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NO 3,949
THE ROCK HILL PLAN FOR FINANCING
- STREET PAVEMENTS.
We recently reprinted from the
Gastonia Gazette what that paper de
nominated "The Rock Hill Plan" for
financing the paving of sidewalks In
South Carolina. It occurs to us that
mc same principle, moainea wnere
necessary to suit our local conditions;
might be successfully applied to Fay
etteville for the paying of the road
way as well as the sidewalks of bur
principal streets. v "
Here is the "Rock Hill Plan,"
which we reproduce : r -'
"The commission appointed by the
city of Rock Hill to push through the
sidewalk scheme recently adopted by
tne cnamber of commerce and the
council, has outlined the proposed
undertaking as follows :
V 'From the best information the
commission has at present, such side
wants as are proposed will cost from
!ii.25 to. $1.50 per square yardf or
rom 70 to 85 cents per lineal foot.
To be plainer, it may be stated that a
five Toot pavement will cost from 170
to $85 per hundred feet.-- Cheaper
construction will, of course,' cost
much less than these figures, but the
commission believes the best work is
the cheapest in the end, and therefore
has determined to have the work
done thoroughly first-class and by ex
perienced contractors in this line, who
will be required, it necessary, to give
bond. The very lowest figures will
be obtained, and if the estimates
above noted can be reduced, the com
mission will see that the people will
get the benefit of it.
'The city council will pay for the
work and allow the property owners
to reimburse it in twenty semi-annual
installments without interest. This
will cover's period' of ten years, and
the semi-annual installment to be
paid by one owning 100 feet Iront will
therefore amount to $3.50 to (4.25,
depending upon the final cost of hav
ing the work done. Perhaps install
ments will be less than the amount
stated. The figures' are approximate
and are simply given as a matter of
general information to property own
ers. It, uowever, may be positively
stated that the higher amount is well
within the cost. Those who desire
to pay cash down will be allowed a
discount of 25 per cent.
Tne commission at its first meet
ing appointed & number of citizens to
circulate petitions among the proper
ty owners residing on the various
streets, and it urges these gentlemen
to get to work at once and be ready
to make their reports by December 1.
Iney will wait on no lurtner notice
from the commission. . Their names
and the street to which they have
been assigned will be publised in the
newspapers.' ' .
If any one doubted the value of
stimulating the growth of towns
even to the real-estate-owning drones,
if any there be, who merely reap the
"unearned increment" which increas
ing population bestows upon their
holdings the recent phenomenal rise
in land values in' this town and neigh
borhood must convince them.
The condition precedent of lifting a
community from the village state to
that of the city is waterworks and
sewerage. That is the first step, and
we took that (barring the sewerage),
by the aid almost of a miracle, thir
teen years ago. The next step, is
paved streets. We should have taken
that, if wisdom had prevailed, three
years ago. WB arb bound to take
rr now, or lose the golden oppor
tunity which the present situation
presents. That opportunity is the
doubling of present values io many
instances and the assuring of present
values in the least hopeful cases.
We submit the Rock Hill plan for
financing street paving undertakings
to those whom it concerns--and who
in this community is not deeply con
cerned with the problem of a greater
and "richer Fayetteville i with the
hope that our able financiers may
adapt it to our needs and abilities.
While oar municipal credit is said
to be exhausted underthe present as
sessment, it seems to us that capital
ists could readily be found who would
back the city in financing the neces
sary paving on the Rock Hill Plan,
or something akin to it, the salient
feature of which, as the reader will
observe, is the carrying of the total
cost for the individuals benefited
while the latter are engaged in dis
charging it by the installment plan.
THE - PURIFYING OF AMERICAN LIFE.
The people are beginning to under-
stand now the meaning of the Chicago
Democratic platform of , 1896 and of
those wholesome truths in elaboration
of it or founded upon it which Mr.
Bryan uttered in his remarkable cam
paigns of 1896 and ,1900. That was
the good seed sown, from which we
have lately been reaping the harvest
of graft exposures and the consequent
purifying of our, national life.
We print elsewhere the noteworthy
comments of the "New York Commer
cial on the Perkins and Fairchild in
dictments; Here is what the New York
Times, another! Wall: Street organ,
says upon the same subject i'
"It will be the heartfelt wish" of ev
ery man oi honor, of every man who
regards n imputation against the
Integrity of American business men as
an injury to the Nation, that Mr.
Perkins and Mr. Fairchild, against
U whom indictments were found yester-
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dav. inav be aoie to prove inemseivea
innocent of any crime. They had
been tudicted. for forgery in the third
degree, which includes the falsifying
of books of account by officers of cor-
had caused the transfer of certain rail
road shares from the New York Life
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luouiuuLC ouipany io mc new iuii :
Rmritw atirl Tn,f pAmrumir fn K. I
entered upon the books of thelnsur-
ance company as sales, whereas upon I
the books of the Trust Company the
transaction appeared as a loan. The
motive alleged is the desire to con
form to the demand of the Prussian
Government that insurance compa
nies doing business there should hold
no shares of stock among their in
vestments. ' The Grand Jury, in filing
the indictments, recorded its con vie
tion 'that in doing the acts Charged
the defendants were solely influenced
by a desire to benefit the policy Hold
ers of the New York Life Insurance
Company; that the defendants them
selves neither did nor could in any
way personally profit from the acts
done, and that the evidence conclu
sively showed that a large pecuniary
benefit was derived by the policy
holders , as a consequuee of these
WAS.' y i M'-'v-' ;
But we -are neither' reaching a
homily nor unnecessarily repeating a
thing many times said when we ex
press the hope' that every business
man in this city, that every American
charged with a trust in public or pri
vate life, will understand that tne
finding ot these indictments is an oc
casion neither for malicious satisfac
tion nor for thoughtless protest, but
is a matter to be seriously and grave
ly considered with a sober mind. In
the business affairs and in the public
life of this country these men have
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stood uign. rut 11 mey are gamy,
no morally responsible being can
argue that they ought not to be pun
ished, even though it clearly appears
to the public; as it did clearly appear
to the Grand Jury, that the offense
charged was only a device to facilitate
business, a procedure under a com
mercial system of which these men
were not the authors, only tne instru
nients, and now the victims. Such a
plea is an extenuation, not a defense,
A business system or custom that
demands or ptrmits such deviations
from the straight line of honor is
vicious, and the American public is
in a temper to demand that a stop be
put to it altogether. Confidence is
the basis of all business, when in
places ot high trust these things are
done, confidence is blasted. There has
been too much trickery, deception,
hugger-mugger, too much beating of
the devil around the stump, not only
in the insurance field, but by men
charged with the management of
other great interests. The crate for
new business and for surpassing ri
vals has sharpened the wits and dull
ed the moral sense of men until 'get
ting around the law' has come to be
an art quite too extensively prac
ticed.
A somewhat determined effort is
making in this country to make bust
ness men and corporations understand
that they must respect and obey the
law. That is the open road to confi
dence, it is honesty, it is wisdom. No
little inconvenience and pain may at
tend the process of convincing the
heads of corporations and business es
tablishments that the straight path is
the only safe path", but come to it
they must,
As we have had occasion to say be
fore, the reason why the United States
sell almost none of their manufactures
in the neutral markets, while Eng
land, Germany and France sell such
enormous quantities, is, hrst : our
high and dishonest tariff, which en
hances the cost of manufacture be
yond .the point of competition with
those countries; and, second, the prev
alent belief among the less civilized
peoples that our merchants are less
honest than those of Western Europe.
This writer will never forget the re
markable tribute which a Cingalese
dealer in ivory paid to the prevalent
honesty of Englishmen. He priced an
ivory set of chessmen at Colombo, one
day, and, upon being told that the
price was 1200 Rupees (some $400),
he remarked that that was more than
he could spare from his voyage funds.
Oh," said the dealer, "take it, and
pay when you come again." ine
writer replied that he probably
wouldn't come again. "Then," said
this heathen, "send it by a friend
Upon , reporting the incident to his
shipmateSj. the writer -was assured
that there was nothing out of the way
in it that the natives would so trust
any passenger from the P. &O. ships,
On the contrary, the Yankee trader
has not so good a reputation (to speak
mildly) as the -English, French and
"German traders,-either
in the Orient
or in South America.
The wave of a purified public and
private life, ., otherwise known as
"Bryanism," which is sweeping over
our country, will lay up treasures for
us both here and hereafter,
-CORRENT-COM M ENTT
Here is a funny telegram from
Ansonia, a Connecticut town :. "Be
gining with the new year a number
of society women 1n this city will
take the" 'silence cure.' The treatment
is very simple, and consists of keep
ing the mouth, closed. They claim
that the results., will, be marvellous,
benefiting not only the patient but in
many cases bringing recuperative
peace to other members of the family,
The women claim that people talk
too much, which means a tremendous
Tvaste of energy, eventually under-
mining the : health and i bringing
along a ' train of ills the causes of
which few suspect. The T. P. R. As
sociation, the most prominent club in
the city, will debate the subject at its
next meeting:" 'K .,'.'. .I
Piles get quick relief from Dr. Shoop't
M agio Ointment- . Remember it's made
alone for Pilot and it works with cer
tainty and satisfaction. . Itchlnn. pain
ful, protruding or blind piles disappear
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY
THE FALSE BASIS Or BAILWAY
. BATES. ' '
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ter to theRaldghNewasndpbservej-,
touches the quick of the railway
transportation business in the quota
tion which we make below from bis
last letter. Like the iniquitousiariff,
with its benefits bestowed upori a
pait of the community and withheld
from the other part, the present rail
way system is rotten to the core'with
arbitrary distribution of rate favors,
The railway question will never "be
settled until it is settled rigpt, and
the basic wrong that needs righting
is the departure from the simple
Democratic rule of "equal rights to
all and special privileges to none,"
which is expressed by equal Charges
per ton per mile. 3i "
Says Mr. Pence: , :
''That the railroads of the couutry
have' built up trade centers in cettain
cities at the expense of other cities
equally as advantageously located is
not to be denied. In the opinion of a
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission this tendency of concen
tration of population, trade and in
dustry in the cities- made great, in
part at least, by reason 01 transpor
tation favors was frankly decried.
The speaker expressed the opinion
that better morals, better commercial
conditions, greater equity of Opportu
nity, would all be promoted by a
policy that would tend to develop a
great number of industrial towns in
stead of a small number of tremen
dous hives of industry in a few cities.
This particular'member of the Com
mission, in giving an illustration,
said: "A number of years ago the
Southern railroads adopted the policy
of building up trade centers. Rates
were made with this purpose frankly
in view. The rate from Chicago, for
instance, to Atlanta would be less
than the rate from Chicago to a town
100 miles north; the rate from Chica
go to that town north of Atlanta
would be equal to the rate to Atlanta
plus the local rate back to the minor
town.
The Commission held that this
was wrong, but the Supreme Court
sustained the practice, and following
that ruling'the policy of developing
trade centers went forward. As a re
sult industry in the South is much
more concentrated than in the worth,
although tendencies toward concen
tration in the big cities have been
also encouraged in the North.
Now, the first result of this sys
tem is noted in the fact that the car
famine is worse in the South than in
any other section of the country. The
centralizing of traffic in these favored
centers has caused it to outgrow fa
cilities for handling it Recently the
Commission has been notified ot en?-
bargoes on freight from certain West
ern territories, destined to pass
through Atlanta, Savannah, and
Charlotte, N. mat means tnai
the congestiou of freight at those
points had become so great that roads
did not dare take the chance of get
ting any more consignments through
those towns. Like conditions, per
haps not so aggravated, are reported
. ii '
i rom many ooumern iiuiuis.
Take Chicago and Pittsburg, cen
tens of the greatest industrial districts
probably on the continent. It is tes
tified that seven to ten days is re
quired for a "car of freight to get
through the city of Chicago, because
of the tremendous pressure of traffic
upon the limited capacity of the ter
minals there. Other big cities show
conditions hardly less serious. As a
result of freight cars thus being tied
up and standing still, day after day,
on the terminals of big cities, there is
car famine. If this concentration
continues conditions cannot but grow
worse with it
It is not practical to talk about
creating - bigger terminals at these
cities, because there is no room for
them. Prices of realty are practically
prohibitive. To pay such prices
would so immensely increase .the in
vestment in railroads that the rates of
all traffic would have to be increased
in order to make railroads profitable,
That increase would be a tax on the
industry of the whole country. To
what extent such increase would be
necessitated may be judged from a
study of the huge expenditures re
cently made by systems lor new or
extended terminals in Mew York,
Pittsburg, Washington, and other
cities.
"The conditions that have concen
trated business in the great cities are
of course, to considerable extent, ar
tificial. The same power that made
4hceemditiemsctmTOnimiraxetnem.
I would not suggest a policy that
would injure properties in the. big
ritipe T would exoect them to ro on
growing. But I believe an adjust
ment of rates could be '. made that
would; give the smaller cities and
towns a better chance, would check
the tendency of population to congre
gate in the very great cities, - and
would benefit tne whole country,
In fifty years we Will have some
thing like 200,000,000 people in tms
mnntrv. ' At o resent rate of growth.
what will be the population of New
York. Chicago. Philadelphia, St,
Louis,Kansas City, and other big
centers 1 by that time f It is plain
enough that present facilities for
handling business would have to be
completely revolutionized. Great ter
minal systems would nave to oe
built far outside the cities, and even
with that done the question Of get
ting freight to and from factories and
warehouses Inside the business dis
tricts would be complicated, and dif
ficult,
To' diffuse the business throueh-
out the country would solve this
problem by substituting a great num
ber of, terminal and switching facili
ties in smaller places for a huge sys
tem of great cities. It seems to mt
that, while there is probably no pres
ent grant of power under which such
a readjustment of conditions could
be accomplished, and while the ques
tion is today largely academic, it is
none the less one deserving most se
rious thought, in view of the condi
tions wa fcavevoa our hands this win
Btcdataa Heme. .
Stedmav, N. C, , ,
- January 2, 1907.
unrisiuias anu tne holidays were
spent quietly but very pleasantly.
and have passed without accident to
any ot our people.
Miss Eva Parker and brother, 'Mas
ter Tom, of Fayetteville, are visiting
relatives nere.
Misi Martha Simmons, of Mints,
spent Sunday night with Miss Julia
Builard:
Mr. Stacy Maxwell, of Fayetteville,
recently visited relatives here.
Mrs. J. D. Averitt and children vis
ited her sisters here list week.
' Mr. Cornice Parker, of SampBon,
spent Sunday night with his cousin,
Mrs. A. B. Maxwell. .
? Miss Gussie Butler, of Clinton, vis
ited relatives here laRt week.
Miss Lula Stssotus, of Fuquav
Springs, is spending this week at her
home nere. . .
JEtev. J. W. Autry, of Durham, is
visiting relatives and friends here.
Rev. N. M. McDonald and family
moved to the parsonage balurday,
and, to the delight of the circuit, he
pieai- .ed two sermons in Cokesbury
church on Sunday. Those who heard
him were favorably impressed with
Mr. McDonald as a preacher.
Mr. A. F. Builard returned to his
home in Alabama, accompanied by
his brother, Mr. Henry, who will as
sist him in the naval store work
there.
Messrs. Clarence and Marcus Ged-
die returned to Durhamto-day to re
enter Trinltv Colletre. linn
Miss Fannie Builard returned "to
her school in Bladen yesterday.
Prof. Stancel and Miss Mildred
Cunningham, who went away to
spend the holidays, returned Monday
night and reopened school here yes
terday.
Mrs. Mitchell Butler visited her
mother, Mrs. A. B. Mazwcil, last
week.
Miss Rena Geddie visited itlatives
near Fayetteville last week.
Misses Lillian and Ethel S ssoms
spent Sunday with relatives at Van-
der.
Miss Retta Builard will open school
in Cumberland county Monday.
Alter spending the holidays with
their parents, Misses Addie Williams
and Annie Builard returned to Red
Springs to-day, to reenter school
there.
Mr. C. A. Maxwell, who, for some
time has been working in Fayette
ville, returned home last week and
entered school here yesterday.
Best wishes to the Observer.
Gikaldine.
Hope Mills Notes.
Miss Mamie McDonald, of Ashpole,
visited relatives here last Monday.
Miss Mary Sherwood McDonald, of
pring Hope, visited her mother, near
Hope Mills, during the holidays,
Messrs. Will Tyson and Alexander
Davis left here Monday for Raleigh,
to enter King s business College.
Miss Jennette Watson will return
to the female university to-morrow
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Jones, of
Rockingham, made a flying trip to
Hope Mills last Friday.
Miss Parson, of Roseboro, N. C.
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
John Holt, has returned home.
Mr. Will Graham had his bicycle
stolen from his piazza Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hall visited
relatives here Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Davis visited
their brother, Mr. Jim Davis, Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. N. M. McDaniel and
little daughter, Eva May, visited rel
atives in Seventy-First during the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Ray and Miss
Nobles, of Rocky Mount, who have
been visiting Mr. Ray s father, near
here, returned home yesterday, ao
compauied by Mr. Neill Ray.
Miss Minnie Henderson who spent
the holidays with Miss Ida Brown,
has returned home. Miss Ida accom
panied her.
Messrs. John Smith and John
Brown, of this place, left for Rocky
Mount yesterday.
The boys of our town celebrated
Christinas night with fire works in
front of the Company's store. Christ
mas had been very quiet with us up
to this time. Bertha.
Edoala lie
A beautiful home wedding took
place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs
F. N. McMillan December 26th, when
Miss Christian Janette became the
bride of Mr. Van E. Ellis. Miss An
nie, sister of the bride, was maid of
honor. Mr. Ellis, brother of the
groom, was best man. Mr. Ellis is a
popular., young -m am from O re -H-
and Miss Christian is a charming
young lady and has many friends,
The waiters were Mr. John McMillan,
of Florida, and Miss Mary Bell Mc
Millan, from near Parkton; Mr. Lily
Williamson, of Fortress Monroe, and
Miss Ethel Williamson, of Parkton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis left Thursday for
Ore Hilhrwhervthey will make their
future home.
Mr. J. B. Riddle has accepted a po
sition at Parkton at the carpenter's
trade..
Miss Ola Johnson visited relatives
here last week.
Miss Ethel Williamson spent last
week with relativts here.
The public school at Vernon com
menced Monday with Mr. Page as
teacher.
Mr. Lily Williamson has returned
to Fortress Monroe, after spending
Christmas with relatives. -xr
Magnolia.
Your money refunded if after using
three-fourths 00 of a tube of ManZan,
you are dissatisfied. Return the bal
ance of the tube to your druggist, and
your money will be cheerfully refund
ed. Take advantage of this offer. Sold
by McKethan & Co.
Gives vitror. itreneth, vitality to your
nerves, stomach and every part of your
body. It s easy to take; swallow a little
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea; U dots
the bneideas. Tea or Tablets, so cents.
Ask your druggist 1 : .
Oascaiweet. the Ideal medicine for the
little ones. Contains no opiates. Con
forms fully with National Pure Food and
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10, 1907.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Election of Officers Important
Business Resolution as to the
Normal School Changes
in City Charter.
The regular monthly meeting of
the chamber of commerce was held at
8 o'clock in the court-room Thursday
evening, the -following members, with
others, being in attendance : H. Lut-
terloh, R. G. Harrison. E. H.Jen
nings, E. 1, Ktiusburg, C. J. Cooper,
R. L. Holland, B. R.. Huske, H. R.
Home, Charles Haigh, A. K. Dixon,
J. H. Anderson, A. L. McCaskill, Q.
K. Nimocks, J. D. McNeill, H. L.
Cook, I. H. Marsh, J. R. Tolar, W. C.
Newlin, C. S. Russel. Shuford, Wil-
lians, Jones, Upton.
The minutes of the last meeting were
corrected, as to its adjournment to
last evening; and, under the ruling,
the chamber went into the annual
election of officers as follows : Presi
dent, J. D. McNeill; first and second
vice-presidents, Charles Haigh, Jr.,
and J. H. Anderson; secretary and
treasurer, F. R. Rose; directors, Maj
E. J. Hale, J. H. Culbreth, A. H
Slocomb, B. R. Huske, A. E. Dixon
J. J. Malloney, H. R. Home, E. H
Jennings, H. McD. Robinson, H. Lut-
terloh, J. H. Marsh, Jno. R. Tolar.
The reports of committees being
called for, the committee on charter,
consisting of A. L- McCaskill, J. D.
McNeill and H. Lutterloh, submitted
majority and minority reports, the
former advocating the sale of the wa
terworks and electric light systems.
and the paving of the streets with the
proceeds; the miu-tion of the number
of aldermen, with other minor changes
in the charter. The minority report.
while acknowledging that it
mistaken policy to own these utilities
believed that popular sentiment was
again -t disposing of them at present
it concurred in the reduction of alder
men. An interesting discussion fol
lowed, resulting in the passage of
resoluti .11 that a committee if five
members be appointed by the cli iir to
take into consideration any changes
in the city charter which they uiisiht
think desirable; that they hold -neet-
ings at such times and places as they
thought desirable, and at such times
receive suggestions from any citizen
or citizens interested ; that they forinu
late, with the assistance of an attor
ney, a draft of the proposed changes
in the charter, and report to a called
meeting ot the chamber, to receive
the result of their labors, within ten
days from the present time.
Mr. H. L. Cook offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted :
Whereas, The chamber of con
merce of Fayetteville, N. C, have
huown Prof. E. E. Smith, Principal
of the Colored Normal School, for
number of years, and feel assured that
hrR-f)riooipal of 8a-rd -3crroor,-has '
done a good work in training teach
ers for the colored public schools of
this section, a number of the pupils
of this school having been employed
in other industries, such as farming,
domestic service and mechanical en
terprises, nearly every colored boy
and girl that has received training in
this school a reasonable length of time
having done well and made useful,
quiet, law abiding citizens;
Therefore, as members of the cham
ber ot commerce and as citizens, we
respectfully request the legislature to
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An Abundance of Fruit
of highest quality, finely colored land flavored, is the direct result of supply
ing a complete fertiliser containing from 7 to 13 per cent, of " -
POTASH
to the tree, vine or bush.
"Plant Food" is a book well
growers We will gjadly mail It to
QERMAN
New Vork-93 Nassau Street,
NEW SERIES
on the Farm
continue the appropriation, and in
crease the same to such an amount as
the local board of directors may deem
necessary for the better work and
quipment of the school.
We hereby request the stcretary of
this chamber of commc-tce to com
municate this action to the State
Board of Education and th-Committee
on Appropriations of the General
Assembly.
The secretary rrad a circular letter
from Maj. E. J. Hale, asking for a
com., lbution from the chamber to the
splendid work which the Rivers and
Harbors Congress is doing to promote
liberal appropriation from the 11a
tional Congress for the water-ways of
the United States. On motion,
committee, consisting of Capt. J. I).
McNeill, Charles Haigh, Jr., J. II,
Anderson, and F. R. Rose, was ap
pointed to raise the chamber s quota
of this necessary expense, by applica
tion to members, other citizens, and
the city and county authorities. Maj
Hale was requested to co-operate with
this committee. 1
The treasurer made his report; and
the committee, ponsisting of J. 11
Anderson, H. McD. Robinson and E
L, Remsburg, reported that they had
gone carefully over the treasurer'
books and vouchers, and found them
correct.
REPUBLICAN ATTACK ON THE PRESI
DENT.
A Washington teleram says:
It is anticipated that the reconve
ning of Congress will mark the be
ginning ot a concerted attack upon
President Roosevelt by Republicans
in both tne House ana tne benate
Men who have the disposition to fijilit
the Administration have been talking
much among themselves on the sub
ject with considerable show of brave
ry, the example ot 1-oraker being be
fore them and the opportunity for ac
tion not being immediately at hand
The impression given is that "this
time" Mr. Roosevelt will not be per
mitted to escape It would be very
surprising, however, if this bravery
should last until the hour for action
shall arrive. The present expecta
tion is not likely to be Jully realized
Those who come out in the open for
a fight on the floor of either house of
Congress will be lew. It Mr. Roose
velt were a candidate for re-election
the fight would be made with consid
erable vigor by enough Republicans
to give character to the attack. But
while some are in doubt, many have
become convinced that he is not
candidate and that what they have to
count on is his influence in naming
the candidate.
A Western Wonder.
There's a Hill at Bowie, Tex., that's
twice as big as last year. Tnis won
der is W. L. Hill, who from l weight
of 90 pounds has grown to over 180.
He says: "I suffered with a terrible
cough, and doctors gave me up to die
of Consumption. I was reduced to
90 pounds, when I began taking Dr.
Kiug's New Discovery for Consump
tion, Coughs and Colds. Now, after
taking 12 bottles, I have more than
doubled in weight and am complete
ly cured. '"OnlysvejCougkaad..
Cold lure Guaranteed by B. E. Sed
berry's Sons, druggists. sc- and
f 1.00. Trial bottle free.
Two days treatment free. Ring's
Dyspepsia Tablets for impaired diges
tion, impure breath, perfect assimu
lation of food, increased appetiteJDo
not fail.to avail yourself of the above
offer. Sold by McKethan & Co.
Oocn
the bowels DeWitt'B Little
Early Risers are recommended and sold
by Armfleld & Greenwood,
1
worth a place In the library of any fruit
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... Fayetteville, N. 0.
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(Next door to PostofficeJ .
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0. O. SOUDERS .... Proprietor.
-We Hope leu Had A
Merry 'Xmas
one and all.
Now We Want to Wish Von A
Happy New Year
and abundant
prosperity and joy for
1907.
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