North Carolina Newspapers

IN Special Correspondence. Washington, P. C, August 5. As set forth in this correspondence last week the North Carolina con flict with the railroad is ftill the paramount political issue. The vic tory of the state uuthoritiis in forc ing the railroads to obey the state law reducing rates until the legal questions involved have been decided by the Supreme Court is the most satisfactory outcome to the people that has occurred since rail load control has been attempted. The greatest satisfaction is expressed by Democrats that a Democratic gover nor showed the ability and courage to compel obedience to the law by imprisoning the law-breakers spite of the threats of the corpora tion managers and iittonm a111' the aid of a federal judge. It slnnihl be remembered that the issue in the North Carolina case was similar to that contend. -d fr l,v tlu D.-mo-crats when the railroad vale bill was pending in the United States Sen ate. r..i!llelv. ratts would reduction iv.- in, til of I lie aM- l". P..,;... a f'-.b W;,.l 1'elll - - iioiijL i it .-i-lioe ertl II- 1: , iv:::!-! out that d: las', ten yf-ats most of th DemocTatic criticism of Mr has be1!', based upon his views cf I'naiicia'. . t-.n -n P.i van s extreme mv and political o-;estio --. T lev hav failed would (i::u .cm, ni lns'aices, r titiouallv i t a !i og- mze the distinction bttw-.-ri Mi. lliyar:'.- academical views ai.d those whici; he estiniatts as belor.gi; g n the realm (if practical politics. Tne great lim.ccia! issue on w bich this iif-t I uttle w as fought he !:ow ud IllitS is a Settled UeSt .:! c-.-USv- U-, if tlv ;k rmo-. tbe volume of g- the -v longer Khar-d. considers ihat, gr .(: al:hougii !; at us has I-. prosperity which h: ilistres--, ti; licell inure for y. hich ! I.V rp(,!.,i ' WO It i ;' ' 1 -' C . 'Mrir.g p! edict pio-pei fie-iai I that ii p) ,,! ,i t 'X.- t-hoi! hi i i- i.i-!. ;t i.- i ' i i, I, I ; ..ft-i the i et pr '! ; a . i. el ion. ' ' Would lie Miieidai tota- I. (-publican party" the enutor ;.l.!.-l, '-to under take a revision of th- t.niff dining the ilex-. Congress. .U w r iln- pioi delltial election 1 believe ir will Iih thedutyofth" Republican paityto revise the tariff and that it will bi done." Aftei! aftei! always after, or later, or next year, bur. never cow. Thi last Kepubl cau natim l platform declared- "We insist . h- main tenance of the princi pn. POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS WASHINGTON. tion", and the next platform will contain a tini;! declaration, or the IIei.ibii'."in leaders will find them selves without their usual contribu tions foi their campaign funds from the protected ti lists and mouopo l:s's. WiM those lit publicans, who feel that trust high pi ices are plundering them, e satiblied with the stand patters' program:' From exo, Heme they know that with two or three exceptions every Republican repre sentative in Congress will fall back upon the Republican platform, which, "insists upon the mainten ance of the principal of protection" that is, tiie protection of he trusts, and vote against taiiff re vision. What does the conclusion reached by the President and Senator Hop kins mean; that: "It would be sui cidal to the Republican party to undertake a revision of ttie tariff during the next Congress"!' It must be one of three things, either the Republican cannot get along in I'.hin without the usual campaign 'os.ttibiitions from the protected tr:its: or that the protected trust IC-wpentY would be dissipated by ! duelug' some of the protection iv tri't i-ow et-;.n: or to n vise 'h. tariff would c iae a split in the Republican upon pVo- ikl'.g eiior are p'lvillg ! nor too ."II picket. :uion tliat re in I. -ague !! them. -pen'y ,-l.t ii t! Wl; -II I'.vsi- Hopkins. i Illinois, rh-v have shall i;o 11 ! if 'hey i aivaiic- cVT.ik- t tl;C oegreSS -'I imp. Com rtant if al R. .'.ptlblie; ca'-i! il d P..rt I ineiub -s of favor of the Hopkins, or Pr- si .e t!n-v c. ".,.' tariff gat.-d the settlement stn.-l- It Would Seem ,,f g0 Who :11 now dare say the Re publican representatives of the li.'Ople ,ue not I.-d up to t In- Kxecu tivc waterii.-sr trough and forced to drink, i.v the promise of also hav ing their share ot th- swill known as public paUe:;ug-!- .)::N WA.'.'.V: K !'A Mill . mn: . 1 1:- win lir,!i J..;j:i V,c- !iatn.- v:.-g I i'. iv r-V, . -. .:. .-...I, ., .r.i', ;i- ;ioi--.c ..:.-! i: ... -. I..- i.a in -en i ino.i-i -i. A r-guiar l.-uio c-.tt at all tnm.-, l.c Ii is been u champion of s-at, rghts, tax .tion for leirime oolv. :,nij strict ad Iter eace to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. 11-opposed the rati lieation of the Spt,nih treaty be lieving lhat the Philippines would lie n curse instead of an advmitage to the United Statts. He has actu ally finwiied on goverrmcnt owner ship of rniii'onlls and dues not f tvor (he initiui'ive and letmndum iu Federal legislation. He has opposed 'government by injunction" and has favored strict Federal control of corporations engaged in Inter state Comm. rce. The South has no stronger man in' public life to-. any than John F. Daniel. J WHY HE ISA DEMOCU.vT. John II. Bankhead, the new sena tor from Alabama, says that he is . a Detuociat, and gives his reasons , for it, and very good reasons thev are. In his speech befoie the legis lature lie said he was a Democrat beeallSi he believed iu the greatest j 'personal liberty consistent with t!.e ; J rights and privileges of others: be cause he oeheved in home rule and i the rights of the State to regulate! its own affairs without interference or dictation from the National gov-1 'eminent: because he believed in! eipial ami exact justice to all persons and interests; because he was, op-1 posed to a high protective tariff; i which enriched the few at the ex-1 . pesisc of the masses, and was the! parent of trusts and monopolies. J He als.i expressed himself in no j uncertain terms as opposed to gov ernment ownership of railroads, j which he denounced as a menace to i the life of :he nation. j Senator Foraker has sent in a I general tire alarm to Ohio Repubh- cans to arouse I hem to light against endorsing Taft for President. As: Tail i? legarded as an understudy; of tin- Pieridcnt there would appear, to in- ;;:.yt li'.ng but harmony among ( Miio R, pubiieans. The raiiioad attorneys in North Caroiina uo.v declare , thev were foiced to submit to the ult'iniatuin of tioei nor (iienn. If we only had; a President with the same amount j of backbone in lighting corporations : i.istead of oinprumising with tlu-ai! the peop. ble rates tid soon get rea;OI;a-l h Fairfax Ayres .!.-. AteS saved I.' on ''U'M Ridel S at Sail U" iias the evid.-h Th:s lighting l.viy l't President l.'oo ;. it as hi' did in t le s "dear Maria". -I lares 1 M-Velt : .1 uan ' that tile R, Hi pr. inat ,et us tel " I. Ii I'..; have p le . hung up at 1? would if the Pr(!.i, ", is the motto I. ie'n has : "'vster Bav. interesting to know nt still considers Will- iam D. Haywood an "uiul. -irable citiei," in spite of the fact that a jury of his countrymen have acquit ted him of the crime charged against him. There is not much doubt that the blustering noise from Oyster Bay is from some one who insiders (Jove: nor Glenn an inteifeiinsr. if not an undesirable citizen. I How ;lie state governments have' taken r.p the gage of batile cast at ' th-in by Secretary Root, that if the states did not do th.-ir duty in thei c-.nitrol of corporations the general ' government would have to do it for them au l arc bunging the corpora-1 :i ms to time, we may expect another ' '.v.n i'-j a tin- Administration ' of .-fate lights ami ; .! u: liost.,,,:; who hav. revisiot: :1 election '.iiust fac- teed th - welfar. '. . ; -. mi t li t - V. V ir- i- il,,-,,-. ,:. ,,,! (-,,,,. n.r,. i-,i, two eiij.irt, i,n each arm. Oth-r-vis" tiie li-.- f,.)iow is v-ry much iikeother babi-s, except on th- light hand there i.s no thumb i wht re a thumb ought to be, but at! ihe root of the forelinger there is a I well dt veloped thumb. The child B one mouth old and is ibing well.1 lnetiome ot the Soots i witcin 'hree milts of the place where the baby was born lhat talked imme diately after its birth. This6trange freak of nature is no "rish stery," but a fact, some of the best people in the neighborhood vouching, for every word of it. Illustrations Showing The Improvements Made In The Public Schools of Randolph During The Past Decade. Mr. Clarence U. Poe, th- editor of the Progressive Farmer, at Raleigh, and one of the brightest and ablest editors in the State having charge of writinir articles on Th i-irn.rroja nf ,1 ...... ;.. vr.,..n, (i .. industrial edition of The World's Work for May, had pictures and data of several hundred districts in the State before him to select from in making a showing of our great progress in public education. He selected the districts in Randolph county and the four pictures here given are the only-pictures showing the Progress of K location in the State, published :n the World's Work. This h a merited recognition to Randolph and should stimulate still greater interest in the cause of education through out the country. imirs ( iiooi. inr-ii; m:k (i;jik i-i.i. mm mm n t) i t: uki :vn r r. :n-;j. at 1 !V all v. no h:m. - : it: R- .',! I. .Ian.ei-t...i a ..,(--j.i. The Southern Riilwav Coti-pany will, on August th- f, unth. (-.sta'i-lisS a new jias-eiig-r train that wip be known as "The Jamestown Special," to operate between Atlanta. Oa , and Norfolk, Va., via ianville, V'a. TJie train wi I have for its equipmeut the best material avail able, cot sisting of one combination baggage and day coach, one first class coach, one dining car and two sleepers. Lf.!,... v. .il - i ' ''V l Wjfev .l-, j i:v i it 1:1.'! ( iioiii iioo Mr.VKi.iNvii.i.i: .., ... y. !- : :. . .1. l :. - v -- - ! i s, ;-,.!, I';. - - -. '.v. a. ;, 1-:;; s -, . ll.ini,. M. .1. Humble, Z. N. A ill. am.-. R. p. Fouct. R. L. Can -v. Mis. Jarnu liroadwell, Z. A. Wall, i'.-rtha Curtis, J. M. Arnold, lohn ,1, Turner, W. W. Kedding, R. Lambert, J. B. Lamb, J. C. Ridge, .1. N. Hodgin, K. G. Col 'rane, W. 0. Cox, W. A. White, A. S. Clapp, Alfred Brown, Mrs. An nie Cole, Deller Jones, J. M. Par sons, R. Ft Snyder, Miss Sallie Pat terson, L. L. Coltrane, J. P. Henley, Maromj Parce", W. E. Beeson, J. A. Morgan, j Jonathan Tucker, T. T. Rodd'ng. To Improve I'plaiMK No truer words were ever spoken tliiiu were published by Dr. Thome of the Ohio Station in one of his bulletins. He said:'-Saud and clay ure nut the dead skeleton of a soil. Humus is its life." And that is right where the cotton, farmers of the uphnds of the South have failed. Their lands had in the stait a smaller supply of the black organic decay from delayed vegeta tion than the land of more northern climates, hecansp of t he lack of enow in winter and the conferment l.lnnr. ing away of the dead lea?ps nf th open woodlands, while in the North me neavy suowtalls held the forest leaves to decay where they fell, but the growers kent on nhmtinn- cotton year after year till the vege table decay that gave a dark color to the soil, made it mellow and friable and held the moisture iu dry weath er, whs all used up. Then tb ran together and Laked. The far- meis were atraiil to more deeply loosen the soil and make it retentive of the rainfall, but allowed the water to run off on the hard sub soil below till the hiilsnli-s ,.. seri. s of gullies, and terrace banks were necessary to ch-ek ihe loss. i he soil became the de:.d a,.;i f sa-id and clay mixed. The bacteria. so important in the nitritication of organic matter were starved out. Attempts to galvauizH ir. i.. Mnporary life by the dribbling of a mie complete iertUi.er are simply r.-ii-jior;. ry and expensive methods". Wind the Southern uplands need more lLaii anvthin ' el.- u l storatioujif i he humus orgmic de- cn. u.e iTli.g.ng tl.eiies.U soil jM(o a living one. This cannot be done with fertili sers aloii-, but feitilizets of the proper ton i an be an . ili. :H.,t tl.e w-i :rk if ui-ed in a pr. ji'-r farm ri-r.iti ii. The value of a rotation o cro! s 'i-s n.-ainly in getting back to the soil the humi s tb.-ii. it. has i e. n lobbed of. th- i- slorimr ..f th- r.'w ground eoi.drh-i.s that for nie; v made the .-.il !' .....i inon - i :.v- of mo : ... Wbi I Coiisi.Vr"-'c great nt- . -r the Mutheru t.( 1 1-, s is iii a wo-' -hum -the gcui.g Uck the '! ing M,A into th-. i . dead ekeJe" a ded by deep i .-"aking of the la i i and level ami shallow cul tivatio : the banishing of the plow as a n,e..::s for the cul;iaticn of the bind crops hi. d the i.m- of the small-lot .bed cultiva'or. This is. uonett theory, but has been prov "ii corr-ct in my own p'.ictice hmJ experiei-.-e and in that ...f others. Ther. added to these, I jdace next in i.j:i ort,iii e the proper u?c of comuiei.iul fertiliztis. ' The toil has been robbed of lime through the use of acid phosphate, year after year, and in its present" condition ti e imlveriz"d raw rock will be of i:Ne use, while in the presence of a ood supply of humus making vege Me mi tier there h i o doubt that it pn be profitably substituted for tl e diKolved rock. A wctk ir two ago I attend, Ml thr? i'.Miisv ivania Sta'c Noim.l Far. iii iV liisiitllic in the l etnt fill city of A llentown on I he Febigi River. This matter cf I! .a!s or pulverized phosph.-rh; ),,...; v.-,s l-;-;Ugit ,,)( ,.nd .a e '.-.! i-r si;.! that, 1- and hid '; '-',,,-: l'i:V- ' -';iog ii. by i li-.cir i.ia-i in in '! , f,,r ,.,.v. r I .,:r-. M-i !-.,. .,,,.1 ;.jU, ' ' : 'I -i ii ri.ev crov '' :'-'' ' ' ' -M- uhi! fr.-ni tiie liiv- that ash in ih; an the val would also i ni.i. I. w.e.l I I,,;-, j 1.1 i I, ; cv, i! if nil i -, '-, j U- of th- b-.! Used ;y.. I 'lave t n- timinis ma i fspn-ad on his hi',,!. In g m.iriurcto hort, th-.ui, the great need of the Southern cot bm lands is good farming with live i-tock at the very foundation. W. V. Massey in Progressive Farmer. Conductor Walter L. Hess, of the Southern, fell under a coal car oa the yard list Wednesday afternoon, and three fingers on the left hand were so badly mashed that it was found nececsary to amputate them. He wag ascending a freight car whoa the side rod pulled off. V ff.