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mwwi WEEKLY EDITION. $1.00 per Annum, in Advance. 1 t' DAILY EDITION. ' W.00 Per Annum, In Advance. 1.00 for 6 Months, In Advance, a) 1.80 for 8 Months, In Advance. OLD SERIESVOL LZXII.-N0 4,09$ FAYETTEVILLE N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908. JTOqti SBRIES-VOL. XXIV.N0. 3,326 Jin A.Trx BVILLE 1L' Mi , Kbdol la a combination bt the setur al ai(MtlT Juices andOlsattsaHolaia ea of food and every kind ot food, ao you aaa it will do tka work that- the etmnaen itaeir doea, Bold by Arm- oeia nn wo, . v- Woman Interrupts Political tpaakar. A wall draaaal womaa lhtetTuptetf a polltieal apeakar recently by contlnu allr aangklns. If aba bad taken Jo lerfe Hobs? aid Tar It would have urad har aoug and expelled the eold from bar ayetem. The genuine Fo ley' Honey and Tar contains no opt 0. Bandera, Free.). Caeeaaweet, the well knewa remedy tor bablea and cblldrea, will quiet the little one in a abort time. The-ingredients are printed on the bottle, Contatna no opiates. - Bold by Arm Raid' Drug Oe. -r. 1ii V DeWltt'a Carbolled Wltcb " Hazel Salve la the best saWe for piles. Be aure you get DeWltt'a. Sold by .Arm field Drag Cavy . , ; " DeWltt'a tittle .Early niaera, tie famous Uttla liver pills,. Sold by Annflald Drug Co. Sunnyside Floral Nursery JAMBS M. LAMB at iONS Frop'r. Lock Box II, Telephone 41. FayetteYiUe. N. . . CARNATIONS tor tbe Fair. Wa have decided to of fer Carnations at II eenta per uoten, white or pink. BULBS ". are all bare. We get tkeai dlreet froei Holland, and they are the beat that are grown, and most not be coa- rouuea wua caeap sioev aeni oil on ooia Blissful. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. W. BAJULK, CIVIL ENGINEER, Land Surveying and Municipal En gineering, Williams Building, Fayette Tllle, N. C. q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney and Cotuuellor-at-La vv . Rooms 1 and 8 K. of P. Building. TnTBTILL, c. 'Phone 229 H. McD. Bobinson. John G. faaw. (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorneys-at-Law, l'cen ou second door National Ban ..: j-yptt.eville. H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, w Public). Office 126 Donald. Street. Fayetteville, N. C. JV. C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellot at Law, Noiary Public, Surveyor, "lice K . of P. Building, FAYETTEVILLE, K t)R. WM. S. JORDAN. Physician and Surgeon. office in Palao Pharmacy Hours: 9 to 12 aid S to 5. " -r. E L. HUNTER Dentist North- tat Corner Market Square, Fayettevllle, N. C. Ul. rt 3. KUWiAKllC, DENTIST, ioa McKethan Bldff., Person St. Phone 338. J. M. LILLY, M. D. Prc:lc limited to dlaeaaea of the ej e ear iw and throat Office In HlKharDitb.RuUJlna, 111 Oreen street Hour to I and t to 5 Thone No. ' ; u Patterson. D. Dv 8. J. H. Jndd. D. D. 8. Drs. Patterson & Judd, Dflci ZllVi Hay Street, over Dunn A Co.'a Store, Thone W. E.J.S SCOFIELD.Jfl.D., Offers his profeiilonal services to the Aliens of Fayettevllle and aurround ng country. Office with Dr. J.-H. arsh, 241 Hay Street. 'Phone 77; Residence. St. Luke's Hospital, 'Phone U4. . SMW TRUST CO. . rlil Sann. C mii,i.e.n.! . . Klnte 'iKmirht and toM . oofntf uafa"," t ittvtHn 4-olla tM . tm'n -H,irv-viiui,f miirtf nt i1 i' !'w here - r Estate For Sale: - v mall au Durban farms: i) acres 1 mile North of City. ' ! ( acres 1 mile East ot City. V. 4 ar?reii 9 miles South of City, w f s- rnen lot cenVet'Of Clt;. o 1 1 r b irgains In City. Suburban .J (Vm-itrv property, ,.;.- J. Pubic Accountant. Audilitig Jit PhUip -hip, Cv.ipora o.,.1 I'nhhr Arrkiunta n : Mltv- ,T1 - - ----- Woull 1 ave city lor a few rlnya at time, ' ' ' 1 ' , : Rrf t Gmnt Authorities,. D. H Rav. K,f.q and Or H. W. Lilly ' . ' W N TILLINGHAST, SR., Srptcniber 19th. , Pboneasa. V mit 0 otn -jtoK o. fVtttrt n4 hifriitirtmint PrlotlM txcMnly. nrmuf m w WaMINOTON, o.. V ' . THB SOUTH AND1 THE DEMOCRAT. : ' i IC PARTX--r J- ," ; i .W reproduce elSQWiere an editorial from the Atlanta Journal entitled "Tho Soutn'i Duty to Demoofacy.';; is a singularly able and interesting -article in' tie flrat1 twoTtbirda' of It bit, in Its latter part, most lnpnsequejAit. ' Our contemporary ays that "the es sential 1 principles , cf 'the Dentt&ratlc party are those on which 'the invent ment was founded' and that i"they are principles which must and wl pre vail 1 the republic la to endurej: Moat true, most true. But bib con temporary's remedy for' the repeated failure of the Democratic party, jto se cure the opportunity to enforce'.thoie principles is wide of the mark. It de clares that the Democracy of thflrSouth must organize and take the direction of the party into its own, bands." That la, we muat secede again! .1 ! -' Our contemporary is evidently not. heedful of the fact that the victory ot the North In 1865 marked the triumph of the doctrine of force. Democratic principles, the corner-stone' of jvhlch Is the "consent of the governed,'' are the antithesis of the doctrine of force, the doctrine which triumphed. Se cession gave the advocates of a strong government the opportunity which, un der the lead eventually of Seward, they longed for. The Democratic par ty emerged from the war, diminished In numbers and discredited. Without being willing to admit that the en forcement of the doctrine which the 8out fought tor was, after all, the only hope for free government, many Republicans at the North were grad ually turning to the Democrats, as In 1876, 1884 and 1892. But Mr. Cleve land's adhesion to the Eastern view (that of a strong government) In his second administration, repelled con verts from the West from the Weat where identity of interests with the South was fast turning Republicans 10 us in numbers sufficient to render the Democratic party the majority party for all time. The triumph of co-operation with the Populists In 1896 almost restored what Mr. Cleveland caused us to lose in 1894 (when, f'T the first time every Northern State went Republican) ; and rejection of co operation with the Populists in 1893, after they had accepted our Chicago platform, put us in the minority again in 1900.' Each defeat of the Democracy's de mands has strengthened the hands of those who favor a strong government first, the tariff put behind him by Mr. Cleveland (in 1884 as well as n 1893) under the Eastern pressura; then' the demonetization ' of silver, quadrupling the fortunes acquired by the tariff; and then the trusts, off spring of the tariff and the single monetary standard, controlling so much wealth that they buy the presi dency as openly as the Roman bidders purchased that decadent empire. It is all clear enough, and the me thod simple enough; and the South should never cease to heap maledic tions upon those of its sons who have sold Us Interests for office or for mon eyor both, as happened often. if we keep our eyes open, perhaps we piay see the process going on even now. No, our Georgia contemporary will never secure power for the doctrines of the Democratic party, which are those for which the South suffered de feat in bloody war, until It Induces the party to turn Its back forever on the East, the citadel of Federalism, and to make" terms with the more congen ial West CALL. FOR,. THg FIFTH CONVEN TION OF THE NATIONAL RIVERS AND RARBORS CONQRE38. As our readers know, the call has been Issued by the Board ot Directors for the fifth convention of the "Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress," to be held at the New Wlllard Hotel In Washington on December 9, 10 and 11. Responses already received from all over the country, give assurance of a larger and more influential conven tion than even the wonderful conven tion of last December, and all the pres sure which such a great representative body can exercise will be directed to wards inducing the United States Con gress to pass at once, In the coming short session, a bill for entering upon a comprehensive scheme for the to provement of our waterways. What Is Fayettevllle going to dc about ItT , Fayettevllle with Its new hrobblng life, about to enter upon n advanced stage of progress now that its streets are to be paved? t , . Two years ago. we lost our -oppor-'unit !. for bbtatnlng anapproprlation fi r r ur vital scheme of securing eight fnt nf water to our docks throughout the year, by neglect" to supply tho trifling financing then required. Will we repeat that mistake, now that op portunity again knocks at our aoori. We shall be glad Jo, .hear from our people la jsomm.uBleaAlon addressed to tho Observer. The time la short We' must act at rnce, if atall.' .' REPUBLICANS REPEATING THE flu'va "Zach MoQee,'.' the Washington correspondent of tho, Charlotte Obser ver, writing under date 01 Novemoer 10; v ft ;. For some reason, of' another the re turns from tho various congressional districts have been coming In exceed- inelv Inoomnlete.1 and from some doubtful districts they have not come In at, all; so that, with all the tables being published m various newspapers, nnrtinrtlnir In show the filACt ' tilGin- bemh!p-of the Sixty-first- Congress, il.nt. la nn ronllv rnllfthlfl Information at hand even now, a week after- the election. ' Dispatcnea irom wasning. ton and New York have been enumer ating Kabn and Hays, , Republican members from California, re-elected, for instance. Mr. Kahn's secretary here has received a telegram trom Kahn himself saying that both he and Hays have been defeated. Yot not one single dispatch from Califor nia has announced thta result. There la an Impression here that the returns have been held back to be "fixed." There are aeveral instances of hold ing back returns; in Indiana, Ohio and other States which were doubtful, but where the election machinery was in the hands ot Republicans, wblch are suspicious. . . There are those hereabouts familiar with methods In those States when the Q. O. P. has a bar'l ot money who express a serious doubt as to In diana's giving Marshall, the Democrat ic candidate for Governor, a plurality of 10,000 and Taft a plurality of IS, 000. Indiana la a notoriously corrupt State politically, and the Republicans poured several hundred thousand dol lars into it during the closing day et the election; and yet it has not been fully' determined whether vth'ay bought up the voters themselves or some of the election managers. And it la the same as to other States. A Republican newspaper man from Ohio said to me the other day that It was his belief that the Ohio returns were held back because tbe Republican leaders were ashamed of Taft's small majority and that.,, they would an nounce them at a time when they would not attract so much attention. It is still a matter of some considera ble doubt throughout the country whether Taft's majority In Ohio was 76,000 or 25,000. And some doubt whether Taft carried Ohio at all, legitimately. THE 80UTH'8 DUTY TO DEMO CRACY. Atlanta Journal. A sufficient time has now elapsed since the presidential election for the smoke of conflict to clear away and for thoughtful men to take an unim passloned view ot the situation. As It exists today the Inventory offers but little that is encouraging. We cannot delude ourselves Into the belief that the result of the contest was anything less than an overwhelming defeat, al though the campaign on the part of 'he Democratic candidate was one nf the most virile and aggressive In the history of American politics. It is a time when the analytical stu dent of politics seriously asks him self the question: Have our republi can Institutions failed Does the re sult of the election Indicate that hen ceforth we are to have a government of pultocracy and that the culmination of present tendencies will be to car ry centralization to the point that .'t will be little short ot a despotism? Time after time we have gone be fore the people with a platform em bodying the fundamental principles on which the government was found ed, and time after time we have met defeat. Must the Democratic party abandon , its traditional policies and principles In order to meet new condi tions, or shall we continue to pursue the course which leads us successful ly to defeat? And if, in a spirit ot desperation and despair, it seems necessary to adopt another policy, what shall that policy be? We know (that the essential princi ples of the Democratic party are those on whfch the government was found ed. They are principles which must and will prevail if the republic Is to . endure. If this is to be a govern ment for the benefit of tbe many and not of the few; If this is to be the rule of the people and not of the- pow ers of wealth and privilege, taxation must be on the primitive principle lhat It Is Imposed not to enrich the j privileged few, but in order to pro-! vide revenue for the expenses of the government. It was never intended by the fathers of the republic that 'he great machinery of the tariff should be used except to raise rev enue for the government and that at most the protection should be inciden tal. The sentiment of the people as ex pressed at the polls under Republican Influence would seem to have drifted tar from this conception of the tariff, and yet no impartial student of econ omic history can deny that the Demo cratic contention represents the will ot the men who built this government on foundations broad and deep. The sophistry and confusion of par tisan advocacy cannot obscure the great truth that the constitution of our country was Intended to be strictly construed and that the reserved pow ers of the states must be upheld. The danger of centralisation was as thor oughly understood when we were first emerging into national life as It Is to day. Statesmanship and patriotism sought to guard against it. The battle was fought out In the formative period when the constitution itself was tak ing shape and it was decreed that the states alone could divest themselves of any portion of their sovereignty. There was to be no "twilight sone'Sr" as Mr. Bryan has so felicltiously. call ed it where the boundary between state and federal authority becomes 10 vague and dim that "judicial con structions" may be found, by which the statea might be derpived of their nrerogatlves t without their consent. , The three' departments of govern ment musf be kept separate, and es pecially the executive- must 'not en croach upon the judicial or. the legis lative branch of the government . These and -other elementary .prin ciples of the constitution have become an closely. Interwoven with the warp nnd woof of; Democracy that the par r cannot b destroved ylthout destroy ing the fabric of the government It-, lelf. We mar discard minor Issues with the shifting changes of tlme-1-issues whloh grow np with the houir but these essential, principles ot Dem ocracy cannot suffer change. t . And yet in one campaign after anoth er we see them defeated at tbe polls. We ' See the policy of 4 high protective tariff endorsed, because the beneficiar ies ot that tariff have ao -entrenched, themselves In power that it is impos sible to accomplish' their overthrow. They grow on what they' feed Upon, and; become more powerful,- more In veterate every year,. JCvery new trust mothered by the tariff becomes a filial defender of the Institution which gave It life and strength. 1 -. -: The radiating threads" of 'execbtive encroachment legislative . usurpation and judicial oonstruotlon are drawing us closer and closer year by year, to wards centralisation.' The. right of a state to try Ma own cause 'In Its' own courts Is denied, and the attorney gen eral who attempts it Is fined by a-federal s , court for contempt, p Federal Judges paralyie the very machinery of a 1 aoveretan ': state. ' and" the highest court of th laBTOholda t tot ot 1 Conditions like these are Intolerable. The Democratic party as it exists aeems powerless, and yet if its princi ples are allowed to die much of the beat in the reoubllc must wither. -,: ' Grave men and patriotic men hni in the south are looking! about for the ahawer. ,!.j's-,i i And it M from the men of the aouth that this answer must come, for more than ever before the south has become the Ark ot the Covenant. It to here that real Democracy finds its last ref uge among the fastnesses, ' : It la simple candor to say that the south haa.no one to blame but Itself that Democracy has fallen upon such evil days. From the very beginning the effective force of Democracy has rested with us. The "solid - south" has become a commonplace. Our con stancy waa ao well assured that It was held almost In contempt. We hate been hewers of wood and drawers of water for the party, aa t whole ao long that no one has given ua a thought. It waa taken for granted that we would continue our mental service,- but that we should have no part In dictating the party platforms or furnlahlng the party candidatea. EveftJao spoils of office were not for ua. , t We say frankly that the answer la the momentous question which con: fronts us is that the Democracy of the South must organize and take the direction of the party Into its own hands. We have been as a sleeping giant, Ignorant of or Indifferent to his strength. We must arouse ourselves, call our own convention and name our own delegates. We must no longer allow ourselves to be held In contempt. We must write the platform, according to the. principles of true Democracy, and! name the candidate who Is to go be-j fore the people. If the Democracy of the East and the West will go with1 us, well and good. Otherwise we shall go alone. We can do nothing worse, than meet defeat, and that has already been our portion so long that we know little else. As conditions exist to-day, we compromise with the alien ele ments of the -party, ' accept the candi date dictated to us by other sections of the country, permit ourselves to be led by tbe nose, and awake to disas ter, as we have Just done. ' ' We barter away our birthright, and are then robbed of even the pottage. How much farther must we pass through the valley ot the ahadow be-; fore we awake to the duty we owe our selves and to the country? How much: longer must we perform a thankless! and useless service, weighted down with the burdens which our petty mas ters Impose upon us? If the events of the past twelve years have not been sufficient to demonstrate the hopeless-; ness of the party under the domina tion of the east and' the west, when will we learn. the important lesson? . These are days of darkness, indeed,: as we sit In the shadow of a fresh' defeat. And yet a more splendid vls-l ion opens before the people of the! South than Is vouchsafed to the vision! of any people on the globe. The! course of events has made us the! keeper of the palladium of popular', government, for without Democracy' our Republican Institutions must fall,; and it Is only here that true Democ-i racy can be found. An over-rullne' Jfrovlflence has placed It lit out pow'l er to preserve the heritage left us by our fathers, and it becomes our high, duty to rise to the obligations of the: hour. We can do this by asertine our In dependence and supremacy. We can' do this by declaring to the Democracy: of the United States that henceforth we will write the platforms and and; name the candidates. The sullen eastl and the presumptuous West will open- tneir eyes for a time at the impudence of these life-long menials, but a mo ment's reflection will convince them1 that It is not only necessary but wise to accept our leadership and author ity. We can do no more than fall, but we will have performed a patriotic service, and In our honest Judgment we will carry the principles of Democ racy to such a victory as this country has not seen since the days of An drew Jackson, of Tennessee. WHAT A REPUTATION FOR AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. Says the Norfolk Virginian: President Roosevelt assures Mr. Meredith, of Richmond, that there will be no attempt to force on the Southern States the alternative cf restoring the suffrage to the vicious and illiterate elements of their citizen ship or of having their represen tation In the lower House of Cong gress and the Electoral College reduc ed proportionately. . For our part, we should feel easier In mind had the President . made no statement or one to the, contrary effect . When he is most emphatic In saying that a thing will not be done, then- Is the time when he Is most vigorously preparing to have done that very thing. This is our observation and it is fully borne out by the record. HEIGHT AND GENIU8. New York Herald. ' Dr. I. Popper, a well known German physician,, has been making some in teresting observations regarding the stature ot Individuals and the relation that exists between- height and talent and genius. The doctor finds that not only-persons with considerable talent, but the geniuses of the ayorld, all have been and are of medium size or less. Among statesmen he points out Attlla, Cromwell, Frederick II., Napoleon, Gambetta, Thiers all ot whom were at ver' small stature. Jesus Christ, too, the doctor says, according to the Talmud, was built. In small propor tions; so was Paul. Among the great artists the short men were Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian,-4 Leonardo da Vinci and- Menzel; among' the musi cians, Richard Wagner,: Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart Beethoven. Schumann. Schubert, ' Brahms. :' Nearly all the, poets were' of small' statural -partlcul- larly Dante, Horace,' Petrarch," Boo- caoclo, TasBO, Vlotor Hugo and Heine. So ware Cervantes . and Rousseau. Among the philosophers and scientists the list la a large one; and those whom the doctor particularly mentions aa ma11 men ' phv8lcally 1 are - Spinoza, Newtoq, Leibnitz, Schopenhauer, He gel, Humboldt Ranke and. Hommsen. The results Of Dr. Popper's resear ches Into this subject are very Inter esting. He has discovered that while moat great, injall men. are small in stature because . of the shortness of their legs they are really tall In length nf their bodies. That la, when sitting down they are taller than when stand ing up, as they hare big bodies above the -.,wa.iat , This ,very, fact, the doctor thinks, 18 perhaps the secret of talent and genius a good stomach, big heart and iunga in a big body as they have a direct effect on the Intellect. . These organs help to feed the brain properly aaa mase nig men msmauy. . FOREST CONDITIONS IN NORTH , CAROLINA. The forests of North'Carollna and the industries, dependent upon them, now proauce material amounting in value to more than thirty-five million dollars a year, and give employment to 30,000 men. The forest area of North Carolina covers more than ten million acres, a very large part of which Is steep, rough or poor land which is hot aulta ble for farming, purposes. IMPORTANCE CJ FOREST LANDS. The Importance of the foreata of North Carolina la relatively greater than that of moat of the other states. One sixth of the entire wealth produc ing capital Is Invested In forest lands: or In Industries directly dependent up on tbe products of thla land. New York, with the same area as North Carolina has only one hundredth nf Its interests dependent on Its forest lands. In Pennsylvania, with a forest acreage nearly equal to that of this state, and the foreat products of which compare favorably with those of this state, the forest Industries represent only one fortieth of the Invested capi tal. PINE INDUSTRY. Pine Is the standard building timber. The cut of pine In North Carolina de creased between 1900 and 1907, more than seven million feet a year, entail ing an annual loss of more than one million dollars to the state. This- took place in spite of a large Increase in the number of saw mills, chiefly small ones, however. The reason is that the old timber has been largely used. Our production of pine lumber must In a few years, decrease until It reaches the point when It will be equal only to the annual growth which takes place each year. OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE PINE INDUSTRY. The outlook for pine Industry In the future Is not encouraging. Large areas of cut over land are poorly stocked, or growing absolutely nothing on ac count of fires. Lack of seed trees, and the presence of cattle and hogs also prevent full stocking of cut over lands. Cutting to too small a diameter decreases the yield. HARD WOOD INDUSTRY. Oak, poplar and chestnut are the important hardwoods. There has been a decided decrease In the cut of pop lar In North Carolina. The best oak has been cut. Most of the oak which Is now being sawn Is of Inferior qual ity. The hardwood forests are formed of many kinds of trees, some very val uable, some less so. The less valua ble kinds usually form the second growth. The value of the forest Is consequently reduced It Is growing cheap kinds of wood In place of valua ble kinds like poplar and the best oaks. Young poplar has largely been preven ted from growing by fires, and fires are particularly destructive to chest nut sprout forests which have been cut for tannic acid wood. In their virgin condition the hard wood forests contain a great many de fective trees and many trees of infer ior kinds. They can be developed however so as to be made extremely productive; it Will be absolutely nec essary however to prevent fires, and to Instruct owners In methods of cutting so as to-Increase in place of destroy ing the earning value of their holdings. The permanent hardwood lands can be developed to produce twice their present cut. FURNITURE INDUSTRY. This industry is absolutely depend ent upon a permanent supply of hard woods. If properly developed and fur nished a suitable supply of raw mater ial, the furniture industry can attain ten ilmes its present proportions. The tanning industry should also be come a permanent one. Its permanen cy is dependent upon a constant sup ply of tanning material. The paper industry In North Caro lina .can likewise be made permanent. A future supply of pulp wood Is neces sary for it. The supply of cotton for the cotton factories can be regulated from year to year. To maintain the industries which are dependent upon forest pro ducts, it is necessary to look ahead several decades. RELATION OF FOREST LANDS TO FARMING. A very large part of tbe forest lands of North Carolina are associated with the. farms. If these lands are well managed, they enable farm labor to keep busy during the bad weather In the winter when regular farm work Is Impossible There are several hundred thousand acres of badly gullied, or waste farm land which could profitably be planted during the winter in valua ble trees. The forest Industries, with their 25.- 000 employees and 100,000 dependents, furnish an excellent home market Tor farm products. CUT OVER LANDS. The cut over lands are Increasing at the rate of 200,000 acres a year. Two thirds of the cut over lands fall to reproduce. or reproduce very scant ily, adding annually to the already en ormous area ot unproductive Idle land, and capital in the State. WASTE LANDS. There are 2,000,000 acres of waste land In North Carolina, which has been lumbered and burned, or cleared and found- unprofitable to cultivate on account of roughness or erosion. This land represents Idle capital of not less than $2,000,000. It has an annual earn 'ng power in timber of not less than $1,000,000, which would represent If sawn Into lumber, a product ot ten million dollars a year. FORESTS AND WATER POWER. ... The waste lands In the western part ot the state have an Injurious effect upon the water powers, tending' by In creasing the rapidity Of the run off' n heavy rains to add to the height of the floods, and through lack ot absorption of rainfall to - Drolona the nerlods of low water. An enormous amount of silt from this waste land settles In the reservoirs and mill ponds, destroying their storage value. The water pow ers,,, in - furnishing cheap power and stimulating manufacturing, are one of the most valuable assets or the State. State '. PLANT THE WASTE LAND -- TREES. '' Owners 'should be assisted in re planting thta waste land In trees to lessen the erosion from it and to make It more absorptive of the heavy rains. They should be instructed In methods of raising Beedlings, and - planting them, and seedlings should be furnish ed them at the cost of growing until commercial nurseries will take up the business.,. , -r; . FOREST LANDS 4DLE CAPITAL, The .forest lands represent an enor mous amount of capital.- Every factor Is nresent for making it rjermanentlv productive, except knowledge -on the part ofjthe owners as to the .methods of managing, and the means of pro tecting trom fire. Under Intelligent management the timber can be made to grow twice as fast as if left to nat ural growth. No additional labor is required to make the- forest lands pro ductive. Trees grow without cultiva tion or labor. No additional capital Is needed; the capital Is already In vested In the land and the young trees. Are the forest lands worth develop ing? Can the people of this State afford not to develop them? - Cutting the natural growth Is not de veloping forest lands. To develop them It Is necessary to make them produc tive after they have been cut over. The development of the, forest lands la necessary, that the owners may pro fit by the permanent yield; and it la equally as necessary for the Industrial development of the entire State and all of Its Industries. FOREST FIRES. ' Forest fires are the problem to be met in, order to aecure a restocking of cut over lands, and to provide for future forests. Fires burn over the! forest land sufficiently often to kill many of the seedlings -while they are yet small and tender. If fires are kept out the young growth Is usually thick, as Is shown by forests In enclos ures, or where they are protected by other means. Fortunately the old for ests of this State have so far escaped a really destructive conflagration. The continual suppression of young growth, however, has produced results equally as disastrous, causing thousands of acres of waste, unproductive land. Many states are seriously attempt ing to lessen the forest fire evil: New I York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Mich-! Igan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maine, California, and others. Their forest fire laws place forest lands on the same footing as other property In regard to protection from fire. The forest fire laws are generally posted. They have organized services of fire wardens which have power to assem ble citizens to fight fire; to arrest vio lation of the forest fire laws, and to prosecute offenders in the courts. STATE FORESTY POLICY. The time element which confronts owners of tlmberlands deters many of them from attempting to develop their properties as is necessary to make I hem profitable, even when it is evi dent that the land is suitable only for forest growth. Furthermore, for est lands at the present time are not so profitable as they will be in the future, since the stumpage price rf timber is still fixed by the old natural growth and not by the coat of growing it or replacing It. Owners of forest lands for these rea sons must be encouraged to develop their properties. State aid in protection from fire is absolutely necessary. It is as neces sary to protect young timber and cut over lands from fire as for the town to protect building property from fire It Is merely protecting another form of property, which can be protected more fully by the organization of the community than by the Individual. It is necessary also to Instruct own ers by demonstration In regard to the methods of cutting and managing pro-, perty to make It productive. The profl-'j table management of tlmberlands !s, a -more difficult problem than produc-: Ing a farm crop. The small land own er cannot develop the details of man agement. He can only execute plans developed by an engineer who has de termined the methods of management. To assist in the planting of waste land, seeds and seedlings of valuable, forest trees should be distributed at; cost until local nurseries can be de-' veloped to supply the needs; and own ers should be shown by demonstra tion the best methods of raising seed lings, planting them and caring for (he young trees. Any person Interested In the refores tation of abandoned farm and other waste land; or who wishes to learn the best method for managing a tract of timber land should correspond with the State Geologist, Chapel Hill, N. C. THE FOLLY OF ROOSEVELT'S TRU8T-"BU8TING." Norfolk Virginian. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting at New York, has de cided that the American Tobacco Company is an illegal combination operated in restraint of trade and in violation of the Sherman law. The immediate effect of the decision Is, of course, nil, as execution of judgment has been suspended pending an appeal to the Supreme Court. But, assum ing that the decision of the lower tribunal should be affirmed by the highest court In the land, what then? Would a restraining order suffice to bust the Trust and restore competi tion among its constituent concerns? Such an order was Issued against the Beef Trust several years ago. If it is any less a Trust today than before the Issuance of that order, If It bas changed Its methods of operations one jot in any particular, the fact has escaped the attention of eighty mil lions of consumers who are forced to suffer Its exactions, and today in greater degree than ever before. What a glaring farce, what hypo critical pretense all this alleged trust-busting" by the Roosevelt ad ministration has been and is! What do the Trusts and illegal combinations care about restraining orders and in junctions? They can't be effectively enforced no matter how bent upon en forcement the Issuing court may be. What have such orders ever accom plished and what will or can they ac complish towards effecting the object to wblch they are presumably direct ed? Absolutely aothtng. It combina tion in restraint of trade is a crlmo, and the law says it Is, there is only one way to break It up. That Is to hold the responsible Individuals amen able for the crime and to inflict upon them the punishment. A soulless cor poration can of Itself commit no wrong and to visit It with verbal castigatlons Is as useless and idle as trying to quiet an idle sea by lashing it with chains. Likewise, to fine a monopoly Is to punish the user ot the monopolized ar ticle or the Innocent stockholder who knew nothing of the offense and could not have prevented It If he had One or hotn. The remedy for Illegal combinations Is a few prominent trust officials be hind prison bars. CITIES AND SHADE TREE8. Petersburg Index-Appeal. ' One of the beat attractions of Wash- Ington ia the ornamentation of Us streets and avenues by trees, almost every variety fit for such purpose be ing found In some part or other of the city,. .-, Practically this good work, was begun in 1873, thirty-five . years ago, and it has been kept" up continually. Nothing, it seems to us, adds more to the beauty of the residential portion of a city than this, and the comfort gained by pedestrians is wortn con sideration.' .The expense need not be great, and may and should be divided between the olty and the owners ot the property directly benefitted. THE BLJGHTINQ EFFECT OF RE PUBLICAN RULE, INSTEAD OF THE PEOPLE'8 RULE, J Rocky Mount Echo. j In the early days of this Reoubllc were demonstrated perhaps stronger than ever before -or since the higher and nobler principles of human nv ture. Then there was such a thing as patriotism, a love of country, and a willing disposition to make any sac rifices however great to sustain it. Men were willing and did dare, and die for It. The sentiment and princi ples of honesty, Integrity and truth were dominant. Men did right and they did It because right was right. In their dealings with each other there was a disposition to be fair, to be just, but with a large class that day is past, In the mad race after money, people only hesitate when approaching a me thod of action where the law aays stop. Lying, misrepresentation, fraud and cheating with this class are the cor rect things, so long as there Is no dan ger of a suit, er Judgment. It Is a de plorable condition, and one that has already developed a lot of shrewd, un scrupulous moderately respectable thieves. They take a hand in civic religion, and benevolent matters Just so far as these things may act as a screen to bide their unscrupulous characters. They do not roar like a Hon, or come with blast of trumpets, but they are ever seeking whom they may devour from a financial stand point. Talk of honor, they have no such word in their vocabulary, speak of character, and they look at you In amazement. If there Is enough salt of truth, salt of honesty left to save the people 't is full time it were being used, for the nation has gone money mad, and its character and conscience is tainted to the core with corruption and dis honesty. There was a time when1 we sought the preacher of the gospel of God to save a man from his sins, to fit him for the higher life hereafter, but the world has grown so desperately wick ed, so fearfully dishonest, that it seems we need great moralists for the transition stage, preachers for a standard, right between man and man to teach the vital truths of integrity, of honest living. In the shameless worship of money men are deceiving their . fellow man, deceiving their preacher, and trying desperately to deceive their God, by making a res pectable show in gettlpg out of the world in a fine funeral car, followed to 'heir graves with a fancy dress pa rade. When you kill the soul and strangle the conscience the balance Is a sham. CEMENT AS A 8UBSTITUTE FOR WOOD PROBABLE EFFECT ON LUMBER PRICES. The relation between the increasing use of cement and the diminishing timber supply in the United States has; been the subject of such Interesting Survey and the Forest Service at' Washington. In a letter to the For ester, the Director of the Survey took. occasion to quote from a statement ot a large Philadelphia firm to the effect that It would be difficult to estimate what the additional drain on the lum ber supply would have been during 'Be last few years bad not cement- come Into such general use. The For ester replied in part as follows: "The Forest Service Is watching with a great deal of Interest the in creasing use of cement and other sub-j stltutes for wood. They are undoubt edly having some Influence on the price of lumber, though I do not think that up to the present time they have greatly retarded the advance In lum ber prices. The fact is that our In dustrial progress has been so great that our requirements for every kind ot structural material have increased tremendously. We are using at the present time more lumber per capita than ever before and probably twice as much per capita as we did fifty vears ago. The conclusion can not be escaped, therefore, that in the future we must depend more than in the past on other materials than wood for cer tain purposes at least. As to the in crease that will take place In the production of cement, my Impression Is that this will be very great." If the increase In the use of cement in the United States in past years Is to be regarded as any index to its future use, the conclusions of the Forester are well founded. The stat istics of the production of minerals show that our output of cement has more than doubled In the last five vears, and it is well known that its use Is being very widely extended. This is due to two conditions: In the first place, excellent cement materials are common in almost all sections of the country; In the second place, rein forced concrete for heavy building ma terial is receiving increased favor among engineers, while in the country regions large amounts of cement are being used for building blocks for smaller structures. Reports received by the Survey during the six years trom 1902 to 1907 show that the pro duction of cement in the United States has increased from 25,000,000 barrels, valued at approximately $25,000,000, to 61,000,000 barrels, valued at $55,000,000, the annual statistics show ing a steady Increase In production with some slight fluctuations In price. CURIOU8 ARGUMENT IF COR RECT, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SHOULD GO OUT OF BU8INES8; FOR IT HAS BEEN DEFEATED MANY TIMES OFTENER THAN BRYAN OUR NORFOLK HOMER NODS. Says the Norfolk Virginian Pilot: An Honorable Exit. "; That Mr. Bryan accepts his third defeat as a final quietus to his Presi ldential aspirations may be taken for granted. We assume It to be so be cause It manifestly should be so, and be cause we can not believe that the optimism of any sane man could tall to Interpret rightly the lessons con. veyed by a popular rejection em: phatlcally impressed and twice reit erated. An ambition so impervious to experience could not co-exist with a rational understanding. It ia incredi ble that Mr. Bryan could ask or ac cept another nomination from the Democratic party and. equally Incon ceivable that the option will ever again be tendered.. v . . DIFFERENCE, BETWEEN A NEWS PAPER AND A POLITICIAN. Durham- Herald. - :-t - The explanation ot the editor of the Manufacturer's Record Is little better than no explanation at all. It may be all right for a politician to lake money like this, but no decent newspaper can afford to do It, FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly First-class Work." Call at my yard or write for prices Respectfully, E. L. REMSBURG, Proprietor, Favetteville, N. 0 THE MOST POPULAR AMERICAN : : : Candy ALWAYS FRESH BE CAUSE IT ALWAYS SELLS. : : : : : H. R. HORNE & SONS. 80LE AGENT8. VIOLET AMMONIA SO REFRESHING FOR THE TOILET AND BATH 15 AND 25 CTS VIOLET WITCH-HAZEL DELIGHTFUL AFTER SHAVING 25 CENTS. B. E. SED3ERRY S SON, Palace Pharmacy. HYACINTHS. TULIPS. NARCISSUS. EASTER LILLIES. A. J.COOK & CO 0RUGGI8T8 AND PHARMACIST Next P. O. 'Phone 14' GO TO THE WIDE-AWAKE CRUG STORE! YOU'LL GET WHAT IH DOCTOR ORDERS ON THE BUSY CORNER KING DRUG COMPANY. McDuffie Drug Store. Flower Bulbs For Fall Planting. HYACINTHS. TULIP8. NARCISSUS. OXALI3. BERMUDA BUTTERCUPS. McKETHAN & CO. On the Square. How ire Ml mm Wa believe that when a person la elck enough to demand the attention of physician, that his prescription la Important enough to demand our most careful attention to every detail of Ita compounding. It la Important enough to be filled with THE BEST DRUGS and that' no other druga ahould be eubatltuted for thoae Indicated by the doctor. Such prescription work pro duces the effect the doctor seeke. It la the kind of prescription work you , ahould insist upon having IT IS THB KIND YOU GET, HERE WITHOUT INSISTING. . - - t . ' . ' ' ' ., " Armfield's Drug Store - Bote! Lafayette Building. 'PHONI 11. aiaayalaWMIUa UI aTil aTl till Man MMimimii rnBOvnir i ivnv r illkv vniT 0 t ftBAISTCRED PHARMACIST.
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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