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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. VOL. I. BURLINGTON, N, C„ NOVEMBER 18, 1908. NO. 27. WASHINGTON LETTER. I t HU (fur Hegiilar Correspondent. 14.- Wasliington, D. C., Nov politicians a*’d joiimui- ^-;s, whom there are always «)any Wushingtou whetlK^r ('’engross is session or during vacatiosi, arc (nst now (k'voting themselves to biueut making H-ml to the-discuss- r'li of the senatorial prospects of arious men pronsinent in politieiil uu\ oMcial life, with side glances : the tariff tinkering which is go- on in tlie office halls of tbe lousf; of ReptvsentatVves, west 'apitoi. It has been the expectation any tlvat Secretary Root would I'tained a.s ]>pcmier, or the head i’aft's eabinetit, but it is now ki«>wu that the distinguishetl secretary‘can- )ot hv retained by Prtsidentr-elect :.ft. He ^ind the President elect (;1 ose frie»ls. Their association r veai^ ftt I’reiijdeni R(x»sevelt‘.« [.biuent table has built up a^mutua! ;.firaid and cuntidence, butSecretarv j:j()Ot seeks another and a moi'c ;:ltive field. “Seek” perhaps h not ;|ie \',ord. Jt is being tiiwi.-^t njM»}i frfiWi. He 18 nt>t and lias never be^.ni seelvC'r or candidate, but in tliis o'f of be o^‘ that no pixjmi^ies in regard to th cabinet officers were made dirwitly or indir^K^tly during the campaign Neverthelessy.'?:-th3 self - appointed eabinoiit makers have been bus', night and day f.itice the eleciiois, and though nam«s have been sub- mitttHl to till hatf a dozen ■cabinets Awongthe names presented is that of a wealthy New Yorkers knowr i« WashiugtoH from his relation.-. t> the Paria®ra Canal transaction in ndiich the French Government dis- 'posed of its'i'ights in that'enterprise for tbrty wtillion of dollars. His name is William OromwelK Mr. CrofH well is said to be amb ti ions to eater the cabinet as Secre- tiiry of State and it is known that his friends are urging his selection upon M?i’. Talt. It is understood that b« renderel valuable servsce during'the'^reccni campaign, t« «vy nothing of a large •contribution. i^')Stmaster General George vmi Myer is also mav h talkei for tlw! Hrst place, in the cabinet. He i.s 'from Mjissacibusettej has been minister to Russia and has bei'n an active and eiJiciont '^‘abniet nfiinister in his present pobitiou. \t, W'ould W flattering, however, to say that ke k of the iiitelih'ctnal dimensions of the present Secretary of Suite. He >k, however, a sale and saaie nisn, I VEIR AFTEBWOOK ISO, as in others, the oiiice is seek- i , , .t- * i • j i • 4- „ ’ T • . j 1 ... I K'apable -c>f takni^ and tlie instory It IS exf>ect!d that he i- *,* 1 4 * i 1 c- ni j !• XT T'Oi the ooU'Dtry liufe clcrnonsti'Htcu ill s«cceed bt'nator rlalt 01 ^iewl , , ^ . .(v . . r , k that we caxi ./»et along axt^v a lash- ion witliout ^brilliancy or genin.s in ork and the contrast between th,e [\vo oaen is “sharp enough to niark 1 era and emphasize a revolution., lioasands, perhaps iDillions of jW.-iaii to will take Ijteart and hope vf!ie',i the attorneyship of the es:- IV;-; companies shall, in the i«i4'Son ■ Senator -Platt, be removed frtjju >(' J?oor of-the Senate^ and wIkhi a \arj-i'f the-ikme and.fjrce 01 lit. iiaii represent, in the Amer.icuii louse ol‘ -Pf'^r, the osost populous lu)(i -the wt?dlthiest estate of the nion. He will do more than [.i4*seut tl'e state; he will nepr&s- i'i!id Slates iind his «oijri- u^-nce will--not be witii- (ih; I’riend .:u the Whiie cabinent oliioers. It.i she A smous WMm, ud infl from \d I Tlte Postniastxjr Geoeral hjis-coai- jik ted his report wdiieh will go with ti'.e Preeident> message to Coijgress. !t rhows a deficit of over 10 iniil- oiis of dollars, the greatest deiieit i) fhe iiistory of the Departmeiit. riiu rei'.son of this detieit is thatlbe /ernmcnt |iermits the expres.s patvxes to.ftich from.it the profe- bl.e end of the mail carrying butel- e.'rs. iie Department is empJoy- ov’er tliirty xhousaud carriers oa le rural routes and some of these able put iia their pockets all • mail ,l^at they carry, But thk intry lajua behkid the »est of th€ ivilized -wcTid and a large portion f the half civilized or barbaric- 0!ni iW. The Bill of Expenditures Filed by & Geof^ia Office-Seeker, Jsew York 'rbiies. The law .that requires ali Ciuuli- tlates ibr State, county 4ind city oi- fices to JSle.a bill of their .e3J,pendi-- tur^“s during, the campaign immedi ately lifter the election is du, fotwi in Gesrg.ia -now, and ttie oandidates who won attd lost in the recent Georgia primaries are i«)W jSling the bills that Bh^>\v wir.U it «ost them .to be eleeted or defeated. On« of -the defeat^id candidates for a cotinty >f- fice i« the State has just iied this bill: “Loiit 4 ,i£onths and 5 idays^can- vassiflgi 1,349 thinking .»l>uut .the electitjn^ 5 aei'es of cottoii, .23 aores of corn, a whole sweet potatoe croji,- 4 sheep, 5 siioats and one beef giv en to a barbecue, 2 front teeth aud^a considerable iguantity of iiair in .a personal skirmish, gave 97 plugs v£ tobucco, 7 Sunday-school lx>oks, 2 pairs of suspenders, 4 calico dresse^ 7 dolls and 13 . baby rattles. Where We Stood Twelve Mouths After Other Fanicii, and Where We Stand To-Day. New \'ork Eveatng Post. That this country’^ present finan cial and indus^Tial situation, twe5v€ months after the Wall Street pjinic day of 1907t is not as rose-coloi'ed as the stock exchapge anticipated, at the height of t^ie mid-sum'raer “bull movement” every (Hie ’now admits. But it is equally certain that the condition of things is very much btitter than people would have da?ed to ,predict, on the day wiien credit had almost stopped on itiie stock exchange. Lo«>king at the a^tsal result, frohi both points of viev.', the questivn will naturally occunr to miui at this svnniversy. Are we better off, or worse off, than we were a year after other great punies in ouv history? Oorapari.sons with the anniver sary of the panic of 3 893 will give cause for congratulation. The crisis of came in the last week of uly; in July, ISO!, the indus trial tide was fairly at low ebb. Even on fche stock exchange, prices were close to the lowefit ol the year; outside, depression was profound. Labor was in open revolt, the rail road unii'u had seized the Ciiicagt^ terminaifs and ob.str«sted traffic; gold was flowing out^ the Treasury a’eserve was imperiied, and on top >of all, the corn crop iailed. To-day I Wall Street can afford to be sorry for the Wall Street tvVelve mtinths after the last preceding panic. But 1894 was ptKJub'ar: it should be m'Zim interesting to see what was happ?Ding, twelve months after the panic Qf September, 1873. The answer wil' sin’prise some readers. COST SHERMAN $2,800. / Vice President-Elect Rehictantly ?iles Expense Account. Utica, N. Y., Special—Vice President-elect Sherman today for warded to Albany for filing with the secretary of state a statement of his expenses in the campaign just closed. In his communication Mr. Sherman e.xpresses the opinion that he is not as a matter of fact obliged to make such a statement. He files one, however, in order that there may be no question about it. The statement shoVs: Contribution to Oneida county Republican committee, $750; con tribution to Republican state com mittee, $500; contribution to Re publican national committee, foO; to Harry Hevendorf, private secre tary, from time to time, for postage, telegrams, printing, stationers, pictures, frames, traveling expenses, expressage a-ni other incidentals, $600; traveling expenses, including OUR PROSPERITY LETTER BY CARPENTER BAGGETT & CO. railroad fare, Pullman accommoda tions, porters’ fees, carriage hire, ftOA T. .... . hotel bills, etc., 800. Total, “Told 2,8()9 lies, shook hands 23,475 tiuicH,.talked enough to have •oples of Asia, and is without the j in print 1,000 large volumes ir!;els po.'^t, a most important and j'Si^e of Patent .Qlfice^ utf'cssary apjKindage of modern life. ‘‘Tliere are i«ur' objections to the >arcels post/’ eaid Postmaster Gen- rul Wanaker years :^o. They are (10 four expre.Sn companies.” But J ibere was a parcel pnst, such as licy have in all JKuropean countries lid in some Asistic countries; such they have in Egypt acd northern Ifrica, eighteen milUons of persons lio are served by the mral roote /stem could have a greatly super- >r and actually indispensable se.rvice od instead of a yearly xle£cit of fiillions of dollars, the postal ser- !ce would be a source of profit to t' Government. The tariff reformer», as they are .tteringly called; have been in ssion for a week at the Capitol d it is ])redict€d that much work J1 be done before the assembling Congress; that more work will done in taking evidence and re- injf the schedules during the urt session or before the Fourth 126 babies kindled 14 kitehen fires, .cut 3 corde of wo»d, pulled 474 bundles tjf fodder, picked 774 pounds of cotton,, .helped pull 7 loads of corn‘ dug 14 bisshels of potatoes, carried 27 biickets water, put up 7 stoxa-s, was dog bit 10 times; wat«h kroken by baby’’, eofc.i $3 to have it repaired. “Loaned out 3 barrels of flour, 50 bu,shels of meal, 150 pounds of bacon, ,37 pounds of butter, 12 doz en eggs^ 3 umbreUas, 13 lead pen cils, 1 Bible dictionery, 1 mow blade, 2 hoes, 1 over coat, 5 boxes of pa per collarji, none of which has been returned. ^‘Called my opponent a parambu- laling liar—doctor’s bill $10. Had five arguments with my wife—result One flower vase smashed, 1 broom broken, 1 dish of hash knocked off the table, 1 shirt bosom ruined, 2 handfuls of whiskers pulled out, 10 cents worth of sticking plasters bought, besides spending $4,768. March and that finally, the work be completed and a revised Qoe day last week at Marion, rilf bill passed at the special ses- Ohio, John Boor was arrested ni of the Sixty-first Congress charged with molesting, tormenting " li is to be called soon after the ^nd torturing his wife. Boor is a 'uiii of March. young man only twenty-two years Tivo definite and positive state- old and has been married less than have been made regarding a year. His wife states that he iHi'sonnel of Mr. Taft’s cabinet, kisses her on the .street or anywhere 'jiH- irf that he has given the he sees her. They were separated of cabinent appointments a short time after tlieir marriage, 'f"ll^:de^ation and will not do so! Boor giving bond to keep peace was , ' ‘'V!nil i» eeks; and the other is released in court. ' Thfre'waS; so declared a con-^'mpo- rary review of September, 1874, “an evident improvetuent in tone and activity in mercantile circles, a revival of speculation on the stock exchange, and steady appreciation in values.^’ So that our impatient Wall Street “booms’’ around the present snnivercary are not novel precedent, Twelvy months after the panic of October, 1857, the :financial East was gradually getting on its feet, there kad been talk of “speedy re turn to'ibrmer conditions,” as far back ae the spring of 1856. They were delusive,,as the people of 1908 know they are apt to be; but: by October .fjloW recovery was under way. TJiie trouble was with the West, fn*m which a keen observer wrote, very shortly .afterward: ‘‘Railroads jiartly-constructed and stopped for want of means; blocks of buildings, ditto; counties and cities involved by issue of raihvays bonds, and practically insolvent; individuals trying to starve off the satiBfaetion of debts, obligations, judgments, executions—such is the all but universal condition.” On the whole, one is apt to con clude that taking afler-panic re-ac tions as they come, 1908 gives little for people to complain of. After a while we shall know if 1874, with which, up to this time, the analogy has been singularly close, will or will not continue to furnish prece dent. Notice of Annual Meeting, The annual meeting of the stock holders’ of the State Dispatch Pub lishing Company will be held on the 8th day of December, 1908, at 7:30 o’clock in the afternoon, at the office of the company over Sellars 8tx>re, Burlington, N. C., for the purpose of electing a board of di rectors and receiving and acting up on the reports of the officers, and for the transaction of such other business as, may come before the meeting. In accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, no stock can be voted on which has been transferred on the books of the company, within twenty days ne>t preceding this election. E. S. W. Dameron, ?Tov. 12, 1908. Secretary. CABBAGE m DECOY. The Way Revenue Officers Operate Up About Lenoir. Ijenoir Kewe. Revenue Officers Blaylock and Bush made a big haul last Thurs day night near Whitnell, three miles southeast of Lenoir. Sometiine Thursday they learned that there would be a load of Wilkes county brandy in that neighborhood. They erol a two-hurse covered wagon and a driver and a few heads of cabbage and starter through that sectim peddling cabbage. It wasn’t long until they located the liquor wagon. Tiiey arrested two men but one managed to get away. The others are in jail here. They found and took charge of about 50 gallons of brandy, two mules, harness and wagon. Mr. Blayhtck took the wagon, mules and brandy to Hick ory, where the proper disposition will be made ol them. Almost every Saturday night for several weeks some one has been selling liquor two or three miles east of Le noir. Perhaps this raid will put a stop to that for a while. R9iilroad Rates and Wages. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Chairman Knapp, of the Com merce Commission in a recent pa per emphasized a point to be consi dered in any readjustment of rail road rates, a point too often over looked when the general subjects of rates Vt-hich public service cor porations are permittel to exact is under discussion. “I do not hesi tate to voice my desire,” he is quoted as saying, “to see our railroads make earnings which will permit them to pay liberal wages to an adequate number of competent n»en.” The public rightly demands that it be given the best possible service by these corporations at the lowest possible rate. So much is properly expected of those who conduct bus iness by virtue of a right conferred on them by the people. But it must not be forgotten that there is another side to the question, that if rates are forced down until earn ings approach the point of dis'ap- pearance, the wages of the employes are likely to suffer along with the income of the heads of the organ ization. Year after year the stand ard of living among men gradually rises and no one would wish to check the advance, for it means a *^etter civili^iation, more comforts and more pleasures. Wages grad ually rise to kees pace with this ad vancing level of culture. Chairman Mack says: “Bryan was defeated by misrepresentation.” That i^ funny. The Democrats in this part of the world say Taft’s election was bought with money. Seems like somelwdy lied.— i^ellow Jacket, New York, Nov. 13.—;A wonder ful stock market we have^ been hav ing. Those of us who expected a big market before election, and a bigger one after election, have, not been disappointed, except in that the results have been greater than expected. Those who ar^ not in close daily touch with market can not realize the amounts of stock that have been taken by the public. In fact general outside buying took the market qmite away from the orofessionals for a wuile, and some who took profits around election, expecting to buy them back on a reaction, have bought them back at an advance. The entire week has witnessed a contest between buying by the public and semi-profession als, and the selling by those who bought much lower down, much of it coming from those who have been carrying big loads of securities for many months. With all thesa securities taken out of the hands of big speculative hol^. 1.5 and put in strong boxes for the sake of their dividends, or held properly protected by the public, it Wv^uld seem as if a distribution is complete enough and the general absorption great enough tt) make a j^reater scarcity of stocks for some time to come. It is true we may expect declines from natural causes, or forced for the purpose of dislodg ing stock, but we doubt if the pres ent lodgment will be greatly dis turbed. Surely the Street has the advantage of less volume of sfcuri- ties to cope with and advances therefore can the more easily be made. We have before pointed out that this year in many res|>ects is a parallel with 1904, and up to the [jresent time the market has cor- respondejJ to a nicety vvit that year. If the similarity is to continue the market must remain strong, broad, and irresistible for some weeks to come. While it is not safe to de pend on coming events by reason of past performances, yet similar cases usually produce similar re-iults in the htoc/ market as elsewhere/ Jt is said that the railroads of this county alone have entered into contracts since Wednesday 1st amounting to $294,000,000. Add to this stupendous sum the monies released in pig iron contracts, wool contracts, not to mention the re opening of thread mills, cotton yarn mills and kitidred-industries, and you dan form souie conception of the tremendous business revival that we are entering upon. Perhaps at no time in several years have the Bnancial skies been so free of clouds, political, financial, cr industrial. Whatever way we turn we are met by aggressive pro gress toward rehabilitation in all departments, and the cheerfulness of sentiment has caus^ the abund ance of investment, and general out- aide buying. The panic and all its hideous belongings are behind, and prosperity ivith all it implies is be fore us. Just how far ahead is not determinable now. The above is dedicated to the crokers who have been, and are now hollering and crying panic, panic, panic. The election of the greatest living statesman, William H. Tafl, has restored confidence to such a degree that there is a great tidal wave of prosperity sweeping over this country, the like of which ha» ne er been seen. It is prosperi ty that will benefit all, from the greatest to the lowest. We doff our hat to you, Mr. Prosperity, and may your onward march never lull for a moment during the next four years. Even Maryland, my Maryland, went Republican. That is getting a small slice ot the Sold South, and North Carolina is trembling to-day and next time will slide into the Republican column. Great changes —but it is a great party bringing about the change.—^Yellow Jack *t I News Over the State | David Vaughn, who wa.s shot last week by Jim Mot>dy at Waynes- ville, died shortly after the shoot ing occuirted. Moody made his escape and has not been heard from since. ' Agents of the Soutkern Power Company are working to secure rights of way/or its transmission line from Monroe to Aibermarle, It is believed that All>ermarle will have electric power not later than March. Rev. R. L. Davis, Superintend ent of the Anti-Saloon League of N®rth Carolina, is making a tour of the State making addresses tx> arouse and keep alive interest in the en forcement of the liquor lavys, his subject being ^‘How to Kill thu Blind Tiger.” Mr. Robert Sigmon, who w'as shot some time ago during the miners’ strike near Birminghamj Ala., and who was in the Long Sanatorium at Statesville. for treat ment, left for his honie at Clare mont, in Catawba county, \Vednes- day night, pract^ically a well man. The Alumnae Association of the State Normal and industrial College is endeavoring to raise fifty thouis- and dollars to be used as a loan fund for the aid of women in secur ing an education. This fund is tp be known as the Mclver fund in honor of the late Chas. D. Mcl ver., President Roosevelt’s commisa-^ ion on county life spent last Wed - - nesday at Raleigh at the North, Carolina Cbllege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in conference witlr . prominent farmers, county phyisic- ians and others intimate with coun try life in Korth (^aroUna^ its con ditions and needs. The large electric plant of the Southern Railway Company, at Spencer, which was partially burn ed out some months ago, has been- thoroughly repaired and again put inu> full service. Ii is learned that this department is being taxed ioj supplying the heavy demands for light and J)OWer at ihat placd. Miss Amelia Hoffman, w'ho was brought to her home at Statesville from Raudolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Va., some weeks ago to undergo an operation for appendicitis at the Long Sana torium, ha;s recovered from the; effects of the operation and returned to Lynchburg to resume her studies.. Mr. S. R. Brantly, a prominent farmer of the Stand hope section of Nasli couiiity, had the misfortune a few days ago of having his right hand caught in a corn shredder, with the result that it was badly lacerated. The hand will be saved,, but the marks and scars occasioned ' by the contact with the shredder will be permanent. The extension of the Aberdeen & R«)ckfi8h Railroad from Hope Mills to Lumberton is oornplet^ for about twelve miles and ir&ias are running. The rest will be finished during the coming year, and the intention is to run trsins from Aberdeen to Luml>erton, mak ing the connection with the Sea board at each end of the line. Upon appHcation of certain credi* tors, Unit^ States District Judge James E. Boyd on last Saturday appointed W. L Underwood receiv er for the Industrial Publishing Company, of Gfreensboro. Mr. Underwood was put in [lOssessioD of the property and the Daily In dustrial News will be published under his direction as receiver. Ordway fe Co., the contractors who are building the big 1,000'foot dam across the Catawba river and the mill buildings at iCast Monbo for the Turner Mill Company, all of which work is nearing complet- tion, have accepted a contract^ to build for the same company a 6ig reservoir which will be located on the hill just above the mill buildings and will be built for fire protection. Be sure and meet Mrs. Wiggs and her children at the Quilting.