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BKVE dLY EDITION. - " $4.oc it Annum, in Advance. a,1'.' or 6 Months, in Advance C for 3 Months, in Advance. WEEKLY EDITION. $1.00 per Annum, in Advance. OLD SERIES VOL LXXINO, 3,991. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C , THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1907. HEW SERIF OL. XXIII VO. a,a68. ..... . , mm To male lea Cream In 1( ntln satee wow a ems pini. but . ' :. content ol on packaga . jeu-o Ice Cream Powder Into a quart of milk and frees, without hutinft or oookltift. Simple, laa'Ulf Havel the cost oi w, sugar and UaTorlrjg. gaTM measuring oiitlngreutents and coo Ic ing. Does way with all uncertainty, and In sures ths best and purest ice crosra poiiible to produce Failure Impossible. Nothing to add except milk. One package costing lie makes nearly two quart Ice cream. jTUnoril ChMthU, Vanilla, Btratebtm, inumoM its. ft yeur grocer does not keep It aendus hlsname and W cents lor xsrssri lustrsted recipe ooon mailed free. The Ceneae Mrs Feee Ce, le Roy, H.T. ' P. B," DtlMoui Cream FviiUva tan alt Hnaitnm JtlUO KB CREAM . ' Powdtr.- '( . PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Q. K.NIMOCKS, Attorney and Cofmaellor-at-Law. Rooms 1 and 8 K. of P. Building. ATaTTITILLl, . " K, 0. :.'Phone 229 ' - 11. McD. Bobinson. John U. Shaw. (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorneys-at-Law, Officei on second floor National Bank of Fsyetteville, : H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, (Notary Publio) . , Office 126 Donaldson Btreet. Fayetteville, N. 0. V. C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Notary Pnblic, Surveyor, Office K. of P. Building, , FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. Physician and Surgeon. Office in Palace Pbaimacy. Pours: 9 to 12 and 3 to 6. JOHN C. DYE, M. D-, PHYSICIAN AND 8UEGEON, OFFICE: Armfield 4 Greenwood Drug .. . 'V: Store, ' :PHONE8K67. Dr. E. L. HUNTER, -. '; Dentist, ' Kortn-east Oomer Market Square, . c Fayetteville, N. 0. Dr. J. R.HIGK3MITH, . DENTIST. Office: Highsmith Hospital. DR. A. 8. CROM ARTIE Vl-A DENTIST, -v''?: Over 8huford, Rogers & Company. W. S. Cook CS, Co., MM and Iniii, boom 8, K. of P. Building, Fayetteville, . N. C . - - ' MacKETHANKTRUSTCO. i'.t-f . Market Square, . ji" riTrrTiTiLL,ii.o. ' - - Real Eatate boonht and sold. 1 Leans negotiated and guaranteed. ' 1 Beat and Interest collected. TlUea examined. conveyances made. smraace premloau taken and loaned here! -. ", .. JC B. slacKrraii. Att'V. , . , For Sale: ?0U, being prepared, moat of former tracts nav Ing been sold. , . :-,... t NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS I , All tax-payees of Cumberland coun ty who failed to Hit their property for taxation" during the month of June laat, at required by law, are liable to double tav unlets relieved by the Board of County Commissioners on or before the fjrtt Monday In October, 1907. The Commissioners have no discre tion under the law to relieve of double tax after the first Monday In October, but may grant relief upon eatlsfactory eause shown up to and Including the flrtt Monday In October. :'.' All taxpayers who have Been double taxed will please take notice and gov. trrr themselvee accordingly. . Thlt 14th day of September, 1907.' H. LUTTERL0H, Chairman,'; j W. M. WALKER, Clerk, '"- - ... Board of County Commissioners'. SDNNYSIDE FLORAL NURSERY, - - (James M, Lamb Sons), Look Box 55. Telephone 49. FayettevilleN.O.' We are not ready to do fancy bedding, We have - .. vi COLKU9 ' tk wnitw kanf. luinrilrinn.- .ALTER NANTHEEIA to border the beds with, SALVIA 8PLEUJ nkr ; DIUMS fine.strong bnlbs. TUBEROBE8, tut sweetest or ail, ana easy w grow ni HI TAB: , v. We have a fine lot at just half prioe, or 76c. per dos. Palms, ferns and general stock of Greenhouse planu. - r. CUT FLOWKKH always t rfl. KiTKW, now w wi-.... r-... ' Hiring hoW W POUil l" ' sournauis, asm N ALL eoun i "- Mm ami wit W-UngKm mi Urnt, montyndnfunlMtpaltnl. . . rSfnt ind InWnrsiMat Nrttot KClyilWly. U autt iwms, n. si ttata irsas Oatss, waaHlNOTortjUv. i ...,r nil CAM ' and, """''rrti J. irSl. to Hi " Otist ll.lr to lis ynutunii w wmsm m . isisaaMSi SILLY ATTEMPT TO "DERAIL" . BRYAN. , The New York Times and the Brook- lyn Eagle have been making polls of the Southern newspapers with ' the. avowed object of ascertaining ' South- ern sentiment In respect to the nomin ation of Mr. Bryan, The Times's let ter to the Observer, dated September did not reach this office until Satur day, September 21,. and has not been replied to. If the rest of the South ern newspapers known to favor Bryan have had the same experience, it is easy to see that the Times might be able to print a very one-sided report of Its canvass. With respect to the canvass of the Eagle which did not honor the Ob server with a request for. Information r-the Norfolk Virginian, has this, to sayy 4 , "The Brooklyn Eaele's noil of the Southern newspapers is disappointing so far as It was Intended to furnish any definite Idea of the Democratic at titude in this section towards a third nomination of Mr. Bryan. In the first place,, the replies are too few to con stitute a fair reflex of journalistic opinion in the several States. - In the second place those papers which re port a loss of strength to Mr. Bryan are for the most part those which have all along antagonized him and whose opposition has proved futile in the past to break his hold upon the people: In the third place, the papers aklng reply are not, except in the cases of Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia, of a class which muster a large constituency or wield any ex tended influence. The most significant fact about the poll la, to our mind, the failure of the great majority of the Southern press to respond to the Eag- 3 catechism. Taken In conjunction with the utter failure of the Democra tic masses in any Southern State to respond to the suggested candidacy of one of their own leaders, there la but one logical conclusion to be drawn, and that not favorable to the wishes of those with whom the wish of Mr. Bryan's decline In public favor is -fa ther to be thought." CENTRALIZATION BY EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL ' USURPATION THE VITAL I8SUE OF 1908. A San Francisco press telegram thus reports Senator Tillman: The one significant transaction or tact that has come to the front since the adjournment of Congress last March is the apparent clash or threat ened clash, between state and national authority, in the effort to control cor porations and railroads. Ohio,; India na, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Ala bama have passed two cent fare bills and taken other prominent action in the direction of regulating charges for freight and passenger transporta tion. ' Governor Hughes vetoed tne New York bill. The Pennsylvania railroad, which owns the State, set about annulling the two cent fare bill. People of other states feci grateful ex- ceDt in North Carolina and AiaDama. United States Judge J ones issuea sweeDlnir injunctions restraining the State officials from enforcing the laws. The constitutionality of the law was not attacked. It could not be attacked excent unoa the plea of confiscation. While the matter was in tne pupiic mind, the nlutocratic press teemed with editorials and cartoons, all in tended to direct the attention of the neoole to the ghost of State rights, vrnich we were told was snot to aeatn in 'SI and '65. ' The country was led to suDDose that North Carolina and Governor Glenn were attempting a re vival of the old ante-bellum doctrine. In truth, these organs of Morgan, Har- rtman. Rockefeller, et ai., nave at tempted to mislead the people and bolster up the Root idea of national authority ; unon absolutely false grounds. When Judges rntcnara ana jones stand up and proclaim In thundering tones: "We are tne nation; we nave the power and authority to protect vested Interests and the State shall not .destroy the property of tne rail road," they wave their arms franti cally and the rhost of Calhoun is con- In rd from under the bed. They bid It be gone. People who have eyes and who examined tnts anair cioseiy, Baw, looking over these judges' shoulders, the grinning faces of tne raiiroaa mag. nnt.es and tne juages are mere iuu- nlklns, obeying the orders or tneir termer employers. The American people will never be bamboozled and driven by fake an neals to the national spirit, invoked to ... . DnnlrA. IttiatJl KUIK 1U VUeu a.. v r the producers of the country to pay tribute to them and dividends on wa- tArkH atrvk. ' , Th imiirnntians of oower by the federal judiciary, the exercise of abso lute toverlegnty by many federal Judg es in the Interests of the trusts, and the necessity for congressional aouon in clearly defining and laying down the jurisdiction and power of federal mm. will attract more attention than the great question of regulating trusts themselves. Judicial usurpation and trust abuses are co-relative questions the two are Interlocked and one mnget on . uie other, as President Roosevelt recently recognized when ne maae mo la .n ioriB that the railroad rate fixed by the commission should go in to effect immediately and stick there till reversed by the courts. ' Of course, tory turns thTilghi Ton the striking IS Sat in North Carolina t e at- tempt was made to do just wn to be compelled to i do But ; the fedora court butted in and said they could not do It, but tney um. . ::.,-,, Tho Root Idea oi centratnauuu m JSfeal Usue in the next pres linntlal campaign. Tne kooi men ly and lneyitanrcv 8 i Toll nation wuai efyw mi.d y eral courts that are clutching etatea and everything eise oy im uiiuu... mi.. .i .mi nmner method of gov- ontoi nnntrol and regulation of trusts is the other Important question which must be determined in the next 'Thenwer the' people glve.up local self-government we shall lose, tie gub nf lberty and nothing but the shadow will be left. When atates are hampered- try-federal-- Interference, wnon the neoole are harassed and wo nil Know lie surrenoerea 1 uaueu iu-u iu ioicBim .t. in,, nfflrlnla of tha Southern plundered by corporations,' we must I look ahead and steer away from dltaa-1 ter. . . . A MISTAKE MADE IN THE RAIL ROAD , HEARING THE STATE WILL WIN Judge Montgomery ' has evidently made a mistake in ruling that the books of the Southern Railway 'back of 1906 should not be produced for examination by the State's attorneys In the hearing now in progress at Washington.' We are glad to note that the State's attorneys will appeal from this ruling. .r iC , . - ; j: Mr. Pence's Washington letter to the Raleigh News and . Observer of yesterday says: ' ' The State received a setback yes terday in the hearing in the rate case before the standing master when Judge Montgomery ruled that the Southern Railway could not be required to pro- ouce ity noons snowing aisDursements iur ujb years vs-vo inclusive, me ex- amlnation of . the Southern's books which disclosed the payments of $4,- ooo to John C. Drewry and 12000 to the Raleigh Times, was for the year 1D06 and 1907. The State's attorneys decided that an examination for greater scope should be made, and tne motion to begin, with the year 1898 was made. In denying this de mand Judge Montgomery claimed that the Information sought Is not neces sary or material to the Issues Involved and might result In unnecessary de lay in the settlement of this action. Judge Motgomery s decision it In striking 'Contrast with the. action of the referee in the Standard Oil case, now pending In New York. This ref eree, who was acting under federal court instructions as Is, Judge Mont gomery, has required the Standard Oil company to produce all of its books of every kind. Books twenty years old are being examined in that case. The State s attorneys have ap pealed from the decision of Judge Montgomery and are confident ; that their position will be sustained. ' The investigation being made should be a thorough one, and it ought not to be said that It was cut off. Judge Mont gomery has made a mistake which he would do well to correct of his own volition. View of Index Books Denied. The standing master made two other Important- rulings In favor of Southern Railway to which counsel for the State excepted. The State's attorneys asked for the production of the alphabetical Index of the names of individuals, firms or corporations to whom the Southern Railway has paid sums of money during the past two yearff. This bok was demanded for the reason that the ledgers, which the State s attorneys have been exam ining, do not give all payments made by the company. Judge Montgomery sustained the railroad's objection to this line of lnvestlgaton. The Third Adverse Ruling. The other ruling to which the State excepted related to the expense Of the examination of the Southern's records In Washington, which Is to be made by . experts. Mr. Plant said It would require the employment of ten clerks sixty days to make this examination, and Mr. Thorn estimated the cost at from fifteen to twenty thousand dol lars. The Information desired wag given by the railroads In the Kentucky case. The experts employed by North Carolina were employed in the Ken tucky case, and they consider tbls examination of the Southern's neces sary since officials of the company de clare they are unable to give the in formation wanted. Judge Montgomery held that the State would have to bear this expense. The State's attor neys maintained that the expense is a part of the cost of the salt They will fight this out to the end. The Wilson Times, published at the home of the State's attorney ex-Con gressman Woodard, says: Will Win With Hands Down. We are under the lmpreslson that the State has already made out its case against the railroads. That now it would be entitled to a verdict in us favor. But since the railroads have completed their side, and the State now has the field In rebuttal and every day will make it stronger and stronger, we feel sure in tne nnai summing up that there will be such a preponderance In the weight of ev idence In favor of the State's conten tions that she will win with hands down. - THE CENTRALIZATI0NI8TS ALARMED. Evidently the consDiratora against (f, UCVUUJIUft WBlaUOU, at, " V ... rom foljowng. A preBS telegram appeared In Wed nesday's papers as follows New York. Sept 25. The Indepen dent to be" Issued to-morrow will con tain an article written by Chief jus tice Walter ClarK m wmcn ne raisw ft ey needu When they have exhaust the question of the oonstltutonality of ' . tna f&eral judiciary tk OKHiantnA ftF rha I I Tl 1 TOfT the Suoreme court of the United States, and which will create Vide In- I terest ana aiSCusslon throughout the I Unted States. . . , -,, I Tne &rticle is too long to be sum- i mBrixed in the ordinary length of a dispatch and must be read in full to te understood. A Raleigh telegram followed at once to this effect: ' . Raleigh, N. C, Sept 25. It was pub- independent Magazine, declared the UnUed Statea Supme court be n gome-of ,u offlolalg be. written no article , for. tP ent but that what wa sent out .from 1 r-rC'Xl.iZZ'ZZZ d "" . . . . . ' i rrom an aorai wou,u,enuu.iuuiu. b? tad delivered at the Univer- i guy oi renuByivauw; umw "au'-' buw i.p vii tvij , What a New Jersey Editor Says. M. T. Lynch, editor of the Phillips- bur. N. J- Dally Post writes: "I have used many xinas -ot meaicinas ior coughs and colds in my family but never anything so good at Foley's Hrnev and Tar. I cannot say too mucn I in praise of it" MoDuffle Drug Store (. O. Bouaers, rrop.j . . DeWltt's Little Early RJbots are good fof any one who needs ajlll B0ia py Anuiiuiu uieeuwvvu THE COURT8 AND THE RAIL- WAYS. We append an artcle from the Ral eigh News and Observer, In which the question Is asked if railways are antlflnl tn rln their bonka to the authoriues or representatives of States in which they do business. Until this question was asked It never occurred to us that there could be other than the answer that they could not do so. The matter is of the highest Im portance. It there be any doubt about the law, the next Legislature' should remove it. Indeed, so far as our opin ion . goes, . the present , Legislature should be- re-convened for the purpose. The expense would be a trifle compar ed with the result. ' . yi:' If a State law would not reach the difficulty, then let the leading plank of the Democratic platform. State ai national; be Decentralisation, It will be recalled that, the preamble of the .North Carolina Democratic platform of 1896 declared that the Is sue of centralization was the lsstfe of Issues between the twpartles, from Jefferson's time to th present; and they, who look them up will find that the national platform of that year adopted this exordium of the North Carolina platform. v It 'Is the courts and the railways now, but every political evil of to-day Is, and every one of to-morrow will be, referable to centralization of the powers of government. Says the News and Observer: t the Southern Railway Company En titled to Keep 8ecrets From the State's Counsel in the Rate Case. It has been generally understood, except by railroad employes, that pub lic service corporations should keep their house In order, and be ready and willing at all times for the representa tives of the State, in which they do business, to know their methods, and tfiat no secrets should be kept from the government. Denial of this prin ciple by the railway companies is to give expression to the feeling ana De llet that they are greater than the State and stronger than the laws, and that their province is to control and not to serve. The defiance of the Southern Rail way Company's officials In Washing ton of the defendants wbom it' nas sued, when they demanded the right to examine the books of the railway company, is a monstrous piece of Im pertinence. - The effort of the Boutnern Kaiiway Company to have the case, In the federal court, closed without a thor ough examination of Its books, pro ceeds from the fear that secrets will be discovered which would throw light on the matters in issue. It was stated at one of the hearings in Wash ington, by Mr. Thorn, chief cniin sel tor the Southern Railway Com pany, that al'drag-net" investigation would subj&T-tste Southernv-Railway Company" toutlgatlon." Can this mean anything else,- but that the Southern Railway Company has been violating the law. and an examination of its books will disclose it? We do not presume to pass upon the question as to whether the master, hearing this case, Is warranted by the law in sit ting by and watching the Southern Railway Company's officials grudg ingly present their reports in irag- ments, or pile them down in sucn a volume and confused mass as to make it a matter of great difficulty for the State's attorneys to examine the books, and then cut off the exami nation at his own will, but we do. say that if such is the law it ought not to be. If the master sees the Railway Company's officers unnecessarily hin dering or interfering with tne exam ination of the books and papers of the railway company by the manner in which they are furnished, It is a right that every citizen of the State has to complain that he does not, by contempt proceeding or otherwise, If he has the power under the law, re quire Mr. Plant and Mr. Thom to be more respectful to the orders of the court and produce the dooks, ana re quire them to do it in such manner as to show they are complying with the spirit as well as the letter of the order. A layman can see that if there Is to be a controversy between coun sel and the experts, as to what tne books of the Southern Railway Com pany contain, an obstruction and de lay to the experts in the examination of these, books, and the constant threat on the part of counsel for the railway company, to close tne noons, anless the examination proceeds rap Idly, and if no assurance can be ob tained from the master that such time this amounts to a substantial denial of the privilege of an examination, which is admitted In words, but de nied In fact - The attorneys for the State have notified the master that they would exhaust the power of the court to ob tain the Information which they say I ' . ... .... i 1 J in this effort and tne ngm is uemeu thom. . either because the court aoes not possess the power to furnish the Information, aesirea, or poBsesRs n and will not exercise It it will de velop the necessity for State legisla I Uon wlu ach the desired end. It should be a violation of the crlm- lnal law for any . officer or a rail road company to refuse to furnUh to any of the State officials any infor mation desired for use in litigation or in the discharge of their -official - a"0c -upromethaMt is in North C .uthoriy of the State of North Caro- algobealenee t0 her laws. I ia m hova a look at the doom Let us have a - - .. . wrtnn r i. law as it l.gWrUten, tt lUs i . , k t hooka The Southern Railway company Is sadly In need of the lesson, that It eannot spit upon a State statute and have it declared .unconstitutional on the farcical- performance it has been indulging fh tinea this litigation be gan. Experience' Is a dear teacher, but there are some people that will not learn In any-, other tohool. No one who knows the attorneys for the State, and the Govenor, has any doubt, that they will exhaust every means known to the law and within their power to get for the State what is right, 'nd her-lntereste-demand, Mr. Thorn and the Southern Railway officials ought to know this aa well as any one, and If thoy do know It, it would be well for them to act upon this knowledge. : . :. . It has been decreed by the people of the State of North Carolina that the Southern Railway Company must do business in this State In obedience to, and with respect for, the laws, and the people' of the State. It can no more be an anarchist and prosper than can an individual. There is no fight to be made In North Carolina upon any property rights. There is no disposition to deprive the Southern Ralway Company of Its property rights under the law, or to deny it a fair re turn upon its property and Investments but there Is a fixed determination In the minds of the people of this State -that, the Southern Railway Company must obey the law.and that It and all Its allies shall not confuse the Issue by the false cry of a fight upon prop erty rights. The fight is upon crime, and lawlessness, and to drive the Southern Railway Company Into the channels of trade, commerce and busi ness, and out of politics. This rail way company is not a legislature, or court, or an executive in this State, and the people will not permit it to exercise any of the powers of legisla tors, courts or governors by any sort of indirection or insubordination to law. . CHERAW FOLLOWING FAYETTE VILLE'8 EXAMPLE. We append the greater porton of a "special" correspondence from Che raw (S. C.) to the Columbia, State. It makes interesting reading to us of. Fayetteville, In view of our great can alization project for the Upper Cape Fear. Cheraw has deeper water in the Pee Dee to Georgetown than we have to Wilmington; but the distance is much greater 172 to our 112 miles. It behooveB our people, it may be said In passing, to do better this year towards the River and Harbor Con gress than they were unfortunately led to do during the year past Says the correspondent referred to: Cheraw Wll Become Distributing Point Establishment of Boat Line to Georgetown is Realization of One . .of the Town's Fondest Hopes What It Means in Freight Rates. For 12 or 14 years have several of Cheraw's business men toiled to es tablish a boat line between this city and Georgetown and within sixty days their fondest hope wll be realized; for by that time, if no bad luck happens, the "Merchant," with a capacity of S00 tons, and the "Ghlo," with a ca pacity of 175 tons, will commence ply ing between these two towns on regu lar schedules. The establishment of this boat line means that the present freight rates from the northern and western markets shall be reduced about 25 per cent. It was about 15 Fears ago that con gress made Jts first appropriation for the survey of the Pee Dee river, be tween here and Georgetown prepara tory to the cleaning out the channel. The appropriation remained at Wash ington for several years until Con gressman D. E. Flnley and some of the business men of Cheraw got busy and then the survey was made. That was about ten years ago. Practically nothing resulted from this survey, which was merely a preliminary sur vey. After several years wait the mat ter of cleaning out the river was re vived and about two years ago an other survey was completed. When the result of this survey reached the war department, an order was given for the dredge boat, "The Great Pee Dee," and for the past 12 months this boat, with four snaggers, has been working on the river and the work will be completed within two months so that boats of five foot draft will be able to make the trip up and down the river with ease. Boat Every Other Day. The distance from Cheraw to George town by. river is 172 miles and it is figured that the two boats, which have been purchased by the Cheraw and Georgetown Steamboat company, will be able to give Cheraw boat service every other day. The boats purchased are In excellent fix now, the Merchant having been recently overhauled, and the Ghlo being only about six years old. " The Cheraw and Georgetown Steam boat company was organized In Che raw about six months ago. The canltal stock Is $25,000 and a move ment Is on foot now to Increase this amount to Dosslbly $50,000 Mr. H. P. Duvall haB only recently returned from Georgetown where he comnleted arrangements with the Clyde Line and the Baltimore Steam Bhin line for connections. Mr. B. M. Munnerlvn. who is the agent at Georgetown for these two companies, will also be the agent for the Cheraw company and the Pee Deo river boats will use the same wharves and ware houses as the Clyde and Baltimore lines. Not the First Boat Line, - The Establishment of a boat line be tween Cheraw and Georgetown is no new thing by any means. Shortly after the war and prior to the war, Cheraw was a great distributing point for all of Chesterfield, Marlboro and Lancaster counties In this State and Annon. Union and Richmond counties in North Carolina. Cheraw at that time was one of the most important towns of the Pee Dee section. Farmers hauled their cotton and produce to Cheraw from every section of the Pee Dee action and It was not an unusual aleht to see 50 -or 60 wagons of cotton arrive In this city loaded with North Carolina cotton. It was then that Che raw was auch , banking town. i But what nut a stop to the Import ance of Cheraw as a distributing point was the construction of the Carolina Central railroad between Wlmington, N. C and Charlotte, N. C. snortiy 0. This road fed the North Carolina counties that had depended for years on Cheraw -and it was not necessary tor the farmers and business men to bring their stuff to Cheraw to shin. For this very reason the steamboat service between Cheraw and Georgetown, was discontinued and when a channel Is not used It soon becomes clogged up and that was what happened to the channel of the Pee Dee. ' All of this clogging has now been cleared away and the channel be- twee hero and the ocean on the river was never In a better condition. : The town of Cheraw has not been before the public for many years un til the last three or four years. The extension of the main line- of the Sea board Air lne between Hamlet N. C, ami Onlnmhln was roenonalhle for the bringing of Cheraw to the front again, This extension wa completed la-1688 and commencing at once many enter prises sprang up , which have been paying handsome ' dividends ever since. " " ' It is doubtful If any city in South Carolina enjoys better railroad facll ltes than does Cheraw. There are four roads here, comng from every di rection. The main line of the Sea board between New York and Tampa, over which many pasenger and freight trains pass daily, is the greatest feeder to the town. Then there is the Atlantic Coast Line which connects Florence and Wadesboro, N. C. The Chester field and Lancaster railroad, which was constructed by Mr. A. H. Page in 1900, leads through the best of Ches terfield county for more than 40 miles and It is understood from the manage ment that it is a matter of only a short while before the road will be built into Charlotte where Cheraw can have con nection with the main line of the Southern railway. The fourth road en tering Cheraw is the Bennettsvllle and Cheraw road wlhch connects the two towns in the name of the road. A Distributing Point. The establishment of the boat line on the Pee Dee river will mean more for Cheraw than the average man will think. On account of the decrease in freight rates, it is understood that many large concerns will make this town a distrbutlng point. CURRENT COMMENT. Read the article "Graft by the Cubic Foot," and you will understand the source of the greater part of the oppo sition to Bryan. HOW WILL THE ALIGNMENT BE IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE AHEAD? Florence (S. C.) Times. The contest in politics in the next two or three years is to be struggle tor supremacy between the men who have been hatching eagle birds from goose eggs for so long and the producers of the country. Where the wage earners will line up Is hard to say, but the fight will be for their vote and It will be a campaign of edu cation for them. If they stick to the old scare over the full dinner pall the goose egg men will wins If they line up with the producers and Hgitl- mate capital will protect Itself in the same way and under the same ban ned we will see a revolution in this country in which the masses of the people will be the winners, and the general delusion of wealth will be the result. Graft by the Cubit Foot. Everybody's Magazine. In several rooms of the capltol at Harrisburg Is a type of mahogany office table 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, 2 high. The cost of each table to San derson, the contractor, was $40. He charged the State $1,472. a commission of 3,580 per cent. Still more remark able are two rostrums, and for which the State -paid Sanderson $90,748.80, l commission of 4,305 per cent It ap pears that all this furniture, and much more, was bought by Sanderson by the piece but was sold to the State "by the foot" at $18.40 a foot. If we now take the dimensions of the mahogany table, which originally cost $40, and compute Its feet bv multiplying its length by Its width, and the result by Its height thus: 4 times 8 is 32; zS times 32 is 80, and then multiply $18.- 40 by 80. we reach the sum of $1,4 1 2, or the price of 80 cubic feet of table paid by Penu.vlvania to Sanderson. This gentleman bv similar multipli cations found that there were 88 feet of blacking stand and so reached the price of $1,619.20 for that artcle The rostrums were dealt with in the same cubical way, as were the hun dreds and thousands of other objects that you will find distributed through the five stories of the enormous build ing. We Pennsylvania tax payers have paid for I don't know how many cubic feet of clocks, of umbrella-tuns of clothes-trees, and of filing cases. OUR VILE COLONIAL POLICY. It will be recalled that the para mount Issue of the Democratic plat form of 1900 was Imperialism. Bryan was defeated upon that issue for rea sons easily -understood by students of the situation: for one leading reason, for example, the war with the Philip pines, precipitated for the purpose. If Bryan had been elected, we would be free from those costly foreign entan glements, the Philippines and Cuba, We would, also, never have seen the day when an American citizen (not to say President or Secretary of State) could, with Impunity, have declared for an autocratic government such as Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Root have de clared for. Our dispatches yesterday contain ed the appended telegram from Havana. We have not a particle of doubt that General Palma's friends are telling the exact truth. Here Is: "Havana, Sept 27. Friends of Pres ident Palma are openly averring that the rebellion nipped In the bud by Governor Magoon through the arrest of General Ducasse and Masso Parre was part of a plot to keep the Ameri can army in Cuba and Magoon in charge of affairs until Congress meets in Washington. Then the annexation ists will attempt to have the island taken over by the United States as an Insular possession. The newspapers are teeming with sensational stories regarding the so-called plot and the cry "I told you so" is being raised on every side. It is believed, however, that Governor Magoon will employ he roic measures In event of trouble." take. Sold by Armfield & Greenwood. Nearly all Cough Cures, especially those that contain opiates, are consti pating. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup contains no opiates and acts gently on the bowels. Pleasant to Orina Laxative Fruit Syrup Is sold under a positive guarantee to cure constipation, sick headache, stomach trouble, or any. form of indigestion. If It falls, the manufacturers refund your money. What more can any one do. McDuffie Drug Store (O. O. Sou- ders, Prop.) : Warning. - If you have kidney and bladder- trouble and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure, you win have only yourself to blame for results, as It positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. LMcOuffle Drug Store ,(0. 0. 1 Bonders. PrQB,j, EVIDENTLY NOT AN ADMIRER OF , JACKSON. Norfolk Virginian. Why North and South Carolina should keep up a war over Jackson's birthplace is not clear to outsiders. If Old Hickory was the son of the Pal metto State, he outraged all her social canons, trampled on all her political traditions, made savage war upon her most exalted statesmen, and taught herself In an hour of trial "how sharp er than a serpent's tooth It is to have thankless child." If he really saw the light on the northern side of the boundary, the other commonwealth has so much else to be proud of, has had 89 many children greater In mind and nobler in character than he, that It Is not clear why she should be bo tenacious of the claim. Andrew Jack son was a man at once hot and hard headed, with an iron will, an Impul sive temper and a facile political con science. He was generous to a fault with those who construed friend ship to . mean subservience. ' He was Implacable in hatred or all who crossed the path of his personal ambition or public policies. His administration was founded on favoritism and he inaugurated the' spoils system which has corrupted the Federal departments of the Govern ment to this day. He knew some law but he had no regard for It when It crossed his path. Withal he achieved some good as president and wrought some evil. Let his ashes rest In peace where they lay and cease from bick ering over them. He called South Carolina "My native State" In that famous document which threatened her with fire and sword. Perhaps, know ing how she despised him then, he thought that the crowning Insult he could offer her. One of the last bitter regrets of his closing Career was, "I ought to have hung that fellow Cal houn!" the same Calhoun that South Carolina Is about to honor as her greatest and best by a statue In the capltol at Washington. INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS BY THE DURHAM HERALD. That investigation is getting to be interesting. We will admit that It is the News and Observer's time to laugh. We are just the least bit anxious to see bow they are going to explain It. There are some things that the rail roads are foolish to keep records of. Wonder what the Southern paid for those papers that it bought outright? If the other fellows say nothing the Southern will hardly go to the trouble to explain it. Qf course lots of 'em are owned by the railroads, but it Is no longer safe to call names. . " Well, we suppose the showing made by the books of the Southern lets the rest of us out of it. What makes us mad is to think that the rest of us were getting nothing but passes out of it. If that investigation goes much fur ther we may find out what the South ern does with its money. The Southern might not have been making great profits, yet it seems that It had money to give away. The News and Observer can feel that It has won a partial victory, no matter how the thing turns out. If any of the politicians have been making railroad money on the side you can imagine how they are feeling- about now. If we had known that the Southern was paying such prices we do not know but that we would have had our advertising solicitor after it. It would of course take more time yet It might prove more interesting if they would dig back several years in to the books of the Southern. We do not think so badly of Mr. Fairbanks for serving cocktails to his guests, but he showed himself a weak brother when he tried to wriggle out of It. We are not caring how deep they dig down into the books. If the South ern has been doing all the things charged against it we would like to know it. It appears that only two papers in the State have a contract with the Southern for which they receive the cash, and yet we have been told that it owns about half of them. If the investigation shows up those who have been receiving money from the railroads and exonerates all others who have been accused of it it will straighten out matters considerably. There are lots of people who have nothing against the railroads and might be rated as friendly, but the railroads sometimes do things that no honest man can approve or condone. Both Greensboro and Salisbury may want the Southern to establish head auarters in their respective towns, but if they want to maintain their standing they should ask no favors. Hay Fever and 8ummer Coldt To check a cold quickly, get' from your druggist seme Uttle Candy Cold Tablets called Preventics. Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Pre ventlcs, for they are not only safe, but decidedly certain and prompt Pre ventics contain no Quinine, no laxa tive, nothing; harsh nor sickening. Taken at the "sneexe stage" Preven tics will prevent Pneumonia, Bronchi tis,- LaGrlppe, etc. Hence the name. Preventics. Good tor feverish child ren. 48 Preventics 25 cents. Trial Boxes 6 cts. Sold by B. E. Sedberry's Son. , ,f ; v Endorsed by the County. "The most popular remedy rn Otse go County, and the best friend of my tamllly," writes Wm. M. Diets, editor and publisher of Otsego Journal, Gil bertsvtlle, Nr Y., "is Dr. King's New Discovery. , It has proved to be an in fallible cure for coughs' and colds, !,' -'it: ' ' " '-'- " ' ! Take DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder Pills tor backache, weak kidneys and Inflammation of the bladder. Sold by Armfield ft Greenwood. : FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly , First-class Work. Call at my yard or write for prices, Respectfully, E. I . REM8BURG, Proprietor, Fayetteville,N. 0 ' ' avmm. a. sat 'ygjjTg T9 0 ' WE INVITE' ! nnr customer.' and ttin nnh- ' 1 our customers and the nub- ' lie generally to call at our" H remodelled store. - We have completed ' the installation of a new Soda Fountain and a new outfit of furniture and fixtures. With improved sales and prescription room fa'ilities we hope to receive a liberal share of patronage. 3 Regit teied Pharmacists. Unusual Laboratory Equip ment H.R.H0RNE&S0NS.j INSURANCE THAT'S DIFFERENT We are not insurance agents as the word generally goes. The Scottish or some other good company will in sure yonr home against fire, light ning, etc., but the insurance we sell is against decay the surest de stroyer. LUCAS S PAINT will protect your building from th' ravages of time and weather besides adding "beauty to the scene." It la The Beat Money Can Bay. Get our prices. B. E. SEDBERRY'S SON 8ole Agent. We Use the Utmost Care ' And ' carry a supply of pure . standardized . r DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, together wliii-flt.complMe; mod ern equipment We do perfect compounding of prescription. . ; -.-. ( 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, We solicit your trade because Our Delivery is Fast If you want what you want when you want it, come here. KING DRUG CO. n-) (McDuffie Diug Store.) SOLE AGENTS for Panacea Water An Unsurpassed Tonic, Appetizerand Blood Punher. ENDORSED BY EMINENT PHYSICIANS. 3pnts A Bottle. MacKethan & Co., Druggists. CLEAN UP Converse Silver Paste for gold and silver guaranteed not to scratch; Rodrant , : ' Metal Polish for nickle and brass ware ...ONLY asc at Armfield ay.. & 7 PRESCRIPTION , PHARMACISTS, t- 'PHONE NO, 11. " i . I t it - v.. ... if 71 1
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