; Bill to Prevent Minors From
V' Usiug Them. : V-,
COMMITTEE
. To tavaatixata Mrs. Arlington's Cu
' BUI td Extend Ralsuth Towashlo Road
. V - ' St. MTTr
,.The .following .bills were intro
duced: Br Person, of Wayne, to
' make It disoretlonary with the state
- treasurer whether he will pay any
annual appropriations monthly,
, m ., j .
s provide a dispensary for Asheyille.
, By HUeman, to pay solicitors 200
: - per month after . January 1st, '93-'
? j By HUeman ; to provide that the
; treasurer shall collect from all per
, sons or corporations doing a bank-.
log vusioatuf uuucr raw iiwu
per cent of the capital stock which
1 1na nntiinPv humuM tnllff f IABfV1r
' WM J UVVU J... auasj
holders, and that be shall use this
fund to pay guarantees against any
loss to the state; banks which refuse
for ten days to pay this one per cent
shall be closed and a receiver shall
, be appointed..
-UJT aunuis, KUU buo .MliQigu ivou
districts miles in each direction from
the city limits; by Alexander (resolu
tion) to adjourn Feb,. 22nd in honor of
Gen. Washington; by Cunningham,
to make an itemized statement of an
account, properly verified, prima
facie evidence of its correctness; by
Ounningham, to Incorporate Joseph
B. Cheshire, Jr., A. A. Watson, F.
J. Murdock, J. . Ingle, C. B. John-
, son, W, A.Erwln, Rjbert Strange,
W. J. Green, McNeely,' Du Boise, and
Thos. F. Davidson, trustees of St.
Mary's Sohool at Raleigh, or such
-other place as they may determine.
Sutton, of Cumberland, made an
other ineffectual attempt to induce
, the house to reconsider its action in
, adopting the joint resolution to dis
tribute the colonial and statereoords.
The calendar was taken up. Bills
passed not to allow persons owning
over 500 worth of property to re-
aaIva tt nnntttnn
The house took up as a special
order the bill of Sutton of Cumber
land as follows: "That from and
after the ratification of this act it
snail v oe uniawiui ior any persou,
firm or corporation to manufacture,
sefl or giveaway any cigarettes of
any kind or character whatsoever
oalled, in any cover, whether paper
Or otherwise, or any thing as a sub
. stltute therefor in any form, In the
State of N. C, or for any person,
corporation or firm to sell or give
away the same in thisState, whether
manufactured In this State or else
where.. That any person, firm or
cornoration who shall violate tue
- - - w
provisions of this act shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
ooaviotion shall be fined o? impri
soned or both, in the discretion of
the court."
. Rnf tnn nrvnlra ffttmrfthlv and with
Intense interest In support of the
bill, and said the committee bad
stricken out the part forbidding the
manufacture; that thls was a com
promise the best that oould be done,
' and that thus amended the bill was
favorably reported. He read as
oart of his remarks a letter from Dr
B S Lewis showing the frightful
effectsof cigarette smoking, and said
thin, tarrthle vies cost the lives of
200 persons rin this state annually;
that Dr-Murphy ,of the western hos-
oltal bad told him of persons made
insane by cigarette smoking. ". He
declared he wanted to go on record
. .11. Lm'll i .tA . Mnn n A
on xaia uiu, lutu uc nouwu j couu
' nay voters He grew pathetic as -he
told of the death of his own son from
cigarette smoking. He said Iowa
and Tennessee had passed such a
lawl-;;;.;.;;.:.
Lusk offered a substitute making
. a m . '. " - f . s
-. it nniawiui 10 give away, cigarettes
to a minor or for any minor to make
them and making it a misdemeanor;
White of Randolph was applauded
i when be said he ' was a tobacco
' raiser andj was - willing"" and
desirous to vote for the bill, re-
marking that he would also vote for
a bill against the sale of opium and
whiskey. V McOrarv said he had
smoked cigarettes and they near y
- ruined him. ; Johnson and Murphy
took ground against the bill asin
terfering with manufacturers and
the farming interests. 1
Toe vote on the substitute
veas 48. nays 34'v A-
Its text is as follows : ''That after
the ratification of this act it shall be
unlawful for any one to sell or give
to any minor any cigarettes, and it
shall be unlawful ior any minor to
use or smoke cigarettes and any ml.
nor. found so smoking cigarettes
shall be a competent" witness to
prove from whom he received such
cigarettes and the evidence so given
shaU not '. be . used agalnt
sich minor in. any , prosecution
for violation of.l this act ; That
any one who sells or gives to any
minor any cigarettes or any minor
found smoking - cigarettes shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not more
than $10 or imprisoned not more
than 30 days.".
The substitute, then became the
bill. "It came upon third reading
after quite a wrangle.
Vote on third reading was yeas
.63, nays 28.
V Duffy rising to a question of per
sonal privilege, presented a protest
signed by all the democratic mem.
bers of the house against the ruling
of the speaker, last night.
SENATE.
Bill to Investigate the complaints
of MrsFattie D B Arrington, ap
pointing a committee of Senators
McCaskey, Maxwell and Person,
of-the house was taken up. Smathers
favored the bill, while Paker and
Butler opposed it A motion to
table was defeated, ayes 7, noes 22.
Bill passed on third reading, ayes
twenty, noes nineteen.
FOUL ASSASINATION.
Mr. John D. Heck OT the Coal Creek Mlnaa
Meets a Sad End.
Mr. John D. Heck, Superinten
dent of the Coal Creek mine, in
Tennessee, which is tbeproperty of
the Heck and Pace estates, was as
sasinated on the nineteenth. Mr.
Heck, who was a nephew of the late
Col. J. M. Heck cf this city, was in
the employ of Mr. George Heck. He
has visited Raleigh on several oc
casions and was well known here.
A special from Cool Creek says :
Com, Crebk, Feb. 19. This quiet
little town was thrown into a high
state of excitement shortly after
noon today when it was learned that
Mr. John B. Heck, superintendent
of the Royal Coal and Coke Company,
bad been murdered shot from am
bush In the most cold blooded and
cowardly manner. The community
Is aroused as it has not been since
the riots and convict troubles four
years ago. '
The killing occurred near Mr.
Heck's home atexactly 12:30o'clock,
just as he was going to' his dinner
from the company s store house, a
tew hundred yards distant. He was
shot down without a second's warn
ing, and died without uttering a
word .
As stated above Mr, Heck was on
his way home when the shooting oc-
oured. He was walking aloug a path
which rum near the woods and was
reading a newspaper. Mrs. Heck,
who, from the house, saw him com
ing, being' very much devoted to
him started to meet htm and, when
within a few feet, spoke, causing him
to raise his eyes from the paper;
just then the fatal shot was fired
and a bullet from a 44 calibre Win
chester rifle struck the gold stud on
his shirt front and passd -directly
through his body at a downward
range, coming out of his back about
six inches lower than where it had
entered bis breast
He fell at his young wife's feet
and was dead in an instant, never
uttering a word. His assassin was
seen to run up the mountain side for
a few hundred yards and lie down
behind a log for a few minutes and
then he climbed to the top of the
mountain and disappeared. The
murderer Is not known and there is
no due to his lderlty. While lying
behind the log he twice raised his
head to see the commotion caused by
his hellish deed.
' There is no motive advanced for
the killing and none seem to under
stand why it was committed.
Bloodhounds . were ' put on the
tracks where the fatal shot was fired
and they went to the home of a miner,
named Ahoy Johnson. Johnson has
been arrested and is no doubt guilty.
Much damaging evidence has been
found, against- him. He . -was dis
charged from the mine by Mr. Heck
not long ago. .
Good Baaing at tha Newborn Fair.
Mii T;::;T. Pace.;the; owner of
f'Mlss Meadows," the famous trot
ting horse, Is in Charlotte on his
way to1 the Newborn Fair, Mr.
Pace says that there, have been 106
entries up ,to date, and that the
races promise to be the best that
have ever taken place in the State. ,
Mr Z F Long of Rockingham is inv
the city.
0DD; FELLOWS' COLUMN.
"Faith; Hope, Charity, ' Friend
ship, Love and Truth-"
- Each noble deed we do,
Eaci kind word we say,
; Each trouble we pass through,
Is a step upon the way.
Let us do good as we have oppor
portunity and he that knowethtodo,
and doeth it not to him it is a sin.
Let us ask ourselves the question at
the end of each day: Fave I helped
any one on the way today with a
smile or a cheering word. Have we
had the spirit of true Charity the
sweetest virtue. Charity lifts the
burdens from the shoulders of the
weary laden, whispers words of
cheer to the weak and and dispond
ent, gives aid to the needy, hushes
the cry of the orphan and wipes the
tear drops from the widow's eyes
and relieves their wants. Much
more can be said of our beautiful
and comforting words, Faith, Hope
and Charity, Friendship, Love and
Truth. It Is living in touch with the
people, and we must do this if we
are to do anything for them, Our
Master, our King lived in touch and
went about doing good. We have
Faith and Love in going among the
people in Charity to feed and clothe,
and administer to the sick and dy
ing, so to those who have tajcen vows
to work In Faith, Hope, Charity
Friendship, Love and Truth, bow
Important we keep our wants. The
world has enough of those who
speak and think evil. Let us try to
cultivate a spirit of true charity.
Think of the linked chain that binds
us together and let our hearts be
filled with the notes of those glori
ous and beautiful words, F. L. T.
and B. H. C.
A Daughter of Rebikah.
Brethren, what suggestion have 1
you to make in regard to our ap
proaching anniversary? A banquet,
did you say? Oh, excuse me, please.
A speaking and music; I under
stand; then no banquet? Well, I
would say speaking, music and light
refreshments, fruits, etc. I think
your head is level. Well, where
shall we celebrate? Why at the
home of Odd" Fellowship, of course.
Oh, yes, iu the lodge room in Pullen
Building, the handsomest lodge
room in the South. Lt's tie the
goat and invite .outsiders. All
right, boys, forone night we'll do It.
Truth.
We are taught, that in the great
warfare with selfishness in the in
terest of humanity, and for the ad
vancement of fraternity, that friend
ship towards man prompts the con
test the gentle influences of love
supply the weapons, truth conse
crates the effort -and leads to vic
tory." Then what a mighty leader
truth must be, and to what grand
and glorious victories we may be
led if weareenlisted under the banner
and leadership of truth.' Nothing
so nerves the arm of the true soldier
as the consciousness that his cause
rests upon truth and justice. And
nothing will so impress him as to
know his leader is standing upon
what he belives is truth and right.
No man is so brave as he whospeaks
the truth, and nothing gains the re
spect of men of every stratta of
society as a profound regard and
a firm devotion to this great princi
ple. Truly the man of truth is "the
best and the strongest man. " It is
often difficult to realize that God is
love, for in so many instances we
cannot understand that his dealings
with us are for our best and lasting
interests. But who can for a mo
ment doubt that God is truth? So
to be true Odd Fellows this topmost
round of the ladder must be our
strong stay and support, as only by
a high regard for truth can we have
a proper conception of our Creator,
and be enabled to reach that high
plane of true living where men will
be benefitted by coming in contact
with, us and bur grand and noble
order fill the high mission for which
it was intended by Him "who doeth
all things well."
Plaaaant ProjrraaalTa Enohra Party.
There was quite a pleasant pro
gressive Euohre party at the Park
Hotel last night given compliment
ary, to Miss Sue Cunningham and
Miss Mary Bingham. There were
four tables. The first prizes were
won by Mr. Rogers and Mrs. L. T.
Brown and the booby prizes fell to
Mr. F. C. Olds and Miss Yulu Caw
thorne. Fruits and eandies were
served, and finally In the wee small
hours dancing was enjoyed. During
the winter there has- been many
pleasant entertainments among the
guestaatthls pleasant hotel. .
Honr R. B. Glenn, of Winston,
District Attorney of the western
district, is in the olty. ' -
CiTYX
Bill to Elect alllOfttcers by
Popular -Vote'.
YOUNG FATHERS IT
Takaa tha SaparrlatoO Ot ,letlud from
Board of Aldermen njtd PUeaa
It wita tha Clark of Wake
Sa parlor Court.
-
Jim Young has decided that it will
pot be best to give Raleigh a police
board to control the city fovjrnment.
This afternoon Young introduced
a bill in the House providing that
the chief of police, auditor, city at
torney and other officer be elected
by popular vote, asi the. mayor,
city clerk and tax collector are. The
bill provides that the Supervision of
the city election shall fee taken from
the Board of Aldermea and placed
with the clerk of Wake Superior
Court.
Representative Young says the
bill will be passed nest week. No
other bill relative to1 changing the
charter of the city of Baleigb will be
introduced in the legislature.
Section 1. That all Of section eight
(8) of chapter two hundred and sixty-
three (263) of the private laws of
1895, being the charter of city of
Raleigh, after the word "peace" in
line seventeen (17) be anJ the same
is hereby stricken out and repealed
and the following is inserted instead
thereof: Provided, that wherever
any person or person! who shall be
arrested on a warrant issued by the
Mayor for the violation of aoy ordi
nance shall make oath that said per
son or persons cannot obtain justice
before the Mayor, If shall be the
duty of the Mayor to remove the en
tire cause before some justice of the
peace residing within Raleigh town
ship for trial, and the. said justice of
the peace to whom said cause shall
have been removed, 6b all have all
the powers for this purpose as are
vested in the Mayqr, by the charter
and the laws of the state; and all
tines and imprisonment imposed by
the justice of the' peace shall be in
accordance with' this charter and
the ordinances passed thereunder;
and all fines imposed shall be paid to
the treasurer of the city withinfive
days after the same shall have been
paid to the justice of the peace, and
any failure to pay over fines thus
collected shall be a misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both, at the discre
tion of the superior court, and no
case shall be removed more than
once.
Sec. 2. That in addition to the
mayor, clerk and tax collector, whose
el ction by thequalifled votersthere
in is now provided for by Section 3
of chapter 263 of the private laws of
1893, the chief of police, the street
commissioner, the treasurer, the
auditor, commissioners of sinking
fund, and attorney shall all be elected
by voters therein, as is now pro
vided for the election of the mayor,
clerk and tax collector, and they
shall each hold office for two years
and until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.
Sec. 3. That section 37 of chapter
263 be and the same is hereby re
pealed, and all real and per
sonal property owned and used by
any religious denomination for re
ligious purposes, shall be exempted
from taxation.
Sec. 4. That whenever the' Mayor
of the city of Raleigh shall sentence
any person to common jail of Wake
county for any violation of any ordi
nance, or for failure to pay costs of
any prosecution under any ordinance
itshall be discretionary with county
commissioners whether said per
sons shall be worked on the public
roads of the county; and wherever
the commissioners decline to order
such persons to be sent to the work
house and to be worked on thepublio
roads of the county, the country
shall not be liable for any costs to
the olty or any officer or employee
of slid city, and the city shall
pay to the county jail fees and
all other expenses the county may
incur by reason of the confinement
m jail of any prisoners sent there
by the mayor under and by virtue
ot any ordinance of the city.
V Sec 6. The election to be held on
the first Monday la May next and
every two years thereafter, shall be
held la all respects under tha au
thority and dlrestlon of the clerk of
Wake superior court as is provided
for in section four (4) of said chap
ter two hundred and sixty-three
(263) of the private laws of 1895; and
so much of the said section four (4)
of said chapter as is in conflict with
this section is repealed, abrogated
and annulled.
Sec. 6. Any person, firm or cor
poration now owing taxes to the city
of Raleigh and who pays the same
before the first day of January, 1899,
shall only be chargedand compelled
to pay the costs of advertising, sale
and six per cent interest per annum
from the time the taxes were due.
Sec. 7. All laws inconsistent or in
conflict with this act are repealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall be in force
from its ratification. j
CASES IN COURT.
Doaket that Will Coma lp for Next Two
Week.
The calendar for the February
term of Wake Supetior court for the
trial of civil oases has been pre
pared. The court begins Monday,
Judge Adams presiding. The
docket has been arranged as follows:
Monday, February 22nd J T Ed
wards v. Jno F Robinson.
Tuesday Singer Manufacturing
company v. J S Draughan et al. ; W
C Cram v. Gordon LCram;WJ
Edwards v. S & R R company et al.;
Dillie Ann Perry v. James Monroe
Perry; Thad H Pleasants v. The R
& A Air Line R R company; Eugene
G Glenn v. R & G R R company.
Wednesday Packard & Field vs
Charles McKimmon et al, B F Mon
tague vs Squire Williams; Hattie N
Dillon vs The City of Raleigh; Thos
G Cheatham and wife et a! vs J C
Marcom, administrator.
Thursday I N Proctor and B F
Montague, attorney, vs Georgia
Home Insurance company; C O Ball
vs G II Cox, T S Rally et al.
Friday W H Wheeler vs Sallie
Atkins et al; A J Scarborough et al
vs J H Scarborough et al .
Saturday Wm M Page vs Hettie
Page; John Rogers vs Lucy Uojersi
Lucy T Barham vs George S. Bar-
bam.
Seceond Week.
Monday, March 1st E. B. Free
man & company vs N M Norris,
M H Johnson et al; E B Barbee et.
al. vs. Seaboard & Roanoke R R co. ;
E B Freeman & company vs N M
Norris et al; North Carolina Car co.
vs, Rileigh Paper co.
Tuesday W C Cram vs. Mary E
Cram; Wm Smith vs B F Montague;
A J Blake vs Ed Ferrell; B F Mon
tague vs Joseph T Wilson; Wm
Smith vs B F Montague; J C Mar
com, admr. vs. David Pool et als;
V Boyster, receiver, vs. S Whitaker
et al.
Wednesday J C Marcom, admr.
vs Raleigh Street Railway company;
Abson Hester vs Thos Robertson ;
Mamie B Terrell vs D E Everett, ex
et al, A B Marshburn et al vs Gil'y
Harrison; J C Marcom, admr. vs J
Q Adams.
Thursday Jno John Johnson vs
W Z Blake, Narcissa Simmons etal ;
Pattie D B Arrington vs Spier
Whitaker; A B Young et al vs The
N C Phosphate company.
Friday Nathan Bolleman vs W
H Howard etal; Alice A Shaffer v
Donna M Bledsoe et al; Wm.
Smith ys B F Montague; M T Ray v
Nora J Ray .
Saturday Marion Hopson vsRosa
Hopson.
A number of divorce cases are set
for trial. Mrs. Arrington 's case
against Judge Spier Whitaker will
also come up.
Sam Jones Next Week.
The only Sam Jones will be here
next week and will lecture Wednes
day night at Metropolitan Opera
House. The subject of his lecture
will be "Get there and stay there.
The Jackson, Miss., Democrat says
of him :
Rev. Sam, Jones' lecture last night
in the House of Representatives was
attended by all classes of people,
and the house was packed, there not
being standing room.
His lecture was under the auspices
of the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation. His subject was "Character
and Characters." He spoke two
hours, and it is safe to say that co
one was d'sappointed in their ex
pectations of the "Rev. Sam. " That
he is a man of great originality and
force of character there can be no
doubt, while there Is great room for
diversity of opinion as to his method
or manner of speaking to his audi
ence. No one can be found who will
say that they were not highly enter
taiued. He strikes from the shoulder,
and calls a spade a spade, but when
one hears him in full and sees his
applications and illustrations he
does not apper near as much in the
light of being rough and Inelegant
In speech as the garbled extracts
which from time to time appear in
the papers represent him.
CLEAR TOMORROW
. v
It Will be Warmer Probnble Halns To
night. The weather prediction for Ral
eigh and vicinity is probable rain
tonight, followed Sunday by clearing
weather. Fresn winds from the
southwest will make it warmer.
A considerable storm is now cen
tral over Minnesota, with the ba
rometer down to 29.58 inches at St.
Paul.
The barometer is high on the mid
dle aod north Atlantic coast, wilh
cold weather, causing un inflow of
air from the ocean and some rain in
the south Atlantic States.
The weather is generally cloudy
and threatening except on the Rocky
Mountain slope, whereithascleared,
Rain has occurred throughout the
Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
It is quite warm in the southwest,
the line of 70 degrees reaching Pales
tine and Vicksburg.
FERTILIZER INSPECTOR.
That Is the Position Rough Henderson
Wants Now.
Rough Henderson has linaliy land
ed. He stated to a PbEss-Vibitor re
porter yesterday that it had been
virtually agreed that he should be
given the positian of inspector of
fertilizers. Rough savs he thinks he
will like the place, but would pre
fer to be railway commissioner.
Wiley Shook says Rouh has been
shooting too high, but has finally
struck bottom. Rough has Wiley 's
unqualified support.
TODAY'S MARKETS.
The Movements In New York and Liver
pool Markets
New York, Feb. 20.
Market quotations furnished by E
B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street,
New York, and 305 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N C, over their
special wire:
The following are the opening,
highest, lowest and closing quota
tions of the New York cotton market
today:
MONTHS.
iOPEN-
HIUH- LOW- CLOS
EST. EST. ING
6 88 ti'bS 0 85-
91 0 85 6 86-
6 95 6 92 6 92-
7 02 6 9(1 6 9V
7 06 7 01 7 0J
7 10 7 Ofi 7 07
7 12 7 07 7 09
6 78 6 71 6 74
6 68 61 6 64
6 70 6 66 6 66
0 74 6 81 6 71-
INU.
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
Sept'mb'r,
October,
Novemb'r,
Oecember,
6 87
95
7 01
7 Oo
7 10
7 11
6 79
6 6
8 -0
6 U
Closed steady ; sales 90,100 bales.
New York Stoek Market.
The following were the closing
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today :
Sugar 1131
American Tobacco 7i
Burlington and Quincy 744
Chicago Gas 77
American Spirits
General Electric 34i
Louisville and Nashville 4'Ji
Manhattan 878
Rock Island 661
Southern Preferred 281
St. Paul 751
Tennessee Coal nd Irot 27
Western Union 824
Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Thefollowingwere theclosingquo
tations on the ChicagoGrain and Pro
vision market today:
Wheat May, 761; July 731.
Corn May, 211; July, 25.
Oats May 17,. July ISi;
Pork May, 7,95; July 8.10.
Lard-May, 4.02; July 4,10
Clear Rib Sides May 4.07; July
4.15.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
The following were the closing quo
tations of the Liverpool cotton market
today:
February-March .'1.5." v
March-April 3.55 v
April-May
May-Juno 3.56
June-July 3.56
July-August
August-September 3.54 b
September-October 3 48 b
Closed firm; sales 7,000 bales.
Masonic.
HiramLodgeNo.40A F & AM will
meet in regular communication Mon
day evening February 15th, 1897,
at 7 o'clock. A full attendance of
the membership is requested to at
tend. Brethren of other lodges
cordially invited to be present.
By order of 8. W. Walker, W. M.,
E. B. Thomas, Secretary.
V. M. C. A.
Rey. B. W. Spellman will speak
to men at the Y. M. C. A. Rooms to
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. 'All
men invited.
Col. W. B.Rodman, of Washing
ton, is at the Yarboro.
rvnnivm rm i mni rr imr
iAIIIIIII it I 11 I li II I'll 1 111
UUUlll UlJlllUiUJlUt
Miiior Matters Manipulated
a - r
IDF IJIH MHMV.
AROUND THE CITY.
Pjt-Pourrl of the News Plot tired on Vm
per Points and People Pertinently
Pleked and Pithily Pot in
Print.
Congressman Shuford is here.
Mr J A Thomas of Louisburg is
here.
We are pleased to note that Mrs.
William Boylau has recovered from
a severe illness.
Hon Jas M Moody left last night
for a visit of several days to his
home at Waynesville.
Miss Hattie Johnson of Asbury is
in the city visiting Miss Mary
Strother on West Davie street.
Prof C W Toms of Durham, re
cently elected to the chair of Peda
gogy at the Uni varsity is in the city.
Miss Tempo Hamilton, who has
been visiting at Mrs R. C. Badger's,
left yesterday for her home ic Bal
timore.
Wm. 0. Hill Lodge, No. 218, A. P.
& A. M., will have their regular
meeting Monday evening, February
22, at 1:30 o'clock.
Telephone subscribers have been
added to the list as follows : Alf A.
Thompson residence, 178, B.; Wooll
crtt & Son, 223, D.
Messrs. J. R. Ferrall & Co. and
Mr. L. J. Walker of the Yarboro
saloon have taken the agencies here
for the celebrated -'Old Nick Whis
key Company," of Williams, N. 0.
This is the oldest house in America
and their goods have been manu
factured by four generations of the
Williams family for 129 years at
their famous plant in Yadkin county.
WHO DUPED KEY, LEAK ?
The Parson Gets a Suit of Clothes. But tha
Victim of a Cruel Joke.
Last Sunday, Rev. R H. W. Leak
announced from his pulpit that he
had been invited by Major McKin
ley to be one of the escort committee
to accompany the President elect
from Canton to Washington on the
occasion of the inauguration.
There was great rejoicing among
Rev. Leak's flock, so much so that a
collection was taken and a suit of
clothes purchased for himtochrlsten
on his trip to Canton. As may be
imagined the gloom among Jim
Young's many admirers was some
thing serious to contemplate. But
today their grief was turned to joy
and the question to paraphrase a
famous expression, is who struck
Parson Leak. The following letter
explains itself:
William McKinley,
Canton, O., Feb. 18, '97.
Hon. James H. Young, The Gazette,
Raleigh, N. C.
M y Dear Sir Yours of the 16th
inst , in regard to the Rev. R. H. W
Leak has been received. Most as
suredly the reverend gentleman is
the victim of a thoughtless practical
joker. He has not received an In
vitation from Major McKinley to ac
company him from Canton to Wash
ington, Yours very truly,
J. E. Boyle,
Private Secretary.
King's Daughter's Reception.
The St. Luke's Circle of King's
Daughters are now entering upon
their fourth year as au organized
circle. Their special work is to aid
the home for the aged and incurable
situated at No 11 West South street.
A reception will be held by the cir
cle at the home on Monday afternoon
the 22nd, between 3 and 6 o'clock
p.m., to which a cordial invitation
is extended to any, both men, wo
men and children, who feel an inter
est in this institution. All contri
tributions thankfully received.
Mr. Wallace Scales to Be Married.
The many friends of Mr. Wallace
N. Scales, who was executive olerk
to Gov. A. M. Scales and who resid
ed in Raleigh during the four years
of Gov. Scales' administration, will
be intrusted to know that he Is soon 1
to be wedded In Mount Idaho where
he has for some time been located.
He is to be married 24th Inst, to
Miss Helen Newman of that city,"
Mr. Scales is at present Judge of
the county in which ha resides in
Idaho. . . t-.v--'-!.