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The news & observer., 1905-12-30

ers over the property and Liberties OF
the peonle, still, Notwithstanding all
these the average cost of fire insur
ance To the people of North Carolina
has steadily increa ased. 4 appeal to
the ofiiciai records in support of this
assertion.
At the last session of the General
Assembly there was enacted "A most
drastic elaborate and far reaching law
known as the Fire Waste Law"
There was no public demand for this
measure, but it IS understood to have
been very gratifying to the fire insur-
ance companies. The law IS undemo-
cratic. destructive of local self-gevern-
ment, and against the genius of oul
institutions. Ii usurps for the State
authorities matters which are purely
local. and which fall peculiarly within
the province of the municipal author
itias. 1t is even worse than appointing
municipal officials by State authority.
1t goes SO far as to exercise their police
powers for them. That good may
come out of evil is not denied, but 1t
is a dangerous rule to rely upon. There
are doubtless many towns incapable
Of properly managing their own local
affairs. but they like to have the priv
ilege of trying. and it has been the
policy of cur government to allow
These ire insurance companies are
now using in their policies in several
cities of the State what is known as
1.-THE "Co-insurancc Clause" which is
Inothing but & means of increasing the
cost or Of Forcing man to carry more
insurance han ne wants, thereby in
creasing their business. Many of our
people are ignorant and most people
are careless about the wording of in
surance policies; and there are doubt
less thousands of our people who are
today paying premiums on from one
fourth to twice as much insurance as
tthey would ret in case of a fire. They
are often dong this without the slight
est idea that such IS the case. The use
Of this clause is not only arbitrary and
, eXtortionate, but it is calculated to
deceive and actually does deceive.
And ret the use Of this clause has be-
gun since we have mad an Insurance
Department.
If we are to prosper and build up
nome companies we must change our
laws, and teach these foreign compa-
MES that North Carolina is for home
companies first, and that they cannot
ienter our borders and do business un-
| less they do right.
| 1t is respectfully asked and earnestly
hoped that your Excellency will call
| these ans, many other kindred mat
| terS to the attention of the next Cen
j eral Assembly.
Respectfully,
| ALEX. j. FIELD.
! Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 20, 1905.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
Total Cotton Receipts.
(By the Associated Press

(Ry the Associated Press)
New York, Dec. 29.-The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at
all ports since September 1st:
Galveston 1863, 968; New Orleans
S54, 500; Mobile 163,444; Savannah
l,O69,521; Charleston 14.715; Will
mington 266. .227; Norfolk 466,694;
Baltimore 33.098; New York 1,735;
Boston 1880; Newport News 1891;
Philadelphia 1852; San Francisco 15,-
send 14.024; Pensacola 1924 Port
land, Ore, 5,163; Port Arthur and
Sabine Pass 63,997 Jacksonville s.
$40; Eagle Pass, Texas 5000; FL Paso,
Texas. 100; Laredo, Texas, $500;
minor ports 1913. Total 5,049. G35
bales
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
Comparative Cotton Statement.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Dec. 29.-For the week
ending Friday, December %: Net re-
ceipts at all U. S. ports during week
201, 552; net receipts at all U. S. ports
same week last year 23420 total re-
ceipts since September 1st 5,049,633;
total receipts to same date last year
5,871, ,402; exports for the week 125,-
074; exports for same week last year
171,4S6; total exports since September
1st 3,360,S12; total exports same date
last year 4,204, 566: stock at all Uni
ted States ports 1,158,293 stock at
all United States ports same time last
year 1,05S,612; stock at all interior
towns 762, ISL; stock at all interior
towns same time last year 152, 2,S6S;
stock at Liverpool 1,022,000 stock at
Liverpool same time last year 834, 600;
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
A DANGEROUS MISTAKE
Raleigh Mothers Should Not Neglect
Kidney Weakness in Children.

Most children have weak kidneys.
The earliest warning is bed-wetting.
Later comes backache, headache.
languor.
'Tis a mistake to neglect these
troubles,
To blame the child for it's own dis
treSS.
Seek to cure the kidneys
Save the child from deadly kidney
ills.
Doans Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys.
Raleigh parents recommend them.
Mrs. A. c. Howell, of 215 z. Davie
st, says: my little boy suffered from a
kidney weakness. The secretions from
those organs were thick and he al
ways complained of being unable to
retain it and often wet the bed. He
had sallow look and his back ached
a great deal and he also had much
headache. l had doctor attend him
but he seemed to grow worse instead
of better. / noticed Doan's Kidney
Pills highly recommended in our pa
pers and / got box of them from
'Bobbitt Wynne Drug Company's
store. Before the boy had taken half
of them there was a decided change
for the better. The secretions from the
the kidneys became natural, he did
not complain of backache of headache
and there was a wonderful change for
the better in his complexion. Doan's
Kidney Pills are all that is claimed
for them and l will only be too glad to
say so at any time"
nor sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no others.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
Watch Newton Grow.
(Newton Enterprise.) }

(Newton Enterprise.)
This has been Newtons best bust
ness year. Our population has
doubled since the last census was
taken, five years ago. If we double
again during the next five years we
VIII be city of 5000 population. We
expect yet to see the place large
enough to justify a Daily Enterprise
with the Associated Press dispatches.
Rev. b. d. Gray, ID. D., of Atlanta
the noted Baptist divine. will preach
in Lumberton on Sunday night.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
FREE LIFE INSURANCE.

During the past thirty-five years ov
er onc-hundred thousand discrimna-
ting customers, many of whom could
not be suited elsewhere. found COM
plete and lasting satisfaction and
solution of the piano question by
purchasing of the
The news & observer., 1905-12-30

stock of American atioat for Great
Britain $4,000: stock of American
tloat for Great Britain same time last
year 100000.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
Movement OF Cotton.

New York, Dec. 29.-The following
statistics on the movement of cotton
for the week ending Friday, Decem-
ber %. were compiled by the New
York Cotton Exchange:
Weekly Movement
The news & observer., 1905-12-30


This Last
Year. Year.
Pot receipts .215,S20 238, ,764
Overland to mills
and Canada ..... 30.043 40,239
Southern mill takings
Cestimated) ..... 10000 10000
Gain of stock at in
terror towns ..... 21,533 IL, ,591
Brought into sight
for the week. 337.396 360,594
Total Crop Movement
Port receipts -. 5,053.168 5,902.90
Overland to mills
and Canada. 385.S37 500.12
S h e n mill
takings (esti-
mated) ....... $4,000 901 900
Stock ut interior
towns in excess
Of September 1. 51S.477 G50.G30
Brought into sight
thus far for
season 6.92S.4S2 7.954.662
The news & observer., 1905-12-30

Careful Housewives always use Bur-
netts Vanilla because no food COM
mission ever questioned it's purity.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
LUDDEN & BATES PIANO.

LUDDEN & BATES PIANO.
that we give you an instrument that
will compare in tone. action and gen.
eral construction with any $400 piano
in your borhood-purchased else
where.
1--WE warrant this piano "for life
time" and besides We give a limited
number of purchasers Free Life In
Surancc. In case of death your heirs
wife, sister or children are handed
a receipt in full for any amount you
may owe OH the instrument. Isn't this
a fair and safe propositions safe
guard to keep the piano in the home.
This offer holds good only for our
THIRD LUDDEN & BATES
Piano Club-just forming for one
hundred New Scale $500 Ludden &
Bates Pianos to one hundred Club
members at $2ST cash or $287 on
terms of $40 cash and $S monthly with
interest Larger payments for quar>
terly or yearly terms
Call at the store or write for mem
bership blanks. and full particulars
this Club will soon be filled.
Our two Clubs just completed saved
two hundred members in all, $22, 900
and made us two hundred more
friends. We would like your friend
ship also.
Cut out and mail today.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
AILING PEOPLE
Try the Bitters

1t has restored hundreds of sickly
people to robust health during it's So
years experience and it will help you.
too. 1t will strengthen the entire sys-
tenn and cure Heartburn. Bloating.
Nausea, Poor Appetite, Indigestion,
Dyspepsia. Costiyeness, ChilIs, Colds.
Grippe or Malaria. Try it to-day.
also ask your druggist for a free copy
of our 1906 Almanac.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
IUDDEN & BATES S. NJ. III.

Let us prove that we can do as we'll
for you. We guarantee in our New
Scale $500
The news & observer., 1905-12-30

1t would be awful easy to be good
If there were any fun in it.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30

Cut out and mail today.
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
SFsgf your eyes, open your mouth
anu scss sv5saf IGxck will hrfssg Ny0z."

Many woman is weak and sick,
nervous and discouraged. She suffers
from headache, backache and other ills.
She wants To be well. but ali She does
The news & observer., 1905-12-30
Weekly Interior Cotton Towns.

(By the Associated Press.)
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
MISS Irene crosby

Thousands of American women, how
ever, have found relief from all monthly
suffering by taking Lydia e. Pinkhamsa
Vegetable Compound, as it is the most
thorough female regulator known to
medical science. 1t cures the condition
which causes so much discomfort and
robs menstruation Of its terrors.
Miss Irene Crosby, OF 313 Charlton
Street East Savannah, Ga, writes: !.
"Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
Is true friend to woman. 1t has been OF
great benefit to me, curing me of irregular
and painful monstruation when everything
else had failed, and I gladly recommend 1t to
other suffering women"
Women who are troubled with pain"
ffl or irregular menstruation, back
ache, bloating Tor fatulence), leucor-
rhoea, falling, inflammation or ulcera-
ton of the uterus, ovarian troubles,
that bearing-down feeling, dizzi-
ness. faintness, indigestion, nervous
prostration or the blues, should take
immediate action to ward off the seri-
GUS consequences, and be restored to
perfect health and strength by taking
lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and then write to Mrs. Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass, for further free adj
vice. Thousands have been cured by
SO doing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
FRUITFUL FURNACES.
INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES PRECIOUS
STONES.

lei nt,sts gTave succstdel ia PIncninS
l,aal iasaonls and Bubbles From fho
CruciG'e OF The Turnace.
Recent adyiees from France state
that Professor 2Ioissan. the eminent
scientist and inventor, has actually
Succeeded Id making genuine dia.
monds ana rubles. He employs for
this purpose the electric furnace,
which has been 50 improved that a
degree Of heat can be produced APP
proachng the extreme temperatures
which were undoubtedly factor in
the formation of minerals and gems in
fine interior Of the earth.
The rubies obtained are of large
size, weighing ten or fifteen carats,
and IN quality and color equal and
even srrpass those found In the earth.
THE natural forces attending the for
nation Of diamonds seem to have
been more complicated, and so far the
diamonds resulting from the efforts Of
the scientists have been very small,
bit still they are positively identified
as the carbon crystalline diamond.
They are remarkably clear and bright,
and on a small scale as fine specimens
as natures own product
The electric furnace has enriched
chemistry with a whole series Of new
compounds. Probably the one of most
value to mankind at large is Calcium
Carbide. The simple application Of
water to Calcium Carbide generates
the gds Acetylene, which is now being
commonly used for lighting
The peculiar merits Of Acetyiene
light are it's brllilance and high candle
power ease of installation, economy
nnd IT'S adaptabilty for lighting build
lnEs Of every description, regardless
of their location.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
What Corn AooOmpIishes.

Coru-fed pork furnishes our tables
with millions of hams and sausages,
besides bacon and lard. Corn pro-
duces the best of poultry and eggs,
OF which alone we, as a nation, CON
sumo more Cwhen measured by dol
lars) than we do of wheat. OF corn
starch We use about 100000 per
year, to say nothing Of the enormous
consumption of glue, combs and 9th
err products made from the horns,
hoois and hair Of those cornfed
animals. To all these we must add
product Of corn-oil (maxlmum $4,000
daily largely used In paints; and
the hy-products OF corn-oil, starch,
glucose, whiskey and alcohol, dried
and sold in cakes, for animal food,
amounting to millions of dollars per
year. Nor is that all that corn accom-
plishes. Besides giving food and
clothing in the form of animal and
vegetable products, as indicated, it
gives life aud strength to millions of
horses, mules and oxen that till our
fields and haul our multitude Of farm
products to the thousands of country
markets, from Maine to California,
and from the Dakotas to Florida and
TeXas.-Harpers Weekly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
mnaouLar Laneashlre Malda.

The maids Of Blackburn are max.
Ing a supreme effort in regard e the
Development bf tho raear
They have orsgulzed q club under
the nefGs Of The DlaoN1srn and Dis.
trict Ladies' %tuva! Health Society
and they have membership Of about
forty
Tho society,"" said the secretary,
aims at the development Of purer
snd nobler womanhood and man
hood"
The specific objects Of the club
are,
To discourage the wearing Of cor.
sets, to discourage the unnecessary
physical weakness of women to pro-
note the consideration OF the health
question, to cultivate proper
pride regarding tho care OF the
body, to discourage Brudery and
ignorance regarding vital physical
facts, to foster a love for out
door exercise as means ID de.
velop health and strength, and to dis.
courage the use Of tobacco and intoxi-
caRis among male friends and ac.
quaintances
All young unmarried girls residing
in Blackburn and district are eligible
for membership provided they sub.
scribe 70 the principles OF the society.
A field has been rented by the club
for the purpose Of engaging in out.
door sports, and an instructress In
gymnastics has been engaged TO take
the members in hand in the winter
months. 1t Is proposed to establish
library OF books on all matters APP
pertaining to physical culture, health
and hyglene.--London Daily Express.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
How to Listen to Music.

People often get intensely excited
In listening to music-lettihg their
emotions run rampant and suffering
in consequence a painful reaction Of
fatigue. If they would learn to yield
SO that the music could pass over
their nerves as it passes over the
Strings of a musical instrument, and
then, with the new life and vigor
derived from the enjoyment, would
turn to some useful work, they would
find a great expansion in the enjoy
ment Of the music as we'll as a new
pleasure in their work If we enjoy
good music and gloat over our per-
sonal pleasure in it, SO to speak, it
takes the life out of us. If we let
the music carry us along instead
Of trying, in our excitement, to carry
the music, it brings new life to US,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
orlaln Of poa pays.

According to the generally accepted
doctrine, the dog days begin on July
5 and end on August IL, but there
have been disputes as to every pos
sible point about them. It was uni
versally agreed that they were con
nected with the Dog Star, but which
one? Tho real Dog Star, Sirius-or
Procyon. the Little Dog2 Then there
were disagreements as TO the parti-
cular astronomical performance Of
The star that fixed the dog days; as TO
their number, which varied in differ
emit estimates between 80 and 81; and
whether they were to be reckoned be-
fore, after or around the stars per-
formances. The 40 settled on pre-
cede the rising Of Sirius with the sun.
A belief grew up that IN these days
dogs went mad, but terrestrial dogs
have really nothing to do with it,
The original belief was that the star
el sun together brought intense
neat and all sorts of plagues.-Londop
Chronicle,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
MAKING child LInauIsts.

A new method OF teaching Ian
guages by interchanging children be-
tween different countries is being
popularized by an institution which
has its headquarters IN Paris,
Sir oliver Lodge has adopted this
method of teaching his children
French by exchanging them for linn
tied period with members of the fam
ny 81 M. Toni-Mathieu the director
Of the society
In its first year the society has
been the means OF exchanging no
fewer than eighty-elght children and
young people between families in
England, France, Germany and AUS
tria.-London Mail.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
THE VIOLET COLOR OF OLD
GLASS.
A Curious Change That occurs After
the Passage Of Time.

SlS SSS0ST W 4'HS'
In many old buildings one sees win
dow panes which have turned pale
amethyst color. Manganese is added
TO the glass to neutraIize the green
color which is caused by the presence
Of ferrous iron, and in the course OF
time, this manganese changes from
its colorless state, and, turning violet,
gives its hue to the old glass. It has
been observed that radium will cause
this change in glass when It's rays are
allowed to act for only short time.
The suggestion has been made that
the turning of glass under ordinary
circumstances is due to the action of
the minute quantities Of radioactive
minerals which are present In many
localities.
Sir William Crookes has been max
ing study Of these phenomena and
concludes that the change in glass is
not due to radium. The suns rays
possess all the powers Of radium rays
only in a vastly smaller degree. He
believes that the long-continued ac-
ton Of the sunlight in the cause Of
the change noticed In the color Of
glass 1t was shown some years ago
that some of the suns rays are pre-
vented from reaching the earth by
the blanket Of the earths atmosphere,
and these rays which are taken away
are the ones most active in effecting
such changes as the one in glass A
striking confirmation of this is af-
forded by the fact that the most rapid
ooloring has been observed at high
elevations in tropical regions Here
the layer of the atmosphere Is thinner
and the suns rays more powerful.
Some especially deeply colored speci-
meas Of glass have been found in
South America in the region Of the
Andes Golfers Weekly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
~ the eweat 81 Ela BOW

BY the Sweat OF His Brow.
\ when | was on the stage re-
marked Chief Clerk McDermott, OF
the st. Francis, who eternally de-
lights to recall his many triumphs
Us Thesplan, Il once played the
waves in Monte Cristo You re-
member the scene whore Edmund
Dantes climbs up on the rock, with
the billowy, bounding deep surging
madly around him? He poses heroi-
cRlly on the rock, looks up at the
gallery and says The world is minen
Well, played the billowy bounding
deep IN that scene. The waves con.
sisted of a piece Of green canvas at.
tached to q rocker worked the
rocker and made the waves roll.
Now and then another fellow tossed
a bucket of real water up against the
rock 10 add q little realism to tho
scene. The first night played that
part one OF those buckets Of water
missed the target and caught me in
the neck. The stage manager took
one look at me when the curtain was
rung down. was dripping wet.
Flnel he said. Great You're the
FIRST fellow that ever persplred play
ing that part
And was engaged for the whole
season right there and then."-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
A rrnmn rouso loo Yenrs OLA.

A frame house can be kept in good order
for a hundred years, if painted with the
Longman & Martinez l.. & M, Paint. 1t
Won't need to be painted more than once
IN ten to fifteen years because the l.. 4 M.
Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead, and
gives it enormous life.
-Four gallons Longman & Martinez J.. L
NJ. Paint mixed with three gallons linseed
oil will paint a house.
w. B. Barr. Charleston. w. Va, writes:
painted Frankenburg Block with l.. a.
NJ; stands out as though Vanished"
Wears and covers like gold.
Sold everywhere and by Longman &
MARITIME, New York. Paint Makers for
Fifty Years
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
STRONGER THAN MEAT.
A Judges Opinion Of GrapS-Nuts.


Al gentleman who has acquired aIJu-
dlcial turn OF mind from experience on
the bench out in the Sunhower State,
writes carefully considered, opinion
as 30 the value OF Grape-NutsIas food.
lie says;
"For the past five years GrapeNutS
has been prominent feature in our
bin at fare.
"The crisp food with the delicious,
nutty flavor has become an indlspenSa'
bic necessity in my'family's everyday
life.
1T has proved TO be most heaithful
and beneficial, and has enabled US TO
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our ta6Ie. for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts and do not craverich and
unwholesome food.
Grape Nuts keeps us all in perfect
physicaI condition-as a preventive or
disease ie is beyond value. l have been
particularly impressed by the beneficial
effects of GrapelNuts when used by
ladies who are troubled with face
blemisfes. skin ,eruptions, etc. 1t
clears up the complexion wonderfully,
LAS touts nutrltiye qualities, my ex-
oeience istthat one small dish OF Grape
Nuts is superior to pound of meat
for Breakfast, which is an important
consideration for any one. 1t satisfies
the appetite and strengthens the pow
al 81 resisting fatigue, while itsuse In
wolves none\of the disagreeable- conse-
ouenees thar sometimes followsa meat
breakfast Name given byi Postum
Co. Battle Greek. Mich.
There's Eeaso8y
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
YELLOW CRUST ON BABY
would Crack Open and scab Causing Ter
rible Itehing-Cured by Cutioura.

'Our baby had a yellow crust on his
head which | could not keep away. When
thought had succeeded in getting his
head clear, it would start again by the
crown of his head crack and scale, and
cause terrible itching then got Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, washing the scalp
with the soap and then applying the ONT
ment. A few treatments made complete
cure. have advised many mothers to use
Cutcura, when | have been asked about
the same ailment of their babies. Mrs.
John Boyce, Pine Brush, N. Y"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
HIIMAN NATnRE.

Mr.. Podger-What are you reading
there, Jimmy? "Deadshot Dick"
The idea. Gimme me that book.
Mr.. Podger Ian hour later)-say,
Maria that's about the best story I
ever read. TIL have to get the Sc
quel to 1t. IT'S out next week.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15

months ago when was feeling miser-
able; had severe pains in the back; was
restless and languld; had a dull head
ache and neuralgia pains in the limbs
and was otherwise distressed. A few
boxes of the pills effectualy routed my
ailmeut and l am glad to acknowledge
the benefit l derived.
(Signed CHARLES A. TOWNE.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price, so
cents per box.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15

Sir Frederick Treves is authority
for the statement that the use of al
cohol has steadily decreased in the
medical profession during the last Is
years.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-15
PAINFUL PERIODS
aMERlGlH W5AEa Fja9 RELIEF
TIE case Of Kiss Irone Crosby Is one
az Thousands Of Cures Mace oy Lya'A
Y. Pinkh8mFs Vegetable Compound

How many women realiz6 tife3 nen-
situation is the balance wheel OF .
woman's life, and while no woman Is
entirely free from periodical suffering
it is not the plan of nature that women
skrlld st1ffer 70 severely.