REVISION OF TARIFF
Opposed by Republican Leaders
as Impracticable.
CANNON'S EXTEAORDINAET VIEWS
OVER THE PRECIPICE.
The "Common Mind" of the People la
Giving- Much Trouble to the Kepub-Uoann-AliHurd
Contention Thnt to
Partially HevUe tbe Dlnaley Sched
ule Would Destroy Home Industry.
Speukor Cannon has boeii smoked
out of his tariff holo and forced to give
a reason why the tariff should not be
revised, lie declared in a private let
ter to a trust pottery manufacturer
protected from competition by the tar
iff that "the desire for a clmutfe wmcu
exists In the common mind' will drive
the Republican party, If continued lu j
power, to a tariff revision." He said
he did not want it, but It would have !
to come "in the not distant future." .
This letter, having beeu published,
compelled Mr. Cannon to make a fur- j
ther statement of his positiou. lie j
starts off by sajiutf that the amend- :
ment of a single schedule or a few
schedules is "entirely Impracticable."'
In his Judgment "nothing cim be done
except bv a complete revision of the
tariff." That, he says, "would halt
production, consumption niid commerce
for at least twelve months," and the
result would "probably not be an im
provement on existing law." "For the
general interest of the whole country," j
he thinks, the revision toward which ;
the "common mind" In its desire for
change Is driving the Republican party ,
"should be postponed as long as pos- ,
Bible."
This disagreement of the uncommon ,
mind of Speaker Ca;iuon with Uiat of ,
the comni'.m people Is nothing new with j
Republican politicians. Their nffilia- j
tlon with the corporations, trusts and i
combines obliterates any sympathy for ;
the plundered people, but tariff revision i
and other reforms will come, not
through the aid of the unwilling Re
publican speaker of the house of rep
rosentatives or bin party associates,
but through the ardent reform efforts ,
of a new congress born of the desires .
of the Democracy and aided by inde
pendent voters, who are sick and tired
of the plundering by the trusts and the
corruption and grafting of the Repub
lican party.
The attitude of the Republican poli
tician toward the protective tariff is
like the heathen before his Idol-it is n
fetich U worship and too sacred to be
touched. Rut when the time of stress
and political trouble comes and the
tariff idol has shown itself to be but a
brazen image and its high priests have
exalted it to plunder the people, then
the voters will have none of It and will
cast it down and break it.
The Republican contention that to re
vise the tariff by reducing the rates on
hides or coal would destroy domestic
Industry is t :o absurd for argument.
Would 'it ruin the crops r cause the
rain to ceao or the sun to be darken
ed'' The beef trust would lose a triilo
of its enormous pmlits. but in one be
lieves the farmer or cattle grower
would lose a --nt. Even the abnormal
ly hiirli price for hides n-'v being paid
lias not increased the price of cattle,
for entile are now selling cheaper than
for inaiiv years before, though the
tariff protected beef trust is getting a
111 ir! price for In cf.
Take the iron and steel schedules and
abolish the tariff rates on the products
of the steel trust and that giant cor
poration would still control the market
for iu products, for the cost of trans
portation over seas would be protection
enough, end only inordinate profit
would be reduced. There is hardly a
BC'hedt'.le of the tariff that does not
"belter sotr.e trust or combine that In
all fairness to a long suffering people,
does not require revision. The Repub
licans refuse to meddle with it, bo this
duty must be Intrusted to the Demo
crats, who ore pledged to a reasonable
reform that will preveut the trusts sell
ing cheaper abroad than here, and while
producing en ugh revenue to run the
government will reduce the cost of liv
ing to something more In reason than
now.
RonaeTelt and Hashes.
Terhaps the only Republican in New
York who had strength enough with
the people to be elected governor of
that state nest fall was Charles E.
Hughes. President Roosevelt wouldn't
like to see Hughes elected governor,
however, lest he should become a pres
idential possibility In 1908, and so he
lias shelved Hughes by having him ap
pointed associate counsel In the coal
trust investigation. There is a con
venient shelf somewhere for every Re
publican in New York who may be sus
pected of popularity. Roos welt is more
prudent than he seems to be. Ho
knows how easy it Is to slide from the
fxeeutive office at Albany to th White
House, and he doesn't want a Repub
lican elected governor of New York
this year. lie will probably cause
Odell to be nominated and then treat
him as he did Ivins in the mayoralty
contest last year.
I TraBle Adventure In a Billiard la
the Antarctic.
Here is an adventure in the antarctic
regions taken from Captain Robert P.
Bcott's "The Voyage of the Discovery."
Nine men are returning from a sledge
expedition in a blinding snowstorm:
"An unusually violent squall prevented
ns from seeing even one another. I Im
mediately ordered a chain to be form
ed at right angles and extending across
ur track, each man keeping In touch
with the rest, with the Idea of Inter
cepting Hare, who was missing, when
be came on. We shouted nnd blew
whistles, nnd while this was going on
Evans stepped back on to a patch of
bare, smooth Ice and shot out of sight
Immediately. Thinking the slope to be
one of the short ones so coinmou in the
folds of the hills, liarne sat down aud
delibemtely started to slide In Evans'
track. In a moment or two tho slope
grew steeper, and soon he was going at
a pace which left him no power to con
trol his movements. He whipped out
his clasp knife and dug it into the ice,
but the Made snapped off short nnd
failed to check his wild career. In a
flash the ice changed to snow, which
grew softer until, hi a smother of fly
ing particles, his rapid flight was ar
rested and he stood up to find Evans
within a few feet of him."
A third man joined them in similar
fashion: "Realizing the Impossibility
of ascending again by the way they
had come, they started to descend, but
within four paces of the place at which
they had been brought to rest they
found that the slope ended suddenly In
a steep precipice, beyond which they
could see nothing but the clouds of
whirling snow. Even ns they recoiled
from this new danger and dimly real
ized the merciful patch of soft snow
which had saved vhem from It, a yelp
ing dog flew past them, clawing madly
at the icy slope, and disappeared for
ever Into the gloom beyond." The six
others eventually moved on until they,
too, found themselves on nn nwkward
nlope: "Their lender suddenly saw the
precipice beneath his feet and far be
low, through the wreathing snow, the
sea .
"Another step would have taken him
over the edge. He sprang back with
n cry of warning, and those behind
him, hearing it, dug their heels instinct
ively into the surface, aud, with one
exception, all succeeded In stopping.
What followed was over in nn Instaut.
I'.efore his lio-.-r-r stricken companions
had time to think poor Vinee. unable to
cheek himself with his soft fur boots,
had shot from among them, flashed
past the leader and disappeared."
Vinee was never seen again, but Hare,
the first missing man, staggered back
to the ship two days after the others,
reniemberintr nothing Iwtween strug
gling to a patch of rock for shelter and
waking thirty-six hours later covered
with snow.
THE MAN ON FOOT.
In MiiiuIiokI He flux No ItlKhta aa
AkhIi'xI "e llorxeuiun.
One of the ieculiaritics in Stambonl
Is the Insolent demeanor of the horse
man to the rootman. Many times daily
yon will see some rascal of n cabman
trying to drive down a well dressed
man on the street. The drivers rarely
take the trouble to shout as they ap
proach pe.h-strlans. I was often tilled
with wonder at observing the meek
ness with which well dressed Turks on
foot submitted to such treatment from
shabby Turks on carriage boxes. Even
when no Injury was done to such n pe
destrian, he was often bespattered with
mud. Staiulioul mifst be an unpleas
ant place In which to live. Were cab
men in our country to treat pedestrians
so recklessly there would lie many
cases of assault :uid battery, and I
think some mortality among the Jehus.
One day I saw a uniformed Turk
picking his way across the street, using
his s iler as a walking stick. A car
riage suddenly dashed down on him,
and its driver, after nearly running
over him, hurled nt him a volley of
what sounded like choice Turkish
abuse. The uniformed Turk retorted
not. He scraped the mud off his uni
form, stuck his salier under his arm
nnd waded ashore. In our country a
man with a saber would have used it
on the drrvor's back. By this I do not
mean that the Turks nre lacking in
spirit far from it, but apparently it
would seem to be the custom of file
country that the man on foot, ns
against the man on horselrack, has no
rights. "A Levantine Log Book," by
Jerome Hart.
In a Stew.
The Republican party is in a mess
over the statehood hill whichever way
it turns, for if it defeats statehood for
Oklahoma the voters will be mad, and
If it passes the bill as amended by the
senate the Democrats will get all the
credit.
Democracy's War Crlea.
'- or "7- ' ""r on
1Ve "o l l p -i.ic: .',- ! ''0 -1 by
,lr.f,.-n-i fill ere e-i; el o " .Tuck-
ro:i and Til.Vi vT'X -'? r.T trcwli-
ri"-;t .71 1 refo-:n" and "tiva the ras
cals out."
Clania According to Order.
Bill Handy of Marblehead, nn ardent
Republican during the antislavery agi
tation, cauclii flsh and sold clams for
a livelihood. One of his customers, a
strong Democrat, ordered some clams
and told him to be sure and cut off
the "black abolition heads." Wheu he
delivered them he said. "Mr. Brown,
here ere your clams: real Democrats-
all bodies and no heads." Boston Har
old.
Poaaible Explanation.
An old hen was pecking at some stray
earnet tacks In the back yard.
"N'ow. what do vou sunnose that fool
hen is eating those tacks for?" said
Homer.
! "Portions " reioined his better half,
"she is going to lay a carpet." Chicago
News.
Coartealea.
Cabby I 'ad a beard like yours once.
bnt when I found whnt it. made me
look like I got it cut off. Bussy An I
ad a face like yours once, an when I
found I couldn't pet it cut off I grew a
lipar.'. Pu: i Ii.
FUNERAL OF PROF. MANN.
Dlrd In Los Aiirlri, California I ntrr-
nrnt nt Old Home Place at
llrown'i Chapel.
The Courier's Mt. Olivet cor
respondent sent the following inter
esting letter which failed to reach
us for last issue.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Herbert lysor
returned home the 18th from the
buriiil of Mrs. Tysor's brother, Prof.
W. 11. Mann, who died in Los An
geles, California. He was embalmed
and brought home in( a nietalic
casket by his brother, Mr. Ed Mann.
He was buried at town's cnapei,
his old home church, in Chatham
countv. His grave was completely
covered with rare (lowers by his
many fri. nds.
He was principal of our school
for over a year anil was a successful
teacher.
Mis. K. E. McCoy arrived Satur
day to visit Mrs. Tcmpie and Kate
li. Sugg ana atieuueu prcauiuug
Sunday.
Our "ood pastor, Brother .. J.
Kads. preached an excellent tennon
on Sunday to the aged.
Mr. D. H. Leach, who has been in
feel) e health for some time, is out
again, we are glad to state.
Farmers are about through phint
1; corn. I
There is a good prospect for a tine
wheat crop.
THE HONOR OF IT.
I'mirtc DrlrKHllon to the National Kll-
Inrtnl Amotliiltoii Will be L.rMHrl
by IlicSau Frauvlftro DIaHtrr.
A letter to The Courier from
M r. Albert To.ier, of Salem, Oregon,
vividly presents the horror cf the
terrible calamity which befell
1 Francisco as a result of the
eaitniiake Wednesday, April lsth.
Mr. lozit-r is a delegate iroui tne
Pacific coast to the meeting of the
National Editorial Association which
meets ne.Nimoi.in. lie says:
The San Francisco calamity may
lessen the delegation from the i'acitic
coast section, as we all have had our
trials. My sister, Mrs. Edith lczier
Weathcrred, was two days and
two nights without toou, water 01
shelter, in her stocking fee: and
wearing a night dress she lied from
lire all those awful hours. A cons-
n whs killed, and another was one
A lny at Hope Academy.
13y W. V. Andrews.
More than half a century ago,
New Hope Academy was established
aud for years it was a liye school.
The civil war came on and theu it
was a struggle with the people for
bread for iire existence. The
school seemed to be dead, but now it
has aroused again from sleep, not
like Kip Van Wiukle, an old tattered
man, but a lusty urchin, with brawn
and brain, destined to force his way
to the front again under the manage
ment of Prof. S. T. Lassiter. It
requires no prophet to see that there
is a bright future for New Hope.
1 well remember in those days that
in one of our debating societies, my
old friend, Tom Ledwell, said that
the bible command was to "be
fruitful and multiply and explenish
the yeth."
The people of New Hope have
certainly lived up to that command,
for while listening to the fine music
and good speaking of the girls and I
boys, I still had time to count three J
hundred and sixty-one babies, not
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yet six months old. oh there will j For sale by Standard Drug Company and Asheboro Drug
Publishers
and-
be plenty of material, the good peo
pie see that, aud they are going to
make large additions to their houses
before the next session commences.
There will lie boarding houses tmilt.
and the section of the country for
miles around will brighten up, ac
cording to the well-ktiowu la', that
one tine thing causes the necessity
tor another.
The large number of well dressed
and well-behaed people is plaiu
pioof that they are not going to
neglect their children. It does our
souls good to go to these High
School commencements, still we
know that the orations are onlv the
fragrant bloom, only a promise of j Type .
ripe fruit, yet to come after long i Brass Rule in Strips
years of careful study. The object ; Brasa Labor Saving Rule
of an Hlucatio.i is to learn how to do j g Coumn Rues
things, to do them with the least ex- ' . .
penditure of force, make every lick brass ""Cles
count. Wisdom is the choice of j Brass Leaders
right ends, and the best means to : Brass Round Corners
attain them. Men and women are j grass Leads and Slugs
wanted to meet the 6tern duties of:
lift , to be ready for any emergency.
To illustrate: once upon a time there
was 11 lawyer driving along a bad
road while in a deep sludv, how
Company, Asheboro, N. C.
Printers.
Wa Manufacture the Very Highest Grade of
Brass Galleys
Metal Borders
L S Metal Furniture
Leads"and Slugs
Metal Leaders
Spaces and Quads
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Metal Quoins, etc.
Old Column Rules refaced and made as good as new at a small
cost.
f three who. of thirty Peoide
hotel, escaped with their lives, lie jack knife, cut a litte pole ami
was for tweiitv hours under forty j spliced it up securely with withs.
feet of brick, an iron door falling on 1 1 he man of ast liook learnii g tbeii j
loan iron bedstead with him tinder said, why ilid 1 nut tbiuk or tnai. j
it. saved his life. Twenty seven The reply was duuno inassa, some j
others were killed. One of the three men will have more sense than otners.
escaping was a woman, who with a j In the evening the literary address
beam on her tout, and a trick Innlil- "y nioiuer namuier was wormy ui
ng collapsed on tp of that, found the 111:111 ami the occasion, lie re
the Haines leaping over her head, minus me o! the orange tree w 11 11 its
hedged to have her foot chopped off. beautiful green leaves sparkling and
A man sie.ed an axe and chopped bhimnieiing 111 the eiinlight. Us
the foot off. himself being devoitie.i fragrant, llowers, its young fruit, its
v the lianas, the woman escaping."' ripe fruit, all the anie tun , i.n.l all
vou have to 1 o is to chuke the tiee
PATHETIC STORY. .;, th, luscious fruit will fall in
lieh profus'on. 1 was at lirst
l r, tempted to envy his splendid physi
cal iiuu incut. d manhood, but when
I lemeinbeied that fortune had given
nie personal beauty in lieu ther-ot
and I was satisfied.
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Jno. 15 McMillan, the (iieens-
boro Society man who was sentenc-
l to three years servitude on the
roads of tiuilfoid countv, with
four other convicts, made a dash
for hbcrtv Thursday morning last.
The guard opened lire and Jeise
Thomas, colored was instantly kill
ed. McMillan Wing mortal lv
jured, died from the won nds a
few hours later. McMillan
was convicted of forging checks
iind drafts to the extent ot several
hundred dollars.
lief 01 e he died he revealed his
true identity hs Brent A. Morey, a
sou 01 uioniiuent citizen ot
Lexington, Ky.
llecame to Liieensboro in Septem
ber and being a young man of pre.
poseing appearance an engaging man
ners he was admitted to the clubs
and became a social favorite, lo
carry the place he wrecklessly re
sorted to forpery, which caused his
downfall.
REV. T. J. GATTIS IS DEAD.
Fur rnrly Fifty Yrara a MlnUtrr In
the Mellioillat Episcopal C hurch.
Charlotte, May 25. "ilev. T. J.
Gattis, for nearly fifty years a minis
ter in the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, died here this morn
ing at 5 o'clock at his home on East
Fifth street, after a lingering llness.
The deceased entered the 'North
Carolina Conference in l8G0at S.ilis
bury, and of the large clats with
which he entered only two ait now
aliv.', one being Dr. E. A Yates
and the other Dr. W. H. Wcore.
The deceased was C7 years of age
aud leaves a wife and seven children.
Mr. Gattis served in active until a
few years ago, when he was placed
on the superanuated list.
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Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind.
itiscouragesaiKJ-iesseiisaminuoir, oca my,
vij;or ami cneeriui
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased. Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom
mon for a child to lie
lorn afflicted wit'r
enk lcidiicvs. If the
child urinates toooften, if the urine scald?
the flesh, or if, when- the child reaches sr.
age when it should te able to rol the
passage, it is vet afflicted ' --wetting,
depend upon it, th car jedifli
cultv is kidnev trouble, a... .lie first
step' should be towards the treatment ol
these imortant organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition ot
the kiduevs and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
c.mn.Pnnt i soon realized. It is sold
bv druggists, in titty
cent aud one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a Horn of Swamp-Root
pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
including many of the thousands of testi
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
r.inghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, BingUauiton, N. Y- on every
bo,a-
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