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! DAILY EDITION, 16.00 Per Annum, In Advance. 3.00 for 6 Months, In Advar.ce. Q 1.60 for 3 Monthi, In Advanc. wry---"' iy rir-wwhf r,.i g - M A it aw 4 A ft.oo per Annum, in Advance. 1 1 J1 V 1 -I JiJJ V 0LD SERIES VOL LXXUIKO. 4,10 FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 1909. NEW SERIES-VOL. XXVKO. 2,370 0 THAT U 71 TD It; V JMft 1 . V , W I I i 1 1 I, 1 ITEMS FROM HOPE MILLS. Hope Mills, N. C, Sept. 17. The au tumn day ara here, -and our sent! "ment naturally reflects on the saying. "It this a time to be cloudy and sad?? True, the leavesspesk f decay and the closing of the year remind! u of the fact that "we all do fade as a leaf." And while we bare the lonely feeling of solemnity,' we should' not only think of, decay, but remember that after the toll cometh. the harvest. A number of Schools hare recently opened. The Hope Mills graded and blgh school opened September: 13th with good enrollment It la hoped It will be one of the best sessions m the history of, the school., . . The protracted meeting, which was to have started September 13th, has been postponed to a later date. DeathMn Beaver Oam. . . .'. - . . Mrs. Hugh C, Hales' died ai ber home In Beaver Dant township Wed nesdayaged '35 years. ; She was daughter of the late J, H.. Hales Esq., of Beaver Dam,, and. Is survived by her husband, a well-known farmer. A Souvenir from Antletam. . , - Mr. III. L:- Remsburg, who recently visited the battlefields of Virginia and Maryland, brought back with him a cane, which, he cut from a white pine on the battlefield of Antletam, ,nd presented It to our esteemed towns man, Mr. : J. W". Atkinson, who was wounded in the great tattle here, on ' the 17th day of September 1862." : Q. K. NIMOCKS, A ttoraey amd CounaeHor-at-Lsnv. Rooms 1 and 8 K. of P. Building. v . V' ; Fayettevllle ',.. , N. C...," ,,' 'Phono 229... '-. H. McD. ROBINSON, , ATTO R N E Y-AT-LAW AND NOTARY : PUBLIC. :.: i.-A'i '-ii Offices: National Bank Building, Fay-.- ettevlUe,,N. C. ...v? Special attention given to corpora tion matters, collecting and conveyanc ing. , Does general practice. Prompt and exact." r, i; ' ':.' ' H. S. AVERITT, W Attorney-at-Law, . ; Notary Public Office Thornton ' Building Hay 8treet, Fayettevllls N. C . V. C, BOLLARD," . Attorney f and . Counsellor at Law, ' Notary Public, Surveyor, ---M Office K. of P. Building, , ,v, ' " FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. J. 8PB.UNT MEWTONr . K, W. HERRING. , NEWTON 4 HERRING,' .,' Attorneyi-at-jLs;!' -i ; , Jmo. A. Oates, Business Associate Rooms tr 3 and 8, K. of P. Bid;., FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. ' ' Practice in all Courts. ' ' ' ' Special attention given to Collec tions. - ' Estates and Conveyancing., ' DR. WM. S. JORDAN Physician and Surgeon. .... Office In Palace Pharmacy. --- flours: to .12 and 3 to 5,' Tr. A. IS. CROMARTIE, - ' DENTIST, rX:'i Office in MaoKethan Building, 102 1-2 :' Person street. ; '' 'Phone 338. ' Fayettevllls, N. C O. 8. Patterson, D. D. 8. V' . I H. Judd, D.a 8, Drs. Patterson & Judd, '1 Offices 219 1-2 Hay Street, over Dunn - , 'A Co.'s Store, 'Phons 85, " E. J.S SCOFIELD.M.D., . Offers his professional services to the citizens of Fayettevllls and surround ing country. Office with Dr. J. H Marsh, 249. Hay Street, 'Phona 77; , Residence, 8t Luke's Hospital, ,Phone DR E. J. CARSON, ; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Office In residence 342 Gillespie Street 'Phone 160. Chronic Diseases a Specialty. taflirfiftiliUMs . I am bere for business. Let me nave a chance at your work." Twenty years' experience.. Large' of small contracts appreciated. " All work guaranteed, . , 'Phone 65 J, 828 Ramsey Street. - DAN J. HUMPHREY. scket;:a:, Bf trust cq. Market Osjaare, : r ATairavoLa, M.S. - : r.i.i hnaiht nd iold (. nenotuted "i (uataateed, Inn and luteimt onueatM. TIIIm MKikinltiMl . i.nnTATAD im mtdfl. ptemiumii wtttn uia lotnta ntn I. R. yioKiTHAS, Att'T. ' -t , 8200. Farm 60 acres., house and barn. '. 8300. .Small farm mile north .city. 76. lot Cool Spring street ' ' 1160. Tenement lot Rowan street 8400. House and lot Blue street. 822S. Tract 31 acres mils Victory M11L , - f , - $160. Lot Mechanlo street 8000. House corner lot MeobanU street JW. lot Manchester street "00. Each lots Arsenal Hay mount. 1 W each, 10 uu, rayhope. ' IRK Bk... . PEBFESSIDBAl, SiflBSf FREE TRAD1 , v cN TO BRIT. AIM HER1, ,. dUILDINQ SU PREMACY ALSO. ' ' "fir " 1 "; Last jeek .wo quoted "Mr. C. H, Tavenaer's letter from Liverpool, Eng land, in which be repeated the once familiar statistics of . the ; mar ltlme . supremacy of Britain, which the . handicap ' of protection v . has caused America to yield ; to that oountry. As readers of the Ob server know, the United States under the rule of Southern statesmen before the war, was "neck and neck" with Britain, in the carrying trade of the world, and the American flag was seen on every Sea and far up many foreign rivers, in a Journey, In 1880, of near ten .thousand, miles from London to Calcutta,, this writer, saw the Amer ican flag "but twice the one he left behind In London, flying over our Con sulate there', and the one that1 greeted him In Calcutta, flying over our Con sulate rn the metropolis of India. Alongthe miles of wharves on the Hoog- rlver' (upon which Calcutta Ilea) were ; the , forested;, masts of the ships t of laU ;' nations but ;oursj and yet, said a native gentleman, when his attention was called to It, the Am erican flag, before the "American war" (meaning the war of 1861-6) was near ly as often seen there as the British. That Is the result of replacing the learned patriots of the South , with the, half .educated, representatives 'of the greedy, "interests.": V 'V .w Now, Mr. Tavenner takes up the shipbuilding Industry, which once en riched many a New England ,-town, but which,, under the foolish laws f pur post-bellum,, legislators,, has . al most ceased to exist there, v His Inter esting letter will be found elsewhere. 'l UNSAFE LEADERS." - There has 'recently been much ve hement denunciation of our members of Congress for failing to comply with every demand of the Denver platform in voting ipon 7 the separate tariff schedules. The declaration has been made' that all those who thus fell short should be "repudiated" by the party. At the same time these advocates f repudiation hedged fiy declaring that most of our North Carolina Democra tic Congressmen" were free from any blame in this respect - A contempor ary, as quoted by. us the other day, is sued . what amounted . to a challenge to these hedgers by calling attention to Ihe fact that the line laid down by them In the first Instance would re quire the "repudiation" of all Our Demo cratic Congressmen except Mr. Kitch- In because all the rest voted for a duty on. lumber When that schedule was up for consideration.- But at once the adyocatea of "repudiation" became silent - Apparently ' they dare ' not name their man, lest the cat Jump'the wrong way at the nominating conven- Coining nearer' home, we hae beard , a great cry raised Dy sundry... politicians, for , a three hundred thousand dollar bond issue by Cumberland county as a unit 'for good roads the ' sentiment for 'good roads having been worked up by other Influences. ' But no sooner was th'e.crr ror of this proposition, exploded by ap plying to It the touchstone of Democ racy, local self government, than its advocates disappeared In the woods. THE TARIFF, BAD PACKING AND ' V BAD MANNERS. .y: '.Whether the reputation of the "yan kee' trader has since Improved in the oriental countries, we do not know, but twenty years ago be was held In loathing and contempt there because of his air of cheap superiority and be causa the natives believed him to be dishonest On the contrary, they have unbounded' faith in and respect for the high-class merchants of Western Europe, particularly those of England, and find their careful packing of goods and the trust reposed in.them by long time credits agreeable expressions cf mercantile civilisation. A" Washington associated press tele gram now comes to hand telling us that "yankee" methods in the Latin American ; countries have v brougbt about a somewhat similar state of feellnc towards us in those parts. In passing, It may be remarked that the tralff. when it is prohibitive, as much of ours is. is an offense against good manners toward those whom we seek trade from.' because international trade (technically known as com merce) la necessarily barter. . The tar iff, then, bad packing and bad man ners are Illustrated in the associated press telegram referred to, which la as follows: w.hinfftnn. D. C. September 12. Although the American exporter, still k mm fnr lmnrovement in the mat ter of packing products tor expo, uo has made some progress m ,u w, reports Special Agent Arthur B. But- Mr. But man, reporting irom rnuiu. advice In the matter of packing export goous mu . J AhA MAM- I ner of conducting correspondence with Latin-American countries. . c rnnaMArable loss IS lncurrou nuuuui- h by the importer through careless packing, and this Is detrimental to the 5.,.i,mnt nt American trade. The ?! rC:7,. hker weiabs the sat, u,. y,. auity European countries againir we n.AUnff nn BQOI-1 UUltf vu I r.-.j k.. .hinmiM in the United States, DUfllUDD. " - - . T....n .hn.iiri be courteously.' not curtly, written. (Politeness goes far with the 'punctilious descendants of polished Castlllans. He cites a ease in aI mm fnltAWa! " ' A - ' " rAn importer In th city of Panama k Ahank of several hundred AMmrm cnverlna the amount of his bill to 8 NewTark Jiqus?v Acwmpany lng the check was a most courteously written letter. This letter," he con- tlnues, "when received In New. York, was stamped Tald' and returned as a receipt to the sender, without further acknowledgement. - The New , York house in question, is quite unlikely to receive further orders from that South American Arm," If It be urged as an excuse for the curt manners of the "yankees" that they expedite business the .' answer (which covers an lncontestible and ifn- cootested fact) Is that the English and the V ) German . . traders, , though apparently alow,, "get there", ahead of the "yankee" wherever they compete In the neutral markets. . THE OBSERVER'S TWIN BROTHER. The Maxton Scottish- Chief, one of that come to this office, Is without doubt the Observer's long lost twin brother In politics. It appreciates "Bryanlsm" and "Cleve- landlsnV knowing that , "Bryanlsm" means loyalty to the fundamental prin ciples ,of Democracy, and "Cleveland Ism" disloyalty J to them Because Democratic leaders of ' repute bae been, ever 'since our fusion with the McKlnley 'Democrats" in. 1898, telling the people in effect that the Demo cratic Jnatlonal- convention was wrong and Mr. Cleveland right, the minds ut the younger representatives of .the party bave become confused, both as to party history and as to the -moral obligation of party loyalty If Mr. Cleveland,' the President, was right In telling the voters that he stood on the Democratic platform of 1882, which declared against the principle of pro tectlon, and then, after securing office by this promise, using his great pow er in favor of tne principle of pro tection, how exceedingly blameless was a simple minority member of Con gress who merely winked , in the di rection of incidental protection!.' The 'whole trouble was. caused by the skillfully engineered device . i-y which ,the party was led to disobey Chairman Jones's instructions for the 1898 convention at Raleigh. Every thing' has gone wrong since; and, in the language of the street it mafes one tired to sea those who were, re sponsible for our fusion with the Mc Klnley; . Democrats" and i. Clev lahdites in 1898 flying in rage -at the peccadillos of the younger men who, looking1 to them for guidance,, have been told that Mr. Cleveland was n.i exemplar for Democrats. . .We greet our Maxton contemporary as the flrst member .of our antl-Clevj- land club.' Courage., brother "Jh'j truth mighty and must prevail;4 and the course of events Is forcing the party to take Its stand against the prin ciple of protection, or go out of busi ness. After a little, many will gather about our standard,-and the, hypocrites who strain at a gnat and swallow a appwetato4 at true worth. MR. BRYAN AND THE TARIFF. An associated : press dispatch dis patch from Dallas, Texas, of Tuesday's date says Denouncing him who would. violate a Tartj pledge ratified by the voters of his party as an imbezzler of power. William J,' Bryan outlined ms views as to the tariff before a large audience here today. Mr. Bryan's subject was "Democ racy and the Tariff." He emphasised the necessity of senators ana con gressmen being bound by platforms, saying he would later suggest a form for such a plank. ? .--... If . all of the Democrats in tne Senate and House had voted against every proposed increase in the tariff, and for every proposed ' decrease, we might bave made our flgnt next year upon the party's record without mak ing a specific declaration of items of BrhodniBB aatd Mr. - Bryan, "but in view of, the1 fact that the Democrats' In both the Senate and Housa differed as to the interpretation of the Democra tic platform and . as to tne raws that should be imposes unaer ue various schedules, I believe that ft is necessary tor our platform to be spe cific nd flimihatlc. ' -. ' "If we expect to secure control 01 Congress, we must convince toe pub lic .that we will, if entrusted with the power, ' favor ' material reductions. TTnless 1 our candidates for Congress can agree before the election they are not likely to agree alter tne election. If each Democratic . canuiuaie . wiu state- his position, the, voters can se lect a representative who will give expression to their views, and I am much more anxious tnat tne repre sentative shall reflect the wishes of hia constituents than I am that he shall agree witn my opinion. Mr Bryan concluded bis aaaress with an extended argument in favor of free raw material, NO DISTURBANCE OF FREE TRADE ' ' IN ENGLAND. For years past the Republicans and the McKlnley "Democrats? have been telling us that the Tory movement in Rnriand aaauist free trade was on th nolnt of succeeding. Mr.; C.'H Tavenner, in his hut,, letter taatea I London: Sent 18) disposes of this torJr ai (0Uows t Not only are the British trades' un ions holding out against the sugges tion that free trade be laid aside for protection, but tne teaaing sanxers, merchants and buslnees men of Lon- don are equally antagonistic to Jneeung recently .in Queen Victoria street ana auenaea wu Bnanciers and the most prominent merchanu of London, there was formed a City Free Trade Association. This body will remain independent or pouuoai parties, concentrating all Its strength ana energy w yoipoiu-uug ut" trmm trade nollcV. i The best Indication "of the British workingmens views on the tariff auestlon Is -that there ia no labour - j member in tuej nouse w. wuiuwuo who is not In favor of free trade, and no slngletrades' union has declared for protection. At the trades' union congresses held during the last, few years , resolutions in , favor of free trade We been carried by enormous majorities, The: position of the bankers as to tariff reform in England. Is set forth in an interesting manner in the mani festo issued at the meeting in Queen Victoria street which,, inpart,' reads follows: 'We feel strongly that no case has been made out for a reversal of the policy of free trade.. It has. been al leged by. those who wish to return to protection that our foreign trade Is declining, that, we are becoming im poverished as a nation, and that our industries are being ruined by the competition of our . rivals.. We reply that since the adoption of free trade, our foreign commerce has progressed it never did before: that our, ex- portsj-w take a single example I which amounted In 1850 to $300,- AAA AAA' A M 1 X - A. M vw,vuu, muuau)a uwi year 10 sir 886,000,000 far :' exceeding . those of tne great protected states: that' so far as our being excluded from. pro. tected markets, even high tariffs can not' and - do not keep our . British goods, while in neutral .markets free trade fives us advantages such as no portected country can secure j that, instead ..of ' becoming : impoverished, we bave steadily and rapidly increas ed in prosperity and wealth; and that the development of our Industries as whole has made Immense progress since we cast aside shackles of pro tection (in 1846.) It is doubtless true that 'other na tions have prospered also, and it is to our Interest thai-they sholud do so, It is equally true that this prosperity has in some cases come to pass un der a : protective system. But . when we consider of all nations now adopt ing such a system there are but two or. three whose prosperity is in any way comparable with our own, it be comes obvious that protection cannot be : tne dominating . factor in mia result Apart from : the objections of principle to which protection is open there are also in our judgment ser ious . practical objections to it The proposed - taxation of Imported food and manufactured articles would not only raise the price of the necessities the comforts and conveniences of life, but it would impose on the consumer burden far beyond the revenue re vised, for, if duty is imposed on ar ticles partly imported and partly pro duced at home, part only of the tax paid by the consumer finds its way into. the coffers of tjie state; the rest goes to swell the profits of the pro ducer. It would diminish tie pur chasing power of the home market upon which national - Industry and employment mainly depend. And in so far, as it checked our Imports, it would, automatically restrict our ex ports and diminish the volume of our foreign trade. We reject as contrary to common sense and experience, tne contention of protectionists that the foreigners would pay the duties we Taxing foreign goods is by J impose. means synonymous with taxing the foreigner, since duties, with . slight and temporary - exceptions, raise prices and are paid by the con sumer.". .' . ' EIGHT FEET OF. WATER THE YEAR ROUND TO FAYETTE VILLE WILL' 80LVE THE FREIGHT RATE DISCRIMINA TION QUESTION FOR TWO THIRDS OF NORTH CAROLINA FAYETTEVILLE SHOULD BE LOYAL TO IT8 OWN PROJECT. The Raleigh News and Observer of Tuesday contains an article on the freight rate discrimination question which we append. - " " : The completion of the Upper Cape Fear improvement will solve the ques tion.: for Middle and Western North Carolina and practically for tne whole State. That Is the first duty of the government and Its advocacy the, first duty of our members of Con gress. The 30 foot project for Wit mlngton is. of very great importance, Indeed, and, If possible, should be car ried out simultaneously with the can alisation of the Upper Cape Fear. But In the nature of things, that ia a work consisting of progressive stages. For example, the governing depth below Wilmington Is, ' we believe, 24 feet If the aim is to secure 30 feet there win. not be- an instantaneous change from 24 to 30 feet the depth will ke gradually Increased, inch by Inch; by dredging. The eight toot project to Fayettevllle, on the contrary, Is a scheme for canalisation (or alack wa ter), and, while navigation WW not be Interrupted during the work upon that scheme, the completion" of the aoheme means an almost Instantan eous change' from the. present govern ing depth of 21 inches to the contem plated governing depth of 8 feet The hostile Interests understand all this perfectly, and that Is the reason why there have been such herculean efforts toUefeat the Upper Cape Fear scheme, while the 30 foot . project (highly important and altogether de sirable as It Is, as an aid to the .for mer) has met with no opposition In any ; quarter! Aa to ourselves (meaning the Upper Cape Fear Im provement Association, the upper Cape Fear Improvement committee of the' Chamber of Commerce, and the Observer), we are all tor the 30 foot project from Wilmington to the sea, tor Fayetteville's and the State's sake as well as for Wilmington's, heart and xuL"f;'-,;;y-r;':--:i;' . ' mm mm) -'".I . ;,r " For the" reasons '"recited rt6ve, we regard it as unfortunate that a recent ly published letter from Fayettevllle failed to take note of. the superior claims of the Fayettevllle project, We need all the backing which It is possible to get and this must be FROM FAYETTEVILLE aa Well as from' outsiders, like Chief Justice Clark, " aad like the North Carolina Press Association and the three legis latures of the State, which have-unan imously endorsed It as of the flrst im- portance to the StateMn order to secure .the - unanimous - and earnest support of our members of Congress in both Houses. Within the past two years, ' we have had strong oppou- tlon IN , FAYETTEVILLE an "indus- trial" publication, of October 30, 1907, subscribed to In good faith, by some of our public bodies, giving it as black an eye as possible; and a recent pub lication Jeering at it as an illustration oi tne thing, that will never be ac complished, Loyalty to Fayette vide (as well- as to the State) requires that there should be no Insufficient voice from Fayettovllle, The article' from the News and Ob- server, referred to at the outset is as follows: v. .-. , . ......,., The' North ' Carolina Cbrnoration Commission will this morning at ten o'clock begin an investigation into the question of just freight rates; and it has summoned before It In the case of the State and various merchants' association, officers of the Southern Railway, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard" Air Line and the Norfolk and Southern. The; purpose is to ascertain what reductions, if any, would be required to conform to the freight rate resolu tion passed by the last Legislature, the resolution reading: nvhereas. it is the sense' of the General Assembly of North Carolina that' the cities, towns and Industries of this State should have the benefit of the same relative freight rates from our ports as the inland cities, towns and industries of the States of Virginia and . South Carolina from their respective ports; therefore be it "Resolved br the General Assemblv or Moitn Carolina: That the Corporation Commission be and H is hereby authoried and di rected, without unnecessary delay, to investigate fully an matters pertain ing to such freight rates, and to put In force in his State the same relative;- rates for North Carolina cities, towns, and Industries from our norts as the' eitles, towns and industries of the State of Virginia and South Caro lina, hare from their ports,- in so far as the - same may not be unfair and unjust vhe said Corporation Com mission Is hereby funner directed to report to the next General Assembly of North, Carolina all the facts and circumstances and evidence relative to x or" disclosed upon such Investi gation." .; . . .'- MR. Leonard - tufts level" head. HA8 A Mr. Leonard Tufts, president of the Capital Auto-Highway Association, evidently has a just and discerning disposition aa well as a level head. There are newspapers in the land whose espousal of any cause is of co value, because , of their opportunist cnampipnship of first one sldepf al0UR question and then the other, or of any wild and unsafe scheme which may ad vertise 'the paper by exciting the peo ple. .We not Infrequently differ with the Raleigh News and Observer on matters of party and public policy, but no. one will deny that it has g?eat influence because of its enterprise and ability aa well as because It Is the organ of the Democratic party at the capital. If the News and Ob server had not earnestly taken up Mr. Tufts' acheme, It might Just as. woll never have been launched. Mr. Tufts, who exhibits himself in an interview, given below, as a liberal-minded man of the world, sets a good example to those provincial persons and they exist in North Carolina who seek the aid of influential newspapers tor. projects which 'Interest them, and without whose aid they could not budge, and then seek to deprive the newspaper of the credit for its determining influ ence. - The power of the editor of such papers,, it may be added in passing, Is enormous; and many are the per plexing' questions which -dally come before him for decision shall he fa vor this or that project or shall -he let it die, or shall he even feel it his duty to oppose it? However, to our muttons. Tues day's 'Raleigh News and Observer con tains the following, the last paragraph of which embodies the evidence of Mr. TuttT: level-headedness and aquare- mlndedhess, referred to: Mr. Leonard Tufts, of Plnehurst the energetic president of the Capital Highway Association, who Ur?rovlng himself untiring in his advocacy of the Capltal-to-Capttal automobile route, was In, the city yesterday hav ing come by automobile from the fa mous resort of which he is the owner. He left hut night, for points north, Henderson and beyond. He is on a trip talking good roads and has been out tour days. ' Asked yesterday about the presant . situation of the roads along the Capitals Highway route, he said: v'"-J ;...-(-.,... "The genetral outlook for the Capital Highway is1 excellent through North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, though , the outlook for this route through Virginia Is not as satisfactory as I would have it to be. That State has decidedly awakened to the im portance of the good roads movement and I believe that in another year it will be found in the- progressive col umn for making good roads. In my, trip north u found tne roads In Moore county practically completed and In another month will be in perfect shape." The people of Lee county are energetically at wok In raising private subscriptions to build the road through that county. They! have) employed an engineer to survey , the roads and a large portion of the roads will be finished this winter, : without any question. The eight miles through Chatham county Is In a very discouraging condition, and It aeems to be a hard matter to arouse interest among the Chatham people. In Wake county ; the roadB are either completed or are being built yet there must be further and continued- attention to these so as to keen them in condition, for as they are at present they need a closer at tention and improvement ' The heavy and expensive work has been complet ed, but what is needed now is intelli gent and earnest effort to keep them In shape. For some distance In Wake you can travel on good roads, but then you come to places with ruts and holes that spoil all the value of the good roads. In each neighborhood the people should watch these bad con ditions and see that they are reme died. V, ;', ' "Before this I have talked of the value of the King Road Drag and the use of this will prove of value In Wake and along all the route. This Is so valuable and yet so Inexpensive - . -,..kU. .W-. T J n ... ...... every farmer does not own one, and1 then when In his section or neighbor hood the road begins to deteriorate he could repair it in a few hours in place of seeing It get worse and worse and waiting for the road hands to ap pear on the scene, perhaps a month later. The King Road Drag can be made at home for some three or four dollars, and plans for the making may be had by writing to the United States Department of Agriculture In Wash Ingtln, or to Dr. Joel Hyde Pratt State Geologist at Chapel Hill. Money put In this drag, one- of the best pieces of road machinery of which I know will be 'money wisely Invested. 'The officers and directors of the Capital Highway Association will meet in Columbia, S. C, at noon on Thurs day of this week, September sixteenth. At the meeting we will discuss the conditions of the roads and the route of the Capital Highway, It will be an important meeting and from it there should go out a spirit of help In making good roads, so as to secure an automobile : route that will prove of real and practical value to every county and section through which it passes. - ..!..: I have found many whose Interest In the routs has aided in the work, but I desire to say that no one agency has been of any greater value than The News and. Observer,, which by publicity and keeping the value of the route before the people has brought aid to the assooelatlon which as its president I have found to be of in estimable value its heart Is in the work end I commend Its efforts in the strongest terms." CHIEF POINTS FOR A DEMOCRA TIC PLATFORM. Mr. Bryan, in bis letter to the Sara toga Conference, specified the two leading principles for a sound Dem ocratic platform, under present con ditions, viz: (1) endorsement of an in come tax; and (2) free raw materials coupled with reduction of the on manufactured articles. tariff His letter was as follows: 'I - trust the conference will strengthen the party by straightfor ward declarations In favor of princi ples and policies acceptable to the rank and file of the party throughout the land. I am hoping for strong indorsement ,of the Income tax, for specific demand for free raw ma terial and substantial reductions of tariff on manufactured articles. "W. J. BRYAN. BARBARIC "LEGAL" TICES. PRAC- In an article elsewhere concerning our Inferior methods for dealing with vice in American cities, Miss Lucy A. Hall, Commissioner to London of the Woman's National American Vigi lance Association; says: They tell wild tales of the expe dients resorted to by women with nurs ing babes to gain admission to the bars, where they stand and drink side by side with the men. Practl ally, any device, any shamming will be brought Into play that' will beguile a policeman into holding the child while the mother will make a break for' the paradise of drink just beyond. No po liceman dare follow them then, for the London police, alert and vigilant, would not break the law . any more than permit a citizen to do it" "The law which the policeman would violate if he followed the woman Into the bar is the law which protects every Englishman from invasion in his castle," that is, his own premises, Imagine a New York or Chicago police man balked by such a little thing as that! The violation of the sanctity of the cttisen's premises by officers of the law without due authority therefor, Is one of the crudities of our slap-dash post- bellum "civilization," but It const! tutes a trifling offense in comparison with the practice of the "third degree,' a practice never heard of In this coun try ('land of the free and home of the brave") before the triumph of the doc trine of force In 1865. The following article concerning this infamous prac tice, taken from the Norfolk Virgin ian-Pilot will be interesting in this connection: : Outlawing "Third Derflee." The Colorado Bar Association, at '.ts recent meeting at Colorado Springs, discussed at some length what Is com monly known as the "Third Degree" a method favored and practiced by the police of many cities In extorting confessions from persona accused of crime. In Colorado this practice has already been made a felony, and the Colorado lawyers express the hope that every State in the Union, which haa not done so, would soon pass a law along the lines of the statute In force In that Commonwealth. It Is to be hoped that hope will be realized. The "Third Degree" is a relic or oar barlsm. unworthy of modern civiliza tion and directly antagonistic to that fundamental principle of law. wnicn holds that every person Is presuin ably Innocent until he or she has been proven guilty. Moreover, tne practice, aside from its, inherent cruelty and atroclousness. operates as frequently to defeat the ends of Justice as It does to subserve them. Numerous cases have been cited In the public prints within a comparatively recent period wnere prisoners arresiea on suspicion have confessed, under the tortures of this police Inquisition or the fear of .them, crimes they never committed nor had even the remotest connection with. ; Fortunately,- in tne vast majority, if not' in all of tnese cases the mistake was discovered in time to tirevent the infliction of legal punishment upon Innocent persons, But who. shall say bow frequently such has not been the outcome, now manv accused persons, innocent - of anv wrongdoing, have been condemn ed td death, or made to serve terms in tne penitentiary, on no other or more conclusive evidence than false confessions of guilt wrung from them by the thumb-screw or other instru ment of torture ruthlessly applied by a dunderhead police official? It is high time- that : a ' practice which smacks more of the barbarism of the Middle. Ages than of the boasted civ ilization of the enlightened Twentieth I Centnry were placed under ban of the iw everywhere. The police official of this day and generation Is supposed to rely upon his brains in ferreting out criminals, not upon the tools of the Inquisitor. If he hasn't any of I the former, he has no business on the I force or in the department , MAJOR "HOOTEN." One of the bravest and most effi cient officers of Lee's army was Major T. J. Wooten, of the 18th North Caro lina Regiment who commanded the Sharpshooters of lane's Brigade. Th'3 federals, who called him "Major Hoo- ten". had a great' admiration for him as a man as well as a wholesome res pect for his prowess. He resides now at Maxton, and the Scottish Chief gives this account of a recent exper ience Of the sturdy old soldier: "Major T. J. Wooten attended the reunion of veterans at Charlotte last week.; He was compelled while there to bave an operation for an abcess, wnich necessitated the removal of a part of the upper jaw. Tne kind old gentleman gave an exhibition of nerve which made him a reputation during the civil war. Without the aid of an anesthetic he endured the operation, Which Included the scraping of the jaw bone, without a murmur." WHAT IS A "COLONEL?" Raleigh News and Observer. The genial and popular Dr. Black- nail, who for many years was pro prietor of toe Yarborough House In Raleigh, made more colonels In his day than President Jefferson Davis commissioned during the four years of the War between the States. That fine old Judge of human nature un derstood that many men like a title and a distinction, and he gave them titles that stuck. It contributed to the happiness and Importance of his guests and he was ever fond of mak ing his guests happy and contented. 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He broke up the .practice there (during his life time) by directing his reporters there after to make the announcement of the arrival of any one of these dis tinguished gentlemen in this way: 'Colonel Smith (regiment not known) is stopping at the Central Hotel.' In Raleigh the newspaper men were always so completely hypnotized by Dr. Blacknall that they followed his example of "colonellng" most every lawyer, captain of Industry, legislator and politician, not exempting the hotel proprietors. - That explains why there are more colonels in the Raleigh section than in the Charlotte sec tion the State. Rings Little Liver Pills easy to take, gentle In action, pleasant effect Sold by MacKethan & Co. By taking a dose or two of Bees Laxative Cough Syrup, you will get prompt relief from a cough or cold. It gently moves the bowels,, heals Irri tation of the throat and stops the cough. It Is pleasant to take. Sold by MacKethan & Co. TE8TIFIE8 AFTER FOUR YEARS Carlisle Center, N. Y., O. B. 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Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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