The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-26
EiJs;i;G.Si TOPICS,

CUs;i;l.Sti' Tories.
The judiciary Committee OF the North
Carolina Legislature has reported favor
ably a libel bill designed to give news
papers better protection in law. The bill
provides:
Section l. That before any proceed
ing, either civil or criminal, shall be
brought for publication in a newspaper
or periodical in this State for libel, the
plaintiff or prosecutor shah at least five
days before instituting such proceeding
serve notice in writing on the defendants,
specifying the articles and statements
therein which he alleges to be false and
defanatory. If it shall appear upon trial
that said article was published in good
faith: that it's falsity was due to an honest
mistake OF faith, and that there were
reasonable grounds for believing that the
statements in said article We're true, and
that within ten days after service OF said
notice full and fair correction, apology
and retraction was published in the same
edition eli corresponding issues OF the
article appeared in as conspicuous place
and type as was the said original article
then the plaintiff in such case, if a civil
action. shall recover only actual damages
and if in a criminal proceeding a. verdict
Of guilty shall be rendered on such state
ment of facts the defendant shall be fined
a penny and costs and no more.
section 3. That in every such prose
cution of an action for libel, the defen-
dant may show in defense for mitigation
of damages that the matter complained
of was published in his paper or periods
cal without his knowledge or fault and
against his direction by another who had
no authority from him to make the pub
lication and whose act was apologized dor
and disavowed by him SO soon as known.
Section 3. That any person who de-
liyers or transmits by any means whit
ever, to the manager, editor. publisher or
reporter of any newspaper or periodical
for publication therein any false and
libelous statement concerning any person
or corporation and thereby secures pubiI-
cation of the same shall be guilty OF
misdemeanor.
Section 4. That this act shall not ap-
ply to anonymous communications and
publications."
Frederick Tiney has an interesting ar
ticle in Ainslie's Weekly on Yale. from
which we take the following extract:
Yale Colege-and by this is meant that
part of the University exclusive of the
scientific ana professional schools-is the
seat of peculiar and old democracy.
Each year several hundred slreshmen wsll
be found in the sombre precincts of
Alumni Hall struggling with their entrance
examinations. They have come from every
section of the country, often from other
countries. They represent the characters
da differing people and several conditions
of society Beside the impecunious grind
sits the scion Of millionaire. Over in
the corner, beneath the picture of a reVer-
end forefather, an awkward fellow who
has brought in Erom some rural district a
ssslubrious shock OF hair is shutting his
feet in evident discomfort, while, in the
same tier the well-groomed son of some
old family strives to marshal the powers
Of a tickle knowledge. III it is absurd to
claim that all men are born equal, it is as
an equal footing. The birthright of the
young aristocrat has destined him to
greater advantages than his rural class
mate The education which the impecuni-
Gus grind has eked out after much stint
ing and sclf-denlal in the home has been
lavished upon the rich mans son. But
let not one despise nor the other stand
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yantages is. as derogQtory in the one case,
as the over-rating of them is disastrous
in the other, because III this busy micro
cosfm pluck, brains and a sturdy good
fellowship are the only sure elements that
lead to success. Wherever these are found,
no other question is asked, but recoSni-
ton quickly and gladly accorded. In one
OF our great universities, family names
insures Immediate distinction. Wealth
may be no cynosure, but poverty allied
with obscure origin amounts to oblivion,
regardless OF other qualifications. At Yale
>; man can rise above poverty to positions
OF honor. while his humble origin may
even prove an additional recommendation.
S,,cl, !, condition OF affairs makes it pos
sible for the man who earns his way BY
running an eating iGint' to become captain
of the crew or football team, thus recelv-
ing all the honors which such positions
confer. Nor will the fact that he tutors
10 meet his expenses debar him from any
honor ,Yitl;a, l,;;. reach The requirements,
howeyer. are most cxacting. Many can
didates try for the various thletic teams.
hut only a limited number are taken The
men chosen to college honors must not
only be the best men. but they must be
al their best The field. nevertheless is
open to all corners. A man is simulated
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