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OIIAItLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, KOVEIIBEU' 20, lCGS. 0 V II- j.T, V"" UOKKLNG UN mm BILLS CUAlllMAX JIM TAm ACTIVE Aii Klfort to He Made lo Oct All u 111" Appropriation BUb Jtoportea : lo IIm Hohm IWore the Holldev - Tc Chairman Know of No New Mue ot inrtte- Wim Kocaitl to Tit Measures Tho bmbiw 'Tariff llovtHion Cotoin I'P Again Queer Thins Thai Happen lo .. ;. roiiucfc ' V . Special' to The Observer. . Washington. Nor. 88. If Chair. , : men "Jim" Tawney, of the House , commlttM on appropriation has hi .. y way. the big supply ll will not lag thla winter. With his lieuten ants, h already Is at work-on the 1 .legislative. Judicial and executive bill, t ;' i which . carrlea the salaries of tha ,! ' greater proportion of government employe from tha President down V to tha charwomen la the Depart '. menta. v Tha District of Columbia appro : '', jprlation bill, the fortincations and " pension bills will come next In order. v- "We want to gel all four of theae , - ' Wile reported to the House before the holidays," said Chairman Tawney. V' "We expect to pane the legislative bill .-before we adjourn for the holidays, v . and possibly one other ot the annual : fcudgeta." t -.' Mr. Tawney mid he wan unable to make any prediction ss to what oth er legislation would be considered and avted upon at thin sfHsion. He V expi-eseel th strong belief that tho ' ' completion of the business left over '' '. from the last eeaslon anil the passage ' of the appropriation measures would: take about all the time .if ConsTen. "Whatever new legislation there; may be. if any," continued Mr. Taw- i ' ,' ney. will depend In large meaxure I ' ' ' cpon the recommendation the I'p-h- j Ident may make In hln message. There probably will be conxIdrrHtile i y1 discussion regarding the proponed i new plan for the construcilon of tne Panama canal." CWAKY K SPKIJ.1NU. Although Mr. Tawn. y wu' some what chary if tllscu.fslng slmpllllea spelling. It whs ea.sy lo see that he anticipated Hint the ilej.arture from the customary method of preparing' and printing the public documents, , vongresslonal reports, and the laws I would receive considerahl" attention1 at the hands of CongreKK, both In , committee und on the floor of the Moose. Among other thlngx fhalrman Tawney said ho knew of no new line ( policy suggested with regard to the appropriations or their limita tion which will be cheerful news for the government clerks, who possibly have feared a revival of the efforts of the last session to enforce some sys tem of age retirement from office. "There always la a great deal of time devoted to the consideration of the various supply bills." said Mr. Tawney. "and the necessity for care ful scrutiny Is as great this session as at any previous one. The appro priation bills no doubt will take the greater part of this session. There will be little time for anything else." With Speaker Cannon and other antl-revolutlonlsts In town, "Stand patlsoi" has reared up Its head and la disposed to be arrogant. The at titude of the average Congressman , has been that or waiting to see in which direction the cat would Jump. If revision sentiment promised to prevail, he was ready to be a ram pant revisionist. If It appeared that the stand-patters were secure In the saddle, he was Just as anxious to stand pat. Now that the word has gone forth that the tariff shall not be touched until after the presiden tial election. Mr. Average Congress man finds thkt the programme exact ly meets hla views. In spite of the demand for revision In some normally Itepubllcan Htatea, Republican leaders do not Interpret tha recent Htate and Congressional contents as Indicating anything like a general desire for changes to the Dlngley law. and they are willing to let it go at that. If, they say, It were possible to make a few reduc- tkns at a special session to be called after the Fifty-ninth Congress ends, and to do nothing more, they might' counsel the. calling of such u session. ' Hut their Idea Is thut If Hie tariff Is; touched at all a complete rearrange- j ment will have to be made, and this, I they Insist, will not do at nil. In view of the nearness of tin- presidential! contest. Some of them are willing to go to; the extent of giving ihe country to understand now thut the Republican: party will revise the lnrlff In the. Sixty-first Congress If It Is retained In power, and. If deemed necessary, to make a definite promise to that effect in the plutform to le framed ( In the summer of !0n. The more extreme standpatters, however, see no necessity for doing even that. Few of either classes are willing to talk until after they have seen the president uni inmri i themselves more thoroughly concern ing the general situation. (JUEEH OABT OK POLITICS With negroes booming Kerretary of j War Taft for President and denounc ing President Roosevelt, politics have I liad a queer cast Mils week. N n. I of course, takes the matter with over- 1 whelming seriousness, but It cannot I be denied that serious possllillltles are there. Politician have been asking, and In tio spirit of levity, what would hap pen should negroes of the coun try cut loose from their traditional' allegiance to the. Kepiibllcan party and act unitedly In potlflrs ns an In- I dependent force. At the South their weight would not he largely felt, for' there the blacks have been pretty well disfranchised, hut what about the North'.' It Is a well-known fact, for Instance, that In Ohio ihe negroes hold the balance nf the power, anil there are no restrictions on negro suffrage. The same undoubtedly I" true In Indiana and, prohxhlv. in Illi nois, though ene Independent vole m Chicago Is so large as to gieaily lc sen chances that negroes could turn the tide. The saving fea4ure of the sltua-j i.'',, tlon is tne al'ghtncss of the prospect i m ' that the negroes could b organlxed to! .; ,' co-operate at the polls. The negro is j ,' ; - traditionally a Republican. Just the, i;.' ;, same as the Southern white man Is ,f traditionally a Democrat, but it Is not '"L bacaua of any organization or natural ; ' homogeneity. Were an election to b held to-morrow and were Tnocre u- jtooseveu a canoiaaia, ii is noi ciouui i . ; "tsxj that the resentment of the negjro ,;' over tha discharge of colored troops .. would express itself at the polls; but the American elector is famed for tho .'. ... ahortae of inls memory of wrongs. ';," and In thla respect the truth Is even :.'';i.' mora pronounced In ths ne.gro's case. . "' Next 'year he will have forgotten all . " '" about hla grievance, and probably will ' t Juat a fervid In his admiration '.for tha President aa ihe Is now vigor . v 'rVona In h' denunciation. - There are now In Washington rep .': reeenUt'vaa In Congress from a num ' , . ber of States drained by the MMta ' f alppi and iUtr'butarle io ars hatch ' . In a project that la , I'kely to be , heard from during1 tha coming winter. , 'Tbey propose no las a thing than a romblna of representative ?rom all : r ' tha mlddl Western Stales to secure enormous Internal ' Improvements at the exponas, If need be, of th nary, the Philippine or any other outside project wmkh I absorbing th pub- lie fund.. . ..,;'.. -i. i-v . ,, Their pat auheme 1 for a hlp canal connecting th Mississippi river with tha great lake. This I no new Idea, hut ther, claim ttt tM kcNii TlUllxed isthmus would be Illogical and fool- Inn unleaa tha canal from tha Father of Waters lo Jha Great iaaee were o ba built aa a companion pleoa.,' Tha Mtlmated coat of tn proposed canal Is 160.000,000. Two projects are discussed. One to to build tha canal direct from Chicago to Cairo, and tha other la to widen and deepen and utilise r the channel of tha 1111 nola fiver. A to whloh would ba tha better project, that Is a problem for tha engineers to aolva. What tha members of Congress want la a canal, and they are not disposed to anlbble over details. If they can effect their organisation and hold It together they will i accomplish something. Tha trouble' In ventures 1 of . thla kind la that when opposition from tha pow- ers-that-be is encountered some weak brother always gfves way. and then there la a general stampede. FOK CHEAPER INSURANCE. XVope of High Point Thinking; of Pro curing lire Engines, so as to Lraa en Kale of insurance A Wedding; To-Mglit. Special to The Observer. High Point, Nov. 28. Mr. Joa Spencer lert to-day for Greensboro, where on to-morrow night he will be united In marriage to Mlsa Laura Thacker. f that city. They will be gone a few days on their bridal trip, when Mr. and Mrs. Spencer will re turn here, where they will make their future home. The Carnival of Nation will be giv en under the ausplcea of the ladlea of St. Mary's Episcopal church De cember 12th and 13th In Cllnard Hall. All the countries will be represented through the young adles taking part tmd a number of booths will be ar ranged for the disposal of fancy work. To-morrow night at 7:80 o'clock the Hanicca. class of Washington Street M . K. church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. T. H. Spencer, on Hamilton street, Thursday will practically bo a holi day here In the true sense of the word, all places of business with few exceptions cosing down to obeerve the day. There will be services at the various churches In the morning. In the afternoon there will be a foot ball game and at night a dance, thus giving the variations in the enjoyment of Thanksgiving in High Point. It has been ascertained that High Point can save over $15,000 a year on the present insurance carried and ii great deal more If cheaper rates were secured which would allow the carrying of more Insurance, If by In stalling fire engines the rate would be materially lessened. As It is the pressure of water does not require engines. However, the Insurance companies demand that engines be In use to secure a special rate. The matter is now receiving attention and it is believed the engine will be pro cured and High Point secure the rates given In other towns where these Im provement are In vogue. Work was begun Installing High Point's fire alarm system and the men in charge hope to have the system In working order by the ISth of De cember. Progreoa on the work has been delayed for some time owing to the non-arrlval of parts of the ma chinery, but all of It Is here now and the work will be pushed rapidly. According to the registration so far. Indication point to tha carrying of the bond issue her December 11th for tha Thomaevllle, Olen Anne and Pede Railroad. RUNAWAY AT WASHINGTON. N. C. Mr. Johnson of Johnson it Hubert Causey, Thrown Out and Perhaps Internally Injured Pythian to Hold Memorial Service. 8plal to The Observer. , Washington, N. C. Nov 2 8. A very exciting runaway took place on Main street, thla city, about 10: SO o'cloc-k" yesterday, when two hnrsea thltched lo a wagon belnnjlng to Messrs. Johnson & Hubert Causey, took fright on account of a yoke breaking. They thon started up Main street at break-neck speed, the driver losing all control, and tlm wagon colliding with unothcr vehicle on the side of the street. Both wore over turned, throwing the occupants to tho ground. Mr. Johnson was consider ably bruised and otherwise shakc.i up and It Is feared Injured Internally. 11m was Immediately taken to tho olllce of Dr. W. IV Sma.Il, where medical attention was rendered. Work on tho Washington & Yandc mcMe Railroad Is being pushed nlpLi ly farwurd All the rights of way have virtually been opened from Head Hill to the ilvcr front. The work 'il constructing u railroad bridge over the river about this city was begun m-ar the Kurckn Mill by a gang of convicts this morning and construc tion of tho rond will be rapidly pushed to at cl completion. The Washington Ixlge No. R22. B. P. . K . . will hold their regular annual memorial exercise In IJrown'a Opera House next Hunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The services will be public and a very Interesting pro gramme c.f music, singing and ad jlresses Ihavn been arranged. The Klks will attend In a body. Mr. A. c. Hathaway, of Elizabeth city, who for the past few months has been developing Washington Park, a in w residential suburb of this clly, announces that lots will be placed on wile December 1. Miss I.Ida T. Rodman has i t- menceil the count ruction of a new and modern tenement house on Ihe lot .id JcHnlng the residence formerly occu pied by Itr. Jim Hodman. KIHK AT II Hill POINT. Two Two-Stiry Honacs Destroyed Tuesday Mlit Special to The Observer. High Point. Nov. 2H. Fire last night destroyed two two-story houses Kngllsh street and damaged Ihric oilier houses on the opposite side of ihe street A wind was blowing und largo cinders were carried many yards, threatening adjucent property. One of the residence so destroyed was owned by tha High Point Heal Estate Trust Co., and was Insured for 1600. 11 was valued at 11.600. The house was occupied by a widow, a Mrs. Ves tal, whose furniture wax not Insured. It was in thla house tho fir originat ed In the kitchen. Th wind carried the Unmet to the next place on the street, occupied by Mr. W. Fred Orls som. This was valued at 12.000, and was Insured In the N. C. Insurance Co for 11,200. The damage are not to be reckoned to tha house on the other side of the street. They were owned by Mr. Clarence A. Smith, and suffered by blistered paint and wood work and broken glass. The skating fever has struck High Point full tilt and the new rink run by lirockett A Engram will be for mally opened Thanksgiving Day. A T RAH OF BLOOD. The yesr I not will long he ramemberiMl In th homo of F. N. Tacket, of Alll sue. Ky, ns year of blood; whleh flowed so yipbtusiy from Mr. Taokst's lungs that death seemed very near. H arltss: "Hevir bleeding from th lungs and a frightful caught had brought ma t death's door, when I began taking Dr. King s New Discovery for Consump tion, with the astonishing result that filter taking tour bottle 1 was ooinplete y restorsd and a lime ha prevea per pianenUy eufe," Guaranteed for tor Lungs. Cough and Colds, st R. JI. Jor- dan tt Co.' drug store, Prloe u aa ii. Trial eetu rree. IFBESIUENT FOR -SUBSIDY HAS ';. TVU y CABINET '.! BACKING. General Grosvenor, Accompanied by - Fall Administration - Orchestra ' Will filna Swan Song" to Tnn of Ship . Subskllea President Will .Urge, Necessity of Such Ix-gislnUon exccraiary Root m Zeakma Work , er or Ship Subsidy hay It Will ' Help Our Relation With Foreign ttountrtc - Prominent - Scientist Saya We Have Coal Enough for ' Five Thousand. Year. ; :-.vtv)-' ; Washington, D. C, Nov. I . Gen eral Charles H. Oroavenor,' the ven erable and perennially interesting Congressman from Ohio, will-sing hi "wan song" at the approaching ses sion of the House of .Representatives to the tune of "Ship Subsidies." In this song he will be accompanied by the full administration orchestra. - For ms.ny year. Representative Oroavenor labored unremittingly to secure the enactment of legislation providing for the payment of sub sidies to vesaela of the American Merchant Marine, He seea now an opportunity to get such legislation through Congress and he proposes to redouble hi efforts at the coming session. Should he be Instrumental In the enactment of the legislation, he will retire from Congress satis fied that his time and abilities have not been expended In vain. PRESIDENT WILL URGE IT. This winter the advocates of ship subsidies will be backed by the full power and authority of the national administration. Heretofore, that, to a great extent, haa been lacking. President Roosevelt never has taken up the subject with serious purpose, not because he was unfavorable to it, but because other matter, to hi mind, dominated it in Importance. This winter. , however, he will urge not only the desirability of such legislation, but the necessity of It, if American merchant vessels are to be an Important factor In the world' commerce. He haa adverted to the subject In previous message, but this year will recommend Ihe Enactment of a subsidy measure. In strong terms and will use his personal and official Influence In support of it. The President has considered the question In all Its phases with mem bers of his cabinet and all of them stand squarely at his back in advo cating the paaaago of a subsidy law. The terms of the bill to be advocat ed probably will be changed to ma terially from those of previously con sidered measures, in order to meet potent objections which have been urged, but the proposition which the advocates of a ship subsidy have practically formulated will be pressed hard and with some asuraiice.of suc cess. In addition to the recommendation to be made by the President In his message. Postmaster General Cortel you will urge strongly. the enactment of subsidy legislation In the interest of the extension of the postal ser vice. Secretary Metcalf, of the De partment of Commerce and Labor, also will present arguments in his annual report In favor of the pas sage of the bill tn the Interest of the American Merchant Marine. ROOT ADVOCATES SUBSIDY. The most potent factor of a sub sidy law, aside from the President himself, la Secretary Root Ever since the Secretary of State made his great South American trip, he has been an enthusiastic advocate of ship subsidy legislation. Kvery Import ant address he has made on a com mercial topic since his return from South America has contained a part In earnest advocacy of the payment by the government of ship subsidies. He says It will strengthen materially our relations with foreign countries, particularly those of South, and Cen tral America, and. Inasmuch as the United States Is to control the Pana ma Canal, he believes it highly Im portant that our Merchant Marine be put on assured bottoms by the pay ment of subsidies. Senator Frye, of Maine, will cham pion the measure In the Senate and Indications are that It may have less trouble In that body than in the House. However, It Is understood that Speaker Cannon, who hitherto has been opposed to tho legislation, will no longer stand In Its way and that he will carry with him several other western members who have opposed It In the past. In any event and whatever may be the outcome, the light for the sub sidy meusure promises to be one of the most Interesting and Important of the upproachlng session. COAL FOR G.000 YEARS. . "Coal sulllclent to meet the prob able needs of the United States for five thousand years Is In sight. The American people have no cause to worry about fuel, therefore, for a good many generations to come." This wns the optlmlstlo prediction made by one of ihe prominent scien tists of the Geological Survey Sta tistics are now being prepared which will show definitely where thla fuel la to come from and. with reasonable certainty, how long it will last. "It ts Impossible," continued the geological expert, "to say Just how long the visible coal supply of this country will last, because we know little of the probable uses of the fuel In th future and by the future 1 mean the next succeeding centuries but It Is perfectly safe to predict that there will be no shortage in the coal supply In our time or in tht Mme of any of our c hildren's chil dren's children. It will take several thousand years to exhaust the coal supply of this country." Statistics prepared by the Geologi cal Survey Indicate conclusively that the coal fields of America scarcely have been scratched, although enormous amounts have been taken out. In the midst of plenty there has been great waste, still and the waste still continues. In the opinion of the government geologists it will be mnny centuries before real economy In th mining and consump- ! Hoi r coal is reached. The pro luctlon of coal fuel Is Increasing by leaps and bounds and It wll contlne to Increase as new territory In open ed by the railroads and the demands of commerce Increase. Up to forty year ago. the total coal - production of th country had amounted to 1(4,890,055 ten. Then It began to leap upward. In 176. It had aggregated about 700. ooo.ooo tons and, at the close of 190f,, the total coal output of the country had amounted to 6,70,T7I, 671 ton. .... i VAST INCREASE IN PRODUCTION. "This great increase In the pro durtinn of coal," aa stated In a re port on the subject by the Geological Survey, "when considered with the Increase In th population, furnishes some Interesting comparisons. Go Ing back for a period of a little over fifty years, or to the mlddl of th last century, and comparing the sta tistics of coal production with the in creaayd population, It la found' thut In 1160, according to the census for that year, the production of coal amounted lo 8,446,611 tons, when the population of the country amounted to 11,181, 878 "persons, Th per capita production of coal In that year la thus seen to have been 8.178 Ions, in 1860, or ten year later, th population wag 11.448.131 parson, and the coal production amounted to 14.811,61 tons, or an average of 0.114 Vo Jer capita."" - Since 1680, tha pet capita produc tion of eoal he jumped tar ahead of th increase of population, th report showing that from' 189 to 1800. the production . ha !n?ravl - per cent- , while th - pro-luotltin- el coal has Increased to i.tSi per cent, per capita, -it 4 .- .:., ;..,,.,' ".' 1 . The vt coat AeJde ef th West and Southwest, as wall ns those -In other parts of tho country tire cap able of product on unlimited Mirr-Ucs ef fuel and It is MtH r.y the ,giv-rn-ment'g geological experts that n ade quate conception of 'the eoal supply of America yet-has - been obtained. They do not hold out much hope of a reduction tn demand by commerce and industry. The scientists also ven ture, the prediction that, long before the coal supply ts exhaused, a new and .'Intensely. .cheaper fuel will have been, discovered and PtIUsed. ;: ; v THE DEATH RECORD. Mra. R. o. Barrett, of BtateavIUe. a .-.i - - mm... . -.v. uyociu m ne voserver. , . Statesvllle, Nov. J 7. Sunday about noon, Mrs.' Jane Barrett, wife ot itev. R. G. Barrett, passed Into the great beyond, - Mrs. Barrett had been Is 111 health for a long time and has been critically 111 for several weeks and her. death load been hourly expected for several days. . Mre,arrett was a native of Ire dell, and , was a sister of Messrs. A, C-. W. F. and-J. M. Sharpe and Mrs. Douglas, all of this county. She was twice married, her first husband being a KlckerW, There was one child by thla union, a married daughter, now living; in Arkansas. For many years after her, marriage to Mr. Rlckert Mrs. Barrett lived in Arkansas. Soon after her husband's death Mrs. Bar rett cam back to Iredell and a few yea re later was married to Mr. Bar rett. Mrs- Barrett Was a faithful member of the Methodist church, waa a good woman and was esteemed by all who knew her, Sunday afternoon her pastor the Rev. Frank Slier, conducted brief funeral services and Sunday night, complying with the request of the de ceased, Mr. . Barrett and Mr. J. C Duke left with the remain for Prairie Grove, Ark., where tine Inter ment will take place beside the grave of her first husgand. Sirs.' William Allen, of Yadkin. Special to The Observer. Elkln. Nor. 28. Mrs. William Al len, mother of Prof. J. H. Allen, of Klkln, died at her home near Poln dexter, Yadkin county, Sunday night, aged 67 years She leaves a husband, nine children and a large circle of rel atives and friends to mourn her de parture. Mrs, Dee pa vis of Wlnston-Salcm. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem. Nov. 28. Mrs. Davis, widow of the late Dee Davis, died of heart disease at her home, on Thirteenth atreet at ff o'clock this morning. Her age waa about 46 years. Mrs. Davis retired apparently in her usual good health last night. She was taken ill a few hours later and expired in a short time. Mr. Davis waa killed In West Virginia several weeks ago by falling from the roof of a house, on which he was working. The wife and children were brougnt here by Dr. A. P. Davis, Drother of the deceased husband. Mr. Yancey Robblns, of- Randolph County. Special to The Observer. High Point, Nov. 28. Near Ebe nexer church in Randolph county, at the advanced age of 68 years, Mr. Tancey Robbms died Monday night. Deceased was one of Randolph's most respected citizens and had a large circle of friends. He was the son of the late Rev. Nathan Bobbins, a for mer minister In this section of the State. Three children, all of whom are married, survive. The funeral services were held to-day from Ebe neser church attended by a large concourse of friend. MARRIAGES. Harrls-Irw In, at Durham. Special to The Observer. Durham. No. 28. There was a quiet marriage here yosterdny when Mia Joule D. Irwin became the .'-tide of Mr. Samuel F. Harris, .f Spenci-r. They were married at ihe homo of the bride and left Immediately for their future home in 8pencer, whre khe groom Is well-known Hose-Miller, at Winston-Salem. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Nov. 28. Mr. Sam Rose, well-known Hebrew cltlxen, and Miss Bertha Miller, a popular and genteel young lady, were married to night, the ceremony being performed by Dr. H. F. Chreltxberf at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Q. E. Mil ler. Kxcitlng Kvcnta at New Orleans. STRUCK BY ENGINE. Walter Ke-k, Colored Man of Green ville, s. C injured at uuna urove Other Kvcnta, . Special to The Observer, China Grove, Nov. 28. Walter Speek, a colored man, from Green ville. S. C, was hit by number 11 s engine thla morning Just outside the town and had his left arm broken in two places and head badly scarred and several bruises' on the body. The train was running; about 26 miles an hour and It was a miracle that he waa not killed outright. The negro 'nad been working at Spencer and was on his way home, walkfng through the country. At the time, 'ne had sat down on a crosstt with hla arm rest ing on the steel rail, asleep. Medical treatment was given him hese and he will be cared for by the company for t'ne present. Rev. J. H. Wilson, member of the North Carolina Synod. Is canvassing the Lutheran churches In this vicinity In the Interest of foe Orphan's Home, at Salem, Va. Master Caleb Swlnk. the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Swlnk, Is III, suffering from erysipelas. Thanksgiving will be observed here by a general suspension pf business. . Mr. and Mrs. Clarence ciapp ana Master Clarence Clapp. Jr., will spend Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur L. Patterson, of Albemarle. Mis Lou Ross, of Albemarie, is vis iting In the family of her brother. T. L. Ross. Mr. B. M. Gillon has accepted a position as bookkeeper 'for the gib- son Manufacturing Company, Con cord. N. C Mr. pibson will move his lamny annul me nrsv ui wsnusry, Rv. and Mr. C. B. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Slfferd. will spend to-morrow In the country, at the home dt Mr. Miller's mother.' , Rev. Charles B. Miller, for several years pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran cnurcn at rnis place, nas piacea his resignation in the hand of the council to go Into effect the 81st day of Jan uary, 1907. At a reuent meeting of the council It was decided to accept the resignation of Mr. Mlllor. , Why Mr. Com pert Can , Afford It- Durham Herald,' .' J ? ''', Mr. Gompers can-afford to lay it on the South, t very, little of his revenu comes from thla ' section. HAD Jt CLOSB ;CATJU A dsngeretts surgical operation. In volving th removal of a mallansnt ul cer, as larga.es my hand, from la daughter hip, era prevented by the ap plication of Borklen' Amloa ' Salve, say 'A. C. Rtlckel. of MUetusi W. Va. "Persistent us ot th Salve completely cured It" Cure Cut. Burn ".nd. In Jurie, tie at tv H, Jordan A Co., drag- ftstsv NATION'S DAY OF HUNKS A iFlESTIVAL OF ANCTENT ORIGIN Evolotlon of the Annual 'Observance May.be Traced Back Many The iVstival Not Always. Devoted to tho Worship of Turkey and Foot- . hail The luiiun'a ITrst xtianits- giving Day In 1821 A History of ; y the Observance, . Firs Inspired by ,'llety, j; - ' -v v,,m ;. 'v.,- i . i-J- by ,A.- w, gveelex. . - : When f V Prealdent 1 ;" Roosevelt Is aued hla j proclamation appoint ing 1 'November ttS'tml'i ivy na tional V. day ; of thsjiksglvlng he forged another ' link between the present and the dim, prehistoric past, tor. In practically unbroken chain the feast of thanksgiving, tha toarvest fes tival, stretches back to unknown orig ins in barbarous rite among; savage peoples wbn: the world was young, , , When "next Thursday American families reunite around'- the plump turkey and mince 'plea, after an hour of religious service, following the feast; with attendance at"' a football same;,, they J. are .- executing; a pro gramme Identical in spirit with the Roman feast of Ceres, the Greek fesr tlval of Demeter. the Feast of: the In gathering" of the ancient , Hebrews, and similar-observances by Egyp tians, Babylonians, Hindus, and Chi nese. The -harvest thanksgiving Is a universal mode of the weltgelst, an unchanging, expression of the .time spirit that unites past and present, civilised and savage, in bonds of brotherhood. v. Among .the yellowing documents In the Federal archives In the execu tive departments and the Congres sional Libray may be traced the evo lution .of the national Thanksgiving Day aa an annual observance. It was a strugle of more than three-quarters of a century before the day was nationalised, and It did not come until the real birth of a national consciousness after the old bitter sec tionalism had disappeared In the bloody solvent of civil war. In a sense, the Thanksgiving Day we of the present generation celebrate is one of thanks and Joy for peace be- 1 tween North and South, for the sal vage oi nauoa alter me oia snip of Stat had been battered and shak en In the long, weary years of the fiercest Internecine ware In the his tory of the, world. Old newspaper files show that the devout . enthusiasts, after the curtain fell at Appomattox on the conclud ing scene of the nation's great trage dy, planned a peace thanksgiving that should perpetuate In annual re ligious observances the victory of Northern arms over Southern valor. Following Lincoln's- Thanksgiving proclamation in 1864, for a while many pulpits biased with partisan bitterness, the heritage ot war, but as time passed the harvest festival feature dominated more and more, until to-day the peace thanksgiving Idea la submerged almost beyond the reach of memory. Th American Thanksgiving Day was not always devoted to the wor ship of turkey and football. That Is the present day evolution of a pious ceremony which had Its origin on this continent when grave-faced Pu ritans at Plymouth Rock lifted their earnest voices in sincere prayer of thanks to Jehovah who had guided the frail Mayflower through storm and stress to an asylum where con science was free. In 1821. after their first year In New England, the Puritans, In Octo ber, had their first harvest festival, the annual festival ef old England, which as the years passed was to be come the dominant feature of Thanksgiving Day. But at this time, as In England, thanksgiving days were apponlted for some pertlcular event, and no permanent connection with the ancient harvest celebration, In Itself almost as old as the human race. Oof this first Puritan harvest thanksgiving "Mourt's Relation" con tains a quaint description of the feast with Massasolt and his Indians as guests. It Is now a familiar school room classic,- In 1628 occurred the second Purl tan Thanksgiving Day. The year had been one of disaster for the strug gling colonists. Pitiless drought had scorched the unwilling soil, and the crops were-' perishing under braaen un and ; rainless skies. Famine and pestilence threatened to wipe out of existence ' the .struggling colony. In this extremity, true to their deep re ligious Instincts, the Puritans, bellev ng that their sufferings were due to the vengeance of an angry god pun ishing them for their sins, appointed a day of prayer, fasting, and humil iation to purge themselves of their deductive wickedness In order to pla cate a vengeful deity. But before the day set for donning sackcloth and ashes the skies - relented and, pouring abundant rains on the parch ed soil and wilted crop, saved the colonists from their Impending fate. The appointed fast day waa turned into one of fervent thanksgiving, the second to be celebrated In the new land of promise. From this time on to the Revolu tion thanksgiving days were observed with Increasing regularity, the ten dency being to make a yearly thanks giving feature of the old harvest 'fes tival. But this union was establish ed only In face of the vigorous op position of the Puritan ministers, who viewed the harvest festival games and merrymaking, as deepest sacri lege on Thanksgiving Day. It was the same old battle which had been fought and lost In England. . In the old country days appointed by the Church for religious thanksgiving for particular events were turned by the hoi pollot Into days of boisterous rev elry and license. In New England human nature demonstrated its uni versal brotherhood, or Innate sinful ness, as old Cotton Mather " would have put It, and even heavy, fines, cart-tall whippings, and like ignomin ious punishment could not extermi nate that , spirit which to-day finds expression In the Thanksgiving foot ball game. ' During the first century- after col onisation of New England a thanks giving day meant two . long prosing sermons w)th a scanty . cold meal crowded In between th pious exhor tations. Gluttonous human natare In tfhe flight of years haa glorified that scanty, unpretentious lunch Into a feast that for th vast majority of erring mortals has crowded the aer mona Into a disappearing background. The fateful, eraemaklng events of the Revolution gave occasion for the appointment by tha Continental Con gress of seyeral significant thanks' giving days. While much of the old Puritan seal and , rigor had been modified by the passing year, yet the anthropomorphic conception of direct divine intercession In the world's humblest affairs waa a cardinal tenet' In the faioa of a majority of the people.' This firm belief founl lt first expression In the . Continental Congress after the - surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga.' It was) the great crisis f the war. ' With Ar nold's Irresistible charge, England's military prestige received a stagger ing blow, s .The -moral effect of the victory was ejven greater than the re. suiting' strategic - advantage; R thrilled with confidence and J hope hearts of patriots made weary by de. feat and reverse. Congresa, In, rec ognition of the momentous victory. appointed December -16, f 1777, iaa a day ef thanksgiving and praise throughout tne colonies, ana in a ay. the first Continental thanksgiving, was universally observed. . - In 1778, .following the consumma tion of the alliance with France, th second great step toward the success of the Revolution, Congress appoint ed another day of thanksgiving, and the custom thus established was re- feated year after year, culminating n the rejoicing at the -establishment of peace in 1788 and again In the signing of tho treaty In 1781. - .. Thanksgiving day became a politi cal Issue in the first national Con gress., A thanksgiving day was pro posed In observance of the establish ment of the constitution. , The pro posal led to a long fight In - both the House and the Senate. The an tl-Federallsta accused their opponents with designs of making the day sim ply a celebration of the victory of the Federalists at the polla . The bitter partisan feeling ef the campaign -was reflected In vituperation that Inflam ed the Jong debates,' but opposition was futile from lack of vote. The bill was passed and received the ap proval of Washington, who appoint ed November 16 1788, aa the first national, thanksgiving day. V The next national thaaksgivlng'day waa February 18, 1782.; It waa- ap pointed by President Washington without the authorisation of Con gress, and his action aroused consid erable criticism from the anti-Federalists. . In - Adam's - administration, two national fast day were proclaim ed, but the . pugnacious New Eng lander evidently found little In th trend of event during hi occupancy of th presidency to be thankful for, and consequently no national thanks giving days were appointed. , -', Twenty-three years passed . before another national,, thanksgiving , day was proclaimed. The varying for tunes of the war of 1812 gave occa sion to President Madison to appoint at various times three propitiatory days ot fasting and prayer. . When peace with Great Britain7"- waa de clared, Madison appointed a national thanksgiving for April ' 18, 1818. This waa the last of the , national thanksgiving days - for many ' years, although the custom was rapidly be coming an annual observance in the various States, North and ' South. It became established In 1871 In New Tork. and by 1868 all but six ot the States of the Union . observed - the day. - V,-vV Two national fast days, however, were observed between the close ot the war of 1812 and th cIvU war. When President Harrison died a fast, was appointed for May It, 1641.- In 1848, when cholera was Vevaging the country and devastating the seaports, President Taylor proclaimed a nation al fast day .In hope that' appeasing prayer would stay - th progress of the dread plague. In 1882 several States proclaimed fast days as deme dles for the ravages of the cholera, but with what efficacy history falls to relate. When the civil war precipitated the greatest crisis 1n the natlon'a history two fast days of prayer wer proclaimed by Congress i on on Jan uary 4 and another September 26, 1861. When the Confederate victory of Bull Run made the South blase! with confidence of victory the Rich-' mond congress proclaimed a - day of thanksgiving. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 29, 1906, edition 1
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