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SAVOYARD'S LETTER ON IN WSJ BLE GOVERNMENT Col. Roosevelt testifies that he wa- very hostile to "invisible government while he wore the robes of mr.g cy. Perhaps he is sincere; obsession of miml plague the great as wel the small of mankind. The fact that there was more invisible govern ir.ent while Roosevelt was President than in any other period of equal ex tent of our history. More illegal mon opolies were created and set on foot to prey on the common people the years of 1901-190!) than ever before or since. It is true that he protested and aroused the public conscience, but that is all that stands between him and public execration. While he was President the Riggs National Bank of this town, having the closest relations with Standard Oil maintained a clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the Currency. That clerk was not there for fun. That clerk was there to obtain advance in formation for the Riggs Bank in Washington and the Rockefeller bank in New York. Now everybody knows how valuable is such knowledge to the magnates of Wall Street. This was a sample of invisible government which the Democratic administration smote as soon as Mr. McAdoo became Set-re tary of the Treasury. And the Riggi Bank is in bad humor about it to thi; day'. ' Mr. Roosevelt's explanation of the Tennessee Coal and Iron affair is un satisfactory. He would have us be lieve that J. Pisrpoot Morgan, when he gobbled up that concern for hi Steel Trust, gave an exhibition of un selfish patriotism that he was labor ing for the public weal, and ni for his owr. intercts. Now, what are the fr.cts ? The late Mr. Harriman was the greatest of our railroad magnates and when he got hold of a railroad he put the line in the very best physical condition pos sible. He spent millions and millions for reducing grades and straightening curves. He replaced antiquated roll ing stock with the best to be had. He bought and laid down thousands of tons of new steel rails made by the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company better than any turned out by the Steel Trust. Now that fact excited and put to work the patriotism of J. Pierpont Morgan, and for the good of the pub lic he determined to acquire the own ership of the Tennesse Coal and Iron Company for his Steel Trust. But that was contrary to law. Then what was to be done? Th law must be vio lated or evaded, and that was done, and done in the name of patriotism and for the public weal done to avert a panic. There was a concern in New York a trust company that was loaded down with Tennessee Coal and Iron stock. The panic of 1907 vulgarly called the "Roosevelt panic" came on and this particular trust company was greatly embarrassed. It was "norated around" that if it could weather the storm the panic would be greatly as-1 sauged and it was proposed that Mor gan and his set make a loan to the company. That proposition was re jected with more cr less indignation; but Morgan agreed to stop the panic if he was allowed to buy that trust company's Tennessee Coal and Iron stock for his Steel Trust. As remarked, that was forbidden by law. Then the thing to do was to get the President of the United States to suspend the law. To that end Judge Gary, head of the Steel Trust; Henry Clay Frick, magnate of the Steel Trust; and George W. Perkins, of J. Pierpont Morgan & Company, rushed to Washington and had a conference with President Roosevelt after mid night. All three of these gentlemen had been liberal, munificent contribu tors to the enormous campaign fund of the G. 0. P. in 1904 that was han dled by Mr. Cortelyou to elect Col. Roosevelt. You see the Sherman anti-trust law that forbade the absorption of Tennes see Coal and Iron by the Steel Trust had a joker in its inards and here is what it was nobody but the Attorney General in the Cabinet of the Presi dent could get after one for violating the law, so that if they had the Pres ident on their side the law was not worth the devil's fetchin'. And so it proved. Roosevelt gave assent to the absorption of its rival by the Steel Trust; the Attorney General had to be mute or get out, and the statute of limitations clinched the thing. The Colonel made mention of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in this testimony. It is possible that there is some of Mr. Hyde in the composition of the best man in the world, and doubtless there is a little of Dr. Jekyll in the worst man in the world. These was shrewdness as well a satire in the re mark of Dr. Franklin that when we get to Heaven we will find folks there we never expected to see there. Is it not possible that the Colonel has some of Mr. Hyde in his makeup ? Was it not the Mr. Hyde in the Colo nel tfcat prompted his to denounce FACTS AI501 T NORTH CAROLINA WORTH KNOWING Do You Know? That the population of North Caro lina is 2,06,2S7, an increase in ten years of 16.5? That 536,956 people live in cities, towns and village's? That the actual agricultural popula tion is 1,669,331 ? That the total land a-ea of the State of North Carolina is 31,19:1,000 acres : That the total amount of acres farms is 22,439,129 . That the total number of acres cul tivated is 5,737,000? That the percentage of total land area cultivated is only 18.09 per cent? That the average value of land per acre is $15.29? That the average net return per acre of cultivated land is $18.53' That the percentage of return (net) of cultivated land compared with the average value per acre is 121.1 per cent? That the percentage of farms oper ated by owners is 57.3 per cent and by tenants is 42.3 per cent ? That the value of cultivated crops for the state is $127,822,000.00? That the farmers of the state of North Carolina annur.lly spend ?21, 483,000.00 for labor and fertilizer? That of this sum 57.08 per cent is for fertilizer and 42.92 per cent is for labor ? Do You Know? That the land area of the state of North Carolina is 31,193,600 acre That the number of acres cultivated and producing crops is 5,737.000 leav ing uncultivated, 25,456.600 acres' Allowing for pasturage, o.OOO.OCO acres, there remains unused, 20,456, 600 acres: allowing for hills and wamps, 12.000.000 acres unused acreage for fai-mers, 8,456.600 acres. That 8.456.600 acres divided into 80 :ut tracts would care lor iu-j.b-. r.rmers ? That ex-Secretary Wilson is quot 1 as saying that every farmer is orth $1,500.00 r.nnually to the na- ion . That based on this valuation 105.632 l.litional farmers would increase the ealth of the state of North Carolina bv $158,448,000.00 annually, which is x per cent interest on ,2,640,800,- 000.00 ? Thjit with the added population of 528,160 (or five to a family) there would be added an additional per cap ita wealth for North Carolina of $57. 95? That by assuming there are five per sons to a family, or one-fifth of the total population as heeds of families, this would mean an average wealth to each family of the state of North Carolina of $289.75 ? And again as suming that one person out of every family of five in New Y'ork is the wage-earner and that the average wage in New Y'ork is $565.00, by add ing $289.75 to the average wealth of each North Carolina family it would mean that the wealth so added is only $275.25 less than the average annual wage earned by the wage-earners of the City of New Y'ork, without any particular individual effort, save a state-wide campaign to locate 105,632 farmers on North Carolina's unused acreage : NEW LONG DISTANCE 'PHONE Announcement was made at the an ual meeting of the Tri-Sute Tele phone Association, in session at Mem phis, Tennessee, last week, that the independent telephone co.niw its of the South had virtually completed ar rangements with the Postal Telcgn ph Company for the use of wires ts es tablish a Ions distance telephone serv ice throughout the South. It was stat ed that the so-called independent com panies, which heretofore maintained only a limited long distance service, would immediately enter into active competition with the American Bell system. It was also announced that the Tri Stato Association will exier.d their membership to all the Souther", stntcs. Representatives of independent .ele phone systems in Chicago, Washing ton, and other cities, besides those from tl.e South, attended tr.c mcet'ng. Lame Back Lame back is usually due to rheu matism of the muscles of the back. Hard working people are most likely to suffer from it. Relief may be had by massaging the back with Chamber lain's Liniment two or three times a day. Try it. For sale by all dealers. Alton B. Parker as a liar a few days before the election in 1904 after Judge Parker had asserted, what everybody, including the Colonel, knows now to be true tht the trusts were contrib uting enormous sums to Roosevelt's campaign fund? And that Mr. Hyde in the Colonel's composition is a hefty chap, else the Dr. Jekyll in him would be strong enough to elicit an apology from the Colonel for the injustic he did the Judge. That apology is due, and let us hope that the Dr. Jekyll in the Colonel will get busy. ' Waahuagtoa, Hay 10. STATUS OF NEGRO CITIZENS IN NORTH CAROLINA The r.rgro population in North Car olina in 1910 was 697,843, that bun? 31.6 per cent of the total population and 144.123 of that number were mulattoos. There were 339,581 males, and 358.262 females. Of the male population 21 years old and older 3S.6 per cent, were il literate, anil 10 years and older, 31.9 per cent. Of those between six and 14 years old 64 per cent, attended school. More than half of the population of South Carolina was negroes in 1910, the per cent, of colored population be ing 55.2 per cent. The figures showing the proportion of negro population in various States are interesting: In Alabama the per cent, of negro population is 42.5 per cent, of the total; in Arizona, 1.0; Ar kansas, 28; California, 0.9; Colorado, 1.4; Connecticut, 1.4; Delaware. 15.4; District of Columbia, 28.5; Florida, 41; Georgia, 45.1; Idaho, 0.2; Illinois, 1.9; Indiana, 2.2; Iowa, 0.7; Kansas 3.2; Kentucky, 11.4; Louisiana, 43.1; Maine, 0.2; Maryland, 17.9; Massachu setts, 1.1; Michigan, 0.6; Minnesota 0.3; Mississppi, 56.2; Missouri, 4.8; Montana, 0.5; Nebraska, 0.6; Nevada, 0.6; New Hampshire, 0.1; New Jersey, 5; New Mexico, 0.5; New York, 1.5; North Dakota, 0.1; Ohio, 2.3; Okla homa, 8.3; Oregon, 0.2; Pennsylvania 2.5; Rhode Island, 1.8; South Carolina, 55.2; South Dakota, 0.1; Tennessee, 21.7; Texas, 17.7; Utah, 0.3; Vermont, 0.5; Virginia, 32.6; Washington, 0.5; West Virginia, 5.3; Wisconsin, 0.1; and Wyoming, 1.5. There has been a great increase in the number of farms operated ly negroes since 1900. The census fg- ures show that the increase between 1900 and 1910 was 10,460 or 19.4 per cent. The number in 1910 was 64.996 against 53,9996 in 1900. The value of farm property operated by negroes in creased 176.5 per cent, during that decade, thereby refuting the charge that negro tennants are letting the farm run down. The average negro farm in North Carolina contains 48.8 against 104.1 for whites. The census showing is altogether creditable to the negro. More than 40.000 owned their own homes in North Carolina in 1910. ARE YOU RHEUMATIC? SLOAN'S -TRY If you want quick and real relief from Rheumatism, do what so many thousand other people are doing whenever an attack comes on, bathe the sore muscle or joint with Sloan's Liniment. No need to rub it in just apply the Liniment to'the surface. It is wonderfully penetrating. It goes to the seat of trouble and draws the Dain almost immediately. Get a bot tle of Sloan's Liniment for 25c. of any druggist and have it in the house against Colds, Sore and Swollen Joints, Lumbago, Sciatica and like ailments. Y'our money back if not satisfied, but it does give almost in stant relief. WHAT FARM WOMEN ARE WANTING ABOVE ALL ELSE One inevitable conclusion from the mass of testimony submitted is this that all is not well with a farm wo man, sne is not sausneu. sne ieeis that with conditions as they are she is not getting a square deal. We be lieve that her wants may be briefly summarized under three headings as follows: 1. More home conveniences and labor-saving appliances. 2. More recreation and contact with the outside world. 3. More information about sub jects of domestic science, sanitation and healtn. Secretary Houston himself sums up the four needs most earnestly urged as follows: "The first thing that struck me r these letters was something not thought of by men. That was the de mand from the farm wife for running water. When one thinks of this, it is apparent that the lack of water for cooking, drinking and bathing is one of the greatest hardships imposed on the farm wife. "The second thing most desired by the women was information on home economics and the problems involved in the arrangement of the home, and kitchen mechanical contrivances and the elimination of insects. The wo men sought informa'ion about foods and food values. "The third point that stands out rather strikingly was the pathetic appeal from som of the women for information or fuller and more expert advice about the care of young chil dren. "The fourth striki point was the desire for co-operation of the Federal and State governments for a better ment of the roads, the social environ ment and the schools." Progressive Farmer. AH I THE INVIGORATING WHIFF OF THE PINE FOREST I How it clears the throat and head of its mucous ailments. It is- this spirit of Newness and Vigor from the health-giving tfney forests Drought back by Dr ell'a Pine-Tar-Honey. Antiseptic and healing. Buy bot tle today. All Druggist, 25c MOTHER From the Y'outh's Companion. Mother was a little woman and never was very strong. She had many severe illnesses and was often at death's door, but she recovered and lived on. She had sorrows, but she survived them. She saw her friends depart, and she mourned for them; but she dried her tears, sought out some comforting word in the Book, took up her duty and continued to live. Mother became a grandmother, and then a great-grandmother; she even lived to be a great-great-grandmother. She died at th age of 96, and she had seen the blessing of God on her children's children and on their chil dren. She spent her years as mothers do, caring for her home and loving her children, and teaching them to pray, and d.iy and night lifting up her own prayer to God to help her to be a good mother. In her old age she lived in the home of her son-in-law. He was in busi ness, but his joy in the life was the cultivation of flowers. She sat in the window and watched the flowers be planted; and she saw the world go by her window, and smiled serenely as it passed. Her son came out from the city to see her every week. He was employed by a great railway, and he rose step by step to be its president. Mother did not know how to run a railway, but she had a few simple maxims that directed her own Kfc and constantly guided the judgment of others who had more conspicuous places to fill. "Remember this, my son," she would say in her calm, even voice, "nothing really counts but char acter," and Remember that duty never calls us to be in more than one place at one time." At last she passed away, with a verse of Scripture on her lips. Hers was a quiet funeral. The minister read from her own Bible, and paid a simple tribute to her memory. It was dignified, old-fashioned and very beau tiful. And although there was no publicity, the house overflowed with friends who came to pay their tribute to the memory of mother. Mother was little and frail; at her death she weighed only 80 pound.--; but two special trains were needed to carry those who loved her to the cem etery, and the traffic of a great rail way system kept out of their way. In his private car the railway presi dent sat with the minister, and said, "I have tried to carry into my busi ness the ideals I learned of my moth er. I hope I have not failed to do so." CIVILIZATION NEAR ANTARCTIC A copy of the "Magellan Times," dated February 25, has reached the editorial rooms ' of Current Events. The paper is published in English at Punta Arenas, the most southern town in the world. A small, eight-page sheet, it sells for 50 cents per copy. Almost all the reading matter is discussion of the European war. The tone is bitterly anti-German; that na tion is accused of every sort of sav age and cowardly cruelty. More interesting are the local ad vertisements. Among them are no ticed the announcements of two banks in Punta Arenas; three hotels and three schools, one of which advertises to teach, among other things, Spanish, French, geometry, algebra, drawing, singing, gymnastics, neeaieworn, painting, music and dancing. One store advertises "costumes .for ladies and girls; and evening robes and men's straw hats." This far-away region seems to be a place for automobiles; two "motoT garages" are mentioned, and several American automobile manufacturers advertise their cars. ANCIENT LAW OF INHERITANCE A Br.bylonian tablet believed to be 4,000 years old has Jaicly been de ciphered and translated at Yale Uni versity. It proves to be' a copy of the law l egarding inheritances, and is the oldest known law of that kind. This law shows that a son who re ceived during his father's lifetime the share of his father's property to which he would have been entitled at his father's death, had no further claim on his father's estate. That is different from our present laws; for no matter how much of his father's property a son may heve had, at his father's death without a will he takes as much as if he had received noth ing during his father's life. The discovery of the ancient law seems to throw a new light on the Parable of the Prodigal Son.. It ap pears that the son who remained at home was quite within his legal rights when he claimed that his fath er's property shoald go to him, for the Prodigal had had his share. Current Events. After six dry and one wet bills had been defeated in the Illinois Legisla ture, each side conceded it to be a draw and uit. All other similar measures, including the House coun ty option bill, have been stricken from the calendar. MARKETING Organization to P ush the Sale of North Carolina Products. Small growers can expect to re ceive little benefit from listing their products in the Market Bulletin, in dependently. If a large amount of any one product is grown in a neigh borhood, publication of that fact may attrr.ct traveling buyers who would otherwise not come to the community. The larger the acreage which is plant ed to one crop or in similar crops, the greater the attention the section will receive, other things being equal. The one way the small growers can hope, like the large growers, to re ceive enquiries concerning their prod ucts, is for them to join together and list their products under the name of an organization. If every community that has any considerable acreage of any one crop would form an organization, this of fice would be in a much better posi tion to advertise the products of that community. Produce merchants in the larger cities are much more interested in dealing with an organization. An organization takes soma responsibility for bringing about and insuring uni form grades. An organization can fill orders in the amount and at the time wanted. Under the new law providing for the formation of co-operative as sociations the expenses for incorpora tion is greatly reduced. The filing fee for an association with a capital over $1,000 being $10 and only $2 for an association with a capital less than $1,000. Application blanks for incor poration and sample form of by-laws may be obtained upon application to the. Division of Markets, West Raleigh, N. C. The only way that all the forces of a community may get behind any one fanning interest is through organiza tion of the farmers. Through an or ganization, farmers may develop a reputation for the products of their community. Thus the strawberry growers of Missouri, the cantaloupe growers of Colorado, the potato grow ers of Maine, and Virginia, and the orange growers of Florida and Cali fornia, have gained a reputation for the products of their respective organ izations. The egg and poultry producers of Western North Carolina and the corn and potato growers of Eastern North Carolina would be able to obtain the top of the market for their products if they would organize to put up a reliable grade and to hunt the best markets. The Division of Markets can push a reliable brand but cannot do much for the products of the small growers. The greater the value of the business organized the more attention will it receive from the trade. Bankers and Chambers of Com merce, as well as farmers, should be interested in seeing any given phase of the farming industry prosper. In some counties, the commercial in terests are uniting with the agricul tural to secure a better development of the industries of the section. If a county has land to improve, farms which should adopt better methods of production, schools and roads which need improvement, and farmers who should organize to promote better market and credit facilities, it would be well to hold meetings of all the progressive farmers, merchants, bank ers, and school teachers to form a wwnty commercial and agricultural association. Through organization it is easier to draw upon all the avail able forces for promoting progress. Speakers may be obtained and Bul letins secured for free distribution. HE KNEW HOW There was an old geezer and he had a lot of sense; He started up a business on a dollar eighty cents. The dollar for stock and the eighty for an ad. Brought him three lovely dollars in a day, by dad! Well, he bought more goods and a lit tle more space. And he played that system with a smile on his face. The customers flocked to his two-by- four, And soon he had to hustle for a regu lar store. Up on the square, where the people pass, He gobbled up a corner that was all plate glass. He fixed up the windows with the best that he had; And he told 'em about it m a half page ad. He sooa had 'em comin' and he never, never euit And he wouldn't cut down on his ads one jit. Well, he's kept things humping in the town ever aince And everybody calls him the Mer chant Prince. Some say it's luck, but that's all bunk. Why, he was doing business when the times were punk. People have to purchase and the gees er.was wise For he knew the way to get 'em was to advertise. MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEWS The Montgomerian. Dr. Armstrong had been driving the car of Dr. Daligny and left it standing on a little hill with the . gine running. While he was away the car jumped in gear and ran down the hill striking a tree damaging the car to the amount of ten or fifteen dollars. It is with sincere regret that -a lose from our town and from m, church services Brother A. N. Cul- lom and family. They have been with us for about a year and have been a real asset in the church and school life of our community. As they go into their new home and new field nf service our best wishes go with them. Sheriff Stuart captured two bloi-v. ade stills in Upper Montgomery. iw the Randolph line, last week, during one ram. une oi tnem was running -at the time he took it and was just beginning to run spirits. There were 200 gallons of beer ready for the still; this was a good outfit, but the other one was a cheap affair, made of n o-ni. vanized tub and iron. Owing to the thick woods his man made good his escape before he got in sight of the still. Mrs. L. M. Russell attended the rM. mencement at Elizabeth College, Char lotte, Tuesday, returning yesterday wun ner daughter, Miss Mamie. Little River township road 'trustees are providing themselves with a mod- ern four-wheeled road grader to which four horses will be required to do full capacity work. They are getting reaay ior Duiiding some good roads. UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT The Courier has received an invito- tion to the one hundred and twentieth annual commencement of tke TTnivc. sity of North Carolina, to be held May 30, to June 2. On Sunday, May 30. the sermon will be preached by Rt. Rev. J. H. McCoy; and the evening of the same day, Rev. G. T. Rowe will ad dress the Y. M. C. A. On Monday, will be the Senior class day exercises, the contest for the Manirum me,ini and the joint banquet of the Dialectic ana Philanthropic Literary Societies; Tuesday will be Alumni Day, with the address by Mr. R. D. W. Connor, and class reunion exercises with the Al umni Luncheon, to which ladies are invited. In the evening of the same day, will be the annual debate hr- tween representatives of the Dialectic ana Philanthropic Literarv Societies. and the reception to the president and xacuity. Wednesday, June 2, will be commencement day with the addreea. by Judge A. Mitchell Palmer. How Mrs. Harrod Got Rid of Her Stomach Trouble. "I suffered witli stnmo,V, ..t.i- t VearS and tried aminrfl,;.. T 1 j . f . ""s x jieuru OI, but the only relief I got was tempo- i ", BPlm& saw Chamber lain s Tablets aAvorHaA onJ j - v.v. uuu pi ULU1 HI a bottle of them at our drug store. I got immediate relief from that dread- iui heaviness alter eaiing and from Dain in the fitnmnoh " ht t .- . - - - - n&xbco una. ij- k rZod' Fort Wayne, Ind. For sale an ueaiers. CALIFORNIA VOLCANO ACTIVE Lassen Peak's crater, ear Red,); Cal., bubbled oyer last Frid:i v and sent. a river of mud down the mountainside. Hat Creek valley, in the eastern rt of Shasta county, was partly inundat ed. A number of farm houses and considerable livestock were destroyed. nesidents of the valley fled in time, aiid no lives were lost. For twelve hours or more, the mud river moved SO mi.es an hour, sweorinc- awav bridges, and converting roads into morasses. The atmosphere was dense vitn smoke from the crater. CIVIL WAR HORSE SURVIVES The oldest horse that served the country in the War between the States is still alive, at the age of 53 years, at Horseheads, N. Y. It is owned by P. A. Mcintosh, who is also a veteran of the same war. To prove hi3 asser tion Mr. Mcintosh shows the govern ment brand on the animal's hip, which reads "I. C, 1865." Horse and man served in the same regiment. Al though bent with age, his hair turn ing gray and his teeth becoming worn, the old warhorse is still able to eat 12 quarts of oats and take his master to town several times a week. It is estimated the animal is at least 52 years old. Farmers say the average life of a horse is about 15 years. Exchange. DEATHS Mr. Georgo P. Dodson, an old resi dent of Thomasville, died one day last week at the age of 79 years or a little more. He was a Confederate veteran and a consecrated member of the Methodist church. Annie Louelma Strickland, the four-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Strickland, of Thomasville, died one day last week. Mrs. Sallie Albright Foust died at her home in Alamance county recent ly in the 91st year of her age. Her husband, Mr. William Fcust, has beem dead many year.
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