North Carolina Newspapers

3j. f ? THE MORNING POSTt FRIDAY.'ARCIl 31 ?C3 SV Last of the Theophulus White Claims Settled State Auditor Issued Warrants for Three Yesterday Legislative Commit tee Approved $3, 600 Out of $5,000 Yesterday in-the office of the state Buditor the last of the disputed shell Csh claims -which grew out of the fa mous Theophulus White fight over the bell fish commissionship were settled. In will be remembered that, on the ground of absence of authority the ;ite auditor and treasurer before the l:tst General Assembly convened', re fused to pay any more of the shell fish rlaime and the amount of these finally prow to something like $5,000. The General Assembly appointed a committee to investigate and pass upon tlie claims with the understanding that those approved were to be paid and those disallowed were not to be paid by HANDSOME TRIBUTE TO JUDGE WINSTON the treasurer. Out of the aggregate of $5,000 in claims the committe approved of about $3,G00. and Uhe last of the claims approved were paid yesterday They were held by The North Carolina Iron Worfc? and the Orvstal Ice and Coal Company, both of Eliza beth City, the two amounting to $230. There was also a small bill held by E. S. Willie of Elizabeth City. The bill by the North Carolina Iron Works was for repairs done on the ; The followins hisrhlv eonmiimentarv tes steamer Lilly and that by the Cirista.l ! timonial was presented him recently by corporators are J. P. Satterwhite. C HUIiard and Frank Rose. The North Carolina Publishing Com pany of Elizabeth City proposed to pub- mn a weekly paper at Elizabeth City and cliange it to a daily at any time they may desire to do so. The incor- ,i ,, n lyorators are j. . Meekini D O. IYI e m De rS Of tfl e N e W B e m , Newberry and W. T. Phillips. The capital is 11,500 subscribed anJ $25, C00 authorised. Bar Impressed with His Ability and Method , of Conducting Court Judge Francis D. Winston is winning 1 ,1 . . , . . . : : . i. i i li. . - , (jwuvu UU1U1UUS litre VfF ue ilOlUS CUllll. ! D fin LI 18 Ice and Coal Company was for fuel and other supplies. It will be of interest to note that since the steamer Lilly has been re commissioned in the shell fish service under the democratic regime she has been thoroughly overhauled and new boilers and new engines installed at a cost of nearly $3,000, so that she is now as good1 as a new steamer. iShe is un der command of Shell Fish Commis sioner W. M. Webb of Elizabeth City. A prominent state official said yes terday that iMr. Webb is . making a most acceptable and aggressive com missioner and tne state control of the shell fish Industry is thorough. WATAUGA BUILDING AT A, &.M. COLLEGE Work of Rebuilding to Be Un der Direction of Prof. Charles Parks Con ference of Building Committee There were conferences Wednesday evening and yesterday morning of the iruiMing committee fro in the Board of directors of the State Board of Agri culture, having in charge the rebuilding of Watauga building and the erection of the new dining hall and auditorium building. at the A. and ...a. College. The result of the conferences wa? a determi nation on the part of the committee to proceed at once with the erection of Watauga domitory building. Orders will be placed at once for the material needed. The walls of the burned build ing have been cleared away and the brick cleaned and stacked by students 1 of the college. There are very nearly enough of them for the new building. The work of rebuilding will be under the direction of Prof. C. B. Parks of the A. and M. College and as previous ly .stated the work is as far as possible to be done by student labor, the boys !being thereby enabled to earn consid erable extra money to use in defraying their own expenses while in the col-pgo-. " "" No definite arrangements have yet been made for the erection of the din ing hall and auditrium building plans for which were prepared by Architect W. P. Rose of this city. the lawyers at New Bern court "We, members ofthe New Bern Bar, desire to express our appreciation of Hon. 'Francis D. Winston as a judge. Judge Winston held the last term of A That should be of in terest to every "buyer WHY IS IT? OllCS. WllT is if flint ealfla n fa en wrmea court, ana Ave were greatly im- much greater than our competitor V pressed by his ability and the ease and Ans. Because we sell tbe bet Piano dispatch with which he disposed of the made in the world for the inonev wKt amount of -business which came Qucs.-Whv js it that in the sp'ace of before him. His courteous bearing and a f(iw years h fe the lar-"- fair rulings were highly" commended. Pian0 bl1sinoSs in tbVsoutL? lie gave us ample opportunity to state j.. pt: ' " ,;, , our positions and views on all ques- , ;-?a". largest man tione, and then promptly made , his rul- "fV a i1 and Organs m the ings with sufficient firmness.. ; woi ld. and supply home3 direct from our "His charges to the juries were indeed ln ies,,, ... excellent, were in J.ting and were ready ues.-- ny is it that the majority of to be delivered at the termination of our addresses to the juries. The charges to the juries were hied m the records, Easter Egg Dyes. prospective buyers, aftes examining, dif ferent Pianos, decide and buy of us? Ans. Because at n clance thev tpp erate Congress possibly the only one now living in this State. Though he has manv interestinsr reeoller-tinns of those stirring times, as J well as stories i Pelletier. II. C. Whitehuret, M Of the early settlement of this countrv. he by.no nieaus lives in the past. On 1 the contrary, he is verv much alive to Mclver, Chas. C. Clark." present-day movements, is a close reader of the newspapers and has decided views as to public men and policies. His friends throughout the State will Tejoice to hear of his good health. making the work in appealed cases com- how much money we can save them. eien m me same grade of instrument. Q ues. Why is it that no deab-r or middleman has ever been :; to ex plain satisfactorily to a customer how they could sell an instrmsiciU theaper than the manufacturer? Ana. Because it is impossible for them to do so. THE CABLE CO. "Even the Rabbits v Are Astonished." W. H. KING DRUG CO. Raleigh, N. C. . a illCEE SI ORES At TticKer's Store, pafatively -easy and pleasant. We shall be glad to have him with us at the next term of our court. "(Signed) A.' I. Ward, Owen H. Onion, D. S. Ward. Romulus A. Nunn, P. II. l)e . Stevenson.- L. I. Moore. Wm. W. Clark, B. Nixon, S. M. Brinson. W. D. Vu Kntnr Whatlsn Are Taking Whe-n you take Groves' Tasteless Chill Tonic because tbe formula is plainly, printed on every bottle showing that it is simply iron and quiuin in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay; ,50c. THE NEW ORGAN READY FOR SERVICE Dedecatory and Memorial Program Monday Night. Brilliant Recital Tuesday Night For several years, the Young Ladies' ;Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian rhurch have been gradually accumulat ing a fund for the purchase of a new organ. It was not, however, until Mrs. W. H. Kerr of Catonsville, near Balti more, made a nunificent. donation to his fund, that early success was as-' Mired. This contribution of Mrs. Kerr encouraged the young ladies to place at once an order for a very handsome instrument to be built by the Stein Orsan Company especially for its poei ti:i in the new church. The organ is now ready for service and will be used f-r the first time on next Monday and Tuesday nights. As the Instrument is in tribute of j'nt-memory to the late W. IT. Kerr nl the late Professor A. Batima-nn, tae service on Monday iright, commenc PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES . Statistics ShowingWhatCoun ties Have Highest and Lowest Averages Statistics hare been compiled in the office of the Superintendent of Public instruction which throw interesting light on the pay received by public school teachers in North . Carolina. A com pilation of reports from various coun ties shows that the average salaries of teachers during 11)01 were $l!U.i)2 to white males. ?23.87 to white females, $L'2.93'to colored males, and $21.20-to colored females. During 1900 the averages were $26.18 to white males, $23.41 to white females, $21.41 to colored males, and $19.82 7 to colored females. The county in the State p'ajng the highest average salary to white male teachers was Greene, she having paid an average of $47. The county paying the lowest average to male teachers was Sampson, the amount being $21.25. The highest average to white female teachers was paid by Northampton, her average being $38. This county also averaged $29 to colored teachers, male and female. The lowest average paid to white fe male .teachers was paid by Ashe county, the average being $18.70. Yancey county paid the lowest sala ries to colored teachers, the average to colored males being $10 and to colored I jr c1 I -v . 1 . . . 1 ' lemajes i-t. orrnampton Pia me highest average salary to colored fe male teachers, the average beiDg $29. STAR COURSE ENTERTAINMENT .GRADY'S UNIQUE iLhtt? TRUCK FARM I sells direct to the consumer, and they nave a carioaa of ftne llanos bore, at 14 West if rgett Street, and will for the next - thirty days offer them at first cost. Call and examine the instrument. M.T. LANGLEY, Raleigh, N. C. M. S. Calvert, siiiiiei. RALEIGH. N. C. Court reporting North Caroiiua. done anrwher !d Pricw on application. Rev.4 B. VV. Spilman Writes of a Notable Picture at Charleston Exposition There is on exhibition at the Charles ton Exposition, writes Be v. B. W. tfpii man, a large picture in water colors of the peas grown last year by Mr. Lewi. Grady of Klnston, N. C. The picture is the property of the Department of Agriculture of North Carolina and was made from a photograph takeu while the peas were in the garden. Mr. Grady is an oil Confederate sol dier and for many years has owned a fruit and confectionary stand a half block from the. court house on Queen street, the principal business street in Kinston. Last year he put iu his spare moments raisii peas and beans in his garden of an eighth of an acre in area, lie laid off the rows four feet apart, used one sack of the Columbia Guano Company's (Norfolk, .Va.) Ilyco fertil izer on ordinary gray loam, and on January 22 planted the Molting Sugar. Marrow Fat and Champion of England peas. The tool used to cultivate the Eeas -wns an old piece of a buggy spring ent into shape and bolted to a hoe helve. The peas grew to a height of eight or ten feet and some of the Marrow Fa I variety to a height of fifteen feet. Peo ple from far and near came to see M Grady's pea crop. I saw it and it was TT-nl 1 r t li n Inner t T-i 1 t n enst ft i-n- supplying his family or five and giving Paid UD Capita!, $500,000 away quite a quantity he old $30 worth i of peas. I! HLI BID 1. iii IK llotas Ofare, laltiuiorr, Md. On-the same piece of land on June 2 Surety Bonds he planted some Ford's Mammoth Pod- FIDELITY CONTRACT JUDICIAL ded Lima beans and some ShotwellsiJ , , Improved -Thick Pole Lima beans, the . JlViK''!,! -ho'uls executed without delay The Ottumwa Male Quartette Coming Next Wednes day Night The Ottumwa Male Quartette will give a Star Course Entertainment at the Academy of 'Music on Wednesday, March 20. The harmony of their voices, the richness and volume of tone, the scholarly rendition of the classics, and their abundant fund of rich and rollick ing humor, in two hundred concerts and eight Chautauqua Assemblies the past year, nave so cnarmed twenty-seven atates tnat mere is no iiesitancy m y,vz at 8 o'clock, will be of a solemn re- promising a rare musical" treat for all ligious character, partly dedicatory and '"who attend.- The Louisville Courier- Mrtiy memorial. It will be attended .T'n,, M ia . ,t,n. . . . lhe Ottumwa gave the most finished ".eflT by the congregation of the !malp qnartette work ever heard in Louis J rosbyterian church and by tho.se who ! vjile ju the Y. M. C. A. Star Course last -ere the somewhat more immediate evening. The blending of voices was friends of Mr. Rear and Professor Bail- ! perfect." mann. After fhe services, the conzre- - .Seals .on s5 Monday morning, March . i nets, -jv , iwc aim ui; tu yaniea not holding season tickets. ter paiion and these .friends "will have an rportunity of meeting Mrs. Kerr to whom so much is due, in a quiet recep tion to be held in the church parlor and fc'ir.day School .rooms. Professor Haslup, a cansecrated Christian gentleman and the organist " Brown Memorial church, Baltimore. 11 not be present on Monday night,, tat. on Tuesday -night, commencing at P o'clock, he will erive one of his bril liant organ recitals for which he is so : Company The Best Prescription for malaria Chills and Fever is a bottle of Groves' Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, to pay. Price 50c. II o to Let By the Raleigh Real Estate and Trus A1' f-nment; and to this all are invited. Tiir-re will be no charge for admittance. A simple offering of voluntary coutri ta;!on will be received. THE VENERABLE COL. ALLEN T. DAVIDSON The Asheville Citizen of yesterday .rtias an interesting reference to Col. -Mb;, t. Davidson. It follows: 1 Allan T. Davidson, the father of fttmrney General Davidson, Mas a !t his eighty-second year, he is still rt i:;o strong, physically and in the full J'-V-Pssir.T) ctf oil Viio nipiitfll faonltifs. V, Seven-room dwelling, N. Salisbury St.. two squares from capitol. Seven-room dwelling, Bloodworth Street. Five-room dwelling, N. Bloodworth St. Eight-room dwelling, W. Jones St.; modem conveniences. ' Ten-room dwelling, N. East St.; mod ern conveniences. Six-room dwelling, N. Person St.; mod ern conveniences; near Baptist College. Eight-room dwelling, N. Bloodworth Street. Six-room dwelling. Harp St. Three five-room dwellings, West St.; modern conveniences. Five-room dwelling, Hargett St.; mod ern conveniences. fob sale; Valuable house and vacant lot, Mor-2-an St.. adjoining 3. G. Brown resi- former having pods seven to eight inches long with six beans to the pod; the lat ter are shorter, more compact and have six 'tteans to the pod. This bean crop Mr. Grady readily sold for $"iTi. How is that for an old wounded Confederate soldier with a few spare minutes each day, a bent buggy spring, one sack of fertilizer and an eighth of am acre of ground ? Mr. Grady this j-ear has about one acre of land staked with 150 posts with slat nailed on them and his peas are pushing upward with amaziuij rapidity. blackistonTwill become president Of the New Company to Carry Out Coal Development and Ralilroad Construction Baltimore, March 20. iMr. George IrVIaekistone, president of the Union Trust Company, will become president of the new company which will carry ontthe coal development and railroad construction embraced in the plans of the syndicate whose formation was an nounced yesterday. This company will have a capitaliza tion of from $9,000,000 to $12,000,000 It will complete the old Charleston. Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad from Wise county to Lincolnton, N. O. The Union Trust Company employed some of the best known experts in the coun try to prepare plans and report upon this project. Among them were Prof. Clarke of Johns Hopkins University; Mr. John Scott, ,a well known railroad expert, who is consulted by the leading syndicate interests of the country and Ir. Wm. T. Manning, the former chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio. Manning will become chief engi neer of the railroad. : 3 TWO CORPORATIONS CHARTERED YESTERDAY Hanks, htorvs. Residence Insured against Burglary or Theft. Correspondence Solicited. WILLIAM B. JONES, General Agent. Raleigh, N. C. Beautiful Lace Robes from Paris For Easter, Robes comprised in this Easter mainly distinguishable for ele gance of design, excellence of materials and very low prices. The Lace display are For those who wish to have their Robes made up after their own designs we have provided a grand array of Black Nets in every stylish mesh. , JUST ARRIVED. We have purchased from James Cun ningham, Sons & Co.. the famous car riage and hearse builders of Rochester, N. Y., a nice Berlin coach, which w have added to our Livery, and are pre pared to give our patrons better eervlca than ever. Oar city has long been ia need of a first-class coach of this kind, and we ?re prepared to serve our pat rons in the best (New York) style. This coach can be had only by the beat peopl of cur city, and is the latest fad for wedding parties, etc. We also can fur nish anything in our line, day or night, by calling Bell and Interstate 'Pl.one 81 at our No. I stable, and Italeigh and Interstate 'Phone at our No. 2 stable. UPCHURCH & HOLDER- 8allburrU PHO-VKS1 Morjan 37. RALEIGH COOPER BROS. Proprietors. Raleigh, ft C. MONUMENTS A '-1 IIEWKS 51 Write for catalogue. We pay the freight. DO YOU USE 8 NORTH STATE h f ly M y li 1L4 0 If not, we ask you to give it a trial Every sack is guaranteed, so you risk nothing by trying it. FARINA MILLING CO., Raleigh. N. C. WHAT? WHEN? WHERE TO BUY? WHAT? Our new desiqns in Mens, Youths and B oys Rose-Hilliard Co.,Warrenton, and North Carolinian Co,, of Elizabeth City The secretary of state on yesterday granted two charters, one to The Rose Clilliard Company of Warrenton and the other to the North Carolina Publishing Company of Elizabeth City. uie liose-ixiinara jompany is an- with that careful attention to detail renresent the latest effect in Foreign and Domestic Materials and arc rnad e with that fPR?vle and finish acquired by long experienced manufacturers, of High C lass CJothinj We offer you only the up-to-date. m each ' department. comes out we have it. We keep you posted as to style. tv wto f'mr. than now. You will have to have a New Suit and other things. when the stoi is; unbroto aud you ve ajar A b U.arh, but nevertheless tme. 2o place on eann uj jjcuc a .m.. r, If anj-thing is not as representca ive iv. . . . . FURNISHINGS WHEN? 1 the stocl WHERE? Anything new that Now i tha time . vr t- m. K5. -.c:t,n ,AnA with modern ' conveniences. Good s . ,V fc"-r mercnaniu in imp (i u vo 101 ri ivh lira fiir'H mn . ri:i 1 11 uii . z - "br most noted lawyers of the tSate, I tie was a member of the Confed-1 P AI.KTfrH REAL ESTATE AND TRUST COMPANY. business at Warrenton and has $4,400 capital subscribed and anthority to in crease the amount to $25,000. The ia- i CROSS & LINEHAN CO I '