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- -. rr'T-r'?: i. XXXYI. NO. 55. EA1EIQH, N. C,' THDESDAV EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1896! 13.00 PER YEAR, - )'- 1 f: 1 V - 1 ' : v I I "JL 1 1 1 . V II Uil II TV in I it A n Another Meeting of Stock holers of A.&N.C. CHANGE OF CHARTER Asked of the Ueneral Assenblr-llan "cock to be. Made 7 President ef the Road Whaa Rnsscll Gets - t ; - j Control." 'H wm learned la the' city-last " evening that the- president of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad I had called another meeting of. the stockholders. , The meeting is called . December 31st for the purpose of changing the by laws. " v - Republicans are very susplciou - of this last move and they see a dark, " dovious hand in It all - Several veil known Republicans think that it Is a ruse on the partof the stockholders '; to consummate the "lease. j."j.-'-f VThey want us to get'OutAnother injunction," was 'a remark Uep. heard in the lobby of the 'Park last evening. , , : - - "" , f , Mr, R. W. Hancock of Newborn; .Who will be made president of the j road as soon as governor1 elect Rus - sell gets hold of the Hues was in the : city last evening.' . : . The news of Mr, Hancock's ap. polntmenfe to the presidency comes . pretty straight., It was stated that he came tere to consult "with attor ney Purnell about the new move on the part of the stockholders Mr. Purnell and Mr. .Hancock were closeted during the' evening at the : Mr.' Hancock - stateu to a Pbess- Viarroi reporter 54ast evening that . be bad published notification that application would be made to the General Assembly to change the charter Of the A and N. 0, road. Mr. - Hancock said that he was not prepared to 'state what' changes " would be made in the charter, and - that the: publicaUon .of the notice was token- more "as a' precaution any measure. .., ' - . ft II : WAKB MOOSSIIIXEES.- - ' -,r;:;.'.i.v." " j. 'ipi-vw; ' Tkra St Ilia Oaatiorad Near Holly Springs , - ShelboorR'a Vari BBgy.Bay,';-, Deputy CkliectoV Jack Shelbourn made himself particularly obnoxious to the fraternity of moonshiners yes' terdayt . He also made himself jery active and in eighteen' hours he , .did what it jrould take most people a weeklo:"dovKr;;S';'';' ' j Mr. 8heIbourn.left ere yesterday - at 12 o'clock through the country' to trace a clue of a still, in Granville eounty;rAI':Vjl';0ioc)?:laBt'i)1glit Mr. Shelbonrn and Mr; .Perry ,re ' turned to the city having destroyed , a large still near Pokomoke in Gran . ville..4:ifv K - The" two "alert " deputies re mained ' ,1n;A'. the olty Just long enough . to thaw their limbs . and . in ; company with - Mr. E,- A, Womble left for Holly Springs, this . county on a warm trail; Just this '" side of Holly Springs they saw a-big , light bUulng', away in the woods. The deputies slipped within twenty five yards of the blaze, where three bright eyed darkies were - stirring " beer in two large stills.1 ( ' ' A gun cracked and the negroV '- jumped over stills bushes and every thing else in their eagerness to get awav. The raiders were so full of ' laughter at the : expense of ' the . 8hiners ' that , they t did. not give chase.; Both stills were destroyed with . 1,000 gallons of beer. " ' A mile beyond that - pointnotber still was found and destroyed." No one was near, but the still had been worked during the night " .. Mr. ShelbournandPerry travelled 80 miles through tne country yester ' day and " incidentally - interferred with anticipated Christmas festivi ties of a large number of people. "flC Dlaaolntioa of Flrtfe of Cotbbtrt Co..'; A New York dispatch announces the d'isolution of the firm of E, B. Cuthbert A Co. The firm was com posed of E, B Cuthbert, William Euclid Young and William Eculid Young, jr.' William Euolid Young was the stock exchange member of the firm,. j?;,:: . J It was said hers that the dis9olu tion was brought about in order to allow one of the members .of the firm to retire. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Chavasse and daughter, Mary, have gone to Hen- ilerson to Bpend the Xmas holidays with the parents of Mr. Chavasse A NEW MOVE. St. John Said to Ba trying Another Gaaa - . . . for the S. A. L, ;The Atlanta Constitution of yes terday says: ' '-'iV-1 Ab application for a receiver for the Atlanta and West Point railroad was filed yesterday morning in the superior court by Attorneys King and Spalding, representing Mr, Levi B. Nelson, who owns five shares of stock in the road and is the holder or a certificate of indebtedness in thesumof t500, making his total in terest in the road $J,000. 1 " as - soon as. tne application was filed it was presentedtoJudgeLump- kin, who granted an Order setting the case for a hearing before him in chambers on Thursday, December 31st, at which time' the defendants are to show cause before him why the application should not be granted. - The application for a receiver for a road in such, prosperous circum stances as . the Atlanta and West Point road ' was "known to be was quite unexpected - It had the cobr and size of a sensation about it, and the railroad wiseacres' put their noses on the track of investigation while the scent was hot. Tbe impression that gained strong ground among the railroad men was that the move was merely a continu atlon of the bitter warfare between the Seaboard Air-Line and the JSouth- em, and that it was a move by the Seaboard, f This version was vouch- should know Railroad shams who I can tell every wind that shakes a reed in railroad circles' said that Mr. St. John's shrewd hand was back of the play. They declared they could see it showing through every line of the -'petition. They maintained that the." St. John argu ment which lias , been ..presented against the Southern before" was prominent in the, petition. It was, in short, they declared; a movement of Mr. St, John against the Southern in furtherance of the warfare which J has been on between them for along while. -' . ; And how by striking at the At lantaand : Wes.tj ; Point, v does Mr. St, John aim a blow at the Southern? 'To the railroad seers it Is very clear. The Central is, to all intents and purposes, a part of the Southern,' The Central is a large owner in the Atlanta and West Point. The petition claims that the Central is simpely associated with the West Point road that the. latter bos many times declined to compete with it for business.' Tbe petition charges that the West Point .road is and has been for years under the domination of the central road and ! the Louisville and Nashville, atfd through this strong link of interest it will easily be seen how the South ern might be, reached and purt through the West Point road, t . The central o wns one-eighth of the stook of "the West Point. 'The Georgia owns approximately three- eights of the West Point and: this gives these two roads the control, of the West Point, by reason of their holding majority of the stock. The remaining stock is . held : by indl viduals inr small divisions, '"there being fully 200 stockholders:.? , N The Georgia road Is jointly owned by .the Louisville and Nashville and the Central that is, these two roads leased the Georgia many years ago for a period of ninety-nine years, each road having an . equal Interest in the lease. Sd it comes about that the Central through the stock which it owns direct in the West Point and that which It jointly controls with theLoulsvilleand Nashville, through the Georgia road lease, has a mighty voice in the management of the West Point."""!' "::-J '!"''" Hence, the West Point's interests being the Central's interests, are to a great extent the "Southern's inter ests. -. It offers a fine point of attack for the enemies of the Southern".' V :. Mr. St. - John has , been at" war with the Southern.,- Some months ago he ' wrote some .letters" to the railroad commission at Ihe same time Mr. Samuel Spencer wks doing some like correspondence in which he made a strong, attaci against combinations of : railroads which Would prevent ""competition, i His argument in those letters "was al most precisely similar to the argu ment used in the, petition for a re ceiver filed yesterday. 'The South ern was roundly taken to Vtask for bottling up competing lines. In the petition yesterday it is set forth that the Southern's line to Birming ham and its line to Columbus are competing lines with the Atlanta and West Point, yet through the in fiuence which theSouthera exercises' in the management of theWestPolnt tne patrons or tne road are given none of the advantages of com pet i tion. --- ' Tbe railroad men incline to the belief that it is the policy of Mr. Sf John to get control of a fine slice of West Point road stock for the Sea board. Of course, "he cannot hope to get hold of enough stock to secure control of the road, but it is said that he has hopes of securing enough to give biovthe balance of power in the management. : In that event he could prove a mighty fac tor in 'the government of the West Point road should' there be a lack of harmony between the Central and the Louisville and Nashville. In case such a state of affairs came about he could join forces with the Louisville and Nashville and de feat the, plans of tbe Southern, This would give the Seaboard what it has for years longed for an out let to the southwest It is thought that it is this that Mr. St John is fighting for,' and to obtain it is be lieved to be the inspiration which caused yesterday's suit to be filed. It would be a fine viotbry Over the Southern if, in the uncertain for tunes, of railroads, the Seaboad, should thus get . hold of tbe balance of power in the manage ment of the West Point road. It would spread , the warfare of rates into new territory and would vastly enlarge the jcale of the fight. There has been a world of talk about an outlet to the southwest for the Sea board. and upbn the movement made yesterday ' many believe the latest hopes of the Seaboard are hinged. . : Anyway, the gossip of railroads has it that it is the Seaboard's hand which shows through the move made yesterday,: and among the many things which is cited to prove it is the fact that tbe Seaboard's special attorneys brought the suit. King & Spalding "drew the petition and presented it in court. They have represented the Seaboard as special counsel . n many important pieces of litigation, a d the fact of their being interests in the present fight is re garded as highly significant. Continued cold. There Will be Uttle Change in he Weather ChrlstJjas Day, Tho weather tomorrow will con tinue fair aud cold and Saturday it will begin to moderate. It will be coldest tonight- The thermometer registered 24 this morning at eight o'clock. There was a change of six teen degrees in the temperature during the previous twenty -four hours. More delightful weather could not be desired. . - , The storm has moved off the north Atlantic . coast, and only small amounts of precipitation, chiefly snow, are reported from stations in New England and the Lake region. The special feature of the map this morning is the extensive high area central in the west, with a pressure of over 30.80 inches. This has been accompanied by a decided fall in temperature, especially in the east. There was a fall of 24 degrees since yesterday morning at Wash ington, 20 at Philadelphia and Nor folk 16 at Raleigh. The weather continues fine and clear throughout the south, but it is becoming cloudy In the extreme northwest. FUNERAL OF R W BEST Will OeurTomorrow nt 3:30 PM R mains to Arriv in the Morulas. Mr,)Roberfi Wl, Best, ' formerly of this city,: . and an honored son of North Carolina, died yesterday in Washington, D, C. .Mr. Best was a native of Green county and came from an influential family. -He was at one time Secre tary of State and was a past grand master of the Masonic order , in this State.- Fifteen years ago Mr, Best moved to Washington where he has resided since. ': He secured a posi tion in the agricultural department whioh he held foranumberof years. Afterwards he-held a position in the Census Bureau until failing eye sight made it Impossible for him to perform the duties of the position. Two of his daughters also held gov ernment positions. Mr. Best o wned a nice home at Tocoma Park, a su burb ol Washington. f . "-. The remains lelll reach Raleigh in the morning on "the Seaboard vesti bule. The body 5 will be "carried to Edenton street church, where it will remain- until , the funeral at throe thirty. The interment . wilt beJn Oak wood. ,"4, 4 - Kotloa. , A - The regular meeting of Phalanx Lodge, No. 34, will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance is requested, iU Twelfth of January Abont Agreed Upon. RUSSELL IN THE CITY The Wilmington Light Infantry Wants to be Ilia Escort Spent the Day In the Library. -Mrs Rnsaell's . Coming. Governor Elect Russell was be sieged by local politicians on his ar rival here yesterday and it was twelve o'clock last night before they vacated room 26 at the Park Hotel. There was a general discussion of political subjects by the faithful, but nothing was dwelt upon serious ly with the exception of the date of inauguration. Judge Russell did not ex Dress himself positively about this. V Today after a fuller discussion and inquiry upon the subject it was agreed that the inauguration should occur on the twelfth of January. certainly not before. This date is conditional however, and the inau guration may possibly not occur until the thirteenth. If it is found that the legislature can completethe oft'cial count of the vote on! the morning of the twelfth, the day set apart for that duty, a bill will be passed providing that the inaugura tion occur on that date, otherwise t will occur on the thirteenth. There were some of Governor- elect Russell's friends who advised that he take the oath at the earliest possible moment and that a special bill be passed on the day of the as sembling of the legislature provid ing for tbe inauguration the next day. This proposition was not re ceived with favor by Judge Russell nor some of his Populist friends. J udge Russell came here, as was stated in the Pbess-Visitor, to se cure information from the Supreme court library for his inaugural mes sage. - He also secured data and in formation concerning the "various departments. Judge Russell, ac companied by J. C. L. Harris, went to the library after breakfasting this morning and remained there until nearly 4 o'clock. Tho governor elect will remain in the city until tonight when he will return to his country home in Bruns wick. Judge Russell declined to talk for publication. Governor elect Russell will not re turn to Raleigh until several days prior to the inauguration, ' probably January tenth The Wilmington Light Infantry has tendered its services to tbe governor elect on the occasion of the inauguration and they' have' asked to be permitted to escort him to RaleighThe fact that Judge Russell will reach here several days ahead of the inaugura tion will preclude the possibility of his accepting the offer of the com pany. Mrs. Russell, the charming lady who will grace theexecutive mansion will come to Raleigh the day before the inauguration in a private car, accompanied by a party of friends. Old Santa-Claus In all his glory will be at Edenton Street Sunday School Room tonight. The Infant Class will have some Christmas exercises, beginning promptly at 7 o'clock. The friends of the school are cordially invited to attend, and all who are present wi'l witness the arrival of Santa Claus and his distributions to the children. Probably more than one hundred sleighs will accompany him as es cort. - . The school extends cordial Christ mas greetings to all its members and its friends and invites them to join in its Christmas festivities. Fun for the I.ltlle Folks. a At 8:30 o'clsck sharp, this even ing, bid Santa ClausVill appear in the window of Sherwood Higgs & Co., and strip the Christmas tree of alt its . scintillation, magnificent glory, and beauty. Every article contained thereon, will immediately be placed On sale at the original eosts. As " souvenir of this Christ mas Eve every little girl applying, will be presented with a beautiful child 's handkerchief. . Every j child with its' papa and mama is invited to be present, u .' MUs : Rhetta Dante's, who - has been visting. the family r of " Capt Witherspoon at Goldsboro, . has re turned to the city. ' - ' " " COUNTY ROADS." Mr. W. c. MoMnckin Tells of the Ad vantages of Good Ones Orer Bad Ones. Mr. W. C. McMackin, the super visor of county roads has a force of 35 hands on the rock quarry road laying macadam. Another squad of 15 convicts are at work completing Battle s bridge. Tne splendid condition of the Ra leigh township is a roads subject of admiration. Mr. McMackin, the efficient supervisor, has furnished the PfcEss-VisiTOB the following in teresting article on the subject of good and bad roads: The bad condition of tbe roads is attracting wide-spread attention everywhere. ": Certain elementary principles are evident at a glance, to-wlt, the price of farm products is fixed at the great cities and centers of consump tion and distribution, and is abso lutely beyond the farmers' control, and the cost of transportion from the field to the market, is a princi pal factor in determining his profit, or the possibility of any profit. The railroads have done their duty by putting down rates until it varies, according to bulk, from one to two cents per ton per mile. But the average highways are so bad that a two horse team and wagon, the value of which I will say is, three dollars per day, cannot haul a ton of pro duce more than ten miles and re turn in a day. - - From this you will see that the cost of wagon transportation is about thirty cents per ton per mile or about forty times -as great as the rate on the railroads. The average distance from the farm to the near est railroad station is, we will say, ten or twelve miles, so that it costs as much to get the farm products to the failroad stations as to carry them 400 miles on the cars. It only needs these elementary facts to show what an enormous drain bad roads make on our only resourcesthe farm. It is evident that an improvement n to esc conditions is imperative, and the remedy is equally evident, proven by actual test, that the same team which draws one ton on our muddy roads will draw three to four tons on a bard macadam rood. In those States where macadam roads have been extended thirty to fifty miles into the country, loads of four to five tons are drawn by two horse teams; this makes a saving of three-fourths of the cost of hauling and reduces the cost from thirty cents to seven and one-half cents per ton per mile. What this saving amounts to in any section may be calculated, which will be far more important to the farmer than 16 to 1. But there is another and hardly less improtnnt side, and that is the use of the roadsfor health and pleas ure, and this appeals to the inhabi tants of the towns and cities. And all country pleasures and amusements are directly dependent on the condition of the roads and bridges, the latter I claim should be the strongest part of the road. Years a macadam road cost from (6 to $10 thousand per mile ac. cording to width, grading, etc., now by large reduction in tho price of road implements and their decided improvement the cost has been re duced to one thousand dollars per mile of ordinary width, and when convicts are used for their construc tion a further reduction of at least one-fourth is evident. I venture the assertion that there is not a vo ter in Wake county who is not for better roads and permanent roads. Newspaper Man Arrested in Havana. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Nbw Haves, Conn., Dec. 24. A dispatch from Havana says Ralph D Paine the well known Yale man who went to Cuba recently as, a news paper correspondent, has been cap tured by the Spanish. Friends here are very anxious tohear from him. Election of Officers. At a recent meeting of Hiram Lodge (Masonic) the following offi cers were elected for the new year: S. W. Walker, W. M. ; Anderson Betts, S. W.; Joseph Fraps, J. W.; E. B. Thomas, Sec.; T. W. Blake, Treas. " Christ Charon, Christmas Dy. The Feast of the Natl vityof Christ, commonly., called Christmas day, will" be solemnly commemorated at Christ Church tomorrow at 11 a, m. with impressive ceremonies. The Holy Communion will be celebrated and therd will be full morning ser vice. , The music, will be "of very high order. ? Strangers are cordially welcomed. C .. W ilS XMAS OCCASION E g body has Monee and the People arc ij All Happy: .'he holiday shopping was greatest iay. The stores on Fayetteville .reet have been crowded since early morning with Christmas purchasers. Everybody seems to have money and the universal .verdict is that people" were never so happy on a Christmas occasion. The young people are absorbed in expectancy, awaiting the arrival of that mythical old gentleman Santa, whose appearance is anxiously anti cipated in every household in Ral eigh. Christmis is always observed more than any other holiday in Ral eigh. Business is practically sus pended, all the banks, public build ings and exchanges closing up. The Chriftmas fesiivitcs which begin tomorrow will not subside until New Year's day. Tbe um-ta-ta-ta of horns, which the small boy deiights in, has al ready charged the atmosphere with that peculiar feeling which comes only on Christmas occasions- Worship will be observed in near ly all the churches in appropriate manner. Collections will be taken for the orphans, and let everyone remember the-fatherless ones. And it is a merry Xmas to all of the Press-Visitob's frieiids. TODAY'S MARKETS. Nsw York, Dec. 24. Market quotations furnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street, New York, and 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, N. C, over their special wire: MONTH 0PEN- HI0H- LOW- CLOS INQ. EST. EST. 1NQ January, 6 83 6 66 6 81 6 h: February, 0 90 6 95 6 89 ti 91 March, 6 99 7 04 6 98 7 00 Aprll, 7 07 7 11 7 08 7 05 Miy, I 7 14 7 20 7 14 7 l.V June, ! 7 19 7 22 7 19 7 20 July, 7 32 7 25 7 2:1 7 21 August, Sept'mb'r, October, Novemb'r, December, 6 84 fl 84 6 81 B 81- Closed stead v sales 103,500 bales. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today: New York Stock Market. Sugar 1101 American Tobacco "81 Burlington and Quincy 701 Chicago Gas "2i Des. and Ct t. Feed General Electric Louisville and Nashville 474 97i GO 20.3 7.11 25i 82i Manhattan Rook Island Southern Preferred St. Paul Tennessee Coal nd Iror. Western Union Chicago Grain and Provision Market. Thefollowingwere the closingquo- tutions on the ChicagoGrain and Pro vision market today: Wheat-May, Sli; July 7ti. Corn May,25; July, 20i . Oate May 20; July . Pork January, 7.57; May, 7.87. Lard January3.77; May, 3.7. Clear Rib Sides January :t.77; May 3.97. Liverpool Cotton Market. December 3. til December-January 3.58 January-February 3.57 February-March 3.57 March-April 3.58 a April-May 3.58 May-June 3.5!) t Closed steady, sales 10,000 bales. ONLY WITH CAMPOS. Cuban Generals Will Treat With no other Spaniard to Secure Autonomy By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Hayaka, Dec. 24. It is reported that many insurgent chiefs, includ ing Maximo Gomez are willing to ac cept the arrangement for Cuban au tonomy, but are unwilling to treat with any Spanish general except Martiaex Campos. Masonic. The members of Wm. G. Hill Lodge are requested to meet at the lodge room tomorrow afterncon at 2 o'clock to attend the funeral of Bro. R. W. Best, which will take place from Edenton street Methodist church. Members of Hiram "Lodge and visiting brethren are cordially invited. By order of the W. M. : 'i NaTv I Brown. ' Marriage VVeldou. At Grace church, Weldon Wednes day, December 23, 1896 by Rev, M. M. Marshall, D. Director of Christ Church, Raleigh, Mr. Paul Garrett and. Miss Eva Edwards,, both of Weldon. Na cards-" h - Minor Matters Manipulated for the Many. AROUND THE CITY. Pot-Pourrl of the News Pictured ostPa per Points and Peopls Pertinently Picked and .Pithily Put la Print. , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Brown left for Pittsboro today to spend tbe holidays. It was reported tLat there was a wreck on the Southern railway this morning near Walnut creek, but such was not the case. Mr. W. D. Smith made the old Soldiers at the home happy today by presenting them with five gallons Of oysters for Christmas. His many old Raleigh friends are glad to see Mr. Dave Mebane in the city. Mr. Mebane is now located at Pinner's Point with the Southern Railway. Col. A. B. Andrews has been elected president of the Virgin! Midland railway. Col. Andrews was formerly president of the board of directors. The Christmas entertainment of Central church Sunday School will take place tomorrow evening at 7:30. The public are cordially invited to attend the exercises. Auditor Ayer who paid his re spects to the Governor elect told us that the inauguration would not oc cur before the thirteenth. "This much is settled upon," he said. The up-to-date shoe house of S C Pool is a center of great attraction for the holiday trade. Call on them for the latest things in their line and see their new announcement in these columns. The Press-Visitor will observe the Christmas holidays tomorrow and Saturday and will make its nest appearance on Monday. We wish all our friends a very happy and a very merry Christmas. Tho Chattanooga vestibule was delayed until half past two yester dey on account of a wreck on the Southern at Lextington. All trains were blocked . A rear end collision was the result of the delay. The travel on the railroads was never heavier tban at present. Every train is crowded to its capac ity with Christmas passengers. Schedules have been given up en tirely. The Charlotte News Rev. O. L. Strinrfield, agent of the Baptist female University, has just con cluded his canvass among the Bap tists of Charlotte and reports hav sccured $1,200 in crsh and pledges. The white employees of the Sea board Air Line round house pre sented Mr. George D. Harris, the foreman, with a box of fine cigars and a pound of smoking tobacco asa Xmas present today. Tomorrow December 25th being a legal holiday, Sunday hours will be observed -at the post-offlce. The general delivery and the carriers window will be open from 2:30 untl 3:00 p. m. All outgoing mails will close at 5 p. m. legislators and lobbyists are having difficulty in securing rooms at the hotel. The Park is not en gaging any rooms. There are plenty of desirable boarding houses, which will accommodate two legis latures. The Sunday School of Central Methodist Church will give a de lightful Christmas entertainment to morrow evening at church. Old Santa will appear in person and will make his entry down a chimney. The public and friends of the school are invited to attend. Ex-Sheriff John R. Smith is in the city. Mr. Smith has the endorse ment of tbe Republicans for super intendent of the penitentiary. It is understood that Governor-elect Rus sell is desirous of Mr. Smith being given the appointment, also that the Republicans will demand the place. The statementof the Citizens Bonk appears elsewhere today and makes a most excellent show fog for this re liable and progressive institution ' as it always makes. There is no better bank and no more polite and " gentlemanly bank officers in the State than the Citizens Bank of Raleigh, - ' .it an 5 A "... a;aV.1 f
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