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. ! 4 V ;'' t t1 ! " If - ; I f . il i f ' ' !il (I 'J'! J! f- V :: 1 11 .. I i i. ' U i !. r. t sjj t. ? : "--if V 1 -K- ci si a av t 1 . ! V . ; J j ' a' i : I 5 : . I f ) T UE OBSERVER rAYerreviLLE, n. c. THURSDAY, MAT , 1907. I. J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. E. J. HALE, Jr, Business Msnager. the bonded debt of the United states. The United 8tates Bonded Debt is summarized as follows: On the first of April the amount still outstanding on the (our per cent Gov ernment bonds maturing on the first of July was a little over (100,000,000. A day or two later the Secretary of the Treasury made an offer to refund 150,000,000 of these in two per cent consols of 1903, on an Income basis of t per cent, and this offer has al ready been accepted to the extent of $40,000,000. There seems to be no doubt that the full amount will be re funded. There was also an offer to re deem in advance $25,000,000 of these obligations, principal and interest to maturity, and as this has been accept ed to the extent of $23,600,000, that process is also likely to be completed, leaving only about $25,000,000 to be paid at maturity. On the first of July this four per cent issue will be wiped out There Is still outstanding the four per cent loan of 1925 to the amount ef $118,489,900. These bonds command a premium of about 30 per cent Of the three per cent loan payable at the option of the Government next year, and finally redeemable in 1918, there Is $63,945,460 outstanding. Apart from these two amounts, aggregating $182,43560, the bonded debt of the Government'' will be on a two per cent basis after July 1. On the first of April there was outstanding of the twos of 1930 $595,942,350, and the re funding of maturing fours will add $50,000,000 to this, making the total, o45,942,J50. Adding to this 30,00u.- 000 of two per cent Panamas, 191646, we have $675,942,350 as the total bond ed debt next July, apart from $182, 435,360 of the threes and fours already mentioned, or $858,377,710 in all. PLACES IN RICHMOND WORTH VISITING. In lew of the approaching Confed erate Reunion in Richmond, the fol lowing list of places of interest in the Yirgjnian and ex-Confederate capital, is worth preserving by those who con template going there on the 30th of this month: . State Capitol, originally designed by Jefferson. State Library Building, Capitol S.dn. Old Bell Tower, Capitol Square. Jefferson Davis Mansion, Twelfth and Clay streets. Governor's Mansion, Capitol Square; Colonial structure, built in 1815. Old Stone House, Main near Nine teenth; built in the eighteenth cen tury. First Kindergarten In America, Broad, near Twelfth street John Marshall Mansion, Ninth and Marshall streets. Residence of Robert E. Lee, now oc cupied by the Virginia Historical So ciety. First Masonic Temple in America, Franklin, near Nineteenth. Van Lew Mansion, Grace, near Twenty-third. . St John's CHurch, one of the most historic spots in America; Twenty fourth and Broad. Confederate Soldiers' Home, west of city. City Hall. Broad and Tenth. Monumental Episcopal Church, scene of the famous theatre holocaust. Broad, near Fourteenth. Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Lau rel street and Park avenue. Crawford's equestrian statue of ' Washington, in Capitol Square. Statne of "Stonewall" Jackson, in Capitol Square. Statue of Henry Clay In Capitol Square. Houdon's statue of Washington, In State Capitol; most celebrated piece of statuary In the city. Mender's majestic equestrian statne of Robert EL Lee, Franklin street and Allen avenue. Soldiers' and Bailors Monument, Twenty-ninth and Main streets. ' Equestrian bronse statue of J. E. B. Stuart, great cavalry commander, Monument avenue. Battue of A. P. H1U, Hermitage Road, near city. -StatiiexaTfieneralWUllaiB C. wick- ; ham, Monroe Square. Jefferson Davis' grave, Hollywood Cemetery. v Jefferson Davis Memorial, Franklin and Cedar streeta, George EL Pickett Monument in Hollywood. 5 : . - - Hollywood Cemetery, with graves of 15,000 Confederate soldiers, tombs of : Presidents Monroe and Tyler, Presi- dent Davis, Commodore Maury, Gener . als Fitxhugh Lee, Stuart, Pickett, Wise, William Smith, and many others. . Oakwood , Cemetery, where 16,000 Confederate soldiers lie buried.' THE BEGINNING OP THE MODERN WARSHIP. ' '; The Jamestown Exposition has' re vived the memory of the fight between the "Virginia" and the "Monitor" at '. the beginning of the war of 1861-6, be cause it was In the adjacent waters that the engagement took place. Two ' popular errors concerning it nave gained . foothold one that the Confederate vessel (the Virgins) was - clad with I railroad Iron; and the other that she was sunk by ' her adversary. The 1 Richmond Times-Dispatch, of yesterday, reviews a booklet lust issued by Mr. Joseph Flveash, of Norfolk, "a trained news- - paper man" who was an eys witness of - the light, In a tatwt Interesting way. Instead of the crude device of an armor of railroad iron. It appears that plates rolled at the Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond were designed and prepared beforehand and fitted to the novel craft It is another Illus tration of the superior genius for war which the South, though handicapped by Its slender population and re stmrocn, exhibited from Bethel to Ap .pmiiaUoK. -- . i .. , ... . " Sujg our Virginia .contemporary;,: The First Ironclads. . Th famous fight between the Iron clads Virginia and Monitor possess a peculiar interest just now. Many de scriptions of the Virginia have been written and many accounts of the bat tle have been related, but in every case errors have crept in. At last we have a narrative which Is probably the nearest to accuracy of any that, has proceeded from any source. It is from the pen of Mr. Joseph G. Flveash, of Norfolk, a trained newspaper man, who was living In Norfolk at the time, and he says that with few exceptions "the writer witnessed every movement that Is depleted." In addition to his personal knowledge, he has carefully searched the official records, and sub stantiates by them practically every statement that he makes: The booklet which he has published Is gotten up in the best style of the printer's art and contains a number of half-tone engravings, illustrating the Virginia's career, together with por traits of the 'Confederates who planned, constructed and manned the Virginia. We have no space to give even an outline of the engagement as related by Mr. Flveash, but in order to set st rest some important points in dis pute, we reproduce in full his descrip tion of the Virginia. He says: "The Virginia was 262 feet, 9 Inches long and drew 22 feet when ready for action. Her shield was 167 feet, 7 Inches in length, and was covered with two layers of iron that were rolled at the Tredegar Iron Works in Rich mond. The plates were eight inches wide, two Inches thick and about twenty feet long. Their capacity for resistance was tested by Lieutenant John M. Brooke, of the Ordnance De partment at Richmond. The first lay er ran fore and aft and the top layer wag placed up and down. The timber backing was twenty-two Inches thick, and the Iron armor four inches. Her shutters were of hammered iron, four inches thick, and her pilot houses were of cast iron twelve Inches thick, with four holes each for observation. They were placed each end of the shield. The pitch of the gun deck was seven feet and the iron grating above forming a deck, was two Inches thick. There, were three hatchways in the top of the grating, with pivot shut ters. She carried two seven-inch rifled pivot guns, one at the bow and the other at the stern, and eight nine inch Dahlgren guns, four on each side. Two of the latter were disabled during the first day's fight by a shell coming into the port-holes, and they were re placed later by two six-inch rifled guns. The port-holes of her bow and stern guns (six in all, three at each end of the shield) were protected by shutters on the 8th and 9th of March. The other port-holes, eight in number, were not" This clears up the popular error that the Virginia was clad with rail road iron. It is a fact however, that before she went into the engagement her plates were generously coated with tallow, which caused the shells merci lessly fired at her to glance off as they struck. Mr. Flveash also establishes the fact that after the Monitor had once met the Virginia, she refused to accept the Virginia's challenge for a second engagement He recalls that after the battle of March 9th the Virginia re turned to the navy yard at Portsmouth somewhat the worse for her experi ence, but by no means disabled. Re pairs were made, after which she was in far better condition than when she went to war. On May 8th. after it had been decided to evacuate Norfolk, a squadron, composed of the ironclads Muuitor and Nangatuok, gunboats Sem inole and Dakotah, and sloops of war Susquehanna and 8o Jacinto, began to bombard the batteries at Sewell's Point where the Exposition is now be ing held. The Virginia at once started to Hampton Roads to give battle. When she reached Craney Island, whre there is a bend in the river, and came into view of the six Fed eral vessels named, they all took to their heels and ran to Old Point where they nestled under the protection of the fort The historical accuracy of this statement says the author, can be verified by referring to a telegram from Commodore Goldsborough to President Lincoln; to the togs of the Federal vessels, to reports of Captain John P. Glilis, of the Seminole, and Lieutenant Constable, of the steamer A. E. Evans, and to other documentary evidence. ' He also recalls that a few years after the war Congress was asked to pay prize money to Captain Worden and cjew, of the Monltdr, "for their services in destroying the Virginia." The whole subject of the Virginia's operations was then carefully Investi gated by the House Committee on Naval Affairs, and on May 31. 1884, Mr. Ballentlne, for the committee, sub mitted a report rejecting the claim, on the ground that "all evidence leads as clearly to the opinion that the Moni tor, after her engagement with the Merrlmac (Virginia) on the th of March, dclined again to engage her, although offered opportunity, and that so great doubt existed with the United States naval and military authorities as to the power of the Monitor to suc cessfully meet the Merimac that or ders were given her commander by the President not to bring on an en gagement" "It also appears," said the report that the Merrlmac, so far TroarDeing seriously injured, was en- abled after the engagement to protect the approaches to Norfolk and Rich mond until after the evacuation." The report further states the fact that the Virginia was afterwards destroyed by her own officers and crew, to prevent her from falling into the hands of the enemy, ' ' Mr. Flveash has made a valuable contribution to history, and will re ceive the thanks of all men who want the truth. . . --'.-.' ,- "A DISGRACEFUL PRACTICE." The Wilmington Messenger quotes from the Winston Sentinel the fol lowing; ;-' - ' ' ' - . . . I "We have called attention several times to the method la pretty general nse in various cities of allowing law breakers of a certain class, especially worthless vagrants, to go free on con dition that they leave town. It seems to us that this thing of thus shifting the burden to other communities Is not right and the tendency In this di rection should be checked. If a per son commits a crime In a town and is not able to pay a fine, and If Imprison ing him. will only have the effect of entailing extra expense. It Is still the duty of the town in which the, man Is arrested to handle the case and not to transfer the undesirable citlxen to some other town to give trouble there because it Is easier." Tha nrM ten 1 w believe, all too common, and the Messenger com ments Justly in these words upon the Sentinel's article: - "We endorse the Sentinel's views. We have always opposed the practice followed In many tows of this State, and, we suppose, of other States also, of shifting vagrants and other crimin als Into other communities. It is not fair to the other towns and It Is not obeying the law to do so. The law re quires that when a crime is committed the guilty party shall be punished.' It Is a violation of law tor a court not only to permit, bnt to force a crim inal to prey upon some other commun ity. If a man is a vagrant In one town it does not stop the vagrancy to force him to move on to the next town. The vagrant does not mind being told to move on. He would as lief be is one place as another. Were this prac tice made general the law against va grancy would become a dead letter and the country would be full of tramps moving from one place to an other, and .conditions would become much worse than they are now. Peo ple of the rural districts, where there Is no police protection, would become frequent victims of this army of tramping vagabonds. The proiier thing to do is for the courts to stop the practice and make no more compro mises with vagrants In order to save the trouble and cost of punishing them." THE LAND OF THE BLESSED APPARENTLY. Now here is something to make one open his eyes. Indeed, In the days of high cost of living. The Alexandria, Virginia, Gaxette says: While the people of Alexandria are paying 40 cents for butter, 20 tor eggs and 16 for chickens, it la aggravating to read in the Winchester papers that fresh country butter is being sold there at 20 cents, eggs at 14 and chick ens at 10. Some of Alexandria's en terprising merchants might buy In Winchester and sell here at a hand some profit even after making a mark ed cut in present prices. Ten cents tor chickens! And yet when you come to think of it it the transportation facilities of some places enable the country people to get more than 10 cents for chickens and 14 cents tor eggs In the loca mar ket it comes back to the community In the end In a higher level for all prices. TRICKS OF THE CLEVELANDITES THE FATE OF THE REPUB LICTHE DUTY OF DEMOCRATS. A Washington telegram to the Richmond Times Dispatch says: From reliable Democratic sources it is learned that efforts are being made to Induce Grover Cleveland to become a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for the Presidency in 1908. Some of the most powerful financial Interests in New Tork City are back of this movement In it are Included almost as many Republicans as Democrats. The idea is to put Cleveland forward in the hope of elim inating Bryanism and Hears tism and to secure the support of the conserva tives of both parties." The information contained In this telegram to the anti-Bryan Times-Dispatch expains the policy of the Cleve land! te papers during the past year, .t was not difficult to discover their purpose in 1896 and 1900, when they assumed the privilege of aui.us uie Democratic party and of supyviuu at the same time the Repuuiuui woset But after Parker's ovfcrneunuii, de feat in 1904, It never occurred i a really "sane" Democrat uuii uium tao tional disturbers of ioj- a ISO could have "the gall" tu nuuuie the role of Democratic adviav, Vne Times-Dispatch's staff correaauui, quoted above, shows how linbtMM . the capacity of the ClevelandlUa tui reaching "the limit" Cleveland, then, is the favored one tor whom the "Southern-candidate" gil lies have been beating the bushes; the object of Mr. Joun Temple Graves's apparently silly proposition that Bryan nominate House velt is ex plained; and the meaning becomes clear of that funny extract which we quoted last week from the Washing ton letter printed by a number ot uu unsospecung ueuiuviauc wuieuipor ar.erf, ana nidi predicted itooseveitit support of ioau uuder certain uitc lj contingencies. One of the propositions ot tne Dem ocracy in 1896 and 1898 was that, inasmuch as the Republicans were tu the plurality In the country at large, the Democrats could only win by se curing a united effort against the Re publicans of all who opposed that party. When the populists accepted the Democratic candidate In 1896, the combined vote ot these two anti-Republican' elements elected Bryan that Is to say, they gave Bryan the ma jority of votes (just as Tilden received a majority In 1876), but were cheated out of their victory by bribed election officials (Just as Tilden was). The 8panlsh-war diversion In 1898, aided by the ridicule ot the purchased press, Itrrtfntfrl fnrthnr no operation, and It la probable that Bryan did not receive a majority of votes la 1900. The effort now' la to combine under Cleveland all the cohorts of predatory wealth. In soch event, the Democrats would be Insane not to accept the aid of all the elements who suffer at the hands of predatory wealth. If offered upon a Democratic platform State Rights, Anti-Imperialism, Railroad Con trol, Tariff-for-Revenne-Only, Restric tion to Their Constitutional Limits of the Several Departments of the Gov ernment and all the other tlmfrhon ored tenets of the Democratic party and their legitimate application to the politics of the day. ' , The excellent Florence (8. C.) Times reminds ns of the things said above by the following editorial note la Its Issue of yesterday: . "Mr. Bryan is oat for allies In the coming campaign and Mr. Bryan has a long head. He has recommended that Mr, Hearst and his Independence League be accepted as allies by the Democratic party whether Mr. Hearst Is sure of his Democracy or not We have for some years past been trying to make allies out of the disaffected In the Republican party and we could do ourselves no violence by trying to Win support from those who might dif fer somewhat from our -views In the other direction. The Independence League, as were the old Populists and other stripes of politics, are going very much more nearly in the direction that we, ourselves go. Had not the bull headed ness of some of the Democratic leaders driven from the Democratic party the support that' the Populists might have given us, we would not now be In the grasp of the Republican party as we are. So long as Democ racy stands for Its original principles, JetvWhoever will fight under its ban ner. Mr. Bryan Is SometWnrTJf diplomat" :. .. . We have not seen the recommen dation by Mr. Bryan referred to by our Democratic South Carolinian con temporary; but we have no doubt Mr. Bryan Is correctly quoted' by It Altogether, It looks as if the re alignment which. the resources ot con centrated wealth have so long pre vented. Is about to take place. It so, the campaign of 1908 will be a battle royal In which the fate of the Re public may be decided. Since writing the above, we find that the leading article In the last Is sue ot ''The Commoner" expresses the sentiments attributed to Mr. Bryan by our Florence contemporary. All Dem ocrats wtll applaud those Bentlmenta as all the Clevelandites will decry them. Here la The Commoner's article: Mr. Hearst's New Party. ' Attention has already been called to Mr. Hearst's New York speech on the evening ot April 13, in which he ex pressed dissatisfaction with existing parties and his determination to organ ize a new party through the Instru mentality of the Independence League. That Mr. Hearst means well will be admitted, but there will be a differ: ence ot opinion as to the wisdom of his action. In joining a party a man naturally asks two questions: First, what does the party stand for? And second, what chance has the party ot accomplishing its purpose? The sec ond question is scarcely less important than the first tor unless a party has a prospect of putting its principles Into law It strives in vain, and be cause It strives in vain it does not appeal to the people. Of course, a party may do educa tional work without dominate the Government, and all parties, however small, do educational work, but the great majority ot the. voters prefer to 'see results rather than to do pioneer work. Mr. Hearst complains that the Democratic party Is not har-monious--that is true. . But unfortu nately there is no chance ot securing solute harmony in any party of any sixe. If a party has aa many as two members the conservative and radical elements will appear. . Even where all agree In principles there will be differ ences of opinion as to methods and such differences cause almost as much trouble as differences in principle. The Republican party seemed to be a united party when it came into power In 1861 and yet before Lincoln had been In office three years the radical element of the party thought him too conservative; and before eight years elapsed a Republican Congress tried to impeach a Republican President The Independence League must grow in order to exert a great influ ence and it can not draw to itself any considerable number ot thinking men without becoming a debating society. Whether the new party is really needed is a matter which time alone can decide. Mr. Hearst has a large personal following and his papers ex ert a marked influence! He has left the Democratic party because he has lost faith in its power to secure re forms and the Independence League will offer a political home to those who despair of relief through, either the Democratic or Republican parties, but It cannot hope to attract those Democrats who still believe that the Democratic party can be made an ef fective Instrument in the hands of the people for the securing ot remedial .eolation; neither can It expect to aianct reform Republicans unless Uii-de Republicans believe that the In dependence" League can bring reform sooner tana the Democrats can. The Commoner has Faith in the Democratic party not in its Infallibil ity or in ita freedom from mistakes, but in the patriotic purpose of the rank and file ot the party and in the prospect ot early victory for that party. The Democratic party has made mistakes what party has not? but to-day it stands for positive and progressive Democracy and In 1908 ita platform, its candidates and its or ganization will be such as to appeal to the conscience and judgment of the" reform element of the country. If uio iftmiucrauc party ignores its great est opportunity and disappoints loyal Democrats the Independence League wlil grow rapidly, but if the Democ racy does what It ought to do and The Commoner believes that it will the members ot the Independence League are likely to be found support ing the Democratic ticket Just as the members of the Populist party support ed the Democratic ticket in 1896 and 1900. -.- .- 1; - - - In the meantime the Democratic papers should treat Mr. Hearst and his new party as an ally rather than as an enemy. We are going In the same direction even though we march under different banners, and there ought to be no quarrel so long as we are trying to "cast out devils," al though we invoke the name of Democ racy while Mr. Hearst and his asso ciates invoke the name of the Inde pendence League. , CURIOUS, BUT PREVAILING OUT COME OF "DEMOCRACY." It was well known, before the war, t lEarNorthemerr who -essayed .ths xole of Southern planters were the hardest task-masters. Analogously, the treat ment of the East Indians by the Brit ishbad as it is shines by com parison with our treatment of the Filipinos. .. We find the' following in the staff correspondence of one of our large dallies fro the Jamestown Exposition. A lot of deserters. It seems, from one of the British warships had stolen a launch from the United States war ship,Mlssouri. while the Missouri's .of ficers were entertaining the British officers at a dance at Chamberlln's ho tel at Old Point The deserter's beach ed the launch and made good their flight -. .:.,..,., 0' i Says tBe correspondent: ' " v "Last night while the officers of all the fleet were attending the Army and Navy League ball at the Chamberlin at Old Point sixteen English sailors from the Roxburgh, stole a cutter from the ' battleship Missouri and made for shore, landing on the beach just In front of the Virginia State Building, where the cutter was hauled on the sand and left The satlormen caught the last car from the Exposi tion Grounds for Norfolk, where they faded away and could not be found de spite the endeavor of the ' seaside sleuths. - This morning a cutter from the :Roxt)nrghrTme-8shore,andln spit -of .low - water, succeeded In launching the stolen boat There were some forty1 sailors in the party nnder command of an ensign, and the whole crowd plunged Into four feet ot water and worked like beavers. Later, an American boat joined the rescue work, but It was noticeable that while the English officer stood In the water with his men, the American officer remained high and dry In his boat", , ::. Theedee wlU-.baerva..ihatwe have enclosed the word, democracy" in the caption In quotation marks a course which the truth requires when dealing with ihe prevalent habit of cloaking sin in that righteous liv ery.: . v . MR. MALLOY AND THE CHILDREN OF THE CAMPBELLTON G.RADEN SCHOOL. , Mr. Editor: i; A '.I. V ';; T. By request, the writer' attended some very interesting exercises' at the Campbellton branch of the Graded School, held last Friday. First their were a number ot songs by the school, then a very interesting talk by Mr. Wiley B. Malloy. Mr. Malloy was in troduced to the school by Mr. W. L. Hawley, who spoke ot htm as the friend ot children in general and of the Campbellton children in particu lar. Mr. Malloy made one of his in imitable talks. ; His theme was the Importance of education especially la this day and time ot progress . and competition. His lecture was full of wisdom interspersed wth quiet hu mor and words of kindly interest in the welfare of his audience. At the conclusion of his remarks the band of children sang "Dixie," led by. their teachers, Mrs. Bruce and Miss Mar garet McLean. Would that the Daugh ters ot the Confederacy and our vet erans could have heard them sing this battle song ot the South. They sang It with the swing and fire with which the children sang It in war time. They sang with their hearts as well as their voices. The writer has heard "Dixie" many times, but never has he heard it sung with more ot true sentiment and loving expression than it was Bung by these children on this occa sion. It was something to be proud of, and he thanked and. congratulated them tor this beautiful evidence of their love tor "Dixie Land" and the song ot the South. H. The Lumbsrton Monument Unveiling. The following notiee has been Issued by the Lumberton Monument Associa tion: A beautiful granite monument over forty-one feet in height has just been erected on the Court House Square at Lumberton to the memory ot the Con federate soldiers ot Robeson county. It is the largest and perhaps the. most cosily monument In the State. On Fri day, May the 10th, this monument will be unveiled and dedicated with appro priate ceremonies. Governor R. B. Glenn will deliver the principal ad dress, and other speeches will be made by Colonel William Lamb and other distinguished veterans. Two Companies of Military and two brass bands, a number of beautiful floats, a thousand Confederate veter ans in line will be some of the at tractive features of the. day's pro gramme. Reduced rates have been secured and convenient schedules will be main tained'. It is hoped that a large crowd from the adjoining counties will be present A. W. McLEAN, Chairman Committee on Programme. George B. McLeod, Secretary. This to be an eventful day in the history of Robeson, and it is expected that It will be the greatest occasion that has ever taken place in the county. How to Rach the Jamestown. Exposi tion Grounds. The Jamestown Exposition was open ed April 26th and will close November 30, 1907, . It is held in commemoration of the first permanent English settle ment In America in the year 1607. Location. The Exposition Grounds are located on Hampton Roads near the mouth of the Elizabeth river, about seven miles from Norfolk,' Va., via Electric Rail way, five miles from Old Point Com fort via steam ferry, eight miles from Newport News via steam ferry. Accommodatlqn. Strangers visiting the Exposition Grounds are not confined to the ho tels of any one community, bnt may find accommodations at the Inside Inn on the Exposition Grounds', and other hotels nearby, also the Ocean View ho tel and Willoughby Beach hotel, and other hotels and boarding houses at and near Ocean View, hotels and boarding houses in Norfolk, Ports mouth, Newport News, Hampton, Old Point Comfort, Virginia Beach and Cape Henry, all of which may be reached by electric cars or steam fer rys. ' ; ; - Tranportatlon. The Norfolk and Portsmouth Trac tion Company has an electric railway system of 130 miles and a fleet of nine steam ferry boats. , From Norfolk the grounds are reach ed direct by four tracks two double track lines on each of which will be operated cars to and from the grounds every 2 minutes and more frequently when necessary. From Newport NewsMo-theJipftJ sltlon there will be two steam ferry lines, one of which will be operated by the Norfolk and Portsmouth Trac tion Company. - - , From Old Point Comfort the Norfolk and Portsmouth : Traction Company will operate ferries ' connecting - with the grounds at frequent intervals. - - ' In addition to the ample and exten sive transportation facilities offered by the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company, many other boats will ply between the grounds and Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News and Old Point Comfort and there need be. no fear ot Inadequate facilities. Probab ly .no Exposition heretofore held has been better equipped with transporta tion facilities.. The Norfolk and Ports mouth Traction . Company will take yon up on any part of of its 130 mile system and convey yon to the grounds, either by one of Its two double track lines or by one of Its steam ferries. Dr. McNeill Withdrew. I . Df. Jr W. McNeill, wh was recently nominated as a candidate tor mayor of Hope Mills, withdrew, as he Was ad vised by attorneys that he could not hold the office of mayor and be a mem ber of the legislature at the same, time. This necessitated a second pri mary which was held Friday night. There were two candidates before the primary, Mr. I. A. Bynum and Mr, Z, B. Newton. The former jeceived 75 votes and the latter 24. Mr. Bynum was declared the nominee. Tn ! tlon will take place to-morrow. LETTER FROM MI8SI88IPPI. Saucier. Miss, April, 1907. Mr. Editor: Please allow the "old Tarheol" a little space. - W are having very cold and rainy weather for April and expect crops to be somewhat damaged. Mrs. T. S. Conrly has gdie on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Cole, of New Orleans, La., Mr. J. Q. Culbreth has gone to Gulf port and Btloxl on business. Messrs. J. G. Culbreth and R. 8. Enttmlnger attended the K. of P. Lodge in McHenry Thursday night Misses Cornle and Annie Culbreth spent last week at their brother's at Elarbee's still. Mr. H. S. Entsmlnger spent week be fore last visiting friends In Suansboro and Atlanta, Ga., also in Florida. Mr. D. E. Smith, of McHenry, vis ited friends at EnUmlnger's still some days ago. - . Mrs. T. M. Melvln was the guest ot Mrs. McK. Culbreth, at EnUmlnger's still some time ago. Mr. R. 8. Entzminger visited friends at Wool Market, Miss., last Sunday. Mrs. T. 8. Conerly spent a day with friends in Saucier, last week. Misses Cornle and Annie Culbreth were In town last week buying up a supply of millinery goods. Mrs. Foster Thompson, of McHenry, Is still visiting relatives in Michigan. The Mississippi "Tarheel" extends her hearty congratulations to Mr. A. B. Carter, In the happy event of Ills marriage, and wishes for him a long happy and useful life. Miss Pearl Culbreth was In McHen ry some days ago on a shopping tour. With best wishes to The Observer and readers and editor. HOPE MILL8, R. F. D. No. 2. We are sorry to notice the death of Mrs. William Lee, which occurred at H6pe Mills, April 17. Mrs. Lee was a member ot Hope - Mills . Baptist church. She leaves a husband, three daughters and two sons to mourn her departure. Tne relatives nave tne sin cere sympathy of all. Rev. P. N. Cash-well has been call ed to the pastorate of Mt Plsgah Bap tist church to succeed Rev. A. E. C. Pitman, who has been called to an other field. - Farmers seem to be progressing nicely since the beautiful spring weather has come. Professor Bagget, of Bule's Creek, lectured at Vernon school April 26. His lecture was much enjoyed by those present Rev. T. J. Baker filled his regular appointment at Hope Mills Sunday night, April 28. His sermons are al ways good and full of Gospel truth. The farmers regret to state the the peach crop has been totally destroyed by the recent cold. . LAKELAND, FLORIDA. Editor of The Observer: Thinking that it would be of Inter est to at least some of your many readers, I have got the consent of my mind tq give a short sketch of my journey from Fayettevllle to soutn Florida. Well, I had quite a nice trip, nothing happening of great importance except the wreck of a freight train, which de layed us seven hours in Charleston, and while some of -the passengers were quite nervous, I felt fairly well satisfied. We arrived at 12 o'clock at night and left at 7 in the morning, which gave us a birds-eye view of the outskirts of the place that would have been missed, also a day run through the country, which gave us an op portunity to see what sort of country we were in. However, I reached Lake land, my destination O. K. and found everything moving onward and up ward as far as the town Is concerned. Several new stores are under way a great many new residences complet ed and scores soon to be completed. Lakeland is moving as rapidly as any town that I know of. While the dry weather has been greatly against trucking, there is plenty for home con sumption, and some to ship. Cucum bers, squashes, beans and any vegeta ble generally grown In the garden, are plentiful in the market and on the east coast, where the drouth did not affect the truckers, large shipments of tomatoes and other garden produce have been going on for quite awhile. I can see from my window, corn in slllc and tassle, and in a few days we will be enjoying roasting ears. The strawberries and. English peas are all shipped, and other produce Is planted in tne ground it occupied. - My best wishes to The Observer and staff, and my native home. As ever, LITTLE IRISH. Lakeland, Fla., April, 1907. t ' " " 1 Mr. Tolar Memorial Day Orator. The Ladles' Confederate Memorial Association have Invited Mr. John R. Tolar, to deliver the Memorial address on the Tenth of May. Mr. Tolar has accepted despite the short notice giv en him occasioned by the fact that Prof. Henry Shepherd, who was first invited, found it impossible to be here, The selection of Mr. Tolar is an ad mirable one, and his address will be looked forward tojrlOLgreat pleasure by everyone. ' When your back aches It is almosl Invariably an indication that some ting la wrong with your kidneys. De- witrs Kidney afid-Bladder-Pills-afc ford prompt relief for weak kidneys, backache, inflammation ot the bladder and all urinary troubles. Sold by Arm field Sc. Greenwood. snd ths i-TMtMt qatratitletof every growing thing can readily b pro dnetd with the liberal oseof Virginia Sirollna Fertlliwtri, together with careful cultivation. The materialist which thejara mde, ohh tbem to to rich tha landana ths plant to oonur op tapkUy and mors prollflo. - Cia VlrtttriaCaMllaa Fertilizers on your (rulta and fruit-tree of all kinds, oorn, wheat and all truoka tot, at harveat time, too will hare the Ureat (for tbeae will "lnoreaae jour yield per aore") and flneat, orop yon evef rained In all rour farm We. Don't bay the Inferior eubttltute that arty f ertl I laer went may try to per- Hue you hi put on rour laoa. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CKEM1C1L CO IMaaet, ta,Vrrf.lk, Va, talis, I, J, V te biuvX St. KoiifoaurL ilw. 4 m, faaa. Itinin, 1. " 2"' arease" . Ter Acre 7 IfhTLESTofmrytliiDg : I W if ' 6ALMAQUNDI'8 COMMENTS. Mr. Editor: , . We noted in your last paper the re port of th execution of TomWalker, his preparation for meeting death; his expressed confidence in future bliss; his assertion that drinking whisky and smoking cigarettes "put me here on the scaffold." Was that the truth? Think deep, reader, before you answer In the affirmative. He paid the pen alty for violating the Sixth Command ment. He dlsregaredd Paul's exhorta tion, be ye therefore temperate In all things. He was Bald to be violating a town law, an unwise law we think it was, but It was law Just the same, and again the great Apostle is on time, the laws of Rome were for all who dwelt In Rome. The way of the trans gressor is another great truth. No man, we hope, has ever lived in vain. Reader, learn a lesson and heed It, from Tom Walker's career. His con duct and the fate that befell him should be a brand new pointer to the reckless living to take their bearings and shun the breakers that have wrecked many a bonny boat. His soul may have entered Into rest, but walling widows and orphans mark his path In tills life. Oo not thou and do likewise, If Tom Walker's prayer reached and prevailed at the Great White Throne of grace and pardon, we hope that our entreaty will touch your hearts and jog your brain and that the light of right reason may illumine your future course. We should 16am a lesson from the murky clouds that lower and from every stormy wind that blows and every sunbeam we glimpse should fill our hearts with gladness. Some may say much ado about a dead negro, but he had a never dying soul at stake. Reader, Is that more or less than we and you all. All must be measured by" a Just God's level. A traveler of renown said to us once, I have deciphered the hlerogllph les on monuments In Old Egypt, but none made such an Impression as the words engraved on a plain shaft In a country graveyard, to-wlt: "As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you will one day be." The laws of nature are Inexorable, un changeable and all must bow down to the Inevitable, no difference how grand, how noble or how self esteemed. Adamant will crumble to dust. Oh, how thankful we should be to the Giver of all good for His bountiful providence. If the poor laboring man who tolls for the pittance of one dol lar a day, and his employer complain ing of the high prices of labor, was forced to board at Newport among the four hundred, or even at the Carolina Hotel at Plnehurst, It would require ten days' wages to pay for one day's board and lodging. And yet It Is said that the proprietor of an Investment ot two millions in this business pays only twenty-five hundred dollars an nually to the State and county for the privilege and protection of this mod ern Babylon, and It is Bald all this had its origin in a patent right to manufac ture and lease what is known as a soda fountain. Has that patent been a benefit or an injury to the masses of mankind? What are the ingredients of the beverage known as soda water? Is there anything in it that promotes the health of those who indulge? Does it strengthen the mental or physical powers;, uueg u proiuug iub ur snort- evil ni$ht lon5 f n toothache neuredoMcv. or i cumectism Sloeovis Liivinveivt kills the pain quiets the nerves exnd induces sleep At eJI dealers. Price 25c 50c &U00 Dr? Ecvrl SSlo&rv, Bostoi,MfcSS.U.S.A. H. W. LILLY, President. JNO. 0. ELLINGTON, Vice-Pres't and Cashier. . J. LILLY, Assistant Cashier. The Bank of Fayettevllle Fayettevllle, N. C. .w ' Capital Stock $100,000.00. Lialility of Stockholders 100,000.00. SurPlus 50,000.00. Surplus Security toDepositors:$a5o,ooo.oo.- The strongest Bank from the standpoint of Capital and Surplus irrthis Section. WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT Either in our Commercial or Savings Departments. SCHOOL BOOKS! . ei?Ilth NEW ,nd SECOND-HANDS school books. ! SLATES, CRAYON. PENCILS EVERYTHING NEEDED IN THE SCHOOL ROOM. THE : NEW : BOOK : STORE. p eaaiaaasaaaasJ siaasjsaakaa gm C : 1J Do You Know What It Docs ? j I lmvn ( : ( IPJU . 11 re"eve" Person of alldeslre for strong . : Elnk OT "restores his nervous sys- liUUlU J man to hit home andbusiness." PipnV - Fr Ful1 Part,CMl, Address UWG , The Kcclcy Institute, ' ' "' --"' - . Greatborol N. C. i -r rrPencConfiUal ' Is tha nnrtlilv nllarimaKeT It It does none of these things It Is absolutely useless and nas cauneu aa enormous waste, that had better been spent for some useful purpose. This scribe is .bin. tnr Information. We' read tha .nil's . v. . - - bulletins published by the Agricultural Department 01 norm uaruuua, ana learn that a mineral substance is used in the manufacture ot wheat flour to whiten it and probably add weight to the product. It is claimed It Is not de leterious to health, but we ask, does It promote digestion? The stomachs of man or beast ought not to be careless- . ly tampered with. The pure food laws should cut out the soda water and the mineral substance In the flour and many other things, If It cannot be Bhown that they are promoters of health and strength.- Brain and brawn is esssentlal to withstand the curse put upon Adam's race for the disobe dience of the original pair. - Thou shalt not kill covers the ground of slow pol sons as well as the blow ot the blud geon, the shot gun or the pocket gun, or the careless driving of the steam engine. Reader, when all these things are called to mind, can you not see that you are not armed with the hind's foot, which enables the. wild roe to stop short on the brink of the preci pice and change ita course when dan ger Is scented. Is blind guides not applicable to you when you persist In plunging headlong Into the deep, dark waters of uncertainty, falsehood and deception. Better always to sail the open sea with colors flying to the breeze, neither deceiving nor being deceived, you will feel better and live longer, and meet dissolution when It does come with a hope that will be re alized, beyond the ken of mortals. What has become of the correspond ents of Ths Observer. We feel like the last rose of summer. SALMAGUNDI. April 23, 1903. . . , ,, We have missed a number of our correspondents lately. We will thank those whose letters have not received attention If they will make complaint, giving dates, so that we may "locate" the cause. Obs. AYDEN NOTE8. Ayden, N. C, May 4, 1907. Rev. William E. Cox, rector of the Episcopal church here has tendered a gold medal to the Board of Education, to be awarded to the boy or girl ex celling In some line ot school work. Mr. Cox gives the medal In honor of his grandmother, the late Mrs. Mary Smith, who did much during her long and noble lite for the cause ot educa tion. Excellent addresses have recently been made here by ex-Governor Jar vis, Senator Fleming, Mayor Wooten, of Greenville; Rev. W. E. Cox and Superintendent H. B. Smith, of Green ville. Miss Frieda Buhman, of Greensboro, but formerly of Fayettevllle, spent a few days last week here at the home of her brother, Mr. Fred Buhman. Prof. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest, will deliver the annual address to the Ayden Graden School, Friday night. May 10th. The Commencement of the Free Will Baptist Theological Seminary is sched uled for the 30th ot May. O rr r - - I I