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OR COX, President. W J ARMF1M.0, VPrea
W J ARMF1KLD, Jr., Cadiier.
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1904. Address
Fbancis P. Venable, President,
CHAI'EL HILL, N. C.
C C. WOODELL,
Blacksmlthlng and Oeneral
REPAIR fSHOP.
" Do .ill kinds of work from
horseshoing to making wa
gons.
I have for sale'now a dozen
good second hand buggies
thoroughly rebuild and sold
at low prices, r
Call to see me near Depot.
C. C. WOODELL.
Illinois central"
RAILROAD
DIRECT ROnB TO TJI8
ST. LOOTS EXPOSITION
Two . trains daily.
In ConnctH.ii with W. " A. B. B.
N. C, & fit, L. Ry from Atlanta.
Lt Atlanta a. m. ArBt. UanaJifWa-i i.
With Through Sleeping Care From
j Georgia. Florid '& Tentttssae
. Route of the Farnou
; '" "OIXIE FLYER"
Carrying tR only morning aleeplng car I
Atlanta tu Ht. Ionia, The oar letvue Jack '
vllht daiiv, !. p. IB., Atlanta: a. n., SO
yon tlie entire flny in Ht. Lout tn ant locat
For rate, from vonr eiur. WoiiN fair '
BrrikaudacAHio.S,i(riiijriwrriwarvatH)i !
lor tmok ahowtnic RMnU ai.a Boarding no
' quoting then r4 write to.
FRED O. MILLER. ,
t Traveling Pa. Agent
, I N. PrtvcrrSu 4.TLANTA.C
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Rooeevelt's Record the Issue
in this Campaign.
REPUBLICANS TRYING TO MAKE THE
ISSUE SOMETHING ELSE.
uite the Negro's Ohost President Roose
vclt's Record of the Past Come up to
H.unt Him I. thl. C.mpalrn.
Corroiiiu1ence to The Court or.
Washington, D. O., Aug. 20.
One of the "funnv" features of this
campaign in the National Capital is
the evident desire ot the leading re
publicans to keep President Roose
velt and his record iu the background
to efface him and his record absolu
te!
When the average republican here
meets his democratic- friend and pro
seeds to a discusion of the political
situation, he gleefully says to the
democrat: "Yon have no issue; where
and what is your issue?" When the
democrat, with a smile, remarks that
we will make. all other issues subor
dinate and secondary considerations
to Roosevult Mid his record, the re
publican immediately throws his
hands up and practically say; "For
heaven's sake don't do that!" it sim
ply accentuates importance to tho de
mocracy of Roosevelt as a campaign
issue.
When every effort is being madi
by republican leaders to compel
Roosevelt to hide behind his former
self; when the ex-seoretary, Chuirnmo
of the Republican National Commit)-1
tee announces that the president will
make no speeches iu this campaign,
it means that ne will be given no u
portumty to make a blunder; 11
means he will try eelfeffacement its
an effort to overcome his record fur
rant, sti enuosity, diKplay, military '
spirit, hypocracy,' and moral coward
ice.
Roosevelt bus fooled a whole lot1
of people. If democrats, everywhere
will only instruct the people wno
have been fooled ou the facts of his
record, thej will be fooled no longer.
President Roosevelt himself is giv
ing every sign of being aware that
Rooseveitism is to be a leading issue
of the campaign. And it is evident
that he so little enjoys t be prospect
that he is sedulously .endeavoring to
recreate himself to mako a new
Roosevelt for presentation to the res
pectful, if not awed, consideration of
the voter.
The Roosevelt that Mr Roosevelt
wishes the American citizen to con
template is a grave, silent, thought
ful statesman, an austere Chief Mag
istrate, absorbed in the dignified dis
charge of his lofty duties.
The characteristics and properties
which made his reputation are no
longer visible. Impetuosity, volu
bility, and soldierly frankness
have vanished. The Khaki uniform
has becu laid away in the.closet with
the sword and tho big stick.
Even the preachings of civic right
eousness, with Addicks, 1'littt, Payne
in a front pew has been given up.
But, unhappily for the president,
the new Roosevelt, the campaign
Koosevelt, cannot separate Himself
from the o'd Roosevelt's record.
And it is to that record he will be
held during the canvass and at the
polls.
from now until November Mr.
Roosevelt will be obliged to "bump
the bumps." And the bumps on the
slide are many. lie must come in
contact with public distrust inspired
by a headstrong egotism and an in
curable arrogance. His contempt of
law; his substitution of his own royal
will for the constitutional action of
Congress; his affronting and threat
ening attitude toward our sister re
publics; his hasty and bellicose tem
per in foreign affairs; bis suspension
of the statues of the land in favor of
rich and politically powerful' trusts,
his praise of iinox, the corporation
lawyer and corporation protector, as
the best Attorney-General the coun
try ever had; his disingenuos and in
effective dealing with corruption in
tho Post Office DeDaatmeut: his iu-
sults to Admirals Dewey and Schley
and General Miles; the uneasiness
and apprehension with which be has
tilled the business community by his
warlike spirit aud love for doing
startling things all these are bumps
which Mr. Roosevelt will have to
bump.
And the bump which doubtless
jars the President worst of all in his
studied silence is the reluctance of
the trusts to fill the bat which Mr,
Cortelyou who was trust-investi
gator and is to be Postmaster-general
with mail contract to let to railroads
in the event of republican success-
is beseechingly jiuioiug. Wall street
declines to respond with the custo
mary campaign contributions. Mr.
Roosevelt has not injured the trusts
in pocket, bnt he has hurt their feel
ings. Iu order to accumulate politi
cal capital he made speechos against
them and had Knox bring a nann-
tss sv't or two, and the trusts nre
1 . -t-ntl ll, or at least some of the
nvaltlnest and most important are.
Business men who are not in the
trn 4s. bnt who have acted with the
repnblioan party and drawn thecks
for it i 1 Presidential years, do not
feol this time that their commercial
xnlvation depends npon a republican
victory , . And that is a particularly
bruisinj bump.
Sudiv. the new Roosevelt has begun
t'ie bnuping slide down the record
f the Id Roosevelt, the real Roose
velt, ttm Koosevelt that would le-ap-
I iear ag iin with every aggressive and
j icx-klcsa quality doubly emphasised
wrrelK tobe elected. There is no
j l 'oney ' lland ptyety in his "bumping
;e bu nping," for he makes the de-
,ceut. with intense unwillingness.
lie dreads- the. November landing.
If Mr Roosevelt did not fear Koose-
veltism as a vital issue he would dare
to be himself, welcome discussion of
his characteristics and deeds and not
try at the eleventh hour to oiler
himself as a changed man a cnas
tened. mild an ! inoffensive gentle
man to whom the clanking of swords
the waving of big sticks and violent
language are abhorrent.
But the bumps of the ineffaceable
record are there, and bump them
Theodore Roosevelt must.
CIIAS. A. EDWARDS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
"High price meat, and dollar
wheat." campaign err that can t be
beat for the folks you seldom meet
wno nave got too union to cut.
When the captain, of the battle
ship at Newport invited Secretary
Morton to take 'a cruise with him,
Paul enthusiastically exclaimed that
be would like to go it be could ride
on the cowcatoher.
Tom Taggart is willing to sacri
fice himself for his principles, or he
wouldn't consent to be chairman of
the Democratic National Committee.
For the next two months he will be
kicked all over the country and if he
wius ou November 8th everybody
will immediately forget him aud
about that Pinker did it.
What did J K Jones or Cal.
Brice get out of similar service? or
Gorman? Who remembers that a
ij'istler of the name of William
li'iirity catried Cleveland through
to 1 1 tory on his buck 111 1802? Will
Tom, you spalpeen, here's to the
likes 0 ';..
The u niter pail is still nearly full
but the u 1 istuble bottom is getting
ootisidei'itl v nearer the top.
The recent statement of Secretary
.Viortou that ! ha navy of the Unit
ed States nbou.il bo the most for
midable in exist, hoc," wus evidently
inspired by the Lead of the admin
istration. Yet w bat other publicist
in America would think of uttering
such tin absurd rvi.timent? This
continent is eelf-pti-u.; . d. Our at
tack npon the PLilippine nation,
and our subjugation of its people has
weakened us, of course, because if.
has immensely extended our coast
line and given us ten million addi
tional people to defend, but when
we get rid of that incubus, as we
shall by and by, there is no reason
on earth why" either our army or
our navy should be any larger than
they were ten years ago.
Having the candidate for Vice
President, west Virginia will be able
to pull through this vear, probably,
without external help. Mr. Davis
bad generously informed all candi
dates that he will duplicate whatever
funds they can raise for -campaign
expenses.
Round the nation's welkin spin
ning, a decision clear and nearly
sounds like tuis: 'An eight year s
inning is enough for any party."
several important, moor uuioiio 01
Philadelphia are indignant because
non-union labor is being employed
to build the new state house at
Harrisbnrg, and, being unable to
obtain any satisfaction from the
State authorities, they now propose
to hold President Roosevelt and his
party responsible. The claim to be
able to control enough votes in the
State to give the election to ;tne
Democrats.
The President has "reprimanded"
postmaster McMichael of Phila
delphia for selecting forty nine
Republicans lor clerks and reject
ing the same number of Democrats,
and has warned him that he must
"hereafter" obey the Civil Service
Law enacted by congress. "Here
after." But Mr Roosevelt ostenta
tiously neglects to order that the
illegally appointed clerks be dismis
sed and the illegally rejected be
appointed to the places for which
they were certified, bucb is Civil
Service Reform as defined by its
principle champion.
Mr. Root's sneer at the age of Mr.
Davis.Democratic candidate for Vice
President, has turned to be a boem-
erane. uu Admiral uanuoio cap
tured Constantinople when he was
ninety nine; oiiaire wpjw uta ri-ttt-est
tragedy at 86; and Thomas- Parr
of London lived to be 134, and Hrs.
P. divorced him for statutary cause
-when he was 120.
President Roosevelt's commisionei
of labor has compiled a table to show
that food costs much less than form
erly in comparison with wages.
ilia 'secretary of the interior has
set out another table to show that
watres will buv more food than for
merly. And Gen. Grosvenor display
a sumptions table of his own figures.
But in all these tables tnere is ono
hich they have not closely investi
gated the dinner table.
The Record af a Davk Farmer.
Mr. Sam Smith, a well known cit
izen of Sheffield, went to farming a
few years ago. When be started he
bad notbin? but a Llixie mow anu a
goose neck hoe. After operating suc
cessfully for several years be is well
fixAd. - He now bas a farm paid tor
bull calf and a double plow, he
bas averaged 600 spuirrels ayuar ana
daring the time has killed S6S wild
turkeys, who can beat this record
Mocksvule Times.
Cat Mother.
Two brothers near Elizabeth City
became engaged in a quarrel last
week using clubs and knives. The
mother who ran bed in between the
combatants was severely cut in the
PRINCIPLES,
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 25th, 1904.
I AM A FRIEND TO LABOR.
I Have Beea a Wage Worker Myself
Every Man is Entitled to Full Com
pcasstion for His Services.
The following letter from H G
Davis, tbe Democratic candidate for
vice-president, has been made public
here:
"From Elkins, WVa., Aug. 15,04
"Mr I V Johnson, Koanoke, Ya.
"My dear Mr Johnson: 1 am
p-lnd to have vour letter Calling my
attention to the publication placing
me in an attitude of hostility to the
laboring class. No one who knows
me personally or is at all acquainted
with the circumstances of my life
will put any credence in the state
ments to whidh you refer. I think I
can well claim that 1 belong to the
laboring class, xor many years I
worked in the ranks as a wage
earner, and I know what it is to earn
my living by the sweat of my browj
'J a tbe otner nana 1 nave oeen a
large employer of labor, in railroads,
coal mines, lumber mills, etc., and
have never had any serious trouble
with our men. 1 can recall but two
instances in which there were strikes,
and these were of ehoit duration and
peaceably settled. No man has ever
been discharged from our service be
cause he was a union man, or been
evicted from a company's house foi
any reason. I think you ' will find
that the conditions of the railroad
man and the miner in connection
with the enterprises I have directed
will compare most favorably with
those in other localities of the coun
try. "I have always believed, and my
couviction came from the hard
school of experience, that, measiueil
by the character of the work he does
mid tbe cost of li ring, every man is
ntit'ed to full compensation for Ins
services.
"I am charged, with having insti
tuted proceedings which led to an
injuctioli against strikers by Judge
Jackson, of this State. The fact is
I hud nothing whatever to do with
the case, and knew nothing about the
matter until I read of it in the news
papers. The injunction did not ap
ply to the men iu our employ nor
pertain to them 111 any wny. On the
contrary, I remember on one occasion
one of our superintendents suggested
mi injunction against our men 1 de
clined to consider it.
(Sigucd.) "II. G. Davis."
MONTGOMERY NEWS.
The Kxiuoinor.
Miss Ada Allen left for Baltimore
and New York Tuesday, where she
will purchase her fall and winter
otock ot uiiliineiy.
Mr Wiley Nance, of .Lytton, Ran
dolph county, died Monday and was
buried Tuesday. He was father of
Mr W C Nance, of Troy.
Our next term of bupenor conrt
will begin on September 26th Judge
C M Cooke, of Louisburg, presiding.
1 he term can be extended through
two weeks and both criminal and
civil cases are to be tried.
The numerous friends of ex-Sheriff
J P Leach, who is now making his
home 111 New Orleans, .La., are glad
to welcome him on a short visit to
Troy and other sections of the coun
try. Mr .beach nolds a warm place
in the hearts of his friends in his
native county.
The fall term of Troy High
School under the same management
of last year will open on the 5th of
September, To do better and more
thorough work will be the chief aim
of the instructors. The patronage
of the surrounding community will
be most highly appreciate.
GUILFORD COUNTY NEWS.
The Patriot;
Judge Shaw is holding court again
this week in the western part of the
suite after an enforced vucatiou of
several weeks because of the illness
of Mrs Shaw. We are glad to say
that both she and her infant son
are doing nicely and will soon be
fully restored to health.
some one threw a brick tbrough
the window of Mr George Ledford's
bedroom in the McAdoo building, on
South Davie street, late Saturday
night. 1 He stepped on some of the
broken gloss when he got np to see
what had huppened and cut his feet,
but otherwise sustained no injury.
Mr and Mrs U 11 Hancock return
ed from California Monday morning
fuvorauly impressed with the coun
try. Mr Hancock made some in
vestments there for epccnlation, but
has not yet fully made up his mind
to locate there. His son, E P
Hancock, and his little grandson,
who have been ill with typhoid fever,
are getting along nicely and the
firospects are that they will be entire
f well in a short time.
A County Ticket.
Editor Courier: Below ' we give
yon the names of gentlemen for
whom we think tbe voters ot Kan
dolph can well afford to cast their
ballots in tbe next election. If the
candidates can be improved upon, or
if any section of tbe county cau pre
sent a better, we are ready to hear
from them and to accept their man
or men when they convince us that
that they are better, until they do we
are going to stick to this one: W P
Wood for the Senate; T J Redding
and Henry Robins for the House; T
J Finch for Sheriff; J P Boroughs
for Register of Deeds; W J Miller
for Treasurer; 11 A Albright for
Survevor: Dr Lewis for Coroner. A
N Ball, H G Lassiter and Harris
Hardin for Commissioners.
. . VOTIR
Frankhaville, Aug. 20, 1904.
NOT MEN.
SAM JONES' LETTER.
Sayt Feoplo are not Interested In Politics
Talks ol War, Lynchinr,s, Etc.
Atlanta Journal.
Round and rouud I go and I want
the stationary citizen to know that
ltiSBomerry-go-ionnd. just at tins
time dust and beat and travel anu
work takes the merry out and leaves
only the go-iound. I am here at old
salem Chautauqua, on the bungamon
river on the spot old Abe Lincoln
lived for seven years. That fact, or
something else, has made this the
greatest chautauqua in the country.
Four hundred tents and 3,000 people
tented on the grounds and there were
between 8,000 and 10,000 on tbe
grounds today, and I surely had a
warm reception. In spite of the fact
that old Abe lived here tbis county
stil! goes Democratic by several hun
dred majority, strange to say that
they honor him so, and vote the
other way. Tomorrow it will be
ov.V in old Kentucky at the Owens
boro, Ky., chautauqua. Thence to
Montetiglo for the l!)th and 20tH
and tl't-u back into Illinois for one
more week.
I am impressed more aud more
with the lethargy and influence of
the great mass of the people towards
the political situation. If it is not
the calm before the storm, then
politics is 111 bad shape. But I sup
pose when the pie is put on the
counter and they ring the bell, tben
there will be a mighty scramble and
great enthusiasm.
bo tar as a traveling man can see
the corn crop is not so good as it
was lust year. In Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio
tho great corn states, 1 think a 50
er cent crop is all there is 111 sight,
if the Republican party is the source
of prosperity and the father of good
crops and high wages. Surely the
UUP is neglecting its duty this
ypar. It looks mighty like a Demo
cratic year, if, as they say, the Demo
rratix: party is the source of all short
croprypoor wages and adversity. I
see that betting is even on New
lorkaml Laggart seems comment
that Indiana will give her electoral
vote to the Dcmoaratic nominee.
The impression obtains that Wat-
sou will pull away perhaps a million
votes from 1'arkcr and the 1 rolnbi
Mon candidate will divert two hun
dred and fifty thousand from the
Republican ranks. Of course Wat
son will poll quite a large voto that
we Prohibitionists would have re
ceived.
I see the negroes are in with their
candidate for the presidency also.
Six presidential candidates in the
field, fun 1 running; on piinciples and
two running for the oflice, aud one
of the latter will get the oflice with
ts glory and emolument?, and the
other four will be like the boy who
was 111 the ratlle scheme for the
horse. He was telling the crowd
who the successful fellow was who
drew the horse and they asked him
what he drew and he said, "A loug
face." Teddy or Parker will draw
the olliee and tho other candidates
will draw a long faco each. I'd
rather be a voter than a' candidate.
I'd hate to get beat aud I'd hate to
in the burdens and cure ot the
presidency.
1 am more and more interested in
the little Japs. They certaiuly seem
to have it ou the old Cossacks. If
the Japs whip Russia, then they will
demonstrate that the battle is not to
the strong nor the race to the swift.
What a lesson the other powers will
learn by this war. All nations have
regarded Russia as the one world
power, and they have been afraid to
tackle her, but now the little Japs
will demonstrate that one of the
smallest powers can lick her, when
all the other powers have been
afraid to try to regulate her and
make her behave. But if the Japs
lick her then she will behave herself
for a hundred years at least. So
far the Japs have licked her on the
land and on the sea wherever she
has had u chance to catch them,
Russiu has been whipped.
Anv nation may well fear an army
like tbe Japs have over in Man
churia. They neither tear fire nor
death. They are the out-fightiugest
crowd that tbe world ever saw. 1
glory iu the spunk of the Japs aud
will rejoice if tbey will run tbe ltus-
sians out of the far east for all time
to come. . Ou general principles, 1
ahi opposed to war bnt when it is
necessary 1 like to see the light
crowd gut a good licking.
My! my: the big bead lines in the
Chicago and St Louis papers this
morning on the btatosboro lynching:
Burned at the tstake," "Mobs ic-
torious," "Black Record Against
Law and Order," "Number of lynch-
incs in 1903 in United States 104."
"Number to date for 1904, 34," etc.
My! my! how Yankee Doodle does
howl when Dixie cuts up. But
Dixie proceeds to do it agaiu when
the provocation presents itself. But
1 am sure it would have been tar
better that the law should be vindi
cated than a mob appeased.
Two wrongs don't make one right,
and right is never wrong aud wrong
is never right. .
1 shall be glad wben my tour shall
end and I set back to old Georgia.
Ten weeks of travel and work is
pretty good for an invalid. I won
der at my own endurance.
1 ( " Yours truly,
Sam P. Joneu.
' Lady WithMrt Haass or Feet
Miss Ruthie Stiles has been visit
ing her sister. Mrs. George. Stewart
at Bestemer City, Saturday, she
passed throncrfc feastoaia a her way
home. Her father is Jacob Sides at
CaUwl statica Miss Stiles has
no hands or feet and walks oa - ber
knees. She is Jovial, bright ana in
tulligi'iit, and can sing well. She
takes a pen in the fold of her elbow
and writes a "good hand". Her fath
er was offered big money to exhibit
lier with a show, but he promptly re
fused to make niouey that way-
Miss Stiles can get along 011 rail
road join nevs and take care of her
self pretty well in good weather in
tbe summer time; but in winter, the
ground is to cold for her to walk ou.
Her father has only three fingers on
one hand and a brother of hers has
two lingers grown together. Salis
bury bun.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
Messrs Brown & Rodgers, of Win
ston-Salem, are erecting a factory at
r ricudeli'p for tbs purjiose of manu
facturing excelsior.
Greensboro's mayor has announced
his intention to put forth efforts for
a work house forptrsonscontiuually
violating tbe law. The city will no
doubt considtir thislproposition, sug
gests the Evening Telegram.
The W W Mills Lumber Co., with
head oflice in Raleigh is in a finan
cial strait, with liabilities exceeding,,
working assets of f 30,000. Mr W W
Mills the president has writteu a let
ter to creditors asking indulgence
long enough to collect outstanding
claims aud sell the assets of the on
cern and pay them off. The credi
tors seem willing to occept the prop
osition.
From reports gathered over the
State tli 13 seems to be one of the
greatest years iu our history for the
production of corn.
J E Albright, editor ef tho Mt
Airy Lt-ider, has been, appointed
jpinip clerk in the brunch revenue
oflice at Mt Aiiy, succeeding Mr
Joseph riargei, who has been asked
to step U j n and out.
George lira v, the negro who was
convicted at Davidson Superior court
lust lMnreli and sentenced to serve six
years' in the penitentiary for an at
tempt to rape a white woman near
ThoniusYille, escaped last week with
four other convicts while, workingon
the Raleigh & Pamlico Sound rail
road. Twenty-five dollars is the re
ward offered for the return of tbe
pritHoneis.
Mary Alexander Almaroliii, a
uegro woman who recently died in
Washington City bequeathed her en
tire estate to two white children
whose pureiitage is shrouded .in
mystery. Hie estate is valued, at
$75,000. -
Two Dead.
Two members of the Durham
Company of (iiiardsj w ho ' were re
turning from the encampment at
Camp Leo, were instantly killed and
another injured so thut he died a
tew hours nttcrward. The killed
were Bunn Warren and Bunch
Johnson. Fletcher Catcs died a few
hotus after the accident. Anotlrer
member of the company, Will Mc-
IJuv. was sent to the hospital at
Uoldsboro to be treated for his in
juries.
Ihe four men, Bunn Warren,
Bunch Johnson, Will McDuy and
Fletcher Cat.es, had gone out on the
top of the coach and were sitting
there as the train approached tbe
Stoney Creek Bridge. The suspend
ing ropes struck their heads, notify
ing them that they were n earing the
bridge. Instead of lying down they
doubtless turned their heads to learn
what had struck them. Before they
had time to realize their danger the
bridge struck them, tearing the
heads of the two that were killed in
a horrible manner. Wben the train
reached Uoldsboro the bodies of the
two dead men were sent to the un
dertaker, and McDay was carried to
the hospital.
Negro Girl Clerk in an Indiana Postnfflcc
Csuses Trouble.
Wilmington Star.
The race question bobs up where-
ever the "Brother in Black" I makes
his home. It is still stirring up the
Indiana people, and there is a pretty
kettle of fish at Ferdinand, Dubois
county, iu that state. IJr. A. U.
allemun, the postmaster, appointed
a negro girl his deputy in spite of
the application of several white girls.
The towu was in a great state 01
excitement 011 Thursday, and a tele
gram says: "much iudignatiou wits
exprefsed over the appointment, and
a ponton, signed by four-lutlis of the
patrons of the oflice, was presented
to tho doctor demanding that the
girl Ihj diuoharged. He refused and
the demand was mado that he resign
the office. This also he refused.
The feeling is growing that 6trong
measures may be used on the doc
tor." Farmers Can Make sad Sell Cider u Here
tofore.
There has a wrong impression gone
a'iroad among farmers, regarding the
W iitts htw a relating to the making
and telling of ridor. The act is
spvcilir in its terms and positively
dt'S not apply "to winf or cider
manufactured from from grapes,
berries or fruits raised on the lands
of tbt. H-rson to sell wine manufac
tured rom fruit or graiies grown by
himself, in qv.ar.ities less than, one
gallon, aud said wine shall not be
drank npon the premises where
sok..
The law in no way changes former
statutes relating to the manufactnre
and sale of rider. This statement is
made after a thorough reading of the
law, aud consultation with men who
are able to interpret the' same. We
make it for Iwnefit of those wh" are
afraid to malt bp their apples into
cider as iney nave heretofore done.
THEORY VERSUS FACT
Th. Relation of Wages to the
Increased Cost of Living.
VEIGEPS DIITI0U1T PROBLEM.
II ISaleann(a Show That th P
ehKalnn- rower of Wea Ilaa lav
crtai.il, While Dua'i Flgurea Show
That tbe Coat ot Living- Ha la.
crcaaed 40 Per Cent.
Tbe Itepublleau argument for protec
tion bas been furnished by the de
partment of commerce and labor, as
way foretold by Secretary Shaw in bis
Wilmington speech. Tho "highest au
thority" has, after a year and a half
of labor by liuudreda of exports, en
deavored toprove that wuges have
relatively advunced more than the cost
of living. Those who receive wages
and have beea economizing to njake
them meet expenses may kuow better,
but tho "highest authority" attempts
to prove that, although retail pllces for
neceetilties have advanced 103 per
cent, wages huve.inuro than kept pace
by jumping up 12.3. per cent
That la extraordinary good'uoiwi to
tho huntssnd housekeeper, who finds
she bus been dealing with tbe wrong
shop, where prices have been about
ne-thlrd higher thau they were a few
years ego. Most wago earners will be
very much dissatisfied with their pres
ent wages when they discover that tbe
report of the department of labor de
clares that the wages paid to others
than themselves have been Increased
12.3 per cent, while theirs have either
been redoced or remained stationary.
But let us hope that the government
statisticians Lnve mado uo uiltuke in
their flanires, although tho well known
fuels tVk.iiM seem to lndleuto they have.
Nearly rvn-y one is grumbling at tbe
inn'-awd cost of living, and wholesale
pi-lcis have advanced, according to
Dun's Index Numbers, 43 per cent up
to March, 1004. Dun's figures are ad
mitted by all impartial statisticians
to be prepare'd on tho best system pos
sible, as tbo quantity of each article
used by each everage Individual la
Weighted neeorJIn- to tha amount ac
tually consumed. Wholesale prices are
considered reliable, as such prices are
universally alike und not Ilka retail
priced, different la nearly every store.
But wholesale prices and Dun's fig
ures were too unstable' for the "high
est authority," for too great an ad
vunee iu prices was Indicated, so tbe
"hlghost authority" started out at gov
ernment expense to make prices of its
own by having tho clerks of the de
partment of commerce and labor send
all. over the country to Inquire about
prices at tho retail stores.' As every
one kiiowtu, it is not dlillcult to find a
vast difference in. price for tho same or
a. similar article at retull Btores, ac
cording to their location and style of
traslrfrss.' You can buy beefsteak all
the way from 10 cents to 40 cents a
pound. Many other nccossiirlos show
vory nearly ng great a difference.
Thp "highest authority" saw this op
portunity to. Jtifc-gle the figures and
prove by them that there bad only
len a Kmnll advance in prices, and
therefore tho Democratic talk of high
trr.st prices was nothing but partisan
nonsense.
It was also incumbent upon the
"highest authority," if it would do Its
duty to the Republican party, to prove
th&t-wagcs have advunced enormously,
Ten more than prices, for tho wicked
Democrats wejp jMilntlng to the numer
ous strikes that arc in progress to pre
vent cuts in wages and to tbo reduc
tions made thut tho men have accepted
rather than strike. To accomplish this
feat the "highest authority" took pains
to gelect for its figures only those In
dustries that had been able to keep up
wages, such ns. the building trades,
piano makers, etc., with which the
wot ken, are so strongly organized that
the masters have so fur not been able
to make reductions.
Now, tbe proof of tbe pudding Is In
the eating, and those who receive
wages know better than tbo highest
authority whether they nro getting
more or less than Uicy were. Tho wife
who has been going to market for
years keeps aa-etty close run of prices
and can tell with much more certainty
how much tho beef trust, the oil bust,
tbe sugar trust, Jhe steel trust, the
hardware trust, tile conl trust, the fruit
trust, the salt trust, tho biscuit trust
and tho numerous other trusts have ad
vanced prices than the "highest author
ity' ean. If wages hnve advanced
more than prices, so that tbe purchas
ing power of wages U 1.8 more than
thy were, as the "highest authority"
trie-t to ehow, tho high trust prices are
rendered nugatory, and the protection
the tariff gives the trusts is tho bless
ing tbe protectionists declare lt Is. But
if wages have not advanced as fast as
prices have, and if many wage earners
re worhlixt short time and runny not
employed at nil, and prices hnve ad
vanced, as Dun's figures show, about
43 per cent, then the tariff should be
revised so that trust prices would fall
and tbe purchasing power of wages be
correspondingly increased.
Self laTeatlsatloa.
Hourke Cockran declared In his Bog
Ion speech that nn honest investigation
of the departments at Washington
would be fatal to the Republican party.
Letting Ihe departments Investigate
themselves does not hurt tbe grafty old
party by any startling exposures, but It
hurts It Just tho same. Atlanta Consti
tution. ' 3. Picrpont Morgangls for Roosevelt
He wa given the handling of tbs
Panama canal payment with the un
dent a nV rig (bat lie would "let np oa
Roosevelt," which "vs to prove that
we sll nave oar pric.
SUPPORT
SCOTTS EMULSION Mrvaa at a
bridge to carry tha wtakcat aat
brui it ca naa i
try food. ,
.awpla. I
aBanvglM. I
tn Met ka ardiaarv land.
error ROWKI. fain Tit
"-' S l'riS.rrt,
I t sacaadSunt
$1.00 Per Year ,
No. J4.
.r,yMt PreiWMl "ee
rvaiiu.c.no.,.,
n ..1. -c n ll
Randleman, N. C
I&-BEGAH BUSINESS IN 1900.JBf
Capital $12,000. Surplus, $20,000.
Growth of Deposits Since Or
ganization: August 1900, - $ 7,513.62
August 1901, - 14,410.88
August 1902, - 20,602.32
Aagust 1903, , - 24,608.34
August 1904, - 34,087,70
iWluterest paid on Savings De
posits.
L. M. FOX. M D.
ASHEBORO, N.C.
Oilers hla profeatlonal service to the
citiKciift of Asheboro and aurrouncUng
Domnmiilty. Offices: Central Hotel.
WE HAVE
A line of Fresh Groceries
and Country Produce km
hand all the time. We
want your jtrade and if
living prices and fair
treatment will get it we
are going to have it.
For anything to eat come
to us.
SPOON & REDDING,
Grocerymen.
Pianos and Organs
Wholesale and Retail,
A. D. Jones Co.
Southern Factory Distributor
Ifor th World F.moua
KIMBALL
WE loan you the money to
buy them.
WE give free trials.
WE pay the freight.
WE save you 25 per cent.
WE add nothing to the prin
cipal when sold on
EAST PAYMENTS.
w.; tn nni- lnrpx Piano and
Organ catalogue and for full par
ticulars.
A. D. Jones & Co,,
208 South Elm St.,
Greensboro, N. C.
Gents'
And Little Gents'
Clothing & Furnishings.
Our Spring lines of Cloth
ing for both men and boys
are now ready for your in
spection. Before buying
your next suit call and see
the latest and get our prices
They Will Fit Your Pocket !
Our Shirts, Underwear and
Hats are the very best for
the money. Our buyer's
experience of more than 20
years with manufacturers
is a guarantee of the best
values.
THE MERRITT-JOHNSON CO
Clothiers and Gents' Furn
ishers, 308 S. Elm St.
Salesmen T A Walker, C C Tuck
er, K E Cartland, C C Johnson,
J W Werritt,
FARMERS,
YOUR ATTENTION
PLEASE!
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Drugs, Glassware, Crockery,
Tinware, Trunks, and Gen
eral Merchandise at our store
Our prices are right. Come
to see us.
Bring your produce, eggs ,
chicken, eto to exchange
them for goods. We sell
yoa good goods at reason
able prices and pay yon
pood prices for your pro
. duos. '
E. O. YORiC SYGRS CO.
CENTRAL FAU.S. M, C