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WEEKLY EDITION. $1.00 per Annum, In Advance. OLD SERIES VOL LXXINO 3,985 FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1907. " & NEW SERIES-VOL. XXIII NO. a,J6a . ' V - . - ' ; ; : , :.: . : ' ' - . . ; , a SILVER ALUMINUM JELL-0 MOULDS A leaflet explaining bow to get them will be found in every package of .lib UdSaCKI (Approved by Pore Food Comnlwloom.) A 10c package of JelLO makes enough denert for a Urge family. , ;; bold, by all grocers. . Dattrilci Icdae . (a Itm. The fltnim Pure foot Co., La Roy, N.Y.- TiiiionrDooioHdiunwiowiittxpoiiuoiL A PROFESSIONAL CARDS. V, C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Kotary Public, Surveyor, Office K. of P. Building, FAYETTEVILLE, K. 0. DR. WM. S7 JORDAN, Physician and Surgeon. Office in Palace Pharmacy. Hours: 9 to 12 aid 8 to 5. Q.K.NIMOCKS, Attorney and CounselIor-at-Lw. Koomi 1 and 8 K. of P. Building. rAYHTEVILLS, . . C. 'Phone 229 H. McD. Robinson. John U. Shaw. (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorneys-at-Law, Office oh second floor National Bank of Fayetteville. H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, (Notary Public). Office 126 Donaldson Street. Fayetteville, N. 0. W. S. Cook G Co., 111! Estste ii taiti, Boom 6, K. of P. Building, Fayetteville N. 0 - . JOHN C. DYE, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE: Armfield & Greenirood Drag Store. PHONES jB,faV Dr. E. L. HUNTER, Dentist North-east Corner Market Square, ; FayetteviUe, N. 0. Dr. J. R. HIGHSMITH, DENTIST. Office: Hiichsmith Hospital. MacKETHAN TRUST CO. Market Saaare. FAT1TT1VIU.I.K.0. Heal Estate botwM aid (old. Loaae negotiated and guaranteed. Beat and interest colleoted. Titles examined. conveyance! made. I aeormaee premium taken and loaned herd I.E. MacKiTHAX, Att'T. Fop SaIe.'jXr being prepared, moet of former tracta hav ing been told. ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby announce my withdrawal (to take effectSepteniber lit, 1907,) from general practice, oevoting my whole time and attention to Surgery and Gynecology, and to office and consulta tion work. ., J. F. HIGH8MITH, M. D. SDNNYSIDE FLORAL NURSERY. (James M. Lamb at Sons). Look Box 56. Telephone 49. Fayetteville, N. 0. We are now ready to do fancy bedding. We have - r y O0LU8 In the very best condition. ALTER NANTHERIA to border the tds with. - SALVIA fiPI.EXDENS the best border plant known CALA- DIDMS fine.strong bulbs. TUBEROSES, the sweetest of auT and easy to grow. n AMMAN. We have a Bne lot at just half price, or 76c per doi. Plms, ferns and general stock of Greenhouse plants. CUT FLOWERS always. ;; - v.. fpAm VavartavlIU an follows " Season Ticket, $10.70; sold daily April lVtn to novemoer oviu. .- - .. 60-Day Ticket. $9 00; sold dally April lUin to novemoer outn. : r . . IfLDav Tlnkat MIOl Coach Ezcnrsion, 14.60; sold each T..J... .A iritav. limit. 1 Aava. Kn- dorsed "not good in parlor or sleeping ears." -Through Pullman 81eeplng Cars via ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD . COMPANY. " Write for beautiful illustrated folder containing maps, descriptive matter, lists of Hotels, etc For reservations or any information, address - r' W. I. CBAIG, ' Passenger Trafflo Manager, T.0, WHITE, . , General Passenger Agent, , , , , Wilmington. N. 0 - itor.mroaNOotriNDirp." WBrrteliM, , N ALL COUNTPtUa. Bmihut A-tfl wUk WiUgtm tn (Me, mmrf mnt clm lluftttnk ; . PHirl ti IrtfrfngwMnt Pnttioe EMhslvsly. .rmriNHipv. pil POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCE OF THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE. A telegram of Tuesday night from Chicago: describes the importance of the Interests involved In the pending war between the telegraph operators and the rich employing companies, and suggests the possibility, If not the probabllty, that the issue will be gov ernment control of the telegraph lines. We 'append ta telegram, remarking. In passing, that the demonetization of silver doubled the fortunes of the Goulds and Mackays Immediately, and Increased them many times double by the secondary power which the doub ling bestowed upon their owners. Except, too, for this monstrous crime, we should have neither the Philip pines noe Cuba on our hands now. at an annual cost of nearly 400 millions; nor the trusts; nor railroad or judicial tyranny; nor widespread corruption; nor, indeed, the present strike. The moral of ,all which Is: separate the sheep from the goats in the Democrat ic party, and substitute a Democratic for the present Republican govern ment Saps the telegram: Twenty-lour years of discontent and brooding by telegraph operators nas resulted in the breaking: of an economic storm, which has already as sumed gigantic proportions of the gra vest nature. From a series of scattered skirmish es between the Postal and Western Union Telegraph companies and Indi vidual locals of the C. T. U. A., the present trouble suddenly looms np as a life and death struggle between the Union and the corporations. Diplomatic negotiations and treat ing are now out of the question. A test Of strength Is demanded by both sides. Meanwhile the public promises to suffer from one of the greatest and most harassing strikes In the labor history of the country. Active steps are being taken to as semble the finances of all labor in a defense fund to battle against the mil lions of the telegraph companies. With sufficient funds for all present needs in the hands of the telegraphers' un ion, Secretary Nockels, of the Federa tion of Labor, Issued a call for a meet ing of the leaders of all the affiliated unions of the national federation As a keynote of the meeting, James B. Connors, vice grand master of the Switchmen's union of North America, at a mass meeting of the operators, pledged the moral and financial sup port of his union of 17,000 to the tele graphers in their fight Samuel Gom pers, John Mitchell, John Fitzpatrlck and all other men of national repute, are expected here, prepared to pledge the financial support of their organi zations. A recapitulation of the hostile forces to be arrayed pending the struggle shows 3.000,000 laborers, with strike funds aggregating $5,000,000 against the great wealth of the Goulds and the Mackays, perhaps $300,000,000, and the almost unlimited political power of the "big trunk, lines of railroads con trolled by the two families. To this may be dded the combined riches of Wall Street, and the dominance of capital In all Industrial and govern mental departments. Both sides regard the struggle as the most serious that has yet confronted American Interests. Cablegrams from London and the Bourse received by La Sella street bankers reflect this sentiment in European stock market Labor unions throughout the coun try are sending assurances of their in tention to co-operate with the opera tors even to the extreme of a great boycott against the Western Union and Postal companies, and all corpo rations giving the telegraph compa nies aid and comfort Alarmed at the poslblllties of other interests being involved, conservative business Interests and the more mod erate labor men In Chicago are advo cating an appeal to President Roose velt to arbitrate. Radicals in the tel egrapher's union have set the attorneys for the organization to work on a plan for the taking over of the telegraph lines by the government They are acting under an old statute giving the government power to act in extreme cases. THE TELEGRAPH, STRIKE. The 8trlke of 1883. Our dispatches Tuesday and local columns gave news of the present tel egraph strike. A New York telegram says: Whlla tha ronrtltlnna In the tele graph business have greatly changed since the last strike or operators, me cause leading to the troubles which nn. Avl.t am In the main, the same as those which precipitated the walk out wnicn LOOK place jubi. niicr iiuuu July 19, 1883, on orders of John Camp- Kail mast.. wnrVmsn fif tha Brothers hood of Telegraphers, affiliated with the Knights or la nor. rne next my h. lineman ntniolr Camnbell's order to strike followed weeks of treating with the companies. There were sev. oral amaii rnimnftnlea beside the West on. TTntnti than rlnlne business in New York and the East, in which recogni tion of the union, extra compensation for Sunday work, eight hours a day for day men and seven for night work- ers, and ad per ceni. muraim, m ir were demanded. vn t,a.a flmaTilf! 1.000 ODerators according to the figures given to a Senate' investigating commiww u Campbell, struck, and a great majority i-a n..t until Aiiffimt 17. when the leaders of the brotherhood advised the operators that it was useless to !... t,a atrlba and that all Who WUUUU. m wished should apply for their old po sitions at once. . . inis uoumiuu n. preolptated by heavy desertions from h. nnV. In tha nranadlntt days. When It became apparent that the Western Union had won ana that tnose wno thai nlnMia hack must 8D- nuuiu vmv. - - ply while there were any positions left Hvtf manr nn vh niiriiiK uiai s.a the telegraph business of the country . k.i.. orinnian .Tha- Western Un was trtwi; wft-ft. . . Ion closed every branch office in the city exoept . tnose in-xne- u tw.;,... Wnhanraa. tha Fifth Avenue Hotel and one in Harlem, and the money-order business was suspended, Other cities had similar troubles, in. . alio., nionaa whAra the ODera tors and managers were nonunion and refused to quit were cioseu the men were sent Into. New York and w..rfgnt nantara to work Wires. Commercial Interests for a while suf fered severely. The commercial ex . . . ... . I.. avtant. avmnathll- secure the arbitration of the troubles. Throughout, the .Western .Union re fused to arbitrate. For several days after July 19 the company had difficulty in handllna- businesss, but It gradually recruited a rorce of operators until the service was rapidly assuming Its normal state, wnen tne orotberhood leaders saw the futility of further efforts and sent their followers hack to work. Of those who went on strike many were refused re employment and those who were taken back were compelled to sign a prom ise not to engage ' In any further strikes. Most of the leaders were among those who were not taken back and they were forced to seek employ, ment with private enterprises. Master workman Campbell, in ex plaining the defeat of the ODerators and linemen, said It was not through lacK oi money, but because the West era Union had the greater staying power. Other Interruptions to Telegraph Ser vice The Bllxzarda. Several times since 1883. the tele graph service has been temporarily crippled, though not by human agen cies, un March. 11, 1888, a terrific storm struck the East practically par alyzing travel and comunlcatlon be tween even the largest cities along the Atlantic seaboard. The Storm was veritable hurricane that wrecked everything In its path. TeleeraDhi poles and wires were blown down and burled in snow, the railroads were blocked, windows and roofs were crushed in and the loss of life and property was appalling. Eleven years later February 13. 1899 another gale tore across the East, wrecking telegraph lines and crippling other means of communica tion between cities and towns. On March 27, 1901, a fierce sleet storm swept over Maryland, Northern Vir ginia and the District of Columbia. This time the telegraph and telephone lines were again torn from their poles, and it was several days before the service could be restored. There have been other interruptions to comunlcatlon within the last quart er of a century, but the strike and the three blizzards mentioned have been the only occurences that have for a short time paralyzed the telegraph and telephone systems. THE NIMBLE CORPORATIONISTS. Nothing that has happend In a long time has been so instructive, and at the same time so amusing, as the agil ity with which the corporationists have jumped from their recent (pro fessed) hobby of State Rights over to the side of Federalism. It Is like their cries for tariff reform. which they kept -up most vlgoroiiBlv until they saw that tariff reform was about to be undertaken sure enough. See their action in 1893. For the first time after the war, the Democrats then held the presidency, the Senate and the House, and were consequently in a position to put into the form of law the demands of the Democratic platform on the subject of the tariff. At once the corporationists had their ser vant, Mr. Cleveland, 'sidetrack" this paramount issue and use his appoint ing power as the means of purchasing votes in Congress for the demonetiza tion of silver, their real aim. So, in. the matter of railroad regu lation. No sooner had Mr. Bryan a threat of government ownership set the States to passing bills of real rail way regulation, than the corporation ists dropped State Rights and insisted that the Federal government only had lurlsdiction. The amazing part is the cold-blooded indifference to appear ances which they exhibit they do not even attempt to explain their inconsis tency. Perhaps that is due to the fact that they keep in each State (certain ly they do in North Carolina) one or two organs wnlch trim their sails just enough to catch the Democratic breeze as M. De La Croix made plain to us in 1896 and thereby confuse tha minds of the faithful. Here is an editorial from the excel lent Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, which in spired the above: Federal vs. State Regulation. The unanimous decision of the In surance committee of the American Bar Association to recommend Federal regulation of insurance is altogether surprising. Not more than a year ago the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate, which Includes in Its membership some of the ablest and most notable lawyers of the country, reported that Congress had no con stitutional power to regulate insur ance; and on more than one occasion If we mistake not the Supreme Court of the United States has held lnferen- tlally, if not directly, that insurance is not Interstate commerce and, there fore, without the Federal Govern ment's sphere of supervision. The report of the Bar Association's committee attacks State regulation In general. "The State Insurance depart ments, with few exceptions, are," it states, "sinecures. They produce rich, ripe political plums. Knowledge of the insurance business Is the last thing required." This is undoubtedly .true of a treat many, if not of a ma jority, of the States, although improve ments in this direction have been marked within the last year or two, maraea wiinm me ibsi year or iwo, and indications are not wanting that these improvements will in a compar-, atlvely short time becomfBtIll more pronounced and more general. But granting that State regulation is gen erally not what it should be, what guarantee is there that Federal super vision would be more efficient? Cer tainly the experience of the Federal Government In regulating matters ad mittedly and exclusively within its jurisdiction has not been such as to warrant tire belief, tnat tne interests of the Insurance business or of the in suring public would be better subserv ed under Federal than under State supervision. It in a significant fact that the cry for treoerai supervision 91 Insurance is lead by Insurance men, and not by the insuring public, and that it has been taken up since the States have shown a disposition to bet ter perform their manifest duty In properly regulating insurance compa nies. This is on all fours with the ac tion of the railroads In decrying Fed eral regulation until the several states began to . exercise their respective rights in this respect and now they favor Federal regulation as earnestly as they formerly opposed It. Federal regulation means minimum regulation. This fact is as apparent to THE BREAKING UP OF THE NORTH CAROLINA T TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHICH IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAPE FEAR 18 DESIGN ED TO RESTORE. ' ; ! We are glad to note the remarks of Mayor Springer, of Wilmington, upon the occasion of his welcoming the Re tall Dealers' Association to that city. 1 TbTbreaklng up of the natural con nection between our seacoast am) the west In favor of the policy which has made North Carolina tributary to oth er seacoast State (so well described by Mayor Springer) reminds one, by the way, of the breaking up of the political union which, after " many years of struggle, the South had ef fected with the West In 1896 under Bryan and the Chicago platform,. AH the wealth of the East (plus the treachery of the administration and Its purchased Senators and Congress men) was poured out in behalf of the disruption of this natural union be tween the West and the South, and the East's success set back the cause of good morals a hundred years. There is more connection than might be supposed, at the first blush, between thedlsmembermentot our East and West railway system and the dis ruption of the long-sought political union between the West and the South. But to return to Mayor Springer. who Is thus reported: It is well known that the railroads are permitted to meet water competi tion. : The excuse offered by the rail roads for lower freight rates from the west to Lynchburg, Va., than to Greensboro, N. C, is that the Norfolk & Western railway meets the freight rates made by the water competition at Norfolk. The Southern railway is said to charge more for western freight delivered at Greensboro than at Lynchburg. The excuse; Is offered that it cannot deliver the goods nt Greensboro, although It carries its freight through to Lynchburg, be cause its western connections will not pro-rate freight to Greensboro on the Lynchburg basis. If the Southerly were to put the Lynchburg rate in at Greensboro, it is contended they would still have to pro-rate on the Greensboro rate with their western connections, and the rate would leave pnctically no profit to the Southern. tbe western connections will pro-rate on the lower rate to Lynchburg in or der to meet the rate that is supposed to be fixed by water connections from the Lakes, the Erie canal, down the Hudson and by sea to Norfolk. This may or may not be correct, but it is mentioned as an illustration of how important it is to our central and west ern cities In this State to be so placed In water competition with Norfolk and Charleston as to force a fairer adjust ment of rates for this State. If Wilmington had to-day a line of railroad with , its ocean terminus at Wilmington and running through the State to the west, this would influence and bring about, cheaper local rates throughout the State. Our people have always appreciated this fact: We sub scribed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to build the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad. The promise and hope for this subscription was a western line of railroad, it nas Deen a misfortune to the State and to this city that legislation permitted, after this railroad was sold by the courts, the division or dismemberment of the system so that that part of it from Sanford to Mt Airy passed to the Southern railway as a local feeder, and the section from Sanford to Wilming ton and from Fayetteville to Bennetts vllle to the Atlantic Coast Line. The Importance of a seaport and a western railroad connection was the hope of the State in its effort to build the Western North Carolina, the North Carolina and the Atlantic and North Carolina railroads. In the develop ment of the, railroad systems of the State this hope has been dashed down. We had the same hope with the old Carolina Central railway. It has been a horje long deferred. There is now, however, a more Immediate prospect of its realization, tor it is said that the North and Western railroad now build ing in connection with the Carolina Central will soon give us a western connection. If this connection should be completed, the influence of water rates at Wilmington will be found to spread largely over the State In lower freight rates. This is an occasion when, in ad dressing men of business experience and large business interests, tnts view of our city's prospects in its Influence upon the State and this view of the necessity of the development in North Carolina oi a seaport, may won uo em phasized. IMPERIALISM TO STRENGTHEN . ITS HAND THE RESULT OF DE FEATING BRYAN BECOMING MORE APPARENT. The following la a Washington press telegram: "As a result of the recent elections in the PhllliDDines. war department oi- ficials have concluded that the Filipino people are wholly unlit for self-governmenteven for the small measure of self-government provided for by existing law. It Its planned to ass Congress, at its next session, to repeal the enactment providing for gradual --- - 7 i thai partlcipa tlon of the J fTnf' anda VZZJSZ tn the war office and act upon Its ad- vtoa It would mean a set back of at least half a century in Its scheme for westernizing the little brown men of the Pacific islands. All the labors of tha nasi nine years would go tor nought, and the condition of the Fillpi nna an far as civil liberty is concerned, would be little better than it was lu the days of Spanish rule." Evldenoes multiply of the criminal tolly of defeating Bryan on an Amer ican platform, In 1900, and electing McKinley and Roosevelt on practically a Russian platform. The reason why the recent election in the Philippines Is not approved at Washington is the same as that which caused despotlo Russia to dissolve the Douma, viz the patriotlo people, in the face of carefully devised plans to bring about a different result, elected patriots, in stead of the hirelings of the Washing ton or the St. Petersburg government, to represent them, The moral is: Let Americans de throne autocratio . government at Washington and themselves get out of the Philippines both things as soon as possible. In fact, the one will fol low the other. - .. THE RIVERS AND HARBOR8 CON- ... GRE88. ; Our able, alert and patriotic com- temporary the Wilmington Star, ap preciates the National Rivers and Har bors Congress, as will be seen by ref erence to the article, "Advantages of Water Transportation," given else where. Thlsv'l in pleasing contrast to the aotlon of our Fayetteville Cham ber of Commerce, which, after years brilliant service, has apparently committed! suicide rather than carry out the obligation assumed by it, in relation to the Congress, at its January meeting. ; , . EXTRAORDINARY TRIBUTE TO AN ENEMY. Col. W. H-S- Burgwyn, brother of the famous Colonel of Vance's old regi ment, Colonel' Harry Burgwyn, who was killed at Gettysburg, writes as follows to the Raleigh News and Observer: Mr. Charles H. McConnell, of Chi cago, a private soldier in the 19th In diana Regiment of the Iron Brigade, of the army of the Potomac, has obtained permission to erect on the battlefield of Gettysburg a monument which in several respects will be the most re markable that has ever been erected on any battelfield. First It will the most magnificent monument -Of its kind in the world. Second, Its object is not alone to perpetuate the fame of the regiment and brigade of which the donor was a member:, but equally to do' honor to tbe regiment that fought his com mand, and, more remarkable still, that defeated him In that desperately con tested battle of Jul" 1, I8n Third." These two regiments the 26th North Carolina, of I'cttlgrew's brigade, army of Northern Virginia, and the 19th Indiana, of the Iron bri gade, army of the Potomac are fam ous in the annals of the war as having sustained such a large per cent, of killed and wounded In battle. The undersigned has just returned from a visit to Gettysburg at the re quest of Mr. McConnell to select the spot where the monument is to oe located. Col. John R. Lane, the battle scarred hero of many a fight, and the surviving Colonel of the 26th North' Carolina Regiment, was also to have been of the party, hut was.unavoldably detained-at home. Mr. McConnei has secured the ser vices of one of the most eminent ar chitects of Europe who is now engaged in making the designs for the monn ment, and the work will be prosecuted with due diligence. It may be remem bered that Mr. McConnell, as he was retreating form the last stand made by his command on that battlefield, fired the shot which desperately wounded Col. Lane advancing with the colors of his regiment Mr. McConnell congratulates Mm- Belt that his aim was not more accu rate and on being able thus to do honor to tbe patriotism and heroism of his brave adversaries and to per petuate their fame TWO WIDELY DIFFERENT VIEW8 OF "LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT" Says the Marsh vllle "Home": What we had to say last week In reply to the Charlotte News for saying, "We had much rather see them make Geor gia dry by local option than with a state prohibition law." was not in tended to place the News in a wrong light That paper has always been In the thickest of the fight for prohibi tion. The News says We yield to no one our ardent be lief in prohibition. If the News has Btood for any one thing more firmly than all others it is for prohibition. and yet It does not believe in seeking to accomolish good by following an un wise an inexpedient course. Therefore, as a general thing, we believe that pro hibition should not be forced on any community against its will we be lieve thus because we are living under government of and by the people, Their will must be supreme, wnen laws are thrust upon them against their wishes then will self-government become a myth. If this is "practical Dolitlcs" then we favor such. We choose to call It, however, democracy, fnlrneRs and iustlce to all concerned. We are also In favor 01 practical local aelf-eovernment. Under tne pnn- nlnle of self-government a little town or city has no right to supply three or four, or even a bait dozen counues, with a traffic which they say they don't want That Is letting a tiny mi nority force upon a big majority some thing which the majority don't want and If that is democracy then democ racy isn't right and that's all there is of it. If Wadesboro or Salisbury wants open bar rooms they have the Democratic right to have them, if they will confine the sale 01 tne spinis 10 the inhabitants inside tne corporate limit Of course everybody wouia nae to see the whisky question settled by "local option," but when it win not "settle" that way, it is proper and ririit to make the State the unit and settle it by a majority in the State 5 T .Uyproh iaVsent- & the wishes of the great majority who have already maae inu.r uuuuu dry and who think it worse than a "myth" to permit one little municipal ity to force upon the surrounding country, "against its willA the liquor tramr. a "local aeu-KUTeiuiii?m. -" tramples upon the rights and wiBhes- nt the people of ait tne surrouuuiu8 country, and becomes a public nuis ance, dosen't deserve license 10 u u slness in the name of local self-government It's contrary to the very basic ' prinolples , of democracy. Our Home aria th News seem to be together as to results wished for, but slightly apart as to the most expedient method of obtaining it : Orlna Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold under a positive guarantee to cure constipation, sick headache, stomach trouble, or any form ot Indigestion. It It . tails, the manufacturers refund your money. What more can any one do. McDuffle Drug Store (O. O. Sou den, Prop.) , .)- Hav Paver and Summer Cblds Vlstima ot hay fever will experience mat hanaflt bv taking Foley's Honey and Tar, aa It stopat difficult breathing immarllatnlv and hsals the inflamed air passages, and even If it should fail to cure you it will give Instant relief. The aeauine-la in a Jyeilow package. McDuffle Drugstore (0, 0. Souders, Prop.) ADVANTAGES OF WATER TRAN8- PORTATION Wilmington Star. It Is an acknowledged fact that the business of this country has grown so enormously that the railroad peo ple North and South concur that their facilities are not equal to it Some of the single track lines can't handle the business offered them, and are double tracking their roads. This shows that they are preparing to meet the actual as well as the prospective demands. The Star has always favored the opening of transportation either by rail or water. Wherever the transpor tation can be bad there is growth and development and many fine sections In North Carolina would blossom as the rise, but for transportation facili ties We must, therefore, take ad vantage of every means of transpor tation, and certainly there is a great field ahead for this development. The National Rivers and Harbors Congress, of which the Hon. E. J Hale, of Fayetteville, is a strong sup porter and a member of the board of directors, is doing a great work in promoting water transportation. The headquarters of the congress are at Cincinnati and its "department of pub licity" Is doing much to educate the country up to the importance of de veloping our waterways and barbors so absolutely necessary to accommo date tbe demands of trade and com merce of the country. The bureau sends the Star the following, and it not only contains some rare informa tion, but presents a strong argument: For Cotton and for Coal. The val ue of any article of commerce depends upon the facilities for transportation to a market, and it is probable there are no two articles of commerce more widely apart in all natural elements than the coal from the mines and the cotton from the fields. Yet they are as one in their illustration of the ne cessity for the Improvement of the inland waterways and harbors ot tne United States, not only as a means of carriage to market, but as a freight rate regulator at once fair. October 1906 the Hon. J. F. Randsel, member of Congress from Louisiana, said: " 'Pittsburg sends a lot of coal .out to this country. It is shipped from Pittsburg to Coneaut and Ashtabula,' on Lake Erie. It is shipped 135 miles by rail at 90 cents per ton, that be ing the standard rate. When It reach es the steamers they charge 35 cents per ton, to carry it to Chicago, Mil waukee or Duluth. The rail rate Is 90 cents per ton for 135 miles and the water rate 35 cents per ton for 1,000 miles. The railroad rate Is exactly 2,000 per cent, higher.' "The effect of the 2,000 per cent. higher rate on the manufacturing in terests in the Northwest and of the entire country, demonstrates itself. So does the effect of the railroad rate, compared with the water rate, demonstrate itself to the cotton pro ducer and the cotton goods manufac turer. In his speech in the House, on -The Rivers and Harbors bill, Hon. D. W. Shackleford, of Missouri, said: " 'To illustrate the economic disad vantages of the high rates under which the rottnn States labor, I need but to say that the railway rate on cotton, per bale, for an average haul if 165 miles from Houston, Tex., Is practically $3, while the water rate from Memphis io New Orleans, 714 miles by water, is 80 cents per bale and from New Orleans to Cincinnati, 1,600 miles by water, it is but $1 per bale. "No more striking illustrations of the disadvantages under which pro ducer and manufacturer labor could be furnished than in the vast differ ence between tli3 rates o transporta tion for cotton and for coal. The one Is a product of the North and the other a product of the South, but all sections labor under like disadvanta ges which can be remeried only by ade quate Improvement of the inland waterways and the harbors of the United States." Irrepressible Clothing. Charles .on News and Courier. The decadence of hat-lifting is de plored by the Newberry Observer and the Edgefield News, commenting, agrees that "many other customs of like nature are falling into disuce to the hurt and injuiy of good breeding and culture." If the observations of our contemporaries are accurate, it is time to reform. In Charleston, we think that the hat-raising custom is no less popular now than ever, though one cannot but notice that the dispo sition to rise with alacrity and offer a lady a seat is not so strong on the Charleston Isle of Palms trolley line as It is in the city. Our Edgefield contemporary pro ceeds to Illustrate the degradation of manners by relating the following: "A year ago we were in a railway coach, in. which were many ladies. 4t a certain station a young man boarded the train and found a seat about mid way of our coach. He pat his hat in the rack; then he pulled off his coat and vest and put them there; then he pulled off his collar and cravat and did llkswise. After his coat and vest had been removed, It was seen that he had no suspendeis and his pants looked like they were about to drop off, and every now and then he would give them a 'hitch up' or 'pull up.' He finally removed his cuffs and pitched them In the rack, and tben unbuttoned hlo nhirt. sleavea and rolled them un "Wrhis arm pits .threw himself Into the U " and rode that way for miles, varying the situation by f.-equently samding un to give his pants a "hitch up." Perhaps the conduct of this young man was reprehensible, but something may be paid in his defense. The day coach on adrj summer's day is the hottest, most uncomfortable and maa- denine box known to civilization. To ride in it is a torture, to many people, and often there Is no other car than the dav coach. But. comDare the clotnes 01 men ana women try to do so. They cannot be compared. The woman's raiment is cool, refreshing and interesting. The man's, on the other hand, Is heavy stupid and overpowering, lbe man in dog days wears heavier clothes and heavier shoes than the woman wears in mid-winter. Is not that true? It be admitted, it is not to be expected that man, mere man, will endure to be nollte and nunctllllous, when riding in a day coach, when his hair and his nostrils and his eyes are filled witb coal dust and cinders, which, mixing with nersniration. make a kind ot mor tar of a rapidly drying character? When one is in misery, is it not ex cusable to be desDerate? The fault is in the conventions, the fnahlons. Men should clothe t hem- selves rationally, which is to say that, to a large extent they should Un clothe... A few years ago a movement was started to abolish the summer ooat and wear only the summer shirt with a belt and. trousers. It was wise In the highest degree. Nevertheless, men, slaves, of habit and tremblers at innovation, rallied to the coat, by which they are still heated, and at one time it seemed that they would adopt In adltlon the stiff white or light col ored "weekit," which is one of the basest ot deceivers, appearing cool but being a lie in that particular. A light straw hat, shirt waist with collar made to It, very short . wristbands, a belt, white or striped cotton "britches" and scandals, o fthe pattern the children wear, would be the ideal summer ap parel for July and August and Septem ber in Charleston, and it would pro claim the man who wore it as a man of sense. We cannot understand why the Edgefield News condemns the young man for "hitching up" his trousers. That was an act of propriety. SALMAGUNDIS COMMENTS. Mr. Editor: Reference In a recent Observer to the question of municipal against pri vate ownership of public utilities is well worth the attention of thinking men everywhere. The advocacy of such a system by William Randolph Hearst and the reasons set forth by him, attracted our attention, and con vinced us that Hear3t was a much greater man than his opponents In the science of government were willing to admit. His popularity with the em ployes and the smooth oven tenor of the way his very extensive business Is carried on speak louder for his cap acity than ten thousand trumpets blown by vile mercenaries. Government ownership or control gives better service In some instances where tried than in others. But where the service Is not good, that must be ascribed to the incapacity or dishon esty of the oflicinl-,. The public ser vice must be purged of diseased germs. 0 accustomed to their predatory In cursions have these public plunderers become, that when honest men pro test, they cry "anarchy." When frosts nip the buds of vegeta tion In consequence of naked hill and vale denuded by tbe rapacious hand ot brutal, ungrateful and unreflecting man, they turn the screws of oppres sion once more. In a portion of China, and also In India, famine is the con sequence. The people are beginning to see the spectre, and are moving to checkmate it. Some of the politicians are on the alert, and have started out as trustd busters. See accounts of proceedings. About ten times as much Is spent in prosecuting as is collected In fines, at that rate a novice can tell which win survive, the trust or the busters. But something must be done, something sub stantial to relieve the oppressed. What should be done Is the paramount is sue. The threadbare howl of the par tisan press is a failure; the organiza tions demonlnated democratic party or republican party are a miserable failure. William J. Bryan is aware or that fact. Hearst knows It. So does Teddv Roosevelt. Our own Walter Clark probably first expressed the oninion in the United States. Now what should be done, Sal's education has not been latin-tipped in the classi cal schools. But great waves of rug eed truths engulf him at intervals, and then he sees clearly that every licens ed charter given by State or Federal envernment to private Individuals or corporations to do any kind of busi ness constitutes a special privilege and covers the ground from the pro Iprrnr of the Atlantic cable to the natentee of the shoe latcner. Now the sovereign people snuuiu lose no time In reversing this order. Give free rein or the right-of-way to all men to follow occupations as tney are bent. Some of them will fail, and others succeed. We must tax the in comes to defray expenses of govern ment, of course. But there can be no basis of claim or counterclaim 01 par tiality or special privilege, because Incompetents to do business may havo mpana to huv a charter and under guise of the law are privileged to do the public incalculable harm before the trustbuster gets his big guns lu nosition. The experiment ot tnisv busting so far is similar to the patter nf the summer showers on a oucm hack He rather enjoys it it Is cool lng. What does a corporation care for nro hundred thousand dollars nne, wiine president's salary Is thirty mil lions annually? Yes. gentlemen, these special privileges must be revoked as the first step in necessary icimui Some may say that would be a loose wav of dolne business. But not so vnh Individual is more interested In his own success than in that of the other fellow, ninety-nine times out of ovprv hundred. Consequently tne sya tpm would be much safer than the cor- noration ODerating upon the autnority of a State or Federal charter. All the iron-clad or oath-Douna leag ues should be prohibited by civil laws, ns thev are denounced by Divine an thorltv. See the sermon on the mount. "Swear not, at all." There was some swearing done under the old or der as understood; but "old things have passed away, behold all things have become new." Are we casting pearls before swine? We will Know sometime, for the tree is known by its fruits. Wa hist call attention to these mat ters in the hope of setting the world to thinking of the possibilities of what may be in store under better manage ment. As Ever, SALMAGUNDI. Cameron, N. C, June 8th, 1907. Everybody Should Know" . ... mm r .. ii.l, . says C. li. nays, 01 ciun, mu., iu Bucklen's Arnica Salve 1a the quick est and surest healing salve ever ap plied to a sore, burn or wound, or to a case of piles. I've used it and know what I'm talking ab,out." Guaranteed by B. E. Sedberry's Son, Druggist. 25a What a New Jersey Editor Says. M. T. Lynch, editor of the Philllps- burg, N. J., Daily Post, writes: "I have used many kinds of medicines for coughs and colds in my family but never anytning so gooa an r moj 9 Honey and Tar. I cannot say too much in praise of it." McDuffle Drug Store (0. 0. Souders, rrop.j XMen Past Sixty In Danger. Mora than half of mankind over 60 years of age suffer from kidney and hiaddar disorders. usually enlarge ment of proBtate glands. This is both painful and dangerous, ana uiej Kidney Cure Bhould be taken at the first sign of danger, as it corrects ir regularities and has cured many old marc of this disease- Mr. Rodney Bur nett, Rockport, Mo., writes: I sufered with enlarecd nrostate gland and kid ney trouble for years and after taking two bottels of Foley's Kidney Cure I teel better than I "have for twenty years, although I am now 91 years old." McDuffle Drug Store (O. O. Bouders, Prop.) - . ' FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly FIrst-class -Work. , Call at my yard or write for prices, Respectfully, ' E.'I . REMSBUSG, Proprietor, Fayetteville.N. C fJSaVH9Bta)!alM Fresh Turnip Seeds. PURPLE TOP YELLOW RUTA BAGA, RED TOP WHITE GLOBE, MAMMOTH, ate, just received. I H.R. HORNE & SONS, 1 I Next toN. C. Baptist, opposite Williams Building. , BUIST'S NEW CROP TURNIP SEED CAI L EARLY WHILE WE II U K ALL THE VARIETIES. YOU GET FRESH SEED B E Slerry's Sons. We Use the Utmost Care . And carry a supply of pure standardized DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, together with a complete mod ern equipment. We do perfect compounding of prescriptions. A. J. COOK & CO. DRUGGISTS AND PHARMACISTS. Next P. O. 'Phone 141. Drugs Medicines. Our Goods are Pure. Our Goods are Fresh, Our Stock is Complete, Our Delivery is Fast We solicit your trade because If you want what you want when you want it, come here. KING DRUG CO. (McDuffie Diug Store.) Mosquitoes Our RHEUMAID will Drive them away. 25c a Bottle. MacKethan&Co.'s DRUG STORE. Agency: Cut Flowers, and Quality Chocolates. KEEP COOL : : AT OUR : : Sanitary Soda Fountain. Two Whirling Fans And ALL The , POPULAR DRINKS. Armfield & Greenwood, N 4 -' Prescription Pharmacists. 'Phone No. II. tar with tlw mosv used. fiYerLeffortto Insurance men as to raliroaq men. j " ! 1 1 ' i
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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