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FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. TIIUKSDAY, AI'IUL 1, 1909. E. J. HALE. Editor and Proprietor. E. J. Hale, Jr., Business Manager. L. B. Halo, City Editor. ! ; " "THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIES OF MR. - CANNON." , Under tbe above caption the Balti more Sun Quotes Mr. Bryan's rebuke of tbe Democratic bolters of 1909. One must infer from the Sun's evidently sincere remarks on this subject that It has seen the error of its own ways In bolting in 1896 and 1908. Its ar ticle is as follows: ! ' The Democratic Allies of Mr. Cannon. At a banquet in Lincoln, Neb in honor of his birthday, Hon. William J. Bryan presented the view of the ma jority of Democrats respecting the 23 Democratic members of the House of Representatives who aided the Repub licans In the House to perpetuate "Can nonlsm" in the 8ixty-flrst Congress. "These Democrats," said Mr. Bryan, "ought to hear from their constita- : ents." : It is a reasonable assumption that : some of these Democratic allies of Speaker Cannon will hear in no un certain way from their constituencies. Not one of them has been able to jus tify his action, although most of them have considered It necessary to offer exDlanatlons. -Certain of them, in a statement published In Tbe Sun Mon day, allege that gag law was applied In the Democratic caucus and also on , the floor of the House by Mr. Clark, the minority leader, when he presented the resolution adopted by the caucus. ' "It is bad enough " they say, "to be gagged by our opponents, but when the muzzle was clapped on us by our . friends we protested, and successful ly." But the form which their protests took was not logical - They should have knocked out Cannonlsm while maintaining an attitude of resistance . to "Cannon methods in their own party. That would have been the sen sible and practical thing to do. The Democratic party had made Cannon lsm an Issue, and upon that issue it ' could well have maintained a solid front in the House. It had victory within its grasp, because Cannonlsm is objectionable to Republican Repre sentatives of independent tendencies, .- who had revolted against the despot- ' ism of the Speaker and allied them' selves with the Democrats to destroy ' Cannonlsm, root and branch.. The 23 Democrats who voted with the Cannon forces for amendments to the rules which , leave the Speaker practically as powerful as he was before deliber ate deprived their party of the op portunity to destroy Cannonlsm. The , destruction of Republican dictatorship . would have made Democratic dictator- ship impossible also.. ' WHERE GRAFT 13 EASY. , Our news items yesterday contained brief mention of an ' extraordinary statement made by Police Commission er Binzbam. In-New York. We say "extrabrdlhary becadse, perhaps,' the. bribe mentioned is so large; but, when we remember that Judge Roger A. Pryor some years ago testified that he had paid his first year's salary ($17,- 000) for his nomination to a judge ship, we should accept Mr. Bingham's . story with composure. - ' The press dispatch,- abbreviated by ns yesterday, was as follows; New York, March 24. A dishonest man holding the' position of police commissioner in New York City might easily become a millionaire in a few months, so great are the opportnnitiei for illicit gains, according to a state ment to-day by Commissioner Bing- ham. o : - - During Mr. Bingham's first year in the office, he said, a single bribe of $600,000 a year was offered him if he would protect certain criminal inter ests. "Compliance with the conditions of the offer," he added, "would have been entirely of a negative matter- all they wanted was to be let alone.' Commissioner Bingham was worked up over the refusal of the city alder men to vote him an appropriation of $100,000 for a secret service to in vestigate Black Hand crimes and oth "This Job of police commissioner," fie said, for example, would be regular gold mine to a dishonest off! ciaL It it were put up at auction to tbe highest bidder a man could well afford to pay $1,000,000 for a year's opportunity to accomplish what the criminal classes would be only too glad to offer him , -Then he referred t the $600,000 bribe offer which he had- Teceived when he first took up the office. i "The offer was of course carefully guard ed," he said. "It came from a suave gentleman, who knew how to handle words to perfection and was able to make his hearer understand what was meant, without laying-; himself open to any unpleasant after effects. "I listened until I understood what the fellow was about.! .Then I. gave htm such a talking to that he will never forget his visit here as long as he lives. I have not heard from him since." - Commissioner Bingham declined to give the name of the man who had maae tne oner, nor would he say what Interests had sought protection. it was rumored later that District Attorney Jerome would Investigate the charges made by Mr. Bingham. BRIEF 6URVEY OF THE 80UTH ERN BUSINESS FIELD. The Tradesman for this week says Practically no changes in hardware trade conditions in the South have been noted in the past week, although iiiiumfaclurera are somewhat annoyed by the provisions of the new tariff bill. It is not considered as certain by any means, however, that in the final framing of the measure the hard ware situation will be materially dis turbed. Throughout the South this week the most flattering reports of rvneral conditions have been given jinn jouncrs are unusually well pleas- ;i with the situation. Ki'tullerg have failed to properly !ii::u their spring demands and many ere already in the market restocking I r the present. Low stocks will pre i;.il wi;h retailers. This practice bliin fair to continue through this "tr iii tlio main, although many strong .!'!"! B".:iiimt the practice are b i .; at (mi. Crop conditions appear en new stores have opened In ten days, buying entire new stocks. Jn Texas a score of new dealers have begun business since the first of the year, and in all other Southern states except South Carolina a number of new dealers have joined the clan. The vehicle trade, which is joint with hardware In tbe greater portion of the South, has also teen uncommon ly good this spring, and jobbers in this line have enjoyed a better trade than they have had for three years. Re markable as It may seem the vehicle business suffered most about a year before the financial depression of 1907 and, began reviving earlier than other lines. Prices have remained steady this week,, no changes being reported in any staples. Leather has shown weak tone, but the same quo tations prevail. Tbe southeast has been a good market tor fencing wire and other materials this season, the demand exceeding anything known in number of years.: V Few Jobbers will venture an opinion on the fall trade situation this early In the season, bnt general Indications point to tbe tact that the hardware business will continue the present gradual improvement until the maxim um is reached again. ' The Lumber Trade. ' Tariff agitation, that disturber of business wHich always comes at the most inopportune time, has had its effect upon the lumber traffic of the South In no uncertain way the past week, but lumbermen are giving the question only the attention It de mands. Buyers have been busy mak ing Inquiries, but have bought spar ingly, fearing that the present tariff schedule will become a law, and nat urally mill men have been unable to force business to any extent All the mills 'are working on full time, where the log supply will permit, and all are looking tor an excellent spring busi ness. ' -., In hardwood centres business Is par ticularly active, although the better grades are too scarce to allow much activity in shipping. Quartered and plain oak, common red oak, chestnut and some other grades are very low, but the country mills are reporting a very good supply for next month. Pop lar is bringing execuenv price and all mills are trying to turn out their max imum cut. although extra widths and choice grades are extremely scarce. Throughout the yellow pine belt mills are running regularly this week but the movement -of lumber la far below the cut Yards are filling up with a splendid lot of lumber and con gestion is threatened at some mills. Orders continue to come in at a fair rate, however, and most lumbermen expect an excellent season next month. The spring trade has brought a gen eral demand for all grades but tempor arily trade has suffered by advices to delay shipment Buyers in the Held, however, admit they will have more favorable Instruction a little later and all are looking for tar more satisfac tory conditions with the coming of April. Textile. - In the opinion of several mill men conversant with the general situation In the South, affecting soft and hard yarn mills, unless there is some Im provement during the next month or so, it Is likely many mills will shut down. In fact, several mills have al ready dosed operations; a few oth ers have decided to run only part time. and most of the hard .yarn mills are now curtailing heavily. So bad Is the general situation that it is deemed nec essary to. apply the most - strenuous treatment . Whether this will be a to tal suspension of .operations,' remains to, be seen, and. will be determined largely by the developments of the next few weeks. It is a prevailing opinion among Southern, hard yarn spinners that the Northern association should join with the Southern association, in the effort to restore prices to living basis. lit in me e few 'I weii !n ti lt localities, where and with floods la: i their work en splendid. -. i unusually lar opening throm: has stimulate 1 1 Xv'mojsee Eer- velopment progress of that section for ten years rior to the panic, which was so dis astrously arrested, will begin again pon larger and wider possibilities. Profiting by this spirit of development already begun our people are practic ally out of debt and the old coudtlons under which they suffered and remain ed poor are forgotten and no longer ex ist, and with Its great Industrial re sources and - advantages ta future greatness cannot be measured or told. "The tide of immigration la 'begin ning to turn in that direction to open up the millions of acres of land lying there awaiting the homesteader. Her magnificent water powers, now wast ing, are to be harnessed to give cheap er electricity, to give power to thous ands of factories to be built to work up her raw material No section of our country is richer in unopened wells of oil and natural gas, beds of coal and Iron, mines of gold and copper and splendid fertilizing potentialities. Her annual crop of 12,000,000 bales of cotton enriches her every year $600, 000,000. ' She Ik soon to become one of the greatest fruit and truck produc ing centres In the world. "Capitalists should not hesitate to invest their money in this great sec tion. Not only will splendid returns be given upon the amount so invest ed but those who come can feel that no hostile legislation will be enacted to discourage and cripple Investments. There .will be no nght there between capital and labor. The negro question is settled, sectional feeling is no more, and the stranger is welcomed always with opened arms. OVERMAN SAYS THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE PANICS. of The Washington correspondent the New York Sun says: Should Be No More Panic This The Opinion of Senator Overman, of Norm Carolina Washington Cor. New York Sua.1 senator Lee 8. Overman, of North Carolina, discussing the country's con dition, says there should not be an other panic, in view of the saner mad more temperate feeling that la likely to succeed the settlement of the great questions before the people. Senator Overman says: "Business is always more or less disturbed by threatened legislation no on those great questions which direct ly affect the financial and commercial interests of the country. Within the next six months the tariff muotimi will Be settled, and whether it is revised upon just and proper lines in the in terest of all the people or in the in terest of the corporations and trusts the agitation npon this great question ior a lime at least will be over. "Within a year In all probability new and it is to be hoped saner, if not a perfect, monetary system will be adopted. Our financial system should be so perfected that an era of prosperity such as we have had and such as we are to have again soon cannot be arrested by the money kings for their own unlawful purposes or by unlawful manipulations and by jugling unanciers. a money panic, should nev er occur again in this country. "The flow of the great stream of trade Is still turgid and credit Is still uncertain and hesitating. Money, how ever, Is becoming easier and can be borrowed on gilt edged security. The diseased and feverish state of the money market has taken on a healthy tone. With the settlement of these great questions which are now adtat- ing the country confidence will be al most completely restored. Many of the causes which produced the teni- oie industrial depression which has long prevailed in this country will be enaea. - - - "Wildcat speculations and frenzied flnancerlng will fee discouraged . and abnormal inflation of values .will be avoided and the watering of stocks musi oe stopped. Under such condi tions, and out of it all. In the near future an era of prosperity, founded upon a solid and permanent basis. such as we have never before experi enced In this ' country, Is bound to come, '-v - . "Congress and the Legislatures of tae different States, while still safe guarding the rights of the people in all respects from unlawful manipula tions and combinations by which they are oeing continually robbed, at the same time will be just to the corpora tions, ana in tne interest of the great commercial development will be more conservative, and will enact only such measures as will aid in the building up ratner man destroying, of enconrac- ing rather than crippling, and of uplift ing ratner than retarding Its growth. "This spirit seems to be abroad In the land, and the people will demand that the laws which have already been enacted tor tnelr benefit shall be en forced before other more drastic leg islation shall be enacted. The great est encouragement must be given, to the building of more railroads for the opening up of new fields for develop ment. "in the South we are Just entering upon the threshold of a wonderful de- The marvelous iuduatrlal ; aggregation the newcomers have in U..K...,n -... ....! Ik. M..i- uuuii. auuiiuu, nuu Gnu xrt mt-it.- THE RALEIGH AFFAIR. Wilson Times. Whenever a city gets Into the moral strabismus that seems to afflict Ral eigh. It la In a bad way, and yet al most any community will get Into such bad condition unless the people keep constantly on the alert, and well-informed as to the actions of their city officlala and insist on knowing at all times what is transpiring. The aver age citizen is so engrossed in his business affairs that he has little time to think of such matters and therefore. If the administration of a community so desires, it may, quietly Indulge in all sorts of graft at the expense of the taxpayer. Then upon whom devolves the ne cessity of keeping the busy business man acquainted with the "ins and outs," and the details of public mat ters? .v ;r- Moat readily you answer, "the news paper man should be able to have at his fingers ends all the Information necessary, so that he would not mere- take the words of officials, but should also be in a position to unravel Intricate- webs and go to the bottom of details in order to ascertain - the true facts in every Instance." We re gret this is true, and yet If the ordi nary business man has so little time to investigate for himself how can the newspaper editor with considerably more work on als hands than the av erage business man, find time to keep la touch with tbe -thousand and one threads of the commercial, -political, social and religious life of the com tnnntty? ... , And yet' if it would keen a care ful watch and do its full duty by the public the newspaper man must do all of this and more. . For sometime we have felt there was something rotten la the administration of the city ct Raleigh and wondered why the news papers of that city didn't go down af ter K and dig it np. Raleigh is a wealthy city and en joys a large income from its taxa ble properties. It does not, like Wil son own any of its public utilities, ana yet its bonded indebtedness is about the size of Wilson's. Without schools and enjoying a huge Income from the dispensary- last year and with one of the highest tax rates In the state It must, as soon as the dispen sary closes. Increase the taxes, and In addition levy a special tax to con duct Its public schools. .The cost of running Wilson for 12 months all told, including interest on our bonds is around $40,000. while Balelgh, without . public utilities, spending more than $100,000. The disclosures in the office of Ral eigh's police will probably pave the way lor outers, and : will not only prove a valuable lesson tor the peo ple of saieign, but to the other cities of the state as welL . "We have always contended a nubile omee is. a public trust and any offi cialwho felt himself too good to be watched u not to be trusted in a pub- lie position. ..... . . The nest of us are only human and we all need a check rein tor fear we might grab the bit In our teeth and ma with it; and when any man feels that he is so pure and immaculate that he does not need watching it is high time he was watching himself, for mile goetb before a fail" "and watch as well as pray; lest ye enter into temptation," are sayings from the Bible every man no matter who he be may wisely apply unto himself. But it takes some grit and backbone to open np on an administration in the cold and uneventful days when there Is no hot contest on hand as now shakes Raleigh "from centre to circumference. it Is not so hard when the newspaper man leeis tne people are with him in their efforts to oust those who are evidently Incompetent and, unworthy or puouc trust But we feel It's the duty of the newspaper at all times to crack it on the head whenever the slightest Indi cation appears among the "public ser vants" that they are greater than the people, for the time to uproot a dis ease Is In its incipency before it has spread to the entire body, whether cor porate or unman. - Readers of the Times will recall some rough roads this editor has had to travel In the stand taken several years ago that the records of the city were public property, and though the court here decided against us we kept banging away until not only the may or docket was published dally, but In addition an Itemized account of the receipts and disbursements were pub- iisnea mommy in these eolumns. It was necessary for us to agree to publish these statements for noth Ing before we could get the consent of the administration. For sometime we did this until the city fathers saw it was a wise thing to do and that was not right tor us to do it for noth ing, and now they are paying for it The wisdom of it all Is apparent in the recent disclosures In the city of Raleigh. Suppose the papers of that city had been publishing every day the fines in the mayor's court and at the end of tbe month the receipts and dis bursements, which of course Includes the proceeds derived as the result of such fines, wouldn't that chief of po lice have known to a certainty that tne public would nave caught on, even If there was collusion among the city's officials; i ;, v . -- . mac, and was cft rwardii kissed by the Indies; Nick, who married Alice, I and hasn't m;.c) had opportunity to leglsla:o a bit; Kelfer, the quaint old man who wears evening dress the day thrcuuh; Tillman, the pltchforker; Taylor, the fiddler, and Jeff Davis, the low combed rooster from Arkansas, these are they whom you must hunt up aud show to your friends. In pass ing you might point out Maun, who talks ail the time; Champ Clark, tbe minority leader, and Sereno Payne, Republican floor leader, though you don't have to do this. Your friends, you know, read the newspapers, the country's educators. Necessarily the opinions ot these friends need right much revision. . Whereas they' now see as through a glass darkly, if they will only tarry in Washington a year or two and watch diligently, they may ste certain folks as they are, hlch, Mini; translated, means that colony ot Lilliputians will burst upon their view. Simple backwoodsman that I am, 1 came here supposing everyone ot the big bugs was a hero ot Herculean mold, to use that term as expressive ot the strongest, most aggressive In tellectuality which the country affords. The people, I surmised, chose as their Representatives, not men who had to use all the cunning they and their friends could muster to suppress cer tain things, but rather men - whose, private life, thoroughly disclosed, was only Increased evidence of their fit ness tor the job. What I now think Is that the successful man is too of ten he who has had the ability 'to hide the darkest side ot his life, and yet keep .it continually in action. - -BIQ MEN" IN WASHINGTON. "No Clays, Webster, Toombses, nor Vances." . Alvia Horton, In Charlotte Observer.' One's friends, dropping in on one here,- want one to show them the big men. Now one may be undecided as to who these big fellows are, but if half wise,' one know precisely the So far as I know, not. one of the crowd the visitors are looking tor has such a darker side. . They are all. perhaps, honorable and, - certainly, very pleasant fellows. : I do not think however, that- anyone who has. watch ed them closely tor long will attempt to say that they represent the climax Intellectuality, or have by any means a major part of the other pre requisites of big men. They have kept in the limelight ' If editors have roasted them, reporters hsve played 'em up, so to speak; and you know the country doesn't care tor in the least or read much, a paper's edi torial page. It reads the news stories. The Washington correspondent is one of the most powerful men in the gov ernment , Rightly manipulated, he is a builder of fame, for others. To get into the public prints that's the child's ambition which lives in the The country boy,, reading the county paper's glowing story of his Congressman's speech, with copious extracts therefrom, and "applause' freely Interspersed, -says hes going to talk like that when a man. The man who can talk like that talks a plenty aid contrives to have so amazing a portion of It printed .that the coun try thinks he's the wonder of Wash lngton. ' . - . - - . Of course the correspondent feels it due his readers to indulge In a- cer tain amount of criticism. - So every one criticises people In other States wno, he knows, never read his stuff. Everyone? No, not quite. The new York man; who doesn't have to go begging among the New York, or any other- Congressmen, will be discharg ed Jf he suppresses facts on his own accord. To be brutally frank, it must be stated that 'tis In the South and West where, as a rule, yon never read of certain incidents, unless a careless news editor fails to cut out the A soclated Press Item. So the people flock in to see. in addition - to their own Representa tives, the little bunch hereinbefore mentioned. Hobson does them the fa vor . to post in the galleries notices mat lie will speak at a certain hour la behalf of more and better battle ships. After the applause shall have died away, one Infers that he may be seen In the corridors to receive oscu latory and other expressions ot appre ciation. Nick looks at . the many pointing his way and feels that he's done enough by catching Alice: while Jeff, trust buster, and simplest man of tne nerd at home, stauu out to his new automobile to ride away, "as big as any man, sir." 1 V And here, I am compelled to ob serve, a good deal does depend on the galleries, after alL- They constitute ue public. Tne accuracy of the coun trys discernment you mav see dailv by the crowds who rush In to hear as big men only the sensationalists, those wno make no distinction between no toriety and fame. . So perverted is the public's taste that it can't relish tne slow ways of the fauiers: and too often applause in, the galleries of a aramaucaiiy uttered absurdity only serves lo nx in tbe national life freak to be eventually deplored. . uusuaiiy, among tbe theatres, it is left .to the peanut galleries to perpe trate aplause; for those in the costly Mats tolerate rather than enjoy. The toot-black, newsboy, common-laborer, men and boys, all recognize the fine pans ail ngbt as. any human will but If perchance they see, too, those coarse things for which the animal in them cries, the demonstrations by those high throngs may cause some body to open another' show-house for the basely vulgar. fYou see the trend. "Tls a question wnemer mis thing called tame worm any struggle and sleepless nights. - Isn't It too much the appro bation of folk whose opinions are not worth hill of beans T Isn't it merely notoriety acquired hymen wno reaa tne galleries aright? K But big men, they are here; to be sure. You may be more interested in my telling yon thst Cy Sulloway, of New Hampshire, Is the tallest man; that Ollie James, of Kentucky, Is the heaviest man,- that Tom Heflln, of Alabama, is the handsomest man. an.1 that John L. Burnett also of Ala bama, Is the shortest man, he being u uiick inai nis arms, if be drops uiem oj nis siae, sticx straight out you msy.be more interested la partic ulars like these, I say, -than in my opinion as to who the really big men are. I shall, therefore, give not a list out some samples. Champ Clark, Sereno Payne, Judge OcAtmond, Tawney and DftlzelL these are among the giants in the House these days; while Culberson, Hale snd aiancn are among the real heavy weight in the Senate. These are se lected by reason of their prominence alone; for there are men here at both ends of the Capitol who might be Classed as able to the proverbial transcendent point, but who, In the prevailing conditions, deem it wise to seep wen in tne background. He who is made- pbpular because, after Intro- aucing some other man s measure spoke that man's ideals, while th man was working for votes not to be won by any eloquence or who in the scramDie ior good committee asslm. menu Is rewarded with a particular ly uigninea place, this fellow, you will concede, may not be a heavyweight ii. Distinction In congressional clrclss is rareiy evidence of statesmanshln It is rather proof that the elani,,! holds views similar to those of the eievaior. Nor is this niittlne strongly. It seems proper that those who dominate the dominating wing inc party in power snou d sort of tools. 'tis told ot a much-talked-ot man here that while making a campaign for the governorship of his State, he requested his oppouent before a large audience, to give him a little ot the cough syrup which the op ponent always carried In his handbag. A bottle, from which both had Im bibed before, was handed to the man to cure his sore throat He turned It up and sputtered. It was whisky! Pleased nt the candidate's Christianity, the crowd disgraced his opponent and sent to . Washington the most pro uounoed freak in the history ot the Union., Politicians', tricks - you'vo heard ot them. Indeed, you see them here, although on a much less primi tive scale than back home. Like most ot the theories which lawyer untold to juries, and which are just as Im possible, and not halt so plausible, as some of Edgar Allen Poe'a plots, they are a sad- revelation as to thepublic's iuipllclty. -. ' - ":- . Of these big men Champ Clark is far . the most commanding. Of large oulld, stern, earnest; face withal magnetic . presence, witty, . clear headed, eloquent but without any ot the bubbles which usually congregate In an eloquent man's head, Mr. Clark Is remembered with a good deal of admiration by all who have watched him tor long. . In debate he is never worsted: his argument is clear, and hia repartee unexcelled in the pres- nt personnel of tbe House, as a ,-eneral, he will be followed, or there -will be considerable explaining. Judge DeArmond Is a man of rare ability, but his presence is against him. His deeds win be remembered; the doing of them never, i , ' Sereno Payne, a large man, wltn .all his corpulency in front, moves slowly but dangerously. ' His influence is great, because he is Republican lead er? and yet he la not liked, because he Is so Intolerant In debate his thun derous gruffness wins all the applause be gets. ' ;;-r-';-'-- Dalsell is a little, old man, dried up, and with a womanish voice. He is the Cassius of the body; . "Woud he were fatter. . -.--.V ;;''.-.:- Tawney, medium sized and muscu lar, is the blacksmith of the body. His biography in The Congressional Directory states that he never attend ed any school after he had attained the age of 14. He Is a practical man. with hard sense, and as chairman of he appropriations committee is mak ing a mark. ... Over In the Senate, Culberson, lead er of the minority, tall, classical all over,, and, Hale, majority leader, slen der, genteel, who talks like a back woods schoolmaster, pedantically, slowly, and who to the common herd appears much as did Miss Ophelia to Topsy in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" so- nice be d touch a toad just as soon as common' hand these two ' Wield, supposedly,: all - the . power. : But there's Aldrkh. ; He la medium-, sized Ind looks harmless, enough. No frills of tbe statesman are banging to him. Like a gray fot he relies on cunning. He is- the strong - right arm ot the Senate. 'i, ,-.;,-. ..: .-'--f: To put It broadly, there are Just two kinds of big men, the one who stays well between the extremes, earn est 'but not cranky, and who does' things whenever he can, whether the bugle is blowing or not; the other, the strong, passionate man, with a tiger In his breast easily tempted by carnal things, capable of fierce hate and fiercer love, - who wallows in ' the depths and then rises to the heights, his message laden with the heart-cries of the lowly, the exultation ot the victor, the tenderness ot the lover, the sweetness of the pure. The for- finer wo must look: to for deeds. The world just must have htm. The lat ter we must look to for a readjust ment ot ou warped Inwardness into that state for which It cries. He is the genius. As things -are here to-day and promise to be tor an indefinite num ber ot to-morrows, the country should be apprised that from ' the crop of big men in Washington will he gath ered no Clays, Websters, Toombses, nor Vances. The dar when the states- rrian cculd hope to be appreciated at his true worth has long been passed. , This Is a slap, not at the brains of the age, so much as at the training of the age. We need Washington cor respondents Who will undeceive the people; and we- need something or somebody to "ring out the false and ring in the true" so- that the really big man can pass the shallow-mind ed trickster and come Into hi own. - THE SANATORIUM IN WESTERN CUMBERLAND. Some Interesting Facts. The Sanford Express of March 26th says: Dr. M. E. Street of Olendon, spout a tew hours here Monday while on hi way to Montrose, where, on Wednes day he attended a meeting ot the board of director ot the State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis. Dr. Street Informs The Express that an annual appropri ation ot $2,500, In addition to the pres ent annual appropriation ot $5,000, was made by the late Legislature tor the maintenance ot the institution. An appropriation ot $15,000 was made for permanent Improvements this, year and a like sum for the same purpose next year. ' An appropriation of $1,000 was made to - beautify the grounds. Dr. -Street - says a number of new buildings will ba constructed so as to Increase ' the capacity of the Institu tion to about 125 patients. Water works and a sewerage system will be put in so as to keep the Sanatorium and grounds In a thoroughly sanitary condition, A farm and dairy, will al so be established aud run In connec tion wlttrthe Institution so as to fur- slab, the patients with milk, butter eggs, chickens and other things raised on a (arm at a minimum cost The patients are treated at actual cost There are now about a dozen patients in the In stitution. A number have been dis charged cured.' The open air treat ment Is given with splendid results. Dr. Street thinks the educational feat ure of this Institution will accomplish great good among the people.. The patients are not only treated for the disease, but they are Instructed how to ward oft and protect themselves and Others against it when they re turn, to their homes they will impart the information gained to .their fam ilies and neighbor and the result is the entire community will be benefit ted by It and tuberculosis will be on the decrease instead ot the increase, Great thing are looked for from this Sanltorium." ; SENATOR NIMOCK8 AND THE MOORE COUNTY STOCK LAW. Mr. A. B. Williams, of Rennert Is spending the day In town. Mr. Editor: -'' For the- Information of citizens of Cumberland residing near .the Moore county line who have enquired as to the status of the stock law recently passed for Moore county, I desire to say through your columns that my understanding is, the law goes into effect April 1st 1909. The act does not require' a line fence to be built by either county, out provides that the county line shall be the fence I endeavored earnestly, but without success, to amend the, act in the Sea ate by requiring Moore county to build a good and sufficient fence. I thought it only fair and just to adjoining coun ties without a stock law, that Moore should1 be required to build s fence, but my amendment- was opposed - by both Senators Dockery and Peele and by Representative McDodald, who rep resented Moore county In the Legis lature, and It tailed ot adoption by one majority on the first vote, and, having secured a reconsideration, wltn. a iarg- er vote, again failed by 2 majority. requested a number of our leading citizens who were in Raleigh to see Mr. .McDonald, author of the bill, to secure his consent to such an amend ment, and also nrged his consent my self, but without success. ' Having taken tbe position while in the Legislature that the question of a stock law for our county should be decided by the people, under tbe gen eral law, ratner than by special leg islative act, I felt that consistency and good faith required that I should do my best to require Moore-county to build a line fence where her bound ary touches Cumberland county. My efforts, however, proved unavailing, as stated. .,.' - i 'i . Q. K. NIMOCKS. 'The Owego force 1 now hard at work constructing the pillar for the new Clarendon bridge, which was found necessary in addition to the old pillar, which .were not damaged by the fire. ,. 9 . Sprains For' . - -n m. i a , - . ' - - i - ?fsUI A iHOtiL-ESS'-LARD'l of he painstaking to secure the most useful ' Sloan's' Liniment Is the best remedy for uprains' " and bruises. -' , It quiets the pain at once, and can be applied to the tenderest part without hurting because it doesn't need ; to be rubbed all you have to do is to lay it on "ghtly. . It is a powerful preparation and penetrates instantly relieves any inflammation and congestion. ' ,and reduces the swelling. , Sloan's. ,;: ; is an excellent -antiseptic and germ -killer heals cuts, bums, wounds and ' contusions, and will draw the poison from sting of poisonous insects. . Price, 25c, 80c, and $1.00. Dr.EarlS.Sloan, Boston, MastU&A."--- W1 book on bm', ,hwp n4 Mnt frM The one, and only- absolutely pure cooking-fat that gives com plete satisfaction ;under all cul inary conditions. Far better and cleaner than the best hog-lard, and always goes farther. As good as butter for all kinds of cooking, from bread-baking to fish-frying. Made : by Nature, and, therefore, of natural purity., i- ?THE 'SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO MewYorkSavanmhMdanta'MwOr SCHOOL-BOOKS! School Books, latev ' trayoni, Tablet, j. ;iV Copy Books; cVo.t Vc. 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Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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