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A PROPOSITION FOR CHANGING WE
FORM OF GOVERNMENT. ,
A Washington telegram of Thurs
day's date says : - '
A resolution providing for the elec
tions of senators by direct vote of the
people has been favorably acted upon
by the House committee on election
of president, vice-president and repre
sentatives in congress, ine resolu
tion, which introduced by Mr.
Norrls, of Nebraska, makes the term
of members of the House four years
instead of two. Both propositions
are to be accomplished by " amend
ments to the constitution, according
to the resolution, t The , reason why
the term of Representatives should be
four years is stated to be because no
party can inaugurate its policy in
two years. ' The people are tired,'
the report says, 'of . this, continuous
drama, and as a result are inclined to
give no attention to -the primaries
and the "conventionsthe very foun
dation of our political system the
forum wherein the country interests
can best be guarded and protected.
With an election every two years trie
political grafter who thrives ot par
tisan strife and on the nervous uii
certainty controlling candidates for
office is able to live from one election
to another by the 'boodle' secured at
bis unholy business. 1 he adoption
of . the proposed amendment would
render it less possible for this crea
ture to ply his trade.'
'Regarding the election ol sena
tors by direct vote the report says :
'The proposition to provide for the
election of Senators by the direct vote
of the people has been betore tne
House of Representatives and -has re
ceived favorable consideration upon
several differeut occasions. A propo
sition to amend the Constitution hav
ing this object in view has passed the
House of Representatives at four dif
ferent times, and each time by a prac
tically unanimous Vote.' "
Why. take two bites at a cherry?
If it be worth while to put in motion
the cumbrous machinery provided in
the Constitution for amending it, in
order to secure the election of sena
tors by direct vote-of the people,, why
not abolish the senate ? It is impos
sible to bring forward any argument
against abolishing the senate which
would not be conclusive against
changing their mode of election. The
moment the change is made from
election of senators by the legislature
to direct election by the people, the
senator's reason for existence ceases,
aricl more than a single national leg
islative chamber is merely an encum
brance, a nuisance.
The double chamber in a democracy
is an anomaly. It is an inheritance
from the old world dynastic govern
ments, and constituted in them a
great stride towards democracy in
contrast, for example, with absolute
government by a monarch, as in
Persia, by the bhah. The concession
of a constitutional government with a
parliament 'representative - of certain
classes as recently, by RUssia, and
long ago by England,, &c was nec
essarily made step by step, And the
upper house represented the monarch
in the earlier steps and the nobles in
the later ones. England, with her
elastic and progressive constitution,
while retaining the semblance of a
double house, is governed by. btt one
as our people are just beginniri. to
find Out.
It will be seen that the reason for
electing senators by the people is the
circumstance that the people are now
held to be fit for constituting the
electorate of senators as well as
of representatives. Therefore the
"check" on the people's representa
tives provided .by the senate would
no longer exist. ' "
As to the other proposition of the
House Committee viz: for changing
the terms ot the Representatives from
two years, to four the reasons assign
ed by the committee would probably
cease to ejfist, as soon as the people
realized that they could secure the
prompt execution of their will when
they elected a new Congress.
THE CONSTITUTION COMING
INTO
FASHION jiGAIN.
It has .been but a few years since
the discussion of constitutional ques
tions was laughed at That was be
cause the constitution was invoked
against the party in power. A nota
ble example was the ridicule heaped
on the Bryan' Deniocns for object
ing, on constitutional grounds, to
holding colonies and subject peoples.
The papers of to-day are calling atten
tion to the great. change that has
taken place in the popular attitude to
discussions of the nature teferred to.
and they attribute the .change to the
awakened interest of the people in the
kind of government which ruks (but
should Serve) them. " . ; ' ",
'The papers are right in this view
to a certain extent; but there is
another and very important reason
why the peopled listen four hours to a
speech on constitutional law. That is
thaMepuiaTnTovemelnTfbr a cEange
in the despotic conditions of our gov
ernment, as at- present -administered,
has become so strioua. aod. so mena
cing to the beneficiaries of the ays
tern, that the letter's attorney in the
Senate have adroitly seized upon the
constitution as a weapon - of. defense
against those very persons (the peo
ple's representatives) who heretofore
have been the chief users of it. '
- There isn't anything whatever in
the contention of Spooner and Knox
that Congress has Jio power, over
the inferior courts as any schoolboy
can ascertain by reading the commen
taries of Kent and. Storey, the text
books on constitutional law used be
fore 1861. What these two so-called
constitutional lawyers" say is mere
sound and . fury. Con'aress com
menced resrulatine the coVtts in the
act of 1798, and hai done sorepeated
ly since,' without objection by the
Supreme Court, Indeed, the Consti
tution - even - authorizes - Congress
to regulate procedure in the Supreme
Court itself where it . confers orig
inal jurisdiction on it. :....r. ' .
The suggestion that the 14th
Amendment has changed the relation
of Congress to the courts that no
person 6hall be deprived of life, lib
erty or property without due process
of law- is certainly not a sound one
in respectdo the railway ratar "com
mission. The commission might just
as well be called a court like the
Land Claim Court, of which the late
Judge T. C Fuller was a member
for it would, under the proposed law,
act n that capacity. Again : apprais
ers of merchandise at the custom
houses, while acting under a law of
Congress, are nevertheless every day,
by the act of their own minds and
judgment, determining how much of
the property of American importers
shall be taken from them before other
of their property is admitted to our
territory.
LOOPHOLES OF LAW.
The "Atlanta Jotfrnal, Mr. Hoke
Smith's paper, has a timely article
on certain defects in our laws which
it is important to bear in mind when
we pass judgment on judges or prose
cutors. With a system of single
legislative chambers,' State and na
tional, these defects could be removed
without delay. It would require a
century at least to change the worst
of them in our national laws, under
the present system of (four) "checks
and balances."
Says the Journal:
A cripple at Delaware, O., has been
sentenced to five years m the peni
tentiary for breaking into a railroad
office and stealing 16 cents, which he
hid in his wooden leg.
The stroke of justice -is swift and
severe sometimes. It is unsafe to
go far astray from statutory rectitude
without a full pocketbook or a high
rating with Bradstreet.
Certain insurance officials in New
York who have notoriously and con
fessedly stolen $150,000 of .policy
holders' money and put it into a cam
paign boodle fund, smile in security.
A Chicago judge has found a cor
poration guilty of crime, but dis
charged the responsible managers
with a clean bill of legal and moral
health.
i he lault lies not entirely in the
prosecutors and the judges who are
so often hypnotized by wealth.
The chief fault lies in the technical
loopholes of the law itself.
The criminal laws of this country
are based on those of England. When
our cnminal law was codified the
penal statutes of the old country were
so barbarous that a mass of humane
technicalities had grown up about
them by means of which the English
judges sought to temper their appli
cation. What our codiners did was
to throw out the barbarous features of
the British law and adopt all its hu
mane technicalities.
The result is our present inefficient
and often fantastic criminal proce
dure, under which the poor and
friendless, though innocent, may
readily be convicted and the rich and
powerful, though notoriously guilty,
so often escape.
In the Atlantic Monthly George W,
Alger, himself a lawyer, gives a list
of decisions "from the highest courts
of the states," granting new trials to
murderers :
"Because the trial judge was absent
for three minutes from the bench dur
ing the trial; because the words 'on
oath' were omitted from a paper
which accused a murderer of a crime
because the man who summoned the
jury panel to -try the murderer had
not been sworn in; because on the
trial of a murderer the trial judge had
failed to put his instructions in writ
ing; because on the trial in which
was convicted a murderer, guilty be
yond ' perad venture, among the 17
propositions of law with which the
trial judge had charged the jury one
too abstruse for their comprehension
had been incorrect; because, among
the thousand questions asked in a
long, hard-fought trial, 'error' had
crept into two; which reverses on a
quibble the conviction of a murderer
who had almost been lynched at the
time of his arrest, although 'the evi
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tion;' which reverses the conviction
for grand lurceny of a notorious thief
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show whether the money stolen was
in cash or bills. .
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the dull and stupid "common crooks
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BAILEY'S ARGUMENT AND OKATORY
SWEEPS ALL BEFORE IT.
Yesterday's dispatches gave won
derful accounts of Senator Bailey's
speech on the Railway Rate bill, de
livered Tuesday in reply to the Petti-,
foggers ifl the Senate who call them-!
elves Constitutional lawyers. No
Such speech has been heard there in.
many a day. . He concluded, says the;
Associated Press, "amidst an outburst
of applause which the chair found it
impossible to suppress. Mr. Knox was
among the hrst to oiler, congratula
tions and Mr. LaFollette patted Mr,.
Bailey affectionately on the back.'''
Following are the telegrams' con
cerning this great event, in part : : ,
For more than four hours to-day Mr.-
Bailey heltfsthe -Undivided attention
of the Senate, with a speech in wplyr
to Mr. Spooner and Mr. Knox and
just before its conclusion there was a
significant suggestion from Mr. Hale
indicating the possibility of an under
Standing and an early vote on the
railroad rate bill.
The day was one of the most nota
ble, in the recent history of the Sen
ate. Very few Senators were absent
at any time during the day and every
seat in the galleries, public, private,
Senatorial, Executive and Diplomatic
was held by its occupant with marked
tenacity.
Many mempers ot the House ot
Representatives also crowded into the
Senate Chamber. wMr. Bailey was
congratulated by many -of his col
leagues of both parties.
The close attention given through
out the four hours was all the more
marked in view of the legal character
of the argument. Mr. Bailey set out
with the one end in, view of establish
ing the soundness of his contention
that Congress has power to deny to
the inferior .United States courts the
right to suspend the orders of the
Inter-btate Commerce Commission
pending the final decision of cases
arising under the proposed law. This,
he undertook to do by citing innumer
able decisions of the courts and quot
ing many other authorities. These
citations were interspersed with his
comment.
Mr. Hale announced his willingness
to accept the anti-suspension amend
ment and expressed confidence that
if Mr. Bailey would on the other hand
agree to a b'oad court review there
would be comparatively little difficul
ty in reaching an agreement on the
bill. In response Mr. Bailey said that
he did not believe that review by the
courts could be denied under the con
stitution:
"If," Mr. Bailey said, in the begin
ning of his speech, "Congress can de
stroy proceedings in equity, in can
destroy proceedings at law." This, he
said, had been conceded by his oppo
nents, as had also been the point that
the inferior courts derived their power
from acts of Congress and not from
the Constitution direct. These con
cessions left as the only point the
distinction between the judicial power
of the United States and the junsdic
tion of the Federal courts, for which
Mr. Knox and Mr. Spooner contend
"As for himself, he considered this
a very fine point, so fine indeed, that
he felt it would go far to justify Mr.
Tillman's chiracterizations of the re
finements of the law.
"It is difficult," he said, "to believe
that intellects like those of the Sena
tors from Wisconsin and Pennsylva
nia can contend for such an absurdity
as they do contend for in holding
that when Congress confers any pow
er on a court it confers all power on
them.
"The Congress has not only assert
ed its right to deny to the courts the
right to issue writs of injunction but
it has asserted its right to deny
to them the privilege of issuing
the great writ of liberty, the writ of
habeas corpus.
Mr. Bailey then undertook, to show
that Congress has exercised the power
to abndge the right of the courts to
punish for contempt or to issue writs
of mandamus, asserting that the
courts have no inherent power and
that "it is the duty of the Federal
courts not to make the law for Con
gress, but to obey the law that Con
Kress makes for them."
"If," he added, "Cougress has the
right to restrict the power to punish
for contempt, in God's name has it
not the right to limit the power of
injunction, which has been so greatly
abused by so.many Federal judges?
Mr. Bailey entered into an elabor
ate argument to show that the courts
cannot annul legislation because of
inferential constitutional limitations.
"The time was never so unfortu
nate as now for the revival of the
doctrine of arbitrary power on the
part of the courts, he declared, re
ferring to Mr. Spooner's speech. He
spoke of the division of authority
a,. f 1 ' r i,
among ine various Drancnes 01 uie
government, but said that he could
not follow those utterings of recent
years, which seem to proceed on the
theory that there should be no re
strictions upon the judiciary.
"The power toreate and the power
to destroy must include the power to
limit. The Senator from South Caro
lina has been pressing this point as a
cornfield lawyer," he said, "and the
constitutional lawyers have never yet
been able to satisfactorily 'answer his
contention."
Mr. Bailey disavowed that he had
any intention of attacking the courts
but. he said that he had himself
known some courts that were guilty
of abuses, hence-it was necessary to
place limitations upon all of them.
Moreover the manifold duties of the
judges would prevent their giving
the careful attention newssSry to rail
road questions, .. He- contended that
commissioners could be found as
Competent as the judges of the courts,
"And," he added, "if we cannot get
commissioners equal to some Federal
judges I know, God save the Repub
lic." v
Expressing his gratification at sen
timent in support of his proposition,
be expressed the hope that Mr. bpoou
er and Mr. Knox would see the situa
tion as he does. "Then," he said,
"we might have a new national em
blera in the bijr stick and the pitch.
fork a new day of justice instead of
a aay ot nate.
-; He bad no apprehension concerning
thq effect of the proposed legislation.
Instead of undesirable results he- was
of opinion that railroads would be
forced by it to do justice. "Then,"
be said, "we. would hear no more of
railroad Senators and railroad influ
ence in politics, and I for one would
be delighted to have the railroads en
tirely eliminated from the public af
fairs of the country."
FINE SENTIMENTS MISDIRECTED.
Here is a bit of poetry that seems
to have been inspired by the contem
plation of the failure of our govern
mental system, as perverted by the
vile war of '6i-'6s : s
,.. A HOLYj NATION. ...
Let Liberty run onward with the
years,
And circle with the seasons; let her
break
The tyrant's harshness, the oppres
sor s spears; A
Bring ripened recompenses that shall
make
Supreme amends for sorrow's long
arrears;
Drop holy benison on hearts that
ache;
Put clearer radiance into human eyes,
And set the glad earth singing to the
skies.
Clean natures coin pure statutes. Let
us cleanse
The hearts that beat within us; let us
mow
Clear to the roots our falseness and
pretense,
Tread-down our rank ambitions, over
throw
Our braggart moods of puffed self-
consequence,
Plow up our hideous thistles which
do grow .
Faster than maize in May time, and
strike dead
The base infections our low greeds
have bred .
But far from the truth is any ap
proach to what we suggested above.
Who, reader, do you suppose, wrote
those beau iful verses ? It was Rich
ard Realf. And who was he? The
Richmond Times -Dispatch, from
whose literary department we have
Lclipped his poem, tells in these words:
"Richard Realf was born in Eng
land in 1 834,' of poor parents, and be
gan writing poetry at, an early age.
His early work attracted the atten
tion ol Tennyson, Miss Mitford, Miss
Jameson, Miss Martineau, and others,
and they secured the publication of
his volume, 'Guesses at the Beauti
ful.' He dabbled some in sculpture,
and even studied agricultural science.
In 1854 he came to New York, where
he wrote stories of slum lite, and as
sisted in establishing some institu
tions for the relief of the poor. He
joined the first free soil parties mov
ing to Kansas, and was arrested. He
did newspaper work until he joined
John Brown's party. He was Brown's
secretary of state. He was arrested
in connection with the Harper's Fer
ry affair, enlisted in 1862, was wound
d, taught a black school in South
Carolina in 1867, and for years led a
banT5-mouth existence, all that time
writing poetry, some of it of the most
exquisite beauty. Family troubles
resulted in his suicide in San Fran
cisco about 1875."
Secretary of State to John Brown!
whose treasonable act at Harper's
Ferry did more than anything else to
bring on the war that vile war which
changed our home-ruling and bene
ficent Confederated Republic into the
centralized despotism which all stu
dents of the science of government
know it to be to-day.
Perhaps even the North, awakened
by Bailey's ponderous blows, will
come to realize with what a base
counterfeit they have replaced the
"Holy Nation" of the Constitution.
Judsen Heme.
Miss Annie Johnson is spending
this week with relatives at Stedman.
Miss Maggie Smith recently spent
some time with relatives at Brunt.
Mr.'D. E. Williams, of Bladen, was
in this section Sunday.
Mr. Charlie Averiette and daugh
ter, Miss Bettie, of 71st, spent last
Sunday at the home of Mr. Alex.
Johnson.
Mr. R. P. Haywood and Mr. Smith,
ot Fayetteville, were in this vicinity
last Sunday.
The Misses Crutchfield, of Brunt,
spent Sunday at the home of their
uncle, Mr. Henry Clark.
Mr. Newell McDaniel, of Hope
Mills, was in this section recently.
Mr. Frank McDaniel, of Ashpole,
who has been absent from these parts
six years, made us a visit a short
time ago.
We had a good Sunday tjchool at
Judson last Sunday. A large crowd
attended. Mr. Herbert Clark is our
superintendent, and we think he is a
very good one indeed.
Mrs. Henry Clark spent last Sun
day with Mrs. Love McDaniel.
. Mrs. Love Sessoms is spending this
week at St. Paul's with relatives.
Mr. Guilford Home, of Clarkton,
recently visited relatives in this sec
tion. Mr. James McDaniel, Sr., was a
caller at Mr. James Carter's last Sun
day. ; Miss Bessie Home was a pleasant
caller at Mr. T. J. Haywood's Wed
nesday aftirncon.
Misses Sallie and Annie Young and
Miss Dunham Were callers at Mr.
Tarnce Oiphihs "Wednesday rf7W.
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SALMAGUNDI'S COMMENT.
Cameron, N., C. , April 9, 1906:
Mr. Editor: We are tired, oh, so
tired, through the criminal careless
ness of the saw mill managers we are
suffering from the effects of forest or
or woods fires. , Set it out or start it
generally about the middle of these
dry, windy days, and the. fences and
shacks of the natives and their cattle,
hogs and sheep are at the "mercy of
the wind and fire in a piney woods
and wire-grass region, and it' seems
there is no, redress for the damage
they inflict upon the people. Many of
these so-called business men are "not
worth the dynamite it would require
to shatter the gdurd where brains
were wont to be, and as for the heart
it must he completely .ossified,, hard
as a flint, or the shin bone of a sheep.
They say these are accidents. But
no rational creature will gulp down
such assertions, because he realizes
that he who so declares slaps his
maker in the face and abuses the five
senses given to enable him to pro
tect himself, and at the same time
avoid tramping on another's rights.
No sir; all intelligent people know
there is no such thing as what they
call accidents. - It is only the essence
of unadulterated . carelessness,
mixed with an indefinite quantity of
meanness. . According to the theory
of the accident policy mau, the sec
ond advent, or coming of Christ,
would be accidental. When question
ed concerning that matter, he ans
wered that man did not know, nor
did the angels. And then he told his
disciples to be ready, meaning that
they be found at all times doing right,
dealing justly, never setting the
woods on hre to the injury of their
fellow Creatures.
Now, some of the smart Alecs will
probably jump on us with Webster's
Unabridged. But Webster made mis
takes or was in error sometimes.
Honesty, said he, is the best policy.
But that honesty inspired by a policy
is not honesty at all. Honesty was
born in heaven, was passed to earth
amidst the thunders of Mount Sinai,
and covers the length, breadth,
heighth and depth of the eighth com
mandment, and is a never dying prin
ciple, there condensed in four words,
to wit : "Thou shalt not steal. ' ' Of
course that means neither directly
nor indirectly. There is much whip
ping the devil around the stump in
this fashionable world of to-day, but
it will cut no figure with the Book
keeper who cannot err.
We presume Lex is now a careless
reader. He complains of not hearing
from "Sal" and the Apostle Paul.
Now "Sal" don't amount to much
here nor there, but why should he
not hear from the great Apostle to
the Gentiles everyday if he so desired,
is mysterious indeed. Where are
those letters he wrote to the church
es, and his advice to Timothy? Are
they on the high shelf or in the bot
tom of the big chest? Fish them up
or down. "Sal" will come whenever
he can.
FENCE OR NO FENCE.
A. C. P. thinks we remember the
crowd called the Legislature of 1905.
We do remember reading something
about it. Some of the editors said
they were the brainiest set ever as
sembled at our State Capital.' We do
not dispute that. It was the heart
lessness of the tribe we deplored.
They were mostly lawyers, and no
good for the common weal. A law
yer must be heartless, if he would
win his case in court, especially a
criminal lawyer, and they are all
criminals, or try to be that is the
brainy ones and we believe the old
man Laughinghouse said they had
succeeded so well that it was about as
rational to expect an application of
holy water in the infernal furnace, as
to look for justice in our modern
courts. As forourself, wehaveenough
of the brainy set. It was said they
passed twelve hundred bills, "and th?
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot said, that if
they did not repeal thirteen hundred
former acts, old North Carolina was
hurt. We agree with the Pilot. Let
us resolve to send servants with
more heart, even if they have less
brains. These big brained men like
Byron often do the world more harm
than good. Let us us look up honest,
big-hearted men for the next set.
The Watts bill and the Ward bill are
only miserable makeshifts and passed
in the interests financially of foreign
manufacturers of strong drinks. So
believe the good people of the Old
North btate. We are done with ma
chine politics. We are now, and al
ways have been, democratic in prin
ciple, but we feel lonesome. Our so
called democratic leaders are worship
ing a strange god now.
As ever,
Salmagundi.
Is The Moon Inhabited.
Science has proven that the moon
has an atmosphere, which makes life in
some form possible on that sattelhte;
but not for human beings, who have
a hard enough time on this earth of
ours; especially those who don t
know that Electric Bitters cure head
ache, Biliousness, Malaria, Chills
and Fever, Jaundice, Dyspepsia,
Dizziness, Torpid Liver, Kidney
complaints, General Debility and Fe
male weaknesses. Unequalled as a
general Tonic and Appetizer for weak
persons and especially for the aged.
It induces sound sleep. Fully guar
anteed by B. E. Sedberry's Sons,
Druggists. Price only 50c.
The best way to rid the system of a
cold is to evacuate the bowels. Kenne
dy's Laxative Honey and Tar acts as a
Dleasant. vet effectual cathartic nn the
bowele. It-elears- thV- hoadr cut the
pniegm out ot the tnroat, strengthens
the Dronchlal tubes, relieves coughs,
eolds, croup whooping cough ete. Bold
by Armneid & ureenwood, Druggists.
A dose of Pine-ules at bed time will
usually relieve backache, before morn
ing., These beautiful little globules
are soft, gelatine coated and when
moistened and placed in the mouth
you can't keep from swallowing them.
Pine-ules contain neither sugar nor
aiconoi just gums and resins ob
tained from our own native pine for
ests, combined with other well-known
bladder, kidney, blood and backache
remedies. Sold by McKethan & Co,
-. ' -'-; Flea Bill Heme. -.
After a long absenca this scribe
will appear again to tell of a few of
the happening's in this section.- v
To the delight of the farmers, lasl
week was a favorable week for farm
work, and they did their best to catch
up, but most of them are still behind,
and the present indications are 'that
they will get farther behind, as it is
raining today, Monday, and the old
saying is that if you are hindered on
Monday - you -will be - hindered all
through the week, but the farmers
are to be congratulated, as some of
them are selling their last year's cot
ton for 11 cents, and some are re
fusing to sell at that. They will
farm more on the intensive plan this
year than ever- before. .
Rev. J. J.'Hall filled his regular ap
pointment at Lebanon Sunday after
noon. A large congregation was
present. His next appointment is on
the first Sunday afternoon instead of
the second, he having accepted the
invitation to preach the commence
ment sermon at Buies Creek on the
second Sunday.
With regret we learned of the death
at Raeford, on the 3rd inst., of Mrs.
U. D. McLean, who was Miss Mc
Duffie before Marriage, and was for
several years a teacher at Raeford In
stitute, besides having taught at va
rious places in the surrounding com
munity. Her funeral, which was
conducted from . the Presbyterian
church Wednesday afternoon, was at
tended by scores of her former pupils.
We feel that we are speaking the sen
timent of all who knew her when we
say to know her was to love her.
Miss Addie Wuliford returned home
Saturday, after spending a week with
relatives in Robeson.
Some of our young people are be
ing reminded of the fact that it is
April fool time.
The recent frost killed about all ol
the peaches, but the apple trees are
just beginning to bloom.
Mr.- Buchanan, of Wade, attended
services at Lebanon Sunday.
Messrs. Andrew Williams and Em
mitt Beard were callers at Mr. Daniel
Bain's Sunday afternoon.
Best wishes for the Observer.
April 9. Ralph.
BRUNT ITEMS.
It seems like spring is with us
again, as the beautiful flowers and
leaves have made theirs appearance at
last.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H.Croom, ofFayette
ville, visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Hall, of Brunt, Sunday. .
The .fishermen are having good luck
this spring. There are a good many
catching lots of shad. The King
fisherman caught nine in one day.
Will let you all guess who the King
fisherman is.
Mrs. M. H. Hall, of Alderman, was
a visitor at Mr. H. H. Hall's Sun
day. We are glad to note that Jlr. Eli
Braftbrd is able to be up aj,ain.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Nunalee visited
relatives and friends in Fayetteville
Sunday.
Misses Ada and Rena Hall were
callers at Mr. Daniel Clark's Sunday.
Miss Amelia Hall went up to Fay
etteville Sunday p. m.
As "Bad Sam" spoke in the last
week's "Items" about the girls' get
ting married, I think there are some,
more Bad Sams in our community
that want to marry, too.
Mrs. W. J. Evans, of Ivanhoe, N. C,
is visiting relatives and friends at
Brunt.
Messrs. Bob Carver and Jesse Carter
visited friends on Little River last
Saturday.
We are listening to hear the wed
ding bells ring.
With best wishes to the Observer.
, Wild P.ose.
carthage, r. f. d. no. 2, notes.
Mr. A. M. Vow made a business
trip to Carthage Tuesday.
Cedar Grove Sunday school was or
ganized on Sunday, the 1st inst., and
is in active work again.
V. L. Blackman visited at Jones
boro Tuesday.
Mr. J. C. Vandegrift left for South
Carolina on Sunday, April 1st.
Mr. Geo. Thomas made a business
trip across the river on Tuesday.
There was preaching at Kphronia
and Center on bunday, April 1st,
by Rev. Arrowood and Rev. Broom
respectively.
'Mrs. Janett Wadsworth is better,
we are glad to report.
Mr. W. J. Wadsworth went to
Jonesboro Fridayv
Misses Jennie and Marion Wads
worth went to Carthage Saturday to
attend the teachers' meeting.
Rev. M. D. McNeill filled his regu
lar appoinment at White Hill bun
day. His text was in Ruth, 2:3.
Sunday school at Cedar Grove Sun
day evening.
Mr. W. L. Blackman has been ap
pointed list-taker for Carthage town
ship.
The little daughter of Mr. P. A
Fisher stuck the stem of a large weed
about three inches in her leg last
week while playing in the field. It
became necessary to carry her to Dr.
McLean, at Carthage, who soon ex
tracted it.
Mr. Alex Thomas is better, we are
glad to state.
We learn that tnere was a nre in
the Union community last week, but
did not do much damage.
Mr. Read has resigned his position
as tram engineer for Mr. J. C. Vande
grift. Messrs. W. D. Wadsworth and W.
0. Brady, of Victor, N. C, visited
relatives and friends here Sunday.
There wilUbe Sunday school and
prayermeeting at Cedar Grove next
Sunday morning at 1 1 30 o'clock
The young men of our community
are on foot to get up a secret society
for boys between the ages of 14" and
21. Already hve members are en-
rolled. The name of the society is
The Coming Men of America. We
hope the lodge will stand in the days
to come. scotch laddie.
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the minute you Uke it. A gentle
soothing warmth, fills the nerves and
blood with life. It's a "real pleasure
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