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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-24

the other day ana now he is Offering
$50 reward for the fellow who did he
dirty work.
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both is greater han any interest the
people can have in statehood
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Some one killed a number oi white
turkeys for farmer near Edmond
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o. Fred Lindstrom, Past Grand Master
independent Order of odd Fellows,
writes from 1s23 University Ave-, st.
Paul, MinA.s
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FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Fifth Distriet--L. Y. CARPENTER.
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\ Prominent Member of !. O. O. r
threatened With BTlsht's Disease
Pe-Tu-Ea Restored film to iieaith.
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Daily Leader 10 cents a week deliv.
cred every day except Sunday. Car
riers collect weekly.
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FOR CONGRESS,
FRANK MATTHEWS,
OF GREER COUNTY.
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VICE PRESIDENT,
HENRY cASsAwAY 1Nvls,
OF WEST VIRGINIA.
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DEMOCRATIC rlcKEr.

FOR PRESIDENT.
ALTON BROOKS PARKER,
OF NEW YORK.
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chalrn,an Dem. Co Com.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
Gates Consplcuous.

The most active bull cliqueS on the stock market were organized and mana ged by western operators, with John w. Gates being the most conspicuous. There is an intensely hostile feeling in the street against this picturesque Chicago plunger due primarily to the fact that he came into the street and got away with s5 GOO to $30.OO0OOO in real money which he insists retaining. This is regarded by the native element as being a very unsportmanlike proceeding and contrary to the rules of the game. Wall street some times loans money to ann bilious outsiders, but expects that 1t will be played back into the game. Several other westerners besides MT. Gates ac- uuired immense fortunes in Wall street during the last five six years and held on to what they made. Some of these fortunes are larger even than that acquired by the gentleman named and they are all more or less under the ban of the displeasure of the local crowd It so happens, however, that none of the so-caled western contingent has been as perniciously active in the speculative markets as MT. Gates, and therefore op- position to the rest of the invading army is not so outspoken.
 1t Is the story of the street that Mir Gates and his party were loaded up with a greet mass of securities which thc5-wer, ..nable to dispose of at profit and that they are still carrying a large line which represents a loss. This theory may. or may not be correct but belief therein gives great pleasure to the "tal- ent" of the streeet who gleefully pro- claim that Gates and his friends were Handed" with a car load of stocks at high figures the same as last January when the combination ran the bull mar ket for four or five weeks and then ran to escape the avalanche. The willy MT. Gates, however, may not have been caught after all He Is nimbe and very much awake. Besides, he and his inti- mates began pulling stocks very low down and they could stand a considerable shrinkage without facing a loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
Fight More Bitter.

The big fight between the rival trans portation companies or New York seems to be growing more bitter every day.
 Thomas J. Ryan heads one combination and August Belmont the other-Ryan representing the surface lines and Bel mont the subway and elevated systems. They are evenly matched In financial strength, and if the struggle Is to a finish there will be much blood-ledding before it Is over. The Belmont syndicates are supposed to have for their main backing the Rothschild millions besides strong local capitalists. Ryan Is personally enor- mously wealthy and has for his associates a group of very rich and very strong capitalists who believe in him thoroughly and who are tied up with him to stay. This fight of giants takes in all of Man hatten Island and extends ten miles up into the Bronx and Westchester county, a territory to which New York must look for Its development on the north. Brook lyn Is apparently left out. The Pennsyl- vania Railroad company will in all hu- man probability, eventually control the elevated and street railroads of Brook lyn and the rest of Long Island
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
Sterling Exchange an Index.

The course of the market has confirmed the theory held by exchange experts that the price of sterling exchange would be a correct index to fluctuations in stocks. In my last letter the views of an author ity in this speciality were given. Watch sterling exchange" he counselled. If ex- change goes up our stocks decline An advance in sterling rates will mean a withdrawal of foreign money from the American field and must be considered as a good cause for international uneasiness. That should be the signal for the short ening of sail here and the curtailment of speculative risks" The market history of the last week proves the absolute cor rectness of the above forecast The sharp advance In foreign exchange was coin cident with an equally abrupt break in the stock market. The rise in exchange was SO rapid that 1t was attended by predictions of a gold export movement in the immediate future. whereas only few days before bankers were theorizing on the date on which imports of the pre- cious metal would begin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
Personality of Evolution.

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 The great objection to the modern doc Urine of evolution Is that 1t Is impersonal Instead of allowing a cause ab extra for the creation it supposes the cause and the creation to exist together. It points toward the eternity of matter and fails to differentiate matter from spirit Hence 1t is often spoken of as materialism. If the life or soul of the usniverse is a per son, the characteristic of personality must be sought in the diffenence between sub jeet and object If subject and object are one or the same then either idealism or materialism must be true But If the subject is different thing from the ob- ject then personality becomes possible. But could not a self-conscious being in- elude both subject and object? This is punitheism and reduces the world to a state of moral Responsibility, or scenes or causes and effects growing out of the nature of matter. leaving the world with out creator and a governor.
 According to evolution self-conscious- ness which is the ground of personality need not exist till rAtrin stage of
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let the working balance in the treasury vaults run down to a very low point be- fore drawing on the banks. There Is In reality no actual necessity for main taining any fixed balance in the treasury as the money in bank is available in- stantly for governmental needs should the occasion arise for its use. It is sub feet to draft any business hour of any day, the same as a private deposit, ana while it is In it's present shape 1t IS serY- ing A useful purpose and is at the com mand of the public Secretary Shaw seems to take delight in knocking over precedents He sees no special virtue in the maintenance of a $50 0ooooo minimum reserve in the treasury vaults where 1t Is so much dead material needlessly fill ing storage space when 1t might be out doing good.
 It has also been discovered in Washing ton that huge government deposits in na- tional banks is leverage of great power It was one of the forces brought into play In the anthracite coal strike of 1902 to force the coal barons from their posi- tion of intollerabe arrogance. covert suggestion as to what would happen if the barons failed to see the expedieney of compromise in accordance with the desires of the President is said to have effected an instantaneous change of heart At that time government deposits were only about $6000O,O00, but the finan- cial situation was precarious and the bare thought of the withdrawal of gov ernment deposits struck chill down the backs of the bankers Very few out side the inner circle ever connected the treasury power In wall street with the quick settlement of the anthracite coal fight. There are many chapters in the unwritten history of Wall street and the Washington end thereof which would be mighty interesting reading If the full details could be told with proper dra- matic effect and stage settings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
roreIon Funds Withdrawn.

The most important feature of the mar xet has been the withdrawal of foreign funds from the New York money mar sxet This was accomplished by the sale of stocks and by the covering of short eales of foreign exchange. Possibly not hess than s1ooooo,o0o of foreign capital had been introduced into America through the excange market in anticpa- tion of autumn exports of cotton and grain. It is true that interest rates in London and the continental centers aver aged higher than here, but three was large surplus abroad which could not be loaned at any price. The l to 21 per cent obtainable here was therefore re- garded as somewhat of a pick up." The war scares occasioned by the indiscrim- mate seizure of the merchantmen of all nations by Russian cruisers gave birth 10 a feeling of alarm abroad and led to a .caling in of funds scattered over the world. There may be no need for this recommendation of money In London, Paris and other foreign capitals but 1t is considered the part of wisdom to be prepared against emergencies.
 There has also been an under current of uneasiness lest the United States may be fin some way drawn into unpleasant com plications incident to attacks upon the American marine. MT. Roosevelt's im- pulsive patriotism is well known. which gives color to the dread lest he may do something rash. This idea is secuted as absurd by the Presidents friends in Wall street but. nevertheless, the bears on the stock exchange have been using 1t as weapon and have done their best to stir up a sentiment of dstrust. In, this they have been measurably successful. Satirical comment is heard on the Roose- welt penchant for hunting large game and simulated fear Is expressed that he may feel it incumbent upon himself to com init assault and battery on the Russian haar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
TOO MUCH SPEED BY HE BULL LEADERS Reaction Has Taken Place in
 the Stock Market MIR. CAFES IS VERY ACTIVE Ills Successful Operations Stirred Re- sentiment cf Wall street-Finan- eiaI Leaders Discussing
 Politics.
MR. CAFES IS VERY ACTIVE
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.

s.1ew York, July SO.-The pace was too Ast. The bull leaders in their anxiety To put up prices and enlist public support put on too much speed and the inevita- ble reaction has taken place in the stock market. The immediate contributing causes were the sudden clouding of the old world political skies, the further de- velopment of bearish sentiment among local professionals and the publication of a series of expert estimates on the domestic crop prospects somewhat dis couraging in character. It Is at this sea- son of the year that the "crop killers are busiest and when they thrive best. They have been unusually industrious this year. It would appear also that the breed has been doing business in other parts of the world, and from the tenor of many reports 1t is very clear that ruin has oyertaken the wheat growers of Ar genuine and the larger part of Europe. It is always this way. Every year the wheat crops all over the world are de- etroyed and every year there is enough to go round Starvation Is merely re- curing mental processes. The universal human stomach contrives to get its nu- triment Just the same and without the prevalence of famine prices.
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development has been reached, as we see in the infant becoming man. Mat ter does not become self-conseious till united with spirit. Was the Eternal Spir- 1t conscious before it's union with mat ter? Only by supposng matter itself to be eternal, do we make it possible to have personality or self-consc.ousness in the universe. For if God, who is self sufficient, existed before the existence of matter he must have created the world out of nothing, which is unthinkahle We must assume therefore as the basis of the evolution theory the coetaneous existence of spirit and matter. or else all the changes superinduced by evolu- tion must have been spontaneous and necessary. which would be to make tba world without intelligence, and hence without moral responsibility which Is ah- surd.
 Assuming then the eternity of matter as well as of spirit, the personality of tba Creator becomes possible from eternity The ann1-eonscious spirit existing con-
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the creation of a lead trust Interests identified with the National Lead com pany are holding out against the com bination, but they are not strong enough to very long delay the completion of the deal. Capitalists In control of the smelt- ing trust and of the United Lead company have been for year or more buying Into National lead and there Is excellent au- thority for saying that at the next annual meeting which Is not far distant, the present management will be thrown out If 1t persists in opposing the consoda- ton. The lead trust when organized will be merely an annex of the smeltering trust a majority of which is owned by the Guggenheim family, II. H, Rogers, William Rockefeller and others of the Standard oil party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31

tinually with matter accounts for the evo- lution of the universe along the lines of wisdom and goodness as apparent in what we call the creation. God is eternal, self existent, omnipresent, omniscient omni- potent infallible, interchangeable, benevo- lent, impossible, just and merciful, for all these attributes are manifested through His works. There is no more difficulty in assuming the personality of God In evo- lution than there is in creation out of nothing. Of what use are the countless ages of eternity If inhabited by a solitary being conscious only of himself and un- accompanied by men or angels or matter itself? Just as we believe in the eternal generation of the Son 5y the Father we may believe in the eternal generation Of the universe. F. M. GRACE.
 Birmingham, July 90, 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
Wall Street Waitlnn

Politics is not discussed openly in the financial district as much as it was week or two ago, but in the back rooms of counting houses and banks the real leaders of finance and business are doing some thinking and some confidential talk ing. Wall street may be said to be In a waiting mood for the moment. The thing 1t is waiting on now Is the Parker letter of acceptance. Powerful influence is be- ing brought to bear on Judge Parker to induce him to give assurance. as far as lies in his power that the weight of his position If elected President, will be against all kind of agitation within his party which may tend to disturb husi- ness. Those who are giving counsel of this kind to the democratic candidate say that if he does what they ask and what they believe they have a right to ex- peot 1t will greatly strengthen the demo- cratic ticket and make the fight an even one between Parker and Roosevelt. The political situation behind the curtain is extremely interesting at this chapter. The deeep waters in the Wall street pool are stirred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31

Mir. Bryan Proposes Stock Deai- From the Commoner.
 Cattle Sale-I have for sale the follow ing described stock, all registered or sub
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ject to registry: One very fine Hereford bull calf; one good polled Angus COW and bull calf: one good Durham bull calf, one good Holstein bull calf. also few Poland China pigs Address w. J. Bryan,
 Eairview Stock Farm. Lincoln, Neb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
Same Everywhere.
the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.
 An Aachison woman fell sick She found that the neighbors who found time to do the most for her, were those who had the most to do at home. Loafing be- gets selfshness.
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still Carries On.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 What's become of Barker? He cer- tainly was a fine talker. He always car- ried the crowd with him."
 He still does.
 'Is he lecture
 "No; a motorms s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31
ShaW Tn No Hurry.

Secretary Shaw was in no haste to re-
 duce the amount of government deposits ln uationa. banks He seems inclined to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31

Lead Trust Deal Delayed. There has hsen htch in the deal for
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-22
Halifax Prisoners Break Ja1i:

j
Tie Weldon correspondent to the
Raleigh Post of Tuesday said
The five prisoners in Halifax county
Jail broke out Saturday night AID all
esca ped. M. Gs.ree Stephenson, who
was III Charge OF the Jail, made mar
row escape from death at the hands If
the prisoners. 1t appears that Sa:ur-
day night he went ~ the Jail to put a
prisoner in. As he entered the build
ing the FIVE negroes, who had broken
out OF the steel cage, rushed upon him.
One of them struck at Mr.. Stephenson
with piece Of scantling and knocked
him down. The prisoners then rushed
over him and all escaped in the dark
ness. They had used piece OF sewer
pipe to pry the bars open and make an
opening large enough to crawl through
Then they stood behind the cage and
awaited the entrance of the jailer.
The length of the scantling is ell that
saved Mr.. Stephenson's life. It was
long and unhandy. If it had been a
short piece the prisoner would have
struck, in all probability, fatal blow.
"The Jail was considered strong and
safe. But it appears that at the point
where they pried out there was brok-
en- bar, through which prisoner es-
capped year CT more ago. This had
been fastened with lock and chain.
The prisoners Saturday night used the
piece OF sewer pipe to break the chain
and pry the bars apart, making the
opening through which they escaped.
They will all probably be captured"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-22
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
The Coming, Going and Whereabouts
CT Our People and Other Folks.

Mr.. F. L. Braxton spent day in
| Greenville last week.
Mrs. j. n. Savage, of Edenton, is
here visiting relatives.
Mr.. Percy Johnson is home from
Chapel Hill for the holidays.
DR.. H. 3. Ferguson, OF Halifax, spent
a night in Scotland Neck last week.
Miss Annie Manning has returned
from an extended visit to Henderson.
Miss Viva Rives, of Hamilton, is
here visiting Mrs. A. w. .Outterbridge.
Miss Anna Mills, OF Wake Forest,
is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Claude
kitchin.
Mr.. Ashby Dunn came home from
Wake Forest some days ago for the
holidays.
Miss Mary E. Whitaker, of St.Louis.
No, has been here some days on a
visit to her friends.
Elder A. J. Moore, of Whitakers, was
here Saturday and Sunday to fill his
appointment at Kehukee.
Mrs. Dr.J .B.H.Knight, of Williamson,
was here some days ago to haye dental
work done by DR.. A. c. Livermon.
Miss Irene Ware, one of the nurses
in Pittman hospital in Tarboro, was
here some days ago to visit her people.
Mr.. Peyton Anthony came up from
Greenvilie Sunday TO see his sister,
Miss Mary Anthony, who is quite sick.
miss Eleanor Smith is home from her
place in the Rocky Mount Graded
Schools TO spend the holidays with her
mother.
Prof. L. r. Mills, OF Wake Fore st,
has been here some days On visit to
his sons, Mess. j G. ard L. r. Mills,
AID his daug ter, Mrs. Claude Kltchin.
Just year ago Mr.. Peter E. Smith
was run oyer IN the streets here and
had Ills leg broken. He is able to walk
with out crutch Or cane, and has gone
alone to visit his daughter, Mrs. J. II.
Durham, at Tillery.
Mr.. w. S. Bennett who has been
with n. B. Josey some time, recently
doing business at Lawrence, has re-
turned to Weldon, his former home
He formed many pleasant acquaintan-
ces here, and his friends were sorry to
zee him leave.
Mr.. Tyler B. Wheeler came Monday
from Nash vile, Tenn, where he has
been for some time in business. He
left Scotland Neck last February and
vent to Colorado. After remaining
there some time he went to Nashville.
His many friends In Scotland Neck are
glad to greet him.
Mr.. Roy Bracy, whose work as a
nachinist for Lypchburg concern car
ries him through England and makes
his headquarters at Galnsborough,
England, was. home this week to see
lis father, Mr.. G. W. Bracy. Young
Mr.. Bracy has had somewhat remark
able career since leaving Scotland Neck
j few years ago. His many friends re-
joice in his success.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-22
A CERTAIN CURE FOR GROUP

A CERTAIN CURE FOR GROUP.
When child shows symptoms OF
Group there is no time to experiment
with new remedies, no matter how
highly they nay be recommended.
There is one preparation that can al
ways be depended upon. 1t has been
in use for many years and has never
been known to fail, viz: Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Mr.. M. F.
Compton, of Market, Texas, says OF it :
r have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in severe cases of Group with
nv children, and can truthfully say it
always gives prompt relief" For eale
nv all Dr-ruiata-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-22
INCREASED DEMAND FOR sun
CURED TOBACCO.

From what can be learned the crop
OF Sun cured Tobacco Is much larger
than las. year, and prices are already
higher than this time last year, says
the Richmond News- Leader.
A feature OF the sun cured market is
the marked increase in the crop for
the last few years, and those familiar
with conditions attribute this lncreas-
Ell demand for this particular class Of
leaf to "REYNULD'S sun CURED"
brand introduced three years ago by
Il. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
1t is authoritlvely stated that the re-
quirn ents OF this one concern is more
than the entire crop a few years ago.
The success OF "REYNOLD'S SUN
CURED" and the large trade built up
by r. j. Reynolds Tobacco Com ;'any,
led to the establishment Of its Rich
nond, Va Leai Department, which is
under the personal management OF ex-
perts in the selection of sun cured leaf.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-22
Strange Disappearance.

The Raleigh Post Of Sunday tod
how Mr.. Alpheus Vaughan suddenly
and strangely disappeared from Raj
eigh, leaving note to his wife that he
was gone and telling her to do the best
she could.
Mr.. Vaughan i, we'll known in Scot
land Neck, was the local manager OF
the Singer Sewing Machine
Company in Raleigh, and from
all appea ran - was doing
woll. Nothing has been learned here
to account fer his strange disappear
anoe. His father. who lives here, is
greatly distressed over the affair and
has the sympathy Of the entire COM
inunitv.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-22
Davenport-Knlght.

Davenport-Knlght.
On Wednesday, December 10Th, at
Hobgood, Miss Bonnie knight, of
Scotland Neck, was married to Mr..
rhurston Davenport. They were re-
turning from the marriage of the
brides brother, Mr.. John knight, in
Tarboro, and upon reaching Hobgood
On their return they surprised their
friends by stopping off and contracting
in the holy bonds OF matrimony. THE
COMMONWEALTH halls them good cheer
and wish for great prosperity to the
happy pair.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-22
1875 Reward.
dSNFHSU
ATLAS BROWN.

A reward of Twenty-Five
Dollars is hereby offered for
the arrest and sufficient proof
to convict any person for
tampering with the electric
light plant of Scotland Neck,
or any Of it's wires or
fixtures.
By order of the Board Of
Commissioners.
J. e. SHIELDS, Mayor.
Dec. Z, 1904.