that there IL no truth In the re-
port. lie thinks, as does every hon
est man, that IL newspaper when Civ
ing publicity to such statements
should give the facts; especially
mentioning the name of the crusier
who has been guilty of the dishonest
acts, instead of II lot of noisy. indcfi-
mite, exaggerated genenlitics, thus
casting suspicion on honest, cOnsci-
entious mon engaged in the business.
ll. that H.. l-. ~ ...l
of fraudulent locations, that IL
showing tenderfcet good timber land
and giving them the description of u
worthless quarter section on which tn
tllc-bcing prncticcd Ovcr on the
coast and To II less degree In Idaho;
but he knows of no such instance In
locality or land district. While
west he met IA gentleman on
the train who had been buncoed by
nm Idaho cruiser.
There il no citizen In Sumpter
who stands higher, 80 far as personal
integrity IL concerned, than Mr..
Mead: nor IL anyone In eastern Ore
gon better posted on timber lands
than he. All of his time Is devoted
tn the business of keeping himself
and he doubtless locates more
applicants on claims than any other
half dozen cruisers In the district,
he having earned the reputation of
being thoroughly reliable, both as to
integrity and Judgment.
There Is u still IA great deal of
timber land open for entry in this
district, Notwithstanding large areas
were some months since withdrawn
10y the forest reserve order. As was
published in these columns last
week, the officials of the La Grande
land office announced that ON April
10, two townships will he offered.
They are in the C%ornucopia dis
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-03-04

Producers association. They ser
in their designations the second wee
of last month, and they will probs
bly, be accepted at the next meetinj
of the association.
"In view of the fact that tn
United Metals Selling company, a
selling agent, represents such a larg
percentage Of the copper produced IL
this country" said Mr.. Stanton, 81
would be useless to put out the sta
tistics available. l cannot tall
about the future Of the Copper Pro
ducers' association"
In certain quarters 1t was said tha'
there would DO no formal dissolu
ton Of the association, but 1t would
be continued more as a social than
business organization.
The Amalgamated Copper com.
pany, which, being the largest pat.
o Of the United Metals Selling
company, Is pursuing Standard Oil
tactics in withdrawing from the Cop
per Producers association and its re.
fusal to submit its statistics Of pro.
duction to the public.
Very little Is known concerning
the workings Of the Amalgamated
Copper company, and less will be
known hereafter. Its sales and
stocks IN hand will be closely guard
cd. The New York Stock exchange
demand a comprehensive statement
from the corporations making applica-
to list their securities, but,
to say, when the Amalga-
mtcd Copper company applied for
IL was left off with "a state
mcnt bare of facts and figures.
In fact, the public wa already ac-
Iuainted with the contents of the
Amalgamated Copper company's
to the Stock Exchange, the
most important statement therein
being the capital stock of the respec-
i've subsidiary concerns. No expla-
was ever given IA to why the
Amalgamated Copper company was
allowed to list its stock on informa-
ion so meagre and meaningless.
The monthly statistics have been
ooked forward to with great interest
~ the metal trades in general, and
naturally the action of the copper
companies that sell their copper
through the United Metals Selling
ompany, which represent something
ike 10 per cent Of the total output
Il copper of the United States, has
considerable unfavorable
Comment.
II is said that the designations of
he companies were due to the fact
hat there yer not sufficient re-
'iprocal arrangements with the for
ign companies In the matter of
furnishing accurate statistics such
~ are published by the Copper Pro
lucers' nssociat ion.
There is II copper association in
london, but the figures published
~ IL are meagrc. The Copper Pro
Association has been in on
for many years. its original
purpose being tn promote harmonious
citations between the various pro-
ulcers of the country. Exchange,