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Gossip of the State Capital Cy COL. FRED. fl. OLDS Correspondence of The Observer. Kaleigh, Sept 12. The f-dvance in book-making and V book-writing In North Carolina Is something which ought surely to be very gratifying Prof. Daniel Harvey H1U, of the Ag ricultural & Mechanical f. College here, presents to me his "Toung Peopled History of North Carolina," printed by the Stone & Barrlnger Company, of Charlotte. . Both in matter and workmanship the book . is a model and it wilt fill a very im portant part In the State' curricu lum. Further along will come the library history of the State which Capt. Samuel A. Ashe has almost finished. It is interesting to know that almost all the illustrations and very numerous they are In Professor Hill's book, were made In the hall of history here, for this shows how . rapid hag been the work of collec tion there and hour wide Is the scope of the objects. In this connection It may be said that the Legislature fell short of Its duty during the last term by failing to provide a new building for this collection. The ftrork of collection has been done and will be done without cost to the , ".. . . - . ........ . V . . .. , sje ina wouiq uaic u umi un der these particular circumstances at least' the Legislature would have seen. Its way at once to have made this provision. W were talking about butter and milk and cream, three of the best things in the world, by the way, and some Very observant men and 'wo men remarked that It was astonish ing that In an agricultural State like this' these things had to be brought In from elsewhere. We were at the railway station and saw cans com ing In from the Virginia Polytechnic fore has the demand for these things been so great In the State as at pres ent and one would naturally think the supply would rise to the height of the demand, but not so. There Is al ways the last demand for the pro duct of the cow and the hen, an un- satisfied demand, a great deal of the time. Cotton Is talked about as king, but then the hen Is the queen; in the value of her products she out ranks cotton and takes first place. Here at Raleigh there is need of dailies and your correspondent Is 'Informed that elsewhere in the . State there Is the same cry for more milkr The profit is great and the .returns certain. It surely can be arranged so next year that there will be a real State convention of fiddlers to be held in this town. If the people in the va rious counties will send in to your correspondents lint of fiddlers they , Know, inese win ne printed and tne names turned over to William J. Andrews, who Is the State patron of the general art of fiddling, and then arrangements can oe mine ror a grand contest a year hence with big : money as prizes and honors galore. Certainly in western North Carolina and through the piedmont section there must be plenty of fiddlers, though to be sure much of the old time dancing Is going out of fashion and children are growing up who know nothing about the glories and Joys of the Virginia reel. In fact there are plenty of them In this town and no doubt in others, who can't square dance, and some con tend that the german is superior to . the. square dance. These latter are In close sympathy '-villi the adherents Of the violin who think the violin is superior to the fiddle. Perish the thought; and give us the old thing. year,5 say from May out as heart could wish. " , A new student at a college cer tainly has a hard time. The Young Men's Christian Association boys give , him the glad' "hand and the bright smile and help him, but the poor 'wretch in a great many places gets quite the reverse of help from the older students. The latter never think. In a great many cases how they would have liked to have had a kind word ana a neiping when they were freshmen. And so the world goes on.. The schools are opening now and' U is a time of sor row for many a youngster. .' There are people who say these are all the better for rough treatment, but nev er wa there a greater mistake. A caress Is worth ail the curses In the There h to be added to the State's fast growing collection of portraits the original one of the Governor Sam uel Johnson, of "Hays" near Edenton. This was beaueathed to the late Col onel Catwaloder Jones and at his death went to General Johnston Jones, who now lives at Los Angeles, California. The portrait has been se cured toy the Sons of the devolution and will be presented by them by North Carolina In the next sixty days. Governor Johnson is one of the rich- 1n h Stato and his Son. James C Johnston, was the wealthfe'sii man by far In North Carolina antj perhaps in the South. He had 8.UW slaves, vast estates, his own vessels, I and lived like a Vlne. As a matter of fact Hays Itself show now what the life was In those olden dayslrom 1750 to JS65. ' many cases. This has certainly t.em j Mi.ss i.i : the case in this part of the Suite, 'son and h;n t ; The Improvement In living in the' Two of i.ic State has certainly been marked in halt to a eimr. ::lr.x 51 is a IU Thou Hit the week here. yi.uns -men called a v-r'a "'Muff very effect- many ways. It is shown more in thcUvely. They were drivinz near Sec country than in the towns. Fannlngnd creek, s.vcn miles from own. property has advanced In value from When some ona took hold of the 25 to 50 per cent, in the past three horse's reins, a ready gun, flashed or four years, keeping up with the In he offender's face, caused -Mm to advance in town and city property, go to fcJs knees and beg for mercy. Better houses more education, morel He said h meant nothing by -What the reading, etc., are noted everywhere did. - and it is a delight to travel on the; Mr.W. T. Gheen to-day sold his railways In any direction from here' farm of 140 acres to Mr. E. C. Hems, and see the new school bouses. Su- "formerly manager of the Salisbury permtendent Joyner says that the telephone exchange. The valuable high schools are going to be wonder-j property la situated four miles from ful factor In development -and that: Salisbury and wH be worked by one their power Is going to be many times! of the finest fellows Salisbury , ever greater in an education way than naa, Mr. Helns will rowe with his people In the country districts now In family from Mount Airy and 'become inn .main imagine or Deneve. roi rreuaent or KOwan." This Is news many years ago many farmers lived I that is new to Salisbury and iiothing ' rry inra lasmon ana invitations nspprain in & long time is more to their home were few and far be-f Joyful. He and-Ms farrtdly are loed iwren. out now it is different. Tnen iw everyDoay here. f 1 ft til si a Mia BSE (? as 10 reading, it is notorious that a score of years, ago- or even ' twelve years ego an? organisation . In the State very gravely warned its follow ers to read nothing except such ma terial as it sent out or recommended and literature was barred from manv th6usands of homes. This is at! tut a memory now and a brighter time. Is ner.- ":-- ; ; NEWS FROM LOOSBritG. Lonlsbnrg College Has It Best Open ing' PanJ at Negro Meeting New Firm Begins Busbies )n the Town Items From thf Ta List Special to The Observer. Loutsburg, Sept. 14. Loulsburg College has had a most successful opening. The largest number of pu pils everknown wero present on the first day. The college building will not accommodate all the boarding pupils and homes in private families nearby have been secured by the management for their accommoda tions All the schools in the county have been lanrelv natronlied ni rh StatA tins nvir haA. slnrrt the 'here ig a great awakenina- In dnpB- war begab a real gardener and land- Jional affairs. At Bunn, a small vil scape artfct to look after Its public laze ln tne eastern section of the grounds here, that is rhe Capitol, etc ., ; 'c 11 aa Deen recently votea Th- last one was Willianjt H. Hamil ton, who came Just before the n-ar from England and wlV when the war began went Into the army. Hi laid out the CapHo! Square. Since that time the position as keeper of the Capitol, has been In the naturo, one may say of pension to Confeder ate veterans. It Is thought that a change .may now be ibrought abtut and the work will be put in charge of persons who are acquainted with the subject. Mention has been made of the fact that Captain Ashe in a letter to me had said North Carolina needed 10, 000 more mill hands, the supply being now very short ln the cotton 'manu facturing plants at a number of points. On the other hand there Is a lot of objection to people corning her; from almost any country save an English-speaking one. There docs not secn to be any objection to En glish, Irish or Scotch, but some poo- it special tax for the henpflt of tho excellent school there. which now makeg It a high school as provided for "y me last legislature. At a protracted meeting which Is now going on at Main Street Baptist church, colored, there was Intense ex citement bordering on panic, last night when the floor gave way during a period of fanatical 'shouting and Jumping. There was a rush for the doors and windows, but no injuries resulted; a few women fainting be ing the only consequences. The congregation movej to the open air outside where the services were con tinued. ' It is considered almost miraculous that there were not many Injured. As a result of these meet ings it is said that there will be more than one hundred to be bap tized here next Sunday. Kev. L. S. Massey, of the Methodist church, announces a series of meet ings to begin ln his church on the fifth Sunday in this month, to be conducted by Itev. Euclid McWhorter, of the North Carolina Conference. pic appear not even to like the thrifty j .;;'' '' 'paV. " , , kq k . and line Germans, putting everjiioly j "ft'r ' a'd ? ,be a Preacher of '"'T:? vutt iif - srrE't , ...... ,...v.. ... . ,1P nMlPr .nominations of the town nient. Mr. T. K. Uruner is nw abroad and will .all in a day or Iwj LEXGTHY CRIMIXAL TERM. f. acton County Has More Criminal cases For Trial Than Usual Gra. ham Farrar Acqnltted of Murder uic Civil Snlt Begins To-Morrow. Special to The Observer. -.,. "-!' ..v Dallas, Sept. 14. Tlie ; criminal lerm or uaston Superior Court for September came to a elds to-dayf lt jnflcuig i or mis week, which Is un usual as generally the criminal term of this county consumes only about inree aays. , The 'only yr.4mpontant case was the, case- of Grahshi Farr. who was tried for .he murdet Of NToali Johnson. -Thls Jibmlclde oocurre3 at Mount Holly during the month of August, 1905. at a negro festival. Far rar fled the State, being caught In White Plains, N. Y. Farrar was to day found not guilty, .and was freed after being jn. Jail for several month. He was represented by Messrs. O. F. Mason and John G. Carpenter, while the State was represented by .Solicitor Clarkson, assisted by Mr. F, F. Orlf fin. Monday the suit of the Long Shoals Company against the High Shoals Company will be taken up. This suit will be long drawn out. as able cuun. sel are representinz both concerns Judge Garland Ferguson, of Wavnes ville, is presiding at this term of court. do I he Rsleigh Is a place of pilgrimage for many thousands of excursionists during the whole year. A few days ago a large party came in and one : of them, a womttn w ho had been here before and knew the ropes led her companions, and w hen one of I them asked her here she was going ' packing. ZO taKe mem next said: "We're agoln to the State nnius-mrnt " By this she means the state Museum and Indeed It Is a very good name for the big building and Its collection, Which Is the mecea of every excur sionist. It would have been an Inter esting thing to hear the old soul ex plain the contents to her following friends. for honne, but It was not his plan to flood tho State with people, but. to get the best, even though but few. It Is not yet known what steps the Ktate will take towards getting some of the Immigrants who are tj cJnn to the port of Charleston. Of all the States In the South, Texas, Louisiana and South Carolina appear to be tak ing the most Immigrants. Texas simply absorbes them. They are col onized everywhere there and they can Jon in the meetings. McKlnne Bros., who recently pur chased thf store and stock of goods of Allen Bros., are now In full charge, all the paperg having been- signed. This was a transaction of some mag nitude, more than $25,000 being In volved. The Messrs. McKlnne are. comparatively speaking, new comers to this tosyn, but In the short time they have been here have Impressed th people very favorably, enjoying the confidence and esteem of all and are now numbered with the leading business men. Msrs. Allen Bros. TO CHAXGE. QITARAXTIXE LIXE. Government Men at Durham Working For Snch The Inspectors Did Not Poison Cow as Reported. Special to The Observer. Durham, Sept. 14. Several govern ment men are at work in this county trying to change the quarantine line for cattle so that Durham and some twelve or thirteen other counties that are south of the quarantine boundary can ship cattle to the North and West The recent stories starting from this place that cattle have been poisoned by government Inspectors, or some one representing himself as an Inspector, Is declared to-night as being abso lutely without foundation for truth by Dr. H. ' Caldwell, who is in charge of the government men in this sec tion. He said that all the reports grew out of the fact that three cows died on one farm as a result of the Texas or tick fever. He hopes byi quarantining local districts and farms, to get this county and others in this j section outside the quarantine line. This government work has abso lutely nothing to do with the propos ed move of the city to have a meat and milk inspection. ;. EQUALS i; -- " V1 " . -" !' .: . r- . . . - . ' s : - ,.- --s-.., . : ...... , . : - -" . . rJ Kr't:.J- Scared M M' P,y V L rcw7 ertalnly do wonders. I remem-'""' lu ni ft"Mln,Si, altogether her being at Now BronfeU where' "ul, w"' r"an a Bmfti supply store . mm .Min t- m rear or r. n. & K. K. ; Allen's clothing store. Their outside Interests are so large as to require ergy and skill and make It a point to there are Germans in a whole county, thousands of t'hem, and they have tak- it .I. Ktir.MiK 'Hiviii ii ii nir.u 11- ,u0,. ; i xnri alt III n.wl m. II u !( t,.'""" "' " atienuon. Railway building is being very rapidly done this year and It Is verv saf to say that l!i07 will make at once the biggest and best record for North Carolina In this respect. Ot course the gigantic work on the South & Western Hallway leads everything. That work goes through new territory largely, hut other less talked of roads win open up coun ties which have never had a locomo tive within tl.ejr holders and In Which no doubt many pcnplti live Hfto have never seen a train in all their lives. Hyde u one county Which is thus to he ope.-ied, fifty convicts being no at work on the road there. The largest lake in the Btate, Maiamuskt-L-t, is in that coun ty and It is one of the. most curlou sheets of water In the world, shallow, with a bottom of charcoal am) with out a solitary fish. In other words the lake Is a hole hurned in the ground and filled with nuiter. An other r.oad of Importance and really Of much more than local Interest Is the one upon which work begins In a Jew days from Elkin to Spaita, the latter place being away up in Alle ghany county, that county and the adjoining' ones of Ashe and Watauga being the bluegra.n counties of North Carolina. People .who live there declare that really the Sre .ths three finest counties in the State, and they certainly are for cattle The bluegms and limestone region there Is like the best In Virginia Tennessee or Kentucky and thb railroad will put It all in touch 'with orth Carolina. Up to this g.v.d hour Virginia has always received practically all the output of thee three counties. ' No matter how hard people have tried to arouse enthusiasm in the contest for the governorship this year, they haw failed. There mis been no shouting nd there l, not going to be any until next year Mark , thtt. The Craig me,, Kay Locke is certain to be a winner while the KlUhln men declare that l !. d4 Bur iHnf- Friends Ot both these say that the vote for lun7r be '""npllment- nr. The friends of Kitehin ore claiming that he will get all the sec. n4 district except Bertie county the birthplace of Craig, and that he "ill get half of Wilson on the first ballot, the other half going to Horn ss a compliment on first ballot and then gflJng to Kitchln. The friends of tralg are suving that he Is going to surprise the Kitchln - mn : and everybody else by the vot h will get ln the east. To" be sure there is plenty ot counting of chickens before they are hatched by everybody this year. The governorship U a good th i ng nd so 4heHStMM7 tt4 it may be put down now as a fsct that there will J ss lively a cam paign for. both ofj these things next Ilr I ir f.,lr,n .1.. -4 most careful ginning and , , " ' ' - "f.. rc.f " ti,,,v ,h, h. ..,.m'.' '"'sj"e .i......-.i.own imposition mis i WeeK l)r 19 fins t r a,nAnu .. 7" ','" ,"V , present at the meeting of the sur- nfinlte care and t s put up In he ; KPOnfi of tn(1 Seaboard Alr Une Rall. best style. What is the resu't Ahy way. He will respond to the address til th known to every buer In He t-ta.e..., paper before that body on "The Ef It ranks with the choicest Red Rlverj fects of Alcohol on the Human Body.' i.i.nou mm mm. 1 1 um m ismmi (ipi ine rnnowing Interesting items are w hich h irrown In the bends of the ; trathered from the tn lisfs- VnmK,r y get a cent a pound mo-, for it.f welcome on behalf of the surgeons an any other people do sn1 tM Is ;in.l is also slated for the reading of great river and whLch Is ktiown In the trado as "bends." This little hint Is given merely to show what care with cotton will do and ihow It puts money In the farmer's pocket. North Carolina growers can stick a pin here. of acres of land listed. 289,917, val ued at 2,12K,S08: value of musical Instruments,?.!. 000: value of watches and Jewelry, 182,000. The increase In value of real estate, as compared with last year Is about $300,000 while the total increase In taxation of everything Is nearly a half million dollars. ARBIvSTKI) FOR BIGAMY. Few people have an Idea how large a rjuantify of cotton seed for planting Is sent fpm North, Carolina now adays. Tho United States Agricul tural Department advised Texas and Iiiisiana people to get their seed 'Ma'" Who Thought Ills from here because they uro hardier and malum quicker than t home grown In the .South and tills Is an Important thing In the big light against ihe holl weevil. Now a lot of mlKhly good seed have been sent from Hits State, hut some gross frauds have been pcrnctiatrd hv the shin- Wife Dead and Married Again Will Have to Answer to Court For His Conduct, "Wife Xo. I Being the; Instigator of rrctcofdingH. fipeclal to The Ohserver. I'lsfli Point, Sept. 14. A was served on George Brummel of this pla.ee, yesterday afternoon, charg' warrant meiu or nid need and some worthless i ing him with bigamy. The partlcu "nes, not selected at all. but simply liars In the case are well known to gathered toother; dumped In a car th .people, of High Point. Some and sent off 1 heard a Texan soy year o Brummel and his wife ibe- would like to he one of a came separated for some cause, she lyn.h a North Carolinian colne West to see relatives. In the once he parly to who ha.l shipped some sorry seed In to that .Stale. North Carolina H going to make n very splendid gift to )n;r very splendid namesake, the great cruiser now be ing finished at the Newport News "!il yarls nnd which goes into com mission in January. Tho ceremony will lake phH-c perhaps nt Norfolk or Newport News, or perhaps at Charles ion, as the peopio at tho ittnr Place seem wry anxious to have the North Carolina K there on this oc casion. The designs for the great gift or silver are well worth looking at and represent art in Its highest p. ii.-.- n com a iiirifo u meantime Brummel claims that he heard or had good reasons to believe his wife was dead and, therefore marrM sgaln. But it se-ems that wife No. 1 was much alive, but neith er she nor Brummel had secured a divorce. Appearing on th scene here and fln'Bng out that BrummH was married again, things looked squally for a while; but somehow the matter was kept quiet foMhe"Wm be ing, after much parleying with law. vers. It was reported that Brumml had given wife No. l money to n her way rejoicing and let him and Spouse No. 2 live in peace, but. be that as H may, wife No. I has turned up again ' find Instituted proceedings against m and mi.h work by -high -clam artists to prepare I her lawful hushnnd for Wgatnv. Wife .. designs alone, not in speak of No. 1 now lives ln Philadelphia. For tie work on the Kilver . , ... - . j . - ....... i i n-ii.'ti lew iTHiinnn. ii jihii tipvriniipn. Brummel has been getting letters from Wife No. i which bore a threat ening attitude, and the arrest yester day 1s the culmination of this corpes riondence. Brummel is ordinarily a hard-working msn snrt a good cltlsen, nnd hl friends feel for Mm In "Ms hour of "mt"h marrledness." The can will probnWv he tried st Superior Cctirt, which convenes In Oreensboro next week. Norih Carolina hn txconi growth this year When all the segments are sent In and the returns made up by the auditor It will l. .found that the Iriy-resse U very ,,),. slantlal. It has been said In speeches by Governor Glenn and others thst he gtate is really worth a billion dol lars. but tho returns are not going to ,T,mrK", nur' Y ' very certain that In a number of counties there Is marked tinder-vsluatlon In some this has ben quite notorious for a. number of ye-ars. Ham coun ties which have been for many a vr receiving from the RtaU In one W or another more than they pay ( have "mended their lick," the '5v0t.,,'l'.1,,, "u,,ry. nd have flsure ,.uM,0n" t0 mor proper r!:.-Y? )n g"t many sections -1y-4sratTieryer'l!(lor J'owJ. The aalri ot property ex. pose tn true assessments In a great ... " - ; ' n.m)L HArrs dliiteir. Ptesnwr Cstr-l.es Mold of Horse's t.ns nul TIm- T"-s Pr Mwt- u t, r:hn sells ValnaM Farm to E, C. Helns. ' Special to Tin Observer. '? ; 1 Salisbury, 8ept H.Ths 'young people picnicked last night at South River. Miss Msmlte Brown, of Con cof o7n(rmsiIrgaret7""CatssT "of ThomasvtllSrv both ' strlk4ngly prstty, wore guests of honor. Ten couples wnt out returning ah6ut 10 o'clook. Ttevcnue OIBccts In Iranklln County r uusy. Special to Tho Observer. Loulsburg, Sept. 14. Revenue offi cers have been quite busy in this county rf late. Some days since D. B. WebPter was arrested for receiving and cashing an order Intended for an other man; and, although he had slnoe paid and held the right man's receipt ffor the .money, the officials arrested him and carried him before, the United States commissioner, where ihe gave bond for his appear ance at the next term of Federal Court; Yesterday officers visited the eastern section of the county and found Irregularities In connection with the distillery of T. HolUngsworth. It seems that a small keg of brandy was found hidden In some hushes nearby and other alleged Irregulari ties. Mr. HolUngsworth was not ar rested, however. About 2 per cent asL About (none) slate About (none) dirt About (none) fine coal Exactly 98 per cent heat value Mow is the time to secure your winter's supply of 'Phone 211. Tin r 101 TWO BEST FRIENDS are your two feet. Always willing to assist yon in the journey through life, you owe them a duty to clothe them comfortably. Cramped feet, pinched toes, a hurting Instep, cause them to rebel to refuse properly to do their work; Treat your feet right, fut on them the most comfortable of all Shoes th always popular and justly celebrated - - MlEvAXE SHOES which for REAL QUAtITT, LATEST STYLES, GENUINE COMFORT and PERFECT FIT have no equal. x . When you wear BATTLE AXE SHOES you are assured of honest worth. You should buy the known the tested. Insist upon Shoes bearing the Battle Axe trade-mark made in all grades and in all styles for Men Women and Children. See that your dealer gives , . them to you and take no substitutes. co: RICHMOND.! 6fiJ l ; itLJ
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