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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-19
The Independents
And Independentism


in fear and trembling that Butler would
take him down anG put up another fell
low; and he never knew Qf he was of
the rank and file) whom he was going to
vote for till election morning. So, too,
some of the 1902 Independents won't
know till the ticket is put in their hands
November 4th whom they are going to
vote for, and if Boss Pritchard says SO
they will vote for the devil. That is
the way they will enjoy their liberty.
Finally we are asked to accept the Re-
publicans at their own value. They are
Lilly Whites" they say. Shall we be-
lieve it? We are asked to do so with
out a line in their platform or word
from their chairman, Mr.. Pritchard.
There are some poor fool fish that bite
at the naked hook. A Democrat who
tries to persuade himself that they are
sincere Is just such a fool fish. They
are Lilly White" for purpose. If they
can catch fool Democratic suckers
enough they will continue to fish in our
pond. II, however, they can't do this,
they will go back to the black stagnant
pool where, for thirty years, they have
had most of their luck and where they
got their living. Senator Pritchard has
been careful not to destroy the bridge
and SO he won't answer Craig's question
about "Cuffy" The President seems to
have hooks set in both ponds.
Have the Republicans been sincere
these thirty-five years with the negro?
The evidence of today is that he is
trifling with somebody. He kicks the
negro out after all these years of fidelity.
The negro knows nothing but fidelity
and forgiveness. He who would kick
a dog after years of service is unworthy
of your confidence or mine. If there
was nothing else to down Mr.. Pritch-
ard and his henchmen this ought to do
so to all eternity politically Surely it
will be done.
Let us not trust these death bed pre-
tensions of Mr.. Pritchard.
1.-The devil was sick, the devil monk
would be,
The devil got well, the devil a monk
was he!"
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OBITUARY.

The life of W-K. A. Williams ended
just after the sun had set, September
%, 1902. After seventy-seven weary days
and long nights of pain he entered his
heavenly home in which there is no suf-
fering
He had only thirty-three years in
which to do his life work, but he did il
well, as those who knew him intimately
can testify. We can not understand why
he was taken away in the noontide Of
his usefulness. But his usefulness has
not ended. Since his death he has ex-
ercised greater influence over those
who loved him than he did while living
He lives to US who dies he is but lost
who lives.
HE has not quite left us, our friend
who has passed
Through the shadows of death to the
sunlight above,
"A thousand sweet memories are hold
ing him fast
ITO the places he blest with his
presence and love-.
He was the son of w. X. A. Williams
and Carolyn Aston Williams, of War
rem county.
He was married to Miss Matte E.
Egerton several years ago. He has join
ed his parents and brothers beyond
the mystic river, while his wife and
two children remain in sorrow ON this
side
He was a member of the Methodist
church twelve years.
The sixth and seventh chapters of
Matthew and the twelfth of Romans
were his favorite chapters of the Bible
and they were the standard of his life.
His practical religion was revealed by
a number of poor people of both races,
who, when they went to inquire about
him during his last illness, told how he
had paid the burial expenses of their
dead, bought medicine for their sick, or
sent food and clothing to them in cold
weather.
Has he not heard the Masters well
done?"
His home life was beautiful. 1t was
There that the beauty and loneliness of
his character revealed itself as natur-
ally as the flower emits it's fragrance.
Love regned in that home and he
was never so happy as when there with
his wife and children. He desired to
get we'll to remain with them, but he
was not afraid to die.
With patience and fortitude and with
out a mprmur he bore his suffering till
his release came.
When only five years old he promised
his mother on her death bed that he
would never taste intoxicating drinks
and he sacredly kept that VOW
lie was true, honest, upright man.
He was elected clerk of the Superior
court of Franklin county in 1898. and
he was so faithful and popular that he
was unanimously renominated for the
same position by the convention held in
Louisburg last June.
Rev. M. T PIyler conducted the fun
eral service which was attended by
large coneourse OF people.
G. F. SMITH.
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prospective bridegroomS rushing in to
furnish up the nests being prepared
for their prospective cooling mates, and
no sales will mean closed factories.
Havoc and ruin are treading on the
heels of every industry in America that
caters to the newly made Benedict, and
all because the coal strike would take
cOurtship by the throat and strangle
it,"
"And there's something else to think
about that this lack of coal would
bring to pass. It's
THE CHURCHES the matter of relig-
WILL SUFFER ion. for who of us is
AND FREEZE. going to warm up to
worship in a church
with the mercury in the thermometer
making a wild dash for the bottom? Why,
one time / heard a great revivalist tell
the ushers to put more coal in the
stoves as people who were freezing could
not be expected to get religion. Our
churches will be empty and the sugges-
ton of the preacher that there is hot
place below Warrington the sinner will
not have it's usual effective result. tell
you that when you add the falling off
in religion because of cold churches to
the falling eff in courtship and marriage
because of cold parlors there is certain
to be trouble ahead for the nation, and
We are skating on very thin ice if the
miners are not soon
Down in coal mine
Underneath the ground
Digging husky diamonds
All the season round"
Now, size up my argument" he con-
tinued, land tell me if you do not think
! am right? If
THE STRAW THAT had time ! would
BREAKS THE add to it the
CAMEl-S BACK. troukl @ that
would come to
your subscription list because OF the
lack of coal. You know that when your
fingers can't hold the pen that you can't
write, and that when the cold starts in
on your feet and crawls up your back
bone to your brain, that you newspaper
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Nearing 1O8 Years Old.
Especial to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
Rutherfordton, n. c., Oct. 1S.-Mr.
John Bean, a resident of this city, tells
your correspondent that one of the old
est and most remarkable old women i'll
the South and no doubt in the world is
his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Bean, who
lives near Lenoir, Caldwell county, N.
c. She will be 10S years old if she lives
to see October 10TH 1902. She was never
sick day in her life until last year when
her eyesight began to fail. Now she is
almost blind and is entering her third set
of teeth. Three months ago she was
hale and hearty and would carry two
buckets of water from spring, dist
ance of two hundred yards from the
house. She never wore a pair OF glasses
in her life and could read any kind OF
print. Her physicians say that had she
worn glasses her eyeslght would have
been good today. She has IS children,
grand children, great grand children and
great great grand children, and has seen
four generations, and up to her sickness
she did not look to be over so years. She
was born and reared where she now
lives, and has been away from home but
once in her life, IS years ago.
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Loads a N@rh @apoD6ua Daily aper@ Generalization

writer's can't hurl huge chunks of great
thoughts at us, for your thing TANKS
won't work. This coal business is AFTER
us all with tread like that Of the tax
collector and with the prospect OF no
more newspapers, all the churches closed,
and cessation of the courtship duets
in all the parlors of the land, the pros
pect is one that breaks upon us with
all the horrows of night mare ana
saint and sinner alike should be at
church on Sunday and pray that on
Monday the wiirl Of coal mine machinery
and the click CT the miners pick make
music again"
The clock was striking four. and it was
my chance to escape, but not before
had given hearty
ON FAIR MAIDS assent and agreed
AND END that the argument
THE. STRIKE. was one that would
appeal to the nation.
In this dire day of need / present the
ideas of the man-who is going to- live-in-
an overcoat- this winter to all the ran
maidens in the land and urge them to
use their influence to end the strike II
the strike commission gets hung up
by any bad mischance, lest they are
willing to see a courtship strike inaugu~
rated. The days of winter are upon US
and they would then have to act quickly,
or next spring the merry peal OF the Wed-
ding bell will not sound. If they put
lead the forces! that should strive to END
the coal strike they will find arrayed
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vania: one from Delaware; one from
Louisiana and three from Alabama
The department does not recommend
any student, special, graduate or post
graduate, until he is ready to do efficient
work AS a result of this method not a
single chemist sent out has failed to give
entire satisfaction. In fact, wherever a
University man has been placed, there
has followed, invariably, request for
another u. N. C. chemist.
The work thus done by the chemical
department is criterion of that exc
cuted in the other departments of the
University.
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COurtship's Most Dangerous Foe
Strike in the Coal Mines
is NOW TIE

going to- suffer terribly, for their sweet
voiced demand for three dollars, please,
will no longer be heard in the court
house. Then, too, the jewellers are going
to catch it in the neck, for wedding
rings will be at a discount and as for
the forks and spoons and all the we'd
ding presents that they have on hand
they will have to organize a sub treas
ury of some kind to hold these till the
coal strike effect is off and the even
tenor of courtship resumes it's process
siOn.''
ut is narrowing picture l am draw
ing, but it is true and President Roose-
welt must needs be
THE PRESIDENT informed or there
SHOULD NOTE will be such de-
THIS TROUBLE. preston in business
all along the line
that he will think the bottom has drop
ped out of the Dingley Tariff bill. Just
think how this coal strike if continued
would affect the furniture factories next
spring. In vain would they look for orders
from the retailers for there will be no
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to the whereabout of said executive
committee and not for it's recovery
therefore / claim the reward.
Mr.. Editor I hereby authorize you to
present my claim and collect the reward,
retain the usual ten per cent and remit
balance to me-.
Yours very truly,
TROY POOL.
Auburn, N. c., Oct. 16, 1902.
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behind them vast phalanX of people
whose business thrives as courtship
reaches it's climax, and who but for ii
must perforce close up shop.
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The only workingman who doesn't fuss
about an eight-hour schedule is the
burglar in summer time.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-18
INTEREST IN ITS WORN.
CIVIL. SERVICE REFORM ASSOCIATION En-
LISTS THE COOPERATION
OF EDUCATORS

,rba annual meeting Of the Women's Auxiliary
IN the Civil Service Reform Association was held
ar the City Club, No. 10 West Thirty-fourth-st-
Yesterday In the report of the years work MISS
Anna z H Meyer assistant secretary. said that
a growing interest in the subject is felt through
out tho country College women undergraduates
and graduates have awakened to the Importance
of Civil Service Reform: the National League OF
women Workers and other working women are
showing interest in the matter. and literature Is
to be circulated among pupils of Indian and col
ored schools The competition for the three prizes
offered by the auxiliary TO pupils In the pubc his
schools of this borough and Brooklyn for the best
ESSAYS on The and Fall of the Spots system
in New-York State will close on May 10;
An offer made by the society early IN the Seasoi
70 furnish pamphlets free of charge, as collateraI
reading In United States history ana ciVl sqEe%tn IN
rnent classes in the schools, has met WIN ,rd ote
neartiest cooperation of teachers, ana huiui e.S
have been circulated. An extension OF the oIlel "
institutions In Michigan and Alabama was ais9
greeted cordially. These pamphletS are pelIie 80
fn fbe Michigan State Normal College and other
institutions of similar kind booker l. w ti
ton not only requested pamphlets for use at luske
&C. bnt suggested ten other Southern institutions
which he thought would like 10 aEal! is3
Of the offer An effort is now on loot TO inteIgsI
the authorities OF Carlisle Indian School IN ike
Miss Elizabeth Foster secretary of the Massa-
chusetts auxiliary VINO htst high schools
baa O supply the educational committee
of the various State federations In TINS way sis
hopes distribute the Clvll service paipii'e'S
Throughout the United States. ,e
An hour will be given to Civil Service r.eIorih
at the approaching biennial or the 1eherd reueia-
ton in Los Angeles, Cal -, 1,,-,
Henry Chairman, assistant secretary or the tlVi
Service Reform Association addressed the fI
iary Yesterday, The Present situation OF tlVH
Ser TIE former officers were reelected. They are
c,io1y oweu ytce-president; Mrs. Winthrop Cow
din treasurer and Miss A G.. Perkins. secretary
New-York tribune., 1902-04-18
PLAY FALLS THROUGH.
POSTPONED" GREETS THE AUDIENCE
WHICH WENT TO SEE THE P. W. L.
MEMBERS PERFORM.

Mariana in the moated grange. in her most
lachrymose mood. was the only heroine Of song or
story whose condition is comparable that of the
Professional Woman's League yesterday. when 1t
was learned that ''the play far from being
the thing that postponement was necessary.
Hundreds of people went to Wallack's to see
Miss Maud Banks's beautiful play written
for and be produced by the league. but met
only an inhospitable box officer" who told them
to .'can again week" The players-expectant
had folded their tents and silently stolen away to
the league house. there TO drown their sorrow in
tea
hearsal was held Wednesday night, it was
found. the CONSERVATION OF Miss Banks and
the committee. that almost nobody knew her
lines. Wild disorder prevailed.
we must learn our parts If we have to stay Gil
night" the stage managers stern dictum and
stay all night they did. At 4:3o a m. the dis
heartened Stained group gave II up and went
home.
However they met. according to the call. at II
o'clock yesterday morning. hoping for better
things Alas, the no better. but rather
worse for those who had shown a speaking
acquaintance with their lines in the wee sma'
hours of morning were in need OF constant
prompting It was impossible to go on 1t would
have been bad enough for party OF amateurs TO
have every speech given twice-once by the prompt
er-but for league of really truly professlonbas rot b
thought of Reluctantly but necessarily the humlll-
must be postponed until next Thursday: The fatal
moment Announced for the opening of the doors
had almost arrived when the inevitable was ac-
knowledged. and the heartbroken performers hed
leaving The man In the box office to cultivate sort
answers and turn away the wrathful audience that
At the league house there was great excitement
Yesterday afternoon 49,, -. -, ,
if I had been Obliged read every line SAID one
tauntingly. -. .o,-.z ,,oo,.,-,,
It would ruin my reputation as dranaust 10
have the play given in such a way -, ,,
why didn't you telegraph me- tearIuiIy asker @
+ba chief usher who had appeared with all her
Snrce and the stage manager replied acidly Good
ness i had people enough to think Of
Tickets will be good fot next Thursday, aIc IL Is
nromised that everybody will be letter perfect
New-York tribune., 1902-04-18
IvHJTEWJNGs HAVE GRIEVANCES
\ DELEGATION FROM CENTRAL FEEDER
ATED UNION ASKS THE MAYOR AND
WOODBURY. TO REMOVE DEPUTY
COMMISSIONER GIBSON.

A delegation composed of members OF the Cen
trail Federated Union. called Mayor Low yes
terday In behalf of the laborers In the Street
Cleaning Department p. j. Daily. acting as spokes-
man demanded the removal OF Deputy Street
Cleaning Commissioner Francis Gibson
Can you give any definite reasons why ne
should be removed?'' asked the Mayor.
We can replied the spokesman. but we VIII
REQUIRE few days TO prepare definite charges
We can only say now that Mr. Gibson is an enemy
to organized labor" The Mayor promised to in
vestigate the case: meanwhile he referred the del
egation to Commissioner Woodbury.
From the Mayors office the men went TO Mt
Woodbury. in the Park Row Building. where they
repeated their demand The Commissioner smiled
Gentlemen" he said your request reminds me
of the little stanza:
I do not like you, DR. Fell.
The reason why cannot tell
Now II YOU give me any specific reason for
your demand. both District Attorney Jerome and
will act at Until then | can't consider the
matter"
The delegation promised To prepare their charges
Mr. CoyIe one of the delegation, then made
protest the proposed parade Of street clean
ers Thev are obliged spend part OF their
slender earnings In bands of music and other ex-
penses. ,,. -, :. -a-a, NJ
of expense | will that the bands and chowder
parties are not charged to the men All that is
required of them is ten minutes drill every even
ing and that is not expecting too much
The delegation expressed their perfect satistac-
tion and then withdrew.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-18
A BIG CARGO OF JUNGLE FOLK.
THE ABESSINIA BRINGS ELEPHANTS.
BABoONS. MONKEYS. DEER. PANTHERs.
TIGERS. SNAKES. ETC. FOR
MENAGERIES.

The main deck Of the steamer Abessinia. which
arrived here from Hamburg yesterday. was oc-
cupied by a collection of animals that would
have inspired "Alliterative Alf' TO produce one
OF his best efforts had he seen them, and have
given any Snowman the right to advertise his
menagerie as "'the greatest earth" In the
collection were 10 monkeys 81 balloons. II ele-
plants 3 leopards. 2 black panthers. o cockatoos,
8 macaws, axis deer, 1 polar bear. white
camels 1 white poodle dog. pumas. 2 Arabian
dromedaries sable antelope. white tailed gnu,
2 Bengal tigers . deer. swans and a lot of
canaries. besides dozen or so OF horses
The collection from Carl Hagenbecks
animal garden at Hamburg. and are going TO
Anderson. Ind, Ringing Brothers circus.
Gentry Brothers. the Cincinnati Geological
Gardens the New-York Geological Gardens and
several animal dealers.
Those going to The Bronx Geological Gardens
are two deer. four swans two monkeys and two
baboons.
Among the baboons were large NUMBER OF
Hamadryads or sacred balloons. They chat
tered and crouched back In their cages like ordi
nary ahoons. and were just as dirty There
were RheSus monkeys, and pigtailed monkeys
and other sorts OF monkeys. The panthers We're
savage brutes. growing and jumping rom e tne
dark recesses of their cages at the appearance
of a human being in a way that made one 1eei
thankful that the cage was built 10 Withstand
their attacks on it. AT the first jump ana grow
one fnvoluntarily moved backward On the con-
trary the Bengal tigers seemed TO be entirely
oblivious OF staring eyes They would look up
lazily cape and take long breath They dld
not seem TO object If one laid finger on the
nose.
The cargo came III good condition. the mortal
ity during the voyage being limited TO six or
seven monkeys All of the animals will be on
land to-day. Another load is expected here on
May 10.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-18
WOVEN WORK FOR LETTER CARRIERs-

.- tbe meeting Of the West End Women's Re
publioen Club yesterday it was voted unanimously
10 tndorse the bill increase the pay OF letter
carriers II was stated by Mrs. Clarence Burns
that there is great injustice done TO this class OF
public employees by restricting their maximum pay
10 seDe a year. regardless Of their years OF ser
vice and giving pensions on retirement
The bill for their benefit was introduced in the
House of Representatives On December l5, ls0l' by
William Alden Smith and Il was referred to the
Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads 1t
reads as follows:
Be II enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
reserratiYes OF the United States OF America IN
Congress assembled, That after June thlrueth,
nineteen hundred and two, the pay Of letter car
riers in cities Of more than seventy-aFe thouSaIu
population for the first year Of service shaIl De
Sin hundred dollars: the second year OF service
shall be eight hundred dollars: for the third year
OF service shall be thousand doHars. Ior the
fourth wear of service and thereafter shall be one
thousand two hundred dollars AND after June
thirtieth nineteen hundred and two. the pay OF
letter carriers IN cities Of populatlon OF uil9eI
seventy-fve Thousand for the first year OF serxlcs
shall be six hundred dollars; for the secoho Esa5
Of service eight hundred dollars: Tor the tlird M,
year OF serzice and thereafter, one thousahd oo4-
lars
The New York State Association Of RepuDican
Women and the Woman's Republican Ciup oI tiiie
city have also indorsed the bill
New-York tribune., 1902-04-18
TOO MANY DIVORCES.
vF SHALL SOON BE AS CORRUPT AS
ANCIENT ROME, SAYS MRS.
HOUGHTON.

-I< the easy divorce ana speedy renarriage now
GO often seen in fashionable society continue the
sril will affect all classes and shall soon be in
ths decadent condition OF Rome before her fall"
The speaker was Mrs Louise Seymour Houghton,
on Spiritual and Scientific Mating and Marriage"
the topic announced for discussion at woman s
meeting yesterday IN All Souls Church. Sixty
axtf-st and Madson-eve.
Mrs Houghton was asked II she thought that a
woman should live with husband who i'll treated
her and replied that. while no rules could be laid
down for present conditions. and divorce might
sometimes be advisable. It was her opinion that
the wellbefng Of society IS more important than
that Of the individual Believing that divorce is a
growing evil, as shown by the fact that in one
State one marriage in every ten ends in divorce
Mrs Houghton said that endurance should be car
ried to the greatest possible limit and referred 10
the many women on the East Side who are beaten
BY their husbands every Saturday night yet never
think Of leaving them.
The sentiment of the meeting was strongly op-
posed 20 Mrs. Houghton's views.
When Mrs e 3. Grannis said that she thought
that the marriage relation and the woman were
alike degraded by her continuing to live with an
abusive husband. there was LOUD apPlause5 ,ie oHe
theory and believed that the ideal woman; as
described in Proverbs. should be InoaeI ms ms
cultivating them said Mrs. Grannis; she was
self-supporting. self-relisnt and well balanced ~,
Dr. Anne Iangworthy Waite asserted that the
nees AZ divorce not divorce itself is the evil to be
feared When children can be so trained that
nescsaI s+fra she declared there Will be
fewer divorces. Most marriages are mae e 'oo o
least that they are capa bic of choosing wisely
From twenty-five thirty-fve years OF age the
selection Of wen trained individuals is likely 70 be
based On reason. Divorce rarely results from
sI9r DR. Ma Margarita A Stewart read paper On