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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
PROSPEROUS OPENING.
Little River Association Sets Pace for Anti
Liquor Fight in Earnett.

To the Editor: We have a most pros
porous opening for the spring term,
more than sixty new students, represent
ing more than 20 counties and three
States. Enrolment for the year is 375
We have never had a finer student body
and the work done is of a very high
order.
The Business Department has large
class and art. elocution and music have
good classes. A good band and orchestra
has been organized.
Deep interest is manifested in the
prayer meeting, conducted by the young
men, quite a number requesting prayers
A charter for our village will be ask
ed for at the hands of the Legislature, in
ordr to insure good sanitary fegula-
tions.
Tin for the roof of the new building
has been ordered and we are hoping to
get into part of the New Academy dur
ing the spring term.
Great interest throughout our county
is felt in the legislation on the liquor
question.
The Little River Association appointed
a committee to memorabilia the Begis-
lature, urging such laws to be enacted as
will prohibit the manufacture, sale and
importation of all intoxicants in the
county Revs. ]. A. Campbell, w B.
Morton and j. NJ. Holleman, are the COM
mittee
Following this, petitions were circu-
lated and about 1000 white voters and
more than 1000 women signed them, ask
ing for the above legislation. A great
mass meeting was held at Ellington and
addresses were made by Messrs. J. A.
Oates, ]. C. Clifford, o. ]. Spears, Revs.
w. A. Forbes and J. A. Campbell
The mass meeting appointed J. A.
Campbell, j. G. Clifford, ]. NJ. Davis, N.
A. Smith, H. A. Morrison and o. ].
Spears to present the matter before the
Legislature, and pledged their efforts to
secure similar legislation for the State.
Everywhere the people are urging the
London bill as the nearest ideal yet pre-
scented, the only criticism is that it
leaves opportunity for great curses yet
in the way of cider and wine making and
selling. The people. regardless of part
les, are everywhere urging strict legis-
lation for the liquor traffic. The wine
and cider curses are doing, perhaps, as
much harm as the distilleries.
A homicide was committed at a wine
shop not long ago. In one township,
where there are a great many negroes,
there are no less than six places where
wine is made and sold May the present
Legislature save our people from the
curse.
Yours truly,
J. A. CAMPBELL.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
ENFORCE THE Law.

In a recent charge to the grand jury,
Judge w. r. Allen called attention to
the law that forbids railroad corpora
tions, under a penalty of $1,000, giving
free passes to public officers. The law
ought to cause those public officers who
accept passes to forfeit the positions of
trust the recipients hold.
If reports are true there are few men
in public office who travel on free passes
and pay for them by doing the bidding
of the railroads. They have sworn to
support the laws. How can they expect
private citizens to be amenable to the
law when they are themselves violators
of the law?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
Spirit of the Press.
Webster's Weekly
NOT ENOUGH SUGAR.


Webster's Weekly.
The Weekly's editorial of the Sth inst,
under the caption of "A Premium on
Treachery," appears to have struck a
popular chord. The News and Observer
the States leading and most influential
Democratic paper copied it in full, thus
giving it the benefit of it's immense cir
culation The following comes to us by
mail from one of the brainiest men in
the State:
your editorial on the Raleigh
Posts ticket is a good one, and l
have filed it for the light of coming
days. | am glad somebody can re-
member the treachery of the imme-
date period of the 9O's, and can tell
of it as we'll as you do"
We by no means exhausted the proof
of Cleveland's treachery to the Demo
cratic party Had space permitted we
might have given further excerpts from
the Charlotte observer as we'll as quo
tations from the speeches OF Senators
Gordon and Voorhees,, who said they
were willing to stake their political flu
ture on his standing true to the COM
promise of the platform, without which
Ghe could not have been elected. He
played them false; he played the party
false, with a heartlesSness not surpassed
by Benedict Arnold. And there's not
sugar enough to coat that pill so North
Carolina will ever swallow it again.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
NOW FOR THE SENATE.

The Fuller bill, giving the Corporation
Commission authority to compel the
erection of union depot at any place
wherever it is practicable, has passed
the House by about two thirds majority
and now goes to the Senate.
There is no room to doubt that the
Senators will grant that wise and neces-
sary power and that the bill will become
a law within few days. 1t will not be
body, but will prove of great value when
ever any one or more railroads decline
to cooperate in giving union depot
where it is needed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
ANNUAL MEETING.
Directors Of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insur
ance Association.
Yours truly,

The annual meeting of the directors
of the county branches of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Association of
North Carolina, occurred in Trustees
Hall, of Raney Library, yesterday
The following gentlemen were present:
N. B. Broughton, Wake, president; S. T.
Wilfong, Catawba; J. S. Wray, Cleve-
land; G. L. Allen, Granville; j. w. Whar-
ton, Guilford; N. B. W whitfield, Lenoir !;
Albert Vann, Northampton and Hartford !;
T. M. Cheek, Orange; D. Stewart, Rich
mond and Scotland; James Amos, Samp-
son; w. w. Cole, Johnston J. F. Leeper,
CASTOR; A. E. S. Lindsay, secretary
treasurer, Wake.
The Farmers Mutual is an organization
conducted purely on the assessment plan.
losses being paid when they occur by
pro rata collection. Each branch con-
sisting of one to two counties and be-
ing Independent in it's operation and liza
bilities.
The State association is composed of
one director from each branch presi-
dent, vice-president, secretary treasurer
and executive committee.
The business of the State Association
is that Of serving as a central distribu-
ting point in the matter of literature
collecting statistics to be reported to the
Insurance Commissioner, keeping a gen
eral oversight of all the branches and
as far as possible extending the bene-
fits of the organization into new terri
tory.
There is no effort or opportunity tc
create any surplus or acquire property
All expenses of county and State organi-
cation is kept at the lowest point
There were twentynine branches re-
ported as operating with the State AS
ISOLATION at the meeting on Tuesday
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
OUR NEW JUDGES AN HONOR TO
THE STATE.
Fayetteville Observer.


That was a very able and eminently
fair charge which Judge Council delv-
cred at Perquimans court in the Wilcox
case day before yesterday. He explained
the law governing circumstantial evil
dence in way calculated to elucidate it
to the average laymans understanding
something that judges do not always sue
coed in doing. Our new Democratic
judges, by the way, are demonstrating
the wisdom of their choice. The able
and admirable gentleman who is presid-
ing over his first court in this town, and
in a case requiring the best of any
judge, is daily giving proof of his fitness
for the high office which he holds Long
may North Carolina enjoy the services
of such officials.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
THEY ARE NOT WORRYING.

Genuine prohibitionists in this county
are not worrying themselves as to
whether the London bill Or the Watts
bill becomes a law. What they want Is
a law that will shut up every distillery
and grog shop in this county and in every
other county in North Carolina except
in the Incorporated towns that vote to
keep the accused stuff in their midst
And the best part of it all, my masters,
is the fact that they are going to get
such a law The days when StatesvilIe
and Iredell county shall be known as the
head centre of the liquor business in
North Carolina are numbered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

Some people are surprised because ex-
Congressman Cheatham, Collector Dancy
and their wives attended a reception at
the White House. Why should anybody
be surprised at their appearance at
public reception when Booker Washing
ton was welcomed at private dining?
Social equality for the first time in the
history of the country is prevailing at the
White House.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
Worth its Weight in Gold.

To the Editor: I have had occasion
several times to consult the North Car
olina Year Book and Business Directory
and have found in it just what
wanted. 1t is worth its weight in gold
tn a busv man. Yours truly,
z. Mex. GOODWIN.
Morganton, N. c., January 81, 1903
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
Judge Jones Pleases Lenoir County
(Kinston Free Press,)

Judge E. B. Jones, who is now presld-
ing over Lenoir county's special term, is
holding his first court in this State.
During the short time he has been with
US he has made many friends among both
the city bar and the general public, be-
cause of his uniform affability, his demo-
cratic bearing, his judicial fairness, and
his acknowledged mastery of his profess
sion.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

"Continue sending to me the best paper
in North Carolina, the daily News and
Overser, writes Mr.. Alfred Wheless, Jr.
OF Spring Hope. in private letter
That's what they all say.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

+. III. Whitaker, the chairman of the
so-called Independent anti-Clark party.
is in Washington comforting with Sena-
tor Pritchard. If the Senator doesn't
hurry|1p that office Whitaker is after,
the Independent party as Republican
annex will have to go out of business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
A MORNING TONIC.
(Carlyle.)

Great. ever fruitful. profitable for re-
proof, for encourag cement, for building up
in manful purposes and works are the
words of those that in their days were
men,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

Necessary to a choice, 10. No election.
The caucus adjourned until today at II
o'clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

Here is a suggestion for anti dog
legislation: Dogs have become 50
numerous it is now impossible to raise
sheep. Col. j. M. Wynn tells us that
out of flock of los sheep he has only ten
left, and Mr.. Thad Vann says that he
had about ninety and has lost all.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

The spendthrift likes to get money to
spend as much as the miseSr hates to
spend it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

A penalty severe enough to break up
the pistol-toating habit should be affixed
20 the crime. A heavy license required
of dealers, and a penalty of several hum
dred dollars, with Imprisonment at hard
labor, will have a tendency to disarm
the cowardly criminals rowing over the
CONTEMPLATION News Reporter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

There is delegation of citizens from
Roanoke Island here for the purpose of
attending the meeting of the State Com
mlttee on the proposed celebration Of
the landing of Sir Walter Raleighs col
ony and early attempts at colonization
and to attend the annual meeting of the
State Literary and Historical Associa-
ticn.
This delegation will also go before the
House Committee on Fish and Fisheries
in opposition to the BILL introduced by
Col w. H. Lucas. of Hyde, to prohibit
fishing within certain distances of the
inlets connecting Pamlco Sound with the
ocean In an interview with a represen-
tative of the News and Observer yester-
day Mr.. B. G. Crisp, member of the
visiting delegation, in speaking of Col.
Lucas bill, said:
Il have no doubt that those who ad-
vocate this measure are sincere in be-
lieving that nets set near the inlets pre-
vent fish from passing into the waters
of Pamlico and the upper sounds, but
this is only true to the same extent that
nets set anywhere prevent the fish act
ualIy caught by the nets from passing
to their spawning ground in the fresh
water of the supper sounds.
"a mere glance at United States
Coast Survey map will show a line of
shallow water or reefs extending from
three TO four miles westward from the
line of sand banks that form the ocean
shore line of Dare county. At intervals
OF from eight to about thirty miles are
three inlets where the water of the sound
are connected with the ocean, and from
these in1ets through the shallow water
o. the shoals or reefs to the deep wa
tiers of the sound are channels averaging
one half mile in width. Through these
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
WOULD EVEN THINGS UP.

Webster's Weekly
The Standard Oil Company is being
commended by State paper for having
provided a pension fund for WORKOUT and
disabled employees. If Mr.. Rockefeller
will put the victims of his Trust the
consumers of kerosene-on the pension
roll it will even things up bit
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

"Are you going to the caucus?' asked
one lady to another last night.
mo" was the reply, 81 have better
things to do than go to Democratic
caucus, the members of which do not
know their own minds
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

Last night while the interest tagged
in the voting, a member of the House
wrote these lines:
Here is to one and only one,
And may that one be 'Cy'
May he need but one and only one
And may that one be t.
Not to be outdone by the House,
Senator dropped into poetry and got
off this stanza:
Here is to Lee. the only Lee.
For him l breathe a sigh,
May he need one and onely one
And may that one be l."
If the contest continues much longer
the habit of writing poetry may spread
and afflct all the members. That would
be calamity worse than that which be-
fell the Egyptians in the plaques sent
upon them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

Yesterday promptly at l o'clock the
ladies' assembled in an adjourned session
to resume balloting to decide who is
the best looking man in the House. The
meeting was such an animated one, the
ladies became so excited in their discus
sion of the several candidates personnel
that all interest centered in them. The
Senatorial contest was a small matter as
COMPARED with this. Ray, of Yancey,
had interviewed the tailor since the last
ballot, and at once gained a good back
ing. The following is the result of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

The Senate Chamber last night pre-
scented an animated scene. Every CHAIR
was occupied by a lady or gentleman
and they were all discussing among
themselves the proceedings in the House.
Hon. J. c. Buxton, of Forsyth. was sit
ting in the chair of the presiding ON
Ger. Disposed about the hal sat the
managers and partisans of the various
candidates, all specializing upon the PROB
able result The close friends and colo
nels of the campaign looked tired and
faded. all hoEeful and hedrfT. Inc
strain upon them has been great and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

The special committee on printing the
Calendar Bills and Journal, composed
Of Messrs King, Doughton and Graham
for the House, and Blow and Cathey for
the Senate, will have a public hearing on
next TUESDAY afternoon in the Senate
Chamber at $3.50 o'clock. All who would
like to be heard on the subject are invi-
ted to be present and express their views.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

There is good joke on Representative
Britain, of Randolph. AS is well known
he has a reputation, gained two years
ago and also thus far this session, as
second watchdog of tho Treasury He
never hesitates to oppose a measure that
he does not see clearly to be good one.
At a recent meeting of the House
Judiciary committee when it was voted
to report certain bill favoably, and
MI Britain gave notice that he would
oppose it, another member said: Il move
that hereafter Mr.. Britain be excused
from having to give notice of opposition
Mr.. Britain replied: Eyes, the state
ought to furnish me with printed blanks
for the PURPOSE"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

Capt. Sydenham B. Alexander, of Char
Iotte who withdrew from the Senatorial
race on Thursday night, returned home
Yesterday He is one of the first citizens
in North Carolina and is justly held in
the highest esteem. AS State Senator
and member of the National House of
Representatives he served his State with
ability and fidelity. His greatest service
to his State, however, has been as the
pioneer of road building. The good roads
of Mecklenburg attest his foresight and
practical judgment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
SHOULD BE IN EVERY LIBRARY AM
OFFICE.
Kinston Free Press.

KinSton Free Press.
The North Carolina Year Book should
be placed in every business office and
school library as book of reference. 1t
VIII always pay to see where North Cor
DINA is "at, in order to determine
where we can put her in the future.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

most of them are showing it and longing
for the end.
There were many pretty girls in the
Senate Chamber and in the Hobbies and
YOU may be sure that there were plenty
of gallant beaux there too, and that they
were enjoying themselves, with hardly
a thought as to the serious business be-
ing conducted in the other end of the
hall Indeed, while the politicians
seemed TO be anxious to have the con-
test end so they could return home. the
young folks enjoy these evenings in the
Senate Chamber so keenly that many of
them will be sorry when the Senator is
finally named.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

If the Southern would just drive three
stakes limiting where one corner of the
depot may rise. we would all be in good
spirits for at least ten days.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
Winston Sentinel.

WINSTON'S UNION DEPOT HANG
FIRE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24

Low prices in the job lots. All the
while scores of carloads on the ROADS 10
be delivered direct and thus save time
and expense. Ten cars Domestic COKE,
the best substitute for Anthracite Coal
now en- route.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
THE DURHAM DEPOT AND TIL
MILLENNIUM.

Paul's Weekly Epist1e.
When will the millennium begin? Just
about the time we get the union depot il
Dutham.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-01

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because SO decep-
tive, Many sudden deaths are caused by
it-heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often the result of kidney
disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to adj
vance the kidney poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down. and waste away cell by cell.
Then the richness of the blood-the aibumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's.
Disease. the worst form Of kidney trouble.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the rev die.
covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder
and urinary troubles. 1t has cured thousands
OF apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
by mail. also "A book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
Or. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y. and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remem
Der the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Bling
hampton, N. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-01

Then the anxious citizen will seat him
self at the table and, taking out pre-
scription from his MUSICIAN, he will
compound for himself a breakfast con-
tanning the chemical elements required
by his system, after which he will go
sorrOwfully about his business. In his
leisure hours-perhaps on his ''day Off
he will read In history, more or less
authentic, how Alb, the cave dweller,
killed meat with stone ak and brought
it home to Lightfoot, who cooked it on
the Goals. He will learn that the meal
was seasoned by hunger and eaten with
relish.
He will then dig deeper into the
facts and he will larn that Alb had
muscles like iron bands and hair
growing upon his stalwart chest, be-
meath which great, strong lungs
worked like steam engines. He will
learn how Alb and lightfoot made moth
ing of climbing trees, outrunning the
wolves of the forest, fighting with one
another and with their neighbors, rear
ing large family. and leading a
strenuous life that would please the
president of the United States. And
they accomplished ell this without Ia
beled foodstuffs, without chemical an
alyses, without predigested cereals,
without dairy and food commissioners,
or experimental bureaus. Alas! civil
ization has it's advantages.-Ex.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-01
A Great Offer.

All Of our readers who are interested
in farming or gardening should read
our unprecedented offer in this issue.
We have perfected arrangements with
the Farmers Sentinel of Milwaukee so
that we are enabled to give the Republi-
can, the Farmers Sentinel and book of
500 pages on Practical Farming" and
Gardening at the small sum of $500
This book alone is worth $500 and con-
tains 500 pages of information by the
best authorizes. It is illustrated with
200 half-tOne plates. The Primers
Sentinel is a we'll known farm paper
and is of the very best, devoted excIu
sively to matters of interest to farmers.
The Republican does not take a back
seat in the matter of news SO every new
subscriber who pays $500 in advance is
getting large value for his money.
This offers hOuld be taken advantage
of it as it will only hold good for linn
tied time. For full particulars read
advertisement on last page.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-01
americans Summer Resorts.

When it begins to get hot and dry ones
thoughts naturally turn toward the
lakes and rivers and the seashore of New
York and New England, and we begin to
wonder how much it would requ ire o
time and money to make the trip. A
lot of these questions are answered and
a lot of information given free in -Four
Track Series" No. 3, Americas Summer
Resorts" Sent on receipt of a two-cent
stamp, by George FL. Daniels. General
Passenger Agent, New York Central &
Hudson River Railroad, Grand Central
Station, New York
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-01

The value of advertising lies in hav-
ing something to say and then in say
ing it in a way that will cause people
to believe. It is foolish to waste an
appropriation in trying to bluff people
into a conviction when simple argu-
nent would answer the same purpose.
The merchant who tells a straight
story about straight goods is the one
who is making friends. He does not
boast OF goods that fail to come up to
the expo citation of the one who re-
spends 10 the announcement, nor does
ne try 20 bulldoze the people who sit
down to read an intelligent medium.
The wise advertiser goes after the un-
Outstanding in plain, argumentative
sort of style, and convinces more be-
cause what he says is plausible than
because he says it in loud type or in
megaphone spaces. The voice that is
tuned to the wants of the people will
give music for the bargain hunter.