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f NEW BKRN. N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1899. VOL. XV11-N0. 219. ESTABLISHED 1882 . f S - ' ., v.J. , ' i. ' - ' ' " ' -. . ..." ... I mmMmmmmmmmmmmmamm -1 Ii B. IIACIiUUKW. E. . IKfltBinS. At 47 & 49UPollocfc St. net Last Nijrfit. state Convention Called To Meet At Ralelrt. And- Anrll lltk Opinion ef Attorney General falser The D SelectC(1 Enthislasm. - on the Supreme Court Decision. . And Harmony. " , " , , . -. ' , Special teJournal. - ' lUuiiort, Dec. It. The Denfooratio State Executive Committee met : tonight Chairman F, M. Simmon presiding. The chairman made a lucid and forceful Jt We are readv to sell all , : kinds of handsome presents; V : Those Brass Cabinets have : just come in and are waiting-tor yon to see theny . Lamps of all kinds, styles and prices. A useful tJhafing Pish or a pretty Five O'clock Tea. ,; ; . The Wave Crest Ware-Fern Dishes, Pho tograph and Card Holders. - ' ; -s ' The Dressing Case Sets in opal ware, all prices from $1 25 to $3 60 a set or the ehonoid and silver sets and single pieces. v ! ' ? Smoking Sets and Candlesxicks in the iron xgoods. v -,r ., v v( '-r-j -y"' - .Silver Bracelets or a Dainty Brooch,1 or Hair Ornament. V . Almost anything in a, purse or pocket Book. -t -- ' -.;"2.-v-,r' T''-' ' ;Iani6ure and Shaving Sets in air prices.- The Kew School Boards Bast go ontJ The Cadet Battalion of A A M. . Collet- .Pnblltf Cbarltiei M . Board.- Peath o - , Mra.JIolt. Ralbioh, December 11 A UorBej General Vf alter balient the following very important opinion to C. n. Vab: ane, Superintendent of Public Inatruo- ttons . , ' Sir: In reply te your communica tion of recent date, requesting my oplu I ... -!... r , 7v i ?Tt 7 - TJ- Rlelgh waa .elected on the Ural ballot, law. I will ear that I do not are wlilrfc . . you that thereJa any doubt a to what the Bnpreme Court hat decided In the fartoiu school cases.: Many of the quae tlons asked by yon were not decided by the congt, because they i were not raised by the record. The court rery clearly and exhaustively laid down the law in regard to etery point presented - by the various cases: , " . , 4 It held that the county board of eduoatlon, now the board of school di rector, created Under the act of 1397, was not abolished by chapter 732 of the -toon - "a. That the county commissioners lu u,ou"' " X7Z J SlOUU- I' sjiuvui iiihw yin iw vwaaetat- patlon and liver troubles. F. a. Duffy. Fut , Collar ettese Where is the lady who does not enjoy'wearing V pretty r Fur, Collar ettes, these we hare from , i s $2 00 to $6 00 . ii i i 1 . ' -' ' " : t S: Handkef chiefs. &c. HandkMchlefo and Silk MnfBora in many-style) price - pretty Embroidered Linen Uand kerchief for only ' , J Such a 25c -While we have most everything in' the : ;Fa2cy sArticle : Line aho , DRY GOODS, 1, NOTIONS, - BOOTS -AND SHOES at y Prices thai Defy (bmpktitbns vk'&kyw not: to forget to examine our; Grocery Depart ment, GOODS 'ALL NEW; AND FRESfl. PRICES Candies,: Nuts, Citron, Oranges, ;r ' " Appl Figs, JRaisins, Currants; 5 esi;M Lemons, And; iii fact most hnything yon .call for. If you have hot tried our I. XL. Flour, our special blend Hoclia and Java Cofite at 20c and that Elgin Creamery Butter ot ours, v;o urge pu to do so at once. r:d if you do not find them th Very Dost in the city, vo will uZFIKID YOUB L"iOI!EY. DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE. speech setting forth the importance of an early convention and the Initiation of the great .campaign to be waged.. In the matter of wlure the Bute Con vention shall be held, Mayor Taylor and Alfred II. Scales presented Oreensboio's invltalien, " Several mambeia spoke in favor ot Qreensboro and a number in favor of Raleigh. Among the latter were Sprull, Taul, Mear and BcddlngSeld. the clerk aneVeeglater of deeds had, un der the old law, the authority necessary and by direct implication to fill vacan cleaoa the beard oj-education, no the board of school directors, . "B. That the old board of education, now the board of scheel directors, is a continuing body, at all times qualitted te perform the responsible dntles im posed upon It, - T '4. That the old board of education, now called the county board of school directors, are not fundi officio, but still have the power to perform the duties prescribed in the eot ef 1899. v 5 t That vacancies in board of educa tion or school directors occurring since the passage of the act of 1889 are eo lnstantl filled by appointee under"' -that act.. The general rule 1 that the acts of a da faoto public officer are valid so far as they cencern the publld or (bird persons who have an interest la 4he things dene. , , " - "' "It now becomoe your duty,- under the decisions ot the .Supreme tourl in the school cases, to give effect Only to see lion; 0, ' chapter 108, acts 1897, aud to reenckize the: officers therein named. sndJ those elected by them, but In every other respect to go forward, with the gceat reboot work under the act of 1899. " The o'.d boards were' very properly advised by you -to retire, and in the main did so. In the light of the decisions herein be fore referred tel have no doubt the new boards will likewise take your advice, Many questions may - arise relative to the rights of school officers that cannot bs determined until all the facts of each oase are ascertained and In some in stances may be of such a nature as to require judicial inquiry, the Attorney General was asked whether this meant that al(.Jhe new boards of education moat step down and out. Be replied, yes, but that all the aou which the new board had done were valid, as the latter were the de faoto boards - .v""1' '."i The counterfeiting case against A. J. Marshall, a Wilmington . lawyer,. In which a true bill was returned will not' be tried fn the Federal Court until after the holiday recess. Such are the asur- ences given hero. lie is In Wllraioglon under $9,100 bond. r " The adet batalllon at the Agrlcultorsl and Mechanical College made a hand some appeaxsnce on Ha first public ap pearance..' There were about 300 cadets. Mr. Witlkowaky, of Charlotle, la greatly impressed by his view of the oollege and aaya he wishes he could have given his sons the benefit of it mechan ical training. : Mr. D. A. Tompkins Is SMn to deliver an address to the cadets. The annual session of the Stale board of public charities will be held here Decem ber 20th. The reports will then be msde. The special line of work Just now Is an Investigation through the county super Inlendeota of health aa to the number and condition of the Insane unprovided for, that Istbose who are In Jails and county tomes. It Is Mitred that the number of these Is much larger than ia generally known. This Subject will be Makes the food more delkiogs and wholesome eOTMt tAKMs) PMWfl CO., MVW VQWt. Thejrete was 24 for Raleigh and 17 for Greensboro, several members not vot- A resolution was introduced by Walter K Keel that the i convention be held April 11th and this was adopted. Many speeches were made, all of which were earnest and indicative et marked harmony; .Frank Spruil aay that he has been a committeeman for ten years and that this Was the bet and most harmon ious meeting in all that lime. , DeWltt's LitUe Early Risers purify BRITISH DIVISION DEFEATED. Loss of 600 Hen. Sortie at Ladysmlth, Boer Cunt restrsyea. . . tosDoif, December lOVtJpon the heels of the news of a gallant sortie by the British at Ladysmlth comes .the intelli gence of the defeat" of. General Gataore tn bis nrst engagement witvjhe voers, Whliethe reverse is oonsiderea here to be only a momentary check, "Still the effect npon the morale of the BoeK and the minds of the wSveiing Dutch farm' er lo. Cape Uolonv will undoubtedly render the .task bf the British much more diOlcnlt. . - ' ," ' Qeneral Gatacre. moving oul yesterday with 8,000 men, Inoludine two batteries of artillery from Putter's Kraal in hope of surprising the Boers at .StormbeTg, was misled by. his guidea, ,and found himself To an untoaaole position with the result that he was obliged to retire with severe losses upon Mollino. Ite re porir that more than 400 officers and men are missing , In addition te a list of killed and wounded. . ' The news from Ladysmlth,' however, has created great enthusiasm in London Genoral Whito evlnently has nUT-for- golten the art of "delivering a ; smashing bio,' nor have" his troops lost their wonted dash through the harassments i prolonged aiege. .The destruction two big guns and capture of a Maxim op Friday was the. severest blow the Boers have received la the operations at Lady- smith.-"- , : News of the beglnnlng-of a general advance from Frere is momentarily. ex pectedChe trestle bridge over the rlyer has been finished. The only anxiety of the I roops it to hear the word of com. otand to go forward. There ! likely to Ka lmnl. atnhhorn flirhtlnv. - .r A Ladysmlth resident- who has es caped to Eatcourt' report that he be lieves Isrge force of Boers to be on the Upper Tugela and at Colenso All Indi cations point to the fact that -there bas been weakculng. of lb Boer' forces around LidjsinllU. 'r. ' f i ' The bridge over the M odder river haa been completed and Cstrong enough to carry trains. The Boer accounts say that there are 80,000 men opposed to Melhuentv V; . . '.. -. Close . observers are .' now a'kln whether It may not be General Buller's Intention that the advances from frere andtbeModder river shall, take place simultaneously. " ' IatrodHced In Congress the First Week, 7 Financial Bill.' Senate Bas Im- n ' j portant Contests. , WabhikotoH, December It During ,; the first Week of Congress, more than 3,500 bills and resolution were Intro duced in the House aldne. , Ktne-.enlhs of these were Introduced in the last Congress and never acted upon, and -the same fate ia likely to meet an equal per centage of them again. The number of bills of Introduced in the Senate is much smaller, not" only;- because of smaller membership," but because Senators, do not as a rule lntrodvc so many bills in which they feet no personal interest. ,'The debate on the financial bill opened In the House today and will be eontinued all the week, the final vote to be taken next Monday, The bill will pass. Senator are much Interested In -the cases qf Senator Scott.'oLWesi Virginia who Is charged -with not having been legally elected, because the vote cast for him was not a majority of the entire membership ot tb legislature; of Sena tor Clark, of Monk, who 1 charged with-l having obtained his election by bribery, and of Mr, Quay, who claims a seat, on the appelatmeni of the Governor of Pennsylvania, and who Is opposed by the claim that the Governor had no con- siitatlonsl right to .make the appolnt nisnt, all of which are now in the. hands of the Committee on Privileges on Elec tions, and will be disposed of as rapidly rat possible. ; - Mrs.lt. Churchill, Berlin, Vt., ssys, 'Our babr was covered with running sores," De Wilt's Witch Haitel Salve cured her." A specific for pilca and skin dls eases. Beware of worthlesa counterfeits F. B. Dulfy. , ; '-. .. . MANY BILLS 1 COnON MARKET. ReseivedbyJ E. Latham, cessaslatlosj snercbast New Bern, N, C. Knw Yoaa. Deosuber 11. " Open. High. Low. Close Ian. cotton .... 7.89 7.87 ,"7.38 781 May.oolloa.... 7,47 7.10 7 7) . ' : CaiClOO MAKKKTS. Wheat: Open. High. Low. Cloae p-iinn ii,! May ..... CoRH;- ' ' May...... Cofvib: Maroh ... , By Pfd B, T....1 M. Pae .... O.AO...... Readiag 1.10 (II fl.10 e.u 18 Mi 79to16l 80 44 45 m sot 64 3 Receipts at cetlea ports were 40,000 bales. ' Take Your Choice .Fmm our Btk in Sleds.: Tool Chests, Mkate, Gnn end Rifles for the rovs to eajny ttiejertive season wnn, We have also hsnitom seta of Gr ers. Pocket Cutlery, Shaving Bel etc, that make appropriate nd useful pres ents that' will Le appreciated by the recipient,, : - . . ,vr .-. - Also itrsf arrived ano'h r Beautiful Line of Out Glaes aid Fancy China- : - Call In and examlue our Stock lefoie it is picked over. . - ' I. W HI! CO. To B UGGY . Lend us Your. And we will trll you somethlDK. . We H. we Wg B, lth a Tery are bulldios; Buggl.e with a bt rive new on for old oiks will little cash difference, v : - , ' It will pay yo j t) Hatr from ts wit1 a good Ear on Prices b-;forj you bay i bngy. .- Respeo'fully, - - -- , . J. II. Waters Son 78 Broad Street- A hot Chocolate or Bonilllon will dis pel the cold weather and strengthen Ibe tired and worn out nerves, 6o at Brad kanj's Fountain. 1 1 j, i . , . , t tuorougu.jr uuu uj w.,u, ' J()rasn', Cough D.ilnam continues to The board of agrlcu'ture appropriated ' .., . ,,.,,. ,,n,r.... U00 to the State Fair a. by law It is BC1I .J, ni(B and at l-l only ly D.vU' allowed to do, lo. tlmuUte the farmer. In Prelcr,Mlon Pu,rlnioy. sptclal lines of tffoit. The bosrd Is HelJ , t M pleased at the report, .u.le alo tj j j j. naxlr the p -. ttleit line of nmtauuu . .u. u,.,.,7. , . Mumarl ,n(1 ca Tic. (l0. for vmM Lleutnnanl 8ottle has. turned, over the recruiting station here to Cpt Zebulon ( B.Vance, and Monday goes to his new sUlion, Governor's Inland, New Yotk harbor. 1 The tfuirMiie Court will ttrvote tlio coming witi-k to tlio hearing of p poals from Hie twelfili tl!lrit. This Will end tlie c-a!l of Hie r';;ii!nr (1 ' -I . gifts ever seen In Hie city. I have just received a Ix-suliful line of Uiliet Clonk sml Co!f !:, anil will Le sold very low. Ilespcci fully, J.J. Hal tcr. ii t n . ll,i!t, w ! Hi V low of ; '1 ni.t II. (,r li nil We pnt on f1!! t! La line l,ain". ! us 111 ":;ercti SHOES I bare Just gotten In a Fin Line of Tan and Patent Leather Shoes, . , Out line Uur5toJa'. ' 01 re us aCa'l. R. II. BAi'JER, 1 3b .. 70 70 m 0i S3i tSt m fl.10 821 mmmmmmfm " t.2 - - : i j - a i"- , "lildook store Don't mis our Holiday Display. ! a uor stock is full or quality, -vane- tv and good taste It la easy to I telect from. Supplies exactly what s 8 I G. N. Ennett. yno want and it would be a mis lake to buy before you see It. Want We -What do you Want? We want eve1) body lo lnw we are foiug lo sell the heat. Chaiuleas Blcyolr or f',000 aud Beat Admirals for 3 00 Would be glad to have you come lu and examine our stock. We trade new wheels for old ones. We have on band a large quantity ot Tires, all kinds from ft B0 to $8 50. And other articles that belong to a bicycle. 18IIIB' CYCLE V0MP1ST '2JT88 Ws) will gW rery lady visiting ear Xmi Store between now and the 15th "December, a r.-- ' . - i chance In k Ilohemlan Water Bet, O Engraved Olawe,! LargeItch " S r.. er and Tray. ' - Call and Bee our line as they are coins faftt. DUGUID&SOri, ,. .i Planters Tobacco Warehouse, New Bern, K.C. . - ; " We Are JsTow Showing aa Unuuallj Fall Line of CarpDts, Rugs, atting and Oil Cloths. Our line of LaJiw, Misers-and Children's ; FLr.nct Underwear Is worth your attention. ' s A new gitj'ply of tlie Fainons ': r ... ' A NICE FHESii LOT JUST REf E1VED. ; Also small Hicii: fast Strips and English Cured Shonl .. dtrn. Fulton Alai lct ( orned Beef. - Fresh lot ( 'a' t s and Crackers, Uneeda Biscuits and ' Jinger Wayfer?. . Canned Goods of all kinds. Mince Meat, linst quality 20c lb. Fresh Huckwlitut, both plain and prepared. Fox River Print and Fancy Elgin Butter. il. .... 1 i . - " . nocoiaie una l ocoa. jJned aud Evanorated Kmit. i A complete stoc' of the best Groceries that monoy will bny. Prices as low as anywhere in the city. Goods de livered promptly and Free. 1 respectfully solicit your pat- ronasre. Wliolcstnle Grocer, - v lff.nimnT un si i ii ni i i i is.-, ji .j d. k lUGUAlUliai, r..,',v:' 3 'Phone 91. 71 Br4 ? g cAt Gaskill & mtcbetTs You will find all the make-up for your -Fruit Cake, Pound Cake and all the Dainties you are to fix for your Xmas. Nuts, Eaisins and Candy tor Santa Claus stockings. Preserves and "Jams of Best floods. Our Best Flour 2Jc lb and alt our stock of Staple and Fancy Goods at Lowest Prices. Give us a Trial. Any one expecting to give a nice cigar to a friend we have it. Small box Cigars 25c. Fmicy box and pretty $1 25. Come to see these, and make a selection in tinn-. Only few of these. :, A good stock of Cigars in regular Boxes and of the best 5 cent to be had. Our Key West is Straight and Goes. cigar GASKILL & MITCHELLS, HARDWARE: GROCERIES: . 73-MIDDLE STREET. 'Phone 147. 61 BROAD STBEET, CHOOSING HOLIDAY GIFTS Jin tlui Erom our Stinerb Slock of Furniture, is what Santa fllana ! linav af. ftiAap rlAVfl nrpnnrinfr for f ha YnlptirlA asAUnn tt tmnA fellowship and interchange of gifts. In ill Comfort, Usefullness, nee. -- ft:'' -i.. Elena - w Beauty in Giltpieces in Chairs, Vernis Martin Tablet and nln ;'' ueai W Kookera. y '-Oomfort in Morris ( hairs and Couches. JSleganc in 8uits in Birdseye Maple and Golden. Oakv. ; -tv And Usefulness iiu everything. , fl FRANG. H. J0NE8 & G0.. tS ' MIDDIJS STREET. ruui flillllsfellcliillililiiiiiM . . ... , . ;i . '. . 1 4 Ilia - PRICES ! I- t We have lust received a new line of ? ? Men's Double Breasted Fancy Vesta at r $2.00. --. V7e can safety say that no such val- ues have ever been offered in our town. : T7o have marked these Vests down r clcno, no as to put thorn within the reach : cl every cao. , ." ' ' Cr.U .ind get your choice of colcr.-: ' ! (I Yonr3 iruiy,
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