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. - . -. -v&SA w r. " Jv-';,lvL W y-l t-1 WP4 ;-o- NOELL BROS., Proprietor s. HOPE FIRST: ABROAD MEIITV ' OI .OO Per Year in Advanc VX6 S . '.i'' . i. - J ' . ' ; '- . . . i , i M,L II.. I., mini You XX: , - . ROXBORO, NORTH OlROLINA, Wednesday 'EveS, February1 Mg!-: ; ' '- MR. KITCHIN ON TRUSTS. HE MAKES AN ABLE ARGUMENT ON THE TRDTT QUESTION . Congressman W. W. Kitohln Scores the Republicans on Their Anti Trust Bill. He Shows that they are Insincere. Mr. Chairman I . regret - very much that I have not time to dis cuss this bill, but in the short time I have I want to call attention to what seems conclusive evidence o the insincerity of the Republican party on trusts. In 1 888 the Republicans in their national platform denounced trusts In their platform of 1892 they more bitterly denounced trusts. In their platform of 1 896, when a different class of statesmen obtained control of their party,' they deliberately emitted all reference to trusts. I call these facts to the attention 6f the gentleman from Maine Mr. Littlefield for his consideration wherj he closes this debate. He may say that it was unnecessary for the Republican party to renew its pledges, that . they would not plead the statute of limitations; but they had befter plead.it out. of date than to. stare, them in .the . face as bindings ahd absolutely 1 ignore - its obiigatibhvJ it; ?.!" ln.190'0, jWheti, practically , all the ,-vr great v monopolies hadbecomer or sranized r tinder 5.' the 3 single-cbrpora"i' lion plan, ana wnne xne people were crying. againstHshei Republi can party wrote words in its plat form cotideminrjg conspiracies and cpmbinations." .. Under the Repub lican construction the single cor poration is not a conspiracy or com" bination. I' believe that platform deliberately informs these great trusts that the Republican party is not hostile to ' single-corporation monopolies. We are not against rich men, or riches, or corporations, or big cor- porations. We admit that large capital or large manufacturing plant can produce , more cheaply than small ones. 'We deny the necessity of enormous combinations for economical production. Econo my of production of oil does not re quire a combination worth- $700, 000,000. Economy in the - manu facture of tobacco does not require a combination of 12 qo. 000,000. A ten-million dollar- tobacco manu factoring plant would, be an immen se concern, and could demonstrate the greatest economy in productions Such a plant would be worth , more tb?.n the wealthiest cotfhty -in . my Uc i Vl LlU-llltl JII.O i CL WVl J.vJ , banks, its railroads, its'farms. -and all other taxable property". ' Yet such a single factory would not - be a monopoly: We ari not against great factories, but ' we . deny the right of monopoly to exist in enter prises natural monopolies?,' such as street railroads, ' water' companies, and others.-, - U y Natural : . mbhbpoi ies should ' be controlled, and tneir prices regulated hy law. All monopolies ih " enter prises of .competitive characters should be destroyed by lawr Ttjs unnatural for tobacco . lactones in puAar" int:ouis in Nw Xork, and.other- places C to; combine, and itisn wrong "to''cdm--binefor the? purpose .of onopolfz ing tre tobacco busiuessV 'lactones' existed' before monopoly ,.and they Will exist and flourish if monopoly s destroyed. : , : , v. . -, " ; Monopoly injures the small towns and sends their! best talent to the great trust centers: It intimidates the energetic; it .shuts the doors, of opportunity to the young: man.' In my district twenty' Veafs" ago new tobacco factories were started; no rnen now dare to begin manufactur- ng tobacco. Had the tobacco trust been m control thirty years agd as t is now, probably we would not know the names of the great to: bcco magnates of to day. Had the Standard Oil Company existed orty years ago, probably we would not know the name of Rockefeller. The great trust magnates laid the foundation of their fortunes under fair competition, then bnrganized trust and deny opportunity to all who have no special pull with them. - . - : ' Control of an article gives the monopolist the power to fix - its pricel Human selfishness inspires him to fix the price for. the satis- faction' of his ;own greed. Having the 'disposition and the power, he uses them against the, people, hav ing however,, consideration always for; the greatest net retnrns. Since ' a. ;j t . . rj yyc tauuui ucpayt; monopolist; OI their disposition,to rob;,.therfTpublic wnen tne greatest " net 4 returns- re quire it, it Is the duty of the.Gov- ernmenMo deprive, them 'of their Mi. ' a ' " ji- j " -i.! fill'"-? "!-. 1, vi a. ' i 1 lmpbwiimetii ; . in . .ine, , penitentiary unless :monopch is a" moral wrpng, unles it is a. crime against , humani. tyr The inan-.who rob bv virtue of ms great weat in aiia power, is, no less 'a -robber than. he' who robs , at the! point of a pistol. His method may' be 'more polite and refined, but he. accomplishes his purpose with just as . much certanty as is the highwayman. Why will the Republican party not enforce the criminal provision of the Sherman anti-trust law? - " ;;Why did not the President,when he gdt after the beef trust instruct the Attorney-General to indict its members? If a band of men should combine to rob . every man that passes' along the highway and un der that ag reement rob a thousand men and a lawyer should bring a suitto enjcin the members of that band from earring but their contract honest men would despise that lawyer Yet when these people ! combined to ' put . up the price of been and robbed the consumers, violating the Sherman ,law,' the ! A ttrrrifv- Rpneral brought . Rint to ill-u.vj . O . -.- dissolve . their, -, agreements:: He should have indictee" the men who formed that conspiracy The Jaw which authorize'5 the suitto enjoin them authorized their indictment. Why . 4 io! not the President ttfrak of "tackling-cunning? It is because - the Presideut is only human. JEe, suffers; temptation as do othir men. - He - want. to; , be nominated for President, and knows that ho man, catV-be nominatea r oy the Rrepublican; party who has not the sympatry;of :these great'tmst magnates; He knows": that no; man who takes;a b$d, fuhrelenting. .po sition i against triists, .against - "mon? obolies; and-who, unaer tne. iaw: advocates-putting these , great ty rants "of. the - people' behind bars, Vv receive the nomination of the Republican party in the convention. That ia the reason; in my: judge ment, the President abandoned his) idea of "shackling cunning" in this age, as heretofore our ancestors learned to "shackle force." ' , Mr. Chairman, it seem a recital of these .facts shows every intel ligent American citizen that the Republican party is not determined to break up monopolies. It is not intelligence that gentlemen lack. It is not wisdom. They know how to frame Ahe laws and how to excuie them. It is either conscience" or courage that gentlemen lack. Re publicans have . controlled the ad ministration of affairs now for six long years 'and have allowed platt form declarations to lemain a dead letter The criminal statutes they have not enforced against monopo lies. There is no middle ground betweea those who plunder and those who aie plundered v If ycu Republicans are determined . that the law shall not be enforced, if you are 'determined that , private monopolies' shall not be destroyed, if you' art determifled" to permit them to continue " to charere the American consumer "more than they manhood lo let the American, peo pie know your position. - , 'i Can you mislead them by press- ing Dins at tne . ena . ot congress when you have no. 'hope ,of .their becomiri'law? ;'If ntbe American people should vote intelligently and deliberately . that the 1 monopolies should control this . . country, . we would bow to their, rwill; but-we deny that the people,, jfayor,. private monopolies. We . deny that they favor allowing corporations or. in dividuals to have the power , to a'rbitraiily control prices. THE WATTS BILL PASSES. Seeing a Chance to Pat This Much Temperance Legislature into Effect , the Advocates of it Get Together Agree on a Program and Carry it Through. ' - - . ; Rpleigh, - N. C, Eeb. .. 24 The Watts bill regulating the liquor traf fic in North Carolina is a law on the statute books. ; , It goes into effect on the" first day of July, 1903,' and it drives the dis tilleries and the grogeries from the countr'. : ' . ; It leaves in force all special fegU" lations . of , the liquor traffic and it gives to any city or town, upon ap. plication of one-third of the regis tered voters the right to. hold an election to determine whether intox icating'liquors shall be manufactured;- whether or not there, shall." be bar-rooms, or saloons, whether or 3 , 1. . v ., 7" "V There had been a Babel of amend ment r confusions when ; the Senate adjourned its morning session," ut at night this was all swept away. All the amendme; t offered ; in the afternoon by the opponents-of 5 the bill and which were pending, voted down, and as new ones were . intro- duced these were. voted down also. ' The final' vote on ; the passage of tne Din was 27 ior ana 15 againbt De Witt's Witeh Hazel SaJve .'.' .Tne only r posittve cafe f for5 blind, bleeding - itching protrctdi rig f piles, cats, tiarjifif,". braise's, 'eczema' and all abrasions 'of the skin. DeWitt's is the only ";Vitch "Hazel'';Salve1r"Uiat is made from the pare,1 uriadulterated "witch hael all otheWare counter feits; DewitVs Witch Hazel Salve is made to care-ounterfcitsnre'm"de to coll. Sold by :Wj R.! Hambrick, . ; SHOCKED BY TRAGEDY. A MOURNFUL SUNDAY IN OUR I . CAFiTALcrrt. 1 1 The Prisoner Visited by His Sister and Brother S ympathizing Friends Called at the Home of the father of Young Skinner Story of an Eye-witness Indicates .Shooting .Was Premeditated. Raleigh, N. C, Fek 22. Rain eigh never passed, a more "mournful Sunday than today, made so " by the killing yesterday of Iudlow Skinner by Ernest Haywood. Mrs. Preston X. Bridgers, of ; Wilming ton, a sister, and Mr. Alfred Wr. Haywood, of. Haw River, a brother of Haywood, , arrived today and saw him in jail. There "was 'a stream 'of sympathizing callers at the' home of Rev. Dr. Thomas E.f Skinner, the father of the dead man," and at the latter's home. " ; . Skinner's funeral will be held to morrow af ternooh from Christ Epi scopal, Church ' 'His ' b'rbtfcer-in-law, John H. Wmder,J6f .Columbus Ohio, will arrive ' to morrow ' at noon. Winder is president of .the Hocking Valley "Railroad. T Tk - ' It has been learned that Skinner had not seen Haywood for. at least ten davsj; haying duringthaV peripd been at the bedside ol his mother, 'who was buried last . Friday .. J : &Kinner went jorne, , mce t in whicrihe""wask- head cleric Saturday afternoon, and? fter.tajking.iwjtji One of the firm, said he , would go to the post-oflice, ancV woula return in a short tinier Barely five minutes-elapsed' before the clerks heard the 'two pistol shots,, the second ; of which' too his life. ' - . , TittB SfORY OF AN IK WITNESS J i . .. ... . . . . " , , t An eye-witness to., the shooting said he was in the post-office lobby; that Skinner, was there also v talk ing with a friend and - laughed as he talked: thai they went put ?the main entrance together; that Skin ner turned as,if to go diagonally across the street: that as . he had . , ,4., , - ' ,--,( M about reached the" edge of the side- walkT Haywood, who was , standing on the sidewalk In his rear, shot at him,: and quickly took aim and fir ed the second time, when: bkinner had nearly reached the center . of the' street. . . . . . ; ' ' - - At the second shot Skinner's hat felt off and he raised his .left band to his side. . .He then walked across the streetcar ; track, turned, " and fell with his face toward his slayer gasped three times and died. , . One bullet passed entirely .through the body from the left to the right side; through' both lungs, ' serving .. the aorta, smashed tne seventn rip, ana was found imbedded in ;the' flesh just below the skin. , . The "eye-wit uess says no words passed between the men. -Skinner, had on an over- at. 'His pistol was ;in his ; left hip pocket. - , 1 : V .j ZiegiBrs SSioes ; This is a justly celebrated and famous wo- I j men arid children;5 known apcl worn as widely as any in the i vbrW For tiiny years they; havebeen exceedingly popular v.and through all . this time liave held their own and grown bet- : ki year by year as the makers learned, by experience where -rthey conld be irhprdYed on nntil today they stand on the ' pinnacle- oY perfection and are better than ever- before. They combine stvle, duf ability; and' comfort, pleased :and satisfied ' - wearers.- have always 'been their best advertisement: Our spring' line just 'arrived The'stock is complete land prices the s Slowest possible, T ; C ' , ' -'Uv ' ' ADMINISTR ATORS NOTICE. The undersigned having , qualified as Administrator of the estate of Mary W. Day hereby notify. all per sons owing said estate to come for ward and make immediate pay men and all persons holding. ' claims a?ainstthe estate to present them to me for payment on or before the 25 day of February or this notice trill be plead in bar of their recovery This February 25, 1903.; . ; ; -E. U.WALKER. "'v' ':: f ; - ' Admr. - We Have, What you - e . - Want m This is our jf tie, and thi whsit we study. Our aim. is. to sat all : times r keep : ; such a ; line of "groceries and ; confectioneriieB that ' iili isiiit our trade; I Vou want 13 j I v.a SugnrMeal or Fancy tand we will erve'yoii prompt, and? will al ways guarantee prices J t rflf you dahf ; come' jiist f : v 'phone iis ana. your order vilL ;: fh a v e prompt attention.. .', I r ;.r e, 4-. n'.Vd . , I''".' "' .-'' " r Sergeant, Clayton & Co ; ,; v . y, -; A '. - t ;-" " Successor to Wi J. fohnson & Co YOU'LL GET TIJAT ' , t; C YOU ORDEk Aiid get it Fromptly. -'i--" " i - V. - f , . k -J ' . j t v " fs -;. ; . ; : ; 1 ; i" There will be no slighting -of . .the matter from the time- you : send your order to us until , the Se udy Tour Wants. Every grocery order is welcome, and every customer is treated as well as we can treat him., . . .I'can save you nionoy on. Shoes, . gire me a call. f 'v. . Yours to. set'' OI: T Groceries When
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