Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-04-25

pier. Of any house will be held responsible 70,
conduct OF persons residing In h1s house. Hotel
and boarding house keepers to,repcrt. to nearest
police station daily all arrivals and departures.
Contraband NewspaperA-South African News,
Ons Land, Het Oosten.
All arms and ammunition to be handed in forth
with at the courthouse, Somerset West.
BY order of THE CoMMANDANT.
Etellenbosch District.
The document seems invested with
a peculiar though sad significance
through the fact Of it's being the last
one issued here under the initials "V.
R." Before the idea of martial law
for Cape Colony became a reality
while it was lowering in the air as a
sort of Damocletian sword which some
people hoped to see fa1l-there were
many opinions advanced as to what it
really would mean If 1t ever should
come. Even the very young people
shared in the interest. One afternoon
early in January several children were
playing with a Christmas present, an
air gun, on the stoop Of their home in
the suburbs Of Cape Town. 1--WE have
to play every day, you see," explained
the youngest boy to the visitor, be
cause we want to have the u of it,
and when martial law comes every
gun will be taken away"
The visitor studied that boys face
to make sure whether he meant what
he said. But he did. To him and to
his companions martial law was evil
IDENTIFY a big black ogre, ready to swoop
down upon his little toy air gun and
carry it off in triumph as a proof of
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That story is not only a story. It is
also a case in point as tending to show
that in general the p-reconception of
martial law has been q m~isconcept1on,
even among those who are children
of a larger growth" AS a matter of
fact, the English officers (who have
what is practically absolute power in
their respective districts) have been as
a rule just and considerate in the ex-
ercise of that power and nave usually
respected the principle involved in no.
b1esse oblige.
Great objection was raised, and one
cannot wonder, at the fourth clause,
"An correspondence liable to be ex-
amined." No n with any right con-
ception of the value Of individuality
would wish to have his letters opened,
and yet there are two facts to be given
in defense Of even this regulation,
which touches the most closely on the
domain Of personal relationship as be-
tween IA and man In the first
place, there has been good reason for
the making Of such a regulation. In
the second place, the privilege has been
rarely, If ever, abused by the official
censors. For instance, letters from
any seat of war are opened almost
without exception. but up to the time
Of writing there has been no report
Of letters from abroad receiving SIM
liar treatment. The following is a
copy Of the paper with which letters
once opened r officially sealed:
Y. q.
OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Initials Of Censoring Officer: 3. r.
There is no unnecessary delay in the
passing on of such letters.
The rule for flights out at 1O:30' wa
not taken very seriously Or literally at
first, and many are the fines that have
been paid in consequence. Not even
the fact of illness in the house is con
sidered sufficient excuse for infringe
m0uC W1LuOuE Oulc1dl p0rIQlLs HOW
ever, in the case Of villages away
from the districts where the Beers are
known to be in hiding permits for
light al be secured upon production
of a physicians certificate as to the
necessity.
Irene is a child Of about 6 who has
heard many conversations about the
application Of the new regulations
One evening, waking up just as he1
parents were going to bed, she called
out to ask what time it was.
"About 1885," answered her father
from the doorway. "That means just
the right time for you to go to sleeI
again."
But Irene did not think so. Sitting
up in her little bed and looking out
Of her window toward the myriad OF
stars twinkling under the Southern
Gross, she exclaimed excitedly: Look
| papa, look! God has forgotten to turf
out his stars at 1O:30."
The father smiled tenderly as he
said, Goods eternal lights are not sub
ject to martial law, my little daugh
ter."-Brooklyn Eagle.
In Honor of William Shakespeare.
At Albany articles of incorporation
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