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irim inn daily romm o JJ $4.00 pr Annum, k Advaace. 3.0a for 6 Months, in Adwutti WEEKLY EDITION. $1.00 per Annum, in Advance. J 9 1. 00 for 3 Montfai, in Advancf . FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1906. OLD SERIES VOL LXXI NO. 31,91. NEl cfl ERIES-VOL. XXIIINO. ii,n45. O ..A3 03f TIT U fYOMOmV LJM 1 . - u Alii A. mi v, i i mi n j . i n, v i j II li j 11 ; n ii j v n is vi ii a u a v 5 The BountyV. OfThericld 3 aepenai upon the life-Ions rtuay and cxperlunoe of the men who df root tfili buslnea, unci who mtx -fertlllierwbloh "makes threeoften dozen) bladeiof grauirrow, where only one grew before.,r The nam Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer. -" By lu vory litoral dm, a, week or two before, or at planting, as wen aa aeoond applloatfon, mulutudeiof larmera In the South bave "In-, creased tholr yields per acre," and with the Unrer proflta which these lnoreased yield 1 brought, paid off themortOTgeonthelriarma. Don't be fooled by any dealer Into buying a "cheap" substitute. VlrgloU-CarolloaCh.micaJCa. Kiohmond, Va. Atlanta, Ga. Bavannah, Ga, Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, Tenn, Bhreveport, La, Norfolk, Va. Durham, N. 0. Charleston, S!0. Baltimore, Md. Jl CARDS. HBIIi A. BIMCLAIB, BOBKRT II. DYK. SINCLAIR & DYE, ATTOUNKYS-AT-LAW, it uonaiuson st., rayetwvuie, ss. u. F T r ATI70 Attorney-at Law, Booms 2 and . 3 K. of P. Building, FAYETTEVILLK, v- . N, : C. Q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney-at-Law, Office K. of P. Building, 'phone 229', FAYinTBVlLLK, . - c. General law practice; Notary Public. H. McD. Robinson, John G. Shaw. (Notary Public) ' - ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorney s-at-Law. K C THmrtf ottanfii-iTi irivan tft all business. D. L. McDUFFIE, Attorney-at-Law, . K. of P. Building, JTAYaTrrBVlLLK, , . H. 0. 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, N. V. T. 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. McKETHANrM. D., , Physician and Surgeon, OFFICE: McKethan Building. 331 . . . . 'PHONES . ... 205 JOHN C DYE, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE: ; Armfield & Greenwood Drug Dr. E. L. HUNTER, Dentist, North-east Corner Market Square, - Fayetteville, N. C. - Dr. J. R. HIGH3MITH, . ; DENTIST. Office: HiKhsmith Hospital. SUNNYSIDE FLORAL NURSERY, (James M. Lamb & 8ong), Fayetteville, N. C.x Some things you ought to PLANT NOW: , t Caladiums, r -i Tuberoses, Gladioules, Coleus, Salvias, Centaureas, Ageratam, Geraniums, Cannas, Dahlias. t&- We can meet all demando. Your Orders, Please. PocuDt!poirrNorD. IndDoM hMidfrMnport. . V,. mtt . . U . I I ftAIIHTIIU. mmuy ami oflt UuftnU . Pattitt 1 rid lirfrfnmmt Mono tMlutfroy. Ml W IM . O.IM IM Ma WtBHINQTOW, P, P. - 60 YEARS' ' V EXPERIENCE D TRADC miw ion may jtiloklr Motrwm our . iiTtntlnn I protmnlr flSilr MotrtBlrf out opinion fre bf , m t fro. Oldewt tirenof for noourlng P4teiiui on rumiiwi ktetl notUt, witnmit oonr. iu turn scientific Itrnuor Ofnon. t ornon.MVM.WMti , WMhIMton. 1 PARKER'S."' I una BALSAM air to K Touthl ril Oolc h.lr falling. IMMIilSI REFOfcM Of THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM. . Thi Reform of the Federal Judicial system is the paramount issue to- I day.f Judge 'Clark's great speech at Philadelphia last week gave impetus to the movement, -as did Mr. Till- man's speech in the Senate, the other I day. when .be severely condemned Judge' Purnell of this State for order ing to jail Mr. Josephua Daniels of the Raleigh News and Observer be cause be refusetl to submit to the un lawful act of that judge in- attempt ing to itterfere with Mr. Daniels' rightsf ander the law of the land, as an editor. The fact that Mr.. Daniels was triumphantly sustained in the eourts above Puraell's isr of course, to the credit of those higher courts, but the facts concerning Purnell, ' Mc pherson and others cited by Mr. Till man remain. : . . - The report of Mr. Tillman's speech contained the following, in which his view of the degradation to which the Federal judiciary . has been brought, and of the status generally of a judge in a republic, will, we imagine, meet with the approval of the vast majori ty of Americans : . . ' Mr. Tillman announced that he did not intend a wholesale onslaught upon the judiciary, and he acquitted the Supreme Court especially of ques tionable proceedings, although, he said, it had 'wobbled'' more or less. In th$ South, he went on, there were many excellent judges, but on the other hand, some of them had 'been guilty of very questionable and dis creditable acts.' Many of them were, he said, unduly prejudiced in favor of the railroads and were Wholly unfit to be trusted with the. power of pass ing on railroad questions. 'It is ut terly absurd to show that the judges are higher creatures than other men,' he said. He referred to the division of the Supreme Court on the income tax case, saying that in that case one of the judges had changed his mind. Thus, hesaia, 'tne practice oi a cen tury was reversed, and the country submitted merely because of the plea that the highest court of the country must be sustained.'' He could not accept the idea that there was any thing holy about a judge, 'and we cannot be blamed if we conclude that they are not infallible.' He, there fore, saw no reason why tjie non suspension provision should not be tried on. . Concerning Judge Clark's address at Philadelphia, the New York Amer ican says : . ALL JUDGES SHOULD BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE. Chief Justice Clark, of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, in address ing the alumni of the Law Depart ment of the University of Pennsyl vania, last Friday, dared to be guilty of the American form of the crime of lese majeste.. That is, he ventured to criticise the Federal judiciary ventured, indeed, to question the wis dom of having as part of the Repub lic's government appointed Judges holding office for life. He took the ground that the Supreme Court of the United States should not be vest ed with the power of declaring acts of Congress unconstitutional unless the members of that court are elected by popular vote and for a term of years. Chief Justice wiam also lavors me direct election of Senators. In this he is in line with the overwhelming sentiment of the country, but his views as to the judiciary, though those are supported by precisely the same arguments as apply to the Sen ate, will rather shock the conserva tive mental habit of a great many people who are wont to assume that what they are used to is in the order of nature. t As a matter of fact, an appointive judiciary with life tenure is thorough . . .. l i ij i ly unaemocrauc, ana was imeuucu iu be so by the Federalists who imposed it upon the infant Republic. In a re cent magazine article Chief Justice Clark pointed out that when the Con stitution was adopted a representative democracy was an experiment, and there was a frankly expressea iear oi committing power to the masses. In only one State was tne trovernor at that time elected by the people, and in none were the judges so chosen. Property qualifications for tne fran chise was the rule. This state of things," says Chief Justice Clark, ','was naturally reflect ed in the ueuerai wonsinuuon, wmcu still, after the lapse of nearly a cen tury and a auarter. and the demon-. atrated caoacitv of the people for self government, ipresentijrtinejuii.. blaze "of, the. twentieth, . century 4he distrust of popular government, which, before its- trial, was natural in the men of the eighteenth century, The nnnatural thing i$ not its adop- is how far 5. earner may properly dis tinn in i787i juti.'thft retention, un criminate in view of competitive con- changgiL cie.jion;electivefeatureiditienSr Assumrng thaWhe amount of the Constitution in 1906. The of money, which a railroad ought to Federal Constitution,., framed, accord ing to the idea? then prevailing, gave to the peoj)le the selection of only one-sixth o' 'the G6vernm'eritthi members of the lower house of Con gress.' A more complete; denial oi popular control of the new Govern I with other commodities?. In deter ment could not h.avei been devised.'! I mining the justice or reasonableness Jefferson, leniocrai ana siuueni pi hiKfnr. . helieved that the people itmivM fr thesafest repository ot powe aniiis predictiorts .as, to "appointive h.Air.m at KMMiy fullv instified bv unie. v Had jenerson s wm prvwu, we suoniCt now nave elective uunw States tudires. 'sCrvine1 a term of six ears, , j s t 1 1 S ' - t. fint.ni.lv shauld. thev. be ...l7'' k,i whaf is' how impossible should k made .n.n tVio winrlonttintinn and removal uttht oolU 6f United States Judges Who serve corporate ana otner private Interests instead of the common gooa. V Chief Justice Clark gives voice to a rapidly growing demand for the dern ocratization oi our rcucmi juuiia. and liberties, waicn youi juu.v..ojr. A TARIFF -FOR REVENUE ONLY." We-observe' that Mr. John Sharp Williams is advocating a tariff for revenue only. That is the true, and the only true and cpnstitutional, tariff doctrine; It is alsowith exception of the trick tariff pianr ot io4ine only kind of tariff approved; by the Democratic party,; . We, now, oDserve that our Clevelandite contemporaries are appealing to Democrats to throw aside minor Issues "and ;Wih in the coming campaigns upon that : sound doctrinS-Vhich doctrine, 7 we may addj is as impregnable as the Rock of Gibraltar.:' vv ;, -V ' Jj. '' : The trouble is this:. , Tb Clew landites would, Tike to have .one of their kind put in charge of the Gibral tar forts.' It would then be possible to betray the Gibraltar army.as MClevei land did in 1893. It will, be recalled that 'tariff .for revenue only" was the paramount issue of the campaign of 1892. Mr. Cleveland declared his ac ceptance of the Democratic platform which made it theparamount issue. He was elected president' upon that issue and declaration, and, no sooner bad he secured the office of president by reason of his pledge, as above, than he betrayed the trust reposed in him and turned his back pon those who had trusted him. . .That 16 the reason why the regular Democrats look with suspicion upon this new-born zeal of the Cleveland ites for a tariff-for-revenue-only. They suspect that the object is to divert attention from the live issue of the day, viz: the usurpation by the Fed eral courts of the power to protect corporations engaged in unlawful bu siness. "SHOULD THE COURTS HAVE THE' POWER OF RATE REVISION." Under the above heading we find the subjoined article in the American Review of Reviews for May. It is a part of an article contributed to that standard periodical by Mr. Charles A, Prouty. What Mr. Prouty ays is true of the power of the judiciary in every other country but the United States, and was true of the United States before 1 861 that is, before the Federal courts were obliged to usurp power in order that the doctrine of Force, established by the result of the war of 1861-65, should not collapse. One would think that Mr. Prouty had just landed from England, or had been asleep for forty years. Here is what he says on this point: The duty of the judge is to deter mine, not what the law ought to be, but what the law is. For this pur- nose, he looks into the decisions of the courts ; he consults the statutes. From decision and from statute as applied to the case before him, he de clares the law.-' He exercises no judgment as to what the law should be ; he simply determines -what the law is. He may firmly be convinced and often is that the law onght to be different from his declaration of it. The function of the jury in passing upon questions of fact, or of the court when it determines a question of fact, is much the same. The decision must in every case be based upon evidence, md the character 6f the evidence which may be considered is carefully and elaborately defined by rules of law. No other evidence can be con sidered. Neither court nor jury has the rieht to weieh facts known to them and not given in evidence. The duty of the legislator is ex actly the reverse "Me determines, not what the law is, but what the law ought to be. In arriving at this conclusion he should understand all the facts that bear directly or mdi rectly upon' the subject under con- sideration by him ; but in obtaining those facts he is bound by no rules of evidence. When everything is before him, it is a question of judgment on his part, what, looking to the future, ought to be done. Now,, the fixing of a railway rate is in its nature legislative rather than judicial. , There is no. standard by which it can be determined. It might be thought that the price charged for a transportation service ought to be governed by the cost of rendering that service : but it is agreed on all hands that, assuming the possibill ties of ascertaining the cost, still our interstate rate could not be made on that basis. A comparison with other tM wr pf run W bhmo-pom-i-- ditions are seldom the same in two cases., The element of competition plays an important part, and one of tne most aimcuii quwciyua w uaw earn is fixed, from what source shall it derive that amount LHow, much shall come from its passenger busi ness? How much from its freight? What rate shall be applied to a par ticular species of freight as compared pi a particular iaio nu mrae WWI.UIB, and many others may present mem- selves for" consideration.,.' 1 hey are properly taken into account by the the first instance, and they must considered t bv the administrative 1 uuuy wuku icvidco uu"j nuuu ui ,6n..i taking' everything into. 1 account, I - ... ii t.- ... ;l , OUKUl am"'"MK" t For bloating, belching, indigestion. 1 m a Rincr'n Dvqnpnflia Tablet f after meali.Sold McKethan & UO -yon feel , the life of giving current the minute you, Uke iU A gentle soothing warmth, fills the nerves and blood with life. It's A real, pleasure to take Hollister's Rocky ' Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets.- For Sale bv Kin Drug Co.,' tit McDuffie Drug Store. . '"'lill.:,:...;'' PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION. Says Mr. J..S. J. Healy in a letter to the Baltimore Sun 1 ; ' Since Mr. Roosevelt's" elec tion these radica tendencies have developed .and he has become, and will be recognized by future genera tions, as the iconoclast of the twenti eth century. - The people of today are in thorough accord with this progres-1 live civilization; and the radical 01 1896 ' has ' become' the conservative of i9o6.' ' - To the sociological, .political and historical student this development is more than interesting. ";The wdrld is now in the throes of a' civic and bloodless revolution, whtclrimwns as much to the world of the twentieth century as the bloody, revolution in France' meant to- the world of the "eighteenth century. - - ' :, One of the most significant an4 startling illustrations of this develop ment was the debate in the Senate on Thursday last on the Rate bill. That body, which is noted for its dignity and conservatism, made an attack Upon- the judiciary:, of the ; United States which, it is hoped, will be far reaching in its consequences This branch of our Government has in the last two decades by its arbitrary rulings practically take the place of the rulers of the Old : World,- whose divine right was. forever set aside by the great revolution of the French people. .The instances cited by Sen ators .Tillman and Bailey illustrate the power and' absolutism, of the judic iary responsible to none ana a law nto itself; unappealable, unassail able and tyrannical. That there are many brave and honest judges in our midst is unquestionable. Uut tnere are others who, as Mr. T illman says, are susceptible to influences which dictate their decisions and pfttimes deny justice to a whole people in or der to placate a corporation. These are but a few of the instances of judicial tyranny that have orcurred in recent years, and we find justice denied when unsupported by the in fiuence of wealth and position. How well Shakespeare knew the judicial mind when he said, "Plate sin with gold, and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks : arm it in rags, pigmy's straw doth pierce it." I make no charges of financial corrup tion, but there are other influences as weighty and not, to the discrimi nating mind, so immoral. The layman will probably say, 'Why are not these conditions ex posed by the legal fraternity?" And I answer him : "Because we do so at the risk of making enemies of men high in position, who can, by strain ing at gnat and swallowing a camel, make a lawyer's pleadings in their court as ineffective as though he never existed." I know this is heresy from the con servative legal standpoint, but if there were more.- heretics of the same stamp among the legal fraternity to day there would be more justice ob tained in our courts. Members of the bar in every State have had their taste at times of petty judicial tyran ny, and they dared not rebel. But the mutterings are none the less deep and strong because low, and unless the pendulum begins to swing in the opposite direction there will be some thing more than muttenngs and frowns. I sincerely hope that Mr. Tillman and his friends in the Senate will continue their expose ot judicial ty ranny and will execute such laws as will put back into the hands of the people that power which has been usurped bv, not surrendered to, the judiciary. BAILEY'S TRIBUTE TO THE UPRIGHT JUDGE. 'The great iudge, the man of mod est, upright life ! I walk by his side. and I feel honored by his friendship, There is not, in all the history of the world, a nobler example than that of the great English judge who, when told that his King wanted him, sent this defiant message, to the King : "left him 1 will decide this case according to the very truth-and jus tice of it, and without regard to the pleasure of the King. 'Such men as that bave made our race foremost in the civilization of all times and countries. From him to this day no man in all our public life finds readiervtribute from the people than the brave, the honest and the upright judge. No man respects them more than I. But from every place I would hunt the man who soils the ermine, for it is my -belief that a judge's name should be as un sullied as a woman's reputation, and every judge who docs injustice should be branded. The tar that is contained in Bee' Laxative Honey and Tar is harmless. It is not coal tar, but is obtained from the pine trees of our own native for- "Sts. Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar is the best remedy for colds because it acts on the bowels thus expelling all colds irom the system. Bee's is the original Laxative Honey and Tar, and is best for coughs, coldy jaoup. whooping cough, lung and bronchial affections. Sold by McKethan & Co- .....nii Don't tie cough or a cold up in your system by taking a remedy that binds tne Dowels. Taxe nenneays Laxative Honev and Tar. It is different from all other cough syrups. It is better. It opens the bowels expels all cold from the system, relieves cougng, ooias, croup, whooping cough, eto. An ideal remedy for old and young.'-' Children like it. Sold by Armfield & Greenwood. The gums and' resins obtained from pine trees Jiave long Heen recog nized ' as . highly beneficial in the treatment of backache, kidney and bladder troubles. - Pine-ules is the name of a new medicine, the prin ciple ingredients of whieb come from the pine, forests of our own native land Sold by McKethan at Co. . This is the season of listlessness, headaches and spring disorders. Hol lister's Rocky, Mountain Tea is a sure preventative. ' Makes yqtt strong and vigorous. . cents. Tea or Tablets, For Sale by1 King Drug ( Co.; at Mc- 1 ' ' To Cure A Cold la On Day ' Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab lBt ' Druggists refund money if it fails to euro. ,js. w UKUVJVB signature VANCE WAS NOT RETIRED. Wllmluf tun Blur. " ,' .. T: That valued exchange, th' New York Times, makes this refarehce to recent editorial in the highly es teemed Baltimore Sun ': , ;.,;-. , , The Baltimore Sun beholds regret fully the passing from the Senate of the historic representatives of the Old South, veterans of the Civil Wan of whom Senator James -H. Berry, of Arkansas, is a type. The new South asserting itself. A political up heaval in the Carolinas caused tne retirement of Zebulon Vance and Mat thew W.' Ransom and Gen. Wade Hanipton.'"-1 The Tillmanesque school of statesmanship is now rampant, but, perhaps, transiently. Its latest re cruit, the successor to Senator Berry, to be Jefferson Davis, in whose name only lingers the old flavor of I Southern traditions." the "'Star "shratM "reg"iat "Hie' passing of the old school statesmen, put to the credit of North Carolina we can say that it is an error to say that Vance was "retired." mat aoie, patriotic and idolized son of North Carolina died as a Senator from his beloved State. However, had Vance lived he might have been swept out, like Senators Ransom and Jarvis vvere, by the' fusion of Republicans and Populists who sent Marion Butler1 and Jeter C. Pritchard to the Senate. I'o the 'shame of South Carolina, she retired Wade Hampton and replaced him with no less a uian than the late John Iv. M. Irby. Had Vance lived, there would have been no fusion of Republicans and Popnlists Obs VVBAT "POTTED HAM" IS MADE OF. Here is something that will inter est eaters of canned meats, which we find in an exchange ; The Current Everybody's contains Upton Sinclair s reply to J. Ogden Armour's recent defense of the gov ernment inspection of slaughter houses. It is strong writing almost too strong for pleasant before-break-fast reading but the subject de mands it. I have charged," writes Mr. Sin clair, "and I charge here again, that the so-called 'potted ham and'devil- ed ham' sold by Armour & Co. con sist of the old dry waste ends ol smoked beef, ground up with potato skins, with the hard cartilaginous gullets of beef, and with the udders of cows, dyed to prevent their show ing white. And the tederal inspec tion has no power to prevent that ! The Federal inspection has no power to say whether or not any measure shall be taken to see that poisoned rats are not ground up in the sausage meat, as man after man in the yards told me that he had seen; it has no power to prevent the 'doctoring' of spoiled ham with an sorts of chemi cals; to prevent the preserving of sau sage with borax and salicylic acid, and the dyeing of it to save the time and expense incidental to smoking! It has no power to prevent the adul teration of sausages with 'potato flour'' the by.product ot the manufac ture of potato-alcohol; or to prevent the adulteration of lard with beef fat, tallow and lard stearin, paraffin and cottonseed oil. Does Mr. Armour deny that all these things which I have named are done in his establish ment? If he does deny it, I will refer him to the Tenth Biennial Report of the Minnesota State Diary and Food Commissioner, pages 173, 175, 176 and 182." Wade K. F. D. No. 1 Items. Rev. L. Smith filled his regular ap pointment at McMillan's church Sun day afternoon. A large congregation attended. His text was taken from Ezekiel. We bave a fine Sunday school at McMillan's church. It is conducted in the morning. Misses Mary, Salhe and Lillian McMillan were callers at their uncle's Mr. D. J. McMillan, recently. Masters Archie and Johnnie Collier were callers at Mr. D. A. McMillan's Tuesday. We are sorry to state that little Eueene. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George Collier, is very sick again. Mrs. Thomas Redd and Misses Sallie and Lillian McMillan were call ers at Mr. Neill McMillan's Friday afternoon. Best wishes for the Observer. May ii, 1906. Dahlia. Edoala Items. Rev. A. N. Cashwell filled his reg ular appointment at Bladen Union Sunday. Mr. Ervin Cain and daughter, Miss Algia. of White Oak, were in this section Saturday and bunday. Mr. C. L. Johnson, of Parkton, at tended preaching at Bladen Union Sunday. Mr. William uwen, 110m near White Oak, was in this vicinity Sun- Rev. R. N. uisnweu ana wiie, 01 Park ton, were guests of Mr. W. C. Riddle Sunday. Mrs. F. N. McMillan visited at Mr. Taylor McMillan's Saturday and Sunday. Miss Roberta lyson is visiting friends in Fayetteville. Misses Alice and Irene loiar were in Hope Mills Friday. ' . Misses Irene and Mary King, oi Tolarsville, attended preaching at Bladen Union Sunday. Mr, Henry Johnson was in Hope Mills last week. May 7, 1906. Magnolia. Salve! Salve!! Spread the , Salve, but let it be Pine SalTe, natures rem edy for cuts,burns tores, etc. Sold by McKethan & Co. If you ever bought box of Witch Hasel Salve that failed to give satisfac tion the chances are it did not have the name "E. 0. DeWitt A Co." printed on the wrapper and pressed in the box. The original De Witt's Witch Haiel Salve never fails to give satisfaction for burns, sores, boils, tetter, cracked hands, etc. For blind, bleeding, itching and pro truding Piles it affordB almost immediate reliefs It stops the pain. .Sold by Arm field A Greenwood. ifZ WOULD FAR OVERTOP. ANY SENA. TOR. .. "Says the Clarkton Express : , Judge Walter Clark would make an able senator, but we would hate mighty bad to see him leave the Su preme Court bench. - ' ' JUDGE MCNEILL'S RETIREMENT. We noticed at the time the an nouncement of Judge McNeill's inten tion to retire from the bench. He is one of the best men this writer ever knew. , He has made an ideal judge, as he has ever been a model of good citizenship, - ; The Wilmington Star contains this notice of Judge McNeill's retirement : The Star re-echoes the regret 0 the Lumberton Robeson ian in fact the regret of the people' of Robeson coun ty and of the Seventh Judicial district that Judge Thomas A. McNeill will not stand for re-election to the Supe rior Court bench, There is a man whom it were an honor for the ermine to touch a man of staunch integrity, thorough conscientiousness and rec ognized ability, The bench is all right when there are McNeills on it. Says the Raleigh News and Obser ver: Ttie announcement in this paper yesterday that "at 'the tlose of his present term in December, Judge Thomas AMcNeill, of the Seventh Judicial district, would retire was read with rcgretby his many friends throughout the S&Ue. Judge McNeill is every inch a patriotic North Caro linian. He was a brave Confederate soldier and a leader the terrible political battles that redeemed Robe son county and the State Irom bad government alter reconstruction. As a legislator he was useful, capable, honest. As a lawyer he is well train ed and enjoys the confidence of his people. As a judge, he is able, care ful, conscientious and just. He will retire with the consciousness that he has held the scales of justice evenly and won the confidence and esteem of the people of North Carolina. Says the Wilmington Messenger : Judge Thomas A. McNeill, of Lum berton, announces that he will not be a candidate for re-election to the judgeship of his, the seventh, district. This district is composed ot the coun ties of Bladen, Cumberland, Robeson, Columbus and Brunswick. So far we have heard of but one candidate for the place, Mr. C. C. Lyon, the pres ent solicitor, but by the time the convention meets there will likely be several other condidates in the field. Judge McNeill will carry with him on his retirement from the bench a well earned reputation as a learned lawyer, a fair and impartial judge and a courteous gentleman. Insurance Too High. Raleigh News & Observer. The cost of managing insurance companies is much greater in this country than in Kngland, and it is too high in both. The Wall Street Journal makes some comparisons be tween conditions in this county and in England with the following result: HRITISH. Premiums Total income Paid to policy-holders $131,707,000 185,510,000 1 12,320,000 Expenses, etc Total disbursements. . . Per cent, of expenses to 21,540,000 133,865,000 premiums "6-35 11.62 Per cent, of expenses to income AMERICAN. Premiums $395.794,98i Total income So8.30,375 Paid to policy-holders.. . 225,801,516 Expenses, etc 106,444,734 Totol disbursements. . . 332,246,250 Per cent, of expenses to premiums 26.89 Per cent, of expenses to income 20.94 This shows an expense ratio for the British companies of little more than one-half that of the American companies, whether considered in re lation to premium or total income. Cedar Creek Dots. As there has not been any news from this section in quite awhile, I will give the readers just a few short items. The farmers are very busy planting cotton and corn through this section. Messrs. W. C. Downing and D. D. Faircloth attended church at Cumber land Union Sunday. Miss Mavis West is visiting her sister, Mrs. Evander Jackson. Mr J.- McP; Geddie and daughter, Mattie, spent Sunday in Fayetteville visiting Mr. E. C. Geddie. Mr. M. J. Hair and Miss Maud Coats were out driving Sunday after noon. . Messrs. J. O. Taylor, Fred Melvin and J. McS. Anderson were rallers at Mr. Neill Smith's Sunday evening. We are sorry to report the death of Mr. W. b. Sterling, which occurred on June 3rd. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn their loss, who weep not as those who have no hope. With best wishes to the Observer. Henry Know Nothing. Human Blood Marks. A tale of horror was told by marks of human blood.in the home ot J. W Williams, a well known merchant of Bac, Ky , He writes: "Twenty years ago I had severe hemorrages of the lungs, and was near death when I be gan taking Dr. King's New Discove ry. It completely cured me and have remained well ever since." ... It cures Hemorrhages, Chronic Coughs, Settled Colds and Bronchitis, and is the only known cure for Weak Lungs. Every bottle guaranteed by B. E. Sedberry's Sons Druggists. 50c and f 1,00. Trial bottle free. Aak lor AUea'a Foot-Ease, A Powder, It makes walltinn easy. Cures Corns, Bunions. Ingrowing Kails. Swollen and Sweating Feet.' At all Druggists- and 8hoe gtores, 25c: Uon t accept any sub stitute. Sample FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.' Y.v -v .Macedonia Items. May 7U1, 1906. Mrs. Dicy Ann Carter is on the sick list, we are sorry to report. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Sessoms visit ed their daughter, Mrs. J. C. Cul breth Sunday afternoon. . ' Mr. Birt Home visited at Mr. J. J, Hall's Sunday afternoon. j.-.. The Rev. M. J. Starling filled his -regular appointment at Holt's Hill Saturday and Sunday. r Mr. J. C. Culbreth, who has been very sick is 'recovering, we are glad to report. Mr. Allen Taylor filled his regular appointment at Mr. Richard Star ling's Sunday afternoon. Misses Annie and Mary Hall visit ed at Mr. George Hall's Sunday. -The Rev, Mr. Lee, of Dunn, preach ed at Stedman Sunday afternoon. Mr. Ed. Averitt failed to fill his regular - appointment -at - Mrv - D. J. Howell's Sunday. Mrs. Lula and Mrs. Malissa Carter visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Jothan Nunnery, Sunday. , Bin, Bucr- Lcna Hems. We are having some nice, refreshing showers, and crops are looking fine. Rev. J. A. Smith filled his regular appointment at Cumberland Union Sunday. A large crowd were pres ent. ' Mr. R. J. Hair is very ill, we are sorry to say. Miss Sallie McMillan, of near Park ton, is the guest of Miss Etta Lee Hair. Mrs. J. D. Jessup spent Saturday and Sunday with her father, Mr. W. H. McDonald, of this place. Messrs. Joe Council and Joe Ed wards, of 1'arkton were in this vicini ty Saturday and Sunday on a busi ness trip, we guess. Miss Ella Smith, of Alderman, vis ited Miss SallieHair recently. Mr. Council Fisher and mother were in this section Saturday. An entertainment was given at Mr. RNbert .Oliphant's home Saturday nigXt. Some nice music was render ed byMhe Cedar Creek String Band. Mr. Walter Pope, who died at his home atilope Mills Sunday before last, was boried Monday afternoon in the cemetery at Cumberland church. He leaves many -relatives and friends. The bereaved ones have our sympathy. Mr. M. J. and A. P, Hair were out driving Sunday afternoon. Mr: Alex. Thagard and wife, of Pembroke, are spending sometime in this locality. Mrs. Taylor McMillan visited her aunt, Mrs. V. B. Hair, recently. Mr. and Mrs. Tayloi Fisher, of Parkton, attended preaching at Cum berland Union Sunday. Mr. Vance Marsh and Mr.Rufus Davis took dinner at Mr. M. G. Hair's Sunday. Seems as if they like this side of the river, which we htope they do. Come again ! Mr. J. H. Faircloth and his little boys took a pleasant ride to Cedar Creek Sunday afternoon. With best wishes to the Observer and its readers, Bess. May 7, 1906. To the Little Star ol Bethlehem. A llower found erowiiitr vv ild on the sand bills of Cumberland county. N. C. and which blooms in April and May. It nestles close to the earth; the Hower stcm are generally very short, so that the star shayed yellow flower almost lies on the ground, j Beautiful flower, thy petals of gold. While we are sleeping, softly unfold; Lowly thy stature, but thou comest when Gayer flowers than thou art asleep in the glen. Green are thy little blades glistening with dew, True is thy heart of gold when spring doth renew Forest and field with its robes of liv ing green, While the waking streams dance with a silvery sheen. Lowly thy dwelling place, but thy sisters in the sky Guide weary travelers as onward they hie : Lowly art thou, but more lowly the stall, That once did a King in its confine enthrall. Pointing upward thy rays toward re gions of light, Outstretched are thy petals toward regions of night, When the Day star, not yet risen, shall surely yet shine, Cheering nations now in darkness with its radiance divine. Till the beauty of holiness overspreads the whole earth, And the nations rejoice in the story of His birth, Whose cradle was a manger, yet the riirhLofHis birth A sceptre and crownTTbTall th& glory of earth. At His feet, forever laid down, in a moment shall be, And His glory shall cover the earth, as the waters that cover the sea; For the life-giving fountains forever shall play, And the deserts shall bloom as the roses in May. Christiana. Is The Moon Inhabited. Science has proven that the moon has an atmosphere, which makes life in some form possible on that sattellite; but not for numan beings, who nave 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, Trp :Xiver, , 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. Nothing will relieve indigestion that is not a thorough digestant. Kodol Dy spepsia Cure digests what you eat, an allows the stomach to test recuperate -flrow strong again. "A few doses of Kodol after meals will soon restore the stoUiach and digestive organs to a full penormance 01 tueir iuncuons natural- any. csoia Dy &rmneia a ureenwoou FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE 'WORKS,' Strictly First-class Work."" Call at my yard or write for prices. . Respectfully. : E. L. liEMBIiUR(Jf Proprietor, 1 . Fayetteville, N. 0. GLORIOUS SPRING is at hund, Hfnl WE ARE OFFERING. our usual full assortment of s hili grade H. R. HORNE & SONS ii 1906 GARDEN Kin Drug - Co At' McDuffie Drugstore. RESCRIPTLON We realise the neces sity for being always extremely prompt, and we make a specialty of quick bicycle delivery. A. J. Coot & Co, DKlKiUISTH 11111I PHARMACISTS (Next door to Postollice) 'phone 14. LIN AN E THE STRAW HAT CLEANER Rrice 25c. CLEANS 8 HATS ONCK ONE HAT S TIMKS SOU) ONLY BY B. E. SEDBERRY'S SON, PALACE PHARMACY. Read ! In every 100 people, on an average, there is a pound of iron. It is the iron iu the Wood that imparts strength to a man's arm, and blush to a maiden's cheek. For some reason, which is still unknown to science, iron is a necessity to a man's brain and body. Take Acid Iron Mineral, NATURE'S CHEAT HOUSEHOLD REMEDY. U bringB back the color, invigorates and strengthens the syBtem, digests the food. Price 50cjl Bottle. MCKETHAN &. CO. DRUG STORE, " 'Phone 831. Night 324. "PRESCRIPTIONS." If your prescription is filled at our store yon can depend upon it being FILLED ACCURATELY, AND WITH THE BEST AND PUREST MATE RIALS THAT CAN BE 'BOUGHT. SUBSTITUTION iu any fori.i is PROHIBIT I1 1' in 1 our store. ARMFIELD and GREENWOOD, tStl Our Ice-Cream is the best. Try it, and you will like it. WOOD SEEDS mm i. . -
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