Csiboro ^oatbttnn -p-p A PCWEIjI-, Editor. ’"FiainaedETery Thursday. Saoaeription RatesSl.OO peryear E~^*'red at Pos*offlce~»e ^eron/* c\&*' n^tu-y Thursday, July 30, 1908. The warmer the weather, the , juleper we are inclined. Thefields are "dry enough to satisfy the most advanced prohi bitionist. » The romancing on the politicsfl outcome Should be confined to the doubtful States. • The knocking off of that fine will not induce the saintly Rockefeller to reduce the price of oil. If each one of us practiced pro^ hibition, the law would be a use less encumbrance to the statute books. The Taft chairman has to"b'e ac ceptable to the Trusts, the rail roads and other corporations that are expected to furnish the boodle. “My man Taft” goes to Oyster Bay to have his speech censored by his boss. Under the circum stances this is only proper. The failure of the Roosevelt Ad ministration to bust the Fertilizer Trust will hardly help the Repub licans to break the solid South. In other words we want 9 navy that is so big that no one w ill fight#. Spain once thought sbe had it in her invincible Armada. This is the silly season in po i tics, and the wise man will only bel eve w hat appears reasonable and appeals to his common sense. More light on the offer to pur chase or lease our light plant, would be welcomed. ithout more, some may be disposed to treat it as a light matter. It is reported that Candidate Taft will in his speech of accept ance, favor more tariff revision than the Republican platform calls for. But after all it is Congress that makes tariff laws. Owing to the republican pros perity the factories here are giving their hapds two days in the week to loaf,, this is no doubt too much loaf for the full dinner pail they have been told about. As long as the Trusts can domi nate the courts by having their men appointed to the judgeships, the Standard Oil will never have to pay of that $29,000,000 fine more than 29 cents. The republicans seem to he all at sea for a candidate for governor. They have been trying to get one of the Freizes to run, but each as it is said declined. Kind of a freeze out so to speak. Such will be exactly the case in November. All governments have been formed to improve the conditions of mankind. The republicans have and would continue to administer this government to enable the few to accumulate dollars out of the mauy. The dollar before the man has been the main spring of every act of that patty for more than a generation. The “piazza politicians,” whose thoughts center on campaign fund collecting, are laughing at the Re publican treasurer’s lack of knowl edge of the Federal law against corporations “organized under any law of Congress” being allowed to contribute. Anent the plea for a curfew ordinance by R. J. Salisbury, man ager of the colored A. M C A., it is not amiss to remember how Shakespeare describes 12 o’clock; the “Very witching time of night When churchyards yawn aud hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world.” BRYAN AND THE CONFEDERATES. The Hon. Tom. Watson began his campaign for President by charging William Jennings Bryan with having said that he would not vote for a Confederate soldier for speaker of the House of Repre sentatives. Mr. Bryan answered his accusation by pointing out that he did vote for a Confederate, Mr. Crisp. The record supports Mr. Bryan. Mr. Watson is net satis fied, however, and has called a witness, Alfred Henry Lewis; who says: “Bryan said to me of the Crisp Mills fight ‘I don’t think I care to face old soldier element along the Platte with the record of having voted for an exConfederate.” Mr. Bryan was'iu a situation of some political delicacy. He rep resented a district nominally Re publican and containing many men who had served as Union soldiers. For him to support a Confederate soldier was sure to offena many r other Yvse as the senders prefer. PROTECTION IS SOCIALISM. Protectionism, in its last analy sis, is socialism. If our President and our Congress have become too meddlesome the cause may be directly traced to the Socialistic protective system. The republican party has created the Socialistic moment, and it will be destroyod by that movement. The Democracy has opposed it, and will throttle it. REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE The United States Treasury is paying out nearly one million £ day more thau it is receiving, that is the deficit for the first 17 days of July was $16,157,618. The las) session of Congress appropriated the enormous sum of $1,008,397, 543.56 for the fiscal year, begin uingJulyl, 1908, and the session of Congress beginning Dext De cember may be expected to appro priatc as much for the fiscal year, beginning July 1st, 1909. That would give our present Republi can Congress the unique record of being a two billiou dollar Congress. Every dollar the government spends is paid in some way by the people, and voters should remem ber that this year they will pay $12 in taxes for each member ol their families—a total tax of about $60 for each average family of five persons. £>uring the last four years ol Republican extravagauce there ha? beeu appropriated $3,428,000,000 or $33,900,000 more than the vast expenditures during four y?ars ol civil war, so that during that period each head head of a family has paid in national taxes over *200, and what has he got for itf Under Republican policies th2 tax paid by the poor man is as great as the tax paid by the rich man. In point of fact, in some casds the tax paid by the poor man is greater. For instance, when Mr. Rockefeller or auy other rich man, buys flannel for under wear, valued above 70 cents a pound, he pays a tariff tax of 86.39 percent, but when a poor man buys a cheaper grade of flan rel for his underwear, valued at not more than 40 cents per pound, he pays a tariff tax of 143.67 per cent. These figures are the actual duties paid on •‘flannel for under wear” as officially* reported by the government for the year 1907. As the present Republican Congress refused to consider any revisioa of this unequal tax, or the many other like cases which the present tariff law imposes, the high rate of tariff taxes on flannels and everything else that is included in the tariff law still continues. Yet many business men, farmers and those who have to lely upon w ages still vote the Republican ticket, which is virtually to en dorse the Republican policy of taxing those with small incomes more than those with large in comes. Surely it is time for retrench ment or reform, and experience shows that neither can be expect ed from Republican politicians. PRIMARY VOTE. When the county convention assembled in May, the editor of the Southerner offered a resolu tion that the convention adjourn sine die and a new convention be called to nominate a county and legislative ticket. That motion re ceived only 3 votes, while the proposition to adjourn till August Iltb, received all the rest^jfi2. This is stated, that those who desire to contest for official honors before a primary, should let the fact be known, otherwise even the three who voted flbr a new con vention must conclude that all the candidates have announced them selves and appealed to the conven tion to make the choice. If there are any other candi dates now is the time for them to speak out. . INDEPENDENCE PARTY The Independence party, a crea tion of W. E. Hearst, has nomi nated one, Thomas Hisgen, of Massachusetts, for its presidential candidate, and- John Temple Graves, late of Georgia, but now of the Hearst papers, for vice president. v i BRYAN'S REAL WORTH The record of’W illiam J. Bryan since his first appearance as a pub lic man has been such as to inspire the (confidence and win the admira tion of men of all classes. Person ally, bis life has been ~ worthy of emulation in all ways and in every respect. His utterances on ques tions of public importance ha ye been those of the mairwlie thinks, and who 1ms r< ached his conclu sions after most exhaustive inves tigations of all obtainable facts. His position on matters of moment is unassailable, his integrity be yond question, and his earnestness unmistakeable. Mr. Bryan is a man of mote than ordinary ability and what he advocates aud stands for is worthy of serious considera tion by the people of this couutry. Any mao who can lead as he has done toi the past twelve years, and in aH that -ime in the face ot discouragement and defeat, main tain his leadership and retaiu the loyalty of those who believe as he does, possesses traits of character that mark him as more than a re markable leader of thought in this great country. A dishonest man, a demagogue, would have fallen and passed into oblivion with his first defeat.—Pittsburg Post. STOLEN SMILES Bill^Taft has lost just 2 1-2 pounds, which makes room on the band wagon for Joe Foroker.— Louisville, Herald Rep. Lather Burbank is to enter politics. We are sorry to hear this somehow. Luther is about the only graft cr iu this country who isu?t already iu politics.— Washington Herald. colonFlcommends Capt. Jones, after his company had boarded the train for home aftei the encampment, was handed the following letter from his col onel: On train, July 22, 1908, C m manding Officer, Co. A 2nd Inf. Sir: Express to your command my app'cciatiou of the g<»od^ con duct and military spirit shown on train, going aud coming Horn camp, aud their part iu making the trip, both lor ihe officers /and lor themselves, most pleasant, without au accident or unSortu nate occurrence. ' RAiLROAD AND LIGHTNING. During a severe storm * harles F. A\ res, a former policemau oi Charlotte, was stru.yk by lightning and seriously, perhaps fatally, injured. Ayres was sitiiug ou his front p.»rch eud was hurled to the floor unconscious. He was recently badly .injured iu a railroad wreck, was nsiiivr crutches and wore a steel brace on one leg, which was smashed a*, that tune. It is thought that this biuce attracted the current. -- AUTOMCB:L£S USEFUL. An automobile, Sunday run over a cat and killed it. if the automobilians would grow in popu larity and usefulness they will try their death dealing machines ou the dogs> KUCHIN ON FIFTH. W. W. Kitchin, Dcmocra'ie nominee for toveruor will address the Confederate v terans at their reunion here on Wednesday, Aug ust 5th. This be Mr. Kitchin’s first speech in I he county. Every-one is invited to hear him. lie is one of the fore most, if not the fore, most, speakers in (he Slate. He will begin his address at 12 o'clock. WHAT IS A TRUSI. Gradually, thanks t> the oc casional elucidation of the courts, wc are getting nearer to the proper co:■ ceptfoil of a trust. The most recent light turned ou the question is found in the decision of a St. Louis judge who .holds £hata combination formed to control pric si by all the steam laundries of that city, is not a trust, because it does not take in the washerwomen. In other w ords, as long as there are washerwomen and home lawn dries to compete with the concerns that do washing by steam, it is impossible for the latter to form any sort of a combination that can within the meaning of opposing laws, be denominated a trust. This materially clears the skies. Our impressions as to the qualifi cations of a trust have been alto gether too vague and determinate. But we are being enbghtened. We may take from the St. Louis judge’s view that there can be no beef trust w hi e we are at liberty to fatten and slaughter t*ie last old home ra’sed steer; that exist ence of au oil trust is illogical and absurd" while the gas meter works and sperm candles may be had at two for five. “Steam laundering is only a method ofovashing,” says the St. Louis court, “and as there are other methods, the steam laundry Companies are not effecting a com bination in restraint of trade by agreeing upon a schedule of prices. The use of sugar is only a “meth od” of sweetening eoffee; there are other agencies which might be em ployed. Think, therefore of the injustice whifh has been done the united sugar refineries by classing them as a trust! Boiled down, we have it that while there remains any sort of competion, there can be no monop oly. Oar great commercial combina tions mast have enjoyed the Miss ouri decision.—Atlanta Consti tution. ' SAY IF YOU WANT A PRIMARY. Primarily to huld a primary here must be someone to bold it or. < * Thus lar, uo aspirant has inti j nated that he would prefer a primary to a convention. So there you are. ■■ — WHISTLE AGAIN. The personal organ of the Taft family, the Cincinnati Times-Star, pts very much like the boy whist ling to keep up his courage while passing by a grave yard when it say*: “The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and William Jennings Bryan has again received the Democratic nomination for ( resi dent of the United'States. Why shouldn’t republicans be happy ? OUR CRACK SHOTS. By order of Governor Glenn each company of the Second regi ment is allowed to send two men to the camp of the Third regiment next week to participate in the rifle practice. The team to be se lected to represent North Carolina at the Camp Perry national rifle match will be composed of five pen from each rceiraent. Capt. Jones Ik s not desk nated the two who will represent the Edgecombe Guards, Thereare some good shots iu the comp liy and \vr expect that they will render a good account of themselves, rot only at V\ ilmiugton, but at i amp Perry. ' UP AGAIN. Judge Neal in Wake Superior court dismisses the receivership of the-company publishing the Ral eigh Evening Times, the piper being restored to the former man agement, with the full consent of creditors, with .John C. Drewry president of the corporation, and J. V. Sirnm-, business manng-r. The old Tunes, the former Times was good, we wish thepreseut Times to be even better. Report of The Coi dition of THE PINETOPS BANKING CO. at Pinetops, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of busi ness July loth, 1908. RESOURCES. , . Loans and discounts, £02,983 OS Overdrafts • securtd, £13,OSS. 44 Overdrafts unsecured, 244.77 13,333.21 Banking 3,010.87 2,104.31 ui:k.» and ~ houses, Furnit ui e and fix tures, Due from bank cis, Cash items, Gold cciu, Silver c in, includ ing all minor coin currency, National bank notes and other U. S. notes, 5,151.18 *37 82 1J 2.12 4o.uO 1,009.08 3,704.00 Total, £91,991.39 4,000 00 LIABILITIES. Capital stock, $15,0( 0.00 Surplus fund, Undivided p olit-.Uss current expenses anQOOOOOOOockx>ooooo< Linn's Cafe Norfolk, : : : Yirgiuia. Board of Trade Building Near Postoffice. Most popular restaurnnt in the city. Quick service and fair prices. Pavilion Cafe Ocean View, Va. Famous for its Fj-esh Fish Bight From the Bay. Banks are becoming more and more the custodians of the funds of the people, of both large and small means. This is due to a wider appreciation of the value of banking service as its usefulness is ex tended and its methods become better known. 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