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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10
TO THE HE8OESOF
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Bill Framed by Webb for
a Monument.
MEN ON COMMITTEES
How North CaroIinians are Placed.
BIackburn-Rolins Contest. Members
Plan to Press an Omnibus
Building Bill Despite His
Hostility of Cannon.
By THOMAS j. PENCE.

Washington. d. c.. December 8
Speaker Cannon declared two years
ago that. at some not distant date,
this government should take action
properly to commemorate the services
rendered the republic by those who
participated in the battle of Kings
Mountain. This expression from the
Speaker has since been repeated.
though it must be said that Uncle Joe
is slow in backing uD words with
deeds. Representative Webb has takeI
Mr.. Cannon at his word, and accord
ingly has introduced a bill appropriat,
ing 100000 for the erection of a
monument at Kings Mountain battle
ground. Mr. Webb is going to keep
this measure before Uncle Joe's vision
He is hopeful of securing aid from the
Speaker. The bill reads:
THAT the sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars be. and the same IS here
by, approx rated out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, for the erection of a monument
ard Enclosure for same on Kings
Mountain battle ground in York coun.
ty. South Carolina. TO the memory of
Generals William Campbell, Charles
Mcdowell and John Williams, and
Shelby, John Severe and Edward
Lacey, and Major William Gambler,
and the men who fell or participated
in the battle of Kings Mountain,
fought on the seventh day of October,
seventeen hundred and eighty: Pro-.
vided. That the money appropriated
as aforesaid shall be expended under
the direction of tho Secretary of War,
and the plans. specified tions, and de-
signs for such monument and inclos-
ure for the same shall. before any
money so appropriated is expended, be
first approved by the Secretary o.
War: And provided further. That no
part of the sum hereby appropriated
shall be SO expended until the Kings
Mountain Battle Ground Association
Of South Carolina shall convey not
more than fifty acres of said battle
ground to the United States upon
which to erect said monument. anG
which site for said monument shall
be procured without cost to the
United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made me a well woman, and feel 90 grate- ful that I am glad to write and tell you of my marvellous recovery. It brought me health, new life and vitality"
 What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will do for every woman who is in poor health and ailing.
 Its benefits begin when its use begins. It gives strength and vigor from the start, and surely makes sick women well and robust.
 Remember Lydia E. Pinkham's vege- table Compound holds the record for the greatest number of actual cures of woman's ills. This fact is attested to by the thousands of letters from grate- full women which are on file in the Pinkham laboratory. Merit alone can produce such results. Women should remember that cure for all female diseases actually exists, and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Take no substi- tute.
 If you have symptoms you donS understand write to Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn, Mass, for special adviee-it is free and always helpful. ,eund Succeeds Whsrs others Fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

household, and too often all the doc toring does no good.
 If woman finds her energies are Tagging, and that everything tires her, dark shadows appear under her eyes, her sleep is disturbed by horrible dreams If she. has backache, head aches, bearing-down pains, nervous ness, whites, Irregularities, or despon- dency, she should take means to build her system up at once by tonic with specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound.
 This great remedy for women has done more in the way of restoring health to the women of America than all other medicines put together. It is the safeguard of woman's health.
 Following we publish. by request, a letter from a young wife.
 Mrs. Bessie Ainsley of ell South 10th Street, Tacoma, Wash., writes: Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
 "Ever since my child was born have suf- fered, as hope few women ever have, with inflammation, female weakness, bearing-down pains, backache and wretchsd headaches It affected my stomach SO that could not en- joy my meals, and half my time was spent in bed.
 Lydia E. Plnkhan's Vegetable Cen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
A GREAT DISCOVERY. pRoPsY.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
THE IDEAL WIFE
Shapes the Destiny of Men-The Influence of {
 Healthy Woman Cannot Be Overestimated.

Seven-eighths of the men in this world marry a woman because she is beautiful in their eyes because she has the quail ties which inspire admira- tion, respect and love.
 There is a beauty in health which is more at tractive to men than mere regularity of feature. The influence of women glorious in the possession of perfect physical health upon men and upon the civilization of the world could never be measured. Because of them men have attained the very heights of ambitionj because of them even thrones have been established and de- stroyed.
 What a disappointment. then, to see the fair young wife's beauty fading away before a year passes over her headl A sickly, half dead-and-alive wom al n, especially when she is the mother of a family, is a damper to all joyous ness in the home, and a drag upon her husband.
 The cost of a wife's con- stant illness is a serious drain upon the funds of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

A Dying Church.
 Oh. that today the churches of the Lord Jesus Christ would become more positive upon the questions that are making so many church members luke warm Christiansl Some time ago I read of an artist who was asked to paint a picture of a spiritually dying church. He painted a church building, cathedra1-like in It's proportions. This prosperous church had it's tall towers, it's stained glass windows and its wealthy parish toner's assembling for worship, but near the front door of this fashionable church the artist painted a collection box marked Foreign Missions" Over the aperture of this box the artist drew a simple spiders web. The idea of that artist was self-evident. But, though that was a powerful picture, l do not believe the artist pictured the greatest curse of our modern Laodlceans by which Satan destroys the spirituality of our prom inent churches. This evil Is not found in the collection plates, but in the church members laxity in reference to amuse- ments. When a man becomes indifferent to God in reference to his pleasures, in- evitably he becomes indifferent to all other deeds.
 Lastly, remark that the lukewarm Christianity of our modern Laodiceans is demonstrated in reference to the pro- fessed disciples of Jesus Christ neglect ing to win their brethren from their sins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
A MISERABLE RULER.

If we were called on to point out one of earth's rulers who has continual and endless cause to feel disturbed, we should certainly designate the Czar Any ruler of a great nation may have more or less cause for uneasiness, es- pecially if his Government is a mon- archy. The old adage, Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" applies to some extent to all rulers, even those of republics not being exceptions.
 The ruler of the Russian Empire has less reason for tranquility and satis- faction than any man among all the crowned heads of earth. His people have no love for him. His title of Little Father" is a miserable travesty. for his children" hate him and fear him. The whole country is a seething cauldron of discontent, hate and dread With a steadily losing foreign war de- pleting his treasury, decimating his armies and discouraging his people he Is confronted by a discontented popu- lation all the time ready to turn on and destroy him. If people at home were united, loyal and patriotic he would stand some chance to win abroad. If he were meeting with encouraging success abroad he might hold his own people in quiet subjection. As 1t is, disaster and Encouragement await him at home and abroad. His life Is not safe for one moment and he knows It. He dare not venture abroad, and fears to let himself be seen by the common people. From whatever point we view 1t he has cause to be the most unhappy public man on earth. Ills own serfs have more reason for content than he has. Cruel as he Is, one can almost pity him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
WEDNESDAY. APRIL s, 1905.
A CHARGE DIsPRovEN.

Some little time ago a statement to "a Massachusetts exchange" in which the positive charge was made that 1,200 women were brutally assault ed in that State last year. The state- ment created quite a sensation, and The Advertiser, along with many other newspapers, copied and commented on 1t. The charge was disputed, and now comes the Chairman of the Massachu- setts State Board of Prison Commits sioners who claims to have made a thorough investigation of the matter. He declares that taking into account all the cases of assault brought before the courts that could by any stretch of the imagination be considered as felonious assaults on women, there were only 146."
 This Is a wide difference, and leads to the conclusion that some good hard lying was done in the premises. It was The Springfield Republican which set out to run down the report. It failed to get any information of a satisfactory nature from "the Massachusetts ex- change" which had been quoted by The New Bedford Standard from which ton, so it applied to the Prison Board, with the result stated. The Manches- ter, N. H., Union, referring to the mat ter. has this reflection: Now the thought occurs whether Southern States may not have been misrepresented on more than one ocasion, as Massachu- setts has been in this instance"
 The question is a timely one, and can be internationally answered in the affirmative. Such misrepresentations are of frequent occurrence. but with this difference: So far as we are aware no Southern newspaper has been guilty of starting such a report against its own State and people. The charge was a sensational one. and of a nature call culated to do intense injury to the whole people of Massachusetts as well as to the authorities and courts of the State. If true it would be evidence of a degree of bestial brutality hard to imagine in an old community like that State. If false, emanating as 1t did from State paper. 1t has brought dis credit on the press of the State as well as rehecting seriously on the character of the people. for those who read it had no meaus of knowing that 1t was untrue. And finally, 1t should be good lesson to the press and peo- pie of Massachusetts, and teach them not to be so ready to believe charges of crime and lawlessness against an other section of the Union. Even a lie may sometimes do some good by way of warning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
BIG MONEY FOR ROADS.

When 1t comes to a good roads prop osition, New York State is not in the picayune class. The Legislature has passed, or will certainly pass, reso- lution proposing an amendment to the Constitution under which the State will be authorized to issue bonds to the amount of fifty million dollars for good roads. The people will vote on the amendment next fall. and may refuse to adopt 1t. but the action of the Leg islature shows how the members re- gard good roads Under the provisions of this amendment, if the people rat fly it, $5,o00,0oO will be expended each year, and the plan is to provide good roads for the entire State as fast as the work can be done. This. as will be seen, is a big proposition. True. New York is a rich State, but the appropri- ation is a liberal one, even for that State.
 The importance and advantage of good roads has passed the speculative or academic stage. It Is no longer something to be talked about, but to be carried into effect. Each mile of good roads built in Alabama is an ob- ject lesson so plain that a blind man can see 1t. When a first class road is built from town out into the country it's advantages are plainly to be seen and appreciated by the people of both town and country. That is the way the improvement usually begins, and then it extends to the strictly rural sections of the country. The farmers see that good roads pay and they want some of their own. Nothing succeeds like success" says the old French proverb. and nothing teaches like example, it may be added. New York Is acting wisely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
All Horses Hate CameIs.

Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Smoking a clay pipe the circus ac- tor sat in the winter training quar- ters. Under his supervision a thin boy was learning to ride erect on a quiet horse with a broad, flat back.
 Tn some towns they won't let us show" said the man, unless we have no camels with us. Camels are a se- rious drawback to shows. Horses are so much afraid of them that lots of towns won't let a camel enter their
 "A horse won't go near a piece of ground a camel has stood on. The very smell of a camel in the air will make a horse tremble and sweat. And this fear isn't found occasionally in a horse here and there. It is found in every. horse all over the world. Queer. isn't 1t? l often won der why 1t Is Cattle hate dogs so. too. Here, though, we can account for the hatred; Dogs in primitive times fed on cattle, no doubt, and even today, here and there, they kill and
 Horses IT'S ~ love; love dogs. I'm sure I mals but pumas and leopards. You can take a dog up to a lions or a tigers cage and he will snow, no fear, but take him up to cage of a puma or a leopard and he will tremble and moan and slink away out of sight.
 All very puzzling, isn't it?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
Cetters tO tbe GdftSr
Fertilizer Tags for 1905.

Pickett, Ala, April 8, 1905. Editer The Advertiser:
 Your issue of this date has an edito- rial on the comparative statement of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the sales of fertilizer tags, as compared with the seasons of 19034 and 1904-5, making the sales for the present season more than that of the season of 1904. In connection with this statement and your comment thereon, l want to say that in conversation with Professor R. l.. Prince, of Union Springs, Ala, and who is organizer of the Southern Cot ton Association for this, Bullock Coun- ty, MT. Prince said that MT. Ellis, a fertilizer dealer of his town, told him that on a lot of fertilizer that he, Mir. Ellis, had received there were a great many more tags on the sacks than the law required. That some of the bags had four or more tags on them. Speak ing to a gentleman of Barbour County, MT. w. D. Hulin, a few days ago with regard to this conversation with MT. Prince, MT. Hulin said that he had noticed fertilizers in Clayton that had more than one tag to the sack. Now, MT. Editor, I would ask what does this mean? Is it an attempt to thwart the farmers movement to reduce cot ton acreage by making a false showing that more fertilizer is being used this year than ever before in the history of cotton growing?
 Yours truly,
 J, R, w, Pickett.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
FIGUREs REVEALED.
Investigation of the New York Ga
 Company.

Investigation of the New York Gas Lesingt9n, tKy3 Herald, .,on made by the Legislative Committee in New York. it has developed that thirty million dollars would be more than the eonsolidated Gas Company. to re- Ra RaGs every every eeondu or wcRR tys hsi ss sss 2s @as
 sSO, ,000. 900 capital stock; on the lat ter eight per cent dividends are paid. and a large surplus accumulated in bonds. That is. the total capitaliza- tion of the company is over $180, 0,000,- 900, more than six times as much as the total value of all the property capitalization of s18o,ooo, 900, five sixths of 1t Is water, or the capitali- zation of the franchises owned by the so large that t does not, in the pres clare the dividends 1t earns. and there fore invests them in bonds that there vigilance of the people Is allayed. "a It is such revelations as. these that pal ownership of ali public utility cor porations, and has resulted in the over Whelming victory of Judge Dunne in Chicago. Such disclosures as these. between the. rival forces in the Equit- able Life Assurance Society, every dollar of the assets of which company company. scattered all over America the revelations made by Miss Tarbeii and MT. Lawson; the disclosures rel Fatiye to the beef trust. and similar spirit of socialism which will be dffi- cult to wrestle with in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
ALFRED sPEER,s SURPRISE.
We'll Known Business Man Tells of
 Peculiar ExnerIence.


 Few business men are better known throughout the country than Alfred Speer of Passaic, N. J. Although he is over eighty-one years of age and the head of large concern, as well as the editor of The Passaic Item, yet he found time to write the following let ter, hoping that 1t would be of interest and benefit to our readers. TO the Editor;T
 cannot keep from expressing my surprise at the wonderful relief and benefit I derived from the use of Hyomei. For some years past have been a victim to nasal and throat ca tarrh, and during that time have ex- pended a great many dollars to spec ialists, and had my tRroat sprayed, washed and smoked week after week. The first time I used Hyomei I was surprised at the change it brought. :. This was a few months ago, and have used it occasionally since. It makes me so we'll that I often forget and neglect it's use for several days, but each time when breathe 1t the hawk ing and discharge cease, and it is won- derful how 1t acts.
 am over eighty-one years of age, and careful not to praise anything un- til know what I am about
 Respectfully yo1rs,
 Alfred Speer." The complete Hyomei outfit, includ- ing the inhaler, costs but $1, while ex- fra bottles sell for 50 cents. You run no risk whatever in buying it as E. c. Fowler sells 1t under his personal guarantee to refund the money if 1t does not relieve. Ask him to show you a copy of his guarantee,
 Ae,ur A-7-l2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
sidewalk PeneiIings
ChIes Ger.ld wr,te. Comrade.

The Jacksonville, (Texas) Reformer publishes the following:
 Uncle Nick Carnochan, of this city, received the following letter few days ago from an old friend in Ala bama. Such friendships as were form ed in those days trying days was the genuine article and 1t is pleasure to hear the echo in these days of so much policy and sham:
 Montgomery, Ala, March 13. 1905.
 Dear Nick-Today Jack Higgins, your brother-in-law, came into my or flee and your name was called. The mentioning of 1t sent my thoughts whirling back to the days when we were at Yorktown as members or the 18th Alabama Regiment and the mem ory of Kyle, Walter Taylor and Bowen came to my mind, bringing tears to my eyes. I also thought of you as knew you then, the fun-making, rol- licking, daredevil boy, the life or Company c, and the Regiment Many years have passed since then ana we are both old men and the shadow Is long on the ground behind us.
 Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest Is, It might have been.'
 You, like myself failed to make hay during sunshine, and consequently have to in our old age hustle for bread I would like to hear from you. I am still Chief of Police and right now !n the middle of hot fight for my posi- tion. I should be glad to hear from you and what you are doing.
 "Yours truly, "A. Gerald. |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
DIR. WILLARD WITHDRAWs.
He Cannot ConscIentiOusIy Remain
 Presbyterian.


 Rochester. N. Y, April 11.-After nearly forty-five years service in the Presbyterian ministry, much of which was passed in this city as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. the Rev Dr. Nelson Willard today announced his withdrawal from the Presbyterian Church, Dr. Willard does not say that he intends joining any other denomina- tion, merely stating that it Is his desire hereafter to occupy the dependent rela- tionship provided for In the articles of government of the church. In a let ter to the Presbytery announcing this step, Dr. Mf1lard says:
 Dissenting as I do from much of the Westminster confession of faith and finding many of my differences not removed by the explanatory statement recently adopted by the General Assem- bly,, have come to the conclusion that I am in duty and honorbound to with draw from the Presbyterian Church. It Is a step that would gladly have avoided had I felt that I could do so conscientiously and honorably."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
NOT WASTED.

Because a rich American has just paid $3,500 for a collie dog, certain critics are denouncing what they call a waste of money. Is it a waste? If man should pay that amount for horse 1t would not be thought an ex- travagant sum, for much more than that Is frequently paid for fine horses. We often read of higher prices than the above being paid for COW or bull. If the man has plenty of money he has a right to buy what he chooses with it, whether 1t be horse, COW or dog, or even a parrot.
 There is a wide misconception about tion money that man has no need of Is not wasted. 1t matters not what he buys with 1t. It merely changes hands If Rockefeller, for example, should pay half a million dollars for a span of horses, and expend a hundred thous- and building a stable for them we should hear him vigorously criticised for wasting money" but 1t would be nothing of the kind. The seller of the horses would be benefited. as would the mechanics who built the stable. In fact, the only money that Is really wasted Is that which is locked up where no one can use 1t. The reckless spendthrift who4 throws his money away may be wasting it. so far as he is concerned, but the chances are that it gets into better hands. Let the man spend his thousands for a dog, if he has no other use for 1t. It will help the breeder of the collie, at all events.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-12
One of a Million.

New orleans States.
 A South Dakota veteran of the Civil War mas earned fame by relinquish- ing his pension of SIS a month. He he has entirely recovered from the disability for which he was drawing a pension, and that in justice to him quest that his name be stricken from the rolls. Commissioner Warner re- fuses to make the mans name public for fear of embarrassing him. and fur ther because he did not completely identify himself by giving the number of his certificate. Cnly one other in stance of a veteran relnquishinR his pension is known. Governor A. T. Bliss. of Michigan, did so because the people of his State raised a row when they found he had accepted a pension. Bliss is a millionaire