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. , CM tv, ri.u Tuil-aheri. very C:y in Lha Year.- subscription rRicm. UAILX. One 'yeaX' ........ $. hix mouth line uiontns .W One year mx months ............ Three mouth I'UBLIStlEKS' ANNOUNCEMENT. No. 34 South Tryon gtreei. Tele phone numbers Business office. Hull Vone 7t; city editor' omcc Hell i 'phone 134: news editor' office, Bell phone . Advertising rates ere furnished on application. Advertiser may I eel mre -that ('.rough the coluirws of this paper Uy may reach at Cfcarlotte and a portion of the beet people In - this State and upper South Carolina. This paper give correspondent a : vide latitude as it, think public policy ljermits bet it is In no case respon sible for their views. . It is much t preferred tnat correspondent siau : l!iir names to their articles, espe cially In case where they attack iitrson or Institutions, though thl .. ie not demanded. The editor reserve . the right to give the names of cor lespondents when they ate demand- : ., ed (or th purpose of personal satia faction. To receive consideration a . communication must be accompanied by the trua nam of the correspon- - dent VISITORS TO THE EXPOSITION Will find The Observer at the NortB Carolina Building on tlie grounds and oa sale at Uto following named plates in JVorfolk: ; Potts ft Uocder. ilonticello News Stand. The American Newspaper Co. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1907. MAJOR 11KMPII1LL A CANDIDATE? We have never been able to get a Una on the alleged condidacy of Major J. C Hcmphil!, the distinguished edi tor of The Charleston News and Cour ier, for tho United States senatorahlp in succession of Senator Latimer. It was sprung many months ago by his friend and neighbor, Mr. T. It War ing, the equally accomplished editor Of The Charleston Evening Post, was taken up by various other South Car olina papers, nd for tho greater part baa borne the aspfK't of a je.Bt. Hut row "it looks sorlous and perhaps , would have done so before except for the fact that Major Hemphill is so given to Jest nlmseir. . But In The New York Herald, r Sunday, Is a 'lengthy tory about it from Charleston, ac companied by a handsome two-col- limn Cut of tho subject a slupllcatft of that which appeared In The Ob server a few days uk the story re Citing, among other things, that "As a matter of fact the Homphlll boom was launched with purh a semblance of levity that at the very outset many! leaders absolutely mused to neneve , he was eolna- to dtipart from the c'ourso he had so -long pursued and become an applicant for the suffrages of the. party;" but fhat "Doubters are rapidly being convinced by the In sistence of Major Hemphill's follow ers that they have authority for the work which they are doing in his .be half." This sounds solemn enough but approached Olroctly upon the sub ject, "he talked freely" "but always In a tone that left one in doubt a to whether he took it seriously. " Leading Democrats, however, believe timt he is In the race and in It to stay. ' ' "I am a Cleveland Democrat. a I Imve always boen." Major I I'-mpldll S lid to-day. "Some of nur rerent riiitloiiiil platforms hnv .nt.ilnpc! plunks wlilcli re distinctly repugnant to my princl tles. Hut I have hwn ;ind am now a party man. I Imve supported the imm nea ,find I shnll do so .itnln Should my loyalty tie ijtr.iliud ax severe ly In tli future r,h it. has hem sti'uin. 'l Jn the past. When I sy I um f'!ev.. hifid Democrat J dMne try conviction In no uiio.Ti.iln v.ny ;md In h way, too, which I am w II HWurc would not lie Ollllrely popular with u largi; part of tie- n..., ..r r. ...It.L. f.f .1. Tnlted ta:c senutorshlp from Mouth .init t u'-i" j (i i iiioMuniiT it., iim; j. Carolina." Editor Waring being asked for an . interview on the subject, replied promptly and with f-mphasls: "Of eoiirs- H'.-inphill Is n candidate:' The original ainiiuncemcnt of tills fact 'W8 niatle hy iriyself on Hoijth Carolina - Day t h Jamestown Imposition. In sn Interview, which 1 gave out to a Norfolk paper, 1 then HHte! our position. The -trading oIltldan or ti e fititte were lirewnt anil were Informed of what whs : going on. Tlie mutter was discussed nt " length Irt the presence of Governor An Sl. Hempliill is rtRliT to oecupy the t tltu4e he nsjitinie In regard to hi cnndl dacjr, but you may tle n tnnu me und I think If riny one BhcuM he tilde to rrak WKh fitithortty I Fht.uld) that he will be lu the rae " Rut how about Waring? lie ought to make an altldnvlt. If Hemphill is . a candidate The Observer Is of oursn - for him but if this is some mora of Waring' Wooniln' sea, serpent husl- uess It want to Know u so tm It may transfer its Influence to ex-Governor Heyward. "The GaIveton News refers to hbn as "Covernor Glenn of rtouth raroMnH." TI bad enough !o mfitl.-ti Iho nutlicn-tk-Ky of th? MickhmburK lieclsMtloti, or to altumpt to rob North fiirolitia of - the honor of having ttvn birth to An drew Jackson; but to attribute to a uls ter Ommonweslth the uriiaralloled and titidupllCHtil Glenn, In tMi production of Whom Ue Old North fitatt tiHS reached 11m rroww and acme of It glorious . oehlevements, Is to deal it the 'most un klriedt cut Of all.' Iteally our Texas contpmifirnry should have more regard for th filingn of leva I Tur Ii-eln, if it lift none for fooricv of statement." Morfnlk Virginia n-Pil'it. Jt in amazing now lit tie. some nen Who write for newspaper do know, : Our Norfolk contemporary's, refer ence to Ihv Mecklenburg Declaration sind Andrew Jackson -are thrown away on The Galveston News, We liar a no icd-a that paper ever heard ,of t'lther. An Inllan-apolls dispatch of yester . ity my that sevrsl railway teleg t raihsrs have he'ti djKchargl Cmt? for refusing to tn-n.I commercial nics age and,th-!r pla-ccs filled hy strlk-' r, - AVe untlrtand that the chlof.of the ordpr of railway telegraphers ha passed out order to this olas of op erators not to Strik. jylng that the ordor has a contract wlUi' the tele graph wra panic nd It must lie. lived up tA This Is an observance cl'gooi -falrtl rhtrh"oef-hlB"CTfrdlt. "' 1 "" i.i. ....iv .LMi':-T or Lib.-;!-!;.-, !o g!?;. title la.ly ivho stan.U in tmtnt Jit Uie eirtram-e of Now York 'harbor, will b 21 " "years old October 2S. The Now York Sun is reminded how ohe was unveiled one drizzly day in the prwenco of Pres ident Cleveland, Count de JU&saeps, who (had scored a great success et Sue and vas about to poor a great failure at Panama, Sculptor Bar tholin, amd other notables. It was a great day, tout Its memory (has grown dim. "Only when ia (bill comes in tor the tfoddess' millinery r to snake a hotter sawing 'tdtor for , statuesque boauty and Improve heir surround ings' says The Sim rejninteeenUy, "are ,"we renktmtad ttrf; nat an " ' kn- Dontant femlile sh was n October-' 28, 1886,' and ttvow we tingled with patriotism .. and . flhouted ourselves hoarse in her (honor. The town, was covered wltih 'bunting,, end Old Glory waa flaunted from peak and flaepole; there was a great parade of the cnUi- tiary and volunteer flaremein; the dual ity and itihe magnates and dlffniunes powdad a revteiwlng: Btand at ihV Worth immunnww; bnei were urrpres elve movfe! enaniouvres for that day; all Now York was on the streets, and J in fthe everUiig the eky was filled wifthj flreworlw." So pasiea gflory, : Miss Lliberty da already old. It must be nice to "be a king. The legislative assembly of the Transvaal j has Just voted, 42 to 19, to purchase the Culllnan diamond for King Ed ward "in token of the loyalty of the people of the Transvaal and in com memoration of the grant of respon sible government to tho colony." It is stated that "the Culllnan is the larg est diamond known. It was found in the Premier mine In 1905 and was named for the president of tho com pany owning the mine. Its dimen sions, uncut, were 4 1-2 Indiea long, 2 3-4 In depth nd 2 1-3 in breadth. It weighed 3,025 3-4 carats. Its value Is estimated at $750,000. Under the diamond law the government owns three-fifths of the atone. This will make the price to be paid to the com pany by the government $300,000." Yes, It must be nice to he a kin. When Edward puts this diamond in Ills large white shirt-front and rides through the streets he will be tho envy of every barkeep In London. We thought we were through with Andrew Jackson and his birthplace but The YOrkvlile, S. C, Enquirer re produces a letter which hc wrote In 1824 In which he referred to South Carolina as his native Plate. Hc did this on at least two other occasions, but very few of u know where wo were born. We don't happen to think at the moment to enoulro where we are at in what htate or county una what the time of day. Very few are; emmweu, mait-u, as "' ! by of whkh the papers told ne ' months 'ago, with the power of speech at the outlet, "our first language be ing that of mourning." Hut the fact that Jackson was born at the house of Gcorgo MeKamio has never been disputed and tho deeds to that douse and land are recorded in Mecklenburg coupty. That is the end of all argu ment. Mr. Daley, master of transportation of the Illinois Central ifaillroad, tes tifying in New York two or three days ajco for the Southern Railway, said that 8 5 per cent, of t".ie huslness done by the Southern In North Carolina Is luter-State. We take It that he was i taking .bout the freight .business and j If he wis right our business Is with Vl.n!the Inter-Htate coin merce nom mixtion, j lint whoever hoard of its doing any- tninK? Still, with reasonable . . : State rates the business conducted among ourselves coul.l be vastly en larged and so the freight rates within . ... i .. .. i .... i rt .... ...... ""' nulie m "l"' u" '""" uulL tcr. The order issued by the Georgia railroad commission, which will go Into effect September 2d, unless en joined by the roa.ls, makes the fol lowing rates and dnssrs: "Haas A. two cents n mil-: The At-! lsiita slid West Point mid tlie Western ond Atlanta railroad 'Chifs M, .'A ient a mile: Atlantic Coast Line, the, Charleston and West Carolina, ami the Georgia railroads. "Class C, cents a mile: The Alu liama Great Southern, Central of (ieor nl'i. tieorMia Southern and i'lorlda, Ken. hoard Air Line ami the Southern 1UII w a y "Class H liifliides nearly all of tha etlier raill.uid lima at. three cents a mile." j This Is one time, strange to say, ithat the Southern did not catch It. j It was conveyed to Tho Observer j yesterday that Mr. Hugh Wilson, of Abbeville. S C, who has Jut Issued a booklet In which he Attacks tho i msloniry work of the A. H. P. Church in Mexico and incidentally the Synod which sustains the work, la not a memlier of that Church nor any otiier. From the fact that he refers In his booklet to "we" and "us," and the further f t th-at ho put Jn his oar at all, Tim obsever assumed, very naturally it thinks, that he Ja of the communion wnlch ho criticises, Tho conlrary being the case, wc .marvel at his nerve. Tht' Washington correspondent of The Hlclunond Times-Dispatch his mentioned m fact which The Norfolk Vlrginliin-Pilot nays It commented on some month ago: "The' large number of iMMnocratle (dike-holders wio Je precata In private cotivcrsGion the nomination of Mr. Bryan, but who in their public utterances take a differ ent line." We hope our Virginia con temporaries don't think they hava discovered oni,-:hing new If Editor Hornphlil. of The" Charles ton News and Courier, is elected to the United Hlates Henate he will bo tho only Seceder in body, Morgan I lack lont Koroiic. r New York, 'Aug, 2L J. Plerpont Morgan ayrlved her from 15 u rope to Bar twrThe mtmamtr-dnlt LLC .iUl.xCl : P.-ifco One.) i foit was made in combination with Ntw Englaiidcrs and how the bill was held up by Cannon again. "And now finally," said the Sena tor In closing, "we may talk about the -splendor's and glories of our country, of our great navy, of our well-equipped army, of our great coastal fortifications, but the great ness of the United States lie not In Its army, its navy or Ita flag, but In the character of Its Individual citi ions." Dr. H. M. Wilder then introduced Mr. Tompkins, who spoke In sub stance as follows; Jilt. TOMPKINS' ADDRESS. , Every country has now and again to deal with a crlals. . One hundred year ago this was a manufacturing country. Slavery icame and thero was a crisis. Our forefather made the wrong decision "about slavery and the result waa a civil wr and an en tire reversal of Cue civil decision. Our fattier (had another crisis to deal with after the war. Christian civ ilization was in the balance. The peo ple of our own flesh and blood at the North were against us, but here . we pursued the right course and tipped t'ne ecale in favor of Christian civili sation. , We more than weatihered the Btornt of that crisis and aaved the n vtion as well as the old slave States from a fate such as has overtaken many of the South American coun tries. .', ' "-' '' ' We are now confronted with aev eral, propositions of transportation which we must handle with courage and discretion, for in the right or wrong solution of tlhese are tied up our prosperity both in the near and the distant future. This subject of trans portation has three rwaia divisions, viz.: (1) County roads and bridge; (2) Railways, and (3) Deep-sea ships. COUNTY ROADS., I have often quoted an expression from a peech of Robt. Y. Hayne, ad vocating the construction of a trunk line railway from Charleston to Cin cinnati, years before the , civil war. He mid, "I know of nothing except the Christian religion, Which can be compared with the Influence of a free social and commercial Intercourse for softening asperities, removing preju dices, extending knowledge and pro moting hummn happiness." Th& county of Mecklenburg is a leader in the construction of macadamised public highways. Who Is there that would be willing to take back the money so far spent and give .up the roads? If there are none, then the val ue of 'the roads is proven. Therefore the proposed issue of bonds for roads and 'bridges will be . payiing invest ment. We need not only further ex tension of our present road system, but bridges across the Catawba to give us free social and commercial inter course with our neighbors in Gaston and Lincoln counties, iO our advan tage and theirs. Let's all vote for the bonds, extend our fine road sys tem throughout the country and meet the people of Lincoln and Gaston counties lhalf way or even a Irittlt? more than ihalf way, in the matter of bridges over the Catawba. RAILROADS. The poople and the railroads are now In severely strained relations. The people are as Sampson. The railroads are a the temple. The peo- J. ' t pio snould mako the rajaroans ao But it would ibt foolish to pull down the temple, and it is useless. 1 do not believe the railroads have right in the past. In the .matter of frulght rates the railroads are doing this State worse than the State can do them In the matter of passenger rates. By striking blindly In the dark the evil cannot ba remedied. The ruilway managers are not In position to remedy tihe present evils. The managing operators are undoubtedly doing the best they can, and are, un der, existing circumstances, dicing well. Jn the matter of railways we are dealing with two crises at once. (1) We are nearlng the maximum of consolidation and stock watering and I (2) the maximum of freight and of I passenger traffic. The management j of tho physical properties are called upon to make prollts on the securl I tics and at the earn a time do a mul i tiple service for the people and all ; with old and liiudcqmite facllJtlea How can the railroad men do it? The T' Wt moTt .hard-worklmr ueorle .the railroad men. and this in. hides Pres. Kinlcy and from him down. Presi- 7;,1,.eu u,l li'liu.. .t,. (tin iniihl.!. lll lll. 1I1IHJ 'I'l'UV 'V 1. VHV TMUVIX. lit ii I .i vh i j i uuiiii r i.i fi'uu iwi.... . u I with other nillroad men are called upoh to stand between the tires of the owners--those who are to Wame for manipulation, on one side and the Jtist rights of the people on the other. 'Iiiiey iimst do the best they cau un der existing law and I believe they are doing so, and In good faith. There nre evils. The people miurt demand too correction of these evils, ibut we must not demand Impossibilities of a i. liiiWt alremdy , nver Iurdened. Above u.t things, we snouid not take t'T and press the railroads to our tw" injury aim nooouy a oeueui. u is all light to whip a bal ond unruly child, but i tot right to kill It. A KLDISRAL FUNCTION. The United States Industrial Com nilssli ii of wbkiii 1 had tho honor to bo u member, ltivesUgaited this suib Ject of mllway transportation. Elgh-ly-flve j.cr .-f lit. of railway service Is intei-Slale. The States cannot reg ulate and control iuter-Stato trans portation. ' Intcr-Stuto and foreign commerce is upocllleaMy reserved as a Federal function. It is, therefore, no cmruichincnt upon state's rights lor tne natiion to take icnarge of a -business that is elghty-flvc per cent, national and fifteen per cent, inter- cii.iiii-, tvii) hhii wiiiin ii mi er maps iu remedy an evil by throwing it linto confusion Is ia bad remedy. The Industrial Commission above rr-ferred to reported titwt the Jiest so lution of the railway .problem w-aa to require the railways doing an Inter state l)tislnes to Hike out national charters ami then put them in the same harness of national examination publicity and . control as that exercis ed over t'he national bonks. Make them put In honest caplta4. offer hon est securities and honestly expose profits, losses and freight' charges. Jn tin-is ourse only, lies an effective remedy for existing evils. I am not e peeking of Jocal or passing condi tions. Without a national control, like that exercised over the national banks, the Mate's ollicers and the r(il wuy olllccrs are doing the best they can. It Is extremely important that we hold to our rights to have Justice and ypt not destroy .both property value and progress pending th working out of the full and right remedy. I the llevo Vhe people have pressed the roads to mark the point of safety at the present time. We should not lot up ln pressing for an ultimate and perma nent remedy, hut this snould toe upon Mm of nation! flnanchtf police con trol und not upon further harassment hy separate Mutes. With all Its frtiill we have the best railway serv ice in the world, Freight ratss are cheaper and passenger accommoda tion re oetter than anywhere-else In tho world. In lighting for dlfferen tiijl rnrrctlon wo do not want to do stroy our leading advntgt. , DKEP REA SHIP On hundred years ago ws Tin.! TlhA " service ""ur"o!i!an transportation. :iai;ked by (Oiiniinuf d tiom t-; 1 ,' i i... j'i i .,J.v 0 i;o i 1 i r et :,:, Uii.u are we ou.; : :.,' t. - Parar.i-i-canal for? I answer, for tng WAi, G"r nuia fend French merchant hlps. Not for our own because practical: speait-, lne, we have hone. - England, Germany and France want our cotton not our cotton goods. They ere willing to send their sub sidized Fihlps after our cotton, hut not to take our cotton goods to for eign markets. Is there a man in this audience wbo will- deny that the Hun tersvilie mill 1s a big benefit to the neighboring farmer? Since the mill wus put ia operation the farmers' tend Is worth more. His cotton Is worth more. .His perlshalrfe farm products pre iwortih more. Before you (had any cotton mill you paid ft bonus to get a railroad. You would, not to-day take back your bonus and give up your railroad. By the influ ence of your mil road and your (fac tory you have done well. Why not a lltWe something to put your factory products in Bouth America at JO, cents a pound instead of shipping your raw cotton to England at 10 cents a pound. You have done well by your help to construct a railroad. Your factory has helped you even in the domestic market Why not help it to - raaoh foreign markets and .bring Iback here 80 cents a pound for cotton In the form of cloth instead of 10 cents a pound in the form of raw cotton 7 , IN OEN'BRAU -Slavery is gone.1. The reconstruction is finished. The negro is no longer 4n our way. We must give up politico-economic principles which were evotved by statesmen who were advo cates of slavery to fit the Institution. The negro is no longer & menace. On the contrary we have educated him to be a good citizen and a help. Noon ing tout -the institution of slavery has ever been a .hindrance to Southern progress. The hindrance would have been the tame if the slave had been & white man. The negro is no mora in the way of Southern progress Uhan the Indium was in the way of prog ress in the whole United States, In deed, ho is far less in the way than the Indian was. : Let -me in the end recommend (1) Build and maintain good coun ty roads and bridge the Catawba to giive u social and cornmerctoi inter course with our neighbors on the otiher side. ( 2 ) Press for the rights of the peo ple in their relations with the rail roads tout don't strike too much in the dark. Press for Federal examina tion, regulation and publicity, same as is now exercised over tho national banks. In a degree withhold judg ment until this Federal control Is ac complished unless the railways in the meantime continue further agrgreslons against the people of the State. Up to the present time, the State's affairs have handled the matter well for the people. I believe that continued firmness, sbut continued Jlberality and conser vatism should be the rule hencefor ward until the principles of future conduct is worked out in the courts, In the Legislatures and in Congress. Our State (has made so far the best headway In the solution of a nation al problem. Let us not tbe rash but go forward with that Judicial patience and conservatism which will land us at) the right conclusion not only for our state .out ror tne nation. (S) Help along the measures to put our national flag upon the deep seas again and make markets for Ameri can cotton m the form of goods at 30 cents to $1 a pound, as ag"alnst 10 cents pound for raw cotton. Eng land, France and Germany are will ing enough to take the cotton at 10 cents and get back from Soufih Am erica, or other foreign country, cash for the cloth tat 30 cents to II a pound out ii we wou.iu export manuiaciur ed .products we must have our own merchant ships and if we ever get thorn, it will be ilk we get good roads by paying for tnem. BANK CASHIER DISAPPEARED. DroptKKl Out Mysteriously and Is Found Wandering Aimlessly in the l OCK1S. Tarboro Southerner, 20th. L. F. Hales, u ashler of tjie Pinetops Banking Company, (Eidgecombe county), has disappeared, and thus far no trace of him has been found since about sunset Mondav evenins. when ho wss seen about three miles from that place. He left the bank Monday Just be fore noon with a small book under hi arm. , No concern was manifested till he failed to return at night. Only a mental unbalancing Is sug gested for his strange conducts He has a brooding disposition and Is in clined to magnify troubles. It Is be lieved that some fancied trouble has temporarily deranged his mnlnd. He Is u expert - accountant wnd keeps as clean a set of books as any cashier In the State; ? These have been carefully examined and found cor rect, and the cash In the bank tally ing with the books. He has a most excellent wife, who is prostrated with grief, for she believe that he has taken his own life, Mr, Hales is much esteemed In Pinetops, his disappear ance has caused deep "concern and sincere sympathy for him and his family. Later. About noon a searching party found him In the woods about three miles away, wandering aimless ly around. (STEALS SUNDAY SCHOOL FUNDS. Woman TrenKurer ' Misappropriates . and Fearing tho Wrath of Husband, Lonvcs Her Home. New York. Aug. m.--Leaving a note saying that she would rather Pace vieath than meet her husband's wrath when he 'learned that she had misappropriated $100, which was In her keeping, as treasurer of the Sun day a.'&oop 6f St. Mark's Evangelical church, Mf'. Andew Goets left her home, Jn West New York, on Fri day and has -not be'en,, heard from since by her fimily. Most of the money In tho woman's charge was collected by, the Sunday school children for a new church which the trustee jplanned to build. Mrs, Goets's husband is a shipping cUrk. employed ,In New York. The couple hove been . married for iS years. '-..- . , DIRECTOR W. Ii. SI3DDOX RESIGNS Will Continue With Eipositlon in an Advisory Capacity. . Norfolk. Va., Aug.?2L W. L. Sed don, director of works of the James town Exposition, has resigned to take effect at once. Tho demands upon his time as superintendent of motive power of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-" way, it is announced, necessitated the top. The division of works will be turned over to W. M. Dixon, assistant to IHrcrtor General Barr. 1 Mr, Bed don will continue with the exposition in an advisory capacity. "Tell tho ofjlmfs to arrest the darkfya who go -through the street wlt nothing ovrr their upper-bodies but tfBUM shirts," suht a traveling man at tide Central, yesterday, "Up-to-date towns will nut permit that sort of dress." . J. W. Itansoh haibn elected principal of th Hopewell JIlgK School l,n Long Creek township. The school will open Tuesday, September 31 Mr. Ranson is an A. B. graduate of tha Muskingum College tt New Concord, Ohio, II li well fitted lor tha position. t t v The "school shou'ii le l.i Ui,y, wiui physical culture emj Lar l, . because a graduate invalid a sad su.it rcr and greatly to be pitied. It should also be moral, with a bright, popu lar, interesting end aggressive Libia course, for to educate a wicked man will only give him more power to hurt and harm his country. If fine, sclentiiio penmanship' Is taught, you know that It will aid your boy's success In life. , Now, the Bingham School, Mebane, N. C, not only has this Bible course, Physical Culture end Penmanship, but- also many other merits; For example, the . boys and teachers live together In Intimate, , cordial rela tionship. . There Is also a " large faculty of graduates. The location is remarkable, being a sweet school home In the country, removed from most temptations and - yet accessible (being right on the- railroad. " The discipline 1g a modified Military Sys tem and the prices low for the ad vantages offered. Many other points of interest are - mentioned in the handsomely illustrated catalogue ; of the school,,, which will . be sent for only a postal card request, addressed tO- ' iV-t. ..- .-r;": . - , ' ,1 . PRESTON LEWIS GRAY. B. I. Principal .Bingham School. . . Mebane. N. C . - f ' y GREAT! WORK, A Letter From California Mr. Bry , an Gardner Writes Ills Apprecia tion of a Good Tiling . I hav-been living at .this place tor fourteen months, and I don't think a day passed over ' my head ' that I haven't thought " bt the Keeley In stitute and its great - work and the great good it did for me when I took the , treatment there about fourteen years ago. You can ay to any of your patients under treatment, and to any one else who ia in need of the treatment, that if they will SO to the Keeley Institute at Greensboro and give to the management their thorough co-operation, a, cure will surely follow and they will never again have any thirst for liquor or drUgs as long aa life lasts. Very truly yours, BRYAN GARDNER. Long Branch, Cal., May 2, 1906. THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE. Something About the Work '. of the MeH Who Sit at a Key For a Living Company's Average Wage Is 5u a month and It Pays 80 Per CenL in Diviilends The. Operators' Side of the Case. To' the Editor of Th Observer: Bad (business, this . telegraphers' strike? 1 ,-v v It affects pretty much everything. Seems hardly fair, perhaps, that any body of men should be permitted to upset the whole country in this way. You may be one of those people who feel, vaguely, that the government ought to step in and do something. Listen! Do you know anything about the work of a telegraph operator? He is a' man who sits all day, 8 hours, 12 hours, often 18 and 18 hours tat a tlittle key about the size of a quarter. With three fingers around the key he spells out in. dots and dashes letter after letter, word after word. Many a telegraph opera tor's daily sending is 13,000 words, spelled letter by ( letter, a number of dots and dashes for each letter. Think of that. Sixteen thousand words, .perhaps 65,000 letters, some thing like 200,000 tiny sounds that beat against tne delicate mecnanism of the human ear; each flashed at the highest possible rate of spaed. Often these words are cryptlc,vuninteuiglble, meaning nothing to-him because they are in code, always every word is im portant. Mistakes mean immeasur able financial loss. A mlssent letter may cost a hundred illves. It is the highest form of skilled la bor. It means the keenest intelli gence. It means educated brains. Its demands upon the nervous system are tremendous. Men, concentrating ev ery ounce of nerve force upon that little key for 16 and 18 hours, go home nervous wrecks. Some will tell you that many a night they send again In their sleep all the messages of the day-dot, dash-dot, dash-hours and hours and hours of this merciless reflex activity until It seems that the brain must burst. How much do they get for this? Different prices, as Httle as tho com pany can pay. Some get $40 a montn. Many get 'less. In the larger cities they receive more. But the average pay of a telegraph operator, the country over, is about $0 a month,, a salary with which a man cannot clothe himself decently, cannot eat, cannot live himself, let alone caring for his wife and chil dren. And what does the company get out of It? The company pays 30 per cent div idends! Think Of that, will you? Thirty per cent, dividends, not only on Its actual investment, but on mil lions and millions of dol lars of watered stock 80 per cent. Dividends . on flcrltous money that has no more existence thin the conscience of a moneyklng! The telegraph operators struck In 1883, and failed, Their union was al most "blotted out. They were misera bly paid then, and when the strike was broken, wages were further re duced. To-day the telegraphers' un ion is stronger than it has ever been. It is better prepared. It is more wide ly -organised. It has trained tip for this fight. The telegraph trust has taken possession of one of the most beneficent inventions of the age. The value of the telegraph to the people can hardly be over-eBtimated. Its pos sibilities used, not abused, are im measurable. But the telegraph trust has abused these possibilities, until it appears that we have almost comt to the time when the government must take hold and operate the telegraph Itself, either in connection with th Postofftce Department, as Is done In several countries euocessfully, or in dependently of that department. For the present the ftrike 1s un pleasant. Business is suffering. Money is toeing lost. The publlo is being put to a.grwt deal of Inconvenience. But It s worth it. And if you are inconvenienced, re member this: skilled intelligence ha been working for ISO a month so that a company could pay 80 per. cent, dividends, CHARLOTTE LOCAL NO. 44. Ortor Attacks 3Ian. i London Graphic. . A young man, named Tom Barker wai boating on the Eden at Klrkby Stephen yesterdny when he saw an otter in the water and struck at It wltit his oar. The otter lumped into thn boat and attacked him, but Bar kr. after a severe tussle, killuj it. Ti e otter was a 'ma: and in t imijy wis rtatllng In t t.ilghbonou I, ,( , ' , , s - ,IIe Needs to Be Careful. Durham Herald. " 1 . The Governor should be careful how he tackles the freight rate proposition or some one will be accusing him of , attempting. to .do omeUalngor..iU property Interest or the Stat. I p nv UUOJU Beginning this morning ' Ladies' Wash Suits, WsisBu Jacket . -'C'".-v: ; '-' -:;i .V. i-I- 'A;;-' " ''..,.;. '.;.:;-," .'-,."' sv- -':'..'.-:.?:!: .'""'ii-i.v,' ;! .?.",:! ";-V" V'".'i r.''.". .,,i"iV..i" ''i-'i';' : but the latest productions in ready-to-wear wash. garments. 'Tlie sale is cash only, and ehai-ges will be made for alterations. '' ':' i ' - ' ' " ' ' '''.',' -. '- ,- '' .''.- ..-'.'.. t:. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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