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THE WHISTLING BILL . —. The Views of an Experienced ' and Practical Engineer. , \ Mr. W. C. Petly Points Out What He Regards as the Dangers in the Justice Bill Pend ing in the Senate, The bill of Senator Justice that en gineers shall warn people walking on the track by both blowing and whistling has been made a special order Ur next Wed nesday. Some of the strongest men in the Senate earnestly favor the bill and others equally strong will vigorously tight It. It promises to boa debate well worth hearing- Mr. W. C. Petty, manager of the C'ar thage Railway, who lias had thirty years' experienee us a practical railroad man was In Raleigh yesterday. H«, has off and on run an engine for many years, and on his own road today runs an en gine often because he likes to do it. He has decided views about the Justice bill and thinks it ought not to pass. Speaking of the bill, be gave his views as follows: "I have not the pleasure or honor of an acquaintance with Mr. Justice, the author and introducer of this bill, but feel assured that he had, in introducing the bill, the welfare of the people of the • State at heart; that he was moved by a desire to protect »human life, a.laudible purpose on the part cf any man. “Neither do I think he introduced the bill with the view of working a hardship on the railroads of the State, for I must think he recognizes in them a ereat in dustry, which has gone far towards development of North G»**ollnn. “But the putting of this bill as a law upon the statute books will work a great ► hardship—and bring, unnecessarily, a large number of suits for damage against the railroads, and at the same time greatly increase the number of people killed by trains, on account of walking on railroad tracks, the very thing, I think, the introducer of this bill is trying to prevent. And why? Recause the peo ple w ill then think that the trains will be compelled to ring their bells and blow their whistles at them, and that there will be no danger of being hit by a train, and a much greater number of people will risk walking on the tracks, and the result will be a large increase in the number of people killed in this way. on account of the great number taking the risk. “I have been in the railroad service thirty years, and have run a locomotive thousands of miles, and have rode thou sands of miles with other engineers, and yet I have to find an engineer that did not rirrg his bell to warn a person that he saw walking on the track ahead of him, and blew his whistle, too. if he fail ed to notice the bell. Railroad engineers nre not a set of murderers that run over a man or a woman every time that they get a chance- The trouble is, they do not always see them, and again the peo ple will not heed their warnings. “I heard some speeches in the Senate Chamber on this bill on the 6th inst.. and quite sure the men making them never run a locomotive, and did not know from practical experience the trouble in this matter, that causes so many deaths. And I think I will be sustained in what I say by any practical engineer. I said a while ago they do not always see the people walking on the track ahead of them. You are probably surprised at that statement. But I hope to make clear to j you. and if when you are on a train, think the engineer’s eyes are always looking j ahead, and on the rails, you are mis- ! taken. That is his business in the main, ! and he is always looking ahead when not compelled to attend to other matters i that are just as important, and neces sarily /claim a little of his time. In old times the engine valves and cylinders were oiled by the fireman going out to the steam chest and putting in oil or tal low while the engine was rolling down grade. But all modern engines are oiled from the cabs by a sight feed lubricator, with three tubes, one feeding tho» air pump and the other two, the right and left cylinders. These tubes feed two to three drops a minute, and it is import ant that they feed ail the time, or your valves become dry, and your cylinders are cut, hence the engineer has to oc casionally turn his eyes to the lubrica tor to see that the lubricator is feeding, and this wrill take him ten to twenty seconds, during which time he will cover a third of a mile, and may run over a man and never know that he had killed him. because he was otherwise engaged at the time, and did not see him. Again, he has to see that th 0 water is kept at the right guage in his boiler, hence lie has to throw his eye 3 to the water guage occasionally to see that he has plenty of water, and again the injectors some time fail to work when he goes to start them and he is forced to give that a few seconds of his time, and during this time he may run a man down on the rails and kill him —yet has never seen him “ Thus you will clearly see that it is Impossible for an engineer to always see the people walking on the tracks, how ever careful he may be. Now, to the people heeding the warning:. And here Is where the greatest trouble comes in. I have often times rung my bell and blown the whistle at people walking the track ahead of me, and they would look back to see how far I was from them, and then continue on the track until I was so near them before thely attemptaed to get out of the way, that had they stumbled, In attemping to get .off. no power on earth could have prevented me from killing them. You have not the remotest Idea unless you have had experience ot the carelessness of the people walking on the tracks of a railroad. Now, if you blow the whistle and ring the bell there is great doubt about their noticing them. I came over here on a train today, and I presume the engineer blew all the crossing blows, but if I was sworn as to the truth of the matter, T could not say that they did. I did not heat them. And why? Because T was not listening. and my mind was occ»»nied. so I did not notice it when it blew, hence you will see there will be many suits in the courts against the roads for killing people on the tracks, claiming that the engineer did not blow his whittle nor ring his bell. Passengers will be brought up to prove that the whistle was not blown and they will swear that they did not hear it, and they will be asked, “could you not have heard it. if it had been blown!" “Certainly I think T could.” and the man swears hon estly. but. the trouble is. be was not pay ing attention, hence did not hear it. The engineer is the only man on the train that could swear positively correct in the matter. Hence the railroads will be forced to pay large damages on account of the passage of this bill and a great number of people will lose their lives. “If the Legislature wishes to protect the lives of the people who will walk on railroad tracks, make them walk at their own risk, except at public crossings. Then fewer people will walk on the tracks and consequently, fewer will be killed, and the railroads will be saved many damage suits.” Child Labor in Cotton Mills. To the Editor: It strikes me that there is a great deal being said in regard to child labor in cotton mills by people that don't know anything about it. I am sure that no child should be employed in cot ton mills or factories under the age of twelve years, while there is school in reach of them, but when school is out I think all boys over ten yfcars of age should be put to work. I don't think girls under twelve should be employed at any time under any circumstances, but I think you had' better let your boys wonk anywhere than have them on the streets from morn till night smoking ci garettes and swearing, etc., and I wish to say right here, in my judgment, the cigarette is making more pale faced, puny boys than all the labor they do in cotton mills.. I have worked in cotton mills all my life since I was eight years old. except what time I was in school. My parents would stop me and put me in school each year as much as four months, but the other eight months 1 had to work, and I thank them for it. You are not apt to hurt a boy working him, but are nior e apt to hurt yourself getting him to work- My opinion is that the mill owners can adjust the labor ques tion much better than people that don’t understand the situation. And in niv candid opinion, a man can manage his own business much better than some one that is not familiar with both sides of the question. Cotton mill people are the happiest pc-ople we have in our midst. They make good wages, more than the average farmer, they are paid off regu larly and a great many of them own their own homes, and the mill child, as a rule, is as stout as the up-town or the farm child. However, I don't want it understood that I am in favor of chil dren being employed under twelve years of age except as above stated. The mill owners don't want them for they are the most expensive help that is employed in the mill. I don’t think that the State need get alarmed about the condition of the child labor in North Carolina, when if they will stop and think for a moment and consider that the best and noblest men of North Carolina are the nu n that are at the head of the great cotton mill industry. They will take care of the children. W. C. YORK, Supt. Sanford, N. C. The Child Labor Law. To the Editor: Doubtlessly the courte ous thing to do would be to allow Mr. L. Vinson to reply to your note at the foot of his letter published in Sunday’s News and Observer, but if you and he will allow me, let me add my opinion to this in regard to child labor ques tion, and say as he does, if we are to have a law to regulate the employment of children in factories, let’s have one to protect them in ail occupations, par ticularly farming. If farming was “least remunerative, and most laborious,” in the days of the great English statesman, it is even more so now, and of all the occupations of men and children—(although they labor in the open fields, in the broad day light), I am confident that less is known of the trials and hardships of a poor farmer's life than any calling in the world. Poets have sung, and editors of agricultural papers behind polished desks have been writing about “the happy days down on the farm” for generations, but did you ever hear the testimony of a “farm lad" who rises at r* a. m., feeds the horses milks the cows, and cuts wood all by sunrise, then goes to work in the field with a plow or hoe until noon (with more feeding of the stock>. and then la bors until dark, with dirt in his shoes, wet with perspiration in summer or half frozen in winter? If such a boy could ! express himself I would like to hear his evidence cn the subject. There is an l other factor that should be considered: ; Most of the families who work in the ; factories in the South are those who . have reached the very bottom of abject poverty on the farm before they left, and I never knew one of tins kind e\ or to go back to the country after they once secured work in a factory. At every well regulated factory there are schools, churches and good water and sanitation, and better homes to live in than can be found among the same grade of people in the country, and they eat. enjoy too. that dearest boon to the hu man heart, social intercourse without go ing miles to see their neighbors. Did you ever compare the child operative of the modern factory with the child laborer on the farm? Take the children of the fac tories of the Piedmont section of the Carolinas and compare them with the poor of the rural districts of the eastern portion of these two States where tin re j are few factories, and little opportunity to escape the trials and drudgery of the farm, and then draw your parallel, and you will find that in dress, appearance and education, the factory child is in advance of the poor children of the farm, and I am confident that if the children cf the factories were given m oppertunity I to go back to the country not one in a hundred would go. Doubtlessly there are cases of abuse, and of children being over-worked at too young an age, but the trouble is not with the mill owners or operators, ot the actual fact of being at wo*k indoors, but if you will investigate, you will find I that in most cases th e ,fault lies in a human parasite, in the shape of an idle, ’'worthless father who has shifted the support of the family to the tc-ndir shoulders of his little child. If there will be enacted some legislation to put this brute to work and keep him there, wo | will have made all the laws \v--» need on ' the child labor question at oresenp , J. D BULL UCK MOWhY FOR THE SCHOOLS. l ft Mr McCullock Coinmmtß on letter From Si p\ —of Public Instruction- To the Editor: The letter published in your ipsut* of the 7th Instant from the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in forming the County Superintendents, ’ ounty Boards of Education, and the public generally that the second hun dred thousand dollars appropriated for a four months public school term is neither in hand nor in sight,’ comes like a clap of thunder in a clear sky, and places hundreds of people in the State between “the devil and the deep blue sea. The committeemen have con tracted with the teachers for a four months term, and in many instances in this section the full term has been taught out, and in others nearly so, all of them having now run over the time for which there is moifey in the county treas ury to pay them. Now, the question arises, who is responsible for this mud dle, and what are we going to do about it? Tlie Democratic party solemnly and strenuously proclaimed from every hill top all o\ er tin* State only a few short months ago that there should be given a four months term in every school dis trict in the State, and according to the reports of the most prominent newspa pers this fight was taken up and press ed by the State Board of Education, and the people were guaranteed by every promise and pledge that they should have a full free four months term. Each legis lative candidate and some of us that were not candidates, plead with the peo ple to stand by the party that was edu cating ayd going to continue to educate their children. We pointed with special pride to our four months terms last year, and solemnly avowed that we had only just commenced in the good work. Two years ago when we were in the throes of the greatest political battle ever fought in tlie State, when our blood was at boiling heat, and when good men. men that had been true to the Democratic party in every contest, that had stood by her platforms, and upheld her banner when these men, many of them illiterate and poor, but brave anil true, began to falter and hesitate because they feared the educational qualifications that we proposed to adopt,—feared that its adop tion would mean the disfranchisement of their children, we allayed their fears by solemnly assuring them that we would provide a four months free school term in every district in the State, and that every poor, illiterate boy should have ample opportunities to learn to read and write before lt*oß. With this assurance coming from the great Democratic party, whose record for truth and honesty has never been ques tioned, and with the double assurance of the State Administration, is it not na tural that the County Boards of Educa tion. the school committemen, and the teachers should have the utmost confi dence that the second hundred thousand dollars appropriation should be realized? And especially is this true when the matter has been allowed to run until this late date before there come a note of warning from the State authorities. Can it be possible' that this information could not have been furnished easily thirty days ago as now, and have saved numbers of people from being placed in this embarrassing position? Is it possible that the Democratic party is going to forfeit its pledges made to the people in the last two campaigns because there does not happen to be the necessary amount of money in the treas ury? To keep in good faith our pledges and tq perform all that we promise to Dm people is of far more importance than a temporarily t-mpty treasury. If I rciuom ber eorre.ctly we faced this same condi tion of affairs a year ago. but our very efficient treasurer, with the aid and as sistance of the administration, procured a loan that tided us over this trouble and enabled us to fulfil our pledges. Why can not this plan, or some other equally as expedient, be again adopted, or if necessary, appeal to the Legislature to save the honor and integrity of the Democratic party? The issuing of bonds or borrowing the money fs preferable to forfeiting our integrity. The promises were made and accepted by the people in good faith, and it has always been the history of government that when a party fails to meet its obligations to the peo ple, its tenur e of life is short. Some of the State institutional are ask ing the Legislature for extra appropria tions. I would not be understood as op posing anv appropriation that Is needed by the higher institutions of learning when the financial condition of the State is such that the appropriation can he made. I would be glad that each State institu tion could be fully equipped to meet ail demands of the times, but until we can lift tii? dark veil of illiteracy from tlie rural districts of North Carolina, and prepare the little ignorant boys for the duties of life by teaching them to read and write, thus fulfilling our pledges made to their fathers, it would be well to let chemical laboratories and physical and electrical apparatus rest. E- P. McCULDOCH. White Oak. N, C.. Feb. 10, 1903. Y. M. C A. Student Conference. (Special to News and Observer.) Chapel Hill, N. 0., Feb. 14.—The South ern Student Conference of the Young Men’s Christian Association will be held at Asheville School, near Asheville, June 13th-21st- The location of the conference among the mountains is exceedingly at tractive. The programme, which is be ing arranged, assures a very successful meeting. Mr. Robert E. Speer, who lias always been a favorite at this conference, will again be one of the platform speak ers. Other leaders of Christian thought and work among the different denomi nations, will speak from the platform. About twenty students from North Caro lina were at the conference last summer. Three of these were from the University- A large number will probably go from the colleges of this State this summer. The work of the Young Men’s Chris tian Association at the University dur ing the past association year has been good. More interest has been taken in the Bible study work. In the devotional meetings, and in missions than in sev eral years. The new officers for the coming year are; Messrs. R. M- Harper, president; F. S. Hudson, vice-president: C. P. Russell, corresponding secretary: J. V. Howard, recording secretary, and E. Mc- Donald. treasurer- SMOKE “La Josephiue,” 5c Cigars. THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, SUNDAY MORNING. FED. 15. 1003 Breathing Spell Until Tuesday. (Continued from First Page.) commissioners of Elizabethtown to levy a special tax. Davidson, of Buncombe: To enable the Asheville Electric Company to consoli date with ami acquire stock of other com panies. Waddell, of Forsyth: To provide for the better drainage of certain bottom lands in Forsyth county. Aiken, of Transylvania: To place D. A. Ingraham on the pension roll. Simpson, of Union: To provide for the election of trustees of graded schools of Monroe, and aldermen of the city- Crocker, of \Wilson: To provide for biological analyses in the interest of public health. Vann, of Hertford: To amend chapter 388, Laws of 1901, relating to Dispensary for Win ton. Hamlin, of Madison: For the relief of B. B. Davis, Register of Deeds of Madison county. Jarrett, of Macon: To provide for the working of the public roads of Macon County. Wodley, of Chowan: To regulate com pensation for sales under deed of trust. Mason, of Carteret: To tncorprate the Carolina Coast Railroad Company. Mason: To repeal chapter 439, I-aws of 1899, and chapter 605, Laws of 1901, REPRESENTATIVE W. M. THOMPSON, of Onslow, Member of the Committees on Counties. Cities and Towns, Educa tion, Internal Improvements, Manufac turers and Labor, Oyster Interests, and Propositions and Grievances. Chair man Joint Committee on Library. regulating the shooting of wild fowl in Carteret county. DeHart, of Swain: To protect fish in Swain and Clay counties. DeHart: To amend chapter 19G. Laws of 1901, in reference to printing county financial statements. Dockery, of Richmond: To authorize tfie town of Hamlet to issue bonds for building school huses. Dckery: To amend chapter 14, Private: Laws of 1897. Carlton, of Duplin: To allow persons drawing pensions from the State to be come inmates of the county home Carr, of Greene: To prevent hunting of squtirrels and ’possums in Green© county. Waddell, of Forsyth: To protect birds and wild fowl in Forsyth county. Gay, of Northampton: For the pro tection of owners of live stock. A REPUBLICAN REPORT. Mr. Freeman, of Henderson, rose to a question of personal privilege, and read from an article that appeared in a pa ler published in Hendersonville, to the effect that Representative Freeman, of Henderson, was between the uevil and the deep-blue sea: that the Republican caucus had determined to oppose tem perance legislation. This, Mr. Freeman denounced as abso- REPRESENTATIVE SHADE WOOTEN, of Lenoir, Member of the Committees on Pensions, and Propositions and Griev ances. iutcly false anil an “unqualified lie." It hail emanated, lie said, from an employ* of this General Assembly, and he con sidered that it would be only justice to the Republicans in the Legislature, and to the gentleman from Henderson, that that employe recant. WATTS BILL TUESDAY. Governor Doughton then moved that the further discussion of the Watts bill and substitutes be postponed until next Tuesday, immediately after the morning hour. This, he said, seemed to be the general sentiment of the House, as many gentlemen were absent, and it was de sired to have a full House when this important matter was discussed. DR. CURRY HONORED. Resolution in memory of Dr. J. L. M. Curry. General Dalvidson made a fetv very ap propriate remarks on his resolution. Judge Graham, as chairman of the Committee on Education, rose to second the resolution, and spoke very earnestly of the great services to the State of Dr. Curry. He spoke beautifully of him as a man and public servant, briefly tell ing the story of his long and useful life. Judge Graham's remarks were applaud ed. Mr. Lucas followed Judge Graham, speaking feelingly and eloquently of Dr. Curry, whose personal fi iendship he had enjoyed- He seconded 'he resolution, al lhough lie did so with sadness. Mr. Smith rose to move that the reso lution be adopted by a rising vote. He said he had known Dr. Curry when he lectured to the students at his college, in another State. Mr. Nissen simply said that the son of an old soldier seconded the resolution. Mr. Cay said that it was on account of his father’s friendship for Dr. Curry NASAL CATARRH CURED Pe-ru-na Cures a Case of Five Years’ Standing. ' Mr. M. P.tttcKan. Chit-sg -D. Hon. Rudolph M. Patterson, a well-known lawyer, of Chicago, 111., writes the following letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., at Columbus, Ohio: The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen — “/ have been a sufferer from nasal catarrh for the past five years, and at the earnest solicitation of a friend 1 tried Peruna and am glad to say it has afforded a complete cure. It is with pleasure / recommend it to others."—RUDOLPH M. PATTERSON. Mrs. J. C. Garrett, of 38 West 117th street, Now York City, writes: “ I can honestly recommend Peruna as ' Mrs.' J. C. Gurrett. 4b- •>—o o v o ° 4 Indeed a great medicine, and -worthy the that he had attended Richmond College. He had been impressed especially with the peculiar magnetism of the man. and his great candor. The resolution was unanimously adopt ed by a rising vote. PASSED FINAL READING. Senate Bill to enable the county com missioners of Mecklenburg to change the site of the County Home. Senate Bill to prohibit the manufac ture and sale of liquor in Statesville, and providing for a legal election. House Bill to allow Greensboro to is sue bonds. House Bill to incorporate the city of Washington. House Bill for the working of the pub lic roads and highways of Columbus county. Senate Bill to amend the charter of the town of Concord. Senate Bill to authorize the town com missioners of Concord to contract for lights. Senate Bill tp incorporate the Southern Life Insurance Company. Senate Bill to incorporate the Golds boro Hospital. House Bill to incorporate the town of Hassell, Martin county. House Bill to amend the charter of the town of Hamilton, Martin county. House Bill for the better management of the Terrell School Fund in Person county. House Bill to provide an additional term of court for Person county. The House concurred in the Senate amendment to the Union Depot Bill. House Bill to amend chapter 393, Laws of 1899, appointing local board of mana gers for colored normal school at Fay etteville. REVENUE BILL. Governor Doughton secured unanimous consent to introduce the Revenue Bill, which the Committee on Finance had just completed. Ho moved that the con sideration of the bill be made a special order for next Wednesday at 12 oclock. and that 500 copies of it be printed. This is not a new Revenue Bill, but merely amends the act of 1901. It leaves many sections intact, however. Mr. Whitaker, of Wake, obtained unanimous consent to introduce a bill to establish Olive Chapel Graded School dis trict in Wake and Chatham counties. D. L. ANI) W. CLAIM. The resolution to pay the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad $201.02, for transportation of 16 mem bers of a band for enlistment in the Second North Carolina Volunteer Regi ment in the Spanish-American War. Judge Graham, who was on the com mittee that considered the question two years ago, stated that that committee had considered it a claim that should be paid by the General Government. It wa. the understanding then that, if the Gov ernment did not pay it, the State would do' so. Accordingly he favored adopt ing the resolution at this time, and urg ing our representatives in Congress to secure the payment of the claim by the General Government. Mr. White, of Halifax, chairman of the Committee on Claims, explained that the Adjutant-General had ordered the transportation of the band, and there fore the State was in duty bound tu pay highest praise, for it is reliable and will never disappoint you.”—Mrs. J. C. Garrett. .‘There are two things that the whole medical profession agree about concern ing catarrh. The first is that catarrh is the most prevalent and omnipresent dis ease to which the people in the United States are subject. All classes of people have it. Those who stay indoors much and thGse who go outdoors much. Working classes have it and sedentary classes have it. The doctor finds catarrh to be his con stant and ever-present foe.« It compli cates nearly every disease he is called ui)on to treat. The seoond thing about catarrh on a great catarrh remedy. It heals and heals quick ly an d perma nently. “This is sim pl y the whole story in a word. I have for years s. tered with ca tarrh, aggravat ed when I took c old and Peruna cured r.ic. It is the cost, as a third party had advaiwed the money. The resolution was adopted. PASSED FINAL READING. House Bill to amend the stock law in Little Piue Creek township, Madison county. House Bill providing for stock law elections in certain townships of Alle ghany county. House Bill to amend chapter 179, Laws of 1897, to allow the town of Hicuory to handle tax voted for the benefit ot the public schools- House Bill to prevent the obstruction of Juniper Creek in Brunswick and Columbus counties. House Bill for the relief of Miss Ma mie Little, a puoiic school teacher of Ali son county. TOE RIVER BRIDGE. Senator Griffith’s bill directing the commissioners of Mitchell county to levy a special tax to build a bridge over Toe River, caused some discussion. Mr. Bowman offered an amendment authorizing the commissioners instead of directing them to build the bridge. Mr. Newland opposed the amendment. Mr. Bowman declared that many citi zens were willing to subscribe for the bridge, those it would benefit most, and he did not want all the people taxed when it was likely that those especially benefitted would pay for a large part of it. Mr. Newland claimed that the bridge v.as a necessity, not only for Mitchell county, but others as well. Mr. Ray said that the Yancey people wanted it. The amendment was lost, and the bill passed second reading by a vote of 59 to 5. PASSED FINAL READING. Substitute for House Bill to protect oyster interests of Brunswick county. House Bill authorizing Isaac F. Or mond, Clerk Superior Court of Wayne, to absent himself from office for cer tain period. House Bill for relief of K. R. RedforJ, an ex-Confederate soldier of Wayne county. House Bill to regulate the killing of game in Northampton county. House Bill to prohibit manufacture and sale of liquor within two miles ot Severn Baptist church and Pine Forest Baptist church, in Northampton coun ty. Stale Chestnuts of the Bar Men. Charity and Children. We are 'sorry to see the flippant refer ences irade to the movement for better temperance laws by the moral manhood of North Carolina, in some of the papers. It is not a preacher’s movement as has beer alleged, but if it were does that discredit it? What class have done so me eh for the moral welfare of our citi zenship as the preachers? But the truth is. the movement developed champions in all the professions and callings whose logic and learning made the few- liquor lawyers who dared to face them look pitiably small. And in every community, go where you will, you will find the in telligent, the decent and the substantial which all doctors agree, is that it is dis licult to cure it. Ijocal remedies may give relief but they fail to cure perma nentiy. Sprays or snuffs amount te little or nothing except to give tempo rary relief. Catarrh is frequently located in inter nal organs which cannot lie reached by any sort of local treatment. All this is known by every physician. To devise some systemic internal rem edy which would reach catarrh at its source, to eradicate it permanently from the system—this has been the desire of the medical profession for a long time. Forty years ago I)r. Hartman confronted this problem. He believed then tha the had solved it. He still believes he ,has solved it. He cures thousands of people annually. During all these years l’e runa has been the remedy upon which 5 lie has relied. It was at first a private prescription, afterwards manufactured expressly for him in large quantities. This remedy, Peruna, is now to be found in every drug store and nearly every home in the laud. It is the only reliable internal remedy ever devised to cure anyyfise of catarrh, however long the case may have been standing. Mr. Camillus Senne, 257 West 129th street, New York, writes: • . “ I have fully recovered from my ca tarrhal troubles. *^-~*~-•*• * ■* ' ♦ » ♦ I ♦ Mr. Camillus Sonne. I suffered for? three years with I catarrh of t h e ? head, nose and ; throat. I tried T all kinds of l medicine with- T out relief, but at I list I have been \ cured by the < wonderful rem- ( ed y called Pe runa. “ 1 read of Pe- 4 runa in y o vwr j alma n ac, and wrote you for advice, which I ftßowed. After taking one and one-half hollies of Peruna I am entirely cured, and can recommend Peruna to anyone as the best and surest remedy for any catarrhal troubles.”—Camillus Senne. A course of Peruna never fails to bring relief. There is no other remedy like Peruna. Its cures are prompt and per manent. I f you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to I)r. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will bo pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address l)r. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colutqbua, Ohio. j dements, as a rule, in favor of this I movement. Intelligent and self-respect ing correspondents should have a care lit v they bandy the stale chestnuts of the bar-iueu. CONSIDER. (Wilson Times.) Why is the manufacture and sale of j liquors taxed? It is admitted by all candid, honest men that drunkenness is an evil —a curse to mankind —a cause of much crime, lnlt never of any good. Why are men taxed for crimes? Two men fight. One or both are wrong, and are fined. Why? The fine they pay Is sci ewhat of a compensation, but an in adequate one, for the wrong done. Men are not taxed for eating food. That iis needful. Men sell clothing, food, etc., which is an advantage to the public. But intoxicating drinks are permitted to be made and used under a license. What right has the State to tax a man who manufactures such things? Th* State does not issue license to men to cultivate farms, or pursue other kinds of business. Whoever heard, of a man buying a license to cultivate a farm ’ Why then does the State require a man to purchase a permission to manufar t ire or sell intoxicants? Why do not the liquor men cry out against that? If the State say that only ten men In a town of 2,000 shall open bar-rooms, cannot the State limit that number to two? to one? to none? Is it necessary to have liquor for the good of a town? The more liquor a man drinks the more worthless he is. Even a drunkard would prefer a sober man to attend to his busi ness. Then why sell liquor to encourage drunkenness? If there was no liquor drunk would there be any drunkai’rts? Why do liquor men oppose every meas ure that lessens the use of liquor? The cry against dispensaries is that they in crease drunkenness —that they lessen taxes, etc. We would be glad to lessen taxes or revenues, if we could diminish drunkenness. Sobriety is worth more than money. To watch the objection made to dis pensaries is to see the fallacious pleas drinking men offer for this traffic—this vice. We never expect to see drunkenness eradicated from this world. There i.s no place but heaven that a drunkard cannot enter, but we Jo hold it to be an urgent duty and a privilege to enter our voices in behalf of socriety for the sake of public decency, the good of society, the protection of women and children, the betterment of every man, women and child in the country, yea, even to tIH betterment of dumb beasts. , P. D. GOLD. Capt. L ndon Bight. (Chatham Observer.) The resolution offered by Capt. W. L. London at the Good Roads meeting to put the State convicts on the public roads instead of working them on State farms is a very sensible one. The State ought never to have gone to farming in competition with the farmers. 3
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 15, 1903, edition 1
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