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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-04
! ours very truly

w. II. Ragsdalc is a nati5e of Gr1a-
vile county. North Carolina. IL" was
educated at Wake Forest College: be
came Assistant Principal i'm Niae ll:il
Academy in 1880: later became prin- pal
Leaving here after four years work
he was chosen principal Of ''rrenylile
Male Academy, which position he now
holds. Was superintendent Of Pub
lie instruction for Pitt COUNTY for TWO
years, and county supervisor TWO Gears.
Director of North Carolina ChauJauqua.
Has long been active i'll the work Of the
North Carolina Teachers Assembly.
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MEMBERSHIP TICKETS.
TEACHERS BUREAU.

This is new feature. 1t registers
all teachers who desire better location,
change of position. etc. Records are
made of those desiring teachers for the
coming year. Thus teachers are placed
in communication with school presi-
dents. etc. and enabled TO make desir
able changes. This is free to all mem
bers. The Bureau will be under the
management during the Assembly OF
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TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH.
Tuesday morning. June 18th, the
teachers and their friends will leave
home for Morehead City. The various
railroads have so arranged their sched-
ues that persons may start from almost
any section of North Carolina, and reach
Morehead City before sunset. theck
your baggage through to Morehead CITY.
All trains make close connection at
GoldsbOro.
$50 D. m.-tDevotional Exercises, con-
Quoted by Rev. II. A. Smoot; Greensboro
Female College Greensboro, n. c.
Education i'm the South. President
Daniel A. Long, Antioch College, Yellow
Springs, 0.
Social hour. Reunion of teachers ana
friends.
WEDNESDAY,, JUNE 18TH.
8 a. m-Report of the Committee on
Course in English and Literature, Conn
mittee (elected at the Assembly meet
ing, 1898:
Edwin Minis, Trinity College, Durham.
chairman.
j. Y. Joyner, State Normal and Indus
trial College, Greensboro.
,B. f. Sledd, Wake Forest College,
Wake Forest.
Il. ii. Harrison, Davidson College,
Davidson.
Thomas Hume, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill.
j. A. Rivins, Graded Schools, Char
lotte.
J. ID. Eggleston, Graded Schools, Ashe-
Vile.
w. II. Whitsett, Whitsett Institute,
Whitsett.
Report by Chairman, Prof. edwin
Minis, Trinity College, Durham.
Discussion by members of the Com
mittee.
General Discussion.
:30.-Graded Schools an North Car
DINA
iSupt J. l. Foust, Graded Schools,
GoldsbOro.
Supt. Alexander Graham, Graded
Schools, charlotte.
Supt. John Jay Blair, Graded Schools,
Wilmington.
General Discussion.
$50 p. m..-Amalal Address, by the
President of the Assembly, Principal w.
II. Ragsdale, Male Academy, Greenville.
Reception, by Officers and Committees
of the Assembly.
THURSDAY. JUNE 18TH.
a. disappointment of Special Com
mitteSs.
What Teachers May Do to Make
School Laws Successful.-iIo C.. III.
Mcbane, Supt, of Pub. Instruction, Ra-
leigh.
General Discussion.
10 a. m.-Ehe Past, Present and Flu
ture of the Academy i'm North Carolina.
--pripaina1 I
tary School Oxford
General Discussion, led by PRINCIPAL
Martin III. Holt, Oak Ridge Institute,
Oak Ridge.
IL 4. m.-'rhe Teacher and the Com
munity Principal Spencer Chaplin. .Ir.,
Dukes.
Prof J. b. Carlyle, Wake Forest.
Wake Forest.
General Discussion.
l1:4O a. m.-Conference Hour. All
members invited to participate.
p. m-Alecting places have been ar
ranged for this hour for the Association
of County Supervisors. Association of
City superintendent. and North Caro-
lima Association of Academies. in case
these bodies desire to hold a meeting
apart from the regular sessions of the
Assembly
Sou p. m.-Southern Expansion
President Edwin A. Aledreman. Univer-
sity of North Carolina. Chapel Hill.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH.
a. m-Schoolroom Suggestions.
Principal John Duckett Robson Insti-
tute, Lumherton.
General discussion.
9:4o a. m.-Recent Advances in
Srinnoa NNirolocc,
eNperiments)-Prof. G.. w. Edwards.
Trinity College. Durham.
General discussion.
1920 a. m.-The Teacher in North
Carolina President Chas. ID. McIver.
State Normal and Industrial College.
Greensboro.
General discussion
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w. NJ Gallagher, of Bryan, Pa.
says: For forty years | have tried
various cough medicines. One inmate
Cough Cure is best of all" 1t relieves
instantly and cures all throat and
lung troubles, coughs, colds, Group,
whooping cough, la grippe and pned-
monia. j. Hal Bobbitt and Henry T..
Hicks
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Raleigh Gas Com
pany will be held at No. IL, West Hargett street
on the third Wednesday of June, 1889, 1.-THE 2lsU
at Il O'Clock m. The transfer books shall he
closed six days before the annual election.
w. Il. MCGEE, Secretary.
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YOU SHOULD ATTEND.

Many do not seem to understand how
to secure the reduced rates for TINS
great trip. Simply apply at your rail
road station for the Teachers Assembly
ticket to Morehead City. and the agent
will sell YOU the ticket at the greatly
reduced rate and give YOU also card
or coupon, showing that You have pur-
chased the ticket. and this card yOu
keep and hand to the Secretary of the
Assembly at Morehead City. and he
gives You in exchange for it ticket
of membership in the Teachers Assem-
bly, which secures the re8uced rates
at the Atlantic Hotel for the time you
stay at the meeting 1t is not necessary
to have the membership ticket before
You get to Morehead, all you need is
the card from the agent showing that
you have bought the Assembly Special
Railroad Ticket.
Any railroad agent can give You any
further information You may desire.
OFFICIAL LETTER.
Office or
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Il Raleigh. n c., April % 1899.
To Teachers, School Officers, and
Friends of Education:
This is to call your special attention
to the sixteenth annual session of III"
North Carolina Teachers Assembly 10
be held at Morehead City, y. c., June
18th to 18th, 1899.
The only meeting held in North Car
DINA this year that brings the entire
educational body of the State together
is this Assembly, and this letter is sent
to impress upon your mind the necessity
and value of attending. Every teacher,
school officer. and friend of education.
who can possibly do SO, should be pres
ent. Every phase of school work aud
school administration will be repreSGA-
ted in the work of the Assembly, and
full and free discussions viii be a dis
tinctive feature this year. The prac-
teal good that is possible from such Il
gathering cannot be oyer-eStimated.
As long ago as 1859. Dr.. Calvin II.
Wiley. one of our wisest educators. then
State Superintendent of Public InstTuc-
ton, urged all teachers and school Off
Gals to join in one great yearly meet
ing. The time seems ripe for Il forward
movement. and increased interest III orr
annual gathering.
Railroad rates have been reduced 20
one-half and even less, and board can
be secured for one dollar per day, or less,
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one of the States leading educators
woh will give his time to This feature.
You are invited TO use this Bureau for
your benefit and advancement. You
can register at any time by sending
your name. address. salary expected
work desired. etc. to the Secretary of
the Assembly; ar. YOU can register after
YOU arrive, with the manager IN charge
of the Bureau. Let us help you.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-04

Powder magazines ought to be classi
fled as flash literature.
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ATTRACTIVE FEATURES.

Thousands Of North Caruiinians have
delight fll memories uf former visits tn
Morehcad Hundreds Of these could not
he persuaded to MISS this opportunity,
Everybody can attend n small expense
The North Carolina Teachers Assembly
is the great professional gathering of
the year. The chief and only meeting
of the Teaching Profession as ono great
united body. II is the best means Of
promotion in the profession. Tho social
features win Ice many and varied. Boat.
ing. surf bathing. fishing. sailing. ere.
here are moi eNcclled in the South The
Assembly officers will give special nttcn-
ton To strangers and those who have
not attended the Assembly before. Aps'~
ing that they are introduced. meet the
leading educators. have opportunities for
social enjoyment, Ne.
The First North Carolina regiment
band. the finest in the South. is expected
to be 1T Morehcad all during the session
Of the Assembly. This VIII be de-
lightful source of pleasure
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-04

William Thornton WhitSett is a native
of GuilfOrd county. NPr LIf"l!ht. lie
attended the public schools of his native
county, and was prepared for college by
private tutors. He was educated at
North Carolina College and the Univer-
sity of North Carolina. He spent som
months during 1898 travelling in the
North and West, and studying the eiu-
cational exhibits at the Worlds Fair.
He has been president of Whitsett In
stitute since 1888; is a trustee of the
University of North Carolina; Member
Southern Historical Association, Wash
ington. D. c.; Secretary North Carolina
Association of Academies; Membcr or
the American Authors Guild, New
York; Member of the Board OF School
Directors of Guilford county; Member
OF the American Academy Of Social ahd
Political Science, Philadelphia.
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POINTS OF INTEREST.

Morehead City, one of the most at
tractive watering places OH the coast
The Atlantic Ocean Bogue Sound
Cape Lookout Beaufort Fish in album
dance Boating and Bathing not eNcellcd
no moSquitos-eXccptionally fine
Beach--Delightful oZonc7ladcn salt
breczes all the timc-cvery pleasure Of
one of the best saSde resorts on the
Atlantic Coast.
The Government Experiment Station
recently located at Beaufort only two
miles away will he worth going hundreds
of miles to visit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-13
A Worker.

In his speeches at Chicago and Ann
Arbor as well as in magazine arti-
cles and private talks, Governor
Roosevelt continues to hammer the
truth home that mere complaining will
not right any wrongs; that hard work
has to be done besides. My expert
ence," says he, has taught me the
necessity of distinguishing between
the efficient men who seek bad results
and the decent men who seek high
ends, but are totally inefficient. Good
results cannot be secured by casting
conscience votes which do not count.
From our political elements it is nec-
essary to cut out minor parties. These
subtract from the vote which one has
a right to count on for real work.
THE more one gets into politics the
more one appreciates that decent peo-
pie must be practical. on the one side
are 1.-The nice, impractical people who
mean well and don't do anything, on
the other side are those practical peo-
pie who accomplish good deal and
don't mean we'll at all. These ele-
ments must be united and harmonized
You can see on little reflection how
necessary it was for reformers TO start
| slavery agitation, and how ludicrouS
! IL was for such men as Wendell Phil
| lips to turn around afterward and pre-
| sent third ticket when Lincoln was
running for his second term, because
! they were not quite satisfied with him.
| Remember always that decent men
must he practical. II they construe
! practical politics TO mean dirty poll
tics they simply declare themselves un-
fit for government
1t is because Colonel Roosevelt has
| practiced fearlessly what he thus
breaches that he enjoys today the es-
TEEN and admiration of millions of
persons who have for Intellectually
abler men than Roosevelt--for such
| everlasting critics, for instance, as
Carl Schurz, f. l.. Godkin, Professor
Norton and men of their type kind
Of polite contempt. Roosevelt too, is
4 critic, and at times q rough one
but he does more than find fault He
acts. We do not want to appear as
having gone daft on the subject OF
Roosevelt, for with all his admirable
; qualities we have always to remember
that he is only one among a nationfu
of good men, and that no man is per,
feet; yet 1t seems to us that emphasis
upon Roosevelt's kind of politics Il
very necessary at this time, when Sc
many Of our ripper minds are going tC
seed in futile and doleful complaining
while the great battle of life needs
stalwart recruits, able to give an
take.
rhe nation is tacking new problems
! some OF them as great as any hithertI
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-13
Not n Nation OF Cutters.

Although the military campaign in
the island Of Luzon has really just
begun, being now for the first time
on the aggressive in accordance with a
well-detned plan, there are symptoms
in the press of a popular Reaction in
the direction Of discourage mont. Yet
us quit" is the cry of a minority that
seems to be growing. Let us throw
up the sponge before Aguinaldc's in
surgcnts. The game is not worth the
candle"
A writer in Golfers Weekly reflects
this phase of fluent public sentiment
when ne says: Nearly twelve months
have elapsed since the naval power Il
Spain in the Far East was annihilated
by Admiral Dewey, yet our soldiers
have been able to occupy but an in
significant fraction Of the island Of
Luzon, having advanced only about
fifteen miles beyond the walls of Ma
| Mia. Thus far, however, our troops
have fought to a very large extent un-
der the guns of our warships, an al
| vantage which they will lose as they
| proceed into the interior Slight as is
| the ground which we have thus far
! gained in Luzon, it has been acquired
at cost in killed and wounded much
| greater than were our aggregate losses
| during the active period of the war
| against Spain. That season of the
year, moreover. during which military
| operations are generally deemed i'm
| practicable for white soldiers is at
hand, and the Insurgents instead Of
! throwing down their arms, may turn
to account the interval of compulsory
inaction on our part by reorganizing
their forces and renewing their sup
plies of arms and ammunition, 1t Will
! prove difficult, if not impossible, with
the number of war vessels at our conf
| mand, to establish so effective blocN-
ace of the coasts of Luzon, as to pre-
| vent the transmission of munitions Of
war from Singapore, Hong Kong, OF
Yokohama, in all of which ports there
are INSCRIPTIONS traders willing to act
as Aguinaldo's agents. Unless, there
fore, we can persuade by pacific means
,le chiefs of the insurgents to recoS-
nize the authority of the United States
we seem likely to find the subjugatiou
Of them a long and onerous task. To
establish order and law throughout
the Philippines, and to elevate all their
' inhabitants from barbarism to civil
ization, will, undoubtedly, require
sagaclous and unremtting efforts fol
at least half a century. Is the game
worth the candle?"
1t is for the people 10 give answe"
But if they have any of the spunli o.
their grandsires left in their veins
their reply will be an emphatic affirm.
nation of cutters.
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Kautz. in using troops to enforce the
law. acted wisely and within his duty.
Therefore 1t cannot be believed on
mere newspaper gossip that the en-
peror of Germany is so foolish as to
insist that the United States shall
disapprove OF Kautz's course; on the
contrary, he will have good reason to
consider himself fortunate If Great
Britain and the United states shall
be good naturcd enough to overlook
the illegal freshness Of his man Rose,
in consideration OF his promises 20
be good in future and not let the fresh.
ness be repeated
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The Red Book
Is Ruled Odf


Mr.. Watson, Mr.. Quay's counsel, re-
piled briefly to the district attorneys
argument. He drew the attention of
the court TO the points he raised yes
terday. First that the guilt of Hay
wood, Hopkins and others is not under
discussion in this case, the two named
being dead and the others not under
indictment; second, that in the indict-
ment against Mr.. quay he is charged
with using state funds when under
the law state money deposited in Il
bank becomes the property of the
bank, and consequently the defendant
cannot be tried on that charge; third,
that the books are not admissible as
competent evidence to prove what the
commonwealth contends they will
prove, as they We're made by clerks
who knew nothing about their purpose
and that they We're not authorized by
Senator Quay.
Mr.. Watson defed the prosecution
to cite case similar in which books
We're admitted in evidence,
Evidence Furnished by Books.
Books, followed by the evidence Of
| individuals, he admitted are allowable
| as evidence, but books in themselves
| are not proper testimony to show pay
ments Of interest to Senator Quay. II
| money was paid by any man put him
| on the stand and let him say it, and
| acts of third parties must be received.
! IT was dangerous thing, he said, in a
! trial for conspiracy to open the doors
! to all kinds of evidence. If Hopkins
was guilty try him and convict him,
! but don't try Quay and convict him for
! Hopkins crime. The testimony of a
| GO -conspirator is necessary, he con-
tended, to convict a man of the charge
of conspiracy. books are not Cocoon
spirators. All of the letters in the red
book" he said. constitute evidence of
guilt
MIR Watson insisted that acts of 9th.
er people could not be urged against
Quay; proof of a conspiracy between
the various state treasurers from 1886
To 1898 and Hopkins was not proof of
a crime committed by Quay and could
not be urged as such.
Books Admitted as Evidence.
Judge Biddle decided the books could
decision on the red book until that
is offered
Judge Biddle, i'm his opinion, says
that the commonwealth has the right
TO deposit money in a bank and that
the bank may loan it to whom IL
pleases.
IF that was the case" he continued
mo crime has been committed"
"The allegation is made by the COM
monwealth" he said, that no person
or persons ever fail to give a crime
committed an appearance of innocence
| n he said, 1.-The commonwealth car
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chow that Mr.. Quay from his political
influence was able to induce the COM
monwealth to make deposit in the
Peoples bank under the condition that
it was deposit made to allow him to
use, as collateral and to receive in
terest on 1t then 1t Is a different mat
ter. To use a phrase, 1T was a deposit
with a string tied to It,
I'm regard to the admission of the
books it Is true that no bank can make
person debtor simply by entering
an amount in the banks book
"On the other hand" he continued,
suppose man is a depositor in a
bank and the records OF his bank book
shows he is credited with certain
money and give checks against II and
the money is not his, that also makes
a difference.
"All criminal offenses," he said ARE
not committed so as to be uatent to
any mere passerby. There is always
concealment. The question is wheth-
er these books show all the the COM
monwealth proposes to prove. The
commonwealth, however, has clearly
the right to show the nature of this
deposit and ] think the books Of tho
bank are admissible.
Red Book Held Up.
As to the red book that occupies a
| different position. 1t was not found
among the other books of the bank
but was in Hopkins private desk.
am not satisfied that it Is competent
Here the district attorney interrupt
ed the court to state that he had mol
argued on the question of the "red
book" in particular, but on the banks
| books
Judge Bddle said he had been un'
| der the impression the commonwealth
| had been discussing the question, but
if counsel preferred it the matter could
be argued when the occasion arose
| This will probably be done when tn,
| book is offered in evidence.
Counsel for Mr.. Quay filed an excep
| ton to the ruling of the court on the
! admitted documents.
Recess until 12.45 o'clock.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-13
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 3.i5 a. M. for Thursday.
April lS 1899.

A child born on this day will notice that
fortune tellcrs are always Il comfort to
the girl who is unable to secure beau.
The most enthusiastic male admirer Of
a cheerful and artistic home generally
prefers a well-c cooked beefsteak to a table
cover of renaissance embroidery.
OF course General Luna was "ful''
when he accepted Aguinaldo's epaulettes.
The man who knows something that
is of no earthly benefit to himself or any
one else is regarded as a genius these
days.
Hash Is one of the things that always
test the blissfulness OF ignorance.
Love at first sight generally is first to
get side-tracked.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-13
Extend the Session.

The constitution places upon the legis-
lature the duty Of electing IA senator. IF
this duty is not performed in a regular
session there is good reason to believe
that the governor must call within sixty
days an extra session. the cost of which
would be not less than S25O,00O. Ey
resolution adopted at its beginning the
present Legislature is pledged to ad-
Journ one week hence. Unless in this
BRIEF interval Of time it can come to-
gethrr upon candidate FOR senatorial
honors, it should, i'm fairness to the
people who elected it, rescind the reso-
luton fixing the date of adjournment
and remain in regular session until a
senator shall be chosen.
The leading candidate for senator
being on trial ON charges alleged to
have been trumped up by a conspiracy
of his political enemies for the particu-
lar purpose of sandbagging his candi-
daCy for reelection. and the evidence
thus far brought out during that trial
tending very clearly to show founda-
tion for this allegation. fairness to Col
unel Quay. IL there is such a thing left
among the members of the legislature,
calls for a prolungatiOn Of the session
until after the court shall have passed
upon his case. This would be a fair
thing for his Republican opponents to
agree to. They say he is guilty. If so,
"a verdict to that effect would elimin-
ate him from the canvass and thus ef-
feet the declared chief object of their
insurrection. If, on the other hand
they have been deceived, if Quay is
innocent. they owe it to him and "a
themselves to make reparation, by fall
ing into line in support of their party 5
caucus nominee.
PENNSYLVANIA is too important a
state, with legislative interests toe
large and varied, to be deprived of heI
Just representation in the United States
senate. The people expect this legis'
lature to elect senator and it might
far better extend it's session for a fort
night or two than to go home with this
imperious duty unperformed.
The common baptism of blood al
Apia, the second on the Samoan rec
ords, goes far to cement the aims AM
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-13
THIS is A NICE LAW INDEED.
Game Fish Caught in Streams OF
State Are Taxed.

bill has been introduced at Harris
burg taxing game fish caught in the
streams of the state. The bill requires
every sportsman and fisherman to
keep an accurate account of every
pound Of fish caught and for which the
following tax is fixed:
Every pound of brook trout. Is cents;
black fish, cents; cells, 4 cent; every
other variety OF game fish, 3 cents;
shad. u cent. and every other variety
of food fish, Y cent a pound. Sports
men and fishermen are required to go
before justices of the peace and make
oath of the amount OF fish caught and
pay tax to the county treasurer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-13

Fifty sets of Roger Bros plated
teaspoons that we bought from
Weichel Bros. have soiled wrap
pers, that's why they are marked
to soc the set of six. We have
them in new wrappers-new goods,
too--at SI.oo, if you prefer.
REXFORD CO.,
I52 Wyoming.
The new store.