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AND RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
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V.xArrrA at the I'lml-ofllf lf JUieigh. N.C,
Local Matters
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i '.mji.'t ny
'j n- a oiiiMTK t-inent exercises at
Si M;ir'rt School and Baptist UnJ
iity for Women w-re held this
joi n 15"!-:t, Jt ngro boy, sent to
:h- Siaf prison from Greene coun
:v in -'.'). has made his escape from
State farm near Tillery.
Mis. Fihiiis J. Haywood, wife of
I; !'. J. llayw(K)d( Ralefgh. died
Thursday afternoon in Philadelphia,
,h. ii- she had !?one for medical at
,!;tion. The remainK were brought
(, K.ih i-'h for interment.
Agricultural Publishing
has amended ItH charter
,, that the authorized capital Htock
, , . e increased from $10,000 to
r,ii,iii)0. This company publishes
!. 1'ro-resHive Farmer.
!.iut. Alex. H. IJrown died Mon-
at the Soldiers' Home in Ka-
M-.'h. During the Civil War was a
i, ..-ruber of Company H, Thirtieth N.
( Infantry. The deceased was from
Durham County.
The k.ilelKh Dental Society gave
a b.i.-Kiuet at (liersch's Cafe Thurs
lay niuht, complimentary to Dr. V.
K. Turner, the occasion being the
( nmniemoration of the fifty years of
service of Dr. Turner as a dentist
of Kaleigh.
Sheriff Sharpe, of Wilson County.
Tuesday brought two negro prisoners
to the penitentiary. One of the ne
uroes. Itoy Coshea, who was sen
tenred for life for killing a negro.
The negro has been violently insane
since he committed the murder.
Rev. J. C. Massee, pastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist Church of Ra
leigh, has resigned to accept a call
to the First Baptist Church of Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Rev. Massee has
been pastor of the Tabernalce
Church for the past five years.
The Southern Railway is now put
ting ticket, collectors on all pas
senger trains, the conductor having
nothing to do but run the trains.
In many of the wrecks the conduc
tors have claimed they were busy
taking tickets and forgot their or
ders, and this change is made to
prevent loss of life.
Federal Court convened in Ra
leigh yesterday, with Judge Thomas
K. I'urnell on the bench. The term
will last two weeks. The most im
portant cases on the docket are
those against the five alleged safe
crackers, i barged with robbing the
thee at Dunn and blowing safes
at other points in the State.
Ilayden Allen, a young white
man, was tried in Raleigh police
court Thursday and was bound
over to the Superior Court in the
-urn of $12.", for selling liquor. The
case is a complicated one. On a
prescription in the name of Joe Bai
ley, Peter Adams gave the money
to Allen, who bought the whiskey
Mild delivered it to Adams, this be
ins; a violation of the law, according
to a recent decision of the Superior
Court. Allen was fined $100, but
took an appeal.
prrttM Court MoiMiay Aft-rroon.
The poll tax in North Carolina, ac
cording to the decision haoded down
by the Supreme Court Monday af
ternoon, shall not exceed two dollar
on the head.
The court rererned the decision of
ihe lower court in the case of Rail
way vs. Commissioner of Mecklen
burg County, and the decision of the
Supreme Court is based on the fifth
article of the Constitution of North
Carolina, which declares that the
"Slate and county tax shall never
exceed two dollars on the head." A
city may also levy as much as both
the county and State and the total
poll tax, therefore, the tax may be
as high as four dollars, but not
greater.
The opinion was written by Jus
tice Connor and was concurred In by
the other Justices.
Since practically eight-five coun
ties have been levying a poll consid
erably greater than two dollars on
the head the decision will prove one
of the most important ever handed
down in North Carolina. It will af
fect practically every county and
municipality Jn the State, In some
instances causing change in the basis
of taxation.
A STItKXUOlS LAW OFFIOK.
Hugh Davis in Wake Jail.
Hugh Davis, a negro, who is al
leged to have shot Policeman Eary
at Lcuisburg, two weeks ago, was
brought to Raleigh Friday and placed
in jail. The jail at Louisburg was
guarded Thursday night to prevent
a lynching as there was much feel
ing against the negro. Davis's con
nection with the case became known
Thursday when Lewis Perry, anoth
er negro, confessed to a plot to mur
der the officer. Davis will remain
in Wake jail until the next term of
Franklin County Court. It is thought
that the wounded officer will recover
(JiiPs Huitor Shot by Her Mother.
William Luther, a prominent
young society man of Monroe, N. C.
who had persisted in his attentions
to Miss Margaret Thomas against
the protests of her mother, was shot
and seriously wounded by Mrs.
Thomas Sunday night. The young
man's condition is not regarded as
critical.
$800 for False Arrest.
After a hard fought contest the
jury in the case of Spencer against
John P. Cilley, mayor of Hickory,
for damages for false arrest, brought
in a verdict Tuesday evening of
$800 for the plaintiff. Spencer was
foreman of the section force that
was tearing up the railroad track
about the depot last year. On refus
ing to obey the mayor's order to
stop work, he was put in the lockup
and kept there one night. Newton
Enterprise.
"One if the HusicHt Men in Washing
ton" Who "Has Built Up a Splen
did I aw Practice."
(Wash. Cor. Charlotte Observer.)
It might be said that Mr. Marion
Butler is one of the busiest men in
Washington. He has built up a
splendid law practice, which pays
him handsomely. Some time ago he
argued and won a case before the
Supreme Court for a claim of $780.
000. His fee for this was very large.
Last week he' argued a case that
Involves more than two million dol
lars before the Court of Claims and
feels pretty certain that he will gain
that. His office Is one of the most
strenuous places in the Capitol. To
him one must wait his turn.
Mr. Butler and family live at the
Portland, an excellent apartment ho
tel near Franklin Square. Mrs. But
ler is a favorite in Washington so
ciety, especially with the Southern
element. She was a Miss Faison. of
Sampson County.
I have been here three months
and have seen Mr. Butler at the
Capitol, except one day, when he
spoke before the Supreme Court,
during that time. He sticks close to
his law office, in the Bond Building,
during work hours, and his spare
time is spent on the golf links, where
he takes his recreation and rest.
Mr. David H. Gill Accidentally Shoots
Himself.
A special from Henderson to Sun
day's Charlotte Observer says:
"This morning at 8 o'clock while
David II. Gill, Esq.. formerly judge
of probate and one of the most pro
gressive farmers of the county, while
superintending some work on his
premises, accidentally shot himself
with a pistol, inflicting a wound
which it is feared will prove fatal.
I Ub to say farther. Out
Lord saw tt to bH lb yoke of
bondage b- removed to be a btatsleg
to ti and to alt nation with whom
we should tome la contact. We owe
thanks to some oue for this freedom.
Now. to whom shall we give thack?
The Caucasian ae4 other North
Carolina publications have done
ranch through their coSuma for the
uplift of the negro along mesial,
ruoral and educational ti&ea. We
have had forty-four years In which
to better ourselves. In some parts
we are doing better, and in others we
are letting well enough stand alone.
We people of Chatham thank you
for what ou have done, and are
still doing for us; and we hope you
wilt still take an Interest in as as a
race .net apart to itself and help us
all you can to Improve ourselves;
and If we cannot do better along
orne llneg, I for one want to do as
the two brothers did over the corn
that tbey owned when It came to di
viding one took the milk part and
the other the head. -I shall certainly
want the milk part.
I would like you to advise through
your paper the organization of Farm
ers' Associations among our people,
as most of your readers are farmers.
We find here In Chatham little
thought for mental and social lm-
j rove total. Aaosf the eofcr4
p! as jumociatkm woald erewte aa
jsfrprt of ibi&ila. If aothisg
t&or. As It t so Sort Is t-Ma
made try any la this cocsraaalty to
make a tank aeooasi for the hard
time to come or tc beaatlfy ih
homes to keep children frooa the
town, afid little or no interest ia Im
proving the mind.
The great thing nedfat is teach
ing common -sees and that arouui
the firettde and the former love of
father and mother displayed before
the children of the home. To eda
cate the child with common-sense
will make a smart child, and to bring
tip one without it leads to failure la
his life's work.
We also need Industrial enter
prises to encourage the young peo
ple. With the help of my white friends
I reared eleven children seven !
was able to send to schooi. and nfw
they are proving a blessing to me and
their race.
Yours for the good of the raee.
JAMES SMITH.
ITHE CAVINESS
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A Califomlan's Luck.
"The luckiest day of my life was
when I bought a box of Bucklen's
Arnica Salve;" writes Charlea F.
Budahn, of Tracy, California. "Two
2Tjc. boxes cured me of an annoying
case of itching piles, which had
troubled me for years and that
yielded to no other treatment." Sold
under guarantee at all druggists.
i'fs-H THSH SPAIIKIIIQ.
rpar.Uin does not cure children of bed
wc:::.": There ia a constitutional cause
r tl.ls trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box
Noira Lame, Ind., will send free to any
nother her successful home treatment, with
i'll instructions. Send no money, but
vrite her today if your children trouble you
ia his way. .Don't blame the child, the
chances an it can't help it. This treatment
also cures adults and aged people troubled
.vita urine difficulties by day or night.
.NEW ASH SECOND-HAND FURNI
TURE. Furniture sold cheap the lowest
prices in Kalei&h. Don't fail to visit
the Furniture and Store Exchange,
111, E. Hargett Street.
THE MARKETS.
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.
(Corrected every Thursday by Cha. K.
Johnson A Co.)
Strict good middling
Strict middling
RALEIGH PRODUCE MAKKKT.
(Corrected weekly by K. W. King)
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spring Chicken lto35
Hens - - 45 to do
Potatoes (IrUh) 1 10
Potatoes (weet) - 1.00
Himi (N. C.)tew - if
Hide meat.... 12S
Shoulders i
Lard He
Corn -81c. suck
Vneat ............-- J
Ryft.w...W.WMMWMW..MWI.MMWW.I I ........MM.
Peanut - 90c. to f ! 10
Cabbage, per hundred lb l 25
VOICE FROM CHATHAM COUNTY
Letter From a Colored Man Gives
Good Advice to Other Members of
His Race.
Haywood. N. C, May 21, 1908.
To the Editor of The Caucasian.
Kind Sir: I wish to say to the
management of your paper that I am
more than obliged to you for con
tinuing your paper to me and that in
a few days I will settle for new sub
scription for the coming year. I only
wish that your paper could reach
more of our people, for it is doing a
world of good wherever it Is read.
It Reached the Spot.
Mr. E. Humphrey, who owns a
large general store at Omega, O., and
Is president of the Adams County
Telephone Co., as well as of the
Home Telephone Co., of Pike county,
O., says of Dr. King's New Discov
ery: "It saved my life once. At
least I think it did. It seemed to
reach the spot the very seat of my
cough when everything else fail
ed." Dr. King's New Discovery not
only reaches the cough spot; it
heals the sore spots and the weak
spots in throat, lungs and chest. Sold
under guarantee at all druggists.
50c. and $1. Trial bottle free.
Man Wanted to Be Hit by Light
ning and Was Accommodated
at Once.
Cumberland, Md., May 21.
George Martin, living near Hancock,
'vas killed by lightning while sit
ting under an apple tree. When the
storm came up, two companions re
marked about the danger and went
into the house nearby. Martin said
he would stay where he was and
"wished the good Lord would strike
him with lightning."
In a few minutes a bolt shattered
the tree, killing Martin instantly,
He was about thirty-five years old
and an eccentric character.
Coventor Sparks, of Nevada, Dead.
Governor John Sparks, of Nevada,
who had been ill for some time,
uiea Saturday at his ranch near
leno.
Raleigh and South port Railway
Notice to the Public
Effective at once, the one-dollar
Saturday' and Sunday round-trip
rates are withdrawn.
Effective Saturday, November 16,
and each Saturday thereafter until
further notice, tickets will he sold
from all stations to Raleigh and
Fayetteville at rate of one fare for
round-trip, with Minimum rate of 25
cents.
Tickets will be on sale for and
honored only on the morning trains;
and will be good to return only on
date of sale. Passengers purchasing
tickets on trains when starting from
agency stations will be charged ten
cents extra. J. A. MILLS,
President.
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 11. 1907.
Notice of Administration4
Having qualified as administrator
of Melvin Hall, late of Wake Coun
ty, the creditors of his estate are no
tified to present their claims to me
or to my attorney on or before the
15th day of March, 1909; otherwise
this notice will he pleaded in bar
of their recovery.
SIDNEY HALL,
Administrator of Melvin Hall.
J. C. L. HARRIS,
Attorney.
Raleigh, N. C, March 7, 1908.
A New $400 Piano for $287
This is the greatest piano value to be found in the entire
South. We state to you most positively that this piano that
we offer you for $287 is in every respect equal to any $400
piano under the sun. We make that positive statement ad
visedly we have sold over 900 hundred of these piano, ard
know just exactly what we are talking about. The 900 peo
ple that furnished their homes with this superb instrument
will tell you that what we say can be relied on.
Before we finally decided to put the New Scale Ludden & B tes Club
Piano on the market we asked every reputable piano factory in the United
States to send us for inspection the pest piano that they could furnish to be
sold for $40000, and when all the sample instruments had been received
each one was inspected by the management. Every point, good and bad
was carefully considered and when the piano that is now the New
Scale Ludden & Bates Club was reached and carefully considered
from the standpoint of construction, design and tone, it was found
so far superior to all the other instruments that every member of
the firm without exception selected this piano. Some of the smartest
and oldest music men in the United States men that have spent the best
part of their lives in the piano business selected this piano for us after see
ing the best $460.00 pianos that nearly every reputable factory in the world
submitted hopeful of securing the tremendous order that we were to place
with the house that offered the best instrument.
This Ludden & Bates New Scale $400.00 piano that we sell to club mem
bers for $287,00 is a High Grade Upright Piano. They are exqnisitely fin
ished in genuine mahogany, walnut and golden oak, double veneered, full
extension music desk, Boston roll fall board, three pedals, large scale, with
the best repeating action, equipped with Billing's brass flanges, ivory keys,
ebony Sharps. It has a clear silvery tone.
It won't Cost you Anything to Join the Club
now Forming.
But you Must Hurry your Order in or the Club
will be Filled and this Opportunity Gone.
AH you will be required to do is to send in your order stating what wood
you wish, mahogany, walnut or golden oak, with check for first payment
$10 00 and we will ship you a piano fit for a king. There is only one price
$287.00 cash, or $10 cash and $10 per month with 8 per cent, interest on
unpaid balances.
If you are not convinced that the New Scale $400.00 Ludden & Bates
Piano at $287.00 is the opportunity of a life-time to furnish your home with
a high grade piano at a moderate price write us for Club Booklet 29, which
will explain in detail the club piano proposition. Piano will be shipped in
stantly on receipt of first payment. y
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and 7:00 carrying The Times in every direction.
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