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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15
THE DRUMMERS AND THE TRUSTS.

In the campaign of 1896 one of the
most active and influential classes of men
who were ardent in support of Mckinley
were the drummers. They are an un-
usually intelligent class of men, they
went all over the country, their con-
nect1ons gave them a hearing with the
merchants in country and in town, and
they used their influence day in and day
out for the man they called .'the adj
vance agent Of prosperity"
Fifty thousand drummers--tthe very
men who gave their best efforts to elect
McKinley)-have been turned out be-
cause of the trust organizations. 1t
seems to be the very irony of fate that
these men should be '.hoisted by their
own petard."
1t does seem that the trusts in dismiss
ing them would have some regret to
see men who had served them faith
fully and ably kicked ont of
their positions. Not so. The modern
trust Is Il Juggefnaut tnat crushes WIN
out remorse. 1t has ii heart of stone.
Mr.. Pierre Lorrilard, Jr., who wakes
fat by belonging to an unlawful,
full, thieving trust, speaking of the dis
missal of the drummers, recently said:
THE now useless army of drummers
and advertising agents must look to
other means Of support. They cannot
live longer by, their wits, but must join
the active labor of the country or be-
come politicians and try to excite the
honest laborers to oppose the only thing
that could ever make them independ-
ent. The saving and industrious will
invest their savings in the stocks of the
companies for which they labor and in
time become their own masters"
And that is the thanks the 10000
discharged drummers get for helping to
put this trust breeding administration
in power. ''They cannot longer live by
their WITS says Mr.. Lorriard con-
temptnously.
If. after having been cruelty deceived
and cast off, any Of them cry out
against the trusts, this same nabob
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15
TAX EvASlON--THE DUTY OF ASSESSORS
AND LEGISLATORS.

A citizen of this county listed for
taxation last month only $50 worth of
property, and yet OH the 7th Of this
month he signed a written statement
to a mercantile agency lin order to OBJ
tain credit, that his property is worth
81. O0.-Chatham Record.
One Of the first and most important
duties that will devolve upon the next
Legislature will be to devise measures
that will secure the return of all prop
erty for taxation. While it is true that
there is much real estate that is taxed
below it's value. it is notorious that
very much of the personal property, par
ticularly notes and stocks. are not listed
for taxation. That species of property
as rule rays better than real estate,
and, ought to be reached FOR taxation.
The incident mentioned by the Record
is, of course, one that has no dupl-
cate, but it is matter of common
knowledge that property that is intangi-
BILE largely escapes taxation.
The public man in North Carolina who
can suggest a practicable system, free
from Objectionable espionage and pub
licity, to reach all tax-dodgers
will do more to- deserve the graft
tude of the State than if he should lead
a regiment to victory. There Is much
of truth in what Col. Elliott and others
said before the Corporation Commission.
and too much property is taxed below
its value. The remedy is, not for the
Corporation Commissioners to disregard
their instructions, but for the tax as
SCISSORS to do their duty faithfully, and
for the legislators to devise method
by which wholesale evasion can be pre-
vented.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15

Commission in increasing the assess
| ments has been moved by what he calls
popular clamor." Hear him:
.'The fellow that comes into couit
and says the people demand that yon N
crease the taxes will never help you
Yield to them once and they come again
and again, and again. You will find that
the people cannot he appeased. 1t Is Ike
feeding tiger on raw meat. They are
never satisfied
If more insult could be couched into
fewer words, we have never seen an
instance of it. Presenting that the Com
mission is influenced by the view of
getting help, he says: ''The fellow that
comes into court and says the people
demand that you increase the taxes
WILL NEVER HELP YOU" What
is the inference? Clearly, that if the
Commission would listen to the railroads.
they would "HELp' them. We will
whisper it in Col Henderson's ear: The
man who wants to be elected in North
CafOIlDa hereafter VIII SuuH tut
'HELP' of his railroad as he would n
pestilence and famine. There was Il
time when it could control conventions
and caucuses, and when by the whole
sale use of free passes and other
"HELP' it could effect nominations.
That time has passed. North Carolina
has one Southern Railway attorney in
the Senate who got there by its
..help." 1t has Governor now upon
whose mouth it has paddock. 1t will
not have another until by its 'HELP.'
the negro party is again in power IN
North Carolina. The Democratic party
is going to treat all railroads fairly and
more than fairly. 1t will give them
everything they want. But it says to
them: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF
OF OUR POLITICS.
Men who, compare the honest citizers
of North Carolina to tigers who feed
on '.raw meat" and who refuse to sub
nit to North Carolina codrts. shall not
control their State longer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15
WHEN A FELLERS PACKIN' UP.

When a feller's packin' up to leave he
whistles-don't you know,
Or. tells you it's the weathersthat af-
fiicts his fellin's so.
Or eff from jest one corner of his eye a
tear may run,
He says he's Jest perspirn'."--but he
don't fool anyone!
Fer that ere packin' up amt what they
crack it ,ip to be!
You never pack yer heart i'll with The
other things, You see!
Thar's the letters that she wrote you
that you've kept an loved for years:
An some of 'em looks blotted-but
reckon it's yer tears!
An the last sweet letter. mebbe, is the
one that give the pain,
An made yer eyes run over like rivers
swelled by rain.
But thar it is amongst 'em, an you
sigh, an understan'
You're only keepin' of it cause she writ
it with her han.
When fellcr's packin' up to leave he'd
better keep apart,
Or he'll have sad time tryin' for to
whistle off his heart!
Tat laugh o his rings hollow, an his
jokes air feeble, too
He's funeral procession spite o all
that he kin do!
| never did like packin' When the leav-
in time comes on
/ allus give Instructions: "Ship My
things when | am gone!'
An. that's jest what I've tor EN-.
tNever think I'll shed a tear!
But it looks as eff 'twuz raining ten or
twenty mile from hereD
r. l.. STANTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15
REMARKABLE RESCUE.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, H.,
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for a month by her family ply
stefan, but grew worse. He told her
she was a hopeless victim of consllmp-
ton and that no medicine could cure
her. Her druggsist suggested DR.. King S
New Discovery for Consumption; she
bought bottle and to her delight found
herself benefited from first dose. She
continued its use and after taking six
bottles, found herself sound and well:
now does her own homework, and is as
well as she ever was.--Free trial bottles
of this Great Discovery at all drug
stores. Only 80 cents and $1.OO. every
bottle guaranteed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15
COL. HENDERsoNs WRONG CONCEPTIONS

There is one reason why the Legisla-
ture acted wisely in changing the name
of the Railroad Commission to the Cor
roratiOn Commission. Somehow the big
railroad men have an idea that Rail
road Commission is body created to do
the bidding of railroads. Inasmuch as
the majority of the Commission as il
stood in 1898 was a Railroad Commits
sion in the railroad sense, and as in
some other States the railroads have
named and controlled Commissioners, it
may be that Col. Henderson, chief coun-
sci Of the Southern Railway, is war
ranted in his wrong conception. In a
sreech before the Corporation Commits
sion, COL Henderson said to them:
Now gentlemen, there has been COM
mitted to you the biggest interest in
North Carolina, the railroads. Now tine
railroads look to you as their protector,
as their friend: that you will stand for
them as the colonel of Il regiment stands
fer his men,
That is to say. according to Col.
Henderson. the Commission is a colonel
of regiment composed Of big railway
officials, and it must stand for them as
a colonel of regiment stands for his
men," The time has been when Rail-
road Commissioners agreed with Col.
Henderson's conception. That Time has
passed.
Col. Henderson has another wrong
conception. lie seems to think that the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15
North Carolin State Bonds
for Sale.

Under AN act to authorize and erect
the issuing of State Bonds i + the
purpose of raising funds to purchase
State or PenitentaTy farms and for
other purposes" (chapter 6oI. Laws of
1880. bids will be received by the State
Treasurer at Raleigh, n. c., for sixty
thousand dollars (S6O.OOW Of \. L. I
per cent bonds running ten years from
January 1, 1899. Interest payable Jan
nary and July. These bonds 10 bear
interest from July LIST, 1890. Bids ur-
der 104 not considered.
Bids will be received to 1900 III.
August Is, 1899.
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved.
state Treasury Department.
Raleigh, n. c., July a, 1890.
~ w. Fl. WORTH, State Treasurer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15
FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT.

The eminent railroad authorities now
admit that $42,OOO,OOO is not an over,
estimate of actual cash value at which
the law requires their properties to be
assessed for taxation. But they advance
two arguments.
1. That the ''other fellow" the farmer
and merchant, is not assessed high
enough. If so, the remedy is to Prove
ii and have the assessments raised and
not to ask the Corporation Commission
to violate their sworn duty by assessing
railroad property ut less than the actual
cash value" which the law requires. Mr..
w. III. Worth, the State Treasurer
says other property is assessed at
..about % of its real value"-if SO, that
is about its actual cash value, as we all
know the difference between voluntary
sales and actual cash sales. But the
sales Of railroad bonds and stocks are
actual cash sales ard by them the value
of the railroad property in this State
is not less than $12O,OOO,OOO, or an aver
age of $35, 900 per mile, while the pres
ent tax. valuation averages only 3D.
600 per mile.
2. Inc railroad authorities say rail
road property was listed for taxation in
1890 before the Railroad Commission
was created. lat only 81, OOO. 900 and say
the increase now to $40, 600, coo is out Of
all proportion TO increased Valuation of
other property. AS they are forced to
admit, that the present valuation of
their property at $42,OOO,OOO is not too
high, this merely shows that their prop
erty was greatly undervalued for taxa
ton in 1890 and in all the years since
If the matter of the assessment in 1890
is to come into this discussion at all
they ought in justice to go back and pay
the taxes on the difference, and not con-
tend because they have not paid their
just share of civic burdens in the past.
that differentiation should continue.
The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Company in fact paid no taxes whatever
until forced to do so by decision Of the
Supreme court of North Carolina in 1891
"a decision from which they appealed.
but the decision was confirmed by the
United States Supreme court.
The market value of the bonds and
stocks of the railroads in North Carolina
is $12O,OOO,OOO which proves by actual
sales that is their true cash value. They
earned net last year four per cent on
$12O.O0O,OOO. They have cause for con-
graduation, not complaint, that they are
assessed for taxation ut only about one
third that sum.
The Corporation Commission sticks to
its moderate assessments, showing that
the fallacious arguments above exposed
had no weight with them. Good for the
Commission!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15
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PARENTAL DIPLOMACY.

Here is a little book our daughter
should read" said Mr.. Wisemann. 1T
contains some excellent advice for Il
girl Of her age"
Very well, my dear" replied his bet
ter half. Ell lay it on the parlor table
and forbid her to look at it."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-15

DeWitt's Little Early Risers benefit
permanently. They lend gentle assist
ance to nature, causing no pains or
weakness. permanently curing constipa-
ton and liver ailments. Sold by Bob
bitt- Wynne, w. II. King Il Co, Adams
& Moye, VIM. Simpson. Druggists.
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
4 CASE OF SNAP JUDGMENT.

T received a valuable lesson in talk ing snap judgment the other day"
 said a retail meroh ohant Of this city "I
 had managed to get some paint on my
 hands from @ marking brush, and
 s1eDDei into 9 hotel where I am well
 known to wash it of. Before pro
 ceeding with the scTu0bing 1 took oh
 my ring, which. as you see, is rather Q handsome solitaire. and hung II on the faucet. When l went away ] forgot D put it cn. and didn't observe the facI until 2 quarter of an hour later, when was in the place of 9 frl21d s9Vera1 blocks away. Of course, l rushed back immediately. and, just as ] feared, there was no sign of the ring in the Iavat0rv. ! porter happened to pass while was searching. and he told me that he had seen one CE the bell boys take 9 ring from the faucet m 5ment or two before and aL once slip out q the house by the back way. He gave me the name cf the boy and 1 slai l9o instantly to raise an alarm. As went through tte ofice 1 told the clerk m 1oud voice. audib-s t2 dozen peoPl6 sf9ndi1g around. that the boy had Slo- lon nv ring. and l wanted him arrest ed c7 eic125. Then l tcre out and gave inc same word tc a couple o+ ponce men and s-me people l kr1w in the a6iacent shops. Inside of ten minutes | made a pretty thorough togE CT 1he nafgh horh0od. telling eVerJ0o u 1o9lI orf for the thief Then i went fo rr311 nv store. hot and excited, and there stood the bsl b3y. with my ring in hl5 5and. He had recognized i5 as my Bgoper.y. and came over at once to de liver it. Really, l cannoe desefloe my mortifcation and chagrin. Here naa branded the per little chap as a th-s-, and spread broadcast story th1- con pr-bably never wholly recall No- y,od,i can e.3v how Ions an unjust sus- oi~i3n D2 will attach to him in the neigh Borhood Btgi31l as a consequence of my folly; I gave him s10 and have done %A3. a. ! could to repair the mischief The iss- s~4 was one | snail never forget- - New Orleans Times-Democrat-
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
roUcHsHToNE OF AMIABILITY

E there any woman who cannot he a1nia5le? Do not understand me to mean the forced sweetness that degen- crates into 1Iattcry. Such an attitude is unworthy. The first definition of --amiable' given in tHe dictionary is worthy of love- To be worthy of love We must get oUrselves in tie right relationship with the world. Love be- gets love and the woman who would he amiab,e in tho highest sense must learn to love her fellov-mau. She should seek out tHc older people. and ind what de}satfuI conpanionship she has hitherto missed T. sac viii sym pathiz6 vi-n the younger boys and girls she can be moss most helpful iG their affairs of heart anI ambition. The love affair of Jack ot twenty one and Betty of eighteen may seem to her foolish in the fight of her larger deep CT experience but she should remen- Der her own Tfe-story and bring some or the great tenderness which seeks for an outlet to the unrayeling of their tangled sI1eins e9 perpieXity -Woman's Home Conpanion.
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
TALMAGE AND HIS ~coPY."

Probably no American preacher has had his sermons mere faithfully re ported and more widely published than Dr. TeWitt Talm3ge, who has recently left his Washington p2storate to de vCt5 his whole time to writing and lec- turing. Dr. Talmage believes the press is mightier than the pulpit and is a most congenial companion when among newspaper men.
 Many years ago when my sermons first attracted the at5sntion of city ed itors, said Dr. Talm2ge in a recent conversation, you reporters used to mal-e me fumer and fret. but since have come to know y-u better I lave transferred my wrath to your adver- sary, the compositor My eyes wera CFeled when. after annoying blundeIs il print l determined to. report my own serEcns fer certain New York mOTn- ing paper. It chanced tha5 the first time reported myself I was preach ing a sermon cn the Psnitential Psalms. in which sermon I said with emphasis:
 ''You will notice that in these verses the l2me Of God doss not ap- pear o-ce. Is not this significant?'
 Calm and content that this time the sense Of my sermon would not ba distorted by careless reporting. l pick ed I'D the D2psE on Monday morning and read
 You will notice that in these verses the name Cf GCd does not ap- pear Once Is not i5his magnificent? 9 '' Philadelphia Post
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12

ticuIar period described by Col PUrdy
 the cook was a man named Bailey.
 who had learned to be 2 chef In COW camp. The waiter was a person called
 Doc" who had acquired his degree by selling q remedial salve from house to house. One night a stranger in d high hat seated himself at the counter and asked for 2 Welsh rabbit. All right. sir. comin' up" said Doc with the air of q man who held q corner on Welsh rabbits. He carried the order back to the kitchen, delivered it to Bailey, saying, That's a new one on me Hell" said Bailey we can't get no rabbits at this time O night an I wouldn't know how to fix it if l had it. Say. ycu go back an teli i'm some body left the cage open an every dam rabbit got away
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
r, ,r-r,y-Tvo YEARS A DOCTOR.

pr. Lewis Kern, after fifty -t''o } e.,-7 continuous practice in Kokomo' lhu-' has sold his dru5 and net-lcztl -oi'll - -l, ,,,+i,.sd f~on, business He began practice here among the Indians lh 7S47- before the city and county were organized. During his practice he mas presided at the birth of 3.250 babies, a I,7sio7.ftz- of whom are now living i1 this locality In some eases he has served three generations Of the same family in that capacity and had the usual quota of twins and triDlets-
 Tn pioneer days he rode horseback through the painless forests. carrying at night a torch made of hickory bark CT clapboards to light his way one dark. rainy night he was chased four
 miles by wolves. and had many other narrow escapes. He saved himself once by throwing a chunk of asafoetida at the wolves. The fee in cases in early days was $2.50, payable in cash. beans or whatever the patients had to give Cincinnati Enquirer
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
WELSH RAB6ITS
How an Old TIme phoenix Cook
 Filled an Order.

Some weeks ago certain Los Angeles papers described a banquet, or. per haps. an ordinary supper which had
 been eaten there and at which one of
 the participants was Col. J. F. Wilson,
 Afizona's delegate to the Fifty-sixth
 congress. An incident of the menu
 was a Welsh rabbit and it was recited
 that Col. Wilson confOunding this
 foreign animal with the domestic cot
 tontaiI, hurriedly placed an order for hind quarter No sensible
 Arizonian believed that anything of the kind had occurred. It
 was incomprehensibIe that Col Will son did not know that a Welsh rabbit is devoid of hind quarters. and the whole story was attributed to Califor- nia jealousy of Arizona. which finds expression in many forms Still many skepticaI persons in this territory who believe everything they see in print. thought it was so and pictured to them selves Col. Wilson's stern request for q hind quarter in the same deep tones fr which he will demand on the floor of the house next spring the free and uu- limited coinage Of silver at a ratio of 10 one without the consent Of any other nation on earth or in heaven or in the waters that be under the earth, the reopening of the Indian hints and the immediate and unquali- lied withdra wal of the American troops from the Philippines with an apology to AguinaIdo and Col. Bryan for having stayed so long already.
 Speaking of Welsh rabbits, whether or not Col. Wilson was in error as to their quadrupedaI characteristics, he is not the first man who has been under nisapprehcnsion regarding them- Col. Sam Purdy growing reminiscent the other day spoke of the early period of the Pacific Grotto. The patronage was contributed largely by miners and Cooks in those days were chosen with reference to their ability to start a fire and keep it going and the main qualifications of the waters were to carry heavy trays and the muscle and nerve to lick drunken and patrons. At this par
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
PaFisian Institute {.

Execution, Oratory, Art of Grace, Voice Training, Articulation, Physical Culture, Gesture, Polite Department and Dramatic Art
 Grace Talmage Montgomery, Pro- lessor; pupil or f-roIessor Xaupi and the celebrated Professor Hazazah of Paris: formerly of Boston. Mass, will open Thursday, October F. in Masonic Hall. Mcnihon Block. Special and brief courses for cIergymen. lawyers, public speakers, lecturers. teachers; foreigners and others requiring an art study for the use of the speaking or singing voice CT the correction Of vocal defects.
 Residence, Hotel Adams. Hours: 10 10 12; ? to ,. Lessons, Masonic Hall.
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12

when he will show a grand line of fine woolens in the piece representing over 50 ] pieces of fine goods for Busi- ness and Dress Suits, Over coats, House Coats, Smoking Jackets, Pants and Fancy Vests.
 Strauss Bros low prices for fine tailoring will surprise you. Call and have your measure taken by an expert even f you| do rot wish to order now.
Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
THE CARNIVAL
The Appointment Of More Com
 mifEees last Night.

The carnival association met again last night in the parlors of the Hotel Adams and appointed the various sub committees that are expected to rush the project through. practically ap- proving the work of the special com mittee appointed the night before, the only change being that they added to some of the committees.
 They also settled several very i'm portant matters. It was decided that the carnival should be held for five days, beginning on Monday, December 4th and ending on the night of Friday, December Sth.
 They also decided on the carnival coIors which are to be red, white and
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-05-26

Secretary of the Navy Long is about
to make an experiment with recruits
from the middle west and west for the
navy. believing that by enlisting men
from this section the interestTof the west
in the navy will be quickened. There
are many young men in the west who
would like to enlist but cannot afford a
trip to New York and Boston to do so,
and consequently next month a recruit
ing officer will be sent through the west
to enlist 300 to $50 recruits for naval
service. Only bright and promising
American citizens between the ages of
IS and % will be taken. They must be
able to read and write. Exceptional in
dnccments are to be offered those recruits
in the shape of along cruise on Admiral
Farragut's old flagship Hartford, which
is now at the Mare Island navy yard.
She has been thoroughly refitted at a
cost of about S35O,OOO. The recruits will
be sent to the receiving ship %Independ-
ence at San Francisco for several months
of preliminary shaking down" and then
will embark upon the Hartford for New
York, either by the way of Cape Horn or
across the Pacific to China, thence
around to India and through the Red
Sea and the Mediterranean.