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The news & observer., 1905-11-05
Insurance 1T Cost.
Norfolk Landmark.

Norfolk Landmark.
Nobody seems to know the real cost
of life insurance. We have the actu-
aries figures and the tables of life
expectancy accepted by most of the
standard companies, as conclusive
These are Squarely contradicted, how
ever, by the enormous amounts some
of the companies roll up in surplus
and the vast sums they have to throw
away in follieS and extravagancleS,
to buy legislatures and to take care
of the families and friends of execu-
tive officers. Evidently the profits at
standard premiums are very heavy.
Some light may be thrown on the sub
ject by the experience of an accident
life insurance company organized
among the railway postal clerks.
Their occupation is recognized as one
of the most hazardous of all. For years
they were charged at the rate of $21
per thousand by the regular compa-
Eight years ago they organized an
accident insurance of their own. The
assessment is $14 per year for $4,000,
payable on death by accident, with
$50 per month benefit fund in case
of injury. Every claim has been
promptly met and the annual report,
bringing the affairs of the organiza-
ton to August 81, 1905, showed 9120
members, a gain for the year of over
1,000; $4,000 paid out on death
claims and $49, ,469 on accident claims
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

The insurance companies exercise
no public franchise, yet they are be-
ing Investigated. Their campaign con-
tributions and exorbitant salaries and
graft, and bonuses to the relatives of
high officials are mercilessly exposed.
Yet each of these evils to a still more
aggravated extent exists in railroad
management. Why are they not being
investigated The Southern railroad is
said to have contributed 100000 to
defeat Bryan, the money being taken
from the stockholders. Why is the
truth or falsity of that charge not in
vestigated How about Spencer's S
100000 salary? And the high sail
aries paid the vice-presidents and the
use of free passes and money on Leg
islatureS?
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
A Tough EXpcrience-A Lesson to
Others.
Raeford Facts and Figures.

Raeford Facts and Figures.
Speaking of what a newspaper does
and the pay it gets reminds us of our
own experience. A prominent and
useful man died in town in which we
were publishing a paper, and we pub
lished the particulars in column and
half editorial notice, mentioning
every praiseworthy characteristic of
the man, and there were many, for he
was model man. We gave space for
the resolutions passed by his church,
the board of trustees of his church,
the Sunday school and the choir, and
also the several orders to which he
belonged, and he belonged to four
orders A number of friends at home
and abroad paid him tribute OF re-
spect through our columns, IN all we
printed not less than 20 columns about
this good man. The other paper in
town gave siX-inch editorial notice.
A month later the widow had inserted
an administrative notice in the other
paper. Six months after the afore-
said publication of that mans death
we foolishly enough sent a bill Tor q
years subscription and got so cents
paid to date-With request that the
paper be stopped! 1t stopped, and
I'll be hanged if any longWinded res
olutions and whole columns slopovers
about living or dead men don't be paid
for at regular rates where we control
after this.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
A Menace To Our Liberty.
Progress.

washington 1TOSTeSS.
Two great forces are about to con-
front and jeopardize American liberty,
and these forces are subsidized
owned by them, and the ownership
of great landed properties by monop-
lies and trusts.
The public in it's mad rush to earn
the almighty dollar does not stop to
consider the danger these two great
agencies will in the near future bring
to us. When the newspapers of the
land are owned and controlled by
them the public will not be able to
get the light thrown on corruption
and insiduously the public mind will
be trained in the views Of the mono
poles and trusts which want to rob
the public of their property and po-
litical rights. 1t is their purpose to
own public officials from boards of
county commissioners and justices OF
the peace to the chief magistrate OF
the States and the nation and in or
der to accomplish this they must own
the newspapers as far as possible.
When they control the press and de-
prive the people of the truth and own
land sufficient to compel the great
tenant class of our people to vote as
thew dictate then will the liberties of
the people be a thing of the past and
all will be at the hands of monopolis-
tic greed and the poor Of this coun-
try will be as variable slaves as the
poor are in Russia today with 100000
soldiers in ST Petersburg standing
ready to shoot them down should
they attempt to rebel. Both of these
influences are operating in North Car
olina. and even in Beaufort county at
present 1t is not done with an open
hand for fear the public would rebel
while it can, but it is being done in
disguise-like a thief in the night
under the cover of darkness while we
sleep. vampire like it plies its decep
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
A Noble Benefaction.
Gastonia Gazette.

Gastonia Gazette.
Attaching to a legacy such as the
late DR.. Giles McAden left to the town
of McAdensville is beautiful senti-
ment which causes ones thoughts to
linger upon it. 1t was his home town.
Far though he might wander, he kept
his citizenship at McAdenville; and
there among its people, at his child
hood@ home, his heart, and fancy and
affections ever found dwelling
place The sentiment which honors
his parents takes a continuing and
perpetual beauty from the form in
which he chose to express it-that of
a library from which the village and
mill people may gain instruction and
culture by reading books at their own
quiet firesides, and of an amusement
or recreation hall where they may as
semble in a public or social capacity
and in suitable diversion relieve the
tedium of a work-a-day life. of
course the McAden Mills will meet the
conditions imposed to secure the leg
acy. Nobody has authorized this as
sertion, but what we know of the man
agement of these mills and the large
hearted degree in which they share
the regard of the dead man for the
people of their village forbids the en-
tertainment for a single moment of
any other thought than that they will
meet with loving and generous pro-
vision this challenge to their affection
for the living and the dead.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

Some silly editors are writing edi-
torials on 'Will the Democrats Nom
mate Roosevelt" just because Roose-
velt is on the Democratic platform on
government regulation of rates and
because they received him courteously
when he visited the South. The an
swer to that tommy-rot is: the DEM
ocrats will nominate Roosevelt when
the Republicans nominate Bryan.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
Ought to Treat Them Fair.
Wilkeshoro Chronicle.

WiIkeSbOrO Chronicle.
Winston Salem is putting up a big
kick because the freight is not prop
erly handled there by the railroads.
1t is "a sort of miracle that the rail-
roads won't give Winston-S Salem what
they want and need AS we under
stand it, a majority of the leading pro-
fessional men there are railroad en-
ployes in some sense. Why don't they
see to it that the railroads do the
right thing. Looks like they ought
to do SO.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

The power of public opinion has
been sufficient in benighted Russia to
destroy the despotism of centuries.
Shall it not be strong enough in en-
lightened America to destroy the rule
of the trusts and restore self-govern-
ment to the people?
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
Calls a Spade a Spade.

(From an interview with S. S. Nc
Clure.)
IF boodlers were called simply
thieves and grating called stealing,
much good would result.
Through the ages the meaning of
the words thief and steal have new
er been tarnished," Mr.. Mcclure con-
tinued, ''the popular meaning of many
words changes, but a thief has always
been man who stole And the Dood-
lers and grafters are simply thieves,
and they merely steal. The machine
in Philadelphia which combined with
the Gas Company and set out to steal
hundred million dollars from that
city was simply thieves, and what they
did was plain stealing. If the words
Doodle and graft were put out of bus
mess and the words thief and stealing
brought back it would be a great
gain
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
The Goose That Lays The Golden Egg.
President Smith, of South Carolina, at
M9xfOu

MaXtOn.
There seems to be q disposition on
the part of some to fear that the
farmers and their friends in the South
if they win the fight and do succeed
in gaining the power to dictate the
price of cotton that they are disposed
to D ut it so high that they will jeopar-
die their own interests by causing
manufacturers to curtail their pur
chases. AS q gentleman said to me
some time back. Mr.. Smith. rec
ognize that you have won one victory
and that you will probably win out
this fight. Aren't you afraid that by
carrying the price too high you will
stimulate competition and kill the
goose that lays the golden egg?" My
reply to him was, "the goose is all
right. We are after the scoundrel
that has been stealing the golden
eggs and for the first time in the his
tory of this goose we have had set
ting of the golden eggs and the hatch
ing was so according to our taste that
we have gone into the goose business"
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
What Hon. Roosevelt Got to do
With 1t?
Asheboro Courier.

President Roosevelt has written E.
r. Andrews, John G. Carlisle and
other attorneys for the holders of
fraudulent repudiated bonds of
Georgia. Arkansas and the Carolinas
promising to give immediate consid-
Grafton in the effort to settle the forty
million of dollars claimed by arbitra-
tiOn.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
And The Courts Usually Let Them
Find a Place to Escape Punishment.
Apex Journ

Our country is certainly passing
through an age of graft. Ihere is
hardly a day that passes, but that
some red-handed thief is caught, eth
er trying to steal a bank, railroad or
something equally as great. 1t seems
to be an age for big high-toned
thieves. The chicken and smoke
house thief has about quit the busi-
ness
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

DR.. McIver has done every reader
of this paper a service by sending a
copy of the farewell sermon of Ian
Maclaren, which is published in to-
davis paper. He is great as novel
ist and great as preacher.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
Then You Said Something.

ASheboro Courier.
If every county in the State had a
public official like the Recorder Shan
nonhouse, of Charlotte, there would
be an end of gambling and indecent
shows.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

for the year, with a balance of over
$4,000 in the treasury. An extra as
sessment of $4 was levied last year TO
maintain a safe balance. This assess
ment is to be deducted from the reg
uIar assessment when the surplus per-
mits The total cost of handling over
$3.50 has been $10,6S5, including
all salaries, rents, stationery, postage,
etc.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

The New York campaign is SO hot
that it is sizzling. and nobody can tell
what will happen.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

If football between colleges is not to
degenerate into slugging and moral
wrong, the professionals must be de-
MED a place on college teams. Presi-
dent Alderman was right in refusing
to permit Thorpe. the crack football
player of Columbia College to become
a member of the football team of the
University Of Virginia. Every college
president owes it to himself and the
character of his college to prevent
professionalism.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
ELEVEN CENT COTTON.

Eleven cent cotton means pros
pcrity, not only for the farmer, but
for every interest in the South as well.
The industrial progress of the past
half dozen years has been mainly due
to the fact that the farmers have been
getting good prices for their cotton
The South's hope of good times de-
pends upon good prices for cotton.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

The world is full of liars. The
latest is to attribute to Melville E.
Stone. manager of the Associated
Press, a statement that "the morning
newspaper has seen it's best day Mr..
Stone says, Il made no such statement
with that time.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

Did you ever expect to see Venezue-
la helping to furnish oooule 70 run
Radical organ in North carolina:
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

The victory of the University foot
ball team yesterday is glorious enough
to make us forget the defeats. Come
back with victory or give us some
funerals" was the admonition of It
Raleigh man to members of the team
as they passed through.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
Spirit of the Press.
The Time is not Ripe for State Pro-
hibitiOn.
,haritv and Children.

We are more and more doubtful
whether the time is yet fully ripe for
the submission of an amendment to
the constitution providing the manu-
facture and sale of liquor in North
Carolina. The steady progress that has
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

"Twixt a sage and a fool this chief
difference lies
But difference as wide as the North
from the South
That the sage shuts his jaw and opens
his eyes
While a fool shuts his eyes ana
opens his mouth"
Rhamkatte Roaster.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

Stern realities of life confront the
man at the tail end of the procession.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

Russia may not be able to practice
self-government wisely at first, but no
government can be worse than the
sort that was made for them by the
Car. And in time they will DO pet
ter. Even Philadelphia has taken a
long time to be fit for government.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

The importance OF lHIS cdse' al
fecting as it may every Town ana city
in the State calls for this review of
the points raised ana 'ile ulherlng
contentious of able lawyers. The fact
that able lawyers differ SO widely
shows the importance OF, having the
statute iudicially construed SO that
town and city authorities may clearly
understand their duties.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-20
SCIENTIFIC SPECIALS.

Aside from errors of refraction, w. III.
Rivers finds the eyes Of all races and
classes of men to be practically the
same. The apparent superior sight OF
savages is attributed entirely to prac-
tice and education, with familiarity with
the surroundings.
The melting OF glaciers in winter has
called for explanation. DIR. r. Won Len
denfeld of Prague believes that the
earth's interior heat cannot account for
more than three to six per cent. OF the
effect, but that the principal cause OF the
melting is the heat from the work of
the ice in descending. The pressure OF
winter SHOWS would probably somewhat
increase the internal melting.
Whether matter undergoes any
change Of properties on being charged
with electric current has been subject
OF experiment. The results have been
practically negative Mr.. Paul r. Heyl
states that when carrying heavy cur
rent the change in the tensile strength
OF iron cannot exceed half Of one per
cent, and the melting point OF tin can
hardly be changed two degrees.
Some new and simple radium expert
ments have been described by Prof
Orazio Rebuffat, an Italian physicist.
On rubbing glass tube with wool in a
medium containing a radium salt, a
luminous GLOW followed the wool, and
glow also appeared when the finger
was brought near the excited glass U.s.
ing q vacuum tube brought into connac-
ton with tube Of radium salt, bril-
liant glow appeared inside when tho
outside Of the glass tube was rubbed
with wool. This experiment. II is be-
lieved, makes It possible to demonstrate
the production OF emanations from
radium mixtures OF low grade or feeble
activity.
The action OF water as an anaesthetic
is illustrated in some recent cases
brought to notice by Joseph Clements.
In one case five hemorrhoids were in
1ected with distilled water when they
were removed In Is minutes without
pain, and the patient at once returned
home. In another case two fistules we're
opened and scraped, one after the injec-
ton OF water, and the other without It.
The last operation was exceedingly
painful. The action OF the water is de-
clared to be the same as that of solu-
tons OF cocaine or other drug--a filling
Of the interspaces OF the tissues thus
temporarily suspending intercellular
respiration and paralyzing the local
nerve centers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-20
AGAIN ON
CHANGE

On Wednesday the stock of the Wal
mea plantation on Kauai will again be
listed on the Honolulu Stock Exchange.
The stock has not been quoted on the
boards for some time, having fallen
from something like 40 to 10 per share.
This is said to have been due to the
poor results owing to salt water having
been pumped upon the cane fields.
According to one interested in the
plantation debt of about $4,000 ac-
cumulated. Although the plantation
has deprecated and stock was bought
up at auction, some optimistic men
took hold of the place and have de-
veloped it. 1t is said that about $50, 900
of the debt will be wiped off with the
present crop, and that next year the
entire debt will be liquidated. 1t is
estimated there will be 400 tons this
year and 1900 the next.
A great saving in expense is to be
made by the use OF mountain water
for irrigation, instead of pumped wa
ter, the latter being naturally the
most expensive method to water any
sugar estate.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-20
TITLED BUSINESS FOLK.

Lord Londonderry was the first peel
to engage in the coal bL-iness. y"
Lord Sudeley has fiourishing jam
business, making specially of whole
fruit preserves.
The great banking house of Barring
has produced several peers; the present
head, Lord Revelstoke, shares his life
between society and business.
The marquis of Butte is one of this
wealthiest men ia United Kingdom
He neither rides, aces, fishes nor
shoots, but he owns the only vineyard
in the British isles.
Lord Ardiaun and his brother, Lord
Iveagh, are the head of the great clan
of Guinness, known throughout the
business world. They draw salaries
bigger than the income of a prime min
lister - N
To Lord Harrington belongs the dis.
tinction of having been the first peer
who actually opened a London shop,
He has fruit store Mt Charing Cross.
and the fruits and flowers grown on his
estate are there offered for sale.
The countess of Warwick is one of
the best known women in England,
both for her beauty and her inventive
genius. She has established school
for needlework and designing, and ha.
opened little shop for the sale of ar.
ticles made in the school,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-20
OAHU COLLEGE
CELEBRATION

The fete to be held on the grounds
of Oahu College next Thursday after
noon at four o'clock, promises to be q
most interesting and unique affair.
Pupils and their families will as
sembe in an informal way. There win
be music by Berger's band and speech
es by President Grifiiths, Mr.. James b.
Castle, Mr.. Albert Judd, Mr.. Harold
Dillingham;, and Mr.. Ernest N. Smith.
There will be a display of island
fruits. and these, together with deli
cious Kona coffee and sandwiches win
constitute the refreshments for the
occasion
The arrangements for the fete are In
the hands of the following enthusiastic
workers:
General Chairman of Committees
Mr. Gerrit r. Wilder
Chairman OF Finance Committee
Mr. Fred. Damon, Mr.. Frank Atherton.
Chairman of Advertising Committee
Mr. John Waterhouse, -spt
Chairman of Fruit Committee--M Mr..
Walter f. Dillingham;.
Yard Commttee-Punahou Students.
Chairman of Programme Committee
Mr.. p. C. Jones
Chairman Decorating Committee
Mrs. George Herbert.
Chairman Refreshment Committee
Mrs. Andrew Fuller.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-20
CELEBRATED
ASTRONOMER

Prof. w. II. Pickering, the we'll
known astronomer and head OF the
Harvard College Observatory, Cam
bridge, Mass, writes the Promotion
this summer for the purpose of in
vestigating the volcanoes. He has been
in correspondence With the COMMITTEES
for about year, and now writes that
to such trip.
Prof. Pickering has been in recent
years cooperating with Prof. Perclval
Lowell of the Flagstaff (Ariz.) Obser-
vatory in a study of the planet Mars
He was born in Boston in 1858 and was
graduated from the Boston Institute of
Technology in 1879 becoming an in
structor there and assistant professor
at the Harvard Observatory. He led
an expedition in 1873 to observe solar
eclipses In Colorado; in 1850 to the West
Indies; in 1889 to California; In 1898 to
Chile. He established temporary OBJ
servatory in Southern California in
1889. He also erected the observatory
and telescope for Prof. Lowell at Flag
staff In 1894.
The distinguished scientist is an en-
thusiastic mountain climber, and has
ascended Half Dome in Yosemite VAL
ley and El Misti in Peru in altitude
1900 feet, besides 100 other peaks. He
| is a Fellow of the American Academy
of Sciences, Boston; member of the AS
| Economical and Astrophysical Sooiey Of
America: honorary member of the AS
Economical Society of Mexico and the
Boston Camera Club. He Is the author
of many works on astronomy and
mountain climbing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-20

good sheriff, something that had not
been shown. He said that today dawns
the day of Independence for Hawai-
lans. The Republiren party was split
something that WAS unseemly. To
elect Brown would be but to perpet-
uate the quarrel. The election OF Poe
quarrel between Brown and the ad-
ministration would not be aired any
more. To the administration men he
said that they could aid Carter in de-
feating Brown as well by electing Poe
poe as by electing Henry. The speak
er closed by instructng the voters how
to mark their ballots. He accused the
officials of being foxy" in leaving Off
the Hawaiian names of the haole Flu
sion nominees so as to confuse the
voters.
There were several other speakers.
Kaniho closing with a harangue about
an hour and half long. All the
speakers urged the voters to support
the straight Fusion ticket and most of
them warned the people not to accept
Republican liquor lest they forget what
ticket they were to vote. Vote the
Fusion ticket and then take your drink
If you must was Poepoe's text and II
was reiterated by many of those who
followed him.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-20
BOOTH ON WATER.

1t was at this point that A. NJ. Brown
was introduced, and was received with
all the enthusiasm that the meeting
seemed capable of. And he made the
speech, in effect, that is given above.
C. w. Booth followed him, dwelling
at length upon the fact that he had
been born here, and that he paid more
into the public treasury every year
than his poll tax. He also made a
somewhat extended defense of his
water deal, saying that he had not
been asked by the water commission to
fix value upon it.
The candidate for Auditor, Jas. Bick-
NELL was the last speaker, and spoke
very briefly. After he had concluded,
the meeting was adjourned to Aala
Park. The band took up the line of
march, a couple or three score voters
fell in behind it, some candidates fol-
lowed in carriages, and a mule draw
ing a cart from which roman candles
We're being let off closed the process
sion. The main portion of the crowd
streamed down along the sidewalks on
either side of the street, and the
ubiquitous small boy shouted along in
the thick of all the excitement.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-20
ASKS REBUKE
FOR CARTER
CONTINUED from page l.,

Attorney, was the next speaker, a
talker who has been rather overlooked
in the campaign so far. However, Mr..
Douthitt has had the misfortune to ap-
near on the platform with Comedian
Quinn, and that is heavy handicap.
Mr.. Douthitt is a campaigner of the
old style, tightening his talk with
funny stories that raise a laugh and
SO keep the audience amused. He call
ed the Civic Federation, for example.
the physics Fimigation." disclaiming