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WEDNESDAY February 4- 1303
A MOUSING TONIC.
(Henry Van Dyke.)
To be glad of life, because it gives
you the chance to love and to work and
to play and to look up at the stars: to h®
satisfied with your possessions, but not
contented with yourself until you have
made the best of them; to despise nothing
in the world except falsehood and mean
wfj. and to fear nothing except coward
: • to governed by your admiration*
rather than by your disgusts; to covet
nothing that is your neighbor's except his
Kindness of heart and gentleness of man
n®rs; to think seldom of your enemies,
often of your friends, and every day of
<*biist; and to -pend as much time as you
ran. with body and with spirit, in God's
out-of-doors—th se are little guideposti
cn the foot-path to peace.
A JURY OF APO3TLES WOULDN'T
SUIT THE SOUTHERN.
A few month.- ago Mr. Fabius H Bus
bee. attorney of the Southern Railway,
made an affidavit that his railroad could
not get justice in Wake, Granville.
Franklin, Vance, Johnston. Harnett.
Ghatham and Durham counties because
of the tremendous influence exerted by
the News and Observer, and therefore
be wished to have cases removed to the
Federal court. Facts were printed in
this paper showing that Mr. Busbee was
in error and that jurors in Wake and
adjacent counties were so fair to the
railroads that some attorneys complain
ed that they wished to be so fair that
juries were inclined to lean in favor of
railroads.
It seems that Mr. Busbee's l®gal su
j r:or officer, (’apt. Charles Price, divi
sion counsel of the Southern, has been
mtk.ng lik- complaints of Mecklenburg
juries. A recent local in the Charlotte
Observer gives Mr. Price's complaint ?nd
Col. Ham Jones' happy and effective an
swer. We cuote:
"In the Superior Court yesterday there
was. a polite exchange of amenities be
tween Col. H. C. Jones, of Jones and
Tillett. and (’apt. Charles iMee, di
x; ion counsel of the Southern Railway.
Capt. Price, in moving to set aside the
verdict for Sv' •< against the Southern
in the Hartncss case, stated In his ar
gument that it seemed that the only
question considered by juries in actions
against railroads was the amount oi
damages: that they could hope nothing
from juries,’ and that their only hope
w*i in the judges.
"Replying to this, Col. Jones expressed
surprise that Capt. Price should make
su< h a statement in this country, and
said that in his 30 years practice he had
found Mecklenburg juries absolutely fair
in their verdicts.
“Pointing to Capt. Price, Col. Jones
sa:d:
” 'You know, or should remember, that
the firs' ease e*ver tried in this court
house was one against your railroad,
and aft®r a hardly contested fight a
Mecklenburg jury decided with you. At
this term of court, in a case in which
$33,000 was involved, a verdict was ren
dired in favor of your company.
•• ‘The trouble is these railroads are
getting sensitive. If you had a jury of
twelve apstles to sit upon their cases
you would hear the same complaint of
excessive damages, and a disregard of
their rights. If they go head on and kill
seme poor, unoffending person they
sometimes compromise; but when all
efforts fail to get a compromise and the
case comes into court and the jury de
cides against them, then they complain.
Every la.wyer at this bar knows the
difference between bringing suit and win
ning ft.’
**Tl;e verdicts against the railroad
wt re allowed to stand.”
Col. Jones has spoken trulv in defense
of juries. The truth is that Southern
Railway lawyers are so accustomed to
be treated ’as one of the family" in most
Federal courts that when they get onlv
justice, without any social privilege, in
the State courts, they feel that they
have been badly treated. Nothing but a
Federal Judge, who owes his appoint
ment to Southern Railway influence, who
is ready to set aside verdicts or issue
injunctions or do any other act to help
them *:• th- re - - suits the Southern
Railway lawyers. The remarks of Col.
I Jones are timely. He made a hit—a
" palpable hit—and one much needed in
every county where Southern Railway
lawyers make a habit of abusing the
juries.
I The New York papers say that the
pelf'-* figure that » per cent of the
colored girls imported to that erty from
the South have be. n swindled by th*
employment agencies On® or t»c
manage of bureaus have been arrested
for swindling them.
NO SALOONS OR STILLS IN RU&AI
DISTRICTS.
The first step toward temperance l®g
islation was taken yesterday in th<
House Committee on Propositions an.
Grievances. After a session of thre<
hours, by the decisive vote of 1(5 to
the Watts bill, with certain amend
ments. was favorably reported to th.
House. The London bill, which is pend
ing in the Senate, was not before th
committee. That will come up shortly.
The Watts bill relates only to the ru
ral district problem. It does not toucl
the town and city problem which wil
come up later. The London bill, witl
few changes, will be considered by tht
Senate committee, and will pass botl
houses if the people who are in favor o'
effective temperance legislation wil
continue their active efforts.
All friends of temperance legislatioi
ought to work together harmoniously
The first step is to pass the Watts bill
It ought to be amended so as to ex
elude the sale or manufacture in an:
town of less than three hundred popula
tion. The country still and the country
saloon are the outposts of the whiske:
evil. The Watts bill, reported favorablj
by the committee, cuts up both by th.
roots. The House ought not to hesitau
a moment about parsing th® bill by a.
large a majority as it went through th*
committee. It will be a leng step for
ward in temperance legislation and It
ail the legislation needed as to countrj
saloons and country stills. Then the
legislation proposed in the London bil
will come up for consideration and alst
other legislation affecting the cities am
towns.
It would be a great mistake if the ad
vocates of temperance legislation should
take it for granted that the bill will pass
the House easily. The opponents of all
legislation on temperance are active,
alert, resourceful, and they will briog
every influence possible to b» ar to d®?®ti’
it. The friends of temperance legislation
should be active in tb’eir efforts to secure
the passage of the bill.
A NATIONAL ANTI-JUG LAW.
The Hepburn bill, which passed the
House a few days ago, is one of the best
measures that has passed either branch
of Congress in many days. The Hepburn
bill is really what we know in North
Carolina as the Duplin county law na
tionalized. It makes the selling of whis
key from one State conform to the laws
of the State in which the delivery is
made. This law, if it passes the Senate,
will do away with the original package
decision which has done so much to neg
ative the State prohibition and dispensary
laws.
In North Carolina the prohibition coun
ties have all come to this Legislature
demanding an anti-jug law They believe
that when they vote prohibition they
ought to be protected against having
jugs shipped into their county. They are
right about it. This General Assembly
ought to pass an anti-jug law to apply to
all prohibition territory, and will doubt
less pass such an act. It is demanded by
the people and there is no good reason
why it should not pass unanimously. If
the people of any community vote out
whiskey they have a right to be protect
ed against having it set in part at naught
by express companies bringing in jugs.
Tlie only argument that has been
brought forth against an anti-jug bill
has been that the Federal government
would permit jugs to be brought in from
other States. The passage of the Hep
burn bill through the House answers that
argument, and when it passes the Senate
it utterly destroys it. The original pack
age decision was a great blow to prohibi
tion and whiskey regulation. The pass
age of the Hepburn bill will be a long
step forward for temperance legislation
FAVORABLY REPORTED.
The Fuller bill seems to be running in
th< Senate as in the House. Before the
House committee the vote was a tie and
it was reported to the House ’‘without
prejudice.” It passed by a vote of 71 to
38, every Republican except one voting
with the railroad.
The Senate committee yesterday by one
majority voted to rep»ort the bill favor
ably with some amendments. If
the Senators vote as wisely as the House
did, the bill will become a law by a
vote of two to one. Its defeat would be
a long step backward, and it is not con
ceivable that a Legislature elected by
men who framed the Democratic plat
form at Greensboro and established the
Corporation Commission should turn th®
hands of the clock of progress ba®k
wards-
THE ESCAPE OF UTLEY.
The escape of Utlev. recently sen
tenced to thirty years’ imprisonment for
murder in the second degree, from the
jail in Fayetteville, has an ugly look.
I tley has plenty of money, plenty of
friends, aDd there is a well grounded sus
picion that he used a golden key to ef
fect his escape.
It is a matter for immediate, thorough,
and full investigation by th® authorities.
The severest penalty should be visited
upon the officers charged with his safe
keeping. Action should be taken at once.
The people of this State will not toler
ate the carelessness, if nothing worse,
of the sworn officials who permitted the
escape of a rich murderer.
THE NEWB AND OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEB. 41 1903;
Spirit of the Press.
rOTHOS RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE
WELCOMED.
Vsheville Citizen.
What is this news from Raleigh? The
lon. S. Otho Wilson placed in the fore
rent of the fight against temperance
egislation by the distillers? Thus once
• gain is time wondrous kind to us. For
nany years this erstwhile Middle-of-the
toader has been in retirement. Far
rom the maddening crowd he has de
oted his uninterrupted time and bound
ess talents to the manufacture or
ooze. Amid the red hills of Rhamkatte
hus Otho has both by nature and train
ng fitted himself for leadership, and we
•re rejoiced to know that he is to be
•laced at a point of vantage in the fight
vhere we may again catch at least a
massing glimpse of his wi despreading
icmbrcro and expansive “jim-swinger.’*
Che tide of events has cast no more
ncturesque and exhilarating spectacle
ipon the surface o? the sea of politics
;nd we would not willingly lose it.
lerc’s to Sokho! May he continue to
ast the effulgence of his genius athwart
üblic life! Without his Populism would
lever have been half so gay, and with
lim the temperance fight in th® Legis
ature may not be wholly devoid of hu
mor.
EQUAL VALUATIONS.
r arboro Southerner.
All complaints of unequal and unfair
valuation of real and personal property
or taxation can be ended by the l®giida
ure enacting the valuation rule of
England. It is simple but ever so effec
ive. It simply requires th’ owner to
/alne his own property and then have
i proviso, that if any one will ras® lh f s
raluation. say 20 or 25 per cent, he can
ay the money and tak® the property, or
•Mjuire the owner to pay a penalty.
Special taxes and privilege taxes
would not be needed.
There would be no more trouble ov r
the valuation of railways. et< . All the
Corpora lion Commission would have to
do. would be to ascertain what the bonds,
rertifleates of indebtedness, common
stock, etc., sell at in the market. The
total would be the value of th, road, in
cluding that incorporal franchise.
With such a law would not tax dodging
cease ?
LET US TREAT THE SOUTH FAIRLY.
Leslie's Weekly.
In theory, we of the North regard the
negroes 33 entitled to equal rights. privi
leges. and recognitions in politics and
business with ourselves. Rut as a mat
ter of fact we believe nothing of the
kind.
Our practices here, at least, are almost
an antipodal distance from our theories.
There are, in truth, few neighborhoods in
the North wh®re a colored man in any
conspicuous official position would be
much more welcome than he is in the
South. Especially would this be txu®
in a small postoffice, the worst of all
possible places to pet a person who, for
any reason, is socially obnoxious.
IT SETS THE P.U'E.
Greensboro Telegram.
The News and Observer said yesterday
hat if Guilford county passed th® rrcs
ent good roads law. they would set the
pace for all other counties in North Car
olina. This is no uncommon thing fer
Guilford to do, in this county we ar®
accustomed to set the pace for the rest
o f the State, we like to lead, not to fol
low. Greensboro has attracted the at
tention of the whole South by her pro
gressivenoss. and High Point is known
all over the United States as a furnitur®
manufacturing town. When one tak®s
into consideration these facts is it any
wonder that Guilford is getting a repu
tation.
THE LONDON LIBEL LAW.
Greensboro Record.
Virginia is working to s®cur® a libel
law something like the one in this Stat®
relating to newspapers. A newspaper
man. H. A. London, drew the North
Carolina bill and secured its passage and
if he never does anything else he wilt
be entitled to a monument, for the old
law was simply terrible —unfair, unjust
and without reason. No injustice is done
either party under the new law what
ever.
BETTER SAVE THEIR MONEY.
Washington Post.
The negro employes of th® New York
I'nion League Club are raising a fund
to spend with the lawyers who are mak
ing a specialty of testing the new \ ir
ginia constitution. Perhaps it might be
well for them to save their money. They
may need it. as the sentiment in favor
of employing only white servants in this
exclusive Republican organization is by
no means dead. It is liable to crop out
again at any time.
i
GIVE US A LEGALIZED PRIMARY.
Littleton News-Reporter.
No matter who may be narn®d by th®
caucus, th® News and Observer plants
its®lf hereafter on a platform for se
lecting United States Senator? by a pri
mary in which every Democratic voter
will have a voice.
We see where you ar® right. Voters
are becoming disgusted with the pres
ent situation.
SKETCH OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
Elizabeth Citv North Carolinian.
Th® Raleigh News and Observer on
Inst Sunday printed a very interesting
sketch of President Johnson's ®arly lifo.
Th® article was written by Mr. Charles
Upchurch Harris, the bright young son of
Hon. J. C. L Harris.
AND SOMEBODY ‘ DONE.''
Atlanta Constitution
The Boston Evening Transcript -wys:
“When one concern can draw its check
for $22,500,000. as J P- Morgan & <’o
have done, it indicates that there's
something doing." Rather, it indicates
that 'something has already been did.”
Want the Temperance Cartoon Once
a Month
To the Editor: Y'our Sunday's edi
tion cf January 23t.h. which contained
the cartoon on the whiskey traffic,
the grandest thing 1 ever saw in this
line. We think this is well worth the
spare in your valuable (paper every
Sunday, or at least please don't fail to
let it appear once a month
J. B. UPCHURCH
Raleigh. N. C . Feb. 3.
Under the Dome.
A bill will be introduced in the Leg
islature next week looking to the pro
tection of the travelling public by re
quiring railroads to have capable opera
te rs at every station, who are not com
pelled to work so many hours that they
are worn out. Speaking about the need
of such legislation, a bright and capable
young man. who once acted as opera
tor. but quit because of the long hours
and poor pay. said.
“While the attitude of certain rail
reads in the State, regarding certain
necessary improvements at certain sta
tions, is being discussed, let me call at
tention to one thing not only to the in
terest of every citizen in North Carolina,
but to a class of men who deserve more
than ordinary consideration. I refer to
the operators and agents along the lines
of these roads. Let me note briefly the
followin facts, to-wit: The operators and
agents are worked longer hours and hav.
greater responsibility comparative with
their rate of pav than any in railroad
service. In fact the office men in the
railroad service are the hardest worked
and receive l®ss consideration than even
brakem* n. Conductors, engineers, flag
men and brakemen all receive so much
per hour, after they have been on duty
twelve hours, and yet. the poor agent
sits in his little den from seven in the
morning until th® comoanv sees fit to ex
cuse him. be that all night or what not
He is then supposed to be on duty
promptly next morning at seven o'clock
sharp. Is this man fit for duty next day?
Is it right and just that he should work
all day and night without one cent of
compensation, while on the other hand,
the crews who hold him on duty re
ceive over time? Is there no remedy for
this? Shall not the day come wh®n oper
ators will receive more consideration at
the hands of these heartless creatures?
They have been to their officials t:me and
again and asked for the same consider
ation that their brother engine®r. con
ductor and flagmen, and even brakemen
are favored with, and they are turned
away. Why is this'’ Simply because on
the one hand, the engineers and conduc
tors have them by the nap of the neck:
on the other, they have the agent and
oj»erators. They know th® engineers can
tie them uo any time. * They are or
ganized. they make them come to terms.
Hence they are the best paid m®n in tin
service. Is a man fit to have trains load
ed with human freight in his chare,
who has been on duty twenty-four hours
in succession, and yet this is the case.
There are numbers of wrecks caused by
the over-working of men, and yet Mr.
Editor, the news is suppressed. These
men have declared strikes and it has been
of no avail, they have begged for help
and their cries have been answered by
a discharge. They have done everything
under heaven to bring about amicable
agreement and yet they have been in
sulted. This condition of affairs has been
going on since the strike on the South
ern Railroad, about three years ago.
These honest, worthy, brave men know
they can never get any consideration at
the bands of these roads (and especially
•h« Southern Railroad!, as they now
stand. We have faith in the people. We
believe, through the columns of your
paper, the people will hear our cries.
We have faith in our cause. We know
w® are right, and now what do we see'
Th® good men ar® leaving th® service
and going into other employment. YY hat
does this mean? It means that there Is
not to be found an extra good relief man
on the Southern Railroad in North Car
olina. Th® Seaboard road is pushed for
men. I have been told that the A. C.
L. have closed one of their offices, be
ing unable to supply it with an opera
tor Th® Southern Railroad has been
without an agent at Mt. Airy. N. C..
for months, the road was forced to send
an auditor from Washington City to
carry on the work. With these good
men leaving th® service quietly and with
out any ado (for they know there is
nothing to gain in strikes!, it simply
means railroad? will work anybody, who
can bluff the public. It simple means
inexperienced boys to have un !®r their
control trains which you and thousands
of others are to ride on at the risk of
life. Th® time was when railroads re
quired their office men to stand an ex
amination. but. alas! that has passed.
Men are too scarce to force that rule.
They cannot afford it. Little do the
travelling public realize the danger they
are in w hen on these roads. You ar*-
helpless. Whv can t the strong arm of
th® law come to our rescue? Why can t
there be a law enacted regulating th*
pay of operators ami other office men
after they have worked twelve hours'
It is due them. Why not to them as
well as to engineers, conductors an!
even negro brakemen. There is a rest
less spirit among these men. bu: the*
are not talking. Th® tide is rising. 1 an
the Southern and others stem it ? YY e
shall see.”
Th® election of Senator Griffith, a
Democrat, to the Senate from Madison
Mitchell and Yancey so stunned th® Re
publicans that they have not vet caught
th®ir breath. The Record gives this bit
of gossip:
* It is said that William M. Buckner
late candidate for State Senator, w.-.
to Johnson City the next day aLer <h®
election and bought him a *1" s u’ of
cloths to wear down to Raleigh but o t < ti
his return horn® he learned to h - sor
row that Mr. Griffith was elected, tnd
that the cloths would not fit Mr < truthh
and Buckner is nov. offering a bargain in
a S -natorial suit."
Judge Fred. Philips, of Tarboro, \v:>~
a visitor to the General Assembly y •--
terday and occupied a seat in the Iloti
during the morning.
Y'esterday morning. * while Representa
tive George L. Morton was busily engag
ed in th® gallery, a roll-call vot® wa
taken. After it was over. Mr. < urtis. o
Buncombe, moved that th® g®ntb in?
from New Hanover be permitted <.o
vote.
When the clerk called Mr. Mot to i
name once more, that gentleman re
sponded from his coveted point of '•an -
age: “Th® gentleman from New Hanov®,
is paired.” And be was. too, beautifully
paired.
Senator Godwin, of Harnett, has ;npro
duced in the Senate a bilt which i» for
the purpose of prohibiting the sat® and
manufacture of liquor in Harnett county,
to go into effect on the first May.
1203. , ,
It provides that it shall be unlaw ui
to manufacture, barter, or sell an> spir-
itious, vinous, malt, or fermented or
other intoxicating’ liquors in Harnett
county, all liquors, or mixtures thereof,
that will produce intoxication to be con
sidered as intoxicating liquors . The bill
repeals all charter rights for the man
ufacture or sale of liquor.
The aft does not forbid the sale of li
quor by a druggist for sickness, upon
prescription of a regular practicing phy
sician under North Carolina laws, for a
sick person under his charge, but .for
bids a druggist from filling such a pre
scription but once- and requires a near
prescription each time. If a druggist
violates this it is a misdemeanor, and a
physician who evades the provision of
the act is to be guilty of a misdemeanor
and is to forfeit his license to practice
medicine in North Carolina.
That act does not prohibit any person
from manufacturing and selling wine or
cider manufactured exclusively from
grapes, berries or fruit grown on his own
land, provided it is manufactured and
sold on the premises where the fruits
named are grown.
The Senators, while in session yester
day. were • kodaked” by a charming
young lady . a visitor to the city. Just
before adjournment and while the mov
ers kindly “held up” their motions to ad
journ, the young lady was escorted ba< k
of the president's desk and took separate
‘ snap shots” of the two sides of the Sen
ate. The pictures will be a pleasing
souvenir of her visit to Raleigh by Miss
Alberta James, of Washington.
In the report of the committee hearing
regarding the extension of the . orporate
limits of Asheville, it was said that Mr.
J. C. Curtis was reported as being op
posed to the measure. Mr Curtis says
that this is a mistake- He will not op
pose the bill. £
Last Saturday Representative John
<‘harU-s McNeill, of Scotland, road a pe
tition in the House signed by fifty citi
zens of the Northwestern portion of
Robeson county, asking the General As
sembly to cut off this part of Robeson
and annex it to Scotland..
Representative Britt, of Robeson, said
to an Observer man yesterday T hat Rob
erson. it was true- was the largest county
in the State, but the people of his coun
ty did not approve of the above plan
If anything Is done at all. be thinks it
would be better to take a part of Cum
berland. Moore and Roberson and form
an entirely new county seat-
WORDS OF WISDOM
Cat Members of the Legislator* Out Them
selv>* Like Mea
To the Editor. 1 wish to express my
gratification for the clarion tones in
which your paper is speaking out on the
vital question of temperance. Sunday*:
issue was superb.
It seems to have been a general un
derstanding for some time now that the
present Legislature would enact sonic
wholesome laws in obedience to the large
popular demand, that has been steadil)
growing among us. We sanguinely ex
pect and anticipate those laws.
I do not believe in radical measures
even for we seldom or never benefit any
good cause by them, but today there .s
a vast multitude, in the food oil State,
determined that this monster evil shall
Lx- wounded unto death. And that leg
islator who fails them today and who
goes before the people of any county ?n
this commonwealth two years hence,
asking their suffrage, is going to see
the hand-writing on many a wall
The fight is on and he would better go
slow who would first cry, ‘•enough.”
Therefore, let our representatives quit
themselves like men.
Let them legislate wisely, and let the
people read a real manhood between the
lines of legislation and in the language
of Holy Writ the verdict of the people
will be, “say ye to the righteous it shall
be well with him.”
1 would not frame a bill. The best
things often have to be gotten at slow
ly. But let our representatives be men.
Let the lobbyist be shrewd and let them
turn to the sacred precincts of their
own consciences and do right.
If the London bill is not the right
‘hing. let us have what is right and all
the people will say, amen.
There is a great deal of hackneyed
whiskey sentiment abroad in the land
that a conscientious legislator cannot
afford to pander to. On the other hand
fanaticism in our own ranks would ulti
mately injure our cause. I am quite
confident that all that we ought to hope
for ultimately, can not be accomplished
now. Legislation that by very much
outstrips the public conscience is large
ly futile and ineffective. Well, sir, I
do not know what is best. I am a tem
perance man warp and woof and am
ready to endorse any and all wise legis
lation that tends to save our grand old
Commonwealth from this and everythinc
‘hat is a menace to her civil and moral
•'rogress.
K. D. HOLMES.
A STEOFO ABOUMIST
laloors Help to Make the Need for a Reform
atory.
To the Editor: There »a? one argu
ment in favor of the London bill that
-hould have been made before the com
mittee that I do not remember hearing
during the debate.
There seem- 1 to be a general and grow -
ing demand for a Reformatory for the
youthful criminals of the State. It ap
cals to the humanity of every citizen.
\nd yet. would it not be far wiser to
•ernow the agencies which produce
oung criminals as well is older ones
by the enactment of such measures as
.hall forever iboli ; h the open saloon and
he country distillery; and put away th’
omptation from our youth. An once of
s he London bill would be worth far
mere than a pound of the Reformatory.
However, if, in their inscrutable wis
ir-m, our Legislators should prefer the
'resent conditions which surround and
neouraze the Honor traffic: by all
means let them make large and libera!
vppropriatlcns for a Reformatory.
A. F. JOHNSON.
Clinton. N. C. February 3. I**o3.
Call Dr. Blackwell.
Norfolk. V.1., Feb. 2.—As was expected,
the First Baptist church here yesterday
ailed the Rev. Calvin S. Blackwell, of
Wilmington. N. C.. and it is believed that
he w ill accept. The church now paws its
castor $1,500, but Dr. Blackwell will like,
ly get more.
j SMOKE “La Josephine,” 5c Cigars.
Among the Railroads.
The people of Lenoir are alarmed over
the rumored intention of the Carolina
and Northwestern leaving them two
miles off the main line of their road
when it is extended across the moun
tains, and will endeavor to have the
Legislature to prohibit this unjust act
to the town that has given the road its
best patronage. It would be a great
blow to Lenoir to be thus side-tracked,
for Newton knows what that means. We
were left o£f the main line until the
Legislature compelled the road to come
through the town. But will the C. and
X W. ever cross the mountains’ We have
been hearing this until It has become
a joke.—Newton Enterprise.
i
The New Rem Journal gives the fol
lowing full account of the improvements
that are being made on the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad:
“Long before the summer season takes
the crowds to the seashore, that part of
the A. S: N C. railroad below this city
will have reached that good condition
shown by the road between New Bern
and Goldsboro. While there will be no
ticeable improvements of all kinds, it
will be especially shown in the road bed-
Work has been going on steadily in this
direction, in fact a grading force has
been employed for the last eighteen
months.
“In years past there was a very bad
stretch of road through a three mile po
coson below Havelock. The weight of
an engine would cause the cross ti~« to
sink into the mud. This bad stretch has
now been ballasted, the ties raised, and
dit< hes dug to carry off the water. Ixing
stretches of the road have been sand or
gravel ballasted this winter and the
werk is being continued
‘ The new station at is com
pleted and is not only a much needed
convenience but an ornament.
“Tho similar stations at Oroat-m and
Havelock have been built abcut two
years.
“The next improvement in order is the
station at Newport- The present build
ing w ill be converted entirely into a
passenger station. The platform above
will be widened- the open shed now cov
ering a portion of it w ill be moved back
and partly enclosed for freight and truck,
with doors at the end. and the plat
form will be extended along the track for
a distance of 40 feet. The business at
this point has wonderfully developed due
partly to the example of the fruit and
truck farm of G. N. Ives Son, which
has started others to trucking.
“A trestle that crosses Scott's creek
has been rebuilt. It was declared by
some that there was “no bottom” in this
creek to drive piles into. President Bry
an ordered <>o foot piles to be driven and
if that wouldn't do to splice them and
keep a driving. The first blow of the
1-nvy trip hammer sept the m down If
feet but at "0 to feet depth bottom
was found. is now a strong safe
trestle across this creek.
“At ?!ooumb's creek, just above Have
lock. the engines will soon be supplied
with the juniper water from the creek.
This water is splendid for boilers and
will add years to their service- A 30,000
gallon tank has been built of the best
materials and a pump house is being
built to contain the engine, a line of pipe
running into the creek.
“The section masters will have houses
built at the middle of the sections, in
stead of having to traverse the entire
section, they can reach any point on
their beat by half the distance. New
mile posts are being placed along the
right of way.
‘‘All these improvements are conducted
under the personal supervision of Presi
dent Bryan When the “Vance" is seen
going up or down the road it can be safe
ly guessed that the President is headed
for some point where work is being done.
His energy and determination is a won
der even to those who know him well.”
Meets Hearty Approval of Honest Men.
To the Editor: Your editorial on the
liquor traffic in the Sundav edition Is
simply surerb. A1 * the good people if
the State rejoice that we have one patx »-
at the capi’al of the State that does not
fear to stand up for what is right ir
respective of any opinion that may rise '
against it. Your sentiifients expressed
about th-' attorneys of the liquor deal
ers will meet the hearty approval of
every honest man in the State. You are
doing more for Democracy of the State
than all of the hired attorneys to
gether. With the multitude of papers
that will dodge an issue for spar of of
fending a certain class in society. Let
all the distillers and saloon keepers go
cut of the party if they so desire. Just
so they go out of business. I would re
joice to see our party go before the
people rid of the nefarious influence of
the whiskey traffic. We can gain a vic
tory not only for clean and honest gov
ernment. but also for the happiness of
our homes, a victory for all that makes
life worth th" living on earth. Fight on.
and the News and Observer will be the
grandest paper in our country.
<R«v.) W. P. CLINE.
Hickory, N. C., Feb. 3, t r * > 3.
Should be Enacted Into Law.
To the Editor: The daily News ami
Observer is to be commended and con
gra ulated for the great and glorious
v ork it has been doing in behalf of the
great temperance cause in North Caro
i:i.a. All of the best women, and the
l est manhood are in full accord with ihj
News and Observer. The London bul
now pending before the Legislature for
the regulation of the liquor traffic, is
a fair and good bill and should be en
acted into law without any change chat,
ever. Wishing the News and Observer
much success, I am. with high regards,
Truly yours,
A. B. HUNTER. SR
Warrenton, N. C.. Feb, 3, 1303.
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NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY—
In Superior Court.
H. H. Harris, Admr. of F. L. B. Harris,
Assignee of J. A. Vann, Mortgagee,
vs.
S. C. Vann. J. T. Vann, L. L. Vann, M. E.
Vann, et al —Notice.
The above defendants, J. T. Varna. L.
L Vann and M. E. Vann will take notico
that an action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court of
Wake county to surcharge and falsify
the executors’ account and to foreclose
a mortgage upon real estate, and the
said defendants will further take notice
that they are required to appear at the
next term of the Superior court of said
county to be held on the third Monday
in March, 1903, at the court house la
said county, in Raleigh. N. C.. and answer
or demur to the complaint in said action
cr the plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint.
This January 13th, 1303.
W. M. RUSS, C. S. C.,
Wake County.
EXECUTOR S NOTICE.
Having qualified as executor of the es
tate of R. G. Temple, deceased. I hereby
notify all persons having claims against
said R. G. Temple estate to present the
same to me on or before the 27th day of
January. 1904, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. AH persons in
debted to said R. G. Temple will please
make immediate payment to me.
W. D. PARTIN,
Executor.
January 27. ll>o3.
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I Best for Iha “Sunny South.”
S WOOD 5 HEW SEED 300 X FOR 1903
■ (mailed free on request), is full of
9 g-•• • thine: and :.!l a’*out
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Jjj Wood’s Trade nark Brand 5 ’
8 GRASS AND
CLOVER SEEDS
I an' tho ih'st, qualities obtainable,
a Write for i>m*es and our Seed
I 80-»k giving full information.
I I.W, WOOD & SONS,
I Scsdsmcn* Richmond, Va.
SALE OF VALUABLE LAND.
By virtue of a decree of the Superior
court of Wane county, made and en
tered ca the sth day of January. 1?03,
in a civil action therein pending, enti
tled. Mrs. Mary E. Partin, administra
trix of E. K. Partin, deceased, against
S. G. Wilborn and his wife. E. J. Wil
born, being number li*s summons docket
of said court. I will offer for sale t'*
the highest bidder for cash, at the cour
house door in the city of Raleigh- N. C.,
on Monday, the 23rd day of February,
IPO3, at 12 o'clock m., the following de
scribed tract of land to-wit: Situated
in Middle Creek townaihp. said county
and State, adjoining the lands of Barney
Jones. D. H. Smith and others and more
fully described as follows: Beginning at
a stake Barney Jones’ corner, thence
East SO poles to a stake in said Barney
Jones’ line, thence South 70 poles to a
stake in rinthia Balle r.tine’s line, thence
West with said line so poles to a white
oak in D. H. Smith’s line, thence North
7n poles to the beginning, containing
thirty-five acre® more or less.
WILLIAM B. JONES.
Commissioner.
NOTICE.
This is to notify the pe 0 pl»> of North
Carolina that Mr. J. A. Massey, of East
rmrham. N. C-, is no longer authorized to
solicit business for The Washington Life
Insurance Company.
J. O. GUTHRIE. G. A.
NOTICE.
Application will be made to the Gen
eral Assembly to incorporate Wendell,
the limits to extend one quarter of a
mile in eery direction from the Academy.
l-21-30t
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that, application
will be made to tho General Assembly to
amend the charter of the town of Ran
dieman.