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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
SIGNIFICANT WORDS.

The recent address of Justice Brewer,
at the American Bar Association in ses-
sion at Detroit, has been widely com
mented on. Speaking of the laws de-
lay aud the uncertainties attending its
administration, he urged that the routine
of proceedings should be shortened; the
right of continuance should be curtailed,
and in criminal cases when conviction had
been pronounced by jury, there should
be no appeal Then he gave utterance
to this remarkable declaration: 81 say it
with reluctance, but the truth is that
you can trust jury to do justice to the
accused with more safety than you can
an appellate court to secure protection
to the public by the speedy punish
ment of criminal. The truth Of it is,
brethren, that in our desire to perfect
system of administration, one which
shall finally extract from confused
masses of facts and fictions the absolute
and ultimate verities, we forget that
tardy justice is often gross injustice. !"
1t is rare that a Judge makes an ad-
mission that puts any tribunal above the
one on which he serves. Justice Brewer
has seen the impatience of the people
manifested in the growing tendency to
execute popular indignation upon the
criminals themselves, and he has invited
the members of the bar, always slow to
admit any change in what precedent
has established, to take a step toward
speedy trials and prompt administration
of justice. The people are yearly grow
ing more indignant at the miscarriages
of justice and the ability of shrewd and
able LAWYERS to clear prisoner who has
the means to contest and delay the exc
| cution of the law
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
WILL BE NAMED PINEHURsr.
The New Moore County Town Is to
Have All Needed Improvements.
News and Observer

Special to the News and Observer.
SOUTHERN PINES, Sept. 2.
It is learned from r. M. Couch, who
has in charge many details of the work
for James W. Tufts, that Mr.. Tufts has
elected to call his town ''Pinehurst.
Already there are several homes well
under way, having the outsides finished
and the printing coat of paint on. The
steam pump is distributing water OBJ
tanned from nest of three driven wells,
connected together, to various parts of
the town from the temporary tank erect
ed for the purpose. A patent sectional
all iron tower and tank of Is, 600 gallons
capacity is on the road from the w. E..
Caldwell Co., of Louisville, KY. The
hotel, length 161 feet, is well started,
and contract calls for finish December
LIST. Foundation laid for fifteen houses
and others staked out; excavation for
extensive COW and farm barn on the
farm just outside of the town is begun
ties for the railroad, which is to be troll
ley, are already distributed over most of
the line, which runs through the large
peach orchard of the Van Lindley Co. to
Southern Pines station; 1875 acres was
thoroughly cleared for this purpose. This
result has been obtained in less than two
months. The A. and w. E. Railroad
has long side track and switch, with
extensive warehouse and lumber sheds,
and there is q large village of temporary
houses for accommodation of laborers
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE

THE Governor has shown the impor-
lance he attaches to the office of Seere-
tary of State by appointing one OF the
States ablest and best men to succeed the
lamented Coke. It is the highest oillce,
except that of Governor, in the gift OF
the people CT North Carolina, and since
1875 has been hlled by man of com
manding ability. 1t is high praise OF
Capt. Cooke to say that he is worthy to
succeed Engelhard, Saunders and Coke.
Capt. Coke entered public life early
and from the beginning OF BIS career he
has impressed the men with WHOM DC
has come in contact as being sFoug IN
intellect, courageous in convictions, uu-
faltering in loyalty, answering in truth,
and immaculate in integrity.
During his whole life he has made the
cause of the people his cause, and OF
every movement towards reform in our
institutions he has been a hearty ad-
herent. And yet never at any time has
he sacrificed one jot or little of his own
respect or that of his fellows by yielding
to public clamor for the sake of popu-
larity. His political integrity, like all
the balance of his life, he has kept with
out spot
Perhaps his most striking characters
tic is the broadness of his charity. His
is not only the charity which relieves
want and feeds hunger, but which sees
and acknowledges the universal brother
hood of man. The great mass of the
people know that his lines of thought
and action have been always for their
upbuilding and ennoblement, and thatin
the great underlying purpose to enlarge
their lives and broaden their horoscope,
and increase their rights Of citizenship
he is always their friend.
The breath of suspicion has never
touched him nor the voice of calumny
reached him. He stands well up in the
sunlight, out of the range of Islander and
detraction, a fair type of a cultivated
Christian gentlemen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
A MOST DARING ROBBERY.
A Negro Made a Habit of COncealing
Himself and RObbIng Guests.
the News and Observer.

Special to the News and observer.
GoLDsBoRo, n. c., Sept. 2.
Last night when Mr. James NJ. Seigle,
the well known travelling man, started TO
retire, he met with a surprise. AS he
was undressing just before midnight, he
heard an unusual noise, and looked under
the bed, thrusting his hand forward. His
fingers touched the coat Of negro who
was calmly lying tier below him. The
startled negro jumped and ran, but could
not get out of the door. By this time
another travelling man had reached the
room, and, seeing the state of affairs, ran
down stairs totell the proprietor. Before
he returned the negro broke away from
Mr.. Seigle and escaped. He was easily
recognized by both the gentlemen as
Paul Joyner, one of the walters at the
hotel. For some time the hotel people
have missed various articles which
had mysteriously disappeared. 1t is
supposed that Joyner was at the head of
this disappearance syndicate" His
method seems to have been, to enter a
room before the guest had retired, get
under the bed and after the guest was
asleep go through his pockets. Last
more than $75 in his pockets. The hotel
people were surprised at finding that
Joyner was the thief, as ne has been one
of their best walters and seemed to be
all right. He has not been found.
The county board OF health met here
to-day to elect county superintendent
of health The board is composed of all
the practicing physicians in the county.
Quite hot little fight was anticipated
between the town doctors and the county
| doctors, but all was amicably settled,
and DR.. W. j. Jones, Jr., was re- elected
superintendent.
Workmen are busy on the addition tC
the Eastern Insane Asylum here.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. A
Roscower died this morning. Mr.. Ros
cover is editor of the Goldsboro Head
light.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
AN EXAMPLE FOR IMITATION.

The Athens Banner tells of an indus
try in that city that might be proftably
initiated in a dozen North Carolina
towns. Six months ago few of its citi-
zens bought few knitting machines and
set them up in the cotton factory for ex-
perimontaI purposes. A knitting mill
was soon organized and operated sue
cessfully. In short time another knit
ting mill with % machines was started
The beginnings were small. The result
is great
In Tacboro and Scotland Neck, in this
State. knitting mills have been III sue
cessful operation several years, They
began modestly. Durham will soon have
one There is no reason why a score
should not be started in North Carolina
in 1895.
Theman who starts knitting mill gives
employment to idle labor, and is doing
more than five hundred men who keep II
political campaign running every month
in the year, even in what used to be-
known as 'oif'' years.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

News comes from Washington that the
President contemplates putting the
fourth class postmasters under the civil
service We hope not. 1t is possible to
select clerks for the departments in this
way, but something more than clerical
capacity is needed in country post
office. Discretion, affability, character
and tact are as essential as reading and
writing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

DURING his late red-hot compaign,
Senator Quay threatened to go into the
courts and obtain an order directing
Gilkeson to produce the minutes Of the
committee, together with the vouchers
for every dollar expended. If Quay had
to walk up to the rack and furnish
vouchers for the corruption found in his
hands in 1888, he would be sorry he had
ever introduced the subject.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
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A VALUABL CODE.

Mr.. Henry London, editor of the
Chatham Record, has rendered an i'm
portant service to the public by prepar-
ing a pamphlet entitled: "a Synopsis
of the laws of North Carolina Requiring
or Authorizing Advertisements in News
papers" The compilation has been done
with great care and accuracy, on the re-
quest of the Editorial Association, and
is invaluable to publishers, public Off
GERS, and attorneys. 1t is published by
the North Carolina Press Association,
and is from the presses of the Concord
Times.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

at is a patent fact, says the New
York World, "that the Cubana are in
every sense belligerents, making the
same struggle for freedom and indie
pendence that Americans make in 1870
If this is true, why should Americans be
arrested for trying to assist them2 There
are many here in North Carolina. who
would be glad to help the Cuban in
surgents if they could be recognized as
as belligerents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

This is The day Of anti this, and anti.
chat, but what people need most now
adays ia, the anti bilious medicine, Sim
mons Liver Regulator, the King Of Liver
Medicinea, and better than pills. IL
have used no other anti bilious remedy
for six years and know from experience
that for ladies OF constipated habit
nothing equals it"-Laura V. Craig,
Elienbury, Fla.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

JUSTICE BREWERS opinion of some
members of the legal profession is not
very high. He says: ut would be a
blessing if some Noahchian deluge would
engulf half of those who have license
to practice law"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

The statement OF Justice Brewer, of
the Federal Supreme Court, that you can
trust jury to do justice with more safety
than an appellate court, is a remarkable
utterance for a member of the highest
appellate court in the world to make.
This has been our condition for long
time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

SUNDAY had an ''R" in it, and the day
of church suppers with one oyster in
half pint of water has rolled round
again.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

THE slight earthquake felt Sunday
night was not due to the triumphant
tread of Boss Quay.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

A Methodist preacher in Ohio has left
his wife and eloped with the organist.
Some smart alexis will regard this lapse
as an argument against the church.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
We Do Not Claim

To be at present the big
gest thing in G orth Ca O.
lima, al hough we hope to
he, and expect to be, the
leading book sellers OF
the State; but
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
DEATH OF BANKER ROLLINS.
Extensive Improvements Begun on the
Battery Park Hotel.
Special to the News and Observer.


AsHEyLLE, N. c., Sept. 2.
The Union county Board of Health to-
day elected Dr. E @ Sares superin-
tendent of health. Or. J. A. Reagan
was chosen chairman and Dr. A. Craw.
ford secretary of the county board,
W. 4. Rollins, banker, of Richmond.
Va, was stricken with paralysis last
night and died this morning, Is years
old. The body viii be sent to Richmond
tomorrow.
The plans have been made and work
will soon begin on the improvement and
extension 10 the Battery Park Hotel to
cost $50, 600 or more.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Moses P. Handy writes tn, t there is a
GOODNESS between Senators Cameron and
QUAY and that Cameron refused to help
Quay in his late fight.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

Good Lord, Mr.. President, don't put
a cigarette smoker on the Supreme Court
BENCH" is the pathetic prayer of the Con-
cord Standard, referring to the rumored
appointment of Bissell.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

THE refreshments at Governor Oarr's
surprise party yesterday were well
Cooked.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
gorICE no CoNTRIBUToRs.

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

In an address last Thursday Neal
Dow said reluctantly that they had been
at work since 1851 trying to enforce the
prohibition law, but eve hav'nt sue
ceeded yet" He says the politicians are
responsible for the failure.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States Supreme Court, said the other
day in the course of an interview: eff
we want to live to a green old age we
should stay in harness. The dry rot OF
aimlessness eats out existence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03
We Do Claim

With a cash or ! er for
anything you want and
we will do our best to
please you,
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-23
CHRISTMAS IN BERKELEY,
Special Services Held in Com.
memoration of the Great
Festival.
Bishop Goodsell Draws an Apt Illus.
tration From the Brooklyn
Bridge.

BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. 22.-Special
Christmas services were held in the
churches of Berkeley to-day. At the Trim
ity Methodist Rev. DR.. Goodsell, reside Mt
bishop of the coast, from San Francisco,
preached this morning. The auditorium
was decorated with flowers and garlands
especially appropriate TO the occasion. A
Christmas anthem, entitled BLESSED Be
the Lord, God of Israel, " was rendered by
the choir of eighteen voices, under the di-
rection of Henry Taylor.
The text of Bishop GoodselPs address
was chosen from Acts ii i:36-"Therefore
let all the house OF Israel know assuredly
that God hath made that same Jesus,
whom We have crucifed. both Lord and
Christ"
The address was of a comprehen-
sive nature. He did not confine him
self solely to the text, but drew apt Illus
trations and lessons from everyday life.
The sermon was introduced by the pre-
sentation of short life history of Peter
and his work among the multitude in
the capacity of preacher of the gospel.
The people then thought, as many do
now, that Christianity was opposed to
their social and political freedom and ac-
tivity. God had been preparing the world
for ages to receive Christ. He is now
LIS
saving grace, so that the whole world is
approaching Christian perfection.
The influence of God has become so
deep-seated that Christmas day, the ami
versary of the birth OF Christ, is observed
over the entire globe. The idea Of Christ
is obtained everywhere. God exerts his
power slowly and without ostentation.
When man goes about any great deed or
stroke of statehood it is with much pomp
and show, but God works out his great
plans with the greatest silence and
humility.
For instance added the speaker, 'it
would be desirable to raise the massive
Brooklyn bridge ~ inches. There would
be the most prodlgious stir among scien-
tific men imaginable. Devices OF the most
extraordinary nature would necessarily
have to be brought into use, and even then
it might not be possible to accomplish the
undertaking. But God, in mis- mighty
power, through the elements which he
controls. raises and lowers the bridge 215
inches every twentyfour hours. The cold
contracts the iron cables and the heat ex-
pands them. Thus are all of his great
works carried on
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-23
PRAYER WILL NOT AVAIL.
Dr.. Gibson Claims That Bob In.
gerSoll Is Beyond Such
Help.
He Says That the Proposition Will
Only Tend to Bring Ridicule
on Religion.

Rev. NJ. NJ. Gibson of the First United
Presbyterian Church preached last even
ing against the recent attempt of the
Christian Endeavor societies to convert
Bob Ingersoll by prayer. He took his text
from the First Book of John :16: "There
is sin unto death. l do not say that he
sh all pray for it,
He said that there had been great deal
of nonsense in the prayer talk which has
been heard lately, even among professed
Christians, and in his way of thinking it
did great deal of harm. He said:
Anything that tried to take away from the
sacredness OF prayer or from our belief in
prayer works great injury 10 our Christian
lives and our beliet in God. There are
those who are in the habit OF praying for
mere physical wants and those who pray only
when they are sick True, they believe in
prayer, yet at the same time many of them do
not walk in the commandments of God There
must be consistency in the Christian life
Now comes along proposition to set aside
day to pray for the conversion OF Ingersol
l have no doubt it springs out of the desire of
some youth burning with ZEAL but instead OF
accomplishing good to the glory of God it has
tions of religious people. 1t was published in
the press OF the country as challenge 10 a
duel for the world TO look on and gave bias
phemers chance to ieer at the church and at
religion.
Another objection is that it gives too much
prominence to Ingersoll, calls attention to
him and serves as free advertisement, which
is just what he wants. He has no desire to de-
stroy the church, because his business would
be gone. So l think the less said OF this man
the better for the cause.
Ii seems from this passage, There is a. sin
unto death; do not say that he shall pray for
it," that there is line beyond which our
prayers do not go. If any man has gone be-
yond that line it is lngersoI l say that he is
DeVOQQ the
know that our prayers cannot overcome the
will of human beings who persist in sin with
determination.
They ask could we not we'll enough pray in
order that God might show the reality of his
power. That proposition was made to Christ
when he was asked to perform miracles to show
what he could DO. He refused. Our prayers
will come back to US when we pray for those
who willfully refuse to give UP their sins.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-23
RAILROAD COMMITTEE.
Mayor Sutro Says 1t Could Not Suit the
Railroad Better Had Huntington
Named 1t.

"That Committee on Pacific Railroads, !"
said Mayor Sutro yesterday, referring to
the one named by Speaker Reed in the
House last Saturday, sis one that could
suit the railroad no better had it been Sc
lected by Huntington himself"
The tone in which the Mayor spoke was
that of a man who was much disgusted,
and he added, THAT is all cut and dried
matter. The railroad company has been
at work for this result for six III onths,
while the people out here have been
asleep, not looking after their own inter-
est. There is but one man on that COM
mittee who has any leaning for the Pacific
Coast; that is BoaIner of Louisiana, and
ne is not very strong man. This Con-
gress was called together before the holi-
days, an unusual thing, on the pretext
that the Venezuelan imbroglio was the
reason for assemblage at Washington.
THAT was not the real cause; the real
cause was this funding bill, and all the
plans have been laid. 1t will be brought
up at the beginning of the session when
there is nothing in the way to delay action
upon 1t, be rusned through the committees
and go through both houses in day.
Then the people of this part of the coun-
try will wake up some fine morning, when
it will be too late, to learn that for many
years to come they will be compelled to go
down deep in their pockets to get money
to pay interest which they have no right
to pay. The people out here are towards,
they are afraid to act in their own interest.
Why, they seem to be afraid to raise
$100 900 to combat this measure.
II do not know what the committee re-
Gently named will do; it may raise funds.
but / believe that the whole thing is ar
ranged to be run through in q hurry. 1t
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-23
Companions of the Forest, A. O. T.

The Supreme Circle will meet in Ukiah next
May Members OF the order in the country are al
ready preparing for the grand event and it is ex-
pacted that all who participate will have enjoy
able time.
The monthly meetings of the board OF deputies
are very interesting and it will pay the compan-
ions to be present.
The Past Chief Companions Association No.
met at banquet on the evening of the 14th and a
pleasant evening was spent. John Falconer, 2. s.
c. c., was master of ceremonies.
Bohemian Circle No 1874 had interesting
meeting last Tuesday evening. Several of the su-
No. 141 in body visited the sitting circle Three
applications were received. Bohemian Circle VIII
give party on the evening of Saturday, January
II, 1896
olympia Circle NO. 14I will give bali on the
night of the 18th inst. general invitation has
b en- extended.
Social Circle No 11S is growing in membership
and its fund is increasing. Its last meeting
int, resting one. This circle will give a social on
the 18th OF next month.
Ivanhoe Circle No. l25 will hold public install
lation on the third Wednesday in January. Miss
Nira Men orton is the ID. G.. c. c.
The annual ball OF Pride of the Forest Circle No.
l22, assisted by Courts Advocate and Sunset, was
great success.
the supreme sub-chief companion and the supreme
herald, visited Piedmont Circle No 164 on the oc-
cason Of its last meeting, and found the circle IN
houriShlng condition.
in the death of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Helzu, who was
the first secretary the circle and held that Office
for three years. She the first delegate TO the
supreme Council from that circle, at the session
worker.
State of Washington Circle No. 1877 of Tacoma,
WASH, bids fair 10 become the banner circle OF the
order. w. +. Taylor, d. c. c. c., is working hard
that end.