VOL. XXXVI.--NO. 57.
WILL AWT THE OFFER
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Spain Willing for Olney to
Settle Cuba’s Trouble.
HAS ASKED NO AID.
No Other Powers Queried by Spain So
Premier Canovas States—Other News
Relating to the Bloody W ar
In Cuba.
By Cable to the Press-Visitor.
London, Dec. 29.—The announce
ment comes from Washington that
the Spanish minister has agreed the
tender to accept the good offices of
the United States in the settlement
of the troubles of Cuba. It is
generally accepted here as satis
factory, and was not unexpected.
Madrid, Dec. 29.—Premier Cano
vas says he has asked no aid of other
powers respecting Cuba.
BELIEVE MACEO ALIVE.
Sonic Cubans Cling to the Hope that he
Will Meet Spain’s Armies Again.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
New York, Dec. 29.—An officer
of the steamer- Vigilancia, which ar
rived from Havana, this morning,
said that while the vessel lay at
Havana he learned from several Cu
bans, in that city, that the belief
prevailed there amongthe adherents
to the Cuban cause that Maceo was
not only not murdered, but was
never slain at all and is now plan
ning a coup d'etat in Matanzas.They
base their belief on a story told by
a passenger on a train which skirts
the boundary of the province of
Matanzas. who declared that he saw
General Maceo passing near by at
the head of his troops as the train
moved slowly along,
The bfficers of the steamship had
seen nothing of the filibuster-
Three Friends, and were surprised
and greatly interested at being in
formed of the libelling of the little
craft, and that she is alleged to have,
taken part in landing arms and men
on the Cuban coast recently.
TWENTY DROWNED.
Spanish Steamship Goes Down and Only-
Two Were Saved.
By Cable to the Press-Visitor.
Santander, Dec. 29.—The Spanish
steamship Carranza, Capt. Martinez,
foundered off the Bay of Biscay
off this port. She carried a crew
of twenty-two, twenty of whom were
drowned.
Roanoke Bank Goes Under.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Comptrol-
Eckels received a telegram from
Roanoke, Va., announcing the fail
ure of the Commercial national bank.
Examiner Sands was sent to take
charge of the institution. The de
posits are $75,000 and other liabil
ities 335,000. Failure due to specu
lation and boom tendencies of the
locality.
This is Well Said.
Editor Press-Visitor:
Now while the weather is dry it
would be a good time to look for that
crossing that got lost in the mud on
Blount and Morgan streets some
yearsago. Pedestrian.
White Caps Kill Husband and Wife.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 29.—
Masked men, believed to be white
caps, shot William Whaley and wife
to death in Sevire county early this
morning.
Gets Thirty Six Years.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
New York,Dec. 29.—IsaacZuker,
convicted of incendiarism was sen
tenced to the State prison for thirty-
six years by Justice Fursman of the
Supreme court.
Big Safe Break.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
New York, Dec. 29.—The safe of
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
on 42nd street was blown open by
nitro glycerine and $2,000 secured
last night.
Heading Towards Cuba.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 29.—Assistant
Secretary of the Scott Wike passed
through the city en route to Key
West last night.
The January term of Wake Su
perior court for the trial of criminal
cases begins Monday next.
PRESS-VISITOR.
RALEIGH, N. C., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1896.
$3.00 PER YEAR.
A VERY OLD TIMER.
The “Tornado” Supposed to be the First
Engine of the R. & G. Railroad.
S, A. L. Magundi for November
publishes a portrait of thevenerable
“Tornado,” supposed to be the first
tractile engine that ran to Raleigh,
N. C., over the Raleigh and Gaston
railway, an integral part of the Sea
board Air Line system.
A model of the old engine is now
at the Seaboard shops in this city,
and is certainly singular enough in
appearance to to have been the first
engine ever run, says the Ports
mouth Star. Recently, however,
the company received a communi
cation from a civil engineer in Eng
land which throws some doubt on
the Tornado’s claim to priority.
The writer states that in looking
over some old charts of the Vulcan
foundry, at Leicester, he found
drawings of two locomotives built
over GO years ago for the Raleigh
and Gaston, one of which was
the Raleigh, the plans of which
he sent, thinking they would prove
valuable relics. These are now in
the possession of the superintendent
of motive power and machinery.
The drawings of the Raleigh prove
her to be a less primitive machine,
at least in appearance, than the Tor
nado, which is one of the most
singular-looking freaks imaginable
compared with the modern locomo
tive. Its genesis is thus given in
S. A. L, Magundi:
•'The Raleigh and Gaston Rail
road company purchased about Sep
tember, 1839, four engines from D.
J, Burr & Co., of Richmond, Va.,
which were respectively named Tor
nado, Volcano, Whirlwind and Spit
fire. The three last succumbed in
course of time to hard usage,though
faithful to their prescribed duties to
the last. The Tornado, the fittest,
survived all; the restand continued
in active service from 1839 to 1869.
TO MOVE THE CAPITOL.
A Member of the Legislature from Bun
combe Says that Will be the Frist Bill
Introduced.
The Asheville Citizen is informed
by prominent local Republicans who
contemplate being in Raleigh during
the Senatorial contest that it is very
difficult to secure accommodations
at the capital. All desirable places,
they say, have already been engag
ed.
One of the complainants will rep
resent the western part of the State
in the Senate. He saysthe first bill
he will introduce will be for the re
moval of the capital to some town
where adequate hotel accommoda
tions may be secured.
Weather Conditions.
The barometer has fallen over the
entire country and the weather has
become cloudy and threatening
nearly everywhere. Light rains
have fallen at scattered stations in
the central valley from northern
Texas northeast to the Lake region,
and on the south Atlantic coast. The
storm is still central in the north-
west and is causing warm southerly
winds in the Mississippi and Ohio
valleys. The temperature has risen
considerably in the east.
The C. F. & Y. V. In Court Again.
Judge Simonton, of the United
States circuit court, has notified Mr.
J W Fries, receiver of theNorth
State Improvement company, and
his attorneys, Watson & Buxton, of
Winston, to appear before him, in
Wilmington, on January 14th, next,
when he will issue a decree regard
ing the sale of the Cape Fear & Yad
kin Valley Railroad. It is under
stood that the judge's order will be
for a sale of the road as a whole and
not by sections, as some of the in
terested parties asked for.
Romantic Marriage at Durham.
The Durham Sun of yesterday
says:
Yesterday morning while services
were in progress at the Presbyte
rian church, there was a little ro
mance being transacted which the
congregation knew nothing of, not
even relatives and intimate friends.
Miss Winnie Brock, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Brock, was sit
ting in the congregation. Just
about the time the services began
she arose and passed out of the
church, ostensibly for a drink, of
water. On the outside she met Mr.
Moran Watts. They got into a car
riage and were driven to the resi
dence of ’Squire D. L. Belvin, near
Bragtown, where they wete made
man and wife. ’Squire Belvin pro
nounced the words that joined them
together in the holy bonds of matri
mony,
WATSON AFTER BUTLER
The Georgian is Caustic in His Criticisms
—Calls Him “Mary Ann.”
Tom Watson makes a severe at
tack on Marion Butler in this
week’s People's Party paper.
It is signed by Mr. Watson’s ini
tials, and is headed:
( ‘Mary Ann Butler Grows Pro
fane Also and Calls Mr. Watson a
Damned Fool.”
i‘It says: ‘And now ' it is an
nounced that Hon. Thomas E.
Watson will contest the seat of
Black from the tenth Georgia dis
trict. We have strained ourselves
right much to be loyal to Watson
since his nomination for the vice-
presidency, but our strength is
now exhausted, and ve give up the
job of loyalty to him with a con
viction that he is more sorts of a
damned fool than Elliot F. Shepard
ever was.’
“We clip the above from the edi
torial page of the Caucasian, Mr.
Butler’s paper.
“The paragraph is, in many re
spects a most remarkable one. In
the first place, it is curious that a
United States Senator cannot use a
pen to any better purpose than to
fresco his editorial page with pro
fanity. Any vulgarian could do
that, One would suppose that Sen
atorial anger would clothe itself
with Senatorial dignity, and that a
tirade coming from that lofty source
would at least avoid the atmosphere
of the gutter. To call a man “a
damned fool” isaperformance so es
sentially commonplace that it has
well nigh lost the right to be classed
as ridiculous.
The idea is that Butler has been
standing to Watson like a brother,
all along, and still yearned for friend
ship and loyal relations, but that
Watson has goneand done something
very wicked indeed—and Butler
just couldn't stand any more. “We
have strained ourrelves, ” says Mary
Ann—omitting to state whether in
the ankle or back—‘right much to
be loyal to Watson since his nomina
tion for the vice-presidency, but dur
strength is now exhausted. We give
up the job.'
“And why does Mary Ann give
up the jab after ■^fcralhiug horo^if
right much ?’
“Because Watson now contests
Black’s seat.
And yet if this contest be a sin, it
was committed in November, 1895,
long before the -vice presidential
nomination was dreamed of.
“But there is yet another feature
of the paragraph we have quoted
which is more illustrative of Butler
than any we have yet touched.
“He states that ‘it is now announc
ed’ that Hon. T. E. Watson will con
test the seat of Black, as if this was
the first he ever heard of it, and
then he proceeds to condemn said
Watson for his wicked purpose, and
to say that ‘he is more sorts of a
damned fool than Elliott F. Shepard
ever was!’—all that because ‘it is
now announced that Hon. Thomas
E. Watson will contest the seat of
Black.'
“The thing which is most remark-
able about this juvenile puerility is
that Mr. Butler knew when this con
test was filed and knows that Mr.
Watson tried his best to have it
heard before the summer adjourn
ment, was in correspondence with
Mr. Watson about the case, ex
pressed his sympathy with said
Watson in said contest, assured said
Watson of his willingness and readi
ness to do all he could in favor of
said contest, and exerted himself to
impress said Watson with the belief
that he, Butler, was heart and soul
with him, Watson, in said contest!
“For Butler now to announce that
he abandons and repudiates said
Watson because of this same contest,
and to call Watson ‘a damned fool’
for bringing it, is a very wonderful
somersault, indeed—even for Butler-
“If Mary Ann ii not specially ab
sorbed with his high sensatorial du
ties and his Democratic intrigues,
we would like to see him take bis
pen in hand and make reply to these
few and humble remarks of ours.
“Perhaps he can get out of the
scrape without ‘havingstrained our
selves right much.’
“At least we have a mild curios
ity to see him try it.
T. E. W.
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Physicians Elect Officers.
At a recent meeting of the Raleigh
Academy of Medicine the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: W. H. Bobbitt, President; A.
W. Goodwin, Treasurer;H. A. Roys
ter, Secretary.
Dr. Ayer left yesterday for Phila
delphia to take a special course in
the Porcelain dental art.
STEW COME HIGH
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They Cost the State a Bonus
of $8,400.
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A GREAT INCREASE
PAY $3.00 IN ADVANCE.
HAPPY-WELL YES
In the Expenses ol the Public Printing
for the Past Two Years, Over
the Years of 1893
and 1894.
There has been much speculation
for some time as to the amount of
money the State has paid the Mes
srs. Stewart for the public printing.
It has been stated repeatedly on
well grounded authority that the
printing for the past two years
under the Stewart contract cost
more than itdid the preceeding two
years when done by Messrs. Uzzell
and Edwards and Broughton. This
statement has been denied repeatedly
by republicans and populists.
During the campaign the Messrs.
Stewart gave an interview, which
was subsequently used on the stump,
in which they stated that the public
printing under their contract cost
the state much less than in previous
years.
The facts are the Messrs. Stewart
have made 'an enormous profit and
the public printing under their con
tract has cost the state over eight
thousand dollars more than it did
for the two previous years when
done by two Raleigh firms. And
this is not all. Additional increase of
expense to the state under the
Stewart contract will be made known
in a few days. Of course there
were costs incurred in transmission
of matter to Winston which is not
included.
The cost of the printing for the
past four years are given herewith
from figures taken from the records
on file in the Auditor's office. They
are facts that cannot be disputed.
The cost of the public printing for
the fiscal years of ’95 and’96 when
done by two Raleigh firms was for
for tho fiscal year ending N«—>>>-1'^“
30th, 1893, $17,085.57: for fiscal year
ending Nov. 30th, ’94, $9,747.59.
The total cost of the public printing
for the two years underthe contract
of the Raleigh firms was $26,833.16.
The cost of the state printing for
the fiscal years of ’93 and ’94 when
done by the Messrs. Stewart was
the fiscal year ending November
30th, ’95, $20,676.58: for the fiscal
year ending November 30th, ’96,
$12,798.78. This gives a total cost
of the printing under the Messrs.
Stewart’s contract of$33,475,36. But
this is not all. The Messrs. Stewart
rendered no bill of work done dur
ing November until after the end of
the fiscal year. This bill was some
$1,800 and it makes the amount re
ceived by the Stewarts for work
done during the past two years
$35,275,36. All this is exclusive
of printing done for the Railway
Commission and other institutions,
for which the Stewarts were paid
seperately.
As will be seen the public print
ing cost the State nearly $8,500 more
under the Stewart contract than it
did during thetwopreceedingyears.
The Winner of the Berwanger Bicycle.
The winning card which drew the
bicycle offered by Messrs. Berwan
ger Bros., and which was drawn
from the box on Christmas eve night,
bore the name of Ernest Pittman.
Nobody knew who Ernest Pittman
was till yesterday Mr. L. F. Alford,
a gentleman living at Kenly, John
ston county, was here and informed
the Messrs. Berwanger that the
lucky lad was a young eight year
old orphan residing -near Kenly.
Some days ago Mr, Alford went to
Berwanger’s store to purchase for
Ernest and his brother, Austin, a
lad of twelve years, a suit of clothes
each, preparing them for admittance
into an orphanage, their application
having been passed on favorably.
Mr. Alford took advantage of the of
fer made by Messrs. Berwanger and
put six tickets in the box for Ernest
and seven for Austin, thirteen dol
lars being the total amount of the
bill, and Ernest drew the bicycle.
Mr. Alford was buying the clothes
as a gift to the little boys. Thus it
will be seen that a double good deed
was done. The orphan boys were
snugly clad in warm clothing by the
generous donor and the wheel of for
tune, which was presided over by
the dainty hand of little Emily
Smith, laid a hundred dollar Christ
mas gift in the shape of an elegant
bicycle at the door of one of the or
phans. The Messrs. Berwanger
will at once send the bicycle to Er-
-nest Pittman.
The Price of the Press-Visitor will be $4
After January 1st.
Nearly a month ago notice was
given that the price of the Press-
Visitor after January 1st, 1897,
would be 35 cents per month instead
of 25 cents per month. Accordingly
all bills presented after that date
will be at that figure. Those who
do not wish to pay at that rate have
the privilege of paying up and dis
continuing their subscription be
tween now and January 1st. Those
who let their subscription run over
into the month of January will be
expected to pay at the increased rate
of 35 cents per month when bill is
presented. Any one will have the
privilege of paying $3.00 for one
year in advance any time between
now and January 1st, and any one
will have the privilege of paying in
advance for any number of months
at 25 cents per month, provided pay
ment is made before January 1st.
It is gratifying to us to note that
the Press-Visitor has not lost a
dozen subscribers up to date in
consequence of the raise in price
and these have been replaced by
new subscribers. This convinces
us thatour subscribers think that
we are entitled to and are willing
to pay the increased yet modest
price we ask, because they feel that
the Press-Visitor is worth it.
THE RALEIGH TRIBUNE:
office Selected—Paper Will Not Appear
Before Assembling of Legislature.
The new Republican daily, The
Tribune, will not appear before the
legislature assembles and probably
not until a few days afterwards. Ed
itor Haywood stated to a Press-
Visitor reporter that it was his in
tention to have the Tribune appear
several days prior to the assembling
of the legislature, but he found that
it would be impossible. The Tri
bune has secured the red front store
on Fayetteville street, opposite
Tucker & Co., which was formerly
occupied by the Progressive Farmer
for their offices. This building was
found to be most suitable for news-
Daner n nr noses.
Mr. Kenyon, the business mana
ger of the paper, has gone to New
York to look after the equipment of
the office and to hurry the construc
tion of the Mergenthalers. The
Babcock press recently ordered is
expected this week.
The force that will make the
Tribune has not yet been entirely
selected. Mr. Willis Briggs will
be the city editor. Mr. Briggs is a
young man of rare intelligence and
literary ability. He is splendidly
fitted for newspaper work. As has
heretofore been stated, Mr. Hay
wood will be the editor and Mr.
Kenyon, business manager.
Air.- Phillips Aged 48 and Miss Morris
Aged 18 Married this .Morning.
Tired of single bliss Mr. W H
Phillips of Johnston county, aged
48, threw off the cares of batcherlor-
dom and took unto himself a wife.
The bride, Miss Bettie Morris is 18
years of age.
The courtship of the lovesick
couple, the disparity of whose ages
is only a trifle, is"of recent date. It
may for the sake of convenience be
dated by hours instead of days,
weeks or months. But what of that;
it was a case of love. The old re
mark of the danger of delays ap
pealed very strongly to the happy
couple and this morning Mr. Phil
lips and his bride presented them
selves in the office of the Register
of Deeds, where license was secured.
When Clerk Williams had attached
his signature to the document, which
was to make the two as one, the
groom looked upon the bride, he
smiled rather fetchingly, and then
such an embrace—the groom was
overcome with enjoy. He fairly
raised the bride from the floor.
Over to the clerk’s office the
couple went where Mr. Phillips was
told the transaction could be legally
clinched, There sat clerk A. W.
Moye, who is also a magistrate. The
groom bashfully made known his
desire, and Mr. Moye, who is a most
accommodating gentleman, did the
deed,
The groom and his bride tarried
only momentarily—just long enough
to get their belongings in hand.
No mention of the union of these
two happy lives would be complete
without the attendants. Mr. John
B. Kenny witnessed the entire ce
remony from the time of the purchase
of the license. The other attend
ant was Mr. J. A. Duncan.
SHOUT STATEMENTS,'
Minor Matters Manipulated
for the Many.
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AROUND THE CITY.
THE STATE PRINTING.
Stewart Bros. Receive a New Press and
Office Equipment.
Messrs. Stewart Brothers of Win
ston will establish their branch
printing office here within the next
ten days. A very large printing
press, a large quantity of typeand a
complete outfit for a printing office
have arrived from the manufacturers.
Mr. M. I. Stewart, who has been
here several times in the interest of
the Raleigh branch of the firm has
not as yet selected an office. The
Messrs. Stewart will do the state
printing in this city, provided the
firm can re-new its contract with
the legislature.
The knowing ones among the re
publicans do not talk as if the
Messrs. Stewart will be given the
printing contract again. They hint
very strongly that if the printing
goes to a republican, which none
doubt, it will be given to the Tri
bune, the new republican daily.
TODAY’S MARKETS.
New York, Dec. 29,
Market quotations furnished by E.
B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street,
New York, and 305 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N. C., over their
special wire:
months.
OPEN- HIGH-
ING. EST.
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
Sept’mb’r,
October, '
Novemb’r,
December,
6 71
6 79
6 89
6 96
7 06
7 10
7 16
6 82
6 90
6 98
7 04
7 12
7 18
7 16
LOW
EST.
CLOS
ING
6 68
6 77
6 86
6 96
7 03
7 07
7 10
6 81-
6 90-
6 97-
7 04-
7 12-
7 12-
7 13
6 78 6 78 6 68 6 78-
Closed firm; sales 173,500 bales.
The following were the closing
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today:
New York Stock Market.
Sugar 1101
American Tobacco 80
Burlington and Quincy 704
Chicago Gas 731
Des. and Cet. Feed
General Electric 321
Louisville and Nashville 481
Manhattan 89J
Rock Island 661
Southern Preferred 261
St. Paul 731
Tennessee Coal sad Iron 251
Western Union .... 83
Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Thefollowing were the closing quo
tations on the Chicago Grain and Pro
vision market today:
Wheat—May, 831; July 791.
Corn—May,251; July, 261 .
Oats—May 201; July —.
Pork—January, 7.52; May, 7.82.
Lard—January3.77; May, 3.97.
Clear Rib Sides—January 3.75;
May 3.95.
Liverpool Cotton .Market.
December 3.58
Inauguration of President Alderman.
Dr. Alderman has been in charge
of the State University since Au-
guest 15th, but his formal inaugu
ration as president will not take
place until January 27th, when that
occasion will be made a function of
more than ordinary interest and
impressiveness. The next gover
nor, the Hon. Daniel L Russell, who
is a University alumnus, will in
duct the new president into office.
An elaborate program will be ar
ranged for the event, and a large
attendance of the alumni and friends
of the University are expected to
be present. Among the distin
guished visitors will be the emi
nent Dr. William R. Harper, presi
dent of the Chicago university, and
Dr. J. L. M. Curry, president of
the board of trustees of the Pea
body fund.
December-January 3.o6
January-February 3.55
February-March 3.55
March-April 3.55
April-May 3.56
May-June 3.57
Closed steady, sales 12,000 bales.
Killed on His Wav Home.
A serious accident occurred two
or three nights since near Roxboro.
A number of men were in a wagon
returning home from town. Sever
al of them were under the influence
of whiskey. In going down a rocky
hill, the horses either became fright
ened and ran or were driven down
the hill at a rapid rate. A man by
the name of Ingram was thrown out
or fell out of the wagon, striking his
head against a rock, producing
death.
Governor Carr is very busy pre
paring his biennial message which
will be trans-mitted to the legisla
ture when it meets here Wednesday
week.
Pot-Pourri of the News Pictured on Pa
per—Points and People Pertinently
Picked and Pithily pu’ in
Print.
The Christmas entertainment of
the First Baptist Sunday School
will occur tonight at the church at
7:30 p. m.
Messrs. Thos. H. Briggs & Sons
have something of interest to say in
their new advertisement today.
Don’t fail to read it.
There have been but few cases
before the mayor since Christmas.
Those few were mostly drunks.
Chief Heartt says the city was never
more orderly on a Xmas occasion.
There was a rumor that the Yar
borough would open but it was
without foundation. To the dis
credit of Raleigh the hotel will re
main closed throughout the legisla
ture,
C. B. Moore will, in all probabiL
ity, succeed Mr. R. 0. Patterson as
clerk of the Federal court of the
Western district, so the Asheville
Citizen states. Mr. Moore is a re
publican.
The Babbitt party, representing
the Babbitt soap, are again in the
city and are stopping at 316 Jones
street. The party includes W. L.
Katzenberger and wife and child,
Seegrand Selig and S. Green.
The noon trains from the south
and west, the Seaboard and South
ern, kept up their records of the
past two weeks today. The South
ern was an hour and forty minutes
late and the Seaboard about half an
hour.
Mr Joseph Terry, who lives two
miles west of th,e citv cantured a
large o possum in his chicken coop
a few nights ago. The o’possum,
which weighed nine pounds when
dressed, was jin the act of devour
ing a good fat hen.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W, Raney have
issued invitations to the marriage
oftheir daughter, Lallie Kittrell, to
Mr. C. B. Cheatham, on Wednesday,
Jan, 6th, at St. James church, Kit
trell, N. 0. Reception Tuesday,
evening, Jan. Sth, from 9 to 11
o’clock. No cards.
The heads of the departments of
the S. A. L. presented Vice-Presi
dent St. John with a handsome
leather chair as a Christmas re
membrance. Vice-President St.
John favored all the officials of the
system with a personal letter ex
pressing appreciation of their loy
alty and efforts in behalf of the S; A.
L. and also extending to all a merry
Christmas.
Mr. J. D. Riggan congratulates
our readers on the happy Christ
mas they have enjoyed and tells
them that he will be doing business
at the old stand next year with a
complete and varied stock of stand
ard goods in his line at lowest prices.
Riggan will be with you all the year
round and ready to supply your
wants. Watc h his advertisement.
By reading the newadvertisment
of the North Side Drug Store today
you will see that they keep abreast
of the times. When the procession
moves on at a little faster pace they
move with it •and consequently do
not get left. They will be ready to
fill your prescriptions with the best
and purest drugs during the com
ing year and will be pleased to have
you call. Watch their advertising
space.
For a Dispensary.
The Prohibitionists of Buncombe
are going to make an effort to se
cure the dispensary system for that
county, as they feel they have little
hope of getting prohibition straight-
out. Petitions were started out Sat
urday for signaturesand will be dis
tributed in every township in the
county. The canvassers are asked
to make a speedy house to house
canvass.
Seaton Gales Lodge, No. 64,1. O. O. F.
Regular meeting of Seaton Gales
Lodge No. 64, I. 0. 0. F.,Thursday
night at 7 o’clock. It is earnestly de
sired that every member be present.
Members of sister lodges are cor
dially invited to attend.
A. M. PowELL { N, G.
T hem, Sec.