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'Oi)SKhVJ2i Fayetteville, N.C ' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 190S. E. J. BALE, Editor and Proprietor. E J. BALE, Jr Business Manager.' . iiy OMtsous sitVaTi6n. .7 ' v Qur dispatches, bast evening con tained the folldwing informatios from Washington! ' 11 , 1 j r,i , The news ;from: China grows alarming in characacter. iEyen the members of. the United $tates . Senate are giving the rhatter serious consideration. - One of the ' Senators, himself a member of the -' Committee on Foreign Relations, and as such conversant with every phase of the situation, convinced of its grav ity, is beginning assiduously to ira- press his views -upon his colleagues. "The Japanese are behind all this," he said, and it is part of the argument he is using to arouse Senators to' ac tion. "Japan is the powerful ana im- placable enemy of America in China.' It is a struggle for commercial su premacy, with., stealth, cunning and unscrupulousness pitted against us. The Japanese is brave and progress ive, but absolutely consicenceless. It suits his purpose to inspire anti-foreign demonstrations. . If the lives of Americans are sacrificed, it is nothing to him; it is part of his plan. He is urg ing the Chinese to the commission of these outrages. It is only the begin ning of things, and great horrors con front us. Secretary Root and .Secre tary Tart must have money," he as serted, "to prepare for a campaign that is sure to come. Great Britain and the-United States will reap a dire reward for their friendship for Japan. We must be prepared for all emergen cies; must be prepared to protect Am erican citizens in China, We must expect to do it by force," and must have money to put the machinery in motion, and transport the troops to points of tactical advantage. Our people demand it, and' are not afraid to demand the rights of Americans in : any part of the world. It is only the Sen ate that is timid. Let the Senate rep-" resent the American people, and carry out their will. We most have troops in readiness, for we may need them now at any time." It is an ominous situation which the foregoing describes. We do not 'refer to it in its aspect as ominous of a necessary war, if that; 'necessity should arise, for the - protection of American traders seeking business is a legitimate "way in a country iwith which our treaty rights should supply sufficient protection, -bucn a war is one of the necessary ;incjdests -of na tional life. Our own alarm is based upon the impression that the member of the senate committee on foreign re lations, quoted above, was laying the foundation for a . larger military and naval establishment than we now possess of than we need. Wars undertaken for the promotion of commerce with nnwilling custom ers do not approve themselves to a properly, regulated business conscience any more than to that of the Chris tian. If we would lower our tariff to the-rate required by tb constitution, . we would be able to sell goods to the 1 Chinese for so much; less .than ' any other nation, that the (alleged) Japa anese interference against our traders . would be resented by the Chinese and recoil upon the Japanese. ; We should be ashamed to confess that the Japanese artisan is more , skillful than the American, mat for that- the governing bodies of Japan are abler than our ring-made public . servants, and therefore that the Japa nese artisan probably has the same ad vantage over the American artisan as the British artisan has, and can iroportour own raw cotton and un dersell us in the goods manufactured from it in the neutral market of China. But we do not need s bigger army and navy to overcome this disadvantage. We need a reform in our political ma ' ' chinery which 'will send Jionest and sensible men to Washington,' instead , of the grafters and .imperialists who fill too many legislative seats there. 1 CUBHENT COMMENT. We are glad to note that public at : tention is being drawn to the exces sive number of fatalities arpong nail clerks, expressmen and the like, on the railways. ' The disregard of ljfe in Tin: . : number of persons killed and injured on railways, is well known; butj not enough attention has been paid to the discrimination which is practiced 1 ' against the mail and xpressclerks in the cars prescribed for them.' jThe ,( position of these cars in the front of the train exposes them- to the jfirst ' shock in collisions; and they should - 'therefore be even stronger, ' if any thing, than the Pullmans, whose hea vy construction as well as .their posi tion in the train generally saves them from ' wreck. ; Senator Tillrnai I has ,' taken tip this matter. fie "pteflferjted, last Week, and the senate adopted a resolution calling upon the postmas ter general for information as toj the number of postal clerks killed in jrail-t-road accidents during the past five years, also asking how many iteel cars are now used in the postals vice and whether the fatalities have een so great in those as in other cars. ' ' In presenting the Sesoltftfoiii Mr. . Tillman said that he had noticed! the frequent fatalities to mail clerks in railroad accidents, and that he wanted to ascertain whether more security for them could 'not be secure) by means of stronger mail cars. -f - . ..Miss Sue Bell Nolley .was able to leave the Jlighsmith hospital (this morning, after having been ill' there for sveral weeks.. , a i., ! : .1, .. ,-l ti Ami 1 The papers are taking op this im portant 6ubjec'(I The low i( this State , .... v. . requires asses.' penis 10 in eltt x at actual market vilue. Oftentimes hose who are nolin favor with the assessors are thus assessed, but the rule, we im- aginej is . quite otherwise. The law once violated, there can be necessarily no standard of aberration, for those who knowingly do wrong are not the kind of people, who would be likely to. save such a standard out of the wreck, so to speak.. So tar, indeed, is the element of honesty racking in this matter of keeping faith with one's partners in the money burdens of government, that we once knew, a community which advertised "lc sessments" among its attractions to settlers and new-comers, : Think of it; "low assessments" t when the law says they must be neither high nor It is to be hoped and it is begin". ning to look that way fljat the anti- graft wave is going to reform the tax- dodging individuals and communi ties. They are discussing the ques tion over in Virginia. Amopg the numerous articles on the subject in the Virginia papers, we think the following taken -from' the Richmond Times-Dispatch hits' ofF the more fa miliar forms of tax -dodging that occur in our own State : Editor of The Times-Dispatch bir As a Mreinian who would like to see our methods of assessing values in the State in a way that every dollar of the wealth of the State might be made to bear its just and equitable burden, of taxation, I believe that there is no more important work con fronting the Legislature than to pro vide a remedy tor the lniustice and inequalities the present system of as sessment worts. As matters now stand many parts of the State are bearing far more than their share of taxation for State pur poses and many other sections are es caping theirs. And what is more, some kinds of property are assessed in a way that make them bear more than their share of the burden. 1 happen to be 'particularly well ac quainted with conditions in the Shen nandoah alley, where I have been brought into close touch with the as sessment of real and personal proper ty Values for a number of years. In Rockirigham county the basis of as sessment on real property is fifty cents on the dollar, and in Augusta county, adjoining it on the south, the basis is slightly higher. On the oth er hand, in Shennandoah county. which adjoins Rockingham on the north, the basis of assessment is only 33 cents on the dollar. Therefore, one may go down to Rockingham and Shennandoah counties and find a ten thousand dollar farm assessed at fite thousand dollars on the Rocking ham side, and at $3,333 on the She nandoah side. It is readily seen that under such a system the Rocking ham county farmer has to contribute more to' the State' government than the Shenandoah farmer. - Recently I was talking with Sena tor George B. Keezel, of whom Rep resentative Carter Glass once said to me-that he knows more about the fis cal affairs of the State of Virginia than any other man in the State, and he related even a more glaring in stance than the one I have just re cited. He said that some time ago during the last session of the Legis lature, I think it was a county in Southwest Virginia, Pulaski, wanted to issue some bonds for a new rail road. As the county had already practically reached the limit of bond ed indebtedness an enabling act was necessary to the new issue of bonds. And this was sought at the hands of we Legislature. A committee of Pu laski citizens went before the Senate Finance Committee, and asked that committee to recommend the passage of the enabling act' They were very promptly reminded that they had al ready contracted as much indebted ness as the law or good business dic tates would allow them to contract With equal promptness they respond ed that their assessed valuations were only oa a basis of twenty cents on the dollar, and that even bonds were as sessed on this basis instead of at face value. : - ,k. ; . Further questioning elicited the fact that every year the county of Pulaski was drawing several thousands of dol lars more from the State treasury than it contributed, and the further fact th it the low scale of assessments was made in order to avoid paying anything into the State treasury over and above what it got in return. On that basis the ten thousand dollar farm in Pulaski would be sssessed at only $1,000. Any one who1 has intelligence enough to! see that one and one makes two can) see that such a state of- affairs is -a very unjust one, and one that demands rarrfn) consideration at the hands of the Legislature, . , ; j" " Another fault of the present system is that in a great many counties bonds are assessed at par, while property of other natures is assessed at.half value or less. . Now.thf poor, widow, with her life insurance, invested , in bonds, or her other sSvihgs. aiut py .texa at practically double the . rate the wealthy farmer has to pay. But leav ing that element pf sympathy, out of the reckoning, a man's bonds ocght not to. he assessed , relatively higher than any other classes, of property.. .. ; It looks tome as if the only way to get at this question is for assessment everywhere to be made 00 a bask of actua) market value, and the creation of a board of equalization, to be. com posed of level-headed men who will be charged with the duty of seeing jtbat the tax burdeJ is equally distributed : oyertbe .State,' As has been pointed, out many timJf, assessed ,,yslues were increased so as to make them the equivalent of market values, the rate of taxation could be correspond ingly decreased,, Other. States nave tried that plan, and they have adjust ed the inequalities of the antiquated plan Virginia is following. ' , - I am told that there are manycoun ties in Virginia which draw thousands of dollars more from the State treasu ry than they contribute to it, while if they were assessed as they should be they would not only be bearing their own expenses, but would be contribu ting' something to the expenses of the State government , These conditions are neither, just, lair nor equitable, and it seems to me that one of the first things the Legislature ought to do is to take the matter up sod set it right. It is the most important work before that body. -T ( M , J. i f.K. . TILLMAN VERki3 THJE PAJLH ADS. H Senator Tillman often meaJ him self in the Senate in a way not to be commended, but he seems t6 us one of the most, sirere; opponents of qjoj- ruption to be found in public life, Re has the courage of his convictions to an eminent degree a quality greatly needed, in thesetjmes. .His latest effort in behalf, of the people's interests as affected by corporate greed is directed against the Pennsylvania Railroad and its allies'." A Washing ton telegram says : ' ; ... I . . The & oate this - afternoon adopted a resolution which was introduced by Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, and reported by him from the Senate Committee on Commerce, providing for as investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission ot alleged merger relations between the Penn sylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio and the other coal-carrying railroads eru tenng the belds of West lrginta and Pennsylvania. . ...The resolution provides for an in vestigation ol a most searching char acter into the -relations which these i t . . . , v , 1- , , ... , . tutus ocar 10 uic coaiueias, ut distri bution of cars for the handling of coal and the alleged, sub-division of the Atlantic Coast traffic territory for coal-carrying purposes among the va rious roads owned or alleged to be controlled by the Pennsylvania and New York Central lines, and the Lcomtnission is directed to inquire par ticularly into the extent- to which mines are owned, and controlled by any of these railroads handling their products. .; Tbe . resolution . . covers Uabout four pages, typewritten, and lays down minutely for the guidance of the commission the scope of its in vestigation.. , . - The resolution 'is a joint one and must also pass the . House before be coming effective. Senator Tillman discussed the resolution for about an hour before jts adoption, and explain ed that its essential features were the same as those of the resolution intro duced in the House last week by Rep resentative .Gillespie, of. Texas; -and which is. pending before, the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. . Senator . Tillman said that after the Senate should have passed the resolution which he intro duced to-day it would be an easy mat ter for the House Committee to report it as a substitute, for the Gillespie res olution if that committee entertained any disposition to. favor the investi gation of these roads. . The Tillman resolution was given immediate consideration to-day under unanimous-consent proceeding, and in his discussion of the resolution he branched out into a general discus sion of mergers, the alleged, failure of the Department of Justice to institute prosecutions against these . alleged mergers in the face of allegations and testimony and an extemporaneous discussion of various features of the railway-rate problem Mr. Tillman is reported to have created a sensation,' before he got through, by his arraignment of the administration in connection with the railway-rate legislation and also in regard to its attitude toward control of the railways under the laws already existing. His resolution was finally unanimously adopted. 1 la the coarse of the debate on the resolution Mr. Tillman said hei had no objection to a proper review of the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Federal courts, but that he thought the decision ought to go into effect at once, pend idg.the appeal. Otherwise he thought that "the poor devils who instituted the complaints would be bullyragged from court to court without reciving redress." Mr. Tillman was afraid that an effort would be made, by the con servatives to prevent the rate bill go ing into effect at once, and he regard ed this as the "milk in thecocoa- nut" i Senator Foraker asked Mr. Tillman whether hethought the Hepburn bill which had passed the House contain ed all the recommendations of the Pres ident Mr. Tillman's reply was that "there is a great deal of opera bpuffe going on here." He thought t the Hepburn bill contained too many words, and he knew that many mem bers of the Senate, as well as many members of the House, differed in their interpretation of the meaning of the Hepburn bill. He said, in con clusion, that he himself wanted more light before he could vote 'orabilJ that "might contain a dozen snakes.". He said that he wanted to see incor porated in the bill a provision to pro hibit public carriers from owning pro ducts carried over their line. He de clared there was nothing in the House bill to meet the Red Rock coal situa tion, and he intended to introduce an amendment which would be intended to fedrcss just BUCB wrong. " ' " - "u u v. uv.u iLia Record referred tn tfi r,1an nf tl, Raeford Power Sc. Manufacturing Co., of Raeford, N. C,' which has been or ganized to develop watei1 powers and manufacture cotton goods. The com pany is now planning for the active beginning of construction work ' at Bic Rock fish rnrrk twhrr if a valuable water-power) of a cotton mill which wui De equipped with 5,000 producing strindles for the manufac ture of coarse yarns. Steam-power will be used for this mill, and about i.OOO baleS of cotton will he mninmJ annually, fter this mill is comple ted it is the company's intention . to develop the water-power and transmit the energy by electricity for operating the mill mentioned, and a second mill will then be erected.,, The equipment of the second mitt will be . deter mined later. T-B. Upehurch is pres. ideut of the company, and W. D Mc Neill, of Favetteville. V r fia.&wn chosen Pen era 1 manao-er tn ranwH at once with the. - construction , of the worn. - - r - - - --t The reason Dr. Dsutr'a I ittl Pill. give perfect ' satisfaction is tW tn their tonic effect on the liver. They never grips, - "old by McKethtrift Ct,"". '" "' '"'I ,'J I u THE riKE OF ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH. (irn! ilro Tcleiiraif.., T! e New York "Sun prints the fol low! ,sg letter twin a coi respondent : "TotheEditorofTheSun Siri Many years ago I came here from a country town, -poor as"arry boy j couKl well be; found employments ' in a' large concern; bettered .hiy' - . position year after. -year; -became. a partner then the" head of the. concern. Made my fortune, a " larsre one:' now retired. ' " i "hen I die I shall leave my children each a fortune, but when "1 think it over day after day l can only be ashamed of it all. I sup- pose 1 was no worse man we, oto ers; 1 know some were worsethan ' r X t could always 4 say,, 'it's ' good business,' but I forgot, (hat 'there, was such a thing as a square -deal. lfl couldkget he bettejr of ' "''an associate or. a customer or an' employee, I did. lAnything ijhat ' couiu 00 10 attain my own suc - cess was -good -otisineasr-ana -1 -did it.. " . "I have given to charity, head men subscriptions, but it doesn't satisfy me. I know what 1 have - done wasn't manly, Last night ri sat with other so-called success ' fill men. I studied them. When they can't help thinking, they-" think just as I do. ( ; : , ' . ! '""The niouern success "is rank failure. . It has m:de this coun try rich; it has made it great) it has made its .people selfish and '. unprincipled. I would give all I possess to-night if L could say : 'I have given every one a square deal. 1 have done no one a wrong.' , ' . "Think it over; it will mean a "i. lot to you Some dayl'"..' A. whole volume could not say more, and if . human hearts were all laid bare to the gaze of the multitude we .doubt not that on many a heart would be found written the same words. . .., ... We are too prone to look merely at results to count Success or failure in dollars and cents, forgetting that 'us ury and power are after all but poor and sorry things when they .represent the sum total of a life s work., ! The acquisition of money is not in itself either a crime or a disgrace. It may well mean that behind it the long years of earnest toil and fngal HvinK. But on the other hand it is often the case that wealth is bought at the same price paid by the Sun's correspondent, apd brings with it the same hollow mockery of happiness which, he admits is his portion. For money is not everything. jAnd the highest, truest, greatest measure ot success may go hand in hand with comparative poverty. ' . . This we all feel this. we. all know, but the frankness of the unknown writer of the communication we have reproduced brings home the subject in a most lorcible manner. He who buys wealth at such a price day after day will live to regret it REMARKABLE SERMON BY A COLORED MINISTER. Published by request, following are extracts rrom a ser mon delivered recently by Rev. S. J, Wheeler Spurgeon, 3. D.,. pastor of fc-vans Metropolitan A. M. E.'iZlon Church in this city, at the funeral of Margaret Starr. The deceased was a highly esteemed . colored woman of the old regime, and, her funeral! was attended by a number of white friends. Tbe sermon, as well as the sintfme. was really very, extraordinary, and was delivered with singular impres- siveness: ... WAITING ON THE, LORD. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength rthey shall mount (Isaiah 40:31) up with wings as eagles" j the text was used about 712 tears Deiore Christ by the prophet' Isaiah in comforting the people relative to waiting or trusting in the Lord.i Is rael bad been so long in the power of meir enemies tnat uiey nao concluded they were quite overlooked by the Uod ol their lathers. The text -suggests the highest thought of thej hu man mind. j 1 st the existence of a suoreme being or creator. All who believe there is a God or Lord and seek after and Wait for him shall, as surely as he reigns,-like eagles, mount' npoq wings and renew their strength. JPaul declared, by his waiting for the Eord, there was a crown of righteousness laid tor him, and not for him onlv. but for all who look and wait ori the Lord as he did. The earfe is a fcerv Striking and graphic illustratioi, as they are noted for their untiring m Sr WW Wi ) PnQ-Mr- G. B. Sawoms fiUed his rega- can soar. ten the natural foraes of par appointment at - Mr T. J Hav the lower world become disturbefl, by wood's&tarday night I. h Y? storms, cyclones and upheavals! the eagle, with his untiring strength tcr newed, mounts higher and higher On his airv niniiln nntil lwt fVnm human sight and beyond the reach of the disturbing forces. So it is with, that soul that waits on God;- the storms of life may rage,' legions pf demons may surround you; even Death the most dreaded of al foes may attack you.- But amid all these the soul, like the eagle, will renew Us strength, grow stronger and stronger trader the trying circumstances and mount upon the pinions of faith. soaring higher and higher nntil itcan eVcTstim- uaU (immm the jnnU'l 'snares and temptations..! The deep dulcet chords of tbe soul set in tune, i me thinks, they would' vibrate intojaelo dious sound and sing minister and choir singing softly; ...... "I would not live alway: l ask - not to stay ;, 4 . Where storm after storm risesiark . , ..--.o'er Un wy , r. j-rr- I. LETTER TO JASV ft. McMETLU -j . Fayettevifle; N. CJ- v-) Dear Sir i Devoe, )io a year; jead-and-oil, $21. ' . J; t. "Mr. BlcMullis'. late cashier of Po tapsco NationalBank, of Bllicott City, Md.,' painted' His house-Devoe in i8fls. 'It wore 1J yearn at a cost of less than $10 a year. A ;"1 " ;" 1 1 " Mr. Harold Hardioge, the present cashier, painted his house three eoats lead-and-oil. It wore sis years, at a cost of $22 a vear. He then repainted Devoe: said he wasted (be paint that cost least bv the year.' ' i - 'This is important; such compari son are extremely rare. " We know the general fact; however. --'- ; - t' The paint that goes farthest, "wears longest, always. ' : r.-. ' i . ; xonn truly, . 1 j- 1 ' F.' W. Dbvoe & (jot v illnf '. , T.Sl ptint'A a. norne cc aons seu our -. -i.i The few lurid mornings that dawn I on us here, L' 1 Are enouj. h for its woesrf full 1 t enous 1 for its e,hr t." f Wtit is Lt to wai'( uponj. God? hit isaa eaiaest desire,H;onfidoirt ex pectation and patient reliance. All of this, we are told", the- deceased sister, Margaret, Stn,r, dii sixty .years, ago "whet she embraced a htipe' tif the Lord Jesus Christ and couuected her self with the Evans Metronblitan church (better known as Evans Chap- el). -- : 1 The text makes her the recipient ot great blessings, . By waiting upon Pod she .was introduced, to exemplary privileges in the exercises, of the Di vine life. -' - j, " ' snd.' 'She had a perpetUBl renewa bewal of the powers of Divine grace. 3rd. .. She had persevering ranee. . V.-'. Lndu- 4tb. She bad ultimate success; therefore, under these conditions well and truly could She lay upon heir bed of affliction and reach the place where she must .sever her earthly relations with husband, friend, neighbors and church, and exclaim','' "I am waiting upon the Lord;"" for she knew that for her to die was gain. 4 Strength bad failed, her;. that never, would jcoine again; but, by waiting upon the Lord, her spiritual strength was so rerjewed that vyhen the angel of death came and seized the mortal frame, the -soul, re newed, grew, strong, and took its flight to that city, called Heaven, where nothing can enter that would weaken or harm it. Remember, the soul who seeks first the things of this earth in preference to those of the spiritual, is like a man who. .would build a pyramid with its apex upon the ground and its base' in the air, which, before he could proceed Jar, would tumble over and crush him un der its ruins.. Then, first of all, wit n the Lord, in order that you may be strong in weakness, your hopes being in Heaven, and attain a . crown of ev elasting life that fadeth not away. LOWELL NOTES. ' Lowell, N. C, Feb. 10, j'doo. . Governor R. B. Glenn is exdected to deliver an address Monday .Febru ary 26th, at Dallas, the county seat of Gaston, to the farmers of thetounh ty- " , t '-', The teachers of South foint town ship will hold their" attnual Biejetlngf uere rnaay, reDruary 231x1. A popular Gastcfti county bpyi Mr. Frank X. Jackson," has been ejected chief marshal at Davidson College. He will serve at the Junior and Senior speakings and also at Commencement During the past three months hun dreds of visitors have come to se the large white Chester (Dominus) owned Dy Mr. John W. Groves. The hog was killed recently, weighing 726 IDS. Mr. Frank Ware guessed the weight would be 725 lbs. As Thursday night was verv cloud v our weather prophet thought there would be little probability of seeing the interesting phenomenon "otj our nearest neighbor in total eclibse.i S ut the few who were up between e and o clock friday morning were:- ena bled to see what some of them had never seen before. We find a good many voung oeoole who do not know. that an eclipse of the moon is caused by the passing of the moon into the shadow pj the earth and hence can take placejonly at iuu moon-opposition, t he retrac tion of the solar rays in traversing the lower strata of the earth's atmosphere prevents the complete disappearance, of the moon in a tota?eclipse. vve see irom the press that the Bet terment Association is doing much to oeauty the intenor and exterior ofour school buildings. Gaston county has no association, but individual work ers and contributors to the cause are numerous. The interior of the txw ell school has been made more attract ive by the handsome pictures recently contributed by Miss Nellie Rosehian. - JUBSON ITEMS. j This is the 12th day of Febrnarv. and I will tell you that it is a tough day. The wind and rain is coming from the North.. without any cessa tion, and it is a cold rain, too.. Sat urday evening the sua shone out is its warmth and the little spring-frogs sang a few pieces, but to-day thev are as silent as a piecei of. ice. . February is getting even with as for the good weather we have been having a while oacK. .... There was a nice little turnout at Sunday school Sunday. .: ; , -! Messrs. Kellie Johnson. Walter Mo. uamei, Harriet Alohm. Miss T. V. Haywood and Zela Haywood were visitors at Mr. Young's Satnrdnv " ' ..Travel on the tniblie road sretn f He suspended to-day. ; , The weather is so tough I guess the people art sit- uug ay .inc. ure eating ..potAtoed and auwCr, j.r- .....1, t- There is a great deal of .comnlaint smoag the farmers that their potatoes are rotting... This .mean hi?h tirir and scarcity of potatoes.. -. . 1 '- There is one trucker over this way ho says that he will not olantianv more Irish potatoes for market He planted two barrels last year, aa the bugs ate them np, and he did not U Amu- UmW tkc-ittllc school teacher at Jadson, aad.f :. L, V.: Haywood were visiting at Mr. love McDaniel's Sunday. . ..1 , ,., ; Miss Ida Cox, the public school teacher at Brunt, was a visitor atj Mr. J. -Haywood's Saturdav nlirht " . Wishing the OssKRVKa, much'suc- cesa. ism, .....vows resnertrnllvi -i . - J m . . - Luckiest Man in Arkansas. ' " "I'rh the luckiest man .in Arkan sas " writes IT. L Stanlevl ofiin,.; 'since tbe restoration of mv 'n;c. health after five years of continuous coughing and bleeding from the lungs; and I owe "my good fortun tn, fh world's greatest medicine. Dr. irir'i .1?5?JiK!0TrI.'., Consumption; which I know from experienced will cure consumption 'ff'taketf in htme. My wile improved with ' first bottle and twelve bottles' completed; the cure." Cures the won toughs and colds or money refunded. " At fl.iE. Sedberryi Sons, druggist. '.'iocTand i.w. i nai Dotue tree. -' . 1 Joit a littl KnAml mftmr nL .31 that fulness, belching, gas 0n stom ach, sod all other symptoms of indiges tion Kodol Aivrttm arht ..t .J enables the stomach and digestive or- f jo pertbrm their functions nstural- r- coin ,py Armneld 4 Greenwood, ruggnts. - ; - - - , ,, For Wedding Preterits 1 1 ClalcrollBg and Altrnellva Pelnta la and Arauad C hn'ti, loofla. f t . ? --' i 1 3 - Mr. Ej itoh: si -if i " ' A vt lor with (sureyind tl s incli- natiou't6 do so, can spend a week or two in no more pleasant way than by visiting'the many poiVifs oF interest m'npn arosnd Chattanooga, ' A day on' lookout Mountain was very- niich-enjoyl! At 6:3 i'dock a, m.. we took electnc cars at. the cor ner of Ninth street, and a ride of two miles placed us at the foot qf tbe mountain.' :'"ii "' j ' Looming upward through the; mist of the morning with its steep rugged, rocky slopes, the mountain reared its mighty crest, bathing it in the elbuds. It is l.ioo feet above the level of the sea, and is reached by a cable railway known as. the ."Incline.'! . It ;runs from thi base ( to . the top, and is S.7S0 feet long, the steepest and long est incline iri the world, crossing the plateau where the battle was lougnt, and - terminating at Lookout j Inn. This is a fine hotel, on the top of the mountain, near the battle field,! and accommodates six - hundred guests. It seemed to be deserted - ' "Not a sound in the parlor, t.. -.Not a sound in theholl; . Peace and quiet reigned. Overall." . ,' To a person of strong nerve; the ascent up the mountain' rs rand, but to a timid person fear would shut out the. beauty and. pleasure of the ride. As we were going up the i ,' 'In cline" a woman asked the conductor, if anything should happen', where would she be? That; he told her, would depend, upon how she had' lived, . : The sweet wild flower that greeted us on onrlast walk over the mountain have' withdrawn their "beauty and fragranoe, for a season,- but the. grand old trees, bereft of their foUagl, are here to give us welcome.' 1. ,. i . from Sunset Kock one may obtain - one of the most enchanting views in the worldi A sunset view- fromj here is never forgotten. . .. ; ' ': "I stood on Lookout's lofty crest, . Below mecrag and rock,,nd' tree, .'";" i . "'And, fir bentath the eagle's test, 1 saw the - sun-kissed Tennes-i . " r. Oh what ft scene for mortal tyest" Beneath the skies so soft and - bluei'-V"1 " - ' Methought the gates of paradise . - ; Had -opened just to-let me , ,.. ; through.:',. ,." ' ! Another, place of interest pn ' the mountain is "The Point." , Theread- ers or the Observer are invited to stand on the "broad piazza of the hotel, and view the beautiful scenery with ns. Yon horizon brings in a considerable portion of five States and- includes-a- wonderful variety of beautiful scene ry. Towards the west lies Sand Moun tain, towards the northwest lies Rac coon Mountain, and at your feet winds the clear Tennessee in graceful loops. the longest of which encloses ""Moc casin Bend." The name was given from the striking resemblance-to the outlines of., an. .Indian's -moccasin. The .Bend is said to contain 2,20b acres. Across a wide, valley to the eastward . is a high range or hills known as Missionary Ridge. It is four miles from the Point where we stand to Bragg's headquarters on the Ridge. In this reservation the gov ernment has erected an observation tower severity feet high. Other -points of interest on the mountain- are "National 'Bridge," "Rock City,"- "Lula Lake." I. All these, to be appreciated, must be seen War relics are still to be had on the mountain. r .. Of course we visited1 the Chicka ' manga and Chattanooga Military Park. - ' It embraces the whole of the battlefield of Chickamauga, fifteen square miles being comprised id this territory; it is the only battlefield in existence reserved entirely for park nse. Congress has expended $750, 000, and the various States have ap propriated over scoo.ooo for the erec tion of monuments to commemorate the valor of their soldiers- 'Granite and bronze are the material used for the memorials, and they range in cost from $1,000 to $15,000 each. Pyramids of shell mark the spots wnere tour A.on federate and four Un ion General officers fell. The Geor gia monument, erected by the State of Georgia, is located in the center of the Park. ine- name 01 'wntcxamauga : was fought on the 19 and o of Sept.. 1863. These heroes are at rest; they sleep under the solemn pines, the nemiocks and the bracing: vines They : sleep beneath the shadow of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or storm, each in the windowlesS pal ace of Rest. In the- midst of battle. in the? roar of conflict, they found the owfcu.tj vi ucniu." - t Long after the forty centuries which Napoleon told his veterans were look ing down from tbe pyramids of Egypt upon them, Chickamauga, -Missionary ' Ridge, and Lookout ' Mountain will still be here, and shill remain radiant as now with the story of that past and vocal as ever, wafting on the winds of heaven, through sunshine and storm, exalted praise to the un surpassed bravery, devotion an-J en durance of the American soldier1. . 4-" " " --1-'"- J-. RaboS."- Pylfelaa Vlallar. -zjrrtX District Deputy of. .this district "of the. Knjgbts,pf jjrthiasM, )f,iaw. rence, of Smith field,, was in the tcity last night, the guest of that ordet.' Uccil'oCcfalD: 1 'al .'.'TOn 190G m bne of the handsomest and' ... " f inest valuable pnbUcations of . r the kind Issued; The useful ' ' t - and practical hinU Contained; lathe annual issues of Wood's -Saad Book .mak it mosti ' , .i wltfable help to all Farmers' ' .'.-lif Gsrdenersindithsskmgi ,i been recognized as an np-to-l , -.- date authority on all ' " - '. j ,f! ; GarfeiaciFaraSsUs, " Prtlw1ariy for gnnthfrn plunrin.- ' -'' Wootfe' Sssd Book mailed: ,"" mwnrmeniMQrdeiii upon rsquest.Wrftsiorrt " v WCHMONO, V VIRGINIA.; " ' We aaasM ftmr erdars olraot, ferboA ' VKOCTABLK Sad FARM CEOS,-- i..., . tf jroor narchaat doat not salt, I , " RAEFORD NEWS NOTES. ' i Raejord, Feb. 12. The site fur the cotton factory that will soon be built here, has been loca te!! in Wes Raeford beside the rail way, on the upper end of the well kuowixJSdinboro farm,'and has been tmahased from Mr. M. D. Betbune. Prof. Howell, assistant principal of Raeford Institute, spent Saturday jn Fayettevllle." " """; " """' " Prof; John A. McLeod was right badly, burned, about, the face and hands while removing an oil stove that had exploded in one of the prac tice rooms, a few days ago. His he roic effort to save the building from destruction is appreciated by the trus tees and friends of the Institution. - A splendid rmeeting closed' In the Methodist church last week. ; The pastor, Rev. S. E. Mercer, was ably assisted by Rev. E. McWhorter,-of Maxton, who drew large congrega tions by the great force and eloquence with which he presented1' gospel tfuths from day to day. 'There were a good many additions to the church, Relatives of Dr, McFadyen, who is laboring as' a missionary in China, re ceived news last week of his mar riage,' in Shanghai, to Miss Catherine Williams, of Harnett county; on! Jan uary rst. " ."( it : "Mrs', a C. McFadyen, who has been ill," is 'convalescing, we arc glad to ktfOW. O " - '. y- ' " On Wednesday morning the large planing mill of Upchurch Bros! was destroyed by fire; loss,' $io,ooo-r-mill valued at $4,000 and $6,000 worth of lumber; np insurance. --1--.- J There arrived here a few days ago a tourist of more than ordinary interest, Mrs. Mary Dufly, of Southport, Eng land, who has come to visit or' reside with her daughter, Mrs. C. S. O'Neill. By some mysterious providence: mo ther and daughter were 'separate years ago. When the daughter Iras a little girl' of eight years, the mother consented to her coming to Montreal, Canada, with close mends, to .enter school for some years. Some time af ter this, the mother (then residing In Ireland) moved to a city in Scotland, the friends, in Montreal moved: else where, and all efforts to obtain j each the other's address were futile, until a few months since. .The daughter met her husband, 'a South Carolinian, in Detroit, Michigan, fifteen, Wars ago, and subsequently they catfie to South Carolina, and to this town a few years ago, where 'the husband has A flourishing business: - Mrs. puffy disposed of all property but her home, and, will probably remain with i this, her only child, - ' - A MUCH-NEEDED ESSAY ON CHILD DIS ' ' "CiPLINE. ' ' ' j , Ever and anon you hear of a racket in some school or other, aboutateach-er,'sjoflirtink..a)rporal,,:punishnient,-and, in ninety-nine cases out; of a hundred, .the child needed' it;', and, should it have been amiss, it were bet ter by far that nothing should be said about it (save privately to the teacher) than for the morals of the child to be corrupted by thinking he "ha$ the best of his teacher." Solomon ad vised the use of the rod, and human nature is just the same now as then. If parents would demand perfect obe dience in the home, as 'tis their duty to do, there would hardly be any need of the instructor's" applying' the switch; but many children are having their own sweet, way. at homeland, when they reach the school agej, the teachers have a hard time to bend the young sapliug that has been so Woful ly neglected in its tender years. Hence, there is a, friction, and Some are so hardetred that the teacher fails to bend, them, and after awhile the State has the job,' and, after a long trialslaps them in the penitentiary. 1 ne "ow time", masters no doubt in flicted the rod just a liitle too hard, but now the pendulum has swung tod far in the opposite direction. When this writer hears a parent saying, "I'll no thus and so if a teicher whips my. child,", she uiehtalljj ex claims, "God help your child, fof you have not so much as learned the eth ics of parental government" Here's out plan: - "You let me hear of jyour teacher's whippi ng you, and the matter will be looked into, and ten toj one you'll get another !" (tbe last ode at "Wer" ... '.,1 1 . J . The house is insured covered with a protecting coat bf good paint ; i T!r WV .... .. Ltteai Pointt insure tho Very best weaf. " They are rnadiTof pure materials ana cover ?o thoroughly decay and they last longer. The ineir gooa looks. Ask your dealer. John Lucasl & Co Sold by B. E. SEDBERY'3 EVERYTHING KEKDED.1S THE SCHOOLROOM. .:H THE : ISJEW S auiau, who ine assurance of its d-la - Making a Total Sum Available for the Accommodation of . its Customers of - t , r . 1 ., r th.d.ve.opmentoreommTni.s Mm IB U1S IMllinW M ttiiai U.l. 1.' ' . oensnd county, and tothit rnirt .k t'Ch,,,''"'"C home). Away with this idiocy thai children don't need the rod. 0n now and then may be brought up suc cessfully without it, but we have yet. to find one . ,., , .. ..j j ALDERMAN ITEMS, " We are having Some rainy weather now.a-days;)!:: IO ,, , There was service at Marvin church last Sunday by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Daily, who preached a noble sermon? to a large congregation. ; . ( Mrs. Margaret Stephens, of McColl, ; S. C , visited her sons in this commu nity last-Week. v 1 . X, , I , ' . ... day night, which wss greatly enjoyed by all the young folks present, Mrs. Mary Marsh spent last Satur day night at the. home of Mr. H. Marsh, . "I Miss Attie Jones, one of tbt nurses of St Luke hospital, spent th latter part Of last week in this community visiting relatives, ', j Mr. Lloyd Hall and wife have re cently moved to Ivanhoe, j Pender county, accompanied by Mrt! Walter Evans: and wife, where they will engage in the saw mill business. Wc regret to lose tbein as they; will be sadly missed in this community. Mr, Alex. Davis and his sister, Miss Bessier of Bladen county, Wens in this TOrmnunlty last Sunday. ; k ? There will be services at Cape Fear chcjph the third Sunday at 1 1 o'clock. Sheriff W.. H. vMarsh, of Favette ville spent Sunday, at his old home at Alderman. , , . ..-. ;; : : ' W The school ' is progressing 1 nicely under the supervision of Prof. Stamps, assisted by Miss Roberta Stover and Mrs. A: A. 'McQueen as music teach er. , There, are now on enrollment 85 pupils the largest that has ever been enrolled in this district- ' " "Amicus. . .Feb'y.ia, 1906.' '.- . . . j . :ihir-iH:ii;-i liiii".? DuN, Feb. 12. After quite a long "stay out" of the columns of the Observer I am asking admittance again ' for a short Space, r , u -j t ij-r 1 f- , ' ' Now I hope I wilt not I'punch" any one with what I say, but I must say: lfailtto see such a slur in "Punch's,",, letter, ( jI did not seem so ridiculous. Now, I want it under stood that I know nothing about the writer of that article, but it does seem that he could have meant no harm. Well, we people - in -Sampson are beginning to feel like1 ie are not so far behind. We have R. Fl D. routes and the telephone lines are fast being put up all over the county, and just now the good roads question is hav ing sortie attention. So vou see most every one wilt" soon be in a position to communicate with'ttie outside world on short notice." V v The farmers of this section are ma king some headway considering the tough weather of late and a fair share of grippe. ' We. regret to note the continued illness of Mr. J, J. Spell pf the Haw ley store section. He is one of our old est and best citizens. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holland, of Dunn, were visiting in this part last week. .Also, Mr. and Mrs. Jinken David, of Wade. 1 J" " - Quantum sufficit. A." C P. Oablla Ncwa Notea Obacrvatlou. J. J. MCKlLtAN, IN CLAfcTON EXPRESS. Among the young business men who are rapidly, forging to the front in Fayetteville is Mr. A. E1. Martin) lorraptriv r nr wnira iiab. - ti. ...... tlpottfl 1 1 h mini, V, o , ., a MM.M prises, and one or the busiest men in Fayetteyllle. He has just been elect ed a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Fayetteville. Among the BJaden county people in Fayetteville last were C P. Parker, of Parkersbnrg; Arthur and Roy I. Council, R. P. Melvin, Jr., James Melvin, Jr.,; Kelly Melviri,:,Miss Tis sie Melvin; ; Jefferson Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Register, Thomas Kinlaw, Daniel Owen, Hec and Ber nice Ray, of White Oak; Rev. D. G. McDuffie, of Amraoh; John D. Beatty, of Klondike.; ,,.('. Insiirnnr ! : . . .ii ... .j.. i i. against wear of th weatrm- thut i that they jdqfy the rain with its rot and rich gloss ahd enduring colors preserve h , 1 . Philadelnhls f - ' t SCjNS, avetteyille, N, ft j I spook ISTORE; ( .' .. . w - 'g': r-.- . w ?.,b!'ity to gjve courteous and tatisfi LAKGK satisfactory pf. Msistln . . 7,. - ,u","' w rsymevi eville and Cum- psrt of your lhL;ualRai. '
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