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Till OliSKUvJBIi. FAYETTEVILCE, N. C. WEDNESDAY, ANO. 24, 1910. K. J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. L J. Hale, Jr, Buslnssi L. B. Hsls, City Editor. Managar. THE LEGALIZED PRIMARY 18 BOUND TO COME. ' It i plain to every observant per son that tbe manipulation of conven tions baa become so common a prac tlce, and so unblushlngly conducted that a remedy must be applied at once or government In thli country will be come tbe plaything of tbe thlmblerlg gers. At tbe meeting of tbe State Ex eeutlve committee on August 1st, a resolution was Introduced by tbe able and efficient secretary, Mr. A exandei J, Felld, and supported by an admit able speech, calling upon tbe next leg Mature to enact a primary law. Ou Of the half hundred members presen In persen or by proxy, but six (6) vot ed for Mr. Felld's resolution. On tb contrary, consideration of tbe ques tlon, which Is such a flagrant one a this time, was postponed until tber abould be another meeting of tbe com mittee. We think we are not far fron right when we expresa the belief that at tbe next meeting, the figures will bt reversed, at the least so rapid. havt recent events crystal lied pub-lc senti ment on the subject In this connection, the following le: ter, Just published, written by Col gressujitn Jobn H. Small to the Roa noke Chowan Times will be found o : Interest: : "I have read tbe editorial In you last issue advocating a primary eie tlon law for North Carolina. In m opinion your position is absolutely cm recL Tbe Legislature should pasa i primary law based upon tbe ex per ence of other States, and under whlci every Democratic voter may ex etc it his individual preference In the Bonn nation of Candida tea for office, an. which shall insure honesty In primar elections and provide the necessar machinery for carrying into effect tb will of the majority of tbe voters t their respective county conventions.' "There can be no question that sue a law would meet tbe approval of t large majority of tbe intelligent voter , nd It would be stri t'y In line wit the principles of the Lemocratic part; "It is no answer to the propositi to suggest that a legalised primai ,. would involve effort and that the ms chinery might be complicated. Nothin worth the having may be had witbo some sacrifice, and the price of go. eminent by tbe people affords no ex ceptlon. .Neither does tt cous.ltul any objection to say that the peop.t may make mistakes. They may do i but If mistakes occur, they will b committed by those upon whom rest the responsibility of nominatng candi dates, and such mistakes will be n. finitely preferable to those commute bra few wbo might assume to repr. aent the body of the voters. ' Again,.! a mistake la made, the body of tb voters of the party will blame then selves and they will rectify snch ml takes wltbjn party lines when th next opportunity occurs. ' "If the Democratic party shall dlsli tegrate and come to defeat, el. her i the State or in any county, it will mor ' likely come from dissatisfaction base upon alleged unfitness of "Official whose nominations were secured wit out submission to the party ,; voter than from any other cause. In m ; humble judgment the time has com ... for a primary law. Why the Machine Politicians Hate th Primary 8ystem. ,- Tne Baltimore Evening Sun, In th course of a leading editorial, says: It Is easy to understand why th i r machine politician hates the dlret , primary. Consider what haa recent! - happened in Kansas, in Iowa, in Ca. fornia and in other States where th - direct primary , prevails. The fac of most significance about the elet , tlons In these States Is not th. triumph of Insurgents over standpa ters. That is of secondary, althongi . Immense, importance. The -. ove. whelniingly significant fact Is that fr ail of these communities the po.itlca machine has been beaten. Despite It . resources and its entrenchments it ha not been able to count in its cand dates. It has not been able to exercist Its art of manipulation over the dele : ' gates of a convention. The peop! have triumphed and the party voter - have said whom they wish as thei; ' cancidates for office. This is real a revolutionary reform In Americat politics. It is something intolerable U the old type of politician., No wondei . the hunkers of New York are flghtini desperate. to prevent the adoptioi of an honest direct primary in thai state. ,.,.. But the mere passage of a direc primary law, does not of itself remed all the evils which government is bet to. That Is only half the battle. Atte the law must come the utilization u, It The direct primary Is no bette than the convention system unlest ; the party voters themselves take ad vantage of the opportunity it offer them to exert the influence they pot sess In tbe naming of candidates. No nominating system can be useful un less tbe people are Interested in It, am interested enough to come out an vote on election day. . ' SUPPLY OF TIMBER AVAILABLE FOR TURPENTINE OPERATIONS WILL NOT LAST FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS. A recent Charleston telegram aaid: , Lack of conservation of the pine for ests of the South waale ul methods of "boxing" and "scraping" the tree In turpentining operations and the recklessness ot the yellow pine rnann fucturers has brought tbe country face to face with a crisis in the naval stores Industry, according to repot ts from operators in this section. - The present shortage In tbe production ol ! iflis turpentine and roaln, wth the "v'iucnt high prices, has resulted in ! "tia consideration being given the i 'Hon that iutstltutt s for these m must, belore many years, be tlie market. i" -vanes In Prices.-'-' ms on spirits turpentine, ln'tm higher ..uii sea tradl;ig basis than s "Tore known. Tur- tween 68 and ; t past week, f.i 14, while n In that ' P'T bnr- rel. A decade ago, before the develop ment of the yellow pine lumber in dustry in the 8outh, turpentine was selling for one-third this price, with a utted market, whereas rosin was so cheap that it waa allowed to go to waste around the stills. Tbe present price of turpentine reports an increase of more than 10 cents a gallon In tbe past month, while rosin has Jumped more than one dollar a barrel in that period., . '"':: -;' Ine present record prices are attri buted solely to scarcity of supplies and not to any speculative element in the market Last year's surplus naa been entirely wiped out and the trade la forced to depend upon the current crop to supply the demand which haa been steady too strong from tbe open ing of the season. Depleted by Lumbering, The once unbroken belt of long leaf pine, which extended from Virginia to Texas, haa been so depleted by tbe destructive methods of lumbering and boxing that conservative estimates give the supply of timber now avail able for turpentine operation as in sufficient to supply a normal demand tor more than fifteen years. It la estimated that seventy-live per cent Of the virgin pine forests of the south are now neld by lumber companies, who refuse any - concessions to the naval stores operators. As the pro ductive life of a tree, under present methods of boxing, is 18 years, it wiU oe seen uat the naval stores Industry ill be limited to the present acreage inder cultivation or. In possession ol -Jie turpentine Interests, unless a more ooservative method of treating the rees is adopted. Several years ago he forestry bureau of tne government nade an effort to Induce the naval tores operators to adopt a system ot apping tbe trees much after the style A that practiced by the maple sugar iperators bu the same primitive. jarmful metood of cutting three tt our boxes near the base of tree and hen "scraping" the surface from yeai o year until almost a third of the ines body waa a mass ot congulaled sap. -.. "... A Suggestion. It has been suggested that the in reduction of more conservative methods of boxing may result In much if the present acreage of pines hew jy lumber companies being mad ivallabie for the naval stores trade for reveral years' working before th -he trees axe cut Into lumber. At the meeting to be held in Atlanta Octobei for the purpose of organizing the Southern Conservation Association, the question of a method of working vees for turpentine Is to be one o Jie principal topics for discussion. WHERE. THE WORD "DOPE" CAME FROM. Kansas City Star. - When Mr. Roosevelt dug from Ok ash heap of provincialism the won fraxsle and applied it in an observa tion that soon became a verified pre -fiction, he attracted the attention o Kho an and was nailed as a kind c- benefactor. When, a score of year ago, a Northwest Missourian pulie- the word "dope" from Its isolate mooring and placed It where It ha seen equipped with more differen meanings, perhaps, than any othe word in "tbe language, he becaim equally a benefactor, but haa ever rt mained unknown, "unhoaored and uc sung.".' The word "dope is a name tha was originally applied to axe greas t was probably coined by some lndi rriduai who regarded It an outrage tha he new lubricant should have oager name than "tar," which tt sup planted. Possibly, too, "doping" aiw aune Into use in describing the act o ipp.ying the article. Indeed, excesaivi p plications of anything might tha Ukve been designated. These, how :ver, were certainly the only defini ions and derivative ot the wore mown until its production in other drcles by the Northwest Missouri aentioned. 'l he circumstances under which tht word was leminded no doubt account; o tome extent, at least, for tbe fact 'bat Its author has remained unknown vbiie bU fame is still unsung It was t a sanatorium that the wcrd wai iven a new meaning, to which con tant additions are stll being made. A bottle of medicine used bore simplj he Information that "a teaspoonfu! must be taken every two hours when awake," and it was while discussing idelity to these "directions" that the ack of a name for the remedy. Wat toticed. Then it occurred to the Mis sourian to refer to It as "dope," a ord which be had heard a typica' backwoodsman nse in the sense above mentioned. The name became popu lar at once, and when new patients same they took it np and innocentlj tetrayed it to the faculty. An effort 'as made to. find the culprit, and tbe ise of the name was forbidden under he penalty of dismissal It stuck, lowever, and waa soon carried hroughout the country. It Is not surprising, perhaps, that he name was soon applied to the "di ase" as we. 1 as to the remedy de igned for it cure. In fact, as has een stated. It has taken ou many new .efinitions and la used in nearly every rein of human expression, being a handle which fits widely varied sen tences, and affording a short cut to really Important information on nu merous subjects. .-, - , , It is not claimed, of course, that tbe Incident was an Inspiration, nor did the recaster of the word dream that he was enriching the language i seems proper, however, that this in cident given on the authority of one who was there at the time and who has watched the flight of the word into the upper realms of popular speaking, ihould be made known. . MORE TARIFF HISTORY. Morfolk Virginian-Pilot' - During tbe dark years of reconstruc tion whenever the -tongue of plea or protest asked some amelioration of the conditions exacted of the South ern people, the quick response of such malign ants as Stevens and Morton was to summon np the ghost of the Confederacy, set all the bounty Jump ers to waving the bloody shirt, and to call upon the loyal legions of tbe North to rally lagalnst the danger of putting the "Southern brigadiers ip the saddle again." So now the extreme promoters and the principal beneficiaries of an Inor dinately protective tariff meet every suggestion of relief to the burdened masses from tbe pressure of legalized robbery by resurrecting s the wrath of free-Uade and howling that any relaxation In the impost duties will paralyze American industries and sub ject American labor to ruinous com petition with the pauperized workmen of Europe.-Thl bogey has been ex p'oited with success so often that the standpat politicians and the swlll-fed plutocrats of privilege are as much angered as surprised to discover how s ight attention the masses of the people waste on the counternt ap parition. Since 1816 the same tactics have been resorted to by the preferred classes whenever a diminution of their unjust toll was suggested, and It has nearly always headed off the force of reform; hut there are not wanting signs today that the cry of wolf haa been raised so often as to lose ef fect, and that the public mind has been driven by extreme extortions to realise that the legitimate Interests of the minority can be safeguarded with out plucking the majority bare of the means ot subsistence. The so-called industrial classes, that is a selected traction of them engaged in certain lines of production, got their first real taste ot blood in the era following on the war of 1812. The blockades and embargoes iustituted by Prance and England and the retalia tory non-intercourse acts resorted to by the United 8tates, stimulated while in operation the growth ot manufac turing enterprises in this country, and when hostilities ceased there was' plausible argument for -the laying of duties on Imported articles which would toater Interests yet in their in fancy. By 1830 the customs taxes had reached a measure of discrimination in favor of the mills and factories and against tbe capital and skill oth erwise Invested that complaint waa general In those communities chiefly engaged In agriculture, and there en sued the revolt of South Carolina, which ' Andrew Jackson suppressed with Iron hand but which led to a reduced .schedule; of tariffs carried through by Henry Clay aa a compro mise. There was a temporary lull in th conflict of Interests, but la 1842, the Whig party having In th mean time elected Harrison to the presi dency, and that party being commit ted to th protective theory, a re vision upward waa undertaken under the importuning ot the manufactur ing industries, no longer infant, and bill was barely squeesea through Congress which pleased the Nabobs o tbe furnace and loom but excited he Indignation of everybody els.' Iben Polk came Into office on a Democratic platform of : "Tariff for revenue and only Incidental Protec tion." Th country at large waa now so disgusted with th inequalities and Iniquities of protection per a, that when Robert J. Walker brought for ward, with the endorsement ot the president, a measure designed to place the tariff on a strictly revenue basis, it rassed both the Senate and House of Representatives with scarcely a dissenting vote, and remained in ef fect with unexampled influence upon the prosperity ot th land until war I. rake out between the sections and in tearch for funds to prosecute their side of It the Federal government brought about an actual diminution of tbe customs receipts by 'fixing the duties so high as to virtually prohibit tuiiortauons. -Meanwhie under the . a'ker project, from IWsO to 1860. th United States, as shown by the census lrntrta, mad greater strides is veaith and papulation than in an: decade before or since. Ot th tariff of 1842, President Poll -aid in his annual message urging it substitution by lower schedules: "The act of 1842, by the excessive rates Of duty which it Imposed on man: articles, either totally excluded then 'rom Importation or greatly reduce he amount Imported, and thus dimin ished instead of producing revenue By It the taxes were Imposed not foi he legitimate purpose of raising reve tine, but to afford advantages to fa ored classes at the expense of a largt najority of their fellow-citizens. Thost mployed in agriculture, mechanica mrsuita, commerce, and - navtga ion were compelled " to contrib ite from their substance to well the profits and overgrowr. wealth of the comparatively ' few who had Invested their capital in manufactures. Th taxes, were not evied la proportion to the value ot the. articles upon which thew were Im posed, but, widely departing from this lust rule, the lighter taxes were In many cases levied upon articles of 'nxury and high price and the heavier taxes on those of necessity and low price, consumed by the great mass ol tbe people. : It was a system tbe in evitable effect of which was to relieve favored classes and the wealthy few 'rom contributing their Just proportion for th support of government, and y th burden on the labor ot tlu many engaged In other pursuits thai RAnufactnres." So exactly does thi3 describe tb features and operations of. the Aidricl law that the critics , of the lattei might have adopted ft without altera lion. The Walker tariff was construct e 09 ether l'nes. It abolished minimum- assumed values and specific duties and substituted the ad valorem prin ciple so that all articles rhou'd be tax ed according to their market worth. It aimed to keep the duties within tt standard which wonld yield revenue, and it minced them in general to I point which left the domestic produce) little more advantage over the forelgi than that : furnished by : th freigh and handling charges which the im porter must pay on good introduced from abroad. Yet the manufacturer! did not' suffer by the change ot pol icy to any disastrous extent while every other Interest wsa hugely bene fitted. Ia fact, the consequences flow ing from th Walker tariff proved so satisfactory to the people as a whole that protection m the sense now advocated ceased to be a pofltlcal Issue, and but for the Intervention of war and its necessities It may well b doubted whether the United State would not have settled down to a permanent policy of low tariff relying more on the extension of its foreign markets than on "artificla stimulation of domestic price for the prosperity of Its manufacturing in dustries. In thla chapter -from the past we think to have indicated the road by which tbe consumer may be eased of his burdens without resorting to free trade, or closing tbe mills and foundries of America, or starving an army of operatives. THE WORD WOEBEGONE. London Standard. Tbe word "woebegone Is an Inter esting survival of th far past. "lie gone" here represents tne past parti ciple of the Anglo-Saxon verb "be gan," to go around about' a word which has otherwise entirely disap peared 5 from i our , vocabulary, but which has Its analogies in such verbs as "beret" and "begird," In which the prefix "be" rt presents the modern preposition "by," A woebegone coun tenance I thus that of a man. com passed about with woe, though per haps It is most generally used In a somewhat, slighting manner to Imply that tbe appearance of grief la great er than the circumstances warrant Thus it has partia.ly undergone the same process of degeneration which haa i more "maudlin ' teftrsf original rft.rs of penitence from Mary Magda lenebear a contemptuous meaning, SARDINIA. London Chronicle. .' 1 King Victor's decision to pay to Sar dinia bis first visit since bis accession Is a reminder that this large Italian island still belongs to the Middle Ages. It Is hard to believe that Sardinia, known to the ancient Romans as the granary of the empire and its mineral treasure house, should so recently as 1S28 have bebn entirely without roads. The beautiful hlghwuvs over which, In Augubtiue days, goMuu harvests had been w Heeled to the cqast had been lost Blnce tbe ia 1 of tbe empire. Kven feudalism retained its bold ou the life of the 8ardes till 1856. Pesti lence, due to neglected soli and un limited swamper have no doubt helped to retard the return to clvlllxutlon of tbe ialand which gave the crown to King Victor's house, .-' 010 DR .WOODRQW WILSON USE BAD ENGLISH DELIBERATELY! Richmond Virginian. saya tbe Charlotte Observer; -"Objection at made to Dr. Wood- row, Wilson's proposed transfer from the presidency ot Princeton to tbe governorship ot New Jersey that his statement waa couched In abomin able English. His curious Involution snd bis frequent reptltlon of conjunc tive words not only produced sprawl ing ciumsineas but an obscurity rather difficult tor th reader to overcome Nor can the excuse be made that he offended thus In deliberately shunning deflnltenesa. . Dr. Wilson was frank enough, but we must hold htm guilty otherwise. He used English ot that extreme abominableness to which, as a rule, only highly educated men can ever attain." ' , Unaccustomed to look tor literary excellences In political communlca tlons, w at the time considered Dr. Wilson's pronouncement at its face value, politically speaking. We are, therefore, unable to do otherwise than accept The Observer's criticism in the same spirit ot trustfulness. We would suggest, however, that In the esse in question th lack of . literary , form ought neither to suggest that Dr. Wil son's transfer to the governorship is Inadvisable, nor that tt lmp.lea that hi retention at the head of Princeton la no longer practicable. On the con trary, the "Involutions" and "repeti tions," tbe "sprawling clumsiness' and the rest may better be taken as Indicating a desire on Dr. Wilson's rt to show that his versatility Is In clusive ot practical politics. Soch a form of expression Is, In fact, politi cally fashionable. That statesman whose deliverances are other than turpld Is In this day and generation tost to success. The trusting people dearly love the Involutions, the repeti tions and th redundancies that mark political utterance. They "want their moner worth" of- their servants, and the . wis aspiring stateman knows that, In the political realm, terseness and clarity of expression are as fatal to success as, among scholars, are pleonasm and bombast ' ', We rather think taking The Ob servers word as true that Wood row Wilson ia entirely capable In th role alther of college president or 8tate xecutive. - - ' ' . THE GIFT OF SYMPATHY. Windsor Ledger. ' Very few people Indeed have the knack or genius of adjusting them selves to all conditions or classes of men or people. And when we find this genius is a man, and it la natural and not superficial, we have an Innate feeling of praise for him and Involun tarily admire him and stamp ; aim at 1 competent judge of human nature. A fellow who can have a tellosr fee. Ing for hi felloys. In our personal knowledge we know of a few men one more prominent than others who possess this rare genius. National! speaking, Roosevelt stands out con spicuously prominent as a man of thii type aa hia recent visit to the mining camps of Pennsylvania will , testify and th following will go to prove: "After having mingled and convers ed on a plain ot equality with society women, statesmen ahd th so-ealied elite, he went on down to the mining camps where be was greeted thus:. "'Hello, Teddy, Ton are looking fine,' said an old Irish woman. -And so are you looking fine,' answered Ted dy. "And you're a fine lump,' said the woman. "One woman told htm she wss the mother of five boys. 'Fine, fine said Roosevelt -aa he grasped her 'hand hardened by years of heavy work and peered into her faded blue eyes. THE BRITISH IMMORTALS. Baltimore Evening Sun. ' " One more an effort is being made in England to form a British academy of 40 literary Immortals upon the plan of the famous Academic Francals. As- -Arrilfiv lr th Ilnitnn Tl-mai a ralto. ra - - tfL ble public gazette of those parts, 271 men of letters recently met In' Lon don and agreed to take upon them selves the burden ot estab lshing the proposed Institution. As in the case of past gatherings of like sort, the 27 volunteers included a number of men, snch as Alfred Austin, the poet lau reate, for example, whose right to membership in a national academy Is certain to be questioned, and with Jus tice, by many critics. But among the other authors present were Thomas Hardy, Sir Arthur Wing-- Inero-and Viscount Morley, a sufficient proof that men of genuine attainments as well aa mere vainglorious dunces are In tbe movement We note, however, iwith considerable ' surprise, that neither Rudyard Kipling nor Joseph Conrad seems to have been invited.1' George Moore, George Bernard Shaw and Wil- lam Butler Teats, that trio of amazing ly clever Irishmen, were also overlook ed, and so were Gilbert K. Chesterton, John Galsworthy, H. O Wells and many other ; extremely clever young men. renaps tne plan M to k;p to the oldsters; to make membership a reward tor a lifetime of hard work rather than for mere youthful ,bril- lance. ' A literary academy, such as' that planned, may render very real service to the art of letters and to culture In general. The Academic Francis, for example, ha acted for nearly 300 years as a sort of conservator of the French language. When it was es tablished by Cardinal Richelieu, . In 1633, he charged it with the duty of preparing an official French diction ary, and this work is immediately un dertaken, though tt did not complet the first edition until 1694. Sine then it has Issued six revisions and Is now at work upon a seventh. That the academle has exerted a beneficial In fluence upon French letters is gen erally-admitted. The prospect of be ing admitted to membership has spurred tb ambition of many . a Frenchman, and - though ' the sea dtmle, on occasions, bas been curi ously blind to merit Moliere, Rous seau, Balzac and Zola, for example, wre never admitted it bas, on the who , exhibited a fairly Just dlserimi- nstion in filling vacancies.. Several attempts have been- made on tills side of the ocean to establish an American academy. There Is now in existence. In fact, an Academy of Arts and Letters made up of 40 al leged immortals, but it includes ar tists, pedagogues and politicians as well as contributors to belles lettres, and so it is not taken very seriously. The present president is William Dean Howells and among the members are Rrander Matthews, Hamilton Wrlghht Mable, Henry Cabot Lodge and oiuer book-makers of dubious quality. Hen ry James, who was the eighth man elected, Is alo to be a member of the new British academy, and so be will enjoy the rather rare honor of belong ing to two such bodie. He is an American by birth, but has lived In London so long that the English re- ;ard him aa one of them. - THE AMERICAN WIFE. Harper's Baaar. - It ia a saying that English women r better wives and American wo men better mothers .and the reason is asy to find. .Character and accom plishment are built- la older civilisa tions; they grow, in our country. The sacrifice of motherhood are purely in stinctive and natural; they grow ot their own accord like weeds. The ready renunciations of a mother for a child are little more than an extension of egotismwhereas renunciation and sell-suppression lor an equal requires training, intelligence, Judgment The natural animal loves Ita young; the trained man or woman only ia capable, in all the snares and shambles of this life, ot being a companion. The Amer ican woman sacrifices herself and' her huBband to her children. The Eng lish woman baa enough of the ordered. feudal system still left in her bones to sacrifice all the minor members of th household to Its head In the main th children gain thereby. v INTERESTING DERIVATi I 'OF 80ME WORDS WHICH ARE IN, -COMMON USE. New York World. ' . f . In the New York panic of 1857 a Frenchman declared ' that he should Oa all uls "propriety." It sounds like something to laugh at Nevere- eas, "property" and "propriety" have the same French derivation. Words have a knack ot shifting not only from their sources but also out of their own original meanings. We accept an anecdote as a short. diverting story. Etymologlcally It meaiu something as yet unpublished. To prevent, which Is now to hinder, meant in its Latin original to antici pate. v A girl was aucienuy a young person of either sex. ' Mountebank was tbe term applied of old to the patent medicine vender who mounted a ' bench to proclaim his wares. It is from the Italian. Paradise Is oriental tongue meant only a royal ark. Astonished means literally tnunoer- atruck, coming from "attonare." A knave was once merely a lad and a villain only a peasant To be silly was n Its ancient sense to be blessed. To be officious was to be courteously ready to do kindly office. If a man was facetious, in the Early English, he waa but urbane. An idiot was a private citizen aa dis tinguished from an office holder. Frontispiece, if considered from its Latin source, is not a picture in the front ot a book, but the front view ot something.- The Latin word is "fron Uspidum." . "Beldam" Is not an abusive term. In its French source, but means a fair lady. Shamefaceu comes from a good Anglo-Saxon term which means -not one exhibiting shame, but one pro tected by shame, being therefore Inno cent and modest ARE WE TO HAVE WART Windsor Ledger. Freedom has been the Issue in every great revolution thla country has ever had. - And it will be the Issue in the next great political revolution we are to have. Freedom from the bondage of amalgamated wealth and the rule of the few. The manhood of man has a . limit of endurance. . The Boston Tea Party sounded the tocsin once. And ' the last Iniquitous tariff bill framed by a few and for tbe benefit of the few, is sounding the tocsin now. THE INLAND WATERWAY ENGI NEERS NOW CONSIDERING -. . CHOICE OF ONE OF THE . OLD CANALS. A Raleigh telegram says: ' - Raleigh, N. C.. Aug. 14. In discuss ing the inland, waterway and the ques tion that is now . uppermost as. to whether the old Dismal Swamp canal or the Albemarle canal shall be ae lected as the course for the waterway, Colonel J. Bryan Grimes, secretary of state, said today: ' - "The old fight that for several gen uutm vwu nagcv wvwwu luo Albemarle and Chesapeake canal and erations ha been waged between the the Dismal Swamp canal bids fair to oe settled at the meeting In Norfolk September 6, when . th government will have a hearing of the two interests represented by the two canals. Each canal is anxious to be purchased by the government and it is most mo mentous Issue to many thousands ot people in Eastern Carolina, ' "The purchase and making free of on by the government means the practical confiscation of the other. The making free of either of these canals means the re-establishment of boat lines that have been bought up or strangled ny railroad companies; it means - that about twenty-five coun ties In Eastern Carolina wfl get much lower freight rates, as Norfolk la a great basic point for making rates and i the "great distributing gateway for the counties of North Carolina water ed by the Pasquotank, Perquimans, Little Chowan, Blackwater, Meherrin, Roanoke, Casble, Scnppernong, Alliga tor, Pamlico, Tar,. Aeuse and Trent rivers, and Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. Would Build up Traffic, " , . "A successful business man, a large mill owner in Eastern ( Carolina, writing a few daya ago in answer to inquiries as to the amount of savlnes in freight that tb making free of thei Albemarle v. and Chesapeake - canal would mean to the people ot Eastern Caro'lna said : "The figures have been earefuliy estimated, but In doing so both the Albemarle ' and Chesapeake and the Dismal Swamp canals were taken Into consideration. As a matter of fact the figures represented-over six hundred thousand dollars per year. Tou understand, of course, if this, canal were made free tbe water com merce would be Increased very much, possibly doubled. You bt aware of the fact that the present canals permit boats to pass through them loaded not to exceed nine feet If, as suggested, either of the canal shuld be pur chased by the government and made free and cut made deep enough to permit boats loaded to twelve feet, there would be a marked Increase in tb business , and decrease In the freight rate, and when you take Into consideration tbe fact that the east ern coast n of North Carolina has twenty-six hundred' miles .ot.water front, bottled up, subject to toll canals, I am Inclined to say that I would be modest in suggesting that a saving of at least a million and a half dollars per year might be bad by the people ot Eastern North Carolina." Engineer Will Choose. ' As anxious as the people of Eastern North Carolina are for an Inland wa terway which has been the hope of that section for a hundred years, there are many who believe tbe making of a free waterway from the Chesapeake and Albemarle Sound would give that section almost as much benefit aa ths more extended waterway. There is a bill belore congress now which au iborises the secretary of the navy to contract' for the purpose & cantt1' subject to tho approval ot congrew. i-ha immnt enainters are to rec ommend which canal la to be selected. and there ia strong proDaniiuy ui the recommendation of the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal. This has been a llv matter with the people of East ern Carolina for many years. A res olution recommending the Dismal Swamp canal was Introduced at the democratic congressional convention of the first district last month, but waa not favorably considered. An Old Project. Albert Gallatin, when secretary .of the treasury, in his famous report (1808) advocating and urging an in land waterway-from Boston to the south of Georgia (Florida then being Spanish territory), discussed three proposed routes from Chesapeake Bay to Albemarle Sound. ' The Dismal Swamp canal was com menced In 1787 and opened In 1794 Its construction cost about $3,000,000. At one time the state ot Virginia and the United States had large holdings In the shares of this corporation. Th state of North Carolina also at one time owned some stock in this canat, It is now owned by the Lake Drum mond Canal and Water Co. Tbe Dls mal Swamp canal is twenty-two miles long (fourteen miles in Virginia and eight in North Carolina) and connects Elisabeth and Pasquotank rivers from Great Bridge via Deep Creek, Dismal Swamp oanal and Turners Cut to South Mills.- The canal is sixty feet wide at top and forty feet wide at bottom," bine, feet deep with two locks 250 feet In length and thirty nine feet wide. It has a water feeder canal Into Lake Drummond which Is natural reservoir and It la Claimed that the projected drainage of the Lake Drummond area wi 1 cut off the water supply ; from tbe canal.- The Dismal Swamp canal Is one of the old est in the United States, as work was commenced on it thirty-five years be fore tbe Brie canal waa completed and eighteen years before the opening of the Middlesex In New England. The Albemarle and Chesapeake oanal was completed between 1865 and 1860, and the cost of construction has been something over $1,000,000. It was first incorporated In 1850, as the Great Bridge Canal company. . It is eleven miles long (8 1-2 miles in Virginia and 2 1-2 milea in North Car olina) is 80 feet wide at top and 60 feet wide at bottom, 9 feet deep, has one lock 220 feet long and 40 feet wide. It connects North river at Co injock with Currituck Sound 2 1-2 mites and Joins North Landing river at North Landing with Elizabeth river 8 1-2 miles. - Tbe state of North Carolina at one time owned $350,000 ot the stock of this, company and Currituck county also subscribed $44,000 to this enter prise. THE COCAINE EVIL. Charlotte Observer. . One of the most pressing problems now- confronting the - police of this city Is the detection, and subsequent prevention - of the sale of cocaine. Chief of Police Christenbury is quot ed as stating that there are no less than ten places in Charlotte where traffic in the deadly drug is flour lshing day in and day" out and his estimate appears conservative rather than extreme.. It Is very difficult to obtain evidence of this particularly dangerous form of lawlessness on ac count of the ease with which a stock In trade may be concealed by - seller. Enough of the .drug to craze an entire block may be carried upon one's person .without exciting;' the least suspicion. - Only by its deplor able effects upon Its victims does co caine advertise its presence and the prevalence of Its use. It has been suggested that the next legislature ' might with profit inves tigate the situation with regard to the amount of -evidence required to be presented against suspected sellers of cocaine before a conviction may be secured. It has 'happened more than once that prisoners have been discharged, in whose cases there could be but little reasonable doubt ot guilt, because tnat guilt had not been established according to the rules of evidence. As a general proposition, any tinkering With these well-established rules is to be avoid ed, but in the matter of cocaine- selling the community is confronted by an extraordinary situation. To say nothing of white - victims, the drug is making 'such rapid strides among the colored people as to con stitute a grave menace to tho welfare of society. Unlicensed selling of the stuff must be stamped out and we believe that any steps looking to that ena wnich may be taken at Ral eigh -next winter will be tor the pub lic good. - - , . COTTOM ITEMS. . Cotton, N. C, Aug. 20, -I ' Some time ago we stated that a number of our citizens for the last two years from time to time had lost their cattle. Nearly .two years ago Mr. G. Simmons bad a fine cow that myste riously disappeared. - After Mr. E. B. Parker lost three or four and other pari ties had lost some cattle, upon investi gation It was found that" certain par ties were engaged and had been for some time stealing cattle and selling them to parties near the South Caro lina Una. Mr. G. Simmons' lost a line cow nearly two years ago and he bas been working on the case ever since. About ten days ago lie learned that a cow answering to the dlscriptlon of his was In the possession of a negro near the South Carolina line. So Mr. Simmons and Mr, Marshall McLean wen down there and sure enough Mr. 8Immons found his cow In the posses sion of a negro. The negro said that the cow did not belong to him. ' The negro gave up the cow to Mr. Simmons without any trouble.- From what can bo learned it seems that mors than one party has been engaged in this cattle stealing business and efforts are being made to get the guilty parties and bring them to Justice. "The protracted meeting at the Bap. list church continues with considera ble Interest A good number of peo ple have joined the church, Rev. Mr. Adams, an evangelist, preached last night (Friday). t Mr. McPhall, Mrs." W, H. McKinnon and daughter. Miss Wyatt McKinnon, front Red Springs, are spending some time at Ardlussa. . . i Mrs. Sherwood, of Norfolk, Va., and children, are on a visit to her father, Mr, H. B. Butler. ' Miss Lessie Deaver, of Ashboro, after spending a few days with Miss Nellie Driver, has gone home. n Miss IWfile Sanders,, of Johnston county, after spondlng a few- days with her uncle, Dr.. B. V. Sneail, bas gone home. CUMBERLAND NEW8. Cumberland, N. C, Aug. 22.-The la dles of the MethodlBt. church gave an ce cream supper on Saturday night . ... . ..I l. unA fh.1 or the oenent ot we uimivu. " writer must say that the managers do- serve credit for the manner in which it was carried out. Notwithstanding ho attendance was not as large as expected tho sales amounted to about 117. 'Mrs. J. L. Smith ywas visiting at Cotton Saturday and Sunday. MIbs Mary Phillips tts gone to Char lotte for a few weeks' visiting. Rev John Watson Autry-and wife, of Bethtl,, is visiting his father, Mr, 0. Q. Autry. . . - -' ' We were glad to shake bands with Mr. li. M. Culbreth and his two boys, on Sunday. Mr. Culbreth waa for 3ome time 6ur assistant Sunday Schoo! superintendent, but after going Into business at St Pauls, moved his fam ily to St. Paula to the regret of every one. , ' Rev, J. D. Pegram filled bis regular appointment here on Sunday at 3.30 p. ra , preaching an excellent sermon. FARMER8' UNION PICNIC AT BLA DEN UNION CHURCH SEP TEMBER 3. Correspondence of the Observer. Fayetteville, N. C, R. F. D., No. 8. Mr. Editor: Will you allow me space In your pa per to call attention to the Farmers' Union picnic and rally of Vernon Local No. 981, which will be held at Bladen Union church Saturday, Sept. 3, 1910. In tbe forenoon there will be a public speaking by the State organ izer, Lecturer J. Z. Green, ot Marsh- vllle, N. C Mr. W. S. Cobb, president of tbe Robeson county union and Mr. W. B. Malloy, ot Fayetteville, are also , STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF , Fourth National Bank. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, COMPTROLIeR'S CALL JUNE 30th, 1910. RESOURCES: Loans and bonds .,......$ 858,488.94 Building, furniture and fixtures 26,000.00 Other real estate owned.. 5,500.00 Demand loana. .$134,770 49 Cash and cue - v from banks.. 190,887.63 325,658.11 $1,215,647.06 8ince above date we have Increased our capital to $2o0,000 -which gives us more capital than all other banks "In Cunv berland county, combined. We Invite Your Business. ' H. W. LILLY, President JNO. O. ELLINGTON, VP, A Cashier. . i. H. HIGHTOWER, Asst Cashier. " - Mill Supplies 2 Experience. - Facilities. Results. Experience: ,,.'-. In Onr many years of business jn Fayetteville, we hive been : . constantly adding New Departments, in order to, successfully maintain our steadily growing business. ' 7 Facilities: . In the way of in-coming mail and out-bonnd' freights, we are .'unexcelled by any other City in the State. Results: - Onr MILL SUPPLY DEPARTMENT ia now practically com r plete, and we are in as good shape to supply yonr wants ia this line as any house in this territory. Yonmaymail ns an order in the morning with the assurance r " ' . that it will have prompt attention, shipped the same day as J, - received, and billed at the lowest possible price; We carry ONLY STANDARD GO.ODS-Hoe Saws and Bits, Jenkins Valves, Disston's Cross-Cut Saws and Files, American; Steel Split Pulleys, Etc.- Onr stock of Post and Drop Hangers, Boxes, Shafting," Coup. " lings, Ppe and Fittings, is complete. . WE APPRECIATE YOUR INQUIRIES AND ORDERS. . Huskc Hardware Hoiisc. SCHOOL BOOKS! , AND ALL SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT Tlie New Book Store Company, Opposite Post Office. Fayetteville7lf$. , A Good .M5.FRANKD0S?N, the best first Sterilized 107 Green street, . nxnucted. In tho nflii-A,n it.. be a public dobttto by the PluntnJ docloty of Hope Mills. N. C ana th Lincoln Literary League, of Fav vLle, N. C, Route 8. (&Wtu Queryi Resolved; That natural sin. ' are a greater factor In goodness ?, greatness than training, The ami, lve will be represented by M-T F. and Joseph Johnson and w i" ryson, of Fayetteville. Route !i..r the negative will be represented L. n. P. Fisher, Kenneth and Gralium m. Donnld, of Hope Mills. as Everybody Is cordially Invited to tend and bring well filled baskotn. x ours truiy, HERBERT U TYSON, , fleoruto...- Vernon Local No. 981. - NOTICE. Tha Trustees of Cross Creek Oradmi" Schools will receive sealed bids for the following property known aa the Graded School building lot on Hay street, rayeueviue, in, v., up to 10 o' clock, September 10th, 1910; 8 i0u) fronting 2G feet on Hay street 160 tent ieep; 8 lots fronting on Franklin street iiBxioo deep. A 14-foot ally runs from Hay to Franklin street and connectt with an open yard in rear of the above described lots 60x214 feet, the owntn of each lot to have the privilege ol ills proportionate part of said hm yard. Bids may be made for separate , I Into, nr for tha whnlA nrnnapfv n. ..i.l -. - - -rv. -j, vi wim and without buildings thereon, This ot ia 214 feet on Hay .street running back to Franklin street 380 feet, l rent ing 210 feet on Franklin street. This property is bounded on tb. uaet on Hay street by the U. S. posture build, ing and oh the west by the II. & g, passenger station, and is the finest ilngle piece ot property In the city ot fayetteville, . Plots , of this property may be seen at the office ot W. N. Til llnghast, Sec. The trustees reserve the right to accept or reject any and ' all bids. ... JAMES M. LAMB, Chairman Board of Trustees. ' LIABILITIES: Capital ;,, ..... .. . ..I 100,000.00 Circulation ; , , , -. . . , . .: 100,000.00 Surplus and profit ....... v 69,828.54 DEPOSITS .. 783,979.90 Due banks 106,838.61 U, S. Bond account .. .... 55,000.00 $1,215,647.05 Judge. baseman In thivirginia League, writes: ?SZ& when ha 8T0PPED Barber Shop, ' ANDREWLANirn, Proprietor
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