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CHARLOTTE DAILY : OBSERVER, 11AY 31, 1003. bonds, esslgnlng a number , of objec tion to th ct of the Legislature nd the validity of the election. Merm tnonVc, J.' y that mon other rea eons It wsfurgea that the set . was , : void, "in that It sutnortsed a tax upon same popular -BaWy" Boydea that ' property alone and cot upon polla etc" After discussing the question at length, he concludes that the llmlta- tlon and equation prescribed by c- - tlon 1. Art V, did not apply to' taxes - l-vled to pay interest and principal of bonds issued by municipal corpora tions : pursuant to Art, VU Sec. 7. . The general discaaslon i along the ; em llnea-as in the preceding case. The question regarding the limitation on 1 counties for special purposes is "not presented, because the county bad - not proposed to Issue any bonds. He distinguishes counties as qua-sl muni cipal, from cities and tawns as muni cipal corporations. He says that or dinary expenses, for which the Lfgls lature ' may . 'approve a special tax. are auch as are Incurred for "building court houses, bridges, etc. He fur ther says that h"e there Is much dicta tnere has been no decision of the questtatv In Board of Education v. Commissioners, 137 N. C. HO. the j nn.i ini nrmented rs-as whether the poll tax levied pursuant, to a special act authorising a property u. . tr tnr the uurroe of working the roada could be applied to that pur . roue, or whether Sec I, Art. V. ap plied it to education and the support of the poor. The tax had been levied and .-Dald. We were confronted with h nrovlsiona of Sec.. 3 and of Sec 7. Every ct .of the General Assembly levying- tax shall state the object ' to which it is to be. applied and It shall b applied and to no other pur " pose." We "felt constrained to give affect to the last section. We felt the force of the contradictory sections and the writer of that, and of this, opinion referred to the construction wlarl atn,in the constitution by the court in Jones v. Commissioners, and said: "Wo are constrained to hold that the act under which the tax to work the roads of Macon county was authorised, necessarily provided for the capitation tax and that its col lection was lawful." We concluded the opinion with the statement that "it was best to decide only the ques tion before us." In Collie v. Commis sioners. 145 X. C. 10. In which this , our reviewed and over-ruled the Barksdale cane, this language Is used, mttb the approval of four members: "While the General Assembly must regard such limitation upon It pow er to tax as denned in many decisions of this court, when providing for the carrying out of objects, of Its own creation and the ordinary and cur rent expenses of the State govern ment, yet, when It comes to providing for those expenses espeelally directed by the constitution Itself, we do not think the limitation was Intended to apply. Although the Legislature must observe the ratio of taxation between property and the poll, provid ed In Aft V, Section 1. it Is not re quired to obiterve the limitation upon the poll and the property tax. If thereby they are prevented from giv ing effect to the provisions of Art IX." Mr. Justice Walker, In a con curring opinion, says: "The generaJJ limit of taxation is fixed, of course, at M 3-3 cents on the hundred -dollars In value of property, as 1 have already Indicated, by the provision in regard to the equation, and the maxi mum of the poll tax which Is two dollars on the three hundred dollars of property at its true value in cash. Ail the above provisions were evi dently Intended to apply to taxes lev led for general ftate and county pur poses, and could not, by any admis sible rule' of interpretation, apply to the taxes required for the support of the schools." Again, he says: "To my mind, at least, it Is perfectly clear that this power of taxation In order to educate and enlighten the people, is not In any way subject to the pro vision as to the limit of taxation fixed by other articles and sections of the constitution, but what Is known as the equation must be Just and not neces sarily Inconxiotent with Art. IX, and perhaps should be observed. It Is not necessary that I should express any binding opinion sis to this mat ter." We have endeavored to note every case from which any light may be found upon this difficult question. We have read the "dlacusHlon by Mr. Justice Rodman, 66 N. C. Appendix, with Interest. It Is evident that he had given the questions arising upon the system of revenue and taxation established by the constitution, ma ture, anxious consideration. With his uniform candor, lie says: "On so difficult and novel a iiuestion It would be unbecoming to be rimh or dog matic. I entertain thy opinions with great respect, n-t only for those of my brethren but nil other mnfllJ thinkers." In State v. Godwin et ul Yll N. C. 637 the defendants wer- ludl.-ted for not performing certain imie.i Imposed upon them ss hup rvlsors .f the pub lic roads. They averred Uiat they had been advlm d by couiixel Unit, the statute imposing mk h Julie u In valid because it ! vleri the tux upon property 'inly and not on tue poll aio. The real question, therefore, v. at whether they had unlawfully and wil fully 'rtolsted their duty. It Is true that the court said that the act was Invalid for that reason. It is mani fest that the question was not given ' much consideration. No authority Is cited. We cannot treat, or con sider, this decision n control! ng. and final, in respect to so important a question, in the absence of any other dicislon so holding. It i.i clearly held In . Eroadnax v. Groom (4 N. C. 245 that . tax to provide, for building bridges Is for a special purpose with in the meaning of Kec. 6. It would eern that the term for "county pur poses" used in Sec. S.t.hould be con strued to mean ordinary current ex penses of the county government, otherwise no significance is 'given to the words "specUl purposes." the dls- , uncuon wing Deiween ordinary, uaual county purposes which cannot exceed "double the. Statu tax." end special county purposes Ucb may, with the "special approval of the General As sembly ." do so. It may be that, as suggested bf : Judge Hodman. . the framers Of it be constitution Intend ed that, for both ordinary and special purposes, the State and county tax combined, should never exceed . two dollars on the three hundred dollars' valuation of property; that th only purpose of making a distinction be tween ordinary county. purpo and opecial purposes was to prevent the , counties . frorn71vytijf7jsjore'";than double the State tax" without the special approval of, the Genera! As sembly. nl that with .auch approval - the entire tax. for ordinary and special purposes, should not exceed the limitation." This construction was rejected . as : Impracticable. ' Settle. J. saying "It 4s admitted that : the . Eiat government Helf cannot exist twelve month under this construc tion of the- constitution." If the framer of the constitution supposed that under the '"new order" , which they were Inaugurating in tba State fha limit which they undertook V Ha wm nracticable It is not the first Instance In the His tory of mankind that wise, tarseetng statesmanship, with an- intimate knowledge of the past and familiar acquaintance with the present coi dit ons of a people are essential to Oi.'innilriiitinll of a KVBIOKI Of OV- eminent suited and adopted to their fiitun welfare. We cannot reaa tn nniniAni nt the lustlces lit Unlversi v n C". vs. Holden. Supra a with out seeing that tney saw ma - mw system or scheme or taxation . wm Impracticable unless exception were made. The position that no- taxes rnnlil h levied beyond two dollars bn the three hundred' dollars worth or property for any purpose was re torted bv all of the Justices.- The suggestion that after that limit was nassed. the amount or tne poll tax is left to th? uncontrolled discretion of the General Assembly, we do not think finds support in the language of the constitution, but is excluded by the positive command that "the State and ccunty tax combined shall never exceed two dollars on the head." and further provision limit ing Its application to the purposes of education and the support of the poor. In the light and with the aid of all that has been written on the subject, we do Wot think that there is any tenable "middle ground" upon which to permanently rest the solution of this question. Eltner, the equation between the poll and the property tax must run through, and control, every section of Amclo . ss well as Article VII Seci'oc without any power la the General Assembly to disregard It or It must bo confined to taxes levied for the "ordinary current expenses of the State and county government, ob serving the. positive command that the "State and county capitation tax combined shall never exceed two dollars on the head. As we have seen, the first alternative has been rejected and to enforce It would arrest the State and counties. In their varied spheres of progress and development. An examination of the returns of the State tax com mission for 1907 discloses the fact that l of the 7 counties (the last one formed not being organized) levied for ordinary counties purpose to the full limit of 23 3-3 cents on. property, the State taking 43 of the 62-3 cents. The others exceed that amount. This does not Include special taxes for subscriptions to railroads, building new court houses and Jails, Iron bridges, road Im provements, etc. To ndopt the other construction we confine the poll tax for all purposes" to two dollars .if provided by the constitution; apply It to the purposes directed, education and the support of the. poor and "to no otner purpose." It makes the capitation tax uniform, throughout the State, thus restoring the principle incorporated In the constitution of 1776 as amended In 1X35. It con forms to the express declaration of the people as expressed in the amendment ratified November, 1100, which provides that "every person presenting himself for 'registration shall . . . and before he shall be entitled to vote he shall have paiu, on or before the first day of May of the year In which he proposes to ote, his poll tax for the previous year as prescribed by Article V, Section 1 of the constitution." It Is a strange anomaly to say that, while the right to vote Is restricted by the n.vment of a ooll tax which "shall never exceed two dollars," the voter may be disfranchised for failure to pay a poll tax, tne amount t "- Is left to the discretion of the Gen eral Assembly, thus the constitution, ...oranteeln to every cltlsen, other wise auahned the right to vote by nnvin- m. noil tax of S3 and, by con atruetion, giving the General As .mhiv th nower to increase it to any amount they may deem proper, Whatever may have been the con struction prior to January 1, 101, we find In this amendment which then became part ofthe constitu tion, by the vote of the people, construction 'which gives full force and effect to the provision that the State and county capitation tax combined shall never exceed two dollars as prescribed In Article V Section 1. The State tax commls sinn, In their report to the Governor ft.r 1902. ii rut this lanmiaa-e: "We recommend that the poll tax be not levied except as a State and county tax. and that In no case shall the State and county capitation tax, com blned, be greater than two dollars a head, and that all laws authorizing municipalities to levy taxes on polls be repealed." They call attention to the constitutional provision. in their report of 1S04 they renew the recommendation "That poll tax lev- led under Article V Section 1-6 of the constitution b not permitted to exceed two dollars on the head This recommendation Is made be euiiMe the constitution limits It to this mini. Sec Article V, Hoctlon 1, opinion of Judge Rodman, appen dix to 68 N. C. 620. And experience lias demonstrated that this is hh ir-uih I:- these liable for It hav ability to pay." They call itbMitlon to the fact that 34.980 out of the 273,K:!K polls listed for the ar ltfOJ were Insolvent. ThHr wry well considered comments are worthy of serious consideration. The attention of the le gislature being culled to the subject, we find that It htw. In two statutes, chapter 480, Laws 1905, of local application, and chapter l.",r. I.awM 1907. of general application, expressly dec In rod its construction and repealed all jaws which con flicted with such constitution cer tainly as to towns and v'ltjes. If not to counties. While not conclusive, or binding upon us, this construction Is entitled to much weight, and as uniformly held by us, tne slatutis will not be declared void unless we are fully convinced, after much care ful consideration, '.hat they ere cleurly In conflict with the constitu tion. They indicate that the sub ject is exciting the attention of the General Assembly. We have ap proached he consideration of . it with the aid of able exhaustive oral argument and well prepared briefs. As snld by many of the Justices ,f this court, it is fraught with difficul ty. No one felt this more strongly or gave It more anxious thought than Mr. Justice Hodman, who In his last expression In regard . to ' certain phases of It says: "On so difficult and novel question It would be unbecoming to be rash or dogmat ic." 66 JC. C. Appendix. He, as his associates, was called upon to con sider at a time, and under condi tions which were most embarrassing. The Bute had entered into .-"new order,", with new forces controlling her affairs. Many who werevmost hopeful - of the wisdom and success of. - the exeprlment, soon became doubtful and discouraged. Her debt ws -Incresslnf and the- expenses 4f administering .the government both State and county, wer Increasing, while ber resource and wealth were decreasing. , The majority of those wbor'ln the past had guided her course and administered her affafrs, were disfranchised. Everything was unset tied nd uncertain.- As said by the Chief Justice and Justice Rod man, It wa felt' necessary to place checks upon the different classes -of votere to prevent confiscation on the one hand and oppression en the other- It is 'difficult to undersUnd 4he environment' In which .the opin ion In University R..H. Co. v. Hold en were written, unless we recall conditions and tendencies, - which we would otherwise, prefer to forget After forty years, we are called upon to review . their word and opinions, under happier ,and more hopeful condition. . The Stat debt is well In hand, her bonds re at and abov jpar, her creoil is unquesuoneu, ii interest is proviaea ur u i of taxation.. Her railroad ' stock have become very valuable. The re sources of the , State , have ' reached proportion rendering It easy to pro vide for current expenses and to care for the unfortunate and amiciea;io educate ber children; to, promote all proper, and reasonable enterprise makina" for the- honor and; welfare of h Rtate iThe counties are im proving their, public highways, ihir public bolldjngs.' end,: In all ' proper ways, responding to the aspirations of an educated, patriotic, protfree- Elve, hopeful people.. -The wage earner amidst I this general progree and prosperity, with, the . struggle to maintain and give to his family the benefit which come . from It. . finds his burden of taxation 'increased. The poll tax. which the -constitution tells him. - In no uncertain language. shall never exceed two dollars," baa In many --counties, - reached more than double this amount We were told on the. argument- by i counsel. well Informed, and representing the defendant board of . commissioner, who have opportunity for knowing of such matters, that this tax,, on the heads .of .families, .wage earners. become burdensome and oppressive. It is well calculated to retard the Immigration. Into our State, of de sirable citizens, especially' when! the amount which they may be called upon to pay for the privilege' of coming, is' uncertain and constantly increasing." Looking to ' the constitu tion of other States, we find that they provide for a specific poll tax, uniform in amount and application. In two States, Maryland and Ohio, the constitution prohibits the levy. of any poll tax. In Virginia It Is lim ited to $1.46 and In South Carolina. Georgia. Florida, and other State, to 11.00. In none ef the States, oth er than California and Oklahoma, Is It as much as 12.00. In a number of the States no reference Is made to poll tax. In all of the States wherein It Is levied, the amount Is fixed, uniform, and applied to pub lie education. Judge Cooley ya that "cavitation taxes are not a common resort In -. modern tlmea, I and only In a few case could they be Just or politic." 1 Taxation za. Without further discussing the tub- Ject we are brought to the conclu sion that the act of luo, cnapxer S40. is In accordance with the cor rect Internretatlon of the constitu tion. That the last clause in beciion Articio V. "And the State ana county capitation, tax combined shall never exceed two aouars on tne head." Is Imnerative and prohibits the levy of any tax upon the poll, for anv numose. In excess or mat sum That Section 2 aoplles the poll tax tn the nurooses of education na tne sunnort of the poor, and mat . tnia language withdraws it rrom any oin- er purpose, we are not imavwwni to the fact that this conclusion,. In this last resnect Is not In harmony with what was said -in Board of Edu cation vs. Hoard of Commissioners, 137 N. C. 310. As we have said, in that case the tax had been collected and the .only 'question was, which of two contradictory provisions should control. Under the construc tion which we gives Article V, the question cannot again art. ,. The plaintiff raises the question that "the poll tax. directed to be levied for th payment of the j-ailroad bonds, en ters into the contract and Its repeal violates the obligation thereof. The plaintiff has no such relation to th bonds, so far as this record disclose, as entitles it to raise the question. It has no contract rights to be - af fected. We decide that the commis sioners of Mecklenburg acted In -accordance with the statute In falling to levy more than two dollars on the poll and that the statute is a vaua exercise of power by the Legislature This conclusion render It unnece. sary to discuss the much - vexed question, as tn what Is, or Is not special purpose within the meaning of Section . Article V. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant board of commissioners have levied It cents on the $100 valuation of real and personal property for the purpose of paying the Interest on the bonds referred to In the complaint, amount ing to 1300,000. That the total valu ation of real and personal property In Mecklenburg county amount to IS2.439.697. That the levy Of.. 15 cnu yield $33,644. S3 whereas the amount necessary to pay the Interest is only $18,000. That no sinking fund Is being created to pay the prin cipal ol said bonds: that it Is in formed and believes that the execs over-the amount necessary to pay said Interest-is used - by defendant board of commissioner for the, gen eral county expenses.- Defendant ad mits that the total value of property Is as alleged. That the other ne gations. In respect to this cnusj of action, are . admitted "for the pur pose of this action alone." For. fur ther defence they say that, " at - the time the levy of IS rents was made, An I- 41 ul -1 . . ' . . . . - - i. iiiii w j ui tf uiib, iivi, niv ;:cppi!A QUICKLY:, ' ' L .' 1 f - '. ' aew Drug, Fm, Wow Obtainable! - ' i la Small Q nan title. Since t discovery one year' ego, the! new drug, poalam. has successfully euradl thousands of chronle esses of ecsemal ana otner ". distressing akin afflictions Heretofore Doalam haa hoon diaMnsndl solely , for the benefit of ecsema paUentsi in iri jars sufficient for a - iponm I treatment. . This wss found te be. an in- convenience to many thousands Who' ussl nr ror minor skin troubles, such as im-t Plea, . klsekhaada - haraaa . tfTii..' sealy I SCalD. comnlexlon hlemlaoea. ItchlnC feet. 1 piles, etc., which require but -a small I quantity to cure. To overcome this, shdj In response ' to - urgent appeals, the die-1 pensecs-of poslara- have keen-obliged to I adopt, in addltloa te the regular two-1 dollar Backaa-a. a soeclaT flftv-cent sixe. which In future' may be found oa sale at ft H. Jordan Co.'s and other- leading I drug stores In Charlotte, or may b or dered direct from the Eraerseocy Labora tories, No. U West 2th streev fork. City. .. In all caama cases poslam stops Itching with nrat' application, and pro ceeds to heal immediately; chronie case being cured la two. weeks. In lees senuusi skin troubles, reaulta are. seen after.-an I overnlcht .aDDllcaUon. t ' . Samples for - experimental- purposes I msy still be'hsd, -free of charge-by I writing to the laboratories for them.-. a V'r-'-?-- - ... -'V .v.-.:,.. .Vase.- , . - . .-v : . -' .-.' . ., - - . - -. - , . -.y . - ' " ' i ' - When ;digestioh i reaspriv it is vital tfiat; you start it. ; The only way is Kodol, for nothing else cariigest all fo plete. ; Pleasenote , our guarantee.; v - Xs - It- lB -wTon to auffer from imdlgestion.' when Kodol meam instant relief. Pleas let. It digest your food., -"-v. -. : . If your ankle wa lame yon would aid it If the body was weak yoa would rest it It is far more important to rest the weak stomach. -, -. y "Not by dieting, for that means partial starr tlon. The body requires many sorts of food. ' To cut' out some elements means to rob some parts. . But let Kodol, for a little time, do what the .stomach , ; cant '. . do." ' Then see how quickly - the Stomach recovers. , s -s purpose. It may .be held, to meet th interest-accruing for th coming year, for -a sinking- fund, as the provision of the - act under, which the- bonds were isaued. may . provide. . No - more should , be taken from .the citlsen;. either natural ..or. corporate by way of. taxation - than, is reasonably ne cessary, and a hat ' Is taken must be applied to the purpose for nrblch it hi taken and ."no other." , When . these well defined limits ;. ar disregarded. taxes become eppreselve. , -4 The in crease , in wealth and in valuation bould result in . decrease) in the . rate of taxation, otherwise . we Will hav neither.. The court :r sKovM- --not nd will not Interfere -In the -admin. istration of the. Internal domestic af fair . of the , counties and-cities, un less ther is a manifest .disregard or bus of power or discretion. ' Doubt less th custom ha prevailed. of -up-plementing on necessity by reporting to some other resource, without any purpose. to violate the law.- A man may do this In bis - private business but It 1 not permlsalble In the admin istration of public business. Each fund, -Its resources .and Its disburse ment, should be kept separate. -The cause will remain on the docket for final judgment - when the - 'Undigested food crows hard, and irritates 'the - stomach lining. - It causes Inflammation some times ulceration.. That is the source of the pain. 'It also ferments and forms gas. It decays and breeds germs. And those 'germs load the. blood with , their poisons.. That leads to serious troubles. ;r-rl ' - . ' . ' ' Don't think that the stomach - can - ever - get trong while those conditions contlnua ' . ' ' , Kodol consists of all the digestive elements,- In highly concentrated Jorm. It digests -all sorts of food, and completely. -It does all that the health iest stomach can do. ' - . ' - ' ;. " .--, Pepsin Is part of it, but pepsin digest albumen only. Starch requires something else,, fat some thing else Kodol combines all that is needed. Digesters which depend solely on pepsin do only what pepsin does."! They are but half-way treat ments. Other elements are just as essential, and .they must be in liquid form. .'. v' . That is why Kodol is liquid. And; because it 11 liquid, like the digestive Juices, Us action la in stant, It even begins In the mouth by increa- ' Ing the flow of saliva.'.'"-' -' i -y-- v."-- - v.-w,- I..'-- - '- " ' - K -Tar. .The action of Kodol can be easily proved, either . In the stomach or out of lt,j . ' - - , ; - Eat what you heed pt tha food that you wsot. and Uke Kodol; Note the absence, of pain and gas. You know to a certainty that the food 1 dlgestlng.' ;.j i .-V-: ;''-; ,vt:.:: - Or you can see tt digest food In test tube, under proper conditions.. In then laboratory tests,, Kodol digest' every whit of the food,-just as it does in the stomach.'' All other 'digester . digest but part of the food,. Just as they do In the " stomach. : ;v-; ';.' Dont employ half-way, measures,' for the stom ach needs complete relief. Any undigested food will,- through Irritation; Interfere with the. cure. ' Nothing but Kodol does all that most be done ' N -other digester can digest an foods. 4 r . r . 'a'"- '.' - ' '.:': j , - - '-';.'.. r" , Our Guarantee vi , ',VJ ',-: "' .. . ... ... . , . .. -we ask .yon to prove these statement atony"' risk. Buy a dollar bottle of Kodol, and ask for the signed guarantee! If the results are not a claimed take the empty bottle back with tbo ""H, uii jvui ujufKin ,wiu (return your " -money. -'i, .j ,: . . .: .', ; v ".-, This offef applies to the large bottle onlv. and.. ' to but one tn a family. This is sufficient to nrov '' " how much Kodol means to ,yt$itr:'r7s if you need relief, won't voir learn how to et on such a fair offer as that? 1 - - "'."- - Kodol ig prepared at the taborstorlea'of.llL rt DeWltt eV Co., Chicago. The tl.00 bottle contain! ZVfe times artauch as the tOc bottle. y i-j cessfully and economically by a single national commission than by fifty eparat State commissions, the for mation of auch State- - commission wUl also be highly advantageous. Such bodies would have far greater local Influence In brlnxtn about nec- piaintm i eesary fiut legislation than any Fed may move, for such order. In thia re-1 eral 'commission. - Co-operation be gard a tbey may be advised. '- Th I tweea Stat and, Federal commission ororr, continuing tne injuncuoo was erroneous and- must b REVERSED. A YEAH OF BUILDIXG. said board of commissioners did not snd could not know, ihaf th total valuation of the taxable property In km in county wouiii ream the . sum named. That when lliey made the levy they did not . expwt that- It would yield so Urge an amount, but "expected and Intended, to oiiply.atjy excess to aeirajting tne oruinary, ex penses oi tne county, as naa thereto fore been done." That as nraciie.il. ly all of the other tax rayer in the county had paid their taxes, pin, u. ant to said (levy, It would be ine quitable to enjoin the collection from plaintiff of the amount due. It- I iiui i-iuiiiiru mm , ute commissioners xceeded any statutory limit In levy; ing in cents on tne ioo valuation of property Jo pay said Interest, hut that they did not wisely xercie their discretion. , It seems that the increase In the value of property in th county, over that of 1I0 was I2.7l ooo: Tha court finds the facta, In regard to this matter, as - above set forth. It can- not be said that the levy was Invalid so that the court . can, - consistently with th discretion vested In the com missioners, enjoin Its colleclon or un dertake to revise 1t action. it 1 not clear that if. before the large part or, a ald.- nearly all. of , the Us payer" had paid It th plaintiff or any other tax payer had applied for mandamus commanding -the commis sioners to, revise their Action, 1n th tight of the Increased vluatioaxof th property, the court . would net hav granted- appropriate , relief. , W do not concur- with h auggssUon,' that the commissioners have the power, to levy and collect a tax for a specific purpose and apply any part of It to another purpose. Thl -would b.;ln violation of the express prohibition of Bee 7. r Art. V of th - constitution. While we cannot euataln hi honor's Judgment , enjoining -the entire levy w are cf- the opinion that plaintiff. It so advised. I entitled t an order en. Joining th appropriation of any: part of h ' excess. or . the Interest ob th bond - t 'any ther Operation in 107 In Principal Cities of the Country. New Tork gun. - The United States Geological1, Sur vey reports that the total cost of th buildings erected in the forty-nine principal cities of the United State In 107 was $1, 076,28. It Is some what surprising to learn that ' com pared with 190t, the decrease- was only f 17.tl4.t83, or 2.1 per cent' The total, however, was. 2. 6 5 per cent in exces -of 105 and 40.81, per ' cent more than in 1904. ,. . .. New York. City builJing operations fell off. $41, SSI, 83 in valus from their total in HOt. or It. $4 per cent St. Louis followed with a loss of 18,045.521. or Jt.tr per cent., and Chicago came next with a drop" of IM1M45. or' l.tS per cent Phila delphia, Boston and Brooklyn also showed decreases In 0T, ' though flrooklyn nearly held its own,- in ecreas being only 1149.104, or .tt per cent. Brooklyn made a better showlpg than Jld ny other of the large, cities in which ' normal; condi tion prevailed, in BaUlmore,. where large gain in 1104 and 1105 wer re sultant from the, fire In 1004, .ther wa a decrease in 1007, but th to tal for that year waa. nearly double that of 1101, which -wa but 11,117, 225. . ', :. In, San Francisco the increase in 1907 over HOt waa $54.674,844. : or nearly itz per cent., owing; to the nre. could i be easi ly arranged to avoid duplication of work and secure con centration of Influence. The creation of such national and State commissions to 'nvestlgate and advise aa to the conservation of nat ural resources is, the next forward atep to be sought, and It la. to thl end that every citizen alive to the dangers of our present wasteful and ruinous policy toward our - natural wealth should exert all his influence. - - COMEDY, -They parted, with elssps of hands And kisses, and burning tears, Tbey met In a foreign land, ' After some twenty year. Met as acquaintances meet v Smilingly tranquil-eyed Not even the least little beat Of the heart upon either side. They chatted of this and that -, The' nothings that make up life; 6he in . a Gainsborough hat And he-tn black for his wife. i Ah, what a comedy this! Neither. was hurt, it appears; Yet once she had leaned to hi kiss. r1 Apd once he had known her tearsT' , THOMAS- BAIUET AlAlRICH. ; -THE HAPPIEST HEART. Who drive the horse of the sun ' Shall lord it but a day; . .'- ' - h Better, the-lowly deed were done,' And kept the humble way. ' - The rust will find the sword of fame, The dust will hid the -crown; Ay, none shall nail so high hi nam Time will not tear It down. ' " That happiest heart that ever beat - Was In some quiet breast . ': That found th common daylight sweet ' '. '-'.' : . . ,; And left to Heaven th rest ' . -John Vane Cheney. : Every. Hour ot the Day Engllsh'-McLarty Co., the reliable Pruggists - of Charlotte, are having call for HINDIPO," the new Kld- The total . number of building I ney Cufe and Nerve Tonic that they permit Issued In an Francisco In 1107 waa 11,128, representing a cost value of $1.602,240. axalnst t.2li.i 678 in 196, the year before the fire, Cambridge, Mass.. showed, next Ban Francisco, the largest proportion ate. gain, -the erection - of several large mercantile building swelling th total. Cleveland gained , $2,1 15,-41t,- or 22.47 per' cent, over I0t.' Milwaukee report an Increase of over $1,000,000, due to the .Increase .In fireproof and fire-resisting bullBlngs erected. . Twenty-five of - the ; forty nine principal cities had increases. ' In Atlanta, Buffalo, Detroit Orand Rapids, Indianapolis, .;, Kansas . City (Kans), Ixy Angeles,, Minneapolis, Newark, Providence, ' .. Rochester, Sc-ranton, Seattle, Syracuse and Wor cester, if teen citie in. all, 'the cost of the wooden buildings erected, ex ceeded that . of . ' the Are-resisting JUildlng. , ' ;i , Philadelphia 'erected the largest number of , brick or, atone buildings, and with , the. exception of . Reading (where -no wooden building went up) th . Smallest - number . of - wooden structure. ', The average cost wa $8,221 -and $1,800. respectively. Jb NewTork the average coat of brick or stone building wa $4I,I1. No wooden- building .were' erected la' the borough of Manhattan, those report ed being in the Bronx. In other cities th average cost -of orirk and Stone erections was:' Seattle, $0,0; Cam' bridge. $4. ,000; iJowell, $40,864; Ban Fraoeisco,rt4S.fIS; Brooklyn. $8,110, and.; Chicago $.ltl.. . , - v. . ' ' ' i - X)NSEnV ATION COMnS8IOX8. : Creation of National and State Bodies . v ,j ;.U ACXt HU-p. , , - ,. , EnglneerliTg News. : i, .-.'- . ' - .Tha rfAllheratlona' t rial 'ftnsif oMna clearly brought. out the need, first of aii, : zor nroaoer knowledge. - Many men of national proralhenc confessed frankly in the conference that - th whole subject wa a new. on to then; and they could only listen and learn, and not pretend -to give advice. Th need fori legislation,. dtt and na tional, Is evident a waa recited in the formal resolution; but what form shall auch legislation takT la Congress or are the Stat Legislature wise enough to frame and enact law upon thl subject 7 - Do they not need the counsel m4 advtc In every case ox -a - commission. ' mo up of men of high standing, which c,ould tak op this -great tluetlon,: Investigate it with the aid ' of the best technical xperts, and advlsf what , action Should b taken i 1 . r - -:Such a commission could - study possible legislation Jot conservation. and so plan Jt a .to effect the least Interference with x present' methods nd -existing business. , Such - a com mission could arouse -and enlighten1 th public to the dangers of the pres ent situation . and th .need for prompt and wise action. Without such educative. work on public opin ion it I much t be feared that legis lation will bevslow, halting.-and fre quently Injurious, rather tbaa- bene ficlal. . ,' . - - - - While most of th work w hv outlined could be done far mor ue- are selling under a positive guar antee. '' Its merits are becoming the . talk ot the town and everybody '-wants to try it'and,why not? It cost noth ing If it don't do you good not on cent ' '-. ' ' '' They don't want your money if it doe not benefit -you, and 'will cheer fully- refund the money. " Try it to- y.- . ( ". :.'..' - McGRAW-YARBROUGH CO.- '.". ' ' : . -" . : ( Incorporated) . T,1 ' : RICHMOND, VA. ! The Monroe Doctrine Guarantees the :, integ rity of the nation. . ' The Monroe' 'Tie dipped . ; -Roofing Tin guarantees you the best roof you can buy.. ; ; ; ; ;' Write for Prices. '.- .Architects Specify..- 9-11 S.: Eighth Street. ' FASSIFERN Dhcolhtoh. N. C. A-preparatory, home school ' :.V';'.' for young girls,' t . ' k " PrincipaiV ; miss iute d smpp, .' -V-Teacher's Diploma, ''f'- Cambridge5 university, ; v..:. ; England.- ; 4 ' ias.EiKAF.i:3:;:nsH,HD. '.' - s . nrnicus as sumco ' . Sieiiei aa4 attBdaa t "lw1CHl. ' latnMr, asr Woowa, lium ; ruil Oi ' Miatul Btal, Hot. Tort ;. CaUm f mt LdImu. MWnulmr, aUaaktiaal - Helkl for nw, awna, uiaiia,. 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