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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-08
PAWN BROKERS'.

Pawn brokers and loan Office. We
loan on jewelry. diamonds. watches.
chattels. household goods. etc. P.
Bickford, 33S Main avenue Goods
stored. 1880.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-08
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
HELP WANTED-MALE.

Bright boy as messenger; perma.
nent employment. Apply to manager
w. u. Telegraph company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-08
LOAN OFFICES,
DANCING CLASS.

Owl Loan Office loans money on all
kinds Of jewelry. 126 Howard. 2S7-s
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-08
ELECTROLYSIS.

Complexion makes or ruins you.
Wrinkles, moles. pimples. superfuous
hair. all facial blemishes permanent
ly. Thin or faded hair corrected.
New York Electro Therapeutic Co.,
402 Mohawk block. Telephone Main
204O. Lady operators in attendance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-08
The Markets.

As reported by the Coe Commission
COmnanN:
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HOTELS.
HOTEL CADILLAC

HOTEL CADILLAC.
An up-to-date European plan ho-
tel. Centrally located. 410 Riverside
ave. Free bus to all trains. 1868
Hotel Albert - Absolutely new.
handsomely furnished European no.
tel. Rooms, 81 and upward. Billiard
room and bar. 237 Riverside avenue
GARDNER HOTEL.
Large, sunny front room for rent;
steam heated. 21S Riverside. 25-3
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CHRISTMAS oRocER1Es.

Christmas candies from the
S.-P. Co.'S candy kitchen on
sale Wednesday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-08

AT CITY STABLES-All kinds Of
lumber; tamarack and fir slabs, So
per cord. Phone Main 1903. 5-'3
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-08
THE WASHINGTON HOME co.
STEINER DRUG co

0606 North Monroe.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
a SPLENDID OPENING.
Mr.. J. T. Coats Offers Two Sites for a
Cotton Mill.

On the line of the new Angler railroad
the cape Fear and Northern-a new
town has sprung up. 1t is on the farm
OF Elder J. T. Coats and is named Goats
II his honor. It Is nine miles from Dunn.
eight miles from Angler, ten miles from
L~llllngton, and ten miles from Benson. II
is in a healthy section OF one OF .ha
the best cotton growing districts of the
South.
Il am anxious to see some enterprising
men establish . cotton mill at Coats said
Mr.. Coats, who was in Raleigh a few
days ago. There is no better place. La
Dor OF the best class can easily De secur-
ed, the finest cotton is grown in thar
section, and the people will give glad
welcome to men Of capital and enterprise.
| VIII give free OF cost a deed for foul
acres OF land upon which a cotton mill
can be erected, and VIII &c glad 10 hear
from any person Interested
This is a splendid opening for the cree
ton Of a cotton mill.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
FACTS F0R FARMERS
Gel. john. s. Cunningham Speaks of the
Conditions Gin the Farms at
Present.

Col. John S. Cunningham, Of Person, was
III the city yesterday. In talking with q
News and Observer reporter he said:
Our farmers, have seeded moro wheat
than usual this fall and prepared their
land better and used better seed. They
are more determined than ever TO grow
their supplies ct home. Tobacco is sell
Ing better, and after Christmas the indi-
cations are that tobacco will sell higher,
especially the medium grades.
The 1903 crop VIII be much lighter
in weight than the crop of 1902, with an
increased cotton crop for next year, III
South Carolina and in North Carolina
and with a scarcity OF labor l look for a
reduced acreage IN what is known as the
bright tobacco belt next season.
what is the political o~utlook?" was
asked him, and he replied:
We'll, our people are moi talking poll
ties but little at this time, but ere giving
more attention to economic questions
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01

A LACK OF CARS
On the Streets Prices Are 1925 a
Cord While the Dealers in Wood
Ask S4.OO---CoaI is Plen-
iifuI atFr0m $3.50 to
SO a Ton.

The weather Is cold and the question
of fires in the house and fires in the
kitchen stoves is a burning one.
Wood IS used IN Raleigh as well as
coal, and a great deal Of wood IS used.
How much no one can tell, for it comes
into Raleigh over all the railroads and
by every country road hat leads into
the city.
But this year it has not been coming
in as briskly as it is needed, and the
price Of that which has come is taking
unto itself wings and is soaring, and
soaring high.
The wood supply in Raleigh is very
short. There is not half enough III the
city to supply the needs each day" said
MI. A. NJ. Powell. OF the firm OF Jones
& Powell. coal and wood dealers, yester-
Continuing he said that very little
wood was being brought IN by the rail
roads and that there was none on hama
in the different wood yards for sale, that
which came in each day being the only
wood to be had.
This scarcity of wood has sent the price
up. In the summer and fall WOOD could
be bought for $1.75 TO $500 a cord. Now
the farmers who sell it from their wagons
ask 1925 q cord for eight foot wood,
while the wood dealers charge $500 a
cord for wood that is cut and ready for
use. \ month ago 1t was sold at SO 90
q cord.
The wood supply Of Raleigh is obtained
from a territory extending IN different
directions about seventy mics from the
city. The wood close to the railroads
and the country roads has been nearly
all cut, and even when it is hauled to the
railroads it is hard to get railroad cars
IN which to bring it to Raleigh.
There is an abundant supply of coal
IN the city this year and the price is
getting down to the figures Of year before
last, being only about so cents higher
on the ton. In the coal famine of last
year coal went up to SIS a ton for hard
coal, and even at this price it was hard
to get a supply here, because OF the
strike in the coal fields.
Hard coal is being sold here at $500 a
Goal is cheap and PLENTIFUL said a coal
dealer here yesterday, and no one need
fear that there VIII not be enough of it
for all the mills, the institutions and the
homes in Raleigh.
But wood is neither cheap nor plenti
full. 1t is hlGh and scarce, and the out
look is hat unless there is an unexpected
change in tho situation it is going to be
higher and scarcer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01

been done take the $751;. 600, 900 issue OF
So nor cent. Consolidated Tobacco
bond. based only on the dividends OF com
~, stock ike the @o-called income bonds
that figure in dubious railroad nnahc'.
The interest on these must come after
eiehr Der cent. dividends have been Ia,d
on S14Oo0.O 600 OF American Tob1cco Pr
ferred shares and seven Per cat. clN]-
bends on $4,000 COO OF Contino ltaL Io-
bacco preferred. besides millions & de-
bentures and other unknown expenditures
PleInlv the sustaining o. this enormous
inverted pyramid OF securities must re
quire the taking OF stupendous sums our
OF the business.
That it has been done thus tar Is &C.
cause beth the leaf tobacco industry anu
the millions Of users ot>lgars, clsafette@
Drepared tobacco and snud have been
rrthle,.lv forced. through the usuei
methods of monopoly, 70 contribute.
Whether il can be lone much longer Is a
question OF more immediate concern -
the security holders. The Tobacco Trust
i trying 10 duplicate the success OF the
standard Oil Company. but With Tar lsSS
90. rs aid with TAR less executive anu
financial ability IN its management. -
leading organizer i also tied UP IN the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company.
commonly known as the Fertilizer Trust,
i concern which last sunme passed its
common dividend and had 20 ply sixteen
per cent. interest on a SIX mllllon dollar
lean from a banking syndicate. This CT
tainiy does not look az il the leaders in
the Tobacco Trust We're in easy clrcum
In fact, II suggests that there
may be in the Tobacco Tru 5onethlns
very iike the Cordage Trust Of palnt5i
memory. If It were not for the posi-
bilitv, if not probability, OF ! coming
collapse of an ambition that seems to be
overwhelming itself. there would perhaps
be more eager searching for some form
of legal action that would be more sue
cessful than the St. Paul suit IN CHECKING
the heavy oppression of planter, ware
houseman and alike.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
ATLANTIC RAILWAY
Road From GoIdsboro to
Raleigh Chartered.
Total Capital Stock is S25o,000--
Work May Begin With $4,000
--Other Charters.

A charter was granted yesterday after
noon in the Secretary of States office to
the Atlantic Railway Company, to oper-
ate between Raleigh and Goldsboro, about
fifty miles. The total authorized capital
stock Is $3.50, 000 and the company is per-
mitted to operations with $780,
coo. one thousand dollars a mile. The di-
rectors named IN the charter are T. y.
Green, of New Bern; Levitt Hines, OF
kinston; Nathan OBerry and G.. a. Nor
wood, Jr., of Goldsboro; John A. Mills and
w. w. Mills, of Raleigh.
The stockholders are W. r. HolloWell,
G. y. Norwood, Jr, II. G. Smith, G.. c.
kornegay, Walter H. Barnes, J. H. Hill,
Jr, Joseph Isaacs, a. A. Joseph, r. e.
Pipkin, l.. S. Smith, w. A. Denmark, j..
NJ. Grantham, Thomas ~fIdmundSon, J. W.
Lamb, w. ]. Jones, B. H. Griffin, w. X.
Parker, A. w. Falkner, John r. Smith,
l. f. Dortch, Z. a. Stevens, j.. A. Wash
ington, w. G. Britt, j. L. Barham, Jr.,
NJ. T. Dickinson, n. O'Berry, w. t.
Dortch, Il. L. Finlayson, Of Goldsboro;
7. A. Green, of New Bern; J. T. Taylor,
Levitt Hines, w. T.. Hines, of Kinston;
John 4. Mills, T. B. Womack, and W
w. Mills, Of Raleigh.
olItI CIIdL ISIS SidlIbSQ yesterday "tIG.
The CapitoIa Manufacturing Co., OF
Marshall, Madison county, with total au-
thorIzed capital stock Of $500, 900 to man
u~facture cotton and wool and textile pro
ducts of all kinds. The mpa is to be
gin business when $40, 600 is subscribed.
The incorporators are: j. X. Swami, j. j.
Redmon, T. Shelton, G. w. Co2e, Jesse
Fisher, of Marshall; Audy Franklin,
Shad Franklin, of Big Laurel; Frank
Roberts, of Marshall; n. H. Rice, Of Sex
ton; G.. b. Nashburn, of Marshall; W. ].
McLendOn, Jr., of Wadesboro; Tonic Ball,
j. f. Rector, of Marshall; Jack Shelton,
Of White Rock; j. w. Bailey, OF Ashe-
vile; II. 3. Barnes, of Marshall; Z. 7.
Ware, Little Pine Creek; John A. Hen
bricks, H. \. White, Henry Morley, Van
3. Davis, J. 7. Gambler, of Marshall; NJ,
Bruce, of lakewood; r. NJ. G~ahagan, OF
Allanstand; G. c. Bruce, of Marshall; a.
J. Roberts. OF Little Pine Creek; T. B.
Davis, Spring Creek; w. ]. Wilson, OF
Marshall; A. ID. Randall, Of Marshall;
Southern Lime and Cement Company,
Chester, S. G.; J.. H, White, Of Marshall;
NJ. G. Hudgen, Of Marshall; +. L. Bah.
j G.. Ramsey. of Marshall; James II. Rob
erts. OF Little Pine Creek; j. T. TilSon,
Of Grapevine; 7. L. Brown, Of Coal Greek;
j d. Carter, OF lakewood; N. K. Brigham,
Of Allanstand; S. Brigham, of Allanstad
S. J. King, Of Calabazco; j. w. Ramsay;
OF Marshall; Geo. a. Litford, of Chi
cago, Ills; and w. ]. Byerly, Of Louis
burg.
The Standard Hardware Company, Of
Gastonia, with total authorized capital
stock of $4,000, of which SO, 900 is sub
scribed by c.. Z. Adams, j. II. Adams, f.
n. Lineberger, of Gastonia; Luke Sea
we'll, J. H. Wellington, of Charlotte.
An amendment to the charter Of the
Smithfield Cotton Mill was filed, author
izing an issue of preferred stock to the
amount Of $40, 600.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
CAROLINA BOYS PROMOTION.
Mr.. Garland Jones OF This City Chief
Chemist Armour and Co.

1t gives US pleasure to note the prog
ress made by North Carolina boys IN their
fields OF labor in distant States.
a letter received by his parents from
Mr.. Garland Jones, of this city, who has
for two years held a responsible position
in the Chemical Department of Armour
& Company in Chicago, gives the crafty
ing information that he had been pro
NOTED to the position of chief chemist
and had been sent to Fort Worth Texas,
to tax charge OF that department IN that
city.
This is the second promotion Mr.. Jones
has had during the past year. We are
sure his many friends in the state are
pleased to know that Mr.. Jones' service
have received such merited recognition.
It Is a high compliment to be given such
a responsible position and to be assigned
to this very important work in the far
West, and his friends here wish for him
continued success in his new field Of labor.
Nj. Jones was assured by his chief IN
Chicago that be was at perfect liberty to
return to that city at any time, should
he prefer it TO Fort Worth. with the prom
Use Of always finding a good position
ready for him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
DISASTROUS

Carelessness is responsible for manv 4
railway wreck and the same causes are
making human wrecks Of sufferers from
Throat and Lung troubles. But since the
advent Of d.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. even the
worst cases can be cured, and homeless
resignation IS no longer necessary. Mrs
Lois Cragg of Dorchester, Mass. IS one
OF many whose life was saved bv Dr.
Kings New Discovery. This great remedy
IS guaranteed for all Throat and Lung dis
eases by oil druggists. Price soc and
S1.OO. Trial bottles free.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
HIS BARN BURNED.
A. & NJ. BOYS Do Gallant Work at Mr..
Richard GiersChs.

Fire did Is work yesterday morning
with the harm of .lr. f. +. Giersch. on
Park Avenue. Flames spread e the
house. but these we're e~xtnguisHed- The
place IS Just cut OF the city limits.
slr. Ciersch saw the fire from ms back
door and called for assistance and neigh
bors came to help. 4 telephone message
to the A. and NJ. College met a quick re
sronse. ard out came the whole battalion
with the Commandant. Capt. Phelps, who,
with the college chemical engine, blankets
and tubs Of water. managed to save the
house, but the barn went. Had It not
been for the brave fire tight the cadets
put up the house would have gone.
In the barn a buggy was burned, as
was also a canning outfit and feed. The
loss is about $500.
Mr.. Giersch asks that his thanks be re-
turned 10 the young men of tAe 4 and
NJ. College and the %neighbors who rem
dered such valuable assistance without
which, he says, his home would have been
DESTROYED.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
A. & NJ. COLLEGE RECORD.
+ New Magazine That Will be Issued
This Week.

The a. and M. College Record, a new
magazine published by the faculty of the
A. and M. College, is in the hands of the
public printer and will be issued this
week. The Forthcoming issue deals main
ly with agricultural topics. The leading
articles are: docs Farming Pay III
North Carolina?' q symposium of opinions
and experiences by r. w. Scott. of Ala
nance; E. ". Brawley, OF Iredell; E. L..
Daughtridge, of Edgecombe; VIM. Dunn.
Of New Bern; and O. w. Blacknall, Of
Vance. The Enrichment of Country
Life" by Prof. w. L. Poteat. Of Wake
Forest College; and Rural Education,''
by President Geo. T. Winston, Of the A.
and III. College.
The new magazine bids fair 20 do much
service III behalf OF the industrial develop
ment Of u State. We shall quote freely
from it, and review it at length heroaf-
ter. Persons desiring copies may apply
to A.. ard NJ. College Record, West Raj
eigh, n. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
The Price of Leaf Tobac-
CO Advances.
Such is the Threat Now Made--A
Disastrous Decrease in the Acreage
in the Bright Tobacco
Belt.

1t is an open secret that early in the
leaf tobacco season this year, the presi-
dent of the Tobacco Trust insisted n
slashing the prices Of leaf tobacco. L
Is said, TOO. tia the head of the Leaf
Department advised against the policy tor
the reason that the prices OF the manufac-
tured product could be easily maintained
and for the further and more potent rea-
son that starvation prices would result in
greatly reduced acreage next year, but tie
head Of the trust needed not the warnings
of his Leaf Department chief, and it Is
said that he went so tar as TO take the
matter out Of the hands of the head
manager OF the Leaf Department and per
sonalIy conducted the campaign for Sc
curing the farmers tobacco at less than
it cost him to produce it. OF course
some reason had to be given Tor this
unmerciful slashing of prices, especially
in view Of the fact that while the prices
for the leaf tobacco We're forced down
and down, yet the prices of the manu-
featured product in some instances were
advanced.
SO the trust at once put all their agents
and hirelings to telling their reasons for
the decline, and that was that the
leaf tobacco had declined because there
was a great over-production. All
Of our warehouses, prize houses and
factories are running over with leaf to-
bacco,' they declared.
we have forty million dollars worth
on hand, enough to last US two years"
Of course nobody, not even the agents
and hirelings themselves, believed any
-xz:l $500 49,,
it was all merely a determination on the
part of the trust to get the farmers to-
bacco for a song, but the slashing policy
Of the great Z am" of the trust was
too far reaching.
Ruin and d~esolation stared the tobacco
planters of the bright tobacco belt q
their faces. They began asking them
selves the question: shall we meekly
submit and surrender and become serfS
and servants OF this grasping corpora
tion?" They began organizing and sending
cut declarations OF independence liz ring
ing resolutions. They kept their tobacco
off the market They began getting ready
to plant peas, potatoes and pumpkins
next year where tobacco grew this year.
The leaf tobacco situation drifted into
Generalization, the great price -slashing
head of the trust became alarmed and for
the past two weeks they nave been sending
agents out into the leaf markets with
instructions to the local trust buyers to
advance the price on several of the lead
ing grades.
The reason for this latest coup on the
part Of the great Duke of Iobacc2dom is
apparent to any sensible man. The trust
can't afford to lave the tobacco acreage
decreased. The wise farmer, however,
Will curtall his tobacco acreage all the
same, and if the farmers viii unite along
this line and il fighting the trust they
will ultimately win the great battle with
the trust.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
Death OF Major Newton.

News has reached here Of the death
of Major John Newton, Of the Sixteenth
infantry. the officer Who made the recent
government inspection OF the North Car
DINA National Guard. Major Newton died
last Tuesday Of Bright's disease in the
general hospital at Washington, aged 50
years. He had been station at Fort Nc
Pherson, Georgia, and was on leave Wis
iting his son, a student at the University
OF Virginia. when stricken with the dis
ease. He leaves a widow and several
children. Major Newton was a native OF
New York and was appointed to he
military academy from Kansas.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
THEFIRST 100000
Wake Leads in Number OF
School Children With
1921.

Capt. John Duckett. chief clerk in the
office of the State superintendent Of Pub
lie instruction was hard at work yester-
day over the per capita apportlonment
for each county of the first $1,000 0 Of
the $200,0 600 appropriation for the public
schools of the State. He SAID that the
total number of school children in the
State, including white, croatans and ne
groes, was CTS, 500. This allows for each
child 14.736 cents. Last year 1t was 10
cents. but there are more school children
this year, and consequently the amount
allowed for each child must be less.
Wake county leads in number Of school
children, having 1921. SO we get 81
833. 8S. Mecklenburg comes next, with
Is, 1876 children, and $2,769.77. Third IS
Buncombe, with 1854 children and
50, 266.9 SO. Guilford is fourth, having
14,116 children and getting $2,080.13.
The warrants will be all ready to be
mailed out to the counties By the first
Monday in January, and of course a state
ment will accompany each warrant.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
AN TRUST.
Providence Or. ID Journal.

Providence Or. ID Journal.
The opplesslyeness the exceptional OPP
presslyeness, OF the Tobacco Trust is none
the less a tact because Thurday' decision
CT the United States Circuit Court at st.
Paul seems to viEdicatc it, IN some re-
spects at least, against the charges that
have been brought against it. The case
was one in which a tobacco dealer asked
damages because the trust had refused
to sell It's products to him; and tie
Courts refusal to give him damages is
apparently based on the fact that the
trust IS net a dealer in commodities Of
prime necessity, like wheat or beef, nor
yet rendering any public or quasi-public
service, like a railroad. Therefore it IS
held that, just as a cobbler may refuse
TO make shoes for any man or a newspa-
pr may decline such advertising as it
elects, it has d right to refuse to sell its
manufactured tobacco at It's own pleas
ure.
This much may readily BE accepted as
good law. But when the court goes on
to say that the acts Of the tobacco COM
pany were nothing more than ''the law
1ul exercise OF their unquestioned rights,
Which are Indispensable to the exercise
of competition or the conduct OF trade"
protest must be made unless the ruling
10 INFANT - apply OuIy 70 those acts WHICH
resulted IN the inability Of the st. Paul
dealer to buy the goods he wanted. For
certainly the general acts Of the trust,
whereby it has built up the monopoly of
which it took advantage II this instance,
are, whether lawful or not, something
much more than Indispensable. features
OF g proper conduct OF competitive trade.
The Tobacco Trust as it exists today has
been developed from the American To-
baecO Company which was organized
about thirteen years ago, having then lit
tic capital outside the ownership of a re-
~lnarkable clg3rette-mahing machine. +
now comprises q large number of con
s~tituent corporations with an aggregate
capitalization Of something like five hun
dred million dollars.
The bulk CT those securities have BEEN
Issued in the way now 50 familiar in
connection with trust organizations and
are backed by nothing substantial. II is
il the obviously difficult effort to sus-
tain this enormous mass Of OBLIGATIONS
that merciiess oppression has been prac-
ticed. To pay the heavy dividend ana
interest charges and the manufacturing
profits on perhaps ten times the value
OF the trusts actual possessions the TO-
bacco planter has been squeezed on the
orc hand and the tobacco consumer on
the other. The price of the raw mate
rial has been forced down and excessive
profits charged on the manufactured pro-
duct. AS an illustration Of what has
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
Ordination at Greensboro.

Rev. y. L.. Foster, Of Raleigh, aud
Rev. W. G. Clements, OF Morrjsville, Went
to Greensboro yesterday and were there
joined by Rev. y. C. Wicker, Of E,on
L Rev. J. d. Wicker, of Sanford.
they went 10 take part IN the ordiaa-
ton Of Rev. l.. T. Johnson, pastor Of the
Greensboro Christian church who has
heretofore been q licopsed preacher. The
chairman of the committee is Rev. W.
c.. Wicker, and the service VIII be per
formed this morning.
The ordination sermon viii be preached
by Rev. w. c.. Clements this morning at
II O'Clock ard at night Rev. J. l.. Foster
will preach. 4 er1no viii also be
preached at night by Rev, W. G. Wicker
at the Normal and Industrial College.
At a meeting of the directors Of the
Lakeview Townsite Company. held yes
terday afternoon at the office of the
Raleigh Real Estate and Trust Company.
DR.. William p. Stetson, of Coyington,
Mass, was elected a director.