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THE XEX73 AND OBSERVER, SUNDAY, DECEMBiSft 27, 1903
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.Chause Sprockets; Died Ycstar
v : terday in San Francisco
The Pionrr :. Sugar Refiner , of the
: Pacific Cfcst and. -Investor of Mil
,. lions fn California I and;, the Ha
waiian Inlands ; Was Born-In Ger
many in 1 828, tBetfnnln Business
In This Country at Cliarleston, 8. C.
" ' J (By the-Associated Press.) ' ".'
Sah Francisco, Dec. 26. Clause
v Sprecklts,k , widely known as. the
i "Sugar Kins" of 7th Pacific coast,
- died at 4:30 a. m. today at his home
in this city, in his eightieth, year.
- 1 The immediate caise of death was an
' f ' attack of - pneumonia., which had'de
V veloped with alarming symptoms
during the; past few days. Despite
his- advanced age; Mr. Spreckles . had
devoted a- targe share oC his atten-
tion to the various' enterprise in
which he was Interested, and it is not
more than a month since he appear-
' , ed before the Ways and Means Com-
' mittee of the House ,-of Represents
7 , : tlv's In Washington as an authority
on the subject of sugar duties. 7
Apart from the importance which
, attached to Claus Spreckles . as the
pioneer sugar refiner t of the Pacific
. coast ' and ' as an investor . of millions
in . California and the Hawaiian
IJands,-the Spreckles family has for
many . years, feeeri - one of the: most
prominent in the State. 7,- ;
K ' . John-C. Spreckles, : his 'eldest son,
has been for years a deciding in
fluence in Oriental trade, apart from
1 his other interests and Rudolph, presi-
dent of the First National Bank, has
been a supporter of the graft prosecu
tions: In this . city f to, the amount of
thousands of dollars in addition to
liis active participation. v7 '
Claus Spreckles was born in' Lam -stadt.
Germany, in 1828 and came to
the United States in 1846. ; After be
.ingr employed, for .some time in Char
leston, S. C and , New York, he came
. to San Francisco, reaching this city
i in 1856." ; lie: established a store here
i and later conducted a brewery. . In
.; 1 8 C8 he, built the Bay Sugar. Refinery
! and' began the importation, of raw ma
terial from Hawaii 4 Prospering, in
this , business he : established other
refineries " and '; promoted V the . beet
sugar Industry by establishing refln
, .. erles f and engaged in the farming of
beet on a large scale. He also built
t rennejy ai rnuaaeipma ana invest
ed largely in the Oceanic Steamship
! Company, and many other enterprises,
r ". including the building of the San
Joaquin Valley Railroad.
TWO "BAPTIST . PREACHERS
And a - Wilson Gentleman Who i Is
' Traveling Salesman for a Baltimore
Notion House, Didn't Catch On to
Kacti - Other's - -MeaninK-i-A' Wag
Makes a Bless of the Whole Lot ot
I vCSoeciaj to Newa
! ' . -Wilson. -Xr C... Des.; 56. While the
i Baptist tate Convention ,wu in . see
I sion hr, many amusing, stories were
; - gotun off on the "Brethren of. the
Cloth." but none mote s than Mia fol
lowlngi..,,":' fv. -,:-
Of course he sbmmltte on recep'4
tiorTrand entertainment had not"th
I , tast'difflcuky inprocurlnr Homes for
the , visitor everyone "beinir' anxious
' to entertain as many . as they had
sleeping accommodationT for.- One of
i ' Wilson's most popular gentleman a
.. i. : salesman -for ' a , Baltimore , notion
house,-a knight of 'the grip,' a drum
! - mer ha$ ah elegant home en rashlon
i able -Nash street, and as an entertainer
, - he is just simply great. i vt' -u"
The committee approached this gen
i tleman and asked If, It would, be con
I venlent for him to entertain one of; the
delegates on his arrival. 'Why, yes."
I said he. VI will take two of them with
j- the .. understanding that you ,inforn
! them that nine o'clock will be as early
i , as w,e will be able to serve breakfast
r - my cook .positively refuses to et here
i V before eight o'clock; and being slow
' ; In her movements, we couldn't prom
ise breakfast before the. hour named;
i send the brethren along, -we will en
tertain them the best we know how."
i The comrrltteeman promised to
notify the delegates of the nine o'clock
V arrangement, but in the hustle and
i bustle his promise was f orgotten.'' .
:( . lA .wag overhearing the conversation
J - ns to the arrangements, concluded to
1 1 have a little fun out of the matter. He
is a hale, fellow well : met and . has
never seen a-stranger Jn ; all-, his- llfe
1 , When, the -delegates arrived and were
1 afsignecL'thls gentleman, who tries to
get out of life all there is in it, ap
i proached the delegates and Introduced
himself, after which-he said: "Gentle-4
-f men, you are fortunate In having, for
your host Mri W- ; and he-ls one
. of our cleverest citizens, and by-the-way,
let me! say to you he is a good
;i o?der. there is nothing- too good -for
. - , his table; but gentlemen, h- has one
peculiarity, that of breakfasting puhc
tually at six o'clock (beastly hour isn't
j it?) But that's his way -and; another
one of his whims is of having the
f table cleared as won as the' meal Is
'j vtr, and I -ity: those who get there
T,. after six it's a cinch theyMl get no
' -breakfast unless they go to a hotel tr
j a cafe, v , i te'.l th! to you. gentlemen,
i .' that there may -be n friction from
! t this quarter, f Good day. gentlemen; I
. iriist be goln Remember, be on
hand every morning promptly at six,"
and off went the. wag. :
:. The delegates were tired from their
. long trip and oon went to their new
home ahd .retired for the night.
- Promptly at f six o'clock the next
morning th'-;' descended the stair and
i went in search of the dining-room,
i but not a living thing was In sight-
i not even the house cat." Tha visitors
i plundered along the hall way until
i their, progress was terminated by a
I he&vv Dortier that droned to the floor.
iPartjing thN they saw a door whlca
they at first tapped on gently. Qaitin
i s no response one of them began to beat
a light tattoo which gradually grew
- so loud that the inmates were aroused.
'The host yelled out: I "Who's there
and what do you want?" The reply
, VfHn: "We. are the delegate your
HOUSES FOR RENT.
10 Rooms, N. Salisbury. -
9 Rooms, S. Salisbury. . .
7 Rooms S. McDowell.
ir ilooms. Grime avenue. tr s
& Rooms, K. Dawson.
a iioomir W, Cabarrus. f
' 0 Iloom- W. Lane. 1
0 Roms W. Raleigh. '
Rooms, . IIll Ishoro. i .,
11 0 Rooms West Raleigh.
4 Rooms W Morgan. .!
Rooms W. Tucker
- 4 Itooin Harp St. '
4 Rooms, N. Salisbury. " .
Jtt Acre Truck Iarm. j ,
Parller Hunter, '
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Insuram-c ant! Heal Rttatev
. E, 'eeotln St.
; Capital City 'PliC2i3- Ha. 31C l: '
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Some worthy people be
lieve In siving. only nec
; essary - things ati Chrlst
. mas time. lttHty . is all
very.wellj but once a year
we -can. afford "to. .forget
that practical- (and give
our frleridssojnething to
deiight b; -
Get something the person
.you have" in mind would
; not be ' likely' to buy for
. themselves ;w "g "e t ? the
j Ring or Brooch or Brace
; let "she?: has: wanted ' so
t long, get ' the Fob, Chain
I or, the Cuff Buttons or
J the Scarf Pin "he" has
jtalked about; but -has
; thought,, he could do
; without '
p. nimLm SONS,
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guests iand" wt" want ; breaKfast; a n
gentleman told us of your unearthly
hour of six o'clock for ha vine break-
Cast,- and if we were not here at that
hour It would be all off with us. so
here we are; is this the dining: room?"
"No, sir; this is not the dining room,"
replied the hjt, "this Is my bed
room; go back and take a nap gentle
men, that ma who. told you the six
o'clock . story sjmply got-the nine in
verted.: Come back at nine and I will
have you a breakfast fit for a king."-:
The . delegates., instead, of taking an
other nap-.went' uptown and at" "a
snack of bologna and sausage to stay
their appetites "until their host's nine
o'clock breakfast was. ready; -;
The friends ,4ot . Mr.. W have
guyed him considerably and now he Is
known, not only' in Wilson but air un
and down the tpad as "'bologna." ,
IX MESIORIAM
Judge Bennett pays Tribute to the
';.f '; i Jlemory of Mr. W. A. Lucas.:. :h : '
.( WadesboVo - Messenger . and Intelli
; - : gencer.) . : . '
I come to the bier of a good man.
gentle in his ways, of soft speech and
harmony of -character, and here I
raise my voice1! In; praise of the ways
of his well spent life. ; - - -
Born ' In South" Carolina, fortune
made his; way to our. State, whe re he
mingled. With our people married one
Of our gentlest and dearst 'daughters.
He trod'.the ways of on r folks. ; ' So
gentle was hisvstep we scarcely knew
his presence,'. and ,then- as the years
passed, the' dear man3 became part of
our religion, a participant la our lives
In the beat decree. Good men said of
mm: ryucas is a nne; feiiow.'; -
ii one morning in last month the
town asked a necond timer j "What
did you say wai the matter -with slu
as?" and the Wlread -' ianswer i came.
Then tre were told he wa comltig On
all 'rjght, and took-ou?"toil and went
-on. Presentlythe "dread word -reared
its .horried head.and.-we .hoped; but It ,
Was not to be. ..-'x-ty f
a community ioses -an estimable
man asjMlch a life expires. ".-' 'f-- 'M--
Trading' and' brokerage '- was his
wont No patron of Lucas spied - On
his bills. . -People trusted his ' honor
and his filedlty- on. e-ery hand. - If
all i those; who vend more like him In ".
the essentials of fair dealing locoes and
keys would,-like the'" paraphernalia ,
of London .Tower,' servebut to fortify
curiosity and nut us in mind, r .. i
So modest was he; so given toi re
tirement that, (fev?. knew - the ; sweet
comfort and peace his 'companions
found In him, ,' Harshnesaof jnanner,
rudeness of gesture,- were foreign to.
the. dear man. S -.-;. - . : - t
I believe la thsr close approach of
the- kingdom of Christ. The whole orb
of the universe : will yield obedience
to the banner? . : of ? Jesus - within a
half century- i-The accessories of : a
chanjee of f rpnt . of - the universe
abound. Space is abridged, the mis
sionary Is everywhere, the . spirit of
Godliness is in every-clime, i Men in
exalted positions are servinsp as. bea
cons of the truth. The firmament"
above is conquered. - it is easier to
persuade with the sph-ltr to infuse the
atmosphere of noble sacrifice, than to
prepare ways,, iof approach, avenues
of intercession i; While the girdle Is
the imagination- Is as the stroke of an
eyelid. instantly applied,- and - signs,
cosines. - tangenti and cotangents- all
are in the illunilnated service.
PUBLIC BENEFACTORS.
The Late; Mayor Dotld, Hon. Fabiiw
; II. Busbee : n4"Otler8 Who. Sated
i Moore; Souar land Xash" Square..
To the Editor: - Judge Clark's com
munication "Jn "regard to. the public
squares in our city 'reminds me of an
incident in connection with Nash and
Moore souarea that few of pur people
remember, - an "fewer still knovr to
whom they, are - -. Indebted for their
preservation . as; public parks. j
The same legislature that authorized
the erection of the Governor's man
sion on Burke Square .-authorized the
sale of Nash and - Moore - squares at
public sale, lhe2prjceeds to go to the
erection of thormansldn.-: These two
squares were-rvid" off .Into building
lots .and advertised. for. sale.. - The
late two public spirited citizens,' Hon.
W. H. Dodd. then our mayor, and Hon.
f.' H.. Busbee, then city attorney. ..and
a few citizens . and -business men on
the board . of . aldermen, obtained an
injunction ? from the Supreme court
and stopped the' sale.; . . They also In
duced the 'next " legislature ; to repeal
the act. thus by their timely action,
saving, these-two squares to -our peo
ple as parks. :V -1: '- v;';.;.
It Is a misfortune that we did not
have men with foresight enough ' to
prevent the 4 j occupation of Caswell
Square with the Blind ; Institution at
the time It was done, rfor then 'the
square would have 'been saved to the
city- and the institution would v have
been located where It would have had
ample grounds Tor Its present needs. .
. I fee! like I should make the state
ment in-order that those two public-
spirited and noble - men -who have
passed away, should - be remembered
for what they did in saving these two
public squares Ho our beautiful city.
C. B, EDWARDS. -
, v The Danbury Reporter hasa fine
ttlbute to the late Capt. ' James A.
Leak,-ex-Representattve of the Legis
lature andl aM-rbund good citizen,, - -
' Earth h?s no sorrow that heaven
can not heal." Moore.
None Believed They Would Ever
. "See Him Again - , j
Story of T. C Hearn, of Albemarle,
j Yho Was Complete Wreck, Physl
. rally and Mentally, But Was Trans
formed - by the Ef flcacy of a Groat
Institution. V ., . ": : '"'
The' following is the .true story of
a North Carolinian who was trans
formed into splendid manhood from
a physical and mental .wreck: ' !
The Keeley, Institute." Greensboro.
On the 2 Oth of June, 18981 board
ed the train at? Albemarle for. Greens
boro to take the.Kesley Treatment for
the whiskey habit. I had been drunk
six dr seven years, nd Was completely
wrecked, ' physically : and , mentally. .1
had been to :Hot Springs -and several
other places seeking to regain my
health, but nothing did me any good.
I was :; getting weaker every day;
friends bade me go, to Keeley, and It
seemed to me-the only and last re
sort; so I finally agreed to go, "though
it was with some reluctance, for, not
knowing, I had an, Idea that nothing
but trash and out-casts and the scrap
ings of the earth -were congregated
there r, but I afterwards found it Just
thje reverse to what I had expected.
The patients or inmates, of -whom
there were - about- twenty,-, were the
most Interesting,' intelligent, gentle
manly set of men that it has ever been
my pleasure to have met or to have
been associated with.-: The manage
ment of the institute left nothing un
done that was necessary for the weir
fare; comfort and pleasure of theft
patients. , X Was with them live, weeks,
and., then .returned to my? home' in
Albemarle,!-a well man," much! to the
surprise of every person in town. None
of them 'believed when I left that
they would ever see me back alive.
All my 41fe before going to Keeley and
since-then, those who have known, me
during 'all this lime can judge for
themselves. ' Truly yours, ' r
: t r .; V ' vv T. C. HEARN.
, Albemarle, -N. C, Nov. 28. 1904.
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THE PRESI BKXT" AX D COXGRrJSS.
' - J "v : (Ilarper's.Weekly.) . . -
-s '-Not ouite ofe hundred years - ago
Napoleon ent the following order to
louche, cnlef or his secret service:
! Give orders to have the editor
of tlte Gazette de I Yanoe arrested
and - put ? in prlxon for havlnir
caused several articles from Ber
lin a be U.sertcd In his newspaper,
th object of u-lMch- U U . cast
doubt on -the alliance of France ,
with Russia, You will keep the j
. editor in priion for a montli, ami.
you will jf appoint somebody t ebw
V lp hla place. Let me know;J
wlience tbese ' baleful articles ;
-orlginate.l : -.-
' Times have' changed with iepect
to editorft. t we have seen. But how
about Congressmen? m Chief WHkle
wouldr probably hesitate to . comply
with an Extruuve order to arrest and
imprison a Senator or Representative,
bat ininrisonment Is not tlie oniy form
of punishment. Expoeure of the per
Detra tion of high crimes and mLsle.
h meanors by; consorting , tilth . maJefae-
lors .aiKi inc quite as. rnwive.
That Js the .Damocletlah 'sword now
suspended by the President over Con
gre.. DlH ho propose to submit tnie
ly to?;' rebuke- from that subservient
body merely because he had Ofncially
declared that 1U action in restricting
the Secret Service officerft to perform
ance of ttv?tr , -prescribed.. datlew . was
taken poleiy.for he benefit of the
rr'mlnal ; 'clnises" and, to prevent
tliemfelvesM being Investigated by Se
cret Service men? . Hardly, He scrveil
notice forthwith through tlie Taltnful
TrihnnA In tflfftr linvNlx! V ?, 7' ;',' . i : v -
n Jlic President U.-keenly anve
-' to the sentiment and the pur-.
pones of the leaders In; Congre.'.
n,il la f tllu-mitlv nfvnimnliitlnc ft
' ntass of nui teriaj which will serve;.
a anuntmlUon fr ; a bombard-; r
nient of Congress should any af-
front be given him - through the
, action of cltlier committee (com- r
.; 'mlttres of the Senate and House :
" to wlik h ire to he referred - the j
President's . remarks about the
Secret Service). If he, should be
forced to take this step the result ;
would be most sesatlonal and the j
consequences to more thn 'one i
member of . Congress might prove
. disastrous., ; . '- - ' s U
U: Because a year or more ago it was
understood .'.that Secret Service agents
had been 4 used to collect evidence
against tfje accused wife of a naval of-f-er,
thU threat was misunderstood at
first, but the. President promptly al
layed apprehension by making a sec
oud announcement through the same
medium, that he should graciously
withhold from publication any inform
ation he mtzht possess respecting per
sonal peccadiloes, which mlht serve to
disrupt families ahd contribute to race
suicide. Xevertheless, both Houses
passetl resohitlons ; requiring commit
tees to": investigate and ; reprt upon
the necullar accusation, r.nd the Presi
dent how has the opportunity to
'bombard Consrrs'J 'With the fmass
of material which his sleuths have
been dillgently accumuhitlng.''
v Was it not hi plain duty to.mak
mm h ' '' Information j public, anway?
Tliere Is nothing In thi .Constitution
requiring Resident to use a horde
of jrovernment detectives to spy upon
Senators r H and Representatives, but
slnr e . Mr. Roisevclt hns done so
and - uneRTtheil N"sensatlonal facta
which "might prove disastrous to
moi e tlvn one nen.he,,;, . the people
?crly ' d : t a Hi? details.
Tfe .. i v- vof any, bluntly
tpcaV'ra:,v ouiil savor dbagreeahly of
wielding poM-pr - tiirough : virtual
blac kmatl. . .Tlie famous spear can
know no brother -In thls- piatter. . It
has gone too . far. And any Jenalor
or Rcprescnfative who staniLs In the
way of the evident determination of
both Houses to go. to the bottom of
the hateful business will be everlast
ingly, disgraced. v. . , v
, THE DOCTOR AXO. HIS FEE.
' .(New York World. I
Said Satan In the course. of his re
marks on the probable vulnerability
of Job: Mkln . for skin." yea. air that
a man hath will he give for his life."
This was ifin early contribution to-the
literature,: of . debate over, the.; proper
size of theidoctor' fee. : Its latest
product-is a chapter in the i f North
American Review by Dr. Arthur" C.
Heffenger, Who argues that the fee
may be fixed : justly by considering
what life or limb may be worth to a
particular patient, -v . . , i . v .;
.- Another- authority has - -stated the
case : in epieram: "Medical and sur
gical operations have no value; in that
they are. invaluable." i : : ..' -i
Owee a New Yorkvpolo player paid
il AAA fnr hnvinar - a hrnken flneer
set." a Ho was rich, and he wanted to'
he sure of the flnsren In the case of
Lolita . Armour.' ; Dr. Adolph Lorepz.
comjng-from, Austria to ,Chigo re
reived tT5.oao a .' rmall price ! for
the phvBlcal . wft-befn of the netel
ehl'd of a mi'Ui-mllUonnIr."A A Bos
ton man paW gladly $10,000 for la p
nrotomony wperfomed on hts wife.
There are men like James R. Kee
and the late . Cornelius Vanderbllt
m
Razor
WITH TWELVE
NORWEGIAN
CUTLERY
STEEL EUDES
(1
01.00 i
M you are In the habit of ahavtns
in the morning and taking fifteen
or. twenty minutes' to do ; lt yon
will apprec
ate what It Is to rive
yoarself a tlean, smooth shave In
t; ii FIVE -
- ' -. . i
h
Come III and Examine the :
ENDERy TO-DAY
OUR PRICE FOR FIVE REV Off
BU0ES IS. . . . . . JZOC
For Sale by. !
HARDWARE COMPANY
S ,:i:;-.RAIJEIGII,:: N. C.".-". .
who think .njothing of engaging while
traveling, the , exclusive services of a
doctor who can earn. $35,000 a year
In practice, .. - - ?' ; . .
On the other hand,, it. Is stated that
practically 33 per cent of -the prac
tice in New York City is charity
and at least a third of ucn cases the
doctor Is Imposed upon. - ; ''
There are about 200,000 doctors
In the United States or one to every
400 of population. The average ; In
come of the profession Is estimated at
$150. A few doctors make princely
incomes; many ! approach the other
extreme. There are """eat and gooc
physicians who are not infamous nor
rich, and there are charlatans who are
notorious and wealthy. .-? . -
ONE liAW VOIX ALt
Jh it easier to find the "one respon
sible man" tn n labor union than in a
corporation? , .r r .
Ik It easier to enjoin a labor leader
from violating the Shernum law than
to cn. loin n Itockefeller, a Ryan, a
llarriman of an Armour?
v Is it easier to sentence a' labor
leader to r jail for contempt of - court
than to sentence a trust magnate? -'
. In the taompers-BUtchell-Morrlson
cane the clef endants-were charged spe
clflcally with . Tre.tralnlng trade
among . the .several Stafcs" and with
reftrainlng commerce amonff : the
several States." . Proceedings were not
Instituted against the American Feder
ation of Labor or against' the Federa
tion! rt, but against Mrl 'Ciompers - Iri
Mitchell and Mr; 3Iorirson personally.
When the court found evidence) that
the injunction hat beetf violated sen
tence was; imposed upon the Individ
uaK not tpon tlie, association or Its
magazine. -In ?other4 wwdav.the' conrt
wept straight to thelroe. reponslble
Tet wlwn WowW'il;.
Parker, . Mr. .'-HryanTri World and
ottwn urged Mr.Hooevelto use hl
power to minlsh '.the onc responsible
mail" for ViolMlonVbfth Antf-Trnst
law we were, all . denotuM-eiOn a . !
sage to Congress' an em.inLsarlex of the
corporations,.. ' To , quote 3Ir." Roose-,
velt's exact wrdA In hb special mes
sage of January 31, J08: :
v The attack it sometimes made
orenly against, as for enforclnsr the
.,law,' and ftometlraesiwiUi a. cer-; 7.
-. tain s cunning, for not ' : trying o g
enforce v H int some? other way .
,7 than that which experience .shows
' to be practical. One of the favor :
lte. methods of the latter class of
assailants Is to attack the Admin
titration for not procuring the 1m
prison ment Instead of the fine of
j ; offenders under these antltrust -'
laws.- The in? n making this aa-
' Saul t is usually ' either a proml
f . went lawyer or an ; editor who -7
takes his policy front the flnan- ;
f riers and lib arguments from x
; their attorneys. ;
The World pelives" in one law for
Gompers end Rockefeller; in one Jaw
for Mitchell and Ryan; in one law for
Morrison and llarriman ; In one law
for labor aniens and Wall street. If
It 1 practical" to obfln wrlw of In
Junction , restraining labor 7 leaders
from violating the Sherman k law, It
is equally "practical" to obtain writs
of tntunrtion forbidding triiht man
agers from violating it. If It to 'prac
tical to sentence labor leaders to jail
for violating such court orders, It is
equally "practical" to sentence , trust
nuinagers to ll for violating them.
It la no more difficult' to find the "on
responsible man"-in one case than In
the either. .'7 : -J - - 7, . :
When the tradH-,ntoiilits cha-ge
that nolHHly but labor leaders has
ever been sentenced to lmirlwonment
under the Hliemian law tliey frame a
ilainnlmr Indictment ; against Mr,
Roosevelt and ; his - AdmlnUtratton.
How tan tliese ni"n be expected to
teppet a law. which the President of
the United S'ntes himeir does not
repect, and wlikh lie has persistently
refused to enforce against any Indi
vidual 'malefactor of , great wealth'
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A Tor st to cirolInV 7
7 (Gatpnia Gazette.) !
The following verses were written
by Mr. Edward Padgett." of Gastonia.
and rent by a friend of his to another
paper, from which we copy them. In
spile of Mr. Padgett's modesty. .
Here's to the State of my native birth, j
The dearest land in a the earth; 7 ,
The land of cotton and thetall pine,
too, 7-:-.J'7. !;- '.
The .falrert of women and men ' that j
. are true. : v .
The finest State Jn the land of the i
, free,- ' - '"''. -.:',:
And bhe" that's respected from" sea to j
' reft. . : :" .- .... .i ; . : -,y : '. -
There are . wealthier vones ;- but 1 none
. out' thtns --herW-'.-t " . .-
Here's to my State "North. Carolina."
. . ' ' ' j''7':i.s "i ''' ' ; : '-'- '-
; ThatV Fortnnate?;;''!-; i:
The, : Christmas comes s but. once; a
, 71. year," - : . ' r"
..' An leaves us h' a flash. -(That's
fortunate for those' that hear;
- "Cash! Cash! o!d man. more cash! i
The ;tlme Is short come down with!
;; ': A... more, ..: 7 ' y- 7. . .j
We'll 1 1 et you rest till July Four
i,''-7"' ' -:-?:' , u: 7:,- :Cf '7. "-.";.'. 'fr
"The Christmas t conies' but oncer a
7 .. .year."!. 7 ', . .' :
Soon' turkey'drlfts to hash; '.
"Sot long- that burden Ms to bear; -
"Cash! Cash! old man more cash',
Then, swearing off this thought ln-
- stills: - '
We'll' swear the loudest at the bills! f
V v: XVf -7:-'v-v '-.,:,... -7 7-.7. j.
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Sam Finch Struck Rev. 17. L
Davis for Entering Wife's .
Bed Room v t
- (Special to News and Observer.)
Wilson, N. . C Dec. 2 6. Last Wed
nesday Mr. Sam Finch aasaqlted Rev.
R. L. Davis, State Organiser of the
Antl-Sakcui League. The -case was
called irt Mayor Moore's court this
morning khen Mr. Finch asked that
it be removed before some Justice, of
the peace." The request waa granted,
and thei hearing , was before 'Squire
Ellas O. Barnes Immediately after the
adjournment of police court: ' '. f
The trouble .Was pyer- a house that
Mr., Davis waa "renting Mr. Finch and
for which Mr. Davis had a prospective
renter for a year beginning the first
of the; present month. Mr. Davis
claims, and Mr.- Flnoh admits, that
he had been - notified to vacate,". but
that when December first arrived" the
new home , that he intepded to go to
hadn't been completed. In the mean
time, the new tenants for the house
arrived jwith - bag and baggae and
wanted immediate ' possession. Mr.
Finch was absent from thqf city,' and
Mr. Davis, In order to show his pros
pective purchasers, entered Mrs.
irinch s bed room, where she ana her
young baby were In bed. The eject
ment papers were issued to dlsposses
Mrs. Finph,. but the sheriff refused to
act In the premises.. Mr. Finch, who
was at Middlesex, was notified of the
occurrence on. the twentytthlrd; whe
came toitown, saw.Mr, Davis on the
street' arid struck him . twicie. '
Mr. Finch says he does not think
the parson Intended any insult to Tils
wife when' he entered her room'. He
says he Idid no more than any nian
would do " under such .circumstances.
Via hil wmiM : BtrilrA ; tho Pftni of
Rome for . a like offense and the
justice who tried the j case, said ' he
would have acted in the matter, as did
Mr. Finch. 7 ..".- : : V 7-7 V "
; Mr. Davis said he had no bad feel
ings in the matter. He whispered to
the 'Squire and told him he thought
Mr, Finch, owed him, ari apology. This
whispering was communicated to Mr.
Finch, v-Mrho thought, differently from
the preacher, and made no apology,
but paid ja fine of ten dollars and costs
In the action. ' , i
7 The Song of the "Clay-Eater' 7
Far remote from town, i ' '
He runs his "bloodless" race, f
. Or ever did, nor cared. " r 1 r
To change his place.
" Yea, let the rpugh Vermonter suckle
the elixir of life from the paps -of his
native' Green Mountains, inhale the
piquant ; breath that ' her balsamic
slopes exhale; let the "lunger" strive
to induce prolongation? of his days
upon the ! land , which the Lord - our
God hath. given unto ".him, by sniffling
the pungent aroma .of sage 'brush
among the outrageous -waste of: an
arid "Arizona; - let the Southern Call-,
fornian revel among her i endless ave
nues of palm "and oleander and drink
from the .' fountains of u her eternal
youth and ' spring-time; Met' the far
away Washingtonian's augtist' days be
shrouded 1n her much-vaunted- "Vale
of, Cashmere.' woven 'frorii the" warm'
breathings of her 'wild j Chinooks"i
yea, .let the ? poets sing;' of 'Acadian
forests,' ! and v hd., flshmari, Jetv : your
longevity be "ascribed to old V ocean's
vast perfume; but as for,' my;, Short
iiours. let them be;3reamed away
among thi'pine' barrens;" or old Car'
ollaa. where tlie sand "runs down to
the sea i let ' the - thirst . jof my - living
heart be; slaked with rthewaters- 6f her
still branches-running.-lwith;: feet of
silver o'er sands of gold"!; let this "fei
verlsh" brow be laved thrbugh " my
brief daywJth - the' -salubrious kisses
of- her tender breezes and when my
'limited!' Iif6 Is leaving. In the evening
time, when' the hookworms have de-'
stroyed my tody,and when I gasp my
last Ozoneferous hreath 'ylet "me lie
down in! lassitude upon her green wire
gratitude!-fold my' Iangourobs' limbs
upon my pallid breast, close my stolid
eyes to the visions ot soarlng ultures
in her mellow skies, and then be sung
t sleep with the. sweet lullabies of her
murmuring pines. "
. 1 . , - . HAY.RUBfi. .
i-
The Last of the Old Carolina Central.
7 (Charlotte Chronicle.) '
The- bid Carolina Central is now
indeed and . In H fact a thing of the
past.. :. The' .-lat reminder of it . has
disappeared with the reconstruction of
the road bed between Bostic and Mon
roe. 7 Bostic is the point near Ruther
ford ton where the Carolina, Cllnchfleld
& ; Ohloj the new coal-carrying' road
from Johnson' City,' taps the Carolina
Central.j and to-make the track of
the latter available. It has been ' re-
built Standard weight steel ' rails
have replaced the light Iron rails, and
the track has been surfaced and f bal
lasted so that in its entirety it has been
brought ! up to the measure of . trunk
line railroads for the Carolina Cen
tral is now a section. of direct trunk
line between Wilmington and Cincin
nati.?, through Charlotte.! The v new
construction work - on the - t Carolina
ertrsl jmaVes a- raryaMe rHnr?
in the appearance of the Mo and fore
shadows the coming ot neavy coal
trains and fast passenger trains. Con
nedlnn is' to be made at Bostic on
New Tear's dav and ; people living
along the line of the old Carolina Cen
tral wilt witness a new sitrht in their
section pf the country f the speeding
of a string of steel hopper coal, cars
drawn hv a standard consolidated en
gine. The work of reconstructing Uie
Carolina! Central track between, Ham
let and IWilmnleton Is almost com
nleted.vj Thi direct Unking of moun
tain to sea, of coal. fields to deep water
dock, will be abundant cause for a
happy hew year to North, jCarollna. In
general,! and to - Charlotte rand Wil
mington In .particular. : A'.
1 7V XEW YKAR GREETKfGVn
J Handy
;Srs':'- Anniversary':-;:;' H?V"-
; Providentially. -' z'
iTOvwing v ': " . 77-r
You . '.T- . : .. 77' 7
-' - 7 " 7 . m :
Necessary : ' " 7; r , . r- ;;
Excuse -; ':.;.;.' ' - -7 - ,7 . V'
.Whereby-.-y;'S -T'7i77f
7 'y-'-yh You7 ;:-,:::r-7',7 '7-.;;-
Essay!' ;7 rJ,:::,. .Mfvii':7;
Abbreviated 7 i .. I ' '" '7.7 :
Reforms.' :.y:; 1 7 777:
rom the. January Bohemian.
. rj ; Going the limit. 7: ;;7
' The country cousin considered that
he was (caught beyond reclaim in the
giddy mar '.Strom of. metroneUtan ,1lfe.
At dinner-with hit citv cousin:, he had
actually drunk an entire g'.stsof beer
Then they had; taken a. taxlcah and
gone .toj e. show. And now that it was
over the s. city-cousin 7 had r bra ten I y
piloted Uhe v!ltor7 into ,a barroom
and suggested drinks. - 7
"No.'T oblected the country cousin.
. "Conn e on!" V
A Jook of diabolical wickedness
spread over the rura! features. .
"All rlghtf I might as well go the,
whole hog. I'll have a second glaa
of beer!" -
S
.Sr.- ... ' .-I . ' . : . J . .
4
Our many friends and :-cas
lent Christinas business and for'; being the
means of our business -jrjrowiniJ y
with more .room, bsttsr service and v lowest
prices we asll a continuance for 1909? SRPi S
Thanllinrj one' and iiUVwi:aiyotu' to serve.
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Q BMLWEEl
UOOSEVEXTIAN PACT AND TABLE
f by 'Mrsi Annle Riley Halo 200
- pages. Price 1 .00 Publishers: jUrs.
' Annie Riley Hale, tli New Bernes
Washington, D. C. I- -
a For seven' years the presses ' have
teemed- with stories of " the . strenuous
and, versatile Roosevelt, - from the
grovelling - praise . of. the sycophantic
L Jacob R lis to the cutting satire of the
New York Sun. But by odds the
best life of Roosevelt as he Is has been
written by; Mrs. Hale, who properly
dedicates it 'to -ehe Galleries to whom
he has played so long and so success
fully." Nobody doubts Mr; V Roose
velt's wonder ful: talent and nevlatlllty;
few except the fulsome : flatterers now
doubt that he la ruthless in his ego
tism and would.-destroy or humiliate
anybody he could not control. Mr
Hale? is severe very severe -perhaps
too' severe in some instances;- but even
if so she is not half so hard as .the
natter era ' have erred in ' extravaganza
of 7 praise; Of our ' I-Am-Sir-Oracle
President, -i Mr; George T. Angell, pres
ident of the s American - Humane so
ciety, says the book will give, to tens
of thousands of people a true idea of
Theodore Roosevelt.""
feOsKl .Bkaas' Ua Every .One!" . .
(No prettier sentiment xiould y pos
sess the hearts of men at the. Christ
mas season than Tiny Tim's prayer -"God
-bless every- one, $ z inspired -by1
that - sentlmat.7 James .-WhitcoTObe
Riley "wrote these lines:; v -:
fG od .bless every jonejfi prayeji i -Tiny
ii" -' 6Tlm4'-'-fr.:4 '
Crippled Indidwarf ed 0plSDdyl yet
w i oa taW.- c ; - 4"ir -jS.
Of 'soulz-we tiptoe earth," Vto look on
i ; MtniJ '.-.V HlT'
. , High-towering over all. ir f
1 ..rj;-r.3-'-n--f
He: foved the " Joveless
world? nor
i' dreamed,' indeed. . '- ,
That' it. at best, could give to him,
-thewhllewi"77v.;7.i...'-.-But
pitying gUtnceswiwheflhte7ohly
ii . rited U 2; 7-.i; ?' s:;.v;vf.'j77s
'Was but ai cheery smiieti; : fj
' -i Vit-i v ' ?,"- -' :i.-,S H
And thus he prayed, ."God .-.bless us
- every one!";i;f3-','-7,.7vj :.v
Enfolding all the creeds within . the
' V4- span . .f.:4-.;i:V".--''' ''7-
Of r.his child-heart: and so - despising;
- " none;7.:- ? !:TivMw.f'H'
.' Was nearer saint" than man... v
I like" to fancy God. In Paradise, 7
Lifting1 a finger J o'er the . rythmic
' . .' swing-Jir..'v:-';-,' 1
Of . chiming harp and song, with eager
- .v.' : eyes.7'-:v ' -- -'' vrV v'
" Turned earthward, listening J
The anthem stilled the vahgels lean
.'. ing there- :.7:'J7 .j.'-.-.V"-.-?.'
v 'Abone the golden walls the morn-
ing atmi'.; rixiK-tt'X-Xl?!
Of Christmas bursting flower-like
: r with-. prayer-'.7-'-H
"God.biess us Every One!- , "
-' " ; .-: ; Vth Avenne. .
As soon aa the Nassau, street tailor
moved, up- to Fifth, avenue he, of
course, sent out new cards. Their ap
pearance caused some surprised com
ment among hi frienda- ' :' ' ' . ' '
- "That looks funny said one man.
"Vth avenue. Isn't that a new wrin-
llle ? ' ' ' 77:7,.: . r-. .',:- ''' ' 7- "'-' 'v' ' t
"Not exactly.7' said the tailon "Ro-r
man numerals are getting 'to.be rather
popular in 1 writing tne x names, oi
treetsk TFifth avenue business men
are particularly partial to them.- On
rarda and. in newspaper and street
car- advertising you , may .frequently
ee the addre of some tailor, haber
dasher, or. other - tradesman 'written
Vth avenue. So far the other ave
nues have not adopted : the style - to
any. inreat extent. r but -the. lime may
come when the business houses .on all
;i. lit l . A YtrV 'VTVi-
tno8e sireeis wi: ;: wi - m.w,
jVllth, VIHth and IXth avenues.' j
r A' man, who rarely attends church
was hersuaded to' go with "ia friend, a
lew Sundays ago. .After they had left
the oulldlng at the eioae orpine service
Ihe Infrequent . worshipper discov
ered, to his dismay, that he had drop
ped . into; the" collection tlate7ar $10
xold piece' instead of 'the quarter ; he
had meant to give.--;.. :.: ;v. ..- j-
nsuringly; ."lets go immediately ana
speak to the -minister. I know. Ti!m
very well, and .when " I explain the
situation to him you 'can -have yeur
ten back without the iett question."
ieslonj,"we won't do anything of the
iklnd.' I gave the monev to -theJTjord,
land. now. It c,an go to the devil! : . ;
h - .Mi. fc , ; 11 f '
"Iiead the Chrlstma CWldrerii r !
jEf you want ter git ter glory -ta
rWld de'" good folks take yo'.stah.
iLead .de Ul. Chris'mus. people ''" -
7 Ter de bappy Chris'mus -lan'J -" r.
De . Chris'mus lan" ain'C yonder- i -'
i In de sunrise or "de rin : :-:d'i-
It's de very place you make It
On de hilltop or de-plain.
Take dero Chris'mus children-- ;
v Take um by de han", y i
An lead um on. good peopfe,
-'Ter de happy Chris'mus lan' I '
, 7' .- F. .1. Stanton,
Bank-Robbers Get 5,500 In Nebraska
-. (By the Associated Press.) -
Gibbon; Neb Pec. 18 Six robbers,
jafter dynamiting - the safes . of - $,he
Farmers State 1 Bank Of --" KeerieL.at
JCeene, 28 miles south -ef Gibbon, and
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Cbr-IPANY
vuinraereitu nann 01 ijiDoon. engageat , -in,
a pitched battle here with-a "num-i? 77
ber oruitlzena eaTly today and es-1
caped' lm an automobile, with $5,500.' 7
One of-the robbers Is believed to have J. 7
been wounded and to have been car--ried
off by; his -companions. ..-''Vp'
lie Clothes the World and Goes Naked
- r :" ; Himself.
ft?
- V (Smlthfleld' "Herald.) 7?
- Think, of the importance of the cot-v !
ion crop 10 cioine me people 01 tms.
big. wor!d7 If. no: cotton should be
planted for to ori three ;years cloth
would. e too high to, bty.as it wquld:
be almost, impossible -to .get enough-,-;,
material - of any Other kind to makel-7T i
clothing.. We know of no other-cheap
cloth making material. Cotton stends 73 ! ?,
in the world - without" a competitor 7.
as a cheap material for. clothing. - xii 1 ,
view, of? this It does seem that. the 7
makers Of cotton 6hou!d- be paid for.
their, labor. ' With no real- competitor' ?u7
in the Held beside it. . why should-it'.'7l .
not sell for enough to pay the farmer
to . make, it? In . many, -a.--' Southern-t-
home the children will be this winter ! -r77
sitting huddled nround small -i tlrtv.hsi
barefoot, because cotton-' ia . selling at '.7
1 to v& Scents, and after paying the? 7 .
debts, 'tiot -enough left .to-buy .shoes.4:.A
In many homes the family will- sleep.. 7
cold' every nlght. because there is no -cr -money
to buy-beds xr. cover to go on i
them. The-cotton croo has gone for.-:- t
less than the -cost 'of - production and 1 ; 7
there.ls nothing left to buy with.-;: w.-
Many: ai man. -woman and child are .7 . 1
without
comfortable clothing; to say ?
of Sunday wear, and all be-r 7
nothing
cause Jeff the! 'low-trice of "cotton.. j Merr f:
with their wives and children have v?
worked hard to mpke and house large
crops or :eotton- and' now go m rags
unit snfTctr with . crtld. whll mill mn ."':
and speculators -and- some big cotton?
dealers iride in automobiles and Pull-; : :
man cars and en?oyA high -living with ?
good ""incomes. . Such ; a 4 condition of::
minss is not rigni ana mere snoura
be found some . way . out of a trouble-?
like ;thls. ; We hope : it will . be found.';
'- ..'-nve Profitable -Acres.
; (Tarboro .Southerner.) I 7.
Dr. J. -M. Baker , has five acres that - . -.
probably hold the-.reonrd Spanish pea-
nut." yield: -this year. 77 bushels c -7
the .acre, for-which .the dealers have: . 5
offered 87! per. bushel.; -. ; r' 7- 1 'sj4
: The: crop-preceding .the Rubers was.7i
cotton '7 No . fertilisers v were used- oh j
the land, this year, they. wers planted? v-i
in May. alter a:l his cotton had beenf 7t "
planted, rand -were- plowed -twice .and! - 7
worked with a-hoe- only once. A Hbi; 7 ;i7
era! est mate of the cost of breaking!,
the land.' planting.' cultivating, thresh--J -;; .
in'g them .and getting them ready for f 7
market ' is ten dollars an acre. The' ,?
hay-from the vines. Js worth this and.
more. - .His .net - profits ion these five'
acres; atlthe.-.Price offered. Would be. 7
oveif ?75, perracre. 'As some of them 7-7
have been engaged for: seed: peanuts. I
hext yearr and no doubt more will beir i
the profits will, approximate 1100 to
the acre -. : -v- y;. .
Truly; Edgecombe, has a 'delightful;
climate.-and. a - generous ', soil, v- V ' y
''..-; ' lasy Charity.
Frederick : Townsend Martin
1 l:
was, w
discussing at" a dinner the fuhd that
he is 'raising for the . great campaign
against tuoercu'.osis, , - .f,
I "Now, as Christmas approaches,'?;
said Mr. - Martin, "my fund will grow 7
fast. -Christmas opens all hearts and .
pockets. It finds few Americans like 7
like the Spaniard." -- 7 ,
w .' He shook his head'and smiled. -7 , v
A man once solicited for a .charl-
ty; in . St Sebastian., he said. "He( 'f
asked. a nob'eman to subscribe. The .
nobleman shook his head and. said
haughtny: - -.i'r.; ,v; -
7 f.l, only:rive. Sir to the genujne;;7
deeerylng paoeJ,.-: k .w-f,.
tl t'And wfioin dorydutcall the genu
; deserving;popr-? -the other askedi :
The genuine deservlnsr tKJor' ex-f l'
plained the nobleman, "are those who
are too proud to accept charity. ,
. r, V''
VJPeeullnr Couple. 7 7t
. '-Conversation had turned to the sub-:
2$t-ot:- two1; menL- utterly dissimilar,
who nevertheless : roomed together,
Oneof these men was generally eon-.,
ceded to.beiafreak,",; His name was
18
JOnn.':-,.,,.:.,-ir, ,,;;vi : " -:i Vf'vW-'' i "-
yjohn and Jim are certainly a queerf
pair,' opined somebody. :;7,... ',. .. 7 .'7
- "John and anybody. Sre ' a ' queer'
pair," opined somebody else. ;
Poqr John! ,.'- vvC.. 7.7-'' -7 Vv :fH-U::'V-
ColfTure K- ParnasMusI - i 7
' - The long-haired, disheveled poet
hT-ved- exCrem!el3r indignant at 7
the-last remark from the scoffer 1--'-'
iMyraJear Slr--h observed ? wttiV: .;
crushing Jiauteur.t. VI: would IhaVe yoit -
..rWhen jrpu go "to bed ?r suggested ' t
the scofljer. 'sur . :'.:cl? ..,.- if
' ' . " --
-Siijlvir; :?": Timber-Deal. 7; yi
i-rnsr iwew isern sun:) nrr ; -; ,s 1 7
uThe; largest .transfer of timber"lands :
since the. recent --rhlc - was: consume J
mated "today." 1y which Mr. Joseph E, 7 "
Hawk became i th orjer of 3.S50 V
acres of timber Hnds. three.fourths of r
which he1 bought In ...feelV : "Z y.L;
The eonsideration was $140 00. 00-(7
and it is thought that with the open, v
ing- up of the tlnrber indnotrv
valuable tract of timber lands will be -worth
auite a lar5s amount more than
The
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he is.4 - '- .., :.: - . ., .
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