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try. This tariff advantage is a splendid
profit in itself.
Pineapples when planted with slips OF the
first class. at the rate OF four 70 eight
thousand per acre, depending on the va
riety and method Of planting. produce the
first crop in from one 10 two years, say
an average of eighteen months from date
of setting. If the large Porto Rican white
or Cabazona. is grown under good culti-
walton. a crop of $500 pineapples per acre
should be realized annually. This same
area will produce a crop OF suckers and
slips sufficient to plant four or five acres.
the value of which is equal 10 the fruit
crop.
According to the latest statistics there are
3e.O21 farms in this island. Of an average
size of forty-five acres. More than three
fourths of the superficial area is included
within the farms. and nearly 20 per cent.
of the entire area Of the island under actual
tillage. Of all the farms, fully 90 per cent.
are titled by their owners, and Of these
Il per cent. are white and - per cent. are
colored. Seven per cent. are renters.
Every year of American occupation, thus
far, has shown a decrease in the amount
of goods imported into Porto Rico from
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-18
Women i'm Politics.
Roswell Field. in Chicago Post.

Roswell Field. in Chicago Post.
Yesterday was a great day for the ladies.
Culture reigned in Los Angeles and Spring
field, and the cause of true womanhood adj
vanced many points. At Springfield the
women of Republican utilization assembled
TO nominate a candidate for the high and
honorable position of trustee of the State
university. and we learn from the dis
patches that when the ballots had been
counted it was discovered that the votes
Outnumbered the women present by twent-
ty-nine. At this crisis the madam chair
man came CALAMITY To the rescue, dismiss
ing the trifing objections with a wave of
her shapely hand, and ruling tina so
small "A discrepancy does not matter" We
fancy that we see in this incident a COM
plete refutatiOn of the argument that wom-
en- are not prepared for the right of suf-
frage; il seems TO us that so delightful an
exposition of practical politics will silence
all critics and give the lie 10 the assertion
that wOmanhOod has something to learn.
From the first we have steadily contendcd
that the purity and integrity of woman's
nature comprise the stimulus necessary to
reform cur political system, and the Spring
field episode is the triumphant vindication
of that contention.
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"soIid Mnhosanyv Not Solid.


solid mahogany is a term that is very
deceptive when il is applied literally to ma
hogany furniture that is commercials
solid The furniture which adorns the
Senate chamber is very heavy and massive
in its effect and is known as solid ma
hogany." But the fact is it is not solid
in the sense that that word appeals TO the
minds OF most people who think of solid"
as meaning single pieces OF wood. The
heavy mahogany furniture OF the Senate
chamber is made up Of numerous strips of
wood seasoned and put together so that the
force of any further shrinkage will be ex-
erted in a way that one piece of the wood
Will counteract the shrinkage of another
piece. IL is declared that were the furni-
ture made OF single pieces of mahogany no
seasoning in the world would prevent il
from warping
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courses of study were introduced il was in
the nature of a veritable surgical opera
ton, of so serious a kind that the doctors
Wagged their heads and wondered whether
the patient would survive. Even Mr.. Low
ell. after his return from the court OF St.
James, was skeptical Of the new banquet
spread for unappreCiative guests. / recall
his telling loosely, in an after-dinner
speech in Cambridge, how he met an ac-
quaintance (of dubious standing) whose
cheerful face and happy demeanor led him
TO ask the cause Of such exuberant felicity.
why" said the genial smiler. i've dis
covered a way 10 make my fortune. We
all know that the reason for the fine favor
OF the wild duck is the wild celery on
which il feeds. Now. 1 propose 10 feed il
to the domestic duck and supply the mar
ket." Some weeks later. on meeting his
acquaintance again. Mr.. Lowell found HIM
quite depressed and inconsOlable. why
are you looking so unhappy? 1 thought the
last time / saw you that you were on the
point OF making your fortune with ducks.
Wouldn't it work." NO" was the reply.
the id things won't eat it,"
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MT. Lowerrs Anti-EIectives story.

]. L. Laughlin, in May Atlantic.
1t is a trite remark to recall how gener-
ally, until the present generation, the back
bone of a college training was made up Of
the nonresident Latin. Greek, philosophy
and mathematics. These subjects re-
manned the vertebrae of college education
during the whole period down to the intro
duction of the elective system. When lib
erty of choice and an extension of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-18
Not ReturnabIe.
Motherhood.

Motherhood.
Il hear you have a little sister at your
house" said a Chicago grocer 10 a small
boy. Yes, sir" said Johnny. DO you like
that?' Il wish il was a boy" said Johnny,
SOS / could play 'mibs' with him. an base
ball an tag an all those things. when he
got bigger" Well" said the ~storekeeper,
why don't you exchange your little sister
for a boy?' Then he said, rather SORROW
fully: w can't now; it's too late; we've
used her four days." g.
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So sad.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Mrs. Mackay. who is staying in Paris
has just lost her pet dog-a perfect speci.
men OF a spitz. jet black and very tiny,
and valued at $500.
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Mr.. squiers was secretary Of legation at Pek-
ing during the Boxer troubles. The President
appointed him minister to Cuba because Of his
diplomatic training.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
carAWBA GETTING IN LINE.

r-c best things that can happen TO any
country township are: l. To establish a
Good graded school; 2. To have good
roods. 3. To secure free rural delivery.
This trinity of conveniences and neces-
cities of modern life will do much to
s+on the trend of sending the boys to
town and viii guarantee an intelligent
and thrifty rural population-the best
foundation upon which a State can build
for general prosperity and stability
Yesterday reference was made to Gail
ford countys primacy in the matter Of
voting special tax for rural graded
schools. Catawba is taking forward
step in the same direction, as the follow
ing from the Newton Enterprise shows;
In the report of the meeting of the
county commissioners Monday is en- item
Of unusual interest. 1t is an order fer
an election in public school district,
number Is, in Hickory township, for the
levying of a special tax to increase the
school term. This is the first effort on
the part of a country district in Catawba
county to supplement the regular school
fund by imposing a special tax on the
property of the district for the purpose
of prolonging the school term beyond
four months
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
A PIONEER MANUFACTURER

During the past week there died at his
home in Salem Mr.. Henry w Fries one
OF the last Of the group of strong men
who before slavery was abolished made
manufacturing successful in North Caro-
lima. The men who, beginning in small
way. laid broad and deep the foundations
of the States growing manufacturing in
tcrest, builded wiser than they knew. 1t
was their example that induced many
progressive young men to extend and en-
large the manufacturing industries and
plants in the State, and North Carolina
owes them a lasting debt of gratitude.
Mr.. Fries was the oldest member of
family that has long hel1 primacy in the
Moravian settlement of North Carolina.
He never married. was noted for his
business capacity, his simple life, his
straightforwardness and candor. He was
useful citizen and his death is deplored
h. his family, his church, his State.
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A MILITANT CIRCUIT RIDER.

Rev. George w. Ivey, who died in
Caldwell county on Friday, was n mill
tant Methodist preacher of the old school
and we may add of the best school. He
died in the harness and escaped the dread
of most preachers-forccd retirement
from i'll health He was in the pulpit
on last Sunday night preaching the glori-
Gus gospel he had so long eXpOunded with
marked success-when he was suddenly
seized with an attack Of heart trouble
and fell to the floor. He died in the
harncss-as the old time circuit riders
prayed to die
MIR. Ivey was the best type of the
pioneer Methodist circuit rider man OF
robust faith, courage, fortitudc great
common sense and Astounding love of his
fcllowmen. That generation of noble
travelling preachers has almost passed
away. Mr. Ivey was one of the few
survivors. Eternity alone can reveal
their reaching influence in the better
ment of the lives of the people of their
day and generation. The best prayer
that could be made for North Carolina
today would be that 3 double portion of
their spirit should fall upon their sue
cessOrs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
JUDGE AVERY Is ELECTED

There will be general qualification IN
the State at the later news from Alex
ander, which shows that Judge Avery has
been elected to the State Senate by q
majority of eight. But for unfortunate
PARTY divisions in Mcdowell, with which
he was in no way involved but which de-
feated most of the Democratic candidates
in that county, Judge Avery's majority
would have reached 400 or 800 He is one
of the honcstcst and truest. as well as
one Of the bravest and ablest men in
North Carolina, and his defeat would
have been cause for Statewide regret.
No district in the State will be more
ably represented than the Thirtyfourth
district in the person of Judge Avery
and E. j. Justice, Esq.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
Politics and Politicians.

Editors know how to accept disap-
pointments with fortitude. Editor Chick.
of the Times Mercury, was the anti
Democratic candidate for the Senate in
Catawba and Lincoln. Hero is the way
he alludes to his defeat in his paper this
week:
well, we are defeated again for the
Senate. Just as we expected. But,
friends, don't you think we had bet
ter quit before this thing becomes chronic,
and we win the title of the defeated
candidate? We take this opportunity to
extend our congratulations to our oppo-
nent, Mr.. Reinhardt, for the glorious vic
tory he has won. He is a good citizen,
and we bespeak for him that he viii
serve his district and state ably and we'll.
And we now offer him any service, or CO.
operation we may be able to render him
in the responsible work thus committed
To his hands, That is the proper spirit
One OF the most interesting and hard
fought campaigns in North Carolina this
year was the contest for State Scna-
tor in Buncombe county between ex-Con-
gresham Settle, the Republican candi-
date, and Mr.. Charles A. Webb, the Dem
ocratic candidate Mr. Settle is easily
The most brilliant Republican campaignel
in the State, and he has a reputation
| beyond the borders of the State. He was
| induced to run because the Republicans
| thought his prestige and long experience
| would make him more than a match FOL
the Democratic nominee, Charles y
Webb, ESQ, who had never before beer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
Among the Railroads.

Mr. n II. Granger, the efficient ticket
ogont At the Atlantic and North Carolina
dcnot has under advisement very Hat
torinp offer from the Southern Railway
company to accept position in their OF
flee at Jacksonville. Fla, at greatly
advanced salary from what he is getting
with the Atlantic and North Caroillla'
This is quite a compliment to Mr.. Grain
cor,s efficiency as a railroad man, for the
southern has at its command good tai
ent from which to select. The oHer car
rios with it also a promise of rapid pro-
motion. Mr.. Granger has not decided
vet whether he will aecept.-Kinston Free
Press.
Railroad men arc talking about re-
markably fast run made by Engineer Joe
Stedman on 81, the Southerns' new fast
mail on day before yesterday. 1t is
stated that when the train left Green's
boro it was just twenty minutes behind.
When ii reached Spencer forty-eight
miles from here, it was on time. 1t had
slowed down in passing through Thomas
Vile High Point and Lexington The
forty-eight miles had been made in forty
five minutes. just beyond Lexington
there is a portion of the track, three and
a half miles in length that is perfectly
straight 1t is stated though it is almost
past belief that Engineer Stedman pulled
his train over this distance of three and a
half miles in just two minutes to the
dot.-Greensboro Telegram.
The Observer suggests that Fayetteville
be connected with the Aberdeen and
Rockfsh Railroad by stage. The line
would have to be only eleven miles long
\ stage line through that section would
remind the older citizens Of the days
when the stage coach was in general
use.-Sanford EXpress.
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TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.

The temperance sentiment in North
Carolina has grown rapidly of late. The
elimination of the negro will accelerate
its growth, and result in putting an end
to the curse of distilleries and multiplied
saloons. There are no saloons now out
side of incorporated towns except in
eight or ten counties. The Legislature
ought to make two enactments looking
to restricting the liquor traffic:
l. Pass an act that no license shall be
issued except in an incorporated town.
In that connection it will need to with
draw the charters of certain cross road
towns incorporated solely or chiefly ir
order to secure the location of saloon
by which the people Of the Surrounding
county are debauchhcd
2. Pass an act permitting the voters,
upon petition, in any incorporated town
to vote os off years whether they will
have saloons, a dispersary or prohibition
coupled with an anti-jug provision If pro-
hibition carries. The law as it now
stands does~not permit vote upon this
question of establishing dispensary
The people of every community ought to
enjoy that right, and the entire regula-
ton of the traffic will be left to the will
of each community.
1t is more difficult to deal with the
distillery curse. They are permitted to
sell whiskey in quantities not less than
one gallon. Most of them are the cen
tres of vice, drunkenness and lawless-
ness, far worse than the worst saloons.
The question of their abolition or regu-
lation is difficult. and the solution will
call for the exercise of the best states
manship. But one thing is true: the
people demand their abolition and will
not much longer tolerate their demoral-
izing and debauching influence.
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evolved out of the State elections last
Tuesday The results of that election
have left the matter in as much doubt
and uncertainty as before the voting. No
man has come to the front who is deem
ell the logical candidate. If the new
Governor of Rhode Island should show
himself a big man. he might be among
the eligibles. Mr.. Coler's phenomenal
race, everything considered, may make
him the candidate if New York should
present him. 1t may be Mr. Shepard,
who ran for Mayor against Low.
1t is too soon today to pick the winner,
but the man who stands out on the can.
vass at this hour as the most probable
Democratic nominee is Judge Alton B.
Parker, of New York, who was
elected Judge in that State in 1897
by the Democrats. He has ability
of the highest order. he has the
confidence OF the bar and people Of
the State, he has had no part in the con-
tests that DIVIDED the democracy since
1892 he is a straight Democrat of the
strictest sect, he would make an ideal
candidate and an ideal President. More
over If he is named, the nomination
must come to him without solicitation He
would not seek it. His whole life is in
the honest performance of his judicial
duties. and in that great office he never
permits politics to enter.
The New York World, the New York
Sun and other influential New York pa
pers declare that if Judge Parker had
been the nominee this year, he would
| have beer elected. However that may be,
he seems now to be the most available
Democrat in America for the presidential
nomination in 1904
Why is not Judge Parker the best man
to nominate in 1904, and why is he not
| the man who would most easily defeat
Mr. Roosevelt?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
Spirit of the Press.
TO CONTEST THE GRANDFATHER
CLAUSE.
Springfield Republican.


CLAUSE.
Springfield Republican.
It is coming as it ought to come-an
carly decision by the United States SUI
creme Court on the recently adopted ne
gro-disfranchising constitutions of Vir-
ginia. North Carolina, Alabama and
some other Southern States. We noted
some time ago the bringing OF an action
in the United States district court for
northern Alabama by a negro, to compel
the local election board to register him
as a voter which tho board had refused
to do. BY the new constitution of that
State only those can vote who are able
to read and write in a manner satisfac-
tory to the registrars, or who, being
unable to read or write, were either
/ legal voters before and up to the end OF
the civil war or are the direct descend
ants of such voters. AS no negro can
meet this last qualification, the effect Of
the provision-known as the grandfather
! clause--is to disfranchse all illiterate
negroes and many others besides, as the
/ election boards may desire. while preserv-
ing the franchise to ignorant whites. The
petition of the Alabama negro came be-
fore Judge T. G. Jones, recently appoint
ed DY ITeSIueub iNOOSeNtiLs AAt Ne'9 s'
member of the Alabama constitutional
convention and there offered the grand
father clause He refused to grant the
writ of mandamus asked for on the
ground of lack of jurisdiction, but ccrti-
fed the case directly to the Supreme
Court of the United States, before which
court it was brought on Saturday We
are thus soon to have it determined once
for all whether such q device as the
grandfather provision is in harmony with
the 18th amendment of the United States
constitution prohibiting the States from
DENYING the elective franchise to any
hody on the ground of race or color
There cannot be much doubt Of what inc
decision of the court of last resort VIII
|
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STATE NEWS.

Warrcnton. ~ c.. Nov. Sat Boards
lcy's mill in this county, Mrs. Grant
Bcardslcy was struck on the head by a
piece of scantling which fractured heI
skull death ensuing in q short while
Mrs Boardslcy was a good woman aud
her death is deeply regretted.
Mrs e. j. Hale and Mr.. l. B. Hale
city editor of the Observer, have been
coDfinel at home for some days with
sickness; and, though physicians find
some Improvement. both are yet quite
:ll-FavCttcvlle Observer
Bartlett Yancy Craven. father of Rev
w f. Craven. OF this place. died at his
home in Randolph county last Saturday
whore he had lived nearly 81 years. be-
ing born there January It'll, lS22-San-
ford ENpress.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
THE PRIMARY.
Einston Free Press.

Kinston Free Press.
The primary for the United States Sen
ator in this county, under the supervis-
ion of the county executive committee
has been well managed. There was nc
clash or bitterness. Each candidate mad
active friends. who, so far as we have
been able to learn, did their full duty by
them. We had splendid material in all
the candidates for Senator.
we believe the primary helped our
county and State tickets by drawing out
more voters to the polls.
The Free Press rather likes q primary
We are inclined to the opinion that a
legalized primary is the proper thing fol
the Democrats to adopt all over the State
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09

.4ost Of the benefciaries of the quasi
public corporations.
= tho state and the Republic the cry
oIitice. as we'll as in business, is
- tho man who brings things to pass.
+ is the Tilden, who courageously in his
own party demands and secures clean
oo,ornment. rather than the passive and
.oontive and unknown Hayes that the
noonla of this active and strenuous age
,,,isb 10 put in positions of leadership.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
A MORNING TONIC.
Governor Charles B. Aycock.)


Knowledge is power, but it is power
merely because it enables us to do
something, and TO do something enables
us TO be something, and to be something
is what constitutes character, and this
last is the only thing which we can take
into the world to come. Education is
not reading and writing alone; it is read
ing and writing, but it is something
more, something better, something high
er. We read and write not as an end,
but as 4 means. If VIC take what we
know to be the end, we shall never do
anything. All that there is in the books,
calculus, poetry, astronomy, science,
whatever things may be taught to us are
valuable only because they enable us
to do something worth being done and
to become something worth being.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
Picture of Rev. VIM. stith Wanted
Richmond

Richmond, Va, Nov 4, 1907
To the Editor: The Historic Commit
tee Of old Street Baptist church (this
city, desires a picture Of the Rev. Will
liam Stith, their first rector who was
also, President Of William and Mary Col
legc, Virginia.
we understand that some Of his dc
scendants by the name Johnson We're
or are living in your State, ana we lccl
confident that you can and VIII help us.
through your notes and query column
to trace up this picture
With appreciation Of Kindness IN ass
sisting US, | am,
Very respectfully
w. w. DAVIES.
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FRED MERRITT DID IT.

Charlotte News.
In the last Congressional election Bun
combe gave Moody a majority over the
Democratic nominee This time Moody
was showed under in Buncombe. Much
Of this victory is due the noble efforts
Of the Asheville Citizen. Editor Merritt
preached Democracy, pure and indebted.
and he preached it loud and long and
won his fight.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09

The later returns ensure the return OF
senator Teller by the Colorado Lcgisla-
turc. Colorado has no citizen who is to
be compared with Mr.. Teller in ability
worth and usefulness OF the highest char
actcr. His retirement now would be re-
grcttcd by every man in America who
arreciatca true craftsmanship and dcvo-
ten 10 the rights Of the people, But II
locl5 like he is the last representative
Colorado will elect that will stand
against Republicanisni
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
rHE SALOONS MUST 90.
crecnville Reflector.

Grecnville Reflector.
The aldermen of Washington have
been petitioned to require bar-rooms in
Tho town 10 remove all screens, painted
windows and the like ~ expose tEeir
hnsinoss 70 public view $, It. f@ather
stores. Good example in this Tor preen-
Vile. Still better, however, would II De
to dc away with the bar-rooms entlreiy'