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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
MI-CENTENN|AL
Full Program of the Ex'
.ercises at Ellington
Tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the big day for Har-
nett county, which celebrates then its
fiftieth birthday as a county There
will be thousands of people at Lilling-
ton, an immense barbecue and picnic
in the shady grove and speeches by
able and eloquent orators.
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared for the Semi-Centennial Cele-
bratiOn at Lillingtonq Thursday, the
3rd, and NUMBER Of distinguished
speakers, including, Governor Glenn,
Hon. Dan Hugh Mclean and others,
will deliver addresses. and add eclat
TO the occasion. II. l.. Goodwin is mas
ter of ceremonies and j. NJ. Marshall
master of ceremonies. The full pro-
gram follows: BE-.
IL a. m.-Address by Hon. d. II,
Mclean. u1... .a.
1890 a. ms-Address by DR. J.
Allison Hodges. tt.
1900 m.-Address by Hon. John
d. Bellamy. ~
1870 p. m.-Address by Hon. E. T..
McCulloch. ..4 s...
100 p. m.-Dinnera. a,t..
200 p. m.-Address by Governor r.
B. Glenn.
2:30 p. m.-"Echoes." poem by T.
w. Harrington, read by Miss Matte
Young
2:45 p. m.-Address by DR.. c. w.
Byrd.
3:15 p. m.-Address by Hon. H. l..
BIAS p. m.-Address by Mr.. w. j.
Peele.
AIS p. m.-Address by Captain S.
\. Ashe.
4:45 p. m.-Address by Mr.. w. e.
Murchison.
A large number of people are eX-
pected to go down from Raleigh and
cars has been provided Train leaves
here at $50 a. m, and it will leave
promptly IN time.
The fare from Raleigh for the round
trip will be one dollar and the Raj
eigh and Southnort. as we'll as the
Cape Fear and Northern have ar
ranged for extra cars to carry the
crowd. The Raleigh and Southport
will use eight coaches, four of these
starting from Raleigh and four more
being received at the Cape Fear and
Northern junction near Fuquay
Springs.
At Ellington the big meeting will
take place in the beautiful grove just
beyond the Cape Fear, nigh to q
bubbling spring. big stand and
pavilion has been erected, and Lilling-
town itself will be beautifully deco
rated for the occasion and at the
speaking the Third Regiment Band of
Raeigh. with thirty-five pieces will
render splendid music that all will. en-
joy
1t is to be a great day for all who
attend and the railroad rates are low
with convenient schedules. The trains
leave Raleigh at $50 sharp the fare
being $500 for the round trip, with
other rates as follows: Duke SIPS,
burlington $1.10. BarclaysvilIe 80
cents, Apex $1.00, Holly Springs 50
cents, Dunn $1.25, Barnes 80 cents
Willow Springs rs cents, Fuquay
Springs so cents.
The schedule to be observed is as
follows;
leave Raleigh $50 a, M, leave Dunn
sos a, m, leave Apex 8;45 d, M, leave
C. f. and y. junction $40 a. m. ar
rive Ellington Station 1890 a. m,
leave Ellington Station 500 p. m,
leave c. f. and \. Junction 5:45 p.
m, arrive Raleigh GAS p, m, arrive
Dunn ESQ p. m, arrive Apex Gao
p, m,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
NEW ENEMY FOUND
Discovery of an Unknown
Cotton Disease.
Or. Stevens lnspects Sick Plants Near
Charlotte, Lumberton, Rowland and
Auburn. State will Make Spec
ial Investigation.

DR.. +. l.. Stevens Of the A. and M.
College, returned to Raleigh yester-
day from Sharon Hall, near Char
lotte, where he was called last week
to examine some sick cotton. The
diseased spots appear in the field,
gradually enlarge, and spread con-
sternatiOn among the growers. The
upper leaves are tender and Watery
in appearance, and the lower and old
Ell leaves are reddish on the upper
side.
In speaking of this new cotton dis
ease last night, DR.. Stevens said:
Il have received many letters from
different portions of the State con-
corning what seems to be this same
disease. 1t is new TO all cotton grow
ers. as nothing like it has ever been
seen within the memory of any of
them. The cotton in the diseased
spots is absolutely barren; the leaves
flowers and bolls all fall off leaving
merely a bare stalk, which also soon
dies The spots thus infected, when
first noticed, are usually twenty or
thirty feet in diameter, and they en-
large in every direction, leaving the
ground bare. In this way the diseased
spots are visible at a great distance
The disease has not yet been .investi-
gated and it has not been positively
determined whether it is caused by an
insect, by fungi or by bacteria"
The matter is under investigation
now, by DR. Stevens and he will call
it directly to the attention of the
State Entomologist, Franklin Sher-
man, Jr. There are evidences of this
disease at Rowland, Lumberton, Au-
burn and Sharon Hall.
Much interest will attach to the in
vestigation of this disease by the
State authorities, and it is probable
that the United States Department of
Agriculture will send q representative
here to make an official investigation
for the government
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
ARRESTS FOR JULY.
Total Number was 135.-COlored 81
White. 53.

The total number of arrests made by
the police during the past month was
1876, of which 81 were white males
and two white females, and 6S color
ed males and IA colored females.
The offences committed and num-
Der of each with the arrests are as
follows:
Drunk on the streets, "a; drunk and
disorderly, II; Assault, 8; drunk IN
Union depot 1; firing pistol on street.
/; drunk and down. 13; disordefly
conduct, 3D. injury to property, 1; as
sauIt with deadly weapon, 3; larceny,
A; reckless driving, 1; carrying con
cealed weapons. 2; assault and pat
terry, 2; ARRAY, IA; false pretense, l.
ton and adultery. 2;indecent exposure
ton and adultry. 2; indecent exposure
/; drunk in the market, /; gambling.
Q. violating city ordinance, 3; drunk
and reckless driving, 2; keeping gam
bling house, /.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
COTTON DECLINE -
Deterioration in All Cotton States
south of Georgia.

The New York Journal of Com
merce's August crop report shows q
June, a decline Of SIS points. Ffl*
condition of 1874 against ST. fci
condition compares with 8 for thl
corresponding time last year. q ~
1903 so in 1902. Deterioration is
shown in all States except North
Carolina and Georgia Texas dropped
Al points 10 10; other large Stats
showing declines as follows: Alabama.
9.S to 1872; Mississippi, 40 to u; at
Louisiana II to Co. and Arkansas SIS
points to 67S. oklahoma shows a
loss of 10 points to ~. the Indian
Territory of points to II. Tennes-
see. a loss Of 13 points to ~. Missouri
a loss of points to 81 and Florida a
los sof points to 81. Georgia re-
mains unchanged at ga and North
Carolina at IS, while South Carolina
is l point higher at 81.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
LIFE NOT IN DANGER.
The TarbOro SOutherner Says Wingate
Stood in 10 Danger of Violence.

There seems to be division Of opinion
in Tarboro as to the necessity or wis
dom of bringing Wingate to Raleigh
for safe-keeping." The county authori-
ties, fearing that his presence in Tar
bOro, might lead to violence, as a pre-
caution. brought MIN to Raleigh on
Sunday ana he is incarcer@ted iI the
Wake Jail. The Tarboro Southerner
thinks bringing the prisoner to Raj
eigh was uHnec6 ssary, and says:
Saturday evening Sheriff Dawson,
thinking it would be safer for Robert
Wingate, Who attempted a Grimm Il
assault upor lady here, had him car
Tied away, f.-
1--WE do not know how much justi-
iication there WAS for Sheriff Dawson's
fears. We are confident that tn 2
mans life was not in danger, and we
are skeptical about any violence be
ing attempted.
1T is much and deeply to DE re-
GREETED that the man was taken away.
for it creates the idea that this COM
munity is laWless one, which IT Is
not.
''Once. before and not many months
ago, a prisoner was taken TO some
other county because OF some Idle
threats. 1t is admitted that the man
was never in the slightest danger Yet
the idea was created that the people
here did not respect The law, and
that the high sheriff of the county
could not enforce the law.
''As we have said, we do not know
how much real foundation II ere was
to the sherin's apprehensions. but rs a
rule, the sheriff of a county should
never remove a prisoner from his
custody unless he is assured that he,
With the power of the county behind
him, cannot bestoW the protection
that is expected and requir III of him.
ITO spirit a prisoner away IN times
# excitement is to display a fear that
can only tend to encourage laWlesS-
ness. People, and mobs especially.
respect brave man, but are swift to
take advantage of a timid one. OF
course ii is the duty of the sheriff
to protect his prisoners, and if neces-
sary, to take them to other jails for
safekeeping. but this should be the
last resort"
LUMINA at WrightsviIle is practi-
calIy free hotel for eycursiOniStS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
LUMINA at WrightsviIle is practi
cally a free hotel for excursioniStS.
DEATH OF AN OLD VETERAN.
DR.. Station Reelected President of
Tarboro Cotton Mills.
Especial to News and Observer.D

Especial to News and Observer
Tarboro. n. c., July 31.-At a call
ed meeting of the board of directors
of the Tarboro Cotton Factory held
this morning at 10 o'clock DIR. l.. l..
Station was elected president. vice G.
NJ. Parks resigned. f. V. Zoeller. was
elected treasurer: Jno. w Jones Of
Durham. was elected secretary.
Gray Cobb. aged II, an old Confed-
crate soldier and an excellent citizen
died yesterday of apoplexy. Mr. Cobb
was one of the best and bravest SOL
diers Edgecombe sent to the front
during the great Civil War He was
in the army during the entire four
years and participated in the great
battle at Malvern Hill.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
NOTICE!

The National Bank of Raleigh, To-
Gated at Raleigh. in the State of North
Carolina. IS closing up its affairs. it's
corporate existence having expired at
close of business on the 18th day Of
July, 1905. All note holders and 9th
ers, creditors of said Association. are,
therefore hereby notified to present
the notes and other claims against the
Association for payment
It. Fl. BRIGGS, Cashier.
The Raleigh Banking and Trust
Company is conducting a general
Banking business in the building
formerly occupied by the National
Bank of Raleigh with same officers,
many of the old Directors and several
new ones,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
observation-disclosures.

Announcement has been made of
the approaching marriage of Mr.
Geo. Blackburn, of Columbia. S. c..
TO Miss Maggie Amman. of Asheboro,
this to take place from the Methodist
church, August 10th, at 10 o'clock a..
M, at AsheborO. after which the hap
py couple will leave for their home
i'm COlum bia
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
TOMORROW THE DAY,
Get OH Board and Have a Happy
Time.

The great midsummer excursion to
Norfolk ana the popular Virginia sea
shore resorts leaves North Carolina
Wednesday morning at 9:45 from Dur
ham and at 10 from Raleigh.
The fare is $3.50 for the round trip,
cheaper at points along the road to-
wards Norfolk. Two days and two
nights i'm Norfolk. Portsmouth, Vir-
ginia Beach, Pincy Beach Ocean
View and other places. on the re-
turn the train leaves at 8 o'clock Fri
d'ay morning, back in Raleigh and
Durham at $3.50. Get on board and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
Does the Work.

There was a test of Raleigh's new
steam fire engine yesterday afternoon
at the corner of Fayetteville and Ca
barrus streets This time only local
talent was i'm charge, but the steamer
did splendid work and threw streams
high and far The new engine seems
10 answer the claims made for it as
an extra fire one.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
LUNINA, electrical pavilion wonder
Mr.. j. L. Green's Death.

The body of the late Mr. ], 7. Green,
who has been living III Raleigh for
some time, and who died here on sun
day, was taken to Fayetteville, MS
former home. for interment. he was
an active odd Fellow and member
OF the Junior order.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02

tend the meetings of the Interdenomi-
national Sunday School Association.
This will be in session through Fri
day night and the exercises are to
close then with "a big concert. The
president of the association is James
H. Young, of Raleigh, and the secre-
tary, j. E. Shepherd.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
Mrs Nettie AIcxander's Funeral.

The remains OF the late Mrs. Nettie
Alexander widow of the late William
Alexander who died at her home on
West Lenoir street on Sunday, were
taken to Macedonia Methodist church
for the funeral the interment being
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
To Oepn Masonic Bids.

The Masonic Temple Building Com
mittee will meet here at noon today
TO open bids for the Masonic Temple
to be erected here. Grand Master w
S. LiddelI. of Charlotte, is here to at
tend the meeting.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
Revenue Receipts.

The collections of internal revenue
for July were as follows
On lists, $40. 964.S1; spirit stamps
$5,772.36: cigars and cigarettes, SILL
669.64; tobacco. $168,716.37; special
taxes, $4.834.34; total, $201,957.52.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02

Miss Patsie Smith has returned
fran a visit To Charlotte and Cleve-
land SPRING. 80
MIR. and Mrs. Preston Lewis Gray,
of Mebane were visitors to Raleigh
yesterday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
Case Against Aubrey Dismissed.

The case against Will Aubrey before
Judge r.. @. Reid for the seduction
of Ola Thaxton under promise to mar
ry was dismissed yesterday morning,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02

it appearing TO the court that the girl
had returned TO Wilson. The costs
were entered against the girl Autrev
was represented by Messrs. Harris &
Harris
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
NEW CROP
Turnip Seeds

grow and true to 5gET,NsS SsxExE1
We recommend following
soia
White Flat Dutch, Red Strap Leaf Mammoth Pur
pie Top Globes. White Globe, Southern Prize POM
White Globe, yellow
Alndun Improved Purple Ruto-Boga, 5iE
$ large prices right and Market
supplied >..sAr~sgex e.saa61E7zzl
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
CoIored Sunday school Assertion.

a large delegation of Raleigh's col
ored citizens went TO Durham yester-
dav afternoon in a special car to at
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

is fine set of Arabian and Persian
scenery 4 got from Minnesota clergy
man not long ago. Someone will come
along one of these days who has trav-
eled in those countries, and 1 shall make
SALE. A war correspondent sent me
some excellent views of the orient,
which were purchased from me by a
well.knowu lecturer touring the eastern
states.
!. i. 4
. stThere is more barter tLan actual
sale in the lantern slide business. i
seldom dispose Of set of slides for all
cash, but am constantly on the look
out for other slides. A slide dealer is
really sort of go-between, and his in
terest lies in knowing what lecturers
and operators want. When lecturer
comes to a large town, one of the first
calls he makes is on the local slide
dealer. It is an accepted trade cour-
tesy for The dealer to show him all he
has got, and often in this informal way
deal is made to the mutual advantage
of both parties Not long ago lee
turer just returned from the tour of
Europe was billed in small Mime
sofa town for lecture on the noun
tains of Europe. His slides went
astray in shipment and he wired me to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

kAT F ONE is in, doubt about the.
fckleness Of public opinion, he
y should keep in touch with the
moving picture business for a. month"; -
said the owner Of stereopticon supply
store on Hennepin avenue. I" When the
cinematograph first became practical
instrument, there was the same rush
after it as there had been for thou
sand other novelties. No manager had
the least faith in it except as a very
transient feature on his play bill.
But as. years went by, the wonder grew
that the public, always difficult to
satisfy, was clamoring still for the liv.
ing pictures. Slowly and, with much
misgiving it was made plain to theatre
cal managers that the cinematograph
under its innumerable aliases, had come
I to stay. But if the people showed
fxity of purpose in voting solid for
]. the picture machine, they made up for
their unusual constancy by developing
IAN Unsuitable desire for variety and
novelty in the films themselves.
tSee this stock of films. They rep
resent some $500 of dead stock. They
were made in Paris about two years
ago, and at that time were in great
demand in eastern centers. They are
phantom rides on railway trains, and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

other panoramic views. Popular one
week IN Minneapolis, they had to be
shelyed the next, and have never seen
the light of day-or night-since.
i. i. !.
Just now all the public wants is
something with a chase in it, no mat
ter whether. the object be a rat, a
burglar or a husband. The most un-
natural scenes with picture of a man.
or woman running at an impossible,
speed, find favor where no other films
will. And the peculiar thing about it
is that this mad desire for a certain
film spreads like an epidemic, and every
house is elamoring for the same stuff.
The chase craze has lasted quite while
now several weeks at least-but it
will be dropped without a days notice
by all theaters at once. There is no
calculating the psychological moment
when the public will change its mind.
Can you not induce kind of de-
sire among your patrons, for some other
|subject?''
Not, in the least. Every new film
of any length represents to the makers
an expenditure of at least ST 900. This
is a pure speculation. IL it does not
please the public, there will be no APP
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

article, at least, France can easily hold
its own. The real Italian maccaroni,
made as only the children of that
sunny land can make it, finds work fol
thousands, before it is shipped to us
from that divinest and dirties of cities,
Naples.
Hammering and tempering and grind
ing the finest steel into cutlery that the
world has not yet excelled, the fires of
the FORCES streaming out into the smoky
night, the workmen of Sheffield and
Dannemora are making knives and
blades of every description. Far away
east, on the fringe of the Arctic night
the, White Sea whalers are collecting
their barrels of sperm oil and bone
Vine culture in the Rhine valley finds
employment for thousands; little dots
of humanity are to be seen digging
pruning, and watering on the picturI
esque terraces between Cologne and
Bingen. The careful, methodical and
monotonous culture of rice is seen to
by the japanese and Chinese worker
| with a thoroness and perfection gen.
orally characteristic of the orientals.
| ]. = ], y
| Anu tHlS Spltc VI tAC idC
that our own country is said to be abb,
| to supply all the needs of every clti
zen within it's borders. Fortunately
there is no immediate danger of on
national resources being put to thf
test. This is the age of barter and com
merce. Tho perhaps Minneapolis is th'
greatest supply center for the foreig,
fur trade, furs, in very small quantities
are being brought into our market from
the Caucasus and even Siberia. Ia
we hold the world IS record s:,r tn
greatest output of -four, it is possibf5
| to find in more than one warehouse foui
that has been shipped all the way froni
Odessa
There is, no such thing as absolut
national Independence for any peopii
on the face Of earth. The more VI
buy, the more we sell, and the phenomf
enally wide geographical buying are
Of Minneapolis merchants shows twl
important facts-that their customer
want the best the whole world affords,
and that they have the money to pa.
for it..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

seats, bedding, curtains and woodwork.
These showed only one tubercle bacillis
in seventy-eight examinations
Out Of nearly 100 examinations of
air from the same sources only one
showed bacillis tuberculosis, while the
examination of twenty-one drinking
cups failed to disclose any specimens
Some experiments along similar
line carried out by the chief chemist Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and rep
ported in a paper read before the Bos-
ton meeting of the American Public
Health association, indicate that per-
#haps one reason why upho lstery has not
proved more dangerous is that it seizes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

with tenacity any particles which may
fall upon it.
This quality of plush to retain the
dust does not make such hangings
hygienic, but undoubtedly minimizes
the source Of danger from them by pre-
venting the bacterially infected parti-
cles from floating in the air and thus
coming in contact with the human
mucous membranes.
An examination Of the available data
in regard to the tuberculosis among
railway employees discloses that no par
ticular susceptibility exists. In fact
conductors and other trainhands are
relatively immune.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Germs That Travel in Railroad Trains

IN ECENT Investigation has devel-
H oped many facts in regard TO
= = the possibility, or rather the
probability, Of contagious diseases be-
ing contracted in railroad cars that.
should prove especially encouraging to
the traveller. 1t is evident, from the
data. brought out that upholstered
seats, and curtains, floor coverings, etc.,
are probably not nearly as dangerous
as they have been depicted.
A short time ago the Medical News,
in an article on the Bacterial Con-
tents Of the. Railway Coach = gave the
results of The meteorological examina-
ton of dust collected from car carpets,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

has grown steadily year by year until
now it embraces almost every country
in the world.
The management and operation Of
these great emporiums is business
Of great responsibility. The demands
Of the country customer are SO con-
stantiy changing and increasing, that
it is absolutely impossible to cor
rectly gage month s or even a week IS
orders from the. data collected over a
period of years. How, little does the
local storekeepea realize the vast sys-
tenn of complicated machinery he sets
in motion when he writes out an order
for the wholesaler. The order is re-
ceived at the Office, "split up" into
its various departments, copied, and
handed to the shipping clerk. The sew
eral itemized orders 60 to their respec-
tive branches, boxes of this and chests
of that and packages Of the other COM
ing down from every floor to the pack
! ing room.
This room is all that the name i'm
plies, and more. It is fitted with Ak.
lures containing almost everything
stocked by the firm, and all in
broken" OF opened packages. For
instance, If an order calls for two
chests Of tea, 3 cases of salmon, one.
half gross bottles of pickles, the first
two items will go to the packing room
already boxed, as they have never been
opened since leaving the factory OF
cannery;. the "broken'' package OF
i pickles will be made up from the pack
ing room fixtures, and the whole boxei
and nailed and sent to the dispatch
1 room. e
- + !. /.
+ One Of the most arduous tasks Incl
Il dental to the running of a big whole
sale warehouse is that which has to b.
I executed by the buyer Of shorts
i When the orders come in from the coun
), try, there are many items called 70
which are perhaps not stocked by. thai
particular house. It would be useless
for one house to carry, for instance
quantity of every kind Of tobacco
and every brand Of cigars. In tn,
i trade, certain houses keep certain