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UIE OBSE.Uv.En. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1910. E. J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. E. J. Hsle, Jr, Business Manager. L. B. Halo, City Editor. A COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT OP THE SPECIAL TAX BOND CASE. Our old friend, Mr. Q. W. Lake, end' ua the following article from the Wall Street Journal, which seems to express the present Northern view of an Infamous episode In North Caro lina history: The recent failure of thoee, who for two or three yean past have been " seeking to enforce payment of the principal of the 111,000,000,'odd, spe cial tax bonds of the state of North Carolina, to Induce the state of Rhode Island to accept a block of the bonds for the purpose of bringing salt , on them, serves again to emphasise the , (act that the case of these bonds cannot per se be taken as a parallel to the one of the bonds of the same state, secured on the stock of the North Carolina Railroad, on which set tlement was made in 190S, following a '. Supreme Court decision in favor of the state of South Dakota. Briefly summarized, the South Da kota case was this: the state brought . suit in the Supreme Court to recover ' on a block of the collateral bonds, a ' small amount of which had. remain- -d outstanding since the readjust ment of the North Carolina debt In 1879, according to the terms of whlca new oonus to ue amount or zi per cent were exesangea tor the old bonds which defaulted following the Civil War. South Dakota, on the bonds which had been presented to it was awarded a judgment of some f 27, 000 which was . subsequently paid. rouowing that, a compromise waa ef. tjwi wiu Muuer Drawers or riew York, who received for their holdings of some $250,000 of the collateral bonds, new bonds due in 1913 In the proportion of about $892 per bond without interest In the majority opinion of the court. It waa held that there was "no reay . sonabie doubt of the validity of the Donas ana mortgages In controversy" and one of the determining factors seemed to be that, the eol'steral on which the bonds were secured had attained actual value sufficient to take care of practically all of the outstand ing principal of the old debt It ap pears to be clear that a state can not be forced to appropriate money to meet a judgment, which Is not bas ed upon specific security, and on tals question the fate of the special tax bonds, now in controversy, appears . to hang. .... .. Similar efforts to thoee now being made to get suits started to recover on these special tax "bonds have pre viously failed. A year or more ago. for instance, New York state refused to accept bonds of this issae on which to bring suit. In refusing the bonds. Governor Hughes stated: "Suit can properly be brought by New York state, not as the representative ef an individual holder of the bonds, but as the holder of absolute title, compre hending both legal title and right to beneficial enjoyment It does not, however, seem proper that such title eould be asserted." Chances of suc cess for those who seek to prosecute theee suits are few.- Apropos of these questions, a eiti sen of the state of North Carolina writes to The Wau Street Journal: '"We should like the public to mow that we are right in not paying these bonds." In explanation of his posi tion he quotes from an editorial in one of the Wilmington dailies, which In dignantly asserts that the press of the North "'seems unwilling to state the unia momi ue .Reconstruction per iod, me truth, as this editorial points It out is as follows: - "That .while these bonds were regu larly Issued, the credit of the state wss pledged at a time of crisis by plun derers who had captured the state government as completely as pirates might have seised a ship cast upon a reef and forced an assignment of its cargo. "'It is true that the reconatrnctlna bonds are technical obligations of the state. They were, dowerer. Issued, as it were, under duress, s circum stance that in morals, if not always in law, sDsovies the principal from the acts, even of his accredited agent "Under such circumstances the principal Is justified in resisting pay ment, even when bis paper has been negotiated: when, as In the case of these bonds, the paper Is taken bv persons saving guilty Knowledge of ue iraua, tne defense 4s a rood one. The editorial concludes bv askin wny ue trutn cannot De plainly stat ed, "that the. bonds in Question were bought under circumstances showing weir rraoauient enaracter. and that many of the present holders acquired them with notice of their dishonor and at a nominal price." ' ; "LAW INSTEAD OP WAR.'? Under the above head, the Baltimore Sun publishes the following article concerning Mr. Theodore Marburg of that city, a wealthy gentleman, who distinguished himself some ten years ago by retiring from business satisfied with a few millions, and who has since been constantly adding to his reputa tion by philanthropic work of various kinds, including speeches and writings in that behalf. What he does acquires a local Interest tq us of Fayettevllle, from the fact that, his wife is niece of the late Judge1 MacRae and has many relatives here. Bays the Sun Law Instead of War. Specifying the growing weight of armaments and the more frequent set. tloment of International disputes by means other than war as the two prin cipal reasons, Mr. Theodore Marburg, iri an address before the North Care Lna society last night, said that toe 'is i-e movement is now a practical ' find la becoming more so every l ; rt ivUress was made in the re- n mm of the Ilaltlmore Busl- .' " , In the old Young Men's i A nHiitlon Building, where i of the society gathered r r : dinner, which was : '' ! (;!i!h Cnfe, on North I. I'r'if. lU'nry E. Enep - ;.t df the society, acted ; I i ! i: m i;t (!! of the Rrpiit i i f ( (' iv," p;i!(l Mr. : . ! t, tilt 1 I .11. .1 11 1.1 1MIW i ,i v , ti iir;, 1 by n ! y such plans do start, but its character has been largely changed by the peace societies. "The two chief reasons for its prac ticability, however, are the growing weight of armament and the modern metuoi of settling International dis putes by means other than war. Some time ago a book, named 8ea Power,' written by Captain Mahan ,was sent to Germany, where It was promptly translated. Soon the Germany navy was increased and England, with her programme of having a navy the site of those of any two powers, was also compelled to build more'' ships. The result was the Hague conference. "The first conference failed because practical men saw that you couldn't ask a nation . to disarm as long as It was open to attack. But arbitration finally became the means of lessening war, and from 1890 to 1909 there were $1 international dis putes seiued by that means and 9S treaties negotiated between S coun tries." : One of the defects of arbitration, he said, was the present formation of ar bitration courts. It Is difficult for na tions to agree on the presonneL he said, and the cost involved is con siderable, one case costing from $50, 000 to $100,000. . Mr. Marburg, said the settlement of disputes by trial by combat-has been superseded by law courts for many centuries, and he asked: "Why should not nations gradually acquire the habit of referring their disputes to a court of justice!" Saying that the United 8tates spends every year 7J per cent of Its revenues for the maintenance of the army, navy and pensions, he said: "Here is a country that is peace loving, that is removed from formid able foee and had the most intelligent people on earth. Why the necessity of this? Think of the fl.vvO.000,000. 000 that France turned over to Ger many, and how England plied np her debt in the South African War. But think, above all, of the sum of human suffering that results. Consider Na poleon marching 600,000 men into Russia and bringing back 20,000 sac rificing the finest physiques In the and and leaving the inferior behind 'o perpetuate the race." A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT ELIZABETHTOWN. . The Bladen. .Journal (of Clarston) s advocating the erection of a monu ment at Elisabeth town to the Confed erate soldiers of Bladen. That Is a worthy cause. No county - in the South furnished better soldiers to the Confederacy than Bladen, mother of Cumberland. - Among them were some very distinguished officers. Says the Journal: ' A Confederate Monument at Eliza bethtown. A monument erected to the mem ory of a cause dear to the hearts of the people is worthy of the considers tkm of every man. " A monument erected to the memory of the Confederate soldier appeals to the noblest and best In man. HI love for the right, his love for hi? State, his love for the correct prin ciples of government all mar be em bodied in the one word CONFEDER ATE ' - All that is good, all that is true, all uiat is just Is embodied In that word. Let us arise and build a monu ment on the historic soil of our capi tal town to the memory of some of the best men that ever lived in our county.' "'. Let the V. D. C make a berinninr There should be many more chapters organised at once. : Let the young men, sons of veter ans, form organisations. The county commissioners may be asked to help The Journal win publish communica tions and do all It can to raise a fund necessary. . - THE TAFT-8HAW MATTER SENA TOR OVERMAN'S EXCELLENT STATEMENT. The Washington correspondent of the Raleigh News and Observer says (March ): Senator Overman had the following to say today concerning the visit of himself. Senator Simmons and Reprw sentativo Page to the White House in behalf of Clifford Shaw, who Is a North Carolinian and who was re cently deposed: . , ,.. , No Satisfaction from. Secretary of Interior. Senator Simmons, Representative Page and myself went first to see Sec retary Bellinger, when 8baw made It plain to ns he was being denrived of the right to make a living by his pro- leswon. Tne secretary gave us no satisfaction, but replied that the Pres ident had the matter ap and that the decision in the premises would be given by him. "We then called on the President. We presented to him the situation as it sp pealed to us. . Straight Talk to the President. ' "We told him that neither the Sec retary of the Interior nor the Preai dent himself had any right to disbar Shsw. He has a constitutions right to practice his profession, having ob tained his license from the District and United States Supreme courts. No executive official has the authority to say to a man: "We don't like you, therefore yon cannot pursue your pro- insion oerore . an executive depart ment.' ; - - . .. -y a mans license is his nronertv. snd this fact has been established by the United States Supreme Court it self in the case of Garland, of Ar kansas. It was held in thst decision that no man could deprive a bolder ot a license of his right to practice under it unless charges were made against him, and sustained. We pre sented these facts to the President but he did not take our view of it. "We have not ta&en any further steps m tie matter, hoping that the ex wutlve department would reconsider. This does not mean, however, that we shall not take some action. Senator 81mmoos and myself have not antici pated what course we shall take before the Senate. I understand, however, that Mr. Page is determined to lay the question before the House unless Shaw is re-Instated in his rights, as Mr. Page sees them." At the White House no statement concerning the incident could be ob tained. 8ENATOR OVERMAN AND NORTH CAROLINA'S RECORD. Charlotte Chronicle.) - At the southern bazaar in Wash ington, Senator Lee S. Overman ap peared aa orator for North and South Carolina, but In the printed report of his speech, we do not see where South Carolina came in. He gave North Carolina a good boost, however, mtving among other things: 'Thorotiphmit the war. North Caro lina furnished more troops to the Con federate ciuise than any other South ern Ftato. Twelve thousand more men n the In -1 vrtfrs wag her ntiota, mid one-third of hpr nonulnllim was ,'t d !. d or wound od on the fleld," j Then the Senator and Mrs. J. Grille Edwards sang "The Old North State.' for Overman is a singer as well as an orator, and gave the basaar first-class entertainment BLADEN HISTORY. Says the Ellsabethtown News: . The editor of the News is writing a history of Bladen County in colon ial days, gathering data from the pub Islhed "Colonial Records of North Carolina". We are using every means possible for research and trying make this history both authentic and interesting. It requires a lot of la bor and a great deal ot reading to get up anything worthy, and it may be three weeks before we begin pub lication in the columns of the News. It is intended to run one or two col umns a week, making a continued sto ry of the same. It this announcement meets the eyes ot any not now regu larly subscribing to this paper, yon had better prepare to get this histor ical series. ' THE DONALDSON MILITARY . SCHOOL THE MORAL OBLIQA- ' TION OF COMMUNITIES. : Now that the establishment ot the Donaldson Military- 8chool on a sound sis is assured, It is important to eon- aider the moral obligation which the community has assumed to make it an enduring one. Without doubt a high grade villi tar? school Is of very great advantage to Fayettevllle. We have made a num ber of experiments in this direction ex tending over a period ot nearly twen ty years, each time without success. At last, the gentlemen who renewed the experiment a year ago, having demonstrated their ability to supply the desideratum, have received the ap proval ot the community and' are ab out to be 'launched on their career, We have no doubt it will be a suc cessful one. But what a gross viola tion of good faith it would be it we ihould allow them to reach the point ot making a living out of their ven ture and then of doing . something more than that so that they might be jin to pay off the debt they are in curringwhat a gross violation ot good faith it would be it we should then establish another military schoo. to divide the patronage and deprive Messrs. Reed and McFall ot the Just fruits of their venture. An illustration of the obligation o; communities in this respect was gl en in a notable way at Wilson a cow pie of years ago. The Messrs. GoL had built up by faithful service a we. established , and influential week. uwspaper. But, like so many small emmunitie with a newspaper appe Lte beyond their means, the people o. Wilson wanted a daily. So Messrs. Sold yielded to the demand, and, by hitting the earnings from their week- f to the daily so as to offset the losa- as incurred by the daily, they succeed -d at last in establishing a daily that paid for the cost ot running it to the trcakulable benefit of the community. .io sooner was their success apparent iban some other parties set 'up an op .tositioo paper, a paper that did much bcasting and claimed to be np-to-date. Without thinking how very different from an ordinary -business, given wholly to money making, a seml-pub- .ic institution like a newspaper (or a military school) was, the merchants of Wilson thought it the proper thing to divide their advertising patronage with the new comer, oh the ground that new industries should be en couraged, that competition is the 111 oi iraus , etc isut tne expenses o. the Times, so painfully and toilsome; build up at the community's behest. remained the same, while the divisio: of the community's advertising patron age took away ail profit and reducet the income beiow the proprietors re quirements for a bare living. Messrs Gold thereupon called the attention ot the Wilson business community to the wrong which they had thoughtle ly committed, stating that the commun ity must choose between them and tht newcomer. The result was that thi Times was soon left alone to recoup its losses as far as It could, by the pa tronage of the united community and to go on blessing the little city with a daily exponent ot Its life. There Is an obvious moral in all this, and, now that we are launching the new school, we should start out with the intention to keep faith with Messrs Reed and McFalL When the) nave aemonstrsted their success, a new man may come along claim ing the support of the community. This Is a free country, and there is no law against any one's starting a new business anywhere. But when communities owe obligations of this kind they violate the moral law if they fail to remember them. - Let ns set out to build up the Don aldson Military School wth all the power we have, and continue our on- divided support of it at least until its worthy proprietors have paid off tne debt incurred in the undertaking and reached the point of making a living In addition. THE "CIRCULATION" LIAR, v Says the Raleigh State Democrat: The otate Democrat has nothing, ss yet to boast about its circulation. If it did. we should hesitate to sav ao. for as a rule the people think a boos ter of circulation Is a pre.iy much of a liar. - There are so many unstable meth ods to get a circulation that It is hard to give Its correct value.. A circulation gotten by prises, trios snd other like methods cannot truthfully be saw io do a oona ride circulation: for the reason that at least 75 ner cent of subscribers drop out st the expira tion of their first and only subscrip tion. The New York papers t least some of them claim a circulation enual to the number of copies run off from the press. But Instead of this being true, it is known that millions of these papers are never sold, nor sent to subscribers, but are burned In furnaces or thrown into the Hud son River. , - ' The circulation, which Is bought and trnfrrd Irom one paper to another Is not one that could be called rc! e. ' 8o, only really relia ble circulation a paper has are the subscribers which take it and renew their subscriptions from year to year. THE LAST OF COL. NEWCOMB. Time and broader education have taught the Northern people how wrong they were to be swept into war upon their brethren ot the South by the false teachings of the New England fanatics and the cunning ot politicians ot the 8eward type. It Is not long since "plantation manners' was used as a term of reproach by the Ignorant senators and congressmen of a cou ple of decades ago. The travels of Charles Francis Adams in Africa and ot many hundreds ot educated North era people In the South have changed that, and plantation manners is now the name for the best expression ot breeding which America has known. But it seems like aa act ot benign Providence to lift the curtain of the past for a moment that the money changers of our modern . Senate should see, before all of his kind have left the stage, the manly form ot a Southern planter and hear his hoi est words. That was the experience oi Depew, Guggenheim and the rest when CoL ' Gordon, the two months', term senator from Mississippi . delivered his salutatory and valedictory the oth er day and waked their hardened old hearts to sentiments long tost if ever possessed by them before. V . . The episode is refreshingly com mented on by the" Norfolk Virginian, which says: . ' ' Gordon of Gordensville. If CoL Gordon's brief experience in the upper chamber ot Congress had antedated the staging of "The Senator rrom Mississippi" the world and his Aunt would rrve r veed that his was the character porcayed in the piay. The uol mel entered on, the stage with all the unsophisticated pleasure which marked the advent of his fictional prototype, ready to ac cept at par value everybody and everything with whom and which he came into contact, and not at ail conscious that his ' standards and manners were those of . a vanished era. Doubtless a longer term of ser vice would have opened his eyes and Drought ' out the character underly ing his archaic sentiment and quaint- iiupucity, ana we should have had denouement such as save climax o the drama; but, aa it was, the urtaln tell before one of his illusions tad been dissipated, and he passed ,rom the scene with a farewell speech o delightfully, redolent, of old times J to charm the jaded ears of his colleagues. "Fine old fellow" was the verdict as he made his last bow be fore the footlights, and he left be hind him the impression : which Oli ver Horn's father did on his son's Bohemian . friends after that night of artistic revel which HiHdnson haa L tinned so tenderly in iua beat.uoy i And now ther dear old f n. i . , much as Thackerry's CoL New omb might have done, his estimate or tne senate and of the Senators. Everybody was good to him and he aw everything through : spectacles -ouleur de rose. "A gathering of na- inouc ana conscientious gentlemen is his description ot the Amer'can House of Lords, and he finds a toed word to say for each of the co leagues with whom he had casuaU contact His Confederate chiv.-ry makes excuses even for the ghoulish proclivities of Heyburn, and thlnki "If he' would visit me on my planta tion he would return to Washington a very different man." Chauncey De pew nad a seat near to CoL Gor don's and was disposed to lavtah on a new acquaintance the blandishments which have staled on his former as sociates, and so that smooth trickster struck our guileless Southerner ss "A man of broad views, witn . nothing mall about him." So. too. Aldrich and his like are bsthed In the m.lk of human kindness while the max. Ue of silent charity is thrown over, the Penroses. - Gureenheims and .moots. And all uiis is so creditable o the heart of the erstwhile Senator rom Mississippi that ' we abstain rom exposing the sbsolute want of Jkeness in his portraits: and it Is well for his peace of mind that his hour upon the stage ended before he had learned to know better the frail ties and faults of - his colleagues. As K is the memories he will carrj lome ot tne crowning episode ot Jlameless life will be altogether pleas- mu . Meantime he baa aiven the senate and the country a -fleeting: vision oi ue virtues once practiced in Arcaay, virtues which are con ;picuous now because of their rarity; GARLAND ITEMS. Jorrespondence of the Observer. Garland, N. C, March, 6. The rain est season we hare had in a Ions urns we nave nad tnis past week, it rained incessantly for days. South Kiver rose several feet, but we learn :t is tailing now. : Several weeks ago Mr. E. C. Her ring moved his store from its old -tand further down the street on his .ine corner lot he Is erecting a line Building. The first story will be used tor his store. The second, si a hail to be used by the Woodmen of the world, v' ' -.. Mrs.' Angus Cromartie and child ren, left tonight for Ivanboe for a visit to relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Herrinc recentu bad a fine trip to Florida, visiting re. atlves at Port Loududale. Miami and Jacksonville. j; Miss Flora Cromartie. who is teach. mg at Whits Oak, recently made a inori visit nome. . ' - Mr. Mason Devane. left last week for Tomahawk, where he will ensaze in business as a merchant For sev eral years past be bas been the popu lar clerk of Mr. William Sloan, and we regret to lose him. Mrs. Boylson. of Oakland. Mil. Is visiting her daughter. Mrs. O. W Flemmlng. CONCERNING CREEDS. Correspondence of the Observer. Mr. Editorr . One writer says our Bible is min' history and we should studv it as such. Creeds have been our great est restrictions snd are yet wow we cannot all see alike concern. Ing the same things unless we all had the tame view point, and the same mental capacity for Judging of-the cor. rectness of things. The real restriction Is not hi the creed, but in the obstinate refusal to let In toe sunshine of truth to illu minate all the dark comers of the nderstandlng. An honest person's creed grows as his knowledge grows. It takes in truth after truth whether revealed in the Bible or by the un erring laws of nature. Kecmme Chris Hans do nut all n'ino (horn u great dlveraiiy lu crei-ii. Cw.e- quently tba crc:.: ers tSamtdj v, tier as they are only the innocent child ren ot different kinds and degrees ot knowledge, or else the deformed off spring ot Ignorance snd self-conceit; the idols ot bigots and fanatics. 11 those who cry out against creeds would Investigate the word, they would find that it Is a good old word, vom.ng down through the ages, The ancient Roman said "Credo": I be lieve, and .s word credo, In Its first syllable carries the mind away back up the river, time to the very beginn ing of all created things. . Our Bible is more than a history of man written by men. It Is a rev--latlon of the Most High. The Schaff Hersog Encyclopedia says "In the Protestant system the creed is not co-ordinate with, but always subor dinate to the Bible." . In the second syllable of credo, we see the present indication ot the verb, dare, to give, first person in iorm. Give is a transitive verb re tiring both a direct and an Indirect object to complete tne sense. ' For the word credo, the direct ot do is ex pressed by the English, mind, limited by the personal pronoun, my, and the indirect object is the statement of some one who is considered trust worthy. Credo: I cause my mind to be given to the influence of another's personality, because I consider him trustworthy. Reld says "Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest sus p.cion to the fullest assurance." , All creeds that point directly to Je ms as the Son ot Gon and the Sav iour ot men, lead onward and upward to that fullness ot light which will .Scatter away all the darkness that causes errors in belief and mis taxes 'a conduct - t r - All creeds that have their origin in e7 and other "falsely so-called" ciences .lead downward to the realms y, darkness Astrology appears to be the parent of more forms ot supersti tion than any other counterfeit of Bi ble truth It leads to Necromancy, wh'ch pretends to reveal future events by a pretended communication with 'ntad. Yh ' devil can personate n - character that he chooses suffi 'entlv to decfrve any one whose "heart U not right with God.' What tre now called mediums were ancient o- called witches, and the express command is, "Thou Shalt not suffer a witch to live." The witch of Endor "umirh she saw Samuel, so complete ly did Satan disguise h'mself. That it vas not the true prophet of the Lord Is confirmed by the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, ' when he said, "There is no man which shall do a miracle la my name, that can lightly speak evil of me." : The witch ot Endor, whose life was given to the works of Iniquity, had therefore no power to disquiet the blessed sleep of the holy Samuel The Lord could as easily -compel Satan to prophesy truly . to Saul as, he could compel Balaam to prophesy truly concerning the future or tue children of Israel. Saul, from whom the Lord had departed, would oi necessity go to the devil, whose final abrde is in a lake of fire; in antici pation of which, the soul of Saul was In horrors the day before the battle took place in which he lost his life, v. knowledge. of Bible truths is tn- re-td. the errors in our creeds will I WMMloh katAW. 1 1 V. ,U. .... 1, l" snow eage is accompanied oy j faith in God.. There are many truths that a person may know and yet be a foot in the end, for knowledge alone scrvee no purpose but to fill an other wie mpty brain Eren a knowledge of GoJ, such devils have, will not aval) tr the vtng by faith In God to be of any use to anyone in the saving ot his souL "Now the just shall live b ' - .' if any man draw back, my : hi ' -lave no pleasure In him. i' i ! .ire not of them who draw T ' isflto perdition, but oi them that U. u? the sav ng of the soul" Heb. 7 - :: - ": '- ': t? Mp- knowledge by Itself Is a use - of ' et In bands .of wisdom it '.roires a mightv power tor good. "Behold, I have taught you statutes ' and judgments, even as the Lord my 'if j. . .me ,d me, that, ye should' - - f the land whither ye go to -;a.; - It, Keep therefore and do Jiem; for this is your wisdom and ' cur understanding in the right of the' Rations, which shall hear-all these ' statutes, and say, "Surely this great, nation Is a -wise and understanding people." Dent 4:5, (. And no . less you id it be our wisdom and under standing to keep all the statutes and the judgments ot the Lord as he has commanded us. '' ; - -- - - MaS. MARY B. FILL.YAW. 'X.:'; FROM CHAPEL HILL. Correspondence of the Observer. ' p Chapel Hill,; N. C March 7, The irelimlnary contest for places on the 'earn to- represent Carolina in debate with Washington and Lee was held last week. The contestants were H. S. 8tacy, W. R.' Edmonds and E. W Pharr. 8tacy was a member of the Caro'ina team that defeated Tulane In debate last spring in New Orleans. Edmonds won the Bingham medal in the .. commencement debate between the Di and Ph Societies last June. Pharr-is a graduate. of Ersklne Col lege, where he won the oratorical medal. The judges of the contest. Dr. C. L. Raper, Prof. P. H. Winston and Prof. B. K. Graham, decided in favor of Stacy and Edmonds. The debate with Washington and Lee will be held Aprlf 8th In Greensboro. "The same night a debate with Georgia will be will be seen at the Hotel Astor In per held in Chapel H11L The Drellminarv formances, under fashionable patron contest for the Georgia debate, will age in The King of Hllaria." - 3 Bales of Gottpn Per Acre Mr. John B. Broadwell averaged three bales of cotton per acre on his entire crop by using fertilizers at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre. You should be able to do as well as Mr, Broadwell ByUsin Virginia-CaroHna Fertilizers Get a copy of our 1910 Farmers' Year Book or Almanac from ycur fertilizer dealer, or write us for a free copy, Mr. Broadwell tells in this book his own story of how he got this big yield. ; h 1ALF.9 OFFICES 1 Ulchmnntf, Vi. Nnffolk, Va, Mall flit Mi CftttpA TliOlNl CAI01IM4 ClUUlCAL Com pant, ftrawif' tu Book tu4 9t cose Ivti.WWMMiw,(fMWWtMMM COimbli, I, C. Dnfhirn, N.C, r-" W!noii-8sleni, ff. C ( Chsrltstrtfl, I, C Biltimoft, Ms), Columimi, Ot, be held this week. Those who have entered for the contest are A. M. Wolfe, C. E, Mcintosh, Ney McNoely, John H. Boushall and F. H. Cox. Wolfe is president of the senior class and a speaker ot ability. Mcintosh is an experienced debater who has successfully represented the Li So ciety against the Phi. Boushall and Cox have both done good work in their societies. MoNeely has been trained not only in the Hall ot the Dl Society but also In the Assembly Hall of the Worth Carolina Legislature, In which he represented Union county. ; ' The annual Soph-Junior debate was held Friday night between the Dl and Phi Societies. The question was wo man's suffrage,' and the cause of the suffragette won. W. F. Hendricks and L C. Moser, of the Di, opposed and L. N. Johnson and J. A. McGoogao of the Phi championed the cause ot woman. The debate was close and spirited from start to finish, ? ; ' E. W. Turlington and W. F. Tay lor have been chosen to represent the Phi Society and C. L. Williams and G. Thompson the Dl Society in the annual lntersociety debate commence ment ' V-?; ' 4;,',v 'v -. The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies are training camps for fu ture debaters and statesmen. Z The training that James K. Polk got as President of the r Dialectic - Society stood him In good stead as speaker oi the ; House of Representatives. .ante said that he has been a mem iier of every deliberative body from .he town council to the United Btates Senate and that he bad never parti c pated la tue proceedings of a mem ui0nled bod than the Dialectic So ciety.," Albert BoushaJ Hart, head o. the Department, of History ai Har vani, iaiu that the Dialectic and Phil anthropic Societies ot the University of North Carolina took rank along with those of Yale and Harvard and the old Whag and Clio Societies .of Pr.nceton. . :.. ', The Dl and Phi Societies have had - p. it In traning a president and Xt-piei.dent of, the United States, ten cabinet officers; ten ministers to foreign countries, eighteen United Senators, five Confederate Senators, ninety-two Congressmen, twenty-nine Governors, thirty-five ' Justices of the Supreme Court, and nine hundred and fifty members of the legislatures of various States, lae Hi and Phi So cieties have trained debaters who have won tor Carolina 19 out of 27 In tercollegiate debates with Georgia, Vanderbnt, .Virginia, Tulane," George Washington, John Hopkins and Penn sylvanla, "-,'..'. ' ' - CEDAR CREEK LETTER. Correspondence of the Observer. Cedar Creek, March 7, 1910. We have been having lots of rain. The larmers are still busy getting ready lor planting. , . Miss Ltllie McCalL from stedman. visited friends here last week. v . Miss Callle Autry and Mr. Rufus Falrcloth, from Stedman, - attended churcn at Cedar Creek Sunday. 1 - Miss Esther Falrcloth made a bust- ness trip to Fayettevllle Saturday. Miss Mavis West returned home lost Saturday from the mghsmlth Hos pital. , '. :.;;,i- There has been lots of sickness in this section.- - - -f -' i r Master Earradlne Falrcloth is visit ing his aunt, Mrs. M. H. McCall, near Stedman. ; .. v : We regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Jonathan Averitt mother of our physician, Dr. K. G. Averitt, which oc curred Friday last ': ; ; . . .. , Miss Beulah Averitt, from Roseboro, N. C, attended the funeral of her grand-mother, Mrs. Jonathan Averitt Miss Esther P. Falrcloth left Mon day for Lumberton, where she will finish her course as nurse. - . V With best wishes to the Observer. .Five Killed In Raos Wat.' By telegraph to Observer. - Tampa, Fli, March, 8.-rThe result of a race war at Palmetto Sunday night and Monday is that two white men and three negroes are dead and one white mortally wounded. All. is aulet today, but the negroes are leav ing' the country which Is a tracking centre, and their absence will crip ple that Industry. Columbia Actors MeeL By lelegrsph to Observer ' . .-New York, March, 8.-Durlnc the week-the Columbia ini.u. Atlsntt, Ot sT4vaouaii, Gi MR. JOHN A. GREEN. Anothar Confederate Veteran Passes Over the River. Mr. John' A. Green, ex-sheriff Ot Harnett county, who bad many friendt n Fayettevllle, where he was well nown, died at his home in Lllllngton Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, after a week's Illness with pneumonia, aged )4 jeara. Jle leaves a widow and .ivo children. Also four brothers and two sisters, as follows: Messrs. Wll lam and Thomas Green, of LilUng ou; Robert Green, of Raleigh, and ri. McL. Green, of Wilmington; Mrs. Gregory, of BarclaysvUle, and Mrs. Outts, of Durham. ' Mr. Green was honored by bis coun serving several terms as sheriff, and represented them both la the House and Senate. He was a brave .older in the war, between the States. He was a member of Capt Starr's vompany of this city. The deceased was a consistent member of the Meth jdlst church. " 1 .The funeral took place Monday sf bcrnoon, and was largely attended, i he interment was in the family jrave-yard near Duke. , His friends will learn with sorrow ot his death. The Late John.C Gorham. "' -, The Lake Charles, La., Daily Amer ican Press, of February 28th, has the .oi.owing account of the sudden death u Mr. Gorham there: .; "The gloomy ; weather and rain of . esterday did not dampen the spirit jf John Gorham, visitor to the home f Mr. and Mrs. John Long, in Central s'iiice yesterday. ; Mr. Gorham was luted among his Iriends as having a aow of good spirits 'hat nothing could subdue, .Yesterday he was apparently in the ' best of health; be accompan ied Mr. White down town in the eve ning and returning " they ransacked ho larder lor a late -lunch, and sat.i down and chatted a 'while before Mr. I Gorham retired at eleven o'clock, This ) , orning, at eleven o'clock, when the t amity, finally alarmed ,by bis failure to appear, sent to his room to arouse aim, they found that he had passed away in bis sleep. His features were peaceful and composed and only, his hand clutching his heart told of the sudden, sharp attack that robbed him Of Hfe.-' , -,;V ;i. j ? ;.'; ; ; phyisclan 'who was hastily sum moned stated that Mr. Gorham nad probably died about midnight ,. A telegram was sent to his brother at Fayettevllle, N. C apprising him ot the sad event, who will break the news to his wife, now under treatment at a sanitarium there. . 1 '"Mr Gorham was connected with v ' STATEMENT CONDITION FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF FATET1B vTLLE, N. O, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JANUARY list, 1910. - 4..;-. ...w .; -,. . ,1 .. . - :.-.-, ..; ; RE80URCE8: ' '' ' ' ' I.OAN8 AND BONDS...-.; . ERDRAFT8 BUILDING AND FIXTURES t'KMAND LOANS CASH AND DITE FROM BANKS 1 LIBILTIE8: capital stock circulation SURPLUS AND PROFITS DEPOSITS V: i. BOND ACCOUNT . . , LILLy, President ; JO N . Q. ELLINGTON, V.-Wes. and Cashier; . , , f J ;.HIG ITOWtR. Assistant 'Cashier. - - " 1 1 ' WB INVITE YOJR '8U8lNE8a. SlinnvsiflP Plnnl MnrconilP ... w.uu I IWIUI l1UIJbl ; JAMES M. LAMB SONS. Phone 49. . Fayettevllle,' N. C. Hedge Plants. For Hedges we have a flnef stock of i AMOOR RIVER PRIVETS , ;: and CALIFORNIA PRIVETS and AMERICAN ARBOIirvitca. from 1 inches to 6 feeL R08E8, MAGNOLIAS, PINES, ' 8PRUCE8, Cut-Flowers. ood For Thought. What President Tsft Said to the PrtsV . dents Association In whinn. : You represent possibly the greatest. ! certainly one ot the most Important Instrumentalities, for the promotion of uo wring 01 capital In the world. - "You represent possibly the most Important trustees .n the world; those who take care of others' money in a fiduciary capacity. . .. . ' "No one who Is at all familiar with " the bublness of this country, can be uiiud to the tremendous importance of the Ufa insurance business IT COMES HOME TO EVERY ONE." ; Statistics Prove. ror .every 180 Wr" Policies issued there is 1 Fire. - N For every 11 Accident Policies issu ed there Is 1 Accident . For every Health Policies issued there Is 1 slcs Claim. . . But for every 1 Perpetual Life In surance Po.icy there is 1 Death. "dill Hntnnl Dntinflt"! u !tu uu n n . eWWMWUI 1 IS "THB-DIVIDEND PAYING COMPANY." j 1 1 1 j , . "IT" doesn't MEET competl tlon, but It BEAT8 It "MORE - INSURANCE FOR THE . SAME MONEY. 4,1 THE - SAMBJ INSURANCE FOR ' I.ES8 MONET " , HiwT y Mllll0n" 0f DolIar Sixty-Five Years "Mutual Boneflt" WB.Malloy, . .. Dlntrlot Miifigssr for the i ik?v,..v::; that ixvjzix Mr. Long in the nnval stores huiil ' ness, and came here from Lis borne at Fayettevllle about a wock ao to look after business affairs. He was about 30 yean old, and apparently In perfect health and had a cheery, irlendly manner that made a friend of j very one he met His sudden death was a painful shock to Mr and Mrs. Long." ' " . Mr. Jeff, D, Sessoms, who has been ill with the grippe at tils home In Stedman, is rapidly recovering, we are glad to learn, t ' ' For sore throat, sharp pain in lungs, tightness across the ' ; chest, hoarseness or cough, lave the parts with Sloan's . ,, Liniment You don't need to - rub, Just lay it on lightly. It : penetrates instantly to the seat - of , the trouble, relieves conges- tion and stops the pain. ' ' Here's the Proof. - Mr. A.W. Price, Fredonia, Kans., says: "Wehev used Sloan's Lini ' mant for a year, and find it an excel- -'. lent thingforsore throat, chestpalns, v , colds, and hay fever attacks. A few -' drops taken jan sngar stops cough. ' ing and sneezing instantly." Sloan's Liniment : is easier to use than porous . plasters, acts quicker and does notcloguptheporesof theskin. 4t is an excellent ao-. 1 tiseptic remedy for ! asthma, bronchitis, .- and all inflammatory diseases - of the throat and chest; '' will break up the , , I deadly membrane in . an attack of croup, 1 and will kill any kind ' of neuralgia or rhen- " made pains. An snntatl kM fllnan's Tlnliimil -'Most fS,t0t, $1.00. Sr. Earl 8. Sloan, .1 864,6966 7.123J3 . 26,000.u0 :. 832,894 i- .1 93,077.00 ' .' 239,817.33 8U20.814.11 .$.100,004.00 . 100,000.00 . . . 64.859.8 t ' S 901.264.29 S5.000.00 IU20.81U1 ' Wood's Early Ohio Seed Potatoes are being1 planted in Increasing quantities each year by the largest nd m58,t noeewful market-gcow-era. This variety makes uniform ly anre sited potatoes of exeellent shipping, market and table quali ti, and is proving to be one of the most profitable and reliable of early-cropping potatoes. .Wa qwttters for the best Maine-grown - Cfff SBCond Crop I ' -. Northernrfra PCtSlCSS S ? l.h ; "" Seed Book gives full descriptions and information, with th highest tes timonials from successful growers MorityofW. Wrlta for prices and Wood's 8eed Book, which wUI be mailed free on request. . m.j - II owwsmen, . Richmond, Va, fl Pig Sale of Bowls FOR 20 PER CENT. OFF. BuCh SUCCesi lHBnilJ Pitcher, at twenty per cent, off, that i6clM -.oSar our large StOCk Of Bowls nf ... ,J1.. !' ln tne same manner. f Convenient Little Bowls, Handsome 8alsd and Nut Bowls, Little Chesp Yellow Bowls snd Hsnd-pslntsd Chins Bowls, : ALU AT 20 PER CENT OFF. TILLIirGHAST'S Crocliery Store Foly'i Kidneir Rpnio.lu mil mLili ,not beyon1 th reach of n.6"'" HV Co,t Him Hi. Life, vvs , ouwmnn. liihonA. 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