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1 Our Job Office is Com. plete. Your next order respectfully soEdtei The onlj SemiAVeekly Published in Caldwell County. $1.00 per year. Trl6avs U.C. MARTIN, EDITOR AND PROP. POBUSHEll TUESDAYS AID FRIDAYS. PRICE SI .00 THE YEAR . VOLUME XII. LENOIR, N.C., XOVEMRER 12, 1909. NO. 5. PHILLIPINE LETTER. I men on a new road being baiJt on i this Coast. Near Oroquieta there Mr. H. W. Goforth Writes Inter I ar! thr men building new bridgws, pctinrlv tf IWI S.m'c I tor the new road. I see these men Possessions in the Far East. (CoNTlNTKO FROM LA8T LssvE.J The Moros , re Mohammedaus and as such believe that the death of a Christian gives them a p&ss rt to Heaven. This makes them Jrave and fearless of death. lenez is eighteen miles from the )ro Coast anj my district comes winin three miles of it at oue point. (My District is over fifty miles long and a boot twenty five wide. I have schools only along the Coast, however, as the people who live back more than three miles are not more than half civilized, if they are that. Strangely enough the seacoast is healthiest here. ) Consequently I see many Moros in my traveling up and down the Coast but have never been distur bed yet. It is said that the Moro will not harm unless the man has much money or a gun. They prize a gun aliove every thing else and do not hesitate to kill a man to secure his gun. I have never car ried a revolver or a gun since coin ing over here though many of the teachers do. It is a rather hard thing to get as one has to put up a lond and pay a license if he owns a gun. The Government confiscate all the guns that it finds except where the privilege has been grant ed. It does not grant the privilege to more than one in a hundred who are willing to do the necessary things, either. Hence a gun is not a familiarsight except in the hands of a soldier, of which there are about twelve thousand here, I imagine native and American to gether. There is a large post Camp Overton about twenty live miles from here. I expect to go over there for Christmas as some of the officers have visited me here. But I was telling you of the peo pie. Well, the Visayans and the Tagalogs are Christians. They are Roman Catholics as the Spaniards christianized them and Spain is a Catholiecountry. They are pretty fair people in some ways but are awfully shiftless. They have small care lor the future and live on the easiest possible plan. Today is the main question with them if it comes to getting something to eat, while if the matter demands much work why not to morrow! I think that they got the habit of putting things off from the Spaniards, who have a proverb "Do nothing to day that can be put off until to morrow." This is called the "Manana" habit. Manana being the word for to-morrow in the Spanish language. The Visayans are very hospitable and are willing to share their last meal with strangers. I often stop at the home of poor people and they always give me the best that they have I am the only American in this town but in my district there are several Americans. At Misamis there is a Lieutenant of Coustabul aryandFO road builders (ore Good Cough Medicine for Children an4 Grown Folks, Too. "We could hardly do without Cbainberlln's Cough Remedy," any Mr. Flora Detipain of Bloyd, Ky "I found it to be bo good for the croup kkd have used it for years. I oarO heartily recommend it for coughs colds and croup in children and grown folks, too." The above shows the impUolt oonfldenoe that inauy mothers place in Chamberlain Cough Remedy, a oonfldenoe based on many years' experience In the use of it. No one need hesitate to use this remedy for it contains no chlor oform, opium or other narcotics and may be given to a ohild as confident Iv as to an adult. For sale by J. E Shell and Dr. Kent, druggists. about twice each month. There are several other tribes of people here the most important be ing the Bicols, 1'ampangans, Pang asinanes, Cagayauos, Ilocanos, and Maccabebes. These all live in the North Iu Luzou. Thelast named tribe are very few in number and have always beeu friendly to the Americans because lighting other tribes more powerful than they. There are therefore a large nura ber of distinct tribes of people here, speakiug as many different dialects, most of which are entirely unintel ligible to a member ofanother tribe though the languages, or dialects, rather, bear some similarity to each other. The most common tongue is Visayan. Kven this is spoken in several different dialects. Then comes lagalog. After this come in different order Pangasinani, Pampangan, Moro, Cagayano, Ilokano, Bieol ond uthers. You will see by this that in order for the people to form an independent government that they will have to learn a common language. The Spaniards were here lor three hundred years hut they made uo attempt to teach the natives the Spanish language. Instead all the schools that were established out side the Parochial, or church schools, taught the native tongue As a result only about seven per cent of the people speak Spanish today. Of course there is a much arger percentage who speak some Spanish. I believe that morethau fifty percent of the people uuder stand at least a little Spanish. The Official language of the Philippines is still Spanish. Every thing done in an official way except between Americans is done iu Spauish. The Courts are entirely Spanish and the laws are mostly Spanish laws. The people qualified to hold office talk Spanish and not English and for this reason the Spanish langu age is still used. The present date for changing from the Spanish to the English language is now fixed at 1918 but as it has already beeu postponed for several years I do not doubt that it will be postponed again. One of the objects of the Govern ment is to teach the people the English language so that when they are given their independence there will be no confusion of tongues. I do not know how it will work but believe that it is a long way yet to independence for the Filipino if we wait until he is qualified to run his own goveru- mont by oar standards. The mass of the people use just as little English as possible and talk their native tongue whenever possible It is hard to tell the whole object of the U. S. Government in taking the Philippines but if it was done for the reasons giveu I believe that it has been one of the worst mis takes that the U. S. has ever made I very much doubt whether the Philippines are much better now than when they belonged to Spain In. the cases of cleaner cities they are better but they are not so pros perous as then and many roads and bridges have degenerated into apologies. The tough luck incident to war time together with the human plague, cholera, and the animal plagnes, Surra, horses, aud Rinderpest, Carabao, may be blam ed for a lot of this, perhaps. The Filipinos do not like the American Government better than thev did the Spanish if as well. What they want is independence and no interference by other nations into their affairs. They will never le satisfied with any government un til they get independence. They are quiet now through fear and cowardice but might break oat again as iu the past, for the tire is smouldering. 1 cao not say that the Philippines are ready for self government. I do not believe that they are. Only ten percent of the people can be said to be educated. They would rule aud it is the nature of the Oriental to be despotic and grasping. The remaining niuety per cent would have to l)e passive or there would le lighting between themselves and this would likely happen anyway between the triU'S here. They believe in grafting, too, and can not see why they should hold office unless it is to enrich themselves. The cry now is 'Im mediate Independence". One can see and imagine just what kind of government they would have and yet Who made us judge of the fitness of these people ten thous and miles over the sea, of a ditt'er ern race, of different customs and ways of living, of different ideals and ideas of life yes, who made us the judge! They want their political freedom. We wanted ours and took it from a mother country in every seuse of the word no doubt England said teat we were not ready for independence, too, and tried to prove it to us in a half-hearted way. We, by force of arms, deny the right of indepen dence to a strange and alien peo ple who have absolutely nothing in common with us. Is it right! Let everv one answer for himself for this is the foundation of the Philippine problem. A pro blem that would never have leen to solve if the American people and Government could have at tended to affairs at home and let other Nations and their affairs alone. Thousands of men have laid down their lives, Millions of dollars have been spent and some of the best talent in the country has been expended in taking and hold ing these Islands. Are they worth the price! We have on our hands a hostile or dissatisfied people, i people whom nature made worth ess, careless, and unprogressive in the whole. A land which may have a great industrial future but which we discourage foreigners or Americans from settling npon in order that the native may have it all. A man whom I believe for ever incapable of developing the Islands. (To BE CONTINUED.) Forced Into Exile. Wm. Upohurch of Glen Oak, Okla, was an exile from home. Mountain alri he thought, would cure a fright fnl lung racking eough that had de fied all remedies for two years After six months he returned, death dogging his steps. "Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery," he writes, "and after taking six bot ties I am as well as ever." It saves thousands yearly from desperate lung deseases. Infallible for Coughs and Colds, it dispels Hoarseness and Bore Throat. Cures Grip Bronchitis Hemmorrhages, Asthma, Croup Whooping Cough. 50c and 1100, trial bottle free, guaranteed by J. E. Shell A school teacher once said: Pu pi Is who hqve access to newspa pers at home, when compared with those who do not, are better spell' ers, . better grammarians, better punctuators, and read more under standingly, and obtain a practical knowledge of geography in almost half the time it requires for those who do not have access to newspa pers. Is this true! If so, all heads of families should see that their children had papers to read. Young Girls are Victims. of headache, as well as older woraen but all get qulok relief and prompt cure from Dr. King's New Life Pills, the world's best remedy for sick and nervous headaohes. They make pure blood, and strong nerves and build up your health. Try them. 25o. at J. E. Shell's. Little Grls-Have You Registered? If not, and you are under fourteen enr of age, we want you to come to our stole right away and do o. We'll give ou a most interesting puzzle to sol ve a lieautilul little l ook fully explaining the puzzle to uu and telling ou how you can make the little "Buck's' range shown in the card this little girl is holding. our little range. Contest closes Decemlier 1st. Lose no time register at once and commence work on yoni puzzle. Adako Notes. ; Master Vance Teague left Sun-j dav for Boone te. attend school. i Fruit tree planting is going on ' around Adako this week. Adako ! is chuck full of enterprise. Adako is to have a Wood work- ng plant right away, as Mr. G. L. Kincaid is sawing the timbers for the building. The Adako Brick Company has burned its last kiln of the season, and has now shut down until spring. We are glad to see Mr. J. T. erkins out again, as he has been confined to his home for a couple of weeks. Mr. Win. Kabb is shipping his winter w od to Ienoir, so we sup pose we are to soon lose a citizen, and Lenoir is to gain one. Mrs. John Perry has returned from Blowing Rock. She having been there on a visit to her daughter. Mr. S. A. McCall is putting in a tine stock of goods in the store house owned by Mr. J. R. W'ebb. This gives Adako three general stores. We have one man at Adako who discredits both Cook's and Peary's discovery of the Pole, giving as his reason, that neither of them mentioned a word about Santa Claus. Adako has one of the best cotton mill sites to be found on this side of the mountains, the waters of Wilsons creek could he utilized as the motive power. All we need is capital to take hold. There was Quite a debate at Propst's store recently, on the Hook worm, and it was finally agreed uuaminously, that if they would ship oar share of the medi cine from Atlanta we would try and give tho Hook worm a hot time. XYZ Good Goods Good News for the People of Lenoir, N. C. DeWitt's Little Early Risers the safe, sure, gentle, easy little liver pills. Be sure to get DeWitt's Car- boliied Witch Hazel Salve, the orig inal. Always refuse substitutes and imitations. The original DeWitt's Carbollzed Witoh Hazel Salve is good for anything a salve Is good for, but it is especially good for piles. Sold by J. E. Shell, Lenoir Drug Co. and Granite Falls Drug Co., Granite Falls. are always worth buying in any line of merchandise, but when it comes to HARNESS good goods are the only ones to buy. Our fine stock of harness, saddles, collars, straps, etc., has been very carefully made. We never handle anything but good goods. We have made a reputation on good goods. Not everybody knows good goods when they see them. We know what good harness K and we confi dently ask you to come and look our stock over. We make them. Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brai s to make a better article. "WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!" We have obtained the selling and distributing agency for the celebrated Nyal's Family Remedies. In every line ol business there is oue '"BeNt" product. You know the name of the best piano, the best silverware, the best hat and druggists all know that Nyal's are the best family remedies. The New York aud Londou Drug Co. who make them are an old and conservative house, who make their goods abso lutely right, keeping them at the highest standard of quality. They allow them to be sold only at the best stores; they do not allow any exaggerated or untrue advertising of Nyal's Family Remedies to be done. They place the formulas in our possession so that we can know exactly what we are selling. It is the right way to do business and we are proud to have Nyal's Family Remedies in our store for it is true all over the country that "Every Nyal store is a good store." And if you trade with us, you know that ours is a good store a store that keeps all that a drug store ought to and sells at reasonable prices a store that gives you what you want a store that is anxious to please you in every way a store that keeps its old customeis and adds many new ones each year. Come in and Bee us: we treat people right. That reputa tion is what got us the agency for Nyal's Family Remedies. J. E. Shell, Druggist "The Place to Meet' I
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