VOL. XVI---NO. 160.
NEW BERNE, N. C , SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1897
ESTABLISHED 18Q2
.STLTITS
B www. II
WE HAVE THEM
They Are The Very Latest In
Underwear !
And the woman who arrays her
self in a suit is invulnerable to
pneumonia and colds, incident to
weather changes.
Our Ladle and Children' Fashioned ;
White Ribbed Merino Tests and
Pants, Fine Grade Swiss I
Ribbed Underwear ;
ARE - JHST
Our Ladies and
Ribbed Cotton and
Unequalled.
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if
COFVRiOHT IMF
Paradlte For Santa Clans,
Where he make hi headquarter
during the Yuletide festivities, is Hie es
tablishment that makes the flneit display
of rich od delicious hnn-hooa. caramels
nd chocolates. H finds It right hern.
Wehave an array of exquurite confections
pot np la tempting , boxes suitable (or
ObrUtmM gift, and the adornment of
lb Chriitmaa tree.
C. J. McSorley A Co.
THE
OLD REIiFAniiE
J. D. DINKINS.
HAS OPENED A
Fill ST CLA8S
At 54 Middle Street; . ,
Next to the Old Blue Store.
Tl)C MOST COMPLtTE STUCK
EVFB BftOUOUT TQ THE CITY.
Fare Old Baker Bye,
Echo Bpring liye, . . , '.
Silver lirook Rjr.
Star A Rye,
Tor Old Kom Valley Rye,
t'ure Old N. 0. Corn,
N. 0. Apple Brandy,
Peach Iiramlv.
, - j r
Orange. Blackberry, oupprnong
aua i on w met. ;
fflnt CbjrsTcbicco
ITrT 9 IP rll "I wV
jmmmmmmmmfmmmmm
Mesae-P
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All Size
cfc Qualities.
- ELEGANT. I
Children's Black
Cashmere are
mm
WE BOAST
OF THE
Jfe- Offer.
NEVER MORE WORTHY
THAN NOW..
We Give; Bargains
That Have
No Precedent.
LISTEN TO THE FACTS, ALL
YOU ECONOMICALLY IN
(.LINED PEOPLE,
ll' because wo mil tho greatest
value that we tell the greatest quan
tity; ami it ia because we buy in
Urge quabtitiei that we cat) tinjer-
aell all other store.
Jost glance over oar magnlllcctit
stock and see if we do not
save you money on
every item. ,
Why ii It that we are the loading
exponent ia high-clan merchandise?
. Bocauie our assortment are. big
ger and fresher. K
Because our prices are lower.
Hbchukj we protect our patrom by
the guaranty, "The Best."
vS?3&AT',"-
lirs,
Cash Store,- -' :
55 Polloc'x Dt,
Great Values
FADING LIES A DREAM.
Annexation el Hawaii Lualna tta
Hold In lint annate. Cuban 4tnea
- Mon Takea a Beat,
JOUKNAL BdKEAC, )
Washington, D. C. Deo. 10. J
Other more or less Important surprises
during the first week of the session of
Congress have taken the place of those
that some persons expected the Presi
dent's message to contain. The most im
portant surprise is connected with
Hawaii. When tne extra session ad
journed it was admitted by friends and
opponents alike that if a vote had been
taken every Republican Senator, all of
the Populists and many of the Demo
crats would have voted for ratification of
the annexation treaty . Now. so many
Senators have changed that the feasibili
ty of dropping the treaty and securing
annexation by legislation which will only
require a majority vote is being consid
ered. Only two Democrats, Morgan and
Gorman, now support annexation. But
probably the most surprising thing about
the situation is the amount of opposition
to annexation that has come lrom New
England; where it was supposed that the
idea of annexation was first entertained,
many years ago, Senators Morrill, of
Vermont, and Hoar, of Massachusetts,
are now classed among the opponents of
annexation, and Speaker Reed is said to
be with them. Friends of the administra
tion nre demanding that a caucus shall
bp held and annexation be made a party
question and forced through. Meanwhile
a powerful lobby, plentifully supplied
with money, is working to undermine
and weaken the annexation sentiment,
both in and out of Congress, and some
very sensational stones are being whis
pered around Washington.
Senator Allen has introduced a bill for
recognition of the independence of Cuba
aud it bus been referred to the commit
tee of Foreign Relations, but there is no
likelihood of this or any other legislation
on the subject for several months to
conic, as Congress seems disposed to let
the whole matter rest for awhile, iti ac
cordance with the President's recommen
nation, in order to see what will be the
result of the change in the Spanish policy
in Cuba. The hot-heads will, of course,
break out now and then to do some talk
ing on the subject.
The number of postal savings bank
bills already introduced In both branches
of Congress indicate a general fricndli
ness towards the idea, but the many - on
Hiding provisions in those bills indicate
much difficulty in prepnring a bill Mia
will meet the approval of all who fav r
postal savings banks.
The Nicaragua Canal question is no
likely to get seriously before this or the
last session of the Fifty-fifth Congress,
as the U. S. Commission now on its way
to Nicaragua for the purpose of making
a new survey, and estimate of the cost of
the canal, h not expected to make a re
port until some time in 1809. Something
may be said, however, in Congress about
the reported concession by Nicaragua to
an English company of privileges that
will hamper, if not actually prevent, the
building of the canal.
Not even the office seekers arc making
any complaint because of the presence ol
President McKinlcy at Canton. The
sacredness of his errand is .beyond com
plaint or criticism, No public business
m being retarded by his absence from
Washington.
London, Deo. 10 Tho Athens corre
spondent of the Daily Chronicle says
that on Monday last two soldiers in the
imperial service at the Yildiz Kiosk, the
palace of the Sultan, inado an attempt on
the life of the Sultan. This was frus
trhted by the attendants of the Sultan.
The Sultan had the men tortured in the
hope of extracting the names of the in
stigators, but both succumbed without
revealing anything.
WE II AVE
lust Received
A FULL LINE OF
Bear Traps,
Otter Traps,
Fox Traps,
Mink Traps,
Rat Traps,
Hawk Traps,
Mouse Trans,
Musk-rat Traps,
And a Full
Stock nf , ,
Hardware.
Prices will be made to suit
FIVE-CENT COTTON.
Yours Truly,
J, C. Whltty A Co.
Looking For Me !
I have moved back to my old
Stand, 07 Mlddlo Street, where
you can find the Best Selected
Stock la the City of
lYatclicn,
Jewelry and .
fillver Notion,
OF EVERY KIND.
Particular Cars Taken to do all Work
First Clans, We warrant our Work,
nan. ir. x; !
"87 Mi-Mlo St., Opposite Bwtiet Charon,
FUN AND FROLIC.
Raleigh Goi Through a Season
of Unusual M.
Skinner's Prediction all Right. Tel
ephones are Popular. Fair Pre
miums Were Only Partly
Paid. Morganton Bank
Fallnre.
Journal Bureau. i
Raleigh. N. C. Dec. 10. J
The pension lists were all ready yester
day and first batch were mailed.
A perfect string of amusements from
now until Christmas is in store for the
fun loving society here. There are two
germans tonight and a big musical. All
next week "The Lees" will be here in
the Hypnotic specialties. There will be
theatrical attractions, concerts, etc., but
nothing will touch Dr. Wolf Hopper in
his performance here last night in "El
Capitan." He had a $1,200 house,
which are the biggest receipts ever taken
in at one performance in this city. He
had a special train to bring his troupe
here.
If Congressman Skinner's predictiou is
true that Duncans appointment to the
Eastern District collectorship" means a
Democratic legislature and a Democratic
congressman in the 1st district then we
can quietly wait satisfied, for Pritchard
has recommended Duncan and the Dem
ocrnts will "be in it.''
It is decided that all meritorious appli
cants for admittance to the insane asylum
here will be taken, the officials hoping
that the next legislature will help them
meet the deficiency.
A cake sale is something new hcre,but
the ladies of the Presbyterian church
will huve a big cake sale on the afternoon
of the 2Srd at the Woman's Exchange.
The Exchange lias established a repu
tation for handling only good articles
and all who buy there generally feel
safe in going again.
The fact that the, S. A. L. has never
complied with the new rales made hy R.
K. Commission f r freight on cotton has
caused complaint to be filed with the
Commission. Hie Seaboard will ask the
commission to allow them to appeal from
te decision and it will go before the
courts.
The Asheboro Telephone Company has
gotten out incorporation papers from the
Secretary of State. The convenience of
telephones is fast being realized by the
people, and so even in very small towns
the system if in use.
The State Fair premiums are being
paid, but not the full amount as some
parties say they got 73 cts. on the $1,00,
This of course is due to the fearful
weather that the fair had to contend
with. Otherwise it would have been a
success.
Private Secretary Alexander, who rep
resented Governor Russell at the re-inter
ment of the body of General Clingman at
Ashcville has returned home. He says
that there were a great many people
there to pay their lust respects to the old
Confederate -General, who had endeared
himself to so many people in the
State.
The Daughters of the Revolution who
have a society in this city are going for
ward. This Raleigh chapter are publish
ing a pamphlet, the first number of which
is out. It contains the constitution and
by laws of the Socie'y, and other good
matter. Mrs. Spiir Whitaker is regent
of the Society here.
Judge Purnell thinks he can clear the
criminal docket here in the Federal court
by tomorrow night.
T. E. S. Walton, Deputy State Trcas.
urer from Morganton, Is here and declares
that the failure of the bank there was an
honest one. The Park Bank ofN. Y.
holds $36,000 of this bank's collateral
while the bank owet It about $11,000. If
the N. Y, bank should slaughter the col
lateral It will greatly effect the Morgan,
ton bank.
In the Federal court Luther Wynne,
colored, aged 15, was tried for robbing
the malls at Pollocktvllle. Hi sister
wai postmaster there and he as her as
sistance.
Mrs. Martha Dalrymple of rtojre coun
ty Is convicted of retailing liquor without
license and gets a sentence of 80 days in
jail and a $100 flue.
The Young Men's Republican Clubs
over the Bute will control the Republi
can paper toon to be started here. .
Dr. Klrby is, backed by the board of
directors in bit atand that only curable
lunatic ought to be taken. The eplllp-
tlo patients are always a dangerous class
and rarely curable.
TBS MA8EBTI.
Yesterday'! market quotation! furnish
ed by W. A. Porterfield & Co. Commission
Broken. .
New York, December 10. '
BTOCK8.
' Open. High, Low. Close
People Gas..,., 85) 86 83 - 8ff$
0.1UQ, 8S 88 87 87J
COTTON. , - .
Open. High. Low. Close
January 5.65 S.70 6.66 6.68
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Wiuat Open. High. Low. Close
' May 824 82 81 01
Com " ; '
May 18 J8J t? !8
Cotton Sales 9fl,000 Bale.
The Kx-Llbrarlnns NliortnKr.
Washington, Dee. 9. An investigation
now being made by officials of the con
gressional library and of the Postoftiee
Department promises to. throw a great
deal of light oh the recent widely dis
cussed shortage of former Librarian
Ainswortli R. Spofford.
It will be remembered that an ex urn i
nation by the Treasury Department -about
a year ago showed Spofford to he about
30,000 short in his account. Few per
sons who knew him looked upon this at
the time as anything more than an evi
dence of clerical negligence in his depart
ment. It appears that a large part, if not
all of this deficiency, which Mr. Spofford
promptly1 made good out of his own
pocket, will be accounted for by a great
batch of old money orders which
the absent minded librarian forgot to
cash.
Since Mr. John Russell Young has been
put in charge of the library he and First
Assistant Postmaster General Heath have
made a systematic search of the old
library records, and tucked away in one
place or anothei they have unearthed
hundreds of old orders which the former
librarian had put aside and apparently
forgotten. More are coming to light
every day.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 9, Throughout
Kussia in Asia there is general unrest
among the Moslems. It is attributed tn
the exaggerated reports of the Turkish
victory oyer the "great Greek empire,
which have spread through the length
and breadth of the continent.
Washington, Dec. 0, Senator Caff ery,
of Louisianr., today introduced a bill for
a revision of the quarantine laws, the
distinctive feature of which is the placing
of the quarantine regulations exclu
sively i the hands of the national au
thorities.
Tb rac-
ilgsuure
Only Book Store!
SCHOOL BOOKS A SPECIALTY.
Magazines, Stationery, Periodicals.
An Endless Yarity of Nobby 'Jlirist
mas Presents Just, received. Sheet
Music and Musical Instruments mid
every thin? usually found in a Firm
'Jluss Hook Store.
G. N. Ennett.
711 MIDDLE ST.,
NEW BERNE, - N. C.
Has an Entire
New Stock of
. . . HARDWARE.
Cook Stoves,
Wilson's Air-Tight
Heaters.
Ask for Masi ry's Mixed P-vints,
the best paint in the world.
All Goods Guaranteed as Itepre
seated or Money Refunded.
Your Doctor
Fights
Disease wth medicine. If the
medicine is not right he can
not conquer disease. If the
druggist does his duty the
mediciue will be right, and
your doctor will stand a fair
chance of winning the vic
tory. You can help your doctor
hy having your prescription
filled at
Bradham's
Reliable Drue Store-
i
Fresh Onion Sets
JUST RECEIVED.
Price lOe per quart.
A Full Supply of Other Seed1 at Lowest
Prlcea.
Parties who desire to buy Peas and
Beans will do well to get oui prices
before purchasing.
Mall Order Solicited.
....HEADQUAItTERS FOR...
Drags and Patent Medicine
Prescriptions carefully filled at Lowest
price consistent with Pure Drugs and
oart In compounding.
V,. S. DUFFY,
Orner Middle and South Front ptrU,
mm
SMI
A Nice Lot Just Received.
Also a nice lot of Jamaica Oranges, 40 cents per doz.
Nice Cocanuts, 5 cents each.
Krcsh Lemons and Nice Northern Applef.
Malaga Grapes, Dried Figs, Currants, Raisins. Citron,
Prunes, Apricots, Dried Peaches and Apples.
Fresh Grits, Oatflakes, Buckwheat and Fancy Carolina
Head Rice, new crop.
Attmore'g Celebrated Mince Meat.
Heinz Sweet aud Sour Mixed Picklej.
Fresh Cakes and Crackers.
Fancy Elgin Butter, Full dream Cheese and Imported
Macaroni at
MT 1 0 fi 1 Ml Wholesale
cDaniel s (Mill, ssr
71 ISroad St., JV'KW BERNE, W. .
JLUJLOJUUIJULUJUIJL
FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING UP AND SETTLING
RIVERSIDE,
With desirable occupants and owners, I now make for a
limited time t lie following advantageous proposal :
LOTS
ONLY $250 00.
BALANCE
Every man of moderate means, and every nnin working on a salary,
may own a home. Buy a home and pay for it in installment!,
When ih" first pavmont is made, I will give you a guarantee to make
von a deed for the lot, when all payments on same are made, "a pass book
for weekly payments."
Safer than a savings hank, and far more profitable.
When the lot, is paid for. I will build you a MODERN COTTAGE,
(your choice of plan) to ho paid for in monthly installments Payments
hut little more than you would pay rent. For example, a cottage costing
t2,00(), will cost in monthly payments, $30, for 7 years, and the house
ind lot is yours.
If yo'.i want a smaller cottage, say to cost $1,200. The monthly
payments will be ?1S. At the end of 7 yet'.rs you own a house and lot in
a desirable locality, increasing in value eyery day.
Full information, maps, etc., call on
WILLIAM DUNN.
I
USEFUL. PUESJENTS
At New Kerne's Busiest Store.
Glance over this list below and see if you are not interested
in some of this store's merchandise, that's suited for Holiday
t rifts, not ornamental, but the useful kind.
Silk Handkerchiefs.
White hem stitched pure silk.
18x10 in. at only S.ic.
2'.'x2i in. at only 50c.
IMxSl in. very heavv weight $1.
2:1x211 and l'ilxlO in. black and
delicate tints, at 50c.
17x17 in. fancy silk mufflers Hoc.
Ladies Handkerchiefs.
Hem stitched, all pure linen, Br.
Hem stitched, very sheer, soft
bleach, all pure linen, nt only 10c
Hem stitched linen cambric, with
, J and 1 in. hem, 15, t!0 and 25c,
Sheer lawn, embroidered, button
hole edges, at only 15c.
Embroidered, hecr pure linen, 25c
Children's school handkf at 2Ac.
Hem stitched, blk, emhd. at 5c.
Gent's Handkerchiefs.
Gent's pure linen, hem stitched,
12Jc.
Gent's pure linen cambric, hem
stitched, 15 and 25c.
Gent's ltandanna silk, 25c.
S
Will Tell of Other Things at Another Time.
f H. B.
h Pork Veal,
U '
And our STALL-FED BEEF
Is always up to the standard.
All Pork, Mixed sod Bologna
Hatienge. Dressed Poultry.
AT '
Sam'! Cohn
Si SoiVs
88 Middle Nt.
Phone 40.
Plenty of Turkeys (or the Tlianksgiving,
See fie
SHORT LOANS.
, Whenever you have a paper
you want discounted tee me
and you GET THE CASH.
ISAAC II. N5IITII,
1!)0 Middle BL, NEW BERNE, N. U,
Located on National Avenue, and
others equally desirable. All lots to
be connected with complete Sewerage
System. , . . .
$5 CASH DOWN.
$1.00 A WEEK,
I
Ladies' Kid Gloves.
The justly celebrated Maggioni
Kid Gloves, the same glove as for
merly handled by and sold as the
Centemrri gloves. These in both
black anil colors.
5 button, hhick. 1st grade, $1.75.
5 button, block, 2d grade, 11.50.
4 button, colors, emhd., $1.50.
Ladies 2 press button, Pique
walking glove, very stylish, $1.25.
Ladies calf, Pique gauntlets, tl.
4 button, emhd. back swedes,
the regular $1. at only 75c.
Foster 5 hook kid glisres, in
black and colors at 8Hc and ,f 1.00.
Gent's Kid Gloves,
Gent's 1 and 2 snap walking,
Pique seams at 1 and $1.50.
Gent's 1 snap Mocha, $1.00.
(ient's dog skin, fur top, 75o, $1.
Gent's napur tan, wool lined
driving. 75c.
Gent's aotrnchan back, dog
skin palm driving, $1.00.
Gent's very heavy Scotch wool, !i."ic
Duffy.
i
NOTICE !
Any information concerning a
small iway back bay mare and one
top buggy with black body and yel
low running gear, will be thank
fully received by SCOTT & CO.,
New Derne, N. C. The lame has
been out of our Stable! lince Nov.
17th, and wai hired to a white man.
sum:
CROUP
CUBE.
Wbea vour babr whoon In mid. !
I dlo of night-Croup la impending ,
give in eniid a dote of AHwaT'a
I Caour BYRur and the little fellow i
i is well and laushlne In flvemlnutea.
1 MM AkRAMJi and harmless, but tnta, 1
or w. will muou tne money, it 3c.
1 AT
1 $ . Bradham's
1 Reliable Drug Store.