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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-14
EPwoRTH LEAGUE UNION.
A'Delightful Program at Meeting Next Mon
day Night,

The regular bi-monthly meeting Of the
Epworth League Union of Raleigh will
be held in the Sunday School rooms of
Edenton Street Methodist church en- next
Monday night.
There will be an address by Rev. j..
H. Shore, and an enjoyable program of
recitations and music. the conclu-
sion of the service "Old Fashioned
Methodism" will be illustrated by the
members of Edenton Street League for
the special benefit of their guests, the
members of the leagues from the other
churches.
The public is invited to be present and
an evening of real enjoyment is to be
anticipated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-14
Raleigh's "Hello" Girls.

There is a rumor that the young ladies
who are connected with the three tele-
phone systems are going to form fed
Grafton or a union. Some of them speak
hopefully, others are in doubt. and as
yet no definite steps have been taken.
When the State organizer gets along this
way the plot may thicken.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03

The Wright County Democrat justly
insists that sit is a dangerous principle
to enunciate, that because man has
large possessions, it is right or just for
him to evade payment of taxes on a
part of them, or that boards whose
sworn duty it is to see that all property
is properly listed are highway robbers
when they perform that duty. The man
who owns only a couple of cows, span
of horses and few hogs can not hide
them-he has to pay on all of them
And thus it is that people least able tc
pay are required to pay more than theil
just proportion. 1t is no excuse for q
man to say, suppose part of my prop.
erty is not listed, | still pay more thar
my neighbor," if that neighbor pay on
all he owns. The law should be suct
that no one can evade his just proper
ton of taxation, and changes in il
should be directed at the classes who
can and do hide their property from the
assessors"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03
Tbara o1w,ns hoe hoan oonarol NJ;

There always has been general mis-
understanding on the question of the
right of railroad to confscate coal
which it is transporting for shippers.
1t is fact that all railroads assert the
right to appropriate to their own use
any coal which they may have in their
possession. 1t is also true that great
many shippers insist that coal which
they have bought and paid for and on
which they either have paid for or are
willing to pay, transportation charges
shall be delivered to them. A case of
this kind has been taken to the courts
in Kansas, and it is likely that some
authoritative adjudication of the matter
will result. Topeka Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03
PROTECTING THE LABORER.

1t is estimated that one million men
will be thrown out of employment be-
fore the first Of the year by shutting
down of factories. Already there are
thousands idle in the east and more
thous ands working on half time.
There has been no let down in the
prices of commodities that these idle
workmen must have to keep body and
soul together. The tariff is protecting
the profits of the manufacturer and
workmen for whose benefit the tariff
was instituted are out of work.
The steel trust, according to it's Off
Gals, 'is practically agreed that re-
duction in wages will undoubtedly have
to be made" Mr.. Schwab wrote to Mr..
Prick when they were organizing the
steel trust, saying: "You know we can
make steel rails for S12 ton, leaving
nice margin for foreign business" He
added, "what is true of steel rails is
equally true of other products" Eng
land can't make rails for less than
$3.50 ton and yet there is a tariff of
IS ton to keep English rails out of the
American markets. While the steel
trust was charging S2S ton, it was
selling the same quality of rails in Eng
land for $40 ton.
Let it be remembered that "what is
true of steel rails is true of other pro-
ducts The trust is bleeding the home
consumer and underselling the foreigner
in the latters home market.
And yet the trust will reduce the
wages of American workmen, wages
that the tariff protects (g. But the re
publican party won't reduce the tarif
schedules which protect the manufact
urer in his robbery Of the consumer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03
IoWA,s GREATEST DAILY NEWS
pApERFOR ONLY $500 A YEAR.
The Des Moines Daily Capital Again
Makes Its Bargain Day Offer
Dec. 20, 1908, the Day.

On Monday, December %, the fifty.
seventh anniversary of the admission OF
Iowa into the union, the Des Moines
Daily Capital can be secured for $500
for the entire year of 1904, by mail
only. The regular price is $500. This
is the Capitals next annual bargain
Day." Present subscribers can get the
paper at this price by paying their
present account and remitting $500 for
the new year. Write your letter and
mail your check, postal or money order
for $500 on December % and send the
same.t to LATE Young, Des Moines, Iowa.
If you are already a subscriber, send
the Capital to your friends for Christ
mas present. The Capital is a superb
metropolitan evening newspaper, pub
fishing the full leased wire report Of
the Associated Press, furnishing all the
news of Iowa and the world. It's mark
ct reports are not excelled. The Capt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03
NOT A PARTY QUESTION.

If the democratic party undertakes to
make the Panama affair party question
and campaign issue it will make a
mistake for which there seems to be no
reasonable excuse. 1t would be as inn
possible to create enthusiasm over such
an issue as it is to arouse indignation
over what has been done. The brand
of Indignation that is manufactured for
campaign purposes deceives nobody.
Nobody is complaining over the Panama
affair except Columbia, which, in it's
ignorant greed and uphold game, has
overreached itself.
The south, which is vitality interested
in the canal enterprise, is not complain
ing of what has been done. The Atlanta
Constitution, one of the south's staunch-
est democratic papers commenting on an
utterance from the New Orle ans Plea
yune, says: ''Now that Panama is in
dependent, that Columbia is suing to be
let into the situation again, and the
canal can be secured at once on better
terms than were ever before possible
we are inclined to believe the Picayune
has hit the nail squarely on the head
when it says the people from the south
even more than those of any other
section, will rejoice in the situation and
say to the government Let the bet sc
as it layst Nashville American.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03
Kindly Omit Flowers.

Too late to bring your fragrant offering,
Or Irvine loves myrtle for my marble brow
When am dsad Today your tribute bring
1 need them now!
Waste no laudations on my defeated ear
Nor lay choice flowers within my icy hand
Your tardy need of praise shall not hear,
Nor understand.
To pile a wealth of flowers upon my mound,
Or speak the kindly words you should have said,
Will be but mockery-a hollow sound
When am dead.
Go take your Offering to hearts in thral,
To sorrowing souls with pain and grief distraught
In homes where dark'ning shadows group and fall,
And flowers bloom not
sOmit the fowers!" The bloom of shrub and tree
Leave not upon my grave to wither there
These demonstrations of your love shall not see,
Nor know, nor
Pray, do not economize or make feint
To fit an creole around my head,
Or tag my clay with virtues OF saint,
When am dead.
When the last words spoken "Dust to dust"
And the last trump you leave me to await,
My strange behest you will not then, 1 trust
Repudiate
Not for the dead blossoms from earth's bowers,
The simplest rites are the most fit;
But obstenta lions, eulogy and flowers
KINDLY omit"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03

Thursday morning we picked up a
paper and we thought it was of the date
1898. We had to look the second time
to convince ourselves that it was an
issue of 1908. 1t read like this: ed.
G. Brown railway commissioners bank
at Sheldon closed. The First National
bank of Victor, Colo, closed its doors.
Lockport, ILL.,, bank closed. Baron L.
Holmes, Milwaukee lumberman, shut
up shop. VIM. Trewartha, of Houghton
Mich, filed a petition in bankruptcy.
Lots of financial institutions and banks
and things going Democratic in these
days of republican prosperity Wash
ington Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03
6RAFTERS.

A remarkably vivid cartoon in the
Brooklyn Eagle exhibits podgy public
official -fat-chopped, low-browed, pig
eyed, with blazing diamonds of mon
ster size and checked vest in the
most ultra cut of the vulgar sport
whose legless bust becomes the body of
a terrifying cutie fish. Far-reaching,
horrid tentacles extend in many direct
ions, one threatening with a policeman's
club frightened fruit vender to whom
an itching palm is boldly presented.
Another is exacting gold from the pub
lie treasury; yet a third, representing
the Sam Parks kind of walking delegate,
holding up a troubled contractor with a
paddock labeled ''strike;" fourth hands
franchise to fat and smiling corpor-
alton president who gives roll of bills
in exchange; fifth takes the purse from
a poor fallen creature of the street, and
the last seen exacting by dishonest as
sessment an unjust amount from tax
payer, on Bonded knees begging for
mercy. The awful octopus is labeled
"grafters," and the picture is a striking
illustration of what has become actually
the meanest crime of the age-the be-
trayal of trust whether by public official
or the authorized representative of the
labor union.
In Dante's Inferno to those who used
positions of power and trust as means
of making money is assigned perhaps
the most disagreeable of all punish
ments,-and certainly the treachery in
volved in such betrayals cannot call TO
penalties too severe. The crime il
"worse than murder and theft" declare
! the president of Yale university, ant
, the mayor of Denver maintains witt
, some reason that the leniency of tn
courts encourages the evil. A cor
gresham from New York-not the on
involved in the questionable glove con
! tract with the goverment-regard tn
: offense as one that "may destroy tn
! nations life,' while southern mayo
! believes that to end grating, boys mus
: be taught honesty; and, indeed, it is tru
3 that college students who steal from tb
> cloakrooms or high school pupils VIII
r appropriate the belongings of their fe
}, lows can not be expected in their late
. life, to entertain correct ideals wit
/ reference to civic relationship of an
!, nature.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03

tai being an evening paper reaches.
nearly all the postoffices in the state in
time for distribution in the rural routes.
the following morning. In 1904 the
Daily Capital will continue to be the
greatest newspaper in the state. Re-
member the ate-December %, three
days after Christmas, three days be-
fore New Years.
Snap wins But what is snap?
Why it is-just a snap! Snap is the
thing that makes. man want to be at
the head of his profession. If he is a
farmer, it inspires him to keep his
buildings neatly painted and every
board in place. 1t makes him. uneasy if
a rail is off the fence. 1t prods him
until he has just as good herd of cows
as anyone in the neighborhood.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03
Advertisements are really news TO
assessors

Advertisements are really news for
the housekeeper, business man, young
man and woman and often for the boys
and girls. They tell you where you can
get the best to supply the larder, to
furnish the home, to assist you in bust
ness and to make your person neat and
attractive and where you may save a
few dollars, for merchants buying in
larger lots some special class of goods
can secure lower rate and can there.
fore offer to sell them cheaper. Be
cause an advertiser pays us for the
privilege of telling you about his goods
is no reason why it cannot be consider
ed news.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
tafa ~ Arvasta mn Stone dacea cad

Estate OF Arvesta Ann Stone. deceased
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested,
that the 18th day of November, A. D., 1908, the
undersigned appointed the clerk of the district
court of Decatur county, Iowa, executor of the
of Arvesta Ann Stone deceased late Of said county
All persons indebted to said estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned and those having claims
against the will present Them legally anthem.
ticated to said court for allowance.
Datad. Now. b.. so03.
1886 w.. R. McG1NN1s Executor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03

The proud man run down at heel will
take notice CT the heels Of other people.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03

No one is disturbed by his own snor-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-03

ing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
SAN JOSE SCALE.
Rockbridge Orchards Attacked
3f by This Dreaded Pest. RAJ

LEA Especial to The TiTncs-Dlspa temp
sLEXINC;TON1 VA. Dec. 12--Thc pres
cncc OF the San Jose scale is reported
from several orchards in Rockbridgc.
One gentleman. Mr. Thomas ]. Deacon.
OF CoIIierstown, say that In order to get
rid OF the pest, he expects 70 cut down his
entire orchard. Mr.. Calvin Hughes. OF
Denmark; Mr.. Hanna, Of Longwood. and
Mr. PuItz Of near Lexington. are the
other cases that arc similarly affected.
The advent or this scourge in RockbrsdEe
will be a great hardship on fruit-grow-
'ers The apple crop is large one, In
the county and a source Of considerable
revenue.
Under the Direction OF Mrs. BENJAMIN
West Clinedinst OF New York, q social
tea and bazaar was held by tho New
York and Brooklyn Chapter OF the Chill
dren Of the Confcderacy residing In those
cities, for the benefit OF the stonewall
Jackson Memorial Hospital. Of Lexington.
Itjwti be recalled that d movement has
been started by tho Daughters Of the Con-
fcderacy for the purchase Of General
Jackson's old home in Lexington to be
converted into a memorial hospital.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
GOOD ROADS
in LUNENBURG.
The Dispensary Election at Me
llerrin to Take Place 4I:5
tile 10th. "a
lsnecia1 q ME TIrn ees-DispInltlcll.

Especial TO The Time Dispatcl.) III Xxx
MEHERRIN, VA. Dec. 12,--The coun-i
try roads through the Southslde ara In
the best condition ever seen at this sear
son. and as a result the timber manu-
facturers nre doing an unusually large
business. getting their product TO the
railroads 55s3jj ia as s.f 8ssI}3,
The witness In the contested election
case of Fowlkes and Hardy, have been
summoned for next court which Will -
held on Monday next.
The negro Fowlkes, who was shot q
few days ago by James Stokes. Is not
dead as reported. It Is thought that.
With good attention he will pull through
The bill which passed both houses Al
few days ago to establish n dispensary
hero on the Prince Edward side, leaving
1t to the vote of the people In the dis
trct, will BIO voted upon next Saturday
tho 18Th, ~ KS s K 5i
The Democratic County Committee will
meet at Lunenburg Courthouse Monday
TO elect a chairman to fiil. the vacancy
caused by tho death Of NJ. Ellington 3
Fentherston.I e &sSsj g3SF
AL officers elected at the last election
will qualify next court. before Judge Geo. +
C.. Orgnin, In order to he ready to enter
upon their duties, Jan, list. next year. s II
The delinquent tax list has been conf
1pleted for this year, and Is somewhat
shorter than usual, &
Mr., August Simon, who lives near here,
had n large butcher knife forced through
the centre OF his hand n fcw days ago i
while attempting to kill hogs, In some
way the hoe fell md caught tho knife.
which he held IN one hand, and forced
II through his other. EIe lost consider
able amount Of blood from the wound be-
fore he could get to q doctor.
The large stave factory. situated near
,,I,., I'm, de- In, at
days, and Watkins & Kaufman are leas-8
Ing it, and disposng of their stock III
tho Virginia Caroline stove CO., who are
the owners, f. sIi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
: ! ! 2
uuA,COMMON2COLD.'

"The history, literature and therapeli-
tics Of the condition known as A1Cold'
slows conclualvcly that very little has
been known In regard 10 THIS state. N.
8"Who Inns not Witnessed the mary fall
,ures or IL good sweatlns, d dose Of cas-
tor OIL, ctc. Tho fact Is. we have been
overlooking the true origin Of tic dis 7
icEsed state Known as II Cold. It Is
.ptlmnrilyNh disease OF the stomach, q
;dt arrangement VI the processes OF gastric
digestion. Medical Times. ],
ia The use OF DR.. Humphreys Seventy
seven" breaks up tho Cold. and II alter.
rated wlth5o followed by the use Of
spccif1c No. TO-, the stomach will per-
form a It's functions. and the gastric de-
caused by taking cold VIII be-
corrected. IA Aas
/ & Iii, small bottles Of pellets that ut the
vest pocket. At druggists. 25 cents each.
oI,,-- Medical Guide mailed free.
1iumphreyA Med. CO.. Cor. William and John
an nIu vnrk.t i o e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

PEkING'S GREAT WALLS AND Y
.Nl .El-l..-.-- GALES. Nla--.1-... t

Peking Is surrounded by q great NAIL
GO feet wide and 50 feet high. II is four
miles OH each side and sixteen miles
around and has FIVE gates. Inside this
wall is the Tartar CITY. the imperial CITY
and the forbidden city, each surrounded
BY wall. No one from the outside "
allowed In the forbidden city. Pr, Hurk V
hnrt's Vegetable Compound surrounds
the human system With a great wall of
health. filling the veins with pure blood,
cures rheumatism. Catarrh, Constipa
ton and restores diseased organs TO =
healthy condition. a thirty-d treat
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cure treatment for N.o9.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
FATHER DRIVEN
FROM HOME TO DIE

Especial to The lrlmes-DIspntch.)
y ITHACA, N. y, Dec. 12.-Drven from
lis home by his two sons. Louis Bloom.
seventy-fivc years old, set out atan early
hour yesterday morning III \ severe
storm TO walk to the county poor house,
a distance Of seven miles The old man
had been Ill for some time, and ploddad
along 10 his last refuge. With much
difficulty he reached the home for the
roor after five hours OF effort. No
sooner had the door been opened to him
than he staggered t q chair and fell over
dead from exhaustion and exposure.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
co !. DIS
crnl thousand dollars damages. as every
5rrcshct that comes ovcrnows the ndjoin,,

ing property. fl. E'qs5-s 5s3 sH5ti B sS@
PERSONAL INJURY VERDICT.
{. In the case OF George W. Peace W..
James lr. Wood ward. receiver for the
City Street Car Company. the jury rcn-
dered d verdict OF $500 Do damages for tho
plaintlfr. The action grew out Of personal
Injury received by Mr.. Peace during the
summer. while riding on q street car on
South Augusta Street He was directed
by tho motorman OF the carte jump
when tho car go. beyond the control Of
the motornan.4 Mr.. Peace jumped and
w8s injured. ss
The case Of Mrs. Mary Il, Crop. who
was injured at Highland Park by the fall
ing OF y trolley pole from a street car,
was settled out Of court
/. Rev T. Fl. Booker, pastor Of the Timber
Ridge Presbyterian Church, has been
called on to accept the position OF super
Of the Virginia Synods evangei-
istlc& committee. He has not agreed as
yet to accept the position. The position
offers MIR. Booker n wide field FOR the
work with which he is familiar, and 1t Is
very likely lie will accept.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
Lady Maccabees.

Richmond Hive. No, 3, Lady Mdcahcss.
Will hold their regular review Tuesday
December 18th, at 5 O'Clock p. NJ, Mnr-
phys Assembly Hall a large attendance
is desired, as election OF officers for
tho ensuing year and other important
business vii come before tho Hive, 1
Each and every member Is urged TO
make n special effort to be present, ma
this will be tho last review OF this EIiSe
for the year 1903
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

T. HE MILD and extraordinary effect Of
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remedy Swamp Root. is soon realized.
IT stands the highest for its wonderful
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Swamp Root Is the most perfect healer
ever been discovered. Don't mako any
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

aged, but in few days after taking 'your Won
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y WAS out Of hent In and run down. generally:
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y N Gratefully yours. III I
957f@ N MRS. A. L. WALKER, a
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
Thousands Of Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect 1t.


through
al t
pain &c nho
Tl7 KNOW Hl KnNIY TROUBLE . A. ] . SO @ us 5 :r ssss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
Takes 4oo-Year Pledge.

(SpeeaI to The Tlmes plspatchN
ALTOONA, PA, DEC. II ,-rloRes l.ons'
aged fifty, took the pledge for one nun
drAd years, swore to attend church regn-
larry and be good In general to-day. TO
settle two cases agesst him IN Alderman
Raymond's court. 40 had been susu pS
N6S Nugsie BpeI fer assuming her'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

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many Of the thousands
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
Prove tie Great kidney iysr a1d Badder
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[NY\ 3hRS.H WHEELER. Lfz/

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
MRS. II. N. WHEELER.
20 Prospect St., Lynn, Mass.

! nave n sample bottle sent free by mail.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

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