THE SEABOARD DEAL
BUY
MEN'S
The Patronage of Mem
bers of the Legislature and
all Visitors is Solicited.
Baking
Baltimoreans Accept $200 a
Share by Williams
Syndicate,
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
FURNISHINGS
HOVAl 6AKINO POWDER CO., NEW VOBK.
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PRACTICALLY ASSURED
First Move Will Be to Complete Rich
mond, Petersburg and Carolina Road
To Ridgcwav to Meet the
Seaboard.
Yesterday's Baltimore 'Sun.
The offer of $200 a share, made by the
syndicate headed by the banking house
of John L. Williams & Sons, of Rich
mond, Va., for the pooled stock of the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad has
been accepted by all persons living In
Baltimore who have stock In the pool.
Assurances have been received that
out-of-town stockholders who signed
the pooling ugieement will also accept,
and the necessary three-fourths assent
under the agreement will, it is under
stood, be readily secured.
The offer of the syndicate to buy out
the company and with the control of
the thousand miles of railroad in the
Seaboard Air Line system is one of a
number of offers for this property in
the past 'three years. After Mr. Thom
as F. Ryan, of New York, m de his
offer about two years ago, to buy the
pooled stock at $125 a share, another
syndicate made an offer.
This second offer -was the outcome of
the stubborn contest waged for the
ousting of the Hoffman munagement,
and the proposition came rrom a syn
dicate in which Baltimore merchants
were largely interested. The offer was
partly induced by the feeling held in
some quarters that the control of the
Seaboard Air Line might fall into the
hands of the Southern Railway or Its
allies unless secured by strong influ
ences not identified with any existing
Southern system. Friends of President
H. ( urzon Hoffman were prominent in
this syndicate, and one of the condi
tions imposed was that he should con
tinue at the head of the system. This
however, was not desired by Mr. Hoff
man, who had entertained the idea of
retiring from the onerous duties which
fell upon the executive head of the pro
perty.
During the time he his held the office
there have been a number of serious
problems affecting the railroad situa
tion in the South, and the looking after
the interests of the Seaboard system
has entailed a severe strain. The big
raie var wnicn was the culmination
of the disagreement between the South
ern and the Seaboard, and the subse
quent litigation coming from the Ryan
sjuuicaie in us attempt to Break up
the pool whl.ch held the control of the
system, kept things at a tension, Criti
cism was s'hot at the management for
not accepting the offer of $125 a share
made by the Ryan syndicate, and the
claim that the property was worth
more was denied b
signing the agreement. Since the an
nouncement of the offer of $200 i share
by the Williams syndicate there has
been a number of congraulations sent
to President Hoffman and Mr. Louis
McLane, chairman of the pooling com
mittee. Considerable Interest is manifested in
the plans of the syndicate, which in
cludes, in addition to Richmond and
Baltimore capitalists, a number of New
York men, who are represented 'by the
Produce Exchange Thrust Company, of
New York. It is stated that the first
move will be to complete the construc
tion o fthe Richmond, Petersburg and
Carolina. Railroad from Richmond to
Ridgeway, N. C, where It meets the
Seaboard 'Air Line. Some time ago
property was purchased in Richmond
to be used as terminals for this new
road. A connection with the Georgia
and Alabama, will not, it is said, be a
thing of the near future, although the
fact that the syndicate has a control
ling interest in that road will induce
steps to connect the two properties.
It is ivgaided as highly improbable
that such a connection, If made, would
be built from Atlanta to Montgomery,
as tluse two cities are the western ter
mini of th- two systems. The most
likely pi ,n would be to build from some
point on th. Georgia, Carolina and
Northern to-Havannah, so as to secure
a direct- rntue to that city. The Sea
board already his a direct oute to At
lanta. A plan to establish a now direct
line fiom the National Capitol to Flor
ida, by building into Richmond and se
curing a. connection from there to
Washington, would take the road to
ward Savannah.
The Seaboard has been anxious for
some years to reach New Orleans, and
a connection into Washington, nude by
fil'ln in llto rr-,.. F,
THE TWELFTH CENSUS.
Philadedphia Ledger.
At leastr year ago the present Con
gress, at ifr'jppenlng session, was wain
ed that the time to prepare for the cen
sus of 1900 was growing short, and the
matter should be attended to without
delay. It was specially urged that ar
rangements should be made In time to
have the large corps of collectors
statistics, which will be required, s
lectea ana armed, in order that the
mistakes due to inexperience and inc.;
pacity in the taking of the last census
might be avoided. Congress did nod
ing. and now the subject has come up
again, with a year diopped from the
time that was too short beore, and
every ehan-e that another year will
pass, and the time for taking the cen
sus will have almost arrived before au
thority is given for doing anything to
ward it. Under the circumstances, the
only proper thing to do is to provide
for taking merely what the f tamers of
the constitution contempl tted a cen
sus of population only. That can be
done by experienced men within a rea
sonably short time, and with a fair
expectation of having it reasonably ac
curate, but any attempt to gather such
a mass of statistics as was contained
in the eleventh census would only re
sult in still greater expense and stiil
less reliability than characterized that
effort.
ling in the gap from Ridgeway, N. C,
Richmond, Va., would put the sys-
fillin
to
lem in position to make satisfactory
ioi reuening tnc Crescent City.
jneie i. as Deen consideab e talk in :h,
past of an .alliance between the Louis-
a n u iNasnville and the Seaboard
.... .,nr, aim n is ueiievea mat such an
arrangement would quickly follow If
me eeaDoara was in a position to fur
nish a satisfactory entrance to Wash
ington. There would then he little. ,m
flculty in arranging for through cars
o Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York from Washington.
THE LEOPARD AND THE PAN.
Good Words.
One day a worthy Kulu housewife
came out from her cooking, and, stand
ing on the ledge of rock .at her door,
emptied a pan of boiling water into
the rank herbage growing below. It
fell, splash, on the back of a sleeping
leopard, who Jumped perpendicularly
into the air as high as the roof of the
hut. What might have happened next?
Who can say? But the astonished wo
man dropped the pan with a clang up
on the rock, and the leopard took one
leap down hill. The pan followed, and
the leopard's downward leaps became
longer and swifter as the pan bounded
after it from rock to rock.
When last seen the leopard had jus:
ac .ieved a leap of about 350 feet to the
very bottom of the ravine, thousands
of feet below, and the pan had whirled
about 500 feet over it on to the opposite
side. The leopard would have eaten
he cfld woman with pleasure: but a
pan which first scalded half the hide
iff him. and then bounded clanging in
his wake from the top of the Himalay
as to the plains below was something
which he could not face.
with
ter our victory filled hospitals
three-fourths of our soldiers.
Time at hist brings fair and impar
tial judgment, and her verdict will
place the tattle before Santiago among
the greatest decisive victories of his
tory and give the credit to the general
under whom our army drove from the
harbor a hostile fleet, captured double
its own number of prisoners and con
quered a peace.
DISCOVERED BY A WOMAN.
Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by a lady in this
country. "Disease fastened its clutch
es upi n her land for seven years she
withstood Its severest tests, but her
vital oi gars were undermined an 1
death seemed imminent. For three
months she coughed incessantly, and
could net sleep. She finally discovered
a way to lecnvery, by purchasing of us
a bottle of King's New Discovery
or Consumption, and was so much re
lieved en taking first dose, th' a she
s.lep: all night; and with two bottles
ha- L'f-.n acseliilely cured. Her name
is Mis. Luther Lutz." Thus w rites W.
C. Hamiiv.-k & Co., of Shelby, N. C.
Trial bit tier free at all drug stores.
R.-giihn siie 50c. and $1.00. Every bot
.!tg;:.;i.:ntf til.
FROM
DOBBIN
& FERRALL,
BOYDENS SHOES
AND STETSON'S HATS.
At
TUCKER'S STORE,
.33 aud 121 Fa' et'.evillc Street.
Hcrivens Draws, Woolen Uu-Jcnve-j-r, Dre3 Shirt., Collars urn! Cuffs. Hr.int
kcrch'e:s, Susj.etulurj, Gloves, Neck Tits, H-.lfW-, and all small wares to: met:.
fc'ALF- OF LAND.
By ;:uthi i !y of mortgage from
Hen y Hi l ien jrr.il bin wife Hasty Hur
ton. l td ! iled in book 149. at page 46'.i.
records Register of Deeds' ofliee for
Wcihe ci.u.Mty, 1 v.-ill on .Monday, 6th of
February. II-"!), at 12 o'clock m.. at the
c-nrt hou-t di.rr cl Wake county. Ual-
t-ifch. N. ' ., sell to the highest bidder
for cash, p lei in the town of Cry.
N. C, whi'h begins at the southwest
eomer. of David Stroud's lot ami runs
with his )ir-t roith 134 poles to the
...oner oi 71m rocs Brown, thence east
114 feet tc Persia Jones' line, thence
s.mth with said line 13V poles to a
stake, thenif west 114 feet to the bo
ginning, and being same lot conveyed
to Hasty Hi rlioi by Persi i Jones and
otheis. by ib mI ie corded in book 142.
at page in. Register's office Wake
county.
W. N. JONES. Attorney.
GEN. SH AFTER.
th-
Mr. Davis of Haywood's bill to re
peal all the public laws of 1897 was not
such a bad bill, for the laws enacted
in that year which are not wholly bad
are In such shape as makes many of
them inoperative and others are una
ble to be construed.
The General Assembly should as ear
ly as possible create a Code Commis
sion. It is now sixteen years since out
laws were codified, and so many
.changes have taken place during that
time it is hard to keep up with them,
scattered as they are through nine vol
umes f the acts of the General Assembly.
A STRONG NATION
Constats of strong- men and healthy
women, and health and strength de
pend ukoji pure, rich blood which is
given by Hood's Barsaparilla. A na
tion -which takes millions of bottles of
Hood's Sarsaparilia every year is lay
ing the foundation for health, the wis
dom of which will surely show itself
in years to pome.
Hood's Pills are prompt, efficient, al
ways reliable, easy ito take, easy to
operate. 25c. , . .
A Whali g Compliment to Him for
Battle of Santiago.
Louisville Commercial.
No commander since Julius Caesar
has had a- better right t condense his
official report into the terse and .com
prehensive epigram, veni, vidi, vici,
than Gen. William R. Shafter. I came,
I saw, I conquered. True, his cam
paign was not illustrated by such
original strategy as when Napoleno,
crossing the Alps, threw his army upon
the rear of the Austriins at Marengo.
or when Grant, with his base in the air.
placed himself between Johnson and
Pemberhin, forcing the latter into
Vicksbu:g and capturing his armv.
But in prompt movement, the cam
paign of Shafter was unrivalled bv
either, and. indeed, is not surpassed bv
any in the history of war. Within ten
lays after landing his army h.- drove
out Cervi-ra. captured Santiago, s, rut
ins double the number of oris, iners of
soldiers ne had in battle and e n
ltieitd a peace.
Oervera claims that he left under oi
lers of Blanco, but he would !i-,ver
have if, by remaining, he i-ould have
cured the defen-e of Santiago. He had
fought for two days with his sailor- in
the trenches, but when our so!di--rs
mounted the heights of S ;ii Juan his
ships were in jeopardy, an.l filth:.
although desperate, was the only alter
native. All honor to our navy, which
so promptly and. completely .iestroved
the Spanish Meet, but it was the vic
tory of Phafter's army which gave
them the opportunity to do so.
Ir is useless to criticise the experi
ment of sending a fv-nrl over f.O years
ot age, weighing 300 pounds, to cm- '
mand an army in a tropical country in
the heat of summer. The experiment
proved successful. Nor need we com- ,
plain that he suffered with gout, and i
was confined to his hammock w't'i '
iit-os uurniK me int'i, 1 r n.s uu.ms
were brought ta the tiiMiiy and fought
under his general directions. It is as
serted that he violated a primary mili
tary law in attacking fortified heights
with infantry unaided by artillery, but
the heights were carried. Gen. Grant
inauguiated the Vicksburg campaign
without knowledge of the Washington
authorities, "because," he said, ' I knew
Halleck was too learned a soldier to
consent to a campaign in violation of
all the principles of the art of war."
Such violations, when successful, can
not be censured. Just as he was forc
ing the passage of the Big Black in
this campaign an order ame from Hal
leck to abandon it. This he disobeyed,
justly assured that it wis not intended
he should abandon a victory. Such
assurance, if apparent, would have
kept Cervera within the harbor of
Santiago. It-was because defeat had
come that he fled.
That, in view of his thin lines and a i
reinforcement to the enemy, Shafter
did consider the advisability of falling
back at one time, is true, but his
judgment wisely opposed it.
Gen. Shafter has been roughly abused
because of a scarcity of medical and
commissary supplies, of ambulances
and surgeons. But hebecomes respon
sible for this only because he moved
his army forward too- rapidly for his
quartermasters to unload the trans
ports and carry 11 needed supplies to
tne rront. xt must be remembered that
the battle opened before Santiago lust
six days after the army landed; that
celerity of movement and an early at-
c.3,?k were essential to success, for de
lay meant reinforcements to the en
emy and utter destruction to our army
rrom levers wnien witninrmonth af-
HIND MO TRIPOD
CAMERAS.
ALL PRICES FROM $2,50 UP,
PHOTOGRAPHIC
SUPPLIES Or ALL KINDS.
We wish to announce the addition of
the above line of goods and invite your
inspection r.ntl patronage.
H. Mahler's Sons
JEWELERS. AND OPTICIANS.
Miclip Irish Potatoes
Arc!.:
;-;i;iu:; R
for .,:u. '
'be and splendid. Going
of) for a 2 bus. bagr, or 90c
Goal.
Several c.-rs in and more coming -V25
per ton.
Pecationtas Lump Goal,
Naw i-vr'i '', next wcrV All want-1-.
i.V..n j,ii.. biioukl tile tm.i-;j lor
delivery on arrival. $5.23 per ton.
Anthracite, Egg, Nut
and STOVE COAL, which bns been de
layed for tvant of vesstlls is at last on
the road. 000 tons of it, $7.75 ami $8.00
per ton.
J0HES S PSVfELL.
Bulbs, Bulbs
CALL ON
J. L. 0'QUINN & GO.
For Cat Flowers, Boquets, and Floral
Designs arranged in best style at short
notice. Also Palms, Ferns, and other
pot plants for the house. Hyacinths,
Bulbs, Narcissus, Tulips, Crocus, Free
sias, Callas, Easter Lilies, and Chinese
Sacred Lilies, together with all other
seasonable bulbs. Vegetable Plants iu
season, Shade Trees and Evergreens to
order at
J.L. 0'QUINN Si Go.'s,
Corner Polk and Swaia Sts.
OFFICE TELEPHONE, 140 B.
RESIDENCE " 149 C.
RALEIGH. N. C.
0
ALFORD, BYHUM
I & CHRISTOPHERS. I
PRINTERS
S 115 EAST HARGETT STREET.
it
( One door below Royal & Borden,
' Prices as low as good material '
, and good work will allow. We X
, spare no trouble to please our
customers. When you want a quick
' job try us BRIEF and RECORD J
work done with neatness and (lis- x
. patch.
OUR MOTTO: f
Work demveredJJwhex l
PROMISED. J
4&&SM SxiJKjKjKjXj. K$K$
I'HE . . .
STAND AR P RAILWAY
GF
WIXG to the continued Illness of Mr. S. A. Campbell, of the- firm of
THOMAS & CAMPBELL, they have decided to sell there i:r,:aease
stock of FURNITURE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GODDS AT COST.
Tiaeir sales will continue through the month of DECEMBER, which wil
give you the greatest opportunity to buy good first-class goods for 20 per
cent, less than you have ever had before.
TLerj stock is perhaps the largest iu the State and con'ains many
valuable things for
Xmas Presents.
Orders by mai. pro:rrtly at'.ei.ded to.
THOMAS & CAMPBELL
lilGGM'S
THE SOUTH.
Che Direct Line to All Points.
NOTICE OF SALE.
By authority of n mortgaRe frmn J.as.
P. Gulley . nil wife recorded in bank 76.
at page 153, recoids of Register of
Deed's office for Wake county, and at
the request of said mortgagor., 1 -.vill
on Monday, 6th day of February. 1SP9.
at 12 o'iclock m., at the court house door
of Wake county, Raleigh, N . C, sell to
the highest bidder at public auction for
cash that certain lot in the city of Ral
eigh, beginning at the corner of Thus.
L. Las?lter's former line on Wilmington
stre-r, runs east along said line 210
ft to UpchurcJ and Dodd's former
l!n, thnce pcu-th with last mentioned
line to A. O. Saunders' old
corner, thence West along Saunders'
line 210 feet to said Wilmington street,
thence north along said street feet,
to the beginning, containing H of an
acre, and oe ng residence of said J. P.
Gulley.
W. N. JONES, Attorney.
TEXAS,
CALIFORNIA,
FLORIDA,
CUBA AND
PORTO RICO.
Strictly FIRST-CLASS Equipment ou
v.) Through oml Local Trains; Pullman
I'nai.c ."Meephri . .-'! X;g;,t
I "Vis; Fast and Sa.v.- .--ehedules.
Travel by the Southern and ycu
are assured a Safe, Comfortable
and Expeditious Journey. . .
APPLY TO TICKET AGENTS FOR TIM3
TABLES, R TE9 AKI GENERAL INFOS
MATIOS, OK ADDRF.S8
R. L. VERNON, THAD. C. STCROI
T. P. A C T A
Charlotte, N C. Raleigh, N t
No trout to answer question'?.
Toy and China Store.
SPtCIAL SALES Tt.li WEEK BARGAINS :
2(1 Doz. China Cuis and Saucers Fancy Fluted, and Fancy Decorations
Value. 'J.ac cacli, Special oH'eniiu at. . " . 10c cac'i
Japanese 5 t'clock Teas ... . .... 3c e'acU
Japanese After Dinners . .1c cac'i
Table's, any kind, and a pencil will he ifivcn with each TaMel this week
when this advertisement is mentioned.
The very best Tabids for ."ir and a pencil as timnl as a ao one irivcn with
each Tablet. We always select our Oranitoware alter buvinir it. snifanv piece
we find with any imperfection, we ra.-t aside and call second. ow w'c have
2 do, -l-qt. Coffee Puts like tlii.- at 10c each. Regular value 4-V was
We wish you to lake a peep at our Nickchvan-. P.emitiiul. Bright Pniui,,.,'
Nickel: sitniethinjr L'ood. Tea Pot.-. ClVce Pots. Ilcrlin P.aUer- and Servers
T!,,;,., .,,,.1 H I,..,.' T.. c.....; ! if..;. - . . '.-
"I,N - .,n l hi. t.-, i,; '"Li.illlti, V li JHIII t CS. :ULCI
t"0.
1" IJii.cn !i -inch linn Stove 1'latcs
Kine Writing Paper. 10c, lyc, V
Rest Envelopes, white and cream
Box Papir, 21 sheets paper. 24 er.wl
Fibre Tints and all shades.
Thin Blown Glass Tumblers only.
Thick Pressed Glass Tumblers i.iily
Any kind of odd di.-h. white aiid
Blown. Prosed and Cut Glass. Din
sets. Toys and Games ;tll kind.
'' set.-, to cli
a;iu so on, and 'tis cl
while tbcv la-t.
pr.'.n;.
pes
"t. le'r. IV. Double
c pack,
size 2V
...;ii)c doze:
24c di.e::
s- wanted
anv kind i t
I. Anv
i'ca Scls
iff.e i
Fish
rts.
Visit Riggan s China and Toy Store.
Roses
9 icank S. Gannon', J. L Gulp,
id V. P. & Gen.Man. Tra !. M
W A. Tuuk, O P A
.V ASKING T-iN D C
Southern
Railway.
MORTGAGE SALE OF HORSES AND
JICLES.
By consent of mortgagee and powers
conferred in mortgage, registered in
bock Z. No. 6, page 305, for Johnston
county, we will sell to the highest bid
der for cash, five mules and two horses.
Sale .at the court house door In Raleigh,
N. C, Saturday January 7th. lflfl.
MTATT & HUNTER,
Mortgagors.
Hour of sale. 12 o'clock m.
Jan. 2. 1S99.
Roses, Carnations and othe
choice Cut Flowers. Flora!
Designs tastefully arrang
ed at Short Notice.
wedding
DecGralions
PALE OF VALfARLE P.KAL ES
TATE. NOP.TH CAROLINA, WAKE COFX-TY-SFPEItlOlt
COl'ltT, OCTOBER
TERM, lSOS.
J'dm M. Sheru M.d. !! .:..:ir . y, H.
Harding and others, dciV-ndants:
H.v virtue of authority
me as C
nfer red .is
sinner, by older of ootif .
entitled civil action. I
Commissioner as a fore -
imnii
in l ho above
W. J. rvele.
said, will expose fr sale at public
outcry at the court house in Raleiga,
on Monday, JMk Kith day of January. .
f.. PW, all fi:u lot or parcel in Wake
eouiuy. .Vo:th Carolina in Ralei.-a
township, just norih of ;ile corpora-e
limits of the .-ity of li.leish, adj. 1111014
the lands of J. V. Cole. Julius Le, is
and others, and more fnllv d,...,-ih.i
Pams, Ferns and all other decraf..
plants for house culture. For eras
mental gardening at lowest flgurs. ii
kinds of bedding plants: Roses, Qrt
lms, Heliotrops, Coiest, etc. Chryxt
themums in the best latest varle
Vines for the varanda. TomitM
plants once transplanted in best sorts. 1
Cabbage, Pepper and Pot-grown Mil 1
plants. Celery at proper seasen. Alt
mall orders promptly attended to.
H. Steinmetz, Florist, !
Florist, Raleitrh. N. C. 'Phone HJ
1 WANTED. Old clothes and hats, old
shos and nil kinds of second hand
goods' bought and sold at Harris' Steam
1 Dye Works, East Hargett street. Ral- I
, eigh, N: C. Suits cleaned, 75c. Cleaned PEELE & MATNARD,
as follows:
Hemnniiv; at the southwest corner of
the intersection of liloodworth wk:i
New street, running east and wet of
the northern end of the Peace Inst.iut.'
property, thence south with the w'csl
line of P.loodworth street 1 r, 7 1 feet to
Julius Lewis' and West's line", thene?
west with their line 20;iVa feel, th"n.-;
north 157M. feet to said" New street,
thence east with said New street 20,-,i..
feet to the beginning, containing nf
an acre, more or less, and more fully
described ir. the complaint in the abova
entitled c!i! action.
Thero .s a larce dwelling house oa tfc,J
property, slate toof, six or seven renin,
and ku-?neii.
Terms of sale made known at sale.
W. J. PEELB.
CommissioMr-
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