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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
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Greensboro, June 2S.-A pretty
wedding was solemnized at Buffalo
Presbyterian church, two miles north
of here, yesterday afternoon, the
couple being Mr.. William Leslie
Wharton and Miss Rosa Cynthia
Fields Rev. ]. w. Goodman Offici-
ated. and there were many in at
tendance.
The wedding music was by Miss
Hattie Wharton. The uSherS were
Messrs. Thomas Sockwell, Robert
Chrismon, J. S. Phipps and Carl Whar-
ton The maid of honor was Miss
Minnie Fields. sister of the bride, and
the groom's best man was Mr.. j. S.
Mcknight.
The bride was charmingly attired in
a gown of pure white and carried d
bouquet of brides roses and maHien
hair fern. The maid of honor carried
a bouquet of pink roses and fern. The
church was tastefully decorated with
palms, ferns and smilaX, presenting a
most attractive scene.
The happy couple have gone to wes-
tern North Carolina on wedding
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
GOES TO TENNESSEE.
Mr. Bentley Resigns as Assistant State
EntOmOlOgist

Mr.. G. NJ. Bentley, Assistant State
EntomoIogist. has resigned his posi-
ton with the State Agricultural De-
partmcnt to accept an offer from the
University of Tennessee. as assistant
under Prof. III. A. Morgan. director
of the Tennessee University Expert
ment Station. Mr.. Bentley will do the
work of State Entomologist in Ten
nessee, and will be instructor of
Zoology in the University.
He will leave North Carolina July
Sth. and will commence work in Ten
nessee directly.
Mr.. Bentley was originally from New
York State, and is a graduate from
Cornell University, having attained the
degrees of B.S.A. and MA. He has
been connected with the North Caro-
lima Agricultural Department just one
year. and has made numerous friends
by his gentility high character and
attachments. as well as by his intel
lectual accomplishments. He is one
of the most popular of men connected
with the department, and it Is regret
ted that he will leave, although he has
received the congratulations of his
friends upon being the recipient of so
flattering an invitation from the Uni
versity of Virginia.
Mr.. Bentley is a young man. but is
progressive. and by his industry and
the excellence of his work has been of
large value to the work i'm the Depart
partment of Entomology.
State Entomologist Franklin Sher-
man, Jr., left yesterday for Washing
ton. ID. c.. and other points, should
he fail there to secure a successor to
Mr. Bentley. There is a tremendous
amount of work planned for execution
this summer. and Mr.. Sherman is de-
sirous of preventing any delay or sus-
pension of any part of the work even
for a few days.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
WARM BALL AT KINSTON.
GrccnviIIe Defeats the Home Team i'll
a Snappy Game.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Kinston, ~ c., June 2S.-In a
game that lasted for one hour and
twenty minutes, Greenville defeated
Kinston in baseball here this after
noon by a score of one to nothing
The game was snappy from start to
finish and the greatest interest was
manifested by the fifteen hundred
spectators, who witnessed the game.
special train brought the Green
Vile crowd down this afternoon,
which train returned tonight.
The features of the game were the
work of both batteries, the pitching
of Thompson and, the catching by
Rowe for Greenville, deserving spe-
cial mention. Thompson pitched a
shut out game and allowed only four
hits. Miller for, kinston played a
phenomenal game in left field, cutting
off q number Of runs by spectacular
catches and throws to the home plate
The score: Il. II. E.
GreenNllle 50 ......... v
hlnSIOn q
Batteries: Greenville. Thompson
and Rowe; KinstQn, Hulcher and Nc
Leavy. .... ...... 4...-.
ummary-Struck out. by Thomp-
son 10, by Hulcher Z. Base on balls
off Thompson ,, off Hulcher L. Wild
pitch, Hulcher. learned runs, Green
vile o. Kinston 0. Time of game,
1920. Umpire, Suggs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
Bernard mt Hamlet.

1t was denied yesterday that CLAUDE
NJ Bernard was in Europe, sailing over
the Alps, and an intelligent gentleman
stated that the lost individual was In
the vicinity of Hamlet and nearer the
liquor kettles and devils than the SKIES
of Europe The gentleman, Veritable
connoisseur. was uncOrking bottle of
LIQUID just received from Hamlet Che
was a drummer), and as he lifted the
beverage to his lips he elevated his
nostrils, crossed his eyes and sWore
that Bernard was at the still when
and where that stuff was manufac-
tured. He declared holly that Ber-
nard's breath was in it, and that was
worse than the evil one that was in
bot hit and Bernard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
THE MIDSUMMER MEETING.
The Baptist are Present i'm Force al
This Great Event.

Reports received here yesterday
from Jackson Springs are that there is
a very large attendance and that each
train brings others to the meeting. The
program of Tuesday night and We'd
nesday proved most interesting. The
choir is in good shape and the music
rendered is excellent. The program
for today is as follows:
$50 a. m. Devotional exercises,
Rev J. T.. Smith.
1000. Bible Study, LIES Neces-
sity emit and Supplied in Christ. Rom.
321-5:21 BY Rev. w. r. Cullom.
400. Address, by Pastor William
Lunsford of Asheville.
Afternoon, 440. Conference of Sun
day school workers, in charge of Hight
G. Moore.
Thursday evening, SIS. Song SER
vice. &.s
S:45. Sermon. by Rev. a. G., Gree, of
Louisville. Ky.
The meeting continues through
Tuesday the 4th of July.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
NEW TEACHERS BULLETIN
Issued by the Department of Public
Instruction.

Teachers ulletin No. of the North
Carolina board of public instruction,
edited by Prof. Charles l.. Coon, is on
English and History in the elementary
schools.
The subject of English as treated in
this manual is intended to include,
reading, writing. spelling, literature.
grammar and composition. In form
err manual the mechanics of the sub
jects of reading, writing and spelling
were considered, but largely so far as
those subjects are to be taught during
the first school year. The present
work is intended to be more ex-
tended treatment of the whole sub
ject of English in the elementary
school.
The following is taken from the in
Productions:
Perhaps some teachers will object
to the classification of English with
geography The correlation of
history and geography has often been
attempted. There can be no doubt
that much of history can be more
readily understood by means of that
knowledge which geography affords.
But geography is properly science
and introduces the pupil to the begin
nings of such other sciences as bot
any. geology, physics, chemistry, eg-
Tlcuiture, ana the IKE. mere 10 no
study of the school course but that has
it's relations to the other subjects of
instruction. 1t is impossible abso-
lutely to limit and to fix the boundaries
of any one subject. The relations
which the subjects of English and his
tory bear to each other and to the
other subjects of instruction will APP
pear more i'm detail later on.
future publication will contain Sc
lection for conducting opening exer-
ercjseS in the public schools.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
HIS LIFT IN LIFE
Business Propositions
Thrust Upon Him.
A Discovery Made BY Mr.. Penlck That
Opened the Way Toward Wealth
and Health and Hap
piness.

An investment that puts one in the
way leading both to wealth and health
is one worth making, is it not? There
fore this letter from Mr.. e. M.
Pcnick is of deep interest and well
worth reading:
Up until the 18th of July, 1904,
had been a whiskey drinker for
eight years or more. 1t had become
a disease with me. | thought l could
stop at any time, but l found l could
not, and under the advice of my
friends l decided to take the Keely
Cure at Greensboro, n. G. | left here
July 18th with my mind made up Tally
to do my best / was a wreck physl-
cally, financially, and morally. l took
four weeks treatment, and l have
not taken a drop from the goth of
July up to this writing, and l have
no more desire to do so than If l
haC never tasted the cursed stuff.
When [ returned home I had all
kinds Of business propositions made
me by the very best business men of
this and other places, and before |
left they would not consider any thing
/ said. Why? Because l drank whis-
key.
Young men, old men, if you want
to rise to the top of the ladder, and
if whiskey is your trouble, take my
advice and go at once to the Green's
boro Kelley Institute.
As God is my helper and hears
what | say, if | had not taken that
step | would have been in my grave
today. ] had no trouble or unpleas-
antness in taking the treatment, and
everything on earth is done for one
pleasure. Besides curing me of drink
ing whiskey it did more-it helped me
from every standpoint. 1t gives one "a
chance to see how low down fellow
creature can get from Whiskey, ana
places hi mupon a higher plane of life
in every sense of the word.
] have been the means of taking one
friend to your institute at Greensboro
who had lost his position. He took the
treatment and his employers took MN
back and he is doing we'll and is pet
ter business man than ever before. s.
In concluding let me say: don go
to Kelley unless you make up your
mind to stop. 1t will surely do its part
if you will do yours. and unless you
do this very thing, your money and
time will be thrown away.
Trusting this may be the means OF
saving some poor fellow from a
drunkard's grave | beg to remain,
Yours truly,
ELMA NJ. PENlCK.
South Boston, Va, Nov. 8, 1904.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
THE STATES MLITERATES.
Every Citizen Should Aid i'm Efforts to
Reduce the Appalling Illiteracy.

The superintendent of public schools
in every county has sent to the census
takers a communication relative TO
taking the census of each school dis
trict. No voucher for taking census
will be approved by the county super
intendent and paid by the county
treasurer unless the information re-
quested in the census blanks has been
accurately and fully given. These
blanks provide for the names and race
of all persons between the ages of II
and 81 years who cannot read and
write, and the names of their parents.
Two copies of the census are requir-
ed, one for the school committee and
teacher. and one for the county sup
erintendent. This communication is
sent by order of the State superinten-
dent of public instruction and the
county board of education.
The following is taken from the let
ter:
THE law requires a report by race
and sex of the number of all persons
between the ages of twelve and twenty
one who cannot read and write. Here
tofore the reports of illiterateS be-
tween these ages have been very in
complete and inaccurate. In order to
get full and complete report of the
illiterates i'm each district. you are urg-
ed to report by race and sex on the
separate blank sent with census blanks
the names of all such illterates in
your district, and the names of their
parents. This list will be filed in my
office, and a copy of it will be fur
nished the teacher of your school. and
the teacher and committeeman will be
urged to make special personal eff
forts to secure the attendance OF these
illiterates.
According to the last United States
census report, 1875 per cent, or about
one in every five of the white people
of this State over ten years of age can
not read and write. With one excep-
ton our State stands at the bottom of
the list. For the honor and safety OF
the State, for the good of these illit-
terates and of all the people, every pa
triotic citizen should aid in every effort
to reduce this appalling illiteracy. 1t
can be reduced only by bringing the
illiterates of school age into the
schools. You can aid now in the eff
forts that will be made to reduce the
illiteracy in this county by furnishing
as accurate a list as possible of the il
literates in your district, thereby sup
plying the Information necessary for
the successful direction of those ef-
forts
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
Hardce-Sneed.

Fayetteville, June 2S.-Last Thurs
day a beautiful wedding was ce1e-
brated in the Methodist church at
Hope Mills, when Miss Grace Sneed
and Mr.. Geo. M. Hardee were mar
ried. The church was prettily decor
ated and the service was performed
by Rev. Dougal Monroe.
The wedding music was rendered
by Miss Vannie Buie. The dame of
honor was Mrs. CT. w. Stancil. the
attendants Miss Onida Byrne with Mr..
Allen z. Mcneil. The bride entered
with her cousin, Mr.. Gray Claiborne.
and the groom with his best man, Mr.,
G.. W. Stancill
Immediately after the ceremony
lunch was served at the home of the
brides father DR.. Edward Sneed. The
dining room was attractively decor
ated with green and pink. The bride
and groom have gone to Wanchula,
Fla, their future home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
To Visiting Young Ladies'.

A very pleasant reception was en-
joyed in Primrose Hall at the A. and
M. College Tuesday evening by the
students of the college, who are re-
naming during vacation. The recep-
ton was given in honor of Misses Nell
and Ada Johnson. of Ohio. who are
visiting Mrs. William NJ. Whitelaw
and Miss Josie Parish. of Florida who
is visiting the family of Prof. Massey
The hall was charmingly decorated
in evergreens and flowers. The guests
were entertained with games of diff
ferent kinds. after which ices and
fruits were served.
Those present were: Misses Nell and
Ada Johnson, Josie Parish. Bessie Mel
lie, Winnie and Mable Massey, Mary
Terrell, Prof Kendall Messrs. w. F
Kirkpatrick; j. p. Spoon, j. T. Eaton
e. w. Isley, r. M. Whitley, W. c.
Williams, w. r. Clay. Ballard Massey
D. l.. White Mrs. Mamie Terrell was
the chaperone.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
RURAL SCHOOLS IMPROVEMENT
Tables Showing Growth of Movement
i'm North Carolina.

The State department of Agricul-
| ture has published pamphlet show
| ing the growth of the rural school
Improvement moement in North Car
DINA Improvement" embraces local
taxation, loan fund, rural libraries and
| improvements in rural public school
houses.
The following table shows the
growth of local taxation in this state:
Number local tax districts in 1875
0; in 1880, 4; in 1890, 8; in 1900, IS;
in 1904. 227.
Number local tax districts voted
January 1905, to June 16, 1905, Sd
Total number local tax districts
(June 16, 1905), 281.
Classed as city schools e..
Classed as rural schools, 219.
Number of counties havinb one or
more local tax districts, rs.
Wilkes and Alamance have each 9.
Johnston. Il; Mecklenburg, Is; Dare,
49, Guilford, 35.
Amount raised by local taxation,
lso4-l9O2, $176,S97; 1903-I9O4, $685.
9S9.
The other tables are as follows:
Rural Public School Houses
Number new school houses built in
19O0-1902. 437; in 1S02-1904, 694. One
a
the two years.
Total amount spent for new school
houses, 1900-1902, $145,751; -902-
1904, SS19,576.
houses. $61.2S.
Loan Fund.
Total amount of loans for buildings.
$152,0S3.
Of
through loan fund, S421,42
Number counties to which loans
have been made, n.
Number districts to which loans
have been made, 407.
Number new houses built with aid
of loan fund, 81.
Number districts who had no houses
before securing loan, 1877.
Number districts which had houses
valued at less than $50, 116.
Number consolidated districts aided
from loan fund, II.
Number local tax districts aided
from loan fund, 81.
Number rural districts aided from
loan fund, $50.
Rural Libraries.
Amount appropriated by the State
Amount of appropriation expended,
$40. 100.
Number Of libraries provided for,
1900.
Number of libraries established by
aid of fund, lob.
Number of counties having one or
more libraries, 90.
Number of equities having full
number U2) libraries, 35.
Number of counties having no libra
ny, 1.
Supplementary Libraries.
Amount appropriated by the state,
$4,000.
Amount of appropriation expended,
$3.50
Number of supplementary libraries
provided for, 1000.
Number of supplementary libraries
established by aid of tn ufsin41 ,d6fwu
established by aid of this fund, LAG.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
"MECCA OF PATRIOTISM. "
Annual Celebration on GuilfOrd Bat
tie Ground.

The Guilford Battle Ground Com
pany, of Greensboro, has announced
the annual celebration of the batt,e
of Guilford Court House, on the battle
ground near Greensboro on the fourth
of July. Invitations have been sent
out as follows:
You are cordially invited to attend
the seventeenth annual celebration
of the
Guilford Battle Ground Company
on the historic field OF
Old Guilford Court House,
July 4, 1905.
The committee of invitation con-
sists of:
Joseph NJ. Morehead, president:
David l.. Clark, Spencer b. Adams,
David Dreyfus, w. H. Osborn. f. j.
Justice, r. NJ. Douglas, E. Spencer
Blackburn, j. A. Odell, Paul Schenck,
j. w. Scott.
The Guilford Battle Ground Com
pany was organized May 6. 1887, at
Greensboro.
Its object is to redeem from waste
the battle field of Guilford Court
House. and adorn it as a park and
erect monuments thereon. 1t owns
one hundred acres of this battle field.
which is laid out in walks, drives and
avenues. There are twenty-four
monuments already completed, and
one in course of construction. Five
delightful springs are handsomely
fitted up. Lake Wilfong, on the
grounds, is a lovely sheet of water.
Ten thousand people attend the cele-
bration every year, and the addresses
all rise to the dignity of history. The
Museum of Relics is a most valuable
and interesting feature.
The battle was fought between Gen
Nathaniel Greene and Lord Cornwall
lis, March Is, 1871. The British were
driven from the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
Esses Squshed in the
Shuttle.
Continued from First Page)

tiger proprietors, nineteen of which
were against one man, and yesterday
about twenty-five more warrants were
issued. AS a result four defendants,
unable to give bond for appearance at
this afternoons term of mayors court.
spent last night in Jail, one of them
being a white man.
At the request of counsel for defense
yesterday AFTERNOON in the MAYOR
court the nineteen cases against J. I.
West, proprietor of the "Corkage,
were continued until Thursday after
noon at O'Clock. Col. J. a. Barrin-
ger appears for West.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
AN OLD TRICK WORKED AGAIN.
DR.. Josh TayIoe OF Washington Was
the Victim
(Washington Gazette.)

One Of the richest jokes that has
morning is one on Or. Josh Tayloe, one
of Washingtonls' prominent medical
people. 1t is too good to keep, andi
by the way, it is an absolute fact also
DR.. Josh a few weeks ago made &
flying trip, and all went we'll with the
doctor until just before reaching Day
ton, O., when he was approached by
a bucolic stranger in the smoking car
The stranger had a roll of bills in his
hands and asked the genial doctor if
he thought it safe to mail SO much in
a letter on the car.
The doctor said lie thought it would
be unwise, as the bills were of small
denomination.
The stranger, growing confidential.
said that his grandmother in the mex.
car had given him $50 to send to his
mother. He then asked DIR. Josh ii
he had any larger notes. The doctor
replied that he had and dived down in
his pants pockets and pulled out his
roll and stripped two tWentieS and IL
ten off, which he gave the stranger.
The doctor then proceeded to count
the money he had exchanged and in
formed his quOndam acquaintance
that the change only amounted to SAT
being So shy, and handed it back to
the stranger to count.
Sure enough, there was only SAL
The confidence man asked the doctor
to excuse him for a moment as he
would go in the next car and inform
his grandmother that she had only
given him SAT instead of $50. Before
going, however, he placed the notes in
an envelope and handed it over to
JOSH
The doctor, thinking he would be
back in a moment did not count the
money over again. Just as the train
was slowing up for Dayton, the doc
tor became suspicious and opened the
envelope Much to his chagrin and
surprise he found that instead of $47
in notes he had only some tissue paper.
The stranger is still looking for his
grandmother. while DR.. Josh has only
some paper for his greenbacks.
DR.. Tayloe's faith in human nature
has been considerably shaken, and he
states that he is not in the market any
more for gold bricks. Ask him about
the affair and see how he bushes, so
delightfully."-, as the girls would say.
Gresham has his cooks with him at
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
1t Cures Liquor
Habit.

Orrine is the only perfectly success
full cure for the liquor habit the
world has ever known. 1t is better
than institutes or sanitariums, be-
cause it is used at home and does not
interfere with the daily work; better
than willpower, because it never
fails. i strengthens the nerves and
gives good appetite, regulates digestion
and makes you sleep like a child.
Orrine No. 1 will cure the hardest
drinker and destroy his craving for
drink without his knowledge as it can
be be given secretly in tea, coffee or
food. Orrine No. 2, in pill form, is
for those who wish to be cured. The
cost of either is 81 per box. Orrine
has the endorsement of ministers and
physicians. IT is the one remedy for
the liquor habit than can be relied
upon to cure at little expense and re-
store the drunkard' to perfect vigoT of
manhood. Write to the Orrine Com
onpany, Inc, Washington, d. c., for
book on drunkenness" sent free in
plain envelope Call on Tucker Build
ing Pharmacy, Raleigh, N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
Mr.. Solomon O'Bricn Dead.

Mr.. Solomon O'Brien. a prominent
Mason and Baptist, died suddenly
Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the
borne of Mr.. James l.. Talley. near
Willow Springs. Mr.. O'Brien lives near
Oxford and was in Willow Springs on
q visit, and his health was apparently
in excellent condition. Mr.. O'Brien
leaves a wife and ten children. The
funeral services will be conducted
from Berea Baptist church in Gran
vile county.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
Will Decide Saturday.

Governor Glenn stated yesterday
that on Saturday he would make
known his decision as to the DISPOSE
ton by him of the petition made by
their friends for the pardon of the
Gold Brick Men" One of their at
torneys Mr.. B. c. BeCkwith, of RAJ
eigh, appeared in their behalf before
the Governor yesterday.
On Saturday the Governor will also
announce whether or not he Will COM
mute the sentence of VIII Exum. the
white murderer who is sentenced to
be hanged, to life imprisonment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29
jumped the Bridge.

A narrow escape from death yes
terday afternoon is reported by incom-
ing passengers on the Seaboard Air
Line Southbound due here at $50, but
over two and a half hours late. At
a road crossing about two miles from
Raleigh a horse and buggy was being
driven on bridge across the road,
when the horse became frightened
and wheeling went off the eight-foot
bridge to the ground. the occupant of
the buggy driving off, apparently with
buggy, horse and driver uninjured.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-29

bly, discharged from a merchantmen
at Liverpool, was tried for larceny
and bound over to Wake criminal
court under $50 bond; and being un-
able to give it, he was sent to Jail. He
is about IS years of age.
w. H. Buffalo, white, and Edward
Dixon, white, for being inebriated on
the streets were fined SIS each for the
offenSe.
Charles Perry. colored, was fined
$3.50 for an ARRAY with VIM. Brooks
also colored. Brooks was discharg-
cd