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SUNDAY,
Dec. 27, 1908.
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MORNING TONIC.
l- I ";"!;. (Edwin Mar kham.)
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; . The noblest resolution that any
r- citizen cou'.d make for the New Year
. would be the resolution to live more
'faithfully by the Golden Ilule. that
'sublime i principle of conduct for this
. world and alt worlds. ;, Failure, to live
. -by this : law causes , the chief, sorrows
. unl collisions among men. , f
' i Ix't each earnest man search Into
fhis words andiways. determined la
; lindithe special manner In which lie
: breaks tha Golden Law- his special
habit
that works
injustice, or unhap-
piness in his shop; his thee, , his
home, his ; city
He will find, per-
j haps, that in . the
shop he is in the
habit of misplacing' tools; and this
I hinders the Vdrk of his ; comrades;
ithat ;ln the-otflce he, is lrt the habit
of) being late In 3 keeping ; appoint
ments, and thus steals other people's
- time; that In the -club he is' in the
I habit of belittling worthy cometitors.
-and thus joins the gang - of ; thieves
who steal reputations: that in the
home heis In the habit of monopoliz
ing the conversation"; and thus fails
to draw out the powers of others;
thatiln the city he Is in the habit of
spitting- on the sidewalk, and ' thus
spoils .the comfort7 of his townsmen:
that in business he Is In the habit of
j misrepresenting' ; his goods, and thus
robs under the cover of , custom. ;
These are problems In the Golden
Rule; and here are- ample space and
verge for New Year ; resolutions
space and verge for building charac
: , ter: character, which Is the greatest
j thing In man. . . . ;.- ..-
1 THE IiATE CAPT, W. IS. SILV.
; The sudden deathc CaptiW; B.
! Shaw at theihome 'qf'.his son, in Ox
1 M ford will' be read wi&regret by many
friends. Capi- Shawl was tlong the
foremost leader Jn the t Currituck sec-.
1 ftloit of the Statein iawnd In politics
I He represented that " county In the
House and his district in" the Senate.
He had ability of a hjgh o,rdeT,-arid at
limei eloquence hat! pouched i the
hearis 'of men? ine'plunteere as 1
j boy! ln the Confederate army and rose
hy .bravery and ability; to command.
He . jTote with elegance, and hadf a
happy style in writing as well as arilm-
; proselve; style of speaking. His health
became Unpaired a few, years, ago end
he Went -West , to Jive wth hls.daugh-
terj but returned tov dief in "the State
ot his lukUvitycwhereheTaiidis' an
cestors for more- than -a century 'serv
ed the State with ability and fidelity- .
t
BLESSING
TO THE CITY.
In the
mb
mg .into ; its mag-
nincent new
i
r
quarters -v tomorrow.
the;
Raleigh Savings; Bank takes
at-9tlr;y long step forward. It' is
tb' oldest savings - bank; iri t(ie
State and wi th a capital of (only 115,.
000 carries deposits averaging $750,-000.-
The p ogressive men who estab
i'shed the lank" built wiser than they
knew, for. that bank, has been a great
blessing to Raleigh and has caused
many who have smalf incomes to mvp
money f pt, a rainy day.; The success
of the bank M mainly due, to Mr. John
T. Pullen whjo has heen an oiflcer In
tho bank since It opened, and who 'In
Ulnt of usetulness as a Christiah man
easily the first citizen of, Raleigh.
4
hyper8tuion! has not so strong a
hold as it had in former times. Proof:
The Durham Sun says thirteen couples
ct-lebrated Christmas " by getting mar
rkd. . - . ' '
, j Not tody need be surprised at the
curious, marriages. A Virginia man
iiiirried hlsmother-ln-law, who be
ctnion the step-mother of her two
v grand children.1 " ; '-.--I.:."',-"!A: '":
.. The 1 Democrats,- do not ..have any
voice in selecting the Federal Judge,
, but there is a forum where they can
demand that he be. an able lawyer
whose public , and' , private life . are
clean, " 1 " -
' , ' One of the most Important steps of
progress "in: the New Year Is road
I u ' .ding. Meetings .have been" called
I n every precinct In Wake cobnty Ion
Tuesday, . December 2Jth, and it is
hoped every good citizen will attend
and that the legislators wf U I have . he
advice of the men most' Interested in
good roads. v - '. , . ' j'
Mr.VGompers, Mr. Mitchell and Mr.
Morrison are still out of Jail. The
grand stand player in the White House
hopes for the courts to be ready to
handcuff them so that he can issue
pardons and the the. world say "Roose
velt is the - greatest friend of labor."
But real friends of labor wish for Just
laws ; and fair ' enforcement' 'z t Labor
-.wishes Its rights, not executive ,; orju-
: dicial favors. ' ' : v ', '.
- It Is a fad In the cities to have music
at meals in "the big hotels;: Prof. Fer
rero, ' the-distinguished Italian histo
rian now ' In New York, does not like
it and is quoted as saying r. "Socrates
wrote tnat wnen Athens was a very
in tel lectuaL 'a truly civilized, city we
had 'no music to disturb our cohver
1 -nation; now that Athens is full of, rich
foreigners who TCiave "no culture, we
have music ev?'j".vti2r?." - -
lHE f4VELlF7,9 COMmSSIONiAND THE
FARMER.
' That commission of editors and
others . . appointed to "uplift" the
farmers has tourneyed with a hpp-sklp-and-jump
across the South arid
West and will soonVbe able to tell the
President, . before Sbe" goes to Africa
to kill wild animals, how he may "pp
lift' the farmers. No Southerner, . and
no .man familiar' with practical con
ditions In :- agricultural ; life in the
South Was named on the Commission,
and those who : have theories to ex
ploit may, be expected to still further
air,' their theories at ' the expense ot a
defenseless section that is getting tired
of being treated as a problem where
faddists may ' exploit or patronize
Jhem. 1 Th; Southern farmers and
eaders have made, real 'progress in
good roads,' rural, schools sanitation,
diversification, ceding the.- mortgage
system that are essential to the largest
measure ef success ' in - the South.
Much remains to be' : done and ' the
Southern people are doing it as rapid
ly as they can arouse public senti
ment and get the money for the need
ed . improvements. The chief things
the,. Federal government can ; do for
the farmer are: ' ::-,:c''"'S'
1. ; To take the hand I of the tariff
beneflclarles frorii the '' throat of : the
farmer, and put ah end to ; making
him pay two prices for everything he
reeds' to enrich: the harvester trust;
the steel trust,' the fertilizer trust and
the .countless ; trusts' that make him
pay dear for everything he buys, while
he f ells all he Seises at . prices fixed?
abroad. That is the first and chief
neecjl of the farmers from", the Federal
government and Athe "Uplift Commis
sion" should show: its importance and
help 8ecurethe Reeded relief
1 To devise s. financial system that
shall not ' be in f the 'control of the
gigantic banks that are interested in
determining: .-the volume, of money In
circulation and that continue to make
money hard and ' dear to agricultural
sections and make them tributary to
New 'York and Chicago. That Is the
second need of the farmers from the
Federal Tgoverninent, and the "Up
lift commission should show its im
portance and help ; secure the needeU
relief. :., -.;..r? : . - -v ' ' i
3.! To stop the gambling in the pro
ducts of the fanri-arid end this injury,
td'the farmers. j.Thfiit'Uplift Commis
sion" . should . einphasize, this need... .
t .. tuna we. , paym.em; oc. suDsiaies
hitd pfoVide ah' income, tax that would
compel ! the a Rockefellers f arid ; Carn?
git to pav a fair share of the burdens
laborers .would not be' taxed so high
ori protected thJags they; are -compelled
to.iay ; Here'e a plae or the l"Up-
iit Kommission' to-aoats worn.
I?; 8trerigthrih!wdfkoi,
the
agricultural anfl mechanical 'i polices
established and -helped by the Morrill
and j other apprpprtations. l ; Properly
equipped and supported these institu
tions can do more ripliftf J work itf:a
month j than.; Jhe- peripetetiC; . commis
siim can do Jnia year; v 'i :
'.. 9.4 To rintnu? J without, fads, ? thf
ifecod jorkf th 9 Agricultural Depart.4 1
mnt ln: th 'important ? work sof expe-
rimenu ' agriculture, .n. ;good .road
buitoitiK.' and In every .way that wilt
give heeded - inspiration :, to all the
farmers and, help them in the great
work of .' developing : the agricultural
lif ;f the '.Repbflc.-;!; )-'."'-..'?; ;;';?':'
T, To show ytrtlcularly wherein the
Federal government can stop the
wrongs inflicted upon farmers, for ex
ample: ; Lefoire the tobacco trust wa
organized the farmers .in the Bright
GiMeii t It ' of s North Carolina and
Virginia 'made more . money per acre
than any tamefs bctween the oceans.
That - trusl t hs 'almost destroyed the
prosperity of the. tobacco - farmers
and denied them the tiood prices that
obtained mideicompet)tlon. The -'''up-
11 ft Commlst Ion" cou'u do much by
focuuiint; public en!ment upon the
fcerious I low inflicted upon " many
farnifrs, making' them unable to build
bvtter' roads, have better schools and
Improve home, conditions, j
This 'Uplift Commission? is hailed
with chief pleasure by the city news-
naiteis. -aiany Tarm papers riaicuie
the Commissioi while manW expect to
sr e it; do goouv ; The Texas Farmer
(Dallas) says it'ls the general opinion
in that .region that ."the appointing of
such R-commissIon to-inquire, intp'con
dilioptr on the farm: was an 'inspira
tion' n the, part bf the v President."
and the Nebraska Farmer,- (Lincoln)
:1Mira that .'President 'Roosevelt i
uddidK another star to. his .constella
tion' - hy taking up this work. Tle
Ohlt- FHvmer.iM Cleveland) surges . ita
Tf adt r ;'o "get busy" in the aidin r
t h Coijm ission with information, and
The - Americari, Cultivator (Boston)
thinks ''it la . not I the ' tjlme to f han
back and ! nuestl0n motives. : for e ''it
.Is the.f first ';.Ue that jthe farmers as
a body have ever had a chance to get
intd touch wth the leaders of the
national law-making arid the oppor
tunity should fe taken full advantage
' Not a " few" farm papers resent the
expoitation of the i farmer. The Maine
Farmer ; (Augusta)' riotfes - that the
Commission is slummlng: v in the
darker . portidns of the j Sou th f and
WVst.". and ; reriiarks ' that such efforts
might better'; be spent in' helping- tha
city poor.' , ,lt - was a mistake.? says
this editor, fjriat the' farmer should
have . been singled out as 9 class for
special reformatory work 1 by means
of j a commission -without distinction
as to. State or. section, and' be held up
to; th. public eye as being in ignomin
ious need of missionary, reclamation.'
Farm no VFU-esle j (Springfield O.)
also ; tells thV Commission IthatB the
City needs them more than thecoun
try, .'and observes that "it ' does J not
seem necessary to . shed l- very riiany
tears of sympathy and "commiseration
THE NEWS ANli
over the supposedly disconsolate' and
wo-begone condition of the American
farmer." The eleyatlon wof "country
life "will he done, by the farmer himself."-
declares The Homestead (Des
Moines) ;and Farm, Stock,. and Home
((Minneapolis) believes the farmer is
the victim of the system that; makes
millionaires "while , you wait." at his
expense1, in the great cities where
they gamble 'on" farm products, - and
it, thinks Ihls ought; to be understood
"without the assistance of ja f President-made
investigation committee."!
"Nobody, seems to care a hoot what
the Commlssioirdoes,"! remarks The;
National Stockman and Farmer
(Pittsburg). The appointment, of
this commission was merely politi
cal move, says 'Field and Farnj (Den
ver), 'and it adds: - f '
' "Take the big foot off the farmer's
neck, 'give us free coinage "Of silver
to provide more currency! for . the
hand-to-hand transactions' of every
day life. ' Squeeze; the water out - of
railroad stocks so that "freight rates
may be cheapened, muzzle the trusts,
and we will come through all right-"
Dollars to doughAiits,' the fad Com
mssion will not touch effectively upon
the things the Federal, government
about the subjects discusseu In every J
Farmer's Institute in the country and
reach the same conclusions. i i:
? There are those who essay to speak
for .farmers who shut their yes vto
the. robbery by tariff and trusts and
evils of a monopolistic cbntrol of .'cur
rency "and unequal taxation V and
wholly give themselves up to .telling
the farmer, he .will be rich and -pros-.
perous If he do this or that particular
thing, emphasizing the need I of di
versification, the growing of a certain
cropl and the p practice? lof certain
economies and ; methodOutlined
There are those who are, blind to the
need of better! j methods,' j to f" diver
sification, i business methods, and prac
tical economies, 'eihphasiing . unduly
the tariff, trust, currency!, and taxa
tion burdens. -Both are 4rong. The
man who takes the right view to
help the farmer Is he who: empha.
sizes the duty of. the' faremer as a
man and as a citizen. As a man, he
must , work along approved lines of
good farming, study soil, fertilization,
rotation, methods, economies, diversi
fication, marketting; labor and every
thing that will cause two;, blades of
grass to' grow; where " oriel formerly
grew. He must rely upon himself,
his IlriieUigence, his labor 1 his land,
and keep In touch wjth the business
methods of transportation juid every
thlng that makes for successful farm
ing.! .If he does this, even though he I
Is plundered s?int .hi, will for, the
enrichment of special inierests, he will
he able to live and keep on living in
8p(te of ; all that the trusts 'and the
special, interests can do. As a citl-
xert, vhe" "must fetudy the questions of
government, taxation, transportation,
currency and do what Is best! for the
welfare tof the country and the giv
ing a'fair chance to agriculture which
has long: been' denied it in! the laws
of the . country, - The farmers have
a' real grievance. They ; Will never
remedy It until they look After , their
rights .as well ; as the manrif acturers
arid $he,- barikefs andi r- refuse ; ito
Join those having a special privilege
m asking for a slice,' but iji demand
ing,, not to put their hands In some
body el3es pockets,' but io j. compel
Government to require other men's
bands taken out of their pockets. -If
Government ; gives to . eiery - man
equally a bonus, a subsidy, a spe
cial privilege it will be. just the sarn
as; If It gave to. hone. . Therefore, no
subsidy or bonus ever yet helped tho
great' mass of men ..who : farm or
darry ; on a ny other businesa' It: I
e ways " monopolized by . a small class
who get it on the pretense of sharing
jt " with v their employes,; and after
getting it,fkeep the bulk of it for
themselves. -"
The larmer must depend upon him
self rand demand that every other
class depend ' upon themselvesV' He
wants, a. fair field . and no favor a
knowing well . that the Government
which touches the individual in his
private affairs the least is
system of government. .
the best
G0M1EHS WILL, NOT- BE JAILED.
The labor' leaders are not in jail and
are not likely ever to go to pail, evn
though the Judge has sentenced them
because they insisted upon the. right
of printing and speaking what they
pleased to write and speak, j An ap
peal lies to a higher court and Hon.
Alton B. Parkerj expresses the confi
dent belief "that the speaking and
writing, vhlcjh Justice Wright i held
constitutes contempt of court can not
be prevented "either by statyte or Ju
dicial decree.?: )!. Continuing Judge
Parker said? I t
'"The constitution of every" State
provides in effect that every citizen
may freely speak, write pr publish his
sentiments on all subjects ubeinx re
sponsible for the abuse of that right
and that no law shall be passed to
restrain or , abridge the liberty:. Of
speech or of the press.'- '
,"Iit'a number of instances attempts
have .been made to Invoke the aid of
the courts to restrain the publication
of cartoons or written matter claimed
to be libelous but the courts. have ever
held . that the ' constitution prohibits
anv censorship, over the press, . either
by the executive, the legislative or tly
It the declaration of Mri .Gompers
and Mr-"Mitchell and the others In
Jured "they tpve company, it ' could
have tthem, prosecuted criminally or
bring 'suit .'against them for damages
or do both. .The use of th injunc
Hon to prevent freedom of press and
freedom -of writing Is more Idangerous
than !a .? threatened boycott . If Mr.
Gompers advised, labor men not to buy
a certain make of stove; because-the
coin pariyi' making r that." stove r did "not
employ union labor, - his advice could
not prevent the purchase I of those
stoves by any purchaser "who wished
one of, them. -If his adwJce! was libel
ous, the courts are open to the manu
facturer of etovea The remedy Judge
OBS13UVCB, 8UNJAY, DBCESIIEIl 27,1008
Wright - provides' for- the disease - is
worse than the disease. It Is ' almost
as bad aa Napoleon's throwing editors
In Jall.or John Adam's enforce
rlcnt of the infamous alien and sedi
tion law when he was President. , The
imprisonment of editors was one , of
the things that helped to destroy and
forever damn the old Federalist party.'
Mr. Jefferson denounced the des truer
tion of free speech and thetfree press
as a crime and when he became Pres
ident granted a pardon to every editor
Adams had put in jail, and writing af
terwards of. his course said: j
discharged ' every ' person under
punishment or prosecution under the
sedition law, ! because I considered
and now consider that law to be a
nullity, as "absolute and as palpable
as if Congress had -ordered ua.to fall
down and worship 'a goldenl Image;
and that it was as much my duty , to
arrest Its execution in every stage as
ti would have been to have i rescued
(sic) , trom this fiery . furnace , , those
who should have been cast Into It for
refusing to worship the images- It
was accordingly done ' in every- In
stance without asking what the of
fender had done, or gainst y whom
they had offended, but whether the
pains they were suffering: were inflict
ed under the pretended sedition law."
The , sentence by Judge Wright
raises One of the; most momentous
questions in . all the history ! of the
country. It is well that it Is to go to
a higher' court for review and exam
ination. The , use of the injunction
has gone so far that it is not! easy to
anticipate' to what further extent it
may. be ; stretched, . thus denying the
trial by jury to .which every freeman
Is entitled before he can be deprived
of life liberty or. property.
THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM.
The opening of Japan ttthe outsld
world, secured by the late Governor
Grahamwheri he was Secretary of th
Navy, was the j entering of the first
light Into the kingdom of the Mikado.
The recent understanding or agree
ment between this country and Japan,
the Hay treaty .with China, and the
broaderdiplomacy' thai: looks' to per
manent peace " by justice and com
merce rather than to fear and bullets
and conquest brings all the world into
greater oneness. The f building of
reboots and "hospitals by the mission
aries, "-.ho deeper interest: in" missions
by the laymen of the Christian ehurch
and the larger liberality and the in
creasing number ofN conversions to the
Christian religion In the countries to
which ; missionaries . have been 1 sent
cause many to believe ' that the next
century 'will witness1 the conversion of
the wholel world f tQ (Chrlstlaplty. , "In
9$ 1 oitufof ;a rlvrite , citizen. f the
able and always thoughtful CoirRlsden;
Tyer Bennett, closes his trlbute to hla
rriemi vith; this (prophecy: ;i j in.--
"I bfrlltrve In the. close, aDDroach of
the klitirdom. of Christ. .The whole
orb ofith.? Junlverfcejwill f yield obedi
ence to tlvHbanner of Jesus within a
half c-ntnri. '.The , accessories of a
f Jiangs or J front . of the universe
aoouna. space is aoriagea, ine mis
fcionary Is everywhere, tha-spirit of
Godliness Is in every.cllme. Men in
xnlt! r f2Uons ,ac ,servlng gaa ,beii-
above ief-onQueredr' It 1 Is-vasier t
persuade wth the spirit, to infuse the
atmosphert of noble sacrifice, than to
i:retare "ways of approach, avenues ot
htterevttdon. , While the girdle is pur
arounu the earth iniforty minutes, the
lmagint'tion is as the stroke of an eye
lid. Instantly applied, and signs. :co
sines, tangents and cotangents all are
Y- The need of v theWgrid at home as
well as abroad is for the reign upon
earth of the ' tcachfngsof "the Christ
as recorded In the Word.: Many have
marvelled at the alowness of the Gos
pel in taking the world for Christ, and
it Is past understanding why , the nine
teen "' centuries have - passed., without
every nation bending, Ihe. knee to the
Light of the World. No man can fath
om th purposes of God. Col. Bennett
wfs k mighty movement that shall
cause ."the whole orb of the universe
to yield obedience; to ' the banner ; of
Jesus within half a century.? Thou
sands whp have hoped and prayer, for
tlip coming of that day will pray that
the prophecy of the Anson lawyer and
riutfcsman jrhaj be Tfulfilfced, and that
fVtl If nhiv forlorn ' rf h Ravlnur shall
cover the earth a4 the waters cover
the sea.- .': I', : - ' .
The New York Herald wishes to lo
cate -th-. ten greatest Americans. It
says Thomas A. Edison is one. Who
are the other nine? "
: If we cou'd 1 Ju:jt have Christmas
without any bills falling due in, Jan
uary, wouldn't it 1J fine! It would
be .having all the roses without any
thorns. i
v There was, of course, some intozica
tlon this Christmas,' but less than on
any previous Christmas in North Car
olina. The. temperance education
and temperance legislation is .more
than justifying itself. ' .1
There will be general gratification
at the 'nomination of, Mr- W. T. Lee,
of , Haywood, for the House to, sue
ceed the late Mr. Ferguson. Mr. Lee
served In the House in the Fnslori days
and helped to make a. record that re
turned the Democrats ;to power' in
1898. He is a successful and progres
give merchant and.wlll riiake a capa
ble legislator.. , . )
Temperance Is winning its way. The
lawyers of Asheville have an .annual
banquet about the first of every year.
In fixing up the' menu on Monday' it
was decided, by a Vote of 11 to 7 to
have "light wines and beer." Later. It
was reconsidered and the banquet will
he 4 served without " any ' intoxicating
beverage. .This Is one of. many straws
showing that practical tamperance fol
lows prohibition legislation. j Y'
spmrr of : hie press
' Dr. Poteat's Conundrum. i
Greensboro Telegram- - i" -
r In a speech before the Baptist State
Convention at , Wilson, Dr. Poteat.
president of Wake, Forest College, said
that the great . industrial positions
were held by the graduates of the col
lege of hard knocks, while the gradu
ates of . Wake forest, , Richmond,
Princeton! Harvard and Yale were
their secretaries. A true Indictment
Just why) it is we don't ' know, unless
it is - because Wake Forest and the
rest teach men that making money is
not the highest' aim in life. The grad
uate of the college of ' hard knocks
usually puts the dollars above every
thing else.
Not An Objection.
Salisbury! PowJ. .
The proposition to have all execu-
, 1 ii,. eta ta nrlinn at t? a lp) irh
appears to meet with, general favor.
We : do not lecalV a single objection
to It while many have approved the
suggestion. , ". " ,' V; ' l
4. Tlie Hit Doff Howls. ; -
Wilmington Star. . Vv u ; U -
For a charge which " has 'no sem
blance ot truth In it-President Roose
velt seems to be mighty worried about
what those two newspapers have said
In reference. to the Panama canal pur
chase. 1 You know Sam Jones ; used
to.say it was the hit dog tljat howled.
V; Same .Way Here. J -Houston
(Texas)' Chronicle I .
The New York: Tribune informs us
that Minnesota j wants Mr. - Roosevelt.
In consideration of 1 cent, the receipt
of which - is hereby- acknowledged
(whether she ver gets the cent or
not). Texas hereby ? relinquishes - its
share of Mr. Roosevelt to Minnesota to
be held In perpetuity by that State
under a forfeit of eight, billion dollars
to be paid to Texas by said Minnesota
if it is elver thrown back upon us for
any reason whatsoever. v
VtlI Increase Suspicion.
Wilmington Star. : i
Admitting,' for the sake of argument
that the charges j of the two newspa
pers -are:, wholly without foundation.
can any one say tnat tne tn-esident has
taken a dignified, course to refute
them,, even If he is considered the
proper person to make the defense of
the parties accused. The conduct of
Roosevelt will have the effect of caus
ing a gtood - many people to believe
that there . is more in : xno charges
than they would have supposed or
having a suspicion that he knew of
the transaction and- was trying to
cover it up by .bluster and attempt at
bulldozing 'the public. In more ways
than one i tner . iresiaent nas made a
big mistake In sending, this message
to Congress. : v ; , . 1 ; ; . '
Prosperity Not Dependent on Political
i. ATUaUOTlS.
Goldsboro Argus. v ., ,
The fact is, ; the South s condition
and future development has little or
nothing to do with its political affllla
tlon, so long as the latter is eliminated
from; th possibility of misrepresenta
tion oi agitators, cranks ana unscrup
ulous professional . politicians in other
parts ofj the country. If the South
can lead the rest of the nation In gen
eral; growth while v adhering to the
principles of ' the Democratic, party. It
is as reasonable to argrue that Massa
chusetts lor New i HamDshire ' would
make 'much greater progress by de-.
parting, from their, custom tp support
the . Republican party as to appeal to
the South to abandon its sblldity on
tne gTouna oi,it inaustnai land com
mercial future.
sit in tj,Ui'aa
Wanted:
Heal ' Tnrlff
Offices.
Reform, Not
Jarksonvilli' Tlmo TTnlnn
In a party sense tnis has nothing to
do with politics. Mr., Taft can no
more expect the Souths to express its'
Ifrfendliness by voting the Republican
ticket than the South can expect htm
to" express his good will by voting the
Democratic UeketP . There 1 is much'
less sentiment In the South opposi
tion to the Republican party than Mr.
Taft has been led to believe. If he
can induce Congress to give the coun-
try substantial tariff reform there may
be something In the talk of political
division in this section. The people
knowwhat they iwant. ! ntt Js not of
fices, r No Democrat has! a, right to
expect r. them and ? no ; real Democrat
will get! them. The agricultural South
is heavi(y taxed In the interests of the
manufacturing North. As long as this
continues the. South will remain sol
idly . Democratic. When It ceases
many southern men will - think that
nothingjlmportant is left for party division.-.
Whether it continues or ends,
however, - Mr, .Taft Will hold a high
place in the affections of the south
ern people- If he does nothing to for
feit it, and no one believes he will.
TIae North Carolina Society Lowered
,::" ': Ita Standard. ( ,
Kenansville News. . s . .
The North Carolina Society, of New
York;, should be careful in the future
as to who its speakers should be. If
President-elect Taft and Editor Walter
H, Page get - a few more whacks at
the jooys, their society, will bo looked
upon with suspicion by the folks
"down' home." . To break the solid
South is the object of Mr Taft. and
Mr. Page, and they are trying to get
the endorsement of Jforth Carolinians
first to accomplish their purpose. . The
Roosevelt Rural Life Commission fail
ed in its purpose, and was given the
cold shoulder in no uncertain way.
The Noirth Carolina Societies In New
- v j asi sMiis -j. auu cvri jnucrc
should; pe sl0w to invite us their qhief
Hpeaaers inose vnose enter aim. in life
Is to slander tl eir State and section.
Taft, Page arid Booker T. Washington
can- all preach that 4 "the blood . of
Southern children Is below the stand
ard,", from now u ntll -. doomsday, and
that wlil not make the' statement true.
Dr. Styles, its author, will likewise be
forced to learn a better' method ! of
testing the qualities of blood and bone
before jlhe people of the South will
submit !to hls analysis. The " North
Carolina Society lowered its standard
before jthe- people of the Old North
State when . they i invited around ; its
boards jthe : men who- are - constantly
scoring! the South' and who -wish to
break away from the old moorings.
V r ' ' i As to More Judges.
tSatesvIile Landmark, T :. ..V -3
An ent the effort to increase the
number of Superior Court districts
and Judges the ML Airy, News says;
- We - are f. not familiar with . the 1
f conditions - in' .other ! counties ' but
here In Surry what we. need Is to A
; get the people to use' the courts f
' we now have. At this time there n
- are probably more than 200 cases :.
on the . docket, and some 'of them .
have j been- there- for years. ' The :
- calendar for -the court that ad,:.
Journed Tuesday, when it should ' I
have beeu held all thit week,
" shows 116 cases and not two dozen r
' were tried.- Yet the jurymen and t
.the : Judge and all the officers of 1
'-the court were there at the ex- -..
pense of : the . State, ready to .do
" business; i Rather than .make
. morej officers we need . some way
. -by -which i a man kcan- be made, to -"
, comej" to the .court and ; have his i
, case tried when once he has en-' '
teredl suit.r- v : i
The hiwyers and litigants are pri
marily ito- blame for this tate of af
fairs, but the. real fault Is j with the
Judges. ! If li was known that a Judge
would force cases to trial or throw
them out ; of court lawyers and 1 liti
gants would- be ready. -But the judge
is usually willing to shirk the wot k.
Therefore he allows the cases to be
continued, often without 'good reason.
and ' thus days and. weeks that are
for the trial of causes are wasted. The
congestetlon of the dockets in coun
ties embracing the larger towns can
onty be relieved by an Increase of
court , facilities, for the : congestion Is
mainly due to an increase of criminal
business but a sharp stick 'after the
judges who waste tlm would relieve
such a condition as the News says ex
ists in Surry, and a similar condition
exists in many other counties. . i- j -.-.;
Fanner. Will Never Get Justice Until
- ! I . xney ucpaana . iu : : , s '
Madison Herald. i ': ' : ' ' ' .'
- Hon. John I fiharn. eit6 ett tha twt
representatives Old Rockingham ever
nau- in me jegisiature. was in; our
city yesterday. He says the farmers
down his way ; are more ; solid than
ever for Subsection A. fend that lnt nt
them are going down to Raleigh next
montn to see WHTi they can't get ; it
passea. u nose rarmers - are on ' the
riaht track. .. It la Mc-h iim fn
to wake up and demand an rinti-trust
t t , . . .
dui not arawn Dy trust lawyer? -and
sympathizers. - The thing forthem Ho
do is to go to Raleleh and thrA facA
with the trust officials and "me too's"
uemana justice, ixney win never get
It Ty simply staying at home and never
letting their demands - be made
known.
Deposit Guarautv. Wh Xat .
New York Commerciat. -The
pressing needs of this butcher
and his co-depositors of .the suspended
Lafayette Trust Company, of Brook
lyn, emphasizes the neces&itty of some
orm , oi ueposu guaranty,, not .the
mutual; assessment arhoma nrnonoJ
in the Democratic national platform,
under which solvent and strong banks
would regularly be . mulcted for the
SinS ' Of - the . WPII IT nr ' hg)1v ' VnaraA
linatituUons participating in the ar-
Irinom.nt ' hrit mamma. ' - - .
....e,.,,vuv, wuk svuie jjfuvmion oi iaw
w urwwy, at ; me Dana e own expense,
its deoosltors mav Immpriintciv
its doors closing, be paid a substantial
td.cUMKe- I; meir claims in- cash.
Or . the ' Whole. if condltlnnii 'v
warrant It, 'v, :; : -.: Zti;
The slow processes of bank liquida
tion, .whether voluntary or forced, In
convenience, embarrass and discour
age' thousands of honest and confiding
business folk and tend to discredit the
solidity of banking In genecal. - '.t
si I i not the field for the business, of
bank deposits insurance a fairly in
viting one? Or, if not, why not? '
" Courts 'and Itvleisnesa.
President. Elliott .';; : i-'vH I
IlA1?' governmental agencies them
fceives have often fostered lawlessness.
Thus States have underbid other
States offering easy .terms Of incorpor
ation. s Executives have complained
of court decisions and , have reproach
ed Judges for giving decisions contrary
to the policies of the executives. Courts
have been packed byy executive ap
pointments In order to procure Trom
those same courts subsequently de
cisions in conformity with the .wishes
or opinions of the executives. Courts
themselves ' have '- contrad intPii rh
other, have, given decisions ons techni
cal, grounds ; without -expressing '"an
.opinion on the merit of -h
divided as evenly as possible ori'.- Im
portant questions, ' and - have ' brourht
court wi contempt by long-delays, by
eversi, 'of f Judgment 'and.niv multi-
pnea appeals from;f court to court-:
y nenever mroujcn any or these causes
failures . of Justice j occur, the courts
4re' brodght into ; contempt and .'the
.ipinLon lawlessness Is tqstetodi t f
i . - V - . .! JT ... .'-L, 1-
Webster's Weekly.; rr'fiytV XiXil
- "A few years ago when theNews arid
Onserrer called attenuoni to'thecfact
that Wi. D. A.' Tompkins, half owner
ot the" .Charlotte Observer, r hteldJ 'a
sj.500 Job f under, the McKlnley . a!
nlnlstratIon, -The Observer ave hi:h
a clean bill of health.-saying, it.wa:a
non-partisan Job. and ' besides --Mr.
Tompkins .. was Trom. South. i Carolina
and trained .with Ben Tillman. -Since
thenf we were encouraged - ite- - hope.
only last summerV that Mrt- Tompkins
was jreally a Tlllmanite, seeing ihe
warmly 'commended - Brjau'a. unan
. - ... V
weraoie piea ior ine: guarantee or
bank' deposts. But ' ere the ; katydid
had warned us or frost; the Repuoil
cans held their State-, convention' in
Charlotte and it was seriously proposed
that Mr. "Tompkins :be.;' offered the
nomination 'r. Governor, That Jarred
us some, i but Mr. Tompkins . refused
and we felt: "hope up" ' till the news
came that he had flickered, on Bryan,
believing his election would be injur
ious to the business Interests. And jiow
we see' the esteemed Observer's other
half at Washington preaching the or
thodox. Republican - doctrine 4 on t the
tariff. We will quote: -;
I am Jn .- favor Kof protection ;
, first I would put protection be--'
fore the; raislny- of i tho. revenue. -and
if it a little more than" raises
the revenue ! would ? relay it so ;
as to protect: American industries;
It has. to raise the revenue; It has
to do both of those things. ., V .
The Weekly i was accused by - the
esteemed Observer , some . , years ago
with holding unorthodox views on the
tariff, though We showed by the book
thet we) were in company with John
S. Henderson. Samuel J. Randall and
Andrew f Jackson. in advocating" Inci
dental protection;, but' never - did- we
take the position that -the raising of
revenue) should be : incidental. Did
Tompkins learn ? this from. ; Ben Till
man? Webelleve Tillman, can prove
an a-lbij 'r J V;-1
- Editor Caldwell and; Jialf-owner
Tompkins might set an-, example . of
agreeing on the tariff before demand
ing that 'Bryan be requested ' to re
linquish his leadership of the Demoi
cratic party. '.;'.''.".
- - r - h:-t-
Cftw? Example of Why the Soutli is a
V : v V. FOOL ::0 Cf C'' ':' 55 V
Monroe 1 Journal". ''':-.
The thing of being told that its peo
ple, are ) fools for not deserting Ahelr
politlcalj principles is becoming tire
uoine to) those Southern) people "who
have - sense enough .'. to- i know what
principle I and too much self-respect
fount, r-prtaln mn whM mnrd, them-
selves as., over-large . pumpkins. - r.Y t
every time a southern man -sucks nis
feet under a Republican banquet table
up-North, he-smirks his greasy mouth
overtim In teillnKl bow :the . Southern
people are fools or krtkves: ' ha'.f'. pf
them fools for not accepting Repub
lican principles, and 1 the other half
knaves In that they accept them; (he
says), but .haven't ' the- pinhood to
vote for them. .Strange, isn't it. that
Sou them . -men '. make such : speec hes ?
Not a bit; They are the only kind
of men) asked to make speeches on
such -occasions,- and It is .. perfectly
well known .what they will say? be
fore they are Invited. . -
:. And inert like Mr, s Taft can t see
why the South doesn't vote . their
ticket. . It is simple; the South doesn't
believe in what the 'Republican party
stands tor. Says ,the Florida Times
Union: i -..;--V-:. ; ,
'V- "If Mr. Taft' does not. see why;;
an Intelligent' Southern i , roan ,'
U4 should vote the Democratic ticket.
.', leave the negro question entirely
' out of consideration. It is- be-
" cause h e will not see it . " Not one
man in one hundredln the South '
derives any benefit from the tariff,"
and yet all are taxed by it- Mr. '
Taft knows perfectly -.well : that ;
the man who will vote to tax ,
himself In the interest of another
man is lacking in intelligence. Of .
course there are intelligent pro-
tectlonlsts in the South, but there
; are . very : few of them outside, of
the small number that hope to
profit by protection, - The cotton
- grower, for instance, who is taxed
-on hU bagging and ties and, on
. nearly every manufactured artl
cle he uses and ets nothing In re
. . turn cannot be expected to vote
:for. the success of the party im-
v.,
posing: uxese: taxes.'' j'.,;1-,.. f
" Here is one example. ?anf on?y ri:
small una; at . that. why the South
votes against- the " Republican' party
and is. thereby, called a fool by Mr,
Taft and his echoes..- It Is from the
Southern Cotton Journal:
;' "One reason why. thecost of
jute bagging and ties la such a
"'heavy burden on cotton growers,
and the., further -reason why the
- sagging j, ana steel Trusts can
Tcontrol and maintain'! the prices' ?
x of -these articles to suit them- i
seltef, is because the . Federal
.government -allows a duty of .
3i - 22 cents per bundle to be ley- -.i
led-against imported .ties. ' and ,n
' ' duty of - cents per yard against
: bagging." Under these . prohibitive v
- ;Federal restrictions there have
jfbeen no cotton ties Imported Into -
this country ' in many years,' and
but little Jutei. baging While ,
our government permiU this In-'
: Justice to I the cotton- growers of. '
? the " South, 'the farmers of th-
; Northwest have r their vbindlnff
k -twine- entered, on" the ; free list. '
-The: Northwestern farmers 'would f t il
- not stand for; such fi injustice ;
-t against Itheir business" two min- ! l
ntes"-i " t-"- V' "-''. 4 .'"'
. Mr. 'taft invites the South' tQ come
In but he demands always an 'un
conditional surrender, before he opens
the gate. J ;...-.' . v-. - . . "''
r A Great Soutlicrn Calamity. ; '1;
Smithfteld Herald.- - t Vi 'i'i
The Jlow price. of cotton "the ; past
fail : and this winter is nothing short
of a great calamity to the Cbutht For
several years the. prices of .nearly
everything have been advancing. Land,
guano, farm implements., labor, ,pro-'
Tisions and the whole list of articles ;
used by the farmer, have gone ;up in
price. This was not so bad so long as
cotton advanced' with " other4 . things
Really its prices did not keep . f ulL
pace with other prices. If cotton had
sold at 12 1-2 to -15, cents" per pound .
it - would have been about equal to 4
other advances.; But owrs when every
thing els& has gone to , the highest
notch 'reached' at all. Cotton ' drops -wa
below ten' cents. This is; a very .Serious
matter., for - everybody In J the . 'South
except the cotton, mill men. It atagr
nates business, prevents needed build
ings. from, beings erected,V hurts c our
schools and our churches; -and every
thln gelae.- " The low price of cotton
for: one. year means a losa of many
rilllions of dollars to the South. If the
cotton mill men and speculators had
waited until December ljst to start
their crusade for low-priced cotton the
situation rwould have been better for
the farmers, but they started his -year
at the opening .of "the selling -season.
This caught the farmers with all their;
debts ahead of them and made hold
ing much harder. . It Is-1 to be hoped
that retytman whoia out of debCwlll
hold cotton from now on as the price
may go -still lower.' - It takes 'twelve
months for the mills to spin a crop of
cotton ahd if it is all dumped oh the
maTket; Intwo or three, monthSj j the 4
Is.MrvRoCvsevrlt tl Only Honest Man
v- ' ' i IhjPuVIIc lAtvl .... V I
vi'fr.fTt f New - Yerkf HeritdL) 1 1 1? ; u J'
'i. That? Coiigress will, not tamely, pub- j'
mlt to the ' insult " conveyed-, fn"Mr.
KaWSTT!is VierTQ i3 inade clear by
the prompt adoption of the
'resolution;'.' : 'the I i ulii-ife'. I
Perkins
.tCKc'; of
which tis to. rebuke the President and j
expunge-thei Offensive remarks' ' from ! f ...
: The legislative branch of the gov-
ernment icanUhus eftectively resetit
the affront, but how is. the other co-1
nrdinate. branch of the -.gov ernment.
thtf JudicJary to retaliate for, the in-i
Bulls direct v or lmpiiea ' wan ir.
Roosevelt ' has hulred at. the Judges in
this same precious message? -' '
' His attack upon the legislators is
made in. a rtfernce to a restriction in
corporated last year in- the: measure
providing. for: the secret service.,. - In:
f this connection Mr. Roosevelt remaks:
In it present rom- tne resini-uwi
operates only to tlie advantasrc of the
rriminal. tlie wronsdocr. ,Ti ddef
srjrument In favor of tlte proTltJon was
tliat Congressmen did not themselves
wish to .be investigated," . -
, Not content with thus scandalously
suggesting the use of spies to shadow
the. country' legislators and that the
latter had voted for -the restriction
k.;.,. thev feared to be investigated.
c iiMvu ..'Tn hs in- the insult;
va wwpv v.i - ' - - m j
with the; remark that a special ex
ception could be mado in tlw law pro-1
hibltlng the use of tlie secret servk-Oj
force In rtavestisattng incmbcrs off
Congress. - ' 'J ;" S'i1 "
j Mr. Roosevelt's onslaught .upon the
judges is; no less .offensive and if the
things It insinuates found general -be-.j
lief among the American peopie, inere
would 'be a revolution, lie 'says:
rii , roiirts. are Joouardcd primarily
by the action of.' tliese . Federal and;
State Judges vho showinaMIUy or uH-j
willingness to put a stop to the. wrens-;
.itintr r virv rU-lt men under modern!
Industrial conditions" and Inability or j.
unwillingness to clvo relief, to men of i -small
means or wageworkcrs. ' 1 1
The l diatribe against - the - Judges is I v
liberally sprinkled with I phrases sug-i 1 1 l
gestlng that "some members . of t the i
Judicial body" are lacking in ,lntelll-
gence. thatthey-?deVise .means to de-l i
feat-the" people's '.Will by- the technical- !: J
Ities of aMralnea - ccmstrucuon - nu
they ' are coolly iiold that-' anythlng
nke frivolity or wantonness", in de
claring - a faw unconstitutional "is a
grave oiff ence against the Republic:? .
,As;the,World remarks,, Mr,- Roose
velt - hold . that .'it is the divine right
of 'the -Executive to" hector and- bully
the judiciary and the legislature! and
wheVe theirwW not I6 Its will to seek
to bring them Into public disrepute by
Insult T andi abuse." K The Brooklyn
Eagle v, cynically advises Congress , not
ta be sensitive to. the affront from'the
President On the "around that: - ,
- . ..fit share? the fate of every man
' whose views are not identical with
, those of the. President To: .dlf- '
; .f er.from hint js - to- be blind - nr
cunning." or" law defying; ; or; a
V "wrongdoer, or. a swindler, .or, a
y : brjbe -taker, ; or. a bribe giver, or
' "wrong:i.headed ". or, a traitor. ; To
- see things not as" . the - President
i'l'
sees them Is to be either a' knave
: or -a fool "with jmore. than a mere 5
f possibility of being both. There
is but.; one infallibility In tho
. country." -'-V'"- :v. a- 1 -.--: -:. ;
Our. esteemed contemporary has
omittedtthe familiar 'I tar" from its
partial " list- of favorite epithets, ri'lnf
makingiibese vague and sweeping Im-i.
putations. against ubOth the, other co-?-ordlnate
. branches of the government
it Is clear that Mr, Roosevelt .wished k
to -create, the Impression that he is u
the only honest man in public life. He.-,
has overshot" the mark. ; ;. ,.7 - i '
The English Hive NV Monopoly.
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I'm . simply ca!ln' of yer; a iar. aV
yer are one. (Frier!v re1?t!cri re-
suned.) A Londor , dto:rue . from
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