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4 The News isf Observer BY N|WS AND OBSERVER PUBLISH ING COMPANY. Office: News ami Observer Building, Fayetteville Street. “FIRST OP" ALL—THU NEWS.” "v .. ■ t N- #T J v ?< TO CON 1 '.lll*' : v»t. *IIB anu item' of ittend- i tor [tublieanlion i.i the News tad < n,server should not be a*io.l k *»uj«i*iu«l members of the stall, but sun p:y to the News and Observer. Aji coiutnunicutious must lie aeeon , .* Bird by the author’s real name. No ix wjrtwa* will be made to tiiis rule. S U BSC 111 1 »TIO N PIU OE. .. ....$7.00 Per year... *-.* noonTb* Ai«aj4 pay: "-le strictly iu advance. The news and Observers telephones: MO Editorial Rooms Business office 1 Entered at the post off ice at Ilaleigh, S C.. as second-class matter. WEDNESDAY, - - August 4. 1597. THEY SHOULD TIST THE MATTER. The Salisbury World says that Mr. Fletcher -Lofuu, of Davidson county, re ceived Ms appointment Saturday night as brandy ganger f* r Da\ .or- n to suc ceed 11. B. Varner ai d S. F. Dqrsett. jl r . T : i vdl tain ihe brau.’v bonds for Davidson county this season. Mr. J. A. IF '•••!! is hr: m’v .. rbr Row an and we iimb r.- . . A that his official head wiii .• l' d the iuo. « is stated th •: C has ' ' ’ a v.wy K> * ■ : ’e the I’r. ; a* s order ri; • ruing P: ■ v. I <• o"ties who ci . e v r ;i <• c. i service. The Wi. ' : S utiiiel - that a Mr. Lillington gathered from Collect r Har kins that the recent ruling of the Presi dent gave him power to aw, int all of his field deputies. They are termed “political offices.” The Collector cannot do anything of the sort without violating the letter as well as the spirit of the civil service law. Mr. Yarmim and Mr. Dorsett ought to refuse to surrender their places to Mr. Loftin, demand to be given a copy of the charges against them, and stand upon their rights. President McKinley s new order reads: “No removal shall be made from any position subject to competitive examination, except for just cause and upon written charges filed with the bead of the department or ap pointing officers, and of which the ac cused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense.” Every position in the internal revenue districts is under the civil service ex cept “one employe in each internal rev enue district who shall act as cashier or chief deputy or assistant collector, as may be determined by the Treasury De partment; one deputy collector in each internal revenue district, where the number of employes in the office of the collector exceeds four; one deputy col lector in each stamp (or branch) office.” This is plain. If Collector Harkins is assuming the right to make more ap pointments than he is authorized to make, the present incumbents ought to carry the matter up to the Treasury De partment and appeal if necessary to the Givil Service Commission. municipal ownership of lights. The North Carolina Baptist and Rocky Mount Argonaut are right in advocating municipal ownership of lights. This ex perience is given: “We can find one of the best illus trations of the benefits accruing from municipal ownership in the little town of Johnson, Vermont. This town, with a population of only 600, has an electric light plant, wntch cost $5,000, and which belongs to the municipal ity. The charge per year for 16-can dle power incandescents is $3 for one light, $5 for two, and $1 for bedroom light*. It has been found that the actual cost of supplying a 16-candle power light is fifty cents per year, the balance is used for paying interest on bonds. The receipts pay the working expenses, the interest provide the town with sixty street lamp* free, and last year left a net profit of $413.” |NO BACK TRACK. The Democrats are taking no back track. At a conference in Texas, called by the chairman of the State committee, there was but one sentiment, and that was expressed in this paragraph of the resolutions adopted: “That we hail as an advance sign of the return to the principles upon which prosperity can alone be achieved, the disposition of the people in other States, as expressed in the recent elections, to the time-honored doctrine of bi-metallism, and to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money metals of the coun try; and to a system of just and fair taxation, opposed to the trusts and monopolies, and to the principles con tained in the last national Democratic platform adopted in Chicago in 1896.” THt TARIFF AND WAGES-EDUCATION. The potters of Trenton, N. J., held a mass meeting a few nights ago and after full discussion decided to “ask the man ufacturers for the restoration, within Ax'y days, of the I-'.* per cent cut in their wages, made in 1894.” The dis patch. conveying this news says that the :uen claim that the increased tarilT rate „ n j-ettery made by the Dingley bill jus !'h s th-m- request,” and a committee been appointed to “seek a confer .. - i h the manufacturers. The lit publican National pb» form ask ,.,l for the big: er rate solely in order to j ‘•. ro.ect American labor from the d> gra- ,t ijimi Aif the foreign wage rate.” The i . of ihe Dingley act at every step i • ve declared that the protection of Am- j erii-uii in 1 <»r web iheir only e-.:;eern.This | !, i'g their contention, the request of I ; ~ «,.'kers in pottery is not only very ivasou hie and proper, but they have an equitable right to' an increase in wages equal to the increased tariff rate. If the manufacturers, who used Ameri can labor to secure a high tariff, were honest in saying that it was for his benefit they would raise wages without waiting for a “mass meeting.” The report of the Massachusetts Bu reau of Statistics exposes the pretense that the Dingley bill was enacted “to protect American labor.” The Massa chusetts bureau, after compiling the wages in ninety nine occupations finds— 1. That there are wider differences be tween the wages paid for the same kind of work in various parts of the United States than there are between the wages of the United States and of England or the Continent. •_>. That in the United States the work men of Massachusetts receive the high est wages in every cl tss of occupations —in those that pay poor wages at best no less than in those that offer labor the largest returns. Commenting on these facts, the New Yh-rk World very wisely states: “The first proposition shows that the chief .cause for differences in i wage.- cannot he tariffs, which of (•nurse onovite equally upon protect- j manufactures everywhere. The si i nd proposition shows that what ever this chief cause is it helps the workmen of Massachusetts more than it helps those of any other State. “What then is this chief cause? “The statistics of education un doubtedly furnish the clue to it. They show that Massachusetts gives each of her inhabitants seven years’ schooling of two hundred days each, while the average for the United States is four and three-tenths years of two hundred days each. “Further, while the average wealth producing power of each man, woman j and child in the United States is 40 cents a day, the average wealth-pro ducing power of each man, woman and child in. Massachusetts is 73 cents a day—nearly double! “Education is the true advance a gent of prosperity.” The promise of good prices for wheat and cotton this fall has made a more hopeful feeling throughout the country. Many cotton mills are shut down, giv ing as the reason that they cannot get cotton. The shortage in the wheat crop abroad is estimated at 225,000,000 bush els, or one tenth of the world’s average yield. The tobacco crop is not so large but the prospect for a large crop are excellent. If the yield is as large as present prospects indicate and if the prices are as good as now promises, the agricultural sections will become pros perous in spite of adverse legislation. We see by the newspapers that certain very rich men have been forming a syn dicate to rob the farmers by putting down the price of beef and rob the con sumers by putting the price up. We do not care what churches they attend or what colleges they endow, they are no better than highway robbers, and if we had the power every one of them should lie sentenced to hard labor 10 years in State prison for the first offense, and to State prison for life for the second.— George T. Angall in Our Dumb Ani mals. “The number of our warships must be doubled and trebled,” says Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. “We want more ships and more officers and more men to man them. Battle-ships, armored cruisers and vessels of the tor pedo class —the more we have the bet ter.” And so on and so on, with all the expansive volubility of a hare-brain ed, imaginative “boy-man” laying plans to squander other people’s money.—New York World. A friend in Winston writes to correct the telegraphic report that the man con victed of seduction in Rockingham coun ty was sentenced to imprisonment for only two months. He was given twelve months in the penitentiary. It should have been five years, which is the fnll limit of the law. Senator Morgan and Senator Quay | will investigate the Hawaiian question by “ a trip to Hawaii.” Quay will take sugar in bis’n, and Morgan will be of the same opinion still. The sad fate of the Stokes county moonshiner who was shot at church will cause all moonshiners to swear off — from going to church. The Dingley act has not increased the price of wages anywhere. It increases the cost of living everywhere. THE NEYVS AM) OIiSEKVEIt, ATGTTST 4 I.SH7. WEEK WAS FAVORABLE jUT CROPS ARE BEGINNING TO AGAIN NEED RAIN. The General Crop Prospects For the Whole Stale at Present Could Hardly be Any Better. The Weekly crop bulletin for North Carolina, issued yesterday I y the Weath er Bureau for the week ending Monday, ; August 2, says: The week lias goi.ernll.' ' ecu favorable, fili.iwi is occurred 11: •. first days of the wt< k, follov.u d vwav n. j dry, sunny weather, which will not prove injurious if proper seasons ••c:-ur i i ear’;;- August. Crops are beginning to i <>d rain again, and in a few eomititvi with received least rainfall last week nr - H- \ ginning (■> suffer. In gen ral, crop e di ! lions are now excellent; in some e >u 1 | especially tie. Though cotton is s ■ld some, the damage is so far in PriiJF • at. The early corn crop is made. Tim g.-n j t ral prospects for the Nude at present j eon Id hardly bo bettered. Eastern District.- Rains continue 1 ovoi j Monday and Tuesday (27th). alter which dry. warm weather set in. with abundant sunshine, which continued to Ihe end of ihe week. The weather was favorable, hut it as now getting too dry over many Counties. Crops are doing well: uTosilv laid bv and work done. Some .enly corn s being damaged by dry weather, hut most of time rop its made, with some fod der ready for stripping. Late corn needs rain hut still looks green ami promising. In some sections farmers s:tv prospects are for the finest corn crop in three or fom years. Cotton is doing well; about all hilled: some shedding reported on light lands. Tobacco curing in full blast, with excellent results. Peanuts doing well; sweet potatoes promise a fine yield. Far mers are planting turnips and rutabagas, some of which are up. Central District. —The past week wa« d-y and very warm. Though shower* occurred on Monday and Tuesday, the ground has hee.ii pretty well dried out, 1 so tear rain is beginning to he tmeded, | especially for turnips. Farmers are about j done laying by crops, which are in good [ '■ondition. Cotton is fruiting veil and 1 generally holding squares, though there i are a few more reports of shedding tills i week than last; a blimk beetle seems to; f.*rt::s. Parly planted corn is promising I an- bciwepnlbd' in the’South. Late corn ! still small hut curb g fairlv well. Corn • damage hv tb a hugs: crop will he short on account of diminished acreage. Sw.-.-i ’ watremelons plentiful. Breaking land for wheat and oats continues. Turnip■> 1 still being planted. Western District.—Light rains occurred the first of.the week, followed by warmer, dry weather, with abundance of sunshine. ! The nights have been a little cool in the j mountain, sections. The weather has been favorable, and crops continue to do I well; crops are about laid by in south nt-.d ; east portions. In many counties crops | are reported to he in exceptionally good ! condition; in a few, Catawba especially, j cotton and corn are beginning t osuffer for rain. Bottom corn is doing very well, upland not so well. Cotton is growing; ■shedding very little, and is nearly laid by. Large crops of peas have been plant ed in stubble land, are up and fine. Tur nip seed being sown. Much hay was put i up the latter part of the week iu the! west. TIIE MEET, A NATIONAL ONE. Wheelmen From Every State East of the Mississippi and a Few West of it. Philadelphia, Fa., Aug. 3. —To-day’s developments stamp the success of the 38th National meet of the League of American ’Wheelmen beyond question. From early this morning until late to night wheelmen, singly and in groups, have been arriving in the city from every State east of the Mississippi and a few west of it. Delegations from New York, New Jer sey, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, Massa chusetts arid other States arrived in rapid succession and were met at the depots by local reception committees. Many of those from New York, New Jer sey and Maryland came in on wheels. Os all the cities thus far represented, Indianapolis is making the strongest bid for the 1898 meet. Mayor Thomas Tag fart and Postmaster Lahm are leading the movement. The meet proper does not begin until to-morrow when the tours and runs com mittee will conduct runs to a number of picturesque spots near the city. In the meantime all the visitors are enjoying open house at all the local clubs. Thurs day will be the banner day on runs and the racing will begin on Friday morning. London, Aug. 3.—Word has been receiv ed from Valparaiso that the American bark, Nonantum, Gapt. Newhall, from New Castle, N. S. W., April 9, for Pan ama, has been lost on Easter Island, a small island lying in about 27 south lat itude and 110 west longitude, and that all on board were saved. The Nonantum was built at Newburyport, Mass., in 1865, She registered 1,100 tons, was 178 feet long, 36.2 feet beam and 23.7 feet deep, hailed from Port Townsend and was owned by D. R. Gartwell. Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. mi &AKIHO POWDER Absolutely Puro ROYAL BAKING POWUtH CO., NEW YORK. SPITE OF ALL. The skies, they have never a roseate hue — There’s trouble front spring until fall; Foil if Bod's with the country, perhaps we’ll pull through In spile o' the tariff anil all! Ferhaps there'll he rainbows to brighten t! e view. , Though the storms v>illi their thunder bolts fall; A.id if Cod’s with the country, the coun trv’ll pull through In - :U- o’ the l.irff and ail! F. L. STANTON. : FFfi .! VS A RNIC’A SALVE. Ti c Best Salve in the world f«.r Cuts. : i,,:. . Si>ii ■. I !• ii -. Salt Rheum. ■i Sores. Tot or. Chapped Hands. 1 v .i:!.lnins. Corns, and all Skin Erup ■ >., . md posilively cures Files, or no > roipi.rcd.- It is guaranteed to give ■i -i. .far; on or money refunded. ’r : r,. "a ci o)ts pci Imx. ’'’or sale by all *lr 11 j• i i-. Ibid Carbcnatori We guarantee that one glass of Har ris’ Lit bin Carbonated Water will relieve any ease of indigestion in one minute’s time or money refunded, or if taken after each meal will cure any case of in digestion. Read what the noted Dr. I>avega, of Chester, 8. C., has to say for it: MR. *T. T. HARRIS: Dear Sir —For the past eight months 1 have been using Harris’ Lithia Water, Wi.a the most excellent results, where I have been aide to get ray patients to drink a sufficient quantity daily. The Carbonated has no equal in gastric dis turbances. In old chronic dyspeptics if you will wash the stomach with salt and water, and an hour later have your pa tient drink the Carbonated Lithia you will make many friends and improve many stomachs, it is an excellent table water. It is an excellent laxative, and is a sure cure for flatulent dyspepsia. 8. M. DA VEGA, M. D. —SOLD BY And Wholesale agents for ITartbomf S rt : ga Water. Trade supplied. f <r }|* " r '• , r.<r T - lift# vm 4 IT iff C&liV/l W Nat aro has supplied u- with a remedy or every disea e. Many of the re me ss • ate found ,;t r (. ; herus and bar - md to effect cures the medicinal prope rties must be cxtiucted and put ititp concentrated form, and then property compounded. Nature has also placed some of tht very best medicates in water, common! !y known as “mineral water.” One d( the best of these is the famous Otter? burn Lithia Wvter. For indigestion: kidney, bladder and diseases of like na ture there is nothing better than Otter; burn Lithia. And the price is moderate; l hat die it in large quantities, and am : the sole dealer in Raleigh. Bring your! own containers and I will furnish the* water at 20 cents for half gallon, 35- cents per gallon, or 30 cents in 5 gallon lots. Extra charge if I furnish con tainers By the glass at my so, a foun tain, carbonated, 5 cents. J. H. BOBBITT An Innocent Sufferer How often you hear of a sweet inno cent child suffering from some terrible blood disease which is hereditary and which if not Eradicated from the system will be a source of misery during its entire life. If you are a parent and your child is suffering from any blood disease, don’t neglect getting a bottle of Africana the sure cure. 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We have visited the “field” of over 40 sepa ate mining operations and have special arrangement to have shipped only the best coal in the “Field.” The OLD LEE ANTHRACITE and indley Red Ash are the best Anthracite coals In or out of Pennsylvania. We bought seven cargoes of these be ore the last advance, and can offer bar gains on carload lots to any depot. Jones & Powell, Miners’ Agents, , Raleigh, N. O. Don’t Go to Alaska GOLD All Grocers Sell It. j' j Cleans Everything. - . wasira THE N. K. FAIR3ANK COMPANY, ■£. " Chicago. St. Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. ' L. EBERHARDT MANUFACTURER OF .-x* ■*'w -vsXr" r:* '- MfeHg . • v % H • . ’■ \ ■- ■ . ;VM, A ■■■'sfi'.K. V’ ir ''/'S&frySA ss3 •; "■ •F‘ '■■■>•*■ v X'fcV RALEIGH N C. THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE Cb ... ■ " * ■ i * rr-■ \ : • v" ■ OR — 6 S; ',333.30 l»*»0 TO POUCt-HOLOERS *137, 4.318 6* Roiicve'i Absolute y Non-Forteltabl» Altar Second Year. • - paj ■, (.... l s a rerrod. c . '.--up policy i* Hhcvca. A'! ,- . .1 v.;,u pcl.cu are in- it—ft •( . at.il a*» r-i-rrlcuo&Maii to re* h-nv«, f .rc aari ot,cup«tN>ii are removed ■-xr, .«r&h-e«. where valid policies cmi be mad* . (.•ohjp: - ■■•< .rip. JOHN C. DREWRY, State Agent, Raleigh, N. C. Champion . . Harvesting Mewing Machines Are the strongest and require less tepairing than any others now on the market. 1 Work easy and satisfaetory. 1 hey are endorsed by some o most practical farmers in the State. See ALLEN & CRAM M c ™v ' sleigh, N. C. And examine the machines before you buy. They will take pleasure In explalnlngltheir merits. Also mannlacturers and importers of portable and stationary engines and boilers, saw mills, cotton gins, presses, &e. Oorresnondenee solicited AVAPOR IR STOVES. The cooking exhibition which we have had at our stote during the last ten days will be discontinued from this date (August Ist). We expect a large ship ment of Vapor Stoves on Tuesday, and will be glad to fill orders for them. The prices will be rock bottom. Julius Lewis Hardware Company. RALEIGH N.C. THE Commercial and Farmers Bank, RALEIGH, N. C. STATEMENT OF CONDITION MARCH 9, 1897. | Capital Stock Paid Up. - - - S 100.000.00 Surplus Fund, - 18,000.00 Nat Undivided Profit*, - 7,148.43 Dapeslta, *•■■■* ■ 363,399.66 Sate deposit boxes ror rent. No interest paid on deposits. Offers its customers every accom modal ion consistent with safe banking. A number of good business offices for rent. i OFFIGERS: J. J. THOMAS, President. ALF. A. THOMSON, Vet-President R. B. JHUMAN, Cashier. H. W. JACKSON, Assistant Cashier. directors: I. J. THOMAS. Raleigh. A. HORNE, Clayton. A. A THOMPSON, Raleigh B. N. DUKE. Durnarn. J. B. HILL, Raleigh. A. F. PAGE. Aberdeen. R. B RANEY, Raleigh. JNO. W. BOOTT, Hanford. JAB. E. HHEPHERD, Raleigh FRED PHILLIPS, Tarbon. H. B BATTLE, Raleigh T. H. BRICOH, Raleigh. CEO. W. WATTS, Durham H. A. LONDON, Plttsboro. If in want of No. i FIRE BRICKS Write to THOMAS WOODROFFE, Greensboro N. 0. Also for BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES Os all Kinds. 1: m ■ 1 ’ H. E. BONITZ, B. E„ WILMINGTON. N. C. Architect and Superintendent. Plana, details and specifications fur nished. Correspondence invited. ■ Wm
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