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some even nesting In its angles as though for
protection.
Few besides artists ever go to Laren 1t is
called the Alps of Holland. | am afraid to say
how few feet it is above the level of the sea- but
it is high compared with the rest of Holland
land, which is as many feet below as Laren is
above 1t is a delightful place-all hedges
thatched-roofed farm-houses and trees trees
that Mauve had painted; dunes, sheep and shep-
herd; trees and roads that Mauve painted
Where else may be found such cheerful old people,
their working days almost over? What pictures
they make, spinning the flax for the crash that
is made into jackets for the COWS, for as soon as
the cool weather comes all the COWS are put into
them Poor BEASTS they surely need
protection, kept out day and night through rain
and fog until the first freeze
One turns from picture to another: from
the woman spinning to the old rocking his
grandchild in its cradle; or he may be sitting
contentedly, peeling the smallest of small po-
tatoes for the midday eating" which is their
one square meal. Bread-black, awful-1ooking
stuff-for breakfasts coffee at eleven, sweetened
by holding barley candy in the mouth while
drinking; then at tweve-th thirty the eating"
consisting mostly of those small potatoes. A
with a good appetite eat from twenty
to thirty of them at sitting 1t sounds dry
does it not? Even the dogs eat them; imagine
our dogs gobbling up dish of cold-potato scraps
At half after four, coffee again. A fine time they
have then, dropping in another, tearing
their absent friends to pieces the hostess dressed
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Wv five hundred eight hundred
of whom are children the
tourist in Volendam feels that
he has landed in a nest of not
yellow, but red jackets; for half
those eight hundred children are
boys all clad in tight little red coats
and big, full trousers, their only
difference being greater less
degree of fade patch School
Is out, and swarning over the gate
that leads into the town these
arrant little beggars with beseech-
ing eyes and outstretched hands -
are hard TO refuse and their Gent =
vrouw" reaps 4 fine harvest from
the stranger
This is Volendam, a quaint little
village the Zuyder Zee. Such
a jolly little place, with its red
rooted houses stretching along the
dixie had been to the large
cities and towns. paid my homage
to the old masters. and at last was
free To see Holland and Hollanders
pure and simple \ long. slow ride through
the low fiat country with those beautiful black.
and-white COWS everywhere as far as the eve
could reach, ! felt | should like to rake off some
of them and smooth the country AS for the
water-well we all know what Holland is in that
respect.
Perhaps I think of Volendam as extra
merry for twice have | gone through the kermess
there. which is held in all Holland towns once
q wear. 1t Is a great time for them. All the
daughters who live out at service come home; the
husbands and sons give up fishing; and all make
merry Such dancing. and they dance well
especially the men, and such drinking and there
again the men take the lead
1t Is then that the young takes the girl
he Is going to marry for a walk to Edam a small
town two miles away. He seems never to have
walked with her before | could not find out
how they grew to like one another. for even in
childhood they never play together, their schools
are separate. they sit, she side and he on
the other in church But, what will be will
be so when their friends them their
walk TO Edam they know it is settled. Such a
proud pair they are, if trifie sheepish. getting
redder and redder in the ordeal of passing friends
whose none too delicate remarks would make one of
a less stolid nation fly from it all Not so the
lover. On he goes shining with pride, and no
wonder, for the maid IS a pretty sight, so strong
and clean, with the red III her cheeks matched
by the coral necklace that clasps her round,
brown throat. the jaunty, white-lace cap and
short full skirts giving her independent
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| have thought of work; and all
the mankind that are left are the
hundreds of little red jackets and a
score of old mon, such old, old menl
sitting, or squatting rather, along
the dixie winter and summer like
a row of old ravens. You NAV
paint or photograph them, or if
they happen to have anything to
sell, and that anything will be
mostly wee little apples; you may
buy some and make the troop of
children at your heels happy You
will not like those apples, but
they will
There are other quaint villages,
hidden away, hard to get at, taking
a long time to reach a short dis
lance, but well worth the trouble.
Some of these are so clean and
still! as though they had fallen
asleep centuries ago and still slept
peacefully on. Each has its old
canal, windmill and kirk, the kirk
always much too big for the little,
low houses clustering around it,
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MYTH a population of thirty
Wv five hundred, eight hundred
of whom are children the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE.
Mr.. X. s. UzZell Took Overdose OF
Morphine to Relieve Intense
Suffering.

TO the Editor: | wish to correct an
unintentional but serious error made
in your issue of the 30th ult., in stat
ing that my brother, x. ). Uzzell, com
mmitted suicide. Such was not the
case, although the circumstances at
tending his death made it easy fo1
the report to be started. Ny own
first information received at Balm
bridge. Ga, where / live, was that II
was suicide, but on reaching Sanders
Vile, Ga. a few hours afterwards.
was much relieved to learn it was an
overdose of morphine not administer
ed with suicidal intent, and that til:
coroner's jury had found to that eff
feet Several people assured me II
was notN intentional suicide, which
statements ] found corroborated T. ,
the accounts published in the local pa
pers.
The facts are that he had suffered
intensely for some years from internal
piles and unfortunately had sought re-
lief in morphine. The night before
had been a sleepless one and the day
had been passed in intense suffering
In his agony he took much morphine
Realizing that he had taken too much
he introduced himself to the marshal
Mr.. w L. Seals, and Informed him
ne had probably taken an overdose
IN a few minutes Mr.. Seals saw it was
necessary to call a physician and did
so. 1t was too I've, however and de-
spite the efforts of Drs. Cheatham and
Rogers, he passed away in about foul
hours
ROBERT l.. UZZELL.
Wilson, n. c., August 2, 1904.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOX
STRAWBERRIES.

Making money by shipping straw
berries and truck was almost un-
known in North Carolina twenty-five
years ago. They are yet far from full
development and with the modern re-
frigerator cars and transportation this
industry will go forward by leaps and
bounds.
Most of the early strawberries are
grown on the line of the Atlantic
Coast Line and that railroad system
has issued a circular letter showing
the shipments of strawberries over
the route of the road in Eastern North
Carolina for the season of 1904. has
closed. The growers have had sue
cessful crops. The total number OF
refrigerator cars shipped for the ber-
ry season of 1904 amounted to 2.217
car loads, as against 1865 last year
In addition to the shipments
handled in refrigerator cars. the
Southern Express company handled
1900 crates during the past ship
ping season, which, when added TO
the shipment in refrigerator cars,
brings UP the grand total to 6OS,369
crates. as against $4,000 crates dur
ing the famous season of 1903. or
grand total of 2.517 car loads this
season.
The net average to the grower per
crate has been about $500. AT this
rate if will be seen that over $1,216,-
1888 has been turned into the hands
of the farmers from the ont item OF
Strawberries alone.
These figures ought to be widely
disseminated, for there is much good
land vet not utilized that should be
devoted to the growing of strawber-
ries. Hundreds of farmers from
Northern States have settled in the
strawberry belt and made money
growing these delicious berries. The
Atlantic Coast Line is doing the State
q. great service by printing and dis
tributing circular letters containing
the above facts. 1t will attract
large and desirable cla-s of immi-
grants TO Eastern North Carolina to
holm develop the fertile lands of that
section which are peculiarly adapted
to the cultivation of strawberries and
early truck The State needs the
riobt kind of immigrants and labor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
A BEAM IN THEIR OWN EYE.

"Child labor in Southern Factories
has been the text from which New
England friends have preached many
sermons at the South. In truth we
have had too much and we ought TO
have no young children working in
mills, but people who live in glass
houses should not throw stones. An
illustrated Boston paper shows three
children ranging from s to IL going 10
work in Fall River mills. Two of the
three are girls who "toil in a spool
room of one of Fall Rivers biggest
mills for $1.97 a week." and it is
added that "they are two of many
thousands" They work from $50 in
the morning until at night, with an
hour off at noon. Their labor is con-
slant and hard. Previous to the cut
down of last November their pay was
$3.50 a week. The 10 per cent. cut
at that time left it 1925. If they re-
main at work they will receive $1.97
a week. They do not have this wage
for spending money. 1t goes to help
support the family. The New England
moralists should take the beam out
of their own eyes before assuming 70
set up as oculists for the South.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
TIE PRIMARY IN WAKE COUNTY
Every Voter Should be Given an Up
portunity to Express Ills Senu-
mentS.

To the Editor: At the close of the
last Legislature / resolved to Withdraw
from active participation in pohtlcs
and apply myself strictly to my pro-
fession, but conditions exist IN our
county which require, thlnk the &c
tive interest and work Of all thought
full men who have the good Oh the
party and county at heart.
1t is a well known tact that there
was much dissatisfaction two years
ago in regard to the way some OF our
candidates were selected, Whlch re-
| ouired earnest work and diplomacy on
the part of the chairman of the exec
utive committee. and of those canvass
| ing the county, to pacify
The primaries as recently held IN
| this county, proceeded by the deplor-
able methods used by oyer-zealous ad-
vocates of certain aspirants for the
nomination of Governor has LETT It's
| bad effects.
All should recognize the fact that
| the good of the party and county re-
ouires that all trickery, unfair advan.
tages, sharp practices in the shape OF
packing of primaries, organizing same
| in advance of hour named in call LOT
| the purpose of promoting the interest
of some person or factors, in the Sc
lection of township COMMITTEES, dele
gates, etc, should be abandoned at
once, for the people vii mot tolerate
such action longer than is necessary
to overthrow same, and repudiate its
authors.
Now, what is the remedy? l have
given the matter much thought, ana
| | confess that / am forced Contrary
! to my hitherto convictions, expressed
on the stump in the canvass two years
ago) to the conclusion that legal1Z-
ed primary, with as few Objectionable
features as possible, is the only solu-
ton of the matter, for county of the
size and citizenship of Wake coun-
ty. And as we cannot secure a legal
lied primary for immediate use, am
strongly in favor OF the plan of pri-
mary recently adopted and recon-
mended by the State Executive Com
mittee, with such slight notifications
as may be thought necessary.
Since a nomination is equivalent TO
an election, we must give every DEM
ocratic elector an opportunity 10 vote,
and have his vote counted III the Sc
lection of our candidates, or dissatis-
faction in our ranks will Increase UNI
til we find ourselves undone
HERBERT e. NORRIS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Political Chat.

Colonel A. L. Smith sent yesterday
to Judge Alton Brooks Parker, al
Esopus, N. Y, sample bale of cotton
made up by Colonel Smith, and WIN
which was enclosed a card with TIE
following sentiment written upon 1t;
Sample bale of cotton
OF the SouthS incoming crop.
The people who make it and all IL
stands for
Are with you to a man.
Compliments of No. 13 Original CleVe-
land Club
The tiny bale, which weighs elgh'
ounces, is an exact duplicate OIL oil5
sent to Grover Cleveland by Colohe'
Smith last year, which brought IoFlil
a very graceful acknowledgment
from the Old Man. 1t is perfect re-
production of a regular oale' pu'
along miniature lines, and was pun
into shape by a little complies maze
by Colonel Smith himself.-Charlot1
Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
WESTERN INTERESTS
AFTER SEABOARD LINE
New York Firm May Purchase Aaise
Block of. Stock Held by hidden
dorf and Williams Syndicate
According TO Ruis1or.
CNorfolk virginian-Pilot)

one of the latest rumors regardills
the future Of the Seabcard Air Line
system is that Ladenburg, Inailli ID.
E. 90 of New York, representing IN
terests identified with the 81; Lou LOU.
and San Francisco railroad VIII pui :
chase a large block of the stoCk ,i ielu
nv the banking houses OF j. Wlllldhi
Syyi7in,dorf e, Co. of Baltimore, and
John L. Williams d 9oiiS' -
In August 1903, capitalists identi-
fed with the St. Louis and san Ffalh-
cisco obtained an interest IN the COM
many and representation in It's man
agement, Ladenburg, Ihalman q Co.
Of one time were the Seaboard bank
OPS and it was through them that
the Frisco people became interested
in the Seaboard property
Parties represented by Ladenburg,
ThaIman q Co., have an option on
$4,000 shares of the stock held by
the Williams-M iddendorf combina-
ton This option expired this month
and though it provides that the stock
the common and $35 for the prefer
red it is rumored that a sale may
be made at lower figures than these,
which, considering its present mark
ct value, are rather high for Sea-
board.
The SnabOard is very valuable
property. Thousands of dollars have
lately been spent in improving the
physical condition of the road, though
it is now under a cloud that is be-
lieved by many to have a silver lin
ing.
The Seaboard is now controlled by
a voting trust, and the Ryan-Blail
contingent, who are struggling to OBJ
tain control Of the system, dominate
the voting trust Mr.. b. f. Yoakum,
president of the st. Louis and San
Francisco, is a director in the Sea-
board and one of the members of
tho Uotino tTI1St
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
HAVE THE PEOPLE ANY RIGHTS?

The people of little place in Mis-.
sissippi requested the establishment
of postoffice by the name of Varda-
man, in honor of the Governor of
that commonwealth. In view of the
fact that more than thirty postoffices
have been named Teddy, Theodore or
Roosevelt, it ought not to surprise
anybody that some Mississippi people
should wish one post office named in
honor of their Governor. The POST
master General returned the applica-
ton with the request that another
name be suggested. 1t seems that at
one time in his life Governor Varda-
man INDUCED in free and severe cri-
ticism of the President-was guilty of
the crime of less majesty-and his
name is on the presidential blacklist.
Mississippi's Governor has hardly been
guilty of as unwarranted and as hos
tile criticism of the President as Mr..
Roosevelt has been guilty of wanton
detraction of good men. If criticism
of public officials is to prevent post
office being named for the critic, the
Postmaster General should get in a
hurry to give new names to the towns
named Teddy and Roosevelt. North
Carolina has no love for the Presi-
dent, and yet it has post office named
Roosevelt Theodore and Teddy--a
trio of names that indicate social
equality and other distasteful things.
year or so ago because the people
of Indianola, Miss, did not wish a
negro woman as postmaster. they were
denied all mail facinrIes. and their
post office was abolished. Now be-
cause others wish to name a town tor
their Governor, they are denied the
most office they desire. This leads to
the question: Have the people any
rights? Who gave authority TO O.
little Postmaster General who has
made reputation only for haEooring
crooks and grafters in his Department
TO dictate to the people of commu-
nity the name they should give to
their post office? To refuse them the
right to name the post office they
wish established because the name
they want is distasteful to the admins
tration is a high-handed piece or po-
litical dictatorship that Diaz would de-
nounce as ''usurperious and pomper-
ous.'
There are post offices named after
almost every man that has lived and
almost everything else. Why draw
the line on Vardaman? Has he un-
Justly criticised public men? So has
Roosevelt. Is he spectacular? So is
Roosevelt. Is he extreme and over
strenuous? So is Roosevelt. me re-
lection of the name Vardaman shows
the temper of this administration to
be one of blind fury against critics,
and utter disregard of the rights OF
the people, if they run counter to the
will of the monarch who rules with
a rod of iron. 1t marks the spirit or
an Empire, and not of Republic
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Appeal TO the TrolIy Company-Juniot
Order to Hold Carnival.
(Snecial TO News and Observer. J

(SDeCiaI to News ana ODSeTNeI'J
Wilmington, N c.. Aug. AT the
regular meeting of the Board of Al
dermen last night, it was decided of
(iciallv to request the Consolidated
Railways, Light and Power Company to
provide separate seating accommoda-
lions on it's city and suburban lines
for the races. This follows an appeal
to the Board of Aldermen for relief
but the board finds it has no power
further than tC make an official t,1,est
Of the company for the relief sought
II the request is denied by the com
pany, recourse will probably be had
to me Corporation Commission. h
idea is to set apart q certain number
Of seats in the rear of the cars for
colored persons, while the whites will
occupy seats towards the front.
The Junior Order of United Amer
lean Mechanics OF Wilmington, about
500 strong, have been granted permits
sion ! the city and county auth0ii-
ties to give q carnival here upon va
cant lot in the northern part of the
city during the week ending Septem-
Der Goth The proceeds will be used
in the purchase of Bible and flags to
he presented to each public school in
the county according to the beautiful
custom of the order. A committee is
already at work on the arrangements
for the carnival.
The Wilmington cotton mills have
suspended for a few weeks owing tO
the limited supply of the raw material
and general Stagnancy in the cotton
goods trade. Repairs are being made
while the mill is shut down.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
A NINE OF WEALTH.

Tn the Revolutionary War General
craane,s soldiers, who were suffering
from camp itch, were cured by bath
ing in a famous spring OF muu ana
sand in South Carolina, near Augusta
Ga. North Carolina is not only ricf
in all sorts of wealth, but is specially
rich in health giving springs ano
other resorts. In truth the health
resort industry is growing to be one
of the most profitable in the State
If the amount of money spent by
health and pleasure seekers in West
ern North Carolina this year alone
could be ascertained, it would be seer
to be greater than the product OF
many manufacturing Industries, ano
this is almost a virgin industry. The
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Spirit of the Press
III Mr.. Gladstone Were Living III
America To-Day.
Golfers Weekly.

Golfers Weekly.
The Premier of Canada recently
made a speech, in which he held up
the United States tariff as a warning
to his people. Immediately AFTER the
DinyIey tariff, he declared capital be-
pan tn flow into unhealthy channels.
Many Industries We're put into trusts
and combines. During the few years
that followed not less than hlteen
combines and trusts were organized
i'm the United States. There was the
coal trust, which, according TO Sll
Wilfred almost created revolution
in the United States; the iron and
steel trusts, trusts on farm imple-
ments on sugar, on tobacco, on paper.
on glass. on leather, on rubber goods,
on electrical apparatu- on radiators,
on flour, on clocks, ana on beef. he
spoke of the collapse of some big
combinations, and said that Canada
had ESCAPED all this, and was enjoying
an even and safe prosperity 1T takes
a special genius to make figures in
teresting If Mr.. Gladstone were a
living American today he could turn
the Republicans cut of power by
what he would demonstrate about the
tariff and it's relations to the distribu-
ton of taxes, to trusts, legislation and
morality. Mr.. McKinleys plea for
reciprocity before his death was clear
and earnest. Reciprocity treaties,
he said fare in harmony with the
spirit of the times: measures or re-
taliation are not" The growth of
trusts since McKinleys death has
further weakened the position of those
who would forever stand pat. The
platform of the Republicans today
upon the tariff is without any serious
element 1t is phraseology carefully
elaborated to avoid meaning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03

Fayetteville Observer has the follow
ing paragraph, which will contain in
formation new even to North Caro-
linians:
Mayor Charles Haigh, who for
the past two weeks has been camping
out at McFayden Springs, using the
mud baths for poison oak with which
he has been suffering for a month
past, returned home Saturday about
entirely cured. He says the effect of
the water and it's sediment is Won
derful.''
Men travel often to Europe to find
such baths, and here at our very
doors is one whose curative properties
are unquestioned and unrivalled. If
a good hotel should be erected there.
and the cures advertised. sufferers
from all parts of the country would
be attracted to it. and would be
cured of a common ailment for which
there are few springs containing the
healing properties.
The day is not far distant when
North Carolina will develop all such
health giving springs and resorts, and
add greatly to it's wealth, as we'll as
to the happiness of mankind.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Important Event.
washington Messenger.)

IWaShlngtOn MeSSenStT.I
The S. r. Fowle Memorial Hospital
was opened this morning for the
reception of patients. The building
is fully equipped in every detail and
has every modern appliance for the
successful treatment of patients. Or
d. T. Tayloe is superintendent OF the
hospital. The board was most wise
in their selection of superintendent.
DR.. Tayloe is president of the North
Carolina Medical society and as a
surgeon stands among the first In the
State. DR.. p. A. Nicholson is resident
physician. He too, stands high IN ms
profession as a practitioner ana sur
geon. The hospital is fully equipped
with a first-class staff OF trained
nurses etc.