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. v jSfcl fv. '/i ifi&iilfU&dlL-.. * a; W ^ u _ ,.i. Our Great Pre-Thanksgiving Overcoat Safe! KIRSCHBAUM CLOTHES OWAMAKIZD) I I N November folks are supposed to l>e prepared for the long cold winter and tol give thanks for the bounties of the year. The farmer has his crops in : his cribs and granaries are full: the stock is warmly stabled : the poultry housed : the cellar stored with winter fruits and 'vegetables. As for the housewife her pickles and preserves stand in rows on the shelves, the meat is salted and cured, the fuel is piled ready for use, and the family settles down to enjoy, the comfort and plenty of their home. In town Thanksgiving loses none of its significance though its application is not quite so direct. Here, too, people are supposed to be prepared for winter with warm clothing and shoes, with woolen blankets and winter’s coal, and it is our belief that whether in country or city every man should have a good, warm, new overcoat. It will help his enjoyment of Thanksgiving dinner if he knows he has a good coat hanging in the hall and that his comfort is insured outdoors as well as in. N It is our purpose to make it possiple for him to have such a coat at a reasonable price and of a quality and character that will give him an added cause for thanks. Such a coat as will increase his enjoyment not only of Thanksgiving,'but of every day he wears it. These are selected goods as carefully picked out as is the plump turkey for your Thanksgiving feast. Every coat is a beauty : richly lined, handsomely made, warm, generous, stylish : cut, trimmed and finished with all the skill of the finest overcoat makers in Amersca. Wear A Kirschbaum Goat When You Go To See The Old Folks on Thanksgiving Day T HE concern of A. B. Kirschbaum & Co., Philadelphia and New York, is known as the greatest Overcoat House in America. There is nothing finer in fit, more luxurious in tailoring than a Kirschbaum Overcoat. We are offering superb garments of this famous Make of unusual quality for as little money as you will be asked elsewhere for the commonplace Icinds. The Kirschbaum label is a badge of overcoat aristocracy and a guarantee of long and satisfying service. Medium Length Box Coats, Black and Oxford Long Coats Long and Fancy Overcoats U RW Box Overcoats, 44 and 46 inches ” (medium length) splendid materials in black and Oxford. High should ers, full back, broad lapel, rich body lin ing, satin sleeve Hning, silk velvet col lar. Some of them have satin yolk and sleeves with the rest of the lining of fancy plaid W'orsted. This medium-length coat is a staple design of which more are be ing sold this season than any other style. They are warranted Kirschbaum Make, with all the grace of line and quality the uame implies. S INGLE and double-breasted long ov ercoats in dark solid colors, particu larly black, Oxford and gray Cheviots, Moulaise and Velour- finish overcoatings. Lined with Serge or Venetian, satin sleeve lining, silk velvet collar. These are de signed in the same fashion as the long coats of fancy material. They are un* questionably the best looking long over- coa s out this year, made for good service and practical wear. They have a style of their own and no matter what other coats a man may have he will find one of these a mighty good thing to own. j ONG. loose, fancy overcoats: single or ^ double-breasted. Warm Cheviots, Scotches and mixtures—striking patterns or quiet colorings. Just the coat for cold weather. 52 inches in length, full back, wide sweep, ample in proportions. Square boxy effect over the chest, new wide la pels. An easy coat to wear—well bal anced, does not tire you out in walking. Protects you from head to foot. An ex cellent garment for driving. Lined with Serge or Venetirn. Satin sleeve lining. Some of them with silk yoke and fancy Worsted lining below. STATUS OF AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON GROWING DISPOSITION TOW ARDS STATE SOCIALISM. What Results of Recent Election Shows—Democratic Victory in Ohio —Other Matters of Interest. Washington, D. C., Nov. 27.—The results of the recent election show the growing disposition toward State socialism. It Is the swing of the pen dulum of popular opinion to the ex treme, as a rebound from the despo tism of the money power which has grown despotic under the control and fostering care of the Republican par ty. Such a menace to the liberties of the people and to the perpetuity of the republic has this seemed, that the people have forcibly registereu their protest at the polls. It would seem on the surface as if this was an uprising to keep the power to deal with the evils in the hands of the peo ple where it belongs. But it is not socialism as socialists know it, be cause socialists demand that thie federal government shall take control of all wealth and of the entire busi ness of production, and give the po pulation a new deal In everything. In Ohio, for instance, where the triumph of Democracy was complete and unexpected, a peculiar phase of the election is that seemingly It Is at the same time an endorsement of President Roosevelt’s scheme for the regulation of railroad rates. That color has been given to it because Senator Foraker opposed It, and therefore, the agitators for rate regu lation have claimed that his election was a rebuke to Senator Foraker. But on the other hand Secretary Taft who endorsed the president’s position in this matter led the attack on Boss Pox. and unquestionably did more than any one, or possibly more than any hundred men, to bring about his defeat./ This makes a queer mix-up f rom a political standnoint and leaves the groper for straws very much in the dark. Does the Democratic victory in Ohio mean a declaration in favor of State socialism such as was the e’ec- t’on of Mayor Dunne in Chicago: and the casting of an enormous vote for Hearst in New York? That’s a tough problem to figure out and make it I hitch with the railroad rate regula tion idea. Fnless the people are I ready to take over the railroads bodi ly and have the government run them, they will get a bureaucracy of the worst kind instead of socialism, if Roosevelt’s scheme is carried through the aid of Democratic votes. If the Democratic party follows the leadership of Senator Morgan it will dodge radicalism that leads to State socialism. If it follows the lead of President Roosevelt R will help to es- | tablish in Washington a bureau whose political power will be absolutely un limited; a tribunal that will not only fix railroad rates but will fix them In such a way that It will make or break any community whose political help It may need to the carrying out of any of its political schemes. The bos- sism that Roosevelt proposes from this political rate-making commission that he is so insistent upon. The evils that they can correct are at the worst but trival. for the country has prospered with their existence. Those evils that we may fly to in such an untried scheme as the estab lishment of this bureau, with its thousands of employes and its in conceivable powers for good or evil to a State or community, would be worse than any political bossism of any stripe from which this country has suffered. This rate making question is going to be the big issue before congress this winter, and conservative Demo crats here believe that they should go slow before voting for something that looms large as a possibility of danger to the Democratic party. Should such a bureau as Roosevelt wants, be es tablished under partisan Republican coutrol, it would seem certain to mean the death knell of the Demo cratic party. It. is not at all wild to say that with it in working order the people would be so under control of the Republican political coterie at Washington tha: nothing short of civil revolution would ever relieve them I from it. If discriminations against localities ! and in favor of large shippers are ! done away with, as are other abuses of transportation that are due to dis criminations, and existing laws en forced, the conservative men of both parties with whom I have talked, think that the troubles which seem to worry the middle west, would be absolutely obviated, and the dangers of a tremendous Republican bureau at Washington be avoided. We better try with something less important than railroads for a begin ning in State socialism. It has been too big a problem for the European countries that have tackled it. • • • The fact that the president has au thorized the attorney general to pro ceed against the Pabst Brewing Com pany, its subsidiary corporation run ning a private car line and tho various railroad companies, which are made parties to the suit, is commented on here as showing a weakness in the president’s contention for railroad rate regulation. The mere fact that ho has started suit against one pri vate car line would show clearly that the administration is of tho opinion that there is quite enough law already on the statute books to break up all the so-called abuse of the private car lines, otherwise It would not have waked up and brought the suit against Pabst. They certainly believe that there is already a remedy at hand to break up anything that looks like re hates in the private car line business, if they are proceeding in good faith in this suit. they are not doing so then the suit is just mere bun- comhe and has been Instituted for political effect. This suit is in cor roboration of all the statements I have been making In this correspond ence to the effect that there is and has been ample law on the books to put a stop to rebates in the private car line business, if any existed, provided the administration would quit its four-flushing and bring suit to stop it. Now that it has come to my con clusion in the matter, seems silly and puerile to howl that the private car lines must be placed under the juris diction of the Interstate Commerce Commission in order to save the coun try. This suit proves conclusively to the minds of many of the leading poli- tic'ans here that the president has been fouMhishing, so far as the law Is concerned, and is doing the grand stand act in his demand for more law to control the private car liens. Some day the people will wake up and And out that Theodore Roosevelt is a political fakir. One of his latest acts proclaims him such in thunder tones. He has been posing for years as tho civil service reformer par ex cellence. yet his recent order to the effect that any clerk can be fired by the head of the bureau without any excuse, makes it possible for every Democrat now holding positions in the departments here to get kicked out, and I think It was issued for that purpose. Charles A. Edwards. M hLm p«oul< new all over, li.oo at your dealer’ll. Kam- l>to free. Checker* ModfctncCo., Win- Nton-Salem, N. C. FOR Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Paris, Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse, and Dynamite Caps, call on LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS. CARROLL & CO, Limn. Telephone 67. The Builders Supply Co. Successors to L. Baker, Will furnish your Building Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. 1 heart pine Shingles and Laths, Guar anteed Pure White Lead and Zinc, and Pure Linseed Oil. Nothing better to paint your house with and costa less than mixed paints. When In need of anything in the building line, and see us; we’ll treat you con?' teously and make your estimates for nothing. Lv. R iv It e r, MANAGER. V. IVIXG The Most Thankful People in The World Are Our Customers. We want what we say about our goods to savor of truth. We do not claim to be selling goods for less than cost of raw material, but we do claim to give you as good or better values than the other fellow. All we ask is your unbiased judgment on our goods. In Silks we are offering some exception ally low prices. On Dress Goods we are closing some lines and remnants and shoit ends at prices that are way under values. See our 42 inch Melrose in black and colors at 42 cents. Ladies’ Short Coats at reduced prices. The Long Coats, we are giving good values at the prices. Mon's and Boys’ Clothing, All new goods and we meet all fair competition. Give us a look in all our departments before you purchase. Our Shoe trade this season has been good, and we are still able to give you the best values at the most reasonable cost. We Mean what we Say and will Do what we Say. : : : : W. d. WILKINS & COMPANY