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. V. THE SEMKW; h:h:ki jY robbsonian. 4 . 1" A Woriny Step. Charlotte . Tv.o Htiiifirl ndiusttnent of A. )V VAXr J salaries o' rural free delivery rarrWsi.' submitted to the Pnstmasitr General has been approved, and beginning Julv 1st this class of public servants will get a graded increase in pnmnensation. of frem 9 to 2" t tpr rent, based on the number i of miles traversed by carriers, as shown by the records of the department. The adjustment nrlnntpd. alone with the in- MUV'v-f J crease of $6,000,000 appropriated by Congress, will involve an aggregate increase for the rural free delivery niail service for the next fiscal year of nearly $35,000,000. Along with this news comes the announcement that, after July 1st clerks in the post offices will be granted an in crease in salary of $100 per annum until the $1,100 mark is reached, then $100 may be added on recommendation of the postmaster. Heretofore The News has expressed its opinion, that whi1 P.nnprpss was aonronriat- O " II L ing millions for many causes, of more or less importance, an appropriation should be made whereby the salaries of mail clerks might be increased, also that there might be arranged a salary scale conducive to ambi tion in this work. As condi tions have formerly existed mail clerks have labored, on hard hours, year in, year out, with no substantial hope of promotion for work done well. This system was not in keeping with the government's policy of promotion, in the array, navy, etc. No man will work as well as when inspired by the hope nf nrnmntinn Fivorv wnrlr. man worthy of a good potion should be, and is, ambitious. And in the mail clerk depart ment of the government's affairs little or no provision has been made for this natural fact. Probablv there is no class of fpublic servants whose lot is lharder than that of the rural nnail carriers and the mail clerks an post offices. They are friends of all the people or enemies, and most usually the former is the case. The interests of every one are involved in the labors of these faithful men: for thev render service to all. hours are long and hard The rural carrier must set out on his route, no matter if the weather be foul or fair. His personal feelings are not con sidered. He is a public ser vant. People on his route are anxiously awaiting tidings from loved ones. His duty is to act the faithful medium be tween the two . . uarties. All day he must ride, and hard. Such is his lot. And while the government has lavished money on other of its enployees, it has doled out remuneration with stingy hand to these wor thy members of its operating force. The extra salary there fore means much to them, and it is by no means a superfluous expenditure. The clerks in the post offices of the lend too are most closely allied to the interests of the people. Their work is of such a nature that it must le done with dispatch. They are kept in a nervous strain all the year. While others enjoy the Christ mas holidays, etc.. they are busy, working late, in the effort that each present may reach its destination, that the cup of jov ot those whom they serve mav be run. res me man clerks work hard and not al the sweets of life are theirs Neither have they grown weary in finding means to dispose o: the salaries they receive. Their increase, therefore, is wel earned and well merited. The News is glad that the government, in the hurly-hurly of much business, has taken notice of these members of its great army of employees. Freak Eggs. Molassiiie World. The stories told by poultry keepers in regard to the laying of eggs are in danger of becom ing viewed by the public in the same suspicious light as the tall yarns of fishermen. It is announced that an egg laid by a hen belonging to a coast guards officer at Bridgeport measured 7 5-8 inches by 6 3-4 inches while another of similar size picked up in a farmyard at Fenny Stratford was on being opened, found to contain a per fectly formed second egg. The record monster chicken's egg is believed to be one of 4 3 4 inch es by 7 inches and weighing five ounces. The most freakish egs are at tributed to ducks. The Western Park Museum, Sheffield, has a duck's egg which contains anoth er smaller one inside, and a stil greater curiosity in a twin egg, the two being joined together end to end. In a museum at Paris a cu nous tour rooted roose lays an egg which is invariably misshap en ana tne sneii or wnicn is so brittle that it breaks if touched All efforts to preserve these eggs have been futile. An egg apparently in a state of perfect preservation is reported to have been discovered embed ded in the mortar of an ancient church near Paris. As the wall had been standing for fully 800 years the egg must have been undisturbed for all that long pe riod. Stabbed Her Himself. Lafayette, Ind., May 8.-John Vauchan. t.hirt.v-ninp vpnrs nr fjy I I , . ft-SJr stabbed to death Lizzie Strubel, the eleven-year-old daughter of Chas. Strubel, a gardener. Naughan, after committing the murder attempted to kill him self, and in so doing inflcted ten wounds in his neck and breast. He was taken to jail. Immedi telyafterthecrime becameknown excitement ran high, and it was feared that an attempt would be made to lynch the murderer. Vaughan said he and the girl quarreled and she struck him. He said: "Being high tempered, I took out my knife and plun pred into her breast. I meant to .Mil her, be cause I did not want any of those railroad men to get her. I mov ed her and wanted to marry hay M I Appendicitis Is due in a large measure to abuse of the bowels, by employing dras tic purgatives. To avoid all dan- fer, use only Dr. King's Mew Life 'ilia, the safe, gentle cleansers and invigorators. Guaranteed to core headache, biliousness, mala ria and jaundioe, at all drug stores. 25 cents, Everything in Wedding Presets n-Rozu r Company. Mc Cotton Mills Consolation. Charlotte Ovmrtu ' ,' 'r-f f .. ' The JTextile Manufacturers' Journal is ; inclined to believe that the most potent cause for the cotton goods market's, pre sent strong conditions is to be found in the marked scarcity of labor, both North and South. "Durincr the last few months this has not been in such evi dence as previously " says The Journal,' "but a great many authorities are viewing with more or less alarm the probable increased scarcity to take place as the summer months draw near. Already operatives are said to be becoming" restless, and in many instances it has been necessary to close parts of plants because of the inabili ty to secure a sufficient number of laborers to keep them in operation. Th fact that there has been a curtailment of pro duction during the last year has been most apparent in the goods industry, but from all appearances it would seem as though this factor was to be exaggerated as the months pass. Perhaps Southern man utacturers nave been more greatly handicapped in this re spect than their New England competitors, but both are equally agitated today over the situa tion and the probable outcome of it." Noing confident state ments to the effect that any where from 25 to 30 per cent, is a conservative estimate of the looms and complementary machinery which it has been impossible to run for lack of operatives, our contemporary, though conceding- the buyer's attitude to be an important fac tor, apparently inclines to' be lief that this situation quite offset the possible effect of Con servatism upon the price of The Mills and the People. Charleston News and Caorler. " "A rarely, novel proposition is that of some 3,500 citizens of Union, 8. C, who have signed petitions addressed, to the directors of the Union Buffalo Cotton Mills, praying that they rein state Thomas C. Duncan as president of those mills now incorporated as one since their failure under the administration ' of Mr. Duncan a year or two ago. The petitions at least manifest remarkable popular confidence in the integrity and ability of Mr. Duncan, whose reputation as a successful cotton mill manager underwent a strain of some severity in 1905. vj Perhaps the most interesting phase of the affair is the ap parent reluctance of the 3,500 petitioners to purchase the properties and place Mr. Dun can in control. It seems that so large a body of men interest ed in cotton mill investments would be able easily to raise the necessary money to obtain the control of this corporation, especially as its shares are quoted at a figure below par, owing to misiortunes ante dating the present manage ment. Speaking in general terms, we sometimes entertain a mild doubt if persons whose stake is less than one share of the par valve of one hundred dollars in private corporation are entitled to serious attention when they offer suggestions concerning the corporation management. me . semi-weekly ROBES ONlflN Charged With Nine Murders , Pensacola, Fla., May 6. Joe Stanley andM .C. Smith, two white men, were to-day arrested charged with the murder of the murder of Ar.kerman familv in goods, it would tnus appear ganto Rosa country, near here, that the evil ot labor shortage aDOut a year ago. is to a considerable extent its The family consisted of father, own remedy, but this reflection I mother, and seven children can alrord only moderate conso- whose charred bodies were lation to anv one who takes a I found in their burned home- An large view of the industry in investigation Jshowedfseveral o: the United States, oarticularlv tne older members of the family in the South. r.et our textile Particularly the father and moth I J 1 J 4 U J 1 i i i er uuu uiuesb buu, uuu weeu industry prosner never so much, - . , , ' , A1 . , . ..... 'struck over the head and their tne act remains ma, us growth crushed i3uc.-g atumeu xur xut Large rewards have been off- laoor wnue the industry aDroao ered for the arrest ofthemur a a f is expanding as never oeiore. ders, but it was only recently Relative to Lancashire, even that information was secured the South is losing ground, which led to to-day's arrests This is the aspect of the situa tion which we like least. No one who desires to" see the i South maintain uninterrupted progress toward that"' great industrial future which is its due can be other than an ear- Glad Tldlnas for Engineers. Spencer, May 8. Effective at once the locomotive engineers on the Southern Railway through out the system have been granted an increase in wages amounting to 10 per cent, for nest advocate ot any proper passenger engineers and 6 per means to secure proper foreign cent, for freight men and 50 cents immigration. Catarrh Cannot be Cared With Local Applications, as they can not reach the seat of tue disease. Catarrlj is a blood or constitutioal disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine It was pre scribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and js a regular prescriutien. It is compose of the best tonics known, combined with the best Hood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combina tion of the two ingredients is what pro duces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. r; Cheney & Co.. Props., Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pilis fonctmstipa. ion. Cuff Buttons and Scarf Pins--all styles ana prices. McUean-Kozier company Dan Bale Is Dead. FayettTllle Obwrrer. . Mr. D. McD. Buie, an old Con ederate veteran, died suddenly Friday abouU2:30 o'clock at his home in uarver's Ureeic town ship.' He wrs buried this after noon at 4 o'clock at McDuffie's graveyard. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. F Smith, pastor Methodist chu rch. A widow and five cnildren survive him. "Dan" Buie had many friends in this city and county, and not a few in the State at large, as he has been an assistant doorkeeper for the past two or three legislatures. and 45 cents, respectively, an hour for over time. In the ag gregate the pay roll for engineers will be increased many thousands of dollars a month and is highly satisfactory to the employees. What Saw In Oar Reporter New York. A recent visit to one of . the largest paint faotorietf in the world, disclosed machinery that Was producing 10,000 of Hay Street gUons of Paint, and doing it better ana in job lime mu ivu gaiiouBOQUia be made by hand mixing. This was the celebrated L & M. Paint. The L &. M. Zino hardens the L. & M. White Lead and makes L. & M. Paint- wear like iron for 10 to 15 years. 4 gallons L & M mixed with S gallons Linseed Oil makes 7 gallons of paint at a oost of less than $1.20 par gallon. If any defect, exists in L &. M. Paint, . will repaint the house for nothing. - Donations' of L. &. M. made te Free samples of "Preventics" and a book let on coias win oe gladly mailded von, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis.. simply to prove merit. Seventies are little Candy Cold Cure tablets. No Qui nine, no Laxative, nothing harmful whatever. Preventics prevent colds as the ntme implies when taken earlv. or I chnrobes ai the ' Sneeze Stage." For a seated cold I Sold by The McAfifster Hardware EX'lEr ',"r;eiy.ra.'u'c,t- Oomuany. 29 & 9 iy mm revenues, ouiu Dy an dealers. I 1 Ladies' Hat Pins. Signet and ntw I Hand n arM)i for children samelhlnc 'naas. jucuean-Kozier uwnpany. I new and stylish. McLean-Kozier U Is published Monday and Thursday of each week. It gives All the News it thinks its readers would be especially interested in and particularly the Newa of local na ture. 1 ' It Has Correspondents All Over Tne County And endeavors to keep its readers in touch with all the happenings of interest to them. We should like to have a copy of lhe paper taken in every home in the county and by thpse who have moved away and still re tain their interest in the county and its people. There are one-hundred andjthree issues a year, all For 11.50 A 1m. Sometimes the head of the 'family is not interested enough to subscribe for the pa per and read it himself, but he should not expect his family to have the same indiffer ence to reading. Subscribe for their sake. As to the paper as an merfising Medium A great many people in the towns and the county have something to sell. Too often they, accept the offer of one man,! the first one who happens along, wliile if they were tofadvertise and give the other fellows a chance theymight get considerably more for it. n . a fi noiw 11 . rmnlftTMA l III, tlljIIUW We furnish Lowest Rates on application. The Robesonian Publishing Luinbertoitt, N; C. Co, - . ; -: "'A if-'
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