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The news & observer., 1905-06-09
Railroad Centre Tied Up.

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Railroad Centre Tied Up.
The facts disclose a remarkable
state of affairs. Here is Greensboro. a
town located in theory at the junction
of four railroads. in fact, by virtue Of
the North Carolina lease and the G. r.
& Y. ", and Western y. c. purchases,
in the grip of q railroad monopoly, al
though q railroad centre. Through its
yards every day thunder the through
trains of the main line of the Southern
system. From the Eastern part of the
State, from Eastern Virginia, from the
Southeastern portion of the State,
from Eastern South Carolina, from
the markets of the North and West,
from Florida and the far South, and
tapping the rich valleys of the Pied
mont and the distant mountains OF
Western North Carolina and Tennes-
see and the Mississippi Valley, the
lines of these four roads connect
Greensboro with webs of steel with
quick transit to every part of the
country and, physically, render the
town the ideal point for any enter
prise.
Never was q town less than metro
polls more blessed apparently with the
facilities of trade; never did any COM
munity find il harder to do business
with the world than Greensboro. How
the railroad would explain the fact |
do not know; the fact remains. The
old excuse of connection with local
roads cannot possibly apply. True,
three of these roads were once local.
They are now a part of the system
itself whose main line splits the city
Greensboro is as a matter of fact pos
sessed Of superior railroad advantages
to most of the towns in whose favor
she is Disseminated against Much of
the freight which goes to more distant
towns at cheaper rate than it can
through the city on it's way to it's
destination, is often held up in actuali-
ty on the Greensboro side tracks for
and actually \ hipped from thence to
Greensboro.
City Suffers With Bulldog Spirit
Under this travesty built up on the
theory of distributing points the city
suffers in bulldog spirit and improves
in spite of conditions. But the pellet,
to a town that has nailed progress to
the masthead. is not a pleasant dose.
So far, as we'll as / could learn, only
one business has actually moved away
from the city on account of these
conditions. That does not help the
injustice of the conditions, much as it
does credit to the civic faithfulness of
the people. But there is not the same
! incentive for q man to come to do
business as there is for him to stick
after he is located. And the business
| kept away from Greensboro by these
The news & observer., 1905-06-09
Tell it to Teddy.
(Mt. Olive Tribune )

VNII, OIIVG IIIDUIIE.J
The Newton Enterprise tells Of
three sisters in Catawba county who
are the mothers of fifty children, an
average of 16 2-3 to the woman NO
prospect Of race suicide in North Car
olina. We respectfully suggest that
this be brought to the attention of
President Roosevelt during his visit
to our State
The news & observer., 1905-06-09

800 miles east of Cape Hatteras by the
United Fruit Company's steamer Adj
miral Schley. which arrived here today
from Jamaica. The wreck appeared
to be that Of a vessel of about 800 tons
register and POO feet i'm length. The
general appearance of the derelict i'm
dicated that the disaster was of recent
Occurrence.
The news & observer., 1905-06-09
a Good Shot.
fKinston Free Press. }

Mrs j. w. Hood is a good shot as
the following story will tell. Mr.. j.
w. Hood and wife, who live six miles
east of here found that something was
going wrong with their chicens. Last
Saturday Mrs. Hood saw a fox after
her chickens and again Sunday. Mrs
Hood told her husband she would kill
the trespasser if she could get hold of
gun. Mr.. Hood Immediately bor-
The news & observer., 1905-06-09

rowed one and Monday morning about
nine o'clock while Mr. Hood was
blowing he heard the gun fire and
returning to the house he found that
his Wife had killed a large fox that
was catching her chickens.
The news & observer., 1905-06-09
BUILT UP her HEALTH
SPEEDY CURE OF MISS GOODE
She Is Made Well by Lydia E. Pink
mans Vegetable Compound, and
Writes Gratefully to Mrs. Pinkham.

For the wonderful help that she has
found Miss Cora Goode, 355 f. Chicago
Avenue, Chicago, H., believes it her
duty to write the following letter for
publication, in order that other women
afflicted in the same way NAV be
The news & observer., 1905-06-09
New Winston-salem Pastor.

Rev. c. S. Kirkpatrick, who grad
uated this week from Vanderbilt Uni
versity, has been appointed pastor OF
Advan\ Methodist church TO succeed
Rev w. NJ. Curtis, who resigned re-
Gently to accept the office of secretary
and treasurer of Greensboro Female
College. Mr.. Kirkpatrick will take
charge july 1St.
The news & observer., 1905-06-09
Capsized Vessel Sighted.

(Bv the Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass, June S.-A capsized
vessel was sighted last Tuesday about
The news & observer., 1905-06-09
SEAsHORE HOTEL


0arge,a
The
the
No
II. HINTON lie Beach c..
The news & observer., 1905-06-09

boro is compelled to face in competi-
tion with men i'm like business in the
neighboring towns in competing ter
ritory.
The news & observer., 1905-06-09
Facts and Their Effect.

Now these are some facts which will
not be denied. They have existed as
facts for years. 1t takes but a glance
to see how they affect Greensboro,
! how they affect the surrounding coun.
try, of which Greensboro is the natur-
al distributing point in the best sense
of that mis-uSed word. They have
this effect: first, they cause people in
the section adjacent to Greensboro to
pay more for goods than the people
nearer to Lynchburg or other favored
points, with no better advantages eth
er of mature or railroad facilities
second they reduce the volume of
business done at Greensboro. and de-
prive the merchant of both business
and profit to which he is entitled to
that extent injuring the town; third,
they prevent new men and new buSi-
ness coming to Greensboro, thereby
retarding it's growth; and, lastly, there
is q natural danger that they VIII op-
crate to drive away from the town en-
terprises which it is at present main
tanning. We have seen how one man
has pulled up the stakes of an iron
foundry and moved on. If relief does
not come others must do so. This mat
ter has been agitated and agitated, and
the railroad does nothing. And the
two towns which | have visited, High
Point and Greensboro, which, on dc
count of the magnitude Oh tnelf IN
terests are the most concerned, each
has furnished a representative to testi-
fv that the railroads can be trusted to
establish equable rates.
Scant Confidence i'm Railroad.
1t does not appear from what l
have CLEANED in these quarters that
there has been any over-Weening
trust imposed in the railroad by the
reople of these two towns; nor did
discover many signs of a bounding
hope that conditions would change.
The conditions are there. Some de-
tails suffice to show them. The philo-
sophy-so abstruse it is, | had almost
said psychology-of rates can no more
operate against the fact that town
two hundred miles away can get
better rate and invade successfully an
other towns natural territory than
the theory of the absence of matter
and the malign influence of mortal
mind" can convince ~1ebian of the
non-existence of an abdominal agony.
dry subject-rates! And SO is
bread. To sustain a town 4 good
quality of the one is as necessary as a
plenty of the other is to a child.
ROBERT L. GRAY.
The news & observer., 1905-06-09

differences in rates, in a day when
price shadings mean business itself as
we'll as profit or loss, cannot be cal
culated.
The news & observer., 1905-06-09
.Mi55 Cara GOOde

benefited as she was. Miss Goode is
president of the Bryn Mawr Lawn
Tennis Club of Chicago She writes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

spare for birds. we can do our part for the
cause by joining the nearest branch of our
state Audubon society, or, If there is no
branch nea- US, we can talk the matter
over with others who are interested and
arrange to have a branch organization in
OR own town or village. Then there are
many of us who, in addition to the small
amount necessary to pay our dues to the
state Audubon society, can afford a little
more TO help the great work being done
along the coast and elsewhere by the
national committee. which, as we reported
last week, has recently been incorporated
under the name of the National Associa-
ton of Audubon Societies of America In
spite of its good prospects this committee
Is at the present time badly handicapped
for want of funds. With the means at its
disposal it has done much splendid work
IN legislatures, anc. has effectively protect
ed, and is still protecting many interesting
and valuable" colonies of sea birds which
are being more or less rapidly eXtermi-
mated by egg and plume hunters. But
there are many more colonies to protect
and new wardenS will be employed for
this purpOra if only the necessary money
is forthcoming to enable the committee TO
employ them. For 50 year one may be-
come sustaining member OF this national
association, and every one who can afford
this amount should communicate at once
with the chairman, Mr.. William butcher
whose address is 30 Manhattan avenue.
New York. No work is required of a sus-
tanning member, though, If such a member
has the time and inclination TO do some
work. there is plenty of work to do. In a
letter received by the writer two or three
days ago Mr. butcher sail: Il assure you
need financial support at the present
time, as treasury is at a very low ebb
Just think 2,00O sustaining members a 50
each would make things comparatively
easy for us, and besides, this would per-
NIT to broaden our work very ex-
tensively."
Last of all, if We happen to be wealthy
and we desire to bequeath a part of cur
fortune to worthy institution
where would it do more good than in the
hands of the national committee of the
Audubon society where 1t would be used to
protect American birds and animals and
their descendants, for the profit and delight
of the American people forever?
FINEST HAROLD BAYNES
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ported here as one of the most worthy
causes for separation from loose change
that exists in the republic. The dependent
widows of officers and enlisted men of the
army and navy, many of whom live in this
city, have good reason to thank this fund
for much assistance in time of dire need.
This is the purpose of the fund. There
have been many widows and orphans made
by the work of the army and navy in the
Philippines, and the officers ofbotn branches
of the public service thought it might be
a good thing 10 let the people of the Phil
ippines make a slight contribution to the
fund in an effort to strike a balance. The
entertainment was given February and
in the Gorilla Theater, and it was not
only the biggest theatrical event of the
year in the Philippine capital, but it was
likewise the biggest social event of the sea
son. The native and foreign elements
turned out in full force, and private con-
tributions We're received in such amount
that at the conclusion of the performance
when the manager, Capt. James A Moss,
oath Infantry, counted his box sheets and
deducted expenses, he found that the relief
fund would be benefited to the extent of
exactly $3.50, a showing that was graft
flying to all concerned.
The show should prove OF more than
usual interest to the people of Washington
inasmuch as 1t gave opportunity to at least
three officers of the army well known in the
District to demonstrate their histronic
ability. To people who know anything of
the methods of the army it appears strange
that performance such as that given I'M
der Capt. Moss direction has not been an
event of more frequent occurrence in the
Philippines. The men of the army and
navy are many of them good amateur act
ors and Actresses" and throughout the
service at army posts and on shpboard,
the entertainments given by the officers
are events invitation to which is much
sought by the elect.
This is one of the things the men learn
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

FROM the Ihlladelphla RECORD.
Recent canal talk brings an interesting
relic of primeval days to the attention OF
two of the most important commercial COM
munities on the Atlantic coast. Between
Philadelphia and Baltimore there has
grown up a water commerce amounting to
something like fifty millions of tons per
annum. The present canal was built when
this state of things could hardly have been
anticipated, and little has been done from
time to time to keep its capacity up to the
requirements of trade. No craft of over
nine feet draft can get through. The locks
are only twenty-siX feet wide. The water
for this crude specimen of our forefathers'
enterprise is pumped into the summit level
OF course, so slight affair carries only
a small part of the commerce between the
two ports. The greater part goes by Sea
at largely increased risk and cost in time
and money. 1t is now stated that for a
very moderate expenditure Of capital all the
traffic to and from these great centers of
distribution could be amply accommodated
with tide-leVel canal. AS the canal would
be built upon private property and tolls
could be charged, ii would not require any
aims of the government or any permission
from the War Department, nor any
assistance from the government board OF
engineers. Here, at least, is one of the
''nayigable waters OF the United States
where private enterprise may be OF immense
benefit to the country and to itself-if 1t
will.
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He Had Them.
N the Louisville courier-Journal.

FROM the LOUISVILLE COMPASSIONATE.
Once, as the story goes, two Irishmen
were engaged in a discussion, when Pat
asked Mike what socialism was.
"'Well, socialism is sort of an equal di-
vision of property declared Mike. What's
mine is yours and what's yours is mine.
That's the idea
IF you had $1,000, O00,' asked Pat,
would you eIse niiiiion?
''I would that said Mike That's ac-
cording to my principles.
If you had two houses would you give
me one of them" was Pats next question
Mike insisted that he would.
And if you had two fine horses would
you give me one?'
Mike declared that he would follow his
principles.
And if you had two goats would you
give me one of them? finally asked Pat.
L would not. l have Them declared the
socialistic disciple"
And there is not in the books, be II re-
membered in these days when so many men
are pretending to be socialists, a better
definition of socialism than that.
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A Municipal Museum.

Chicago has municipal museum, the frs.
OF its kind to be established in any city.
A loan exhibition lasting one month repro
duced the exhibits showing the progress in
European and American cities recently seen
a. the ST. Louis exposition. The American
Civic Association sent the exhibit prepared
for the Turin exposition, and tie Woman
Outdoor Art League department an exhibit
of the work being done by its branches and
afflicted societies II Is significant OF the
Importance attached TO the work being ac-
complished by women's organizations and
womun's clubs along avenues Of civic bet-
termClt.
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Parkway Manila the Scene of
the Performance.
Minstrel Show for Benefit of the Army and
Navy Relief Fund ashingtonian Takes
Part-PrOnounced Success.

That the Americans exiled in the Philip
pines have something more to do than write
Information as to dead and wounded under
the Il regret to report heading. or furnish
quotations on hemp to the wardens of jails
and pcnitentiaries throughout the United
States, is attested by the detailed informa-
tion received here during the past few days
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regarding a gala amateur theatrical per-
Torrance given in Manila for the benefit of
the army and navy relief fund last month,
when the officers of the army dotted khaki
and side arms and adopted burnt cork and
grease paint for the benefit of the seekers
after amusement The people of the Dis
trict need no introduction to the army and
navy relief fund. 1t is known and sup
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Sent Freight by Mail.


A smart merchant in Cali brought on
clever trick at the expense of the govern
ment at that time. Samples of merchandise
were allowed to be sent through the for
eign mails to the weight of eleven pounds
for three 1O-cent stamps. This man had
22OO pounds of coffee which he wished to
send to Hamburg. He conceived the bril-
liant idea of making it up into 200 eleven
pound bags and handing it over to the post
office, sticking the practically valueless 10
cent stamps each bag. The government
had to hire mules at $40 gold apiece to
transport the bags from Cali to San Jose,
pay for their trainage thence to Buenaven-
ture, and for their transportation by sea to
Hamburg. 1t cost $40 gold merely to get
the bags to San Jose, and all the merchant
had to pay was 60 cents to Hamburg.
There was no end to these tricks of eX-
change. At the beginning of the civil war
a merchant of my acquaintance borrowed
from another man the sum of 81 600 Colom-
bian paper money, which was then 81, 500
gold. He was to pay it back in Colombian
currency at the end of three years, with
per cent per month interest. When the debt
matured exchange had risen to 10000 SO
that he was legally able to liquidate his
obligations, with the interest, for about $40
gold.
AS exchange mounted, and the govern
ment notes sank in value to almost nothing,
and were constantly fiuctuating, people did
not want to do any business. If you went
into a store and wanted to buy goods, the
merchant looked on you as his worst
enemy. Everybody wanted to acquire and
hold on to merchandise, which represented
actual value, and at the same time to get
rid of the notes, which were worth almost
nothing and would be worth absolutely
nothing if the revolutionists triumphed.
Ragged little boys on the streets COM
monty had their pockets full of bills to the
nominal value of S100 or S200-not enough
to buy a square meal When exchange be-
gan to shoot down, the revolution was
stamped out, everybody joined in a mad
scramble for the notes, which increased in
value day by day.
Ruined by Exchange.
l knew an old woman who was ruined by
the exchange. She had worked hard all her
life, driving keen bargains and saving
money. At the beginning of the war she
was worth 5000 gold. She accumulated
notes instead of buying gold or merchan-
disc, and when the revolution was far ad-
vanced she had a nominal fortune in Colon
bian paper money, which must have been
almost equal to John d. Rockefeler's. Then
she got scared, and shortly before exchange
began to shoot down she sold her trunks
full of paper for $50 gold. If she had held
on a bit longer she would have been a very
wealthy woman.
The system of doing business in the coun-
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Wholesale Christening.

These casual ways of doing business ex-
tend even to the church. A christening is
great ceremony when the child belongs to
wealthy parents, who are willing to pay
liberal fee, but 1 went once into church
in Buenaventura which was filled by hun
dreds of peasant women and their babies.
The mothers had come in from the country
districts round about, on the day appointed
by the priest, to have all the young chris
tened at once.
When the priest appeared the women
crowded around him. One said she wanted
her baby named Espiritu Santo, another
Marie de Jesus, third Gloria Benediction,
and so on.
But the priest had no idea of taking I'll
that trouble for mere peasants. He put the
boy babies on one side and the girl babies
on the other. Then he said the required
prayers, walked down the aisle, and sprink-
led holy water over all the children.
AS he passed the boys he said, briefly,
"Everybody's Peter" and as he passed the
girls, ''Everybodys Marie" That was the
end of the christening.
In isolated instances, however, the Colom-
bian displays a frugality in business that
is well nigh astounding. The United States
postal authorities may be interested to learn
that their mail bags clothe the nakedness of
many Colombians. At most of the ports
more American mails come in than go out
and the bags consequently accumulate. The
corrupt officials in the Colombian post Of
fees sell them, and they are made up into
trousers, shirts and other articles OF cloth
ing. 1t looks funny to a man walking
along the streets with "U.S.A. No. 30S712
stenciled on the seat of his trousers, but
you soon get used to it in Colombia. When
1 lived in San Jose mail bag trousers were
commonly sold in the stores for $15 pair,
paper money, which was equal, at that
| time, to less than 80 cents in American
currency.
Soldiers, as well as civilians, are not
averse at times to arraying themselves in
| the castoff plumage of other nations.
! | saw a review of some government troops
, at Cali once. The mulatto reviewing gen.
eral, like Kingsley's colibris at AYES, was
gorgeous to behold" His uniform con-
| sisted of an American ffreman's black he'll
met, German black patent leather leggings,
| russet shoes, red trousers, and q blue Eng
| lish navy coat with gold epaulettes. AS he
| walked along the line of troops he con-
/ tinually tripped over his sword. On his
| bre st were about twenty medals, and at
| first l thought he must be a warrior of re-
| nown, but when | got a chance to inspect
| them closely l saw that they were the
| aluminium medalliOns of church societies
| which all the children of the town wore
| around their necks.
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The exchange went up and up, until at last
it was 10000. The cost of the 1O-cent stamp
was then, of course. infnitesimal. You
could buy a pocketful of them for a cent,
and they were still good to take your let
tiers to Europe. People Were sending their
foreign mail practically free at the very
time when the government was most hard
up for money.
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, try is topsy-turvy from start to finish. The
| peasant woman who sells her produce IN
i the market has two stones which she uses
I as pound weights. One weighs a pound,
more or less, and the other about halt a
| pound. If You are friend of hers, you get
| the pound weight when you ask for pound
| of vegetables or coffee; but if you are only
| hated "gringo' you get the half-pound
| weight. She impartially charges the same
price for both quantities.
You cannot go into the market, casually
| order a bushel of corn, and be sure you Will
| get bushel of seventy pounds. You must
say what kind of bushel you want. In my
| district there three bushels in COM
nor use-the Cali bushel, usually sfXty-slX
| pounds, but variable: the Palmira bushel,
| ffty-six pounds, and the Silvia bushel, l4o
pounds. All cost the same price, and You
| got whichever one you asked for.
If you asked the reason for this strange
way of doing business, they told you that
! the corn grew at Silvia, and therefore 1t
| was only fair that the Silvia bushel should
| be the largest. They increase the size OF
the bushel instead of reducing the price.
Formerly, l suppose, each bushel was sold
| only in its own locality; but now all three
| bushels marketed Unfortunately in all
| the towns and villages of the department at
| the same price. 1t Is hardly necessary to
add that the Cali and Palmira bushels are
seldom asked for, and that if you simply
| order "a bushep you will be given Pal
mira bushel.