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WEEKLY EDITION. $1.00 per Annum, in Advance. DAILY EDI11CN. $6.00 per Annum, in Advance, i 3.00 for 6 Months, in Advinte 1.50 for 3 Months, inAdvanci. OLD SERIES VOL LXXINO. 3,999. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2,8 1907. . i -t NEW SERIES VOL. XXIII NO, 3,376. NOTED LITERARY AND CHURCH WOMEN OF ALABAMA MOVE AGAINST 8TATB PROHIBITION, Mobile. Ala., Nov. 171 Nearly 1,000 women of mobile, representing wealth. nnintv nni literary ana cnurcn circles. haariarl hv Mrs. Auzuata Evans Wil son, tbe author, .yesterday signed ape tltlon to be presented to tbe 8tate Senate Monday, urging that no statu tory prohibition bill be passed. Business men and schoolteachers al- n nAtlflnned the Board of Education for holidays en Tuesday and Wednes day to permit teachers, to go to Mont gomery in a body and plead against tne passing 01 siaiuiury oius. Women Were Present - Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 18. The presence of women using their Influ ence to have the State prohibition bill, which has, passed the house killed In the senate, was enjoyed by members of the legislature to-day. Among those here are Mrs. E. Bern- mes 'Colston, daughter of Raphael Semmes, the Confederate Admiral, and Miss A. Klrkland, who, as officers of tbe . Mobile schools, say the loss of revenue from the liquor licenses will make It Impossible to carry on the schools. 1: ,:., .. Raleigh News and Observer. A state prohibition law has passed In the Alabama House and Is pending In the Senate. . The remarkable spec tacle Is witnessed In Montgomery of two ladles of high position lobbying against tbe bill as It passed the House, urging that its going Into effect be deferred till 1910. Their reason is that to pass it now would be to deprive the schools of large revenues, but they say by 1910 provision for sufficient revenue for the schools could be obtained from other sources. They are not against prohibition only ' wish to defer Its operation. Take DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for backache, weak kidneys and Inflammation of the bladder. Sold b Armfield & Greenwood. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney and Counsellor-a t-La . Booms 1 and 8 K. of P. Building vAYHTITlU.a, ., T H , C - "Phone 229 H. McD. Robinson. John U. f haw (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAV, Attorneys-at-Law, Offices on second floor National Bank of Fayptteville. . H. S. AVERITT, Attorncy-at-Law, i Notary Public) Office 125 Donaidsot' Street. Fayetteville, N. C . . V. C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, . No ary Public, Surveyor, Office K. of P. Building, " ; FA Y E HE V 1LLE, N. C. DR. WM S. JORDAN, Physician and Surgeon. Office in Palace Pha-macy rt .1" r 4 n . J o ft. nours: v w i& iu o w u- Dr. E. L. HUNTER. i:" Dentist, irti)-ekt Coruer Market iv'""-' . KayetteviUe, N. C ,.. JOHN C. DYE, M. D., Pi 1 Y hlUl AN AN D SI ROKON , y irK: Armheld A ureeowood hrui - ' "V'NmhtiSo. 36?. Dr. J. R. HIGE3MITH, -' DENTIST. - iiihe: Hiahsmitb Hospital. Dr. A. S. CROMARTIE, - DENTIST, . Over 8huford, Rogers A Company. -1 'Phone 338. : W. S. Cook & Co., . In! Estate . ;.,.!! K -11...! Hnlil'r. !' MacKElfigyiSUO. :. Mori1 MMr. , f ivii 1 r v.. Mi'tt' iiintftll ar -"" Tltfvia T'f . - m 'hVil.fiHSi'An " - Real rsa)tt tXKH.l osm "treat - tm-, lot til l-iwru atrns WO. 01' ;. iota Arsenal Uvniuiiiit 76 lota Rowan ; atreet rxtetdel, Stoo rookte Ave; lX) -new Broom boiii-e Hroart airwt; WO' ew store. (!mibtilUon, renta for K-.tUMo alora Person trei t'&D new 6 room b use South Wlnslow atreet; 11000 Monroe LMwe at A.Ulusa; liuon 60torea rlT fsrin with timoer; I2O0O 677 acres Dear Uaefonli tM 100 .orei Falla of Hockflsh: flOOO UtKe hou.e. faim.SM aorea, Klniriburf (M) to fOO lota Northwest Fayettrvlllt; SuOtotiM , ten remaining lota Fairground Fart. Mocla-Morigag.'K 1500 olty mort gage 6 per Of nt Bunl-annuall' , ad Vinu. ;5ihareaS ottlin Fir mnuanoe . atook. . , , ,-. .-: pAttKlErVfl' HAIR BALSArVV . (Mu.u ...4 (Vaunt iflaM rmmotet n mxnnnni nnMi. navov rani w Kiaip to im Touthhtl Color. Cllrt. ml,) diffttwt hair taiUnfr it. ..Ui, ho to ebuua pt, w BaraAI aoDTrlirliU. ibL I ft. Ail imilHTBllva. I Buriiuu dlrtfl wlli Watihfltm MWf Max, I monty M ojltn M paltnt, PM and IflfrlRirameirt NotlOe Exoluslvsly. W rim nr itiiau Inuial ' IU aiata Stmt, aw. VaJiat IteMa Maat MeeJ WaHHINOTON, O. O. THE DEATH OP BARNEY. The death ot Barney reveals a state of affairs In bank practices In New York which afford a glimpse of the rotten financial system centred there. What an awful spectacle Is thus pre- seniea ot a great nation of eighty millions of people, striving with all their might for a share of the bounty with which God has blessed this fa vored land, and yet subject to the fl nanclal control of as conscienceless a set of scoundrels as ever lived. It may be said that bank-wreckers might exist under any system; but it is self evident that the centralized financial Bystem which the triumph .of the Doc trine of Force In 1865 caused to be es tablished, tends to produce them and vastly enlarges" their power for, harm. The Atlanta Journal speaks interest ingly of this matter as follows: One of the tragedies which have followed in the wake of the financial upheaval in New York comes In the suicide of Charlej Tracy Eamey, the deposed president of the Knicker bocker Trust Company, who shot him self on Thursday morning In his mag nificent home, as the climax of his mental and physical collapse. The lesson of his life and death is 30 obvious and so tr tc that it hardu leems worth while to point It out. He had made his way to Dromlnjnce and competency by his own efforts. He bad attained to a commanding pn iltlon In the financial world. As the head of the Knickerbocker Trust Com- pany he was one .of the moot promi nent figures, one of the most highl.v repp.icted characters in iho bnnintB circles of New York. But he was one of the sroun of high financiers who gained control of number of New Vork banks eix ears ago. The run on the Knicker bocker Trust Company gave the Now York tlearlnit house th? opport-Mlt.v it had sought for a long time to make an Investigation Into the affairs of these banks. Tbe result was the deposition of President Barney and a number of other financiers who were devoting tbelr time and the funds of the banks with which they were connected to speculative ventures rather than lo legitimate banking. The house cleaning which has re sulted placed the New YorK bank.3 on a sounder and more healthy foot ing than they have been In fo- 3ix years, at least. It was a genuine blessing. But the Rnorif tr th? commercial work!, undermining pub'lc conlidi n :e, to a certain extent, wis the movina cause In precipitating the financial em barrassment which has been gathering for some time. With health and for tune broken, Barney realized that he was to a certain extent to a large extent responsible for theexisting con ditions. He found himself almost a pauper where he had been a king. There Is little wonder that it preyed upon his mind. He has sat.at home ever since the. upheaval, brooding over his downfall, and finally, on Thursday, he made an end of it all by suicide. The lesson of It all Is old, to bp sure, but seldom is It exemplified In man of such prominence. Not since the Insurance scandals ruined so many men who had been high In the business world, has there been such a fall. His death, two months ago, would have precipitated a panic on Wall street. To-day It passes by almost without a tremor. MR. BRYAN AND THE PRESI DENCY. Raleigh News and Observer. "Will Not Be Counted Out This Time." The Favettevllle Observer, one of the soundest and ablest Democratic Jour nals In America and one that is con sistent and persistent in advocacy of sound principles, In printing Mr. Bry an's announcement touching the pres idential nomination, prefaces Its state ment by these wise expressions; It Is a noble presentation ot nis views on the subject, and of the condi tions under which a nomination -b? the party should be made. He as sumes that he will not be nominated unless the party wishes to make an aggressive tight for Democratic prin ciples, and declares that acceptance of the nomination should not be de- nenrlent unon whom the RepuDllcans nominate or upon the prospects of victory or defeat. "This settles tne question 01 me nominee, for. In our opinion, he will be tendered the nomination by accla mationnotwithstanding his state ment that he 'will not ask for or seek the nomination' and that he 'will not assume to decide the question of his availability.' "The progress of the Kevoiution sei in motion bv Mr. Bryan's previous campaigns, und the state of public feeling in regard to tne reionnu wmuu . (....H fi- 1, a In Hi a hplipf "hneeedr r . .. I will not be countea out mis ume, he was bv the purchased election of ficials in the Middle West in 1896 when the returns disclosed the impos sible result of a vote tor every iour Intinhlrnntfl." --r ' The last paragraph calls attention to an opinion mai is ueiu uj ... well posted men in America that but for the corrupt use of untold money and unprecedented venality Mr. Bryan would have been seated In the White rr, in 1897. A leadlna newspaper iiuu ov au w v - - man. then a correspondent of one or the greatest Republican newspapers Jn America, Bald in a company of fellow Journalists In Washington last year that there was no doubt that Mr. Bry an was fairly entitled to the presi dency in 1896, and that only the lavish and corrupt use of money denied him the electorial vote of Kentucky,. Ohio, Indiana and other States where the Vote reported polled was phenomlnal lv large. He held the view of Major Hale that tne pnenomounuj' ,.B , .ntimiiv nolled Hut counted as polled by venal agents of the trust conspirators who bought the election. nn,. ia nrrBn ' stronger, than any other Democrat? The Winston-Salein Sentinel gives me ro" w n manv- recent events havP!beenfulffliments -of prophecies made by him has actracieu B. er attention to the Nebraskan than would have been the case otherwise. He has proven himself a pretty accu rate forecaster of political tendencies and In nearly every instance time has vindicated him." The Birmingham Age-Herald, com- mentln on Mr. Bryan s ""' with reference to the Presidency, says mat he will not only carry the pemo- nf tha country, but that man, thousands oi RepublleBnw.Uj also support mm ium publicans that oppose subsidies and trust rule. The Democrat who does not think Bryan the strongest candidate will advocate the man of his choice and then "submit to the arbitrament of the National Convention." Any other course Is party anarchy whlch invites party defeat. ; . , . Why Bryan Will Win. We printed on Sunday that Tom Johnson, ex-Governor. Campbell and State Chairman Gulnn, of Ohio, all de clared for Bryan. They are the throe leaders In Ohio, and they do not gen erally pull together. In Alabama the Bryan sentiment Is strong, and. there Is confidence that Bryan will win. Mr. John C. Pugh bases his faith In Bry an's success because Bryan and his principles are stronger and because the big corporations will not give a big campaign fund as heretofore. The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes Hon. John W. Tomllnson, of Birmingham, as giving three reasons why Bryan will win: "It will make little difference whom the Republicans nominate against Mr. Bryan, whose nomination, according to press dispatches from all parts of the country, seems now an assured fact. "The Republican party will be held responsible for the present financial troubles. Such has been the history of political parties. The shutting down of industries, the curtailment of bus iness, the throwing of men out of em ployment all over the country, when there Is no reason for It, will be visit ed on the party which has control of all the departments of the Federal government. "Furthermore, they will not have the Immense corruption fimi which they have had in the past rrefiden- Itlal campaigns. Officials will be afraid to appropriate for election purposes the funds of their companies slrco the disclosures brought out In the Invest gatlons of insurance companies in New York. "The Democratic party Is going to make the strongest race in its history next year, and the result of It will find Bryan President of the United States." SUGGESTED ISSUE OF HALF A BILLION IN BONDS FOR WATERWAYS. A Washington telegram says that a bond Issue for 500 millions to pay for the Improvement of ail great waterway projects In the country has been pro posed to the president by Represen tative Bartholdt, of Missouri. "I can not quote the president's views on the matter," Mr. Bartholdt is reported to have said, "but I may say I have assu rances that the idea is in line with his policies. Posterity will benefit from these imporevements more than we will, and should therefore bear its burden of the cost. The only way to make posterity pay is to issue bonds, that posterity must redeem." In Mr. Fox's speech In Fayetteville the other day, he spoke of the estimate of Mr. James J. Hill, the railway presi dent, that 5 billions would be required to bring the railway transportation needs of the country within the power of the railways to meet them ; whereas 500 millions (only a tenth) would be more than enough to give water trans portation to an extent ten times as great. The issue of bonds In peace times Is contrary to the policy which formerly guided this country; but, If bonds can be Issued for far-away Panama and for relieving panics brought on by Wall street juggling, and- that is to continue to be the national policy, then far better occasion is there for bond issues for developing the water ways at our doors. If such a policy should be adopted, however, It should provide for a yearly appropriation which would redeem the bonds in a given time. "SAVING HIS FACE." The Orientals have an expression, "saving one's face," which they apply to the act of an official who may be kicked by the sovereign but is Bkillful enough to arrange a Bcreen between himself and his inferiors, so that the latter are prevented from seeing his humiliation. A Washington telegram to the Bal timore Sun, headed "Too Many Rulers to See Why Taft Hurries Home Ex plained, by Royal Visits Might Have Offended France," etc., starts off as follows: - ofWatr, TKt "nal t nicinn fn fnna illiwrlv hnmA from St.. clslon to come directly home from St. Petersburg is accepted here as the result of Intimation of the President through the State Department that it: would not be feasible for him to visit Emperor William without visiting the President of France, particularly Blnce he would have to go to England to Hud the Emperor, thus bringing about dlplomatio necessity, .by courtesy of also visiting King Edward, all of which would require' several days and proba bly result In his being unable to catch the ship sailing from Cherbourg De cember 11. It is thought to be be cause he does not wish to run the risk of offending the French , people that he will not take the ship sailing from Cherbourg, December, 7,-inasmuch as he would have to ; rush through France without opportunity to stop a moment to accept the hospi tality so generously offered." . , There is much more to the same effect.' v.V."""'. ' ''' For a couple of months past,-the cables have, been kept hot with state ments about the necessity for Secre tary Taffa cutting oft this part of his itinerary abroad, and then that, on account of urgent business at home, which had developed since he start ed 'round the worldv No one seemed to know what the .fat Secretary was travelling for anyway, but .the mys tery deepened with these repeated telegrams. Now, the explanation Is clear, to those who know hdw rigidly the German Emperor adheres o the rules which hedge Kings from the vulgar. ; A couple of weeks or so ago the cables said that our ambassador to Germany had received from "the Ger man foreign secretary an expression of regret tb.airi.lB " ImpcrlafTBasteT would be absent on a visit to his uncle, the King of England, at the time when our ambassador said the American sec retary would arrive in Berlin. No doubt . the - Emperor had made a convent ence of his English kinsman, In order to escape the dilemma of meeting one of the common people, like Taft, or of offending the American nation by re fusing to receive Its scretary of war. In the light of the foregoing, It la plain that the reams of cablegrams about Mr. Taft's changing itinerary, were merely designed to; "save his face." The "proffered hospitality", pf the President of France Is, no doubt, true. enough, for there would be no degradation to Fallierres, an ex-candle stick maker, or some other kind ot a proletary, In talking to a person like Taft. How strong the sentiment alluded to Is among the oriental despots '(and among some of the European royalties, like the German and Austrian rulers) Is Illustrated by an Incident of the visit of the late Shah of Persia to England in' 1888. He was Invited to a garden party given In his honor by the Premier, the Marquis of Salis bury, and refused to go on the ground that his would-be host was a subject. It was explained to him that Salisbury as Premier, was really the ruler of the British empire; and, finally, the orien tal was persuaded to go, though much against his will, Arrived at Salis bury's home he sulked about the grounds, refusing to notice any of the brilliant company assembled to wel come him. Presently the Prince of Wales (now King Edward) arrived, and the Shah's face lit up as he has tened to meet one of. his kind. Tak ing the Prince by the arm, he pointed to the Premier and said-: "I see you've got that fellow yet. Cut his head off- he does not do you any good." The story does not proceed further, but the astute and up-to-date prince no doubt wondered if the Shah could ever understand how completely Salisbury "had" him. The German Emperor, by the way, with all his airs, is but third in his line a mere parvenu in the eyes of many of the oriental rulers. DR. DIXON AND THE TAX CON VENTION. Raleigh News and Observer. Expressing himself as delighted with his trip and with his stay In Columbus, Ohio, Dr. B. F. Dixon, State Auditor, has returned to the city from the conference of Auditors and Tax Assessors of the United States and Cauada. Dr. Dixon reports that at the con ference thirty-eight States were repre sented either by Governors, Auditors, or Tax Commissioners, as well as rep resentatives from the Dominion of Canada, among these the Premier of Alberta, and a representative of Tor onto. To. go on with the work begun at the Conference there was establish ed "The North American Tax Asso ciation." the headquarters of this to be at Columbus, Ohio. "It was a body of active working men," said Dr. Dixon, "and they kept at work till midnight for the three days of the session and at each of these sessions there were seven papers on different phases of taxation, each pre pared by an expert, sixty-three papers In all. None of these exceeded .twen ty minutes in delivery and each was discussed in brief, practical talks. These will later be published in books form and a copy sent to the Legisla ture of each State. "I found many people there in fa vor of State's rights," continued Dr. Dixon, "and a resolution was adopted for the control of the Inheritance and Income tax by the States, and not b' the general government. Another resolution adopted, and this was the main work of the conference, was for a uniform system of taxation of prop erty, as well as to arrange that the same property be not taxed by two States. The Idea was to keep separate State and county taxes, to let tbe State derive its revenue from fran chise and license taxes, and to let local taxes be on the ad valorem basis." NORTH CAROLINA FIRST AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. - Norfolk Virginian. However far Bhort of glowing er pectations the Jamestown Exposition may have fallen in the matter of at tendance and financial success, noth ing. .Qf this Is properly-chargeable to lukewarmness or any dereliction on the part of our sister State of North Carolina. The support accorded the celebration by that great common wealth as such, and by its people, has been intensely Joyal and sustained, leaving little to be desired in any direction. North Carolina was among the first of the States to give official recogni tion to this patriotic undertaking by a. liberal . appropriation for a State building and exhibit - The structure bearing" the name of that common wealth, and from which is dispensed the hospitality for" which the Old North State is deservedly famous, Is among the most striking of the State buildings buildings which,' because of their architectural design and beauty and of tbe hlstorlal associations clus tering around their originals, consti tute not the least pleasing and instruc tive feature of the celebration. In the products of its mills and factories, of its mines and fields the Old North State has furnished an exhibit well worthy of Its many . and .-varied re sources and of the Indomitable ener- A weak Stomach, causing dyspepsia, a weak Heart with palpitation or in termittent pulse, always means weak Stomach nerves or weak. Heart nerv. es.- Strengthen these inside or con trolling" nerves with Dr. Snoop's Resto rative and see how quickly these ail ments dlsapear. -Dr. Shoop, nf Ractne, Wis., will mall samples free. Write tor them. A test will tell. Your health la ' certainly worth this 'simple trial. Sold by B. E. Sedberry's Son, i ; .. Trial Catarrh treatments are being mailed out free, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Ractna, Wis. These testa are proving- to the peoplewithout a pen ny's -cost the great talus of. this Bclentlfla prescription known, to drug gists everywhere as Dr. Snoop's .Ca tarrh Remedy. ' Sold by B, IS. Sedber ry's gonr 11 1 gles of its people an exhibit contri buting In no small decree to the com pleteness of the industrial feature of the Exposition; while, its historical oxhlblt, constituting a connected illus trated story of the State's settlement. growth and development, ranks in im portance second only to that of Vir ginia. In the matter of attendance it is not risking too much to say that North Carolina holds first place, hav ing sent to the Exposition more sons and daughters, than any other State in the Union, not even excepting Vir ginia herself. North Carolina Day was admittedly the biggest day, from tbe standpoint of paid admissions, In the history of the celebration, barring none, not even Opening Day, James town Day, Virginia Day or any other special occasion; while that State has uhdoubtedly furnished Its proportion ate share of visitors before and since. Had all the other States, in the mat ter of attendance, stood by the Expo sition as well as North Carolina, In proportion to their population and propinquity, there Is no doubt that the celebration would to-day be as great a success financially as It is In many other respects. 1 To give North Carolina this mead of praise is nothing in depreciation of the interest and loyalty shown the Exposition by other States especially the olrglnal thirteen. Of what they have each and all done to contribute to the success of this great and patrio tic undertaking Virginia Is deeply sen slble and appreciative; but to her nearest neighbor on the South she feels that an especial measure of praise and gratitude is due. North Caro lina deserves all praise, and Virginia accords It fully and freely. AN APPEAL FOR "THE BREAD LINE." The Bowery Mission "Bread Line," at which 1,000 men who are out In the street for the night are given a break fast of hot coffee and rolls every morning at one o'clock, la one of the most pathetic sights in all the wide wide world. Long before the hour of opening, these poor, starving men stand in a single line that sometimes extends for blocks in length, waiting for the coffee and rolls. During the last winter, this breakfast wag given to a total of 144,000 homeless men and boys, and up to date nearly half a million of the homeless have had their weary tramp restfully Interrupted bv this unique ministration. The first of these Breakfasts is given on Thanks giving morning, and, the last on the following Easter morning. Altogeth er the Mission supplied, this year, over 233,000 meals and 10,072 lodgings to homeless men and boys. It Is for this grand, philanthropic work that we ask your kind and prac tical co-operation. The homeless, friendless, disheartened and despair ing men and boys of the Bowery are not naalve New Yorkers, but men and bovs who. until within a year, lived hkppliy at the old homestead with fa ther and mother.and perhaps wife. They are stranded here, and in des pair appeal to the Old Bowery Mis sion, which, for over thirty years, has been to the unfortunate, as the rescue cities-of "old, a haven of encourage ment, rest and protection. Shall we turn them away? It rests with the i;ood people of this country to decide this question, and may God gracious!' help you to decide it aright. JOHN C VjARL, Financial Secretary, 92 Bible House, New York City. Interpreting .New Jersey's Vote. New York Globe. The result in New Jersey is obvious ly susceptible ,of a double interpreta tion. It can be read as a rebuke to the Republican party for passing and the Republican candidate for defend ing the Bishop liquor law, nn enact ment that has bruised the susceptibili ties of Hoboken; or It can be read as a sign that a good many Republicans of New Jersey wished to ca'l attention to tbe fact that they are not altogether ratisfied with the President's policy. Those concerned about attacking the President will be disposed lo road the Ntw Jersey result as of large national significance. Those concerned about defending the President -vill ascriba it to the local issue. The common sense view is that both factors contributed that alone neither would have produc ed so remarkable a ch-uiiy?, but that, HCti.ig iu conjunction, they whittled to the disappearing point a majority of FiO.GOU. With the excise question up the niuuo Katzenbach was a platform In ilself, and there came a great slack ening In the love of th New Jersey commuter for the Washington admin- lllai'a. HOBSON'S POSSESSIONS. Norfolk Virginian. Some men are born to usstnity; some achieve it; and some navo ii thrust upon them. Young HoImoii tip pears to have had the benefit of all three processes. ; Stomach troubles, Heart and Kidnev ailments, tan be quickly corrected with a prescrlptiou known to druggists everywhere, as Dr. Sheop's Restora tive. The prompt and surprising re lief which this remedy immediately brings is entirely due to its Restora tive action upon the controlling nerv es of the Stomach, etc. B. E. Sedber ry's Soh. v David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y who lost a foot at Gettysburg, writes: "Elec tric Bitters have done me more good than any medicine I ever took. For several years I had stomach trouble, and paid out much money for medicine to little purpose, until I began taking Electric Bitters. I would not take $500 for what they have done for me." Grand tonic for the aged and for fe male weaknesses. Great alterative and body builder; best .of all for lame back and weak kidneys. Guaranteed by B. E. Sedberry'& Sons, druggists. 50 cents. To check a cold quickly, get from vour druggist some little Candy Cold Tablets called Preventics. Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Pre ventics, for they are not only safe, but decidedly certain and prompt. Preventics contain no Quinine, no lax ative, nothing harsh nor sickening. Taken at the "sneeze stage" Preven tics will prevent Pneumonia, Bronchi tis, I.aGrlppe, etc. Hence the name Preventics. Good' for feverish ' chil dren. 48 Preventics -28 t!entsi Trial boxes E cents. -Sold by B. E. Sedber ry's Son. ; : Dancing Proves Fatal. -Many men. and women catch coldi at dances which terminate id pneumo nia and consumption. After exposure, if Foley's Honey and Tar la taken it will break up a cold and no serious results need bt feared. Rafus any but the genuine in a yellow package. McDuffle Drug Store (O. O, Soudert, WHAT ARE "Op jf G EXPENSE S J ; ... ... . - KJ Atlanta Journal. W, J. Nesbitt, a member of the rail road commission of Alabama, has ad dressed a communication to President Milton H. Smith, of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, asking him to spe cify what'items are charged under the bead ot "operating expenses." Commissioner Nesbitt expresses a desire which has been in the minds of the people of Georgia for a long time and the reply of President Smith to this question will be awaited with con siderable Interest. Mr. Nesbitt point ed out that the earnings sheet for last year showed an increase of more than five million dollars. President Smith says that ninety-eight per cent, of this amount went to "operating expenses." The Alabama commissioner would like to know If everything spent la thus accounted for. There is a very general opinion that the Louisville and Nashville, as well as other railroads In the South, has been charging up to operating ex pen sea items which belong to invest ment or some other department, .'or the purpose of making the earnings of the road appear smaller than they real ly are, and the public would like to know the truth about the matter. It has been made reasonably clear that lessees of the Western and Atlan tic Railroad have been pursuing tbis course with the property. In the ef fort to depreciate the value of the state road In the eyes of the public, a system of bookkeeping has been adopt ed which does not fairly represent the relation of earnings to operating ex penses. Under this system it would make no difference how prosperous a railroad might be how much the earn ings sheet might show in tbe way of increase over previous years if, when the accounting came, It was all shown to have gone for operating expenses." An Increase in earnings of five mil lion dollars over the year before is quite an item in the Louisville and Nashville's showing. If It has all been put into operating expenses It looks as though there must have been some very unbusinesslike extravagance somewhere, and Mr. Smith should call his lieutenants around him and find out where the trouble lies. Let us have an Itemized statement, not only from the Louisville and Nash ville Railroad, but from all the other railroads operating in Georgia and Alabama, showing just what is charg ed under the head of operating ex penses and expenses for operating what? Perhaps the answer to that might be interesting, also. If the railroads expect to be treated fairly by the people, they must be equally candid with the public. Jug glery of figures, showing conditions which do not exist, will not contribute anything to the confidence of the peo ple in railroad methods. The best policy Is to be honest about this matter and tell us what becomes of the increased earnings. QUINCY APPEARS TO BE AN ASS. Norfolk Virginian Josiah Quincy's aspirations for a "sane radicalism" in politics is but !be Boston way of spelling impossibility. According to sanity and radicalism the meaning respectively attached t them by common usage, they are as incom patible as an emollient and an Irri tant. Why didn't the gentleman cry at once for a peaceful war, a noiseless thunder storm, or a humane butcher? Or he might have sighed for a healthy sickness or enlightened idiocy or a cairn paroxysm. It is not by riding on paradoxes and incongruities th.it Josiah will ever attain the plauo of statesmanship that his grandfithtlr adorned. Sane radicalism, liah! Bun combe! Fiddlesticks! A Marriage of Interest to Many Fay etteville People. The groom lias numerous friends mentioned below in Fayetteville, who wish for him many years of happiness with his life companion, who is a cousin of our townsman, Dr. E. Floyd. We take the following from the Robe sonian: "Dr. J. C. McKeuzie, of Barnesville, and Miss Chatlie Floyd were married Tuesday afteruoon at three o'clock at the homo of the bride's brother near Barnesville. It was a quiet wedding, only a few relatives and friends of the contracting parties being present. The ceremony was performed by Justice Kelly Barnes. Immediately after the ceremony Dr. and Mrs. McKenzie left forNorfolk to visit the Jamestown Ex position. They-will refurn"f6 their home at Barnesville Monday. The groom is a brother of Treasurer M. G. McKenzie, of Lumberton, who attend ed the wedding. Both the contracting parties are well known and promin ent In that section of the county." Jail Doors Open But to Close Again on Prisoner. In the case of Dan Carrol, the negro 'jarged with burning a dwelling in Rockflsh township, and who has been in jail for several months awaiting trial for the offense, the grand jury yesterday failed to find a true bill, and the jailor was hurrying to set him ut liberty, when Carroll was present ed together with Walter McNeill, charged with injuring the jail prop erty, and In this case a true bill was found. - As court was about to adjourn, the case will not be taken up, and Carroll will have to remain in jail untill the January term, before getting a hear ing in this matter. Pain anywhere, pain in- the head, painful periods. Neuralgia, toothache, all pains can be promptly stopped by a thoroughly safe little Pink Candy Tablet, known . to druggists every where as Dr. Shoop's Headache Tab lets. Pain simply means congestion undue blood pressure at the point where pain exists. Dr. Shoop's Head ache Tablets quickly equalize this un natural blood pressure, and pain im mediately departs. Write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis., and get a free trial pacfc age. Large box 25 cts. B. E, Sedber ry's Son, druggist - - Appendicitis ... is due In a large measure to abuse of the bowels, by employing drastic pur gatives. To avoid ail danger, use only Dr. King's New Life Pills, the safe, gentle cleansers and lnvigorators. Guaranteed tor headache, biliousness, malaria and jaundice, at B, E. Sed keny ft Sons' drug store. , 25 cents. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) Indications of that sweet harmony which prevails In the Republican party whenever, the subject of the tariff is under consideration are manifest and Speaker Connon has already given evi dence of his determination to thwart the desire of the President and ot Sec retary Taft to have the Dlngley tariff revised at a special session Immediate ly following the next presidential in auguratlon. Representative Burton, of Ohio, has avowed his allegiance to the tariff revision programme. Repre sentative Grosvenor, of Ohio, was, It will be remembered, de feated In his race for re-election and this leaves an Ohio vacancy on the Ways and Means Committee, (hat committee which will have to report a revised tariff bill or take the respon sibility of refusing to do so. Mr. Bur ton, feeling himself entitled to Gener al Grosvenor's former seat, has an nounced his Intention of resigning the chairmanship of the Rivers and Hai bors Committee, which he has tilled for years with notable ability, in order that he might be appointed on. Ways and Means. Now speaker Cannon, in an arbitrary decree, which exceeds anything ever attempted by the late "Czar-Read," has caused to be' made public first that Mr. Bur'on cannot re sign until he is appointed with the new committees of the coming Con gress and that If he then persists In re signing, the speaker will submit to the House the question, "Snail Mr Burton, of Ohio, be relieved from all further duty on the committees of the House?" In other words, unless Mr. Burton does precisely as he Is toid by the Speaker, serves as chairman of Rivers and Harbors and ceases his efforts to get on Ways and Means, he will be deprived ot all his committee assignments. Mr. Cannon Is first of all things a stand patter and he Is wholly un willing to permit a revisionist to go upon this important committee. In cidentally, too. Mr. Cannon fondly cherishes the illusion that he is a pres idential possibility and he regards a blow at Mr. Burton as a body blow at Mr. Taft, who Is conceded to be the most likely of the Republican presl dential possibilities. "How good it is for the brethren to dwell together in harmony. There are many indications that the all powerful Influence exerted by the Speaker is to be prostituted to the promotion of what he foolishly re gards as his presidential chances For instance, Representative Fordney of Michigan, who is most anxious ta secure a seat on Ways and Means, has already held his district convention and elected two delegates to the na tional convention and instructed them to cast their votes for Mr. Cannon Having been held before the call of the National Committee the conven tion was- doubtless illegal but that will probably interfere In no way with the Speaker's gratitude and Mr. Ford ney's ambition. A neat sign on the door of the Speaker's room reading, All members who inspire to good committee assignments must first see that their district deleg to th next national convention are instructed to vote for Joseph G. Cannon for Pres ident" would be most appropriate, as it would correctly portray the motives which are controlling Mr. Cannon in making up his slate of committees for the new Congress. Representative Swager Sherley, of Kentucky, has come to Washington to frame up, with some of his colleagues certain amendments to the House rules which if adopted would check nate the prostitution of his autocratic powers of which Speaker Cannon is guilty, but unfortunately, Mr. Shrley's efforts are not destined to amount to anything more than a credible Demo cratic protest against the existing con ditions. Every man who votes for any curtailment of Mr. Cannon's power knows full well that the vindictive resentment of the Speaker will follow him throughout the Congress and that he will be injured in the eyes of his constituents in every way that the Speaker's omnipotent power will make possible. Truly Mr. Sherley deserves credit for his courage. Democrats in Washington are much eratified over the positive declaration of Mr. Bryan on the subject of his attij tude toward the Democratic Presiden tial nomination of 1908, and they are all heartily In sympathy with the sentiment he so aptly ex presses when he says: "It only re mains for the Democratic party to convince the voters that it can be en trusted with the work of reform, and nothing will do more to convince the public than a refusal to negotiate with predatory wealth and an honest ap peal by honest methods to the honest sentiment of the country." - The- Peace Conference of the Cen tral American republics Is occupying the centre of the stage this week, and the opening ceremonies were informal, though quite impressive. Secretary Root opened the conference with an able and most felicitous speech in which he expressed the gratification of the people of the United States that the States of Central America feel they will find here an atmosphere fa vorable to the development of Ideas of peace and unity, and assured the dele gates of the sincere and. friendly de sire for success in their labors on the part of the United States. And Mr. Root declared that nothing could pre vent the people of these five repub: lies from living together in peace and unity, except the ambitions of indi viduals who care more for their own selfish purposes than for the good of their" country. The pocket diary Issued this year by C. A. Snow & Co., Patent Attorneys of Washington, D. C, ' is one of the most useful and complete books of the kind we have seen. It contains beside ample space for dally memoran da and cash account, Information about patents and other data of value to the business man, tbe mechanic and the general public. Nowhere that we know of can such a complete mem orandum book be obtained tor so lit tle. Copies may be had by sending a two-cent Btamp to C. A. Snow & Co., Patent Attorneys, Warder Bldg., Washlngton-D. C. ; The New Pure Fooo and Drug law. We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and far for coughs, colds and lung troubles Is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as It contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and wo recommend it as a ' safe remedy for children and adults. McDuffle Drug Store (0, O; 8ouders, PropJ FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly, First-class , Work. Call at my yard or write for pricen. Respectfully, E. I. EE MSB if KG, Proprietor, . .. Fayettsville.N. (1 Huylcr's Peanut Chocolate, , Peanut Pattie, Chocolate Dipped Triscuit, Old-Fashioned Molasses Candy. All In 10c. packages just received at H11RMS0IS Dutch Bulb? for Autumn Planting. We have just reo iv. i a nice varie ty. Call lt-foie the iissditninit is broken. f. J. COOK Cn JRUGGISTS AND PHAftiv!Ar.;iS i a Next P O PhO'it ttl Drugs Medicines. Our Goods ars Purs Our Goods are Fresh Our Stock is Complete Our Delivery is Fast ' We milieu vour it ,(le fcau-e If owant wha oij wa.it when you wan: ... come ht;rc KING DRUG CG. FAIR WEEK CANDY We havr just rectived ior this week's trade a nice assortm. tit of GUTH'S Chocolates, Chocolate ;iuil Bo-i B 'tis, Almonds, Mints, Ktc, Etc. SPECIAL: Chocolate Maraschino Cherries. B. E. SEDBERRY'S SOH Palace Pharmacy. TRY OUR SYRUP White Pine and Tar YOURSELF. IT DOES IT. Buy A "GILLETTE," A source of luxury aud delight, as well as economy and convenit-nce. New Lot Just Received. A'rmfieltT & Greenwood, ' PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY. I .' 'PHONft NO, 11, ' McKETHAI
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