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"(IE. OBSERVER. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. - - THURSDAY, MAT 30, 1907. C. J. HALE, Editor Arid Proprietor. E. J. HALE, Jr, Business Manager. THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION THE "GREATEST SINCE CHICAGO. There baa been from the start an undercurrent of depredation of the Jamestown Exposition In many of the letter! - describing It From oar Washington letter published to-day. It would appear that Admiral Evans and other officials hare not been friendly to it, and, we are astonished to hear, because it la a Southern enterprise. That seems unbelievable, and we would attach little Importance to the statement If made by an authority less reliable than our accurate and care ful correspondent Such being the ease, we are glad to see that Mr. W. L Buchanan, probab ly the most experienced observer of Expositions In the world and lately appointed by President Roosevelt to represent this Government at The Hague Peace Conference, makes the statement In yesterday's Norfolk Vir-glnlan-Pllot that the Jamestown Ex position exceeded any which has been held since the Chicago World's Fair. "The character and scope of the Ex position In Itself," says Mr. Buchanan, "is vastly greater and more extensive than I had any reason to anticipate or expect Indeed, there are certain features of the Exposition that I be lieve are distinctly better in every sens than were found In an ot uie expositions which have taken place tiuce Chicago. Notably the exhibits of the ' United States Goverumeut 'i hey are the best that have been nuuie not only the best but excel for novelty and interest Second, the b uiies' Exhibit building, both of itself and the exhibits it contains are equal, to anything that I have ever seen made by auy of the States at other expositions, and in some instance are vastly belter than heretofore iu.uipt ed. 1 particularly refer to the t .Jit ot South Carolina. Too much iniiwr uuice has been attached to ue ineom- pwteneea of the Exposition. Physical conditions beyond the control ut the management of the Exposition are largely responsible for a great deal of the delay whkh has taken place, so far as the buildings and their eon tents are concerned. If there is noth ing hereafter done on the buildings iud thler contents, there is vastly mure to be seen and enjoyed in archt Ucturol beauty, in landscape and wa ter effects, than anyone has a reason to expect In an Exposition, developed and "carried out wider the conditions which have surrounded this eater prise." Mr. Carfaart, of Detroit, who accom panied Mr. Buchanan, was equally en thusiastic, and Is quoted by the Virginian-Pilot as follows: The Southern people are so chival rous, so afraid of not id Ting the strang er his money's worth, that they. In connection with the Jamestown Expo sition are hiding their light under bushel The surroundings, the envi ronments. In my opinion, moke this Exposition the most tious the world has ever ambi- The grouping of the buildings U wonderful; their air ot permanency, of brick and concrete and stone is re markable for expositions; the broad expanse of sea, with over two miles of water front board walk, from which can be seen the wonderful gathering of fighting craft, with the sentiment in connection with the Merrtmae and Monitor fight, the scene of which is in plain view of the grounds, adds senti ment and poetry to the wonderful achievement" Mr. Carhardt declared that if the exposition buildings were even empty, the- sight of the beautiful architecture of the bulldinga, their magnificent grouping, would amply repay anyone for the visit -Referring to the North ern newspaper criticisms, Mr. Car hardt says that a prejudice exists that the South cannot do anything well, but that If the Northerner comes to the Exposition that belief will be quickly dlsnelled. He declared that the hotel rates In Norfolk were not unjust and that thm rata rlurm) at the Exno- eltlon restaurants and the Inside Inn are'no higher than those found In In behalf of this great Southern en terprise, Sad because of the warm friendship which all of us feel for the noble Bute ot Virginia, our neighbor, on whose soil this great commemora tive exhibition la taking place, we have keen pleasure in repeating What .. Mr. Buchanan says, and in adding our own hearty words ot satisfaction and encouragement MUNICIPAL VERSUS PRIVATE -" OWNERSHIP. A subscriber sends us the subjoin ed article taken from the Jacksonville Times-Union. We are not able .to com ment upon It Intelligently because we do not know the meaning of several of the terms employed for example, It does not appear from the article what "the Farrls charter amendments" are, nor whether the "politicians" re ferred to are In possession of the muni cipal government or only trying to get possession of it upon A promise of good conduct which the Times-Union puts no faith In. Therefore we pub lish the article without comment, but with iv Invitation to our friend who sent It,' as well as to our readers gen erally, to use the columns ot the Ob server freely for the purpose of eluci dating this important subject As we have so often said, ,th ques tion ot how to obtain good municipal gevernment Is one of the greatest la sues ot the day, If not the greatest, This Is Increasingly no because ot the rn!d Increase ot the growth of urban Hum as compared with that of l well as became ot the vast U !-!!, JiiM'i'"PMeaBByyaaaaaBjy increase of corruption In public life caused by the triumph of the Doctrine of Force in 1865. Public ownership of public utilities. Federal, State, of municipal. Is a very deep problem, and one which no pat riot may lightly settle tor himself. Even one' so much Inclined to believe la the efficacy of public ownership as Mr.- Bryan -wlae and good man as all now admit does not declare for Imme diate ownership of the railroads, but expressed his belief that the Inefficien cy of 'rate regulating laws, which he anticipated, would ultimately force the people to acquire State or national ownership ot them. So with the municipal form of pub lic ownership: it la a question of ex pediency as applied to different locali ties and conditions. In England, upon the whole, municipal ownership has proved a great success, while In Phila delphia and other American cities It has not That is because the individ uals who compose the governing bodies in England are ot a much bet ter order ot men than in this country. In this general connection, the circum stance must not be lost sight of that the public Is often confused by the misleading form In which the issue of municipal versus private ownership Is presented. For example, take the case of Philadelphia two or there years ago: the corrupt private conduct of the public utilities there (gas chiefly, we believe) was really corrupt pub lic ownership, for the so-called private lessees secured their leases from the municipality which owned the gas works the latter having acquired them, no doubt. In the first instance, corruptly, either by paying too much for them and dividing the "swag" with the original owners, or by per secuting the private owners until they parted with them for too little, the municipal scoundrels turning them over to the city at a profit Then fol lowed the lease to favorites of the ring, the lessees paying an inaigniB cant rental and dividing the profit with the ring. Aa to the application of the Times Union article to Fayetteville which Is the use of it which we suppose our friend wished aa to make we are not sufficiently Informed to make such aa application. According to the fig ures contained In an article sent to the Observer, some weeks ago, by Alder man McNeill, the acquisition of the electric lighting and water works busi nesses has been most disastrous, hav ing brought the city into heavy debt and a tangle apparently in extricable. If this be so, then mun icipal ownership in Fayetteville's ease supplies aa awful example; for, other wise we would have had the principal streets paved, and a cheaper water and light system besides a complete Instead of a limited aewerage system. and all this with many thousands of dollars less indebtedness. On the other hand, although no con test so far has been made of Alderman McNeill's figures, and dreadful show ing. It Is possible that other members of the governing body intend to do aa Nothing, of course, can ever atone for the loss which the real estate owners and every business man in Fayette ville have suffered, daring the four years which have elapsed since a new debt of one hundred thousand dollars was saddled on the city, Jn the diversion of that borrowing ca pacity from the "live and progressive" use of It In paving the principal streets to the costly (according to Alderman McNeill) experiment of acquiring the lighting and water businesses. But, If those who do not assent to Alder- maa McNeill's figures Intend to eon- test them, and shall show that we are getting our streets lighted free be cause ot the profit on the commercial part of the lighting business, and our water for less without added debt or plant depredation, then no one more than The Observer will rejoice) thereat. or more readily accept the unprofitable diversion ot our borrowing capacity from street paving to the other ases as merely an anfortunaia error of Judg ment (From the Jacksonville, Florida, Tlmes-Unloa.) WATER RATES OF TWO CITIES. Difference Between Jacksonville and Tampa Teed For Thought Ceat of Water For Three Months in These Two Towns Here's Something For the Taxpayers, to See How Munl . cipal Ownership Has Benefitted the People -WhesT Compared WHS" Pri- vate Ownership. m Most of the sdvocates of the Farrls charter amendments are avowed op- nonents of municipal ownership. In various cities where the struggle Is belnc made for municipal owner ship the cty of Jacksonville is pointed to for the successful operation of its municipal-plants and the cheapness of Its water and electricity...-.- Some Comparisons Made. 1 Before the dty owned the electric light plant the citizens paid for lights 28 cents per kllowat The price under municipal ownership at present is one fourth of that amount, or 7 cents per kllowat This is the work of (he pres ent board of trustees, whom the poli ticians want to get rid of. Take, again, for instance, the water rate In Jacksonville and compare it with Tampa, where water is furnished by a private corporation. Everybody knows that the rate for pure artesian water In Jacksonville Is one dollar per month, payable quarterly. Every three months $3 Is paid for water. In Jacksonville, which rate is lower than that of any other city of Its size in the country. . The Price In Tampa. v.-'. ' A prominent citizen having property la Tampa to-day called' at the Metropo lis office and presented receipted bills for water for his house la Tampa showing that the private company charged $10.60 for each quarter the same amount of water furnished- at Jacksonville for S3. But they have no bond trustees in Tampa. Food For Reflection. ' There If In the above much food for thought. With the municipal plants in the hands of politicians and open enemies of municipal ownership, the people of Jacksonville stand in grave danger ot having the properties so managed that those la the oiUes pay ing i per month for electric lights max baje to pay 18, and everybody using water mar have to nay the Tampa rate of ii yearly Instead ot the Jacksonville rate of $13. Tampa and other cities furnish a les son that should be heeded by the peo ple of Jacksonville. Somebody, it is believed. Is after the electric light and water plants ot Jacksonville, and It Is time for thoughtless discussion to cease and the facta to be considered. There are many men who daily ex press themselves aa opposd to the principle ot municipal ownership. Ev ery one of these men is now support ing the Farrls bill, if such men get control of these plants, what can hin der them from so conducting the light and water business aa to have it finally become the property of a private cor poration, which, of coarse, having a monopoly, will charge the people much more for the service than they are now paying. Of course, this will not come for a year or two, but It la be lieved to be on the programme, and the plot -will gradually be evolved and ultimately consummated. If the Gov ernor, by his approval, forces the new law on the people. This same but, the Farrls bill, re peals the statute now In force, and de prives the people of local self-government, so far aa It applies to munici pal ownership. PROTECTION AND THE WAGES OF LABOR. When the Randall "Democrats" se cured the Insertion In the Chicago platform of 18S4 ot the lines (lnter tlneated. they were, too) favoring "pro tection" for labor, many worthy peo ple who had not gone deeply into the tariff question believed that such a "concession" to labor was necessary. Assuming that Mr. Cleveland was hon est it took him nearly the four years of his term as President to discover the fallacy just In time, in tact, o force his own re-nomination. The consular reports from England during that time threshed out the whole subject of the relation of wages to labor in Europe and in America re spectively. The genera public in America, after the lapse of twenty odd years, is Just beginning to find out what these reports laid down as well-known facts in the higher realms of economic knowledge. The current issue of "The Com moner," copying an article from the Louisville Courier-Journal, refers to this subject as follows: "In aa editorial entitled, "Wages De lusion." the Louisville CourlerJour nal makes an Interesting answer to a Republican newspaper that claimed that the cotton mill operators In North Germany get only $181.04 a year, while in America they get $304.57. The Courier-Journal says: "It looks a little queer to see arguments for pro tection made on the ground that It gives oar laborers $30457 a year. There are 313 working days In a year, barring holidays with pay, so that the wage is leas than, a dollar a day. Now a tana laborer at $20 a month and board gets $240 In money. and the board would, even at a low rate, bring the total up aa high as that ot the cotton mill operator. It la well known that the farm laborer baa no protection, and It is hard to see how the cotton-mill operator. gets any benefit from It Laborers in many unprotected employmeatsNfet more than A dollar a day. MciwSei,- the owners of cotton mills import laborers free from foreign countries. If the protective tariff makes prices of com modities high and we know it does- why is there not a tariff on Im ported labor! That la the logic of protection to labor by a tariff, it it is to be done at all, but the fact of It Is that ft is not Intended to make la bor high. The men who make this argument in order to get labor sup port are the same men who import foreign labor to keep down the prices they must pay to laborers at home. They are the men who sell to cus tomers in America steel rails for $28 a ton and sell them abroad for $20 or $22. making a big profit on an article which confessedly costs about $11 The argument that protection makes high wages Is a ridiculous fallacy. They have always been higher In America than In Europe. But In Eu rope the highest wages are paid in free-trade England, and the countries where they are lowest have the most rigid systems of protection." MATINEE RACES At the Cumberland County Fair Grounds. Job 20th, July 4th, August 1st, Sep tember 2nd, and September 27th, 1907, the Cumberland County . Agricultural Sodety will hold two matinee races each evening, beginning at 2:30 o'clock, as follows: Race No. JL For horses in 2:36 class trot or pace. , The -sodety offers a silver eup to: the horse which wins three out of the five races held on the above dates th race to be in half-mile heats, best three in five. In case no horse wins three of the five races, the cup to go to the horse with the best summary; or ha case of a tie, to be raced on a date named by the Sodety before October 20th. . -. Race No. 2. For horses in the 2:50 class, trot or. pace. . '.ir''.. -., The Sodety offers : the following purse:1 One-half of the gate receipts on each of the five named dates will be divided among the winners of this race, as follows: 50, 25, 1$ and IS per cent for the best three one-half mile beats in five. Conditions of Above Races. - These races are open to Cumberland and adjoining county horses only, and must have been owned in said counties on Jane 1. Entries to these races close Jane 16. A horse entered is considered in all five events. No en trance tees will be charged. AH heats are one-halfrmile. The rales and reg ulations of the National Trotting As sociation, of which we are members, wlif govern. ' Hopples no bar. - In event the weather causes post ponement of any date another date will be named and all parties notified. All entries should be made to Mr. J, B. TlUInghast, Secretary. Or. McNeill's Trip. - On Wednesday, Dr. J. W. McNeill will leave for" Morganton to attend a meeting ot the State Hospital Com mission, of which he is secretary.' On June 10, Dr. McNeill will leave on an official trip to Minneapolis, to inspect the various hospitals there. On the return he will visit the Craig Epilep tic Colony at Sonyea, N. T., and prob ably some" other epileptic colonies in tot north, --- WATER TRANSPORTATION Montgomery Advertiser.) i Plainly there la now taking place what we suppose might be properly called a renaissance of water trans portation In all sections of the coun try. The time when railroads were curiosities is not so remote that many do not remember It Then steamboats and barges on all navigable streams carried both passengers and freights, slowly, perhaps, but that waa not a fast age of the world. Then railroads began to multiply and traverse the country, and water transportation lost much of Its popularity. The rail route was quicker, and people were learning to hurry through life, so the boats were gradually pushed aside whenever it was possible to get a railway. But of late the tide is again turning and rivers and canals are coming Into their own. Much ot this Is doubtless due to the fact that the railroads, nu merous as they are, have not been able to keep up with the demands upon them. Congestion of freight all over the country, perishable crops rotting because they could not be shipped, merchandise delayed, and various oth er evidences of railroad Inability to do the work required ot them have com bined to turn attention back to water routes. Not only are natural streams being utilised but inland canals are being constructed and projected on a large scale In various sections. Speak, ing of the change. The Boston Globe says: "As navigable rivers are public high ways, the Federal Government which owns them should Improve them Many of them could be so Improved in a few years aa to be utilised for com mercial purposes long before new rail roads could be built The aid they would be to commerce is obvious. The coming renaissance of Inland waterways in the United States Is a reminder that Germany, France, Hoi land asd Belgium depend upon their waterways for the removal of consid erable freight without breaking bulk In any of those four countries. Ger amny owes her Industrial prosperity to canals. Canals are a paying invest ment as a rule, and they are now a necessity in the United States." While there can be little doubt that the government haj frequently been held up and looted In the way of ap propriations for streams that could never be made navigable, it Is no less true that much money can be wisely and Judiciously expended on many ot the large streams which are natural waterways, and that therein can he found relief from many of the evils of insufficient railroad facilities. It Is sJgnificent is this connection to note that a renewed impetus has been lately given to the subject of canal construction In the United States and what The Globe says about Germany is evidence that canals are a paying in vestment It is poasiole that some ot the dreams of great intercontinental waterways may never materialize, or may be for future generations, but it is certain that on a more moderate scale they are going to be constructed wherever possible, and the sooner the better. Mr. J. J. Hilt who Is certain ly aa authority on the subject recent ly stated that the country should have nearly or quite 75,000 miles of new railroads In order to relieve conges tion, and he estimated this would re quire more than fire billion ot dollars. This Is an immense sum, and we suppose no one can imagine that it can be raised or the roads built with .a any reasonable short period. Then, a demand tor freight and passenger trdjuc continues to grow and the rail- rrwMU eannot be built fast enough to supply that demand, it is plain that congestion of transportation will, in crease, and no one can foresee the limit. Plainly the remedy lies in the improvement of the natural waterways and the opening up of artificial ones. It is the only way now apparent and even the railroads themselves should not object WASHINGTON LETTER. Regular Correspondence. Washington, D. C. May 25. 1907. There Is a report in circulation of serious friction between the manage ment of the Jamestown Exposition and the authorities- at Washington. The tory has not come out on the sur face yet, but It is said that everyone on both sides is tired and angry and that it would need little to bring about an open rupture. It is claimed that the whole trouble is Jealousy on the part of Federal officials of Jamestown ot a Southern enterprise. Admiral Rohler Evans, the "Fighting Bob" of the navy, Is credited with fomenting the disturbance. He was In command Of the American fleet at Jamestown snd the complaint is that he has han dicapped the displays there by . fail ing to send detachments of Bailors ashore for the .various ceremonies when they were wanted, and chasing (he foreign fleets out of the harbor be fore they were ready to go. It Is said that on the opening day of the Exposi tion he was not going to send any sailors ashore to take part in the dis playand was only, brought to time by a sharp telegram from the Secretary ot ue Navy. , Afterward. It Is said. that he utged tli6aepamrfe of the foreign, fleets which were expected to remain and be a part of the display so long as the Exposition lasted.' Ad miral brans laughs at the report and says that be has done everything he could to make the Exposition a suc cess, and If there is any trouble it Is because of the Incompetent local man agement of the Exposition. The Navy Department, of course, enters an offi cial denial to the whole story, bat the . tact remains that the British squadron pulled up anchor and left Just before Jamestown Day, which they were supposed to help celebrate, and the action of the War Department In calling off a luncheon that had been arranged In honor of General Koroki all indicate that the official attitude of some of the high officials In Washing ton has not been as friendly as might nave neen expected. ' A curious search has Just been con cluded by an English lawyer In Wash ington that ended In the cemetery of the Government insane asylum at 8t Elizabeth's across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac. The lawyer was here trying to locate the heir to a fortune of $6,000,000 left by a wealthy manu facturer of England. The legal heir would have been one John Cook, nephew ot the dead man. A long search in this country indicated that he had come to Washington-and the lawyer fully expected to find him here After considerable trouble he found that Cook had gone down in the world and finally after being arrested as a vagrant-on the street, had been com mitted to the Government asylum as as Insane pauper. No one knew any thing about him, and after lingering at the asylum for awhile he died and was buried at public expense in the little cemetery attached to the instil tutlon. At this very time the fortune ot $6,000,000 was waiting tor him In England. There was no record of any other heirs to the money except a sis ter of the dead man who Is now a permanent Inmate of an Insane asylum at Norfolk, Vs. Some of the money was set aside to pay her expenses In that Institution and the remainder of the Immense sum will go to the British erowsr-for -the hick' of an turner. 1 One of tht Ablest addresses deliv. ered At the Lake Mohonk Peace Con ference this week was that by the mil. lion aire Ambassador from .Mexico, Senor Creel, who haa been one ot the noted figures In diplomatic life here since his appointment to succeed the late BenorAsplroa. 8enor Creel spoke In tar ot what la known as the Dra go DA line which Is a sort ot supple ment lthe Monroe Doctrine, and de clares against the -right of a foreign power to collect .debts by . force of arms from any of the American re publics. The doctrine has been named after the Secretary of 8tate of Brazil by whom It was eluddated and warmly supported, but 8enor Creel gave the credit for its inception to Elihu Root, the American Secretary ot Slate. - He declared that it met with the hearty approval not only ot Mexico, bnt all the Central and South American Re publics, and it seems likely that it will be adopted by the countries ot this hemisphere as a fitting corrollary fb the Monroe Doctrine. It is not likely that It will ever be formally recognised by the powers ot Europe any more than the Monroe is now, but If it Is as thoroughly respected as the Monroe Doctrine always has been, that will be sufficient tor all practical pur poses One ot the subjects that has been brought up every once in a while by the Postofflc Department is the adop tion of stamp-selling machines. There was a trial of such machines about a year ago, and while there were some that worked, they were all crude, and none were adopted. Now there is to be another test of machines that will sell one-cent and five-cent stamps and postal cards. It is understood that some ot the machines bate been im proved to the point where they will be acceptable to the Department Their adoption would be a convenience for any places in the city, and It is known that they would be largely in stalled by hotels and drug stores and many places where there are not now branch poetoffices. - But the most val uable locations for them will be in country railway stations and other places where there Is frequently great demand for stamps and no way ot sup plying it A stamp is one of the cheap est things, but if it Is wanted and not to be had. It assumes a value far be yond its Intrinsic worth. It is very much like wanting a match when a man has a pipe full ot tobacco and no way of lighting it If the. Department can get a satisfactory penny-in-the- slot machine for selling stamps. It will be one ot the greatest boons in the postal line that has been granted to the country population since the es tablishment of the rural free delivery sjrstem.. It is announced that the strike ot the steam' shovel workers on the lath mus of Panama has been called off and that all of the men affected have gone back to work. This ends the only labor trouble on the Isthmus be tween the 5,000 white employes. The shovels are making about 75 per cent of the record that they were making In the dry eeason and as the rains are now on, thla is considered a very good showing. Mr. Editor: We are glad to see Scribo bob up once again. He Is a veritable sun burst In the midst of the dark day, but some stars seem more brilliant than others, or much nearer to us. Why and wherefore this seeming difference In the make-up of mankind? Will we ever know? One glides smoothly along God's way, the other continually try ing to cross-cut to-wtt: By nature thePare fitted to walk, but they keep trying to fly. Pure waters cannot flow from a. corrupt fountain. The devil wanted to boss the business in Heaven, but that was unconstitutional. He would not submit and was cast out and down. Hear the discussion of the promised. Abraham is our father, and we know this man; he is the son of a carpenter, of a low pedigree. Too often said in these days of true merit and of Incalculable worth. But listen to the other, before Abraham was I am. I beheld Satan fall from heaven as light ning. I am the Alpha and Omega, the first snd the last The Being to whom Pope's petition was addressed: O Thou great first cause least under stood Whatever thou art surpasses me to know, i Teach me this more than hell to shun That more than heaven pursue Whatever conscience dictate to be done Or warns me not. to do. . . O Lord, our petition grant, And the glory shall be thine. . Roosevelt Is never forgotten. One of his critics at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition aays he never mentioned the Roanoke colony that gave the mystery of Virginia Dare and the Croatan tribe that is isolated in Robeson county, for which good old Dr. McNeill was censured in his ef forts to lay a foundation for educat ing them. Now, this Is bad treatment of well-meaning men. Dr. McNeill, for remembering an important matter. if education is as essential to good citizenship as-Charles JJ. Aycock It, Co. would have us believe, and ot Roose velt for falling to detail all the minor incidents that occurred in this wilder ness three hundred years ago. . We tried to make you understand only a few days ago thaV-ou were-exacting too much from one man, even .if he were a Hercules, both physically and mentally. Bryan is still growing in popular favor, and Hoke 8mlth says he is only Just a little In the rear of Boosevelt at this time We think he will lead by a a length In 'November of next year. If so, the grandest man In all the world will be both right and President at one and the same time. - Let ns give thanks to the Lord for the prospects, and let us, as Roosevelt suggested the other day, resolve to be better cit izens, and each ot ns answer to that roll-call for ourselves and quit trying to sail under our granddaddy's hat, and the expense of the locks on the doors will soon be . dispensed with and the sum total will go to swell the fund for the relief of the poor and the afflicted everywhere. We will be fast approaching the dawn of the millen nium. . - - , . , , Readers, did It ever occur to you what, a power you were for right or- wrong, if yon were all of yon right individually you would be so collec tively, you would be Irresistible. In fact- there would be no opposition. But how Is It? The devil and his em issaries have an overwhelming major ity In both houses; the minority is fighting valiantly and will eventually triumph over the hosts of Satan. The saints will overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil. Why persist fn the wrong' when common sense alone tells yon It must cease, .Ton are rob- Ding your jenows daily, wot aione by -yenr cat-like tread In the dark of the moon when Sambo IsSullIng' the setting hens from their nests, but you stand In the pulpit and market places In the light of the noonday sun and lie as the devil did to Mother Eve, and tolerate all manner of deception and call It legitimate business. If yon read the Bible yon do not believe it A believer could not do the things yon do; Conscience would burn you Into a. emo fit only for a madhouse" In twenty-four hours; but your con science is seered at with a hot iron, the sense, of feeling paralysed, the greed for gain Is the paramount Issue, not the fruits of honest toll and fru gality. But of the lying lip and slight ot hand, of course Jt does not coma to stay, neither to return from whence It came, because the laws of restora tion are either abolished or Ignored In the world's socalled courts ot Justice. Perhaps our prescription Is rather large this time, but warm weather la near at hand sad the eld settlers told us that a heavy dose of good medicine In the springtime saved doctors' bills In the fall season. 8aJ would like to hear from all the old-flme writers to The Observer. It you have no news. Just let us know you are still living, of course dead people have nothing to say. As ever, SALMAGUNDI. Cameron, N. C, May. 1907. MONT VIEW. Editor Observer: While thousands are on the brink of starvation in the famine districts of China and Russia, American wealth is reveling In the halls ot splendor, luxurious and voluptuous living. W. E. Crey, President of the United States Steel Corporation, celebrated his mar riage In New York City May 15, by a banquet costing $50,000. This Is more money than the average man accu mulates la a life time. Certainly the American people are noted for ex travagant living. And who pays for all this evtravagance finally? Is it not the masses ot laborers who toll in the mines and factories and the farmes who till the soil, as well as everyone who earns his living by his hands? Do they not pay every per cent, that is levied on the necessaries and comforts of life by the Insatiate greed ot mil lionaire speculators, and yet thou sands of this class to-day are starving in far-off lands for want of bread. Will there not be a reckoning all along this line some day? Is not a Just God taking cognizance of the man ner in which men spend the wealth entrusted to them. John D. Rockefeller gives his mil lions to "higher" education, and An drew Carnegie his to public libraries. But what good does higher education and public libraries do a starving peo ple? Have they sent their thousands over to Russia and China to relieve suffering humanity? If not, what olalm have they in the promises of the lowly Nazarene who told the rich young man to go and sell all that he had and distribute among the poor and follow him ajid he should have eternal life. This is the day of the power of wealth. The feeble are crushed be neath the ponderous wheels ot accu mulated wealth. We don't so much need higher education and public li braries as we do legislation to relieve the struggling masses from the oppres sive yoke of this Arcadian wealth. Still the railroads In the United States are butchering up the traveling public at a fearful rate. Thirty-five killed and. 60 wounded on the South ern Pacific. Something; is radically wrong. The railroads should be tax ed heavily by the general government for their monopoly. Every precious human life should be fixed at $10,000 at least-'-- - Princes and kings are born and the news' Is heralded from the royal pal aces by the booming of cannon and the flying of flags, but the poor peasant fs born, lives, and dies and is never heard of. What a vain glorious world is this! Wars and rumors of wars. but the end is not yet The Peace Con gress that recently met in New York City, and that which Is soon to con vene at The Hague, may discuss peace problems and the disarmament of the powers that be, but Uncle Sam Is mak ing arrangements to build two mon strous warships that will leave the Dreadnaught of the British navy in the shade. Other nations will follow suit So where la the peace we hear so much about? It was our good fortune to be pres ent at the Bule's Creek Commence ment and it was an exceedinelv en joyable occasion. Here, was unalloyed pleasure as the crowds mingled so ciably together to witness the Com mencement exercises. There was a big dinner on Thursday, the big day ior an those who were thoughtful enough to provide themselves before hand. This scribe managed to secure two fine drumsticks which he wielded very dextrously as the moments soed pleasantly by. Ice-cream, lemonade, milk-shakes, coca cola and all the pleasant drinks from the soda fountain were furnished to the thirsty crowds by five well-equipped soda fountains and lemonade stands, all you had to do was to walk up and call for what you wanted and pay for what you got This Commencement surpassed any previous one or the school in the com pleteness of the programme and the manner In which It was carried out, the contest for the declatmers' and orators' medals was spirited and would nave done credit to any of the lead ing colleges in the State. The recitals by the elocution and music cusses on the stage Thursday night was sim ply grand., Pantomime "My Faith Looks Up to Thee," by the elocution class, brought the house downr-The-valeoictoiX-hzl i. A. uaggett, Sampson county, was a most excellent delivery.. The part ing scene on the stage at night was quite affecting. It showed the sympa thetic feeling, existing between the student body and the-faculty The Commencement sermon waa preached by Rev. Livingston Johnson, of Ra leigh, N. C, and the literary address was delivered by Rev. H. H. Hutten, D. D, of Charlotte, N. C. . Who taught the little busy bee " To ImDrOve each shining hour. And gather honey all the day . From every opening flower? - It waa God who taught thetnthuT ' Each moment to improve, ,. . ' And when Idlers come standing around ' To make them get on a move. The tnoral to us thus taught Is very simple and true. It applies to other folks As well as to me and you. It Is to attend to your own biz " And let other people's alone And the world will go on smoothly . without a single drone. May 24. 1907.? ' Scribo. Right Breathing Care Catarrh. Simple Way to Kill Catarrhal Ocrms - In Nose, Throat and Longs. The only natural and common sense method known for the cure of catar rhal trouble if Hy-o-mei. It is breath ed through an ingenious pocket in haler, so that its medicated air reach ctthe most remote air-cells of the nose, throat and' Ittnsts. killinar all catarrhal gerrhii soothing- the irri- utea mucous membrane, and restor ing a healthy condition. Hy-o-met (rocs rieht to the soot where fthc catarrhal germs art pres ent iu the nose, throat and lungs and destroys the germs so that perfect neaith is soon restored. . A complete Hy-om-ei outfit, with inhaler costs but it.oo and is sold by Sed berry's Fbsrmacy-oader guaran tee to refund the money unless the remedy gives satisfaction. - I Oitdley Stock Reduction Sale Starts Saturday morning,' June 1st, at 8 o'clock. The very late cold spring so retarded business that we find our stocks too large, and the best way that wft know of to reduce stock , is to lower the price, so here goes the first shot from our big bargain guns. 10 O'clock Sale Saturday morning 15c. large checked White Madras 10 yards only to . each customer at 6c. yard. Sale 10 to 10:30. Lot Cotton Suitings, worth 10c, at 7 l-2c, Short length 10c. Chambreys at 5c. yard. $1.35 yard-wide Black Taffeta Silk $1.10 yard. Very best, heavy, rustling silk. $3.00 to $4.00 Fine Dress Hats all on one table Sat urday choice $2.00; made by expert milliners; finest materials and trimmings. 15c. E. & L. Collars for men and boys 5c. Not all sizes, but if you find your size and style you get a bargain. 50c Boy's Shirts 29c, made of pretty Madras; all sizes, 12 to 14. Here is the Way We Have Reduced Some oi the Shoes Lot Misses' Sandals 12 to 13 1-2 sizes, choice 50c. Women's, Misses' and Girls' Oxfords, worth up to $1.50, choice $1.00 a pair. One lot Children's Wash Suits, worth up to $1.25, choice 39c. All our Fine White Shirt Waists choice $1.00; worth $1.25 to. $2.00. Good 15c. Quaker Knit Stockings Saturday 2 pairs for 15c; fast black. $1.00 American Beauty Corsets, all the new models for spring and fall, 69c. : W. E. Kindley & Co., Fayetteville, N. C. H. W. LILLY, President JNO. D. ELLINGTON, Vice-Pres't and Cashier. E. J. LILLY,' Assibtant Cashier. FOURTH NATIONALBANK Fayetteville, N. C. (Successor to The Bank ot Fayetteville). The Comptroller of the Currency and the United States authorities, having approved our assets and given our business methods the stomp of their approval, we are now a National Bank. The security we offer our de positors and customers is modern equipment and business methods, with Capital Stock $ioo,ooo!oo. SurPlus 50,000.00. stion ?SftE! '"d Mpital f My Natinal f State fa . We rent tiafety Deposit Boxes in our modem chrom steel vault at SaTc&fcSLiSS1' year We bu,ar ln8urMce Protec" We will appreciate your Commercial or Savings Account. F lsaawassssste Do You iL.j 1 Mf Core Every body, Including "Father?9 Admits the Perlecti over every other Flour sold in Fayetteville., It Is a Prime Favorite In Every Household. .SS H is the Flmip y i, "vui luiiucr ucia -AJ!0HNSONrMafla!rer,- , W Hartrset. , issVl Know What It Does ? It relieves a person of all desire for strong rwfcerJnigstojesJW tcm to iU normal condition.and reinstates . a man to his home and business. For Full Particulars, Address The Keeley Institute, Greensboro, N. C. Correspondence Confidential Superiority ol on en0U'hfor 'poorist-which ex r.r.tf Tllle, N, 0 ' Phon. M
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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