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WWW Hi VJHTZlhY EDITION, i. oo per Annum, in Advance. DAILY EDITION. $6.00 Per Annum, In Advance. , 3.00 for 6 Monthi, In Advance. O 1-50 for 8 Month, In Advanee. Hi A OLD SERIES VOL LXXIIINO. 4,150 FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1909. HEW SERIES-VOL. XXVNO. 2,380 OBWffi NEWS FROM HOPE MILL8. , Correspondence of the Observer. -r. Hope Mills, N. C, Nor. 23. Mr. Wil liam Smith, aged D2 years, died at bis borne In Cotton, N. C, this morning at 8 o'clock. The funeral services will take place from the Rockflsh Presby terian church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. . ' Mr. JR. H. West's little 6-year-old daughter,, who was burned very badly In her home at Cumberland last Fri day afternoon, died last night The deceased will be burled this afternoon at Cumberland.-'- ' : Mr. George MoKeathanV two little twin babies, aged six weeks, died yes terday, one In the morning, and the other ' in the - afternoon, . both to be burled this afternoon. . :'i:-':y Mr, F. 0. Prlta Oneonta, N. X, writes: "My little girl was greatly be belHtod by taking Foley's Orlno Lax ative, nd I think It is the best reme dy for constipation and liver trouble.", Foley's Orlno Laxative Is . mild, pleasant and effective, and, cures" ha bltual - constipation. '-Bonder's Phar macy. MoDufflVa Drug Store. ' - Q. K NIMOCKS, Attorney and Counelloivt-Lw. , ( OFFICE in K. of P. BUTLDINQ. V Fayettevllle, N. C. . 'JPUone229: . , H. S. AVERITT, ; Attorney-at-Law, Moury Public OfficeNational 'Bank. iuiiding Hay Street, Fayettevllle, N. C J V. C. BULLARD, Attorney ; and .Cpunsellot at Law, t'-r v;-:;.' . Notary Publio, Surveyor,-: ' J Office K. of P. Bulldlno. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. f H. McD. ROBINSON 'h -t ". ; (Notary Public .AND TERRY LYON i ATTORN 6Y8-AT-LAW, .,. Offices: National Banc Building, Fay- '- etteville, N. C. -1 ' , : - Special attention' given to corpora tion matters, collecting and conveyanc ing.. Do a general practice. Prompt and' exact :' -'' " , J. SPRUNX NEWTON., X. R. W. HERJUN6. 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Judd, Di D 8. urs. raucrson ot juuu, . Offioea 219 1-2 Hay 8treet, over Dunn ' . Co.'a 8tore, 'Phone 55. , DE. J; CARSON, : OSTEOPATHIC PHY8ICIAN. f ,'.)fflc In residence 342 Ollleshie Street. p.-... 1 'Phone 160. ' . Chronic Diseases a Speolalty." tiritir.loittiiUiiis I am here for business. ' Let me have a chance at your work." Twenty yeara experience. - Large or small contracts appreciated. ' AH work guaranteud. 'Phoua 65-J. 828 RamBey Street 'DAN J. HUMPHREY. acKETHANKMTRUSTCO. ' .lTinTIV!U.l,II.C. ! Iital tW oouitbt md tolO L-x.ua UBHOUted "! gualB.. Hfiniii a inMireat ooll' led. . 1 iiv ummlued, eonvnoe nu. -Uivraae ptutniumt taken uil UMiies 06it , B. I'.oKSTHAH, Att't. J300. Farm 60 acres, house an 0 -barn,, n... w'':-. '"'' -V- 't him). Small farm mile north oltj J75. lot Cool Spring street ' A ;v $160. Tenement lot Rowan street $400. House and lot Blue street y ; 1225. Tract 81 acres mile Victory ; Mi"- - ' -'"'-f:. v 1150. Lot Mechauie street $600. House corner lot Mechanl street. , ' . -, . 160. lot Manchester street. 1300.. Each 2 lota Arsenal Hay-', mount. $15 each 10 lots Fayhope. f'-'5. r;-.?r I '-Farnffd AndlrfHnw IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Recently we published an -article en titled, "Shall the peers or the people rule," descriptive in a general way of the Impending struggle in. the United Kingdom. Day after to-morrow will witness the first clash In the momen tous contest; and, as the time ap proaches, the mists have cleared somewhat, and the strength of the Liberals is seen' to be more compact than the advocates ot a strong govern ment, both In this country and in the old, have endeavored to make ap pear, a- ; f' ,;:. !V,,'V. ' As the rise ot the great American republic shone like a beacon light up on the struggling masses of Europe In the first halt of the last century, and Its example' helped "the Manchester School" to win tree trade' In ' 1846-T and establish the vast empire of to day,' so the revolution in American Ideals, and policies Introduced by the triumph , of the doctrine of force In 1865 has encouraged the tory and pro tectionist reactionaries of the present to take the step which Lord Lans downe ' has determined noon for the 25th of November,-when he will chal lenge the. control of the taxing power by the Commons." "'; . The Lords are very tactful,' like the Republicans with u; whUe the Liberals, like the Democrats with us, are bound by less cohesive ties. In the present Instance, certain features of the budget, like the incidence of the whisky tax on the Irish Industries, for example, tend to alienate portions of those who' believe in. the general principles of the Liberals.' If -the Is sue, when it "goes' to the country" In January; were simply concerned with the control of taxation by the Com- mons, or with that of protection as against the existing system of . free trade, the Lords would be overwhelm ingly defeated. As it is, it is reas suring to the friends of democracy to find that the "betting at Lloyd's", that wonderful barometer ot., coming ev ents, la 3 to 1 in favor of the Liberals, whose ' present great majority In the Commons, however, It. Is conceded, will be reduced. -'-.v !".- . . Even our own crisis, raised by the Standard -Oil case and the Sugar Fraud revelations, cannot obscure the Importance of 'the coming struggle In the mother land, and Americana will await the Issue of the latter with the deepest Interest " ; - 'A London' dispatch of Sunday's date reviews the field somewhat in detail, is worth reading, as follows: , The United Kingdom is more absor bed In politics now than for many years, and this week will see the cul- mlnaton ot the fierce warfare that baa been carried on over the budget The House ot Lords is expected to vote Thursday on Lord Lansddwne s resolution calling for the rejection of the budget Before then the most ot the big guns In-the upper house will speak on the question. Lord Rosebery's effort for the Conservatives and that of the Earl of Halsbury for the Liberals, are awaited with the most 'Interest. , Probably the largest number of Lords will be mustered for the vote since the rejection . of home "rule. About 450, many ot whom are practic ally strangers to Parliament, are like ly to be assembled, and not more than one-quafter of these will support the bun get. Most of the politicians predict tnat when the question- goes before tne people at the general elections in Jan uary it will be Impossible to wipe out the great Liberal majority ana tnat the Liberal Government will be re turned, but with a comparatively small majority. The betting at Lloyds is 8 to 1 in favor of the Liberals. The Liberal leaders declare that the Issue is whether the hereditary cnam- ber shall rule the country The Con servatives argue that the House of Commons has no mandate from the neoDle to introduce new forms of tax ation and that the House of Lords is fulfilling its function as a balance on the Commons by forcing resort to a referendum, ' Conservative gains win be acclaimed as victories for protec tion. ' : : .. The uncertainty Of the country's fin ancial policy is paralyzing the stock exchange, and the possibility that the Government r will have to . raise -a laree loan to meet -current expenses makes the money marxet too uncer tain for extensive private enterprises, Flnht Based on Land Tax. . - The opposition of the -House ot Lords lo the budget and Its determln atlon to defeat the bill are but little short of revolutionary and, many sort, will bring to a crisis the matter of the abolition ot the upper house. Their flxht on the measure is based on its nrovislona calling for a land taxation that will require tne great landed DroDrietora to pay taxes based upon the actual value of the land, or if. as will be the case in many in stances, the revenues ot his estate are not sufficient to dispose 01 some -01 hla land and therefore he much more disposed to favor an equitable plan ror land subdivision. . ' j. . . Inasmuch as the House of Commons has for a century or more passed the hndent without-objection irom me House of Lords, mis metnoa 01 uu TKtio.in the land Question was regard ed as a shrewd move from the point of view of practical politics. - It nas Inn been he d to De tne constitutional right-of the Commons, as the direct Mmrosnntatives or tne neopie, 10 uyo the say as to how much and In what way taxation shall be imposed. ' It is the disregard for this precedent and for thia constitutional right that is ex pected to precipitate a direct fight on Mi trnnaa'nf Lords. '"" ' -"Socialism and confiscation" was the cry ot the Lords when the budget was received, rarticuiany am ui veigh against the proposed Increased Income taxes, death estate and legacy duties, 20 per cent tax on iuture in crease in the value of lands due to the enterprise ot the community, taxos on motors and stamp taxes on sales of property. ' ' . , -The maddest budget ever Intro duced," Sir Frederick George Banbury termed it In a speech In which he de clared that the bill included every fad red that tne mn r '" THE IMPENDING STRUGGLE the face of tne eann.'-Ausun uuw berlaln denounced it for Imposing ao large a proportion ot the nation's bur dens on a few people by different de vices. John Redmond. leader of the Irish party, asserted that the whisky tax Imposed anothed burden , on Ire land, where the nationalists would resist by every means. The Increase in the tax on tobacco, he said, would be a cruel hardship to the poor of Ire land. David Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented the bill , in the House of Commons April 29. Ac cumulated wealth and "the trade" meaning the liquor-business, bear the burden ot the $78,810,000 deficit of the fiscal year incurred by the old-age pensions and the Dreadnought race with Germany. In defending the bill he said that considerable Increase In naval expenditure was to be expected again next year, as in ; the present state of mind In Europe, it would be stupendous folly to refuse to provide adequately for defense.. ' THE STANDARD OIL DECISION.- Reflection upon , the Standard Oil Decision has not had the effect of con firming the rosy views of awakened virtue, in the land which the first an nouncement of it inspired. It is, of course,1' better, in' a sense, 'that ' the government, rather than the trust, should win In such a suit; but it looks as if that is all that will come of the decision. The further one has the op portunity of seeing into- the practical working of the law of the land, with its rigorous punishment of the weak and its harmless fulmlnatlona ajgainst the strong, the more he must grieve (if he be a patriot) over the success of the enemies of the country in break ing up the alliance between the West and the South in 1898 and 1900.' The value of grief over this spilt milk con sists of the warning which it supplies against trusting again those who were responsible for that awful blunder. The Richmond Times-Dispatch com ments 'wisely on this subject as fol lows: ', '2" - '' :. " :' - The Standard Oil Decision. It la not at all surprising that the attorneys for the Standard Oil Com pany should take, the Federal court decision handed down at St Paul with considerable philosophy. -. We believe that this corporation was "dissolved" once before by court order, and went serenely on 'the even tenor of Its way. The home office received news of the blow on Saturday with remarkable calmness. . The stock stood it notably well. As early as the close of the market one of the Standard counsel was getting quite sarcastic about the "Important" decree, - observing that "the Standard Oil Company would con tinue to sell oil." . Monday ' morning brought a statement from the general counsel to the effect that he was "glad to have reached an Opinion, particu larly an opinion which does not order an actual dissolution anyway. Yester day, after Wall Street had had a Sun day to think it all over and get ner vous, oil stock kited downwards, But we do not look to see Mr. Rockefeller and . others . palely throwing large blocks of it overboard.' Aa Mr. John P. Branch pointed dut In yesterday's Times-Dispatch, the Standard Oil property is all there. The decree does not confiscate a cent's worth of it It does not even shake the ownership of It. That la the fatal weakness of these anti-trust decisions: they entail no punishment of any kind. Theoretically without a flaw, - it re mains to be seen .whether this new victory will have any practical effect at all. Henry Wollman, who was as sociated with Mr. Hadley in Missouri's ouster proceedings against - Standard Oil, and there learned a thing or two, is of opinion that no practical results can be expected. We fancy that Stan dard Oil thoroughly agrees with Mr. Wollman. The holding company, it is true, la dissolved, If the Supreme Court sustains the Circuit Court, aa it probably will. . But since the Rocke fellers, Mr. Flagler, Mr. Archbold, Mr. Charles M. Pratt Mr. Oliver H. Payne and others can continue to own stock in all the subsldary . companies, it is not .. plain . how their operations are going to be interfered with. It these magnates, and all others whose cor porate property Is reached' by thia de cision, dp not find some way to avoid real dissolution, it : wilt surprise us very much. " Doubtless it was a famous victory, but what good came of it at last? There is no desire in the world to be little the. work of the government which has, indeed, done remarkably wall and won on every point . The defect la clearly in the Sherman law, not In the Department ot Justice. But it is a tact that the people are int erested only In practical results, and care mighty little tor technical suc cesses on points at law. Attorney- General Wickersham considers this de cision, "one of the most Important ever rendered in this country." . Assistant Attorney-General Ellis thinks that Standard Oil Is "crushed." The people will hardly agree with these enthusi astic summaries until there are visi ble results. -Morally the effect it doubtless good, though it would not be easy to do anything to make peo ple generally think worse of Stand ard Oil. It is tor lust this reason tnat the public, a little tired of great vic tories which leave everything just where it was before, insistently demand . tangible, results now. In the publio mind, this particular trust nas outraged every canon of commercial honor and decency, and to satisfy that mind It must be punished by fines big enough to be really punitive and by Imprisonment for responsible indi- viduals. : . . ; ; - SOME SEA PORT AMBITIONS." The following from the Charlotte Observer, evidently written by Fay ettevllle's good friend, Mr. Tompkins, is not only Interesting but exhibits a knowledge and correct appreciation of sundry things out in the world which is refreshing: , ,s , ' , 8om 8ea Port Ambitions. Houston, Tex., well known' as the home of the Houston Post now points to Itself with pride as a sea port Fly ing the Swedish flag, the Disa, of the Southern Steamship and Importation nnmnuiv. has come and gone. I The Dlsa drew about ten and a half feet as she went up the Houston ship chan til ntrmlnous with Buffalo bayou's inland reach from Galveston Bay a . craned bottom once. Just ; ita,.ton is a turning basin t .... .......... which serves as a harbor; the bayou itself has the width of a rather small sized river. Houston hopes for a chan nel depth of something like twenty feet later on through government ap propriations, but even at present she feels proud. The bayou and the bay have long borne a heavy barge, ton nage, causing the railroads to make between Houston and Galveston what are among the lowest rates for Any fifty miles In the world. Instead pf being, with her railroad network, a feeder for Galveston, Houston now as pires to have an ocean port ot her own.' "." .- , -: In the good old town of Richmond, we are interested to note, they have afoot the question of deepening the tidal James and straightening out some of the kinks in Its too-meandering channel, , Richmond cannot easily forget the time when Richmond ships carried Richmond manufacturers tar and wide she finds inspiration in the closely parallel case of Bremen, Ger many, a city which by reason of mod-? ern commerce's large vessels, and a snaiiowtng river, had L found itself compelled to build a port at BremeM haven Bd lighter goods at heavy ex pense to its own wharves above, when Bremen, aided only slightly by the Prussian government undertook, the task of river Improvement tidewater did not reach it had never reached to Bremen Wharves; but the result was to bring tidewater along a deep xhannel to the city'a heart, where the largest vessels now come and go daily. Richmond, of course, would expect the Federal government to shovel the mud. Under wise direction it would cost comparatively little to make her a sea port with large potentialities. , As showing bow natural difficulties enormously greater than either Hous ton's or Richmond s have been over come elsewhere, and without one cent paid except from a city's own pockets, take the case ot Manchester, England. Thia metropolis of the Lancashire cot ton manufacturing region transformed itself from an Inland city Into a sea port at which vessels drawing as much as 28 feeet now drop anchor. Manches ter, or rather the Manchester Canal Company, had at the very first a long and costly fight against Liverpool opposition for sanction from Parlia ment Next it had to acquire thou sands of acres of land at high prices and buy out or provide viaducts for barge canals crossing the course. The Mersey and Irwell rivers, both small (reams above tidewater, could be fol lowed for ' part of the nearly forf miles', distance, but they did not very greatly lessen the enormous amount of cutting necessary. Besides, a rise of about fifty feet bad to be provided for by locks. 1 In spite of all these dif ficulties the Manchester canal has not only been an engineering success but even a commercial success. It has paid reasonably well as a commercial pro ject in addition to benefiting Manches ter enormously. The Lancashire cot ton mill center now gets raw cotton delivered at its doors, and from its doors it ships out the finished goods. - Manchester's port tonnage is nve - and - evtaH" millions annually, ranking it among tne greatest ports ot the world. Because ot the cotton In terests Involved Manchester canal achievements possess special interest for the South; the same may be said of Bremen, which is the chief cotton port on the European continent . It has been intimated in Houston that Galveston might fight Houston's project and in Richmond that Norfolk and Newport News might similarly an tagonize Richmond. We do not believe that there is any real llkllhood of this, but the towns under suspicion might profitably consider the case of Liverpool and Manchester as showing how they are not threatened with the least harm. ' New facilities create new business. . It is generally agreed that the Manchester ship canal does not hurt Liverpool one particle. North Carolina, which has' some river and canal projects near to its heart, wishes Qoth Richmond and Houston exceedingly well. THE CONTEST IN ENGLAND. : In, Tuesday's issue we gave some account of the situation in the Brit ish parliament and constituencies in anticipation of the vote on the House Of Commons budget which, it was ex pected, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the tory leader in the House of Lords, would call for today. . In preparation for this event, it will be interesting to have In mind the lead ing features of the debate In the Lords which is preceding it -This we ap pend, Up to Monday night, In a dis patch' from London of that date. , j It is plain that the beginning or a momentous struggle is at hand."' The declaration of the Liberal policy which was made In the speech' of the Lord High Chancellor, Baron Loreburn, is of great Import "The dispatch says that "it was held that Lord Loreburn's statement giv en below can -only mean that no lib eral leader will henceforth accept offi ce unless he receives pledge from the" Crown that sufficient peers will be appointed, on the Premier's nomin ation, to secure the House of Com mons against interference In financial matters by the House of Lords." Thia "packing" of the - House of Lords reminds one of the similar ev ent in our American history th pack ing of the Supreme Court ;Jy , poor General Grant in order to secure the legalization of the corrupt' greenback law, which law had. been .declared un constitutional and void by the unpack ed Court With this vital difference, from the human standpoint; The Bri tish, Liberala' present proposed pack ing of the House of Lords is In the interest . of liberty,; and progress whereas the packing' of our Supreme Court in General Grant's time was in the interest ot despotism and reaction the despotism of the trust Midases of the present day, who are afflicted with the vices of the worst section, of the British peers and possess none of their high-bred vlrtu"8. . , - The London, dispatch, referred to, is as follows: . '.j.,v.;.:. . The main interest in the historical debate in the House of .Lords on the budget today centered In a grave de claration of the Liberal policy, which came from Lord Loreburn, Lord High Chancellor, in an eloquent peroration. Deliberately pausing and adjusting his glasses, he read . slowly from a piece of paper: - - It is my opinion that it .is impossi ble that any Liberal government can ever again bear the heavy burden of office unless it Is secured against a repetition of treatment Such as our measures have had to undergo for the last four years."- - , ..; - The statement had an electrical ef fect upon the Liberal members of the House of Commons, who crowded the public galleries. Quitting the galler ies, they surged into the lobbies in a state of excitement under the con viction that they had heard the Gov ernment's last word before the gen eral election, that Premlor Asqulth will make a similar declaration in the House of Commons next week and that the long delayed campaign again st the Lords has now begun in real earnest- '.';' " : A. : It was held that Lord Loreburn's statement can only mean that no Li beral leader will - henceforth accept office unless he receives a pledge from the Crown that sufficient peers will be appointed, on the Premier's nomin ation, to secure the House of Com mons against Interference in financial matters by the House of Lords. ' Lansdowne Moves Rejection. After the Earl of Crewe. Lord Privy Seal, had formally moved the second reading of the budget, bill, without comment Lord Lansdowne, leader of the opposition, who was so hoarse that he could scarcely be heard, immediate ly moved its rejection. He quoted precedents to show that, although the House of Lords could not amend a fin ance bill, it had full right to discuss such a measure and to throw it out if it so willed. Besides, jtbe present bill, he argued, had tacked on to it legislation, such aa land taxation and increased license duties, . which the House of Lords had already rejected, and which had been placed In the bill with a view to ousting the Lords from their legitimate opportunity of deal ing with these measures. No self-respecting second chamber would tolerate such treatment. What, he asked, was to prevent home rule from being, introduced in the finance bill? There was no limit to such abuses. The Unionists oppos ed license duties because they were crushing in their severity; the same applied . to land taxes. The people, he said,;-not having been consulted, had a clear duty not to decree the final extinction ot the bill, but to in sist that, before it .became a law, the country should be allowed an expres sion of opinion. The Lords had care fully considered . the consequences of the rejection of the bill and were rea dy to face them. ' Lord Loreburn Replies. Lord Loreburn replied, contending that there was nothing In the bill for eign to finance, with wmch-the House of Commons had the exclusive right to deal. The attempt of the Lords to interfere, he declared, was the begin ning of a system which would lead to constitutional revolution. What was embodied in the bill was not law eith er in the United States or Germany, auiiad been approved not only by. tne present but by the late House of Commons. After the Lord High Chancellor ma ny peera addressed the House, but In terest waned. The Duke of Norfolk, who supported Lord Lansdowne's re solution, confessed that the Lords had a serious and anxious problem to face. but maintained that this should not daunt them in performing their duty. Not since the peers refused to agree to the Irish home rule bill has public Interest in the meeting of the upper house equaled that shown today, in spite of the fact that the rejection of the budget bill is a foregone conclu sion. Early in the afternoon a crowd gath ered outside Westminster Palace and formed a long line from the entrance to the public gallery. Seats in the strangers' gallery had already been al lotted- to distinguished visitors,' most of these being reserved for diplomats, many ot whom take keen Interest in the proceedings. Every seat reserved for women below the bar was occu pied. The peers began to arrive early, and -while waiting for the houses to open held Informal conferences. . .. "NEW YORK A PERIL." Under the above heading the-Pres byterian Standard describes the aw ful corruption of the city of New York. New York is probably no worse than Philadelphia, Chicago and Pittsburgh, It Is larger that is all. .The evil described is directly trace able to tne canonisation of the doc trine of force (that is, of the doctrine of wrong) by the result of the war of 1861-5. Then the rejection of cooper ation, in 1898, of the better elements ot the Republican party by the Demo crats, caused wealth to be concentra ted a thousand fold; and it is the con centration of wealth, which makes an idol of mere material thngs, that has ennobled vice in our great cities. ays the Presbyterian Standard: I v; r New York a Peril. , No 'conception of the charaotor ot the highest possible Chrlstless civili sation is like that seen in the civiliza tion ot the Roman Empire. And what that was- may be learned by visiting the museums In which are placed the paintings and other exhumations ot Herculaneum and Pompeii. At the first revelation of these proofs the vis iting student is dazed and then stands agast at evidences of publio and pri vate degeneracy. But the published and undented stories ot the pandering and the revelling In female degrada tion In New York City is much like in kind and too nearly equal in obliquity to the shameless vices in the public and private lives of the Romans in the best days , of their empire. New York is too Chrlstless, and growing more so. The city is like every other city, corrupt in . life in proportion to its Chrlstlessness. ' It is not unnatur al that the remainder of the country should be impatient ot the political, social and religious influence ot a city In which the dominant faction Is fosterer- ot commercialised vice and honey-combed with grau. A city with a potential faotion, in other words, that Is a party to the enormous guilt ot trading In girls for the demands ot vice, forfeits Confidence and Is a pub lio menace. It is no easy task to pro perly describe the corruption of a city In which both the buyer and seller in such a case are not by law ' visited swiftly and fully with such severe pen alties as would root out the dread ful evil root and branch. . He who buys in sucn a case, let it De empha sized, Is the doer ot a flagrant wrong to soolety and guilty of ' a crime that cries loud for the speediest and severest possible punishment under the just laws of government Indignation has been ar oused and measures nave been resolv ed upon to arrest the great iniquity. American perils are nursed In Ameri can cities. For this reason we reiter ate, let our evangelizing -efforts be concentrated doubly upon our towns and clues. THE MORAL OF THE "MELON." Norfolk Virginian.) . ,, The cutting of these Juicy corpora tion melons is hailed in some quarters as proof positive that prosperity has re-asserted its benign sway. On the contrary, when a corporation minister ing to the public needs has been so operated as to yield its owners reason ably remunerative dividends at stated periods, while at the same time main taining its property in a high state of efficiency and laying by a surplus fund ample for probable contingencies, then it has served the interests of the com munity without unduly taxing its pat rons, and the measure of profit so ao cruing to the capital invested is justly earned. But when, in addition to an income capable of satisfying the above requirements, an access is accumu lated which permits the distribution among the stockholders from time to time of stock dividends or cash bonus es of greater value than their original holdings, there is no escape from the conclusion that the charges Imposed upon the publio have been inequitably dlsproportloned to the cost of the ser vice rendered. The effect of such ex tortion is not contributory but antag onistic to, general prosperity, for in stead of promoting the general diffu sion of gains among the classes of whose industry and enterprise they are the fruit, it appropriates a lion's share of the comparatively small class which intervenes between the original producer and the market. Matters are not rightly adjusted when the agen cies created tor the handling of com merce and the facilitation ot trade are. allowed to take tolls -in such ratio as gives them the heart of the melon and relegates the people at large to sub sistence on the rind. The recent decla ration by a public service corporation of an extra dividend to its stockhold ers of treble the amount of its capi talization, simply means that the pub lic has been fleeced in exactly the same ratio. Prosperity ooes not con sist in robbing many Peters to enrich one Paul, and it will not be long before the average mind in this country will come to understanding of this preg nant truth: That the prosperity which is not generally diffused is but the forerun ner of disaster. The goods of this world never have been and never will be equally divided among men; nor is It desirable that they should be, for with such a dead level of conditions all in centive to endeavor and invention would be extinguished. But a system ot government which tolerates if it does not foster the aggrandizement of the few at the expense of the many, must eventually breed in the masses of the poor a jealoua hatred of the wealth which they have seen to grow- to in ordinate dimensions by processes which intensified the hardships of their own struggles for existence and mulcted them of necessities that Croesus might add of their pittance to his store of luxuries. We do not hold with Mr. Roosevelt that a swollen fortune is a menance to society, or that the man who has great riches must therefore be an undesirable citizen. It is only the wealth that is accumulated by disponing others that is a curse to the owner and a menace to his fel lows. But. the methods now so gen erally in vogue in this country, wheth er by permission or in violation of law whether by negligence of the legislator or the indifference of the administra tor, through which the slender purses of the multitude are habitually picked to fatten the wallets of the brother hood of Midas, through which the gulf between Dives and Lazarus is widen ed and deepened year by year, are not only rcklessly defiant of every prin ciple of right but as recklessly provo cative ot a spirit which when once aroused will not be content to accept reform but will demand reprisals That the American people are making His tory is not true in the boastful sense in which the declaration la made. They are but passing through the same phases of development which Rome experienced and France. The one per ished of the corruptions engendered by a monied aristocracy; the other expi ated in oceans of blood the mainten ance of a nobility of privilege founded on the denial of right to the lower orders. In America the reign of the pluto cracy is not yet established; it is only threatened. It has not yet the open recognition of the government though its Influence has been painfully domi nant in the shaping ot some ot the en actments ot Congress, the discriminat ing provisions of the Tariff among them, and In obstructing the enforce ment of others, which promised on their face to do away with some of the most obtrusive evils heretofore exist ing In detriment of the general wel fare for the benefit of some Bpdcial in terest The day is tar oft yet when the abundance ot cake in the palaces of the land will cause the dwellers therein to laugh in scorn the idea that the pantrys of common folk should be destitute of bread.' The resources of our country are too abundant that they can be prostituted to the sole en- Dr. Bhoop'a Health Coffee from pure parched grains, malt, nuts, etc. no real coffee in it. Fine in flavor is "'made in a minute." No 20 or 30 min utes tedious boiling. Sample Free. L. C. Wooten. It isn't so difficult to strengthen a weak stomach If one goes at it cor rectly. And this is true of the Heart and Kidneys.'- The old fasihoned way ot dosing the Stomach, or stimulating the Heart or Kidneys is surely wrong! Dr. Shoop first pointed out this error. 'Qo to the weak or tiling nerves of these organs," said he. Each inside organ has its controlling or - "inside nerve." When these nerves fail then those organs must surely falter. This vital truth is leading druggists every where to dispense and recommend Dr. Snoop's Restorative. - A tew days' test will surely tell! Sold by B. B. Sedber- rys Son. - . - - , - '. Foley's' Kidney Remedy will Cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that Is not beyond the reach of medi cine. - Cures backache and irregulari ties that if neglected might result In Brlght's disease or diabetes. Souder's Pharmacy. McDuffles Drug Store. Joyment of a greedy syndicate without long years of cumulative and persist ent effort and the spirit of our popu lation as a whole is too hopeful and too well in leash either to submit tamely to oppression until no resource except revolt is left, or to play the role, of a blind Samson until every means of legal and peaceful remedy has been exhausted. Yet the signs are unmistakable that-we have taken some ot the initial steps on a road which nas but one final goal, and unless the march be averted we cannot escape the catastrophe which has overtaken every nation which, starting with a government by the people, permitted its servants to prostitute it unto a government for a part of the people. If this Republic Is to degenerate into a government ot favoritism for sec tions or classes, a government in league with class or corporate greed, a government whose theory of "pro tection" is to protect preferred Interests in the power- to extort tribute from the body of the citi zenship and afford the latter no ade quate protection against thraldom to monopoly and extortion, then the day will come when "the fairest political experiment ever launched on the sea of Time will be numbered among the wrecks of empires and .kingdoms which strew the shores of that sea." If there is virtue in the people.-r-the word includes intelligence to know their rights and courage to maintain them, the peril will be averted with out interference with the legitimate pursuit of wealth or the possession of it, wihout a call for redress of past wrongs but only for immunity of the people from future subordination of their rights to the beneficiaries of dis criminating or non-enforclble statutes. In Thuringia when a Feudal Baron gathered together his mailed retainers for the sack of a neighboring town and later deposited in the valts of his cas tle the booty gathered from a .thou sand burghers, the Chronicles of that day did not record the event as evi dencing the growing prosperity of the province, though the noble bandit was richer of course by the thalers and jewels he had stolen from worthier folks. So when one of these plethoric melona.is cut we do not take it as a Sign of the general welfare but rather as showing that thousands of persons have been defrauded by overcharges that corporate lust mlht have a gorging meal to share with its pen sioners. ITEMS FROM STEDMAN. Correspondence of the Observer. Stedman, N. C, Nov. 24. Rev. Neil McDonald left Monday to attend con ference - in Raleigh. Mrs. McDonald and children are visiting relatives while he is away. Mr. George Edward Howard of Sa lemsburg passed through Stedman on his way home Sunday from visiting his daughter. Mrs. Ralford Thairard at Cedar Creek. Miss Maria Sessoms is epected home today to spend Thanksgiving. Miss M. Jean Massey is expecting to 0 to fiandfnrd tnmnrrnw in nnonri Thanksgiving holidays with friends u were. Misses Carrie Snttnn and Ntn C.oA. die leave tndav tn Attend thA mnrrtncra of Miss Sutton's friend, Miss Sallie Al- Drlton, at Calypso to Mr. Brooks. Both Miss Sutton and Miss Geddln Am in take an active part in the marriage. Prof. Weatherly leaves this after noon to spend Thanksgiving at Cur- ne. Miss Clara Sessoms went to Favtt- ville shopping Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Holmes were visitors here Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Leila D. Williams la ?nlnr tn Fayettevllle today. Mr. J. D. Sessoms is attending court in Fayettevllle this week. There will be a Sunday School pic nic at Bethany Church next Saturday. PARKTON NEWS. Correspondence of the Observer. Farkton, N. C, Nov. 23. Great pre parations are being made for Thanks giving services at the Presbyterian and Baptist churches at 11 A. M. and at the M. E. Church at night. The or phans are to be remembered In these services. This has been a prosperous year with our section of the country and a good report should go up from an tne enureses. Quails are faring bad in this coun try now. The continued dry weather nas about put fox hunting out of busi ness. The debating society of the Acade my is becoming quite interesting. The query for tonight was: "Resolved that the United States should have compul sive education." The captains were as follows: Afflr. Frank Williamson Neg. Preston Cashwell. The decision was in favor of the affirmative. The debate will meet next week on Thurs day night. Mrs. Brldgers and mother and sis ter, of Elrod, N. C. have moved in the Welch house. We welcome these good people to our town. .Mr. Will Currie and Mr. McKinnon of Maxton were In town Monday in tneir nne automobile. We are informed that our postmas ter, Mr. A. Parhartf has purchased the R. J. Rivers house and will move there at some future date. Messrs Lancaster and P. H. Fisher are rushing some fine new buggies. This must mean something sure en ough. We hear of more pianos brought to our town. This makes three in less than two weeks, and all from Mr. W. F. Blount s musio house. Mr. Murphy McMillan of Madmore was in town tonight. The Bick ot our town all can be re ported about well we are glad to say. This north wind reminds us of a blizzard, since having it warm so long. There Isn't anything so annoying or so painiui nor is anyining quite so hard to get rid of. as piles. ManZan, the great pile remedy, is the best you can use, for it directly reaches the seat of the trouble and at once relieves and soothes pain. It is applied by means ot a tube with nozzle attached. Sold by MacKethan' s Drug Store.-"" A CARD. ' This is to certify that all druggists are authorized to refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar falls to cure your cough or cold. It steps the cough, heals the lungs and prevents serious results from a cold, prevents pneu monia and consumption. Contains no opiates. . The genuine is in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Sou der's Pharmacy. McDuffle's Drug Store. FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly First-class Work. CALL AT, MY YARD OR WRITE FOR PRICE8. RE8PECTFULLY, E. L. REM8BURQ, PROPRIETOR, v FAYETTEVII I P. SJ r. 115 MAXWELL 8T. OPPOSITE P. I. . L. I. ARMORY. Palm Olive Free coupon. Clip out the coupon from the November Ladles' Home Journal and get a full size cake of Palm Olive Soap FREE. IIBOIEWS ONION SETS. White and Yellow PHILADELPHIA SETS. The Kind That Make Big Onions -AT- SEDBERRY'S. Will Cure A Cold in ONE NIGHT. A. J. COOK & CO., 5 f Druggists And Pharmacists. Next P. O. 'Phone 141. MacKethan's On The Square. A. D. S. Hair Reviver, Price SO Cents. Selected as the best formula by a Na tional Manufacturing Association ol 10,000 druggists. THHY KNOW. For Sale At MacKethan & Go. THE LEADING DRUGGISTS. AGENT8 FOR CUT FLOWER3. 'Phone 331. SOUDERS1 PHARMACY THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Satej A?ttii for 4' & . v..-, y 'PHONE 120 Weak Kidneys Weak Kidneys, rarely point to week kidner Verne. The Kidney, like thelHeert, end the Btomscn, And their weakneee, not In the otna ttaelt bat In the neme that control end tuld tad etrencthen them. Dr. Shoop' I Hettontlye is medicine ipecllkally prepared to reach theet controlling neme. To doctor the Kldneji tlooa, lafutilaTu ie a mew ol time, and o money ai well. If your back achee 01 b weak. U the arm oalde, at to dark end itronf , U yon here nnsptomi of B rights or other distressing or dangerous kid. ney disease, try Dr. Snoop's Boston, tire month--TsblettOTLlgnid-and see what It eu end win doloryoa. Druggdst recommend end sell Dr. 81ioo'g fiooioraiiuo B. E. SEDBEBBY'S SON. ' It you have noticed lymptorua of k!u ney .trouble, do not delay in taking the moat reliable and dependable remedy possible, luch aa DeWitt'a Kidney and Bladder Pills. These wondorful pills are being used with great satisfaction by thousands of people. Try DeWitt'a Kidney and Bladder pills today.' Bold by Armfleld Drug Co, COOK'S i Clint Crate I on
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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