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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
THE LEGISLATORS HAVE A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY. -

To the Editor: Your Editorial on
'The Temperance Legislation that this
State Now Needs in the issue of the
25th of January, touches the hearts and
consciences of more people in North
Carolina than anything ever published
in the history of the State,
The five points, or suggestions, out
lined in The News and Observer in
November, is the text to which you have
complied in your very able article Of
January 18th.
l have known fairly we'll, many of the
most distinguished minds that have
given lustre and renown to our noble
commonwealth; and l do not recall one
OF those distinguished sons of the "Old
North State" whose pen could have sur
passed, in his ripest manhood, such y
production, to the necessities Of this day.
in our history.
The press, together with the misguid-
ed judgment of political aspirants, have
hitherto opposed the advance of moral
and civic progress. But thanks to the
light of this day, such blindness must
come to an end. If the five sugges-
TONS embodied in the enactment OF
law by this present General Assembly, is
supported by an enlightenment In the
choice of police authorities and county
commissioners; the success will follow
that all good citizens will rejoice in.
Our aldermanic boards must consist
Of true men of high tone, and every
public trust must be lodged in the grasp
of such men as our superior citizenship
must choose.
Never having touched politics, l am
unbiased in that direction, but as
lover of my native State and OF all men,
nv sincere wish is that our distinguish
cd legislators may not miss this, the
greatest occasion ever presented TO any
similar body of men. for accomplishing
The greatest good, to the greatest num-
Der of our fellow citizens.
THOS. e. SKINNER.
Raleigh. N c., Jan. 26th.
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Appeals to you on it's merit.
Its reputation costs you nothing.
SALE OF BONDS.

$50,00000 Mount Airy, N. c., Bonds.
Sealed proposals, with certified check
for 100000, will be received by the
town of Mount Airy until, and will be
opened at noon Tuesday March 3rd, 1903,
for the purchase of $50,00000, thirty-year
5 per cent. coupon gold bonds, interest
payable mi-annually on first day of
January and July each year, principal
and interest payable at place designated
by purchaser.
Bonds to bear date April fSt, 1903
This bond issue for water works, cleo
trio lights and street improvements, is
authorized by chapter 216, sections one
and following, of Private Laws of North
arolina, session 1901, and approved by
favorable vote
Population, census 1900, $3.50; present
$500. Manufacturing and prosperous.
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved.
Full information as to financial status
of Mount Airy and all else pertinent by
addressing Jas. c. Hollingsworth, secre-
tary and treasurer Mount. Airy, N. c..
SAMUEL G. PACE, Mayor.
JAS. G. HOLLINGSWORTH
Secretary and Treasurer Board of
Commissioners of Mt. Airy.
1-23-3Ot
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

Pursuant to their plans. the Republi
can office holders are establishing and
buying out Republican newspapers in diff
ferent parts of the State. |. NJ MeekinS.
postmaster at Elizabeth City, is president
and E. c. Duncan. collector of internal
revenue at Raleigh, is vice-president of
the new company that is publishing the
Elizabeth City Carolinian. Mr.. Roscoe
C. Mitchell is editor. These people seem
not to agree with the late Major Smith
who said: You can't print paper for
a party that can't read"
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SENATOR TELLER's VICTORY.

Tho whole country will rejoice at the
outcome of what promised to be reVo-
lutionary proceeding in the Coloraco
Legislature. AS soon as the election re-
turns showed that the Democrats had a
very small majority on joint ballot' eH-
Senator Wolcott undertook to convert
that majority into a minority by unseat-
ING the sixteen Democrats elected III
Denver. 1t made no difference 10 nun
that some of them had 5000 majority.
He thought that if he could unseat them,
tho Republicans would have majority
on Joint ballot and he could be reelected
to the Senate 1t was a scheme modelled
after the lack Chandler steal OF the
presidency in 1S76-desperate. highhanded
and revolutionary. 1t was possible only
in the South by the aid of Federal
trcops 1t was thwarted in Colorado By
tho announcement by the Democratic
State Senators that they would expel
every Republican Senator if the Denver
members of the House were unseated,
and By the vigorous protest of honest
Republicans of Colorado who would not
stand for Wolcotts scheme of stealing the
senatorship. After his defeat, Mr.. VOL
colt announced his acquiescence in the
result.
Senator Teller is easily one of the
ablest men in the United States Senate,
as he is also the most independent.
Years before he left the Republican party
he vigorously fought the Force bill, de-
claring that it was 1.-The most infamous
measure that ever crossed the threshold
OF the Senate" He is an honest. brave,
patriotic man. He became a Republican
when that party stood for human free
dom, and remained with it until it be-
came merely the agency of organized
syndicates who controlled the Federal
government for their own enrichment.
Then he walked out of the party. 1t re-
CURED courage of high order to do
this. If by any machinatio he had been
denied reelection it would have been
a reflection upon the gratitude and coed
sense OF the people of Colorado
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
A SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
Mule, Covered With Ice, slipped Down Em-
bsnkment and Killed Man.
lpruson City Recorder. }

(BrySOn CITY hec"luoiJ
Mr. Reuben Lisenbec, of near Robbins
vile Graham county, son OF Mr. Charlie
rieonboa one of the most successful
lurbermen in Western North Carolina
fell from a mule he was riding last Sun
do1 tho mule falling on him and he
1iod Tuasday from injuries received.
Mr. 1isenbce was on his farm, and wish
al to cross a creek, the footlog having
beon washed away, he caught mule in
tho rasturc and without bride rode it
across the stream. The mule did not
90 out at the ford OF the creek as he
@vnacted but went above the ford to Il
etoon enbankmcnt which was covered
WITH ice. and in climbing the embank-
went fell backwards on Mr.. LisenDcc,
inirring him internally and breaking his
arm in two places, from the effects OF
which he died last Tuesday. Mr.. Lisen-
bee was a young man and had only been
married a short while. We extend to
Tho bereaved relatives our sympathy.
Ho was buried yesterday with Masonic
hOnOrS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
EFFECTIVE TEMPERANCE LEGlS-
LATI0N.

There will be no conflict between the
perance legislation with reference to the
bills pending in the Legislature. They
will insist upon legislation that takes a
long step for temperance. They will not
demand legislation that would produce
reaction or throw the question acutely
into partisan politics. The advocates
of the various bills will urge the meas
ures that their judgment approves, but
will leave to the wisdom of the legisla
tors who are in favor of effective tenn
perance legislation the form which it is
to take. That is the course of wis
dom.
1t has been most gratifying to the edi-
tor of the News and Observer to receive
many messages and some letters approx
ing the position emphasized in Sundays
paper. One of the ablest lawyers in Pied
mont North Carolina. in private letter,
says:
The question, as you say, is a moral
one, in no sense. political. and the good
people of the State will commend you,
honor you, for what you have written.
/ am no politician, but were /, nothing
could induce me. to say a word, if my
success depended upon it, in opposition to
what you say. Indeed it is a word for
the women and children of the State,
and what is done for them no man can,
with reason, oppose"
A subscriber in Goldsboro writes:
''Your outspoken position on the great
question of the hour, the temperance
question, is approved by many thousand
of the best people in the State. Your
cartoonist on Sunday presented the most
touching illustration / ever saw. The diff
ferent characters in the liquor traffic
presented will cause many to enquire
where ought / to be. 1t is not only an
object lesson it is a sermon that will
do good. The people are stirred from
one end of the State to the other"
Rev. j. T. Jenkins. of Marietta, Geor-
gia, who preached at the Tabernacle Bap-
fist church last Sunday, took occasion
just before the evening sermon. to refer
to the present anti-saloon movement in
North Carolina (his native State), and
in that connection he praised the News
and Observer for it's decided stand for
this great moral reform. 1T is very
gratifying indeed" he said, Ito see your
leading State Democratic paper, the News
and Observer. coming out so strongly
for the best temperance legislation. Such
position by such paper will have great
weight in this struggle"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
Tvs O pitchfork Statesmen.
washington Post.)

Senator Tillman walked over to Sena-
tor Dolliver the morning after Dolliver
made his tariff speech in the Senate, to
tho great CONSERVATION of the Republi-
can leaders, and said:
"Dolliver, l see you are getting TO be
a pitchfork statesman yourself. DO you
know what Aldrich says about you.
mo" said Deliver. What is lt?
HE says you remind him of mass
meeting, and that all you need is a
creased pole and Il merry go-round to
be a county fair"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
Spirit of the Press.
ENLIGHTENING THE FARMERS.
w c him ON Gazette MeSSPnPPr.

ENLIGHTENING THE FARMERS.
Washington Gazette Messenger
Ever since the Rocky Mount meeting
Col. John S. Cunningham has been bus
going about the State in the effort to
secure a better organization of the to-
bacco growers. He is endeavoring to
make arrangements whereby competent
and practical speakers may be secured
and sent to the different townships in
the tobacco growing sections with view
to giving the farmers useful instruction
about the planting and curing of the
different varieties of the weed. This is
an excellent move and is only another
evidence of the deep interest which Col
onel Cunningham takes in everything
pertaining to the welfare of the farmers
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
CATARRH AND HAY FEVER.

Liquid Cream Balm is becoming quite
as popular in many localities as Ely's
Cream Balm solid 1t is prepared for use
in atomizers, and is highly priced by
those who have been accustomed to call
upon physicians for such a treatment.
Many physicians are using and prescrib
ing it. All the medicinal properties of
the celebrated Cream Balm are con-
tanned in the Liquid form, which is Is
cents, including a spraying tube All
druggists, or by mail. Ely Brothers,
Sc Warren ST., New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

1t is gratifying to observe, from the
dividends declared, that there has come
in North Carolina The worst thing that
could happen to this State would be for
most of the cotton mills to go into the
merger. The best thing for the owners
and for the State is that they shall
continue to be conducted by their native
North Carolinian owners
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
Mr.. Pell Will Not go to Washington
Jefferson Recorder.)

Mr.. George P. Pell informs us that he
will not go to Washington. Congress
man Kluttz," said he, knowing that L
desired to avail myself of the Supreme
Court Library in Washington In the
preparation Of small legal work, kind
" offered me the position of private
secretary, but my business at home VIII
not permit my leaving at this time. l
appreciate his kindness to me and his
offer to recognize this end of the dis
trict."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
A POSITIVE MISFORTUNE TO THE
COUNTRY.

Asheville Citizen.
1t is not too much to say that Mr..
Roosevelt has done more toward stir
ring up race prejudice in the South and
fostering among the blacks a desire for
social equality than has any President
this country has ever had. Therein he
is doing a great wrong to both races.
and one from which the negro must in
the end be the chief sufferer. Such
President is, in that respect at least,
positive misfortune to the country.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

Mr.. Thad. r. Manning, editor of the
Henderson Gold Leaf, announces that,
desiring to go into other business, ne
offers his paper for sale. He has been
publishing the Gold Leaf twenty two
years and has made it valuable prop
erty. The editors of the State will re-
greet to lose Mr. Manning from the pro
fcssion. He is universally and deserved
ly popular.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
a Mild CASE:

Of Contagious Blood Poison never cxis-
ted. It's always bad though sometimes
no external symptoms of the disease ap-
pear for long time.
Because the disease is slow in devel-
oping does not indicate that the case is
a mild one, for the poisonous virus at
work i'll the blood and system may be
spending its force upon some internal
vital organ while you are looking for ex-
ternal signs. Contagious Blood Poison
does not affect all alike. In most cases
the first little sore is quickly followed by
painful swellings in the groins, a red
eruption upon the body, sores or ulcers
in the mouth and throat, unsightly copper
Colored blotches, loss of hair and eye
brows and other symptoms of this 1niser-
able disease. When the poison is thus
fighting its way to the surface, exposing
the disease III all its hideousness, we call
it bad case; but Contagious Blood Poi
son, whether working internally or exter-
nally, is a dangerous, treacherous disease.
S. S. S. is the only remedy that cures
Contagious Blood Poison thoroughly and
permanently. 1t is an antidote for the
deadly virus that produces the awful
eruptions, sores and ulcers, and destroys
tuS DOhSo' 4hSiCuIy anu L OldSll III GP
the skin eruptions, but in so doing drive
the poison further into the system, where
it slumbers for time, but comes back
again with rcdoub1ed fury.
S. S. S. is vegetable remedy that has
been used successfully for years in treat
ing this vile disease and
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or muscular and bone
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A course of S. S. S. will remove every
trace Of poison and at the same time
build up your general health.
Write for our Free Hotue Treatment
book. No charge for medical advice.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
How Farm Products Pay.
(Rockv Mount Motor. J

Mr.. j. l.. Brake, of No. IL township,
paid the Motor office a visit yesterday
and informed us that Mrs. Brake raised
534 dozen eggs last year, for which she
received an average of II cents per
dozen. his is a fine example of what
can be done by industry on the farm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
STEALING IS STEALING.

Washington Post.
When the ballot boxes were closed last
November the Colorado Democrats had
joint legislative majority of ten The
present difficulty in that State is all
due to an effort to erase that majority
and steal Senatorial toga, and the theft
of Senatorial seat in Colorado would
be every bit as reprehensible as the
theft of governorship in Kentucky.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
1t is Indispensable.

TO the Editor: am in receipt of your
Year Book for 1908. | find it is indls-
pensable. There is use for 1t all the
time, and I keep it constantly on my
desk. With sinceres thinks, l am,
Yours very truly,
GEO. T. WINSTON,
President A. and NJ College
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

The State Senate is being swamped
with petitions concerning the liquor
traffic. The people are in earnest and it
looks as though North Carolina will Re
prohibition from one end to the other
Red Springs Citizen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

The arguments in the House against
the Fuller bill were every one effectually
answered. There was never any sound
reason against comforting the power upon
the Corporation Commission. Compared
body it is a very small grant OF authori-
ty. 1t is needed and badly needed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

The Columbia State notes that the
last of the dispensary profits to the
schools. From the dispensary $142 755 81
was distributed for the year 1902 The
State of North Carolina gets for it's
schools only pittance from the liquo,
traffic
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

Undoubtedly the murder of Editor
Gonzales by Jim Tillman was an attack
uron the liberty of the press, but the
action of New York newspaper seeking
for the prosecution is of questionable
propriety If the State will not. for its
honor hang him, no outside talent can
compel it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

A bill has been introduced in the Leg
islature to codify the laws of the State,
We hope this bill will pass as the laws
of the State have not been codified
since 1883 and it now takes very intel
ligent lawyer to learn what the laws are
relative to any particular subject.-Jef-
fCrson Recorder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
A MORNING TONIC.
Frederick w. Farrar.

Ut IEUCTICk w. TdTTdT.
NO good deed. no genuine sacrifice is
ever wasted If there be good in it, God
VIII use it for His own holy purposes.
and whatever of ignorance or weakness
or mistake was mingled with it will drop
away as the withered petals drop away
when the full flower has blown.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

Last week the Fuller bill was the one
Of supreme Importance before the House;
this week, it is liquor legislation: next
week it will be a proper child labor law
three of the most important measures
that will engage the attention of the
General Assembly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
A CREDIT TO THE STATE.
Rocky Mount Motor.

Rocky Mount Motor.
We are in receipt of a cpoy of the
North Carolina Year Book and Business
Directory for the present year, pub
lished annually by the News and OBJ
server. 1t is needless to say that it is
an excellent publication. lit is a credit
to the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
Bishop Watson's Cond;tltn n

The condition of Bishop A. A. Watson
who suffered a slight stroke Oh palalE
sis at his home in Wilmington, IS lloi
favorable. He was able to read MS pa
pers yesterday morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
THE ONLY WAY TO SECURE 1T.

TIE O-NIII w III 7 y tJI1O 2 w T +
Charlotte News.
The Fuller bill, which empowers the
Corporation Commission to compel rail-
roads to erect union depots, is slowly
but surely forging it's way through the
Legislature. There are a number o.
cities in the State, among them Char
lotte, which need depots badly and the
enactment of a measure like this is
about the only way to secure them. Sue
cess to the Fuller bill.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

One Minute Cough Cure cures Coughs
Colds, LaGrippe, Bronchitis, pneumonia
and all Throat and Lung Troubles. An
ideal remedy for children. W. H. hlns
Drug Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

The Jim Crow annex TO the White
House seems TO be doing thriving bust
ness these days. Let us hope that after
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
No Kick From Them

CWilkesboro Chronicle.)
The hotels and boarding houses dl
Raleigh seem we'll pleased Win tiidt
Senatorial contest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
Waits n For Senator

To the Editor: The Democracy OIL
Sampson county want G. b. watson LOT
Senator.
w. A. BIZZELL.
Newton Grove, N G..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
AND NOT SOONER.

Wilkesboro Chronicle
The city of Durham and the Southern
Railroad are having lively time about
depot facilities there. The Southern will
remedy this when it is compelled to. not
sooner. ,>s Ss
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

If Colonel Andrews will keep up with
what is going on arotnd Raleigh he will
see that he made a mistake in thinking
that Durham could not help herself.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
Durham Herald.

THE BOSS IS NO LONGER THE ONLY
PEBBLE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27
Under the Dome.

Alexander made a Sy
When Lee was ny,
With Carr from the wrong direction
So far Crag they made drag
And all got caught in a Watson bag
JESSE BRAKE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

There has been a resolution introduced
in the House of Representatives to refer
all private bills pertaining to counties
without Democratic representative to the
Democratic County Chairman, OF such
counties for approval. This is just and
proper and will prevent unjust legisla-
ton from being passed and the response
bilities being placed upon innocent
parties. We have suffered in the past
for the lack of this privilege, and we
earnestly hope that this resolution will
prevail without a dissenting vote
Madison Record.
The Asheville Citizen announces that
Griffith, Democrat, has been elected
State Senator by over rs majority. He
succeeds the late Zeb. V. Wilson. The
district is composed of Madison,
Mitchell and Yancey and gave 1888 Re
publican majority in November. At this
rate, within few years the Democrats
will carry Yadkin and Wilkes.
At Kinston 420 persons have signed a
petition in favor of the pending temper
ance legislation, and will send dele
CATION to Raleigh on Wednesday to pre-
sent it.
The Goldsboro Woman's Club. realiz-
ing the value and necessity of the pas
sage of the Child Labor bill now before
cur Legislature, does hereby request and
urge YOU to write letters to our Repre-
sentatiyes in the General Assembly, ask
ing their support of this bill. Letters
addressed to State Senator D. ]. Aaron,
and to Representatives H. B. Parker,
Jr.. and 4. T. Uzzell will doubtless be
of much value-and please do not delay.
By order of the ommitte.-Goldsboro
Argus.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the com
mittee appointed by the State Convention
q fthe Kings Daughters will be given a
hearing by the Joint Committee on Penal
Institutions in the Senate Chamber
Their convention passed resolutions in
favor of a reformatory and appointed a
committee to press the passage OF the
bill which has been introduced by Nh
Parker. of Wayne. The members OF the
committee are: Mrs. W. H. s. Burgwyn
Weldon: Mrs. T. J. Jarvis, GreenVille;
Mrs. J. B Cherry, Greenville; Mrs. A. l..
blair Greenville; Mrs. Henry Perry
Henderson,: Mrs. T II. Briggs, Raleigh;
Mrs F. A. Odds. Raleigh; Miss Bertha
Knox. Salisbury; Miss Serena Chadburn,
Wilmington; Miss Sadly Bilyeu, Southern
Pines: Mrs. w. H. Overman, Salisbury.
All nersons interested are invited to be
present.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

At Kinston 420 persons have signed
petition in favor of the pending temper
ance legislation, and will send dele
CATION to Raleigh on Wednesday to pre-
sent it.