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E.J. i 1 in: observer. Faytteville, N. C. . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1906, E. I. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. E.J. HALE, Jr., Business Manager, IMPIOVEMENT OF THE CAFE FEAR. The effect of the action of the recent J?atjonaLR.Yerl! an Harbors Con gress at Washington is being felt throughout the country. It is spe cially gratifying to us that our' lead . ing State papers are commenting fa-" .vorably upon Its action in relation to the canalization of the Upper Cape Fear and the improvement of thehar- bot.and sea approach of our splendid city of Wilmington. The Raleigh News and Observer says: ...-- IT PAYS TO IMPROVE RIVERS AND HARBORS. 1 ne manuiactnrem Kecora Has a ng editorial advocating an issue pf 500 million dollars ot bonds by tne Federal Government for important river and harbor improvements on broad scale. The United States has spent $420,000,000 for river and har- bor improvents since . .1820, while Great Britain has spent $75,000,000 for deepening the Manchester ship canal, $70,000,000 for deepening the Clyde river and $200,000,000 for the improvement 01 Liverpool harbor. Water transportation effects great sa ving. ..In 1903 the distinguished engineer, Mr. Alfred Noble, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, referring to the saving in freight rates represented by , the difference between . a rail rate and a lake rate, said : "The' amount of saving on Lake Superior commerce alone during the year 1902 will be within $5,000,000 ol the entire amount appropriated by the United States for all harbors and waterways above Niagara Falls from the formation of the government. If .'- the commerce between Lake Michi gan and Lake Erie be included, the annual saving greatly exceeds the amount thus appropriated." The Fayetteville Observer, whose accomplished editor, Major E. J. Hale, is a member of the executive commit- tee of the Rivers and Harbors Conven tion, quotes the above statement and the proposition of the Manufaturers' record, and says : "We in Fayetteville and along the Cape Fear, and throughout the back country once tributary to Fayetteville, are intensely interested in this prop osition, which is a splendid scheme of economy, both safe and sound. Fortunately for us the government in 1902 adopted our scheme for canaliza tion of the Cape Fear, and - this most important and far-reaching act brings us within the recommendation of the Rivers and Harbors Convention, in its resolution viz: that those schemes which have received the sanction of the government and its engineer de partment should be pressed at once and in preference to the multitudinous projects which have not yet received a like endorsement Fortunately, also, the chairman of our "Citizens' Com mittee on the improvement of the Up per Cape Fear," is a member of Mr. Randsell's executive committee be- - ing, in fact, one of the three having iu charge the Atlantic Coast from 'iine to Key West and thiscircum- - stance should insure our canalization scheme against mishap." Raleigh has a deep interest in the improvement of the Cape Fear, for v ithin a few months the Raleigh and Southport railroad will be completed U Fayetteville, ' which will put Ral- r eih within the bonnds of the deep mater which Maj. Hale's plan would give to Fayetteville. It is believed this would mean reduced freight rates, . nut only to Fayetteville, but to Ral eigh and all nearby points. The Wilmington Messenger says : RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Tbe Manufacturers' Record is a strong advocate of the passage by , Congress of a bill appropriating a large snm for the improvement of the rivers and harbors f the country. It gives many facts and figures to show tae importance to the country of our waterways as means of transportation of the products of the country. It advocates the issuance by the govern ment of bonds of low rate of interest to the amount of five hundred million dollars, the proceeds of which are to 1 he used in river and harbor work. 'The idea of a bond issue is that the people to come in the future who shall get the good from these ira- provements shall pay for the same. . This certainly is more sensible and . more business-like than to make large appropriations each year out of the cash in the treasury, and place heavy tax on the people of the present day to pay for the improvements which will be chiefly for future generations. ' As our country develops and the Kjnland sections become more thickly populated and the products of these r- sections increase over demand for local consumption the importance of cheap ,t transportation . to the seaports in- creases. Every year there is an in crease in the value and amount 'of products of. farm, factory and indus- " trial plants which ate shipped from 4 the interior to the coast cities whence they are transported to foreign mar. i i Jfets.-thns necessitating improved fa cilities for shipment by water to the seaports and for 'their handling in " and export from those seaports.- In -1 1903 Mr. Alfred Noble, president of the American Society of Civil En gineers, speaking of the difference be " tween the all-rail rates and steamer ". . rates on the Great Lakes, said i ' ".' "The amount of saving on Lake t Superior commerce alone during the ' year 1902-will be within five million dollars of the entire amount appro ximated by the United States for all . harbors and waterways above Niagara :. j. Falls from the formation of the gov . eminent. If the commerce between Lake Michigan and Lake Erie be in . eluded, the annual saving greatly ex ' ceedt the amount thus appropriated." Take the Cape Fear River for an . " 'illustration. ' Suppose that the gov ernment should in the next few years carrj? out the proposed plan of greatly : deepening the channel from Wilmitig . ton to the sea and establishing a tys ''. tem of locks between this city and Fayetteville so as to give six or eight feet of water the year .round on that , . portion of the river, of what immeas urable good it would, ba to large n area of this State and how greatly it would increase the shipping to for-' eign ports of the factory and farm products of that part of our State, and also vastly enlarge the foreign trade of this port. The people who come after the present generation would reap the advantages of expenditure of the nioney by the government for th is work. Those of the present day would only see the work 'begin and their chief rejoicing in seeing the great v. prk undertaken by the gov ernnu lit would be in the knowledge that in years to come their successors in business and their children would reap the benefits of the improved transportation facilities. - Of course there are many river and harbor improvements which the gov ernment undertakes that bring almost immediate results, and .the people living at the time the taxes are laid to pay the cost of the same get the benefit of them, but the chief good of most of the work on a large scale of this kind comes to the future genera tions. "AFT EH TAX DODGEBS. Under the above caption the Raleigh News and Observer says: A biil has been introduced in the Legislature of New York to reach millionaire tax dodgers. . It has passtd the Senate. Speaking of the bill Senator Saxe is quoted assaying: '"'This bill is aimed at the Newport class wtiQ. have mansions on Fifth avenue stocked with fine furniture and pointings, none of which is taxed because of tie fiction that it is the property of persons living ontside of the State." North Carolina needs an act that will reach rich tax-dodgers. The re cent statement under oath made by Air, Buck Duke, head of the Tobacco Trust, that he considers himself a citizen of North Carolina, is notice to the taxing authorities to put him on the tax-books and let him pay back tax for as long a time as he has escaped taxation in New York or New Jersev by considering himself "a citizen of North Carolina." But Mr. Duke is not the only man who jug gles with his residence and escapes taxation. The Legislature needs to pass an act leaving it to a jnry to say wbat is tne residence of a tax-dodger. During Governor Aycock's term of of fice, a prominent and wealthy gen tleman requested an appointment from the Governor as Director of the North Carolina railroad. He owned stock in the road, stood high in the btate, and tne Governor determined to give him the appointment On the day before the appointment was to be made the Governor" heard that, in or der to escape taxation, the applicant had made affidavit that he aid not re side in the city where his home was, but that he was a citizen of a dis tant State, and did not vote in North Carolina. Of course Governor Ay- cock did not give him the appoint ment. There is need of stringent laws to meet tax-dodgers of that t pe. Our contemDorarv is eminently right law that will reach tax dodgeTS ot the kind it refers to is needed, by all means. But "a more important law, still, is one which would rejch the tax assessors. It is onr belie! that a vast amount of prop erty is assessed at too low a rate in comparison with other property. Ap ply the all-powerful doctrine of pub licity to this department of our public life. Require the assessors to publish the assessments of property, so that each tarpaver in the partnership of taxpayers may know what his partrtrs pay, And require the publication to be made in a newspa per of general circulation in the town or county covered by the publication not in some specialist publication in which it would be largely hidden. Such a course, in onr opinion, would not only render onr revenues ample for all public purposes as they are not now- but it would place the in corruptible taxpayer on an equality with the Boss's favorite, or the "in sider,", who stands ready to serve the Boss or the Ring in politics or litiga tion. GENEB AL LEE'S MEXICAN WAt SWOBD. "Laburnum," the splendid country seat of Mr. Joseph Bryan, editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, was re cently destroyed by fire. It contained a great many literary and art treas ures as well as historical relics, which were burned or lost to sight Among the latter was the sword of. Captain (afterwards Colonel) Robert E. Lee, Scott's chief engineer in the Mexican war, and upon whose shoulders, it used to be said, that famous com mander was carried into the City of Mexico. Yesterday's Times-Dispatch reports the recovery of the blade of the sword, as follows : The sword of General Robert Ed ward Lee, which was thought to have been destroyed in the fire at "Labur num," waa on yesterday recovered. The hilt and scabbard had melted or horned, but the blade was practically nninjureu, being but slightly discol ored and warped by the heat The sword in question was used by Gen eral Lee when he served first as cap tain and later as colonel in the United States army in the Mexican War. It is the sword of an officer of engineers. It was one of the treasures of "Labur num," and Mr. Joseph Bryan made every effort to recover it, having the ashes sifted in making the search. Work men on yesterday morning found the blade in the rained cellar, beneath what was once the library, where the treasure was kept Mr. Bryan will send the blade to an armory, where it win k nnel? polished, and a new hilt nd scabbard will be fitted. The reproduction will be made as com plete as "possible. The sword of a captain of engineers of the period of the Mexican War will" probably be used somewhat as a model for fur nishing the hilt and scabbard. ' ' All old-time CVinffh fivnitia hint th bowels. This is wrong. A new ides was advanced two years ago In Ken nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. . This remedyactf on the mucous membranes of the throat and lungs and loosens the boffrll at th atma tima. It arnli all cold from the system. . It clears the inrptt, strengthens the mucous mem branes, relieves coughs, colds, croup. --I I yJ J U.U.1U A Gratnwood, druggists, ... j MR. WATTEBSON N JOURNALISM. The American l'ress condenses from Munsey's Magazine an article by Henry Wattersou on English and American journalism, which we ap- Peo- ' . . J'" .Mr. vvattersons views remind us of those rigidly held by the late Mr. Hale, who edited and owned the Ob server from 1S25 to 1865. Mr. Hale was trained for the vocation of an ed itor by the elder' Gales, and better still, perhaps, by his wife, who was a woman of extraordinary gifts and cul ture besides being the daughter of an English noble. Later, he added the ex perience of association with Gales and Seaton of the National Intelligencer. But his real training came from the elder Gales and his wife, on the Reg, ister, at Raleigh.' There he was taught those precepts of honorable journal ism which he so signally exemplified in his long and distinguished career the dignity of the profession of journalism, as well as its rights, priv ileges, duties and obligations. He held that no editor could be .even, suspected of desiring office without weakening his influence; and that, in a republic .such as ours, whete the freedom of the press is guaranteed by the fundamental law of the land, the position of an influential editor is su perior to that of any office holder, no matter how - high the office. The editor is the voice as well as the leader of the sovereign people : the office-holder their servant. For the reasons just recited, he would never consent to entertain the idea of ac cepting office,' which he felt, also, would be a degradation; and,' for the moral reasons, which Col. Watterson properly lays such stress upon, he would never accept a favor from cor porations such as railways and the like. Fifty years ago, when the num ber of private cars in the United States could probably be counted on the fin gers, a distinguished railway presi dent met him upon his arrival in a certain capital city with the proffer of a private car for him and his family to continue their journey. He po litely declined; upon the ground that he could not accept such a favor with out impairing his independence as controller of a newspaper but the hospitable railway president, it may be added, never ' forgave, him for an act which he seemed unable right ly to construe. That was because bf had no conception of the dignity and the tremendous responsibility of a right-minded editor.- Here is the article from the' Ameri can Press referred to : Mr. Watterson does not admit that the newspaper is merely a business enterprise or a purveyor of news. It is something more: "Primarily the history of yesterday," it "sets itself up as a teacher as well as a his torian." This imposes a moral re sponsibility which, the writer regrets, is not alwavs kept in view by the press. Mr. Watterson gives the newspa pers credit for influence in politics and other manifestations of public opinion, but he does not regard this as the highest function of the press. "It is," he says, "in. the domain of morals that the newspaper most af fects the life of the people. Here its pressure is constant and noiseless. It both leads and follows a community from the cradle of one generation to the grave of the other. If it be good and clean, it is as sunshine; if sinister and foul, it is as a blight" As to printing the news, Mr. Wat terson says there are at least two ways. It is noticeable that in neither does he take account of selling the paper. He considers journalism from a higher standpoint. "There is a duty to truth and a duty to decency. Behind and above all there is a duty to the public welfare quite apart from mere decency and indecency. The 'tone' of a newspaper, like 'the look of a gentleman,' is easier to feel than describe." On the business end, with which Mr. Watterson might be supposed un familiar, he has decided convictions. He is far from admitting that a paper is only a business enterprise, though it must achieve a certain measure of business success. He says 4 "We live in a commercial age. The reflection of the time will bring grist to the mill. But, while every newspaper should be self-sustaining and mav grow as rich as it can, there is a dif ference between a bundle of papers and a bale of goods." "Omce he should not look to hold." Mr. Watterson writes pf the editor, for these reasons: "The journalist must exercise a certain independence. The candidate for office must stoop to conqaer. .. The journalist is as a ve dette upon an outpost The politi cian must be a solicitor." One more quotation, in which Mr. Watterson compresses in a paragraph the garnered wisdom of a lifetime in journalism : "Looking back over a long life. I think I can truly claim that I have been most abused when I have been nearest the right and least descry ing of cecsnre, while I have often been highly extolled fbf work which, if not meretricious, was yet easy sail ing before the winds of prevailing sentiment I will not say that the ideal newspaper' would prove the most popular or- the most money making newspaper, although even that view will bear discussion, but I do say that, all other things being equal, the newspaper written with the most steadiness and disinterestedness will in the end prove jtself the most valuable property. ' The receipts at the Charlotte txKst. office for the month of January am- ouniea 10 ss.6tt.6A. For lanturr. 1905, the receipts' were onlv f6.oi8.. The increase is $1,7179. In the mo ney order department the deposits were $26,700, as against $17,400 for the corresponding month last year. The Yellow Fever Germ . has recently been discovered. It bears as close resemblance to the malaria germ, - To free the system from dis- le germs, the most effective remedv is Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guar anteed to cure all diseases due to ma laria poison and constipation. 25c, at B. E. Sedberry's Sons, Drug Store. THE OBJECTION To THE NICARAGUA ROUTE REMOVED. We have been .claiming ever since the proposition was broached to aban don the American Nicaragua route for an isthmian canal, in favor of DeLes seps's cast off and abandoned Panama route, on the ground that the Nica ragua route required a lock canal that the argument in favor of the Panama-rout was untenable, and for the simple reason that it was imprac ticable to construct a sea-level canal at Panama. What graft there, was back of the abandonment of the tra ditional American route and the ta king up of the French route at an in itial cost of $40,000,000 paid to De Lesseps's creditors, we do not know. We think that honest and sturdy old Southerner, Senator Morgan,', has always believed that our change of policy was corruptly influenced. Be all this as it may, the (American) Isth mian Canal Commission has reported in favor of a lock canal after all. Says a press telegram from Washington of Saturday's date: ' 1 . ''The report of the Isthmian Canal Commission, reporting their decision favoring an 85 foot level lock canal, was submitted to Secretary Taft to day. ' The report was accompanied by the report of the board of engineers, the majority of whom declared for a sea level canal. Secretary Taft will now express his views on the project in transmitting the papers to the President." To understand the above completely, it is necessary to bear in mind that the said "majority" of the board of engi neers arose from the fact that a num ber of those engineers were represen tatives of European governments, whose interests are not the same as ours. All the foreign engineersvoted for a sea-level canal (at our expense), while all the American engineers vo ted for a lock canal. All the same, we are saddled with the expensive Panama route, and the one ground upon which it was chosen, namely that it would enable us to make a sea-level canal, vanishes into thin air. A LESSON FROM THE ENGLISH ELEC TIONS. The Tarboro Southerner sounds a note of warning in the following-admirable editorial : . A LESSON FROM ENGLISH ELECTIONS. Not in two hundred years .'has a party in England found itself imme diately after an election with such a majority as the liberals have just been accorded. This result was very, largely brought about by Mr. Cham berlain, who proposed that England should depart from her free trade policy of nearly four score years. The iaboring classes of Britain with prac tical unanimity supported the liberal candidates or ' their own, but all pledged to maintain free trade. The laboring classes in this coun try regard free trade with the same disgust as their fellaws in Great Brit ain view protection. Free trade has made England. It has made her the great creditor na tion of the world, growing richer and richer every year. She imports a thousand million dollars worth of products more than she exports, while here where protection seems to be the shibboleth we send to other countries a half a billion dollars more than we receive back. The bulk of our export is the raw products mostly from the farm. England's exports are the man ufactured articles, just reversing our conditions. This country has become great and wealthy not because ot protection, but in spite of it. Our resources of field, forest and mines have made us what we are. So generously have we been favored that we have been able to endure protection. The time is at hand when we must change or suffer. . - CUB RENT COMMENT. The Wilmington Star, we are glad to learn, has put in new machinery nd is prospering as never before in its history. We are glad to reproduce and adopt what is said in this connec tion by the Raleigh News and Obser ver, which comments upon the Star's new life as follows: "William H. Bernard, its sterling editor, has been in editorial harness longer than the editor of any other daily paper in the State. He is an optimist, whose zeal and faith in Democracy and North Carolina's development should be imitated by all editors. The Star has always been a staunch defender of Democracy and a champion of Good Government Long may Editor Ber nard live and long may the Star con-. tinue its steady and luminous bright ness." tetter to E. A. Pm. , Fayetteville, N. C. q . Dear Sir: If our agent charges yon 10 cents more for a gallon of paint than somebody else, don't think he is making more profit; we charge him more; it costs us more. It is all paint, true paint, and full-measure. N'o other paint is all ..paint, true paint, gnd full-measilre, so" far as we know. That is wrong. We know some that are pure and full-measure, but weak, thin, too much oil and too little lead-and zinc: an honest sort pf oj weakness; aou t Know any better, maybe. It amounts, to this: so far as we know: and we think we know the whole American trade: theie is no other name but Devoe that stands for all paint, lull-measure, and right proportion. That's why it takes lest gallons and wears longer. : Yours truly, V . ' F, W. Xkvor; & Co 97. .-r: - . -.- . ' ;P. S. H. R. Horne & Sons sell our paint. ' . ,': 1 ; A man who one had rough horny bands made them soft and smooth with Witch Hazel Salve, but he used the genuine that bearing the name "K C. lJeWitt & Co Chicago." For tores, boilt, eota, burnt, bruitet, etc., it bat no equal, and aftordt almost immediate relief from blind, bleeding, itching and protruding Filet. Hold by Armneld k flreeowood, druggUu, ; MONT VIEW ,1 . ' MONT VlKW, 4'V '.. .1. ',' Editor Ohskrvkk: We haven't any news specially. We did aim to plant Irish potatoes to-day, but it has turned off so cold that .we have decided to deter it until another time. The old Scotch rule used to be to plunt,, in open ground about the nth of March (St. Patrick's day), the good old Irishman who run the snakes out of Ireland. But we are thinking of planting in a lazy bed, ns this suits us better, owing to our indisposition to work much when the sun gets hot, The weather is very changeable, There is an old adage that the veath er and women change often.". We don't know so much about thrwo men changing, but the weather has certainly beat the record recently; tfhd then we don't propose to Say anything against the women no way, for we are on the old widower's list, and might see the day we would re-. gretit. We notice in the Observer of Jan uary 25th the tribute paid to an-pld ex-Confederate soldier, E.J. Edwards, by his comrade in arms, Jonathan Hollingsworth. We first knew him as pastor of Manchester Missionary Baptist church. He was called to this church October nth,. 1884, and served the church tvo years. During his pastorate it was built up greatly. He was much of a revivalist. He had a way of winning people characteris tic'of himself. All .'denominations attended oft Jiis services. We never shall forget a sermon he preached du ring a revival from ana Kings 5:10 the" healing of Naaman, the Syrian leper, and great general. It was powerful appeal to the adamantine hearts of old sinners, and many melt ed down under its irresistible iiower. The old Latin adage, "Tempus fu git," "time flies," never seemed so realistic. What changes since then ! Then we were in the possession of a faithful life companion, just entering upon the responsible duties of raising a family. Now we have grown chil dren. Ruthless death has swept from our side the guiding star Of our life, our best friend. "Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy . guide through the gloom." We note in this week's Observer the burning of the Observer office in Fayetteville, . N. C, by Sherman, the 12th day of .March, 1865. We re member the day distinctly. The same day about light, Sunday . morning, they fired Manchester factory. ' Fire and plunder swept the county like a mighty cyclone. It was a daylong to be remembered; we hope never to see the like a(,ain. We had heard of war, but then we were witnessing some of the horrors bf it. God forbid that such a calamity shall ever sweep over our fair land again. "A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep or taste not the Pi erian spring." We see the verifica tion of this axiomatic sentence in the rising generation of the African race, who are getting a smattering of public schooling. They are getting just about enough to make them think they can live without work, and not enough to fit them, for any station in life above common labor. We see many of the race have emigrated from, the United States to Liberia since the civil war, and constitute about 100,000 of the christianized in habitants of that ccuntry. We believe that colonization is the solution of the race question in this country, but what is to be the final result of the impor tation and abolition of slavery in the United States yet remains to be dem onstrated. Booker Washington is doing -1 great work for the race in his school in Georgia, and it will no doubt nfford a powerful object lesson, but the masses of them will never be benefited "much by it, as they are slow to emulate a good example. His tory, we are told, repeats itself. While perhaps slavery will never exist in the United States, though the govern ment should stand a thousand years, yet the African race seems to be inca pable of splf-government. They have approached nearer to this high state of civilization under the christian in fluences of this country than in anv other country on the globe. Unless the Egyptians were of this race, his tory gives no account that we know of their ever'sustaininga government. We are glad to be remembered by "Scotch Lassie," and hope we may have a happy new year and that she may be successful in unreconstructing the graded school at Lamar. We be lieve in a fair statement of facts. These things hnve all become history, and the South has nothing to be ashamed of for the part she took in the family row. Scribo. It is a sin to suffer with backache and pains over the Kidneys, when a single dose of Pine-ules will give re lief in one night. Suffering women should heed these warnings ere it is too late. Female troubles may result. Pine-ules will strengthen the Kidneys and bladder, cleanse the blood and re lieve, the achet and pains of Neural gia and Rheumatism. Sold by Mc KethanicCo, t . Charters are granted to the Bur lington Lumber Company, W. H. Sherry and others stockholders, capi tal stock $50,006; the Withers & Brown Drug Company, of Chadbum, $10,000; the Burlington Insurance and Investment Company. Vccd's Seed Dco!( is one of the handsomest and ... most Valuable publications of the kind iatued. The useful and practical hints contained ' 1 in the annual issues of Wood's Sood Book make it a most valuable' help to all Farmers - , and Gardeners and it hat long ' , . ' been recognized as an np-U date authority on all . Garden anil Farm Seeds, particularly tot southern planting?- Wood's 8sd Book mailed W ' free to Farmert and Gardeners -" . upon request. Writs for ft. - , , T.W. VcoiI & Sens. Seedsmen. RICHMOND, . , VIRGINIA. Ws eHoH torn Mm dlraoi WbMi , vtarrAsxt mi farm seeds, if rem mtrcfatat Cow not itll - . WOOD. WDS. . fc SALMAGUNDI'S COMMENTS. Cameron, N, C, January .V'st, 1906. Mr, Editor: " We asserted sometime ago that ma ny so-called professing Christians were not believers in the principles of that story told of the miraculous birth and the teaching of the man Christ Jesus, as foretold by all the prophets and the facts recorded in the gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke .and John. The Master told his disciples that no definite sign should be given; , no man knoweth, not even thenngcls of heav en: but. like Saul, the son of kish, when he quit trusting in God, he hunted up a fortune teller, we nave seen jhese christian people seeking fortune tellers all our life time and heard many of them assert that some ignorant old hag had read the future for' them -correctly for twenty-five cents. Now Paul warned his audi ence against the devilment of- Simon, the sorcerer, and if these peojile have st arched the scriptures, as directed by the Master, they do not believe Paul to be inspired as he claimed to be. But the tree is known by its fruits. An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sigh'. No, they have not searched the scriptures, but they set snares for the innocent and unsus pecting', and fleece without mercy; they lure them t6 Wall Street brokers, to assurance companies and to insu rance gambling halls, to cure-alls for all aches and pains, get their nioney for nothing; then the world applauds and says they were enterprising and shrewd business men, and starts a subscription fund to erect a monument to their memory. They run these shafts up towards the sky so high that the migratory birds butt' their heads against them in tUe night of fall and spring and kill themselves. More birds are destroyed in this way in one year than the by bad boy with his shotgun and the black snakes and blue-tailed hawk all combined. What is the use in making laws to protect the. farmers Inends when the wor shipers of idols, destroy the birds as they are moving from the torrid to the' temperate zone, and vice versa They call it patriotic respect, and a means of perpetuating the memory of dead heroes, when, in fact, it is na tional suicide, because it interferes with the providence of the great De signer of the universe by the untime ly destruction of the meat and the eater. The memory of the g-reat and good will never perish, but evil doers will be forgotten though their names and deeds be chiseled in adamant. God is a consumirigxfire, and the vinegar of His -wrath will melt the hardest stone. Who but Him can make alive and who b 't him can kill? Now we would say to those who are lavish in spending money to destroy the good iid necessary things the Lord has provided for His creatures, if thev would turn their batteries on the poor and lift from them the bur den of a miserable existence, by giv ing them remunerative employment, and reclaim the prostitutes from, the shame and life of shame they are al most forced to live by physical condi tions, no bird-destroying shafts need to be erected to your memory. But you will forever shine as the equal of tne most brilliant stars throughout an endless eternity. And you will be welcomed : "Well done thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful . . I will make thee a ru ler" in. my House. As ever, Salmagundi. ALDERMAN ITEMS. as we am not make our appear ance in last week's paper, we felt like we had no news of interest. Rev. E. C. Pittman, of Rennert. preached a noble sermon to a large congregation last Sunday a. m. at o clock at Mount I'isgah, and at Cape Fear 111 the afternoon at 3 o' clock. We are glad to report that Miss Bessie Marsh, who has been sick for the last month, is able to "be out again.. Rev. E. C. Pittman and wife, of Rennert, spent Monday night at the nome 01 Mr. M. L. Marsh. Mr. Rowland Williamson, of Edonia, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Messrs. Walter and Willie Clark. Mr. James Robinson, of Bladen, was in this community last week deer hunting. Sore eyes are raging in this com munity. Mr. -r Fishblate, of Wilmington, visited friends in this community last week. - Amicus. February 5, 1906. Coming FaycttevllIe'stWay. The following will be of interest to Fayetteville readers of the Observer, sent out from Raleigh last night : "The Raleigh and Charleston Rail way domesticated itself to-day, filing its South Carol ina charter Th is road has acquired all the completed lines known as the Carolina and Northern Railway, from Lumber, N. C, to Marion. S. C Its capital stock is $850,000, payable in money, labor or property, and it is given power to re ceive subscriptions from communities through which it runs. It is pre sumed that it will build to Fayette ville, and it may connect there with the road which Js now upder course of construction." HYOMEI CURES CATARRH Its Healing Balsams Kill All Ca tarrhal Germs Sold Urfder Guar antee by Sedberry's Pharmacy. It is a note-wprthy fact that among the many medicines and treatments for catarrh, there is only " one which Sedberry'a Pharmacy sell under their positive guarantee to refund the money if it does' not tnre-Hyomei Nature's remedy for the cure , of ca tarrh. i- . : .,. .(' . ,. ,, ".No dangerous drugs are taken inlo the stomach when Hyomei is used Breathed through the small pocket inhalerthat conies with every Hyomei outfit its healing balsams penetrate to the most remote cells of the tbroati nose, and lungs, killing the germs of catarrh, healing the irritated mucous membrane, and making complete and lasting cures. ' r ' ; The complete Hyomei outfit, con sistingofa inhaler that can be car ried in the purse or vest pocket, a medicine dropper, and a bottle of Hy. omei, costs only $1. The inhaler will last a lifetime, while extra bottles of Hyomei can be procured, whenever nceaea, ior only , sp cents, . i. The season of Indigestion it how at hand, Ring's Dyspepsia Tablett re lieve indigestion, , and correct all stomach disorders. Sold by Mo Ketbaa&Ca . . DUNN DOTS. . DUNN..N. C, Feb, 1. Editor OuskrvrrV-All great en terprises requiring energy, capitul and pluck always meet with pronounced am continuous" opposition by the short-sighted nnd ignorant. No "big thing(" ever yet was endorsed and pushed to a successful working by the masses. . . , . We, have in ourmind's-eye a gigan tic work inaugurated by Captain Ad dington, of Wade, N. C a bridge spanning the Cape Fear at that point. For a considerable time things rested in statu quo. Delay developed criti cism of the bitterest nature; in fact, the denizens of Carver's Creek belched up the direst anathemas, but the "ar chitect and builder" kept his own counsel till his plans fully matured, and the bridge began to grow and as sume interesting proportions. All honor to the brave and intrepid Ad dington. He has brought order out of chaos, and constructed, a bridge on purely scientific principles which would reflect credit even on a Sea wel or any of the olden-time bridge builders.. TheAddingtpn bridge is a model of architectural beauty and strength, and when finished will stand second to none spanning the river. Three cheers and a tiger for the doughty Captain ! Our town Is on a boom; real estate is advancing solidly an evidence of genuine and lastirig prosperity. . A number of handsome and, costly resi dences are in course of construction, and a number of splendid brick busi ness houses will be erected in the spring by Messrs. -Taylor, Jordan, Thompson, Royals, and many others. The bedtiful spring-time is again with us. Already the blossoms are peeping out, and the birds fcegin to sing their praises to that great crea tive power which brought our glori ous world into existence. Would it not be a fitting tribute to Deity if the morning stars again assembled and gave forth that stirripg an them, sung by them after the crea tion? Jupiter with basso profundo, Saturn in soul-stirring tenor, Venus in sweetest soprano, with full chorus of all the stars, would cause the very windows to open, and the residents of the bright and beautiful beyond would drink in the glorious melody. Our farmers- are supplying them selves with the needful plows, etc. for the coming cotton and tobacco crops; all wear smiling faces in antic ipation of good crops, high prices and plenty of money. We sincerely hope they may not be miscalculating. ' With the tenderest affection for our old friend, the Observer, we-sign, Sigma. BETWEEN JESSUP AND CARTHAGE. Carthage, N. C, Feb. 7, 1906. Miss Jennie G. Wadsworth's school was out Saturday. . Miss Lizzie McLeod.'from the Pock et, is visiting Mr. W. Ai Wadsworth. Mr. Asa Yoy made a business trip to Carthage Friday. Mr. Adam Cameron is better, we are glad to state. There was preaching at Center Sat urday and Sunday. Rev. R. H. Broom was pastor. " Mr. Jim Lewis vfent to Gilbert Sat urday. Mr. L. J. Whitlock reported that he will move his saw mill in the near future. Mr. W. L. Blackman returned Thursday from Jonesboro. Mr. Joe Caster, photographer, from Jonesboro, has been in our town for the last week. Mr. Javan Yow and wife went to Lemon Springs Friday, where they will attend the funeral of Mr. Yow's sister's child, who died from an at tack of measles. Mr. Angus Gilchrist, sawyer for Whitlock & Jones, came back to work last week, We will give you a few dots from Carthage now. Miss Fannie Martin is visiting here this week. Miss Rena Pleasants left Monday for Aberdeen. Mrs. Emma Petty is visiting in Raleigh. Messrs. W. J. Adams and G. H. Homber went to Raleigh Tuesday on legal business. Mrs. Henry Herwitz and children have gone to New York. The smallpox situation is improved. M,r. W. D. Wadsworth was in Car thage Wednesday. Monday was Commissioners' meet ing day. Col. A. H. McNeill is better. Mr. Martin Campbell, of Columbia, is visiting relatives and friends here. Success and long life to the faithful Observer. Au re voir. Scotch Laddie. ' ' FLEA HILL ITEMsC" February 6, 1906. Dear Editor: "Toco" again, with Uttle to write, as usual, r. The farmers of this ing , great preparations for farming siucc me w earner nns niruierooH Some of them are still holding their m.B..ti" IsnHn ara uVtiil.Zi itv.1 V " " 'e"e.V.u" na lne turrounding country. The hefarmJ ,8 ?tot P'ob'bitive, making it an ideal location for f,ii?f7' ??sl .e,,t"'n,the"tyandtnburbiean be bought reatontble The ordmgfryrve;yTw8bth byraiUnd m ,W ?"r.te. tre Dower e.mX,8r I0:? 00 m3 ln eek. e ready to Supply electric Edly L Ubor. C!? to,ecured wwnable ooit, whichmtket this The Best Location in North Carolina for Manufacturing Plants ! f Th Citv'fl financial in.iit f i.. .1TJlTr T 4 ' . 0Jn xountwitn vvuvvi j vurumilMHp ... . :m We Will.be Glad UDOH RTinrnttftH fcpfniritv IE re to mrmatW" FAVIfTfVVTt THE BANK ' c ttti tt tto' a JJ ' .-'. . .$100,000.00 w t?SvLpS 5 protits, 55,000.00 ' " " C. M. HUGHES, Cashier. SCHOOL BOOKS!" '.. ' 1 W.e hav? Niw SECOND-HANDS SLATES, CRAYON, ; PENCILS. . EVERYTHING NEEDED IN THE SCHOOL ROOM " - M THE : NEW 1 BOOK : STORE. cotlun for a better, price, and we be lieve tiny will get well paid for so doing. Miss Maud Murphy bus just re turned from Wilmington, where she' has been visiting her . ister, Mrs. Ko- su sunders. , - Mr. A. V. Williford 1ms just re-, turned from Sampson on a wild goose chase also. 1 Ie reports very bad roads, Mr. II. I Gcdtlie is preparing to ' move from the swamps to his home on the sandhills. Miss Lula Cm m pier has purchased a new buggy. Look out boys, for a nice ride, , Mf." J. M. Williford" has returned from Racford, where be lias been vis iting friends and' relatives. '.'.' If all reports are true, there will be several weddings in this community in a few weeks. " " : . We are sorry to report that Mr. D. J. McXaurin and family' are still on the sick list. With best wishes to the Ouhervkr, . Togo. ,- HOPE MILLS ITEMS. , ,Feb'y 6, 1906. Messrs. Boyett 8z Low who have been in the market business here, have moved to Chadbourn, N. C Mrs. W. W. Cole, of Fayetteville, visited her daughter, Mrs. L. C, Mc Duffie, on Friday last- Miss Maud MoDaniel is ..visiting relatives and friends on the east side of the Cape Fear river this week. Mrs. Neill H. McLauchlin, of Nor folk, Va., who has been- visiting Mr. and Mrs. N. M. McDuniel has return ed home. - ' Miss Charlotte McDuffie, who has been.. visiting relatives here, has re turned to her home in Raleigh. Mr. W. A. Creech lias resigned his position here as agent for the Atlan tic Coast Line. Mr. B. S. Home seems to be suffer ing from an attack of lagrippe. Mr. G. M. Peterson and family have moved to this place from Fay etteville. - ' Mr. L. R. Ellis seems to be .SiiiTet ing very much from a vaccinated arm. Miss Barbara Cameron returned to Duke Monday after spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cameron, of this plaoe. Mr. A. J. Williams returned to Hemp, N. C, Wednesday, where he is preparing to live in the early fu ture. D. J. Cashwell, Esq., of the Fay etteville bar, was here Tuesday on professional business.' We would like very much to have the acquaintance of "Scotch Laddie." Say, give us your address, or visit your old home and friends again,- - Where is "Smiling Jqnas" gone? Come again; we would like to hear from you often. Blue Eves. Resigned Aa Pastor. Rev. E. E. Smith, who for the past six years has been serving as pastor of the colored Baptist church of this city, has resigned the pastorate. The church prospered under his care, there having been numbers. of communi cants added. During all these years he has been principal of the State Colored Normal School located here. As both the schoof an3" cnufch work' has increased, each requiring more time, Prof. Smith found it necessary to give his entire time to the increas ing duties of the school. Selling ? Lucas Paints (Tinted Glow) look better than other paints. They have a richer gloss and the colors keep their brightness longer. At first other paints look just as nice as Lucas Paints, but Time tells and tells plainly the difference between, "cheap" paints and economical Lucas Paints which make a good ap pearance last as well as first Ask your dealer. ' John Lucas A Co Philadelphia 1 m Id , Sold by B. E. Sedberry's Sons, fayetteville, N. C Mlly 'investigate the us.' If you haven't tVcient'nmd.to , . to Assist You, "T?nd assistance to any wcrth vounu er in- 1 tr u . . . J I. ". ODfllor V FAYETTF.VIIJ.rJ
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