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Warm Gloves for

Mems scotch Wool Gloves, special.
Boys scotch Wool Gloves. big bar
y Mems and Boys Kid Gloves. fleece
lined, fur tops, special value, ooc.
" Mems Lined Kid Gloves. rare 4
Mems Knitted Gloves. in mercer
Mems Walking Kid Gloves, dress
and undress, SLIGO grade; special TOT
N1on's, Pulse Bands. always sell for
ESQ.,. special, 15c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

- GENTLEMAN who watches tor
I November metcors and was re-
4 warded by seeing four Of those
~ spectacular apparitions, all ap-
tSJ pearing 10 move In different d.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
The Time to Buy Furs Has Arrived.

The styles are the very newest the prices are BY all
I'VE St ever quoted on such QUALITIES
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
Leather Goods.

III SOC. Leather Card and Purse COM COM. ,
tined, black only, Dc
soc. Leather Chatelalnes, black * gray
and tan. LOG.
Extra Quality Hand satchels. IN REQ
blue, gray, tan and black. for ooc..
with purse 10 match: some with caro-
J case. IL
childrer's Silver Chatclaine Bags
with chain. 26c.
Ladies' Leather Side Bags, SIPS and
$3.50 quality, black only. III.
q Ladies' Hand Purse. Card Case.
Purse and Vlniagrette combined. spe-
cial. 81.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
DEP0sIrORIEs MUST OBEY ORDER.
Judge Purnell Says They Don't Render Quar-.
t,rly Accounts as Required.

Judge |Purnell yesterday issued an or
der in the form of an Amendment to
Former Rules, calling attention to the
order requiring banking institutions der
ignated as repositories for funds belonging
to estates of bankrupts TO render quar-
terly accounts of all funds deposited to
the credit of Trustees in Bankruptcy, the
Judge of the District or otherwise, be-
longing to bankrupt estates, and paid on
check or draft during the preceding three
months or remaining. deposit
1t is ordered that Banking institutions
failing to comply with this order on or
before September 1st,, 1908, are hereby dis
continued as repositories for funds of es-
tates in bankruptcy. Balances found re-
naming in repositories by the failure OF
Trustees to close estates by including all
funds on deposit in final dividends renders
a compliance with this order important
1t Is stated in the order that the Ma
tional Bank at New Bern has complied
with the former order requiring quarterly
reports.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
Forty-five Warrants Sworn Out.
CBy the Associated Press.)


Newport News, Va, Aug. 15.-Forty-
five warrants were today sworn out before
Judge Brown, on behalf of the City of
Newport News against the Hampton
Roads Railway and Electric Company,
for failure to comply with the company S
contract with the city.
The warrants are the result OF the fail
ure of the company to- pave West Ave
nue., and the charge named in the war
rants is that the company did fail and
refuse to grade, pave and curb the east
side of West Avenue, between Twenty
fifth and Thirty sixth streets according to
plans and specifications adopted and APP
proved by the council within ninety days
after its tracks were laid therein
This action was decided upon after a
lengthy conference between Mayor Moss,
president of the Council Jones, iCty At
torney Massie, City Engineer Pearce, City
Clerk Cooke and Superintendent Parker,
of the Warren Bros Company, which has
the contract for the paving
The warrants have not yet been served
and it is not known upon whom service
will be had President helms, of the
Hampton Roads ompany, is at present
out of the city on his vacation. so some
othe rofficial will have to be found.
The warrants are made returnable on
Thursday August 9th, on which date the
cases will be heard in the police court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
THE MASONIC FAIR
OFFICERS.
Gov. Aycock Prest. Plans Ma
turing Fast. Headquar-
tiers Established.

The Executive Committee in charge of
the Masonic Fair has chosen the following
officers for the Fair: President, Cover
nor Charles B. Aycock First Vice Presi-
dent. r. L. Doughton, of Sparta; Second
Vice-President, State Treasurer B. r..
Lacy; Third Vice-President Gen. B. S.
Royster, of Oxford fourth Vice-President,
Mr.. Walter S. Liddell, of Charlotte; Fifth
Vice-President, Gen Jas. D. Glenn, of
Greensboro; Mr.. John c.. Drewry, treas
urer; Mr. W. w. Wilson, secretary and
Col. Noble F. Martin, manager and di-
rector.
Mr.. Sherwood Higgs, chairman of the
committee on buildings, has been asked to
communicate with various factories re-
garding the cost of putting a ten-foot
canvas around Nash Square, also to Sc
cure large tent capable of holding TO-
600 people and seating capacity of 5000.
Col. Martin says he is greatly encourag-
ed over the prospects for the Fair, and
is rapidly maturing his plans. He has
opened headquarters for the Fair at No
10 West Hargett street
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16

begun firing their guns inside of the cor
poration. They were promptly taken in by
the town police and dealt with by the
mayor. They were fortunate in falling
into the hands Of town authorities who
dealt with them for disorderly conduct,
rather than into the hands of county au-
thorities, who would have bound them
over to court. and in default of bail sent
to Jail. To the trio of policemen Is
due much credit for the disturbance
among the negroes. one of them is re-
ported to have taken a look at the town
and said too, in the presence of his fellow
negro excursonists: This is nothing, go
ahead boys and turn the damn thing
over While this was going on an old
time fight took place at Shaw's Springs
by members of the baseball teams. Jesse
Coley. colored, while assisting special po
lice officer to arrest some mscreants was
set on by two or three visitors and badly
used up. Coley is an industrious, prosper
Gus colored man, and it is regretted he
was the victim of such a mob. Chief of
Police King took three of the excursion
lists on special excursion to Warren
county Jail ON Tuesday to await the action
of the grand jury. The white and colored
people of the town are pretty unanimous
in it's opinion that no more colored ex-
cursions from Portsmouth are wanted
here. Much honor is due to the mayor
and police force for their efficient work
that day."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
JUDGE MONTGOMERY THE ORATOR.
Will Speak at the dwelling Of the Confederate
-.-,tq Monument in Warrenton

Associate Justice W. A. Montgomery of
Raleigh, has been selected as the orator
on the occasion of the unveilIng of the
Confederate Monument at Warrenton en-
the twenty-seventh.
The monument is the handsome one, de-
signed for Warrenton by the Messrs Coop
err, OF the Raleigh Marble Works 1t Is
the design in Carrara marble, which has
been exhibited here and which has been
$50 greatly admired. The occasion will be
a notable one when it is unveiled in War
rentQn.
Judge Montgomery, who has accepted
the invitation, is native of Warren
county, and in the Civil War enlisted as
a private in the old Warren Guards IL
1851, serving through the war with the
same company, known as Company f,
Twelfth North Carolina. When the sur
render came at Appomattox he was lieu
tenant. At the celebration he will meet
with many with whom he served through
the war.
Another event of the unwilling will be
the reading of an original poem suitable
to the occasion. This will be by Mr..
Tasker Polk, a member of the Warren
ton. The Warenton Record, in speaking
of this, says it will be a poem trimming
full of genuine pathos, and will CLINT and
SPARKLE as only gem of the finest and
purest order can"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
A VEX[D QUESTION
Are the Stockholders Liable
Where Bank Charter FIX
empts Them

The question has been asked whether or
not the stockholders of all State banks
are liable to the amount of their stock ut
par. and also to the amount invested III
their shares.
The New Bern defalcation has brought
up the question, and just now it is pc.
culiarly interesting one.
According to the new banking act pass
ed by the last Legislature, this would APP
ply only to those banks organized under
that act, for it reads, in section 10:
THE stockholders of every bank or
gained under this act shall be individually
responsible, equally and ratably and not
one for another for all contracts. debts
and engagements of such corporation, to
the extent of the amount of their stock
therein at the par value thereof, in addl
ton to the amount invested in such shares
But the act of 1897 affects every bank
then operating under the laws of North
Carolina.
Chapter 29S Laws of 1897, section /,
reads: "The stockholders of every bank
or banking association now operating by
virtue of any charter or law of North
Carolina or that may hereafter operate by
virtue of any charter or law of North
Carolina. shall be held individually respon-
sible equally and ratably, and not one
for another for all contracts, debts and
agreements of such association to the OK
tent of the amounts of their stock therein
at the par value thereof in addition to
the amount invested in such share
Judge T. B. Womack, in talking of the
matter yesterday, said he should con-
slider that the stockholders of any State
bank were liable to the extent of double
their share, and Chairman Franklin Nc
NELL, of the Corporation Commission, Was
inclined to the same opinion.
1t is urged by some that the charter
of a bank or other corporation is a
contract with. the State, and that the
State cannot, by a general law cancel
whole lot of separate and distinct con-
tracts The answer to this is that the
bank or corporation has the right TO give
up its charter upon the passage of a
new law, and if it does not give it up,
that is in itself a tacit compliance with
the changed condition of affairs, or an
agreement to the cancelling of the former
contract
Mr. Jas II. Pou said yesterday even.
ing that it was a rather doubtful ques-
ton in his mind, which was the correct
view, according to the law, but he rather
inclined to the view that the contracts
were Cancelled by the law
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
WOODWARD ON MOB LAW,
A Reference to an Opinion Of the Chief Justice
Of North Carolina
Especial to News and observer)

Especial to News and Observer)
Chautaqua, N. Y, Aug 15-Justice
Woodward Of the New York State Su-
premc Court, spoke at the Mob Confer
cnce" tonight. AT one point in his address
he said:
The moment we admit the right of a
mob to administer punishment or to adj
just controversies under an circumstances,
we concede the failure of government by
law; we acknowledge our lack of capacity
tor self-government, and we have started
upon the highway which has led other ma
tons down to melancholy tragedies and to
military usurpation.
There are crimes so revolving that
there can be no human sympathy with
the perpetrators, and it takes a high de-
gree OF civic virtue to resist and condemn
the assertion of the mob spirit of savag-
cry, which is altogether too .thinly gloss
ed over by the ages of civilized society
through which the Anglo Saxon race has
passed into its pilgrimage up to the pres
ent nights. But right here must come
the test of popular government We must
be able to protect every man in his right
to trial by jury; we must be able to
perform the covenants which bind society
together, or our government is failure"
Farther on he refers to a dissenting
opinion of the Chief Justice of North
Carolina in these words:
THAT lynching is not confined to those
crimes which shock our sensiblities to
the extent, at times, of paralyzing our
moral and civic consciences, and that
the tendency to lawlessness is progressive,
is strongly attested in a recent dissent
ing opinion of the Chief Justice Of North
Carolina, who says There is nothing that
is more subserive of good government than
lynching, yet more men have been
executed in this mode in North Carolina
in the last fourteen years than by lawful
process, and some years twice as many,
as appears by the reports of the attorney
general. The last message of the Cover
nor of the State reports eight executed by
lynch law in the last two years, of whom
three only were lynched for rape, and i'll
the same period, only five were executed
by the sheriff for all offenses' During the
same period Of fourteen years. marked by
this lawlessness the same authority tells
us that the number of murders has in
creased two fold, manslaughter four fold
and other crimes about 20 per cent, in
dicating clearly, it would seem, that the
true purpese of punshIuent, the safety
and welfare of society, is not prompted by
this report to mob violence
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
Reported Lynching Denied.
(By the Associated Press. J

Albany, Ga, August H.-Officials here
tonight deny the reported lynching of
King Wightman, a negro, and a white
man named Thompson at Hartsfield yes
tcrday for assaulting Mrs Maths a white
woman.
The two men who were recognized by
Two Matthias as her assailants have been
placed safely in jail at Moultrie, Ga, by
officers after eluding a mob which had
been in pursuit of the negro.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
What Good Did it Do?

1t is recorded of Cornelius Vanderbilt
that before he died he said to a friend:
Il don't see what good it does me-all this
money that you say is mine. l can't eat
it; l can't spend it; in fact, / never saw
it and never had it in my hands for a
moment. l dress no better than my pri-
vate secretary and cannot eat as much as
my coachman. / live in a big servants
boarding house. am bothered to death by
beggars, have dyspepsia, cannot drink
champagne, and most of my money is in
the hands of others who use it mainly for
their own benefit"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
STRENGTH IN FOOD.
A Womans Work Made Easy by Strength
and Health.

A widow writes: when l began to
use Grape Nuts L had so much trouble
with my stomach and was very nervous
and as l make my living by really hard
work | needed all the strength possible
for | have two boys to support.
II began eating Grape-Nuts simply to
try the food but soon noticed that my
trouble was going and my nervousness
Vas much less so l continued to use
Grape Nuts food with the result that L
am now entirely cured Grape-Nuts
always agreed with me and when L work
the hardest it seems to me l enjoy them
and need them the most. They satisfy
me better and seem to do me more good
than meat.
My younger boy who inherits weak
constitution from his father who died of
consumption has been greatly benefited
by GTape-Nuts. He makes his breakfast
OF Grape-Nuts and milk and the result
oil this diet has been that his stomach Is
much stronger and his appetite increased
ana altogether he is like another boy.
Il notice this about Grape Nuts that
when | eat them and 90 away to work
they seem to stay by me and sustain me
better during the day than anything else
eat anne given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek Mich.
Send to the company for particulars by
nail of extension of time on the 81 900 90
cooks contest Tor 735 money prizes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
Removed From West Raleigh.

Deb Hill, the young colored man suf-
fering with smallpox, and the whole Hill
family. were yesterday morning removed
from the house in West Raleigh unde,
the direction of j. j. l.. McCullers and
superintendent w. G.. Allen, of the Coun-
ty Home and placed in ali isolated house
where they will be well attended and
watched by the county authorities.
The house In West Raleigh was thor
oughly fumigated after the family was
removed yesterday morning, and every
precaution was taken to prevent anyone
from coming in contact with, the family
during the removal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
coLoRED EXCURSIONS NOT WANTED
Ths Norfolk Policemen Tanked Up and Gave
Trouble.

The story that the so-called policemen
from Norfolk told of bad treatment at Lit
Teton turns out to have been pipe dream
The true facts of the whole affair that
disguised the people of Littleton is thus
told by the News-Reporter:
"An excursion from Portsmouth and
Berkly, Virginia, came to town last Mon
day. Five coaches, all filled with colored
people, with the bare exception of three
white policemen from Portsmouth and
Berkly. Everything passed off quietly
until about four o'clock p. M. when the
said policemen tanked up with dispensary
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
r Fl f
An Enjoy able Occasion.

A special communication of Raleigh
Lodge No. $50, A. F. and "A. M. was held
at $50 p m. yesterday for the purpose of
comforting the Eutend Apprentice degree
on several out-oftcwn candidates. After
comforting the first section of the degree.
tn lodge was called from labor to refresh
'ment at 7:3O O'Clock, when supper was
served by Dughi, in his most approved
style, after which the work of comforting
the degree was concluded
There was large attendance and the
new officers did themselves credit. This
lodge the youngest in the city, finds IT.
self on the excellence of it's work, and
has already achieved State wide reputa-
ton in this line.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
MADE AN UP-T0-DATE SHOE STORE.
Pool and Allen Remodel Their Store Into "a
Thing Of Beauty"

The work of remodelling and refitting
the store of Pool and Allen has been
completed, the painters have put the fin
ishing touches on the interior and. the
walls have been made attractive by ar
tistic wallpaper. The store has been
turned into an inviting parlor.
The old counters have been removed
and the store has been made into an up
to-date shoe store.
The firm seems highly pleased with the
outlook for the wholesale business. The
merchants who have been supplied by
Pool and Allen are loud in their praise of
the stock furnished and promise their
support in future seasons
The firm anticipates doing a much larg-
er business in the coming season.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
LOT AT AUCTION.

BY virtue of a decree of the Superior
COURT of Wake County, we will sell at
auction at the Court House door, at Raj
cigh. at IL M, on the 1st Monday, 7th day
of September, 1908, one lot, being lot No.
80, the Willard lots, fronting 20 feet on
Boylan street and running back 1877 feet
20 the line of Mrs. Florence Tucker.
Terms: IA cash, balance January list,
1904, with interest
WALTER CLARK,
w. w. ASHE,
S. A. ASHE,
Commissioners
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
Aberdeen and Rockfish Accepts.

Mr.. John Blue, President of the Aber-
deem and Rockfish Railroad, and Senator
u. l.. Spence, counsel, were before the
Corporation yesterday, and excepted to
the assessment of the property of the
road urging that it should not have been
put higher than at the last two assess
ments. The Commission was obliged to
decline to reduce the assessment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
On the Diamond.
Southern Leag ne Gamas.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
At Little Rock X II E
Little Rock 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 o. Z
New Orleans 30 0 o IL 0 0 0 IL IL 1
Batteries: Guese and Lynch; Adams
and Law.
Second game) r II E
Little Rock -. 0 OHIO 81 6 3
New Orleans ...3 90 0 900 0 % 8
Batteries: Doyle, Dolan and Clark;
Brown and Hurley.
At Atlanta RHE
Atlanta II 1 0 Ot2 o 4 *-14 IA 0
Montgomery 80 0 0 0 0 FL 0 0-3 z 6
Batteries: Ely and Lauson; Polchow
and Clarke.
At Memphis H f
Memphis :. % 1 0 0 0 0 9 "A Z 2
Shreveport -. % 2 0 0 O. 90 o. 6 2
Batteries: Hale and Fritz, Swami and
Graffius.
At Nashville H r
Nashville :. 20 2 0 0 o 2 0 SIS II 8
Birmingham 20 0 0 o = o 1 % 10 0
Batteries: Russell and Fisher; Crabill
and Millerick.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
r III T.
National League Games.

(By the Associated Press)
At Boston r III e
Pittsburg :. 30 022 0 0 0s0-5 10 0
Boston :. % 0 1 0 O 0 0 O OIL Z 6
Batteries: Lever and Phelps; Will
liams and Moran.
(Second game) r III f
Boston :. ...... % 1 5 1 l 0 IS 6 5
Pttsburg :. 30 O 0 0 2 0 3 0 0--5 IL 2
Batteries: Pittinger and Dexter; Do
heny and Smith,
At New York RHE
New York 49,. % 0 0 0 3 0 o 0 0-3 8 A
Cincinnati ....1 2 0 / 2 1 0-S IL 8
Batteries: McGinnity and Bowerman:
Hahn and Peitn
At Brooklyn r II E
ST. Louis -. 20 0 0 0 o o O 0 90 z O.
Brooklyn. ..>..0 / o 0 0 / ~ Ia 0
Batteries: Rhoades and O'Neil; Jones
and Ritter.
(Second game) RHE
ST. Louis ;. 30 0 O2 20 o Ia s 2
Brooklyn :. 80 0 12 30 0 0 81 8 1
Batteries: Brown and Ryan; Schmidt
and Jacklitsch.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
American League Games.
CBy the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
At chicago RHE
Chicago :. ...0 0 0 1 0 0 0 OIL 6 2
Philadelphia $50 0 0 l 0-5 II 1
Batteries: Flaherty and Slattery;
Plank and Powers.
AT Detroit RH E
Detroit :. .....1 0 0 90 0 0-3 6
Boston :. .....2 0 90 0 1-6 13 0
Batteries: Peck and Mcclure; Hughes
and Stahl.
At st. Louis r ii e
st. Louis :. 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 OIL 2 3
Washington =. L 0 o 1 8 0 0 0 0-5 II 0
Batteries: Wright and Kakoe; Dunkle
and Kittridge.
At Cleveland H e
Cleveland :. 20 0 % 0 1 o Is II s
New York $3.50 0 3 o l 1 0 0-5 ~
Batteries: Moore and Abbott; Grit
fifth and Beville
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
TO AID G z. C
Resident Alua las will Give Lawn. Party
Tuesday.

The resident Alumnae of Greensboro Fe-
male College are undertaking to raise
funds for the use of that institution For
that purpose the public is cordially invt-
ed to attend lawn party next Tuesday
evening on the Edenton Street Methodist
Sunday School lawn. Delicaces of the
season will be served. Children are invit-
ed at six O'Clock and after
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
A Devoted Wife.

Charles E. Mangum, of New Light, who
was in Jail here till yesterday for block
aiding, has a devoted wife
She arrived ,here yesterday after a
twenty mile walk from her home to see
her husband, and part of this walk was
in the rain. She says that though he is
in trouble she will stick by him. Mangum
was released on bond yesterday and his
wife was very happy over this.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16

Henderson, N. c.. Aug. 15.-Mrs M. l..
Wyatt, wealthy woman of Switzerland,
interested in the mining business, has
been prospecting in this section and is
greatly pleased. She seemed especially
pleased with Mitchell and Vance counties.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16

State Treasurer B. r. Lacy has returned
from Wilmington and the Fort Fisher re-
union celebration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-10

The old Fire and
Time tried Conn
panies represented.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-10
CoLoRED PEOPLE OF STATE
TO MEET IN CONVENTION

The following call has been issued
for a state, convention of the colored
people of Illinois next month";
''The undersigned wishes to am
nounce to the people of the state of
Illinois that. under the auspices Of
the Civil Rights Protective league of
the state of Illinois, state conven-
ton of colored people is hereby called
to convene at Springfield, H., Monday
morning at 9 o'clock, Oct. -, 1903.
The object and purpose of this state
convention will be to devise ways and
means that will best promote the well
fare and protect the interests of the
colored people in the state of Illinois
and the transaction of such other bus
mess that may properly come before
the convention
''All the churches, societies, secret
and benevolent associations and lit
erary Clubs in the state are requested
each one of them to elect two dele
gates to the state convention, and
kindly notify the grand secretary of
the same at 81 Clark street, Chicago,
Ill. JOHN &. JONES. President,
3717 Armour Ave. Chicago.
IL. B. Anderson. grand secretary, 81
Clark street, room 90"