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VOL. 1. NO. 5.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 17, IX
;i A YEAR
Traitorous Democrats
Defeat Reform Most
Needful in Congress
Seven of Them
Bow Before
Czar Cannon
When the Opportunity of a fJfe Time
Came tor Democrats, by the Aid
of Republicans, to Break the Pow
er ot the "Ifon Duke of American
Politic" and to Reitore the Reins
ef legislation to the people, a
few Democrats Turn Traitors.
Setting ftm at the Hands ot
the tnemy.
Nywhere in our national 'gov
ernment is reform nekied morn
than in the lower house of Con
gress where ioe Cannon, pfojKjrly
called " The Iron Duke or Amen-
can I'oiiwc r.as ujurpeu
and exercised the powers of a
Czar for too many sear. It
a well known fact denied by no-
lm.lv that knows the situation
that no law can pass Congress
that Boss Cannon opposes, lie
himself i the House of Jtepre-
sentattve. His will supreme
in that My. when he choose to
assent it No one man lives in
America today who is a greater
curse to the cor.ntry.
Monday the Democratic mem
bers of the House bad the oppor
tunity of a life-time to break the
power of the sell constitute
Czar. Put, alas, seven of them
turned traitor and bowed the
knee and squirmed before the
mighty monarch and defeated
the greatest reform that baa been
i$ible m JO years, if cot in a
life time.
The transactions of that event
f ul day are described by Jonj
i ? i j
j enca in r.is correponiiencw w
the News and Observer as fol
lows:
The Republicans have ojienly
boasted that they would be able
to get a sufficient nuraler of
Democratic votes to prevent a
change of the rales. They apoke
with certain knowledge. The
Iemocraik votes they needed
they received. It was a sad day
for a brave and militant fighter
like Champ Clark, whose leader
ship is the most courageous
Democrat have known in recent
times.
"The insurants put up
strong front. Twenty -nine of
them stood with the Democracy
for the ctrangulation of Cannon
Urn. At one time jt appeared
that these insurgent Republicans
and Democrats wiukl be able to
change the rules, but their
victory was short-lived. They
won out by a. majority of four on
the question of turning down tho
old rules. This vote which was
a preliminary (ne, threw con
sternation in the ranks of organ
ized Republicans and they decid
ed to put through the amend
ments to the rules ottered ly
riUgerald of Brooklyn, New
York. Democrat The Fitzgerald
amendments, which amount to
nothing, were supported, by the
Cannoiutes and the bolting Dem
ocrats and were opposed by the
.emucraue orgamsavian.
"The insurgent. Fitzgerald,
deserted his party to pull chest-
nuts out of the fire for the
Republican organisation, It is
said here that he has been prom
ised a position on the rules com
mittee by Speaker Xannon. His
very appearance on the floor of
the House today evoked the en
thusiastic applause of old-line
Republicans, awhile hu Icmo
cratic colleagues greeted hira
with jeers. The iWmocrats who
gave backbone to the Republicans
and brought about the defeat in
the dSort to change the rules
were Moon, of Tnne&M?e; Gold
fogle, who left a sickbed to vole;
Gtordon and Conwy, of New
York; Froussard ana Htopinal
of Louisiana, and O'Cwanl,
Massachusetts. They are being
condemned by their party col
leagues while- Republicans refer
to them in a. way not altogether
complimentary.
Aut -bilta U VYsst Africa SOU!-
tune reach, th taorsaou height!
ol fifteen teet.
WUHLY COTTON RIVItW
Nothing Striking tin Developed In
the Way of Changes la Prices.
Nothing striking'has developed
in the way of changes in prices
in the cotton market during the
pfst week. The sluggishness of
trade and speculation has been
against the market. So have
raini in Texas, even if the
drought in that State has not
really been thoroughly broken.
The tariff agitation, the depres
sion in iron and steel, and the
learoi ini usina. coniesis grow-
ing out of lower metal prices and
f itttnry f - r tiff rvcMQ o o L
"x
so peen tactors mimical to a rise
in prices.
Apparently, too, the xuth
not so seriously impressed with
va,u, .asv ,V'v"'
"lT,M " w ""'r'f' L rMUJ" ?
the coming season that it is mov
ed to buy at all freely. The crop
movement is not exactly slim
either, and believers in a crop
about as large as any ever raised
think that events are justifying
such a faith. 'Moreover there
have been rejwtsthat lancashire
would at least temporarily adopt
short time. On the other hand,
however, the price of raw cotton
is considered cheap and another
Ll I.. L Li
uig crop is inougni uecc&Bar iu
meet the wants of the consump -
live world. And ahead of the worthed jpear point lk tba
trade lie the chances and dangers rvio oury, ll
of the growing season. 'Wall!' 12 iooh.w long, and froa i lbs
Street bousesof late have been JP6" f"oob' out 0BJl book
in some casca buying on all de- boU bsmg 0 sot ePro
..i,A ..r rw dootion ot illoitrstloni of tk
mUrTghte
load somewhat or pot, tney ara,MW
believed to be still heavily com
mitted to the bull side and to be
ready to fight a decline Chicago
! -t I
ZrImt!J?.Z?l M::1Toorar. th. gift of Mr., Htilam
times during the week there has vU, grt dngbUr Jna'
ht-en a good mot business at Toot wa, pated to tEs
New York and at various rants CJtYm w!k.tht pr.
n the South. Uports are libera Mn.tion es.roUe. t.king plao! in
and as soon as the way is cleared n., r it.t
lorit, urespems every pruspec
a t if act I
this is the judgment of very i
cotton trade. On Friday Liver
pool was unexpectedly steady
and its spot sales were quite
liberal.
AT Irtf tPiXOPAUCHURCh
A series of tpecia! rmoii3 by
visiting ministers, to continue
during the I .eiiten setson, are
being enjoyed by the congrega
tion of St. John's Episcopal
church. The services are held
each Wednesday night. Rev.
Jna A. Brown, rector of Christ
church. New Rem. will preach
to-night He is the guest of Mr,
B. 11 Huske. list Wednesday
night Rev. W. K. -Cox. of WU
mmvrton. was heard. Next
Wednesday night the people of
Fayetteville, and especially the
congregation of the Episcopal
church, will have the pleasure of
hearing "K?v, Bartholomew .
Huske, a Fayetteville boy who
has made an enviable reputa
tion elsew here. He Is a son of
our townsman, Mr. A. S. Huske.
Doubtless he will be heard by a
large number.
Favtttevlle Baseball Company
The stockholders of the Fay-
ettev&e Easebatl Company, at a
meeting held Monday;, effected a
Liermanent organization ty tee
'lectbn of the following cancers:
T. d. McAllister, president; r.
H. Cotton, vice-president: J. C
Gorhani. secretary , ihos. U. but
ton. Jr., treasurer and olttciai;
scorer.
Charles Moss, of PhiUdelphia,
has bev n engaged as nKtiiager.
and he will play shortstop.
The tt cmeot Ut wrudiag
sUt nt cuetl articiea i a paste
of tqul iiarts ot earn arabio,
t aad calomel It mast be used
ai aooa aa mued, as U soon bivrd-
ena.
Important News
Briefly Told
Events of General Interest Re
ported tor the Convenience of .
Readers Who Are in a Hurq.
In the last stages of consump
tion and deeply despondent, Capt
W. A. Kinyon, a retired tugboat
captain, committed suicide Satur
day afternoon by shooting him
self through the temple at his
boarding house in Wilmington.
Proclaimed by his friends as
"the Iron Duke of American Poli
tics," Josephus G. Cannon, of
Illinois, was selected at the Re
publican caucus as the candidate
of his party tor tne speaKorsmp
of the House of Representatives,
At the same time the caucus
twttirw! Cfu rr.fn I. ia lit t;nf ii Cut
thfl adopti(,n hy the jnc0mji;g
b , hkb .
w - -
. M'Uitfi 110 si.ii-r a rwtv i
ed the last House.
i
Sealjoard passenger train No
fre ht ran to?ctber head-on
o'clock at Colon, a small stati m
alwut 35 mile south of Italeigh.
Hassey Undsay, the colored fire
man, of the passenger tram was
killed, and the engineer, Kd.
Robinson, of lialeigh, was badly
hurt. The injured were taken
to Raleigh for treatment. The
engineer of the freight train mis
read the orders.
Rtlic ttiht 6lh Century
Youn Harry VYsk!snd. son of
Mr. (J it Wakelsnd, if rsitttt
j'lt.jrb.i. hg tb otbr d,f
f
A Portrait Presented
A portrait of Jodgt J y.
k j i.- m.A. th. ....h,. .
. " . t::
deliver, the sddrea. of
oceptsnoe.
Wreck n. OS.
Houthbouod treiu oathail &H.
btd a wre:k juat thii eide of the
Liliirgton dep 4 M uiiy after
nouu Three freight oare were
ditail. 0" and u extra hai to he
tut fri m Fayetteville to bring
tlte pHtaaogera hither. Consider
able track a toru op, but uob df
w&a hurt. f ooure, aiooe it wu
tbe R &
Presbyterian Church News.
A new grouping of tialatia
Locgttreet aud Cuurcli of the
Covnaut has been for mad la Cum
berland oouoty Tbeee churohea
have heretofore been grouped with
three other charchee. and have
had aa thalr pastor Rev Pavid
Fair ley for mora than forty years.
The new group will py a aUy
almcet d )Uble that which the tit
oharcbea wre aocuetotned to pay
Mr Fairty ie moat teoderly loved
by thoea whom he hae tarred to
h'tig, aad they now ooaat it a pe
culiar platare i have bitn (or
more of bit
Stauiird.
time. Freeh) terlan
ucryj? ON 10ND0H
"Lonlon and the life There"
was the subject of a most in
teresting, entertaining and in
structive lecture delivered Fri
day night in the Town Hall Li-i
brary by Dr. J. J- Hall, pastor of
tbe "trst Baptist church, under
auspices of the Civic Improve
ment Association' and being one
of a series of free lectures being
cien bv that ori:aruzatan.
A goodly crowd heard Dr. Hall
and seemed delighted.' Into a
lecture of less than aa hour and
a half was packed volumes of in
formation about the world's
greatest city aad its life. Dr.
Hail was raised there and lived
there 21 years.
Dr. Hall was introduied by
Senator Kmwcks.
im.i. vwwiffll wwu swum
JRed letter Day
foi Fayetteville
Anniversary cf the Signing of
the Liberty Point Declaration
of Independence to be Cele
brated Inne 20Preparotion
for a Gala Occasion.
A red letter day in the history
of the grand old Cape Fear city
is Lobe the 21ti of June next, if
plans on foot are successfully
;arried out. On that oUy is to
be celebrated in great style the
fenniven-ary of the signing of the
Liberty Point Declaration of in
d engence, which occured June
2'th. J775, thirteen niorit.'-s l-
, J "r- the
Declaration at Phila
Tbe celebration m de-
: ijiua.
rrt-d to tl.e 2Ui of jf c b..
JSe th.iith falU i, S .li.Juy.
Announcefrieitts of tins vn'.u
aeioll for 1 U cite', llie In made
Mrs. d. i. A: er. t 'hairnan i
r Liberty point dejartmer.t f
ti
man s i r. it impro'.erni.-ii;
j- n-iaticn and ireparaiiojb
I c.ng (oaJe for the event.
Iet's make it a great day
1 ayettevilie.
aru
for
LADItS' Dhy.
NextWednesday, March 21, is to
be a gala day with the ladies of
Fayetteville and this section.
Trains coming into Fayetteville
that day are to be crowded and the
roads leading to Cumberland's
capita will be crowded also with
the fair ones coming on account
of the event of so much interest
and importance to them. On
that day all the millinery stores
in Fayetteville--Thornton's, Kind
ley's. Anderson's and Miss
Smith's- ill have their formal
bpring opening. That means that
next Wednesday is to be "Ladies'
DVv,f in Fayetteville, for the la
dies of the city will turn out and
those of the surrounding country
and of the villages and towns in
reach of Fayetteville will come to
see the displays of women's head
gear.
Let them come. The men en-
jiy seeing tnem enjoy it, of
course !
tMiTMiiu mn TO IV fO IS
WINSTON
The Winston-Salem Journal of
Sunday morning gives a lengthy
account of the formal announce
ment of the engagement of a
well known Fayetteville man and
Winston girl, from what ac-1
c unt the following are eteernts: i
...
'A very interesting announce-1
merit was made yesterday after-,
noon at the luncheon given bv!
MISS Mary Mexicans, when in a
very charming manner she tola
of the engagement of Miss Mary ;
Ogburn to Mr. J. IVden of
rayetteviile. ,
'Th,- decorations at this beaut i-!
f ul luncheon were in liSlies of the j
alley and asparagus ferns. In!
tK. r.t h.. tuA, v, c a
Dvelvcut glass filled with the
ferns and the lillies.
"At each guest's place was a
bouquet of allies of tho valley.
which was tied with satin ribbon,
coraing from the centre of the
ttt.U at tVa on,l t xiKtoH xi a
atUched pretty little hearU with
the letters, M. X and J. P."
URS IRA BARKIR DIAO-
The Uowellavilie correspondent
rf tbe Rjbesoaian eeyt: Mre U
U Allen made a tiipto hr father'e
at EUztbelhtowu Sundiy to tee
her titter, Mrt Da Barke who
died at br falber home Suudiy
night about eiht o'cl ek Her
tKxly waa lii I m the c:uetery at
Ehx-ibeth.iwu o :tp till the ra-
urrctieo, whea Christ ahad o me
to bl ,kieB J41 ttJU16
tair Ixj tLree children aad many
friud aud relatives.
.U M R Uokliog anddt.-gr-.-
tr,MUa Mariret.cf W-k Fort,
i-viud Mra Hokiig-e uire .ta. Mr
una Air Jam r" Jausoa on
liu Liuelajt k, Tty re
a-w 'pited by Mi Ctii' Bd
dirgtield.
Tha Cbiuea o aim muak was
invented by F npror Fuhsi tome
S.WX yetr before tha Cbnatian
ra
The Index Contest
Leadership Shifts
Across the River
RitfORD Nim NOUS
Wedding ot Popular Couple -Dedication
of Baptiit Church Other
Items
bujjiJay fcfteruoou at 1 'A't o'
dook Mr A If Waiters, f R.d
.Spring, led I the Ljmeiiiil aiur
Mm r a .uie btneia r, and lit
W
' IUjU 8; ki tits MorU (.tit
uih'it) iLtiu tijau atjii wife
Thegro;iii is 1p'i;tihir ,ur;g
oaiiiet iiit.ii of R-d ftjri u:,i
tun u aiiy wurui it irr.d I, ere Ti
IJTliir; ik H iJUgtjtr of Oi.r t.;Whb
uiHis, Mr Sineittir a r.d i er
(.iulif in bocial circlto t.n
ih a Lott cf very warn; fricuda
l,tr t.o Hiiti f it her t very l-jug
aad tibLpy life I UiiiiedidUiy tf-
ur me ceremuuy me uapy yuun
couple left for tbeir future horn
at Red springs
Friday nigLt at 7.3o o'clx:k
Rev h J Harrell, of Lumber
Bridge, preached a very laipree
ivttru3oD ia the Baptiit church
preparatory to the dedication of
the church buoday. lie aleo
preached another baturday in urn
jg at eleven, an j JSuuday at alev
eu o'clock he preached the Uaii-
oitory berraon.
The church wat packed full of
people etger to bear hit wets&ge
and he delivered a termon that
wa an inepiration Ue it a moat
excellent ipesker and be know
the true way ot gaining the atten
Hon and oonndence of bis bearert.
At the dote of the tervice the
door of tbe church wat opened for
tha reception of new members and
two were added to the member
ship.
He preached again bunday night
at 7:20, wbiou wat the oloeing of
the Dedication tervicet.
A teriet of mtetingt began in
the Pretbjttrian church Monday
night conducted by Rev. M. McU
bnteide, of Ureeneboro. It will
oontinue to and including bundty
morning and nignt.
Mitt Pearl McDuthe, of Marion.
H O, it vititing Mitt Oatbleen
Towneend for a (aw dyt
Mitt Jessie fuller, of Lumber
ton, tpeut baturday here at the
home of her uncle Mr. A J rul
Mias Mary Uillu, who tit. t been
iu a hipiul iu Balliiu re (or
ina tiiue, Uttiue hoiua a few dajfc
" '. V '
i i.ri- fit '.'K ntii.r ., I t
tbe
Ud ui 1 u" ma'
IUtflm1' Mir!i '
Tfil ftOtRM BUILDISG.
Bids tar Construction, etc . are Ad
vertised For -Bids to be Opened
Apt it ISth.
Ah. another step toward th
realization oi tne reucai oanu-
ing.whwh J ayettevilie so much
and n."di K,
Taylor, supervising architect of
iYf Treasury Department, has
advertised for bids for the con-
strucUon. including plumbing,
Wiring, g S S fixtures
n4 f; apparatus, of the
r euei at ouituutg vo w wtiej xu
the beautiful site on Hay and
Maxwell streets, for which Con
gress appropriated T0.lXH.
Bids
will be opened April la.
DIA1H IN Thi STUFF
A Faiettevlk Negro Killed by
Drinking Bliad Tiger Vqjar.
Msttbew be ma, a FayettevitU
n"gr drank a quantity c.f bimd
tige.r liquor Sauday altera k u,
whi.a be had "p'ured" for a
whita iL.aa, aud died I utiauUe
Utr fro:u ta atfteti.
tilLITARy lSPUTI0N.
Cou!pny F Se.v-bd Nrth Ca:-.Ui!-
Natioual Gaud, ai u
icipetid la-! ek by C.t Uug
net. C S A aeM.uV'auit.i b. Capt
E C MttU Ad J at-ut f the Stcond
Ueiciiuent Cpt. McKetbaa a
iu ooiuoi&ad and all bat to c4 the
Uiaibra vera peaeat- Capt Uug
aet and Cayt Mtt vent from
hereto Lambei Bridge hera Co.
L vat inspected.
jMiss Averitt
I Leads; Miss
Leslie Second.
All Conttitinls with Less than 2,000
Votes neit Tuesday are to be
Dropped from the List The Folks
ul hve Ccuniies are Stined Now
Oyer the Race for the Gold Watch
es and Deih to be Gnen Away
Apiil 20 The Iron Ho , Now
hit. u
Th' ie i, i- i,.... i, .:;.: t.i..i:.g.:.-ar.-iii.d
of ponitio', i .rii, tl..-
past een among tile iadi-. l.t
TlIK llil I'i.e t'ontest. I.. ..J
ership ha-) shifted clear across
the A. C. I., railroad and the
Cape Fear river in fact, almost
across Cumberland county. And
now Mias lieulah Atritt, of Ce
dar Creek, is leading the entire
contest with l8;7o) votes. But
Miss Nettie Leslie, of Seventy
first, who for two weeks held the
leadership, has fallen back but
one notch. She is second now
with IG.STo. Miss Bessie Thames,
of Hope Mills, is third with 15,
2oO votes.
Up to two o'clock yesterday
morning t2 had entered the race,
several new ones having come in
during the past week. And the
votes are coming in in piles. The
contest man is busier than ever.
But, my, he likes it. Did you
ever see a lover of baseball watch
ing a real fine game when you
just couldn't tell who was going
to w;n7 iou know how he just
almost goes crazy with enthusi
asm over the game. Well that's
something of the way the contest
man is sitting here in Fayette
ville watching this Index Contest
going on in five counties. They're
just simply getting down to bus
iness in several of the districts.
They're going right after the
votes. The contest has been on
a month now and it has iust now
gotten "soaked in" well. From
now on the fight is going to be a
calker. And the fun, my. my!
C'UNTLSTANTS, TAKE NOTk'E.
Listen, after nine o'clock next
Tuesday morning-March 23-
a!l contestants who have not as
many as 2.P00 votes in our office
by that time will be droi t,d out
of the list. This gne ait a
hai.ee to remain in ih-i race.
Just get busv and reach the
J.i.h0 matk and get the votes in
by Tuesday a. m. After that
date no lie a contestants will be
allowed t enter the rae who
do not begin with a: ieaati.t.MJ
votes.
Hut it's not too late yet for a
new one in each district to get in
and win the race. It only takes
hustling.
When in Fayetteville go u
Frank HeasJey's and see that
bunch of beautiful watches in
the show window. They are
gold cases and Elgin movements.
Remember, The Index will give
away seven of them on April
2tth.
Read how it's d.'ne and then
read the names of those who ar
doing it :
1. For the purposes of this
contest w e have arranged the ter
ritory into eight districts, as fol
lows I. Cross Creek Tow:
berland count v.
iship.
2. All of Cumberland county
east ot the x aje hear River.
i IVarce's Mid. "'.ray's ' reek
a:nl Uocttns.l lowrisri.L. t. uni-
berland county.
. 4. Ali of Caraberia'-.d cvar.ty
wcvit of the CajH.' Fear R.xT ex
cept the to'.vnh.ps aai;cd ;n the
first and third districts.
o. Saiapsoii cxu:h .
t BtOvien county.
7. Roiexn county .
S. Harnett county.
'IL Every dxl!ar paid on ut
scrijvtion entitles the pay er to cast
1,900 votes for ny ladv in the
(Continued oa pae 5