North Carolina Newspapers

viu: observer. FAYFTTEVILLE, NL C THUiSDAT. NOV. 7, 157. C J. HALE, Editor east Proprietor. & J. HALE, Jr, Bad Manager. A MOVE IN THE FIST DIRECTION. Mr, Teacn, is one of bit letters from WasMartoa to the Rakish News aad Observer, tar that s resolatioB f qoiricc by what astborfir Secretary Cortelvoe went to lie aid erf the cast era task wits tbe government's mov er and whether It fa advisable that coca policy be persae4 la the (store win he Introdocsd I Const? by Sirs' waeetative Sinuns, of Tennessee, aa soon aa Ccmgrwa sneeta, Mr. Bimm. savs Mr. Peace, ta one trf the Sasub eraers boob whoa Mr. ConJroe' ae Uoas hare atade aa unfavorable te- pmston. He casaot ace that there la aetborttr tor aiding; the banks at the East aad failinf, to help thaw cf the Sooth. There la a growing Ua ymxim fa Washington that Senator Tlilnaaa will act stmilariy to the Sea ate. Last winter he latroioced reso hrtica caiHag lor aa esvestisuioa of eorpmstkm ' eoatrtbetions to aaUoaal efc3cs faaes and 4(tttaaiiB Secre tary CortelTOB that he dacVaae sees faformaiJoa aa Bight he ia his fosses a&ow. The resofcntloBs were kQM by th BeMSeaaa e( the Scoaie, bat the ia fonstaXJoe which Senator TUlmaa se- ceree ts tmmtrtim with th saaOer gare hhw eoaafderahie familiarity wita the faaarisl eeaHsss of Mr. Conel- yom la the handling cf jb5e moneys. This is atost tepemaat more la the right dirertkse, and if pressed. ft shoold he. to the very cad. It may resalt ta legiaiaUoa that win deeesuat Ise the money eyateo of the eoaa- iry. 1 ae laimre m tae m au kiwi paste to apeet the aow rkh rural dis- . tnew win readier or no arau ue es ease heterofore given for placing the treasury of all the people at the ser- -rlce of a part of the people and that part a corrupt coterie of stock gam blers. OUR VACILLATING AND INADE QUATE PRESIDENT. Norfolk Vrgioiao-PIlotl . But a little while ago there were "pi rates of Baaace. bat bow. when they bring their "swollen fortune" to the lap of Wall street to atay the tide of panic, the - same authority praisea then for "the parUoUsBt aad wisdom of their effort to avert catastrophe. We may stand ready to accept Mr. Booeerett's Judgment that Rockefel ler. Eyaa and Morgan are either an gels of mercy to the hosineas sitna- tioa or derila of destroctioe, either brongnt about the trouble or aaTed na from it; bat they cannot fill both roles; nor can they change their characters from day to day, and be bow withoet . vtrts and bow without fan It. The fact is, we sospeet. that while the atti tudes of these mea towards the market Trtw very often, their peraoaal attrl botes do sot change; while the Presi dent's point of riew is constantly shift ing and therefore his lodgments do little else hot ebange. The arraignment aad adeqoate pas IsbmeBt of one "plntoeartie oatlaw" would do more to diaeonrage dishonest practices npoa the pablie than all the loose diatribes against corporations, aa each, that all the oratieal wrindmllla IU IH CWBU7 CWiU OB IB U B1V time. And neither the value of any , sound security nor the credit of aay legitimate enterprise wonu saner the slightest degree. Instead of all these high sounding theories and elab orate policies. Why not try the simple receipt of clothing a few respectable , swinaiers ib stripes ana placing inem - behind prison bars? THE FOLLY OF OUR TARIFF AND OUR NAVIGATION LAWS. .The Norfolk Virginian well says: Professor Shepherd, of Colombia rniveraity, who has hist returned from an extended tour through Sooth America, undertaken at the reqaest of the Bureau of American Republics, it kind enough to famish the New York papers his explanation why the trade of the United States with their South ern neighbors Is small compared with that enjoyed hy European nations. England and Germany especially. The Investigations of the professor extend ed to Ecuador, Fern, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Braza, It la not nec essary to follow this expert economi scientist through the many theories he advances to account for onr com parative commercial weakness in these , onr natural markets, for after long ftHng of supposed eatises, more or less theoretic, he cites lastly the one troth which explains the whole matter. Hero Is the milk in the co coa-nut: "American goods are more expensive in these countries than eith er English or German products of the aame grade, and this Is due to the lack of direct communication between the United States and South America, for nine-tenths of our shipments are sent hy-way of European ports. In foreign .ships." The story will be familiar to many ' of our readers of the gamblers who were seeking to Induce a stranger to Join them In a game of cards. Declin ing, be was pressed tor a reason and replied:; "I have twenty-seven." Again urged to enumerate some of them, he began by declaring that be had no money, Whereupon the gamblers ex claimed: "D n the other twenty six." The application is obvious. If It be true, as Professor Shepherd says, that the American manufacturer and producer, for lack of direct means of communication, have to send products duHtlned for South American consum ers by way of European ports,, what's the use of looking further for the causes of our comparatively slow trade expansion in that direction? So long KB una cause, continues to exist, any appreciable improvement in conditions Is out o f the queston, no matter what niny be done to remedy or to remove others which are at best but Inciden tal. :..;.i...i.....:.J,..i; i And In seeking the causes for thTs condition It is not necessary to go fccumd our iniquitous tariff policy and our antiquated navigations lows, nor Ib anything more needed for Its com pl. ie remedy than a genuine and prop er revlKion of the former nd the 1 Mf ii.s of annifl degree of sanity Into r i -r. Willi the tarlff walls low ( i iih to allow the South .Amert- s r thinl. free Ingress Into our I - . !( thplr prnfltieia, the volume l't!( tlUi.Tthibf! would so i . to ! ti-lr the maintenance i . i". ."h of communication prcvHtiV; ar,4 wits tae aceoajplita neat of this the sii:;fcneat ot each Bjeaaa of eonaaolcaUna wosid aatar- aJly aad inevitably follow. Nothing caa wtl be truer or has beea ax absadactly detBoastrated thaa that this follow the trade. And with oar narigaiioo taws ao amended aa to permit the Aawrtraa ship owaer to go into the narkeu of the world and bay ship sbeterca he caa get theai the cheapest aad nil thesa se der the AsserJeaa tag. Aawrieaa n terpise aad America capital woaid not he alow to tahe advaa'age or the opportunity offered. The frst atey woaid hricg to as the great balk of the Soath Aaierieaa trade, which oar tar- poUnr is aow driving to traaa-At- aatie nations, while the aecoad step woaid go a soeg way towards eaaariag the handling of that trade ta Aaacrtcaa bOtOBUL, THE ABUNDANT MONEY SUPPLY HAS PREVENTED A PANIC BE YOND WALL STREET. A telegram froea Omaha. Nebraska, thaa reporta Mr. Bryaa: "I do ant look for aay proteged troohle la the bwatBeas world. Coadt- tioaa which asade a paaie aad depres- Ib lyfJ are eadrety dJIerest ' Thm prtees were faHiag be ef restricted atoney enppty. Now we are Ib the atidst of a tre- WBdoBa gold prod actios which gives aa ahwdaat asme? asppiy aad asaia taiee prime so that bBsteeas ts brisk. The prcaest bask troahlB does aot the seed of a earreaey. I think it Rroeg arnBseait against aa As It fa aow there is ao aoast about the qoaiity of ear awoey" ADDRESS OF "MR. FOX. Derham Herald. Oct Jl. Wl. He Win Speak Hers sat the Qaeatisa af liwpiiwimi Wairiaatw im Btatc. Mr. John Fox. a bm aher of the national of to rivers and harbors. wSI the of the city of Dsr- hant at the coart hoase oa Taeaday sight at T:3. He will speak oa the saestioa M teproremeot aad the importance af saiigahle rivera ta the state of North Carotins, and eswctally the deenea- sg of the ehaanei of the Cape Fear river thirty feet at Wlhaiagtoa. This a (rnestiOB which ought to interest very shipper and bastness man aad maanfaetarer in the city. Ail are cordiaily Invited to hear this distingnished speaker. OUR INLAND WATERWAYS THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL RIV ERS AND HARBORS CONGRESS. Since the President has retained from his trip down the Mississippi aad his atteadeaee apoa the meeting of the inland waterways commission, the general public ia beginning to make inquiries as to the magnificent pcoject which has heea set, oa foot tor increasing the water traasporta Uoa of the country. They begin to realise that it is a plaa of the most far-reaching Importance suggested ts the history of the republic aad that it will literally transform the entire country. This plaa eootempla'es the deepen ing of the Mississippi aad its eounee tkm, as a navigable stream, with the Great Lakes, while all Ha tributaries are to be made navigable also, aw' the entire heart of the country linked and coaaeeted with the Gulf of Mext- eo. on the one band, and the Great Lakes oa the other. To this plaa Bust be added the Panama canal, which will sepolement the inland waterways system. various estimates of the cost tf the project have beea made. bo. It staggers the imagination when ; we read that a hill may be introduced In Congress snthoriiiHg the issae of half- a Mliioa dollars worth of bonds for the purpose of carrying oat the pains. This is an immense amount ot bmmp ey, to be sore, bat wbea the plans are eompleted aad the country Is runt led with navigable streams which are ttterafly as well as theoretically em ployed for the transportation of freight, the rate problem of the coun try will take oo a new aspect- We will have advanced far from the position where we are at the mercy of the nil- roads.' The great transcontinental railroads may be counted apoa to oppose this extension of the Inland waterways, just as they opposed the Panama ca nal, bat here aad there may be found a railroad man of intelligence, tike lames J. Hill, for Instance, who reaV ixea tha.t the railroads are already sable to handle the business that Is offered them and that it woaid real ly be the part of wisdom to encourage mis system ot waterways. We have never ased oor Inland vt reams to the extent that they de serve. Commerce on the great rivers of Europe is a very considerable fac tor ia the transportation of the old world, aad yet all the rivers ia Eu rope are aot half as long as the Missis sippi and Its tributaries. The waterways scheme deserves the cordial support of all oar people. It will mean a lower level of transporta- tfoa ... charges and better facilities. 8ince many of oar difficulties bow arise from the fact that the railroads are physically unable to handle the business of the country, these water ways, properly dene loped, will relieve the congestion and give aa better as well as cheaper trasportatioB service. The plan Is attracting the attention of the entire world, aad it is booed that it will soon culminate la some thing practical. -THE ANTt-BELLUM AND THE.-POST-BELLUM CONVEN TION CITIES. Ten ' national political conventions have beea held la Chicago, This rec ord is second only to that of Balti more, which in the earlier years, aad up to and through the civil war times, was the favorite convention city of the country. Baltimore's record of 1( national conventions has not yet beea equalled, although Chicago Is a strong second and In time will andoubtedly be In the lead. Of the national con ventions held In Chicago six were Re publican and four democratic. THE ADMINISTRATION'S WAY OF USING THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. Raleigh News and Observer. , The spectacle of Mr. Corteiyoa hast ening to Wall street to poor ia twenty- five million dollars to stop a panic started by a lot ot gamblers Is not edi fying. It may be Justified in this In stance at a protection to sound inter ests but It shows a condition that needs to be changed. That surplus ought to be left in the hands of the people, and there ought to be no part nership between Wall street and the Treasury Department, Perhaps, then Treasury officials wouldn't always fall Into easy Wall street berths. It Mr. Cortelyou has any right to put thirty ' million dollars In' New York IihiiKm why fchouidn't he put ten tnilUou dulUirn In Fouthr-m banks? This bus li:e! h i f the Notional Treasury being ia partaenkip with Wa3 strc u wrong wad ought to be atopped. Why hot Mr. CsrteirswT Mr. Corteiyoa has pat tweaty-Cre mlllloa dollars ta New York hanks to check the paaie oa WaB street creat ed by gamblers and bwb who were try ing to get rich eoieh.'y by aweaUoaabla meihoda. BepreseBtativ Itartaaoa. of Texna, rcaaested Artiag Secretary Edwards to pat tea mllttoa dollars ta Boo them He did this beeaase bo aaw that Hoassoa basks had Bottfled tann ers that they eoaid bo laager make ad vances oa cottoa ta storage, that farm er! mast sacrifice their cottoa aw has caa advaaea auoey. " The iw of Mr. Barleaoa was deaiel hy the Treasary Department. Hers are the reasons assigned: L The aeeeptaaea of warehouse re ceipts as aceartty for government da- postls woaid tavorm sjwaithnia of pol icy apoa which only Seeratary Cortei yoa could pass, aad he was ta New Tort. I. He felt sure that recast with drawals af money from the treasary for deposit in banks of New York and Pittsburg had depleted the treasury to such sa extent that there was bow ta the malts ooly aafirJeat meat bit routine needs. The frst reasoa la entitled tocoaaid- erasioB aad may Justify the deeliaatioa. The aecoad reasoa win not hold got If pablie money ta to be placed to re lieve bad bastaeaa sttnalioi (a ver daageroaa syatesaV--thea (hers m marh reasoa why It should be placed ta Southern basks where cott grow ers are sagering as a Northcra haaks where gamblers aad speculators are the aaea who are anSetfag. Comment ing oa the refasal of the Treasary De- it. Mr. Bariesoj is faoted as nartng; . ' rrhe treasury has now aomethlag Eke tsnjm.im la its saatts. About f3.tw.4 of this was placed oa de posit la the banks of New York ta oa day. so it eoaid ha kaaei oa vroper collateral to prevent persons frtm aac- rifieiag their stoers. tt is a atraage thing to me ihat aot a ceat la to had to preveet a aa' -tfice of oar cot too. 1 aappdse t'-' wsieboose re--eipts of tobacco ia Vlrpat or Ken- tacky weald ha jest as safe coDateral as cottoa ware house receipts. There Is relief for th stock gamfclers, hat me for tofeaeci plaa-ers BLd ctftxel g:cr. DEMOCRATS CAN WIN NEXT YEAR IF THEY WILL UNITE AND STICK TO THE PEO PLE. Gastooia Gazette From Mr. Bryan's latest great ipeech the following extracts a-e call ed. They are words that tsve th right ring, that breathe true I-noers !e principles, and that are calealattf to enthuse and that point the way t Democratic success in 1)99: As the Democratic part'' be'lve- ; 'he right of the majorit tf "v he ooui-y cf tne govr 'Biva- "iesea la the right of the nrajori:. MKitrol the policy of the part''. The attorneys gereral of th- t-itea have n.!o.T-1 -ratie doctrine, naffiel , the . " -:-ch State to control V; 'lc 'tirs, and this erdor"" " -rmgthen oar party's position. The Democratic par- U trtr; It stands for urr r-:--e ccple, by the pecu nm', f-. intte. It demand in it fv " eat skill he adm!r;,-'l r" v r-st of the peorlr and' b sose sympathies are with 1h - tad not with the exploten.- . Every question, wlunher ft cncer i-adev taxation, tn asportation. hS r imperialism, prewnis the t-oe b veea the few ac-i tiw mnB--btrr--i government administered for benefit of a class and a goverom-nt mistered for the benefit of the wh ,ecpte. The Democratic parte "tas m w.v for existence an less it champion tt cause of the people and It caa on! lo this wbea the rotors control it' poi'ty. The people are honest, sn they are intelligent enough to saow the cause of their sufferings rnd tetoet the remedies. what the party now ncds Is tr prove to the people that it caa trusted to carry out the-desired to forms, and this confidence can only ae established by rooting oat ot the Dem ocratic organization' every member hose business connections are sach as to bias htm la favor of the corpora- tioos which have been securing privi leges and favors sUast the people. With a platform which Is realtv Democratic, with candidates who really represent the platform, aad with aa organization that Is really ia sympeth with the platform and candidates, the Democratic party can enter apoa vigorous campaign with splendid pros pects of success. win the rank aad Hie undertake the work aad thus pave the way for a victory? In the trust question, on the tariff question, on Imperialism, on the labor question on every question the Dem- eeartie party Insists that its policy shall be gniaed by the people and that the party shall' act In the interest of the people. Ia all matters concerning .the structure of government, the Dem ocratic party stands for the largest participation of the people la the con trol of their peblie affairs, state aad national. The representatives of plutocracy and of aristocracy cpeak contemptuously of the opinions of the people; Jeffer son did not, aad the Democratic party prefers to follow Jefferson. The rank and Die of the party furnish the votes, and is their hands is the destiny of the party. The primary system over throws the boss and places the ma chinery of the party In the hands of the masses. This is as It ought to be, tor the masses are brave when the pol iticians are timid, aad the masses can tell what they want when the self-appointed leaders misrepresent them or misinterpret their wishes. The campaign of 1904 Is approach ing; the public is avaks as seldom be fore. Economic problems are being studied as they were not stndled until H that was the beginning, and In vestigation has gose oa with acceler ated speed. The time has arrived to prepare for the coming campaign, and the plannlngmust be by the Democratic masses. No man or group of men can dictate a platform or nominate the candidates. The platform most be writ ten by the voters and the candidates must be selected by the voters, then we can hare enthusiasm and hope of success. Each individual, whether he calls himself a leader of not, can pro pose, but the decision, most be made by the rank and file of the party. Democratic principles are stronger than ever before. The president has endorsed our Democratic doctrines the regulation of railroads, the pros ecution of the trusts, the Income tax and arbitration, but the Republican leader nave refused to follow him What a strength it will be to as to .e the President la sepport of onr doctrines a bile the Rrpubitcaa leaders expose thesa. t be have ae had such advantage before? (Secretary Taft goes a sirp farther thaa the Pres ident dots oa the tarif question) aad gives as argBsaeata which we caa use la favor at tariff reform, aad thea he seakeas oa the propositioa aad asks to have tartff reform postnoaed aatil after the election for fear aa early revlsioa might hart the tUpoblicaa party. The Democratic party has a great opportunity at this timet Have the Federal courts tresspassed apoa the righu of the State It ta the people who suffer. Have oar elections beea corrupted aad oar politics debauched T It is the people who safer. Have the BMBopolies stiSed eompetltloai aad plundered the pubUe? It la the people who eater. Has the Catted States Senate bettaae the leadesieua ot the representative ot predatory .wealth? Is the people who saner, aad to the people we asast look for relief taioagh the ekMttoB of senators by direct vote. Do high ln poet da ties tax the many tor the benefit of the few? It Is the people who suffer. Do the railroads extort aa excessive raw to pay dirt- deads spoa watered stock? It ta the people who safer. There are a few metropolitan pa pers, calling thetesetves ueaaoeratic, which are aow urging the Democratic party to he come the exponent of pred atory wealth. It were better for the mitt if these papers did aot call tbem- res Democratic, tor tney eo in party far more injury by presuming to naeak for it thaa they exam uo u uey openly opposed the party. These jav pers aot only misrepresent uetaocraoc tixneat thetaselvea, set uey e staatiy quote each other as the expo- La of Democratic seatimeBt, a ahat ia worse, they are quoted by Re- BabUeaa oasers as reflecting Demo cratic sentiment. They sometimes ad mit that the masses favor a progres sive doUct bat la a "hotter thaa thou tone castigate the masses and call ap oa the "superior" element to save the nartv from Its owe folly, some ci these Baiters are owned bodily by fa for-ceeking corporation, aad their ed itors are employed to chloroform weir ders while the proprietors pick their pockets. Others are owned mea who are aristocratic rather thaa Democratic ta their sym pa- hies and whose leanings towards plu tocracy are doe to a habit of mind r i eerversioa of heart, bat whatever he reasoa, these papers do aot rep -e?ent the rank aad ale of the party lid do not appreciate the party s cp- ortanities or its obligations. WASHINGTON LETTER. iFrosa Oar Regular Correspondent. Secretary Cortelyoa'a Plan for re vering the ftnaoeial stringeocy aad siting more money Into circulation eems to be meeting with sscceis "3 receiving the saoport and co- . ration of the binx. This plan wa; .laounced only la the middle of the - rek. The government has made all ve deposits rX eah ia the nation a! 'Mthj that it Is felt safe for the Treas- r ' to makes: this fine, and aa tbev i more mone" seeded to cirr' on th? i"fiiess of tee eoCTtr. the Secretar f the Trew r ?r??d th't the citlon- ' b'nks sferid inre additional note 'relation t to the Emit' allowed '-enj bv tle rreert h. Hard!? an" 'he tonk hive 7i'.!?d tbecel7- f this privilege to the frit erteat and eot at 'l re rote issue hi V based e-i eorernnent bonds de- -5 'ted with 'he r-Asat' DevJrtmeaf r of the btr? hive bawd? of tbi vreter denrHted as re earltv for de-"-'ts of government funds, bat for ,-h denosits the Treasury will take 'pproved railroad and municipal Vmds, so that ht shifting the govern ment bonds over as security for note circulation, the banks could all issue ore mone? and help the cash situa- -'on consldenblr. There Is now in the ""reasury about J1S7.000.000 worth cf Vmk notes that could be thus Issued "he total amount ot money that could e pat into circulation by this mean? vouid be nearer IJO0.000.OOO. Ia the Erst 48 hours after the sag- wstion had beea made to the banks 'here were responses of. s favorable euor, pledging note tunes all the war from 12,000 np -to $2,000,000. It aid that one bank In New York alone eoold issue If It wished $10,000,000 of note circulation. With this additional money out, the cash tension would be relieved and there would be much more money available for crop move ment and this in turn would bring more money from abroad, increasing onr foreign trade balance aad easing foreign exchange. - - The Treasary Department is decid edly pleased with the foreign gold out- wok as It is. There has beea a total of $23,000,000 la gold engaged abroad., and the trade balance with Enrop win Increase when the wheat and cot ton crops move abroad. Gov. F rants, of Oklahoma had a talk with the Sec retary of the Treasary while he was here this week and he says that there Is a million bale crop of cottoa to be moved from Oklahoma beside about 15.000,000 bushels of wheat The Hurry in New York did not of coarse affect the material prosperity ot that part of the country, bat like ao many other agricultural sections, the scar city of ready money aad the contrac tion of credit clogged the wheels of commerce Just when they should hare been moving the most rapidly. . . There is a good deal of quiet specu lation outside the inner official, circle tn Washington as to the meaning of secretary s Tails changes of plaa with regard to his visit to Berlin. He making the grand tour with a venge ance and, being aa American Cabinet officer, when be calls at a foreign cap Hal and sees the sovereign It is a lit tle difficult to make It appear that the call Is purely personal Instead of offi cial. So long as he was tn the Philip pines be was there in his official capac ity. But when he got outside of Amer ican territory, it was advisable for his visit to have a more personal and less official character. His original pro gramme called for bis trip to Berlin wbile the Kaiser was out of the coun try and it ts understood that Emperor William himself sent blm a personal Invitation to delay hit visit till be, the Emperor, had returned. . Secretary Taft was going to do this and had even notified the War Department of his intention when a long cable cor respondence ensued between him and the President, the result of which has been that he will visit Berlin while the Emperor. William Is still absent. It Is believed that the talk of a close un derstanding with Germany Is displeasing to the fl liiitiissii i tlon and that It Is to stilt this talk that the programme of Secrtary Taft's vis it has been set forward rather than back so that there will be no appear ance of his meeting Emperor William for an official conference. One of the Interesting guests of Washington this week has been CapL Roald Amundsen, the Arctic explorer, and the man who definitely located the magnetic pole. He has been a guest at, the Comb us Club, that resort of government and other scientists, He is going to make another trip to the north, hoping either to make a new "farthest north" or to reach the pole Itself. The novel feature ot his cam tag trip is that he is gotag to employ poiar bears tor his sledge Journey. He has several teams of these animals already ia training aad says that they will solve the problem of the polar journey. It certainly appears, oa the face of It. as though they Eight, since each of theca haa the palling power of ten horses and uey live by preference is the ami and are ased to the cold and privation of the far aorta. CapL Amaadsea says that they caa be brok en to aaraess quite aa weu aa eoga tt ts oa this theory that he Is proceeding with his atraage teams. There only remains the aaestioa whether It may aot prove a repetition the old limerick: There was a young girl of the Niger, Who went tor a ride oa a tiger. They retaraed from the ride with the lady inside. And a smile oa the face of the tiger. The first traits of the army test ride are becoming man) test la that twelve omcers who are admittedly sound hi head, but possibly mot as ta wind and Hmb, have beea ordered before a re tiring board. The move marks a sew departure ta the army.' Heretofore it has aot beea the custom to subject officers over the rank of captain to a nhvsieal examination for promotion. and there are a large Bomber of offi cers who are good technical mea and who have not aay manliest physical defect who nrobably could not stand the fifteen mile horseback ride that a umber of the officers have recently andergone. la fact, tt is said, that If the new system is kept ta force tt will mean the elimination trees the active 1st ef fully tea per cent of the officers who come bp for promotion. , it win strike some of the old established desk men ta the War Department, men who never expected to see aa examining board again till they were ready to go the retired list voluntarily, it is creatine; a xreat deal of apprehension among all the officers who have resett ed middle age, OI course mere ts a great deal of fault found among the mea who are the victims of the new order, but it will make far more rapid promotion and is accordingly welcom ed by the younger men. . THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND. Norfolk Virginian. The two men who more than any others, in conjunction with Secretary Corteiyoa, furnished the money and the plana to give check to the incipient panic tn Wall street, were Mr. J. P. Morgan and Mr. James StiUmaa. both of the class of financiers whom the pablie has been taught to distrust as the promoters of monopolies and the manipulators of stock markets. The President In a letter to Corteiyoa takes occasion to congratulate these "conservative and substantial business men who in an hoar of crisis have act ed with such wisdom and public spir it." Mr. Morgan stands for the Unit ed States Steel Company, for various other great combines, and is the di recting spirit of thousands of miles of railway. Mr. Stillman is the active manager of the National City Bank, which is the agent and clearing house of the Standard Oil Company, and is di rectly connected with many of -the financial enterprises against which popular resentment has been fomented within recent years. There can be no dcabt that the two money magnates referred to did the best they could to allay the rising tide ot distrust which. If ellowed to go unhindered for a day or two longer, would have undermined the foundations of their own broad foundations, of credit To poor some of their money into the vacuum was the manifest alternative to risking the safety of all. This fact they reoog- iix(i with the sagacity which no well- informed person has ever denied them, and with the prompt courage born of long experience In stormy waters. But we do not see that they deserve aay credit for philanthropic motives. pedally as . the practices which brought about threatening conditions had be wrought under their very nos es, by men of their own profession. and with .their toleration if not their connivance; they did not take a hand in patting oat the fire until the flames drew penously near to their own houses. If their influence had been ex erted actively during the last ten years to prevent the watering of stocks, the manipulation of values and other forms of corporate dishonesty, had Mr. Morgan not set the example to lea ser operators by over-capitalizing steel and Mr. Stillman'a bank not furnished funds for sundry balloons of specula tion, no such - carnival , of inflation could have gone on as has obtained. These gentlemen are not of the least reputable class of those who have brought about this time of trouble but neither are they of the least respon sible Meantime tt Is safe to say that they do not reciprocate the bouquet thrown them by the President Raeford Items. - (Delayed In Transmission.) . Mrs. J: C. Adams and children, of Asheville, are visiting their uncle, Mr. lohn. C. MacLaachlin. Mr. Willjam Lament, of Sumter, S. C, Is In town to-day. Judge and Mrs. McNeill, of Lumber- ton, attended the Preston-Parcell mar riage here last week. Miss Fanny Dickson went Saturday to Gainesville, Pla. . ..Mlsi Harrie Morrison,, of Maiton, is. visiting her aunt. Miss gallie Ma rvde - '," Miss Mary Blue visited relatives In Aberdeen a few days ago. " Miss Annie Clark, who has been visiting relatives here for some time, returned to her home In Mississippi to-day. , - ' Messrs. Price and Gunter represent ed the T. M. C. A., of Raeford Insti tute, In Raleigh last week. Rev. W. C. Brown, pastor of the Presbyterian . church, -attended the Jamestown Exposition last week: Dr. and Mrs. Mac Kay, of Lilllngton. spent last week with relatives here. ' Mrs. Smith, of Richmond, Va who has been visiting at Mf. C. A. PorceU'r, returned home today. Mr, John M. McDuffle Is oat again after a long Illness of typhoid fever. Mr. R. DeV. Dickson spent Friday night with hi parents here, Mrs. Graham, of Clark ton, and Mr. Neil Ross, of Georgia, are with doctor and Mrs. Graham. Mrs, Mary O, McDiarmld has been quite sick," but Is now convalescing, ' ' . Mr, W. S. McDiarmld, ot Wilming ton, spent several days with his moth er last week. Mr, Alexander Purcell, of Georgia, Is visiting his home folk here. Mr. Joptha Peele Is on a business trip tn Bladen. Raeford, N. C, Oct 28th, tut. ntttniir' t.tuv. tr CCUCil 5ikU FAYETTEVILLE HAS A STREET - : CAR. Onr little old town's got a swell street car. It's powerful small aad doat raa far. But it kicks ap a mighty tot or dost; It dost need grease to keep off the rust. For tt goes oa the principle, "Roe or bast. . It doa't go more'n about a mile Bet It seems to bm its a sight or style To ride oa a track ia aa ottermobile. There aiat ao wires ap over head. And there alnt ao trolley that raises Ned. Aad there ala't no current to knock yoa dead Our street ear's great and that's eaoagh said. Some folks aay that Fajnettevllle's slow. Bat the street car, she mightily oa the go, Aad all by herself makes a pretty good show. . She makes eaoagh racket to wake up the tows. And the place ain't no more to be kept down. ' Hurrah for the street car. She's ap-to- date; There alnt none like It la all the State! - - Stedmaa Reme 1 Miss Clara Sessoms hi at home for a few days from the Normal college. Master Horace Milter haa returned from Savannah. - The teachers. Prof. McLeod. Misses Cunningham and Sutton, and several of the pupils are attending the Fay- etteviue fair today. Mr. Henry Ballard, of Savannah, stopped here for a abort visit to rela tives. He goes to Pooghkeepsi, N. T. tor a business coarse. Miss Maggie Butler and brother are risltng at Mr. J. D. Caddie's. Miss Carrie Autry is teaching school at Lane Miss Euphle Autry will teach this year at Cedar Creek, Miss Lillian Ses soms at Hayne, Sampson county; Miss Benlah Bryant at Concord. Prof. McLeod spent but Sunday in Red Spirngs. SALMAGUNDI'S COMMENTS. . . (Delayed in Transmlsison.) Dear Old Observer: - Some of our old friends about Fay etteville Inquired of us when we were telling them good bye, and asked as when we would lecture the prohibi tionists again. We told them they would hear from us soon again, and that we would give them free liquor at the .earliest date possible; that snakes and spiders would multiply ex ceedingly in the stoeklaw territory that the common cause of humanity would demand it; that the common people would again take the reins of government in their own hands; that then the necessaries of life and the healing waters would be arranged for the convenience of humanity; that the greed for -unholy gain would die of mortification and shame, and be bar- led beyond the possibility ot a resur rection: that the devil and his angels woaid be consigned' to the everlasting lock-np; that 'the liars would be pay ing for their folly, In a very hot cli mate: and that sincere, honest men would be festing in a pleasant hind where fiends of Sheol could not any more molest or make them afraid. Then the blind would see and the lame would walk upright. There would be no halting between opinions. Dissen- tions would be a thing of the past The earth would be filled with the knowledge and glory of the Mighty Maker of Heaven and earth, and all that In them la. AU mankind must be educated In the knowledge of the troth. The everlasting gospel must be preached to them. The chlcenary of modern trickery and the gospel ot dirt will never lift mankind above the fog of superstition or point the way to the celestial city, where they need not the light of the son, where righteous ness maketh It brighter than the noon day sun. . This temperance question is a ques tion of the soul. Take no thought what ye shall eat or drink, or wherewithal ye shall be clother. V Behold the lillies of the valley: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet a Solomon In all his glory was not clothed like one or these. It Is not a doctrine of force. for only a free will offering is accept able nnto the Lord. Paul was cast In to the prison; bis limbs were fettered his soul asserted Itself. Felix trem bled while, he reasoned for righteous ness, ana the judgment to come, and Agrippa said: Thou almost persuad est me to be a Christian." Then said Paul: "I woaid that all men were al together, even as I am, except these bonds." Yes these bondr, that cranks forge to shackle the free will the God-given right not- denied to Adam and Eve in the garden, when good and evil was submited for their choice and the : penalty of disobedience - was explained to them. And when they naa taiien oy their own acts, and when he cursed the ground and doomed them to sweat for bread and- suffer afflictions, as a natural consequence, still he granted freedom to them to en joy the fruits of their labor done under the sun. And Solomon, with all his wisdom, discovered nothing new under tne son, better than that they enjoy the fruits thereof. God Almighty only has the right and power to curse; and would-be reformers take care lest yoa be usurpers. , , s t ' - ,- -As ever, , ' . SALMAGUNDI. ' SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. What Is Causing the Increase of Ca tarrh In FayettevilieT In spite of the best efforts of medi cal men, catarrhal troubles are in creasing not only in Fayetteville, but all over the country. Catarrh Is a germ disease, 'and to cure it germ life In the breathing or gans should be destroyed, and to do this no other treatment has such posi tive and beneficial action as Hyomel." When the mucous membrane Is ir ritated and raw and the tissues weak ened, there Is an Ideal lodging plao for catarrhal germs. Breathe, Hyomel and see how quickly It soothes th? membranes, vitalizes the tissues and destroys all the disease germs, ren dering catarrh no longer possible. There Is no dangerous stomach drug ging when Hyomel is used; no tablets or liquid mixtures destroying diges tion, i Breathed through the neat pocket inhaler that comes with every Hyomel outfit, the healing balsams penetrate to the most remote air cells of the throat, nose and lungs, destroying the catarrhal germs so that quick recov ery follows. fled berry's Pharmacy agree to re fund the money to any purchaser of Hyomel who does not find that it does all that Is claimed for It The coplete outfit cost but $1.00. This is Worth Remembering. As no one Is Immune, every person "hotild remember that Folev's Kldnev Cure will wire nnv caw of kldnoy or bladder trouble that is not bevnnl the reach of medicine. MnDudle Drug (Store (O. O, Soudiirs, Prop.) 1 " ' '" CAPITAL. SURPLUS IPOSIM FOR H. W. LILLY, President. J0HX JOHJT B. HIGBT0WER, JL 0. ATCOCr, COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS INVITED. DIRECTORS J.F.L Armfield, W. F. Blount, F. H. Cotton, J no. 0. Ellington," J. F. Harri son, W. W. Heme, J. W. Johnson, H. W. Lilly. M. L. Marley, W. J. McDiar mld; C C. McAllister, A. A. McKethan, Chas. a Rose, 8. H. Strange, A. . Willi. TAKE NO ia the Floor yoa bay. Good bread, biscuit, pastry and cake, all depend oa the neat sort of Flour. "" Insure success bv using , PERFECTION . - It is truly The Flour That , Never Fails. And it costs no more than the doubtful kind possibly less. ' Bay the Floor with a record. Once tried, always ased. Groceries and General Merchandise. Courteous treatment and square dealing to alL . A. P. JOHNSON, Manager, Wholesale and 107 Hav Street, LEDBETTER Faiii Stem Lain PHONE 42. J. H. LEDBETTER, Manager. On and after this date our drivers have strict orders net to leave pack ages unless paid for. . Having to collect small amounts causes endless worry and much unnec essary book-keeping, and we will appreciate it if everyone will have change when driver calls, Fayetteville Steam Laundry. ' E. A. POE BRICK CO., (INC.) BRICK MANUFACTURERS . fayetteville, n. c Daily Capacity 90,000 Brick. , I'LaHT Nl'MBkR OJSK LOCATED N A. C. L KAILKOAD RfcAlt PAIS c: !3 "L" COME TO THE CUMBERLAND CAFE FOR y Lunches. Etc.. Fair Week. Yoa caa get ij From 8 A. M. to lO P. M. nr .. ' ; . . ' 0- Every tMnfl Clean and Polite Attendants. UcHem BaJkery Co. m Green Street Propr's. Special! Special! Smith's Fruit Store. Extra Fancy Malaga Grspeg g Good Apples 20c, per peck. The Finest Apple in tbe city 35c. per peck. , Fancy, thin akin stfeet Oranges aoc. per dozen. 20 big Lemons for toe. Apples 5 ami 10c, per dozen. Dansnas- Bananas 15c. per dozen, 2 dozen for 25c. Tbe finest Celery 4 big bunchrs for ajc. The best New York Potatoes 25c. per 'peck. The best N. Y. Onions 30c, per peck. Cabbage ac. per pound. Qiocolatc Cream Candy a pounds for ajc Very fine Brazil Nuts 15c. per pound." Watch this space for barpain nt . -.. fcJ i & to.,. t.,M-j we '''' ittt rSTi ' ' ' v...$iou 50,000.00 United States Government, Stats ef North Carolina, County ef Cumberland, City ef Fayctteville. 0. ELLISGTOoT, V. P. u4 Cashier. Assistant Csjbkrt. CHANCES Retail Grocer, - Favetteville N C Phone BROS. Proprietors. Fayetteville, N. C PLANT BUMBfcB TWO LOtAH Oil MOUTH END COOL 8PR1NO "TRFFT ' YOUR served any time : pounds Tor 15c. s