rilE OBSERVER.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
THURSDAY, DEC. 12, 1M7.
E. J, HALE, Editor and Proprietor.
E. J.I HALE, Jr, BwinM Manager.
GLIMPSES OF NORTH CAROLINA
' ' HI8TORV.
Dr. Kings bnry, in hi last weekly
letter to th Raleigh Neva and Ob
acrrer, gives come lnterestinf glimpa
e ot North Carolina history espe
cially so, Indeed, to oa in Fayetterille.
For hs speaks of the two Tolnmes
of Hawks' s colonial history of North
Carolina, which bear the Imprint ot
-E. J. Hale Boo, Fayetterllle, N.
C"; of Flora McDonald; and of oar
. learned former townsman Dr. Hry E.
8bepherd. V"v ;"V-.
Concerning HavU's history. It may
Interest many of the present ceaera-
- Uon to know that that remarkable and
Incomplete work blazed the way tor
the project of the stupendous "Colonial
Records'' which the State, after the
lapse of many years, took up and pub
lished. Dr. HawkTa Idea was that
North Carolinians,' who were makers
rather than .writers of history, seeded,
more (. than the people ot any
other of the original thirteen
States, the stimalns of the
, glorious record which he had discover
ed. In searching the British archives
in London, the colony and prortnee bt
North Carolina had ; achieved. His
first two volumes were received with
snch a clamor of disapproval in some
influential quarters that he abandoned
further work upon the preparation of
material tor the later ones he had had
in mind. Bat he placed his collections
at the disposal of Messrs, E. J. Hale
II Sob, subject to their Judgment; and,
except for the war, they would have
continued the publication. "
Bays Dr. Kingsbury: ;
I wish to give the reader a glimpse
at some facta in North Carolina his
tory: . North Carolina had 150.90
population In 177C. of which 30,006
. were slaves. Newbera had (64 in
habitants then, which was more than
any other town in the State had. Ia
. 17M. the Dooulatloa was oren at
219,009, ot which negroes numbered
: 70,000. . North . Carolinians should
read Rev. D. Francis U Hawks' s very
- Interesting and instructive sketch of
the Battle of Alamance, published in
. 1851. They will learn much of the
Injustice done to the Regulators by
North Carolina histories, addresses
less than sixteen of Tryon s artillery-
men with his rifle in the Battle of
Alamance. He was captured. It was
fought 16th May, 1771. The Cben
kee Indians of the State named Gov
ernor Tryon "The Great Wolf of North
Carolina.' Rev. F-1. Hawks, D. D-
a native of Newbera, wrote: There
was an inequity, which Tryon found
existing when he came to the govern
ment, (for it had been established oy
his predecessor), and he not only con
tinued, but Increased it It was the
.extortion of legal fees and taxes by
the officials of the (Colonial) govern
ment." Dr. Hawks was author of the
two large volumes of the Colonial His
tory of North Carolinv It was the
wrongs, the outrages, Ae oppressions
that caused the movement ot tne
Regulators, who have been so gross
ly misrepresented. . When Tryon af
terwards became Governor of the
Colony of North Carolina, he continu
ed his spirit of outrage and even per
secutions and "with J renin stances of
wanton cruelty burned Dan bury and
Fairfield." says Dr. Hawks.
Josiah Martin was an Englishman,
and he had a brother, Samuel, by
name, who was a member of the
. British Parliament, and fought a duel
la which he was wounded. Josiah be
. came Governor of the Province of
North Carolina in 1771, and was the
last of this kind. He had talents and
had been a Major In the British army.
The very able famous Dr. Samuel
Johnson was personally - acquainted
with the fascinating and brave Flora
McDonald, of Scottish and North Car
olina history. He was much impress
ed with her attractions of mind, bear
ing and character and said: "She was
of. middle stature, son features ana
elegant presence. Her husband was
, General Allan McDonald, who figured
In North Carolina history as a High
land chieftain, and was defeated at
Moore's Creek Bridge, on 27th Feb
ruary. 1778. '
"Light Horse Harry" was the name
by which General Robert E. Lee's
gallant father was knows.- He was
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee, land
commanded bis "Legion'' fa North
Carolina in the British invasion of
1780 and 1781. He wrote the "Me
moirs of the War in the Booth." was
a brave soldier and a man of real
ability, was Governor of Virginia later
on in lire, and wnen rresioeni ueorge
Washington died he was chosen, by
the selection of Congress, to deliver
the funeral address. He was the au
thor of the now widely known de
scription of the "Father of His Coun
try," as being "First in war, first in
peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen. Alter tne -war -witn
the North, the greatest of American
soldiers, and, as I believe, the greatest
ot Americans, General Robert K. Lee,
wrote a long biographical sketch of
his distinguished father as an intro
duction to the "Memoirs ot the war,"
in Revolutionary times. It was ad
mirably done and very interesting.
General. Henry Lee, when advanced In
years, was much Injured while trying
to help a friend defend his own borne
agalnat a mob in Baltimore that was
attacking it He never recovered en
tirely from the injuries received, but
had to go to the West Indian Islands
in search of health. While there, he
wrote letters to bis wife, and in one
of them he tells her of what is best
to he done in the farming operations,
etc. He refers to the children with
some suggestions in the way of man
agement of them. When be comes
to the name of Robert, he gives no
hint but Kays, "As to Robert he was
Rlwnys good." Read Dr. Henry E.
ili(illienl s superbly written life of
the groat Southern General, R. E. Lee,
If you would learn much of the man,
noble, illustrious, and pure.
LET THE DEMOCRATS SPEAK
first.;
Mr. Fence's Washington letter in
Kuu.l.iy's liulclh News and Observer
cuiiiriim this:
: :r a iwd ninny pmiocnits
,i, i . nil ' vLo tV; It thru the
j ,r. , N":iti"n:il Convention
: - ! i-,. Iir',1 in advance of the '"'
: T.l ' V !''( Ii!'''-'' 'il'l'll "ui-
ty men who entertain this belief hold
that .the Republican organization will
by force of circumstances, be com
pelled to frame a platform essentially
Democratic. Although the Republi
can rty is at best the party of mo
ncpr? . they figure that public senti-n-
r.t -ill force the convention to
adopt a platform embracing practically
every tenet of Democracy. This being
so, the Democrats contend that the
Democracy should blase the way and
take the wind out of the sails of the
opposition. It is surprising how many
Democrats take this view ot the situa
tion. In this way, it is asserted, the
tact could be emphasised to the coun
try, that the Republican party has
been forced to come around to the
principle of Democracy.
, "As was stated tn this correspond
ence a month ago it does not look like
any force on earth could prevent the'
nomination of Wm. J. Bryan for the
Democratic Presidential nomination.
This week the Democratic National
Committee will assemble here to se
lect the date and place for the nomi
nating convention. Many cities are ri
vals for the honor of entertaining the
host of Democracy, but as yet there
is bo cry sta illation of sentiment in fa
vor of any one city. There promises
to be a very Interesting tight over the
select km of the) date for holding the
convention. The question Is whether
the Democracy will hold its conven
tion ia advance or aft er-the Republi
can convention. Undoubtedly the com
mittee will give heed to the sugges
tions or Mr. Bryan and his friends
with reference to this matter." , 1
By all means let the Democrats de
part from their practice for many
quadrenniuxns past, and first lay down
the principles upon whieh they Intend
to force the fighting. The Democratic
party, under the innueoce of "sane
and safe" impulses, so-called, has for
too long been s party, of negation.
Now that both its principles and Its
leadership harmonize and are practi
cally settled in advance, it should avail
itself of the opportunity ' to get the
credit of "blazing the way."
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES.
The length and comparative empti
ness of the last Presidential message
have drawn attention to these docu
ments generally. Mr. F. J. Haskin, a
staff writer of the Atlanta Journal
writes interestingly of them as fol
lows: .
' Just at this time of each year the
big feature of the day's news ia the
president's message to the senate and
the bouse of representatives in which
he reviews the state of the anion and
recommends certain legislation. It is
interesting to note the changes that
havw taken place in this custom since
the first congress met 118 years aga
The first presidents met the two hous
es of congress and delivered their an
nual addresses 1b person, but no execu
tive has done this sine the time of
John Adams, the first one to abandon
the practice being Thomas Jefferson
The character of the presidential mes
sages has also changed with the times,
but their importance has not decreas
ed. -.
The fathers thought that this revie
would be an absolute necessity for ths
guidance of congress, as the president
had the advantage ot especial oppor
tunities to know what was going os
all over the country, while members of
congress could know only of their own
localities. ; The modern aewsnaper has
changed this function of the office of
the president in that every member
of congress knows what is happen inr
all over the world from day to day.
Therefore the president's annua1 re
view is no longer a news letter, ba
a. purely political document It n
not intended for congress alone, but
is meant -for the whole nation. Coplei
are sent in advance to all the newspa
pers through the press associations
Linotype operators from Maine to
Mexico know what the message will
say long before congress knows it
And the moment that the clerk In tn
house of representatives begins to read
tbe message every newspaper is in
formed by wire that the message is
"released.'' whereupon the paper goez
on the street w1thin a few minutes
containing the whole thing.
George Washington, when the gov
ernment under the constitution was
first formed, followed English customs
closely, and it was his habit to deliver
an annual address to the two houses
of congress, meeting together. - As is
the custom of the king of England, his
addresses were in part to both houses
and in part to the lower house only.
President Washington knew tbe eonsti
takm too well, and the jealousies of
the times too well, to make a recom
mendation affecting revenue laws
without being particular to address
it separately to the "gentlemen of the
house of representatives." for the con
stitution provides that revenue meas
ures shall originate in that body. So
they do, but when the senate get
through with a tariff bill it has some
times lost an evidence of its origin.
General Washington was a frequent
visitor in the halls of Congress. He
went there to "advise" with the senate
concerning treaties, and to obtain the
senators' "consent" to his nominations
of office. The constitutional phrase
advice, and consent of the senate
was taken in a literal sense In those
days. ; There were few senators then.
and no parties. Such simple methods
would not be possible to-day. Suppose
Mr. Roosevelt went to the senate to
urge the confirmation of his own ap
pointees and thereby took advantage
of the opportunity for a running de
bate with Senator Tillman? It would
make' good reading, but public busi
ness might be delayed. .
Thomas Jeberson was the first pres
ident to send a written message to the
assembling congress, and the preced
ent he set has been followed by every
president since. With the exception
of Washington's- Farewell . Address.
which was really addressed to the
whole people, Mr.. Jefferson's were
the first messages to take on a char
acter of great political importance.
Washington had merely submitted sug
gestions, and Adams confined himself
to discussion of immediate issues. Mr.
Jefferson was the first to declare broad
policies In his messages, and to insist
upon their adoption by the congress. .
Tbe form of presidential messages
has never varied from that given them
by Mr. Jefferson. The differences In
the messages from year to year have
been the result of personality, chang
ing Issues, growth of the country and
the broadening of the audience to In
clude all the people. It was the fash
ion of tbe early presidents to express
a modest doubt of their own qualifica
tions, and to hedge their recommenda
tions with politely differential phrases.
That fashion has quite disappeared. -
Theodore Roosevelt has written at
greater length to congress than has
any other president; although many
have served a full eight years, while
he has not seven to his credit Graver
Cleveland stands next to Mr. Roose
velt in point of total length of messag
es, while even Mr. Roosevelt cannot
touch the Cleveland record for perpen-
ftlifilar-'Tiremwne and veto messages.
The third In the honor list for the total
length of mesHHges is Andrew John-
i. although he wan president for less
i Mir years, lie wos Involved In
a bitted quarrel with congress during
almost the whole time of his adminis
tration, and this was the reason for
his writing so many messages and
such long ones. Mr. Cleveland Is the
only president who ever addressed
an annual message to congress In
which only one question was discuss
ed. He made the tariff the sole sub
ject of his annual message of Decem
ber. 1887.
The most quoted of all presidential
messages is Washington's Farewell
Address. Almost every president has
quoted from that master paper or baa
referred to Its doctrines. It was In this
document that Washingon declined to
permit the people to elect him tor the
third time, thereby establishing a
precedent never yet' violated. The
earnest, lofty, simple appeal of Wash
ington's Farewell Address was accept-'
ed when first published, aa the last
political will and testament of a great
patriot It la held today to be the
greatest interpretation ot the true
principles of our government, so far
as conscience may rule, and most Am
ericans still believe that perfect safety
is aot to be found If the nation loses
the moorings of its doctrines.
The second great and living doctrine
declared by a president In a message
to congress was penned by the same
band that wrote the. Declaration of
Independence, the hand of Thomas
Jefferson. It was the message in
which he took the position that this
government should not enter Into any
"entangling alliances" with any other
nation or aaUona. Tbe force' ot that
message Is still felt in the country,
and while it would be putting It too
strong to say that Its influence Is
dominant, the doctrine R set up Is
deeply rooted ia the minds of many of
the people. -
A message ot a president la potent
even to add to the constitution in
some instances. Of course in cannot
actually add an amendment to the
document, but It may declare a prin
ciple which will be adopted as funda
mental, and thus, to all intents and
purposes form a part of the
stitution. James Monroe did this.
When he announced In an annual mes
sage to congress that the state depart
ment was progressing in its correspon
dence with the Emperor of Russia
concerning the Russian possessions in
Northwest America, 1 he might have
stopped. - That fact ia forgotten. But
when he declared, in commenting on
that fact, that the United States would
not tolerate' the further extension
Europe dominions in the western con
tinent , he made himself immortal.
The Monroe Doctrine is as mneh
part of the constitution as the Bill of
Rights. Both were put in after the
the constitution was made, one by
formal amendments and the other by
j. president's message.
' The moat popular president the coun
try had ia the old days was Andrew
Jackson. He was the first president to
grapple with the Tnoney power.
His messages dealing with the bank
question and declaring the basic prin
ciples of "sound monei have been
guiding stars to every succeeding pres
ident who has discussed the same
questions, whether in opposition or
support of Jackson s theory.- Jackson.
like- Washington, wrote a formal fare
well address. Jackson s was much
concerned with the financial question
of the moment, but there is little doubt
that the present congress will hear
Quotations from it Such as this sen
tence, tor instance "It is one ot the
serious evils of our present system of
banking that it enables one class of
society and that by no means
numerous one by its control of the
currency, to act injuriously upon the
Interests of all the others, and to ex
ercise more than its Just proportion
ot muneuce in political affairs."
'While the question is now dead and
forgotten, no president of the days
before the civil war could wholly ig
nore the constant fear that the onion
might be disbanded. But was Jackson,
in his famous messages on nullifica
tion in South Carolina, who first de
clared the right of the union to force
the states to obey the laws. The sub
ject ot the preservation of the union
is no longer discussed, because it is
no longer a question, and Jackson's
declaration in- a message to congress
that "the constitution and the laws
are supreme, and the union indissolu
ble, is accepted absolutely. '
Presidential messages which ' have
had great influence upon the political
life of the, country do aot all belong to
the history of the early days. ., Mr.
Roosevelt has discussed everything in
bis messages, proving that the presi
dent to-day writes as much to tbe
whole people as he does to congress.
He has declared in one message that
the most important question before
the people of the republic was ' the
employment of women. Yet this ques
tion has not become a great national
issue. He recommended in one mes
sage the establishment of a whipping
post for wife-beaters, but it was not
done. But there have been Roosevelt
messages of a different character.
When Mr. Roosevelt was elected
president in 1904 by an unprecedented
majority, the country did not consider
the regulation of railroads as one of
the great issues. Rate regulation bad
been declared for in the platform of
the party opposing Mr. Roosevelt, but
its cardidate had done nothing to make
tbe question prominent But when
Mr. .Roosevelt became president "in
his own right" he took up the ques
tion, of the government regulation of
railroad rates incorporated bis views
in a message to congress. The ques
tion at once became the paramount is
sue in congress. The country knows
how the radicals and the conservatives
battled over that bill, and how, also,
when it came to a vote, there were
but seven representatives and three
senators recorded in the negative. .
The message Mr. Roosevelt sends
to this congress may or may not create
another, new issue.. .There will be
many things in which the people will
forget within this week, for there are
always such things tn annual messag
es. But these students of affairs who
know the potency of presidential mes
sages will not fail, this year, to Join
the financiers in a close perusal of
tbe document . ' .
"OODENISM," LIKE CHARITY,
SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME. .
Norfolk Virginian.) : v
yr Andrew 8. Diaper. New York
State Commissioner of Education, told
the State Federation of Women's
CIGbs the other day that "the percen
tage of illiteracy in the State of New
York is many times greater than in
Great Britain, or France, or the Ger
man Empire, or Switzerland, or Scan
dinavia, or Japan." It would appear
that Ogdenism Ilk charity, should be
gin at home.
A Policy, Not Projects,
Dallas News.)
The announcement that the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress will
stand for policy and not for a project
w rather opposite, since tbern has
been a disposition to commit lb to the
Lakes-to-the-Gulf project That pro
ject Is all tight -but the moment the
Rivers and Harbors Congress begins
lending its influence to any one pro
ject, that moment It wilt lose power
to promote the eausp pf waterways improvement,
Cleveland and Roosevelt Act as if
They Thought Wall Street the -Whole
Thing.
Msrshvllle Home.)
The farmers' organisations that are
advocating the warehouse plan would
be oa the safe side it the national ad
mtntift ration would show the farmers
as much consideration as It shows the
Wall street bankers. But what good
will warehouses do when banks get
'scared' -and refuse to advance money
on stored cotton? Grover Cleveland's
Democratic administration acted like
it considered Wall street the seat of
government and that administration
even held secret midnight conferences
with New York financial sharpers.
Roosevelt's Republican administration
seem to also look npoa Wall street
as the whole thing, and it proceeds to
dump the government reservation ot
money into Wall street banks, and
refuses to notice a demand from
Southern banks for deposits enough
to keep Southern farmers from being
forced to sell cotton that ia worth 16
cents for 10 cents. United States
Presidents now are not like tbe kind
that administered affairs In the first
half of the last century.
'" REINCARNATION.
PaU Mall Gazette.) "
In lonely ways or dim forgotten, tends.
Ah. do yon not recall how once we
- .-went?
Did we not gaze, and hold each other's
r '. hands, - ..:.'.
In utter ecstacy of sheer content?
As tor what we , said we said but
nothng;
The naked truth was ours, that needs
v no clothing,
Strange flowers were near us name-
less to me now. -'
And strange old cities -were they
quick or dead, -We
met we two the when or why
or how -..
, Matters no more. That golden hour
is fled, . - . v.
But ineffaceable its glory lingers.
As melodies survive their primal sin
' V ".
And you? The moment eyes encount--:
ered eyes,
Yours were alight with memorial
1 .and with dreams. ' -Yon
are mine, all mine; yon know it
;-- O, be wise,. '.
' Ere over all our Past and Present
t - streams.
And snaps our secret chains of Joy and
wonder, v
And whelms, and whirls as Impotent,
asunder. -. .
Listen! In visions I will come to-night.
;. And seek with yon those old mys-
; terious lands.
and we shall see, in the gray, un
certain light
Do you remember? where the tem
ple stands.
The desolate temple ot some faith un
known.
The .sunset fading on its solemn stone.
-. - , . -.
And we shall never leave those lands
; again,
But all that should have been for us,
. .. . snail ne . .
Reality foregone, dreams shall remain,
- And sweet oblivion cover you and
me.
Dara ail, renounce all come! ..J do
not doubt jou-
I who have waited centuries without
. you,
A Judge On Judges.
Philadelphia Press.) '
Justice William J. Gaynor of Brook
lyn, who had to accept a renomination
from three parties Republican, Demo
cratic and Independence , League
thought the occasion sufficiently im
portant to decant a lHtle on the duties
of judges and what should be their at
titude towards new ideas. He said
"This country is now passing
through great economic changes.
hope they are not to be obstructed or
thwarted by the judiciary. The Judges
should not be mere- obstructionists to
the wholesome reforms of statesmen,
and tbe people. This is a subject that
we lawyers and. Judges should begin
to discuss. We must not let things
run until we are condemned from the
outside. As a rule the Judges in past
ages have stood against the natural
progress of the community, against ev
ery wholesome reform, whether free
ing - the slave - here, or freeing
commerce, - or freeing opinion, the
world over. I need not recite m proof
of this tbe bigoted and reactionary ju
dicial decisions, not to mention the
judicial murders, which dot and disfig
ure the pages of history. It behooves
tbe Judges and lawyers to be conser
vative in tbe true sense, but not hide
bound and reactioEary-
It ia not. the nature of the bench
to lead, nor do we know that it is
their province to lead. - Their place
seems to be that ot holdback on the
ear of progress, and sometimes they
fill the roll of pullback. .Occasionally a
judge wlH discover unsuspected vitali
ty and power in-an old statute, but
much more frequently the courts are
Industrious and ingenious in finding
constitutional flaws in new statutes
or in so limiting their scope and effect
by Interpretation as to defeat the pur
purpose of the legislature In enacting
mem.- . .
LIGHTWOOCv-- -
Smithfield Herald.) - V !
wnen this country was first settled
by tbe whites and later when the prin
cipal products of North Carolina were
"tar, pitch and turpentine" Ughtwood
was tbe fuel chiefly used. It was so
much used because it was more easily
prepared for use than any other fuel
and because It made light and saved the
candle and the oil in the lamp. Many of
our oldest citizens got what education
they have by studying; la front of the
iigntwood knot ore. - But ughtwood
never made the best fuel. It produced
too much soot and Its fire was irregu
lar and did not last so wen. aa that of
other fueL . v - '
The days for burning Ughtwood. and
nothing else, have passed. The tan
tern takes the place ot the banter!
torch light and tbe bright lamp takes
the place of the Ughtwood knot fire
before which the school children of
the past sat.: Llehtwood Is still wast-
ed by some people but In most cases
it is now used only for kindling pur
poses. .Whatever has been the prac
tice. of the past every farmer should
now make It a rule to use It sparing
ly In the future, gome of it should
be allowed to remain unused for oth
er years to some. This can easllv be
done if a little forethought is exer
cised to arrange tbe wood supply.
. un some farms tbe Ughtwood has
been burnt until the supply Is exhaust
ted and on others it Is getting scarce.
Not long ago we heard some young men
complaining that their Ughtwood bad
about given out and tbey would have
to cut oak wood.
Any man who lives In town a vear
or two learns something of tbe valne
of wood and especially that of light
woodL Do you waste Ughtwoodt If
o, It Is time to stop It Take care of
tbe Ughtwood and see that none of It
is bum unnecessarily.
Miss Lottie Wemyss has returned
from a visit to frienda In Wilmington,
HOW THEY MISREPRESENT
BRYAN
The Cotnomner.)
The Kansas City (Mo.) Post In Its
issue of November II said that dis
patches from Washington In the morn,
ing papers of that day quoted Mr
nryaa as Having made thta statement
"I am disposed to believe that, the
mosi unrortunate act ot Andrew J ark
son's administration was his veto ot
the act renewing the charter of the
-u tea states banks. I say this, rec
ognising that no act of his was more
popular at the time and from then un
till now,' none has been more tinl van
saUy approved by the American peo-
!. a large central bank, clothed
with authority to discount commercial
paper and to Issue currency against
the same as In other great commercial
countries, would do much to n raven t
a repetition of conditions such as we
are now experiencing, but the Ameri
can people are against such central
izes commercial power, and ' I do not
believe five per, cent of either hnn
of congress could be induced to vote
therefor. Much good would be accom
plished a the banks of - this country
were permitted to indorse acceptances
urawsi against actual values and In
the ordinary course of trade without
reporting the same as re-discount An
other essential is a great-reservoir
corresponding to'the central bank of
other -countries,7 where In times of
pressure the excess credit can be stor-
ea ana notes issued against it"
. Tbe Commoner hasnq. dojibt that
the Uttle chap who does duty as office
ooy in tne sanctum of the Kansas Cltv
Post could have' told tho editor ot the
Post that Mr. Bryan never made the
statement attributed to htm. But the
eaitor quotes the erroneous matter and
proceeds to read Mr. Bryan out of the
uemocrauc party. ,'
Of course Mr. Bryan- did not nwke
any such statement. By some strange
mtstace in newspaper dispatches the
statement, as printed above, which
waa really made by Former Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw, was attributed
to Mr. Bryan. . The Kansas Cltv Times
from whose morning edition the Kan
sas City Post obtained this statement
printed in its evening edition this cor
rection: A statement by ex-Secretary
Shaw of the treasury department
m new York last night in favor of
federal bank, was, by an error, credit
ed In the Times' this morning to Wil
liam j. uryan."
: This Is not the first time the Poet
haa, while professing a friendly spirit
toward Mr. Bryan, shown a disposi
tion to seize the smallest pretext to
attack him. The Post is of course en
titled to Its own opinion and: what
ever its opinion concerning Mr. Bryan
The Commoner has no - complaint
to make. But if the Post would create
among its Democratic readers a pre
judice against Mr. Bryan it ought In
Justice to itself; to adopt some more
plausible basis- pi attack than the
claim that Mr. Bryan made an assault
upon the memory of Andrew Jackson.
-THfifREAL OBSTACLE.
Mexican Herald.)
- How to win the South American
trade is the theme of many American
journals since the return from the
lower continent ot Professor Shepherd
of Columbia University. . This learned
gentleman went South at the Instance
of the Bureau of American Republics,
now presided over by Hon. John Bar
rett, Pan-American diplomatist, push
ful politician and former American
minister to Siam, Argentina and the
republiqulta of Panama. . .
Professor Shepherd, at some consid
erable expense, acquired in his travels'
in 8outh America the following bag'
gage, oi familiar facts: That on the
part of . United States manufacturers
ind merchants there is not sufficient
itudy of the precise needs of custom
ers, that goods are not properly pack-
cu, ana that mere is a lack of direct
and swift communication. AH this
might have been learned from the
lea of the Mexican Herald at no cost
whatever. But we venture to tell the
Right Hon. Mr. Barrett and the wonder
ing Shepherd that what alls American
lug Shepherd hat what ails American
trade with South America is the high
tariff, shutting out the staple exports
of the lower section of Latin America,
ana making it hard to get return car
goes, no matter If a commercial Arma
da be sent down there. The Panama
canal will not win any more trade
with the west coast of South America
so long aa the standpaters of protec
tionism keep up the Dlnelev tariff
oars. - ..s,:...", .,.,. !:.....,-:
RIP VAN WINKLE
The recent open air nerformanm nf
Kip van Winkle at Palerrvllle. In the
Catskills, has brought to light a sin
gular story told by an old farmer of
that 'vicinity, who was close to tbe
century mark when he died' last
spring."' The spot chosen for the out-
of-door representation of the drama
was reputed to be the site of the old
uutcn village of Falling Waters, which
Washington frying made the scene of
Rip's home, and close by In a hovel,
rather than a home, built of rough
blocks of stone, until a few months
ago, lived old Farmer Abeels, who
claimed to be a direct descendent of
the man from whose strange history
the first great American author evolv
ed tbe legend of Rip Van Winkle.
Under a clamp of huge trees, near by.
is the family burying ground of the
Abeels. . A few rough-hewn, time-worn
headstones mark tbe place.' One of
these from which the Inscription had
faded, was pointed out to by a favor
ed few by tbe old farmer as the last
resting place of the original Rip. The
last of the Abeels was not buried
there, modern laws forbidding the use
of the old burying ground, ' ,';:;; '
Abeel was totally unknown to or
dinary tourists and rarely told his tale
to strangers. - That he firmly believed
himself a descendant of the original
Rip Van Winkle is certain. Much con
densed and divested of many quaint
and characteristic arguments snd con
clusions by which tbe old , fellow
sought to prove tbe truth of his con
tentions, his story was as follows:
In the days just before the Revolu
tion Johannes Abeels, a ne'erdo-well
wbo had squandered most of his estate
at the foothills of the Catskills granted
to his father, suddenly began to brag
of wealth In bis cups and to exhibit
basdfuls of goldpleces. To his shrew
ish wife he declared he had found a
mine of buried treasure which , waa
guarded by goblins in the mountains.
It was noticed, however, that his mon
ey was of French coinage, and this
aroused the suspicion of his loyal
neighbors, who accused him of con-
plring against King George III. One
night, after a debauch and a violent
quarrel with bis wife, be took his gun
and went up Into the mountains.
Twenty years passed. A younger
generation beard the story of bow the
village vagabond had probably been
carried off by the ghosts of Henry
Hudson s crew, who lured their vic
tims to destruction with "schnaps"
brewed by demons. British rule' bad
been swept away throughout the land.
The now patriotic Americans of Fall
ing Waters were startled one day by
the drit of a white-bearded man tot-
rliiK down the mountainside, Little
children (1"d at his approach, but the
Older residents recognized In the erna-
Sated wreck the long-lout Johannes
'Abeels. His mind was a blank. He
talked as If only a single nlghf had
pas&ed since he left his old homestead
and hla wife, now long since dead.
The old man was regarded with awe,
for the story got around that he bad
slept for 20 years In Sleepy Hollow, up
In the mountains.
Nursed back to some recollection ot
his wanderings the old man eventually
revealed in disjoint led scraps how he
had been led Into Illicit traffic with tbe
Indians who had come down the river
from Canada, and who paid him in
French gold. It waa gathered that the
night ot his disappearance he had be
come intoxicated aboard their vessel
and carried Into Canada vi-nre he was
practically held In BUr:-r knowing
nothing ot the momentous c ippenlngs
In his own country. ' How he had es
caped and found his way back to the
mountains was never learned.'
Tbe old farmer at Palenviiie was
firm in his belief that Irving founded
his legend of Rip Van Winkle on the
adventures of his forefather, and that
the original hero of the Catskills lies
buried under that clump of trees near
which the open-air performances of
the famous drama was recently given.
His history Uea buried with old Farm
er Abeels.
IT ALL DEPENDS. '
The Commoner.) vm
. In criticising those vho hor rd their
money in secret placet, only to bave
It stolen, the New York Herald says
"A thief can not negotiate a non-trans
ferable dividend paying stock." It all
depends on whether the thief is
mere porch climber or second story
worker, or an eminent financier whe
plays the "Raffles" act from the in
side.
. . - Republican and ths South.
Lexington Dispatch.)
' When Wall street calls for. money
the Republican administration carts
over a . number of milftons. - When
tbe great Southern country with
billion dollar cotton crop needs a few
millions to keep the crop from being
sold at a sacrifice (the Republican ad
ministration turns a deaf 'ear to the
appeal And yet our cheerful Repub
lican friends boast in every campaign
that they are friends of the 8outh
Tbey have never been friends ot the
South and never will be. A Southern
msn cannot vote for any such party
and be true to bis country.
Roosevelt and Cromwell.
; .-- ...v. ..
Philadelphia Record.)
Mr. F. J. SUmson, well known In
law and Uterature, Is giving tbe Low
ell lectures In Boston upon the Consti
tution. , The sin of Cromwell and
George III. he pointed out "lav in mix-
ing up the functions of the executive
and the Judiciary." He cited the fact
that Roosevelt in his life ot Cromwell,
recognized him as tbe greater of tbe
two tryants, because, although he may
have bad the intention ot doing right,
he took it upon himself to decide
what was, right Mr. Stimson added
that "one of tbe important infringe
ments upon the rights of the people,
ana one that Roosevelt does not men
tion, was his attempt to name his own
successor." -
Illiterates in the Learned Professions.
Columbia Herald.)
Maston Doty Uved in Cedar town
ship forty years ago. Preichers were
scarce andv the demand "jbr .preaching
was great. Brother Doty waa a mem
ber of the Primitive Baptist church
and often filled the several pulpits on
Saturdays and Sundays. He was
fluent speaker and often grew elo
quent in some appeal for truth.
lawyer who -could not read was Cap
tain Callaway. It has not been more
than a quarter of a century since he
practiced in the justice of the peace
courts ofCedar township. He was a poli
tician as well as a lawyer.. His title
was - acquired - during the eivil' war,
where he was an officer in- the Confed
erate army. - Mr. Callaway could not
write or draw up any papers, but was
wonderfully strong before a Jury of
his neighbors. - He had a remarkable
memory. His daughter would read
him the law untill he could repeat it
by heart When In court afterward
he has often been seen with his law
book upside down reading the statute
to the jury verbatim. His argument
was such as to be most convincing
to the jurors, especially if the jury
were- packed.. . . ..
LONGING FOR THE EVENING-TIDE.
For the Observer.) . ; ,
Tired, so tired the dreary Journey -
Up Life s rugged mountain side.
Tired, my feet so tired and weary,
Longing for the evening-tide.
Tlredjo tired, of ever watching
Rainbow tints that cannot last: -
To see them fade away and die
Just beyond my eager grasp. -
Tired, so tired, of ever climbing
up tares rough and rugged steeps:
To fall again bruised and bleeding,
wnen the goal was just in reach.
Tired, so tired, 1 am and weary i - '
Of .the cold world's chilling blast:
Tired alike of praise or censure . .
Neither, in this life will last
Tired, so tired, but drawing nearer, ,
nearer to the mountain crest;
Lord, my faltering footsteps guide
Lad Thou me on to rest
:s''-' F, N. T. .
Mr, John H. 8ikes Dead. '
From Monday's Daily.
Mr. John H. Sixes died In Charles
ton, S. C, yesterday morning and his
remains were brought here test night
and taken to tbe residence on Mum
ford street of Mrs. Edward Bikes,
mother of the deceased, from whence
the funral took place this afternoon
at S:30 o'clock. ,
Mr. Bikes, who was about 40 years
of
age, has for a number of years
been cashier of tbe Southern Express
Company, in Charleston, and was high-
respected by all who knew him.
He was a ton of the late Edward Bikes
and is. survived by his mother, two
brothers Walter of this city, Edward
of Charleston, and two sisters, Misses
Fannie and Elizabeth. . ' '
The deceased had been III In Fay-
etteville for several months, and it
was only a week or two ago that he
returned to Charleston, though really
not able then to return to work.
- Fire lit Cincinnati,
By telegraph to the Observer.
Cincinnati, Xk. 11. A dlsasrous
fire today oestroyed the big factory
of th Pan Mfg. Co. There was 1100
000 loss. The occupants of near-by
teueiueni' houses' were panic stricken,
but firemen confined the flames to
tho factory ,
H. W. LILLY, President J025 0. ELLIKGTCS, V. P. and Cashier.
JOHS H. HIGHTOWER, Assistant Caahler.
Fourtli National Bank
f FaycttcvUlc, N. C
Condensed Statement at the Close of Cashless
December 3, 1807. ...
RESOURCES, ; ' ' LIABILITIES.'
Loans and Bonds . . .$753,164.18 Capital . . , ... .. .'. , '. Jioo.ooo.oo
Overdrafts ..... . . 4.721.80 .Surplus. . . . . . . . 50,000.00
Building,, Furniture and Profits . . . , , , 7.608.32
Vault.. ... . , ". . . 15,000.00 Circulation, . , . . . . 100,000.00
Demand Loans, $59,726.80 Rediscounts and Bills . , ,
Due from Banks, 106,931.55 . Payable .'. .. ... 45,500.00
Cash, . . , . . 55.973-4 Deposits . . .... . ... .597,409.47
222.631.8r Bond Account 105,000.00
$i.oo5.S7-79
We Invite Your Account,
Elmer
One Tiling Certain
No matter what happens, no matter what the occasion, yon can always de-
-.- - '. . i ' ' pend upon . . . ' . ...
PERFECTION
in season and ont of season.- Whether for Thanksgiving or 'Xmas,. fair
weather or foul, panic or prosperity, you win ALWAYS find it' the Flour
you need." It's , . .i- '.'' .
- The Fbur That
, Never Fails.
Isn't it "worth while" to buy a Flour like that? To say nothing of the
price; it costs no more than the ordinary kinds. '
All other goods in this store fresh, first-class, and reasonable in price.
Groceries, General Merchandise
: and Seasonable Goods.
Courteous treatment and square dealing to all. ; V
; A. P. JOHNSON, Manager,
Wholesale and. Retail Grocer,- ' "
No. 107 Hav otreet. Fsvstievitle.' N. 0; - Phone 58. '
Cloaks and Coat Suits At
Special Prices: r
We have soid more Cloaks , this, season than ever
before and have still a large number on hand. ' These are
mostly in the higher qualities, the prices ranging from
$15 to 25, and in order to close these out quickly, we have
cut the prices severely: . ,
$15.00 Cloaks now i2.5o " -.17.50
I3.50
25.00 . " 17.50 . .
These are in Tan and Black and all sizes. A great vari
ety of Cloaks in Tan and Black
' $12.50 values at $10.00 "
' -10.00 '..-" . 7.50
Misses' and Children's Cloaks at almost any price $2.00
:lrSr - . . . . to $7.50. . -
in Ladies' Coat Suits we have not-a great many
left, and do not think there will he nn W hw'Tmao
Right prices and greatest values on Cloaks and Suit Come
now while you can get your size. - . v " - -
FRANK W.
. E. A. POE BRICK CO., (INC.) -
BRICK MANUFACTURERS
, FAYETTKVILLE, M. 0.
Daily Capacity
90,000
PLANT NUMBER ONE LOCATE!'
ON L C. L. RAILROAD NEAR FAIR
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' J' ' - " i- . ' r --, ' - v .- . .
GROUNDS. . .
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Fruit Cake for Chrislmasr
All Sizes and Grades
- Made to Order.
Don't wait until the last minute when the msh is on, but
Order Now And Get Ex-. ,
" . actly What You Want . :
If yon prefer, to make your' own cake yourself, let u bake it
for you, and save you the worry of watching-it.
HcIIeill Bakery Go.
"x Green Street.
Cliriotmao Goodo
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LEATHER, BRASS. PYROGRAPHY,
T0Y8, ETC.
ALL Ol'EN. Cotno and ioloct your present! 1 bolore tlie rush""'"
THE NOW COOK GTOIXE CO.
$'.005,517.79
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Commercial or Savings
THORNTON
Brick. .
PLANT NUMBER TWO LOCATED
ON SOUTH END COOL SPRING ;
STREET. '
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