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7 THE NEWS A5TD OBSERVER, TUESDAYJ JUNE 23, 1908. -J J The Nevs and Observer. BY- The News and Observer Pub. Co. ; aoscrnrs danieiV ' . President. - Office: News and Observer Building. Blartln Street. ' ." f T1IK ONLY PAPKIl PUBLISHED- AT T11E STATU CAPITAIj USINU Full Associated Press Report - X-iioNnoo fijgH sag vmi SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ' For year ........ . . . . . . ... . ... .$6.00 Six Months ................... 3.00 - Entered at the po?toffice at Ral eigh, N. C, as second-class mall mat tre. . ' ' ..'. :. . . .. .June 23. 1908. .TUESDAY'; MORN I NO TONIC. ; (Rlciuer.) v Pleasure soon exhausts us-and itself also; but endeavor never docs. ';TIe Curse of the Ixive of Power, r ' Had Cromwell not become cursed with the love., of power, had he. not acquired a-dictatorial habit of, .mind and the fatal incapacity to acknowl edge that there might be righteous- ; m?ss in other methods than his own. . he could certainly have avoided a break with this . Parliament From Roosevelt's OUveV Cromwell - , . STATE LEGALIZED PRIMARY "-:--'--- -t - ;'- : . v. -.-' v...- ; : Sentiment has recently erystalized in tevor of a State primary law, gov erned by State, lawB conducted at the cost of the State, held on a uniform day in every county in the State, with requirement of a. sworn statement by candidates and managers of the , sums expended. : "fen years- ago this writer helped secure a-planklnthe State Dem- ..... . I-. , - ; . A T. -cratic platform favoring a legalized . primary put other more . important matters,' were . uppermost then and Iubllc sentiment was tot muchdiyid " ed to secure the enactment of a wise 'act embodying the legalized primary -which Was introduced in the General Assembly. In his, message Governor Glenn will recommend a legalized pri mary -with publicity of expenditures. Sentiment is growing for it. In the Mecklenburg County Convention held in jharlotte last 1 Saturday, the follow ing resolution wis -adopted: : Resblved, By the. Democrats of Mecklenburg county in convention as sembled, that the delegates elected to . tmj. State . Iemoerati convention, to be held in Charlotte on June , 24th, .be) and are hereby Instructed to vote .for and use all honorable means tq se cure a State .primary for the election of State officers, whereby ail of the counties will hold their primaries for State omctrs simultaneously .under such ruies and regulations as ' the State Democratic Executive Commit ' tee may prescribe, and at such date as thev mav determine. i' .' VI "Second, That they are . further in structed to . secure from, the State convention a direction to the Demo cratic members of; the legislature to enact a primary law ; to "carry said . State primary "into effect, the said. law to be drafted under the auspices of ... the State Democratic. Executive Com mittee." s TOO. MUCH MUD SLINGING. The tendency everywhere is toward too much mud-slinging in politics. This is no new eviL.' It has existed since men contested for honors. But that, is no excuse and . men ought to conduct campaigns f without abusing honorable- opponents,? and that Bort of thing does not become Democrats. Touching upon this -subject the Wil mington Star says: 1 , 'Thank heaven, the shower of mud Is ended, f Now let's torn on the hos and wash it all away." Most people a ould guess this was Jaken from a North ' Carolina Democratic paper, but it come from the Florida Times Uniori. . : They must have been, having some - political campaigning -down there of the recent Taf Heel variety." the semi-centennial of the State Cbn---- But let's 'quit it. men and brethren. WILL NA3IE BRYAN. The convention at Charlotte wilt no doubt be glad to unanimously ..elect ' Governor Glenn a delegate to the' Nar -tional Convention. He has won! na tional reputation and is everywhere rvregarded fas one of the foremost of 'American. Governors. lie has been in vited to second the nomination of Mr. ! BrVah--an honor that North .Carolina aiprecmfes:r it will show its appre ciation ,y send in ggourloquent gover nor to Denver with a strong delega tion that will take a. leading part in the deliberations of that' convention. No .delegate at the Charlotte Con vention can vote wrong! All the can didates are good men. -true and tried. Charlotte's hornest nest. will 'give,' the 'arm welcome and the unterrified Democrats will, make it a hot time in old, town,, .;f .;.' ''("' ir i It is nobody biit Bryan. The John son headquarters have ..put up the shutters and- retired until:' 1912, unless the Governor of Minnesota should be named for Vice-President. J . In response tb an Inquiry, the De partment of Agriculture was establish ed In 18 77 r -the Bureau of Labor In, i8; the Corporation commission in 1 811, and the Insurance Commission in 18? a. That. was a handsome, tribute paid to lion,' C. L Abernathyj by unani mous nomination for Solicitor, v lie has na4e a capable and able official and his uii.inlmous nomination shows how acceptable an official he has made.'; ' V ' Mr. Roosevelt had '.the courage of his autocracy.; He wrote the plat- f ormy halted . the Presidential candl date, will name the Vice-Presidential candidate, select the National chair man, and run the campaign. Teddy' is the whole .thing and we. will know in November whether the people are ready for the One Man Tower. : THE CONVENTIONS OF1858 AND The Democrats of North Carolina will celebrate the . fiftieth anniversary the semi-centennial of the State Con vention by again holding for the1 first time In fifty years, a State Conven tion in Charlotte. The Convention of 1858 nominated a winning ticket. The Convention J of 1908 will do likewise. The . Convention of 1868 had three candidates for 'Governor. TnisjCon vention has . three candidates. The Convention of 1858, had been preceded by a hard fought contest between the two leading candidates, Jn which crim inations and recriminations had a large' place, and when the result was announced the; contest left? scars that were slow' to heal. . But and history will repeat itself this year 4the Demo cratic, party that year wop the . most sweeping' victory in its, history' and saw the j opposition parl that had hitherto beeni powerful 1 unable to make, a campaign worthy of the name. The Democratic party., stood then for progress and had a definite programme. It named, a worthy leader, and it won' a victory qf value to the State. The history of 1908 will, be a semi-centennial celebration of 185"8 and like results will follow. , The historical articles - about - the Convention in 1858 in Sunday's News and Observer were, read with jeep fn- terest -and; rouejh pleasure;. Everything connected with that Convention and the campaign that followed is of. ab sorbing interest at this time and this paper has been glad to jirint so much. In today's paper appear jextracts from the files of the Raleigh Standard, then edited by Mr. Holden (who was Gov ernor after the war) arid who j was the unsuccessful candidate for Gov ernor at that Conventionr These ex tracts, furnished by Aa friend of GoV, Holden are. published to show the leading part the editor then took in the' councils of the party .In later j-ears Mr. Holden became the Republi can Governor in a time 0t. much excitement- But in the tWentyfye-ars pre ceding the war he was easily the most influential . man In the Democratic party, and the Raleigh Standard ( did more to convert the Democratic" mi nority 'into . a Democratic majority 'than any single . agency, in the State. The Standard could Indeed, as was said .of it for years, "kill and make alive." If Mr. Holden had not sought office and been content with the high- en station of editor of the leading paper hi his. party he would have exercised tenfold more'power and his life would have been free from the troubles and bitterness that later came into it. Edi tors can wield great power' if they are I content to find their reward In preach ing the doctrines and working for good government- No editor who has per mitted r-olitical ambition to divide his devotion to journalism has reached the goal of his ambitions. It was hard for Mr. Holden to see his labors build ing' up a i victorious party and the honor often go to men ,who had not toiled In the heat and burden of the day. Greeley more than any other hundred thousand men made, the Ret publican party, but when, he wished political, honors they were denied him. Greeley and Holden made the mistake Of thinking apolitical office would bring greater honors than high journalistic service. The editor who seeks office. nine times out of ten, loses his power as a 'ournallst and fails to reach the goal of his political ambition. Con suming desire for political preferment, embittered Holdcn's later years and sent Greeley to his grave a heart broken man. ; ' REVOLT A3IONG REPUBLICANS. The , Washington Post's Chicago correspondent states that there is very great bitterness In the West be cause Governor Cummings j was not nominated- for . .Vice-President. They were .advised that Roosevelt anf Taft both favpred the Iowa . man and thought the nomination wli surely come to him. But they, were played false. Cummings has made a real fight; for tariff reform and railroad regulation. As soon as Cannon and the interests" found out that Cum mings was In line for the nomination they gotr . hirsy. Taft s manager, Vorys," opposed Cummings while Taft was "understood" to be for him.. That pretence fOols nobody who does not wish to be fd6led. It was "'good poli tics" for Roosevelt and JTaft's favor a reference1 while their tools were nomi nating a reactionist. -The Chicago cor respondent of the Post'eays: , "As indicated in The Post this morn ing. .the President had picked Gover nor ,' Cummings, of Iowa, for second place on the ticket, wd Secretary Taft was with him. from the White House came the ukase last night that the. Iowan should be selected as. th Secretary's running mate, and In view of their success in nearly all other matters pertaining to the convention the powers at Washington felt secure in theirconridenqe that their wishes would bo carried out promptly, t f "ConseflllPntlv. th nnmlnullnn rf . . . -rf. .. v.. a. . . .Representative James S. Sherman, of New'; York, today must have be n a surprise to them. .Showing an almost g!houMsh delight, the new operators of the. steam roller - crushed ' Cummins into .invisible atoms and carried Hher man, Pin triumph to the coal. More than ,80 per cent of the delegates fol lowed In its victorious pathway, and nominated ;hlm on the first ballot. And this, in spite of the fact that every man who was in touch with the White House by 'phone or telegraph last night was told that Cummins should no. was io. oe me nominee. "A suggestion of how the radical element of the Middle West takes the nomination pf Sherman is to be found In a sensational " episode, which oe curred In the lobby, of the Annex Hotel: within an hour after the con ventlon adjourned. Col. Nelson, own er of the Kansas City Star, one of the most - influential newspapers in the trans-Mississippi region, met Charles P. Taft, brother of the. Secretary, and in the presence of a larcre eatherlnir. declared with vehemence that the Re publican ticket would not have his support 4 "He stated in a tone loud enough for a hundred to hear that the White House had tald him last . night that the administration was "for Cummins and not for Sherman, and that the governor w"a to be the nominee. But the selection of Sherman, he exclaim ed, with- much feeling, proved that theV convention was under the reac tionary wing of the party, and for that reason he Intended to bolt the ticket . "No man In his section of the coun try had done as much to bring Mis souri, VCahsaR, and Oklahoma into line for Secretary Taft as the Kansas City publisher. "Now it Is also up to the Cummins faction in Iowa to carry out their threat of turningthat State into the Democratic column in th fall and causing the defeat of the veteran Alli son for re-election to the Senate." "Tonight the radicals, like General Nelson and other friends of Governor Cummins, are predicting disaster to the ticket. On the other hand, the men who accomplished Sherman's nomination are saying that It will prove to be Its salvation." The people "got at C ilcago. some fine promises via Roosevelt; "the Inter ests" got the material '.part of the platform arid ' necessary assurances that the part: they -don't like will not trouble "them, and they got a Presi dent who taffies the people but keeps In touch with 'the Interests" and a vice-president as dear to them as Joe Cannon who stood sponsor for! Sher man. ' . " THE TENTH DISTRICT. .It may be truly said o,f the Democ racy of the Tenth District ' these are they who have come up through great tribulations." Every day in every year the Democracy In I that district have had. to wage a battle, and they have fought & good fight kept the faith, ! and Won victories for civic righteousness. There is no . higher type of. the unterrified and well posted Democrat than those who live In the. mountain district The two first coun ties In j North Carolina to, instruct for Bryat were Buncombe and Haywood, in the j Tenth Districts and yesterday with jehthusiasm the Congressional Convention elected two sterling pem- ocrats-pWm. J. Cocke, of Buncombe.j and Jojhn C. Mills, of Rutherford as delegates to the National Convention,' arid, passed ringing .' resolutions in structing for the nomination of Bryan. ft also adopted a platform that em-' bodies the national issues In this campaign In the sh6rtest compass and with greatest clearness. That plank ought to go into the State platform. Hon. William Thomas Crawford was unanimously renominated for Ccngress and made a eharaterlstically strong and effective speech. Mr. Crawford was ; born In Haywood county, June 1st, 185S..was elected to the Legislature in 1884 and in 1S8T district elector In 1888, graduated in law at the University in 1890, licensed to practice in 1891. . Ho was njarrled to Miss Inez Coman in 1892. He was "lected to the 52nd, &3rd, .56th nd 6.0th Congresses, was elector in 1901. He is a student, an orator, a man of genuine1 ability, high character, and has grown into the measure of a real statesman. In the present Congress he - served on the" Important Banking and Currency Committee . and ' no member of that committee was better posted or Is better fitted to draft p. financial measure. He made an able md illuminating speech before the State Bankers Convention last-week that impressed that body with his ability and knowledge Hon. W. W. Zachary, of Transyl vania, named for elector, is one. t.f the strong men In the, mountain dis trict . .He nas served In the' Legisla ture and in other positions of trust He will preach the Democratic doc trine with ability and win support, to the national ticket. WELL DESERVED TRUlUTll .A few months ago when Mr. Ray Stannard Baker, who has for several years made a careful study of the negro question, .' was travelling through thrt South, he- met hundreds of the best posted .men in every State. At Raleigh he had & long conversa tion with Hon. J. Y. Joyner, the able State Superintendent of Schools of North Carolina and later said to a friend that he had found no better posted or wiser man in the South than Dr. Joyner. His tribute to him was genuine : and enthusiastic. ' Dr. Joyner will be nominated this week at Charlotte by acclamation for State, Superintendent vof Public In struction.. In doing this thes Demo cratic party will please the whole State, -particularly, the whole army of teachers in North Carolina -the' men and women who have clone most for the better and newer, progress In the State. At the session of the Teachers" Assembly held In Charldfte last week said by President . Veable to have been the best in '.Its history the following- resolutions were , unanimously adopted: " . i "Whereas, During the past five" or six years, and especially durin? the, part two years, and more Tespeialiy during the past year, there has been a Bteady growth In educational thought and work-, both substantial and remarkable, and whereas this ereat irogresS has been made under the wise and ..courageous leadership of our1 State Superintendent of pub lic Instruction. Hon. J. V. Joyner; therefore bo it , . "Besolvrd, Py this State Teachers' Assembly, thet wo extend ; to our leader chosen for vis by the oeoplr of the Stat, our sineerest congratu lations upon trie -s.ona eaueationai growth of the past and pledge to him our loyt support for the future. He Is . worthy to lead who can lead and wo love to follow him who has shown that he can lead u&" ' - "The Republican National Conven tlon will now proceed to enjoy himself at his summer home In Oyster Bay," says the Brooklyn Eagle. Scrub Ball. (By the Associated Press.) - Reldsvllle, N. C. June 22. Scrub teams from High Point and Reids,vlll played a close and exciting game here this afterneion, the locals wlnnlngho game In tpe eight Inning. Score Reidsvllle. f ; High Polne, S. ; it:is estimated that the menhaden eaicn on Monaay last amounted 'o over $1.000 that Is. that amount was diftributed amongst the fleet com posed of eight ' schooners.- Beaufort UUUOOK. Scott's Emulsion doesn't satisfy hunger, it cre ates it. Some people gain a pound a day while taking it Alldramrlata OPIKTTER TO DEMOCRATS. A 1 " General AV. P. atoberts Presents His Claims tppii he Party for Nomina tion for Secretary -of State. To the Democratic votehs of North Carolina: ... ' In-solicltlnsr at your hands the nom ination for the orficq, of .Secretary of State I deem it proper and opportune to refer briefly to .some reasons for doing so, , . . ' I desire to declare in the very outset that were the incumbent asking for the second term I would be the last man In the State to1 enter ! the list against him: that in opposing him I am not opposing a person, but a prin ciple, or rather, to speaTc more accu rately, the departure from a principle; that I am hot opposing Colonel Grimes as Colonel Grimes, but Colonel Grimes as the advocate of the -repudiation of a time-honored party rule.whose rigid enforcement Mr. Jefferson, the found er, of the party, regarded as so essen tial to th safety and welfare of the Republic,! that he characterized the absence of a ! provision prohibiting third terms as a defect in the. Constitu tion. WhiP elt may be- true that Mr. Jefferson wa"s speaking with especial - . . . I S A - A reierence totne omce oi t-resiueni. yci it is equally true jthat the argument by which, the apolokists for third terms attempt to justify "the violation of the rule against thekn will apply with more force to thH office than to State orflcse. For. if many successive terms are necessary to! familiarizd the in cumbent with the duties of his olflce and thus secjire la more efficient ad- ministratlontof it. it would . seem to follow that th President, whose office is the highest and most responsible on earthrshouUl have more terms than the occupants of inferior ones. The reasoning employed by . the third- terms logically and Inevitably leads1 di reclty to the establishment of the doc trine of life tenure In. oinces; a aoc trine unsuited to the genuiaof a Dem ocracy and abnorrnt to a iree peopie. and one which I do not Inflieva the Democrats of- North Carolina are Veartv to ai-eent. : If the vlrdom of the rule laid down by Mr. Jeffersohand so long adhered to bv the party iwasat. Issue H would bo o difficult task to?vmdicate it both by. argument ard tha results or ex. pcrlence. But. however this may be. it has been firmly established .by the hizhest nartv authority and Jong ac- ffuiescence, and, until repealed by i as high authority as that which ereaiea It ought to receive the respect and obedience of every good Democrat. Now. tvith a natural embarrass ment and diffiiience. I will tpeak very hrlf lv of mvsetf. - --' .. I was bohn In. Gats county. In the snrinc of 1861 il left the academy, at ivhfch I v.ai a Student and en'.mieu a- a nrivate in 'Company "(".! Second ...t, p.llnoLfviilrv'- Ii'rrtm that , . i i n i ii iiiil . . ..... - . r . . . time I ' folloted the banner of our glorious..but ill-fated cause 'until it was furled forejkt r upon the filed field of Appomattojt. 'Then, turning i my baek iitibn the dead past and. my race to the living future, I resolved to do all In' my .power. to assist in bringing nr.if.f- nut nf rhaos. irosperity out of ruin and the "bright sunrise of morn out of the prloom of night , Ar a malAU r it was my Rood fortune to rise by many : promotions - to the rank of brigadier general, to which of fice I v b du'y commissioned In reo nmrv ' 1XRS. If mv military career Bfforcls me nleasure and satisfaction it. la chiefly because it is an evidence that I did my duty and reliectea some credit on my State. tiip tidmic have more than once honored me by electing me to respon sible otfifg; and for these honors l am tirofounrflv craieiu. I wr? member of the constitution al convention of 1575. it wni re re A that the. Democrats had a majority of oAe of the members-elect, and that the death of Governor Gra- ham honor to his memory), very shortly before the assembling -of that destroyed tnat maiority, a numerical equality In the membership of th respective par ties. It will be recalled, too, that the memlwr from! Tyrrell county, Dr. Ed ward Random, was elected as an Inde pendent To him. thus holding the fate Of the State In it:s hsnds. the eves of tioth .political - arties were anxiously turned. Never did a more serious condHion confront the Dem ocrats. But happily they proved themselves eeual to it A :lan was nuicklv conceived . by some of ! their leaders to make Dr. Ransom a Dem ocrat by lectjing him President They nominated hm for that office; Repub licans supported Colonel Dockery; the balloting wan long and fruitless. Fi nally Dr. Ransom .cut the Gordian V not by voting with Democrats for himself. Thus was white supremacy assured, and 1 the; State ; was delivered from Republican misrule, and for eighteen veans-4untll the coming of fusion cnioyed the blessings of Dem ocratic contijol. - That I - was an hum ble Instrument In bringing about ths results Is unknov.n to many and Is th chief pride and pleasure of .my life. Now. as I! am growing old. though strong and ..vigorous. It would be grat- IfyinK to me! to liave proofs that th"? tipoclp of my State still retain that c6nfidence in and, esteem for me that shown heretofore, and e always so earnestly la ehve. It would be. more gratifyinsr sfil'. to me as a representa tive of the kurvivors-of the men who wore the gray, as it wou'-d be a roc- ognltlon of them as a factor in politics a oeciarauon mai iiie - memory .: iui those-immortal heroes, whose match k'SH - courage, fortitude and, humanity put the whb! world a-wondering whOHe.supei thuman valor and sublim fsaerifif-es have - IMiistrated a depth, breadth and; Intensity of a freeman' love for his country hitherto unknown on earth 1 as not, like . a shadow. passed awayi ' . . "Put the, vor!d shall yet decide In Truth' far distant licht. mh v-ho wore the gray, and fed 1 ;i : - , il were in the riurht." : Now. in conclusion. 1 beg to say that I need the place, the otnee of Secretary of State; and heed it bad. Will my dar old mother. North. Carolina, say You shall have it? Dut we shall see. Don't get I history mixed if you famous body and produced thy have which I ha That thei ci with please. SIR. Later "in answered AV. P. ROBERTS. HOLDEN'S CARD. the same year Mr. Holden harges by his enemies, in which he. then dc-clares "no Democrat In the State gave to John W. Ellis support than I did." The card will" Interest all on the eve of the Charlotte Convention, held, just fifty years after the Convention of 1858. It 13 as follow To the - De Carolina. I deem H my duty to notice publicly oyer' my own name the following charges which have recently been orig inated -against me: (1) It is charged that I am exert inar mvselfi to' "punish" (that is the word used) ; those who opposed my mocratlc Pa-ty of North nomination for Governor' at Char lotte.;:-. . . ; . .-. - ' ;. (2) It is charged that I am seeking a Senatorshlp in the Congress of the United States, and that I will continue to do to at a sacrifice of the harmony, and integrity of the Democratic party. (3), It is chargedfthat I wrote, or suggested, -or. advised, or instigated the artic?es which have recently ap peared in the Warrenton News In re lation to "Federal and State Appoint ments.''' r In relation to the first charge I may say that-no Democrat :.m tne biaie gave to John W. Ellis a more active support than I did, and that thexol- Umns of the Standard will be examin ed in vain f rtr any evidence? of In Jur tice or unklndness towards his friends Nor has -my course; been different nor will it bt different as a man. I have no resehtrtients of this kind to graifyj nor haw L exerted nor will I exert myself to- "punish" or. Iniure 1 those who opposed m at Chaflotte. i ' ; ; This charge, unjust, and unrounded as it is, may temporarily iurnisn some little capital to some office- seeker, who -thinks culte as-much of his own interests as he doef of the harmony and integrity of the party; but all -good Democrats will see through it , sooner or later and treat it with the silent indifference it de? serves. In reply to the eecond charge I say that I am not seeking aSenatorshlp, and my feelings have always been sub ordinate, as they always will, be, to harmony, the prosperity and the In tegrity of my party. No man wilf;say that I evr-r approached him dSh, the subject of a Senatorshlp. or -that I ever even intimated that I was a can didate for. Senator. On the contrary I have uniformly Inforjmed my friends that I was not a candidate, and would not seek the, place. Moreover, I have alwaj's done Justice both in the Stand ard ami In private conversations' to others who have been spoken of for the Senatorshlp, and I have said noth ing of them or about them, Which if imparted to them, should in the slight est degree Interrupt the friendship that exists between us. V But I cannot engage In a controver sy between Democrats. To do so would only add fuel to the flame, while it would gratify, the opposition.-- " -My Democratic friends will bear me witness that I am not In the- habit of addressing them pn matters-personal to myself. Under the circumstances. I could not in Justice to! myself have said less. This is the'second card which I have published durint? my fifteen yeat-a of public life. My first one was anap peal in April last to my friends to sup port Judge Ellis for Governor. They did suDoort him with an enthusiasm and a thoroughness! which both he and I will always gratefully remember. W. W. HOLDEN. Raleigh, Oct 18th; 1858. NEWkAND VOll ATTORNEY-GEN- EllAU To the Editor; The name of Mr. W. C. Newland, of Lenoir, will lie pre sented ito the State Democcratic' con vention inX"harlotte next week for the office of Attorney-General. As one who has known him personally for several years. I desire to say a word through your columns in his- behalf. II lis many friends were- hoping he wokild announce hla candidacy early in the campaign, but- the. fact that he didn't is the strongest evidence of his unselfishness and aversion to putting himself forward. Mr. Newlaml has never sought office. Ibut the people are seeking him, because of his genuine worth. The W atauga and Caldwell deleeates will vote stolidly for him and the result in Mecklenburg last Tuesday attests his popularity In the.; other counties. As the prime mover in .the establishment of" the Appalachain Training School at Boone when he was in the legislature, he deseres th- unstinted praise of the. people of North Carolina. In the recent campaign for prohibition he was eloquent and faith ful, conducting a campaign that ; re suited in a prohibition majority of 600- for a county that had been put in the wet list. This shows h'isnfluepce with his home people. . Newland is .not only a clear . and forceful speaker,-.butt an experienced lawyer of rare leVal ability. He has been successful In some very- noted mot horp this year. Nominate New land, the man of irreproachable char ler and aKility and the Judicial af fairs of the State will be In safe hands. JAS. T. JONES, Penoir,;N. C., June 20, 1908. DITTIES OF ATTORNEY GENEILIIj. HonXJ. C. Ruxton Urges Delegates to Cliarjofte to ;xetlse, Care In the Selection of 3Ian.for important I'o sitloii Tilings to IJe Conslderctl. ; To the Editor: A word to, the dele- Kates to the Charlotte State Conven tion 4 n reference to the. candidate for attorney general) I. am not advocatlntr the nomina tion of any partieviiar- candidate for me oince or attorneyxgeneral nor am I depreciating the, nomination of any one, but I do want ' a weli "trained and experienced lawyer fk this posi tk)n. 1 will tell voii-whatlh diitfen of an -attorney general are and you cMi reuuiiy see mat you should bei careful in your- selection. . I ' regard f tne, oiqce. oi attorney general as the most important in this State, exclud ing the office of governor. ..In many respects it Is more j important to -,tne people than any other office, I will not specify .here all the duties of the office. To emphasize, its importance merely requires references to the fact that the attorney general is required to give proper legal advice to the gov ernor and -other executive officers in cluding district and county officials on ail matters relating to their official duties, that he- shall represent this State in. all the higher courts in 'all cases in which the State may be a party; that he Is required to. defend every State, Department of government tntrrrKt in all duties-affeetinir tfTo ml. ministration of State affairs.' that he i V chargeable with the duty of prevent ing the thousands of private corpora tions doing business in this State from exceeding their charter powers; thajt to him is. confided the sole authority to .seek a Judicial forfeiture of cor porate charters; that he is required to enforce the laws of theState against corporations of every class, to enforce the revenue- statutes to defend the Han road Commission and tot enforce its orders, to protect the school-lands of the State front fraudulent purchases and to safeguard the school funds be longing -to the 'school children of the State ' that to him will be confided the authority to enforce the anti-trust laws and protect the people from plun der ;by trusts and monopolies. These and many other duties 1 ' could men tion, but are these not enough to show the lay delegates, who almost entirely composed our county delegation that we must have an experienced practi tioner and excellent r lawyer to per form these duties as they should be. ; J. C. BUXTON. THE RATTLE OF WATERLOO. IVhat Slial! It Be? Still ttndet hied about that wedding; gift? Of Jmc thing you may be sure, K it is table silver ft will not bo amiss. If you do not tare tv give a "hcC of anything, tliere are' numerous separ- ate articles offering a wide choice. - ' 1 low .won Id a Lettuce Fork, a(To--ma to Server, or a Cntiinl)er Fork tlo? Foine Jiantbome patterns In the.se . i arlklcs lierivlKvsldoj many other sep arate pieces of solid silver, 4 : ; j. JEWELERS By Terrible Itching Eczema-rFace and Head a Solid Sore Spread to His Hand and Legs Would Scratch Until He BledTiny Suf ' ferer Immediately Relieved and - ENTIRELY CURED IN 2 -MONTHS BY CUTICURA When my son Walter was three weeks dd eczema appeared on his face.' We did not know what it was so went to a doctor who treated him for three months.'' Then he was so bad that his face and head were' nothing but one sore and his ears looked as if they were going to fall off, so we tried another doctor. He said he could cure him and we doctored there four months, the baby never getting any better. Bis hand and legs then had big sores on them and as for his sleeping, we could not . think of i the poor little fellow suf fered so terribly. First I tied his hands to the crib to keep him from rcrakhipg, but when it got so bad I tied him in r shawl or he would scratch himself all bloody. When he was seven months old we tried a set of the Cuticura Remedies. The first application - of Cuticura let him 'Sleep and rest well, in one week the sores were gone but it stayed red and sometimes it wotild itch jso we used Cuticura for two months, then lie had a clear and white face. - Now he is ;two years and seven iinonths old and jhas never had eczema again. I hope his letter will help some who are suffer ing from skin disease. Every mother who -i has a baby suffering with skin disease should just try Cuticura; there is nothing better. -Mrs. Louis Beck, R. rF. p. 3, Saa Antonio, Tex., Apr. 15, '07.' A single set of Cuticura Remedies la often sufficient to "cure torturing, dis figuring, itching, burning, and scaly humors, eczemas, rashes, and irritations, . from infancy to age, when all other remedies faiL j - ,';:,--"': --..' Complete Extmtt an tntenml Tmitment tor Every Humor rorvMs of Dittrura Bop, 25c to Cleans ttio Skin. Cuticura OtnMnent (50c.) to Hrai liSktn. and Cutlrura Knolvent &0c.), or In tho form or Chocolate Coated Pll'.a S5c. per vbvl ot 60 to Purify the blood. , tod tbrotwtiout ttae world. Potter Drug A Cheto. Corp, boie Prope Poeton, Maw ' " .. M-Mailea Frefl, Cuticura Boo on Bfcla PiseaaM. Mr. PctdeleMTlbes Ills ; Defeat., To the Kdltor: I knew my friend Mr. J. ' It. Young to be a very smart man and a' good politician -some think he is the brightest officer in the capi tol except the governor but I did not know him to be , an historian and a prophet. HiSv choice of the 18th of June, the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo,' as the ,Ume of tho Con gressional Convention startled me when he first mentioned it; but I wa3 not politician enough to know my fate as well as he did. The battle of Waterloo began about 12 o'clock on the 18th day of June, ninety-three years ago. Wellington had picked out the field as Ideal for defense. Two 'roads came ; together and his line of j battle was across them where the formed an apex. All assaults up these , ro,ads ; had to be oblique. LNapolean was essentially an artillery officer but the .rain, just be fore the battle, made the ground too wet for the movements of artillery. The defection of ' Marshat -Grouchy kept 30,060 French ,so!diers out of the fi!?ht and permitted Bluecher with 60, 000 Prussian? toaid Wellington. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon Napolean broke a bottle of Burgundy wine and told his 'officers over , its contents that he had ninety chances out of a hun dred to win. At six o'clock the Old Guard - charged. Their recoil ended the fight and the victory was, in favor of vested .interests. In a few hours the Rothschilds, ; who had posted couriers to report the result of the bat- lie, aneaa, oi orncia; inieurgence, bought themselves rich In British se curities, -...j. : '' v. .; : - :'.-."';' ; A little more than. a quarter or a Century ago, like Frank "Winston now, f had onespeech. Mine was on in dustrial education. In X884 I made it to -thp Wratauga Club which had Just been . formed. The seed, fell hi good soil. ' The 'A. jand 1. College rose slow ly out of the efforts of " the club; ,but in August, 188S, as its spokesman, I - as able, to prophesy- that industrial education, in North Carojina tfdr want of .a habitation In which -.to dwell should walk naked no. more '"again for ever. Seven year 8 ago I - helped to change the ' grade of the college to that of a first .class institution: If it has as yet produced no great: indus trial leader it has forever fixed the fact, or helpedHp fix it.- that the capf tt?l of North Carolina shall remain where it lies embedded , In the consti tution at Raleigh. The A. l and M. precinct is my' strongest point, but nevertheless Mr. Pou . got '. 87, votes there and I only got, 29. I '.Mr. Young 'having chosen, the anni versary of the battle of .Waterloo ast the date for my defeat can doubtless think of more analogies than I can. I have a. little the advantage- of Na polean, however, in that I have auflfer ed , three Waterloos. One - was - self- imposed: I declined to consider the suggestion of certain prominent Popu list leaders that I run for Congress because they coupled the nomination y ith the condition that I was to vote .the fusion ticket from 'constable up. A second .was inflicted on. me by a special committee of which Mr. Young waSj, I, think, chapman. The conven tion was induced to addicate Its flow ers In favor of the committee" and the committee preferred Mr. Atwater to me. The third Waterloo was admin istered to.; me at the late Wake county primaries; I came Very near not en joying my first 'two defeats. Tin the last one the defection about the A: and M,' College was mad6 up by a victory about Wyatt's hend. Napoleon suffered, from a Wet bat tlefield apd my , county and district went wet. Napoleon broke a bottle of Burgundy wine just before his defeat, and a voter broke a bottle of corn whiskey just before my defeat at Wake Forest precinct. Bonaparte said he had ninety chances out of a, hundred to win his battle, while I never had any chance at all because I could not get! the Unanimous support of the .Ra leigh Bar though other candidates have suffered in the same way Napol eon could never reaeh the apex of Wel lington's battlefield, and I could not break int.o the serried columns of; the Apex News. i : . w. j. eele; SI5ASIIORE KXCURSIOX TO NOR. FOLK. VA.. TUKSDAY. JUNK - 10-18. . ; , - - Tho Seaboard will operate their first popular price execursion from Raleigh. J Durham, Oxford.1 Loulsburg, Henderson, "Weldon ' and Intermediate points ' to Portsmouth-Korfolk Tues day, June '16th, leaving Italelgh and Durham at 10:00 a. m., arriving Ports mouth at 3:30 p.Vrv, and round trip from these points 837110, 'graded down to $2.00 from ,Weldonr Returning, train will leave Portsmouth at 9:00 aii m Thursday, June 18th. For -ether- information, see your agent, or. address -V c n. GATTIS, - . rs T. IV A., Raleigh, N. C. : Raleigh, NIC Notice to Contractors. Beaufort, N. C, Tune 3, 1908.; Sealed proposals will be received': until July 1st. 1908. for the .construc tion of an office building for the A t la n'. ic" and North Carolina Railroad Cominy, to be built at Beaufortr-N. C. plans and - specifications can - be seen at the office of C. E- .Foy,:New. Eern.'N. C. and at the office of W. S. Chadwick, Beaufort. N, C The right is reserved to reject any and all: pro posals. W. CHADWICK. , T. T. Hay, Pres. F. M. Stronaich,Sec. S RALEIGH PRESS BRIGR . ."AY nn rir!i : 'noTtf rient iui - . ' . ' ' --, V- : .'.'-i; Lan . I urn is a .comraciors and builders witlrtricU of ; best quality in any quan tity. ORDERS SOLICITED. GILBERT C WHITIv C. E coNsuiriNa ; '-' - OVIL ETJGIKEER - : duiLmn. a; ; v , Waterworks. Sewerage'.' Streets; Water Filtration, ' Sewage" ; Disposal; Plans; Reports, Estimates, Supervision ; of. " Construction. - ' ' i - ; Week Eiil and; Sunday itcursloo ; . . Fares. : The Seaboard announces, commenc- ing May 30th, week end and Sunday fares will be sold until September as follots: ' -. - From Raleigh to' Portsmouth Jackson Springs, NvGy.' Wilmington - Lincoln ton Lenoir, , N.. C... . ..... ... Blowing Rock. 'N. "C. . . . Chimney Rock, N. C... Ticket will be sold for Saturday and forenoon Sunday trains good 'to ' returtT Monday following date of sate. with : the exception of.' Blowing V.Rocl , and Chimney Rock ticket?, wtilcli will be sold for Friday and Saturday . trains, good returning until following Tuesday. '-- :i-7--. For further Information apply to th undersigned. i j , ; - ' : V.; v C II. GATTIS. Traveling Passenger ; Agept. . Tucker Building. Raleigh.; N. C Run regularly till August. ,15.00 '. 3.00 .4.50 . 5.2 S . 5.30 ' . 8.60 . 8.60 RALEIGII 'VA' SOUTHPOrtT Itvi ' Schedule lnlKffect AprU 28,1 90S.' , South? , bound. First-cl's ''".-'. Daily. 55 51 plm. a.m. 1130 6:00. 1;30 6:11. . VM 6: If. 1:50 t5:25.. 1:57 6:32.. 2:05 6:42. . 2:10 6:47.: North- 1 . bound. First-cl's. , - . - ' 1 Daily. . ' - ' .a.m.. p.m. . . .Raleigh ... .9:25 4:30 . .Caraleigh . . ...'9:10 4:30 ..;Syiviola ,..;9:0ir 4:15 . . .Barnes . . . .8:52 '4:07 .Hobby : . . . .8:45 4:00 . .McCullers . . ..8:403:36 . .Banks . ... .8:31 3:50 2:20 7r00. .Willow Springs. .8:20- 3:40 2:28 7:10. . . .Cardenas . . .8:10 3:33 2:33 7:13. . Varina 3T30 2:33 7:23..Fuquay Springs. .8:00 3:20. 2:50 7:30... ..Rawlcs ......7:46 3,!13 2:57 7:40. . .Chalyleate 3:02 7:45 .. .. Kipling . 3:15 8: 00.... Capo Fear. 3:21-8:08 Lilllngton . 2:38 8:16..... Harnett , 3:53 .!. .Bunlevel . 3:4 3 8 : 32.:... Linden :. 3:50' 8:40... ...Carlos ,..7:40 3:07 ...7:30 2:46 ...7:15 2:41' ..'.7:0tf2:32 ...7:00 2:26 .'. .6:50 2:16 .6:41 2:"0S J:5 :44.....Buckner ...,6:37 2:50 ; 3:59 8;t6. ... .Slocumb 6:33 2:01 ( 4:08 "9:00.-. Carver's Falls. . .6:23: 1:51'. 4:17 9:10 Tokay 6U6 1:44 v ' 4:30 9:25. ...Fayettevlle . .'.SiOO'I-Q 0- ji.m ei. in. '. v ' i ." 55 ; 51 . '. 54 - - 52 . JNO. A. MILLS! Pres. & Gen, Mgr. Norfolk.:" and Southern ".ItsIlway-Dl- vision la.s.seiia:er. lepartinenU - Goldsboro, N. C., June 15. The Norfolk and Southern .Hallway have announced the -following . rates' for Sunday train which will be operatpd from Raleigh to Morehead City and Beaufort, N.'C, and return June 21st, ' , To More- To Beaufort !: From "V head City and Reiir-n. ; and Return. V ; - Raleigh . j ; . . .?.50 4 $470 Wendell 2.50 ; 2.70 Zebwlon . . 3-50 ; 2 "0 Middlesex 2.50 ' . ; 2.70 Bailey 2.50 ( 2.70; Wil3on ...'2.00 i J ! 22t' Stantonsburg ... . .2.00 . ' 2-20- Farmvllle ..i.,.. 2.00 . j 2.20 GreenMIle U... . 1.50 ; .1 70 Chocowinity .... 1,50 'i l- Washington v 1.50 ? 1.70 Vaneeboro i'i-... . ,1.25 : l-45 - t TT 1 ' TTTXrMT ...I. Traffic Manager. ' yil. C. HUDGINS.- . f. " Gen. Pass. Ast. P. I W. TATEM. 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