fS&e flUbmfna Star
Saturday, March 20, 1909.
'
WILLIAM H. BERNARD
Owner and Editor.
WILMINGTON N. C.
Entered as second-class matter at
tlie postoffice at Wilmington, N. C,
under the Act of Congress of March
ft, 1879.
Saturday, April 3, 1909.
USES OF
ADVERSITY
SOUTH. '
IN THE
Below we give an "extract from an
editorial in the Wall Street Journal
on the South's condition, past, present
and future. It was the "wie counsel
of itself" that tbS South took which
has enabled it to weather the financial
storm which swept over the country,
and it is fast recovering from the
backset given it by the "ill-calculated
legislation" of two years ago. The
people have come to realize that the
war on corporations, especially rail
roads, wasvcarrtad too far; that it has
recoiled on themselves. This change
in public sentiment has made itself
felt and has resulted in toning d6wn
the harsh legislation, to the great ben
efit of the whole section. The people
have come to realize that they can
not cripple railroads without working
an injury to themselves and that there
is a difference between judicious con
trol by legislative enactment of the
railroads and inimical legislation
which hampers their successful oper
ation and development.
The-Wail Street Journal says:
"No portion of the country has taken
wiser counsel of itself than the South
during the two years of depression
the price. Mamy of the barbers said
they did not want to make the ad
vance in price, but, as the union de
clared for it, they were obliged to do
so or go out of te union. The rea
son given is that the cost of living
has Increased while there has been
no increase in the wages of the work
men. Thus the poor d'svil who works for
wages or on a salary catches it all
around: He is charged higher for
every thing he buys because the cost
of living to each person he buys an
articte from has increased and he must
help make up the deficiency to each
one. If he asks for -an increase of
wages because the' increased cost of
living will not allow his money to go
as far as it formerly did, which really
amounts to decreasing his wages or
salary, his request is met with a re
fusal basd by his employer on the
very same ground on which the re
quest is made increase cost of every
thing which his employer has to buy.
o government for the House of Rep
resentatives and the differences on
the tariff, but the truth is, we do not
doubt that the repressed feeling of the
seven years reign of terror that have
just passed is beginning to come to
the surface and escape.' The doughty
representatives of the "peepul" dared
not show displeasure even with each
other as long as the Big Stick hung
behind the door of the White House,
but since it was split up into kindling
wood, they have found their courage
and, perhaps in training for an asser
tion of their independence of execu
tive dictation, which will riot be at
tempted, they tare cussing and cafrping
at each other' in fine partisan wrangle.
Charleston Post.
Mr. John Temple Graves has an
article in the Hearst American, sign
ed at one end with his full "entitle
ments, and embellished with 9 is bet
picture at the otner, from wnicn we
gather that he has stirred up a hor-
Eet's nest female hornets among
the "suffragettes" in Gotham. Mr.
Graves tells the dear old girls that he
was a suffragette before some of them
were born, or words to that effect;
and that they have made a mistake
in buzzing so noisily because he had
before said they make too much noise.
x, is Baiu luai Ui.u x ..o... fte 'female suffrage propaganda was
for that plank in the Democratic ja gQ0 thing to push along, provided
platform advocating free lumber; that, they went about spreading this evani
ortt,it. wotoa tn fho TWvnvAT ' gel of liberty in a modest, lady-like
.a manner. Mr. Graves seemed to think
convenuoa were uypeu tu x.. "-ithat hft oueht to imDress on them his
Candidate Bryan and his managers notion that the new woman ought still
forced it upon them. Had the South- s to be modest, retiring, sweet and alto
em delegates shown more indepen-! gether lovable, like their aforetime
dence and stood by their rights our at Mrs. Catt, a leader of the suf-5
uongressmen wouia not now oe m we fragettes, but he is likely to get
embarrassing positions they find scratched for suggesting in parenthe-
themselves. We notice, though, that sis that her husband's given name is
... tint "ThnmjLs." Macon Teleeranh.
m9v vi A.nnAwa atin a tttt nnoua . '
who are generally so quick to read
men out of the party for not standing
by the platform are not criticising the His limitations Knicker Does
position taken by such men as Sim- he understand the parts of an auto?
mons and Thomas, of this State, Pujo, fj1 BcePt- upkeen.-New
of Louisiana, and others in Congress! My wife ,g a beaatiftll w0maxr
who advocate retention of the duty on j jU(ige so." "Why? You have never
lumber. Been her. "No, but I never saw an
ugly married man yet who' didn't get
which a 'peach V Boston Transcript.
TWINKLINGS.
The leaders of the faction
won in the Democratic primary in Ra-1 K-"l understand that theatrical com:
leigh last Tuesday are so proud of pany you sent out has been side-track-
n. Af ed?" said the comedian. "Not at all'
through which the country has been JL aar ZZ w JTZl replIed tne manager; "they are walk-
naoew v-r. M . through boasting of it Well, we reck- Iner nome Qn th& main line." Yonkers
vuimjiuisi vi uacz uiob t i nin ill tui lm ar I - -
torv the South has hMnvAii nrfonfJon they have good reason for feeling statesman
ed in, reserves of mon3y and means of
"Its financial lnstitutIon8( have dem
onstrated their, capacity to endure a
strain. It is no small credit to the
(Southern banking interests to have
passed thus far through a dull period
with so few failures and so little dis
trust an the part of the public.
"It has begun to recover from some
of the mistakes of extreme legislation
relating to railroads. The intervening
years have been costly to the public
and to the carriers. But now compro
mises have been reached or court de
cisions yet to be heard from have the
questions at issue in hand. The sober
ing process has gone far in advance
of court conclusions and has palled a
halt upon ill-calculated legislation.
"Meanwhile Southern factories have
been building almost regardless of the
temporary check on manufacturing en
terprise. Southern manufacturing is
less -hampered by price agreements,
and therefore all the freer to put its
quotations at a level which will bring
business.
"Finally, Southern agriculture is on
a securer financial foundation than
ver before. There are still compara
tively few farmers who are rich, but
there, are many who are well to do.
as.mey nave prospered there has
elated over it.
"I like to see a man take an inter
est in his work." "So do I. I once
Speaker Reed said it was "the wo- knew a policeman who was so enthu-
men shoppers" who gave the Demo- slastic that it positively pained him
4.11 J- ..Uin J 1 Oft ft IU BCB aUJUUUJ UUl Ul JCVLl. 1JUUI3I1UO
ii i i v i i . wii-iiviv ill r .1 1 1 - -
crats
Payne and his crowd who want tojmt
Courier-Journal.
Colonel White Your son is quite
such a high tariff on stockings and a singer, isn't he, Busenbark? Brother
gloves ought to bear that in mind. Busenbark Yassah! Yassah! 'Bleeged
' to yo' fo' axin', Dat boy, sah, am sut-
' From the report of the Charleston tinly de most malodorus cullud pusson
dispensary inspector it would seem in his whole town. Puck,
that the people of that city prefer to I "You don't like the way he
buy beer from blind t.gers than from l"-
the dispensary even if they have to He iaughlike a hit Congressman lis-
pay more for it. tening to the reading of a Presidential
' : " . message. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Will the two Republican Senators The One She Missed "I suppose
from West Virginia, who think the you have read Shakespeare's works?"
Payne bill "crucifies the" South" vote said' the young man from the East.
wit, tho Tw,n,t f stfc. for "Yes, all of them," replied Miss Fitz,
the protection of their section?
CURRENT COMMENT.
of St. Louis, "that is, unless he has
written something within the past
year." Chicago News.
Local Option "You say that local
nntfnn Kns "hpfn of Err.t. 'hpmfifit. tn this
rm r -r i msi -i . . o -
xue ew xur. inuu0e suictters section of the country?" "Yes, sir,"
over the dispatch, "Castro again a answered Colonel Stillwell. "As soon
rebel, and comments: "But why the as a lot of us citizens realized how
again? Castro is always Oistro." far anybody wouid have to go for a
asiro nas noi always peen a reoei. drink we organized a good roads
. SAVED THE GIRL -
An Old Time Adventure With Solo
mon Island Cannibals.
One day on a Solomon beach a little
?irl ran to me and, before I Was avare
of it." placed my foot on her neck. One
'.mows what this means well enough,
in hot war it means that If a chief al-lor,-3
bis foot to rest on the defeated
tyno'fi neck the man's life is safe, but be
is a slave forever, rescue or no rescue.
I wasT-zJeU at the child's action. It
vns soon explained. Shortly afterward
lav: ;i cuuie a lot of villagers and in
B-ste.l on talcing the youngster. I told
hjm what she had done. They said
they did not.care. Her mother was be
vaz cooked in the town, and the child
shoukl go to the ovens with her.
"Never!" I said., "What! We, who
have eaten betel nut together many
times, to quarrel for a mere, child to
whom I ha ye granted life in your own
"way!" I swore they should kill me
firrjt. They replied:
"Ob. that is an easy thing to do."
A I old front was the only thing now.
Luckily I had my sixteen shooter.
Snriijsius back and putting a mark ou
the? sjmd with my foot, I swore I would
shiwt the first man who crossed it.
They knew I could answer for a dozen
off hem or so. and, although clubs were
up ,ahd bows bent, they hesitated, as
well they might, and I knew I had
mastered them. Then one proposed I
should ' buy the child fairly. They
cared not to fight a friend. To this 1
at once agreed, and a muss was thus
avoided, and a mission ax worth ten
pence made me a slave owner,
"Among the Man Eaters." by John
Caggln. f
The Century Plant.
The century plant, so named because
of the popular Idea' that it blooms but
once in a hundred years, in one sense
makes good its" name, for It blooms
only once, then dies. In the genial
climate of southern California it reach:
es maturity and blooms In fifteen or
twenty years, while In colder climates
"he period may range from forty to
fifty years. There are many species of
the agave family native, to northern
Mexico, where it is called thevmaguey
The plant furnishes "pulque." the na
tional drink of Mexico. , At the time of
blooming the plant throws rp a singk
stock of rapid growth to the height of
twelve to twenty feet, from which the
tassel-like flowers sprout forth. This
great flower stalk draws all thesai
and vigor from the body of the plant,
which soon withers and dies.
Apt Pupil.
Captain Jones (giving a short lec
ture to the recruits of his company on
their demeanor in public) If a civilian
should make offensive remarks in a
public house and try to induce a quar
rel the well conducted soldier should
drink up his; beer and go quietly
away."
After , his address Captain Jones
questioned his audience to ascertain
if they had ' comprehended his re
marks. "Now, Private Jenkins, what should
you do if you ; were at an inn and a
civilian wanted to quarrel with you?"
"I should drink up his beer, sir, and
ook it." London Pick-Me-Up
At least once he wis rebelled against, movement'-Washington Star.
iLiiiu Ml lint-; 1M f- w riirK n-frii ri urs iimif-T.
come increas-cd ability to Use capital took to finance the revolt against him.
i-wuMuiy m me improvement or ag-, uoiumbia State.
ricultural methods and a -wider appre
ciation of the problems of marketing
their products."
The
WOMEN AND THE TARIFF.
Macon
Telegraph wants to
Words to Freeze the Soul. ,
Your son has Consumption. His
case is hopeless.' These appalling
The Democratic nartv ?n th
House of Representatives seems to be Jorda were spoken to Geo. E. Blevens,
dissolving into three elements free a leaumg mercnanr oi apnngneiu, xm.
traders, protectionists and tariff-for- c- by . two expert doctors one a lung
revenue Democrats. The party is still specialist. Then was shown the won
afflicted with its old-time and long- derful power of Dr. King's New Dis-
1 tn . .. - .. nunc uuuuiu ui uemK uuauie li eei w.vW v.w,
uuw u neu nam no fury like a wo. together as a unit on any important writes Mr. Blevens, "lie was as well as
man scorned" what is going to happen subject, especially the tariff. But how ever- I would not take all the money
when she discovers that she has been ' they get together on that local m world for what it did for my
dpfmnrtoH or, - t xt-.x 'Question, unless tnev adoot the man iniauiwe ior wugas bui
. . . . . J X J I Ll WJ
consiaeration but party success. In- uesperate xuug aiseaises on earm. ovc
With the Minstrels.
Bones What am de difTrence 'tween
er pastry cook an er bill sticker? Tam
bo Ah dunno. What am de difTrence,
Mistah Bones? Bones One puffs up
de paste an' de othah pastes up de
puffs. Chicago News.
The Unmaking.
, He (boastingly) It takes six genera
tions to make a gentleman, you know.
She (calmly) Yes, and what a pity
that it only takes one generation to un
make him! Exchange.
has no means of protecting herself?
This query is in reference to the
gloves and stockings schedules of the
Payne tariff bill. The Telezranh savs
if the proposed increase of duties isor ?,teph B- E!kins' ?f West Virgin
.ja i.vof t - . . jia, Republiasn, assuming leadership
made that the foreign twenty-fiveent in the fight for a square deal for the
hosiery will be excluded and the do-1 South, before even the Southern Sena
mestic manufacturers will be able to tors have roused themselves to the
raise their prices so as to make their lint ?Lsonding alarm on the
y.T.rt,fo t u : floor of the Senate. Some few of them
Products, of the same quality sell for have spoken, more or less cautiously,
35 cents; that imported stockings along the line of Senator Elkins' argu-
which now sell for three pairs for a ment, but from most of them silence,
dex-Appeal. jand 51.00. R. R. Bellamy. Guarantee
What an interesting, unique and Batisractipn. Trial bortm -or
significant spectacle is that of Sena- , , ..i, , .
The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC, drives, out ma
aria and builds up the system. For
srown people and children. 50c.
: ' . .
dollar will cost $1.50. for the
same
while Elkins takes the lead. With the
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by
tiny outward touch as is the sunbeam.
Milton.
WOMEN'S WOES.
number of pairs, and of course the do.!, thttc of dtS .w''"n
r Wl oamB liuciiity win azi n proposed aevious. qoudliui ana i it COOTn i-Tiat tmra mnr-o
be similarly advanced in price. The oppressive provisions, the South, has a fair sbATe gf the acnes and-
same conditions will exist in the glov
trade.
American manufacturers
naturally looked to her represent- pains that afflict numanity; they must '
tives in the Senate and House to w . j V. j .I,
. . . r , . 7 Jieep up , must aiieuu 10 uuues m
talk out, to t?ke a stand and point the RnJtft nf tntiv rhin wirs nr
csn. of way. It would seem that ,witb few hnr AW.V aoll(a n
course, keep out the foreign goods by f xceptions they have been over-cau- paina-they must stoop over, when to
Swept Over Niagara.
This terrible calamity often happens
because a careless boatman Ignores
the river's warnings growing'ripples
and faster current- Nature's warnings
are kind. That dull pain qr ache In
the back warns: you the Kidneys need
attention" if you would escape fatal
maladies Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's
disease. Take Electric Bitters at once
and see Backache fly and all your, best
feelings return.; "After long suffering
from weak kidneys and lame back,
one $1.00 bottle wholly; cured me,"
writes J. R. Blankenship, of Belk,
Tenn. Only 60c at R. R. Bellamy's.
adding only a portion of the increased j
stoop meens torture. They must walk
tariff tax to the price of his srood I 1 us not be led astray y tne and bend and work with racking pains
thus undersPlUiW tho 1 aeiusive cry, or cneap goods; cneap and many aches from kidney ills,
mus underselling the foreigner and goods mean a cheap man," said Mr. Kidneys cause more suffering than
y preventing the latter f rom competing Bstes of Pennsylvania, in the so-called, any other organ of the body; Keep
with him in the markets of this coun- jtarlff debate in the House, merely ech- the kidneys well and health is1 easily
try. if the foreign manufacturers can oins an,ner distinguished statesman maintained. Read of a remedy for
v ... t iwbo said some years ago, A, cheap kidneys only that helts and cares the
. uo n.ci)i. uui ui our marireHj in rnia ura v t- i ..i . n-.- ... - . - . . 1
, ' " ujttB.ua a, run t-up man. iir. ies Kianeys ana is endorsed by peoplfe you
viuicmmcut, win aenve no revenue somewnai eiaDoratec nis Dorrowea know.
irom the tariff on these articles of apnorism ny declaring tbat "it is a Mies Maggie Rivenbark, 105 Dbck
trade and the onlv benefit rtArfv fvm Principle as old as the hills that when St, Wilmington. N. C, says; "I fodnd
f,v mni v . ... - roods &v? cue.apJt men are- poorest; great benefit throurfi the use of Doi
L u.Z Arerican man- .the most distressing erperiences in Kidney Pills, procured at R. R. Bl
uracturers through the imposition of this country or in all human history lamy's, drug store. I suffered from
unjust exactions on home consumers. nave n when everything was cheap- constant, dull pains in my back and
This is one of the many injustices leeJ 5 mmT& in moreyr but; dear- somo days T could hardly get about
of the hieh tariff on artiiL j mk 1 when v measured hy NUbor.'This the house. My kidney wore very
tue nign 18,11 on ;arucles of prime fogey - statement is then iliumitiatftd t I
fioAuolt' , - , , . ...... - I J ttW, xwo. Wt., ouuvr
INCREASED COST OF LrVtNO.
.Dy a nasn ct tnuu.genee m the -ro ance by too frequent passages of the;
i mrf: ; in. bes nit , of value is eccrvtlons. X used several remedies
what a day a labor w.:i 4 prcduce." We but nothing gare me the desired re-
muuie mew '"OITfl an aamiraDl Ilof nt TW'r TCMnnv Tm nra
That was not an April-fool the A. ; illustration of the ecEfcsiorx of mind n. nmvt w vt..t f
lanta men got when they west to the!th wWch economic questions are so required and 'In a short time cured me
barber shops on Thursday and Wr '?WIU?t,r d if cussed, turnip r 11 logic ' bo . completely that my trouble has
rtT. .i i . . it u vvi tcpsy-turvy .-Journal of Commerce. nevrr returned,' ' -
Wfa Vtblrty rh -temper. of thq Congress, byall dealers.. Price ti
nw cents. All tbe union barbers in men at the present extraordinary ses- cents. Poster-Milburn Co.: Buffalo,
the Atlanta districjt, vhich extends . sion of (Congress is a subject of very Ncw Vork, so-!o agents for. the United
for a distance of fifty miles around &eneral remark by. the Wrshington Strtes. , ; -
wurapouuwm. most, or in era atcn- n&memuer me namc-ruoans -and
take no other. ' 4 - t '
hp otV horn moHo a 0(iM, wiicbpuautjum. JMOSt OI ID era SillTl-
tne city, have made this-advance. In bute it to the dissension over the rules te
,. i ?; v; i '. . , .i ,1.. . . - r i i . j ,.'- h - vWj?. '1 i
The reason we expect your busi
ness in the machinery line .is that
we have the largest and best lo
cated plant in the city. We are
prepared to rebuild all kinds, of
Locomotives, Engines, Bolters, Saw
Mills, Etc ..
We carry a fulf line of Engines,
Bdilers, Pulleys. Shafting, Sprock
ets, Gears, Pinions; Log 'Hauls.
We manufacture all parts for saw
mills, log cars, boilers and engines.
' See us before; you make a zmv
chinery contract,ior repair Job. :
Courteous treatment, fair deaKngs.
- -;,y. ; if.; -- ...
OtikeaadFactorf
Foot of Orange St I
Our Line of Spring Oxfords
is the bel ever displayed in the
city. A call will convince you. i
BOYLAN & HANCOCK
No. 7N. Front St.
mar 25-tf.
QPEMimi
c
was the greatest success of any we hare ever had. The store was
crowded from early morning until it closed in the evening, H
great number of ladies were not only looking, but buying. Excla
mations of delight at the wonderful selections were heard on every
hand and praise was heard coming from hundreds of sources. The
Millinery Department is now under full force and everyone that an
ticipates buying their Easter hats before Easter would do well to
make their selection early. It is not the matter of choice, nor of
price, but of service. Everything has its limit and this limit exists
in our millinery force, as we trim hats free of charge, and we give
you chance to select from the largest and best; selected stock of
hats. and trimmings, that has ever been shown in Wilmington. Our
Millinery Department has been large for a great many years, but
the addition we built on our store last year that represents 7,500
feet additional feet of floor space, adds largely to the millinery de
partment as well as the children's dresses and Ladles wear. I wish
to! thank the ladies for their patronage visiting our Opening, and
would thank them further to give .their hat wants a little previous
thought and not wait until the day before Easter.
J In our Dress Goods Department we are showing some extreme
ly! pretty things at a small price. We have thirty pieces of Arnold's
Silks that would be sold wholesale at 50c that I picked up in rem
nants and am offering the goods today at 25c per yard, a silk dress
for $2.50 and a prettier and would wear longer than a foulard silk
that would cost you $7.50. Silk Ginghams that is worth 50o per
yard we are showing ten colors and patterns at 29c per yard;25
pieces of solid colored of silk finish longerie, the goods are fine,
will wear perfect, and fast colors, and sold everywhere at 25c,
these 22 pieced of goods are on sale at 15c per yard.
Ten pieces of black Organdie with French finish, regular 12 l-2c
quality, will be on sale Monday for 8c per yard. The Dress Goods
and Silk Department in this store Is one of the strongest depart
ments in the city of Wilmington, and caters to your wants in every
line.
Remember Gaylord's Clothing Store for Men's, Boys and Gents
furnishing . goods of every kind. We save you njoney 'on your
clothing. Why not buy from us? We give trading stamps and give
you valuable things free at
Tfte Big Bepsirtment
torGsVn Front
GEOO. GAY LORD
PROPRIETOR.
si
mmvB
mar 28 tf
u i N
aprl-tL ;
Spr
mg time Is
Pasture
Time
1
-i
Are you going to need some new wir$ fencing? If you are, w
just want to ask you , to drop in and see the splendid .line we re
showing. ,i - i , . ''
Its the Royal make -the best Utat fine material, wrought by
skilled hands, can produce. We have tt in all desired heights and
prices, too, most attractively. , Be wise, let us supply year fleM
fence needs you will get a better grade fen at a less price ..
Also full line of Farming TJtensIls-raad don't forget we setJ
screen doors and window ecreer; s. -: ' " ':
tsar 30-tfT
i
1