J A VOL. XV1I-NO. 251. flKW Jim.'M. C.,THUKSUA MORNING, JANUARY 18, I90ii. IIGHTEENTH T I!. A, 1 V 'v--- - f .is r w m' -r w W E. S. Hackhwns j.j , I Is thefflace to Trade. ., v, ,, ' -- ' y I Aft Goods First-ctassl I and Guaranteed, . f - J J Every body is using our 20c Mocha. 5 ; ' J J anc Java. Coffee and our L 'X L Flour, IeMhackburnI ctit Gaskill & Mtcbell's Grocery You will find everything cleaned np from the Holiday's Jrade and New Goods in iikte ' ' , i " " v. New 15nok wheat in 10c, 15c ond 25c pac ages. ; . V v Maple Syrup and Fancy Butter. , . J'otted Me its of all inda, chicken and tar' ey for a lunch. ' Beef Extract.- Canned Fruita aud Vegetables. . ' ' , ' '..yV-I.V QUALITY, DOWN JN PRI' E. '" ' , vTry the 1'elle Haven Torn, yon will use no other! . ." , '" For a good smoke try our Pcriqne to mis with your Dn e Mixtnro - or any lbixcco you are now using, s- A good assortment - of Hue ( igai'8 and Tobacco always to be had at our$tore, CI Broad Street . s , GASKILL & MITCHELL'S, . . HARDWARE: 1 L " - , GROCERIES: ?i . .; n MIDDLE STREET 'Phono H7.; 61 BROAD STREET. ' EM i l l -MANUFACTUJlERS-l- Meadows', t Grade i :, If you farm on the intensive system and for profit, you must iue nlun URADB OUANO. ;; Our Goods are specially adapted, Used by the largest and most : Use Meadows' GOLD LEAF . True) for Color, Silkiness and Fine liliH leaf section of the State, and specially prepared for the needs of oir land ' . If interested send for leaflet of analysis and testimonials. ' " :Ou; 1900 Calendar also for the asking. : ' ; E, H. & Jl A. Works: . Uniori PoinL, Santa Claas IVlistatc! : J i!al . aOra in, C'rllfuiiiiaOiiii'g Nuls iuisii a and Figi, lo f .-.t i-t ?GIVE HE Meadows Co. Special Guanos. for this section. -: c v m Pnfntn V 11 ft -.Cabbage successful farmers in ihis seclion. TOBACCO GUANO. - (Tried and Texture. Manufactured in the brigHt PEADOWS CO., Now Pern, N. C. Mates No. ' . Wliei lir rh'0"- fur H e'JXmnn 'ei-J ri m oi r Klocfc fl F incy bi d H'l'lo-U'OifrTii, O: f R -jiil 'Flour for your Xrnn'n bakinf , our Superior and ejfulcluly niorpd" CufTc ai d T.i v. Oi'.r I' o 1 I'm', i Im , K llohi, Ciyftnll'iil Frnltn i iidU i. er, Kordi nl D'IikiJ lie f ! o l( t -r f. nt Bi.tli r mhI tnir.' Mine M hi wi I iint-rwih t'e mv ir f Uk- iw. !i"'k.eu . tV.ls lo n lnien P.oimtifnl Ki him 17.00 (J It is (lnr. lii.l oil lery i nrf Fini A ppli n 1 p rjlhi ig Mo nml F' i- li for X,i A CALL- uv:k i Populists Not Tet Decided on Their Stand on Amendment. Prltcl ard Is Unfortunate. Ship meats to Paris. Tobaee9 Brew ers Arrtvlag. The Small , Pex Cases. State Unard ' Matters. - Palbiqh, Jan. 17 Some . Populist leaden are saying today that they favor the silence ef their State commit tee.rogarding the constitutional amend ment, bat alio favor the holding of a Populist conference soon after the com mittee adjoumi and before the conven tion meets. This conferenoe la to decide upon the party policy as to the amend ment.: l - - ' 1 --. A letter was written from here by the editor of The Progressive Farmer, ask-, tng the status of the, constitutional amendment In Louisiana. The reply says there has been no State election since the constitutional convention adopted the present constitution; that the aegro yet participates In nominating conventions, as there are as yet no laws governing primaries; that this feature Is very objectionable; toill the people without regard to party; and that until the election next April very little oan be said of effects, there being none yet ' Loge Harris says that smallpoi struck the Rockingham section before Senator Prlichard could speak there and that be thinks yellow fever will strike Wilming ton - before Senator Prltchard speak there. He evtdently thinks the Senators are hoodoos. - ' ' : It is stated today that S. 0. Sbearln is to succeed Lewis Summerell as: super visor of the Northampton convict farm iuperlntattdent Day told the directors f the penitentiary Bummeiell would no longer be supervisor . . v' - - A cotton mill company, with 175,000 capital, was organized at Holme yester ilav.lt Is proposed to have It ready for operalloa before'lhe end of the year. Five shipments of North Carolina ti- nlbite for the Paris Exhibition were aiado to Baltimore where the United Slates transport Prairie will receive ilium. .;Js! i-i' A large number- of. delegates to' the State tobacco growers' convention has already arrived.' J. Bryan Grimes- lis chief promoter, is-here. The Raleigh chamber of commerce to- slght unanimously adopted resolutions expressing great satisfaction at the early completion and consolidation of : the deaboard Air Line system.'' Nelson Smith, a negro, Is In jail hore charged with stealing a man's wife. The allegation i that he broke into the dwelling of the husband and carried her off. ''Trf--'"?' Treasurer Worth has a letter from Mt. Airy, la which there ' wm a ,go5d deal about the smallpox situation. The wrl ter said. last a couple - of months ago a nnmber of people suffering , from an eruption, and about two weeks ago It be gan to be suspected that, It was small pox. Eight doctors made an examina tion; Ave saying that It was smallpox and three swearing It was only chicken- pox. The letter goes on to say that only two persons are sick and that children with the eruption eat and ply. ', The fears that smallpox ; would make Itself felt In the Slate this winter were well founded.. !';; "'''-r'J ' ' . The Adjutant General has reclved a report from Colonel J. T. Armfleld, on the First Regiment State Guard The colonel says thero are 46 officers and 473 (.Diluted men in the eleven companies of the regiment and that .only three com pantes have any anna or equipments. The one company missing Is K (Raleigh) Cnpt. Beavers, who was to re-organiae It, and a number of the men, who wore to compose It,' are now In the Philippines. - -" . Puerto RIcan Duties. WisnmoToH, Jan. 10 Tho pilnclpal subject of discussion at today's Cabinet meeting was the present unsatisfactory slate ol Puerto Rico. The 1'reililent par ticularly desires a material redaction In the prosent tariff duties on Imports from Puerto Rico to the United 8itos. It was tilled today that an eallra romoval of the duties would be eminently satisfac tory aliouU Congress so decide. It Is pointed out thai Hie Puerto Uic am are practically shut out nf United Slates markets, with the result that bun I- neiis ef all kinds Is siaUKi't ! a gen eral depression In all branches of In dustry prevails throughout the Inland. L. T Travis, Agent Southern It. R , Sellna, Oa., writes, "lean not sny too much In piaUe of One Minute Omgli Cure, in my cane It woiked like a charm. " iTlie on'y hum !: r medy tlial k'v,' 1 linim iliule KKiill.. Cun-n cousin, culils, croup, brnnr.hllls, and nil tlirnnt ami lung troubles. FSllui'Ty. I 'mi, a nKii'ii i , Jit ns; ?Um ' I Urn I'l !! t A !)! -v ( i.'t.' 1,01-- : .' il ' n 1 n W hit h r T 1 A. Pi- n f. '1 MORGAN DEFENDS CAROLINA.. Says Her White Hen Shall Rot Be Degrad ed By Regro Equality. . Cdaui-ottk, N. C, January 17 Sena tor Morgan, of Alabama, has replied to the resolution recently passed by the Democratic Executive Committee of Mecklenburg county thanking birn foi speech against Senator Priichard's reso lution In the United Stale Senate de claring the proposed amendment to - the North Carolina constitution unconstitu tional. . Senator Morgan writes In pan aa follows: ' The veneration in which all true Americans hold the 'birthplace of Amer ican Independence' and the honor that belongs to the race of men who first de clared our independence, impress me with the moat sincere gratitude for your approyal of my effort to restore to them the great heritage bequeathed to the-a by their fathers. , "It is not becoming in the decendants of such men voluntarily to submit their political destiny to the' condition of equality with the negro race, and there is no legal compulsion that requires of them such dangerous and depraving hu miliation, 'v' ,, " The people of the United States, at the polls will again declare your-liberty and your equality with your own an cestors, and will relieve you of the"in- suiting stigma that-you: are only .the political or social equals of the negro race. . v. . ;. . , ,- -. "The Mecklenburg declaration of indo pendenoe would never have 1een" made If your fathers had supposed that . It would be so perverted and abused as to reduce their posterity .to political or soblal equality with the negro race." FOR A PACIFIC CABLE. Secretary Lonf and Admiral Bradford on Senate BUI. WasaiMOTON, Jan. 1 Secretary Long and Rear-Admiral Bradford appeared before the Senato Committee on Naval Affairs- today In advocacy of the con struction of a Pacific cable by the Gov ernment. The Secretary's statement re. lated entirely to the feasibility of the plan and Its advantages over doing the work by private enterprise. Rear-Admiral Bradford detailed the operations of the collier Nero, wJiich is now engaged in- making a preliminary survey of the proposed Une west of Hon-' oluiu. tie saia the survey bad been com pleted and the Nero was on Its return. making a slgzag survey, , c m V .' i ' According to the reports of prelimin ary wort, the proposed cable .was entire ly practicable It is to run from San Francisco la Honolulu, thence tie the Midway Islands, and Guam to DIngala bay, Island of Lueon,' with a spur for commercial purposes to Yokohama.' The average depth betaeen Uonolulu: and Midway le 2t700 fathoms; between Mid- Way and Guam, 8,000; between Guam and Luion, 1,800. He estimated the cost at $1,050 per . knot, which, with, the amount necessary for steamers, offices, etc., would bring the cost np to 110,000,- 000. He placed the entire length of the cable at 8,304 knots, which allows 30 per cent for slack and detours. i , Ratifies Samoan Treaty. i. Washimoton, Janiary 10. The Senate today ratified the Samoan treaty without division. : The ratification occurred" In executive session and after two hours of .debate, which was participated In by a number of Senators. Messrs..' Davis, Foraker and Spooner advocated and Senators Bacon, Money and Tillman op posed ratification. Senator Bacon made the leading speech in opposition. He based bis o'ljecllon upon tbe general grounds that It' was contrary to the' spirit of our Institutions to attempt to govern any people in opposition to their wishes. '.:. G. H. Ap'pleton, Justice of Peace Clarksburg, N. J., says, "De Will's Llltle Early Risers are the best pills made for constipation. We use no others." Quick ly cure all liver and bowel troubles. F S Duffy. - s i --. Cannot Coin the Gold. . WasniNUToM,D. C, January 16. An amendment of the gold standard bill so as to permit a part of the gold resonre to be held in bullion will be recommended by Treasuier Roberts le the Senate Fi nance Ciinimlllep. Mr. Roberts has been going carefully over (he bill, In order lo Judge ef Its practical workings under tbo Administration nf the Treasury, aud le eaiiarieil that II Is simple and pntclicalile iu most of Its features. lie Mltl toSnr, however, that It would be aliholittrly Impracticable to set aside f I.'jO.OOO.OOO lii uold colo, as required by the Keimle bill. The Treasury Iim plenty of gold, fur lii excess of the amount re quired under the bill, but a Urge part Is In gold bullion. Tho Ulmn.l itTils of the minis, although they wt-ic worked at a hleliur rale Inst er tlum ever be- illlllUj to ' e i ef ii onvc rt Into eoin :' Ht h : : I III t! w p il l bullion de- ' eit . i f" im li i Iin t of C '.'irornifi, (oil- ,.i tho : unjinpin. Results of Buller's Advance Across " theTugela Unknown. Cpeaot be Far From Ladjsmllh Warren May Strike Weneral Front Reh ind. Boers Uo ... , pulsed by Ueaeral T French. ' " . Lohdok, Jan. 17 "The military- critic of the Morning Leaded, who le known to be exceptionally lucky lo obtaining In side news, Writes that on Monday morn ing . General Warren's division . was encamped between Springfield,' where General Buller at the time bad bis head quarters, and Bethany, flvo miles north of the former place, anil that Buller bad assuredly one, and it was believed two, passages of the river his bands. - A A careful study of topographical con ditions shows the wisdom of such con centration en'tne extreme British left. The plan would be lo turn tbe heights to the north and northwest of Colenso, and thus compel their evacuation; then to attack the Boors on the left between Buller and General While. There is considerable ground for be lieving that the Boers around Lsdysmith are preparing for some such attack, al though they are not iure from which di rection It will come. A late dispatch from the besieged town reports signs 01 Boer preparations being made for a pos sible retreat. Uilla -to the north and west are being fortified, while a few big guns have been posted to command a British approach from the south. Uu doublcdly the burghers know the peril of being caught between two armies, to which they are exposed, and as they all along have been excellently served by their scouts, the movements of General Buller are perhaps by no means cays ter! ens to them. London,' Jan. 10. The Dally Mall ba received the following dispatch from South Africa: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Jan. 10 There was very heavy firing to the north yesterday. ' . It is believe the Boers are contesting the passage of the Tugela by General Buller. The howitzers were evidently busy, as the firing is described ss the heaviest yet heard in Natal. There is a rumor that a portion ef the British force Is near. Ladysratth. , London, Jan. 10. Tho Times has the followlue from Pictermarluburg. dated Tuesdaj; '"Very heavy artillery flrfug was heard yesterday in the direction of Springfield." Rensburg, Cape Colony, January 15 (delayed lo transmission). Tbe Boers this morning attempted to rush a hill held by a company of the Yorkshires and the New Zealanders, but they were re pulsed at the point of the bayonet. The Boers, according to British ac counts, hod 11 men' killed- and about 00 wounded. , ' - i ') : Don't Read This ' But your atu-ntion to onr ur-to-daU Laundry that we are doing now will tell you tbitl our work is right. ' We wash the dirt out, not In, Our starch is free from Injurious chemicals. - We use no chemicals to hum tho gcods. Lace cur tains, blankets, counterpanes, spreads of all kinds are done up to look lika new. Our collars are ironed on a low pressure machine and will not wear the linen. Work taken and delivered In 4 hoars. Give use trial , ' . D AYBtRRY'S STEAM LAUNDRY Opposite Cltlwme Bank. - X7e have Just Received a Beantilul As-. ' sortmcnt ot . hmbric and Nainsook j i; i C Tito II r: tlio 1 ' j flTM1'" u A SplendicJ Lot of Small Sugar Cured fig lams! . j , ' rickled Kuinp Pork, California Hams, Breakfast Strips and English Cured Shoulders. " Freeh Ontario Prepared Bncltwheat and Fancy Elgin liutter, Maple Syrnp, New Orleans Molasse?, and Hock Candy Prip Syrup. Fresh Grits, Big Hominy, Oatflakes and Rice, Nice lot Norton Yam Potatoes and Codfish. Dried Fruits and Canned Gaods of all kinds. Best Flour, 2Jc. All you want. Complote stock of everything nice in the .Grocery line. . Prices aa low as anybody. I respectfully solicit your trade. '..':..:. . 5 J 5 3 J.L MtDilL 5 'Phone Ol. OttsnVtaff!sTnVaVaVa(s tgtasnslaO ? BREAKFAST CEREALS That make an appetizing and delicious menl we have in all kinds pre.v.rntious from Oats, Wiie-it, Oor.i, eto. Good California Prunes. 5c lb. Fancy " " lOo ll, 8 lbs for 2"iC, Fancy California KvAp.rn:ed Peiches 12io lb 2) lb can California Crawford Peaches, SOo cue. A gogd 3 1 can peaches loo. Corn and T miloe, mixed 10c, 3 for 2Vs. 3 b can standard Tomatoes. 10t-, 8 for 25c. 8 lb-can standard Corn, lOo, 8 for 25a Try our Mocha and Jnva ltoast ed Coffee 20c lb and you will use no other, in fact our line of Choi, e -Give us your business juid we will teed aa lepresenled or your money J. R. PARKER, JR., GROCER, 'Phone 69. 77 Broad Street. S BOY SUITS I Just Received a new and urettv line ol Boys' Suits, ages 3 to Ladies especially invited toJicall and in spect these Bargains. OH MIDDLE STREET, During the coming year we have resolved to do business as we have always done. "0. .. v . -'. -" -. . v " We guarantee satisfaction on every article seld, and always refund the money when anything proves un satisfactory.' ' ' - v .; We are strictly a One Price Store and are Satisfied with 'Small Profits. -' Call aiid See For Yourself. J. G. DUNN CO, , B7 Pollock Street.. V YOUR PRINTED STATIONERY Is an Index o your Business. ' Tbon why toot use tlio best in We do the Nice t," Cleanest, Hcatt Job Woik of all sinds. V,' K'vo tbe H. nl Work, tbe Beat Ta per H o. k, the Pest Ink, and charge you no no. i forj it than you pay fur the 'Hber kind. (::? p;.:NTr:i fi-CAsna. Wholesale afc Retail Grocer, 71 Brt4 St. mmmmmm and Fanrv ttroiwlna nrn enmnlet. e sue you noony All gonds guara n refunded. Yours to please, 7. NEW BERN, N C We Want! What do you Want? We want everybody to know w nro going tow 11 tho bet Chainleas P.iryclo for $30 00 and Ileal Admirals for W 00. Would be glud to bave you corr.e in and examine our stork. Ws trade new wheels for old ones We have oa hand a largo quantity of Tires, all kinds from II 50 to $3 50, ' And other aiticlea that belong to a bicycle. QASKINS' tJTCLK flWPANV - Planters Building. ; Receiving I I : " V , We will be at our store, ? 1 corner Craven and South . Front Streets, from Jany. ; , 1st, 1900, until further. '' notice, and will gladly Receive the Little Balance That May Be Due Us, and to Take Orders For Hardware.' Pcf Please Be Sure to Call. " 't Wishing you a prosper ous and huppy New Year we are, Yours Truly, T - if) ji j y 9 o y. v