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mm ' ;' ' . ' ' ' .' '-" " - ', V,'-. . SHIPMAN & OSBORNE CO. (U Li-tLlLi t THE VIEWS OF A VETERAN. Editor W. T. R. Bell of the Ruther fordton Sun Says "GoSiowly." Tne Memorial exercises in Atlanta last week in honor of the late General Wheeler were in many respects notable It was the first occasion that we recall in which the United Confederate veter ans and the Grand Army of the Repub lic have met on a common platform and shared equal prominence on the pro gram. Gen. Carr and Corporal Tan ner, representing respectively the Blue and the Gray, acquitted themselves in perfect good taste. There is something about the spirit of fraternization among soldiers of opposing armies that is not easily explained. Men of differ ent race and blood will fight each other to the bitter end even to the verge of brutality and in an armistice of a few hours, if permitted, will go into friend ly exchange of jebt, and begin badinage and barter as children would trade play things with each other. It is a side of our nature which puzzles the philoso pher. One early m ining in the sum mer of 1864, Pickett's division was hold ing our lines in front of Chester station in Chesterfield county. The picket, lines were within a hundred yards of each other. From out a bit of wood ou our right came two deer, a buck and a doe. Out into the open they dashed between the two lines. As they came nearer to our line, the first shots were fired by our side and thb buck fell. "The doe whirled over towards the Yan kees, and in a moment a volley brought her down, - From either side meh step ped out fearlessly and secured their allotted share of venison. The lines were near enough to each other to per mit of friendly salutes; and for half an hour the unusual incident banished all thought of hostility. The joint honors paid Gen Wheeler's memory were such as could occur only perhaps in our own country. No good man could do other than rejoice at the spirit of fraternity that is making itself felt between the old soldiers of our Civil strife None but a fool or a frantic will at this late day by word or act emphasize the dif ferences that divided us. But after forty years or more, it is not safe to press fraternity too far. It is doubtful whether the National organization per fected in Atlanta with Gep. Carr as president or commander, will be safe from some untoward incident in future celebrations. The old four year, fel lows will hope that the Junior Re serves, into whose hands the keeping of the course is being- rapidly committed, will not let the enthusiasm of a good in tention run away with sober judgment. Time's molifying influence is healing .old wounds; but no alterative is suffi ciently powerful to take chronic dis orders out of the blood except by slow processes. The thing is not iair yet. Ou Yankee brother is a pensioner, and in the procession he walks side Dy side with the 'Johnny Reb' who pays year by year a larger federal pension tax, as poor as he used to be, than he is able to levy for the education of his chil dren. North Carolinas part of Fed eral pensions is more than twice as much as North Carolina appropriate- lor public education It is not possible to keep from recalling such things. Be sides, we are not yet accorded fairness Jo the histories. Before the writer, lies the April number of The Teachers' Magazine published by A. B. Barnes & Co. School, officers are requested to commend it to Southern teachers From a program prepared for Memorial day we copy thes t-xquisite lines: ,c 'O'er the Gray as o'er the Blue, Nature's bursting tears will flow, Blind, misguided, not untrue, Led as sheep to slaughter go. Pity! nor forbear the tear 8hed above so sad a bier. But the men who wore the blue Fought to make the nation great,' Etc., etc. n "'Blind, misguided' is good very goodl How ennobling and fraternizing! Gen. Carr and Corporal Tanner have our best wishes; but the National mil lennium has not yet come, and we ven Hire the suggestion that we better go slowly. AU smart up-to-date women of to-day, Know how to bake, wash, sing and to play; Without these talents a wife is N. G., Unless she takes Rocky Mountain Tea. Justus' Pharmacy. mm ISu eLtj us 1 SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS The News and Observer Offers Fine Material from which State Democratic Platform may be Constructed. As long as platforms are glitering gener al lies, can do little or nothing, and experi ence has shown the necessity of specific platform declarations to secure real pro gress or reform. A few years ago the rail roads sought to get a plank in the demo cratic platform declaring in effect that railroads ought not to be taxed on anything except the roadbed and the oars just as lit' tie farms are taxed. Of course it was not adopted. One of the ablest lawyers in North Caro lina (in a persoual letter) says: "Why not write suggestions as to the planks (hat ought to be incorporated in the next State Demorcatic platform? If al thoughtful men would make suggestions1 the people in their homes would consider i he v irious suggestions and by the time the convention meets sentimeut would be so crystulized that the platform makers would have uothiug to do but formulate the will of the people. Below are some suggestions for the plat- t' itm makers that may start the ball: 1 . Keduc passenger fares by the Gen eral Asoerablv to not less than 2 1-2 cents per mile. i. iteduce freignt rates as mucn as can be done not to deny fair returns upon ac tual money invested in railroads. 3. Taxation upon true actual value. . 4. Requiring grade crossings on railroads wherever in the judgment ff the county commissioners, protection of life .demands such. 5. No step backward intemperance. 6. Strict regulation of all insurance com panies, whether organized in this or in other states for the protection of the men who pay for policies. Abolition of insu rance trusts and excessive rates charged by iusurance companies particularly by these industrials that rob the poor. 7. Require all outside insurance compa nies doing business in North Carolina to invest in this state all money (less fair pro portion for expense) derived from policy holders in North Carolina, payment of an nual dividends and such other reform leg islation as will protect North Carolina jxjli cy holders and end the drain on the south in tbe way of insurance money. 8. No free passes or mileage tickets for public officers, under the guise of actual employment as agents or attorneys. 9. Large enough appropriations for care of every insane person in the state who is indigent or whose near relatives are unable to care for him. 10. No girl under fourteen can be em ployed in textile mills and no boy under twelve. 11. No public official, state or count)', to receive fees all public officials to be paid a fixed salary, and all fees put in the public treasury. 12. Corporation commission shall act for shipper in case the Hepburn bill be comes a law. 13. Railroads shall serve local business independent of through business' where through trains delay local passenger service. 14. Complete change in system of magis trates and other inferior courts. 15. Redaction of number of challenges allowed to the state and other reform iu the criminal system. 16. Marry the A. a d M. College to the Agricultural Department; make as liberal appropriations to educational institutions as the condition of the treasury will permit; provide so that every school district may have library and continue building public school houses until every school district has a good home; and take no backward step in education. Tnese suggestions, all touching upon matters that vitally concern all the people, are presented as the basis for consideration, in line with the advice of our correspond-, ent. All of them will not be adopted; some of them will be improved; but the platform ought to deal iu a specific way with the vital questions that affect the people. D'n't' tie a cough or a cold up in your system by taking a remedy that binds the bowels. Take Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. It is different v from all other couith syrups. ; It is better. It opens the bowels expels all cold from the system, relieves coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, etc. An ideal remedy for young and old. Children like it. Sold by F. V. Hunter. HENDERSONVILLE. Lid To Be A Most Important Factor in the Development of this Thriving City EDngineers W Map Showing Route of New Railroad There are now two corpe of engineers at work on the great Appalachian In- terurban Railroad, which is to run from HENDERSON VI LLE to Gaff ney, B C; One corps is working from Pau's Gap up to Reedy Patch. The other from Pau's Gap down Broad River. Just what this mere announcement means to the future of this wonderfully progressive city is hard to say now, but it is safe to predict that with this rail road now almost an accomplished fact, tbe Greenville Railroad a practical cer tainty, Hendersonville and the sur rounding country will enter upon an era f prosperity which will be unpar alled in the history of the South. This road will open up a country absolutely unsurpassed in the United States for scenic grandeur, for timber, granite, and for wonderful water powers. It is territory now undeveloped, and the pos sibilities presented by having this road penetrate such virgin country, of sim ply boundless wealth, are dazaling. i With the timber, granite, water powers, with probably the finest farming lands in tne country in ir'oiK ana unerocee counties, the future of the residents of the counties to be traversed by the Ap palachian Interurban Railroad are brighter than in any part of the South. Instead of one railroad, Hendersonville will shortly have several spokes to her wheel, and with the public spirit and progressive tendencies manifested in this city, the time is not far off when our population will be doubled, and ac cording to some of our permanent citi zens, tribled. , All this country is now inaccessible. ThB road will bring people . to Hender sonville by the hundreds. It . will in crease Hendersonville's fame as THE summer resort of the South, and will be one of the great factors in making GREATER HENDERSONVILLE an actual, accomplished fact Some of our ar-seeing men have lon&r believed that the time was coming wnen this city would be the greatest in Western North Carolina. Their faith in the future of their town has been as unshaken as the grand old mountains by which we are surrounded, and while at times the dawn of that day may have seemed long in coming, it is now evident they were men of far sight, and that their faith was founded upon a rock. Living indoors so much during the win ter months creates a sort of a stuffy, want of -ozone condition in the blood and system generally. Clean up and get ready for spring. Take a few Early Risers. These fsmous little pills cleanse the liver, stom ach and howels and give the blood a chanoe to purify itself. They relieve headache, fallow complexion, etc Sold by F. V, Hunter. N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1906. jo I How at Work Chimrrey Reck Gaffney, S. Board of Trade Meeting, l Board of Trade met at the court house, April 12th, 1906, Capt. J, W. i vVoflord presiding, v Minutes of last meeting read and ap proved. A. L R. R. reported that their work was progressing in a very satisfactory manner. , The Hospital Association has decided to accept the lot offered by Smith, Valentine and Holmes. Committee was out soliciting funds. They now have one case, in the hospital. Advertising committee reported that their work was about ready. Orphanage committee read several letters from parties concerned in tbe establishment of the orphanage, all of which were favorable as to the home being located in Hendersonville. On motion, Rev. R. V. Miller was in vited to address the Board at the next meeting: on Bible Conferences. Transportation committee reported that Mr. E. D. Stone would be In Hen dersonville in a few days. Committee on freight rates on outgo- ' I . i I 3 a i w - i iU4f pruuuee ascea mai air. w. v. nyaer do aaaed to the committee; that they had taken the matter up but were not ready to report. On motion; a vote of thanks was ex tended to Mr. T. V. Valentine for the very efficient work he had done in get ting out the booklet on The Resources of Hendersonville and Henderson Coun ty. , Several letters were read from par ties wishing, literature about Hender sonville, and wanting to locate here. Letters were ordered to be filed in office of Board where anyone desiring could take tne matter up. ' On motion committee was appointed to confer with Board of Aldermen in regard to the matter of dust on the streets. Remarks by Mr. Clarke, C. E. Brooks and J. L. Orr. Committee con sists of R. H. Staton, R. C. Clarke,' J. L. Orr, and B. Jackson. Matter of taking steps toward prepar ing for Chrysanthemum show was re ferred to civic League Committee. Remarks by Dr. Kirk in regard to establishing a green house in Hender sonville. On motion meeting adjourned. . - We have received the. catalogue of the University of North .Carolina for the session 1905-6 It shows an attendance of 680 students.' The faculty numbers 71. The University now comprises the following departments: Collegiate, Graduate, Applied Sciences, including Engineering, Law, Medicine, and Phar macy, The additions to its equipment in the past five years amount to $300, 000. The University has grown stead ily in strength and influence and stands today for all that is best and highest in education and training for useful man hood. The Summer School for Law opens June nth. The next session opens September 10th, 1906. H n i If 11, I till III I 1 ill 1 LJVJ tLi h liuiil ii unoTirr nn Trn . m - n runmtn n U O I LLri in I Ii I rrii C. D. Wells M IWU-okl meow . iopiui amc Death Under Car Wheels and Thereby "Hangs a Tale' rm j , . . - xne secona compositor employed on iHE hustler alter the naoer's ai pearance in Brevard nearly fifteen years ago was Chas. D. Wells, of the "travel Ing tribe." He was a first-class printer and one of industry and perseverance But no inducement could hold him in any place longer than a few weeks and on New Year's morning 1892, Mr. Wells took his departure from Brevard with out even saying: coodbve. He never gave up the road, as the following ad- count of his death will show: "A moral of more than ordinary sig nificance attaches to the death of Chas. D. Wells, the itinerant printer, who met a tragic death under car wheels at Bluefield, W. Va., a few days ago. Ac cording to letters found on his person he was once a happy husband with a devoted wife, and the two had been linked even more inseperably together by the birth of a child. me parents of Vells' wife did not like Wells and never became reconciled to the match. For months, it seems . L : j j . i i uuoy FCraiSWiu m uestroyiug wnatever wKUMuiijr uciuukbu w me marriage. u...n li j , iubj Kepii stirring: up trouuie until tuey r tt i a. i A t i ? -i i succeeded in bringing about a separa tion, and finally, by introducing periu- ry, it is said, had the separation . made legal in a divorce proceeding. This was a dark day for Wells, and, 'driven from the woman he loved and away from the caresses of his child, he became a wanderer on the face of the earth. A brave and ' strong: man he must have been that through all the un happy years that followed, he was able to withstand the temptation to commit the cowardly act of self-destruction. The woman who of right belonged to him, finally married another aud if still liviner, as she was only recently, she is the slave of a helpless paralytic whom she never loved and the folly of the sep aration from the man she loved is now preying upon her life with all the bit terness of an agonizing death. rrv i x ne lesson is one waica every parent snouid learn, it is wen to gnard one s children with a zealous care, but when carried to the extreme of - trifiine with the affection there is but one result, and that is the pathetic fate of misery, dis grace and death. A Fruitland Fancy. Being somewhat fatigued by constant study, the teachers and students of Fruitland Institute decided to quiet their nerves and refresh their minds by a mountain trip. So on April 6, most of the teachers and students, accompanied by some close friends began their journey for Ball Tod. A constant chatter and cheers bf delight resounded through the vales and re-echoed from the mountains as t" txtq Trl r.Ho ty q ti h TrnftoorlQrl tat nAor I most all seemed to realize that "This world is what we make it," for the na- tural beauty is unsurpassed . As some dictated that it was danger- I II IM MJ I I.r-MHIl I.IIH W M. V fl. 1 1 I f I - I.IIH WHIHTHP I sex found assistance over the rough and stoney way, and soon all arrived about r a mile from the top of the mountain; though some all day persisted in keep ing up the rear. All were impressed that this was the place for stopping and chatting together awhile, but after, doing so, it was re ported that two of the lady teachers and some others, had not yet arrived. Thus disturbed a courier and pilot was sent to their rescue. As the skill and patience of these which is shown so much in the school room, was not quite so successful along this line, the pilot found part of the crowd wandering around the mountain, and the others were heard of making a straight course to the top, considering themselves as a second John White's colony. As soon as the pilot returned with tbe rescued, yea, a little before, lunch was spread, and this was one time every one made use of their opportunity; though there was a sufficient supply for all, and some baskets of fragments left over.' After lunch a short stay amid whirl winds was enjoyed to its fullest extent, then the merry band proceeded upward, as they had been taught the way to suc cess was upward, and soon the height of the journey was reached. Here, all who were not looking for lovers-leaps, viewed the landscape o'er. Beautiful was the scenery all around. The lovely town of Hendersonville showed fourth in all its splendor as the sight was fitted thereon.' Then turning eastward the magnificent property of Messrs. Smith & Williams demanded attention, and mouths were made to water Ion erin g for Sugar Loaf. But knowing that all things comes to him who waits, we tried not to be so greedy as to want all good things in a day. men tne nctie village of VOL. XV. NO. 27 -. Li cj n no r ruitiand which is set urxm a hill and caDnot be hid, was still nearer to us. However much this distant landscape aa eujoyea, wnat could detract from tne nearby cliffs, with the word Croata carved thereon hy the supposed lost colony, (but remember it was found) and surrounded by spruce-pine and loitering moss. After all viewed to their hearts' con tent, the joarney homeward was begun, and soon the vahtal I . . . " - ivuvu. Alter a merry day and an eniovable home lourney the result was safely landed at. nome, ana it seems that all the company realizes more fully that "Life is worth the living." Scribler. Mutual Life and Health Insurance Company The Imperial Mutual Life and Health Insurance Company is strictly a south ern company, organized and chartered under the laws of North Carolina. The promoters are among the leading busi ness and professional men of the south, such as, Major W. W. Rollins, Guy Green, Chas. A. Webb, W. A. Boyce Wiley B. Brown and others, who, recog nizing tho close competition in the in surance fields, have endeavored to place a contract before the people giving a protection for sicknes, accident, etc, second to none of its kind in the country. . This company has established an office in this city, and all who wish to car ry a protection of this kind can do so without being compelled to deal with somfl fnrftio.n fint.lofl u.- , in ot r , wordo we hav th onnnrt.nntr.v f i ' z - pa tronizing home industry, thereby bene fitting ourselves both directly and indi rectly for a dollar kept at home con tinues to pay debts at home, while a dollar seut abroad, pays only one, and that at the other end of the line, etc. SENSATIONAL CLASH IN HOUSE Congressman Macon Uses Strong Language in Alluding to Mr. Small, Washington. D. C, April 11. There was a sensational clash in th6 House to day between Representative Small, of North Carolina, and Macon, of Arkan sas, who exchanged words of some warmth vesterdav. as thn rAanlt. nf t.h I 1 . w.. . Vuw letter of CqL B Andrews, First vice- president of the Southern Railway, in which that official declared that the present mail service to New Orleans would not be maintained if the fast mail appropriation to the Southern should be discontinued. - The after-clap came today when Mr. Macon arose to complain of his treat ment by the newspapers. He vas livid with anger, and with difficulty main tained his equipoise. - ; Mr. Chairmaa," he said, "I want to say that while I recognize the right of newspapers to publish anything they please, still I think in fairness they ought to publish both sides of every caso they propose to eive the Dublic. On vesterdav Mr.-Small: fmm TvrrtK . , ' . . . un- iereu 11Dei against a certain railroad omcial. I then and there said in his m - fPpf X7 qq on nfomnno -.t4 Bat, sir, the papers, for some cause pub- lished what he said about me but failed to give my reply. I want it distinctly understood that no man can reflect up on me in that way without my resent ing it at tbe time and to his face." "The gentleman does not deny that he libeled the house, does he?" asked Mr. Small. . .. Mr. Macon: "I do deny it, and here and now denounce your statement as basely false, and I object to your Inter ruption. I yielded to you the other day when I thought you were a gentle man, but now I know you are not a gentleman in any sense of the word, and I decline to yield to you because you are not one." There was great tension in the house following this remark. Mr. Small re strained himself with the following ans wer: 4I will try and survive it.M "Then survive it," retorted Mr. Ma can, who took his seat with all the dig nity possible. Washington Correspon dence News and Observer. - . t ' . 'i Nothing will relieve indigestion that is not a thorough digestant. Kodol Dyspep sia Cure digests what you eat, and allows the stomach to. rest recuperate grow strong again. 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