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!p (Eljatljam HmsriJ THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1906. H. A. LONDON, Editor. The hypocrisy of the Republi can party iu this State is only equalled by'its "cheek." Its per formances are in such striking contrast to its promises, and its boasts are in such striking' con fiaf tr ifs nrfs Timfi and ex- biuuv v w perience have proved the truth of this so fully that no one should now be deceived by any promises that it may make. Its last plat form, adopted by its State con-' vention at Greensboro, makes very fair promises which of course no intelligent and unprejudiced per son believes will be performed. Some of the planks of that plat l'orni are so ridiculously "cheeky" that even its framers must have smiled audibly when writing- it, For instance one plank or para graph in that platform is the fol lowing: "We advocate doubling- the pit tance now received by the Con federate veterans, and if we secure a legislative majority shall vote as we promise." Now, that is very fair and nice, isn't it? And of course every vet eran ought to be caught by such a promise and vote the Republi can ticket! .But why did not the Republican party double this pittance when ;tjiey,had the power? That party liad control of two legislatures, the Legislature of 1895 and of 1897, and not even any attempt was made to double or in any way increase the pensions of the Con federate veterans. Why did not the Republicans, w hen they had the power, "double the pittance" then received by the veterans? Let us see what are the facts and figures about pensioning- Confed erate veterans in this State and see what is the official record of the two parties on- this subject. After the Republicans had con trol of the Legislative department for four years and could have pas sed any law they wished, they paid for the veterans (in 1898) $113,300.50. Now, what amount did the Democrats pay the veter ans? More than twice r.s much! For the fiscal year ending Novem ber 30, 1905, the amount paid the veterans in this State was $236, 315.75, and this amount was in creased $75,000 by the Legislature of 1005. So that, "doubling-" has already been done by the Demo crats! In other words, and to make it as clear and plain as can be, the Republicans paid the veterans, when they were in power (in 1898), only $113,300.50, and the Demo crats are now paying them over three hundred thousand dollars! And yet the Republican plat form declares that "the Republi cans by their votes in the General Assembly have ever shown their friendship for. this most honored class o? our countrymen!" The only Confederate soldiers to' whom the Republican party has been liberal in pensions are those who deserted from the Con- fJ,,i , l ai r i a leueiiibK uiuiy auu lueu lougiii against their former comrades. These deserters have been richly rewarded with large pensions by the Republicans, but they are the only Confederates to whom the Republicans have exhibited any friendship! This is only one of many illus trations or proofs of our assertion that tha hypocrisy of the Repub lican party in this State is only equalled by its cheek. Marion Butler, the political Judas Iscariot, is making- Repub lican speeches at many places in this State, and, as is characteristic of him, is guilty of making many charges against 'the Democrats which are untrue. Among these charges is one of extravagance and waste in the present manage ment of our public school funds. He alleges that under Fusion rule in 18,93 $988,143.43 were spent for public schools and that $2,308,000 were spent for the same purpose last year. . . xn answer to this charge Hon. James Y. J oyner, the State Super intendent of Public Instruction, has published a statement giving facts 'and figures which entirely disproves Butler's charge. Super intendent Joyner shows that in 1898 the school statistics for rural schools only were reported to the Superintendent, but since 1901 the city school statistics also have been reported. Of course these statistics greatly increase the am ount reported by the State Super intendent, but it was not near so large as that asserted by Butler. Instead of there being-an increased expenditure of nearly a million and a half dollars, as alleged by But ler, there has been an increase of a little over half a million dollars for the rural schools. This increased expenditure was properly and economically made. With it the length of the white public school term has been in creased 17 days; there has been an increased average attendance of 32,703 scholars; the number of teachers has been increased - G73; the number of school houses built was more than doubled; the aver age cost of the new school houses was increased $187.17 apiece, and the average annual salary paid each teacher was increased $22.50. Not one dollar expended for the above named purposes was wasted. No fair minded man will say that our public school houses are any better or finer than they ought to be, or that the public school teachers are paid too much. The truth is, most of our public school houses have been a disgrace and the public school teachers have been too poorly paid. Two important political conven tions were held this week, both being in the State of New York. One of them wa3 the Democratic convention, held at Buffalo, and the other was the Republican con vention, held at Saratoga. Both were for the nomination of candi dates for Governor and other State officers. It was uite un usual for both parties to hold their state conventions on the same day, both having met . last Tues day. The campaign in the state of New York w ill be watched with much interest by both political parties throughout the United States, as it is thought thit the election there this year may have much weight in deciding the next Presidential electi.':i. There are factions in both o. Lae parties in that state, that is iu the Demo cratic and Republican parties, and a third party has been organized, called the Independence League, which has held its state conven tion and nominated a full ticket with William Randolph Hearst as its candidate for Governor. The mobbing of so many ne groes in Atlanta on last Saturday was disgraceful to the civilization of that city, and is too much like similar scenes that have frequent ly occurred in Northern cities. While the assaults by negroes up on so many white women were calculated to enrage the citizens of Atlanta and the perpetrators deserved summary death, yet those outrages did not justify an indiscriminate onslaught on in nocent and inoffensive neproes. The civil and military power of the city should have promptly protected these innocent negroes, who were the victims of an, en raged and unreasoning mob. Murdered His Wife. Chatham, Va., Sept. 20. Wil liam Nance, a prominent farmer of Pittsylvania county, has been arrested and is in jail charged with the murder of his wife. Toe details of the crime are brutal and shocking. Nance went to his home in an intoxicated con dition, beat his wife with his fists, stamped her in the face and finally ended by striking her a blow with an iron rod, which crushed her skull. This occurred last night,. but it was not known until this morning about eleven o'clock, when the woman was found in a dying con dition at her home. She lived but a few minutes after being found. The coroner's jury verdict plac es the blame for death upon her husband. He claims that he was so drunk that he- did not know what he was doing- There are now 21 negro banks in the United States, with a com bined capital of $350,000. Their deposits amount to $1,192,000. Twelve are in Mississippi) four in Georgia, six in Virginia, two in Tennessee, two in Arkansas and one each in North Carolina, Alabama and Florida, There are also two in Muskogee, 1. T. An effort is being made to raise $15,000 bv public subscription With which to place a bronscj stat ue of Dr. Charles D. Mclver at the State Normal and Industrial College, Washington Letter. From Our BegularCorrespondeuf. Washington, Sept. 20, 1906. None of the meager advices re ceived at the State Department indicate that the situation in Cu ba has been at all improyed by the arrival of Secretaries Tai't aud Bacon, as the representatives of this government. These estimable officials have been received with profound respect by Charge de Affairs Sleeper, and the Cuban of ficials, but the insurgents, who are now camping outside the sur burbs of Havana, read in the presence of the Americans fresh hopes for the success of their on slaught on the established Cuban government. All this is not to the liking of the United States. This country has almost troubles enough of its own without having to act as peace-maker for the tur bulent republic of the south. 'Of ficials both of the Stale and War Departments profess to look upon the situation with a very hopeful eye and say that it will be a mat ter of only a few days before President Palma and Senator Zel ayas, the confessed representative of the insurgents, are brought to satisfactory terms. At the same time this govern ment is overlooking no change in view of the fact that it may be forced to assume the role of arm ed mediator between the opposing forces. Four battleships have been ordered Cuba-ward since the be ginning of this week and plans have been discussed for transport ing an army which is variously estimated from 5,000 men upward. If such a force should have to be transported, it would be necessary to buv or nire snips lor tneir ac comodation. The transport Sum ner is the only vessel of the sort now available on the Atlantic Coast, and two or more transports which are now on their way from the Philippines have only just entered the Red Sea and will not be available for three weeks. Not more than 1,000 men, per trans port, can be sent even on the short journey from Tampa to Cuba, so , that this would involve a very large outlay on the part of the United States if we are forced to play policeman in the Pearl of the Antilles. One other serious feature of the situation is that Generals Barry and Du Yall have been ordered home from Germany, where they ivere attending the army maneuv ers, supposedly in expectation of their being assigned to duty in Cuba It is said also that General Frederick Funston has been se lected .by the President for su preme command in case an army has to be sent south. He is now on his way from the State of Washington, where he was in com mand, but it is not known wheth er he will first come to Washing ton or proceed direct to Tampa and thence to Key West and Cu ba. General Funston has the ad vantage of being thoroughly fa miliar with Cuba, having served there in the insurgent army dur ing the last revolution. He is well known among the Cubans, enjoys their respect and confi dence, and speaks Spanish, which is an advantage m that latitude. Important regulations have been issued by the Interstate Com merce Commission in regard to passes and excursion rates under the new Railroad Rate Law. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to ride on passes, but al most all sooner or later are able to take advantage of excursion rates and there may be some satis faction for the general public in the decision of ths commission that railroads may declare ex cursion rates without first giving the commission thirty days notice of their intention. On the other hand, although they have been earnestly requested by the rail road, the commission has refused to allow the roads to issue trans portation in return for "services." This sounds the death knell of the free pass grafter, for had that loop-hole been left open, the rail roads would have been able to issue transportation in return for services of any sort in spite of the strict injunction of the law that no passes were to be issued except to certain stated employes of the roads. The commission has disappoint ed the railroads considerably in the way that they have been in terpreting the Rate Law. There were a good many fe atures of the law which were distasteful to the roads but they were in hopes that the commission by literally con struing the law would render' it so unpopular as to soon aecessi tate its repeal. On the other hand the commission had been taking advantage . of every discretion grauted it to interpret the law as sensibly as it can for the benefit both ot the railroad and the ship per. The excursion decision just mentioned is one instance and so far as the public is concerned, is a very important instance of what the Interstate Commerce Com mission is trying to do. A decision has been asked by the Department of Agriculture from the Department of "Justice which will determine whether or not foreign meat products shall be totally excluded from the Unit ed States. Such a decision would be almost unbelievable, yet there is prospect that such a construction of the meat law will be made and held legal by the courts. Prohibition in Fayelteville. From the Charlotte Kews. Ten years ago the people of Cumberland county voted out sa loons. Four years ago the people of "that county Avere called on to vote on the issue of prohibition or saloons and ag-ain they knock ed the saloon in the head. And now for a third time they have demonstrated their preference -for prohibition. At the Democratic county convention a few days ago the good people of that county tabled a resolution favoring the opening of the question again by a vote of 166 to 63. And so for the third time the good citizens of that good county have admin istered a fatal blow to the saloon, and we say, hurrah for Cumber land county! Scarcely are the good results ot prohibition more evident any where than in Fiiyetteville and in Cumberland. We are indebted to the North Carolina Bap cist for the follow ing statistics in this connection. We quote as follows: "Ten years ago Cumberland county did away with its saloons. Ten years ago Cumberland had but one bank and about $200,000 on deposit. Today there are tour banks and above one million dol lars on deposit. Ten years ago there was one cotton mill in Fayetteville. To day there are foul, two large silk mills and another immense cotton mill being built. Today there are twenty brick buildings being erected here and dwelling houses just cannot be had for rent. One railroad has just been com pleted to Fayetteville, another is soon to head this way and a street railway company has begun work on a street ear line. Real estate, building and loan and life insurance companies have sprung up in the past year or so and are prospering wonderfully. With these things before the people every day they are in no mood for high license, low license, or any other kind of license. The action of the convention it self demonstrates this. Cumberland has done well." And we join in saying, Cumber land has done well. Water for Norseman's Horse. New Orleans Tilted Democrat. "You never see a broken wind ed horse in Norway," said a horse doctor. "That is because the hors es are allowed to drink while they eat, the same as mankind. "Our horses, let them be as thirsty as sret out, must still eat their dry fodder, their dry hay and oats and corn, with nothing to wash them down. But iu Nor way every horse lias a bucket of water beside his manger, and, as he eats, he drinks also. "It is interesting to see how the Norwegian horses relish their wa ter with their meals. . Now they sip a little from the bucket, now they eat a mouthful, then another sip, then another mouthful, just like rational beings. "You never see a broken winded horse in Norway, and the natives say it is because they serve watei to the animals with their feed." Five Days Floating On Ocean. Wilmington, N. C.,Sept. 21. The Wilmington tug Blanche tow ed into Southport tonight the sshooner Georgetta Lawrence, Captain Rollent, from New York to Charleston. The vessel had been anchored off the bar since Tuesday following the fearful storm off this coast Monday. On board the Lawrence were Captain Sayres and a negro seaman who came floating by this morning on a piece of wreckage from their vessel, the schooner R. D. Bibber, which was wrecked off Frying Pan Shoal Monday morning. They were pulled aboard the Lawrence and told a fearful story of their experience. For five days they were without food or water, and Captain Sayres was helpless when taken aboard. The negro seaman was apparently all right and suf fered very little Killed by Train at Hamlet. From the Charlotte Observer. Hamlet, Sept. ,20- A negro, Leny Thompson, whose home was in Rowland, was killed in the yards here this morning by passenger train No. 38. He mounted the steps as the. train was leaving the station. When rear the round house, he was seen to jump off and again attempt to get on, but by this time the train was run ning at a high rats of speed, and he missed his looting, was thrown beneath the wheels . and badly crushed. Republican Bribery in Maine. Rockland, Maine, S jpfc 22. At tempted bribery in connection with the recent State election, is charged against former Alderman Orel B. Davies, and John 11. Breen, of this city, indictments by the September grand jury, which were made today. It is al leged that Davies attempted to bribe a man to vote the Republi can ticket. A" similar chars ls ' ' made against Breen and one also J that he offered inducements for voters to remain away from Xhe polls. ' i Big Shipment of Gold. From tte New York World, 21st. The Cunarder Carmania yester day brought to New York $10,- 328,500 in gold coin and bars, tne largest amount of the precious metal ever carried across the At lantic by a single vessel- JLhe gold was in 275 boxes, eacn box containing from 250 to 350 pounds. They were carried from the deck on half a dozen trucks and express wagons guarded by half a score of men armed with Winchesters to the Assay office. The gold was shipped by the London and County Banking Company, Ldt., the London .City and Midland Bank, Ldt., of Lond on, and the Deutsche Bank, of Berlin. The consignees were Kuhn, Loeb & Co., $5,550,000, the National City Bank$4,078,500,aad $170,000 to order, which will be distributed among small banking houses of New York. The greater portion of the gold was imported under the Treasury orde j, and therefore has already been withdrawn from the the bub- Treasury. The banks, therefore, will get very little relief from the importation. There was great difficulty in London in placing insurance on such a large sum on a single ves sel, but terms were finally arrang ed. Several years ago the marine underwriters in London refused to allow a French liner to carry more than $7,700,000. Great precautions were taken to safe-guard the gold on its trip across. The gold was carried in the special room on the main deck and guarded all the time. Three men with revolvers relieved each other every six hours on the watch. No one was permitted to cross the thresh-hold except the guards. Burglars at Jonesboro. Special to Newa and Observer. Jonesboro. Sept. 22. Robbers visited Jonesboro last night, en teriiiEr three stores. The store of J. P. A vent was entered by break ing the glass out of the front door It is not known how they gained entrance to the safe but.it was found standing open with the in side ut and the money gone Thev also carried off- a pair of shoes and various other articles amounting to quite a sum The store of J. B. Buchanan was entered by pryiag open the front door. Here thev scattered goods all over the store and des troved the cash drawer. They also carried off some clothing and jewehy, but owing to the condi tion of the stock it is impossible to tell the exact loss. lue store ot J. li. Watson was entered and four pairs of shoes were taken; also one hundred, and fifty dollars worth of jewelry. This is the store formerly kept by Watson & Godfrey, and where two sates have been dynamited in the last few years; but this time the large safe which has only been in stalled for a short while was not touched. The doors were pried open at all three stores with bar secured' from a blacksmith shop, and from general appear ance it was the work of profes sionals. Terrible Dynamite Explosion. Jellico, Tenn., Sept. 21. Twelve persons were killed and scores of oohers hurt and property damage estimated at $500,000 was done here this morning at eight o'clock, when a car load of dynamite standing on a track near the Southern Railway depot, explod ed with a report that was heard twenty miles, shattering build ings in the business section of the town and breaking every piece of glass within a radius of; one mile of the scene. The freight car contained 450 boxes of 20,000 pounds of high explosives consigned to the liand Powder Company at Clearfield, Tenn. Two causes are advanced for the explosion. One is that three parties were shooting at a mark on the car and that a bullet entered the car and caused the explosion. The other reason is that while the car was standing on a side track a car load of pig iron was switched against it and that the force of the jar caused the explosion. Farmer Drops Dead. Special to Aews aud Observer. Wadesboro, Sept. 21, Mr. J. D. Porter died suddenly while at work on his, farm last Monday. Mr. Porter, at the time of his death, was mowing hay in his po tato patch, near his home, and his children were picking cotton in a field. The children missed their father and, on looking for him, found him lying dead in the pota to patch.' His death was caused by heart disease, with which he had been afflicted for some time, though his health for several months had been unusually good. Fayetteville Observer: Mr Hardy -West, of Severity-First, who was in the dty yesterday, made snch a remarkable state ment that it is W ill worth publishing.- He said Lhat though he was 78 years old smd had ten chil dren, lie hud never had occasion to send for a physician in a.11 that time, either for himself or ' family until a few days ago, and that then he took the first dose of med icine that ever passed his lips four calomel tablets. This is cer tainly a most remarkable record. Destructive Chinese Typhoon. ' Hong Kong, Sept. 20. The full extent of the catastrophe, is not yet known, but conservative esti mates place the number of Chinese who lost their lives at 5,000 and the total material damage to the colony $20,000,000.' Another storm, less violent, how ever, than the typhoon, broke out here at midnight and blew for six hours. The damage is apparently not great. stimulate the TORPID LIVER, strengthen the digestive organs, regulate the bowels, and are un equaled as an ANTI-BiLlOUS MEDICINE, In malarial districts their virtues are widely recognized, as they possess peculiar properties in freeing the system from that poison. Elegantly sugar coated. Teke No Substitute. - Seaboard Air l!NE RmlvAy. 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Trams leave Pittsboro as follows: No. 138 at 8:35 a. m. forMoncure, connects with No. 38 for Raleigh and points North. No. 140 at 3:50 p. m. for Moncure, connects with No. 41 for points South. For time-tables, Winter-or-Sum-mer Booklets illustrated of the South and South-West apply to Seaboard Passenger Representatives or address B. M. POE, Agent, Pittsboro, N. C. C. H. GATTIS, T. P. A. Raleigh, N. C. C. B. RYAN, G. P. A., EDWARD F. COST, Second Vice-President. Portsmouth, Virginia. TIT OBTGAGE SALE. By virtue of certain mortgage executed to me by L. B. Jlynum and C. W. liynurn. dated June 27th, 11)03, and registered on pases ::i to 5M in Book "D 1"' in the otiice of the register of deeds of Chatham county, I will sell for cash at public auction at 12 o'clock m. on SA TURDAY, the 13th day of October, IDOo, the property described in said mortgage as the home place of L li. Jiynum, situated in the village of Uy num, containing about two acres, ad joining the lands of the .1. M. Odell Mfg. Company on the south and west, on the north a lj )ining the Chapel Hill road and 011 the east the land of Li. U. Uynnm. This prjperty lias been allotted as homestead subject to this mortgage. liis Sept. l-'th. 1906. E L HAUGiiTON, Mortgagee. T AND SALE By virtue of an or- 8 fier of the superior Court rendered -iii the caus-i therein pending, en titled -M. J. Teoplfs. Guardian for June and Allie IVoples. ex pane," 1 will on ihs()t!i Day ot October, 1!)(G, it being Satutday, at tlie court-house d or in Pittsboro, N. C, expose .to public sate a piece of land in the said county of Chatham, near Siler City, beginning ab a stake, thence with the Lambert dne uoru 1 -17 east S5 poles to a red oak stutn an l pointers, thence east 2 south 63' poles, thence north 52 poles, to corner of lot No. 2. thence" wes", 114 poles to a cedar in John Dark's line, south S) west to the begin ning, containing 47 acres, more or Jess, bet 11 a part of the division of the Dack lands, registered in B ok DP at page 3i0 . . - Terms of sal. oae-hal f c ish. balance in ( mo.itiis, deferred payment to bear interest and title ivserved till all pur chase mo!:e7 is paid. This Auunsf; 3 th. 1!0. , PilKD. W. BYNUM. Commissioner. Womack, Hayes and liynum. . Attorneys. Wanted' Big Girls, Medium Sized Girls, Little Girls.- Any girl who can oper ate a sewing machine ... can make expenses and more from the day she starts to work. . WE FURNISH light, pleasant work at which girls can and are making good wages. HERE IS OUR PROPOSITION Y e have two sewing rooms, one in Graham and one in Burlington, at which we make over alls, Both are large, well lighted and are kept comfortable in the summer by electric fans and in winter by steam heat. All machines are run by power and your work is to put the work to and guide it in the machine. All the work being piece work, your pay depends oh the amount of work you turn out. It takes from two to four weeks to learn the work. : For one month, while you are learning, we will pay you fifty cents per day, and more if you make it. GRAHAM and BURLINGTON are pleasant towns to live in and there are churches of all denomi nations in both. Board and room can be obtained in private families for from $1.75 to $2.00 per . week, so you will be MORE THAN MAKING EXPENSES FROM THE DAY YOU START TO WORK. Our hours are shorter than those of tho Cotton Mills and we stop every Saturday at twelve o'clock. ' If all the family wish to come, we cau furnish houses in Graham and will give all the girls Work and the men cau obtain work in the town where there is a great demand for labor. If you want to come and will furnish U3 with references we will advance you money to pay travelling expenses. .Write us and tell us which place you prefer work and when you will be here and we will se cure a boarding place for you. Address, ScottMebane Mfg. Co., 0-ra.i1 a,m , !T. O.
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