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THE CAUCASIAN PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. HI THI OA PC AM A rVBLIftflfVO OU SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 8NK YtAR. ..41.00 .. M .. .38 SIX MONTHS.. THREE MONTHS TIIK lkgislati:rk. livery citizen of the State will for the next sixty days be infenHO ly interested in the action of the Democratic legislature. The Cau casian has mtu red the MTviee of Mr. J. F. Click to come to 11 ileigh and report the proceedings and write up the action of the legisla ture each week for our columns. There in no brighter or more ellic knt newjnaier man in the State than Mr. Click. lie came within a few votes cf lining elected to the Senate on the Populist ticket this year. If he had been fleeted he would have leeri a great service to the l'eo pie's l'arty and to the peo pie, in the legislature. However, he will bo able to render equally as great service to the public by coming to Kaleigh to report Hie proceedings of the legislature for Iho Caucasian. It is ol the great est importance that the truth and the whole truth about the pro ceedings of this legislature should be nublihhed and should be read by the people. Therefore, let ev erv reader of The Caucasian ami every believer in the principles o the iVonle's Party iro to work at onco to increase the circulation of the Caucasian. Mr. (Mick readier Kaleigh yesterday ami his lirst ar tide on the legislature will appear in the next issue. I't every sub scriber try to send in a new sub scriber before the next issue. iW ery person who will get us up i club of six subscribers, we will send the paper free to him for one year, hvery person who is now taking the paper who will get ur a club of gix subscribers can send live dollars and keep $1.00 for his trouble. This oiler is irofd for thirty days only, tat every friem of good government bestir himsel to get the next issue of The Can casian in as many hands as possi ble. J UK AT KAILKOAD PKOS PKKITV. The Kaleigh News vV. Observer in its issue of December JJOth, pul lishes a leading editorial congratu lating the Atlantic Coast Line no only upon purchasing the Cape rear and ladkin V alley Kail road but also congratulating it upon the enormous profits that it is making and has been making for a mini ber of years. We copy the follow ing two paragraphs from the edi torral reicrrcd to: After the war, the stock in that road, (A V. L.) sold for forty cents in the dollar, and most of the present stockholders pur chased nt that figure. After it was pur chased by the present capable owners began to rise until it was soon above par, Mncc tnat tune in less man tinrty years the stockholders have received divi dends that are as huge, if not larger, than have men paid by any railroad in Amen ca. I he lirst dividend was one of 100 pe cent, in the Atlantic t'oast Line stock. II second dividend was 100 per cent, in dub enture bonds. The third was 100 pe cent, in the Atlantic Coast Line stock. The capital is now virtually four times what it was originally and hereafter dividend: will be paid on KK) for every f 100 origi nal stock or on every f 10 invested in the purchase of the same by the present holder. This year that road has paid a divideni of six per cent, on the Wilmington and AVeldon stock, six per cent, on the Atlan tic Coast Line lirst issue stock, interest on seven' per cent, debenture bonds, and in ad dition this year they have issued dividends In bonds and stock of .SJfr per cent, and second issue of Atlantic Coast Line stock oi iw per rem. inai is to say i,nt per cent, lias oeen paid tins year on every share oi stock, which, as each- have cost less than $10 on an average, is over 37 ik.t cent, iipoo the investment. The above facts are correct. I is the lirst time that the News fc Observer has published them, bu The Caucasian published these facts three months ago. Our read ers will remember that when the Kailroad Commission last summer passed an order reducing rates on the Atlantic Coast Line withou reducing rates on the Southern and the Seaboard Air Line at the same time, that the News A- Observer and a number of other new spapers raised a loud protest against the action of the Commission, charg ing that the action of the Commis sion was gross discrimination against the Atlantic Coast Line and, besides, charging that the Southern road and the Seaboard Air Line were both makin more money than the Atlantic Coast Line, and, therefore, that i any roads were to be singled ou that they should be the Southern and Seaboard Air Line. If we re member correctly the News fc Ob server called attention to the fac that any passenger on the Atlan tic Coast Line could nearly alway a ! nonce some vacant seal in a car while it was difficult for a passen ger to get a seat at all on the Southern railroad. It was at tha time that The Caucasian published the above facts about the Atlantic Coast Line. We are glad to see chat the News & Observer has now de cided to publish them too. Now i the Atlantic Coast Line is makin a profit of 375 per cent, taxing the people freight and passenger rates high enough to pay a profit on four hundred dollars ol stock to every forty dollars invested in cash, then surely the legislature should not adjourn without reducing these rates so as to leave the railroads a fair profit and prevent the robbery of the people to the tune of 375 " per cent, on fictitious capital; and according to the News & Observer ,the Southern Railroad and the Seaboard Air Line are makin Mill bigscr profit. These acts show to the most ordinary mind in the State that there should be a arjre reduction in freight and pas- ienzcr rates in-order to mete out lythinx like justice between the nblic and these common carriers. Will the legislature do it? We will we. Till: KKSTKICTION OFSIJF FKAflK. (Ireat public interest is now felt as to w hat action the legislature will take toward restricting suf- rage in the State. From present ndicat ions it seems that the major- tv of the incoming Democratic leg islature will favor a constitutional amendment to restrict suffrage af- er the plan of the one adopted by xnsiana. The chief point in the .ouisiana constitutional provision is that it disfranchises all negroes unless they can read and write while it does not disfranchise any w hite man. For the information of Mir readers we copy the following rom the 1iuisiana Constitution. After the clause prescribing a roperty qualification of $300 and n educational test it says: Sec. 5. No rnitJe ix:rsoii w ho was on January Ht, lHt;7, or at any date prior thereto, tntitled to vole tiudcr tne i,onuu ution r statutes of any Mate or the "nited States, wherein lie then resided. mid no son or grandson of any such !r ri not lens than twenty one years of age at the date of the adoption of this (Viisti- u t Ion. anil no male person of foreign lirth. who wan naturalized prior to the lirt day of January, is'.W, shall lie denied Hie right to rt'triaUT nnd to vote in I hit State hy reason of hin failure to posseHS he ediieallonal or property qnaiineaiioiis irescrihed hy this Constitution ; provided, . i .1 :.. ...-. 9 :.... ie Mutli nave resmeu hi iiiis oinie on nr years next preceding the date at which ie shall apply lor registration, aim snan have registered in accordance with the terms of this article prior to September 1, l'.M, ami no person shall lie entitled to register under this section uftcr said date. The Caucasian will keep its read ers informed each week as to every step or contemplated step taken by the legislature along this line, as well as of all other matters con sidered or acted upon by the legis I at ti re. EDITORIAL BRIEFS. Senator Morrill of Vermont died at his home in Washington on last Thursday, after a few day's illness. He was eighty-nine years old, the oldest Senator in the body. II had served over thirty one years in the Senate, a longer time than any- other Senator has ever served. II had served continuously in the House and Senate forty-four years This breaks the record. Thos. H. Kenton came next to him, who served thirty years in the Senate Congress does not seem to have any notion of repealing the wai taxes. On the other hand the Ad ministration is pushing vigorously for a standing army of one huu dred thousand men. Ifthisundem ocratic, unrepublican and unamer iean scheme of a big st anding army- is established the war taxes wil not only never be repealed but may be increased. A. mammoth peanut trust has been organized in New York, the purpose of which is not only to ab solutely control tbe output of pea nuts in the United States but be sides to control the output of the world. Trusts are fast becoming more powerful than governments themselves. Governor Leedy of Kansas has called an extra session of the leg islature in that State. The pres ent legislature has a majority ot l'opuhsts in both houses. The next legislature will have a ma jonty of Republicans in the house and a majority of Pop ulists in the Senate. The last session of the present legislature failed to pass the kind of bill that the Oovernor recommended for the reduction and regulation of railroad freight and passenger rates. Ihe bill which was finally passed was vetoed by the Govern it. . 1 A . . or on me ground mat. it was un constitutional. A special session is now called to pass a law reduc ing ireigni rates iwenty-nve per cent, and to reduce passenger rates trom three cents per mile to two cents per mile, and also to reduce telegraph and telephone rates, and to reduce the legal rate of interest down to seven per cent, per an num.. The Governor got a prom ise lrom a majonty ot the mem bers of the legislature to promptly pass such bills, before he called the extra session. . It is highly im portant to pass these bills not be fore the old legislature goes out and the new legislature comes in for it is certain that the new legis lature will not pass them, but the Populists having a majority in one branch of the legislature it will be impossible for the laws once passed to be repealed. The Democrats have a majority in both branches of the legislature ol this state. Will they pass sim ilar measures? Governor Altgeld of Illinois has come out squarely for city ownership of all the street car lines in Chicago ana nas announced that he will run for Mayor on that platform. We trust he will be elected. The people win never get a good service at i fair cost from street car lines, elec trie light companies, gas companies ana water companies neither will city politics be purified from the cor rupting influences of the monopoly boodlers until every city owns these natural monopolies and famishes the people the best service at cost. In this connection we wish to con gratulate the town of Morgan ton ... in this State for its wisdom in decidinir to purchase the electric light plant oi me town. On last Friday the C. F. & Y. V. R. IL was sold at auction. Several yean ago the road went into the bands of a Receiver. It has been operated since by the Receiver and is now sold by the Receiver under order of court. The Boat hern, the Seaboard Air line and the Atlantic Coast Line all bid for the property. It crosses all three of these main lines. It was bid in by the Atlantic; Coast Line for $-3,110,000. There is a belief however that there is an un derstanding between the Atlantic Coast line and the Southern by whtch one system will take one end of the road and the other system the other end. Spanish evacuation of Havana is now complete. The Spanish flag gave place to the Stars and Stripes on the 1st of January, and Ameri ca has now assumed ber form! guardianship of Cuba. How long this guardianship is to last or wheth er not the island will eventually pass under civic control of America are iuestions which time and future cir cumstances will determine. Present conditions and circumstances, how ever, are not very promising for a ulfilment of the Uubaus dream ot self government. While the ex pressed policy of our administration is to maintain military control of the Island until the Cubans become cp able of self government, wheu will it be considered that such a condition exists. It is perhaps sate to predict that the Cubans themselves will not be considered competent judges of this matter. The Peace Commissioners have re turned from Paris with the signed Treaty, which will probably betaken up by the Senate for ratification dur ing the following week. The indi cations are that the Treaty will le promptly ratified. The Phillipine questiou was not only a disquieting one as between America and Spam, but promises to be even more disquieting as between America and the fillipinos govern ment. Ihe Insurgents under Agum- aldo are growing very suspicious of the Americans, and if their suspic ions should lead to open outbreak, the task of suppressing them will not be the easiest one we have had to tackle since tl e beginning of the war with Spain. Congress took a recess for the hoi idays and only reconvened yesterday. There is an unusual amount of irn portant legislation to be disposed of. in fact more than can be disposed ot during the short time remaining of the present Congress. I he quest ion of an extra session of the Fiftv-sixth Congress to be called immediately after the expiration of the present Congress is being agitated, but there seems to be strong opposition to it from the Republican side, ihe Ad ministration has not made known its plans in this respect, but the questiou of whether or not its effect would be beneficial to the Republi can pirty will no doubt be the de termining factor. Why was it the Commission ap pointed bv the President to recom mend certain legislation in Hawaiian Islands, advised the abolishment of the Postal Savings Bank system in that country? There has always been a strong demand for the establish ment of a system of Postal Savings isanks in this country, and never was the demand stronger than to day. Congress will be called upon soon to answer whether or not it will meet this popular demand. Its ac tion on that clause of the Hawaiian Commission report recommending abolishing the system in Hawaii, will be a fair indication of the posi tion of Congress on the establish ment of the system in this country We hope the banks will not be pow erful enough to prevent the step toward progress and in the interest of the masses of the people which it would take in establishing a system of Postal Savings Banks in this country. We notice that a number of Dem ocratic newspapers have stated that it is the purpose of the machine to abolish the Railroad Commission and create a new commission with about the same powers and duties. Of course the purpose of this is to get the present commissioners out of of nee and make three new jobs for Democrats. We also see it stated in this connection that ex-Governor Jarvis is to be the chairman of this new railroad commission. It is safe to say that Jarvis will never favor any redaction of freight and passen ger rates that would be anything like just between the people and the railroads. Was it not Jarvis, who acting as a visiting statesman, went to Kaleigh and fooled or hoodwinked the legislature into robbing the state treasury of nearly a million dollars back taxes which the Atlantic Coast Line owed? Did not Jarvis deny at the time that he was an attorney of the Atlantic Coast Line and was it not afterwards proven on him? The railroads could not be pleased better than to have visiting statesman Jar vis at the head of a railroad com mission. WHAT IT COST. The expenses of the war up to October 31 were $164,932,228, ex elusive of the amount spent on army ana navy last year. Up to June 30 next the total outgo on account of the war and garrisons - in our "col onies" is estimated at $253,000,000. Excess of expenditure above ordinary cost of the peace establishment marks the war expenae. The Cleve land "emergency fund" of $50,000, 000, the $200,000,000 raised by the war loan and the proceeds of the war taxes will, it is thought, meet the bills and leave an estimated sur plus in June next The cash balance at that date, including the gold re serve, is figured at over $2 80,000,000. War taxes cure the failure of the Dingley act and the monthly deficits are now growing very small. Balti more Sun. LEGISLATURE CAUCUS. EXJUDCE CHIOS ELECTED SPE11E1 OP THE HOUSE. OTHER 101 IIAT101S 1ADE. Tfca Deoscntlc Keabers of lie Boose and Seats Held i Ctacss Tnes dij ligM (or lie P&rpose of Ebrtisg Officers for the Yirio&s Places. CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKERSHIP. The nomination of candidate for the position of Speaker of the House was finally reach! a point which several hundred im patient Democrats in the rotunda and elsewhere wero anxiously hoping to tee the caucus arrive at. The Damon of three gentlemen only were placed in nomination, viz: Ex-Judge Henry G. Connor of Wilson, by ex-Judge William R. Ajlcn, of Wayne, seconded by Capt. H. C. Wall, of Richmond. Ex-Speaker Lee S Overman,, of Rowan, by Hon. J. M. Brown, of Stanly, seconded by Hon. 1). R Julian, of Kowau. Hon. Locke Craige, of Bun combe, by Hon. Francis D. Win ston, of Bertie, seconded by Hon. Hector McLean, of Richmond. After the nominating Hpeeches were delivered, a ballot was or dered. Contrary to exjKxitatiou only one ballot was required, the result standing: Connor. . . Oveiniau. Craige . . . AC .20 .14 Total vote cast 8G I ne contest lor the various places resulted as sol lows: Chief Clerk of the House Bre vard Nixou, of Mecklenburg. Doorkeeper of the House Stall- man, ot Macon. Principal Clerk of the Senate b A Cliuard, of Catawba. Reading Clerk of the Senate J B Smith, of Cumberland. Assistant Doorkeeper of Senate- Moses W White, of Iredell. ... First Assistant to the Principal Clerk, A. J. Maxwell, of Columbus. Additional assistants to Principal Clerk M L Shipman, of Hender son county and W A Campbell, of Jonesboro. rirst Assistant to Engrossing Clerk H L Codwin. of Harnett. Second Assistant to Engrossing Clerk U A Tickel, of Uuilford. Third Assistant J A Smith. The Senate also endorsed E B Nor vell, of Cherokee, for Enrolling Clerk A E Stevens and Mrs. Margaret Busbee Shipp elected assistants to Enrolling Clerk. PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. mi t ine cenate caucus was organized by the election of Senator Justice as temporary chairman and Senator Cooper as secretary. n.t-j-. - . ine temporary organizaiioa was op motion, made permanent. Senator R L Smith was elected president pro tempore of the Senate Nominations for candidates to be voted for as officers and employes of the Senate being declared in order, the following is the result : For Principal Clerk Mr. Daniels was chosen. For Reading Clerk Mr. Murphy, ot itowan. For Engrossing Clerk, Mr. Clinard was tbe successful man. For Enrolling Clerk, Mr. Nor veil was successful in securing the endorsement of the Senate (The two branches will jointly formally elect the enrolling clerk later in the week. For Doorkeeper, Mr. Smith was the successful nominee. For Assistant Principal Clerks, Mr. Maxwell was selected. For Assistant Engrossing Clerks, U Li Oodwm of Harnett, G A Tickel of Guilford, and J A Smith were accepted as the nominees of the caucus. For First Assistant Enrolling Clerk, A. Jli. Stevens was nomi nated. For Second Assistant, Mrs. Mar garet Busbee Shipp, of Raleigh, was chosen by acclamation. For Assistant Doorkeeper, Mos es W. White was selected. A MOVEMENT TO CONSOLI DATE ALL THE PAPER FACTORIES. Providence, R. I., Dec 30. Dean & Shelby, brokers and bankers,' of this city, have taken charge of the arrangements to consolidate the pa per manuiacturers of this country. The deal will involve about $40,000, 000, and will include the mills mak ing writing paper, bond paper, wrap ping, ledger, envelope and newspa per, 'ihe purpose of consolidation is to eliminate competition, stop over-production and make a conden sation of the lines of manufacture so that the mill best adapted to make a certain grade of paper may restrict its attention to that specialty and thus, by utilizing all the maehmery and capital invested to the best ad vantage, get the best results. BANKERS IN JAIL. Fort Scott, Kan., Dec 29. The entire Board of Directors of the Moran (Kan.) Bank, which failed last January, has, according to pa pers filed in the Appellate Court here to day, been in the Allen county jai for nearly a week, charged by depos icors witn naving vioiatea tne new banking law of 1897, making specif ications for the government of banks in .Kansas. fHw't Tobacco aatf tmumm I oar Life Sf, To quit tobacco easily and torerer. be ma netle. full or life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-Bae. tne wonder-worker, that makes weak men stro All d.ut;cists,50cor!l. Cure guaran teed. Booklet aud sample free. Address Sterling Bemed? Co, Chicago or New York. GOV. JOHNSTON CRITICISED. Governor Jwh niton' of Alabama. U beiog criticised because be said daring tbe prrtideat' visit to Mont gomery that he Lad t excuse tocf fer for Alabama's coarse during th civil war. Now what would tb northern people bae bim m 1 tiouoce his atrenstry, call his people raitors, gt-t down on his kiie and beg pardon for the tin of the South. It such a poltroon attitude M tuxxs eary to complete ctionl tiuitv we sbull aot bare it. The South hat pat aide the pat. It is cturdilj oval to the Union. It doe note en regret the failure of the Confederacy, nor the loes of slaves. It nuke orer. tr: e to the other tectiou and will ruet the rest of the euutrv half may. But the South will not stulti fy itself tj protestations of regret at the course of the South, or jit Id one whit the conteution that the South, as viewed from its standpoint, was right, or that it was any Jes patriot ic than auy other section. Mont gomery Advertiser. 2,200 MILES IX AX OPEN BOAT. ("ant. McDonald, of the bartud bark C. I). Bryant, atconi paired by his wife and chilreii. arrived here U- day from Honolulu on the steamer 1 a a L,tni;a - ine lfryaut, which wa Hjunu irom 1'uget rounu lor Ainca ivith a load of lumber, burned at iea on November 5th, and the survivors traveled 2,200 miles in an open bvit, when they reached one of the Ha waiian "roup. THEY DIDN'T ADVKIITISE. Since Christmas there have been ten failures reported of concerns that made a specialty of goods intended for holiday presents. Some of these concerns carried laree stocks and were entitled to the designation big." In one or two instances the stocks were valued at $35,000. The noticeable thing about each of the collapsed concerns is that it did not advertise in the newspapers. Ihe stores that did advertise were crowded with customers from the commencement of the holiday sea son to the hour of closing the night before Christmas. They all report the greatest holiday business in years. JOY MADE HIM INSANE. Owen Murphy, a painter living at 521 West 111th street, had 25,000 leit him by an uncle. I he news of his good fortune made him insane At Bellevue Hospital last night he eaid he was a Rockefeller, and gave away pieces oi paper, saying that they were greenbacks. New York SSuu. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. At Seaside, Ore., last week Charles Willard, a desperate character, shot and killed sheriff VV.J. Williams aud Deputy Lamers, and wouuded Dep uty Miller, and was himself killed by State Senotor R. W. Fulton. Willard was suspected of burning benator t ulton s summer cottage af ter robbing it, and the officers were searching his house for stolen goods, A complimentary reception and banquet to uoi. W. J. lirvan was tendered at Lincoln, Neb., Thursday night by the Nebraska Traveling Men s Bryan Club, at the Lincoln Hotel. Invitations were sent to 250 admirers of Mr. Bryan, which were with very few exceptions accepted The only notable absentee was Cong ressman Bailey, of Texas, who was to have responded to the toast, "Democracy," but who telegraphed from Washington his inability to be present. Mr. Bryan responded to the sentiment, "America's mission: let not the crimes of the East e'er crim son thv name be freedom, and science and virtue thy fame." ENLARGING THE AMKBI CAN ARMY. One of the principal question that has been pressed npou the at tention ot Congress by the Presi dent's message, the recommenda tions of the Secretary of War am! the House Committee on Military Affairs, of which Mr. Hull, of Iowa, is tbe emcient chairman, is that ol the provision for an enlarged regular army. It is. of course, a hardship to keep under arms for a siugle day longer than is necessary any of the men who enlisted at the outbreak of the war on patriotic grounds with the understanding that when the war was over they should receive honorable discharge. It is the opinion of the authorities that Congress should give the Gov ernment permission to recruit the regular army up to the limit of a hundred thousand men, about half of whom would be needed for duty in Cuba, while the other half would be divided more or less evenlv be tween the United States and the Philippines. But we certainly ought not to need an army in Cuba, ex cept for a very short time. The maintenance of the peace there should in the near future be in trusted to a well-organized native constabulary, distributed aud oper ated very much upon the plan ot the Royal Irish Constabulary that keeps the peace of another great island. Nor will tbe American peo pie believe it right or necessary that we Bhould maintain an army of Americans in the Philippines, ex cept for temporary-purposes. The existing emergency in the West Indies and in the Philippines may be regarded, from the military point of view, as belonging to the war period. As soon as that emer gency is passed we ought to get along with a regular army of not to exceed fifty thousand men. W e must provide, of coarse, for the education of a much larger number of officers than heretofore, and should greatly improve the militia system. The best way to promote the defense of this country lies in the maintenance of an efficient navy. Iiet the army ex penditures be held down to the strictest point, and let the naval ex penditures be generona.-From The Progress of the Woil.l,-' .in the American Monthly Review of Re views for January. SOWING THE WIND. MAT q ?JC9 v -- m l v. k B i m m - vx a a r mmmmr z. mm i mmmm . mmmcr m m-.m tbe t tbe pvncr.1 health. Mr. J. W. Orr. tvrcuYy yc.rV ataadinff. IVm aa cunxl Dr. S. P. fjrfman. Cnmhmt. O. Df.ar Sir:--I was afflicted with a fctan.liD.. I ha.l leen partially deaf month z 1 ba.1 t b propped up In . . . , . i-1 .v- i, f i.i earo, c..njf. . ""-" V perfectly fret- and ear. and 1 cannot U- liable rwxKumend Jr remeJie-l'e-ru na and Mar a lin. The catarrh doe. not, in tbe alitfhtet decree, aeem to affect me now." Catarrh must be attacked Tijror"aly cured. T trvat catarrh properly it mast IV. Ilartmau s I- on catarrhal Af uu: i t i nil.. i r1 1 u i -- surround tV MibW-ot of catarrh, and .x. . . . .. .1..nV.n all mav understand. Special book for maile.l to women only. All drug-UU Ask your Druggist for TO Cl'KE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Tako Laxativo Uromo Quinine Tablets. All dru jurists refund moni'V if it fails to rare. 25c. The genuine bus L. H. Q. on each tib- UAILUOAI) ATTORNEYS WHO roTii rm:i: passim in NOliTII CAUOLINA. SEA HOARD AIH LINK. William Smith, Adjuster. C. F. Macllae, SiHvial Agc-nt. luteal Attornevs as foil vvs: .1. L. Webb, K. Y. Wehb, T. Haiiison, I- II. lSrul'M rs. W. II. Dav. ,la. I. MaeHae, Jos. 15. 1'atehelor. Jno. I). Shaw, .Ino. D.Shaw, . I Walter D. Neal, A. Uurwt ll, P. 1). Walker E. T. Canslor, 1L W. Wiuston, F. L. Fuller, Iredell Maros, C. B. Wat son, II. IS. Adams. T J.J EKOME, S. II. Maeliae. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Ical Attorneys as follows: J. Ij. IJridger, II. C. bridgers, (5. M.llose, B. AyctKik, F. A. DANIELS, J. II. SMALL, B. II.Pnnn,J. M.Sher rol, II. W. STUB IIS, J. Q. JACK SON, N, A. McLean, 11. W. Whed bee, II. L. Stevens, A. O. Gaylord, w. II. Day, aud David Hell. CaVe FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY KAILROAD. W. F- Carter, Local Attorney. A. II. Joyce, " J. T. Morehead, " l J. II. Hudson, Associate Counsel. Geo. M. Rose, General Attorney. CAROLINA AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. A. (J. Rrice, General Counsel. Local Attorneys as follows: Ed mund Jones, W. (J. Newland, T. II. Huiliam,S. G.Finley, O. F. MASON, J. J? . lirice. NORFOLK AND W'ESTRN RAILWAY COMPANY. Delos Thomas, Div. & Com. Agt S. H. Smith, " " li. A. Evans, " " O. L. Summers, M, D.,Coinj)any?s Surgeon. N. M. Johnson, M. D., Company's Surgeon. XV. M. Lewis, Sect, of North Car olina Young Men's Christian Asso ciation. Local Attorneys as follows: Wil liara A.Guthrie, Willi.-.m B. Guth rie, II. R, Scott, Reuben I), lleid. A. H. Joyce, C. B. Watson, J. C, Buxton, Thomas W. Mason, F. C. Bobbins, hi. hi. Kaper. ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. F. M. Simmons, Legal Services. C. K. Aycock, " " A. D. Ward, " " P. M. Pearsall, " A. C. Davis, Assistant Attorney Geo. H. white, " Local Attorneys as follovs: R. w. Williamson, bwift Galloway and N. J. Bouse. SOTJTIIERN RAILWAY C03IPANY. F. A. Bnsbee, Assistant Division Counsel. C. A. Cook, Counsel. J. C. PBITCUABD, Local Coun sel. Thos. Settle, Local Counsel. Cbas. Price, Division Counsel. J. D. Glenn. Law Agent. B. B. GLENN, Assistant Division Counsel. G. F. Bason, Assistant Division Counsel. Clement Manly, Assistant Divis ion Counsel. J. II. Tucker, Special Counsel. J. D. Murphy, Special Counsel. Local Attorneys as follows: A. B. Andrews, JrM E. S. A BELL, T. B. Bailey, W. . Barber, J. C. Big s, J. L. C. Bird, James F. Gamble, II U. Bridgers, J. M. BROWN, T. D. Bryson, W. P. Bynura, Jr., K. L. Cooier,I. F. Dortch, S. J. Ervin, W. B. Gnthrie, J. L. Gwaltney, W. C. HAMMER, J. A. Hendricks, J. Q. Uolton, A. E. Molton, Geo. A. Jones. J. WT. Keerans, Kobt. K. King, T. F. CLUTTZ J. li. Lewellyn, T. C. Linn, O. F. MASOM, P. B. Means, J. M. Moody, W. E. MOOBE, Mar shal Mott, E. S. Parker, C. E. Par ker, A. H. Price, A. E. Posey, J F BAY. IS L Bybarn, J F Spaihhoar, E D Steele, Z I Walser, Z V Wal ser, J L Webb, L L Witherspoon, A C Zollicofler, w A Guthrie, J W Ferguson, w C Newland, b C welch, J T Pannill. BTervhoJy bays So. Cii-v-irvty. Cautlv Cathartic the mostttca. diii'ul tucdicul tl incut err of tbe age, piee aat and rcrreslnnff to Uie taaia, net gently and f uaiUvely on kklnaya, liver and boweJa, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, core headache, ferer, hahHum! constipation ami oiiionTr-s. tr lease uaj am try a box ojuuu to-uay; iu,aus wi Kuaraaiaea io cars oy au Stt f It lmviXit TrU. Mr. J. W. Oar AIRRH .1 it Irritate K U I our McpJe ! catarrfc. wmmm uw au Maay trarfte ajralnftt It; ftWra hmX lof catarrh or mrauc v U HUB p trouble. , , lV-ra n atlaraa cmiarra im ttroef boM - tb mseoos rmmr It oL Ir. Ilarlmaa. u oririnator of 1 V-ra a. baa rarinr catarrh fc many aa b d U witn 1-e-ro-na. Tn nnfrc-r! cprrlac with on cf lVrw na U that eipelUar .-t. irn.Ui no tbe ttkUm aa4 benefit r.ah. Teiaa. 6au earom. Lim completely. Her. U hi UlUr. . . eae oi rnrxn eautrxu on the leiv aioe "J ''mZ TZ rU a nD JtZZZ nrrA. I Lena taklnx IV-rw-a, I "a,.I. Ve breatfclar I anJ inUllieently or ll can new I undcrUotl. dUear are mailed rree on appiicmuon . - are written in a common ene rein that l Ther remove ID nrncrT women, called HeaiW ana ucaaij. sell Pe-ro-na. 1899 Peruna Almanac rilE WEAKNESS OF OlIB GOV ERNMENT AS SHOWN BY THE WAIL Alter wai m'8h leerminl im. tbfiv were revealed miiouh aeak- neasea in our nvtitem. Tbo Presi dent is only nominally commander- in chiel. S far aa the army m- cerned, Congress rommandi. It iloes not often iMrmit even the pro- lessional soldiers mIio are (tlucateil at the Military Academy to rise to tbe rank of general ofllcei. ben the war broke out. General Metritt was the only general officer of the annv who bad Iteen educated at W cat Point: ana while there were general officers iu the army, nota bly General Miles, who bad earned their high commissions bv noldier ly achievements, it is tbo fact. known of all who are acquainted with army affairs that in time of leace, at least, friends in Congress are more ixjteut m securing a brig adier or major generalship than former services at tiostH. As soon as war approached, ioliticians in creased their active interference with the arm v. An attempt in the House of Representatives to make the regular lorce equal to the emer gency was defeated by the influence or ioIiticians in the militia, or de pendent on the militia for voten, tbe navy also suffered by neglect ol its personnel bill. As soon as tbe volunteer army was authorized, pol iticians sought commissions for themselves, their friends, aird tbe sons and nephews of themselves and their friends. In the States the colonels who had "pull'' obtained what they called "recognition'' for their commands. Unpreparedness and incompetency marked every step at the beginning of the war. uuucateu sonners, oiu and young, were ovei looked, and the rank and file were turned over to the care of ignorance and indifference. Congressmen not only filled the new places with their friends, but they were diligent in seeking op ponnnities lor money-making lor other friends. Sad as the tale is. it is not new or strange. Congress has always commanded tbe army. It has not so completely commanded the navy, because that service must oe unuer the direction ol proies- sionai men. it is true that the army should also be under the coutiol ot instructed soldiers, but this is not so clear to the mind f the noliti cians, who seem to thiuk that they are capaoie oi conducting any mill tary enterprise that does not de maud a knowledge of navigation. Alter tne protocol was signed, many of the militia aud volunteer regi- If The Baby. is Ccttiko Teeth, Be sure and nse that old and well tried remedy, Mrs. Wixslow'b Soothing Sybcp, for children teething It soothes the child, sof tens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoja. Twenty-five cents per bottle. Tortiuired By Rheumatism. A Purely Vegetable Block! Remedy Is the Only Cure. If the people generally knew the true cause of Rheumatism, there would be no such thing as lini ments and lotions for this painful and disabling disease. Tbe fact is, Rheumatism is a disordered state of the blood it can be reached, therefore, only through the blood. But all blood remedies can not cure Rheumatism, for it is an obstinate disease, one which requires a real Uood remedy something more than a mere tonic. Swifta Specific is the only real blood remedy, and it promptly goea to the rery bottom of even the most obstinate ease. A few yean ago I was taken with in flammatory Rheumatism.which.though mild at first, beeame gradually so in tense that I was for weeks unable to walk. I tried several prominent phrsi cians and took their treatment fath f ally, bat was unable to get the slightest rebef. In fact, my condition seemed to WZ?f Pad over mj enure body, and from November to Jbch I raftered agony. 1 tried many patent medMSinea, bat none relieved me. VT of a friend I deeSedto fP- &4 Before allowing me to take It. however, m mli v -v f. . ii.iit hum was a chtairt, analysed the remedy, and pro- mrota tw-gaa lo riaax to u trrrd oat. Tben tl l-U trnrnrd ax bib. and ditai. , ty to co home for the n-u I bey liatl Brt oMatord tW front. Nie tiJutit.rt ' Strni wnr wnvrirti mi; t, their friend. at !. ; rotr.dd but want lUir go to the Wrut I ttr h :i rrgiairut, at Iraaf n t rrl orl to pv and it U. a 4, n trrnioaU Tbe droc si,.-., . of n4ttira was witt.. - t Debl. aswrll a at Ibr . . i. I I .--j l boOOTS Went to OaHliw q.,-. I tret, and tbe reKuUi . r ramrtl tbe laarrls i4 tU , u ,JT i were arlloich ft t! n. t fun rr in a I rUMra-, IKaii Nrlnnn, iu ani'. i - zine for January. CVaa l'inl iwm a ... . Ist r itlMt it. l'.rrt. . A" tie clean tmr I4wk1 sad i. t . Himai ? 1W Ufjr Urn h4 4: . ! erttivs fmca tW UJ. Iw, h t, j,, aanuii tisW, 1 U. , tk sad lhatSHkiy iiltotM oifici, 1 1, Caacarria. iwut jr I we t-arrhf (istj sstaJactiMn cmraateed. I . i TI1ETBTE SOLUTION NECiIUl PBopl l v: Column f Iimiuim ii..!;i tt ,, MHirrea bae lieeu uMil.. ,J j4 alMut lbe urgio prbh u, !Hl! . one bajt jM.lt u with n.i. ty nnd wiIoiu alomt it il ..i, er T. Washington, ol Th1 j. y that w uile in a ten pl.- :u?. i trouble, in leu tlMwit..l tbe Sutb white men u. I i4. iTf living ItigetWr in av At 4 lentuietit. He doe ln.l t II red men to fight for t1..i n-Ur but be bul tlM-in not to l lr agetl. A bite man, ' b N ItI u negro alio n j, story bouse.' He tLink m-'n ,; and indiitiia1 iiiipiottiit,t uii prercetl the other kind ! Utrt1 ment among tbe colotrd j--...',. j; is banl, be Kaya, to niakt- a v4 Christian or a gtaal -iti u .i,t u t buugry mau, Uit be Icli . tL: tbe fcut belli negroc n . i..t s hungry if tltey ran I-am I u wtk;aul to teach tbetnth.ii.iUM4ir other things, i tbe buMi-. ; , admirably iiM'ful life. IL S. M.o!m in IIariei'a Weekly. El-ateTr Itowrli Win, c (lan1f fthrll-. rar ctif;, .... . Uc.Se. UC7C lmtt.drM4:r-'i. t...i,. The Fisher Eiuipm nt C " j t j of Chicago has contracted t. furuifk one million dollars worth of l.-cinc vehicles to be sold in KurcjH itL: the next ten years. The preiJ tt of tbe American Motor gt-u ral z-m of Paris, negotiated the d al fT L company. TIIK IlEST MiKsciunios rv. CIMlJi and fever is a bottle of Glovc' Tastei.esh Chili. Tti . NVr fails to cure; then why ijri ment with worthless imitation? Price 50 cents. Your nmney lik if it fails to cure. A Proclamation bj ttc GcYemor. $200 REWAKD! Ktate or NoitTif C4iioi iN. Kxtxx'TivB liinujuiw Whereas, official iofmnn'uo !. recelTwi at tLis dcpsrtnx nt tl.nt Aniy Kinfauls, (Larfrt-d with murder in n,ji son county, was liU-rsU-.! from U jil"f that county hy an armed tuolo ti lU vU ot the 20tli lost. : And Whereas; it snjx-ars tlst iLr Archy Klnsauls has Dcd the htt-. f conceals himself thst tlte oolitmrr j.r cess of law cannot be sirred vt-n 1. mi Now, therefore, I, IaoW-l I.. Ilnn. Governor of tbt State vt NoriL r..!ifii. byTirtiiet.f aathority in nie Mu-i U law, do issue this my Pmclsmsi i-. lag a reward of two lmnln-l d'-Uk 1 the spprebentioo snJ d liv-rr .f Archj KIntauIs to the KU-riff of county at tne Court bonae in 1iutrti b4 I do enjoin ail officers of the Ma.- i 1 !1 good citizens to assist in liritiin -iJ criminal to justice. Ione at tiur City of RaVii'li. H 2Ui day of Iecembert in the year of our ItJ. one thousand eight LliDdrol uud uiwtj eight and in the one bandred nd twenty third year of our AnwrWn ludr--if'tr Dasirl L. IU -ti 1 1. By the Ooveroor: - BATttsCaoK, Prirate hecretry. DESCIIIITIUN. Kinsauls Is about 30 yesrt f weighs about 120 lbs.; light lair iifW colored moustache; thin face; y.- uiik en in his bead ; wears gold ; t 1- , war on one temple; scar on one side of x: height 5 feet C or 7 inches; Tt ry has a feeble appearance. I felt so much better after tsiirg t bottles, that I continued tbe rm6j, and in two months I was curwl com pletely. Tbe cure was permanent, f I have never since Lad a touch of Kheamstiszn. though many timet exposed to damp and cold weather. Elkavob M. Ttrrsi 3711 Powel ton Arenue, rhUadel;hIa. Those who have had experitiiC with Rheumatism know tfcst it becomes more severe each year, and like all other blood diaee, the doctors are totally unaUe to cure it. Mn jaci, the only n-m'dies which they pre scribe are pouti and mercury, aad though temporary Vttllaf mmv TfTxltm I . Ttri duceastiffnesi cl Y&'&Fl? iointaandonlvia- tensuy tne disease. ?J. S. S. never disappointf, for it is made to cure these deep-rootea diseases which are beyond tbs reach of all other remedies. It cures permanently Rheumatism, Catarrh, CancertScrofula,Eema, and all other blood diseases. I is the only, blood remedy goal an teed Piitrfy Vegetable Books mailed free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ot. " " 4 w 8