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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
The Remedy Did It
And Not "rhe Right Good
Old Rye She Uses" as Some
Of the Doctors SO Beauti-
fally Express 1t.

Office OF J. D. Sanford, Dealer in Hard
ware, Stoves, ETC., Laurinburg, N g.
MRS PERSON,
Dear Madam:-Abou four years ago
struck my right leg against box and
broke the skin. l used the usual things
prescribed in such troubles. but nothing
did it any good until friend sent me
some of Mrs. Joe Persons Wash which
soon cured it. About twenty-five years
ago l had typhoid fever which settled in
my left leg which made it weak. and i
was swollen more or less all the time
Being in the hardware business 1 struck
it one day about two years ago against
an iron vessel, which broke the SKIN
Feeling my danger I began to take Mrs
ice Persons Remedy and to wash the
sore with the Wash. which soon healed
the hurt place, but my whole leg broke
out and became almost a solid sore from
half way down my leg to the toes My
friends thought l was getting worse AMI
tried to persuade me to stop the Remedy.
knew it was throwing the impurity from
the blood TO the surface, and so l con-
tinued If. altho / got so bad off | was
confined to the house several weeks. Then
the leg began to heal and scabs a quarter
of an inch thick would form and shed
until my leg was entirely cured. 1t can
never be strong as the other leg, but it is
well and my general health is good. In
all took 50 bottles. and there is no cal
culating the good it has done me.
]. D. SANFORD.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
WILL INVESTIGATE THE A. &N. C..
RAILROAD.

Governor Aycock has appointed three
men of ability of probity and reputation
to examine into the affairs of the At
lantic and North Carolina railroad. One
is a lawyer of ability, one an expert prac-
teal railroad man, and another is a sue
cessful and wise merchant They are
well known to the State. People who
know them feel no doubt that they will
make a thorough, complete and searching
examination into the affairs of the road
and report to the Governor its true con-
dition. That is what the Governor wishes
fer his official information and that is
what the people Of the State wish The
commission will soon enter upon their i'm
portant duty and the State will await
their report with confidence that it will
furnish the facts about which there has
been some dispute.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
SAME WAY IN VIRGINIA.

The Norfolk-Virginian says that the true
reason for the increase in freight rates
is due to casue very different from
the one generally accepted. Here is the
reasons assigned by our contemporary:
THE Virginian-Pilot is, however, of
the opinion that this increase is the
petulant and impudent retort of these
railway companies to the successful at
tempt of the State of Virginia to estab
llsh a measure of salutary control over
public service corporations"
Here in North Carolina, since the State
administration determined to enforce prop
er regulations and compel increase of
taxes, some of the railroad bosses have
determined to try to teach the incoming
administration that the only way to have
peace is to take order from the railroads.
That's one secret of why most Of the rail
read gang stood behind McBee and Finch.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
THE NEWS AND OBSERVERS NEW
VOLUME.

! The News and Observer entered upon
strenuous life it was leading caused it
tc fail to mention the important event.
Ordinarily a birthday. after the first ff-
teen or twenty. is no great event. But.
upon the occasion of the last News and
Observer birthday, the editor wished to
express to the more than 5000 subscribers
| to the paper sincere thanks for the
support and confidence which have made
the signal success OF the paper POSSIBLE.
and to welcome into the News and OBJ
server family the more than five hun
dreds new subscribers who have been
drawn to the paper because of its course
with reference to half dozen recent i'm
portsnt questions affecting the honor and
character of the State and its people.
Many letters have been received-not
a few from gentlemen who have not hith-
erto been in sympathy with the general
policy of the paper-expressing warm ap-
prevail and gratitude thst in important
crises, the News anc Observer has KEEP:
the rudder true
To all-old friends and new, but par
ticularly to the Old Guard who have been
staunch supporters of the paper in days
when the tide ran strong egainSt its fin
ancial success-our sincerest obligations
and warm thanks are due. In this con-
nection it will not be deemed immodest
to print the following letter from a sub
scriber who has read the paper every day
during his manhood and whose friendship
and support will ever be among the
pleasantcst recollections in the life OF the
busy editor who pens these lines.
Permit me as layman, but as a
Democrat, who never scratched a ticket
or an Individual who does not hold Of
flee, and who has no political aspirations
Whatever, but one who has the welfare
of the State at heart, as much and as
deep as any man, though he draws
salary and lives at public expense, to ex
press to you personally my deep appre
citation for your zeal, your candor, your
honesty and your fairness as man, and
your perSlstency as an editor or the
greatest daily Democratic paper in North
Carolina, in unearthing, exposing and
publishing the McBee-Finch scandal
Knowing you as I do personally, and
while not at all times agreeing with you,
do believe and have the manhood to
declare, that had it not been for you
ard the News and Observer, the McBee
FiEch fraud upon the State would not
have been so speedily and SO completely
exposed. Being candid. open and honest,
With nothing to conceal from those upon
whose suffrage the success of our party
depends, always trusting the great masses
of the people, you have been, In all your
editorials, open and fair. The News and
Observer is the paper of the people, for
the people. And, Mr.. Daniels, pardon me
for saying to you through your paper
that some time-on some occasion-under
some circumstances, you will be appre
ciated-not in dollars aid III cents-but
in the estimation of the great State OF
North Carolina-through its great COM
mon people-who in the long run make
hist tory"
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sort OF folks whose opinions have any
weight IN the office of that railroad and
trust organ. The Democratic people
would have no respect for their Governor
II he sought such advisers. If he had
listened to the Morning Post and its
bosses. McBee would still have the rail
road, and Federal Judges would be Lords
Paramount over the State administration.
That gang, of which the Post and other
ahti-Democratic papers stood as mouth
pieces, sought to humiliate the Chief
Executive of the State and to make it
possible for any soldier of fortune, who
so desired, to defy the authority of the
State and its highest officers. But,
thanks to fearless and honest press and
an intelligent and liberty-loving people.
the conspiracy failed. Thanks. also to
the belief in fair play, the attempt to be-
smirch the Governor has ended in an ut,
ter rout OF the men who misinterpveted or
nlsrepresented his honorable and mag
unanimous position.
The people of North Carolina are onto"
the game OF the conspirators. If you
see it in the Post, it smells like cigar
cite or puffs like locomotive
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
GRIP STOLE ON PULLMAN.
Salisbury Man Gets lob at St. Louis.
Rail Road Man Promoted.
ESPECIAL to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Salisbury N. c. March ga grip be
longing to Mrs. Samuel Noyes. OF New
York, was stolen from her while a pas
senger on the Pullman which came in from
Asheville Saturday night. Valuables ag-
gregating about SIS were also stolen. The
grip was recovered Sunday by Salisbury
officers, who found it in back lot in this
city with all the contents gone. There Is
no clue as to the guilty party.
Mr.. Earle II. Thompson, son OF Mr.. p.
II. Thompson, of this city, has been mott
fled of his appointment as a member Of
the Jefferson Guards, which will be in
service during the st. Louis Exposition.
The appointment was made on the recon-
mendation of Senator Overman Mr..
Thompson left today for st. Louis to en-
ter upon his duties.
Mr.. w. G Anderson who was formerly
mayor Of Spencer, but who has been in
the Washington offices of the Southern
Railway for the past two ysars, was here
yesterday on his way TO Louisville, KY
where he has been promoted to the posi-
ton Of general foreman.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
WHAT WILL THE PRESS DO?

At the recent Meeting OF the American
fupllshers' Association n resolution was
unanimously adopted calling upon Con-
gross to put paper and all the INGREDIENTS
that are needed in making paper on the
free list.
On Monday, in the Ways and Means
Committee in Washington. Hon. Charnn
Clark, OF Missouri, called up his bill to
place wood pulp, white paper and the in.
gradients thereof on the free list Everv
Democrat on the committee voted for
it: every Republican against it. AS the
Republicans have a majority the bill was
killed. This will be read with regret by all
newspapers. The trust taxes a paper of
the News and Observers circulation over
$1,000 a year, and there is no relief
SIe aking of the matter Mr.. Clark said:
"All the Republican members of the
American Publishers Association are
hereby most cordially and urgently in
vited to train their guns on Serene E.
Payne, chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee and his ten Republi-
can brethren on that committee, and il
they do not do SO they should forever
he Id their peace"
What will the press do? United it could
force the passage of the Clark bill, but
the Republican papers haven't the
"spunk' to ''bucl5 up against the tariff
barcns, and SO we all are robbed together
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
Women Speaking and Consistency
(Lumberton Argus.)


We confess we squrmed when we Sd"
and heard women speaking 50 frequently
III the meeting last week; Dut' sihce II
has occurred to us that consistency III
this respect is as essential as ~ ne
matters. If PauIs decree - 'Iin IN
force. fair Interpretation would render
it condemnatory Of any public speah i,ls
By women; for, evidently, u 10 ~ ii ~
Il shame for woman to appeal ~ .
low-neck dress, before misvei = 80
audienca and recite or sing do = go,
lacy to speak a word for ~ ,o;ao- -
Tile same applies to the eA e.
mixed schools. Then, it benooEg - 'Hgse
OF US who squiIm at the 'olee - W
man in public church SCI ~ ~ No.
consistent and condemn suli.al ard CO
tar-reaching practices else.oct;ces that
we must, else encourage pleI md ,aI, con con
cIude that Paurs language apg,,ea o,is
10 women living under lho
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LET THE LAW TAKE ITS COURSE

The editor of the Charlotte News was
in Raleigh few days ago and i'll CORE
srordencs from this city to his paper re-
views the late attempt of certain conspira-
tors and their allies to deprive the Gov
erEor of the glory of the most signal vic
tory over the States enemies in this
generation.
Concluding the article, the editor voices
what we believe will be the sentiment Of
all fair-min6ed and just mon in North
Carolina. We quote:
THE sentiment is that the law should
be allowed to take its course. Public
opinion would not have approved of any
further prosecution by the administration.
TIE administration took the initiative, as
was right. 1t is not now the adminstra-
tion against McBee and Finch. 1t Is the
State versus McBee and Finch, Is in any
other criminal case. The solicitor has the
mo tier in his own hands. HIS seif-respect
should resent the imputation that a deal
was made, and show that resentment by
an earnest effort to carry out the law.
Let the law take its course
That is the position this paper has
maintained from the minute that McBee
was bound over to the Superior court. Up
to that hour it was the State adEnnistra-
tion,-the executive department represent
ed by the Governor and the Attorney
General-against McBee and Finch. 1t
was the duty of those two officers to I'M
cover the conspiracy against the State.
Having done that and having brought sui
ficient evidence of probable cause to
warrant the Chief Justice in binding Nc
Bee over to the Superior court, the case
was then in the judicial department. of
government. The Governor and Attorney
General had done their duty ard if they
had gone on vigorously conducting the
prosecution outside their duty, the very
men now criticizing them for their mag
nanimity would now be abusing them for
being ''blood-thirsty.''
Now it is "the State VS.. McBee and
Finch as in any other criminal case" Let
them have a fair trial just as other ac-
cused parties, and let justice be done.
And with that all good men will be salts
fed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
GENERAL PAYNE DEAD.
Noted Confederate First Captain OF
the Black Horse Cavalry.
(By the Associated Press }

Washington, March 29-General William
II. Payne, counsel for the Southern
Railway. a distinguished Confederate
officer and commander of the famous
Biack Horse Cavalry at the FIRST battle
OF Full Run, died at his apartments here
today, aged 73 years. He had been in
failing health several years and his death
was due to general breakdown.
General Payne lived at Warrenion, Va,
and practiced law in the Virginia courts
Tor many years. He organized and was
the first captain of the Black Horse
Cavalry, was colonel Of the Fourth Vir-
gina Cavalry and became trigadier
general in 1864, commanding brigade
under General Fitzhugh Lee. General
Payne was three times seriously wounded
in battle.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

1t is such gross miscarriages of justice
as the Tannyhill woman case in Wake
Superior court that cause loss OF conf
dence in the courts. One such miscarriage
IA that does more harm than all the anar-
chsts in the country.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

Of those to whom he wrote. 1t must be
confessed that those who place the lat
ter Interpretation upon Paul's language
are more consistent than we who inter
FRET the words as applying to ali times
and circumstances, yet approve Of women
sreaking III public everywhere else except
in church
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
AS TO ADVISERS.

The Morning Posts objects to the Gov
crncr consulting his friends and objects
to some of his advisers. To be sure. The
only folks thu Post would have the Gov
Southern Railway, the boss of the Cigar
etc Trust and Ex-Governor Russell, all of
whom voted for Mckinley twice and are
hostile to Democracy. They are the only
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
NEGRO MURDERED NEAR KlNST0N
Called TO His Door by Cry of Distress
and Shot as He Opened 1t.
Especial to News and Observer.

Kinston, N. c.. March ga nhone
message from Mewbornes store, SIX niles
from here, states that last night at nine
O'Clock Jonah Mewborne, colored' was
called to his door by an unknown assassin
and shot. The murderer disguised his
voice to initiate that OF child IN els
tress, and when Mewborne opened his
door to so to the assistance OF the sup
posed child. the shot was fired. killing
him almost instantly. No clue is known
ar the present time as to the identity Of
the murderer further than that an enemy
of the murdered man is suspected. Coro~
ner Wooten went TO the scene today ana
will institute a thorough Investigation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHOSE OK
IS CORED.

Columbia State
Senator Germans criticism of President
Roosevelt for letting down the bars" has
recalled the tine when Roosevelt as chair
man of the civil service commission, then
an ardent civil service reformer, pitched
into the Maryland Senator as a spokesman.
1t makes all the difference in the world
whose OK is gorcd
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

Senator Burton will appeal. Unless the
verdict is reversed, he will have to pay
fine of $4,000 and be imprisoned two
years. Will he wear stripes? 1t is sad
rejection upon our courts of justice, but
who believes that the Senator will be
punished as if he were plain everyday
criminal?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
LET US HOPE so.

Durham Herald.
II that committee tells the truth Judge
Syawne should be kicked out OF Office
without ceremony. AS as rule there is no
way OF getting at o Federal oiice-holder
in the South, but this may prove an ex-
ception.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
Lumber Schooner in Distress.
(special to News and Observer1

Beaufort, N. c., March 29.-The schoon-
er William Churchill, Capt. Byrnes, load
ed with lumber at Georgetown bound for
New York, encountered heavy gale,
which shifted the cargo and part of the
deck load was lost The vessel put into
Cape Lookout cove and it is leaking bad
ly. 1t viii have to be towed to its desti-
nation and has wired for assistance The
crew are all safe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

1t is to be hoped that the news from
Arkansas is not true. 1t would be ca
term of Davis as Governor. He is the
worst of the tribe of Governors. Besides
him ''Bloody to the Brides Waite" in
Colorado was q gem.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

If the New York State convention,
which meets April 18th, instructs for Par
ker, The Constitution VIII urge the De
mocracy OF other States TO take that as
the cue for the party's national action, on
the basis that New York can better eX-
press the sentiment OF that State than
outsiders can fer it.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
FUNNIEST PART Or THE PLAY

The New Bern Daily Journal laughs at
The ridiculous charge that the people OF
New Bern were anxious to lynch ex-Re-
ceiver McBee. Of course they were glad
of that little prefix Elk But that any
sane paper should have swallowed that
hoax and written its solemn protest is
one of the funniest things about the bust
ness.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

The latest Massachusetts, man who un-
dertook to lecture the South on its atti-
tude toward 1.-THE negro was effcctually
called down by Hon. Claude Kitchin.
These Kitchin boys are always ready and
the man who tries to handle them is
soon glad to give up the job.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

Sorrows come not as single SPIES"
The very day that Finch, of Wireless
Telegraphy fame, was bound over to
Wake Superior court, the property of the
Wireless Telegraphy Company at Manteo
tered to qualify under bond and stay
execution. His request was denied.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

We are ready to give General Miles a
certificate as good letter writer, but we
cannot support him for public Office. He
seems to have been DeweyiZed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

Mr.. VIM. c. Woener has severed his
connection with the Asheville Citizen
Company, and is succeeded by Mr. Robert
s. Jones, an experienced newspaper man
from Indiana. Mr.. Jones becomes secre-
tary and treasurer and business manager
Of the Citizen, and is quite an acquisition
to that able and sterling newspaper.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

AS a result Of the meeting which closed
last Thursday, thirty-fve members are
added to the Methodist church. We %
not know the number that Will connect
themselves with the other churches
Lumberton Argus.
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Spirit of the Press.
DANGER AHEADi
Durham Herald.

DUi nam Herald.
II Finch and McBec do not handle the
last part OF the affair better tran they
did the first they will land in The peni-
Tertiary sure.
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A MORNING TONIC.
ca. Bronson Alcott.)

An age deficient in ideaiism has ever
been one of instability and superficial at
tainment, since without the sense OF
ideas, nobility of character becomes OF
rare attainment, if possible.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
STATE NEWS.

The Lumberton Argus has changed to
a semi-weekly. 1t is an up-to-date paper
and is progressive and bright.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30
Political Chat.

Hon. w. w. Kitchin, who was in Raj
eigh yesterday, thinks that the Democrats
have very good chance of electing the
President this year if they act wisely.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

Letters have been received from all
oNe- the district urging that Mi. W. h.
Odell to enter the race for the Democratic
Congressional nomination. Many people
see IN Mr.. Odell the strongest man yet
named for the position. He is a man OF
character and ability, a man of known
business qualifications, a public spirited
man and a Christian gentleman. lie has
not yet announced his decision as to be-
coming a candidate, but his many friends
here and elsewhere hope ne will consent TO
make the race.-Concord Times.
Writing of Judge Parkers availability,
Judge Roger a. Pryor, says:
"unhesitatingly l am Tor Judge Parker.
He is the strongest candidate who could
BE- named. That he could carry New
York 1 haven't the slightest doubt. In
MY opinion, he is the only Democrat who
could positively carry 1t.
Il speak of Judge Parker's running
strength in this State from personal
knowledge / had considerable to DO with
the campaign in which he was elected to
his present office and III that campaign
I had ample opportunities to see how
veiy strong he was personally with all
T he voters
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

One Of the earnest and influential advo-
Gates of the nomination of Judge Parker
for the Presidency says OF him: He
does not represent the past factional
fights of his party. His nomination, there
fore, would be a challenge to any but Re
publicans" That is an argument OF no
little weight and moment. In measuring
the availability of candidate two things
are to be considered before all others.
They are, first the effect of the nomina
ton upon his own party; second, the ef-
fect upon the other party. There is no
element OF Democratic division and dis
cord IN the candidacy of Judge Parker.
lie has been Democrat all his life. but
has never taken part in any factional
quarrel.-New York Times.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30

NO GLOSS CARRIAGE PAINT MADE.
will wear as long as Devoe's. No others
are as heavy bodied, because Devoe' S
weigh to s ounces more to the pint.
Sold by Hart-Ward Hardware Co.