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BRITTA1N & QREQ50N,
ATTORNEYS-AT-L AW, '
Aeheboro, - North Carolina.
Practice in ilia courts of Randolph
ami adjoining counties; in State
uml Federal Courts. Prompt at
tention to business of ull kinds.
Wm. C. Hammer.
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MCtvll Fraiillca OnlT.)
HAMMER & SPENCE,
Attorneys - at Law
Ashebor -, N..C.
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Practice in ail tfe o i rts.
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ASHEDORO. N. C.
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New York Sun Attacks President Roose
veil Interest in Interstate Commerce
Commission The President Asked
To Revise His Tarifl and
Trust Speech.
Washington, 1). C, Mav 4lh.
Considerable comment has beeu
caused in political and official circles
of Y usliinglon by the publication in
the New l oik bun of an attack up
on President Roosevelt for his course
against the trusts. Beginning with
tho assertion that the President was
above all othel things a politician,
ami was bending every effort o ob
tain a nomination, the editorial pro
ceeded to say that Mr Roosevelt bad,
in his attacks upon wealth, exceeded
the wildest thieats of populism.
The attack caused tho adminis
tration licpublicnn politicians of the
capital to gasp, for they were not on
the inside of the game and they
thought it meant war on Roosevelt
and the administration from the
combined capital and Wall street in
terests and also war on the Republi
can party after the nominations next
year. They did not know that it
was a part of the play by the tariff
interests to scare Itoosevelt and stop
any further nttuck on the trusts of
the administration. Although Ins
assault so tar on the trusts nave been
popguu attacks and have not in the
least injured them, yet the trusts
want In in to let them severely alone
and do nothing that will in any way
attract attention to them whether
tin y are hurt or not. In order to do
this thev arc trying to frighten him
and his friends, bo far the attacks
of the administration on the trusts
havo been confined to tho beef trust
and to the northern securities mer
cer. To show that neither has been
nVetive of eood to the imblic it is
only necessary to remind the people
that the northern securities iner:
decision has been so inodilied that
they are slill enabled to pay divi
(lends to the stockholders, and the
beef trust, after paying some fines,
has advanced the price of meats
from $2 to $ per 100 pounds and
the public will have to pay the fines
in the end. Whether or not these
"feeble" attacks on the trusts cease,
there is no disposition on the part of
the illegal trusts to support a IJeino
erutic ticket. The Washington
Star, a Republican organ, gave that
snap away when, m sneaking of this
atta k of the New York Sun on
RoosoV-lt and the possibility of the
linancial interests jf the East pre
ferring u conservative Democrat to
another term of Roosevelt said:
The onlv trouble would be that the
elect inn of a Democratic president
might carry the election of u Demo
cratic House and some Democratic
state legislatures. The big indus
trial corporations are not ready to
risk even half a Democratic adminis
tration soon again." That tells the
lory in a nutshell. J he criminal
1 rusts are not going to have a Denio-
ralie administration it they can
i lp it. They know who are their
riends and the, will stick to the
Republican party. Ihe present ad
ministration may make lilulls at
them that brings them into unpleas
ant publicity, but it will never do
anything that will permanently in
jure their graft on the people.
Knowing this they will stand pat.
If the people desire to stand with
them ami continue to be robbed, that
is their look out. If they sincerely
desire to curb the aggressions of the
trusts they will assist in kicking out
an administration that tieats symp
toms but never the disease, aim elect
a Democratic administration.
Theie is an eager interest here m
all circles anent the proceedings be
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in New York in connection
with the Coal Trust. The impor
tance of the investigation is evident
ly nppreciuted, but in some quarters
there is u lack of information as to
the origin of the investigation. A
number of papers nave suited that
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion set itself in motion at the in
stance of United States Attorney,
(leueritl Knox. That is an extraor
dinary misapprehension of the situa
tion. The truth is that the investi
gation is being held because Attor-
v-General Anox could not tie in
duced to take action against the
Coal Trust ou perciseiy the same
evidence that is now in course of be
ing made public at the sessions of
the Commission.
On October 4 last, Representative
William Randolph Hearst informed
President Itoosevelt by open, letter
that he had petitioned the Attorney
General for jx-rmission to supply the
latter with documentary evidence of
the existence of the Coal Trust, in
order that he, Mr Knox, might be
enabled to proceed against it- for its
disruption under Federal law. A
few days subsequently Mr Hearst
was formerly requested by Mr Knox
to submit his proofs to United States
Attorney Burnett for the Southern
District of New York, who would
report thereon to the Department of
Justice.
Mr Hearst placed General Burnett
in possession of evidence which es
tablished the tacts that, tne coal
carrying railroads are in illegal com
bination for th suppression of coin
patilion in mining, for the arbitrary
regulation of supply, and the fixing
of prices.
Attorney- General Knox received
Mr Hearst's proofs, with General
Burnett's report upon the same, but
neither brought suit against the
Coal Trust nor gave Mir Hearst's
evidence publicity,
! General's friends in the Senate, tak
ing the ground that to force him to
disclose tlie case against the Coal
Trust might inteifere with his plans
for prosecuting it. And this ground
was taken without any apparent
humorous intention.
Representative Hearst appealed to
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to grant him a hearing. The
Commission complied with his re
quest, and Mr Hearst, as the sole
complainant against the Coal Trust,
is, by attorney, now exposing in .Sew
York the methods and practices of
the monopoly which cursed the com
munity with the prolonged miners
strike of last summer and brought
on the fuel famine to its own profit
and the public s loss.
hen this inquiry is ended, the
people of the United States will
have been made so thoroughly famil
iar with the devices of the Coal
Trust and their unlaw fulness that
legal action should be taken for its
dissolution.
Mr Baer and his parceners in coul
monopoly are not engaged in a legi
timate business enterprise, but u
criminal conspiracy. Therefore the
law should deat with them for the
protection of the robbed public.
If the Coal Trust is not then
prosecuted by this administration,
we will know how empty are its
professions of hostility to tho com
bined monopolies of the country.
Who has read any comment on
the comparative sniallncss of the
Steel Trust's taxes? Its report
shows that it paid tuxes on the
amount of $o,:j)7,.ii;- in V.W2
This is less than 2 per cent of it
net earnings and less than 2 mills
on the dollar of the value of its
propertv, according to itseupital and
sworn statement of in president.
Is there any sound reason whv this
pri'tected-billion-dollar trust shout
pay in taxes 18 cents ou every $HU
when the unprotected common peo-
pl'.i pay si or s.i on every ; lot) worth
of property:
It is probable that this trust pays
less than $ 1000,000 of taxes on fts
iron and steel lands, valued ut over
;jU 00,000,000. This is less than one
null on the dollar. Ihe taxes ou
ordinary farm lands worth loou,-
000,000 are about 13,000,000.
When President Roosevelt was
about, to leave on his western trip he
was called on by a delegation of the
prominent members of his party and
was compelled to revise his tariff and
'trust busting" speeches to be de
livered on the trip, or take the con
sequence of defeat or attempt at de
feat in the next Republican national
convention, ihe revision was made
at their dictation, and. inasmuch as
he had not tunc u irirntc an ins
peeches he used some of the warm
ed-over speeches that were satisfac
tory to the tarilt barons. The speech
that he delivered at Minneapolis on
April 4 isalmost verbatim the speech
delivered by Secretary of War Root
lit Cooper Union, New lurk, last
October. If any man doubts it let
him get them and make the com
parison. This -simply shows how
the President is being dominated by
the trust interest of the country and
what a hollow mockery is all this
hue and cry about ' "busting the
trusts."
When the President arrives in
California on his huge s,ing around
the circle ami delivers Ins speech at
the University of California, he will
have an inspiration to tell the truth
aliout the ti tists of the country, lie
will speak in a building donated to
the t mversity ot Lalitornia oy a
man who ha consistently and per
sistently fought the trusts and mono
polies of the country for the past
eight yeurs with both courage and
intelligence, viz.: William Kandoipn
Hearst.
Mr Hearst presented to the Uni
versity an auditorium. It is a copy
of an old Greek theatre and is a
magnificent gift.
When Mr Roosevelt makes his
speech there he will speak in this
iiiditoriuin hi effect Jrom illiam
It Hearst's lustrum. It should be
at once an incentive ami an inspira
tion to tell the truth nbuut the ti lists,
combines, monopolies and tariff
barons who nre waxing fat on the
substance of the common people of
the mil ion, and tell it a la Hearst as
he tells it in his papers.
CHAlil.l'.o A. l-.UW AHDis.
DR. P. E. ASUIRV.
Mont-
Formerly of Ranilululi, Now of
xmiiery County.
Dr. F. I!. Aslmry who liies at As
biiiy, just across ' I lie .Montgomery
county line is a well known eiLueii
n liu has for inaiiv vears practiced
medicine in soulhern Randolph anil
in Montgomery and .Moore counties.
nr. Ashiirv was horn in .lellerson
oiinfv, Virginia, near Chalestoir
SAN JONES ON THE GOOD WORKS OF
THE GOOD WOMEN.
Real Character.
W. T. SAUNDERS
Immoral aad Indecent.
In his sermon at the rYsl Presby
terian church, Greensboro, N. ('.,
the other night, Rev. Dr. .. W.
Smith paid' his respects to the
modern theater. Dr. Smith thinks
the influence of the modern theater
is altogether bad and that it has no
connection whatever with dramatic
art. He quoted a gentleman who
attended all the theatrical perform-
auces in that city during the past
season as saving that nine out of ten
of the attractions were immoral and
indecent.
Some of these theatre going, caid
plaving, dancing church members
can put the above in their pipe and
smoke it. Yon can't serve God in
the livery of the devil. Union Re
publican.
Last winter a number of United
States Senators endeavored to compel
Mr Knox tc reveal tho nature of the
viilvtiM tmnn,ittl in iim tin I
fJa1 9H Paiw I tlwjf fBl)tu failrtL the AttoroeT
Troy High School Commencement.
Mr Josephus Daniels, editor of
the News & Observer will deliver
the annual literary address at Trov
HiBh School Mav 21st. This school
has had a successful year.
lie was present at the trial of John
Broun ai.d saw him hung and
others with him. He was educated
at Bcrryvillu College, Clail; coiintv.
a., and volunteered in the u-ar
Istil in Chews Battery, Ash'hy's
horse art i'l-ry. Served as a pnva'le,
w is woiimli-il twice, served m the
army until tln close of the war at
Apponiatox Court House in si;.".
lie left Virginia in mh and caiiu-
to North Caiolina with his father
and mother ami settled in Randolph
oiiutv and married one of Ran-
olph s fairest daughters, tt M
Coble, lie read midiciuc under
Dis. Woollen ami Fox and lini-bcd
his medical eilii'-.ition at Cliai li-Mon
Medical College, ami local, -d
Montgomery Co. at old Aiiman's Hill.
He was twice pre-ident of tile Mont
gomery .Medical Socletv. twice 1'n-s,
of the Randolph .M'-dicil Society
and superintendent of health of
Montgomery county -') wars is noli
Director of the li.iul. of Randolph
and the Asheboro Furniture Co; i
.iK years old and ha.- practiced luedi
cine .ii vear -.
Dr. A-bui v made a profession of
religion wle-n 1',' veins old and join
ed the M. I', ('hutch, Smith and is
still a 1 1 1 ; -i 1 1 1 . r oi t li.it ciiarci!.
Dr Asl.'iiry with very little as.-is-
tance has creeled a lai::e cuinino-
ous church near hi-. hoiin He
was once a deU-gate to the (leinral
Conference of Ins church: has been
a deleiftll.. Hi- m, ie,l Cni.-retiee
or many years ami lias Tor several
cars been secretary of the district
oliferellce.
Taxes a.. J Tax Dodgers.
There is no money paid out by the
:iverage man so gnnlgingly as tax
inoi.ev. And lucre is none iv liicii lie
hoiild pay inoic willingly: provided,
if course, that it is propeilv as-es--,-d,
and properly expended.
People are disposal to evade I In
payment ot laxi-s by alino-l any
kind ol (lodge. .Much property in
our State is undervalued; a great
of the real estate is valued at
two thirds of its real value or less.
i'hewiiter Knows all unimproved
lot ill a pro.-p. I'ous town in North
Carolina which was a.--es, d for tax
ation at i.iO. ami was sold recently
irf leloo. This is onlv a sample;
there lire thousands of other cases
just as bad.
1 lie valuation ot the pinpertv ai
one-half or two-thirds iis leal value,
would make little dilVeivnee, if th-re
was uniformity in tin- taxation.
There can be hime unless all proper
ty is given in at its true value.
This is the ii luirciiieiit of the law.
and should be li icily followed.
In Norlh Carolina, all a man s
properly, real ami pcr.-onal, is taxed.
1 his includes money, solvent credits,
.-tc. Now, what jn.-tice can there bi
ll! matters of taxation if a man is
required to pay taxes on his money.
but Ins heigbloi, who lias exactly
the same wealth, but has it in real
estate, can gnu in his land at one-
half or U'o-thiids of its real value,
and, therefore, pay om-half ol two-
thirds as much lax.'
This vear the real estate of North
Carolina is n-asM-s.-ed for taxation.
Real estate is ti.-isesscd every four
years.) The assessors should be
holiest men who have business judg
ment and courage enough to perform
their duties. The law rciiuircs thai
all real estate be valued at its true
value in money. The assessors make
oath that they will execute the law.
Ix't us hoii they will do so. Greens
boro Christian Advocate.
Will Discuss Race Question.
Senator F. M. Simmons has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver an
address before the North Carolina
Society m New York. This organi
zation will give a banquet at the
Waldorf-Astoria on the night of the
20th of May, and Senator Simmons
will speak at that time. Misaddress
w ill be devoted lo a difciission ol
"The Race Question."
A Mussey, of lui Lam county, is
convicted of insurance frauds and
sentenced by Judge Allen to 1 year
soliturv coiilinemeut in the county
jail and an additional year in which
he can lie hired ou .. 1 he lure to tie
not less than enough to cover jail
fees, etc., for the lirst years impris
onment. He claimed to represent a
company, receive applications for
policy, got an advance of money and
then skipped out..
Rheumatism is caused by an excess
of uric and lactic in the blood
Rhenmacide, the great blood pnnlier, I
kxative and tonic, cores the disease j Mr J T Cooper, who left for St.
by driving the acids Out of the blood. Ijuis several duyi ago has reached
,ai luusijmi. ... nis acsunauou.
It may be of -imply passing inter
est io in',.- ,-ity of Atlanta that there
is now in sen.-iou in your city the an
nual meeting of the woman's Board
of the lb. ui- Mission Soci-tv of the
Methodi-t Church, South. The
gojd women, comining from fifteen
Mutes, are now busy with the work
id' their convention. This meeting
is made up of the very cream of our
souilh i-n women in iutelect, in moral
worth, in social stanping, in siiiritu
til it v. i hey are in the very lirst
rank. There is not a man woman,
or child in Atlanta hut who would
be liciiftiiird, instructed and blessed
by attending their meeting. Pulili.-
speakers ut the male persuasion
would get some dots on oratory; phil
osphers might learn to reason uu.
preachers might learn better how to
pleach, by unending the session (.f
this meeting.
I was once wry much opposed to
women speaking in public, but I was
oivo very ignorant. I have heard
some women talk in public that
made me feel like I was not capable
of saving grace at the table. I have
heard some men talk in public when
1 thought that if they were u sample
of male speakers that men ought to
talk no more in public. It has fal
len uiy lot to deliver the address of
tteli olneill behalf of Georgia Method
ism to this assembly of Christian
women. The very task puts me al
most where the fellow was at the
marriage without the Wedding gar
ment on. I have been with t he good
women of Georgia in their confer-
board meeting and however
niueh of culture, intellect, character
may have gathered in this conven
tion. I am not afraid that the Geor
gia women will lose by association or
comparison any of the lustre that I
adorns their noble, intellectual, I
splendid womanhood. We have
All good people honor a man with
moral character. It is iilways pleas
ant lo nave real honesty and true vir
tue revealed in a way that can have
no doubt of their sincerity.
These thoughts are suggested by a
statement we see in the morning Post,
that at the educational meeting in
Richmond next Sunday, a memorial
serv ice will be held to "Dr. J. L. M.
Currv.
in this connection we venture to
lelate u circumstance which happen
ed at a hotel in Marion N. C, three
or four years ago. Dr. Curry was at
this time making his annual trip
through the State visiting schools,
and arranging to establish some not
yet in existence. This was in the
month of August, and after spending
soniu hours ou the hotel porch with
this piinccof talkers, wc agreed toie
t i re, and when the it-porter had con.
ducted us upstairs we found we were
to occupy adjoining rooms. Soon
after saying ''good night." to our
companion we heard him read a chap
ter in his Bible. Those of my read-
is w ho ever listened to Dr. Uurry
read his favorite of all books, the
Bible, will pardon me from listening
to his voice, from his first word to the
end of the chapter. And this was
not t he last ol his devotions. I he
reading of the scriptures was follow
ed by an audible prayer.with no audi
ence but myself, he did not know 1
was listening, but I did listen and
heard a prayer I shall never forget.
His words were us simple us those of
a child, and yet they came with the
terror and eurnestness ot a man plead
ing for his own life. These were
some of the special objects of his pe
tition, the old soldiers who had bat
tled for their country 'a cause, the
Governor of the State, preachers, edi
tors and school teachers.
I had heard Dr. Curry speak on
numerous occasions, in legislative
ill. in the Southern Baptist Con
ation, and in the little mountain
women orators in Georgia that, reach I association. On all of thes
from -The Boy Who Stood on the
Burning Deck" up to Dcmosthciic?
hini-lf. Via, verily they might
reach lo i icero.
The work accomplished for the
church and humanity through the
various organizations and methods
of tlii - home mission society is won
derful to contemplate. The parson
ages thev have builded, the hungry
ilny have fed, the ;:aked thev have
i-lothi-d, the money they have contri
buted make up a re;ord that angels
light cov-t. What good women
nunot do in rescuing the perishing,
ivnig the Jul It'll and building Ilp
the waste places need not be uuder-
l-r on, !!. il m ill. Women vvele
onlv the ln-l ai me v.ioss, aim
llr-t at the liesurrection, but thev
have been m the fore-front of every
I fought battle for Christ, and
when the light v.as over and men lav
down to sleep t liev have been dress-
the wound- ami iuinisterin to
lb-- suffering all along down the
. It miu'lit be that angels uua-
H.-ites are in n vi.siuug Atiauia. .mi
elilioii. u-soeiatioii or conclave
ever usscmlnl III tnat cilv Willi more
moral norlh and weight and more
oa-.-i-rale'l endeavor in the interest
f humanity. I repeal it is worth
vour lime -o .-t, ;il tiwav a while
Hid catch -. tne ot the droppings
flom the lip- of these blight, colise-
r.ilc.l women. Ymi will leave the
le. ting vv ill; a higher opinion of
on-eeraled womanhood and a less
pinion of the sterner sex.
The v .i pod women will carry away
fiom Atlanta memories of its throb
bing life, it- genial people, its ky-
icr.qier buildings, its thronged busy
li-i.-ls and tli.-y will leave with At
lanta some blessings that union de-
. spacious otlice buildings, nuig-
nilie -ut business houses and well-hll-
I hanks cannot impart. The good
ou a-i, Cod's lust gill to man, the
bud woman, the devil n-ver put a
wor-c thing oh" on thevvotld. Wom
en head the procession both ways, to
heaven and to hell. A consecrate.
Christian woman, busy about her
Lord's work, shim s with a lustre a
tin u-and times brighter than the
sparkle of a diamond and the rich-
ol tlie silks ot Hie guilty, lout
ish, heal I less society crowds. J he
one a steadv, lixeil star, sinning mr-
, the oilier, a comet, a lnctoor,
without orbit or purpose, da.zlmg
s it l.ies through the heavens., the
roivd looking on with admiration,
ot knowing where il comes from
mid curing Jess where :t goes to.
The one loves her Bib'.e, the other
loves her deck of cards, 'Ihe one
s her closet of prayer, the othel
the comic opera. 1 he one her home
ml children, the other turns her
Inl.licn over lo a hired nurse and
fondles a poodle dog. The one is
real, the other a sham. The one
makes home happy, the other don't
know she s got a home, i he one
will goto heaven, the other to, vv here'r
Kcho answers, wherer
l ours truly,
Sam P. Jones.
A Public Benefactor.
The Asheville Citizen sums it up
as follows: "The merchants that are
loing the most to aid in the growth
and dcvelopenicntof a town are its
biggest audliest ad.-ortisers. Any
one who brings trade helps not only
himself, but the entire community.
A town full of such men would grow
and prosK-r anywhere. It is the
merchant who sits aroi.nu ami waits
for some one else to induce the pco-
le to come in to trade that kills
town and incidentally fails himself.
It is thought by such Jieopie tnat
the currents of "enterprises of great
nith and moment ' are turned away
and "lose the name of action." The
hie advertise!, therefor, is not only
a progressive business man bat
sions 1 never failed to he impressed
with the earnest eloquence of the
speaker as he unburdened his heart
in effort to better the educational
condition of his ow n Southern home.
But I say truthfully, that these ef
forts masterly as they wcre,Jnever give
me such an abiding, unclouded faith
in Ihe life uml purposes of the man,
as did the little incident so imper
fectly alluded to. And if any one
asks why I write of this ail, the hu
sh tr is s m i ,1 . and plain. It is this:
we often display our real character
when we are altogether unawares and
not when we are talking to galleries
or to the multitude.
At the meiting in Richmond,
'inently and the memory of Dr. Cur
ry is worthy of all that maybe suid,
hut his simple, honest life will out
live all speeches or monuments w hich
may be offered to his memory. J. C.
Caddell in editorial in the 'Raleigh
i in..-.
H. A. Moff itt & Co.
Having bought out the stock of goods belonging to Worth Store Co.,
we are now prepared .o meet the demands of the country trade.
Having just leturued from the Northern Market-;, where we bought a
large stock of goods for two large stores, enables us to buy much cheaper
than our competitors. We want your trade, we need your trade, and we
must huve your trade, if prices are any inducement.
Just listen to some of our low prices, if you please:
Good calicoes worth Gj going at 5 cents.
28 inch colore lawn worth going ut 5 cents.
Punt Goods worth '-!() cents going ut 15 cents.
1 yard wide percale worth 10 cents going ut 7J cents.
Oak window poles worth 15 cents going at 10 cents.
Ijidics trim hats worth CO cents to iji.50.
Ladies' sailor hats worth 50 cents going at 25 cents.
Ladies' jiarasols worth 50 cents to ijil50.
All over laces worth 30 cents to 75 cents per yard.
A good line of white shirt waist goods from lo cents to 25 cents per yard.
Riblxui and embroidery from fl cents to 30 cents per yard.
Ladies' slippers worth $1.25 for $1.00.
Mens' shoes worth $2.00 for $1.50.
Men's and boys shirts worth 50 cents for 35 cents.
Window shades with spri lg rollers onlv 10 cents.
Ladies' belts from 10 cunts to 25 cents"
Nice bed steads worth 3.00 for $2.50 cents.
Nice center tables woith $1.25 for $1.00.
3 cakes toilet sou) for 5 cents. 3 cakes' laundry soap for 5 cents.
10 cent bottle sewing machine oil for 5 cents.
(food oil cloth worth 20 cents for 15 cents per yard.
V e invite you to call and examine our new and up-to-date line of
goods. All kinds of produce taken in exchange for goods.
All kinds of groceiies on hand. A few 2 horse Syracuse plows on
hand which we will sell cheap.
H. A. floffitt & Co.
Worthville, N. C. Successors to Worth Store Co.
Of Moneu Saved!
BY BUYING YOVR
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, GENTS
FURNISHINGS, FURNITURE, &0..&0., of
WOO 1) & MOR 1 x a.
The Lesson Beck's Fall Teaches.
A few year ago a man in Alle
hanv county bv the name of D. M.
teck deserted tlie Democratic party.
lie began to edit a bitter and vituper-
alivn Republican sheet. Later he
was appointed postmaster at Sparta.
In I-ebriiiiry lie was arrested tor de
falcation, removed from otlice, and
cither been tried or will be tried
in the Federal Court. When charged
with using money belonging to the
post otlice department, Beck is quot
as saving that lie used tne money
in the interest of the Republican
parly by circulating his newspaper.
That is probably strictly true. A
mail wlio publishes a newspaper ror
a party that can't read must have
some outside source of revenue. In
the absence of campaign costribu
tions Mr. Beck seems to huve used
the public money entrusted with him
to print his campaign sheet. The
revenue doodlers and other little
bosses were patting Beck on the back
while he was "whooping it up" for
the Republican ticket through his
paper. They deserted him in the
hour of his trouble trouble caused
by following the lead of bigger men
in his party.
Mr. Beck doubtless wishes now
that he had never taken the first
false step. A man who bartcis his
political principles will, if tempta
tion comes, fall into other wrong-
loing. News & Observer.
Self Oovernmcnt lor Ireland.
The uuestion of questions as to
the immediate future is whether, if
the laud bill passes, Mr. Wyndham
will have the courage to go- farwurd
and add a further extension of local
self-government to the other schemes
which he is incubating for the bene
fit of Ireland. That something will
have to lie done, nobody knows bet
ter than Mr. Wyndhain himself. We
have governed Ireland in the past by
the landlord garrison. The antago
nistic interests of the tw.) classes en
abled us to act on the classic maxim,
Divide et imivsra. The aim of his
hill is to terminate that division. If
it succeeds, we shall be confronted,
for the first time in the history of
Ireland, bv a united nation. 1 he
younger occupants of the old castles
and country-house in Ireland will
take their natural position as leaders
of the people, with whom their in
terests will be identical, in vain
shall we try to keep the new wine of
united and revived Nationalism in
the shrunken bottle of Castle gov
ernment. Irish autonomy, in one or
from another, is the necessary and
inevitable corollary of the last legis
w; Arnlnit. nf the Unionist gov
ernment. -From a sketch of "The
Right Hon. George Wyndham, M.
P. C'hamnion of tie Irish land bill,"
by W. T." Stead, in the American
Monthlr Review of Reviews for
May.
Largest stock to select from and prices that are
sure to catch those seeking bargains.
We've Got Just Stacks of NEW GOODS
of every description and of the very latest styles,
and when you want a new dress, .new hat, new
suit of clothes, a new pair of shoes, or anything
else that is up to date, why just go to see
fttvlo Orlodnatnra
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WE ARE pleased to announce to our friends
and customers that have the latest and most
exquisite styles in white goods, lawns, dimities,
and dainty 6had.es in dress goods fabrics are
now awaiting your inspection. Our large as
sortment will convince you that we are leaders
in dress goods.
Gents Department!
OUR CLOTHING counters are laden with
rare bargains, and we can fit you out epic and
span in a new suit, shoes, hat, etc. All the
styles in shirts, collars and neckties at prices
to command a purchase. Come to see us.
.Miller a Wood.
Come and See
Our new line of SPRING and SUMMER1GOODS now in.
A complete line in everything carried in a General Store.
All at Lowest Cash Prices
Old Dominion, Addison'&'Allison's and Baugh & Son's Fer
tilizers at $1.25 to $1.65 per bag. Great bargains in
LADIE'S . AND. MISSES SLIPPERS AND GEN
TLEMEN AND BOYS SUITS.
All Kinds uatry Produce in Exchange for'Merchandis e
Naiomi Falls Store Co.
W. T. BRYANT, Manager. RAND LEM AN,N .0
D. M. OSBORNE & CO.
T5he Largest Independent
Manufacturers' of
Harvesters and Binders
In the World.
J. 11. Z.' ZZZZ, Agtnt.
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