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THE OBSERVER. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1810. C. i. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. E.J. Hal, ir IinIimn Managsr. L. . Hals, City Editor. : : A PHENOMENON THAT IS NOT , "STRANGE." ' ; The Washington Post write Inter stlngly of tbs Emperor William' re Cent "divine right" aetback. u fol low: ' ''':v., ';. '',--... :..., ' Tha KalMra Dwindling Power. . Times change, thongh men aome l timet do not change with them. After Frederick the Great emerged from the tremendous military contest against most of the continent, and with the tuocor of England landed Prussia aa ' the first of the German states, though In a titular sense Austria sifll held that rank, b had a long feign of wha: was then political tranquility. When old In years, declining In body, but virile in mind, be one day was riding in the streets of bis capital, and halt ed to read a manifesto posted on a wa'l I bat denounced him as all sort? of a t, rant and usurper. Laughing loud at the scurrility, be remarked: "My good people and I are at a per - feet understanding. I allow them to say what they please about me, and ' they allow ma to do a I please about them." But the present Emperor of Ger : many finds things very different As firmly as his reprobate ancestor, he believe In "divine right" and "an ointed of heaven" and "passive bbe . dlence," but he finds a greater Ger many that will not allow him to do mi be pleases, and that even goes so far as to discipline him when he ventures to say what he pleases. Except the militarism, there is no' ' much radical difference between the . German empire and the American re public. Both astonished the world in their material advancement after po litical union waa bad. Both were comparatively inert until the union In their resiecUre hemispheres was ac- oompllshed. But there Is one strange phenome ;' non. Daily the political power of the American president augments, and daily the political authority of the German kaiser diminishes. Indeed, it la strange. i. No. It k not "strange" atall to those who see. None are so blind a ; those who do not wish to see. Tha world la pressing forward on - the road to democracr-: The Ameri can republic set the pace and pointed ; the way a century and a third ago. It waa the beacon light for ail the struggling peoples of the earth, untl Its light went out under the triumph .' of tha doctrine of force in 18C5. Freed from tbe handicap of the slavery Issue, the Democracy won In 1S7C and 1SS4. t Again it won 1892. but this time . with A clear-cut chart for the people's redemption from unequal laws In tht , command to its standard bearer to - press Immediately for a revenue tariff. I But Its standard bearer betrayed it - Again It triumphed in the preliminary fight of 1894; but the fortunes seen mutated and concentrated by rea ' oi lis etanaaro-oearerar betrayal o his trust In 1893 enabled Its enemies to buy the poll-holders of the pivots States of the Middle West Again t waa about to triumph in 1898 and 1900 when the union of all who sub scribed to the Democratic platfc waa prevented and a fusion with the .': McKlnley Democrats substituted. , " Again fortune amines on the democra cy and beckons to victory. ,. If we reject the counsel of the bolters of 189C and 1900. w may win this time. If not, . U -wo aelect our standard bearer and - our . counsellors from the 'ranks of those who betrayed us In 1893, 189C, .1898 and 1900, we shall suffer the aame fate aa in 1891 ', , The. hearts of the great body of the people are Just aa true today as for merly. but the triumph of the doctrine j of force In 1865 hss transferred the In cidence of the "checks and balances of the Constitution" from the duty of protecting the rights of the States to the office of defending the mighty . power of the Federal Centre, sggran- ; dlsed during that unhappy period. 1861-6, when "the lawa were silent' . uur rigid written Constitution, so beneficent before Us perversion by the : triumph of the doctrine "of force, ren ders It Incomputably difficult now for tha American democracy , to re-light tbe lamp of 1778, while the German , democracy, under more elastic laws, . has so used the inspiration of our better days that It is able to defy its enemy though backed by the weight of centuries of precedent , THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME. . me Baltimore Bun. a newspaper ' which has always supported the Dem ocratic party except in two of the campaigns when Mr. Bryan was the candidate, In one of those campaigns supporting Roosevelt against Bryan, makes the following quotation from Mr. Roosevelt's Osawatomle "keynote' spoech (printed in full in Wednes- ' day's Observer, the day of Its deliv ery): . : - ';' " '.- Some Roosevelt' "Bryanltms. . ' Those who oppose all reforms will do well to remember that ruin la in evitable if our national life brings us nothing better than swollen for tunes for the few and triumph In both po'ltloa and business of a sordid and selfish materialism. "Whenever tbe alternative must be fared I am for men and not tor prop ivty. ., , ,. : "Our government, - naMona! and Pinto, must bo freed from the sinis ter Influence or control of special ln t . " i l e citbens of the Ui lted Stales t -5iH-tivcly control the mighty i ,ii. rcfnl lorroi which they have i Hvu culled Into being. ) (! i (i.it wish to ee the nation i I i !,i ov. nersuln if the rall i I" it ca'i po-Hl-iv be avoided, t a' t'liiaUve U thorough i i : ivo r filiation, which i en f i I knowledge of .. h.. t a physical val- i no limit nil i ' 1 national Jurisdictions to serve as a refuge for lawbreakers, and especially for law- Dreasers oi great wealth, who hire the vulpine legal cunning which will teach them now to avoid both Jurisdictions. "Complications in Industry are tbe result of an Imperative economic law which cannot be repealed by political j nessed In modern business tbe sub legiHlatlon. The effort at prohibiting mergence of the Individual within the a' I combination baa substantially fall- ed. - There is a widespread belief among our people that, under the methods of making tariffs which have hitherto obtained, the special Interest are too Influential." .' Other quotations by the Sua from the same speech will be found Inter esting, as folio wa: ' ' Roosevelfa "New Nationalism." Colonel Roosevelt, la his speech at Osawatomle, Kan, declared that "the American people are right in demand ing ' that new - nationalism without which ww cannot hope to deal with new problems." He advocated gov ernment control over all combinations dealing on an important scale with the aeceaariea of life, and asserted the tight of the government "to regu late the terms and conditions of la bor." Other recommendations, put briefly, are aa follows: Complete publicity of corporate af faire. . Lawa prohibiting the use of corpo rate funds directly or Indirectly tor po Itlcal purposes. - -. ; .. Government supervision of the cap Italisation of public service corpora tions and of all corporations doing an Interstate bualnesa. Strong centralised regulation of rail- ways baaed on Information which shall Include physical valuation.. , - Similar control over all combina tions which control necessaries of life or desl in them on aa Important scale. Persona responsibility to the law oi officers and directors of corporations for violation of the law. Early revision of the tariff .one schedule at a time, aa fast as the tar iff commlsaioa cajr make recommenda tions. -. A graduated Income tax on big for tunes. A graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes. Increasing rapidly In amount with Jhesise of the estate. . Investigation of our financial ays tern and revkuoB for safeguard against panics. - Such conservation of natura re sources aa tends to wise development Comprehensive workmen's compen sation acta. State and national laws to regulate child labor and the work of women. Direct primaries, associated with a corrupt practices act and publicity of election expenses. An easy way to remove unfaithful or incompetent- public servants. Forbidding of the receipt by any tlonal officer, elected or appointed, o any compensation, directly or Indi recetly. from Interstate corporation a. Tbe value of Mr. Roosevelt's fulmt- nationa, however, fat another matter. Of this phase of the subject the Nor folk Virginias Pilot well says: "I will make the corporations come to time," declared Colonel Roosevelt at Cleveland on Thursday. He had seven years' trial- at It but ao tar as the records show, the only occasion during all that period on which the great and strenuous Am made "the corporations come to time" was in 1904, when be employed his "practical" friend Harriman to sandbag corporate wealth Into patting ap the money necessary to place New York State in the Roosevelt column What n self inflated Egoist and fraud the colonel la! WOOOROW WILSON'S WARNING TO LAWYERS. In his address before tha American Bar Association at Chattanooga, on Wednesday, on "The Lawyer and the Community," President Woodrow Wil son, of Princeton, spoke in part as follows: "I wish to aay a good deal about our present struggle for law. , Society li looking itse f over, la our day, from critical analysis of Ita very elements, is questioning Its oldest practices as freely aa ita newest, scrutinising every arrangement and motive of Its life, and stands ready to attempt nothing less than a radical - reconstruction, which only frank and honest counsels and the forces of generous coopera tion can bold back from becoming a revolution.- ...... ,.-,.,.,, ... ...... "You cannot but have marked the recent changes in the relation of law yers to affairs In this country; and If yon tee aa I do about the great pro fession to which we belong you cannot but have been made uneasy by the change. Lawyers constructed the fab ric of our atnte governments and of tbe government of tbe United States snd throughout the earlier period of national development presided over all the larger processes of poll- tics. ' The. statesman and tbe lawyer were clients and consorts, and the le gal conscience of the people was con stantly refreshed and : strengthened. These are great Influences, But they are gone. "The nation has grown keen after certain practical -objects and will not willingly brook the impedimenta set up by constitutions. The life of the nation does not center now npon ques tions of governmental structure or of the distribution of governmental pow ers. It centers npon economic ques tions, questions of the very structure and operation of society itself, of which government is only the Incident Constitutional lawyers bare fallen tnto the background. We have rele gated them to the Supreme Court, without asking ourselves where we are to find them when vacancies occur in that great tribunal. A new type of lawyers has been created: and that new type has come to be the prevail ing type. Lawyers have been sucked into the maelstrom of the new busi ness system of the country. That sys tem Is highly technical and highly specialized. Lawyers therefore, every where that business has thickened and had a large development have become experta in some special technical field. They do not practice law. They do not handle tue general, miscellaneous Interests of. society. The general, broad, universal field of law stows dim and yet more dim to their appre hension as they spend year after year i in minute examination and analysis of a particular part of It '. In gaining new functions. In be coming Identified with particular in terest, the lawyer has lost his old func tion. Is looked askanced at In politics, must disavow special engagements If he would have his counsel heeded In matters of common concern. Society has suffered a corresponding loss at least American society has. It baa loit Its one-time feeling for law as the basis of Us peace. It progress, its prosperity. Lawyers are not now re garded as tbe mediators of progress. ucloty wag always ready to.be preju diced against them: now it finds its prejudices confirmed. - "Meanwhile, look what legal qties !in are to he nettled, how Btnpen- (iutia iliey are, how far-reacliiug, and lutw impossible it will be to settle j (hem without the advice of learned and experienced lawyers! Tbe spe- clallsation of business and the extra- ! ordinary development of corporate or- ganlxatloa and administration have led to consequences well worth the I lawyer's consideration. We have wit- organization, and yet the Increase to an extraordinary degree of the power ! of the Individual of the Individual who happens to control the organisa tion. Most men are Individuals no longer so far as their business. Its ac tivities or its moralities, la concerned. They must do what they are told to do, or lose ther connection with mod em affaire. They are not at liberty t to ask whether what they are told" to do la right or wrong. And yet there are men here and there with whom the whole choice Ilea, There la more Individual power than ever, but those who exercise It are few and formida ble and the mass of men are mere pawna In the game.' "Corporations do not do wrong. In dividuals do wrong, the , Individuals who direct and use them tor selfish and Illegitimate purposes, to the In jury of society and the serious cur tailment of private rights. .Ton can not punish corporations. Fines fall upon the wrong persona upon the stockholders and the customers rath er than upon the men who direct the po'icy of the business, if you dis solve the offending corporation, you throw great undertakings out of gear. , "I regard the corporations as Indis pensable to modern bualnesa enter prise. - I am not Jealous of Its also or mlaht If yon will but abandon at the right points the fatuous antiquated and quite unnecessary fiction which treats It aa n legal' person, Such Ac tions and analogies were Innocent and convenient enough ao long aa corpora tions were comparatively email and only one of many quite aa Important instrumentalities used In business, on ly n minor Item In the economic order of society. But it la another matter now. -. -. i-- . "Many modern corporations wield revenues and command resources which no ancient state possessed and which souw modern bodies politic show no approach to In their budgets. And these huge Industrial organisa tions we continue to treat as legal persona, as individuals, which " we most not think of as consisting of per sons, withia which w despair of enab ling to pick out anybody In particular to put either ita restraint or ita com mand upon. It la childish. It is futile, it la ridiculous! - Society cannot at-" ford to have Individuals wield the pow er of thousands without personal re sponsibility. It cannot afford to let Ita strongest men be the only men who are inaccessible to the law. We can bare corporations, can retain them in unimpaired efficiency, without depriv ing law of ita ancient searching effl cacy, Ita inexorable mandate that men, not societies, must suffer for wrongs done. . - "la respect of the responsibility which the law Imposes In order to protect society itself. In order to pro tect men and communities against wrongs which are not breaches of con tract but offenses against the public Interest, the common welfare, It is Im perative that ws should regard corpo rations as merely groups of Individu- a a, from which It may,-perhaps, be harder to pick out particular persons for punishment than It la to pick them out of the general body of unassociat ed men, but from which It is. never the'ess, possible to pick them out possible not only but absolutely neces sary if business ts ever again to be moralised. The- officer, the committee. the board which orders an act or ori ginates a policy contrary to the law of the land or Intended to neutralise or contravene It Is no Insurgent against society: the man or men who, origi nate aay sack act or policy should be punished and they alone. -i anow tnat the matter is not as simple as It sounds. I know that ome corporations are In fact contrail ed from the outside, not from the in side. - But are they really beyond dis covery? Would It take extraordinary acumen and intelligence to devise laws which would reach them a so? "Ton will aay that In many tnstan ces It Is not fair to pick out for pun iahment the particular officer who or dered a thing done, because he real!; naa no freedom in the matter: tha he Is himself under orders, is a dummj manipulated from without:: I reob that society should permit no man to carry out orders which are against law and public policy, and that if you wri nut put one- or two conspicuous dummies In the penitentiary, there will be no more dummies for "hire Tou can atop traffic in dummies and then, when the Idea baa taken root in the corporate mind that dummies will be confiscated, pardon the one or two innocent men who may happen to hare got into jau. "1 have used the corporation merely as an illustration. , It stands In the foreground of all modern economic questions, ao far as the United States ts concerned. But I have used It only aa an illustration of a great theme. theme greater than any single Illus tration could compass namely the responsibility of the lawyer to the community he professes to serve. Whatever may be the cause it is evi denced that he now regards himself as the counsel of Individuals exclu sively and not of communities. There never was a time, in fact when his advice, disinterested and earnest ad vice, was more needed than it is now in the exigent processes of reform. In the busy processes of legislation urougn which we are passing, with so singular mixture of hope and ap preciation, we nave settled nothing In our recent reform legislation. That Is the reason- it Is so unsatisfactory ana wny some prudent and thoughtful men grow tired of it But that is only another reason for seeking out and finding what' will be the happy and successful way of setting our econom ic Interests In order. " Lawyers may come Into the settlement for settle ment there must be. For one, I hope that they wiU not stay out I fear that it would be disastrous for them to do so disastrous to them and to society." "CHEEK" OF THE BOLTERS. The New York Times and tbe Wash ington Pojt are two highly Inierest ing newspapers, which have the bad habit of supporting the Republican nominees at election time and advis ing the Democratic party between elections. They complained In 1904 that Mr. Bryan confined blmse f to supporting Judge Parker, the Demo cratic nominee. Instead of Insincerely proclaiming his delight that Judge Parker had "held up" tbe Democratic convention on the gold swindle. Now these self-appointed mentors of the Democracy complain that Mr. Bryan will not efface himself. " The Columbia State aptly describes the Inconsistency ofthese critics of Mr. Bryan In the following article:. Mr. Bryan's 8upport The report, thinks the New Tork Times, that Mr. Bryan "has an nouueed his determined Cot to run for the presidency in 1312 suggests that ' s ; f .E.v.l . '-, ' . M .... .. i . I Very smart gown worn at Deauville, the fashionable French seaside resort It consists of smoke colored chiffon over a rose pink Jiberty satin slip The tunic la plain at the aides, show ing the shimmer of the satin under neath the chiffon. A very-elabora designs of large butterflies Is worked i cut steel, with harmonising shades o beads. The employment of beads I one of the latest forma of trimming Between the butterflies which serve to hold the tunls In place are bunches of pink roses.-. The chiffon light! veils (he satin of the bodice, which trimmed wth bands of cut-steel and variegated colored beads-embroidery. A large, pink straw hat covered with smoke colored chiffon, and- encircled with an Immense feather shading froc gray to pink, complete the costume (Creation of Boue Soeurs. Manue: photo.) he fee la that he needs one of his long er rests between campaigns,' and con tinues: ... "It would be more gratifying to ft whole country If Mr. Bryan wouk' eoup!e the announcement of bis tern porary retirement from the role perpetual candidate with the assur ance that he will give loyal and Tig orous support . to- the : Democrat! ticket that year. There ts promise b sound leadership for the Democratk party In 1912. A number of good can dldatee for the presidency are airead talked of. Others are likely to make their claims felt before- the nominat ing convention meets. - If Mr. Bryan really retires from the contest th work of the convention should be eaa. Put will Mr. Bryan promise to sup port tne candidate it names T" ji were were ned of assurance rrcm Mr Bryan that he -i7ipport tbe nominee of the party In (912, tht call upon him could be made with good trace only by one who supported the non-inee of the party in 1908, 190 aac ison. - The Times does not think great deal of Mr. Taft's administra ion, or of Mr. Roosevelt s achieve ment3 while in the President's office but bv giving aid and comfort to the Republican party when Mr. Bryan wai the chosen leader it contributed to Republican success and excesses. f The Times unjustly says that Bryan -rested in the campaign of 190-t rested with a vengeance. , in. thai campaign Mr Bryan was regular; b supported the ticket bat did not con duct a . "whirlwind campaign" in be half of Judge Parker, and the reason for bis course may be found much nearer the office of The Tlmea than than of The Commoner The fact are that Mr. Bryan stood aside In ana let that wins- of the nartv wnicn oad charged him with being a stumbling block to success and wnicn had deserted him in every pincn, eiimh into the saddle. Par ker was the choice and be was per mitted by the convention to censor tne platform. : Bryan there yielded for tbe sake of harmonv he subordln- aiea nii views. : .f- . : Enthusiasm by Mr. Bryan for ticket ana platform, in the circumstances. would have been either an evidence of weakness or of Insincerity. And he is neither weak no Insincere. But he would doubtless have done 'more active field work had not those East erners loudly championing Judge Par. ker's candidacy, many of them eomin oaca to toe party to support him, man- lies tea a desire to have Mr. Brvan keep out of the way and -let them win tneir own victory. ; ' .' :, :: i ao iimes at least. . seems now willing to concede that Mr. Bryan's support is essential, to Democratic sue cess. FRANCE. Dev. Dr. Law's letter to Presbyterian btanaaraj . Vt all tbe countries of TCnmiv France has the advantage reoeranhi. cany, it nas one harbors, good river. wide-spreading territory, diversified oy mil and valley and mountain, and possessing a climate from semi-troni. cal in the south to bracing-temperate In the north. Soil and tonoxrahv and ciimate comDtne to make It a splendid cunuiry iwr agriculture. Jt grows a great variety of fruits; oranges, olives. peacues, spp es, piums and Dears can be raised I In any quantity, All the ataple farm products flourinh. It ( the only country In Europe In which we have seen fields of Indian corn Tet for all this, evidences of rural pros perity are wanting. Passing from Switzerland to France, one notes a contrast not favorable to the latter country. The farms are not so care fully tilled, there are more van. lands, old sedge-grass fields grown up In bushes, ragged fence rows, and the homes of the rural population lack the paint, the touch of freshness, the neat yards, and flower pots, which suggest thrift and prosperity. The Impression one gets from a short stay In Paris is a poor ground on which to base a juflKment or the" people; but that fm presslon In our case helped to confirm I a previous Judgment. France wor hlps military glory. Her great hero la still Napoleon Bonaparte. His sta tue surmounts a column In the Place vendome,. the Arc of Triumph com nieniorates hU victories. On Us Bides are groups representing his cam paigns, aud names of nearly one bun- Ired and fifty battlee on Its vault. His tomb Is In the crypt, and under tue dome of the Hotel de lnva idea. It la by tar the moat magnificent niauso eura that we have ever seen. Ad lolnlng this crypt la a chapel In which ire the tombs of all his leading gener- lis. Both in tbe crypt surrounding be tomb, and In tbe chapel, displayed from tha galleries- are hundreds of aded and tattered battle-flags from ihe fields where Napoleon won his ante. The moat coveted honor in Trance la to be governor of the Hotel ava.ldea. The reason Is that he who lolds this office la the custodian of Napoleon's tomb, and tbe tombs of us great marshalls. Everywhere one tees evidence of the homage still pam o the memory of the man who by his genius set France tor a brief moment hief among the nations. We believe France would hall his rising from th j dead, and would respond with the enthusiasm of other days to the cal'. of his bugles to battle. But France U worshipping a dead divinity. Her mil itary glory is a thing of the past. Some nue ago we beard Miss D Aublgne, laughter of the great historian, aay that 38.000,000 of France's population lated Qod and the church, and would uffer no text-book to be used In the mblic schools that had in It the name a Qod. It will belie all past history f a nation can long flourish without -eligion. . Spain crushed the retorma ion that had. begun to take root In ter borders In the sixteenth century. Ier political decline dates from that lour. - France came near Inflicting ipon herse f the same Irreparable In ury; and while her decline hag hot een steady and rapid, she has gradu ally 'oat ground. Unless God gra-louil- Interposes,' and kindles again he dying embers of her religious Jti'h and devotion, we believe that 'ranee In the not distant future will oln the ranks of the decadent na tlons. .;" v.-.- ...... We spent only three days In Paris, and of course saw but a tithe of tbe many, objects that Invite one's atten lon. We stood In front of the Palace if tbe Louvre, and looked across the itreet'at St Germain l'Auxerrois. the church from the belfry of which sound ed out the signal for the massacre of it Bartholomew In the early morning hour , of August 24, 1572. What icenea of horror was inaugurated by that signal! In a little while aU Paris waa filled with the screams of women and children, the rattle of musketry. tne clang of swords, as the brutal so Jiery overwhelmed an ages and sexes in one common orgy of blood and ieath. Not far from where we stood, m that fatal morning stood Charles! -he IX, who ordered the signal to be rung. Two years later, he lay on bis lying bed in an agony of despair, haunted by the faces ot the slaughter ed Huguenots, while his nurse, her- eu a Huguenot, tried in vain to lm- oart some comfort to the .king's righted soul It Is easy In Paris to find places to vhich melancholy interest attaches lecausw of thqlr association with his toric tragedies. One of the most beaq: tiful squares is the Place de la Con- -orde, and this name which it wears tas a most pleastng sound to the ear. 3ut In the middle of this square where he Obelisk of Luxor now stands, once itood the guillotine.. To one who has read the story of the French Revolu tion, the "mention of the guillotine brings to mind a long train of Judi cal murders of the most atrocious Kind that were ever perpetrated. he course of seven years three thous and beada fell under the stroke f.hat cruel knife, among them tbe bead I tbe king, and the head of his beau Hful wife, Marie Antoinette, both whom, while not altogether without siame, were more sinned against than sinning. Perhaps the most beautiful flower that perished there was Char lotte Corday, whose life went for that of Marat It waa not personal malice tnat nerved her hand to wield the as sassin a xnire, and If ever, any one was justified In avenging public wrongs - by private means.- Charlotte Corday was. France would do well to place her statue by the side of Joan of Arc a. Continuing in the track of the traee- aies or tne erer-memorabie revolution, we went irom the Place de to Con. corae to tne -coneergerie, the state prison, where most of the victims were confined before passing to the guillo tine, un tne way we noted the Place ot the Bastile, the site of the prison oi odious memory. - On the- 14th of July, 1789, the prison was assaulted and destroyed by a mob, and the gov ernor, with bis little handful of sol dier j; was massacred. , This spot has been the scene of other tragedies, no- Muiy in tne revolution of 1830, and in the troublous times ot 1848 and 1871. A lofty column has been erected here, surmounted by a bronze Oenius oi L,ioerty, holding in one hand the torch of civilization and in the other the broken chains of slavery. Surely whatever of civilization and liberty France enjoys have come to her through such spasms of anarchr and crime as no other country has witness ed. . The center of Interest In the Concer- gerle Is the little room about eight by ten feet bounded by thick stone walls. wiui one email window opening on a closed court, in which the unhappy nans Antoinette spent the few agon izing weeks el her widowhood hefn aer neck was placed under the keen. eagea knire that had ended the Hfe of her husband. Inured In this doleful dungeon she was not permitted to know the fate of her children; nor waa she permitted one moment's nri. iukj ueniua a iow screen, m ar pas sage opening Into one side of the room, a gen a annes stood dav and night with his eye ever upon her. A painting on the wall represents her In the attitude of receiving the sacra ment from tne band of her father con fessor. We passed from the cell of Marie Antoinette, to an adloinlns rwui ui suoui tne same dimensions which, shortly aiier her death. iwoespierre was confined to await his turn at tbe guillotine. We shed no tears wwie thinking of his richly merited fate.- But enough of these horrors. Of 'course we went to the Louvre Museum. There we saw nlctnres bv Leonardo da Vinci, Correggio, and R&. phael, and Titian, and Murillo, and Holbein, and Jordeans, and Rubens and Van Dyck, and all the rest until mere was no longer any spirit left In us. The most vivid impression- that we carry with us, and the one des tined to be the most lasting was our fatigue. We were so tired. We would sit down and rest a while, and then get up and struggle on, only to grow more and more tired. Why did we persecute ourselves after this fanblon? For two reasons: One was that we had been told we must see such and such pictures, and we supposed we mum; the other, and by far the more constraining reason, was that we were, as usual, dependent on Dr. Wells to show us the way to our boarding bouse, and Dr. Wells sticks to a pic ture gallery like a cuckle-hurr to a heap's ffeeew. - Why neonle unouM care particularly to see the pictures of thlnca when tbey can see the orlg Inals Basses our comprehension. Give us a genuine sunset, or a lirst-hand view of a landscape, and we care little for a poor copy of It painted on a can vass. Some pictures we look on with much Interest. For Instance, we saw In the Ryk Museum at Amsterdam, portraits of William the Bl ent and his Illustrious sons. Henry and Maurice we saw there also a fine picture ot William III, Prince of Orange and King of England; and pictures of Fred erick V, Prince ot the Palatinate, and his wife Elizabeth, whose sad history has ao often moved our pity. We look ed with much interest on these pic tures, because they were ahadows of those whom we had come to know but whose faces we could never see. We would go a reasonable distance sa two or three hundred yards out ot our way to look on such pictures. But we do not propose to waste much of our remaining strength . In walking down long halts, and Into numberless iide rooms to look on the works of either the old masters or the new. We know their works display great ge nius, and ve are willing to accord them great genius, but we can do It Just as well without seeing their pic tures. - - What we have said about France and Parts might maae the Impression' that we have not enjoyed our visit; but we have enjoyed n. greatly. Paris Is Justly famed for the magnificence ot ita buildings, .the breadth and at tractiveness of Its main thoroughfares, the number and charm of ita parks, Its many interesting and costly monu ments, ita splendid Da'.aces and ear. dens, Irs One stores and elegant show. winnows, i s aiiffel Tower and . Urn cheap gloves. These last are not among the least attractions that make i-ans dear to the female heart One thing more needs to be said the French people are proverbial for po Uteness, and our expeerlence leads us to believe that the proverb Is not mis. placed. As a rule they could not un derstand our English any better than we could understand their French, but they never grew impatient trying to - interpret - our , . sign language, and when, once iav caught our iaea, they always showed a manliest pleasure in rendering ua service. Politeness may be one of the minor virtues, but it fits Into u.e so cial machinery Just at the point where It la needed, to prevent friction and to maae tne gearing work smoothly. CUMBERLAND NEWS. uumberland, N. C, Sept S. Mlsa Mary Philips has returned home afte spending a few weeks visiting In Char lotte and Davidson, N. C. mr. u BarDee has returned to Charlotte after spending a week with his brother, Mr. W. A. Barbee. ' Mr. W. J. Robinson, came home last week from his saw mill In South Caro Una, and we are, sorry to report has neen unaer the care of the doctor ever since. We trust that he will soon be able to be out Mr. A. M. yestal goes to Wade to day to open a 10 daya' school In vocal music. '. ? , , - 1 Mra. Albert Wade and children left ou oaturuay ror a two weeks' visit to ner mother near Slier CJtr. Mr. . Smith, of Parkton. filled Rev J. D. Pegram'a appointment at Sandy Grove In the morning and at Cumber land at nlgbt on last Sunday. " ' HOPE Mil I ft news '- " Rope Mills. N. O Sent c Lvi... Ethel and Peart Bynum visited Lum- ircriun mst week. . -ii on Aakln. ot Fayette- Tiniieu relatives here last week. 'Mra. John Fowler nf wnmin N. C, Is visiting relatives here this The Hope Mills graded school and high schoo's will open on next Mnnt morning, and It Is hoped a large num. r wui u present. - lReJl McLd will preach in the Presbyterian church on next Sun day at 7:80 p. m. The regular morning and evening services will be conducted in Christ vuuroa on next tsundav hv tha .on. D u rt rv. Z.' ' """ .w. j. uuueuo. - .... . v . - . Rev. J. D. Pegram will preach on ounuay at Marvin, 11 a, m. Cot ton b:3o p. m. and Hope Mills 7.20 Mrs. Belle Carter and Misi Maggie, who have been visitW iciouicb 111 V JiminirTflTi rniwrnA iiome last week. v .... , . Mr. Plat Deaver,"of Chester. S. C . V VUI UV4 Sin mi,. W,th hl' to Hope ma luiuier nome... wa Hnm. this excellent family to our mtdst Mr. M. A. McLean last week brought iubimh. some oi the largest swe? puiames oi tnis year's growth the writer has seen.- He has been selling """ fi per uusnei. On laat week while lh fumii. "",,u ooge, or uotton, was on visit m ureensooro, their little In ini uaugnter was taken suddenly sick and before the family could re- mm nome, tne little child died. The remains were broucht hnm Cot,,.- uy ana interment was made In Big .Mn.au.u ucuiriorjr DUDOBy, i j - , A pretty marriage took place in Ros lln Thursday evening whan vt, t...i Thames, a well known and . popular " " nope nine Mercantile Co was married to Mis Bertha Brown the charming daughter of Mr. C W orown, of this nlace. John n amifk irenunneu tne ceremony In the pres - - VUMkU ouuw ui s lew ciose friends ot the young couple.- Mr.; Thames and bis bride have the best wishes nf h.t ui inenas lor a happy and prosperous u"j wsvluer, ,. . ...... ev. r. t. Britt preached In the oapiisi cnurcn nere last Sunday and four- members -were added tn - ih. church by baptism, Last week Mr. Britt assisted In a very successful re vival meeting at Mt Lbam. Next week be will conduct a revival meeting at oiugicutrjs uross Koaos. Mr. Britt will serve Mt Gllead. ITnlnn oi. juv. risgau uapusi churches as uasior ror tne ensuing year, Purina Iha ,nmlnM ........ L. ,,, ., i , m ---- " uo win uve on his farm near Lumberton to which place I8mly last week. COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF VALU note rAHMlNQ LANn -. By virtue of a decrm nf ih. .... rior court of Cumberland nmi ntw February term, 1909, in a cause tbere- ycuuwg eniuiea uaniei Jackson et a!, versus Margaret Smith et at, re corded In the minutes of said court on page 102, the understated anrin- commissloner will sell the following described land to the highest bidder gLnn "K Rt "take' one o' th late N. li. Smith's corners, thanr mi. West about 35 chains to a ..w. - the Pope branch; thence down said 'iov cnams to a maple In said branch; thence 8outh ft fo.i e chains to a stake; thence direct to the beginning, containing- r,n ru or less. ' Time of sale: 12 n'cWit u day, October 8, 1910. ' plce of sale: Courthouse door In Fayettevllle. - i, ., " This 2nd day of September, lio -" -"" C. CLIFFORD, ; Surviving Commissioner, n i- it . - v - fit, .... " 9 i ' .".i . "1 ' . .' ... . Magistrate Sir Albert De Rutxen, of London, In, whose court Dr. H. it. Crippen, accused of murdering his wife Belle Elmore, and his former ty pist, Ethel Clare Leneve, accused of being an accessory, were arraigned re cently immediately following their ar rival In London from Canada.. The STATEMENT FOURTH NATIONAL BANK, AT THE CLOSE OF BU Resources. . Loans and bonds .,,...$ Building and fixtures 878,037.06 26,000.00 Other real estate ...... 6,600.00 Demand loans.. 1129,901.71 ri-- Cash , and due . . - ;-:-r 1 from banks.. 182,159.72 312,061.43 " r 11,221,698.49 Deposlts September 1 1910 .. DeposIU September 1,' 1909 .. Gain , - , JNO. O. ELLINGTON, MM SupplSes . .'di- Experience: - ' Experience ' In Our many years of business in . Fayetteville, we have been ry - consUntly adding ew Departmenta, in order to luccesafully . . maintain out rteadily growins; business. - . : . Facilities : :by ''ffyrrt-'' ' In the way of inoming mail and out-bound freights, wt are unexcelled by any btber City in the State. Vl Results s ''ii L : r: . Out MILL SUPPLY DiEPAKTMENT i'hom'"wa' plrte. and we are in aa good shape to supply yotffwauts in - ; this line as any house in this territory. ' ' . ' ' You may mail us an order in the morning with the aaaurance " that it will have prompt attention, shipped the same day as .received, and billed at the lowest possible price. 1 - " We carry ONLY STANDARD GOODS-Wo. So. :. '? el'Z",' 1,it0,, Cross-Cut uyiH cuiieya, ntc , Our stock of Post and Droo Hanirers. Ratm Ch.A.-.. - ' " . lings, Pipe and Fittings, is complete. - WE APPRECIATE YOUR Huslc Hardware House. SCHOOL BOOKS! AND ALL SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT; Ttie New Book Store Company, - - Opposite Post Office, Fayetteville, N. C. BUGGIES J. A.KINGSURRIES Tha Mult Millinery HARNESS SADDLES 'ROBES '"n-lOIIMp.itf WITIpr, . FAYETTEVILLE, N, C Wl1"0 XT A r rT mlne and net VV ALrUiNiS or f't n. your CARTS magistrate has the reputation of be ing a very atern but at the aame time very Just man, and it Is anticipated that short work will be made ot the case before him the accused either being pressed hard to conviction or promptly cleared if there Is Insuffi cient evidence to hold them. OF CONDITION. 8INE83, SEPT. 1, 1910. J Liabilities Capital (paid in) ,. .. Surplua and proflta . Circulation,"- Deposits,. .... Due banks I V. 8. bond account . . BlUs payable .. 200,000.00 33,674.49 100,000.00 70132.27 91.f91.73 65,000.00 40,000.00 IU21.598.49 .$701,332.27 ... 602,424 96 ' ..$ 98,907.31 Vice-President and Cashier. Results. . Saw. and Files, American - , ', ' , INQUIRIES AND ORDERS.. I
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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