THE INDEX. WEDNESDAY. MAY 5.
1909.
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Issued Every Wednesday l fir Rtr n4 Sea dt.
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i. A FAKHAM. Meg; Kul J
May 5, 1909.
Be it known to all men that
what e said last week concern
in freight and express charge
was not inspires uy uj ir
SA'THFOKT, May 1. 'if).
Thursday mornir.?, in company
with Major and Mrs. B. C. Cor
hara. I boarded 'The City of Fay
etteire" fur atrip down the his
toric i Ave rear to quaint ana
iuietSoGthpcrt-by-the-Sea. Capt
a-V JMIUU1 as in rmiuiiu4 wj
the boat and be made our jour
r.pv nteasant and Dut us into Wil
mington in good tune. It is ' 'be
tween seasons" now in river
traffic. The cotton and fertilizer
seasons are over and naval stores
is j ust beginni ng. So the freight
was light. The farmers are very
busy, and this made the passen-
ance The Index or its editor has ger travel lig-ht also.
against the Southern Express
Company or a single one of its
employes. This statement is
made because we have been asked
what grievance we have. We
were discussing a public question
in a general way without personal
Ttf erence. And while we are about
jt let us say that we believe Capt
It will be a irreat day for Fay-
etteviile when deep draught
steamers can run regularly to
Wilmington, receiving there
heavy freight direct from Balti
more, Philadelphia and New
York and from Charleston. New
Hrloan snrl the West Indies.
Then will Fayetteville's wholesale
trade, which is already assuming
large proportions, be territorially
w -
J J. Croswell, route agent like it was nity ana seveniy-nye
of the Southern Express Com-
pany, is doing ai m ma pwr
people to the west of us all the
to treat the people fairly, and we
49 not btlieve he people of this
locality have complaint
agalnsl him 6r those under him.
A STONE FOR BREAD.
A creater farce was never per
petrated before the American
people than that special session
of CongTess now being held os
tensibly for the purpose of revis
ing the tariff schedules. There
was a growing popular demand
lor reduction of the tariff. The
great masses of the people were
tired of being robbed continually
by a few money interests pro
tected by the government The
Democratic national platform
was very positive in favor of tariff
reduction. The demand of the
people was so great that the Re
publicans saw danger, and so
they, in their national platform,
promised tariff wtwon, and Mr.
Taft promised that if he were
elected President he would imme
diately call a special session of
Congress to revise the tariff.
Neither the Republican party nor
Mr.Taft promised that rates were
tn h lowered. They very care
fully omitted to say whether the
be upward or
downward. But with a million
dnliarv, af "extra" campaign
funds " on the side" - contributed
largely, vea mostly, out of the
fortunes that a few money mag
nates have amassed by robbing
the ixs..De through the tariff
enough people were fouled again
to elect a Republican majority in
Mr Taft cailed his
extra session according to prom
vjcvi- the Congress of the
United States is to remain in ses
sion all soring and probably all
enmmr insT to lcVlaC the
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tariff.
What is to be the result? Of
course those w ho carefully studied
th sitiiation knew on the 1th of
tact Knvpm r what the result
would be just as well as they will
know when Congress adjourns.
But the actual work of revision
has already progressed farenough
that the fellows who were fooled
can see th outcome. The Payne
bill has passed the House and the
Senate will adopt nothing better
than the Akirich bilL The out
come will be the passage of a bill
embodying the features of both.
The "revision" amounts to this:
The average rate will be increas
ed from 44.16 to 45.72 per cent.
o Mr. Payne admits. The tariff
taxes will continue to range
around one hundred per cent on
such prime necessities of life as
woolens and sugar.
How Wng, oh how bc will the
people antinue to be fooled into
voting for the Republican party
to give them relief f wta the tariff
robbery while that party gets its
sinews wi war fivm the purses of
the government-protected rob
bers, who in turn get it from the
pockets of the people who blindly j
vote to continue to be robbed?
way into Tennessee. The farther
Inland the water traffic is carried,
the cheaper rates of freight the
people enjoy.
After breakfast in Wilmington
we take passage on "The Wil
mington,'' Capt Harper, and at
Hnoa nrP thrown OUt ft
Southport, on the west bank of
the Cape Fear, just a few miles
from the mouth or tne river.
From our hotel we look out on
Port Caswell, where the coverr.-
ment maintains a large garrison.
ni farther out we can see waia
Southport is a quiet restful
place, well located and adapted
for the health seeker, and I am
hoping for good results from the
invigorating salt air.
J. A. O.
early history. Some day it wiU
cost nany times as much to get
it. There is enouyb in connec
tion with Brunswick county
j .M'tHwwww'1'''' tworw t wc jj, Phillip's Parish,
the Town Commissioners, be- with the resisunce of the Stamp
pinning with 1792, are kept ' Act and with the events ci the
in the Register of Deeds office. Ci-il War and the blockade
They are interesting books. A runners, to fill a large book-
prominent figure m the town s ; The citizens of the town
early
afterw
ment of theSta'e 1'nive.s ty. His can be obtained in the county
.!'..! ..nil 4 tiAK-ctnnt)l.l i . . .
VUg ilUXi KU1 BJiU UWk VI ti.e .
er (17fc7; are kept m tfce court
House.
That Smithville earlv took no
tice of the need of education is
ovi.nr pd bv the followinsr reso
lution taken from a town commis-!
sioners' meeting in 1
'Th Commissioners, taking
into consideration the want of a
school house, resolved that ix it
apiears from the subscription
paper for erecting sucn a nuiiding
that the power is in the Commis
sioners, the chairman be and he
is accordingly empowered to
cause to be erected a framed house
16x24 feet to be shingled, ffocr
ed and comfortably furnished
with a brick chimney."
Many of tbe houses at that
time had dirt floors and shell and
lime chimneys, hence the care
with which the city fathers pre
scribed these things.
Our bankers of to-day handle
our financial transactions with
distant places with such ease and
care that they would laugh at the
recording of "Exchange" as was
Anno in those ircod old daVS.
Here ia copy from the record!
of the county;
"Exch. for 450 bterl'g,
"Brunswick. Feby. 6, 1765.
"Fifty days after sight of this
my third exchange, my first and
f econd of the same tenor and date
rm fini.r Pav unto Wm. Paul
Jenkins or order the sura of Four
la and on which the liiTM . ---
hous; is tekU All night onelfiunareo i , Ml
can see from Southport this " J " " - uaau
huge revolving light m ; it te s Humb'l Serv'ts
the mariner about the dangerous
shoals. This island, formerly
known as "Smith s Island, has
the highest all the year round
temwrature of any place in isonn
Carolina. It is nearest to the
Culf Stream, beinx only about
-'Richard Ounce & Sons
"To Messrs Ine & BiXith,
"Mrch'ta in London.
'Registered liith March. 1715
"Wm. Lord, P. Reg'r.",
And to our younger people the:
fifty miles distant I am told that following record of the freeing of
the winter temreraturt' h some a slave is interesting:
f.fttn devreea niirher than Fav- ..xti.
ettevule and mat irosi rareiy oc
curs there. Palm trees grow in
"New Hanover County
These are tocertiiye wnom
- .,! r ! I IIOK ISIMHIWJI'W
suunudiiw uu uit uaKt ,t may concern, mat nannan,
to be beautiful all through the formerjy a siave of my mother
hv her u-ill cft to h free at and
s. is an in- ,u a
terestingtown. It was chartered ;nstant November one Thousand
by the Assembly at Newbern in .wven hundred & fifty nine for
1?0 An nrianns.1 d.-fI fir In- i j 11 . -
denture," made in UV2 by nyeher jale mtress. I do therefore
citizens of the town as commis-id u re her to be free from this
St-Rithnort. called SmithtiUe
until the early nineties, is an in
vki..wo ... - 'aeciare ner io ie j
sioners appointed by the Assem-idate framme orar
My .is still in the Register of iwhataoever & j do
Deeds office. I doubt if one law- lerAOn may molest
C III lwcmjii'c in mil limit
ever saw a real ' 'Indentured "deed.
It is notched on the top like the
tetth of a saw, as was the custom
at that time. The custom was to
make two copies of a document,
and then, putting them together,
to notch out with a knife or scis
sors pieces exactly alike from
each document Each party was
supposed to keep a copy. This
was intended to prevent fraudu
lent documents. To-day the word
"indenture" is used, but the
custom of notching is no longer
fallowed. The first records of
&nv other nerson
do desire that no
person may molest her from going
w here she pleases she behaving
herself as she ought to do. Dat
ed at Brunswick, November the
second, 1759.
"Wm. Dry."
The colonial and county records
are rich in history of value to us
as a people. The records of the
early settlements and the strug
gles of these people for liberty
are matters well worth writing
into our permanent history.
North Carolina should spend a
reasonable sum every year in
Local and Personal.
Mr. J E. Liiftt. a lirotninent
butines ihhq of Lo, waa piau
tut caller si Tue Iklix cLc
Friday.
Mr. W. H P. of Wcc,
Htyes & Pace, a leading lair ttm
id tftlaigb. was io FtytUriil
Monday.
Tt LtdW Colon cf lbs Bsp
litt churcb will girs a lava party
.o tb Uraded School gruacdi
Fridty night.
Capt. II. L Murphy Im moved
iii his family from 20 Arch
treet to lLa R.bsrt SSUaog bousa
on Riefwrd Lane.
fbt eld tiffi fiddler' confer,
tioa will b held Friday night,
May Htb, io F. yett.vllle A large
CtSWi i tlpected,
M. J. A.Bsggeit,oftmUbfieid,
rpreeutiDg the timitbSeld Jocr.
oat Publishing Co , was io Fey
titeyille ibe other dey.
Mr. A. O. Wilder, of Wilming.
Un, fu in the city Tboreday on
bie wy to Lillinirton to viait bit
falter, Mr. J L. Uder.
L E Tyner, of Lowe, a
adica cjucWj merchant and
htntt of Robceon. ae in Fey-
fctteville jeterdy on bneint
Capt. J. J Croaevall, the very
popaur route agect cf the boutb
era Bxpreas Company, went down
ta Wilmington oa butineee Men
ity eveuicg'
The pa pte vl this city and eec.
tion will aLDfeciate the onocrtoni.
ly that corr-ea if ndey of taia week
ia eee Uentrr Bros.' trained ant
u shove Nothing better o! the
aind ever etruck this eectioo.
Dr. J. M. Lilly, acoornpaoied by
Mra. Lilly and child, left Monday
afternoon for Mt. (Jilead and Nor
wood Dr. Lilly will ntnrn oxt
Monday. Mre Lilly will bt away
perbepe a month,
On l&at Monday eveoina the
firt eeif o ia bt.btepbin Fpie
nnnal rhnrcb vera held. oondncte4
t.v Hi f R ho.t htr&nee. D D.
biibip of the li ca cf Eaitera
Cariica, aseiitKl by lietr. k y.
lUdlt, the rector to cnarg a
the work ia Red oprmge Led
bpntgt Cil i a
Rv A. t McQaeen rttuiukd
from the htejiial at FrUevilIe
Toetday where te w carried bat
orday. It wae thought by hie
phyicin that aa cperatbo fat
aiipeodicitia " wa neceeiry, but
aher teaching the hopital he wai
re uved without an operation,
lit many friende will be glad to
tern tb.t te hae racovered, and
that be did act rate to undergo
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iiwmnrranfnrwwwninfw minmmmmranfmnfim
h "Square Deal" Plus
plfcsrlftjf and pTe3CTvtnsf her an cpmtion Dana Uotdw
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Oar Sprhg and Sommer Wearables!
Never, eibca Ue dajecfoui great gra&dfathert when
ge&Uemca wor kskiekeibockere. powileted hair aad
iace ttte, hae to ween caret al atttntioa bea git
en to the dtUile of tueo e aad boy wear,a we beta
gi?ta ta tha eeiectioa of oar garcente our tog
gery ai.d oar headwtar fox Sprisg aad Samtnar.
We've the Country's Best,
Wera e to qaote rice they would havt fatsilAt
aoced, aa thera ia BothEg new abeet fignree, fcut
whea yoa ea the gaiasenU we how at tea pricw
ibe whola aitaatico i changed. It then, and cly
thea that yoa caa fui!j jncUt what w ara alia
o do i j yo.
Your p.troag ia eoUcited
& oar btzouaa Bros High
Art Suits. VEJwia Cipp.
asd tieo. C bnow 'a isfcrds,
ill th Ute eh(a.
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before you ftart if you get into one
of our good suits made especially for
you and uj by Hart Schaf fner & Marx.
There are some extremely snappy
sack suit models in the line this sea
son, and the pew colors and patterns
are more attractive than ever. Mmost
any idea you -can suggest has been
successfully carried out in the new
styles; and we're sure of suiting the
taste, and the purse of every man
who comes to us. This store is the
home of Hart Schaffner & Marx
Gothes.
Sljuford, Rogers & Co.,
(Incorporated)
113 and 115 Hay St, Faycttevilfc, N, C
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round ol iifactioa, eite yo t our U4 We
.v tti net p-ta dt l n of iumair goi m te IN
city. Kefrt,priini-o liu, Ic Cn?m frir,
Pick. Sl.nett, (Xx'1-r. U jjrr-l4i a !(, (lr
(Wb WhoolUvrowt, (larka ToUe l all anrf. Um
Us ! Paluy rce. IVtroit Viw &tot,
&crca and Via4on. USUI Mi TlfkLK.
BUILDING MATERIAL
if ay kiad. iB ay quality quantity, aai rr W mU a
itwmlty of Clm5 aad IW Moul is s? it)W d tisih
dtiril, TO, UttUH. aa4 Ti Krawwi. Krone Hoiidw'e
Hniwr. Cr. Htgb SuoiUrd Pai. Call aJ
st u i4 ttii'l u your f4-t.
Hnsko .Hardware House,
K S. Buck's Stoves and Ranges, est on earth.
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