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mr. XHB RALEIGH J3VE1HKG TIMES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19,1903.,
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the: evening times.
RALEIGH, N. C.
PUBLISHED BY THE VISITOR-PRESS COMPANY,
, J. V. SIMMS, General Manager.
TELEPHONES:
Capital City.
Editorial Office ....... 179
Business Office ....... 173
atalelgh.
Editorial Office . . . . . 179
Cfn Apes LTO) council
YESTERDAY'S CIRCULATION, 5,053.
For President:
WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
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j THE STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE
'J ". 'o'-' V'" .'INSANE. .
A news item in. one of today's pa
pers tells of the harboring of an In
sane woman In the county jail. It
is indeed deplorable that our great
hospital for the insane is so crowd
ed, but it seems that at present there
is no way to help it. The hospital
contains beds for three hundred wo
men, and there are now three hun
dred unfortunate women in the in
stitution. The next legislature
should see to it that more adequate
provisions are made for this great
. hospital.
And right here we wish to register
an emphatic protest. .': In the news
item, above referred to one Row
land, superintendent of the . county
home, says that the Wake- county
home now contains thirty-two in
sane persons. He-goes on to state
that he has found it impossible to
get white patients into the hospital
from Wake county, but that the hos
pital for the colored insane at Golds
boro never turns down an "urgent
request." The natural inference
from Mcjr '' Rowland's remarks, is,
that Wake county is not getting a
square deal at the hands of the hos
pital officials. We don't know, of
course, that he intended to convey
ttafe impression, but it soundB that
.' Way..- :-
Mr. Rowland may be a capable
public official. We do not know him
or"; his record well : enough to say.
But there is one thing certain he
should know what he is talking about
before he makes disparaging state
ments about one of the state's best
managed1 institutions.'
An examination of the records
show that Wake county has .had.
twice as many unfortunates cared for
at this institution as any other
county in the Btate. Since January
1, 1908, Wake county has had eight
patients admitted to the " asylum.
No other county can show more than
half as many. Mr. Rowland, and
others, should bear in mind the
fact that there are other counties
in the state, and that practically the
same conditions prevail in all of
them. - No clerk of court, judge, or
grand : jury has, or should have,
power to force patients Into these
institutions where adequate provis
ions have not been made for their
care and comfort To do so would
destroy the usefulness of the hos
pital. - If. Mr. Rowland, or any one
else, wants to "jump on" somebody
about this state of affairs, we re
spectfuHyrefer Mm; or them, as the
case may be, to the law-makers of
this good old commonwealth, with
the recommendation that the solons
aforesaid receive no mercy until the
unfortunate insane of Wake county
and of every other county, are prop
erly cared, for. But don't turn loose
any remarkslthatvwould. ;in any way
reflect or even seem -to refleet on. the
present-management. 1 .... .' -..
We venture the assertion" without
fear of contradiction, that you could
search the south from ' Richmond to
New Orleans, and you could not find
three men better fitted to fill their
. responsible "positions than Drs. Mc
Kee, Picot and Jenkins. These men
know their business from the ground
' up, and are in every respect worthy
of .the high., positions, they nil., . i;7
IMPROVEMENTS ON .THE SEA-.
,;. board, tf t. t:LV
, "the peofTeoIlhTs" sectlqnwllT'he
t extremely gralllled' al. "the' new '!
;.whlch emanate from Baltimore that
the Seabbard Alt Line Railway Is to
spend approximately " $1,50,000 on
improvements in tracking and ter
, Tttti 'faculties tad ,tlet the work
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SUBSCRIPTION BATES: 1 .
(In Advance)
By Mail or Carrier.
One copy one year .' . . .15-00
One copy three months . . 1.25
One copy one week . . . .10
Entered through Raleigh, N. C,
postdfllce as mail" matter" of the
second class. In accordance with
the Act of Congress, March 3,
1879.
For Governor:
W. W. K1TCHIN.
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a a w a a a a- a; a a a a a a
has already been started, the con
tracts calling , for completion Janu
ary ll3t. The money with which to
complete the work: r is 'already in
hand. The '" improvements are the
first, on a large scale, attempted by
the road since the panic last fall.
At half million of the amount will
be spent in adding to the terminal
facilities of the road at Tampa, the
erection of a modern warehouse and
elevator, extensive lumber wharves,
etc. Tampa is a rapidly growing
city and the Seaboard Is growing
with it and will be prepared to
handle its growing freight business.
'Another improvement will be the
replacing of all wooden bridges on
the system with the best and strong
est steel) structures. Nine bridges
will be built and the amount spent
in this department will be $220,000.
Then $260,000 will be spent in lay
ing 75-pound standard steel rails
between Richmond and Norfolk and
Norlina. : When the laying of these
rails Is completed It will give the
Seaboard one of the best roadbeds,
on that part of the system, as -well
as the Jacksonville-Birmingham
branch, in the country. The road
bed between Bostic and Monroe is
also being ballasted and new heavy
rails laid.
Concerning - these improvements,
and others, the Baltimore News
says: . ..-
These latter improvements are
being made in order that the Sea
board will be in position to handle
the coal traffic from the Clinchfleld,
which will be turned over to the
railroad at Bostic by the Carolina
Clinchfleld and Ohio Railroad. This
tonnage will amount to about 1,000,
000 tons a year, and it is expected
that it will begin moving about Jan
uary lv ...,....,.,..;...:;..:::..-.
Authority has been given to lm
improve the dock facilities at Wil
mington, N. C, at a cost of about
$140,000. A new warehouse, to
cost $50,000, will be. built at Jack
sonville, Fla. A modern lumber
dock has recently been finished at
that port. About $10,000 is to be
spent improving the' facilities at
Fernandina, Fla. This work Is al
ready in progress.
The Seaboard, in connection with
other lines, will build a terminal
station at Athens, Ga., at a cost of
$75,000. Three water-softening
plants in Florida have been author
ized. These will cost about $15,000
They will be used to Improve the
quality of water used by the road's
locomotives in that Btate.
A new coal plant will aka be
built at Portsmouth, Vl. The sys
tem has sufficient rolling stock, both
locomotives and freight Cars, with
which to handle the present traffic
and any prospective Increase.
The' receivers, while paying the
closest attention to expenditures,
Intend to thoroughly modernize the
property. They figure that by so do
ing the ratio of expense to earnings
can be much reduced and the earn
ing capacity largely. Increased. The
Seaboard traversal one of the rich
est . sections of the. south, but has
been" handicapped In the past by lack
of facilities. :Jt 1b to overcome these
objections that Receivers Warfleld
Duncan and Williams are now con
cehtratlrig' their efforts! "
u. . , ANGELLON,TAFT. .
It seems to us that George T. An-
gell, president of the Massachusetts
Society for the Previa tlonf Cruelty
to Animals, editor of Our Dumb
Animals and ' prefix for Various other
descriptive titles, In his excesflve'zeai
in behalf of the brate creation,, is
himself acting cruelly, or rather has
been cruel In one specific Instance.
Hear him: 1 '. ' v
"It is outrageous cruelty to ant
mala for a big 300-pound man like
Taft.to ride a horse" about the coun-
try. -y;"--..' J.-'-. ...
"It ought tobViibpped"itonce.
No teamster, or any one i?ho . knows
anything about animals, would thlajt
of loading a horse down.
"I do not doubt the stories sent
out from Hot Springs that the horse's
legs hate been wrenched and
strained. , , . :. ,
"Something should- certainly be
done about it No man weighing 300
pounds ' has any "business- cnr horse
back. If he must ride, let him use
an Automobile or an elephant."
If that Isn't cruelty we don't know
what to call it. And how .the big
candidate's tender heart must go
out in pity to the poor "wrenched
and strained" horse when he medi
tates on the deliverance of George T.
And how his conscience mustjjmite
him. '
If the management of the Btate fair
is anxious to get a headline attrac
tion for that event, they could doubt
less learn "something to their ad
vantage" by corresponding with Miss
Anna Delanye, of Philadelphia, who
has submitted to the state fair of
Ohio, a proposition to "exhibit, twen
ty comely girls, wearing ' dlrectoire
skirts." And It comes free, too, or
rather more than free, for Miss D3
lanye offers to pay any reasonable
sum for the privilege of exhibiting
and no admission fee is charged to
the show. "We are simply trying,"
she -says, "to break down the preju
dice against the new gown." The
fair management here might Inform
Miss Delayne that there Is a good
deal of prejudice against the sheath
skirt in this locality, and, no doubt,
she would be willing to undertake to
remove our foolish dislike. : We are
all wise enough to be open to argu
ment. . '
The following, which appears
in
an exchange, is too much for us:
A problem poem which has floated
back to Manhattan from ' the Long
Island summer reisort opens quite as
wide a field for debate as any of
Browning's most intricate fancies.
It has been a subject of hot discus
sion on more than one .hotel ve
randa. It goes thus according to
the New . York Sun: . -
Which do you think Is the. great
est slur: : ' :; .'- . '.s
DID he kil3s her? V
Did HE. kiss her?
Did he KISS her? ' v"
Or. ''v''
Did. he kiss HER? . "
Respectfully referred to Jo Pat-
ton, editor of the Charlotte ; News,
for answer.
v
There were two notification meet
ings yesterday. , At .hls . hot) Mi
Utica, N. Y., James Schoolcraft
Sherman, amid much pomp - and
notse, was officially notified at 11
o'clock of his nomination by the re
publicans, as their candidate for the
vice-presidency. Last ' evening , jut
o'clock, In Chicago, where the can
didate lives, Eugene W. Chafln was
notified that he had been selected by
the prohibitionists as their standard
bearer for the campaign of 1908.
And now, as the hokey pokey
says, "They are off."
man
Governor Magoon, of HavanJt, left
that city yesterday for Washington to
confer with Secretary of War Luke
E; Wright regarding the presidential
election to be held in Cuba next fall.
He will also visit the president. Won
der if it will be decided to make the
Cuban election unanimous, as; was
done in Panama.
Gov. John A. .Johnson declares
positively that he will not again be a
candidate for governor, that he would
not accept the nomination If it were
offered him. Congressman W. 8.
Hammond will 'most likely sacceed
Johnson.-:, . .vi.' - -; ;" , '
..'AnjJ. the ..Raleigh Evening Times
Is not the only- paper- that doesn't
understand "mock gravity." For in
stance, we werr'-mly jesting ; pur
selves', but out Charlotfe -onteinpor-ary
seems to have taken , ns-er-lously.
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The preliminaries In the Halns
case give promise of another fiaUs-
eatlng murder trial, which will al
most, if not quite, equal the 'Thaw
case. ..
Did Mr. Angell have in mind the
G. O. P. when he suggested that if
Mr. Taft must ride he should pro
cure an elephant. '
MyvWeU Be Proud.
That was commendable think;
that editorial of The Raleigh Even
ing Times, suggesting that certain
newspapers I cease disparaging I Dot.
Glenn..', The Tar Heel executive may
have made. mlstaes, since he ! hu
man, but his administration Is . f ucli
that the people of the state - may
well be proud of It. Winston-Salem
Journal. .'i.- ';,; '
'Xots and boasea for laboring pee
bIa. MH-lUt rmah. t&Jlh nn month.
J Auction Thursday, Acgast 20.
To Richmond and Horfolk!
Last Excursion
- t the Season
of
Via Seaobard 'Tuesday,. Aogost 25.
Good Returning; on Regular Trains
Until Thursday, 27th. For 50c
Additional Can' Stay Until Thurs
day Night, August 27th. -
The Seaboard will operate the last
excursion of the season, jointly to
Richmond and Portsmouth-Norfolk,
Tuesday, August. 26th, as follows:
Leave Raleigh,' 9:30 a. m. Rate,
$3.00.
Leave Durham 9:30 a. m. Rate,
$3.00. . - :.;.: r"
Leave Loulsburg 7:50 a. m. Rate,
$3.00.
Leave Oxford 10:00 a. m. Rate,
$2.60. : '-'"' :':Y.. ..
Leave Henderson 11:00 a. m.
Rate, $2.60. v '
Rates On same basis from other j
points. The Richmond train takes
on passengers to jNonina ana tne
Portsmouth train to Weldon, allow'
ing two nights and one day and a
half in Richmond or Norfolk; tickets
good returning on regular, trains
Wednesday night, August 26th, or
early morning trainB Thursday, Au
gust 27 th from Richmond or Ports
mouth. ;
By Paying an Additional Fifty (60)
Cents. -
at the time -tickets are purchased
they will be good returning on all
regular trains from Richmond or
Portsmouth up to and including
Thursday night, August 27th, allow
ing two whole and one-half days and
two nights in Richmond or Ports
mouth, v
Pullman Seats Cars Attached
for those who reserve seats In ad
vance, Beat rate 75 cents additional
from Raleigh and Durham.
Positively the last excursion of
the season, consisting of vestibule
coaches, Pullman Sleeping Cars, op
erated on fast schedule, and the
best of order will prevail.
See your agent or flyers for addi
tional information.
C. H. GATTIS..T. P. A.,;
Raleigh, N. C ;-
SALE OF JUDGMENTS
' BY
Merchants' Association.
Pursuant to a resolution, adopted
at a regular meeting, to advertise and
sell the judgments secured by mem
bers of this - Association against de
linquent debtors and assigned to this
Association, on Saturday, August 29,
1008, at 12 o'clock, noon. In front of
the -court house-door, -Judgments for
the' amounts set after their ' names
(exclusive of interest and ; costs)
against the following persons will be
sold: '
O. E. Warren i ....... . . 82.60
Weill A. Spence . . ......... , 2.14
Will X. Coley...i.......... 40.75
TERMS: Cash, with right reserved
to reject any bid, and to sell any
Judgment at private sale and with
draw from sale. Other Judgments
nill be advertised from time to time
4s being for sale.
THE MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION
OF RALEIGH, N. C.
M. ASHBY LAMBERT. Attorney.
Southern Annual Excursion From
Raleigh to Asheville, Aug. 27.
On Thursday, August 27,the Southern
railway 'will operate their big annual
excursion from Goldsboro and Raleigh
to Asheville. Low rate of $4.75 will ap
ply from Raleigh for the round trip.
Train will leave Raleigh at 8.45 a. rti.,
arriving at Asheville 8.15 p. m., thus
affording all an excellent opportunity
of seeing the wonderful scenery along
the line.
Tickets will be good returning leav
ing Asheville on any of the regular
trains up- to and including Sun
day, August the 30th, allowing
three days In Asheville, which will af
ford ample time to visit the many at
tractions In the "land of the sky."
This Is the first and last, excursion of
fthe season to this delightful moun
tain city and worldwide famous resort.
Your best chance for a .magnificent
outing at a very smalleost. For fur
ther . information ' ask " your ' nearest
agent or address,
W. H. MoGlamery, P. & T. A.,
Raleigh, N. C,
DESIRABLE LOTS.
If not sold privately to be sold at
action at Court House September 7,
the desirable' residences and lots In
West Raleigh, belonging to Mrs. Mar
shall; !al the cottage on Park Ave.
occupied by W.
Smith. . Apply for
S. A. ASHE, ,.
Executor.'
Information to
8-6-law-4w
SPECIAL RATES TO CHARLOTTE.
Account of the Republican , State
. Convention, August 20. 1
The Seaboard begs to announce
rates based on 80 per cent, of the
double local fares for the round trip
from all points In North Carolina to
Charlotte account of this occasion.
Tickets to be sold for all trains Aug.
26th, and for trCns arriving at Char
lotte forenoon of Aug. 26th, with
final return limit Aug. SOth. '
The Seaboard offers excellent dou
ble dally train service to Charlotte,
For., further information regarding
rates and schedules from your station
call on your ticket agent or address
the undersigned. ' .
".".'. C. H. OATTIS,
;': Traveling Passenger Agent, '
We pay carriage to any point
in North Carolina on all orders
of S5.00 or 'more.-' i t t r t' t
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:jMDilD-Ji'Slll
123-125 Fayetteville Street;
North Carolina's Largest and Leading Retail
Dry --Goods - Store.
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This is Our
August Sale of
Carpets and Rugs.
Planned to run the entire month, and one of the striking
points about this great sale is the enormous quantities of
Carpets and Rugs and the magnificent varieties pre
sented. You do not have to pick from little lots, the Car
pets and Rugs offered for your selection in this Great
Sale would make a full-sized stock of Carpets and Rugs
in any big Carpet Store.
There are all kinds of Carpets and Rugs: Carpets
for Parlors. Carpets for Reception Rooms. Carpets for
Dining Rooms, Carpets for. Dens, Carpets for Halls,
Carpets for Churches, Carpets for Public Buildings and
Libraries, Carpets for Society Halls, Carpets for Offices,
and of every grade. Rugs of all sizes and for all uses.
The saving in prices in this Great Annual August
Carpet and Rug Sale is worth the while, most distinctly,
of every one, and so are the Carpets and Jtugs.
No one interested in Carpets and Kugs within a ra
dius of 100 miles of Raleigh can afford to miss the great
saving this great sale gives them.
i 4t.
You Can Make a
ular Fall Prices of Fully
25 PERCENT.
This Great Annual August Carpet and Rug
Sale gives a grand
public buildings, libraries, societies, churches,
institutions, schools and Halls to make their
carpet purchases before the regular fall sea
son begins. There's a saving of fully 25 per
cent, on the regular fall prices.
NO SALE OF ANY KIND THAT TAKES PLACE
IN THIS STORE APPROACHES THE IMPORTANCE
OF OUR ANNUAL AUGUST CARPET AND RUG
SALE OFFERING A BONA FIDE SAVING OF AT
LEAST 25 ON THE REGULAR FALL AND WIN
TER PRICES.
There is no sale for which we make such extraordi
nary preparations enabling us to give Carpet and Rug
Values that cannot be equalled outside of this Great An
nual August Carpet and Rug Sale.
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v NOTWITHSTANDING THE AUGUST SALE
PRICES WE WILL MAKE AND LAY THESE CAR
PETS AND RUGS WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGES,
AND IF YOU LIVE OUT OF, RALEIGH WE WILL
MAKE FREE OF CHARGE AND PRE-PAY THE
FREIGHT OR EXPRESS TO YOUR RAILROAD
STATION, AND IF YOU WILL PAY THE TRANS-
PORTATION AND KEEP' WHILE HE IS DOING
THE WORK WE WILL SEND ONE OF OUR EX
PERT CARPET LAYERS TO LAY THEM FOR YOU.
TAKE N O T 1 C E!
Carpets and Rugs purchased during this . August
Sale upon request will be held for future delivery
without any extra charge for storage and we will lay them
when you are ready for them later on in tbi fall or win
ter but you must buy them now to get the advantage of
. We give D. A F. Gold Trading
Stamps with every cash purchase",
one stamp for every 10c t i t i
(0
Great Annual
Saving on the
opportunity for Hotels,
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