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SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1907.
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FEDERAIi GOVERNMENT POW-
ERS. ! ' '
Twenty- one out of the forty-five
states in the! union have passed laws
regulating railway passenger rat
-These vary from a two cent rate to
"ne scaled from two to four cents. Ws
suppose the ether twenty-four states
will soon fall finto line and pass some
irfnd-nf a railway rate law.' No two of
these state las are alike, though sev
eral of them provide the same rate o!
passenger far We are not now pre
pared to advocate at, hut in view of
these many varying and, in some in
stances, conflicting state provisions
might it not b better to have one sys
tern " of laws governing this matter?
We do not mean an act of congress
prescribing a Uniform rate but a, law
recognizing th varying interests and
multiple conditions . under which the
different railroads of the nation are
operated and one which is drawn to
give the different classes of roads fair
and just treatment. We recognize the
fact that such a law assuming that
congress could fpass such an act which
-would be constitutional would be a
very difficult fnatter; but could it bo
done and if it eould be done in such a
way as to avo
d constitutional objec
tions we bejlievle it Would be found to
be to the interest of the railroads, of
the stockholders and patrons of the
railroads and the j public generally.
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tude that therb aire several matters
which the states could handle Individ
ually In the early days f the republic
but which notf have outgrown their
management and control. The framess
of the federal constitution built a na
tional government based on thirteen
states lying aljng the Atlantic sea
board. They di4 not contemplate any
such countryas we have now. Had
they done so they twou,ld not have re
served so many rights to the states or
so narrowly cor fined the duties of the
federal government. So long as the
federal constitution remains" as it Is
its mandates mfist be obeyed, but we
think the time las come, or soon will
come, when the powers of the general
government shQuld be enlarged. It is
well known tha , the opinion of all men
regarding the construction of the feder
al constitution has changed. The
meaning of manj of its clauses are con
sidered very different from the inter
pretation put uif on them by the public
men and the colrts of the earlier days.
We will make jonly one reference as
illustration. Inj former days the dem
ocratic party contended that congress
could not constitutionally make ap
propriations out of the general funds
for river and harbor improvements.
What would the people of North Caro
lina of today hlnk -of one of their
congressmen who would take such a
position? I yt
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The prohibition ' wave is sweeping
aver the country, ; especially in the
southern states! A In North Carolina
in a very large majority of
the counties there ara.no licensed sa
loons, and eveir now and then there
is a local option election in some town
which results Ip. . closing the saloons
or the dispensaly, theretofore existing
in the town. South Carolina wiped out
her state dispensary law not long ago.
Georgia, by alact'of the legislature,
effective next January, has put an end
to the sale of liquor in that stfce.
The , Mississippi legislature, which
meets next January,, it is thoujght, will
follow the example of that of Georgia.
Both the candidates for the democratic
nommaqott-ior jgorernor in that state
Ihave declared vIor state prohibition.
Vardaman the present governor, has
declared in favor of prohibition in his
state. ':-..:. ., v-;.L-y:v-
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The probabilities are that Alabama,
Texas and Louisiana will establish pro
hibition either by direct act of the leg
islature or by a vote of the people
under acts of the next legislature sub
mitting the question to the people. It
would not be at all surprising to us
were the next legislature of this stale"
to pass a straijght-out prohibition bill
or an act submitting the questionyto
the people. The Indications are that
in less than two yearaVey wlll nave
prohibition in this state through bne
or . the other of these courses by dl-
rect action of the legislature, as wis
done in Georgia, or by popular vote
The prohibition sentiment Is making
rapid growth in this state as la otktr
sections of the south. There Is many,
a man who will vote, for prohibition
today who would not have done o a
year ago.
MINNESOTA RAILWAY UGHT.
The railway rate law in Minnesota
has assumed a more interesting and
sensational aspect than that in either
this state or Alabama. 'Minnesota must
have a peculiar constitution!' The lat-
ter permits men to be sent to prison
without indictment and simply on the
finding that the provisions of a state
statute regulating freight rates has
been violated. We find the following
in the Charlotte Chronicle:
The railroad rate law fierht in
Minnesota involves some interestiner
.reaiturea. Federal judere "Cochrane
hjas issued an ordered restraining- the
railroads from obeying: the state com
modity rate law. The business or
ganizations are to make comnlaint
before the county attorneys all 'over
the state-against the hierhest railways
officials for violation of the commo
dity 1 rate law. TJrider this law each
official found guilty of refuSine to
adopt the rates Drovided is liaible to
imprisonment in the county lail for
not more than 90 days, without the
option of a fine. Indictment is not
heceMs&ry. Several Uestl tefuftis iwtill
be brought, asrainst the head officials
of the several railroads. The state
judges may decideto send, them to
jail for failure to disoTJev-the order
placed upon them by a federal iudare.
and it will be incumbent uDon the
latter to give way, or stand firm. The
result will be awaited with Interest
This thing of sending men to jail
because they refuse to disobey an order
of a court of competent jurisdiction in
a case which is pending in that court
Is a mighty serious matter, though
some state officials think they can j
make political capital In doing so.
The Transavaal people are going to
pay three hundred thousand dollars
for the purchase of the private inter
ests :.in ; that seven hundred and fifty
thousand 'dollar diamond so that it
can be made a present to King Edward.
Under the mining laws the govern
ment has a three-fifth interest in all
diamonds mined. ;Now we want to
know who Is going to pay forthe pub
lic's interest in the stoae. When pre-
seated to the king it wil belong to
his private property. It will belong to
Edwacd Guelf as a private individual
and not to Edward VII king of Eng
land. The king of Great Britain, as
do many of the other rulers of Europe,
has a very large private fortune. His
mother "was very economical and added
greatly to the family's fortune by her
savings andjudicious investment.
; This telegraphers' strike business is
a mystery. Dafyy bulletins announce
that the telegraph companies 'are sat
isfied with the situation. The strikers
also declare daily that conditions are
entirely satisfactory to them. It does
seem that if both sides to the contro
versy are content with existing condi
tions that the general public should
have no cause of complaint; but, " in
fact, It is the public which is suffering.
It is the loser. It is the public's busi
ness which is being Interrupted in the
orderly course of I its service and it
is the public fof whom neither the
telegraph companies nor the istrikimg
operators, seem to have ahv comcern
iwnatever.
When people go out of town for the
summer and close their houses, as a
good many Wilmtngtonians do it
would be a good idea for them to noti
fy the police force of that fact and
make arrangements for the chief of
police or some other member of the
force .to enter their houses for the pur
pose of making inspections when' occa
sion requires. If such were done some
of . the . burglars who raid unoccupiodl
residences might be caught or tiie
stolen goods recovered. If there is
delay until the owners return in the
fall it is entirely too late to attempt
capture of the burglars or recovery of
the stolen goods. .- t
Norfolk 1sto be congratulated on the
new . enterprise about to be started
there in the way of a big shipbuilding
yard.' The Journal' of commerce says:
Edward S. Cramp.; late of the
Cramp Shipbuilding , Company, of
Philadelphia, and now associated with
George W. Norris. of the banking
firm of Edward I. Smith & Co.. of
Philadelphia, according- to advices
from Norfolk, Va., has paid $95,000
for 1,000 feet frontage on the main
harbor in that city, and will imme
diately begin the construction of a
large shipbuilding plant. " In addi-Itlota-
to; doing all Mnds;o-repair
work,-, the plant, -which . wfHVhave a
working capital of $50 O.OOwill" be
constructed on ; such a , scaletos to be
in a position to make : bids for; ,the
construction of the largest type of
battleship.. Edward; S. Cramp will bo
president of the concern. Vv
Wet thought Lenoir , county, In this
state had shown up the meanest man
on record in the person of the fellow,
who robbed the county poorhouse of
all its chickens and .watermelons; but
we believe Pittsburg, Pa., can beat that
in its citizen who had a warrant is
sued by a magistrate for a two-year-oad
child, charging it with tearing up his
lawn. We are glad to chronicle that
the justice of the peace who issued the
warrant promptly dismissed the same
when he discovered the nature of the
case. ! ;
A Philadelphian writes
Ledger that the noises in
to
that
The
city
keep him ; awake , from, 3, a. m. .until 3 1
p. m. Philadelphia must be becoming
something of a live town. Wilmington
is not quite up to that yet. The citi
zens here who need early morning rest
are not disturbed by the useiess blow
ing of whistles before about 4:30
a. m.
Mr. Foraker does not exactly ap
prove of Mr. Taft's proposition that
congress . should revise the I tariff as
soon as possible after the next presi
dential election. Mr. Taft knows that
there is bound to be a revision of the
present tariff laws in the near future
and that if it is not done by republi
cans the democrats will be given an
opportunity to do so. . U '
Forced abdication is the order of the
day. Following qlose upon., that of the
......
emperor of Korea comes that of the
gambling kings of Chicago. The latter
kick up more fuss about their rights
Being infringed ; by the city authorities
than-did the king of Korea about his
prerogatives being invaded ! by the
strong arm of ; the Japanese govern
ment. I ; . - . ' ; ' "
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That was a big time that the Tain- !
many Jefferson cub of the Bronx had
on Wednesday last at its annual pic
nic. Several men in hospital and sev
eral score wounded was the result of
the party harmony celebration. !
A man of Long Beach; Cal report
having seen a turtle seventy feet long.
The governor of that state should call
an extra session of the legislature to
pass a prohibition law right away.
Endorsed by the County.
"The most popular medicine in Ot
sego county," and the best friend of
my family," writes Wm. M. DIetz,
editor nd publisher of the! Otsego
Journal, Gilbertsville, N. Y. "Is Dr.
King's New Discovery. It has prov
ed to be an infallible cure for coughs
and colds, making short work' of the
worst of them. We always keep a
bottle in the house. I believe it to
be - the most valuable prescription
known for Lung and Throat dis
eases." Guaranteed to never disap
point the taker, by R. Jtjp Bellamy's
drugstore. Price Uc'ild
Trial bottle free. ' !
Warning;
If you have kidney and! bladder
trouble and do not use Foleys Kidney
Cure, you will have Only yourself "to
blame for results, as it positively cures
all forms of kidney and badder diseases
Jos. C. Shepard and J. Hicks Bunting
Drug Co. i ';;
Hay Fever and Summer Colds.
Victims of hay fever will experience
great benefit by taking Foley's Honey
and Tar, as it stops difficult breathing
immediately and heals the j Inflamed
air. passages, and even if It should
fail to cure you it will give instant re
lief.' The genuine is in a yellow pack
age. Jos. C. Shepard and J. Hicks
Bunting Drug Co. T
' Ten Tears la Bed.
"For ten years I waa confined . to my
bed . 9fith , diseases of my;, kidneys,"
writes ,R. A. Gray, J. P., of Oakville,
Ind. It Was so severe that I could
not move part of the time. I consulted
the very best medical skill available,
but could get no relief until Foley's
Kidney, Curie was recommended to me.
It has been a Godsend to me." Jos.
C. Shepard and J. Hicks Bunting Drag
Co.- -;. :j .. : r :
THE MAXWELL
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Frank Herbst, Agt.
i SHORT TALKS . BY
L. T. COOPER.
CHRONIC CRANKS
We have all met people who arc
continually kicking. Life seems a ter
rible thing to them. They seldom
smile' , Something dreadful is going
to happen, nothing Is wer, just right,
and they worry, and fret and compiaiti
from morning till night. r I- . ,
Their trouble-seems .to; be jt a
i disposition out this ia seldom so
In most cases there is one or" '.v :
things the matter with them ; Neither
their nerves or their digestion is re
sponsible. Both come from the same
thing stomach trouble. A man cr
woman whose nerves are tied in knots
is bound to be mighty poor; company
the same thing is true if what they eat
don't digest ' properly. No wonder
they grumble, I don't blame them.
I have seen Cooper's New Discovery
change the whole disposition of people
in a month's time simply by geting
their stomach in shape again. Even
the expression on their face was alto
Seter changed. The worried, tired,
MR. J. R. SMOCK.
fretful look changed to a peaceful,
happy expression, . and the lines of
care disappeared altogether. Many
people tell me about this in letters
They seem to think it. a miracle. it
isn't. It's just the stomach working
again. ' '
Here's a case of this kind: A
"I suffered with my stomach for
thirteen years. Nothing I ate seemed
to digest. I also had chronic consti
pation, and was tired, dull irritable
and despondent all the time. : I foumd
it difficult to attend to my duties as
traction agent at this, place.
"'Six different doctors treated me
and all gave different opinions. . .
"I began taking Cooper's New Dis
covery, and to my surprise It helped me
from the first. T have gained ten
n three weeks and am feelirig;
fine. My work : now is a pleasure,
where before it was drudgery." J. R.
Smock, Cicero, Indiana. j
We sell the Cooper medicines. J. II.
Hardin, 126 South Front street.
For eale by all dealers. Prie 50c
FoBter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other. . !
are caused by Indigestion. If you eat a
little too mucn, or if you are subject to
attacks of Indigestion, you have no doub
had shortness of breath, rapid heart beats,
heartburn cr palpitation of -he. heart.
Indigestion causes the stomach to
expand swell, and puff up against the
heart. This crowds the he rt and inter
feres with its action, and in the course ol
time the heart becomes dis ased.
For Dyspepsia v
' !ir cts what ysu eat, takes' tm ctrai.-i c'l
the heart, a::d contributes r.cuithmonr,
ctrongth and health to ever org-an cf th-3
Dody, For Ir.diestion, Dyspepsia, Sour
Stomach, 1 1nflammation or the mucous
f nerr.br&rits lining the Stomach and V'yjoi
tive Tract, Nervous Dyspepsia and Catar rh
cf the Stomach. j
After eatine, my food would distress mo ty making
ry heart palpitate and I Trould bacome very weak.
Finally I cot a bottle of Kodoi and Itxare me imme
diite relief. After using a few bottles I am cured.
MRS. LORJIJG NICHOLS. Penn Yan,' N. Y
! had stomach trouble and was In a bad state as I
bad heart trouble with it I took Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure for about four months and it cured me.
' a KAUBLE. Neyada. 0.
Digests What You Eat
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kUTa ladigavtioa.
ROBERT B. BELLAMY.
LANB ENTRY
Statd of North Carolina.
New Hanover County. . j I '
The undersigned lays claim to
and enters the following described
.vacant and; unappropriated lands
lying and being in Masonboro .town
ship. New Hanover County and State
of North Carolina; bounded and des
cribed as follows, to wit. adjoining1
the lands of H. L.. Horhe on the east,
and on the south- by the Parsley
land, on the west by the lands of
Ben W. Beery, and on the north by
the lands of H. Horno et al, con
taining twenty-five (25) acres, more
or less. v-
This 14th day of 'August. 1907.
H. I. HORNB.-
Entered August 14th. ? 1905", a
11.15 a. m.
JOHN HAAR,
Register Deeds and Acting Entry
Taker for New Hanover County,
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WE BOUGHT AT A SPECIAL PRICE A CAR OP IRON AND
BRASS BEDS, SHIPPED HERE FOR EXHIBITION AT THE
FURNITURE DEALERS MEETING. THESE WILL SELL FOR
CASH WHILE THEY LAST, FOR LESS THAN THEY COULD
BE PUT DOWN HERE ORDINARILY.
THERE IS ONLY ONE OF A KIND IN THE LOT.
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LARGE DRESSERS, FULL QUARTERED OAK, SWELL FRONT
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WASH STANDS TO MATCH DRESSERS, WITH OR WITHOUT
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t A FEW 10 PIECE TOILET SETS $2.25 EACH. .
OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS CAN . MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
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