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The news & observer., 1898-06-11
ABOUT REDUCING RAILROAD RATES.

I'VE favor an extension of the powers
of the Railroad Commission and closer
scrutiny into their affairs in order to
ascertain. establish and maintain such
rates as shall be fair and just to the
people and to the transportation and
transmission companies.
This is an extract from the plank
of the Democratic State Convention held
in Raleigh May 26th, and it will he
carried out to the letter when the Demo
cratic party returns to power. This
plank means that this ''closer scrutiny
shall be conducted by commissioners ana
clerks having the expert knowledge ne
cessary to make it, and that it shall
be made with no other purpose than II
get at the truth The statements of
railroad officers and others will be anal
wed by an expert examination of the
books so as to ascertain what rates will
be flair and just" 1t will be made
from no ex parte statements and from
no desire to injure railroads. There
will be no hurrahing for campaign pur-
poses, but intelligent and just action
based upon exact knowledge. Such
knowledge cannot be obtained by sum
moning this or that witness, but by hon
est experts
The Interstate Commerce Commission
reported to Congress on the sixth of
May, in reply to Congressional inquiry
that the average passenger rate in the
United States is something less than
two cents per mile. The government
allows one cent per mile for hauling
troops (Which was the rate during the
civil war; The rate charged for first
class fare in North Carolina is 3A cents
per mile. There is widespread feeling,
based upon the reports made by the rail
road. that this rate could, upon a 'just
and fair" basis, be reduced. The pres
ent Railroad Commission, composed Of
one man who always votes as the rail
roads desire, one who is trying to secure
reductions to the people where they viii
be lust and fair" and one topper
made an order reducing the rates TO two
and two and half cents mile. In
this they were supported by the Cover
nor. Then the Governor begged them to
rescind their action and leave the rate
at 81 and 3 cents. and they would not
rescind. Then the Governor begged
them to reduce and the topper" refused
to reduce. Now the Governor has come
back TO Il desire for reduction and asks
the Commission to reduce. What will
they do? Abbott will vote against re-
duction: Pearson will vote for it as he
has consistently done. and Caldwell-wel
he may flop again or he may not We
shall see what we shall see.
An appeal win be taken from the
Commissions decision and no action viii
90 into effect this year. 1t has been
suggested. in view of this fact, Cald-
well may flop again for campaign pur-
poses. and that then he and Russell,
after their ow-you-see-it-and-now -you-
don't performance can claim to have ef-
fected rate reduction which they know
they have postponed too long for set,
Element before the election.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
THE POLITICAL MILLENNIUM.

Bryan Tyson, a Moore county reform
er. who was a candidate for the United
States Senate last year, purposes n
platform upon which all parties can
unite. One Of his planks is that no law
yer shall hold office for . years, and
that all insurance companies shall be
compelled to wind dp and go out of bust
ness. The Greensboro Telegram point
edly says:
~ postscript can easily be added to
this forbidding lightning to strike and
fire to burn so soon as the political
parties dry their tears of JOY and un-
twine themselves from each others
neclss. The whole can be rounded out
with the initiative and referendum"
And then the millennium
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
A NEGRO CONTROLS THE WHITE D. D.
AND B. SCHOOL.

There were more reasons than one
why Jim Young, now major. left ms
troops and came to Raleigh this week.
He controls the deaf, dumb and blind
institutions at Raleigh as absolutely as
the Car of Russia controls his private
secretary. Not a move can be made IN
the white institution without his
consent. He was here this week to press
the screws on his white associates fir
has given them notice that unless they
let him run things as he pleases. he VIII
turn out the white lady teachers in the
white institution. There is no doubt OF
this.
How is it that Jim Young can kill anu
make alive? 1t is because Governor Rus-
sell gives him the power. His white as
sociates on the board have no real COM
missions as directors. With possibly one
exception. each one Of them has a string
tied to his commission. The Governor
holds their signed resignation, to be ic-
cepted whenever they dare TO 90 con-
trary to his orders AS Jim Young is the
medium through which his orders are
issued, they are all in the hollow Of Jim
Young's hand. If he chooses to squeeze
them-they are dead ghosts. And Jim
will squeeze if they refuse to sneezc
when he takes snuff.
Here's a pretty howdy-do!
- al cfi ifnf fcr4 nff no
State. established for the instruction of
the white unfortunate children Of the
State controlled by n negro politician,
and controlled for political ends.
The people will not forget that Prof.
Chas. #. Meserve, u lifelong Republi-
can. refused to serve on the Board be-
eanse of the low plane Of public morals
upon which Jim Young and Dan Rus
sell run it. Mr.. B. f. Montague, long
chairman of the Board, was forced oil
because it was no place for a respectable
man who desired decently managed
institution, and Mr.. James A. Briggs,
who had been on the executive commit
tee for fifteen years, resigned for the
same reason.
If the Governor has any desire to have
even pretense Of white rule Of the
white institution he ought to accept the
resignation Of Jim Young and his ''dum-
mics" and appoint decent white men TO
manage the white institution. TO con-
time the present control is TO insult the
unfortunate children Of the State who
have no other place ut which they can
secure instructions.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
YELLOW JAUNDICE CURED.

Suffering humanity should be supplied
with every means possible for it's relief.
1t is with pleasure we publish the fol-
lowing: "This is to certify that l was
a terrible sufferer from Yellow Jaundice
for over six months, and was treated
by some of the best physicians in our
city and all to no avail. DIR. Bell, our
druggist, recommended Electric Bitters;
and after taking two bottles. was en-
tlrely cured. / now take great pleasure
in recommending them to any person suf-
fering from this terrible malady. ! am
gratefully yours, M. A. Hogarty, Lex
ington, Ky" Sold by all druggists.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
COL. CARR STOPPED BY RULES.

The second class politicians and sons
of their daddies, whose incompetence
causes soldiers to suffer, will be glad that
Gen. Lee objected to Col. Carr's paying
off the North Carolina soldiers. Many
of them have not even the money to buy
tobacco or pay for their washing, and
have for weeks lacked proper equipment.
Whether the rules and regulations per-
nit him to advance the money or not.
our staff correspondent is correct in say
ing that Col. Carr has, in way that
will compel attention called the attention
Of the government to the needs of ME
soldiers in such a manner that it cannot
be longer ignored
If competent men had been in charge
from the first, while the soldiers might
have looked for small change. they
would not have been subjected to the
privations that have made the conditions
of some of them deplorabe.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
ANOTHER FELLOW WHO OUGHT
TO BE SHOT.
Greensboro Telegram


To secure uniforms for all the volun-
teers naturally requires some time, hut
in every town and city OF this country
provisions may be had and when the sol
dier boys go hungry it is due to beastly
mismanagement somewhere. The sooner
the war is taken out of politics and log
rolling in appointments and provisioning
is stopped the better We venture the
prophecy that when this war is over and
the boys return home and people begin
to investigate there will be some exceed
ingly unsavory revelations, and goodly
number Of political scalps, some of them
on lofty craniums, will he hung up to
dry as result of it, The only redeem
ing feature in the war thus far has been
the conduct of the navy. and it has done
well accordingly as it has been able to
keep out OF reach of Washington and the
grossly incompetent administration there.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

'"There are seven negro postmasters
in Halifax county," said Captain Kitch-
en- at the Democratic State convention.
That's what those so-called Democrats
who voted against Bryan are getting for
their mistake. They are disgusted-th that
is, all of them are who are not fond of
negro p0stmasters and the like, and
that's all who are not going into the Re
publican party.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
AT RE1Dsv1LLE.

Reidsville, n. c., June 1O.-(SpeclaL =
Cards are out for the marriage Of two
popular couples in Reidsville this month
two June weddings.
The first invitation reads:
"Mr. and Mrs. f. T. Anderson re-
quest the honor of your presence at
the marriage ceremony of their daugh-
ter. Roberta NJ, to Mr.. Joseph Scott
Blackwell, Wednesday morning, June
fifteenth eighteen hundred and ninety
eight at half past eight o'clock, at st.
Thomas Episcopal church, Reidsyille'
\. G."
The second invitation reads:
elder and Mrs. James Nj. Harris, re-
quest the honor of your presence at the
marriage of their daughter, Emmefte, to
Elder Posey Greene Lester, Wednesday,
June the twenty-second, eighteen hun
dred and ninety-eight, ut twelve o'clock,
Primitive Baptist church, Reidsyllle,
n. c."
The last named groom represented
the Danvile, Va) district in Congress
several times.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT.
First District-George III. Brown, Jr.,
of Beaufort.
Second District-Henry *. Bryan, OIL
Craven.
Fifth Distriet-Thomas ]. Shaw, OF
Guilford.
Sixth Distriet-oliver III. Allen, of
Ienoir.
Seventh District-Thomas A. Mcneil,
of Robeson.
Eleventh District-W. A. Hoke OF
Lincoln.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
NEW MILL EQUIPMENT.
Dry Goods Chronicle.

The fates seem not to have finished
with our friends in New England They
have seen their trade decrease, their div
idends shrink and disappear. Now the
future seems to have in store II blow
which may be climaxed in effect. For
years they have been producing print
cloths of 81 to 25-inch width. Now
these cloths are being superseded by
cloths of 81 and 36-inch width. To
compete with the new mills and with the
southern mills it will be necessary to
equip with wider looms. The expense OF
this is immeasurable, but the dictum of
the market is that continuance of the
present standstill policy will further
contract New Engand's Importance as
Il mill factor.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

Judge Hobson's home in Greenyille,
Ala, is advertised for sale, and the good
people of Alabama raised the money to
pay off the mortgage the day after young
Hobson's noble achievement. Judge
Hobson declines the money, saying that
the sale was the result of a misunder-
standing as to the amount due, and he
will pay the amount decided to be law
fully due. Such financial embarrassment
as he has is due to his great liberality
and benevolence.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

The commissioners of Chatham coun-
ty have levied the same tax as was
levied when the Democrats were in
power. The levy in many counties has
been increased, there has not been Il
reduction in FIVE counties. And yet the
people were promised lower taxes and
lower salaries to public officials. That
promise has been hagrantly violated.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

The Asheyille Citizen quotes Mr.. ii. s.
Harkins, Revenue Collector, who was
in Raleigh to attend the Republican
State executive committee, as saying
that the Republicans and Populists will
fuse again. However that may be, it
is certain that the revenue officers and
other office holders are moving heaven
and earth to bring it about. In spite of
their talk. we know that the Republican
leaders are working for fusion now.
Whether the Populist organization will
accept the overtures that necessitate n
population of the party's principle re-
mains to be seen.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

One reason why thousands of men will
vote the Democratic ticket this year is
that they want to restore the time when
their wives and daughters could visit
their neighbors unmolested. And it is
good reason. Tt is along the line of the
scriptural injunction that he that pro-
videth not for his own household is worse
than an infidel. Protection to home y
above everything else.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

The commencements ended yesterday,
and the marriages and dances fill to-
days paper. "The young folks must be
amused" A little later when this cruel
war is over, politics will have its inning
at the bat. Then the older folks will
have their turn.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
If it is true that 100000 of the $2ss,

If it is true that 100000 Of the $2Ss,
900 appropriated TO the Southern Mctho-
dist church to pay for property destroyed
in the war, was paid to lobbyist,
ii is scandalous. The Senators
were assured by Smith 4 Barbee,
agents, that no such contract existed.
No such sum could have been honestly
expended. 1t is better that the church
should have lost every dollar than that
100000 should have been paid to lob
byists. If any agent of the church has
given so large "A sum to secure the claim,
he ought to be unfrOcked.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
TO ADMIT LEPROSY FREE.
Now York World.

The very latest from Washington IS
that Mr.. Mckinley is about to strike Il
solar-plexus blow-not Mt San Juan, not
at Havana, not at Spain, but for the
Great South Sea Swndle He is prepar-
ing to send in special message asking
Congress not to adjourn without paving
the way for the admission of the South
Sea leper colony, with two Senators and
three electoral votes!
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

Mr.. Garland S. Ferguson is the orator
for st. Johns day celebration at the Ok
ford orphan asylum on June Oath. 1t will
he a great day.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
ANOTHER TRAITOR?
Franklin Times.

The people are to be taxed, and that
heavily, for this war, and there is no
excuse for the soldiers to he starved and
half clothed right in the beginning. 1t
looks to us that the State Government
has acted very penuriously toward the
soldiers.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
UNITED STATES CONSULATE.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dee. 13th, 1897.
OTTER DRUG AND CHEM. Corr,

POTTER DRUG AND CHEM. CORP,
BOsTON, I. S. 4.
Gentlemen: Whatever is the cash value OF
the difference between living on earth, aad
place said to be much hotter than Cuba, l
am indebted to the use Of your CUTICURA
SOAP and CUTICURA (Ointment).
Eczema is prevalent disease on this island
l had an attack of it, and ordered a box OF
oxide of zinc ointment. The first application
changed the Eczema to hell-Are, which seemed
anquenchable. The druggist had used a raa-
cid cerate and was poisoned.
have practised medicine over thirty years
and taken special course in cutaneous DIS
eases under Prof. John V. Shmnaker of Phil,
but lost faith in the purity of Cuban drugs,
as everything either failed to help my trouble
or made it worse. called in a local physi-
clan, but he did not help matters, and was
becoming desperate, when j thought of CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES, and dispatched my servant
for q cake of CUTICURA SOAP and a box of
CUTIoURA (ointment). The FIRST application
s'elieced me- and in three ddys aras 5celi.
PULASKI +. HYATT, United States Consul.
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

With negro school committeeman hav-
ing the power to discharge white lady
teachers in North Carolina, what is the
next step in Radical progression?
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

o. V. Il. Blythe, of Hendersonville, is
said to be slated for the Republican
nomination against Judge Hoke. Any
body ever hear of Blythe?
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
CONVENTION DATES.

Sixth District, Congressional, VIII
mington, July 9th.
Third Congressional district, Clinton
June 80
The news & observer., 1898-06-11

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The news & observer., 1898-06-11

Ex-senator PETER is now the prohi-
bition nominee for Governor of Kansas.
Where next?
The news & observer., 1898-06-11
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-06

gain, my doctor became Uneasy. He did
something for which can never thank him
enough. - !.
"He brought me box of Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and told me
they would do me more good than any
thing he knew of. He had Used them with
great SUCCESS In case similar to mine.
The case In question was that OF =.
Phillips, of Petersvil1e.
"In all took nine boxes OF the pills. |
need not 90 over my gradual recovery IN
detail, bot you must imagine my Joy and
relief when. after two months Of helpless
ness. | felt life and strength return day by
dav to my dead limbs. When had taken
the ninth box was completely cured.
III am hale and hearty to-day, with no
traces Of my awfM experience, and give
all the credit to DR.. Williams Pink Pulls
for Pale Peoole. They probably saved me
from the grave"
Far. Simpson, to give more strength TO
his story, made affidavit to its truth before
Abner Norman, a Notary Public at Rugby.
The power Of DR.. Williams Pink PiNs
fos Pale People Ia the vast number Of dis
eases due to impore or poisoned blood q
to arrangements Of the nervous system, has
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stances % remarkable as the one related
aboxa No one who Is Suffering can right
ftI11y neglect this way to restore health.
Druggists everywhere sen On. Williams
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-06

This is a plain, straightforward account
Of a farmer who worked too hard, who
Became helpless through stroke Of pa
ralysis, bot who had the good fortune to
be attended by an honest doctor, who cured
him by prescribing DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People.
The farmer Is William Simpson. HIS
farm is near Rugby, Ind. Like thousands
of other intelligent Woodworking men OF
his vocation he owns valuable property
and is considered by his neighbors we'll
TODD man.
Like thousands of others he worked
through fair weather and focd to provide
comfortably for his household
Like thousands Of others, on arriving at
the age when the strain Of toll should
s1acken Up and rest begin. the grim enemy
paralysis, clutched him.
His core was so unexpected, so rapid and
compiete, that 1t is a neighborhood wonder.
"Whle gathering a heavy fall harvest"
he says. II worked early and late. My
hired hefp left me and flashed the fall
work alone, bot the end Of the harvest
found me exhausted.
"About the first Of December | had a
stroke of paralysis. We called IN the docton.
He said overwork had cAaaed my trouble.
"MY left lag was dead snd helpless; my
right leg was East falling into the same coz
dition,
"After treating me week witnoea any
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-06
A SMOOTH SWINDLER.
A. Potter, Travelling Gentleman, Visits
Keuosha.

A. Potter, Travelling Gentleman, Visits
Keuosha.
Kenosha was visited Wednesday by
a smooth swindier who gave his name
as A. Potter. His residence was not
made known, but from his statements
be is evidently man whose residence
is wherever a fertile field is found.
Potter reached Kenosha on Tuesd.y
night and went to the Sanitarium and
stated that he was suffering from
rheumatism and had come TO the hol-
stery for short rest. His immaculate
dress and gentlemanly manner were bis
recommendation. He remained at the
hOlstory over night and in the morning
he explained his case to the proprietor
and told him he was a conductor on
the Erie railroad and finally asked that
check on prominent New York
bank be cashed. The proprietor began
to suspicion that all was not right and
wired the New York bank and found
out that A. Potter was not known by
the bank. The fellow chafed at the
delay and finally became frightened
and left for the south on the noon train
and left his board bill unpaid. Before
having he managed to secure So from
one of the banks of the city Potter
was evidently an all round crook, as
his coming was preceded by a message
to look out for him from the Racine
police. The Kenosha people were very
fortunate to escape as easy as they did.
As soon as the true character of the
fellow was found an attempt was made
to locate him, but he had made his
escape and is probably working his
confidence game in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-06

One of natures remedies; cannot
harm the weakest constitution; never
fails to cure summer complaints of
young or old. DR.. POWERS Extract OF
Wild Strawberry. dwol
The Country Club Gun Club met for
it's regular weekly shoot on Thursday
afternoon and the records were the
best yet made by the Club members.
Guy Simmons and John Kehlor tied
for first place with score of % out of
% and 81. E. Tanner followed with a
score of 81.
9 Asst @ II Z "a.
poo,.+ ho = The Kind You Have Always BOugh
Signature "a &>HAZtzNx
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-06
Helped by an
Honest Doctor.

Determined to restore health to a man st'scke"
with paralysis the Physician prescribed the re"peay
that has pr00ed most Powerful IN s~eh cases ana
elected complete are. Il a0a17aa'zs ana Iess0"
for hard zO0rkeYs.