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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
TO VOTE ON WHISKEY.
Petition Being Circulated i'm Durham
Asking for ElectiOn-Efght May
be Prohibition, Dispensary or
Saloons.
Especial to News and Observer)

Especial to News and Observer,)
Durham, n. c., Aug. 30.-Petitions
are being circulated today asking the
Board of Aldermen to call an
election on the whiskey question.
These petitions will be presented to the
Board of Aldermen at the meeting
next Monday night, provided suffi-
cient number of names are secured to
make certain the calling of the cleo
ton.
1t has been known for several
months that an election would be
asked for this fall Recently Mr.. j.
S. Manning came out strongly for d
dispensary in two long letters, and
these have attracted Il great deal Of
attention. Several short replies hav"
been made to these letters. showing
that there is a highland a lively one
at that-breWing. F-.
One Of these petitions had about
two hundred names on it after it had
been in circulation some two hours or
two and one half hours. There is
hardly any doubt that d sufficient
number of names will be secured by
tomorrow night that will make certain
the election.
The extreme prohibtionists will
fight either dispensary or saloons.
There are certain extreme whiskey
or local option. The last named are
trying to get the question to be three
saloons dispensary or local
option.
Since the closing of the saloons here
the officers have made a determined
fight to put down the blind tiger whis-
key sellers. This term of the Super
Tor court had on docket fifty-one cases
in which selling whiskey in an illegal
r1, Of hoe
have been convicted and sent to the
roads. while otheAs h< been acquitt-
ed. Still whiskey is sold in large guam
titles and by a large number of peo-
pie. On account of this condition OF
affairs there are some who voted for
local option and are now ready tC
change and try almost anything in
preference.
Both sides are arranging for the
fight and in short while Durham will
be in the midst of another campaign
that will stir the town from center
to circumference.
Educators Adjourn.
The district school superintendent
adjourned today soon after 3 o'clock
Three sessions were held yesterday
and one session today. Most of those
who attended the meeting left today
for their homes. The subjects dis
cuSSed today were as follows: 1,
Teachers registers and reports; 2, SUI
perintendents records and reports; 5
local taXation--longer terms and bet
ter salaries for better teachers; 4, the
problem of consolidation in school
districts; 5. the problem of attend
anCe: 6, amendments to public school
laws; Z. round table talk. The meet
ingS were all of an informal nature
all of the school superintendent TAX
ing part in the discussions State Su
perintendent Joyner made number
of talks on the various subjects. Last
night he made an interesting talk or
the rural library question.
The case against Allen Haskins
Colored, charged with murder will be
called on Friday of this week. Has
kinS is charged with killing l. c. Day
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
TWO IMPORTANT GAINS.

When the war begun the MiEado
exercized authority over population
of 46.OOO,OOO souls. AS a result of
the war, he will exercise authority over
7S,O0O,00O souls. Hereafter the Japa-
ness sphere of influence will include
a territory of 603,114 square miles,
against $4,000 when the war began.
The more the treaty is considered the
more if will be seen that, while Japan
rnagnanimously surrendered important
demands it obtained the great things
and more, for which it waged the
successful war.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
COTTON SHOULD BE HIGH.

The farmers ought to get big prices
for cotton this year. High tempera-
ture and the lack of rain in Texas and
excessive rain and cool weather in
North Carolina and adjacent cotton
States is playing havoc with the crop
Last year the crop was unprecedent-
edly large and it brought eleven cents
in August. This year. with an unpre-
cedcntedly small crop. the price is
lower. The law of supply and de
mand If unimpeded will put the price
Of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
BIG TWINS IN UNION.
Bring Them to the Big State Fair to
See the President.
INA shville Home.

Mr.. John C. Austin, Of Burnsville
township, Arson County, cannot be
charged with race suicide" Last Fri
day he became the proud father of
twins-a girl weighing ten pounds.
and a boy weighing nine pounds
There's nothing uncommon about this
except the size of the twins. which to-
gether weigh nineteen pounds. mas
much as President Roosevelt is such
an ardent believer in large families he
ought to manifest his appreciation in
some way of Mr.. Austin's fine giant
twin babies, just to help the cause
along.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Announcement of Dates for Educa-
tiOnal Addresses.

j. Y. JOyner:
Lenoir, Caldwell county, August 81
Southport, Brunswick county, Sep
TENDER 4.
Winterville, Columbus county, Sep
TENDER 5.
Evergreen, Columbus county, Sep
TENDER 6.
TENDER 6.
Clarendon, Columbus county, Sep
TENDER Z.
Mt Tabor, Columbus county, Sep
TENDER z.
Dunn. Harnett county, September s.
Camden Court House, Camden cOun-
ty, September IL.
Flat Rock, Franklin county, Septem-
Der 81.
Dunn, Harnett county, September s.
Shiloh, Camden county, Sept. II.
X. Il. White:
Holly Springs, Wake county, August
31St.
j. Il. Carlyle:
Oxford, Granville county, Sept. 2.
X. ID. w. Connor:
Anglers, Harnett county, Aug. 81.
Oxford, Granville county, Sept. 2.
f.. C. Brooks and W. ID. Carmichael:
New Hope Township, Wayne county,
August %.
Pike and Buck Swamp Townships,
Wayne county, August 20.
Brogden Township, Wayne county,
August 80.
Fork Township, Wayne county, Au-
gust 81.
Graham Township, Wayne county,
September 1.
r. Il. White Rcuetly School.
House, Davidson county, Septem-
Der 5th.
Davidson Academy, September 6.
jackson Hill, September 18th.
Cedar Grove, September Sth.
Cotton Grove, September 9Th.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

condemnation of the barbarous oc-
currence. We endorse the stand Gov
ernor Glenn has taken in the matter
and hope that the men who are ell
trusted with the execution of the law
will do their sworn duty. The sheriff
and jailer surely must have recognized
some members of the lynching party.
The only way to check this tendency
to disregard the law and avenge crime
through resort to violence is to bring
the perpetrators to law and punish
them without mercy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
NOW THEY WANT TO BE TAXED

Our Home, published at Marshville,
Union county, says that when the
boundary line of Marshville school
district was formed for the purpose
of voting the special tax for schools
there were some along the boundary
who didn't want to be taxed and they
requested to be left out of the dis
trict." They did not want to pay the
extra tax necessary for a good school
for their children. They have had an
object lesson in the fact that the chill
dren of their neighbors have been
given a longer term and a better
school than their children enjoy, and
now, says Our Home, these people
have seen their mistake and express
ed their desire to be taken in" Our
Home wisely adds: ~
"They see now that a special tax
for schools is a mighty good invest
ment. When the election for the spe-
ciaI tax was proposed this paper con-
tended that a man who opposed 1t Tor
selfish reasons was standing in his own
light and trying to defeat his own pur-
pose. Any plan that will give town
or community superior educational
advantages is a splendid financial in
vestment for property owners in the
district, and it is therefore propo-
stion that should always have the
hearty support of those who consider
first the financial effect
An object lesson of a local tax dis
trict in the county is worth more
than a bushel of argument. We have
made progress in Wake county, but
outside of Raleigh township there is
not a local tax district in the county.
There ought to be twenty within the
next two years. The people at Apex.
Olive Chapel. Green Level Wendell
and other sections are discussing votfr
the tax. 1t is essential that they do
it if they wish to give their children
a fair chance in life. The best invest
ment any man ever made of dollar
was i'm educating his own children and
the children of his neighbOr.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

The temperance forces have won
two notable victories in North Caro-
lima this week in the prohibition VIC
tory in Plymouth where the majority
was substantial, and in Vanceboro,
Craven county, where the vote was q
tie The commissioners of Craven are
opposed to issuing license at Vance
boro and refused, but later agreed to
grant license if a majority of the
voters so expressed. themselves.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

OF every ten persons in America
who come to premature deaths, one is
due to consumption. That fact gives
deep interest in the publication that
Dr. John F. Russell. of the Post-Gra'i-
uate Hospital of New York, has dis
covered that the fluid extracts of vege-
tables, combined with certain system
of dieting. all of an extremely simple
nature, has cured many cases of con-
sumption andS that the cures have
been positive and complete. For sew
eraI months the cures have been go
ing on in the hospital in confirmation
of the discovery and as testing its
value, and public announcement has
not yet been made. The information
got into the newspapers through pro-
ACKNOWLEDGMENT sent to physicians in
the city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
Would Be a Calamity.
kinSton Free Press.

From what we can learn of the
case from the published statements 1T
would be a calamity for The News
and Observer and Leach to submit to
that Greensboro verdict without re-
sisting to the utmost of legal resources.
The newspaper publisher ought not
to be mulcted in damages for pub
LEGATION made in good faith when he
makes ample reparation when he dis
covers that he has been imposed upon.
In fighting the case to the last ditch
Editor Daniels is standing up for that
freedom which ought of right to be-
long to the press in a free country. +
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
BUILDING THE GREAT DAM.
Work at the NarrOws i'm Active Pro
gress-Number of Negroes
Killed
Especial to News andObserver. }

Especial to News andObserVer)
Salisbury. N. c., Aug. 30.-The
mammoth dam across the Yadkin
river at the noted ''Narrows," located
about fifteen miles from Salisbury, is
now in course of construction, the first
stone having been laid Monday by the
Whitney Reduction Company, promo
ters of the great water power and cleo
trio plant. Work on the site has been
pushed with the greatest speed during
the past three months preparatory to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

In a speech at the Pasquotank
teachers meeting, Prof. Sheep urged
more activity in school work. He said
that i'm North Carolina we have $10,-
and only 100000 in school prop
erty. We need to increase investment
in both. We are now building a new
school house every day in the year in
North Carolina and some of them are
splendid buildings.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

Some of the "for saloons folks in
Raleigh seem to be in mortal agony
because the dispensary is charging ter
cents for a certain sort of beer and
has increased the price of certain
brand of liquor. In Rhamkatte the
only trouble we have is that the cot
ton crop is short. If these fellow:
would go to work and quit drinking
they wouldn't have time to be lameat-
ing over the price of "the rectified es-
sence of damnation. '-Rhamkatte
Rooster.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

Elizabeth City, N c., Aug. S0.-The
Palm Marine Railway, located on
Water street, is again in operation
after remaining idle many months,
only a few boats having been hauled
out there since Water street was open
ed. Mr. Palm himself has put the
WAYS in commission and for manager
of the same he has selected Mr.. w.
H. Roberts, a well known local ship
huilder, .'t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
MORNING TONIC.

Il am not bound to win, but I am
bound to <be true. | am not bound
to succeed, but l am bound to live
up to the light 1 have. l must stand
with anybody that stands right, stand
with him while he is right and part
with him when he goes wrong"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
The Paper Was BlameIess.

Fayetteville Observer.
We are not acquainted with all the
facts in the case against the Raleigh
News and Observer: but, from what
we have read, we believe that the pa
per is blameless under the law and
that the verdict against it was wrong.
We are glad that Mr.. Daniels has ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court, and
earnestly hope that he will win there.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
New Plan Is to Punish Newspaper
for an Honest Mistake.
High Point Enterprise.


The newspapers are interested in
the case of Osborn VS.. The News and
Observer which has been carried to q
higher court by the defendants. We
were always under the impression that
when an honest mistake was made
and a correction followed as in this
case, that a newspaper was not liable.
But it appears different in this case.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
Had "a Fitting Subject.

Red Springs Citizen.
The splendid write-up of Red
Springs by Edward e. Britton in last
Sundays News and Observer, deserves
more than a passing notice, and we
will, in our next issue, take up the
subject.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

Russia spent $1,000, 100000 on the
war of which it borrowed s5O4,0O0, 600.
Japan spent $3.50, 100000 of which it
borrowed s65O,00O.OOO. The bankers
evidently did not wish to make larger
loans which a continuation of the war
would have made necessary. In the
powers had the most powerful OF
allies
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
Rocky Mount,

Rocky Mount, n. c., Aug. 30.-Mr.
Isaac Levy has been IN Wilmington
consulting with Architect Bonitz with
reference to the handsome $4,000
hotel to be erected here. 1t will be a
credit to the town.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

Ii Peters will not resign. then he
will have to be expelled. The farmers
are in no mood for putting up with
his foolshness!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
Will be Plenty of SteedS.
Wilmington Starr

wv IIHIIIISIUII SIdI.J
A rumor comes from Greensboro.
that DR.. B. f. Dixon, State Auditor,
will be in the next race for Governor.
The running time is three years off,
but several steeds are grooming for it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

IL Mr. Witte getsythe big head over
his diplomatic success, the Nihilists
will ind it easier TO cut it off when
he goes back to Russia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
STATE NEWS.

Apex, n. c., Aug. 30-Mrs. w. B.
Argroves, aged thirty years, died at her
home recently of heart failure.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
LittlctOn Female College.

boarding pupils last
social life
Advanced Eocuton hot
%
social development every
CHARGES
Ltteon NJ O.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

The Durham Sun has entered upon
a new volume with increased bril-
liancy. It's popular and talented editor
deserves the largest measure of sue
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
The Governor Endorsed.

Chralotte News.
The lynching was high offense to
law and society and there is universal
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31

the laying of the foundation stones
this week, several hundred hands be-
ing employed under the supervision OF
the contractors. The dam. which will
be of massive sbone cemented together
throughout, is fifty-three feet wide at
the base and thirty eight feet high.
The length of the overflow is more
than 1000 feet and the capacity of the
discharge is 100000 cubic feet of wa
ter per second. The structure is found
ed upon solid rock and is connected
at each end to rock abutments. A
postoffice has been established at the
Na1ro under the name of Whitney
the town deriving it's title from the
name of the projectors of the great
enterprise. Streets have been survey
ed. many houses erected, and an cleo
trio light system is being operated on
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
AT MEAL TIME

And Bed Time we advise everybody
to take a dose of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. 1t will strengthen and sweet
Ell the stomach, restore the appetite
and induce sound sleep. 1 has been
doing this for over so years and is just
as good today Take the hint and try
a bottle. 1t cures Headache, Indiges-
ton, Dyspepsia. Costiveness. Cramps,
DiarrhOea or Malaria. Fever and A2uc.
Our Private Stamp is over the neck of
bottle.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
wholesale Slaughter of Negroes.

The past week has witnessed \
Wholesale killing of negro men in this
section. One was killed and placed
upon the railroad track two miles
south of Salisbury Saturday night and
the dead body was observed by the
crew on an incoming train in time to
pick it up and bring the same into
this city Eldridge Coleman, colered,
now rests in Rowan Jail awaiting trial
for the killing of the above mention
ed. The dead body of Tom Lyerly
colored. was found on the railway
track near BARRIERS Junction the same
night, and the coroner holds to the
theory of foul play. Henry Houston,
coIored. was run over and killeds at
the Salisbury passenger depot Mon
day night by a passenger train The
negro was attempting to steal ride
when he was killed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-31
SELECT BOARDING HOUSE.

Mrs. Wiley M. Rogers calls attention
to the fact that this large house.
within half a square of the capitol has
been newly painted, papered and furn-
ished, AMI is open for boarders by the
day, week or month. Large and airy
rooms. Reasonable prices. Within
one-half a square Of the capi'.>l.
I1S N. Wilmington ST..
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

Charles A. Tarbox, 18th n. H., Keene,
n. H., does not understand why more
is not made Of Fort Burton, which was
on the Atchafalaya Bayou, and was the
key to all the country west Of the Mis-
sissippi between Opelousas and Port
Hudson. The fort lay on the Atchafa-
laga Bayou little south of west of
Baton Rouge and some 40 or so miles
distant. His regiment spent between
five and six weeks in that fort, and 1t
came the nearest being HadeS Of any
place they were ever in. They were
taken away just in time to escape cap
ture, and the rebels followed them for
long time. A little later the rebels
took Brashear City and an immense
quantity of army supplies. The fleet
which took Fort Burton was the Cliff
ton, Arizona, and Calhoun, with the
Estrella carrying the 18th N. H. as
sharpshooters and to hold the fort after
being taken.
The National tribune., 1905-11-09
Philadelphia School for Nurses.

note from Mr.. Eugene Undernill.
Treasurer Of the Philadelphia School
for Nurses, says:
eve have received such an enormous
number Of applications that our clerical
facilities are overwhelmed. Should any
Of your readers chance to complain Of
delay in hearing from us, please ex-
plain our position, and say that every
inquirer will receive personal letter,
blanks and booklets, with full informa-
ton, as soon as we can handle the mail.
I'VE had no idea of the enormous
demand for this knowledge. Almost
without exception the inquirers show
evidence Of superior intelligence and
character.
Dozens Of applications come from
some places, while many localities which
it would be desirable to reach are not
represented. The applicants will be
carefully classified, and the appoint
ments made so as to reach as many dis
tricts aS possible"
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

of which Mrs. Ida NJ. Galloway is Pres
ident. The reception was given in
Spanish War Veterans Hall, which was
made gay with flags and brilliant GRIM
tinguished guests present, and the
Spanish War Veterans as well as the
members of the Auxiliaries turned out
to greet the President General, who is
lady of most affable and pleasing
manners. She is pronounced brunette
with twfnkling black eyes and a pleas
ing smile. She made a brief, practical
business talk. thanking the veterans
and the auxiliaries for the courtesies
extended her while in the city, and said
that she hoped to see this much trou-
bled Department grow to it's former
goOdly proportions before she retired
from office. She said that she felt that
the Department had been rather I'M
justly dealt with, and that 1t would be
her plan to keep hands off of Depart
ment affairs so long as those Depart
ments obeyed the rules and regulations,
and she believed that this Department
had tried to do so.
The National Encampment of the
United Spanish War Veterans and the
Convention of the Auxiliaries will be
held in Washington next Fall. and Mrs.
Gedney Is going to be beforehand in
arranging for this. She appointed Mrs.
Ida M. Galloway, Department Presi-
dent, Chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee for the Convention work, and
empowered her to appoint the rest Of
her committees. Mrs. Galloway i'm
mediately appointed Mrs. Isabel Wor-
rell Ball, Past Department President,
Vice Chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee and Chairman Of the Press Com
mittee. She also appointed Mrs. Anna
Nj. Baden Chairman Of the Finance
Committee. Commander John Lewis
Smith, OF the District Department, Unit
ed Spanish War Veterans. says that
Mrs. Gedney's appointment of Mrs.
Galloway was just the right thing to
do. He said that Mrs Galloway was a
business woman, and gifted with ener-
gy and insight into business matters,
and just exactly the kind of woman
needed for Chairman of so important
a committee. 1t is Mrs. Galloway's in
tention to make the next National En-
campment one long to be remembered
for hospitality and courteous treat
ment of her guests.
The National tribune., 1905-11-09
Reunion OF the Morton Rifles.

The Morton Rifles oath Ind.) held its
23d Annual Reunion in Bluffton, Ind,
Oct. IL and Is.
There were about $50 in attendance,
as many Of the members had brought
their wives with them: 1t was decided
to hold the next Reunion at Montpelier
in October of next year. Capt. Eli Bry-
son was elected President and c. B. Por-
ter made Secretary.
A resolution was passed condemning
the present system of pensioning wild
ows, and advocating that all be treated
alike. The committee appointed one
year ago to take action toward erecting
monument to Jefferson Williamson, a
member of the regiment, who was the
last man killed in action in the civil war,
reported that they had called the matter
to the attention of the General Assembly,
and favorable action had been started.
Williamson was killed on. the 18th of
May, 1866. Many letters of regret were
received from those unable to attend.
Eight members Of the regiment having
died during the past year, resolutions
were passed in their honor. At the
speeches were made by comrades, and
best of friendship prevailed.
by those who were privileged to attend.