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-3 .1 Cvw3 w, r ! 1 i j !. n " CJU ' j ' ',,';r V:; Absolute! Pure ROVAL BAKING POWDEB CO.. MEW VORK. state; news .FROM EifiLEIGI Wake County Criminal Court : to Open Monday, y Apportionment of School Funds by 'v . the Board of Education. Over $50,000 'SPaid Ouvin- Pensions Last Month, by the State Treasurer 20,000 Received in Stat Taxes-. Raleigh, Jam -C-eTlhe Ja-ttuary .jterpi of Wake county criminal court "will, -meet I hete -next' Monday and 'Judge Tim.ter.lak'e will preside' There.1 are one hundred 'cases docketed and two of-those are capital ones. During the month' of Jpecemfoerthe state treasurer "paid out $57,258 in pensions. . The sheriff of Wake has id Treasurer Worth $20,0v0 ' of state taxes, . and he 'has paid to the-county $60,000. -. The board ,of education has;,been in sjes sion apportioning the school fund.: There is now on hand of 'this fund $31,041.50. This ., . . . ....... - was distributed to .the county' schools ae cording'to the jscoQxolsM'p' population in the townships There- .ire." 17,38 school t:hil dren in the coiin fy and to each' of .'t!hee $1.75 is api-orx-one-d and, tfto ..amount .on hdi:d will, run the schools for nearly five months. . v, ' . ' Ihe Dramatic -club' of the university Will appear here cn Friday htxt in "OLidndoa A snrani-e. . xor it ueneni o. ne jaais H(i;):iil"Airi A &ociaA'ion.'V- .-:The papers, wherovor this" cltib; has playtd, 'have giyn thsm much praise. ' , ' f ,V T, . - . J,uJ ' iivultk of -tJ-'penitboro; sax v judgship, and fhat 'he .'will keep the people guessing for som itianie' yet as to tub sue T.nre i tv jis; - p:aint made ,iCkt the state 'library is not kept open 5ut.&uch few tours and. not at all aftT 5 p. m.. TV hoover has the authoriby to regulave the houris, should taike . the matter In 'han'd ana require Librarian: Cobb to, do more work for his pay: I. sieems now t.at T. M. Aigo mayyet met the district attOineyshio, . Claude Btr- ' nard was sure of it a week ago; -but things have chan'a ed. " Cook's mnda, , seeing his "goose , was cooked," vare .determlinJDd. that no first diistrict man uhall :get the place, if they can help it so they are waging -war against .Bernard - Lawyers' fees In rovernor Ruisaell'a suit , to annul theJCorih Carolina railroad leare . are so large aia (co make, the diTeciiOS:feJl 1 faint . Amiitt's ;b.ill is $2,000 and there; are , others equally. as large.? None- are paid. Alex Gdlmore, a negro despera'do, -was -: put to .the peni tentlary 1 here ye&terday , to , serve a ten years' een tenw. Ttoen he will i be turned Over' to -South Carolina to. serve a sixteen-year. sentence there. -The Seaboard iAir 'Liner-notified the rail road comimissioin that t'hey will, not issue v any more pass'es except ' to personsi -that are excepted, by the commisisaon a act This -edty - now has ; fiix 1 public ;School!S, andi ..in-. .the spring wilt begin .-work on At the Dapt'iS't orphanage at Thomasvirfe 5 a very bad type of tmeasies 'is raging.v No , deaths have oecurred ; People " from -JfaXL. the .eastern! sections, "where so muoh tru'ekimg is done, report the . outlook as very f avoralble. ' - ' . There is an increase .of twenty-five etu dents at Wake Forest as' compaired , wlith the fall term.. , " A prisoner was brought here to the pen v itentiary today from Outmberlland county. and when he was cap-tjured a fight, ensued, , -and this fellow; Wright, was . sihot-'ln. the t' "back.makinghim a helpleS paralytic ' There was "a sensational rumor here yes terday that the old':ra)ilToald;-camm-::ssIon-rs, Messrs. J. ' W. and) S. Otho Wilson, . "would attempt to take possession of the commliisioner's office, so the "beeper "of the capital and the nfght -watchman were con : stituted a guard to protect the office. .Ma . ' Jor Wilson -says he has no idea of doing anythinig regarding the office, tut. will leave tfce.wfcole of the matter to his attorneys. , The dispensary at -Fayetteville, from the follow'ing, figures, is - a money making af . fair, in July the net profits -were $150.87; , a august, $347.23; iSeptamiber, $406.17 ; Oc Wber, $599.86; November, 662.88; iDooemlber, S931.02. . . , 1 a-air at GleadaSe with 17,253 spindlea and 5iS lcorrs. - . ;. Tiere are 1,272,C3 Ejindles in Eou'th Car clin a, so this single township with these five mil.: contains cne-,f.fth of the to'tal number of s'pindTea in-the s'cate. Only one concern In ithe Pisdiriont region contains a largsr cu-m'beT .of i?pindle3 than the Clif ton 'nulls.-- This" is 'the-TelzEr ootapany at Pizir, which rues 107,000 -spindles. The Piedmont Manufacturing t.ompany at 'Pded rcont ruiis 58,720, the Union Mills, at Union 54,848, the Gaffney (Mills 51,116, the Henriet'ca .iM'ills at Henrietta, -N. X3., 60,000 and wth these, exceptions no mll? in the PJednronl region run more than 50,000. "When it-is said of thcise estahlishime-ntR thereforethat they run full time and that ih ey just 'about plan to come out even a t Che j end of the year, it may safely be as sumed tha similar -cond'itttons preva"! else where. The fipartan mills . wiir &&ot.tl dividend- of one and One-half per cent, on t January 1. , v . Tn the past two years several new mills have,been put in operation, Spartan "No 2, i "Clifton No. 3, theWhitney and the Ark- "wnght. Two of '.hose, the Spartan and the oiwiiru.-are as morougniy. eqtfipped as any cotton m'i'll in the world. The Spartan mill Is running on .print cloth.' 27. to -28-inch goods, and there Js only , one other onlll in the., region, so far as known, ' which runs on -this particular grade of goods, although cn-erevare several which pTttnt 39 to 40 inch'L goods. . Clifton No. "3- la n throuighout with lowelT machinfe3." It. "haa what is ,proba"My the cost compact card room, in the south, with. 122 Lowell .re- volving,.rards'in a anace. of 208 feet long and 50 -feet wide. ' TheTe are elsctrirc t- tachments to the drawinffs whi-nh. iwflt-h -th Blrtbbers,, are all attended to by boys, and tn-e warer power is goverened .by electric ity throuigh v'the tfleotric governor . on the .water- wheel. There are-4 Kitson- nick ers ,xne cotton loeung brought - to - them through the trunk system .to t fh -third noor. J f ' ' " " - i - - ' , - -vui twpste is utilized and . the mill ,is arranged so that' time and space .are saved to tne smallest detail. ..The mill gets out four-yard sheetings, like a good many "oth er southern mills, notaSly the oldpartan and -the Pacolet. ,With.heconstruction-of these; mills the passion of building ssems to, nave neen s-ated for. a time. The only additions contemipCated in- any North Car, olina or South Carolina mill," so far as xearneo, ; is the -Walhalla, which is plan nrntg an.x increase f rem : 2000 ; spindles to oiu ..-ai'iij-n is to De- umaier che7on trol Of Mr. -tc-ne, the sttDerintenden-t' of tae jypartan Mills. - v - - : . c iAS'A.TUle there" is a good-.-deal of d'iffi-culityl-in, gettlnig at the ' rates of waists Most Qf -the .milL men -wfco "have been .seen admit; thai -there 4s a. difference -of between 25 and .30 -per eent, bet'ween the sru th and north; the, advantage -"of cheapness . being with tnesouth. Here are -some, of the fig ures of the Clifton :..Mills,: where rates are a' trifle highter Aiha.it in same other places There are no speeders '."working under $4 a week. ! -The' average pay fcr r speeders is sa.04. i The wages for srrinnin? varv can d'erahly. Boys running four isides make 32 'cents a' dayii . A ; woman running eight sides makes 72 -cents a day. This figure is given .i in comparison with wases naid- in Lcwell years ago when . women 'vmade V 75 cenits i& day, -and had .to do - their .own oil ing and sweepinfir. ' A consSderable number of v hands make ' $2 a-day. "V'eavers - average some thing less than $1; although there are a -few' who get $32 or $33 "a month: The card help get only o0 to 75 cents a day. .There is no interme diate work, dt is all on the coarse3 grades Th-e slubber hands tor 52 'spindle elulbbers win get . in the neighborhood of $1 a day. These, are omaxtipuim :pri,ces; : The ' average m vae mius seen in Charlotte and tspar taxlbuxg is considerably less than this. - rh icen 'in controi both at Clifton and Spartan burg declare that- they; have a far -greater advantage n the- modern ess Of their ma chinery and :in the completeness of r their pmill equipment 'than- in- the cheapness of labor. ! The operatives with whom I'talked all' declared, themselves satisfied with" the present .condStion of things, - r m 4- s: t W W w w v.. I 4 V ' - 8 -w n w o I 5 --;--JL2-yj -T j t zi 1 TOWN TOPICS. - reading this yoii may think; it merely a scheme to attract trade, but it is not. It is not X -an excuse, but a condition. : . j q it nas ior years oeen part 01 tne sumner q O way of stbrekeeping. to have lieavy January Q sales of merchandise. We believe we could sell O really dependable goods as cheap as other stores . sold questionable goods-maybe cheaper, 1 We f have determined to skin Tanuarv HullrtftRR . nd it u uia.iiiia.iu. tuc iuw xair prices tiiat people were, Q v O: Salef lnot an excuse for sensational advertisinor. but a courageously mt condition:- ' yy.c aic iicavxay :lucivcu uu many lines ox a seasonable goods tjiat are heeded by the people, ,aiuixo maKe. our .January csaie a success we have placed many of these J goods below cost of . producxion. . -, , ' T ' ! Look carefully oyer ithe "list arid see if you ever saw real value offered so very low. vWe 11 continue this sale through the entire month of January, Tor until the different lines are sold. O 1 ;; o o I" : - '.i i - THE CAROLINA 19 N. Main St.7 & 71 vJ CoUege SL - HUE.UrUEGAUD LIQlTonS, And for everything usually kept m a nrst-ciass liguUK 5STURE. ; Come in and get prices before go-t ing elsewhere. I keep the best stock of Whiskies, Etc.,. in the State. Goods shipped to all parts ; of the countr , free delivery inlhe city and vicinity. " . ; i ! - 1 .1. First Lot. Mr 21c 1 , We have exactly 1,200 pairs of Ladies'. -" fine Hermsdorf Hose,- high spliced heels and toes, . double soles, that mil cost ' . you ."33c during this year, they will .go "s'ingle': pair f or by the box f or 21c a pain ' ,You 'will be wisie to get t box; ' " Mf 4 4 4, TT1 Jd.or Second Lot. V" - w , . V ' . '.. .. 1.. - . -.i.y. 29c 5. .V ' ' 1 , -ft- For 39c: QCy. . - All Wool Senge "Diagonal,; regular sell- .ing price r 50c. 1 Tlhey can not be-.dupli-;cated' for less than-, 40c. ' IPull 42-in. wide J tu1 trnftei lino fnlnra -. : ..'." '.-. T . .- ' A big line of all wool fin Storm Serge", 54-in. wide big '. value at 75c- Cost ' over ". 50c to manufacture, but they must go, and ' at 49c. - - ' 1 - . .-Black and ilavy-JBlue Storm Serge, 64- ' k ini wide, 7:elling every, day.; at - 59-c and 65e.- " iMust; go?at 39e. s j , , : , .: ': :yhC , ,rt ' All . those splendid Brocadedl 25-in." wider andi . sells - regular at $1.15 and $1.25 ' per, yard .' but - .will be. as ;advertisexV89Ci Silks, January : price 1 , Up to date Chicago ba3 abandoned tbe old fashioned -habit of boiling the' water They grind it now. Los Angeles Tiu.es. Ni -'A Chicago man is making artificial liiilk that caainotf be told from the gen ui tie that is, tiieCni3ago'genuine.-r--Vashinguon post.-. jr. , , y 1 ; .s i , i ; ; - The Gotham i tes object to the n am c 11 an tiattan for th'jir enlarged town.' , Weil. Martini would fill the mouth equally well. Chicago Times-Herald, r , -. ' ? Th.e man who founded Chicago has jnsc died. '' His great crime- was ' committed naanyl years ago, - but he was never able .10 live it down. Buffalo Express. ' ' ""Bean- shooting has been forbidden by tne Boston city council. .Whatls the iiuaii- ter? Aro beans' in danger of beiDg exter- lUliielucUi iJ V lam x juuECi x i ess. . : , . Mr;' Bryan has christened the city of Monterey 'the Chicago of .Mexicd." There Is a -left handed compliment in this for one or the other of thoso cities Ivew York Mail and Express. . The New York minister "wha told his congregation .that he was in Chicago once and that " nothing could " ind uce . him to. repeat the experiment' is a moral coward. Every minister should be .willing; to pur1, sue the devil to bis laiy. if ; necessary. Kansas City Journal. ' , ' ' TVVVVVWV TT Tf ?T W "V.T f T) VJr ?Tf V . " T T W W V W:' Third Loti 'For 166' T All 4the Standard 1Qt4 Sheeting .selling .now at !2c . Best grade pepperell--'Mills-. ' Housekeepers will do well - to . oall eaHyjf las this lot of sheeting will only last a day or so. -i For; 15c: o iFr nope t All the. S-4; Sheeting, cheap at. 20c, but lYimti owi oif "'"f -7-:- ," -.. ? h . , 5 - -V t, -All .the-"" 5-4 "--Pillow, .Casing worth " in any stjre l2c and 15c but will close all ' at 10c. , ; . . - ' . . - . .. - - - ---. --. --. 1 1, wnn ...... "nN.n.'T) Just : try.' a - box. of Cascarets, tie finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. At Pelham's pharmacy. . , HPICAL SOUTHERN COTTON r.:!LLS. Sarramburg IDispatch to the Boston Jour-- nal, Decemher 31. ' . v. ' Thevtwo sets of 'mills, under the oon.- "trcl 6f Capt. Montgomery, and also those under th icontrol of the Converse 'Mann- I , factoring company, are thoroughly, typical .t)t.the mills of - South- 'Carolina. Captain -Montgomery ; controls the ; it wo Spartan mills, with their 72.C00 spindles and 2,458 looms, 'and. th-e iPaccok't C.IIlls which are : really onereoataining 56,323, spindli3 - and 2.160 looms. The Converse company, which ..Js represented here by the president, Jlr. Converse; and -the' treasurer, Mr. Twich- both "originally from the - north, con-i roIs three mills at Cl'lftcn .Wiih S5.7S2 . .spindles and 2,170 lcc-s, and -the,e;allr NEVER m&LATE- . To buy Jackets at the following prices.. ; Those who have bought at jregular. prices must riot think we could Afford 'to do this - . It is because . j" a. j a. j " r . li.. ix At. jti ,we uu uut. micui iv carry luciu . . tucy wiix-, bring anything. ; We do not build;6ur hopes on V the waves of . prosperity. :We rip the goods at ' X what Jthey will bring, not what they are worth. l y Every one - of - onr .$12.50, $15.00 and,. - v $18.00 Jackeics - and Capes. Thdta gar- W - meji'ts costs to make "" them $10.00 to , $12.50, but what do we care, if you need ,them? Come and take your choice In our, .- "entire stodc for $5.98. J . - - , ' 'C : , - 1 - s- f - - t- -' ' - ' , ' All Jackets and "Capes worth from $5.00,'. . 'to $7,50.. lAmong this lot are plenty of nice-", garments that -cost $4.00 or $5.00 .to manu " faoture," but ' if - you " need- them, we do -p "not.'' Come tiflis week and take them for . - ' $3.98. : . - . - N - . . f'ti. ----- , - '' ' 5 ; - Do you need Blankets of any kind? We ' will not need ours in July-so we give you a tchance that will .not come again soon. -1 The besf all wool balifOrnia Blankets worth from $7.00 to $10.00, all to go -this ' , '.week for $5.98. ".-''. ' FOR, 85:98 Do you corns to tlic doss of ' tliedaythofCMJgMycsliattstea? FOR ' " TW ifih 'omtSntse oav after W- . vtK rww r r a-v iJ9 to u n rv fs- g day, possibly ween alter wecur w. ... irfi N.ii S hastJltosUcp.; Thcn sbms- u Q , " t thing: Is wrong. All these ) a PHR s ' 'things indicate that you are 7 . f r suffering: f rem nervous cx- o.W- PK ChQ haustion. Yc'J? nsryes need JJO ;. ' eO ? feeding and yc-jr fcloci.ca- . ; R '' . VjiO : 'A .- -",.:-.. ...... , fl ' , .;V ?i of Cod-liver OiWith Hypo- u U cnccpAiits? of Lirns and Soda, S contains just ths rcnrdbs to jv.j y mzzt thztz vrantc Th; cod- y Uve? oil ciy-s tns nf.o Plenty of medium, all "" wool fBlanlcets from $1.98 .to $398 These Blanko.s are limited in quantity, and you can not expect to get them, if you wait too. long. iFirst to come will get best goods. - "TO 0- . 3 tlis prves, and tfxs hy- o U . 0 -p- pcpAicrplilt f,ivc them tone O jU13 i-T I ar5 t!c?. tz sure ycu c ! O ; ? rTi'G IZArI;:c-A - t tf j P THE BIG STORE! All drerslsts; S00 nJ C100 CCOTT C: EOWNE, Csa-ts. TTs-v York. 1 ( J o 8 o o o o o o o o o o o o hi Is ti i&tfSS: -:57i' S -j-" .4$- J". H I J ' i -.-!' i Live 100 Years Orink Pure Water aereated with sterilized air the only " absolutely ure water and yon may. ' 1 The SaDitary Still i ' - , "" t 6r , family use distills pure water. vtadff of .copper, ;lined . with 1 block "In; -easily cleaned;, simple as a tea .cettle fits any gas, oil coal or .:vood stove. Pour .': styles, $10.00 ad upward. Write for booklet r . - The Cuprigraph Co. " f 105 North Green St. " ! , ' CHICAGO, ILLS, A THE..C!lTiZEW',!OA:1L fit): SELLS ALL GRADES. OF - s , " f AnTHRAGITE AHD' BITUMINOUS GOAL Anthracite $900 per Torn . Liinp, $4.50 person. r ; ; , ; , Domestic, Nut, $4.00 perTon. FULL U.E1GH5S GUARANTEED. A Uptown Office Rooiri'V. : 3, DrhorBuUdingV.-Vv I -"1 7 Phone,-238. . i ,Yard 'Phoriej 33. v; JL CAES PAS&Vv THE POOR HOTEL' Cuisine aod . . Appointments . UncurpauMied f S - " Central Location. The Berkeley is an np-tp d8te betel. ,'Bas all the comforts of a modem home' ,1 and is Eqn&llj Desirsrble fcr Families aid Transient Guestc ' f. FRANK LOUGHRAN, Proprietor. V 7 OAKS .. ; :; :.i ... . ::::. . ... j: ...... ... .. . it ASHEVILLE, N. C. V Everything : New;: Table First-Class Steam Heat WOO Ft. Porches - After closing" for two-months in order to furnish th hoiis ami mntflVithPi impovements, THjfi OAKS opened January i; 1898 for business. ' Five min uses wais ironFine square on street car iiDe. s - .7. ":- SAMUEL p. ED, Prop. g,."b"W-AiIWAJUA- The popularity of v 1 " " r V . . - The Swannanoa , Is due to its central location, Jts home--!' like atmosphere; the excellence of its cu--.; sine and its , very : moderate price. Steam i heat, gas and electric liats. Large sam yv f -T -N f- f id w. -w w 'W W W - ' . .y- pie rooms. v E. A. LINCOLN. 6 CO., Asheville, N. C. Proprietors. Main Streefr-On Car Line; ' ewlnglaiiaSome the grove house. 31. Grove street, Asheville, ,N. C. " : . ' " House nicely papered and furnished ' r mlmSmmSmi J " ; throughout Halls well heated. Baths, hot ' T and cold water. Modern conveniences, Tjp VL7 OUST " A-"VZEj!1sT'TJ"ZEj. Northen cooking. Near street car line. ' - . KENILWOHTII PARK. Board 63.5D to 5 Pe, Week. Private Board. . Rates from f3.C0 to $3.C3 per week; cpea BOARD. Dzzirztly rzz3 with toard may Ires; near Eiltmore street car lise; cx- , . , T,-i. eelle.t Eituation. - be had at Uzz. A. a- Ilrr'c, Ciffih, ' jr. c. . -. . tt " -s. A. Z. Ccoby. V
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