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daily nrnc:JL WEEKLY EDITION. - 1 il A M Ml. JCjJL JCiJl: JL '-O .00 per Annum, in Advaac. .oo for 6 Months, ii Advant .oo for 3 Months, in Advance, $i.or per Annum, In Advance. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY tOf 1906. OLD SERIES VOL LXXI NO. 3J.93 , NEW SERIES VOL. XXIIINO. 11,113. FILLE JMI J ! x .i , ....... Vmr Acre' TheBESTofeverythlnff and the greatest quantities of every growing tiling can readily be pro duced with the liberal uieof Virginia. Carolina Vertlllrars. together with oarefut cultivation. Thematerlalstol whloh they are made, oause them 10 en; rich the land, and the plant to come up'rapldly and more'prollflo. vt9 Vlrxlol.-C.rollnsF.Hlllr.rs - on your liulraaBU- frul t-tiwn r ol all kinds, corn, wheat and all truaks. For. at harvest ' time, you will have the largest (ior mese win "increase your i ... .a ... . m.. ... oropg you over raised In all your farm life. Don't buy the Inferior substitute thataify fertilizer agent may try to per suade you to put on your land. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO., 1 lithium, Yfc. lorfolk, Ya, tvtia, 1. 0, OUrlMloa, i. S, liHimin, Hi., itlutt, 11. Isnjuuk, Gi Moutgomar, ilk,, la? Us, Tim., Ihmrporl, U. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. NK1L A. SINCLAIR,' RODKBT H. DYK. SINCLAIR & DYE, ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW , 117 Donaldson St., Fayetteville, N. C. , D. T. OATES, Attorney-at Law, Rooms 2 and 3 K. of P. Building, FAYKTTKFILLK, Q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney-at-Law, Office K. of P. Building, 'phone 229, FAYKTTEVIM.B, N. - C. General law practice; Notary Public. H. McD. Robinson, John G. Shaw. (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorneys-at-Law, Office 121 Donaldson Street, Fayetteville, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business. D. L. McDUFFIE, Attorney-at-Law, K. of P. Building, FAYETTEVILLE, JOHN W. BOLTON, Attorney-at-Law, Office over Frank Beasley's Store. Notary Public. H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, (Notary Public) . Office over Beasley's Store. Fayetteville, ti.v. J. H. MARSH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Office 103 Hay Street, Fayetteville, N. C. DR. SEAVY HIGHSMITH, Physician and Surgeon. Office: Highsmith Hospital. J, A. McKETHAN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, OFFICK: McKethan Building. 331 .... 'PHONES . . . , 205 Dr. E. L. HUNTER, Dentist, North-east Corner Market Square, Fajetteville, N. C. Dr. J. E. HIGK3MITH, DENTIST. Office: Highsmith Hospital. Easter Rowers. 8UNNYSIDE FLORAL NURSERY, (James M. Lamb & Sons), Fayetteville, N. C, We will haveEASTER L1LL1ES, CALLA LL M.IKS, CARNATIONS, white and pink, ROSES, white and pink, NARCISSUS, &e. : - Tn nlontja rta ViaaIa A orrpflt vnriflt.v PALMS, FER'NS DKACENlAS, includ ing tne beautuui bauu rAL,M. Order early please. JROCURED AND DtrHBiu.-7 mwSg oraiot0.furipert Kmrch vAtrmnml Butiuea dlrKt tfii WuklngUm rw tin, J.A.i.4Hf, Patent and InfringsmaM Praotloa Exslutlvsly. Write or ooms to us at lit Matt ttnrt, opr. VaM tm fatal Oto, WABHIWOTQW, P. C " "EXPERIENCE ' 7 D ' I , I ' WW!-. ' . nvnna inndlnf a sketch and deaorlpilon may fl?iiirlnwi. opinion freawlrnhnr an lent tret. Old.it asenor tor e"""""' Patents tatBn tbrouiih Mum A Co. rwslff lol not(, wit hoot ohjiys, to tha scientific iimcncan. . . . . ... a. A- tlMMl HPU SUNyCo,88,8K'"dw'Newy(irk BranotOmofcit-WMblDiiCon.D.C. pAftritft'S'"' UAIR BALSAM OlMliaH mI lmiitinn th. hats, Kvw falls to antors 0)ra lUlr to It. Tontnrui yo im Cum um . hftlr nlUo 1 .rr-r.. JUDGE GANTT'S OBATION. Judge James B. Gantt, of Jefferson City," Mo.rtbe" major-general com manding the Missouri division of the Confederate Veterans, was the orator of the reuniorTat New Orleans. He is accounted one of the ablest of the Missouri judiciary, is a justice of th Supreme Court of Missouri, and is, so he, told this writer two years ago, descended from Fayetteville ancestry. The press dispatches tfay that his ad dress was a scholarly, resume of the ar, and its causes and effects. .He said, in part; . . "Our citizenship for 40 years since that great struggle has stood every test that could be expected, whether in peace or war. I have said 00 other occasions, and I repeat it now, that the Spanish War was worth every life that was lost and every dollar tat was sp44-it wr no other Reason, that it taught the Northern people that the South and the old Confed erates and their sons were as jealous of the honor of our national flag, and would fight and die for it as readily as any other section of the country. "The'Tlorth knows, as we know, that it was Ensign Bagley, the son of Confederate soldier of North Caro lina, who gave his life as the first sacrifice of the war; that Hobson, of Alabama, the son of another Confed erate; braved the Spanish guns in the harbor of Santiago and added luster to the American Navy; that it was glorious 'Joe' Wheeler, in whose honor the veterans of both the Union and Confederate armies and the sur vivors of the Spanish War met at Atlanta a month ago to pay their tribute of love and admiration, who held the American lines at Santiago and when our relations with Spain over Cuba became critical the honor of the United States and the pro tection of American citizens was com mitted by Northern Presidents to that other splendid Confederate, Fitzhugh Lee. So that, thank God, the day -of suspicion and distrust of our fealty to our country has forever passed away, and no sane man, North or South, any longer sees aught to condemn or criticise in our reunions. The ex-Confederates and the South are glad that peace once more broods over our entire land, and that out of the ruins of the sectional wall that once divided us have sprung the flowers of peace and fraternal feeling.k It was a graceful act on tue part ol resident Roosevelt in appointing Stonewall Jackson's grandson to a cadetship at West Point, and in de tailing Fitzhugh Lee's son for service at 'the White House. In so doing did he expect these yountf'men to cease to cherish as their richest heri tage the names of their immortal sires? If ever the honor of our flag should be imperiled, does anyone doubt they will remember that it is theirs not only to defend their coun try, but to prove themselves worthy of the names of Jackson and Leei" MOTIVES MUST BK UNDERSTOOD. "But we hear every day from well- meaning people tnat no gooa can come trom tnese reunions ana tne perpetuation of our organization; that we but delay the coming of that day of universal fraternity that is essen tial to the welfare of our common country. We deny it. If the Union is to be perpetuated it must be a union of indestructible States, each of the same dignity with the other under the Constitution awsaws. We submitted our differences with our Northern brethren to the arbitrament of arms the only court to which sovereign States can go when all argument and peaceful overtures fail and we lost, and have in iperfect faith accepted the consequences; but it can never be a matter of indiffer ence to any self-respecting, honorable people that history shall record that they are traitors. We are unwilling that our children shall rest under the stigma that their fathers were guilty of treason the most despicable of crimes. 'A calm and dispassionate discus sion now, 40 years after the last gun has been silenced, can hurt no one; but it is demanded for the truth of history, and surely no section ought to be afraid of the truth. We feel that the time has come when we may vendicate to our chnldren, to the world and to our brethren of the North the. purity of the motives which led to our action in 1861, and of the cause for which we made such" supreme sacrifices." EXTRANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS BY CORPORATIONS. Yesterday's Raleigh News and Ob erver contained the following: "Tin. Wnnrrl nf Audit and Finance nf Pnlpio-h vpstprrlav declined to ao- proyrtbe-donation-of 425 niade by the Board of Aldermen oi Kaieign in aid of the San Francisco relief fund. "This was not because the Board of Audit and Finance desired to do this, for they regret the necessity of refu cal tn nnnrnve the donation. but do so as it is unlawful under the provisions of trie quarter 01 Kaieign. 'This ia set out in section tic. sub section five, of the charter, which un der the head 'Of Crimes ana renai- ties' says -'Any Alderman or other nffiner nf the citv who shall make any appropriation, donation, gilt, sale, transier or payments, in directly or indirectly, of any luoney, property 6r credit of the city forNiny ,ca nr tinmnsp orner man ior tne e " - ... . r . elusive use and benefit of the city of RaleighT and tf the people1 resident therein, unless herein otherwise pro vided, shall be guilty 01 an miamoua nriffii. and unnn conviction thereof in the Superior court shall be adjudged tn mv ft fine of not less than' one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned nt Uos thon nn venr or more than five years, or both such fine and im t In the discretion of the court, and at law for the 'recovery of the whole amount so uniawiuuy con tracted or misappropriated, .paid or transferred.' ; ' nThia settles the matter, but in their laudable purpose the Board of iM.rmM win te auDiauaea. Ul course no member. who voted Jbrthe donation thought it was" forbidden by the charter." The Charter of the City of Fayette ville does not, we believe, - contain a like provision to that in the Raleigh charter, quoted by our Raleigh con temporary; but, in our opinion, bar ring -the specific legal penalty, the charter 6f Fayetteville, and every other act of incorporation, necessarjly includes a like inhibition. The per version of public and semi-public funds is one of the crying evils of the day, and its practice opens Pandora's box. ' . . We trust the proposed appropria tion by the City of Fayetteville will be reconsidered and abandoned,' and the amount made up by pro rata in creases of individual subscriptions, if practicable. - If not, then by increase by those who share our view. r A city which Is 7o,ooo behind in its sinking fund should be just before it is gener ous. : So far as this writer is concerned, he will gladly add, pro rata, the amount necessary to make good the withdraw al of the City's subscription, and he .respectfully asks his fellow-subscri bers to do the same. Let every tub stand on its own bot tom. MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE CONTRASTS LAWYERS OF THE KITCHEN AND GRAHAM KIND WITH THE , USUAL SENATORIAL LAWYER. 4 Captain Laughinghouse has the fol lowing timely letter in a recent issue of the Raleigh News and Observer.: I have just read that great speech of my young friend, Will Kitchin, in opposition to the subsidy for the Southern Railway. Niney-five out of every hundred of North Carolina Democrats are with him in this mat ter. He is the type of lawyer that I have so much admiration for. I have no doubt he could have gotten ten thousand or more to have espoused the other side of this bill; thank God he is not made that way. How dif ferent I have seen it in the Legisla ture of North Carolina. In the Leg islature of 1903 I was on a visit to Raleigh anjrwas invited by an old farmer friend who was a member of the House to gO over to fhe Senate, to witness a contest over a -bill intro duced by Durham county's represeUt ative to com Del the railroad to build a suitable depot in Durham, tn that fight I found three of the brightest lawyers in the eastern part of the State pleading with all the power they could muster to defeat this most righteous measure. I said to my old friend: "What does it mean that our eastern attorneys here as Senators are fighting for the railroad against the interest of the people?" His reply was, "They are retained by the rail road; that Senators here often get more from the railroad fighting one bill than the State pays them for the whole term. Now we have gnly fifty members in our Senate. The seven or eight Republican Senators are al ways on thesideol railroadsandcorpor ations. The railroads generally suc ceed in electing ten or twelve of their own attorneys as Senators, so you can readily see that they have only to re tain seven or eight to defeat any measure that may be passed by that more represenative body called the House." We had in both branches of the last Legislature some splendid lawyers men of the highest type but they were in the minority and not admired by the class that can be retained by the railroads alter they have been elected to the Legislature. I was asked by one of the latter class if I did not think Judge Graham was "a great obstructionist. My reply was, "Your diagnosis is incorrect. 1 con sider him a destructionistof more bad legislation than any other member of the House; that he is always on tne people's side, and his great legal abil ity and long experience enables him to detect the evil trend of bad bills and fieht them trom the beginning, The people of Granville county can do the State no greater service than to keep him in the Legislature as long as they can get him to serve. I trust you will continue to keep this matter of who will represent us in the Senate before the people, and that the next Senate will not be un der the control of railroads. PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION. itlipr cio-nlfirnnt itplll in thp tirn- gress oTTHFTCf volnrion-is-describcd in the following taken from an ex change : CURRENCY REFORM. Most of the experts who take part in -the "currency symposium" in Moody'sIagazrne-argue.-Jbr.a.cur. rencv ' 'adiusted to commercial needs, rather than one "restricted by the debt of the nation." The ideal sys tern would cut loose from Government bonds. According to Professor Fisher "Elasticity can never be secured for our bank-note currency until it is sep arated from the Government debt. It is certainly an absurd system by which the Government needs to keep perpetually in debt in order that bauks may 'issue" currency, and that the bank-note currency can never be expanded beyond the debt which the Government .happens to owe. Another way to put it is to say that e currency system is stuck in a bonifcsmutdZfluagmuKe more bonds we issue and the greater the artificial market made, for them, the deeper, we get into the mire." Only a bad panic, according to Moody's will end the evil by demonstrating its ruinous effects. Our present system concentrates money in the financial centers- in "reserve cities" and makes money cheaper there than in the country, with the 'result that farmers pay often 3 per cent, more than is paid in New York. Salve! Salvell Spread the Salve, bnt let it be Pine Salve, natures rem edv for cuts, burns sores, etc. . Sold by McKethan & Co. ARTIFICIAL SILK. ' "1. ',. :; . ' " '' '" We have received the following in- terestingarticle from Mr. Gerald Mc Carthy, the StateBiologist : ; A textile fiber which has recently come into the market is artificial silk. This is a French development which is yet scarcely on its feet, but promises a great future. The present output is about 'A that of animal silk, or about 4,000 tons per annumL TJae selling price is ifbout $3.50 per pound, as against $4.50 for animal silk; The center of the new industry is in France, but there are also factories in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and Italy. . ; : ' So far, there has been nothing done in this line in America, owing, prob ably, to the high -price, of alcohol in this country, in trance alconoi, tor use in manufacturing, is tax free, and costs only about 22 cents per gallon.. Artificial silk is produced from the vegetable compound cellulose which substance is also the basis of silk worm silk. The raw material from which artificial silk is product is chiefly cotton fiber, though paper and wood pulp can also be used. The lowest grar'es of cotton stains and hnters can be used for this purpose. The cotton or pulp is first cleaned and bleached by chloride of lime. It is next soaked in a mixture of three parts sulphuric acid and two parts of nitric acid. The temperature of the acid bath must be held between 35 degrees F. and 100 degrees F. This treatment is called nitrating, and has for its end to render the cellulose sol uble in a mixture of alcohol and ether. A bath . of some drying oil, such as cotton seed or castor oil, is used after the nitrating bath. The solution thus produced is a syrup-like liquid which is run into a closed tank, and subjected to a pressure of several at mospheres. This tank has at the bottom a number of glass tubes having a diameter of about one one hundred and fiftieth of an inch each, and of any convenient length. The outlets of the tubes dip into or over hang a basin of cold water. Through these capillary tubes, by the air pres sure in tank, the liquid now called pyroxylin is forced in fine streams, which coagulate and harden immedi ately they touch this water. From the water bath the now solid threads are wound on spools and passed through a heated and ventilated chamber. The hot air in the cham ber vaporizes, and drives off the alco hol from the threads. By suitable tubes this alcohol is carried to a con denser, where it is removed and used over again. The dried threads are very combus tible, and are next treated to a bath of sulphydrate" of ammonia or potas sium and then washed in cold water. They are now 'become no more in flammable than ordinary spun cotton. The fiber is then ready to be spun into cables or fasicles of any desired diameter. The resulting thread is very tough and supple, and more lus trous than animal silk. The special uses of artificial silk and for which it is superior to animal silk is in lace making, and for weav ing fabrics in which the-pattern stands in high relief. Such goods are tapes tries, upholstery and brocades, llie fabrics are as durable as any animal silks. This fiber is also the best known material for making incandes cent mantels for gas burners. Man tels of artificial silk when impreg nated with salts of thorium and ceri- eive the best possible light, and last about SsK times as long as ordin ary mantels. Artificial silk filaments, when carbonized, make excellent carbons" for incandescent electric lights. The filaments when treated with shellac and castor oil are used for making tooth brushes. Cloth made from artificial silk can be bleached white, and fast dyed with red, blue, violet, saffron or black dyes of the aniline group. Sulphate of soda is the mordant employed. In the manufacture of artificial silk, the chief items of expense are labor and alcohol. A factory turning out daily 1,100 pounds of artificial silk fiber will use about : 1,300 lbs. of cotton or other natural 15,000 lbs. of acids. fiber. 13,000 lbs. of alcohol. 2,700 cubic feet of water. Motive power equal to 250 horse power will be required, and a work ing force of about 700 persons. In the above estimate of alcohol and acids, the amounts estimated are the initial supply. Most of the alco hol and a good part of the acids may be recovered and used over and over. The manufacture of artificial silk cannot be made profitable using tax ed alcohol. But with tax-free alco hol, such as French, G&rman and English manufacturers enjoy, there seems-to otuoreason wny tne pro duction and weavingorartificiaLilk should not become extensive and profitable industries in the United States. Alcohol, for manufacturing pur poses, can be produced in America cheaper than inany. European coun try. " In the United States the best and cheapest source of alcohol is probably the sweet potato. One acre of good land, under intensive cultivation, will easily yield 300 bushels of sweet po tatoes, at a total cost of about $23.00. This cost includes labor, fertilizer and rent - Three hundred bushels of sweet potatoes, of such varieties as Southern Queen, Norton and Yellow yam will yield about two thousand pounds of raw sugar, which will pro duce one hundred and twenty gallons of alcohol'. Cost of alcohol per gallon about 19 cents. ' " Selected and bred especially for al cohol making, the sugar and alcohol yield of the sweet potato can be near ly doubled, reducing the cost of the alcohol in proportion. Another available source of alcohol is sorghum. In North Carolina one acre of good land will grow twenty tons of sorghum at a cost including fertilizer, labor and rent, of about $60.00. This quantity, of sorghum will yield 5,000 pounds of fermentible sugar, which will produce 300 gallons of alcohol. Cost oi alcohol per gallon about 20 cents. . Gerald McCarthy, . Biologist, N. C. Dept. Agriculture. .. MR. SIMMONS AND THE RAILWAY SUBSIDY. In his Washington letter to the Raleigh News and Observer, Mr. Pence says that Mr. Simmons has introduced an amendment to the Postoffice appropriation 'bill as fol lows: - J ": 1 "Provided that no part of the ap propriation made by this paragraph shall be expended unless the Postmaster-General shall consider ind so find that such expenditure is necessa ry irf order to promote the interests of the postal service, and in such case no greater sum shall be paid for such facilities than in the judgment of the Postmaster-General is a fair compen sation for the services to be rendered by said trunk line tjrlines.' Mr. Peuce adds the following : Speaking to-day of his amendment, Senator Simmons said : ; n "It is understood that the Postmaster-General,. -while refusing to make any estimate for this service, has heretofore claimed that the appropri ation made for this special service was in the nature of a direction by Con gress to, him and that he had no dis cretion in the matter. The object of my amendment is to make it plain that Congress not only puts the ques tion up to him but also requires him in case he does contract for the ex penditure of this mail that no greater sum shall be paid for it than is a fair consideration for the services to be performed by the railroad, thereby eliminating from the transaction, if one is made, all elements of bounty or subsidy. The poiut was made to-day that there is not such a wide difference between the amendment proposed by Senator Simmons and the proviso in the present bill. This clause appears in the present bill carrying the fast mail appropriation: "Provided that no part of the ap propriation made by this paragraph shall be expended unless the Post master General shall deem such ex penditure necessary in order to pro mote the interests of the postal ser vice." REDUCED RAILROAD FARES AND FREIGHT CHARGES. AND TAXATION OF RAILROADS UPON BASIS OF DIVIDEND VALUATION. The following has been received by the officials of the Democratic party in Cumberland : To the Chairman and Members op the Democratic Executive Com mittee of Cumberland County. Gentlemen : I respectfully re quest that you cause the enclosed an nouncement to be fully published in your county, so that the democrats of your county will be informed before they meet in convention to select their delegates to the State Conven tion. I am sending this request to every County in this State, and hope that the people will be reached in this way. It is their cause. It is their contest for equality and equity in the matter of taxation. Please give this to such democratic papers, as will publish it without charge, and to such other agencies as will give the matter wide publicity. I would pay for the matter as an ad vertisement, if I were able to do so. I am obliged therefore to rely upon the people, who are favorable to this reform, to .aid in the work of seeing to it that the people are informed that the contest is on for reform in the matters outlined in my announce ment, as enclosed herewith. Very respectfully, Jacob A. Long. Graham, N. C, April 21, 1906. The announcement referred to is as follows : ' To the People of North Carolina I hereby announce myself a candi date for the nomination of Corpora tion Commissioner by the State Con vention. I pledge myself, if nominated, to do all in my power to establish : 1st. Passenger fares at two cents per mile. 2nd. A reduction of freight rates to a point which will leave the rail roads fair and reasonable dividends on the actual value only of their prop erty, after excluding watered stock and bonds and exorbitant salaries. 3rd. taxation of railroads upon the same valuation upon which they are entitled to earn dividends. I respectfully ask the support of all who lavor these reforms in the inter est of the public. Jacob A. Long. Graham, N. C, April 21, 1906. Mr. Long's platform, as above, is clear cut, easjjy comprehended and to the point. Virginia, Maryland, Ohio Kand other States are moving for cents fares. There is no apparent reason why North Carolina should stand still! and we heartily approve Mr. Long's platform. " " - Human Blood Marks. A tale of horror was told by marks of human blood in the home of J. W WilliamPt a well known merchant of Bac, Ky , He writes: "Twenty years ago I had severe bemorrages of the lungs, and was near death when I be. gan taking Dr. King's New Discove ry. It completely cured me and 1 have remained well ever since." It cures Hemorrhages, Chronic Coughs, Settled Colds and Bronchitis, and is the - only -known curetor - Weak Lungs. Every bottle guaranteed by B. E. Sed berry's Sons Druggists. 50c and $1.00. Tnal bottle free. The tar that is contained in Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar is harmless. It is not coal tar, but is obtained from the pine trees of our own native for- sta. . Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar is the best remedy for colds because it acts on the bowels thus expelling all colds trom the system. Bee's is the original Laxative Honey and Tar, and is best for cousrhs, colds, croup, whooping cough, lung and bronchial affections. Sold by McKetnan U, THE TUSCARORAS ALSO PRODUCTS OP , NORTH CAROLINA. By Charles Frederick Btantbury, Norfolk, Va. One hundred and three years after Captain John Smith and his fellow colonists had planted the .English' speaking race permanently on Ameri can soil at. Jamestown; . namely in i7io',"a .singular exodus of a tribe of North Carolina reU men occurred. " On the date mentioned the Tusca rora tribe of Indians, which had so journed in and around Bertie county, North Carolina, from time immemo rial, pulled up stakes, dismantled their tepees, loaded their lares and penates upon "the ever useful pony, ate their last meal in the Southland home by the smouldering light of the dying, camp fire, and turned their backs upon the home of their fathers and the bones of their ancestors. It was a singular procession and a feniarkebleexoduB, as this picturesque tribe led by braves in' all the weird panopy of war, followed by squaws panpooses and camp animals, turned their faces toward the greatest natural wonder in the world the falls of Niagara in the neighborhood of which, though probably unknown to them, they were to work out their future destiny. The present day visitor to Niagara Falls buys trinkets and basket ware and unique objects colored with the splendor of barbaric art from the descendants of the Tuscarora emi grants of 1710. Many of them lived in the region surrounding the Falls, but the bulk of the tribe has been for 60me time quartered upon the Indian Reservation near Buffalo, New York. Visitors to the Pan-American Expo sition will recall the attractive and interesting exhibit made by them at that great show. The Tuscarora tribe proposes to re visit the Southland in 1907 and erect their wigwams, or perhaps a seven teenth century Indian stockade, with in the beautiful enclosure of the Jamestown Exposition. Here, after two hundred years, the descendant of the emigrating tribe will smoke the pipe of peace with the pale face within a short distance of the home of his forefathers. Curiously enough, the tobacco from which he draws his so lace is as direct in descent as hiiiiself, having been grown in uncrossed gen erations from the seed which his for bears took with them when they fol lowed the beckoning of the polar star. The camp of the Tuscaroras will undoubtedly prove to be one of the most interesting features, from a pic turesque and historical point of view, of the Exposition at Hampton Roads next year. HOW THE GOLDEN GATE CITY MEETING THE SITUATION. Yesterday s Baltimore bun gives this resume of the situation : San Francisco was visited by a new earthquake shock, which lasted near ly a minute, threw down the ruins of burned buildings and also caused a bad scare. , Stores are being reopened and the city is beginning to plan the work of reconstruction. President Roosevelt, in a message to Congress, asked for appropriations the expenditure of which will provide work for 2, 100 men in San r rancisco. The Citizens' Relief Committee of San Francisco has been consolidated with the California Red Cross, the dis tribution of all supplies and account ing for contributions being placed under the War Department. The bianch mint at San Francisco has begun to ship out its first coin and bankers are going there to find opportunities for the employment of capital. It has been ascertained that three firemen were killed and 19 fire com panies were put out of commission. The insurance losses will be shared by 107 companies and the total for which they are liable is estimated at $175,000,000 to $200,000,000. General tireely reports that 1,005 injured are being cared for in hospit als. It is proposed by the Utah Board of Education that the 18,000,000 school children be asked to contribute 5 or 10 cents each for the rebuilding of 15 schools destroyed in San t rancisco. The greatest loss of life proportion ately, if not actually, is believed to have occurred iu Santa Rosa, where a little girl was rescued alive after four days in the ruins. FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION. The Revolution continues to pro gress. Chief Justice Walter Clark who has long been eminent as an advocate of popular rights, as opposed to the unlawful encroachments of the Federal government, will to-day make an important address before the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. Col. Olds's yesterday's Raleigh letter contains the following: "Chief Justice W?alter Clark will deliver an address Friday evening at Philaphjabefore the University of Pennsylvania. His subject will be 'Some Defects in the United States Constitution and the Necessity for the Federal Constitutional Convention udge Clark will, we are sure, elu cidate his great subject with his un common powers df eloquence and logic. We trust that he will (so far as he may before such an audience) point out the necessity, largely if not entirely caused by the triumph of Force in 1861-65, of reconstructing our government upon the lines of the 0 . i . r .,. owiso government anu oi uie practi cal part of the British government of to-day. A dose of Pine-ules at bed time will usually relieve backache, before morn ing. These beautiful little globules are soft gelatin coated and when moistened and placed in the mouth you can't keep from swallowing them rine-uies contain neither sugar nor alcohol 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, NOT A WHITE DELINQUENT. Wilmington Star. I The Fayetteville Observer of Monday contained this remarkable statement: "The list of unpaid taxes, now be ing, published in the Observer by Sheriff Marsh, shows one notable fact that there is not in Cross Creek township a single delinquent, white tax payer. This is evidence both of prosperity in the city and its suburbs, and of faithful official work by Sheriff Marsh." The city of Fayetteville is in Cross Creek township and when it is stated that there is not a single delinquent in the city or township outside the city we can begin to appreciate the meaning of the splendid condition prevailing at Fayetteville. It Shows not only a prosperous state of affairs but a splendid citizenship that does not evade or neglect the payment of the dues to support its county-, and State governments. We congratulate I-ayetteville upon this splendid state ment and we doubt if it can be equalled in North Carolina. Of course, the shentt did his part and evidently is an official worth having in a county. SALMAGUNDI'S COMMENTS. Cameron, N. C, April 2rd, 1006. Mr. Editor : i In the Southern Presbyterian of 19th inst. we note a reference to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the ending of the natural lives of ten thousand people who were in the wake of the streams of molten lava that issued from the craters. That was a natural cause, and of course a natural consequence, and the editorial writer strongly insinuates that in this there is special providence to arouse mankind to a sense of their obliga tions to the great First Cause (as Pope believed, least understood). And this reference of the scribe who scrib bles for the Southern Presbyterian is proof positive that Pope was correct. According to Sacred History all is made plain. There is a coincidence, as we learn from the prophets, and the Apostles and Jesus Christ himself agree on all these matters pertaining to nature, which are fixed facts un changeable. A supernatural power is back of it all. Then if the Vesu vius eruption was a special visitation to show to the" world what God can do, the prophets, apostles and the Lord himself have spoken and acted in vain to an unbelieving world. The scientific presumption is that this earth was a red hot cinder or molten mass held in a certain position by a balance constructed by supernat ural power or force, incomprehensible to our finite conceptions. And the cooling process is gradually proceed ing. Hut in some localities fires are still smoldering not far from the sur face, as evidenced by the eruptions of esuvius and other burning moun tains, and frequent earthquakes in di vers places. Now it seems to us that these things ought to be fairly well understood, trom our knowledge of the existence of internal fires and our understanding that three-fourths of the surface of the planet is covered with water. It is easily understood that water would follow a crack in the earth to these local fires. Then we have a combination a mixture of fire and water which, when it srets a move on," is lively, we may say ir resistible so far as our powers of com batting are concerned. This volume of steam usually follows the crack by which the water reached the. locality of the fire; hence the greater destruc tion to small islands and alonij the coast of larger bodies of land or great continents. No, reader, there is no special prov idence about this matter. It is the natural process of final settlement. We would say to you all: Exercise your powers of reason to avoid the avalanches that are ever awaiting an opportunity to migrate to the centre of gravity. Not a sparrow falls inde pendent of His laws. Then trust him when you have done what he bids you. He is worthy of it and can save to the uttermost those who trust in faim. Don't charge him with special arrangements to murder for any cause. We are told he has no pleasure in the death of the wicked We also note from the same source comment on J. Alexander Dowie. He says the world lets Dowie alone and he has fallen. The world could not hold up such characters. They lall 01 tlieir weicrut. uowtewjlS-an imposter, but he had soma following, and his conduct was niuch'commented on, and all the world was curious to see him, and we believe he visited foreign countries. He was a money changer in the Temple, and if some of the lord's disciples had not fallen from grace Dowie would have been cowhided. We do not think any one need be mistaken as to signs of coming spring who has read the signs given by "Smiling Jonas It seems that there is a split in the North Carolina delegation in Congress on a certain question. The people will be enlightened somewhat. They will-probably discover the hired ser- vant and distinguish the dtffeTeTice between the patriot and the soldier of fortune. Lest we tire the patience of some one we will desist for this time. As ever, Salmagundi. Edonla items. We are having some dry weather nowadays. The farmers are very busy planting their crops. Miss Janie McMillan came home some days ago from near Parkton. Mr. Guss Riddle is on the sick list this week; we hope he will soon be well. ' Mrs. F. N. McMillan and family attended the gicnic at Gray's Creek Friday. Mr. Roy Burney, of Tar Heel, was in this vicinity Sunday; Miss Annie Lee McMillan was in Hope Mills Saturday. Magnolia. For bloating, belching, indigestion, etc, eat a Ring's Dyspepsia Tablet after meals. Sold by McKethan & Co FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS s Strlctl First-class Work. .! Call at my yard or write for price. Respectfully, E, L, REMSBURG, Proprietor, .. Fayetteville, N. 0. GLORIOUS SPRING . is at hand, and r WE ARE OFFERING our usual full . assortment of s high grade H. R. HORNE & SONS 1906 GARDEN King Drug - Co. At McDullie Drug 8tore. RESCRIPTION We realize the neces sity for being always extremely prompt, and c make a specialty of quick bicycle delivery. 1 J. Coot & Co, DRUGGISTS and PHARMACISTS (Next door to Postoffice) 'phone 14. ICE-CREAM AND ALL Til K POPULAR FOUNTAIN DRINKS AT Sedberry's Palace Pharmacy All the Rage for Souvenir Sofa Pillows. r MCKETHAN &. CO. DRUGGIbTS. 'Phone 331. Night 324. Lowney's Chocolates AlwayB Fresh Supoly Received Every Week, NOTHING MORE DELICIOUS ' than Lowney's Chololate Almonds. LfIELD and GREENWOOD, Prescription Work given prompt attention. Telephone No. 11. WOOD SEED UIBBMS Leather Postal Cards.
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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