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MVETTtVILLE, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 116, 19)7. K. i. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. K. i. HALE, Jr, Business Manager. ANOTHER SIN AT THE DOOR OF THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF.. This writer once upset the rerr able cranks who frequent the Blank Club, of New York, by telling them that the ., protective tariff causes catarrh and consumption. Of course, the reasoning proceeded this way: The high tariff doubled the price of the warm woollens which the rigorous New York climate rendered necessary for underclothing. Therefore the majority were unable to wear suitable underclothing. There fore they fell Into the execrable habit of OTerheatlng their houses, hotels, theatres and clubs. Therefore, when they emerge from the usual winter in door temperature of 90 degrees into the . outdoor aero, their breathing ducts, ad Justed to the Intense heat, fall an easy prey to catarrh, and their lungs to consumption. Now come . our own railway and metallurgical experts, who declare that many of our worst railway acci dents are the result of defective rails which are the outcome of the defective iron rolling processes employed In this country, the protective tariff prevent ing the Importation of the more hon estly made rails of the old countries. Says a contemporary: Defective Ralls, the Steel Trust and the Tariff. , At meeting of the American Rail way Association, held In Chicago some ten days ago, it was declared by oper ating officials that Investigations con ducted by themselves, with the aid of chemists and metallurgists, had dem onstrated to their satisfaction that a considerable percentage of rails is mse on American railroads were defective, causing them to break under the im pact of a train running at a high rate of speed. This statement, which seema to be borne out by the number of accidents of recent occurrence di rectly attributable to broken rails, has naturally provoked discussion of the processes empyloyed by American pro ducers in the manufacture of iron and steel products. The process generally employed by steel manufacturers in this country is the Bessemer, and to this some attri bute the imperfections which so fre quently develop in their products. This process is altogether ocular and for that reason, it Is claimed. Is sot ac curate and can not be made so. the "fetunaa element" entering too deeply. A workman stands and watches, the color of the sparks. If he is careless, t'red. overworked or for any cause re laxes attention, the whole output of that particular furnace is liable to be Lcfectlve and imperfect Those who point out the imperfections of the liessemer advocate as' a rale the see t of the open hearth process, claiming for "It greater accuracy and much lowir percentage of defective material. Bat better and more reliable than either the open hearth or the Bessemer pro cess is said to be a new method called the Hermet process. For by this it is claimed that the steel is compressed In a manner to give it greater uniform ity of structure and freedom from Daws. This method is said to be coo ing largely into use abroad, bat as yet American manufacturers have refused to adopt or even to try it But now there cornea from the Pltts barg region a man, described ai aa "expert roll turner." who, in a dis patch to the New York Herald, con tends that the trouble is not the pro cess, not In the composition of the steel, bat la the form In which It is rolled and the manner of roiling. In rolling a rail, he declares, the thinner pTjts cool most rapidly, causing the Imparities of the metal to flow to the "head," the heavy part at the top -of the rail. ' furthermore, according to - this expert, the process of rolling the "wen, the thin part, is formed by ver tical pressure and the "flange," the part spiked to the ties, by lateral pressure, the result being a tendency towards tearing them apart which is . apt to produce a fracture between the web and the Sange so small that It can not be discerned by the closest Inspection, bat which develops under the pounding of heavy trains running over the tracks an til It Is discovered or an actual break occurs. Ninety per cent, of the accidents doe to broken rails, he declares, la caused by Just such raptures. His remedy for the trouble Is a change in the form of the rail by widening and thickening it at the juncture of the web and flange. As to the comparative merits of the various processes of steel manu facturing we do not undertake to say nor do we venture to pass as opinion on the contention advanced by the Pittsburg expert. These are matters pea which only those having tech nical knowledge are competent to pass Intelligently. Bat there Is little room for doubt that the American steel manufacturers are turning out products not only In the shape of raila hut also in structural and build ing material so faulty and defective aa to seriously Jeopardise human life and limn. This condition of affairs should be remedied and remedied at once. The principal trouble seems to be that the manufacturers ' consider quantity rather than the quality of output. Thanks to a tariff which fur nishes protection amounting to pro hibition, they enjoy a monopoly of the domestic markets, the demands of which (re constantly and enormously Increasing, and so long as this monop oly continues there Is little hope for change In the conduct of their, busi ness. . In any Industry Improvements are largely the result of competition, and wherever monopoly, partial or complete, exists the chief Incentive to progress Is withdrawn. The remedy for the existing diffi culty, and the only remedy, lies In the reduction of Impost duties on steel and iron products, so that the Ameri can consumers of such products, whether railways or individuals, may make their purchases in the open mar kets of the world. The result will be not only more perfect -but cheaper material, increased safety of life and limb and an Infinitely more equitable distribution of national prosperity. HOMER NODS. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot says: "Whether Andrew Jackson was born In South Carolina or not he certainly bore himself toward that State In a viry uiinllul sort of way. He could mt have shown her leas consideration t ill the have been his mother-in-law." Why mt say, "had she been his p.--.: r in iuw"t THE MECKLENBURG DECLARA TION OF INDEPENDENCE. The excellent Baltimore Sun con tains an admirable review of the two leading publications on the subject of the Mecklenburg Declaration of In dependenceby Dr. George W. Gra ham, son of the late Governor William A. Graham, pro, and by William Henry Hoyt, con. It Is as follows: Tht Mecklenburg Declaration. By George W. Graham, (8x5H, pp. 205. 11.25.) Neale Publishing Compa ny, Washington. Eichelberger Balti more. - - ..... By William Henry Hoyt (VbxC4. pp. 284. $2.) G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Nunn, Baltimore. Two books upon one of the moot questions of American colonial history. The volume by Graham la a defense of the authenticity of the dec laration and offers proof of the claim of the importance of the acta of the patriots of Mecklenburg, N. (X, in 1775. The work of Hoyt is an attack upon "the proudest page in the his tory of North Carolina." What is the importance of the discussion of the Mecklenburg Declaration? Why has a dispute concerning it been acrimoni ously carried on for more than a cen tury? Simply this: The act of the patriots of North Carolina was one so fraught with importance, waa such aa epoch-making step In the progress of American history that the admirers of the patriots of other sections feel that if the statements of those who sap port the authenticity of the Mecklen burg document are true, then it was in North Carolina that the desire for Independence from Great Britain first found voice, and that from the docu ment drawn up at Mecklenburg Thom as Jefferson borrowed much that he incorporated into the Declaration of Independence. Sectional feeling has played a large part In the discussion upon the authenticity of the Mecklen burg Declaration and In the contest North Carolina has been assailed by New England, the Middle States and even by Virginia and South Carolina with a vehemence and bitterness that is extraordinary. Ia the present at tack, that by Hoyt we And Vermont and South Carolina, aa allies.' As to the volumes before us, our appraise mat runai In form, is the enseal to the reader who will not verify cita tions, oat accepts conclusions aa au thors draw them and never thinks for himself, the Hoyt volume Is supe rior. Beside tt. when viewed cursorily. the Graham work Is distinctly less con vincing, w e may go farther and say that Hoyt has made the strongest at tack upon the Meeleaburg Declaration that has appeared. He haa. too, ren dered a large service to historical stu dents by reproducing many important texts, some In facsimile, bearing upon the general subject Graham's book has Utile to commend It when apraiaed for its form. It contains no verifica tions of statements; It lacks foot-notes. documentary proof, and. In fact Is without any of the apparatus nee sary to works designed for the use of students. When placed beside the vol ume of Hoyt it is, whea taken by it self, a most inadequate defense ohe Mecklenburg Declaration but, fortu nately. It is the best of the publica tions supporting It So much for form. But whea the works of Hoyt and Gra ham are stndied la connection with the facts we have a distinct rever sal of opinion. . We find ia Graham a convincing power that Hoyt lacks. We 'And for Graham a clear statement of the sauses that led to the meeting of the patriots of Mecklenburg; bow the elected delegates met la Charlotte, N. C oa May 1$, 1775, the very day the news of the battle of Lexington reach ed them; of their resolve to cast off all allegiance to Great Britain; of the resolutions drawn up by Dr. Ephriam Brevard, adopted May 20, 1775; of how a copy of these resolutions was sent to the Continental Congress and ta bled as presnatnre, sad how, the orig inal copy of the resolutions having been burned ia UHl they were re written from memory by John Me Knitt Alexander, secretary of the Mecklenburg eonventtoo, and publish ed. Then Graham tells how Thomas Jefferson was tremendously annoyed. and in a petulant letter denied the gea utneaess of the Mecklnnurg Declara- Uoia. Carefully, step by step, the author goes through the evidence and proves the text of the declaration as rewrit ten by Jofan McKnitt Alexander to be substantially correct, and adds aa in teresting account of the lives of the signer j a body of men deserving par allel honor with those who later. In Philadelphia, signed what we call the Declaration. Wlinaza Henry Hoyt does not write with a view to substantiate things. He ia a quibbler. He deals la "Us" and "perhaps la hypotheses and. conjec tures. . His mass of evidence on close examination will be found of little avail to prove his aide of the contro versy; it Is often of advantage to his adversaries. He takes the ground that he is a "critical student;" thai, though he ia "Inspired with a special love for the history of the Oid North State',' it Is his duty to deny the truth of her historians, the reliability of the me ories of some of her most dlstuguish ed citiaens.' Mr. Hoyt haa the delight ful bumptiousness of a callow youth who conceives himself to be sent from Heaven to overthrow the belief of the world. Unfortunately for Mr. Hoyt his attack is only effective against immaterial parts of the history of the Mecklenburg Declaration, and, strange as It may seem to Mr. Hoyt the facts that he successfully controverts have for long been rejected by the support ers of North Carolina's claim to have promulgated the first declaration of Independence. .......THE RUSSIAN FAMINE. ( We have received the following let ter from the Russian Famine Relief Committee, of New York, of which Bishop Potter Is president, and heart ily commend its object to our readers: : " New York, May, 1W. Dear Sir: " - v , A striking Illustration of the condi tions prevailing among more than 20y 000,000 starving peasants la Russia Is afforded by a petition received at the headquarters of the Russian Famine Relief Committee, 135 East Fifteenth street this city. A literal translation of the petition shows not only the depths of suffering and despair Into which the famine stricken peasants have plunged, but also the social and educational conditions of the sufferers which make It difficult for them even to frame ah appeal to the outside world for assistance. It reads: "We humbly beg the Zemstvo of Sa mara, as receiving no aid or relief from anywhere. . .. . .. i: v "All our own means are exhausted by the famine', all oar cattle and other movable property are sold to keep ns from death by hunger; we are the poorest of the poor.' We are afraid to enter oar wretched cottages because of the children. One is crying, the others are groaning for food; seeing them causes our tears to flow fend the blood to leave our hearts.. 'As If to mock our misery we hear from strangers that ia this or. that village a free kitchen has been open ed, . We hare nothing, nothing. Can It be that we are doomed to death through hunger? How glad we would be If we could get only bread and potatoes, even if good people would only give them to our children and old women, we would not know how to thank Almighty God sufficiently. Yes; we pass our days' together think ing of these things, but what can we do? None of us knows anything: we are quite In the dark. We go about like dead already, and Instead of the daxxllng whiteness of the snow we see something greenish in the ground and again we wait for the day to pass, hoping against hopa "What shall we do? Where shall we go? What shall we say? -What are we to do? Go Home to our huta? The very word makes our hearts turn. Bat there is nothing else to do we go home, enter the dark house trying not to look at the wife or children, pre tending not to hear their eager ques tioning: ... 'Where - have you been, fa ther? And like everybody's enemy, like some wild beast you slink away to your corner to seek torgetfulness in sleep. But no, sleep does not come, something prevents It - and bitter thoughts chase through your head, one after another. like waves of the sea. And so you toes till daybreak, and in the morning; get up and flee. Where to? You don't know. What shall we do? Where can we And bread? You don't know. Again we all crowd to gether, like a flock of hungry birds and twitter about our sorrow. All at once some man who. can read and write Joins ua and says: 'Friends, you must beg the authorities for help.' And we all begin entreating him: 'Be so kind, write a. petition.' 'Perhaps it shall reach some kind man in power, and at the same time our prayer shall reach God. Well, may the Lord bless us Speak! You begin. Basil Cherkassoff. " 'All my harvest was 10 poods (400 pounds) of rye. This lasted only till September, because I have a wife and six children. After this was eaten I began to sell our clothes and house hold things, then I sold a horse and so we lived till December. Now I have nothing more to sell though 1 have two starring horses yet left hut how am I to sell them? Spring is coming, what am I to plow with if I sell them? And f have only one cow left and that one can't stand the neigh bora help me to lift it on its legs of. a .morning, and my horse it la hardly anything but the nama of a horse a pan! of wind can knock It over. I can't say anything more, only God have mercy upon us if we do not get kelp.' "And you, old Peter, what can yon add? "Oh, brothers, I can manage yet, I am the only workman at home, I have a' heap of children and only one eye, so that I can see only half the misery that yon da We do get a bit now and then, not from the author ities, but begging.' " The collection of contributions for the relief work is being carried oa la this country by the Russian Famine Belief Committee. 135 Cast Fifteenth street New York City, of which Sam uel- J. Barrows is secretary. No c tribntioa Is too small, and the' Mor ton Trust Company, acting as treas urer, will acknowledge all The money to be ased only for the saving of nfe. Five dollars wilt save an adult, five cents a day will keep a child from death by starvation, THAT FIVE MILLION FUND. fTa ftuwrfMMr 1 '....:. ... . So the President haa discovers the existence of a Tlve Million Dollar Fund" "raised to nrevent the can-fin out of his ideas! Good for the Pres ident! But what ideas of his have so aroused Wall fttnwtT His ahin auh- sidy Idea? No, Wall Street does not oojecr, to mar. mis asset currency Idea? No, Wall Street does not object to that His big navy idea? No, Wall Street does not object to that His idea' of enlarging the power of the federal GflTMnnlMt mt the evnenee rf the States? No, that ia Just what Wall street wants. What ideas, then, is Wall Street ore- paring to Cght? Tpjlatici of the railroads, prosecution f trusts and Income tax. And where did the Presi dent set thoae bleu. BVnm the n,mn. eratic platform. Wall Street also ob ject u ue inheritance tax and this was not taken fmm tht nemmatie platform although in harmony with, it - imh way is ise rresiaent surprised that Wall Street conspires to defeat these Ideas? Did not Wall Street con spire to defeat these same Ideas In USC and 1900? Did not Wall Street contribute more moner then in defeat these same Ideas than it Is preparing to eontriDate now? The President tOOk DSrt ia both Of tlmae Mmnln, and he was on the Wail Street side! via Be understand the nature of those contests and did he know that Wail Street was then enntrihntinv autre than five millions to defeat those same raeasi The answer must be no, for had he known then what ha ariaa-i warts now how could he have Joined ia the couspiracyT Evidently, he has been tod ring, and now that he under stands the irreconcilable contest be tween predatory wealth and the com mon people. wiU he forget ft? Sup pose Wail Street mntrnts ).- Dm.v. licaa convention and nominates a ean- ruaate satisfactory to Wail Street will his adntiniatraiion annmrt the wr.n Street candidate? The President was very utter in his denunciation of the Democrats In 18M anil inn- m fed more kind It toward them 'now that he knows against what adds the made made their fight for the people? Let us hooe so. A ad tha Hmnhiin.. who are Indignant at Wall Street's op position to tne president, will they be more tolerant toward Democratic re- IOIUiejaT . . . If the dlaaoverv nf fha TMa m. mm Kjousnr m una - sum anrhtn. eiee t OUsht til make tha PreaMent and ntti Republican reformers sympathise with the Democrats who hare been fighting the corrupting ipfiuenee which Wall Street has exerted on American poli tics through. Its control of the Repub- ucaa party, surety tne stars are fight ing with ns when each now diar.in,M strengthens the Democratic position. aun vacs a nepaDucaa . rrestaent gives continued vindication to Demo cratic principle.. THE ADMIRABLE ADDRESS OF THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR. - Our dispatches of Monday gave a brief account of the address of the British Ambassador delivered that day at Jamestown. His speech was In fine taste. What he said Is Impor tant; both because he is the represen tative of the Mother Country, and be cause of his own great station In En glish life and literature as wet! as of his well-known sympathetic writings concerning our form of government Mr. Bryce said. In part: The oak of English dominion on the Continent of North America lay bidden In the acorn that was planted on this island In the James river. Just as the germ of English dominion In tha East was to be found In the char ter that had been granted by Queen Elizabeth to the East India Company seven years before this very settle ment here. "The landing at Jamestown was one of the great events In- the history of the world an event to be compared lor Its mouientoug consequences with the overthrow of the Persian Empire by Alexander, with the destruction of Carthage by Rome, with the conquest of Gaul by Clovls, with the taking of Constantinople by the Turks; one might almost say, with the discovery of America by Columbus. But did any Idea of the magultude of this event rise in the minds of the little band of settlers when they set to the building of their fort, called after the King James Town.' and began to sow their flelda with wheat?,. There la nothing to show that they saw fay ahead. A Tribute to Virginians., "Of the legends which cluster around some of the leading figures, and especially of Captain John Smith and the delightful Pocahontas, the Naaaicea of thta rvin 37. . - -- - j , , wiii not apeak, leaving this theme to Vlrgin- "UJ competent to deal with it But of the founders of the colony I may say this: We note In them two qualities. One of these, the spirit of adventure, waa common to them with many others who crossed the Western sea. But in the other quality our countrymen and your forefathers stood preeminent They came from a free country, though Its freedom had not yet been placed on a secure founda tion, and the spirit of liberty and the love of self-government glowed in their hearts. They carried In their uioasui ue principles ana traditions of the common law of England, which of all the legal systems that have ever been framed ia the most fully pervad ed with the spirit of liberty and most favorable to the development of per aonal self-reliance and individual re sponsibility. The Bplrit Bhowed Itself very early among the colonists of Vir ginia. The same spirit prompted Vir ginia's action when an unwise English Ministry, ignorant of the circum stances and feelings ofthe colonists, blundered into a conflict which ended in their severance from England. How the greatest of all Virginians, clarum et venerable nomen, led his colony and its fellow colonies In that cot flict how the sUtesmanship of Vir ginia, matured by the experience at nearly two centures, bore its part, am) a most distinguished part," In framini the Constitution of 1787 and gave -to the Union four of its first Ave Presl dnts; how one of Virginia's most Illus trious sons, Chief Justice Marshall, so expounded and developed the Constitu tion as to become almost its secoad author ot all this I must not here and now attempt to speak. I. . Mother Land Rejoices. , ' ) "Yon have asked me to say what England's message to America would be on this three hundredth anniver sary of the birth of the American nation. . - -"On the occasion of the opening of the Exposition' by the President of the United States, Who made a refer ence to England Which deeply touched ua and for which we thank him, I bad the honor ot transmitting to the Prtsi dent the greeting from the King and his Government In the "following words: : - ,:-.-; h "On the -occasion of the celebra tions commemorating the 'tercentenary of the foundation of the first Englah settlement on the American Continent at Jamestown and the birth of the American nation, his Majesty's tjov erameat wishes to offer its wannest congratulations to the United States Government on the magnificent i re gress and .development which hive Drought the United States into the first rank among the greatest nations of the world, not only, in material prosperity, but also in culture and peaceful civilization. The connection which must ever exist Is history be tween the British and. American na tions will never be. forgotten and win contribute to increase and foster ties of affection between the two peoples.' "These words express the sentiment ot the British people, their sentiment; ot affection, and pride -in what, you have done already, of .hope of what ; may do in. the future..' j- , . "If I might venture-, to add any ords in which Englishmen who have leCected upon your history and their, I.WQ would desire to . convey their view of the teachings of that history, I would ask could the ancient mother' land, with her recollections of four teen centuries of national life and Leven centuries- of slow but steady constitutional develonmenL send her mighty daughter a better message than this old message 'Cherish alike and cherish together liberty and law, They are always Inseparable With out Iibertv there la" no trna law ha. cause law sinks Into being merely thet .l II , - Lu , . . . piu vi an axuiirary ruier or a seinsn class, and ceases to be the will of the whole community.' Without law and order there ia no true liberty, for anarchy means that the lights ot the entle and the weak are overridden by the violent In the union of order ed uoerty with a law gradually re molded from ace to aire In anlt the changing needs of the people there has lain, and there will always -lie, the progress and the peace of both En gland and America.' " - OUR RALEIGH LETTER. - Raleigh. May 14, 1907. Tha nuanna and Mha -i win auran in oust this week laying the granite ped- piwh rars I or the bronse Statue that ia In ha fnm.il. next Monday, May 20th, in honor to vuw uHnnury m sosign worth Bagley, whom Raleigh and the 8tate of North Carolina contributed to the United 8tatea Navy, and who was killed on the WInslow while in action May 11. 189. OB Cardan..!... a. JL' killed in the war with Spain. - The v.mu wiu ue oi mucn interest to the PeODle Of this fllata and a l. . A of visitors is expected to be here on vnaaiusi oi ue unveiling, includ ing several noted m i. 8tates, As before stated In these let- -apiain iuenmood Pearson Hob son, of Alabama a dl.tH n-m. . w wwci be now renreaanta In r-r......... ... who figured so conspicuously In the ariatw against Spain, will de liver tha nrtneihal ..a i tenant Blue, of South Carolina, and who was born in North Carolina, an other Srainlah War aav.l n an honored guest of the occasion and win maae aa. suaress. Both knew young Bagley welL Governor Glenn will formally accept the monument on behalf of the State. A very Interestr lug patriotic programme of exercises for the dar haa haa a amum4 m.. - tr'-r.v iin railway companies will sell reduced am ucams ana sii wno come to Ka le! eh ts-vHnm h mlli.- monies will enjoy the occasion, no UUUUb , ' -v ...TV-- . w ... Those of von r reaif era hn im r. miliar with the general appearance of toe oesuurui square which surrounds the State House and constitutes the Canltnl Park have un dMih nhuwi the old brick building en the south west comer or. mis square and which Was hnllt fnr and fnr man e.r. nl as the "8tate Arsenal" For a ntun- oer or years attempts nave been re- neatedlv tnaita tn anrnra tha rmnr.t a th old eyesore, and as many times met wiui uuiure. ivtn an act oi ue legis lature several years ago did not ac-. corupllsh the purpose, an appropria tion having been made for the "cost of removal,'' It waa explained by those In authority. Another resolution was passed by the General Assembly last winter commanding as well as pro viding for lu removal, and last Sat, urday evening the last of lu tour walls was torn down, and, the workmen are to-day removing the last bf the debris. The new statue being erected Is near the spot occupied by the "lat" old arsenal building. The general ap pearance ot the beautiful green square is greatly improved by the removal of the old eyesore. - i t , It la said to-day -that some of the present State officials are 'Indignant and angry" because of the publication In a number or the State papers ot articles and correspondence discuss ing the candidates and probable can didates tor the Democratic nomination for the several State offices. One ot the daily newspapers In Its Sunday edition prints a story from Its Raleigh correspondent purporting to represent the feeling of one ot the most prom inent State officials and the position of others. If that story Is true In de tail it naturally leads one to think that the present Incumbents are entirely too Jealous and sensitive on the sub ject The statement is made that men have been brought out as alleged can didates who have never had an idea of aspiring to the positions in connec tion with which they have recently Deen mentioned by some of . the newspapers, and that there are really no candidates In the field for the nom ination for several of the most impor tant State offices, except the present Incumbents, all of whom have served two or more terms, and in some cases appear Inclined to hold on tor lite. So far as reference to this subject has been made in these letters, I have . to say that those who assert that there are no aspirants tor certain ot the offices named except the present offl clala are certainly mistaken. Those 1 have referred to, Indeed, are not the only ones. The mistake I made was not In naming too many, but too few. For Instance I hear from good author ity that Chief Clerk Maxwell ot the State Senate will be in the race for the nomination of auditor, as well as Chief Clerk Hackett ot the House. Be sides Senator Aycock, to whom I re ferred as holding aspirations for the position of State Treasurer .(and this Is no new matter, for his name was frequently -discussed during the session of the' legislature four years ago as well as at the last session.) and one or two mentioned (not by me but In other newspapers), there Is another senator whose name has been frequently mentioned In the same con nection and referred to four years ago, namely. Senator "Jack" Relnhardt of Lincoln. From what reaches ' me, at this time there Is left very little ground to doubt that there will be one or more strong candidates for the nomination for State office, other than the .geptlem.who are now holding these positions and satisfactorily per forming their cutlex It is a privi lege-wfafclF fJiese; aspirants evidently Intend to exercise and there is actual ly and really nor all for any ot the menvnotf hefdlntrdbwtt "the Jobs to' be come Indignant ' or to get excited over the matter and. attempt to con- vicr. newspaper, men' ana newspapers of the silly charge of creating and booming. opposition candidates, when there is really not a Scintilla of the trutn in It Last Saturday the eo'mmlsslon ap pointed by the general .assembly-to look after the application of the ex penditures of the half million dollars voted tor the better care of the State's mental defectives was in session here. with Chairman, C. A. 'Webb; of -Ashe, ville, presiding? One of the most im portant acts of the committee waa the decision to locate the-separate new quarters, for epileptics exclusively (who now constitute a large propor tion of the patients at Raleigh and Morgantoa asylums for the Insane) at Raleigh, near enough to the present Central Hospital that both Institutions may be directed by the same general head eraopenfiteadent' The removal of the epileptics from the nrsent instl UUons .will ijaak.ei rijuj-there-.for quite a number of the at present uncared-for or incarcerated in Jails and poor house.' Bilt another wrag to the pres ent Kaleign asylum, to be nsed by male patients and similar to the new wing built last year Jot females, is ab solutely necttAary, and It is believed the work of construction on this build ing can. begin this summer. . The soon er the better, surely. The State colleges and city schools are getting ready for the closing ex ercises of the scholastic year., Prof. Moses, who has so ably and acceptably managed the graded schools of Raleigh for more than twenty yeads altogeth er, will retire from the superintend- ency. He came to this decision a year ago and notified the school au thorities here that this would be his last term. It Is a matter of regret for no city has a better bead than he has been to the splendid system of graoec schools Raleigh now enjoys The commencement exercises of that fine Institution, Trinity College, begin 8unday, June 2, Recitations will be suspended May 20 for the final exam inations and the examination period will close June 1. The governing board of the splendid college news paper, me Trinity Chronicle, haa just elected the editorial and business staff of the paper for the next scholastic year, with W. H. Saunders - at the head of the editorial and L. .0. White in charge of the business departments. The college glee elub and orchestra gave their final concert of the year on the night of Memorial Day, May 10. . There will be radical changes In the management of two of the three fine colleges for women here. President Dinwiddle ' has sold his interest in Peace Institute and will go to Cali fornia In search of better health, and Dr. McNeely DuBoise will retire from the rectorship of 8t Maryr College. Prominent Presbyterians hare par chased the stock of Dr. Dinwiddle and Peace will eontiane to be operated un der the patronage of the Presbyterian church. The new president has not yet been announced. Nor has the name of the successor ot Dr. DuBoss as yet been made public ., v .. The subject ot politics la taking on added Interest gradually and with re gard to both -State and national af fairs. , The prospects are- that there to going to be something doing pretty generally from now on till after the nominating conventions next summer and the elections of next year. Of which more anon In these letters as time passes. ASSESSMENT ' AND LISTING . .OF 'S'ir- : itt-1 ''TAXES.''1''" V"irv' "; .'J iil : ., . y i- ? .i-yv : ' 1 ' 'V '' i Bays the Sooiland , Neck Comtnoa weslth: ' ' ' : ' .- '..; There Ik't'eetUin'tmtMtn'Mmfloei necessary to meet the ' Wpenses' 'of State and county government, and it is designed that,. Inasmuch as every man la the State Is equally protected under the laws, every man's property shall bear Its own share In contribut ing through proper taxation to this ex pense. Now, that being true. It de volves upon the assessors of real estate to be careful In every Instance to give every man's property full tax able value and to give'to itO 'OTje'i property more than such value. In a word. It Is their boundon duty, un der oath before God snd men, to treat all the cltlxeus equally and fairly In the valuation of their property. If they tall to do this thoy show partial ity and so do a great wrong to their fellows. It the assessors are careful to see that one man's property Is given., full value and not so careful la the other case they do a wrong to both persona, and to the State. They, make, the first man. pay "more taxes. in proportion to the value of his property than the second man, and also cut the State out ot a part of what.lt should receive from the value of the property of the second man. These observations hold good tor the individual citixen in the value of his personal property as they do for the assessors In the valuation of real estate. In a sense, the individual is In a more responsible position than the assessors of . real estate, for In some cases the assessors may not be perfectly familiar with the worth ot certain real estate whose value they must determine, while the Individual clUien has no reason for not knowing the value of bis horse which he drives or plows every day, or the cow from which he receives milk and butter ever day. . We would not be understood, how ever. In this remark to mean that the assesscrs should not be dllllgent In every case to see that they fix the proper value on real estate. They should Invariably be careful in every case, and should see that their obll gations are discharged whether the individual citixen puts the proper val ue on his personal property or not We have given expression to the foregoing In order to emphasize the fact that a county as full and rich in resources as Halifax need not be in debt This paper has repeatedly said and now reiterates It that there Is no Just cause under high -heaven why Halifax county should be In debt. With all property, real and personal, properly listed and properly valued and the taxes properly and carefully collected, there should be plenty of money in the county treasury to meet all legitimate expenses. We take it that the men who have been appointed as tax assessors for the county are willing to do Justice to the State and to every man in the county, and we trust that .they will be careful to do so. True patriotism and a sense of right ought to impel every Individual citixen to do the same. - - , - ,We again remind them all that in the listing ot taxes a most solemn ob ligation rests on assessors appointed for the State and also on the indi vidual who acts for himself. HOPE MILLS, R. F. D. No 2. Rev. Mr. Sutton preached a noble sermon to a large congregation at Marvin Sunday. We are glad to see such nice warm weather. The quarterly meeting will be held at Marvin next Saturday and Sunday. Be glad to have all who can attend. There were some callers at Mr. L. P. Blake's last Sunday night Mr. C. E. Hall is improving we are glad to say. He was bitten by a pilot snake some days ago while picking out 'seed corn. He was unconscious all day. Mr. H. H. Riddle was seriously in jured last week by being thrown from a mule His leg was broken above the knee. Mr. Rollin Williamson is on the sick list The people in this section are very busy chopping cotton. A concert is to be held at Parkton the 23rd and 24th of this mohtO. We Marvin boys and girls are Intending having a- nice time in Parkton. that day. . ... Mr. J. R. 8mith Is quite sick we are sorry to note. i Much success to The Observer. jWe must ciose. WADE ITEMS. We have been having rainy weather down In this section for the past few days Mr. Joel Matthews arid daughter, Miss .Malcey, were callers at Mrs. Blanchards Tuesday afternoon. Messrs. L. T. Taylor and J. R. Blanchard attended Sunday School at Oak Ridge. Mrs. D. J. McMillan, accompanied by her sister. Miss Ella Godwin, were callers at D. A. McMillan's Saturday. Mr. 8. R. Matthews was a caller at Mr. Thaddeus Geddle'a Sunday. Mr. w. B. Matthews visited Clinton and other places Saturday and Sun day. Mr. William E. Williams, of God win N. C, visited his schoolmate and friend Mr. N. J. McMillan, April 28th. Mrs. D. A. McMillan and daughter. Hiss Lillian, were callers at Messrs. G. L. Collier's and W. H. Williams's recently. - . Misses Bertie, Leila. Vera and lit tle brother, Hassell McMillan visited their cousins, Misses Mary, Sallie and Uiuan McMillan, Tuesday. Master Andrew McMillan was a call er at Mr. D. A. McMillan's Sunday. Best wishes for The Observer and Its many readers. Sydney McQueen Back. v Sydney McQueen, the well-known negro fruit dealer, who was convicted of running a "blind tiger" at his stall under the Market House, and, was sent to the Federal Prison at Atlanta for fourteen months, returned to Fay- ettevllle Saturday, having served out his sentence. He was in prison twelve months, getting two months off tor good behaylor. :; . , r.NoXiialt. fd You too wwM lava to ban iJ'Nirfe bans If roe voill I J "T listen toreaaoaand -ln- M J etesaa yogr ylaids pr aero" vj ... - uufl war ami ana xevGina you Plants wiLk Uat wonder-verier. Trcii-urtiiu Fertilizer. It bat bees ti tremendous tncceej " ' 7 aes.aarwjon" SUA VTCT WSJ IMMlsn. who Marte Ilia with ani.ifUiZ: adsona-hompk. Kow.sitarnrlnc nan frtlilr tor many years, tbesa gar aim an. eakvoor dealer for it or - wup. weajevatoi wrap ping and pcMteira on s eopyi Be sura - mw . u juMe-uuvuna jraruu. ,aaa aoeept poaukwutute.; Vkjlnia-CaToUna Chemical Co., BtehaKiod, Tn Atlanta. Oa. Horfolk, vs. . ' rftranuaa. Gs. Cn,x,a.'o- xmphSrKnar' vuuioure, au, DUX report, JUS. lartaaa"V)flf Yl id Per Acre 'Pcrb- X Cn y , WASHINGTON LETTER. Regular Correspondence. Washington. May 11. For a time at least, politics in Ohio has calmod down, and there is appar ently a truce In the ragged ranks of the Repuullcnn party m u The I'resldont and his advisors are watching the case closely, however, not being by any means sure whether It Is a truce or a lasting peace be tween the-Taft and Foraker forces. Senator Foraker was In Washington this week, but he declined to talk pol itics, and especially he had nothing to say as to the suspension of Jiostll itles between himself and Secretary Taft It-Lis-generally accepted In Washington, however, that the Ohio fight has been really settled, that Taft will be allowed to control the State delegation at the national convention In return for allowing Senator Fora ker an unhampered re-election to the In the meantime, there Is the Hughes boom looming up In the hori zon, and this is liable to cause fresh dissension In the Republican party. Governor Hughes Is undoubtedly the choice ot the New York Republicans tor the nomination, and It Is said that he will be officially endorsed by the State-organisation very shortly. This is one of the outcomes of the fight that he made, but in which he wub de feated at Albany, for the Public utili ties bill. Should Hughes go to the na tional convention with the strength of the New York delegation behind him, he would be a serious factor in the fight. The story has been started that an effort will be made to Induce him to accept a second place on the ticket. But this is not at all likely on the face of It. The- Vice President by tradi tion and necessity has to be a rich man, which Hughes Is not, and pref erably he Is a nonentity, which Hughes is not, and never will be. Further, he and Taft are both honest, however their principles may be differed with by political opponents, and while the Republican party might stand for one honest man on the ticket, two would be rather crowding the limit Commissioner of Patents Allen has resigned, and when he leaves the Pat ent Office, It will be like the case of the famous Western orator who did not leave a wet eye or a dry throat In his audience. The Patent Office service under his administration has been lamentably lax and Inefficient There was at one time nearly 30,000 cases- piled up in the office awaiting action while the Commissioner took his customary three months' vacation. The work of the office has fallen so tar behind that it has been necessary to add an hour's work a day to the time of all clerks, and even at that rate it will be a long time before the office catches up. But the worst of all has been the way in which the Commissioner has allowed an Influx of all sorts ot questionable attorneys and questionable methods in the busi ness before the office. The Patent Office has control over the methods of the attorneys who practice before It even as to their advertising, and it has become the regular thing for at torneys to make all sorts of impossi ble claims as to "guaranteeing" pat ents, making applications and doing Ri-eiJrtiisi CURED it if a1tn.si Liivinveivt P is) i i a ejv I, . U Address Dr. H. W. LILLY, President JNO. O. E. J. LILLY, Assistant Cashier. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK FayettevIUe, N. C. (Successor to The Bank oi Fayetteville). The Cntnntrnller nf the fSirrenra aH 1.e . rr..:r e,-. -...! havinir nnnmvftl nnr aaaefra mnA --- o - thrir approvaL-wejre now a National HAImM ..J ......1... I- T 1- " fueiwie auu viuiuuni ia mouwiy equipment ana onmness methods, with ,;; Capital Stock,.,,......, ,....bo,oo).oo.:;t:v" Surplus.................,,.. 50,00000. ' . ' This is the largest surplus and capital section of North Carolina. We rent SafetV TVnneit Doom J r vw. . " H vui HIUUMU LUIUU1 VSU1I Bl 92.00, $2.50 and 3.00 per year. We carry burglar insurance for the protec tion of our customers. . , ,T .. We will appreciate your Commercial v ' , . - ... SCHOOL BOOKS! We have both NEW and SECOND-HANDS school books. SLATES, CRAYON, PENCILS. EVERYTHING NEEDED IN THE SCHOOL BOOM. ' THE : NEW : BOOK : STORE. r JDo You Know What It Does ? s K rclievesarrson of all desire for strong " ' - . . drink of drugs, restores his nervous ays- . Tfflfllfttf - - -mto itOTonnalndiUon,fmdrtHnstates? iiUulul tnantohtshomeandbus'incss. Pnrn I For FuU Pftrti5n,ars AdjM . Ulllu J' The Kcclcy Institute, ' 1 Greensboro, N. C. " f ".Corr58pondenc Confidentlnl M all sorts of service without pay and selling patents without regard to mer it This has brought an influx ot In ventors with all sorts of inventions that patonts could not be allowed on and which would be valueless it they were auowea. i ne result nai ueon to swamp the office with unprofitable work, to the benefit ot a horde ot unscrupulous attorneys, and the Com missioner has done nothing to check the evil. It Is to be sincerely hoped (hat the next Commissioner will -In. stltute g thorough house cleaning as is now going on in tne uma omoe. It is seldom that there has been such a week of gaiety in Washington as that Just passed. The town has been full of the officers from tha viait. ing warships at Jamestown, the Duke de Abruzzl has been the center of a dozen fashionable entertainments, and now there has been added to the round of festivities all sorts of func tions for the benefit ot General Kurokl, the commander of the Japanese army In Manchuria and the chief strategist and foremost tactician ot the Japan ese military service. . There was a brilliant reception to the Duke de Abruzzl at the Iltallan Embassy on Thursday evening, a luncheon to Gen eral Kurokl at the White House on Friday and on Saturday evening an even more brilliant reception and din ner to General Kurokl at the Japan ese Embassy, One of the figures In most of the social functions of the week has been the Countess Grey, wife of Earl Grey, Governor General of rinnnrln Rhe hna heen the ene.f nf the British Ambassador during the week and will accompany the British' party to Jamestown and to Richmond where there is to be a brilliant recep tion by Governor Swanson, The Medlcan Congress which has oc- ftnnlori Waahlnvtnn miwt nf th. viutlF broke up on Friday night with a big smoker at the Arlington Hotel. There were distinguished medical , visitors from all over the world, several hav ing come all the way from Germany especially for the meeting. One of the most important branches of the Congress was the National Associa tion for the study and prevention of tuberculosis. This society is only three years old, but already has branches in fifteen States and is said to have eight more State associations organized this year. The virtue of Its work is the , way In which it is spreading knowledge ot consumption among the people and showing how the disease may be checked in its epi demic spread and helped in the indi vidual cases. It is not too much to say that this is the most important medical work being done In the United States today. It is all being done without charge where those benefited are unable to pay, and -the chief an xiety of the society is to spread Its literature among the people who need it and save the poor from wasting time or money on quack medicine and so-called, "cures" that never cure. Suf ferers from the disease who want to be put In touch with the society can get Information by writing to the health officer of the nearest town that has such an official and asking to be put in comunlcation with the nearest State branch ot the National Associa tion. . - riY .4 '.aaaTry' II i ue viiuuKeiiuii oiiiiiuiaieu - ; and the Muscles arid Joints 1 lubricated by using j Price 25c 50c 6$ 1.00 Sold by Dealers "Sloaris Treatise On The Horse"Sent Free Earl S.SIoan,Boston,Mass. ELLINGTON, Vice-Pres't and Cashier. o-iven im, kHB.'ia l. 41. r vw WHOIinH ucuiwit wc IlifflU H Bank. . The security we offer our de- . . . .. . ... of any National or State Bank in this , ten... 1 1 "1. .r or saying-, Account.
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