The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-30

the money and we do what they say. We
love the gold and they furnish it. That's
the Independent Press
There is gradual separation of the
rich and poor in our country. The men
are separated by CULTS deep and dark,
and impossible. 1t is the sense of injus-
tice not the meagerness of the wages,
that causes strikes. The masses and
classes have become so drawn apart, that
the one dstrusts the other; the masses
feel that they are not fairly treated.
They have no faith in the classes nor the
men who lead them.
IAN incorrupt judiciary is the bulwark
which saves our country from utter ruin
and revolution; but if the judiciary be-
come corrupt, we have no appeal. The
great cities lie helpless in the hands of a
corrupt judiciary. In New York city
David Croker appointed to a judgeship
man who, on, Sunday, ran an unlicensed
Joint" and on Monday morning passed
judgment on those who, the day before
had gotten drunk in his saloon. Croker
took another man out of the ditch with
a warrant out for his arrest for obtain
/ ing money under false pretenses, and
made him judge with a salary of $4,000.
Tammany Hall is an aggregation of Grim
inals banded together for criminal pur
poses.
| zone in every four of all who die in
New York are buried in a Potters
field. What is the result? Ones faith
in God is destroyed and man, which is
for worse. for if the latter is destroyed
he cannot approach God.
How was the South saved after the
war? A return from the tin and tinsel
back to the sweet faith of the country;
! from the smoke of the city to the moon
! light of the country, smelling sweets
with new mown hay; from the dizzy whirl
of life to the sweet quietude of country
| homeP
. PRESENTATION OF MEDALS.
After the close of Mr. Dixon's address
! the presentation of medals from the two
societies took place For the Euzelian
Society DR.. ]. D. Hufham presented Mr..
| w. H. Whitehead with the medal for i'm
| provement in oratory, Mr.. H. E. FIack
with senior orators medal and Mr.. w.
| d. Adams with Dixon Essay medal.
! (Open to whole SCHOOL,
In the Phiomathesian Society Mr. B. A.
Critchter won the Improvement medal,
Mr. A. J. Bethea, Junior Orators medal,
| and Mr.. G. T. Brandon Senior Orators
medal. These were presented by Mr.. L.
L. jenkins, of Gastonia.
MEETING OF THE ALUMNI.
At a meeting of the Alumni Association
| last night, Mr.. E. e. Hnllard was elect
ed president; L. l.. Jenkins, vice-presi-
/ dent w. r. Cullom, secretary and treas
urer.
! Mr.. w. C. Dowd, editor Charlotte News,
was elected orator for next year, with
Mr.. H. c. Dockery, a prominent young at
torney of Rockingham alternate.
! This afternoon both literary societies
held mass meetings in their halls. a
( large number of old members we're pres
ent and all of them enjoyed the love
feast.
THE ALUMNI BANQUET
The most elegant banquet ever spread
at Wake Forest College was the Alum
nj banquet tonight. Covers were laid
I for one hundred and sixty guests. 1t
! was in truth "a feast of reason and
flow of soul" DR.. H. A Royster. of
Raleigh. one of the ablest and most ac-
/ cOmplished surgeons in the State, as
well as gentleman of wit and versatile
/ were of a high order and the congenial
company spent a happy evening, full
of pleasure and happiness. The toasts
were as follows:
Toast Master-Dr. H. A Royster, 81,
| Honest good humor is the oil and wine
of merry meeting"
The College and the State-Governor
! c. B. Aycock, Statesman, yet friend to
| truth! of soul sincere,
In action faithful and in honor clear
Auld Lang Syne-Dr. T. e. Skinner,
1888, "Tell me the tales that to me
We're so dear.
| Long, long ago, long, long ago."
Professional Education-Pres. f. P.
Venable, U. N. c., He knew what's
what, and that's as high
AS metaphysic wit can fly
Our Exile Sons-Rev. D. w. Herring,
80, Home, kindred, friends and coun-
| try-there
| Are things which we never part"
Thirty Years at Wake Forest-Pres
| c. E. Taylor, w. f. c., "Tis greatly
wise to talk with our past hours,
And ask them what report they bore
to heaven"
Woman-Pres. r. T. Van, '73, B. F.
u, "Who is't can read a woman?"
The New College and the New Ath-
letics-W. c. Dowd, SO, First in the
race that led to glorys goal"
The Law: It's Majesty and it's Mo
| tives-F. P. Hobgood, Jr., '93, 'I'l an
swer him by law; I'll not bulge an
inch"
Our Mother Tongue-Prof. Edwin
Minis, T. c.. Your words bring day
light with them when you speak"
The Banker and What He Does
Geo. A. Norwood, Jr., 1902, III make
assurance doubly sure,
And take bond OF fate"
Alma Matters. G. Flournoy, o.
Years have not seen--time shall not
see
The hour that tears my soul from
thee"
This is the menu card:
Crushed Fruit
Broiled Shad with drawn Butter
Saratoga Chips.
Sliced Tomatoes Radishes
Olives Salted Almonds
Wake Forest Sherbet
Vanilla Waters
Spring Chicken a La Maryland
Potato Salad Asparagus
vTeDdarIpiu of Paaf with NTucbrooYoS