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SHOT NEAR MORRISVILLE.
Negro Accidentally Killed While 8
Party Were Shooting at a Target.

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Morrisville, n. c., Dec. 27.-While
la party of young colored men were out
hunting near this place today, the
members grew tired of plunging
through brush and underground and
stopped in a cleared space to engage
in target practice. While thus engaged
one of the young men named Maybe
by some mischance got in the way
and load fired by Alec Weaver struck
him in the shoulder, penetrating his
lungs. One of the party at once
rushed off for a doctor. but before the
latter could reach the scene, the
wounded man was dead He passed
away within half an hour after the
|accident occurred.
Although there seems to be no
doubt that the death of the negro oc-
CURED in the manner stated, it is
learned that an inquest will be held
over the remains tomorrow. The sad
affair occurred about 2 O'Clock this
Afternoon.
The news & observer., 1905-12-28
FAIRY LAND At WAKE FOREST
Play by Miss Edith Taylor Beautifully
Rendered by Well Trained
Amateurs.
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Wake Forest, N. c., Dec. 27.-Last
night in the college chapel Fairy
Land" a play composed by Miss Edith
Taylor, was enjoyed by a large and
appreciative audience. The little child
rem about twenty-one in number ac-
quilted themselves with honor.
Louise Reed, as Queen; Bruce Hold
ing. as King; and Sam Turner, as
Snow Man especially deserve praise.
They elected much applause by their
clever acting. After the performance
Dr. Poteat, in a few we'll chosen words,
thanked Miss Taylor for her untiring
efforts in training the little children,
and assured her that every member of
the audience was loud in praise of her
first attempt as a play wright. The
play was a success in every particular.
and will doubtless be repeated some
time during the fall for the benefit of
the students.
The news & observer., 1905-12-28
HOLIDAYS AT CHAPEL HILL.
Dr. Vencble Lectures at New Orleans
Tonight on Chemical Research in
the United States.
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ISpSCIdI 10 NEWS anu OUStFNtT.J
Chapel Hill N c.. Dec. 27-Dr.
f. P. Veable and DR.. C. II. Herty went
to New Orleans today to attend the
annual convention of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science. DR.. Venable is the retiring
president of the American Society.
which body is to hold its annual meet
ing in conjunction with the convention
of the organization first mentioned
DR.. Venable ENJOYS the distinction OF
being the only Southern man who has
held this position. He will deliver
an address before the society tomor-
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Having qualified as executor of the
last viii Of John M. Pace, deceased,
all persons holding claims against his
estate are hereby notified to present
them for payment to my agent, B. S.
Jerman, by the goth day of Novem-
ber 1906, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery.
THOS. w. CROUCH,
11-1g Is Executor,
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In Boston, unlimited tele-

In Boston, unlimited tele-
phones are $I62 a year.
In Glasgow, $26.25 - the
city owns the telephones; and
makes $Io8,ooo a year for the
public purse.
We have much to learn
from the old world and Rus
sell is teaching it in his inter
esting and wonderful fact
stories in Everybody's. See
January.
Everybody's Magazine IS cents
$3.50 year
Special repreSen IA tivcs vanted for Dvery rybOdy's
Magazine in towns where there are no dealers.
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CHILD FATALLY BURNED.
Death of the Little Son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Il. Whitaker.
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Oak Ridge, N. c., Dec. 27.-Early
Lee. the little son of Mr.. and Mrs
T. e. Whitaker, while playing with
some matches. set his clothes on fire
and was badly burned about the body
at one o'clock this afternoon. He
fingered in great pain till seven
o'clock this evening and died. Prof
Whitaker has the sympathy of every
body here.
The news & observer., 1905-12-28
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative BrOmo Cuinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it fails to
cure. E. w. Groves signature is on
each box. Csc.
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Salisbury, " C.. Dec. 27-Dr. James
p. Heathman while wrestling with his
brother-in-law, Mr.. Ed. Bost, had the
misfortune to have his arm broken.
The accident occurred at Mrs. Heath
mans old home at South River.
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Mr.. Hartman After Mr.. Ryan?
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wife, sister or children are handed
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This offer holds good only for our
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Piano Club-just forming for one
hundred New Scale $4O0 Ludden &
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members at $2S7 cash or $2S7 on
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interest. Larger payments for quar-
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Call at the store or write for men,
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this Club will soon be filled.
Our two Clubs just completed saved
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and made us two hundred more
friends We would like your friend
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u. T. NICHOLS. Gen. E9r.
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Cut out and mail today.
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statesmen as those Of more consptcu-

statesmen as those of more consp1cu-
GUS public characters. Simmons ran
away from his home in North Carolina
in 1864. He made his way to WASH
ington ana, like all negroes, looked on
Abraham Lincoln as the patron saint
OF his race, and the one to whom he
could appeal for help. He reached
President Lincoln and related his tale
OF fleeing from slavery and coming to
Washington by the underground route
Mr.. Lincoln gave him minor place in
his household and, except for a year
or two during Cleveland's first admin
istration.
In all these years of rubbing against
statesmen and public officials Arthur
has received some polish, but he still
retains one noted trait of his race-a
love for the succulent 'possum. Every
holiday season some of his old friends
in the south send him the finest, fat
test 'possums they can discover.
Just You wait till next Sunday, and
if you want to see the best dinner in
Washington. come around to my little
home" he will say. Il have the finest.
latest, persimmon-fed 'possum you
ever saw. I will put him out doors
in the frost until Sunday morning,
and then I'll have him cooked with
vans around him and with brown
gravy. Then there will be apple sauce
and nersimmon sauce, and just taste
OF something to wash it all down.
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him. Coy Odell would have carried out
Between the morning and the after
noon Of that Thursday he was changed
from a Black man to Depew man
Who did the changing? There was
every reason for Odell to set his
strong jaw and stick. Plat had come
from Washington, injudiciously, to
fight for Depew; it was rare chance
for Odell to administer a death blow
Why not?
State Senator Bracket, Of Saratoga
says that he was party to the origi-
nal bargain in Blacks behalf; that
the Depew delegates were No: numer-
GUS enough to elect; that the one in
ward Hartman, the railroad prcsi-
dent. This is decidedly interesting, if
true. And Bracket, though he is the
political protector OF the Saratoga
gamblers. is not a man who lies.
Moreover. Re was one OF the three
''revoltiny" senators who, in the legis-
lature two years ago, stood out against
OUSli , rue. oucu DITSdiu as ne
has described would explain Why he
was good" last winter and offered no
objection to Ode!ls policies
Cnkindest cut of all, Gov. Higgins.
who ran SO far behind his ticket be-
cause known as "Ode]l's man." has
made appointments of his own men.
Particularly notable is his naming of
a business man Of Clean, unknown in
politics, as superintendent Of public
works, to have management of the
great sl0l 900 900 deepening CT the
Erie canal. Higgins himself IS a bust
ness man; those who know him we'll
say he will be his own master and a
good governor.
With Higgins showing independ-
ence; with Platt chuckling about his
Depew. victory with which he had
as much to do as the fly on the wheel ::
with Bracket and other leaders in re-
volt: with Black bitterly his enemy,
and a grave doubt how far nle intiu-
cnce may run in canal matters, Chair
man Odeli is puzzled.
Why should great railroad pres-
dent mix up in New York politics
With a hundred mil]ion-dollar canal
just beginning. there are many posi-
BILE reasons, say the Brackets.
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yorced, and his wife married Morse,
the ice trust king and owner of a
string" Of state banks Two years
later Dodge was brought to New York
by firm of lawyers to swear that the
divorce from him had been fraudulent
ly obtained. The courts temporarily
set aside the Morse marriage while
this story was investigated 1t was
disproved, Dodge was indicted for per-
jury and fled to Texas, accompanied
and guided by member of the firm
of lawyers that brought him to the
city. In the effort to defeat extradi-
ton they fought his case to the United
States supreme court. They spent $780,
900 on him, much of it going to Dodge
direct in the evident hope that he
would drink himself to death To fight
these expenditures the district attor-
ney has had to draw for an extra $685.
900 upon the county. Dodge was
brought Eorth by armed force in the
persons Of four gigantic Texans; and
he was glad of their protection. He
was afraid of being killed-by mistake,
of course-in some barroom VOW, when
whisky failed to kill him.
Who brought Dodge to New York to
periure himself? Who paid $4,000 tc
keep him out of the state after his
perjury become known? Who wooed
him to delirium tremens that all the
bromides of the county Of New York
are having trouble in subduing? And
why did that man do it? The COM
plete answer to these questions will be
the most amazing scandal of it's kind
that New York. has seen in many a
day. The case ought at least t. result
in the dfsba. ment of three or four
lawyers. That would be some gain.
OWEN LAEGDON
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WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

The position Of assistant chemist in
establishment is filed by a member OF
the class Of '04, Of Wellesley.
Mrs. E. Weatherred's specially Is
representing her native state, Oregon,
at expositions. Having performed
this service at the Pan-American and
st. Louis fairs, she will now give her
time next year to the Lewis and Clark
exposition, to be held at Portland, Ore
ALI odd mission for a woman has
5ust been undertaken by Miss Gwen
dolyn s. Hamilton. She has gone to
Kingston, Jamaica, at the behest of
the new British Cotton Growing asso-
citation to report on the possibilities
for cotton growing in the West Indies.
She is only "a, but has written consid
erably on scientific topics.
Mrs. H. Il. Root has not many coEl-
petitors in her line, namely, bill post
er. AS the manager OF an opera house
in Wyoming town she employs sew
eral bill posters, and when circum-
stances few years ago left her minus
her help, she started in to do the work
herself, until she could teach a new
set of helpers the secret of pasting
Autographs on billboards.
In recent address relative to the
progress Of the woman movement an
Ohio clergyman said: There are over
100000 professional women in the
United States. There are 1000 law
yers, 1000 journalists, 5000 clergymen,
1000 physicians, 5000 government Of
flcials, $4,000 merchants and 5000
tetachers and college professors. And
women are gaining on men in almost
all the occupations, save, strange to
say, those of domestic servants. laun-
derers, milliners and saloonkeepers."
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bling that Of the late Senator lngallR
He is too strong to be lost sight of in
the national field. He had the misfor-
tune to be governor during the SPAN
lsh war, which remorselessly exposed
the weakness of the militia system in
the state. He had the cynic bad judg-
ment to appoint as insurance commits
sloner the notorious lobbyist, Lou
Payn. Nevertheless, there are worse
men,
Odell is strong jawed, heavily
built man, whose cheeks hang in
pouches and whose eyes look tired. He
seems one Who has misused his iron
strength so long as to be now less
than strong. He takes no exercise; he;
is man of lamplight and the council
chamber. In congress he was known!
as Platt's deputy boss" AS governor
he made a splendid record IN his first
term, but fell below it in his second
His grip of steel upon the party will
some day be broken as suddenly as he
broke that of Plat. l do not pretend
to say when. That day may be far; it
may be near. In the latter case there
will be few to mourn. Odell does not
inspire the friendship Of politicians as
does Platt, nor the affection OF the
people as does Depew. He is just
Odell-as you might name some alb
stract, impersonal quality. There is
strength in him, but no magnetism.
Black inspires closer attachments.
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has not made good" They are pro-
posing to abolish the commission as it
now stands and authorize another OF
mot more than three members, and
these gentlemen to receive salaries of
not exceeding $500 year each The
salaries of the present commission are
$4,000 year. Naturally there will he
some opposition to reducing this COM
mission, and especially to reduction
in its compensation. The commission,
of which Rear Admiral Walker is
chairman, is prepared to show that
each member has performed valuable
service, and that its future work de-
mands at least seven members, each
one Of whom can have particular
branch Of the work in charge.
The house committee, of which Mr.
Hepburn, OF Iowa, is chairman, and
which visited the isthmus just before
the meeting OF congress, seems partic-
ularly set against continuance of the
present commission. Members assert
that the commission has done very lit
tie work and that all of a practical ma
ture that has been accomplished has
been due to Chief Engineer Wallace,
who is supposed to be subordinate to
the commission. These congressman
claim that the work shoulc be putin
the hands OF Engineer Wallace abso-
lutely, and that he be given authority
TO select an advisory board OF en-
gineers with whom he can consult on
the problems presented in the con-
struction of the canal. They are will
ing to compromise BY authorizing
commission of three men, who may
have charge of the executive features
OF the enterprise, but who will not be
allowed to interfere with the cOns1ruc-
ton and with the engineering details.
There is strong feeling that the
whole work should be placed under
the control OF the army engineers il
the war department. Engineer Wal
lace's report is now being awaited with
great interest, as it is believed that he
will show that a sea-leyel canal can
and ought to be constructed.
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Oh zest in life. Most politicians have
other interests. Croker loves horses;
Black loves camping out; Depew goes
abroad every year; Odel is a business
man, fond of a cigar; Hugh McLaugh-
Inns hobby was parks. Hill has moth
ing. Out of politics, he is a lonely old
man, without even vices. He is a
bachelor, he does not spoke, drink,
play cards. He does not care for golf.
He cannot understand men who do
not remember how many majority Til
den got as governor nor the year OF
kelly's bolt against Robinson His
abstemious life has preserved him in
excellent health.
Hill was one OF the best governors
New York has had IN years. He has
his Maynard. as Black has his Lou
Payn. But there is difference. May
nard is dead. Hill was not personally
responsible for Maynards nomination;
as secretary OF state. He called it bad
politics. That was his extreme OF
emphasis
Hill was responsible for the SNAP
convention which he called in the
spring Of 1896 to cinch the New York
delegation; lie wanted to be president
Weaker men than he have obtained
the goal. If he has had a fault as a
leader, it has been in not apDreciating
the force of ideals that. appeal direct
to the people. He has rallied too much
upon politicians, upon politics as a
game of maneuvering He has played
it as one plays chess. And, though
beaten in disastrous campaign that
will cause him to be known in history
as leader of Q forlorn hope, he was in
his prime the most successful leader OF
his party in New York since Tilden;
he has done the state service in pre-
venting Tammany Hall from grasping
its supreme power, and his personal
honor goes untainted, much as he had
to do with Albany politicians in a
time when Albany was worse than
now
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debate, and " no seldom make speeches
on the general legislation It happens
frequently, however. that subjects are
introduced with which they ale thor
oughly familiar, and it is then that
they command attention and are lis
tened TO with interest by their COL
leagues. The late Senator Hanna es-
laDllShed his reputation as ready de-
batter and a fOrcible speechmaker
when he addressed the senate on the
subject OF an isthmian canal. The
construction OF canals which involves
the use OF eXcavating machinery was
something with which Mr. Hanna was
altogether familiar, and the convin-
cling way il which he talked OF this
business proposition made his speeches
the most effective of any delivered on
the floor Of the senate
The majority of the senators are
lawyers, many Of them theorists, and
not few purely sophomore orators
1t was a delight to them to listen to
some one who could talk practical
common sense and enlighten them on
business methods which he could ex-
plain in a way to be understood
Senator Kearns, of Utah. has seldom
opened his mouth in the senate, but
the other day, when the subject OF the
mining laws and practical mining
came up. Mr.. kearns took the floor
and was at once at his ease in discus
sing a subject which he knows from
the bottom up He had learned mining
from the pick and shovel up to the
latest mechanical method. and there
was no point in the whole subject with
which he was not familiar. The SEN
are listened to him With great atten-
ton. but when he talked OF lodges,
ou'crops, surface indication. dips. lev
els, Stag, strikes, extra lateral rights,
veins, bounding planes. segment,
quartzite, apex law, drifts. borcs, YER
teal surface, everything formations.
etc. his colleagues were ready to ac-
cept his statements on faith.
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MIGHT HAVE SAVED IT,
A Lot Of Trouble from Too Much
Starchy Food.

A little boy Of eight years whose
parents did not feed him on the right
kind OF food, was always nervous and
suffered from weak condition of the
stomach and bowels. Finally he was
taken down with appendicitis and after
the operation the doctor, knowing that
his intestinal digestion was very weak,
put him on Grape-Nuts twice day.
He rapidly recovered and about two
months thereafter, his Father states,
"He has grown to be strong, muscular,
and sleeps soundly, weighs G2 pounds,
and his whole system is in fine
condition Of health" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
1t is plain that if he had been put on
Grape-Nuts at al earlier period in his
life, and kept from the use Of foods
that he could not digest. he never
would have had appendicitis. That
disease is caused by undigested food
decaying in the stomach and bowels,
causing irritation and making for the
growth of all kinds of microbes, set
ting up dis :ased condition which is
the active csuse Of appendicitis and
this is more marked with people, who
do not properly digest white bread.
Grape Nuts is made of the selected
parts Of wheat and barley and by the
peculiar processes of the cooking at the
factory, all Of tie starch is turned into
sugar ready for immediate digestion
and the more perfect nourishment OF
all parts Of the body, particularly the
brain and nerve centres.
Read the little book. "Tao Road to
MELVILLE" found in each pkg.
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bat his length Of service was eclipsed
by the late Justin S. Morrill,, of Ver-
mont, and now Senator Allison is the
record breaker. Senator Benton had a
continuous service in the senate of 80
years. On the day of his death Sen
ator Morrill, had held a seat continu-
ously in the senate for 81 years, 8
months and "a days. Senator Allison
on the first OF January, had rounded
out 81 years, 9 months and &c days
On the 4th OF next March he VIII have
been in the senate continuously 50
years, having taken his seat for the
first time on March i, 1873.
There have been senator's who could
trace back their entry into the senate
for many more years than any Of
these distinguished statesmen who
held their seats continuously for so
long For instance, there was the late
John Sherman, Of Ohio, who took his
seat as the successor OF Salmon P
Chase, who had been made secretary
OF the treasury in President Lincoln's
cabinet on March % 1861. He re-
signed from the senate on March 5,
1897, or SO years after he had first
taken the oath. In the meantime, how
ever, he had left the senate for four
years to become secretary Of the treas
ury under President Hayes. His total
service was 81 years, II months and
II days.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, who
will retire on the 4th OF March, first
took his seat February 1. 1865, just 40
years ago the 1st Of next month. His
service, however, was broken by an in
tervai of - years from 1875 to 1857.
Senator Allison had eight years to his
credit in the house before he went to
the senate. SO that on March i he Will
have rounded out 40 years of continu-
one service in congress.