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Thursday, March 12, 1908.
A man out in Iowa wants to be
King of Sen ia. At least this is
something new in the way of sui
cide mania.
Of course with the way things
are going in Kentucky these days,
anything is possible, even the elec
tion of a republican Senator.
Kow that inventor Maxim has
perfected the noiseless gun, he
might gain Tarheel thanks by
inventing a noiseless Governor.
This week so far has brought
out no special message .from the
President. But then the week is
not yet over.
The most important matter that
\ will come before the State Conven
tion will be to determine whether
a voter can be a Democrat and
anti-prohibitionist
The Nebraska Democrats have
enthusiastically endorsed and ap
proval Mr. Bryan for the presi
dential nomination. If the voters
of that State would only do like
wise in November we could feel
much more elated.
No man has better expressed the
difference between the two parties
than Mr. Bryan in his speech at
the Nebraska State Convention in
Ifeis brief sentence: “The Demo
crats have been looking at public
quBltions from the standpoint of
all the people, while republican
leaders have been looking at them
from a standpoint of a few.”
TAFT A DEMAGOGUE.
The Ohio republican platform
edited by Theodore Boosevelt and
his heir, William P. Taft, declares
for reducing the representation in
the South.
This declaration and Mr. Taft’s
utterances should satisfy any r. as-,
oning mind that the big fat man
wants the office and is using the
big stick policies merely to further
that end. Only a^short time ago
in Kansas City, in a speech to the
young republicans of Missouri,
Mr. Taft said:
“The greatest friend the South
ern negro is likely to have is the
broad minded South* rn white man
who sympathizes with the colored
man and who knows his value to
the South. Nor is it ufireasonable
to hope that the men who have
already sought to come within the
law and avoid violence will ulti
mately see the wisdom and righte
ousness of the equal enforcement
of the law of eligibility a&ainst
white and black.”
* Now for office he would punish
the best friends ---the negro whose
vote "In the Northern States he
so much desires, has.
,The sentiments expressed in the
Ohio platform are unworthy of
those proclaimed at Kansas City.
A number of papers are disposed
. to argue that this plank is put in
foi buncombe to offset Foraker in
his Browns/ille role. Even this is
discreditable to a man seeking the
highest office in the world.
These two declarations lead to
the conclusion that as soon as the
Roosevelt policies have secured
for Taft the nomination a bargain
and a sale will be made with
“predatory wealth” which the big
stick it is claimed has been whack
ing over the head. '—In
state of Ohio, City of Toledo, I
7 Lucas County. p*88
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
that he is senior partner of the
firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 6 day
of December, A. D. 1886.
A. W. Gleason,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system.Send for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O.
■~X Sold by all druggists, 75c. 1
l! Take Hall’s Family Pills for
constipation,
STORE BREAKERS AT WHITAKERS.
Stallings* hardware store at
Whitakers, was entered by thieves
Tuesday night and a number of
tools were stolen. Mr. StalliDgs
sent word to Chief Pulley, asking
for the services of the\bloodhounds,
but they would be unable to reach
W hitakers too late in the day, so
were not sent. No clue has been
found as to the thief or thieves.
o
Bean the
Signature
of
ASTORlji.,
Jta Kind Yon Have Always Bought
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind Yon Hate Always Bought
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Bears the
Signature of
EDGECOMBE GUARDS IN CASE OF RIOT.
Editor Southerner:
After the inspection on the 16th,
it is my purpose to bring about
many changes so as to maxe the
Edgecombe Guards thoroughly
efficient and of practical use to the
people of the county. .^ .
So far as the State arid Nation*!
governments are concerned, the
present organization meets every
demand. On the roll are now
forty-six men, forty^three enlisted
men and three officers. •
In case of a riot or serious
trouble in Tarboro, the Company,
if it should be oidered out at once^
would be of little service. To
mobolize it, would require at least
four to six hours, and during that
time much damage «ould be done
to persons and property. One
person remarked to me sometime
ago, that in case of an order to
call out the Company, the citizens
of the town would rush to the
Armory and take the arms and
ammunition and use them. This
is a dangerous act, and those who
did it, would have to answer to the
National Government for such con
duct. While this might be
done by the citizens, yet the
rioters might do the same thing.
The Company needs twenty-five
more men. In the town, there
should be at least half of the t'om
pany, we will say, three squads.
Will the young men of, the town
come forward and enlist and assist
in making the Guai (fe, the best
Company in the National Guard of
North Carolina!
„ What does it cost to enljst! Not
a cent. At the encampments, the
government pays all expenses.
How about getting off from busi
ness to attend drills! Of course if
a young man joins the Company,
he is expected to obey all orders
of his superior officers, and be
governed by military discipline.
I do not beleive there is a mer
chant in town, who would obpet
to a reasonable number of drills
each month.
Uniforms are furnished free also.
So are the hats and caps. The
equipment is in first class shape.
Each man has two suits, one
blue and one khaki, one blue cap,
one campaign hat, one set ol
leggings, one blanket, one poncho,
two blue shirts. Ip other words,
the National Government is meet
ing every demand nowr, and is
making efforts forlhore appropna
tion for these purposes.
The entire United Slates h
waking up to the necessity of sup
porting the National Guard, and
the different states are not lagging
behind. There are nbw in thu
State more than 5 towns w hich arc
knocking to come into the National
Guard, and when a town one*
loses its Company, it is a hopelesf
task ever to gain admission agair
into the Guard.
Therefore it behooves our young
men, and our business men to tak<
an interest in the Edgecomtx
Guards and rally to it. There U
no organization in the county that
has a warmer spot in the hearts o
our people than the Edgecombe
Guards. The commissioners 01
both town and county are verj
liberal with their appropriations
The people never fail to respond
in times of need. The name oj
the Edgecombe Guards, has un
locked the purse strings of many £
man in this county, when nothing
else would have done it.
This appeal I am making is £
very serious one. This appeal 1
making is touching a very im
portant subject. /
Capt. PAtjL Jones.
Second Intantry
Commanding Co. A. N. C. N. G.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
Washington, D. C., Mar. 7.
The insistent demands of the
Democrats together >With a final
realization that a contrary course
would cost thousands of votes on
election day have induced Speaker
Cannon to pej mit the passage of a
resolution providing for an inves
tigation of Representative Lilley’s
charges of bribery, in connection
with the appropriation for sub
marine boats. The report of the
Rules Cjommittee, which accom
panied the resolution and which
set forth the charges of Mr. Lilley
merely serves to excite wonder as
to how the Speaker < ould have for a
moment contemplated suppressing^
these charges. The men who are to
conduct the investigation are Rep
resentatives Boutelle ofj Illinois,
Stevens of Minnesota, Oltostead of
Pennsylvania, Republicans, and
Howard of George and Broussard
of Louisana, Democrats. It is
earnestly hoped, by the Democrats
at least, that they will be able to
probe this matter to the bottom
and some of them expect that if so
they will unearth some very un
savory matter.
Apropos of Speaker Oonnon,the
news comes from South Carolina
that the two delegates whom it
was reported had been elected-to
the republican national convention
and instructed for Cannon were
elected at a fake colfvention com
posed of a little group of negroes
headed and managed by a negro
who has just completed a terth in
jail. If this is the character of
delegates with which the anti
administration forces purpose to
cariy national convention against
Taft it will mean, in the judgment
of prominent members of Congress
a walk over for Mr. Bryan.
There is every indication that
the strongest assistants Mr. Bryan
will have this year-'are the repub
licans who are seeking to defeat
Mr. Taft in the race for the nomi
nation. There is Senator Crane of
Massachusetts, for instance. He
has gone to Boston to try apd pre
vent delegates being instructed for
Taft. Senator Lodge, on the other
hand, has come out with a state
ment- to the effect that he is for
Taft. Everyone who knows Massa
chustetts is convinced that if these
two statesmen once break the
con bination by which they have
40 long controlled the State the
WHtRE MR. BRYAN STANDS.
As the Ohio republican platform
was approved by Roosevelt and
hid heir, Taft, before it waS adopt
ed, because the purpose of the
Buckeyes was toJavor the cause of
their favorite son, so it may be
also taken for glinted that the
platform adopted by the Nebraska
Democrats, who so enthusiastically
endorsed Mr. Bryan, is in thorough
accord with his views on the po-“ ■
fitical questions of today.
Briefly summed up- Mi. Bryan
favors:
— A law to compel foreign corpora
tions to submit their disputes to
State courts in which they do bus
iness. N
Election of United States Sena
tors by direct vote.
Enforcement of criminal law
against trusts.
Revision of the tariff.
An income tax.
A national inheritance tax.
Reclamation of arid lands.
Preservation of forests.
Development of interior water
ways.
A generous pension policy.
Declaration to recognize Philip
pine icdependenee., /
Control of railroads by Congress.
Postal savings banks. ' >•
State aud national laws' for;'the
better regulation of -banks.
An eighth-hour day.
Modifications in thelaw relating
to injunctions.
An employers’ liability law.
Exclusion of Asiatics.
Separate Statehood for Arizona
and New Mexico.
If Mr. Bryau is the nominee of
the party, the platform will be
practically the sajne as the one
outlined above.
What Democrat finds in it aught
to criticise? What objections can
one raise to it except the predatory
rich?
EDGtCOMBE HERO TO BE HONORED.^
A monument is soon to be
placed oyer the grave of Dempsey
Thorne about four miles from
here. This monument will be a
tribute to and in loving memory of
him by the ‘ Dames of ’46.”
Out of their own funds the North
Carolina Chapter has paid for this
monument in granite. This is the
second one to be placed over the
grave of a Mexican War Veteran.
The Dames very properly felt
that the county that sent General
Louis D. Wilson to that war and
two companies of soldiers, the only
county in the State that did,
should be first recognized.
There being no organized Chap
ter of the “Dames of ’46” here,
this monument has been sent to
the president of the Daughters of
the Confederacy, Mrs. T. W.
Thrash, with the intuitive knowl
edge that she and her patriotic
sisters would with glad hearts and
willing hands assist in paying
every respect to the memory of
those who won glory at storming
theheights Cerro Gordo and Chur
| ubuseo.
Mrs. Cooler is the State presi
dent of the Dames. She and the
secretary, Miss Jessica Randolph
Smith, will aarange the date with
Mrs. T. W. Thrash and the U. D.
C. for placing this monument.
There will be some simple ser
vices. Col. John L. Bridgers has
been asked to make the address on
that occasion of which due notice
will be given.
The monument has already ar
rived, but there will be no hu*ry
to place it, because lat&r the
weather will be probably more
favorable.
The Finest Mules.
We believe that we have .*
j ust received the....... ...
FINEST MULES
that we have ever l-eceiv
ed f r sale on this market*
Come and see for yourself
We are also showing some very
desirable riding and driving
horses.
Dawson k Wilson
Sale and Feed Stables Next Jail.
Tar boro. N. C.
IE ME II READY
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CabinetlMaking,
Upholstering and
Picture Framing.
Good service land prompt) Atteo
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republican party will go down to
defeat in this nolroally, republican
stronghold, but in the bitterness
their opposition neither Lodgen or
Crane appears to take that fact
into consideration.
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ONE OF THE LARGEST
THINGS IS THE
8TIEFF PIANO FACTORY
covering a whole square. The im
mense building, modern in every
respect, is fully equipped with
thgj^ery latest machiney.
We began making pianos in a
small way, in 1842, and our busi
ness grew so large as to require
this great factory. If you would
like to visit it, we will be glad to
give you a pass.
STIEFF and SHAW PIANOS
are manufactured by us, and sold
direct to users, on easy terms.
Write for more particulars.
<£h»u. ftirff,
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114 Granby St., - Nprfolk, Ya.
Official Piano Jamestown Exposi
tion. “The Piano With the
Sweet Tone.”
Mention The Tarboro Southerner.
Printed By Request.
Mix the following by shaking
well in a bottle, and take in tea
spoonful doses after meals and at
bedtime: FJqid Extract Dandelion
£ ounce, Compound Kargon 1
ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsapa
rilla 3 ounces. A local druggist is
the authority that these simple,
hairaless ingredients can be had
from our home druggist^. The
mixture is said to clea-se and
strengthen the clogged and inac
tive Kidneys, overcoming Back
ache, lfladdeF'Veakness and Uri
nary trouble of all kind, if taken
before the sffige of Bright’s disease.
Those who have tried this say it
positively overcomes pain in the
back, clears the urine of sediment
and regulates urination, especially
at night, curing even the worst
forms of bladder weakness. Every
man or woman here who feels that
the kidneys are not strong or
acting in a healthy manner should
mix this prescription at home and
give it a trial, as it is said to do
wonders for many persons.
The Scranton, (Pa.) Times wras
first to print this remarkable pre
sciiption, in Oct. 1908, since wbeu
all the leading newspapers of New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, and other cities have made
many announcements of it to their
readers.
EDGECOMBE FOR TAFT.
Elsewhere appears the call for
the county republican convention
and the precinct meetings, the
latter to be held Friday March 27
and the former just a week later,
April 3. This convention will
select delegates to State and Con
gress conventions.
The selections of county candi
dates will be left a subsequent
convention.
No one needs the gift of proph
esy to tell that the convention, will
he practically a unit for Taft
Not a white republican has been
heard to express a leaning to any
other candidate. The colored re
publican is against the fat heir oi
the White House, but he will not
count in the Convention. The white
republicans in this county are
perfectly sincere in desiring no
negro to take part or parcel in
their deliberations and deliver
ances.
How; the republicans by the
grace of the Fifteenth Amendment
are to Ijwyean effective say in Edge
combe is not clear to the Southern
'hr man, for the organization from
■precinct chairman up to county
chairman is white and resolved
that it shall remain so.
- If the colored roan endeavors to
secure a hearing on April 3rd
there will probably be some fun
for the onlooker.
On the registration books of tbe
county there are over 120 regis
tered colored votes. If all these
were to turn out theTafters would
be harrassed on a square deal to
retain their supremacy; but united
actim is not at all anticipated. So
Edgecombe may safely be put
down in thoTaft column.
Mortgage Sale.
Under and by virtue of 2 certain
mortgage deeds, made by Jas. L
Spragins and wife, Nannie R.
Spragins, to the Edgecombe Home
stead & Loan Association, 1 dated
the 21 ot Dec. 1904, and registered
in book 85, page 201, Edgecombe
registry, and the other dated the
30 day of Aug. 1906, and registered
in book 85, page 266, the uuder
signed will, on Monday, April l£,
1908, ofler for sale to the highest
ladder for cash, at the court house
door in Tarboro, N. C., the fol
lowing described property:
1. That identical piece or parcel
of land conveyed to Jas. L. Sprag
ins by M. S. v\ hitehurstand wife,
Janet E. Whitehurst, by deed da
ted the 29 day of Dec. 1903, and
duly recorded in book 114, page
234, Edgecombe registry, to which
deed reference is hereby made.
2. That identical tract of land
conveyed to Nannie R. Spragins by
W. C. Fields and wife, Maggie E.
Fields, by deed dated the 10 of Jan.
1891, and recorded in book 70,
page 302, Edgecombe registry, to
which deed reference is made.
3. Also all right, title and inter
est jof the said Spragins and wife in
and to the stables located upon the
property of Jno. F, Shackelford,*:
under lease.
4. 20 shares of stock of the
Edgecombe Homestead & Loan
Association in the 16th series,
represented by certificate No. 137,
and 4 shares in-the 17th series of
said Association represented by
certificate No. 80, and 4 shares of
3tock in the 17th series of said As
sociation represented by certificate
No. 167. M. A. Cubtjs,
Sec. and Treas.
Glilliam & Gilliam, attys.
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