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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18


the people of the State When he wass
named by Preside Goode to head Ire.
Corporation Commit tee, IT. as sfzscay
said that hessWas s. up against the fssiss
thing; and that his 1yorE "a tbs Inc fas.
nigh unto SIX months by day and slx.
sgled down amid the catacombs OF the.
Capitol until finally in the midst OF wins
ter he brought forth a report, signed by
was ultimately adopted bJs the conven-
ton and which is called perhaps the most.
complete and useful ordinance on the sub
5ject of corporations in any Constitution
1.-The United States.
But the Convention lis fairly crowded
with great men and to treat Of even the
more striking parts they have taken II
the splendid work of the body. would
be a task far too delicate for the write
and would require more space than can.
be given here and now. -
Among others who have borne consric-.
nous parts in the work, and who have
been able and earnest advocates of corr
.stitutional reform at every stage of the.
proceedings of the Convention are: Messrs.
sAyres. Barbour. Boaz, Duneway, Eggles-
ton. Fairfax B. T.. and r. Z. Gordon.
Green. Gregory, Hunton, Ingram, Clag-5
5gett B. Jones'. keezeIl. Kendall, Lind
say. McIlwaine. Meredith. r. Walton
Moore, Parks, Stebbins, Stuart, Daniel.
Thornton Turnbull. Wescott. Walker,
Watson. Thomas H. Barnes, Pollard,
sBoul1in, Brown. Orr. p. w Campbell.
Cameron. Petit, Richmond and George
X. Anderson. c. a. B.
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THE CONVENTION
SOON Be HERE AGAIN.
This Important Body to Reassem-
BILE on Thursday.
SOME OF The LEADERS:
Pen Pictures of Few of Those Who
Helped to Frame the
New Constitution
for Virginia.
SOME OF THE LEADERS.

The Virginia Constitutional Convention
OF 1912. after recess Of nearly Two
months, will reassemble i'll the Hall OF
the House Of Delegates at the Capitol
rcxt Thursday. at noon, to finally adopt
the instrument already framed, and TO
determine whether it shall be promui-
gated by the body itself. and thenceforth
become the organic law of the State, or
whether it shall be submitted to the peo-
pie for ratification or rejection, and if SO,
10 what people.
Tie Final Revision Committee, sitting
Z 81 vacation, has made out the schedule,
as we'll as the ordinance under wiicn
the new registration Will be held, and
these Will likely be adopted with but
few changes. Electoral Boards FOR each
county and city in the State. and Reg
ist,ors for each district and ward are
tc be chosen. and it is thought these
matters, and all others relating to the
final adoption OF the new instrument, can
be disposed Of In about two weeks. which
liz the length Of time the average member
fixes for the final session.
The schedule recommended by the Re-
vision comit,ee provides that The pres
ept legislature shall put the new ins,ru-
merit into operation, and for this impor-.
1ant purpose, 1t Will assemble on the sec
ord Wednesday in November next
TWO THINGS EVIDENT
here are TWO things in connection with
the new organic law of the state, that
are already obvious to the observing
mind. One is that the instrument is an;
exceptionally good one. and the other Is
That 1t will be proclaimed. AS great men:
nr Editor Shaw of the Review OF Re-
Views have declared 1t TO be the best con-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18
Closing DAYS Of Exposition.

The South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian Exposition will have but two
more weeks of stirring existence Born
of the far-seeing enterprise Of a few pa
lunceasing toll and self sacrificing. in the
face Of a thousand obstacles: and in spite
of doubt and criticism to those familiar
its architectural grandeur and its in
finite variety of exhibits. its scant treas
ury and It's abundant achievement in all
that constitutes an Exposition. It IS the
marvel of the industrial history of our
country. Even its projectors dreamed not
of so great an achievement. They build
ed far better than they knew. but pro-
crossed step by step to the completion
Of what is undoubtedly the greatest Ex-
position the South has ever known. and
considered from the standpoint of money.
invested and results accomplished, the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18

How much were the Navy Department
estimates cut down in the report to Con-
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vigorous attack upon the suffrage clause,
the opponents Of the constitution could
muster but thirty-five votes, while those
who favored proclamation, and had car
.icd on the fight for reform from it's in-5
CT ption. had in round numbers, three
hundred and forty.
FOR PROCLAMATION.
Meetings held so far in the following
counties, cities, and towns of the State
have declared in favor of proclamation:
Accomac, Albemarle. Bedford, Bruins
wick Powhatan Gloucester, Halifax.
Richmond, Louisa. N1ecklenburg, Mont
gomery, Nelson. Prince Edward, Prince
William. Russell, Danville, Charlottes-
vile. Berkeley, Caroline. Scott. Chester
field. Botetourt, sand Buckingham.
Only the counties of Henry, Shenan-=
doah. and Warwick have declared for
submission. The counties of Fauauier,
Nottoway, Culpeper, and Charlotte are
known to be overwhelmingly for procla-
nation, but conditions arose in each
which prevented any action. In Fau-.
quier and Charlotte the opponents of the
Constitution are said to have adopted
filibustering tactics to prevent action
when they discovered they. were in a
minority by long odds. In a great many
counties and cities where no action viii
be taken. both the people and their rep
the latter will so vote in the convention
The proposition to submit to the abridged
electorate is the weakest of the three.
and will doubtless go down first. Then
the great battle between the proclama-5
ton and the general submission forces
will be Joined. and the former vii win
out, for nearly every delegate Sfavorss
submission to the abridged cleo torate is
opposed to allowing the negroes to pass
5upon their own Acknowledgement, and
of prnclama ton.
DANIEL HELD THEM OFF.
But for the earnest plea of Sena tor
daniel at Campbell Courthouse on Non
56av{ his people would have declared for.
proc1amation, He said in his speech at.
he knew the sentiment of the county TO
Re overwhelmingly that wav. but he
hesged the nass-rneeting to defer doing
the thing which. he said would embar-
=rass him before the people of the State.
The procIa nation peonle made a great.
sweep on Monday. Indeed. everv davs on
which meetings have been held turned
them ont victorious. llev alrea 1v have
the following votes for proclamation in
the conventior: y Nressrs. Ayers. Barham.;
- az. E,ai RE Green, Hardy. G. W.
Tones. Z nda II. Lawsen. NJ TIL. NJ Tier
Parks. Turnbu1l Willis. Yf'ancev rasi-
sent Gonde. NJ essrs. Brown. Stebhins
nn,,l1 ii. Tarr,- p: T.. g lon. Nc waire
syVithers, Lind saw .estca2 Thornfon.
Garrett St.,art:s. r. L. icrdon I. chmondI
ingram. and & Hancock his is Just
816 short OF the required 81 should every
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18
Left the lucky.

Al the time of the Worlds Fair. when
= leading attraction was Left Ericsson's
viking ship. there was considerable dis
cnssion as to the correct pronunciation
of the daring explorers first name
Many arcfaeologfsts were very explicit
in calling him 'Leef" and as many others
WHO claimed to know were equally care
ful to pronounce it Life" And now
every one who IS reading Ihe lnrall
If Left the Lucky is very uncertain
which to do. But the young author
of this Viking romance. who comes from
Norwegian ahcestors. and who has studied
the subject most Of her life. favors the
second pronunciation, which ought 10
settle the matter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18
SIDNEY SCHOOL.
List Of the Bright Pupils on the Roll Q.

~ Z L. ~
List Of the Bright Pupils on the Roll Q
Honor.
The roll Of honor Of Sidney School for
B the past week is as follows:
Junior Ava McLale. Marion
Branch. Pauline Galbraith, Henry Pau-
lero, Louise Shultz, Earle Hall, Grace
Barlow
Sixth Grammar Grade-Frances Coffee.
Lily Alley. Robert Kirkland. Resale
Stone, Kfmmell FARRELL, Grace Crouch.
Edna Thaxton, Mary Smith, Bessie Boil
ton. Florence BEDFORD, Maggie viii, 1Au-.
gust Schultz.
Second Grammar Grade-Mamie Win
burne, Annie Mary Maupin. Ruth
Wright, Grace Newell, Valarie Miller.
Oracle Swami, Essie Donahoe. Renn1e
Robins, Lewis McLane, Minnie Axse.--
Sixth Primary Grade--Lewis Station.
Lille West, Amelia Paulero. Will Bur-
Cornell Frank Blount, Aubrey Stans-
bury, Lottie Dupp, Stanley Donaldson
Fifth Primary Grade-George Jones.
Ralph Jones. John Liesfeld, Cassius
Moncure, John Crump. Hazel Crump.
Emma Blount, Winnie Miller, Lola
Thorpe, Norma Smith.
Fourth Primary Grade-Ethel Jennings,
Theresa Injuries, EledLOId
Hazel Gentry. Carrie Cawson. Myrtle
Marks. Lillian Sanderson Ruth Hotties,
Grace Ford, Theresa Johnson. Harvey
Armbrecht, Horace Bryant. Aubrey
Smith, Russell Swami. Joe Bruner, James
Gentry, John Omohundro. Eugene VIII.
Second Primary Grade-Gus Bromm.
Willie Burch Charlie Burch. Henry Bru-
ner, Ben Cottrell Frank Dissee. Cary
Easey, Richard Easley, George Lamb
Roberdeau Holderby. Sterling Littlepage.
Edward Smither. Jennie Brannan. Ethel
Brown. Mabel Barlow. Ruth Chapman.
Eva Davis. Martha Easley. Crissie Flour
noy. Gertrude Johnson. Minnie Little
page, Mae Long, Katie Layne. Margfe
McClay, Mabel Miller. Virgie Miller,
Ruth Palmore. Phebe Perkins, Ruth Pet
tbs. Josie Powell. Aurelia Henderson.
Marie Valentine Lyndall Whitaker.
Afternoon School x Coral Childress,
Henry Axsell. Edward Burnette, Willie
Walden, Allen Livingstone.
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member be present and voting when the
question comes up for final deternaina-
ton. At least five or six other members
are known to favor proclamation, who
do not care to publicly announce the fact
at this time, and with those who will be
Instructed in the meantime, and the ac-
=cessions which will surely come from the
abridged electorate ranks on the final
round up, there is hardly any reasonable
ground for doubt as to the ultimate re-
suits.
SOME GREAT LEADERS.
Now that the work Of the great men
who framed Virginia's new. organic law
is practically over, and the instrument
is. about to become effective, the public
mind is beginning to pick out the leaders,
and accord them the credit to which they
+ are respectively entitled. The name of
John Goode, the grand old man from
Bedford, who occupied and adorned the
chair through all the Lights and shad-
oWs that have fallen &C yoss the pathway
of the convention, in it's long and arduous
journey to the goal just reached, will
have a high place in Virginia S history,
Z as long as there shall be a page upon
which. to record the glory of man, or
the admiration Of a people, and when
this generation shall have passed away
men yet unborn, will tel, their prat tling
children the beautiful story OF his life,
lCclSAA 4ud1l1e
praise.
The impartial historian will accord 20
the Hon. Eugene 1V1thers, of the city
of Danville, the title of the Father Of
the Constitution for il was his great
mind that in the Senate of Virginia
years before others had dreamed Of it's
necessity-moulded and brought forth the
scheme which has now been so admirably
worked out by himself and his colleagues
in the sconventio n
sa The name Of Carter Glass, OF the city
$of SLynchburg, will be forever associated
with the settlement of the great suffrage
problem. which means the eternal free
dom of the thought and energies of the
white people of this State, and that their
necks shall be- no longer CALLED by the
yoke fastened upon them by mercilessE
Z aliens, who came hfther but to feast
upon their extremities and the spoils Of
war. twas this man of mind who
though not a member Of the committee
and who during much OF the session Of
the convention. lay languishing on bed
affliction, yet who finally brought in the
plan adopted, which settles the vcxed
question once for all and at the same
time obviates the necessity forsa perna-
nent unde ndingS clause which It was
claimed would reduce the rank and fiIe
of the whitetrace toSa condition OF politi-
cal self DOM and promote s bossisrn' Z and
| s.machine politics. from one end Of the
State to- the sot her.
BRAxTON.S FINEsWORK. ~
as Upon mo- less hi gh u plane than this
does he Hon. al LEM aperton sBraxton,i
lot the county OF 5Augustast stand hetorp.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18

vigorous attack upon the suffrage clause,
the opponents Of the constitution could;
muster but thirty-five votes, while those
who favored proclamation, and had car
.icd on the fight for reform from its in
CT ption. had in round numbers, three
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18

The bill reported April 18th carried led az q
totaI Of s77t.9.3 1856. which is about 81, 500 900
less tnan the estimates Of the navy de-
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stitution in the American Union. and in
t:.iligent and well informed men every
where are warm in their praise of its
merits.
That it will be proclaimed. the most
sanguine advocates of submission seem
row ready to admit. SO overwhelming
docs the sentiment of the Democratic
people OF the State appear to be In favor.
CT that course.
WITHOUT any apparent effort on the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18
Bits Of information.

King Christian, OF Denmark. who cele,
brated his eighty-fourth birthday April
S, 1902.
What Republican senator voted against
the ship subsidy bill rr,,
Those from Iowa. Vermont and WIS
unanimous
When is Spain to have King?
It is expected that Aitonso IN Mav VIZ
1902, will on or about that date assume q,
royai functions by taking the oath OF al
5legiance to the constitution
How many Mohammedans are there IN
Mindanao Of the Philippines?
About 100000 and they speak se YER a aln
sometimes warlike and always fanatical
&. Is lyncning as much in vogue now as
No IN 1892 there were 235 lvnchings in
this country; in 1898 about 12?; IN l9Oo not
over rs were reported, and IN 1871 tnere
= How much were the Navy Department
estimates cut down in the report to Con-
gress?
less tnan the estimates OF the navy de-
partner ss4
Please indicate what our ~rowth IN
manufactured products is now coInpd1eo
with ten years ago.
The United States census returns give
the gross value of manufactured produ 1Sa
0oo.oOO. an increase Of about 80 per cent
over the grosS+value In 1870.
What Is the saying about the Spanish
flag and Spanish CONQUEST 4e The EXPRESSION
sometimes made for conquered SUBJECTS
of Spain. that they say of that flag OF
stripes of yellow and stripes OF red. that
1st represents river or gold between Two
rivers 0f blOOd ''a5s-55
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King Christian, OF Denmark: who cele,
brated his eighty-fourth birthday April
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18

What Republican senator voted against
the ship subsidy billc
Those from Iowa. y ermont ana WIS
consin. The Democratic opposltlon Was
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-31
Hereafter Superior Court
Judges Must Stop
Right Thar"
Justice MontgOmsy's Decision Suggests the
Query: How Long Dead Hog Mig hi
Lie in Hot Water Before the Heat
Of The Water Would set the
Hair on Him so the Hair
Can not be Scfaped

We asked a lawyer who had read in the
News and Observer the full text of the
last opinion of the Supreme court in the
case of Gattis VS.. Kilgo, what was his
opinion of this last utterance of the court
in granting another new trial He re-
piled: Well the granting of a new
trial in this case, and the effort of the
| court to reconcile this opinion with the
former decisions of the court with refer
ence to withdrawing incompetent evidence
from the jury during the progress of the
trial. without unsettling the law by over
ruling the former decisions of the court,
is hardly satisfying to the legal mind.
But as metaphysical disquisition in
mental science, upon the length of time
incompetent evidence improperly admit
ted to the jury may remain with the
jury, without making such ineffaceable
impression upon the minds of the jury
as cannot be removed by the trial Judge
Withdrawing it from the jury before YER
| dict, this last decision is absolutely uni
| que in its character, and without prece-
dent. The court has not said in this opin-
| ion just exactly how much incompetent
| evidence might be admitted nor how
| long such incompetent evidence might
/ be admitted, nor how long such incOmpe-
| tent evidence may be presented to the
minds of an ordinary jury before it
| would penetrate and soak into their
! brains and find q lodgment there, such
as the trial judge could not remove by
| withdrawing it. And herein lies the rub
to rub it out, so to speak.
1T would seem that if this decision is
! to be the rule to govern trial judges
| hereafter, when the trial judge finds
| that he has through inadvertence, or
| otherwise admitted incompetent evidence
to the jury, his only safe course is, To
stop right thar, as one of our trial
judges used to say, and make a mistrial
and then call and empannel another jury
TO try the case, or continue the case I'M
| til the next term
He said further: There are some
things in nature, which by human obser-
walton and experiment may be calculated
to almost a mathematical certainty. foI
instance, how long a dead hog might lie
in hot water before the heat of the wa
ter would set the hair on him, so that
the hair cannot be scraped off; or, how
! long a cows hide would have to lie in
tanoose before the tanic acid would soak
into the hide. so that the tanner might
| curry it; but just how long it would take
| for incompetent evidence to penetrate the
| skull of the average juror, and soak into
, his brains, Sc that a trial judge cannot
( by ithdrawing it rub out the impress
sion made by it, is a metaphysical
problem beyond my ken, and the decision
| itself does not settle it. This last de-
( cision however, like the former one
I leaves a pathway to another jury still
| open to the plaintiff.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-31
SNOW IN GUILFoRD.
Tourists Tickets Allow Fifteen Days Stop Over
at Greensboro.

Especial to the News and Observer
Greensboro, N. c., Oct 30-Mr P. D.
Gold, Jr. president of the Young Men s
Business Association, today received a
letter from Mr.. S. H. Hardwick, general
| passenger agent of the Southern Rail
way, stating that the request of the
Young Mems Business Association that
tourists tickets allow a stop over of 10
days i'll Greensboro had been granted. By
means of this arrangement, which is
effective at once, tourists from any part
of the North bound for any part of the
South can stop over here and see what
Greensboro and the surrounding country
is like.
A party coming in from the eastern
part of the county this morning re-
ported that snow fell in his neighbour
hood last night for a few minutes.
Supt. Jones, of the Greensboro Electric
Company, today turned over to Prof. C.
A. Grinsley a check for 1888, that
amount being the proportion of receipts
of educational day on the cars going to
the rural school Improvement fund.
Jesse. Freeman, colored, convicted OF
barn burning, in Guilford Superior
Court, gets a new trial by opinion of
the Supreme Court.
Hon. r. IS. Glenn returned from Raj
eigh this morning where he had been
to argue a case before the Supreme
Court. He was enthusiastic over the
floral parade there yesterday, and de-
clared it was the most magnificent
pageant he had ever seen anywhere in
his life. Col Glenn left at noon for
Reidsville, where he speaks tonight.
A party of interested citizens Will
meet on the property affected by the
extension of Walker avenue this after
noon TO definitely determine the grade
to be decided on for temporary use, and
to make arrangements for the permanent
grade to be ascertained by the civil en-
gineer. Active work is expected to be
begun at once. The proposed extension
will so about a mile beyond the cor
porate limits, passing just south of the
Normal and Industrial College buildings.
Its ultimate destination is the Guilford
College road near Lindley Park, a dis
tance of three miles, and a splendid lot
of suburban property will then be
brought into the real estate market for
residence purposes.
Will Poteat, the Winston colored boot
black who was found severely injured
by the railroad track yesterday, died
last night. 1t is said that he was seen
sitting by the track at noon before and
that he had been drinking, so the pre-
sumption now is that a passing train
killed him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-31

When the tree buds. it is Gods thought
expressed in matter. This is the Chris
tian view and should be taught. When
we get this idea we shall stand close up
by God Christian education will reveal
God as we never saw him before. When
the people receive a Christiaon edu-
cation every man will be factor in
the elevation of the world. The teach
er of zoology does not complete his
work till he has led his class to see
and know the lamb of God. The teacher
of astronomy does not go far enough
till he leads his pupils to see the Star
of Bethlehem. The teacher of geology
does not do his duty till he gets a pupil
10 see the Rock of Ages The teacher of
botany should make his pupils acquaint-
ed with the Rose Of Sharon.
DR.. Coggins address was one of the
ablest ever heard in Wilson. At it's
close the report of the Atlantic Chris
tian College was made. One hundred
and eighty-fve students are now en-
rolled and they are constantly coming
in. Large sums were given by the con-
vention TO build new dormitory for
the college.
The report of the Carolina Christian
College at Ayden was read, and showed
one hundred pupils enrolled and the flu
ture prospects bright with promises.
This afternoon was taken IN by a re-
ception to the convention by the faculty
of Atlantic College.
The principal feature of the evening
session was an address by Rev. w. c..
Johnson, pastor of the Christian church
at kinston. His subject was Crepe ON
the bar room door" 1t was master
piece and will go far in the direction of
temperance. After the address some
business was transacted. after which
three young men were solemnlv ordained
and set apart to the work of the minis
try Thus closes one of the most pros-
porous, harmonious conventions ever
held by the disciples in North Carolina
WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION.
The main feature of yesterday evening $
session was an address on Church Exten-
sion, by Rev. c. W. Muckley. of Kan
s9s City, Mo. Mr.. Muckley is CORE
spending secretary of the Church Ex~
tension Board. This extension work is
only IA years old and has helped to buil6
e60 church houses in different parts OF
the United States. There was only $685.
900 in the fund when Mr.. Muckley took
hold of the work twelve years ago. I,
now has $3.50 900 III the fund. 1t has
loaned vast sums of money to weak
churches. and $243.000 of this money has
been returned. Mr. Muckley's intention
is to increase the fund to half million
dollars by 1905, and have it reach one mil
lion dollars by 1909. With his untiring
energy and executive ability this viii
doubtless be accomplished.
Mr. Muckley's address showed the i'm
portance of planting churches in al
parts of the country, especially in th'
destitute places of the great West