North Carolina Newspapers

. . - v ... . -: - s " " ' : ' - ' . . j '- UltMI 2.--NUMBER 12. CKOMiniTIOS AND LABOR s. r.. crjafs Broufht Atout In tie sijiit t Litor CoiJItlois. , 4!.-r V-kl v I , t j t.-tion wlwllN-r. today, f , . l,. is nt l he llHsl tcier- ' !l tl,. tittioli! v.irlii.i,L i I ,;r,.-vn interest of tle cot ,. - r.-. h-e learned that liur , - r me practically inrom . .im.ng tin Macks. When i ir- ago eiery little tillage , .1 i rn I 'row l-arn. and rery -.tore on tli larger plan-'-.-M liiur at an enormous ...r lis rnui.tiT. tilav the' , i Lin ilriBl th hi.kcy fi..in tlir slors atnl hae ti -.alooiit nut of t-isbiM-. . in e-vsity dcmaixled it. . i rdt, tin rotlol) grow . .-!. .1 day' laUir from the I iwltr the Incus system ri would or k only enough i-.rl Ii ft and buy whixkey in avrrap of three days .. But no !iuor for tho . n..:nt no liiuor for tin ' . i sutiaiion wiiu ii tii ruling t lat r I r fully acrj.Ul. t !.. fn'v rviriiiH uorkctj . tiufi moral, ainl pvrn . r i, : il antaf of all ronccrn itr to tJn Sautli inn t in iN 'st .i,m t ini. tr.r:! i-hgation. The au "I i ! Tom's ( nlin" sifl Icrriblt arraignment b t t.-rs ..n theo. t leouth ...vi,t r. itiil.i. in'miniil r n Militlii IoIhhi-itl-U. Wnl the .lt-lru-U r this st.inl:tnl ;..w-rl ug the upward. -tl'lgl.' f th South is a : phibtlion of the ts.r..ih his (aIa vt'lf -i,.u lr.i k. drugs, aiwl debt tiinv wen maile fhe i ( new atvl subtle enslave- " Ninotus sl.l by the very . u is of Ijlntr ntvis, on the . - t u it. to return t- the coflWs ti . niMii'r all that he had , i . ) -M l in mjn; of the other, ... . his hl.u k' workman in sub ? iihm a few years . . h.ktl I ! liistribulisl as a i I ir r ilioo to the rinergene v "m Tn nil threateittsl I'it-v, "to them up to the work. That , t. m h l, h tptl, cls.sed. 'Hie v"' who lielciiuhe his Ilien .tii Imiior or drugs is t 1 1 d- i --.li; in miuv stsitiotis he is. t I - rnlol. The negro may keep his ' ii he will but ork honestly u . not l.-ss iiiinrtant, eonsistent- L f.-r it Willi tl.- .lwniiu 't ... M..t!. . wis.oii has tome a re- . ni.i.-M.-f.,- of the nobler spirit of -! i r I s. the rl msibility of t . mister to the - st ant. The ro tllXIM' to l S'f-SUp l-rtiti.' uih s-f resjws ting has a lt-r 1 It iimV th in ever lfore mi 1 the w isf gu-trdi.-vnship of the W s . l t f I . s. vh) Doa't Thc? 1 1. .in- :( I tt -inciii'ii 111 Ai.sn otintv .(,. si.l.d itlur. si far as pub ...s. usso:i of the li-ni'rn! e -lt..u is 1 oi -riMsl. Il is 1 ti 1 1 rn f L il I.- that a major it v vote in v i.i iiiul'l b 1 arr msI in fav or , ' s,.rit'tloitg that imi pobbc saak - j tit lake lit' slump in favor of. I 1 thing is right 1 1 1 re is no rea- t vlv its alvtatis should hns to sak for il in omi. m;.Ih ibs. iivsion. Ibtt in all tlnst tnti v 110 mm of 1 0111111011 sense ' i i.hnirv dis retion can l I ho will appMr l.ftn a . i d I iimln'iHi in i.iior 01 ni , If the tans is a g"d one 4 ,L-.-il it U-b.re the .iib III- I . r- f.-r th Kidiw -iil i Th lti.s 'PH. W r-lft t" rUniaili-m lilallK. ttf.sl : f-- lti - 1"!-, mr ! u iir-lf I-: r . r t . -i k 1. 1 il lvll.-fOg r. r .mt ( llw l.l. L tf-t .t ft . - r. m.W-l if ! r.. t -...?. t Id M riin ITO GO 50 Suits Summer Clothes For the vst two or three weeks we advertised that all law ful l.s must go. six I they went like "hoi cakes." We now I.. ... il... Itir.011 ('.niitter hU.uI Fiflv Suils of Summer 1 1 1 1 - ii - 'www rioti.es that will u- S4id at Acre l tMsr. .-I ....1 1.. .-rr over a single ."iiiiimhT Suit linn i - w " J sa. nine iImii than to hold them Is vour tiuvi 10 Get A Summer Suit At Actual Cost fter.- Suit is this seasons i?ini. FCTH N " bmn.1 of clothing thai have given satisfaction to .verv ui-nn-r. lley embract? nearly every color, sie ami prue. U,t in onler to get your nun,Ur XiW had U tter one of tlrt hrst to call, for tley will soo U gone. Just a few iiir left of lilies' atl Men's Iw-Cut Shoes. If viur numlrr is In re. a tn iiwihIous Urgain awaits you. GRAY GROCER PHONE !VCK THING IN lni m m AS IT IS IN MAINE The True SUte of Affilrs la the Mae Tree SUte as Seen ty One Who Hjt Been There. lN'.U..tuU Alv.-wt One MMrs muc h at times alout ii.eui-s.s nsults uiMler the i,n hil.itory ilicv in the State of .Maine. It is so irsistntlv certain neusjiajiers ainl some lopl,. that more Tumor is sold aiwl drunk in .Maine t4lay tlian ever Ufore. that have c ome to U lime it. It iail I Ciuntr.v. Began m 1H48 coni that the Uu is not enforceil. anlh,etp', in Weight of Ulecap titat the state is reekinir with law lexsness arnl drunkenruis. 'Hiree inuiortaiit facUimnressetl me on a recent and somewhat pi- teniltsl trin to that stale. I. That iHihlir disonler.. iiover. ty arnl c rime, so largely prevalent n iue, towns, are almost entire- ly mining in Hie .Maine towns arnl l ilies. 'J. That inMritv is evident on all sides, and in a state with natu- rally limitisl resources, there is evidently plenty of ready money with which to transact all necessa ry business. .. That despite the claim that lntcls cannot run sue cexsfully without the sale of liipior, the Maine hotels an the UM of their lass I have ever seen. I was in Korkland three differ ent nights, a city when it is claim- led there are violations of the pro I hihitory law. ue of thse was j Saturday night, w hi n till ten j oVIoi k aid later there were rro.vds if iple thronging the sidewalks, j i et s 1 orderly were the eoplc, tainl then was such a manifest al- senre scenes where drunken men are frequent, that there was no sort of ccmarisoii with condi tions in li-ctise towns of the same si antl larger. I wasstruek with the same f m t in I'ortlarxl. Iewiston, Hath, lkui gor. Humford Falls, and other cities of Urge sie in the state. I have never yet seen a license town of similar sie, where at night, as wr as in thf day, there was such a manifest reign of morals and giHl order. It is a condition not imagined, but plainly realized. Then the evidences of prosjierity are everywhere manifest. In com munities where, according to nat ural resource:, there would natu rally It cxieeted much of jioveVty apiarenllr the -.tU- well Maine nas In her savings IkIKks aUait jut capita, and yet has so few natural resources, tiiiio. w tilt au abulia nee of resources. lias about one-tenth as much. If as much liipior is now sold in Maine as under license, it is strange that the liipior dealers of Hoston are helping to pay the bills of the resubmission campaign, and this fact has liecn frtvly allirinsl. The fai t is that the prohibitive features of any law an- far easier enforced than the regulations of a erinis- si v e statute. jiihI this is lorne out by the facts in the Tine Tree Mate. A gentleman in Camden said to nie. .one of my children has ev er seen a saloon, except my oldest son. who is in a l'ston college." That fact alone is worth the whole effort to sit-ure the Maine law and to maintain it. A l-t'-ti Ur. who brou-ht bi wit .fru hi n-tlivt I'uMiii. while , T. w ;niiimig tlf I'l ontifT m tt di . iril. lill f-.rth lb. f..ll..win. ..n wth to .Ur-- ibis Wi.iu.ii In iw slw .liiiik Y-. sir ' Iki von drmk vurs-f? Tlul HIV bllIU-ss' .III ml v S -r. u'.xi th umi..tsl l.iwrrr .ik.H. 1 1 v mi .in v ..lb. r biisim-s.' f. H.-adjt. b. and .ilii.ti. dis-ij'lar ! wlv n ItiiiiT Ijtll.. lJt T 1111 art- iis.-,i j Xhr) k -! tlx ysl.-l iPUII. lle Miiliuu II W.s, l T.kl ll ! .-sJo!UH tl kt-.-l t.,n w. U TWv r fr the t iitir f-tm ilv s4d bv Jkf irtm Irivg t- COST We are deter would ralher ..n r for another siason, si .iihI al nd all are our "SATIS- Y C MPANY 124 GROCERIES. IN aj s p a WASHINGTON MONUMENT Major Smlti Writes laterestlarly Tali Glfiatlc toS Historic Strsctare As we approached Washington the maOTilicent dome of the Capi tol of a irreat nation loomed tin in the distance arxl close by a tall shaft or marble and granite feet, 54 irh. It cost $1,187,710.31, - l"vau citizens and associations cntrilwitinir $-iU0,UUU of this amount- the (irovernment Uie ImI ance. Tle colloss.il height and .tM . . . . si "metrical protmrtions typify the ?rJa,, al noble life of George N"ashingUn. the Fatlier of his - lsUM,e kuimJs. One wonders how this immense stone was ever l!ced at the great height of 550 ,m 1 ,,,s highest of all monuments ,n sliaiie of an obelisk was rasHJ by a grateful nation to the ir,.oa,nK ngure 01 i,eorge " '""gioii, uie nero, uie sokiier, I n nn, uif suiuinil who was ',irst ' Iice, first in war a,M' nrst tiie hearts of his coun trymen. The alluminum pyramid cap makes the monument visible by night as well as by day, typical of the ever watchful ey over the safety of his conntrr. This obe lisk, in the distance. apiears small, a shaft piercing the skv: when near by its pmiiortions look large ami 'tis said that, though the walls at the la.se are -15 feet thick, there is riHim enough in the interior to house PJ.mxi men. 1 'laced in the center of a 40-acre platte of land of mounds and ter races, on the banks of the Potomac, which from the top of the monu ment can I seen, winds like a line of silver till lost in the distance, as it winds its way from the moun tains down by Alexander and ML Vernon the Ijcautiful home of George Washington ami on tow ard the Chesajieake Hay. A grand lanoramic view of the entire city of mj.irn) inhabitants lies spread . ..t 1 , 1 1 out noi th and east and. west, over- 1 i- . 1 I, looking also the old cityof Ocorge- :. n 1 . . 1 r. " .:.. " , -"::V' wul:u'': minimal, iukmm.ii M-smniiT.1 HOW a art of the city of Washington. )ne can aseml to the top of the monument by climbing up 100 stc-s or by an electric elevator. As you go up you can read the number of feet inscribed by tens from the Ixise; ami also blocks of stone of various kinds placed in the walls as memorial gifts by states, oil- " 1 oreign countries. Many of these have oxidized antl sloughed away till the inscriptions are almost ille- i gible. At the height of i0 feet, INo. "2t stone "Presented by thefirand Di vision of the Smis of Temie ranee. North Carolina," with this motto, Ive, Purity. Fidelity.'' Kighty feet high No. :$t stone "Virginia who gave Washington to America gives this granite to his monu ment. Ninety feet high No. ." stone. "From the Mechanics of lialeigh, N. C." This stone is de caying and inscription ;ery indis tinct. One hundred fret from the Imse stone No. 47, ."North Caroli na. Declaration of Indejiendence, Mecklenburg, May, 1775; Consti tution. lo- feet high No. 09, "Cnion Siciety, Hillsborough, North Carolina." The loth land ing at the height of 150 feet con tains no memorial tablets. Su psed reason: "The suerstitious lielief of the builders in the lad of the fateful nuniljer l.'J. 10 feel high No. W: 'The snrest safeguanl of the Liljerty of our country: total abstinence from all that Intoxicates." I'.V) fwt high No. 1 If., "Wilmington, North Carolina. Thalian Society." Total memorial tablets l7fi. Fif ty of these are in decaytsl condi tion and are entirely illegible. W. A. Smith. Prohibition Works In Union. (tnr Home. MarshvilbO There art lots of men who claim that they would lie in favor of prohibition if a prohibition law would ""prohibit," but as there will lie "blind tigers" anyhow, it is useless to have a prohibition law, cU If that ttbjection is a god enough one to annul a law, by the same principle eve ry law on the statute liooks could be aljolish el. In other words, if all laws that failed to prohibit were re lealed there wouldn't lie a single law left. There never has been a law that will prohibit anything, liecause the written law does not stop men from killing each other is no reason why the law should lie rccaJed. The written law does not "prohibit" stealing, but that is no reason why it should be made dawful to steal. lleeause men violate a law against the sale of liquor is no reason why the sale of it should be made lawful. If our Anson county neighbors think a blind tiger can do busi ness long in Union countj' with out a landing of the "tiger" on the chain gang let them semi some of their expert blind tiger ke ers up here and test tlie matter. Our prohibition law does not en tirely "prohibit," but it does put those who violate it for any length of time to work, breaking rock on the public roads. taraMMMnnanMHBHHBMa The neert-t of fabioDble beant j. I fditsl tb qtvstion of 'a beauty Bpet-Ul-l.t In ordVr to be round. rtr and very tylih. Uke HollUtsr Rocky I Mountain TV. V cent. TV or Tab ' ta. Martin Drug Company. p r, To Enlighten, To WADESBORO, N. WHERE SALOONS HAVE BEEN TRIED AND FOUND WANTING of Two Able Articles from Reliable Men Living In Cities That Have Tried Saloons and Prohibition. READ THE COMPARISONS THEY MAKE Hon A. M. Scaled la so well known for hia ability ax a lawyer and his al lut Mtneerity a a Htaietiiuan. that wt fMl that it i naeltwn to writ an introj JiM tiou fur hU abl artkl. 1 Greensboro, N. C, August fi, 1907. Koliert M. Mann, Her. Wades bo ro, N. C. My dear Sir: Your letter of July SUt would hare been answer-; ed earlier but for my absence from the city. i I take pleasure in handing rou! some facts in regard to the work-. ing of prohibition in Greensloro,!- which , trust will Gf some serv ..ftlI With best wishes, I am, 1 ours yery truly, A. M. Scales. It happens that from time to time that men who are interested in breaking down the prohibition movements misrepresent Uie work ings or prom union in me various cities and towns. Usually these misleading and incorrect reports are made in 'distant states, but in some cases these efforts are made boldly in towns of our own state.) It is known that such attempts have been made in regard to' (ireensboro. I We gladly accept the challenge' made by these gentlemen and; would be willing to let Greens-i' lioro's experience be a test as to' whether or not prohibition is sucessful. We do not. however. purjose to deal in generalities, but will sustain our assertions by facts and figures very briefly , 'iM-e..u U1 .ru.numu, claimed that prohibition would , 1 n , , (I not be effective; that it would , i . make conditions worse; that it 'ri. t u : 1 a : woukl corrupt Uie people; that wouKi corrupt ue iieopie; crime would increase; that business would lie injured and Uie town ruined. Notwithstanding these dire prophecies, Greensboro de cided to try prohibition and has tried it for two years and six months and what are the results? The year 1904 was entirely un der saloons, prohibition going in- g7nfi?ng JaTi.'lSt, lTto'ttffcn'ttrt same day prohibition went into effect the Mayor's jurisdiction was extended one mile in all dir ections from the city limites, so that during the years 1905 and 1!0C the Mayor's jurisdiction was over thirteen square miles as was the jurisdiction in 1904. Many of the cases hereinafter given camr from this outside territory yet all have been included in the following table which speaks for itself: Drunk and drunk and 1904 VJO MOB down S-W 1VJ Ml DiKurdely conduct 291 l.YT 94 Amanita and affravn. . -. 20-t 2:W Carrying concealed weap ons Vagrancy I. E Itetditting ofneeru Trriii-w and injury to property D. H Gambling and playing canLi on Sunday Nuisance Larceny, euiljetrleinent and fid. pretense Forgery Contempt of court Itobtiery aud highway way roliery Breaking in car Cruelty to auituabi ArMi Munler MiwellaneoiM ordi nances Itetailiug F. and A Selling to minors and drunkards Abandon 11 lent. PuRMing counterfeit money Perjury Burglary Connpiracy Bigamy Fugitive from justice.. It S 41 40 1 ft n 15 17 29 fttt 1 9 10 9 . 10:l 4 4 4 . 4 B7 13 9 , 9 29 10 5 140 14 IS ft 4 :t l 819 41 a 1 1 n 1 11 1 9 196 1M ft 229 ioVi Total 1174 During 1905 the jug trade was very small but during 190C sever al agents of liquor dealers opened offices in Greensboro and ordered whiskey from out of Uie state and the result of these agencies can be seen in the ligures for 1906. Not witlistanding the jug trade, bow ever, the conditions in Greensboro are vastly improved over the con ditions prevailing in 1904 under saloons. Now as totle business of the city; Uie growUi of Greensboro - has been quite remarkable and has at tracted the attention of the whole state and the propliecies of busi ness ruin made during the cain paign have been falsified. We ofier two evidences of this fact and we select those evidences which no one can deny or mini mize. These are the Post Office receipts and the bank deposits, which are as follows: l-OHT OFFICE EEC EI ITS. lft04 .. : 51.109.62 1005"'!!!! 57jD50.7 1906 70.2fi4.44 First mx months of 1907 37,672.38 BANK DEPOSITS As given us by the Chamber of Commerce are as follows: 1Q04 2,051.128.00 1Q05" " 8.719.310.00 190. 3.045.000.00 First six months of 1907. . . .2.997,181.65 le C. AUGUST 20. 1907. i -- - - . . I Mr. A. F. Johusou in a Rwecessful hiisinnw man ami a leading uiannfac m . w mm - inrer 01 s.iinron. lie Has been lor a number of yearn the leader of the Dem oT&tic iarty in his comity and in section of the state. He is or haa been for sometime the chairman of the coun ty board of education. He is eaailv r toe first citizens of the eastern part of the state. The Ansonian. 1 Clinton, N. C, Aug. 5, 1907. Key. K. M. Mann. My Dear hir: Keplying to your letter of the 2nd inst., in which yon ask me to write you a letter "in regard to the benefits of prohibition in Sampson county, " I would say: First As to material benefits Kvery movement (for prohibition) in .North Carolina has been met in the outset with the argument that prohibition will drive away trade from the town; that it will put good citizens out of business and destroy their proierty; that it will Iv"i - Ol deprive' the county of a source raucn revenue. The exigence of Clinton and 1 . c.imvn .,.T 7 tn,-o Un. S MuiHiiii- 01 ims argument, jrro- h:i :4: 1 1 . , ibition has driven no trade from (.i',ninn b..t ti,0i. ,.J Clinton, but on the contrary has ieen greauy oenenciai to ail our I. il- 1 J I A II mercantile interests; and no sane man, who understands the condi tions in our county today, would advance or undertake to maintain this argument. The good citizens who were put out of Uie saloon business are all better citizens and succeeding in other and better and more honora ble avocations. It is rue that the county and town have lost the revenue from saloon licenses, but they have also lost the heavy expenses of large .i.w.i.f : is -initial vurL III 111c tuill U COII sequent upon;the drink evil. The town il iceman finds employment in improving the condition of the streets while the guard house has no occupants. Again it is said that Prohibi tion takes away a mans rights and liberties, v and this argument is us mJlI rn5i6oT ieirow "Avilo nit drowned most of his claims to good citizenship in drink. No right of citizenship worth maintaining was ever conserved by whiskey or fostered and strength ened by the saloon. On the other hand, the benefits of prohibition in Sampson are apparent in many ways. In place of the still house we have established Uie school, and in place of the saloon we are build ing high schools; and instead of darkness and consequent .ignorance and crime, we are rearing sober, intelligent, educated, law-abiding, prosperous citizens who shall re deem SamiJson county. For ten years Clinton had no successful schools under license system. Un der prohibition she has a model high grade public school with over 300 pupils. Her reputation for the moral tone of her citizens is equal to any, and the prosperity of her banks and merchants bears witness to the lenefits of prohibi tion. During one year immediately preceding the establishment of prohibition there were. 12 deaths in Sampson directly caused by whis key. Since that time I have not known of a single death from that cause. f Hut the saloon advocates say "Prohibition will not prohibit" and if you "close, saloons blind" ti gers will alxnind." It is undoubt edly true that ever since Adam and Eve violated the first prohibition law, men have broken laws and will probably- continue to dp so; but in this as in other violations of law, faithful officials and public sentiment can and will reduce this business to small proportions, and the enforcement of this law as well as every other rests in large meas ure with the community and with our Superior Court judges in North Carolina. North Carolina is marching on ward and upward at the head of the column. Anson county cannot afford to lose lier osition in , the ranks for the sake of enriching a few listillers and saloon-keepers and their dependants. If whiskey wins in the contest the clock will be set back for years and her pros perity and advancement and up lifting long delayed. There stood once in a village on the New Jer sey coast a barroom built entirely of materials collected from the wrecks of vessels thrown ashore by the tide. That was the best and most perfect symbol of the sa loon I ever knew. The saloon is built of the wrecks of human lives Yind homes. Wishing you success in this ef fort to up lift and redeem your county, I remain. Sincerely yours, A. F. Johnson. Hundreds of people yearly go through painful operations needlessly, because they never tried Man Zan Pile Remedy. It is put up in such a form that it can be applied right where the trouble lies. It relieves the pain and inflammation. It is for any form of piles. Price 5c. Sold by Martin Drug Co. vat and To Amu BLACK CRIME IN ROWAN. Rowan Conaty Woman Subjected to Fearfal Torture by BLack Brute. (Salisbury Special. 15th. to Charlotte News.) One of the blackest crimes ever committed in Kowaif county was reX)rted here early this morning. Yesterday at noon Mrs.; 1). W. Kesler of Proridence townsliii). seren miles from Salisbury, was the victim of a most nhastlv as- hisjsatilt by an unknown negro brute f Irs- ivesler with her three chil- - dren lires with a relative her litis one band being away from home most of the time. Yesterday nliont noon Mrs. Kesler started I to Tv- ack's store to buy some susrar. She had gone but half a mile and was starting to cross a bridge over Dutch creek, when 'she was con fronted by an unknown nerro. armed with a heavy rail. The ne gro brute held out a bottle, con-1 taming some sort of fluid, in his hand and commanded her to drink its contents, swearing that unless she did so instant lv ho wnubl rv. ish her there and then. In her fright Mrs. Kesler took the bottle ani drank all the contents. As soon as she had swallowed the drug, she ran as fast as she . t could through a cane brake. The negro follower! Arwl nvArtiitJno- l.r in about 175 yards, seized her and I .1 1 : il. 1 ! 1 c, , " - . hJ,e v closirate iiirew uer in uie crecK mearov. . a.MUBS vu icacu niu imiiK, wnen w reacu trie uanK, wnen she ran through the thicket . . " . sci eaimntr at me w) l) or lier voice ,,, . VJ," Uh U.m wiJ UI "fl ""-e. Hut, the exienence was too much for her and she had not gone but a snort distance before she fe prostrate, . thoroughly exhausted and unconscious. Fi.ve hours later Mrs. Kesler ap oeared at her home almost dead from the horrible experience, and told of the attack from the black brute. When she reached home all of her clothing were soaked in water and her dress was torn Islack marks on her throat told where the fingers of the black fiend had pressed. QnT'( V f T 1 1 and after hard labor succeeded Dr. C. M. Poole was sent for in reviving tier, though at a late l 1 0 1 nour mis aiteraoon sue was in a serious condition. ! Today great numbers of infuri ated citizens are scouring the woods for the unknown negro who Ieretrated the outrage. ! (Baltimore a uu.) ! . ! In a recent communication to the New York World, Judge Roger A. Pry or makes a notable arid perti nent contribution to the discussion of States' rights. In the course of this article he quotes from the opin ion of the Supreme Court of the United States rendered in the case of Texas vs. White, as follows : The preservation of the States and the maintenance of their governments are. as much within the design and care of the Constitution asthe preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the national government. The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an inde structible union of indestructible States. The learned Judge calls attention to the proper definition of the term States' rights.7' ihe rights ol the States consist of all powers which thev did not delegate to the orene.ral srovernment and which are not denied to the States by the Con- stitution. These rights, in .Judge Prvor's opinion, are easily ascer- tained by a perusal of the Consti- tution. The plan " suggested by Secretary Root, to changej the Con- Stitution by rulings Ot ,qou ris, so tbnt. ih States ma V be deprived ()f the powers which they reserved to 1 . . 1 . ' II1CII1CI VCS, WUUIU U1D tV V1H "UO to the Union as the States. The United States owes its strength, its vigor and its existence to the Suites which compose it. If the States are enfeebled, the United States will be enfeebled. It is not likely that this great country could hold together as an empire with all the real power in one central govern-' ment. It would inevitably fall to pieces, and an attempt to centralize and unduly increase the powers of the United States would likely re sult in dissolution. The growth of the country in population and wealth and the increased impor tance of its foreign relations, the vast enlargement of the revenues of the Federal Governmeptand the expansion of interstate , Commerce and the postal service have all com bined to promote the relative im portance of the Federal authority as compared with that of the indi vidual State. The result of the war was to settle the contention about the right of a State to withdraw from the Union. But the scheme of irovernment has been unaltered from the beginning and nothing has happened to change it. Summer coughs and colds yield at once to Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. Contains honey and tar but no opiates. Children like it. Pleasant to take. Its laxative qualities recommend it to moth ers. Hoarseness, coughs, croup yield quickly. Sold by Martin Drug Co. Willie (sorrowfully) "I've lost ray ball. I can't findjt O, I woader where it is!" I Housemaid "The Lord j only knows where that ball is. Willie t Willie (sobbing) "But he won'f tell nobody!" Ex. The bites and stings of insects, tan, sunburn, cuts, burns and bruises are re lieved at once with Pinesal ve Carbolized. Acts like a poultice and draws out in flammation. Tryit. Price 25c. Sold by Martin Drug Coj - - j REGISTRATION OF II EGROES Those Who Petitioned the Ltrisij. tare to Put Saloons Out of Wadesboro. Just In Their ! Claims. Utaieijrn JNew and Olwerver. Auifiint 15th.) There will be a prohibition elec tion in Anson county on the thirty lirst day of August. The town of Wadesboro is cursed with the sa loon and it is debauching the ieo ple of that county. A large maj ority of the white, voters of that county sent a petition to the Leg islature asking that Anson lie made prohibition. There was 0j IKisition on -the jiart of Anson's representative. FinallvTas acom- promise, the question was sub mitted to the voters of the county :it an election to be held on the thirty lirst day of August. The men who represented the prohibi tionists in Raleigh objected to the e,(on two grounds: ! I hey said that, inasmuch as al1 the surrouning counties to. An- son were t,r-V' t,,e hiuor manufac I 1 .1 11 lu.,IH n,lu ll'aiers wouiu raise a corruption fund that would demoralize the election nlaces' and Prevent unbiased vot- inr Tlmi' 1 i ' mai, aum nc hanrhm-v i 'S' 11.. 1. 1 1 . f 1 aim sucn meuious as - . not to be invited, since a clear - " r . ,,, ,.; .! , "".j".v., i m. inw: utcis in . . , , v.,;tiinilf f.rtm11i l.ne count- md without compul- SIOn or Purchase signed a ietition III111 ,avui U1 promoiuon 2. I hey said that in the prohi bition election when Wadesboro went wet negroes were solicited to register and put on the registra tion books and voted like cat tale, though they voted in no other election. These two reasons caused niand ,...1 i. . ,TS members to vote to make Anson a ury county without vote. 1'er contra, the opponents of prohibi tion denied that negroes would be voted and said the election would be a friendly contest between the white voters, without the use of money, coercion or the club of negro voting. Thereupon the bill submitting the question to Uie people was passed and the election will le held on August 31st. We judge from the statements in the Ansonian that the dangers feared by the petitioners were real p.miiirt'i. 4,je methods are being mey saiu in- - ...... upon by the opponents of prohibi- tion. This editorial paragraph shows that money is being con tributed: Money and money alone has kept sa. loons and distilleries in Wadesboro for a long time. This money has been con tributed by the men engaged in the whiskev business, sanctioned as they say, Dy tne votes or me uesi jieopie 01 the country and yet they are dragging rn everj' negro possible. We are re diably informed that, at a meeting held Saturday nignt in the office of a would-bj! leader, of the Democratic praty, that getlemen projosed to con- vas the county m-supjiort or trie saioon ticket if he was sufficently compensated. A prominent citizen present subserilied r(M), while saloon men present put up like sums. Now where do you vote? Or do you propose to stay at home and "tn mous to : That is bad enough Heaven knows, and no cause ought to succeed that depends upon money in elections, but worse than that because it reintroduces the negro as a factor in politics tone used for the saloon and bad government the election of base men to office is the registration .of negroes The Ansonian editorially says: it is a fact tllat a number of white iiipn all over the country have been urging and assisting negroes to register. Tliuv Vimvh frr.,11 tivn to time irorte They have from time to time gone with them to the registrar. How anyone .can stanti tor tnis ana not ne in favor of reiiealing tne fourteentn amendment is a little hard to under stand, unless they are willing to make any sacrifice in order to win out in the coming election. Certain saloon WHERE CLEANIV VALUED the old, complicated "germy" wooden beds have given wijr to the simpler; cleanfr and far more beautifW 'Sanitaire 7 Beds, the bedsj in hich every point it open to fresh air and funlight, and in h;ch dost can it col lect nor vermin breed. If yon would sleep in cleanliness you can t get along without oue of these hygienic 1IW 335gg) W TK SOLD BY A. $1.00 A YCAR liy ADVANCE owners have made themselves juile noticeable by attempting to rt'k'it r every negro they can. Others, how eVwF' are ml',.v letting the .campaign take it ow-n course cu'id in the event that saloons are votisl out. we U'lieve thev will abide by the law. We are more conviiufd tlum ..v..r that a hirire uisionfr of tli. whit.. voters of the count v are ounnwd to t- open sale of whiskev in Wadesln.fo. Hn.l it nun majority express it.n-lf. a w- oeneve it will do on the Hist of this month, only the negro vote, combined with the element of the white jn-opl.-who favor saloons, ran carry in favi.r of saloons. As to the negro vote w. do not believe that the good -white peo pie of this county wjll taiid bv and allov Kiich a lutlance f mwi-r. if if . can lie termed such, to tf.'t. rinin.' this coil test in which' so mm h i involv.d The democrats of Anson count w whose fidelity and devotion have leen tested and proven a hundred times. will not submit' to the out rage of re-introducing the negro to the ballot, where he will In come a purchasable factor, and nearly always used to vote for sa loons and other evils that debouch and degrade his own race as Well las the wnite race. A Democrat I may vote for or against the prohi- , bition bill heca'usc the question is one outside the domain of party Iolities, but the Democrat who as sists or connives at the registration of negroes iir this prohibition election, either for or against it, in Anson or any, other county, is working to undo the great White Sunremacy victory won in l,v.is and in 1900. In the disM-risary election in Kaleigh the saloon men attempted to vote unqualified ne groes, and in the wards thev did register dozens of them. 1 tut thev were not lieriiiitted to vote. The advocates of the prohibition law in Anson ought not to iierniit sric'l" a travesty upon hard won White Supremacy as the use of negroes to determine this or any other election. This is a question that is not local. It is of State wide interest. If negroes are put on 'Tum! ' ? VV. State elections next year. If they the Ixioks now, 41 . . j : are put on in Anson, why not in Union i Once let the door down, and you will'have Federal judges using Mwer to compel their reg istration and reinaugurate a day that will le worse than the hell that reigned in North Carolina un der Russell. Wadesboro and High Point -7-A Study in Comparison Editor of Th' Ansonian' : Dear Sir: I- rejoice to learn the yPPiA'iniofi .Vugustr.lst.- You well know the nunilier of arrests made in Wadesboro 011 your last 4th of July celebration. Ve held a great celebration in our city on the same day. In ad dition to our city iint suburban population of ahoutIf,000 people, our visitors on that day were esti mated at 1(,000, making a tirfa! tI near 25,000 in our midst. On tin next day (the 5th) I asked our chief-of-indice liow many arrests he made on the 4th. His reply was two or three, and they came here drunk. High Point has never had a li censed bar-room. THIS TKLLS THIv STOUV. Yours, J. 11. Kiouwbsus. High Point, N. C, Aug. 15,.. PJOT.' Mr. Richardson is one of the most loved and esteemed Baptist ministers in the state. He -is well known to many of bur mo ple and is the father of Mr. ()K. Richardson, the efficient manager of the High Point Macliime Co. of High Point. There are few men for whom we have as much respect and in whom we have so much confidence. Tub Ansoni an f . It flows like electricity through your veins; it does the work. "If you are wasting away, take Hoi lister" Kocky Mountain Tea. tf-"i cents. Tea or Tablet s ' Martin Drug Company. J B. CAUDLE l - 1'