North Carolina Newspapers

r W COURIER "T "I U,e COURIER Leads in Both News and J Advertising Columns Circulation. I Bring Results Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year No. 14. VOL XXIX.- ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 7th, 1904. THE ASHEBORO COURIER. I:- n MEN CAPABLE OF EARNING $1,000 TO 15,000 A YEAR TRAVELING SALESMAN, C RK, MERCHANT NO MATTFR WHAT YOUR BUSINESS! A eotmili'tc rmiyanlHitintt of tlu pmlnclnit tlerartlni-iil ol The Mutual Mfi' liiMtrtime Cum miiviiI Now York In thirtttonilt1nr.l a clmnjo for ft K.l men i elKln viuwirti" .n the irT. . ,,1,. ,l,l hif writllWWlWtlHT It will lie worth while for you to make chwiiic no Dnivlotis cxm-rience l iiucegnary. a mimi of nmfnatloniil lu.trucUim elvon f rws THE MUTUAL' Lira INsrRANCE. COMPANY 60 MILLION DOLLARS Ariilma, OE0B01S T. CSXTRR, SuKrltitcll cut of Doraartla Acenclw, M Nwatf St., HVRR1RB. WILfA)X. lam for North carotin. The Mutual Life Insurance On. at H . Y. CHARLOTTE, Jt.C. Balloon Soap! For 5c. you get a poiiiul package of our Balloon Soup. You get one ttird more soap than of any other brand on the mark et, besides it takes less to do you it has the lusting qualities. Try it. White Eagle, The bint all-wheat straight ilour on the market, kept constantly on hand. T. E. LAS5ITER & CO. Asheboro N. C. Greensboro Optical Company GREENSBORO, N. C. UcADO HOTEL. We carry Optical Goods and r Supplies; are Expert Op ticians and Jewelers. We fit glasses. No charge for examination, We repair glasses, Duplicate lense, Fill, prescriptions, Repair watches, Do stone letting, Make Diamond Mountings, Make rings, Make medals, Make class jM'iis, Make society pins, Hepair jewelry, Do engraving, All at lowest jtossible cost. BRING OR MAIL US YOUR WORK. GREENSBORO OPTICAL CO. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SPOON, The M&rket Man, Wants Your Trade. He buys and sells all kinds of oountry PRODUCE and keeps constantly on hand Fresh Mests at reasonable prices. Also a stock of Groceries. W. D. SPOON, Asheboro. Depot St. Cu Prices While you Wait" We find we have a great number of Odd Suits on hand, and in order to move them at once we will Cut trie Prices to Suit Your Pocket. For Underwear ami every thing nice in Men's aud Boy' Wearables, come to tit and tare money. THE MEftRITT-JOHNSON CO Clothiers and Gents' Furn ishers, 308 S. Elm St. Salesmen Thog. A. Walker. Chas. A. Tucker, Wade II. Stockard, C. C. Johnson, J. W. Merntt rLoRAi, NURSERY James M Lamb, Proprietor Uoek Boa r -.( villa. N. C, OTJB ANNUAL CATALOGUE of Trees, Shrubs, Greenhouse Plants, Rosea, Balbs and Bedding and Or namental Plants bow ready. Yonr Banc on a postal will bring it free rwi iToc'K-jrsriuAi.rsirBrt, 100 one-vearAld Arbourviteas fur ft .50. RALEIQH LETTER. Cottoa Growers Their Prospect Judge Parker The Qiiberfiatcris! Contest Pinch and McBee In Court Death of I. E. Avery. Raleigh, N. C, April 5, '04. The majority of those who, rend these letters are farmers and land owns directly interested in agricul tural pursuits, largely cotton grow ing. I am, therefore, going to talk to you a little while today on that subject, and give you the bentitof somo information that has come into my possession through personal ob servation and conversation wit h well informed farmers and cotton manu facturers. In the first place, there ii going to be more cotton grown in North Carol in (i this year than in many yean past the natural result of the high prices secured for the last crop. The statement has been freely mane in certain quarters that this would be imposible, "because there is no reserve force of labor available" to cultivate a larger crop. Hut, to some extent at least, that statement is not true. One of the principal causes of the growing scarcity of farm labor in tbis ami several other southern States of recent years has been the rapid growth of the cotton manu facturing industry. Thousands of small farmers and farm hands have left the farms and gone to work in the mills. Last year there were 00, 000 operatives employed in the North Carolina couoti uniis, ana me great majority of them were drawn from the farms. Most of them left the farms when the price of cotton was so low that there was lutie or no profit to be wade in 'growing it. Now the conditions are reversed. A number of the mills have tempor ality discontinued operations and thrown out or work hundreds . and hundrc 's of operatives, while others are running on short time, thereby curtailing the wages of the employes. I am informed that a very large pro portion of the mill hands that have been affected by these conditions have returned to the farms. And not ouly so, but a considerable num ber who bad regular work in mills, including even a number of over seers, have voluntarily taken up farming again. One of these said to me today: "We may not get six teen cents fur our cotton this year, but I will be satisfied if we realize twelve cents for it. In fact, there's money in cot tan at ten cents, and 1 think we will be pretty certain to get as much as that for this year's crop; and as far ns I am personally concerned, I tlo not intend to desert the farm again as long as cotton brings teu cents or more." it is no uncommon thing to see cotton growers buying additional stock. I have seen dozens of them come into Raleigh during the last three months, bringing loads or cot ton and carrying back one to three extra mules or horses to work an in creased uerege ith this year. With the piefrnt outlook, cotton growing farmers can afford to pay better priets for lultor and will therefore be better able to secure it. The general opinion seems to be that our farmers are not acting un wisely in increasing their cotton acreage; for it is generally conceded that, owing to the short crops of the two last seasons, cotton is pretty cer tain to bring a good price again next season, it may not roach to or lb cents, but it will bring enough to make its cultivation profitable. Well, the trial of McBee and Finch on the charge of conspiracy will not occur tbis week, Jndge Brown hav ing granted a continuance, nut the defendants had a day in court Sat urday and their counsel took ad vantage of it by making some ser ious charges against the management of the A. &, N. C. Railroad and the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead (which the railroad bought a year or so ago) in their argument before the court, nd through the tiling of affidavits. Judge Brown reserved his decision on the motions to quash the bill of indictment and for a removal of the case to the Federal court. He will probably file his decision with the clerk of the Superior court here to day or tomorrow. The answer to these affidavits ana the report 01 toe committee appointed by the Gover nor to examine into "the moral, physical and financial condition" of the road are awaited with much in terest It looks now to be mote than ever probable that the Democrats of the South will "get together" on the presidential nominee 'j notion by uniting on Judge 1 ai'Ler. It he se cures the delegation from New York they will be almost certain to do so, in which case his nomination will be assured. I have heretofore alluded to the strength of Lieut. Gov. Turner as a candidate for governor. If the re ports that reach here are tine the claim of his friends, that he will re ceive the second highest vote on the first ballot in the convention, appears hkelv to prove true. He is unques tionably a strong candidate, and he toe seems to be gaining strength ever dav. For inatnnne. the Mo','- canton News-Herald of last week, in a column editorial commencing his candidacy, says he "will no doubt got at least a majority of the voles 01 rsnrke county" in the con vention. Mr. Glenn is now making an active personal campaign, and also has many admiiers. The friends or Mai. stedman are not idle either, The friends of Mr. Irwin E, Avery, for the past eevaral years city editor of the Charlotte Observer, are I greatly shocked and grieved to learn of his sudden death in his room at Charlotte Saturday uieht. He had been suffering from insomnia, and his death was caused by an over dose of the medicine prescribed to make him sleep. He was not only a fine reporter, but a fluent and strong writer also, possessing literary abil ity of a high order; and was a son of Judge A. 0. Avery, and only 32 ye-irs of age. If the cotton growers of this State will write to Mr. Gerald McCarthy, Stnte Biologist, Ruleigh, N. C, they will receive valuable information in regard to the marketing of cotton root bark,. At present it is bringing 15 to 20 emits a pound in New York, and Mr. McCaithy says be will agree to find a sale for all good cotton root bark. It can be made a source of considerable revenue to farmers, instead of being wasted and left to decay in the fields. Secretary Poirue and asst. Sectv and treasurer Denson are at work, preparing to make the State fair this year the greatest one on record They bate issued an advance prem ium list ot held and gniden pro- uucte, a ropy of which will tic mail ed to any one desiring it. Write for a copy and prepare to compete for some ot the many prizes and prcm iiims. Llewxa.m. Grand Jury Report tor March Term. To his Houor, 0. II. Allen, we th Grand Jurors, for the term beg leaye to submit tho following report: We have completed the business before our body and have returned all bills submitted to ns for action, and made presentments of all mat ters which are within our knowl edge. We have visited the county iitil in a body and find it well kept, we find no prisoners in lau at this time. '1 he offices of the Clerk of the Snn- enoa Court and Register Deeds are well kept, so far as we can ascertain wc would especially commend Clerk of the Superior Court, W. C. Ham mond for the way he is keeping the records in his office. We also com mend J. I. Boroughs, Register of Deeds, for the maimer in which Im records are kept and for the efficiency he displays in keeping his onicc in order. Both offices need more room for records and we recommend some changes made in the court house for the same. We scut a committee to the Comi ty Home and find 'i'i inmates there at this time. We find everything in good order, wc find a suflicent amount of wholesome food and find the houses of the inmates neat, cleau and well kept. We find the inmates well clothed and well cared for. We especialy commend W. J. Dclk and bis wife for tho manner in which they keep the County Home. We sent a committee to examine the records of W. J. Miller, the County Treasurer, and find them well kept and in good order so far us we cau ascertain. Wc tind the county out of debt and $5,301.87 cf county funds in the treasury. Also $2,07n.75 of tho road funds iu the treasury, at this time. Also afi.oOI.72 school funds on hand. We sent a committee to the office of the County Board of Education and tind everything m good order and well kept, anc' think the board is doing all it can for the advance ment of education in Randolph county. Wc would especialy com mend 1 rot. J. AI. Way, County sup erintendent of Public Schools, to gether with the Board of Education tor the earnest effoit they are making for the advancement of education in tbis county. We the (iiand Jury, visited Hie Graded School in Asheboro in a body and found everything in the School rooms neatly kept and well arranged. Through and by the courtesy of Prof. Walker we were carried through the differnt depart-, ments and giveu explanations by mm and his assistants in the grades taught (Which wo hereby tender our thanks.) We think their method of instruction thorough, more es pecialy in the primary grades for which we would commend 1 rot Walker and his assistants. We recommend that the orphans of the county be closly looked after by the proper authorities and any that have not guardians, have them appointed for them. We des desire to express to your Honor and the officers of the court our thanks for courtesies shown us. Reipeetivelv Submitted, " J. A. Wall. Foreman of Grand Jury, March term, 1904. Obituary. Mr. George M. Farlow was boru. December 20th, 1842, died March 12th, 1904. Therefore at the day of his death his age was 61 years, two months and 22 days, lie joined the Friendi church in his young days and lived a consistent member and devotedly nerved the Lord for many years before the summons of death, lie lived a quiet unassuming life, re mote from the fashions of the world and many times in conversation with the writer, he expressed his noj for the life beyond the grave, where he would meet bis father and mother and one brother who had preceded him to Heaven. He loaves two brothers and three sisters, Messrs A. C. and D. B. Farlow, Mrs. Benjamin Millikan, Mrs. I. N. Pearceand Mrs. A. A. Robbins, with a bost of friends aud relative! to mourn tbeir loss. But they should realize that their loss is Heaven's gain, and his im mortal soul has crossed the bar and met hi savionr, face to face. His mortal remains were laid to rest in Marlboro cemetry. Thoa art gone, dear one, where only bliss is known, Gone where love and joy ara one. ' A Kurt. WASHINGTON LETTER. New Inventions to be Exhibited at St. Louis "The Truth About Trusts" The President's Attitude To ward the Trusts, Etc. A.,..;i vi. l i' DeGraw of the Eastern Press Bureau of the World's Fa.r. located iu this city, is in receipt of advices that a ,-',;; ,', ...,.ii ,,. l invention will make its first appear- ance before the public in the Palace of Machinery at St. Louis. It is churned tor this wonder of the twentieth centnry that it will be a boon of inestimable value to farm - nit fnl k b maun fuel nrora trei-- ally, oil producer, railroads brew- !.. eries, miners, iu fact to every one engaged in lifting and distributing water and perhaps greatest of all to the cultivators of laud and raisers of stock in the arid legions, as through its use water may be drawn and dis tribnted at will either by dockwoik, ",ous ".lu,u""8 "K;n "tte. Ior. electricity or b:.nd power. The in- J8 ex,ff d between the Repul.hean veution is known ns the Deis pun-.p. ! P" u,nd ,h('f h,!,!d"d8 f tn,r,,ff It is compact-about four feet high I f?'f wl franchise trnili. er by probably three feet in ciicuni-1 ,"!"lr ,l.0' t.hw .yC"!-' lf the- great fereuce-but its size it apparently no '"" their appec.nt.ou for indication of its greatness from the viewpoint of general utility. The standard styles. No. 1 wilt be arranged so hat it may be readily wound in two or three minutes to run six or eight hours. This pump may le attached to the windmill devices uow so iron - erally used, thus obviating the ueccs - sity of waiting for wind in order to seenrn force for liftinir water. It is designed also for snecial use ill dry regions for irrigating liinls, thus obviiiting losses ot crops and cuttle hv ilmiarh v.. ) u in lnr.ti-iniil in diui-m- ter, so equipped that it may be at- tached to an electric current. It will . have a capacity of pumping 20 gal-. Ions a minute and bv connect ill c hv ' wires a sens of pumps between ' Washington ami rillladelpllia, tor instance, all the pumping stations l,m,7 th- r.infi. nmv be oiiei-atfd through u motor stationed at one end of the line thus making a saving, it , is claimed, of upwards of K0 per cent, ill the present lifting power now . hv unwise education from the (Un employed. The No. 2 pump is also i tiny to which he seemed appointed, tn L iiriiiTAii f.ii- aimitui- ii-vin in I "The conditions of mill life has a operating oil well, mine, filtration ! plants, hrewrnn and all estuoiisn- ments requiring heavy pumping ,... i P?.cr- No. 3 will be a hand pump oper-, ated by the swinging of a pendulum I so finely adjusted, or balanced, that it niav readilv be worked by a small I child. A cord may be attached to the pendulum so as to work it from tho house, oi any given point, and bv ' the means of a pipe line water may j thus be conveyed wherever desired, j A most attractive feature of the Deis invention is claimed to be the easy purchase price at which the pumps may be ohtaine... When Congressman Littletield, last year, had printed in the Con-1 gressional Record his list of 800 trusts, with nearly $14,000,000,000 j of capital, the country was startled j at the exhibit. Now comes Mr. ! John Moody a Wall Street publisher, j with a new book entitled "The Truth rVbout the Trusts," which gives us even higher figures. i Mr. Moody gives a clussilied list ot , the leading'trusts in the Unite.1 Suites. He gives 31 S important in-j dusttiul trusts, controlling 5,288 plants, having a total capitalization oiitstaiuling of $7,24i,342,533. He j enumerates 111 impoi taut franchise t trusts (tclegrapn, telephone, gas eiec- trie light and street railway consoli- dations), controlling 1,330 plauts, and having a total outstanding capi-' talization of $3,735,450,075. He . discusses the six great steam rail-1 road grouas with a total capitaliza- tijn of $0,01 8,086,907, and the ten allied independent railroad systems having a capitalization of $3X0,277,- I ooo. ' The ureat total of the capitalist-! tiou of till the trusts considered in this book, industrial, franchise and 1 transportation, is $29,379,162,511. j After mentioning the fact that ( there is in this country about $80,- j 000,000,000 of wealth outside of the j trusts discussed in Mr. Moody's book, the Wall Street Journal of March 17th makes tin following significant statement: "It should not be overlooked that j the trust wealth is the most imitor- j taut in that IT LARGKLY CON -1 TROLS ALL THE OTHER WEALTH, 'i'he trusts are in con- nice house entertainment. He ev trol of the transitortation facilities I poets to be there ut the Democratic of the country. They arc practical- j ly iu control of its banking facilities and they control of its main iiidua- trial systems. 1 brought control oi i the banks, the railroads and the; leading industrial companies, the directors of these trust practically direct the business of the country, and when it is said that of the $20,-, OM,t00.000 of trusapiUl m the United States, L PWARI S of $ L- OOO.OOfMHW IS HK.L.VD1 FAMILY, nd that the greater 1 amount IS represent uy a gruuf of perhaps a dozen capitalists, one gets some conception ot ine luuieuse power which is wielded iu this coun try by a few capitalists. The fact that the Wall Street Journal, aud to tome extent also, Mr. Moody, attempts to liistify the existence of these truit is of on con sequence, it is of great importance that nearly all these trusts, with over $20,000,000,000 of capitaliza tion, are illegal combinations and would probably be so declared, if they were bought to the bar of jus tice. Our easy-going Attorney-General, bowe.-er, got frightened when h won a suit against, one of them, really begun by tnegosniwof Mm BcWs, aad hastened to tell the that the government was not going i to "run amuck" in its opposition to! trusts. Wall Street interpreted thi?' statement, and other assurances that tatemunt, and other assurances that: were saiil te come direct from the White House, to menu that there would be no more suits begun against these illegal and criminal trusts this 1 -n'.ar' 8ml l,",,t'd to I'."' 1 " ! f,nce? f t.r,.,Bt 'toe. 1 be V ! dfc"M K,vc." ' 5 on the fo'lowing Saturday the prices ot these trust stocks closed highf ., .' , . . . i , , - .. .. . . - , Kv I . . , . . . " ' -" , . . , , 1 , , , : 1 . . ... , " . 8 points within one week from the j ren.f"Be f le df s'on: , I It is iierfectly safe to lay that the present neenpunt of the White House knows full well on which side of his Republican bread is the trust butter and that he will not do any thing to greutly disturb the baimo- nious relations which have for many . . ' . , ' - juj uj wir lu-jHiuiutui I'liuijmigu CllAIILk'S A. EUWAItlni. ; - ; the Factory Child, At the meeting of the department . 'f superintendents of the National 1 Education Association held recently i in Atlanta, Lawton K Evans, of 1 Augusta, delivered a Talk on "The factory Child," which 111 part he ; Ge following to say: "There are three pressing prob- ' bere southern educators: the prooieui 01 me iicmr, nuicn is iuc ruiiil school; the problem of labor. is the negro question: the problem of tho mill, which is the education of the factory child. "I'he importance of the latter problem is evident when we consider nieauvaoce maue uy nuiuuvrii man- ufactunng industries in the past ten vears. l he danger is. that the tac- tr' re building at the expense of ''elds, that white labor will forsake mrm nnu uie negro ue uneneu depressing inlluence upon mill peo- r,,r- ."i 's. cheerless, and their leisure hours arc unprovided for and the ... ...: n,,.;. i..i.- w "', v.. i..v,, o... " by tue wnns ami in me cecseiess din of machinery makes them drift nto neglect aud prejudice, ine P!m i to lighten their lives by icacmng mem w nut uie nuns cniinoi g' them. The demand upon us to teach Uiem to get most out of the hard life to which they are bound. The initial work is with the very young who are uucaied for while the PrejiU are in the uiil s. I, - , , . u . """ '. i . T life demand, that he schools teach tjic people how to live, i hey need 'Mumiing iniiuence oi iraining m habits of neatness, order, love or l'ks, flowers and decorative things, Domestic science schools, sewing and cooking, home keeping in general, a "' . iinu.iig ru.ni..-. ih., " lectures, scnooi game ns-ure an among ine scmineh ior ici,cti.iB uie " ; j " H "l"r' "f '" factory child. .... r... e. u . "u"u " r ' Mr. Daniel Sink, a well knon and prosgerous fanner living just across r or.-vi.ri an! i nw msuii county line tells us a remarkable record (-(ni cerning himself. Mr. Sii k is no years old, has never seen the Yadkin "river, living only 12 miles from it; has never licen over.2H miles from home and has never rode on the train. Delias reared a family of eight children, has always raised plenty and to spare; is a member of the Reformed Church and is an in- (lustrums and highly respected citi- zen, serving bis day and generation honestly and conscientiously, with good will towaid all men. Winston Republican. Go b Private Coaveyince. W. aeiiry I'nvis, ot fork Church, informs tin- Daxie Times that he expects to go to the Werlds rair through the country in a private conveyance, and will exhibit moving pictures and other features on his way there and back, making in all a Convention, July 6, at which time he will advertise his lit fair paper, "The Hornet" Davidson Dispatch. tiscrupuloui Office-Seekers, Tlu, di8f?rliccful Knm,e for thc RepnbIic,n nomi,lation for Congress jn ihf fj - th g thftt (hc , bhcsa , i(1 Aorth Carolina . ltToUJhs.it of f,,kh ,od ..ns.mi.nlou. oni.-e-seekers.- -Chat- ,.., p' , Cataiert at A. ft M. College. The catalogue of tbe A. M. col lege, just issued, shows 521 students, a follows: Agriculture 140, Civil Engineering 74, Mechanical Engine ering 75, Electrical Engineering 77, Chemistry and Mining 22, Textile Industry 42, Mechanic Art 73, Shop, drawing, etc., 18. States rep resented 7, Foreign Countries repie sentcd 3, Count ice in North Caro lina represented 85. Tuition $20 a year. Board $8 a month. Oue hno ired and twenty acholarehips. Sum' nirr School for Teachors July 4 to Aiut 4th. Address TjesiJeut n.:l'i. -ii-.. i l.:-i. ' W inston, West Ksleigh, N. C SAM JONES' LETTRR. , , , . He Jttmp from Flor,da t0 Pennsylvania with a Stopover at Forsythe. tia., and Writes iDterestingly of His Trip. Atlanta Minimi. Oil City, I'm.. March lieu. -From Flo'iida to Ivmisvlvauia is long jump, but 1 split tin- diffcrencf by a stop over of two ib'vs at Fur- syth, Gn., last rndav mid Saturday, ! at the convention of the Home Mis I .ion Soc iety of the No, ll, tieorai, conference. Mv wife is pivsi- : 111' iS dent of that aocictv, and thu only member ot my family, in cluding myself, who ev.-r held '(..like, we dre pi oud of her ami never fail tontKud the convention ila charitable institution. .Vv wife y vice Jiresident and general ma.niLrer. Only vico president of the Home Mission Society but general manager ul home. 1 always enjoy the conventions of women. 1 can get to rest my voice and mind, too, occasionally. Wife and 1 were the gin-Ms of M's Brooks, and a half dozen uuuv dele gates were also her guests. She en tertained us so splendidly in her com modious lovely home. She has a heart as big as her home. These 2ood women in convention met. Tulk and work, talk and sing, talk and devise means to carry on their work; talk and puss resolutions: talk and adjourn ami then adjourn and talk. God bless them, talk and all. I spoke in the court house in For syth at II o'clock Saturday morn ing and thc brethren weie there from Capudociii, Asia, Pontus and 1 lie regions beyond, and the fur Hew in sections. Monroe county is soon to decide whether she will remain prohibition or take in one of those beautiful,' (intitiil church ueiri'ndjiig. dud dis honoring, devil plciising, conscience debauching, never-t-t-be-gotteii-rid-of dispensaries. 1 here is no liner cit izenship in Georgia than the good people of Monroe county ami they will not give up their "licnlagi- of decency and take over into her life a dispensary. They will remain sober and remain dry. I left A thin u on the afternoon of the 20th on tho Southwestern Limit ed for Washington, 1). C, and we had as solid comfort en route to Washington as the Piedmont could give us in the way of sitting rooms, beds ami eating, mid there were ninety-live of us on board, mid we had good r-ompunv in the wnv of old and new acquaintances. We left Washington City after a stop of half an hoar, and when we passed through Baltimore we i Id but fwl for those splendid merchants and business men whose lois bv the great tire was so complete and so awful. 1 came from Baltimore to Harris burg, Pa. The Pennsylvania rail road parallels the Susquehanna river most of the wnv between the cities, and such a sight I never looked on before. Thousands and thousands of acres of ice (piled out on each side of the river) fiom 10 to 2o I'ett deep; houses and bains crushed t" kindling wood or overturned hv tin fearful Hoods of ice and wain: great trees stripped of their fuliugc and some of them skinned from bolioin to tup. I tell yon it has been squally times up and down t he Susquehanna liver, the water lias receded and left the lowlands covered, as I .-aid. with ice 10 to 20 feet in depth--- enough ice to bear the ice market all the summer, if it was preserved ami made marketable. I sjKiit yesterday in Pittsburg. Politics is tieginnmg to boll in Penn sylvania. With the Republican gang Roosevelt is thc winner. I he Dem ocrat don't know w here tbev are at. They think at times they know, then j here comes the report thi't tins mull that and the other city or coiuitv in state, has declared for Hearst, uml then they think they don't know I where tbev arc at Even George! Fred has declared for Hearst. Hearst's candidacy seems u joke, uml vet if the Democrats keep up their old lick of playing thc fool they may nominate him. He has barrels of money ami newspapers to burn just started another in Boston. Parker is the natural, legitimate, logical candidate of tho Democratic party, and no don bt will get it. unless the Democrats propose to play thc foul a monumental way. Roosevelt has the Republican partv in his vest pocket, and he is steady in the saddle. With 1'arkei inula good man from Indiana for his run ning mate, the Democrats have a lighting chance, and may make the landing. Hut it tney put up Hearst they bad just as well hold their con vention and nominate Bryan and Sockless Jciry Simpson and go home and stay drunk until thc election is over, i hen tlicv can say tney were drunk instead of saying they wen- fools, do it. gentlemen, 1 don t care which gets licked: I don't In-long to either gang. I am a piohiUtiuiiist, I keep telling you,aiid 1 won tchunge my politics until the Democrats quit playing the find and the Republicans quit acting the rascal. So 1 am in clined to the opinion that I will never change from my prohibition principles. I will finish up my tour in Penn sylvania this week and strike for home. Yours truly, Sam P. J'ones. Paint Your Buggy for 75c. with Devoe Gloss Carriage Paint It weighs 3 to S ounces more to the pint than others, wears longer; and floss equal to uew work. Sold I Utifsw fidtflinty UflAlwarA fjl Can Anything but a Bad Smell Come from kottennes: ? Washington curresi iind, ut of Charlotie Observer. lie is a iiVptib Mean: lf the Republicans of N.'lih Caro lina do mil cease their iiiudsliiigiug performance ami quit lii-foulicr their own party's lust tiny will sot t alie nate t lie good will and lou.-c the ie sped of every national parly lender. A pigeon hole in half dueii senate rooms is filled n iih charges euainst Republican u.qiirauls for uMicc. These most of wbi' li have been. tiled within the past two or three yt a' represent the full category of tln ciinie. Very many of them no paper would dine to print fur fear of possi ble libel suits. A Republican mem ber of the Senate Poslollice commit tee when told that charges had been made against Mr Wallace said that one would Ihiuk to hear the Repub licans of down there talk about themselves that they were an aggie gatiollofhor.se thieves. This ii.-ibit which North Carolina liVptiblieans have formed of mailing cliaigcs against one another was Justice I'ritcbard's chief annoyance and source ol liiiUarai-uieiil during In during the closing days of his svr vice iu l he Senate. Can the Leopard Change his Spols or (iig Ethiopian His Skin? "Minonty parties arc veiy nuces- sury to secure the best and sal test government from the majority: and it was hoped tlmt with the adoption of the constitutional amendment a clean, agL'" ' '.' party woulu si,, u.g -,y it Noi iu l at ; .ti-ou existed j- , it has boon n I v two cm I he Stat- in .- -land :i li lint as thu. olina. But w ball i ei at one time for t hi.- ho blasted. There mv t gressional districts in which the Repuhlicu chance, ami as chillier is, theli presented tin- spectacle of I he liepiihlicah-S in llio.- districts lighting like dogs am! blackguarding each other like lisli women. That party, so iv as there is anything to indicate never allows thought, of the public welfare ti con cern it but thinks of nothing except getting and keeping ollices. It will never cumin.iml respect or gain re cruits a long as this is the case and thu indications arc that it will ul. ways be. It ha- clean uml aide and honoralile men in us ranks hut the sound of their voice is hushed in the infernal, t in- i t : mil din over oflice, office oll'iee." fur if Chariot :i as geiu-i Mr llul tier copied a position as general superin tendent at the Star Foundry ami Machine Co. Mr. Hiillli-r cunic well receiumeuili-i! and ve weUoine him with ii-. Mr and Ml- W .1 I't.ge. oi il-:np. were in tow n lir,-t of the, week. Siai can lio.t.i of a full schunl now. F.veiy wci l ,idd- two or more to it- roll. . Prof C Fiank that there will I at the r.eadelnv Mli,' inlono- ns a "leaji year' party ridav niglit. Miss Ktla Moor,.,- b. , op d a iiiilliucry : , u l 1 1 n -i : I in ciiiiiei iiou with The Still- Mercantile f,,. ami would be pleiised to m-e h.-r fl'ii'tlds rail ami buy their spring bats. On Tuesday evening l In- ymiiig people of Still spent a must enjoyable evening at Mr Geor-o Slew art's. Mrs Stewart i- a tine li"st-.-s. Pit, Trail and other games were ihe amiiseiiH-uts of the evening. Miss Blanche A.-lnnv is visiting Mr (i W Stewart this v. Mr and Mr.- IVor spent Mondav night v. it .Milton. iH-k, lllll'ttlllioll h 1 hi ii son Resolutions ci K:-pect. Ali-I W li.-tl-ti. ...am- in iii. I hlHtlllll- Mlt! l.roltirr l-n -ii- II the M- I", i-hiir,.!, Illlltl .I,'!ltll I nllli'llll HI, II . , ,i.!.l ,lr,i , VSIIKWuli . HANINIKI;. tsMIIII. Keeping Dawn the Surplus Population. One hundred and eighiy-.-ix nun killed in a Pennsylvania coal mine. Two cf the "bosses" are said to have kept their safety lamps unlocked. If men could only be as trustworthy as mnchinoay ! But why i the Ws of life per thousand of mim-rs at work in Great Britain somev, lmt lss than 1.94 -the figures ten years ago and in France only 1.57, whereas, iu the United States it is 2.t; '; In the case of the 1'cnnsylvnnia min ers of bituminous coul, the perci-n-tage has actually increased froni 1.80 in 1893 to 2.10 1H 1902. More evi dence ot the Aliurieuii cul'cksia-t of human life. It ii possible that in a few hundred years people will look back to the twentieth vt-ntury with something of tile wonder and horror with which they now look back to the bloodshed in Italian mediaeval times or the slaughterous sacricfiet in old Dahomey or Benin. With the Procession, "Everybody's Magazine for April. Mrs B E Pbilkrs spent last week with her rarnu in Ileatant Groie township. MONTGOMERY NEWS. Items of Interest Clipped from the Troy livumiikT. A car of horses and mules passed to Ml (iilead Saturday. Mr W F Haywood of thai place, to whom the car was being shipped, is dealing ex tensively in stock this season. Mr W .1 Baldwin, of White House, Randolph couiiiv, has moved bis family to Troy, lie and Mr S J r-iiiillieriuiin will engage in the man ufacture f shingles ut this place at an eally dale. The Melhuilisl ceiueteiy was clean ed and made beautiful Tuesday, by those having relatives aud friends buried there. A day similarly spent at the llapti.-l ceinctciy would add considerably to its appearance. Our next term of court will begin on April 18th, and will continue only one week. Juge Oliver II. Allen, of Kiiiston, who held our January term will preside. This coin t is for civil cases only. The rout motors for the iron work j of tliu bridge at Saunders ford on j i'w harrii) river have oommenred work on the bridge. The piers have been completed and the bridge will bo ready for travel iu u short while. I Col. H F Simmons, a prominent lawyer of Troy, N. C, is spending i i he week in Arcadia mid paid this I oilier ii pleasant call. Simmons is j highly leased with this portion of the talc and savs Arcadia is the nio.-l prosperous town he has seen in Florida. He is delighted with the climate of south Florida. De Solo county t Flu.) News. -." n!-ii:, i No. I, (Uaiinilii ., Ml. Gilead township, have raised idi dollars by private donation, and forwarded it to the County Treasurer to be applied to the pin (base of a library. This leaves the county entitle to only three mure under the act creating rural ,'hruries. Ve are informed that it rich de pus,! of gold has been found about one.,; !e from F.ugle Springs in MiHiiv -inly. It is uid to be rich er than famous lulu mine, which if true, ii es it a very valuable 1 i-'ce of pro itv. It is being de v eloped. A Tribute cf Love. Our dear little bi other, Tommy Lowdeinnlk was born November lii, 1X80 and died March 12. 1904 and was buried in the cemetery ut Flag Soring, March 13. Little Tommy has always been afiiietod and unable to do any thing and bore bis aftlic tiiei without a murmur. The light of our liome is gone. A short time before hi." death ne said to one of bis sis ters, l-.t'a, I will soon be with the Angel-. ih u but a blessed thought tht-.t the:-.- lvmuineth u rut to the people of CuJ. Still it is hunl to 'ie ep little Tommy. Hoiv can we Ine With. i. H thee and home w il I seem ho long. r home with thy sweet pre sence guile. There ;-: a vacant chair in the hoi.ie that never can be filled. Yet again we hot- in meet thee w here no farewell teais an- shed. Dear pupa and muiniaa God has increased your itiieres! in lleav. ii that in the midst of tin-toils. c.ire. and trials of life, y.Hi may not forget that there is a glorious life beyond this vine of tears, to vvbi'-ii the Lord is gently and lovingly calling you. We would say that Tummy is standing ut the beau tiful gale not sulTeiing, but healed, w.stchiug and waiting for us. May we all live hen- so vv hen we are call ed one l.y one we may meet him wln-re parting will be no more. . In .-liil.lif.fi lilsr tin ItuiMh. in tl...-, unit! !,. .iiK-ily .1,1 tl i-nirlit -itnl ' Willi li i-ili,- to i.ik-t. in- In tin -ulimi.-lim Imli It. i,,r tin- areni nliitc Timim. At.'t th.-uqli ut Kt.iljr mi-- tiir i V,-t wo - Tliy will lA'iloni'. The industrial article for April in th- Review of Reviews series is de Voted to the vi'llow-piiie lnmls-r of tiic South. The writer, Mr. W. Wat son Davis, gives an authoritative ac count of the 'logging, sawing, and market ting of this important pro duct in wiiai is now the greatest linnlii r district in the I'nited States. Comn itte cf Every Chu"-h who derides to have tbeir edifice painted, will save money by obtain ing a donation of a liberal quantity of the Longman & Marlines Pure i'liints. The largest Methodist Church in Georgia, calculated from a former experience, to use over one hundred gallons of mixed paint iu painting their church, at u cost of about $150. They painted it with thirtv-two gallons of thc L. Sl M. and Uciitv four gallons of oil, mixed therewith, The cost was about seventy vi'7y) dollars. They saved fully eighty t$b0) dol lars in paint, and besides they got a big donation. It's the best advertisement in tow n. The church is most prominent,and teen by erery one. Sold b? the following agent IM-ludy-Pool Hdwe, Co., Abi-bT0 m. 1 The Eandkmao fctore Co.. I.ui... man.