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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16
KILLING WAS ACCIDENTAL.
Young Wallace Who Killed his Brother Now
threatens to Suicide.
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Especial 20 News and Observer
Rutherfordton, N. c., Dec. 15.-The sad
killing, near here Saturday, of Watts
Wallace, the 19-year- old son of Mr.. A.
d. K Wallace, former chief clerk in the
Secretary of States office, by his 14-year-
old brother, Alfred, is one of the saddest
killings that has happened in this part
of the State for many years, and it has
been the chief conversation since it hap
pened. Until today it has been difficult
to ascertain the facts. Several rumors
have been ahoat and sent out to the eff
feet that the killing was not accidental
end another that young Wallace imme~
6iately left home after the killing. Both
stories are without foundation and are
not true. The facts regarding the sad
affair are these:
Mr.. Wallace. the father of the boys, had
gone to the Southern station to go off.
The three boys, Vaughn Watts and Al
fred, went into their room after break
fast to get their guns ready for hunt.
The subject of robbers was brought up
by Watts, who was sitting on the bed in
the room.
In the discussion Watts, with pistol
in his hand was showing and telling AL
fred how he would work" a robber if
he were to tackle him. Alfred picked up
an old time gun and said, pointing it at
Watts: This is the way 1 would" and
the gun went off, blowing a hole as large
as a tea-cup in Watts right side.
Vaughn, the oldest brother, had in the
meantime left the room. When he heard
the shot he started for the house and
met Alfred screaming and hollering that
he had killed his brother. Vaughn hast
ened to the room and found Watts dead.
He died instantly-within three minutes
after the shot was fired Alfred did not
stop when he met his older brother, but
got out horse from the stable and went
to the station to tell his father, fright
cned almost to death.
When he reached his father all that he
would say was that he had killed him and
it was some time before it could be learned
of him whom he had killed. Several friends
of the young man spent about two hours
getting him back home. Among other
things he wanted to climb trees. His
mind is getting weaker since the killing
and he is closely watched by several. He
has made the assertion two or three
times that he will kill himself. His &C
tions all go to show that his intentions
are Just such and that the affair has so
grieved him that his mind is much af-
fected.
The three boys are very bright and
were especially fond and devoted TO each
other Their sister, who is in college at
Asheville, arrived this morning and the
funeral took place here this afternoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16
RIGH POINT EVENTS.
The Juni:r Order, the Poultry Association and
Wet Dry Town the Topics,
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High oPint, N. c., Dec. 15.-Guilford
Council, No. %, Jr. o. U. A. M. will
splendidly entertain the State Council,
which meets here in February. At the
last meeting night it was decided to raise
$500 in the lodge to entertain the council.
An elaborate banquet will be rendered
it's members at the new "Elwood" on the
closing night.
The North Carolina Poultry Associa-
ton, which convenes here in its second
annual meeting, gives promise to be a
great affair. The dates are January
1920. 1t will be held in the Anchor
warehouse, a spacious room
John Archer, local distributor of corn
Juice was up before the mayor yesterday
and convicted, on the different counts.
He was bound over to court. This is a
dry town in that it has no licensed sa-
looms but undoubtedly lots of liquor is
sold here right in the heart of town.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16
WANTED.

We would like to ask, through the col
umns of your paper, if there is any per-
son who has used Green's August Flower
for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
and Liver Troubles that has not been
cured-and we also mean their results,
such as sour stomach, fermentation OF
food, habitual costiveness, nervous dys-
pepsia, headaches, respondent feelings
sleeplessness-in fact, any trouble con
nected with the stomach or liver? Thls
medicine has been sold for many years IN
all civilized countries, and we wish 70
correspond with you and send you one OF
our books free of cost. If you never tried
August Flower, try one bottle first. we
have never known of it's failing. II so
something more serious is the matter
with you. Ask your Oldest druggist.
G. C. GREEN, Woodbury., n. }.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16
Industrial News.

The Secretary of State yesterday grant
ed to the Great Falls Manufacturing
Company, of Rockingham, permission to
increase the capital stock from 500, 900
to $3.50 600.
The Eli Gurganus Co., of William,
ston, n c.. was incorporated yesterday.
1t is to do general mercantile business,
deal in farm and mill products, take
mortgages, bonds, etc, buy and sell fer
tilizer. The capital stock is 100000 and
the incorporators are Eli Gurganus, H.
M. Burras. and w. S. Harris.
The New Era Building Company, of
Burlington, was incorporated yesterday.
The company is to deal in lands, con-
struct houses, buildings and works, use
lands for streets, roads, etc, to improve
property and to act as a real estate
agency. The authorized capital is $780,
coo, shares $50, and the company begins
business with $4,000 subscribed. The in
corporators are w. E. Hay, c. A. An
derson and ]. w. Murray.
The Bladen Lumber Company, of New
Bern, was incorporated yesterday, the
purpose being to carry on the purchase
and sale of timber and lands, manufac-
turing lumber generally, operating all
kinds of plants for preparing lumber, own
ing and operating steamboats,, tugs,
barges and vessels of all description, ma
chine shops and tram roads. The CAPT
tai stock is $15O,0OO shares 500 each, the
company beginning with the full amount
The incorDorators are w b. Blades New
Bern; Charles G. Blades, Philadelphia,
Pa. Lemuel S. Blades, James B. Blades
and l.. O. Blades, of Elizabeth City.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16

Let me say l have used Ely's Cream
Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly rec
ommend it for what it claims. Very
truly, (Rev) II. w. Hathaway, Eliza
beth, N. j.
1 tried Ely's Cream Balm and to ali
appearances am cured of catarrh. The
terrible headaches from which L long
suffered are gone.-W. j. Hitchcock, late
Major u. S. Vol. and A. A. Gen, Buffalo
n. Y.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at so cents
or mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc Warren
St, New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16
TWO NEGROES KILLED.
One With a Pistol and Train Cuts off the
Others Head.
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Especial to News and Observer
Weldon, n c., Dec. 15.-"Judge" Will
liams, colored. was shot by an unknown
negro Saturday night and died Sunday
night from the affects of the wounds.
woman of bad character was the cause.
it appears Williams said before he died
that he went to the woman's house. He
had had a difficulty about this woman
several days ago. When he knocked at
the door Saturday night, the door was
cracked open and some one fired upon him.
No arrests have yet been made
William Barclay, colored, was badly
mangled by Seaboard Air Line frelght
train Saturday night. He was on the
trucks stealing a ride. He must have
lost his hold and fell, the train dragging
him from the Chockayotte Creek culvert
for distance of several hundred yards
10 CARROTS crossing. The mans head
was cut off and he was broken all TO
pieces. No inquest was held, 1T being
deemed unnecessary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16

The girl who reads books has them
for companions; the girl who reads men
has them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16
Southern Railway Wrecks.
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Greensboro. N. c., Dec. 15.-The South
ern railway last week had three serious
accidents near Greensboro from open
switches and Saturday night the fourtn
one occurred on the yard. Mr.. NJ l.. Al
bridge was shifting some cars and had
gone into a siding on the yard, where a
switch was left open and soon freight
train ran into his outfit. One engine was
badly damaged, and several freight cars
had their bumpers broken. No one was
seriously hurt, except Mr.. Aldridge, who
was badly bruised and shaken up.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16

Farmers, tobacco dealers, tobacco
warehousemen, independent tobacco man
ufacturers ought to be present in large
numbers to exchange views at the meet
ing of the Tobacco Growers Association
in Rocky Mount Friday of this week, and
seek to find way to prevent the dire re-
suits that threaten the tobacco industry
in North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAX
ing when you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic, because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle show
ing that it is simply Iron and Quinine
in tasteless form. No cure. No pay,
soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-16

Quality is what makes price. If Bur
nett's Vanilla Extract was no better
than other extracts its price would be
the same. Once tried, always used.
The courier., 1902-04-26
"The RIGHTS of Man.

Democracy is one step in the march
Of destiny toward an end unknown,
and neither merits the praises 1t has
evoked nor the fears ii has inspired"
DR.. Lyman Abbott's book. The
Rights of Man, Is a study of democ-
racy. He believes with Mr.. Edmund
Scherer, the author of the sentence
just quoted. that the chief function Of
government is the protection Of per-
son. property. family, reputation and
liberty. He believes that it Is not
nearly so important that people should
have a share in the government as
that their rights Of person. property
family, reputation and liberty should
be secured In other words a poor de-
mocracy in which none Of these essen
tials are safe Is a less desirable form
Of government than a monarchy whose
monarch insures the rights of the
humblest. At best, only a very small
per cent Of the governed can have a
share In the government. President
Mckinley received fourteen thousand
votes out Of population Of seventy
five million. And his election Is con-
sidered more than usually unanimous.
The blessings enumerated are essen
tials. 1t Is not essential to a mans
happiness that he should vote. though
The courier., 1902-04-26
The Lincoln System

The machine and the dictation Of the
oily machinists who run it is the most
Objectionable concomitant Of demo-
cratic form Of government. On election
day it frequently happens that pa
triotic and intelligent voters must take
their choice between two evils; one
democratic, and the other a republican
evil. In municipal or state elections
the disgusted voter generally finishes
by voting for the nominee of his party.
thereby confirming nominating con-
ventions in their arbitrary and un-
democratic habit Of conspiracy against
the people.
The cure for the evils of democracy
Is more democracy. A system which
removes the boss from the path Of the
candidate Is very much better than the
one in operation in most Of the cities
and states. The resident of this
county who desires to be treasurer or
one Of the county commissioners Is
obliged to see the bosses of this county
and ask their permission. Otherwise
convention.
The so-called Lincoln system Tin
New York 1t is called the Crawford
county system), permits any candidate
to announce himself for election. Any
republican candidate for the Office Of
The courier., 1902-04-26
He COURIER

In the interest Of the survival of the
ittest 1t Is well that these dogs be
killed. They are the idiots among ca
mines and it will be well for the race
II they and all their relations could be
killed. But human beings do not seem
to be able to pick out the able dog
from the imbecile. Each one of these
poor dogs killed by the traction cars Is
some ones darling. some one who re-
CARDS his death as a calamity. The
reflection that he had not, sense
enough to keep out of the way of
something as big and as noisy as a
street car has no effect upon his in
fatuated mistress or master. II every
dog g-owner. black or white, rich or poor
had to pay a dollar year, it would be
an advantage to the race of dogs and
1t would effect a partial cure of what
Is becoming an intolerable nuisance.
OF course the same argument may be
applied to the human race. But 1t IL
against the law to impound and chlo-
roform useless and troublesome human
beings.
The courier., 1902-04-26

city treasurer or mayor can announce
his candidacy by getting fifty residents
Of his ward to sign his petition. There
may be as many candidates as there
are groups Of fifty voters In a given
ward. The system Is SO democratic
that II encounters constant opposition
from the machine politicians who find
greater difficulty In obliging their
friends and electing "men who can be
depended upon" Public-spirited citi-
zens who do not attempt to make any
money out of politics but who never
theless like to vote for honest and
able men are by the operation of this
system given the privilege. And the
boss can no longer prevent his betters
from asking for the votes Of their fel-
low citizens.
The county central committee of
Lancaster county will meat on May
second and among othe- things will
consider the plan of extending the
operation Of the Lincoln system to the
county.
The extension Of the Lincoln system
to the county will be more apt to give
the residents Of this county the benefit
of the services of strictly honest off,
cials. The machinists are alarmed for
fear that this stronghold of patronage
is to be practically taken away from
them by the adoption of the Lincoln
system.
1t has worked well in the city. BY
its help the council gang was disposed
of without much trouble. As long as
II remains in force 1t Is doubtful IL
there is danger Of a mayor like Gra-
ham. With the aid Of the Lincoln sys-
tenn in county nominations a reform
would radically change the personnel
Of the county commissioners. I mean
a change not from Jim to Joe, but a
change in quality. 1t is likely that the
acceptable candidate brought before
the people at election day by the op-
Grafton of the Lincoln system will be
a scrupulous man with a deserved rep
utation for honesty. Weak candidates,
grafters Of various kinds are obliged to
stand in too strong competitive light
when they appear in the direct pri-
maries. Men whose lives invite scrut-
my do not object to taking their places
in line before their fellow men. II the
county central committee is uninflu-
enced by the remonstrances of the
machine politicians the present system
will be replaced by the newer and more
democratic system.
The courier., 1902-04-26
Five Tho.and Mia Away

Five Thouand Mia Away
II In not magnanimous to condemn
either General Smith or Major Waller
unheard. The Nebraska legislature once
condemned q brave and chivairous and
tender-hearted officer who was serving
on the firing line near Manila, while
the Nebraska legislators. after listen
ing to the testimony Of a few poor SOL
diers who had been allowed to resign
and come home after the fighting be-
gan. voted for a resolution Of censure.
To be sure the hard and dangerous
fighting Is over. but II Is to be hoped
his own defense before he is court
martialed. Five thousand miles Is
long range In which to determine a
mans guilt.
structed Major Waller to kill every
thing over ten years. he should be
courtmartialed and dismissed from the
service Of the United States. IL the
the world 1t can not be served by OIL
GERS who treat prisoners of war with
savagery.
Army officers are frequently restiye
under the oversight and restraint of
the civil power. but II is a fortunate
arrangement Of the departments of
government that the military Is and
forever must be under civil direction.
War hardens and brutalizes. The
knowledge that there must be a re-
port of every victim tortured. every
innocent child massacred, every rustic
village burned is annoying to the offi.
Ger in the field followed by a red-han
ed band Of soldiery. bent on pillage and
the excitement Of killing. To be sure
the president in supreme command of
the army Is a man on horseback: but
the warfare that press reports say is
being carried on against the Filipinos
will be censured by him as
quickly as though he had spent
his whole life In library
and sickened at the sight Of blood.
President Roosevelt has the ordinary
sense Of justice and propriety and add
ed to that an acquired historical sense
Of the development Of mankind and the
means by which the evolution has been
wrought. II American soldiers are
guilty as charged they will receive no
mercy from the man on horseback
They will have sinned against their
time; against the meaning Of the re-
public and against the great, still un-
broken wave Of evolution which is
about to Anglicize the orient. Perhaps
more than any other president Of the
United States President Roosevelt has
the historical sense; the feeling of
passing time and its meaning, the rev.
erence for epochs and the ability to
look back on present time and Judge
1t freed from the passion and interest
Of the present. The world is getting
further and further away from savage
warfare, and the president who allows
his soldiers to torture and kill prisoners
will receive severer criticism from the
future than from the present. This Is
one Of the reasons why all citizens of
this country may be sure that the
American soldiers In the Philippines
will be called to strict account for their
actions in the field. They may be sure,
also, that the president will investigate
the charges and II the men are inno-
cent he will have the courage to stand
by them.
Z Z 4
The courier., 1902-04-26


kept in the hands Of the people and
out Of the nav Of ravening republi-
cans. Their silver is the product Of
honest toll.
In Mr.. Bryan's fluid editorials plu-
tocracy has at least fifteen repetitions
to the page. The young son or daughter
whose father takes the Commoner gets
the impression that plutocratic Is
state attained as a punishment by the
cruelest robbers. A dictionary and the
habit Of its use should be cultivated
by the subscribers to the Commoner
In order that their children and their
children's children may be still capa-
BILE Of naming things correctly. The
Bryan editorial employs few words
without regard to the subject the edi-
tor is treating: plutocracy. predatory.
monarohical institutions, Imperialism,
Thomas Jefferson and standing army.
Z A scholar in the sixth grade can write
one II he uses these words. There are
no directions as to form. Mix to taste
A Spring Bluif
Every spring the municipal official
whose business it is to remind the citi-
zens of this little city that they have
elected persons in power over them
who have the right to assess them for
} keeping dogs that roam about biting
\calves and annoying all kinds of stock;
every spring this functionary issues a
command that the dog tax must be
paid or the dog captured, imprisoned
for a few days. and then killed.
Those who have read the minutes of
the council meetings for several years
remember other springs and other dog
tax demonstrations. These people are
wise in their generation and they will
wait till a dog-catcher has been en-
ployed. Then, especially if the catch
er's salary depends upon the number of
dogs fmpounded, the time has come to
visit'the city treasurer's office.
When the world was young a solitary
citizen Of Lincoln offered the city
treasurer's clerk a dollar for a brass
tag with the city's receipt for the dol
lar engraved on it. The deputy was a
singularly scrupulous attache of the
treasurer's Office and he refused the
dollar, because it would be the only
nhllar in the treasury paid in for that
cause.
Meanwhile the dogs are increasing
In number and in viciousness. There is
nothing except this periodical bluff
from the chief of police to prevent Lin
coin from becoming Turkish town in
respect to the number of pariah dogs
that are allowed to race over lawns
and flower beds, snap at passers-by,
collide with bicycles and make night
hideous with their howls. There is one
other and more effective means of re-
preston than the city ordinance on
this subject. The cars of the traction
company kill about fourteen dogs a
year. Fourteen dogs a year is only a
drop in the bucket, il one may be al
lowed the license in the use of Eng
lish enjoyed by the most distinguished
citizen of Lincoln. The traction cars
kill of the most inveterate snappers
and snarlers, dogs with not enough
sense to guage the superior fighting
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-09-05
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY

ONSOSS'OSN|OSO7SrO NOOS3OrOSTOS
Dr. and Mrs. H. N. Dodge are al
Stroudsburg, Pa.
Theo Ayers, ,Jr , is spending a fort.
night in Nova Scotia.
Mrs Gordon Forbes returned from
Europe Tuesday on the Mesaba.
DR.. and Mrs. FL. B. McCarroll have
returned from a trip to Lake George.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Waller and Miss
Sophie Waller are at the Isle of Shoals.
Harold Foote, of Baltimore, has been
the guest, this week, of Robert D. Foote.
Miss Mabel Ennis and Miss Grace j.
Vogt returned from Europe on Tuesday
Robert Gourlie, the new physical di-
rector of the Y. NJ. G. A., arrived in
town on Wednesday.
Miss Grace Babbitt, of Newark, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs Raymond B.
Troxell, of Court street.
Miss Lorella Collver. of Madison, is
visiting her sister, Mrs Ellis w.
Brown of Phoenix avenue.
Director of the Board of Freeholders
DIR. G. A. Becker and Mrs. Becker have
returned from their trip through the
West
Mr. and Mrs John l. Waterbury and
daughters. who have spent the summer
in Europe, are expected home within a
fortnight.
Howard Coghill and family are home
from Watch Hill, where they spent the
summer, and are now occupying their
home on Normandie Park.
H. ~ I
family, who have been summering at
Cedarhurst are again occupying their
Madison Avenue residence.
Miss Jeannetta Benjamin, of New
York, and William Burns, of Brook
lyn, spent the fore part of this week with
Mrs. Q. J. Sayre, of Clinton street.
Miss Agnes Phillips, formerly resi-
dent of this town, has accepted the posi-
ton of teacher in the public school at
Ralston. Miss Phillips is graduate of
the Morristown High School.
Miss Agnes Phillips formerly a
resident IF this town has accepted a
position as teacher in the Public
School at Ralston Miss Phillips is
a graduate of the Morristown High
School.
f. L. Olcott, OF Round Top Farm,
Beraardsville, who is in Europe for his
health, lis expected home October /.
Mr.. Olcott is accompanied by his physi
clan, DR.. F. G Jones of Basking Ridge,
who will return with him.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Foster, Mr.. and
Mrs Charles E. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Sands and Mr.. aud Mrs. Robert
De III. Glass, are at Camp Foster"
Lake Hopatcong, where they will re-
main for the month of September.
The Lake Hopatcong contingent from
the Forest Club have returned Among
them We're Mrs. G. N. Parker and
daughter. Miss Alice, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Parker and family, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
9. Parker and family, Messrs. Harrie P.
and Richard V. Lindabery, Jr., E. Lee.
Vogt, Jr., William Lewis and d. F.
Williamson.