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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
BOTH TOTE FREE PASSES.

The railroad organs in the country
have been rejoicing over the testimo-
ny of two North Carolina manufac-
turers who have been to Washington
City (they probably travelled on free
passes) to tell the Senate Committee
that the manufacturers and shippers
i'm North Carolina did not wish any
legislation such as President Roose-
vel urged in his message or the DEM
ocratic National Convention demand
ed in the platform upon which Judge
Parker ran for President in 1904.
1t turns out that the brother of Mr..
Cone has been made a director of a lit
tie branch of the Southern Railway
since his earnest fight for freight re-
duction ten years ago. Why did he
flop?
1t turns out also that Mr.. Elwood
Cox, the High Point banker, who hur-
ried to Washington Con free pass,
too?) to urge the Senate to disregard
President Roosevelt's recommendation.
is also a director in one of the subsid-
larry railroads of the Southern Rail-
way. And not long ago Mr.. Cox
thought government authority ought
to prevent high rates.
Up to date no shipper or wholesale
man in North Carolina, who does not
tote Southern Railway pass. has felt
called upon to go to Washington to
protest against the possibility of rate
reduction. Do you reckon Mr.. Cone
and Mr.. Cox would have gone ten years
ago. before they were made direc-
tors?
Elsewhere we publish communi-
cation from one of the best known
and honestest men in Piedmont North
Carolina, called forth by the strange
testimony of Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Cone =
testimony that does violence to the
sentiment of nine-tenths of the people
of North Carolina We hope every
one of the fifty thousand readers of
this paper will give that communica-
ton a careful reading. 1t suggests a
state of affairs that demands correc-
ton and points out a probable situa-
ton that has not been generally known
in North Carolina. The prevalence of
evils in pass toting and the like in
North Carolina: the increase in freight
rates ohgmost shiperssalld ness ary9im-
{. position of aSheapg burden oM allscen
surriersa and the Viz lationf of tlie5gf free
passS1asv by pdblic officials thesesa
other ike evIlssdemandSto be Femedied
T unless North Carolina is to continue
to be under vassalage to Transports
ton monopolies.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
OUT OF THE GLOOM
w. S. Townsend Writes a
Happy Story.
Subject the Source of Qualification to
Friends and Family of Popular
Man.

The friends of Mr. W. S. Townsend
of Maxton, will be pleased to read
the following letter which he has writ
ten with the hope that it will be OF
help to others:
over one year ago 1 took the Kelley
Treatment at Greensboro. n. G. Not
one moment have l regretted my
course l was diseased, diseased with
liquor Peruna, or any other old stuff
that produced that crazy feeling. l
am we'll of it now, and have been for
over a year l have no desire for it,
nor have l had since l took the Treat
ment.
am very proud indeed that I took
the Kelley Treatment at Greensboro,
for it has saved my life and has Kept
me from a drunkard'S grave. My
restoration has been a great gratifica-
ton to my family and friends. / tried
to cure myself at home; and my
friends tried to cure me with various
liquor cures, but all to no effect. There
is only one cure and that is DR.. Kee-
ley's Cure.
With such a desirable and attractive
place as the Keeley Institute at
Greensboro, N. c., and the kind atten-
ton of it's officers and attendants, |
shall ever have i'm my heart tender
place for all connected with it,
D. w. TOWNSEND.
Maxton, n. c.. Oct. 1. 1904.
Send names of friends who might
be benefited to Kelley Institute,
Greensboro. N. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

Winona. Miss, has made contract
for year with twenty-five weavers
at New Bedford, Mass, to come down
and work at two dollars day, to be
followed by seventy others. 1t is
doubtful whether cotton mills will be
as successful in Mississippi and other
States III the far South as in North
Carolina. The climate is so oppressive
in the summer that comparatively
few will wish to be confined in cotton
mills when they can get work in the
open air.
The cotton mill men, once having
an offer of labor in plenty, are now
competing for labor. Some of the
speakers advocated getting French
Canadians, others wanted Italians. But
all agreed that more labor must be
had or the business would go back
ward or remain at a stand still.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
THE LABOR QUESTION ACUTE.

For some years there has been a
growing complaint because of the
lack of farm labor in North Caro-
lima. The depression and low prices
of 1894 drove many families from the
farms to the cotton mills. In most in
stances these families in the long run
would have done as we'll in the coun-
try and the children would have
grown more robust from healthful
outdoor work. But in some instances
the change was beneficial. However,
the mills prospered then at the ex-
pense of the farms. Five cent cotton
was a good thing for the mills; it was
ruinous to the farm. So it is clear
that the interest of the cotton grow
Ell and cotton manufacturer is not
always identical.
No new labor has come into North
Carolina to go into the many new
mills that have been built within the
past ten or fifteen years. The labor
has been drawn from the farms. That
portion of the farm labor that could
be induced to move to the mills is
about exhausted, and at the Cotton
Manufacturers Association at Knox
Vile this week, the question that gave
most difficulty was the same one that
confronts the cotton farmer: Where
can we get labor? A cotton mill in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
"DIRECTOR" cox DON'T KNOW
IT ALL.

When one or two men, riding on
free passes, journey to Washington
and arrogate to themselves the right
to speak for the people of North Car
DINA, the people are apt to ask them
to show their credentials and to state
by what authority they speak.
When j. Elwood Cox, of High
Point. a director III a branch of the
Southern Railway, went to Washing
ton to protest against the pending
rate legislation. he was widely herald
ed as manufacturer of furniture and
about the fact that he is a director
of the branch line of the Southern
Railway and as such totes a pass on
the Southern system Commenting on
his position, the Greensboro Telegram
says:
"Mr. G1wood Cox talks very plausi-
bly, about High Point and freight
rates, but wonder If he could con-
vince Mr.. Roosevelt that government
supervfsion is not needed The Press
'ident8is woe fully iglioTtrftS 4 eli Ma Cox
is right in ing 4 hat lie Ftifiscsi DIS
cali9 he sdeii6ndedf ont to do justice to
tolle$ and@an Mr.. fCoxais in flifectfeon-
ffptt with both the Presidentsandl Sec
Notary Tafe,s
1t is probable that Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Taft know as much about the
needs of the country as Mr.. Cox.
1t is certain that his view does not
represent the opinion of the ship
pors, manufacturers ana business men
in North Carolina, and ii is manifest
that he is looking through railroad
glasses when he says "the railroads
can be depended on to dc justice To
one and all" They can be depended
on to raise freight rates on the prin-
cipie of "all the traffic can bear, >
scatter passes where they will help
them most, and postpone adequate
service as long as possible.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
NORTH CAROLINA HAS n
REMEDY.

If the committee investigating the
affairs of the Equitable resolves itself
into white washing concern. or does
like most investigating committees
and if the New York State Insurance
Commissioner declines to take proper
action, then North Carolina has a
law that if invoked would turn on
the light" Section 13 of the Insur-
ance Laws of North Carolina gives
the Insurance Commissioner power to
examine any domestic company per
sonally or by deputy" and he is thus
given power to examine foreign COM
panies in the same section of that
act:
whenever he deems it prudent for
the protection of policy-holders in this
State he shall in like manner visit
and examine or cause to be visited
and examined by some competent per-
son or persons he may appoint for
that purpose, any foreign insurance
company applying for admission or
already admitted to do business by
agencies in this State, and such COM
pany shall pay the proper charges
incurred
ing the expenses of the commissioner
or his deputy and the expense and
compensation of his assistants en-
ploYed therein. For the purpose
aforesaid the commissioner or his
deputy or persons making the eX-
animation shall have free access to
all the books and papers of the in
surance company that relate to its
business, and to the books and papers
kept by any of its agents, and may
summon and qualify as witnesses
under oath and examine the directors,
officers agents and trustees of any
such company and any other persons,
in relation to it's affairs, transactions
and condition"
Last week Mr.. Folk, State Insur-
ance Commissioner of Tennessee and
other State Commissioners, held a
conference in New York to determine
whether they ought to make an in
vestigation. They determined not to
do SO at this time, but to wait the re-
port of the committee now making
the investigation. After that COM
mittee has reported, it may be neces-
sary for North Cardinals Insurance
Commissioner, in company with
other State Commissioners. to make
a fair investigation and give the pub
lie an unbiased report. 1t is well for
policy-holders that there is such a
law. 1t ought not to be often in
voked, for it imposes a heavy ex-
pense on the company but if the
present committee uses a white-wash
brush it will be necessary for North
Carolina to protect it's citizens by go
ing to the bottom of the Equitable
scandal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
THE PRESIDENT HAS NO POWER
Caleb Powers Was Convicted In The
State Courts of Kentucky.

To the Editor: A friend of mine is
under the impression that President
Roosevelt has the power to grant a
pardon to Caleb Powers, of Kentucky
who is under death sentence for COM
pIicity in the murder of Governor
Goebel. / have taken issue with my
friend on this proposition, my opinion
being that only the Governor of Ken
lucky has the right to pardon Pow
ers.
Will you kindly inform me through
the columns of the News and Observer
whether or not ] am right in my con-
tention? Your attention will be great
ly appreciated. Yours truly,
JAMES z. CARRAWAY.
Waynesville, n. c., May 10, 1905.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

vorable impression upon our people
with his strict business methods and
the impartial manner in which he
holds the balances OF justice. his
charge to the grand jury was able,
terse, and interesting. punctuated with
flashes of wit, but withal strong. con-
sentative and dignified. He laid spe-
cial stress on the pistol-toting and ci-
garette habits. and the evil of the
whiskey traffic. especially it's illegal
phase. He admitted that "sperits' are
a good medicine, but added that it
were better for the husbands to allow
their wives to administer the doses.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
Spirit of the Press
Freight Rates.

Greensboro Telegram.
Prominent citizens of Guilford have
told the Senate Committee on Inter
State Commerce that there is no occa-
sion for any change in existing freight
rates. These gentlemen are very large
shippers. 1t becomes at once appar-
ent, therefore, that their testimony
sheds no new light. The large ship
per has all along, as a rule, appeared
very we'll pleased with the rates. The
small shipper is not. There is the
same ground for crediting that small
shipper with sincerity that there is
for crediting the large shipper with
sincerity w And sthe} smaIl4shipper,, the
rank and files3 ofks}lippers, ave might
say, are Thoroughly u. dispIeased with eN-
listing tfreigllt rates. s60ur %seXperience
with |ANil5lessifeg groeeps here, lilasiede-
monstrated this factfsto our satisfac-
ton. Being Einterestedsms the develop
ment of the 3town, we noWz and then
feel constrained to ask our wholesale
merchants particularly those who
have opened up in recent years, how
they are getting along. The reply IS
that the wholesale business of Green's
boro is handicapped by unfayorable
freight rates. Only a short time ago
we recounted the experience of con-
Germ which, having moved from here
to Baltimore, found that it could ship
from there to North Carolina points
to better advantage than it could from
Greensboro when it was located mere
We don't pretend to know a thing in
the world about freight rates. At the
same time, if the contention that some
towns are Disseminated against in ia
Vor of others is absolutely grOundleSS
and ilde, the public ought to be con-
WINGED that such is the fact. and in
asmuch as they are. as far as we are
able to judge, entirely mistaken in
their conviction the conclusion is
forced that there must be some very
strong reasons for the strenuous COM
nlaints which are being set UP.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
The Solace OF Age.
beth City Economist.

EIIZdDUII OIIy LCOIIUIIIIsI.
The News and Observer of Thurs
day has an interesting discussion of
the advantages of a college education.
in which it presents the benefits of a
college education in a forcible manner
Brother 10 is a young man and con-
sequently knows little from his own
experience, and therefore naturally
omits it's blessing to old age. Next to
domestic ties there is no tie in human
life that is closer. tenderers or more
sacred than college Eeompanionshfp. It's
pleasant memories are the solace of
age.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
A PLEASANT INCIDENT.

Not long ago the Nashville Graphic
lost its press and fixtures by fire. 1t
is easily one of the best county news
papers in the State. growing weekly III
usefulness. The loss was a very heavy
one to Editor Lincke. who had no
adequate insurance. 1t is very graft
flying to know that the far-sighted.
appreciative and public spirited citi-
Zens of Nashville have given Mr..
Lincke a modern press as a token OF
their appreciation of the good work
he has done for their town and every
good cause through the columns of his
paper.
The generous gift to a deserving
man is pleasant incident in world
where good people too often fail to APP
preciate the importance of substantial
evidences of friendship when an UNI
foreseen calamity befalls fellow-citi-
zen Mr.. Lincke deserved we'll of his
people and their substantial token of
appreciation will enable him even
more to advance the best interests OF
the county seat in Nash. The Incl
dent speaks we'll for editor and people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
IT ALWAYS HELPS

An ailment like consump-
ton that has been months
and years getting a foothold
cannot be relieved in a week
or day. SCOTS Emulsion
will always afford relief and
often cure, but not over night.
The consistent use of SCOTS
Emulsion will positively help
the consumptive at any
stage of the disease. We
guarantee nothing beyond
this, but we know that right
living and SCOTS Emulsion
have done more to cure con-
sumption than anything else.
Scott & Bovine, 400 Pearl ST., New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
Retail Prices.

A righteous decision is of no value
to the people unless it forces the
trust to quit practicing extortion. Now
that you have the decision, Mr.. Presi-
dent, instruct your law officers to run
amuck" and give the people relief
from the wicked trust. The Houston
(Texas) Post voices the real senti-
ment when it says:
THE people would like for the
man who does things to do things,
and get results. Treatises on the ups
and downs OF the packing houses do
not reduce the price of meat
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

Mr. J. Elwood Cox, who opposes
giving the Interstate Commerce Com
mission the power to break up the
transportation monopoly at High Point
and elsewhere. is a director of the
High Point. Randleman. Asheboro
and Southern Railway (branch of the
Southern)-a railroad with q name
about as long as the road. Does that
account for his "pernicious activity
against any reduction in railroad
rates?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
.RUN AMUCK," MIR. PRESIDENT.

The country, without regard to
party, has approved every step taken
by Mr.. Roosevelt to curb the power
of the trusts, but the people are now
beginning to see results. On January
3Oth, the Supreme Court rendered it's
decision against the beef trust, and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
The OuaI1ers In Luck.

.GreenSbOrO Record.
Luck continues to. smile on Guilford
College. She has to raise only ten
thousand dollars more in order to
make her endowment fund an even
hundred thousand. Two remittances
of a thousand each have been received
quite recently, while indications show
that in a few weeks the whole amount
will be raised
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

Prof. William M Stancell son of
Register of Deeds M. f. Stancell, has
just been elected to professorShip at
the South Western Baptist University,
Jackson, Tenn He will accept. An
other of Northampton honor men,
Roanoke ChoWan Times.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
The swim Tub The Emblem.

Greensboro Record.
The Republican party in North
Carolina is divided up into three
classes-one set of offce-holders
against the other, with another set
that wants to get at the swill tub.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

You never know how Indispensable
the telephone is until a storm deprives
you of its use for a few hours. Then
you resolve never again to "cuss" this
necessity of modern times. That was
the feeling in Raleigh last night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

The North Carolina Law Journal
thinks the sensational trial of Nan
Patterson was apparently more for
the purpose of exploiting the smart
ness of the district attorney than in
the hope of convicting the prisoner of
anything"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

the public rejoiced because they be-
Iieved that meat will be chaper. But
instead of that decision reducing the
prices to farmers, the opposite has
been the result. The New York Globe
gievs the retail prices of beef on the
day the decision was rendered and the
prices on May 4th, as follows:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

An exchange, writing of the late MI.
Washington Duke. says: He was the
founder of the tobacco trust" He
founded the w. Duke Sons company
that manufactured tobacco and made
a fortune. The trust was organized
by his sons.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13

The German Emperor attributes the
failure of Russia to ''vice and drunk
enness." The excessive use of alcohol
i'm the Russian army has demoralized
it. 1t will demoralize any man or any
army.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
MORNING TONIC.
~
~ s-2>ln \

u4incoln.)
Let us have faith that right makes
might: and i'm that faith let us, to the
end dare to do our duty as we under
stand it,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
Judge Cooke Hits The Bulls Eye.

(Danbury Reporter.)
Judge Cooke has made quite a fa-
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FREIGHT TRAFFIC
WILL BE RESUMED.
Alton Burlington Freight Service
Again to be in Operation Over
Cutoff About March l.

Information from reliable sources is
TO the effect that the Altou-Burling.
ton freight traffic over the cutoff will
be resumed about March first.
The cause Of the recent change was
on accout Of the st. Louis terminal
facilities In failing to handle the
Burlington through freight over the
merchants bridge at st. L9Gis in rea-
sonable time and the Alton officials
concluded that better time could be
made fur their freight by sending il
over their own lines by way of Rood.
house.
The fact that the Burlington train.
men whose families were in this city
were told not to change their residence
suhstantiates the rumor that the cut
of is again to become the important
carrying line for which it was intend
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-09
WISE THOUGHTS OF AN OWL.

The man that said policemen were
yegitarlans because they lived on
beats, is still at large,
The village cut-up laughs hardest
at bis own wit. And why shouldn't
he, after time the public grows tireo
of laughing out of politeness.
BY shedding sour looks one does not
grow sweeter.
The only way to have friend is pe
one.
When a wife doesn't think her hus-
band is handsome, she says he is dis
tinguished looking.
The great question is, how long VIII
| it take a college graduate to learn he
doesn't know it allS
The thoughts you try to keep u
yourself are usually lost.
1t is said that the reason choirs arr
so popular among the fair sex Is be
cause Of the frequent quarrells there-ii
When cupids dart hits a man be ]
usually knocked senseless for some
time.
Many is the dollar that has gone U
n an heirship.
February is short II 1t isn't sweet.
Don't think because a lie has NJ
| feet you have to stand for 1t.
To be contented with life is goo
for any man, but to be satisfied witt
ones self is a great fault.
: A word to the guys is sufficient-t
start fight.
If Eve had been up-to-date what
! fool she would have made Of that Sc
J pent.
Can yon deny that the owner of
, by cycle or auto is not tacks dodge
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-09
Startling But True.

People the world over were horrited
on learning Of the burning Of a Chi
ago theatre in which nearly six hum
dred people lost their lives, yet more
than five times this number or over
5000 people died from pneumonia in
Chicago during the same year, with
scarcely passing notice. Every one
Of these cases Of pneumonia resulted
from cold and could have been pre-
vented by the timely use Of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. A great many
who had every reason to fear pneumoni
have warded 1t of by the prompt use
OF this remedy. The following is an
instance Of this sort: "Too much can
not be said in favor Of the Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, and especially
for colds and influenza. l know that
it cured my daughter, Laura, Of Sc
we're Geld, and l believe saved her life
when she was threatened with pneu.
monia. wv. D. WILCOX, Logan, New
York. Sold by Buckney & Whitney.