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THE OBSERVER
FA KITE V 1 1 iTiK, N. C.
SATRUDAY, MAY 26, 1900.
S. J. HALS, Editor and Proprietor.
I. I. HALX, Jr., latintu Buufftx.
fob fbesidkztt of the hutted states
in 1900.
WHililAM J. BRYAN.
Democratic State Ticket.
For Governor, CHARLES B. AYCOCK,
of Wayne county.
For Lieutenant-Governor, W. D. TUR
NER, of Iredell.
For Secretary of State, J. BRYAN
GRIMES, of Pitt.
For Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, GENERAL T. F. TOON, of Robeson.
For Treasurer, B. R. LACY, of Wake.
For Auditor, DR. B. F. DIXON, of
Cleveland. m
For Attorney-General, BOBERT D.
GILMER, of Haywood.
For Commissioner of Agriculture, SAM
UEL F. PATTERSON, of Caldwell
For Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing, H. B. VARNER, of Davidson.
For Chairman of Corporation Commis
sion, FRANKLIN McNEILL, of New
Hanover.
For Member Corporation Commission,
SAMUEL L. ROGERS.
For Judge of Tenth District, W. B.
COUNCIL, of Watauga.
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.
Harold Jacoby in New York Commercial Adver
tiser.
On May 28 the sun will be totally
eclipsed, and the event will be visible
in parts of the United States.
Occasionally, as we know, the moon
passes between us and the son, catting
off the latter's light completely. This
we call a solar eclipse. Lunar eclipses,
on the other hand, are caused by the
moon's reaching such a position that
the earth is directly between it and the
sun. The moon has no inherent brill
iancy like the sun ; it shines only by
reflecting solar light ; and when that
light is cut off, the moon simply "goes
out." But the sun is self-luminous,
and is in reality shining just the same
under eclipse as at any other time. In
the former, the moon having suddenly
ceased to receive or reflect light, the
eclipse is observable wherever the moon,
if uneclipsed, would be visible. But at
any given moment we can usually see
the moon from one-half the earth's sur
face. Consequently, if a lunar eclipse
takes place a majority of the earth's
inhabitants have an opportunity to ob
serve it, and thus a lunar eclipse is
something that almost any person can
remember to have seen. But it is vejy
different with the sun. As we have
said, he continues to give light when
eclipsed, so that it is only in places
where the sun is actually covered up
by the moon that he will seem to tye
eclipsed. The moon under eclipse-is
like a candle that has been extin
guished ; it is dark from whatever side
we look at it. But the eclipsed sun is
like a burning candle, which will be
invisible to him only whose view is ob
structed by the interposition of some
opaque object.
Tnat opaque object is the moon. But
she is comparatively small and cannot
render the sun totally invisible from
more than a tiny circular or oval
spot on the earth's surface. In the
eclipse of May 28 that little spot will be
only about 75 miles wide; and if the
moon were not in motion the total
phase of the eclipse could be seen
nowhere else. But the moon is travel
ing all the time through space in its
orbit around the earth. So the little
spot is moving, too, and changing its
position gradually upon the earth's
surface. Thus, instead of a spot, we
shall have a long strip or band about
Cleanse the liver purify the blood, in
vigorate the body by using De Witt's Lit
tle Early Risers. These famous little
pills always act promptly. King Bros.
I consider not only a pleasure but
a duty I owe "to my neighbors to tell
about the wonderful cure effected in
my case by the timely use of Chamber
Jain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. I was taken very badly with
flux and procured a bottle of the
remedy. A few doses of it effected a
permanent cure. I take pleasure in
recommending it to others suffering
from that dreadful disease. J. W
Lynch, Dorr, W. Va. This remedy is
for sale by B. E. Sedberry & Sons.
75 miles wide; and by waiting for the
right moment, it will be possible to see
totality from any point within this
band. The whole thing is much as
though there were a huge pencil, with
its point touching the earth, and hav
ing its other end pointed to the sun.
If the moving moon were then also
attached to this pencil somewhere near
the point, she would draw the pencil
along, and the point would trace out
the eclipse path on our earth. Anyone
standing in that path could then look
along the pencil, and at the proper mo
ment see the moon covering the sun
and obscuring the light. In places sit
uated near this path of totality, as it
is called, we shall be able to see the
eclipse, but not as a total one. For
such places the moon will cover the
sun only in part so that some of his
brilliant surfaoe will remain in sight.
The amount of obscuration always de
pends upon the observer's nearness to
the totality line. The nearer he is, the
more nearlv total the eclipse will be.
On May 28th the path of totality be
gins in the Pacific ocean just west of
Mexico. There the point of the huge
pencil we have imagined first touches
our earth. It then passes eastward
across Mexico, and entering the United
States near New Orleans, proceeds in
a northeasterly direction until it leaves
the continent close to Norfolk, Va.
Then it crosses the Atlantic, touches
Portugal, and afterward passes across
northern Africa, leaving the earth
finally near the northern end of the
Red sea. In this country the cities of
New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., Mont
gomery, Ala., Raleigh, N. C, and Nor
folk, Va., are all on the totality path.
At New Orleans the sun will be com
pletely covered at 7:30 a. m., while at
Norfolk this will not happen until 8:53
a. m. In the former city totality will
last 73 seconds, and in the latter 102
seconds. At intermediate places both
the time and duration of totality will
fall between these extreme values. For
places nearer to New Orleans than to
Norfolk the numbers will be nearer
those given for New Orleans, and vice
versa.
The greatest interest centers about
the physical observations possible du
ring a total eclipse. Oar sun is not
merely the blazing, brilliant, luminous
globe we see every day in the heavens.
The fiery center ball has a vast outer
appendage, stretching millions of miles
into space the delicately tinted, ten
uous filmy, unexplained corona. It is
the corona that makes a total eclipse so
beautiful, regarded merely as a spec
tacle to be seen and enjoyed. Its light
is much fainter than that of the sun; we
oan see it only when the latter is com
pletely obscured. At all other times
the bright light of the central ball illu
minates the air surrounding our earth
so as to make it far superior in bright
ness to the faint corona; and observers
looking perforce through this illumi
nated air cannot distinguish the deli
cate tracery of ihe corona itself. Bot
when the advancing edge of the moon
slowly covers the sun's central disc,
until at last only a narrow sickle-shaped
piece is left, the waiting astronomers
have a few moments of intense expec
tation. The sickle narrows gradually;
but a mere thread is left; yet even that
is quite sufficient to mask the corona.
Then, suddenly, all is covered. On the
instant, as though at the touch of a
magician's wand, out bursts the splen
did corona into view. 'Tis a sight of
beauty indescribable, impressive be
yond comparison. Men that have been
privileged to see it, ever after tell of
its having given one of life's most ex
citing moments, never to be forgotten.
Bat the quiet scientific investigator
tries to make use of these rare oppor
tunites to obtain some knowledge of
the true constitution of our sun. Before
the corona's appearance, jast as the
brilliant central disc is being totally
obscured, there are a very few brief
important seconds when we receive
light direct from the outer layers of the
solar globe, and these moments offer
COLD STEEL OR DEATH.
"There is but one small chance to
save your life and that is through an
operation," was the awful prospect set
before Mis. I B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge,
Wis., by her doctor after vainly trying
to cure her of a frightful case of stom
ach trouble and yellow jaundice. He
didn't count on the marvellous power
of Electric Bitters to cure Stomach and
Liver troubles, but she heard of it, took
seven bottles, was wholly cured, avoid
ed surgeon's knife, now weighs more
and feels better than ever. It's posi
tively guaranteed to cure Stomach,
Liver and Kidney troubles and never
disappoints. Price 50o at B. E. Sed
berry & Sons.
W. H. Shipman, Beardsley, Minn., un
der oath, says he suffered from dyspepsia
for twenty-rive years. Doctors and dieting
gave but little relief. Finally he used
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and now eats what
he likes and as much as he wants, and he
feels like a new man. It digests what
you eat. King Bros.
the only chance to examine directly
the glowing gases that make up the
sun's outside envelope. Much of oar
solar knowledge has been thus gather
ed painfully in the few fleeting minutes
of observation made possible by suc
cessive total eclipses. Then it is that
we see great red flames flashing hun
dreds of thousands of miles out into
space. Curling, interlacing.eyer chang
ing, veritable cloudburts of living fire,
these are proofs of the power and vio
lence of nature's hidden forces.
The total eclipse of the sun May 28th
.... . ah .
will be visible as umows:
Totality.
7:34 a m
7:30 a m
Mobile,
New Orleans,
Norfolk.
Raleigh,
Begins at
6:29 a m
6:26 a m
7:41 a m
7:3 a m
Virginia Be'ch, 7:40 a m
8:f 3 a m
8:48 a m
8:53 a m
Ends at
8:53 a m
8:43 a m
10:15 a m
10:09 a m
10; 15 a m
Shown by Comparison.
St. Louis Republic.
The following statistics, collected
by Mr. Henry W. Lamb, president of
the New England Free Trade League,
showing the difference in price in Eng
land and the United States of products
manufactured by trusts protected by a
tariff are evidence of the widespread
influence which these tariff-protected
trusts exert in repressing subsidiary
manufactures which use their raw
materials and in taxing the consumer:
Uantity .
100 lbs
Article.
Lead.
Litharge, lbs
Wire (smooth) 1P0 lbs
Barb wire (galvanived)lOO lbs
Wire nails 1)0 lbs
Iron ore ton
Tinplate 100 lbs
Sheet steel 100 lbs
Galvanized iron 100 lbs
Steel beams 100 lbs
Borax (refined) lb
Lime bbl
Cream of tartar (crystals) lb
Bleaching powder lb
Castor oil lb
Caustic soda 100 lbs
Cement (Portland best) bbl
TJ. S.
Price.
U 70
08 3-8
3 05
3 8J
3 83
6 125
4 85
2 .9
3 78
230
075
90
22 1-3
02 3-4
12 4-5
2 52
2 55
Eng.
Price.
$3 64
04 3-
2 50
2 49
2 55
5 25
3 00
2 07
3 21
1 80
034
ta
150
015
006
184
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In every case the United States place
a duty on the product named which
keeps out foreign manufactures and
has enabled American manufacturers
to combine into trusts. In many cases
the American manufacturers ship their
products to England and sell there at
the lower prices, while American con
sumers are obliged to pay the higher
prices made possible by the tariff.
Many of the products named are
used as raw materials by American
manufacturers in their processes.
Obliged to pay higher prices for their
raw materials they are hopelessly
handicapped in competing with Eng
lish manufacturers and forced out of
the foreign markets entirely.
The simple repeal of the tariff which
protects these trusts would instantly
bring the price of their product to the
level of the price in England with the
cost of transporting the product to
this country added. The party which
declines to take this simple action to
repress these trusts is responsible for
the resulting condition.
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A NIGHT OF TERROR.
"Awful anxiety was felt for the wid
ow of the brave General Barnham, of
Macbias, Me., when the doctors said
she could not live till morning," writes
Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who attended ber
that fearful night. "All thought she
must soon die from Pneumonia, but
she begged for Dr. King's New Discov
ery, saying it had more than once saved
her life, and had cured her of Consump
tion. After three small doses she slept
easily all night, and its further use com-
pletely cured her." This marvelous
medicine is guaranteed to cure all
Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases. Only
50c. and $1 00. Trial bottles free at B.
E. Sedberry & Sons drug store.
QUESTION ANSWERED.
Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the civ
ilized world. Your mothers' and grand
mothers' never thought of using any
thing else for Indigestion or Biliousness.
Doctors were scarce, and they seldom
heard of Appendicitis, Nervous Pros
tration or Heart failure, etc. They used
August Flower to clean out the system
and stop fermentation of undigested
food, regulate the action of the liver,
stimulate the nervous and organic ac
tion of the system, and that is all they
took when feeling dull and bad with
headache and other aches. You only
need a few doses of Green's August
Flower, in liquid form, to make you
satisfied there is nothing serious the
matter with you. For sale by B. E.
Sedberry & Sons.
Gen. Cronje Should
Have It.
"Lenoir, N. C, Feb'y 16, 1900.
"Send i gross Goose Grease Lin.j 25c.
size. There is no donbt as to the cura
tive powers of Gcose Grease Lin. We
have used different liniments, but yours
excels ail. Yours truly,
"HENKEL BROS."
HOZLEY'8 LEHOir ELIXIR,
Regulates the Liver, Stomach, Bowels
ana xuanejB.
For biliousness, constipation and ma-
1 a n' a
For indigestion, sick and nervous head-
anhfi.
For aleeDlessness. nervousness, heart
failnrA And nervons rro8tration.
For fevers, chills, debility and kidney
Hiharsps. take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough organ;
io regulation, ta&e Lemon nnxir.
50a. And $1.00 bottles at druggists.
Prepared only by i)r. 1. Moziey, Atian-
a,
Ga.
GRATITUDE.
Dr. H. Mozy Dear Sir: Since using
vour Lemon Elixir I nave never had ano
ther attack of those fearful sick head
aches, and thank God that 1 have at last
found a medicine that will cure those
awful spells. Mrs. Etta W. Jones,
Parkersburg, West Virginia.
MCZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR.
I suffered with indigestion and dysen
tery for two long years. I heard of Lipeq-
on Elixir; got it; taken seven botties and
am now a well man. .Harry Adams,
No. 1731 First Avenue, Birmingham, Ala.
MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR
Cured my husband, who was afflicted for
years with large ulcers on his leg, and
was cured after using two bottles: and
cured a friend whom Ihe doctors hd giy-
en up to cue, wno naa sunerea tor years
with indigestion and nervous prostration.
Mrs. E. A. Beville,
Woodstock, Ala.
Oe Witt's Little Early Risers,
tbm ftt joua 1UU U).
MOZLEY'S LEMON HOT DROPS.
Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage, and
all throat and lung diseases. Elegant,
reliable.
25c. at druggists. Prepared only by Dr.
H. Moziey, Atlanta, lia.
dly sat & wkly
A. B. WILLIAMS,
COTTON BUYER,
HAY STREET,
FAYB'TTETILLK. Pi. C.
FAYETTEVILLE MARKETS
REVISED daily.
COTTOM
Middling 9
Strict Middling 91
Good Middliner. 93-10
Strict Good Middling 9f
Spirits 46i
Common Rosin 1 1(3
Virgin 2 20
Yellow Dip 2 20
Hard 1 20
REPORTED B7 A. S. HUSKE, GROCER.
Flour 1st pat., sack, $2.40$2.65
Family Flour 2nd pat., sack $2.00 2 2.20
Hides dry per lb. 8S10
" green per lb. 6
Wool washed 1520
Bacon hog round per lb 9
ham llaiH
sides 9al0
shoulders 8
Oats 32 lbs per bushel 45
Peas clay 85
" mixed 75a80
" white, 9010o
Meal bolted 46 lbs per bushel 55 60
" unbolted 48 lbs per bushel 6055
Corn old 56 lbs per bushel 55a 60
Onions select per bushel 1.00al.25
Lard N. C. 10 11
Tallow 4
Ducks 20 25
Hens per head 25 28
.Roosters per head 18 a 20
Turkeys per lb 8a9
Guineas none
Geese 25 a 30
Country Butter 20 25
Honey strained per ib 8c
Eggs, ii
Feathers new 35 a 40
Potatoes Irish 1.00al.25
Pork 5 6
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible burn,
oald, out or bruUe, Buoklen'i Arnica
Salve, the best in the world, will kill
the pain and promptly heal 11 Gnrei
old tores, lever eorei, ulcere, polls.
felons, corns, all skin eruptions. Best
pile cure on earth. Only So eta.
box. Cure guaranteed; Oeld bf B.
El Sedberry h Son., drngjist
The ancients believed that rheuma
tism was the work of a demon within a
man. Anv one who has had an attack
of sciatic or inflammatory rheumatism
will agree that tl-e infliction is demo
niac enough to warrant the belief. It
nas never been claimed that Chamber
lain's Pain Balm would cast out de
mons, but it will cure rheumatism, and
hundreds bear testimony to the truth
of this statement. One application
relieves the pain, and this quick relief
which it affords is alone worth many
times its cost. For sale by B. E. Sed
berry & Sons.
OeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cree Piles. ScckSr Ceres.
"I thiDk DeWitt'a T iZ,',N
are the best pil!a in y R,
all obstmctiow of tie' ' Kll
et quickly and ne fe
C1TY 0F FAYEimnTr?
WITH EIN4CC
H. 0. SEKRUu
April 7 To balance,
16 " am'HrnmQBrm.. &
24 " omT 1PCl0r.
am't from J a 1
collec'r. UD8'
6177
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MAR KPT ttt-..
r o m -fc ACCOST
May8 To am't from RGw i
stall rent bWSffiltH,
To am't fiom EN Win
stall rent. Wlllias,
To am't from T P v
stall rent? nn'
To am't from J R Vann H
stall rent, '
To am't from J R Vann
scale rent, '
Pm.Trr r, "Jtf
"v-ULKT,
To am't W S Cook, Mayor, fiDes
May 8 To balance
51.2S1S
1900
April
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By sorio No. jlS33, Willis
ton & Terry, oi'
By scrip 1813.' Far'
ville Ice Co , wood,
By scrip1843.Ja8.Wood.
jy u cuuuuiJS, $0.01 U
Scrip 1714, E A Poe, brick, !j
Scrip 1745, same -J
Scrip 1812, B E Sedberry & Son,
supplies, ' qk
Scrip 1820, C B Ledbetter, cart hire ;!
Scrip 1825, T J Powers, st. comm'r
O iono ttt r-r n, . "'i 11
ounp xoto, vv n r lowers, salary
Scrip 1829, J H Benton, salary, '
Scrip 1830, J W Maultsby salary
Scrip 1831, T J Powers, salary,
Scrip 1832, L B Fale, salary,
Scrip 1834, A B Williams,
Scrip 183 W L Hawley, chrn'n.
school No 2,
Scrip 1836, R A Southerland, ag't,
freight on oil,
Scrip 1837, A E Rankin & Co., cem
etery work,
Scrip 1838, A E Rankin & Co , sup.
plies for streets,
Scrip 1839, A E Rankin & Co , Fire
Department,
5 ft
m
6 25
2 00
1 3d
753!
24 6"
20
Scrip 1840, Fayetteville Observer,
printins:, 194!
Scrip 1841, J D McNeill, Chief Fire
Department, idw
Scrip 1842, T J Powers, st comm'r, 143
Scrip 1844, Jas K McNeill, chm'n,
tor school iNo. 1, cord, w
Scrip 1846, T J Power, st comm'r. 16 s
April 27 Scrip 1847, W J3 Cook, sal
ary, A'
Scrip 1848, H U Sedberry, treas'r,
Standard on uo. aran,
May 4 Scrip 186 1 , D T Oate?, sal'y. 3j
5 2 coupons, $3.5J
7 7 5 per cent, coupons (Bond
No. 69), 8,
Scrip 1374, fl O Sedberry,
treasurer, salary,
By balance, W
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H. O. SEDBERRY, Treas.
Correct :
A. E. Rankin, Chm'n
Board of Audit and Finance.
REPORT CF SCRIP ISSUED FROM APR&
lit III u I
190, TO MAY 0,
1833 Williston & Perry, lights, 3 '
. . m..i- Vin f ctrra
1834 A a Williams, ouo-u -j
insane perssuu, ,
1835 W L Hawley, bal. for school
ioQAP Psu'nfViorlfl.nd. asr't. ft on oil, Jjl
1837 A E Rankin & Co., cemetery,
1838 A E Rankin & Co., streets, t
. . n "I . a- inn r. .
1839 A E Rankin x u., m
1840 Fayetteville Observer print ft
icAi .t n MpNpiIL sal., chief fireai, .
1842 T J Powers, streets, .p
i n i u l sv tOTTIIIn.
1843 Jas Wooaen, n ":ho0
1854 Jas R McNeill, chm'n scnooi
JNO. 1, colore", .jQQ
ifliKHR MP.Lauchlin, election is-
iRifi T J Powers, streets, SJj
1847 W S Cook, salary. .
1848 H O Sedberry, 'lreas., 3J
,m l.-Ti-
ard Oil U., arau, .
1849 Ledbtter Bros . street wort,
1850 J M Goddard, street wor,
1851 W B Johnson,
189 n j Wilson,
1253 S Shetz Son?,
1854 Wilson McLean,
1855 W G OlarK,
1S.i6 Thos Ward,
1857 T J Powers,
1858 L B Hale, saiar,
do
do
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do
do
do
do
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1858 L B Hale, saiarj, ollf
1859 R A Southerland, agt, ?
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low Baiuc. I''o--
186 IDT Oates, salary,
1862 T J Powers, streets,
1863 Ledbetter Bros., streets,
1864 Wilson McLean, fliIf
,nr.r- -r a Unor and, Ir 1 u" ,
JOOO XV - ovum-- . ..
loDO o vv ttuov finding C c
1867 B F Beasley, attending
lfifift W H Flowers, salary,
1869 J H Benton, salary,
1870 J W Maultsby, do
1871 T J Powers,
1872 W S Cook, ?
1873 same
1374 H O Sedberry. do
1875 Chas Haigh, sire.
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