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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
LABOR SCARCE; CROPS BEHIND.
If Farmers ''SticII," 1906 VIII Produce
100000 Bales Less.

The North Carolina headquarters OF
the Southern Cotton Association have
received a communication from the
main office in Atlanta, giving evidence
of a great reduction in cotton acre
age this year. The letter is as fol-
lows:
I'm addition to the pledge of the
farmers throughout the South to re-
duce their acreage 25 per cent, there
are two reasons in addition to the
pledges which are further evidences
of the fact that acreage is certain to
be reduced. The first is that the far
mers all over the Southern States are
further behind with their work this
year than in many years past and they
have not the time now to get their
land in the proper condition for plant.
ing cotton. Another reason, and per-
hapS the most important besides the
pledge of the farmer to curtail his
acreage, is the scarcity of labor
throughout the South For several
years past negroes have been rapidly
leaving the farms, taking to railroads,
saw mills and turpentine distilleries.
Very few of them remain between the
plow-handles, that is, a very few in
comparison to the number that work
ed on farms five years ago, and this
year they are scarcer than ever.
With very little labor a farmer
CdIIOI DeSln 10 leIlu the COIIOn ldllQ
he had in cultivation last year, and
he must necessarily cut his acreage III
proportion to his labor But a large
majority of the people who have sign
ed the pledge to reduce their cotton
acreage are going to do So and those
who have not signed will be forced in
a large measure to do so anyhow, be-
cause of the few laborers for farm
work, and the short time left them in
which to get their planting done.
THE Southern Cotton Association
is daily in receipt of adYices of the re-
duction of acreage everywhere, and
hundreds of pledges from leading
planters in every section are constant
ly being forwarded to the headquar-
ters of the association, which is ad-
ditional evidence of reduction. 1t has
been estimated that if every farmer
in the South would cut off one row OF
cotton 100000 bales less would be
the result in 1906"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
Mrs. w. WI. Rogers
Homemade
YEAST.

Is meeting with the highest success
and will hereafter be handled by al
the leading grocers OF Raleigh.
1t is put up in rs and rs cent pack
ages and full directions go with each
package. One % cent package will
make up 25 quarts of flour. 1t viii
keep fresh and good two to three
months in cold weather, and six TO
eight weeks in summer. For sale by
j. II. FerraH & CO., Fred WOoIIcOtt,
Ben Walters, Nj. ROsenthal and w.
@. Stronach e Sons.
Mail orders addressed to Mrs. w. M.
Rogers, 531 Halifax street, Raleigh,
N. c., will receive prompt attention.
A Few OF the Many Testimonials.
We use Mrs. Rogers Home-M
Yeast altogether and md 1t superior
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
HOSIERY MILL HANDS WANTED

dOSIEOI MILL LIANDo WAN AAAD
at High Point; nice new brick mill
run by electric power; fine light and
ventilation; sanitary, plumbing; only
ten hours a day work and nine
hours Saturday; good wages and
steady work; want all kind of knit
ting mill hands. High Point has
over fifty factories and employs
over 1000 men in them; on the
main line and being greatly i'm
proved with cement sidewalks ana
macadamized streets. Finest town
of it's size in the State to live in.
Apply in person or by letter. Cen
taur Knitting Company High
Point, n. c.. 3-31-3t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
Announcement.

At the solicitation of my friends
hereby announce myself as a candidate
for alderman from the Second Divis-
ion of the Fourth Ward. / do this
solely in the interest of good govern
ment, and not in the interest of any
man, clique or corporation. If elected
I will do all I can TO promote good
government. G. w. GOODWIN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

Lincoln, n. c. March 31.-Mr. Pink
Helms was found dead in piece of
new ground which he had been plow-
ing. The discovery was made by his
wife. An investigation of the circum-
stances leads to the belief that he
died of heart disease.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
TEN CENTS PER LINE
(SIx Words to the LIne)
CASH WITH ORDERS.

NO ADVERTISEMENT TAKEN FOR
less than Is cents. Special discounts
ON extended advertising. Results
assured.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.
THE WEATHER TO-DAY.

Local forecast for Raleigh AMI vi
cinity to D. m. Saturday; fair.
The Weather Yesterday.
Maximum temperature IL: mimi
mum temperature As.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

to any we can buy. We take great
pleasure in recommending 1t to like
institutions as well as private families
Baptist University for Women, Raj
eigh, N. c..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

WE PAY CASH AT YOUR STATION
for scrap iron and metals. Write
us. Cohen Bros, 220 n. 18th ST.,
Richmond, Va. 3-S-1mo
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

WANTED: FORTY ABLE BODIED
men tone. Good wages and steady
employment. Virginia Bridge &
Iron Co., Burlington, n. G.
4-1-3t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

The friends of Mr.. A. M. German,
of washington, whose illness in Wash
ington has been told of will be glad
to learn that he is improving and that
he has gone to the springs to recup-
crate.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

BURNETT'S EXTRACT OF VANILLA.
Is the best, perfectly pure, highly con-
centrated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

shopping is Candy. Buy "Roysters''
and know that you get the best.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

Township meetings are to be held
today in Wake, of the Cotton Growers
Association. The meeting for Ralelgn
township is to be held in the court
house at two o'clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

Hauser, the Wilmington jeweler
who escaped from the States Prison
on Thursday has not yet been located.
The five men who escaped from BOW
dens and Tillery are also still at large.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

I find Mrs. Rogers Home-M Made
Yeast equal to any have ever used
and since giving it my first trial / use
no other. / believe In Datronizing
home industries.
Mrs. E. E. Mofntt, S11 Fayetteville
ST., Raleigh, N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

NO FULL GRADUATES OF KINGS
Bus. College is out of position.
Positions for others. Address, j. H.
King, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

Rev. r. f. Bumpas returned yester-
day from Durham, where he went to
attend the lectures of Bishop gallo
way, of Mississippi. He expresses
himself as being greatly pleased.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

WANTED-A FIRST CLASS DRESS
goods salesman; young, unmarried
man preferred. Address Dress
Goods, care News and Observer,
Raleigh, n. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
OUT on THE CITY

LADIES FROM OUT OF THE CITY
visiting Raleigh to do their shop
ping, and desiring room and meals
at reasonable rate, with private
family, can find same at Mrs. w. NJ.
Rogers. 531 Halifax street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
Bids for State Printing.

Scaled bids for doing all the public
printing, binding, job work, and all
other similar work required and al
lowed by law, for the State of North
Carolina, for a period of two years
from date of contract, are requested;
the same to be in this office not later
than noon Monday, April 10, 1905.
The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved.
Fl. B. WARNER,
Secretary State Printing Commission.
Raleigh, N. c., March 20, 1906.
t. d.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

The painters at the Union Depot are
now doing work in the depot. Inc
ticket office interior is being improves
with white paint and the shed with
dark green.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

The benches have been moved from
Nash and Union Squares. These are
being painted and it is expected they
will again adorn the squares today.
so as TO be ready for Sunday use.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
Royster's Candy.

Wholesome for the children, ap-
proved by the grown folks, and en-
5oyed by all.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

D-REGISTERED PHAR-
macist; State age and experience.
Address Box A, Rockingham, N. c.
3-30-3t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

A meeting will be held today py
order of the chairman OF the BOARD
of Comfy commissioners to name a
man for road supervisor of Raleigh
township.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

The series of meetings held at the
Mission of the First Baptist church
by Rev. r. S. Stephenson, ended on
Friday night The meetings were
full Of interest and attracted large
congregations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

1Oc. Any Day and Every Day Zoe.
Extra Pretty Wide Value in Embroid-
cries 8 to ii inches, 10 cents a yard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

Clothes don't make the man, but
they often influence others in sizing
him up.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

Chares Faison, the negro In Re1
Hospital with fractured Skull caused
nv q blow from bat at a game OF
baseball at Marks Creek, is reported
as improving.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

WANTED-REGISTE DRUG
gist or clerk from 8 to years ex-
perience. Jas. p. Stowe & Co., Char
lotte, n. c..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

Miss Florence Davis is to appear
here soon in return engagement of
''The Player Maid 1t is a play that
is winning high praise everywhere
and Miss Davis is a most charming
actress as her Raleigh audience testi-
fed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

POSITION WANTED BY REGIS
tered pharmacist at once; good refer
ence and good experience. Address,
p, care News and Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

Rev. D. A. H Moment returned yes
terday from Asheville where he de-
livered an address in the interests
of a dispensary there.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

KINGS BUS. COLLEGE, RALEIGH.
No fake offers. Best guaranteed
in all depts. Open all the year. 1
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

WANTED-POSITTO AS HOUSE,
keeper or lady manager of boarding
house or hotel. m, care News
and Observer.
3-30-3t.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE OF ALL
kinds in and near Greensboro. A
great bargain in one hundred vacant
lots. Carolina Real Estate & In
vestment Co., Greensboro, N. c.
3-30-5t.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

The funeral services of the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. A. Cox,
who live on Pilot Hill, was held from
the house yesterday afternoon, and
the interment was in the burying
ground at the farm of Mr.. Sam. Row
land. a few miles from Raleigh. The
child was a year old and died on
Thursday.
Mr.. Andrew Moreland, manager of
the Transit Department of the Amer
lean National Bank of Richmond,
was in Raleigh yesterday shaking
hands with his many friends in the
city. Mr.. Moreland was formerly
cashier of the Atlantic National Bank
of Wilmington, having come to this
State from his old home at Charles
ton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

Keep your eyes open today for 1t Is
the first of April, and the joke artist
is abroad.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

My Dear Mrs Rogers:-Your Home
Made Yeast makes the most delicious
bread and buckNheat cakes l have
ever tasted. Please send me fifty
cents worth this time by mail. I en-
close 16 cents for postage.
Sincerely yours.
MRS. VIM. BINGHAM.
Mebane, N. c., Feb. IL, 1905.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-01

have been using Mrs. Rogers
Yeast In combination
with North State Flour and nnd that
they make excellent bread. In fact
this homemade yeast and homemade
flour is better than any / can get aIse-
where. The yeast will be certain to
give perfect satisfaction to all who
use it.
MRS. JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-04-27
CHAPTER XIV.


~ ATER I saw this letter. 1t opens
M abruptly;
II killed him. am all that
said was, and you can never
again give me n thought save In the
way of cursing and to bewail the day
I came into your life. But you cannot
hate me more than | hate myself my
wicked self, who, seeing an obstacle in
the way to happiness, stamped 1t out
of existence and so forfeited all right
to happiness forever.
ut was so easy! Had 1t been a hard
thing to dO-had it been necessary to
lay hand on knife or lift pistol
might have realized the act and paused.
But Just little spring which chlld's
hand could manage-whO, feeling for
1t, could help pressing it, if only to
see
II was always reckless girl, mad
for pleasure and without any thought
of consequences When school bored
me took all my books out of my desk,
called upon my mates to do the same,
and, stacking them up into sort Of
rostrum in n field where we played,
first delivered an Grafton from them
in which reverence for my teachers
had small part, then tore them into
pieces and burned them in full sight of
my admiring schoolfellows. | was dis.
missed, but not with disgrace. Teach
ers and scholars hewniled my depar-
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-04-27

self threatened with all sorts of visits
from the police and realized that at
any moment my effects might be ran.
sacked sought hiding place for this
letter which no man without super
human insight could discover. Look
And, pulling off the outside wrapper,
he inserted the point of his penknife
under the edge of the paper lining the
inside cover and ripped it off with a
Jerk.
II pasted this here myself" he cried
and showed us where between this pa
per and the boards, in Il place thinned
out to hold 1t, there lay number Of
folded sheets. which. with II deep sigh,
he handed over for the majors inspec-
ton. AS he did so he remarked:
II had rather have died any natural
death than have had my miserable
wife's secret known. But since the
crime has come to light this story Of
her sin and her repentance may serve
in some slight degree to mitigate pub.
lie opinion. She was sorely tempted,
and she succumbed. The crime of her
ancestors was in her blood"
He again walked Off The major I'M
folded the sheets.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-04-27
st u 3

Very good. II Mr.. Jeffrey's present
explanations are true, these deductions
of yours are probably correct. But Mr..
Moore's denial has been positive.
fear that it will turn out mere ques
ton of veracity."
mot necessarily" l returned IL
think | see way of forcing this man
TO acknowledge that he was in or
about this house on that fatal night"
you do?"
Eyes, sir; I do not want to boast. and
I should be glad IL you did not oblige
me to contide to you the means by
which | hope to bring this out. Only
give me leave to insert an advertise.
ment in both evening and morning
papers and in two days | will report
failure or success"
The major eyed me with an interest
that made my heart thrill Then he
quickly said "You have earned the
privilege. I will give you two days"
At this moment Durbin reappeared.
He had the book in his pocket TAX.
ing It out, he handed it to the major.
with this remark:
"You won't find anything there. The
gents been fooling you"
The major opened the book, shook
II, looked under the cover, found moth
ing, and crossed hastily to the drawing
room We as hastily followed him.
The district attorney was talking with
Miss futile; Mr.. jeffrey was nervous.
ly pacing the floor. The latter stopped
as we all entered and his eyes flashed
to the book
Let me take it," said he.
at was absolutely empty" remarked
the major. The letter has been alb.
stracted, probably without your knowl
edge"
IL do not think So" was Mr.. JEFF
frey's unexpected retort. "Do you sup.
pose that would intrust u secret. for
the preservation of which | was ready
to risk life and honor, to the open
pages of n book? When found my
The concealed letter
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-04-27
Health Is Youth.

Disease and sickness bring old age,
Herbine, taken every morning before
breakfast, will keep you in robust
health, fit you to ward off disease. 1t
cures constipation, biliousness, dys-
pepsia, fever skin, liver and kidney
complaints. 1t puriiies the blood and
clears the completion, Mrs. d. w.
Smith, Whitney, Tex, writes April
3, 1902; 81 have used Herbine, and
find it the best medicine for constipa-
tion and liver troubles. 1t does all
you claim for it. | can highly recon-
mend it," 80, Sold by the Central
drug store.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-04-27
Cures Coughs and Colds

Mrs. C. Peterson, O25 Lake st, To-
peka, Kan, says: OF all cough rene
dies Billiards. Horehound Syrup is
my favorite; it has done and will do
all that is claimed for ito speedily
cure all coughs and colds-and it is so
sweet and pleasant to the taste. Sold
by the Central drug store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-25
KRAFT EXPECTS TO ESCAPE
The Alleged St. Louis Boodler's At
torneys Are Hopeful.
Fence That Another st. LOuisan


Butler. Mo-, Feb. 22.-The case Of
Charles Kratz. on change of venue
from st. Louis, is on trial here. Kratz
was a member of the st. Louis city
court, and is alleged to lave accepted
brides and fled to Mexico. A treaty was
made with that country, and Kratz
was ~extradited. 1t was one of Prose
cutor Folks's (now Gov. FOLK star
cases.
Kratz's attorneys believe they will
secure his acquittal. In the case on
trial he is charged with having accept
ed a bride to vote for a franchise de-
sired by the Suburban street railway.
The state law provides that no ordi-
nance can be introduced unless more
than one-half the property owners
along the proposed route petition for
same. This was not done; and as the
ordinance was invalid, and so declared,
they contend that Kratz, as council
man, could not be bribed to do some
thing which the law says cannot be
done. In support of this theory they
cite the decision of the supreme court
Of Missouri in the Butler bribery case.
Butler was charged with attempting to
bribe the board of health of st. Louis
to award him a contract, when it was
set forth that the board of health had
no power to award contracts, and
therefore could not be bribed to do
something which it could not do.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-25
ARE CONSIDERING PEACE.
Conditions on Which Russia is Pre-
pared to Make Peace Practical
Iy Agreed Upon.

London. Feb. pa dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Co. from st. Peters
burg confirms the advices of February
II and February 10 from st. Petersburg
to the effect that peace was under con-
sideration, and adds:
"The question of peace has not only
been formally discussed, but the cOndi-
tons on which Russia is prepared to
make peace have practically been
agreed upon. These are as follows:
Korea to be placed under Japanese
s~uzerainty.
Port Arthur and the Liao-Tung
peninsula to be coded to Japan.
VladivOstOk to be declared a neutral
port with an open door.
The eastern China railroad to be
placed under neutral international adj
ministration.
M~anchuria, as far north as Hardin,
to be restored as an integral part Of
the Chinese empire.
The only difficulty lies in settling the
question of indemnity upon which it is
known that Japan insists, but it is
thought that this difficulty is not in
Superable.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-25
A Bankers Opinion.

". H. Rivers, president of the Texas
Bankers Association, in an address at
New Orleans, said:
There is no use denying the fact
that the banker in his respective com
munity, is, or should be, the indus
trial safety valve to that community,
and when he expresses himself on
financial matters, the most i~lliterate
and most learned stop to listen, as
the bankers of the United States are
considered its financiers, and right
fully so. When we want to know law,
we go to the lawyer; when we want
to know medicine, we go to the doctor,
and the world is fast finding out that,
when they want to learn finances, they
must go to the financier.
'In my opinion, we should pass a
resolution expressing in the strongest
terms that we believe the only
remedy, and a safe remedy, is to re-
33 13 per cent. If this is done, the
crop would bring more money than a
full crop of cotton. Plant this 33 1-3
per cent in corn and cane, hay, pota-
toes, ETC.; raise some hogs; let the
farmer have his smokehouse and corn
crib on his own farm; fatten a few
beeves and hogs with his surplus corn
and hay; let his cotton crop be his
surplus crop; send his children to
school in place of keeping them at
home all fall and winter picking s.
cent cotton. Diversifcation is the
only road to prosperity for the farmer
of the South