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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
DRINKING LESS WHISKEY.

During the last five years there has
been a steady decrease in whiskey
drinking. A Chicago newspaper has
been gathering statistics which war
rant it in saying that the consumption
of distilled spirits, other than those
made from fruits. in the fiscal year
1905, was 116, 143,732 gallons. or 7O4,-
$40 gallons less than in 1904. What
is the cause of this falling off? The
Chicago paper says:
1.-The falling off is attributed to va
rious causes, among which is a genuine
reform in popular drinking habits is
gratifyingly included. Another cause
is the rigor with which the Sunday
in many cities since Governor Folk,
of Missouri, led the crusade for law
and order in that State
The decrease in drinking and drunk
enness in North Carolina in the past
few years has been most remarkable.
There have been several causes, the
first being the pronounced sentiment
for temperance that has made itself
felt in the Watts law, the Ward law,
the voting out of saloons in more than
a score of towns and the crusade
against the use of intoXicantS Anoth-
Ell cause has been the action of bust
ness men and corporations that refuse
to employ men known to love strong
drink, enforcing practical temperance
as a condition precedent to securing a
job and as a necessary condition tC
holding one.
There is still all too much drinking
but if the decrease is as marked dur
ing the next ten years. as during the
past ten years, many thousands of dol
lars will go into the comforts of home
and new and better houses that have
gone down thirsty threats. There is
a duty for every business man: Dis
courage drinking by the example you
set the young men in your employ
and who look up to you for guidance
and by tactful admonition to men with
whom you come I'M contact in business
particularly young men who have moi
contracted the degrading and demon
alizing habit.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
AFTER THE CHORES ARE
DONE.
BY CLARA b. BYRD.

When the sun slips adown the West
And there's a feeling in your breast
That kinder makes you sigh, then
sigh again.
And the pigs have stopped their
st.uealing.
In the meadow by the creek
All about you insects wheeling,
Darling, playing hide and SEEK
IT'S the very time for fun,
After the chores are done.
Then whirl your hat high in the air,
Let it take your every care
And leave it there to drown in open
space,
For the cows are safely sheltered
And the woods piled in the shed.
The horses, too have been watered,
With their corn and oats been fed;
Greet now mankind with conscientious
face
Sighted duties there are none,
After the chores are done.
Then seated round the kitchen fire
Tales are told of youth and sire,
While they light the lamp and the
tables set.
And your days hard toll attesting:
Not better done before"
But with sister gaily jesting,
Vow her work is play-no more;
Yet heart with hear in Loves blest
union meet
After the setting sun;
After the chores are done.
When Lies days work is ended,
Earth's chores foreer suspended,
And we turn our footsteps Ianguidly
toward home.
Like the happy chore-boy may we,
Knowing every tasks complete,
Pass thro' these the portals calmly,
There. while aeons slow retreat,
To rest where nought save joyous
peace doth come
After the setting sun,
After the chores are done.
Buie'S Creek. n. c..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tions made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty of warning in that bearing down
feeling, pain at the left or right OF the
womb, nervous exhaustion, pain III the
small of the back, leucorrhoa, dlzzl-
ness. f1atulency, displacements of the
womb or Irregularities. All of these
symptoms are indications of an UNI
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and if not needed the trouble
will make Roadway until the penalty
has to be paid by dangerous opera
ton, and a lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best, while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women. Miss Luella
Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle,
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
"About two wears ago | was great SUI
ferer from q severe female trouble, pains and
headaches The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that | had tumor on the
womb and must undergo an operation if
wanted to get well. felt That TINS was my
death warrant, but l spent hundreds of dol
lars for medical help, but the tumor kept
growing. Fortunately / correspondent with
an aunt in the New England States, and she
advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound as it was said to cure tu-
mors I did so and Immediately began to
improve in health, and was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without an
operation. | wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
Just as surely as Miss Adams was
~rrad of the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just so surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles, Inflammation OF
the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous
excitability and nervous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are i'll to write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

strenuous existence in the South,
though it may not seem so to one at
a distance The Southern Congress
man sits in his seat at Washington
as if he had been born in it, and in
that city never permits the suggestion
that he had a hard time in getting
there or ever expects to be retired. he
has an air of being comfortably set
tied as a farmer does who sits on ms
wide porch and views his growing
crops If defeated, he does not say
a word of regret and Washington sup
poses he was 'hankering for tne
shades of private life. The Strenuoslty
is reserved for local use.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
STATE NEWS.

The Asheville Citizen says that the
capital stock of the Elk Mountain Cot
ton Mills has been increased from
$4,000 to 100000. The additional
fifty thousand dollars is wanted for
the purpose of building blelchery 10
be run in connection with the mill and
to finish it's product At present the
spreads are sent in carload lots TO
Lowell, Mass, to be bleached and the
cost of this bleaching is about four
cents each, in addition to the freight
to Lowell, and, if it is desired to sell
the goods in this territory, they must
pay return freight.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
Put All PistOl-TOting towards i'll Jal

Windsor Ledger.
Two young negro boys arrived IN
Windsor last saturday morning al
most before court adjourned ana the
departure of the Judge-each "totlng
a pistol with as much braVado as any
of the Lowry gang. And they were
very properly slapped in Jail where
thev belonged and every other coward,
for that matter, who is found with one
on his person. The habit is getting
too common and too general, especial
Iy among the boys or those Sproutlng
into young manhood. The Judge sent
a man to the county farm FOR twelve
months last week for carrying pis-
toll, or rather gave HIM SIX mohtnS
for toting the pistol and six for swear
inc. to a lie. He swore it was bottle
of whiskev, the usual alias always CIV
en- to that Weapon-and we might add
the nroper one, They both go to-
gether. three out of five times, in the
commission of all crimes. without
the other damage is not 50 often done.
We are glad to note that our authorl-
ties here in Windsor and the county
have determined to break this habit
up. Shooting at night rs gettlng 100
common and promiscuouS, not only IN
Windsor but all through the country:
Peaceful citizens are disturbed anu
weak and nervous women are Ir!ghl-
ened to say the least. Coca citizeils
of both races should lend their aid
in supnressing this lawlessness and
dangerous habit BY what we learn
from our officers other arrests Will
follow They are on the lookout for
nistol-toters and are "On to- good
many of them. zee,
Coon 'eu all Mr. Sherl1I!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
At Ed9ecOmbc Court.


(Rocky Mount Echo.)
Judge Webb sent many TO the roads,
and in numerous other cases as justice
and mercy suggested, suspended judg
ment ON payment of costs. Hon G. c..
Daniels, Solicitor, lived up to his high
reputation in the court just passed. 1t
is recognized generally that the 4th
District has the most capable Solicitor
in North Carolina and one among the
most honest and popular.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

, IN u
Bryan's Deft Disposition.

William j. Bryan very deftly DIS
poses of the excuse given by George
w. Perkins that life insurance con-
tributions to the Republican campaign
fund have been made in the fear that
Democratic success would inJure the
assets This is absurd, he says, in
view OF the fact that the men so en-
gagged i'm diverting trust funds We're
themselves at work injuring the assets
through payments of unearned sal
aries to themselves and through specu-
latiVe operations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
Foremost Statesman of the Country.
Raleigh Christian Advocate.

William j. Bryan is undoubtedly
holding his own as the foremost states
man Of the country. The ovation Civ
en- to him by the Jefferson Club in
Chicago, on the 18th instant, was en-
thusiastic in the extreme. His infiu
ence is as strong in religious as in
political circles His strong evan
gelical addresses on religious subjects
betoken a large, clean, moral nature,
which, after all, makes the man.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
Home Insurance Companies Deserve
Support.

wilmington Star.
The News and Observer states the
matter well. and the facts should I'M
press every business man III Nol.il
Carolina. Wilmington mas IRE COM
panv. tha Carolina Insurance Com
pany. of which the city is proud, and
which has become one of the solid
Institutions of our city. 1t has been
managed by experienced and able
men, and has the confidence OF not
only the people of Wilmington but
many towns in North Carolina in
which it does business. The company
has it's own home, having erected a
handsome building OF its own 1hd !. II
is quite likely that the company Will
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
Long Stride Forward.

Houston (TeX.) Post.
The people of Texas and of the
South will have made a long stride
forward when they establish their own
life companies. The many millions
which are annually sent North would
be doubly productive of good If in
vested in the SOuth
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
SiIer City Graded school.
jonathan Record.l

The trustees or committee of the
graded school at Siler City have
bought the large academy building
there for $4,000. and have. obtained q
loan of 1000 from the State Board
of Education to help pay for it, and
they get as much more from our
county school fund.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
DON'T FORGET THE DATE.

The State Fair ut Raleigh embraces
the week of October 16th-21St inclu-
Sive. On Thursday, October 18th,
President Roosevelt will deliver an
address at the Fair Grounds. This
will be the greatest Fair in the history
of the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
Chatham Confederate Monument.



The fund for Chatham's Confeder-
ate monument now amounts to
$789.20. The last contributions were
made by Mark A. Cockman and j.
Dallas Griffin, each giving one dollar,
also IS by Miss Bette jackson Fell,
of Trenton, New Jersey, and 81 by
Master Samuel S. Jackson, Jr., Of
Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
Let Everybody Say Amen.

Winston Sentinel
1t is a little early to begin talking
about it but if the gentlemen who
want to be Governor will agree to say
little about it until a short time be-
fore the, convention and have only
short campaign, the people will be
pretty we'll satisfied. Too much time
is sometimes devoted to political cam
paignS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
Can Prove An Alibi.

Washington Post
''Who got that money contributed
by the life insurance companies to the
campaign funds?" asks New York
paper. Judge Parker and the policy
holders can prove an alibi.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

Fhere are some pretty smart folks
i'm North Carolina-men who can give
pointers to the green goods experts OF
New York city The fly New York
ers will not pick out a North Caro-
linian as a sucker after their exper-
fence with Postmaster Jarrett, OF
Dfllsboro You might as we'll try to
cheat a down Easter" as a Jackson
county citizen. They cut their eye
teeth long ago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
No IfOub1e FOr GOOD company TO DO
Business.
Greensboro Telegram.

Could Southern capitalists have
known all along what load of graft
the big insurance companies were car
rying, they would have got into the
insurance business sooner than they
did. 1t is no trouble for a clean, hon
est company to compete with con-
Germs that are neither economical nor
scrupulous in their expenditures.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

The odd Fellows of America stand
high and the good influence of the
order causes a steady increase in men,
bership. 1t wishes quality as we'll as
numbers in it's membership. Grand
Sire Wright rules that whiskey-manu-
facturers. wholesale whiskey- dealers,
saloon-keepers, bar-tenders, and pro-
fessional gamblers are not eligible TO
initiation into the order.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

Yesterday, by reason of a row, the
police are now informed where they
can break up a hell-hole in East Raj
eigh. Will they do it? If not. the
Board of Aldermen ought to get a
chief and police who will obey the
law. tsx
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

II cost Senator Martin over 81, 900
i'm his campaign for the Senate in Vir-
ginia, and Mr.. Swanson spent $9,S40.S6
i'm his successful fight for Governor.
1t didn't cost Governor Vance or Gov
ernor Aycock twenty-five dollars to
secure the nomination. Will We ever
get back to those day of the simple
life in politics? Must man be fair
ly rich to run for office?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
MORNING TONIC.
(Henry Van Dyke.)

Remember that charity thinketh no
evil, much less repeats it. There are
two good rules which ought to be
written on every heart: Never believe
anything bad about anybody unless
you know it to be true; never tell even
that, unless it is absolutely necessary,
and remember that God is listening
while YOU tell it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
No Better Place.
Greensboro Telegram.

Greensboro Telegram.
The Atlantic Fire Insurance Com |
pany is the title of the new corpora
ton to be organized in Raleigh soon. |
Men with money to invest nowadays
regard the insurance business as one
of the best place to put it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

If Mr. Roosevelt will make Chair
man Cortelyou return the money paid
by insurance companies to the Repub-
lican campaign fund his vigorous let
ter of last October will find permanent
approval Otherwise, otherwise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

About 500 men are employed in the
construction of the two railroads now
being built to Durham, one OF them
(the Durham & Southern from Apex,
and the other (the Durham & South
Carolina) from Bonsal. No wonder
Iaborers are SO scarce and hard to
get on the farms now.-Chatham Re-
cord.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
Under Which King. Benzonian?

SpringtieId ReDuDIlcan.
Apparently hereafter life insurance
Is TO be solicited along political lines,
and each company must choose
whether to become known as Re-
publican or Democratic concern.
Then, when a man changes his poll
ties, he must change insurance COM
panies If he would not be kept under
forced contribution to help his former
party.
No Trouble For Good Company To Do
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
AMONG TUE RAILROADS.

The people who have no faith in
the construction of the street car line
in this county had better begin to
look for shelter for it is coming. In
fact the SaXapahaw train will be pull
ling into Burlington before you know
it. We have it as straight as can be
that the money for the bonds is forth
coming, and that the papers will be
signed up at once now. A special
meeting of the directors was held in
Graham last Saturday, and the last
preliminaries were gone through with.
News.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
mighty.

r,
That young man Arey, of Salisbury,
ought not to have brought in the good
They may be over-fond of saloons in
Salisbury but the people there are
noted for their courtesy toward wo-
men and their respect for them
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
HOSPITALS CROWDED
MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Experience.
1t is a sad but

1t is a sad but
true fact that
e v e ry yea r
brings an in
in the
number ofopera-
tons performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More thanthree-
fourths of the
patients lyin G
on those snow
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

John A. Mccall. who filched $4S,-
720 from the policy-holders of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
thanks Cod he helped to defeat
Parker His remark is sacrilege. 1t
was dihonest Doodle, stolen from
widows and orphans, and not the AL
mighty.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

Judge Parker had ginger enough in
his declaration that President Mccall
had made a false statement about him.
O, for such ginger in the early days
of 1904
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

The testimony of Judge Parker,
chairman Sheeham and Delaney
Nicoll is thus summed up by Mr..
Nicoll: 81 never asked Mr.. McCall
for anything and l never got any
thing from him."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

The Catawba County News this
week is an Industrial, illustrated edi-
ton showing the progress of the
county. 1t is a splendid edition ano
reflects credit alike upon the paper
and the people of Catawba county.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.

Though the Southern Railway earns
over twenty-four percent in operating
the North Carolina Railroad, it has
been carting it out of<North Carolina
ever since the leas3 until this year.
They have been <hgaged in double
tracking the linz between Greensboro
and Charlotts,but doing nothing to
improve thEcondition of the road be-
tween Greensboro and Goldsboro, the
worst/piece of paying road in the
STATE There have been many COM
pHints about the bad condition of that
piece of road and the travelling public
will be gratified to know that work
has begun in laying heavy rails on the
line from Goldsboro to Greensboro.
The Burlington News says that the
rails have been laid from Durham 10
Gibsonville, and it understands the
plan to be to have the heavy ralls
laid in order to run heavy freights on
this division, the Southern having re-
Gently ordered a large number or the
largest and best locomotives and steel
cars"
If the Southern will make its line
between Goldsboro and Greensboro as
good as the line between Greensboro
and Charlotte, (and the people along
the line have a right to demand as
good a road as there is in the South),
it would be easier to make all sche-
dulles and keep the connections which
are now broken too often.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

Rev. VIM. T. Capers, rector of the
Episcopal church at Ashevifle, has
accepted the call to become dean of
the Christ Church Cathedral in Lex
ington, Ky.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

A good thing about having the chill
dren go to Sunday school is that it
makes that part of the day 50 peace
full at home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

1t begins to look like the yellow
to stamp out the disease. Last year
there was no killing frost until No
Vember 18th.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

There is but one way for the big
New York life companies to regain
confidence: Kick out the men re-
sponsible for the wrongs, put in good
men, and require all money put in
stipulated securities as is done in New
York with savings bank deposits.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

1t will be interesting to all MEM
bers of the Royal Arcanum to know
that Tennessee members will enJoln
the officers from increasing assess
ment on old members. 1t is a great
and an unexpected hardship.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

Mr.. Mccall paid $235,oo0 to Lawyer
and Lobbyist Hamilton of New York
Life money. What for? He says
illegal services"-a name that often
covers q. multitude of sins, as in this
ct nnpt
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

The new Methodist church at Car
thage will be dedicated next sunday.
The sermon will be preached by Or.
Kilgo, president of Trinity College.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

The discovery of a lake of white
wash in the Philippines comes stimuli
taneously with the exposures in the
big life insurance companies that alb
stract the money of policy holders to
help to elect Roosevelt. The men
implicated will probably exhaust the
lake
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

1t cost Governor Montague over $5,-
600 in his unsuccessful race for Sena-
tor in Virginia. Is there no way TO
end this burden imposed upon candl-
dates? If not. a poor man is estopped
from running for a great office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

The New York Sun says the big in
surance companies should be glad TO
get rid of the black mail levied upon
them in New York by the Republicans,
and adds: Never in the history of a
political party in this State, or In any
State, was there developed condi-
ton of depravity and infamy like that
which testers today in the party OF
which Benjamin B. Odell, of New
burgh. is the honored head"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

Prating of "sound money" John a.
Mccall distracted money belonging to
widows and orphans to corrupt politics
in America. Almost as many crimes
have been committed in the name or
Sound money as in the name of
liberty.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22

IIIdIIy OI tIIOIII' cc
Coop 'em all, Mr.. Sherlil