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THE MORNING POST, THURSIXAT, , FEBRUARY 15, 1000. ASK POWER TO ASSESS Recommendation of Corpora tion Commission T0 GENERAL ASSEMBLY -uke Its Appearance Embracing 3t6 raSe 140 Complaints Consid ered Yr All Amicably Mp be Taken In Two Old Cases Which Hare Deen Fendlns Ti annual report of the CCorth Car t"7i Corporation Commission is Just o i:. t:io report embodies 3G6 pages ar.,1 xery complete and thorough, - vii in detail the work of the com a!s:on for the year 1S99. V summary of the more interesting j5.r:lro nnd facts have already appeax ..! ia The Post. letter of the members of the O.v:-i:ioa to Governor .Russell re Yy.;v the cases now pending in the 0,.;!r. in which action toy the com nJ.;;nn is being tested. Tise letter of the commission says, anions other things! The commission respectfully rec or.:nentl that you call the attention o' tiie legislature at its next session to fnet that the rerenue law has been ernrrutl by the Federal Court not to efnfr upon the commlssjon the power to a-ess railroad and other property fv r.ixation in order .that amendments w made thereto as may be deemed 5:v;uT. -one hundred and forty complaints were filed before the commission, all of which received careful attention, such as Avere without the juris .iiorlon of the commission were hreusht to the notice of the railroad i-oinpanie-s and the differences were in most cases satisfactorily adjusted, the jvmt of Jurisdiction not being raised. Suits were pending in the Federal Court for the purpose of enjoining the enforcement of itbe order of the Fi.iilroad Commission reducing passen--e rrates over the Wilmington & Wel don Railroad, and telegraphic rates by the Western Union Telegraph Com-p.-iny. "Taese suits "were pending at the time of the repeal of the Jlailroad Commission act toy the last General Assembly. Such being the case, the commission was at a loss to know the exact status of those cases, but being of the opinion that the Hailraad Com mission act had been repealed, thought that the suits would abate of them selves. "Since this legislation has been con strued by our Supreme Court to be an amendment to, and not a repeal of, "the avx referred to, the commission will be obliged to tate some steps in re gard to these suits. "The work of the commission for the year has been greatly facilitated by the courteous and efficient man ner in which Mr. H. C. Brown, clerk, has discharged his duties. LOST HIS POCKETDOOKi Dnrhamlte Afterward Discovered It Was Not Due to Pickpockets. The general good order rcvbich pre vailed Tuesday during the parade and shaking was commented upon by many yesterday. There was little or no drunkenness and the pickpocket fortunately was not abroad in the land. At least, no losses by this method were reported. Chief of Police Mull Ins received a telegram from Mr. H. 'A. Reams of iMirham, stating that the latter had 1 sl a p.K-ket book containing $180 in notes, two $20 gold pieces and some valuable papers while i attending the speaking Tuesday, die requested the chief to look around Union depot for the stray pocket book, which that of ficer did, but without success. Later in the day Mr. Reams itele ph 'ned the chief tthat he had not re covered his pocket book, but was yiite certain he had lost it on the :: i!n while on the sidetrack at Dur fcrm. Still the Leading Topic. Dr. Van iDyke classes "Fisherman's Lu.-k' along with other uncertain things. But, then, you know Dr. Van Dyke has not seen our home talent present it as a play. Whether it be the play, or the abil ity presenting it, or the -mounting, or hai not, "Fisherman's Luck," .to Ibe ?-vn the public on Washington's birthday, is by no means an uncertain thing. If you are one of those who love id weep, who weep for the mere ln-e of a novel sensation, you had bet ter take your "mouchoir." Or, again, i' your adipose tissue needs building T'P. you can laugh and grow fat. But "whatever your nervous predisposition, von cannot class this charming play, ataiiraWy given,, with, uncertain thin??. Back from New fork Mr. Sherwood IHiggs, nvho went to ft'ston and "Nctw York to complete his fcpr;ng purchases and 'hurry up all :: rants for spring delivery, has re turned, and reports the itjwo weeks as P'otitablv 5Jrwmt tn the interest of his Patrons. The entire spring stock is n w being received, thirty or forty toys ahead of time, and he will -be the first (to show full lines of brand v spring goods this year. The mil linery designer is . now -in New York making ready for an early spring Pnlng. Tnneful and Clever ."The Little "Hussar" will be pre sented by -the best company of ama teurs taat Norfolk has yet sent to Raleigh. Besides! it will toe assisted rwith (the JNaTal Band. The play itself Is described in .the press as tuneful and clever. The prices are popular. Our people should show their appre ciation of the enterprise of the Daughters of the Confederacy as well as their lore for good comic' opera, not to mention their interest in the monument to " the great Chief tain of ! the "Confederacy, . by . coming out in large numbers nekt Friday night. Handsomely executed photographs of the leading characters are display ed in the windows of W. II. King's drug store. l a pre me Court Cases. Third District cases will (be called in the Supreme "Court on Tuesday, February 20, as follows: . Thomas vs. Steamboat Companr. Mitchell vs. Alley. Crudup TS. Thomas. Gupton vs. (Hawkins. Commissioners vs. Gill, Vick vs. Vick. Ray vs. Insurance Company "Finch vs. Gregg. Stranse vs. Aetna Insurance Com pany. King vs. Fountain. Beacom vs. "Doing. Stancell vs James. jRaper vs. Railroad. The appeals from the Second Dis trict were argued as follows: Statfe vs. Battle; by Attorney Gen eral and Gilliam for the State, Foun tain for defendant. State vs. Davis; by Attorney General and Gilliam for the State, J. !R. Gas kill and .Paul Jones for defendant. Strauss vs. Mutual 'Reserve Fund ILite Association; toy W. TV. "Clark for plaintiff, 'Hinsdale, Shepherd and Tyng for defendant. Street and "Hill against same defend ant, argued by same counsel. Every State Represented. The "Old Maids Convention," which will be held In Metropolitan Hall Tuesday, 'February 20, is looked for ward to with increasing interest by .the general public. Delegates will be present from nearly every tate in the Union, and this much abused class will have an opportunity toalr their troubles. Telecrams were received yesterday from representatives in Utah, "South Hakota. Texas and Maine signifying their intention to he present, 'inese telegrams were addressee! to fcopnia Evermore Stuckup and Angelina :KlAtronina tHvnonostla Clark. TrirA will be a lull practice oi inos taking part Saturday afternoon and a dress rehearsal at 7:u o ciook m Metropolitan Hall. WERE HAPPILY UNITED Prettiest Home Wedding ot the Season Last Evening. ITHcs nettle C Edvrards and Sir. SI C, Chumblse Made One at the Home of the Bride on Wesf Martin street The home ofMr. and Mrs. C. B. Edwards, on "West Martin street, was the scene last evening of one of the prettiest weddings that has taken place in Raleigh, this season. The contracting parties were Miss tBettie C. Edwards, the winsome and -accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, and -Mr. M. C. Cham blee, one-of Raleigh's best known and most popular young man. The guests assembled In the parlor, and promptly at 9 o'clock, the hour announced for the ceremony, the bridal couple presented themselves be fore Dr. A. M. Sinims, former pastor of hft .Rfi-ntist Tabernacle, and stand ing beneath a bower of beautifully nrMnced nalms. that minister pro nounced the solemn .words that united rhom for liff Miss Mainiee Edwards, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor, and .Sir. D. S. Thomas was the groom's est nfln. Th bride wore a most becoming gown of white organdie, and a bridal v!l fastened .with a diamond brooch. and carried an exquisite bouquet of bride's roses. After the ceremony a wedding sup per of several courses was served in the spacious dmmg-room or. tne h.a rrPs residence. Many costly and hand-some, presents were recervt?u w , Lllt: "aw wuwc. rvrr rrhjimblee holds a position of trust with the Julius Iewls Hardware Com pany, and he and his charming bride carry into their new ine xne prayers and best wishes of a host of friends. For the present they will reside with Mr. Edwards on AVest ;iiartin street. Among the guests present last even imr were Editor J. W. Bailey, Col iTVVhn S. Cunningham, Rev. O. L.. IStringfield, 3r. W. I. Royster and IMrs. Royster, Dr. iKeJi or wakeileld, fr Lnd Mr8. N. B. CBrouehton. Mr. iGeorge Thompson and wife, Mr. John E. Ilaiy, Prof, and Mrs. Charles parks and others. ; Wanted Active partner with $3,000 to $8,000 to invest in paying dry-goods business iMttsit be active and u.p-to-daite. Rea son for selling outside Interests to look after. If you Suave the cash and mean business, write at once. X. Y. Z., Care Morning Post. Funeral of Alexander Curtis. The funeral of the late Alexander TV. Curtis, colored, who died Monday, took place yesterday afternoon. The funeraJ .was one of the largest ever held in Raleigh, and -attested the es teem in which the aged colored cit izen was held. Thc even children of the deceased, all of whom held posi tions of trust in various parts of the country, were present at the obsequies. IS TRUE TO HIS RACE Congressman Atwater for the Amendment. BUTLER'S GREAT MISTAKE "Tnlnss Dearer Than Political Prefer, men V' and He Should Have Declared for the Amendment Certoln That the Amendment Will Be Ratified Populists Will Endorse It at the Polls Next Ansut "Washington. Feb. 12. Mr. R. H. Hayes, Pittsboro, N. C: Dear Six: I received this morning yours of the 10th inst inviting me to be present ait Fiifbslboro tomorrow at a meeting of the citizens of nay coun ty. I regret that my work here at tMs particular time requires my per sonal attention and wiU prevent me from accepting your kind invitation. With your permission I will em brace this opportunity to state briefly my position upon eome of (the ques tions now uppermost in the minds of the people of iXorth Carolina. Re garding my own. personal position, I can (State that there has been! no change. I became a Populist because of my sincere convictions upon certain .nubile Questions, and mxm the main issues, WiMch indu'eed my change ait the time, the Democrait'c "party subse quently aligned itself by the adoption of the Chicago 'pCatforai at its Xaitlonal convention in 189G. During tne entire time, since I became a PopulM, Hiave never knowingly allied myself wdth the Ren-utblictan rxarty for the sake of the spoils of office, and I claim that mv record in this respect has been eutirelv consistent. 1 state most eniDhatiically that I am for white supremacy, for the rule of the .white man in orth "Carolina, ami for the elimination of the vicious and ignorant negro vote, which has for years stood as an open menace to good government in the iState. Senator Butler, nor any other man can lead me to antagonize my own race or to oppose the present move ment in North Carolina to amend the Constitution of the -State -so as to dis- franchise a portion of the ignorant negro voters, or to sacrifice the princi ples of the Populist paity oy insing with the Republican party. It is an opportunity which has not come to the 'Deorj'le of the State since the fran chise was wrongfully conferred upon the negroes, and every white man who loves has race and nis fctate, shoufld without hesitation! embrace tfhis opportunity, and, in my opinion, if he follows his own conscience ana ibis Individual judgment, he will do so. There are thousands of other Popu lists who feel upon this issue as I do, and thev will be found in this contest with the great bulk of the white men of North Carolina. Senator Butler has made the mistake of his 'life. Tie may have regarded it as the only alterna tive which promised him re-election to the Senate, but there snouia oe some things dearer than political ipre- ifermenit, and more sacred than the spoils of office, and this question of white strpremaey is one. He 'had bet ter have faced defeat, and have gone back to the ranks of the thousands of honest white men in North Carolina than to have belied his own past record, and to hare antagonized the (best element of his race in the State. As for myself, my services are en listed in the cause of ifhe supremacy of the white man in the government of North Carolina, and as sure as the day of election comes, so surely will tJhe amendment ibe ratified by 'tile peo ple at the polls. There are some good men in .the State who have feared that if the 5th section of the proposed amendment should be declared -unconstitutional, that the remainder ctf the proposed amendment would stand, and tnereDy result in disfranchising a large num ber of honest white voters in the State. " While the great majority of ;the best lawyers in and out of the State have "given it as their opinion that the amendment would either stand as a whole, or be rejected as a whole, and that the 5th. section was entirely constitutional; still naiburally a doufot among the people may have existed upon this question, it bedng entirely an issue of 'laAV. However, if the 'Legislature at its adjourned session in June shall adopt another section to the amendment, as is proposed to be dewie, providing that the amendment shall stand or fall as a whole, all opposition to the amendr ment will .thereby be "disarmed, and the only plausible argument of the opponents of the amendment will be eliminated. Yours truly, -J. W. ATWATER. McNeill-Jtnon Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Johnson have Issued cards to the marriage of their daughter Miss Anna Gertrude to Mr. James William McNeill. The cere mony will take place Wednesday evening, February 28, at 9 o'clock, at the First Baptist Church in this city. ,No cards have been sent out ;in the city. . Express Co. Not Referred To rphfc state Treasurer circular which Tras published last Saturday stated ..L -TVTiv exoress. teSlerxhone and eTe- o rxii r-onrpanies had niott made returns : yr cross receints. as is reauired to (be done quarterly by legislative ' enacrmr.. f i As has been stated since then,' this circular did not apply to the Southern Express Company. The officers ff the Southern Express Company are ai- ways prompt In. complying with the laws of ; 151 State, and the company wias among the first to make returns for the quarter referred t?o. NOTICE OF SALE. By virtue of a power of .sale con tained in a mortgage executed by R. B. Jones and Rosa Jones, his wife, to A. J. Ellis on the 11th day of January, 1892, which is duly recorded in the of fice of the Register of Deeds for Wake county, in book 121, at page 470, we will on Wednesday, the 14th day of March, 1900, at 12 M. o'clock, at the courthouse door in Raleigh, N. C, expose to public sale, for cash, a cer tain lot of land in Cary townschlp, Wake county, described as follows: Beginning at the fence of John W. Creole and south corner of Miss -Nora Creole's line; thence north to a water- oak stump and comers witn auss Mary C. Irvins and Miss inotu thence west to a white-oak tree and corners with Mary C. Irvin; thence south to a hickory tree and. corners with John W. Creole ana Aiary . TT-?n tTvnoA east to Miss isora Cre ole's corner and John W. Creole's line again, containing one acre. Feb. 10, 1900 t-d-s. Attorneys. Speeial Rates via S. A. I On account of the Mardi Gras Cele bration at New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala., February 21-27, the S. A. t. fiofli rrwind trin tickets on ac count of this occasion for one first class fare for the round trip, ncxexs to be sold daily, commencing Febru ary 20, up to and including February 25, with final limit March 15. animt rvf thfi Gala Day CeJebra- cmt-hm iPiins. N. C. February 21-22, the S. A. L. will send round trip tickets for one first class lasre iur wjc ,r,i trr, RntA of $2.20 will apply from Raleigh, to be sold February 20 and 21, with final limit February 25. Winter Tourist rate from Raleigh to Old Point Comfort, Va., $T.bU, watn final limit six months from date of sale; to Southern Pines, jn. o., $5.ou, limit. Afnv SI . For further information regarding schedules and rates write or can on the undersigned. Z. P. SMITH, C. T. A., Raleigh, N. C. H. S. IEARD, T. P. A. Raleigh, N. C. C. H. CPATTIS, D. T. A., Raleigh, N.'C. Saturday, FEB. 17. The Record Breaker ! tioyt's A Texas Steer KATIE PUTNAW, as "Bossy JAS. R. M'OANN, As "Maverick Brander." The Original Texas Steer Quartette and an All-Star Company. Reserved Seats now on sale. RESERVED SEATS: T.mvr Eloor 81.00 GaUery 50c General Admission . . . .73c. and -ssc. BUSINESS ITEMS. Try Pope's 20-cent Candies. Wanted A machinist. Apply to J. H. GILL. QUO -1 THE ANSWER THE SAME BY ALL WIDE : OX? AND BB TODESBLP OTE JroGjT TO HAVE GOXE THROUGH OUB EXTIUH XOUB SELECTIONS. AND Biu "fgV A0T BEN OOXMDERED. WE KNOW THAT WE NEVE1S ffXciffl A THB wilo AT THE PRESENT TIME. .NO HATTER HOW HARP f ODABB TO SUIT OOMK IN-GIVE US A TRIAL. OUR STOCK IN CIUOTHIIMG9 " AND ESPECIALLY IN IS WELL ASSORTED AND COMPRISES BARGAINS THAT YOU CAN NOT FIND ELSEWHERE ; OUR NECKWEAR DEPARTMENT WE ALWAYS KEEP UP-TO-DATE AND YOU WILL FIND ALL THE LATE STYLES AND WEAVES IS THIS LINE. CRO s CI ORANGES, JUST 3,000, SWEET AN A SHOW In the north window on FavettevillA "Wednesday morning, you will see the novelty that! TOILET WARE. A six-piece Toilet everybody will be Interested, in to see. ISet for $1.25 (white); ten-piece Toilet 1 1 will be a surprise. GAlIES-TinTmm s rVhwTrrsi and Backgammon, all in one, for $2.50. jarroms and Croconole, $30. Twenty-game Corrthi nation Board twenty games on one board, $3.50. Croconole only, $1.00. Croconole, better board, $1.25. Croconole, best made, $2.50. Fireside Educational Games, the newest and best Card Game out. for 25c., about twenty different varieties. 'We keep, as well, aill kinds of Games. NUTS. AND RAISINS. A few more Ivondon Layer Raisins, 10c. Pecans, best stock, 10c. lb. GLASSWARE. These sroods have very much advanced, -but we are hold ing the price down as yet here. Press pd Tumblers. 30. 40 and 50c. doz. The best Blown Tumblers, plain, 50c. doz. J. D 132 Fayetteville and THE SHOEMAKER MAKES A GOOD SHOE BECAUSE HD MAKES NOTHING EDSE. ' SO SAYS EMERSON. A SHOD iSIERCHANT SELLS GOO D SHOES BECAUSE HE SELLS . - w - viv -r ft -s-v 'rw A f THTTTn fTVy TT?1T1TVTT "V VT TPrT9 HIS REPUTATION BUT S HOES. SO SAYS ' S. C. POOL'S Store. - Catalogues Free. Raleigh, N. C. OUR STOCK HAS JUST BEEN REPLENISHED, AND YOUi OAN FIND WHAT YOU WANT AT A PRICE TO PLEASE. DOBBIN & FERR AIUL OUR NEW TPtvIRECT O Japan. and strong. clean colors in graceful and eccentric pat terns. Jointless and reversable. We make and lay straw matt: ngs without extra charge. DOBBIN & LINE'H -Buy Your Goods from the Store that Snappy, Up-to-date Bargains for AWAKE ..vTvn rnror T ' TT ,TC TTTT7! ft Ttfw-AIN Overcoat s o ss Up-td-Date Clothiers and Furnishers 0 b. D JUICY ONES, AT 1 CENT EACH. Banded, 50c. doz.; Engraved, GOc. doz. Anything in Glass vou like. Set, assorted decorations. S1.75: ten- piece Toilet Set, striped in gold, a beauty, for $3.50; ten-piece set, striped and fancy, decorated in flowers, $4.25. Now the finest sets in Pansles, some thing beautiful to behold. Just see them and you will enjoy it. A white Bowl and Pitcher, large one, $75c. DINNER WARE. From the best Haviland to anything' in cheap white; 100-piece Dinner Set, in Granite, green decorations, border decorations, for only $6.00; 112-plece Dinnet Set of three different patterns, blue, green and pearl, for $9.50 set good Eng lish. If it is the children you wish to 'please, .we will do your bidding. If the kitchen is in need we- can supply it If the dining-room wants for any thing, see us. If the parlor wishes to 'be made beautiful, we have what it wants. 14 Hargett Streets. At, TUCKER'S STORE. 'J TINGS KIGG.AN, Importations from China and Made of the best straw, fresh Well woven, clear, bright, FERRAI L. Has the Crisp, STORY YOU MUST COME. 5IAKH "a? 9 AN (I
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