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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 1909. A. LONDON, Editor. Several bills have been intro duced in the Legislature to a mend our pension law, especially the pensions to Confederate wid ows. As the law now stands no widow is entitled to a pension un less she was married before April 1st, 1865, before the close of the war. The object of the law is to pension those widows, who were, an 1 because they were, the wives o . mfederate soldiers during tiw ar, and not because they married Confederate soldiers af ter the war. The law was so written, and aaeh pensions were granted, in order to recognize the services of those wives who, while their hus bands were in the army, ''remain ed at home cultivating the farm and taking care of the children. Many such wives exhibited more patriotic heroism and suffered as much as their soldier husbands. It is now proposed to change this and give a pension to any widow of a Confederate soldier, regard l&s of the time when she was married. This would be giving a pension to a widow (who mar ried after the wTar was over) simply on account of her deceased husband's services and not be cause of any services she had rendered. As only a limited "amount of money is appropriated for pen sions, each pensioner will receive a smaller amount if the number of pensioners is increased. There fore if all widows of Confederate soldiers are placed on the pension list, regardless of the date of their marriage, those old "war wive3," who suffered so much while their husbands were fight ing in the army, will receive still 1S3 than they now get, and that pittance is small enough! It was peculiarly appropriate and proper that the Legislature should have adjourned and gone in a body to the State's chief in stitution of learning to hear an address delivered by the Presi dent of Princeton College on the life and character of Gen. Robert E. Lee, on the birth dav of that distinguished soldier and educa tor. A special train carried the legislators yesterday to Chapel Hill, where appropriate exercises were held in honor of Lee's birth day and the chief address was delivered by Mr. Woodrow Wil son. In what ' pleasing contrast was that to the refusal of a Fu sion Legislature to adjourn on Lee's birthday and then adjourn ed in honor of Fred. Douglass ! Some months ago President Roosevelt ordered the army of ficers at Washington to fide, horse back ninety miles in three days, and this created quite a commo tion among those officers. In or der to show them that he was not requiring of them more than he was willing to do himself, the r President took a horseback ride one day last week of ninety miles in one day. He started out at 8:30 o'clock in the morning and was in the saddle seventeen hours, riding ninety miles, and when he returned to the White House r he seemed as fresh and vigorous as ever. He is certainly a most strenuous man both mentally and physically. Speaker Graham is much to be commended for his magnani mity and broadmindedness in ap- pointing his two competitors for the Speakership as "chairmen of the two most important committees- in the Housf . He appointed Mr. Hayes chairman of one c-f the two judiciary committees and Mr. Dowd chairman of the finance committee. Such action on the part of Speaker Graham is not urprising to those who know him. That was a travesty on ius- tice, the acquittal of Thornton Hains at Flushing, JJew York, on last Friday. He was tried for murder, and was as guilty as a man could be. He stood with a "drawn pistol, threatening to shoot any man who interfered with his brother shooting to death an unarmed man, and yet a. jury has said he is not guil- ttt Governor Ktchiu's inaugural address has been most favorably received, and has been highly complimented by many who op posed his nomination. It was . a statesman-like document, highly creditable to his head and heart, and, while of course all men will not concur in all of his recom mendations, yet on the whole it is very generally approved. If the same spirit which prompted the writing of the address will in flaence all his actions as Governor we confidently predict that, his administration will be one of the most progres8ive-and popular that our State has ever had. Whfat the Presidential electors of this State met at Raleigh last wek Mr. Josiah William Bailey, in presenting the name of Mr. Bryau, made an address of re markable ability, very different from the ordinary nominating speech aud more like the discourse of a statesman. It was so timely, go foil of deep thought, that we wish it could be read by every Democrat '(and indeed by every voter) in the United States. He made good his assertion that "the Democratic party has served our Repiiblic more worthily jind more effectively in defeat than the He publicans have served it in vic tory . Tn v : v.-,vs a very graceful and proper a';t on the part of the Democrats in both branches of the General Assembly in passing by a unanimous vote the resolu tion allowing Representative Thomas N. Hays, the Republi can from Wilke3 county, to draw his fullper diem for the session, although not in attendance. Mr. Doughton, the Democrat, who introduced the resolution, stated that Mr. Hays . was in the last stages of consumption, unable to come to Raleigh, and was a poor young man who was elected just after graduating at Wake Forest College. The seat of Mr. Eli T. Scar borough, as a representative from Wake county, is contested by Mr. P. M. Matthews on the ground that Mr. Scarborough is not eli gible because he is postmaster at Eagle Rock, a country post office in Wa ;e. The constitution says that l.o man can hold any office or placeof trast under the Unit ed States and be eligible to a seat in the Legislature. Any person violating this is also liable to a penalty of $200 to any person who will sue for the same. President Roosevelt, on last Monday, sent the name of Mr. Herbert F. Seawell, of Carthage, to the Senate as the successor of Judge Purnell, as had been pre dicted last week. What course the Senate will take on this nomi nation is not yet known, although it is probable it will not be con firmed. England's Paupers. London, Jmu 19 That one ner- 8on iu every rveiity of the popu lation if England and Wales is a pauper is the appalling fact brought out in the first three weeks of t b-j oi l acre ueasion Jaw which l-ec-uno operative on Janu ary .1. ti tiomton the ratio is one in fourtef ii, Had. the fisrures irath'- ered toil;., story of national pover ty tnat tlie crovernment is believed to have been in danger. ( More t nan 500.000 Dersons have been found eligible for old asi-e pensions and it is expected this total Ay: chin die next few months will r tch G0fi,000. Figures com piled -within the last few weeks give h population to England and wates it a4,34,G00. The number of parti erw is 1,709 436, while 2, 209.43 lvceivj trovernmen4; aid. either as paupers or old age pen- Bio.rer sr. Burned to Death. Jftineflown, Pa.. Jan. 18. Sewn foreigners who are said to haw betn stupefied from liquor served af; a wedding celebration yest.iiiay were , burned to death in a .Pee. "which destroved thrpn houses at Goodtown, Somerset county, today. The man who started; the fire by pouring oil in-to.-a iove escaped with painful bums Miss Annie Travis, of Halifax county, lias been appointed exe cutive clerk in the office of Gover nor Kitcliiu. She succeeds Miss Lillian Thompson. ' T Mr. Thomas M. Argo died at his home in Baleigh on last Thursday. He was one of the most prominent lawyers in this state. - Washington Letter. : j Washington, D. C, Jan. 15. i Sensations are succeeding each other with such rapidity that there is scarcely anything startl- in? about them They have be- .mmnUno Tu PrAsi. I dent sends matter to the Senate innlicatincr Senator Tillman be- tween whom and himself there has-been, a long established un pleasantness, for, more than four years ago the South Carolina Senator behaved himself so dis reputably on the Senate" floor in a fisticuff attack on his colleague Senater McLaurin that the Presi dent canceled his invitation to the White House given in honor of Prince Henry, the brother of the jKaiser. Expectation was on tiptoe Monday the day' that Sen ator Tillman announced he would make his defense. Not even on first days or inauguration day has the Capitol been more crowded. The South Carolinian's defense was rather tame and to use Lis own word "disingenuous". But it appears to have been satisfy ing j to himself, Colonel Jtlenry Wattereon and to some of his con stituents. He gave out that he had a good deal more to say with regard to the President and in timated that he would make an annihilating exposure oi his dark and devious history at a future time. If Tillman of. South Caro lina can add a page to the history or biography of Theodore Roose velt after it has been written and rewritten, phrased and paraphras ed through a Presidential cam paign and during his seven years as President he will prove him self one of the most original liter ary inventors or rehashers of this or ahy other age. There is another Senator who is trying desperate ly hard to get back at the Presi dent but his method is confined to the -stale and thread-bare Brownsville episode. Verily cur rent history is the most interest ing and edifying of all history. It was only yesterday as time go es that Theodore Roosevelt was the object of the objurgations of the offenJed aud even horrified Southland because he had invited a distinguished colored educator to bread with him in the JSVhite House and now Senator Foraker has been trying and with some appearance of success to array the colored population against him because as Commander in IChief of tbe Army he disbanded a riotous colored regiment in Texas. The South has probably quite forgotten the Booker "Wash ington episode in admiration and appreciation of the courageous and judicious action necessary to the discipline and morale ot the arm j . Take another instance. Only a few weeks ago Samuel Gompers President of the- Labor Federa tion was as savage in his donun ciatiou of the President as either Tillman or Foraker and on ac count of his manners and langu age probably more than for any other reason he was not invited with John Mitchell of the Miners union and others to the dinner at the White House given in honor of some labor union leaders. Now Gompers and Mitchell haye been sentenced to prison and are at large on bail pending an appeal. It will be remembered that cer tain leaders of the labor organi zations especially those who had not been invited scoffed at the in vitation to the White House, and other leaders who were present at the dinner have since been ostra cized and one of them at lea t has, because of his acceptance of the invitation, lost his office as the President of his organization. But see how the tables have turn ed. Mr. Gompers has written a letter asking the President that he receive him and other members of .the Federation's executive council. This request and the fact that the President has ap pointed an hour for the interview has occasioned some surprise, for great bitterness between Mr. Roosevelt and the Labor leaders was developed during the cam paign and has been intensified by illjudged and acrid language since. There is an intimation that owing to the depleted finances of the labor organization Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison have not the necessary funds for an appeal to the higher court and that there is expectation that the President may grant them pardon after a merely formal term in ; jail. T ' The breach between the Exe cutive and- legislative branches of the Government is as wide and deep as can be. A few years ago President Cleveland concluded his second presidential term amid the execrations of his party in Congress. He however lived to see his action and his judgment vindicated. The case with Presi dent Roosevelt is different. The denunciation of his party in; Con gress is quita as bitter and fierce as was in the case of Cleveland but - Rqosevelt has assurances that tlie country at large is strongly with him; that it be? lieves in his honesty and-sagacity while it doubts or sus pects those whom he "criti cizes. - - Mr. Charles F. .Maynard has been appointed postmaster at Morrisville and has taken charge. He succeeds J. K. Gibson, retired on account of ill health. . Cubans Come Into Their Own. Havana, J air. 17. Do January 28th at noon the Cuban people will come into their own' for il e second time at the hands of tbe American government. It was on Ma v20th. 1902. that the American flag hoisted after the war. with ,pam was nauieu aown in iavoroi tlUO U1UO Dll ipCU, DlUglC c IUl A . V. ensign of Cuba. In September, 1906, a company of marines landed at the palace Denver and halted a victorious revolutionary army on the out skirts of Havana, and American J 1 ? 11 A. ' intervention wmcu ursii ciime.i against a foreign power, was once more a reality. The Liberal party, which claims to be the party of common people goes into power as the result of'pf an almost unanimous ballot, its overwhelming success being one of the principal, foundations for the belief that Cuba is about to enter into a period of long con tentment. Few, if any, Cubans who served as high officials in the various gov ernmental departments duriug the period of American intervention, will be retained by the incoming administration, which will un doubtedly cause confusion at firBt. The Congress this week ill per fect its organization. It will can vass the electoral vote, proclaim Jose Miguel Gomez President and Alfredo Zayas Vice-President aud then adjourn until inauguration day. Divorces and 'Possums. From tlie Mews and ObsorverT" The Gaston couple who sepa rated alter eight days because the wife refused to cook a 'possum her husband brought home, is pe culiar. Most divorces in this section grow out of the fact that the husband refuses to bring home 'possums or other food. Wake county wives would never want a divorce if their husbands would supply plen'y of "'possum" and taters. In Chatham divorces are rarer than in any other county, the reason being that 'possums and rabbits .ire plentiful and husbands keep the larder well supplied with them. Sanford Express : There is a curiosity at Air. W. A. Crubtree's drug-store in the shape of a petri fied pig. It was taken from a sow recently killed for pork by Mr. J. Frank Wicker, of this county. Mr. Wicker says the hog fattened well and apparently there was nothing the matter with her. This pig is well shaped as to both head and body. Notice has just b'en received by Prof. W. N. Hutt; State Horti culturist, that the exhibit of North Carolina at the National Apple Show at Spokane, Washington, has been awarded first prize as being the best exhibit of apples from south of the Mason and Dix on line. Is one where hMlth abounds. With impure blood there ca not be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. revivify thetorpid LIVER and restore Its natural action. A healthy LIVER raetus pure Pare blood means heoltft. Health moans happiMss. Take no Substitute. All Druggists. Plant Wood's Seeds For The Garden & Farm. Thirty years in business, with a steadily increasing trade every year until we have to-day one of the largest businesses in seeds ' in this country is the best of evidence as to Vhe Superior Quality of Wood's Seeds. We are headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas, Soja Beans and all Farm Seeds. 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Just look at this : M 2 500 Note Heads, . 500 Statements, 500 Envelopes, 1 ii- $4-50 OUR Fracas, PKJEPAII3 Road Expenses. To Hod. Board County "Comuais sionerB, Chatham County: Geritlemen: The folio wins? a statement of all disbursements uiad by me for tbe six jufmth December 31, 19u8ron the road fuud. J. R. MILLIKEN, Sheriff. ALBRIGHT TOWNSHIP. H B White, (J M Duucau, I H Aluichison, $32 3. -50 ul 83 17 Total, $17148 BALDWIN TOWNSHIP. John Dawson, $61 99 lo9 &t Total, $171 b7 BEAK CREEK TOWNSHIP! T W Brewer, L A Tsou, E Jd Puuiiuts John D Laue, $2" SH 67 64 103 bb 44 10 Total, zob 64 CAPE FEAR TOWNSHIP. A F Haniuton, John A Guuter, $170 43 54 65 Total, $2:t08 CENTRE TOWNSHIP. J W Gmu, V T Farrell, Li B Jones, $88 91 214 1U 30 10 Total, $333 11 GULF TOWNSHIF. J A Palmer, " $224 2o J as. (brek, J A KuiLt. Fred. fcjtraUiihau, I B Burke, 7l 50 49 07 78 42 16 81 ' Total, $459 CG HADLEY TOWNSHIP. J O Clark, G Vv Henderson, O- I 1 OIUHS, Ed. MonD, $30 25 69 15 2 00 36 19 Total, $137 59 HICKOltY MOUNTAIN TOWNSHIP." T H Harris, J Li iiay, M ft. Hall if, G M Holt, $46 65 104 48 44 40 57 16 Total, $252 75 MATTHEWS TOWNSHIP. J L Gilliiaud, 74 33! J ! Jnui-, A T NVomble, 107 iSV Total, $258 04 NEW HOPJE TOWNSHIP. C J JeukiLS, W C St.ae, W A Cti lacd, WLGidKu, C D Moore, - 12 91 122 (J2 G6 84 92 fil 3 57 Total. $298 45 OAKLAND TOWNSHIP. Robert Poe, med.'t3egioeK, $ 4 DO 148 98 ! Total, $152 M IlICGSBEE TOWNSHIP. K L War. I 99 61 1 ROC K HE ST TOWN SB I P. W A Coopr r, f C339 W M Lindsav, 76 59 Total, $139 98 WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP. V HIWonible, J . .. GENERAL FUND. W Lr London, ,B A Phillips, ; Send Us Your Orders I-50 $1;50 $I-59 A H Perry, S M. Holt, Bflkinj. HiirdviHiH W Li Loudon & Bon, J J Peopies, 23 15 19 l 2G 62 ;i Total, $165 14 Hstice of Land Eatrj. North : anliifit-Ch;tthrtm County. The mvlernijfued Daniel Jj V tal, of Cuatlwiiu county, Noitu Carolina, enters aud 1vh claim to the following deserihed piece or parcel f laud in Matthews tuwu lnp, G'lathatn county, ra'e ol Noith Carolina, the same beiuj: vacant aud uu ippiopnatd laud, aud suljct lo entrVj viz : Cftati lauds lviur audbeingrin Matthews towunhip, df said couuty and State aforesaid, adjoining the lauds of I. ti. Dnn4p, ou rue west, on the uor'h and noutl, and iheBrautley heirH, Mary Brantley aud D. Li. Vr-Ntal ou the e?isl; hn mi bounded 'in the noith bv Tick -reek,on the iast by the lauds nt D. f Vestal, Mnry Brautley and the Brantley heirs, on th south oy I. H. Diiulap, aud On the went by I. H. Duulap. contaiuiur by estimation eifht acres. This Jauu try 0, 1909. D. Ii. Vestal. t AND SALE Under aDd by v'lrttu- of h -l-'gre of the Superlo '"on1" f f t ;i co m , ina-i i ri a special proceeding1 enti'l-d W. B. Rlar irsibee and others against Lottie T. ltifrsbet and Lura C Rijgsbee. I will oSr f.ir sale to the higliest bid der, on th -'nd . diy of r.uruan, V'On, at tlvj cnurt . house door in Pitsbro, North Carolina, at 12:00 o'clock M, the following trxct of ja U, U-vit: Sit ate liiOuath.i u .:oii i y, Nortt Car luia, i i 2sev . tope' Township, o the head-waters of suifaloe C eek, jQiinded as follows: -Oji theNorth m he 'aads of riidn y Farr.r, on th E stby the iasids tuowu as the Lam .) th lands, now owned by U. ' Xoo-, n the Buth uy the lands known it? rhe Lambeih lau i-s, arid now owned by ti. No.ie, a 1 1 drey Moore and, ?Jie West by i lie lands owned by H Node -and coiiL-dni ig ;i0 acres, mon or less. Terms -f sal: hr; third cash ou da of sale, balance l ie in -ix 'ioitifi with interest oa teferre I payiutfii." from day of saU", with privilege to th purciiiser to p iy l eash on da-- o7 snl andlitleis ros !.( till the p r thase t-rice is paid in full. This 30th. day of December, 190s. I . J. ELM ELI LONG, Commissioner. I TJTVTTT The above is a photograph of the Confederate monument at Pittsbord, EXPRESS TO YOU$3.T5 1 j which was erected by the Durham Mar $40 76 hie Works, Dealers in Monuments, Tombsicces, etc. ' $14 00 For Resigns,- etc., wrke to C J. 25 20 Hnlin, Proprietor, Durham, It C ' mproved Passenger Service Yii South cm Railway. Effective Sept. 6tb, the Southern Hallway will inaugurate through Pullnun car service between Kal eifh, N. C.aud Atlanta, Ga. Tin's sleeper will be handled on train 139, which leaves lUleib at 4:05 p in. and on train 43 from Gie -i'H-boro, arriving at Atlanta at 6:25 a. m. Northbound on trajn 44, which letves Atlanta 9:25 p. uj , arriving at Hileih I2:3u 110014 following ilay. Train 43counerts at Salisbury with train 35 for AHheville, Knoxville, Chattanoo era, Memphis, C-nciunati, Chicnjio ann ocner poinin. For Pullman, rener vat ions, call on or write to W. H. McGlanierv, P. T. A , Kaldjjh. or Ii. U. De Botts, P. & T. A., Greeubboro. R. L. Veknon, T. P. A., Charlot'e, N. C. Seaboard Aia Li)J: SCHEDULE. Effective Nov. 29, 1908. Direct Line Between New York Florida, Atlanta, BirmintrhHU, Memphis, New Orlean aud the Southwest, subject to change with out notice. Figures given belo are for the information of the public and are not guaranteed. Trai us leave Pit taboro as fob lowri: No. 138 9:00 a. ia., con nect iur at Moucure with $ii. 38 for Portsmouth -Norfolk, wbick connects at Weldou with tbe A, C. L. for Eastern Carolina points, at Norfolk with ad steamship lines for points North. No. 140- -4:10 p. m., connects At Moucure with No. 41 for Char lotte, Wilmington, Atlanta, Bir miua ham, Memphis, and points West. No. 41 connctintr at Hamlet with No. 43 for Jacksouvilleand Florida points.' t No. 139 will arrive at Pitthbor 11:10 a. m.,. counectiu with No. 38 from the " outh. No. 141 arrives at PitUboro 6:2( p. m., connecting with No. 41 from joints North. Trains between Moncure vi Pittsboro operated daily except Sunday. For further information apply to B. ML Poe, agent, Pittsboro, or write to C. H GATTIS. Traveling Passenger Agent, No. 4 West Martin St., ialek'h, N. C. Coffins and caskets:: A full stock of Coffins and -askets always on hand and sold at all prices. All kinds and sizes. B. 'Nooe, Pittsborc.K Jan. 1,1909. N 'ffV.
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