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CHARLOTTE DAILY . OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER 13, i::3. BY COL. FRED A OLDS. Raleigh., Sept. The writer kaa finished a very notably Interesting mountain trip which occupied seven teen days of almost incessant fTei knd.ln which . some forty counties were looked at. more or less casually. Kverythlnf wen went to prove the ne cessity for forest conservation. Mr. Vsnderbllfs example In hla iTeJ BUtmore forest and the example set by the Unite SUtei In the Cherokee Nation Boundary prim object lesson and ought not to ao untooeded. I have referred In enotnerletter to a chat on the train with Prof- Coi ' Her Cobb, ef the State University, regarding- bla foreign tour, which was so full of Interest and Instruction for fcteu WhHe abroad he and the party of scientists with which he was con nected met aeveral times the noted Italian traveler, the Duke of Abrus L known almoet all over the world, and who. the King of Italy dies, will Become king, since the present ' king has no son. On one occasion tne Duke Invited the party of American r and other scientists to go with nim cross the bay to see the famous vol cano Vesuvius and to the surprise of 'mil n took them In a warsnip. ine ' " King of Italy is considering the mat ter of deepening the river Tiber so that warships can go to Rome, as they did In the days of the Caesars. De posits of silt are the grave problem ' there as they are in some of the North Carolina streams. Italy Is abso- lately devoid of forests, with the ex ception of a small one near Rome. It ' 14 an object-leseon for avoidance. ' ' Wr. Cobb told me some very Inter esting things to how the regard In which 'President Kxnevelt Is held in ' Europe. In the different groups of scientific men his name would be mentioned and at onre they would, compare him to the man of their own country the most admired and nay he was in the same class. I atopped at Hickory and found it a quite strikinR town. People In general have no idea how lare some of the Industrie are In that nectlon -.- o. ... 1 W , .-It-, r .nm. llilire thn m.-umfint vvaztin - - - - - -- 1800 by Oen. Edmund Jones. To this jtateir mansion tnree winn wno added In IS 59 by Gen. Samuel F. Pat teraon. the father of the present own- er. His first wife was a daughter of governor Wore head. The house is set m a noble, though small grove, and the e-rounds rive a view which la rery pleasing. The houso Is of brick. tuccoed. The driveway Is oval ana in it there are enormous white pines, snruces. oaks and cypresses. It was strange indeed to see cypreeses away up in the mountains, since they are rare even as far west as Kaieign, ana It was learned that these trees. well as those at the Lenoir place, 'Fort Defiance." were grown from seed sent by the Messrs. Collins, of Beaufort county, who a little before .he civil war visited the Patterson nome and were of course, roost de lightfully entertained there. The last of the "great houses" of the valley Is "Fort Defiance, whlcn which gives the place Its name. This fort is now unmarked, thought half a century ago some of the great tim bers yet remained, and there is a cemetery on its site. It stands on the very edge of a bold bluff perhaps thirty feet high, which rises from the valley, a couple 01 nunarea yaras from the river, and it was built as a defence against the Indians. The house is built out of hewn timbers, with wrought nails, and air the fur niture, china, etc.. in It was specially brought from Kngland, by way of Charleston. In this home there are three generations of the Iyenolrs Mr. Rufus Theodore Lenoir, aged 82, and his non and grandson, both of the same name. Ho here in this quiet and nearly shut-In valley, almost under the foot of thp mlRhty Blue 'Ridge, is a cluster of noted families. It was and Is a little world of Itself. The sparkling Yadkin, very swift and clear, rushes throuch it and fertile corn fields. pastures, orchards, etc., shew Its rich ness. It is like a peep into past days to traverse this valley and see the way of living. Life flows in an easy dm I visited .Factory. The buslnrm of this concern was hurt as far back as In 10(. when the Octotxr rains and frosts and a storm in September Injured the cotton crop, for it is upon cotton that this factory, a way up in the mountain foothills, depends for most of Its business. Before October. 1906. It was turning out wagons at the rate of 2S a day and could hardly keep up with the demand. Now the sales have been cut off heavily. The lumber used Is secured In that sec tion, but the manager said that In a little while he would have 4o go far ther for material. He Is aware of the fact that much of the timber In tne mountains is not so good as that low er down, on account, of wind-shakes and pin-holes. It was a very curious Sight to see stored materials for 10,- 00 wagons; enough for three years' Manufacture. The wood is stored In the dark as it is found it 'cures-' bet ter In that way. It is said to be the largest stock in the South in this business. One of the sights was half a million spokes and 40.000 hub blocks, and another 18,000 completed wheels. The loft where so much of this material la stored la 700 feet . long. All the painting la done by machinery. Mention Is mado of this plant simply to show that North Car olina is keeping along with the procession. My objective point was what Is known as the "Happy Valley." In Caldwell county, some 1 miles from " Blowing Rock, and well up on the . Yadkin river, which Is here no more than a creek. The way there was Srom Lenoir over the Indian Grave Gap, as It Is known, on a small moun- tain, and the road was bad enough to : be worthy of remark. The timber cutters have sadly marred the woods and done the same thing by the roads. There is a so-called turnpike from Hickory to Blowing Rock, but It Is so only in name, and a driver told mo that during the bad weather it re- quired about a day to mak the trip of 81 miles between the "Kock" and Hickory, which is ordinarily done in from five to six hmirii. Htages are not used, but long ha'ks, usually with four horses. Why there has never been a railway to mowing Hock I" rather a puszle. for It Is a great re sort and would be far greater If tli" means of access were thus improved. Large numbers or persons k there from this Ktate. nnl Mli-r from the southward. et tii. pine s not near ly as well knoivn .! pointy In the Ashevlll - Txaw ay - a nesvill! re gion. From time to time for thirty years or more effort haw; been made to -get a mm. I to Minting km k. but tn one way or another th'-f! have Veen frustrated. I paid a link- l:t to that admir able gentleman. Mr. KnrnuI y. u terson, for many years CummiSHloner of Agriculture, who has devoted him self so earnestly to the work of that habit it and who are so very distinct ive, the Joneses. Pattersons, Lenoirs, (iwynns. Harpers, etc., came Into that region up the long Yadkin valley, at the other end of which la Wilkesboro. twenty-four miles away. During the war it was as a rule a quiet place, the chief fear being of bushwhackers, but some-times there were threats of raids .When the Federal troops came through they burped the cotton mill at Patterson but spared the Owynn Cotton Mill, a good many miles further down the river, because an officer knew and was fond of a young lady of that name at his home in Illinois. Oen. Edmund Jones, the founder of "Palmyra," died in 1844, aged 78 years, lie was a native of Orange vounty, V'a . but went to Wilkes county, this State, early in life. He made a trip to the Cherokee Indian country and kept a full dairy of this Journey, lie was a most methodical man always. He married a daughter of General Lenoir. Oen. Samuel F. Patterson married a daughter of Gen eral Jones. Oeneral Patterson was State Treasurer and also president of the Raleigh & Gaston Railway and was a vrry prominent figure in North Carolina. In the old days there was a great deal of travel through this par ticular valley, which was traversed by tho road from Rulelgh to Tennessee and Kentucky, and along this trail to both of thee States. Daniel Boone made hlH way. It was always the idea of General Patterson that tho railway to Tennessee should have gone up the Yadkin river Instead of by way of Ashevllle. Tho Indians in the old times were thick In this valley and the remains of this departed race are very numerous. At "Fort Defiance, " the Lenoir home, I was shown num bers of these relics and they aro pick ed up every day. Among them is a '(leaner," nearly two feet Ion, of black stone, which some people thought was an Indian scepter, though Die Indians did not have such things. Another relic at this place is the revolutionary sword of Oeneral Lenoir, a Spanish blade on which there Is a very appropriate Inscrip tion. "Never draw me without cause. Never sheatho mo without honor." The venerable Mr. Rufus T. Lenoir is a very active man and rode, over to Lenoir, nine miles away, to hear Sen ator overman seak and to attend the circus, spending the night at Lenoir and riding home next day. The monu ment over the (rrave. of General Le noir Is a modest marble one and Is deal of rain fell. The Yadkin did ao damage In that region., - On the way from Hickory to Salis bury ex-Judge A. C. Avery was met. He was being vary warmly pressed for the appointment as on of th United States commissioners - la charge of ths battle grounds of Chick amaugs, . Judge Prltchard. 8enatora Overman and Simmons . and ' many other prominent men Interesting themas'jves specially In this matter. The nearer we got to the east the more was the talk about the damage the floods had done. Really but little of the damage - was seen . between Ashevllle and Raleigh,- though . no doubt all crops were hurt In the re gion from, say Statesvllle . eastward. There has been a great deal of rain in the mountain regions, bat It was as a general thing not very hard. It was a sort of continuous performance, half ; mist . The reason of these mountain rains, as explained by the weather observer at Ashevllle, is that while tas clouds la the heavier atmosphere of the lower country can float along with a lot f moisture and not drop ft. yet when these are blown upon the mountain slopes where the air is tnocn more rerlned, there Is a precipitation. Anyway the mountain folk have had all the rain they wanted this year and the view of the .peaks In general has neen o dsc urea by the clouds and. logs. the . latter being far - more- numerous In the mountain region titan in mm State or along the coast, , yet the mountain air Is so thin that the mois ture ia not felt as It Is on, the -tower levels. The very highest points on the mountain where there are settlements felt the rain. Blowing Rock for ex ample, where there was rain tor a week. However, this is a phenomenal year in point or weatner. r e ; . i mm WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. To the Editor of The Observer: Come back!" angrily yelled Fred- eri, tho (Jreat ax he Kalloped arter his routed cavalry, who were flying from the battle of Molwlts. vo you expect to live forever?" We need not enquire here whether or not their stampede was arrested by this cheer ful intimation sa to the reault likely to follow their return. The Incident merely illustrates the kind of service which Frederic exacted from his fol lowers. Fortune, safety and life It self they were required to hold ot little imnortance compared with the slightest command of tho king. Fred eric's soldiers followed him with none of that well-nigh Idolatrous devotion which Inspired the famous legions of the "Little Corporal." Upon Prus sia's armies the lesson of military discipline was Impressed with steel, scourge snd scaffold and the orders of their officers were nearly always obeyed because the punishment fol lowing disobedience was sure to be more terrible than any death likely to meet them on the field. William K. Hearst demands the same complete subservience from those who fight under hia political flag. Everything must be suooroinate to tne pians nu interests of William R. Hearst. He has sirdleri the continent with news papers which, if tremendous advertis ing patronage, readers and subscrib ers reaching Into the hundreaa oi thousands, and editors and contriou- tora employed without regard to mon ey, make a publication great, certain ly deserve the name. Tnese papers have but one mission In the woria Hearst. Hearst la the reason for their existence. When they advocate certain principles and policies it means not that Hearst la concerneu about the triumph of these principles and policies but that through them he hopes to procure the triumph of Hearst. Those who have painted this unique figure in American politics and Jour naliam as a. nonentity who has attain ed his position in the public eye sole- by inherited money have gone jar afield. in his personality are united vauu- nr ambition, no ordinary nower or will, considerable talent for leadership, the capacity to discover and draw about him men suited to his purposes, and that executive capacity necessary to set on foot and carry out success fully large enterprises. Added to these qualities are a bold and an ag gressive temperament that does not Hhrink from dilllculties and dangers. is altogether probable tnat naa he been tossed upon these snores oi ime. obscure and uennlless. he would have fought his way up to power and notoriety. In the glorification of self, howevtr, he lacks appreciation of that most important fact, that while a man must push his fortunes the world he must not be seen en gaged In the work of making a repu tation for himself. Here Hearst has failed utterly. Hia newspapers are loaded with articles, telling under glaring headlines the wonders that learst has worked. He nas aone verythlng from rebuilding San Fran isco after the fire and earthquake, to repairing the mistakes which Hamil ton, Jefferson and Madison committed while framing the constitution. His praises are wounded not with the win ning note of the lute but by the blare of brazen trumpets. His estimate of his own importance suggests the story of nn English nobleman who while traveling in America was forced to spend a nlht nt the only hotel In a small country town. The Inn k -eper. almost overcome by the honor of entertaining a guest so msunguisn ed carefully Impressed his few serv red hv .n ln r!rtlon whb h -tsln' " supreme Importance of forth the farts In his life. It save that showing the Englishman the greatest in the lime., that tried men's souls I Possible aeierence. i ne next mu. .... lie wa. ft generous Whig. As a lieu- t'liant under Rutherford in 1 776. and a a raptnln under Cleveland at King's Mountain he proved himself a brave soldier. Although n native of another Ktate, North Carolina was proud of lil m as on Adopted son. In her srrvlre he filled the several of- venr Important department of State. '" major general or militia, mcm- Hls home. Palmyra," Is net among b, r of th, Council of State, a mem the hills, which are gmall mountains hT nf botn houses of the legislature, and which form an rrervreen ring l speaker of the Senate, firat president about It and It is in the middle of that fair spot known an "Happy Valley." It seems that this name was j)ven by Chief Justice Ruffln, who on one oc casion passing there and seeing the beauty of the pla e said that It ouht to be called the "Happy Valley." Ever Since that time the resident have been very fond of his name and they have held very closely to it. The val y holding this particular title ex tenda from Patterson down the Tad kin river about four miles, to what la known as Fort Drflanre. The first place ia Patterson, where there Is a cotton mill, which all during the civ il war made goods for the flute and for the people and which the Federal troops burned 1n April. lS6i. It was promptly rebuilt. This mill Is in charge of Mr. Flnley Harper and the Harper home is near It. Next cornea the estate and mansion known as the "Fountain," which was the old home of Col. William Davenport, which he fcullt. It ia now occupied by Mr. W. U. Jones, a brother of Edmund Jones. Esq. Next comes "Clover Hill," the old Edmund Jones Dlace, which rath er recently was bought by Mrs. Cow lea. who now occupies It. he be ing an aunt of Mr. Cowlea, of Wllkes here, the Republican candidate for Congress in the eighth district. This Is a very quaint place, the private road to tt leading through an avenue ef extremely tall cedars. This house was built about lilt and Mr. Edmund Jones lived there until him fifteen years ago. The next notable place la "Holly Lodge," -which was thee home of that gallant soldier, Oen. Collett lventnorpe. Tne latter had beea an English officer, but left the service and cam to Rutherfordton to engage In gold mining, this having been long before the discovery of gold in Cali fornia and there being quite a rush cf treasure seekera from various parts ef the world to the Rutherford sec tion. For a number ef years General 2evrnthorp lived at "Holly Lodge," which is a very attractive place, set In m. little cove at the edge of the main valley, the house and Its - grounds looking Ilk a picture and everything being perfectly kept. The widow of General Ltventhorpe died - a few rronths ago, at ths age ef St. The r ext of these stately eld vallev homes Is "Palmyra," which was built about of the trustees of the Ktatn Univer sity and for sixty years Justice of the peace and chairman of the court of common pleas. In all these Important trusts he was found faithful. In pri vate life he was no less distinguished, as an affectionate husband, kind fath er end devoted friend. The traveler will long remember hia hospitality and the poor bless him as their benefac tor. Of such a man It may be said "we shall not look upon hia Ilk again." Col. William Davenport la burled In thla cemetery and the graves of the Owynns. Lonolrs, Joneses, etc., are quite numerous, among them being that of Gen. Edmund Jones. At Lenoir I had the pleasure of dining with Mr. Galther Hall. Ed mund Jones, Esq., taking dinner with us, and of meeting that fine old soldier. MaJ. O. W. F. Harper, of the Firty-elghth Regiment. who some years ago lent me Ita flag and alao a long Enfield rifle borne by a member of the regiment. Major Harper has done a great deal for his town snd the people very naturally love him. The very attractive little public library ia one of hia glfta and the use of the booka shows that It Is appre ciated. Edmund Jones. Esq., very kindly made a loan of uniforms of his father, Lleut.-Col. John Thomas Jonea. of the famous Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, which suffered at Gettys burg In the three day a fighting a greater loss than any regiment on either side during the entire civil war. Colonel Jones waa born In the "Hap py Valley" in 1841, and was kilted on the th of May. 1SII. at the battle of the Wilderness. He was a very bravs man and declined the colonelcy of the regiment simply because he wanted to hold the position he already bad In it One of the uniform coats is that which he was wearing when he re ceived his fatal wound. He was brave and cool to the last, 1' M yrry Pleasant to sea progress at Lenoir and to notice that workmen were erecting a third cotton mill, the company making the brick only a few yards from the walls of the mill. Tbeve has been no rain damage in that part of the Bute, though a good when about to send th bell boy to the visitor's room with a pitcner oi water, the youthful messenger was earnestly instructed that If. In reply to his knock, the guest should enquire who was there, he must be sure to answer: "It ia the boy, my lord." Not a little agitated by the demands of an occasion so momentous, tne youngster mounted the stairs and gave a timid rap at the door. Instantly from within a gruff voice balled out: "Who a there?" It was iwlth no little surprise doubtless that the English man heard this reply In hlKh treble: "It's the lord, my boy." Indeed, If we omit from consideration the bless ings which Hearst's papers claim for him. and the benefits which the Re publican party attrlbutea to a high protective tariff, there really seems to be very little need In the country for the operation of an over-ruling Providence. Had the New York man been present at the creation, we may well suppose that he, too, could have offered some timely auggestlona. In the- beginning of hli career Hearst allied himself with the regu lar Democracy. In 1196. when not a single paper of prominence In New York City advocated Bryan's cause, Hearst seeing hia opportunity bought The New York Journal and soon made It the most powerful Democratic cam paign publication In the United States. The writings of Alfred Henry Lewis, Willis J. Abbott and other member ot the brilliant staff that Hearst drew around him, were read every day by multitudes. These were effectively strengthened by the biting cartoons of Homer Davenport. Tammany took him up and gave him a aeat In Congress. Hearst made no figure there. He waa neither a student nor a speaker and beyond delivering before one of the nous committees an argument commonly believed to have been prepared by hia attorney, Clarence J. Shearn, was scarcely heard of In Congress. Mean while the readers 'of his paper wer aasured that he was by all odds ths most Important and Influential .char acter there. Hearst., however, had the same falling that has been fatal to .the political papers of Thomas EL Watson. He cannot follow. He must lead and without a peer. When the reaction from what many con sidered the extreme radicalism of II brought oiA Parker as a candi date In 104, Htaret snatched at the nomination, and strange as it may seem. carried such great States aa Illinois and Iowa. t Hia failure and the knowledge that Bryan was still the unrivaled idol ot tba Democratic masses, caused him to cast aside the mantle of regular Democracy. Af fecting a radicalism that the Demo cratic psrty had never avowei. he be gan organising hia Independent League and entered the lists against McCiellan in a contest for mayor of New York. - On the face of the returns It ap peared that he had been defeated by a majority of less than five thousand. Hearst and his followers raised a ter rible outcry of fraud and toy various spectacular legal moves kept up the agitation until a few months ago, when his claims proved wholly un founded. Meanwhile, however, he had given Tammany such a fright, that he actually forced the Demo cratic leaders of New York to nomi nate him for Governor. They went about the performance of the task with averted faces and revolting stomacha. Enough of the "old line Democrats" Joined those who had put him up with the fixed purpose of knifing him at the polls, to compass his defeat, though once' more he miss ed the goal by a hair's breadth and his running mate on the ticket, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, was actually elect ed But those who hoped to "kill off Hearst" were once more disappoint ed. He pursued his work of organis ing the Independence League, and ia once more in the field for the presi dency, this time by a shadowy sub stitute of the name of Hisgen. If Hearst's csreer hitherto means any thing at all. It means that his one purpose in life la to glorify his own consuming ambition. When the Democratic party offered the best outlook for his personal ag grandizement, he was a regular Dem ocrat and through hia, newspapers scornfully denounced thoae Demo crats who fell away from 'Bryan in lt. Later, he figured as an Inde pendent candidate for mayor against the regular nominee. Then he held over the organisation the threat of running for Governor aa an Independ ent anu forced hia own nomination. Now with bitter, envious hatred for Bryan rankling in his breast, he la engaged body and soul, in a deaper ate effort to prevent the triumph of the arty that, regardless of ita creeds or professions, might have held his support had It been willing to accept him for its dictator; the party that, regardless of its creed or profession could not have retained his allegiance at any other price. For tunately the Democratic organization has decided that Mr. Hearst's adher ence la too expenaive; for his price meant destruction. The respective careers of Bryan and Hearst present a striking illustration of the irony of fate Bryan hus often provoked his best friends by hi absolute refusal to sacrifice the small est matnv v co.viction to tho most urgent dermoids of expediency. In spite of human errors and failings, in the face of two defeats at the polls, the chief principles for which Bryan stands have grown on the public mind, until the acknowledged head of the Republican party owes his popularity, In large measure, to policies wiilcn he learned from William Jennings Bryaiv -With no political machine and no bloated campifgn fund, with out the prestige of . Ictory and de spite the handicap of defeat, Bryan while steadfastly rclectlnz the nroD- osition to lay burnt offerings on the altar of the great Ood Popularity, has a third time received the unsought crown of that deity's favor. On the other hand, tho prize for which Bryan Mernly rffused to bid on the market, Hearst has sought day and night in vain. To win it he has spent millions of dollars, formed and broken alliances, adopted and cast aside political views and principle as men, chune their garments at the end of a season. He has alternately praised Charles F. Murphy as an able and upright political loader, and denounced him as a vile ward heeler steeped In corruption. He has held up Bryan both as a lofty partlot and as a low trickster. Yesterday he hailed the Democratic party as the country's one hope of temporal salvation. To-day It is a root out of dry ground, without form or comeliness; apd there is no help In It. As occasion demanded, he has found In the tariff an all-Impor tant, overshadowing question, or a sham issue over which the corrupt old parties do not differ In any way that need concern an American voter. The positions of Bryaa and Hearst before the people to-day prove that In the national, as well as In the spir itual, world "Whosoever would save his life ahall loae It," and that the man who aeeka nothing but selfish ends by selfish means will In the and defeat those very ends by those very mean. Hearst is to-day doing all in his power to prevent the correction of thoae grave political evils which ha so long professed himself anxious to correct Is doing his utmost to retard those necessary reforms which he most Insistently declares himself eager to hasten. Hs Is about as pa triotic as Moses would liave been had the Hebrew prophet, Instead of rescu ing his people from, Pharaoh's aveng ing hosts, tried to 'overwhelm them In the Red sea as soon as he learned that Joshua Instead of himself had been chosen to lead them Into the Land of Canaan. - What would be thought of the doctor who should prefer to let his patient die, rather than effect a cure by using the pre scription of a rival physician T What part will ths vote of Hisgen, Hearst's puppet, play In the wind up. Hearst Is by no means the first to act the rols of a dog ia the presi dential manger. Clay's "wabbling" on the annexation of Texas drove to the support of the Free Boll ticket several thousand anti-slavery Whig who were willing that this country should lose that fair domain, which was Justly ours, if thereby they could prevent any Increase of Southern pow er and Influence. " In the aggre gate their votes were not numerous: but there were enough of them to have elected Clay had they been cast for him Instead of John P. Hale. in 1114 Martin Van Buren. -whom the hard times and hard cider of Harri son's campaign had defeated for re election In 1840. was the leading can didate in the national Democratic con vention. . However, a combination was formed gainst htm and in the end tie lost to Polk. ' Polk was elected: but four years later when Lewis Casa waa the Democratic nominee. Van . Boren. to revenge himself for the defeat of lit 4. berame the candidate of the Free Boilers and drew after him Demoerstlc votes In numbers sufficient to - iotur , the election of Zacnary Taylor, who headed the "Whig ticket In 1884 Ben Butler, by accepting the nomination from the Greenback and Labor party, tried unsuccessfully to prevent Cleveland's election. In all probability he would nave accomplish ed his 'Object had not St. John, th Prohibition nominee, drawn even more strength from Blaine than But ler from Cleveland. , . Of course from those incidents little or nothing con cerning the -present struggle can be predicted. .: . They do show, however, - that an Insignificant candidate can sometime bring about momentous results. A mouse has been known to stampede an elephane. Still the outlook at this stage of the contest can hardly be said to be flattering; for Mr, Hearst ana nis tsiraw man. V Undoubtedly soma eo-cellad Demo crats, whose ultra radical views de mand a violent agitator, will support Hearst s candidate On the other hand. Bryan stands for all the reasonable reforms that Hearst advocates, while the letter's-extreme viewa on many subjects will pravent his drawing from Bryan any element mat wouia aoo real strength to the Democratic, nominee, -r Brvan Is tn hearty accord wlt,h hia platform. That piayorm win commend Rself to all those who deslrt $o cleanse the temple of government and -not to tear It down.. On the whole, while Mr.. Bryan may De defeated. It ia not likely that after ths catastrophe Mr. Heaat will nave tne proud satisfaction of step ping out Htio tne limelight of pub licity so dear to his heart, and sav ing with customary modesty: "I did it with my little Hiagen." If Mr. Bryan ahould he defeated. It will probably be due to causes not even remotely connected with Mr. Hearst, and all the world will know that neither Hearst nor his influence had any appreciable hand In the game. No doubt he fully Intends to defeat Bryan. Fortunately tba Ne braskan's prospects appear now very bright, and if these fair hopes of victory ahould be realised, the situ as regards Mr. Hearst and his plan against the .Democratic party ean be summed up In tha words with which Whitney described the action of David B. Hill, when the latter called his noted "Snap convention" to defeat Cleveland's nomination In 1112, "He meant murder." said Whitney, "but he committed suicide." THOMAS M. HUFHAM. FEDERAL BUILDINGS SATISFY. Great Improvement In Government Structures oi uam, uecsoe. American Architect. Even the most casual comparison nf . ir.rierl buildings erected throughout the United Statea during the last decade with thoae owing their existence to the goyernment'a necea aitlea and the prevailing conditions or preceding years cannot fall to result In a feeling of mucn hukk''" Few. we believe, realise the wonder ful improvement which has taaen place In this important or.n i -n i ...hii.Kin Terom the poorest examples of architecture and building to be found in the ontrY; Federal buildings nave Deen ciihu to rank among the best. I" fct there are more than a few of the smaller cities that have no building to compare architecturally or In point of workmanship and materials with those erected by the government. The value to American architecture of -these ssne and scholarly buildings scattered throughout the country Js Inestimable. . . Probably there Is no other Influence which has done a much toward determining the charac ter of our architecture during recent years. "While there la 'doubtless lit tle likelihood of our Federal buildings ever again deteriorating to the char acterless structures that once dis credited us, any change that gave promise of disturbing present condi tions in the office of the supervising architect of tha Treasury would, we believe, be viewed by architects gen erally with some apprehension. o NO MERCURY Medicines containing' Mercury art often given to persons suffering with Con tagious Blood Poison, and ao powerful Is tha actios of thii drug that it frequently remove the symptoms in a abort while, and abuts the disease up la tha system to do greater damage to tha delicate internal members. ' When, however, tha treatment is left oft, tha tha disease always return, and tha patient finds that his health has been injured by this powerful mineral, and he la often left with weak stomach, disturbed digestiofl mercurial rheumatism, etc.' The actios of & & S. is entirely' different It contains no Mercury, nor any other harmful drag, but is made entirely of healing, cleansing roots and herba, . It cures Contagious Blood Poison by removing tia virus from tha blood. It searches out every particle of the poison and does sot leave tha least trace for future ontbraaka 8. S. 5C. in addition to enrinir the disease, hnilds nn and strengthens every part of the body. Ita fine tonic effects tone up the stomach and digestion, improve ttta appetite and regulate the entire system. Home treatment book containing valuable information about tha diflercnt stages of the disease and SJJ medical s4viC0 desired scat free to alt who write. r. .nrz;i IT: ; I i t -i i a, "i i 1 iia linn it n i j- ,i i i aiv ri. c- THE NEW PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW. We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for cougha, colds and lung troubles Is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law, aa It contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend H as a safe remedy for children and sdjltsc R. H. Jordan & Co. and W. V. Hand aV Co. IDont Worry dbout That D3akl Spot Don't Worry About That Bald Spot, for If the scalp is smooth and shiny the baldness has come to stay. Better direct your appre hension toward the hairs Immedi ately surrounding the spot, for they will be the first to go, unless you kill the dandruff germ and keep It out of the scalp with Newbro'a Herplcide. The time to aava your hair la while you have hair to aavs. Ex traordinary results sometimes fol low the continued use of Newbro'a Herpielde. Doctor Waterhouse. a well known physician of Iowa, and a member of the firm of Dyer Waterhouse, advised the Hev. R. N. Toms. Pastor of tba First Presbyterian Church at Charter Oak. Iowa, to use NEW'BRO'8 IIKRPICIDK; read his letter about it . . Messrs. Dyer ie Waterhouse, Drug gists, Charter Oak, Iowa.. Gentlemen: The Herplcide you recommended for me to use aa a remedy for dandruff and baldness has proved a great success. ' I have used only one bottle and tha result Js surprising. Ths scalp has been thoroughly cleansed from dandruff, tha old hair has softened and strengthened, while abort, soft hair has already appeared In the bald spots; and I have been great ly relieved - from headaches. ' I most earnestly recommend . all afflicted, as I nave been, to try MEWBIvO'S IIKRPICIDK. (Signed) REV. R. N. TOMS, Pastor First Presbyterian Church, . - ' J i . Charter Oak, Iowa! Two sises, 60c. and 91.00, at drug stoim. Kend 10c tn stamps to The Herpldde Co Dept. X, Detroit, Mich., for a sample,. ' Guaranteed under the rood and Prugs Act flun 10. 10. Serial No. .til. . ', , Insist upon Herplcide. f ' It. IL JORDAN CO, : Special Agrnt. Applications at Prominent Barber Shope. 0 it I' a ,. Large WAtosf Cansfo WhityHoaMminthmSomlh The Best Whiskies. In the use ef WHI8KIJC9" It is highly Important ' hi JP at the BEST QUALITY and the STANDARD GOOD8.. - . Protect yourself agaiast tba Interior articles of fered. We offer yoe the absolutely pare and better grade. Our famous brands have beea on the market for thirty years, sad we guarantee every drop cf them to be pare and wholesome always the same. Recom mended for family use. v. . 4rmQ Qta. OU HKWRY fits lea seeead aweviia aaerM) 14) JEirrsSRJOlV CLUB (esevltaat sag sarte) . . . , 4Mm rtTIX DRBSS (pries hi, ewaltty higher) 5. 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' ; Sold by all mineral water dealers, or shipped direct from spring, 12 half gallons $4,00; 5 gallon dimijohn $3.00. HARRIS UTH1A SFRL'IGS CO., Harris Springs, S. C. Z.Rees, Prop, 4 For bale Dy an .Druggists and ttiner&i water. Dealers. Better Not Get isia , DvsDerj - .: Jb - J - ...'...' . If; you can help it Kodol prevents Dyspepsia, by effectually helping Nature to Relieve Indigestion. But don't trifle with Indigestion. " ; " 4 ' ... ; : A creak many people who have trifled with indigestion, hare been sorry for It when nervous or chronia dyspepsia resulted and they have not been able to cur 11 ' Use Kodol and prevent bavins . Dyspepsia. ; , , , Everyone la subject to lndlges ' tlon. Stomach derangement follows stomach abase, Jast as naturally . and lost aa sorely as a sound and ' healthy stomach results upon the ' taking of Kodol - - v. When yo , experience sourness of stomach, belching of fas and nauseating fluid, bloated sensation, gnawing pain In tho pit of the stomach, heart burn (so-called). diarrhoea, headache, dullness or chronic ttred feeling you seed Ko- doL Aad then the Quicker yeu take - Kodol th better. Cat what you want, let Kodol digest It Ordinary pepsin "dyspepsia tab lets," physics, etc., aro not Bfcety .to be of much benefit to you. In figestrr ailments. Pepsin s only a nartlal digester and physics aro not digesters at alL Kodol Is m perfect digester. If you could se Kodol digesting every particle ox looa, ex au sunas. in me glass test-tubes la our laboratories, you .would know this Just as well as w do. Mature and Kodol ,wiU always cur sick stomachbut In order to b cured, the stomach must rest. .' That la what Kodol does rests th stomach, while the stomach' get well. Just as simple as A, B, C., ; Our Guarantee So yeerSragsIM tads? aad get a dot tattle. Then afw Toa have bmA the stir. Mutants ef th bottle if tea esa honestly soy, that It aaa not don yoa ear Moa.rotra the bottlttetheanigaio aad -k. will rofaad roar stoney vlthoat iwr , tioe or 417. We will then pey the aror flt for the bottle, boat hesitate, alt rafSlxta know ta4 oar rmu-ftntM U food. This offer appUos to th. terre hottle only and e bat oo. 1. a family. The larr twt tl. contain I Usas a auck as the SXty Kodol Is prepared at th labors tortes of E. C. DeWltt ft Co, Chicago.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 13, 1908, edition 1
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