The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-02
THE TRAVELLER.
The People he Meets ON the Read and
the Gossip he Hears.

THE TRAVELLER.
The People he Meets ON the Read and
the Gossip he Hears.
A. II the Presidential election were not
enough for on. year. the brass hani Of
sreeusboro has proposed to have a band
concert Tor prize. This Il the brass1est
proposition OF the week. Remote old
held- arr eiigihl. place for iise con-
test, and nominations arc In order.
Don't You find that more OF the boys on
the roai 20 10 Raleigh to spend Sunday than
used to -os | met one a Saturday or two
ago. when II was vile weather, on his way
10 the Capital. Some one asked him why
h. was going tn Raleigh Ia spend SUNDAY,
when IL was so muddy and rainy I'm
going because 1t i Raney." he replied.
There Is a movement brewing. 80 hear
indirectly. 10 establish museum some.
where in Norh Carolina, = repo story -
rrIic> of the Mar whIcl. have an historical
interest. oil swords. OLD uulfaruts. Old
diaries. private letters saddies-whatcNer
may now be gathered from forgctfulncss-
would d" historical material half a hundred
/ years hence.
heard good story the other day about
TIC preside ~ "f one of our coilcg~s-i
! Won sIy who he j.. nor whether nc
! teaches girls or boys. Just at the alycr-
! tsing season IL Is said that he Eot only
1 writes the editorials which appear In
diver, papers about his insttation. but also
cuts them out. pastes them Ia scrap
Over.
| Ana SO 1t turns out that Lieutenant
Rhodes, the hero of the Columbus wreck.
married his wife at Wilmington. No
wonder he was hero. Every very nota-
bic man or thing in this country is bound
TO be traced directly or Indirectly. nearly
or remotely. 10 North Caroiina-as we
have all observed. Yet never heard that
we produced prize fighter Will some
OF our fcs-iiiferous and historic memories
| prove that we have!
| In England, so | read i'm the English
/ journals, there is a craze for ghost stories
just now. II you'll allow me, some week or
other II surprise the Britons with a back
woods yarn or two that would make John
Bulls hair stand, which Is only another
way of saying that for ghosts that really
are ghosts, this country is full. Tap al
| most any ioquacious old lady i'm Cunber-
land on the subject, and you won't sleep
| Tor week
DO your share OF the agitation OF pay
ing our school teachers higher wages.
! That means better teachers But it il
| with good deal of solid satisfaction that
| every observing person must contemplate
the continual improvement we have OF re-
cent years been making. There were
| never before many good teachers In
! North Carolina a now-mcn and women
| who have trained themselves. and who
work with an intelligent purpose.
When you wish to talk TO a progressive
! man who has not allowed his study Of
books to obscure his common sense and
| who knows what ia r.,
| Carolina about as well as ANYBODY else.
approached Prof George II. Winston OF
| the University. He came down the road
the other day, on his way To Wilmington
lie showed me photograph OF the new
| Memorial Hall as it will appear when Il in
completed. II is n noble building
| Neither men nor women who ar. South
| ern born will teach Negro chiilreu-ex-
| cept at Sunday schOol-a suptrflotIs re-
| mark. surely; but put along side OF IL the
statement that before the wara Negro
man taught "A very celebrated school i'm
| Wake county tout beyond Crabt-ee from
taleigh) which was patroniZed BY our very
best people. Then try to explain these
two facts to Vermont Aholitionist. That
was what heard a friend try to do the
other day. Well, the Vernon,cr never
| did understand it,
have hit upon a theory. Before Con-
gress met we were talking about politics.
Ihen there was little quiet. except about
the endless tariff During the Christmas
recess we were All talking about poIitjcs
again Again now it is very very quiet
topic. Introduce the subject to the casual
stranger and he yawns and SAYS Dunno,
| Now, my theory is that the Congressman
| and the others who followed them to
Washington are really the cause OF ali our
! CAB and worry about politics. It might
pay US to keep them away perpetually Tor
the sake OF the quiet.
Since Mr. Cables article about our pen-
! itentiary and others has been pubIi.hed
| any man who has Kept his ears open can
! hear two very decided but exactly Oppo-
site opinions which prevail in North caro-.
lima about prison life. By no means An
| insignificant part Of our people maintain
| that criminals should be treated with ~.
| EXTREMIST severity, Ito use the mldest
| phrase)-yea. with cruelty; and the rest
| think with the humane world i'm general
that the fundamental notion should bc
not so much notion Of torture as q po-
| ton OF reformation.
Three times within a week have picked
! up New York papers which contained
complaints by travellers Of the bad man
ners OF railroad employers or OF fellow
passengers-that. too. on railroads where
! palace cars are supposed to make annoy
ances OF this latter nature almost inDog
! sible These put me to thin king and oh
serving. | see many awkward things done
| on the cars by North Carolina people
! winch sometimes cause annoyance to ner-
vous persons. Bat cases of downright bad
manners are pleasantly rare. And the
employees are always polite.
| / observe that the Washington cores
| pondents of the North Carolina papers are
talking good deal about George Everitt.
| | know him. | knew him before he be-
/ came politician, aud I know all the un
fortunate especially for hm) things that
| he has done. know all about his going
into the Republican party; and desire to
say this much: While have no doubt he