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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07
This Months Comfort

New arrivals OF fresh Cereals, Mine
Meat, Plum Pudding, Can grnits ~
Vegetables of ali description.
New goods o2 the finest selection or
irving daily.
Call and ex21utne our varied st0c
aud learn oar slYi,zss And you viii soo
see that yo0 ~in save kaoncy by de~'
ing with uk.
7. ?. FerraIl 81 co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

5000 pounds of Fruit Cake must be
sold at IS cents per pound, Bretsch's.
=. o. q. I. f.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

FOR SALE--NEW CT.e1AN STOCK OF
Drugs; viii sell half interest CT en-
tire stock; good chance for ener-
geuc young pharmacist. Address
Drug store, care News ana Obser-
YER
I i27-Wed and Sun,
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In AND ABOUT THE CITY.

Rev. NJ W. Butler and family are
to spend several months at Fuquay
for the benefit of Mrs. Buffers health.
A marriage license was yesterday
granted one colored couple, John
Sanders and Amelia Jones. both of
Raleigh.
Final examinations at A. & NJ. Col
lege are scheduled to begin on the
18th of this month, the term ending
the twenty-first.
Rev. William Black, Of Davidson.
who has just completed a series OF
meetings at Dunn was in the city
yesterday on his way to his home.
Hon. Locke Craig and Mr.. Frank
Carter, of Asheville, who have been
here attending the Supreme Court
left for their homes yesterday.
But one case occupied the Mayors
attention yesterday, this being that OF
Frank Thompson. colored, charged
with disorderly conduct who was fined
1925.
Work started yesterday in repairing
the shed at the Union Depot, which
was badly in need of attention. The
platform is to be worked on and some
painting done in the rooms.
Many Methodist preachers were here
yesterday on their way home after
attending the conference at Hender-
son. The Raleigh preachers have all
arrived to resume their duties.
Mr.. B. H Woodell. Secretary of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows left
yesterday for Burlington, Kernersville
and Greensboro in the interests of the
order. He had just returned from
Clayton.
Sheriff Page is getting out his final
notice of taxes, and after December
goth, 1904, will levy and collect the
taxes by distress. Taxes and death
are certain. The sooner your taxes are
paid the better.
Mr. n. A. Smith. who has been q
county commissioner in Harnett coun-
ty ten years, was in Raleigh yesterday.
He has made a splendid officer and
done much to restore and maintain
Harnett's credit.
Messrs. w. It. Crawford, of Way
nesviiIe; Charles 4. Webb, Charles A.
Moore and Louis M. Bourne, OF
Ashevilie, are in the city at the Su-
preme Court where Fifteenth Dis
trict appeals are being heard.
The Peoples Storage and Mercantile
Company is receiving cotton from all
sections to be held awaiting a rise in
price. Cash is advanced on the cot
ton stored in the warehouse and many
farmers are enabled to demand higher
prices for their crop.
Sheriff j. A. House, of Halifax, was
here yesterday with two convicts. ne
groes for the States prison. One of
these is a crazy negro woman. Deputy
Sheriff Benton. of Columbus, brought
in a negro man, William Bethea, who
goes in for five years for breaking into
a hOuSp
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Wool Waists, French Flannel. Crash
and Prunella Cloth Waists. Values
54.50 TO $6.95, for. $500 and So. 90
Columbia Wool Waists in all coIOrs.
red. blue, brown, black and white
$50 to $3.50.
Ladies' Wooden Skirts, fancy Knit
Natural, Drab, Cardinal and black.
Aith contrasting stripes-6Oc to s.. 90
Ladies' Sweaters or fine WOPsted
Blouses, white black and all colOrs-
S1.75, $500, $500 and $3.50
Nurses Aprons and Caps. Infants
bibs and Feeders 10, Is and 35c.
GRASS CLOCKS AND
MCKEE WARES.
At this time the store is repIete
with things ornamental and useful for
The gift buyers. How does Brass
Clock or Chatting Dish appeal TO
son?
Brass Clocks, gold plated and fire
tried .....,....... $500 on 10 $500
Nicllle Plated Chatting Dishes-$7. 80
\ SPECIAL SALE.
One case of MOriac China, direcG
from Nippon, Japan, on special sale
Monday. Choice OF any article. 25c.
SOL IL LbE ERA oIl4iAS.
New shipment just received OF yard
vide Taneta Silks in bluc, Brown and
black. We OFFER full SO inch
Guaranteed TaiTeta Silk, in black only
Il .............. ............ Sl.OU
ART LINENS AND EMBROIDERIES
An entire new display of Art
Linens and Embroidery Materials.
Shams, ScargS and Squares-H. >
ninens, Pillow Tops and Laundry
Bags, Cards and Loops. Satin Pin
Cushions and MOulds
WOOL DRESS FABRICS.
New shipment of the most popular
fabrics OF this season. CheViOts
G5roadclOths and iIOhairs. No pasS6
styles or fabrics, but the best of this
seasons most fashionable faVOrifes.
ELASTIC HOSE SUPPORTERS.
The Priscilla and Economist Rub
bel Post, Hose Supporters. lOc
The Velvet Grip, Cushion Button
Hose Supporters. Side Elastic, Safety
Pin Top. loo, zoe, and 25c
Twin Anchor and Sew-on- Hose Sup
poFteTS ............ zoc'
KIeincrts ''Hook-On'' and the Lib
erty, sew-on- Corset Hose Supporters
assorted coIoIs, black and white
% and soc.
Mcnucn's BoFated Talcum Powder
and AlcnHen'S Violet Talcum Powder
f5c. Why pay more.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

LOST-LADIES GOLD WATCH
with initials NJ r. A. on outside.
about 5 o'clock Tuesday evening be-
tween North Saunders street and
the postoffice. Liberal reward viii
be paid if returned to this Office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Many Methodist preachers were here
yesterday on their way home after
attending the conference at Hender-
son. The Raleigh preachers have all
arrived to resume their duties.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

The Peoples Storage and Mercantile
Company is receiving cotton from all
sections to be held awaiting rise in
price. Cash is advanced on the cot
ton stored in the warehouse and many
farmers are enabled to demand higher
nrices for their crop.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

But one case occupied the Mayor
attention yesterday, this being that OF
Frank Thompson. colored, charged
with disorderly conduct who was fined
1925.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Work started yesterday in repairing
the shed at the Union Depot. which
was badly in need of attention. The
platform is to be worked on and some
painting done in the rooms.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07
NOW FOR HOLIDAY SELLING.


the best advantage for early coos ing nothing has been neglected
here been completely
sasticaIy nan
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Hon. Locke Craig and Mr.. Franz
Carter. of Asheville, who have beer
here attending the Supreme Cour
left for their homes yesterday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Rev. William Black, of Davidson.
who has just completed a series OF
meetings at Dunn was in the city
yesterday on his way to his home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Final examinations at A. & NJ. Col
lege are scheduled to begin on the
18th of this month. the term ending
the twenty-first.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Rev. NJ. w. Butler and family ara
to spend several months at Fuquay
for the benefit of Mrs. Buffers health
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Sheriff j. A. House, of Halifax, was
here yesterday with two convicts. ne
groes for the States prison. One Of
these is a crazy negro woman. Deputy
Sheriff Benton. of Columbus brought
in a negro man, William Bethea, who
goes in for five years for breaking into
a house
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08

In another column will be found
a proposed bill to be introduced into
the next Legislature providing for
the erection of a new office, namely
that of State Inspector of High
Schools. The circular letter ac-
companying the bill is quite lengthy
and is more matter of. sound than
of sense. Some of the reasons
given why such an Office should be
created are puerile; others are mis-
leading, while some are simply pre-
posterous. To state that high
school diploma will admit of matric-
ulation in the higher colleges and
universities without further ex-
animation is simply absurd. 1t
night narrow the examination, but
no further.
The claim for economy has no
foundation when the scope of duties
assigned to such officer III the cir
cular is considered Besides his own
salary, staff of clerks, stenograph-
ers, typewriters, machines and other
office "fixins" would have to be
provided for. To the average man
it looks as though these latterday
improvements are of the nature
of "plums to provide unneces-
sary offices for parasites, and furnish
clogs to the best interests of COM
mon school education
Let the present educational sys-
tenn alone unless it be to cut off
some of the frills with which the
system is now lavishly supplied.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
PINE BROOK.

Miss Mary Berger returned to Pater-
son on Sunday, to resume her school
duties.
Charles Kerris, brother of the stage
proprietor, came on visit to his
mother on Saturday.
On Monday George Miller had out
his snow pillow and made roads for the
pupils to the schoolhouse door.
Judge J. B. Lander, of Saint Cloud,
Mimi, visited Alfred Beauclerk on
Sunday, and found sleighing somwhat
uncertain.
A few of Mrs. l. Van Ness friends
spent New Years night at her resi-
dence, and congratulated her on her
improved health.
Mr. Seller on Tuesday closed his
milk depot here after doing several
years business. Messrs. O'Dowd,
Halprin and Backus remain in the
field.
On New Years Eve John and Ches-
ter Leonard arranged for dance at the
home of their uncle, Nelson Leonard,
Henry Baldwin, of Cedar Grove, sup
piled the music.
We have not had such severe weather
here for a long time. The roads in
some parts are made impossible by
the snow drifts, and several sleigh
riders report having been upset. The
storm, as usual, prevented services at
the church. On Sunday night the Their
mometer registered below zero, and
on Monday night % below. The
stages go on runners, and nobody
travels unless Obliged to. On Monday
the school opened with only sixteen
pupils, those living at distance being
unable to get through the drifts. The
board of education has closed the
school for two weeks. At Caldwell,
across the river, the pupils were sent
home on Monday because there was no
heat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08

While our effeminate Jerseyites
were muf1ed in furs or hugging
the stoves two women in Meriden,
Conn. Miss Alice L. Flint, aged
"a years, and Mrs. George A.
Allworth, aged 40 years, slept on
the verandas of their residences
with the mercury standing at 80
degrees below zero These wom-
en- are taking the outdoor treat
ment for the cure of consumption
and they spend their nights in
this way. The clothing in each
case consists of the ordinary night
clothes worn by women in normal
health, and two wooden blankets
and one quilt. Last July both
women were far gone with con-
sumption. Then they began
sleeping out nights, and their
condition has improved remark
ably. Perhaps there was more in
the Kneipp cure of taking early
morning walks barefooted on the
grass than was ever conceded to
that curious specialist.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
There will be man,

There will be many a tear
dimmed eye when the public learns
the sorrowful fact that Baby Ruth"
is dead. Ruth, the eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland,
died at the family home in Prince
ton yesterday morning, in the thir-
tenth year of her age, having been
born in New York October 3, 1891.
During Mr.. Cleveland's second
term " Baby Ruth :" was great
favorite in Washington society. A
sympathetic chord in the hearts OF
the people has been struck, and
condolences are pouring into the
grief stricken family, for in death
political differences are forgotten
and all meet on common ground.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08

There are times when it would
seem as though the law had given
too much power into the hands of
one or few men. The coroner in
Chicago who is investigating the
theatre fire has taken it upon him
self and we presume he is acting
within his tights, to arrest indis-
critninately and hold indefinitely
any andEaIl who in his opinion
have heenin any way responsible
for the horror. The owners, the
managers, the employees and the
actors. None have been exempt.
The mayor has ordered closed all
those other theatres which, in his
opinion, were, unsafe and in which
there was any possibility of a
repetition of the disaster. The
chief-of-police has had brought
before him and examined anyone
whom he thought might be able
to throw any light on the holocaust.
If these acts are lawful and are
according to the statutes of the
State of New Jersey as well as Of
Illinois it is very possible that,
should a fire occur or should the
cry of fire be given during a per
Torrance in the Lyceum, our town
would be treated to the rather
unusual spectacle of the arrest and
Imprisonment of Vice Chancellor,
a United States Commissioner,
three ex-mayors, reputable
physician and two eminently re-
spectacle citizens, and why? Be
cause they could not see their way
clear to make the Lyceum safe for
human life for the reason that
certain clauses in regard to some
moneys left them should be used
for any other purposes than buying
books! On the same principle a
boy would let his playmate drown
without an effort to save him be
cause he had been forbidden to get
a drop Of water on his clothes on
pain Of having them taken away
from him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08

For obvious reasons, legal as
we'll as a matter of good taste, pub
lie servants cannot be expected to
increase their own salaries In
deed, in the large majority of cases
the salaries are commensurate with
the position. In private business
positions and salaries usually find
their level the more capable com
handing the higher position and
corresponding wage. This is equally
true of the lesser grades of public
officials.
1t is of the higher grade of sala-
ried Government officers that we
desire to speak. tits we'll under
stood that the salary of the Presi-
dent is not sufficient to enable him
to support the dignity of that high
Office in proper style without draw
ing on his privy purse. There are
many social functions to be provided
for, including the entertainment of
foreign dignitaries, for which only
inadequate provision is made. 1t is
safe to say that during the past fifty
wears not a President but has ex-
pended legitimately more than
his salary. Some had private for
tunes to draw from others were
helped financially by their friends.
Curiously enough the only Presi-
dent who waited until his term of
Office expired before he drew his
four years salary was Mr.. Van Blu
rem but he possessed large pri-
vate fortune. The salary has not
been increased since his day.
1t is now proposed to raise the
salaries of the heads of the Govern
ment as follows:
President from $50, 900 to $751;
900; Vice President from IS, 900
to $4,000; each cabinet officer
from $1,000 to $40, 900; Chief
Justice from $40, 500 to $4,000;
Associate Justices FROM $40 900 to
$I2, 900 United States Senators
from $50 to $40, 900; members
of House of Representatives from
IS. 900 to $500.
In these officers the people, the
employers, expect a high grade OF
ability, but they pay them much
less than such servants can earn in
private life. To show the disparity
between the salaries of Government
officials and some State officials we
cite the following instance: Chief
Justice Fuller of the United States
Supreme Court receives $40, soc
per annum; Chief Justice Parker OF
the New York Court of Appeal:
receives $I4,5oo and perquisites
amounting to $4,000 additional.
Petitions for signatures are daily
being sent throughout the country
to bring about this desired result,
and bill will be framed and in
troduced into the House for action
thereon during this session-the
proposed salary bill" to take
effect December I, 1904.
1t is to be presumed that the
bill will meet with little opposition
as its operation is not retrospective,
as was the salary grab" bill OF
thirty odd years ago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08

The accusations against General
Wood have been received and fully
investigated by committee of the
Senate and have been found to be
of such character that seven out
of nine of the committee have
found that they were of no weight
nor did they present any reason
why General Wood should not be
promoted. Since the presentation
of this report minority report
has been printed in some of the
papers and yesterday the two
gentlemen composing the minority,
Senators Scott and Blackburn,
disclaimed any authority for it and
any knowledge of it. In fact they
said there were no grounds for any
such report, for none had been
made nor even written. 1t looks
very much as though General
Wood had some very Inscriptions
enemies
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
Long Branch, Dec. sO.-Game Pro-

Long Branch, Dec. 30.-Game Pro-
tector James M. Straton returned to.
day from trip to Stroudsburg, Pa,
where he purchased 5000 brook trout.
The fish have been shipped to stock
streams in Warren, Sussex, Bergen,
Somerset, Union and Monmouth
counties.
The Index wonders why Morris
county is left out in this distribution
of trout.-Dover Index.
Wake up, Brother, wake up.
BY reading the Chronicle of Deem
Der rs, 1903, you will find that
Commissioner Mcclellan has put
500 trout into the streams of
Morris county within the past
month. They are the finest kind
of trout, too.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
RESOURCES
ARE LIMITED
[coNrINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. ]
Light and water-with increased use
Leaves for books


We submit that five hundred dollars
a year is entirely insufficient to put
and keep the library on a proper basis
to say nothing of making it free.
Since our institution was started a
new generation has grown up. The
population of MorriStown has been
greatly increased and many families
have come here from New York city
and other portions of the United
States.
Feeling satisfied that those who
have come here within the last twenty
years are interested in the mental.
moral and social growth of the town.
we ask them to join those who have
already begun subscription for more
capital stock of the Library and Ly-
ceum.
AS the public is aware, this pri-
marily looked to providing the neces-
sary money for new exits from and
improvements to Lyceum Hall.
Should the new subscription reach
1925, 900 it will make the total amount
OF capital stock issued $96, 25O.
1t would greatly enlarge the present
meager annual income for the pur-
chase of books.
1t would, no doubt, enable the
stockholders to make their library a
free library.
The number of books in the Library
besides Congressional publications,
which are kept in room by them
selves is about twenty thousand vol
umeS.
Among these are many valuable
books of reference, and choice works
in the various departments of litera-
ture.
1t is emphatically a students libra
ry, and has been highly spoken of by
numerous writers and scholars oil
prominence, who have examined and
used it. 1t has also been of great ser.
vice to the public at large.
Many of the books are frequently
used and highly appreciated by the
older scholars of our public schools, as
well as by their teachers.
The library is, free to such scholars
and teachers the Public School Boaro
making a payment to the Library anc
Lyceum of $50 a year.
Dated, Morristown, N. j., December
5, 1908.
j. WHITEHEAD, President.
AURELIUs b. HULL,
HENRY G. PITNEY,
ALFRED MILLS,
JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR,
III. @. PITNEY, JR.,
HENRY w. MILLER,
VINCENT B. KING,
FRED. WOOSTER OWEN.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
enemies.

New Jersey legislatures have
had for a number of years picnic
with the game laws, each year
making confusion worse confound-
ed. From present appearances,
owing to a recent decision Of
Supreme Court Justice Kellogg, OF
the State of New York, the CLAUSE
relative to having imported game
in ones possession during the
closed season is void under the
United States Constitution, as
interfering with the property
rights and liberty of the citizen,
that the man has the right to own,
possess and enjoy imported fish OF
game at any time" A few
months ago Justice O'Gorman,
of New York city, rendered sim
liar decision. The State took an
appeal to the Court of Appeals,
which is still pending.
This furnishes another ball for
our New Jersey legislators to toss
from one to another.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
Apologize.

We regret exceedingly that for the
past fortnight we have been unable to
put the contributions of several of our
correspondents in type. This has
been due not alone to a press, OF
"hurry" job work, but also to the
fact that both Christmas and New
Years falling on Friday The Chronicle
has been put to press twenty-foul
hours ahead of it's usual day of pub.
LEGATION. Therefore correspondence
not received until Thursday morning
was of necessity ''left out in the cold. y
We also desire to convey to oul
correspondents the absolute necessity
of mailing their communications so as
to reach The Chronicle office by
Wednesday evening. If anything OF
importance occurs in their respective
neighborhoods on the following day
it can be mailed to reach The Chron
icle on Friday morning.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08

The members of the choir OF the
First Presbyterian Church were pre-
Sented with a five dollar gold piece
for Christmas. Banner.
If the above is true statement
the First Presbyterian Church
should see to it that its charitable
acts should be kept more quiet in
the future. If it is misstate-
ment there are good grounds for a
suit for libel.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08

The severe cold weather ex-
perienced in the early part of the
week appears to have been wide
spread stretching from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and from the Carolinas
to the great Lakes. Railroad COM
munication has been seriously
interfered with in most sections
and in others entirely suspended.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
Schedule A

Schedule A.
In the last will of Joseph Warren
Blachly, Dated July 6, 1868, he makes
the following bequest -
ITO my Executors above named and
the survivor of them give and be-
queath the sum of Five Thousand
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08

The Cleanshield Corporation, con-
Germ organized for the manufacture Of
clinical thermometers, has recently
been incorporated by local promoters.