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THE OBSERVER. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1905. Fayetteville, N. C. E. J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. E.J. HALE, Jr., Business Manager. THE FRANCHISE TAX. ftlcbmond Tlmci IUipalch. The decision of the United States Supreme Court in the franchise tax canes from New York is a popular vic tory. The history of the case is inter esting: L , "For years," says the New York Tribune, "corporate assessment for local taxation included in a loose sort -of way the value of franchises until the Court of Appeals, in the Union Trust Company and the Manhattan Railway cases, reversed the old rule of treating the sale of stock above par as conclusive evidence of unimpaired capital, and so assessing the whole capital minus a company's real estate. This had, of course, included franchise values. In enforcing that ruling in a subsequent case, Justice Cullen, of the Appellate Division of the Second Department, now chief judge of the Court of Appeals, recognized this in a notable opinion and pointed the way to new legislation, taxing the great franchise values that were escaping assessment. In 1899 the Legislature, as the result of a popular movement, in which the Tribune took a leading part, passed an act for the local taxa tion, as real estate, along with tangi gible property in the streets, of fran chises to use the streets. At the re quest of the corporations. Governor Roosevelt at a special session of the Legislature secured a modified bill providing for the valuation of franchi ses by "tire State Tax Corporation. Then the corporations made this State, instead of local assessment, one of the chief grounds for attacking the consti tutionality of the measure. "Justice Herrick, of Albany, ap pointed Robert Earl, ex-ehief judge of the Court of Appeals, referee to report on the validity of the tax law. He upheld it, with the minor concession that the same proportion of assess ment to actual value must be followed in dealing with franchises as with lands and houses. Justice Herrick confirmed his report, but the Appel late Division in the Third Depart ment, in January, 1903, reversed it by a vote of three to two. mainly on the ground that the assessment by a State board violated the home rule provis ions of the Constitution. In the fol lowing May, the Court of Appeals u nanimosly found the other way. hold ing that the assessment of franchises was a new function, which was never lawfully exercised by local officials, and hence could be reversed wherever the Legislature directed. It also clear ly sustained the right to tax franchise values, and to define them as part of the real estate to which they were in separably attached. From this decis ion the corporations have ever since been hoping, rather against hope, for relief from the United States Supreme Court." We are glad that the New York court was sustained, for in onr opinion this paper is uncompromisingly op posed to double taxation, and we are opposed to taxing shadows. We do not believe in taxing a piece of paper which is merely the evidence of own ership, but we believe in taxing all actual property of whatever character, wherever it may be found, once, but only once. A franchise is an intan gible thing, but it is property. It is a privilege for a street car company, for example, to operate its line upon the streets of a city. Such a line, as everybody knows, is usually worth far more than the cost of track and e quipment. It has a value of position which is to be determined by the earning capacity of the road. It is very much in the nature of an income tax, than which no tax is more reas onable or less burdensome. SECESSION IN THE UNITED STATES. We have received the following let ter from General Joseph Wheeler : New York, May 8th, 1905. My Dkak Sir: I enclose herewith an article writ ten by myself printed from the origi nal plates of the Encyclopedia Amer icana. I endeavored in this article to gath er together some undisputed facts which it was my hope would put the question of "Secession" in a. different light from that given by many writers since 1865. General Stephen D. Lee, whose let ter I enclose, and several other prom inent Confederates, have expressed an opinion that the article would be interesting to your readers and in structive to their children, and it is hoped that you will concur in this view and print the article in your large Sunday edition, the last of May or about that time. The Confederate Reunion takes place June 14th, and the minds of the people of the South are now being inclined to study these questions. I trust that you will agree with General Ixv and other-Confederates and mvself, and decide to print it. As the book is copyrighted, of course it would be credited to the Encyclope dia Americana. This work bids fair to become the standard Encyclopedia With high regards, Sincerelv vours. Joseph Wheeler. AEFOB.D NEWS NOTES. Mr. John W. McLauchlin returned Saturday from Fort Worth, Texas, where he went as a commissioner to the General Assembly of the Presby terian church While away he visit ed his niece. Mrs. W. Harrell in Hot Springs, Ark. His brother. Major M. M. McLauchlin was also sent as a commissioner from Pee Dee Presbv tery S. C. Mr. D. Ive Cain died very sud denly at his home near here, of heart disease on the 29th ult. , aged 45 years. He leaves a widow and three children a father, Mr. J. W. Cain, of 71st, and several brothers and sisters. Mr. Cain wm a good man, a member of the M. E. chnreh, and will be missed by a circle of relatives ?nd friends. ' Messrs Kinnon McDiarmid and Tom Dixon have returned home from the State University. Miss Christiana McFadyen returned Saturday from a few days at Red Springs. Mr. R. DeV. Dickson arrived Thurs day from Asheville, where he taught the past year in the Bingham school. Mr. G. L. Edgerton and family and Mr. Jaa. Upchurch and family spent several days on the beach last week. Mrs. Hasselkus of Grippin, Gs., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. B. McQueen. Raeford, June 6th. The letter from Gener.il Stephen IV Lee. referred to bv General Wheeler is as follows : United Confederate Veterans. Com'd'g General's Office. tefhi D. Lit General Commandm. Columbus. Miss., April 25, 1905. Gen. Joseph Wheeler. I". S. A.. My Dear General : 1 have read with much interest vour article on "Secession." in the "Encyclopedia Americana." The tone of the article is very" different from what is found in most encyclopedias, written mainly in the spirit of bad blood and sectionalism about and after our great Civil War. You seem to me to present unquestionable facts such as no student ot history can ile nv. Northern writers in dealing with the matter of secession generally speak of the South in terms of oblo quy and vilification, and rather would have our countrvmen and the world believe, that the specific acts of the South in withdrawing from the Union was a political crime, using as a term of reproach the term of rebellion, or to infer from the fact that Southern independence was not maintained, that secession was morally wrong. The facts of American history really rob the reproach cf its sting when they show that secession had its gen esis in New England, and that subse quently almost even.' section of the country has at some time threatened to secede. It is not fair to the South that even' scheme of secession and nullification should be represented as abhorrent to the people of New En gland and the North, inferring that they were always most loyal to the I'nion of States Since the success of Northern arms over Southern arms in the Civil War, it has unfortunately been the practice of Northern writers to isolate the period of the war from the record before it began. You and I have lived to see bitter ness and sectionalism almost disap pear, and to see the South loving the flag of our fathers, and which must forever be the flag of our children , and it seems now to be an appropriate time to have a "rennaisance" on the matteT of any obloquy attached tc the doctrine of secession. I beg. therefore, if possible, you have reproduced in the metropolitan papers of the South and of the North too. your article on "Secession," so our younger genera tion may hold the scales evenly bal anced as to the antecedent of the citi zens of the two sections in this mat ter. It would be well to have these articles appear about the first of June, as the Confederate Reunion occurs in Louisville June 14th. 15th, and 16th. and the people even-where will be more inclined to read about the seces sion of the South, and the great clash ol arms following, lor there is no other part of the historyf our nation so rich in actions which evoke even the admiration and honor of mank ind and so apt to form the highest ideals of patriotism as the four eventful years from Manassas to Appomattox. With kind wishes. Your comrade and friend, (Signed). Stephen D Lee. We have pleasure in complying with General Wheeler's request. An authoritative statement of this sort, endorsed bv the commander of United Confederate Yeterans, is im portant and timely. We print a part in this issue, and will continne it from day to day until finished probably in seven er eight days. From tbc f.ncrrU(dla AcurWni. SECESSION IN THE UNITES STATES. BV BRIG. OP.S. JOSEPH WHEELER. To properly understand the causes which led to the secession of the Southern States in 1861 and the reas ons which actuated those by whom such action was advocated, we must confine our investigations to the his tory of the country and the conditions which existed prior to the dates when the seceding States withdrew from the Union. If we look back from the standpoint of to-day the events of near ly half a century intervene and we see but little of the picture which was presented at that period. We must study the theory of the Constitution as it was understood and explained by the creators of that instrument, and the history of the period prior to 1861, at ler.st so far as it relates to con stitutional rights and construction. It will also be interesting and instructive to consider the views entertained by the advocates of the State Rights doc trine as distinguished from the views of the extreme nationalists, and we must also become informed regarding the long continued struggle between the leaders of these two parties. In i860 not only the leaders but the rimul bunt.' -Mifilr. ,A wu. Southern people generally were firm " , . - j, , 0 in the belief that a State had the legal cons in have flooded rivers and inun- ri ,t to iecede from the Federal Vn dated towns, washed away bridges, This was the natural result of the stopped railroad trains, caused loss of teaching! of more than half a century lifeand hundreds of Uiousands of dol. Wnt7w opposition existed in the i... ....... 1. ,.r I several State conventions or among . the people of the seceding States arose waves 01 irom uiree ana a nan to lour BOt on the question of the principle of Icct are reponea on tne great lakes. secession, the right to secede, but upon M Woca lor OM Observer. Now that Maj. Hale is away, we take the liberty of copying the follow ing from that excellent paper, the Raleigh Evening Times : The daily edition of the Kayetteville Observer has added four columns to its girth and is now a seven column, four page evening paper of superior merit. That it has ability of a high order is guaranteed in its mast-head, from which it floats the pennant bear ing the name of its cultured and excel lent editor, Major E.J. Hale. The copy before us as we write gives evidence of liberal local patronage, there being seventeen columns of advertising, which speaks well for a town the size ,f Fayetteville. Our best wishes, Ma jor, May you live long and prosper. the expediency of seceding. Perhaps the mt conspicuous example of the unity of the people of the seceding States is to be found in the proceed ings 01 tne AiatHtma convention. .- very large minority of thisconvention, for awhile supposed to be a majority, was elected on the following platform: "That we hold it to lie our duty, first, to use all honorable exertions to SK- ct'RR our rights in the Union, and if we should fail in this, we will main tain our rights 01 T of the Union; for, as citizens of Alabama, we owe allegiance first to the State; and we will support her in whatever course she may adopt." With" rare exceptions the arguments against such action were on the ground that it was inexpedient and (inadvisa ble, but when the act was consumma ted it was cenerallv recognized in the seceded States as the supreme law of the landthe exceptions being lor the most part confined to a few counties in East Tennessee and the sparsely inhabited strip of mountain land known as the southwestern part of the Alleghanies. In this connection it is important to state that in 1861 and for years prior to that time this belief in the right, of secession was by no means confined to the South, or to the so-called pro-slaverv partv. Horace Greelev, editor of the New York Trib une. was outspoken in upholding the right of secession, and for months af ter the establishment of the Confed erate government annv officers from the South openly discussed the ques tion of remaining in the Union army or joining the Confederacy, and those who decided upon the latter course were allowed to to freelv. General Joseph E. Johnston and Colonel Robert E. I.ee both contiuued in the performance of their army du tits in Washington for nearly two months after the inauguration of Pres ident Lincoln, the former holding the all-important position of qnarter-nias-ter general of the army of the United States, and it was after it was gener ally known that Colonel, afterward General. Lee had decided that it was his duty to give his fealty to his na tive State. Virginia, that Mr. Lincoln offered him the appointment as com mander-in-chief of all the armies of the United States. At that time the authorities in Washington did not use the words treason and traitors in re ferring to the Southern officers who re-signed their commissions and joined the Cuntederate armv. But the result: of the appeal to anus whereby the ad vocates of secession were overwhelmed have clouded and caused to be utterly forgotten the legal and logical princi pics for which the States Rights party had contended for three-quarters of a century. Greek said in 1S60: "War is hideous necessity at best, and a civil conflict a war of estranged and em bittered fellow countrymen, is th must hideous of all wars." (New York Tribune, io Nov. 1S60.) And his words were prophetic. In the terrible internecine war of four years more than i.ooo.ikx) human beings, most of whom were the youth of the land, fell in battle or succumbed to disease and the hardships of campaign, or were wounded and maimed: while in nearly every home. North and South, heart broken monrners were crushed by the awful sacrifice to the God of Battles. During and at the close of the war even- branch of the government was under the control of those responsible for the coercive policy which brought it on. With rare exceptions the whole press of the Northern States and its literature were dominated by the same influences The chief executive and all his subordinates in thegovernment with one acclaim pronounced the edict that those who had not supported their views should lie made odious to the American people, and from that time the teaching to the youth of the land has been of this character. The causes which influenced the action of those who brought about the seces sion of the S.nthern States became utterly obscured and forgotten. Caises of Secession. The gener al assumption that slavery- was the .vile cause ol secession and the war that followed is very far from correct. It is clearly to be seen that far awav and bevond the question of slavery. even in the .-r- earliest days of the life of the nation, the two parties began the Ftru-jifle the one to m tain the unrelinquished rights of the States, the other to establish and vest greater pow-r in the central govern ment.. But although this leading question, and other cognate questions were really at issue in this conflict, slavery was the proximate occasion of the Civil War. The anti-slavery agitation focused and brought into active operation the theories of the extreme nationalists that the central government had the right to go into the domain A State eovemments and regulate their domestic affairs. And the threats of the abolitionists awoke the southern people to the realization that the guarantees of the Constitu tion for the protection of slave prop erty were to be nullified and. at least to that extent, the rights of the States destroyed. It is therefore nec essary to revi'w the history of this contributing, if not paramount, cause. I without entering upon any discussion 01 tne question ol slavery itsell. History op Slavery. Slavery was not only a heritage from the mo ther country, but the history of early colonial times shows that it was a forced heritage that was resisted and opposed by the colonies. In the same spirit the Southern people opposed slavery- at the time of the (declaration of Independence and were vigorous in resisting the further importation of slaves fro:n Africa. The wise men of that dav foresaw the evils attending such a traffic. Its enormous profits would cause a further great influx of people hardly renmved from savagery Hut when slavery lie-came a fixed in stitution. rccogniz-d, guaranteed and protected bv the Constitution, the people of the South sought to ame borate so far as prowible, all the evils attending it. Slavery was part of the common law of England prior to the settlement of the first colonies in America, and occame the common law of the colonies; and at the time of the Declaration of Independence ex isted in each of the thirteen colonies. As above stated, this condition exist ed despite the etTorts of some of the colonies to terminate it. Judge Cooley in his continuation of Story s 'Com mentaries on the Constitution,' says "No colony was so persistent in its efforts to check the slave trade as Yirginia, and Judge TncVer enumer ates twenty-three arts on the subject. beginning with 1699. Georgia, un der Oglethorpe, prohibited tne im portation of slaves until 1752, when the proprietors surrendered the char ter and the colony became part of the royal government, when the power of the colonists to prevent the importa tion of slaves ceased, the Crown pro hibiting the exercise , of any such power by the colonists. In 1760 south Carolina passed an act prohibiting the further importation of African siuves. The act was rejected by the Crown; the governor was reprimanded; and a lrcular was sent to all the governors of the colonies warning them ngainst presuming to countenance such legis lation. - TO BE tONTINVKD.J , EAVES DAM ITEMS. Soata AMura Ma. Editor: Messrs. Durby Carter and Pat Wil- lamson were visiting their cousin, Mr. Gibson Hall, last Sunday, Miss Lummie M. hite was visit ing her brother, Mr. C. L. M. White last Sunday- afternoon. Mrs. Sarah Yarboro is improving, we are glad to say. Mrs. PTCT Yarboro returned home last Friday from S. C where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary Hildreth. The Man-in school concert was ex cellent. The corner stone yvas laid bv the Masons. Mrs. T. F. Hall has been on the sick list for the past three weeks, we are sorry to sav. Mr: C. K. Hall is also on the sick list. Hope thev will soon recover. Miss Irene Blake has returned from Littleton where she has been going to school. We are all glad to see her home again. Misses Alice and Cleta Blake were callers on their little friend Miss Ev Hall last Sunday. We are soitv to note the illness of Messrs. C. S. Council and Charlie M White this week. Hope thev will soon regain their strength. e are soitv to note the death 01 Mrs. W. A. McArthur and Mr. Mc Duffie yvho departed this life-May 25th and 26th. We extend to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy. Blvebell May 30. LENA NEWS. We have been having some nice weather for the past few days, and General Green is almost subdued. Mr. D. N. Geddie, of Cedar Creek, took dinner with Mr. A. P. Hair and M. J. Hair last Sunday. Rev. J. A. Smith filled his regular appointment at Cumberland Union last Sunday, and owing to the pleas- ant weather a large number attended." Mr. Roland Williamson and Mr. Dan McMillan visited at the home of Mr. J. E. Hair Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tildan Averitt, of near Stcdman. spent Sunday with their fa ther, Mr. J. E. Hair. A goodly number of Cedar Creek folks attended services at Cumberland Union last Sunday. Mr. Neill Thaggard and daughter. Miss Berta. spent Sunday at the home of Mr- Alex. Thaggard. Mr. Neill Hair and family visited their father, Mr. V. B. Hair, Sunday. Rev. E. J. Edwards is spending some time with his daughter. Mrs. Bruton. and his wite, who is staying with Mrs. Bruton. Miss Lizzie Gerome, who is visiting at the home of Mr. J. McP. Geddie. was among those who attended sen i ces at Cumberland Union Sunday from Cedar Creek. Success to the Observer. June 5, 1905. "Rex." We make our appearance once more to let the rest of the world know that far-away Beaver Dam is on the list of the living yet, and doing fairly well considering the havoc Gen. Green is nlnvine with the crops. r -: V. ., . a..; Air. r. Ii. wuuaru maue a nyraj business trip to Fayetteville - this week. Mr. E. S. Smith returned home last week sick, but is getting better under the efficient and careful attention of Dr. T. C. Bullard of Autryville. Mr. and Mrs. Morns Hall are visit ing their son, R. L. Hall, of Cedar Creek, this week. Mr. G. W. Hall is very sick, we are sorry to say. Mr. Fay Autry of Autryville passed through our section this week with an inspector looking over the new R. F. D." route from Autryville, for which Congressman Patterson has our thanks We hope the route will be established. It has been our sad lot to be sick a good deal thisspring. But we do not wish to yvorry the world with our troubles, for the old world has troubles enough of her own. But thanks to an Allwise Providence lor a place prepared where the sick and weary person can get the best medical at tention and the kindest nursing pos sible to be had. I wish to say something now of Dr. Marsh's private sanitorium, where 1 spent some few days recently. St. Luke's Hospital is situated on the lovely and pleasant Haymount Hill overlooking the city of Fayetteville. The situation of this hospital is un doubtedlv one of the finest in this sec tion of the State. The beautiful view the balmy bracing air and the scenery in general is so grand and bracing till the poor sick person is at once braced-up and encouraged. The hospital is a modern, up-to- date building, costing between $20, 000 and $25,000. It is equipped with all modern appliances for the success ful practice of medicine and surgery. Even-thing is arranged in the most comfortable manner that is possible for the welfare and comfort of the patient who may be so fortunate as to be under the skill and kind care of Dr. Marsh and his kind and compe tent nurses, yvho are ever on the alert for their patients' welfare and speedy recover-. To most people the name hospital carries lonesomeness, isola tion, and in some way there is natur al dread yvhen you say go to a hos pital. But let ' me say to all who never have been to one to no longer dread and tremble, but go on when your doctor says so, for you will be treated all right. Such is the case at St. Luke s, where nurses, attendants and all are kind and considerate. The magnificent building is situated on the hill away from the fuss and noise of the main business part of town. It is an ideal place for a sick, overwork ed person to rest, build-up and gain back lost health. e feel much ben efitted bv our short stay at St. Luke's. We extend our congratulations to the Obsen-er in its new dress. We hope it continued success. We want to shake Jumbo band on his poem "On the Farm." JACK. CEDAB CHEEK ITEMS. We hone the bov are all jubilant over this fine weather, but it comes a little too late for some of the farmers. The fanners will be better posted as to the weather conditions, we have one- Prof. Hicks in this place. Miss Eugenia Cogdell passed through this village last, week on her way to Littleton f emale college. Mr. D. JN. Uefldie IOOK apieasuni ride to Fayetteville last Friday. We think that air. mens wm give us astronomical caicuiaiiono mm week. Messrs. Carl Downing, Ralph hmltn and Sandy Wheeler were in this vil lage Saturday p. 111, Mr. N. A. Smith, formerly of Rob eson, is showing his ability in farm ing. He has a tine crop at present. Next Thursday will decide whether we get the stock fence law. If we get it Cedar Creek section must, pun me load. Dr. Kirbv O, Averitt and Mrs. Av eritt visited Fayetteville last week. The littlle son of Mr. N. A. sinun, Gilbert Patterson, has been very ill, Dr. Averitt attending. Mr.. I). IX Faircloth attended preach ing at Cumberland Union last week. Mr. M. A. Smith has accepted a po sition as night guard over the county convicts. Mr. Smith is a native of Robeson county. June 4, 1005. Cotton King. Yalta Down ta Scaaol Taa. Two school districts voted Saturday on the question of a special school tax Rockfish station, which is on Hlue'l road in 71st, and Manchester. In each case the tax was defeated. At Rockfish the vote was 18 for the tax, 15 against. The registered vote was 36, and as it takes a majority of the registered vote to carry a tax the proposition was defeated by the nar row margin of one vote. At "Manchester the vote was 9 against the tax and 7 for. The regis tered vote here was 20. It is said that the tax would have carried in this district but for the fact that there was a misunderstanding in regard to the boundary There are j white school districts in the county, and onjy, four of these have a special tax as follows: Cross Creek; Rockfish, No. 1.; Grays Creek, No. 4; and Flea Hill, Nos. 3, 4 and 8, consolidated. The Countv Commissioners this morning granted an order for a spe cial school-tax election for Godwin and Stedman. OBITUARY noice. IDAHO ITEMS. The rain in this section has been just right until Saturday a week ago we had a great pour down, flooding the fields and filling up the ditches. On last Wednesday evening we had another rain with a tenffic wind, cvelone-like, laying the fences and trees in its path. This left our land too wet to work and the boys gather ed up their old tin buckets and put out for the huckleberry patch. W e are thanklul to say we had our crops in first class condition. The patch of corn the preacher saw near the road that was so grassy is now- about waist high, and is being laved by. It looks hne and promis ing. King cotton has been dropping, but he is gettine a move-up on himself now. We look for a good price for cotton this fall. There are many fields of cotton that will have to be set aside on account of labor and grass. I think the bud worms have eased u p on the corn now. They have left the fields spotted with small and large corn. Pastor M. A. Stephens filled his regular appointment at Judson the fourth Saturday and Sunday. A large crowd attended. The potato bngs have been destine tive to the Irish potatoes this year They cleaned up a fellow s patch where he planted two barrels. He plowed th patch of bngs and potatoes all in together. Mr. John Horne stepped on a nail a few days ago and was. painfully hurt, the nail going nearly through his foot. Miss Bessie Horne spent Saturday night and Sunday with friends near Macedonia. Miss Katie McDaniel spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Alex Johnson. Mrs. H. R. McDaniel and Miss Zella Haywood spent Saturday and Sudday at Hope Mills visiting friends and relatives. Messrs. Andrew and Ernest Wil liams spent a short time with friends and relatives in this section. We were glad when we tore the wrapper off the Observer to see it had on a neat and new dress. We wish that everybody would patronize the ( ibserver. It is our home organ and everyone ought to patronize it and help make it the best paper in the State. Best wishes to the Observer. Paksv A 8 re4 Care m Ml. Helling, I'.lind. Weeding or Protruding Pile. Ltruiwiftto refund the money if VAAt OI.YfMfcVr fails to cure any cane, no matter of now Ionic standing, in 8 to 14 days, r int application gives esse and rest. 50c. If your druiorint han't it send 50e in stomps and it will l forwarded post-paid by Paris Medi cine t,o., m. i-ouis, mo. rtiJ For the Observer. Mrs. Susan Mosely Evans was born at the home of her father, Mr. Patrick Murphv, in Sampson county, June 23, iu. and passed away quietly at her home near Sherwood church, Cumber land county, Nov. 3, 1904. Mrs. Ev ans was a child of Godly parents, and early in life connected herself with the Presbyterian church, and ever lived a consistent christian life. In 1854 she was married to Mr. Eras mus H. Evans, one of Cumberland county's most highly esteemed and influential citizens, and to them were bom three sons and nine daughters. Mr. Evans died in 1879, and since then Mrs. Evans has devoted her life to rearing and educating her children, and as a careful, pains-taking, self- sacrificing mother, she was an exam pie to others. In her last years she had the gratification of seeing her ef forts crowned with success. Mrs. Evans was endowed by nature with fine intellect, and had the best educational advantages in her youth. and continued to improve her mind by reading the best literature of the day all her life so she was a highly cul tivated woman. She possessed a com bination of good qualities rarely met with in one person. She had fine bu siness capacity, as was proven by the manner in which she managed her farm and reared a large family after being left a widow, and she was very refined and modest. Mrs. Evans is survived by one son and nine daughters, a brother, Dr. P L. Murphy, of Morganton, and two sisters, Mrs. DeVane and Mrs. Wil liams, of Sampson. Although her voice is stilled in death, her influence still lives, and her children nsC up and 'call her blessed," Letter to D. H. Bajr A Cm. Fayetteville, N. C. Dear Sir: Yon sen a good many things by the gallon; Being decent men, you give hill measure. Yon know what we mean: yon know that short weight and short measure are common among well, we hope there are no short measures and weights in your town. There' are, though. Ribbons and laces and trimmings, sold by the 'dozen," measure nine or ten yards. There is no complaint, because "thev all do it. " Yon ha ve the same plague in your goods nearly everything. canned or bottled, cheats in the quan tity. Almost nobody gives full weight in a factory-package! we are one of the almost nobodies. We sell paint, by the gallon, to paint vour bouse; and onr gallon is lust the same size as yours that you measure vinegar with 231 cubic inches. Good paint too Devoe-lead-and- zinc takes fewer gallons than mixed paint and wean twice as long a lead - and-oil. Yon own houses. That's why we are wnting yon. vour truly. . 61 F. W. Devob & Co, iggg SHERWOOD ITEMS. We yvere very much disappointed at Mt. Pisgah last Sunday, as our Pastor, Rev. A. E. Pittnian, was not present. We fear that he was ill. Misses Ruth and Isaliel Cecil and Master lohn Allen Thames are visit ing their grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Thames, of Sherwood. Mr. Jesse Carter, a handsome wid ower, and Mr. Amos Butler were vis iting in our neighborhood last Thursday. Mrs. H. B. Downing, of Cedar Creek, is visiting her sister and other relatives at Sherwood. Mr. Raymond Ellis was again yvear- ing his broad smile last Sunday. We were pleased to meet Misses ftle- ta and Bessie Marsh at Mt. Pisgah last Sunday. Chrysanthemum. WHOLESALE ROBBERIES AT HOPE MILLS. Three Stores Entered Last Night- Messrs. John Harrington and Leon McDuffie the Sufferers. Hope Mills was the scene of three bold robberies last night. The two stores of Mr. John Harrington and Mr. Leon McDuffie's store were bro ken into and great quantities of goods taken. There were several robbers in the party, and they used a wagon to cart off the plunder. They gained entrance bv the windows in two ofl the stores, and the third, which was Harrington's grocery store, they secured access to by breaking the door down with an ax. Last Sunday nisrht Mr. Matt Mor gan's store in Hope Mills was entered, and it is on suspicion of having some thing to do with the crime that John Garvin is now in jail. Sheriff Marsh and all his deputies are aiding Chief of Police of Hope Mills Andrews in a search for the robbers. PARKER'S HAIR BAL8AMJ OImum tod beuitlflu tha tub, Pnnui a luiurlftitt ROWth. Kim 1H to BMtore Qny Mslr to it lODUUiil yoior. Mc, ndl.l itt Pnmlltt rkf4 to know ought what itgoes on house if you expect it to last Depend on Lucas Paints (Tinted Clou) They are made to last Their looks are 1 made to last Expect them to hold color and not crack and peel. They'll not disappoint you, Ask your dealer. - I John Lucas & Co Philadelphia 1 j 1 r . 1 For sale by B, E, Sedberry's Sons, Fayetteville, N. C. Hollingsworth 8c Co., Leaders this week. Men's Lisle Thread I'ndershirts 50c, regular $1 kind. " " Drawers 50c.; " " " Night Shirts ."0c. choice (all kinds up to f I). Top " regular 75c. and I goods. " " $1.25 goods. Boy's Knee Drawers 25c, any size. " Undershirts 25c., any sine. Ladies' and Misses' 0 to 25c. Infants' short sleeve, long sleeve or no sleeves. 5, 10, 12X and 25c. 20c. Organdie, Bat'mt and Lawn 10c. Hose, brown, at 10, 12 Hose, white, at 10, 12, 15 and 25c-; for ladies, misses and children, 15 and 25c. Hollingsworth & Co. Don't forget our low shoes. Mcctlafl ol Boar ol Coaaty Coat- . aUaaloacra. The board of county commissioners met in regular monthly session Monday with E. A. Poe, chm'n, J. J. Bullard, S. J. Cameron, John M. Ow en and John Elliott present. Dr. A. S. Rose read his monthly report and it was approved. It was also ordered that he be allowed to use his discretion in regard to rendering medical aid. Dr. A. S. Rose and Commissioner John M. Owen were instructed and authorized to have a building for the safe keeping of the insane erected at the county home. The poor list was continued except as follows: John Waddell was drop ped from the list, and Lizzie Waddell and Amos McAllister were sent to ihe county home. The report of Alex. Leslie, keeper of the home for the aged and infirm was accepted and filed. The report of J. E. Cole, superin tendent of roads, was read and approved. The matter of damage to the prop erty of C. E. Ayer, by county road being run through it, was set for a hearing before the commissioners on Tuesday after the first Monday in July. The report of the superintendent of county home shows twelve inmates. At I o'clock the board took a recess for dinner. Mortaarjr Report. Dr. A. S. Rose, City Physician, in his mortuary report for May, shows that during the month there were io deaths as follows: White, 3; colored, 7; of the colored three were under five years of age. Consumption, heart disease and pentonetis were the causes of death with the white people. Of the ne groes, 1 died of pneumonia; of con sumption; 2 of brain disease; one of heart disease, and one of diarrhoea! disease. Vv tXPIHIINCt CLOSED! The bijj clothing store of Mike Folb, The King Clothier, will be closed MONDAYand TUESDAY in order to mark down prices for the Big Sale. This BIG SALE will start WEDNESDAY IMl promptly at 9 o'clock, and continue for ton dais. The whole entire stock will be put on sale at heard of before. a great sacrifice prices nsver The Entire Stock Must Go ! REMEMBER THE DATE, WEDNESDAY AT 9 O'CLOCK. MIKE FOLB, THE KING CLOTHIER. wHiwToi, m. e. A Bad bcare. Some day you will get bad scare, when yon (eel pain in your bowels. and fear appendicitis. Safety lies in Dr. King's New Uie run, a sure cure, lor an dowu ana stomacn diseases, such as headache, billions. ties, costiveneM, etc. Guaranteed at B. E. Sedberry's Sons drug store, l-only jc Try them. ((Mil v4 Tmoc Maims 0 -v Ot wans Auto MinHn t n4 amliium mf ffttflkly Manlii our oplntoa frM wnthf mk uncttrvmrnammtM, itth-i"! eorw STROUSE BRO.'S" A TTITkT-Tl CI TITTC vru j. out j. Look Cool, And Are Cool, But they sacrifice none of their style to the comfort of the wearer. 100 Styes to Select From. Custom-made Clothing Ready-to-wear At Half the Custom-made price; That's the story. Agent W. L. Douglas' Fine Shoes. Too much cannot be said of the Style and Comfort of this famous Shoe They are just as good as other Shoes for $5 and $6, and our prices are $3.00 and $3.50, In All Leathers And All Cuts. R V BU R N S. km M rtotlf- rmftdamtl. HAtiiml nt tr. OUUtH Mn oy fortcnp MUntsy rmmum vmnmmn munrn rman Hurra Co. mmIM Scientific Jlneriea nlsikm of mnf rtniiOf fcnuL Tn, 91 m 1 io foff wanitM, i. HMkyM Mimlitltri a r at, wanm u, u. At our request, ''The Designer. ' has been mailed to you for the past three months. Mow we ask you to please" bring or send us at once Sour sulmcription (HOe.) to the Designer for the year. We are also agents for "The tandard (.Designer) 1'attorns." X'ours truly, LADIES: The New Bock Store Co.
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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