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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-13
THE ELKINS SUBTERFUGE.

Senator Elkins, whose committee
had the hearing last spring with ref
erence to railroad rates, has called a
| special meeting of his committee to
| frame a government rate control bill
| What does this mean? Some people
that legislation is inevitable, have
surrendered. Others-and they are
nearer right-think it means that Mr.
| Elkins is going to try to secure the
passage of a bill that sounds very
good but that will be impOtent to
give relief to the shippers. The Stand
| ard Oil bank folks, who own many
railroads as we'll as most of the earth
give it out that $50 complex" a sub
ject can hardly be disposed of at the
coming session of Congress.
All depends upon the President
The country is divided as to what to
expect from him. Some say he will
refuse all the offers to emasculate the
bill and use every power he can COM
mand to pass the Esch-Townsend bill
as it passed the House. If he does
| with his prestige increased by late
events. the bill will go through the
! Senate. But it is doomed to failure
| or emasculation unless Mr.. Roosevelt
| is resolved for it to pass and lets it
| be understood that the administration
| is behind it. There are thocc who do
not believe the president will throw
| himself behind the measure with
enough force to secure it's passage, and
they cite these facts as indicating d
| lack of zeal on his part: Last year
| he said he would call an extra ses-
sion of Congress in August to pass it,
| then the extra session was postponed
successfully to September October
and November, and now we hear moth
ing of an extra session. 1t would
have been difficult to defeat or sid
track or weaken the bill in an extra
session. In a regular session, Elkins
and SpOoner could steer the railroad
regulation upon shoals so dextrousiy
as to make few suspect that it hau
been run aground. And that is the
course that will be pursued, if the
bill is not passed as a skeleton with
all the good provisions taken from ii.
unless Mr.. Roosevelt saves the day.
Will he do it? Or, having made his
record straight will he let the Sena-
tors from Railroadville kill or MAIN
the most important measure of his
administration?
The American people are aroused
in favor of legislation of this char
acter. If this Congress refuses to give
relief, they will make it the great is
sue until it is settled right. If Mr..
Roosevelt can force an unwilling Re
publican Senate to pass the bill, it
VIII give him a position higher than
any President has attained in a quar-
ter of "a century. but if he fails, help
and deliverance will come from an
other quarter" and rate regulation
may be the issue upon which the uni
ted Democracy will win the election
in 1908.
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death at ordinary farm work and its
appurtenances. / have told him to re-
strain his 1mpetuOSity at work many
times, but 1t did no good, except to
have him say, Uncle, it is a pleasure
to me to work. | will finish this job
and provide a certain good support
for my folks and then mark time, old
army fashion, He was six feet two
and a half inches high; his forefinger
was nigh about as big as a hoe
handle. and his grip was as keen as
wake-robin. His length of limb was
the best to be found. 1t is said of
George Washington that ne wore a
No. Is shoe and could throw a silver
dollar across the Potomac river at
Mount Vernon. Money must have
gone further them days than now.
There was one recreation my dear
nephew would have at any cost: When
the great reunions of Confederales
held their exercises, to acclaim ane W
the precious memories which fill our
hearts, he started day ahead and
got fixed before the boys arrived. He
saw everything to be seen, from the
latest piece of machinery to a watch
guard.
He was a splendid example of
robust citizen. He had capacity for
useful actions and knowledge of small
things. Yet he overdid his strength.
When out Of the field he was in his
shop. His idea was that a change If
work rested him.
Never did a kinder heart inhdbit
the human breast. No sentiment of
hostility stood him at bay with mortal
man. If he had begun life rich his
record as philanthropist would have
been immortal A tramp passing his
way got roundly abused and we'll
fed.
They laid him away wrapped in the
Confederate uniform. | shall miss him
more in the brief period left me than
any living man. He had no secrets
when talking to me. He was sincere
and truthful. He should have died
hereafter"
p II RIIN n ErTrT
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NOT \ RECEDING WAVE.

Four elections on the temperance
question have been held in North Car
DINA during the past month and the
temperance men won every time ex-
cept one. In that instance, the vote
was tie, and the final outcome was a
victory over the saloon.
Those people who imagined that
the temporary temperance wave would
shortly recede are learning that il is
not a receding wave, but is growing
steadily stronger in volume and in
power. The youngest child now liv
ing will be q gray-bearded old man
before intoxicants are permitted to
be manufactured or sold in any rural
district in North Carolina. That prin-
ciple is as settled as the suffrage
amendment to the constitution. AS to
the towns, the day of saloon DONNA
ton is ended in all except a few, and
their days are numbered OF course
there will be alternate victories in the
larger towns. the saloon sometime Civ
ing way to a dispensary or prohibition
and sometimes a community will re-
turn to the saloon, but even the re-
turn will be followed by more strn.
gent regulations and better conditions
The wave does not recede.
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CARD FROM MAYOR OF CREED
MOOR.
He Makes a Statement With, Regard
to Notices of a Mortgage Sale.

To the Editor: Seeing your piece IN
the paper about the mayor of Creed
moor being arrested, | hope that you
will correct one or two statements. me
man that did the advertising was mad
with the mayor on account of line
being put on him for obStructing a
street. He and blacksmith took a
mortgage on a negro's buggy over in
Durham county. Scarcely any one
knew of any such negro. There were
not half dozen men in Creedmoor
who knew any such man except the
mayor, and it was causing quite a
sensation in and around Creedmoor.
Your piece in the paper would infer
that the negro lived in Creedmoor, the
truth of the matter being that he lived
in another county, and the notices
were written not in accordance with
claim and delivery papers, note or
mortgage, for all of these specified
Claude Lyon, colored. 1t was proved
on trial that the notices were not legal
notices as you stated in your paper.
The whole thing was done through
malice to this mayor" on account of
a fine put on one of the parties, B. G.
Rogers, for obstructing the streets. A.:
soon as notices were put up in this
indefinite manner the mayor went to
one of the parties, and he promised
him on his word that he would change
it, but the other man refused to agree
to a change. The man had never given
a chattel mortgage in his life. All this
was done before any notices were torn
down You will do me, the mayor OF
Creedmoor, a great favor to correct
the mistake.
CLAUDE Z. LYON,
Mayor of CreedmoOr.
September II, 1905.
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and patient investigation and the love
of truth.
/ hope / can without Boosting claim
that the Southern boy with whom |
work illustrates the dignity and
strength of this American trait, wheth-
er he issues from the old stock,
sobered and dignified by sacrifice and
suffering, or the new, throbbing with
opportunity and privilege. He has
had acquaintance with the philosophy
of defeat, and this acquaintance has
wrought for him the miracle of
strength, of courage, and of simplicity.
He is a good political animal. He
wants to serve the State. and | cam
not shake off the belief that in some
hour of national peril and disaster,
when there is need of men of pure
heart and steadfast soul, the whole
country will turn thitherWard for sue
cor as it did in the early days when
cid John Adams called for George
Washington and put the sword of
righteous revolution in his hand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-13

The refusal of the Board of Alder
men to order an election on the For
Saloons petition because it did not
contain one-third of the registered
voters who could participate in the
election if called, was certainly the
proper course to pursue. There is no
good reason why a man living i'm d
town should be permitted to call an
election unless he is qualified to take
part in such election. He has no
more moral right to put the city to
the expense of an election than il he
lived in some other city. If men,
not qualified to vote, can call an cleo
ton, dishonest registrars could pad the
books so as to compel an election in
opposition to the wishes of the men
who have right to vote.
The provision of the Watts act with
never been construed by the courts,
and inasmuch as there are three con-
structions made by able lawyers, it is
plain to the lay mind that the law is
ambiguous and need judicial con-
struction or legislative amendment
The three theories held are:
1. That the petitioners Must present
the names of one-thhird of the names
on the registration books at the pre-
ceding municipal election and that
the aldernen cannot touch the books,
but must require one-third of the
names; to be on the petition. That view
is Held by one of the most learned
Judges in the State and other able
lawyers.
2 That the board should revise the
list now as of the first of May, remOv-
ing the names of all parties dead or
removed and then calling the election
if one third of the number of names
on the purged registration books ask
for the election, even though they
could not vote i'm the election if
called.
g. That the board should purge the
registration books of all persons not
qualified to vote on May list, and re-
quire a petition of one-third of the
registered voters who have qualified
themselves by paying their poll-tax
The last is the course pursued by
the board of aldermen and approved
by not a few of the ablest lawyers
i'm the State. 1t is important that the
matter shall be settled SO that all
doubt may be removed as to who can
petition for an election. If person
may petition for an election and Sc
cure it. who cannot vote in the cleo
ton when called, that will be an
anomaly in our system of govern
ment.
The temperance people in Raleigh
desire no technical advantage. They
have stood and will stand upon their
legal rights, and will not consent to
waive them.
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TRUCKERS MUST BE PROTECTED

That is a good piece of news that
the refrigerator cars are to go out of
business if they are to be regarded
as common carriers, which is another
way of saying that they will continue
to carry strawberries and truck if the
shipper takes all the risk for negll-
gence, but that they will not keep on
if they have to pay for the loss OF
berries delivered in bad condition.
The railroads can arrange to pro-
vide refrigerator cars and give good
service without depending on the re-
frigerator car trust. One thing is GER
tain: as long as the cars carry truck
they must be governed by the same
rules as govern railroads or other
common carriers. Nothing else is
right and the public will acquiesce In
nothing less.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-13
MORNING TONIC.
Geo. McDonald.)

You want to be true. and you are
trying to be. Learn these two things
never be discouraged because good
things get on slowly here, and never
fail daily to do that good which lies
next to your hand. Do not be in a
hurry, but be diligent. Enter into the
sublime patience of the Lord. Be
charitable i'm view of it. God can
afford to wait; why cannot we, since
We have him to fall back upon? Let
patience have her perfect work, and
bring forth her celestial fruits. Trust
to God to weave your thread into a
great web. though the pattern shows
it not vet.
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Repeal the Fifteenth Amendment.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
The negro in politics in this country
since 1865 is too lidicrous for opera
bouffe, and it would be the most
laughable thing imaginable if there
was not vein of the pathetic in it.
He was the ward of the nation and
set in dominion over the race to which
he had just been subject HIS rule
was farce and tragedy, and the
history Of it the sternest arraignment
Of the Republican party civilization
has yet brought.
And forty years later all the efforts
of the G.. O. p. at the South are ito
rid themselves of the negro and the
lily white. The thing will go from
bad co worse until the Republican
party has a lucid interval as to this
phase of our political and social prob
lens, and sets about the repeal of the
fifteenth amendment
That would not settle the question,
but it would open the way to settle
ment. 1t would be great improve
ment on this lilly white" movement
less hypocrisy in it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-13

At the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce last night. by rising vote,
the thanks of the Chamber were tend
cred to MIR. George Allen for his ten
years of faithful and useful service,
and a committee was named to select
token to be given to Mr.. Allen in
recognition of his service as Secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Allen has won the gratitude of
the Chamber and the people of Raj
eigh by his devotion to the city's
highest interests. and this evidence of
appreciation was both handsome and
deserved
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-13
The Policy Holders Pay the Freight
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
Nothing so clearly exposes the in
justice of salary tendencies in life in
surance as the case of young John G.
Mc''a!l, secretary of the New You X
| lie company He is the son of the
PRESIDENT of ice company, is only about
thirty years old and six years out of
college; yet he is paid $4,000 a year
"a salary in excess of the average
drawn by men of the ripest experience
and demonstrated success who hold
leading positions of responsibility and
direction in the financial, manufac-
turing and transportation corporations
of the country Much has been said
in justification of the payment of
100000 to the presidents of the large
life companies, but here we have the
real ground of defense. 1t rests upon
the assumption that youths just out
of college are worth $4,000 year
when engaged in this business, and if
that is the case then, of course, the
grown men of experience at the head
of the company are worth 500, Coo
and only then.
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Relating Goes on All the Time.
pringfield Republican.


Secretary Bonaparte may be held
responsible for the platform of the
Maryland Republican State conven-
ton. He presided, and was recognized
as the controlling spirit, as we'll as the
official representative of the Presi-
dent. The platform, in its savage at
tack on the Poe disfranchisement
amendment, is not most excellent. In
rhetorical style and logical force Ii
breathes the Bonaparte spirit and
acumen. In one particular only does
the platform show a tendency to COM
promise with popular prejudices. and
that is where it says that the Repub-
lican party of the State OF Maryland
favors no social equality among the
races; faVorS no negro domination
over the white people here or else
where 1t must be assumed that Mr..
Bonaparte felt compelled to accept
that declaration by the exigencles Of
the State situation, which is undoubt-
eddy "touchy" concerning social equal
ity.0
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Ointment on the Branches While the
TPCrl!E is Rotten.
Monroe Journal.

"The curse of the age is the money
standard that we have set up as the
measure of success" said a man the
other day whose profession brings him
in contact with every phase of life,
1.-The mad rush for money, the count
ing OF everything as naught if it does
not pile up dollars, the sacrificing OF
everything to personal aggrandlZe-
ment. The same thing is rotting the
foundations of our political life. The
idea of public service on the part OF
public men has given way to the de-
sire for personal gain, and selfishness
has. taken the place of patriotism
These words are true. They do not
mean that there are no honest men
in public life-God forbid-but they
do mean that public careers are no
longer sought as channels of patriot
ism and honor, but as means to the
common end of the times: personal
power and gain. The gain may be
the mere salary attached to the place;
or it may be the cower that gives the
opportunity to MAKE money. What
ever it is the result has become the
same. That result is the desire for
popularity rather than service. The
sails are trimmed for reelection, and
everything is subordinated to this.
There is no leadership. All this goes
back to the root of the evil. AS in the
days of Solomon, so it is today; the
love of money-not money itself-is
the root of all evil. AS long as our
chief question is, What is he worth p
instead of what he is, so long will the
proposed remedies for evils be mere
SuperficialtieS, ointment on the
branches when the trunk is rotten.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-13

Aguinaldo has been arrested again,
charged with having aided the
ladrones. The report says "Aguinaldo
was challenged to prove otherwise
In America a man is considered inno-
cent until his guilt is proved. II
seems that we impose the burden of
proving innocence upon our subjects
That's worse than King George.
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Chips OFF the Old Block.
Springfield Republican.

William Rayner, son of Senator
Rayner, of Maryland, is seeking the
Democratic nomination for a seat ii
the House of Delegates from Baiti-
more. Senator German already mas
son in the Maryland Legislature. If
young Rayner should succeed, each
of the United States Senators from
Maryland will have family represcn-
tative in, the Legislature to keep their
fathers posted on the ms and outs of
State politics.
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A MODEL OBITUARY.

Judge Risden Tyler Bennett won
honor and fame on the field of bat
tie, at the bar, on the bench on the
huStngs, in the halls of Congress. He
seldom appears now in public except
in his large practice at Wadesboro, but
now and then he puts his pen to pa
per to tell of the useful life of some
friend who has passed away. and his
occasional obituaries are models of
sincerity and originality. In the last
issue of the Wadesboro Messenger and
Intelligencer Colonel Bennett pays a
tribute to kinsman that will be read
with pleasure by all who value the
literature that nothing extenuatcs."
1t is as follows:
Judge Benefits Tribute to the Late
j. c. Cox.
The sudden death Of James CALVIN
Cox, from an apoplectic flt, at the
house of his son. TYLER, August 21th
is severe loss to his family ar
friends and takes away forever a clt.-
zen who earned something every year
and put it by in land or lots as al
insurance against the instability OF
fortune and retreat when caIc''la-
tons failed and the current ran tc
the other side.
He was the son of Gavin Cox and
his wife, Polly, both of whom are Ions
since dead.
James Calvin Cox was the only mir
have known who worked himself t.
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There is no sounder principle in the
world than that unless a man can
vote i'm an election he ought to have
no voice in calling it. If a non-voter
who happens to get on the registra-
ton book can call an election in
which he cannot participate, what
protection have voters? What supe-
rior rights have men who pay poll
tax?
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Are You Sure Mr.. Duke Knew 1t?

Last November Mr.. J. B. Duke.
president of the American Tobacco
Company, took unto himself a Sec
ond wife, divorced woman who is
said to be we'll off in this worlds goods,
and now he has filed suit for divorce,
alleging the usual cause Her previous
husband was granted divorce for
the same cause and Mr.. Duke knew
it, for the big yellows in New York
published every line Of the stckening
mess and Mr.. Duke can read. The
woman in the case may be unchaste,
but if Mr.. Duke married her with full
knowledge, he should be made to live
with her the balance of his natural
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life. But he will get the divorce ana
perhaps the woman don't care if he
does. Mr. Duke went off to Europe
and left a detective to shadow her
and of course there was something
doing. This was not Mr.. Dukes sec
ond marriage, but his first plunge
Editor.
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President Morton, of the Equitable.
says he has already cut down expenses
100000 a year. which is equal to four
per cent on an investment of $4,000
OO0 Has he reduced the cost of in
surance or increased the dividends to
question.
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The Atlantic Coast Line knew II
was negligent and has been making
hay while the sun was shining. II
has had agents settling claims in East
ern North Carolina every day since the
awful calamity near Norfolk
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-13

If the great insurance companies
had paid moderate salaries and prac-
t;sed economy. it would not have fail
ed to cheaper insurance and increase
dividends to policy-holders.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-13

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic drives out malaria and
builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 81 years. Price SO cents
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Figures may not lie but the correct
ones seldom stand for a WOmans age
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The Baltimore Medical College

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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA.


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Nursing Mothers and Malaria.

September II, 1905.
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HANDSOME AND DESERVED.

r. II. BENNETT