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DAILY EDITION. $4.00 per Annum, i n Advance. 2.00 for 6 Months, in Advance. 1.00 for 3 Months, i n Advance. FA YETTEVILLJE WEEKLY EDITION. $1.00 per Annum, In Advance. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1905. NE' RIES-VOL. XXIINO. 11,076. OLD SERIES VOL LXX NO. 31,876. 5 " OBS1RTEI GIVE THE POOH BULLY A CHANCE TO FltiHT. Bend Him lo Ihc Pbllllplne. Muncle 1'renn. . The man who carries concealed weapons in the ordinary walks of life ia either a coward or else lie is only awaiting the opportunity to commit some unluwful deed againt the best ' interests of society. Of course, in this State, it is a misdemeanor to car ry a concealed weapon, but a good many persons take chances and carry a gun in known violation of the law, It is easy to understand that if they will violate the lnw in one instance they will with equal impunity do the same thing in another. The man with a gun should be relegated to the regions where gun carrying is the necessity of the hour. There is no room for him in civilized communities.. Babies' skin will be soft and smooth If you give them Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea this month. It regu lates the stomach and bowels. It makes the little ones sleep and grow. 35 cents. McDuffie Drug Store. (Franklin & Martin.) Siinamba Bark is an old Creole remedy for Diarrhoea and all bowel disorders, and is a good one. Calais' Simaruba Uowel Tonic does the work. Is not a strong astringent, contains no opium or other poisons Is palat able anAeflective for children or adults. Price 25c. Sold by H. R. Home & Sons. WHEN MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IS DESIRABLE. As we have had occasion to say be fore, municipal ownership is a ques tion that has to be decided by each locality according to the conditions prevailing there. If the local gov ernment be corrupt or inefficient, the adoption oi municipal ownership merely widens the area of plunder or waste. As niost of our American cit ies are corruptly governed, municipal ownership is not good for them. Phil adelphia owned her gas works, and the swindle which the city officials were about to consummate, the other day, by leasing them at a rental inad equate by millions and millions of dollars, was so stupendous and so pat ent that the great graft-ridden City of the Quakers itself is now in the throes of a revolution. The subject is well treated by the excellent Collier's, which says in an editorial this week : CAUSE OF HAY FEVER Hyomei the Only Cure Gives Change of Climate in Your Own Home. Fifty years ago hay fever had not been named, but undoubtedly people suffered then as now with sneezing, wat ery eyeB, excessive running at the nose. the direct causes appear to be heat, dust, and the pollen of (lowers, and the only treatment that physicians recom mended prior to the discovery of II yo niei, was a change of climate. Now by using Hyomei you can save an expensive trip to the Mountains, and escape weeks of suffering. This re markable treatment kills the germs of disease and soothes and heals the irrita ted mucous membrane. It really gives you in your own home a change ot cli mate, and hav fever sufferers know from past ex perience that this is the only thing that has afforded them relief. By breathing Hyomei a few times daily, you can save theexpense of a trip to the Mountains and avoid the dangerous hay fever. The coinolete II vomei outfit costs but $1, extra bottles, 50 cents, and consists of a neat pocket inhaler, throngh which H vomei is breathed and, which will last a life-time, a medicine dropper and a bottle of II vomei. Beduerry's manna- cy offer to refund the money if Hyomei uoeg not uo an mat. is cianuea ior 11. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. NEILL A. SINCLAIR, Attorney-at-Law, 117 Donaldson Street, FAYKTTIfiVILLK, - N. - C D. T. OATES, Attorney-at Law, Rooms 2 and 3 K. of P. Building, rAYKTTKVII.LK, - N. C. Q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney-at-Law, Office K. of P. Building, 'phone 229, KAYlm'KVIl.I.K, - N. - C. General law practice; Notary Public. H. . Shaw. Mcl). Robinson, John G (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorneys-at-Law, Office 121 Donaldson Street. Fayetteville, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business. D. L. McDUFFIE, Attorney-at-Law, K. of P. Building, fAYKlTKVII.I.K, - N. JOHN W. BOLTON, Attorney-at-Law, Office over Frank Beasley's Store. Notary Public. " H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, (Notary Public) . Office over Beasley'i Store. Fayetteville, N. U. J. H. MARSH, M. D., Phvsician and Surereon. Office 103 Hay Street, Fayetteville, N. C, Dr. E. L. HUNTER, Dentist, ' North-east Corner Market Square, Favetteville, N. C. Dr. J. B. HIGHSMITH, DENTIST. Rooms 5-7 Highsmith Block. vkkM4v 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE D 1 ym Tmdc Mams M!11- COMBIOHTt 4C. AnroM Mndlnf rtflrti and dMortptlon mtj antoklr aaoeruln our opinion fro whether an ll c ' mteial notloi, without otmrf , in th intention ti probblTpitentb t ugnor for lecurlns Mttni Patent! Uken through Munn Co, rvotlrt r MtcntAbi Uoiuitrtotlf oonfldntlal. HANDBOOK on Patent writ fret. OldMt tf noy lor leouriui Scientific American A h.ndtom.lf lllmtratao: wmklr. Larmat dr. onlailon ot rut aolanUOo Journal. Term.. a of an. .olantlao journal. Terma. Ift a fear i four montna, ti Bumujaii paw. MUCo"'!New Brtnob OfflM, Ui fllWIff .Mill. WaihlMton. HAIR BALSAM OlMtiMt and btMtiflti tht hafc PmnnlM lUKUrlSfil BTOWth. Vtt Tmllt to Bettor Orsy thAil Oolor. hair lalUM Oum Kilp dliMMt 1 leadaMdd, mtfv tur.KtMK ta.mii um! fM. Maori Wm, how to obUla pMonta, trad awka, f HOCUHID AND DEFENDED. rr.. w. aoDTriaUa.au. in ill ooUNTNlia, Bmiiua tKrrel wllk WmUnglim mvm Maw, hHitt inr) MrlnpiMiit fcioHot ExolucJnly. wma or aoma 10 aa a Ml Walk Mni on. WADHINOTON, D. C. When immediate municipal own ership was the issue before election in Chicago, we were sufficiently scolded for 6uf scepticism over what Mayor Dunne would accomplish under the rule of Chicago statesmen of the old regime. Since those days of promise and high words, the Mayor's programme has altered, and the visit of Mr. Dalrymple has further empha sized the political conditions of the Windy Town. Latest item is that Hinky Dink, able supporter of the municipal idea, has left nis post ana gone to Europe. Presumably Johnny Powers and Charley Martin are still on deck. We believe municipal own ership will make, and ought to make, some progress in America, but as Mayor Dunne seems so reluctant to let the Glasgow expert say it can only succeed after political improve ment. It can hardlv progress in fa vor bv being promised immediately in order to win an election, under such conditions as the Dunne faction took advantage of last April in Chi-cago." That is the correct condition prec edent of municipal ownership, viz after political improvement;" and Fayetteville is fortunate beyond ex pression in the political revolution that has caused the amazing result which we have recently witnessed, the election of an incorruptible and effi cient board of public works. Think what would be the size of the debt piled up against us if the municipal light business had been continued at the same rate ot loss as that sustained in the two years during which the city has been trying the municipal owner ship of lighting ! A loss of $7,500 in two years on a $15,000 plant! The general adoption by us of the idea would have meant confiscation of all our property in a few years, at that rate. Collier's, in another article, gives the result of municipal ownership in great English city, where the gov ernment is both honest and capable, as follows : A BRinSH EXPERIENCE. The annual report of the municipal tramway system of Manchester, trans mitted by Consul Hamm ot Hull, shows that for the year ending March 1005, the city cleared a net profit of $604,7 "Jo on the 146 miles of track in operation. The great bulk of -the business 77.34 per cent, of the whole was done at a 2 cent tare or less The city has been able to run its lines with profit at these rates while redu cing the working hours of its employ ees from seventy to hlty-lour per week At the same time it gives each ot its workers free uniforms and a week's annual vacation with pay. During those hours of the day morning and evening, when working people ride, the fares in Manchester are 1 cent per passenger for any dis tance. And what splendid service it is ! No jolts, like the vile New York street cars at 5 cents per passenger, but so smooth running that the pas senger is hardly aware of motion. No hanging by straps, flung hither and thither by the motion of the ram shackle cars and track, but every pas senger seated. No dust or dust-cov ered windows that rattle in their ca- ; but clean, pure air and spotless plate glass windows. No bullying conductors that hold you up for your fare like a highwayman; but courte ous fare collectors whose only object seems to be to make the patrons of the road feel comfortable in mind and body. Now, what is the cause of this vast difference in the outcome in the De mocracy of England and the Democ racv (so-called) of America ? That is the great question to which all pa triots must address themselves, or the beginning of the end of our repub lic is at hand. Fortunately, the an ti-graft wave, now jweeping over the land, gives us hope. PAYETTKVl LLK'S RELATION TO THE SUBJECT. The Virginia papers are filled -with the bitter imprecations of the aroused people upon the corrupt primary ays tern there. This experience which ll but that of nearly all the munici palities in America should admonish us here In Fayetteville that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." No doubt the old Ring, which at present seems to be" ducking its head, is planning to capture the all-powerful Board of Public Works, which was so providentially diverted troin iheir control in the recent election, by elect ing; one of their agents one, two, and three years hence.' And that the old Rins still has a finger iu the Die, it is only necessary to recall the fact that, at the election in May, qualified voters were refused the right to vote because their names were not on a so-called registration list. .This may properly be called an arbitrary registration list because it contained the names of other qualified voters who have informed us that their relation to the registration list in question was precisely the same as that of the excluded voters. As we took occasion to, say at the time, this corrupt act was, we were assured, the mere overlooked survival of the old Ring method, whose mo mentum could not be checked at every point at once. But the occur rence, going to the very root of free government and turning it into the most complete of despotisms, that of the Ring and the Boss, must warn us to see to it that such an outrage can not happen again; but that our great fundamental right of representation where taxation exists shall be pre served in its pristine purity. When that blessed condition is re stored to us -the condition for whoi establishment our Revolutionary fa thers fought then, indeed, will we be prepared to cpnsider the great question of municipal ownership or, as Collier's puts it : "it can only suc ceed after political improvement !" A BIG AND BEAUTU'UI. FAYETTEVILLE. It should be the aim of every pa triotic citizen of this town to make a big and beautiful Fayetteville. Na ture has been lavish in her favors to us. and the prosperity, nay, the emi nence of the town in former days attests this fact. At the same time it approves the wisdom of our colonial ancestors, whose painstaking efforts to fix upon the place which could best administer to the "Benefit of the Back Inhabitants of the Province ' were so completely set out in Mr. Peek's col lation from the Colonial Records, pub lished by us the other day. But the indispensable condition of accomplishing such an aim is a can did recognition of our own shortcom ings. Whether it was the stigma of repudiation, attaching to us alone of Carolinian nyinicipalities, which crushed the aspirations of our high- minded citizens, or the virus of that costly act which gave us for so long a reckless and despotic government, we must resolutely determine to efface the one and expel the other. If it was this handicap which caused the town to fall from its former high es tate, while back country villages be came prosperous cities, its removal will set Nature free again. Intelligent persons understand fully that a meeting of diplomatists to make peace between warring nations cannot be held in public, although the consequences of the meeting may be of world-wide importance, home ae gree of reserve is essential, although modern diplomacy is growing to be more and more candid and direct, al most scorning concealment of any kind. There is weight, therefore, in M. Witte's protest against keeping the world in the dark about every phase of the peace, negotiations. If there is anything to be lost by publicity, the Russians stand to lose as much as the Japanese. If there is anything to be gained, the Japanese will prolit by it as much as the Russians. Baron Komura's diplomacy is of the subtle and secretive kind, very much like the subtlety and secrecy of the Mikado 8 generals and admirals. M. Witte is a modern diplomatist of the "shirt-sleeve variety, judging from the frankness and boldness of his utterances. There are certain per sons and newspapers who accuse him of "playing to the galleries." That is not the impression which the Rus sian plenipotentiary has made upon the niaioritv ol Americans. Their opinion of him is that he is a plain biuntr outspoken man who wants to get Russia's case before the world without concealment of anything. M. Witte would, in fact, conduct the peace conference on the American plan, giving to the press the fullest opportunities for collecting the news of the conference. If that is not dip lomacy, it is at least good sense. "The press correspondents," he is represented as saying, "may be at Portsmouth for two weeks or more waiting for news, and each day they will hear nothing but inventions and idle rumors, which they will send to all parts of the world. This is all because Baron Koniura will not have publicity." M. Witte has shown more judgment in estimating the public de mand for authoritative news from the peace conference than the Japanese have manifested. Strangely enough he represents a country in which the restrictions upon the press are tyran nical and unreasonable, while in Ja pan the press enjoys considerable free dom. Baron Koniura should not for get that M. Witte has taken the pop ular side on the question of secrecy at Portsmouth and that his motives for urging publicity are probably quite as creditable as are the motives of those ho have enforced secrecy. JEROME AND THE BOSSES. RUSSIA WANTS PUBLICITY AT PORTS MOUTH. BUT SUPPRESSES IT IN RUSSIA. The subjoined editorial from the Baltimore Sun is interesting because it well states the Russian side of the proposition that the proceedings of tie conference at Portsmouth be public. We are aware that that is not literally or really the Russian proposition. What they propose is that "the most important features of the conference, each day, be made public. Who is to make up this eclectic bulletin ? The proposition is seen to be absurd as soon as this question is asked. The Japanese are as wise in tefusing to be bothered bv such a nuisance as the attempt would be, as they have been in keeping their military movements secret. Says the sun : M. Witte, the chief plenipotentiary for Russia in the conference at Ports mouth, is quoted in an interview as protesting almost passionately against the secrecv which he is compelled to observe about the proceedings of the conference. There has been as yet no official and authoritative statement concerning the note in which the Jap anese plenipotentiaries laid before the Russian envoys the terms on which Japan is prepared to make peace. Nor has there been an author itative statement touching the Rus sian reply to Japan's note a reply which was understood to be a flat re jection of the terms submitted by the Japanese plenipotentiaries. I he terms of the Japanese note were published Russia, it is true, through what the Foreign Office at St. Petersburg des cribes as a "misunderstanding," and thus the world knows the conditions on which Russia can have peace. But this knowledge was obtained through an accident, and it is not probable that information can be acquired second time in this irregular way. In the interview with the chief Russian plenipotentiary that gentleman is rep resented as saying : I have anppllrated Baron Komura to make everything public lo tbe elvlllwl world, ao that the people can Judge who la right and who Is wrong, but he hu refused It. At this confer ence 1 wished to make known lo the presa the questions ana answers ana uie proiorms, oiu the Japanese Insisted upon secrecy. Why do wa have this mvsterv now? All this year the Japanese have been giving out various state ments to the newspaiwrs of all (ha countries re garding their terms for peace. Now that the hour for the minfprpnoe has arrived they refuse to make anything public, and 11 appears as If they are afraid of the light. lt them do away with the darkness. Baron Komura must have weighty reasons for binding the representa tives of Russia and Japan to absolute secrecv. vet it is not easy to under stand why there should be such se crecy. All the world knows the causes of the war and the issues involved, It knows also that the Japanese have been uniformly successful in their military and naval operations against the Russians. In a general way the terms on which Japan will make peace are understood. -What has Japan to lose, therefore, by making public each day the most important features of the conference at rortsmoutn r ui course, there may be certain developments at the conference from time to time which, for diplomatic and interna tional reasons, ought to be kept secret. Atlanta Constitution. The defiance of District Attorney Jerome of New York county, in his ar against graft and political cor ruption, has assumed new shape, and passed the bounds of previous limita tion. After having placed himself before the country by his struggle against evil in New York city and New York county, Mr. Jerome now declares that e will stand for re-election in the coming campaign, and will disregard the "bosses and political machinery which generally, according to thedis trict attorney, has held previous elec tions under its control. Says Mr. Jerome: "The big thing is to break down the evil solidarity of the political machines and go over the heads of the groups of men who control those machines, or the bosses. directly to the people." It is Mr. Jerome s plan to hie a pe tition nominating himself for office and then trust to the people for his election. In doing this he savs: hope to create discussion over the country, especially of local political affairs. Mr. Jerome feels that this is the appropriate time to make the test. The past of Mr. Jerome, while in part sensational, has been a wonder ful power for good in New York poli tics, and this last assertion of the dis trict attorney should meet with the commendation of ever)' honest, good- loving citizen. How the voters of New ork ,city and county will sup port or oppose his plan of campaign the ballots will decide. Political bosses have for so long a time deprived the people of their own rights that it may be that Mr. Jerome will only be another martyr to the cause of right. Yet there are voters, who if they will only lend their sup port can advance the cause of liberty by upholding Mr. Jerome in his re markable fight against political ma chinery. A WELL CONSIDERED VIEW OF THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Says the Atlanta Journal : M. Witte, the Russian peace pleni- fiotentiary, is reported to be extreme-' y pessimistic as to the peace outlook. Japan has demanded not only the ces sion of Sakhalin Island, but sufficient money indemnity to reimburse her for the cost of tbe war, which is about $700,000,000 up to date although the Japanese representatives have been careful not to call it an indemni ty. These two claims have been re garded by the Russians as excessive. It is intimated that they would be quite willing to yield to the other terms the cession of the lease of Port Arthur and Dalny and the re mainder of the I,iao-Tung peninsula; the evacuation of Manchuria; the ces sion to Japan of the Chinese Eastern railroad south of Harbin; the recogni tion of the Japanese protectorate over Korea; the grant of fishing rights in Siberian, waters, and several other de-mands-or if not to yield them to at Wst accept them as a basis for dis cussion; but that they are not willing lo grant both the large indemnity and Uie possession ol baknalin. It is Wi.umed that Russia would be quite wining to give uij oiiKijunn 11 me in demnity were not insisted upon, or to pay the indemnity if tlie cession ol the island were to be waived; but it is the pressure of both claims that makes M. W'ltte doubtful as to the success ot the peace conference. M. Witte s written reply to the Jap anese terms is already in the bands of the Japanese plenipotentiaries, and the early Associated Press bulletins nidi cate that upon the two main points Russian consent is not possible. Ja pan will reply to this Russian state ment in another written reply which will probably reveal to just what ex tent she is willing to cut down her claims, if she is willing to cut them down at all, and it is probable that the Japanese reply will be put in the hands of the Russians fasti Mon day. This next statement of the Jap anese terms will be in the nature of an ultimatum. If they are not mod ified, and Russia still refuses to accept them, the war will continue It was quite to be expected that Russia would object to the first terms submitted by lapan. vShe owes it to her self-respect to struggle to preserve the fiction that she is "negotiating peace terms," instead of having peace terms dictated to her. But in view of the thoroughness of the Japan victo ry, all sentiment being waived, the Japanase terms cannot appear to an outsider to be very excessive, horas a matter of fact the only thing which she demands which she does not now actually hold bv force of anus is th money indemnity. She holds Sakha lin Island, she holds all Manchuria and Korea. The railway south of Harbin is almost completely in her possession. The I.iao-Tung pen insula, on which are situated Port Ar thur and Dalny, is occupied by her troops. Her protectorate over Korea is already, in working order. She proposes to give back Manchuria to China, only insisting that China lease Port Arthur and Dalny to her in the same manner in which they are leased to Russia. With all these cards actu ally in her possession the demands of Japan tl'at she be paid enough money to reimburse her cannot seem so ex orbitant to the disinterested. Is there any doubt that if Russia were victori ous she would demand the spoils of victory ? The action of the United States at the close of the war with Spain is the only one that occurs to us just now where a victorious nation paid indem nity to a defeated one; it is not usual in international affairs to temper war with mercy Japan is in a position to make these demands, simply because she is in a position to push on to further victory if they are rejected. What her next move will be in the event that Russia still refuses to recognize the hopeless ness of further fighting is impossible to predict. Perhaps she will send IS CHINA AWAKING ? SALMAGUNDI'S COMMJt THE JAP FIELD FORCE. According to Russki Invalid, a Rus sian official gazette, the Japanese ar my in the field in Manchuria consists of 19 divisions and 22 reserve brig ades, the number ol battalions is between 388 and 404, making from 410,000 to 4so,ooo bayonets. The cavalry coinusts of 17 rerriments. Ku- roki, on the Japanese right wing, has from 115,000 to 120,000 bayonets; Oku, on the left, from 110,000 to 115, 000; Nogi, detached to the left of Oku has from 85,000 to 90,000 bayonets; Nodzu, in the center, has 45,000 bay onets; Kawamura, on the extreme right, has from 73,000 to 80,000 bay onets. Other forces are operating "in the maritime province" and oth ers still occupy Korea, making the force outside Japan from 550,000 to 600,000 men. A Touching Story is the saving from death, of the baby girl of Oeo. A. fcyler, Cumberland, Md. He writes: "At the age of 11 months, our little girl was in declin ing health, with serious Throat Trou ble, and two physicians gave her up. we were almost in despair, when we resolved to try Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. The ii rst bottle gave relief; af ter taking four bottles she was cured and is now in perfect health." Never fails to relieve and cure a cough or cold. At B. E. Sedberry'S Sons drag store; 50c. and $1.00 guaranteed. Trial bottles free. fleet to luiropean waters. But if Rus sia is w ise M. Witte will take the best terms he can get and conclude peace at once in the name of his emperor. News from the British capitals re- eardinc: the manner in which Kuro- pean governments look upon tin Japanese terms indicates nothing Germany, as was to have been expect ed because of the kaiser's pro-Russian sympathies, regards the terms as ex cessive. 1-ranee, the ally 01 Kussia, believes them to be "somewhat hard,' to quote the Associated Pressdispatch while Great Britain, the ally of Japan and the ancient enemy of the Slav- does not see how Japan could have asked for anything else. The opinion of the Washington government, un der the present circumstances, is of course not expressed, nor even hinted at through the medium of those han dy "semi-official statements. It is possible that Japan may modi fy her demands to a certain extent: it is possible that Russia may finally accept them without vital modifica tion. And it is possible since no formal armistice has been decreet! in Manchuria that the negotiations may fail altogether, the failure being emphasized by the outbreak ot nno ther big battle. Illchmond TlnWI)lHtch. The man who talks or walks in his sleep is not, per se, a very danger ous or a very -potential factor. But somnolent activity may, per haps, be taken as indicative of emer gence from the stage of sodden, snoring slumber and that he may be expected within a reasonably short time to arouse fully and exert all his normal faculties. Such is the posi tion of China ! For long centuries the big, unwield- ly empire was as a man in a satisfied stupor, oblivious to the clamor of cur rent events around him. Then the foreign invasion began. At first its effect was slight, being confined to the few ports open to the outlandcrs. Iwcn to-day millions of the natives in the interior have never seen a white face. But the .serum of vitality, as we of the west understand that word, has been injected into the the body politic. Under its influence the drowsy giant is stirring uneasily and waking, if we may employ the term, piece-meal. In many instances the innoculation may not be "taking;" as in the case of the textile boycott, which now seems to be developing a dozen unexpected ramifications. It is not "taking" in half a dozen other directions where occidental ideas and ideals clash hope lessly with those of the Orient. But these factors, whether harmoni ous or inimical, all tend toward one end the awakening of the entire empire, or, to put it more comprehensively, the wielding of a national spirit which has, up to this time, been lacking. Once give the nation something in common to promote a better inter necine acquaintance, and to justify mutual action, and the world will come very near witnessing that spec tacle long mooted but never imminent the full awakening and solidifying of China. China's brush with Japan ten years ago did something toward this end. Her sad experience with Russian and other diplomacy lias also partaken of very decided resuscitating j'ower. It is doubtful, though, if the influence of either penetrated very far ljelow the more intelligent classes, until the na tives found themselves in the position of the Russian masses taxed heavily to meet indemnities the meaning of which they did not understand. Again, like the Russians, thev are developing into questioners. Thev are learning very slowly, as a child learns its alimabet, the designs western powers and the viewpoint of the latter regarding Chinese traditions and customs and trade. This process is necessarily of grad ual growth. There are eighteen prov inces in the empire, nearly all o which differ radically troui the others in dialect, sympathies and to an ex tent interests. Before the advent of the white man. thev were content to og along in the ruts worn by the eeii- uries, unacquainted with each other and conhning their attention to meir own business. Now that thev are being given common cause for resent ment; that their pocket-nerve is being touched and their pride so irritated as to appeal to even the humblest ele ments, it may be assumed logically that the attainment of nationalization will be wonderfully accelerated. The guilefully guileless Wu Ting-fang inti mates this much candidly when he characterizes the unanimity of the boycott sentiment as "a svmiitoni of xtraordinary progress toward real nationality." It is in reality a "symptom"' that China does not need the gentle min istrations of Japan in attaining .1 wak ing state. The western" nations have prodded her long enough and with sufficient violence to wake the sound est sleeper, and her own intelligence seems to be doing the rest. She is wakening herself, largely through the very exigencies of the situation; and in a condition of full consciousness seems fullv capable of protecting her own interests with w eapons more effec tual if less lethal than those of civilization. It is to be hoped that the western nations, and especially the I niled States, will be governed by discretion and discrimination in dealing with a situation absolutely unique. We may not entertain an exalted opinion ot Chinese provincial intelligence, and we may be skeptical of the awakening of the empire; but the boycott and other straws are tolerably sound evidence along these lines, and it must be remembered that our power stops short of ability to sell goods at the point of a gun. Peculiar Disappearance. J. D. Runvan, of Butlerville, O Tht salve that heals without a scar is DeWitt's Witch Haiel. ho remedy ef fect such speedy relief. It draws out Inrlnmruation, soothes, cools and heals all cuts, burns and bruises. . A sure cure for Files and skin diseases. DeWitt's is Uie ouly genuine Witch Haset tialve. Beware of counterfoil, they are danger ous. Sold by King Drug Co. laid the peculiar disappearance of his painful symptoms, of indigestion and biliousness, to Dr. King's New Life Pills. He savs: "They are a perfec remedy, for dizziness, sour stomach headache, constipation, etc." guar anteed at B. K. Sedberry'S Sons drug store, price 25c. Fiendish Suffering is often caused by sores, ulcers and cancers, that eat away your skin. Win Bedell, of Flat Rock. Mich., savs: I have used Bucklen'S Arnica Salve, for Ulcers. Sores and Cancers. It is the" best healing dressing I ever found.' Soothes and heals cuts, burns and scalds. 5c. at B. K. Sedberry'S Sons drug store; guaranteed. Don't wait until your blood is im poverished and you are sick and ail ing, but take Hollister's Rocky Moun tain Tea. It will positively drive out all impurities. . 35 cents, Tea or Tab lets. McDuffie Drug Store. (Frank lin & Martin.) v A HIGH CALLING. Milwaukee .louilmt. The editor is the representative of the people. He is as much their rep resentative as if he had been elected to the office of editor by the votes of the people. nv conception of his office less than this is too low. And yet There are newspaper editors hap pily thev are rare who will tell you (privately) that a newspaper has as much right, morally, to champion the cause ot some special and selfish in terest for pay as a lawyer has to plead the cause of his client for a fee. The editor who makes such a claim has no righteous conception of his re lation to his constituency. Newspapers are purveyors of news for a price. But they are infinitely mote than that. They are forces of civilization. And their power is not of themselves. They get it from the people. Without the people they would have no power. Therefore, they owe a duty to the people. The editor of n great modern news paper is bound by every consideration of duty to stand for the best interests of the people, lie must print the truth for their enlightenment. He must protect them from abuses and usurpations of power. He must make his appeal to the best that is in the people and be true to the best that is in himself. His is a high calling no less sa cred than that of the pulpit. Cameron, N. C, Aug. 12, 1905 Mr. Kditor ; We thank Lex for the information he has imparted to the public; hope it will do them good. Several years ago, some scribe referred to Brick Poineroy, of the La crosse Democrat, and said he was a one-eyed man, hoping, to provoke a duel. But Pomeroy simply retorted, another man knows us, and all im portant matters ought to be given publicity. The latest fad appears to tend to ward the importation of a new st of laborers to take the places of our 1 ,vn stalwart boys and girls, Now, Sal tells you to go slow. (Better endure present ills than fly to those we know not of.) Our good (lovernor lias caught the disease. Be careful, Hob, or we will swap you off for A. C. P., and rather than miss, will giv - 'a quarter to boot. We covet the com panionship of good citizens. In the first place, let us devise means to bring back the four hundred thou sand of our own folks who have gone away. Hold out inducements to our own boys, and girls to stay at home and obey the divine or der to multiply and replenish the earth. Change the system of educa tion for the negroes. This junket ing across the country bellowing edu cation, is sowing to the wind. And the Scripture teaches that ye shall reap according to your sowing. Do you believer II you do you nave a poor way of showing it. 1 he white man and negro both want nunc practical common sense, and less Creek and Latin. ( )ur public money ought to be sp lit for the relief of suffering humanity while it is sensitive to heat, cold ; ud hunger, while the spirit is weighed down with its burden of clav. Alter the dissolution the building of 11101,11 incuts to commemorate persons o events, is a useless waste of a living substance: does no good and is tin rankest species of idolatry. Do ll, si projectors of enterprises like digging up the ground about Paris, in France, and employing three Siiuadrons ol ", ae United States Navy to carry an or. of dust and deposit it in Maryland, Columbus's bones and Cr.int's 1: Riverside to McCregor we ask, they forget the Sabbath school li s taught them when they were ki.'s. concerning the graven images, and the worship of Cod alone ? Is it consist ency to teach these things and place lice idolatry ? The dancing of th Israelitcs around the golden calf pro voked Moses to cast down the tables of the law, and leave them for a time without law. Under circumstances existing then in comparison with the present day world theiroffinse or crime or sin was only an atom, a mere speck in the sky. while the offenses of the present day blacken the canopy of lieaven and shut the light entirely off from the world. Why devote time and waste treasure building these per ishable objects3 The hand of time crushes them all to dust, and the face of nature shines just as if all these in iquities had remained uushapened. Now. we conjure you to honor Him who has" declared that he is not the Cod of the dead, but of the living. Do the lessons taught by the 1111 ek and lowly Na.areiie interest you ? Does the parable of that rich young man who had honored his father anil mother and kept the commandments, and yet wanted to be excused from .following the Master long enough to bury his father, sink into your heart and arouse you to action 3 II the lu- neral or obsequies required as much time as those of Columbus. Join: Paul Jones or Crant, that young man would never follow the Master. "Let the dead bury its dead." And Solomon said. "A living dog is better than a dead lion." But a few more words about the la bor question and the importation of ; new set. A story is recalled to our memory of John Randolph, ol Roan oke, and the dude.. The dude h.u! bought his Thanksgiving turkey, and had gotten into .1 towering rage because he could not get a hov to carry the turkey to his home. 11 was poisoning the atmosphere with vile epithets. Then John Randolph approached him and said. "Please, sir, give me your street and number, and 1 will carry your turkey up." I-.xamtile has always been far more potent than precept. Let Us" play john Randolph 011 all occasions, and shame the dudes out of their false j t sition and teach him that there i honor 111 carrying his own turkey anywhere. And let us remember that the "cussing" Noah did when lit woke up from that drunk he got on meant business all the way to tile end of the lane, if we do these things we will not need the scum of Italy, Rus sia and I'.criuany to poison our relig ions, political and industrial atmos ihere, for in proportion to the nuiu hers of these foreign immigrants our moral condition ebbs and flows. We must congratulate "A. L. r upon his unerring ludginent upon matters of public interest. Long life to the Oiiseuvkr: but may it not outlive its usefulness, our wish. Sai.m M'.t'N'ni FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS, Strictly First-class Work. Call at my yard or write for prices. Itenpectl'iillv, K. L. UKMSlSllltC, Proprietor, Fayetteville, N. C. Now A Good Time to Paint. It protect wood against decay. Forty years expe rience has taught us Ibe best brands lor which we have secured agencies. . . . Wc Carry A Full Line. As to prices, we dely competition. OUR COMPOUND CELERY NERVINE, A remedy that counteracts the depres sion ami weariness of hot weather, gives a better appetite, better digestion, puts color in pale cheeks, life in tired, dull eyes, because it revives ami strengthens, li' vou need a tonic a good tonic try this. 75c. a bottle. Manv Children are Sicklv. Mother (irav's Hweet Powders for children, used by Mother (4ray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, break up oolds in zt hours, cure revenshness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Xeethinu Disorders, and Destroy Worms. Ai all ilrumriRtH. 25c. Sample mailed FKV1K; Addrasa Allen S. Olmsted, Leltov, L Y, Never in the wuv, no trouble to carrv easy to take, pleasant and never failing in results are le ill s l.ittle ivuny Ids ers. These famous little pills are a cor ain guarantee against headache, bilious ness, torpiit liver ami allot the ills re sultimr from constipation. Thev tonic ami strengthen the liver. Sold by King I'rug Co The pills that act as a tonic, and not as a drastic purge, are DeWitt's l.ittle Karlv" ltiscrs. Thev cure Headache, Constipation, Uiliousncss, .luuuilicc, etc Karlv Risers are small and casv to take and easy to act. Sold by King Drug Co After r heartv meal a dose of Kodol DyRpupsia Cure will prevent at attack of Indigestion. Kodol is a thorough gestant and a guaranteed cure for lndi gestion, Dyspepsia, ( ias on the Stomach Weak Heart, Sour Hisingg, Had lireatl and all Stomach troubles. Drug Co. Sold by King 1 Incorporated) . If Your EYESIGHT is not good you may need glasses. ones vnu are wearing now. We will examine vonr eves Or perhaps the lo not suit vou FREE If vou do not need glasses wc will tell you so. If glasses w ill help you we will carefully lit you w ith :i pair exactly suit ed to your eyes. Reasonable pricet charged. B. E. Sedberry's Sons, Palace Pharmacy, sole agents for Hawkes Glasses. For Sick and Nervous Headache it Mis Cures Headache and Neuralgia ouickly without b.id ell'eet. Kverv bottle guaran teed. PRIRE 25 CENTS Sold onlv bv McDUFFIE DRUG STORE. (Pranklin-Martin Co.,) Prescription Druggists, kerSipiare, Day 'phone, S. W. Cor. Mat-l"J(l;Niglit,l.'ll"J. WK AIJI-SOI.I". All KYI'S. Nunnally's Candy, Fresh bv Kx press, til) Cents Pound. Nlida Mineral Water, Cooled at fountain. RHEUM-AID, for Ithcuniatisut. away mosquitoes. Will drive Price L',ric. MCKETHAN & CO. Druggists, 'Phone Hill. Turnip Seed. A I.I. VA KIWI KM OP Regulates the stomach and bowels, heals and soothes the little ones' stomachs and gives them a heathful and natural sleep. Hollister's Moun tain Tea is the children's benefactor. 3 cents- McDuffie Drug Store. (Franklin & Martin.) BUI ST'S NEW CROP. Also, CAItl!A(iK SKKD fur fall plant ing. A.J.C00K&C0., . Druggists and Pharmacists (next door to postoflice), 'Phone 141. Both Native and Western Beef, and also Mutton, Ham, and Chip ped Beef, at the Crystal Market
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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