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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-06

The Executive Committee OF the
Farmers Alliance Of this State has
adopted a resolution looking TO the
building up of tia, institution Oh a
non partisan basis.
The new Railway Commission
Caldwell. Pearson and Abbott me,
in Raleigh, Dec. 29th. The Com.
mission adopted a resolution giving
all railroads notice that the law as
10 tree passes will be strictly en-
forced. Annual passes sent the Com
missioners by u road in the STATE
were ordered returned by the clerk.
The United States pension list has
grown from 3O3.6S3 persons in 1888
to 976.Ol4 in 1897, and keeps on
growing. Commissioner Evans, OF
the Pension Office, has issued an or.
der that hereafter claims for an in
rease OF pension will 0 be con-
sidered within twelve months from
the last action, allowance or re
Jeclion.
Mr.. Carl Duncan, the new Col.
%lector, thinks be will be in office by
January 18th. When asked VIVA,
be proposed to do regarding the
office force, he said II desire &c
put in an entirely new force OF Re
publicans. subject, of course, to the
approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury. | have not yet selected {
single man, o will | until | get in
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-06

NEW EIIeM.
NEW BUSIN ESS
THE HILLsBoRo DRUG co.
has now in stock aud is constantly
receiving a brand.new line OF
Pure and Fresh Drugs,
FANCY AND TOILET
ARTICLES, P~ERFUMERIES,
SOAPS, HAIR BRUSHES,
For FINE CIGARS, CHEW.
ING and SMOKING TOBACCOS,
we are unsurpassed.
We are also headquarters tor a
fall line OF the very best Paints
Varnishes. Oils, Grain Paints, Buggy,
Carriage and Roof Paints; in tact, all
manner OF Paints tor decorative pur.
poses that can be found any where
Call and see us. Next door Ia
the postottice.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-01-06

FURNITURE, CARPETS
OS AN II ORG \S
1 am offering GREAT BARGAINS IN FURNITURE, r1,So<
AND ORGANS.
Special New aud Attractive Styles and Prices for The Fall and Uob,,.
Write for my BARGAIN CATALOGUES.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. LARGEST STOCK II Tug
STATE. CHARLOTTE, n. c.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08

From the New York Mail and Express.
1t is to be regretted that there was not
a more satisfactory conclusion to a lively
controversy in the house the other day
between Mr.. Shattuc. Of Ohio. and Mr..
Greene, of Nebraska. The calamity bowler
from the state Of Bryan had quoted
previous speech Of Mr.. Fox, of Mississippi.
who had asserted that the Southern planter
had as much right to control the negro
vote as Northern railroads had to vote
their employees in body. This monstrous
insult to the independence and intelligence
Of a great body of the most honorable and
Industrious workingmen of the country was
vigorously resented by Mr.. Shattuc, him.
self a railway manager of experience.
During his vindication of the worthiness
Of citizenship of the engineers. firemen.
conductors, brakemen and trackmen who
prefer to be paid for their labor in dollars
each worth a hundred cents. Mr.. Fox
plunged into the duel. He declared that
the laborer has as much right at the ballot
box as the capitalist. But this indisputable
proposition was met by the question: How
about the colored man at the polls?" The
Mississippian was forced to admit that the
negro citizen has the same right. But when
asked: Does he get it in Mississippi" he
could only utter Yes and relapse into
silence.
That weak yes was not to be bolstered
by facts. Mr.. Fox was wise in holding
his peace. The negro citizen Of Mississippi
does not enjoy the right at the polls guar
anteed him by the constitution of the
United States. He has been ingeniously dis
franchised, and the same discrimination is
about to be perpetrated in Louisiana 1t is
only by a tolerant forbearance that congress
refrains from reducing the representation
in its body from states that violate article
IA, of the constitution.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
LITTLE-OH-DEAR.

See. what q wonderful garden Is here.
Planted and trimmed for my Little e-oh-Dear.
Poses so gaudy and sFsss OF such brown
Search ye the country and hunt ye the town
And never yen meet with a garden so queer
AZ this I've made for my Little Dear,
Marisolds white and buttercups blue
Lilies all dabbled with honey and dew.
The cactus that trails trellis and WALL
Roses and pansies and violets-alI
Make proper obeisance and revercnt cheer
when into her garden steps Littie-Oh-Dear.
And up at the top Of that lavender tree
A silver bird singeth only can she:
For. ever and only. she singeth the song
81 love you-f love you." the happy day long:
Then the echo-the echo that smteth me here,
Il love you. love you." my Little oh-Dear!
The garden may wither. the silver bird fly
But what careth my little precious or 1?
From her pathway Of flowers that in springtms up
start
She valketh the tenderer way in my heart
And. oh. 1t is always the summer time here
With that Of II love you. my Little Dearl
Eugene Field.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
DUTY OF THE CITIZEN.

Day after to-morrow-Thursday- Re-
publican primaries in this city will be held.
Every Republican voter should impress
this upon his memory and make arrange
ments with himself to go to the polls that
day and do his duty.
The average citizen is too likely to neg
lect his party primaries. He assumes that
the leaders will fix things up in good shape
and that members of the party who take
an active interest in politics will do the
necessary voting. He intends to support
the ticket when it is nominated all right,
but he is too busy to bother about the
primaries. AS a consequence the profess
sional politicians practically choose the
candidates, and when it is too late the
citizen finds that the ticket is not to his
liking and he experiences a sense of out
rage.
AS a matter of fact. the duty Of the citi-
zen to participate in the primary is every
whit as binding as his duty to vote in the
general election. If good men are nominat-
ed there is at least a fair chance that good
men will be elected, but If only bad men
are nominated bad men will certainly be
elected. Without question the good men in
the Republican party of Kansas City are
numerous enough to nominate an unob-
jectionable ticket, but the nominations will
be made on Thursday and IL the good men
are not at the polls the candidates will be
chosen by men who are not good.
There is some excellent timber in sight,
and the party has no excuse for making
use of any other sort. A ticket can be
nominated that will be elected beyond a
peradventure. or ticket can be nominated
that will be defeated with equal certainty.
1t is not necessary here to dwell on the
Importance of Republican victory this
spring. All intelligent members Of the
party understand that it would be public
calamity to permit the city to pass back
under control Of the Shannon Democracy.
There is just one way to prevent that re-
suit, and that is for Republican voters to
take the necessary time from their business
to attend the primaries and nominate q
winning ticket
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
HATPINs AND EVOLUTION.

The choice of weapons of personal de-
fense is unerringly indicative of the nature
Of the chooser; the beasts themselves are
not more sharply differentiated by their
methods Of defense and attack than are the
races Of men. The Irishman has his sprig
of shillelah, the Italian his stiletto. the
Afro-American his razor. the Zulu affects
Colts A. and the Englishman relies on
the might of his bare fists. The rise Of
a new race has always meant the perfect
ing of new weapon. The plum was born
with the power Of Rome. and the scimiter
with the rise of the Crescent.
Now when we examine the new woman
movement in the light of this require
ment. 1t seems to have the dignity Of a
genuine evolution. simultaneously with
the appearance of the new woman has
the nineteenth century of a new weapon
one unknown and unsung through all the
ages of a militant past. 1t is the hatpin.
The hatpin bears no ascertainable relation
to the modern weapons perfected by the
other sex. 1t has no kinship with the
Krag-Jorgenson rifle, the floating mine. or
the dynamite gun. The glory of its discov-
cry belongs to the new woman alone, unless
We prove an analogy to the dagger in the
garter that protected the honor of the
Italian girl Of the last century.
The hatpin. therefore, cannot be judged
by the fiatness of the trajectory. or tried
by other standards known to modern au-
thorities. 1t must be judged solely on re-
suits. The mass of statistical matter thus
far gathered is not large, but it is singu-
larly uniform. When the hatpin starts for
victim 1t usually runs him to the earth;
It keeps In any climate. and is free from
all liability to internal explosion. The cost
Of maintenance is not great, and it is al
ways ready for action.
A comparison of the effectiveness of the
hatpin with that Of double turreted moni-
tors and second class battleships is much
in favor Of the former. The possible expan-
sion of the powers and potencies of the
hatpin in case of actual war cannot be fore
told; only the future can reveal it.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
The Maker of Statesmen,

From the New York Commerca J. Advertiser.
In defending the country editor the Hon.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, struck a note
that will echo in every crossroads grocery
from Maine to Texas. What though Mr..
Clark appeals for the country editor on
the ground that he supported Bryan?
Where he did SO. it was because his sub
scribers made him do it. and the Republic
an country editor. wherever he was found.
supported Mckinley and sound money. But
the country editors value to the communi-
ty Is not to be measured by any political
yardstick. The country editor is power
In the community quite outside of politics.
Mr.. Clark is right that he is the most un-
derpaid laborer in the vineyard. The coun-
try editor Is the only member Of the COM
munity who has to work with his hands
and his head. too. He is at one moment
writing a powerful editorial on the Eur
opean complications, and at another setting
up an auction poster. He Is not only his
own proofreader, his own foreman and his
own business manager. but half the time
he runs the press himself. and then carries
his edition to the postofice in bushel
basket. He has to take a good share Of
his income in frozen apples, deaconed cord
wood and understood pumpkins, and every
Saturday morning he wonders dismally
where he will get the money to pay on
the help.
All these hardships are the country edi-
tors pay for services that rather deserve
a medal and a pension. The country news
paper is the only periodical that goes into
the average farm house. 1t contains infor-
nation about farming and the care of
stock, recipes for the housewife and direc-
tions how to crochet for the farmers
daughters. 1t supplements the boys geog-
raphy by telling about the trouble In the
East and the war In Cuba. IT has q COM
pend of the news Of the world. of the coun-
try and Of the state. 1t is the one medium
of disseminating news, information and
opinions of the town and county. No prof.
ect of the town politician can advance far
without being subjected to the fierce light
of publicity in the country paper. Any
scheme of interested persons has to reckon
with the ever fearless champion Of public
interests. the country editor. He is the
great medium of education and information
throughout his bailiwick. He Is the one
defender of the public interest always at
his post. He is the great civilizing agency
of his town. Above all. he is the maker
and undoer Of rustic statesmen, and 1t is
no wonder they want to subsidize him with
the franking privilege. He is more worthy
of it than they are, as a rule.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
MISSOURI POINTS.


If Lonnie has his way about it. DIR. Combs
will be reinstated as superintendent of the
Fulton insane asylum when the board
meets, Wednesday.
Commandant Frazier. of the United
States army, who is in charge of the ca
diets at Wentworth Military academy, at
Lexington. has been promoted recently
from second to first lieutenant.
In the intercollegiate debate Kansas uni
versity is to have the affirmative and Mis-
souri, the negative side of the proposition
that an income tax would constitute de-
sirable feature of our system Of taxation.
John Irwin. a Pleasant Hill man who
started for the Klondike last week, is sent
by an enterprising real estate agent of that
city, who has staked his representative for
a nugget-chase of five years duration, il
necessary.
The personal bank account Of the sheriff
of Cass county is not being very rapidly
the board of prisoners. Soper, the Archie
murderer, is the solitary occupant of the
barred portion Of the jail
Jefferson City has in contemplation an
other scheme for entrapping the innocent
and unwary lobbyists and legislators when
they gather there for the next meeting of
the assembly. An -the-sidewalk
ordinance is being discussed in the city
council.
In case of war with Spain the university
is likely to be represented in one of the
earliest naval engagements. ]. Proctor
Morton, former student. is one of the
junior officers on the United States cruiser
arh1 ra1 Nff hn
Tortugas.
HAS that Fflley hat formerly worn by
W. w. Morgan, of Kansas City, wandered
off after strange goldbug gods along with
Mr.. Morgan's grand old party, or does he
stick to the hat regardless of the fact that
the party has deserted him" inquiries Col
onel Martin, of the Brookfield Gazette.
There is a naval militia" remarks q
far-sightcd Linn county editor, which
numbers 4,445 officers and men. and If
there are any warlike Missourians who
cannot get into the national guard they
might break into the naval militia. Guard
ing the sea coast of Missouri Is not likely
to be either fatiguing or dangerous"
Arthur McElwain is Brookfield boy
who is making fine record at Trinity COL
| lege. Hartford, Conn. Not long ago he
won 40 prize In oratory, ana last week
he passed an examination In Hebrew in
which he was awarded the highest grade
ever attained there during the more than
a century of Trinity colleges existence.
Judge Marshall. who, having been ap-
pointed by the governor to a place on the
supreme bench. now desires nomination
| at the hands Of the Democratic convention.
has no pedigree monopoly, even II his
grandfather was the great Chief Justice
Marshall. Mr.. Forgey, the Audrian county
| man who wants to be railroad commits
| sioner. is making his campaign largely on
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
Licenses for BARRIERS.

From the Boston Journal.
All men must have more or less interest
in the bill now before the committee upon
public health relative to licensing BARRIERS.
There are BARRIERS and BARRIERS. There are
also tonsorial artists. 1t is claimed by some
that the trade needs regulation. that '5-
cent shops should be driven out of the
state, and that no one should be allowed
to cut, curl or SINCE hair without a license.
Minnesota has some such law, and 1t is
said that there is a demand for similar leg
islation here.
If BARRIERS are to be licensed, by all means
bar the tonsorial artist. He is q dangerous
fellow, cloaking his lack Of skill in an
euphemistic garb. One shave by a tom
serial artist will make man his enemy for
life. Among straight out5and-out BARRIERS,
let there be careful tests applied. The per-
feet barber. II he is alive and doing busi-
ness. is a quiet man who knows when con-
versation is not desired. who tries to exc
cute the wishes of his customers instead of
indulging in hirsute vagaries of his own,
and who is sufficiently satisfied with his
salary to respect the man who Is too poor
or too sensible to indulge in lavish tip
ping. There are few hairdressers who ap-
proach these qualifications, but II We are
to examine applicants, let US not apply
any but the highest standards. In time
Massachusetts may become noted for its
BARRIERS, and men may come from all parts
of the country to be shaved here.
The barber has bobbed up suddenly in
the halls of legislators. In at least one
Western state bill was introduced to tax
boards. This blow at Populism was quick
ly warded of. and it was argued that IL
1t is cheating the barber to wear a beard
1t is cheating the physician to be well and
cheating the dealer in gems not to wear
diamonds. But taxing boards and licensing
BARRIERS are two quite different matters.
We now license newsboys, bootblacks,
pharmacists, junk dealers, victuallers.
cigarmakers and saloonkeepers. Why not
add to the list BARRIERS and dresmakers
and ballet girls and milliners and war cor
RESPONDENTS?
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
FIFTY MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.

The bill introduced by Chairman Cannon,
of the house appropriations committee.
calling for an appropriation of s50.0OO.ocO for
purposes of defense, will almost certainly
go through. with little modification. with
in a few days.
Although Mr.. Cannon avows that the
measure is introduced on his personal re-
sponsibility. 1t may be taken for granted
that his action had the sanction Of the
administration. Presuming that the bill
will be passed by the house and as speed
fly as possible presented to the senate, the
movement is the most important yet taken
in our preparations for possible war with
Spain.
At the same time 1t should not be sup
mediate necessity for the expenditure of
such vast sum. 1t will be noted that
the appropriation is made available until
June 30. 1889. a period that will serve fully
to define our present needs for defense, IL
not to settle by peaceful negotiation or
armed force the fate of Cuba and our rela-
tions with Spain.
That the president should have at his
command ample resources, not only to
make preparations for war but also act
ualIy to enter upon hostilities. is obvious to
any one who has studied the possible out
come Of our relations with Spain. Had
such an appropriation been made several
weeks ago. we should doubtless now be in
possession OF several desirable battieships
that have been picked up by a menacing
power.
In placing such large sum at the dis
posal Of the president. no one will have
any doubt as to the wisdom that will be
employed in drawing upon 1t. The presi
dent has inspired the confidence of the
people by his handling Of the Cuban ques-
ton. the Maine disaster and the Lee in
cident, as well as by his prompt and in
telligent preparations for war. He can be
relied upon to use larger resources than
he has had at his command with equal dis
cretion. The term of the appropriation is
SO short that IL 1t is not needed for war
purposes. it-or such part Of It as shall re-
main-will soon revert to the fund from
which 1t will be drawn.
There Is little doubt that congress will
heartily support the president in this act
of substantial assistance, as 1t has In its
expressions OF sentiment.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
St. Loui. VIII Try . New Ballot.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Second only to the interest which will
attach to the first trial Of Illinois new pri
mary law will be the public concern in
the results of the new ballot law which
is to be put into operation in Missouri this
fall. AS in Illinois the popular demand for
primary and election reforms has proceed
ed largely from the necessity Of forestall-
ing the gang In its efforts to control civic
affairs in Chicago. so in Missouri the senti-
ment in favor of surrounding primaries and
elections with greater statutory safeguards
was created largely by unsatisfactory po-
litical conditions that have prevailed in st.
Louis.
The particular incident in connection with
the work Of putting the new ballot law into
operation In st. Louis which will attract
most public attention will be the establish
ment of election schools" not only for the
education of the electorate. but for the in
struction Of the poll officers in the duties
that will devolve upon them.
The new ballot law which will be tried
this fall is the result of q popular outcry
against the sheet ballot which was voted
at the last presidential election. Instead
of changing the ballot so as to make 1t
approach more nearly the true Australian
ballot. on which the candidates are grouped
passed substituting for the sheet ballot a
ballot composed of several separate tickets
one for each party. all of which are pasted
together at the top and perforated below.
The voter must take the whole package to
the booth. tear off the ticket he wants to
vote, fold it up. fold up the ones he rejects
aud bring both packages to the judges.
One Judge drops the selected ballot into one
box. and another judge. taking the rejected
ballots, counts them and drops them into
another box.
The results Of the first trial of this ballot
will be watched with great deal of in
terest all over the country by election Of
ficials who have been impressed with the
need of some change in the Australian sys-
tenn that would do away with the large
unwieldy sheet ballot and at the same time
preserve the secrecy Of the ballot The
election schools will also attract discus
sion of the advisability of instructing voters
in regard to the exercise Of their fran
chise at public expense.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
SOME FEATURES OF THE LEE IN.
CIDENT.

Under ordinary circumstances the request
of a foreign power that our consul general
be recalled would not be a matter Of great
Importance. for consular offices are COM
paratively free from diplomatic RESPONSE
bilities.
But under existing conditions the request
of Spain for the recall of Consul Gen.
eral Lee, the prompt refusal Of the re-
quest by President Mckinley and the
equally prompt withdrawal by Spain, are
fraug!lt with unusual interest and more
than ordinary significance.
The action OF the Spanish government in
this instance can not be construed as an
affront. designed to counteract the DeLome
affair or to aggravate the present feeling
between the two nations. Had Spain been
justified in asking the recall of General
Lee and had she wished to use this justi-
fication to harass the United States, the
consul general could have been given his
passports without diplomatic preliminaries
and without violation Of international
usages.
II is much more probable that the Span
ish officials wished TO test President Nc
Kinley's spirit on a point requiring i'm
mediate and decisive action. While the
president has recognized the possibility of
war ana has been making necessary prep
arations. he has evinced In all his diploma
tic negotiations an earnest and unmistak-
able desire for peace. In his dealing with
Spain he has been both conciliatory and
patient. even in his treatment of the Maine
Al
fair disposition. might have precipitated
immediate hostilities. The presidents atti-
tude has been unsatisfactory to some, ow-
ing to his inclination to give Spain the
benefit of the doubt pending the official re-
port in the Maine affair. and his quiet
preparation for conflict during the same in
terval. The request for Lees recall may,
therefore. have been made TO determine
3ust how far the president would temporize
with matter that might or might not
be used by Spain to break the friendly re-
lations between the two governments.
II such was the motive OF Spain. she did
not have to wait long for her answer.
Even II that were not the purpose OF the
request. the lesson of the incident is
scarcely less forcible. Spain has been
shown that while the president loves peace
and abhors war. he can be prompt and
decisive on a point of national honor and
interest even IL his action should precipi-
tate hostilities. The direct and unequivo-
cal answer of the administration to this
request will have good effect at home
as we'll as abroad. 1t will show the people
Of this country that they may continue
their trust in the president during this
crisis. They have all along believed that
he would avert war II such a thing be
possible. and they now have had a demon.
stration of the fact that he is ready to
meet war IL 1t be inevitable.
At the same time the Spanish attitude
in the Lee affair should not be misunder.
stood. The manner In which the reques,
was made and the character of the office
upon which It bore made it possible fol
Spain to recede from her position without
actual humiliation. although the recession
under existing circumstances. must hav,