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Windsor Q Ledger Published; Every Thursday At Windsor N. C. :-v :jrr...'.A . ...... a... ... . .., . . - . the World that the powers engaged in the, work of rescue are not the kind who stand for murder ' of pillage and assault upon the defenseless. 9. W. KtjthfjY, EDITOR AND - PROP R ThursXy. February 28st, .-: 1901 iiisii;iii. Etf a limited time we will give you four papers for .y ' '-' ' ' . The Ledger, The Weekly Richmond Times, The Para : ' . , . ';' ' - ' ' . 7 . .. gon monthly; and The Farm Journal. i" - v ... Have you ever heard of such an offer? . Four paper and yo'iir ipottny ipaIneTucledall for'U.' -V ' ONLY $1.50 McKinley will call an extra session of Cbngress 'os- tensibly to consider the annexation of Cuba and its new constitution. But here is the true reason we clip from " a Republican paper. It will be called to pay such corpo Si ratin.' as the following for money Contributed to Hannas Vcjy' vHanni is.behind Mckinley and the trusts aie 7 with and behind Hanna:'-: ; ., i I 'If CodgTess: f ajlso pass the ship subsidy bill r v r.s now seams Kkeiy,the steel trust which is form ? ;ng may undertake, the task;of restoring our flag . en the: high seasr This " combination, colossal -i . - 0 SP ato( capitali2ation,wculd seism resource : f 'furenqughto'd6 alone J. what vthis government l -. , shrinks from attempting. ' '; ThJ? gigantic steei. trust will stand for $ i,ioo j ',. 000,000. This is the largest sum ever wielded , . . v -by a single corporation. It is over" twice the. " -vcapalof the London & Northwestern Railroad f-j tne greatest and richest of transportation, com- - panies and over ten times that of the New York . Central Railroad. The resources of this trust C are enonno tbat it faiily staggers one in ; . estimating ifs possibilities.' ' V ' H. ' " The. promoters of this billion dollar nter - - P"se lonotwant to engage in the building cf : V P avor.the subsidy propositionJ But if ; -. " V .Fedtrai;aid is not to be extended they may con-. . elude togof on without a congressional, grant. : The time is ripe for beginning to assert our mas : - tei7 011 tbe sea s we have demonstrated it' in" ' 'C i : the industrial field and it will be a great pity, nay a graat mistake, if we f aii to improve the ' , opportunity stretching out before us. . The steel men give as their reason for not tak ( - : , ing hold of ship building that they are not or ganizing with that as one of the things in View. : , That, part from it, they will have all they can i do ior yearsto come which hold out gVeaterI re-, ward1" But their patriotism may prove superior : v ..iolhejr financial .earnings and they may con .. ... , dude to place our flag at the head of the mari j j ' 4; time nations of the world- " 'w " -: We clip the, following 'very sensible article rom an xchanp;e about pure water. If- our people place any value upon their health and .lives, they will take some action upon this subject. . : f. ,11 our pusmess men aesire tne prospenty of the town,-, success in . their business ana prospenty for all, they will take action to pro vide . their town -with abundance of pure water. fc.very interest in this town demands it. . Vft did not know fifty years ago that malaria, the great poisoning agent that inhabits all the -swamps and alluvial soils of the South country, ; gets into the system through the wateir drank by : ,:i the peoplein one. way or another. It may be " -so violent as to product disease by sleeping in " V Texposedjplaces; but water, contaiminated. by .the 5 ; x' 1 - poison and drarik is thie'uual wa'y in which-it-x ' obviate its cause.: Our people Ttiuld father -, work than thiokv-. ; ; .; rt tv f It has been probably, more than - fifty - years -i v. ; since artesiaa wells have been bored forj.; drink ; :- - ihg water, but not till the last quarter of ;thi i -century -rere driven wells used f or the : purpose ? ! " xf avoiding malaria, and the germs TjeculaVVto -." . i : certain lorms 01 rever. 1 ne iaea is 10 anve aa iron tube down till it strikes solid rock, .then it -can never become foul or. contaminated with sur . face wateiv These wells.aie now used fn many "' . places, and some places, they are ; ever flowing, Where these wells are ised fevers have disap- . peared, unless the "seeds of fever have been brought from a distance.. " T t ' . - W Told You Wm Being Prepared. t ikTo BpJSUtled Art Act To Regulate the Fishing Of Dutch Or Pod Nets In Chowan River. Your attention is called to the fol lowingbill concering dutch nets in our county. It ts published tp give our people an' opportunity to consid er it.- OuuSenator, Hon. S.J. Calvert introduced it by request. He and Mr Wnston will be glad to h -r rem our people on this . subject!, Tl.e bill wil tie coiilkiered. February X Thi" Generar As3efably?- .North : "..Carol irm.Dd. Eict ! i Seetiob- J hat it sLUbe unlaw Two of the best speeches made on the sub ject of impeaching the Supreme court Judges were delivered by.HonLbcke Lraig and Hon. Francis D.. Winston. -. : ; : " ,v Bertie County, is the birth place of both of these gentlemen. They . are near the.same age. They;wererat college . together. Mr. Craigs father performed the marriage cer emony when Mr. Winston's father and. mother were married; They have always been very sincere friends. ' : " Both were in the last legislature. They room ed together then, they room together now On great public questions they think alike. Each is an orator, of power. Each is, a bril liant thinker. Each is a bold defender of the rights of the people. ; Each is a credit to the State, and Bertie County people delight to hon or them and will rejoice to see them advance to high places in the official life of our State. ful to set or fish .With a dutch or pod ... - - -.-.i . . net .within, prie imle cf thc Korthward or. South wardof thejoutside windl iss es or snatch blocks of any seine fish- 'I..'""'' '"",- . . ery in operation on the Chowan River and in Bertie County between .tha portion, cf said Chowan River "lying betweerj themouth of Currituck Creek ah'cf Salmon Creek; - ; v. 1 Section a. .That any dutch or pod dets fished or set within" the aforesaid East coirs? and cct extend futb;r into taid r'vtr th.m seven hunJrcJ ardk f : '' Section 3. -That all person - hat shall Net such i.ets in said river hiU pull up and remove the stakes usrd t for the same by the first day of Jcrc! succeeding ifce fuhir.g scas-cn, ar.i if any person shU -t or f.sh any such dutch or pod net io a blation ! of this section, or fail to remove said stakes as is hereinbefore provided, he shall be guilty of a ratsdemeanor and be subject to a penalty of three hun dred dollars to be recovered by any person in the Superior Court ot Ber tie County, And the SheruT of aid County shall, whec requested, re move any portion of uch r.ets setter Mshed in violation cf this act at the violators cost. Section 4. That nothing in this act shall appJy to any dutch . or ped net fished in the waters of v Chowan river and extending into a!' river from the Chowan County side . there- ; Section 5. , Thit act shall be lo force from and aittr iu ratification. i ill: ... i to 1 111U VU4T- 1 . :?,WHAT v r 4 o " "Hi C a 0 Jk. ' IS TO: COME. AMD SEE SantadaBiIIeUq-incri. i! C!r ar.lr - (fin a fchali. be, set . The same Republican paper we clipped the above ed itorial from stretches its elastic conscience and partially gives vent to its true thought and knowledge. It would say the same thing about the Philippines and Hanna's -subsidy bill if it would 'give ; play, to the 'elasticity of its . conscience and let it assume its-natural mental -status." "I e express the same, hope of our contemporary, r. '--.V Can lt .PP.sse that the-army of invasion. . of China is guilty of the atrocities chargetl a-1 jgainst it by the corxespondenti' who follow in its ' tracks? - ' " C : - - - J A. .lhe ses Pf murderVassault, burning and The magnificent steam ship City of Rio Jan eiro, which was lost in San Francisco Bay .with 150 souls, was commanded by a North Caro linian. .No braver man ever trod a quarter deck and went down with his ship. After see ing as many of his passengers and crew in safe ty possible to save he was last seen at his post on the bridge. ' 1 he name of Capt. William Ward will be added to jthe list of North Carolina heroes who foijnd death at the post of duty. ' Capt. William Ward had been in the employ of the pacific Mail Steamship Company for many yearsHe firs1, entered the service as a ca det on the steamship Tokio, and in iSS3 wa v assigned to the command to the Rio de Janeiro. Later he was transferred to the Peru, ' then to ' the China, then to the City of Pekin. lHe was : then placed in charge of the Rio de Janeiro a- . gain, and had been three years and a half on . ' the ship Captain "Ward, was thirty-eight years old and a native of North Carolina. Two sis-. . . ters and two brothers are residents of Raleigh. . Anorel eduoUional bill is before the : house, vf It ia to irtsurt four months- public school teria"iv praters of -the aid river i i rigecangx'if rmine snore a due illustrated catalogue 4 "cts. ctampa. .' ; '1' w - ; - ... -4 .. ... - r . WANTED! . 1 Keluble man for Manager cf Branch Oface we wish to open ia this ..j . vicinity, , Jf your record is O.- IL here is an oppoitunity. Klncly girt good reference when! writing, mn A.T.MO-WKOLESAIH HOUSE . CmCINNATTl OHIO t . ! ' ffft.ii'.m.uiii.-V-'.-. I - i. iMh'lHloi'.1; 11) Engraving FREE 1 cf V.tchc Sell ti Kepairrd .". EnmUcq: FREE ' dail:s buggies ' ire the -easiest rJnn;n tha easiest riding, lightest in appcArcnce and '-most dtioHc of any tl.c tr.arkcL They arc up-to-date Ask . those ". : , .( . who use them. Also. !ire ' and 7 "; "fine lhc-of 1 tefcVsWhL, :Uhnh tjQ 1 7 Ucts and pans of Harness. A f;nc ... ;t ; assortment of Cooking, and ' Hcic-VV ''- 7 :tinS shoves; Casting "Pipe &C , . ."'! . ,,. .. The !arge and best aaaontnent cf 'cc it 4 ; . ? .,-.4 j In thji fectioa. . . ; . t ;' - Do not forget ray eg".nrand aVirf pip . . .fittiogf pipe threading tcts kcJUj can . . ' ... ;,kIa m txtta qoalryA-Caih o tlst ' 4 " FTJcci''tray, cstmera PiccspC. de-,- - .'.lire'ry. . Cve oe'a fair trial ' ' " - - -E.- S. DAIL, Mfg.. MERCiALK- r2ctb!jrrtpcxa!icdLrAa slsating CTcxxlcndEruta 11 thg3r.5 p.rsi Bggds cf cess and PsLCcatliis ndSrr Opaisa,Morphias cor KznaL KotNajicotic. Wcruj jCTYii3KnsXeTnslY cssscndLcraorSxxsxs "i'TscSiiru Si i'i.- 2 :C&4 inrvv "Yonir. For Infanta and Children. Hie Kind You Have Always Dough! Bears the , 1 Signatnro of Aw I VI fj "'O ii-- Uy For Over li L 1 exact tzrrvr vsapfxi. 1 Thirty Years uuU u wiiiiLLu W.S. HAYES; , - . . . , -4 La. Ccwvrrc PmmrKvr. Tablm Tut Bmr. . . l-rvr arraca-o. WINDSOii, N. O. Bntil jeu tare eiatr.ir.ed cur atock S;RRlVOTT-.& .WHITE. IN.BUYINGPEAS. f kivtMtaat a ttttk trok t tf iwu " TacrtaOatrmaMwiUVtalWktttrcMwaarK 7 v atealing of the members of the invading . -columir upon the wretched people on the lineof jniaVtn 7"'-???:''n't0-e,tl?.a?e the yrr?s of . untruthful ..writers or an jaccurate picture of t indescribaljie .hotrors visited upon innocent people?."?- ThradvaTrdng coranin was made up of uoi ': ""formed bodies who . pretend, to represent the'". mannood ot ;ivilized states, the advance Vuarrt l ; 9 enlightenment on an errand of mercy-to sue- ' aL" , - ' '. .- . - - - - . --." I ... . " - - i uor a Deieaguerea garrison and the fore iera . - ciiuusiea to ineir prosecution -Th -done a sef i... .ocvcrl fee,c,aS0 we.reterreato .tne tact teat our State pi ohibit its farms raising peanuts' in comoetition to Ihem. We elin th ) f:j ot;cantibal, ,pr th f6llowing'from'theIgislatureroceedings: .; "rnnuanylt providesAhat where! in any achool.:- . ,uAuiki cic u mi AiurcicKi.,iacscy -to .-seep . -v. , . , thfiLschools open f our-jaonths; -the State - shall r ' s.v direlyLmakuphe dehciency.: -Thftconstitu-:-; T i tion requires f oar tr.crths schools "b'crhas -nev- ; :tt ;been;qbeyed;low. th5 dncatioaal qualifi--' !cation in the 'e!,ectiy5 franchise .'causes' a ntsha c ''f . 77 fr,edttcationf ia by. 190S very white child can.r" ' read and, write. . . ' '-- 1 -. MiU' :.Y Y HJil.iL OEO. TAir & SONiT ; ;. Seed drawers flerchantx. 7S Coraratrclal Plaar, Norfolk. Vjl .. 1 1 i . :..9f.otr'ages is. harged' agkinst rthe "'torthni ir ieoplejwished the Sts I f lp-'hekre:rfr orciviIM with Convict laborYn .... o. r- ; thugs' of India.. If is feared that the, reports are more than rumors; thafthe soldiery of. western civilization have given amples ground- fox. the accusations which fill the air and carry dismay to ve'ry good man and woman the universe over." We hope later particulars from this remote ..- field'Of actit-n i)fecyradic. Aesesupperiitionsi!! ; But if they'are coifroboVated' the ComWnders of ' f ' . - fx , 7 the' various corps cannot acttquieiA'maVi ing an example of the soldtefy ; responsible :for - Tond:ty?there was favorably reported in the - legislature a bill prohibiting the. State from rais ing on its convict farms,-near;Weldon, Spaiish S: . peanuis. ; a nere are tne small peanuts. used ex clusively 6y candy raaouf acturers, the crop in - the United States is said to be from 800,000, .tp; f , op,od bushels. It ia -clairned ; thav .Hiljfa; : : County grows 360,00a and the penitentiary farms . J 'there 80,000, and" that . Halifax and adjacent - Neatly Executed at the Ledger Office. ' L - prices: I Are Reasonable, : Work Good and SatUfactloh Positively Guaranteed -a.'J V,i.ctrit.r. f ui j" - -or 1 ?-w?lHics, iia tmra, grow mrce-iourins 01 , ail. destruction of property, bloodspilling and worse 7 ' ?. V , ' ; .. . .- '.-. J thecroo m the Uaitsd . States. The nr lvtm ,, m a Avaytnat will etrike terror to the hearts ff.,1 : ; . " - . Jf?v jt v -.. . v . lu oiaic crop maieriaiiy , le- ducts prices and is injurious and improper com- 'petition with free labor, ' thoW who might be tempted to "intimateihis'1' tvaeiy snij wmcn wur prove to China 'and l' n 'ijisiThe LEDGER'' and ; its JOB OFFICE is a C HOME enterprise, an integral part of the county, a : mirror ot its me, ana promoter or 1 n t. riLUri-c. and their interest. . It is J THEIR paper and THEY x . tneir pnntin g, sucn as , r . f) -Enveiopes,' Note Heads, Letter Heads, '. " k V . ; , : 7 Posters, Invitations, - Cards, Shipping 7 V v ie .Tags, rrogrammes, Books, and in fact, v ' 7' evesy thing and any thing,. Magistrate . CJ ' " :; Blanks, Lien Bonds and Chattel Mort- K ' -' gages,- ( Give us Your Work 7 ',-.' ; : . " " 1 : . , .. f s If. ' , ' . il -,: - ': - : ' i if-'Are rtccrtxs4 tha.wcrti ever - r;-? H etecenenc la tkrycSa ccastru;::. : l.'.i rl 1 1 - X t ! r J!- x : 1 . . j .... t t-.. irttlri t: 5 t?:Littrr e ratrwi; 1. ! a rttcJi cl ail I - . " i kMk at r.ior.'ARCM CHAiriLzss n75 ati'-i trizva.j la t:!fT-; tosry C i'C L Lt i' G . C O 3 t::.i n . -i .1 4 ,1 ?1
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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