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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-25
Mr.. Croker Killed.

Ormond, Fla, special-Frank Croker
of New York, son of Richard Croker,
the former Tammany chief, was seri-
ously injured on the beach shortly be-
fore 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mr..
Croker was in his racer, an S0-horse
power machine, with his mechanician,
Raoul, and vas going a 4~0-second a
mile a clip. His machine turned over
and he was thrown to the ground, sus-
tanning injuries from which he died
Sunday.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-25
Valuable Laces in Chadwick Home.

Valuable Laces in Chadwick Home.
Cleveland, O., special.-United States
Customs Collector Leach has found
valuable laces belonging to Mrs. Cassie
L. Chadwick in the Chadwick home on
Euclid avenue. Mr.. Leach is going to
learn whether duty has been paid On
the articles, all of which have been
imported. They are said to be worth at
least / 0,G00, and a charge of snug
Cling will be preferred if duty has not
been paid.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-25
The American Officer. .
Many Things Combine to Make Film the Best
in the World.
Bv Thomas Fl. Milard.

BY 1 F1OT11aS T.. N1lIdTu.
~-AANY things combine to make the American officer the best in the
h TIA FL world. In the first place, there is a large n intelligent popua-
4 IWM ton to draw upon, a advantage it is universally admitted, not
MMm-& equally enjoyed by any other great nation. Again.. ewing TIC the
#HxY1& smanness of our army, h number OF officers to be supphed, IN
w2&@SY proportion to the total population, makes possible a care IN seec
-" ton and education impracicable elsewhere. Consider O q fea
xaaicsity OF officers in the United States Army are obtained. Appointments 10
West Point are secured, a. a rule, only aHer a competitive examination ID
which a number of young men Of good ability and character take part. M
gnan thus selected zoe 20 West Point, where he must pasa rgld physical eA
animation beforeh he is admitted.
Then. owing to the exading nature Of The curriculum the severity o
fhe discipline a large percentage of the candidates faIlt % complete tn lou
wears course, Those wo d o complete it n obtain commissions must nav
attained a standard which other nations find it impossible, for a variety OF
reasons to exact That even under OIL systenn, w e have incompetent omcers
simply proves that perfection has by no means been reached, n doesn not aHef
n FAC hat gu army is better differed than n in the world.
But take Russia, with her vast standing army of a million a quarter
men exclusive Of supplementary reserve EXAMINATIONS ofe ever greater ashi
1ude q country where the masses Of the people have almost no ducaton ad
yantages. where the level of intelligence is undoubtedly lower han In any
ether great nation, n how is hetos supply Ter army with competent ohcers
IN Dr acceptation of he word? She simply cannot. The United States 10
nme would fin. it equally impossible, with all our undSputed advantages
TO equip al army of a million men with officers of the standard OF those VIC
ZOE command OUR little armN-ScribEers
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-25
@ @ @
Young Men For War.
s. M. CrOtherS.

is me complication IL the work Of peacemakng which has
@M not been sufficiently considered. 1t is the recurrence of youth. I
have listened to the arguments against wa at a great Peace Con-
A--~A gress. The reasoning wa strong, the statement of facts oncM-
8NENgNH sive. War vas shown to be cruel and foolish. and incredibly ex
8@&0&GI pensive. The audience, consisting of 1ightminded n very
~~ intelligent people, was convinced of the justice of the cause OF
peace Why, then, does not he cause triumph?
In such cases 1 al in the habit Of looking about with the intent to fix the
responsibility where it belongs, o. those who are nt att the meeting. Mature
RTE was we'll represented, but there was a suspicious absence of young men
lin the twenties. All! I said, there is the difficulty. We can't be sur of lasting
yeaee until we make it more interesting to these fine young absentees. They'll
All De peace men by n by, but in the meantime there is n knowing what
trouble they may gt US INTO * IS
A uniformly middleaged community would be immune from any attack of
fever It happens, however, that every nee in a While the hot passions
If youth carrya Ill before them. The account of THAT happened at the beginning
ut te civil wars in Israel is typical. King Rehoboam called a meeting of the
elder Statesmen Of his kingdom. They outlined a policy that vas eninenty
gonciiatory. But w e are told, HE forsook the council of the old men which
ahey La given him. and consulted with the young men who had grown up with
n5naa and stood by him"-Atantc
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-25
81 81 81
Trainmen.
Their Responsibility For Railroad Accidents
Bv Edward A. Mose1ey.

BY Edward A. MOSeley.
~wmmT is undeniable that man Of the accidents which occur arel large
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Hs2N 81 1 " contributed to- if not directly caused by, the long hourso o duty
8&11 r 4 % which, ranmen are subjected. Could W e trace the events %
8s9AA-E heir first cause e shoml doubtless find that many Oft those cases
&GSI&SAH of misleading, overlooking or forgetting orders were due to the
HIgDH@Gf fac that wits were duHed and senses benumbed by lak O est.
maHHz~ In the DISTRESSING wreck at Glenwood, q, lasts umm IN "Mch
a 1arge nunber If excursionists werek killed n injured by a fraght train run
urnp into a nassenge tain,t the evidence at the coroners inquest showed nat
h freight eneineer Cwhom the officials Of the road said, "disregarded plain Or
aers and actedH like a crazy man. had been O duty more than twenty hours.
In commenting on this cas- it was perinently said by M OF the Chicago papers
h the officials Of the company might as well fill their engineers menNn
wdth xhiskey Or drug them with opium, as to send them ot fol- fifteen and
seventeen hours Of continuous work, expecting them to keep their heads, apply
7uteusgenty the general rules of the road, and give exact obedience to all oEieTs.
IT was pointed out IN behalf of the company n this Glenwood cate that
she ma Jules permitted employees to take ten hours rest after they had
aen OF duty sixteenh hours. 1t is a universal rule with railroad companies to
nefnit a period of rest aHer a certain PERIOD Of duty before employees arec call
y uDon to 20 On duty again. But the trouble is that these rules are permSSive,
nnt MANDATORY. They do lot compel employees to take rest unless the employees
themselves think they need it, N as consequence the necessities of the roads,
growing out of the movemen Of traffic, coupled with the greed of III men,
who n manyc cases overwo themselves in rider % achieve a big months pay,
reader the rule Of title or 10 efect-Reviewo Reviews.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-25
Revolt in Circassia.

Victoria, British Columbia, By Cable.
Capt. Orian Cullen, representative Of
the Imperial Marine Association Of
Toxic, received a cablegram from Con-
stantinople to the effect that 1900
Cjrcass:ans had revolted and killed the
Russian guard. numbering 200. at
Siavini, in the Caucasus, and that Rus
slams and Turks in large numbers were
crossing the frontier into the Caucasus.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1904-01-25
Why the World
Wantc Peace
Bv Walter Wel1man.

-AN the midst of wal the world is turning toward peace. NOW tne
&AA Christmas holidays approach, and peace n good Will among
K&4S men" has something more than sentiment n tradHaoa 10 rest
nMA&-A- upon. The praye for peace that comes swelling from a. over tne
Raa@RAA earth. with a volume which fairly gives it the weight OF q demand
4I5NaSgH orr command, is o a living, vital forcei in the analrso OF III tne
~~ o;vimd natons In Chrstendom today there is n o more's lgn1hr
xa and promising fact than this. There is developing with glant suades a
world public opinion, and it is a wordopinion which makes lr pec" - W
and more the masterful peoples aec coming to look upon var al p 6nns nnm,s aH y y
1hc of the savage age, as a 1uel AM destrucu' mouselosn """S
10 survive n our moder civilization. ,,..:a4
1t seems n anomaly % talk of universal peace while one OIL Ie poouIse
wars of modern times is in progress. But the carnage which las n nahtu m rs
great struggle in tn TAR East is the very thing tina las gwen momentum "
the current movement to stop wars: liaoYang, shaho, P%t a. naatim mMt
everywhere, The peace movement is no longer confined to the a reahe FRS any and
the sentmentaHss worthy host THAT pioneered the way; 1t las spread La "o
wide, till it has embraced the men who do the words work-h me d lMn % If ' 3he
merce a finance, h men who lave their hands uo the hrouues OIL ne
great industrial machine. the men who pay ne axe nat are s Ss to u ap Of
war, the men of journalism, of the pulpit, of the periodical press, te men % o.
leadership in action and in thought. 1t las found ITS "a d mo W ne fo oato p d.
aee the presidents houses b chanceUeres, the foreign ONCE, the state a5
IaTtments Of the powers We may Justly say that Its grown xua+ a n n os Draw
together form the most notable wordevent Oft the year that ISL now ola"
ing to a close 1t would be unwise to delude ourselves with tn npe u Ina ta wat ear+h 9
Impossible, that universal peaceh has spread her white wings over ali the ea I'
xhat henceforth the civilized world is to be free OF conhict n car maaStna me
millennium las not m But it is u that the hazard ofW war breaking out
has beer sensibly lessened, and that the horrors which aceompany ~ IT ar IRE sure the
aDbe vastly minmiZed if an when it mes-Fro The United States n Tie
Worlds Peace Movement" in the American MONTHLY Review Of ReveWs-
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-07

nounced that the mayor would make
speech of welcome, but he refused TO
put in an appearance or send a repre-
sentative. He did not want tc be dis
graced by having it said that he even
went inside Of building where such
a set of men we're assembled. The
chairman of the Illinois populist state
committee therefore, on behalf OF the
populists of the state gave us all
hearty welcome. None of the leading
citizens of Springfield would disgrace
themselves by even becoming specta-
tors in the hall, where standing oppo-'
site was the state house over which
their boodling governor presides. In
their eyes, it was respectable to sup
port boodling governor, but dis
grace to be seen associating with men
who toll on the farms, do business in
the cities, or honored members CT the
bar from other states. If those men in
sisted upon upholding the principles OF
the great Soul who made their city
immortal by residing in 1t.
In the back seats of the convention
hall there was fringe of men who
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-07

that the convention would meet at
IL o'clock noon on the Fourth. Who
ever made that arrangement certainly
forgot all the schooling he ever got in
populism. Much more than half of
the delegates were farmers and work.
ingmen who were all accustomed to
regular meals and the principal one
at noon. The consequence was that
at the hour announced, there was no.
body around the Arsenal where the
convention was to be held and it was
Q D. m. before they began to assemble.
Springfield is a nice little town,
made famous by having been the
home of Lincoln. There are blocks in
some sections of the town almost
wholly composed of saloons. Here also
is the seat of the state government and
the home of the republican governor
who has become famous as the only
governor in the United States who
sells Offices for campaign subscrip-
tions. all of which go to him and OF
which no public accounting is made.
The convention was called to order
and opened with prayer. 1t was an
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-07

Congressman Sutherland Of Nebraska
made a speech when the state Of Nc
braska was called. He went over the
splendid record Of Senator Allen. In
the senate and on the bench. told how
he was the only man In the senate who
ever brought trust magnate to bay
and forced him into the courts as Allen
had Havemycr. He reclted the fact
that OF all the senator's OF the peoples
party. Allen was the only one that
had stood true and was still pop
uIist. that lie was always ready to do
the work OF the party aud was 90 be
found Ia our county. state. and ma
tionai conventions whenever elected
as a delegate. doing the duty Of pri-
yate in the ranks as ehecrfully as Ia
those high aud most honorable posi-
tl0ns which he had occupied. but he
closed with the statement that sena-
Tor Allen would not permit him tMr.
Sutherlandl 10 present bis name ~
candidate. Nevertheless. the conyen-
ton persisted In voting for senator
Allen until he sent positive orders To
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-07

has right to dispose OF them as he
pleases. All governors have done the
same thing and this cant is only in
dulged In by another set who want
TO have the power Of doing the same
thing themselves"
After the submission OF the plat
form the question OF candidates. which
had been constantly discussed. came
up for action. Senator Allen had per-
sistently refused 10 become a candt-
date. All that he could be induced 10
say was that IL there was a general
desire on the part OF the convention
that he should undertake the rtspon-
ssbiity aud burden he would not re-
fuse. bur 10 make a contest he would
not. The delegates from the north
and sest thought they could poll more
votes with Allen a. the head Of the
ticket aud those from the south
thought they could poll more With
Watson In that position. Jo Parker
made the nominating speech for Wat
son in whIch he made a strenuous
plea for Waisons nomination. Ex-
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-07
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toll. "workingmen, as they called
themselves. These men were very In
dignant at the action OF the mayor IN
refusing to appear and one of them
arose and said that on behalf OF the
workingmen of the city he wished To
extend hearty welcome to the dele
gates Of the populist national conven-
ton. He assured us the workingmen
Of the city would extend q hand Of
greeting and good cheer to every man
who had honored the city with his
presence, for they we're In large part,
as he could see. men who were toilers
like himself. He was greeted With .
big round of cheers.
The two national chairmen OF the
two factions of the party fipped 9
penny to see which should call the
convention to order, and Edmisten
won. So he called the convention to
order and 10 Parker read the call.
Weller Of Iowa was the temporary
chairman.
We had some excellent instrumental
music by Springfield organization,
and then Senator Allen delivered an
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-07

address which was of such high char
acter that 1t should live in literature,
entitled Two Civilizations" After
that the work of the convention was
begun In earnest. The committees
were appointed and given leave to re-
tire. The remainder OF the afternoon
and evening was devoted to speech
making. Rev. Mr.. Nelson OF st. Louis
being among the number
The more serious work OF course
fell upon the committee on platform.
A assembled at the st. Nicholas hotel
and remained In session until a. m.
Early the next morning they were
hard al IL again. and II was o'clock
In the afternoon before II was ready
for presentation. When II vas hnally
presented 20 the convention. almost
every sentence was received with a
round OF cheers aud al the close Of the
reading the convention arose To a
man. and gave IL another round or
two, almost DUPLICATING the reception
Of che Omaha platform when u was
presented In 1899. II Was adopted
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-07

unanimously without "dotting an or
crossing a r." The statement of the
money question was universally said
10 be the best that the populist party
ever made, as Ii places the populist
contention squarely upon constitu-
tional grounds The preamble came
In for its share of eommendation.
We were all In "the enemys coun-
try" here sure enough. The idea OF
the citizens seemed to be that politics
consists wholly In getting office and
they express supreme contempt ior
men who align themselves with a par
~ that has. In their eyes, no hope Of
getting the offices. A man who would
spend his time simply advocating prn-
clples. they look upon as lunatie.
As for their part. they want no hand
In such ldlocy. Several men here
have openly defended. during the con-
yention. the sale of public olflce by
Governor Yates. One III them said
"The aapoinslyc Offices belong To the
governor. They arr part oI the per-
Quisltes Of his Official position. aud he
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The peoples party national conven-
tion met in Springfield, H., July 4.
few delegates arrived Friday and
Saturday, but the most of them came
in Sunday and Sunday night, al
though there were some who did not
get in until Tuesday on account OF
delayed trains. The Fourth OF July,
the exposition and the democratic con-
yention at st. Louis mixed up the
train service and many special trains
were. put on the roads on account OF
each.
The published announcement was
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-08
Forests.

1t is the cardinal principle OF the
forest-rsserve policy OF this Admins.
tration that the reserves are for use.
Whatever interferes with the use OF
their resuorces is to be avoided by
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-08
Rebates.

Above all else we must strive to
keep the highways of commerce open
to all on equal terms; and to do this
II is necessary to put a complete stop
to all rebates. Whether the shipper
or the railroad is to blame makes no
difference; the rebate must be stopp-
ed. the abuses Of the private car and
private terminal track and side-track
systems must be stopped, and the leg.
islation Of the .Fifty-eighth congress
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-08
Bureau Of Labor.

Much can be done by the govern
ment in labor matters merely by
giving publicity to certain conditions.
The bureau Of labor has done excel.
The independent., 1904-09-01
Autumn House Cleaning Sale
In Our Linen and...
Flannel Department


ing You should fail take advantage these Money Saving
Ready Sheets beache II yards 2 yards long, wide
hem, regular 65c value, sale at .38C
Pillow beached AZ and IS nh sells regular 1t
loc sale lUC
20 yards Unbeachd Muslin yard wide regular TIC value "a yards
customer for $50
Glass Tweng linen fDh IS inches wide blue and rcd check
80
Halt pure lined regular 6oc aus
Bached Table Linen 70 inches wde ncn satin fnh regular
80. . - go
Manila Duck whte for suits and chdns dresses regular c value
" @~ @~ -.
Dotted SWISS India Lnon and Check Nainsook regular lO value
sale at yard Sc
Flannel Department..
l5 36inch wide Shaker Flannel yard
The best grade light and dark Dating Flannel at yard
.
Nc Feather Ticking at yard -15C
Sal, BED SPREADS.
s225 Cooed Bed speads extra heavy knotted
Mssssles ba. hessy. This yeEy pretty
and will and hold its color to the last 1t has ap
match center Comes and colors Large
$3.50 extra heavy White Spreads
beautiful patterns hemmed ready for
each <dc
The independent., 1904-09-01
FURNITURE.

FEst ertt ~ eft -sfs
We are making tho prices on fur
niture these days. II you buy else
where before coming here you may
be sure you have paid too much. We
are now offering hundreds of sample
pieces at prices that will enable you
to own articles that are desirable and
that heretofore were perhaps beyond
your reach on account of price.
If there is anything in the furni-
ture line that you need, Get Our
Prices Before Buying.
Metal beds. regular price $3.50
nOW.... ........ ......S4 8S
Oak dressers, regular price S7.S5.
now w.,........... b SO
Steel lcouches, regular price 1886,
now ..,..... I'D 8S
Fine veneer seat chair. regular
price 81 80, now. ...........l 90
Upholstered settecs, regular price
W, now. ...... .............4 7S
Fancy chairs. regular price $3.50,
now .......... .e.......,1 1S
A golden opportunity Is now pre-
scented 10 you.
The independent., 1904-09-01
| IN@DRESS GOODS
>~H2We Lead the Vests


Our Fall Stock For QUALITY T and yARI
NESS PRICE its equal has been seen @ in the Vest All the
All and styles SAMPLES SENT FREE CHARGE TO
Address. - -
~fsr AS THIS WEEKS SPECIALS
pieces Novelty Dress Goods worth s5o and 81 98
01C
We will sell Wool Novelties orth t20O $3.50 and $298
1850. .... .
100 pieces fall zbenes worth to $500 yard
90
Sican worth yard IS
$IO0 waIstngs new KIND, at yard 58c
Wasting Moha metacs worth 5c yard at yard
All Wool Ghaes the 75 and 81 90 quality at .40c
~ .sh POPULAR PRICED DRESS GOODS
It1sas Best Goods For the Money in the World II IT.
Strictly Panama Cloth worth ST yard 25c
Strictly Suing worth 81 co yard yard Csc
ali tho shades and black worth
Sicians 40C
Ladies' Cloth worth $l00 yard at yard
Cloth will go yard. 0c
Goods from 25c to Sl98 yard yard 15c, 9c
up to 40C
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-24
WHY IS IT VITAL
TO TWIST FACTS?
QUESTION SUGGESTED BY MAC
CURACIEs IN DUNN ARTICLES.
Pioneer Press Forced to Use Fictitious
Statistics in Endeavoring to Prove
That Dunn Really Didn't Wink at
Timber Trespass-Real Records
Available, but Not suitable

Shameful disregard for facts is
shown in the daily articles Of the
Pioneer Press, lauding the record of
r. G. Dunn, while state auditor.
For instance, today some alleged
statistics are presented on the subject
of timber trespass collections, saying
that they cannot be controV erted.
Every figure is proved wrong by the
official records. The article says that
"$170,000 was collected from trespass-
ers in 624 cases, which was fifteen
times more than the total amount col
lected for trespass on state lands dur
ing the thirty-one years preceding
Mr.. Dunn's administration"
The report OF the public examiner
shows $146,035.54 collected from set
Elements made by Mr.. Dunn The GER
tilted statement Of State Auditor Iver-
son, published elsewhere today, shows
the amount was $146,633.2O. Mr.
Dunns press agent has included the
$17,332.50 collected on settlements by
the pine land Investigating committee,
and added $4,000 more for luck.
The trespass collections by previous
auditors were $62, 362.94. These audi
tors, notoriously lax, working under
an inefficient law, and when tlmDer
values were insignificant, collected
more than 40 per cent as much as Mr..
Dunn during the eight years of indus
trlOuS Cr6SDaSSlnS IIldI IlldIhCo Ilo az
ministration. Instead of collecting
fifteen times as much, Mr.. Dunn col
lected less than two and a half times
as much. .a.
The next statement is that the aver
age price collected for trespass was
$5.15 thousand. To get this inquire
the press agent includes $4,000 col
lected in cases where the timber was
not scaled, and divides the whole
amount by the number of thousand
feet settled on a scale. There IS no
means Of knowing how many million
feet were settled without a scale, or at
what rate a thousand but from many
cases examined it is known that the
rate for these off-hand settlements
was much lower than for the others.
The certificate of State Auditor
Iverson shows that the trespass set
tied on scale was paid for at the av-
erage rate of $3.05 a thousand, o.
1910 less than the average claimed
for Mr.. Dunn by his press agent. Inc
public examiners report gives an aV'
erage rate of 1924 a thousand. The
discrepancy is due to the fact that tn
public examiner has failed to include
In his statement of timber scalee
about 100000 feet, appearing in tn
stumpage books as items scaled II
trespass. This is a slight discrepanc!
in the average, but on either record
that of the examiner or that of tn
uditor-the claim made by MI
Dunn's press agent is ridiculous.