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1 . I SI YOLOMI IIT. .KIW BIRH, CB1TXH COUHTT, V. C, TUISDAT, MAI 6, 1902. FIRST SICTI05, KDMBIE 10 GUM BRANCH. Why is ROTAL Baking Powder bet ter thnauny other? - Because in its mammoth, works a corps ' of chemical experts is con stantly employed to test every ingre dient and supervise every process of manufacture to insure a product ab solutely pure, wholesome and perfect in every respect The most wholesome food and the most digestible food are made with Royal Baking Powder. l KOVAl IAKINQ POWDM CO., 100 WILLI AM (T., NEW YORK. THE MARKETS. V The fo.lowlng quotation were recelv l by J. B Latham & Oo, New Bern N.O. . Niw Toek, May 5. Cotton; Open. High. Low. Close Hay 9.26 9.J6 9.06 9.06 July 9.24 9M 9.05 9.11 Aug. ..0.09 9.09 8.90 8.90 Sep 8.S2 862 8.87 8.4j Oct ... 8.27 8.27 8.1S 8.18 Chicago, May 6. Whhat: Open. High. Low, Close May 74J 741 73 731 July 75 76 74 74 Cobs: Open. High. Low. Close May........ 691 69J , 68 59 Ribs: Open. High Low. Close May . 956 957 058, 952 New Tork, May 5. Open. nigh. 'Low. Close ... 127 118 126f 138 Stocks;-. Bugar..... Bo Ry 86- 88f 86 86 U. & L... ...... m m 12f 12 U. 8. 8..... 41 41 40 41 FaclnoMall..... 89 V. 8. 8., Prerd.. Mo. P.......,,, 981 Wf 98 00 Atchison 78-79 78 78 Vi. C. O.....T.. 79 7 71 78 A. C. O Am.Ioe... .....18i 18 18 18 Liverpool - BpoU 6.3-10. Bales 7,000 bales. Futures, . May-June 4.61. Ang-Sept. 4.54. Hepl-Oct.4,89. New York, May 6 1902. Panicky condition of Wall street Is principal cause of break in onr mar ket. . ... v " Weakness on reported failures In Wall St. -N . MM Decline is running its course. Will recover when weakness is entirely ellm- Inaled which ought to be soon. : -vj R. Moobb A Co. POST RMKIFT8. Same veek last year. -91,000 Last week 66,000 This wees. Bat. 11000 Mod. 9000 Tues. Wed. Thurs. Frl. 12000 23000 24000 9000 10000 ""13000 91.000 Prescriptions at Davis'. ' Davis' Prescription Pharmacy makes a specially of prescriptions. .,. Prompt and rareful ' aiteuiion : is given them. Only llic best drugs are used. The prices are reasonable. Send yours there to be filled. Fifty Perish In Town on Fire. " Cairo, Egypt, May 4. Fifty persons have ' perished In a Are at MIt Gamr. a town on the right bank of the DamielU branch of the Nile. The flames were started by the intensely hot weather pre vailing. Thousands of native residences and 200 stores were destroyed. - Biliousness is a condition character ized by 't disturbance of the digestive organs. The stomsch Is debilitated, the liver torpid, the bowels constipated. There is a loathing of food, pains in the bowels, dizziness, coated tongue and ' vomiting, first of the undigested or part ly digested food snd then of bile. Chsm- berlsln's Stomsch and Liver Tablets allay the disturbances of the stomach and create a healthy appetite. They also tone up the liver to a healthy action snd reeulate the bowels. Try them and you are rortnin to be nrnh pWid wiUj tbe rt-i-.u i on" a r r. fi. L'li.ry. RAILROAD ELECTION ORDERED By Commissioners of Pamlico County To Consider Purchase of Bonds. For years the people of Pamlico Coun ty hsve been clamoring and rallying for a railroad. Like many other local Scheme it was expected that Outside espilal would be attracted and a railroad built, but the outside capitalists failed to show up. Yesterday at a very enthuslastlcmee lng held at Bayboro many of the proml ment cltzens taking part, some good prac tical work was accomplished and a rail road may be the result. Being appealed to the county commis sioners were Induced to order a purchase of $50,000 stock in the proposed . road, and an election ' was ordered to be held on June 28th st which the tsxpsy ers of Pamlico may approve of, or reject the Investment. The road is planned to run from New Bern to Bayboro and onto Vandemere, a branch or spur will take in Stonewall and. Oriental As the business men of the county seem to be Interested, and very much determined In- theoaUar Jt is probable that the road will be built. ' Boer Leaders in Europe Active. The Hague, May 4. Dr. Leyds, the Boer representative in Europe, arrived here and proceeded to Utrecht for a con ference with Mr. Kroger. ARAPAHOE. i i- Bnslness Changes. Interesting Debating ; ' Club. Two Marriages. , May 6 Business in Arapahoe con tinues in a lively condition. We have another store in our town. Mr C F Brln son of Arapahoe has bought the . store formerly owned by Mr T A Land of New Bern, and has started a general merchan dise business, " The farmers In our community seem to be encouraged over their farming prospect?, -The weather is fine and crops looking well, considering the late spring Some of oar farmers have begun to ship cabbage.-. f --f Our Arapaboe Literary Debating Club is progressing nicely., i ' , 1 1 ' Mr J B Lee of Arapahoe is preparing to place the boilers for his saw mill. Mr Robert Lee of Arapahoe Is paint ing hi house; Mr Eugene Daniels being the contractor. ' Mr James ' Eardlson and Miss Ella Paul were united In the holy bonds of matrimony last Wednesday night. Mr Noah Lee and Miss Mertle Holton were married yesterday afternoon all the parties concerned live near . Arapahoe, Mr W R Reel officiated. Rev. D H Petree, of LaG range, filled his appointment at the' Christian church in Arapahoe yesterday and preached to a large congregation. At . the close of his dlscorse two members were added to the church, they being Miss Lena Scott and Mrs. Cassle Scott. 3. B. B. Heidelberg Catl. .. Heidelberg cnstl the beautiful Old ruin on the Neckar so beloved by the American tourist In Europe, to to be reconstructed. German architects are anxious that it should not be kept up merely as a ruin, but that it bo en tirely rebuilt It is considered far too valuable a relic of renaissance architec ture to act as an additional attraction to A landscape. : The Grand Duke of Hesse and Baden and the kaiser are to be asked to support the project, which Is to cost about 6,000,000 marks, Ger mans are delighted at the proposed change, but It is believed that foreign ers will be sadly disappointed. Heidel berg castle bas always been such an admirable place to write letters from. At any rate, the proposition to recon struct the castle1 shows the length to which Germans are going to the matter of reconstruction, - ' YOU MOW TEAT YOU ARE TAJtlUG When you take Grove's Tasteless' Chill Tonlo, ranse the formula is plainly I ' .1 1 1 ernry bottle showing thst It ' i ' ' 7 1. i p" 1 ; ;'"0 1 1 at'' New Elk's Home For Winston Salem. State Charters. Pahlic Sekeels. Looking Arter Bright Tebacee. Labor Scarce . In Wake County. High PrI- ' ees for Food. lUuuon, May 4. The State charters the Elks Home and Auditorium Go of Winston-Bslem, capital 135,000; R. J. Reynolds - and others stockholders. The object is to build an auditorium. A ehftrtor la lion vrantod tl Rihm. sonviUe High' School Col of Martini county, capital $10,000.,. . . , . , Another charter is granted the Tax away. Tannery Co., of Transylvania county, capital 1100,000. A Japanese named Hatta was here to day conferring with the commissioner of agriculture regarding North Caroli na's bright tobacco. He will visit va rious sections. He came with an intro duction from Milton Whitney of the United States' Agricultural depart ment. : - In response to a question asked by your correspondent, commissioner of agriculture Patterson said he thought this State's tobacco crop this year would reach 150,000,000 pounds. In accordance with calls for and to keep their public schools open 4 months in the year, the State today sent 1,603 to Madison county and $383 to Pamlico. Hertford Is now the only county not heard from. The plans for the new building at the Methodist Orphanage should have been in hand by February 1, but the architect makes only promises. The delegates from this State to the Charleston Exposition on the "West In dian Days", W. S. Chodwlck, W. B. Blades, B. F. Montague, G. W. Watts and W. R. Odell, are all expected to at tend. There is a desire for the develop ment of trade between the Southeastern parts and the West Indies. The high price of various foods excites much remark. Sweet potatoes being $2 a bushel. For two small chickens 85 cents Is asked. . Eggs have retailed at 26 cents but are now 171. The sheriff of this county says farm labor,' white and black is very scarce For two years this has been the case. The scarcity increases. He ssys that after last year's crop failure in this coun ty 100 white families moved to Durham to work in cotton mills. A good deal of the labor is of poor type, declining to work regularly, and merely doing odd jobbs. The sheriff says this remark ap plies to both white and black. The State charters the T. R. Fowle memorial hospital at Washington, James L. Fowle and others trustees. It will receive the sick and injured and. train nurses. A charter is also granted the Salem Parlor Furniture Co., of Winston Salem, capltall $100,000 F H Fries and others stockholders. V KcDuffice's Little Blue Liver Pill makes blue people bright, cleanses the system of all the deleterious and unhealthy mat ter and makes a new person of you. 25 cents at F. S. Duffy's. Cone of ML Vesuvius Falls In. Naples, May 4. The central cone of ltt. Vesuvius has suddenly collapsed and a large gap is now seen toward Pompeii. Long and very deep cracks have also made their appearance along the sides of the volcano. "i. Queen Margherlta Goto? to Corfu. Rome, May 4. The Dowager Queen Margherlta will shortly taken trip to Corfu in the Italian battleship . Marco Polo to see if the climate there will suit her mother, the Dutchess of Genos, who has been In poor health for some time, INteldn Batte For Loaf Yoraa. Butter Is now packed In a manner that permits of Its carriage from Aus tralia to Europe without losing Its freshness. A box Is formed of six sheets of ordinary window glass, and the edges are sealed -with gum paper. This box Is then Inclosed In plaster Of parts a quarter of an Inch thieJt, this being again covered with special p pes, Tne plaster ia a bad conductor Of heat, so the temperature Inside the box remains the samo. Boxes are . now made to hold 200 pounds of butter, and the cost of packing Is a penny a pound. DmuiTnl Germany must either Import the bulk of her foodstuffs or else lose her people through emigration and her .export trade through the high prices necessi tated by dear food. Her Industrial classes clearly realize this, and the agrarian attempt to stop American Im ports meet with an opposition at home tar more effective than any remon strance from Washington can be. Milwaukee Sentinel. " Effort to Murder 400 Persons. Barcelona, May 4. Two men were ar rested here In the aot of trying to blow op a wesvlng factory at San Martin do Provensals. Four hundred employes were st work on the premises. Clears at Davis. Theo, Cubanola, Royal Blue, Lew Wallace, Flor de Teller, and other lead ing brands, at Dav's Proscription Thar- Crops S after Gram trj Weather. Attack of Hot: Cholera Over. May 4. We are having so much dry weather that most people complain of their tobacco dying after being trans planted. Mr. J. F. King has built an addition to his house. Mr. E. Z. Barry is also having a kitch en and dining room built close to his dwelling. Most people in this section complain cf a poor crop of Irish potatoes. Wo think that crows hsve been worse in polling up corn than many years hero tofore it seems. . ; Cabbage which have been transplanted are doing nicely, some are not set ont yet on account of dry weather, m'"".,T" and command $1.25 per boshei. Mrs. Elisabeth J. Taylor) has returned komo from a several weeks visit to her sons, Z. F. Taylor's, of Jones Oo. ' The creeks are getting very low and anglers stlok close to their avoca tion. Mr. P. D. Frazelle has gone to work once more after being sick so long. We hone ho will have no backset. We haven't heard any more from the rvral free delivery for this route, we hope Mr. Thomas didn't consign it to the waste basket. . The recent attack of cholera which so affected the herds of hogs in this vlcin Itv has ceased. so long with typhoid fever Is in a strange condition. The fever left her so she can not walk and is helpless. Yours, etc. Yoxpopuli. Grajr FlnUh an Silver. The "gray finish" on silver to a re cent invention. The piece of silver plate (a watchcase, matchbox, vase, pitcher or what not) to be finished by this process Is first of all locked tight and firm in a sort of frame and before an apparatus that somewhat resembles a toy cannon. This arrangement to connected with a receptacle containing a very fine sand and a compressed air apparatus. The whole Is connected in such a way that when set In operation the blowgun arrangement sends a terrlflo blast of flno sand against the plate of exposed silver. This beating of the grains of Band against the silver produces arhat is known as the "gray finish" In sever. al hours, This finish Is nothing more than a slight roughening of the sur face of this metal by means of the sand blast, Every grain of sand makes an Impression on the metal, which If examined with the microscope looks like the roughened surface of a nut meg grutcr. Washington Post. Roves' PeoBUar Way- The late Charles B. Rouss, the blind New York millionaire merchant was a very peculiar man. He sold not long ago In reviewing his life: "A fellow was fool enough to trust me when came to New York, and I trusted oth ers. The result was I smashed all to pieces, owed $51,000, paid it up dollar for dollar, never trusted anybody again and never permitted anybody to trust ma," After he sot well started in busi ness he kept only those books In which be could keep a record of sales and payments. ' From town customers he exacted cash on delivery. To out of town customers he allowed credit only for the time consumed in sending goods by freight and returning a check by mail. His employees he paid at the close of each day, so that he could go to his home at night "owing no man a penny. bow Meltera, Relieving the publlo streets of snow Is now effected in New York by means Of steam machines. Nine of these have been in operation the post winter, and each one thaws out T50 cufile yards of snow in a day. The snow to shoveled Into a strong iron box, mounted on Wheels, Into which steam Jets are In troduced, which melt the snow. , The .water drains off and flows into the sewers. These nine machines are said to have done as much work as seventy- five teams were able to perform under the old system of carting off the snow. ' It Makes Lla-atata. ' The largest Induction coll, which pro duces the longest spark for service In wireless telegraph, U said to be the one .which was recently made for flashing messages between the coast of Japan and Korea, lit can produce, In fact, a miniature streak of lightning forty-five Inches In length, capable of killing any number of persons 'who might get In Its wsy, and when W operation Bends out something Uke thuuder rolls. The entire apparatus weighs about 2,000 Tfce Dawearrlast Wlacs ml m Blra. - Dr. F. IL Knowlton of the United States national museum says that per haps the longest straightaway flight made by birds in their migrations to accomplished by some of the shore and water birds that nest In the islands of Bering sen and spend the winter at Hawaii and Fanning. Island, 2,200 miles away. As some of these birds live en tirely on the shore and are probably unable to rest on the surface of the wa ter, they must Dr. Knowlton, ac complish the whole distance In a single flight Yet although there are no land marks for them upon their long Jour ney over a waste of waters, they make their way to their destination "with the precision of a rifle bullet" . ' Baraattlast Beaweaataare. While all the hospitals of Berlin are usually overcrowded, there to one In which not much more than half the beds are occupied. It is presided over by Dr. Schweninger, who for a time was Bismarck's physician, but .whose methods of treatment are so peculiar tvt t'ia other rfcy-' 'ars era jractlcal No Encampment Tbls Tear of State Gnarl Baral Free Mall Delivery Boate Too Loaf. Ckirek Bslldlne; Specifications. Boston Orchestra Compasy Dlsselatlen. RaLkioh, May 5 The Supreme Court will devote this week to the appeal docket of the 14th district The Secretary of State today authoris ed the dissolution of the ataxton Light and Power Company. There will be no encampment of the State Guard this year. . The State sent a provisional regiment to the Charleston Exposition and this takes the place of the encampment. The expense of the Charleston encampment wu something over $4000. The post office department has a special agent here, measuring the rural free delivery routes. He finds that these are all 4 orS miles longer than they were stated to be. They were not orig inally measured, but the distances fixed were those given by the country people. The saying that a country mile is s long one is fully proved to be true. Country people hsve alow idea of distances. Saturday a route heretofore called 29 miles was found to be really 84. Cards have been received here announc ing the marriage of Miss LeGrand Cameron, a daughter of the late Gen, Francis H. Cameron, to Mr. Hugh Hughes, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, May 1. Archetect Gibson of New York, who Is preparing the specifications for the new Church of the Good Shepherd, Is here, snd says the specifications will speedily be furnished. It Is decided to press the work to completion. The church will be one of the largest in the State. The State superintendent discovers that in Forsyth county, where the poll tax is $2.30, only $1.19 of It Is given to the public schools, Instead of $1.72 and today the county superintendent was in' structed to demand the other 531 cents. Intense Interest wss felt here today in the opening of the season of the State baseball league. The great Boston Festival Orchestra, which gave a superb performance here Saturday evening, went to Durham to day. CAU8E OF POPULARITY. Credit Thereto Ret Dae to Haaian Heathers of the Family, He who tells the story Is the owner of a blue ribbon St Bernard dog, masterly fellow and winner of admira tion as well as prizes. Last Bummer the dog went tvitn his master and family to a fashionable resort and was there the center of undiminished In terest throughout the season. "It was the most delightful summer ,we ever spent" recited the teller Df the story and the owner of the dog the Mb er day, "and the people were the nicest as a whole we had ever met Our pon larlty with the summer colons sua most marked, and when the time came, to depart It was with no end of sorrooi that we began to make our adieus. Nat urally, it filled us with a good deal lit pride to think that those with iwhom we had sojourned should wish we sveta not going to leave them. But pur ranjtj; was short lived. There came shOOU which set us all to thinking and ?BB derlng as to svhom the credit foi (mi prestige svaa duo. It happened titnetj bright faced, fcrcesji tittle Kir) Dt et&t sen, iwho was sront to express bet oer tlments without reserve, came to S&X goodby. . -. " 'Don't tea me you are going away.T she negatively queried In a depressed tone of voice, and svo began to feel that from her we were to get the most gen tne expression of regret of the colony " 'Yes,' 1 replied. vWo have to fQ back to the city now, but we live In thf hope of seeing our very dear friends og here again In the near future,1 "Ob.' she continued, 1 hate Cd havs you go indeed. Indeed I do for STS certainly will miss your dog.' -Was lngton Star. .. ' Ska Oas-at to Kaew. Four-year-old Ruth was seated on the floor tending to the cares tt 8 largo family of dolls, one member of which was In rather a dilapidated condition, "How old to that doUle, ButhT to oulred a Visiting friend. , .,: "She Is flftx xears old," anaroered Ruth gravely. "Why, Buttle," exclaimed Sister Margaret 1 don't think she to as an cient as thatr . ' i "Margaret," and the large brown eyes were raised la surprise, "I certainly; fink I ought to know the ages of mx own children." And Butbie was right The doQ bad been her grandmothers, Chicago's Little Chronicle, ; Hebrews to Flee to America. Vienna, May 4 TheNeue Free Presso lays that as the result of systematic per secution, 8000 Jewish, families,, compris ing 11,000 persons, will leave Roumania for the United States in a few days. Spanish Princess Tries Suicide. Rome, May 4. Princess Beatrice de Borrone, daughter of Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, attempted suicide by throwing herself Into the Tiber, but was rescued. Coined Mullets RECEIVED . Fre.h lot Harvey's Smjill Sugar Cured Hams. Also Eng lish Cured Shoulders, Fulton Market Corned Beef and Canned Meats of all kinds. j Clover Hill Print and Fancy Elgin .Cutter 35e lW Also a Nice Print Butter for 30o lb. Nice Fruit Jelly 6o lb. rx Pickles both bout and sweet. ' New Cream Cheese. . . phone ua jour orders and they will be filled at the lowest possible prices. v v Yours to please, t - . . J. L 1 'Phone 01. (XiyVtlaUlrtXiyV twVaUalStV Fox her Writ "Butter 35c pet Pound If you want your breakfast table complete buy your But ter Coffee, Tea, Flour, &0. from us. , . We also have a large stock of all kinds of Canned Goods that we do not care to carry over for next season, that we are are selling at a bargain. Don't buy anything in our line until you get our prices. Tours to Please, ; "L ';' J. 113. aF.AaX3ZiZS.E3, Tx., Wholesale and Retail Orocer, PHONE 69. Cor. Broad & Hancock Sta. E CAN TWICE FOB 25 CMWTS. WE CAN CUFF YOU FOB 25 CENTS. We will do a good lob at the price, and you will be well pleased. We know of no one who san do thejob better, or more satisf act- orily toyou. Ws believe we are selling the Best Collars and Cuffs on the Market Linen on both sides, and they won't come back to you wich saw edges the first or Becond time they are lanndned. We take- particular pride in having Collars and Cuffs that are just right, and it x:-i J fvu giro us a u itti.ua ate Btjle but what is E. Wi ARMSTRONG, 7 Hlddle Street. VAAi4444A44S44A4tA4444att44tt f f TTTT?f f f tf f f f f f f f f i The American Stock Co., 1 3t HAVE JUST RECEIVED THEIR Enormous Spring Stock and invites the inspection of The latest makes and styles in Spring Suits for everybody At Prices that Knock Out Competition Mens Furnishing Goods of every description. Cheap too. Shoes, up-to-date styles and of the best makes. ' Dry Goods of all kinds. We carry a choice line of MILLINERY that is pret ty enough to suit any lady. Ladies Dress Goods of every qual ity front ginghams to the most select weaves, at right prices. Give us a call and well do the rest as- i AMERICAN A44it0' ?? ?f ft Vf f f f tttttattttt.t.. . . , ,. ' ; ( ' ) I ( Wholesale & Retail Grocer, ' 71 Bread St. COLLAR YOU would please us to have l n t vuuaia wiu viuib. xiu here. 1 s. s sr. tf ?.! f f ? Stttf ? tf the public. STOCK CO., . r P. HOWARD, Proprietor, C9-G1 Hlidla Ctrcct. -- TUCiiEn c::33. . - 810 North Front Etreoti WILMINGTON, . H. C. The place to tuy yoot Ccmct Di-y Work at BOTTv t TZIZTZ. I: rorcin an! IX: 'jC. "u 1 I!orl!o. tel' ' : 11 ' V - C .1 t . i $ I S2
