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STREET
by THOMAS C. 8HOTWELL.)
Spa
,:.rhaltn«ri stock also reached new
]pw r^rnrds. the common at 2 and
• wp pro ’fred at 13. A sharp adrance
in jirprling exchange forcasted anoth
er r in the Bank of England rate
fpr coming week. This advance
f ' le English bank rate is due pri-
rrily to the enormous Tolume of
. f^rican cotton It is taking.
.r‘ tobacco plan is expected on
.
bank statement showed sub-
a1 decreases in all the import
,rt
X tivlty In the stock market the
was at the expense of quot
lies nearly all the leaders show-
L- 4'*rae declines. These declines
V • over, were not important and
p was evidence that strong, even
• ;:eh temporary support is under
market. Violent movements in
, ,^r direction are not wanted. The
ket has discounted the crop dis-
er and a great deal more so that
Btrongest financial interests are
x.ous to let It rest a while to see
TThether something favorable may not
®loo in the present situation,
perhaps most important of the
announcements of the week
ere the declaration of a dividend
It the rate of 4 per cent oj> Rubber
common and the admission by Pres-
Vail of the American Telephone
i Telegraph Company and of the
^futern Union Telegraph Ck)mpany,
on securing an interest in the
' -rern Union it was discovered
aai some campaign contributions
u^re rarried as assets in the sui^
iv« account. These contributions
n .‘re small but they esUblish the
nclple ^hat ruled before the tele-
,,ne trust got control. It Is hardly
. ,.»!«,arv to add that the principle
disapproved by President Vail
^ho earned the oonflden^ i
..firating ubllc by wriUng off from
s ’em Union’s surplus the cam-
, in contributions and other worth
> arcounts.
, expectations were raised over
idend immediately on American
-r Sugar common but readers oi
. c column have bought and are
Beet Sugar stock on the den-
- ^ promise of a dividend at the
4 per cent some time in the
r '-ear 1911. There is no prom*
. > it will be declared on any
cular date but it will be declared
Harriman properties were
et throughout the
rike on the system. The strike
aifpadv failed although it is still
-roKreBs. Five of the unions, in-
BESyllllEOF miEElt'S Aeira From
iEJLINES i
—Charges that
agents of competing industrial com-
are misrepresenting each oth-
er and their business methods to the
extent In some cases that the com-
- -- mlssioQer of insurance would be war
ranted in canceling their lioAnspR
York. Oct. 7.-8tocks were were thrashed out before cLSion
•onghout the session today, ®*‘ James R. Young tdday and it is
«n V two issues attracting attention. commisioner says, that
. American Beet Su(ar and ctlorof' co* dtttow* th?“gttV‘ovS
]:.,.Chaml>«ri bonds. Stock ot th« «o that this very objectionable bu»l-
BUjsar company advanced sharp- oe*® method will be considerably
to within a fraction of ita high
price. Alll^Chalmer. bond. The M.dl,orUgM"d Power Com-
l-roKe a ^cord Pric«. Al- pany. of Marshall. Madison county,
1? Young and
F. s. Shelton as the principal incor
porators and 110,000 as the capital
ock.
Two Pardons.
Two pardons were granted by Gov
ernor KItchin' today, one to Harvey
Nester, serving five years In the
state’s prison for manslaughter in
Surry county, and the other to Frank
Demery, Robeson county, serving four
years on th roads of abduction. Nes-
ter’s pardon is because the deceased
on his deathbed, declared that he
was at fault in bringing on the fight
and insisted that thep risoner should
not be punished, the trial judge, the
solicitor and many others had, after
three years of the sentence is served,
appealed for the pardon. The Demery
pardon is at the request of the girl
in the case and her family, the Judge
and solicitor and others backed by
extenuating circumstances and de
velopments since the trial.
New Hookworm Station.
Chowan county is added to the
number of counties that have provid
ed the county’s part in the expense
for the establishment of free state
and county dispensaries for the erad
ication of hookworm, the work being
done so energetically under the direc
tion of Dr. John A. Ferrell. This
makes eighteen counties that have
provided for this work. And others
are about to fall in line. Numbers
of remarkable cures are being re
ported from all the points where
the disease is being treated.
Petition for Freight Service.
Petitions from citizens of Duplin
county were presented to the corpo
ration commission today urging that
the commission require the Hilton
Lumber Company to provide freight
service on its lumber road from a
point near Wallace, nearly ten miles
toward Hallsvllle and establish a
freight station at Chinquepin, five
miles outf rom Wallace, also they
want an understanding that these
stations shall be provided about
every five miles as the road is
ex-
fVtrijr liv^ xxixico cao
tended, the charter of the railroad
company extending through, the coun
ty and across two other counties. Also
they want passenger service provided
when the road is built ten miles. It is
now about eight miles. The road is
preparing under a. legislative charter
which gave it eminent domain and
full powers of a railroad company.
And It Is on the strength of this that
the citizens are demanding they
now come forward with the freight
and passenger service which the rall-
road company insists it never con
-rozress. Five of the uniona in templated and in in no position to
have arted to be .oppi? Wr. R. A. Parsley, of the Hll-
responsibility and hav# gl’«n »s Lumber Company, appeared be.
of their reasons that tney commission to oppose the
are violating the Sherman mu- ^^y^g of the petition for the ser-
lau Their fears are weu »
.4 /I on(^ if Attorney General
I’^'Minded and u ahuiu'cj
Wkersham were no/l^ng «or
vntM no hard he would realiie tnai
, t hl^du^rto enforce the Sherman
antitrust law against organiz^ la^
•or as against organized
,e law does not stipulate
ronsiderable market hesitation was 7.-The Rev. F .Both
caused by the delay In announ s Rector of Reddish, near
ofBclftlly the plan for Manchester, publishes a list of the
JlthXr«”&tion say trials ot a parish priest.
rUn Will go through practically The list Includes the following:
tee plan will delivers a written sermon he
is a back number; if he preaches ex
tempore he is a shallow thinker
2 he 2 rials Of
Palish Pjiest
; (Mail -
. outlined in these
The new attack by
-r:.\ Wlckersham on the anth^it
,.1 trust received serious conslder-
»rinn in Wall Street, for it is K«*^«ra^*
hPlieved that he will
•bracite freight , rates are a^ut
double the rate on bitnm nous coal
■ .'1 the high rates shut out many in
dependent producers.
DENIES HE IS FREE TRADER.
Senator Martlne Says Republican
Platform Charges Are Absurd.
Trenton. N. J.. Oct. 7.—Declaring
the rtitubllcan state platform does
him an Injustice. XInlted States Sen-
•r James E. MaVtine has issued a
f-- tement in which he says:
The republican platform -J
•hnt in my election to the Uniwd
' ites senate the democratic party
f'?. chosen an avowed free-trader, Tnis
'atement is not true. I have said re-
I'^itedly upon the public platform ana
If^ewhere that I believe in a tariff tor
’*> enue only. I am very mindful of
'Jie fact that this government is ja^flr
. supported by Custom House duties
■nd that we cannot jump from sucn a
--tem to one of free trade without
^’'^mendous disadvantages to the coun-
trv.
The republican claim that I stand
^®ady to vote any way to destroy the
-fat manufacturing Interests of New
•lersey and thus bring woe and want lo
t!)e maas of people. Is an absurdity, j
do believe In freer trade relations
than we enjoy under the republican
system of protection. Admittedly
an' not a protectionist in the sli^t-
pst degree an^ to the extent of reliev-
'ng the masses of the burden of tax
ntion which they are now compeilea
’0 bear under republican legislation,
I am in favor of putting the ®®^®‘
titles of life upon the free list. Such a
position. I take it, cannot be
preted into a declaration that I
Heve In absolute free trade, as ^he
republicans are trying to make the
voters believe.”
Gen. Reyes Received.
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 7. Gen
eral Bernardo Reyes, for many yaars
prominent In the j)olitical life of Mex-
if’o, upon his arrival here today
New Orleans, was greeted by a «®*^
nation of about 300 Mexicans. Sand-
' Iched in with a chorus of
for Reyes, there was one “viva Ma-
fiero.”
fJeneral Reyes was escorted to the
home of Miguel Quiroga, where he
will make his headquarters until ott
er headquarters can be established.
Corrupted freemen are the worst of
slaves.- David Garrick.
If he is not always calling upon his
people he Is unsociable; if he visits
to any extent he is a gad-about.
If he demurs at acting as a man of
all work he is lazy; if he rings the
bell, lights the fires, and performs a
score of other odd jobs, it would be
better if he spent a little more time
in his study; he would then give his
congregation more Intellectual ser
mons.
If he Is married, "he Is an awfully
nice fellow, but his wife doesn’t
amount to much;” if he lives in single
blessedness, woe be to him, all the
ellgibles—and many of the others—
never speak to each other at the
guilds and parish social, or else they
do speak—gossip.
If he Is content on a small stipend
he is “cheap”; if he timidly asks for
a larger stupend, to live decent—
and in order, Vhe Is worldly-minded.
Itiumph Of The
Aewplane Now
Paris, Oct. 7.—The absolute tri
umph of the aeroplane has been the
outstanding feature of the great
French manoeuvres juat ended. The
airmen have brought -about a new
art of war,” In the words of a dis
tinguished officer, and have done all
that has been asked of them and
™^neal Chomer, who directed the
whole manoeuvres, declares, that the
aeroplane is “the most marvellous en-
thrftatatateescmfwyp shrdlu cnafwyps
gine of war we have ever had.”
General Bonneau said yesterday of
one phase of the manoeuvres, I learn
ed fro mthe four airmen at my dis
posal the position of the enemies bat
teries in the most exact detail. Most
of them were carefully hidden In a
valley behind a wood, and no cavalry
in the world could ^lave found thena.
The aeroplane discovered them in a
few minutes.” ..
Azain and again during the man
oeuvres the Whole disposition of the
Snemy’s troops have been reported to
t?e comm^der of either side by the
airmen. This has changed the whole
Jhamcter of the manoeuvres. Never
before have the commanders of op-
S forces been '“'h
Others precise dispositions.
Photographs of fortress defences
have be^n taken by aerial observers
with special cameras,. and h^e re-
wiled the most jeaWusly guarded se-
‘crets of defence.
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Cause Undej lying
The High Food Price
BY GEORGE DUFRESNE-
Paris, Oct. 7—In a splendidly writ
ten article in a Paris paper, M; Jules
Claretis gives his idea of the causes
underlying the dear food , agitation
which has brought police and gendar
mes into the Paris it^arkets' as a pro
tection to -saleswomen. The workman
thinks it quite natural, says the litter
ateur, that his- wages should be in
creased and his hours shortened; but
he resents it when the peasant raises
the prices of his dairy produce- anr
changes more for his eggs ahd butte,
because the sun has burnt up his pas
tures and rendered cowkeeping diffi
cult. The workman resolves the econ
omic question by making an omelette
of the eggs with his feet. 
The real secret is the desire to. raise
the standard of life which has permeat
ed the masses in France. The automo
bile has given an appetite for luxury
to all the world. Ever>bhe must have
his annual vacation by the sea or' in
the mountains, and these things have
to be paid for. Excui*Sions were for
merly the exception; now they are the
rule. An important Paris butcher re
marks that no one will hoW accept por
tions 6f‘meat of the second or thir^
quality, though formerly the poor were
content with them. Everyone demand?
the best; he must have fillet. “It won
der how persons of limited meanis man
age to make ends meet." Declares ths
tradesmen. .
This is the difficulty; they dp not
make them meet; hence,.th^ ri\ts and
the discontent. “It is, , astonishing
how little a man requires to live,” re
marked - Napoleon in eating a crust ot
bread after the battle. But that battle
was Waterloo; he had reason to lir’’
his requirements, and. aa;»’n.
reflect on his past experfencei. He
had his good time. But the French,
peasant no longer resigns himseM to
the crust bread and bunch of
grapes; the placinig of meat the
table is no longer a gastronomic solem
nity, but a daily occurrc^oe.
A little Incident which iiappened .
a Paris side street the other day »h.o
how utterly mistalTen ai^e the Gernoar.
and English papers, that have spread
the idea that party strife and socialism
have killed patriotism in France. A
mob of disorderly persons had tried
to invade a provision and fruit market
and a strong body of cuirassiers were
busy applying" cold steel to hot heads.
Suddenly a camelot sellltig newspapers
cried' something like German insult
the tricolor. Sensational story.” Im
mediately the mob raised the cry:
".Down with -Germany! To the fron-
ier!” and cheered the soldiers they
;ad just been, fighting with stones and
, jottles.
Utfconsciously, Herr von Kiderlen-
'Waechter has performed an immense
.service to France. If in the midst of
» a angry demonstration the people can
think of the national honor you may
-.9 sure that, in their calmer moments,
;Aey are intently resolved On \iphold-
iig French rights against (Jerman pre-
«;ntions.
Never of recent years has France
. ;:f» en such an example of union as at
present moment. From north,
r-«th, east and w#»5t comes the, same
of sturdy patriotism. The re
al sal to bow the knee to the German
. Baal. The common danger and the
pr»'»wcatlve attitude of the hypotheti
cal enemy have awalsened the national
.'.entiment as nothing else could . Nor
*.s there . a breath , of anti-militarism,
I ven in the most advanced quarters.
Perhaps the danger is Chauvinism,
France may be ten^pted to commit
some indiscretion which would give
the Eastern neighbor the chance he
vijparentb: .sp'-.’.-
» The Goyernrnqnt’s panacea for get
ting rid ot .the agitation against the
higher price of living Is the establish
ment of. .co-operative butchers’ shops
and bakerjles. But: the town of Lille
haa gone farther than the Government
project. It has decided to sti^t a co
operative restaurant. The idea is to
serve out meal& at wholesale prices, of
iueai, vegetables, and bread. It
. vill be Interesting *o note how thiS:
•Socialistic ideal will woark in practice.
The. scheme h4s its opponents, who|
want to know their In fixing the price
of themeals, the rent of the premises,
the wages of the people employed, and
other general expenses are Included.
It is supposed that they will not be In
cluded. In which case the municipal
ity will compete unfairly with the
private restaurant.
Therefore the general expenses of
this undertaking will be paid by the
tax payers. Thus, restaurant keepers,
bakers and butchers, fruiterers, and
others will be paying out money in or
der to bring about their own ruin. It
is not the first time that communistic
projects of this sort have been started
in France, and here, as elsewhere,
they have usually ended in failure.
• » •
Apropos of the spirited contest
which the Comtesse de Brazza has
made against France giving up any
part of the Congo to Germany, it is
interesting to recall the circumstances
Therese de Chambrun. Two years lat
er who was the means of adding this
territory to France.
She first met her husbapd in a Paris-
drawing-room. She was then Mile
by which she married the great explor
er Brazza, '^hen he was in Africa, sent
a cablegram to the lady of the house
asking if Mile, de Chambrun was still
single.' The reply was in the affirm
ative, and when Brazza returned home
a few months later, having obtained
his letters of French naturalization—
for he was an Italian—and handed
over the Congo to France, he and Mile,
de Chambrun were married.
Thenceforward, the Comtess and
Bra7:za identified herself with her
husbands work. Brazza did not to ex
pose her to the dangers which are in
separable from the life of an explorer,
but she refused to leave him. Whether
the explorer was in the bush, in the
tmpenetrable forests, or on the great
lakes, she was always by his side.
While the Congo was in process of or
ganization, from 1890 to 1897, she ren
dered him material assistance. The
natives had pleasant recollections of
this brave Frenchwoman, who had eh-
deared herself to them.
Brazza died*of dysentary at Daker
on September' 14th, 1905. His wife
was with him, and it was she who
brought his body to France a few
weeks later. None better than the
Comtesse de Brazza knows the hard
work that had to be put In before the
Congo became: a French possession,
and therefore the indignation she feels
at the idea of a coi^iderable strip of
the colony being handed over to' the
Germany, who has no part in the ex
ploration of the country, is Justifiable.
* • *
An extraordinary architectural event
is being celebrated in Paris Just now.
It is the completion of the repairs to
and the removal of the historic scaf
folding from the famous Tower of
Saint Jacques, known to every tourist
who has visited Paris. The Tower of
Saint Jacqques’ apart from being a
beautiful and remarkable remnant of
Gk)thic architecture, has been famous
for two generations as the Tower that
is never without a scaffolding.
This premanent scaffolding, with
which it seemed to have been invested
since prehistoric times, passed into a
sort of proverb. People no longer
spoke of putting things off to the
Greek Kalends, but till the day when
the scaffolding would be removed from
the Tour Saint Jacques. It was as
sumed that the day would never come.
Foreigners had come to see the Ex
hibition in 1867, and the Tour Saint
Jacques already possessed its scaf-
for the Exhibitions of 1878 and 1889,
and the scaffolding was still there.
Their children came for the Great Ex
hibition of 1900, and the Tower of
Saint Jacques was literally hidden be
hind wood and lumber to a height of
200 feet. Then 1910 came and went,
but the famous scaffolding was still
with us, but the wonderful day of de
liverance has come at last.
The news has been spread that the
scaffold^g is being removed. People
; are half afraid of going to s^ for
themeslves, for fear that it might not
be true. However, the architects as
sure us that the scaffolding is going
What a relief it will be, now that Parr
islans and tourists will at last be able
to see the famous old tower in all its
beauty and magnificence!
The fine old tower was purchased on
August 27, 1836, for $50,020; that it to
say, fon a mere song. Had the Pier*
pont Morgans then existed that would
have offered millions for such a relic.
The h&v€ been that
the biggest ship at the time could not
have carried it bodily across the sea.
The tower, therefore, happily for Paris,
remainded standing where it was. In
the course of the French Revolution,
when all sorts of odd bargains were
driven, the tower and the ground about
it were sold for $82,000, paid probably
in assignats, as it was then the month
of Floreal, in the year Five, of glorious
revolutionary anarchy.
The tower formed part of the old
parochial churrfi of the Boucherie,
which dated back in part to the twelfth
century, and which was restored under
successive reigns and completed at
last under Francis I. Fortunately, the
architect of Paris, M. Giraud, at the
time of the sale had the ^proviso put
in that the tower should not be de
stroyed. The churdi was demolished;
a market was. established on
ground,' and the tower w'as used as
shot tower. . . . . . A
In. 1836 the heirs of the refvolutltni^
ary purchasers sold out their estate,'
and the ctty of Paris stepped In, luck
ily, to purchase the wonderful histori
cal monument. The market was pul-,
led down; the ground was finally tdm-
ed into a garden, and t^e* tower was to
be used ais the headquarters of a flro',
brigade.'/At last a wiser decision w«s,
reached, viz., to* leave the tower in all
its quaint beauty, fully restored,
top only used as a post for meteorolo-i
glcal observations. The labor of resto-i
ation was slow and tedious; but Paris!
now possesses another worthy attrac
tion in tills fully restored old mohu-i
ment. - !-
MONEY USELESSLY SPENT
IN HISTORICAL COMPILATIONS
Special to The News.
Atlanta, Oct, T.^That the state Js
spending thousands of dollars from
which it apparently will never get any
adequate financial return, in complllBg
the ccdonial and revolutionary records
of Georgia, seems to be indicated
reports of the subject made to Gover-*
nor Hoke Smith. He will probably call
the matter . to.. the attention of the
next legislature.
An itemized statement of the expen
ditures and receipts for this work,
which is being conducted under the
direction. of ex-Goveri>or W. J. North-
en, shows tlmt it; has cost the state
up to date $59,779,92, while the re
ceipts from the sale of records has
amounted ti^ only $1,997. The net cost
therefore, has .been $57,792.87.
The repiort shows further that the
state has sold only 1,411 volumes of
the work, while 1,824 volumes have
been given away, distributed free.
Oyer 26,7.65, volumes of the work are
now stpred away in the cellars of the
capital, with no appare;it prospect that
there will ever be any demand for
them.
Georgia Road Strike Settled.
Augusta, Ga., Oct, 7.—Official an
nouncement was niade by John Skel
ton Williams, president of the Geor
gia & Florida Railway, today that
the strike was sottled. The terms are
as follows: the firemen are to receive
50 per cent of whatever the engi
neers receive and will sign a seven
months wmtract. All strikers will re
turn to- work who can show that
they have not been guilty of lawless
ness. The regular train service .witl
be resumed as quickly as possiblfi.