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mrFAi: DAILY EDITION. WEEKLY EDITION. .oo per Annum, in Advance, .oo for 6 Months, in Advance $1,00 per Annum, 1 .oo for 3 Months, in Advance, OLD SERIES VOL LXXINO. 3,992. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1907. npj !BEW SERIES-VOL. XXIII-WO. 3,269. AYETTE YI mm A Cordial Invitation b extended ' ALL ; SOUTHERNERS ' to vbit The JELL-0 Booth Jamestown Exposition Located In Food Product Building at en. tranoe to Horticultural Court. Ws bare provided a ipaoions Best Boom eipeoially for your convenience, -where yon may meet friends, write letters, read your favorite magazine, etc., eto. Our demonstrators will be glad to serv you with JELL-O, the dainty deasert, and Ice Cream made from Jill-0 ICE CBEAli Powder, free, and explain how easily the) Oan DS prepared tor we note. The Census Pure Food Co., la Boy, N. V. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney and Counaellor-at-Law. Koomi 1 and 9 K. of P. Building. itAYRiiTiixa, a. 0. Phone 229 H. MoD. fiobinson. John U. Chaw. (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorneys-at-Law, Offices on second floof National Bank of Fayetteville. H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, 1 N otary Public) . Office 126 Donaldson Street, Fayetteville, N. 0. V. C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Notary Pnblie, Surveyor, Office K, of P. Budding, FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. DR. WM. S. JORDAN, Physician and Surgeon. Office in Palace Pharmacy. Honrs: 9 to 12 aid 3 to 6. JOHN C. DYE, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND 8UKGEON, OFFICE: Armfield & Greenwood Drug Store. PHONES S0"357, Dr. E. L. HUNTER, Dentist, orth-east Corner Market Square, Fayetteville, N. 0. , Dr. J, R. HIGHSMITH, DENTIST. Office: Hisrhsmith Hospital. "DR. A. 8. CROM ARTIE DENTI8T, Over Shuford, Rogsrs & Company. . W. S. Cook CS. Co., Rm! Mill ui taunt Boom 6, K. of P. Building, Fayetteville N. C MacKETHANaTTRUSTCO. Market Sqaarc, rATlTTITlU.I,H.C. cat Estate bought and (old. I nenotlited and (Dtranteed. teat and Utereit oollected. tiiim examined, oonvevancel made. aearaaee premlnai taken and loaned here! ' I. E. MacKiTHAK, Att'v. For Sale: Know betas prepared, meet of former tiacti bay ing been sold. SONKYSIDE FLORAL NURSERY, (James M. Lamb A Sons) Lock Box 65. Telephone 49. Fayetteville, N. 0. HYACINTHS Our annual Importa tion of Dutch bulbs, consisting of Hy acinths, Tulips, Narcissus and Crocus, is now ready. CARNATION8 We have a lot of extra fine Carnations White, Pink, and Red, In 6-inch pots In bud and bloom; iut the thing to send with your card to a friend. HEDGE PLANT8 In Arbourvlteas, Privet, and Citrus Tripolata. We have everything in ornamental plants from -Magnolia Grandlplara to Dwarf Box. ': CUT' FL0WER8 ALWAV8 Tim if Arrival and Departure of Atlantic Coast Line raaaeaarr ad Mall Tralaaat Fayette- wntas -: Ho. M, South, Lv. 4: a. m. for BennetttviUe, BO. M, WO in, Vf. o:uu a. m. " " TV. - ' Ho. 7, South, Lt. : a. m. for Columbia via Fior.no. , ? . Ho.M,Korth,Ar. 11:45 a.m. Ho. 80, North. Lt. WAS p. m. for New Yorx. No. M, Weet, Lt. 110 p. m. forStnford. No.89 8outh,Lv.4:Wp. m. foi Tampa . No.a,Kat, Lv.HOOn. m. for W ailniton. No. 45 Soutti, Lt. 6:lf for BennettsTlUr, 8. C No. -I, North, At. Fatettevltle 10:22 p. in. No. ! North. I. 11:88 p. m. for New ori and Norfolk. . No. 7S, North, Ar. 11:W p. m Ko. II, South, At. 11:80 p. m. No. to. South. Lt. 04 a. m. for Tampa. Aftkaft'S ww in, aiV,wS. "J. iTl ku Mm Unci Vv HhM tirf Wt Motto hiinhMY, WrtMorMMlOMat . - . - Mm KEfiUDY'S LAXATIVE C08T OF MAKING NEW8PAPER8. The Wilmington Star calls atten tion, in the appended article, to the enormous advance which has taken place In the cost of making a news paper. The matter has become so ser ious that many of the newspapers at the North and In the West have ad vanced their prices 50 per cent, and some even 100 per cent. So says the technical newspaper Journal, ihe American Press. A number of our North Carolina contemporaries have also advanced their subscription prices recently. The large, rich and flourishing city, of High Point (speak ing from the North Carolina stand point) recently started a Dally, bacxed by a strong stock company; but It was evidently gotten up in Ignorance of the tedious and expensive process of build ing up a daily newspaper, as well as of the additional handicap of the advance In cost of production, and It took but a couple of months to put lt out of ac tion. It has ceased to come to (his office, and lt has been stated in some of our exchanges that lt was obliged to abandon the field because its ex penses were greater than its Income. The Observer has been feeing the effects of the increase also. Some thing over a year ago, the cost of Its regular telegraph service was advanc ed 60 per cent., and, In the' last few days, another advance brings the cost to Just double what lt was. Ev ery other factor in Its production has advanced at a rate ranging from 50 to over 100 per cent., In the last few years. Says the Star, referring to the ad vance In the price of one of the fac tors In newspaper production: The Paper Trust After bombarding for years the To bacco trust, the Standard Oil trust and many other "combinations In re straint of trade," the newspapers of the country now realize that there Is a Paper trust that threatens to seri ously cripple their business uless the law is invoked in their behalf. While battling for the rights of the whole people, the newspapers have been neglecting their own Interests. This has emboldened the paped mak ers until their actions have reached a point when necessity forces the newsnaDers to take action. Accord ingly, a special meeting of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Associa tion was recently held In New York to consider the question. The meet ing was largely attended and lt was decided to make a united and deter mined fight against the combination that so seriously menaces their pros perity and, In some Instances, their very existence. The rapid and unreasonable advance In the price of white paper was dis cussed In all Its aspects, and lt was resolved to petition the government to Institute proceedings against the trust at once and arrangements were per fected and a committee appointed to raise funds for the employment of able counsel to assist the attorneys of the government In the prosecution. The most important action, however, was the adoption of a resolution de manding a repeal of all Import duties on paper and pulp and on all mater ials used in its manufacture. The po sition was taken that a tax on paper is a tax on education, and for this rea son is a burden on the entire people. Everv Senator and Representative from the Southern States, with the possible exception of Louisiana, will vote for the repeal of the iniquitous tariff tax on paper; but the "stand pat" Republican Congressmen of the North will oppose the repeal, fearing that If the movement In this instance succeed lt may endanger other pro tected Interests whose champions they are. But the question will be brought before Congress during the approach ing session, when the newspapers, the greatest educators In the world, will see who are their friends and who are their enemies. To illustrate the extent to which the trust Is advancing Its prices, the Star received last week a consignment oi 36,000 pounds of white paper, the cost of which was nearly BO per cent, high er than the price at which lt could have been bought two years ago; and since the contract for that consign ment was made there has been a fur ther advance of 15 to 20 per cent. The result will be that practically all the newspapers In the country will be compelled to raise not only their subscription but their advertising rates. And lt is not only paper that Is higher in price, but wages and al most everything else used in the pro duction of newspapers have advanced. THE 80UTHERN RAILWAY'8 NEWS PAPER SUBSIDY. The editor of the Observer was en gaged with the Bryan reception de tails when Mr. Drewry's statement Mime to hand. The telegraphed syn opsis was published in the Observer before the Times Itself was receivea. Th full statement does not vary the effect of the synopsis, except to deep en the sorrow that such a state or affai could exist in North Carolina. The point of the matter lies in tne nnmhase ot the privilege of inserting in a newspaper auch clippings (pre sumably not indicated as advertise- rn.niii As the nurchaser "may desig which breach of good newspa per morals la greatly aggravated ny the faot that the purchaser in this case wm a nubllo service corporation, ow ing Its existence to a charter ny me State carrying the right of eminent domain. - it annears strange to the Observer th.t hia crucial noint In the matter ha. aaeaned the notice of the cnucs. The value ot advertising in ainerem mArti.imh la a debatable matter; but the selling to an outsider of the right td affect the polloy of a paper la tne sin of slna in newspaper ethics. rrturl liaiVS REASONS GIVEN EY THE STATE'S ATTORNEYS WHY THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S BOOKS SHOULD BE OPEN TO THEIR INSPECTION. ?;'?: Our "iDecial" from Raleigh yester day afternoon brought the newi that Judge Montgomery (the Master) had made a still further mistake In ruling against the appeal of the State's at torneys for the right to examine the Southern Railway's books back ot 1906. ' A telegram from Raleigh to yesterday's Wilmington Messenger gives account of the proceedings im mediately preceding the Master's ad verso, decision, as follows: The 8tate's point was to prove hleh freight rates responsible for small volume of Interstate business and that these high rates drive people to buy from other states from which rates are cheaper Into this State than they do on Intrastae business. A number of striking examples of this word shown. The evidence was further to show that growth of enterprises along the Southern Railway is hampered by high rates and by Inadequate trans portation facilities, includng short age of cars. The afternoon session was devoted to argument on a motion by Mr. Jus tice for the State to continue the hear ing until the State can have an oppor tunity to Bee the books of the South ern for a number of years past. There was a long, warm discussion in which Justice and Aycock spoke for the State and Thorn for the Southern Rail way. Aycock said that on the 11th day of March, when the rate bill pass ed, the Southern knew quite well lt was going to fight the law; that lt began right then to get together ma terial for the fight; that lt and It alone had accessjto all records, that It alone knew what was the cost of operation and everything else as re gards the account of the road, that the State did not Know these things and of course depended upon the re cords ot the railway to find them out; inai mere is vast difference between looking Into books of private cornora- tion and those of a quasi public corpo ration like railways or any other com mon carrier; that the Southern had complete knowledge of everything and anew wnetner the rate was confisca tory or not; was master of all figures, yet the road turns upon the State and asks why it Is not ready to try now. The legislature acted on reports made by the road. Par from being conflisca- tory, the railway Is making ten per cent, at least. Its business is In creasing and so are its profits. The railway began by fighting the law and challenging the State and thus In vited examination. The State desires to have the ex. amlnatlon made by experts who are to be as good as those of the railroad; mere ougnt not be haste about the matter. Aycock concluded bv askinu when were defendants bound by the testimony of plaintiff. They must find out things for themselves. Thom ridiculed what he termed Ay- cock's haste, saying In July In the Su perior court before Judge Long, when Thom desired time, Aycock considered two hours delay a generous allow ance; that-Aycock had put whip and spur to him in July, Thom said he had the hardest time of his life since this rate matter came up. Special Master reserves decision un til to-morrow. THE WILMINGTON STAR. The Wilmington Star recently cele brated Its fortieth birthday. It Is the oldest daily newspaper now published In the State, and one of tly cleanest and best. It has done a great deal for the advancement of Wilmington and the Cape Pear section and that, too, when things were not as bright and prosperous as now, when fidelity to the best interests of the State cost more of manliness and Independence than now. lxng life and prosperity lO it and to its genial, kindly and able editor and owner, the veteran, W. H. Bernard. The Pender Chronicle gives these Interesting facts in the career of the Star: "The Chronicle congratulates Bro. Bernard, and wishes that he may live to celebrate the 80th anniversary. The record of the Star is remarkable in that it has continued under 'the same management for 40 years. No other paper In the State has such a record. Beginning 40 years ago with a Washington hand press, capable . of turning out 250 papers an hour, of a five column, four page paper, lt has grown to a six column, eight page paper, using linotype machines, mall Ing machines and all the parapherna lia of a modern up-to-date newspaper. And the Norfolk Virginian says this: "In an enlarged and illustrated edl tlon, full of attractions and of bus! ness, the Wilmington Star celebrated last Sunday its fortieth birthday. Through, that long period the ielm of this sterling newspaper has been wise ly and firmly directed by the veteran Bernard who still guides its course with undiminished ability. The Star Is a model Journal and its editor an exemplar of clean and wholesome Journalism. May both live long and prosper! AN EFFORT FOR RECOVERY OF . 8TATE RIGHTS., A recent telegram from St Louis thus describes the movement inaugu rated by the attorney-general ot Mis souri for concerted action, by officials ot like position with himself in a number of States, in behalf of secur ing the restoration of the normal re lation ot the States to the federal government ' Says the telegram: Results of an important and far reaohtng character are expected to follow the conference begun in this city to-day by the attorneys general of mora than the a score of States. The conference- meets on the Invita tion of Attorney General Hadley ot Missouri and the purpose, as announc ed in the call, is to outline ways and means to preserve state rights and to prevent the usurpation of these rights by the federal government, and to plan concerted action tor. enforcing state lawB regulating trusts and other In dustrial corporations. " ..,.... - Among the states which, through their attorneys general or their as sistants, are cooperating in tne con ference are Mississippi, Ohio, Indi ana, Kansas, Tennessee, , Texas, Illi nois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Ken tnnkv. .Wisconsin ' and Arkansas, The, attorney general jof a number of other states, tnougn unaDie to tend the conference, have expressed a willingness to co-operate in tne movement. . , Three great questions are to be dis cussed during 'the two days of. the conference. They are; . Regulation Ot railroads, with special reference to freight and passenger traffic; curbing of unlawful combinations of captltal; and discussion ot the apparent Juris dictional conflict between ' the state and federal courts. Other questions Incident and minor to these three are to occupy attention. The programme includes the follow ing subjects and speakers: i r Capitalization of Public Service Corporations," Attorney General Dana Maione of Massachusetts. . ' "State Regulation of Public Utili ties," Attorney General William S. Jackson of New York, "The Standard Oil Trust." Attorney General Wade Ellis of Ohio. "Railroad Rate Regulation," Attor ney General Herbert S. Hadley of Mis souri The results of the conference will be awaited with Interest the country over. It Is pointed out that if the attorneys general perfect a working organization, exchanging plans and placing the Information and evidence gathered by one department at the disposal of all, the trust bursting oper ations will unquestionably be facilita ted and the fight made much more equal than In the past In addition, the proposed organization Is expected to be of benefit in the securing of uniform laws on a variety of sub jects. A majority ot the attorneys general present at the conference, and prac tically all of those representing the states of the south and middle west, express the belief that the federal courts should not be permitted to in terfere In purely state matters.. They are of the opinion that the state courts should be supreme within the states, so long as they do nothing In viola tion of the federal law. The repre sentatives of the eastern states are not apparently inclined so strongly to this view of the matter and the difference of opinion is likely to pro voke some Interesting debate In the conference PRACTICAL WORKING OF THE IN TERSTATE COMMERCE COM MISSION. As our readers know, this paper thinks that the law prescribing the manner of appointment of the mem bers of the Interstate Commerce Com mission is wrong. It vests their ap pointment in the President. This is not obnoxious to the Constitution, but it hastens the drift towards centraliza tion, and, in the hands of an Imperial ist like Mr. Roosevelt, It may he used as a weapon of almost limitless power. However all this may be, we imag ine that our readers will be edified. as we have been, by a descrip tion of the practical working of the Interstate Commerce law as lt Is to day. This we find in the Atlanta Jnnr, nal. In one of Mr. F. J. Haskln's con tributions to that paper, and is as follows: Though the Interstate Commerce Commission has the regulation of some fourteen billion dollars worth of prop erty Invested In the railroads of this country, and has been in the spot light for years, its workings are understood in only the most general way. Con gress established the Commission and gave lt is powers so that the people of the country could have recourse against the evil practices that have been growing up in the railroad world. The Commission finds opportunity to carry Out the spirit of the law in so many ways that the average man has never heard of them all. Besides its role as a body combining the legisla tive, executive and Judicial functions of government, lt also plays the role of peace maker, , and If the beatitude about peacemakers being blessed ex tends to the official acts of a govern mental body, then the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission will have Its benefit in no small degree. Although they are supposed to settle differences officially, yet the work of adjusting differences In an informal way constitutes perhaps their most far reaching line of endeavor. Under the old Interstate Commerce law, passed in 1887, the railroads did pretty much as they pleased. They did not have any too much respect for It, since it never did more harm than to give their attorneys a chance to earn some of their salary. But under the new one they are usually pretty sure that the outcome of a complaint is going to be favorable before they will allow the matter to come to a formal hearing. Under the old law as soon as a ruling was made by the Com mission the railroads carried the case to court, but under the new law lt has been different. In the year and more since the reorganization there has been but a single decision of the Com mission appealed from, and that is an appeal by the D. L. ft W. railroad from a decision on discrimination It was alleged to have made against the inde pendent oil men In favor of the stan dard Oil. Moreover, there are many instances where formal complaints have been made and afterward dis missed, "the defendant having volun tarily agreed to grant the conditions sought to be Imposed on It by the Com mission." Out of a total of about 400 formal complaints filed since the new law took effect, there have been some forty' such compromises. This "don't shoot, I'll come down" policy of the railroad argues for the justice of the complaints in these cases. When a formal complaint is filed with the Commisslon-4henewspapers get lt, for on the desk in the office of the chief clerk the correspondents find the complaints filed that day. But back of this there is much that even the wide awake newspaper men do not know. Before a complaint is filed in a formal way there is an Informal one. The man who thinks he needs to re sort to the baven of refuge for the shipping: world writes the Commission and tells it his troubles. The Commis sion considers them, and then writes to the railroad against which the complaint 1b made to Bee if : some amicable adjustment cannot be effected , before- adding to a crowded docket another "formal complaint-It such an adjustment sat isfactory to both parties can- be made, that la the end of the matter; the dif ficulty ia adjusted Informally and the world never knows that thera was such a case. But It the efforts at com promise fail, then the mattar comes nn In the shape ot a formal complaint, and the correspondent! get it- The number of complaints adjusted thus la vastly greater than- the number settled through formal hearings ana aecisione, An official of the Commission who has to do with the correspondence in Uiese cases, says that there about six settled In this way where there is one by for mal complaint A report of the Com mission shows that during the past year there were over 2,300 informal, and only 400 formal complaints. The humblest citizen of the land finds that the Commission gives the same attention to his complaint as it does to that of the wealthiest corpora tion. The different cases range In Im portance from those involving a few dollars to others representing as many millions. One ot the most interesting cases was that of the Loop Colliery Company of West Virginia, against the Chesapeake" and Ohio railroad, in which the coal company sought to compel the railroad to give It as good rates as lt gave to other shippers on, its own line. Stated that way the case appears to be a perfectly uninteresting one. But the Loop Creek Colliery Company has back of lt the one hun dred million-dollar, bullt-wlthout-a- bond railroad which H. H. Rogers and'others are constructing from Nor folk, Va., to the Great Lakes, and thence west to the Pacific. It Is a case of two gigantic corporations fighting the preliminary skirmish for the control of the coal fields of West Virginia. ' rh the arguments the Col liery Company was represented by Its counsel to be a perfectly harmless lit tle coal company with Its life In dan ger of being crushed out by a great railroad, backed by the Pennsylvania system. On the other hand, the coun- al for the defendant represented the Colliery Company to be but the Imper sonation of the big Interests that were building the new Virgianla railroad. which eventually threatened to'swallow up the defendant and might also In the end make a breakfast of the powerful Pennsylvania, system. Here is a sample complaint of an ordinary citizen. A gentleman from Tennessee went to the Jamestown Ex position with his wife. He bought a ticket from the Louisville & Nashville railroad which entitled him to passage from Norfolk to Washington on a Bteamer, Including sleeping accomoda tions. He could not get the berth he had paid for, and the commission will find the. reason why. In thi3 case his recourse will be on the railroad selling him the ticket, and the Commission will take It up informally by corres pondence and see if the matter can not be adjusted without the filing of a formal complaint. Here is another complaint illustra tive of what can be done by the aver age citizen in protecting his own rights and those of the travelling pub lic generally. A gentleman residing in Washington recently bought trans portation for his wife to the Pacific coast. He wanted 4t by way of Port hand to Seattle. The ticket agent said he could not sefl lt that way, that she would have to go to Portland and buy the ticket from Seattle from there. She did this, but was afterward in formed by a relative, who was a rail road official, that her ticket should have read from Washington to Seattle, via Portland. She wrote her husband to this effect and he took it up with the railroad to recover the extra fare paid. The correspondence grew so volu minous and intricate that he had to carry it to the Interstate Commerce Commission to find out what lt meant. They are now trying to straighten the matter out. An eastern railroad was in the habit of running only one day coach on a train carrying heavy traffic. Every day from 10 to 25 people were unable to find a seat unless they paid extra to ride in the Pullmans. A traveller, who knew something of what the Com mission can do, chanced to ride on that train one day. He could not find a seat during the whole journey for him self or his Invalid wife. He asked the conductor If his train was usually so crowded, and was answered in the affirmative. The traveller gave the In terstate Commerce Commission the facts, and within a week there was another coach added to that train, and ever since the people are getting the seats they pay for. One of the greatest troubles the Com mission has is to make the railroads give equitable rates to non-competing points. Until recently shippers of cat tle and grain In western Wisconsin were obliged to ship their consign ments west to St. Paul and thence back over the same line by the very station where they originated, In order to get the most advantageous rate. In other words, the rate to Chicago direct from the shipping point was higher than the rate for carrying it a hundred miles or more west and thence back again right past the start ing point. Danville, Va., had the same sort of trouble. After she had raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a competing road, the Southern got It, and Danville people had to pay more by 20 to 45 per cent, on freight from the South than did Lynchburg, whose freights was carried right by Danville's doors and 50 miles further. A miller In Staunton, some 200 miles from Newport News, had to pay more per barrel in freight charges than did the miller in St. Paul, some 1,500 miles away, and the shipment of the St. Paul miller went by the door of the Staun ton mill. An official of the Commission jocu larly observed that if he had some cash ahead he would build him a little railroad and defy the law. He said that what he could accumulate from excessive rates would more than make up for any reparation he would have to make. He had In mind the repara tion claims under the decision of the Commlsson and ot the Supreme court on the question of rates on Southern pine lumber. The railroads of the South several years ago got together and Increased the rate two cents per hundred pounds. The lumbermen car ried the matter to the commission and got a favorable decision. The rail roads carried lt to the Supreme court, but lostrtheir case.The effect ot this was that the railroads had to repay overcharges to the shippers who de manded them, the total overcharges amounted to $5,000,000, yet when the time tor asking reparation expired on ly 12,500,000 had been asked for. This simply meant that many shippers did not keen posted about their business and had no knowledge ot what was coming to them, permitting the rail roads to rake In iz.50,uuu proni as a result of their carlessness. ." CURRENT COMMENT. : Read- the very important article from the Raleigh News and Observer entitled "State Must Take Full "Look at the Books.' " That remnlds one of theObeerver's pleas In 1892 and 189J What a New Jersey Editor Says. M. T. Lynch, editor ot the Phllllps hnr. K. J.. Dailv Post writes: "I have used many kinds ot medicines for coughs and colds In my family but never anything bo good aa Foley'a Honey and Tar. I cannot aay too much In praise ot it" McDuffle Drug Store (O. o. BonaeTiy rrog,i "" 1 1 WILLIAM J. BRYAN, FROM Visits Fayetteville October 15th. MEETING IN COURT HOUSE. Official Action on Bryan's Visit Taken. From Friday's Daily. The public meeting, called by Mayo; Powers, to take official cognizance of the coming of Hon. W. J. Bryan, was held In the court-house yesterday afternoon. Mayor Powers presided, and C. G. Rose, Esq., acted as secre tary. Major Hale was called for, and after a few appropriate remarks, he moved that a committee, composed of Messrs. H. L. Cook, q. K. Nimocks and H. R. Home, be appointed to draft resolu tions suitable to the proper reception of Mr. Bryan. While the committee were absent, Mr. John H. Anderson moved that the town authorities be requested to put Hay and Gillespie streets in the best possible condition before the 15th of the month. Mr. Anderson also moved that the city be requested to properly decorate the city's property, and that the mayor call a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen to consider this matter, and that the County Com missioners be asked to have the court house decorated. THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION, WILL ACT ON THE VITAL SUB JECT OF DIVORCE. The growing laxity of morals in this country has undoubtedly been stimu lated by the lax, not to say corrupt, laws of many of the States on this vital subject. And the converse of the proposition is also true, the two acting and reacting on each other. The subject has been agitated for some years by the members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. At the last general convention of that church, action upon it was deferred. We are glad to note In a dispatch from Rich mond, where the present General Con vention is sitting, the following im portant movement by that body: Positive Action on Divorces. A resolution was adopted commend ing the construction of the several memorials received in both houses looking to the re-ma.-rlage of divorced persons. In both houses a concurrent resolution was adopted expressing sat isfaction that a high moral position had been taken on this subject since the last general convention and the hope that positive action would be taken at the present convention. "PLUCKY LITTLE CHERAW." The Wilmington Star contains the following of Interest to our Fayette ville people, who are vitally interested the improvement of their own bet ter waterway, the Upper Cape Fear. Navigate Pee Dee to Cheraw, S. C Plucky Little City Will Use Natural Waterway In Effort for Lower Freight Rates Conference In Co lumbia Monday. Tho rviiiimhln State of Tuesday has the following that will be read with interest In this secton: "Vootorrtav HfeRsrs. R. T. Caston. presdent of the Bank of Cheraw; R. McKay, director ot tne Dans, aim Jas. R. Harrell, a prominent business man of Cheraw, were In the city at tending to the purchasing ot macnin ery, etc., for the Cheraw-Oeorgetown no, rnmnunv the new Pee Dee river line, which will begin operations with- a few weeks. To,n hnnta hv already been pur chased by this company, which will ply on the waters oi tne ree urn hotwron Pheraw and George town. Traffic arrangements have been perfected with the uiyae L,ine steam ship Company and It Is said that as - Una ia nlncpd In OO- SUUU tin UIO uvtti, - r --T - eratlon the freight rate between New York and other Eastern eauuiu Out of Sight. "Out ot Blghtr out of mind," is an oid saying which applies with special force to a sore, burn or wound that s been treated with Bucklen'a Arlnca Salve. It's out of sight, out of mind and out of existence. Piles too and chilblains disappear under its healing influence. Guarinteed by B. H. Sed berry'ULSon,. druggiBt 2So. A LATE PHOTOGRAPH. The transportation committee re ported that arrangements had been made for special trains and addition al coaches for the regular trains. It was moved that the committees heretofore appointed be ratified, which was done. The committee on resolutions re ported as follows: Whereas, Hon. W. J. Bryan will hon or our city with a personal visit on Tuesday, October 15th, next; there fore be it Resolved, By the citizens of Fay etteville, in meeting assembled, that we express our high appreciation of the honor to be conferred upon our city, and call upon all of our citizens in Fayetteville and surrounding coun try to join in extending to our distin guished guest a cordial and enthusias tic welcome, such as befits his high and unique position as the "First Cit izen of America." His fame as orator, statesman, citizen, patriot and chris tian is such as to command world wide respect and esteem, and the up per Cape Fear section of North Caro lina is highly favored in having this opportunity of securing and hearing him. points will be 28 cents per hundred less than the present rates. "The new line will be readv in suf ficient time to handle the fertilizers and this within itself is a big item. Return cargoes from Cheraw will con sist of cotton, turpentine, rosin, tar, creosote, lumber, shingles, granite, etc. "Phractically every business man in the town of Cheraw has stock in this company as well as a number of busi ness men of Georgetown, and the suc cess of the enterprise is assured. The merchants and others have agreed to give all the business to the boat line which can possibly be handled and the naval stores, cotton and lumber interests, and manufacturers have agreed ts furnish for return cargoes whatever they can. "Up to date wharves and warehous es are being erected at Cheraw and a cable road is now Hearing completion, under the direction of Maj. ('has. H. Scott, which will transport all freight with dispatch from the river's edge to the warehouses near the business centre of the town. "The bank, of which Mr. Caston is president, has just completed one of the handsomest bauking buildings in the State outside of the cities of Co lumbia ami Charleston. He considers that Cheraw's future was never bright er in all of its long history." Orina Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold under a positive guarantee to cure constipation, sick headache, stomach trouble, or any form or indigestion, ir it fails, the manufacturers refund your money. What more can any one do. McDuffle Drug Store (U. u. Bon ders, Prop.) His Dear Old Mother. "My dear old mother, who is now eighty three years, thrives on Electric Biters," writes W. B. Brunson, of Dub lln, Ga. She has taken them for about two years and enjoys an excellent ap petite, feels strong and sleeps wen. That's the way Electric Bitters affect the aged, and the same happy results follow In all cases of female weakness and general debility. Weak, puny chil dren too, are greatly strengthened by them. Guaranteed also for stomach liver and kidney troubles, by B. E. Sedberry's Son, druggist. 50c. Tn ohnrk a cold auicklv. Eet from your druggist some lltte Candy Cold Tnlilnta railed nreventlcsr Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Pre- venties, for they are not only saie, oui decidedly certain and prompt. Pre- ventlcs contain no yuinine, no iuxa Hvn nnthinc harah nor sickening. Ta ken 'at the "sneeze staoge" Preventlcs will nrevent Pneumonia. Bronchitis, La Grippe, ettc. Hence the name, Pre ventlcs. Good for feverish children. 48 Preventlcs 25 cents. Trial Boxes 6 cts. Sold by B. E. Sedberry's son. Ten Years in .Bed. "For ten years i was confined to my ed with disease of my kidneys," wrifo. p a r.rav. 3. P.. of Oakville, Ind. "It v.as so severe that I could not move part of the time. . I consulted the very bsst medical skill available, but could get no relief until Foley'a K-Mnnv Pure was recommended to me. It haB been a Godsend to me." Mc Duffle Drug Store (O. O. Soudera, Prop.) ..V . FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly First-class Work. Call at my yard Or write for prices, Respectfully, E. I . REMSBUKG, Proprietor, Fayetteville.N. C A WE INVITE i a our customers and the pub- lie generally to call at our remodelled store. I We have completed the a. installation of a new Soda I Fountain and a new outfit , of furniture and fixtures. With improved sales and prescription room f-ilitie we hope to receive a liberal j! share of patronage. ) 3 Registered Pharmacists, jjj Unusual Laboratory Equip- jy ment . Ih.r. horne&sons. INSURANCE THAT'S DIFFERENT We are not insurance agents as the word generally goes. The Scottish or some other good company will in sure your home against fire, light ning, etc., but the insurance we sell is against decay the surest de stroyer. LUCAS W PAINT will protect your building from the ravages of time and weather besides, adding "beauty to the scene." It Is The Best Money Can Buy. Get our prices. B. E. SEDBERRY'S SON Sole Agent. 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. p-o (McDuffle Diug wtore.) SOLE AGENTS for Panacea Water An Unsurpassed Tonic, Appetizerand Blood Further. ENDORSED BY EMINENT PHYSICIANS. 35 Cents A Bottle. MacKethan &Go., Druggists. JUST RECEIVED Large assortment of Lowney's Chocolates. Nothing better than Lowney's Chocolate Almonds "Name on every piece." Guaranteed fresh. Armfield & Greenwood, , PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY: 'PHONt NO. 11. COUCH SYRUP
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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