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a V,UK OBSERVER FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. THUR8DAT, JUNE . 1M5. C. i. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. . - E. J. HALE, Jr- Business Manager. ....... FRIENDS AND FRIENDS. The Commoner. There art friends and friend era! klndi of them, and the man In public life baa A (ample of each. There la the personal mead -the friend who lorea you, not because of what you stand for or oppose but bs- eause of what you are. Hla afreet ion dotts not wax or wane with the rise and fall of Issues. He Is steadfast because bis heart Is knit to yours. What would life be without such friends? Second there is the buslnes. friend who has Joint interests with you and finds it to his advantage to preserve amicable relations. Such friends are useful. Then there Is the political friend, who IS attached to you for political reasons, and of these political friends there are two classes the one class embracing those who agree with you on tome principle of government or upon some governmental pollc", and the other class Including thoe. who belong to the same party. Isroes fur nish ties. In fact, ties that bind to gether those of like sympathies and like Ideas are stronger than ties of blood. These friends are a source of strength to the reformer; they eocour ag him when the day seems dark and when "clouds conceal the shining sun;" tbey bid him hope when the com ing of the dawn can on I ..- b seen through the eye of faith. Such friends God bless them prove that man does bear the image of his Creator. The organisation friend is a numer ous factor in the political world and must be counted In every conflict Many, If not majority, of every party go with the organization, support any platform that may be adopted and ask no questions about the candi dates. They shoot for you when the organltation Is for yon and oppose you when the organization la against you. These organisation friends must not be confused, however, with fair weath er friends. The fair weather friend may be found in society and business as well as In politics; he smiles upon yon when he thinks that a smile will bring blm personal gain, and he turns the cold shoulder to you if there be more money In doing that He can not claim the virtues of the organiza tion friend because the friendship of the fair weather friend ia m tree nary or at last selfish, while the organiza tion friend puts bis loyalty to the party above his personal views or In terests. But there Is another friend or so- called friend who, lacking the cour-1 age to be an open enemy or because he thinks covert attack more effective, uses the sacred name of friend to do you Injury. He professes to be solici tous about your welfare and Is always HonyiDg about your mistakes. In stead of advising you privately, he uses the public prints to assure you that be loves yon in spite of your faults and weaknesses; he loves you so much that be sometimes Intimates that your death or disappearance would be fortunate for you and that the party aud the country might bear the calamity for your sake. Ha re tails all the slanders that he can find, and when he can not find enough, he manufactures some and Introduces them with "tbey say. He rolls as a "sweet morsel under his tongue" each unkind word which he can gather or invent, and In so doing expresses his regret that such injustice or at least (jim tuuu-uiu cuarst suou i no suae against one to whom he is so attached. He Is sure that these charge J' do you harm If he does not publish em, enlarge upon thein and express his hope that they are exaggerated. He quotes misrepresentations of your ut terances a-d expresses his doubt whether you really used the language attributed to you. His criticism coming as It does from "a friend,' is given a more prominent place In the opposition press than it could secure if It came from an vow ed enemy and thus does more harm. Eevry man who interests himself In politics has such professed friends to encounter as soon as he hah Influ ence enough to make it worth while for anyone to betray him. The Bible furnishes u with an Illus tration of this kind of friendship: "And Joab sad to Amasa, Art thou In health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard .with his right hand to kiss him, and Amasa took no heed of the sword that was in Joab's nana; so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib." This experience has been repeated many times, but the wounds inflicted by Joab have not al- wsjj been fetal PEACE INSTITUTE A Statement and an Appear. reace insuiute is ine ouigrotvm ot prominent men in the Synod of North Carolina who desire to establish at the State Capital a school of high grade for young women. At the inception of the project In 1857, William Peace, an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh,-headed -the list with a gift of $10,000, and in recogni tion of his generosity, the Institute was honored with his name. - '"''"' 'History. -'" The Civil War and the chaos that ensued postponed for several years the opening of Its doors for its real mission. In 1871 the property was leas ed to Rev. Robert Burwell and his son, Mr. John B. Burwell, who launched the school upon Its career and ably guided It until 1890. Then It was leas ed to Mr. James Dinwiddle for a tend of fifteen years. It having been bought In 1878 by a stock company, composed of Judge W. N. H. Smith, K. 8. Pullen, W. H. Crow, Maj. R. 8. Tucker, Julius Lewis, Prof. A. Bauman, Dr. D. E. Everett, Dr. E. Burke Haywood, A. n. Stronach, Judge George Howard, W. 8. Primrose, George Allen, Rufus Darringer, and other prominent citi zens of North Carolina, principally Presbyterians. Later Mr. Dinwiddle purchased a large - proportion of the stock and has conducted a successful school until the present' when he is compelled to gve up the work by reas on of ill health. .... . Statement. -- ' To keep Peace Institute under Pres byterian influences and ensure to them Its permanent control, a commltr tee commuting ot James R. Young, Chairman; Gov. R. B. Glenn, . Cham bers Smith, George Allen, and Herbert V. Jackson, was appointed by the First Presbyetrtan Church of Raleigh to devise a plan and take action re garding its purchase, it was neces sary for this comlttee to lose no time. Mr. Dinwiddle ' had been offered f o nno for l)ls interest and was about io tumour the property when the fm!t; opened negotiations with Mm, resulting in the purchase ot the property for $45000 one-thiro HIS,- 000) Is to be paid cash on July 1, ml. and the balance (130.000) In bond secured by thte property In an Issue of not more than $45,000. . The committee decided to issne $15, 000 In bonds and sell the same for cash, payable on or before June 15th, and sell $45,000 in stock, payable one third cash on or before June 15th and the balance in one and two years. No trouble .Is anticipated in placing the bonds, for they are amply secured by the property, worth, on a conservative valuation. $75,000 or $80,000. " Value of Property. Peace is admirably located in the most desirable portion of the city of Raleigh, and has been estimated by the best judges of real estate In the city to be worth Land (8 acres. From $30,000 to $40,000 Buildings From $35,000 to $50,000 Personal .... From $10,000 to $15,000 Total .. ..From $75,000 to 105,000 Purchase Price. The Institution has been contracted for on the most advantageous terms, as the whole property will cost Mr. Dinwiddle's part, consist ing of 245 shares, and the personal property necessary to ran the Institution...... $45,000 Miscellaneous shares (55) 5,500 Total cost $50,500 Plans. The sale ot bonds ($45,000) wiU provide for the payment of Mr. Din widdle. The sale of $30,000 of stock (total Issue $45,000) will provide $10, 000 cash and notes for $30,000. The $10,000 cash will pay for the Inter est held by other parties ($5,500) and leave $4,500 as a fund for necessary running expenses. Now with a sale of the balance ($15,000) of the proposed issue ($45, 000) of stock and notes ($20,000) re ferred to above, we have a fund of $35,000 to be need In paying off the bonds or increasing the value of the plant and adding to .its usefulness. By nsing $25,000 in additions to the property and $10,000 in pattent on the bonds, we would have property worth over $100,000 with an Incum brance of only $35,000. Purpose. The purpose of the committee is to secure permanent Presbyterian con trol of Peace Institute and place it under the direction of Presbyterians of the SUte. This can only be ac complished by their owning the Col lege and providing lor Its noiaing ana management as they deem most desir able, just as the Episcopalians ana Baptists own and control In our Cap ital City, 8t Mary's School and the Baptist Female university respecuve lv. As soon as the arrangements above referred to are accomplished, the owners of the stock propose to tender the Institution to the Presby terians of the State at the purchase price ($50,500) and to give them what time may be wished In which to pay for it They can determine In their wisdom whether it shall be held by the 8ynod, the Presbyteries, or the churches: School Continued. In order that there might be no break In the work of the Institution, the committee hive made arrange ments to continue the school for the next session. Prof. Henry Jerome Btbckard. A. I., who has been so closely Identified with the manage ment of Peace for a number of years, and on whom has rested largely the executive work of the college, has been engaged by the committee as act in president He will have asso ciated with him in the management. Miss Nannie Dinwiddle and Prof. James P. Brawley, together with the other members of the able faculty. almost without change, that hare worked so acceptably during the pres ent session, Mr. 8 toe lard's well known ability and extensive experi ence as an educator give assurance that the high ideals of Peace will be maintained. The keen Interest among the students now In college as to Its future: Is most gratifying. Alumnae. The Alumnae, and in fact all "Peace Girls," can be of Inestimable service In establishing Peace on the basis con templated. To this end they are urged to organize in every community and formulate plans for promoting the in terests of their Alma Mater. They may render efficient service in many ways by directing students to Peace by sending the president names of young women who might matriculate; by asking for and distributing litera ture on the subject; and by contribut ing financially by taking stock in the Institution and inducing others to do so. -Plans will be perfected to enable all who desire to help in large or small donations or purchases of stock. Appeal. .The committee has acted at a crisis, there was no time for consultation, ortdelay, M postponement would have resulted in the loss of Peace Institute to our denomination; hence the Pres byterians generally are looked to for support Infthis movement Our church can not anora to surrender its hold at the capital of North Carolina. Both the Baptists and Episcopalians have recognized this point of vantage, and have accordingly centered their ener gies here. The Presbyterians have other good schools In the State, it Is true; but it Is admittedly true that Peace has always occupied an unlgue place among the colleges for women not only In the State but also In the whole South. ... To all Presbyterians who have the general welfare of their denomination at heart, whatever may be their location, preferences or preju dicesto such we appeal with confi dence. , . . . . JAMES E. YOUNG. - - Chairman. ROBERT B. GLENN, E. CHAMBERS SMITH, GEORGE ALLEN, HERBERT W. JACKSON, Committee. Raleigh, May . 1907. . , IRISH .NATIONALIST PARTY MAY ADOPT A NEW POLICY, The London correspondent of the New York Commercial says: ; ; Although Cardinal Moran has bled to Dublin from Melbourne opinion favorable to the Blrrell Irish council bill, the feeling of the local Irish clergy against the project is sn strong that the chances of rejection in toto' are overwhelming. Left to himself, John Redmond, the National ist leader, probably would accept the measure with the privilege of amend ing it; and, in ordinary conditions, the Nationalist political .machine obeys the hand of the leader;- but ex isting conditions are not ordinary. Archbishop Walsh's characterization of Mr. Birrell's scheme as "bad all round" sounds the knell ot Its doom, and : the convention - next Tuesday will throw it out the only question being as to the size of the majority gainst It . This will mean that the Nationalists must begin over again. It may mean also a new programme, if not a new policy.' The old things hare passed away. Irishmen in rejecting the prin ciple ot "devolution" put an end to any - possibility of compromise be tween the two factions in the cabinet of Blr Henry Campbell-Bannerman. The Premier himself, and Mr. Morley, Herbert Gladstone and . Lord Elgin cherish the. old Gladstontaft ideal of 1886. 7. ; On the other band, Mr. Asqulth, Mr. tlaldane and Elf Kd.wani Grey all of them comparatively" young men and the future leaders ot Liberalism adopt the view of Lord Rosebery, who has said: "Between myself and home rule is a deep gulf fixed.' Within a fortnight Jkv' Asqulth has said: Should I discover anything ia the Irish council bill tending toward a realisation of the preposterous am- bltions ot ParneU, I promise to aban don the enterprise absolutely and im mediately." Hera is the possibility of a great liberal spilt Assumng the absolute rejection of the bill by the Dublin convention, it is clear that Sir Henry Campbell Ban neran will bare no alternative in dropping the measure unless he la ready to see his ministry go to pieces. As the supreme purpose of his govern ment is to effect a reeonstitutioa of the British legislative system in such a way as to unit the veto power of the House of Lords, it was a part ot the Premier's tactics to bring forward an Irish measure which, once passed by the Commons and ratified by Ire land, would go to the upper cham ber with the united approval of Brit ish and Irish sentiment Then be would have said to the Lords: "It you throw out this meas ure, you will not be able to assert. as you said ot Mr. Birrell's education bill, that you are rejecting it be cause there Is no popular mandate for It" Without more ado he could have appealed to the country in a new general election on the question of reformation of the House ot Lords and would have had a fresh Illustration ot Its unresponsiveness to the public 11L The programme was theoretic ally a good one. But, with repudiation of the council bill by the Irsh themselves a -foregone conclusion, what becomes of Sir Henry's tactics? It would be tolly to ask even the Commons to give further consideration to a project the Peers would reject even were the Dub lin convention to approve. Nothing remains for Sir Henry but to choose between an abandonment of efforts to ameliorate the condition ot Ireland on the one hand, and, on the other, an appeal to the country on the square Issue of home rule meaning an Idepe pendent Parliament on College Green, the only thing which, according to the Irish clergy, will satisfy the sentiment ot Irish nationalism. It is by no means clear that the Britiah people, it called upon to decide the home rule question now, would make a favorable response. The Chamberlalnite wing ot the Liberal party is as compact as ever, and res olutely opposed to the old Parnelllte ideal. The Roseberyites are. It any thing, a more compact body of liber als, and equally resolute in their op position to the ParneU ideal The old line Tories and the young Conserva tives are unyielding In their opposi te The necessity of "mending or ending" the House of Lords appeals to a Urge body of Britons who do not tol erate for a moment the proposition to erect In Ireland a great assembly to make laws for Ireland. , It is useless to "shut -one's eyes to the existing situation. Two great ob stacles stand In the way of Ireland s well being. The first ia the wide spread distrust among Britons on the score ot Irish loyalty to what they call the common Interests of the United Kingdom. It Is not an elec- tite reply to call those cuumea inter, est, as Mr. Redmond does, the inter ests of the "predominant partner. What, can four millions of Irish men do against forty millions of Brit ons? The average Briton has a deep seated suspicion that the average Irishman is disloyal to the crown. He does not forget the Irish cheers when British troops were being whipped by Boers. Next to the suspicion of disloyalty is the lamentable antagonism between British Protestants and the Irish Ro man Catholic belrarcby. Liberalism derives its strength from Britsh non conformity, and British, non-conformity is lined np against the Catholic church In Ireland. Dr. John Clicord, the leadng non-conformist minister, declares that it would be folly to trust the destinies of Ireland to a "body of religious reactionaries." Dr. Walsh and his colleagues r i-m this, but to what purpose? McClure's Summer Reading, The summer numbers of McClure's will contain an array of entertaining reading that is particularly adapted to the season. From an editorial an nouncement we find that there are to be several new features presented in early numbers. Among them the most noteworthy In promise, as shown by the first paper in the June number, are the Ellen Terry "Men-orles." This is no formal autobiography. The por tions to be published from tlmeto time deal with separate events of Miss Terry's life. Into the fifty years which have elapsed between her en trance on the stage to the wonderful jubilee celebration of last year, that crowned Miss Terry's fiftieth year on the stage, are crowded some of the most fascinating memories; but It Is the peculiar merit of Miss Terry's rec ollections that .more than any descrip tion, they suggest her own delightful personality,' her vivacity and the ex quisite feminine quality which Is in herent in every part she acts. There could be no more fascinating reading than Walter Wellman's ac count of his preparation for a voyage to-the Pole la a- flying machine to be made in July. Wellman's article is to be printed In June and July. It catch es the Imagination like a dream of the far distant future. Just conceive it a vast cigar-shaped balloon nearly two hundred feet long, whizzing through the air, suspended from it by threads that look finer that spun silk. Is a long steel car. In It, as It borers hundreds of feet above the earth, you can see four tiny figures the crew pushing this lever and that, dropping the lead. taking observations and shifting bat last, doing the hundred things the complicated machine requires. The Fight of the Copper King," C. P. Connolly's amazing story of Mon tana, is to reach its climax In -July with the narration of the sensational struggle for the Minnie Healy mine. In July, also. Carl Schorr "Reminis cences" reach their Climax in the "High Tide of the Rebellion" at Get tysburg. The whole panorama ot Get tysburg stretched before General Bchurx eyes, and no spectator of the battle was better fitted to become its historian. -Oeorglne Miline's "Life of Mary Baker G..Eddy and History of Christian Science" also continues with new phases of this remarkabl woman and her cult : ' The fiction for the summer prom ises to be a better feast than Mc Clure's have ever before given. There are to be stories by three new writers, Mary 8. Watts, Will Adams, and Lucy Pratt There are, also, stories by such well-known writers as Joseph Conrad, Henry C. Rowland, Wllla Sle bert Cather, Viola Roseboro, These stories will be illustrated by such ar tists as Walter. Taylor, ,. , Jamea Montgomery Flagg, Bigtsmund de IvsnowBkl, Arthur I.- Kellar, -P. 1. Steel, Blumenschein and other suc cessful Illustrators. THE RAlLR6AbS AND THE 1 TARIFFS. Norfolk Virginlan-Ptlot The railroads are Incapable of per forming their functions kill the tariff and their erpacity can be doubled on the money now 'hardly sufficient to maintain them. Florida Times-Union. in this statement is contained the very quintessence of truth. -The rela tion which the tariff bears to rail roads, both as to development and cost of service. Is an exceedingly In timate one, although the popular mind seems to have largely lost sight of the tact In the recent agitation for lower rates of traffic and transportation. Intimate as to development because of the fact that the tariff enhances the celt of every article that goes into railroad conitructloo or equipment Because of the practically prohibitive Impost duties on Iron and steel the railroads are compelled to pay the Steel Trust, which controls the supply an dthua arbitrarily regulate prices, from forty to sixty per cent more for their rails than foreign purchasers are charged for similar articles. The same thing la true In greater or Jess degree of the steel and iron that enters Into the construction of bridges, trestles and viaducts or into the construction of terminals, locomotives and rolling stock of all kinds. And this applies not only to the bulky materials but to all others as welL There Is not a riv et that holds the rails to the tie, or a bolt that fastens the plates ot a loco motive, or a coupling pin that con nects two box cars in fact, there is not an article of iron or steel, how ever small and relatively unimportant. which enters Into railway construction or equipment In any way whatever, the cost of which Is not increased from twenty to one hundred and twen ty per cent because of the tariff. And what is true ot iron and steel products is also true of those of wood. Be cause the tariff on lumber, which op erates to effectively keep the foreign product, out of our markets, and so to accelerate the reduction of the last dwindling home supply, the railroads are compelled to pay two or three times what they otherwise would for every tiethat goes into the making of their road-beds and for every arti cle ot wood that enters into the con struction of cars and into the build ing, fitting and furnishing of station- Taken all in all, it is a safe statement that railroad equipment and construc tion in the United States are to-day from fifty to seventy-five per cent more costly than the ought to be or would be. If the tariff on steel, iron and lumber were removed. That this largely- enhanced price of materials Is hampering and retarding railroad development and expansion Is too obvious to admit -of question. The transportation facilities of the coun try are grossly nadjequate for the proper handling of the nation's busi ness. This, even the railroad mana gers and operators are free and frank to admit James J. Hill tells us that it will require over 70,000 additional miles of railroad to relieve the exist ing situation to say nothing about fu ture demands. The cost of this addi tional trackage he places at five and. one-half billion dollars, adding that the United States can not raise the money. Mr. Hill Is as expertln his line and is therefore competent to speak with authority. But where would be the necessity of raising that stun if the handicap were taken off the railroads. With the removal of the tariff on Iron, steel and lumber, so that the raU roads could buy their materials in the markets of the world, wherever they could be bought cheap est, the additional trackage required could be provided for a third to a half less than the amount mentioned by Mr. H11L The intimate relation between the tariff and the rates of railroad traffic and transportation follows as a natur al sequence. The basis ol charges oj a public service corporation Is that they shall be such as will produce a reasonable and legitimate profit on the capital Invested. The higher the cost of materials for construction and equipment the greater the capital in vested and therefore the higher the charges necessary to produce a proper and legitimate return on the invest ment The railroads bear the tariff burden in the beginning, but in the end the people in the territory which it serves have to pay the bill. Mani festly it is unfair to the railroads to demand that rates. of traffic be reduc ed so long as the tariff burden con tinues to exist The people and not the railroads are responsible for the tariff laws and they are 'bearing, should bear and will bear the result ant burden so long aa the laws are allowed to remain unchanged. But why . should there be any burden for anybody to bear? The sole bene ficiaries of the tariff system are the favored few who pile up enormous riches at the expense of the many. It is a safe prediction that If the tariff of materials entering into rail way construction and equipment was removed and waterway development pushed with vigor and energy the country would shortly be without a transportation problem to threaten its prosperity and retard its development Facilities which would be able and rates which would regulate them selves. THE FIRST IRONCLAD, AND OTH- ER CONFEDERATE HISTORY. Norfolk Virglnlan-Pllot Our attention has been called to the fact that since writing a notice of Mr. Fiveashs interesting and val uable story of -the-Virginia and the Monitor, that Captain H. B. Little- page, formerly of the Confederate Navy and a midshipman on the Vir ginia from start to finish of her ca reer, has also deemed this ''gathering of the fleets an appropriate season for gaining the public ear for a truth ful version ot events which have been long grievously misrepresented. Cap tain Littlepage's account Is more lengthy, but. does not differ as to painstaking accuracy and Impartially marshalling all reliable and relevant testimony from the treatment of the tubjecf in the work of Mr. Fiveash. The claims put forward by both writ ers may be synopslzed as follows: - (1) That the Virginia was the first Ironclad man-of-war, the first steam battery protected by armor, and It was conceived and constructed by the Confederate Secretary of the' Navy and three assistants; (2) that the Virginia revolutionized the naval war tare Ot the world; (3) that the Moni tor, Inform and Idea, was conceived from the Virginia; (4) that the Vir ginia actually defeated the Monitor In the battle of Hampton' Roads, March 1, 1862, and forced the Monitor to withdraw and retreat under cover of the guns of Frotress Monroe; (5) that after the retreat of the Monitor the Virginia offered battle repeatedly, and the Monitor refused to renew the engagement; () that on April 11 the Virginia steamed within, range of the guns of the Rip Raps and Fort ress Monroe and In full range of the Monitor and her attending squadron, and dispatched two of her wooden consorts to capture three Federal ves sels and tow them, with their colors reversed, under the bows of the foreign- men-war then present, to Nor folk as prists of war (7) that the Confederate ship was destroyed by order of her commander when Nor folk was evacuated by the Southern troops because she eduld not be taken up the James river. The strength of the case made out by each author Is that their contention is abundantly and Ineontestably proved, if every sera? et evidence they adduce should be rejected except that furnished by the official reports of the Federal eflt csrs to the Navy Department of the United States. ' t ', Commenting on the LitUepage pub lication the Memphis Commercial-Appeal says, "of course these averments will be viciously attacked although they are fortified step by step, logic ally and Inexorably.. But this, we think, la a hasty conclusion. In the first place there la no room left' for a successful attack." Mere reiteration of a falsehood against such aa array ot such unimpeachable testimony would be powerless to affect the pub lic judgment Nor can It be denied that aa to all controverted points growing out of the war between the States, there has developed In recent years through all sections ot the country a desire for truth.' That the original perversions were deliber ately perpetrated may be taken for granted, but the motive that prompted It has long since ceased to exist and the United States Government has published to the world in official form -the documents from which Messrs. Fiveash and Uttlepage draw their moat emphatic substantiation of their contentlona. The earlier his torians (so called) accepted aa author ity the Inspired misstatements of con temporary newspapers, and wrote at a time when the archives of the Gov ernment bearing on the subject Were still a sealed book to investigators Doubtless their pens were Influenced by the still glowing embers ot sec tional passion. The errors so orig inating were passed on through sub-' e-iuent editions, to be treated as an hority by successive authors, until even at the South, except among a small class of students aside from the participant in the events, the popu lar belief was led astray. As has al ready been said, the time is ripe to gain a hearing for the truth, and our hope amounts to a belief that the false .' verdict will - now be reversed and that which really happened be substituted In the school books and more ambitious chronicles for the ro mance which has hitherto passed cur rent aa history. FROM FLORIDA Lakeland, Fla., May, 1907 Editor of The Observer: . The drouth that has prevailed so long In outh Florida has at last been broken and the orange groves and vegetation are now doing fine. while the truckers are wearing quite a broad smile and feel that their la bors have not been entirely in vain .f the railroads will furnish trans portation to ship the crop. But if the railroad does furnish the transporta tion there will have to be a great rhange in the present management as there Is a strike ot the car-workers for higher wages that is refused by the railroad authorities. The entire force of car-workers of the third di vision is out consisting of several hundred skilled workmen that the A. C. L. cannot replace, though some- few inexperienced men are trying to do the work, but It amounts to very little for the railroad while the shippers are suffering and complaining of the de lay and alas of guuda caused by be ing shipped in cars In bad condition. The traveling public are greatly an noyed and quite Indignant about the condition of cars furnished by the in experienced labor. The cars should be first-class, bnt they can hardly be called second-class. It seems that the railroads are trying to starve the car- workers back to work,' but such will never be. If they stay out It is no easy job to force men to such meas ures as labor is scarce In Florida, and men who will work can get all the work they want at big wages. It is to be hoped that the matter will soon be adjusted to the satisfac tion of both parties and the general public saved from further -annoyance. Best wishes to The Observer and my native borne, sweet home. As ever, LITTLE IRISH. Mr. A. E. Martin Goes to Augusta. The Wilmington Star of yesterday says: Mr. S. M. King, for several years the Wilmington agent of the Tar Heel Steamboat Company, operating the Steamer C. W. Lyon between this port and Fayettevllle, has severed his connection with the corporation and will leave this week for Augusta, Ga., where with Mr. A. E. Martin, of Fay ettevllle, and Captain J. D. Bradshaw, of this city, they have purchased a controlling Interest In the Gibson Sthamsbip Line, operating a large freight and passenger steamer be tween Augusta and Savannah on the river. The change went into effect yesterday, June 1st Mr. King and Mr. Martin will be connected with the executive management ot the line, while Captain Bradshaw will be on the steamer. Mr. King will be suc ceeded as Wilmington 'agent of the steamer Lyon by Mr. Fred Powell, who takes charge upon the arrival of the steamer this week. , Another rumored change In local steamship circles is that Captain Le Roy Smith has resigned as master of the steamer City of Fajetteville and will go to Savannah, Ga., to engage In railroad work. ' - NEWS OF INTEREST. The third day of the Confederate Reunion at Rlchond Saturday was crowded with business. The general officers were re-elected; action was taken looking to the establishment of a Confederate Hospital in Stonewall Jackson's old home at Lexington, Va. It was recommended that a monument be erected to the soldiers slain at Ap pomattox. The committee reported that the $200,000 'for the Battle Abbey to be established at Richmond Is at hand.. Congress was thanked for re turning captured battlefiags and ap propriating $200,000 to mark Confed erate grave In Northern soil. It wis ordered that the speeches of Gen eral Stephen D, Lee, Colonel Robert E.. Lee, Jr., and Senator Daniel be printed in pamphlet form. General Lee was presented with a cane cut from Cold .Harbor battlefield, where 14,000 men were killed. In thirty min utes. It was decided to hold the next Reunion at Birmingham, Ala., in 1908. - Miss Annie Culbretb and Mr, Albert Culbreth are attending the Commence mcnr"brTrlJiItyTJonege"Hi!s" wee Thels brother, Mr, Fronk Culbreth fs a member of the graduating class of that Institution, SALMAGUNDI'S" COMMENT! Mr. Editor: . . We have been thinking .ot tne world", that la this world, and the news that is being heralded across Its lands and seas, of the printing presses hum ming day and night tne leiegrapn ticking all the time, telephone lines In constant use and the wireless appa ratus all rushing the news from place to place, and the excitement of the hour, the high hopes ot one moment and In an Instant dashed on the aands ot disappointment But with all these facilities for transmitting the reports only a very small per cent, ot popu lation Is taken in the accounts oy name or occupation. Some men and women too are men tioned as prominent in business or politics or religion. Many.of them spoken ot are the criminals, 'notorious worse than that because they do much harm. The other class most SDOken ot the the criminals, notorious for murder, rape, arson, forgery, ly ing and stealing. We see them in chain gangs. In prisons. A small per cent of tha class are Innocent vic tims of malice aforethought But the salt ot the earth, the honest toller in the fields and in the fac tories are seldom spoken ot by the world. Like Amos, they commune with the God ot nature, Flesh and blood Is not the source of their reve lations, the Great Spirit has written his law on the tablet ot their hearts. they do not need men to teach them any more. . They Journey through this wilderness of sin To a fairer land, and a better by .far. Than this world and It burdens has been Or will be till they reach Bethle hem Star. No, they are not ! worrying about creeds m religion or politics. They are not frettipg because one man's skin is white and another of ebony hue. Like Paul, they may soraetlnieii ask, can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots. Tbey don't propose to be slapping their Maker In the face. Hla skill alone painted the rainbow, and without Him was not anything made. Ha fashioned the huge mastodon and the tiniest In sect, and tinged the plumage of the winged fowl and taught them to sing His praise, to build their nests and rear their young. When He finished his work He pronounced It good, rery good. Only mankind, maide in His image and likeness, when instigated by the devil, persist in wmugling about matters they do not understand. They are much given to hero worship. One day is given to Robert E. Lee, another to Fred Douglas, one to Worth Bagley, and another to some other man. If these were good and great men, thousands of oth ers just as true sleep in unknown graves whose valor and patriotism male the name of Lee, Grant, Serlda.i and Stonewall Jackson possible. Why not lump the whole thing? Give God the clory, and thank Him for the iibe of lll.i Instruments great and email, and spend the sub stance for the relief of those win -iro sensitive to hunger and thirst. The superst'tiun of the Jaitanese is commented on I) the so-callt.it Chris tian commentaries. But is he not more generous than you. He does homage to all. While you concentrate upon a select few. i Readersr you had - better consult Amos. He was called to preach at a time when the world was corrupted as it Is at this ime. He opened on them in substance as follows: Worship God and quit your non sense. Yes, reader, do good to . all around you and happiness will dog your footsteps continually. As ye did it unto the least of these, ye did it unto Me. A. C. P. seems to be heading for a cooler clime. Come back old boy to the huckleberry region. As-ever, SALMAGUNDI. Cameron, N. C, May, 1907. JUD80N ITEMS. The full moon has brought us some cold weather and the cotton "had downcast look on it this morning. The bud worms are playing havoc with the corn In the bottom land. The farmers are about through planting In this section and have worxea over tneir crops once or twice and have them generally clear of grass. The crops began to move off nicely during the few warm days we had. It seems that every change of the moon jives us cool weather. The garden pea crop is about played out The crop was splendid, but they were late and prices went low -on them for the last week. The fall sown oat crop Is fine in this section, but the spring sown oats are very sorry. rne melon vines are late but are growing nicely now. We have plenty of headed cabbage over this way. They are far better than the shipped cabbage. ' A fellow can fare sumptuously on N. C. sides and home' grown cabbage. Some of the boys are expecting a big price for cotton this fall. We do not know, boys, you had better not dive too deep, you may get left cot ton la very risky stuff to fool with." There is a great wave of high prices on all kinds ot produce, such as meat flour, lard, meal, etc. " Mr. G. L. Haywood and family have moved Into our midst Mr. J. A. Haywood was over this way Saturday looking after the pike In Lock's creek. ;; He captured a few of them, but there was too much wa ter to fish successfully. The Sunday school was reorganised here a few Sunday' ago. Mr. O. B, Sessom was appointed superintend ent and Mr. H. R, McDanlel, assistant We like to read Salmagundi' let ters, i He writes some good advice, gives some heavy medicine and hits hard. ;. . Uncle Sam la hard on us In having u put In automatic gate across the public road In the stock law sections. Uncle 8am says it must be done by tha 1st of July or he will stop giving as our mall. It is pretty hard, but we will bare to do it VICTORY ITEMS. Mrs. Loula .Hath way returned to her home in Smith field last Sunday, after spending severs ldays with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. D. Hawley, of this place. Miss Leonora . Godwin returned borne last week, after spending month . with .. relative in . Johnston county, .- Mrs. Marcla Warrel, who ha been visiting her parent here 1 spending the week with her brother at Hope Mills. , ' ; Miss Alice - Godwin attended ' the Commencement ot the Graded School at Stedman last week and Is visiting relative ana tnends in that section, Mrs. James -Coggins and little granddaughter, 'Catharine Stone,' of near Jor.esboro, are visiting Mrs, Cog- glns's sister, Mrs. Ira Oates, this week. - - Mf. cTJlafmI,"T,rXtirtiuortori,'Tr' wag nere. yesterday. ' Part of the machinery in the new mill Is now In operation and we hope to soon see tne entire plant running, i -J. ---. FOR 100 COUPONS FROM THE CIGARETTE OF QUALITY 2 Coupons in EaGh Package! Coupons &iw Redeemable Lr Valuable Presents Prtmium Dipartmcnt AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. JERSKV CITY, N. J. ST. LOUIS, MO. Kindley's 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 ithat we 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 Chambreys at 5c. yard. $1.35 yard-wide' Black Taffeta Silk $1.10 yard. Very best, lieavy, 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 Hqve Reduced Some of 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. WVE. Kindlcy & Fayetteville, N. C. H.W. LILLY, president JNOOELLINQTON, : VicfteiH and'ciahier. FOURTH NATIONALBANK . ol Fayettevllle, N. C. (Successor to The Bank of Fayetteville). Condensed Statement af Close of Business May ao, 1907 i Bouacxs ?tat. ... . . .1593,863 62 Overdrafts..,.;.!.. 4 844 18 U. W Bends and Premiums , 28',093 78 HeaJ ' 1M0W 5.000 00 iasn ana one from other , Banks, , ...... , , 108,786 88 ; Total . . ;;, .. .. . 1769,486 88 : : ,; .; Deposits May 29, 1906 , . . Deposits May 20, 1907 . W.n - teffi tt "V re now a national Bank. Ws wonM VnnS-i! mp Uh,ir offlcl- PPval, w count. On savings depoiiu Tt m 4PttJ? 3Dr Con"n5"'1 Anp a and see it grew., w ,iPtwt,t' Ponnded quarterly. Try it It WU1 Pay You to invesugates best Je7.ffiof?umte -Tf " business enable, n. sflSSSh Wow ott-r-wtf1 ??riM thilurnittw ligation. W ean certair offsr ZikI 1?t1u tou to -k fa m.Ii .Y.A .... . ."' D0J airect from the mannrantn i ... it. - imguHi ana aisooants. w , y veryin.na In Furniture f?A?.0ie(urnJ,hln(f Stores and or au ainas or mscn ns- The bt m.rWu. """- nseaies ana Kepain make Tlturttook DewU rln .?.U .d Polish thai will buy. Prompt attention paid toml our 'f - tak ok befora yon NEWBERRY FURNITUn . 110 Person Btrwt i UABIMTIH. CpiUl. ... .... . .1100,00000 PE,nV V w.ooooo Probni(net) 7,16714 Bs-disoounts . . . . . . . 73,26000 Jfcpoeito. . . . . . . ... 689 07974 Total. . . , , $709,48688 ....... 19fl9 AM X . t53.071 7 -
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