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mil DAILY EDITION. 18.00 Per Annum, In Advance. 3.00 for 8 Months, In Advance. Q i&Q for 3 Months, In Advance. vjzz::l edition. f i.oq per Annum, in Advance. OLD SERIES VOL LXXIII, NO 4.1x7 FAYETTEVILLE. fi. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 15 1909. NEW SERIES-VOL. XXVRO. 2,343 n A . ITj OBS11W JBSM People past middle life usually bare gome kidney or bladder disorder, that apt the vitality, which Is naturally lower In old age. Foley's Kidney Rem edy oorreoU urinary troubles, stimu lates the kidneys, and restores strength and'vlgor, It cures urlo add troubles by strengthening the kidneys so tbey will strain out the urlo add that settles In the muscles and joints causing rheumatism, McDuffle Drug Stare, (0. 0. Sisters, Mgr.) You should not delay under any cir cumstances iu cases of Kidney and Bladder trouble. You. should take something promptly that you know if reliable, something like DeWltt's Kid ney and Bladder Pills, They are nn equaled for weak back, backache, In flammation of the bladder, rheumatlo pains, etc. When you ask tor DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, be sure you get them. They are antiseptic Ac cept no substitutes: Insist upon get ting the right Jclnd. Bold by Annneld Drug Store. . Children especially like Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup, as It tastes nearly as good as maple sugar.' It not only heals Irritation and allays inflam mation,' thereby stopping the cough, but it also moves the bowels gently and In that way drives the cold from the system. It' contains no opiates. Sold by Armfleld's Drug Store, . During the spring every one would -be benefited by taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. It furnishes 'a needed tonic to the kidneys after the 'extra strain ot winter, and it purifies the blood by stimulating the kidneys, and causing them to elemlnate the impurities from It. Foley's Kidney Remedy. Imparts - new life and vigor. Pleasant to take. McDuffle Drug Store, (0. 0. Souders, Mgr.) . , Wood's Liver Medicine is a liver reg ulator which brings quick relief to sick headache, constipation, ' bilious ness and other symptoms of liver dis orders. Particularly recommended for Jaundice, Chills, Fever, Malaria. The f 1.00 else contains 1 1-2 times as much as the 60c. else. MacKethan ft Co. W. W.BAKER, - 7 ' CIVIL ENGINEER, Land Surveying and' Municipal En gineering, over, 8huford - A Rogers' Store. Favettaville. N. C. Q. K. NIMOCKS, 4 1 oruey and Counsellor-at-Law. ' - Rooms t and 9 K. of P. Building. . f Fayettevllle v V - N. C. - ' 0Phona 229. ' - - - - H. McD. Robinson, John Q. 8 haw, (Notary Public) ROBINSON & SHAW,' Attorneys-at-Law,. 'Offices on second floor National Bank f Fayettevllle. i . , H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, - Notary Public. Office Thornton Building Hay Street, Fayettevllle, N. C - V. C. BULLARD, Attorney and . Counsellor at Law,; . Notary Public, Surveyor; -Office K. of P. Building, ' V FAYETTEVI LLJE, N. C DR. WM. S. JORDAN, Physician and Surgeon.' ' Office In. Palace Pharmacy. , Hours: 9 to 12 and 3 to 6.' ' Dr. E. L. HUNTER, ; Dentist, North-east Corner Market Square. . - .. Fayettevllle, N. C. . iw' Dr. A. S. CROMARTIE, , DENTIST, Office In MacKethan Building, 102 1-2 Person street ' Phone 838. r ev- Fayettevllle, N. C & B. Patterson, D. D. 8. .-'.- i ' 1, J. H. Judd, D. D. ft. Drs. Patterson & Judd, ' Offices 219 1-2 Hay 8treet, pver Dunn 4 Co.'s 8tore; 'Phone 65. Hi. J . o. ituriCLU, m. u.t Offers his professional services to the citizens of Fayettevllle and surround ing country." Office with Dr. 1 J. H. Marsh, 249 Hay 8treet, 'Phone 77; Residence, St. Luke's Hospital, ,Phone 124, - Public Accountant. - -Auditing of Partnership, . Corpora- ai .-J Sluktl A sin Aim) at sk sanalaltv 11UU RUU AT UU1IU auvwuutsi a- bivvw., Would' leave city for a few days af a time. .. . ' .-' .: ; : ' Refers to County Authorities, D, H. Ray, Esq., and Dr. H.' W. uuy. " ,'' W. N. TILLINOHAST, SR. September 19th. ' - Phone 252. fcKETHANrTRUSTCO. " ' ", Market Square, ' i I tAYSTTBVItU,K.Ol ' ' ' i It Ml Estate bonith t ud told. ' Loan nexoUatel and guMUittM. Kent n4 lnlatMt colltoled. . v.. . . 1 .. nl MnortniiMnUllL iMiruM pimlom ukw uid lowed btrt I. , VioKBtBAS, Att'T. $300. ' Farm 60 acres, house and barn. , ' " $300. Small farm "mile north city. , $76. lot Cool Spring street 8150. Tenement lot Rowan street. $400. House and lot Blue street. $::L Tract II acres mile Victory Miu. - " ... - j $150. Lot Mechanlo street -. . $500. House corner lot Mechanlo street J , $00. lot Manchester street. $300.. Each Mots Arsenal Hay mount. , ' " ' . ' $15 each 10 lot Fayhope., 3. Elmre LaFnyotte Auditorium. , THE NEGRO IN AMERICA. ; A Census bulletin gives interesting statistics concerning the Negro in Am erica from the first census In 1790 to the last in 1900. , j . It Is pointed out bV Director North that, In 1790, the negroes formed 19.3 per cent,, of the entire-population of America, whereas today, thanks again to immigration, they form only 11.6 per cent of the whole. In 1790, for every 100 white persons, the southern states had 63 Slaves. Six years later, 1850, a the proportion of blacks to whites had declined to 49 per cent., and in 1900 there had ' been a still further decrease to 48 per centr-a decline of one negro per hundred whHes.,vYYY;;;,;'YY'YY 1 In "the Southern States. - :. 'The proportion of blacks to whites in the southern ' states ranges from twenty-five pea hundred in Maryland to 140 pee hundred in South Carolina. The slaves in 1790 are estimated to have been worth $105,000,000, ot which the south had 198,000,000; New Eng land, (where it was not profitable to keep them) $566,000 worth and the middle states, the rest. , k , , ;' How greatly immigration has helped to keep the proportion of negroes in a declining scale may be inferred from the tact that had the ratio of 1790 been maintained to 1900 there would have been but 61,600,000 whites and about '16,000,000- negroes in America today, The figures for 1900, however, were 66,809,000 whites and 8,833,000 negroes. " ( Director North concludes that while there Is only 1.6 children in the white family the white people of , colonial stock have an average ot 1..8 children per family," This, he thinks, indicates that the descendants of recent immi grants are not nearly so prolific as their fathers, nor as proliflo as the old stock Americans,' such as is found in the - southern states,. In some , parts of which, he 'says, 1,000 children are shown to 1,100 adults. . i.vThe Number of Slaves, The number ot slaves in the United States In 1790 was approximately 700, 000. Slaves were owned in each state and territory Of the Union, except Vermont,' Massachusetts and the dis trict of Maine. About one-iourteentn of all the slaves were owned outside of the southern states. . As a slave state, Virginia ranked first, reporting 800,000. v'-x . The report reflects Interestingly the change which occurred from 1790 to isov m uib prupuruuu 01 mores in var ious parts of the south. - The propor tion of all slaves reported in the added area steadily increased as the propor tion reported by the original area de creased, so that in 1860 the number of slaves in each ot the two sections of the country tended to become eqnaL The number ot slave holding famil ies In the United States in 1790 was approximately 92,000. In 1850, more than half a century later, the number had Increased to 348,000. v -i Director North declares that It has been possible to determine the number of slave holding families in Virginia, and other facts connected therewith, for the first time. The average num ber of slaves per slave holding family was 7.6 in 1790, and 9.2 in I860. Only three persons in northern states owned Over 20 slaves each in 1790. They were Elijah Mason, of Le banon, Conn., 28; Robert Livingston, ot Llvlngstontown, N. Y., 44; Marga ret Hutton, of Washington, Pa., 24. The total number of persons direct ly or Indirectly Interested, because ot family relationship, in slave Homing was 633,000 in 1790 and 2,000,000 in 1860 ,or 16.5 and 9.9 per cent; respect ively, the total free population. The JUDICIAL' OFFICE DRAGGED IN THE MIRE. The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch makes fun of the President, his attorney gen eral, and the North Carolina' seekers for the vacancy In the Dlstrlot Court Judgeship created by the death jf. Judge PurnelL It all seems very tun ny; but the occasion for it disgusts those who have been taught to respect the Judicial office. . . Says the correspondent: The North Carolina Judgeship con test has degenerated into a first-class vaudeville performance, in which there appear ring-masters, horse traders and ponies. Messrs. Wlckersham and Tatt being the showmen, the friends ot the candidates, the Jacktes, and the applicants the horses. ; v - Within the last ween me louowing named gentlemen have been here to show themselves, be examined and passed upon: T. T. Hicks, of Hender son:1 E. W. Tlmberlake. of Wake For est; E. F. Sea well, of Carthage; Frank L. Fuller, of Durham, and E. W. Clark, of Newborn. Tnere is some specula tion as to whether or not Judges H. Q. Connor and George H. Brown have been Invited to come and be tried. . The reeular order of procedure, al tar the candidate arrives here, Is tor him to bo to his hotel, wash his face riant clean. Drusn nis nair wi ne " blessed with any), put on his now-ani thens, strike the right noise, and then call to see Attorney-uenerai wiener sham, who looks at his teeth, tries his eyes and tests his wind. Having pass ed through this ordeal sausiactoriiy the Tarheel is escorted to the White House, where President Tatt con cludes the examination. - -s . . Taft Looks Him-Over. This is Bill," declares : Wicker- ham. nresentlnc one of the canal- dates- "and I find him worthy ot your consideration." ' : "Well." says the President, vara nis tenth nil rlffht?" K'.f n - Yes, they are a nttie smoom, dui tint from ace. He Is threatened witn the big Jaw, but that is an insignincani ailment" v - - - ., "You certain he is not moon-eyed? "His eyes are good. . They do not flicker when you wave your hand in n stniit tall hard to lift" "There lies his one weakness; it worried me a little." declares Wicker- "That woilld never do," replied the ProoMont "a candidate with a weak annendaare would not nave sumoieni oourage to hold his position." .! tear Hill has tnai Diemmu, r his wind all rlghtT Is their any sign of trouble?" - ? - "Mnnn. Ma wind seems to be riiht. I trotted him around a block, and could not doteot any sign of m- lows or heaves. Tne oniy aeieci discovered was In the toll, s,nd thai Thnt will do. Wlokersham, take him out and" hrln franother.------- An hour later "Marse Wllllai says the fat sleek colored doorkeeper, "here's "Cap'n George Wlckersham with another pf them Nort Carolini ans." ;X ... - ... "Let him in I " demands the Presi dent, as be throws one leg Over the corner -of the table. "This Is Ed," declares ,the Attorney. General. . . "How Is be, George?" ' "He's all right, with the exception ot a knot on each hind leg." "Not spavin, I reckon?" "No, I think not, Mr. President, but It is from hard pulling. He seems to have been a very gdod worker." , - "That'll 'do. Fetch another." " This was kept up until Herbert Tomtit, Frank and one or two others were exhibited. 'v;V;:''--Muit 8ee Him. David Harum never manifested more Interest In any of the beasts that be traded tor than has the President of the United States in the candidates tor the Judgeship; he and Mr. Wicker Sham have said to all-comers. "Trot out your nag and let - us see him! That's what we are here for And Incidentally, they have had lots ot fun at the expense of. the scribes who eager and anxious to get at the truth have accepted all sorts of rumors, , AN OLD CHATHAM MAN WHO HAS PROSPERED. Many of our older readers will read with pleasure the following from the Sanford Express: ;; S'" Mr. William R. Utley. of New York. who was noted in these columns last week as being a Lee county visitor, spent a few days in Sanford the latter part of last' and the first of this week as the 'guest of his cousin. Mrs. Kate Scott. ' A reporter of this paper called on Mr. - . Utley Monday and learned something of his long and active life.. In giving a brief story of his life, he started out by stating that he was Wn in Chatham county, three miles' from Haywood in the year 1828, and that he was the son of Archibald Utley. Before' Mr. Utley had reached his ma jority be decided to engage in busi ness, and In 1847 he went to Wilming ton where he organised and becamea member of Hathaway and Company. This company handled sugar and mo lasses from Cuba and Porto Rico. Mr. Utley was a director of the Cromwell Steam Ship Line,: the first steam Ship company that ever operated out of Wilmington. Messrs. utley and Hath away went to New York in 1865, where they opened business similar to that engaged in at Wilmington. At the end of three years the firm dissolved and Mr. Utley entered the. banking business on Wall Street After he be came a prosperous and successful banker he decided to invest caDltal in a number of other enterprises. He became president of the Federal Val ley Coal Company, of Marietta, Ohio. He was also at the head of a company that built a railroad of some length in Ohio. 'A town which, he helped to build In Athens county, Ohio, was named Utley.. Mr. Utley was also pres ident of the New .Birmingham Land and IronCompany, of Texas. He has accumulated much of his wealth from the Bmeltlng business in the iron mines of the West Since 1901 his business has made it necessary tor him to cross the continent ten times. Mr. Utley retired from active business in 1907. His office is 42 Broadway, New York. ' v . Mr. Utley was, married to Miss Mary Gary, of Garysburg, this State in 1856. To this union was born seven children, one of whom survives.' Mrs. R. M. "Dlx, of New York City.. Mrs. Dix first met her husband in Wilmington, and after they were married they went to New York to live. Mr. Utley died Sept 1st 1906, and was burled in New York. . -' .: Mr. Utley has a number of relatives In this section. - His father and Mrs. Scott's mother were brother and sis ter. "Mrs'. Scott's father was a Mc Lean. She was also born and reared near Haywood. Mr. Utley is a broth er of Mrs. J. M. Gunter, who lives near Jonesboro. He is also related to tne families of Mr. John D. Gunter and Mr. Ed. Utley, of this place.- - This Is Mr. Utley's second visit to North Carolina since he went to New York. He visited Wlmlngton in 18 69. This time' he found only tour men in that city as old as himself, who were there in his young days. - While In that city he was the guest of Mr. James Sprunt . -When the reporter called at Mrs. Scott's he found Mr. Utley in a remin iscent mood. - His memory is clear and strong and without hesitating he related incidents connected with his life when a small boy. He carries in his memory, the "family tree" and canIve dates connected with it up to the time he left the State. In the early history of the State his grand mother often visited her people in Wake county. She was a visitor at the Peace Farm when the engineers and surveyors went there to survey the site in which Raleigh now stands, Peace Institute goUts name from this farm.' " - - . ' - Mr. Utley sees a great future for the South, especially North Carolina, with her splendid climate and great un developed resources. Although he has spent the most ot his life in the North he is still loyal to the South and loves to come and mingle with her people. Mrs. Dlx. who spent the season In Ashevllle, left for her home in New York the first of the week. Mr. Utley left tor Wilmington Mon day afternoon. After spending a few days there he will sail on the 10th oi 4prll tor New York, . . r. "8TATE RIGHTS AGAIN SUSTAIN '. ED." It is often said in England that the Tories,' adroitly take' advantage of a popular measure, to whloh they are opposed, but which, pressed by their opponents to the verge of winning, they hasten to enact into law. It looks as it the Federal courts are tol towing this example, for, since Bryan's campaign, they have reversed the antl State Rlanta decisions ot courts be low in the J'white slave" cases in Chi cago, the Railroad ease In Alabama, and the Dispensary Case In South Car olina. Ot this latter the Atlanta Jourh al interestingly saysr i , ' atsta Rlanta Aaaln Sustained. ' The suoreme court of the United States in an opinion handed down on yesterday in the case ot certain liquor dealers aralnst the dispensary com mission ot South Carolina and the re lated case ot the dispensary commis sion asalnst the state, has once more nnheld the orlnciole of state rights. vitalised the eleventh amendment to the constitution and reversed the rad inaL nnaltlon taken by Judge Jetor R, Prltehars, ol the circuit euurt of U United States.. . This decision comes as an addition ' to a cumulative series of recent decis ions by the : court ot last resort in which the right and powers of the state are protected from the encroach ments of the lower federal courts. It Is one of the most Important opin ions in the recent history ot American Jurisprudence, for it the position taken by Judge Prltchard had been upheld, the eleventh amendment to the con. stltutlon which had been established In principle three generations ago by the firmness of the state of Georgia when its rights were Invaded, would have been stripped of all force and ef fect. . The federal courts, under the ruling of Judge Prltchard, would have been given Jurisdiction over the states even in matters which were entirely domestic.".., u;,;'v,!.;v.V!: -:..': A wave of indignant, protest went up all over the country, particularly in the south, when Judge Prltchard's revolutionary decision was handed flown, and while Impartial students of the law have not doubted that his de cision would be reversed, it is grati fying to find that the principle of state rights, established when the state of Georgia defied the processes of -the United States courts under Chief Jus tice ' Marshall ' and maintained its right to regulate its own internal af fairs, has. been sustained. ,; The dispensary commission was ar pointed and empowered by the legis lature of the state ot South Carolina to liquidate the affairs of the South Carolina dispensary in 1907, when .the state decided to go out of the liquor business. . Eight hundred thousand dollars was collected, and a hundred thousand dollars was still due. -' . Bills for six hundred thousand dol lars for liquors purchased were pre sented by various liquor concerns, and as the commission held some of these claims to be unfair and excessive, It Insisted upon making a careful examin ation 'of these, bills. .; : 3 These alleged creditors grew impat ient and brought suit for the amounts claimed to be due. In their petition in the circuit court they. alleged that the members of the commission bad entered into a conspiracy to hold these funds for their own selfish purposes. while on the other hand the commis sion alleged a .coalition among . the creditors to collect excessive sums. ; The commission resisted the suits on the ground that the proceedings was against the state itself; that the commission is, a court and therefore not subject to federal Injunction, i The circuit court overruled these pleas, placed the dispensary funds' in the hands of a receiver, and enjoined the commission from disposing of Its funds. '-:?',', . - - ;. This opinion, was affirmed by the circuit court of appeals and it is this radical decision which the United States supreme court has reversed. . The latter court has also sustained the state court in the case of the dis pensary against the state. The attor ney general had demanded of the commission- that it set aside a certain sum fifteen thousand dollars for the prosecution of violators ot the dispens ary laws. The commission resisted on the ground that the federal courts hacf' enjoined the commission from paying out dispensary funds. The state court held that the federal court was without Jurisdiction in matters entire- wlthin the state. The commission brought the case to the supreme court on a writ of error and the decision of the state court is affirmed by the su preme oourt of the United States. Justice White said the real question was whether, in substance, the suits, were against the state; and therefore beyond the jurisdiction of the circuit court, in accordance With the eleventh amendment to the constitution, which provides that: , "The judicial power or the united States shall not be construed to ex tend to any suit in law or equity, com menced or prosecuted against One of the United States by citizens of an other state," etc : The suits Instituted by the creditors of the dispensary so clearly came with in the terms of this constitutional pro hibition that it is difficult to conceive how the circuit court of appeals could have taken any other view ot the mat ter. , , ;,. -, ........ . At all events, the opinion' handed down on' yesterday by the supremf court of the United States is clear cut and conclusive. If the circuit court ot appeals had been sustained It would have been a severe blow to state rights. As it stands, however, it Is in con formity with numerous recent decis ions in support of the principle of state rights. Such was the decision in the Waters-Pierce Oil company case in Texas and in Missouri, up holding the right ot the state to- regu late its own affairs, even to the ex tent of ousting an offending corpora tion from the state. While it is in accordance with the principle ot those decisions, a contrary ruling - would have been even more Important in the latter case than in the former, for in the oil company cases the question ot interstate traffic was iinvolved, while in the dispensary case there was no such question. It was purely a do mestic matter, and it would have been far-reaching in the extreme if the fed eral courts had been upheld in their jurisdiction over matters which were wholly within the province of the state and the state courts. The confirmed tendency On the part of Judge Jeter R. Prltchard to uphold enoroachments upon the rights of the states, makes . the present decision doubly gratifying, though even on its merits the decision is of supreme im portance. .: AN OLD DEBT THAT NEVER WAS INTENDED TO BE A DEBT. The Raleigh News and Observer's Washington correspondent writes that paper as follows: ' - s a'1 North Carolina will have to nay to the -national government the sum ot $1,443,757.39. it a bill introduced by Representative Murdock. ot Kansas, becomes a law, and he declares mat It will unquestionably be passed at the next regular session of Congress, His prediction is somewhat pro blematical, but the very tact that hU measure will apply to only a com paratively few states lends strength to his assertion about its enactment The Murdock measure is entitled "A bill to secure the; repayment Ot all money owing to the United States Government repayment of which has been pledged." i 1 . The bill was introduced several days ago, but It was not until to-day-that its real nature became known. - Specifically, the bill relates to mon eys advanced to several states ot the union In 1836, under an act of con gress. It appears that the treas ury surplus at this time, chiefly from the sale of publlo lands, had become quite larjre, and the states were UwyUil btti oud thulr strength." Con sequently a law was passed dliectlng the Secretary ot the Treasury to de posit the surplus with . the various states, deposits to be made In foui Instalments and ' a reserve of fiv millions to be kept in the treasury. , " When three instalments had been paid, congress repealed the act, in 1839. ' In the meantime the sum of $28,101,644 had been paid - to . the states. The repealing act. provided that the money already deposited should remain with the states until otherwise directed by congress. . Mr. Murdock says the bill proposes simply to i have congress "otherwise direct" and order the money refund ed to' thei treasury. The various are still carried on the books of the treas ruy department as -."unavailable funds." r, ' :,: Some of the states have kept these funds segregated, among them New York, which has four million dollars, whlchls loaned and produces a good rate """"orest New Jersey and Delaware" "ar4Bd to still have their share Intact, but North Carolina and others have not thus ; kept their funds, and the passage of the Mur dock bill would cause them a lot of trouble. -c . -: ... MR. DAVI8'S NAME RE8TORED. . We have never ; been ' able ' to understand the operations of the mind which can justify to Itself a denial of the facts ot history. War, with its anger and hatred (chiefly, by the way, Indulged by non-combatants) destroys many landmarks, but it Is only the act of a falsifier, which obliterates a part of a record and leaves the rest That is what was done in the case of Mr. Davis,', whose name as secretary of war was chiselled off from the tablet on Cabin John Bridge near Washing ton' It is to be restored, by Mr. Roosevelt's direction. A Washington telegram says: - To day proposals were opened at the ufflce of the engineer in charge of the Washington Aqueduct for restoring the name of Jefferson Davis to the stone tablet on Cabin John Bridge, six miles west of the city from which it was expunged during President Lin coln's administration. The name Is to be restored in ac cordance with orders given by Presi dent Roosevelt on Washington s Birth day less than two weeks before he left the office of Chief Executive. Al though the amount of work to be done comparatively small and the cost very little, yet It took considerable time to get the orders - through the various channels to the officer directly In charge of the work who at once went about completing the necessary details. The bridge is a high structure and considerable scaffolding' has had to be erected where the mechanics will do their work. The restoration of Mr. Davis' name to the tablet will mark the culmination of many efforts with that object In view which, how ever, will finally be accomplished with out the immediate appeal, of any or ganization or individual, but by the direct orders of Mr. Roosevelt him self. An allotment of $250 was made for the work by the Engineer's office. 1'he specifications asking bids tor tne restoration of the name read as fol lows:- - Restoring the name of Jefferson Davis on the granite tablet on the west abutment of Cabin John's Bridge oy removing the entire face of the otone about five feet by eleven feet to depth approximately one Inch or sufficient to form a new, clean, smooth bushed surface and recuttlng the leg end now upon the tablet with the addition of the name Jefferson Davis as shown upon the rubbing with "V" cut letters. The present ogee margin al border around the tablet is to be bushed to a clean bevel cut 1 1-2 in ches wide." - Two stone tablets are built In the bridge, one on either abutment (south face). One bears the inscription: "Union arch Chief Engineer, Capt Montgomery. C. MeigsU. S. Corps eKfngtneers. Esto Perpetua. The other: "Washington Aqueduct. Begun A. D. 1853, President of the U. S. Franklin Pierce, Secretary of War. Building, A. D. 1861. Pres. of the U. 8. Abraham Lincoln. Secretary of War, Simon Cameron." The blank space in tne above ae- sciiption indicates the place formerly filled by Mr. Davis' name. Its ab sence from the tablet all these years has always stimulated curiosity on the Dart of siKhtseers who made Inquiries as to why the space was blank and whose name if any had filled it The presence ot the name there, as an army officer pointed out to-day, will put Mr. Davis' name in the same cate gory as the others now on the tablet which, because ot its comparatively inconspicuous position will not attract the attention that it neretoiore nas and will relieve the ubiquitous guide of one of his Bubiects for comment and an object of interest to be pointed out to tourists. It will probably take a workman two weeks to do the work required by the specifications. Tne use oi me V" shaped letters to be chiselled in the tablet is less expensive and less laborious than the square cut letters usually adopted, but at the same time thev are now conspicuous. . Nine bids in an were suomittea xor restoring the name of Mr. Davis - to the tablet They ranged from $147.75 to $1,250. An award will be made in a few days. -..;.. " - THE HAND-BAGGAGE NUISANCE. The Raleigh News and Observer say8r 't'1 ,;v . You've boarded a train and sought to get a seat,, but found that you. must move on helplessly because ev er? seat was covered witn baggage. The man who put nis Daggage on me seat had "reserved" it even tnougn ne spent most ot the time in the smoking car and vou had to stand up. You i hough t this putting the baggage on, the seat "reserved" the seat n4 so did the man who put his baggage there. " Both were mistaken. A case was carried to the Supreme Court ot New York which decides that seats are for DassenKers, not tor baggage, and that no one Is bound by the res ervation, i ' . f ' Neoesslty will soon compel the rail ways to adopt .the English system, which provides a compartment In each Carriage (car) tot" baggage , larger than that which may be placed in the racks. ' . -'' ' ' : sink headache, constipation and bll- llousness are relieved by Rings Little Uver PIUb. -They cleanse the system. Do not gripe. Price 26c. MacJCethan GOOD ROADS. Charlotte Industrial Record. The report of the Country Life Com mission, appointed by the President of e United States to consider the con tion of. the farmers and recommend remedies for existing deficiencies in country life, was submitted to Con gress on Feb. 9, 1909, together with message from the President. While the Commission purposely avoided en dorsing any -particular hill now before Congress, it does make certain specific recommendations. On the subject of highway Improvement the Commission makes the following statement and suggestions'. ''. "The demand for good highways is general among the farmers of the en- United States. Education and good roads are the two needs most frequently mentioned in the hearings. Highways that are usable at all times the year are now .imperative, not only for the marketing of produce, but tor uie elevation ot the social and in tellectual status of the open country and the improvement of health by in suring better medical and surgical attendance.- . ' ", "The advantages are so well under stood that arguments for better roads are not necessary here, Our respond ents are now concerned largely with the methods of organizing and financ ing the work. . With only unimportant exceptions, the farmers who have ex pressed them selves to us on' this ques tion consider the Federal Government fairly under obligation to aid in the work. We hold that the development of fully serviceable highway system is matter of national concern, co-ordi nate with the development ot water ways and the conservation of our na tive resources... It is absolutely essen tial to our internal development; The first thing necessary is to provide ex pert supervision and direction and to develop a national plan. Ail the work Should . be co-operative between the Federal Government and the States. The question of Federal appropriation for highway work in the States may well be held in abeyance until a na tional service is provided and tested. suggest that the United States Government establish a highway en gineering service, or equivalent organ ization, to be at the call of the States working out effective and economi cal highway systems." The report and recommendation ot the Commission are highly valuable, its careful investigation, including personal visits to all sections of the country, and correspondence with 650,000 residents of the country dis tricts as to the most pressing needs ot farmers for the improvement of their condition, shows tha t public sentiment is unanimous In favor of better roads as a practical means of supplying existing deficiencies in coun try lite. In his message to Congress accom panying the Commission's report the President summarizes the conclusions arrived at by the Commission, and states that as the result of the inves tigations the following three great general and Immediate needs of coun try life stand out: . ' First effective co-operation among farmers, to put them on a level with organized - interests with which they do business. "Second, a new kind of schools In the country, which shall teach the chil dren as much outdoors as indoors and perhaps more, so that they will pre pare for country life, and not as at present mainly for life in town. Third, better means of communi cation-, including good roads and a parcels post which the country people everywhere, and rightly, unani mous In demanding." The satisfaction of the first two of these needs will be greatly facilitated the adoption of a syBtem of im proved roads extending through all farming sections of the country. Bad roads are the chief obstacle to co-operation among the farmers, and improved roads will make cooperation possible. The need for a new kind of country schools cannot be met so long as our dirt roads, which at certain sea sons are almost Impassable, prevent the attendance of the farmer's child ren at centralized schools where they could have all the advantages of a graded school in connection with the high school.. Central schools of this kind are now being established in some sections of the country, where good roads permit of the pupils of an entire township being transported to them daily from their homes, with the extension of improved roads this school system would become general. can thus be seen that of the three reforms which In the opinion of the President have been shown to be ur gently desirable, road Improvement Is the most important, as it would , am in making the others practicable. That highway Improvement is tne most Important economic reform. has long been urged by the farmers, who, through their principal organization. the National Grange, have been per sistently agitating for the adoption of nollcy of Federal aid for good roaa construction and maintenance. The declaration by the Country Life Com mislon that the establishment oi a fully serviceable highway system 1b a matter of national concern, absolu tely essential to our Internal develop ment should serve to hasten the en actment of legislation providing lor the creation of a National Highways Commission, and making liberal ap propriations for carrying on its work. Good Roads And Farm Values. The direct connection between good roads and the value ot farm lands is shown in a striking manner in Bui letin No. 28 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This . bulletin gives the results of an Investigation by the Office ot Public Roads of that Depart ment relating to public road mileage, revenues. Improved roads, and expend- dltures in the United States in the vear 1904. and the Information con- tained therein Is ot great importance in. connection with the movement on behalf of the. systematic improve ment of nubile highways. : - vrhe returns from various states show that In nearly every case tne States having the highest percentage of improved roads have the largest population , per mile of road, thus showing that better roads are a pow erful factor ' in encouraging the set tlement of unused lands, especially in sparsely populated sections of the country. ! Good roads are also an im portant influence in retaining in me farming districts desirable elements who might otherwise drift into the towns and cities. As the price of farm lands depends on their productivity, accessibility to markets, and, popula tion en eased, or desiring to engage, In agricultural pursuits, It follows that road lmnrovement by attracting addi tional settlers, and giving them better facilities tor reaching their markets, rlireotlv tends to increase the values et all fan laaaa. wiOOa .tte radius, of the roads Improved. ' . A comparison ot the percentage of the improved roads of the various States shows that the average percent age of the improved roads la all States where farm land is worth less than $20.00 per acre is only 1.8 per cent; whereas in the States where the acre age value Is more than $20,000, im proved roads constitute an average ot B per cent of the total mileage. ; .While there may be minor causes ot variations in the value of farm lands it is an undoubted fact that as a gen eral rule the higher values of certain States are largely due to their super ior roads. Records on file in the Of fice of Public Roads show that farm lands have been known to advance in value from 60 to 600 per cent on ac count of the Improvement of the roads connecting them with market towns. When the facts secured by the De partment of . Agriculture . , become known to the farmers pt the country, and they realize that the establish ment of a complete system ot prop erly constructed public roads will have the direct effect ot greatly in creasing the value of their farms .they will be the foremost advocates of a broad, comprehensive policy of publlo road Improvement by the Nation, States, Counties and Townships. "MAKING 8TEADY' AND IMPORT ;r '," ANT STRIDES." Raleigh News and Observer. The Fayettevllle Observer looks to see Fayettevllle, Wilmington, Char lotte and Greensboro large cities but that Fayettevllle is destined to be the largest It Is making steady and important strides these days, and the Observer says "onward Is the battle cry." THE 8AME OLD GAME. There Is a string of newspapers running from New York outwards which call themselves Democratic and preach excellent Democratic doctrine on the tariff for the first three years after a new Republican president has been' Inaugurated, but invariably sup port the Republican ticket in the cam paign. The New York Times is the leader of them. Here is its late.it article on the subject Its objection to the Payne tariff bill on the ground that "it lets oft the rich comparatively easy, and puts a heavier burden on the weary backs of the poor" would do credit to what Its traitorous kind calls a "Bryan Populist." Bear In mind that the Times applauded Mr. Cleveland for suppressing tariff reduction In 1893 by paramounting the silver ques tion, and then read Its editorial on the Payne bill, as follows: ' Reaction Triumphs. It Is evident that the leaders of the House of Representatives now have the power to put through the tariff bill with no changes or any importance, and that the changes that will be made will be toward higher duties. So far, the progress of the bill, from the moment the Ways and Means Commit tee took It In hand to the present, has been a triumph of reaction. We hate to say it but it Is also a triumph of treachery. The discussion of the bill In the press has been exceedingly vigorous, painstaking and conclusive. More than in any other struggle for reform of the tariff, the facts have been care fully analyzed, the tricky complexities of the text of the bill have been dis sected and their mischievous intent and defects have been laid bare. If the debate In the House during the ab surdly short time allowed has been confused, scrappy, and without dennite aim, that In the press has made up for it. The public Interest has been keen and eager. What has been the effect on the ac- lon of the minority in the House ot Representatives? Nothing. There has been similar awakening of sentiment In different sections of the country everywhere east of the Rocky Moun tains. The managers In the House, and, practically, the members of the House have been apparently Indiffer ent. Even the opposition party has been unable to show a united front to the Republican organization or to agree on any distract improvement in the utterly bad provisions ot tne bill. What "concessions have been made by the leaders to secure the swift passage of the tariff bill have been in the Interest of reactionists, to make the burden .of taxation heavier rather than lighter, and to make the further burden of the profits of protected in dustries also heavier. It Is Impossible to deny that so far, the pledge of the Republican party has been cynically broken. The revision, at the present stage, has been up and not down. And this has been accomplished by trick ery that would shame a shyster lawyer. Duties have been raised by provisions scattered in different parts of the bill, where only their beneficiaries could find them. Duties have been raised by intricate changes in the basis of assessment, as In the cotton goods schedule. And back of all these complex and ingenious tricks and devices Is stretch ed the vast dragnet of the maximum duties to catch substantially all the goods that may have escaped the rest of the bill. The moat regrettable and most abomnlable feature of the bill, as It now stands on the eve ot its passage by the House ot Representatives, is that it lets oft the rich comparatively easy, and puts a heavier burden on the weary backs of the poor. Why? Because greed, like any other force, acts along the line of least resistance. 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Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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