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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
THE SEED CORN.
One Democrat in Congress in ,97;
Seven in SO; Nine in 1900.

A special to the Atlanta Journal from
Washington says:
among the Southern Democrats ar
irving for the opening of Congress Mon
day there is more rejoicing at the
changes in the North Carolina delega-
ton than any other feature of the new
Congress. In the Fifty-tifth Congress
there was only one Democrat from this
State. Now there are five, and At
water, of the Raleigh district, was elect
ed MS an independent Populist, but an
nounces that he will vote in the Demo
cratic caucuses.
''Thomas, who succeeds Fowler in the
Third, arrived Tuesday, and Small, OF
the First, Belamy. of the Sixth, and
Kluttz. of the Seventh, arrived today.
They are adj able men and are expected
to make good records on the floor of the
House Kitchen, of the Fifth, VINO
was the only Democrat in the last Com
gress, is one of the youngest members
of Congress, but is very popular. Many
of the older members hold kind remem-
brances of his father who served his
district 50 ably in the days of Vance
and Ransom"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
Spirit of the Press.
THE RETIREMENT OF GoDKIN.
Gunton's Magazine.

THE RETIREMENT OF GODhlN.
Gunton's Magazine.
The New York Evening Post has an
nounced the retirement Of Mr.. T.. l..
Godkin from its editorship. Most
Americans with even moderate
amount of patriotism or ordinary regard
for American methods institutions and
accomplishments. will regard this an
nouncement with satisfaction if not de-
light. A more yindictive, cynical, and III
many respects poisonous element neves
entered American journalism than the
gall which flowed from Godllin's pen.
He was not merely sneerer at every
thing American, but he was essentially
a polished defamer He would apply
vulgar terms and coarse names to our
public men, and, TO eyade the RESPONSE
bility of the c0arseness, put them IN
quotation marks, though they were as
original with him as the very quality
which invented them was natural. He
has made the Evening Post the con-
spicuously hated journal of America.
AS the Brooklyn Eagle well says:
'sWhile much was attributed to him that
he did not write, no injustice was done
by the fact, for its resemblance to has
KNOWN WflIIn2 showed lHdl Ht ldu Ii
spired it, either directly or by the intiu-
ence of the man on those who worked
with him." His mark is so indelibly inn
pressed upon the Evening Post that the
paper may never recover.
One may be cynical, sarcastic, and
even violent in the advocacy of a cause.
But Godllin had no cause. He was I'M
deed man without a country, an editor
without a party a writer without a
principle to uphold. Everything that
had soul or flesh or blood in it or be-
hind it met only with his sneers and
ridicule. To be an American entitled
one to scorn, misinterpretation and lGdi-
cule at his hands. To be identified with
any cause of labor was to be rated ami
raked as demagogue, fraud and
a sharper, practicing upon the impecu-
mostly of the workingmen. To be in
fiuential i'll public affairs was to be de-
nounced as a politician" hungering for
fodder at the public crib At times,
to be sure. he would seem to be seriously
opposed to Tammany. but when election
time came around he would find a rea-
son for Directing to the other side. 1t
may truly be claimed that Godkin
welded powerful pen, but he added
neither dignity. integrity, breadth,
warmth, patriotism nor popular conf
| dence to journalism.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
CASH FOR OXFORD oRPHANAGE
New Presbyterian Manse. Itinerant
Ministers Close Their Work.

Durham, Y. O., Dec. -(Specal.--Ib-
by Walker and Lou Winfield, two col
ored women, were tried this morning en-
the charge of stealing coal from the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company.
They were bound over to the January
Term of Court under bends of $50 each
Failing to give bail, they were locked
up i'll Jail.
The sacrament of the Lords Supper
win be administered at the Presbyterian
church tomorrow morning. Rev. DIR.
Scholl, of Baltimore, will assist Rev.
DIR. TurnbuIl in the services. At night
Rev l.. b. Wolf, from the Watts Me
mortal College, India, will deliver an ad-
dress ON missions.
Tomorrow the itinerant Methodist
ministers here close their work for the
Conference year, and will leave next
week to attend the North Carolina Con-
ference at Washington. Rev. Il. Z.
Ricaud. of this city, who lis the oldest
living member OF the Conference, will
be among those who expect to attend.
Mr.. Ricaud is eighty-odd years old, and
for many years has been one of the
most faithful, devoted servants of the
Master. Rev. j. y. Cole, the mucn
beloved pastor of Trinity church, closes
his four years passionate here, to the
great regret of all.
Rev. n. j. Holmes, of South Carolina,
preached at the Gospel Tabernacle, in
this city, tonight Mt 7:30 O'Clock. To
morrow he win preach at the same place
at II a. m, 3 and $50 O'Clock p. m.
The Durham Masonic Lodge sent a
contribution of $115.45 to the Oxford
Orphan Asylum today. This money was
contributed by Masons and frie1ls.
Bishop ]. c. Horner is to preach at
st. Phillips Episcopal church, in this
city, tomorrow morning at IL o'clock.
The new Presbyterian manse has
been completed, and DIR. Tu1nbull and
family are moving in. 1t is one of the
incest and prettiest residences in the
city.
Several cases of measles are reported
in the neighbolhood Of the Common
wealth mills.
Rev. A. y. Woodworth, missionary
to Japan, delivered lecture at the
Christian Church last might on the man
ners and customs Of the Japanese. Tine
lecture was very entertaining and in
structiye.
Richards & Pringle's, Russo & Hol-
lands minstrel show apDear ut the
opera house tonight Their parade was
given at o'clock this afternoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
DIR. McIvER AND THE NORMAL

The people of the whole State have
shared. in so far as they could, with
DR.. McIver and the faculty and trus-
tees OF the Normal and Industrial Col
lege at Greensboro in the ordeal through
which they are passing. The tender
sympathy of all have gone out to the
parents and friends of the lovely young
women whose death has cast gloom
over the Commonwealth. 1t is one OF
the saddest calamities that could have
befallen us, worse even than flood or
storm, carrying away young ladies of
brilliant promise IN the bloom of youns
womanhood
We publish elsewhere an elaborate
statement by Dr. Richard III. Lewis.
secretary of the State Board OF Health,
treating of the epidemic from the stand
point of a practical expert. After going
into the details of the causes, he says
For myself / wish to say that
was more thoroughly convinced than
ever of President McIver's eminent hit
ness for his position, and that | shared
the confidence of the board of directors
in the medical attendance"
We are glad to print this from Dr.
Lewis. Above his regard for any man
stands his devotion to public health. He
would not have written these words II
his investigation had not convinced him
Of their truth. The people will accept
his evidence without questioning or re-
servation. The friends Of DR.. Mclyer
and the NormaE-and their name IS
legion-will be glad to read the opinion
of DIR. Lewis because, while they know
that the president could not justly
he blamed. there might be those who in
the absence of such expert testimony
would eensure him because he is the
head of the institution. DIR. McIver has
lived an age in the past few weeks and
has felt no concern for the future of the
college comparable TO his anguish at the
death of the young women, to whom he
had the strongest attachment he
would have given his life to save them,
and greater love hath no man than
this. 1t must sustain him and his assoc
ciates-a noble body of men and women
to know that, even in the bitterness Of
the cup they have drained to the dregs'
the parents of those who have passed
away and those who are i'll, have shown
their continued confidence and esteem.
The shadow of a common affection has
fallen upon them and brought them to
Il sacred nearness. In the presence or
their common grief and common anxiety
there is no place in the hearts of the
parents and loved ones, or president and
teachers except for mutual help and sup
MORT
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
TWO GREAT GATHERINGS.

This week will witness the annual
meeting Of the Baptist State Conven-
ton at Asheville and the Methodist
Conference at Washington. Represent
ing the two largest religious denomina-
tions in the State, their deliberations
will be watched with interest, and will
be reported fully iii these columns. Rev.
Chas. l.. Greaves, of Rockingham, one
Of the best of the younger ministers in
his church, will report the proceedings
of the Baptist convention at Ashevilie.
The editor of this paper will attend the
conference at Washington and send caily
reports.
The convention at Asheville has spe-
cial interest in that it is the first ses-
tern Convention with the parent body.
For years there have been two CONVEX
tons, the Baptists west of the Blue
Ridge maintaining their own State con-
vention During the past year arrange
merlts for merging them into one have
been completed. and the Eastern and
: Western delegates and ministers will
meet together for the first time at
Asheville.
The Methodist conference meets at
Washington the first time since 1876.
Then there were only 10000 Method
lists in all North Carolina. Now the
membership is in the neighborhood OF
150,000' The sessions of the confer
ence will be held in the new Method
list church recently completed, said to
be one of the handsomest churches in
the State.
The reports which are now virtually
complete, though not tabulated, show
progress in all lines of church work,
large increase in membership and in
contributions to the several departments
of church work of both these large and
growing denominations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
AN AGGRESSIVE POLICY.

The Democrats in the last House Of
Representatives made mistake in the
policy of silence and acquiescence THAI
they pursued The majority Of the
Democrats started out with the idea that
as the Republicans had the majority, Il
would be well to let them legislate with
out conflict over every measure thar
was contrary to the Democratic: plat
form. Before the session closed thar
mistake was seen and some vigorous de-
bates marked the closing days of the
session.
We are glad to see that the Demo-
Gratis in the present Congress seem lIll-
ted for an aggressive policy and believe
in forcing the fighting. A minority that
does not fight for its principles will al
ways be minority and will not de-
serve to become the majority. A mi
nority must fight--not blindly nor just
to be fghting-but intelligently and pa
triotically every measure that is con-
trary to its convictions, and that it be-
lieves is not for the welfare of the coun-
try.
I'VE will lose nothing by announcing
our positions" Mr.. Champ Clark Is
quoted as saying, for a party which
contents itself with being simply party
OF negation. which does nothing but
criticise what the other party does,
cannot hope to be successful in this cour-
try"
There are three things that the Dem
ocrats ought to make fight about III
such n way as to emphasize their posi-
ton in manner that all tile country
will understand:
/. The Republicans have framed i
financial measure that ought to be enti-
tied IAN Act to Form a National Bank
er's Trust" 1t embodies no provisions
Of value 10 any class except national
bankers and makes them all-powerfui
1t ought to he fully discussed and de-
feated If possible. If the Republicans
desire its passage enough to force il
through under Reed rules, it will be
the duty of the Democratic minority &c
acquant the country with its provisions
SO that there may lie IAN appeal to
Caesar"
2 The Republicans will either ignore
the trust question altogether or seek to
deceive the people by some buncombe
resolutions. The Democrats ought tc
| agree upon the best plan to show how
| trusts prosper under this administra
ton. expose its friendliness TO them, and
| he best method Of destroying thcm
| The debate on trusts ought t. coyei
| every phase of the question and when
| it is ended the speeches ought TO throw
| d flood Of light upon the outlaws d
commerce.
B. The Republican policy upon the
Philippine question will be to evade a
Greet vote on Il proposition to give an N.
| dependent government to the Filipinos
If the war is shortly terminated, the
/ Democratic opportunity will have ar
rived As long as war is in progress
the Republicans will be able 10 wire u
! and wire out better than when til,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
TELL BOOKER WASHINGTON.
Miss Paunceforte and Her Negro Dress
maker to Make Wedding Clothes.
tWashington Letter in News ard
Coumer)

COurer.l
a colored dressmaker as engaged in
making the wedding trousseau Of the
Hon. Lillian Pauncefote, third daughter
Of the British ambassador, who Is to
he married here next February to Mr..
Robert Bromley, now All attache of the
British embassy.
The names of Worth and Redfeln will
not figure conspicu0usly upon waist and
skirt belts, hut instead Mime. Jackson,
Modesto Washington, ID. c." will APP
near stamped more or less cr0okedly
where the band and lining space per-
mits. Nine. Jackson has reached the
height of thread and needle among her
people. and Washington is only suffi-
GENTLY wide to contain her.
Before modest domicile the Paunce-
fote carriage may be seem any fine morn
ing. and within the red plush furnitured
parlor there stares at the Hon. Lillian,
from gilt-papered wallis a motley collec-
ton Of crayon portraits notable for their
bullying eyes, rrotruding lips and mass
i've watch chains. From the work
room there sounds some such melody as
II Want You. Ma Honey, Yes | Do,
and when madame hurries i'll to fit her
high-born customer her step suggests
a full-dress cake walk.
Mime Jackson has little time these
days for other patrons, being wholly
engrossed with the mysteries of her
..Iittle pet" as the tall and stately Miss
Pauncefote is adoringly called by her
duSky dressmaker.
The voice of rumor asserts that Nine.
Jackson is to fashion quite all the we'd
ding fimery, but it is hardly credible that
this includes the Court costume which is
to be Miss Pauncefote's bridal gown,
and I'M which she will make her pre-
sentation bow later on to the Queen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
TIME TO BURY DIFFERENCES.
Elizabeth City Economist

Arti-imperialism, anti-expansion anti
trusts and the currency will be the lead
ing issues in the next campaign, and
Bryan will be the leader of the Demo-
cratic hosts Such is the opinion of ex-
Senator Palmer, of Illinois. If the
Democrats unite and stand together
success will come as before. Such be-
ing the prospect let all Democrats who
regard the triumph of Democracy as
the only safety of our country sink
minor differences in the great result.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
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Ma iani Wine gives pow TO he tra'n,
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

while everybody can raise watermelons.
Whatever stimulates the agricultural in
terests of community is a blessing TO
all, white and black, rich and poor. we
shall watch this imam with the hoe
with exceeding interest, and we hope ne
will meet with the success his nerve and
enterprise deserve. If he who makes
two blades of grass grow where one
grew before, is benefactor, much
more is the multiplier of watermelons
a blessing to his neighbors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

Raleigh needs-and needs very much
an auditorium. The DurhGm Sun says
if the annual Thanksgiving debates are
to be kept in Raleigh the capital city
twill have to provide an auditorium suf-
ficiently large to accommodate the grow
ing interest in these contests" Raleigh
people ought to stir themselves and erect
a magnificent auditorium and give thanks
in it November. 1900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
4 NOBLE HEROINE.
Morning Herald.

Miss Turner, of the Greensboro Nor
nal, sacrificed her life in the perform
ance Of a duty, and the people of the
state should hold her memory i'll CRATE
full remembrance. She took more
chances with less hope of reward than
Dewey at Manila or Schley ut Santiago,
but her noble deed of self-sacritice will
occasion no more than passing mention
and will be forgotten by the most of
us before the earth has claimed its
own.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
WORTH KEEPING AT HOME (.
Tarboro Southerner

If all the peanuts raised in Edgecombe
county were run through the factories,
as they are called, there would be paid
out annually in the county not less
than 100000. which are now being
paid out in Norfolk and Petersburg.
This great sum is worth nakGg an
effort to keep here. 1t amounts TO
more than three dollars for every MAN
woman and child in the county, and
more than twenty dollars to every
plow.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

Senator Teller says if he had not quit
the Republican party in 1896 he would
have since been compelled to do 50.
1t was bad enough, in heavens name,
in 1896, hut the scandals of the war,
trust domination and Pecksniffianism
that now disgust honest men have been
added since
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

question of future government is up
for consideration. The Democrats
ought to force vote on the PROPOSE
ton to give the Filipinos a Republic OF
their own, no matter how long it takes.
1t is necessary to make the dodgers come
out in the open and declare for free gov
ernment or militarism. There is no
half way ground.
These are matters Of oyershadowing
importance Other collateral questions
will afford abundant opportunity for
differentiating the position of the two
parties. and making the issues of 1900
so clear that he who runs may read
The Democrats who have been sent
to Congress at this time are there to
expose the evils of trust domination,
rule by money, militarism, favoritism
and the like, and present a better policy
If they do this ably, aggressiyely ana
persistently, they will forge the weapons
with which they will win the fight III
1900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
Durham Herald.

We believe that the newspapers of
North Carolina consume a sufficient
quantity of paper to keep at least a
small paper mill running, and if the
North Carolina Press Association would
deal blow to the trust and at the
same time benefit itself and the State,
It should attempt to induce some indie
pendent manufacturer to locate mill
in the State With the patronage OF
State papers assured, in addition TO out
side orders that could be obtained, 1t
should prove a paying investment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

Asked for Thanksgiving sentiment,
Roberts, of Utah, said he was thank
full for religious freedom, the privilege Of
worshipping God according to the die
tates of ones own conscience, and not
according to forms prescribed by others. >
II he is turned ont this week, Mr..
Roberts may wish to retract this.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
THE WATERMELON.
Charity and Children.

charity and Children.
The Laurinburg Exchange tells about
Il man in that section who is making
arrangements to plant 700 acres IN wa
termelons next year. That as a piece of
news worth telling. If he succeeds in
his venture he will he worth more to
Scotland county than half dozen cot
tom mills would be, because only the
favored few can build cotton factories,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
cAMpAIGN coNTRIBUTIoNs.

Il suppose the people Of your State
have much TO be thankful for said the
friend.
.'Yes," said Senator Sorghum, regret
fully 'tthey have, to my personal knowl-
edge. And a great deal of it was my
money before election
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

DeWnts Little Early Risers purify
the blood, clean the liver, invigorate the
system. Famous little pills for consti-
patton and liver troubles. Bobbitt &
Wynne Drug Co, W. II. King, Adams
& Moye, William Simpson
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

They haven't quit dining and Teasing
the Wake Forest boys who wen the de-
bate on Thursday night. They deserve It
all, for they won over three of the best
debaters in the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

Jaggles-W What's the difference between
grand and comic opera?
Waggles-In a grand opera It's the NO
men in the boxes and not on the stage
who wear the indecent costumes,-l-i
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
TO A ROSE.
For the News and Observer

VI VI lIIt -NON'9 t'I1SI = ~ -
This morn as | arose
/ saw thee fresh and fragrant yet
In vase with water cool and wet,
For there L placed thee safe--you bet
The night before.
This morn as l arose
| wished my life might ever be
Fair and pure as thou art to me,
Emblem of her who gave me thee,
The might before.
III. A. Il.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

In late issue of the Forum. Colonel
Josiah Patterson urged all gold Demo-
Gratis to organize and fight Bryan earn
estly in 1900 Result he went on to
Washington and Mckinley has given
him $4,000 place. with perquisites, as
Shiloh commissioner. Bynum and Pat
tersoD have gotten money returns for
their treachery.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

The University football team defeat
cd the University of Georgia ) to 0,
but suffered defeat by the same score
when it tackled the boys of the Sewanee
episcopal college, Will this be re-
garded as a victory for Christian edu-
cation? The Atlanta Constitutions ac-
count of the successful game, published
elsewhere in today's paper, will be read
with wide interest by all lovers of the
game.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

Referring to the advice of Senator
Chandler to the Republicans, the Nor
folk Pilot and Virginian happily says:
''The Senator means we'll; but he
might as well sing psalms to dead
horse as waste his moral admonitions
on so incorrigible sinner as his repro
bate party. How preposterous it is for
him to urge Republican declaration ana
action against the trusts