WEDNESDAY, June 2, 1909.
Tax-Listing time has come
again and once more, and prob
ably forever, man's frail nature
will yield to avarice when he lists
Republicans have been claim
ing for some time that their par
ty was now respectable enough
for decent democrats to join, but
H. A. LONDON, Editor.
The good old town of Fayette
Tille is to have a grand celebra
tion on4he 21st of this month,
when will be commemorated the
144th anniversary of the "Liberty
Point Resolutions," of which the
patriotic citizens of that city (and
indeed all North Carolinians) are
so justly proud. A most enter
taining and interestiDgprogramme
of exercises has been prepared
for the occasion by Oapt. J ames
D. McNeill, the energetic and
public spirited chairman of the
committee of arrangements, who
has extended a special invitation
to all Confederate veterans to at
tend. These resolutions were adopted
only a month after the Mecklen-hnro-
Declaration is claimed to
have been adopted, and the pa
triotic men who signed them are
entitled to as much credit as are
the men of MeckTenburg. We copy
from thorfe resolutions the follow
ing sentence as a sample of the
patriotic sentiments of the men
who signed it:
"We, therefore, the subscribers,
t rin.V.nv1nn1 -n-inftr 1ml rl in a"
ourselves bound by the most sa
cred of all obligations, the duty
of good citizens towards an in
iured country, and thoroughly con
vinced, that, under our distressed
circumstances, we shall be justi
fied in resisting force by force, do
unite ourselves under every tie of
religion and honor, and associate
as a band in her defence agrainst
pvftrv foe. herebv solemnly en-
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erasing, that whenever our Conti
nental or Provincial Councils shall
decree it necessary, we wifl
forth and be ready to sacrifice our
lives and fortunes to secure her
freedom and safety."
These are brave words, and that
they were sincere was fully proved
at the battle of Moore's Creek in
February following. Remember
too that these resolutions were
adoDted nearly thirteen months
before the American Declaration
of Independence.
The annual Commencement
exercises of the University of
North Carolina ended yesterday
with the awarding of the diplo
mas to the graduating class. On
Monday the Alumni Association
held its annual meeting and lun
cheon, which this year was of
special .interest. An appeal was
made by President Venable for
aid from the alumni and they re
sponded by pledging over thirty
free scholarships. Short speeches
were made by several of the
alumni, all pledging love and
loyalty to their alma mater.
The trustees of the university
also held their semi-annual meet
ing last Monday, and their pro
ceedings were of unusual interest
which will no doubt redound to
the welfare and prosperity of
that institution. The trustees at
this meeting changed the date of
commencement back to what it
used to be until recently, that is
the first Wednesday in June.
While attending this commen
cement last Monday this writer
recalled the commencement of
1859, just fifty years ago, which
was attended by President Buch
anan and a larger crowd than
that attending this year. What a
change had those fifty year3 produced!
. . i . . i i i in i
his taxables. This is the time oi tney are mistaKen ana win ue su
year when there is less wealth long as they have as their leaders
i whpn and candidates so manv men of
man at any uuiw nm, " . .
all kinds of DroDertv shrink in oisreputaDie cnaracier.
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value. Men who sit in the amen
corner" and are counted , as de
vout church members yield to
their loye of money and stretch
their consciences when they list
their taxables. Such men would
indignantly denounce perjury and
false swearing, and yet with the
smile of innocence swear that
their property is worth about half
its true value!
When any such man is caught
in his false swearing as to the
value of his property he attempts
to excuse himself by saying that
he was only doing that, which
nearly everybody else does. Such
men do not seem to have any
compunctions of conscience what
ever in thus trying to cheat the
State and county out of just
taxes by undervaluing their prop
erty. Of course it is to the inter
est of all men who list their prop
erty according- to its true value
to expose and punish such false
swearing, because the burden of
taxation is unequal and unjust
when one man's property is as
sessed at its true value and an
other man's at half its value.
Suggestions are made continu
ally as to the best way of putting
an end to all this false swearing,
but no successful way has yet
been discovered. It is something
that is talked about and written
about every year, and still men
keep on listing their property at
valuations which they know are
false. Not only that, but some
men actually conceal much of
their property and do not "give
in" all that is liable to taxation,
Wonder if any of our readers ever
have heard of any such men ?
The strike of the white fire
men of the Georgia Railroad end
ed last Saturday afternoon, an
amicable adjustment of the
trouble having been made. This
strike began on the 17th of May
and continued for thirteen days.
It was caused by the railroad
company attempting to put negro
firemen on the best runs in the
place of white firemen, and the
white people of the section trav
eresed by this railroad sympa
thized with the strikers and en
couraged them.
During the strike no railroad
" trains were run and of course
this caused much inconvenience
and in some cases much loss and
suffering. Food supplies ran low
at many places along the railroad,
and the few necessaries of life
had to be hauled in wagons and j
automobiles. The people thus af- j
fected realized most forcibly what
a great convenience, if not ne
cessity, a railroad is!
One of the latest-illustrations
or proofs of this occurred on last
Saturday at Raleigh, when a
prominent republican was put in
the guardhouse almost crazed
with liquor and charged with at
tempting to shoot a lady. This
drunken wretch was the secre
tary last fall of the young
men's Republican club at Ral
eigh, its most active leader, and
was the Republican norninee of
Wake county for State Senator
and last month was the Republi
nominee for Dolice justice of
Raleigh!
It looks now as if Congress will
not adopt the income tax amend
ment to the pending tariff bill.
By a vote of fifty to thirty-three
the Senate, last week, postponed
the consideration of, or rather
vote on, the income amendment
until the 10th of this month
Senator Aldrich, who has the
tariff bill in charge and is the
Republican leader, insisted on
postponement until he had se
cured a vote on certain sections
of the bill. His object is to have
a heavy tariff levied on articles
which they wish protected,
and. if the income amendment
should first be adopted, there
would be no need or excuse for
this protective tariff.
The chief objection by Senator
Aldrich to the proposed income
tax is that it will undermine the
protective policy. The income
amendments proposed by Sen
ator Bailey and others would
raise a revenue of about 70,000,
000 a year. So much revenue
raised by direct taxation would
render necessary the lowering
of many of the heavy duties
levied in the interests of the
high tariff protectionists.' Such
a prospect is appalling -to the
high tariff protectionists, and
consequently they vigorously
oppose any attempt to adopt the
income tax amendment. .
, "Around the Continent" I
cific, the Alaska-Yukon , Exposition,
This is tvnical of the Los Angeles During the Elks National
t . ,
Convention and Through the Yellow-
Mr.
The Supreme Court of the
State of New York recently ren
dered a decision that judicially
decides that a negro should not
be awarded as heavy damages in
a suit for false arrest as a white
man. A Pullman car porter (who
was a colored man) had sued
a man for having him arrested
on the false charge of stealing
and the jury awarded him $2500
damages, which the judge set
aside and said that a negro was
not entitled to as heavy damages
for being wrongfully imprisoned
as a white man.
If a Southern judge had render
ed such a decision the whole North
would have held up its hands in
holy horror at our gross injustice
to the negro!
The Federal court at Raleigh
is being held this week by the
newly appointed Judge, Hon.
Henry G. Connor, and this is
something, which if predicted
six months ago, would have been
derided as a ridiculous impos
sibility. The idea of a Demo
crat and a Judge of his learning
and high character being a
Federal Judge in this state
seems almost too good to be
true!
Letter From China.
The following letter was written
from Nimrod Sound (below Shan
hai), China, by Ensign J. J. Lon
don to his parents here, under
date of April 11th:
"We are not sorry to leave
Shane-hai. for two reasons, 1st it
is such an expensive place, and
2d we would like to really rest up
and get some work done. While in
Shanghai I had to alternate with
Lowell in staving on board, so
could only get ashore every other
day. My entire afternoons would
usually be taken up in playing
golf of which I am still very fond
About 5 r. m. 1 would cali on
some friends and have tea. In
Shanghai they follow the English
mistom of drinking tea at least
twice a day between meals. You
are expected to drink at least two
cups of tea, and they usually drink
milk and sugar in it. Uake is ai
ways served with it. In this way
I invariably spoiled my appetite
for dinner, which we have on board
at seven. If I remained ashore for
dinner it was all right for they
don't dine unt l 8:30 or 9 o'clock
and I would be very hungry but
for the tea. I really don't care
tor the tea. but the cake is good
and you might a well sip some
thing if everyone else is doing it
I think I wrote you that down in
Australia the people have tea
four times a day, that is upon
arising at 7:30 a. m., again at 1
a. m., again at 4:30 p. m. and jus
before retiring at nigbt.
"Two days before we left Shang
hai the Philippine squadron ot
cruisers came in. They will follow
us down here on April 15th and
observe our target practice, also
the Admiral will inspect each gun
boat. The latter anects me as l
am entirely responsible for the
efficiency of the ship and crew a
admiral's inspection. I have de
voted a good deal of my time and
thought to it and think we wil
show ud well. When we . have
finished here we will resnme our
cruising on the Yangtse river
The Philippine squadron will con
tinue on to Japan and other Ori
ential ports. This squadron lef
Manila March 10th and will cruise
from port to port for five months
visiting every important port m
the East. The Admiral says he
is eoing to shift the officers on
these river gunboats to his cruis
ers. bo I may leave the Villalobos
in Julv. though 1 am not anxious
to leave yet awhile. Still on here
one is pretty mueh out of the
Navy, and it is not good for one
to remain away from the real
Navv too long.
"Thank goodness, the winter
has broken and we are now enjoy
ing balmy spring weather. We
have small islands surrounding
our present anchorage, and I have
landed upon several oi tnem dur
ing my afternoon sails. On one we
ran across an old Joss house with
two graven images mounted in it.
These images are made of plaster.
We found no Chinamen on the
island, so we removed the images
outside and had them in a kodak
picture group which I'll send you
a copy of when 1 have my films
developed. Of course we replaced
the images just as we found them.
A classmate of mine got into seri
ous trouble last year by attempt
ing to take a small image from
one of these houses. There was
also in this Joss house a miniature
sailing junk. It appeared very old,
but it had all tne sans and gear oi
a regular junk. It even had a
small sampan similar to the ones
carried by all junks. This could
be very easily removed and scar
cely be missed, so one of the crew
took it and later gave it to me. It
lv about 6 inches long by 2
MKT .S J -
inches wide. m .
"This is Easter morning and a
glorious day, sea smooth and
fust a gentle breeze. As I was
sitting down to finish this letter
I glanced up and espied a small
hnnrlta stuck in one of the pigeon
holes of my desk. I pulled it out ,
and noon examination iuuuu ii,
was au Easter egg, painted red on
one side and a picture on the oth
er of a young man walking with a
lady! I credit tbe Doctor with
this pleasant reminder of our
youthful Easter days."
The Fair at Seattle.
JEJeginning in 1905 with a plan
to spend $100,000 for an "Alaska
Fair, the exposition that opens
at Seattle on June 1, 1909, speed
ilv expanded into a
Fair." costing $10,000,000 uud
disnlavincr S50.000.000 worth of
1 a '
exhibits.
wav things prow in the Pacific
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JNOrtUWest. J.G is outs ui iuc,
Aiaoia.Vn rmi . stone nanonai rare via ine
Pacific Exposition was worth
building and will be worth seeing.
It shows what is new, what is un
developed. Other expositions
have aimed to exhibit accompnsn
ment; the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific,
on the other hand, is an eye-
opener to opportunity and
potentiality ready for develop
ment
As officially declared, the pur-
. . m
poses oi the exposition are: j.o
exploit the resources and poten-
tiahties of the Alaska and luKon
territories; to make known and
foster the vast importance ot the
trade of the Pacific Ocean and
of the countries bordering there
on; to demonstrate the marvelous
progress of Western America,
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where, within a radius oi iuuu
miles of Seattle, 7,500,000 persons
live who are directly interested
in making the Exposition the
true exponent of their material
wealth and development. From
JU LJ AXIMWttMt-
position." in the American
i ' m
lieview of lteviews tor o une.
I Personally Conducted '
TOUR
READ SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
The Greensboro Daily News,
A negro child died of hydropho
bia iu Wilson county last week,
hnvtilg-beeu bit by a mad dog
three weeks previous.
Patti and the Emperor,
A pTetty story is told of Patti's
friendship for the old Emperor Wil
liam I. of Germany. Once when she
was singing at Hamburg the king
KPnt her a messasre asking her to
walk with him in the morning when
he took the waters. "Certainly
not." rrnliod the prima donna to
-i j. -
the bearer of the message.
get
In
up early for no king in Europe
later years when the emperor, then'
an infirm old man, sent to ask her
to visit him in his box, apologizing
for being unable to go to her be
hind the scenes, she replied, with
tears in her eyes, "Oh, now, sire
would run anywhere to see you."
Milton.
Milton was born in 160S and died
in 167-i. His hrat poem of note,
"On the Morning of Christ's Xativi
tv" was written in 1G29. Tho
'Taradise Regained" was finished
:ihort time before his death. His
literary labors covered forty-five
years. His greatest poem was writ
ten by the hand of an amanuensis
and his most serious annoyance was
the petulance of his daughters, who
Bometnnes refused to write when he
was in the mood to compose.
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a i i
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son for a month or more, but by
applying Chamberlain s .Linimen
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than one week's time. This lini-
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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS,
Greensboro, N. C.
LAND SALE Under and by
virtue of an order of the Superior
and Pullman fares, hotels, diniDg Court of Chatham county, rendered in
car meals, stage ride of (5) and the cause therein pendin?, entitled,
one-half () days through the Yel- "E. J. Mclver and D. E. Mclver vs.
lowstone National Park, transfers, D. W. Mclver and others," the under
side trips, carriage and automobile Bigned, Fred. W. Bynum, Commis-
rides at stop-over points and sloner, will sell to the highest bidder,
actual expenses necessary. at public auction, on Wednesday, the
Side trips will be arranged at 23rd day or June, 1009, on the premi-
all stop-over points to places of ses at the home of the late R. A. Mc-
mterest, all details being arranged I ver and wife, Maria J. Mclver, the
following described tracts of land in
Gulf and Oakland townships, Chat
ham county, N. C.
1st. Tract: A tract of land, lying
and being on Georges creek, in uulf
and Oakland townships, bounded on
in advance and looked alter en-
route.
An attractive 33 -day trip
through the ''Greatest Country in
the World" covering a distance of
8.755 miles of travel in a modern
Pullman train with superb dining the west by Georges creek, adjoining
car service, eating and sleeping thelands of B.F. C. Burke and others,
in the best of hotels, sight-seeing on thenortbJby the old Jordan John-
"lhe Wonders or the West Uon nlaeerbn the south by the o'.d
leisurely, with all details an anged jor(janTysor place; and oh the east
in advance is a luxury of a life- bv the lands of Mrs. Elizabeth Clark
time. Lnd others, containing 217 acres, more
Write at once to the undersign,- or less and being the same whereon
ed for cost of trip, schedule and the late R. A. Mclver and wife, Ma-
itinerary. If maps, timetables aud ria J. Mclver lived and died,
booklets of the lines over which 2d. Tract: A tract of land in Oak
party will travel, are desired, send land township, adjoining the lands of
Oran S. Johnson and others ana
Qfl nanla in cfamrta
C. H. GATTIS,
District Passenger Agent,
- Raleigh, N. C.
having
finding
con-the
President Taft is
siderable difficulty
right man to send as Minister to
China. He has begged John LI ays
Hammond to accept it but Mr.
Hammond has declined. He wants
a shrewd, keen business man, not
a diplomat for the place.
Old Furniture.
Get a small can of L. & M.
Home Finish Varnish all ready
for use from W. L. London & Son.
Clean the furniture with soap and
water and wipe dry. Then apply
one coat. It will make old furni
ture new at a cost of almost
ingv
noth-
A memorial park will be dedi
cated with appropriate ceremonies
at Fairview, Kentucky, on pune
3rd, the birthday of Jefferson Da
vis. Fairview is his birthplace,
and the park will be a memorial
to him. The anniversary will be
the 101st. - ,
A plan for the reorganization
of the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way has been practically agreed
upon and will be promulgated
about June 11.
A HAPPY
HOME
Is one where health abounds.
With impure blood there can
not be good health.
With a disordered LI Vr-R there
cannot be good blood.
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Very Attractive Special Rates Via
Southern Railway to Points Named
, Below and Return.
Louisville, Ky. Account An
uual Session Ancient Arabic Or
der of the Mystic Shrine. Tickets
on sale June 5-G and 7th, final re
turn limit to leave Louisville not
later than midnight of June 17th
Morehead, N. C. Account of
North Carolina Teachers' Assem
bly. Tickets on sale June 13 14-
15-1G and 17tb, final return limit
to leave Morehead City, not later
than midnight of June 29th.
Asheville, N. C. Account of
International Convention Baraca
and Philathea, Tickets on sale
17-18 and for trains scheduled -to
arrive at Asheville before 3:00 p
m. June 19th, final return limit to
leave Asheville not later than
midnight of June 25th.
Asheville, N. C.-r-Account of
Dramatic Order Knights of Ko-
rassan, Biennial Meeting. Tickets
on sale July 8-9-10 and 11th, final
return limit to leave Asheville not
later than midnight of July 2Gth.
Asheville. N. C. Account of
National Association Travelers'
Protective Association. Tickets
on sale May 2-29 and 30th, with
final return limit to leave Asheville
not later than 30 days from date
of sale.
For further information regard
ing rates, schedules and Pullman
accommodations, address
R. H. DeBUTTS,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
. Raleigh, N. C.
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A healthy LIVER means pure
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Health means happiness.
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Southern Railway.
Effective Sept. 6th, the Southern
Railway will inaugurate through
Pullman car service between Ral
eigh, N. C, and Atlanta, Ga. This
sleeper will be handled on train
139, which leaves Jialeign at 4:05
p. m. and on train 43 from Greens
boro arriving at Atlanta at 6:25
a. m! Northbound on train 44,
which leaves Atlanta 9:25 p. m.,
i n 1 t m.rir.
arriving ai xvaieigu xz:oj noon,
following day. Train AS connects
at Salisbury v with train 35 for
Asheville, Knoxville, Chattanoo
ga, Memphis, Cincinnati, Chicago
and other points.
For Pullman reservations, call
on or write to W. H. McGlaroery,
P. & T. A., Raleigh, or R. H. De
Butts, E. & T. A., Greensboro.
R. L. Vernon,
T. P. A.,
Charlotte, N. C.
bounded on the south by O. fcs. John
eon, on the north by the Jordan Ty
sor tract, on the east by tbe George
Tturns land and on the west by the
Jordan Tysor tract, containing 30
acres, and being tbe same land willed
to Maria J. Mclver by Jordan Tysor,
deceased.
Terms of sale one-half cash, balance
in 6 months, deferred payment to
bear interest at 6 per cent and title
reserved till all purchase price is paid.
This May 17th, 1909.
Fbeo. W. Bynum,
Commissioner.
Hayes & Bynum,
Attorneys.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE:
llavin? qualified as administrator
of Henry Hawkins, deceased, I here
by notify all persons holding claims
against said decedent to exhibit the
same to me on or before April 2$, 1910
This April 28, 1909. .
T. W. Segroves,
nayes& Bynum,
Attorneys.
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SCHEDULE.
Effective Jan. 3, 1909.
Direct Line Between New York
Florida, Atlanta, Birmingham,
Memphis, New Orleans and tbe
Southwest, subject to change with
out notice.
Figures given below are for tht
information of the public and are
not guaranteed.
Trains leave Pittsboro as fol
lows: No. 138 9:00 a. m., con
necting at Moncure with No. 88
for Portsmouth -Norfolk, which
connects at Weldon with the A,
C. L. for Eastern Carolina points,
at Norfolk with all steamship
lines for points North.
No. 140- -4:10 p. m., connects it
Moncure with No. 41 for Char
lotte, Wilmington, Atlanta, Bir
mingham, Memphis, and points
West.
No. 41 connecting at Hamlet with
No. 43 for Jacksonville and Florida
points.
No. 139 will arrive at Pittsboro
11:10 a. m., connecting with No.
38 from the South.
No. 141 arrives at Pittsboro
6:20 p. m., connecting with No. 41
from points North.
Trains between Moncure and
Pittsboro operated daily except
Sunday.
For further information apply
to B. M. Poe, agent, Pittsboro, or
write tq C. H. GATTIS,
District Passenger Agent,
No. 4 West Martin St.,
Raleigh, N. 0.
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