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The news & observer., 1901-02-23

The Wilmington Dispatch talks
sensibly about the revenue bill when it
says:
While we think the revenue bill as
prepared by the joint Finance Commit
tee is too severe in the provisions for
an income tax, we are not one of those
who would raise big fuss over the
so-called "inquisitorial' feature. tThe
committee has decided to leave the in
come tax provision just as it was in
the 1899 act.-Editor.l 1t has been
simply for the want Of more search
ing methods in having taxes listed that
revenue laws in the past haven't yielded
larger returns. We presume that when
a matter has to go to court and when
in order to arrive at what is fair ana
equitable the minutest details involved
have to come out, nobody is found to
grumb!e because of the inquisitorial
methods employed. If men cannot be
gotten to deal honestly by the State by
the usual methods, then there is no
alternative but TO question them sharp
~ and closely. Only in this way can
the burden of taxation be made to fall
where it belongs.
The Fayetteville Observer says tha;
920 votes were cast for "%o Dispensary
The advocates OF the dispensary did not
take part in the primary The Demo-
cratic vote in 1900 was 2,7l9.
In asking Tor the "libeI law" now in
the hands OF the Committee on judiciary
. in the House, the editors of North Car
olina are only asking to he put on the
same footing with other people. They
are asking no special favors, but simple
Justice We do not believe in making
threats, but cne thing can be put down
for certainty and that is these men
who are instrumental (and they will be
known) in killing the libel bill will be
surely remembered by the press in the
Misunderstanding Times.
If this Legislature, like so many of it's
predecessors, is called on to select State
flower we want to nominate the Hon.
Richmond Pearson. He's Of the tube
rose variety and is clearly the flower OF
the State, since Otho Wilson's political
demise
The Senate committee on Penal Insti-
tutions, to whom the new peniten
tiary bill was referred, yesterday decid-
ed to again report it favorably. Several
Senators have expressed opposition to
some of it's provisions and it is possible
that there may be some debate on the
bill when it comes UP for passage.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23
Stationed at Manchester Burned
(Fayetteville observer.)

The Atlantic Coast Line depot at Man
chester, this county was burned TO the
ground shortly before noon today. AS
soon as the fire was discovered, which
was about ten o'clock this morning, q
special train with wrecking crew
started for the scene, but. though they
reached there too late to save the build
ing, they prevented the flames from
spreading 10 the adjoining buildings, anC
q quantity of cross ties near by.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23
DON'T LET THEM SUFFER.

Often children are tortured with itch
ing and burning eczema and other skin
diseases but Bucl;lens Arnica Salve
heals raw sores, eXpels Inflammation,
leaves the skin without a scar Clean,
fragrant, cheap, there's no salve on
earth as good. Try it, Cure guaranteed.
Only IS cents at all druggists
The news & observer., 1901-02-23
Pine Bluffs Progress.
Stanford Express.)

There is talk of cotton factory be-
ing built at Pine Bluff, this county. Mr..
John T. Patrick is interested in the
proposed enterprise. The building will
he four stories high. An electric light
company was recently organized there,
and they are now constructing lighting
plant. The machinery for the plant has
been purchased. Pine Bluff seems TO
be one of the coming towns of this sec
tion.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

if you advocate economy and small ap-
preparations, you are "a niggardly Popu~
list" If you advocate liberal appropria-
tions you are trying to drive property
Populist"
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

Win there be an extra session of Con-
gress? 1t looks like it. Ii called, the
President will pretend that it is for the
purpose Of considering the Cuban and
Philippine matter, but in truth it viii
be to pass the Subsidy bill.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.


The co-partnership heretofore exist
ing between w. A. Myatt and C. T.
Hunter under the firm name of Myatt
&c Hunter, is this day dissolved, by
mutual consent. All parties indebted
to the above firm Will please come for
ward and pay promptly. otherwise, col
lection by distress Will become neces-
sary.
w. A. MATT.
@. +. HUNTER.
January 16, 1901.
AS successor to the above firm, take
great pleasure in thankig my friends
and tie publ C generally for the liberal
patronage heretofore given them, and
hope by stirct attention 20 business
TO have a continuance Of the same.
shall carry a large stock of heavy and
fancy groceries, and will make prices
satisfactory to command your atten-
ton.
Vecy respectfully.
w. y. MYATT.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

President Venable, OF the University,
who is here. says that institution asks
the Legislature for $1O6OO additional an
nual appropriation, (making 100000.
$1,000 for water supply and $4,000 for
repairs 10 buildings.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

This is no time to make new offices,
no matter how small. There are various
propositions of this sort pending that
ought 20 ''lie on the table
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

A smart Charlotte boy propounds this
conundrun: How many chranches in
the North Carolina Legislature?" The
answer Is: Three: the upper house, the
lower house and shannon house.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

If a fool is lucky he can't see the adj
vantage of wisdom.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

But we are told that plenty of money
can be obtained for all purposes by an
issue of bonds. Of course. The State
could for one or two years quit levying
any tax at all and depend solely upon
tie proceeds OF bond issues. That is a
very tempting method of paying the
expenses of government, but one that
wise and prudent men will not consider
for an instant. If the State, when as
they say, was poor, could build the mag
niflcent Morganton Hospital and the
other institutions that have been built
since 1876 without bond issue is there
not, now that we are said to be rich
enough property to yield enough tax to
make the necessary additions and sup
port the State government? We think
there is if it is reached and all legiti-
mate and approved sources of revenue
are adopted. There is not if we expect
the real estate still TO pay nearly all the
taxes and let the corporate property
solvent credits, franchises and the like
continue to escape taxation
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

! UNDER THE DOME. !


The Mt. Airy bar unanimously recon-
mends Mr.. 5. Porter Graves as solicitor.
OF one OF the new districts 10 be created.
The Mt Airy News saws OF him:
MI Graves is honorable iii his deal
ings, true 20 his convictions and faithful
to friends; well-equipped as a lawyer, is
a Christian gentleman and strong ad-
vocate."
Websters Weekly has a strong editor
ial in favor OF stringent antitrust law
reviewing the miserable makeshift of
1899, concluding with these words:
With the event of the last Legisla
ture before them, will the members of
the present General Assembly allow
themselves to be entrapped by the
trusts?
The trust attorneys are too shy to
play the same tactics twice. Most
probably they viii fight for delay, to
defer the matter till the Legislature
VIII not have time to give the bill thor
ough consideration. We therefore urge
that this important matter be taken up
at once and given the consideration it
deserves. If there be any who think
the favor of the trusts is to be priced
more than the good of the people, they
need to be warned that they are making
a serious mistake. The party cannot af-
ford to listen to their counsels. A new
era has been ushered in. in North Caro-
lima. The people will no longer be COM
PEELED to look at political matters in the
light Of negro domination. The Demo-
crat who leans toward the trusts, and
Y
attitude by following "nigger" will find
that things have changed.
THE platform, the party law, must
be faithfully adhered to. Every consid-
Grafton Of good faith, honesty, and pol
icy demand it. If the people are trifled
with look out
The news & observer., 1901-02-23
NomIcg TO CONTRIBUTORS.

Communications and items Of news In
tended for publication in the News and
Observer ahould not be addressed to in
dividual members Of the stan. but simply
to The News and Observer.
All communications addressed to the
editor 1lust be signed by and will be
printed only over the authors real name.
NO exception will be made to this rule.
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

AS to bonds. the suggestion of issu-
ing them at this juncture ought net to
be seriously considered for a single mo-
ment. The proposition is advocated by
three classes and three only:
l. Those who are SO anxious for large
appropriations for the various institu-
tions and schools that they are willing
to DO anything that is honorable to Sc
cure these appropriations. The zeal of
these good men is not according to
knowledge.
2 Those who see that they must pay
more tax for public purposes unless an
escape can be found in a big bond issue.
They know that if the Legislature falls
back on bond issue it will not press a
system of taxation that viii reach their
untaxed property.
g. Those who wish to invest their
surplus capital in bonds and thus for
ever escape all sorts of taxation.
An issue of bonds would be followed
by an era Of extravaganza. A distin-
guished North Carolinian who has held
The highest positions in the gift of the
State, said yesterday: IF We're Gov
ernor. before ! would permit a bond is
The news & observer., 1901-02-23

levied and they believe the committee
and the Legislature will act wisely.
In the past few years, SO we are told
every day, North Carolina has grown
rich. This increase in wealth is mostly
to be found in the manufacturing and
transportation corporations. The wealth
of corporations has indeed increased
rapidly. But the State Treasury shows
that the revenues have not felt the in-
crease in wealth that is just and fair.
The problem of reaching this and other
property is a difficult one, but it must
be mastered unless the children are TO
grow up in ignorance and the insane
are to remain in poor houses and jaila
This Legislature is trying to provide the
revenue by methods that changed condi-
tions demand. There are those who tell
us that the old method that sufficed in
days when this was an agricultural
State will do today with our diversified
interests. Past experience shows that
this is not true. The new methods of
taxation proposed by the Finance Com
mittee are in vogue in New York, Mass
achusetts, Michigan and nearly all the
Union. They have been found neces-
sary in those Republican States. and
yet when they are suggested in North
Carolina in n modified FORM the organs
of tax-dodgers cry out that they are
prompted by "a spirit of agrarianism,
that they are destructive and oppres-
sive,' and that they smack of Pop
ulism, whereas in truth, they are near
ly all copied from laws enacted by Re
publicans and Democrats in the rich
est States of the Union where there
never were any Populists.
The same men who denounce every
revenue from those interests that have
heretofore largely escaped just taxa
ton. are strongly in favor of large ap-
propriations to the institutions of the
State. IL anybody ventures to say that
the people of the State cannot afford
large appropriations. the advocates Of
economy are cried down as "Populists
who try to decry their State and keep it
down by a populistic spirit of niggard-
yt.....r, a~~,7 ;I,.CyaCc ord
States worst enemies" In one breath
they denounce good men who try to
raise enough revenue for liberal appro-
priations as moved by "a spirit OF
agrarianism," and in the next breath
declare that all talk of economy is
form Of Populism.
Now. we submit that if the State is to
make liberal appropriations, 1t cannot
do so without the revenue. II that is
true, is it not the duty of legislators TO
levy the taxes on those most able to pay
them, upon those who have prospered
most under the protection Of the States
laws j.. II lnlS is not OOue, tile CLlluicH
must grow up III ignorance, the insane
be denied care and treatment in the hos
pitfalls, the Confederate soldier denied
assistance, and the institutions be per-
mitted TO go on without progress or
development. If every interest that is
taxed, succeeds in getting the tax re-
moved, where is the monev to come
from to pay the necessary expenses Of
government?
But we are told that plenty of money
can be obtained for all purposes by an
issue of bonds. Of course. The State
could for one or two years quit levying
any tax at all and depend solely upon
tie proceeds of bond issues. That is a
very tempting method of paying the
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-24
CriminaIeS preCoces

Hace pocos dias fueron presos en- Camden
New York -cuatro ladrones que no conta-
ban mas de diez amos de edad. Estban acu-
sados de haber asaItado robado un estableci
miento en- Broadway-Nueva York, k,-llevan-
dose 100 pesos en- orc.
Los pequefios ladrones penetlar en- la
casa de comercio por ell tejadO, cerca de una
posta de policfa. Mientras tantO ell mas joven,
de diez ahos de edad, efectuaba ell robo, los
demas recibfan. Despu6s tomaron un caro-
eectrico Sc trasladaron Camden, dandose
gastar ell dinerO como unoS milonarios, en-
cendendo los cigarros con bilrtes y regalan-
do los mnchachos que les acompaii4ban bi.
lleteS de cinco pesos.
Tamben ACADIA de ser enviada la casa
de reclusi6n dc Panglihepsie, Nueva York,
una ladrona de doce amos Katie Allenque con-
fesa hater cometido una sere de robos. AL
ser condenada a enrierro, manifesto que soa-
mente 10 sentfa por no poder asistir aquea
tarde a. teatro.
Katie es una criatura simpatica nteli-
genie parece obedecer un incontrastable
impu 80 que la lama al robo Era despalilla
dora de uoa fabrica de tabacos de Nuevs York
y a 10 mejor abandonaba ell trabaio y con su
cestila al brazo Sc meta en- las casaS con
cualquier pretextO, demostrando gran habili-
dad p,rA acertar con ell sitio en- que las amas
de casa dejan ell dinero del dario.
Kati4 lloraba al ser conduclda la correc
cona, conmovlendo cuant0s la vieron par
tir.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-24
Al Director de La France

Amigo Franceschi con justo asombro he
efdo en- su publication del dfa once del actual
un artfculo intitulado xl}ravo, americanos>
SDepuraci6n de la Magistratura2, en- ell cual Sc
desata usted como un San Ciriaco contra don
Luis Mufi)z Rivera y sus partidsrios. Lo repito
he quedado asombrado porque usted recordara
que las varias veces que hemos hablado de
Mu1oz Rivera del partido federal siempre
hemos estado de acuerdo en- que don Luis Mu-
haz su partdo representa- la personalldad
puertorriqueiia; que. el 1nico puertorriqueho
llamado Salvar eSta TERRA desgraciada, por
su caracter honradeZ taento-muy superior
a los de muchos que diario Ianzan contra 6
cuantas infamias impostnras pueda uno ina
ginarSe Mu1oz Rivera; y ahora sale usted
en- su artfcuIo diciendo que Sc han cometio
muchas iegaidades ADMINISTRATORS por aque-
Hos que fueron hechos imagen y semejanza
&c don Luis Muiioz Rivera. Que tanto eli rico
como ell proletario estuvieron siempre atentos a
la consigna de Su Jefe, que este es espahol de
ccnveniencia, separatista de Oportunidad, an
tiamericano antes que todo0 Amigo Fran
ceschi cr6alo, esas tempestuosas palabrelias,
nj siQuera llaman la atenci6n la persona
contra quien van dirigidaS 81 no es los re-
dactOres del SPafs1, por seguir la politica que
Sc han creado en- la Fortaleza que de insultar
y querer desacreditar personas que ellos sa-
ben, aunque no les eonviene decrlO esta
muy por encma de ses eternos calumniadores
que en- otros tiempos fueron sus aduladores
debido que entonces Muhoz Rivera podfa ha-
Ger favores, repartfa empeos Ali no eS po-
sible compre ada listed ell malestAr que me oca-
siona esa Seu1a que ha emprendido: me duee
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-24
BELLO ESPECTACULO
Ell CINEMATOGRAFO

Anoche Sc exhbi6 en- ell teatro de esta ciu
dad un Cinemat6grafo que es ell meior de cuan.
tos hemos visto hasta ahora. El aparato pro-
yecta las vistas de I'm modo perfecto, produ.
ciendo tai impression como 81 los cuadros fue.
sen verdaderos reaes.
En- esta primera function Sc exhibieron, en-
tres actos, treinta ses vistas todas intere-
santes bellas. Gustaron especialmente <una
barca salendo del puerto Pagar iusto por
pecador, Gales de las Naciones en- la Exposi-
ci6n de Paris, Ilusionista doble, Danza del
fuego, Corrida de toros0, y, por 6ltimo, SLa
CencentaS que es una vista en- ounce cua-
dros y representa- escena de Ia vida de una
muchacha conVertida, por una succession de
acontecimientos perfectamente desarrolados
en- la exhibition, de seryidora despreciada en-
esposa del rey. Todos los cuadros son de co.
lores, y el dlttmo, denominado sApoteosis9, es,
por 10 brillante, de un efecto magnfico. Eli
pdblico aplaudi6 mucho en- todos los actos.
La segunda exhibition estS anunciada pa
ra ell jueves, es de esperarse que numeroso
pdblico acuda solazarsa con tan beo espec-
taculo. El programa Sc varia todas las noches.
Este Cinemat6grafo ha venido de Cuba. an
donde Sc exhlbi6 con mucho 6xito
UNO.
Ponce, Mayo ii de 9O1.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-24

un primo. SQuerfsn engafarle, me
dijo, y en- vista de que DO contesta-
ban a las cartas, resolvi6 ell mar
char el en- persona. Aun no he re-
cioido noticias suyas. iDios quie-
ra que no lie haya suceuido nada!>
Dele con sentimiento esta buena
muier; le di un kreutzer a cada nj
no y otro a la madre para comprar-
lie pan blanco al mas pequeho cuan
do fuese Al pueblo, y nos separa.
mos.
Amigo mio, Cuando siento que la
sangre hterve y Sc agita, no hay
NADIA que domino tsnto como la Wis
ia como la vista de una criatura
como esa, que recorre Ell breve cir
culo de su existencia en- medic de
la mas completa tranquilidad; po.
see 10 necesario para pasar 81 dfa y
We caer las hOjas, sin acordarse de
otra cosa que de la proximidad del
invierno.
Desde aquel dia voy con frecuen.
cia a tan delicioSo sitio; los niflos
han tornado conmigc alguna fami-
liaridad y 70 les doy terroucitos de
azdcar cuando tomo cafe; por la tar
de partimos Ell pan con manteca y
la leche cuslada. Todos los domin
gls les doy 10 kreutzer y 81 pOr ca.
sualidad no estoy a la hlra que
ellos van a la iglesia, la duefa de Ia
cantina Sc eucsrga de hacer la dis
buci6n.
No tieneu NADIA de arIscos, de ma
nera que me cuentan todo 10 que Sc
ocurre, siendo una de las cosas que
mas me divlerten ell yer como Sc
descubren sus paSiones y los celos
que de ellos Sc spoderau cuando ven
que Sc acercan a mi los otr6s nifios
de la aldea.
Me HI costado mucho trabsjo ell
rauquilizar 4 la madre, que STEM
pre- tenfa la idea de que sincomo
darian al seflor.1
50 dc Mayo. LO que te dij de la
pintura puede aplicarse muy blen
a 10 poesia. Sc trata inicamente de
reoonocer 10 bello y streverse q es.
primirlo: decir mucho en- pocas pa
labras. hoy he presenclado una e.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-24
WERTHER

seforas para SaludarSe Y hablar de
los traits de los sombreros y de las
personals a quienes creiau encontrar
en- ell bale, Cuando CarlCta mand6
cochero que parace & hizo bajar a
sus hermanos. Estos lie pidieron la
mano para besarsela, 10 cual hizo ell
primero con toda la ternura de un
i6ven de ounce amos, y ell segundO
con no POGO at llondramiento y vi.
tacidad Carluta les encsrg6 mu-
chos besos para los nifIos mas pc
queflos y ensegulda continuance
nuestro camino.
S6Has leido va ell libro que tie de-
j69S le dijo la prima. -sNo, porque
no me gustaba; va te 10 devolver6.
El case es que ell que me deiaste
anteriormente tampoco valfa nada.S
Tenia ganas de saber que libros
eran est Is y con no poca sorpresa
supe que Sc trataba de las obrsS NM
Q) Encontraba un fondo de buen
sentido en- todo cuanto decfa, y a
cada palabra descubria nuevos ras
gos de vlveza en- su fsonomia que
parecia animarse mas y mas al yer
que 70 Ia comprendia.
<Cuando era nina, me dijo, nada
me gustaba tanto como las novelas.
lCon que satisfaction me meta los
domingCs en- un rinc6n Solitario de
la casa para participar de las des-
gracias y a egrfas de alguua miss
jenny Ain les tengo aigdu carl
40 q las novelas, perO como me que.
da muy POGO tempo para leer, bus
co siempre aquellos libros que mas
me agradan. Ningdn autor me gus
ia tanto como ell que piEta ell mum.
do en- lue vivo y cuando me rodea;
aquel cuyss escenas interesao ell CO.
raz6n 10 mismo que las de mi vida
domest!ca, la cual sin ser un parai
SO, es sin embargo para mi manan-
-
a) Hemos suprimldo ell nombre
Gel autor para no mortifcar q ma
die, por mas que Sepamos demasia'
do bien que no Sc debe hacer mu.
cho case de la opinion de una jovsr
\ sobre todo de un i6ven de ideas
tan inconstantes como WeFtheF'
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-24

que uno de mis- paisanos mas ilustrados Sc dele
sugestionar por unas gentes tan services tan
deSpreciables como los son todos los que es-
criben en- ell diario de la F0rtaleza subvenc
do por la uisma
No siga, no. por ese canine, porque en-
primer lugar su peri6iico no debe de ninguna
manera meterse tan fondo como 10 viene ha-
cendo en- la politca del plfs; usted sabe de-
masiado que los franceses residences aquf
todos cast todos simpatizan parte con un
partido parte con e ot'o y los que smpati-
zamos de veras con ell partdo federal nos ve-
remos obligados a no poder leer esos buenos
articuloS escritos en- nuastro idioma Que al
verlos solamente nos 6guramos one nos halla-
mos en- aquelIa vejAy y querida Francia.' No
STA no, conf0rmese con hacer la defensA
de los intereses de estos compatriotas, y dele
listed la polftica republican, Unconditional
predicada por Barbosa, Rossy Dones.
Abandone, 81, esos seres que NADIA vaf4n an
ties, yque hoy, detido su poftca para con ell
goOierno ayudaios por las turbas han con.
segnido, ser jeteS de btS mtSmdS.
Dice EJ Puts, de papel, queen Francia Co
no;en Muhoz Rivera como dictadOr de menor
cuantil. Ali son unos embust ros de mayor
cusntia: La Francia, nacl6n, conoce ST Muiioz
Rivera pero no como dictador, 81 como un
gran patricia, como un hombre de muchisfsi
Ma vergten2a que precisamente es 10 Gnico
que le hace falta los redactores del SerutJts,
mo.
Su paisano que le estima,
Pedro Romanacce,
Guayauilla 10 Mayo 1901
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-24
BfB11orECA DE s1A DEMoCRActA,

cena, que bien espuesta formaria ell
idilio mas bella que Sc pueda ina
ginar, dPero a que vienen esas pa
labras de poeSiaj eScena & indliO?
iPor que hemos de estar siempte
ocupado en- crear tipos cuaudo solo
Sc tratl de deiarse arrastrar y to.
mar con interes algdn accidente de
la naturaleza?
81 despu6s de esta introduction
esperas alguna cosa grande y ma.
gestuosa, estas equivocado: no Sc
trata mas que de un labrador. Se-
gun mi costumbre, hare una mala
narraci6n, y Segun la tuya la en.
contrsras exagcrada. Tambieu en-
esta OCCASION es Wahlheim quien ha
engendradO la msravilla.
Bajo los tiles Sc habia reunido uu
grupo para tomsr cafe, y como no
fuese de uni agrAdo, busque un pre-.
testo para no entrar en- conversa-
ci6n.
Un labrador bastante j6ven sali6
de una casa vecina y vino a ARE.
glar no Sc que cosa en- ell arado de
va te he hablado. Me fu6 simpa.
tico Y acercaudome a el lie dirigf
alguDas preguntas a cerca de su
estado; nos hicimos amigos en- un
momento, como sucede general.
mente con las personas h9nradas.
Me dijo que servia a una viuda, que
lie trataha con mucho cariilo, me
hial tales elogios de ella que com.
/ prendi bien prontO que estabs ena.
morado en- cuerpo y alma: GNo es
muy ioven, afadio, y como hs sido
bastante desgraciada con su primer
marido, no quiere volver q casarse. ,
Su maners de hablar demoStraba,
bien las claras, que sus oios era
bonita, encantadora y que deseabs
que 6jase en el su atenci6n para
hacerle olvidar Ell recuerdo de los
msIos tratos de su primer marido.
81 quisiers pintarte ell puro amor y
la fielldad de este hombre, neoesi.
taTia repetiTte su convtr rsscl6u pa
labrs por palaora, Necesitaria el
talento de un graz poeta para es.
pIicarte Ia espresi6n de sus accio-
Il nes, la armonia de su yoz y el fus.