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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
NOT A PRECEDENT.

Discussing the Hamlet incident, the Bib
lical Recorder says:
1t may throw some light on their sin
gular mistake to say that we were told
last fall by prominent citizens Of BERTHE
and Hartford counties, noted for their
! strenuous adherence to strictly white
supremacy and social separation of the
races. that some of the lower classes in
the East have been known in many cases
to permit negro help to eat from their
tables after the whites have eaten. They
made their distinction not in the place
but IN the time. This is precisely what
the Hamlet people did. This Is not to be
approved: but we think persecution and
a general furore quite unworthy or a
~dignifed people"
It is news that such a practice obtains
anywhere, but if there have been such
incidents among the lower classes tina
affords no precedent for the Hamlet cat
ing house. There would be a world of diff
ference between lower classes" permit
ting negroes 10 eat at the same table
AFTER the whites had eaten and a
public hotel turning out the whites 50
that negroes are given place at II
FIRST Z and whites allowed to eat
there afterward or given dinner at a side
table in the writing room. The BERTHE
and Hartford incidents iii the Recorder
is correctly informed) are IN no sense
precisely what the Hamlet people did
The facts show that there is nothing alike
except that both were served in the same
dining room-in the East "the lower
classes ate at the first table; at Hamlet
the negroes ate at the first table.
The Windsor Ledger, the Roanoke
Chowan Times and the Murfreeeboro In
dex might throw some light upon the
statement in the Biblical Recorder, since
the information the editor has received
about their counties Is brought out as Il
precedent for the gross offense offered white
people at Hamlet. It IS possible. that the
editor Of the Biblical Recorder has been
misinformed and he and all of Us would
like to have the papers OF those counties
give fuller particulars.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
WHAT WOMEN MAY DO,

Upon the death OF Capt. c. b. benson.
long secretary Of the State Board Of
Charities, his daughter, Miss Daisy Den
son, who had been his efficient assistant.
was chosen to that important position.
BY request she contributes an article IN
today's paper giving an outline Of the
work in hand. She is deeply interested
in the work and is anxious to interest the
most public-spirited good women of all
the counties IN the Improvement of the
county homes and jails in their respective
counties This IS a mission Of good that
especially appeals to woman. Upon every
county board women should be represent
ed. There has been steady and marked
Improvement IN the condition of our jail.
and homes, but If intelligent women would
visit these institutions in their own coun-
ties and lend their influence to secure
more comfortable and cleaner quarters the
Improvement would be much more mark
ed. They can do this work better than
men and We hope Miss benson will enlist
their active cooperation IN every county
in the State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
TIMELY ADVICE TO HIS RACE.

In this day when many men of both
races lose their judgment when they dis
cuss the race question, it is pleasant to
find a Southern coiored man who gives
good advice to his race There are many
of them who are honestly seeking to
lead their race into paths OF usefulness
and virtue. They deserve and they en-
ioy the confidence and assistance OF all
good men. Such a man Is Prot. John W.
Byrd, principal of the Smithf1eld Pre-
paratory School. In the last issue Of the
Southern Weekly he writes a long article
containing Timely Advice to Colored
People North and South
Prof. Byrd begins his article by regret
ting the british and inhuman crime of
rape, which he says IS ''deplored by the
good, thoughtful and intelligent people of
both races He points out that 1.-The
prime cause of these heinous crimes are:
1st, Ignorance; End, improper training;
3rd, too much freedom" From his long
letter these extracts are made:
Freedom to many negroes means moth
ing but loafng; they think of nothing
that adds beauty, attraction and prOmln-
ence to the race. 1t does not mean sit
| down and rest, but it means an opportu-
nifty to work for yourself, to accumulate
something, to get something, to have
something, and to control something; if
it is nothing but to properly control your
SELF
Until the negro conceives firmly in his
| mind this important truth that freedom
does not mean license to grow worse and
commit crime. to debase and demOraliZe
himself, to debauch and keep himself IN
filth and dirt and in the ditch of degra-
dation; and to loaf, to run from county
to county and from State to State, the
prospects for negro thrift, material prom
inence and race distinction will never be
any brighter than they are today.
when he learns the lesson of self-re-
spect, of decency and all that go to make
him an agreeable citizen, stop committing
| assaults upon and Outraglng helpless
girls and women, lynchings and mob law
will cease in the South, and it will be as
| good a home for the negro, yes, the best,
he can find anywhere.
'HOn the account of race conflict in the
South, the constitutional amendment and
~lynchings, Northern negroes occasionally
hold Indignation meetings, make hot and
infammatory speeches and hurl firebrands
into the camp of the white people of the
South and say they are going to take al
the negroes North. We think this al
foolish and full of insignificance. These
meetings and speeches from these hot
headed fellows accomplish no good for the
negro in the South. They are just heap
ing fuel which may kindle into a flame
and make matters worse. These lynchings
are now going on in both North and
South. The culprit commits his crime, is
sentenced from Judge Lynch's Court and
dealt with after the manner of the sen
tence. And our so-called leading men, We
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
as TO 81 TAX RATE.

The tendency toward extravaganza IN
expenditures Is seen everywhere, not only
in State, county and city government, but
among large corporations and individuals.
The scale Of living has grown until pri-
vate and public incomes rarely suffice for
the demands made upon them.
The great dissatisfaction existing in
Raleigh is due to the total amount OF
tax which property owners have to pay.
though the stress has been placed too
much upon assessment when 1t should
Eave been chiefly placed upon the rate.
Protests against too high assessments n
favoritisn or discrimination cannot be
made too strong, but the evidence il
that taken as a whole Raleigh property
has not been over-valued. For every
piece of property over-valued there are
enc hundred pieces that will bring more
than the tax valuation.
The people OF this city should unite
their every effort TO secure a reduction
OF the city and county tax rate. The
State rate Is comparatively small and
carnot be reduced. The rate III the coun-
ty of Wake and the city of Raleigh can
be and should be reduced exactly to the
fraction of a cent to the rate that
Will raise the same revenue that has
been raised in the past. City and
county expenses ought 10 be kept
down. Now is the time to begin the
rigid economy. If the present rate stands
for one year, 4 pace of increased expendi-
lures will be ~inaugurated from which it
will be hard to slow up. Therefore, as
soon as it is definitely asc~ertained how
much the assessment has been increased,
the rate ought to be correspondingly re
duced. Of course some public officials
may say it cannot be done. 1t can be
done by close economy and should be
done now.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
LEGENDARY UTTERANCES--1868-
1908.

Thirty years ago, when the white people
of North Carolina Indignantly protested
against negro government, an address
to the people of North Carolina" was
prepared by a distinguished Republican
and sent broadcast throughout the State.
1t was signed by the Republican leglsia-
tors and every man who signed 1t signed
his political death warrant. Why? Be
cause in that address the insidious and
incendiary suggestion was made to the
newly enfranchised slaves that II the
white people denied them political power,
YOU HAVE THE TORCH" The man
who wrote that address was never tor
given and it has for thirty years been re
garded as the elimination of political
atrocity.
On Thursday night Of this week, Rev.
]. C. Massee, the new pastor of the Bap-
Of an address, said:
4 think the people Of this country have
a whole lot to answer for the way they
treat the negro race. | believe the time
will come when there Will be an lnsurrec-
ton and blood viii run IN the streets,
and torches put to our homes. l do rot
believe in social equality, far from It.
But the black man should be treated as
Il human being. l don't wonder that they
steal when they are paid such small
salaries. not enough to support a family;
it is grinding that man down, and III he
sight of God one stands condemned who
does it."
MI. $40 ~ - ON N NOR u3th the m
cendiary advice given to the negroes by
the Republicans. You Have the Torch
Both are in the same category.
The motive of Mr.. Massee is far better
than that of the writers of the address, >
and wholly different. He would be great
ly panied to see his prediction fulfilled,
but the logical result of such predictions
is to incite vicious negroes to unreason-
able and impossible demands. When
these are denied, what next? 1t Is here
that Mr.. Massee's prophecy OF blood
| flowing on the street and the like becomes
incendiary.
It is not to be thought for a moment
that the membership of the Tabernacle
| Baptist church will endorse these utter
| ances of Mr.. Massee. In these he utterly
| misunderstands and misrepresents the
ideas and views of the white people OF
| the South. and the damage that he IS
| doing by such utterances as those OF
| Thursday night is impossible to calculate.
Mr.. Massee, if he is sincerely desirous,
as we have no doubt he is. of helping the
negro, is not taking a course that Will
result in any benefit to the members Of
that race. SO far as Raleigh IS concerned
its colored population is the best in the
| world. They will not be Influenced N
| the least by Mr.. Masses unWlse utter
ance. There exists between them and
their white neighbors friendly and kindly
relations. They know that they are
| treated with justice and consideration
| and they will repudiate the suggestion
that they have grievances warranting
| the prophecy of bloodshed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
THE LEASE PROPOSITION NOT AC-
CEPTED,

The Council of State decided yesterday
not to accept the offer made for the lease
Of the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
read. In this action they did what was
WIsest and best.
There are good business men who IA
vored the lease. There arc quite a num-
Der who would love to see the State sell
It's interest in the railroad. But the leas-
ing of property worth s., 500, 900 for a
term of fifty years Is a matter of great
inlportance-too great importance to be
determined without time for full ~investi-
CATION and public discussion. The position
of this paper is that a lease Of such
Importance, covering SO long a period of
time, ought to be submitted to the Cen
eral Assembly, the fresh representatives
OF the people, for action. Therefore, with
out passing upon the merits Of the propo-
siticn, we applaud the refusal of the Gov
eTnor to thus project his administration
fifty years without seeking the approval
OF the legislative branch of government.
No public business ought to be fastened.
Leasing public property Tor half a cen
tury ought to be submitted to the peo-
pies representatives. The folly of leasing
the North Carolina Railroad for ninety
nine years at a rental OF one-half what
could have been obtained, seven years
before the expiration of the old lease, will
be an object lesson for an hundred years
OF the wrong of such action. If that lease
had not hurried through. the State could
now lease the road from Morehead to
Charlotte for at least 5000 900 a year.
If it is wise to lease the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad-and there l.
much to be said in favor of it-let the
matter be submitted to the General As
stmbly, after recommendation by the Gov
ernor and Council of State and the dircc-
tors, to the end that the combined wis
dom OF the State may give consideration
to the proposition. That policy Is the
only safe one for a State to pursue in
matters of great Importance like the one
considered yesterday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
TO DO WITH MIGRANTS,

The Georgia Legislature has passed a
stringent vagrant law. It has been in
operation about one month and the pa
pers report that it has already worked
wonders, driving the idle negroes from the
cities and towns into the cotton fields.
thus supplying needed labor on the farms
and Kidding the towns of idlers. Quite
a number Of arrests have been made.
Seeing that the law is being enforced,
confirmed idlers, men of both races, ac-
customed to live by the labor of their
wives and children, have gone to work to
escape arrest.
North Carolina has a vagrant law, but
it has been permitted to become a dead
letter, because it has never been enforced.
Our law, if enforced, would put Migrants
and tramps to work. 1t is found in vol
ume two of the Code and is as follows:
Sec. 3S2S:: ANY person going about
from place to place begging or subsisting
on charity, shall be a tramp, and punish
ed by imprisonment in the county Jail
not more than SIX months .
Sec. 1884: ANY person who may be
dUle 70 IdDOf ana VINO mas no apparent
means OF subsistence. and n~eglects to ap-
ply himself to some honest occupation for
the support OF himself and his family; or.
If any person shall be found spending his
time III dissipation, or gaming, or Saunt-
ering about without employment, or en-
deavorlng to maintain himself or his
family by any undue or unlawful means.
such person shall be a vagrant and guilty
OF a mlsdemeanOr, and punished by q
fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by i'm
prlsonment not to exceed thirty days;
and the offence shall be cognizable before
a justice Of the peace, who may release
the party on his giving a recognizance.
with or without security for his industri-
Gus and peaceable department for one
year or less from the date thereof, or may
also impose on him, the punishment not
to exceed that above mentioned"
! Sec. 1881 reads as follows: ANY act
Of begging or vagrancy by any person,
unless a we'll known object of charity
shall be evidence that the person com.
mlttIng the same Is a tramp"
: II the officers Of the law Will enforce
the provisions of these three sections
there Will be no room to complain of the
annoyance of Migrants and tramps.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
MR.. WHITAKER "REMINISCENCES

odd men for counsel, young men for
war"
These are piping times of peace when
young men and old men alike are fol
lowing peaceful pursuits. 1t is a time for
recalling the scenes and incidents of
other days-stirring times of which the
average youth of today knows little.
At the request of the editor of the
News and Observer, the oldest living
editor in Raleigh, Rev. R. H. Whitaker,
minister of the gospel, begins a series CT
reminiscences which will appear every
Sunday for some months in the News and
Observer and on Mondays in the Farmer
quested to write a history of Raleigh
Journalism since his first connection with
it, together with sketches of editors and
Incidents that would add to the history
OF journalism at the capitol. His minis
terial duties denied him the time for the
investigation necessary, so he says, for
a complete and accurate history, but he
has consented to do better, to-wit: to
write a series of "reminiscences since Re
came to Raleigh as a boy more than half
a century ago, and particularly to refer
to Raleigh Journalists of the past. His
first letter appears today. 1t is bright,
witty, historical, and written in a style
to make it absorbing interesting.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

There Will be deep and genuine regret
among a large circle of friends at the
death of Mr.. Charles T. Luther, member
OF the House of Representatives from
Montgomery county. He was every inch
IA man-genuine, sterling, sincere, true to
his friends and true to his convictions.
He was a useful legislator and a patriotic
leader IN his county. He was on the
threshold of a successful career in the law
and in politics.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
All For$1.70.

There has never been offered
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The Farmer and Me-
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For particulars, address
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

a rather daring stand ~
September St. Nicholas by r
ardscn Steege when she lrz
and girls to begin making Ill.,.
Robert Browning right az
great Robert Browning, the
thought 10 be above the Aea7
grovnups. except when taaa@.
in clubs The writer Is the
several little ones. 30 her ".
weight:
OF course, no very young
'~appIceiatn or understand .
largcr Tart of Browning
still, he has written many ,".--
enough TO give real pleasure
young folks. 4 glimpse INTO Fl
country is often worth while. "..
can explore only a very l#''-.
It's wonders. 1t seems 10 m,.
you young people might emo
10 read and study the grea'
Browning now. just As yol
musical compositions OF b","
thoven, only taking the eao'e7-
plest of them. BY doing TINS y
after a while. be able to enjoy
subtle poems. just "a IN lh"
later appreciate symphonies
certos that at present are .-0
for you.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

The Washington Gazette Messenger
pays a high tribute to Rev. Nathaniel
Harding and urges his fitness for Coad-
jutor Bishop to be elected at Goldsbcro
on the tenth of October. He Is worthy
of the high tribute paid him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
LITERARY NOTES

Behold
The critic. bold and r..3
VINO SITS is Jl5susr.
The twilight ara the
81 literature
Ant cninfnIy sure.
Informs his age
What puntc! pscs
Is destined 70 tc great
His word j. Fate
And what he writes
Is greater lar
Than all the books
lie writes If are.
His -en
i dipped IN boom
or doom.
And when
He SAYS one book S u.
And that anothers Ist.
That ends il. lie
Is pure lniallhlity
And any book H. judge u.
BE blessed or eu.sel
BY all mankind.
Except the blind
Who NH not soc
The masters modes, mastery
His fiat stands
Against the uplittel hands
or thousands who r-s1tt.t
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

The White House has Its Roosevelt.
Hamlet has its Gresham and Jamison,
and Raleigh has its Parson Massee-
Rhamkatte Rooster.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

The Hobart Company. 1it I.tH.
New York, announce that Ge.
Kings latest novel AN Apache =
viii appear on september
be illustrated by Frederic Eaw.re
Edwin willard peuniug. tn" SAN"
who illustrated Gen. King
Daughter OF the Sioux. Wh..-
the largest sale Of amy book b..
nous author for many years
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

Rev. Lyman Abbott opens the ~
Der Atlantic with an able and -4@
article on Why Women DO not WISH.
Suffrage an attitude which Ar e..
results not from any inferiority % Na
to man, but from her essential a.#...
bodily and mentally. Herbert w
will follows with 4 paper on the s'
Of the Bible in Public Schools.
discusses as pertaining thereto
crcasing and generally acknaH
Biblical ignorance of the u-lns
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

SIR Thomas Ljpton, i'm an art"
September Cosmopolitan oa N 81.
TO Win the Americas Cup draw.
tention to the personal danger ...
the sailing OF the modern racing
In addition to beng a menace
racing machines. he declares, a.e
cally useless. when the races aE.
they are worth only as much as obs" ISL
within them VIII bring.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

we regard THE one Woman
Thomas Dixon, Jr., as a work ".
merit. From a literary stanaloH.
far superior to his "Leopard's ST..
IS intensely interesting through.
story Of love. sin, sorrow and Tata.#
ing in tumultuous rapidIty from '..
chapter to the last. The dangefa ".
ism and evils Of divorce are bros
fore the reader in characters ot .@.-
We venture the prediction that thus
young North C%arohnian wall au
history rs the greatest literary -
his time.-Rockingham Auglo--"E.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

Mr.. Alfred Henry Lewis. wh0.8 b.
knowledge Of inner political -."
York qualities him peculiarly '"H
lions Of the mysteries ot r..
written a novel entitled eth"
which has for its subtitle H
Came To Rule New York
which offers obvious opport1na#".
closures OF the dramatic and u.@
and for answer to the ]pract.a. 81.
provoked by the sudden p~
THE Boss" vii be published '..@
BY a. s. Barnes K 90.
Mr.. Lewis wrote a bIogr-r-
years ago OF Richard Croker.
former Tammany boss 10 the
forwards Lewis fell out with s.
may be that his study ot Cf.E1.
his good and bad side, has 2.
material for a political story
be welcomed on the evc ~
tional campaign.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

The September number Of i.e .
politan Magazine shows the ma.#
new publishers. They did not
METROPOLITAN until way into I.a.
as it usually takes several m"".
get up each issue OF a masah.
great results expected were hardly
for until later in the fall Ha"e..
September number Is a very
one. The entire new dress l-
and much more readable. The
contains no less than ten short
and several illustrated articles. a
continuation of Maurice Hewlett
wrote Forest Lovers "The e
QUAR-" and Howcll's Letters H..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18

living in Harlem. Mrs. Cowen has drop
ped into poetry in attacking him in her
long deposition.
Charles Broadway R0uss was almost
worshipped in the town ~ Winchester.
Va. to which he gave largely. indeed.
the ladies Of the south subscribed funds
for bust OF Rouss. which IL now on the
Mall in Central Park, iestifying To their
gratitude for his philantrophy. On one
occasion Rouss gave the fire company In
Winchester an engine and there was a
poem written about H. the closing lines
being:
And the good he has done shall be our
searchlight
Shining Ger the stormy waters in the
blacklist OF the night.
To this Governor Halliday OF Virginia
added:
II is the heart and not the brain
Which TO the highest doth attain.
Mrs. Cowen quotes these In her dispo-
sition and she goes on TO say that she IS
impelled 10 add these lines;
Better than the heart and brain
Worked C. y. Rouss little game:
He freely used the solid stun
To buy himself newspaper pun
And gave the public lots Of blur
Which on heart and brain Is rather
tough.
And that Is the cpitah Of the woman
who lived with Rouss as his wife FOR
twenty years. according 10 her sworn
statement. and 10 whom he wrote those
ardent love Letters.