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, DAILY. EDITION. $6.00 Per Annum, In Advance. 3.00 for 0 Months, In Advance. O 1-B0 for S Month, In Advance, WEEKLY ECITICN. t. oo per Annum, in Advance, FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 1910. OLD SERIESV01 LXXIV..-N0. 4,57 NEW SERIES VOL. XXVI NO. 3,387 The tender leavei of a harmless lunsheallng mountainous shrub, give to Dr. Snoop's Cough Remedy Its Mar velous curative properties. Tight, tickling, or distressing coughs, quickly yield to the healing, soothing action of- this splendid prescription Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy. And It Is so safe and good for children, as well. Containing no opium, chloroform, or other harmful drugs, mothers should In safety always demand Dr. Shoop's. If other remedies are offered, tell them No! Be your own Judge 1 Sold by B. SJ. Sedberry's Son. t' -'J-li ' ' -' iinnn n inn 1 1 n innn 1 - Q,,K;NIMOCKS, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. OFFICE In K. of P. BUILDING, Fayetteville, N. C. 'Phone 229. a. S. AVERITT, . Attorney-at-Law, ,, Notary Public OffleeNatJonsI Bank. '.lainjcHay 6tret, faystuvllW, N. C , . V, C. BULLAKD, ) :imty and Counsellor - -at La w,. '-vx . Notary Public, Surveyor, ' .': K. of P. Building, v t " FAYETTEVILLE, N. a H McD. ROBIN bON f (Notary Public ) ','-( ' ' - AND TERKY LTfON, ' ATTORN EY8-AT LAW. ( - XIIchs! . National Ban Building, Fay e'tevllle, N. C, . 1 - 8peclal attention given to corpora tion matters, collecting and: conveyancing.- Do a general practice.' ' Prompt tnd exact . - ' '-. , - 1. 8PRUNT NEWTON. R. W. HERBJ0TO. HISTTAV a nvDDinr. Attorneys-at-Lav, 3 Jno. A. Oates, Business Associate. Rooms a, 3 and 8, K. of P. Bldg., FAYETTEVILLE, N. C Practice in all Courts. ' Special attention given to Collec tions. -. - Estates and Conveyancing. ' W. W, BAKER, . . CIVIL ENQINEER. " . 1 i n .1 - - 1 ' a. i-i w una surveying ana munivijiii en gineering, over Shuford, 4.. Rogers' 8tore, Fayetteville, HiC. v' Sk. J. A. MacKETHAN, lf.-TI'.ll. TTS 1.4. mi t nw'nHii an niiiiinnir. r hvhlihviiih. rv.i. : OFFICE HOTJRS: 9 A. M.f to 1 P, M. 8 P.M. to 6 P. M. SPECIAL HOURS by APPOINTMENT ' PRACTICE LIMITED . . Eye. ? Ear, Nose and , -Throat, . Qfljca " Work and Consultation.' -7 'Phones: Long distance 331, Residence 205. .w.v , Dn. J. CARSON, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Office In residence 342 Gillespie Street, Phone 180. Chronlo Diseases a Specialty. , ' DR. IRENE THORNTON, . Office and Residence; . 102 ROWAN 8TREET, near Monument 'Phone 357-L. ". ' D.'G. MacKETHAN, M. D., PHY8ICIAN and SURGEON, Office:' MacKethan . Building,; Market Square. Residence: 119 Cool Spring. Office 'phone, SSI, Residence 403. Dr; Ai S. CROM ARTIE, " DENTIST, - Office In MacKethan Building, 102 141 Person street" s-i"" ' Phone 338. - Fayetteville, N. C. . Q. B. Patterson, 0. D. 8. . J. H. Judd, D. D S. . Drs. Patterson & Judd, - Offices 219 1-2 Hsy Street, over Dunn e Co. 'a 8tore, 'Phone 65. ' DR. W. A RAY, Hlghsmith Building, 113 Green Street, . - 'Phone 405. " . Tjffice formerly occupied by' Dr. John . , x' R. Hlghsmlta.- ' 'C; v .1 am here for business. Let me have 1 chance at your work. - Twenty years' experience. Large or email oontraots Appreciated. - All work, guaranteed Phone 65-J, 128 Ramsey 8treet DAN 4, HUMPHREY. tlacKethan Trust Co - Market 8quare, , - FATKTTEVILLE, ' j ! ' .i N. 1 - Real Eatata bought and sold. v Loana negotiated and guaranteed. Rents and Interest collected - Titles examined, conveyances made. insurance premiums taken and loans ...... made. . v. ".",.. r E, R. MsoKETHAN, Att'y. ' "1300. Small uncleared farm Raleigh Road. 81600. ". 60 1 acre Improved' farm, food buildings. 33000. 103 acre farm with improve- ments. , $2000. dwelling. ' 11500. tlon. 11200. $350. street. . $300. $150. $125. 141 acre farm, mill and 60 acre farm near Wade Sta- - 1 ... House and Lot Person street House and Lot New Wharf House and Lot Broad street; Lot West Rowan street. Lot South Cool Spring Btreet. 85 acres Pearce's Mill. 10 acres Lumbertoh Road. Lot Water street. , v $250. $76. $50, $50 to $150, Suburban Lots, Fa around Park, River VIew.'Normal An- nex, Normal HnlghU, Holt's Hill, Northwest Fayette fllle, Fayhope. VK HA 1111181. I.IK In WHY HE IS 80, The Philadelphia Record contains the following: ' . " ' s t The Ass that Carries All. . Everything that a railway uses for purposes of construction, repair . or maintenance is made more costly by reason 01 win exactions, j ; ,, ; Everything that the railway enwloye needs to keep him alive food, cloth ing, shelter, medicines Is mads dear er by tariff charges, The cost of liv ing eats up money faster than he can earn it, , t- - " t . For this reason the railway employes are demanding greater, wages. - And because of the greater cost of rails, engines, ties; cars,' and ' other equipment the railway managers de clare that if they raise wages they must make an, equivalent - raise . of freight 'rates, '(', l.i',v-ii.' !'"'''. And the patient ass: 'the self-rullna publie, whose direct representatives make the tariff schedules and thereby compel dear carrying. and dear living complacently foots the bills! -, And this and more, la done In the rname of "protectlon'V-heaven help us Now he ftbdve.'llke so many other articles of similar import penned by able editors, or speeches spoken by el oquent orators, Is as true- as gospel truth with one exceptions the pub lic Is not "self-rullng." ; That Is the reason the ass Is "patient.' He was impatient enough, In the early days after the war, resUve under the bur den imposed by the triumph ' of the doctrine of force. He elected Tllden, but was Cleverly manue vered out of the fruits of his victory. Then, with gath ered and gathering strength, he elect ed Cleveland and a Democratic Senate. and House, aH pledged to lift the tar iff burden from him as soon as Con gress could be convened. But Cleve land "went back" on him. Again he was on. the point of secur ing a union of ajl who oppose epeclal privilege, In 1898-1900 But bis trusted agents went back on him again, and made an unnatural union with the Mc- Klnley "Democrats." Since then, and as a consequence of the events described, the chance for recovery of power by "the public" has slipped ; away because money has been concentrated by them a thousand fold, and the number of the "self-rul ing" enormously reduced by the grip which concentrated money has fixed upon laborers in every field of endea vor. ' v.-v y-. We think we are entirely right when we say that the Record, whose voice Is so virtuous, would die before It would admit that Mr. Cleveland was wrong In sacrificing tariff reduction rather than the gold standard; and that the same view applies to those who made' Democratic victory impossible in 1898- 190(K . : -: The ass is .patient, because he finds that the expression of Impatience is always tolled by treachery treachery just at the 'crucial point, somewhere, In our complex system. When our representative men de clare that the compromise with Mr Hayes In 1877, the action of Mr. Cleve land In 1893, and the fusion with the McKInley "Democrats" in 1898-1900, were -wrong, then, perhaps, the ass wll prick up his ears again. - HENRY EVANS. We tnd In the excellent Wilmington Star, quoted from the "Autobiography of Bishop Capers," the appended ac count of a famous Fayetteville negro preacher of the past. It was In his honor that the large and fine brick edifice, the '"Evans Chapel," was built Perhaps. the venerable Mr. Whaley and others of the elder Methodists in Fayetteville can. add to the very inter esting account which Bishop v Capers has left. :-.;-..'. .". :,..;. Followlfig Is the article, as in the star: ' ; .... Henry Evans, a Nsgro Genius Re- markable Man of Race. Whose Preaching Wrought Such . Change Among Slavea .That .White. Men Heard Him Gladly. (Autobiography of Bishop Qapers.) The most remarkable man in Fay etteville when I went there, and who died during my Btay, was a negro, by the name of Henry Evans. - I say the most remarkable In view of his class; and I call him negro with unfeigned respect. He was a negro. That Is, he was of that race, without any admix turo of another.; , The name - simply designates the race, and it is- vulgar to regard It with approbrlum. I have known and loved and honored not a few negroes in my life, who were prob ably as pure of heart as Evans, or anybody else. Such : were my. old irieaas casuie aemy ana jonn uo quet, of Charleston;-Will Campbell and Harry- Myrick, of Wilmington; York Cohen, of Savannah, and others I might name. These I might call re markable for their goodness. But I use the word In a broader sense for Henry Evans, who was ' confessedly the father of the Methodist church, white and black, in Fayetteville, and the best preacher of his time In that auarter: and he was so remarkable as to have beeome the greatest curi osity of the town Insomuch that dis tinguished visitors hardly felt that they might pass a Sunday In Fayette ville without hearing turn preacn. ibv- ana was from Virginia, a shoe maker by trade, and, I think, waB born free, He became a Christian and a Method 1st Quite young, and was licensed to preach In Virginia. While yet a young man, ne determined to remove to Charleston. S. C. thinking that ' he might succeed there at his trade. But havina reached .' Fayetteville on his way to Charleston, ana sometning ae talnlng him for a few days, his spirit was stirred at perceiving mat ue peo- nle of his raoe in that town were wholly atven to Drofanlty and lawless- ness. never hearing preaching of any denomination, find living emphatically without hope and without God In the world. - This determined him to stop in Fftvnttevillet and he began to preach to the -negroes, with great ef fect. The town council Interfered, and nothing In his power could prevail with them to nermlt him to preach. He then withdrew to the sand-hills, THE PATIENT A88"- out of town; and held meetings In the woods, changing hie appointments from place to place. No law was vio lated, while the council was effectual ly eluded; and so the opposition pass, ed Into the hands of the mob. These he worried out-, by changing bis ap pointments, so that, when they, went to work their Will upon, him he was preaching somewhere else. Meanwhile, whatever the most honest purpose of his enemies was ; employed by him I for that end; He eluded no one In nri-1 vawv out sougnx opportunities to ex. plain himself;, avowed the purity of his Intentions; and even begged to be subjected to the scrutiny, of any sur- veilance that mlght.be thought proper to prove his inoffenslveness; . any. thingeo that he might but be allow- ed to ' preach. Happily for him and the cause of religion his honest coun- tenance and earnest pleadings were soon powerfully seconded by the fruits of bis labors. One tfter another be gan to suspect their, servants of & tending his preaching, not because they were made woree, but wonder fully better, -The effect on the public morals of the negroes, too, began to be een, particularly as regarded their ue wvu, parucuiariy as regaraea tneir I 'hablW m Sunday and rdnwkenfless. 1 It was not long before the mob was called off by a change in the current of opinion, and Evans was allowed to preach In town. At that time there was not a single church edifice in town, and but one congregation. (Pres byterian), who worshiped In what was called the State House, under which was the market; and It was plainly Evans or nobody to preach to the ne groes, Now, too, of the mistresses there were not a few, and some mas ters, who were brought to think that the preaching which had proved so beneficial to their servants might be good for them also; and the famous negro preacher bad some whites as well as blacks to hear him.' From these the gracious influence spread to others, and a meeting-house was built, It was frame of wood, weather- boarded only on the outside, without plastering, about fifty feet long by thirty feet wide. Seats, distinctly separated, were at lit ai faff vy ioicu iu uuD,,nuiwni, ucai I the pulpit. But Evans Ybad. already become famous and these seats were insufficient Indeed, the negroes seemed likely to lose their preacher, negro though he was, while the whites, crowded out of their ' appropriated seats, took possession of those in the rear. Meanwhile Evans had represent ed to the preacher of Bladen Circuit how things were going, and induced him to take his meeting-house Into the circuit, and constitute a church there. And now there was no longer room for- the negroes In the house when Evans preached; and for , the accommodation of both classes the weatherboards were knocked off and sheda were added to the house on either side; the whites occupying the whole of the .original building, and the negroes those sheds as a part of the same houee. Evans' dwelling was a shed at the pulpit end of the church. And that was the identical state of the case when I was pastor. Often was I in that shed, and much to my edifica tion, i I have known not many preach ers who appeared more conversant with Scripture than Evans, or whose conversation was more instructive as to the things of God. He seemed al ways deeply Impressed with the re sponsibility of his position; and not even our old friend Castile was more remarkable for bis humble and defer ential deportment towards the whites than Evans was. Nor would he allow any partiality of his friends to induce him to vary in tne least aegree tne line of conduct or the bearing which he had prescribed to himself in this resDect: never speaking to a white man but with his hat under nis arm never allowing himself to be seated In their houses; and even confining him- Belt to the kind and manner of dress proper for negroes In general, except hie nlain black coat lor tne puipic "The whites are kind to me, and come tn hear me Dreach." he would say; but I belone to my own sort, ana must not sdoII them." And yet Henry Bvans was a Boanerges, and In his dutv feared not the face of man, I bave said tnat ne aiea auring my stay in Fayetteville this year, (1810). The death of such a man could not be but triumphant, and his was dis tinanishinKly so. I did not witness it, hut wm with him lust before he died; and as he' appeared to me, tnumpn should expresa but partially tne cnar ftr.ter of his feelings, as the word im ports exultation at a victory, or at most the victory and exultation to eether. It seems to me as II tne vic tory he had won was no longer an object, but rather as If his spirit, past the contemplation 01 tnumpn on Barm, were already in communion with heaven. Yet hia last breath was drawn in the act of Dronouncing 1 uormtn- lana XV: 57: "Thanks be to God, Which giveth us the victory, tnrougn our ixrd .Teaua Christ." It was my prac tice to hold a meeting with the blacks In the church directly after morning preaching every Sunday, And on thb Sunday before bis death, during this meetlni. the little aoor Deiween ma humble shed and the chancel where I stood was opened and the dying man antered for a last farewell to his peo ple. He was almost too feeble to tjind at all. but supporting himself bv tha raillna- of the chancel, he said I bave come to eay my ibbi worn iu vou. It 18 WIS! isone uiu vunow Three times I have naa my uie m Jeopardy for-preaching the gospel to you. Three times 1 nave oroireu mo Ice on the edge of the water and swam aomui the Cane Fear to preach the gospel to you. And now, u my ibbi hnnr I could trust to that or to any- thw else but Christ crucinea, xor my Mivation. all should be lost and my soul perish forever.'' - A noble- testi- monyl Worthy not of Evans only, but St. Paul. His mnerai at tne tumtu was attended by a greater concourse of persons than had been seen on any funeral occasion before. . The whole community appeared . to mourn his death, and the universal reeling seem - ed to be that in honoring the mem - ory of Henry Evans we were paying a tribute to virtueana i religion. He was burled under the chancel of the church of which he had been in so remarkable a manner tne lounaer, NAMES OP NORTH CAROLINA . COUNTIES. ... GreenBboro Patriot . ' The Patriot believes Its readers will he. Interested in the following concerning the origin of the names of the emmtle of the State: Indians Eleven counties .bear In dian names, to-wit: Alamance, Alio. ehanv.- Catawba. Cherokee, Chowan, Currituck. Palmlco. Pasquotank, Yad kin and Watauga. Tne meaning ot nme of these words is very beauti ful, but as we "are not certain ot them, we would be glad If Bomo sub scriber In each of the counties ' men tioned would enlighten us as to the I signification of his county's name. ' : English, counties Five of our coun ties bear the names of English coun ties, 1. e., Cumberland;, Durham, Hert fort, Northampton and Surry. All of 1 these except Durham and Surry took their namea from noblemen who bore those titles. Surry in ,. England, - lji English towns Nine counties heal the names of English towns, thouirl tney are names not directly In honor of" these towns, but' from noblemen who bore . those titles. The nine counties are Camden, Chatham, Crav- en, Carteret, Edgecombe, (in England, Mount Edgecombe), Guilford, .Hall- fax, Richmond and Rockingham. '! , , s, French towns Beaufort, Granville, and Orange, though these names are taken more directly from the yearers of these territorial titles.' , : . ; German Brunswick. Mecklenbura and New , Hanover. though named really for the wearers of these titles. For Royalty Brunswick. Mecklen burg, New Hanover and Orange. r i - For 'English Noblemen Fourteen counties, to-witi . JBeaufort.'i Camdi Chatham, Craven- : CarterWl Cumber1? land, Edgecombe, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Rich mond and Rockingham. As , above stated, three of these titles were taken- from , English counties, nine from English towns and two from French towns. For other Englishmen Nine coun ties: Anson for Admiral Anson. Ber tie and Tyrrell for two of the pro prletors, Bladen for Martin Bladen, one of the commissioners of the colo ny, Onslow for the celebrated Speaker Onslow," and Wilkes for the notorious John Wilkes,' of the "Junius" letters. Hyde, Johnston and Martin for three of the Royalist governors. For our Presidents Four counties, WjLRhfnB-tnn MftHlann .Taplronn anA ' " ' - -"IJ poik. nor omer aisunguisnea men, not North Carolinians Three counties: Clay, Franklin and Randolph. ' - For Generals of the Revolution i m-, , .c.t' Davidson for Gen ; Wm."Lee Davidson, who fell at Cow-! an's Ford, Gates tor General Heratlo Gates, of Saratoga and Camden fame, Greene for Gen Nathaniel Greene, Lincoln for Gen Benjamin Lincoln, Montgomery for the gailant young general who fell at Quebec, Nash for Gen, Francis Nash, who fell at Ger man town, Ruthford for General! Griffith Rutherford, Wayne for the ! hero of Stony Point, Warren for Gen eral Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill, and Washington, which also figures as one of the "president!' i al" counties. For Governors of North Carolina eleven counties are named, three for royalist governors: Hyde for Edward, Hyde, governor in 1712; Johnston for' Gabriel Johnston, who was governor for eighteen years, 1734 to 1752; and Martin for Joshia Martin, the last royalist governor 1771 to 1775; and eight counties for governors under the constitution, towit: Caswell fori Richard Caswell, our first Republican. governor 1771-76 and 1784-87, Burke for Thomas Burke, governor 1781-2; Ashe for Samuel Ashe, governor 1795-8; Davie for William R. Davie, governor 1798; Alexander for Na thaniel Alexander, Governor 1805-6; Swain for David L. Swain, governor 1832-5; Durham for William A. Dur ham, governor 1845-9, and Vance for Z. B. Vance, governor 1862-5, and again 1876-8. For other North Carolinians Twenty-six counties, of which three (as above) were for revolutionary generals, Davidson, Nash and Ruth erford; six for revolutionary colonels; Buncombe tor Col. Edward Bun combe; Lenoir for Col. William Le noir; Sampson for John Sampson; Stokes for Col. J. Stokes, (after the revolution he was United States dis trict judge for North Carolina) ; Cleveland for Col. Benjamin Cleve land, who fought at King's Mountain, and McDowell for Col. Joseph Mc Dowell. Two for J-lges of the United States Supreme court Moore for Judge Alfred Moore and Iredell for James Iredell. . Two counties for state -Supreme court Judges, Gaston for Judge William Gaston, and Hen derson for Chief Justice -Leonard Henderson. Three counties for promt nent North Carolina civilians in the revolutionary period:- Harnett for Cornelius Harnett Person for Thom as Person, and Jones for Willie Jones One county, Macon, for a United States senator, -Nathaniel Macon, who was also speaker of the United States house of representatives . for six years, 1891 to 1896, and the only North Carolinian who has ever filled that post Two counties were named for speakers of the state house of representative; Stanley for Jann Stan ly, of New Berne, and Cabarrus for Stephen Cabarrus, of Edenton. une oounty. Yancey, la named for speaker of the state senate, Bartiett Yancey. One county, Caldwell, is named for a president of the State University, Joseph Caldwell, and an other, Swain, for a governor, who was also president of the University; and still another. Mitchell, la named lor a professor, Ellsha Mitchell, In the same institution; one county, For syth, is named for a soldier of the war o? 181, CoL Benjamin - Forsytn, killed in Canada: one county, Wil son, for a soldier of the war of 1846, Col. Louis D. .: Wilson, who died in Mexico: one county, Pender, for soldier of the war of 1861, General William D. Pender, killed In Virginia; i ana one county, naywoou, lor jouu Haywood, who was state , treasurer for forty years. 1787 to 18Z7. I , so, altogether, - counting the post- J revolution governors, 84 counties out I of 98 perpetuate the memory of prom- i ment nortn uaroumans. roe uiacov I erer of the western world Is remem- i bered in Columbua county. Only two I counties are not named for Individ I union and Transylvania, the lat- 1 er meaning "beyond the woods. 1 rjupiin and Rowan are of doubtful anQ disputed origin, Thre0 , count,e8 , named . .. fi f virainla Dare. for the first white child born in the state Mecklenburg tor Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg, Queen Of George HI, and Wake for Esther Wake, sister to Governor Tryon'a wife. ,-,.; : . ' ' , . , Two counties are named for one man, William Pit, earl of Chatham, Two others for father and son, Sir John Carterat and his son, who I was created earl Granville. Extinct Seven county names are extinct Albemarle, Bain and Clar endon abolished in subdividing; Bute; Dobbs and Tyron named for royalist governors and re-chrlstened with pa triot names. Our forefathers were gallant enough while changing these namea to retain those named in honor of ladles, Wake and Mecklenburg, and they were honest enough after naming a county Glasgow for a patriot to change it for Green when Glasgow defaulted in a public trust- ; Polk county was once repealed, but was subsequently re-established. And, so ends our list of counties. England has the same area as North Carolina with twenty times our popu lation; and i has- but forty counties, New" York' has about our area and three and a half times our popula tion and -sixty Counties. We have subdivided until we have ninety-eight counties, and as our constitution re quires every county, however small, to have at least one -member In our lower house of legislation, It is said by those who have made the calcu lation that 500,000 people now send sixty, members to the lower house, and 900,000 send the other sixty. Subdivision can hardly go any farther and as the supply of prominent North Carolinians gives no sign of abating, We shall have to take to perpetuating thehy names and fame In our townships towns and , railroad su ctions. ' .:; . ' '' ':, -V THE ,HdU8 Of. GOVERNORS. Norfolk Virginian. The Convention of Governors which is to assemble in Washington this week may doubtless accomplish some results of a beneficial nature by a free inter change of opinion concerning be con trariety of the laws on kindred sub jects in the several states. Great con fusion and some absolute harm arises 'rom.thls conflict of statutory pro visions and it ought to be possible for the Governors to aggree on recommen dations to their several legislatures which would bring about a practical degree of uniformity in the enactments relating to quarantine, to divorce', to the regulation of food products and the 'ike matters where local conditions are not essentially contrary. Efforts in Prevention of the adulteration of ar ticles of food were undertaken by the 'States much In advance -of similar steps by the Federal government, but two codes are alike and most of hem fall short of accord, while some actually conflict with the laws laid down by Congress. One State prohibits what another permits, or allows that which Is forbidden under Federal law, and so there is disturbance every where In attempts at enforcement while the business public is put at a dls advantage by uncertainty. It has been pointed out that the "dealer or manu facturer who resides in a State where he law Is lax obviously possesses an unfair advantage over a competitor who is compelled to conform his pro cesses to a less indulgent rule, and he man who wants to do the right hing may be embarrassed to know pre cisely what is required of him. This Is a regrettable state of affairs, and constitutes a serious obstruction to commercial progress, as the manu facturer who distributes his product all over the country finds himself con fronted with a diversity of regulation with which it is simply impracticable for him to comply, as one State may (prohibit what another State enjoins be done. The Philadelphia Inquirer holds that there is but one remedy for this man ifest evil and that it is to be sought in he embodiment into the code of every State of the Federal Statute covering he subject But this assumes that in all cases where the laws are In con flict those promulgated from Washing ton are perfect and equally applicable to the various localities to be dealt with. The better way we think would be to have a deputation from Congress sit in council with the Governors to jointly Investigate the whole field and determine what changes are desirable both the National and State pre scriptions. In some States it might be necessary to give the law a scope and direction not needed in others, and here might be Instances where the national requirements did not compre hend the remedy for special local con dltions. It must be confessed that joint jurisdiction is productive of con fusion and friction, but we are not pre pared to abandon the whole field of police regulations witnln the States to he central agency which is overbur dened now with duties and responsi bilities. CAPT. A. B. McEACHIN A DI8TIN GUISHED NATIVE OF ROBE80N PASSES AWAY AT HIS HOME IN TUSCALOOSA, ALA. Lumberton Robesonian. Captain Archibald Bruce McEachln a native of Robeson county, died at his home in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on the 26th ult He had been in feeble health tor several years. The deceased was related to a large number of people n this county, among his relatives in Liumberton being Col. N. A. McLean ind Messrs. A. W. and A. T. McLean, The Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette of the 28ult elves a two column sketch of this distinguished son of Robeson coun ty, from which sketch the following s taken: Archibald Bruce McEachln was one of the most brilliant men Alabama has mown. He was a native of North Carolina, a fact of which he was al ways proud, counting tnat next to nis distinguished Scottish lineage. He ;ame of the best blood tnat nowea in Scotland.'his ancestors having all come from the Highlands, un tne pater rial side he was descended from the McEachlna and Grahams and on the maternal side he traced hia relation- shin through the McQueens and Mc- Raes. He came in a direct line from Flora McDonald and Robert Bruce, and a worthy son was he of noble for bears. - "He waa born seventy-one years ago. He graduated from the law school of Chief Justice Pearson In North Caro lina, after two years or stuay ana com menced the practice of law In his na ti RtAte In 1857. He located In Ala bama, at Marlon, in is&s ana eauea the Marion American during the Bell and Everett campaigns, being at that time an old Whle. He always aispiay ed a treat facility in writing and waa often a contributor to different newa- nnnoro hnvlnst been while nut a ooy an associate editor of the North Caroj Una Argus. , ' ' t . "'i He raised i company ot sharpshoot ers in January of 1862 enlisting 60 men from Perry. Bibb and uauas coun Ho anma nf them coming from Tusca- inwi The Secretary of War declined to commission the men as sharp shoot ers and later the company was united with Capt Hood of Troy and Capt Mo Eaohin was elected first lieutenant, the company being mustered in Company nf th Alabama Cavalry. Clanton s Bridge. His health failed while doing picket duty on the Florida Coast and he served on Court Martial and then as Inspector of Quartermaster a Annnti . Tn 1863 he was assigned ,duty as Post Quartermaster at Savan- nah Ga., with the rank of a captain of Cavalry, and he remained In that city until It was captured by Sherman. He was promoted to the rank of Major short time before the fall of Rich mond but never received bis commis sion. . He married on January 2nd, 1860, Miss Dora Somervllle, a cultured and beautiful representative .of a family distinguished In Alabama, and claim ing a direct desceht from the Wallaces and other noted names In Scottish his tory." Had he lived JuBt one week longer he and this devoted wife would have celebrated their, Golden Anniversary. There survive of this union the following children: Judge James Somervllle McEachlh, of Hous ton, Tex.; Mrs. Edward St. Bailey of Chicago (Miss Helen McEachln) ; Mrs. u. M. Utts of Greensboro, (Miss Dora McEachln) ; Mrs. Syd Leach of Tusca loosa (Miss Naneita McEachln), and Archibald Bruce McEachln, also of Tuscaloosa. One other daughter, Mrs. Bernard A. Wood, died several years ago. She as Miss Maebelle McEachln was noted all over the State as a beauty and a woman of great sweet ness and nobility ot character. The McEachln .home In Tuscaloosa has -been noted for years as one of thej most hospitable and elegant in this seci tlon of the State, a place where the best social life is centered. "Capt. A. B. McEachln Is also sur vived by two sisters, one living at West Point,- Miss., and the other in Washington, D. C. "Capt McEachln was a man of re markable intellect He seemed a born lawyer and It was a pleasure to hear him conduct a case in the court room. He was witty and he was quick In every branch of the law and before Jury be was well nigh unsurpassed. "He enjoyed a practtce that extend ed tar and yet he had time for some Uterary pursuits and he wrote with a happiness of style and a wealth of hu mor and a fund of information that could not be excelled. He established the Southern Law Journal which he published and edited with conspicu ous ability until 1888, at which time he sold it. "He was a member of the Presby terian church and from this sacred house he will be burled this morning the funeral taking place at ten o' clock." HEADING OFF BLINDNESS State Board Seeking to Prevent Infec tion at Birth. A special committee of the New York Association for the Blind which was appointed to Investigate the caus es of preventable blindness and to co operate with physicians in seeking measures of prevention, has reported that the State Board of Health has aken steps to insure against the wide spread cause of blindness through in- ection at birth. The committee has found that about one-half of all blindness is due to pre ventable causes, and that about one- hlrd of the cases of blindness in children Is caused by ophthalmia neo natorum, a preventable Infectious dls ease occurring at birth. A drop of a 1 per cent solution of silver nitrate dropped into the eyes of a child at birth Is a sufficient preventive of his infection. The use of this anti- eptlc has been recommended by the American Medical Association, and the committee of the New York Asso ciation for the Blind has united with the State Commissioner of Health in enforcing the-general use of this pre- aution. The State Commissioner of Health will endeavor to provide this solution through local health officers any physician and midwife apply ing for It. Birth certificates issued by tne State Department now bear the query: What preventive for ophthalmia neoatorum did you use? If none, ?tate the reason therefor." It has been enacted that these notifications of birth be returned hi thirty-six hours nstead of ten days, as heretofore. It Is believed that If a physician or mid wife has failed to use such a preven- Ive the reminder on the birth certl- 3cate will in most Instances provo ef- ectlve." The above is a clipping taken from a recent issue of the New York Sun. It tells its own story. It shows that the authorities of at least one State are alive to the appalling condition which confronts the commonwealth Vor Is New York the only State in which active efforts are being put forth to head off one of the most dls tressing calamities which can befall a human being. And to realize that much of this distress can be prevented is loud call to every citizen in the na tion. There are enrolled the present ses sion in the North Carolina State school for the Blind and Deaf 263 blind children (besides 100 deaf child ren). At least one-fourth of these need never have been blind, and would not have been, if proper preventive reme dies had been emploj'ed within twenty- four hours after the birth of the child Gentle reader, do you realize that there are from sixty-five to ninety children in this school doomed to life of darkness and a handicap in the race for bread-winning all their days some of them to lead the lives of helpless dependents, if not abject paupers? And there are still at least 128 more bund children in the State who have not been enrolled in our school at all. This will make the figures the more appalling one -hun dred and thirty blind children in North Carolina whose sight might have been preserved with a little care exercised, and almost without ex pense! Is it not high time that the legal and medical authorities- of our State were taking steps to prevent this con dition Of affairs? In the meantime will not the parents of all Infants see to It that immediately after birth the eyes shall be thoroughly washed and then have one drop of the solution of no greater strength than one per cent of silver nitrate put in each eye not later .than twenty-four hours after birth? This Is a precaution and pre ventive which, if properly applied, is harmless and may prevent your child from becoming blind. ' And let every physician and midwife In North Carolina aupply him self or- herself with this pre paration'' and attend to its pro per administration in every case. Care should be taken that the solution shall not be stronger than one per cent There is yet one other phase of this situation. It costs at least suu an nually to properly teach a blind child and not less man izu to ciotne mm, For ninety blind children this aggre gates $19,800 annually and for 13Q children $28,600 annually. What saving to the State this would be I And in the course ot ten years cov ered by our curriculum ' this would amount to a saving to the State of $286,000. Ia this worth considering? There 4s yet another phase of pre ventable blindness about which I will not write fully now. It Is in connec tion with hereditary blindness. I had not laid much stress upon this until I read a very learned treatise recently written by Clarence Loeb, A. M., M. D., of St Louis, . Mo. He has examined thoroughly and minutely into the his tory of 1,204 families in all .parts of the United States In which one or both parents were blind from one of twelve diseases of the eye. The percentage of blindness In the 4,155 children born In these families varies from 54.8 to 66.4. And to my surprise the percen tage of- blindness In tne collateral heredity is greatest, viz., 66.4! Dr. Loeb concludes from the results of his investigations that persons born blind (congenital) ought never to marry. He also concludes that ' persons should not marry into any branch of any fam ily In which there is congental blind ness, however remote, since there is more liability to blindness arising from marrying the cousins, uncles, or aunts of congenltally blind persons than from marrying sons or daughters. JOHil E. RAY, Principal State School for the Blind and Deaf. Raleigh, N. C, January 3, 1910. CUMBERLAND ITEM8. Correspondence of the Observer. Miss Luella Monroe it Bladen has been visiting eeveral days at Mr. W. H. Butler's. Miss Dora Bullard of Hope Mills was visiting Mrs. John L. Smith last week and attended Sunday School Jan. 9th. Mrs. Holllngsworth was visiting friends here last Sunday. Mr. Alex Prevatt attended Union Springs Baptist Sunday School last Sunday. Mr. Al. Barber moved to Mr. Will Culbreth's new residence and farm about two miles north of here, and Mr. Sam Jones moved into the house at the Bluff vacated by Mr. Barber. Mr. McJones has moved to Hope Mills. Mr. Clem Powell moved to Hope Mills No. 4 recently. His fingers were mashed in the mill here several weeks ago, and we regret to say he has not been able to work since. It is quite amusing to the younger set to Bee some of the old widowers out sporting" occasionally. Water In the wells and pumps is still very scarce here, but several good rains have fallen recently. Miss Mary West returned Satur day from visiting relatives at Holt- Morgan's. The new officers of Union Springs Baptist Sunday School were elected last Sunday and are as follows: Super intendent and assistant, Mr. Willis Deane and Mr. W. H. Butler; Secre tary and treasurer, Mr. Louis Batten; Organist Miss Mary West. Mr. But ler has been superintending the schools but recomended Mr. Deane as his successor. Rev. Paul T. Britt preached a good sermon Sunday night from the sub ject, "Unconscious Influence." John hesitated to enter the tomb of the risen Saviour till Peter entered, and perhaps might never have entered, had he not been influenced by the bold, impulsive Peter. He explained conscious Influence as when a lawyer sways a judge and Jury or when lnflu ence is intentional. He then explained how people unconsciously do good or harm by their influence. He urged all to have a good influence this new year to read the Bible through this year, to leave off bad habits, and make it the happiest, best and most useful ear. The new song book, Windows of Heaven, No. 6, were used for the first time in this service. Mr. W. J. Robinsoji was in Fayette ville Saturday. The Graded School Teachers attend ed the County Teachers' Association In the Court House Saturday, and en- Joyed It Miss Allen of the Godwin School read a fine paper on School Discipline. Mrs. L. McDonald of Hope Mills Graded Schools, explained her methods of teaching reading in the primary grade, and we hope it will prove helpful to young teachers, especially, and to all. She has been highly successful and her work is highly endorsed. Mrs. John Strickland of Dunn, was burried here Jan. 11. Rev. J. D. Pe- gram conducted the funeral at the Methodist church. This excellent family formerly lived here, at the Ab, Harrington place. Mrs. Strickland was a daughter ot Mr. A. Brewer, deceased of this community. Mrs. Strickland selected the text for her funeral and the funeral songs. Her family who attended the funeral were: her husband, Miss Ethel and sons Willie, Roland, John, Percy and Preston. Mr. Strickland was a for mer school committeeman and good friend of the school, and the school here marched In a body to church to attend the funeral. Tthel and Preston staid at W. J. Robinson' Tuesday night. This excellent fam ily has numerous friends and relatives here. Mr. Albert Wade, the efficient secre tary of the cotton mills, is taking a business course in Lafayette Busi ness College, and goes to Fayette ville daily. Mrs. Albert Wade has been on a vis it of about two weeks to her mother at Slier City, and Is expected home today, and will' receive a hearty wel come from numerous friends. Mr. John Davis returned from Ral eigh recently, is living at the Bluff and working at Hope Mills. . ' ' Mr. E. H. Woodall Is a strong ad vocate of stock law, so is Mr. W, J. Robinson, who says it would benefit him about $150. Some others oppose It. Others say "I would prefer it, but will take po part in the election, as I do not like to oppose my neighbor' wishes," so It la uncertain. It seems. how the majority will vote. The graded school already has five more enrolled than it bad all ot 1908- 9, but it ought to be still better. Success to the Dally and Weekly Ob server. : . , . . .s i ' FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly , First-class Work. 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