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DAILY EDITION. 13.00 Per Annum, In Advance. WEXZLY EDITION. $x.oo per Annum, in Advance. MM .00 for 6 Month, In Advance. 50 for S Month, In Advance. FAYETTEVI LLE, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2& 1909. 6 OLD SERIES VOL LXXIIIN0, 4,xoo HEW SERIES-V0L. XXV HO. a,34o WAWEFMWI i rr-o n i v w 1 in n . li-i M i M Ul. J 11 ,4 11 117 V 11 J 1 i KUO 1- A pill In time that will eave nine Is Rings Little Liver Pills. For bilious ness, sick headache, constipation. Tbey do not gripe.' Price 25c. Sold by Mac Kethan ft Ox ; If you need 4 pill take DeWltt'a Litr tie Early Risers. Insist on them; gentle, easy, pleasant, little liver pills. Bold by ArmfleW Drug Co. vfAv tyexamethylsnetetramlne. . . The above Is the, name of a German chemical, which is pne of the many valuable Ingredients of Foley's Kid ney Remedy.. HexamethyleneteranH Ine is recognized by medical text books and authorities as a uric apld solvent and antiseptic for the urine,, Take Foley's Kidney Remedy as soon as you notice any Irregularities and avoid a serious malady. McDuffle Drug Store, (Q. O. Souders, Mgr.) ; Plneules for the Kidneys are little golden globules which act directly on the kidneys. A trial will convince yon of quick results for Backache, Rheumatism,' Lumbago and tired, iwornout feeling. 80 days' trial $1.00. They purify the blood. Sold by Mac Kethan ft Co. ' ' Pneumonia Follows La Grippe. Pneumonia often follows la grippe but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar, for la grippe coughs and deep seated colds. ,, Refuse any but the genuine In the yellow pack age. McDuffle Drug Store, 0.-0. Sou dets. Mgr.) - Woods' Liver Medicine - m liquid form regulates the liver, relieves sick hfadaohe, constipation, stomach, kid ney disorders and acts as a gentle laxative. For chills, fever, and malar ia. Its tonic effects on the tystem felt with the first dose. The $1.00 bot tle contains 2 1-2 tines as much as the 60e. sire, Sold by MacKethan ft .Oa., , v - -.' " . PINEULES for (he Kidneys HO tHYV TB.". OS I.V. W. W. BAKER, : . , CIVIL ENGINEER, , , Land Surveying and' Municipal En gineering, ' over - Shuford ft Rogers' Store, Fayetteville. N. C. : Q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney andCounsellor-at-Law. . Rooms 1 and 8 K. of P. Building. r A YKTTSVILLB, - . " O. , ; , .'Phone 229 fl. McD. Robinson. John U. Ehaw. . ' (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW, ; -, vAttorneys-at-Law, v ,- Offices on second Boor National Bank of Fayetteville. ; ;.' ,'Vi '..!.-'. - HS. AVERITT, ; . Attorney-at-Law. rvniarv Public. Offloe Thornton Building Hay Street. Fayetteville, N. C. V. C. BULLARD, Attomev and Counsellor i v.: 'xi. at .Law . Notary Public, Surveyor, Office K. of P. Building, ' s FAYK1TEV1L1.E, N. O, DR. WM. S. JORDAN," ' Physician and Surgeon. Office in Palace Pharmacy. - ". . Hours: 0 to 12 ad 8 to 5. Dr. E. L. HUNTER, - Dentist, North-rest Corner Market Square, Fayetteville, N. C. V Dr. A. S. CRO M ARTIE, '' DENTIST, Office In MacKethan Building, 103 1-2 , . . - Person street, ', ', Phone 338. ' Fayetteville, N. 0, J. M. LILLY, M. D. ' Practice limited to diseases ot the ye, ear, rose and throat Offloe In Hlghsmtth Building, 115 Oreen street Hours I to 1 and I to 5. Thone No. 121 .- ' O. B. Pattenson, D. D. 8. . J. a Judd. D. D. S Drs. Patterson & Judd,". OQoes Hay Street, "over Dunn ft -Cos Store. 'Phone 55. E.T.S.SCOFIELD.M.D Off era his professional services to the eltisens of FayettevUle and surround- ins nountrv..- Office with Dr. J. H. aTarsh. 249 Hay- Street, 'Phone 77 Hesidence, St Luke's Hospital, Thone Public Accountant, - Auditing of Partnership,- Corpora tion and TublioAccountr aTspecIalty. Would leave city ior a few days at a time. Refers to County Authorities, D. H, Ray, Esq., and Dr. H. W. Lilly. :. W.' N. TILLINQHAST, SR. . September lth. X ' Phone 252. MacKETHANKTRUST.CO. 'Market SqaaA, V tATITTITILLl.a.a. !' - Seal Eatat bonht and lold. Loana negotiated and guaiantMd, Rnt and Intersil colleoted. - Titles examined, couvoyanuw maua, . aaraaiea premium taken and loaned her ' ' . R. VaoXstHAK, Att'Vb" $300. Farm 60 acres, house and barn. ; . ' .'' '; $300. Small farm mile north city. $75. lot Cool Spring street' , : $150. Tenement lot Rowan street $400. House and lot Blue street. $225. Tract Jl aores mile Victory " Mill. ' v;':?;;;. $150. Lot Mechanlo street . $600. House corner kit Mechanlo street ' ... .. ; ' $60. lot Manchester street" $300. Each lots Arsenal Hay- ; mount. 115 each 10 lots Fayhope. SB. Share LaFayette Auditorium.- pro wis CYHU8 B. WATSON AND. "THE TOBACCO INTERE8T" WHAT WA8 THAT I88UE7 ... ;. ' Webster's Weekly says: We believe It was a Scotch paper which after suspending publication for several years, resumed with' this state ment: . ''Nothing of importance has transpired since our last issue," It covers the ground so far as legislation at Raleigh is concerned. A number of local bills have been acted on, such as forbidding the dumping of sawdust in Shallow creels,' ana the like, nut no general law of importance has been enacted. More than ball tne session is gone and It is presumed the Legisla ture will do but little outside of pass ing the usual 1 appropriations. The present Legislature will be notable mere for what it didn't do than for what it did. It will not re-open the railroad rate question. It will not nass "Sub-section A." It will not do anything to prevent the full recovery of normal business conditions through out the State. . ' - These things were settled during tne campaign and nobody knows the fact better, than the gentlemen who are sneaking to "Buncombe'" on impossi ble measures. No trust bill with teeth has ever stood any chance of passing the Legislature since, the tobaoco in terest failed to come up to the help of Cyrus B. Watson In 1893. Since then the Trust has absorbed tuny su per cent: of the business and holds the power of-life and death over the re mainder and 'no single State, acting by Itself, can cope with this monster. What Is the Difference Between the Lockhart Bill and the Manning Sub stitute 7 , In this connection, the appended telegram from Raleigh to the Char lotte Observer . dated February 6, Is interesting. We confess our ignorance of the subject, and are impressed with the feeling that there are iBome facts back of this contention which are not public property but should be. ' Says the telegram; Sub-section ''A," the proposed Lock- hart amendment to the anti-trust act, giving: It "teeth," was further consid ered this afternoon by the Senate Ju diciary committee, E. J. Justice, of Greensboro, speaker of the 1907 House of Representatives, being heard in ad vocacy of the bill, and senator Mann- erlng, chairman of the committee, of fering at the close of Mr. Justice's speech a. substitute that proposes merely to amend the present law, seo- tion 1. Chapter 2X8, Public Laws oi 1907, by addliig as sub-section jt" tne following: !.:; . '- : , v Manning's Substitute. For any person, firm or .corpora tion or association to conspire with any .other person, Ann or corporation or association to put down the price of any article produced In this State by. the labor of others, .which said article the said person, firm, or corpor ation or association Intends " to buy.'' In his long argument for sub-secr tloh "A". Mr. Justice had Insisted that the party platform specifically re quired this section to be enacted. On the other hand Senator Manning, in presenting the ' substitute, declared that it was carefully drawn to comply with the platform specifications; that the Lockhart bill did not The com mlttee took the bill and substitute tor further executive consideration. ; Sub-section "A" advocated so zeal ously by ex-Speaker Justice, provides that . it - shall be unlawful "for any person, firm, corporation or assocla' tlon to make or have any agreement expressed or implied, to lower or pre vent the increase in price oi any ar ticle or thing .of value, which any such firm,, corporation -or association mav desire .to purcnose witnin tne State of North Carolina," - Believe the Bill Right. In his argument demanding the en actment of the Lockhart bill, Mr. Justice reviewed the "rise and fall" bf the section in the 1907 Legllature, its passage in the House with only four votes recorded against it and its death in the Senate, 19 to 20, which, he said, was brought about by Sena tor Buxton changing his vote. Then he aava what he said was "inside his tory." of the cnariotte convention as showing that the party is clearly committed to enact the Locimart Dili. He was for the bill because he be lieved it right without regard to- expe diency. He believed it expedient, he said, and the party is pledged to its enactment and it would m no way hanmer the legitimate cotton, furnt ture and other manufactories In the State. He declared that opposition to the platform pledge as to sub-section 'A" "vanished irom ine .unarioue convention ' as miasma before the rising sun." ' ' ' j Heard "Impudent Talk." - He declared that the "mosU impu dent, talk" he ever heard was by 1907 crowd ot lobbyists. He charged that there' was a secret meeting in Raleigh at which it was determined to damn every man that did not get the- praise or tnose in tne meeting. They raised the cry of "the wolf,' the" mill men came down and found no wolf, and 'this time they are not at aU-aJarmedrEyery Democratic member of the Legislature is pledged to the platform and the right course Is" to follow it he declared. It the Democrats of the Legislature do this right thing, the only harm the trusts can do is to "subsidize the newspapers and sehd men over the State who will lie like the devil and stick to it.".. In spite of even that right would cer tainly win. . He had gone to Chariot with this same speech nut omu una it necessary to deliver. It He hosted this Legislature was ready to do the party bidding. Following this, speech, Mr. Manning (-ffarefl his Substitute and the whole matter went .over tor further, oo sldoratlon. ;. CONGRESSMAN GODWIN AND THE r DRAINAGE PROJECTS. A Washington letter to the Observe er says r.nnsrressman' Godwin Is delighted at the success he has achieved with tha drainage Drolects for his district The, drainage of swamp lands Is a ques tion in wwen many ot nis consuiuuui lira vitally interested, and it win ne remembered on entering congress two vears ago he commenced to work seal- ' ,.. ,,.,i-ni,, Ho Intro OUBIO- iuiowu. QUCtiU tt Ul il H, ' " of Representatives providing for ex aminations and surveys of the swamp lands of his district and the report nt iha Affect of swamp drainage on J.. I hill In., rna. m T II U M I1IIMH agriculture and health. He also made speech In .congress on the reolama1 inn nt awrniin lands, which was con- oiiinrpri itroua and convincing, and was heartily endorsed by all who are Interested In this subject ' He has se cured an appropriation of f 600.00 for an object lesson .project In his dis trict and the dralnago office ot the Agricultural Department, here has started the work at Chadbourn, Colum bus County , North Carolina. The re port oi u, q, Kiuott, omei oi Drainage Investigations, upon: this subject Is as follows: - Mr. S. H. McCrery; Drainage Engin eer .assisted by Mr. J. V.' Phillips, as level man, is assigned to the project. It is estimated that the field work will require three weeks time under fav orable weather, conditions. The pro Jeot will be known as the Chadbourn project, Columbus County, N. C, and will be entered upon the list as .no. 75. A. sum of $600.00 is appropriat ed for the survey and completed re port. ' - , During the year 1908 letters were received from numerous constituents of Congressman Godwin's, of the Sixth District of North Carolina, asklngthat this office give . attention to needed drainage Investigations at the several points name'd by the correspondents. After considering - the conditions de- schibed In the several letters, It was decided that the first examination should be made at Chadbourn, Colum bus County, N. C. It was reported by Congressman Godwin and particular ly by' J. A. Brown of Chadbourn, N, C, that the land at this point. was mainly occupied, by people from the west and northwest who had been attracted by the representations of the Sunny South Colony, which purchas ed a tract of land and In 1897-survey-ed, plotted, and placed it upon the maket This land proved to be ex cellent for the production of. straw berries, and Chadbourn has since that time become one of the largest straw berry shipping points in the State. General Conditions. An examination of this tract shows that such portions of the land as are sufficiently drained are' fertile and pro ductive, that the people occupying these lands are principally from north ern States and have Introduced vari ous Innovations in the cultivation -of the land, but that some part of almost every strawberry farm .Is subject to Injury from lack of drainage, and that though they have constructed ditches, and, In a measure, greatly improved portions of the land, they are not able to perfect this work until a general system of improved outlets has been constructed. The town is located up on a. table land at the head of small streams, a part ot which flow easter ly Into the Waccamaw River, and a part westerly Into the Lumber River. The branches as they are locally called are quite thickly covered with small timber and apparently have fairly .good fall', but owing to lack ot channel and obstructions in the na tural depressions which should carry the water they are inadequate, drain age' channels. Strawberry growing has been quite profitable from the first though dur ing the last three years the crops of many of the farmers have been cur tailed by reason of the wet season?, which cause the crop from a portion ot their lands to be smalt or entirely destroyed. .Under ordinary conditions of season and market the lands net their owners about $200.00 an acre. Large quantities of fertilizer are used and the lands are cultivated carefully. Owing to the water tables of the soil being - so near the surface they are not in many instnaces, able to grow deep rooting crops like cotton, corn or forage plants. The strawberry having shallow roots, produces a crop with greater certainty than those before named. The rotation of crops in this section is regarded as necessary in keeping - up the fertility of the land, and for the convenience which attends the production of a variety of crops. It is believed that the area of cultivated Iand.can hot be extended farther until the main drainage streams are open ed so as to permit the construction of deep farm drains upon the level table lands. Many of the leading citi zens represent that as soon as a plan ot drainage has been made -they will organize, themselves under the pro visions ot the State drainage law which it is expected will pass during -the pre-""-, session and proceed at once to construct the drains required. : The 8oll. The ton soil is a black sandy loam from six to ten Inches deep, lying up on a yellow clay which contains but little sand.' The clay appears to be quite permeable to water, and also sufficiently firm to maintain a perpen dicular position 1 where ditches have been dug. It is what might be termed a soil which drains easily and further more retains moisture to such an ex tent that the farmers have but little fear of drough. In practice they find drains three or four feet deep more servlcable than shallow ' ones. Tile drains have been used successfully but the larger part of drainage, by open trenches ' which, when placed in the lower parts ot the land, .seem togtve fairly good drainage. ,;. , . Having taken Into consideration the general situation It . is recommended that survey and plan ot drainage Bhoujd' be made-ef-the-Jonds which are under cultivation and areport and estimate of the cost ot construct ing outlet drains sufficient to serve theselands be made to the proper authorities u Oh ad bourn. - THE OLD CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY. What a struggle it .was to build the Western Railroad, and then' the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley, whose name more, definitely represented the "route of the former! ' And what a sad day tor North Carolina when that wholly lntra-State road was dismembered, and I ttte daily line of boats on the Cape Fear "disappeared! ' The eight foot channel from Wilmington to Fayette ville, tendering Fayetteville a "basing point tor freight, rates". and-Wllming- ton a "gateway will neutralize the effect of the dismemberment and freight discrimination in favor ot Vir; ginla will cease. We are reminded oLtbese things by the following reference to the old road in the Greensboro Record: Where a community has only one railroad there Is dissatisfaction and grumbling all the time- Other places where tnere are two or more roaun ,,,. t Un Thla I are Minted to with envy. This I HI M . UUIUIUU IU TTAVtt WU T J . - reasonable and .'to be expected, but we have been keeping tab- ana u seems to us that these other towns, when It comes to cheaper freight rates, are no better off than Greens boro is with one road; at least the amount ot kicking is about the some. This Is not reasonable on Its ace, r for where there is competition there should be a better and cheaper ser vice; it looks like a guarantee against gouging, but as stated it does not seem to work. The only explana tion is that there Is a trust or agree ment between the competing lines so that the rate remains about the same. One thing Is sure, however, where there are competing lines freight is handled with more celerity, When the old '- Cape Fear road ran into Greensboro freight from Richmond, for Illustration, arrived In ten hours after . shipment- Eever since .the Southern bought It, ' It takes from three days to a week The Southern used to claim that the reason of the delay was too much prosperity, . but for the past year the road has been mouthing about no work, yet the de lay is about the some. Freight rates are -bad enough, but procrastination is worse. THE PANAMA CANAL HUMBUG. The unfolding of the plot of that roaring tgrce called "The Panama Ca- nal"tgoes ba merrily. VThe government undertook to construct a lock canal for $139,000,000 (In addition to the $40,000,000 paid to Cromwell's syndi cate). - The government's engineers, who .made the definite estimate ot $139,000,000,' now say that the cost will be $400,000,000! As the American people, who are taxed, to pay these huge sums, have no control' of the government,- they have to content themselves with laughing which, by the way, Is -the proper thing for the audience to do. : ; " " - t A Washington telegram of Tuesday's date says: :; "5 The entire question ot the type of canal that should be adopted In the construction of die Panama Canal, was before the Senate to-day, Senator Kittredge, chairman of the committee on inter-oceanic canals. Senator For aker and Senator Teller, all declaring that they believed a grave mistake has been made in adopting the lock pro ject. .' - ' .''. ..' . - . The discussion grew out oi a report by Mr. Kittredge on the bill increasing the limit of cost for the canal to $500, 000,000, and -authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue bonds to thai amount He said that his committee had decided that the measure should be considered by the Finance com mittee, and he reported It back with that recommendation. . x In making the report Mr. Kittredge took occasion to say that the canal committee disapproved of the pro posed Issue of bonds, and he read a statement of the expenditures on ac count of the canal showing that to date they have been $170,964,468. Senator Kittredge said that while the engineers of the canal zone had originally placed the cost of a lock canal at $139,000,000 they had now In creased .their estimates to $400,000, 000, whereas It had been estimated that a sea-level canal could have been built for $247,000,000. - . . . THE TARIFF ON LUMBER EF FECT OF THE TESTUDO. A Washington correspondent of tie Charlotte .Observer writes to that pa per as follows: Southern Congressmen are being urged to stand for the tariff on lum ber. The members of the North Caro lina delegation ore hearing from their constituents. Senator Simmons is answering these requests by ex plaining his position, and the follow ing letter to Mr. J. A. Taylor, presi dent of. the Wilmington chamber of commerce, will prove Interesting read ing to Tar Heels: "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt ot your esteemed favor of the 4th instant, containing copy of reso lutions adopted by the chamber of commerce ot the City ot Wilmington in opposition to the removal of the duty upon lumber, and giving the rea sons therefor. "During the last two or three weeks I have received a large number of communications from various manu facturers of lumber In and outside ot North Carolina, all - opposing' the re moval of the present duty on lumber. I have answered these promptly and frankly. "Replying to your letter and these resolutions, I repeat with some addi tions the substance of my answer to the correspondents above referred to as defining my position with respect to this question. The duty on steel, Iron, cement and most other struct ural, and building materials that came In competition with lumber, some of which in the form of machinery enter lafgely into the cost of its manufac ture, ranges under the present law from 25 to 60 per cent, ad valorem, while the duty on lumber is only about 12 per cent There is as much, yea, more reason In my judgment why there Bhould be a duty, upon lumber as upon the articles with which It necessarily competes and? which, enter so largely as an element in the cost of its manufacture. "The present duty upon lumber Is upon a revenue basis, that Is to say, that .notwithstanding that duty lum ber Is imported into this country and (be government derives considerable revenue therefrom, while the duty up on Iron, steel, "etc.r Is- protective al most to the point of prohibition, that is to say, under that duty nracticaiiy no Iron or steel Is Imported into this country and the government realizes no revenue from it. Doubtless there will be some slight reductions at the extra session of Congress ot - these highly protective or prohibitive du. ties, but even - the reduction is large, and there is not much probability that It will be, they will still be highly protective and largely in excess at that . bow upon umber, , the present duty -upon lumber being only about one-fourth of the average rate oi duty Imposed by the Dlngley act. Should Protect All Industrie. : "If we are to have a tariff for pro tection, treating the duty upon lum ber as a protective duty, it would seem unjust to- protect one industry and not another, or to protect tne in dustries of one section otthe country and not those of another, "Agafn by reason of the proximity to the large lumber consuming mar kets ot the North and by reason of water connection with the large lum ber consuming markets ot the West .Canada has a decided advantage in transportation charges and rates over the Southern lumber producers which is a proper subject of consideration In connection with a tariff bill which will be confessedly constructed along high nrotectlve lines. "These together with other reasons which I need not now recount, impel me to support a duty upon lumber and it there is to be any duty upon It It would seem that the present duty. certainly as compared with probable duties upon articles of the same gene ral classification, is not excessive, the present duty upon lumber .being as before stated, only about one-fourth of the average duty imposed by the present lannjaw. .si ;: What Democrats Would Have Done. VI am not unmindful of thn denlo- ration of the ,. Democratic platform adopted at Denver upon the general subject of the tariff. That . platform declared If the Democrats were given power they would so revise the tariff as to put the whole system upon a revenue basis. The declaration In that platform with reference to the duty upon lumber must be . construed in connection with this general promise with reference to the tariff, v If -we had been successful we would, I as- a ii ma - hair a rnvlacrl Vn tariff alnnn I sume, have revised the tariff along the lines Indicated. Iron and steel and such other structural materials as ieitner directly or indirectly com pete with lumber, or as enter as an element of cost into Its manufacture would either have been put. upon the free list or. the duty upon them re duced to revenue basis. But the elec tion having eventuated against us, It. Is impossible for us to carry out our general declaration or promise with reference to the tariff and therefore the conditions upon which our declara tion or promise with reference to the tariff and therefore the condition upon which our declaration or promise with reference to lumber was predicted do not exist. A new tariff bill will be framed by the Republican- party, and whlle.there may be some slight reduc tion ot duties, it will be like the Mc- Klnley and . Dlngley tariffs highly protective measure. Did the- Demo crats mean to promise free lumber without any regard to the character of the general measure of which it was to be a part, or the discrimination that would result if that . measure covered with highly protective or nro- ninitory duties otner articles in me some general classification? I think not. To give the declaration in ques tion that construction would be hold ing to the letter ot the promise while disregarding its spirit, at least that is my view of the matter, and with the lights before mo I shall act upon that view. "I wish to say In conclusion that the resolutions you have Bent me both in their general statements with refer ence to the principles which .should control in the construction of tariff laws and in the analysis of that ques tion as it affects lumber are exceed ingly forceful and lucid and in the main coincide with my views." GREENVILLE. The Eastern Training School The Greenville Reflector And Reflec tions Thereon. The writer Jiad, never been In Green ville until he went there on tne oc casion of the inspection of the nearly completed Eastern Training School, the other day, at the invitation ot his old friend. Governor Jarvis. To say that he was astonished by what he saw is a mild statement of his Im pressions. A bustling town, with over a mile of perfectly paved streets in the business quarter; wlyr water works, sewerage, and electric ugnt; and with 'many beautiful residences, on lovely streets that run up and down hill in a most attractive way to say nothing of the finely appointed and hospitable "Carolina Club," and a quaint old hotel that looks as If bor rowed from rural Britain. The Eastern Training School. It would take a long time to tell the story of the establishment of the magnificent "Eastern Training School" which the public Bplrit of the people of Greenville and Pitt has so quickly brought into being. It seems but the other day since Fayetteville, we be lieve, was named as a competitor for Its location. It is no wonder that Greenville secured, it over all com petitors, when the result is seen. With the same spirit which. In the space of two or three years, has converted the old-time Court House town Into the attractive little city of to-day, the people of that commuity set about making good" its claims to the School. The State had appropriated $15,000 for this purpose, but Green ville supplemented this small sum by $50,000 and the County of Pitt by an other $50,000. With this $115,000 a beautiful site ot some 60 acres has been purchased and four magnificent buildings, fitted with every modern ap pliance, have been erected thereon, These are practically finished, but they require furniture, and a central power house and an infirmary should be added. The cost ot these additions, including the furniture, will be $50,000. The State should supply this amount along with the appro priations required for additional equip ment at the University, at the State Agricultural and Mechanical College, and-at the State Normal and Indus trial College. .As we have heretofore said, these needed investments, to gether with similar ones at the Char itable Institutions, should be provided tor by a bond Issue a use of the State's credit which, would be a wise economy for such investments, though not 'to be tolerated, except In the gravest emergencies, when applied to current expenses. The Greenville Reflector, and Reflec tion Suggested By-Its Career, We had occasion, some .time ago, to cite Greenville as an example ot pro gress.: At that time we knew nothing ot It except what it seemed to be as It shone through that remarkable pa per, the Greenville Dally Reflector. We call the Reflector a remarkable pa per because, about 1893 or 1894, at a time when Greenville was but a vil lage of some 1,500 inhabitants, It started a little dally edition, and, by good management backed by a pat rlotlo community, It has "made good" tor Itself and tor the community. About the time that the Reflector was making Its hazardous venture, there were manifestations of restless ness In many ot tha towns t of the State which had not dally papers but thought they ought to have. Fayette ville was one of those towns, which, In the language of the sporting men, had "a champagne appetite and a whi ky Income," and we believe it is ti that, except tor the, example ot Reflector, we could never have screw ed up ' courage to start the Dally Observer In Fayetteville, In 1896. Evi dently the Reflector, like the Observer, staked Its all on the Venture, trusting that its enterprise ' would ; advertise the town and "force' It 'to a growth where Income ' and appetite . would meet ; Most of the similar ventures in the smaller towns of the State, have, we are sorry to say. been failures; for . '" the calculation among, newspaper men is that dallies cannot be made to pay in towns of less than 10,000 Inhabi tants. By "pay" we mean pay the own er, for almost any sort of daily paper immensely pays the community. That this newspaper men's calculation Is correct and that in the case of Fay etteville at least, It is true also of weeklies, ,, is llustrated ,by the re markable experience of Fayetteville. From 1890 to 1901, after which we ceased to keep files of Fayetteville papers other than the Observer, there bad been established In Fayetteville 13 papers, 3 of them daily. All have gone out of Existence, after a longer or shorter life, and for the reason that they did not pay. Since 1901 there have probably been quite as many more new papers started, and all suf fering the same fate. Indeed, a pa per was moved into Fayetteville from the country lately, published here five times and moved back again, before the editor of the Observer, who had just discovered it in his mail accumula tions and written an editorial greet ing tor it, was aware ot its having come at all. And the Observer would have gone the way of the rest of them except for inherited sources of strength, which, in the nature of things, none of them could enjoy. The Observer is happy to record its thanks to its Greenville contem porary for blazing the way for dallies in small towns namely, by starting with a little sheet and feeling its way step to step. The fate of the Greens boro Industrial News, to say nothing of the scores of less pretentious ven tures in other towns of the State in the past ten years, illustrates the folly of any other course. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE ON TRUSTS. Following Is the text ot the mes sage by the Governor to the General Assembly on Wednesday, on the sub ject of private Industrial monopolies: - February 10, 1909. To the Honorable, the General As sembly of North Carolina. It is needless to repeat at this time facts or arguments showing the ' evil of private Industrial monopolies com monly called trusts. Few advocate them, and lewer pernaps, minx mem right. Probably the greatest legis lative and leeal Droblem of this gen eration is how to repress them. There is ground for hope that with our present- anti-trust law properly amended, and effective machinery provided for It senforcement we can protect our selves Dartlally from trust evils, and perhaps so far as a State can protect her people from them. An opinion has been placed before the people in the press, that the present law cannot be enforced, though nothing was sug gested to strengthen or render tne law enforceable. I conceive that whatever difficulty exists, is largely in the ma chinery for Its enforcement Two years ago, many able legislators thor oughly considered anti-trust legisla tion. All realized tne aimcuity oi tne State's coping with the evile against which their efforts were aimed. A bill was considered, "Which by its support ers was thought the best that could be devised. It became a law in all its essential features save one. The last convention of the Democratic party, with knowledge of the action of the Legislature, incoroorated m Its plat form, the following declaration, and on that platform the domlnent party carried the State, securing a majority in both Senate and House ot Repre sentatives Private monopolies should be de stroyed. Conspiracies by prospective purchasers to put down or keep down the prices of articles produced by the labor of others, should oe moae crim inal, and all persons or corporations entering Into such conspiracies should be punished." The opportunity nas come to mane such conspiracies criminal and to prescribe punishment for such con- snlrators. You are 'lace to lace wun the duty ot obeying the mandate ot the Democratic convention, rwo al ternatives confront you one to per form that duty, and have the satis faction ot faithful execution ot a party niedtre: the other to Ignore tne in structions of the people, and shoulder the burden of justifying your failure to do their will. You should not and will not - be goaded lnt or deterred frm action. Threats and criticisms ot legislative bodies 'rarely, It ever, accomplish any desired purpose. Failure to make such conspiracies criminal can be Justified only in case it can be clearly demonstrated that the convention was wrong In adopting such a platform. While the enactment of a law making such conspiracies criminal, has been ordered by the peo ple, It may be assumed tnat tne peo ple did not and ao not aesire any thing which is essentially wrong, or contrary to their interests. The prop osition was not a new one. It had been the subject of controversy in the press, and generally by the ' people throughout the State. Thdt plalik was not Inadvertently included in tne plat form, but was deliberately inserted as a Democratic doctrine. The presump tion should be, and is, that It is fund amentally right as such presumption must attach to the well considered Judgment of a majorlty.of the people. Therefore, H its enactment into law Is resisted, the obligation is upon the opponents to show the error ot its principle, or the Injustice of its policy. A mere statement of the proposi tion that a conspiracy by purchasers to put down the price of an article produced by the labor of others, Is wrong, is so clear and convincing in its simplicity, that it would seem Idle to argue its Justice to any American legislative body;. Every community which produces more than Its people consume, must suffer the oppression that comes from any artificial depres sion of the price of Its products. A communis ' peanuts, cotton, ".' ,u,jtfl V r, or other arti ' ' ' . i own consumption v .uvu article, fs unjustly deprived of material wealth, hindered In Its In dustrial development, weakened in Its revenues,-. Injured In its educational progress, and crippled in all Its so cial life, by any conspiracy of men or corporations, which -puts down the price of such article. The universally acknowledged principle ot self-defense, applicable to State as to ldl vlduals, would destroy a conspiracy so damaging In its effect and so general in its blight The duty of repressing wrong and protecting those , who can not protect themselves, : requires the law makers to put the whole power of the State against such conspiracies, I therefore,, recommend that the Gen eral Assembly comply with that decla ration, because it is right and ought to be the law, and because the domin ant party is pledged to Its enactment, and I also recommend that the putting down or keeping down by purchasers of the prices of articles produoed by the labor of others, In pursuance of such conspiracy, be made criminal. : Fear of the wrath of those who vio late the moral principle, and who threaten, if the Legislature of the State of North Carolina complies with the wish of her majority, to punish the communities which obey the laws. should not effect the judgment or para lyze the efforts, . as it cannot nullify the duty of those whom the people have chosen to do their will. Assum ing, as I do assume, that the General Assembly will amend the law in ac cordance with the specific platform utterance, I recommend that the Attor ney General' be given the power, and charged with the duty to institute ac tion), civil or criminal, in the Superior Courts of this State in Wake county, or in any other county of his selectln, In any and all cases of violation of any of our anti-trust laws, or any amendments to them. Where such laws are violated most It may be diffi cult to have successful prosecutions, on account of the fear and favor which the wrong-doers inspire, and exert in the community. Local prosecuting officers are under great disadvantage, not only from local prejudice and fa vor, but from lack of facilities and time for needful preparation. If the en forcement of this law is unfortunately left solely to solicitors, and they re main n the unfortunate fee basis, then the fee for convicition ought- to be made large enough to partially com pensate solicitors for the great work necessary in such cases. A district prosecutor naturally shrinks from so ardous a task as the admittedly most difficffiult one ot enforcing a State anti trust law, and especially of enforcing It under local conditions most unfavor able to enforcement. Under such con ditions each hopes another will first test the law against the powerful vio lator. Nearly two years have elapsed since the enactment of our last anti trust law, and yet, so far as I can learn, no action has been instituted under it. I am therefore, of the opinion that after perfecting as far as possible, our anti-trust laws, declaring the offenses and prescribing the penalties, it is im portant and even essential, to confer upon the Attorney General the duty of undertaking its enforcement, and of selecting the venue subject to the power of the court to removal in its discretion, for proper cause, and ot giving him every proper authority of securing evidence, including the com pulsory production of books and pa pers, the examination of witnesses prior to trial, and all other powers appropriate to the full discharge of duty in the fauaful execution of the law. Respectfully submitted, W. W. KITCHIN, Governor, SALMAGUNDI'S COMMENTS. Mr. Editor: We note the courts seem to not hesitate In ordering labor leaders to prison as they do the Captains ot Industries who hold the money bags. John D. and Andrew, J, P. Morgan; Jim Hill, and B. H. Harri- man are sometimes subjected to fines that are never collected. But not so with Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison they are ordered to prison at once, although the charge against both groups is doing things in restraint oi trade. Is there one specific for capi tal and another tor labor? Is It a greater crime to boycott The Buck Stove Co.i than to destroy a weak com petitor in oil, a little railroad, a small stock broker, or an independent nail maker? The intelligence of the country await the answer patiently. Will it be what the mighty Eagle told the king-fisher, viz: Thou must fall: I am great, And thou art small? If so, then Justice has. gone glimmer ing. Roosevelt s effort to muzzle the World carries us back to ancient days, I had an uncle who was known in our old county oi Moore as uovern- or Nelll Cameron, though not because he governed anything outside of his own household. He took his dram, and Invariably attended all county courts. Only once did stern old Justice Cald well attempt to muzzle the speech of Gov'r. Nelll m the court room. Late one evening the Judge ordered ithe Sheriff to take the Gov'r. to the lock up. "One question, your honor, would ask," said uncle Nelll, and, by permission, he said, "Judge, is it wrong to think? I presume not, sir. "Then," said uncle Nelll, "I think you are a toot". Then they proceeded to the jail. Uncle Nelll insisted on the jailor's entering the dark corridor first as he was superstitious In the dark. The Jailor complied, and, when he passed the portal, uncle Nelll clos ed and locked the door, and told htm where he could find the Sheriff in case of further disturbance in court. The Court and the Bar were always In the audience of uncle Nelll. He did the talking, and they'' listened and heard words ot deep meaning, as they tell from the Hps ot nncle Nelll Cam eron. The supresslon ot free speech was . very, unpopular In those days. Sam Gompers would not be sent to jail In those days. y The source of our disquietude Is the apprehension that the rising genera tion ot plain people are selling them selves into slavery. ' Already they are on the brink of Peonage. Young men and women we charge yod, not to for get the price-that was paid by the sires that Intended you should be for ever tree from political, bosses. Re ligious fanatics or captains ot world ly Industries, Reverence God. Treat all men as your equals, who are worthy ot such consideration. . Be the slave of none. .. , , . , : SALMAGUNDI Jotice of Removal X hive moved my marble and granite works In the Ledbetter Block, No. Ill Maxwell street, opposite the F. I. L. armory, where I am prepared to execute the same high-class of Work as In the past. - . Respectfully, t E. L. Remsburg. WOOD'S HIGH-GRADB , GARDEN SEEDS. WE INTRODUCED THESE SOME YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAVE PROVEN ENTIRELY SATISFAC TORY. A FULL ASSORTMENT HAND, INCLUDING 3EED POTATOES, ON ION 8ETS, Ac H. R. HORNE & SONS. ON THE SQUARE Valentine Post Cards 2 FOR cj CENTS. AT IMETHAN & COMPANY, 'Phone 331. DRUGGISTS, AGENTS FOR CUT-FLOWERS. To Smokers! We Win Sell on SATURDAY Official Seal S For 25c. Cigars at 5c. Bl Setoffs Soi Don't Worry about your nm store ORDERS simply PHONE US and our bicycle acrvlca la at your command. A. J. COOK & CO., Druggists And Pharmacists. Next P. O. 'Phone 141. SOUDERS' PHARMACY THE PRESCRIPTION PRES i STORE . Sates AgtnU for Fine Candies 'PHONE 120. The Medicine That Does Good is the one compounded from pure drugs and In strict accordance with the doctor's orders. P is ft particular specialty, and our praearlptloa department Is splendidly equipped to facilitate this work. 9rlM ara as low as elsewhere, - v ' ,a '. . ' 'j - v. ' ' Armlield's Drugstore. . THONI '1V v . , Rotal LaFayette Dulldlng, PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED ONLY IY 30 fiHA.B.'iACifJ
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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