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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-07
Death at Fremont---0ther News.
Especial to News and Observer


Fremont n. c., Aug. 6.-F d. II. John
son, ex-policeman, died yesterday about
noon after an illness of two weeks OF ty-
phoid fever. He leaves a wife and sew
eraI small children. He was member
of the f. P. II. and was buried by that
order today.
A meeting of our business men was held
last week to take steps to organize $10,-
600 hardware company here to do a gen
eral hardware business.
w. H johnson, of Burlington, State
Organizer, was here last week and organ
lied a Merchants Association.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Oil Mill was held at the company's office
this morning. Several farmers from the
surrounding section for several miles were
present.
A. II. Jarman's handsome two-story
brick store has been completed. Mr. Jar
man expects to open UP in few days.
Farmers are blue over their price of to-
bacco in this section.
Mrs. Earnhardt left this morning fol
Durham in response to a telegram from
her daughter, who is sick.
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Why Discriminate?
(Wilkesboro Chronicle.)


The county commissioners inform us chat
there are five insane persons now con
fined in our county poor house, part OF
them having been there for three or four
years. Applications for the admission OF
these persons to the Morgan asylum have
been properly made time aud again, but
the answer is always mo room. But other
counties get admission for their insane
Inside Of six months AlexanGe: county has
sent seven to the asylum and they were
taken III, although there was mo room
for applicants from Wilkes. Within tie
last year over 20 insance from Randolph
have been admitted, although Wilkes has
had a standing application for two OF
three persons for the last four years, but
there has been mo room for them
What's that matter? Why so much room
for other counties and none for Wilkes
Is there any reason for this dscrimina
ton? Have not the insane of Wilkes
county an equal right in the benefits OF
this State institution with the insane OF
any other county? If not, why not?
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common tie of sympathy will be engen-
dered that should be far-reaching In its
effect.
We believe we can open bureau of
publicity here in Wilson and by a persis-
tent effort secure the cooperation OF
practically all the newspapers of America,
and it will only cost the matter of clerical
work and postage, and in another way
separate from this the Democratic Con-
gressional Campaign Committee could take
the matter up and make it powerful cam
paign literature. Then follow out the idea
advanced in yesterdays Times, organize
stock companies for the manufacture OF
tobacco and take the farmers tobacco IN
exchange for stock and a little money.
Manufacture cigarettes and smoking tobat-
co and plug stock. label it antitrust stock.
Arouse the people and boycott the trust
article.
Pretty big undertaking, but it can be
done, for the country is in sympathy with
it, and with the proper campaign the
American Company can be killed out.
Let the committee go to New York
from the various tobacco towns IN the
East to confer with the American Tobac-
co Company and while there interview the
independent manufacturers and make COM
mon cause with them in advertising and
establishing a system of boycott against
the trust over the entire country.
Don't say it can't be done. It can be
done The cotton farmer of the South
killed out the bagging trust and scattered
the round bale trust and we can kill the
tobacco trust. But you must go at it with
an axe and fight the devil with fire. The
time for temporizing is past.
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Spirit of the Press.
A TRUST is A GREAT THING.

A TRUST IS A GREAT THING.
Greensboro Record.
Yes, a trust is a great thing These
benevolent assimilators were pointed to
with pride last year when the price of
tobacco went up. Now it has gone glim-
mering and the shoe is OH the other foot.
Two causes contributed to high prices
last year; one was that the Continental
or English company was a competitor;
the other that the big trust of all the
American Tobacco Company. saw 1T was
killing the goose that was producing the
egg with meat in it; that is to say, seeing
the farmers were disguised with prevailing
prices and were not going to plant any
thing like crop, this giant ran up The
figures and induced the farmer to put iii
another big crop. Now that it is in, prices
fell Gown hill. tumbling right and left like
they were hit by a cyclone. But the
crop is in and what is the farmer gong
TO do about it? The first sale was held
at W son Monday and the prices were so
low that number of planters took their
tobacco back home. Yes, a trust is q
great thing; it cheapens things-for the
man shat is in it, but not for the pro-
Queer.
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FAITH WILL REMOVE NOUN.
TAINS.

The success Of the good women OF the
Aiunnnae Association of Greensboro Fe-
male College in saving their alma mater
after it had been closed is a matter for
State congratulation. The greatest lever
in this world is faith. The successful
business men. who own the controlling
interest in the college, stated that it
could not be successfully conducted, and,
after unsuccessfully offering to give their
stock to Trinity College, they announced
that the college would close. IN most
quarters that announcement was accepted
as fnality and Greensboro Female Col
lege was treated as if it were already dead
Al that iuncture a few newspapers and
the alumnae OF the college protested
against closing the institution. The good
women organized and went to work and
raised $4,000 to buy the stock. 1t is
true that the majority stockholders offered
10 give their stock free to Trinity College
and the Raleigh District Conference re-
quested them to make the same offer to
the church. But the ladies made no
such request. They said: eve will buy
your stock at par and they raised the
money to do so. The matter Of giving
Doubtless some of the stockholders, who
have large means, will follow the gener-
Gus example of Mr.. Duke and Mr. ireland
ard make contributions to the college, but
that is a matter for each one of them
to determine for himself. Some are able
to give largely. Others nave already done
do. We are confident that the Weather
members of the syndicate will in their own
way continue their actions 80 the in
stitution, and will rejoice that others will
share with them the burden of higher edu-
cation in Greensboro Female College.
But it was faith that re,opened Green's
boro Female College-faith, too, of women
who had little money or little influence
with men who could give largely. But
their faith has triumphed They have faith
in the greater success OF the institution
but they have not faith without works.
They will work as they pray and success
will crown their efforts. The credit of
the saving Of Greensboro Female College
belongs TO the women. Many men were
cbedient TO the command Help those good
Tltrf ba n n
the credit and the honor.
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SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

Oxford Public Ledger
Next Judge o. Fl. Allen mentioned gam
bling. He said that this was a speculative
age That men were restless and nervous
and wanted to make money fast. They
cannot wait to make it in the regular way.
They wished to get money without work
ing for it--that is get something for moth
ing He called attention to the fact that
while there was some difference between
this and stealing that it was, in effect
about the same-getting something for
nothing He urged the jury to do their
duty here.
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smoak in Soap Stone Mountain
(Wilkesboro Chronicle.)

Wilkes has no intention OF beng out
stripped in the race for notorlety by Alex
ander county Right recently AleAanoe,
county has gotten some advertising gu, 81
Sugar Loaf Mountain, which mountain
it was claimed, issued smoak ana rum rum
blings premonitive of an awiui e"r'l
quake. The earthquake never CANT
But Wilkes, Jealous of her repulaClon'
brings forward for consideration heI 'op"i
Stone Mountain. in Lewis Fork towliSii'p =
smoak in large quantities has been seen
to rise from the mountain ana WgiIu ~, IN :,
blings portending danger are heard u
the neighborhood. The result VIII DC
| closely watched.
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HIT TT WITH AN AXE.

The tobacco farmers of North Carolina
the tobacco trust in putting down the
price of their product to the cost of cult
walton or to an even lower point. Having
bought or ''freezed' out nearly all Ameri.
can competition, they came to a position
last year where they saw that they could
not absolutely control prices as long as
the Imperial Company had buyers on the
market. Thereupon the American trust
and the British, each animated by de-
sire to hog the earth, decided to divide
out the world, and quit bidding against
each other. Of course the tobacco farmer
is the first to 'get it in the neck" for.
competition being destroyed, the trust has
put down the price of tobacco to a figure
that is so low that it means starvation
to farmers. Nobody except trust advo-
Gates and blooming idiots are deceived by
the talk about having enough tobacco oil
hand to last several years. and very
large crop in Virginia being responsible
for the slump in the prices. 1t is due
solely to the desire of the tobacco trust
to make millions at the expense of the
tobacco farmers. They have the absolute
power now to fix the prices of the bulk of
the crop. They have exercised that power
now to put it down next to nothing. In
Wilson some farmers removed their tobac-
co from the warehouse floors when they
found that the trust was taking it for
nothing. In Clinton farmers publicly de-
clared that they were going to pillow up
the ungathered part of their crop, as
present prices will not pay them to house
it. In other places farmers took the pit
tance offered rather than haul their to-
bacco back home.
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Thomasville's manufacturing growth de
mands a larger freight railroad warehouse.
The Thomasville correspondent of the
Lexington Dispatch says; eff you don t
believe brownsville is chair factory
town just visit the depot any afternoon
and see the chairs and freight piled and
stacked up in the depot and all over the
shed and platform. Our depot is not large
enough to meet the demands of business
done here. We need at least 100 feet
more added in order to shelter the freight
We would be very glad il the railroad au-
thorities would visit our depot some rainy
day and see how nicely our chairs and
furniture are ruined by having to lay out
on the platform and take the rain and
SUM-
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Here is the way the trusts all work:
From Omaha comes the report of still an
other advance in the price of beef, to be
made within the next few days: and this
on top of the fact that the price of cattle
has been reduced on account of the large
receipts and larger receipts to follow dur
ing the next six weeks.
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Industrial News.

We are glad to be able to announce that
the Oxford Cotton Mill has been establish
ed on a permanent basis insuring a divi-
dend to the present holders of stock. The
present capital stock of one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars will be III
creased by cash subscriptions to one hun
dred and seventy-five thousand dollars
oxford Ledger.
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HARD UP FOR HEROES.
Bryan's Commoner.

Bryan'S COmmOner.
The Kentucky Republican convention
cheered the name of Ex-Governor Taylor.
But Taylor was not present to bow his
thanks. He is still in Indiana because the
Republican Governor OF that State Will
not honor requisiton from the Governor
of Kentucky for the return of Taylor on
the charge of being an accompce in the
murder of Governor Goebel The Repub-
hcan party is evidently hard up for heroes
when it makes them out of Taylor ma
terial. S.
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PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
Henderson Gold Leaf.

Henderson Gold Leaf
Will the esteemed editor of the Biblical
Recorder be good enough to name IL 9th
ors besides himself who go to make up
this decent dozen paper?
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ONE MUST HIT THE GRIT.

Lexington Dispatch.
The Watts bill will have tendency to
cause people to take an interest In school
houses and churches instead of still houses
and grog shops. The church, the school
and the still house will not and cannot
thrive side by side. The one or the other
must go and at present the indications
are that the still house must hit the grit.
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WHIsKEY LAWS SHOULD BE EN-
FORCED.

The Superior Court Judges In their
charges to the grand jury are enforcing
the evils wrought by whiskey and calling
upon the grand jurors in all the counties
to enforce Watts and other temperance
laws. This will do very much to offset the
systematic effort of 'the grand circuit of
whiskey papers to discredit this legislation
and to connive at the lawlessness.
In Granville county Judge o. H. Allen,
in urging the indictment of those guilty
of violation of the law, said that seventy
five per cent. of the criminals were made
such by whiskey or were users of whlskey.
Nobody expects the temperance legisia-
ton or any other legislation to be fully
enforced, but if the public officials from
Superior Court Judges to Constables. do
their full duty, there will be such en-
forcement az shall justify the wisdom OF
the legislation and shall work for d mighty
improvement of public morals.
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STATE NEWS.

The will of Miss Nela Stately. deceased.
is said to give everything. old family relics
and all. to Miss Neha Stout, who lived
with Ter for some time previous to her
death There will probably be a contest
over tie will-Wilkesboro Chronicle.
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Making Fine Jmpres-io ion,
cleveland Starr

Judge Neal is making a fine impression
in Cleveland. He conducts his courts Will
decorum and there is feeling that jus
tice viii be melted out with cveuncss arC
eXactness. Judge Neal is learned in tn,
law fair and impartial, and he make
law-breakcrs feel the heavy hand of Tho
law, but his punshments are not cruel o.
excessive.
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A MORNING TONIC.

so clear-eyed daughter of the gods, thy
Nance
Gravely she answered: 81 am called
Success"
"The house, the lineage whence thy beauty
came?"
Failure, my sire my mother, Weari-
ness"
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Among the Railroads.

The accidents on railroad increase; every
days papers tell tale of woe Why this
increase of accidents? Science and inyen-
ton have progressed; surely this cannot
be the cause. 1t must be the overwork
of the employees, for overwork and loss of
sleep will surely produce carelcssness, neg
ligence and inefficiency in service. 1t
would be financial improvement for the
railroads as well as a guarantee of safety
to the people for the railroad to employ
more efficient service.-Wilkesboro Chronl.
Gle
And the M. P. College people say what
they will do for the Southern will tie a
rlenty.-Grccnsboro Record.
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brownsville, ~ c., Aug. 6.-The Queen
Chair Company have the frame work of
their proposed factory about completed.
They are rushing things to a finish and
soon we will hear the busy hum of ma
chnery from this plant Every one of the
Queens officers are hustlcrs and intend to
make their factory success.
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The Fender Chronicle, which recently
suspended publication, has started again
with j. Plummer Virgins, of the Laurir-
burg Exchange, as editor. and S. Frank
Thompson, as general manager. Both are
experienced in the business and should sue
coed.
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WILL SETTLE RACE PROBLEM.
Greensboro Record.

Greensboro Record.
If let alone the Southern Railway VIII
settle the race problem. 1t killed three
negroes yesterday and has been keeping up
the lick right along for some time.
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Tobacco Puffs.

In some portions of Dutchville and
Brassfield's townships we learn that large
quantities OF tobacco are dying on the hill
from some unknown cause, in some in
stances farmers have lost one-fourth of
the growing crop.-Oxford Ledger.
An average of only 51h cents a pound
for tobacco at the opening sales on the
Wilson market was a sumner. That was
about the price of last year. 1t was not ex-
pected that tobacco would sell as we'll as
twelve months ago, but no one looked
fol a fifty per cent. crop. 1t is certainly
discouraging to the growers.-Winston
Sentinel.
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The sudden death OF Mr.. Alfred H.
Grandy, president and manager OF the
Norfolk Yirginian- Pilot, is to be depiored.
He was horn In Camden county North
Carolina, but has lived IN Norfolk from
Infancy. He was a successful business
man. Some years ago he became inter
ested in the Norfolk Pilot, effected a
consolidation with the Virglnian, and has
made it very valuable property.
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:. South Carolina has no divorce law at
all. A correspondent calls our attention
to recent statement which he interpreted
as meaning that South Carolina has law
allowing divorce for one cause. 1t has NO
divorce laws.
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"THE BLUES" are always located IN
the stomach EUVITA will Danish the
blues. At all fountains.
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We learn that some days ago quite a
distressing accident occurred at Campbel's
saw mill. near Bullock While a colorcd
man was working in too close proximity
to the rapidly revolving saw his sleeve
was caught by the saw jerking him down
and almost cutting one side of his head
off. The man, it is said, talked some even
if part of his brains were scattered about
the saw. He died in a short time.-OXford
Ledger.
Mr.. Robert Coles general store was
robbed Friday night. The rear door was
forced open by prize crowbar 1t is not
known what the thief carried off, but it is
thought that the inventory, now IN pro
gress, will develop considerable losses. No
clue as to the identit-, Of the thief.-Car-
thage Blade.
1t is said that since the establishment
Of Harnett county it has had only six
sheriffs. and that they are ali living
and attended the railroad celebration at
Ellington last Thursday.-Sanford Elk
press.
Laborers are in great demand and the
man who lives in idleness don't want
work We are told that 200 hands are
wanted at Buckhorn to work on the pow
Ell plant at good wages. About IS are now
at work there. Hands are III demand
here.-Sanford Express.
The Methodist Episcopal church people
here contemplate building new church,
the cost of which will be about $4,000.
This improvement will be much apprecla-
ted by the church going people OF latte
ton, and an honor to the town,-Llttleton
NeWs-R Reporter.
Mr.. Wesley Hill, of Wesley, this county
writes us that the hail storm OF last week
did considerable damage in his neIghbor-
hood. Several tobacco feds were com
pletely ruined Mr. Hill soys his lndlVld-
ual loss will amount to $2,50O.-Pllot Mt.
News.
Newton, n. c., August 6-Whlle out af-
ter his COW one evening recently Mr.. j.
NJ. Rudisill became suddenly bhnd. he
CROPPED his way back to his home ana ulcu
at about four O'Clock the next morning.
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What can be done about it,

What can be done about it?
FIRST. Let the Tobacco Farmers AS
ISOLATION write public letter to the trust
magnates and tell them that they know
that the trust-and the trust alOne-is re-
sponsible for the slump in prices.
SECOND. Let the tobacco farmers re-
fuse to sell pound of their good tobacco
at present prices.
THIRD. Let them notify the trust that
unless they are willing to pay living prices
they will quit growing the weed.
The first thing is to fix the response
bility. There isn't five year old boy who
does not know that the trust alone has
put down the price. Heretofore there have
been tobacco men who have given other
misleading reason for the reduction in
prices. Now there is no man who can
give any reason but the true one-the
trust 8 Unsuitable greed.
The trust will not be moved by anything
to pay fair prices, but if the farmers will
show their teeth they may compel an
increase in price sufficient to guarantee
another tobacco crop.
The Wilson Times of yesterday had a
vigorous and ringing editorial that voices
the best sentiment in the tobacco sections
of the State. We quote it in full as fol
lows:
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