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TUB OBSERVER. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C THURSDAY, JVSK ti, Wti. C i. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. E. J. Hale, Jr, Business Manager. ' CHARLOTTE, Oa Wednesday the great Democratic Bute Convention wUI assemble in Charlotte, Una flrat since tie memora- bleoaeof 1851. Commoa expectation attrfbatea to the comlnc convention momentous consequences, and history tells ni bow Important vera the results of that of a half century ago. Bat, to this writer. Interest lies chiefly in bis own retrospect the recollection of the lit. tie tow of to ante-betlam period, in contrast with the splendid city which entertained the Press Contention the other day. Ia 1SS7, be was coming with his father's family from Charles ton, and waa oa bla way to enter as a Soph, at Chapel HilL Some daya were spent ta Charlotte In connection with Dr. Hawke's great Mecklenburg era Uoa. It was an aspiring town then. bat quite small In comparison with larger ptacea Fayetteville, for exam ple. And be baa watched Its phenom enal growth since, the resnn - lock and aeaha -ot the remarkeble people who stirred the sleeping col onies (a lTTi. " Charlotte has often been called boastful city, bat It always "makes good." It started out a year ago to call itself The Convention City." Be fore one could quite realise the mean ing of this pretension, behold, it Is. in deed. The Contention City, Charlotte progressive and beaatifnl! No doubt the beat and turmoil of a North Carolina State Contention, the torn nit, and the wounds and scars of ny conflicts, will find, this time, un- aitigation ia the hospitality of Charlotte, whose crrie motto shoo Id ho: "Farther ia Re; Suaviter enjoy the benefits of such a system. Certainly no .section .would profit by the system as the great North Went woold profit by it, France is illustrat ing the Immeasurable benefits coming from the adoption and the enforce ment of an enlightened and definite system with river and rail supplement ing and completing each other as means of transpportatioa without hos tility between them, bat with both sharing in the benefits that come In every interest In the entire countrr. Note. The writer takes occasion fear to auk acknowledgment of the aneommoa hospitality with which he was treated on the occasion of his re cent visit to Charlotte with his breth ren of the Press at the hands of Xeasr. Caldwell, of the Observer, Dowd, of the News, and Harris, of the Chronicle, all of them, editors and pa vers, splendid exemplars of modern Journalism. The tardiness .of this ac knowledgment results from the fact that, upoa his return from the Press Convention, be waa forced to Jump Into the Fayetteville street paring contest, and, then. Immediately, to leave for the Washington waterways convention. THE VERDICT OF NEUTRAL TER RITORY, Webster's Weekly.) Three splendid gentlemen are ask ing for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Their merits bit' b-en presented by sealoas ehar-iploes. There is not the faintest suspicion against the Integrity of either. Many have found It difficult to decide be tween them. Mr. Craig lives beyond the Bine Ridge, and the mountain peo ple are practically solid for him. Mr. Kltchla has represented the Fifth Dis trict with signal ability for the past twelve rears, redeeming it in ISM from the dominion of the brilliant Set tle, and naturally the Fifth District de sires to see him honored with the gov ernorship. The Second District, which hla father formerly represented In Con gress, and now represented by bis brother, is of course partial to him. Mr. Horne bases his claims oa the ground that he Is a business man and farmer and that the State needs a rest from agitation. AH the counties have acted, with the result that the State Coaventioa will have to canvass the sl'uation and darJA u i,..r. Mr. Kitcnin goes up to tne conven tion with a lead of 50 votes over his nearest competitor. Mr. Craig. Mr. Home's friends insist that he holds the key to the situation and that the friends of the two leading candidates ill come to him rather than see u written Governor Kitchln or Governor Craig. Mr. Home's vote Is about 142. or less than naif of that of his near est rival. The Weekly is confident that Mr Kitcnin win win the prize. When the delegates get to Charlotte and com pare notes they will look at the mai ler ia this way: The three mountain districts say Craig, the Fifth and Sec ond Say Kitchln. Charlotte and Wil mington, and Johnston count v i Horne. Now what do the nentral cocn llea aay? Then they will turn to tb Charlotte Observer's bulletin of Ma' 17th aad will read thia: "Seven counties held primaries yes terday and though many of ihm weir In Congressman W. W. or Claude Kitchin's district the results of the bal lotlng for the day leaves Mr. Lock Craig still with a good lead, a matter of some 5 votes. It was Mr. Kltchin't best day snd it is said that with yesM-r day's balloting he has aboa: run b! coarse that the battle from hence forth will be fought in neutral terri ory and that Mr. Craig will have the beat of it triclty" goej back twenty-fire centu ries and U derived from the Greek work "eieclroo" imaning amber. Thia aruti r -3nn- from the north Baltic rou!crIrs and was extensively used la tb- arts and for ornamental purposes. It tta cue of the oJd Grek phlloio- phtra, Thales. who discovered in pol ishing this amber stylus that the fos silised resin possessed the mysterious power of attracting light bodies whea robbed- Thales argued tbat the amber posxeased the ssecret of life but he failed to eiplaia the megnetic attrac tion. The learning of the Greeks was sdopted by the Romans and Pliny, the elder, wrote consider be of this strange property of amber. He said the stone waa rubbed Into life by hla fingers. The Romans contented them selves with this knowledge and arriv ed no further towards a aolutioa of the problem. - While they believed Jove hurlf d his immortal thunderbolts In just anger over some fancied wrong they little knew that their amber or- j laments contained the secret of the ligb'ing. The great Caesar was awed and astounded at the strange lights which oa certain nights played ghost like about . the apiked helmets and spear points of the Roman legions. Too?- ascient minds believed mora ghosts ad Immortal than ia science. They little understood aatarw aad al- trlbu:ed n such phenomena to static electricity shining la "St Elmos light' a pen the iteel spear points of the army ard the masts of each tireme In the Roman navy waa translated aa a message from the gods In assurance of victory. Fortunately electricity waa neither forgotten or neglected wbea the great Roman citiliiauoa passed away and the Dark Aces succeeded. The next a o ctcctncmi experiments is rec- RIVER AND RAIL. i It b frequently asserted, and with excellent foundation, that the Prus- alaa system of Inland waterway im ' provement a work ia which no see- 'tloa of the country is so vitally inter- , ested aa the great North West is the ; heat aad the most comprehensive In , all Europe, but the inland waterway system of France Is, none the less, a most admirable object lesson. That France should eater on the expends - tare of more than one billion of dol j. Ian oa inland waterway Improvement v Is not surprising. The French are the , most economical, and the richest of .' all peoples of Europe. They saw In the Improved waterway a means of :' communication between producer atl : consumer at once cheap, safe and cor. ' tin nous, and they apredated the fact th hostility between river aad rail . was a hostility without substantial ba- - Imboed with the soundness of 'that view the Committee of the French . Aenale, having the question before It, thas reported to the Senate in 103, -it is inula to deny that traction is less costly by water than by rail and where transportation by water aad by rail art both available they comple ment and complete each other, the ; : one transporting heavy materials, the low cost of which Is aa indispensable condition to the vitality of Industries which augment, la their turn, the traffic of tha railway." , The report, concurred In by both . branches of the legislative body of the ' French Republic, resulted In the per fecting of tha system of Improvement of tha artificial aad tha natural Inland waterways of Franca and every branch ' of trade and commerce Is feeling the ' inestimable benefit of tha wisdom t tha , French legislative body In the completion of a' system which la sow a part of the fixed policy of tha gov- , eminent of the government of . tha country. Of tha traffic on the French waterways tha latest available figures Show that while It reached 22.43S.701 tons la 105, It Increased to 33,977,340 . tons In UOt. Coal was carried by wat er from Cette to Toulouse at 10.77 per ton, while tha railway charge between tha sama points was 11.84. The rat for wheat, on the Rhone between Ly ons and Marseilles, In ISO was f 1.03, per ton, while' by rail between the same points, approximately the same distance, It was $3.(3 per ton. Great though the difference In rates, between the two modes of transporta tion In France unquestionably Is, 'the difference In the United States is still greater with the difficulty, In this county, that the difference applies only to the section enjoying the benefit of an Improved waterway and they-rr few while France reaps the benefit of en Inland waterway system of Ira prorcmcnts, such as the National Rlr ers and Harbors Congress advocates, I i on a fixed policy on definite ! s, with annual appropriations auf : : nt for the work and with the work . :' MWtily prosecuted! Is no reason why every sec i if (' l'nlti'4. Btntos should not Tbna far 4S rnnnties inst ofle-hatf the State have voted, leaving Mr Craig with a lead of 58 votes. The balance of tbe battle Is to be fought out in neutral territory and Mr. Craig's supporters conSdently believe that be ill get a majority of tb? votes to b ritt and thtt he will came to tbe con ventidn with a sufficient number cf rotes to be nominated on the flrat bal lot." How has it bn since then? they will ask. If Kitcnin has exhausted his strongholds when half the counties had poken and was 58 votes behind Craig. where has he secured the votes to not -nly catch up with Craig, but to lead him 54 votes? For answer ther will turn to tbe Charlotte Observer of Jnne 14th. where they will see the counties that have acted since May 17th have divided their votes as fol'ows: Kitchln 178.87 Craig 95.04 Home M.40 Thus they will see that In what the Charlotte Observer pronounces "neu tral territory," Kitchin's rote exceed that of both his competitors combined Eliminating from the account the partiality of the mountain country fo Cralg ard the partiality of the Fifth and Second Districts for K tchin, th "neutral terrtory" has decided fo: Kitchln. Leaving out of the accoun the Tenth. Ninth and Eighth Districts, Craig carries only one Congressional District fa central territory, tbe Sl euth. , Leaving rmf of the account the f ih and Second Districts. Kitchln entries ho First, Third, r'onrth and Sixth Districts, all in neutral terrtory. Or, to t.ew the matter am; her Ugh' Craig gets a plurality In the Seventh, Eighth. Ninth and Tenth Districts, hi Kitcn.o carrio' he Vir-i, Sec ond. Thirl, Fcurth, Fifth and Sixih Diatrricts making his lead by Dis tricts six to four. The hopes of the Horne men are that the rivalry ' between Craig and Kitchln will be so fierce that tbe friends of either will go to the Johns- t aocounty man rather than see Kitch ln or Craig, respectively, win tbe prize, Similar hopes were entertained by the Turner men four years ago. but the man who went Into the convention in the lead held his forces together, and waa nominated by the votes of the Turner and Davidson men. Glenn lacked 78 votes of winning on the first ballot, which waa relatively .tbe same as- Kitchin's, the convention of 1908 being composed of 855 delegates, whereas 'the convention of 1904 bad 1250 votes. Horne has a plurality In only five counties. Johnston, New Han over, Brunswick, Anson and Mecklen burg, whereas Turner had five coun ties and Gen. Davidson ten. We predict tbat the Kitchln, Craig and Horne forces will hold together without a break for several ballots, and that the Horne men from the east will finally gve Kitchln the nomina tion, just aa the Turner and Davidson men did the leading candidate la tbe convention of 1904. , -, -JCltcbin will share generously fa the totes of the nninstructed counties, pecialiy Kowan. Having caught tip with craig, overcoming a lead of 58 votes and distanced him In the race by SO votes in four weeks, he lacks onlv about 60 to win the nomination, and we cannot believe that any combina tion can be formed that can take the prize from blm now. f The' "neutral territory" has spoken ana tne veraict is for Kitchln. crded la the seventeenth century whea Gilbert,, an Englishman, studied the electron and the magnet and wrote bis famous book. De Magnete." which was the beginning of a new era la elec tric science. Gilbert told little that Thales had not known but he paved tbe way for a new scientific develop ment. Guericke, a Prussian, invented the first crude- electric machine. His simple device waa a cylinder of sul phur mounted on aa axle and turned frh a crank. By whirling this cyl inder and pressing a silk cloth against it. frietional or static electricity crrduced. This machine gave a con siderable quantity of electricity and simulated furtherexperimenta. Though uait properties of the mystic force tf re discovered little other progress was made during that century. he next century brought dlacover- es which filled all Eorope with ex ilement and nearly every book print: d during that time contains articles -n electricity. Tne glass electrical -aachine invented at this time con ;iated of a large glass cylinder or 1!sk revolted on an axle and rubbed vith leather. This machine produced terge, brilliant spark. DeFaye, frenchman, sent a spark through a fr;!. 1 ,300feet long and suspending ilrr elf from a silk cord was charged tith electricity. When his friends an- roc.ched him they were astonished to ee i large spark leap from his body o theirs. Musscbenbrock tried to trr? electricity and produced the Ley- jar, named after the city where t was first used, and received a shock 'ti n nearly knocked him to the floor. a 'eyden jar brought alarm and ter- -or o all who aaw for the first time - reat power of electricity. The oors say that Louis XV held an audi- iee with this jar of stored electricity nd that his royal arms were, jerked ariT from their sokets, which mystl- d him greatly. Tn our own Benjamin Franklin 'rr'ed to the front and proved with h kite that the electricity from the -le lion machine and the lightning rom the clouds were the same thing. ie was the greatest electrical scien- ist of the age and the history of elec- rical progress dates practically from hat day. He constructed a battery f !yden jars which waa little short of Mghtning Itself, shocking animals to teath and setting fire to tinder. Franklin s experiments were repeat d in Europe and he was honored as ieing the greatest scientist of the age. Lp to this time static electricity was he only kind known. To-day two ynda of e'ectriclty are recognized: the static electricity which is motion less and takes the form of discbarges 'rom one body to another and electri city generated by chemical action or -necbanleal means. The next worId-a onlshing development In electricity was the discovery of the chemical 1at tery which gave a steady flow of cur rent. A man named Galvani, a professor of anatomy at Bologna, in 1790 was ex perimenting with aa electric machine. By chance some frog legs were lying upon tbe same table having been or dered by a physician for Galvaafs sick wife. A snark jumped to one of the frog's raddles and it twitched aa though with life. Galvani followed an the experiment thinking be had discov ered the secret of life, which waa the topic of all. scientific study and re search la those days. in the course of his experiment Gal vani hung the frog's lees on a cornier hook witn we toes touching on a sine ptate. This also caused the legs to twitch evidencing an electric current. But It remained for Volta to show that Galvani bad created an electric bat tery. Volta constructed bis "voltaic pile" composed of altematinr sheets of copper and sine separated with a ciotn moistened with an acid nlntinn rms gave a continuous flow of elec tricity and scientists droDned their periments with the friction machines to take up the study of the cell bat- Tho Prince of Peace. (Concluded from Page One.) to fill It with purpose, earnestaes and aappluesa. But this Pritice of Peace promises not otitT peace but ttrength. Bume h--v.- thought Hla teachings' fit only for the weak and the ttmid and ao suited to aea of vigor, r aergy and am bition. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Ocly the msa of faith can be coarageoua. Confident that he fights oa tbe ids of Jehovar be doubts not the saceess of his cause. What matter it whether be aha res la the shoots of triumph? If every word spokea la behalf of truth has Its la finenee and every deed doner for the right weighs la tbe final account It Is Immaterial to the Christian whether hla ere b-hold victory or whether he dies In the midst of the cotnUcj. Tea. though thoa lie upon the dust. Whea they who helped thee Dee la fear. Die full of hope aad manly trust. Like those who fell la battle here. Another hand thy sword shall wield. Another hand the standard wave. Till from the trumpets mouth is peal ed The blast of triumph o'er thy grave." Only those who believe attempt the seemingly Impossible and, by attempt ing, pro vi that one with God can chase a thoaand and two can put tea thous and to CighL I can imagine that the early Christians who were carried Into the arena to make a spectacle for those more savage than the beasts. were entreated by their doubting com pan ions not to emiM ifclr lives. But. kneeling ia- the center of in arena, they prayed and sang until they were devoured. How helpless they seemed aad. measured by every human rule, how hopeless was their cause! And yet within a few decades the pow er which they Invoked proved might ier than the legioas of the emperor and the faith la which they died was triumphant oer all that land. It said that those who went to mock at their suffrage returned asking them selves. "What fat It that can enter In to the heart of man and make him die as thee die?" They were greater con querora ia their death than they could have been had they purchased life by a surrender of their faith. What would have been the fate of the church If the early Christians had had aa little faith as many of our Christians now have? And. on the other hand, If the "Christians of today bad tbe faith of martyrs, bow long would It be before the fulfillment of the prophecy that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess? Our faith shall be even stronger than the faith of those who lived two thou sand years ago for we see our relig ion spreading and suDplanting the phil osophies and creeds o: the Orient At the Christian grows older bw ap preciates more and more the complete ness with which Christ fills the re quirements of the heart and, grateful for tbe peace which he enjoys and for the strength which be has receiv ed, be repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones: tlon I silent on that (abject Wis the President ahead of the Republican party Ij advocating thia reform or has the Republican party reeetred rrom tne Pmldent's position? Did the Presi dent give a false alarm oa this ques tion or has the party sounded a retreat? THE PRESIDENTS PARTT BEATS A RKTREAT ON HIS PROPOSI TION THAT PREDATORY -. WEALTH EXISTED. In the President's message to Coa- gress test spring he presented aa In dictment against the conspiracy form- amrng tbe great lawbreakers to pretest tbe enforcement of the laws and to evade the punishment provided by taw. The platform adopted by the Republican coaventioa contains no ia timattra of danger. If there are aay conspiracies, the convention did not see them: If there are any combinations had not heard of them: If there are any danrera, they are unconscious 'of them. Waa the President mlstakea when he Issued hla defiance, or are the Republican managers deceived whea they think an aroused public will calmly contemplate the encroach ments of predatory wealth? This la retreat number six. POPULAR ELECTION OF SENA TORS. The convention by vote of 86 to 114 more than seven to one voted down tbe plank la favor of the popu lar election of United States 8enatora. is tre that the President and Sec retary Taft have never advocated the popular election of Senators. They seem to take the Hamlltonlan rather than thi Jeffersonlan view, but the most popular reform In the United 8tatee to-day is the reform tbat has for Its object the election of United Slates Senators by direct vote. It has B Uwt beew endmrsed by the Na tional House of - Representative! three times when the House of Repre sentatives was Republican. It has been endorsed by nearly two-thirds of the 8tates of the Union and there is probably not a State in the Union In which it would not be endorsed at a nopular election and yet in spite of tbe record made ia the houses and by ne various mates, this reform is re jected bv a 7 to 1 vote ia a Republican convention. - SEVEN PROPOSITIONS TURNED DOWN. Here are seven propositions nnon which tbe Republican party. In nation contrition assembled, has retreat ed from the position taken by that par ty in congress or from the position taken by the President What have Roosevelt Republicans to say? The President has awakened a spirit of re form within his party, be has at least revealed to the world that there are reformers In the Republican party. Caa that spirit now be quelled by a standpat convention? Millions of Re publicans have enlisted at the Pres ident's call to arms and are ready to march forward; will they furl their banners and turn back merely because the President acquiesces In tbe sound ing of a retreat? "Before thy mystic altar, heavenly truth. I kneel in manhood, as I knelt In youth. Thus let me kneel, till this dull forn decay. And life's last shade be brightened by the ray." BRYAN ON THE CONVENTION. REPUBLICANS ARE RETREATING. In the Next Issue of the s Commoner the Nebraska Will Discuss the Do ings of the Republican Convention Delegates Ran Over Each Other Getting Away From' the Reforms Endorsed by President Roosevelt Republicans Will Have Many Em barrassing Things to Deal With the Coming Campaign, Chief Among These Being the Defeat of the Cam paign Publicity Resolution Retreat- ed From the Railroad Question. Lincoln. Neb, June 20. Under the caption "Ia Full Retreat" William Bryan, In the next issue of Tbe Com moner, will discuss the Republican convention as follows-. - The Republicans who attended the national convention as spectators and Joined In the demonstration In favor of President Roosevelt and Senator LaFoIIette, must have felt indignant as they watched the panic-stricken del egates innning over each other their effort to get away from the La- roliette reforms, some of which had been endorsed by the President him self. Congressman Cooper, of Wis consin, representing the LaFoIIette men, brought In a -minority report signed by himself alone. Fifty-two members of the committee signed the majority report and one signed the mi nority report AN EMBARRASSING POSITION. The Republican party win find the ratio of (2 to 1 a very embarrassing one to aeai witn in tbe coming cam paign. Mr. Cooper's report contained a declaration la favor of publicity aa to campaign lands, it was lost by vote of 880 to 94, mora than 9 to and yet the President bad been advo cating legislation in favor of publicity la to MIDMln enntrttinHnn anil ttaM. tery. They thought then that the body I rotary Taft wrote a tetter to Mr. Bur was nothing more or less than a vol-1 rows advocating the nassace of a nub- talc pile s-d that life was a manifesta tion of el ctrical energy. Personality aa emotlrns were spoken of. and Pew- erful batteries of as many a a thous and cells were constructed and It was noticed that the new machine gave bo I chairman of the convention, and THE STORY OF ELECTRICITY. Deep In the vellum-bound' ancient volumes of many an old book store lies hid the romance of electricity.' It Is a story so old as to be lost in the ob- acurity-of the mystic East and so inter. eating as to read more like fiction than fact. From the electric Hunt In the libra ry reading room and the electric cars rumbling past the building the story of electricity can be traced back through centuries until the tiny thread Is lost In the Great Empire of Chiua thousands of years ago. Long before any records written In books the superstitious people of the Kast bowed down to the magical pow er B of the lotle-stone. The name "Eloc hrmiant sparks but a steady flow of current of a nower so mysterious and threaten"? as to be held In silent dread. Wbea the poles of such a ma chine wrre grasped It was is though the -victim was held In the grasp of a giant and his body was convu'sed and tossed about By its action water was decomposed, carbon and metals melted. rNmlstry was revolutionized and adenine research extended. Galvani and Volta were followed by a coterl of brilliant men and . the names of Oersted, Ampere. Daw and Wollaston became known throughout the world. In J 820 Oersted discover ed . tbe.jrelal.lon between magnetism and electricity. By his experiment It was found that the galvanic current deflected the magnetic needle. After this principle we are able to measure the amperage and voltage of the con stant current. In 1831 Faraday discovered the prin ciple of voltaic Induction which cave rise to tne taraaic, ot alternating car-1 rent, men ioiiowea tne dynamo, bas ed upon this same principle,, and elec tricity began to assume great commer cial Importance. Tbe telegraph, the telephone, electricity as a source of power, the arc and Incandescent light, the electric motor car, the X-ray, wire leas telegraphy, the electric furnace and many lmpoprtant discoveries have followed. The future of electricity promises more for this world than any other! tnlng. llclty bill. How fortunate A waa that Secretary Taft's letter waa finally dis covered and published. Senator Bur rows, tbe man to whom the Taft let- ter waa addressed, was the temporary the convention over which be presided lurneo oown tne publicity plank by vote of nine to w, who will deny inai, on wis sunject, the Republican party is retreating? Another plank of the LaFoIIette platform authorized the ascertalnlne of tbe vaiuB of the railroads. This i-nit was lost by a tote ot 917 to 66, nearly 19 to 1. and vet President Roosevelt has advocated this very pro position, nere is a retreat on the raiiroea question: ,,, INJUNCTION PLANK. In another column reference is made to tbe injunction plank. The Injunc tion plan k adopted brthe Republican convention Is a retreat, from the posi tion taken by tbe President and from the position taken by Secretary Taft in nis speeches, although neither them went as far as they ought have gone la their effort to prevent wnai ia anown as "government bv In. junction." Here It the third retreat. Thr President has advocated tbe In come tax as a means of preventing swollen fortunes and of equalizing-the burdens of government The Repub lican platform Is silent 00 the subject Was the President right in the posi tion he took? If so then the conven tion was wrong In not endorsing him Will the Republican voters follow the President Iq this just demand or will they follow the Republican organiza tion retreating from It? The President advocated an Inherit ance, iax .but tbe Republieaa eonve. THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES. W. a Fleming, in the Arena. That good has come out of the ad ministration of President Roosevelt Is evident from the popular approval ac corded It. Tbe public declaration of the pres ident that under no circumstances would be accept a third term, mark ed the b ginning of this approval. His friendly offices in the settlement of the Russo-Japanese war made him world figure, and gave him more prestige at home than all of his "big stick" performances In connection with our army and navy. The steps taken to preserve the pub lic lands and mineral wealth from pri vate, despoliation haa met with nniver- tai praise. Hla p' blle utterances against pluto cratic domination and the menace of predator wealth have also opened the beans of the people to him. The official Investigations set on foot and consequent exposure of the high - crimes and misdemeanors of some of our "captains of Industry? and a ten of our public men, have also commanded the president to the mass es. The efforts of the president to secure some sort of control of the rail ways have likewise added to his repu tation. The fact that President Roosevelt waa not pledged by the platform on wbich be was elected to any of these reforms has made his course of con duct a happy surprise to the country. and this has probably accorded to him a larger measure of praise than would otherwise have been meted out - Considering his obligations to the insurance and other trusts for. cam paign contributions, and the powerful Influences brought to bear upon him in the interests of the big corporations. the president has done so much better than tbe public had a right to expect, that bis star shines with the greater brilliancy. Tbe good that haa1 come from hla speeches and messages Is the more far reaching because If its source. That which In a democratic president would have been denounced as anarchistic is patriotic in a republican president: and much that haa been sneered at aa "Bryanlsm" has thus been made res pectable. ' The good of the president's policies nas maoe nis name a household word, most falicme praise ot htotelf from Mr. Roosevelt A review, of tbe significant facta tends to prove that the socalled war of the president upoa tbe predatory corvoratioaa a not Intended to be he roic. la addition to those already men tioned many others might be cited which create a suspicion, that after all this warfare ia largely a ''play to the galleries" or a species of "four-ouan-Ing" If not a sham. la spite of thia rolema declaration that he would aider no circumstan ces be a candidate In 1908. Interviews are being given out to the effect that the d real dent will rue his pledge aa to a third term If he can break the solid sooth by carrying one northern state, aad Mr. John Temple Grates does not hesitate to pledge to him the state of Georgia. Doubtless some other seeker after notoriety or public office will be equally ready to pledge him the atate of Texas. . Tbe so-called "merger suit so of ten boasted of. seems to be a case acalast rather than la favor of the administration. Tbe decree ot the su nreme court in that case upholds tbe criminal as well aa tbe civil clauses of tbe Sherman anti-trust act but la- stead of following no the civil with criminal action against the taw break ers. Attorney General Knox hastened to WaU Street to assure tbe trust magnatea that the administration waa not going to "run amuck:" and there upon the railroads concerned imme diately proceeded to organise another mercer under a different name, which new trust hui openly continued the same violations of law denounced by the court. Tbe president's singular change of front on the question of tbe control ot rates when the, amendment to the interstate commerce act waa before the senate, haa never been explained. The senate amendment approved by tbe president emasculated tbe original aet of what the president had previ ously insisted was the vital point con cerned: and thus the matter of rates la by legislative act made a judicial Instead of an administrative or legis lative act When Mr. Harriman was caught by the Inter-state commerce commission with tbe goods on him" and the country had every right to expect criminal action against that bold finan cial buccaneer, the Associated Press was quick to publish the news that at a cabinet meeting it bad been con eluded tbat no criminal measures would be resorted to In the case, and Mr. Harriman has since boldly pro ceeded with his policy of consolida tion and public despoliation, It is true that civil suits are being brought and that some of the trusts are being "fined" but what trust has been made to bait In ita unlawful ca reer, or to feel tbe terrors of the taw? The fines Imposed have no terror for the trusts for the reason that these law breakers, by raising the prices of their product and railroads rates, are able to shift the fine upon the public which is thus made to pay the penalty for the Crimea others commit and of which they complain. Could there be a worse travesty upon justice than this? Thus It ia that in spite of all the hue and cry raised against tbe trusts. the mergers continue, the consolida tions go on, the trusts still ply their nefarious trades, prices soar, and the people, instead- of finding relief, are fleeced worse than ever. None of the remedies invoked by the administration have been effec tive for the reason that they do not go to the bottom ot the evil. The axe is not laid at the root of the tree. The spoils of the trusts are built up by special privileges of which the tar iff was the beginning. By thus shut ting off foreign competition, the com bines are able to charge the people of tbe United States more than they charge for the same' kind of .goods to foreigners. Yet the president ana nis cabinet stand with "the standpatters' and stave off all revision Of tbe rob ber tariff. StlU more to blame Is the president for his failure to execute tbe laws re quired of him by his oath of office. Under the common taw It Is within the power of the president's attorney general and district attorneys, to dis solve every trust engaged in inter state commerce, and under the Inter state commerce and Sherman acts to clothe with stripes and put behind prison bars every trust magnate. One example of this kind would do more to protect the public from the menace of predatory wealth than all the fines that could be heaped upon the offend ers. It the president Is really sincere in his war upon plutocracy, why does ne not thus enforce the law? In view of these derelictions, the question naturally arises, why is the president so popular? The reason Is not bard to find. - There is a growing fear of the trusts by the people, and they are ready to hail as a Moses any high official who seems to be their friend as against weir enemy. They in realize the mag nitude of the danger which confronts them, and still less do they comnre- coontry. but upoa the government Itself. They control tbe party machinery. Behind the boss stands the million aire and the corporation. Hundreds of thousands of children are maae 10 work ia the factories, mills and mines, with long hours and small pay; and the future fathers, mothers, and cltlaens are being dwarfed la body, mind and soul Graft Is rampant not only In the Insurance companies whose wards are the widows .and the orphans, but In public places, and corruption reigns in political conventions and at the polls. It Is facts like tnese inat are put ting the people In fear or the future and compelling them to look for a Moses and making them ready to hall as a redeemer the first president they have had in fifty veare who haa shown any disposition to stand by them aa against their deepollen. When they learn how Ineffective the president's pollciea will prove, Mr. Roseevelt may loae some of bis pop ularity. - The president baa taken the posi tion that the water now extant In the iasuei of the capital slock ot the cor porationa must be upheld as '.'vested rights." When the public -com pre- ; hends tbat these fraudulent Issues ag gregate untold billions and In effect constitute a mortgage upon the pro ductive resources of tbe country, and that this mortgage. In connection with the tremendous concentration of the resources ot the country In the hands of the few must necessarily eventuate in Industrial slavery. It Is certain that Mr. Roosevelt will have to change bis policy or lose hlspojmlarlty. 7 ... . ... .a "Panic Deposits." Cassawattve dcasaslts at sack call , lar stelsmat slaee Aagaat, 1107. August 22nd, $534,539.18. December 3rd. $597,409.47, February 14th, $619,599.45. May 14th, $635,600.84 Year Aec.ul la Oar Cmaaaerelal r Saktaaa Department WIU Be Appreciated. Fourth National BANK H. W. Lilly ., President . John 0. Ellington. . tV. P. and Cashier. John H. Hightower. .Assistant Cashier. Br Brick HI mm Famous Telegraph, telephone or write us for prices on high grade brick. On ac count of our plant being the largest in North Carolina (daily capacity 90, 000 brick) we are prepared to fill promptly all orders. If you want brick JUST when you want them, we are the people you are looking for. BUILD WITH BHICK. Tbe Insurance rate on buildings built of brick is 25 per cent less than on buildings built of cement blocks, and about 50 per cent leas than on build ings built of lumber. Keep up with the progressive age and build with brick. '" ' Fire Brick and Fire Clay always on hand. Prices cheerfully glveft; E. A. POE BRICK COMPANY, E. A. POE, President R. a HARRISON, Sec and Treas. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. Littleton Female College One of the most successful and best equipped boarding schools in the South with hot water heat, electric lights and other modern Improve ments. 258 boarding pupils last year. 27th annual session will begin Sept 16, 1908. For catalogue address J. M. Rhodes, President Littleton, N.-C. . Central fparfomu hi6n ;rade Preparatory School for boys and UCllUdl HOaUCliljf young men, with Industrial and agricultural e quipment Located on 700-acre farm one mile from Littleton College and under the management of the same board of Trustees. For "new, illustrated catalogue address J. B. Aiken, Prio, Littleton, N. C The North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College. mnnuinn ny we owe tor ino cuuca iion or tne women or North Carolina, Four regular courses leading to Degrees. Special Courses offered in Teacher Training. Music. Manual Arts and Domestic Science.and In the Commercial Department. Free tuition to those who agree to teach in the schools of North Carolina. Board, laundry, tuition and all other expenses, including use of text books, $170.00 a year. For free-tuition students, $125.00 a year. Those desiring to enter should apply as early aa possible. The capac ity of the dormitories is limited. , Fall Session begins September 15, 190S. For catalogue and other information address . J. I. OUST, President, - . GREENSBORO. BAPTIST UNIVERSITY WOMEN LOCATED IN THE CENTER oF RALEIGH. I . ,' Five Distinct Schools. -J School of the Arts and Sciences, with eight professors and tlx assist- - h" i ana in some inranA. thn.Bnj the future, for the president will fin ish bis present term while yet in the run vigor of bis manhood, and he Is not without ambition. : -. And yet the president's noliclea are by no meana faultless and It Is a ques tion whether the bad In them does not outweigh the good. That Mr. Roosevelt's egoism has made blm blind to the reserved rights of the states, and oblivious of the bar riers which tbe constitution nas rais ed "between the executive and tbe oth er branches of government Is well (tiowq to every thoughtful, unpreju diced mind. 'However well-Intention ed these .obbliquHier-Hhe danger to which the precedents thus set will expose the republic In the future are none the less serious. The course of tbe administration Is marked with extraordinary Inconsis tences, mow can the president's sin cerlty la his reform declarations be reconciled with a number of his Offi cial actST,.'. Why did he retain In bis cabinet, Mr. Knox-, tbe attorney for the trusts, appointed attorney general at the In stance of tbe trusts? , nny uiu ne make nr. Morton, a railroad magnate of malodorous re pute, a member of his cabinet, and de fend this self-confessed violator of the rebate lawr : ' ' - - - - Why did he appoint, and whv does ha keep in his cabinet, Mr. Root, a notorious attorney of the very trusts the president is denouncing? Why does the president affiliate with the Addlckses and the Spooners et Id omne genus, wnile be turns his back on men like Governor. Cummins and Senator LaFoIIette? , i And why did be go to l'he assistance of the "Quay" republicans, as against the "Lincoln" republicans In Pennsyl vania i , . .. , Mr. Knox, the favorite candidate of the trust barons for the succen.lon Is hie ta jwrade before the country tbe bend what la necessarr for their r-1 nts, and Including English. Mathema tics. Ancient And MnrlArn T.nnmiatraa ' I HifltorV. ScfenntY Pti!1nAnhv Pwiamv onrl tha T)1H1A ' ' ' -a m v0v0y waaata VU9 Ul Ulvi 1 . t t. School ot Music, with three professors and eight assistants, and In cluding Piano, Pipe Organ, Violin and Voice. $. School ot Art, with two professora, and Including Oil Painting. Dec-- oratlon and Design. . r - 4. School of Expression, with one professor and one Infractor.' S School of Business with one professor, and includina Stenoeranhv! Book-keeping and Typewriting. Systematic training in Physical Culture In charge of a director and two assistants. v , ;. . , . . Science and Invention, in the last half centum have worked a revolution in transportation, in agriculture, in printing, m manufacture. The transi tion from primitive to modern meth ods accompanied by a multiplication bas raised the percapHa wealth from $307 in 1850 to $U00 In 1900. which, if equally distributed, would give five thousand dollara to each family in the United States. This has been done In spite of the vast sums squandered by our idle rich abroad, and over and buutq ui oiiuons aestroyed in our civil war, and tbe cost of that war. But our vast wealth of one hundred Pinions of dollars Is mostly concen trated in the hands of a few. It re quires all -the labor ot all the people for one year to add to our wealth tbe fortune held by John D. Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller owns at least one fortieth of the total wealth of the United 8tates. and tbe "Standard Oil group," of which he Is the head and center, owns about one-tenth of that wealth. Tbe wealth of this octupus has increased five thousand per cent while the total wealth of the nation has increased only two hundred and fifty per cent How long will it take Ave thousand percent to overtake two Club,. In which by about, three-quarters ot an hour of dallv riomeaHn service students save $45.00 per annum. ' NEXT SESSION BEGINS 8EPT. 2, 1908. ' , For Catalogue and other Information, Address ' . RALEIGH, N. C. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 1789-1907. . Head of the State's Educational 8ystem. ' DEPARTMENTS: College, . ... Engineering, V ' Graduate Law. MdleliiA. Bh...... ""iTOrti, eiecmc iignts, central beating system. New dormi tories, gymnasium, T. M. C. A, building . . . library, ' -i 79CT STUDENTS. ' - 92 IN FACULTY, . . The Fait term begins . Sept 7, 1908. Address FRANCIS P. VENAflLE, President, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, Rv. ans. Hills, Harrbnans, etc., own the uniiea -states; It is estimated that elreadv threa. tenths of one oer cent of the nnnnin. tkm own seventy, .per cent of tbe to- iai weaun. : Wealth Is nower and alia initimn. ed In our city council, legislative and congressional halls, and even In the judges' . seats. It makes, interprets and executes the laws. The power to despoil the people through franchises and by means Of gigantic combina tions increases every hour. Stock Job- unii ana stock watering goes on with haste, and railroads are consolidated and gae and street car and electric franchises are - multiplying and the earnings of future generations are be ing mortgaged, and tbe millionaires are made "Immune" from punishment. .The, rich. aad powerful nave-eefiMi nut only upon the industries of tbe i icky l!i-r.i!.i Tea Esgtt A Burr IMlclM to Buiy rwpl. , Irtnri OoM Halts uw RuitMa Vlrw, A for ComM nation, Indlreatlon, Urtt uoi. Bad Hreatta, Blur.l.h BoweH, Uwdaoh) oil Haokaehe, IK Hooky MoDntalnea In Ub ; form, M i ernta a boa. 0miln m1a bj ru.iTB Dbko Co"tasr. tiullaoa, Wla,"' "m.oyi uonrTs for 8llow PEif 1. SZCXERRY'. ION. THE NORTH CAROLINA - College of Agriculture " " ." " and Mechanic Arts. Practical education In Agriculture; In- CIvIL , Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering; In Cotton Manufactur ing, Dyeing and Industrial Chemistry. Tuition $45 a year; Board $10 a month.' 120 Scholarships. Examinations for admission at County seats on July ." Address , v r 'the president, West Raleigh, N. C. Peace Institute, , ' Raleigh, N, C. The Ideal Home 8chool for Qlrls and ... Young Women, Advanced Collegiate Courses; Ex cellent Conservatory of Music; Com plete 8chool of Art, Expression, Ped gogy, Business, Physical Culture, etc. A fine Preparatory Department under special Instructors. It will pay you to look Into Its ad vantages before deciding where to send your daitghtarg, Lutulogue on application. ' HENRY JgROMI STOCKARD.
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