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W. r. MA1SHALL Mjjgr uni frtrlfr. _1EV0TED
VOL. XXVI. _ QABTONLA, N. C..
MA1UA6E AHP DIVOICE.
Ike President Urges Actien by
Centres* Toward Securing
Uniform Piverce Law*.
K«W Ynrt tal.
Washington Jan. 30.—Presi
dent Roosevelt added another
chapter to-day to hia at term nee*
on marriage and divorce. Thi*
time it waa in the form of an
official menage to Congreu ip
the interest of securing uniform
laws on the subject. The mes
sage was the outcome of the ap
peal made to him on Friday by a
committee of the Proteatact
Episcopal church, headed bv
Bishop Doaue of Albany. In the
message the President said:
"I cal) attention of the Con
. gress to the fact that no statistics
have been collected by l be
Federal Government upon the
subject of marriage and divorce
since the year 1886, and that but
few of the Stairs have made
provision for the collection of
such statistics.
"The institution ot marriage
Is, of course, si the very foun
dation of our social organiza
tion, and all influences that
affect that in>titution are of vital
concern to the people of the
whole country. There is a
wide-spread conviction that the
divorce laws arc dangerously lax
in some of the States, resulting
in a diminishing regard lor the
sanctity of the marriage relation.
"The hope is entertained that
there may be enacted upon the
subject of marriage and divorce
uniform laws containing all
possible safeguards for the
security of the family. Intelli
gent and prudent action in that
direction will be greatly pro
moted by securing reliable and
trustworthy statistics on mar
riage and divorce. 1 deem the
matter of snfficient general im
portance to recommend that tbe
Director of tbe Census be
authorized by appropriate legis
lation to collect and publish
statistics pertaining to that
subject, covering the period from
1886 to the present lime.”
Editor Carl Hammer of the
Salisbury Sun was assaulted in
his office Tuesday night by Mr.
J. P. Sheehan, master mechanic
of the Spencer shoos of the
Southern. The trouble resulted
from an article in the Sun in
reference to the Spencer shops.
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UNO COUf IS THE LEADEl.
Mahan* of ibWott Show* HI •
Powar lo* Oood.
JTortUad Oraaaaua.
Cora it king by a good lift
majority in this country, ac
cording to the Sad report of
the.Boreaq of Statiatlca of the
Department o< Agriculture.
Not only was the 1904 ernp of
sack vast proportions.that it has
been exceeded but twice, bm
the high prices at which it was
marketed made a new record for
its aggregate value. The record
corn crop of the country was
produced in 1899, when the
official returns credited a total
oi 2,666,440,000 bushels, lo
1902 the government placed the
figures at 2,523,648,000 bushels.
Last year the Agricultural De
partment figures show a vield of
2.467,480.009 bushels, but on ac
count of the Increase in prices
its market value was $70,000,000
greater than the crop of 1902,
wrhich until that year had held
the record for value.
raiMtns a( ■ Wa <1 Awar4imam4
on the 1904 wheel crop show a
marketable value greater than
lor 1901, althnngh the crop is
nearly *00,000.000 bushels lea.
than for that record year. Io
this respect there is far leas
cause (or Congratulation than
there ia over the excellent show
ing made by the corn crop
The dimensions of the yield of
the coarser cereal were so far
above the average that in sup
plying business for transports:
tion co a ponies, warehousemen,
and numerous other industries
dependent on the grain trade,
much of the Iona through a poor
wheat crab was equalised. In
the case of wheat the abnormal
ly high price was not an un
qualified blessing. While the
gross returns woicb were di
vided among the farmers and
speculators were several million
dollars greater than ever before,
a much smaller proportion of
the population of the country
waS benefited by these prices
than was the case with corn.
The shortage made heavy • in
roads oa the profits of some of
the roads traversing the Amer
ican wheat belt, and capital,
th*s suffering, psssed the blow
on to labor by laying off train
crews and reducing operating
expenses, so that dollar wheat
this time was at the expense of
the American people and not
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do* to 4 any strength la the
foreign markets, which in all
previous ieaaons have bees the
prime factors in elevating price*.
Despite the constantly in*
creasing demand for corn as a
food product, and an increase in
the home consumption due to
the short crop and high prices
of, wheat, the decline in corn
and high prices of wheat, the
decline iu corn shipments was
far from being so pronounced as
that of wheat. American corn
shippers arc thus holding their
foreign trade much better than
wheat and il<ntr exporters.
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OM Notice In rromlneet teothrrn
Piyw e» Isterut to OtMsto
ImKwU.
One of the beat knows news
papers in tbe South U the
r‘Uuidc” of Dann. N. C. lu
publisher. J. P. Pitman, tends
ns the following clipping with
request to publish:
" Pound,—by the editor of the
Guide, a bottle of Hyomei, the
wonderful treatment that cures
catarrh without stomach doting.
We can apeak in highest praise
of its remarkable power to enrr
and relieve catarrh of the bead
and throat. This mention is
made not as an advertisement,
but iq the interest of those who
suffer the torture of that terrible
disease, catarrh.
In tending tbe dipping, Mr.
Pittman wrote the following let
ter:
" I enclose a little piece from
ray paper, issued to-dav. Von
will ace from this that I desire to
push the selling af Hyomei es far as
possible. I am using It la my owe
family, and Sad thatit gives the de
sired relief, so that I take pleasure
In spreading far end near the know
ledge of this sura relief lor catarrh.*
i. H. Kennedy & Co. In I
tioa tor the catarrhal trouble Is
season of the rear, bare oinm e
Urge stock of Hrotnci. and sell it
under guarantee to rallied the money
if it does not ratiere. Tfce complete
outlt coats bat f 1. end extra bottles
can be obtained for AO cast*. A«k
lhim to show you the strong guaran
tee under which they sell it. This
remarkable remedy medicates the air
yon breathe soothing and henling tbe
maeons membrane of the air pas
sages. and making a complete cure
of tbe worst case of catarrh. JN-FJ
Ac Tony, Caswell county,
Monday, Mrs. Sarah A.
Florence and her daughter,
Mias Bettie Florence, were
cremated in the horning of
their bon*.
There is a quality in Royal
taking Powder which makes
•ie food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarity
'f Royal has been noted by
physicians* and they accord
: igly endorse and recom
mend it
IM Wed hmaAlMt.
WMmw<4 ffm
. It if learned that the molu
ttoo introduced in the Sooth
Carolina legislature to uemoria*
Use congress for the repeal of
the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution of the United
States, in order to get rid of the
pcnmliring clause thereof failed
to pass. That should hare been
its fate. Both the penalising
clauses of the fourteenth emend*
meat sad the fifteenth amend
ment are for all practical pur
poses aa daad aa herring. It is
generally conceded by constitu
tional lawyers (hat the fifteenth
amendment killed the o b
nordou* feature of its prede
cessor. and that the former can
not he enforced, because it can
not be established that any
where the right of citizens to
vote baa been denied on ac
count of race, color or previous
condition of servitude. As one
authority puts ft. by its probihi
tkra the fifteenth amendment
readers disfranchisement on the
account staled legally impossi
ble. and. therefor, never to be
legally recognised, and that in
itself rendrrs the reduction of
representation clause of the
fourteenth amendment inopera
tive; and, moreover, enforce!
meat of that clause would aa
ml the fifteenth wninirt
Apart from this, however, the
current of pnblic sentiment
North is tanning steadily and
moragiy against nay legislation
designed to give life to the four
teenth amendment, and we be*
Have the day is coming when
both omendments will' be re
pealed in response to a demand
from that qnarter—when that
section will eat crow as to the
matter. Son them movements
for repeal aril! only delay the
dawn of that day bv intensifv
ing a certain Northern senti
mental chaaipioBahip of the
amend menu. So far as the
Sooth u concerned ft is a case
of let well enough alone.
„_, the tight Way.
CtiwlssS Sts*.
Gascon county is considering
the proposition of voting $300,
000 worth of bonds for road im
provement. Thin b the right
way to proceed, and Gaston
county will get rich bv such ex*
penditnres and the masses of
the people will reap the largest
benefit.
Dr. John R. McLcHaod. a
prominent physician of Moores
viilc, died at bis home there
Monday night.
EYE TROUBLES!
iKtti. You may need |*rr« or
voo may not; h any OOMft a talk
wkhToomaoo-Mooii Co., Urn Op- £
tktaaa, wm pot yooricht, aai If
that yoo are property fitted.
Torreoce-Morrls Co.
, _ i jewetega awp ornciAwa.
. WOMEN BOISE TBIEVES.
Twa at Tbom. With Their ■»
baa da. Claim to tMNI
Twaaty AaiaaU.
Mn> York San.
Bridgeport, Coon., Jaa. 30.—
The police of this city have
made an important capture in
the arreat of Mr. aid Mn. John
Mvm of Newark. N. J., aad
Mn. WlWaaa Hock of BQaa
ville. N Y., who harveooietwod
to dir theft ot twenty horse* la
New York State during the peat
THOMSON
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5 commences Monday, February t>th, and Lasts One
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) A word to the wise Is sufficient, as everybody well knows when Thomson makes a cut It means something.
So this sale means money saving to everyone that attends. We have the values to offer so don't fall to be on |
| hand. It Is Just like buying gold dollars for 90c. |
( _ Listen to a few shots from our batterlen^_I
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( 3000 yda. Torchon and Val Lac*., one-half to two Hu. wide. I.
A world beater. They go on sale at yard__„
(Another big lot of the Job Bn> broideries .at abort bill price. *000
yarda In the lot. They will aooa be picked, agt.
4 *000 yards ^jride Unbleached Domestic, ft 7* to lb. t a 6m
C ««•*. Th«y would be Rood valnepjat «e, bat
« to atake them go quick they go at____4C
J 2000 yard* 4<Mo. wide Unbleached Aeon Sheet!** 80*88, 3 yards
to lb. A beamtifttl weave, smooth end pretty. We Have
•old the same goods at 8e, During this sale they go at—
^ It is lost like finding money.
1000 yards 36-fa. wide Bleaching. mo druafafe fa it. Onr
regular price on these goods ia 7c. They go at__OC
2000 yds. Bleach lag. good a* Fruit of Loom, which telle at 7^
I 10c, bat to add force to thia talc they go at_* C
tlaaa^ equals Looedale Cam
brie, but to aaake it atm more Interesting, the price will be©C
Another Mg lot of tboae short cod Ginghams, 21-2 to • yard piec
oa. The aatae old story—tbe beet vafaee ever offered.
They go at yard_ - ... ǤC
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