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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-15
The SMALLPOX Scare.

We have carefully refrained from
making mention of any of the start
ling rumors that have been in circu-
lation in regard to this dread disease,
as we knew that the medical fra
ternity were at outs about the mat.
ter, some asserting that the disease
was army or elephant itch," and
Others that it was genuine small
pox, although in a very mild form,
there having been no deaths, and
those having it being well enough to
go about their houses and many even
working in their gardens.
But now that DR.. j. N. Mccormack,
Secretary of the State Board of
Health, has pronounced it genuine
smallpox, we have few words to
say.
There has been bungling some
where in handling the disease. AS
instance, family living on the rail-
road, just beyond the water station,
have had the disease for two weeks.
A physician was called who did not
pronounce it smallpox. No order
was given for isolation. No yellow
flag was put up. The family went
about their usual duties, but re-
manned on their own premises.
A cOlored man named Willis Blan-
Ton, with a well developed case, was
allowed for two hours to stay i'm the
Court House yard, where hundreds
of people were passing about. Then
he was taken, with II blanket over
him, through the streets to place
selected.
The City Board of Health has
done what it could TO stop the spread
of the disease, but their efforts have
not met with such cordial support as
they should have had.
Now DR.. Mccormack came and,
in short order, things were put in
shape, but not before certain officials
HAD the riot act read to them.
Yellow flags were put up where
ever there was a suspicious case. a
house and grounds, some three miles
from the city, were secured and the
patients taken out, and DR.. j. G.
South, one of our sturdiest young
physicians, placed in charge.
General vaccination is being en-
forced by house-to-house canvass
and every thing is moving OF
smoothly.
The disease was brought into thi
county from Shelby and Madison
COUNT, S, and why steps were no
taken to prevent it, months ago, Is
the question which is now asked
and as yet remains unanswered.
There is no need of any useles
panic, and business can go on just al
usual, if people will only attend t.
their own affairs and not try t
spread the alarm.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-15
Spent a Good Farm DOct0rIng.

Mr.. A. n. NOEL, of Asherville,
Kansas, says he spent a good farm
dOctoring himself for chronic diar-
rhoea hut got no relief and was afraid
that he must die. He CHANGED to
get hold of n bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and was permanently cured by
it. For sale by j. w. Gayle, drug
pist,
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-15
Elected Secretary.

Col. Percy Haly, Of this city,
was elected Secretary Of the Demo-
cratic State Executive and Central
Committees on Tuesday. The head
quarters will be in this city.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-15
Hot Weather Goods
At Popular Prices.
This

the lowest prices the qualities in town Such beau
tul cool airy fabrics at from 4Ac I'd age I'd deserve
tenton from all careful buyers We invite inspection and
comparison The largest nd complete line Of Black
Crepons silks for waists wash silks satin ousds ribbons
and trimmings may be found at Call and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
Spirit of the Press.
THE SOUTHERN .srINpIiEs

THE SOUTHERN lSPINDLES.
New York World.
The extension of the cotton mill indus
try in the South is a conspicuous phe-
nomenon of the time Five counties IN
the Carolinas have for several years past
spun and wove more cotton than is pro-
duced within their borders. Rome, Ga,
has hitherto been the shipping point for
the cotton grown in twenty counties
round about. This year Rome has ship
ped not one babe, because her manufac-
tories have used it all in the making of
cotton cloths. This means that instead
Of selling cotton at from to cents a
pound the South is selling it, as a man
ufactured product, at from / s to 30 cents
pound. This is development upon
natural lines. The South that produces
the cotton will ultimately manufacture
it. 1T has cheaper waterpower, cheap
labor, and the adjacency of the cotton
fields to stimulate its industry. And UNI
der modern conditions Oh travel and in
vestment, there is absolutely no reason
why the South should not take to itself
the stupendous profits of cotton mamu-
facture, hitherto absorbed by New Eng-
land and the English mills. Without
doubt New England capital will share
in the profits of the revolution by invest
ing itself in the South. That is one
of the privileges granted by our constitu-
tional system of absolute free trade be-
tween the States.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
DISCIPLE OF THE SUN.

There is no doubt that the Filipinos
are capable of elf-government-tha is
they are capable if the Americans are.
For proof of this statement, we note
that i'm the issue of October oath, the
Manila Freedom <eferred to a contem-
porary as zone of the scuryiest, scaD-
best, meanest, most untruthful, and
dishonorable rags" which ''rakes around
in the mud and filth of rabid, unintelll-
gent, pimple-headed criticism Of the adj
ministration," and has hesitated at
nothing contemplate and deviish. >
These extracts show that American civ
iIization as exemplifed in the editorial
columns of the New York Sun has
reached Manila
The motto Of the Freedom should be
"If you see it in the Freedom, it's hot. .
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
MUCH INSTRUMENTATION

Go from home to learn the news, "
is an old adage There is a young chap
by the name of Warren Y. Hall, %
Cleveland county, who "used about ii
Raleigh as a clerk during the first two
years of Russellism, Ruin and Rascal
ity. He has been in Washington City
this week trying to get the League or
Clubs TO give sympathy and soap
to the North Carolina negropholists to
fight the amendment. He managed to
get himself interviewed by the Post and
gave out more misinformation than has
before got into as short a space. He
said
THE proposed amendment to the con-
stitution of North Carolina eliminating
the colored vote has raised storm in
our State which has not seen its equal
for many year. 1t has the strong
support of the Democratic machine, but
will certainly be defeated by a strong
majority. There are lots Of Democrats
opposed to the proposed amendment; be-
tween thirteen and fifteen Democrats,
who are members of the Legislature,
voted against it in the session of 1899
and are still its vigorous enemies,
.aThe cotton manufacturing industry
in North Carolina is ilr most prosper
Gus condition" continued Mr.. Hall. Our
State has as many cotton mills within
its limits as are in all of the other
Southern States put together. / do not
refer to spindles, however Almost all
of our mills are small concerns. and
there is hardly one not paying 10 per
cent, while some run as high as % per
cent. The fact that there are no laws
regulating the age Of employees or hours
of employment is, in measure, re-
sronsible for the prosperity of the cot
ton manufacturers. Due to this fact,
they gain in week seven or eight hours
ON each employee.
This fresh youngster shows that he
knows no more about the reasons why
cotton mills succeed than he does about
politics, and here in North Carolina
every body viii see at a glance that he
was talking through his hat. He is the
only man who has discovered he
discovered it in his fertile imagination
that between thirteen and fifteen Demo
cratic representatives TIRE vigorous
enemies of the constitutional amend
ment"
We publish these vaporings of young
Halls imaginations merely to show how
little the young man knows about the
true conditions Of the State, and 70
to let home-folks know how anti-amend-
ment folks brag when they are away
from home where their talk cannot be
Immediately ed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
A QUESTION OF TASTE.

The Wilkes county new negro organ
recently said that Wilkes had produced
a half breed, Bishop Petty, (col9, who
was the equal of any man in Mecklen-
burg county. Congressman Linney
writes commenting the position of the
negro and revenue doodle organ.
1t is all question of taste. Bishop
Petty is no doubt high type of his
race and is doing good in his work
among the negroes RIO put him up as
the equal of such men as Judge Bur
well is to be expected only of men who
grow red in the face fighting to con-
tinuc negro supremacy in North Caro-
lima.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
A TAX ON BRAINS.

Hon. John ID. Bellamy has introduced
a bin to put on the free list all articles
that go into the manufacture Of print
ing and writing paper. The passage
Of that bill would strike the paper trust
4 severe blow between the eyes and
for that reason this Republican Con-
gross will not permit its passage. Me-
Einley has recently condemned trusts.
That is a cheap and easy thing, to do.
If he was really in earnest he would
secure the passage Of Mr. Bellamy
bin and other like bills that give pro-
lection TO trusts. The withdrawal Of
tariff duties would make room for com
petition and reduce prices to a reason
able basis.
The tribute the paper trust leyles on
the News and Observer is $500 a day,
or over So 600 Il year, burden greater
than all taxation or the salary OF any
officer or employee of the company. Ine
burden is levied in proportion to circula-
ton ON all newspapers in America. at
is a tax on intelligence and one thst
could largely be reduced by the passage
Of Mr.. Rellamy's bill. The newspapers
are not as potent as the trusts in a
national campaign now that money buys
elections, and il is idle to hope this Com
gress will be allowed to reduce the
amount of this extortion upon brains
and intelligence. The trusts have bought
the right to tax to their sweet content
and Hanna will hold the Republican
Congressman up to the bargain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

A new Republican paper that has
sprung up in Wilkes county says "the
Democrats want to keep the negro in
politics. That statement is on a par
with all the other statements made by
those who fight the amendment. There
isn't a boy in the State who does moi
know that the passage OF the amend
ment will rid the State of a horde of
unfit negro voters. The man who OPP
poses it is negropholist, pure and sim
pie, and wants North Carolina domi-
mated by 10000 negroes and their
allies. Squirm as much as he will, he
stands against White Supremacy and
for keeping the negro in a position OF
power.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
Mechanic 4 Investors Union

A State institution OF Raleigh, N. e.
organized May, 1893, and managed by
John G. Drewry, president, j. s. Wynne,
Vice-president; B. S. Jerman, treasurer
J. N. Holding, attorney, George Allen
secretary and manager. w. s. Primrose
and C. G. Latta. all Of whom are direc-
fora.
This is one of the best managed and
most prosperous investment and lean
companies in the State.
The investment plan assures the mem
bers the return of all payments. togeth-
or with profit OF fifty per cent In 100
months. The payment Of 2 cents per
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

day, which is 90 cents per month, for
100 months, natures one share Of 500
The loaning plan guarantees tho re-
turn to the borrower of all his payments
less three per cent per annum ON the
amount advanced to him. Both the
investing and borrowing members are
fully protected by thu guarantee fund,
which promises and agrees to mature the
stock, making the monthly payments for
the widow should death occur. This So
cures the home to the family without
further cost after death. For full par
tlculars read the printed matter Of the
company.
GEORGE ALLEN, Secretary.
% Pullen Building. Raleigh, n. q.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

The Washington Post says that no
body can now go into any gallery in the
House without card from member
1t is said that the order was adopted to
keep the negroes out, and the House is
Republican! 1t was a Republican Con
gress that denied to the District of Co
Iumbia home rule in order to get rid OF
negro rule. and now the Republican Con
gress wants to be free from negroes in
the galleries. II is only in the South, far
from them, that Republicans insist upon
negro rule and negro prominence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
WHY HE is POPULAR.

AAsheville Citizen
Bryan stands for freedom. and the
people know it: he stands for larger
opportunity for those who have to make
their own living; he stands for better
social system, better industrial system
which means that he is radical in al
his views, that he is not in favor of the
conservatism that reigns in the ceIne-
teries. That's why Bryan is popular.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
STATE OF OREGON,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
SALEM, May 8, 1898.

The Pe-ru-nn Medicine Co., Columbus,O.:
Dear sirs II haYe had occasion to use
your Pe-ru-na medicine in my family
for colds, and it proved to be an excel
lent remedy. / have not had occasion
to use it for other ailments.
Yours very truly, w. M. Lord.
Any man who wishes perfect health
must be entirely free from catarrh. Ca
tarrh is well-nEgh universal; almost
omnipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only abso-
lutte safeguard known. A cold is the be-
ginning of catarrh. TO prevent colds.
to cure colds. is to cheat oatarrh out of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

DR.. L. G. Broughton tells the New
York people that he fears some Northern
and Western colleges are going to he'll
lat the rate of mile a minute reg
ular Maud s. gait, so TO speak.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

its victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures ca
tarrh, but prevents. Every household
should be supplied with this great rem
edy for coughs, colds and so forth.
1t viii be noticed that the Governor
says he has not had occasion to use Pc
ru-na for other ailments. The reason
for this is, most other ailments begin
with cold. Using Pe-ru-na to prompt
ly cure colds, he protects his family
against other ailments. This is exactly
what every other family in the United
States should do. Keep Pe-ru-na in the
house. Use it for coughs, colds, la
grippe, and other climatic affections of
winter, and there will be no other all
ments in the house. Such families
should provide themselves with copy
Of DR.. Hartmans free book, entitled
"Winter Catarrh." Address DR.. Hart.
man, Columbus, Ohio.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

DIR. ]. J. Mott went to Washington
recently. While there he came out
strongly for imperialism, against the
amendment and secured a position for
his son in the Marine Corps. Is there
any connection between these three in
cidents?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

The Supreme Court of the United
States has not been in the habit of TAX
ing the advice of the Senate as@to the
constitutionality Of questions it is called
upon to decide. 1t has often decided that
the Senate didn't know the constitution.
Witness its decision that killed the Civil
Rights law. -L------a.-l.s.4A-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

Raleigh is a fortunate city. Within
the past two years it has entertained
the Episcopal Convention and the Meth
odist Conference. Next year it will
have the pleasure of entertaining the
Presbyterian Synod and the baptist
Convention. Raleigh gives the right hand
of fellowship to all these great gather
ings and would he glad to entertain ey-
cry one OF those bodies every year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

More than three hundred million dol
lars has been added 10 the gold in cir
culation since 1896. That and increased
demand are the chief causes of the
legitimate rise in prices. 1t proves at
least part Of the Chicago platform-that
prices of products could moi rise without
more primary money. Bear that in mind
when Republicans claim the credit for
all Improvement in business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
THE REFoRM INEyLTABLE.

Richmond Dispatch.
And now the North Carolina Democ-
racy is in line for the election of Sena-
tors by the people. That reform IS in
eyitable. and its coming is only a ques-
ton of time, because it is founded in
right and justice, and in the spirit that
underlies our whole matchless system Of
government.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

The South CAROLINA Methodist Con.
ference passed resolutions censwing
Barbee & Smith for their deception and
demanding the resignation Of the agents.
The Methodist church cannot consistent
~ reproye deception until it. gets rid OF
Barbee & Smith. The Palmetto Meth
odists did right.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

The executive committee of Republican
League of Clubs in session at Washing
ton adopted "a resolution expressing
sympathy with the Republicans of North
Carolina in the struggle against the
adoption of the amendment" They will
need all the sympathy and arnica they
can get after their licking next August.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

The Republicans are having some
trouble in their effort TO reconcile their
claim that the Philippine Islands are al
ready part of the United States with
their desire to keep a tariff between
those islands and this country. The
constitution prescribes that ''all duties,
imports and excuses shall be uniform
throughout the United States" The
Supreme Court will decide against a
tariff if it comes before that tribunal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

We learn from the Washington papers
that William ID. BynpIrn, who, was re-
Gently appointed to $1,000 job by Nc
Kinlev as full payment for his services
in preserving 'the national honor" is in
Washington trying to get the Senate
TO confirm the appointment. 1T may he
DONE but MO man who hates a traitor
will vote for his confirmation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

That is an uncanny story from Ma
Mia to the effect that young Logan was
murdered by one Of his soldiers because
Logan had killed his dog. 1t is not
credible and official advices deny it, but
il there not some fire where we see
so much smoke?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

'sTattler" in the Asheville Citizen says
that Maj. j. NJ. Moody, who earned
honors in the Beams Brigade, is getting
ready to run for Congress in the Ninth
district next year. Is that the reason
Moody is grooming Pearson for the gu
bernatol.ial slaughter
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

If a man is unable to sell or give 8
thing away he proceeds to rattle it Off.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14

Long ago the railroads all became
practical temperance lecturers by refus
ing to employ men who got drunk. Now
the Southern Railway has issued an or
der, applicable only to the South Caro-
lima division, that all employees Of the
company must stop using cigarettes or
resign their positions, and in future no
one will be employed who smokes cigar
cites" If this is good order, why
coaIfne its operations to Ben Tillmar' :
State? The cigarette is deadly and be
fore a great while the rule put in force
in South Carolina will be extended TO
the whole system and other railroads viii
follow suit
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-14
NO "ENEMY's COUNTRY

The fact that even President MclAin-
ley, elected by crust money and the
agent of trusts, felt forced in his mes
sage to Congress to denounce the trusts.
shows that the Republicans tremble ut
the thought of am antitrust campaign.
IF McIXinley's administration, under
whose protection more trusts have been
organized than in the previous one hun
it would have begun the enforcement OF
irGd years, desired to destroy the trusts
the laws two years ago. The present
Pronunciation is for publication only and
not ii guarantee of good faith.
As evidencing how trusts rob the peo-
pie the following statement made by a
merchant in Kansas City is to the point:
In August | bought Blackstone, a
brand of muslin, for 3-4 cents a yard.
In September / paid 5Ss cents for the
same goods. L0nsdale cambria bought
in August for 80 cents and in September
for Tlh cents. Woolens have advanced
fully 10 per cent. and lace curtains p
per cent, while tablecleths and hnole-
tlflltS HAVE auNdICSu IL PEI Stiid, u ttt
niture is going clear out Of sight, and
this applies specially to iron beds All
kinds OF carpets, except Brussels, have
gone UP in price. 1t is ali foolishness
TO pretend that this increase in price is
due to an increased demand The com-
hinations among the manufacturers are
the potent factors
In some lines there has been legiti-
mate small rise in price, but the tremen-
dous rise i'm the price of tin plate. for
example, is wholly due to the trust. It
lis so of all other articles controlled by
trust. 1t is absurd to attribute the
big rise in prices solely to IAN increased
demand That has in some lines
brought about a legitimate advance, but
the trusts have made big and unjustifi-
able advances.
II the Democrats are wise they will
press the antitrust issue to the front
everywhere. 1t has no .enemy's coun-
try" except among the trust owners
and employees and will command the sup
port of thousands of men who have felt
the exactions of the trust since 1896.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-22
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Some of the teachers in the public
schools in Minneapolis are finding fault
with the system under which they are
obliged to give instruction Last Sat
urday an impromptu indignation meeting
was held at boarding house, in which
half a dozen teachers took part
The particular thing which excites their
resentment is the frequency with which
Mr.. Jordan requires them to be present at
the Central high school buildinng on Sat
urdays. One of the teachers apparently
voiced the feeling of all when she said:
i am getting tired of being hauled to
the high school building so often on Sat
u1days TO take lesson in this or the 9TH
eE fad, which we are in turn required to
Inlet upon the pupils, I have to be at
my school at o'clock in the morning
and 1t is nearly o'clock when 1 get
through for the day. In the evening I
spend some time going over the work for
the next day. When it comes Friday
night 1 am tired out. I want SATURDAY. as
a day of rest and recreation, but I can
not have 1t, for I must go to the high
school to take lesson on some fad
Il would not complain If the work
ADDED to the efficiency of the schools.
But on the contrary, it is often an injury.
The fact Is the curriculum IS so extensive
now that it is impossible to devote time
enough to any one study to make the
pupil perfect in it,
Another of the oldest and best known
teachers in the city said:
The fact Is our pupils do not learn as
much as they do in the country schools.
where 50 much is not undertaken. Under
our system it is utterly Impossible to
ground a pupil firmly on any one study.
1t is cram, cram, cram, from morning till
night, day after day and week after week.
Many of the pupils become bewildered
and exhausted Our school system is a
fraud. Il is all for show. 1t lacks sim
riicity, practicabilty and thoroughness
of system
Supt. Jordan was seen at his home last
night and the gist of the report Of the
Indignation meeting was recounted to
him After listening to the complaints
anG charges of the teachers he said
"A difficulty that Hes in the way of an
swering one of the objections is the