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)BSEUVER. TEVILLK, N. C. IAY, NOV. 16. 1910. 41IOT. ., BmIicm Mm My tailor. igcr. M."ltl BT THI I.I D1IUHI COMPANY : Hill, HW1DIHT. iew of mr. dixon's ST PLAY. k .'.ore us two comment! Dixon's latest play md and which we com ;ly. They are both ex Igh order of writing, as al poise, as distinguish srla. The Chronicle's the play Is "crude and e fit (or the edification loys than (or that of an ltured people," Is a pre o( the (act. If such a may add by way of sup- maner of conducting campaign which closed to be taken as expres atus in civilization, then land other agencies of are of 'less value than ascribing to them, te Observer says: of the Father" went npaign of criticism In terday, succeeding its by the author, Tom ay. matinee and night, heatre. Wherever two i gathered together it cussioa. It was talked lea, oa the streets, in the yclubs and in the ureXnd refinement It ifls not hard to under place, it is preemin )lay and his productions i on perpetuity. They footlights and are gone They impress, but not is that gets down into ;s of a soul and upsets or changes the de;"lny y are a sort of the re- reaching. They create oduce immediate re gion, of enthusiastic ap n drift into nothingness i into worse than that me gets away from a drama, the more evan nes and the more tem lence of its tragic utter- of His Success. e need be said of the man that wrote "The Father." Nobody that lg at all will question : that Tom Dixon Is reatures of whom much ted. He is a ten-talent eneratlon, possessing a jrsona'ity few can com ! is a fanatic. The still is never been heard by lost geniuses, he gets is head and drives it to oing is good, takes np ind repeats the process, f the characteristics of cumulative. One Idea , but retains something theory that started all thouz'nt Dixon Is un- from his mind the ne nd all of his works are problem which cannot r solved satisfactorily ' the tragic lines of the "The Clansman" he and vigor of his whole his who'e soul. It was a moment, but is now ards to the stage ceme- Deceptive Light. f the Father" la slmt e. It is nothing but a master Intellect It Is :klng In its conception 0 need for Its intended 1 part of the country, narriage is not even re. The ordinary strata ink from the possible h a custom. But Tom 'iven into its lines his n, even touching with i pathos and power at that is hideous in it 1 shocking in presenta re it produced a sensa 1 women left the bulld- itlons quivering, some play with the foremost and others according h praise as it is his due to concoct such a line uto dellcate'.y treated n cried at Its tragedies ars, too, moved by a nee of pity for the apt Into the debris of plot It waa Dixon's us at which they cried. It was unbearable all : was his talent for an audience at which not the immediate mee i brought It was im- Vill Soon Cease. y day from "The 81ns " one will soon forget personality will not n the minds and hearts saw it Many who play yesterday gave It ocks. Not to be won i, if the man himself the main account ray feeling aa though lomebody had told me ad unheard-of story," nan, "and my emotions to pieces. It was as if jeetaele had been laid In all 1U awfulness ebody came to wake ill me k wasn't so, it it a dream. The father have killed themselves they started to do. I It better, . My Idea of tlce would have . been bed. What's the use in such tragic style and ng story and then close scenes by declaring 'It stake, and waa based resumption?", , ., -bile won d not have louble destruction of on," said a listener, be no other way to except that used by tae dy would have come at mil If both had kill It would have ' been ragle to cap a tragedy with an open scene of ly for tre Present as picked to pieces! i eed w"N if Others s long in memory as story itself is not one emembranee, but the r style of handling the e author displayed will la the memory of many and the same folks would not ear to see it again. The moat of those who witnessed It will accede to the opinion that Its chief dtaUnctlon and Its chief claim to greatness as a dramatlo pro duction lies In its ability to produce profound Immediate Impression. That may be all that the author expects of It He Is Ingenious enough to get an other that will be aa much of a finan cial success for a career so short as "The Clansman" In its balmier days or aa "The Sine of the Father" In Its Infantile stages. But the (rowing wonder is that Tom Dixon with all of hla undisputed mentality, with all of his originality and uniqueness of style, does not evolve a drama that will actually take a place among the more stupendous productions of the era, get away from hla old, worn out. fraxxly themes and frame up a play that will be a composite representa tion of the great things he thinks, the powerful emotions which surge through his soul, and the magnetic fire and enthusiaam of hla personality. Says the Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. Dixon's Play. Reverend Tom Dixon's play having come to Charlotte and Charlotte hav ing thrown the expected fit over It, The Chronicle might be privileged to state Its mind, which la to the effect that the sort of play Mr. Dixon Is ex plotting belongs to a dead and burled past. If it belongs anywhere. There le no moral to It The conditions are only suggestive of what' might have been. They do not exist for the fath ers and aona of the present generation. There la no touch of rennement in the whole of It It is crude and unnatur al, more fit for the edification of the stable boys than for that of an audi ence of cultured people. Instead of teaching a lesson to the young men of the present day. It is more likely to give them a suggestion and the sug gestion Is not of a wholesome sort, albelLan Impossible one now. The play serves one purpose, however, very welfV It advertises the ta'.ents and geniut of Mr. Dixon for he is talented and a genius and a pyrotech nical light ttn the literary and dra matte field. AU will agree with us In according this praise to Mr. Dixon, but not all would join ua were we to com mend the staging 'pf such play a aa "The Sins of the Father." HOW MR. CLEVELAND. WRECKED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN 1893, USING PATRONAGE TO PURCHASE THE VOTE8 OKVEN- AL SENATORS AND REPRESnJ I A 1 1 V fco. We have had occasion, once or twice, to relate an incident in the life of the great Vance, Illustrating his almost marvelous political intuition, hla all embracing knowledge of public men, and his sturdy adherence to principle. The morning after Mr. Cleveland'a in auguration in 1893, Vance was taking the writer up to the capitol In his car riage. As the vehicle swung around Into the avenue where the State, Army and Navy building faces the Northwest corner of the White House grounds, Vance suddenly clutched his compan ion's knee and, pointing to the White House, said, "That man is going to break up the Democratic party!" "Howr said his guest "Ah," he r plied, "that 13 the trouble. If we meaning the old-time Democratic leaders only knew, we might take ateps to prevent his act; but he is not a Democrat, and is bound to do some thing that will set us au by the ears." The prophecy was soon fulfilled. The expected extra session was called; but, instead of being called to carr out the pledge of the Democratic plat form to revise the tariff and bring it to a revenue basis, Mr. Cleveland call ed it to consider the silver question a firebrand snatched from the embers that bad been covered by the compro mlse recorded in the platform. He used without hesitation the power of his great office to buy Senators and Representatives who had given their solemn pledge to their constituents to use. their delegated powers in the opposite direction. First one and then another of the venal senators yielded, until finally he had 20 of the 39 Dem ocrats on his side, Vance leading the unboaght 1. When the President at tempted, a year afterward, to take up the tariff question (the paramount is sue of the platform which had swept the Democrats into control of the Presidency and the Senate and the House), he found only a mob of un horsed statesmen to deal with angry or humiliated men who were incapable of any coherent action. The "perfidy and dishonor" Wilson-Gorman bill be came a law, and the Democratic party went to pieces. For the first time, in all these years, the Democratic party has pulled itself together. In the campaign Just closed, on the tariff issue again. The result has been the Democratic "landslide," recorded in Wednesday's paper a landslide showing increases In the Democratic majorities, or votes, in many 8tates, of 100, and even a great er per cent; everywhere, in fact, ex cept In those local ties where Interest ed parties, sometimes beneficiaries of that fatal patronage In 1893, hart made campaigns out of harmony with the general movement ' :""" We have been publishing, apropos of the late campaign, a number of highly entertaining and valuable articles on "Congressional campaigns," which Mr. F. 3. Haskln has been contributing to the Atlanta Journal; and we append to-day hla account of Mr. Cleveland's faux pas In 1893, which inspired our reminiscenses in the outset of this article. The history given .by Mr. Haskin of the political tragedy of that period lr one that should be studied now, by all who wish for the good of the Democratic party, and who, armed with the knowledge thus acquired, will be better prepared to select the agents whom they will entrust with their in terests In the coming battle of Kit. Here la Mr. Haskln's article: The Landslide of 1894. The Democratic party assumed com plete power in everr branch of the federal government oa March 4. 1893, for the first time since the disruption of the union by sectional ' war. For practically 20 years neither party had been In complete control, with the ex ception of the first two years of the Harrison administration, and then that control was so used or abused as to provoke a national revoO. which tam ed the Republicans out and the Demo crats In. The campaign of 1891 had been fought on the tariff Issue, and the country believed and the Democrats admitted that they came into office pledged to effect sweeping reductions to the prevailing rates of duties im posed by the McKlnley act There waa, aa there always has been and probably always will be, a protection ist element In the Democratic party which had resolved not to permit any too radical r vision of the protection ist system. But, aa yet, th.s element had not made itself known to the pub lic . When Mr. Cleveland took the oalB of office for the second time he found the country in a most serious condi tion. There was aa unprecedented stringency of the currency, gold was going out of the country rapidly, and the gold reserve of the treasury waa threatened by the dally drain caused by the necessity of maintaining the parity of silver, and because of the le gal requirement tor the Immediate re issue of redeemed greenbacks. The outgoing administration had feared that It would be necessary to Issue bonds to recoup the gold reserve of the treasury. Preparations had pro ceeded so far that, plates for printing the bonds were made. The Harrison administration managed by one way and another to postpone the evil day. The Cleveland administration had to face the situation. Bonds were Issued. The credit of the government was maintained. Men differed then, and they do now, aa to the wisdom of Mr. Cleveland's methods of selling these bonds, but everybody admits the neces sity for their issuance. , Mr. Cleveland was elected as a low tariff Democrat . He knew his party was divided in sentiment on the money question. His party knew that he was an advocate of the gold stand ard, yet the free silver Democrats be lieved that he wound be bound by the compact of the party platform, that he would make the revision of the tar iff the chief work of his administra tion, that he would permu the com promise on the money question to be extended for another four years, and that he would not of his own motion deliberately embroil the country and the party by taking a positive position on the money question in opposition to the majority of bis own party. It is probable that if the condition of the country had not been so serious Mr. Cleveland would not have taken such summary action. But when the time came and he waa convinced that ac- Njon was necessary, be was faithful to I hit-own convictions and he utterly dis regarded every consideration of part) unity anaVinterest He called an extraordinary session ot congress for the specific purpose f repealing the purchasing clause o he Sherman silver compromise, the last effort made to patch up the differ ences between the silver and gold ad vocates. The great panic of 1893 had burst upon the country, banks were breaking, factories were closing, mort gages were being foreclosed, men were rat of work, women and children were starving, and all the people demanded hat something must be done. Every body agreed that the financial system needed revision. Approximately half f the people said "coin more silver.'' he other half were equally certain iat the thing to do was to stop coin .ag even the silver that was being o!ned. Mr. Cleveland, who came into ffice in March, waa very, very slow deed in the business of "turning the ascals out" The Democratic "pa triots" were hungry for pie, but the president was unwilling to part with lis greatest power until he had achlev d the work he had la mind. The pecial session of congress met on lugust 7. Both parties were divided on the noney question.' The division was on 'ectionai rather than partisan lines the west for the most part supporting the free silver propaganda, and the ;ast inclined to favor the gold stand ard. The great majority of member; 3t congress from all sections of the country were unwilling to commit themselves further than to avow a firm faith in a more or less hasy doc trine of bimetallism. Chief among the gold standard men were such Demo crata as Speaker Crisp and Represen tative Wilson, of West Virginia, while prominent vnong the silverites and bimetallism were William McKlnley and Joseph Cannon, The president's message was receiv ed by congress with mixed feelings. The Democrats, even the gold Demo crats, were resentful of this act which threatened. Irreparable' party disrup tion, as soon as the clerk of the sen ate completed reading the special mes sage, senator Hale, the Republican eader, supported by Senator Lodge, rushed to the front as advocates of the president's policy. Senator Gor man, the Democratic and administra tion leader, chlded them for their seal. but it was apparent from the first that the great victory which the Demo crats had gained In 1890 -and in 1892 was but dead sea fruit Mr. Cleve land s special message of August1893 cut the Dembocratlc party in twain ana It has not since been reunited. ) The bill for the repeal of the pur- cnasing clause of the Sherman act was passed by the house by a vote of 240 to 110. The Democrats gave 131 and the Republicans 101 of the afflrnv stive votes. In the negative there were i Democrats, 22 Republicans and U Populists. The majority of the Dem ocrats who voted for the repeal did it against their wlL loey were under the compulsion of the "big stick" in the White House and in the speaker's chair at Washington, and the demand of - the - pie-hungry - constituents - at home. , Cleveland and Crisp let It be known that patronage and committee appointments would go only to those who supported the administration measure. Otherwise the repeal never would have passed tn that congress, ""'.., . .,-... ' V '. ! In the senate the president's power was not so great and be was able to control but hah of hit party follow ing. The repeal bill passed the senate by a vote of 43 to 32. Of the 43 afh native votes, 23 were cast by Repub licans' and 20 Democrats, while- there were 19 Democrats. 10 Reoublicans and 3 Populists In the negative. Par ty lines were destroyed absolutely. When the final vote was taken In the bouse on concurrence in the slight amendment made by the senate, an at tempt was made to filibuster against the bllL This filibuster was led by William Jennings Bryan, who had the support of 76 Democrats and S Repub licans, one ot inem Mine josenn. a. Cannon. ', When the wxtra session adionrned the Democratic party was no longer a compact organization. There were two Democratic parties, one Cleve land, the other anti-Cleveland. And, as yet, nothing had been done toward re deeming the promises made in the campaign with respect to the revision of the tariff. , -Chatrmas Wilson, of the ways and means committee of the house, report ed his bill on January 8, 1894. several months after the end of the panle for wnicn the Wilson bill frequently held responsible. The party was torn asunder By the silver question and there waa small disposition to get to gether on the tariff. As the bill pass ed the house oa February 1. It provid ed tor substantial reduction of tariff duties, and Included an income tax feature. It went to the senate, and there was amended beyond all pre cedent, and so changed that It bore small resemblance to the original measure. In spit of the radical amendments by the senate, however, it represented a considerable reduction from the schedules of the McKlnley act The great fight earn over the subject of free raw materials, and In the end the house had to surrender to the senate. Senator Gorman had much to do with the course of the bill In the senate, and as finally naeaed on August 15. the measure was known aa the Wilson-Gorman bllL - Four years before the McKlnley bill was paased only a month before the election. The Wilson bill was paased leas than two months before the elec tion. The McKlnley bill was repudiated at the polls before the country had an opportunity to test It The Wilson- Gorman bill met a similar fate. The November elections In 1894 resulted In a veritable Republican landslide which wiped out the Democratic ma jority In both senate and house and gave the Republicans control of both bodies. In the new house there were 248 Republicans,. 104 Democrats and 7 Populists. Tet the tariff question entered but little Into the campaign of 1894. The Wilson-Gorman bill was not a fair re demption of the party platform prom ises and Mr. Cleveland refused to sign it, permitting it to become a law with out his signature, 'characterising the action of prominent Democratic sena tors as party perfidy and dishonor.' But the country was no longer Inter ested In the tariff question. The money problem was the chief Issue. Throughout the south and west the mass of the Democrats were silver men, they were opposed to the policy of the administration, and they were particularly wrathful against those representatives and senators who had bowed to thAadmlntstratlon wlU In the hope of reward at the pie counter, These Democrats for the most part did not go so far aa to vote against their party candidates, but they retired many old members in the nominating conventions and primaries, and on the election day hundreds of thousands of Democrats "went a-fishlng." The Demo cratic defeat was absolute, and since March 3, 1895, the Democratic party never has bad control of any branch ol the federal government IGNORANCE OF THE TARIFF. - Very few persona have had the time or occasion to look beneath the 'sur face of the tariff question. An esteem ed contemporary says: "Believing in a tariff for revenue only, the democrata could not '' do much in the way of reforming the tariff if they should come into power until they had brought about reform In the expenditures of the departments i the government The writer evidently believes tha; lowering the tariff rates would de crease the revenue. Lowering theW iff rates, up to the point of equilibrium, would increase the revenue by inviting larger importations. Beyond the point of equilibrium, reduction of the rates would reduce the revenue. There are hundreds of specialists In the customs service who can figure out, before you can wink, the maximum revenue pro ducing rate on any article of importa tion; or mark the ascending scale of duties until the vanishing point of revenue is reached, vis: in complete protection of the American product and consequent exclusion of the for eign product IGNORANCE OF HISTORY. The ignorance of history by per ms who ought to know Is appalling. Says the .Columbia State: Charleston Was the mother of Democracy." UVI IhA PhirLtnn News and Cmirtar nmhkhl, nnt moan ing the statement seriously. - The his torical truin is mat Charleston waa anything else. For about one hun dred years Charleston has been staunchly Democratic but in the birth years of American Democracy Char leston was Intensely Federalists in sentiment that Is to say,' most of Its leading citizens were Federalists and m uuioaif alliance witn tne red' trallata nf Naar Rnvlanil . : Th m,. leston "Courier," the elder half of The News and Courier, waa (bunded as a Federalist organ to oppose the grow ing political doctrines of Jefferson. Charleston Is one of the finest cities on earth -but to say that Charleston "is the mother of Democracy" even In Jest is to taunt the statesmanship Of Charles ' Cotaaworth Plnrknav Thomas Pinckney and most of the eminent cnarlestonlans of the first 15 years or- American national jUf e. The Lancashire English used to say that the Southern Democracy, led by the Charles torJians, had mad a bar gain with Boston and New England to the effect that New England should have protection tat return for the perpetuation of slavery in the Sooth. That was before Lancashire bad real ized, as now, that her exclusion from the American market' was more than compensated for by the surrender to her of the market of the rest of the world which protection 1 in America had caused. But the existence of the old time Federalism which controlled Charleston, si described by our Co lumbla contemporary,! fits, tat with the Lancashire Ueory. -i , , AMERICAN PROGRESS DUE- TO IN TERSTATE FREE TRADE. ' Ws, bars often caned .attention to the circumstance that Southern man ufacturing has increased by leaps and bounds, until- in some departments Its output almost equals New Eng. land's, notwithstanding there has been no "protection" against "New England, our nearest competitor. Free trade between the States tm. been'! beneficial therefore, and free trade with aU the world would be beneficial If our revenue needs per mitted such a blessing.. I " ,",., ( Col Hillary A, Herbert' formerlr., Democratic member of Congress from Alabama and Secretary of the Nav in Mr. Cleveland's second administra tion, evidently lakes the Sams' view ' which, indeed, Is simply the regular and Immemorial Democratic view, He Is reported by a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun aa saying: "I think this great Democratic vic tory has unusual significance. It means, first and chiefly, tariff reform. The tariff has been the great question with us, and the people are Just awakening to Its Importance In the dally Ute of every family. "The Republicans heretofore have been able to cheat a majority of the people of this country Into the be lief that we are more prosperous than any other people because of our tar iff that restricts trade. The real rea son why we are economically In the forefront of nations is that we have bad free trade among all our people and have been able to utilise among ourselves -our- unparalleled -resources. When we had only 13 8tates It was a vast area, aa nations then stood with in which we had this free trade. That haa extended south and west until we occupy the better portion of the North American Continent , . Free Trade Over Immense Area. "We have more national wealth In our agricultural lands, mines, forests, waterfalls;" great rivers and extended seacoaata, facilitating trade than any other nation. The most enterprising and ambitious of all the peoples of Europe have come to ua These, with our original population pf British; stock, under our free institutions, and utilizing 'an our natural resources, are the most enterprising In the world. "Such people .with such resources, free to trade with each other and en joy the fruits of their own Industry, are naturally the most prosperous in the world, and fortunately no tax can be laid on our exports. THE INTERESTS OF THE S088, NOT TH08E OF THE PEOPLE, ARE SERVED , BY "MUD-SLING-ING" CAMPAIGNS. When a Political Boss has a vulner able record, his only recourse Is to muddy the waters and thereby divert attention from his own shortcomings. In this connection the Charlotte Chronicle says: "The Chronicle's rejoinder to The High Point Enterprise prophecy as to the coming of the clean campaign, has stirred up quite a discussion. Taking the campaign as conducted by Dr. Woodrow Wilson, The Enterprise, re turning to the subject, thinks it sees therein "a revival of the old-time wrestle of the free mind which was wont to stir the Intellectual passions of tho multitudes." "With the great body of American speakers," says The Enterprise, "there has been sad, decadence of logical Joint debates since the days of Douglas and Lincoln. This has been largely due to the rapid rise and growth of machine politics. and the use of money in campaigns. The great era In American politics when breathless crowds of eager lis teners hung upon the words of these two men In Joint debate, Is fast be coming but a shadow and a historical memory. Let the time be revived when we will, no longer continue to perpetuate a government by political bosss and machine politics. Then we will eee -less ' of the denunciatory metnods In campaigns." The Statesville Landmark discusses the proposition from the standpoint or tne newspaper. It presumes riaht- iy that The Chronicle will agree with it in this: That the newspapers, with very few notable exceptions, have ceased to make fools of themselves in campaign years. "They are parti ans enough," says The Landmark. "but they are, speaking generally, more canaia, more fair and less given to reckless statement; more earnest m me euun w give me news witnout partisan bias. In short, they try to oe newspapers during a campaign as ell as other times. Any other course cor a newspaper that pretends to be a newspaper is unworthy the school of journalism, nut there are yet some of prominence In this State, of both par ties, mat seem to exist for campaign purposes only." That is the case fair ly stated. The Landmark gets the ngni view on tne future when it savs "The public ia fast learning and fast appreciating the newspapers that are newspapers, and by and by these will so educate tne people that the -cam paign orator will have to change1 his tune." We are only afraid that this time Is not so -close at hand aa the brethren hope for. of abusive epithets and course lan guage for argument addressed to ho issue which are to be subjects of leg islationa practice which hat pre vailed to such an extent In certain parte of our country. We should de spair of ui republic It we thought otherwise. A FIT MAN FOR PRESIDENT. The Philadelphia Public Ledger speaks of Woodrow Wilson and his wonderful victory In New Jersey as follows; "Woodrow Wilson sonears to ham discovered, and applied to his uses in tne wew Jersey campaign, a new and unproved method of campaigning. -If it were generally established the tone of public life would be lmoroved. and own candidates ana electorate would bo dignified. - -. r 'His method Is one of unfallinr wuneay ana immovable good humor. It was wholly devoid of irascibility and egotism. It Was based on his general proposition' laid down- at the beginning of the canvass, that he would avoid senseless abuse of tnn or Institutions, but rather snak th evils where they existed and find the. rcuvuy mat mignc most emcsciousiy be applied,. , "Throughout the camoalrn ha was natural direct and convincing . h. cause he was evidently sincere. 5 Ha never- stooped to base Insinuations, and he never attacked his opponents In an unworthy manner. At the end of tho campaign he could, without shame, look any man of the opposition In the eye and shake him by the band. "Having maintained these mniv decent personal relations with ail men, he could give his attention to the Is sues at stake. This ho did with so much success that the people of New Jersey-have thought more of imborfc ant things than they have done since tne emi .war,, and ther -also know more about tbenw-' - -" " ; From these premises H Is nerhan safe to draw the conclusion that the war to lift up politics Is to secure the services of the men who ars canabia of giving a lift" No doubt we shall see the rlngsters and bosses lined up against this scholar hi politics;" but decent peo ple everywherelwould -bo glad to see' such a man at.the head of affairs a man of ability sufficient to win the masses by argument devoted to the great issues of the day, and of char acter sufficient to restrain hint from seeking a dogfall by "slinging" the first "mud" at his adversary. -' iy; Ths results of tho late' elec tion Indicate ths feeling of the peo ple In respect, to such matters. Where grave issues have been discussed by men of high character, there the Dem ocracy has won its greatest victories. We do not believe ths voters of America approve of the substitution THE CORRECT VIEW. , u.; .. For some reason, not quits appar ent yet, there Is a disposition among a portion of the Democratic press to ascribe the Democratic "landslide" to a revolt against Roosevelt, Very like ly the Idea is Inspired by protection "Democrats", who seek to minimise the effect of the Republican tariff as the Issue In the election, Jhe Colum bia State properly covers -ths case in the following article;. .' Taft Mors Than Roosevelt i "The chief cause of the overthrow of the Republican party was Roose velt" If that opinion ot the Rich mond Times-Dispatch li rooted In wis dom, then tne disaffected Republicans, having, wiih the aid of the Democrats, disposed of Mr. Roosevelt,, wilt return to their party and little or nothing Is lett In the results of laat Tuesday's elections to base a hope of Democratic victory upon In 1913. -. la the infatuation ot Tho Tlmes-Dls patch such that It can not discern that Mr. 'lait bad something to do with the Republican disaster? Mr. -Tait fav ored "revision downward;' Mr. Taft was dispieased with the Aldrlch-Payne bill while it was under discussion; Mr. Taft signed the bttl; Mr. Taft later praised It when It had become a law and virtually set the seal of his ap probation on the work of Aldrlch and Cannon. To Ignore the agency of Mr, Taft In bringing about last Tuesday's results Is to deny that the tariff waa an Issue in the campaign and to say that the prevailing restiveness among the people of modern means about, the Increased cost of living was not a con tributing cause. Had the Republican Congress re formed the tariff laws, witnout evasion and, with sincerity, It is not at a.l probable that the party would have Buffered so terribly last Tuesday. Had Mr. Taft, consistently with his ante election pledges, denounced the Aldrlch-Payne law, his defeat (tor his defeat It was) In Ohio would have not have been so overwhelming. The Times-Dispatch will observe that the Democratic majority la fargreater In the rock-ribbed and steel-plated Re publican State of Ohio than In the of ten Democratic State ot New York where Mr. Roosevelt dwells greater actually and far greater In proportion to voting strength. The people of the United States are not likely to be profoundly stirred to defeat any Individual. It is more than we care to concede the Colonel to say that this Republic had been thrown Into a condition of hysteria by his per formances. The Colonel's antics dis gusted many and incensed some in New York and they injured Republi can chances elsewhere, but the great cause of Republican defeat lay deep erIt lay deep In the minds of the Maine men and it moved men In all the States. The American voter Is after the Re publican, policies now operative. They are what he hates because they are what hurts him and Mr; Taft em bodies them and stands for them and boasts of them. He likes Mr. Taft for his genial personality hut he knows that Mr. Taft being the Re publican President, is the man who puts the woolen blanket beyond hla reach and the American voter's "In stinct for the Jugular" is not always torpid. The Colonel might have re mained in East Africa to chase hartje beests, and yet the resolution of she American voter to check the tariff steal would have made Itself felt That the Colonel made a show of himself at a time when It was con venient for the American voter to kick him downstairs is true enough but the American voter expects to elect a Democrat President in 1912 regard- less ot the ups and downs of the blus terer of Oyster Bay. The Times-Dispatch's opinion leans to an implication that the people will reelect Mr. Taft in 1912, the disturber having been re moved. . , : PREMIUMS AWARDED AT THE FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL FAIR OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL 80CIETY. Best Bared Plymouth Rocks, Mrs. C. D. Averett Second best Mlnorcaa, Mrs. R. E- Anderson Best pone corn bread, Mrs. 8. O. Ayer ... Best pickles, Mrs. 8. 0. Ayer. Best white fruit cake, Mrs. S. Ayer Best layer chocolate cake. Mrs. S.G. Ayer ... Best cocoanut cake, Mrs. 8. a. Ayer ... ... ... .., ... Best Molasses- cake, Mrs. S. G. Ayer Best ginger cake, Mrs. 8. G. Ayer . ... Best laundry soap, Mrs. S. G. Ayer v.. ... , ... . Best Jersey Bull, T. R. Bui- iara Best O. L C. sow and nlcs. R .H. Bennett Fourth best seed corn, R. H. Bennett.., ... ... .w ... , Fourth best seed corn. F. Burkmaa ... ... ... :.j Best-sweet potatoes, F. Burk- Best colored embroidery, Mrs. W; E, Brothers ... ... , Beet center piece, Mrs. W. E. Brothers . , . ... .. i-, ; Best rag carpet,' Mra W. F, Blount.,, .,u v.. . .. , Second best display cut flow ers, A. S. Cain .,' ,U: ... , Best doughnuts, Mrs. J. H. rs.t , . ... Best display ' china' painting' ' Mrr. j H,Currie ...!;, m Best embroidery, Miss Estella ' Thompson Best water color copy, .Miss Nellie Anderson . . . , i e Best Seed corn. J. D. Rnuiitii . a nn Largest hog, John L. Dunn.....! ibo ow oany saci, hiss Florence ' Duncan ... ... ....... ... tan Best baby shawl. Miss Flor ence Duncan ioo Best shirt Mrs. A. E, Dixon , ,vv 1.00 Best darned; stocking, Mrs. A u - a. Dixon;,--; ; J j, 1.00 neei ibcs oany cap, Mrs. Wads - Davis ... ... ,,, ... ..-.,,, i.oo Best pastel, Miss Roxie Dodd ,b. 1 00 Best display chrysanthemums, Miss Maggie Ellison ... ... ... i.oo Best crayon drawing,' Pauline v.- ,." -Martin .,. ... , ,, ,, ,gf Best seed corn, 0. F. Cade . . . . .lo.oo Best stelllon (coach), W. C. . v. ' Fields' ... ... im Best Jack. W. C. Fields " J So Best bale fodder, W. C. Fields.; i.oo Best pea vine hay, W. C. Fields,, 1.00 Boat bale peanut hay, W. C. " m,,, ... ,,.( t.irt 1M Second best crab grass hay. W. C. Fields ... ;., v.. .,., 1.00 Best Irish potatoes, W a -Fields. OA Best onions, W. C. Fields. i lioo .31.00 . 1.00 .1.00 ..2.60 .1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 4.(0 . 2.60 . 1.50 . 2.50 .aoo j.oo ,1.00 ; 2.oo .1.00 .1.00 Best tomatoes, W. C. Fields 1.00 Best artichokes, W. C. Fields . . . .1.00 Best squash. W. C, Fields ... ... 1.00 Best pumpkin, W. 0. Fields .. ..1.00 Best red pepper, W. 0. Fields ,...1.00 Second best display peas, W. . Fields, "... 10 Best peanuts, W. C. Fields . . . , 1.00 Beat lima beans, W. C. Fields . . 1.00 Best display of agricultural from one farm, W. 0. Fields.. 15.00 Best War Horse Qame chick ens ... - 10 Best Pekln ducks, W. C. Fields., 1.00 Best Toulous geese, W. C. Fields 1.00 Third best seed corn, W. C. Fields ... ... ....... 800 Best 8 bared Plymouth Rocks, t ' - T. M. Green ... 100 Best display roses, Mrs. W. M. Glover ... .'. 200 Best map ot U. 8., Qui McLau-1 rln ... ......... ... ... J.OO Best map ot North Csrellna, Miss Helen Morgan ... , 5.00 Best crab grass hay, G. Bf Honeycutt ... ... ... ... .... 100 Best goard, G. B. Honeycutt. . . . 1.00 Best unknown peas, G. B. Honeycutt ... ... 1.00 Best seed corn, G. B. Honey- cutt ... ... ... ..,.20.00 Best 8. C. Black Mlnorcaa, Albert Herring .. . ... ... .... 1.00 Best Black Cochin, Albert Her-; i ring ... ... 1.00 Best Silver Beabrlght, Archie L. Haywood ... 1.00 Best Belgian hares, W. J. Her ring ... 1.60 Best pickles, Mrs. A. S. Hall.,.. 1.00 Best hams, Mrs. K. J. Holmes . . 1.00 Best calico quilt, Mrs. F. H. Hobbs ... ... ... .... 1.00 Best veil case. Miss Nellie . HQlllngsworth 1.00 Best specimen writing, . Miss Nellie Holllngsworth ;.. 2.00 Best bureau scarf, Miss Bell . '. Jennings ...... 1.00 Best Roman embroidery, Miss Bell Jennings... ... ... ..... 1.00 Best ladles' klmona, Miss Mar guerite Jackson 1.00 Best seed corn, Edwin Owen ..19.00 Best goats, Guy Kefauver 2.00 Best specimen writing, Miss - Sarah E. Lightfoot 1.00 Best carpenter work, Panl El- . kins ... S.00 Second best seed corn, G. H. Tally ... 10.00 Best 3 white Wyandottes. B. J.Lilly . 1.00 Best display palms, J. M. Lamb. . 2.50 Best display potted plants, J. M. Lamb ... ... 2.60 Best loaf bread, Mrs. G. W. Lawrence ... ... ... ... 1.00 Best rolls, Mrs. Q. W. Lawrence. . 1.00 Best Jelly cake, Mrs. J. W. Lawrence...- ... 1.00 Best blackberry wine, Mrs. O.W.Lawrence... ... ... ... 1.00 Best grape wine, Mrs. G. W. t, Lawrence.:. ... 1.00 Best collection of herbs, Mrs. , G. W, Lawrence... ... ... ... 1.00 Best peach pie, Mrs. Q. W. Lawrence 1.00 Best vinegar, Mrs. 0. W. Law- - rence 1.00 Third best seed corn, Mr. G. W. Lawrence ... 6.00 Best bead work, Mrs. R. W. Lightfoot 1.00 Best baby dress, Mrs. R. W. Lightfoot 1.00 Best center piece, Mrs. R. W. Lightfoot , ... 1,00 Best painting, Mrs. R. . W. Lightfoot i.60 Best afgan, Mrs. R. W. Light toot ... .-1.00 Best crayon work. Mrs. R, W. Lightfoot.,, .r.'.'l.OO Best grade bull, ,Mr. W. H. ' Maples... ...... 6.00 Best Berkshire sow, Mr. D. L. McLaurln ..v ... ... . 2.50 Best watermelon, 0. A. Mc Donald... ... ..." ... ... ... 1.00 Best blue Andeluslan chic- ens, A. C. Monroe 1.00 Best Golden Spangled- Ham burg, A. C. Monroe... ...... 1.00 Best white Leghorns, W. T. Martin ... , ... ... i.oo Best display vegetables and fruit In tin cans, J. A. Nich olson.., . .. ..." 7.50 Best pickles, Mrs. H. Maxwell . . 1.50 Best lye hominy, Mrs. M. Max--well .-. ... .... 1.00 Best 3 bottles fruit acid, Mrs. ' M. Maxwell V. . ... ... 1.00 Best gallon sauer kraut, Mrs. M. Maxwell ' . . . ' v ...... . . . . 1.00 Best handkerchief, Miss Alma Nolley ... .. .... ... ...... 1.00 Best stalk cotton, W. H. Owen.. 1.00 Third best agricultural exhib it, all the products ot one farm, W. H. Owen. 6.00 Second beet seed corn, W. H. Owenl.. ... ".'..10.00 Best embroidery (shadow) Miss Kate D. McKethan . . . .' 1.00 Bear embroidery. Miss Kate ' D. McKethan ...... I.OO Best drawn work. Miss Julia Nolley... i.oo Best quilt Mrs. TJ. C. Myrover. . . . 1.00 Best display ferns, Mrs. W. H. Powell ... .... 1.50 Second ' best display potted plants. Mrs. W. H. Pown. vka Second best roses, Mrs. W.;H. Powell . . .... . . . i.oo Best cut flowers, Mrs. W. H. Powell... - '.. ion Best embroidered centerpiece, ! 1.00 1.00 1.60 1.00 1.00 1-00 1.00 6.00 I.OO 1.0C 1.0(1 l.Ot 1.01 2.5( t.OC 1.W . .10.01 1.0( Mrs. M. J. Pemberton ... Best patch on clothing, Mrs. j " H. Johnson ' Best water color, Miss Kate" McQueen , , , Best water color, still, Miss " Kate McQueen , . Bout crayon, Miss Kate Mc-" Queen... ... Btfut embroidery, Mrs, E. R " Richards... ... ... ,., Best fancy bag, Mrs. B. R. " Richards , ... ... Best Berkshire boar, 8, D. " Smith. , Best beaten biscuit, Miss Kate Button... ... ... Best shirtwaist Miss Kate " Sutton.. ... ... ... Best tatting, Mrs. Jane Sholar". Best pin cushion, Miss Ida Sutton ... ... ,i. Best purple top tournlp, W. " E. Turner... ... , Fourth premium teed corn, W. E. Turner,.. ;., ', Third premium seed corn, W. E. Turner.,. ... .. ,, Best black-eyed peas, Mrs. D. K, Taylor ....... ... ;.. ,,, Second most attractive dis play made by one person, Mrs. D. K. Taylor .. .. .. . Best risen biscuit, Mrs. D. K. Taylor ... V.: Best black fruit cake, Mrs. D. K. Taylor... ... ... ... ...i0 Best display fruits In glass, Mrs. D. K. Taylor Best honey In comb, Mrs. D. K. Taylor., ... ... ..... ... . Best honey, strained, Mrs. D. K. Taylor.. v ,.. . Best 6 pounds lard, Mrs. D. K. Taylor ... Best butter, Mrs. D. K. Taylor Best speckled peas, D. F. Tally Best display peas, D. F. Tally Second best seed corn, D. F. Tally... ... ...' i... Second best display chrysan themums, Mrs. J. W. Tom- linson.,. ... ... 2.5 Best yearling colt, D. K. Taylor. . 2.5 Best bale cotton, D. K. Taylor.. 10.0 Best tray cover, Miss Edner Thompson, ... ... ;.. i.n Best baby cap, Mrs. F. E. Smith 10 Best handkerchief, Mrs. B. A. Saunders... ., Best Columbian Wyandottes, J. C. Vann... ... Best 12 chrysanthemums, Mrs. J. C. Vann... Best baby 'dress, Mrs. Vardell . Best baby dress, Mrs. Vardell, Best table mats, Mrs. Charles Rankin... ... ... Best embroidery, Mrs. W. M. Walker ... ... ... ... ... Best sofa pillows, Mrs. H. G. Rltner ... ;.. .;. Best bed room slippers, Mrs. Mathasaieeby ... ,.. ... ... l.o Best 3 brooms, Miss 'Carrie Tlllinghast ... .. 18 Best sun flower, F. C. Yarboro. . l.e Best soy beans, F. C. Yarboro... l.f Best mllllet, F. C. Yarboro l.f Best seed corn, F. C. Yarboro ..20.C Best painting, Mrs. A. L. Or mand. ... Best pen and Ink drawing, Al fred Myrover Best loaf bread, Miss Leslie Jackson Best biscuit, Miss Leslie Jack- r.son Best sewing, Miss Annie E. Townsend... . Best crochet work, Misg Annie Ev Townsend ........ .... Best' dressed doll, Miss Annie E.' Townsend, .,, ........ Best kntlng, ,Mls Annie E. Townsend... "..';':'.".' .,',.'...,, . Best sewing (machine),' Miss Alice Ledbetter ... ......... Second best bale cotton, Jim OilHs.. . ... ... ... 5 Third premium on seed corn, Henry Owen 4 Third premium on seed corn, James Owen . . T ; ... 4 Second premium on seed corn, David Owen . 4 Second premium on seed corn, J. W. Tomllnson ,.i : 5. Second premium on seed corn, Love McLaurln .." Third premium on seed corn, J. D, Warren . . ; ... Third premium on seed corn. f E. K. Warren.;. ... Third premium on seed corn, George Owen... ..j ... , Second premium on seed corn, C, N. Honeycutt . . . . . . ; , . Third premium on seed corn, W. A. Cook.. The treasurer, Mr. Walter Watsoi Is prepared to pay the premiums i any time. ' The North Carolina Board of Agr eulture gives for the .Women's D partment of farm work: For the beet display of ar ticles for household, kitch en or pantry use, raised, cured, or made by the fam-. Ily under the direction of the lady head of the house (the exhibitor) First premium to Mrs D. K. Taylor... ... ... ,;. $25.0 Second premium to Mrs. 8. G. Ayer ..; ... 16.0 These nremluma will h mm dime frony the Board of Agriculture at Ra eigh, N. C. . .- T. J. PURDIB. President S. H. 8TRANGB, Secretan 7.5( 1.0( 1.01 1.01 l.Oi i.Oi 10.61 l.( l.( ..10.1 5.1 2.E Fourth National Bank , Fayettevllle, N, C. .. -' Capital - - -J $ L 200,000 '.- - Surplus - - - 30,000 ' .-.V;--A; ',". -:v V-V- '" Assets over . - l,250,ooo v t: We Solicit Your Account. THE EMPIRE LUMBER CO. ,;227 W.LLIAMIITMET, , ; FAYITTEVILU N, nave to oner a large lot. ins anfl German Siflinfi flft 4 ricei for qalck uiC Call and supply your wants 'atwVi T 0 Quite large assortment ot othrtock sd in the building trades to go at a" sacrifice. Comsthoad ana , - ,r , . . - . ... .. . . . -SHE CT-Sr FU'w rOSS CT.S K3'.t. ceiliDi Floor I-
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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