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Prompt attention given to all business. d. l. Mcduffie, Attorney-at-Law, K. of P. Building, FAYPrrkviu.K, - k. JOHN W. BOLTON, Attorney-at-Law, Office over Frank Beasley's Store. Notarv Public. H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, (Notary Public). Office over Beasley'l Store. Fayetteville, N. C. J. H. MARSH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Office 103 Hay Street, Fayetteville, N. C. Dr. E. L. HUNTER, Dentist, North-east Corner Market Square, Finetteville, N. C. Dr. J. E. HIGH3MITH, DENTIST. Rooms 5-7 Highamith Block. Office will be open after June 20th. Dr. JOHN. D. MacRae, Physician and Surgeon, Office Kavetteville Drug Store, Fayette ville, N. C. 'Phones: Office, 188;' Resi dence, 40. Newton H. Smith,General Manager. SMITH'S Real Estate and Investment Asency. Box 028, Fayetteville, N. C. Buys and sella eity house and lots, farms, water powers, mineral deposits and business opportunities. Refers by permission to Banks of Fayetteville. List yotr proper ty with them. Greater . Fayetteville. Fayetteville la greater now than ever before. But who would be satisfied to see her stop or stand still? "Go For ward," is our motto for 190T. Let everv one who has money and taste fall in line and help build up the city. Call on the CONTRACTOR who leads the procession for the most up-to-date buildings of any kind, who works skilled labor, which guarantees is sfaation. Plans and estimates cheer. Hv furnished for work anywhere in the (State, 'l'uone Zft) ' E. J. HUMPHREY. Strong, The following is a copy of a telegram re ceived last nigh from the iEtna Insur cient funds on deposit for payment of 11 jiitiuruore i oases, uur iurpins Will remain largely over nve millions." jjigned V , ' W. B. Clauk, The Etna after tuoh a trying time presentee strong front. Having four millon Capital and about tlx million CURRENT COMMENT. Mr. Whitclaw Reid, editor of the New York Tribune, sailed on Sunday for his new post as ambassador to England. His career has been event ful. He was born at Xenia, Ohio, 68 years ago, and when hardly out of his teens was editor of the Xenia News. He was early a studentof pol itics, and at 19 was on the stump for Fremont. He was educated at Miami university, Ohio. Many American institutions of learning have honored him with degrees. Cambridge univer sity has made him an IX. D. He is pres ident of the board of regents of New York State university. He is theauthor of "The Memoirs of Talleyrand," "The Scholar in Politics," "Ohio in the War" and other works. He served in the civil war, became a war corres pondent, and wrote tersely and graph ically. He was a clerk to the military committee of the house of representa tives and afterwards librarian of the house. He joined the Editorial staff of the New York Tribune in 1868, and became its editor and chief proprietor upon the death of Horace Greely in 1872. One of his chiefest aids on that great paper was John Hay, now secre tary of state. He was special ambas sador at Queen Victoria's diamond ju bilee and again at King Edward's coronation. He twice declined the diplomatic mission to Germany. He was ambassador to France under Pres ident Harrison. He was candidate for vice president with Harrison in 1892. He was a commissioner for the treaty of peace with Spain. "THE PICTURE IS NOT OVERDRAWN. Greensboro Record . And if the time ever nri-i. ves when the government of these unueo. states takes charge ol the rail roads and other public utilities the "poor working man," as he is gen erally called, will be in a still worse pickle. He would not even be in- the same class with "ravir whits fnlVc and niggers" before the war. The reason for this is nlain At nrmsnt 1n can make himself felt by his vote, which is coveted by all parties, but let the government take hold of pub lic utilities, with niillinns fif vntprc An the government pay rolls, and his voie wouia not te worth 30 cents. The nartv in oower when tine iu done, if ever, will remain in power lorever or close to it. 1 ake the great armv of laboring ttiPtl' lllPv crmvu Hie satisfied and go on strike; hot heads ieaa tnem on and there are nots, but the citv and State lightly with thejii because they fear me poiuicai enect. with the govern ment in the saddle these be shot down illst like tllpv sr. in Russia not only laboring men, but an who aareo to openly rebel against the government. It would tint rnnip at once, but it would in time. We would have a dynasty, a monarchy in the end. It would he thp dirh bn of liberty in this country. The pic- iuic 15 not overdrawn. Startling Poverty Asbevllle Citizen Recently eomnileH statistic rla. tive to the existence of poverty in England and the United Sta conditions which, to say the least, are startling, la Iondon it is shown that fully thirty per cent, of the popula tion are unable to obtain the neces saries oflife, while in New York the ratio is twentv-six ner rent In rtne. ton the figures were twenty per cent. It has been asserted that 70,000 chil d red in New York State go daily to school unfed. If these figures are correct, the Republican spellbinders who painted pictures or "prosperity in glowing terms during last year's campaign weresadlv wide of the mark John H. Grinder, in a recent maga zine article, boldly declared that the Southern negro in the days of slavery- was iar rjeiier on than thousands of white paupers in New York today. And doubtless this is true, when we consider the fact that when the ne ero's work was finished at tho W of the day he returned to his cabin to nna a weu-cookea meal awaiting him. He had no earthlv care or resnonsi- bility to meet, nor was his mind troubled with thoughts of a grinding landlord demanding rent. He was clothed, fed and housed without any outlay on his part, and therein we say that the negro slave was far more comfortable and happy than many members of his own race today who are working for a pittance barely suf ficient to keep body and soul together. The writer referred to paints with harrowing veracity a picture of the abiect saunlor nnrl twtvprtv wTnirli ic to be found in New York and other American cities. Indeed, to those who have never investigated the conditions to be found among the "submerged tenth," it would seem almost incred ible that in a country where wealth is our proudest boast there should be found a great clement of humanity de prived of enough food to sustain life. But there poverty gaunt poverty, stalks with ravaging step. It is life from which the elements of rational and illumined experience have been withdrawn. It denotes a stagnant marshland, reeking with pestilence no less a menace because, unnoticed and unimportunate, it seeks only a harrassed obscurity. Animal satisfac tion may yield animal pleasure, and gleams of light far removed may filter down through the heavy atmosphere to those fast bound in misery and ironed in, the lowest depths; but the -congested mass of poverty itself is as auredly a menace which, unless ac tively grappled with, must ensure an ultimate ruin. ... - ' :' Mny Childrerl are Sickly, i Mother Oray'g Sweet Powders for children, used by Mother Oray, a nurse In Children' Home, New York, break up colds In 24 hours, oura Feveriahneas, rieailacne, stomach Traumas, Tettutnft Piaordsrs, and Destroy Worms, A) all Ja.l.l.' b.U U.n.l. n.IUJ ITDL'V uimihii xvi smiMjiie wnnyii THE BETHEL MONUMENT. The Raleigh Post recently contained the subjoined article on this subject which we have changed slightly, in respect to the inscription on the Wyatt marker, in order to conform to the one finally decided upon. -E: J. Hale, W. E. Kyle, John H. Thorpe, W. B. Taylor and R. H. Ricks, commissioners on the' part of iMonn Carolina for the Bethel Monu ment Association, announce all things in readiness for the joint Virginia and North Carolina unveiling cere monies June 10th. At the unveiling June 10th Govern or Montague, of Virginia, will wel come the North Carolinians and Gov ernor Glenn of North Carolina, will respond. The governors of all the southern states have been invited. It was in response to the memorial presented to the general assembly by the sub-committee appointed by the North Carolina Historical Commis sion on August 25, 1904, (seepage 13, "Five Points in the Record of North Carolina in the Great Warof 1861-5"), that a bill was passed March ,5, 1901;, creating the Bethel Memorial Com mission, and appropriating $250 for the erection of a tablet to mark the spot at Bethel where fell Henry L. Wyatt, the first. Confederate soldier killed in battle in that war. The commissioners named were Maj. E. J. Hale, chairman; Capt. W. E. Kyle, Capt. John H. Thorpe, Capt. W. B. Taylor and Hon. R. H. Ricks. In the autumn of 1904 thechairman of the sub-committee above referred to suggested to Capt. W. E. Kyle and to the J. E. B. Stuart Chapter, Daugh ters of the Confederacy, at Fayette ville, that they take steps to acquire possession, if possible, of the site where Wyatt fell, it being understood that the desired sites on the other battlefields were being looked after by other members of the Historical Commission. After much corres pondence with officials in Virginia, the chairman named in the bill for the Bethel commission learned through a letter received by Mr. R. H. Bradley from a friend in Virginia that the Confederate organizations of Eliza beth City, York and Warwick coun ties, and the city of Newport NewB, Virginia, had, on June 10, 1904, formed the Bethel Monument Asso ciation, with the object of erecting a monument at Bethel battlefield on June 10, 1905. As the bill for creating the Bethel Commission was then (February 9) still hung up in the house, this letter was turned over to the Daughters of the Confederacy, who, through their vice president and historian, Miss Mallett, at once opened correspon dence with the Virginia association. It was learned that this association had not only secured options on the Bethel battlefield sites, but that they already had under contract a monu ment to be placed near the church and a marker to be placed where Wyatt fell. When these facts were made known, it was thought by some of the veter ans of the Bethel regiment that we should allow the Virginians to go ahead by themselves, fttld that we should have our Unveiling irt 1906. By others of them that we should avail ourselves of the world-wide stage tor our ceremonies which would be presented by the Jamestown exposi tion in 1907, when funds for an im posing monument might be raised by private subscription. As the Virginians possessed the options on the sites; as they said that they had last year notified the author ities in North Carolina of their pur pose and had received no response; as they invited our co-operation in the most cordial terms, and offered to turn over to us the Bethel site for the price which they were to pay for it, and to change the inscription on the large monument so as to read: "Erected by the Virginia and North Carolina Monument Association," and as we were admonished by the rapidly thin ning ranks of the veterans that we could not afford the delay of even one or two years it was, after considera tion of these and all other things con nected with the matter, unanimously resolved by the commission to join with the Virginians and go ahead now. The J. E. B. Stuart Chapter of the U. D. C. have paid for the Wvatt site and turned it over to the com mission for presentation to the .State. Aided by the commission, they have also subscribed $100 to the large mon ument. The large monument has been com pleted and is to be erected at the church, within a few yards of the main road from Yorktown to Hamp ton. It is 18 feet high, and bears this inscription: FRONT. To commemorate the battle of June 10, 1861, the first conflict between the Confederate and Federal land forces; and in memory of Henry L. Wyatt, private, Company A, First Regiment, North Carolina Volun teers, the first Confederate soldier to fall in actual battle. KRKCTKD. By the Bethel Monument Association of Virginia and North Carolina, June 10, 1905. Left Bethel. Right Bethel. Battle Flag. 1905 Battle Flag. 1861. ' The r .a-Jfr'cn has paid the con tract pxiai, cacx: id by the Virginians, for the marker at the Wyatt site. This is four feet high and' has a pol ished face. It, too, is completed and is ready for the Inscription, which will be as follows: , On this spot, June 10, i86t, fell . - a HENRY LAWSON WYATT, Private, Company A, First North '- : Caroline Regiment.- . ;,;,. ,., HUt -Tills Btont, placed hero by (he eowtciy f YirfiAlft, li -M4 authority of the State of North Caro lina. " June io, 1905. E. J. Hale, W. E. Kyle, John H. Thorpe, W. B. Taylor, R. " II. Ricks, Commissioners. Nothing can be more delightful than a trip to Hampton Roads, near wnicn the ceremonies will take place. In this neighborhood was the cradle of . the English new world, and 250 years later occurred the remarkable victory which seemed to give birth to a new nation. v One fare for both ways will be given by all the railroads. A WORLD-WIDE BLESSING. Kli hniond Tlme-HIitrh. In the year 862 the Eastern Slavs, who had Settled near the sources of the Dneister, Dnieper and Don, and whose chief towns were Novgo rod aud Kief, being oppressed by their warlike neighbors, sent am bassadors to the Varliags (Normans) beyond the sea inviting their chiefs to come and reign over them. The invitation was accepted and three of the tribe at the head of a band of lowers took possession of the territory of Novgorod. These Slavs, who in vited foreigners to come and rule over them, were the ancestors of the Rus sians, and that was the beginning of the Russian empire and of the Rus sian system of government. It is not surprising that with such a beginning there should have developed two classes a class of serfs and a class of nobles, a serving class and a ruling class. We have not room in a news paper article to trace the history of this development, but the policy has been the same from the beginning until now. The ruling class kept the serving class in subjection; the nobility lived upon the labor of the plain people. But while the people were as a rule kept in subjection, a rebellious spirit broke out every now and then and gave warning from time to time, until in the year 1881 the Emperor Alexander II. was assailed in open daylight and killed by the explosion of a bomb, lie was succeeded by Alexander III., father of the present Emperor, and im mediately upon his accession his min isters urged him to adopt a concilia ton- policy and give the people repre sentation in the government, lint Alexander declined to make any such concession, or any concession, and continued the policy of his father. He died in 1894 and was succeeded by his son, Nicholas II. The spirit of oppression grew and manifested itself in various ways upon more than one oecassion by the assas sination of offensive officers, and re cently the people have demanded a popular assembly for the making of laws in which they should have rep resentation. The Emperor has made promises, but the government re mains practically the same as it was from the beginning, and to-day Nich olas is the supreme ruler. He is at the head of the military, the legisla tive and the judicial systems, and is also chief of the established church. The president and members of the Council of State are appointed by the Emperor. Indeed, all the officers of government afe named by him, and the people Have no say whatever. The Russian government is the an tithesis of democracy and is complete ly out of harmony with the American principle and spirit of popular rule, which have spread into all civilized na tions save Russia Not only is the Russian government autocratic, not only are the people held in subjection and taxed without representation, but it is notorious that the government in all departments reeks with corrup tion. But in spite of all this Russia has been aggressive and in a sense she has prospered. By degrees she has been extending the sphere of her influence, beating down opposition with main force, and has been steadily pushing on towards the Far East, threatening China, threatening Japan, threatening India. She has spoken softly, but she has carried a big stick, and there can be no doubt that Russia's ambition was to be mistress of the East. Japan saw the danger and called a halt, and there can be doubt in the minds of those who have followed Rus sia's course that she has done the world a valuable service in heading off the Russian bear and driving him back to his lair. Never mind the threat of the ' 'yellow peril." It is nothing as compared with the threat of Russian domination. Ja pan is less to be feared than Russia. In a comparatively few years Japan has come out of semi-barbarism and ob scurity and made herself to be recog nized as a world power, entitled to the respect and consideration of nations. She has made such progress as no na tion has made in the same time, and her development has been the wonder and admiration of the world. Russia has adhered to her old-time policy of autocratic rule, and her government to-day represents the worst form of oppression and corruption. She is as some human being of strong physical and intellectual development, yet without the needful restraint and di rection of moral character. It is in the interest of civilization, popular government and the world's peace that she has been rebuked, humiliated and restrained. " Dying of Famine is, in its torments, like dying of con sumption. The progress of consump tion from the beginning to the very end, is a long torture, both to the victim and friends. "When I had consumption in its first stage," writes Wm. Myres, of Cearfoss, Md., "after trying different medicines and a good doctor, in vain, I at last took Dr. King's New Discovery, which quick ly and perfectly cured me." Prompt relief and sure cure for coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis, etc. Positive ly prevents pneuiponia. Guaranteed at B. E. Sedberry's Sons drug store, price 50c and $1.00 a bottle. Trial fottle free. No Secret About It. It is no secret, that for cuts, burns, ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes, boils, etc., nothing is so effective as Buck len's Arnica Salve. "It didn't take long to cure a bad aore" I had, and it is all O. K, for aore eyes," writes D: L, Gregory, of Hope, Tex, jc M S( Pphs drag itefo v; THE KUSSIAN GRAFTERS. While we in America are suffering from municipal '-grafters" as in Chicago, Philadelphia, and so on the "decadent nations" (as the late Lord Salisbury called them) of Europe are suffering from national grafters. The plunderers of the army supply departments under' the third Napo leon rendered France an easy prey, in 1874, to the re-born Prussians. Ad ministrative rottenness in Spain gave us a bloodless victory over brave Montijo and Cervera at Manila and Santiago. And it is the vile burear cracy of Russia, with its ring of cruel, degenerate and utterly corrupt grand dukes, which has sent heroes like Stoessel and Rojestventsky, with out-of-date equipments, to meet-certain defeat at the hands of the best equip ped and most accomplished fighters of the day. When one hears of a railway acci dent caused by a misplaced switch which was tended by an employe who hadn't .had sleep in 20 hours, the natural impulse is to pity the switch man and wish for the hanging of the president and directors. If the grand dukes and their master and their ser vile fellow grafters could only be lined upbefore Togo's marksmen, the world, to say nothing of Russia, would have cause for joy. In this connection we find a just tribute to the Russian admiral who fought his rotten ships so bravely, in the Atlanta Constitution which we have pleasure in reproducing, as follows: HOJKSTVKXSKY. Even if he has succeeded in mak ing his escape, wounded, to Vladivo stok, Rojestvensky must be suffering acute mental anguish at this moment. The humiliation of the man will hardly be lessened by his knowledge that defeat was inevitable. Plaved as a last retkles"! pawn by a great nation at bay, in the eyes of many of his countrymen he will be clothed with the ignominy which crushes the hap less Russian scape-goat; a fact of which lie is fully aware. Yet in the eyes of the great naval authorities of the world and of all-unbiased students of his recent course, Rojestvensky will be accepted as an able naval strategist and a hero. His feat of bringing an unwieldy armada over 17,000 miles from its starting point in the face of staggering difficul ties, is practically unprecedented in naval warfare. This he has accomp lished in approximately seven months, sailing three-fourths of the way round the world. In all the wide stretch from the Baltic to Vladivostok there was not one Russian port where he could stop for repairs, fuel and provis ions. The laws of neutrality gave him spare time for refitting in neutral ports, and he was often compelled to coal at sea from his colliers, and un der weather conditions which must have at times made the feat difficult. His speed and niahceuVeritig were restricted by the maximum capacity of his slowest vessels and many of the fleet were of antiquated type cap pable only of a limping gait. His frequent separation of his fleet into squadrons, and their reunion effected on almost perfect schedule, establish ed new records in this important branch of warfare. To accomplish all this he was often forced to strain the friendship of allies to the break ing point and more than once the pos sibility of world wars seemed to hang upon his discretion. To have wrought this task with seeming success is a man-el in execu tive strategy ; to have suffered anni hilation after such notable achievment is pitiable, yet only the logical out come. The fleet was hamstrung be fore it set sail. The plunderers of the grand ducal oligarchy had long appro priated to their personal use enormous sums set aside for the navy, and sub stituted cheap armament and inferior munitions. Thus the efficiency of the fleet was largely left to luck or chance, when it should have been reduced as nearly to a certainty as scientific cal culation will allow. Formidable on paper, it seems to have verged closely on opera bouffe in actual operation. Even had matters been otherwise, Rojestvensky would have stood little chance with Togo. Through almost criminal negligence, the recruiting of crews for the various Russian ships was delayed until the last moment? Then the riff-raff and guttersnipes of St. Petersburg, Moscow and other cities, with stolid rustics from pro vinces, were scourged on board the vessels. A motley horde.many of whom had never seen the sea or handled the breech of a gun, for Rojestvensky to whip into sailors and fighters to meet Togo's trained and ardent veter ans all within seven months! And for assistants in this impossible task, a corps of swaggering, aristocratic striplings, wine-Stricken half the time, land-lubbers many of them, in subordinate and with exalted ideas of their own importance. Arriving in the Far East with foul bottoms, callow crews and problem atic equipment taken completely by surprise, too the result was prede termined. Rojestvensky months ago realized his helplessness, and iu a pathetic private letter which bears the earmarks of authenticity sought to discount the appalling effect of his defeat. To have thus gone on steadily in the face of assured ruin, disgrace, perhaps death, was the act of a brave man and a patriot; to have accomp lished unscathed the first half of his futile mission was the work of a highly capable officer. Even despair ing Russia should take a sullen pride in the feat of this man. But it is just M well for the glory of our common humanity that dispassionate histo rians are abundant outside that un happy country, for the world will give the Russian admiral his meed of praise. Ha Stood the Test : Twenty ive Yew. -The old, original GROVE'S Tasteless Chill Tome You know what you are Uking, ItiBirvointltiuinmeiQtrMrv- HE WHISKY QUESTION. Corenpondence o the Observer. Mr, Editor; I did not intend to write again on this subject, but cannot refrain from writing to reply to "Lit tle Scotch," and to let your readers better understand me on the subject. Now I did not nor do not write for fun." I maintain that of all the evil things practiced by men drunkenness is fraught with more evil than any thing I can think of, Murder, theft, larceny, rape and Heaven knows what else, are but the ripe fruits of the pernicious tree of drunkenness; and yet "Little Scotch" does not think that a law to punish for getting drunk is feasible. Surely he only writes for fun. His suggestion of a remedy is. good if it could be made practicable, but when a boy I heard preaching like this, when I grew to manhood and riper years I preached from this text. In fact, it is a good text. Ladies could, if they would, do much to lessen drunkenness. In fact, I believe that the influence they exert does much in that direction; but if we wait for this influence, which has been exerted for thousands of years, to prohibit getting drunk, I am afraid that things will remain as they are, and to remain as they are means that all the deviltry caused by drunk enness will continue to blight our country and our homes. I remark a gain that I do not Write for fun. I am convincd that something should be done to stop people from getting drunk. Davy Crockett is not a very appropriate author to quote, but he was very near correct in some things. For instance, when he said, "Be sure you are right, -then go ahead," he was absolutely correct. The law forbids to steal ; the penalty is imprisonment. After mature thought I believe honestly that drunk enness is more damaging to our coun try, morally and spiritually, than is theft. To steal means only theft, which of course should be punished. To get drunk means the probability of theft, murder, larceny, arson, rape, and anything of a brutal or villainous character. Vet "Little Scotch" can not see that the innocent families of brutal drunkards should be deprived of their drunken husbands and fath ers long enough to punish them for getting drunk. Yet obsen-ation has proven that nine-tenths of such hus bands and fathers are a burden to their families, and often it were better they were out of the way In a previous letter I gave my rea sons for voting against licensing sa loons to sell whisky. I know I am right. As a constituent of the gov ernment I have and shall labor to keep clear of the sins and crimes com mitted by drunken men. Anyone at all informed knows the state cannot re peal the national law requiring a li cense to sell ; so that our only alterna tive is to answer the question license or no license in the negative. I be lieve if the license law was repealed and matters stood differently, and a law enacted and enforced against get ting drunk, that the evils of drunk enness would thereby be averted to a great extent. Canada has laws to punish for getting drunk. A friend who has been there tells me that you never hear of anyone getting drunk in that country. In the name of hu manity, in the name of decency, in the name of all that is sacred in time or eternity, we Heed something done to save our country from the blighting curse of drunkenness. What say ye? What is best ? A law forbidding the sale of whisky proves futile. Influ ence of ladies and ladies' societies, the Sunday school work. Christian socie ties, secret orders; the gospel of the Son of God, the Church with all its auxiliary organizntions. all fail to stop the getting drank business. It seems clear to my mind that anyone having the least sense of philanthro py, to say nothing of Christianity, would be ready to say, "Let us have a law against drunkenness: let the penalty on conviction be sufficient to prohibit." One more question, and I shall be through. If men who get drunk and commit the crime of murder while drunk, in conseqence of having been drunk, when otherwise they would not have done so horrible a thing, can be spared from their innocent wives and children to suffer the penalty of the law. why not punish the crime that prexluces murder, theft, larceny and even-thing else that is vile? Yours in hope of wise legislation on prohibitory laws, W. I). D. Death ol Mrs. J. B. Underwood. Mrs. J. B. I'ndenvood died at 10 o'clock Thursday night at residence on Green street, ageel 56 years, after a long period of ill health and suffering, which she met with Christian e-on-stancv and resignation. She was of a prominent family, the daughter of the late William H. Haigh, a brilliant member of the Fayetteville bar, pater nal grandaughter of the late Charles T. Haigh, an Englishman of excep tional force of character and influence in this community, who achieved high success as a wholesale merchant, and maternal grand daughter of George E. Badger, one of the most illustrious public men of North Car olina, Secretary of the Navy and member of the United States Supreme Court. Mrs. 1'nderwood was one of the most beautiful women of North Caro lina, endowed with rare jersonal charm in social and home life, a de votee! wife and fond mother. As Miss Sallie Haigh she married Capt. J. B. I'ndenvood, a native of Sampson county, in the year 1866, at that time a merchant of the city, who survives her with the following four sous and three daughters: John, Joseph B. Jr., Goerge B., and Hamilton, Mrs. J. A . Moore, of this city; Mrs. D. G. Mc Kethan, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Henry M. Pemberton. Mrs. Underwood is sun-ived also by her mother, Mrs. W. H. Haigh, the daughter of George E. Badger, and nine grand children. Mrs. Underwood was born on Aug. 9th, 1849, and married on Jan. J$th, ANOTHER OF MR. JONES'S INTER ESTING LETTERS. Favettevillk, N. C, May 31st, 1905. Editor Observer: When I closed my last letter, "On Board Portland Special," we weTe just entering the Royal Gorge on the Den ver & Rio Grande system, between Glenwood Springs and Colorado Springs. A short distance south of the Royal Gorge is located the Colora do state prison, which is a very large building built of granite and sur rounded by a very high granite wall. We arrived at Colorado Springs about 1 :00 a. m., Sunday, May 21st.' At 9:00 a. m. Sunday part of our party took the train for Pike's Peak, the other for Cripple Creek. The Pike's Peak party did not get to the top of the peak on account of snow. They lacked 2,000 feet of getting to the top, I noticed in last Sunday's paper where the road was opened to the top of Pike's Peak last Saturday altitude 14,108 feet. Cripple Creek, the most noted mining camp of this day, is forty-eight miles from Colorado Springs, reached via the Midland Ter minal Railway a beautiful ride through the Pike's1 Peak region. From Cripple Creek you get a magnificent view of Pike's Peak. The. altitude of Cripple Creek is 9,396 feet. It was snowing there right along on our ar rival there Sunday at 1 :oo p. m. Sun day at 6:00 p. 111., the parties having returned to Colorado Springs, we left for Denver, arriving there at 8:30 p. m. Sunday. The distance from Salt l,ake City to Denver is 741 miles. Denver is a very nice city. On Mon day we went all around the city in e lectric cars. We then went to the capitol building, which is claimed to be the third finest capitol building in the United States. It cost nearly $3, 000,000. There is a large museum in the basement. Among the exhibits are a great many skeletons of the "Cliff Dwellers." We left Denver at 4:00 p. m. Mon day and arrived at Omaha, Neb., at 8:00 a. m. on Tuesday distance 570 miles. We were given a ride all over Omaha and across the Missouri river to Council's Bluff, la., bv the con ductors of Omaha. C. C. '& G. R. R. "Burlington Routes" has one of the finest passenger stations in the West at Omaha. The packing houses are located in South Omaha. Armour & Co., Swift & Co. and Nelson, Morriss & Co. all have immense plants at South Omaha. At 1 1 :oo a. in. on Tuesday we left Omaha via the Illinois Central for Chicago distance 516 miles. At Du buque, la., we crossed the Mississippi river and passed into Illinois. At Freeport, 111., we were given a recep tion at the station by the conductors of Freeport We arrived in Chicago Wednesday at 2:00 a. m. Afterbreak fast we started to take in the town. We visited the Masonic Temple on State street. It is 21 stories high, with a large obsen-atory on top 380 feet from ground to top of obsen-atory. We also visited Lincoln Park in North Chicago. Chicago River. Lakeside Drive along Ike Michigan, and many other points of interest. We saw hundreds of policemen guarding and protecting the express wagon dri vers from the strikers. It was ex pected that State troops would be called out the day we were there. We left Chicago at 1:00 a. m. on Thursday, May 25, for St. Louis, via Indianapo lis, on the Big Four system distance 460 mile Arrived in St. Louis at 11 a. m. on Thursday St. Louis has, I think, the largest union station in the United States. There are thirty two tracks under the shed. We vis ited the Anheuser-Busch Brewing plant. It is an immense plant, cov ering about 60 city blocks. The pow er plant is 10,000 horse-power; capac ity of brew house. 85,000 bbls daily; capacity of bottling department 800, 000 bottles daily. The plant owns and operates four of- the biggest switch engines ever built. The throt tles and the engineer's seats to these engines arc on the left side, on account of so many cunts in and about the plant leading to the left. It is very quiet at the union station there now. since the World's Fair is all over. We left St. Louis on Friday at 4:30 p. m. via L. ."v. N. R. R. for Nashville. Tenn.. 322 miles: awav and from Nashville to Atlanta via H. C. it S. L. R. R. 28S miles arriving at At lanta on Saturday at 1 p. in. We left our party at Atlanta and came home via the S. A. I... stopping with my brother David If. Jones at Whitmife, S. C. He is superintend ent of the Glenn-Lowry Mill at Whit mire. We reached home yesterday. May 30, on the train from Maxton. Since we started on this trip across the United States on April 27th, we have traveled nearly 9,500 miles, in twenty two states. Bi'kwki.i. T. Junks. COTTON ITEMS. The farmers report a good crop of grass and say that corn and cotton on bottom lands is suffering from too much rain and for the want of work. The long season in May will close this p. m., as to-morrow is the first day of June. Mr. John M. Gibbs, after having a successful operation performed on his throat, and after spending a few days here, has gone to lluic's Creek to take in the summer course at that place. The Rev. A. A. Talbot, of Kentucy, is spending a few days with Rev. Du gald Munro and family. The store formerly occupied by Messrs. M. F. Crawford &Co. at Hope Mills No. 2 has been re-opened in charge of Messrs. J. B. West and W. W. Bullard. It is reported that these enterprising men have purchased the entire stock belonging to the late firm of M. F. Crawford & Co. Miss Annie Baldwin, of Whiteville, who came here sometime ago to take charge of Mr. Joe Johnson's millinery department during the hat season, has gone home for the summer. We are having now in our village a number of sick people with a break ing out of something like the small pox. We have not heard of a fatal case. The disease is said to be quite mild. It seems to be the same kind of small-pox that raged in portions of Robeson and Cumberland a few months ago, Aalr Ynllr DnHlpr fnr Allnn'a h'tini h'.MH A powder for the feet. 1 1 cures Hwolleu, Hore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Hweating feet, Corns and Bunions. All drureipti FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS, Strictly First-class Work. Call at my yarel or write for prices.- Respectfully, E. L. REM8BURU, Proprietor, Fayetteville, N. C. ' 5 cents worth in each-drink ICE-Cream, Sundaes; Phosphates, Limade, . Coca-Cola, Etc. HI II I Nothing is Perfect. Our Soda is Great. "PW T aV Paints lkj Groceries Liquors w f Tr I 1 Everything -J il Inthe m Drug Line. I - MI -11 For Sick and Nervous Headache Cures Headache and Neuralgia quickly without bad elfect. Every bottle guaran teed. PRIRE 25 CENTS Sold only by Mcduffie drug store, (Franklin-Martin Co.,) Prescription Druggists, S. W. Cor. Mar ket Square, Day 'phone, 120;Night, 202. Fresh Candy Just in. Big lot all sizes and packages. Sedberry's Palace Pharmacy. ICE - CREAM, Milk Shakes, ALL POPULAR DRINKS Served at Our Fountain. MCKETHAN & CO. Druggists. 'Phone 331. Our Fountain is now running on summer schedule. All Are served. A. J. COOK&CO., Druggists and Pharmacists, (next door to postofTice), 'Phone 141. Drinks I pi. Sons Ffiliis Lates Oris Sunnyside Floral Nursery J. M. LAMM, Proprietor, Fayetteville, N. C. Dahlias, A fine stock in all colon from white to purple; PLANT NOW. Also Gladlouls, Caladlums and Tuberose, excelsior pearl ami variegated and (Jreetv house Plant la great variety. JAMMM-JvAMJJ, lock Bo fX, Wr
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