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VOL XXX.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL IJth, 1905.
Notf
Sour
Stomach
No appetite, losj of strength, nervous-
nets, headache. coiutiDatlon. bad breath
general debility, aour risings, and catarrh
o( the stomachers all due to indigestion.
Kodol cures Indigestion. This new discov
ery represents the natural Juices of diges
tion as they exist In a. healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonlo
and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure does not only cure Indigestion
and -dyspepsia, but tills famous remedy
cures all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
nr. a. s. Ball, of Rarenswcod. W. Vs.. :
I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Kodol cured me and wa are now using It In milk
for baby,"
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. SI. 00 Size hcldlm 2S times the trial
size, which sells for SO cents.
Prepared by E. O. OeWITT Oo., OHIOAOO.
-" Ask far the 1905 Kodol Almanac
and 200 vear Calendar.
Standard Drug Company,
Asheboro Drug Company.
Dr. S. A. HENLEY.
Physician - and - Surgeon,
ASHEBORO. N. C.
Ollice mcr Sjmntl
St uiularil Drug Cn.
1'rililin'). slure
DR. F. A. HENLEY,
' . ASHEBORO, N. C.
Offices First Rooms Over the
Eank of Randolph.
A C McALISTER & CO.
Asheboro, N. C.
Fire, Life and Accident Insur
ance. Till- best companies ivii
over the Hank of, rt.imlolpli.
DR. D. K. LOCKHART,
DENTIST,
Asheboro, N. O.
OVKR THK BANK.
Will be rait of trnrn Diitll Mnr IMIi, 11 iifKT
which time can I Icnni'l at ifflee over the Hank
of Randolph. .
ALEXANDER UNDERWOOD,
DEALER IN
Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables,
Produce, Etc;, Etc.
All kinds of Country Produce
bought and sold."
COLD DRINKS.
Call to see me next door to Ross'
sale stables.
S Bryant, President J. H. Cole, Cashier
Ue
Ba.uk of R.andlema.n,
Randleman, N. C
Capital $1ZOOO. Surplus, $2,(XXX
Accounts received "ti favorable
terms. Interest paid on savings de
posits. Directors: W K Hartsell, A N
Bulla, 8 Q Newlin, W T Bryant, C
L Lindsay, N N Newlin, S Brvant,
II O Barker and J II Cole.
O R COX, President. WJAKiiriKI.il. V-r-res
W J ARMFIKLP, Jr., Cashier.
The Bank of Randolph,
Asli'boio, XT. C.
Capitul and Surplus,
Total Assets, over
$36,000.00
$150,000.00
feel Mia in aayliis we an proyauvd and willing
fc extern! ui our euuin every uu:lmy auu
e-Mauxrtiatloii on.ij.UUf lit with safe baitklng.
DIRECTOR. Si
w r RMkthia. Belli Moffitt. TIM J R, .idiua. A W
K Cat-el. A U Kaiikia, Thoa H iLeddlng, UII
AJtbury , i J vox.
My Work Pleases!
When yos wish aa eay shave
As good aa barter ever gave.
Just call sn pie at my saloon,
At mora in pi, eve or noon,
I cut and drees the hair with grac.
To Bait the eonUmr of tbe Let-.
Jfy mom is neat sad towels dean,
Hrifmors aharp and razors keen.
And everything I think you'll final.
To suit the. lace and pleanetlieruind,
And all my art and xkiU ran do,
. If yoa just call I'll do tor yon.
TOM CARTER..
"Next dour to roatufccei ;
i HOW 10 RAISE A GOOD CROP OF CORN.
I As success in life docs not rest on
any one single act but a succession
of many acts just so in order to raise
1 it good croji of corn we must not o-
ly take heed to one menus of produc
ing it crop but. must bring muny
conditions in their relative order to
make a good crop available. It
would be useless to magnify any otic
part of attention to labor as the neg
lect of that which wo might think
was not essential might be the voiy
thing which would prove fatal to a
crop, therefore it is ur purpose to
delineate a system of labor in nun
growing, bolloting that each one
should have special attention if we
arc expecting good results.
A rlCtn tl K SKKll ltl:l
is very necessary. Ci round will
stored with humus, either by grow
ing clover oi the appliealion of ta
ble muiinre, will be su.--eeiilil.li- of
retaining utoidttiie which in a dry
season will demonstrate its value,
(round should
HE VYKI.i. IXniCUIilt.VlMM).
No unit er what kind of a crop you
uesire lo raise, unilerilinitiing is very
important, nurt.iee tlnninn (In
not let the water percolate which
loosens, and lets the air i roil lute
through the soil, but instead the
ground bakes and becomes hard anil
lifeless, having no reserve for mois
ture. ' Having good ground and
well prepared seed bed we should
plant nothing but
OOoll SKKK
which wa selected carlv in the full
and well dried out before fieezing
sets in. Si-eil corn should be f
strong gpniiinaHon. liecatue corn
sprouts is no lv.i-: m it ;j fit to plant
tuegerm may be detective, so it is
not able to produce a stalk capable
of producing a good ear, no mat ter
how gootl care is given it. A. poor
stand of corn means dollars lost, and
this will surely be the result of
planting poor seed corn. We hate
resolved to plant no corn which has
uot been selected and dried in the
tall, choosing ears uniform in size
und color. 1 he tips and butts
should be shelled oil so all thegrains
will be as near ututoim m si.e us no
planter can drop regular with grains
varying in size.
EAIil. 1'I.AXIIM.
is more sure of maturing and will
make better corn, both in quality
and iiantily limn l:it planting.
liHst spiuiL' we p'ntiteil one piece of
corn early ami il iii.ule a gooj yieltl
of well matured corn. On account
f the wet weather we were delaved
in planting auotln-r piece and the
result was we had a poor yield.
Kaily planting might get nipped
with the frost, but it never hurls it
us it will come on again. The next
important step is
ft rn ATION
which serves two . very important
purposes keeping the grouud clean
ami breaking up capillary attraction
which causes the ground to hold its
moisturi.
The best way to kill weeds is to
never let them start to growing.
Cultivation should be continued un
til the corn is well nigh nmtuicd.
I have mentioned several things to
do in attempting to raise a crop of
corn and unless we strictly comply
with all of them a crop niuv not be
expected, as the failure to adhere to
any one part of labor may be the
fatal step in preventing a good crop
of corn. T llatTner.
Rheumatic Pains Quickly Re
lieved.
The excruciating pains character
istic of rheumatism and scialica are
quickly relieved by applying Cham
berlain s ram 15a l m l lie great
pain relieving power of the liniment
has been the surprise and delight of
thousands of sufferers. The tiuick
relief from pain which it alTonls is
ulone woith niunv times its cost.
For . sale by Standard Drug Co.
Asheboro Drug Co. Asheboro. V
A Underwood Kandleman.
This flcocratioa Must Build Roads.
Every generation has its work be
fore it. The problems our fathers
settled are not here for us to wrestle
with. They cleared the forests, es
tablished Die schools, court bouses
and churches. These were necessary
and our fathers put their shoulders
to the wheel and did their work.
This generation is making roads for
itself. All over North Carolina and
all over the United States almost
every neighborhood has its rock
crusher and road roller, and all the
loose rocks are being crushed and
put on the roads. Alt Airy News.
Won a Name of Fame.
DeWitt's Little Early Hisers, the
famous little pills, have been made
famous by their certain yet harmless
and gentle action upon the bowels
and liver. They have do equal for
biliousness, constipation, etc. Ihey
do not weaken the stomach, gripe.
or make yon feel sick. Once used
always preferred. They strengthen.
Sold'by Standard Drug Co., and J T
Ludcrwootl.
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
i .
iRAtElfill TO TRy THE AUSTRALIAN
BALLOT SVSin'.V
j
:
Anaincr 1'ispensary tiecnon laiktj ul
i Trinity and Enury Culh-ges lo Debate
An LHort to ne iiade lo nave a
Norllt Carolina Confederate Veteran
, . , .,
flpponucu to tunic ny i-resioem. .
i.Frc-i-MHkHtt.,ih.ou,kr.
Raleigh, N C, April 10,' l'JOS.
Raleigh will, on Thursday of next
week (,20th inst) try for" the first
time the Australian secret ballot, in
holding the biennial Democratic
municipal primary fur nominating
candidates lor me various elective
citv olliccM to be voted for the lirsf
Monday in Mav Including the
mavor and aldermen. This w ill be
the lirst election under the new
.charter, as well as the lirsl secret
ballot primary, and the result is
awuited with unusual interest.
Heretofore, for several years, the
priniiii v plan of nominating candi
dates Hi this city has been debauch
ed openly by the purchase of votes
by "ward heelers in the employ of
aspnants tor ollice, and even bv th
candidates themselves directly, on
occasions. As the primaries then
were not "legalized" the vole buyers
wen! un hipt of punishment. I n-
der the new citv dialler tie-primary
is now a Ic'-uli.u! one ami a wulation
of the law covering such mailers' will
he punishable the same as at a regu
lar election.
(.'n-i-M ipieiitly there is not so much
iloli.g Hi the .-ale nii'l purchase ot
oks. tiiiL it i.iiisi In admitted that
teal of the l.ivv is not so iiiueh the
cause of the changed situation us s
the fact that tin- candidates or their
purchasing agents will this tiuu be
unable to sec whi ther tin- gumls are
delivered into Hie ballot afiei
being paid for, the voter's wortl be
ing the only guarantee. Of course
a man w iw mil nil Ins volenti, not
be and is not li u.-ied by one. ho it
is not improbable that some of the
ollice holders and seekers who have
hitherto In en very strong ul the polls
( through tli" liberal use of cam
paign money; may not show up in
such gn-at shape next week. And
they are at lips w ruing very much
worried about i!.
The overwhelming defe it of the
proposition to establish a liipior dis
pensary at Abbeville in lieu of the
open saloon suipriscd the Anti-
Saloon lA-agne ollicials here and has
orrespondiiigly encouraged the anti-
dispensary people of 1'aleigh, iiiclud-
the prohibitionists. In Ashe-
ville last l-'iiday the prohibitionists
refused to vote, being opposed to
both the saloon and the dispensary.
,uid now Ihedi.-pensarntesiireelaiiii-
that their dci-ut was caused bv
'hat fact. But that is not true, as
is shown by the statement that the
total registered vote was I ,;!! and
that l.lClT voles were polled. There
tore only 3i'J voters of all cla.-ses
failed to vote, which the majority
igainst the dispensary was 5:10.
Another election will undoubted ly
tic held in Kaleigh next fall on the
dispensary iiiestion, and the vote
theu will prosablv Lea ttiree-liandeU
contest, the prohibition proposition
being included. A number ol pro
minent men who supported the dis
pensary ut the election in r.Mi;l, in
cluding pastors and loading church
men, ale now openly against that
money making institution.
as a municipal and county rcu iiuc
raiser the lialeigh dispensary has
unquestionably proved a gieat suc
cess, and the receipts are increasing
every motuh. But whether it has
decreased liquor drinking to any ap
preciable extent is very doubtful.
That is why the prohibitionists
may not vole for it again and if they
fail to do bo the dispensary may be
defeated at the election this "year,
and either absolute prohibition or
high-license may be adopted in its
stead. I nder the new charter
Kakigh can exact as much as S1,SU0
for a saloon license if the open saloon
system is rcadoptcd at any time in
the future, iielore the advent ol
the dispensary a bar-room license
cost only $:'Uii here (city taxi. So,
in anv event, it is uot likely that
the '-low dives' will ever again get
a foot hold in lialeigh.
The campaign committee for the
niomotion of rublic education ia
ISorth Carolina, ot wlucli Mate Mipl
FIFTY CENTS
IN some conditions the
gain from the use
of Scott's Emulsion is
very rapid. For this
reason we put up a
fifty-cent size, which is
enough for an ordinary
cough or cold or useful
as a trial for babies
and children. In other
conditions the gain b
slower health cannot
be built up in a day.
In such cases Scott's
Emulsion must be taken
as nourishment; a food
rather than a medicine.
It's a food for tired and
weak digestions.
Stfri tor free
Scott & Bowne, 409,41 Pearl Si
ChMieta
goceadSi.e-).
New York
Afl drag glste
.Joyiier und ex-Gov Avcock and Dr
M elver are menibers, Is now tntitur-
t nig plui.8 for another active spring
ud summer campaign.
One of th-most interesting public
debates between college- represonta-
tives will take place iu Oruveu mom-
0ri:.l hull J runty c l!ogo, Durham
April 21, between Trinity anC
i-mho. .-u..m. urauura,
it ...uld l,e the j.oli.-y of the
I S to confine itself ti the govern-
.,,, ownership of territory
.eluded in North America and ad-
ijueeut islands." Trinity stndents
j K V Lec mid E 0 Cole will represent
' that institution. Dr Kilgo, the
president t-f Trinity delivered
magnificent address in lialeigh last
Thursday night befee the state
inter-deuouii national Sunday-school
convention which met here. It was
one of the ablest and most eloquent
addresses ever delivered in this state.
He is this week conducting a great
religious revival meeting in the
Main St Methodist church at Dur
ham. Sunday night he delivered a
iioweiful sermon to the business
men.
The report comes to this city from
Washington that there will be an
(IT rt made to induce President
lioosevelt to appoint several l
tinguisht-d Confederate soldiers to
important ollices iu Ninth Caiolinu,
following the plan adopted in Vir
ginia (when- (ieu I'osser and "Jeb"
.Stuart hau-been uppinted) and two
names mentioned so far are Hon
Cyrus B Watson for ' S Dist A th
in the west and Gen Y I' Huberts
for L S marshal in the east. The
"organization lb-publicans" (who
now monopolize all the good ollices)
are said lo oppose the plan, of course.
It is harned that I'resd't Harvev
Jordan, of the Southern Cotton
(I roivers' Association will probably
make a tour of North Carolina soon.
In a statement just issued by him be
avs that if the farmers of the s'liith
ale true lo themselves and live up to
their promises they w ill be able to
inlrol the loitou situation, through
leiliiced acreage, etc, on June 1, the
late when the cotton statistics ate
prepiiied. I'resd't Jordan has al
ready arranged to ti-it North Caro
lina towns this week: Charlotte
tilth), Concord (lCth), Salisbury
(llJth), l-'ayetteville (Nth).
A cablegram from liordeaux,
l-'iatice, aiiiioiiuees that 1 S Consul
Albion "V Toiirgre (formerly a resi
dent, of North Carolina) is critically
ill there ami is not expected to live
many days.
Ll.KWXAM.
Make the breath as sweet ns n rose
by curing Indigestion, and Sour
Stomach wi'li Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
A pleasant, palatable, reconstructive
tissue-building digestant. K L Bab-
eock, Amherst, Minn., says: "I
have taken a great many remedies
ful indigestion but hnv found tin-
thing equal to Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure." Kmlel dige s what you eat,
tires indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sour
Miiniach, llelching, Heartburn and
Stomach Troubles. Great care is
I in the preparation of Kodol
the greatest digestant that has ever
been discovered. Sold by Standard
Drug Co. :fud J T Underwood.
Tennessee Oratory.
There was a time w hen our com
merce was tallied iu American ships
manned by American seamen.
There was a lime when the Hug
lloated over American cargoes, and
mil when it. bright, beautiful stars
in d emblematic stripes enlivened
every sea and port where commerce
was known. Ihc American, look-in-;
out on tin- broad ocean, beheld
il in the Orient and iu the Occident.
Whither he went
To the Northern waters of snow,
Or swaved where tbe soft magnolias
blow
it was then there to remind him
of his own native land, whose sons
risi-iiibled in their strength the
gnai led oak of her deepest forests,
and whose daughters rivalled iu
their beauty and loveliness the or
ango bloscoiii-t of In r most flagrant
or tnge grovi s. From a speech by
llentoii MeMillin.
Hands that once st ived the tide
of ruin and defea' at liueiia Vista
are held out towards ns, all withered
and cniph ; arms that wielded the
swotd and musket nt Cherobtisco
and Cerro (undo and hurled th
thunderbolts of battle nt the gates
of the Mevican capital are uplifted
to us, unnerved and uncovered; In d
ies that felt the wrath and tempest
of Molina (hi Key are clad in tatters
and rags; feet 'hat once scaled with
impetuous tread the heights of Mon
terev, of Chapttltepec, are all shoelcs.
aiid bare. From a speech bv "ISoL"
Taylor.
The Durhsm-Pillsboro Line.
Durham N C, April 1. The
thirty-two mile New Hope Valley
railroad, from Pittsboro te Durham,
has now seventeen miles giaded, aud
it is learned that the isame of the
road was changed at a meeting of
the stock holders at Pittsboro today
to the Durham and Sout h Carolina."
News & Observer.
Forget About Your Stomach.
If your digestion is bad the vital
organ of your body are not fed and
and nourished as they should be.
They grow weak and invite disease.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what
you eat, cures indigestion and all
stomach troubles. Vos forget you
a stomach from the very day you Iie
gin taking taking it. This is be
cause it gets a rest recuperates and
gradually grows so strong and
healthy that it troubles you no more.
S.-ld by Standard Drug Co., and J T
Underwood.
MONTliOMtRV COIWTV NEWS.
From Mf.ntKo. iriuii.
Last week the stock law fence in
Ilollingsworth township for a thotis
aud yards was burned by the tinnnal
lo'est lire of that section. This
is the third time this same fence has
b"en burned wire has now been
substituted for rails and the fence
will doubtless stand the next tire
without damage.
Fred Wade killed "Pug" Tuesday
morning. "Pug" was a bright
little dog and had many friends.
He was bitten sometime ago bv
another dog supposed to be mad.
Tuesday morning "Pug' did not
look natural. Something was the
matter. Fred did the right thing.
"Pug" was buried Tuesday.
A mortgage trust deed was filed
iu the office of Register of Deeds of
Montgomery County Tuesday made
by the Whitney Company of North
Carolina to the Bunkers Trust Com
pany of New York, to secure a loan
of $50110000. The Whitney Com
pany evidently intends to push its
work to completion as soon as possi
ble.
We learn through the Stanly
I'.ntcrpiise that smallpox has broken
out among the hands employed by
the Whitney Company. This is to
be regretted vcrv much since it means
thai work on this gigantic enterprise
may necessarily lie delayed. How
ever, it is hoped that the epidemic
may be checked before it has taken
tleep root. I here is a eonsiderabl
lorce of hands now employed in
lilting the canal and in building
tenant houses.
I'lic residence of Dr M P Blair
on Fast Main street narrowly escai
1 destruction by lire about noon last
Sunday. I he mantel ol an unused
room on tho second floor of th
milling was discovered burning at
1 rapid rate, I ur fortunately in t init
io be checked. Had the Haines
gained a little more headway, it
would have been impossible to save
th-- building. The fire is thought to
have originated from u match be
tween the boards ignited by a rat or
mouse, as there had been no lire
the room in some time.
Don't Get The Habit.
A noted criminal was asked the
other day what started him on the
way to crime, and his auswei was
that the tirst thing crooked he ever
did was to beat a coup try editor out
of a year's subscription. After that
the devil had In in at his command.
Kx.
, won erul spring tonic. Drives
out all winter impurities, gives you
strength, health and happiness.
That's what llollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea will do. cents,
Tea or Tablets, Asheboio Drug Co.
(H-rythinjj About a Wedding.
The New Idea Woman's Magazine
for Mav contains nuniberof articles
iipropos (o the over recurrent spring
wedding. Charlotte Millward writes
on wedding-gowns, and gives it as
her opinion that, although sentiment
still inclines many girls to the tradi
tional white satin lor their bridal
drosses, this material is not nearly to
much in accord with the fashions
and la.-l-.-of the present (lay as the
ftei and newer creations inchiuon,
lace, net, supple silks, crepe de China
or crepe de runs. An article by
Frances W clsli-l'iitton lakes up the
etiquette ol weddings, and details the
proper tonus, from the invitations
to the rice shower. Wedding break
fast menus and recipes for home
made wedding-cakes are given in the
cooking columns: and lOsperane
Uoodlove contributes an article on
marrii-ge as it appeals to the busi
ness woman, in w hich she concludes
that "l he girl who has bad her
liberty, who has fought her own but
tles alnl lit ut til y enjoyed the light
ing, in'iie the less enjoys more deeply
than slie will, perhaps, admit, the
womanly occupation of depending
on a man.
Pepsi-Cola is not injurious to the
nerves; docs not impair the appetite
or keep one awuke, but it is the most
healthful and delicious of all the
soda water drinks. Try it. ;V nl
all sotht fountains.
Violets for the Easter Girl.
Of course, every vear, with per
ennial regularity, the Faster girl
shows her fondness for violets, but
oilier years she has always worn them
pinned to her frock or coat. This
year she will cinphasi.e heroiiginal
iiy by hii"ine her violets swing from
her arm. The fnuigrant llotters are
massed to look like a ball. The
steins are tied w ith ribbons some
times violet, sometimes green, and
then again shimmciing cloth of gold.
After tying tbe stems, the ribbons
111 e arranged iu a wide loop, and then
formed again in a iow with many
loops and ends. It it through the
loop that the smart girl puts her
daintily gloved baud, and in this
way carries her violets swinging
from her arm. The bunch of violets
may be made up with an orchid in
the" center, or a gardenia. Though
the purple violets will be those most
carried, yet a number of ultra-fa-hionable
girls will have their
Mower ball made of white violets,
with just one shaded green orchid in
the center. April Woman's Home
Companion.
No Gloss Carriage Paint Made
w ill wear as lone as Devoe's. No
others are as heavy bodied, becanse I
Devoe's weigh 3 to ft ounces more to
the pint. Sold by McCrary-Reddiug
lldw. Co.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THO WAV
THE PRESIDENT
THINGS.
DOES
Roosevelt collects Debts Whether or No
Railroad Rate Legislation Savings
Banks--Something Effective Soon to
' Be Done for the habitation of the
American Merchant Marine.
Washington, D. C. April lo. The
principal topic of political conversa
tion in the national capital at the
present time is the way that I tesi
dent Roosevelt doe thiugi when his
desires are thwarted bv the Senate
He was stuck on having thnt Santo
Domingo treaty fixed up before the
S-nate adjourned its extra session
but the Senate retnsed to do so, be
cause the Democrats stood togethe
for once in the great flood of years
and balked the scheme to nmke
U nide Sam the collecting ageut for
the debts of all the countries and
grafters on the face of the globe
But, as the two polecats said to ouv
anntucr as tlu- automobile passed
them and they got a whiff of that
breeze that follows the bentnc bit
gy, "What's the use?" Nowadays
when '.lie Congress of the nation does
not do all tin- J'resiilcnt wants be
just goes ahead anil does things to
suit himself. They would not give
him the Panama (.anal routs, so he
went to work and got tip a revolu
tion down there, stole a piece of ter
ritory of the Republic of Columbia
and 1 1. veil up a cove nnient with
which he could entei into a treaty
Now, when the Senate refuses to
give 111 111 a treaty with Santo Do
mingo so he can collect the debts of
1 lot of his political friends, he wait
until the Senate adjourns and then
lixi-s the thing bis owm way and will
send down his ow n collectors, if Un
people do not like it what are they
oing to do about it. As the late
lamented Tim Campbell, of New
1 ork, once said to a member of Con
gress who refused to vote for a incus-
use because it was unconstitutional.
What's the Constitution between
friends''"
Such things as constitution in-
obsolete so far as our strenuous Pres
ident is concern, d. He simply kicks
it out of the way and goes ahead.
Such things iu this c-itntry are
growing more frequent and will con
tinue to do o, because of the niter
ndill'erenci of the people. Some
.lav the republican oligarchy will
pull the w hole dadgiinimed fabric of
their liberties from uiid- r their feet.
and then maybe they will sit up and
be
111 to t ike notice w hen it is too
late.
The question of lailroad rate leg
islation is one of the biggest that
has confronted the people of the
country for many years, and too
omen cannot be said about it. ISe
fore it is settled the peopie might i
ihoroughly familiar with eveiv
phase of it, and there are always
two sides to every question. Every
good Democrat is in favor of some
sort of legislation that will safe-
tiard the interests of the piopleand
prevent extortion on the purl of the
railroads, without impoverishing the
roads. I was in favor of the Hearst
bill, which did this thing, but I am
not in favor of the Fsch-Townseiid
bill or anything like it that gives to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
ubilrary powers without providing
for men on the commission w ho have
use enough to know w hat rates are.
Simply to ascertain how many peo
ple iu this count; v are directly inter
ested in this rate question that more
ess will oiled the condition ot
the roads, 1 went to the Interstate
Commerce Commission aud gathered
some interesting figures.
Insurance companies hold ot rail
iiul investments, S45.SS'.l,o:l8; sav
ings banks, J"i's,,"i")3,lOT,.indodnca
tionul in-dilutions, $4T.4iS,327.
There are 5,2!f!,052 savings bank
leposilors and l,NT,0l)O insurance
policyholders, a total of 2:U47,O0O
people interested in the prosperity of
the lailrouds or the L lilted Matt
Thirty per cent of the holdings of
these institutions are in railroad se
curities, which is one-sixth in value
of all the railroad securities of this
eounti v. There are :J2T,(Oo individ
ual railroad stockholders in this
country and l,:'4!i,000 men at work
on the railroads, and at least (i,.i(ui,
ti()0 people dependent for their in
come upon the railroads. I also as
certained then- that the rate ot trans
portation lias been increased less than
5 per cent., taken as a whole, in the
past four years.and that railroad rates
have dropped 40 per cent since de
coration of the Commission. These
When tlie nerves are weak
everything goes wrong. You
are tired all the time, easily
discouraged, nervous, ?nd
irritable. Your checks arc
Sarsaparilla
pale and your blood is tain.
Your doctor says you nre
threatened with a nervous
breakdown. He orders this
grand old family medicine.
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ar.-rlll In mr fa'milT. It hi a irraml 11.11I0
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pure blood "-D. C. llm,T. Wait llaii. I ,-mi.
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Keep the bowels
Pills, lust one
regular with Aver s
pill each night.
ome
Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis
cuit home-made. They will be fresher,
cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder helps the house
wife to produce at home, quickly and eco
nomically, fine ond tasty cake, the raised
hot-biscuit, r 'tidings, the frosted layer
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ciho cooit'.es,
figures are interesting because they
nre facts taken from the statistics.
and everybody is interested in know
ing the truth.
At last there is some hope that be
fore long something effective will be
done tor the rehabilitation of the
Aiuii'icuii merchant murine. Some
tinie ago a nninber of leading busi
ness men of the country became con
vinced that in order to obtain aetiou
by Congress on this subject, which
they considered so vital to the future
Welfare of the eolintry, it must be
removed as far as possible from the
sphere of politics. 1 hey therefore
busied them0elves with organizing
the business men of the country to
the end that the general subject of
building up the American merchant
marine should be made a leading
topic in commercial organizations, at
dinners, in trade papers, magazines
ind other publications. As the out-
ome ot this movement the Ameri
can Maritime League has been form
ed and headquarters have been cs
tablished in this city. It cannot bt
doubted that the advent of this
organization will add enormou.
strength to the demand for legisla
tion, us the movement in behalf ol
the meichant marine has never be
fore h id behind it such a large and
inllueiitial organization of such
prominent men.
r nrmer Senator John M lliurston,
is the president and leading spirit ol
while on the Advisory
Hoard are such distinguished men as
x-Secretarv Klihti Root, Benjamin
1 racy, tornu-r Secretary of the
. - '--i .1 (j V-"-.--nd
of the Panama Canal Commis
sion; t,overnor vt L, uougius, oi
Massachusetts; August Belnion, M E
igalls, president of the Iiig Four
"ilroiid: Thomas Dolan, of Phila-
ielphia; President K Harper, of
the 1'iiiversity of Chicago: Henry
Mitchell MacCracken, Chancellor of
York I niversitv; Charles M
S 'hwab and many others. In form
ulating the plans for the organiza
tion it was determined that politics
should be absolutely eliminated, and
members of the Advisory Hoaid
have bet n selected regardless of their
political alliliations.
The object of the league is to
mouse throughout the country the
Democrats. Republicans and Inde
pendents to a sense of the shameful
decadence of t he American Merchant
Marine, due to the shilly-shalling of
the Republican party. No plan has
been adopted, nor is any particularly
favored, but after a thorough discus
sion of the subject, it is hoped the
non-partisan advisory board can
draft one that will be supported by
all business men of the country.
This seems to be assured by the
high character und at tan men ts of
the niembeis of the board, and as
the matter now promises to be taken
from the politicians and handled by
business men on a business basis the
country can look forward to some
thing being speeuiiy accompusneu
and the American merchant marine
la-iii .W 8011H- dav restored to the proud
fosit ion it occupied under old-time
lemocratic administrations.
A little incident occurred here iu
this week that shows the value of
newspaper advertising, and I mention
it only for that purpose. Fvery
bodv either has seen or henid of Lew
Dockstander, the best negro minstrel
in the country. Well, lx;w has his
show here this week and on last Fri
day he inserted a little want "ad" in
one of the local papers to the effect
that school girls and boys w ho can
write distinctly were invited to call
at the box office of the National
Theatre on Saturday morning,
They lined up for blocks and were
handed a little slip of paper which
read that it was to encourage rapid
and distinct penmanship and offsred
a private box to the boy or girl who
would wnte distinctly "1. ijock
stander is my idea comedian" the
greatest nnmU-r of limes aud gave
thorn until Monday aftorrloon to re-1
turn the manuscript. Well, he got j
two bushels of them and the line had
been written from 100 to 4,000
times
It came near breaking up
the public schools, as the teachers
could get nothing out of the pnpils,
who wanted to write all day Mon
day. The teachers are swearing
vengeance on Lew DockBtanor, but.
Lew just laughs and savs he has j
well as burnt cork.
CHARLKS A. EDWARDS.
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Ui vnich ihe ready-made food
-c bakc-sLop of grocery does
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