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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
AGED wArCHMAN INJURED.
Thomas Bushnell Severely Hurt ~
Falling semaphore.

Thomas Bushnell the aged watchman Of
the Chicago and Alton Railroad at Second
and Piasa streets Alton. was seriously In
jured yesterday morning by the breaking of
a semaphore signal tower
RuehneIl had Climbed the semaphcre
south Of Union Station. and was at the
~ rDurS
fell between the Alton and c. p. & ST. l..
tracks. with the semsphore on top Of him.
When picked up he was UNCONSCIOUS BUSH
nell was taken to his home ana surgeon
Davis of the Alton was called
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
Candidate for County Judge.

Carthage. ILL.,, Aug. 15.-The petitions
circuia TED by the central committees of the
county asking that William G. Hooker be
nominated as candidate for County Judge
on . nonpartisan ticket we're filed with tie
County Clerk with LOO signers. As there
were no other nominations MED. Mr.. Hooner
is the sole candidate. Election will take
place September 3.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16

Department. Monogram die letter stamped
on 100 sheets Of crystal bond writing pa
per. with 100 envelopes to match. (not
stamped. N.75. at Mermod & Jaccards,
Broadway and Locust
Nail orders aiiedprompffv
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
Modern woodn,en Meeting.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Monroe City. No.. Aug. 1.-THE Modern
Wooomen of America celebrated to-day at
Warren, north of this city. Thousands
were there, the greater number from a
considerable distance.
James r. Lloyd OF the First District de-
livered the leaoing address.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
There's Plenty of Happiness

In buying a fine Diamond or Watch at your
own price. lots OF people are doing so daily
at the Great Auction Sale at Olive and
Sixth streets. Positive closing Of the f.
Jaccard and Merr,ck collection at any
prices they will bring. Sales daily. 1870 a
M, to d. m.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
ODIN PIONEER PAssEs AWAY.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Odin. Ill. Aug l5.-E. N Curtis, the Oldest
resident OF Odin- died. oged 7s years. He
had lived In the village IS years
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16

Efectually. yet gently. when costive or bill
ious. to permanently overcome habitual
constipation. TO awaken the kidneys and
liver to healthy activity. without irritat-
ing or weakening them. to dispei head
aches, colds or fevers. use Syrup Of F1gs,
made by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
NOTE THE EXCURSION RATES N
BUFFALO,
Via the Akron Ro,

Via the Akron Route.
Eandalia-Pennsylvania Erie Lines.
$ls. Is return limit fifteen days.
$z4.35 return limit twenty days
Ticket office 100 North Fourth street,
corner Chestnut, and Union Station
This extension In limit is effective Au-
gust %.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
...EXCURSlON...
Sunday, August Is, 1901.
&u-00 ALTAMONT.
VANDALlA,
zhG HIGHLAND,
POCAfi0NTAS,
AND RETURN.
Corresponding Fares to intermediate poeneA
vANDAllA LINE.
TRAIN LEAyEa 500 A. NJ
TRAIN LEAVES 500 A. n.

hand July I. the date Of the repeal Of the
taxes in schedule b. has been received by
the Internal Revenue Bureau. The claim
Is made out on a blank form not prepared
by the Government. From the presentation
OF the claim. It Is evident that the question
Of the redemption Of stamps on proprietary
articles Is not fully understood.
Such stamps affixed to packages which
have never been removed from the place OF
manufacture can be presented for redemp-
tion on the forms prescribed by the Treas
ury Department. and will receive consldera-
tion. When the stamped articles have been
removed from the place Of manufacture
the stamps thereon cannot be redeemed. and
claims for their redemption cannot be ia
vorably considered. II Is stated by the Of
unless this class Of claims II being prepared
with a view Of securing congressional &C
ton. 1t will be a waste Of time and an ex-
pense to get them up for presentation to
the Government.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
WATER IS A SCARCE ARTICLE.
Selling in Goreville, ILL.,, at One
Dollar Per Barrel.

Metropolis. H., Aug. 15.-At Gorevflle.
little town on the c. & +. J. railroad. near
here no rain has fallen since last April. and
all the wells and springs In the neighbor-
hood have dried up. Water Is selling at u
per barrel
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
BEAUMONT SMITH WILL BE
BURIED IN BELLEFONTAINE.

Death of Consumption in Denver
Louis Friends-Sory of His Early
With Mccullough and Dickson Sketch Clubs
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
Anything Wrong with Your Eyess

Anything Wrong with Your Eyess
II 30. Dr. Bond. expert optician at Mer-
mod & Jaccard's. Broadway and Locust.
will examine them free of charge and fit
them properly II glasses are needed. Steel
frames, 81 and up: gold. S and up.
1ype eards FOR testing eyes mailed free
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16

Best quality Of twilled pure serge silk
umbrellas. Hull frame. tight roll. plain or
silver-trimmed handles. special big value
for 800 at Mermod & Jaccard's. Broad
way and Locust.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
CITY ITEMS.

CRAwFORD'S expect and are prepared
for one OF the biggest Friday crowds OF
the year to day, after the many bargains
advertised in yesterdays papers
Stops Diarrhoea and Stomach Cramps.
DR.. Siegert's Genuine Angostura Bitters.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16

$3.50 Jefferson City and Return.
Sunday, August IS,
Special train via NJ. x. G. I. leaves 1:5o
a. m
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16

Burnett's Vanilla Extract Is the fixed
standard of excellence. 1t Is the finest ana
purest vanilla extract that can be bought.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
THOMPSON CONVICTED.
Embesxled Money Order Funds While
Postmaster at Havana.

Washington. Aug. 1S-The Postmaster
General to-day received a cablegram from
Cuba stating that the trial of E. p. Thomp-
son. formerly Postmaster at Havana, has
been concluded and Thompson Convicted He
has been sentenced to pay a fine of 500 or
serve SIX moths in prison.
The offense for which he was convicted
was embexzlement Of money-order funds.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16

DO YoU Ksow JOHNNY JONES AND
HIS SISTER SUEs
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16
Rural Free Delivery.

RuroI free OenveRy.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE following rural
free delivery has been ordered:
Illinois-Carock. Mclean County; one carrier:
length OF route. twenty-four miles; c1rTfer.
Charles L. Yoder. Glsnarm. Sangamon County:
one carrier: length OF route twenty-stx miles:
Misscuri-Frankfad. Pike County: two car
riers. length Of route. forty-seven miles: ear
riers. John Hyde and J. R. Weldy.
Reserve Agents Appointed.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Aug. k-The ComptronR
has appointed the following reserve agents:
For the First National Bank. Blackwell On.
the Union National Bank. Kansas City.
For the Marine National Bank, Milwaukee,
Wis. the Third National Bank. st. Louis.
Missouri Post O@cs Advanced.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Aug. k-The post ONCE at
Martonville, No. will be advanced to the
presidential class October I; salary. 81 ,10o
Fourth-Claas PostDasteFs.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Aug. 1k-Fourth-class Post
masters:
Ksnsas-Calvert, Morton County ,. A. Nh
Ter. vice T. E. Miller. removed.
acknowledgements. Sullivan County, W. L
TAYLOR. vice E. J. Hannah. removed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-16

b. 4 o. S-w. to New York. Stop
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Fanny Blount Field

The type of the higher womanhood of
the old South was a distinct creation. 1t
sprang from peculiar conditions of life,
and had no equal in the crown of it's
varied graces throughout the land Few
If any survive who revealed that type
in finer form than Mrs. Fanny Blount
Field who died in Warren county on
June 22nd, 1901, aged 20 years the pre-
ceding January 22nd.
She was the daughter of Thomas Blount
Littlejohn and was born in Oxford, N. G..
Having married DIR. George Field of
Mecklenburg county, Va, in February 20,
1871, she moved to Warren county, in
1S47, where she spent the residue of her
days, leaving behind her six children,
many grandchildren and great grand
children.
In her spacious home for many years
she dispensed large and generous hos
pitality attracting by the brightness of
her pleasantly and her winning graces
those whom she bound to her by the
genulneness and trueness Of her charac-
ter Those who once knew her were de-
sirous of knowing more of her. In her
old age she lost none of those silken
cords by which she led in paths of pleas
ant converse her acquaintance and
friends. Gifted she was in many ways
and her life was ripeping for years amid
gentle ministrations of kindness and sym
pathy and love for all that was beautiful
in nature and art for the peculiar ex-
quisiteness of the grace of her old age.
Her christian life seemed so much part
of her self that no one could doubt that
it went with her at death. A woman of
marked value in herself and yet more
marked because she revealed in such rich
and varied hue the qualities of woman
hood which gave to the old South one of
its main glories.
To Warren county belongs the honor
of having given far more than her natur-
al share of distinguished men to the SER
vice of the State, and yet even more
might be said of her womanhood than
of them B. S. BRONSON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
HUCKLEBERRY CROP.

The Sampson Democrat and other pa
pers in the section, where the buckle
berry crop brings in large money without
cultivation, seem to be in doubt whether
the crop is really valuable to the county.
The Joford correspondent of the Sampson
Democrat says:
There is said to have been more money
scattered among the masses of the peo-
pie of this section for the last three
months than ever was known before at
this season of the year. The huckleberry
crop brought more of this money to the
people than any other crop and while all
of this is very nice and of course makes
the people feel good, we have some doubt
as to whether or not the huckleberry
crop was a good thing after all, from the
fact that the corn and cotton crops will
be cut considerable shorter than they
would have been had there been no
huckleberry crop at ALL"
The labor that picks and packs buckle
berries would be employed in growing
cotton and corn if there were no buckle
berries, but the Joford correspondent
ought to bear in mind that Sampson and
Dupln this year have big money for their
huckleberries, whereas the rains have
greatly injured the crops in all the adja-
cent counties, as we'll as the fact that
the labor of gathering huckleberries takes
only a few weeks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
ENTERPRISE PAYS.

Fourteen months ago enterprising men
in Charleston, S. c., organized the Caro-
lima Portland Cement Company. They
knew that what they had to sell was the
best and they selected number of the
best advertising mediums-the News and
Observer among them of course. They
knew that no matter how good their ce-
ment, ETC., they could not sell it without
advertising. AS a result of judicious adj
vertising, energy, foresight and wide ex-
perience these gentlemen have now the
largest cement business in the Southern
States, covering a greater territory than
any cement company in the Southern
States. One day last week, an order was
received by this firm from Cape Town
South Africa. They have filled the order
which came as result of extensive ad-
vertising.
Enterprise pays!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
(The Philadelphia Times.)


1t is likely that the question of dis
franchisement of the negro will receive
attention of Congress at the coming ses-
sion, for it is expected by that time Ala
bama and Virginia will have amended
their State constitutions so as to elimin-
ate a portion of that vote. There is also
prospect of Georgia following the ex-
ample set by her sister States.
review of the subject shows that
Mississippi led the way in the Southern
disfranchisement movement. In 1892 a
Constitution was adopted containing the
qualification that after January 1, 1893,
every elector, in addition to other re-
quirements, should be liable to read any
section of the Constitution of this State
or understand the same when read to
him or give a reasonable Interpretation
thereof" This provision was carried
through the State Courts and ultimately
to the Supreme Court Of the United
States. In the latter it was upheld and
this language was used:
''The provisions in Section 244 of the
Constitution of Mississippi making the
ability to read any section of the Consti-
tuition or to understand it when read as a
necessary qualification to legal voter
do not amount to a denial of the equal
protection of the law secured by the 14th
amendment to the Constitution, and it
has not been shown that their admins
tration was evil but only evil was pos
sible under them
South Carolina next came into line
with an amendment to the Constitution.
1t was provided that after January /,
1898, all males of voting age must be
bound, in applying for registration, by
the following:
1.-The applicant must be able to read
and write any section of the Constitution
submitted to him by the registration Of
ficer, or show that he owns and has paid
taxes collectible during the previous year
On property within the State assessed at
$500 or more
Louisiana, in 1898, made still more rig
orous requirements The educational test
involved the writing out an application
for registration in an elaborate formula
, of seventy-fve words, and a property
option similar to South Carolina's was
fixed There was the further require
, ment, operating to the advantage OF the
illiterate white man, which allowed three
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
HOW IT WORKS IN RANDOLPH.

The Asheboro Courier says there are
large increases in the taX-listing in Ran
dolph county in every township, the
smallest being in Randleman. 1t says:
"This is an evidence that so far as
Randolph is concerned the new Revenue
law is not operating oppressively against
private corporations, the largest gains
in this county being in agricultural CON-
munities. In this county, for some years
the names of many persons were not on
the tax books. Last year the number
of polls listed were 400 short of the num-
Der of polls the preceding year. The
present revenue law as administered is
intended for one purpose and only one
purpose and that is to get, all the prop
erty on the tax books so that it may
contribute it's pro rata share of the bur-
den of taxation
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
Elk PARTE TRIALS.

Yesterday we approved the action of the
Governor in formulating rules whereby
opportunity will be given for full hear
ing upon every application for pardon.
He had already inaugurated the reform
of giving out all pardons for publication.
There is one other needed reform along
similar lines that is needed. 1t is thus
stated in the current issue of the Madi-
son County Record:
1--WE do not feel competent to criticize
courts or suggest in what manner they
ought to be run, but we hope to see the
day in the courts of North Carolina that
no case will be disposed of upon the eX
parte statement of the solicitor or any
other attorney at the bar. When every
case that is disposed of in the courts shall
be fully investigated from the testimony
of the eye witnesses, then, and not till
then will the violators of the law fear
the courts and the law abiding citizens
have the, proper respect for judicial pro-
ceedings."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT.

and one-half months for any man to Sc
| cure his registration as a voter for life,
who, while possessing neither property
nor the educational qualifications, could
| prove that ION January l. 1867, or any
date prior thereto, he was entitled to
vote under the Constitution or statutes
of any State of the United States wherein
| he then resided, or that he was the son
| or grandson of some such person not less
than q years of age at the date of the
adoption of this Constitution"
North Carolina then followed with
Acknowledgement amendment to her Con-
! stitution. Last August it was provided
that the candidate for registration must be
| able to read and write any section of the
Constitution in the English language, un-
less he was a legal voter January l,
1867, or "a lineal descendant of any such
person" Lineal descendants are allowed
until January 1, 1908, for registration.
The extent of the Acknowledgement I'M
der these provisions is only question of
estimate. as absolute figures are not OBJ
! tainable. In Mississippi the negro male
population of voting age was in 1890 $780,
1896 Under the new Constitution the reg
istered negro vote fell to 16,243 The
1O9,337, showing plainly, however, that
the negroes suffered a great deal more
than their white neighbors.
In Louisiana, in 1897, there was reg
istraton of 130,344 negro electors, which
decreased, under the operations of the new
Constitution, to 81, 400. The white regis
tration fell from 1874, OSS to 1913.
1t is evident, therefore, from the ex-
perience in these two State, that the ne
gro race will lose the elective franchise
to a degree in excess of the loss suffered
by the whites. and this will be accentu-
ated in the case of North Carolina, where
the grandfather clause prevails. 1t has
not yet been decided whether the States
of Virginia and Alabama will be as
radical in their action as North Caro-
| lima.
In Maryland the white and negro illlt-
crates were put practically upon the
same basis but as it worked out in the
last election, the negroes really had the
advantage because, acknowledging their
ignorance they were willing to be taught
and learned the simple formulas neces-
sary to mark their ballots while the
white men, scorning to admit their il
literacy, resented efforts to prepare them
to exercise the franchise.
BY the time Congress meets the census
bureau will have prepared statistics, Go
ed for at the last session, showing
possibilities of the operation of dis
chisement Acts, and it will be pos
obtain therefrom clearer ideas OF
feet of the State legislation.
v
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
Nd CONFLICT BETWEEN THEM.

The Educational edition of the Presby-
terrain Standard is a model number, the
best of the educational series which has
come to be an annual feature of that ably
edited church paper. The leading edi-
torial in this issue, Education by
Church and State" is an admirable ar
ticle. 1t shows that during the year
when the institutions of higher instruc-
ton supported by the State have had the
largest appropriations the educational in
stitutions of the Presbyterian church
have "prospered and grown and every one
OF them has been helped by our hearty
commentator of their Estate schools)
advantages as we'll as by our
advocacy of Church Education. /"
The same is true of the higher institu-
lions of learning of the Methodist, Bap-
fist, Christian and other denominations.
They have had their best days while the
from the State Treasury.
The Standard truly says, "There is no
conflict between Church Education and
State Education when both are at their
best" The harvest is great in the edu-
cational world in North Carolina, and
there is abundant work for our colleges
and schools to do if the youth of the
State are reached and educated. There
is no room or time or reason for con-
fict
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
HOW TO GET TT.
Enterprise pays!

Durham will never get union depot
worthy it's mammoth freight and, pas
senger business as long as it mildly re-
quests it. Whenever its Chamber OF
Commerce gets up the figures of Dur
hams business and appoints a strong
committee. headed by Julian s. Carr and
Washington Duke, to go before the Cor
poration Commission and demand an or
der for proper depot, then the railroads
will listen to them
1t is a shame that a CITY of Durham
size and business should have a depot
that would be too small for Cary o;
Apex.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
RELIGIOUS TRAINING OF THE NEGRO

RELIGIOUS TRAINING OF THE NEGRO.
p p Law in Robesonian.
In 1851 Rev. H. McAllister was pastor
of Rockfish Village and China Grove
churches. At the fall meeting of Fay
etteville Presbytery China Grove over
tured the body to dissolve the pastoral
relation between Rockfsh Village church
and Mr.. McAllister to give the whole of
his time to China Grove church in order
that he might give religious instruction
the more. effectually to the colored people
in that congregation. The overture was
granted. A few years before this date
an overture was submitted to the Pres
bytery from the session of one of its
churches asking an answer to the ques-
ton; Should a slave holder be requir-
ed to take the obligations when his slave
was baptized to give him proper religious
instruction that is required of a father
when his child is baptiZed?" This quesA
ton was answered, of course in the ne
gative; but it showed the deep concern
in those days for the religious welfare OF
the negro. Notwithstanding such history
as this there are many of our country
men who write of the GOODNESS and cruel
ty of the slave holder so eloquently and
deliberately we dare say many of the ris-
ing generation believe much or all of ii
is true.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
BLOWN TO ATOMS.

The old idea that the body sometimes
needs powerful, drastic, purgative pill
has been exploded; for DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which are perfectly harmless,
gently stimulate liver and bowels to ex-
pei poisonous matter, cleanse the system
and absolutely cure Constipation and Sick
Headache. Only 25c. at all Druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
LYNCHING MUST BE STOPPED.

ynching radical
to
the guilt of
to
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21

A few days ago it was proclaimed that
the Philippines. The next day there was
a great conflict and a number of soldiers
were killed. The truth is that the young
est baby now living will not live long
enough to hear the end of war in these
new colonies.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21

'Ten times 100 many boys go to college
now adays,'' says Prof. Starr, of the Uni
versity of Chicago. Suppose Prof. Starr
practices this preaching with his own
boys. That will test his sincerity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21

A little while ago we were told that
the trusts would put an end to labor
troubles. 1t was then thought that the
trusts could crush labor as easily as they
can destroy competition.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21

A pebble in a tiny stream will turn
the course of a river; so the seemingly
unimportant habit of inacclracy has kept
many a man from success by changing
the current of his ife.--"Success' for
August.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21

Sam Jones thinks every preacher should
he "a mixture between billy goat and a
mule so that he could butt with one end
and kick with the other" Better still he
should combine the strength of the giant
to lift up the fallen and the tenderness of
the woman to comfort the Borrowing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21

Bryan's advice to the Ohio Democrats
to support the Democratic ticket nearly
killed the mugwump papers. THE blow
almost killed father