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The News and Observe * VOL. XLVL NO. 50. LEW ILL NORTH CAROLINA DAIUEB IN NEWS 111 CIRCULATION. FACTS THAT TALK LOUDLY Recent Promotions of A. & M. College Students. THEYGETGOOD POSITIONS SHOW'S THAI* THE TRAINING IS FIKST KATE. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR WORK Manufacturers, Farmers and Business Men Feel Perfcclly.Safe in Entrus'ing their Interests to A. &. M. Col lege Graduates. Nothing bettor illustrates the useful work that the Agricultural and Mechani cal College is doing for the young men of this, and of other States, than the important and lucrative positions its graduates are being called to till. Gen erally, after a young man has graduated from college, he has to spend: several years learning something to do. The stu dent of a technical college is ready for work when he is graduated. The desir able appointments that have recently been received by the young graduates of the A. & M. College show the esteem in which the institution is held by the prac tical manufacturers and business men who are keeping up with the details of its work, and who feel perfectly safe in entrusting their commercial interests to its recent graduates. Among many we single out a few recent appointments to show the character of the work done. I). F. Asbury, of Burke county, who, a few weeks after graduation last June, took a position with the big naval con struction company at Newport News, and who was promoted in a few months, lias just been offered by his company a position in the Sandwich Islands at $-1 a day and all his expenses. He is about twenty-two years old S. F. Beck, also of Burke, walked to Raleigh to enter college. Before he was graduated he received notice that a po sition in the same company awaited him upon liis graduation. He now has a fine position i:i the draughting depart ment. T. Sugi shite, the young Japanese, who graduated in the civil engineering depart ment last June, was a month ago em ployed by the Japanese government to assist in building national railways. He gets a salary of $2,000 a year. A. E. -Cohoon and H. M. Curran re cently received appointments in the for estry department of the State Geologic Survey. Both these young men will, this summer, take the examination for entrance into the forestry division of the United St'iires government. L.|R. Whitted, of Alamance county, a graduate in the civil engineering depart men t\ and also for one year a post graduate student, passed the rigid exam ination to become a government engi neer, was assigned to duty at Port Roval.l He was last week promoted to a sl,2<w position ins the draughting rooms of the navy yard at Norfolk. While in Port Royal he designed and in stalled the electric light plant there. P. S. Boyd, of Mecklenburg county, was a few weeks ago elected as super intendent \of tlie new cotton mill at Mboresviile, C. B. Kendall, of Anson county, just after being mustered out of the army ns first sergeant of the Greensboro com pany, was engaged as a civil engineer by the Seaboard Road.' Lea Watson, of Raleigh, is now mak ing arrangements to accept a jsisition offered him by tile D. A. Tompkins Co. He goes to this company as draughts man. N. L. Gibbon is also employed by this company, and has recently been sent to direct the putting down of tlie machinery in the new cotton mill being erected on the Catawba river. Mr. A. H. Oliver, of Duplin, is win ning much praise as the superintendent of the Rockbrook farm, in Transylvania county. Mr. J. T. Smithwick, of Bertie, re ceived on Thursday an appointment in the government service. He goes to Port Royal for electrical work. The fact that these young men get and hold such positions shows that their training is first-class and that llie college has a great career ahead of it. (Communicated.) . IN MEMOKIAM. Saviour breathe forgiveness o’er us, AH our weakness, Thou dost know. Robert Reiddiek Gatling, who de parted this life on the third inst., in the twenty-third year of his age, was the son of the late John Gatling, and ids wife, Sarah Louisa: a grandson of Mr. B. F. Moore, who was for twenty-five years called the Father of tlie Bar of North Carolina. Mr. Gatling’s ancestors, the Reiddieks. or Reed Dicks, as they were originally called, came over to this country in the sixteenth century; tlie deed written on parchment, conveying the land to them, is at tlie old homestead in Gates county. Few things so clearly indicate tlie es teem and affection in which one is held by the community as the bestowal of a pet name. Whim Mr. Gat * ling was a mere infant, his fam ily physician, the late Dr. Charles E. Johnson, whose equal it would l»e hard to find, laughingly dubbed him “Grandpa.” because of his striking resemblance to liis illustrious grand father. This name clung to him through life, and whenever used by one of bis friends, caused Ids face to light, up with the sweetest of smiles; indeed, to this, and every other manifestation of affection,’ his tender, loving heart responded with the greatest eagerness. Framed in one of nature’s happy moods, his line figure, erect carriage, lithe, supple limbs would indicate a long life; and but for his terrible head trou ble, bis physical condition was good. Mr. Gatling did not remember when lie learned to love his mother, or when lie was taught to say “Our Farvey’s Payer,” as liis childish lips were wont to designate our Lord’s Prayer, neither was he ever conscious of the time when be was free from physical suffering. When he whs scarcely three years of age this trouble began, and the paroxysms of pain would frequently last for more than forty-eight hours. As he grew older, they increased in frequency, intensity and duration; getting no relief here, he sought it in the sanitariums and hospi tals North, putting himself under the most skilled physicians the country af forded; exceedingly painful and trying surgical operations were more than once performed upon his head, but without any material benefit. The following extract from a letter just received speaks for him: “Robert was under my professional care both times he was in Danville, so we had | the opportunity to become quite well acquainted, ami I think he let me under stand him better than lie did peo ple. perhaps; and thus I learned to know and thoroughly respect liis beautiful character, one of unusual consideration, gentleness, patient endurance, even in time of extreme pain, and the soul of honor in all he deemed right. These qualities commanded the respect of everyone lie met at the sanitarium. We say “He was this.” Is it not more trm* to say “He is this?” The suffer ing body was his, but it is not his now, for he himself is the same Robert today in that life lie lias so recently entered as he was in the day in this life. I can not think of any friend in the other life, other than present tense people. Surroundings have changed, not they. What and where that life may he, no one has told us, but we believe it is in the Father’s love and care, hence it j must he well with mir friends. So let us look out and from ourselves and our sorrow, to Robert, who now is free in deed. and rejoice with him and for him in this. * Robert was, in my opinion, very ill; a grave cause only could give rise to that constant, severe pain which so often | amounted to intense agony, baffling j every effort to obtain relief. There comes a point in physical suffering where the very last atom of strength is exhausted in endurance, and then the natural thing to do is to step out and away; so 1 was not surprised to learn that Robert had done this. In fact, many times when I was using every measure in my power to give the poor hoy relief, and was made fairly heartsick at my failure, I would men tally say, “I never could or would stand such suffering.” In fact, none of us would for that matter, nor would we do a thing meriting condemnation, either. The world, as it grows wiser, is rightly recognizing this, and has only sympathy for the poor sufferer, and gladness that he is free from the terrible, bodily tor ture. During all these years of agony no complaint ever passed his lips, no niur murings were ever heard. Very rarely, when overcome by liis intense suffering, lie would speak in a cross, fretful tone; but as soon as he was himself again, he would, in the most loving manner, make the amende honorable. Tlie writer lias been thrown more or less intimately with young people for more than thirty years, and can truth fully say he never came in contact with a sweeter disposition, tin* soul of honor, uncomplaining, unselfish, thoughtful, it was impossible to know him and not to love him. Last summer he was induced to try psychological therapeutics, to find only the same results. In January he went to Morganton to try the effects of a complete change of climate and environment, together with the aid of the physician in charge; this, as all other remedies had done, proved unavailing; his agony becoming more and more unbearable, is it any wonder lie lost hope? May we not believe he is enjoying the rest vouchsafed to the weary, through our God whose Almighty power is man ifested chiefly in showing mercy? I do not doubt it. Just as I am, though tossed about: - With many a conflict, many a doubt; Fighting and fears, within and without, O Lamb of God, I conn*. Press Visitor please copy. TO BUILD ANOTHER BANK. Simon Gagg Pronounced Not. Guilty— Building a Telephone Line. Lenoir, X. C., May 12.—(Special.)— A lot has been purchased on South Main street by Messrs. George E. Moore and Otis Lutz, and the contract for brick placed to erect another hank building, which they propose opening early m the fall for business. . The trial of Simon Gagg, which has been continued from day to day in »«• tanga Superior Court since Tuesday ot last week, was given to the jury at a late hour last night, the speeches of y • ii. Bowers, for tlie, defense, and J. 1’• Spainlmur. for the prosecution, having consumed the most of the day. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty late this evening. A telephone lino to connect Morganton and Lenoir is now in course of construc tion, and will soon he in operation. Humanity would he better today had 'our forefathers lived up to their epitaphs. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, Sl NDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1899. CHEATHAM TALKS AGAINS T MOB LAW \ Public Sentiment Averse to Lynching of Criminals. THE CRIME AT NEWNAN THE LEADING COLORED MEN SPEAK OUT. INTERVIEW EX-CONGRESSMAN CHEATHAM The Best Class of the Negroes Join With their White Neighbors in Desiring to Secure the Hanging of Rapists. (Washington Stnr.i Speaking of the probable effects of the Georgia crimes, Mr. H. I*. Cheatham of North Carolina, who, as is well known, is the recorder of deeds for tin* District of Columbia, said: “The tidal wave of crime in this coun try. growing out of an acute stage of the race jsrobleni, must cause every man who/oves his native land to pause and reflect, and to earnestly strive for better conditions. 1 have always contended, and nothing has happened to change my view, that the good white ptople of the country, in the South as well as in the North, are radically opposed to mob violence, and can he relied upon to draw upon ev ery resource at their command to t*stab lisli the supremacy of law and order. I am firmly convinced that tills so-called | negro problem must be settled by the Anglo-Saxon people, aided, of course, by the better element of the colored race, which will invariably Ih* found, as refer ence to history will prove, supporting their white neighbor in all that tends to j elevate and ennoble the masses. This is rendered plausible when we romemlier that the white people have all tin* power, \ civil, military and political; that ftiey control the press and all the mighty edu cational influences that make public sen- , timent. Their environment and vast op- ! portunity for culture have made them j unquestionably tin* superior race. It is to their Christian impulses and philan thropic spirit that we must look for a just and permanent solution of the diffi culties that beset us. They are generous and broad-minded. WHITE LEADERS QUOTED. “Happily, we do not have (to go far to find ample illustration of the fact that the, self-respecting Anglo-Saxon recog nizes the gravity of the situation, and that he is conscious of his duty toward our people and to his own integrity. The manly utterances of Rev. Dr. J. T. Vance of Tennessee at the late Atlanta Sunday School convention demonstrates the growth of the cbivalric spirit In the breast of the proud southerner. Dr. Vance denounced lynching and mob vio lence in the strongest terms, and declar ed. in language that admitted of no mis construction, that the south, for its own good, must weed'out from the garden of [ its civilization the outlaws and enemies of public peace that threaten the very,life of that great sectilon. i "Mr. Josephus Daniels, who held a responsible position in the Interior De partment throughout the administration of President. Cleveland, one of the strongest political leaders in North Caro lina, an coneeed at all hands to be one of the strongest political factors in American journalism, writes In the Ra leigh News and Observer, the clearest, bravest and most convincing defense of southern honor, dignity and patriotic i character that I have ever read. The I argument is pitched lqion high ground, and reflects tin* best thought, intelligence and moral strength of the people with | whom he is identified. I find intense | satisfaction in this vigorous paragraph, I which well sets forth the keynote pf the entire document: ‘What is wanted is a public sentiment, that shall put the right I estimate on the act of the lyncher, a pub | lie sentiment so stern in its condemna tion that it. will beget a few clean-cut jury convictions. Then, and not before, lynohings will cease. Signs are not wanting that his time is coming. The lyncher is no legitimate product of our civilization. Our people are coming to take his true measure. That Is the be ginning of the end. So soon as the fact, divested of all glamor, stands bald that the lyncher puts himself on a level with his victim, in the eyes of the citizen and in the eyes of the law. wo shall have done with these sickening butcheries. Anglo-Saxon law is strong enough to protect Anglo-Saxon civilization against the negro brute; it must Ik* made strong enough to protect it against tin* white lyncher as well. Therein alone lies the safety of society.’ NATIVES O THE SOUTH. “Both of these deliverances come from native-born southern white men. and they arc rendered the more significant from the fact that both are democrats and vigorous partisans. They show that the educated and wealthy classes of the south are determined to protect the fair name of their beloved country at any hazard, and that their civilization from now on must he governed by lofty stand ards. set by themselves; that the brutal instincts of the mobs made up of the low bred and vicious must Ik* held in check. These men and their many sympathizers {rightly believe that the problem rests with the south itself since it is nearer tin* seat of trouble, and consequently is most painfully affected. When the issue is once settled by them it will be settled for all time to come. "It goes without saying that the repu table negro does not approve of lawless ness on the part of his own or any other people, and would not at any time con done an offense against the peace and dignity of the state, lie insists as rigid ly as any other citizen that crime, when duly established by the courts, shall be punished to the limit of the law. And I am certain that under the circumstances a colored criminal would be ns readily enforcement of the law, for in it lies the convicted by a colored jury as by any other. The negro is friendly to the protection of self and the whole people. I mu sorry that Gov. Candler of Georgia went out of his way the other day to insinuate the contrary, and to that extent misrepresent the thrifty, industrious and well-behaved members of our race. THE NEGRO'S FUTURE. "Despite these occasional ebullitions of racial prejudice, I am not apprehensive about the future of the negro on this soil. He is rising and developing rug gedness of character by tlie very stern ness of the conditions lie is forced to undergo. The black man has an abiding faith in the generosity and fairness or the high-grade white man. and lie is will ing to trust his case to them. There has always existed between the two races in the southland peculiarly friendly rela tions. and we are satisfied that the con trolling factors of that great section will not permit political differences to over master their well-grounded sense of jus tice ip settling these difficulties, although the negro has seen fit ini most Instances to cast his lot jHilitically against them. I have always contended that the far seeing white man places the material de velopment and social happiness and jieace of our promising section on a higher basis than mere polities, and I do not believe lie will permit greed for office to stand in the light of his advancing civilization or mar the reputation of Ills home com munity in the eyes of the people of the nation. Mr. Daniels very forcibly ex presses this thought in liis masterly edi torial, and the grand work he is doing is certain to bear fruit. '“There is every reason to take hope fiom the signs of the time. From tin* very aggressiveness of the criminal ele ments of the country will come their own undoing, for the moral and religious in stincts of the age have risen in indig nant revolt. The supremacy of the law must be maintained, and all good citi are ph dged to battle for it. 1 have always believed that deep down in •the American heart there is a stratum of fair play, a love of right, and a whole some fear of the wrath of God. and when we see hundrt ds of new friends coming to us daily, and tin* American press ail over the land rallying to our defense, 1 believe it more strongly than ever. The past is full of valuable les sons to us all. The future is full of glowing possibilities and higher duties. 1 believe in the mercy of God, in the integrity of the entire American people, aud that a bright future is in store for my race.” THEY I’ll EACH AGAINST EATING HOG MEAT. WEARING MUSTA CHES OR JEWELRY. (Dunn Union.) The “Fire Baptist Holiness Associa tion” struck our town last week and pitched their tent Tuesday and com menced to preach. There came some IS or 20 men, 8 nr 10 women and one colored woman —all preachers, we suje jMise. They have been preaching since until Monday might, when they held a service for the negroes (specially!, after which they took down their tent and most of them left Tuesday for parts un known to us. They preach against everything that is not “fire baptized.” Every church and church member who is not “fire bap tized” receives the wrath.v excoriations of these “fire” preachers. They preach against the eating of hog meat, wearing mustaches, neckties, jewelry and fine clothing. One of their favorite prayers was for “God to kill the hog-meat-eating devils, the mustache wearing devils, the tobacco chewing devils, the snuff dipping devils, the tame holiness devils, etc.” Some of them confess to having been in jail for various causes; of being forg ers, liars, drunkards and thieves before they got converted. They tell the deeds of their misdoing as if they were some thing nice to tell. All of them were con verted. then sanctified holy, then bap tized with the Holy Ghost and with fire. This last degree they claim is the highest gift to a Christian, and when he is thus favored he has had all the devils knock ed out of him by the “dynamite of God.” They take no stock with Rev. A. B. Grumpier and his believers in sanctifica tion. They call them "tamo-holiness devils,” and sav they cannot lie saved unless they get the “baptism of fire.” NEW YORK TRUCK MARKET. Strawberries Weaker Owing to the Poor Quality of Receipts—Other Markets. New York, May o.—The strawberry market was weaker today owing to the very poor quality of receipts. Prices ranged from fourteen to eighteen cents per quart for ordinary; fancy berries were sold at twenty cents per quart. There is a good demand fur lettuce, as paragus and cabbage. The prices for these are unchanged. KICKING TO THE WRONG PER SON. Father—Why, when I was your age I didn't have as much money in a month as you spend in a day. Son—Well, papa,do n’t scold me about it. Why don’t you go for grandfather? —Philadelphia Inquirer. SECTION ONE—Pages 1 to 4. SEMI-CENTENHIftL MEDICAL SOCIETY To be Held in Asheville May 30 to June 2. A NOTABLE OCCASION COMPLETE PROGRAMME OF THE EXERCISES. OFFICERS AND STANDING COMMITTEES The Slate Board of Examiners Will Meet at the Swannanoa Hotel on May 30. Re* * duced Rates at Hotels and on Railroads. The preliminary announcement of the forty-sixth annual meeting of the North Carolina Medical Society lias l>een sen! out. A cordial invitation is extended every physician in the State to In* present nt this meeting which will he held at Asheville, May 30 and 31 ifiid June 1 and 2. The members of the society are especially urged to attend and heifi make the semi-centennial year a nota ble one in the history of the society. The Board of Medical Examiners will hold their examination in the bull room of the Swahnauon Hotel. The society will open its session, Tuesday morning. May 3(lth, at 10 o’clock in the hall room of the Battery Park Hotel. Applicants for membership may hand in their names to the Committee on Credentials at any time during the ses sion. Delegates from State* or District societies will place their credentials in the hands of the committee as soon as the society is open for business. The officers and committees of the Society are: President —L. J. Picot, M. I)., Little ton. Vice Presidents —I. W. Faison, M. D., Charlotte; H. 11. Dodson, M. D.. Milton: J. W. White. M. I)., Wilkesboro; W. O. Browiison, M. I)., Asheville. Secretary—Geo. W. Pressly, M. 1)., (’hnrlotte. Treasurer —G. T. Sikes, M. D., Gris som. Orator —H. S. Lott, M. D., Salem. Essayist—C. L. Minor, M. I)., Ashe ville. Leader of Debate —J. P. Munroe, M. 1).. Davidson. Board of Censors —W. O. McDowell, M. D., Scotland Neck; 11. 11. Harris, M. D., \Yake Forest; J. H. Tucker, M. D., Henderson. Publication Committee —R. J. Brevard. M. D.. Charlotte; J. (’. Montgomery. M. D., Charlotte; R. D. Jewett. M. D., Winston; 11. T. Bahnson. M. D., Salem. Legislative Committee —R. H. Lewis, M. D., Raleigh; G. T. Sikes, M. IT, Grissom; Abner Alexander, M. D., Co lumbia: James McKee, M. P., Raleigh; li. A. Royster, M. P., Raleigh. Obituary Committee —Geo. W. Long, M. I)., Graham; J. A. lteagan, M. !>., Wcaverville; I\. P. Battle, M. D., Ra leigh. THE OFFICERS OF SECTIONS. Pathology and Miscroscopy—E. B. Glenn. M. I)., Chairman, Asheville. Anatomy and Surgery—Goode Cheat ham. M. !>., Chairman, Henderson. Medioll Jurisprudence and State Med icine—Tlios. F. Costner, M. !>., Chair man, Liucolnton. Obstetrics.—W. W. McKenzie, M. P.. ('hairman, Salisbury. Gynecology.—Wm. A* Graham, M. I)., Chairman, Charlotte. Practice of Medicine —Ben K. Hays, M. L>.. Chairman, Oxford. Materia Medica and Therapeutics—C. S. Mangurn, M. D., Chairman, Chapel Hill. Chemistry and PhysF - i.v—Joshua Tayloe, M. P., Chairman, Washington. ORDER OF EXERCISES. Thursday, 3 p. m., May 23th—Board of Exapiiners meet. Tuesday. 10 a. in., May 30th—Society called to order by M. 11. Flooher, M. D., of Asheville, Chairman Local Com mittee of Arrangements. Prayer by Rev. W. M. Vines, Pastor of the First Baptist church of Asheville. Address of Welcome by Locke Craig, Esq. Response by Beuj. K. Hays, M. I)., of Oxford. The President takes the chair. Roll call. President’s Annual Address. Appointment of Comittees. Programme: WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 ST. Appointment of committees. 11 a. in., Report of Board of Exami ners. 12 ui. —Conjoint meeting with the X. G.. State Board of Health. 2:30 p. m. —Election of Officers for 1900. 8:30 p. m.—Annual oration, "The Prac tice of Medicine,” by 11. S. Lott, M. D., of Salem. Annual Essay by Chas. L. Minor, M. D., of Asheville. THURSDAY, JUNE IST. Morning.—Selection of Place and time for next meeting. Afternoon—Annual Discussion, J. P. Munroe, M. D., of Davidson, Leader, "Conservatism in Surgery.” FRIDAY, JUNE 2ND. The Pittman Prize Essay, l>y the Au thor. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Unfinished Business. Adjournment. SECTIONS. PRACTICE OF MEPI CINE. Chairman’s Report. Beuj. K. Hays, M. 1).. Oxford “The Continued Fevers of North Carolina." .1. Howell Way, M. P., of Waynesville “Pernicious Malaria.” W. L. Robison. M. P„ of Danville, Ya. —“Treatment of Typhoid Fever.” James M. Parrott, M. 1)., of Kinston. —“Hemorrhagic Fever.” ,T. F. Highsmith, M. !>., of Fayette ville —“Typhoid Fever, as met with in Fayetteville and surrounding country.” Jno. E. S. Davidson, M. D„ of Lowes ville —“Meningitis.” R. E. Zachary, M. P., of Wilmington. —“Pernicious Malarial Fever.” Win. J. McAnally. of High Point “Chronic Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh." PATHOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY. Chairman's Report. E. li. Glenn, M. I)., of Asheville.-"A Study of the Bacteriology of Specific Urethritis.” Paul Paequin, M. I)., of Asheville — “Biology and Pathology of Mixed In fection in Tuberculosis.” OBSTETRICS. Chairman’s Report. W. W. McKenzie, M. D., of Salisbury —“A ntiseptie Midwi fer.v.” .1. IV. Long, M. M., of Salisbury— “Ectopic Pregnancy.” I. W. Faison. M. P., of Charlotte — “The Management of Normal Labor.” David A. Staunton. M. I)., of High Point —“The Application of Forceps in i i igh Presentat ions.” MEDICAL .lURI SPRIT PE N<’ E. Chairman’s Report. Tims. F. Costner, M. P., of Lineoln ton —“Juvenile Criminals.” (J. A. Kamsaur, M. I>„ of China Grove—“ Propagation of Typhoid Fever and other Suspicious Diseases.” Robert L. Gibbon, M. P., of Char lotte —“Juvenile Criminals.” GYNECOLOGY. Chairman’s Rejiort. Wm. A. Graham, M. P., of Charlotte. Joseph Price, M. P„ of Philadelphia— “ The Importance of Early Operation in Pelvic Diseases.” ANATOMY AND SURGERY. Chairman’s Report. Goode Cheatham, M. P„ of Hender son —“Asepsis and Antisepsis in Sur gery.” F. T. Meriwether. M. D., of Asheville— " Some Remarks Upon Coley’s Treat ment of Malignant Growths.” M. Bolton. M. I)., of Rich Square— “lnteresting Case of Renal Calculus.” R. E. Z. Zachary, M. I)., of Wilming ton —“Chronic Ulcers of the Leg and the Different Methods of Treatment.” MATERIA MEDICA. Chairman’s Report. C. S. Mangurn, M. D., of Chapel Hill —“Progress in Serum Therapy.” E. A. Moye, M. D., of Greenville — “Aenite Poisoning. It’s Piganosis ami Treatment, with Report of a ease.” J. C. Rodman, M. I)., of Washington— “ The Use of the Normal Salt Solution in the Treatment of Disease.” E. B. Goelet, M. P., of Saluda—“Elec tricity as an Aid to the Physician and Surgeon.” CHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. Chairman’s Report. Joshua Tayloe, M. D., of Washing ton. THE PITTMAN PRIZE. A prize of SIOO will Ik* given for the best essay on a subject pertaining to medciihe. Provided, Ist. That it shows some originality on the part of the au thor. Second, That it comes up to a standard of excellence determined by the committee. Third, That the author write trader ati assumed name, that he shall place this assumed name upon the outside of a sealed envebqie within which envelope is contained the real name of the author; that the envelope so arranged shall be handed in to the committee along with the essay. Fourth, That the contestant Ik* a member of the State Medical Society of North Caroj Una. Essays may he handed to the secretary during the meeting or sent to him at any time previous. This prize is the gift of one who hon ored the Society by his life and char acter, the late Dr. N. J. Pittrnan, and it is worth striving for, not only for the reward and honor, hut also in memory of the giver and for the interest of the Society. Reduced rates to Asheville and return are given on all railroads. The rati* from Raleigh is sll. Tickets will be on sale May 24th tfhd 23th for the Board of Examiners ami applicants: May 28th, 29th and 30th for the meeting of the Society. All tickets good until June 14th. Special rates will also be given at the hotels. THE GOVERNOR’S APPETITE. He Can Eat With Impunity Anything Set Before Him. Georgia’s Chief Executive has many good qualities, and in addition to his superb robust constitution, the Governor also possesses what is coveted by many unfortunates —he has a good appetite. Like any ordinary mortal, however, lie once suffered from indigestion, with all the distressing conditions which it pro duces. But he last found an unfailing remedy, however, and said recently: “For many years my digestion was lsid, but the occasional use of a bottle of S. H. 8. has entirely cured me of this malady, and I now eat with i>erfeet impunity anything set before me.” Governor Candler has also declared S. S. 8. to lie the finest tonic and blood purifier made. He has used it every spring for the past fifteen years. When tlie baby is asleep it’s a ease of kidnapping.