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" vn"'"3 a' '"x r -sr- "Ti n rr rrn mrm -tt n -?T--tr tt rr -r-r- - i - ' ZZLY EDITION, r Annum, in Advance. DAILY EDITION. $6.00 Per Annum, In Advance. 8.00 for 6 Months, In Advance. O 1.60 for S Montha, In Advance. ) SERIES VOL LXXIVK0 4.17 FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY. MAY 19 1910, V : ; : . " - 1 . . . . . . . ,," , . , , , , ,. -" ' ' - . ' ' " - . , . . , mm i if'u, . . bElUJESVOL. XXVI-..H0. a.OA 1 H OVERMAN ON THE 1 AND SHORT HAUL. gresslonal Reco-d contalni erman'a apeecn on "the long haul", delivered on Monday, be tables, It was aa fol - 7 ' J . ident, tor a abort, time I discuss what la known aa id-shortAaul clause and an t that I presented on the f April last. I want to say only the Rocky ' Mountain t the Middle States of this itry are suffering from un- unreasonable discriminatory there la another great sec big country the. . South also suffering just as much ' Middle States and the Rocky states. tave been a good, many am submitted , upon this aub untiy the words Introduced rlglnal law, "under eubstan- lar circumstances and con- vera a Joner and intended the law. Various amend e been Introduced to strike words and to make aome fsion, in order that the glar- n i nations in rates .may be and the people given re- especially do I wish to di remarks to the cities and my own State, and to say or tne most outrageous and criminations in that State. Mr. President, I do not be- there is a city or a town te of North Carolina which mtly and unreasonably dia 1 against. ... I ask that:. the read the amendment 'that d on the 21st day of April, think, If adopted, will give ef. -I should like to. vote a stronger amendment than which would probably give let to ' the people than my nt wui, oecause that amend- vea It all to the discretion iters tate Commerce Commis si k the Secretary now to read Iment .. RE31DINQ OFFICER : (Mr. t the chair). The Secretary t as requested. . ; ecretary read as follows section"! of the, act entitled 0 regulate commerce approv- uary i, 18S7, be amended so ad as follows: ; ,, i That without the approval nority of the Interstate Com Commission it shall be unlaw- r any , common carrier , to or, receive any greater compen in , the , aggregate , - for the rtatlon of passengers or freight florter than for a longer dls- over the same line in the same od, the shorter being includ the longer distance; but this ot be construed as authorizing mmon carrier within- the terms t act . to charge and -receive as compensation for a shorter as longer distance: and the appro- the said commission shall not tn for any such compensation e for said transportation of paa- r or freight which unreasonably mlnato in favor of any town or a one 8 tate against any town or a that State or any other State: led,, however, That Upon appllca- to '. the commission appointed the provisions of this act, such on carrier may, in . .special , after. Investigation by the com n, be authorized to -charge less ger toan for shorter distances e transportation- of -paaaengers perty." 't!.tvt-'.-.w ;i.i--t, -5 OVERMAN.5 It will be observed ding from that amendment, 'M. ent that no common -carrier charge a greater amount for a r haul tuan for a longer haul, ei y the approval of the Interstate erce Commission. r Then there ule laid down -for the Interstate erce Commission to be governed the approval of rates, and that t It shall not approve any rate discriminates unreasonably or ly against a city or town in fav another city or town in that or any other State. The re r of the amendment Is like the f, except it strike out the words r substantially similar clrcum s and conditions." ' - I very Important, as I will show, 'lose words should go out of the it has been stated upon this floor II a shipper has to do If he com : about unjust rates is to go to terstate Commerce Commission a could get relief if a rate were ionable. -1 deny that that Is so. the commission, even It the rate aasonable, has to take into eon tion those words - "under ? sub illy similar circumstances and ions," in making up its : Judg- how you the discriminations in if the towns in my State, I will rom a list that has been fur me by the proper authorities. 1 New Orleans to Lynchburg, 1 distance Is S71 miles, and from rleans to Greensboro, N. C, 867 The rate on. a .carload of mo 1 of 20,000 pounds from 1 New 9 to Greensboro, N. L., Is $104, Lynchburg, Va., 114 miles far jpay", it is $52,' in other words is a difference of $52 in a car f freight over the same line In of Lynchburg,-whteK Is 114 miles r from the shipping point, 1 as t Greensboro in my State, a carload bf 20,000 pounds of from Cincinnati to Lynchburg reensboro the rate is $24;' to sboro it is $56. The difference aa is 11$ In faror Of Greensboro, e difference in rate in favor' of burg as against the North Caro own is $32. ' n Cincinnati to Lynchburg via ,boro, 742 miles, the rate on first freight per, 100 pounds is U and to my Own town of Salls N. C, 163 miles nearer, the rate 1-2 cents. From Cincinnati to iburg via Oreensboro tne rate cents, Uut to Greensboro it Is 28 ntsr ' From Cincinnati to Lynch via ' Greensboro the rate is 11 ; to Winston; in my State, the s 28 1-1 cents. ' i tronlcal fruits from New Orleans ichburg via Greensboro, the rate cents, but from New or'eans to aboro It Is 75 cents.. The differ In miles Is 114 In favor of the 1 Carolina point, but the difference te In favor of the Virginia point cents. . - k -'- ' , - v ascertained that the New Eng otton mills can get raw material ireenville, Miss., to Bbston, Fall Mass,, and Providence, R. I,, as v as the irrfat cotton mill sec- of North- Carolina and South 11a can get it; and then when itton Is manufactured Into cloth ts more to toe cotton mill in auth to ahlp H to the Pnniflo Boston.' There Is a celebrated case known as the Georgia case, where the cotton stunners of Georgia and South Caro Una went before the Interstate Com merce Commission . and complained against this discrimination. Te show you, Mr, President, that the commiss ion does not always" consider the rea sonableness of the rate, 1 want to read you what the commission says, I will read, first, the difference In the rates on cotton goods shipped to the racinc coast. From Boston, New York, and other New England points to San Francisco and other Pacific points the rate is $200 a carload,, while from Georgia Mirth Carolina, and South Carolina points it Is $230 a canoad, or a differ ence of $30 in favor of Boston, Provl dence and Fall River aa against the cotton mills of South, Carolina , and North Carolina. " The difference In rate In favor of these New England points against the southern points, about the same distance, on less than carload lots, from Georgia and South Carolina and North Carolina points is $15 a ton. New England's advantage on carload rates is J0, ' The New England cotton mills get their cotton cheaper than do we liv ing in the cotton section, and then when we ship the manufactured pro duct to the coast or the Orient It costs usi more than it does the New England- factories. ; In the matter of freight shipments - through Pacific ports to the . Orient by New England and southern manufacturers, respect ively, the rates for the southern mill are the higher. 1 - On cotton piece goods shipped from southern points through pacific coast ports to the Orient the carload rate is $250,' and from New England points through : Pacific coast ports to -the Orient it is only $170. .The difference In favor of . New England, points is $80per ta'rlbad. '' :?why this difference, Mr. President? It la not only Unreasonable, but an outrageous discrimination,? which the people of this country will sooner or later correct. . Let us see what the commission says about It. This case came before the Interstate Commerce Commission and was heard upon these facts which I have stated, and the com mission says: .., "There la nothing In the record to show upon what theory the com plainants claim to have established the unreasonableness of the -south eastern: rate. ..The fact that the rate from the Southeastern. States Is high er than; that- obtaining from the New England States does not, In and of Itself, establish the unreasonableness of the higher rate.- These rates are fixed : by - competitive conditions. Steamship lines running out of New York and connecting wlu the Tebuan- tepee' Railroad or with the Panama Railroad or passing round the Horn furnish water competition against the all rail carriers across the continent; and the New- England mills, being sit uated nearer to New -York and tneir rate' to New York being much, lower than the rate from the southern mills to that -. port, -have an advantage In position and in resulting competition which reflects itself In the rates chanc ed by he, all rail carrlersfrom botn milling, sections of the country. How is that,: Mr. President? - The same ship, sailing from New .York, passes by Charleston, S. C, passes by Savannah, Ga., and they say the fact that Boston .can ship its goods down to New York and load- them on ships there gives it the . advantage over Charleston and Savannah. And these Bame Bhips, I- understand, stop at Sa vannah, and also stop at Charleston. So I say it is nothing but an arbitrary rate in favor of ffew England fac tories.; ..'.'' ,1, ' . ' ' I want to call attention to another expression- showing , you-that they do not consider the reasonableness or tne unreasonableness of a rate, but they consider - conditions,, circumstances, and other things In connection with it , Here la the argument: ; . . 'It was i not shown that the mills of the South were unable to .com pete with the mills of New England for Paclflo' coast business,- or that the difference In rates tended in any way to . retard tne growtn or tne cotton-milling industry of the South Is In evidence that in i860 the number of spindles in the South was but 293,000, whereas in 1906 it :was ,760,000, and that in the sixteen years between 1890 and 1906 the yearly con sumption of cotton in-the South In creased from 647,000 bales to 2,374,000 bales. It can not be held that this wonderful expansion In the cotton manufacturing Industry of the Souui conclusively establishes the reason ableness of 'railroad rates from points of production to points of consumption. but in the face of such figures it is -difficult to conclude that the railroad rates on" cotton fabrics are depressing or Injuriously affecting .the aouthern cotton mills. ' . .:'. t:n, What business is it of the commls-' ston in-deciding this question whether we have had an Increase in the num ber, of spindles or whether we have Increase in the number of our factor-' les? Why do they mention that tact? We have increased and grown in spite of . these unreasonable and discrimi natory rates against the South. . Why hould they lug in Uese facts, show ing that they .consider our prosperity in making up the rate, and they con sider the water rate, when Boston has no better water- rates going down Seuth and around Panama that Char leston or Savannah would, have? It Is. on account of the wise words of the statute which has caused all the trou ble. ;-'SW"!v ---.A..i!.... .'4... Mr. President, t want to read in Re gard to some other rates that prevail as to North Carolina, and this applies to nearly every; town in my State. . I have taken Lynchburg, in the State of Virginia, because that is the basic point It is some 100 to 200 miles far ther on north from Cincinnati, ship ping over the Southern- Railroad, and from New Orleans, also shipping over the Southern Railroad. Lynchburg is not a river point It is a' mountain town. I suppose they have a little banal there the James River Canal but there is no commerce on it, or scarcely any at all, They have dis criminated in favor of this town, not onlf against North Carolina towns, but against .other Virginia cities and towns. . '-, Cincinnati to Lynchburg via Greens boro, -742 miles, the first class rate Is 11 cents per 100 pounds; Cincinnati to Salisbury, 680 miles, the rate 28 1-2 cents. Cincinnati to Lynchburg via Greensboro, 742 miles, Is $124 a car load; Cincinnati to Salisbury only 680 miles, it is $200 a carload. The diff erence In , miles In favor of North Carolina points is 162 miles, and the difference Jn rates in favor of the Virginia towns Is $76. . Here Is a comparison of the rate from Cincinnati to Lynchburg via Oropnsbpro, and from Cincinnati to than t does to ship It frym ' Charlotte, N, Cf To Lynchburg it (s 742 miles. From Cincinnati to Char lotte Is 698 miles., The carload rate to Lynchburg Is $124: the rate to Char lotte. N.,.C, Is $200. : The difference In mileage in favor of Charlotte is 144 miles, and the difference In rate in favor of the Virginia city against me Nortn Carolina city is 176, Take the rates-from Cincinnati to Lynchburg and from Cincinnati Winston, N. C: Cincinnati to Lynch burg, on a carload of freight, the rate is 1124, and to Winston ft is 1186; dlfference in mileage In favor of Win ston of 133 miles, and a difference in rate in favor of the Virginia town of $62. . Cincinnati to Lynchburg, $124; Cin cinnati to Durham, $186; a difference In favor of Durham of 58 miles. Lynch burg is 58 miles farther, and yet there la a difference of $62 in favor of Lynch burg, Va against the North Carolina town on carload lots. The Chamber of Commerce of the city of Greensboro has sent me some startling and glaring facta In this mat ter, showing this unjust discrimina tion against some or our - apienaia cities, which I will read Exhibits. "No. !. . Shipment; Carload grain products (foodstuff). Toledo, Ohio, 40,000 nounds minimum, to : Lynch Durg, Va., 13 cents per 100 . pounds to Winston, N. C, 30 1-2 cents per 100 pounds; to Greensboro, - N. C, 3i cents per 100 pounds; loss on. this car in iavor ot Lynchburg, 72 "No. 2. Shipment: Carload grain products (flour). Toledo, Ohio, 40,- 000 pounds . minimum, to Lynchburg, Va., 18 cents per 100 pounds; to Win ston, N. C, 81 1-2 cents per 100 pounds; to Greensboro, N. C, 34 cents per 100 pounds; loss to Greensboro in favor of Lynchburg, $84. no, 9. bntpment: carload peas. Fairfax, S. C, to Greensboro. Rate to Riehmond, Va., 9 cents per 100 pounds; rate to Greensboro, N. C, 27 cents per 100 pounds; and the car pas ses urougn oreensboro, to reach Rich mond; loss to Greensboro lit favor of Richmond on 30,000 pounds carload. S54.' And passing right through the town. even from a little town In South Caro lina to Greensboro, on to Richmond, It Is $54 in favor of .Richmond as against the North Carolina town. .- ' No. . 4. Shipments of packing house products: Carload 40,000 pounds, ary-saitea meats, Chicago tcr Lynch burg, 27 1-2 cents per 100 pounds; Greensboro, 6,0 .cents per 100 pounds; loss to Greensboro, $90. ' No- 5. Shipments of packing-house products: carload lard,, 40,000 pounds, to LyncnDurg va., 32 1-2 cents per xuu pounas .10 ureensporo, n. u., 2 1-2 cents per 100 pounds, and: in many cases tne cars are handled via Harrl man Junction, Tenn., Ashevllle. N. C , and Salisbury, and through Georgia to destination. I give these two towns because one is a Virginia town and the other is a worm uaronna town, the Virginia town being, as I have said, from 100 to 200 miles farther north. "No. 6. Shipments oi carload flour. Louisville,' Ky., 200 . barrels. 40,000 pounds. To Lynchburg, Va.; 20 cents a Darrel; to Greensboro N. C, 64 cents a. barrel; loss to Greensboro in favor oi Lyncnnurg, $88; and ru cars routed out of Louisville via Southern Rail way Company come to Harrlman Junc tion, Tenn., Ashevllle, Salisbury; and through Greensboro to destination." Discriminating in favor of the Vir ginia town as against the North Car olina town. Mr. President there is not an arti cle of freight shipped, not one; not carload of freight coming from Cin cinnati, Louisville, St Louis, or from any town in the West; from New Or leans or any great town in the South, that does not cost more by from 10 to 50 per cent to any town in North Carolina than it does to this basic point In Virginia? Lynchburg. I could say the same, in regard to Roanoke and Norfolk, Va and as" a part .of my remarks I want to file a table showing discriminations in favor of these towns against North Caro lina towns aa to first second, and third class rates to Norfolk. Va., which is a water point, and Lynchburg, and Rich mond. : - ... .... ... It la contended that Richmond and Norfolk have water competition. I want aome one to stand up and tell me why this discrimination in favor of Lynchburg; and I have In this state ment given rates In regard to this in terior town, a splendid town It is, situated in the hill country of Vir ginia. ; Why is it that all North Caro lina is discriminated against in favor of this town, so much that our people in getting freight from the South, from the West, or from the North, have to pay the Lynchburg rate plus the local rate from Lynchburg to Salisbury or IM.n.liAM fl. ..lit,, a ,ka ,jima f have named and also Winston and I Durham and Raleigh, and every other : town in the State, unless Jt be some town on the coast . IV does not matter to me whether it ia my amendment that is adopted; ment' I want to see adopted some I have no especial pride In my amend amendment that will give relief to the people from these outrageous discri minationsthis building up of -a tew cities and towns in this country to the destruction of many towns and cities throughout all the- country, discrim inating against Salt Lake, discriminat ing against Charlotte, N. C. n6t des troying it because we are prospering mission knows it is an unreasonable rate, but it answers, notwithstanding Its unreasonableness; You put into that statute "under similar circum stances and conditions." We have to take that into account 1 We have to take into consideration the fact that the southern cotton mills have- not been suffering. We'lave to consider the .fact that sixteen of-twenty years ago you manufactured only 957,000 bales ot cotton and now you manufac ture 2,000,000, What buslnesa Is It of the Interstate Commerce Commission how or wny we have prospered? Why should they iaxe mat into consideration? The only question they ought to take info con sideration is whether the rates are reasonable or not reasonable, and they should determine upon the principles of the Constitution whether it ia Just or nofc-f the carrier la receiving Just compensation for the service perform ed and not take Into - consideration these questions of condition and cir cumstances and water competition, Strike those words from the law which were put there in the Interest of the railroads, and let us deal fairly with the people. " You mar not give them relief this time, but this question .will not down. This agitation against the iniquity of unjust rates will not stop. The time to give this 'relief is' right now, when tne question Is before us, ana I nope my amendment or one even with more teeth in It will be adopted; THE LONG AND SHORT HAUL A MOVEMENT THAT PROMI8E8 - MUCH FOR FAYETTEVILLE. Legislation In restraint of the op eration of the iniquity known as "the long and abort haul" is evidently in sight, aa appears from the' debates n Congress on what is known as the President's railroad bill, now pend ing In the Senate. We observe that yesterday Senator Overman, ever true (and, as our readers know, such an efficient friend of Fayettevllle vide the new postofflce building now In course oi. construction, and the unani mous endorsement, at his Instance, of the present plan tor canalization of the Cape Fear by Jie full "Board of Engineers") we observe that yester day Senator Overman made an impor tant speech on "the long and short haul"- feature of the railroad bill. We shalLhave pleasure in printing his remarks in full, as soon as they come to hand; for the subject Is of Vital Im portance to ail river towns. This fact is ably set forth by Mr. Ransdell in our Washington letter printed below; and the outcome of the present ef fort to restrain . the effect of the present long and short haul practice la bound to end in the logical result, equal rates per ton per mile. With that secured, the effect of the canalization of the, Upper Cape Fear will each its. cllmaxT-that fs to,, saj, the vast territory nearer to Fayette- ville than to any other port, supplying 8 millions of tons of freight,' will seek Fayettevllle as a distributing point, thus restoring the relative condition which formerly existed. Here is the Washington letter refer red to above: Washington, D. C, May 11. (Spe cial). Representative Joseph E. Rans dell of Louisiana, President of the-National Rivers and Harbors Congress, is elated aver the adoption ot the long and short haul clause of the Railroad Rate bill which he regards as a tre mendous step forward in the rehabili tation ot the waterways of the United States by prohibiting the railways from making discriminations against them. ' Mr. Ranadell in discussing the long and -short haul feature of the, bill which was retained in the House by vote of 172 to 48 said: "It means that the old law on the subject which has been a dead let ter for years is amended by omitting the worda 'under substantially similar circumstances and conditions'. These words have been construed by the courts to mean that In serving places on navigable waterways, . railroads were not obliged to observe the rule prohibiting them from charging more for a shorter than for a longer haul over the aame line in the same direc tion, and that they could make any rate they desired regardless of dis tance. "The passage of this particular fea ture of the railroad rate bill means that the country Is thoroughly aroused to the necessity of giving fair treat ment to all sections; to small interior towns aa well aa the large cities. It also demonstrates beyond any per adventure that Congress haa awaken ed at .last to the necessity ot protect-, Ing the -waterways from unjust ran- road competition and discrimination. ! "All the friends of river and har bor Improvements In Congress sup ported "this provision and believe its results are going to be beneficial to the waterways not injurious to the railroads, and that in the long run in spite-of it, but -discriminating aga-I the people are going to get cheaper Inst Salt Lake, discriminating against the Montana town, discriminating aga- Inst the North Carolina town, discrim inating against every town in favor ota few cities and towns In this coun try. Therefore I shall support any am endment that will write in the law a provision that there shall hereafter be 'no. unreasonable discriminations. Let the Interstate Commerce Commis sion give their approval, but in doing ao aee to It that there shall be no un just or unreasonable discrimination, without regard to. "conditions and cir cumstances," ' , ; ,. . .. ;. There - is only one amendment 1 -would add, and that Is that the new rate should not go into effect until six' months after its adoption, to en able the railroads to aajust and re adjust their rates, and I believe they can be adjusted and readjusted so that they will be satisfactory to the people. - Under, the law as It Is now, the railroad arbitrarily fixes a zone, and In that zone towns are discriminated In favor of. Outside ot that zone the people are taxed and taxed to death, aa I have shown here by these figures. But the time has come when we have to give the peopjle relief on this ques tion. It will not do for us to talk about water competition and compe tition on account of a certain number of railroads coming into a particular place. They ubo that, Mi President as I have shown here, arbitrarily to fix unreasonable rates, and when you go to the commission and say this or that ia fta unreasonable rate, ths com for years extending from the Interior uiuwaro. until it has become a na tional thought and the Congress has acted along these lines." - .'. . . -, .,'-.,.'':. FIXsTHE BRAND OF COWARDICE , urum THE MAN WHO CARRIES A I CONCEALED WEAPON, A8 wtuu a HIGQROU8LY PUNISH , nfivi, , , ..' . '- ... J ... . : ' Says the Atlanta Journal: ' How To Wear Pistols. .uacK.in the hardy old, roistering vr vi me ironuer, wnen Indians ran wiia and feuds were the fashion, every gentleman put on his pistol each ujoming more regularly 'than he wash ed hjs face. Without a cartridge belt, ne would have appeared indecently clad- and a bowie knife was almost as essential to his welfare as a rat or a transformer Is to a lady's coiffure in ibis generation. .,..',.. It should be carefully noted, how. ever, that the gentleman of old never wore nis bowie knife up his sleeve, never carried .his pistol In his hip pocket Perhaps he didn't have a hip tuciei. uui ii ne naa naa a hip pock ei .and had put his gun there, ' he would nave been called a poltroon, a craven or maybe a cur, Society in those days would have reasoned logically that a man who carried vuuueaiea weapon was either a very naa man oi a very scared man, and iuhi in eitner event be war not desirable citizen. : . And that is pretty much the are .'elepuants, and chief among these germs Is the mortal who gopt about witn a pistol bidden on his person, tie is a form of social bacteria. He Is either very young and very foolish or very old and very vicious, unless perhaps he is middle-aged, and then ne is ootn foolish and vicious. Next to the vagrant, he is the greatest men ace lo a community's well being. Nor has he half the excuse a vagrant has for living, because your genuine hobo at least lives a philosophy oi rest. . We are glad that Judge Calhoun is going to do all he can to exterminate this particular microbe. To the extent that he and all other courts and offi cers of the law succeed, we shall have rewor Drolls and homicides, fewer men in jail and more at work. ' same logto and the same law which Judge Andy Calhoun pro nounced yesterday from the bench of the7 city court. Anybody, said he in substance, who Is caught toting a gun unaer nis coat tans in this com munity had henceforth better look out It doesn't matter whether the offend er's color is white, black, or sea-green, he will be given the law's limit of punishment if he. is convicted before Judge Calhoun ot carrying a conceal ed weapon. A most wholesome and timely warn ing. It is a threadbare subject this matter of pistol toting, as we say in Georgia, but for that very reason it is , an Important subject A microbe Is a thousand times more dangerous than a wild elephant You can see an elephant coming and dodge behind a bush or into the nearest doorway. But the microbe will get you nine times out of ten. Besides thfcte-are more mierobea than there BEAUTIFYING HIGHWAY8. Nothing in American life of the past two decadasrj&s been more re markable than the growth of the spirit of civic adornment . It is a far cry to the time when Dickens complained that for the want of a park, his New York hosts took him for a drive in Greenwood cemetery. His humorous description of the mournful mirth of Americans, which could extract Joy from a ride among the tombstones, no doubt inspired the gentlemen who sav ed the site of the Central Park from the Tammany rabble. But that was In 1867, and for many years the Im pulse forcivicadornment found express ion chiefly in following New York's example.- Now it has widened its scope, and, under the guidance of women, fast becoming the stronger sex in this country, it is bringing a sense of the Joy of living to thousands which once only the rich could know. The latest suggestion in this connec tion is that of the Wilmington Star, which makes, a plea for beautifying our highways by lining them with trees. In England 'the climate ren ders shade trees of less value than In this country or on the European conti nent, and the landscape there la beau tiful on every, side. But In France, and others of the continental coun tries, the tree-lined highways are no table features that have long contrib uted to the refinement as well as the comfort of the people. The Star's suggestion should be acted on, and we commend It to the women ot our rural districts. ; No doubt they will be glad to follow the example of their city alsters and organize for the pur pose. Says our Wilmington contemporary: - Beautifying Highways. Several of the Southern States are now- boasting of their modern high ways, and among them North Caro lina, takes the lead. - New- Hanover county haa the best system ot roads in the State and she can boast along with the other progressive counties The next best thing to having good modern roads ; to make travel easy, economical - and comfortable, is to beautify the roads. This can be done with very little effort by tne farmers and people who live along the roads. ICE CREAM freights ."For many years the practice of the railroads has been -to charge small rates at river points until the boats were driven out of business whereup on the rail rates would be raised, and In the meantime to recoup any losses f in this or any other State, at tnose points by larger charges at all Interior places: - This cannot be done if the recent long and short haul clause la finally adopted and enforced In the spirit and as understood by its tramera. rU;. ,,,;;'"'''' "Every locality under the provfstons of the Wtl as It passed the House will have to stand on its own bottom and be treated fairly. River towns will -secure the natural benefits of cheap, water - transportation which when -coupled -with the best modern terminals and facilities for handling freight will prove Incalculable. v" ' "When the rivers come back to use, as in the early days ot steamboating in this country, and as prevails today on the French and German waterways Immense volumes of freight will move by water, at rates so much lower than the average rail charge that the re sultant benefits to the Union at large will be enormous. , . - ; ' "The adoption of the long and short haul clause in the bin amending sundry features of the Sherman anti trust law and the Hepburn rate act Is not the spontaneous outburst of the American people demanding equal treatment in the matter of frelgat rates, but- is rather the culmination ( sentiment that ha, been growing Landowners can ' plant ' trees and shrubbery during the Fall and Win ter, apd It would be sport for the young people to get out and have neighborhood frolics with tree plant- "8 M.m main ieature. Frizes can J -contested for, and the honors will fall to the party that sets out the most ue trees along any of the high ways." ,, -In some portions of tie South the planting of trees along the macadam highways has already become popu lar. The expense Is not great and fun can be mixed along with the tree piuniing events. However, it Is a good ldaa to plant trees along the highways, for the effect will be to beautify them, make travel delightful, and make the roads attractive for travelers and au tomobile parties. New . Hanover's beautiful roads should be made um- urageous avenues running through the Cent a ,Dish if Ice Cfcna could only take the place of meat a the sub stantial dish - at diaper a sreat deal St money , would eaaved, for lee Cream, which haa always beea considered a lux ury, costs leas, made from : JELL-O ICECREAM Powder vn. V than neat Its actual cost Is about one cent a dish. - 4 ' - - And tl Is root, substantial food. too. . - Dissolve Jell-0 Ice Cream Powder In mi Ik and freeie. That is all there is lo do. rior Vnnllla. Slntwban-y.LiHioa.Caoe. Olato, and ITnflavored. . ai ort', a ss ' Beautiful Koeliw Book Fre. Hie Cesesrs Pare Food C Ls Bay, XJ, A - REVIEW OF STEAD'S VIEW OF , int. late KING OP -;:.', .'':: ENGLAND. .. -;. . Norfolk Virginian.! ; ": ' ; -.In both hemispherea the one topic of statesmen and Journalists ls the character and career of the late head of the British government, varied by speculations1 of the effect to be pro- , v i"e ponucs oi tne world by the supposedly different personal at trlbtues and conception oi public duty of the son who has succeeded to the uiruue, ' The estimates of King Edward's worth as man and monarch: vary as widely from each other as many of them do from the truth, and widest of the mark are the portraits drawn by Englishmen like Stead, whose stand points of observation were neither near enough to give intimate knowl edge nor sufficiently remote to furn ish a proper perspective. "The fea tures they draw ar.e recognizable but exaggerated; not exactly caricatured but out of proportion one tn tha other. Edward's youth and early manhood were not so Saturnallan as th miHriio class Imagination, with its limited vision and righteous envy, conceived to be the case. That ls fierce light which beats upon royalty and its Scions. The very aloofness of tho m. cle in which Princes move adds nnn. sp!cuou8ness to the occasion on which weir movements touch the orblrn nt ordinary mortals, and the result ls that sort of judgment which deduces a summer from the appearance of one swallow and constructs a reputation from one visible peccadillo. It was through such a decenrlva half-light that the contemooriea nt Prince Hal saw the habitual bacchanal and trifler immortalized by Shakes peare as the boon companion of Fal- staff; and the dramatist further dis torted the facts to brighten the con trast between the boy Impelled by idleness to vagrant fancies and the man developing austerity of bearing and fixity of purpose under the pres sure of high responsibilities. History has long ago interposed to tone down to sober colors the portraits left by the dramatist; and we know now that the real Falstaff was a most worthv Knight and valiant soldier, with little likeness to the pothouse brawler whom Shakespeare drew except the measure of his belt, that he was not overly ad- oicteu to sack or to the company of Delilhas, and that in his company the heir apparent found sage counsel to patience over a toothsome pheasant and a modest flagon rather than en couragement to drown in riotous liv ing hi ssorrow that the King, his Sire "was so long a-dylng." toward passed full forty years, from 1861 to 1901, after reaching the age of twenty. one, on the maturity of the ti tle which was his birthright. "Noth ing to do"; beset by temptations: encircled by willing servitors of his appetites; a full-fledged man with no other mission than to bide the Slow fulfillment of dazzling prospects and fill In the long period of postpone ment as best he might But there is no evidence to prove that he was gross in nis pleasures, vulgar in his asso ciates, faithless In bis dealings with men and women, that he conspired against Victoria's Influence in tne Kingdom, as Thackeray shows his great-Uncle George to have done while waiting, for the shoes ot George the Third. More solicited by unlawful in dulgences than any subject within the Isles, he was no more led -captive by them than was to have been looked tor under all the circumstances; and he preserved throughout his early es capades, his honor as a man and for feited nought of his claim to the grand old name of gentleman. He did not measure up to the standards which his straitlaced mother would have Imposed, and small wonder, nor did he set at defiance the rules of conven tionality and of decency. He was neither a monster of wickedness nor of straltlaced propriety. So, when his hair had been whit ened by the frosts of three score win ters, be came at last to the grasp ot the sceptre and the wearing of the crown, there was neither need nor room for that which Mr. Stead gloats over as a miraculously complete "re formation.' For in i.ae intervening time between hot-blooded adolescence aud tho ripeness of years Edward had vexed his mother's last years with neither scandals nor unflllal repln Ings that she did not make room for h'm; he had married and so borne him self as to retain the affections and re spect ot a prize among women; he had reared wisely a goodly family of sons and daughters and had intrenched himself in the kindly regard of all classes of his own people and had now the good will of discerning and discriminative minds In every nation. He was still of easy and luxurious na ture and he did pot forswear cakes and ale nor adopt, the habits of an anchorite when he mounted the throne. But he did adapt himself to the de mands of his exalted station and order his life to a routine which would have been superfluously self-denying in the Prince of Wales but was obligatory on a King ot . common --sense and healthy conscience. And the nine years of his reign have produced such fruit as would, not have been possible pro ducts of one who had "been previously such - a slave to the frivolities and de pravities as the preachers ot "instan taneous - transformation'- would have us believe,' '- . -. , ,: , As a monarch Edward displayed the wisdom' which the era demanded. The Influence he exerted was unobstfusive Perhaps its leading quality was 'tac'. He recognised the .limitations on his office, and never forgot that his pre rogatives rested not on divine grant or on heredity but on the consent of the commonality.' Therefore he never ob structed the spirit Of the age.' - In the crisis of this year, for Instance, he saw; as Victoria would not have done, the . folly of endangering the pres t tigs ol the crown in an effort to per petuate for the House of Lords nrlv- lleges not consistent with the temper of the modern Englishman. It will be well, in our opinion, if the son who takes his place shall prove no more h sovereign , and no less a prudent, sagacious and kindly man. . Q. K. NIMOCKb, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. OFFICE in K. of P. BUILDING. ' Fayettevllle, N. C, ' 'Phone 229. H. S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law. Motary Public Otfico National Bank. Building Hay Street, Fayettevllle, N. C V.C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor , at Law, Notary Public, Surveyor, Office K. of P. Building, " FAYETTEVILLE, fMW H. McD. Robinson, Terry Lyon, (Notary ruhiic) ROBINSON & LYON, ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW. Offices: National Banc Building, Fay ettevllle, N. C. Special attention given to corpora tion matters, collecting and conveyance ng. Do a general practice. Prompt ind exact I- 8PRCNT NEWTON. R. W. HERRING HEWTON & HERRING, Attorney B-at-Law, J no. A. Oates, Bu&inesa Associate. Rooms 2, 3 and 8, K. of P. Bldg., ,v-v . FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. Practice in all Courts. Special altcntiou given to Collec tions. Estates and Conveyancing. iumes G. MacRae, Fayettevllle, N. C. Cameron F. MacRae, Wilmington, N. C. MacKrtc & MacRAE, "ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW, Offices Hinsdale Building, Fayettevllle, N. C. Specialties: Corporation, Real Estate and Commercial Law. General Practice in All Courts. Offices Fayetteville, N. C, and Wil mington, N. C. W. W. BAKU.R, CIVIL ENGINEER. . ..and Surveying and Municipal En gineering, over Shufoi-d, & Rogers' Stare, Fayetteville, N. C. DR. J. A. MacKETHAN, vtacKethan Building, Fayetteville, N.C. OFFICE HOURS: 9 A. M, to I P. M. 3 P. M. to ( P. M. SPECIAL HOURS by APPOINTMENT PRACTICE LIMITED Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Office Work and Consultation. Phones: Long distance 331, Residence 206. D E. J. CARSON, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Office In residence 342 Gillespie Street 'Phone 160. Chronlo Diseases a Specialty. DR. IRENE THORNTON, Office 109 Green Street. Hours: 9 A. M. to 11 A. M., 2 P. M. Co 4 P. M., 6 P. M. to 8 P M. Office 'Phone 175; Res.dence 102 Rowan Street, 'Phone 357-1U D. G. MacKETdAN, M. D., PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Jfflce: MacKethan Building, Market jquare. Residence: 119 Coo,' Spring. O nce 'phone, 331, Residence 403. Dr. A. S. CROM ARTIE, DENTIST, Jfilce in MacKethan Building, 102 1- Parson street. hone 338. Fayetteville, N. C i. B. Patterson, O. D. 8. J. H. Judd, D. D Drs. Patterson & Judd, Offices 219 1-2 Hay 8treet, over Oum eV Ca'a Store, 'Phone 55. DR. W. A RAY, DENTIST. Highsaiith Building, 113 Oreen Street. 'Phone 405. Office formerly occupied by Dr. John R. Highsmitn. Cafssnter lift i! ill M I am here tor business. Let me have t chance at your work. Twenty years' aptrlence. Large or small contracts tppreclated. All work guaranteed 'Phone 65J, 82S Ramsey Street. DAN J. HUMPHREY. MacKethan Beat Falate, Laan and Market Square, FAYETTEVILLE. : : Trust Co. N. C Real Eatata bought and sold. Loans negotiated and guaranteed. Rents and interest collected -Tltler examined, conveyances made. Inaurance premiums taken and loans made. E. R. MacKETHAN, Att'y. Small uncleared' farm Raleigh Improved farm, $300. Road. 11500. 60. acre good buildings. .33000. 103 acre farm with Improve ment!. ' 12000. 141 acre farm, mill and dwelling. . $1500. . id acre farm near Wade Sta tion. $1200. House and Lot Person street. $350, street. ,- $3001 $160. : $125. $250. $75. $60, House and Lot New Wharl House and Lot Broad street Lot West Rowan street Lot tjouth Cool Spring street 85 acres Pearce's Mill. 10 acres Lumbertou Road. Lot Water street. . $50 to $160. . Suburban Lots. Fair- round Para, River View, Normal An w, Normal Heights, Holt's r Hill ertaweat riyetUTlJle, Faybope. Foley Kidney Pills are antiseptic, tonlo and restorative and prompt corrective of all urinary Irregulari ties. Refuse substitutes. , -Souders' Pharmacy. FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly : First-class Work. . CALL AT MY YARD OR WRITE FOR PRICES. -RE8PECTFULLY, E. U REM3BURQ, PROPRIETOR, FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. 118 MAXWELL ST. OPP08ITE F. 1 L. I. ARMORY. i DEMONSTRATION THIS WEEK O NO T O THE PEN FILLS ITSELF CAN'T LEAK GUARANTEED FOR LIFE. BlIHiMIS PHONE 1. Announcement! Believing that all Sunday business should be confined to wants of nec essity, supplying the needs of the sick, we hereby annouace that Alter This Date nothing but medicines and sick -room necessities will be sold by us on the ' Sabbath. Respectfully, B E. Sedberry's Son, Stiles Sedberry, Prop. N. B. As we will be open neit Sunday we make this announcement so our friends and patrons can sup ply their needs in Cigars, Etc.. on Saturday. COOK'S Grippe' mk Will Cure A Cold in ONE NIGHT. A. J. COOK & CO., DrugUte And Pharmaclite. Next P. O. 'Phone 141. MacKetban's on I be Square. Visitors to New York know that ALLEGRETTFS CHOCOLATES and BON-BONS ARE FAMOUS. MacKethan & Co., The Leading DruggisL AGENTS FOR CUT FLOWERS. -4 til? t ) X4U I kZM a continued snceees In the seed business Landrefh's Pedigree complete, Ireah lock usl re-' eelved by S0M?,Bf We Are Not The "Bell Cow," but we certainly GAtLOP ahead of the gang in furnishing our Customers with PurerFresh . DRUGS, Garden Seeds, Etc;. For Less Money. Our Sundry and Toilet Lines art Complete. Our Prescription Department ts carefully looked after; our Soda Water sparkles with life. Give us a trial. . , ; . . Perry's Drugstore ' ' 114 Gillespie Street ' Perry's Electric Pain Killer Is a sure shot for pains, - .
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