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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21
Jailed Charged With Abduction.
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Mocksville, N. c., May 20.-Arraign-
ed here Yesterday on the charge of
abducting Mrs. G.. II. Graham, with
whom he eloped several weeks ago
to Marshalltown, Iowo, where he was
arrested, Frank Ward waived exami-
nation. and being unable to furnish
the bond of $500 demanded, was re-
turned to jail
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21

with forgery. He and Tom Massey
left here some time ago together.
have no doubt it was he who killed
Massey. BY noticing this fact in your
next issue, it may be the means of
bringing about his. capture sooner
ALGERNON S. BARBEE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21
To Dedicate a Church.
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Especial to News and Observer
Louisburg. N. c., May 20.-The new
Methodist church will be dedicated
next Sunday, Bishop w. w. Duncan,
d. d., Ii. d., of Spartanburg S. G, VIII
preach the dedicatory sermon on sun
day morning at IL o'clock. AT night
the Bishop will preach sermon to the
Young Woman's Christian Association
of Louisburg Female college.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21
Francis billiard School.

The graduating exercises at the
Francis Hilliard School at Oxford will
take place on Monday evening, May
23rd at half-past eight o'clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21
Wilmington High School.

The Senior Glass of the Wilmington
High School held it's commencement
exercises last night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21

Perfectly natural. Blue Ribbon
Lemon and Vanilla are just the pure,
concentrated extracts of the fresh
fruits. Takes less. Flavors perfect
ly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21
Warrcnton High School.

Warrenton High school will hold it's
commencement exercises May 26th
and eth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21

For muscular and inIlammatory rheu-
natism nothing better than Gowan's
Pneumonia Cure.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-21
commencement at Whitsett.

Whitsett. N c., May 20.-The COM
mencement exercises at Whitsett In
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
AN EFFlcIKNr roRpEpo.

The automobile torpedo, which is one of the latest devices to smash and kill with, seems to be we'll fitted for it's devastating work. It appears that a range of 5000 yards can be attained with a speed of thirty knots for that distance and with speed of forty knots for thousand yards. As proof of the accuracy with which the course of torpedoes may be directed, trial is referred to where seven torpedo boats fired two torpedoes each when going at a speed of from twenty to twenty three knots at a target consisting of a platform seventy-five feet long float ing on barrels, and in prolongation of this two flags set one on each side and so spaced as to represent the turrets of battleship five hundred feet long, The results of the trial were that of the fourteen torpedoes fired, one caught it's tail in the tube and did not leave the boat, and of the other thir- teen which were in the water at the same time all passed between the tur- ret flags, two of them striking the platform itself and several others pass ing below it. The use of the gyroscope, as the steering gear of a torpedo is technically called, has been so perfect ed that, in the opinion of Lieutenant Chandler, it "has made out of the tor pedo weapon which within it's range is far more accurate than the gum
 Perhaps by and by war will consist of battles between automatic ma chimes. Then it wont be as hellish as it is now.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
rnr rrKNon RhPUnLIc-

4 prophet makes in the Fortnightly Review the rather surprising prophecy that the end of the French republic is very near. It will be replaced, he says, by a military dictatorship, or a con- snlate, with a return to the imperial or monarchical form later. If the decision is in favor of a king. the Duke dOrleans will be placed on the thronei if there is to be another empire Prince Victor, the Bonapartist pretender. will probably be placed at the head of it. This gentle man has the powerful influence of the Rothschilds behind him. and financial considerations are going to have much to do with the coming overturn in France. according to the writer.
 The situation in brief is this: The ex- penses Of the government have been steadily running ahead of the income and more taxes must be assessed and collected. An income tax seems to be in- evitable. Capitalists are seeking to place their wealth in foreign invest ments where the burden of taxation is less. It is prophesied that French rentes, which have been rapidly declin- ing in value recently, will fall to 70 or even 60 francs on the hundred. No gov ernment that brings about such re- suit in time of peace can be regarded as likely to endure. The Fortuightly writer asserts that three-fourths of the French people are eager for the end of the pres- ent regime. For ten years the republic has been waging war on the Catholic church, which arrays every priest and every earnest member of the laity against the republic. Many of the re- spectable republicans are said to have been alienated by the radicalism of the men now in power. The army officers are generally hostile to the republic and will be glad to see the ending of it.
 And so forth and so on. France has made such startling Hops in government that perhaps it isn't unreasonable to ex- pect another. But the republic has taken care of itself so long and so well that perhaps it wont have to fulfil such prophecy as that above cited.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
Wos Y Gil so Yi Yonk Ik

Across the sad and solemn sea l reach friendly hand to thee, My brother in adyersity
 M Yonk Ik l, too, have seen the lamp of fame Snuffed out just when its rosy name
 Filled the wick. 1, too, have seen coy glory fit Just when my name had made a hit. And people tried pronouncing it.
 Vi Yonk k. The splendor that I made mine own Now rests beneath a chiselled stone---
 "Jacet hic.' Your name, with rhythmic clink and clank Was one before which others shrank-- Mine with more SoftneSS rose and sank
 Vi Yopk K. My name was like a serenade, Until some jealous lout or jade
 Threw brick. My name was like a gentle sigh A song beneath the Southern sky But, still, we're brothers, you and I.
 Nj Yonk Ik Although your name, when spoken, makes sound like Westinghouse brakes
 Clutching quick. But, do not mourn. Rejoice with me, For future ages still shall see Our names a-romp through history,
 Yi Yonk Ik Yes. Ii Yonk k and Wos Gil Shall through the coming epochs peal
 We can't kick.
 Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
4 SLrGHy MISTAKE.

That lynching without careful inves- tigation is not always kind or just is indicated by some news which has come from South Carolina. S. M Jones, who Hendersonvile, confessed on his death- bed that he was the murderer of his wife. The crime was committed in May, 1902, at Ravenel, South Carolina, and three negroes, "Jim'' Black, Thom- as Pryor and James Ford, were 1ynched for it.. Jones took part in the lynching and fired the first shot in their dangling bodies Early in May, 1902, her ten year-old daughter found the body of Mrs. Jones in the doghouse. Jones had been at work for some time on the rail- road track, some distance from the house, and, hurrying to her father, the child told what she had discovered. The news of the tragedy soon spread over the country and armed citizens gathered from all parts. The crime
 
 was charged to Black, Pryor and Ford, who were seen in the neighborhood the morning of the crime, and when a search was made for them they could rot be found. For several days a mob searched the woods and swamps, cap- turing the negroes at different times. Each was taken to the scene of the crime and lynehed, Jones taking part and being permitted to fire the first shot. Several days ago Jones was talk en sick, and one day, while dying, he called his physicians and those about him and confessed to killing his wife. He said that he killed her in a moment of passion, after a quarrel over domes- tic affairs, and dragged the body into the yard and hid it in the doghouse. No wonder Jones didn't want to die without confession. His confession wont help the dead negroes much but 1 it ought to help some who are alive.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
INSfS4ENI.

Thermometers are not the only things which are graduated and get degrees ithout having brains.-Cornell Widow.
 Billy, Smith has given up smoking"
 What made him do that?''
 Dropped his cigarette butt in keg of powder. Widow.
 DO you think they will ever partition off China?"
 "Oh, yes. There'll be another piece conference soon ''-Harvard Lampoon.
 DailyGuide to Flattery-"If If you meet woman who strongly suspects that she is beauty ask her earnestly igf all her family are beautiful. Baltimore American.
 Why, oh, why" remarked the Ob- server of Events and Things, will a woman smile with delight when she sees a hat in a milliner's window, and frown when she sees the same hat on her neighbours head ?"-Yonkers States man.
 Do you mean to tell me that your success is due to the gratitude that peo- pie feel toward you?' Certainly" answered Senator Sor- ghum. q give them money, and their gratitude leads them to vote my way" ashington Star. Cholly--A fellow told me to-day that didn't know enongh to go in when it rained.
 Miss Sharpe-And what did you say Cholly--I assuhed him it was quite unnecessary, doncher know, because nevah go out when it rains.-Philadel- phia Ledger. Skinner-I suppose you're looking for an increase in salary, MT. Brown? Clerk-Oh, no. I'm not looking for it MT. Skinner; I'm only wishing for it that's all.
 Skinner-That's all right; but you're not to wish in office hours, you under stand.-Boston Transcript.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
RAD YORK IN PHrLADELPHIA.


 Philadelphia is a Republican city. but not a good Republican city. Indeed, it doesn't seem to be much better than that bad Democratic city New York. There is much typhoid fever in Phila- delphia, and one of the reasons why there is so much is thought to be the lack of good water. Five years ago, it is pointed out, the men who had the power committed the city to an experi- ment of enormous cost. Whatever may
 be the scientific support of filtration, this project was founded on greed and built of graft. Those behind made it an intending source of jobbery and loot.
 The estimates of the engineers have been. exceeded by millions; every prom ise of completion has. been broken to favor the contractors and their confed- crates; in capacity, in speed of con- struction and in every feature which
 might have developed usefulness, the filtration job has been system of be- trayal and plunder. At the end of five years. after an expenditure of more
 than $2O.OOO,OOo, all but small section of Philadelphia is still receiving diluted
 sewage for water, and there is not a
 single apologist for the infamous
 scheme who dares say when the system will be completed. or how effective it will be then.
 This situation isn't a large argument
 for municipal ownership of public utili- ties. is it?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

T am agreeably surprised at the room you have given me-" said the manager of the theatrical troupe. with a patronizing air. Tt is really first class"
 An" replied the proprietor Of the hotel Your room is better than your eomDany."-Philadelphia Press.
 You know how father insists upon talking all the time whenever Mr. Skates comes to call on me?" .Yes.''
 We'll, we fixed him last night all right. We got him to read the Russian and Japanese names in the war dis patches, and his jaw was soon so sore that he couldn't talk above a whisper. g Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
zHk WEEKLY JoUR1AL. Iss~sa Tharsdays. ons DsIiar a Year
Anrrpr1s1Nc pATFs

Situations, Wants. Rents and other small adyertisements, One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week. s Display advertisements. per inch, one in, Ie sertion, $120; each subsequent insertion, 4O cents; one week, $3.20; one month, SlO' one
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, l2 cents per line. Notices of Births, MarIl- ages. Deaths, and Funeral. 50 cents eaeh' Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited 10 lnsla m unobjectionable), and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

ing colony on a small island in the h. dian river. on the east coast. near the town of Sebastian. and in order to pre- serve the colony. now numbering sev- eral thousand birds. from further in- roads of the slaughter, the island has been declared a United States govern ment reservation for the protection of native birds and placed in charge of the Department of Agriculture.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
Nt 5octs c Yard.

Ail-wool Scotch Mixtures, 3S inches wide in effect for ali the world like the most expensive stuffs especially the new pepper and salt mix lures. Scots a Yard And another shipment of Mohsir Brilliantine. Every plain color you can think of and stripes and checks.
 Scots a Yard Such pretty Voiles, ,allwool too and 38 inches wide with a range of colorS quite as wide as you'll find in the most expensive. Scots a Yard And 'Voilettc' a soft sheer fabric but not as open as voile. hll-wool and 38 inch wide. Scots a Yard Soft attractive Albatross in white, black and all the pale and dark colors, Scots a Yard An incompatible grade of Cheviot in both black and navy, all-wool 40 inch wide Cheviot. The best thing you can have for gymnasium suits and fine too for walk ing skirts. 50cts a Yard
 -At 79cts < Yard.
 Silk and wool mixtures,the kind we've never before sold for less than $1. An espec- ially fetching one has silk nub and a stripe. It's here in greys. greens and blues,
 79cts a Yard
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

MT. Misfit-No use trying to explain things to woman; she can't under- stand scientific terms; now, here's
 Mrs. Misfit-Oh, yes, I can, Charles! Heredity is what man planes his father and mother for, and environment is what he planes his wife and the children for!-Chicago Record-Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
At zqcts c Yard.

A handsome silk and wool Examine. 48 inc hes wide is new. lthaS the silk nub but all one color.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

According to Professor Berweth, of Vienna, the number of meteorites actu- ally falling on the earth each year IS about nine hundred. Two or three of these bodies fall, then, somewhere on the earth every twenty-four hours.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

The unrestricted slaughter of plumed birds in Florida to supply the demands of the millinery trade nearly resulted in the exterlnination of many native species, but thanks to recently enacted protective laws, prohibiting the killing of all but game birds, this critical con- dition has now passed. A small colony of brown pelicans established breed
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
76b1bz 7b 11bzso@ so@9 19bEsl%g EEsloSgg T0.bb .blss9g ss9SD Here Are Rare Dress Goods Values
 Even Tho It Is AT The Threshold Of The Season.
Nt zqcts 2 Yard.

At 79ctS q Yard.
 These Crepe Eeypras and Crepe-de-Paris at 7ects are all-wooI and are worth si. Cream color, black aud ali the other colors are here.
 We've never been able to get these goods to you before at less than a dollar a yard. The Logsly Sotf Silks. A new one Is "MessaIInc" extremely lustrous and soft beyond anything we've had in Silks excepting perhaps Liberty.
 It's going to be used a Iot for both waists and gowns. In white and colors and only
 sl a Yard The Louislnes are here again but in new designs of both checks and stripes, es- pecially nice patterns for shirtwaist gowns.
 $1 and $l.25 Yard Chi17on Satin Foalavds. Softer even than the Satin Foulards of last year. The Shadow" is new pat tern; both ingenious and ef- fective it is too. Satin Fou- lards from Scots to $1.25 I'd They're initiating invisible Checks in Louisine Silks now. They're the prettiest sort of silks for shirtwaist gowns and they're being fairly gobbled up in this early Spring selling.
 sl and SIPS a Yard
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

Of the twenty-five or more iilustra- tions to the forthcoming autobiography of Herbert Spencer. several are por- traits of his father and mother and other members of his family from spen- cer's own drawings. There are also some plates drawn to accompany his articles on engineering and pictures of spencer's mechanical inventions. among others an invalid's chair.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

It is related that Sam Davis, editor of the Virginia City Enterprise, was once annoyed by a rival, who was continual ly stopping the press in order to in sert a piece of late news. There was hardly day that the rival did not say: "We stopped the press to announce that somebody had died, moved been born, run away, lost money at cards, sold a mine, bought a new hat or been arrest- ed. So one day Davis inserted the fol- lowing on the front page of his paper, deeply leaded and under the heading "Inportant:'' we stop the press to announce that there is no news of suffi- cient importance to justify us in stop ping the press. Giddap."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

Some call Alfred Belt the richest man in the world. He controls the South African diamond field: is forty-eight wears old; is worth little less than s1Ooo, 100000; lives in London, and draws ten millions a year in profits from the diamond fields. He is single.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

The establishment of a college of do- nestic science is announced at the Uni versity of Chicago. Dean Marion Tal- bot is to be the head of the new de- pertinent. The first courses will be of- fered at the beginning of the spring quarter September 1. The courses will include cooking and the study of the science of foodstuffs. It is intended that the work shall not only train a girl to cook but teach her domestic engineer ing, including house sanitation. public hygiene, the chemistry of foods, and other phases of sanitary science.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

DELIVERED BY CARR1EHs IN TEE Crr 5ICxsrs WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, tisoR SIX MONTHS, s6 4 YEAR THE SAME TERMS Bx MAIL
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

An osage Indian saw a gas fire at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, for the first time. All he could see in the stove was a pile of red hot bricks, through the crevices of which the the blue flames were curling. He said nothing, but be- fore starting home he went to the yard and bought lot of bricks and hauled them home. He burned up six boxes of matches and all the dry wood his wife had cut trying to get the bricks to burn, and finally hauled them back to Bartles- vile and told the yard man they were no good.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

Senator Penrose at the dinner which six hundred Republicans recently gave in Philadelphia in his honor was talk ing about impudence. "A good case of impudence," he said, scame under my notice during the Spanish American war Old Stott Redway, a Colorado horse dealer, sold some horses to the government for use in the field. These horses turned out to be worthless, and the official who bought them, meeting Stott one day, told him so. Those horses of yours he said, are no use for the army Well said stott, try them on the navy, then"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

The income tax list of Germany re- veals the fact that 5S,s99 persons in the city of Berlin have an income of over s715. There are s7S,4S4l persons taxed on incomes below s715. One can never be sure, of course, that these figures of assessors are correct, but these figures indicate an extremely low average ir- come for the millions of people in this highly prosperous German city. One fortunate individual paid taxes on an annual income of over $7OO,OOo and am other on one of over s6oO,OOO.
The colored American., 1904-01-09

There was card party given by
Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Alden, at 616
23d St, n. W., Monday evening,
December 2Sth. Those partici-
Patlng were: Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs Will
ham Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Sinms.
Mr.. w. ]. Singleton, Miss Minnie
Green, Miss EsteH Sirnns. Mr.
Richard Sims. There was a prize
given to the best couple, who were
Mr.. William Hall and Mrs. Laura
SlnniS Alden, after which a COLA
ton was served.
The colored American., 1904-01-09
BROOkLYNITES ROYALTY
ENTERTAINED.

The Misses Carrie and Velrna
Bristol, of Brooklyn, N. Y, for
the past ten days have been visit
ing their cousin, Miss Marion T.
Scott, of 0o3 9th street northeast
Their visit has been one of contin-
ued pleasure, Miss SCOTS friends
having extended them courtesies
in the form of musicales, recep-
tons, surprises, and lunches.
Their last night in the city was
made very pleasant by Miss Scott
giving dance at her home. The
beautiful dresses of the ladies, to-
Iget1er with the music, dancing.
and merry chat and laughter of all
was a great contrast to the hail,
wind, and snow outside. In spite
.of the unpleasant weather, there
was q good number present. Both
ladies and gentlemen left feeling.
they had spent delightful even
ing one to be remembered.
The Misses Bristol had none
but pleasant memories to carry
away with them. Among those
present were:
Misses Marion 7. Scott, Carrie
Bristol, Velma Bristol, Susie
Hamilton, Flossie Thompson,
Mary Butler. Essie Burrell.
Mamie B. Simmons, Lillian
Burke, Beulah E. Burke, Marie
Voolfolk, Ula Goodrich, Minnie
Hall, Hattie L. Collier, Julia B.
Collier, Mabel c.. Mason, Clotill
Houston, Genevia Walker, Julia
Brooks, Matile Sneede.
Messrs. Charles F. Giles, w. S.
Stafford, jr., OBenj. Jefferson,
F. Bernard Badger, Charles Tig-
nor, NJ. D.; Herndon B. Jones,
I. J. Price, of Cambridge, Mass.
H. r. Hall, Harry Holland,
George Chase, Walter Walker,
William English, J. E. Geary,
Harry Goodrich, Alexander Ri
vera, Houston, Harry Brown,
George Gates, Arthur Storu1n.
There were also present DIR.
and Mrs. E. d. Scott, Judge E.
NJ. Hewlett, Mrs. Roland B. Iaz-
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Cole, Mr..
and Mrs. Burke, formerly of
North Carolina.