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Concord, N. C, Aug. 25.
MRS.
TAYLOR'S TERRIBLE
DEXT.
ACCI-
Mrs., George Taylor, of Borge,
N. C, accidentally shot and
killed Miss Dora Taylor on
Thursday. It was purely acci
dental but has its lesson. Why
on earth do not people learn to
cease allowing the muzzle of a
gun or pistol to be in the direc
tion of those about them when
handling, whether loaded or un
loaded.
In this case Mrs. Taylor was
in her husband's store and was
in the act of showing her new
pistol to her friend, when it went
off and killed the young lady in
stantly. The poor woman is
distressed till it is feared that
her mind may, become unbal
anced. '
An exchange says : "United
States Senator Harris will intro
duce three amendments to the
Federal Constitution at the next
session of Congress, and ask
that they be submitted to a vote
of the people.
4 'The first will provide that
the President shall be elected for
a term of six years, instead, of
four, and that he shall be ineligir
ble for reflection.
make the term of Congressmen
four years. The third will pro
vide for the election of United
States Senators by direct vote of
the people. " ...
Such amendments have been
advocated more or less for years,
but these provisions were made
as they are by the fathers and it
will require the best of reasons
for change or they will stand as
they should. Constitutions are
not and should not be changed
for something just as good but
only to meet positive demands
for something better suited to
'developments. The necessity for
the changes do not seem impera
tive and no great evil is threat
ened by their being let alone.
We do. not look for Mr. Harris'
-bills to pass.
President Loubet takes an op
timistic view of French affairs.
He exhorts that the decision at
Rennes, whatever the verdict
be, will be that of impartial
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. j uugiiiuiib ciuu snouia do accepted,
as such. He thinks, too, that
the republic will be sustained
and the nation's ; troubles will
soon be over. All this is as what
any one would like, but if that is
an impartial court the press dis
patches need censoring very
much.
The Round Bale System.
To the Editor of The Observer ;
Numbers of letters have been
written me, asking information
as to the working of what is
known as the ' 'round bale sys
tem" of packing cotton. These
letters were sent to me not , that
I was an expert, but for the! rea
son that the only one' worked in
this State was under my manage
ment and used the past season.
Feeling it to be a matter of pub
lic concern my views and experi
ence are herewith submitted to
be used if you consider of any
practical benefit. There is an
old adage, nevertheless true,
that "the proof of a pudding .is
in the testing." The following
proposition was made by me to
the management of the State
farms and is yet open for their
acceptance :
"I propose to receive your seed
cotton in cars at your nearest
depot and pay freight to Wel
don. Will give with the most
approved machinery, (Munyer
patent) bale, furnishing bagging
and all free of charge and de
liver the bales on board of cars
at this place; will buy your cot
ton and pay cash, at market
price of square bale of same
grade, the day the shipment is
made and will also buy all seed
at. market price."
The usual charge - for ginning,
bagging and ties furnished, for
the .square bale' is $1.85 per bale
the State will have, say, about
3,000 bales, the saving' on cost
of baling and ties. $1.75, will be
$5350. It is true that the State
gets its labor free and this may
somewhat reduce the cost of bal
ing, but it is also true that hun
dreds of bales were left last year
unpicked for the want of labor,
which would not have been the
case had the ginning force been
at work in the field. 5The loss by
sampling and cutting of bales is
obviated each bale as pressed
has samples extracted from it
and in small bags sewed to each
bale and sworn to as being fair
samples of the cotton in the bale
and the shipper becomes respon
sible for it. But it is charged
that it is a trust and for this rea
son should be boycotted. There
is' no trust about it. The ma
chinery is furnished and kept in
order; by the American Cotton
Company. For its use I pay
them a royalty but am under na
obligation, legal or moral, to sell
to them the output if a better
price would be; paid by another
buyer. Only think of it, $1.75
per bale lost to the farmers of
North Carolina by a false pre
judice, It may be unpatriotic,
possibly bad politics, yet I am
willing to commend the views of
a Catawba Dutchman, proverbial
or their hard sense. He. had
made good money by trading
with a Yankee, who just after
the surrender had came down to
cast his lot with us. A neighbor
upbraided him for the counten
ance shown the Yankee and the
reply was : "Mine friend, dat is
all right, fetch , them down and
set them near me." I have nb
interest remote or otherwise in
the American Cotton Company,
but my opinion is that this .sys
tem will revolutionize the cotton
industry and has come to say,
notwithstanding the opposition
of those conservative old gentle
men who would stop the progress
by clinging to its tail and crying
whoa ! Jas. A. Wilson.
Weldon, N. C, Aug. 21, 1899.
The experiment of enlisting
native Porto Ricans as soldiers
commanded by. American officers
is promising to be successful.
This will ' suit, as most Ameri-
can'sZwanofnce, and the 'natives
are proud of the name and pay
of the United States soldier.
We copy Major Wilson's letter
to, the Charlotte Observer, on the
"Round Cotton Bale." Our en
thusiasm would be unbounded
for this mode of packing, were
itnot for the cramping way in
which' the press is given to the
public. It is well enough to see
both sides of the question and let
the round bale come in when
ever it is deemed a real benefit,
tn view of this style of introduc
ing the press, we confess, we are
in no hurry for its general adop
tion, but whenever it is clearly
to the advantage of oar cotton
raisers it would be folly to refuse
its introduction.
MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY.
It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern in
the land who are not afraid to be
generous to the needy and suffer
ing. The proprietors of Dr.
KingVNew Discovery for Con
sumption, Congbs and Colds, have
giAen away oyer ten million trial
bottles of this great medicine; and
have the satisfaction of knowing
it has absolutely cared thousands
of hopeless cases. Asthma,Bronch -itis.
Hoarseness and all x dis
eases ot the Throat, Chest and
Lungs are surely cured by it.
Call on ,1V B: Fetzer, Druggist,
and get a free trial bottle Regular
size 50c. and $1. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
Reasonable Prices.
Thorough courses in the
Classics, English, Science . and
Mathematics, as well as in Bible,
Penmanship,; Physical Culture,
and Business are offered at the
Bingham School of North Caro
lina, near Mebane, N. C, without
extra charge, there being one
reasonable price for all.
Eight hundred skilled mechan
ics have been dismissed by the
Cramps. The "reason given is
that they cannot secpra "struc
tural steel." The steel trust has
probably cornered the business.
It is a curious fact that steel bil
lits for six months have sold at
4 to $6 higher per ton than the
steel rails made from the billets.
Free Press.
A Popular School.
The Bingham School of North
Carolina, located in Orange
county, near Mebane, N. C, had
last year students from eleven
States and thirty-four counties.
Some of Concord's best boys will
go there this fall. :
Must Be Southern Corn and Southern
Girls.
: An exchange states that "The
grain exhibit from the United
States at the Paris Exposition
promises to be one of the most
interesting made from this coun
try; . The feature in this depart
ment will be the corn kitchen,
where flap jacks, cornmeal mush,
corribread and fritters, muffins,
etc., will be made by American
girls. " The Richmond I)ispatch
adds : ''If the meal used is from
corn , grown in the - South, .- and
the bread, muffins, etc., are made
according to Southern receipts,
the kitchen referred to will be a
great success. If, on the con
trary, the : meal used should be
from Northern or Northwestern
corn, and the bread, etc., be
made according to the receipts
in Northern cook-books, the re
sult will be very different. Mark
the prediction."
A MOTHER TELLS HOW SHE
SAYED DAUGHTERS LIFE.
I am the mother of eight child
ren and have had a great deal of
experience with medicines. Last
summer ! my little daughter had
tKe dysentery in its worst form.
We thought sun would die. I
tried everything I could think of.
I saw by an advertisement in onr
paper that Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera 'and Diarrhoea Remedy
w.is highly recommended and
sentaud got a bottle at once. Il
proved to be one of the very best
medicines we ever had m the
house. It. saved my little daught
er's life. I am anxious for every
mother trsktio what an excellent
mdicire it is. Had I known it at
first it would have saved me a
great dal of anxietv and my
little nghter much suffering.
Youit truly, Mrs., Geo. F, . Bur
dick, Liberty, R. I. v For Sale by
M. L. Marsh & Co., Druggist.
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