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THE LEGISLATURE.
The General A33embly
Uorth Carolina convened
tmllorl bv the Democrats!
' (Tammanv Hall) and the. othei
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in its city
(Philadelphia) being con-
regular biennial session at noon then, is
almost as much corruption in
v WASHINGTON LETTER.
?rpm iir Regular Cocreayoadeat
Washington. Dec.
Ua l.-ibo nf thp holiday season.
From Ocean to Oceau at Panama.
According to a time-table of transits
today, as prescribed by our State j
constitution. The Senate was
called to order by Lieutenant
Governor W. C. Newland who is
ex-offieio the presiding officer of
that body, and after the sena
tors had been sworn in an organ
ization was perfected by. the
election of R. 0. Self, of Jackson
county, as principal clerk; Mark
Squires, of Caldwell, reading
clerk; R. M- Staley, of Wilkes,
doorkeeper, and W. G. Hall,, of
Cumberland, assistant doorkeep
er. Senator H N.Pharr, of Char
lotte, was elected president pro t
tern.
The House of Representatives
was called to order by Mr. T. G.
Cobb, the principal, clerk of the
last House, and after the mem
bers had been sworn in the fol
lowing officers were elected:
Hon. W. C Dowd, of Charlotte,
speaker; Mr. T. G. Cobb, or ivior
jranton, principal clerk; D. Scott
Poole, of Cumberland, reading
clerk; G. L. Kilpatrick, of Le
noir, doorkeeper, and U- ri.
James, of Halifax, as assistant
doorkeeper.
As usual at the opening of
every session there were many
applicants for various positions
w rf thp Senate and
ia wtc - -
House, most of whom were of
course disappointed, for only a
few of the many could be suc
ccful In this connection we
cannot refrain from urging this
Legislature not to have so many
employees as are usually given
positions by our Legislatures
tt ,Tr,-a nocr more men and
rui jcoa t'-j -
boys have been employed in the
Senate and House than were ne
cessary, simply because nearly
every member of the Legislature
insists upon one or more of his
constituents getting a place.
oi tne
proportion to population as thare
is in New York or Philadelphia.
This subject of commission
government in the cities of this
State will be discussed and con
sidered at a meeting of the North
Carolina Municipal Association
to be held at Raleigh on the 18th
of J.inuarv. and no doubt a 0111
30. With which Colonel" Goethals has prepared,
' UiPkft hours will be allowed the slow-
le close oi tne uuuuay scu, .--,- tvmiIlA i.h.,.ni.
here is a renewal of activity in . anow3 three hours for passage
the executive, legislative and ju-;thnjugh the locks. ,The canal, from
iicTal branches of the" govern- deep water to deep water, when conv
nent in Washington. Barely two pieted will be so 1-2 miis ioag and
months Of the life of the present '.the distance on land will be 40 1-2
Congress remains, for at the j ,nfpassing fronl the Atlantic to the
hour of 12 hi. on the 4th Ot ; 'Pacific Bille the ships will enter the
March the Gist Congress will ex- j eanal from LimoS4 Bay, passing
pire by limitation, men neariy j through a ci,annel sou feet wide to (ia-
twplvp months must elapse be
fore the Congress elected last
November can assemble and be-
work for which it was
tun, a distance of about seven miles.
Here it will enter a series of three locks
i in llisht. and will reach at once the
" w - t-nvm gm the worK lor wnicn il was j h j ti f the canai , 85 feet.
will be prepared lor introduction , Thi3 .g an ed g h y t eiexa
. il'rtTT- k -T 17 1 1" A- I .1.---- I
m the Legislature to auuw 3 clumsy arrangement, ior it nut
eity or town to vote upon the oniy puts off till tomorrow what
luestion of a commission form of ought to be done tqday, but mul-
T-rv'frriinprit. 1 , i tt 1.4- 4-U
! hundred days. nuwevu, m. Over this lake.
heatnenrage Decause 'l!e;swill move at full speed foradis-
the remeuv must us unuusu
(iatun Lake; This is the immense
lake forme! by impounding of the wa
ters of the Chagres griver by (iatim
dam and will cover an area 01
steam-
HASTY LEGISLATION.
There is an old saying that
"advice is cheap," and no d' 1
very much advice will be given
our lawmakers now in session,
and yet at the risk of -being pre
sumntuous we would most earn
estly urge upon the members of
our Legislature not to delay, un
til the closing days of the session
the nassage of most of their laws.
It has become the custom of
our Legislatures to enact most of
the laws in a rush near the close
of the session, and this is a cus
tom which we hope the present
Legislature will not follow- JJur
ing the rush of legislation in the
closing days of the session many
bills are passed without due con
sideration and which ought no
to be passed and would not be
nassed if the members knew
tbpir contents. We know this to
be true from personal experi
ence and attention has recently
been called to it by Secretary o
State Grimes.
In his forthcoming report Sec
retary Grimes says that the Leg
islature of 1907 passed 1,535 acts,
of which 1,245 were ratified dur
ing the last twenty days of the
session, and that actually 237
ratified on the very last
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Hbttfltl - Wagon.
f 1878. 1911.
Thi was notoriously tru
Populist and Republican Legisla, j were
. io nnA 1SQ7 when! dav.
llZ wereso many employees of the laws ot the sessmn of 1,
v loiKv that tneviwere emuueu xw
when! dav. He says that per cam
' 4 AAA
ratified dur-
lnnfino- in the lODuy uiat tucj x , -
nctuallv in the way or me mg me j
most OI inufctj unia vvciv. "v.v.
were
members anu viSiW1. : iT mto nd
We hone that our lawmaKera consiueieu w -
wiUhav a session that will be it is a physical impossibility for
will nave a & obioUbo rnmmittee on enrolled bills to
1 4- tnOTYl MI'll II1UJ11U'V mv vv.
pieasanv, w
mus
egislation, it is almost impos
sible of attainment.
A measure of prime import
ance which will be urged by the
President, the Secretary ot War,
thp Secretary of State and by
members and Senators in both
houses of Congress, is the prompt
fortification of the Panama ca
nal, especially at the western
end. Defenses against modern
dreadnoughts cannot be impro
vised in a night, and it is impos
sible to exaggerate the import
ance of protecting a work upon
which so much money has oeen
spent and which is so vital to the
protection ot the racinc coast.
The new year opens witn me
Urited States at peace with all
the world, but the words of Pat
rick Henry, "Gentlemen may cry
'Peace, peace,' but there is no
peace," are just as true now as
they were in irrfb. mere is no
peace in the family, no peace iii
the apartment house, no peace
between owners of adjoining
farms, and the United States
having extended its borders to
Panama, the Hawaiian Islands,
the Philippines, Guam and tne
Aleutian Islands, , is in perpetual
rasping attrition with the rest of
A . -r . lit liJ i?
the world. It mignt oe Detter n
we could give away or sink the
Philippines and let the Japanese
poachers have all the seals on
the Pi ibilof Islands and escape
1 l - r cs" ma
quarreis uy cuiihiiiii& uuiccnvo
tj antebellum boundaries, but
we are in a situation of having
and holding and can't let go.
Therefore, it is wisdom to
strengthen our hold with war
ships and fortifications.
It is doubtful if the Mikado's
croverr.ment knows anything
tance of 1i miles until they reach Has
Obispo, the entrance to Culebra cut.
ianrth of l!ulebra cut, is about
nine miles, the minimum width of
the channel being 300 feet at the bot
tom. At Tedro Miguel, one lock will
lower the ship to the level of 51 2-3
feet above the sea level. The descent
from Tedgro Miguel is to a lake 1 1-2
miles long ending in the Miratlores
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locks. Two locus will lower me wi
to the sea level. Passing through a
bottom channel 50i) feet in width, jS
vessel will then pass out to the Pacific, jg
covering 8 1-2 miles in the sea-level
channel. From llealmng the Dream
of Panama," by Ueorge F. Authier, in
the American Review of Reviews for
January. -
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When buying a cough mediciae for
children"bear in mind that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is most elTectual
for colds, croup and whooping cough
and that it contains no harmful drug.
For sale by all dealers.
Notwithstanding this country has
the test (ire fighting equipment in the
world, it each year Joses more than
two hundred millions of dollars by tire.
This is four or five times as much as is
lost in all the European countries.-
JOE W. MANN
AT BYNUM
Extends New Year's Greetings
to his customers and friends
and solicits a continuance of
their patronage.
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to the State. iney win,
course, be criticised, sometimes
unjustly, and will not be able to
please everybody, but we hope
that they will give as little cause
for complaint as possible and so
act that they will deserve and
receive the plaudits of their constituents.
Saved at Death's Door.
The door of death seemed ready to
onen for Murray W. Aytr-i, of Transit
Uri.ltrp. Xew York., when his life was
wonderfully saved. "I was ia a dread'
ful condition," he writes, "my skin
was almost yellow ; eyes sunken; tongue
coated; emaciated from losing forty
pounds, growing weaker daily. iru
lent liver trouble pulling' me down to
death in spite of doctors. Then that
m itfhlpss medicine K'e -tric Bitters
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PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS
I cnrei me. 1 regained tne w pouiuis.
jvi.v. o , .-i, s4rnnQ. For all
about the alhsred wire;ess sta- troubles
5Uc at all druggists.
have read them after being en
rnllpd: In such a rush not only
are many bills passed that ought
not to be passed, but many that are
meritorious are not properly en-
roiled and are defective.
Of course more bills are passed
necessarily near the close of any
epssion than near the beginning,-
because all bills are, or should
,r,a r'not C3vtmn . ananese are
said to have built on the loneljr ihy- J
cm C0SS0VERSMENT.!be du.y rfZ
Among other acts ymcn committees rarely report many
present Legislature will be cah-j QomQ tmQ after the
ed on to enact is one providing , hM What we
for government by commiiotf j urge .g that the commlttees
An not delay their work out
t fv.;a Rtata that may
in any . ,
desire that change. This meth
r1 of government was started in
this country only a few years
ago at Galveston, lexas a u .:
has proved so beneficial there
that many other cities ; have since
adopted it and it will no doubt
be adopted by a majority of the
of the United States-
The object of the commission
method of government m cities
is chiefly to t municipal go
emments out of politics and con
ducted on business principles
By it the affairs of the city are
committed to a commission of
five of the city's best men, to
each of whom is entrusted the
coasts of the Philippines; or that
Japanese merchants are smug
gling arms and explosives to our
alwavs more or less rebellious
dependents. What a stupid con
traternps it was, anyhow, o the
Snanish. war for us to have for
feited Cuba and to have fasten
ed the Philippine millstone around
Aiir npf f .
Representative Longworth, of York
l-vl Viocs rnmp hack to Washing- i naif 1
,;th tbp c,-mnlte draft of a'.omces each day.
hUl prpatme a tanft commission,
and it is said that Payne, Aid
rich, Dalzell and the rest oi them
are in favor of such a commis
sion and that legislation on the
subject will be com Dieted oetore
the 4th of March. The bill as
drafted creates a commission of
fivp mpmbers each with a salary
and ot tne memoer-
A Greensboro firm has a con
tract with the Southern Bell long
distance for half an hour with
New York at noon each day; For
fV,; cbi-imVp tnp firm navs $300 a
month. The service is worth
thousands of dollars, beer.use the
firm is thereby enabled to run
t.vvn hio- businesses in both New
York and Greensboro py tms
half hour conversation with both
FROST
f CVi" RANTEED TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS
Has done
Its utmost
To promote
The
Prosperity
Of the
People of
Chatham
County.
SSL
V TPAOft MARK COPrniGMTEO -
t'.ni et'l for t!i most tn-isuy. . - Also irrow ful! liTieof
We sow ihroa tens of Cabbagajjwa
Wm. C. Ceraty Co., Eesc ts9 Ycsges iaad.
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is the "Old
Reliable" that
can always be
i depended on.
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promptly consider and act on all
them, so as to i nf 7. noo.
. , i-,o nir.o nf chid r.nt. more than three are to
avoid tne xuau uu political
tne session.
Medicines tliat aid nature are always
inot elTectual. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy acts on this plan. It allays
the cough, relieves, the lungs, opens
the secretions and aid3 nature in restor
ing the system to a healthy condition.
Thousands have testified to its superior
excellence. Sold by all dealers.
A thousand voters in a single
Ohio county hav pleaded guilty
selling tneir
FATALITIES IN AVIATION.
While wonderful progress was
made last year in aviation yet
there have have been many fa
talities, the list numbering thir- j
ty of the most noted airmen in
the world.
On last Saturday two of the
most famous aviators in the
world were killed while flying
through the air in their machines.
One was Moisant, who had made
! the noted mgnt irom .uuuuun
mi. 4-..r i -vtiina i Tr lie ii r,r i.ne VAmiu.c ui
X 11" C-CllvlCll vAXi-.w ' ; w ' . .
Wachitia-fon. but the commission i yjtes at the recent election
specific responsibility for certain j and who was killed at New
x . oi ii share a Ken- ? . , -..j i,nv
Orleans Saturday, arm tne uu
Hoxsev, wno oniy nu-
Mnndav- had broken
was
rrepe.dinsr
qll records for altitude, having
a . : i..:U4--P 11 A7A feet.
flown totneneigutox i
dpnartments and all share a g
eral responsibility and are on
their good behavior, since they
are elected for a short term and
are therefore subject to frequent
expression ot th VV""" over two miles!
It will be generally conceu-, continued attemp
that our municipal governmeuw .ave
need some reform and improve; & won(jerful.deter
ment. It can naruiy
ected that this commission form
pe esiaonsii-
been
.Avirr,mpnt. can
IJX ujn-i"""- V .
for sm-: a"
! . t cities as
eJ (at Iii
such large and
New York ?.n
Philal'-lphia. j
s?vaft and sr-:
iriination to succeeu us. a o.
daredevil spirit that amounts to
recklessness and a tempting oi
Providence.
pays the
Chi
The Anvric public
bier ic
ruption prevail tu - .000 a
tent one city
is empowered to meet anywhere
and is given wioe powei ui i
lection and collation of facts
The bill authorizes the commis
sion to go into the cost oi pro
duction ot all articles ano to in
vestigate the wages paid at nome
and in foreign countries, aiso uie
prices paid for raw materials,
whether imported or uumcout
The maximum and minimum
clause of the present tantr law
is re-enacted in the bill. The
members of the commission are
to be appointed by tne nesiuent.
Killed ia Foolish Play.
Special to the Charlotte Observer.
Snartanburg, S. C., Dec. 30.
Having returned from a hunt to
day and while pointing the guns
at each other in playful manner,
the gun in the hnnds of Alex.
Donahoo was a..cioeniaiiy - un
charged and O. B. Lynch was
instantly killed.
The entire load took encct m
r,i hU head vhzh wa
literally blown off. Botn boys
about IV years oi
of weii Known anu
farmers. The acci-
tr e
A Wretched Mistake
to endure the itching, painful distress
of piles. There's no need to. Listen:
"i citTAroii lmieli from mies. wrnes
Will. A. Marsh, of Siler City, N. C,
"till I got a bo of Bucklen's Araiea
Salve, and Avas soon cured." Burns,
boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczema, cuts,
oharmed hands, chilblains vanish be-
A
fore it. 25c at all druggists.
The twerty-sixth annual ces
sion of the North Carolina Asso
ciation of City Public Superin
tendents and Principals will be
held in Raleigh January 26, 27
and 28-
The Value of Trees.
Prnni the Xew York K veiling
An Indiana man who recently
chopped di vva a noble walnut
tree belonging to a neighbor was
sued for damages by the owner
of the property, and a local mag;
,vt-ni.-i fvavA inrltrment for So
orvflinst. t.ho ohender. Tne ver-
v.a crimated commercial val
ue of the tree, and the figure
coAmPfl ridiculously low, even
from that point of view. They
look at such things in a different
wav over in New Jersey, as a
brief narrative will prove. Mr.
v. Nevins. of Merchants-
ville, had growing in front ot
hor residence a row of five beat -
tiful maples, which formed part
of the landscape and possessed
on endnrinsr charm for their
owner and her neighbors. These
trees were all killed by gas es
caping from a main which, it ap
pears, was not propyl
for by those responsible, lne
court took the same view of the
case, too, for when Mrs. Nevins
sued for damages the other day
the jury promptly awarded her
a judgment for $2,000. Mani
festly the New Jersey estimate
is something like the real thing.
Every citizen
of CY
intham
: caskets
A full stock of Coffins and
identiy based solely Caskets alwayson hand and.
sold at all prices. All kinds
and sizes.
B. Nooe,
Pittsborf ,
ount to
-i .1111 l.M I IIL. LV7
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The Record
and thus keep
2 his county's
affairs.
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ii raOOUREO ftNC DEFEND E-D .
A IVe jio. how to oi-uru-i -iui,
era JJ'aiJ". :..
Sci3 niudcl,
.3 covvryLi etc. M ALU COUNTRSrS.
Easiness direct w:.:h Vra-hi,:S Un saves tune,
noiev and cften tw pxi-.i-i..
Patwt and lafrinrament Fra;:::. .isive'.y.
VVASHIN3TON, D. C.
are
bothi sons
nrosnerous
nrtiifkArl inst over
??U, TJC nnrl t.h cor-l colds, whooping
ura oi $945,-! oner of Polk county
held an m-
A Wild Blizzard Raiag
brings danger, suiTering often death
to thousands, who take colds, coughs
and lagrippe that terror of winter and
spring? Its danger signals are "stutied
up nostrils, lower part of nose sore,
eh ills and fever, pain in back of head,
and a throat-gripping cough. When
i grip attack, as you value your life.don't
i delay getting Pr. K ng's New Discov-
L.' Dunn, of Pine Valley, Miss., "after
being 'laid up' three weeks with grip."
For sore lungs, hemorrhages, coughs,
cough, bronchitis,
at!.ma it's suDreme. -oOC; i. uar-
France is making unbreakable
glass- m
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After eating, fereon. cj cbnmshaWt
of these Pius, if yu e c a
lirfsfinas HolidayRates
Via Seaboard Air Lin'
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Only 3 Cents
a Wee
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Subscribe
now and get
your
neighbors to
he-'
low
beingj00,000a year for meat.
I quest
anted by ail druggists.
nssNKiMG TOO MUCH,
they will promptly rtJicve the nausea,
SICK HEADACKE-- - f re
the appetite and remove gloomy feel
lols. Elegantly sugar coated.
Take No Substitute.
Christinas holidays
I inir.it(si from sill iK.iillts nil iS
Hue. Halts will be. on l-a.-in of 1 er (
cent double (he one-way fs'!tYLtK'1-il! ' 4fc
l,a mi K.:'!e le(vmH.T 1 to lih .
inclusive, 21st to 'ioth iiicuimvo, lht
31st, lillO. and January 1st, lid I. I V
nal return limit .l.:rr.;rry Sth, 11)11.
For -full intonivdion a-4 to rates,
ar.iofhilo?. etc.. call on your local aent
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1 Division Passenger Agent,
i - ltaleigh, N. C.
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