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The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Neither just Nor Reasonable.
Baltimore News.

President Roosevelt takes up Mr..
Whitney'S letter and. not content with
saying that it misstates his position
a thing on which Mr.. Roosevelt is alb
Solute and final authority-asSertS that
the misStatement was deliberate, i. e.,
Intentional. ON the part of Mr.. Whit
ney, a thing which Mr.. Roosevelt can
not by any possibility know anything
about and upon which it is safe to say
that hardly any sensible man will
agree with him. Mr.. Whitney was in
ferring and Mr.. Roosevelt was inferr-
ing. But while Mr.. Whitney's infer
ence, though loose. was of a kind that
a great many people are making all
the time. Mr.. Roosevelts inference
was absolutely wild, and was one
which we doubt whether single re-
sponsible human being in the United
States would hold to be just or reason
able. For the President of the United
States grossly to insult a man OF char>
acter and standing uDon such basis
as this is no light matter; and II 1t Is
excused and forgotten--as doubtless 1t
will be-this is only another proof OF
the strong hold that Mr.. Roosevelt has
won, and earned, upon the regard or
his countrymen, and not at all an lndl~
cation that the offense itself was a
slight one.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
a RAILROAD TRICK.

When the Interstate Commerce act
was passed the railroads secured a
clause making it unlawful "for any
common carrier subject to the provis-
ions of this act to charge or receive
any greater compensation in the agge-
gate for the TRANSPORTATION of passen-
gers or of like kind of property. under
substantially similar circumstances and
conditions, for shorter than for
longer distance over the same line IN
the same direction, the shorter being
included within the longer distance
The people thought the above Ian
guage would stop determinations, but
they found that the words under sub
stantialy similar circumstances and
conditions inserted at the instance of
the railroads, really made it legal for
the transportation lines to continue
their old practice of charging more for
the shorter haul. Mr.. Townsend says
striking out these words are necessary
to secure "a square deal"
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
a Church Ought Not to Do Injustice
by Sticking to the Most Techni-
cal Construction.
\. c. Christian Advocate.

N. G. Christian Advocate
The decision of Bishop Wilson in
the case of Rev. F. w. Bradley clears
up what in the minds of some seemed
an insuperable difficulty. That COM
mittee is not bound to the statute
law, or the court record, but may in
quire into the facts as they are re-
lated to the church view of the whole
case, is q declaration of independence
so far as a case may be supposed to
be hampered by mere technicalitiCe
of law. This is right, and the public
will applaud the righteous course of
a church court in not allowing the
mere technical pleadings of a civil
court to get in the way of doing JUS
tice to an innocent party.
All of which is equivalent to say
ing that the presiding elder and the
others who refused to let Mr. Bradley
preach were guided by technical rath-
er than equitable grounds.-Editor)
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
HOW MAINE is ENFORCING PRO
HIBITION
The New Law Closed Up Forty Saloons
in One City and * Effective.
(Charles r. owen, in The World To-
DaY for December

! (CharleS r. owen, in The World To-
| Day for December.)
| The new enforcement commission is
| entirely in the hands of the governor.
| He is authorized to appoint it at his
| discretion, to remove individual MEM
| berS at will and for cause, or suspend
the whole commission whenever in his
| judgment it is no longer needed. 1t
| consists of three members, one of
whom must be a lawyer. Two must
J be selected from the dominant politi-
| cal party and one from the party next
| in numerical strength They are in
| vested with all the statutory powers
! within the State, which sheriffs have
within and for the counties, so far as
the enforcement of the liquor laws
| are concerned They are authorized
to appoint deputy commissioners, who
are invested with equal authority, and
| in such numbers as the circumstances
may require.
At the time when the Sturgis Bill
became law, in five counties in Maine
liCIor dealers were doing business
with more or less freedom from re-
straint by local officials. Immediate
ly the officers in three of the five
counties declared their purpose to
make the commission unnecessary so
far as their counties were concerned.
Sner1n PennclI, or cumberland CCun-
ty in which Portland, the largest city
in Maine, is located, declared that his
"diScr elton" was taken away; that he
should henceforth do his utmost to
make Cumberland County a dry coun-
ty He has succeeded admirably. In
Portland, where prior to the Sturgis
law about forty saloons were in Oper-
alton at the sheriff's "discretion,"
everything was closed and kept closed.
Portland, since March IS, has had
strict enforcement. Time was allow
ed the dealers to get rid of their
stock. During the first week after
hostilities were declared, literally tons
of liquor in barrels and cases and jugs
and demijOhns might be seen on the
steamboat WharVes in Portland billed
back to Boston whence il came.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01

Tired, nervous and irritable, the
mother is unfit to care for her chill
dren, and hercondition ruins the child's
disposition and reacts upon herself.
The mother should not be blamed, as
she no doubt is suffering with back
ache, headache, bearing-down pains or
displacement, making life burden.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the unfailing cure for this
condition 1t strengthens the female
organs and permanently cures all dis
placements and irregularities.
Such testimony as the following
should convince women of its value:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
"Iwant to tell you how much good Lydia E.
Pinllham's Vegetable Compound has done me.
/ suffered for eight years with ovarian
troubles | was nervous, tired and ir-
ritable, and it did not seem as though could
stand it any longer, as had five children to
care FOR Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound was recommended and it has en-
tirely cured me. / cannot thank you enough
for your letter of advice and for what Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me- Mrs. Ph. Hoffman, 100 Himrod
Street, Brooklyn, n. Y"
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick women
free. Address, Lynn. Mass.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Insurance and Savings Banks.
MarShville Home.


The Monroe Journal comes back al
Our Home and presses its previous ar
gument-that it is disgrace for a
poor man to die without life insurance,
if he was able to pay the premium and
didn't do it. When a man pays $50
for a thousand dollar life insurance
policy and then lies down and dies his
family gets 1915 that they have not
worked for and have not earned. And
yet if he doesn't do business that way
the Journal says he dies practically
disgraced. The Journals fear of
having loved ones fall upon the cold
charity of the world" is a worthy sem
timent and gives expression to a cred
table regard for the welfare of ones
family, bnt tbs fear of "cold charity"
doesn't Justify us in the attempt to get
something for nothing" If the OBJ
iect of life insurance is to provide in
an honest way for helpless ones, then
fhe business way. the better way,
would be to deposit regularly the an
nual premiums with some bank dt
compound interest. as an honest saw
ing for the helpless ones. In fact,
some of our best business men say
that to take it on the average, savings
deposits are as good as life insurance,
inaSmuch as there are SO many people
who start a policy. then become tired
or diSgusted with it or unable to meet
the payments and surrender it and lose
what they have paid on it.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01

year it was only $9,713.320. In fact.
variations in our total exports to
China year by year follow closely those
in the quantity of cotton cloth sent
there
Why the value of exports for ten
months this year is so much higher
than last year is to be explained by
the abundant crop of cotton last year
and the comparatively low price Of
the material through all the earlier
part of this, while the exports of 1904
were kept down by the scarcity and
high price of cotton from the crop of
1903. The drop in the October fig
ures must Iind its explanation in the
same source. The value of our ex-
ports for last month, as we have seen,
was s3,13S.645, against $3,S46, 500 for
October last year, and the quantity of
cotton cloth fell from 43,343,533
yards last year to 29,S2S,023 this. In
October, 1903, it was only 9,070,600,
though it was 20,472,678 the previous
year. This shows how promptly that
market for cheap cotton cloth re-
spends to the effect of an abundant or
a scanty cotton crop in this country
and the consequent effect upon the
price of the raw material
There is lesson in this for the
Southern cotton grower as we'll as
manufactures. The one part of the
world in which there is a chance for
an almost indefinite expansion of the
market for cheap cotton goods is the
Empire of China, with its population
estimated at nearly 400,000,000 These
are just the goods that our Southern
mills can produce 20 the best advant-
age, and that can always be produced
to the best advantage near the cotton
fields The export trade to China
gives the Southern manufacturers
their best chance for developing their
industry, but it depends absolutely
upon cotton crop which will admit
of q moderate cost for the raw ma
terial. Restriction of production and
manipulation of price above a fair
level of profit for cultivation is calcu-
lated to obstruct this outlet for goods
and strangle a trade that promises to
grow to large proportions IL en-
couraged.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Young Men "Slain to Make n Roman
Holiday"
Newell DWIGHT Hills.

Newell DWIGHT Hills.
Not less terrible the need to remem-
Der the sanctity of life by reason Of
the killing of our young men in college
'slain TO make a Roman holiday"
Yesterday morning the paper said that
thirty-four young collegians had been
killed in football thus far, this au-
tumn. But the. afternoon witnessed
the death of two more. Yesterday at
O'Clock that youth in Union College
said to his companions MY father is
here. He has never seen me play. /
am goino to play the game of my life -
Then. to put him out of business" six
men fell upon him, and when the twi-
light fell. the boy was dead and a
broken-hearted father was sobbing
over his dead body, crying, "Oh Absa-
lom. my son Absalom, would God l
had died for thee" The morning dis
patches tell us that the Union College
faculty decided not to tell the visiting
knowledge that they had killed him
disturb 1.-The smoker.' But n little
episode like another collegian or two
killed, in these days, would not disturb
in the slightest degree those who no
longer play football as gentlemen play
it. or as scholars. who hate unfairness
and foul play. The story of the ad-
mission of professionals and sluggers
into our largest colleges for the pur-
pose of winning a game. as published
in our magazines and Weeklies. seems
to tell us that the era of the suprem-
acy of the youth in college halls who
achieves eminence as a scholar. is
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Spirit of the Press.
Our Exports to China.
Al of Commerce.

Journal or commerce.
The Bureau of Statistics has sent
out a bulletin, preliminary to its re-
ports on our foreign commerce for
October and ten months of the pres
ent year, showing the remarkable in
crease in our exports to- China, in
spite of whatever effect may have
been produced by the boycott agita-
ton. The entire value of these ex.
ports for ten months is $50, 0,4O4,767,
compared with $20.557.184 for the
same period of last year, and that
was then the high record. The only
previous approach to the latter fig
ures was in 1902, when the value of
exports for ten months ending with
October was $20.090,769. 1t fell to
$13.311,4SS in 1902.
The extent to which cotton cloth
contributes to this trade is striking.
We note first that in the month of
October alone there was a falling off
in the total value of exports from
$3,S46,S03 to $3,13S,945, and in the
quantity of cotton cloth exported to
China from 4S,343,533 yards to 29,-
826.023. while for the ten months
there was an increase from 17l,ll6,-
493 to 51,501,271 yards in the cot
ton cloth sent to that country, ac-
counting largely for the increase In
the total value of exports. The value
of this cloth the present year was
$27.69743S. or considerably more than
half of all the exports, While last
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
LUDDEN & BATES, SINH.
CITY PROPERTY TOR SAM.
Bull and York,
SAVANNAH. GA.

by virtue Of an order of the Supe-
rior Court in re j. II. Hunter and 9TH
ers, ex Dartee. on
Monday the 18th day of Dec, 1905,
at II o'clock IN. at the court house
door in Raleigh, n. C., | will sell at
public auction, TO the highest bidder.
for cash the following described par
eel of land:
Situated in the city of Raleigh, N.
c., beginning at the corner of Swain
and Edenton streets. thence north one
hundred and five 105) feet; thence
with Sophia Jeffries line west forty
seven (47) feet; thence south to
Edenton street one hundred and five
1860 feet, thence north Edenton street
to the beginning. containing not quite
one-eighth of an acre more or loss. rs
shown by deed of f. G.. Christopher to
Lucretia Walker and duly recorded in
office of Register of Deeds for Wake
County in Book so. page so.
This sale is for partition.
b. c. BECKWITH,
11-17-1m Commissioner.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
ASQg6SSaN SCENIC ROUTE
ssss:p ~ ~ 90 T0 THE WEST

SOUTHERN RY. TRAINS leaving
Raleigh 8:45 a. m., and Durham 1000
a. M, arrives Greensboro 11.59 a. M.
and Lynchburg 1857 p. M; connects
with c. & o., leaving Lynchburg 4:I0
p. M, daily will wait 80 minutes for
connection, if passengers are reported)
and arrives Va. Hot Springs 1O.:1O p.
$50 o. M. St Louis 6:2S y. m.
Pa1lor Car Lynchburg to Clifton
Forge.
Pullman Sleeping Cars Clifton Forge
to Cincinnati, Louisville. CHICAGO aud
St Louis, connecting at these cities for
all points in Northwest, West and
Southwest.
S. "A. L. TRAIN. leaving Raleigh IL
SO a. M, daily and Durham 1890 a.
M, except Sunday, arrives Richmond,
4:55 D. M, and connects with c. & o.,
leaving 11:00 p. M, with Pullman
Sleeping Car to Cincinnati and Cincin-
natl to Chicago and ST Louis.
For Rates, Tickets, Pullman, Reser-
vations and detailed information, ap-
ply to your ticket agent, or address
w. O. Warthen, d. p. A., c. & o. Ry.
Richmond, Va.
H. w. FULLER. G.. p. A.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
FIRE AT LAGRANGE.
Church and Warehouse Threatened
bat Saved by Hard Work.

Especial to News and Observer
LAGRANGE, n. c., Nov. 3G.-A dan
gerous fire broke out this morning
between and 10 o'clock among the
buildings connected with the La
Grange warehouse. The warehouse,
a church and several dwellings were
in great danger, owing to the high
wind. Two small buildings were con-
%umed, but the others were saved
after an hours hard work. In the alb
sence of a fire department, our citi-
zens are at great disadvantage un-
der similar dangers
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Railroad Rate Regulation.
Duplin Journal.

DuDlln JOurnal.
The cattle people of the West, lum-
bermen and agriculturalists of the
South and West, the fruit and Vegeta-
Bile producers, West. North and South
miners and manufacturers from all
sections-"all joined in one loud pro-
test against present unjust conditions
of eXtortionate rates, unjust discrim-
nations, private car lin robberieS and
many other existing evils, all demand
ing reforms" and this loud protest
now the universal cry of the shippers
of every kind and class must be and
will be heard. Let the good work
go on till a policy of ''live and lei
live prevails.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01

Don't kick over the bucket of milk
But the Trust Keeps the Prize Down
Sontbarp Tobacco Journal.

We have not had the opportunlt; NJ
viSitingl other markets. but, JudslhS
from the sales on the winston mar
ket, we are safe in predicting a lune
cent average for the Piedmont crop.
Our position has been all along that
on account of present conditions to-
bacco must sell well. Perhaps it is
doing about as well as could be ex-
pected, considering the quality; GER
tainly it is doing a great deal better
than it did last season, all things cor
sdered, but we would be better salts
fed and would be a stronger beiieVer
in the law of supply and demand II
an average of ten cents for this crop
could he obtained. and we pe,ieNe
the crop is worth it.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Mr.. Roosevelt on the Fence.
Columbia State.

Several of our contemporaries are
perplexed when there is really no oc-
casion for perplexity. Mr.. Whitney.
of Massachusetts. said the president
favored reciprocity with Canada: Mr.
Roosevelt wrote Mr.. Whitney that he
had "wilfully misrepresented" him:
Mr. Whitney expressed regret for mis-
understanding Mr.. Roosevelt and sor-
row that the President did not favor
reciprocity; the President declared
that the latter declaration was, itself
a Misrepresentation. If it was mis-
representation, to say the President ia
vored reciprocity and then misrepre-
sentation to infer that he did not IA
vor reciprocity, where stands the
President? chorus our contemporaries
The President does not stand at all;
he is sitting on or astride the fence
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
The Poison of Wealth.
Edward S. Martin, in the December
Atlantic.

Edward S. Martin, in the December
Atlantic.
Great riches carrying with them
enormous possibilities of self-indul-
gence may fairly be considered as a
sort of poison which ruins 2 certain
proportion of those who are exposed
to it, though strong constitutions sur
vive.
AS rum destroys savages, so wealth
tends to destroy perSons-eSpecially
Young ones-whom use and training
has not gradually made immune to
it's effects How that is. may readily
be noticed in observing the effects of
newly won wealth on the families of
the winners. 1t is rare man, and
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Most Popular Man in the state.

Rocky Mount Record
Mr.. H. B. Hardy. the veteran news
paper man, who for so many years
has been travelling for the Raleigh
News and Observer. was here several
days last week. We believe that MI.
Hardy knows more people in Rocky
Mount alone, than any other man in
it, and this is not his home either. He
has remarkably faculty for remem-
bering faces and names. We believe
undoubtedly that he knows more peo-
pie in North Carolina than any other
two men in the State.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01

His position is uncomfortable; it in
duces nervousness and testiness and
shortness of temper and a disposition
to cuss the fellow who attempts to
pull him off. And Whitney pulled
him over one way and then pulled
him tother way and got the 'wilful
misrepresentation" thrown at him
good and hard each time. The Presi-
dent is awaiting the psychological mo-
ment TO flop down; do not rush him
off the perch
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Why Not Fifteen Cents.

AsheViIIe Citizen.
Twelve, and possibly thirteen, cent
cotton is almost a certainty in the
near future. and many there are who
believe fifteen cents within the range
of possibilities.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
The Trust is More Powerful Than the
Law and More Vigilant Than the
Officers of the Law.

Durham Herald.
If it is true that the tobacco trust
is trying to force a Reidsville firm or
any other firm off of the market here
is where the law should step in and
take hand,
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
They Have Been Received and il il
Radically Wrong.
Greensboro Record.

AS the Record stated when com
menting on the subject the other day,
we are not conversant with the facts
in the case but it is well enough to
discuss it and look into il. If the
patients are received to the exclusion
of those unable to pay, something is
radically wrong. The time 10 investi-
gate it is before the next legislature
meets. Let the public know the facts.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01

usually one very much blessed in his
wife. who can combine with the abll-
ity that wins him riches the sagacity
to train children born in comparative
poverty so that they will beneft by
rapid and radical Improvement in his
circumstances
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
That is One Reason.

Norfolk Landmark
North Carolina has a law which
makes it punishable offense to point
an unloaded gun or pistol at any per-
son. This may be the reason why
North Carolina IS getting ahead of
Virginia in population.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Henderson to The Orphans.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Henderson, n. c.. Nov. 30.-Thc
First Baptist church of Henderson
gave to the Baptist Orphanage today
as a thanksgiving Offering, 1925 in
cash.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
Mothers Are Helped
THEIR HEALTH RESTORED
Happiness Of Thousands Of Homes Duo
to Lydia s. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's Advice.

A devoted mother seems to listen to
every call of duty excepting the su-
preme one that tells her to guard her
health, and before she realizes it some
arrangement of the female organs has
manifested itself, and nervousness and
irritability take the place of happi-
ness and amiabilitv.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
A MORNING TONIC
(Boyee.) }

(BONee.)
Discretion is the salt and fancy, the
sugar of life; the one preserve, the
other SWeetenS it,
The news & observer., 1905-12-01

Ninety-nine other members join
with you, thereby purchasing together
saving all middlemen and agents
profits expenses, etc. You buy in
quantities on a cash basis. Take time
if you like-monthly, quarterly or
yearly by merely paying interest.
Write at once or call at the store for
details and apple ton for member.
ship. Do not wait.
The news & observer., 1905-12-01
The Second Club

Will be filed inside of two weeks,
to take one hundred New Scale $500
Ludden & Bates Pianos at $2S7 cash
or $287 on payments of $40 cash and
$8 monthly (8 per cent. nterest).
IL you join the Club and buy
your PIANO on our CO.
operative plan you save $113.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-19
Third Anniversary,

Nekanlkum lodge, Knights OF Pyth-
las OF Seaside are making arrange-
ments to celebrate the third anniver-
sary of the founding OF the local lodge
Of Seaside on Monday. May 20. A
large delegation from Astoria will go
over. An interesting and appropriate
program has been arranged and as
Seaside lodge has reputation as royas
entertainers. those who attend are as,
sured n good time. The lodge is COM
posed OF some OF the best representa-
tive citiz'ns OF Seaside and is CROWNS
rapidly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-19
Carried on 4onor..

The Astoria delegation from As,o.
ria Court Of Foresters have returned
from attending the grand court AZ
Portland. While they we're not suc-
eessful In eiectiDg the chief ranger
from Astoria they carried OF several
'hsnora. A. J. SCHROEDER. who was 8
candidate for chief ranger. win be ap-
pointed supreme deputy. one Of the
highest honors that can be conferred.
A. g DalgIty was elected chairman o.
the board Of trustees, an importan,
once, while L. Fl. sprauer ana y. p.
LInenwebber are in line FOR promo
tion and their services wills no ...st
be recognized in the near future. Mr,
Schroeder was the recipient OF many
congratulations fIom his friends yes
terday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-19
rsnth Annixsr.ary.

THE 10th anrtyersary Il the or
ganizatIon OF Fgrn chapter OF the Or
der OF Eastern Star was celebrated at
Masonic hall last evening. A large
number OF the members Of Temple
lodge. A. r. a A. NJ. were present. An
interesting program was carried out.
refreshments were served and very
enjoyable evening spent. The ladies
showed themslvs to be royal entertain
ers and were highly compfimented on
the success OF the event.