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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
MANY ELDERS PRESENT
Negroes Narrow Escape From Death
in a Factory.
MURDER TRIAL IN PROGRESS AT OXFORD
Durham Now Erecting Two Handsome New
Public School Buildings. The Gatts-
Ki'go Case Postponed Until the
Weather Gets Cooler.

Especial to the News and Observer
Durham, N. c., Aug. ga large con-
course of people were in the city today,
being here 70 attend the annual session
of the Emo Primitive Baptist Association
The meetings are being held in the Par
IRISH warehouse in order to have room
for the tremendous crowds of people in the
city. There was preaching this morning
and then the business meeting of the
association afterwards. Tonight there
was preaching again. The association will
be in session until Monday. The largest
attendance will be tomorrow when it is
expected that there will be Several thou
sand people here to attend the meetings.
The elders from various parts of the State
are here and there are many from Vir-
ginia.
young negro boy by the name of
Claud Evans came near meeting instant
death yesterday afternoon while at work
in the Bull factory. His clothing was
caught in one of the automatic packing
machines ard when he was taken loose
all of his clothing had been cut and torn
Off him. But for the interference of 9TH
ters he would undoubtedly have been
killed.
Mrs. Taylor Jackson died at the home
of her mother over the Granville county
line Friday night. Before her marriage
Mrs Jackson was Miss Ida Gregory,
daughter of Mrs. Charles Gregory. She
left an infant child but five weeks old.
The funeral took place today.
Quite a lot of new tobacco has been
sold on this market this week. Most of
the new tobacco came here from Gran
vile county The grade was not very
good, but it brought fair prices.
The trial of the white man Wilson for
the murder of Cawthorn began in Oxford
yesterday at noon and was on today Will
son is being tried for his life Sometime
ago he and Cawthorn were at work in the
same establishment when they had some
words. Blows followed and the men were
parted. Later the quarrel was renewed
when Wilson shot and killed Cawthorn.
AS was expected, the trial of the Gattis-
Kilgo damage case, which was to have
come uD before the Granville court this
week, has been continued until the fall
term. The large criminal docket and the
SnOTlueSS Vi Tie TERM Ludue 1t IMPOSSIBLE
to reach the case.
Durham already has the best public
schools in the State. Its schools are
the pride of the city and it is the only
town in the State that gives industrial
training to both boys and girls. 1t is now
erecting two new handsome public school
buildings so that the children in every
section of Durham will have school facili-
ties near at hand. tCuts of these build
:Egs appear in today's paper.l One is to
be erected in Edgemont and the other
in North Durham. Both schools are built
of brick, stone trimmings slaue roof,
metal cornices and balustrades Tie
Edgemont school is provided with eight
recitation rooms and assembly hall, both
buildings so arranged that on the second
floor the recitation rooms and assembly
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
Carolina Daiies i'm Newsstand Circulation

here the mail bag containing them was
accidentally set ON fire by sparks from
the locomotive and many packages We're
almost entirely burnt-among them the
letters of Senators Brown and Strange.
They were SO much injured that Gov
ernor Dudley returned them in order
that fresh copies might, be sent.
AS the Senators were Democrats, and
their designations came during the Har-
rison-Van Buren, campaign, the Wing
papers denounced Mr. Brown and Judge
Strange, calling their letters 'jesuitical
f1ummery." and declaring that they
were thereby trying to influence the cleo
ton in this State. AS a matter of fact,
however, the Senators We're simply act
ing in good faith with the people. Their
instructions We're directly opposed to
their personal opinions in regard to
public policy and craftsmanship. Being
unable, therefore, to obey their instruc-
tons, they chose to resign rather than
to disregard the will of the people ex-
pressed through their representatives.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
JUDGE NOT" is HIS TEXT
He Uses Bob Ingersoll to Point the
Moral He Would Teach.
REV. Or. YATES on Or. KLGo'S fight
Or. Herring Declares That il is the Men in High
Places in The Church Who Are Doing
Most 10 Spread ln6delty Broad
cast Over The Land.

To the Editor: Ingersoll. the last. open
ion, is dead.
His writings and his "preachments"
had more of a tendency to purify and to
elevate the present tone of ecclesiasti-
cism than to besmirch the teaching, of the
Savior. He had constitutional hatred"
of all "Uriah Heaps" and he preserved
an unblemished character"
In all the writings of this great apostle
of agnosticism, l have never seen any
thing as devoid of Christian Charity as
this
There is another small class of small
men who are fighting in the same ranks,
because they failed to force themselves
into high places at Trinity, for which they
were not thought to be fitted. They are
very pious, but carry a knife up their
sleeve. You can tell them by their long,
| pious faces, which look like an abandoned
graveyard in an old field. They carry
mouth full of sorghum religion, through
which they utter many mushy and sweet
pietisms, while their hearts are full OF
malice and vengeance"
25 contained the above and was signed by
a man who says, 81 have given nearly
fifty years of my best life to the church,
and over forty to its ministry, and by this
long experience / have right to speak"
1t is a little curious to a man outside
of the church. how fifty years in the
church, can give to a man fright which,
the Savior denied to all men. and whicI
10 colt fnp TIn ND.
81 came not to Judge the world, but
save the world. / judge no man" Th
fore, Judge not, that we be not iud
for with what judgment We judge We 81
be, Judged
Possibly fthe Rev. Dr. Yates nev!
thought this could apply to him in II
harsh judgment of his fellow man; Or
more likely he writ parable when he
said, 'If reason and argument will NOT
reach the people, because of the poverty
of the argument and falseness of the rea-
soning better let fighting alone as the
warrior might meet somebody who would
surely hurt him.
Doctor, "speakest thou this parable to
all?" If to all. declare to us (outsiders)
the parable; for seeing we see but do
not perceive; and hearing we hear but do
hOb ohuOioIohA' W. Wv JOu PiCLCA " AoA-
low those harsh and unexplainable say
ings attributed to the Savior. in which
savagery is substituted for loving kind
ness?
To an outsider it looks as If the dig
nifty of the cloth would have stronger
hold upon the general public, and more
particularly upon the thinking public, il
puerilities and ranters and vulgarities
should be tabooed by the clergy and
eliminated from the pulpit.
Infdelity is rife in the world. and is
fostered more By the teachers of Chris
tianity than by scoffers and the ungodly.
Ingersoll never influenced a believer nor
an unbeliever. His sophistry drove the in
telligent away from him, and his rhetor-
CONTINUED on 10th page.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
Senator Lindsay's Resignation.

In many respects. Senator Lindsay'S
case bears a strong resemblance to that
of McLaurin, and for this reason the re-
quest for his resignation is worth it's
space and ink here:
Whereas the Democratic party of Ken
lucky is in favor of free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver at the
present legal ratio of 16 to /; and
Whereas, the Democratic party is OPP
posed to a single gold standard; and
Whereas said party is opposed to re-
firing the greenbacks from circulation;
and
whereas one William Lindsay, at pres
ent United States Senator from Kentucky,
is opposed to the free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver; and
Whereas said Lindsay is in favor of a
single gold standard; and
Whereas said Lindsay is in favor Of
retiring the greenbacks from circulation;
and
Whereas said Lindsay voted against
the Democratic nominee for President in
1885, ard
Whereas said Lindsay in 1897 worked
by speaking against the Democratic NOM
and by so doing proved himself an ally
of the Republican party; and
Whereas the said Lindsay by so vot-
ing and working against the interest of
the Democratic party has betrayed the
trust reposed in him by his constituency:
Therefore
BE it resolved by the General Assem-
bly, of Kentucky, That this body request
that Lindsay resign his seat in the United
State Senate and give place for some
Democrat who will represent the interest
of the Democratic party"
AS soon as copy of these resolutions
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
LESSONS FROM HISTORY
Senator Lindsay Asked to Resign by
Formal Resolution Of the Ken
lucky Legislature
NORTH CAROLINA SENATORS RESIGNED
The Case Of William H. Haywood Who De-
clined to Follow His Party's instruction.
The designations Of Senators
Strange and Brown.

Senator McLaurin has been ruled out of
the Democratic party of South Carolina
by its regularly constituted authority.
The committee having declared that
from the standpoint of honesty and
self-respect he should tender his un-
qualified resignation Immediately, Mr..
McLaurin will no longer be recognized as
a candidate in the Democratic primaries
and his only recourse will be an appeal
to the people as an Independent candi-
date. That he will do so his friends
have already announced, and hot time
in South Carolina politics may be ex-
pected. But if history teaches anything,
it is, that he will be beaten and that his
political prospects, certainly in South
Carolina are at an end. The tracks all
lead one way.
Such resolution, SO far as l am able
to discover. was never before passed in
regard to a United States Senator by
his party committee, though there are
instances in which the resignation of
Senators has been requested by the
Legislature. This was notably true in
the case of Senator Lindsay, of Ken
lucky, who, in January, 1898, was asked
by resolution of the Legislature of his
State to resign because he favored the
gold standard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
Resignation of Mr.. Haywood.

But it is concerning the resignation of
Senator Haywood that I wish to speak
here more particularly, for in that we
find a striking parallel to the case of
McLaurin.
On July 25th, 1916, few moments be.
fore the vote was expected to have been
taken on the new tariff bill (known as
the Mckay bill of 1S46,) Senator Will
liam H. Haywood Oem.), resigned his
seat as Senator from North Carolina,
declaring his belief that it was his duty
to do so rather than cast his vote
against his conscience for a law that
he could not approve.
The law to which he referred was the
Mckay tariff bill of 1886 The cam.
paigns of 1914, and 1916 were fought in
North Carolina, as well as in other por-
lions of the country, with a distinct
understanding that the Democracy was
opposed to the tariff of 1912, and
pledged, should it return to power, to
advocate its alteration or repeal. In the
campaign Mr.. Haywood agreed in
opinion with his party on this then
vital question; and indeed the very
Legislature which elected him to the
Senate expressed it's decided opposition
to the protective system and desire
that a revenue tariff should be enacted
1t so instructed Senator Haywood to
vote.
Senator Haywood was an advocate of
the Mckay bill of 1874 which was sup.
posed to favor the South and West, and
so declared when elected, but before
1916 the bill was changed so that, to
use the Senator's words. The Mckay
bill of 1914 and the Mckay bill of 1876
agreed in nothing but the name''-were
'as different as light is from darkness"
1t was because of these changes that
Mr.. Haywood declared he would not
support the bill He made this declara-
ton to Mr. Benton and other intimate
friends as soon as the bill came to the
Senate from the House but at their So
licitation he did not make his intention
public, hoping, he said, to get a post
ponement of the measure. In this, how
ever he was unsuccessful and on July
25th, when it was expected that the de-
bate would close with a speech by Mr..
Webster, and a vote be taken; he sent
forward his resignation and retired i'm
mediately from the Senate Chamber,
and that evening left the city for the
country home of a friend.
"There was much excitement in the
Senate Chamber" says a despatch of
that date to the Raleigh Register, land
the Senate refused upon Yeas and Nays
to vote today, and the subject goes
over to Monday Mr.. Haywood, l pre-
sumo, will speak for himself under his
own hand
The State was now represented in the
upper branch of Congress by a Wing
Willie P. Mangum, who had been Mr..
Haywood's colleague, and in the lower
House there were six Democrats and
three Wings.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
OYSTER REEFS IN NORTH CAROLINA
How the Luscious Btvalves Should be Planted
in Our Waters
Baltimore Sum-

"The oyster reefs of North Carolina"
is the title of a geological and economic
| study by DR.. Caswell Grave, of the Hop
kins, published in the university circu-
lars, DR.. Grave illustrates his subject by
an account of the growth of islands and
reefs in Newport river, tidal stream
which empties into Beaufort harbor,
North Carolina. He shows that oysters
build up islands in a very peculiar man
ner The oyster reefs extend out into the
stream across the current and ordinarily
at right angles with the shore. At the
shore end of the reef as the current
becomes sluggish and ceases to bring suf-
ficient food to the oysters, they die and
the reef at that end ceases to grow. At
the other end. however the growth is
continual. The silt settles between the
reef and the bottom rises as fast as the
young oysters grow upon the empty shells
of those which have been smothered. This
goes on until finally the level of high tide
is reached and the grass begins to grow
upon the exposed surface.
This study of the growth and condition
of the natural beds has an obvious bear
ing upon the methods of oyster culture.
The lesson Dr.. Grave draws, as he says,
is not new, but he gives for the ordinary
teaching of experience a scientific reason
and basis. The following rules are laid
down for oyster planting: Plant oysters
where there are good currents and not in
sluggish water Plant shells or other OBJ
jects to catch the spat, at right angles
to the currents. Plant on the elevated
parts of the bottoms, as they are apt to
be freer from sediment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04

reached Senato tor Lindsay in Washington
February 4th, 1899, he arose in the
Senate and made a speech in defense of
his position and declining to resign. He
claimed that his views on the financial
question were known at the time of his
election in January 1898, to fill out an
unexpired term; that in extraordinary
session that year he voted against the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1; that this vote and his declarations
in regard to it on the floor of the Senate
We're known to the people of Kentucy
and yet when the Legislature convened
in January, 1894, my name was the
only one presented to the Democratic
caucus, and when the election came to
be held l receive the vote of every
Democratic member present"
For these reasons he argued that he
had violated no pledges, nor given a
vote that did not reflect the views of a
majority of his constituents. He added,
among other things:
Il will remind those who voted for the
resolution that l am not the mere agent
OF the Kentucky Legislature. l do not
exercise my Senatorial supervision nor
hold my place at the legislative will l
represent not merely a party or faction,
but all the people of Kentucky.
My term of service is fixed by the
Constitution of the United States. 1t can
not be abridged by the action of the Ken
lucky Legislature, and an attempt by
certain members of that body to abridge
1T is the assertion of right which does
not exist and could not exist without i'm
periling the independence of this great
10
Resolutions emanating from State Leg
lslatures touching matters pending in the
Federal Congress are entitled to most re-
spectful consideration, and always re-
ceive it: but they can not determine the
duty Of Senator or relieve him from
the responsibility of his position His
Judgment and conscience are at last to
guide his conduct.
Il am a Senator from Kentucky but
am also Senator for the United States
When great public interests affecting alike
every portion OF the United States are
TO be acted upon, they are to be consid-
cred from the standpoint of the broadcast
PATRIOTISM, and this | propose to do, no
matter VINO may condemn my action or
who approve it. There are occasions when
local favor and party must for the time
give way and if Senator who acts upon
that principle is to be driven from his
place by his State Legislature whenever
he may contravene local sentiment or tenn
porary passion the dignity of the Senate
VIII soon be thing of the past"
1t is needless to add that on exnira-
ton of his term Senator Lindsay was
hopelessly beaten. His refusal to obey
the mandate of the people has so ut
terry destroyed him politically in Ken
tucy that he will not even return to the
State to live, but will go to New York
to practice law.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
Three Senators That Resigned.

The custom that has always prevailed
IN North Carolina is that the Sena-
tor voluntarily resigns when he finds
that ne cannot, in good faith, carry out
the known wishes of his constituents
or consistently uphold the policies ad-
Vocated by the party that elected him.
Thls is the decent and proper course.
and had Senator McLaurfn pursued if.
ne would, at least, in the wreck of
MS political fortunes, have saved his
self-respect. Now he has only the rot
ten plank of an uncertain popularity to
keep his head above the waves. for
there can be no doubt that great ma
)orlty OF the white people of South
Carolina are against his policies
In the history of North Carolina.
three of it's thirty-one Senators have
resigned because they could not carry
out instructions which they regarded as
incompatible with their idea of duty
They were:
BEDFORD BROWN, 1S29-1S41.
ROBERT STRANGE. 1S37-1S41.
WILLIAM H. HAYWOOD, 1881 1876
Senators Brown and Strange resigned
in 1910, their designations ito take effect
at the meeting of our next Legislature. :"
They resigned, they said, because the
Legislature of 1885 passed instruc-
lions which they regarded as incompa-
tible with their ideas of duty.
These instructions were to oppose
President Van Buren's sub treasury
system, to advocate a division of the
proceeds from sale of public lands
among the several States of the Union
according to population, and to endeav-
or to secure reform in public expendi-
lures and reduction of taxes.
These designations We're sent together
from Washington to Governor Dudley
in this city, but just before reaching
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
Criticisms of His Action.

This resignation, like that of Senator'S
Brown and Strange, came in the heated
closing days of a political campaign.
Governor Graham was the Wing candi-
date and Mr.. Shepherd was the Demo-
cratic candidate. One of the issues,
indeed the main issue, was the tariff.
Naturally, therefore, the Democrats de-
nounced Mr.. Haywood with great Bit
terness, while the Wings, patting him
on the back, said, well done"
"The Union" the administra tion organ
in Washington; commenting upon the re-
signation, called Senator Haywood an
"apostate," IA ''deserter' and one unable
in the course of the longest life to expiate
the ne-hundredth part of the political
Continued on Tenth Page)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
A Just Judge.
cleveland Star.

His many Cleveland county friends are
glad to have the pleasure of attending a
court held by Judge Hoke, for they recog-
nize in him a just and impartial Judge
one whose ability and integrity entitle
him to rank first among the judges of a
State whose judiciary will compare favor
ably with that of any of her sister States.
Judge Hoke is at home in Cleveland-he
is among his old friends and neighbors,
all of whom esteem him mostly highly.
I am satisfied" soliloquized Adam as
the gates of Eden were locked upon him.
Eve is fastened in there with a snake.
I'll watch the fun through the palings."
August New" Lippincott.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-14
Two Rigs Come Together with Dfs-
astFouS Results.


An overturned wagon. a frightened
team. an injured man and a young man
of the city badly scared made up q scene
on East Douglas avenue yesterday after
noon that came near being a tragedy.
Mr. SDarm had just loaded his groceries
IN front OF the East Side Racket and
with his wife on the seat beside him vas
starting TO drive away. The horses had
just turned into tile road. when along
came "a young man in a two seated rig.
driving al d brisk rate. Both tried 10
avoid collision, bat il was TOO late, and
the young mans r.E caught in the hind
wheel az the farmers RS and iu am I'M
slant II WAS turned completely over. The
on gentleman fej Out aUaT from his
spring wa-oD on the side Of his face and
or has left shoulder brlising him and in-
fictiug several severe scratches. The side
az Dis face was covered with dirt and his
lelt hand was badly strained. 1Irs. Sparm
grabbed hold 81 the seat when she felt
the wagon going over and hung on for
dear life I'm fact. she held SO tightly
that the wagon, which -uraeI clear over.
landed on ton & her. Tfa YOURS man who
IVES driving The rig tHst did tho mischief
jumped out ana turaed t1e vaEon over
So HURRY ANA Chen IS was laaud that the
ola Ia6y outside 81 q BAD scare was uot
in5ured in the least. Everything I'm tho
wagon was scattered ,R an directions
hrt nothing seriously injured THE team
Hfuloea about considerably. bort thanks 70
tne active help of the young man who
was drl.inE the other rig. they were soon
nader control. Air. Saarai was rthcr
,xrathy over the occurrence. and white
nothing was said al the tire. be would
fEsa 20 have expressed his ouiaicn very
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-14

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-14
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