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THE OBSERVER. Fayetteville, N. C. THURSDAY, .... MAY, 10 1906, E. J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. E.J. HALE, Jr., Business Mana ger. 'A JUDGE WOULD CURB THE POWER OF THE COURTS." Under the above heading, the Balti more Sun says ! , .... '' , ; "Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the -North Carolina Supreme Court, in the annual address Friday to the law class of the University of Penn sylvania, set forth the proposition tat a convention be called to radi- cally change the Constitution of the United States. "As a rule, members of the judiciary are so averse to chance that this propositiori of Judge Clark will prob ably attract wide attention. "Among the changes he suggests as expedient are the election of post masters by popular vote, the election . of United States Senators by popular vote, and that in the election of Presi dent the' electoral vote of each State be devided pro rata according to the popular vote. "Following so soon after Senator Bailey's assertion of the power of Congress over inferior Federal courts and the attack of President Roosevelt on Judge Humphreys for his Beef Trust decision,, these suggestions seem to reflect a certain trend of pop ular thoueht. , - ' 'Justice Clark says : Tn the tonrentlon of 1.87 the proposition that the Judiciary should have the power to declare an act of Congress .unconstitutional we four nme vote aownaim never received me tow of more than three States. The judges have given It to thenwelvelvei. without any provl alon. expressed or implied. In the Constitution to warrant it. This gives them an enormous political power, that of setting aside the action of r-ongrew and of the ('resident by the ir re viewable veto of live men. They should not be voted w Ith this great power unless chosen by prumlar vote and for a term of years, so that their action can.be reviewed by the sovereign power In (he choice of their successors. ' 'Judges are usually so jealous of the judicial prerogative, so tenacious of - the powers and privileges of the courts, whether acquired through specific provision or construction, that this declaration of Justice Clark in regard, to the highest court in the land, is likely to call forth a mighty protest from his fellow -jurists." We shall, from time to time, give copious extracts from Judge' Clark's opportune and most remarkable ad dress. As onr readers will notice, It is in harmony with the general pur pose of the editorials on this subject which the Observer has been print ing for a number of years past It does not go as far as the Observer believes to, be necessary in order to restore the equilibrium which the war of i8$i disturbed. For, while Judge Clark would retain the Supreme Court, the President and the Senate, but would curb the power of the court, and change the constituencies of the President and the Senate, so that tie President would represent the aggre gate popular will of all the States, (thus removing the power of "pivotal States"), and the Senate would repre sent the direct popular will of the several States, more nearly adjusted to their relative populations than now the Observer favors the aboli tion of the presidential office, of the senate and of the supreme court, and the substitution therefor of a single legislative chamber (as practically in England), with an executive ministry elected by that chamber, and a judici ary restricted to interpretation of the laws enacted by the legislative chamber. These views of the Observer are based on the assumption that we are willing to "trust the people." If it should be held that we are not yet prepared for that, then a supreme court endowed with a nnalifierl veto- that is, a veto that could be overriden by a three-fifths or two-thirds vote of the legislative chamber might carry us through the period of probation. Our own opinion, however, is that the people would be entirely capable of self government as soon as the Boss was gotten rid of as he would be when the people realized their re lease from their present helplessness. There are two-conditions of the Boss's existence, a degraded being who does not thrive in other popular govern ments: one is the hopelessness of the people, who are held fast by the "checks and balances" of the present system; and the other is the utterly indefensible practice, in parts of this country, of retaining the position of Boss after securing office by means of ' it ' Representative Randell said, in the speech which we quoted from him on Saturday, that an English judge who would accept a pass from a rail road which-was-a litigant before him wnijft t flriwfl jn Aimtme frnm fit bench. That will be thTTateonbe AnipHrfln Ttaca Bl armti mm t !, A ican people recover their ' self-respect , along with the power to enforce their wiU. ' Mr. Jefferson gave expression to his view of the extremely limited sphere of the Federal government -when he described it as "our foreign depart ment," and this view is illuminated by the terms of the ad paragraph of section a of the Judiciary Article (III) of the Constitution, which -eayi that "la all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme court shall have original Jurisdiction," &c. The re versal of the operation of the "checks and balances" of the Constitution, caused by the triumph of the doctrine of Force in the war of 1861; the ab sorption ol so many of the vital pow ers of the States, since that period, by the Federal government; the enor mous i expansion of interstate commerce, and. industries; and the ' complex ' and concentrated form in which these latter are conducted these causes have brought about the impasse in the execution of the pop ular will which is the predominant feature of the present political situa tion, and which has given rise to the vague demands for relief which find voice in the Revolution of to-day. Judge Clark has brought to bear on this momentous subject the lull power of his unique political discern menl, and of his uncommon intellect, learning and ' training. Speaking from such a lofty benia as he stands upon, his views must command wide spread attention; and, if his present great deliverance on the most argent and important' need of our national life shall lead, as we believe it will, to a reconstitution ol our government upon a Republican model, he will be immortalized. In 1787, when the Constitution was opted, property holders, as Judge Clark says, were afraid 6f confiscation by legislation at the hands of non property holders. .There was then no ruling Plutocracy. All precau tions were put into the Constitution against the former, and none (of course) against the latter, which was non-existent. Experience has shown us that the danger to property is not from democracy, but plutocracy. is time we protected ourselves against Trust-appointed life jndges and Rail road senators. MAKE THE RAILROAD RATE QUESTION A FARTY ISSUE. Since the President (a Republican has "thrown over" his new-found friends among the Democrats who were willing to compromise the Dem ocratic principle of no "government by injunction," we trusf that all Democrats will unite in supporting Mr. Bailey's amendment That pro hibits the inferior courts from sus pending a rate fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission during ap peal. Let the line be drawn there. The Democrats should desire no bet ter issue in the congressional cam paign this rail, lbey wouid win upon that with a whoop,. and get rid, at the same time, of the McKinley "Democrats." now rut was the democratic PLATFORM OF RMWBONC?- K. B. T.. in Baltimore Son.) Your editorial of May 2d on "How Far was the Democratic Platform of 1896 Wrong?" is a straw that shows the path of the political wind. That this breeze is once more wafting to ward the people, and away from the trusts, grafters, and special interests is evidenced by recent investigations, municipal housecleaning and expos ing of boodlers generally. 1 on seem to think that Roosevelt has appro priated most ol Bryan s platform ex cept the 1 6-to-1 idea, about which you have this to say : "Without that preposterous plank, which foredoom ed him to defeat," etc In view of recent disclosures in high finance must be patent to the vast majority that 16 to 1 was only an indirect cause of the '96 defeat. The real canse was tne systematic collection and distribution of a vast corruption rand, the half of which has not yet been told. Messrs. Editors, I do not think that 16 to 1 was a "preposterous plank," but a necessity arising from condi tions then existing, conditions knock ed out for the time being by the unexpected and unprecedented influx of a great and ever-increasing supply of gold. But have we not proven the quantitative theory of money ? If we have not then my bump of discern ment has caved in certainly. I hereby dare, at the risk of being called a fanatic, to make the assertion that when the circulation again gets as low per capita as it did in '96, free silver will again be a burning neces sity and will always be opposed by tnose wno nourish by a contracted currency. . Wherever and whenever Roosevelt has appropriated and used Democratic thunder be has had popular approval. Can we trust to the continuance of a Democratic performance by a Repub lican circus? I fear not "Even now Showman Roosevelt is having trouble nding nis double team in the Railroad Rate act Let us, as oar matchless leader, believing he was right, stick to our texf not to be borne hither and thither by the gale of vitupera tion or the wave of deceit Then to put forth m the next campaign a man who is a man not one of putty. The trend of things points to Bryan as the logical candidate; but if defeat be in evitable, can we afford to again make such a sacrifice ? In closing, let me say that for one I would rather al ways bow to defeat than to have vic tory (?) savored with the memories of 96. Item Alasasj 1 Uaw mtU.r. B.N. 7. Mr. James Thames and Miss Alice Freeman, both of Gray's Creek town ship, wen happily united in "qHrnrv ny last Sunday morning at the home ot tne bnde. Rev. A. E. C Pitman officiating. Mr. Thames is 79 years 01a ana nas Deea married twice Brunt P. O. has been discontinued. We are having npw a R. F,D. daily mail, wbich is much better. : We are now having rain, which has been looked tor and needed for some time. Two more souls made happy ! Mr. Vander Johnson and Miss Attie Tew were united in the bonds of matrimo ny last Sunday .night by Wm. S. Evans. Esq., who pronounced them man and wife. We surely can con- eratulate them. Thia makes Mr. Johnson's second wife. .There are a few more widowers in our community, so girls you had bet ter look shy. With much success to the Obser ver,- ; ..'.-v. - , ZEB. MoOm Cray's Sweet Twmtmrm tar Successfully tjsed by Mother Orav. nurse in the Children's Borne in New York, Cure FeveniSness. Bad Stomuth. Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 tectimoniaJa. Thr never fail. At all Orudrgists, 25c.- bjample FKfefi. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Boy, M. Y. B?E S SOMETHING TO MAKE THE ' BLOOD BOIL, Norfolk Vlrginlan-PUol. . . . Further developments in the Morris case seem to promise tne batching a scandal much more serious than was caused by the ejection of that lady from the White House. The nomination to the postmastership Washington ot one names, tne ex ecutive clerk who is alleged to have handled Mrs. Morris with brutality, has stirred the people of the District to wrath; and now the charge is bold ly made that President Roosevelt has shown indecent zeal in defense Barnes, has instigated a campaign of insinuation against the character of Mrs., Morris in order to palliate the offense of his subordinate, and has rewarded with public appointments the sons of two men who made them selves busy in the circulation of libels concerning her past life. It is even printed in circumstantial detail that the police force of Washington was employed in detective work to that end, and so engrossed, have the Chief ot roiice and his roundsmen been in this unsavory work that the thor oughfares of the city have, been left unguarded, and so criminals have been left' free to ply their trade with mounitv. Senator Tillman has renewed his protest against the confirmation Barnes since the appearance in print of these serious allegations, and has moved for an investigation by the Senate on the ground ot newly dis covered facts. The matter is grave enough to call for thorough sifting. It is unbearable that a President of the United Mates should be subjected to the suspicions and insinuations which are rife, when the truth can be so easily arrived at The implications are so. disgraceful that we cannot give credence in ad vance of explicit proof. Bnt we would not be justified in suppressing notice ot the matter, when -so respectable paper as tut Washington Star, con sistently Republican in politics," and heretofore a staunch admirer of the President, gives editorial utterance to the direct accusations synopsized above, and publishes in its leading columns such bitter reflections as these: y "The carnival of crime continues in the District Last night the wife of a policeman was robbed while pass ing through Rock Creek park. This assailant took long chances, for the woman was armed, but her aim was poor. This morning an Anacostia woman on returning home from mar ket was grappled by a robber in her own house and robbed of a consider able sum of money. No arrests batfe yet been made in these cases. Mean while thirty-eight policemen remain on duty at the White House. And the major and superintendent of po lice and the remnants of his force are still engaged in scouring the city-and country for evidence with which blacken the character of Mrs. Minor Moms, in order that, the President assistant secretary may be white washed and railroaded into office the postmaster of Washington. The situation is altogether significant" The Alderman base ball team organized last Saturday afternoon. Miss Ada Reynolds, of Clinton, N C, is visiting relatives in this com munity this week. We are sorry to say that Mrs. Har riet Memory is seriously ill. Messrs. Joseph Breece and J. K Talbot, of Fayetteville, N. C, visited their uncle, Mr. G. B. Breece, last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Ethel Hall left last Thursday for Ivanhoe, where she will visit her brother, Mr. Lloyd Hall. Miss Nettie Breece spent hut Sat urday night and Snnday with Misses Meta and Bessie Marsh. Mr Archie Stephens returned from South Carolina Sunday, whete he has been visiting relatives. May 7, 1906. Smiling Beauty. Bladt Bridge Itcsu Rev. W. R. Johnson filled regular appointment at Evergreen last Satur day and bunday. Mr. Fred Davis and sisters. Misses Uide and Maggie, of Turnbull, N. C were the guests of Mr.C H. Carter ol this section, last Sundav eveninz. Mr. Blake Cashwell and Miss Lizzie JSetnory, of Concord, attended ser vices at Evergreen last Sunday. Messrs. J. F. and G. F. Vinson, of tnis section, went to Fayetteville on important business last Saturday. May 7, 1900. Little Nash West Raleigh, n. Cl, ' May 8, 1006. One of the most interesting games of base ball of the season took place here Saturday afternoon between the University of Virginia and the A. and M. team. Tne game resulted in victory for the A. and M. team, with a score of 5 to 4. The results of this game leaves the championship of the sou id era colleges between A. and M. and the University of North Carolina. The tie will be played off Saturday, may 12. What is said to be the first trianirn- tar aeoaxe ever neia in tne state was neld in the college auditorium, Pullen Hall, Friday night, May 5, between the three literary socjetia of the col lege, the Tenorian, Pullen and Leazar. The query was arjrued from thre standpoints. Earh society was repre- Beniea oy two speakers. I be debate was won for the Pullen society by its representatives, Messrs. A. E. EscotL 01 Charlotte, and J. C. Myrick, of Littleton. Mr. Escott was awarded a handsome gold medal for the best dr. uvered speech and best argument in thedebate.- The commencement berins on the 17m ana closes on the loth. Gov ernor Glenn will deliver the address to the graduating class of fifty-two young men. , All smart up-to-date women of to-day, Know bow to bake, wash, sing and to play; ' "-. . . Without these talents a wife is N. G. Unless she takes Rocky Mountain Tea For Sale by King Drug Co., at Mc- . uume urug store. A liquid Cold cure for childrra tw is pleasant harmless, and effective in Bee's Lavative Honey and Tar. Su perior to all other COU?h svrnna nr cold remedies because it acts on the bowels. An ideal remedy for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough and all curable lunghand bronchial affec tions in child or adult : Pleasant to take. Sold br McKethan & Co about earthquakes. Mont View, May 7, 1906. Ma. Editor: 1 This seems to be a vear of earth quakes anrT volcanic eruptions; and while the earthquakeat San Francisco and the eruption at Mount Vesuvius are still fresh in the minds of the peo ple, perhaps it would be interesting to-note some ot the most important ones that have occurred .'within the record of history. .,, We quote from -sears miorniation for the People,' published by Robert Sears, New York 1846 : "Shocks of earthquakes have been felt in New England as early as i63a-'58-'63, and 177, and 1755; the latter, owing to its violence, was called the. "great earthquake." It created general consternationhrough an imcw England. For several day in succession shocks, resembling not ses and vibrations, rapidly succeeded eacu otber. A cistern in a distillery was burst by agitation "of the liquor in u; me spindles of the vanes in some of ttft steeples were bent, that 01 faneuil Hall being broken off. Bricks were thrown from chimneys to tbe distance, of thirty feet horizontally 1 be duration of tbe whole shock said to have been four minutes,- The frost on the ground at the time is re ported to have been five times greater man common. But .what is suspri sing the barometer and-thermometer underwent no alteration at thc'tiuie Darwin, in his journal, speaking of me eartnquake in Valdavial (Chili), 1815, compares theisensations experi enced from the earth billows to the movement of a vessel in a little cross ripple, or still more "like that felt by a person skating on ice, which bends under the weight of the body." The same writer also observes, that in the forest the phenomena, though deeply interesting, is by no means as awe exciting as in the town, where the "cracking and rattling" of the wood built houses the wildness and terror of the affrighted inhabitants rushing in confusion from their dwellings, give to the whole scene there inde scribable horror, which attended the phenomena of earthquakes. The first great earthquake on record occurred 373 B. C, when the ancient cities of Helice and Bura were destroyed. The former was one of the chief cities of Achaia. In 115 A. D. Antioch was destroyed, and in 1147 Catania, was swallowed np.- In 1783 the fearful earthquake of Calabria happened which destroyed forty thousand per sons. In 181 1 South Carolina- and the valley of the Mississippi were vis ited. The craters of volcanos act as safety-valves; where there is no safe ty-valve there must be earthquakes. Sixty-one earthquakes have occurred on tbe coast of Chili. An earthquake at Lisbon, capital of Portugal, in 1755, shook all the seas of Europe, the north of Africa, and tbe West Indies, and even Lake On tano! It lasted only six seconds, but in that time it destroyed one fourth of the dwelling houses, all the public buildings, and 30,000 of the inhabitants of Lisbon. During the earthquake in Lima,, the offers of a ship say that the ship was violently tossed, tbe surface of the water boiled, and was covered with dead fishes. In 1796 three-quarters of the city of umi ana one nunarea and twenty thousand inhabitants were destroyed by an eartnquake. Id 1822 an earth quake, destroyed the greater part of Aleppo in a lew seconds, together witn 20,000 persons. On tbe tust of January, 1817, an earthquake visited the countries along the eastern extremity of the Mediter ranean. The towns of Damascus, Acre, Tyre and Sidon suffered great damage, and Tiberias and Safet were entirely destroyed with 6,600 souls. On the 27th of September, 1717, the town of Gautemala was greatly dam aged by an earthquake, and entirely destroyed by another on the 20th of June, 1773. tarracas was destroyed by an earthquake, with 12,000 of its inhabitants, in 1812. ; During the eartnquake, in 1797, iuito was great ly damaged and Redbamba leveled to the ground, and 40,000 persons were Dunea in tne ruins. , The town of Lima has always been very subject to earthquakes.- Besides the earthquake already mentioned, it was almost entirely destroyed on the 2otn ot October, i687,and again on the 28th of October, 1746. During tne latter tne port ot Callao was in undated by the sea and every soul pensued. . , Conception, in Chili, was destroyed in 1730, 1717 and i8bv earthquakes and inundations. Islands have been formed bv force of volcanic action, andjt is a curious fact that earthquakes frequently have an opposite enect For instance, in tbe year 867, Mt Arcarev fell into the sea. Many towns in China were covered by the sea in 1596. In 1638, !t. Eapperne. settled into a lake. In 1642 Port Royal sank into the sea. In 18 19 a large tract of land at the moatb of the Indus sank. ; xutTtuquaxes sometimes . cause a rise in the land. During the earth quake on the Chilian coast, a tract of land, one hpndred miles long, was elevated from two to seven feet ' At the same place, in 1835. the land was raised ten feet This caused a great wave of the sea twenty-eight feet high, which rushed in and destroyed the town of Jalcagnamo. -The area of land elevated was equal to fifty- seven cubic miles, or 365,000,000 of tne great pyramids of Egypt Dnrinir an earthquake in the eastern part of Iceland, in i8ior a,ooornare miles of tana was converted into an inland sear at the same time 7,600 square miles, or more than one-fourth of Ice land, was raised more than ten feet" So we see, by comparison, that while tbe earthquake at San Francis co caused great loss of property and rendered many thousands homeless for the time being, it was only a baby by the side of those mentioned in the quotation. , Scbibo. '. IXTTEB TO JOHN a TBOV. Fayetteville, N. C. - Dear Sin We'll give von i 11 icn 11 you like to eaten us at any sort of confidence game in De voe lead-and zinc. We have been in -Paint iw- veairs and are making more paint than any other concern in the world, we think; but we know we don't think at all we know our Stuff is full-measare and honest Honest means as root! as we know how to make it, and that's onr notion of business. How do you like it? Yours truly, . -F. W. Devon St Co. 13. . ; ' P. S. H. R. Home & Sons sell our paint - ... : ; SALMAGUNDI'S COMMENTS. . Cameron, N. C," . , , May 1st, 1906. Mr. Editor ; . rvWe must be dropping in a word of protest against existing wrongs as we see them. As people become more intelligent, long and deep-seated wrongs are being discovered, and the clamor for fair play is growing louder and more powerful, ibe vultures, who have so long feasted upon the ignorance and superstition of their less fortunate fellow-creatures, are becoming alarmed. Their pretexts for immunities from the burdens of taxation are growing shaky, trem bling beneath their feet -The endow ments of college's have been held free from taxation. We suppose this claim is based on the exemption of tbe tribe ot Levi. .But the Levites are growing too numerous, and the arguments put forth gives the colle ges credit for all our progress on all lines of advancement except tbe in crease of crime. Now these claims are said to be along the lines of Chris tian Endeavor. But let us see about it on material lines. The labor-saving machine, so-called, that does the work that formerly required twenty men to perform, is . now run by three men what provision has it niade for those seventeen that got left ? Are they forced to fitch a subsistence? - They must eat, and it is against law to go naked. In proof of our contention we cite a part of the eulogy heaped upon Mark Hanna at his funeral ob sequies. It was said that on one oc casion the hoisting machines were stopped or ordered away for the pur pose of giving some starving men an opportunity to earn something to sat isfy the hunger of the beings that were dearer to a hither tban hie itself. But, back to taxation. The pro fessing christian claims to be a pil grim and a stranger on earth, and Pe ter, who, it seems, was the most in quisitive of the twelve, asked the master if the strangers-were subject to taxation, and was answered in the affirmative, and this is a later statute than the Levitical law, "Woe unto you, blind guides;" is as potent to day, and altogether as necessary, as it was when tbe great God proclaimed it nineteen hundred years ago. Oh say some of these sticklers for the priesthood, the colleges ought to be exempt because .they promote peace. Whoever heard of a poor peasant in augurating a war since William Tell slew the tyrant Gesler. The leaders in all these modern bloody wars were college-bred. It was boasted that the great Japanese generals who over matched Kuropatkin and Linevitch were products of our own American schools, and the districts from which the youth were drawn for sacrifice are now famine-cuised. Calling for more taxes, but the Le vites want to be exempt, willing, if not anxious, to ignore a later statute. Now, we have noted the comments on tbe ban t rancisco disaster. la damage in dollars and cents is spoken of. Much sympathy is expressed throughout the world for the stricken ones, ibree hundred thousand home less or houseless human beings; three bundred million dollars gone up in smoke partly insured. But the fire companies don t take risks against earthquakes; consequently the insu ance companies have struck it rich We are reminded, too, that the hand of God is seen in all this (a special notice). No, sir, nothing spec-. tal about it. It is a deliberate natural process. But, why do people thus crowd themselves together? To get money money quick, and lots of it That is the whole scheme in a nut shell. The gold fever of the "forty mners founded San Francisco. Mil lions of dollars spent on fifty square miles olseacoast! Sky-scrapers erect ed on territory known to be frequent ed by earthquakes, regardless of the scripture that teaches us that as we sow so shall we reap ! The mighty, elegant, city, btty-seven years in con st ruction, more varied in its wicked ness than ancient Babylon, is wrecked by the hand of nature and set on fire in three minutes. Reader, does this call you to a sense of your depend ence on a supreme power? Does your pomposity little-up, does it take any 01 tne starcii out of your sell-conse- quencef Does it call for a pause and give you an opportunity to reflect upon Amos's call to preach, as be comes from herding the goats ? Con sider him who made the seven stars and Orion worship God, and quit your ioousnness. Ibeologians, do you snow more tbrongn creeds ? As ever, Salmagundi. The funeral procession that passed through Fayetteville on yesterday was not a fad, and the brothers of the deceased did not refuse to give the name of the deceased brother. We did not ask for photograph, but some of the deceased's friends asked the photographer to make a picture of me procession, and we did not object. The man who called this a fed must not have seen much." He does not re member that some of the' old Gener als had funeral processions. We hope 1 x. ., -.. ... - r mat raycucvuie win gel rid ot men uai would ridicule tbat procession. J. H. Pops, Brother of Deceased. JXotbe TrusteerorCape Fear Church. vrenuemen j Don t allow your church to pay S cents per pound for ' it - - wooo. . ; - " If they buy 100 pounds of White Lead in kegs they get 88 pounds of wniie ueaa and ir pounds of wood; but when they - buy L. & M. Paint they get a full gallon of paint that wont wear off for 10 or 1$ years, be cause L. & M. Zinc hardens L. & m White Lead and makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron. 4 gallons L. & M. mixed with i gallons Linseed Oil will paint a mod erate sized house. ' Actual cost L.&M. about li .20 per gallon. -' .. . - C S. Andrews. Ex-Mavor. Tian. buty. Conn,, writesi- "Painted my house. 19 years ago with L. & M. Looks well tc-day." Sold by B. K. Shdskery's Sons, Fayetteville, V. C. H. B. Downing, Cedar Creek, C N. l This is the season of listlessness, headaches and spring disorders. Hoi lister's Rocky Mountain Tea is a sure preventative. Makes yon strong and vigorous. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. For Sale by King Drug Co., at Mc Duffie Drugstore. Spring roctry. The correspondents write and sing Of gentle, dreamy, balmy spring, But I can't write a single thing Worth while. The atmosphere's so warm and hazy, Makes a man so dull and lazy, If you tell him he is crazy, He'll smile. This tinge of spring is in the air, A thousand songbirds each declare! -The happiest time of all the year Is here. While we can only sit and gaze Across the green-clad grassy ways, And think of things in coming days, , ' 2 To share. A merry heart, a smiling face, A simple life and form of grace, Would help us on to win the race, 1 By close observing. But just to keep the rhyming pace And meet friend "Bill" with honest face, We've filled about our same old space In the Obsbrvkr. Jumbo. Cvtkaa R.r.D.No.1 Notes and Coat ' aeata. -r ..,.. Mr. W. J. Wads worth made a busi ness trip to Gilbert Wednesday, We have been having some fine rains of late. Mr. Jim Spivey's barn was burned April 28th, and three fine mules per ished in the flames. Matches was the .cause. ' Mrs. W. A. Wadsworth was in Car thage Saturday shopping. The wheat crop looks very favora ble this season. - Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Yow went to Carthage Saturday. More music another organ at Mr. W. J.Wadsworth's. Rev. R. H. Brown filled his regular appointments at Center Sunday. Mr. W. L. Blackman, list taker for Carthage township, says that he will begin about the first of June. W. L. will have quite a good job. Mr. W. J. Wadsworth attended , the Democratic primary meeting Satur day evening. Mr. C G. Wadsworth burned off his new ground Friday. "Lex," what's the matter? Are you sick? Long live the good old Observer. As ever, Scotch Laddik. Upper Saipaw I teas. a. Will you allow me a little space in your valuable paper, as I have not heard' anything from Sampson in some time. Miss Lizzie Honeycutt spent Mon day and Tuesday night last at the home of Mr. A. H. Royal. Quite an enjoyable entertainment was given at the home of Mr. A. H. Royal Tuesday night,, the 1st, in honor of Miss Honeycutt. Music was furnished by Misses Melvina Butler and Miss Ida Royal, v Miss Mattie Royal, of Clinton, is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. P. B. Lockerman, near here. Mr. J. A. Monroe, who has been spending a few days with Mr. B. B. Butler and other friends, returned home Friday, 27th. Misses Cornelia and Dobbin Butler spent Thursday, afternoon at the home of Mr. E. R. Cooper. Mr. and, Mrs. A. E. Underwood spent Sunday, the 29th, at Mr. T. S Underwooas.x . Miss Mahitna Butler, of Earnest, N C, is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. K. A Holden. Mr. S. S. Underwood, accompanied by Miss Chida Royals, attended church at Owen Grove Saturday 28th Mr. and Mrs. Acbison Butler spent Sunday, the 29th, atMrs. Butler's father's, Mr. C H. Crumpler. Mr. w. McKenzie, accompanied bv Miss Dobbin Butler, attended church at White Oak Saturday, the 8th. Mr. H. B. Underwood and Mr. J. R Matthews were welcome callers at Mr, B. Butler's Sunday, the 20th The Sunday schools at-Zaraand Salemburg are on a boom. We are buying new song books at Zara. Come around and hear us sing after awhile Everybody get ready for the school class at Salemburg, the 18th. Brown Eyes, Hew York a Utmvj Fire Later. The annual report for 1905 of Fire Marshal Peter Seery, of New York, gives some startling figures as follows: "There were in 190s in Manhattan. the Bronx and Richmond 7,750 fires, an increase ot 201 nres from load The total loss during the year is esti mated at' I5.27ii955, an increase of 9741,012 over 1904. The average loss per bre was S680.25, an increase of J90.05. Of the total number of fires. there were 3,337 in which the losses were $10 or less. In regard to the causes of the fires the report makra me louowmg interesting statement. The principal causes were: Careless ness with matches, 757; children olav. ing with matches. 2S4: carelessness in the use of lighted cigars, 404; over- neated stoves and stovepipes, 444; chimney fires and defective fines. w ounnres ana prusn nres, 470; careless ness in the use of candles, 265; gas uguis in- contact, wun curtains, 17; kerosene lamps exploding, 165. ' "The report says that not a few fin are caused through apparent careless ness in the use of candles in religious services in homes, draughts from open windows blowing curtains against the lighted candles. Marshal Seery also xy- - 1 was also surprised to find many cases among the poorer claasmt where there were more persons in the same suite of rooms had each a fire insurance policy, it appears that if insurance companies were not so lax In respect to risks issued, there would be a material decrease in the 01 nres.-'' If you ever bonoht hnv tvu.i, Hasef Salve that failed to ffiva aatichn. tion the chances are it did not have the name "E. C. DeWitt A Co." brinted on the wrapper and Dremerl In th hsw The original De Witt's Witch Basel halve never fails to give satisfaction for burns. "'"'i oracaea nsnas, SIC tor blind, bleedimr. itohinv ami n. trading Piles it affords almost immediate nlf: i' ,top the Pin- 8oM by Arm field & Greenwood. ' The rums and resins ohtainwl fm. pine- trees have long been recog nized as highly beneficial in the treatment of backache, kidney and bladder troubles." Pine-ules - is the name of a new medicine, the ciple ingredients of which come from ine pine forests or our own native land ' ; Sold by McKethah & Co. - Cooper . r. D. No. 1 llama. Mr, Editor: I must congratulate you on your excellent paper. I think it grows better evfry issue. , I see you have writers from so many ditierent sections of Cumber land and Sampson, and I hear no voice from Cooper, I just can't hold my tongue any longer. The farmers in this section are very busy planting their crops.-1 hope the farmers in our cotton States will be wise and not plant for over produc tion of cotton this year. ' f '. Mr. John Malloy, . of Fayetteville, and Mr. Harvie Bunce are putting in a large stock of goods here. They anticipate running a good mercantile business this year. We wish thern, much success. - ' . . . . Mrs. A. A. Page is on the sick list, we are sorry to note, but hope for her speedy recovery. , Mr. James Blanchard and mother, Mrs. Mary Blanchard, were the guests of. Mrs. A. A. Page last Sunday. Dr. McLean, of Godwin, passed through here to-day. w, Mr. J. D. Autry, of Clement, pass ed through here yesterday. Mr. J. T. Hare, of Fayetteville, is the guest of Mr. E. B. Page. : Mr. S. B. Page was called to Clin ton on legal business to-day. Mr. D. J. McLaurin visited in this section Sunday. The carpenters have begun work on an excellent school building near Mr. O. B. Tew's. The Postoffice Department has changed the schedule on our R. F. D. mail route from a daily to a thrice-a-week mail.' We somewhat regret it. May 4, 1906. Silly Patsy. A Correction. Mr. Editor: . In my last communication of the Observer, I said that "James" said that the love of money was tbe root of all evil, and I thought that some one would correct it in last week's paper, but did not, so I will. It was Paul writing to Timothy (see first Timothy 6-10). I can render no ex cuse for the mistake more Jhan an act of carelessness. Respectfully, - A. C. P. Spool Spring Notes. Mr. Editor: We are having some rainy weather for the past few days after a long dry spell, and of course we all are glad to see the rain come on account of set ting out gardens, &c. We think Mr. D. A. Cameron is going to farm on a big scale this year from the amount ot hands we see in his field a$ we pass along the road. I guess cotton will be a good price this fall, as very few of the farmers are talking of planting this year. Mr. D. A. Cameron and John T. Smith took a flying trip to see Mr. Smith's grandmother, near Lobelia, last Sunday. Mrs. P. A. Cameron spent last week with her sons, Messrs. C. L. and J. Et Cameron, near this place. Miss Jennie Darroch and Mr. Daniel Darroch spent ltuit Sunday with their sister, Mrs. D. B. Cameron, near this place. . , . Mr. D. B. Cameron's children have all been sick, but I am glad to state tney are improving. Mr. J. G. Cameron attended Sun day School at Rock Hill last Sunday. Mr. Cameron is a cleveryoung man, and his many friends at Rock Hill were delighted to see hhn. - Mr. D. Darroch and nis sister1 went to Cameron last Tuesday on business and called at Mr. W. P. Boggs's on their return. Look out for singings at Mr. N. A. Smith's now, as Mrs. Smith has re cently purchased a new organ. "Bill Arp," you must not get dis couraged if we Spout Springs writers do take your news some times. You know Spout Springs is not a very large town, like Lobelia,' and there is not much news about here, so you and "Lex" come every chance and we will not be so greedy for your news. "Scotch Laddiot" I think you might visit at Spout Springs some time. If Kl am not mistaken, you stayed here When you were nothing but a small boy, Success to the Observer. May 4, 1906. Hibiscus. To Core A Cola la One Day Take LAXATIVE BK0MO Quinine Tab lets. Druggists refund money if it fails to enre. E. W. GROVE 'd siirnature is on each box. 25c. 3C E. W. LILLY, President, JH0. 0. ELLINGTON, Vice-Pres't, C M. HUGHES, Cashier. WE ARE REMODELING OUR BUILDING; AND, WHILE THAT IS BEING DONE, WE WILL OCCUPY The Dr. Floyd Building, - JUST THREE DOORS EAST OF OUR BUILDING.1 WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE YOUR BUSINESS. The Bank of Fayettevilie, " Fsyetteville, N. O. ----- " I ,PMITT""MrPr'w "a- 1 Ml - 1- THE SOUTH SIDE BEAN BASKRT.Q Send for Catalogues and Prices. "' South S C HO D L B OO KS! We have both NEW snd 8EC0ND-H AND8 school books. SLATES,: CRAYON, PENCILS. . ' BVEm3 NEEDED IN THE SCHOOL ROOM. THipTNEW j BOOK : STORE. Wad Items. Wade, N, c, , May 6, 1906 , Well, I will try and call aguin ' , am vcrjOell, how is all the rest Well though, I bet, or rather hope so People are about done planting j this section; and some will soon g0 10 chopping cotton, if we hav? good sea sons. ' Mr, S, F. Thrower snd his mother were down in this section last Sun. day to' see Mrs, Thrower's son; Mr, c J. Thrower, who has been very ill for a long time, but we hope he will soon be able to stir out again. Mr. Luther Mathis and Miss Avie Lovick were out driving last Sunday p, m. Messrs. George Norris and Gaston Wy ne were callers at Mr. Marshal Bui. lock's Thursday night. We are sorry relate.- that Mr. David Lockamy's mule he purchased some time ago will kick just a little; but a mule will kick.; . MessrSi Ruffian Woodard, Hender. son Norris and George Norris were callers at Mr. W, J. Capps's this D. m. Good; listen tor tbe weddinir bells. ' -. Miss Mary Lockamy called on Miss Mamie Gainey Sunday p. m. - We have had a nice. . season this time; the fanners all feel relieved, 1 know. 1 ' . " -, There was preaching at the new church Sunday evening. Had a good sermon and a very large congregation, And there was also service at the Old Bluff church Sunday a. in. Dr. McCombe will soon begin put ting up a drug store and fancy groc ery at Wade. Well, good-bye.- With best wishes to the Observer, I remain, , Wild Rose. Mr. Lockamy Comes to Grief. The Wilmington Star of" yesterday tells of the loss in that city of proper ty by Mr. Lockamy throtlghjhe cun ning of a negro crook : VMr. Lockamy, of' Fayetteville, who was here the past week attend ing Federal Court, had tbe tnisfortunt to lose his valise and two packages at merchandise at tbe Front street sta tion 01 me Atlantic v.oast une yes terday morning.. Mr. Lockamy had gone to the A. & Y. train for the pur pose ofjreturning home, but found, after recking the station,, that he had forgotten something down tdwn and had plenty of. time to go back after it. He called to a negro inside of the train enclosure and told him if he would take care of the valise and packages he would be paid a quarter upon the owner's return. Mr. Lock amy hurried off, but upon his re turn found the negro had disappeared with the property. Officer W. M. Harris was at the station and gather ed all information he could as to the negro from Mr. Lockamy, who left on the train for his home. Officer Har ris has endeavored to get a clue to the thief, but has thus far been un able to make an arrest." f Each TldeofttiTrmHQrN is subject to peculiar weather conditions of its own. But no matter how trying the north winds of winter or the summer sun on the south side, all sides are equally pro tected if painted with mLucas Paints they cover so thor oughly and last so long. Manylettert come to nj like this: "Ona reaso ara (Mac o lii erdtrlt that thriur palaud hit reil denc with your paint 15 yaan ago, and It l better preserved than a rood meny houiei In Hie aelthborhostf that vera painted much later." - S. GREEN. LottUborf, N. C. Ask your dealer. , ' " yjohn Lucas St Co Philadelphia Sotd by B. E. Sedberry's Sons, , Fayetteville," N. 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