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Bcred at the Postoflce at W Il ia tag-ton. IS. C Second-CIa-Matter, April 13. 1878. TKRH8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. PO STAGS PREPAID. rUC DAILY MESSENGER, b, mU year .OOj ntx months 3.00 rJkre montlxa 81.50f one month BO tarred 1b tke elty at BO cent iBti odd vreelc 10 cents. S1.50 for fbroe month or SO.CO a rear. Tl!15 SEMIWEEKL MESSCNuEU w, H-pnfce Bper( by mall ne inr T.0 six month GO cents. In Tuesday, October ij i9Q5 MR. FLAGLER'S KEY WEST RAIL ROAD. "The survey has been made, the practicability proven and New York and Key West are to be connected by rail." The above is the opening paragraph of a most interesting article in the list issue of The Manufacturers' Record, written by Thomas P. Grasty. Tie words quoted were used by Mr. Henry M. Flagler in his reply Jo a request by Mr. Grasty for information in ie gard to the proposed extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad from Mia mia to Key West. We wish we could give the article in full, but have not the space. It tikes up more than a page of the Manufacturers' Record. Our readers, we know, will be intsv ested in such of the facts and figures as we are able to reproduce from this account of Mr. Flagler's wonderful undertaking, which is really theJDui.d ing of a railroad for about the distance of one hundred miles into the Atlantic ocean. Key West, the proposed termi- nus of what Mr. Grasty calls the "Oceanic" railroad (and he says be calls it so "because it crosses neaily one hundred miles of what is part of the Atlantic ocean") is 154 miles from Miami. Of this distance 28 miles are already built to Homestead, the pres ent terminus of the Florida East Coasi railway, and from this point the groi: work of bunding nearly 100 miles of railroad over ocean waters, treacherous marshes and coral reefs, will begin. Mr. Grasty got many interesting facts about this railway scheme from Mr. Flagler. TTTe work south froiu Homestead will be made of sixty miie of rock embankment through the waters separating the mainland from Key Largo and the waters lying be tween the other keys. There will be nearly 6 miles of concrete work wi-h a height of 31 feet above the level of the water, spanning the channels wl'fc arches and draw bridges. This wnrl: is thus described in the specifications: These viaducts are to be constructed of reinforced concrete. 50-foot spans resting on piers set into the solid rock and strengthened with piles. The base of the pier at rock surface is 28 feet, and at the springing line of arch 20 feet 7 inches. From the water to the crown of the arch will be 25 feet. To that should be added the thickness of the arch at the crown, ballast, ties, etc.. making- the track 31 feet above the level of the water. Of water opening's there are sevn. 25 feet each. These are in the solid embankment, and are only intended for rowboats and small craft. Of drawbridges there are to be three, with openings aggregating 410 feet. The remaining distance, about 65 miles, is made up of the islands or keys over which the road passes. Mr. Flagler has had his mind m-uie up for some time to build this "Oce anic" railroad, but until recently engi neers thought the work impracticable. Now, though, it is found that it can be done and Mr. Flagler's engineers have made complete estimates of ihe work and material needed to build the road. He has the thing down so line that he can tell you not only the num ber of lineal feat of dirt embankment, of rock causeway and of concrete via ducts, but also the number of cubic feet of the different material it will take for each. Judging from the plans made for terminal facilities at Key West Ms. Flagler must expect his road to do a tremendous business. Among the statements made to Mr. Grasty were the following, showing what these lor minal facilities would be: Terminal facilities at Key West will comprise a ary-dock and 10 covered Piers, each 800 feet in length and 100 feet in width, with basin 200 feet be tween Piers. The 10 piers will fur nish berths for 40 ships 400 feet in length with a depth of water ranging from 20 to 30 feet. Mr. J. C. Mere dith at Miami. Fla.. is constructing engineer in charge of all the work. Mr. Grasty says of this stupendous undertaking on the part of Mr. Flag ler: The great work of this extension to Key West is a logical climax to the wonderful and successful endeavors r f Mr. Flagler in Florida, which have hud a marked influence in the recent re markable development of the south due largely, to better facilities for get ting the investing and upbuilding part of the American public .better ac quainted with the south, its people and Its resources. Of Mr. Flagler's past enterprises in rionua jur. urasty says: Less than. 20 years ago Mr. Flagler set the standard for high-class con struction of hotels in this country and auruau vvnen-ne compietea tne Jronce de Leon at St. Aurw?t!ne. built to con vert. Florida from a sanatorium into a! first-class tourist resort. To the Ponce de Leon were soon added the Alcazar and the Cordova, and to enable pleasure-seekers to reach SL Augustine speedily and In comfort "he bought a narrow-gauge railroad under construe tion part of the way between Jackson ville and St. Augustine, finished It with a. wider gauge, threw a magnificent steel bridge across the St. John's at Jacksonville, thus bringing St. Augus tine within 25 hours easy ride from 2ssw York. In quick succession he bought a railroad from St. Augustine to Tocoi and Palatka, and another from San Mateo to Daytona, and ex tended the latter to Palm Beach through the famous Indian river orange groves, and built up at Palm Beach an attractive city with its hotel breakers, its iron ocean pier and its enlarged Royal Ponciana. hotel, the largest tourist hotel in the world. Later he extended the Florida East Coast railroad to Miami, on Bay Biscayne, where he built the Royal Palm, and in nin years saw the Magic City rise with its paved streets, water and sew er system, electric lights, three banks, three daily newspapers and attractive and well-stocked . stores. His coming- to Miami gave Mr. Flagler apoppor tunity to demonstrate the vigor with which he prosecutes all his undertak ings. Now comes this last and most won derful of all Mr. Flagler's investments for the development of Florida. But this is not by any means a local affair. The results of the building of this road will be feit all over the United States. With trains running into Key West from Miami, passengers and freight will fie transported without change of cars from any part of the United States and Canada to within two or three hours transportation by steamer to Havana, and another fact which will make this line of the great er importance and well worth the ex penditure of all the money it will cost is tint Key West is the nearest point in the United States to Colon on the isthmus of Panama which means that the terminal of Mr. Flagler's road wili be the gateway to the Panama canal. In the meantime, though, before the canal is built this system will develop with the "West Indian and Central with the West Indain and Central American countries. The many ocean keys through which it will pass will be brought under cultivation. There are vast possibilities there. These Islands are not barren sand banks, but embrace acres upon acres of rich hum mock lands. The News ar d Observer makes the prediction that Mitchell county will be democratic before long. It must be that the republicans intend taking the duty off of mica. We do not know any thing else that could so effect the hide-bound republicans of old Mitchell. Of course North Carolina had to be in it. She cannot get up a fellow who can boast of so. many wives as Koch or one who kept three wives in the same "flats" building in New York city without any one of them knowing she was the "one onlv." but there. comes the news from far away 'Oak land, Cal., that there is a former resi dent of this state now living there who can boasr of four wives. The case has gotten into the courts through the at of this muchly-married Tar Heel, tempt of wife No. 4 to take the life claiming that she had to do so to save her own life which he had attempted to take because she had found out about the other three, by secretly looking through his papers. It seems improba ble that a man should carry around in his pockets papers showing that he had four living wives. It is now up to us to make that fif teen minutes seem like an hour. Dur ham Herald. What have you got against Mr. Foosevelt that you want to bore him sc greatly? ' Is the Durham Herald arguing in in favor of the dispensary when it says that those Durhamites who have been kicking on the dust can now find fault with the mud? The plea of the advocates of the dispensary for that city is, we believe, that in no other way can funds be raised to make much-needed street improvements. It looks like it is going to be hard for Senator Lodge to hold those Mas sachusetts republicans in line on the tariff. They want "free raw material'' of certain kinds and they want it bad, too. The indications now are that Mr. Roosevelt will have some strong back ing from his own party if he attempts to have the congress at the approach ing session make a revision of present tariff laws. BetterFruits-Better Profits Better peaches, apples, pears and berries are produced when Potash is liberally applied to the soil. To ; insure a full crop, of choicest quality, ; use a fertilizer containing not less , than io per cent, actual Potaislhi1 Send for oer practical books of information : tn m J .j vi. i . ' - m auTcru&UJfi taunpaicis. Dooming w , spcuai lercuuers, doi are autnonauve T GERMAN KALI WOKS 4 new I ore NUMB St., Atlanta. G. 1 is i ij v Kit A l a 'V urn m m (DM 1U Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis cuit home-made. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and eco nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food) found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare. Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. ROYAL BAKING POWDER ELECTION ON OPEN SALOONS Both Sides in Goldsboro marshalling Their Forces. Election Will be November 14th Ri val IYrccs at Work on Railroads About the Erection of a Union Depot Some Wayne County Freaks for the Fair. (Special to The Messenger.) Goldsboro, N. C, October 14. Soms of the monstrosities of Wayne county will be on exhibition at the state fair next week. Mr. John R. Smith, of Mt. Olive, will be there witba hobby horse arrangement and will have on exhibi tion some of the curiosities that he has gathered from various parts of the county. He has some very peculiar freaks of nature among the calves. One that he picked up has two heads, and another has five legs. He has also in his collection of curiosities a hen which has three well developed legs, and some guineas that have web feet, like a duck. His unusual collec tion will no doubt attract attention and afford right much amusement to visit ors to the fair. As the days drag wearily along, in terest in the election on open saloons which has been called for the 14tb of November increases. As the town is now dryj. and has been tor the last two years, it would indicate that the prohi bition forces have the situation well under control. The bar room was swept irom the community by an over- ; whelming vote two years aeo. The ma-1 ioritv at that time was lar.r than .ha l vote cast against prohibition. The : petition filed with the board of alder men for an election shows that there has been considerable cnange of senti-; ment on the liquor question since pro- j hibition went into effect. There were three hundred and twelve names cn the petition. There are only about ! the governor's office. He presided over seven hundred and sixty-four voters, j the meeting. It was found that the 7he people who ""favor bar rooms cal-j committee was so large a sto be un culate that not only all of those who: wieldy and it was therefore reduced signed tHe petition will vote for sa- to three members, Mayor Johnson, Col loons, but that a number who were de- onel Charles Earl Johnson of the gov terred from sismiri? the naner bv n ' emor's sitn ff . nnd Sh fi-wrwwl TTirp-c thic threat that the list would be published coinittee being given all authority in a local paper will also vote the ' to make arrangements, same way. The list has not been pub-; Mention has been made of the resig hshedand very probably will not be.; nation of Professor W. F. Mnsaw a evenly divided than it was when the election was held before, and the lead ers on both sides are marshalling thiir forces for the conflict with consummate skill and interest m the outcome is being increased as the time for the election approaches. x AtT TP .r? me Drjp"i erty around where the trains stop now, Ann U'nn nwn the r.rnnortv -twhinh io r." " 7 inconvenient waiting rooms and ticket offices that the railroads now occupy can prevent it, Goldsboro will not S3: the union passenger station that has been the ideal dream of the bulk or our citizenship for years. A petition has oeen circulated this week among some of the business men asking that the railroads let the present ill ar ranged accommodations for the trav eling public remain as it is. The pro moters of the scheme have met with very poor success in obtaining naruas for their paper. Resolutions from the board of aldermen addressed to the corporation commission, asking that they use their influence and good offi ces to secure a union nassensrer sta tion for Goldsboro commensurate witn bs.u uviuatuiu vjuiiucuauiaLt; wild. its importance as a railroad center, r-ln-rrrr vi!. i! . . ! shows how public sentiment on the question stands. It is understood" from reliable source that the corporation commission will not even have to make the request. The railroads are willing and anxious to gve the depot to which it is entitled, if It can be done without creating too much friction. All three of the roads which come here the At lantic Coast Line, the Southern and the Atlantic and North Carolina, take on and discharge more nasseneers at Goldsboro than at any station on their lines, and they have the poorest ac commodation. The present bad ar rangement causes a loss of time. As it is now the principal street in the town is blocked for a greater part of the time during the day with freight trains and shifting engines, and when the Southern brings its through freights through Goldsboro, as it is understood they will do, our most im portant street wili be filled with freight cars ail day. With these facts before them it would seem that the nronertv owners who oppose the depot -are-si n-f ply in their own light. Made CO.. NEW YORK. GLENN WITH THE PRESIDENT The Governor Will Make the Trip Through the State. Committee at Work Making Arrange ments for tlie President's Reception. Reports to Secretary Parker Show , That Farmers are Holding Cotton. - Charters by the State Hearing of Application for Pardon of Murrav. Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, X. C, October 14th. Governor Glenn will accompany President Roosevelt on his tour of the state from Raleigh to Charlotte. He has been requested to introduce the President at various points, Durham, Greensboro, Salisbury, and Charlotte, and of course-will do so. The speech of the President here has been an nounced in the despatches as an im portant one, and it is said will be of an hour's length. At many points along the line of railway, people will gather to see the Presidential train pass; this beings a special and of the finest character. The attendance of Confederate veterans here is expected to be very large, they will form a very important part of the escort. A charter is granted the Allvpmnrl ReaI Estate insurance Company, a. , . ..... . . at tue l 11 ot mt name, tlie author- ized capital stock being $100,000, and E. X. Asberry, S. II. Ilearne and others being the stockholders. RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT. The general committee on the recep tion of the President at Raleigh met in tion. There is another horticulturist. the one to the board of agriculture, this being" Professor H. II. Hume. Professor Massey has been a very val uable man to North Carolina and. the farmers of the state regret to see him leave, as they have relied very greatly UPU his suggestions. But he thinks it devote bimself to editorial . .. ... wovK on one or tne greatest of the ag ricultural magazines in the country. and so will make Philadelphia his home. Ha has for years done valua ble editorial and other work on this paper, the Practical Farmer. FARMERS DETERMINED TO HOLD COTTON. Secretary T. R Piirker of the Farm ers' State Alliance returned today from Cabarrus county, where he took part in reorganizing the county alliance. All the sub-alliances were represented. He found the farmers very hopeful, and extremely determined to hold their cotton. As evidence of this fact it may be stated that receipts have de clined from about 200 bales dnv. when cotton was selling at over ten "e v v,. n-u cects to less than a dozen bales a day 11 f XV ill 1 f GAnia lire nj-fna n nil V now, and some days none at all on the niarKet. ibe general sentiment all over the state, Mr. Parker says. Is to hold cotton. The speeches of Daniel J. Sully have had a fine effect, and so have what President narie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Growers Asso ciation has spoken and written. Re marks of President Jordan have been scattered broadcast over the cotton growing section. He has issued an ad dress "that has been sent into every cotton growing county in the south, ad vising termers to hold, for the 11 cent minimum. Reports are now coming in to Mr. Parker, from cotton growing counties in the state, showing that the crop will be about seventy-five per cent of that of last year. This is a trifle above the estimate which Mr. Parker and others interested in hold ing down the crop made at the begin ning of the season, but many of the larger counties that have suffered most from drought and other -weathered conditions and so the summary may show a condition :- below seventy-five per cent As yet no definite arrange- ! meets have been made for warehouses. and so tne rariiKss are iioicung cotton at teir h.oa'.c?, though In some cases it has been put In warehouses in the cities and towns. Tne farmers are In pretty good condition and are not asking for advances upon their cot ton as largely as they have done In the past. Secretary Parker says that be is pleased wltii their condition and with the general outlook. At the meet ing of the State Cotton Growers As sociation on the night cf the 20th, in the House of Representatives, most Important matters are to be discussed, en long others the reduction of acreage next year, etc. The Cabsrnis County Alliance adopted resolutions endorsing the 11 cent movement and pledged co operation In standing by it. It furth er passed a resolution -to pay three cents a bale as requested by tlie South ern Cotton Association. RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIA TION. Norman II. Johnson, the attorney of the North Carolina Retail Merchants' Association has this week closed what he terms the fall campaign.- In De cember he will make a few speeches before the Association in Alabama and Virginia. He was interviewed to day regarding the Association in North Carolina, and says that in -this state there are three thousand, two hundred members, out of a total of 6,422 retail merchants. Then are .74 local associations, and to each of these a charter will be issued November 1, by the state association. He says that in proportion to the number of retad merchants this association comes next to the largest in the United States, Minnesota alone exceeding it. insurance Commiesionor Young has vr:inted the Eastern Star IJenevolent Fund, of Detroit, license to operate in North Carolina, It is a fraternal or ganization. Major Ivey Forman of the Third reg iment is in charge of the arrangement of the camp here, which will be occu pied by the National Guard next week. As yet it cannot be stated exactly how many companies will be in the pa rade, but the officials say alotit 1.". Commercial travellers all sav that business in the state is very good in deed this fall. Thy sjeak of the gen eral prosperity which they observe all over North Carolina. Chief Marshal Ii. Frank Mtbnne of Spray, is here to remain until after the state m;?f: Today he had a con ference with Governor Glenn regard ing the arrangements on President's Day. UNIQUE CONTEST IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The white public schools here today had quite a unique contest, this being for the best collection of flowers. The show was made at the Centennial school, which is the high school. Font schools competed and very great pride and interest Avas shown in tlie affair. A charter is grantde to the High Point Roll and Panel Co., to make ve neering and all soils of built-up wood work, also buckets and furniture, the capital stock being $73,000, J. W. Clin ard and others being thG stockholders. Among today's visitors to tiie agri cultural department was Charles A. Girola, who has for sometime iejn the commissioner cT agriculture for the Argentine Republic, South America, He is making a study of crop condi tions, etc. He is handicapped consid erably by his limited use of English. THE MURRAY APPLICATION FOR PARDON. Governor-Glenn devoted considera ble time today to a hearing of the ap plication for pardon of W. R. Murray, the Durham man who shot and killed his uncle, there after a struggle over a pistol, which the uncle had fired three times at Murray. Murray was given two years on tlie roads, and the su preme court recently affirmed this de cision. The governor suspended judg ment until October 17th., in order that he might have a full hearing of this very interesting case, of which he has made quite a study. Counsel for M'irray urged that Gov ernor Glenn allow the defendant to testify in his own behalf. This the governor refused to do, saying that at the trial in court Mur ray did not testify, and that his at torneys who could have used him, vot ed against allowing hira to do so,while now they were r.nxious to put him on the witness stand. The governor &al.i he would hear only new matter, which has not been bi ought out at the trial. Robert W. Winston and James S. Man ning argued for Murray, while T. M. Argo represented the state. The gv ernor has resp'ted Murray to October 26, so ne can fully examine the record. Governor Glenn is very much pleased Even t&e best hoxisek&epera cannot make a good cup of coffee without good material. Dirty, adulterated and qneerly blended coffee such as txnscrupnloua dealers shovel over their counters won't do. But take the pure, clean, natural flavored LION COITFEE, Its leader cf dl packs ceffees- tne coffee that fa over a quarter of a century has been daily welcomed in millions of homes and yon will mnfrft A drink fit for a long in this way: HOW TO MADE GOOD COFFEE. dd white ofa2 (IX cq; U tcrbe ued m a gcttkr, fern t ol&rotieoJttSJgSJ SKSI.'ffJSS S&riSasSr1 SfJSSii5g 3 f Pent boll It too loner. , TWO WMTO TO corns SSSSiiJ p"rt " Assist ca cettfsa a Daclmne of nnmin nnw rnmTL So?5WP??5Hi0 y wffl only use UON CGSTEE fa fctrrc. (Scldonly ia 1 lb, aealed packages.). . (awieia oa every package.) (Save thes lion-heads for valuablo preminms.) u eJJCEEXS EVERYWHERE at the very large attendance of people at the place where he speaks. At Mnrfresboro, where he opened the fair, he addressed fully four thousand peo ple. Everywhere he goes great crowds turn out to hear him and they give him a warm welcome. RAILROAD TO. BE SOLD. Judge runieil appoints Robert T. Gray, Esq., of Raleigh, special master, to sell the' Carolina and Northern rail way in place of V. E, McBee, whose wife is very ill at Asheville. Tlie road will be sold Octoler 17th, at Lumlier ton, this will end the suit against It by the Atlantic Seal weird Construction Company, which built it A rery shabby streamer across the principal street, designed to extend a welcome to President Itoosevelt, caused so much comment that it was taken down today ami a suitable one put up in its place. The iwople who put up the much-discussed streamer got scores of postal cards, ridiculing it. EMZABETirrOWN NEWS NOTES Bladen Court Convenes 3Ionday Cot ton Crop a Short One Personal Items. (Special to The Messenger.) Elizabeth town, N. C, October 14. A good many from this county will attend the stat2 fair next week. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Purdew, of Dunn, visited relatives in this county last week. Mr. Purcin expects to go on a prospective trip to Florida boon He is a member of the Purdew-Hooks Moore presiding and Solicitor C. C. in groceries. 1 icy also own valuable real estate in 11 1 ad en county. Bladen superior court. Judge Fred Moorepresiding and Solicitor C. C. Lyon, prosecuting, convenes next Mon day. Owing to an amendment to the law this county now has three courts a year, instead of two, as formerly. The Sunday School conference cf :ho Elizabeth circuit convened at Singlc tarys Church today. Hon. George it. Currie, of Ciarkton. has returned from an extended Islt to New York city. There will be in educational rally at Glengary Friday. October 20. Hon. J. A. Brown, of Chad bourn, will deliver an address. There will be an educa tional raUy at Abbottstmrg Saturdiv, October 21. Some of the public schools of this county opened last Monday. Wc had a killing frost Thurs.lay night. In many cotton fields the crop has been practically all picked. Thj crop will be very short, Indeed, as compared with last year's crop. The American Girl's Supremacy. To an American lady. Ion a rcri oent of Paris, and well ven?d :n tho art of dress. O put a delioitj uuesiion etys the Paris correspondent of The Pall Mall Gazette. "Which are the better dressed when they com" to Paris English or Americans?" I ko a flash the answer came, "The Ameri cans. My country women are more adaptable than yours." the lady ex plained. "They are Quick and eager for ideas. I have only noticed that adaptability in the Enslish aristccincy The smart women in LoniJn is very smart. But your upper middle -'ii?es the dauchters of bankers and pro fessional men. even of members of parliament are less well turned out than ours. I think the chief fault lies lTr.Jilele.sire of .SU1 women to dress picturesq-ieiy. The result is that they often attain an effect which re minds one of Liberty art curtains very pretty, but not suitable for clothes." London Mail. A Scene From Clerical Life. There Is a preacher at Terrill. Ia., says the Troy Times, who certainly Is entitled to recognition as a penuino hero, particularly by the ladles in whose interests he showed such brav ery. "And now. sisters and brothers, let us devote a brief moment to intro spection and calm self-searchlnsr." said the Rev. Mr. Sutton at the prayer meetfnsr the other night. Then he turn ed pale and moved auieklv miv fmm the pulpit. The congregation thought ne naa Decome suddenly 111. for he was deathly pale and his eyes were wide with terror. However, h again to the pulpit, and after clearing- nis throat a few times continued with his remarks. After the rn had been dismissed the preacher reach- ea aown and shook a mouse out of his trousers leer. It was crawl in ar nn-Wn les: when the break came In his ,i la- course, and not wishing- to frighten the women he soueezed th ntnuUr rt death by pressing- it against the pulpit. "Tainted money" is simply the dongh that an enormously rich man, whose, wealth deifies him in the American mind, has given to the other felljw. That's all there is to it. Salisbury Post SITItE COFFEE. a tmi taw WOOISOH SPICE CO., Tolodo, Oklo.