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THE -"K EWS iAND OBSERVER, StlMDAY, JUSTE 14, 1908 I fteiieiy. of J he Battles Between the v: Political Giants of the Past Years Some Great Campaigns of the Past, . (By Ex-lcnjressnian John'NIchcls.) In vlew of existing political con ditions In North Carolina a the pres- ; ent time : and the approatmns con ventions pf ithe parties, itrmay not be uninteresting to yoar jreaders to look back to some of the parly, cam ; jpalgns in this State. JyV? The old Whig and Democratic parties were not fully; organized and arrayed against each " other as such. until 1840. While there conflicts between political fore that time it had been f erentr toarty i names; . and had - been eaders . be under ,dif- largely ton ? different Issues, but in 1840 the lines were. drawn,, and rWW;'4nd .Demo crat, or :.46co-f ooro".v -as tht. Whls In -T derision often called their opponents, were arrayed against each, other, on .well-defined party lined. William Henry Harrlsor was the -Whig nominee; lor the Presidency and Jdartin Van Buren. then Presi dent, was ihe Democratic standard bearer. 3ut it Is not my burpose to attempt to-discuss the national cam paigns. I shall confine myself in this article to the State campaigns chief ly that of Governor. Fori be it re membered at the time off which -1 propose v to submit - a few thoughts, the. candidate for Governor was the only State officer who went fbefore the ' 1 people seeking .their : support. The .- State Treasurer the Comptroller (now State Auditor), the Secretary of State and Attorney General were) all elect- ed by the Legislature, i There was no .Xiieutenant-Governor at tha. time, and . ihe office of Superintendent,' of Public "Instruction had not been established "All the Judges were also elected by '.the General Assembly. ' w - ' : Consequently the . State ; campaigns 'were confined to the party candidates "for Governor. ; How different then - from now as It appears to me; Then "the respective parties : selected . their ablest - men men of greatest ability and ! highest charcter, to lead them I to victory or defeat. .. No pigmy. could 'deceive the slightest recognition from , :his party, it mattered not how xeal : .:ous he' might be,- or how many ques- -'tioriable party schemes he might have " engineered. . The - standard ; bearer chossa by either 'party -niust be a - man, yea, a statesman, because 4n ths candidate centered thef hopes of ,:hls party. . p My father, my grandfather, and tll , .- -my "uncles and aunts" and all my kin ;folkB, were Whigs of the most ultra ; ch cracter. 4 Therefore, if what I may write shows a little bit oft prejudice - in favor of the old Whig party, my oaiyscuse and a good on it is too) Is my sarly raising and thel Influences , : on the youthful mind, which time has no! radicated.; but is the more con ' firmecl as age creeps on. ; v-'V' . ' -Of course my recollections of the . '-campaign of 1840 are somewhat dim, . '-but-1 shall " never : forget the- Whig- slogan of "Tippacanoe and Tyler too" ? thiiJ'was sung- from "the sea 'to the mountains. : " But as above remarked,' it ia with the State campaigns that I propose to write. , . f 1 ' Cchii Motley Morehead,,' of Guilford couriiy, ; was the - Whig - nominee for Governor and . Romulus j Mitchell Saunders was the Democratic stand ard bearer, i They were both giants -physically and intellectually both i beins over six feet tall and tipping , the scales at over the two hundred --; notch. . i ... : . ; .- -t' .: There were no : railroads . at that ' time amounting to anything, and the candidates were compelled h to ; travel by private conveyance. 1 had heard' much of Morehead and Saunders. I . regarded Morehead ; (aa - he - was) a most wonderful man. I pictured him in my youthful imagination as al .) mosi a deml-god. It was r my good - fortune to see him one time during the campaign. He -was going from somewhere i east (perhaps ' Tarboro) -o Raleigh, i coming up what is still ' rtlled the Tarboro road.' It had been renounced, but how the information Iiad ! been obtained I do not - know, .hat Morehead . would pass i up the ?oad on a certain day. My home, at Cha time was f in the Eagle Rock neighborhood, at which precinct there were; about 130 Whig voters and only five or six Democrats. f (AL this time there was a stage line between: Raleigh ' and " Tarboro, and it is ; possible i that the news might have , been brought by some passen ger, or perhaps, by the stage driver, who. was a sort of Avant-Coureur in v s all matters of political news and gos sip. -Their opportunities for collect- ( ing news, and the facility with which , they distributed It. would ji put to shame the daily papers of the present day.) ' - - - At any rate the news spread that Morehepxl would pass, and quite a . crowd of men.:; women and children jhad gathered to see him go by. I was then a little, fellow, but, oh, how proud I was when the great Whig leader approached. He must have heard that his friends would come .together to do him honor.'.' because - just before he reached old Eagle Itock, where the crowd hadrgathered, he got out of his carriage land took a seat on the outside by his negrro . coachman. The carriage was drawn by two magnificent iron gray horses. As he approached the little crowd that had gathered, he raised himself. - lirted . his hat and gave - the Whig , slogan, "Hurrah for Tippacanoe .and Tyer too," which was responded to uy ai '-Hurrah ror Morehead too." , Morehead was elected by a good majority and was re-elected In 1842. ' The office ,of ' Governor . waaj the only public position he ever held, except that nearly twenty years latjer he was a member of the House of Commons from Guilford county. s 1 ; After .his term as Governor had i. "nr Hcvcr Loses - It has the peculiar and unap- -: broached I distinction of beinsr the CMum (m$ Lithia Water which never loses in ejicacy bysiandiriq, or by distance shipped from the spring, In effect, it is always as fresh and efficacious: as though dipped up "righf at the snrincr. and is raDidlv establishmcr ; reputation with the pubhc as it has already established i itself with physicians, the most valuable of all Natural iMeaicinal agents for the treatment of Kidney and Bladder troubles, and uric acid poisoning, . ; O : - Sold by all mineral water dealers,, or shipped direct from ' . i spring, 12 half gaUona f 1.00; 5 gallon dimijohn $3.00. ii tml li...i v . ... . v.. . Hotel open, ftorx June i'cr 3 rn expired, he - turned his attention to .SS5 Improvements. His opponent, how ever, who was a 4 restless politician, continued to take an active Interest In late campaigns. npfnn. homminir a candidate' - for iff a canaiaaie. - lor Governor. Mr. Saunders had filled ;publlc positions of. trust and honor. ; The next year after his de I feat for Governorship he was elected tnr rnnn-PM nnd nerved two terms. I In 1846 he was appointed Minister tor Spain where he remained until 1850 when he - was recalled. Soon after his return home he was elected aa a mamhol- nf thn Pnns flf Pnm. mons and later a Judge of the Su perior Court. in 182 Governor Moreneaa was op posed by Louis D. Henry, of Cumber- land t county. - The ; campaign of this I vpnr 1 o tame affair comnared to I the one preceding, ana tne one sue- I reedlne- it. The State was lareelv r: z .. 1 . tv Ills. luu juureucou noa uuivriBauj 1 popular with the people, while Henry although a man of ability and high character, did not have, the popular j manners that Morehead possessed. . Perhaps the most ' exciting cam paign that ever occurred" In North Carolina was that of 1844. There were many causes that made it so. It was the year for the election of a President. Henry day was the Whig nominee, and made a speech In Ral- I eien on tne 1 z in uay 01 Auni 01 mat I year, iso public man. oeiore or since I had the power to,sway his followers v. a u ... . . - . I that Clay possessed, and to the extent I he was admired by his friends he wasnatea. oy nis enemies- james js.. Pblk. of Tennessee, had been nomi- nated by the Democrats,-and being a native of the State, they hoped that in consequence of - that fact, "the party j would be . grealyr- strengthened, . and I they would be: able to carry the State. I Both ' parties - were on : thely i mettle; each determined on victory. f? It was no time for scrubs ' or professional politicians. - The very best .men of the parties must be selected for.1 all ; of fices because, the battle " promised to be one or unusual excitement and in terest. This . was one cf i the: times when parties - sought the candidates with as much care as a getteral would select a Boldier for a hazardous and responsible undertaking. Both .par ties were fortunate In the selection of leaders. The . Democrats named as their standard bearer -Col. Michael Hoke, of Lincoln ; county. , He had- had the advantage of a. military education, but of one of ; the State s favorite sons adopted the law. us his chosen pro- Into the Governor's office, was a hu fession. Of CoLrHoke a writer says: miliation that to them was almost un His ease of manners, - brilliancy, of bearable, v They determined to regain oratory and acquirements in his pro- I fession won for him ii "troups of I friends and an extensive practice." Continuing ; the :;Bame;i writer ;sarst J'-During - the campaign-in 1844, .with '. W. A. Graham as his opponent,. such was -. the fairness of . his conduct, . his t open generous temper,. his ' elevated mode of argument, that even in high I excitement, party spirit forgot its I rancor; and; he won, as he deserved, the regard and respect of all parties." The Whigs were equally fortunate In ' the1 selection ! of j their -V standard bearer in the person of William . A. Graham, of Orange county. H He was ability '--and,'.' like Hokev his ompeti- I tor, "the fairness kof his conduct, his open; generous tfmper, his elevated j mode- of' argument" won him many friends. Never In any campaign in this or any other State, : for : , any -position. were candidates more evenly match ed. Both were in the very prime of life. Hoke was only thlrty-nve and Graham forty -years of age. Both were peculiarly handsome men, being A 1 1 1 A. A . A M A mmm. .1 ' i . I . L. tan, rnrii-iuiinru au gioiriui, wuii manners as polished as a Chesterfield -ana tempers as pacta as a tneoiogicai student, characters as - pure as a maiden, and habits as free from guile as those of a bishop. While possessing all these amiable qualities,-- when it came to the advo- cacy . of the principles of their re- spectlve parties, or assaulting . those of the enemy, thejr exhibited the courage of a Washington and the aggressiveness of a Jackson. No two politlcat antagonists were ever more evenly: matched than were Hoke and uranam, ana no ? two were ever so enthusiastically supported . by t partisan followers. --- Graham was elected Governor, and Clay carried the State, but was de- ieatea - tor - tne f resiaency. ; it was while Mr. Clay was in Raleleh that he wrote his celebrated Bank head letter that contributed so largely to his de- feat. The remark, "I had rather be riKm i nun io- oe nesiaeni so oiien credited to Mr. Clay, it is said was used by him to Hon. Geo. E. Badger, Alter writing the letter he handed It to mr. i uaager ror nis criticism, "me letter is au ngnv: saia air. uaogeri and contains sound Whig doctrine. 4jtw jtstm.a t9m '4 n a but if published it will defeat you for the Presidency." To which Mr. Clay replied: I had rather be right than to be President. "The letter was tub- lished and Mr. Clay was defeated for the Presidency, and the cause was arterwara, ana i Deueve is sun con-I in the Senate when Congress assem ceded to be Mr. Clay's position taken bled on the first Monday in Decem- in inai jeiier. . ne i campaign oi iie was not onthe SDeaker of the Senate, became any unusual interest. It was what we call an "oft year." The Whigs renominated . Governor Graham, and the State having gone so strongly v nig two years Derore. ana uranam having made such a popular Gover- nor, the Democrats -did not enter the contest witn any entnusiasm or ae- gree of hone. Their ' nominee was James R. ; ShenhAd '-of Wake r.ntintv. I i- - Z - - o iu ueen a piaie oenaior. was a 1 lis Freshness 15, 'JL Z. Lees, Prop. . .. '4 fe ""Si j man bf ability and superior . accom- I nit.hmontd hut he did not know how I to get around with the noys,"i and J r. tnn roiirinir to win friends among I Via tntln men and trades-people. I The WThij?s ridiculed his ' candidacy, I and there were many . amusing pub I licatlons lssuea ai, nis pent-, m some of which he was called "James the Shepherd, riding through the country on-the back of an ass." The ass was supposed to be the editor of the : Democratic organ, wno naa own "set up in business, by tne 1 saiainua vou uunran K. juciae, uiu uuu Democratic candidate. Graham was j pendent! Democrat, opposed him. The i y over ur.lv, thousaja.ma ority.. nistratloa o(.G6vtrnor Graham was very popular. It was largely tnrougn nis tenons mat ! largcij junwusu , Kaieign ana uasion auttu punt Maine CP? ;Zt"ir thus giving an impetus to the system or public improvements-i- uexausfu to be made a number of neeuiul lm provements In and about the State House andtlhe ;capltol grounds, ale" anu-rw iPyv B'uuu was a .devotea wiena- to me- puuc school system, and did much to ad- tVan( thei CBfilft1 Of' j5 j education.. - A3 Secretary of the Navy his adminis tration was'progresslve and far-rreach- Ing. In conducting the affairs or mat hieh office he made an impress upon his country's history unequanea Dy any Other ranking official. - . , M .0.0 lii. 1 ine campaign 01 im, wu , I exciting the people and arousing . - -j o 1 cw j euvuuw. , v. "o - naa Deen tne case in some 01 me former campaigns, was full" of inter- est and earnestness. David S. Reid, of 'Rockingham, had been a member of Congress, and was related by blood or marriage to Stephen A. Dougless of Illinois. It" was said tnat JJoug- lass had "coached" Reid, and ad- visea mm to maxe tne race ir ' A- A - i ernor and to advocate the principles of "free suffrage. He was nomi Vv, " th.e naiea. ana iree suu.ra.Ke i suffrage" was . . . . '. . .1 .. principal pianic in tne uemwram; platform, and Reid nsed It with all i.ninnc, or, 9uimnii(hul J the adroitness of an accomplished ipollUclan. The wnigs nominatea vnariesniy, oi ane, a fwVt. land a farmer. He was a man of fair 1 lability and high personal character - somewht aristocratic in his manners, and fond of t ease and the, comforts of life; . The State two years before had gonc'some twelve thousand ma ority for the Whigs, and Mr. Manly felt Confident of his . election. When the - returns-, were all in he had hardly a thousand naiority. "In ; 1850 the same battle by the same men was fought, and Reid cap tured the Whig banner. He was pro claimed the Governor of North Caro lina, the first Democratic Governor of the State elected since the Whig and; Democrats had;, been - the recog nized political parties of the State. This was a humiliating blow to the grand old Whig party of.North Caro lina. The Idea that a little political "runt" like David S. Reid should i walk over the . dead body (politic) lost ground and humiliate their op- ponents I- by defeat. Who .was : the Goliath to throw down " the gauntlet and-'meet the ?llttl - David"- on the field; of - battle? 'The, lot fell; to John Kerr: of Caswell county. He was an orator; lot . .the Patrtck: :Heuryk style. land a satirist scarcely second to that of John Randolph, of , Roanoke. lie was armed tnd -equipped and went forth c to , battle with ? "little David,"1 The ' people-the common people had f been aroused on the question of "free 'suffrage" and the adroitness of Reid in showing the : non-slave-own- ers how they were unjustly dealt by many .votes that had before been cast I for the Whigs.- He did this with great effect when he : pointed out that the peacock : orator" was . the . special champion of the land-owners, i This line . of argument was especially .ef fective. Kerr was a strikingly hand some man with a ver-. aristocratic bearing,, while Reid was small In stature, modest and plain looking. His I ridicule of Kerr made him the! sub I Ject of derision rather than the ob- I .......J . 1 n f .! ... . I ject oi aamjrauon. ucia was eipciwo I and Kerr never f ullv recovered from i his humiliating defeat. I - Governor Reid was a very shrewd politician, and his schemes ' seldom j failed. Some of his enemies in his I own ! Darfy. after the matter was all over, charged that Governor Reid was guilty of unfair tactics in the I election of a successor to Senator Willie P. Mangum in 1852. It was one of the duties of the Legislature elected that-year to name the suc- cesser Of Mr.. Mangum. The Demo crats had a majority on joint ballot. and James C. Dobbin, of Cumberland, was the : caucus nominee. Judge Saunders, who on a Tew previous oc casions had been Induced to accept office, believed that the people again fortunately like many other politl I clans, he did not have enough of them. Whigs could not elect their I canaiaate because tney were in a I minority. The consequence was that j there was no election, and for two I years the State had but one Senator Hon. Geo. E. 1 Badger, of: Wake. The i democrats carried the State again In i . d r . . . . . . . . n . loot, aim one ot its nrst 'acts was to t elect two United States Senators Governor Reid was elected to succeed Mr. Mangum and Judge Asa Biggs. or Martin, was elected to, succeed Mr Badger. Governor Reid at once re- signed his office, and took his seat 1 ber. 1854. Warren W m ow. who was Governor, and served out the term it was at this period in the political history, of Governor Reid. when some of the Democrats began to realize how thev had been duoed bv Reid. and openly charged that he and BIkbts 1 had colluded toirether to brine about I these results. The nart that Governor I Tteia took in th nrmntrntinn of th - ynwv -va iivivu . . " mj j roi a ibvii i it v not sustaining, former chartros. at I lrn.t nrnvuri Ihot . ha wna a tiAllHnol aipiomat of no mean order. The campaign of 1854 was another "battle of the giants." , I use the term "battle or the gianU" In' its intellec tual sense.' The two candidates were Thos. Bragg, the Democratic nomi nee, and Alfred. Dockery, the nomir nee of the "American party." or to be more plain, tne remains or tneioia Whig party and such. Democrats' as had affiliated with them In that secret organization, known as the "Know Nothings.". I shall not attempt to dis cuss the" questions that brought into existence - this secret political organi zation, because I . know but little about It, other' than like some. more, modern parties. It :was "one of opposition? to tne ; iemocracy, just . as . opposition now. exists to the - dominant party of the country, without any, well-denned Iixed principles, i Bragg and Dockery were both great . men- Intellectual giants. Perhaps. In no campaign dur ing the period of which I am writing was there, a greater exhibition of in tellectuality than that of 1854. It was equal - to that v Douglass and Lin coln in Illinois In 1858. Bragg was elected by a small majority. ' The - campaign of 1858 was of -no special significance. Opposition to the Democratic, party in the : State was disorganized, and a - new National party had sprung up which had prac tically united all Southern voters into one patty. The fragments of-opposition left, named John A. Gilmer, of Gullforti, as the opposing candidate, and tlj Democrats again nominated Goverifar Bragg, who was again eecte -EJ' '.558, organize! opposltloa to th Democracy had practically ceased to j xist : but . there was division in on the auestlon of a "Dis- th party trlbutloh jof the proceeds of the sale of the public lands. I do not pro- pose to enter Into a discussion of this question. because. I know but , little f wm ii x aia u" less, as i the results of the "War be: tween the States" removed the ques- tlon front the arena of political dis- cusslon.i Judge John W. Ellis, of uwaii,!wiw me yemwruiic uvuniin,-, vampcugni was "fussy, DUi oi no ptr- clal importance, either State . or Na lion.-' ine state had become strongly Democratic, and it was a mere pro forma matter to hold an election. tierore 1 1860 a new local or state ,sgue hddl risen. It was the question of taxation. Slaves had been taxed. as was Charged, far below their real valuation thus discriminating be tween th4 slave-owners and the small farmers: and mechanics whoowncd bi slavesJ A tronP anti-slaverv sen- fl( ba " Zr" raun anA h7diedDf TuiTuch6 effect ty a tSe the subject was one that could be nnt4 ttltl t Tt.,1I I renominated by his party and John t Pool by! the ad valorem advocates. But for! Ithe existing National cam paign the year .that Lincoln ' was ivw first elected which produced such excitement in Natiomil-'holltics Pool S1"61 .AVfaiP ltlVi uuuuuuwuiy nave uricnuu Ellis, but the "latter was re-elected. This was the last campaign "before ; That sad national calam the wari" ity thbroughly revolutionized the par ties or tne whole country, North ana soutn. i Later I; may say Something i of North Carolina politics 'since, the war," but not-now. Conditions are ,niHlffM (..,,. nnii public men so drwar fed that new lines must bej drawn and new comparisons adbnted-N :.-.vli. ' - - .- . - - 9IinnriH r UUUUKU. .1 When iwe look wtr into the bistort of i the sSte and ScturbefSe Ji i Ine s?iie ana see picturea-oeiore our eyesi such men as Mangum, Bad ger, Graham, Hoke, Battle, Ruffln, Nash. Bragg. Dockery and numerous rri. u-t .. others whose - names adorn the.'- his tory of Mr State, and compare them with the! political pigmies of the pres ent-day, one must wonder - at the patience ;ahd forebearance of our oeo- ple. : , . Li No patriotic ; North Carolinian, it matters toot V what his political affllia tions . may be, or "may. have been, can view: with; indifference the decadence of j statesmanship in North Carolina. No personal Or noli tical reference is intended! j and no such constrtrction shpuld be put on these remarks, but toi one wno has lived a full three- quarters! of a century, and been a student jand. close observer of men and measures, the contrast between the great Headers of the Whie and Democratic parties of fifty and sixty yetirs agb and some (not all) of those who assume leadership of parties tDOtnj Qt jtne present-day, is too ap parent not to attract the attention of l thoughtful men. This may be accouned for. to some extent from the fact that during the period or which I have been writing tne oniy ojneer voted for by the peo ple df the State at large was that of G overnor. r;.ltfwas important at that tlme,that ieach party! should name its ablest -ajd..most . popular leader principled ! and Issues were centered. Now, thr are the third of a hun dred offices to be filled by popular election, r Not 'all at the same time however, but that many before the list is complete, it Is not strange. thererorfj that in the struggle for nece soWe"H ieader3h)p, or at least political prom- and '-that nartv piatiorms isnouia id badly wrecked.' urjore ine aay or election arrives. DESTROYERS OP BOYS. W lien a Boy Goes In Training for Athlcttci Games He 3Inst Cut Out Cigarettes. : ''-: I j CThe American Boy.) To tell you that cigarette smoking is naa Tori you would be foolish. In the first (place that's preach inc. In thjs second; place, every boy knows that the cigarette is bad for him. ' I don't care; to tfll you what you already Know, i iwant to tell you thintrs that you don't know. So I am going to explain, 44 well as I can. In a few words, wry the cigarette is" bad for you how fits use makes a boy thin, pale, wca, and sickly why It helns toj oring psn consumption. i A . . " In the i first place I am not going . ...If . . .: 44 , H . I . . yoiJi njr cruiiK stories aDOUt tne drugged cigarette and all that. M. .m - . A i : . . . ine iact as inai cigarettes are not often drugged, and If they were, it coii id n 't be a worse drug than the drug in tirie tobacco Itself tho nlco- tlne. j i That's Ijnot the point. Cigarette smoking Is bad because It strikes at the very foot of the life the breath ing. The S more you breathe. ' the more you; Jive. The bigger, the more active the lungs, the stroncrer. healthier, f more active and beautiful isithe neraon. Tn Btnn th hronthlnw I to stop the lire; to reduce the v. . a breathing Mcapaclty is to reduce the lire. : i m r Everj'body knows thlsi "No, thanks. No cigarettes. : I have cut them out I am in training, you know," is a fre quent remark among traininsr mpn. Ifjthe cigarette' Is bad for the man in training, why, it is Just as bad for the man not in training. It Is and worse. Why? Well, in the first place let me tell you that the lungs cover an Immense surface a surface equal to the area of a. floor of a large room; that this surface Is! wrinkled up, . for the lunsrs are contained in a small space. Through this ' surface the blood pours out its poisons, and at the same time takes in oxygen, which Is the greatest essential of life. Now, when .you smoke a cigarette. or breathe jthe air of a smokey room, the smoke! enters directly into the lungs. Smoke is In reality nothing but a very fine charcoal dust; and when you j Inhale it the dust settles on the delicate membranes, covering the surface ofl the lungs. This deposit clogs up thje surface of the .lungs, and prevents both the escape or, the-poi son from ;the blood and the' entrance of the lungs,, and prevents both, the escape of j poison from the blood and the entrance of the oxygen of the air into the blood. Thus th cigarette smoker is at I once starved f and poisoned -starved i or air ana poisonea Dy nis own breath. Is jit any wonder that he gets pale and thin and weak mentally and physically ? j Is it any wonder : that he is a "consumptive ooy t . ,iu it any wonder that; if he smokes to exectu he dies? r ; Among the "better class of men and young meni cigarette smoking Is dy ing out. It isn t "gooa rorm," It cer tainly isn't! good health. It Is silly I and unclean, and the habit will, with absolute certainty, Injure the health and shorten the: life of him who is addicted to, it . J. M. . Kennedy ARCHITECT I v - ItAT-EIGII. N. C. Edwards & Brbugh ton's New Building ' Correspondence oucitecu CspitzljClty Ti:cna 885-11. Go rpo rations Out Printing is unexcelled. are the best made. :: :: Edwards & Broughton Urrfytcrs.ana Klankjiook Slandfacturcrg. V It.LElCII, NEW SHORT TIME CERTIFICATES which matures in 45 months. cates S100 are beind sold at .... , i 'ct- -f" m. Taxes paid ny company Loans maae promptly on real estate. - - , - - t -, MECHANICS AND INVESTORS UNION. : GEORGE ALLEN, Secretary. WCODALUS Contracts; for Heavy 9mmmwmmmmwmmmjmmmmmmmtmwmmmmmwmmmmmwmwmmBmwmmm . - -''- - - - - - - . t . v - - - - - - . ; -- -.-.r ; ? : . 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Better see these at" once. " v - ' : ; , . ,- White Linen Shirts, four attractive (SsCi styles ;SyC)G r Thomas A. Partin Company;! LADIES' FURNISHINGS AND NOVELTIES. 131 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, !!. C. j Next to New Masonic Temple. i 209lylcs8Hfl Sizes, from $15 up TKMjS WHAT TIIAXSACTIONS TOOK PIjACK DURING YOVU, AKSI2XCE. ' Upon request wc will mall you full particulars and description of registers and system. " - ' THb NATIONAL - cash anGi3Tna j co. .... xiAi.xnGiii r . c Over v :v Our flat opening books Estimates on application. Printing Company, .'.v.. . i-i .. tv-'n-' ; v ;.-. Also ' fall paid , certilV S92 cash, which nay 6 tier . , .;..: .": A . . STABLES EAST MORGAN ST.ti NEAR CAPITAL Our Motto: Promptness. Telephone S7 - riiono us your v.. Bags go . Orders ' Light Harness . Horses and Ponies Specialty. Stables Open Day and Night. Hauling, Safes, Etc. fair, I) and price rule the ma? Hose. ; 15c, 2 for 25c., Clt - i 5 i Mi ., 4ft4, , . I ,m " , fh - ' ' -- ' ' - " ' -i ; ' " ' ;,: :' ''' '."'"""-" - ' ; 1 :: . --: -a ) i r-'.-'--- -ijjrv -.,.--.:-?--?- UP A-TREE? Many another man lia fonml liliw- sclf per lied if port tlm branch of Per plexity about Ills. Summer sun. . ' LrcCn rrwno yon rrom yonr anxiety. Wo take the keenest delight -In tailor Ins for tho mast fastidious .and-parJ-titular. . -. - Our styles liavc Invariably "the air corrctt.' Our fabrics arc lcvr lork's - newest and Jjondon's latest. Our craftsmen arc all experts. Our prices . r will delight you. - Is sastisfylng. when tho coffee Is good. Tlilnk of what people : faj about poor , coffee." Every body . T' praises our coffees. TRY tiiem.;.- :: -. J - J.R. FERRALLMD COMPANY 'Telephone orders tilled promptly. At jii LLV I for attractive prices on every I thing in urhiture. Special I prices oil " tHese. nov: IfSSlif Bridal Suits ; : PqrchFurniture - Refrigerators Baby Carfiases and. ; - . Iron and Brass Beds SYDflflH &.HHDD1ET- fnnomoratjd- Incorporated. FURIHTURE LEADERS, i 709-11-13 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. . Sick Headache and rtliere s!i Iba troabfes Inci dent to s biliom state of tle extern, each as DIzzlncM, Nauea, Drov8iae?s"litrws after tatinr. Pain in tne Side. &c. WTiilo their most remarkable eacccss has Wa ehown ia curios , Headache, yet Carter's Litt!o lAwr riUa are equaJljr valuable in CoDstipstion, curing awl pre . wnting this annoyinffcoBipklnt. whi cUirya'.eo vttrrvxiaiiuisoruertoiinettonurn, if'.imnsf wire jivt-r and regulate the bowt l. l.vc-n U"U. voil cured ru n 'n ri - a- r-rv' -::., "-s' ! I I -..' ' I ill 1 Li LaL-dLry ; Acho they won Id be almost pr iccl to tbow who ufler from this distrwsing conijlaint; but fortu nately thel r grodnew Aoe notend hcre,and those -who once try ihem will ftd these little pills vain able in to many ways tbatthcy will not be wil ling to do without them. But after all sick head Ia the bane of o many lire that here la where we make our great boast. Our plll - It w hile . others do not. - . . , -. - ? V ? Carter's Little Liver ,nus are Tory small ana : oso them. - 113ZZ1 l32i:XXX C3., ST!T IC22. - folia .Ssa-SaEaiaftia NOTICE. i . -Sealed bids' will be receivrd by the , undersigned up to noon. July Gth, for the construction, plumbing und heat ing of Rex Hospital at rwaleish. N. C. l ', also separata, bids .for the frame btjildln3 on the site. Bids for con struction, plurnbinR and healing, must be accompanied by a certified chock of two per cent of the amount bid, made payable to the Trustees of Rex Hospital. v,'hich Ehall be forfeited to . taid Trustees in case the bidder falls to execute contract and furnish bond for 20 per cent of the contract within ten day3 after, opening bids. The rirht 13 reserved to -reject any and all TnMroN". c. CARTER'S Kittle very easy to take. Oneor two pills make a dose. ' , Thry are strictly vegetable and do not gripe cr - punrc, but by their gentle action pleaee all who i 1 s o
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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