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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

land county and at the subsequent cleo
ton in November, 1902, was elected by
over 500 majority. AS a member of the
House he introduced bills compelling
dealers to stamp or print the net weight
OF all barrels, sacks and packages OF
-four, meal, bran, fish and salt, to es-
tablish a school district at Raeford.
Mr.. Moore is handsome, but married,
and is the father of three bright, in
teresting children. His wife is a daugh-
ter of Dr. J. P. Sugg. of Kittrell. He
supported all temperance legislation pro-
posed during the session of 1908, and q
bill to issue bonds in the sum of $4,000
for public roads for Cumberland county.
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HON. ]. w. MOORE,
Member OF the House of Represen-
tatives from Cumberland Co.

Representative John w. Moore. of Cum
berland county, might fifty be termed a
self made man. He was born in Pitt
county September %, 1866. He attended
school at Moylin, Stantonsburg, Snow Hill
and GoldsbCro. He supplemented these
advantages by reading and studying at
home During these school years he de-
frayed his expenses of tuition and books
by working vacation days. He began in
the mercantile business at Kittrell, IN
1890. He has always been active in the
cause of education and church work.
While at Kittrell he was president of the
Raleigh District Sunday School Confer
ence of the Methodist church. of which
he is a member. He is a Mason and a
total abstainer from the use of liquor or
tobacco In 1898 he went to Raeford,
Cumberland county, and engaged in the
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RAILROADS INCORPORATED.

Caney River Railway Company; Bald
Mountain, Yancey county; Chapel Hill
TroHy Company; Hiawassee Valley Rail-
road Company, in Western North Caro-
lima; Raleigh and Eastern North Caro-
lima Railroad Company; Salem
South Bound Railway Company.
To amend the charter of the Carolina
and North Western Railway Company, so
that the main line shall go through the
town of Lenoir To ratify and confirm
organization and incorporation of the
Carolina and Tennessee Southern. To
authorize and enable the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company to operate
extensions in North Carolina.
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given largely of his life to the school
room and its responsible duties. AS
principal of the Pollocksville High School
he has done a most excellent work. He
was four years chairman of the County
Beard of Education for Jones county,
resigning the work to serve his people in
the Legislature of 1901. His work was
of such a character his people returned
him to the House session of 1908. He was
an active worker on the various commit
tees TO which he was assigned He was
chairman of the Committee on Enrolled
Bills, a member of the Committees on
Education, Insane Institutions, and
member of others. Mr.. White is man
OF strong character and excellent abili-
ties.
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HON. r. b. ETHERIDGE,
Member OF the House of Represen-
tatives from Dare County.

A bright and shining star from the
eastern shore of North Carolina, is Rep
resentative R. Bruce Etheridge, the
Democratic Representative. Gathering
from the spirit of the early settlers OF
the Island Roanoke, which historic spot
is his birth place, freedom when it seemed
that the rights of the people of Dare
county were trampled on this young man
waxed eloquent. in defense of his consti-
tuency and his boldness of speech and
sincerity of purpose, made him friends
and prevented legislation of a hurtful
character He was born in 1878. Leaving
the common schools of his county, he at
tended the Elizabeth City Academy, from
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mercantile business with his brother, B.
f. Moore, under the firm name of Moore
Brothers. Their store house is a three
story building, 95x26 feet. and they carry
a stock of $4,000 to 1900. They, by up
right manly dealing have built up a
great business. AS a firm Moore Bros
have championed the cause of church and
of school, and aided by others have built
a Methodist church at Raeford of which
any town might be proud.
The office unsought Mr. Moore was the
unanimous nominee of the largest Dem
ocratic convention ever held in Cumber-
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filled every trust that the people placed
in him with painstaking care and eff
cheney. Besides this more recent election
70 the House he served the term of
1901.
Mr.. BIount is a great big man. A
man of excellent appearance. He has a
fine face. He resembles both Vance and
Cleveland. The representative from
Washington county is a peculiarly able
man and many have watched with in
terest his career on the floor OF the law
making body Seldom has there been a
time when a member grew in favor, in
influence and popularity as quickly as
did Mr. Blount.
He was born in Washington county
in 1856. He obtained common school
education and was at an early age made
member of his county's Board of Edu-
cation. He is farmer and mill man
and has been very successful, in these
industries. He was a member at the
recent session OF the Committees on
Fin nee, Education, Penal Institutions
and hartman of the Fish and Fisheries
Committee. He was chairman of the
Committee appointed to investigate the
manner of protecting our States oyster
beds and also introduced a bill pro-
viding for an increase OF rural Libraries.
Mr.. Blount is feet high weighs 275
pounds and wears hat of 75s size. He
Is big Drained and big-hearted gentle
man. He married Miss Ida HaTdison, a
daughter of VIM. Hardison, who was post
master at Plymouth, N c., before the
Civil War.
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HON. T. E. OWEN,
Member OF the House of Represen.
tatives from Sampson County.

Thos. e. Owen, the Republican repre-
sentative in the House from Sampson
county during the session of 1903, not
only endeared himself to his brethren OF
like political faith in the Assembly by
his conservative views and business like
methods, but to the household of the
majority forces as well. Mankind always
appreciates a manly man. regardless OF
his religious or political creed or af-
fiiliation. Mr.. owen is a native OF
Sampson county and resides at Parkers-
burg, where he is engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits and the mercantile bust
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TOWNS INCORPORATED.

Shelmerdine, Pitt county; Stokes, in
Pitt county; Bladenboro, Bladen county.
West Tarboro. Edgecombe county; Dud-
ley. Wayne county; Hassell, Martin eoun-
ty; South Wadesboro. Arson county;
Louisdale, Cleveland county; Fountain
Pitt county; Arren, in Rutherford coul-
ty; Chocowinity, Beaufort county; Pine
tops, Edgecombe county; City of Wash
ington, Beaufort county; Oakley. Pitt
county; Teachey's, Pitt county; Williams
Yadkin county; Shore. Yadkin county
The charter of the town of Buena Vista
in Buneombe county, was repealed
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lator having served as a member of
the House in 1895, the Senate of 1901, and
the House again in 1903, he was active
and watchful Of the interest of the peo
pie of his county. In some matters he
may have differed from his constituency
but as their agent he exercised his best
judgment in matters as they presented
themselves and voted according to his
judgment and the dictates of his con-
science. lie is a prohibitionist, pure and
simple and favored the strongest posi-
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Register of Deeds for his county from
1882 IS, was chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners and of the County
Board of Education for long period.
He was ever regarded a faithful servant
of the public as he proved himself to be
as a member of the General Assembly.
He served on the following important
committees: Agriculture, Health, Pub
lie Roads, Enrolled Bills, Penal Institu-
tions and was punctual upon their DELHI
Grafton. His occupation is that Of farm
ing. Is married and a member of the
Masonic fraternity.
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HON. T. w. BLOUNT,
Member of the House of Represen-
tatives from Washington Co.

Thomas W. Blount, of Washington
county, distinguished himself during the
recent Legislature by his able and con-
sentative advocacy of the Bond Issue
bill alone Before the Finance Commit
tee he made the closing speech and sup
ported the bill with an eioquence and
logic that went a long way towards
winning the fight. Mr.. Blount has been
honored by the people of his county
upon many occasions and has always
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which he entered Trinity College, gradu-
ating in 1899.
The only public office held by Mr..
Etheridge prior to his services as a
member of the House for the session of
Superintendent of Schools for Dare coun-
ty. AS an ardent supporter of popular
education, the school system took on
new life and prospered greatly during
his reign.
Intensely patriotic, he gladly support
ed the bill to charter the Roanoke Island
Celebration Committee. Though mex
perienced as a law maker, he secured the
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HON. w. NJ. WEST,
Member of the House OF Represent
tatives from Cherokee County.

A man OF sturdy character and devo-
ton to principle is w. NJ. West, the Re-
publican member of the House, session
1903, from Cherokee county. He was
denied collegiate advantages, as were
many mountaineers in his section, but
by close application in the common
schools of his county, he laid a good
foundation on which as the years flew
he wisely builded. Prior to his election
TO the Legislature he held the office of
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ble temperance legislation. He was born
in Watauga in 1860, is a member of the
Methodist church, a District Steward,
superintendent of Sunday school for his
church, is County Surveyor, was chair
man of the Board of County Commits
sioners, and has served as County Su-
perintendent of schools. He served on
Committees on Education, Finance, Agri
culture, Public Buildings and Grounds
His occupation is that of a school teach
or
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HON. s. G. DANIEL,
Member of the House OF Represent
tatives from Warren County.

Warren county has the knack of APP
preciating spendid energies, abilities and
character as is evidenced in her his
torical past And not only is relates to
her historical past, but the application
is yet an apt one. Her wisdom was mani
fest in the selection of S. G. Daniel to
represent her interest again in the House,
AS a member of that branch of the Cen
eral Assembly both in 1901 and 1903 he
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HON. A. H. WHITE,
Member of the House of Represen-
tatives from Jones County.

Alexander H. White was born Novem-
Der u, 1868, was educated at Kings
Mountain and Trinity College, graduating
from the latter seat of learning in the
class of 90. He took the law course at
the University and being admitted to the
bar, practiced law at Pollocksville. Pre-
fCrlng the work of a teacher he has
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1903, was two years he spent as County
enactment of eleven bills, introduced by
himself, which are of benefit to his pea
pie. A fisherman by instinct, if not by
occupation, it was most fitting that he
should have served as a member of the
Committee on Fish and Oysters and oys-
ter Industry. Besides these he served
with ability and zeal on the following
additional committees; Propositions and
Grievances, Education, Claims and En-
rolled Bills.
Mr.. Etheridge is young man of strong
character.
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HON. LINDSEY II. MICHAEL,
Member OF the House of Represen
tatives from Watauga County.

Lindsay H. Michael. the Representa-
tive from Watauga county, is a man of
excellent native ability and gives evil
dence of culture. An experienced legis-
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Legislation Affecting
Railroads.

Continued from Page seventeen,)
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until i'll health forced him to lead retired life
Such. in brief. is the story of the writer Of
these letters.
Until the battle OF Lexington proved the met
tie of the Americans. Percy appears to have
entertained a profound contempt for them
Writing to his father. under date of July %.
1874, he says: THE people in this part Of the
country are in general made up % rashness and
tirndty. Quick and violent in their determine
tions. they fearful in the execution Of them
(unless. indeed. they quite certain OF meet
ing little or opposition, then, like all
other towards, thew are cruel and tyrannicaD-
To hear them talk. you would imagine they
would attack US and demOlish us every night;
yet, whenever appear, they are fright
ened out of their wits fortnight later he
favors Henry Reveley. Of Surrey. with this
picture of forebears: The people here are
a set Of sly. artful. hypocritical rascals. cruel
& towards L must own I cannot but despise
them compleately." Maliciousness is patent IN
a letter to the Rev. Thomas Percy, dated NO
vember -. 17i4: The People here are the most
designing Artfull Villains in the World. They
have not the least Idea Of either Religion or
Morality. Nor have they the least Scruple OF
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taking the most solemn Oath on any matter
that can assist their Purpose. tho they know
the direct contrary can be clearly & evidently
proved in half an hour
The battle OF Lexington. however, appears TO
have opened Percy's eyes somewhat. for in an
unofficial report to General Harvey concerning
the retreat of the British, we find the earl adj
hitting: You may depend upon it. that as the
Rebels have now had time to prepare. they are
determined to go thrO' with it. nor Will the
insurrection here turn out so despicable as it
is perhaps imagined a. home. For my part,
never believed. / confess. that they wd have
attacked the Kings troops or have had the
perseverance 1 found in them yesterday" The
earl, who had led the rescue party. had mar
row escape from death or a serious wound, hav-
ing had horse shot under him. His official
account Of the retreat is included in this cOlec-
ton, and is mainly remarkable for its conclud-
ing paragraph: His Majesty's Troops during
the whole of the affair behaved with their usual
intrepidity & spirit. Nor were they little ex-
asperated at the cruelty and barbarity OF the
Rebels who scalped & cut off the ears of some
of the wounded men who fell into their hands"
Percy is undoubtedly in n happier vein and
nearer the mark when echoing an appeal to the
mother country for more troops to crush the
revolution That he had no liking for the war
is manifest throughout the letters. but that he
was thoroughly out of patience with its mis-
management is still more evident. II must
own" he writes in a Boston letter Of July %.
11Ij. which the editor cOnjectures is addressed
to General Harvey. Il cannot help thinking
myself particularly fortunate that my rank in
the army makes il only my duty to obey. with
out emitting me to be consulted on any Occa-
sion. for L can't say 1 either approve OF our
present system or measures. but as they have
been formed by more experienced heads than
mine. 1 must not doubt but they are right
However. every blockhead will form an opinion
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AMERICAN ANNALS.
Records of Some Interesting Per-
SOnalities.

LETTERS OF HUGH. EARL PERCY. from Bos-
ton and New-York, 174-'76. Edited by Charles
Knowles Bolton. Octave, DID. IS. Boston,
Charles T.. GoOdSpeed.
THE JOURNAL OF THE REVEREND sTLAS
CONSTANT. Pastor Of the Presbyterian Church
at Yorktown, New-York, with Some Of the
Records of the Church and a List of His Mar
riages 17Si-1S25. Together with Notes the
Nelson. Van COrtlandt. Warren and Some Other
Families Mentioned in the Journal BY Emily.
Warren Roeblinl. Edited by Josiah Granville
Leach, LII b. Octave, ID. XIV. sol. Printed for
private circulation Philadelphia: J. Il. Lippn-
colt Company.
CONCERNING THE FOREFATHERS. Being a
Memoir, with Personal Narrative and Letters
of Two Pioneers, Colonel Robert Patterson and
Colonel John Johnston. the Paternal and Ma
ternal Grandfathers OF John Henry Patterson,
of Dayton. Ohio. For Whose Children this
Book is Written by Charlotte Reeve Couover.
octave. pp. xviii. Az. Dayton: National Cash
Register Company.
Apart from the fact that the letters of Hugh.
Earl Percy. give an entertaining il sketchy &C
count of the conditions about Boston In the
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months Immediately preceding the War Of the
Revolution. and of the military operations in
which he, British commanding officer
played a leading part, n certain romantic inter
est attaches to their publication They were
unearthed as long ago as 1873 by the Rev. Ed
ward G. Porter. Of Lexington. Mass, while pay
ing a visit to the Duke of Northumberland at
Alnwick Castle. but although the minister. rec
Sgnizing their Importance. spent three days at
the castle copying them. they had not found
their way into print at the time of his death
twenty-five years later. The present editor
however was fortunate enough to secure per-
mission to publish these. together with other
letters Of Earl Percy owned by the Boston Pub
lie Library, and the result is the appearance in
book form of unique collection of family
documents, beginning at the moment the earl
sailed from England for Boston in April lII4
and ending with his assignment to defend New
York against the colonials in November 1776
Remarkably free from the stilted phraseology
peculiar to the period to which they belong the
letters show that Percy was an obseryant and
at times farseeing man. if occasionally given
to drawing the long bow. That he attained q
certain popularity while in America was largely
owing to the fact that while doing his duty as
a British soldier he had put himself on record
as being opposed to his country's colonial poll
ley Strange to say. this did not appear to les
sen his influence and popularity at home. for
while he was in America he reelected to
Parliament from Westminster. after a spirited
contest, in which he and his fellow nominee
polled nearly twice as many votes as did the
opposing candidates His career in America
came to a close in May. 1777, when he OBJ
tanned recall because of his inability to agree
with Howe. but that he was still in high favor
in England is manifest from his being promoted
in August OF that year to lieutenant general of
the British army. AS Duke OF Northumberland
he maintained his interest In military affairs
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fHE TWO DESERTS.
BY COVENTRY PATMoRE.

Evt greatly moved with awe am
To learn that we may spy
Five thousand ornaments beyond our own
The best that's known
OF the heavenly bodies does them credit small
vlev'd close. the Moons fair ball
In of i'll objects worst.
Il corpse in Nights highway. naked. fre-scarrd'
accurst:
And now they tell
That the sun is plainly seen to boil and burst
Too horribly for hell
So judging from these two.
As we must do.
The Universe outside our living Earth.
Was all conceived in the Creators mirth.
Forecasting at the time Mans spirit deep
To make dirt cheap.
Put by the Telescope!
Better without IT man may see
Stretched awful in the hushd midnight
The ghost Of his eternity.
Give me the nobler glass that swells to the eye
The things which near US lie.
Till Science rapturously halls
In the minutest waterdrop.
A torment of innumerable taiix-
These at the least do Live
But rather give
A mind not much to pry
Beyond our royaI-fair estate
Betwixt these deserts blank OF small and great
Wonder and beauty our own courierS are,
Pressing to catch our gaze.
And out OF obvious ways
Eeer wandering far.
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gDe Aswitlark gribMase.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-.
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1908.

The young author who likes wearily to COM
plain of Anglo Saxon decOrum and to praise
Gallo vivacity has always impressed us as a
decidedly silly little person But there are
occasions when even his Impotence with the
ways of his countrymen seem almost justifiabie
Could there. for example. be anything more
poIderously absurd than the manner in which
EngIishmen, writing Of the late William Ernest
Henley, aiude to that article wherein, with all
possible friendlneSS, he told few hOmetruths
shout his dead friend Stevenson and the lat
ter's indiscreet admirers? Everybody whs
knew Henley-with many who never saw him
has been writing about him. and nearly every
body gives a doleful shake of the head over
what Mr.. Sidney Low. to name only one out
Of several scores, calls the savage attack
Ii was not an attack 1t was not savage 1t
was merely a rational protest against a flood
of twaddie. 1t was one OF the best things Hen
ley ever wrote, and it is probable that it will
prove in the long to have rendered
unique service to the memory Of a man who
has been more persstenty insulted and huni-
lated by Socalled friends than any other writer
OF his time. The solemn pathos of Henley's
critics over this episode would be disgusting if
it were not laughable-
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Apropos OF Henley-and of Steyenson-the
subject of biographical nervousness irresist-
IDLY presents itself. OF course, in this modern
world of ours the commercial motive cannot
we suppose, be ignored. business is business"
A literary asset cannot be left to lapse into
uselessness. But it would be fine thing. just
the same, if man might be left peaceabIy IN
his grave for at least quarter of century
before his papers were overhauled and the usual
machinery set in motion ior the production of
a biography. Ii a kind OF unwritten law were
to be recognized this point the benefits accru-
ing TO all concerned would he very great indeed.
In the first place. there would be fewer biogra-
phieS Of that blessed circumstance we are abso-
lutely certain Furthermore, the truth would
be much mere easily come at, and the chances
for worthless tittle-tattle, for the niction OF
needless pain. would be immeasurably reduced.
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Nine Th6rese Humbert has had her day, she
has been exposed, tried, convicted and SEN
fenced, and the writers have all had their say
on the subject of her extraordinary career. We
know now what hundreds of her writing con-
tcmporaries can make out Of a theme which
everybody has recognized as one of great poten-
tialities; and, candidly, we are disappointed
Perhaps. when the affair has recedei sufficiently
into the past. some one may arise capable of
handling ii rs BalZac or Dumas or Gaboriau
might have handled It. In the mean time
those who have dealt with the amazing Therasc
and her fortunes. and especially those who have
tried hardest to de them justice have astonishei
us by the uniformly commonplace trend Of their
remarks. They have seen only the most OBJ
vous aspects of the case, its sensational and
police court features. The psychological prob
lem of tins woman and her family has eluded
them altogether. and she remains in their hands
a common swindler. only that She may be
nothing more, yet we believe that as a psyche
logical problem she would repay the novelist
who studied her.