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' Ctattaaa Observer. MOORE, Editor and Pmp ASCRIPTION RTKS: car, " - Ow Dollar. Dotha, - Fifty Cents. v jrtUinff rates reasonable, nade known on application. dnesdayJao. 2S 190S. E. Griffith. Democrat, has j elected in th 86th ena 1 dutrict to succeed the J Zeb Wilson, Republican, j was shot 'by his trotter, s is one of the strongest R ican districta in the South. W Republicans went early e morning and voted but jg no Democrats ther they t Lome and did r.ot try U j out their strength but at m. the Democrats all rush- in and voted their full ngth and the Republicans jnot fiind out that they, were jwittedand waited until the s were couuted then it was id thata Democrat had bet n ;lttd. IT1 1 iT a the night of thelO th Presi t gave reception to wnn-h .to and colored families were .ted and -shared alike .In this V be will loose the respect oi a races, for no self respect- white or colored man wants respects such a thi lg as they ow when both races are k.pt tinct there is not so much trial prejud.ee and trouble and 'it is better for both raci. Roosevelt had a right to in- e Hooker Washington to dine thhis family but in doing so ruined the inflence of - Washlj jtou, did himself no good and jught trouble upon the color race. '.. All races deserve an ucation aud an equal protec- n of the law but whenever y peron underdakes to estab ib social equality he becomes '1 enemy toh umauity and brings (s own race into disrespect. tilf of the Legislature has 'issed away and if our City fath 'f are going to have the charter f the town changed so as to low them to collect taxes Sough to work the streets with it calling out the hands they ill have to took after it at once, t ought to oedone' It is unfair j call but the hands when it can 'e helped for it virtually makes he young man who may clerk ! r work at the carpenters t rade nil ha no horse or wagon pay .1 much as the man with $10,000 Vorthof property andja dozen teams to cut up the streets. rhere is but one fair manner of Working streets or roads and '.hat is by taxation. Then every aan pays according to bis ability o man should pay tax and fork too and it is more unfair o make a poor man who owns notjover $100 workjthe roads while the man with 10000 worth of property goes tree The people of North Carolina bve just cause for 1 rejoicing With the election.of LeeS. Over rman V the United - states sen it not a single .Republican in Congress nor in the senate from his State will be left to misrep resent IJorth Carolina: she has 1 solid, delegated in Cougress exposed of tun Democratic Con 'ressmen aud two senators to vatch,' the. interest of mi state ,nd wliU e have one of the lungest and most handsome 'legation in Congress we have na of Hha best. Dtmbtless 'orth CHrvH.uahas never bad ablef delation than th pres t onf, T0 re- wprihy sue .fcsorsof the lamented Vance be eloijuent Ransom. 0tr count swan, Mr.R-lllIayesj has added ai.other leather to Lis cap h. his fight for Le f -Uverman. 131 work for lerooe-racyitrdi3tfaanrha-tnade firm many friend at.horoe and his sucoesful campaign for Mr. Overman lias brought him incon lct with the chief nu:n of the state whieti has broadened hi acquaintance and made him many friends jill over Koith Ca rolina Lee S. thermal. -Hou. Ie f. Overman Mas b irne in Salisbury, January 3rd lBr4. In 174 he entered Trini ty College, Randolph Omuty, aud graduated iu Upon the redemption of the vitate by Governor Vance in 1S70, Mr. Ovrinan, brilliant yung man just out f illgpt was made private secretary by the great Wa r G vernor. I u that pos it ion ! . , ,..,, ' every mau who called at the Ex-1. J , ! ecutive Oldcv, and formed many; strong f riendships. He devi-ted his nights to the law and In 1871? j was m-eiisea io practice iaw. iu m i? lie rri(;mn as lrivaw secretary, returned to Salisbury where he entered upon a prac tied that has grown xith every IKissingyear Lienowcommandsnaty.iiarat.ter of t1(4 case th a practice cneiuoje second to that of no pmctitiouer, at a spec ially able bar. Iu 1m8o was a elected a member of the Hou of Representatives from Rowan, j and has been elected five differ- ent times t. the House. He prov 1 ed hi bi self a safe and wise legis latrr, and his people have often Called ujxm him to serve them. His recoid is wit'iout flaw, Iu 193 he was elected speaker of the House and proved one of the fittest men who lias filled thai office iaaqurjrter of a centure. lie is a. splennid ptrlimentariau, has commandiug presence, and made a tine officer. He has held many positions uf trusts and honor. He was directr aud af terwards president of the North Carolina Raihoad under the ad midist ration of Governor Carr. At the session of the Legis lature of 193 the Dvmoci'utic caucus nominated Mr. Ov'crmau a4jLh,tdEcand date to succeed the lamented Vauce m the Uuite States Setiate, and he received the vote of every Democrat for that high office. In VJ Mr. Overman was the, Democratic Presidential elector for the State-, at-arge., Ii tha and every bthr campaign since he attained hU majority he made eloquent speeches for Demo cratic candidates He :s a Dem ocrat witiiout vtr idleness or shadow of turning, and has al ways been ready to seive his party ia;the ranks or in leader ship. 1 e is an elocjuent and able campaigner; a succesful and able lawer; a popular anu wise legislator of long expeii enceand is well equipped for the great office , of United states senator. ' Personally, Mr. Overman is a gen)emen of high character, a populat and affable gentlemen. and enj iys tho confidence and esteem cf the people of whole state He was married in his early manhonl to Miss Mary Merrimon. daughter of the lute United states s jnator and Chief Justice Augustus s. Merrimon. News & Observer. . Tragedy Averted, ''just' ir. he nk k of ti'me our little boy wa saved" writes Mrs. W. Watkins of Pieasant I it v, Ohio. .' Pneumonia had played sad havoc ttith and a terrible couph set in be si les Doctors tr aied him, but he he gre w wore every day At length we tried Dr. King's New Discovery tor Consumption', and cur darling was saved, nt'i now sau- d and cll. Evervbody ought to knew, t,s the only sure cure for 'ouh olds and all Lung ureases. Guar intecded by G. R. i'ilkir jpon, Drug pM. Vw: 50c and $t.2 Tril imthsri.. ' '' ' .;' """ . Upsets All Predictions, J,: K. tighe 4-andid. te for County Ticssurtr at Da IVnt, C.a., but it was predict-d that he could not live si m with. He was afflict with a runvirtK atess on his lunp ar.d suffered for three years. " His life trembled in the. balance whet, he heard of Dr. K ng's New DiMOveiv hr onutnpt .n. Me. tried it and 'as fi ally cur daridthu set the predictions cf all a ho kn w him. It's pONiUveiy jiu irant-rd for thro.it and 'une troulle hv ! 15! IVkingtun irice sc and Si.oo. Trial buttle tree.' . Dcata Lifts the Veil. New, York Jan. 81 Joseph William sbeppard, a wealthy in ventor and student of ocultism died here to day of selfimposed starvatkn. sheppard resisted aU efforts of his fnmily and phy sician to induce him to take nour isbment, and informed the latter that had no intention of ac cepting his treatment and that tie had only Called him io so that lis son might be protected in the event -i what he termed his A , , , apnarent death". How long he had been fasting N not known h , his son, with whom he lived, knew that.he had for a consider ibe f.merefused tn fcike nourish ment in the belief that he would thus brieg about a perfection of the spirit. Lie was 64 yersof age Uw;n2r to the extraordt honlth board refused to grant a burial permit and requs.ed the coroner to makeaninvostigation. Gn Me tm.ejfth of jannary Hon. s. 'Overman rerived a letter fr m iaac M . Smith, the co'or- d evepresentative from Cr.'vtn, on whech a written: N.li "I must no. b- opened un til you ae e!ccttd Unittd State Senator. Lat night a'ter his elec'ion. Stn- t'or Overman oj.encG he icit r. It was rs U llou i: e Pern. N. CJan. 15. 1901 StnatoT Overman, Raleii, M '. My Per Sir: I deire t- r 40 dowrin hisciy ' 'He fir' w s, e f er )Cir rau. us nom na tion for a United Stat, Senior. Kiht wcetoapoone ot your ar lent Mii por e- came a f-w mile? ! to kr.ow f uie who ould he chos n for a L- S.. Senator I to'd him unl sGd hin ee f n 'rrferr- with fate you would. Siru vou w ill win 1 u nder youj my Lei sinhes. With best wishes lam. Isaac 11 Smitn N'ews & Observer. A Thauksgioufc Dinner, Heavy eating is usually th firs: oiuse of indijiestfon. kt pealed a t ilks irflame the mucus memlra:r.e imnR the stomac1, exposes th. nerves of the stomach, produc n r .well ng after Citing, ? heartnurr headache, sour risings and finalit at-rrh of thestomach . Kod I .r lieves t!ie mil mini tion, urotect 'he nerves and cures the catarrh lvdol curr indiestioii, dyspepsii il smm.iclv troubles b cleansiny tne , landi of the ktomach it. a. t ilkingt n. Tlie annual statistical exhibit of the churches m the United States shows that while the net gain of communicants in IDOl was 921,075, in VM'2 it was only 4011,743. Tills may be accounted for partly by the fact that in 1M1 the Catholic bodies showed an increase in that year of 74.'i (Kl, while in 1102 the Increase was 120. 3:11. This still leaves a decrease from IU 1 of 1oh,4h:i communicants in face ofthe fact that the jxjpulation of the Uni ted States is ia creasing very lapidly. The greatest gain in shin ding in the last twelve years, is shown by the -Mormons, who have moved from the twenty-first to the sixteenth "(place. Mysterious Circumstances. One aws pale od all iw and he other rosy. Whence tc d ffcrescc? Shewliu is U fchii K 'h health uses Dr. Ring New Lite Till to maintain it. By gently arosing the laiy or gans they remx-1 good digest on and h:ad iff const pat. on. fry them. On.yisc at G K. P iking, icn Drugi.t. wahinMoii Letter (From Our Regular 'Vne-ponrient.) r Jan.irm9'3. v That Germany has gone- too far in her .treat taeut of Venetne la and Ih -Id "be called upou -' halt is the conviction of many of the leading men of O 'tigress. "I do not believe Germany was justified :ru this bombard inent of fcian Carl s. It is iHssibb the German navel oflicer may have exceededed his instructions but I doubt if his gov 'eminent, will disavow of his actions if this is true. The harsh attitude of Germany is open to severe cnt- icisni but at the anie time lit Is proVably pru-ieut not to stir up any bad feeling by harsh ex pressions of oiMtifou" If Germa ny wautsto blockade the jioit she may pe justified with the consent of the United States, but a bombard meat is not pari cf a blockade " Senator Elk'ns said "llie situation looks alarm lag to . me for the first time" Germany, this country begins to believe, is not a :tiag fairl.v nnr iiriAnlv. Senator McLaurii I Mt-.5,,i bm -if T hui mr!'w aubibi-ted t this country way I would drive Germany auo England put of Venezue a Af ter fliat the matter might b settled by arbitration. I do not believeithat Geimaay ought tobe allowed to take the brutal course' she is takiuu illy ucva'um) Vcu ezuela is a -eak power". At the State Deiwrtment it is said hat the United States wil: not take any zognizince of Ger many's acti a at present. It i furtlier admitted that President iMsevelt has, by his dfiriitlot. of the Monroe Doctrine, plac3 this country in a most uufortu nate condition. Relying ou that delinitiou, any uropt;an iMwer .jan intimidate and bully any 'South 'American Rt'i)ublic and so iwi.g as it does nt hni1 troop.- i'i attempt the a -q'liii SJ uf tor-t-itory the United States coiiiun .'gicallv pr;tert, at least cai:U in s withoU l epnrlUii'ig tiij .Uisevelt delinitiou u the yftt-j ;s ja NVjuhii!gb -n d iutf all hi hi u tU R ,w:U.t.fl. , tt. . f ..,, ,;it.u:,v. hi. i meeting vvit't grave oba"chf! -.Vhich are ui ir.'g rite to senou . susoicion as to tho honesty. u Germany V purpose. Tliat t,ct of men known ns the1 eaders of the Rcptiblican pnrt 1 is erp 'truti 'g the United ititU s Senate one, of the most utrageous filhusters in parli j menUty, histoiy. ; Aftr a test: otc by wLich it was demonstrai ; od that 'seventn repubic;.n senators und practically all of tlie democrats," constituting a majority of the Senate, desire to vote on the Statehood', bill ird vote affirmatively, tht Smi at leaders, A Id rich, Hanua, rfpooner, Vllison, lde Ha e, ct al,. have announced' that they will notiMrmit the question to fro -1 a vote if th.'ir d iter mi nation necessitaties the calling of an extra session to make ap propriations for the regular ex louses f theGoverniuont. They are opwiingly delying the w.ll tlie majority and are setting themselves up as oracles whose will ne Senate must obey. 'Among the reasons which are doubtless prompting thelcontin uauce of the Statehood blockade by tbe the Republican ring may be cited to prevent anti-trust legislation which will prove ini mical to the. interests w heih have placed these men in the Senate and the hope of preventing the passage of the I in migration bill and other legislation in the inter ests of the whol s people." With a view to futher -complicating the anti trust situation the 'member of the Senate are now preparing a number of anti trusts bills which it is well u dirsUsjd are intended to head off the administration' measure just rt ported to the House and likely puss with tlie help of dem ocratic votes at an early date. When it gets to the Sena'c, how ever it will be met with th ' ar jgumenttluit onoeljuse has lioen i f . . . . . . . covered in the ElKin bill, another 'other and it i the hope f in some of the republican leaders to in this way preveni all effective antitrust legislation even sup- Rising thuirBghtoTTtht ho,Kl bulhuld,not ,mi e ';.utt i cieattdoSo. The Cuban treaty is, still ibe! executive business before tiie Seuate and Senator Cullom is watcliing for n opiortuuity t secure an executive session of several hours duration when it is believed the convention vi I be promptly ratified. Several members of the Senate have expressed to your eorrespouent i their approval of the "3olu;nliau treaty and its ratification is irac ticallv assured as soou as the Cuban treaty is' disposed of. The Philippine, committee has amended the House' bill lower ing the duty on Philippine im ports so that it now provides ;hat ;0 tercr.t of the Dingley rates shall be colh-cted on Phil ippine sucar tobacco and all 4her Philippine pn-ducs shall dutyfree. AM.uKAWdfc.hMmj iimstitute aimot the entire ex ji-irtable products" of the islands however the amendment is a concession of 23 per ceut to the sugar and tobacco interests, at taeexoense of the Pnihuuines. Nearly Forfaits His Lifs. A runaway al mo: ending Idtally, red ahcrrible ulcer on the leg o! J. II. Omcr. FranUin Grcve, IP. For four year :t defies al d w t r tnd all . reined e Bat linden Kr nica Sa ve had no tr .uMe to rtti -iim. Kquiiy (food r i rnF Biuits, Mcin Eru tin i nd I'-U-50 "at G. . li.kiigtjn'a I'm, More. Ja-. os U'ihos f r arrears' in 'wm S"' need th t n r f,r ii'.Sling his stei I.ea .v-e.. rop- y. A ScisitiJie Jisc rtvvy K"do' ftot 'or the stom-'ch h- hit h ii i u h t.t !o t r i-v If v'ft ut iu-o iintilv Oiwrld 01 ver hia 'ed Kittol iittir th. itifiil j'.i cco t!j;-n . 1.0 in m -wot k "f thi' s .U'l.i. h. r. u . h' n. ro is teiwott while he mil t t niiiM'te f iti i orjj m ;',re :l o 11 rvt an-' hci. K- d 1 tl a-t- hi.it vou eat a d en 'h.vs 'he t ch and dijje-live "rgan train ii.rm ail food into ikh. red bio d. G PiKii'-g'on. onostonostor.otostoitostocnotcr.or.cstor.otoh oisstosvioisojl c Pce At water o Mercantile Co t o 2 Big PITTSBORO BYNUM. Get Our Prices On Fertilizers. Special Prices - On Car Loads. FRANK C. foe, Pres. ana iem manager, g . BNOOE, Vicc-Fresidont. v J. B. ATWATER, Soc'y and Troas. 1 tie cMwoed hi'4 uf nal a, .. Tci h turn, poor 10 n-nd iniers All j-in in paying tnl.atc to I -rA itt l-iilie rrny ivisct. , II Wihiams. San Antonio. write: Lutlc tarly Kirr Fills are , . . . .- .4 . m.- family. - i " sti, r:' " ' :u-.k.- . f rA.'L" 'lornul ljver. j"t and ail other livtr . trwnbkv G. - lilLin3ton.. ; Waving qualified a" adroinMrat'T of S. A. Perry decea-sed thi is to notify a 1 persons . having claims af;ainstth said estate to proe-t them on or beft 41 )iTk , nary 1904 or tws notice i '" in bar ' their recovery, all prsor. iudebt Ut the evUte will pls e forward aud . tile the same. C.C Hamkt Adrar. of S. A Pem deceased. This 9th. daytf Jan, iS- ', DR.J.-N. TAYLOR. PIIYSI'-'TAN and Surgeon. Pittsboro, K. C. Iiit attention given calls. ., Dyspepsia Curo - DJoests what yon cat. Thl preparattoo contains all of tbt d'gefUnw sod digesU all food. lUdTealDUantrelielaodMTM falls to cure. Hallows yoa t eat aB .ae food yon want TbmtsM)UT oaiachscaaukelt UyitBaoy thoesaiida of dyspeptic have b cared aftTfTerrthinif ' Mletl . M 1 unea nailed for tbe atoniack. thin- reo with weak stoma:lw Uirire oa is. i Crcs o!! stomach trcl!ss G. II. Piikiiigto . LANIUS'3 LIVERY STABLE, . PlTTStORQ. N. C Ki-ejw rs.imlaiitly on hand gl t trams. gtMxl buggies .'and fast Irhvrs. J. C. LANIUS. Prcr. livery toi.r.M 1 d with tie Ilx'.in House. Stores o . o M o M o n o n o o o It o K o V o It. 2 o o o U o U o It o It o It o V o U o ar o o ar o It o It o K o ar o ' ar o ar o ar o - mM
Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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