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TO DAILY ESITICM. V .V WE LY ECITION. , $i.oo per Annum, la Advance. H ' 6.0d Per Annum, In Advance. , 3.00 for 6 Months, In Advar.cs. O 1.50 for 3 Monthi, In Advance. 1 , 1 . OLD SERIES VOL LXXIVN0 4.164 FAYETTEVI LLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 10 1 91 0. , NEW SEREES-VOL. XXVINO. 3,394 J 7 COMPLETE MAN. - GENTLE- Mr. William H. Valentine writes ot Lee as follows to the Norfolk Virgin ian: , . ".. , ';'' Some years ago a notable series of volumes was Issued under the general title of "Heroes of the Nations," edited by Evelyn Abbott, A. M Fellow .of Iiallllol College, Oxford, In which ap peared blograpuical sketches of Nel son, Caesar,. Napoleon, Columbus, Lin coln, Jeanne d'Arc, Blsmark, Grant, and Robert E. Lee.- It was eminently fitting that the name of Lee should' be Included In this galaxy of famous men. In Indisputable , evidence ot true greatness his star holds a high place In the firmament ot mental and moral excellence. It would be a difficult task to furnish an author or an orator with a theme more . pregnant : with, priceless ma terial or more complete in its scope, than to accord- him the privilege ot portraying the life - and record ing the deeds, of Robert E. Lee. Not alone In his native State, but through out the nation and beyond the seas, his name is spoken as a synonym of nobility. ; We can do nothing better than to hold up before the youth of this Commonwealth, with unremitting seal, his symmetrical character as a supreme exemplification ot ideal ' .man- hood. In his life General Lee personified In the highest degree the genuine ele ments of a stately character. No sel fish consideration w cunning- crafti ness dwarfed his manly personality. His every word and act unconsciously magnified the princely constituents, ol a christian gentleman and a hero Handsome, erect and dignified as were his person and his carriage; chaste and elegant as were his language and his gestures; courtly .and considerate at were bis actions, none of these out ward intimations of greatness could compare with the largeness of, soul that dwelt within him and. which mani fested itself In benignant beauty and grandeur - in the exalted life - he liv ed.: Any estimate '"of General Lee would J be inaccurate that failed to measure his worth largely from the moral point of view, While he possessed' abilities of a higher, order, and exhibited rare talents both as a commanding general and as an educator, his cardinal quali ties surpassed either genius or schol arship. He was A true nobleman, fill ing the lofty -yet difficult positions in which he was placed by his . country with scrupulous fidelity and spartan courage. His conception of and ad herence to duty, according to his con scientious convictions, was a striking trait ot his imperial nature. With su preme humility he moved In a moral altitude above his fellows while bear- lng submissively and cheerfully .the I burdens or large vnaertaxings too weighty tor less capable and coura geous men. . When victorious over his foes, he displayed the broadest magna nimity, and in defeat he was the per sonification of dignity and patient sub mission to fate. His chlvalric soul would permit ot no unnecessary hum illation ot his enemies or any undue exaltation 'of his own victories. .His majestic nature spurned cant and abhorred hypocrisy. Malice and jealousy had no place In his general temperament His recognition ot the Almighty and his constant reliance oh iagly manifest In his words and his deeds. He was a gentleman from in stinct; a patriot by nature; a scholar by education and environment; a de vout and truthful christian without ' guile; a hero who loved and served his God and his - country, without thougt of self or sordid gain. : : . NEW YORK'S GREAT RAILWAY 8TATION8. V Now that Fayettevllle, ; In conse v quence of the adoption by Congress of our Cape Fear River, Improvement Yiifoftt hat haan tirr.il trill: an nrnmllW ently forward in the public eye as tho future distributing point , Ot North Carolina, and In view of our great as pirations in the matter of a big union depot to accommodate the passenger traffic that' will result, the following artlol'e from the New- tork Tribune will be Interesting; -Perhaps few things mark progress in civic adornment so strikingly as "' does the evolution of the railway sta tion from an unattractive structure erected for purely utilitarian purposes into an object of beauty which serves to embelish the city In which it stands New Tork will possess more than one such edifice in the Pennsylvania and Grand Central terminals now building, which, their -architects as sert, are designed to ' be the finest railroad stations in the world. The sort of influence whlcu these will ex be imagined after an idea has been ' gained of what the new stations will " be. ' ,; - -J, . . . :. In the- new Pennsylvania Station, which wl. be opened and in full op- eration about July 1, architects aver, has boon accomplished a triumph in monotone. It has been treated in a large architectural way, designed, Its architects say. to convey by its, splen did proportions and classic form an . impression of beauty in simplicity. .. Ruins of the magnificent Roman baths ot Caracalla were the Inspira tion of this architectural plan, and upon travelers is impressed a lesson of the sraoe and magnificence to be , obtained through the use of Roman Dorlo columns and the splendor at tained by a vanished empire.. The monotone treatment of the Pennsylvania terminal is carried out in the light buff stone color peculiar to "pink Milford granite." The term "Dink" belongs to it by reason of the soft warmth of hue in the stone, just as one is conscious of a pink glow in saffron. Those soft shades ot color - found In Milford granite offer a pleas lng vista of oollonnades, arches and arcade, with Intervals ot paneled and pllantered walls and occasional coffer ed ceilings In the same stone. Even marble floors offer no sharp contrasts In the paterns In which they are laid: In the coffered ceilings and upper . walls of the great waiting room love ly effects have been produced by facings of Roman Travatlne marble, which tones upon the general color scheme and has been quarried from the Roman Campagna, near Tlvoll. As the waiting room is 277 feet long and 103 feet in width, a good deal of this Roman marble has been employed In its surface decoration. Trains Every Hour. The great concourse faces this mam' moth waltlngroom, which is flanked - on eat:h side by smaller rooms for tho rest and comfort of traveling, fsuluie LEE, THE palnU daylight and moonlight effects upon the expanse of plate glass which roofs the concourse, underneath which will roll; trains from every part ot the country, above a still lower level of Snglneerlng works, where is conducted net-work of pipes and wires that car ry electricity, steam, compressed air, gas and all that modern engineering requires to move 44 trains in an hour and maintain a gigantic railroad tin- Tnls covers some 28 acres, and Is supported by 27,600 tons of steel, 650 granite pillars, zi.ooo tons of street bridging and some 60,000 cubic yards of concrete retaining walls and foun dations,, to say nothing of tons upon tons of marble and granite required for surface and decorative work. - 1 It is the intention ot the architects. McKim, Mead & White, to treat this roofed-in area in the simplest sort of way, without any color effects oth er than the monotone of pink tinged, buff colored stone. Wooden furniture will be supplyed to blend in with the Inconspicuous color scheme. No dec orations of a minor character will ap pear In this station, unless one might characterize as decorations artistic ally, designed posts, which will sustain groups of electric. light at the three principal entrances and along the curb at intervals of 60 feet, and eight large humlnate the -central vestibule with bronze standards, constructed to 11- clusters m iecine nguis. . . The New Grand Central, y Together with Its train sheds, the new Grand Central Station will cover more space than does the Pennsyl vania terminal. It will be set back about .130 feet . from " Forty-second street, a plaza of some 170 feet being thus formed between It and the Hotel Belmont. Vanderbilt avenue will be widened 135 feet, so that nov narrow crowded effect will mar the approach from that direction. The situation Is planned," architects explained, some what upon the lines of that ot the Paris Opera House, and is far more impressive than an ordinary, location would be. . V; The new "Station's surface level will be - 426 feet; and Us lower level 725 feet in length.. Above its spacious pla zas will rise a superstructure of cream colored limestone upon a base ot rough finished pink Stony Creek granite the pinkest granite known. ' Many stones were compared before selections were made of rose color and cream In the best granite and limestone that this country could pro duce. ' -f 1 Free standing columns in groups of two will support the front ot the bulki ng,' in Forty-second street, while all the side columns will be engaged. Provided for the front decoration upon the attic is a 60 foot clock, with a central motive in sculptured marble symbolical of Progress, flanked by fig- ures representing mental and physical force. Upon the piers on each side of tne front' win be placed sculptured decorations 18 feet, in height, illus trating,-in Idealized form, the arms of the city and of the State of New York. The patriotic emblems are the sole exceptions in a scheme of decor atipo, which, the architects say, whe ther the .ornaments are painted in frescoes or made ot marble, iron or other metals, will be suggestive of the work of a railroad etatlon. Every article ot adornment will sym bolize the usages of the. place it decor ates, from the figure ot Progress, de signed for the entrance, to the great maps in colors, painted upon canvas to be set as frescoes over the arches in the concourse. These maps have not' been treated merely to show how maps can be made-to serve highly decorative ends, but principally to in- form the observer of the extent of. the railroad system 'depicted upon them. Its architects plan to make the ex pression of this station one of mas sive simplicity, and the main feature of it a great concourse upon the sub- war level. The Brooklyn, the Bronx and Kings- bridge subway trains will empty hu man freight into this vast concourse, where so the architects assert "no body can get lost," because the en tire business of travelwlll be transac ted upon that floor, 160 feet wide and 300 feet long. - - Concourse Is 160 Feat Wide, This concourse will answer the pur pose of the average waiting room, Here the spectator will find much to interest him besides the diversion al ways offered by the human kaleido scope inseparable to ana tne email comedies and tragedies enacted in railroad station. ' " ' An impression of space will every where be emphasized in this " con course. Three arches, eacn 16U reet in height, will alternate with inter vals of two squares at eitner end, ana five arches will face upon Forty-second street, .Mural rtlsts -are painting decorative figures on canvasses which will adorn the corner curves of the celling between the arches. Immense windows of clear glass, set in bronze! will Drovlde abundant access to sun light, and 'a big' decorative - clock wrought of 'Iron and glass will have place in the arch that faces tne tracKs Whatever further - decorative figures or statuary, If any, may be placed In this station will be ot marble. The general aspect ot :: the ' con course will be lofty. It is to attain 125 feet in Its highest part and to be constructed entirely of cream-col ored, stone, with marble floors, and celling decorations painted on can vm bv mural artists. w Perhaps the strangest feature 01 this great structure in cream color and rose will be the mystifying man ner In which It will replace the old fa miliar building In Forty-second street, Persons hastening through, tne ooara ed tunnels and finished sections of the station In Lexington avenue might never dream that eve-y wall and plank has Its place In a work of 'naglc; that all the parts ot th? ma n portion of tho station aro being molded, cniseiea. siiaoed. oaln'.ed aud ani-fiucled so that in a twlnkllnn un army cf work men can demoiiaa th? station of today and erect the structure of tomorrow. "The work will oe done like ligntn- Ink," say the contractors. "Every- thtnar la In train for the final stroke, A man may set off upon a brief vacation from the Grand Central Sta tion that he knows and, returning, al Ight from the train to rub his eyes in bewilderment at sight of new and strange scenes ot striking beauty and magnitude. : - .v Fins Pictures At Scrsnton, To elevating Influences exerted by soma loftv work of art like wis Is add. Ad lt educative force. The travel er, for Instance, who Is not Interested in learning from what sources the architecture of tne oeauuim L.acna- wanna Station, at Scranton, Pa., is de rived becomes Keenly alive to tne uu naiml rtoenratlon of oanel pictures in fuiuueo. S5 of which' adorathe'wait lng room. These are copied from pain tings by Clark G. Voorhees, represent ing scenes along the line of the Lack awanna railroad. That paintings can be so reproduced in faience is a rev elation to the majority of tnose who pass through this - richly decorated station. Some recall that the newest and finest railroad station In Paris, the Gare d'Orleans, exhibits mural ?alntlngs that deplcit scenery upon he French road, and they consider the American idea of preserving such pictures in faience, an Improvement upon the French method. TIMELY EXPOSITION OF THE FALACY OF PROTECTION, Our "ever ' able contemporary, . the Norfolk .Virginian-Pilot, reviews the history ot Protection In America and its inherent viclousness In a timely article, as follows: " v-p'. .,- False In Principle, Vicious In Prac- There are many fundamental ob jections to Protection as a permanent policy of government Political econ omists are practically agreed that the eventual result of :: a tariff , high enough to prohibit importations must be to isolate the nation imposing it from other commercial countries and finally to' dwarf manufacture by ex hausting the absorbing power ot the domestic market. For In the long run trade will follow the line of least resistance ' and ' a ' people will preferably buy. what they lack from those to whom they can sell . their own surplus; : and' , this is but an other form of saying that commerce an .exchange of commodities and will flourish between two parties only when their dealings can be conduct ed on equal terms. The other effect follows as a matter of course;' for the producer who isthus placed at a disadvantage in disposing of his sur plus output abroad finds his compensa- tlon la charging up to the home con sumer, in addition to a fair profit on his goods, the full a ount of the du ties on which his monopoly rests; and when these artificial prices react dis astrously- on domestic consumption, be shortens the home supply by ship ping his beef, oil, sugar or what not to ixmdon or Berlin and offering It there, after paying freight over seas and handling charges, - at figures reached , - by substractlng the exact amount of the duty from the New Tork price. For example, the protec tion afforded to refined sugar is two cents a pound and the Trust "sells the Identical . article In London just two Cents a pound cheaper than in New Tork. The domestic extortion and the foreign concession are inevi table consequences of the inordinate rate of protection afforded by prohibi tive duties. The American public -is fleeced while the English consumer gets his supply at lower prices! The end will be to exhaust the. purchasing capacity ot America and then the American manufacturer will be de pendent on and at the mercy of the foreign markets. The earlier advocates of a protec tive tariff -appreciated these truths, Mr. Clay never contemplated the per petuation of his American system be yond the time when the infant in dustries of this country should be come self-supporting. In .1848 the statesmen of all parties agreed that the manufacturing Interests had reach ed a condition Justifying reduction of the aid hitherto extended them and the leaders of all the political parties in Congress united on the .Walker bill which brought the duties to a basis productive of revenue and only inci dentally protective; and the ten years between 1850 and 1860 were those in which the United States enjoyed un exampled prosperity and made a prog ress In wealth and population un- paralelled by any similar period before or' since. The production ot the conn- try grew by leaps and bounds; its com merce multiplyed in volume, in ex ports as well as Imports, and expand' ed to every quarter of the globe; and the mills and factories kept in fu 1 blast with rich profit to their owners, When the Civil war came on the ne cessities of the treasury drove the Republican financiers to raise the du ties on Imports aa a supposed means of swelling the revenues, though suc cessive advances developed the fact, now well understood, that the higher the duty the smaller the returns. But on the return of peace the preferred classes had learned the possibilities of monopoly founded on- tariff pro tection, and the argument Was shifted to the plea that American labor must be safe-guarded against invasion by hordes of cheap operatives , from Europe. This sufficed to bring into line the army ot native workingmen, and then followed the alliance between capital and the Republican leadership which led to successive aggravations of the evils. Of protection until the Dingiey law Drought tne issue between the classes and the masses to a cli max and the Republican party was driven to make the campaign ot 1908 under a pledge to abate the wrongs of the latter by lessening the privi leges accorded the former by an ex orbitant measure of tariff protection. In the meantime McKlnley and Blaine had realized the disastrous results to which' the maintenance, of prohibitive schedules was tending, and they sounded a note of warning exactly In accord with the reflections with which this article begins. , Reciprocity was the remedy they suggested to lighten the growing pressure of the American consumer and simultaneously to en courage freer" commercial relations With the rest of mankind. They in fluenced, their party to a declaration endorsing their views; but the Repub licans in Congress rerusea to maKe good the patform, and- the Dingiey bill emasoulated reciprocity In about the same degree that the Aldrich law slaughtered revision. And now the people are face to face with condi tions which contradict every theory on which the advocates of protection have heretofore relied, and it is ob vious, and manifest that the tariff system benefits no one but the class In favor of. which It discriminates, that it does not protect the consumers, who form the body of American cit izenship, from plunder by the monop olists, that i it does not give labor a share' ot the increased profits, that It increases the cost without supply ing the means of living to the em ployed, and that It shuts the door to those fields ot supply and demand which under the operation of natur al laws wou.a permit the American Deoole to sell and buy their sur plus and their lack to the best advan tage. .' . ' '- ' At the root ot the system Ilea this fatal defeot. It cannot be applyed equally to all Interests In the land. It creates privilege for the few by the denial of right to the many. It vio lates all the principles ot. equity and as a matter of economic policy it en riches a part of the body politic by impoverishing the whole. While it survives prosperity can never be dif fused throughout the strata ot society. Until it is abolished or substantially modified unrest and discontent will multiply among the people which is not administered1 for the people, lor the greatest good of the greatest num ber. A rnlershlp otherwise . founded and directed is In violation of the moral law and a perversion of power to unjust ends, and no rule so found ed Can be sound in economy or pro ductive of other than disastrous ends. THE WILSON TIMES. Owing to the absence Of the , edi tor of the Observer on business con nected with the Upper Cape 'ear Im provement, no notice was taken' at j the time of the severe loss suffered by our good .neighbor, the Wilson Times, In the fire which destroyed its- large and expensive' plant , We ' be-' lleve the net loss," above insurance,' was some '$10,000. ' Notwithstanding this, the paper, by extraordinary ex ertions, has continued Its publication without .interruption, first by a little sheet and then by a larger one each, day, until it isv almost quite itself again. ' ;k - .'.'''-";'. We trust that the people of Wilson, who. have been so nobly served by Messrs. . Gold, , who published their daily for some time at i loss to them selves but to the immense gain of the community, will continue their efforts to sustain the Times, their most val uable municipal asset HOWTO GAIN TIME. Only Way to Be 8ure of Leisure Is to Procrastinste. .. New Tork Evening Sun. 0' :' The only way in which one can ne sure ot gaining time is to procrastin ate. It is only the few hours imme diately in front of you, gained by put ting' in its proper place employment which was on the point of ingulfing your leisure, that you can be really sure of having to do with as you wtsn. There seems no other way of taking time by the forelock. If one does at once the work which will have to be done eventually" one lets time get start so considerable that one is in danger of not even catching time by the heels when one Is at liberty to start to pursuit This makes time stand for leisure, but what better thing could any one stand for, leisure being not mleness, but breathing space In which .to recover from one's panting run, to reckon the distance one has come, an to weigh the value of th$ things garnered on tne way. if we are unable to face and use leisure, then the race should be called off, tor it has reduced us to Hurried scurriers. busy without rhyme or reason, pro crastination an unavoidable duty, lying directly before us. Naturally, one must procrastinate with taste and discretion. To postpone everything is an unintelligent as to do everything. Jt Is looking work in tne eye cooly that is to be encouraged and not dropping one's eyes out of re spect merely because It is work, and stuDidly taking It on because it says it is a duty. Perhaps it is nothing of the kind. Anyway a cavalier waving of It Into the limbo will show the stuff It Is made of, not to mention Its see ing that yon -are not a person to be bullied. If it still hangs about you can tell it to come back tomorrow; you may find a moment to give it If it fails to turn up a second time 10 to 1 It was no duty at all, and when you told It to be off it thought Its disguise penetrated and ran in a panic of be ing discovered. We have built up somehow an exagerated worship of work, until It is done blindly, breath lessly, as though there was something Inherently lmmorral in stopping for a moment to see what kind of work it is that we are doing. It is a spineless person who cannot retain the whip hand over work or at least manage when overofflclous work attempts to catch us to escape with a taunt and a slyly protruding tongue. ; AUTHORIZED TO PLUNDER? Omaha World-Herald. The diligent American press, turn ing Its attention to the meat boycott and the situation that gives rise to it has unearthed some Interesting facts.' - The New. York Sun finds that the retail Drlce of American beef is much less In London than in New York. Loins sell . In London for 15 to 19 cents, in New York for 23 to 28 cents, round steak in London costs 16 to 20 cents, and in New York 20 to 21 cents; chuck brings 12 to 16 cents in London, and 14 to 18 cents In New York, The Baltimore Sua is Impressed with the fact that American flour and bacon are sold much cheaper In Can ada than in the United States, The Philadelphia North American adduces figures to show that the beef trust's stock explanation ot . high prices a diminishing supply, Is not true. It Shows that from 1899 to 1909 beef, cattle in this country- In creased, in round numbers, from 28 million to 49 million, or 79 per cent; sheep Increased from 39 million to 66 million, or 43 per cent; swine increas ed from 88 million to 64 million, or 40 per cent During the same period pop ulation has Increased not to exceed 20 per cent Meat products, therefore, have Increased from two to three times sa much as nooulation, Senator Brlstow, of Kansas, aids the tillZJJl comlnsr forward with the sapient sug gestion that the price. of meat. ought to be less than It was twenty-five years ago, If for no other reason than that ' waste has been ' eliminated. "When I was a boy," he says, "26 per cent ot the carcass went to waste. Now nothing Is wasted, not even the blood. All these tacts, notwithstanding, the price keeps on rising, and the pries of American products te greater to Americana, at home, than It Is to. Lon doners across seas. Yet It Is nothing new or surprising. The facta are stale. They have been pointed out over and over again, by democrauo newspapers ana campaign ers, in any number of campaigns. The beef trust is getting enormous ly rich by robbing tho American peo ple. Armours declare 35 ' per cent. dividend for the last fiscal year. And In ten years they have created a sur plus, out of earnings in addition to dividends, of 70 millions of dollars on 4 20 million capitalization. Other great packing concerns are doing about as well. Is it strange If prices are high? Is It stranger they . are higher right here in Omaha than in London? 'And aren't the steel trust and the oil trust and the sugar trust and the harvester trust and the woolen trust and all the rest of them doing Just as the beef trust is doing? Aren't they all gouging the American people, and haven't they been doing It these many years past? And haven't these same . American people authorized them to do so, and ratified their doing it, ' by their votes at , the polls every time they bad a chance? VANCE'S LETTER8. To the People ot North Carolina: The North Carolina Historical Com mission is making a collection of tne letters and papers of Gov. Z. B. Vance, with a view to their preservation and publication. Through the ' co-opera tion of Mrs. Vance several thousands of such documents have been socur- d, making one- of the most impor tant manuscript co'lectlons ever made by the State. The publication of these papers will do more to establish the State's Confederate history beyond dispute than any. other collection In existence. But, unfortunately, this collection contains but few of Governor Vance's own letters, most of those in the col lection being letters received by him, It is most important that the publica tion should contain as many of bis own letters as possible. The Historical Commission, there fore, takes this means of requesting those who nossess letters of Governor ' Vance to turn them over to the. Com mission, either for permanent pre servation or for copying. No letter or paper Is so unimportant or trivial but that It may have Its place in such a collection; and, we think the personnel of the Historical Commis sion is sufficient guarantee that no Improper use will be made of any let ter or paper. The publication has the sanction of Mrs. Vance. , ... Nor Is the publication a private enterprise undertaken for the pur pose of making money. It will be Issued by the State as other State printing, and Its purpose Is to perpe tuate the fame of North Carolina s best beloved son, to extend the reputa tion of the State, and to make avail able for the historian the material for studying her history during its great est epoch. Any person,, therefore, who possess es a letter or other document of Gov ernor Vance will render a service to his memory and to the good name of the State by co-operating with the His torical Commission In this work. Due credit will be given to all who help to forward this work. AU communications should be directed to, the Secretary at ttaieign. The North Carolina Historical Com mission. J. BRYAN GRIMES, Chairman. R. D. W. CONNOR, Secretary. BETTER FOLLOW THE ENGLISH PLAN. Charlotte Observer. It has always been a surprise to us that every lawyer of Integrity and honor, on becomlag a member of Congress, or of his State Legislature, cannot see the distinction between the relation of lawyer and client and legislator and person interested In special legislation. We cannot under stand how any such man can con found the two relationships. Still, we believe there are at times men who do so with clear conscience and would be really surprised were their con duct criticised or their motives im pugned. A very lamentable case of this kind occurred In North Carolina some years ago, and when the lawyer and legislator had his attention most foiclbly and rudely called to his couduct he was shocked beyond measure. Unbiased .judges of his con duct nmr for a moment thought he had Intended to act corruptly or that he was r.onsclous at the time ot do ing a wiong. But such a-ta are occur! (nz con- tinually In this country's legislative bodies. The lr.teat case of the kind which has been brought to public at tention is that a member of the Legislature of Virginia who had been offered M00 by a client to secure the passage of a law creating a new cause for divorce to fit the case of the legislator-lawyer's client. While he did not accept the money offer the legislator-lawyer could not un derstand how others should consider It sn offer to bribe htm as a legisla tor to put the desired legislation through. He considered It only an of fer of a fee from a client to his law yer to lobby for him. How, In lobby ing as a lawyer, he expected to be able to divest himself of his charac ter as a member of the body he was ex pected to Influence, we cannot un derstand: but he seems to have ex plained it to the satisfaction of the members of the Legislature, who were at first inclined to look upon the affair as an offer to bribe one of their associates. That legislator es caped all "suspicion of dishonest con duct by refusing the 'fee and dis closing the prefer, but the fact that he could not see how ne would nave acted at all wrongly had he accept ed it Is as remarkable as any feature of the case. TO THE VOTERS OF CUMBERLAND .... COUNTY. Fayettevllle, N. C, February 26. I hereby, announce myself a candi date tor the Office ot Register ot Deeds subject to the Democratic primaries and conventions. My experience in every department ot the office duties tnr th nsat twn Tun under Mr. Wal. Uer ha. qualified me to give the peo- pie the very best service. Very Respectfully, FULTON R. HALL. ANNOUNCEMENT. To the Voters ot Cumberland County t horhv announce mvself as a can didate for the office ot Register ot Deeds subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and convention, and will greatly appreciate tne ei- forts of amy friends in my oenau. . Respectfully, ?- . - W. W. HUSKB. ANNOUNCEMENT., I am' a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Cum berland County. I entrust my aspir ation to the will ot a majority vote at the Democratic Primaries or hi Con vention of 1910. f ' EMPIB M. DOWNING. MOST COMPLETE MOON8HINING OUTFIT VET FOUND IN TH18 8ECTION, Discovered Near 8pout Springs Yes terday. Revenue officers, Downing, Pool, Holland and Sloan, accompanied by Sheriff Watson Friday Invaded the famous moonshlnlng district near Spout Springs, and found just across the Harnett line, near the old Mo Diarmld - mill site, the most remark- ble and complete blockading estab lishment yet uncovered in this ' section?"-?.;'' It was situated on a clear spark ling stream, at the bottom ot a ravine, little over a mile from the Yadkin branch of the Atlantic Coast Line rail road. When the posse of officers de scended the ravine, three negroes were busily at work engaged in mak ing whisky, one was firing the fur nace, while the other two were what is ' termed "'breaking up the mash." The man at the furnace spied the, Officers first, and despite the Win chesters leveled on him, took to the bushes. The other two men held .UP their hands, at the command to do so, and surrendered. They gave their names as. Grant Pearson and Mose, or Bob Davis. They are now in jail here awaiting a preliminary hearing before the United States Commission The officers, who returned to Fay ettevllle last night, after destroy ing the still and burning up the plant with all its fixings, say it was the most ' complete moonshlnlng outfit captured In the State in years. The still was a splendid copper one of 80 gallons capacity. There were twenty, up-to-date fermenters, .. con taining 2,000 gallons ot mash, ready tor distillation, and 1,000 gallons of beer. Only fifteen gallons of the fin ished product corn whisky, could be found. There were also quantities of meal and two sacks of malt The whole paraphernalia was covered by great shed, and It was evident that the moonshiners made it their home also, as clothing, shoes, hats and pro visions of all sorts, and cooking and eating utensils were found in profu sion. It was in this neighborhood that Revenue officer Reece was shot two years ago. The moonshiners had evidently been doing business at this place for several years. THREE PROMINENT CITIZENS 8HOT DOWN AT 8C0TLAND NECK Including; Messrs. E. E. Travis and A. P. Kltchin. Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock Mr. E. E. Powell, Sr., a well-known citizen of Scotland Neck, near J. E. Woolard's stables on Main street shot down in quick succession, State Sena tor E. L. Travis ot Halifax, State Rep resentative A. P. Kltchin and Deputy Sheriff C. W. Dunn, of Scotland Neck. According to the best information gathered, Mr. Powell aBked Senator Travis something about not replying to his letter. Mr. Kltchin, thinking Mr. Powell a little out of humor, placed his hand on his shoulder ge: ly to remonstrate -with him, when Powell Instantly shot him down and in quick succession, shot down Sen ator Travis and Mr. Dunn. The ball took effect In Mr. Kitch in'8 face, below the eye, glanced down toward the ear and was later taken out by physicians. Mr. Travis was struck In the mouth, having two or three teeth knocked out, the ball splitting, one part being extracted later and the other part not yet lo cated. The ball also made a cut In Mr. Travis' tongue. The ball which struck Deputy Sheriff Dunn entered a little below the shoulder blade and ranged upward, but has not yet been located. CONSTIPATION. Can be cured, absolutely, by TISIT which is sold with a money-back guar antee by all druggists or Bemis Co. Washington, D. C. TISIT is absolute ly harmless, even to young babies and Invalids. A full sue pacsage can oe had for a short time for 10c. Try it today, talk about It tomorrow. Eat 'Em liko ganay. B0U61HS $&$3jL&4SII0ES B0Y55H0E5 THE LARGEST MAKER AND RETAILER OF MEN'S FINE SHOES IN THE WORL . ; "m ipir ninn to other makes." '1 hava worn W. L. DouIm ahou for tha part tin yaara, and always And May ara Tar lupanor loan oinar man iraaa ingai intr,vi comfort and durability." w. u. junta. u IIS Howard lva.. Utlca. N. Y, 1 fi I could take you into my Urge fac tories at Brockton, Matt, and snow you hew carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would realize why they hold thair ahaoa. fit better, wear looser, and era of greater Talue than any other make. CA.ITT1 - W. t. DomtlM name and frtej to Mmped on U bottom. Take Na Subatltntet ft your dntler oumot 111 yon with W L.D0U1IM inoM, writ lor MaU Order Catalog. W.L.toulu, Btocawm MM TOR BALK BT - . . rHESilUML GAHBS Q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. OFFICE In K. of P. BUILDING. Fayettevllle, N. C. " . ! 'Phone 229. HS. AVERITT, Attornev-at-Law, Notary Public. Office National Bank. Building Hay Street, Fayettevllle, N. C V.C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 1 Notary Public, Surveyor, f Office K. of P. Building, . FAYETTEVILLE, N. C H. McD. Robinson, ; Terry Lyon, (Notary ruonc; ROBINSON & LYON, ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW. V Offices: National Bana Building, Fay ettevllle, N. C. Special attention given to corpora tion matters, collecting and conveyanc ing. Do a general practice. Prompt and exact f. SPRUNT NEWTON. R. W. HERRING. NEWTON & HERRING, Attorneys-at-Lsw, Jno. A. Oates, Business Associate. Rooms 2, 3 and 8, K. of P. Bldg., FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. Practice in all Courts. Special attention given to Collec tions. Estates and Conveyancing. James C. MacRae, Fayettevllle, N. C. Cameron F. MacRae, Wilmington, N. C. MacRAE & MacRAE, ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW, Offices Hinsdale Building, Fayettevllle, IN. U. Specialties: Corporation, Real Estate and Commercial Law. General Practice in All Courts. Offices Fayettevllle, N. C, and Wil mington, N. C. W. W. BAKER, CIVIL ENGINEER. Land Surveying and Municipal En gineering, over Shuford, A Rogers' Store, Fayettevyie, N. C. DR. J. A. MacKETHAN, UacKethan Building, Fayettevllle, N.C. OFFICE HOURS: 9 A. M., to 1 P. M. 3 P. H. to 6 P. M. SPECIAL HOURS by APPOINTMENT rKAUTiCK LJMiTBID Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Office Work and Consultation. Phones: Long distance 331, Residence 205. DR E. J. CARSON, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Office in residence 342 Gillespie Street 'Phone 160. Chronic Diseases a Specialty. DR. IRENE THORNTON, Office 109 Green Street. Hours: 9 A. M. to 11 A. M., 2 P.M. to 4 P. M, 6 P. M. to 8 P. M. Office 'Phone 175; Residence 102 Rowan Street, 'Phone 35f-L. D. G. MacKETHAN, M. D., PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Office: MacKethan Building, Market ntfSquare. Residence: 119 Cool Spring. Office 'phone, 331, Residence 403. Dr. A. S. CROMARTIE, DENTIST, Office In MacKethan Building, 102 1-2 Person street. Phone S38. Fayettevllle, N. C. a B. Patterson, O. D. S. J. H. Judd, D. D. S. Drs. Patterson & Judd, Offices 219 1-2 Hay Street, over Dunn & Co.'s 8tore, 'Phone 56. DR. W. A. RAY, DENTI8T. Highsmlth Building, 113 Green Street, 'Phone 405. Office formerly occupied by Dr. John R. Highsmlth. Ciplsr Mil 111 Ms I am here for business. Let me have a chance at your work. Twenty years' experience. Large or small contracts appreciated. All work guaranteed. Phone 65-J, 828 Ramsey Street. DAN J. HUMPHREY. MacKethan KrJ. Trust Co. Market 8quare, FAYETTEVILLE, : : N. C. Real Estate bought and sold. Loans negotiated and guaranteed. - Rents, and Interest collected. Title examined, conveyances made. Insurance premiums taken and loans made. E. R. MacKETHAN, Att'y. $300. Small uncleared farm Raleigh Road. - $1500. 60 acre Improved farm, good buildings. $3000. 103 acre farm with improve ments. $2000. 141 acre farm, mill and dwelling. 11500. (0 acre farm near Wade Sta- tlon. $1200. $350. Itreet $300. ; $160. ' $m: House and Lot Person street House and Lot New Wharf House and Lot Broad street Lot West Rowan street Lot Bouth Cool Spring street $260. 35 acres Pearce's MM. $75.', 10 acres Lumberton Road. $50. ! Lot Water street $60 to $150.. Suburban Lots, Fair round Park, River View, Normal An- j K, Normal Heights, Holt's Hill, erthweit Fayettevllle, Fayhope. FAYETTEVILLE DF.ZLE AND GRANITE WORKS . Strictly First-class ww v me CALL AT MY YARD OR WRITE FOR PRICES. RE8PECTFULLY, E. L. REM3BURQ, PROPRIETOR, FAYETTEVILLe. N. C. 115 MAXWELL 8T. OPPOSITE F. I. L. I. ARMORY. Make Your Selection While Aiiort- tnent la Complete: ; Wood's Evergreen Lawn Grass, Dwarf Essex Rape Seed, T frii inn.. ' , , tat : . vat iui miiici, Tall and Dwarf Nasturtium, Sweet Peas, Etc., Etc. 'PHONE 1. SEDBERRY'S E E D B E R R Y D B Fresh Garden Seeds E R R Y SEDBERRY'S GOOK's Will Cure A Cold in ONE NIGHT. A. J. COOK & CO., ! Oruggliti And Pharmacists. ' Next P. O. 'Phone 141. f Original i ALLEGRETTI Chocolates and Bon-Bons New York's Famous Candy At MacKethan & Co., AGENT8 FOR CUT FLOWERS. 126 Years continued success In the seed business Landreth's Pedigree complete, lresh stock last re ceived by ' PHARMACY The Saar Slot. Call oA PERRY , IF YOU WANT PURE DRUGS, skillfully compounded, and at the same time save money. Experience in buying has taught us bow to pro tect our customers. We carry every thing carried by first-class druggists. GIVE US A CHANCE TO PROVE 4 THIS TO YOU. ; ;-; Perry's Drugstore P. 6. OUR ELECTRIC PAIN KILL ER Is a sure shot to all pains, espeo tally Rheumatla pains. ('food's Garden Seed HIiRM Hi Seeds SUM
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