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street extended; $100 Brookslde Ave;
" II6D0 near 8 room house Broad street;
feoo Dew store, Campbeilton, rents for
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(arm, 864 acres, Kingsbury; $60 to IMO
lots Northwest Fayetteville; $50 to $160
ten remaining lots Fairground Park.
' MocliD'-MortgaflcK $500 city mort
gage 6 per cent semi annually, ad
yanobit shares Scottish Fire Insurance
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. ir.r,.- r.E..M08T BRILLIANT
wr nmcnivAIN JOURNALS,
; Bays the Norfolk Virginian:
H "na rarQ0xei.
The highest courage is the fear of
dome wrnnc
Modesty lg the child of refinement
u vuv .uieguura 01 virtue.
Bashfulness is self-consciousness,
ma auDiiess mna or vanity.
Repentance makes . restitution ; re-
mumo w sorry dui Keeps the goods
sr. An elastic conscience, like a rubber
shoe, soon stretches to the point of
The honesty that is based on policy
jieiu wuen a sufficient price is
UUTJiCUi
TtlA WArililHtUM 1 J 1 J . .
. - icyuuiuuu wuica is noc Dullt on
PhArn.i?tAr la KlralvVA -,,nU"-,.
w nnao DUUIW UlUril-
liltr anA fltid IfaIf
, EJ w - ,IDVU 5tUC,
Two brothers.' Mali and
ice, are tne fathers of nine-tenths of
in nes war, are . tola.
The charltv that, u tnn hi n
- vuv VH1 MUl iW
leant the Worth nf tha haatro' man
When dOUbt BURnpnrlo tha nartnrm
ance of a kindly action, It is long odds
that the whlsnerlnir is thA vnioa nf tha
If you will drlhk. awan nff vnnr
reason for the instinct of the animals
ana tnus gam knowledge to stop when
jvu vo una euougn.
Always look before you leap; unless
great temntation Dursues vnir hut
then lumD. thoueh the Gulf nf Meyi
yawns at your leet.
Shoot folly on the wine and It nlpaa.
es you but be tender with the fools.
iney are tne orphans of Providence
ana neea a neiping nana.
And this is Sunday: May we not all
lndwellers of the city and -strangers
within its gates, carry over to the
morrow remembrance of a day in
which no envy, hatred or uncharita-
bleness entered into our hearts.
If I Were King.
"If I were President," said Uncle
Remus, after he had spent a while at
the White House. I'd have a brass
band in front of the White House and
a brass band in the rear playing all
the time, and I would have a regiment
of soldiers put in the yard on dress
parade.
This Is the Georgia idea of supreme
happiness set forth with the candid
simplicity which forms the most de
lightful of the many charming charac
teristics of Uncle Remus. The bucolic
taste has no better Interpreter. But
the reporter did not state the whole
tale as twas told to him. Were we
childlike and bland avuncular relative
to be inducted some auspicious day
Into the over-lordship of the Palace
by the Potomac, not only would the
notes of the cornet ana trombone nev
er cease to break in melodious waves
upon the Washingtonian shaft, and
the brass buttons and blue coats of
the finest on earth be' never absent
from the emerald lawns around the
residence, but hospitality would reign
within the walls such Ellic Stephens
used to dispense at his Independence
hall among the Georgian hills. Some
thing warmer than the water tnat
flows by Cabin Johns bridge would al
wavd he on taD in the Cabinet Cham
ber, co d 'dos sum ana taters woiua
never fall to tempt tne mia-aay caii
er, and peanuts of the half-shell would
grace the tables of the outer hall from
sun to sun.
The Prince of Hogs.
That degenerate monstrosity, that
reproach to our civilization, that
ohninkpn HhanelesB. tasteless. . por
cine nightmare, that hideous dream
of hide and hair and norror,
that allegory of starvation, that spec
tre of want and woe known as the
Florida razorback hog to sing his
praises-is to encourage degeneracy;
declare him tootnsome is 10 msun.
the memory of Epicurus. Live Oak
Democrat.
All of which Is criminal libel of the
worse description. The only extenuat
ing circumstances that can be plead in
favor of this Florida Editor is his
cirir nnd ntarlne Ignorance. He does
not know a good thing when he tastes
It. Like all tne coiion-giuwiiis ucm
zens of Pancedeleonville he has dealt
an nrnlll hIvbIv for so long a period in
the fleecy boll as to have no acreage
left for corn on wnicn to ieeu
and so his palate has become prj;vert-
ed to the actual liking of that eruae
creosoted and contaminating iub
which is fed on swill and refuse and
j i... .k tinnii. noma- Drocesses
peculiar to Chicago ana Cincinnati.
No memoer oi iu- "rv'
j ..., oaoot liilcv and whole-
v v t),oroTnrhark which MS
beett nourished on acorns and maize.
and then saitea ana "nm""""
?" .L. i oHll fnllnwed In Tide-
The bacon irom tuo """"'""" "
over which Lucullus raved was no
L....mn.j to it than a
more to u iuuii'.y. .. - - - .
Nor is tna veiaiv"" rv::.,,.,..
the far famed hindleg of the , J hurlng
ian pig, worthy to oe naiucu
tastes and then rail at the best gifts
o18prov?dence. The Razorback , de
spised by the gastnom cally imterate
Cracaeraom mo . -- .. fct
r. TZ ..in.nnra,v in more enlight-
P'L8"! hn, a;nd porker.
a,?.tnffVher lovely" But they are
,, anEpnr.am - - - - Bon
disnSumrt fools .ome
mortals bei '
protective tariff by affording
" z i nii makes our ooun-
r.iif
employment
V'
" 4U " Times.
try pamu
nrool. HBrnuii""' - ---
'. ...... li. ..ntomnnt. COn-
xnis ib
alrlerlna
a remarKB""' ..-.. -mat
every panic ;"'
have been
perlencea
i in tne iwi -
ocourrou -
Iff. The Republlcai
.o7 w.i a low tariff panto
panlo or n
less than absurd. Anybody
in nnininH
who knows
much hlgh-tarltf
-tarlttmeaeuo- ---
Kinley or
last halt
but high
has rendered the country, events have
auuuuaiHiy aemonstratea. ' -
There WaT Nn Lam4
"What Is truth? said Jesting Pilate,
and WOUld not. Btnv tnr an onon...
m. Miavsi,
thus wrote Lord Bacon. Richmond
Journal. - .
-Thus wrote Sir Prartcis Bacon be-
iore ne was made Baron Verulam. In
his day the question was still unsolv.
ed. Now, everybody knows that Truth
is the Intangible spot of light in the
mmum or me well,
Quid Rides.
A very vulgar and Illiterate person
In London havlnz acaulrerl nHlniv
a large fortune, set up . a fine establish.
ment, oecame socially ambitious, had
a coat of arms manufactured to be
painted on the panels of bis gilded
coach, and applied to Foote, the fa
mous wit of the period, to suggest an
appropriate motto to accomnanv the
armorial bearings, When the first
triumphal drive of the Mall occurred
every one laughed to see the device
and - lnBcription.Tber upstarts indig
nantly sought his adviser to know the
meaning of the Latin words, and the
translation given him was "why do
you ride?"
The same question might Just now
be appropriately asked of the scores
of middle aged Colonels and Majors
who are undergoing the so-called test
Of their physical condition which Is In.
Solved In an enforced equestrian Jour
ney ot njeen miles across country at
prescrmea gaits ana without drawing
rein. The penalty of failure to make
the trip without III effect on wind or
limb is to be visited by compulsory
retirement rrom the service.
For some time past the Army has
been the victim of an administration
so arbitrary and experimental that It
would be an outrage on language to
call It a system. The fads and fancies
which have been put into, practice in
our military establishment during the
last ten years are more suggestive of
a lot of lads "playing soldier" than of
serious and well-considered direction
of the military branch of the govern
ment by professonal soldiers. But the
injustice and impolicy of this latest
requirement of the War Department is
perhaps the climax of a series of pre
scriptions alike absurd and unfair.
Most of the officers to be affected
by this order have been for' years as
signed to sedentary employment by
the mandate of the Government itself.
Most of them, if permitted reasonable
time to renew their acquaintance with
the saddle, would doubtless oome out
of the stipulated trial without signs
of fatigue, or other physical distress.
But the test as applied, except in ex
treme cases, proves nothing beyond
the fact that men long accustomed to
horseback exercise can not be sub
jected suddenly to a severe trial of
endurance without betraying the
flaccldity of muscle and tenderness
of.esh, and perhaps the acceleration
of heart action, which necessarily en
sue upon the quick transition from a
life at the desk to a feat of physical
exertion. It would be just as sensible
and Just as equitable should the Navy
Department order upon immediate sea
duty all the officers on the active list
who have spent continuous years In
the performance of bureau functions
on shore, and remand for peremptory
assignment to the retired roster all of
these who did not show up in tne nrst
roueh weather with the unruffled
stomachs and unperturbed sea-legs
which can only appertain to habitual
rockers in the cradle of the deep.
It does seem that the order of the
War Department should stipulate
some time for training to the gentle
men of the field and BtafT itself de
Drived of opportunities for that prac
tice which alone tan ensure "fitness."
Otherwise it must ensue that the Ar
my will lose the services of many of
its most accomplished and meritorious
officers.
a h. i ,-oc o I no- tho Npw York chamber
of commerce on Thursday night last,
ex-Senator Spooner ot Wisconsin ais
Aiioaod tho financial situation and the
causes. With scarcely veiled allusion
to the present head of the t eaerai ad
ministration, ho quotea as a great say
i tho remark of Frederick the
Great: "When I wish to punish a
province, I sena a pnuosopner to gov
ern it."
a ni-ntost u herehv enterea against
any such insinuation against the Pres
ident. It falls as wine or me mare as
the arrow Hans Pfeffer shot at the
moon. He has been called every name
in the calendar, from "Bull in the chi-
.hon" tn tho ThA rllvinelv anDOint-
" Hut tin nno has Rft
wui. u - -u -' " .
aered him as this whilom leader of our
House of Lords. Mr. Kooseveu no
more resembles a philosopher than a
u.n i. nun unto Marv's little lamb,
Faulty in many respects, he is- not
so bad as that. Next ining buuib ma
licious tool of the corporations win
be christening him a metaphysician.
Th. woahnonn Post BDcaks inad
vertently of "A causeless panic." In
tho verv nature of things a panic
must he causeless. A state of fear
proceeding from real aanger, uaueu
upon a peril not exaggerated, present
(0iir Imminent, is not a panic
but a rational state of mind evoked
and justified by tacts.
COINS, perhaps; not the flag.
The Commoner.
There is some dispute whether tne
"tn rtnri' We Trust" was specifi
cally authorized by law. : President
Roosevelt says noi.ano aiiuug "u ,.
sonal view he has ordered the motto
removed from the new Issue of 10
COlns. TO anay ayv"-
v ... jUntd that the arranee-
it is nereuj ---- ---
ment of the national flag is fixed by
law and it Is therefore useless to
. .... it DnuMsat make take
worry rem mo .
a notion to alter the flag to suit his
personal views, me iaw
v. ... i thirteen atrlnea of
snail cuuhihi. v.- . ' - .
alternate white and red, with a field
. I . a mHitA Clf Q P Tftr
shall
all
ot
blue containing nu.vo . ..
each
state in tne union, ou no u.
assured that the stripes will con-
a tho floM hlua and
rest
tlnue
e wniiw "u -
stars white that Is, unless a ma-
, . Anman oroan ftilflCAntlDlQ
the
Jorlty
to the influence of fat federal offices
that they wouia cnanp
rangement to meet uk ""
eminent, reformer, men uns.
the nature fakirs, ana men ueinii-
Ized our coinage. . '. ,;;
THE ASSISTANT REPUBLICAN 7T
NEW8PAPER.
Washington Herald. '
large numDer oi uia uonoiioi"""
i,,otwnnalv nneaaed in hand-
now
lemons to Mr. Bryan were, "mem.
.n.h nnt nultn as Industriously
ing
ory
Y iniivvu -
J In hanrllna- hOUOUetS tO JUQge
Alton B. Parker about thU Ume four
years ago. If they miss their estimate
en
ot Mr. Bryan's chances as iar a iuoy
missed thptiestlmat-! Juage rara;
er's, the Nebraskan needn't worry.
. ' ALL REAL DEMOCRATS FOR
i - BRYAN.
Hailed as Next President '
We have given the. telegraphed sy
nopsis of Mr. Bryan's speech at the
great banquet in Washington last
week. . The speeches of the represen
tative Democrats who preceded him
are of even greater Importance, be
cause they, make ft plain that every
true Democrat whose Influence ; will
count In next year's titanic struggle
will be heart and soul behind the
choice of the" Democratic masses.
Most Important of all are the unqual
ified, words of Senator-designate John
Sharp Williams, the brilliant leader of
the minority in the House, who has
heretofore been counted among the
opponents of Mr. Bryan.
The - Washington Herald, gives an
lnterestJngjujcow.toMheseinspJrlng
speeches, which follows:' (TT
i William' Jennings Bryaa was given
a magnificent testimonial by Demo
crats of the District ot Columbia last
night. Five hundred of them united
to do him honor. ' " ' j ,
' Hailed aa the next president, cheer
ed to-the echo by deroted .followers
who recognize, no other leadership, the
political greeting he received was a
notable climax of a series of ovations
that will make memorable his visit to
the Capital. , ".'
No more representative body of men
has ever gathered in Washington on a
like occasion. Five hundred sat at the
tables in the large banquet hall of the
Raleigh Hotel and paid tribute to the
Nebraska chieftain. Enthusiasm and
harmony marked the occasion. Bank
presidents, four of them at least;pro
tesslonal and business' men In large
number, and the regular quota of Dis
trict Democrats constituted the not
able company.
Not One Discordant Note.
Not a discordant note was sounded.
Every man there was a Bryan man.
and the statement that he would be
the nominee of the united Democracy
of the nation1 for President In 1908
met unanimous response.
The banquet, in spite of the size of
it, was admirably handled. The dec
orations' were attractive, the souve
nirs worth keeping, and all the ap
pointments nttea to sucn a function
Some limpatlence to hear the guest of
honor naturally developed, but the
preceding speakers entertained the as
semblage with remarkable success
considering the lateness of the hour
when the oratory began.
Hon. H. L. West, District Commis
sioner, as toastmaster, filled the post
tlon most happily and creditably.
Enthusiastic Meeting.
The meeting was one of the moSt
enthusiastic of any kind ever held In
Washington, and the list of speaker's
brought together by the committee In
cluded the big men in the party. The
spacious banquet room was crowded
to Its utmost capacity when Mr. Bry
an arrived, and when he did come he
was given a rousing cheer that lasted
for several minutes.
From Commissioner J. J. Hagan, of
New York, came the word that Tam
many will support Mr. Bryan as its
choice for the Presidential nomination
and from John Sharp Williams came
the announcement that the South puts
the Democratic party ahead of every
thing else, and that the time has come
whon there is harmony enough In the
party that Mr. Bryan can be elected.
The meeting was pre-eminently a
harmonious one, and the prominent
Democrats of the country who were
not there did not fail to send their
regrets.
Arrangements had been made for
the banquet to begin at 8 o clock, but
it was some time after that before it
was called to order by Commissioner
Henry Litchfield West, the delay hav
ing been occasioned by the labor pa
rade having blocked, many of the
streets. Shortly after the guests' were
seated, Mr. Bryan arrived, and he was
given an unusually enthusiastic greet
ing. Henry L West's" Address.
It was after 11 o'clock when Mr.
West formally opened the meeting,
and he said:
"Permit me, first ot all, to extend to
you my sincere appreciation of the
honor which has been conferred upon
me and to congratulate you upon this
splendid gathering of representative
Democracy. Surely it is not without
interest and significance that there
should be assembled to-night in the
Capital of the nation, Democrats of
all shades of opinion, united to do
honor to the man who Is the foremost
champion of their party and all in
spired with a spirit of loyalty to their
organization.
"Fortunate is It for the Democratic
party that the condition which "pre
vails here to-nifht la typical of the en
tire country, and that there is a de
sire on the part of Democrats every
where to get togetherto stand should
er to shoulder in a common cause,
an to move forward In organized
and aggressive ranks toward victory.
"Assigned to me tonight Is the pleas
ant duty of .introducing with appro
priate word the speakers of Jthe even
ing. Beyond this I shall trench upon
your patience only . for a word of
preface. Ifit me, for a moment, em
pahslzr the one fact which- fills us
with inspiration and encouragement.
It is the enduring character, the won
derful vitallty.of the Democratic par
ty. Despite the fact that in half a
century there have been but two Dem
ocrat administrations, although It
has been eleven years since a Demo
A Raal Wonderland,,
couth riaWa with Its rich stiver
mines, bonanza, farms, wide ranges
and strange, natural- formations, is a
veritable wonderland.'' At Mound City,
In the home of Mrs. -js. li. v;iapp, a
wonderful case of healing has lately
mil Hor nn seemed near death
with lung and throat trouble. "Ex
hausting coughing spells occurred ev
ery five minutes," writes Mrs. uiapp,
"whon I hoiran rlvlnff Dr. Kina's New
Discovery, the great medlalne that sav
ed hla life ana completely ourea mm.
Guaranteed tor coughs and colds,
throat and lung troubles, by B. E.
Sedberry's Son, druggist 60c, and
$1.00. L.TrJal bottle free. ; n ;
There Is nothing better offered the
publlo to-day for Btomach troubles, dy
spepsia, indigestion, etc., than KC
DOL. This is scientific preparation
of natural dlgestants combined with
vegetable acids and It contains the
same Juices found in -every healthy
stomach. . KODOL is guaranteed to
give relief, It Is pleasant -to take; it
will make "you feel fine by digesting
what you eat. Sold by Armfleld and
Greenwood. " -..,.,. ,iW
cratic President occupied the White
House, we gather here tonight with
undiminished loyalty and enthusiasm,
undaunted by defeat and more than
ready to engage In jthe approaching
contest neiore the American neonle.
i Nowhere else in the world where
representatlve government obtains can
be found such devotion to a partisan
organization, and our own political his
tory affords no counterpart of such re
markable party vitality. Years come
and years go, but still the -Democratic
party lives. Do-you ask the reason
why? " It is because the Democratic
party is founded upon principles which
are In themselves vital and eternal and
..upon which alone, In our opinion, can
popular government successfully be
maintained. -
' "We believe, with Jefferson, in the
largest rights of the States and the
curbing of Federal power within the
strictest constitutional limits. We
stand, with Jackson, against a high
tarut wnicn creates ana fosters mon
nofaolistlc corporations. We demand,
.with Tllden, rigid economy and hon
esty In Federal administration, and,
above all, -we uphold, with Bryan,- the
preservation of the rights and liberties
of .the common people.
; "We may not, as Democrats, agreje
with each other at all times and on
all things. . Democracy unfortunately
sometimes for : party supremacy
means independence, not subservience
uoeny .or tnougnt ana action, not
the shackles of dictation and bosslsm.
" "Upon the cardinal priclples of the
party, however, we clasp the hand of
cordial fellowship. New issues, occa
sioned by advancing civilization, may
arise, but they cannot disturb the In
destructible foundation' upon which
the Democratic party rests. With
these principles paramount in our or
ganization we will rise like Antaeus
refreshed after every struggle, though
disruption they .threaten or defeat may
come. As long as popular government
exists the Democratic party Is certain
to endure, safeguarding our Institu
tions and protecting the masses of the
people against the destructive rule of
autocracy. Such Is the party to which
we again tonight pledge our allegiance
and with unconquered spirit look for
ward to deserving triumph nobly won.
"And now we come to the climax of
the evening, the one event which has
been the magnet to draw us together,
and which will fittingly close this
Democratic reunion. We have reached
the point, too, where the duty of the
toastmaster seems superfluous, un
less, in the trite expression of the
proverb, we paint the lily and gild re
fined gold.
"Let me, therefore, merely suggest
that we are honored tonight by the
presence of a man who, depsite the
fact that he does not wear the crown
of victory upon his brow, is still the
idol of many millions, who, although
be has been for more than fifteen
years most prominently in the public
eye, has so conducted himself that the"
breath of calumny has not rested upon
him; a man whose private life Is
above reproach, and whose public ca
reer has been marked by patriotic de
votion to his country and to his party;
whose strong and attractive person
ality is today more firmly intrenched
in the hearts of the masses of the
people than ever before; a man whose
friendship we are prcud to claim, ana
to whose great ability and forcefulness
we yield willing tribute; the leader of
the Democratic party, William Jen
nings Bryan."
Then came Commissioner Hagan s
speech, and it was received with
cheers, because it brought the news
that the Empire State's workers will
be for Mr. Bryan. In his message,
Mr. Hagan said;
Mr. Hagan's Address.
"No matter what else may be said
about the Tammany Tiger, its claws
are always dripping with blood of the
Republican party," added the speaker.
'I am not here to boast of the capac
ity of my great organization, for
everybody Is aware that Tammany
knows how to deliver the goods, and I
only mention it to show that as one
of Its leaders I must necessarily know
something about practical politics.
"The cost of living is increasing so
rapidly that the mere question of daily
bread Is becoming a serious one. In
their mtnds the trusts are entirely to
blame for this condition. Every house
wife in New York among the common
people could tell off-hand the differ
ence each year In the Increased prices
in her butcher, her baker, and her
grocer bills.
They believe their distress is occa
sioned because the doctrines of the
great founder of this government are
being ignored."-
Mr. Hagan declared: the people were
anxious for a change, and that Mr.
Bryan was the Thomas . Jefferson of
the twentieth century.
He said he was sure if the Demo
cratic party, with Mr. Bryan as leader
tn the next campaign, would make
the tariff and the trusts the para
mount issue, New York would return
to the Democratic fold by more than
80,000 majority. New Jersey would
follow with a majority of 20,000.
"It is alright to demand that the
scoundrels who have been fleecing the
people should be put In the peniten
tiary, but they will not be unless a
man like Mr. Bryan is President," con
tinued the speaker.
' Mr. Hagan concluded with the dec
laration that -the .New York delega
tion to the Democratic national con
vention will Insist upon the nomina
tion of our 'Great Commoner.' "
When the applause following Ha
gan's message had subsided, Repre
sentative Ollie James, of Kentucky,
was introduced, and he brought down
the house in the first Bentenee by hla
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reference - to the removal of .'the
"trusts" from the new $10 gold pieces,
' "After eight years of the big stick
regime,"-, said" Mr. James, "and of
strenuous trust busting, we have suc-
ceeded in busting only one 'trust , and
that was from the new $10 gold piece.
I presume the President has taken It
from the gold in order that it may
be put on the new certificates, that
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also brought down the house In ap
plause tnat lasted for several minutes,
"I presume," -continued Mr. James,
"that the proper thing for us to do
now- Is to begin laying up treasures In
heaven, for with It there, we can check
on it for 100 cents on the dollar.
Democracy Popular.
"It is becoming - popular to be a
uemocrat,, The Republicans have
found that out, for they have been
stealing all the Democratic ideas.
They have not failed to gather In a
single one that Is worth-while. But
they have balked at tariff revision, as
a party, I have come to think that
the Republican party has in it some
elements of compassion, for In all the
list -of protected articles,, they have
Kindly given us one thing that Is not
niaaen behind a high wall of tariff,
That is ice. " r ,
"I don't know for sure Just why they
left ice on the free list, but I think
It must have been out of pity, for
iney anew that the trusts that would
grow up under the tariff laws would
make It so hot for us In this country
that we would need something to cool
us off.
"The time was when Mr. Bryan ad
vocated an income tax, the Republi
can leaders wanted to call him an an
archist. Now . we see the President
and Secretary Taft taking unto them
selves the credit for having advanced
that idea, and the country no longer
sits aghast when such a thing is mem
tioned. They said the Supreme Court
would not stand for such a law and
then the President takes a shy at the
Supreme Court.
"The party Is now united. We pre
sent a solid wall to the enemy. Al
though we have not yet convinced the
Jury that we are right, we have con
vinced the advocates for the other
side, and they are profiting by our
experiences.
All For Bryan.
"We are united now, and it is for
Bryan, Bryan, Bryan."
Thomas F. McNulty, of Baltimore,
was the next man introduced, and he
made a great hit with a song about
Bryan to the tune of Star Spangled
Banner, and he sang an air that pleas
ed all. He gave a copy of the song
to Mr. Bryan.
Representative William Sulzer, of
New York, followed, and he endorsed
what Mr. Hagan had said about Tam
many's standing for Bryan, and ex
press himself on the platform needs of
the party next year: He declared the
com'.ng congress will do important
business, ana saia the pai ty is now on
to victory. His speech was as fol
lows: Mr. Sulzer on Finance.
Mr. Sulzer's remarks were on the
subject of currency reform, which he
said, was the most important ques
tion of the hour. Congress should act
In this matter and place our currency
and banking systems on a stable, bus
inesslike, and permanent basis. Said
Mr. Sulzer:
Every intelligent man who has
studied the subject knows that we
have the worst currency and banking
systems in the world. The merest
kind of patch-work a disgrace to
our business intelligence. They must
be changed and reformed along lines
based on the principles of the currency
and banking laws of every other great
power In the world where runs on
banks are practically unknowu, hoard
ing of money unprofitable, and finan
cial stringency ana money panics of
rare occurrence."
Ours the Greatest Nation.
Mr. Sulzer then spoke of his travels
throughout the Unttea States, which
nation, he declared, was the most
prosperous on earth, and added his be
lief that the unsettled condition of the
money market Is caused by a few
bankers and a few Individuals hoard
ine money, and most of it the money
of the people. Continuing, Mr. Sulzer
said:
The national banks must go out of
the government business and the gov
ernment must do its own financial
business like other countries. The
rieht to coin and issue money is one
of the highest attributes of national
sovereignty, and the government
should not delegate it to any bank.
The government should coin and is
sue all the money, and every dollar
should be legal tender, worth 100 cents
here and everywhere else."
All national banks nf the country
should be under the control and su
pervision of the government bank, just
the same as they are now unaer the
control and supervision of the Comp
troller of the Currency.
In time of emergency the govern
ment bank should loan money to
banks of the country on such securi
ties as I have suggested, consisting of
government bonds, State bonds, and
municipal bonds of oities having a
population of 100,000 or -over, and
which have never defaulted in the
payment of interest, and gilt-edged
railroad bonds of the standard rail
roads which have not defaulted in the
payment of interest for the past ten
yearsr Ol. course it should be dis
cretionary with the officers of the gov
ernment bank just how much money,
if any, to loan on these hypothetical
securities.
"If this were the law, there would
be an elastic currency in this country
to- move, the crops, meet every busi
ness crisis, and make Impossible a fi
nancial panic."
Mr. Williams Optimistic.
"1 am honestly more encouraged
now for the success of the Demo
cratic party than I have been in
years," said John Sharp Williams,
minority leader of the House, when
he was called upon.
"Next to tho republlo Itself, the
Democratlo party Is the greatest hope
In the world. But we must not let our
differences cut asunder. We are all
radical and all conservative, and no
man who has a bit of sense in his
head is habitually either. Ask any
radical man in the country about the
nation, and he will tell you there are
80,000,000'conservatlves; ask any con
servative, and he will tell you there
are 80,000,000 radicals.
"But we must not forget tnat great
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It must be, because that means our
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"We have had it called tn nnr atfpn
tion that the Democratic party Is one
of wonderful 'vitality. Well, I should
say it Is. No other party could have
nveu inrougn tne munaers mat you
have made and. that I have made;
that we all have made. No party
could have survived If It had not been
rounded on good principles, and this
party must see if It can live up to the
nrinclnlea nf irnvommont. 'aa ft ahnnM
be. We should not forget .that the
fundamental principles of government
are to provide the right to all to fol
low his owa pursuits, and keep all
personsthls means fictional persons,
such as corporations from Injuring
timers;, so carnea on as to give, with
in nroner "' honnda. onnal nnnnrtnnt
ties to all and special privileges to
one.
Democrats Not Envious.
"No Democrat cares how much
wealth another man may get. No
Democrat envies another man any
thingwealth, position, or what not,
and he may be rich as Croesus, if he
can show that he has attained his
weaitn without- Injuring- -others, and
without special privileges. But a gov
ernment must see that all men have
the right to 'earn comfort, the basis
of all civilization, and culture, which
is a part of its higher life.
"To attain these ends, we must not
let our little differences stand In our
way. We must work together, In Con
gress, we outwork yes. and outtalk
tha other side, but our whole trouble
is tnat we can't get eight men to pull
together In a mule team when It
comes to doing something. We must
not nave a government of expediency
When it comes to the expedient thine
to do, we must not take the example
or tnose wno go to the special Inter
ests to be 'told what to do and I
might add that how the special inter
ests are rather worried , just what to
give by way of advice.
The financial troubles have been
mentioned. It is easy to explain all
panics. We can profit by the examnle
of Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who has
gone to his political rest; from Joe
Cannon, and from others. It is be
cause of a prospective Democratic suc
cess!
'But to attain success means char
ity in leaaership; humility in leader
ship. These things we have in Mr.
Bryan. We can agree about enough
things with Mr. Bryan to keep the
Democratic party from going to its
aeatn or aecay.
"I think, ana if I aidn't honestly
think so I wouldn't say it, that the
best chance of cohesion and for com
bative strength lies in the nomination
of Mr. Bryan. I am not afraid of a
Democrat of any kind, and he is a
Democrat. He will give us a 'safe and
sane' administration; not so safe and
sane that he will not move at all.
We need radicals to keep the conser
vatives moving, and with a conserva
tive Congress, no man in the White
House can be very radical.
'Whon I advocate the nomination
of Mr. Bryan, I am asked if he will
not be defeated. Maybe he will, but
let me ask another question: Who
stands a better chance of not being
defeated?
The South For Bryan.
'The South will be for Bryan, ' and
we will work for him. What Demo
crat is there who cannot stand for
State rights against Federal control;
for the belief that taxation is for the
purpose of conducting the govern
ment; for the Jefferson idea of pro
tection; that we should not take the
props from under the trusts?
"If I could have my way, I would
make a tariff rate that would only
he the difference between the wage
paid American workmen and that paid
foreigners, ana I would make it lower
that the Walker tariff, which was the
lowest we ever haa.
"But to do all these things, needs
harmony, ana to do these things,
means we must work together for the
nomination of Mr. Bryan."
Mr. Williams closed amid a burst
of applause, and he was followed by
Mr. Bryan, who was paia a high trib
ute by Commissioner West.
SATAN AND HOLY WATER.
Norfolk Virginian.
It is a little curious that keeping
pace with the. dry wave now sweeping
over the Old North State an epidemic
of fiddling tournaments should have
b,roken out. There is a natural antag
onism between the violin and absti
nence which no law can eradicate, a
gulf which neither precept nor exam
ple can bridge. From the days of the
wandering minstrels to those of Old
Rosin the Bow the catgut hath been
provocative of thirst in performer and
audience. Even so far back as the
memory of Mother Goose ran not to
the contrary, it was then luxuriously
inclined to his pipe, and viciously long
ing for the flowing bowl, that King
Cole called for his fiddlers three. An
abstemious fiddler would be a lusus
naturae, and, when a concourse of the
devotees of that sinful instrument get
together, a wet night Is sure to follow.
It is to be hoped that Brother Daniels
will look into this incongruity and
have it stopped. No use trying to
strangle John Barleycorn while the
peripatetic fiddler is left free to tempt,
to assail with the music that Bobble
Burns declared to have the Devil in
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