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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
GOOD FOR WILMINGTON.

The City Council has voted to issue
bonds to give municipal ownership OF
an adequate system of water-works
Twenty-nine towns and cities in the
state own their water plant and find
it an Improvement upon private own
ership. There is not a single good
reason why every city and town should
give to private corporations the right
to make money out of this necessity
of modern towns 1t is so important
that all homes be supplied with wa
ter that it ought to be furnished at
prime cost to the consumers.
Raleigh ought next year to follow
nearly all the other progressive cities
and towns in the State and own its
water. instead of permitting its people
to pay overnight rates to enable pri-
vate parties to make watered stock
yaIua bile
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
Weldon n. G. Bonds for Sale.

On Thursday, September 7th 1905,
the Board of Trustees of the Weldon
Graded School District Composed OF
tine town of Weldon, n. c., and GER
tain surrounding territory which will
more fully appear by reference to
Chapter 324, Public Laws of North
Carolina, session 1908, as amended by
Laws of North Carolina Fl. B. $50,
S. B. 649, session 1905, will offer for
sale School Bonds in the sum of $4,000
in denominations of $500 each, bear
ing interest at six per centum per an
mum, with interest coupons attached
payable semi-annually, $500 to be due
and payable January 1, 1910, and
$500 annually thereafter till all are
paid.
Bids should be accompanied by a
certified check in the sum of 500,
payable to the Secretary of the Board.
The said Trustees reserve the right
to reject any and all bids for said
bonds.
Bids should be filed with the Secre-
tary on or before IL O'Clock M, on
the 18th day Of September, 1905.
No bid less than par will be con-
sidered.
This the 5th day of August, 1905.
]. A. MUSGROVE,
Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
8-8-1 mo
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The Chamber of Commerce has
been a useful factor in the life of Raj
eigh, but it has never had sufficient
membership or means to enable it to
be thoroughly representative of the
business and manufacturing interests
of the city. 1t is to be reorganized
upon better basis and made the chief
agency to direct the progress of city,
progress and growth. The first meet
ing will be held on Thursday night,
and it is to be hoped that the attend
ance will be large. Already over one
hundred and eighty business and pro-
fessional men have applied for men,
bersip and the new Chamber will start
with two hundred members-a good
start and splendid promise of great
work
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
A New Sort of u Bank.

Monroe Journal.
1--WE are going to have meeting
of the stockholders in our bank nexf
Friday afternoon" said Mr.. j. \. Big
ham, of Jackson township, yesterday
and 1 want you to put in the paper
that every stockholder is wanted on
the ground at that time.
Didn't know that we had bank
Why, we've got the best dividend
Garner in the country It's our school
house A good many of us have been
investing some little surplus lii the
stock and we think we have mighty
fine thing. We have the school going
on now, and we think it is declaring
dividends every day in the good that
it is giving our boys and girls. Every
man in the district who Will SEND ms
children can receive a part OF the dlVl-
dends and is a stockholdef' ana we
want all the stockholders to meet on
Friday and discuss ways and means
of helping the banks efficiency lit
tie. We want to paint the nice bank
ING house that we have built and do
some other things that are needed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
LUMINA at Wrightsville Is practi-
caily IL free hotel for eXcurSiOniSts.
Spirit of the Press.
Praiseworthy Libels.
lesion News and Courier.

Charleston News and courier.
The editor of a society" journal
in New York has threatened TO sue
the American News Company for libel
because it circulated Golfers Weekly,
containing an article which spoke OF
him in denunciatory terms. When the
company referred the threat to Col
lier's, the publishers of the latter re-
piled: 1--WE shall be glad to assume
full responsibility on your behalf.
Meanwhile in subsequent issues oil
Golfers the society" editors name
has been irreverently handled.
This behavior on the part of Col
lier's is honorable to American Journ-
alism Technically a libel may have
been uttered, but a newspaper or pc
riodical which shrinks from publishing
technical libelS upon occasion, the
ibels being true, has no right to 1--we.
There are times when the truth must
be told, regardless of consequences,
and the journal that may be relied
upon to deliberately assail evil men as
well as evil things is of immeasuraol pie
value in protecting the public interest
This does not mean that severe IAN
guage is to be employed frequently
and without extreme care. On the con-
trary no journal is justified in law or
morals in the reckless handling of a
person's name. When, however, man
who has arrayed himself against clean
living and good manners and has be-
come with the increase of his power
a menace to the community, the jour
nal which rebukes him earns the graft
tude of the community's respectable
elements.
1t is not at all likely that Collier
will actually be sued, but If 1T should
be hailed to court the american people
will not permit it to suffer for its
handsome conduct.
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fathers, they have rebuilded their
waste places, restored their broken
fortunes, regained their political SUI
premacy and glorying in her past, re-
joicing in the abundant prosperity of
her present, with the song of the hus-
bandman, the roar of the furnace, the
hum of the spindle and the whirr of
the loom, they are heralding the tri-
umphant march of North Carolina to-
ward a future which shall be worthy
of her richest and noblest historic and
heroic traditions
1t ought to be the ambition of every
North Carolinian to do his part to
preserve the character of the State
that gave him birth, and, while devel-
oping it's resources and increasing its
wealth, to seek to keep it bottomed
upon the eternal principles so strong
" brought out in the Chronicles por-
travail To be worthy of the character
thus delineated by a Texan ought to
be the measure of the highest ambi-
ton of the coming generation of
North Carolina people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
What Men Deem Honor.
Golfers.

IOlllel
What men deem honorable is Illus
trated daily i'm the news, especially of
crime. A man recently shot and killed
another. Two children of the slain
mans wife, born soon after, died I'M
mediately, and the mother was not
expected to survive. The exploit was
instigated by the shooters idea that
his wife's relation to the victim was
one uncomplmentary to him. very
likely he was wrong about his facts,
but if he was right we still have the
Illuminating spectacle of woman
taking a certain choice of conduct and
her husband thereupon deciding that
it becomes his business to murder the
third person. If the wife had been
attacked another question altogether
would have been created. We now
contemplate a free choice on her part,
leading her husband to act as If we
were living in those good old times
when a wife was the husbands chattel,
like his house. or spade, or goat.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

tres of commerce? They would be a
useless heap of rubbish.
The coal was made for all the peo-
pie of the world. All that we add to
it is human labor, and human labor
should be the first consideration In the
distribution of the reward.
The distribution of the coal should
be accompanied by high pay for the
men that work the lowest possible
price for those that buy the coal, and
the last and least considered should
come the schemers that stand between
the workmen and the consumers.
The people should brush aside the
parasites that prey on the laborer and
the consumer alike, and give the bene-
fit of Natures generosity to the men
that dig the coal and to the families
that burn it
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
II HAS NO RIVAL.

No day passes that the Associated
Press does not score a beat on every
so-called news distributing concern III
America. 1t happens SO often that it
is taken quite as matter of course.
1t also scores International scoops in
plenty, as witness the death of the
late Pope and the election of his sue
cessor. In the matter of the terms
offered for peace at Portsmouth, the
Associated Press alone gave the news
that the whole world was anxious 10
hear, as this telegram from General
Manager Stone shows:
THE Associated Press alone had the
peace terms yesterday, and no one
else had anything of them.
(Signed "MELVILLE T.. STONE,
General Manager.
New York, Aug. II, 1905"
The Associated Press has no rival
and it's primacy is largely due to the
of Mr.. Melville f.. Stone, who has
made for himself worldwide reputa-
ton
Commenting upon this latest
achievement of the Associated Press,
the Asheville Citizen correctly shows
it's significance thus:
"In order to fully appreciate the
magnitude of this victory, it should
be known that the leading new! =
papers of the world are represented
at Portsmouth, n. H., where the Rus
so-JapaneSe peace commission is Sit
ting There is to be found the cream
of the journalistic world from Lon
don, Paris, Berlin and ST. Petersburg.
From the first named city no less a
parsonage than Sir Donald Mackenzie
Wallace leads the delegation from the
London Times. He is an Englishman
of high education, and holds degrees
from the universities of France and
Germany. Sir Donald represented
The Times at St Petersburg for seven
years, becoming thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with the Russian language and
attaining superior knowledge of
government affairs. 1t was against
such material as this that the Ameri-
can newspaper fraternity was pltt7d.
Here was a contest between the
Journalism of the old world and the
new, the former unquestionably pos
sessing all the advantages. Yet
American enterprise and strategy was
again triumphant, and the Associated
Press, as evidenced in the above tele-
gram. walked off with gigantic
SCOOP To the uninitiated the term
scoop has no particular significance,
but to the trained newspaper man that
word thrills or chills, according to the
manner in which he is associated
Herewith. Once again the Associated
Press has demonstrated that as a
news gathering agency it has no equal
In the world. Its peculiar facilities for
getting away with matters of far
reaching import is at once a marVei
and y thorn to other news associations
which are so often compelled to play
second fiddle to the Associated Press.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
Municipal Ownership is Better.
IreenVille Reflector

An evidence that municipal water
and electric plants should be owned
by the towns in which they exist and
not by private corporations, has been
shown in Elizabeth City. Because the
Daily Economist criticised the man
agemcnt of the electric light company
there the company cut off the cul
rent that operated the machinery OF
the printing office. When it comes
to pass that newspapers cannot crltl-
else corporations that deserve critt-
cism then the granting of franchises
ought to cease. Municipal ownership
is better for the people, anyway.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
Good CrODs in HYDE.

A special from Lake Landing to the
Elizabeth City Economist, says:
'"The crop prospect for Hyde coun-
ty is good, better perhaps than for
years. 1t is remarkable for growth
especially cotton. Ideal weather pre-
vailed all through the spring and the
hoe and pillow have done good service
in keeping down grass weeds. If
there comes nothing to destroy, barns
will groan under the weight of ripened
products for the year of 1905
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
just at the Right Time.
Wilmington Dispatch.

Just at this time when thoughts are
commencing to turn from summer to
winter and pastimes of the vacation
season are beginning to be crowded
out by preparation for the next schol-
astic season the Raleigh News and
Observer issues an educational edition.
1t is something that is fitting for the
eye of the school work for the season
1905-'06. The edition made it's APP
pearance yesterday. 1t is of most in
terestng character and contains much
profitable information attractively
presented by well known educators of
the State. 1t is just such an edition
that will profit the present and should
be retained to benefit the future.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
Let's Witt Awhile.
Charlotte News.

The people of North Carolina have a
plenty of other things to do besides
the discussing of possible guberna-
torial candidates for three years hence.
Why, Governor Glenn has hardly been
i'm Office long enough to warm the seat
and here they are talking already
about his successor. No, good people
of the Old North State, let us keep out
of politics while we can and give our
attention and energies to the upbuild-
ing of the industrial, agricultural and
other interests of this great Common
wealth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
After Bailey Now.
Columbia State.

Senator Bailey is attacking DR.. Al
derman for not thinking the South as
strong today as in the days of the Cal
houns, the Clays and the Davises.
Wouldn't the Texas Senator be doing
a better service to the South by cam
paigning against the burning of human
beings in Texas? On the day Mr..
Bailey extolled the new South a hor-
rible barbarity was enacted in his
State, that should bring the blush of
shame to the cheek of every South
erner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
Has the Trust Pocketed the Investiga
tors?
Southern Tobacco Journal,

SOuthcrn TOBACCO JOUIIdI
We hear nothing recently of the In
veStigatiOn of the workings of the
of the American Tobacco Com
pany, commonly called the trust.
The news was sent out some time ago
from WASHINGTON that men of talent
and backbone had been engaged to
probe the methods of the great giant
We, knowing by experience that such
things amount to nothing, did not take
the reports as serious.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
MORNING TONIC.
Governor Folk.l

There is sometimes too much of a
disposition on the part of some to al
low others to do the face sweating in
civic affairs while they do the bread
eating. Our government in theory
gives more rights than any other, but
some think SO little of their obliga-
tions to the general welfare that they
are often indifferent to being robbed
as long as they do not feel the effects
and are among the many.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

Here is the difference between the
man who puts character first The
head Of the house or Rothschild once
said: Make friends only of such
persons as can be of real help to you.
Emerson, the philosopher, once wrote:
There is but one rule to follow in
choosing friends; make sure that they
are better than yourself in some one
particular"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
Doing the state Valuable Service.
he Raleigh News and Observer

The Raleigh News and Observer,
ALWAYS an excellent paper, is doing
the State valuable service in the oc-
casional special editions it publishes.
Sundays paper was an educational
edition of thirty-two pages filled with
admirable article and illustrations
showing the educational progress
North Carolina has made. Pitt county
is well represented in this educational
edition of the News and Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

Georgia has created two new coun-
ties-one named Toombs and one
named Stephens. They are well
named. Georgia has produced no
greater men. Their long friendship
makes it fitting that the twin counties
should be named for these two old
Romans.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

Itching hemorrhoids were the
plague of my life. Was almost wild.
Doans Ointment cured me quickly and
permanently, after doctors had failed
c. f. Cornwell, Valley street, SAUCER
ties n. Y
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

1t seems that Mr.. Hyde had to go
all the way to Europe to have his car
buncle treated. Dollars to doughnuts
his carbuncle does not hurt as much
as it would cruelty him to testify in
the courts and tell all he knows about
graft
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

The Atlanta Journal is everlastingly
right when it says that passes are
given because tangible results are ex-
pected." Those who call it courtesy
of view
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

People occasionally discuss "What
to do with our ex-Presidents? When
Roosevelt's time expires, we can send
him to dig the Panama canal. He
thinks men ought to- enlist for that
dangerous service.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
What Does That Mean?
Durham Herald.

DUTndHl IttId-U.
We learn that while the proposed
trolley line from here to Raleigh is
not a certai- the prospects are as
bright for it ee g. were.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

If the railroads were as much in
terested in the safety of the passengers
as they are to sell watered stock ct a
high price, there would be fewer ac-
cidents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

The Salisbury Sun says that the
Southern Railways business has
doubled within the past five years. But
freight and passenger rates stay sky
high,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
Creditable Issue.
High Point Enterprise.

The News and Observers 32-page
educational number of yesterday was
chock full of interesting State school
history, and altogether most credit
able issue of a most enterprising daily
paper.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

'Wil the canal pay?" asks a diplo-
mat. The question now is "Will the
canal ever be dug?'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

If Senator Bailey knew DR.. Alder
man and understood his true spirit,
he would find that they think very
much more alike than the Texas
Senator imagines.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

The news from Salisbury is that the
Southern Railway has bought $500, 900
worth of new engines. When will
North Carolina's part go on the tax
list?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16

No man is ever so busy that he can
find time to make an occasional mis-
take
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
Human Labor Should Be The First
Consideration.
Cardinal Gibbons.

What would it avail any man to own
all the coal mines in Pennsylvania and
West there were no hearty
So dig in the mines and
t AKA Onts lN pal to the various CEN
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
IUMINA-Bright and Gay, light as
day. Come and stay-Wrightsville.

Clinton, n. c., Aug. 5.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-14

effort will DO made on tho part Of the
Federation Of Labor 90 bring about
tho unioniEation Of tho farmers Of
this country and their anillaiioh with
tho American Federation Of Labor
for mutual benefit and protection. In
Wisconsin and Minnesota a number OF
farmeTs' unions have been formed al
ready and, according 10 tho statement
OF the officials Of the Federation, tho
aiiliation OF these farmers unions
with tho American Federation Of La,
Dor Is merely a matter OF time. The
leaders OF the federation arc highly
enthusiastic over the prospect Of an
alliance with city wage workers with
tho farm hands and farmers an over
the country. Tho Western Farmers
Unions have sent delegates 10 tho con
yention, and Il Is not expected that the
proposition OF an ahliation viii meet
with any serious opposition.
There is a strong faction which ad-
voeates not only the exclusion Of Chi,
neso labor, but also OF japanese, Co
Feaus aud Others, and il is expected
that an extension of the existing OK
clusion laws viii be- strongly adyoeat.
ed AS 20 European immigration IL
Will probably recommend 20 order cd
ucational tests and a poll tax. Other
important matters which will be given
considerable attention are the ques-
tion Of a universal eight hour day,
child labor, sweat shops and federal
injunetions
Among the entertainment features
OF the convention will be a banquet
FOR the delegates and a trip in a spe,
eial train over the great terminal cir
cult about this city which has be-
come famous during the past year by
the great number Of important societies
and individuals who have inspected
the tonnage producing districts and
the method Of handling the traffic.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-14
Ameriean Fedsration of IAbor.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. i4.-The twen.
tyhfth annual convention OF tho
American Federation OF Labor, eolnei.
dent with tho silver jubilee Of tho or.
ganiEation, which was founded In this
city a quarter Of a century ago, was
opened here today. Samuel Gompera,
tho president Of tho federation, called
tho convention 90 order and delivered
tho opening address, Ia which he out
lined tho various Important questions
which are 20 be considered and acted
upon by tho convention. The number
Of delegates attending tho meeting IL
about 600. The representation ia dis
tFibuted on tho following basis' From
national or international unions, for
less than 1000 members ono delegatei
Tor 1000 or more, two delegates 5000
or more, three delegatesi 10000 or
more, four delegates $4,000 or more,
five delegates $4,000 or more, six del,
egates, and so on at tho same ratio.
From central labor bodies and state
fedeFations and from local trades
unions, not having a national or in
ternational union, and from federal
labor unions one delegate.
Among tho most important matters
which will come for consideration In
the convention are the questions in re-
gard 10 the exclusion OF Mongolian la-
bor, tho matter concerning tho move
meut among printers an over the eoun-
try in favor OF AN eight hour working
day and the proposition Of forming a
Farmers union 20 be affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor IL
is stated on good authority that the
convention will insist upon the rigid
enforcement OF the laws excluding
Chinese labor from this country II is
also stated that tho movement in favor
of an eight hour day for the printers
win be warmly supported by the Fed
GRAFTON.
Il is understood that a determined
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-14
Son Lost Mother.

Consumption runs in our family,
and through it lost my mother, "
writes ID, b. Reid Of Harmony, Me.
"For the past five years, however, on
the slightest sign Of a Cough OF Cold,
have taken DR.. Kings New Dis
eovery for Consumption, which has
saved me from serious lung trouble. "
His mothers death was a sad loss for
Mr.. Reid, but he learned that lung
trouble must not be neglected, and
how TO cure il. Quickest relief and
cure for coughs and colds. Price SOC
and $780, guaranteed, at J. G. PerTy's
Drug Store. Trial bottle free.