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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
BURLINGTON, N. C, JUNE 9, 1909.
VOL. II.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Kegular Correspondent.
Washington, June 5th. Noth
ing so well illustrates the esteem in
which President Taft is held by the
whole country regardless of section
ami of party, as the sentiments ex
pressed by Mr. Henry Watterson in
his Memorial Day address. Mr.
Watterson said:
''Today it is Lincoln's example
which mores a clam, enlightened
and patrioctic occupant of the Presi
dential office like himself a life
long Republican partisan to reach
forth his arms as if to clasp in their
embrace the whole people, seeking
to win the good opinion, yearning
for the approval, of each and every
one ot them.
"Whether they give it in detail,
or divide upon the encidental issues
of time, they will not withheld it in
the aggregate; and since a vigorous
opposition is indispensable to good
government, his wise moderation and
transparent integrity give us the pro
mise of an opposition based upon
principle rather than faction, selt-respecting
and respectful, upright,
clean, and kind.
"From such partyism nothing is
to be feared, because it . leaves us
free, when dangers came, to forget
that we are Republicans, to forget
that we are Democrat0, remember
ing only that we are Americans."
Without any desire to unduly
emphasize the good judgement dis
played by Mr. Taft thus far dnring
his administration, it can be said
that his judical temperament and
deliberate action will undoubtedly
result in fewer mistakes than ha
been the lot of anv Pesident since
Lincoln.
Not only is the President endeav-
ing himself to all the people, but
Vice-President Sherman, as well,
seems to be growing more popkiar
pvprv dav. Th re are various lit
tle acts which anneal to the seati-
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ment of the people unassuming and
unostentatious in themselves, but
which reach the people through the
newspapers. On Suuday, May 30wi,
Decoration Day, Mr. and Mrs Sher
man first went to worship at Christ
Church in Alexandria, known as
Washington's church, and after the
service proceeded on to Mount Ver
non, where they placed wreaths oo
the graves of George and Martha
Washington. This is the first tirm
in our history that a President or
YLe- President of the United States
has done such an act, and while it
was performed without any ermony
whatever and was a simple tribute,
yet it became known to the Wash
ington papers and hence to the pa
pers of the eoantry.
It begins to look as if Mr. Taft
is not going to be able to leave the
White House for his summer vaca
tion as early as he had wished. The
tariff debate goes on seemingly with
out end and veiy slow progress is
being made. It does not seem pos
sible now that the bill can be put
out of the Senate" before July 1st,
and it is not knbwn how raatay
weeks will be spent iu Conference.
Although the country is becoming
impatient at the delay, and it is es
timated thai millions dailv are be
ing lost to the business interests of
the country yet it is only fair to state
that the progress of the bill is quite
a rapid as has been the case in pre
ytous tariff making. Tu be sure, it
recognized that the bill as report
e(l to the Senate will be passed sub
stantially as reported by a majority
of froni ten to twenty, no matter how
ng the debate or how earnest may
oe the so-called progressives or in
dents and yet after all it seems
'terthat there should be a full
discussion upon every item, so that
J" ere be no claim made after the
1)111 i passed that it was rushed
trough without proper considera-llu;j-
It is hoped that the bill that
J11' be passed this summer will not
p-e to l,e changed again for at
,avt a decade, and for that reason
-v u in be,t that it should have the
"I'M careful consideration and be
' Jur :u'rePted l)y the people as the
rm of tne majority in both
'n's (,t Congress as well as the
"Km.
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no; believed that anv
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portant industries of the country will
be adversely affected and there is
every sign that ah unusual degree of
prosperity will follow the enactment
of the law. Already without wait
ing for the final passage of the bill
many mills which have been idle are
being started up all over, the coun
try,and with the good crops which
are expected there will be an un
precedented fall bussmess, which
will result in the reemployment of
the many men now idle, with wages
at the highest point we have ever
known. This will mean new busi
ness next year and with the expect
ed prosperity should come added
confidence in the wisdom and legis
lation of the Republican party as
well as the confidence reposed in the
President, which- should result in
an increased Republican majority in
the next House to be elected in the
fall of 1910, all Democratic predic
tions to the contrary notwithstand
ing. President Taft and the Counsuls.
Chicago Kecord-Herald.,
The long fight to give the country
a better consular service by substi
tuting merit for the spoils idea in
the making of appointments reach
ed a good measure of success under
President Roosevelt's administra
tion. Congress was willing to d
very little the way of legislation to
ward this end, but it passed a "half
loaf" bill, and then President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root did
the rest.
It is already evident that during
President TafVs term, Secretary
Know at the head of the State De
partment, there is to be no let-down
in the efforts to improve the service.
A long list of appointments Ao con
sular positions was made public the!
other day, and it appeared that alls
ot the more important places had,1
been filled by the promotion of men
with experience in consular work.
The new men appointed to minor
places were likewise chosen on a
merit basis, andrthey in turn will
be in line for later promotion -on
their records.
Satisfactory as it is to have the
consular service handled in this
way, it is nevertheless still desir
able that Congress establish the
merit system legally, so as to put
it beyond the . power of any fcture
president to abandon it.
Passion for Speed.
Omaha Bee.
This has been called an aee of
labor-saving machinery. It might
more properly be called a time-sav-
ing age. lne many inventions
which, save labor have for their ob
ject greater speed fully at much, if
not more, than the saving of labor.
The railroads spend millions in
equipment to reduce the running
tinae. Large sums are expended to
build ocean steamers to dip a few
hours from the mumber required in
crossing the ocean and people pay
handsomely for the privilege of -riding
on the faster boats. Buildings
which formerly required years to
erect are now completed and occu
pied months.
In ail lines of fauman endeavor J
this speed goal is (manifest. It is
not alone the man wbose business is;
urgent who takes the fast trains and
the fast boats. They are sougbt
just as eagerly by those on pleasure
bent, with whom time is no object
except the consuming desire tor
speed.
Can the pace be continuously
quickened? The question is not
new, but rather as old as the time
when man trained the dumb beasts
to his use or hoisted a sail to ex
pedite the slower oars. The de
velopments of speed have been more
raid in recent years than ever be
fore and the speed limit must some
time be reached, but just at present
there are no signs of more than
temporary let up.
A Chicago woman is seeking a
divorce on the plea that it takes all
of her husband's income to pay nis
three previous wives' alimony. Can
you beat it? Not in this world.
It is a- little early for short sleeves
and peek-a-boo waists, but some of
the women are venturesome
SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON.
Being the Confessions of the Seven
Hundredth Wife Translated
Helen Rowland.
Washington Herald. '
Hearken, my daughter, for there
is a sound in the airl Yea, it is the
sound of weeping and wailing. For
the high priests in the pulpits of Chi
cago, even the clergymen, are cry
ing, "Help! Help!" Lo, they have
sent out a hurry call for chaperones!
For, behold the women have come
down upon them to devour them.
Yea, they have come in curling
locks and straight front corsets in
Doucet growns and flower-pot hats.
And they are a temptation! For
how can a young and handsome pas
tor keep his heart upon the Lord
and upon a "work of evil" Jn a vio
let toque at thcsame time?
Then, why doth a woman sigh in
prayer meeting, yet not for her sins?
Why dont she present crochted
slippers as a burnt offering upon the
altar of her religion and regard em
broidered dressing gowns as a sign
of faith? ;
Why doth she consider a hand
painted book-mark pleasing in the
sight of Heaven and yearn for
"spiritual advice" when she maketh
aprons for the heathen?
For I have saen those things.
Then let every wn protected clergy
man take unto himself a wife. For
a wife is not a temptation, but a
visitation. Lo! she cometh not in
curling locks and straight-front cor
sets, but in soiled kimonos and run
down slippers. And she dtstracteth
not her husband's thoughts from
heaven. Nay, she cannot distract
them even from his evening news
paper, or bis meals, or ' the pencil
which he whitteth. For, once a
man hath married a woman be thin k
eth no more about her than of the.
newspaper he hath finished reading
or the diwner which he hath "finish
ed eating.
Yet a married clergyman shall
mend his own altar cloths and water
tne flowers upon his pulpit. Yea,
he shall go about in slippers that
tremble with old age and in dressing j
gowns that have seen better days. i
And cpon Easter be shall hire the
janitor to decorate his church. La!
his Sunday school teachers shall;
cease to need spiritual enlighten-'
ment nd shell go nto the curate
for advice.
Then heed the ery of tae high
priests in the pulpits of, Chicago,
for it is pitiful! And their terror
shall cot abate so long as woman
continue to confuse ihe love of reli
gion with the love of the pastor.
Selahf
PAYING POLITICAL DEBTS.
Charlotte Observer.
. Charity and Children expresses
its views upoa political debt-f)aying
with obvious reference to North
Carolina conditions:
"It fits all right"for, man ito be
true to his friends and. all other
things being equal, to .give them the
preference in his appointments; but
when ptber things are .Kt equal it
is wrong to fist upon febe people a
aan for t&e sole aud. simple reason
that he has been useful ie carrying
out the political plans of the admini
stration. This thing of paying politi
cal debts with public office, without
the least regard to the fitness of the
applicant, has become a trifle too
common, course, it is me way
to build up a machine, but the peo-
are not particularly interested in
political machines. Fubhc ofliee is
a public trust and not a personal and
private snap. Take the late mana
gement of the penitentiary for exam-
ple- It demonstrated its fitness by
putting the State's business on a
paying basis, changing it from a
burden to a revenue-producer. Un
der the new administration these
faithful public servants are put out
of iffice and a new management is
established. It remains to be seen
how they will conduct the business,
but it is a fearful risk to change an
efficient management, who have pro
ved their fine serviee to the State,
and entrust the instruction to new
meu who may or may not how
themrel ves capa ble of jnanaging - jt.
All 'this for what? Whjv because
the-old officials saw fit to exercise
the privilege of voting in the prim
ary as they pleased. Here is the
State, that must foot the bill in case
of failure, helpless to remedy the
matter in which it alone is the reme
dy the matter in which it alone is
the responsible party. This debt
joying business on the part of the
administration is carried a trifle too
far. It is time to call, a halt The
people may go hang, but the friends
of the Governor must be rewarded.
It is a matter that ought to engage
the attention of the public a little."
This appeared before Governor
Kitchen had filled the vacancy on
the State Surpreme Court bench.
The Governor's appointee is wel1
qualified in every way'for the place;
so were other lawyors in the State
whose namas had been proposed as
J udge Connor's successor, yet it was
the fairly general opinion that from
among the lawyers whose friends
were urging their appointmeut and
who were qualfied to fill the office
acceptably Governor Kitchin would
choose the one whom he owed the
greatest political obligation. While
the Governor's action in this cise
calls for no adverse criticism from
any one, it is not altogether whole
some that under conditions brought
about by State politics the public
should assume as an almost foregone
conclusion the appointment of Mr.
Manning,
As for the penitentiary matter, it
has been alleged, with what founda
tion in fact we do not assume to say,
that the former management made a
good revenue showing at the ex
pense of the properties and hence
did nothing great, after -all.
IS THE WORLD
GETTING BETTER?
Mr. Editor: As I was walking
op the street Sunoay morning
watching the hurrying . throng as
they passed going to the various
churches and Sunday schools the
thought struck me, is the world get
ting better? As I was thus musing
I saw a gentleman and his wife who
live near the church of his own
faith, goiag to a church of a -different
denomination some distance
from their home, and why? Just
because he does -not like the minis
ter of his own church. Will a man
deny his faith and refuse to lend his
presence and influence to his broth
er members, just because -f some
misunderstanding, or fancied wrong
mat oas -crept in Detween aaim ana
bis pastor, and stall remain .a Chris-
tain. l.es a man go to ehurch to
3 worship the Lord, or his -pastor, if
to worship his Master, does it mat
ter whether he likes his pastor per
sonallv or not, and yet a .mau of
this kind will waat to fight you if
ypu suggest to bisa that he is weak
ening in his Christianity, and as I
thus mused another thought struck
nae. Four of the largest denomina
tions in BarilingtoH are engaged in
a lively struggle as to whieh will
have the largest Sunday school and
eaeh denomination -claiming the su
premacy, then there is another de
nomination issuing trading tickets
to its scholars as ai inducement to
secure a large and regular attend
ance, but the question is, will they
not cease attending when the pay
stops. . Then I am told that two
prominent church men attend the
same church regularly but neither
take communion because of the oth
er, they became enemies on account
of politics, then I mused that the
Lord cares nothing for politics, will
either, or both get to Heaven, if
they keep this up. Noting the
mode, method and rivalry, I could
not help but muse. Is the world
getting better.
CRITIC.
It is said that Washington could
house with ease a hundred times the
number of the office-seekers now in
the city. But probably the Presi
dent hopes it will offer no special in
ducements in the way . of redusing
charges. , - ' J v "V
DEPENDS UPON ALDRICHi
Taft Realizes That "Organization"
Dominates Tariff Work of
Senate.
Washington Dispatch to New York
Tribune.
The tariff debate has now made
sufficient progress to demonstrate the
complete chaos which would have
resigned in the Senate headed . by
Senator Aldrich, been everthrown,
and events have answered the ott
repeated question, "Why does not
President Taft 'exert his powerful
influence to disrupt the Rupublican
organization and destroy the power
of the "Aldrich clique?" President
is a firm advocate of revision of
the tariff down ward, but he realizes
the necessity of dealing with this
great question through the organiza
tion, and he has all along appreciat
ed the menace, not only to tariff bill
and to the party, utto the business
interests of the country, which the
overthrow of the organization in the
Senate would constitute.
The inconsistency of a majority
composed of the progressive Repub
licans and the Democrats has been
manifested" in numerous instances
but in none more so than in the case
of iron ore. Years ago there was a
strong demand for revision of the
steel schedule, so strong chat in 19
02 the late Representative Babcock
of Wisconsin introduced a bill in
the W0use putting ore on the free
list and greatly reducing the tariff
on steel and manufactures thereof.
The President has all along advoca
ted free iron ore, and the House bill
makes it free. The finance commit
tee made the duty 25 cents a ton. It
was supposed that, of course, the
Democrats would join with the pro-'
gressive Republicans to defeat the
progressive Republicans to defeat
the committee s amendment, but, on
the contrary, a majoritv of the .min
ority voted for the duty of 25 cents,
and, judging by their expressions,
would have imposed an eveu higher
duty had they been in control of the
situation.
In a word, it has become obvious
that were the organization in the
Senate overthrown the majoritv,
composed of Democrats for the most
part, with a few progressive Repu
blicans, would play ducks and drakes
with he tariff bill, that they would
maintain or even incaease the duties
on those products in which they are
interested, while they mercilessly
cut the tariff on the products of cer
tain Eastern Spates. In the estima
tion of the President they would
make a thoroughly inconsistent ta
riff bill, which the House would re
fuse absolute y to accept, and the
result would be a session prolong
I throughout the summer, an ulti
mate results would satisfy no one.
Some Senator said something
here a few moments ago about divi
sions in the Republican party: I
think it was my friend from Michi
gan who said that. I do not know
that I can better close than by say
ing that nobody within our party
can have and . nobody without our
party need have, any alarm for our
party future: because when all i
done it wirfjbe found tha excesses
have been reduced and justice estab
lished, all by one broad, -general
principle, and an equal desire among
us to do exactly what is riarht from
our different point of view. And,
so when the day of battle comes, the
Republican party will be found dis
ciplined, compact, aggressive, march
mg toward in the future, as it has in
the past, to victory for itself and to
blessings for the Nation. Senator
Beveidge.
Two men were killed and two
wounded in a dispute about a divid
ing line between two farms near
Richmond, Ind., the other day. We
should think it would have been
cheaper to have hired b surveyor
Thomas L. Hisgen, late Indepen
dence Party candidate for the Presi
dency, says he is no longer interest
ed in the welfare of the crowd. Tom
knows when he has got enough. ;.
MRS. M. E. TEAGUE
y HAS PASSED AWAY.
She Was a Woman of Unusually
Sweet and Lovable Character.
Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun, let.
Mr. Marie Curtis Teague, wife
of Mr. Man rice E. Teague, aged 29.
years, died at their residence, No.
1027 Sixteenth street, at nine
o'clock Sunday morning after ah ill-'
uess of one week of lockjaw. -
1 he deceased was a native of
Virginia. The family came to
Columbus from Spencer, N. C,
about three years ago, and by her
sweet and womanly disposition Mrs.
Teague had won a large circle of
friends here. She was a devout
member of the Missionary Baptist
church, and in her life was reflected
the beauty and sweatness of the
Christian religion. " .
The deceased is survived by her,
husband and five children, as fol
lows: Lucy Aileen, Maurice Ed
ward, Jr., Paul Gordon, Minnerva
Mendenholn and Robert Hill Tea
gue Two sisters, Mrs. Florence -Tucker,
of Salisbury, N. C, and
Miss Gertrude Rasche,of Washing
ton D. C, and two brothers, Mr,
W. W. Rasche, of Blacksbdrg, Va.,
and Mr. A. S. Rasche, of Manila
P. I , survive her.
. The funeral service took place
from the residence at three o'clock
yesterday afternoon and the service
was conducted by the Rev. A'. D.
Woodle, pastor of Comer Memorial
Baptist church. Mrs. Clara Munn
sang "Abide With Me" sweetly and
tenderly. There were a great )many
floralofferings of rare beauty.'
interment was in Riverdale ceme
tery, the pallbearers being Messrs.
H. R. Mullins, J. W: Lowe, C. A.
Pope, W. T. Sloan, J. H. Phillips
and C. W. Trusseli; . ?
Mob and the Court.
New York World. 1 :
Impressive and without precedent,
was the scence witnessed in Wash
ington when six T en nesseeans ap
pealed at the bar of the Supreme
Court of the United States to answ
er for contempt. ' They were the
sheriff and dequties who, having in
custody a convicted murderer in
whose behalf the court had granted
a stay of execution, permitted him to
be taken from jail by a mob and
lynched. After careful investiga
tion .and consideration, the court
found these men guilty of contempt
and ordered their arrest and appear
ance in Washington for sentence.
Many contempts are 'constructive,
uncertain and technical. This one
was open and defiant. The court's
writ directing these men hold - the
convict until it could pass upon his
case. The sheriff and his aids dis
obediedtly turned the man over .to
the mob which overuled the court.
The court commanded delay. The
iuob insisted upon haste. The court
held that the ends of jastice had not
been met. The mob ruled that ite
own frenzied will was paramount to
justice lawfully administrated.
Most of the lynchiusrs which so
w C7- . w
shockingly disfigure our records are
in contempt of some court which
has the power of punishment in if r
own hands. Contempt proceedings
in all such cases would mt only do
much to strengthen respect for
courts; they would have a whole
some influences upon the lawless.
they would discou.'age mobs and
they would expose to public execra
tion and ridicule bravados who now
too often assume the role of heroes.
The Surpreme Court lias decided
that a state may regulate- the height
of buildings. I his will be sorry
news for some of the "sky-hogs."
Even Dr. Long will admit that it
does not hurt the Africian animals
for Mr. Roosevelts son to' photo
graph them or for the stenograp
hers to take dictation about them.
It has been iudically determined
that one may legally import whis
key into Kentucky. Sure: one may
carry coals to Newcsjla but what's
me user
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