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WEDNESDAY, Apbil 29, 1908. EL A. LONDON, Editor. The annual meeting of the North Carolina Pres3 Association was held last week at Charlotte and was much enjoyed by all who were to fortunate as to be present. Tie addresses delivered were of un usual merit and were heard with both pleasure and profit. Matters of especial interest to newspapers were discussed, as were also some of general 1Dterest. In all the proceedings there prevailed per fect harmony and courtesy, as is usual at all the meetings of this organization. The last meeting of this associ ation held at Charlotte previous! to this was in July, and Charlotte's growth since then has been wonderful. Not only has that city's, population increased so greatly in that time, but its material and industrial growth has been astonishing. Since 1892 many millions have been expend ed at Charlotte in manufacturing and other enterprises. In that time no other city in the state has frown so much, and it is no wond er that everywhere could be seen the words "Watch Charlotte fcrow." Her wonderful growth is gratifying not only to her fortu nate residents, but to all North Carolinians who are proud of their beloved state. Not only has the city itself grown so rapidly, but the sur rounding country has been great lj' improved. This has, in a great measure, been due to the road aystem, for which Mecklenburg . has justly become famous. The editors were given an opportunity to see some of the tine roads that permeate the country around Char lotte. They enjoyed a ride of over twenty miles in automobiles on these roads, it being the good for tune of this writer to ride with 'Squire S. H. Hilton, who as chair man of the board of county com missioners, had done so much in securing these good roads. The editors were shown the ca pacious auditorium in which the Democratic State convention will be held on the 24th of June, and a more suitable convention hall can not be found in this State. It has comfortable seats for 4,500 per sons, and every one will be occu pied on the 24th of June, for more persons will attend that conven tion than ever before attended any convention in this State. It was a great pleasure to this writer to meet again his editorial brethren, who do more for the welfare and upbuilding of their State than any other class of men and receive less appreciation for . their services. The cotton mills of the Pied mont section of North and South Carolina will close down, that is suspend work, indefinitely on the first day of MajT, and no further orders for cloth at the present prices will be accepted by the mills. This action was decided on at a meeting, held last Saturday, of the mill presidents representing the mill industry of the upper sec tion of South Carolina and North Carolina, which embraces a large number of cotton mills. This ac tion will throw out of employ ment many thousand operatives and cause much suffering, and it will be a most serious problem with these operativss how they will support themselves and their dependent families after they s'op work. This certainly loaks bad for the "Republican prosperity" which Republican speakers and papers have been boasting of so much! The storm which swept over several Southern states last week was even more destructive than at first reported. The latest reports are that at least 400 are dead and about 1200 are injured, many of them fatally. Relief measures have been ex tended by the United States gov ernment in addition to the relief afforded by the states and local authorities to those rendered homeless as well as to the injured. A mere reading of the descrip tions of the storm's fatal work can carcely give an.idea of the actual Jrorrors. President Roosevelt evidently does not think Cougress will do anything at its present session, if we may judge from his frequent and urgent messages and recom mendations sent by him to that body. They have become of such frequent occurrence that they ex cite little or no comment, and in deed his last message was hardly allowed to be read in that body, only after much delay. Although President Roosevelt is said to b3 so very popular with his party, yet lie certainly seems to have very little influence with the Republican majority in Con- .1 ' i i t- , gress. Aitnougn tne xvepuuncau have an 'jverwhelmiug majority in both branches of Congress, yet the President seems unable to get them to enact anv legislation that he so vigorously recommends. In their determined effort not to af ford any relief to the country but to ""stand pat" the Republican leaders in Congress will not even enact important legislation recom mended bv their own President. The new armored cruiser North Carolina will be put in commis sion this week and then will go to Cuba for a month, returning early in June. Between the first and tenth of June the cruiser will go Cape Lookout (which is only a cities from Beaufort) and will tnere receive the silver service, that is to be presented by this state in acknowledgment of the honor of having this war ship uamed North Carolina. All the battleships of our nuvy are named in compliment to the different states, and all the new armored cruisers are also being named for the states. This new one is of the latest designs and is equipped with all the latest im proved weapons known to naval armament. The low rate of one cent a mile has been given by the railroad compauies to the veterans, and all other persons, who may attend the Confederate reunion at Birm iuirham on the 9th of June. The most convenient schedule for per sons in this section of the state is on train No. 41 of the Sen'nard Air Line, which leaves llaleiU ut 1:15 p. in. and arrives at Birming ham next day at noon. The fan? from Raleigh is only $12.05 for round-trip ticket. The Proposed Prohibition Law. WHAT IT WILL, DO. It will abolish every licensed whiskey and brandy distillery in the State. It will abolish every saloon and dispensary in the State. It will stop the wine traffic with in the State, i or wine can be sold only ut the place of manufacture n quantities of two and one-hall gallons or more and not shipped anywhere in the State. It will stop the sale of all those chemical mixtures by whatever name known that will produce intoxication. It will place under the most stringent and binding regulations pharmacists and physicians who may handle intoxicating liquors for medical purposes only. It will ahso allow the officials of any county or town to regulate or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors by pharmacists in the drug stores. WHAT IT WILL NOT DO. It will not prohibit the farmer from (inakinsr cider from fruits grown on his own land and sell ing tho same at home or in his market town. It will not stop the manufac turer from making his wine and shipping it outside of the State. It will not stop the sale of those medical preparations and essences that may have alcohol in them to preserve them or to hold the med icinal agents in solution, such as camphor, vanilla, etc. It will not repeal existing pro hibtion laws. It will not prohibit the sale o wine to ministers or other church officials for sacramental purposes. If this law fails to be ratified by the people at the"" polls or? May 26 tb, 1908, it will not affect the present status of any existing prohibition law in the State, In other words, the dry territory will not be changed. We are sure when you have studied this law you will agree with us that it is fair. Under this law, Greensboro's voting wet would not make it wet, and Salisbury's voting dry would not make it dry. Under local op tion Greensboro has voted dry, and as a locality she must remain so until the locality as such votes wet, while Sali bury has voted the other way. This vote "on 'the manufacture and sale of intoxicat ing liquors" in North Carolina is quite a different thing from local option. Again, this law is right. For the influence of liquor is never local. Salisbury or Wilmington citizens, while controlling the sale of the traffic, do not control the dangerous aud damaging influence of this traffic. This influence is felt for hundreds of miles around. Every citizen in the State has a right to sell-protection against the iufluence of this traffic, not center ed at a few points, and the only way of protection is the abolition of the traffic throughout the State. Washington Letter. i i rrora Our Regular Oorresponaeni. Washington, D. C, April 23. The President's Dolicies have received a severe jolt in Congress during the past week, the Senate ieaders having practically decided to do almost nothing which the Executive has recommended. The steering committee of the Senate hold a formal meeting to decide ou the legislative programme for the remainder of the Session. The first decision reached was that ad journment should be taken on .lay 1(, unless something happen ed in the House to prevent the necessary co-operation of that body. It was further decided that no action would be taken ou any of the proposed amendments to the interstate commerce or the anti-trust acts; that only two bat tleships would be authorized; that no anti-injunction bill would be considered; that no vote would be nad on the Brownsville resolution and that the Senate would make uo concessions to the House on the subject of financial legislation, lu this connection, Senator Ald- nch told the story of two men in a boat, one of whom wanted to go to sea aud the other to cast anch or. Finally, the one said, "Well, I'll anchor my end of the boat and you can go to sea with the other and be handed." That, said Mr. Aldrich, was the position of the cSenate. It would anchor all finan cial legislation to sound business principles and the House would go to sea with its end of the boat if it could find a way to do so. I he week in the House has been marked by the most extraordinary and outrageous ruliujr ever per petrated by a Speaker of that body. Iu the face of an explicit demand lor the yeas and nays pre ferred by the Democratic leader, Air. Williams, the Speaker de clared the House adjourned on a viva voce vote, despite the con stitutional provision that the mi nority shall always have the priv uege of demandiug the yeas and nays. Mr. Williams introduced the other day a resolution censur . i- i Vi . i , i - lugoueub-er vaunon Dut ins cow ed supporters promptly voted it it down. Mr. Williams said later that in ail the history of the Housa uo Speaker had so deliberately struck at the dignity of the bodv as a deliberative assembly as had Mr. Cannon who by this piece of tyranny fairly outdone anything attempted oy bpeaker Reed at the time when he won the sobriquet ol "Czav ot the House. The Republicans in the Senate have struck a snag in their tSromsville plans. The steering: committee, as I said above, decid ed not to permit the matter to jo me to a vote, but the rank am tile of the Republican Senators have organized a revolt. Senator Borah in a powerful speech de nouueed the effort to play politics wuu me jjrownsvine outrage as pusillanimous to the last degree but that is a form of pusillanimi ty which the Republicans seem unable to escape. Of course the great flaw in their system is the fact that they have long catered to the nesrro vote and counted on it to carry certain districts which were normally Democratic. Now the negroes are demanding that they whitewash and restore to the army the soldiers who shot up the town of Brownsville and many Republicans are afraid to say them naj-. They have Senator Foniker to thank for this situa tion, but, as Mr. Cleveland put it, "it is a condition and not a theo ry" which confronts them. It is still difficult to foresee the out come. If they restore the negroes to the army they will be condem ned by all honest white men, and if they do not they will lose thou sands of negro votes, and they can see no way out, while Mr. Foraker, in his almost insane de sire to injure Secretary Taft keeps fomenting the negro question. The President is thoroughly out of patience with Congress. He and his Postmaster General are intensely in earnest in their advo cacy of postal savings banks and the Senate committee on postof fices and post roads has favorably reported a bill providing for their establishment to the Senate, but the leaders have listened to the plea of the bankers ho do not want this sort of competition and have decided not to allow the measure to come to a vote. What the outcome of this situation will be cannot be foretold, but it how seems probable that no action will be taken at this session. There has been reported to the House a bill providing for pub licity for campaign contributions, but the Democratic members of the committee which reported the bill tell me it is so loosely drawn that it affords all sorts of loop holes for escape and that its en actment will be merely a bluff with'which to satisfy an insistent public demand. There are a few Republicans who would care to have an effective law along those lines on the statutes, as is shown by the fact that themost insis tent advocacy produced no tffect with the last Congress. It seems probable that the House will pass this bill and then leave it to the Senate to kill it by non-action. The Destructive Storm. - - Atlanta, Ga., April 27. Practi cally complete returns from all portions ot Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, show that the death list in the wind, rain and electrical storm of last Friday, Saturday and Sunday will not be more than 400. Th3 number of injured stands to-night at about 1,200, with reports indicating that a number of the persons hurt in this storm probably will die. Relief measures have been ex ended by the United States gov ernment to Hattiesburg, Miss., Purvis and other towns in the bur states. In addition to Feder al aid the states took prompt measures todav for the prompt assistance of those made homeless bv the storm and for hospital ac commodations for those injured. The department of the Gulf of fered Georgia any aid necessary late today. Governor Smith, for Georgia, immediately wired for information as to whether Federal assistance was necessary at any point within the State. Similar action was taken in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and at some points State troops have been called out to guard devasta- tated districts and to aid local authorities in relief work. Tents and supplies have been sent to many of the towns wrecked. Tha flood which threatened parts of Georgia today caused no loss of life, but did considerable property damage. Reports from all parts of the four states show that a number of deaths have resulted from in juries received in the storm. The property loss will probably ex ceed $2,000,000. Bitten by Mad Dog. Special to sow and Obseryer. Maxton, April 27. About day light yesterday morning, little Dannie McNatt, the 12-vear-old nephew of Dr. H. VV. McNatt, was seriously bitten on the hand aud nip by a rabid dog. Hearing a disturbance among the chickens, the boy went out in the yard to find out the trouble and seeing the dog, threw a hatchet, the first thing in sight, at him, when the animal attacked him and bit him as described. The little fellow was taken to Richmond yesterday for Pasteur treatment. A Petrified Lemon. From ib I.tiuc&sier News. Mr. E. M. Croxton, cashier o the First National Bank, has ; decided unique curiosity, a petri neu lercou, which lie dur up m his garding while hoeing Thurs day morning. Mr. Croxton planted a lemon about a year ago in his srarden and he thinks this is the same one now turned to stoue. resembles marble and is fully It as heavy. When the lemon was plant ed a lot of unslacked lime, as Tel as stable manure, was put under it, which may account for its rap id petrification. Frightful Fall of Scaffold Special to Charlotte Observer. Asheville. April 27. A fright fnl accident occurred at the gov ernment buildiug here this morn ing when a scaffold on which six men were at work fell, sending men and scaffold crashing to the ground, a distance of probably forty feet. AH six of the men, in cluding one white man and five negroes, were badly bruised and injured, but whether any of the injuries will prove fatal cannot yet be told. . Hearticulture. Oliver Herford and John Cecil Clay in the May Woman's Home Companion assert that Mearticul ture is an exact science, and they frive cultural directions for the use of lovers, young and old. Ev ery one can imagine how delight fully Oliver Herford could des cribe such strange flowers as Aprilfolia, the Valentine Plant, the Hope Vine, and (iossip VV eed. The illustrations of these unique plants are in color. . Cloth all Wool and Paint all Paint. Is cheapen than shoddy cloth or snouay paint, ine 1j. is, ju. in Zinc Metal made into Oxide of Zinc combined with White Lead, and then .made into paint with pure ijinseed Oil in thousand pal Ion errindins and inixine-s. Wears long; actual cost only $1.20 per W, L. London & Son, Pittsboro. The Lambeth-Crutchfield Co., Moncure, L. & M. Paint Agents. Seaboard passenger train No. 66 was wrecked at Vass last Mon day afternoon. Two coaches left the track, but nobody was hurt. A child of Mr. H. B. Hill, of High Point, died on last Saturday from a peanut getting in its windpipe. Boy Drowned. Durham, N. C, April 27. Oru Crutchfield, the 12 -year old son oi Mrs. J.X CrutchfioM, wn drown ed Sunday afternoon in a small, pool of water,at Elerby creek, in the vicinity of the Pearl mills. The young man went into the water, which was some 12 feet, deep, with two other companions and dived into the deepest part. His companions, realizing his plight, rushed away a short dis tance tor help, but before they could reach the water's edge he had sunk the last time and in a short while the body was taken from the pool. A M&PPY Is one where hMftk abounds. With impure blood there can not be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cats not be food blood. ' ravfvify thetorpld LIVER and restart lis natural action. A healthy LIVER smmbs par blood. Pare blood means fewttlu Health moans bappins. Take no Substitute. All Druggists. STATEMENT The Delaware Insnrance Company of Philadelphia, Pa. Condition December 31st, 1907, as shown by statement filed. Amount of capital paid up in cash $400,000.00 Amount Ledger As sets December 31st previous ye.r, . 1,832.404.20 Income from poli cy-holders 1,154,59759 Miscellaneous . ... 77,798.08 Total 1,232,395.67 Disbursements to policy holders. . .. 533,171.81 Miscellaneous 676,229 36 Total 1,209.401.17 Fire Risks -written or renewed during year 123,960,025.00 In force 179,052,217.00 ASSETS. Book value of Real Estate 200.000.00 Aiortpr?ire Loans on Real Estate 153,500.00 Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks or other collaterals... 50,000.00 Book value of Bonds ami Stocks 1,051,781.18 Cash in Company's office 1,808.37 Deposited in lrust Companies and Ranks on interest, 103,347.20 Agents balances, representing bus iness written sub sequent to Octo ber 1, 1907 294,572.95 Interest and Rents due and accrued 15,023.93 All ot her assets, de tailed in state ment 400.00 Total 1,870,433.63 Less assets, not ad mitted 83.395.57 Total admitted as- sets $1,787,038.06 LIABILITIES. Net amount of un paid losses and claims 96,870.00 Unearned premiums, 976,136.54 Amount reclaimanle by the insured on perpetual fire pol icies 124,569.88 All other Liabilities -us detailed in atatement 47,828.73 Total amount of lia bilities except Capital; $1,245,314.55 Capital actually . paid up in cash, 400,000.00 Surplus . 141723.51 Total Liabilities . $1,787,038.06 . Business in North Carolina in 1907. .Reinsurance only. Fire risks written, $417,585.00 Premiums received... 5,367.83 Losses incurred fire 2,224.68 Paid , 2,720.79 President . pro tern,, John S. Bioren. Secretary, J. Parsons Smith, Jr. Home Office, Th:rd and Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Attorney for service, VV. O. Lind say, Durham, N. C. Business Manager for North Carolina, E. G. Seibels, Columbia, S. 0. State of North Carolina,' Insurance Department, Ilaleigh, March 27, 190S. I, James K. Younsr, Insur ance Commissioner, .do hereby certify that the above is a true . and cor rect abstract of the statement of the Delaware Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., filed with this Department, fchmviiiof (he con dition of Maidcompaii'v n the' 31st day of December, 1907. Witness rnv hand and fiicial seal the day and date above writ ten. JAMES B. YOUNG. Tiffs n ' 9 Insurance Commissoner. High Standard tbe Goactry .Over T m ia mrrf county f in tfe Soutk 1 The New Dry G RALEIGH; M. C. A Full and well selected Stock of all kinds of Ladies9 Furnisli ing -Goods ta. the latest design and I; est quality. i Every hmly can find with us everything she hats and shoes. Special attention . 1 -! HPi- mai i iic patronage ui our vnatnam friends respectfully invited to make quarters wfien in Raleigh. RALEIGH & SOUTMPGRT RAILWAY CO. Southbound Daily Except TIME TABLE San lay Daily t No. 22. Effective Sunday, 51 55 May 12th, 1907, a. in. ff.OO 0.42 7.00 7.13 7.23 7.45 8.08 8.32 9.25 p. in. STATIONS. 1.30 Lv. . . . Raleijrh. . . Ar. 2.05 ........McUullers 2 20 ...Willow Springs.... 2 33 . ..' ....Varina 243 302 3.21 3 43 4.30 Ar..Fayetteville. .Lv . Uoaneeciom: At Uileigh with Air Line; at Variui with Durham wicn Atlantic uoast .Lane is. is. JNQ. A. MILLS, Pres. and f$en. Mgr. LAND SALE. By virtue of an order of the (Superior Court of Chat ham county in the special proceeding thereiu pending, entitled, "Arteiia Alston et al., exparte," 1 will, at ihe court-house door in fittsboro, N. C, on the first Monday in June, it being June 1st, 1908, expose to sile to the highest bidder the lollowing described tract of land in Centre iow;iship, Chatham County, North O tro ina, be ginning fct printers, corner of J. 1). Wombi, Mary V x' and David Dixon, thence north 84 poles to a stone pile and pointers, thence west 18 poles to a stone pile, thence north 35 2-5 poles to a stake, J. D. Womble's line, thence north 86 west 69 2-5 poles to a stone, J . D. Womble's line, thence south 3 west 3S poles to a stoue and pointers, thejee norths? I west 3 5 poles to a stake, J'oe or Dixon line, the'tcs so.ith S-i poles to a black-jack pointer, thence south b7 east to tne beginning, containing Si acres, more or less. Terms of sale one-hilf cash, balance m G months, deferred payment to bear interest at per cent par'anuum from date of sale and tit e reserved till all purchase money is paid. This April 27, 1908. FltED.W. KYNUM, Commissioner. Womack, Hayes &Bynuni, Attorneys. Coffins and V :: caskets A full stock of Coffins and Caskets always on hand and sold at all prices; til kinds and sizes. Br iVooe, Pittsborc,; Jan. 1,1908. AWAY U? I?l QUALITY Point Buggies KiclJen ridtn and tawh Tk kuiT to lt km WlB1. reliabla commodity at raMooaM. Cgara, (1M M for mum vt b Jrl! uteut baaattiaf our ..tu.kei. , rat HIGH POINT BUOGT CO., IUt. N. C. Wlotaoalo taanu&ctarm for tb ttd oJy. I PARTI CO, needs, excepi oiven to all orders bv It r i solicited, andtheyare our store their .head .Northbound Daily Exoept Daily Suuchiv 54 52 a. m. p. m. 925 430 840 3.5C 8.20 3.40 8.05 3 30 8.00 3.20 7.35 3.02 7.15 2.41 U.oO 2.1G 6.00 1.30 Fuquay Springs.. 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