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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05
Splendid Rain in Texas.
lBY the AsSociatod Prnss.

san Antonio, Tex, July A splendid
ram has just fallen here, the precipita-
tion reaching an inch and half This
is the first rain for over month and
while it came too late to benefit corn. it
will be vastly beneficial to cotton and
grass. From reports received it is un-
derstood the rain was general in this
section.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05
Lenoir Convention Tonight.
(Special to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Newton, n. c., July 4.-The county con-
vcntion for the nomination of officers
viii meet here tomorrow. The votes in
the primaries for some Of the candidates
were about even. and the contest for
some OF them will be very close. The
indications are that most of the present
officers will be rcnominatcd
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05
GRAHAM COUNTY CONVENTION.
Brown and Armfeld Endorsed For Associate
Justices
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Robbinville, N. c., July 4.-The county
convention instructed the delegates to
vote for Brown and Armfiold for Asso-
ciate Justice. No instruction for Chief
Justice. For Superior court judge Fergu-
son got votes. George A. Jones q and
J. H. Dillard 2. For Congress: J. S.
Bell 4, j. NJ. Gudger 3% Walter E.
Moore Is. J. NJ. Campbell Is.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05
FORSYTH FOR CLARK
E.tchin For Congress and E. B. Jones For
Solicitor.
Especial to News and Observer !

Especial to News and Observer
WinstonS Salem, N. c., July 4.-The
Democratic County Convention of
Forsyth, met today and endorsed Judge
Clark for Chief Justice, Kitchin for Con
grcss and e. B. Jones for solicitor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05

County Superintendent of Schools w,
G. Clements said yesterday that he
would mold an examination for white
teachers next Thursday in the Centennial
public school building. beginning at s
o'clock IN the morning. Next Friday he
will at the same hour, hold an oxalnina-
tion for colored teachers in the Wash
ington school.
There will be meeting of the County
Beard of Education next month.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05
TeEegraphic Briefs.

The entire plant Of the CapeweII|
Horse Nail Company of Hartford.
Conn, was destroyed byNdre yesterday.
The estimated loss is belMcen $500. .OO0
ana $4Oo,0 900, covered by insuA2ncc.
Philip A. Rush. president Of lie
SeEoba Bank, indicted for the alleged
cmbezzlement Of hundred thousanN
dollars Of funds from the state Treasury
of Mississippi year ago. was placed
on trial at Jackson yesterday
A wind storm Of hurricane velocity
prevailed at Baltimore for fifteen mln-
utes yesterday. Two seamen III the
Dutch steamship Themisso, At anchor
in the harbor. named Hauja and Yonz
dcrsler, were drowned. James chanslier
a colorcd stevedore, was killed while ak
work on the barge Minnie sawYer John
Fallan was killed and Horny EnplNg aua
Edward Gearhardt injured at Bropkland
Vile, Baltimore county.
Mr.. B. Hobgood, Of Garner yesAerslsA
shipped solid carload of ws4efnsasof
to Durham. Those are the fliNt OF lh
season. Mr.. Ilobgood expects Il Hlap
hundred carloads this season.
N&M
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05
Race Ends in a Fizzle.
(By the Associated Press.0

Boston. July 4.-The expected feature
at Charles River Park bicycle races this
afternoon the one nour race between
Harry Elkes and Bobby Waltbour. proved
fizzle, owing to an accident TO Wal
tn ours motor. After the second milo
Walthour rode without pace or with q
slow motor for sixteen miles and then
withdrew. Elkes continued to thirty
miles, which he completed in 44:32 and
was declared the winner.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
MADE HARD WORK FOR SERVANT
Warned the Colonel That His Yarns
Were Too strong.

a certain colonel somewhere in the
south Ono matter where) was in the
habit OF telling yarns and greatly ex.
aggerating. He had a negro servant
who corroborated everything his mas
ter told. One day the colonel had
some gentlemen TO dinner, and they
we're enjoying some fine venison very
much. The colonel said: Yes. went
hunting the other day and saw a fine
buck. took a good sight at him and
shot him through the head and the
bullet went through his hind leg" The
gentlemen looked at each other lit
tie mystified. The negro scratched his
head and at last said: Yes. indeed.
gemmen. Just as massa raised the gun
TO shoot de buck he raise his hind leg
and scratch his ear. and the bullet
went through the head and right
through de hind leg" The gentlemen
looked more satisfied. After the guests
had left the negro said to his master,
CORY mighty. massa. next time you
tell one of dem yarns do get the ends
closter togedder. had hard work TO
make both ends meet"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
MOTION MEANS MONEY.

These are times when action is
money. The man who lsgs is going
to get left. The procession is swift,
and you must keep up with tine pro-
cession. In the shops of one Of the
big railroads are placards bearing
words quoted from the recent ad-
dress Of the president, Motion
means money" 1t expresses the
secret Of the success Of all the mon
eyed men Of today. There are .
great many rich men in the United
States, but the richest are those who
worked and made the nucleus Of
their fortunes. John ID. Rockefea'
Ter, the richest man in the world, who
does not even know, because of III
enormous size, how large his daily
Income Is was not many years ago 9
pauper. He is now richer than all
the Rothschilds put together, and
there are about forty of them, Johr
W. Gates, who plays with millions al
other men play with dollars, is still Z
hard worker. He says in a reply t.
the question how to be successful, thai
it is by attending to your own bust
ness and working sixteen hours day
If necessary. He says further: AT
tend strictly to your own business
keep well posted as to your competi
tors methods and profits; agree with
your competitors rather than fgh'
them; make hay while the sun shines
always discount your own bills
never try to deceive your banker
never neglect your business for pleas
ure."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
CLAIMED SATAN As A kINsmAN
Young wires Efforts to Reform Hug
band Proved n Failure

A story is submitted concerning a
young Philadelphia matron whose hus-
band Nature never intended for a
drinking man, so that very little wine
affected him, and very little more
acted as a delirient. While under
standing that nothing Of vieiousness
inspired his indulgence. she grieved
none the less for the loss of his So
ciety o. evenings; he came home late
usually befuddled, and the mornings
found him too Ill to be sociable. Her
plan to cure him was primitive, to
say the least. A Mephistopheles cos
tune belonging to her brother was
kept in readiness. The uncertainty OF
his walk and the incoherent mumbling
that accompanied his accent told her
he was at his worst; 80. when he
reached his bedroom. she leaped out In
the dim light. struck an attitude after
Edouard de Rsszke. and said In her
deepest contralto:
Come! Satan calls youl l am he!"
Satan, Ell? Zat-zat sol" hic-
coughed the husband. We'll. ole boy,
s-s-shake hands We're brothers-'n-
lawl | married your sister!"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
NO QUORUM.
CIVIC FEDERATION WILL MEET
AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING.

There was no meeting of the Civic
Federation this morning at the Palm
er house, as there was no quorum
present. Another meeting is called
for Friday morning next at 1915
O'Clock, and all the me.abers are urged
to be present. as well as sll other
lao'es -serested In charitable work.
Ar.e latter are urged to come to this
meeting whether they belong to the
Federation or not, and are assured
that they will be welcome.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

in the opinion of many competent
judges, prove beneficial to any state
that will establish such Judicial sys-
tenn. II is proposed to introduce an
amendment to the state constitution
providing for the appointment of all
judges of the supreme, appellate and
circuit courts, instead of their cleo
tion, the judges to hold for life or dur
ipg their good behavior. 1t has long
been held that If civil judges were ap-
pointed for life,as they are in the fed
eral courts, the enormous cost Of the
state courts 10 the taxpayers would be
grstIfyingly reduced. A judge who
feels secure in his job, and does not
have to trust to politics and the vari-
Gus elements that compose it, and
whose varied interests have to be hu-
mored, If not served, can transact bus
mess in much more expeditions man
ner than one W no has to appease the
various interests at conflict, and who
may allow attorneys representing pow
erful influences and people to sway
him because he deems it "politic" to
yield. This is not true in many
courts, no doubt, and cannot always
be called corrupt state Of affairs
where it does exist, but it is very per-
nicious in its effect on the taxpayers
to have cases drag from year to year
through the courts instead Of being ex-
peditiously disposed of as they are in
the federal courts, where the judge
is free from all political incumbran ces
and dispatches business as 1t ought to
be dispatched in every court, whether
federal or civil, in the country.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
DID NOT SAVE MUCH.
cIose-Flstsd Old GENTLEMAN Had Met
His Match.

close-Flsted Old GENTLEMAN Had Met
His Match.
A close-nsted old gentleman lost
his dog. and let It be known that he
might give a dollar for the return
Of the same"
A few days later the dog was
brought back to the owner. who pre-
sented the finder with a quarter
'Herei wot's tbis7" demanded the
man. You promised me a dollar II !
found the dog"
Nay, friend" said the Quaker.
what said was that | might give
thee a dollar. Now I'm thinking tina,
a quarter is sufficient What dost
thou think?"
What the man thought he didn't say
Just then. Within a week. however,
the careful Quaker had lost his dos
again.
Having a shrewd suspicion where
the animal was. the owner hunted up
the original finder and asked him II
he had seen anything Of H. The reply
was distinctly non-committal.
I'm thinking" grinned the man,
that thou hast soon lost thy dog
again. friend. What dost thou thinkY
Ultimately the old gentleman re
covered his dog again, but II cost him
s. in all.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

Beok ham seems to have the other
aubernatorial candidates in his party
on the run, and they are talking Of
taking out an injunction to preSen,
his name going either on the ballots,
should 9 primary be decided on, or
before the convention, should a con,
vention be called. The truttI ia up-
psrently, that their only hope Is in
having him declared ineb .sible. Beck
ham will have the best. Of Il my way
you look at it. If primary is decided
on, unless the lost shuts most of the
candidates or.s, 1t will be the field
against Be-, Sham, with q probability
that he IAN beat any of them, as the
oppos.it vote will be divided
while his will be solid. II con-
vention is called he will probably be
able to control, it as he has = pretty
good machine built up in the state,
and the machine usually has out its
men at tine little conventions, while
the others stay at home, and runs
things to suit itself when the big con-
vention comes of. Beckhsm seems
to have the others faded, and the talk
of taking out an injunction indicates
that they realize it.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
HE DIsLiKgp GEORGE ELIOT.
Autoeratle Ways Of Famous Authores'
Made an Enemy.

Autoeratlc Ways Of Famous Authoress
Made an Enemy.
When George Eliot was still Miss
Evans. and before she had begun to
write novels, she used to frequent an
old book shop on the Strand. where
she left very unfayorabls impression
on one young man who was at that
time an assistant in John Chapman's
shop. His description OF her is that
of a remarkably ugly young woman
Of universal knowledge. whose delight
II was to use the Socratic method in
conversation. but without the Socratic
benevolence OF intention. The result
was that the young men at the dining
table 1.-THE shop had a boarding house
for its employees and guests) who
heedlessly hazarded an opinion. were
very soon made to feel not only that
they knew nothing of the subject un-
der discussion, but that they knew
very little indeed Of anything. Now.
a young man does not relish being
badgered and made a fool of by a
pretty woman. but Il is intolerable to
be sat upon by an ugly one-at least
such was the feeling Of our informant.
and one consequence Of this treat.
ment was that in after years. when
Miss Evans had become George Eliot.
one man could never persuade him.
self to read adam Bede." or to Rd.
nit that the author was other than a
very intolerant person and an intol-
cradle intellectual pig.-Harpers
Weekly.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

A howl is being raised by some Of
the Democratic papers, which are al
ways trying to make it appear that
wages are too low, because the rail-
roads are raising rates. The Demo
cratic press is funny thing to watch.
Railroads claim they pay as libersl
wages as they can afford, but every
once and awhile they have to make a
raise whether they lose by it or not,
and lately many of them have volun-
tsrily raised wages. The latter move
may have been an act Of philsn-
thropy, but it is more reasonable to
presume that it was done because
some of the far-seeing officials per-
ceived that it would be forced on
them sooner or later and they could
make point in their favor by doing
it voluntarily. So they did 1t. But
where are they to make up these addi-
tional hundreds Of thousands of dollars
q month that they will now have to
pay out? Railroads are owned and
run by human beings, who doubtless
value a dollar as highly as anyone
else. When they have to pay mere
to operate their roads they are nat
urally going to charge more, and in
the end it is the people who have to
pay the freight One man seems to
have as much right to want higher
pay as another. II the railroad man
mas to be paid more the railroad has
to collect more, and the shippers they
collect from have to pay more and
likewise charge more, and the people
who consume what the railroads ship
and what the shipper sells have to pay
more. The man who is always howl
ing "higher wages" is usually the one
who sqairms the quickest when the
higher wsges hit either directly OF
indirectly his own ppcketbook.
M .-n,---~,1< 4. ~ - -. I
ecid kFho0<E ( y 10y - ~<.~..1<f |
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
Lost Rivers OF Idaho.

One OF the most singular features
in the scenery Of the Territory OF
Idaho is the occurrence Of dark. rocky
chasms, into which creeks and large
streams suddenly disappear and are
never more seen. The assures OF old
lava channels produced by the outside
Of the mass cooling and forming a
tube, which, when the fiery stream
was exhausted. has been left empty.
while the roof OF the lava duct, hay-
ing at some point fallen In, presents
there the opening into which the river
plunges and is lost At one place
along the Snake river valley one Of
these rivers appears gushing from a
cleft high up In basaltic walls. whore
it leaps into a cataract into the tor
rent below. Where the stream has
Its origin or at what point It is swal-
lowed up is absolutely unknown, al
though It is believed that Its sources
are a long way up in the north coun-
try. Besides becoming the channels
Of streams the lava conduits are fire.
auently found impacted with the ice
masses which never entirely melt
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

A Louisville judge has rendered an
important judgment in an insurance
case. He holds that on account of the
limited means and often intelligence Of
those who carry industrial insurance,
the companies are bound by what the
agents say when they take applica-
tions for policies no matter what the
policy itself may say. The case was
one in which the policy on the life
of a child was invslidated, according
to a clause in the policy, If other in
surance was taken out for the same
person. 1.-The agent told the parents
of the insured that this would make
no differences and the court decides
that the statements of the agent bound
the company to pay the policy no mat
ter what the policy SAID, and that in
surance companies must have honest.
truthful agents or abide by the result.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
hands.

The city officials should remember
one thing, and that is that no city
can work under two charters, tran
sacting a part of its business under
the third class charter and part un-
der the second class charter. II it
could be otherwise there would
be no occasion for having the distino-
ton of charters in city governments.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
London,s LARGEST school.

The Jews Free School. Spitalfelds,
is the largest school not only in Lon
don, but on earth. There are forty
four class-rooms for boys and twenty
seven for girls. and there are 1900
boys and 800 girls in attendance.
Each room is fitted as cornletely as
modern Invention can make IT, The
TACT that the, school has never been
closed owing 40 the spreading OF any
q g . sss'Isss s ss,I
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
temperance lesson.

It cannot be denied that the Illinois
woman who shot and killed her hus-
band under the impression that he
was a burglar when he returned home
drunk at o'clock In the morning
and began to smash things has struck
upon an argument that II widely EN-.
ployed will go far toward solving the
temperance question.-Louisville Cour>
ier-Journal.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

Some Of the councilmen who not
long ago filed a suit to prevent Psdu.
cab working under the second class
charter are now talking of filing an
other suit TO compel her to follow out
the provisions of this same charter.
A short time can often work some
marvellous changes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

The following, from the Metropolis
Journal Republican, applies to Psdu-
cab as well as elsewhere: at is q
great mistake, made by many people,
to assume that cities grow like mush-
rooms or jimson weeds. Cities are
built; and 1t takes the we'll directed
energy and well spent money of men
and women to do it. II We should
sit down and fold our hands waiting
for cur city to grow" which seems
to be the policy of some of our
people, it would not be many years
till we found ourselves at the tip end
of prosperity's caudAl appendsge, in
danger of being tipped off the earth
at with every swing thereof. ALI
men of business and affairs know
that it requires a constant struggle
to hold even what one has, to say
nothing Of increasing it so with COM
munities, they must either go for
ward or go backward; there is no
ground this side of the New Jerusa-
lem where they can hope to cease from
striving and still live"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

The Owensboro street car company
probably thinks there is nothing like
beating 'em to it. 1t has filed suit
against the owner of a wagon for al
lowing the Big, destructive vehicle to
strike one Of their frail little cars.
This should Pc warning to the cit
izens Of that place not to run in to any
of their card for in addition to hav-
l-S 70 ~14nne, or's b'll, they might
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
REV. NEWELL COMES HERE.
HE WILL BE TRANSFERRED
FROM DYERsBURG TO
THE CITY.

The conference appointments were
not read out at Paris, Tenn. until late
this afternoon. A telegram received
this afternoon at press time stated
that Rev. T. J. Newell, now at Dyers-
burg, Tenn, had been sent to the
Broadway NJ. Z. church here.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

An Illinois judge has decided that
specializing is not gambling. TO most
of those who have tried it, gambling
can't hold a candle to IL.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

The turkey that survives Thursday
may have cause to be thankful, bat he
will still do for Christmas.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24

Mr.. George Roth Of AIS jackson
street, who has been sick, is better
today, his many friends will be
pleased to learn.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-24
DAILY THOUGHT.
make life ministry Of love, and ii
will always be worth living"
THE WEATHER.

Rain and warmer tonight. Tuesday
fair and cooler in the west portion.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-28

"A travelling crank and epicure had
the audacity to ask the head steward
shortly before my boat sailed from
Liverpool for New York." said wait
er on an ocean liner. "lf be would mind
changing three OF the courses on the
bill Of fure for others which be prefer
red. He was Informed politely hut
firmly that there were other passen-
gers besides himself sailing on the ves-
sci and that lf he thought he could
not survive on the excellent fare pro-
vided during the voyage all he bad to
do was to book with another line and
his passage money would be returned
to him.
steamship companies are not in the
habit of returning passage money when
once paid, as Is well known, but In
this instance we would willingly have
done so.
"Our fastidious passenger did not
book with another line, however, and.
what is more, he ate enough at each
meal on the trip to satisfy two men
With sea air appetites aud presented
to the waiter. who attended with ex-
treme good nature to his likes and dis
likes throughout the voyage. the mag
nificent sum of 10 cents."-New Yorl,
Mall and Express.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-28

Kansas enjoys the distinction, possi.
bly,, Of being the only state in the
Union where a man has been allowed
by court of inquiry to testify regard.
ing what he said to himself.
A committee had been appointed by
the legislature, says The Green Bag,
to investigate the alleged bribery of
certain members in connection with n
defeated railroad bill The first wit.
ness called testified that be saw one of
the representatives late one night CON-
ing down the hotel stairs,
II said to myself" he went on. but
a member on the side Of the defense
jumped to his feet.
Hold on" he shouted. you can't
testify about what you said to your.
selfv'
The prosecutor retorted that there
was no law to prohibit him from SO
testifying. A long argument ensued
but a majority of the committee agreed
with the chairman that the testimony
was admissible.
II said to myself" seriously proceed
ed the witness, "that NJ. had been uL
to Biliy's room to get his pay"
The testimony was recorded anG
made part of the official record.