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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
WHAT FAITH AND WORK WILL DO.

The news from Charlotte that every
dollar necessary to pay the debt on the
Baptist Female University in this city
has been raised at the Baptist State Con-
vention will carry joy to every friend Of
education, as we'll as to every Baptist in
North Carolina.
The friends of that institution have car
ried a burden heavier than many, even of
the Baptist denomination. have realized.
1t was a great enterprise to undertake
with only a few thousand dollars. Be-
fore the meeting of the convention at
Winston-Salem the debt dragged heavily.
Eloquent speeches by Governor Aycock.
President Vann, and ether educational
leaders aroused enthusiasm to the high
est pitch, and subscriptions for large sums
were made amid a scene or zeal and hope
rarely equalled in the State. The presi-
of these subscriptions. but it has required
much time and wisdom to do so. Under
the wise leadership of President Vann,
there has been quiet canvass under way
to secure enough additional subscriptions
to pay off the debt by the first of the new
year He met with large success and at
the convention reported ten thousand dol
! lars in sight, leaving only $4,000 more ne
cessary to put the institution out Of debt.
1t was raised in a few minutes.
The successful building of this great in
stitution without any very large contri-
buttons from very rich men shows what
faith and works will do. The value and
the needs of the University has been i'm
pressed upon every church in the denom-
ination. Every member has been made
! to feel the burden upon him or her. Those
interest Guickened in the success of the
college. Large attendance has outrun
liberal subscriptions. DR.. vann, president
of the institution, came to the work direct
| from the pastorate, without experience as
| an educator. He possessed the confidence
/ and love of his people. he went among
them in a loving and brave spirit, and has
accomplished a work that cannot be es
teemed too highly. He was born in North
Carolina and demonstrates the wisdom OF
elevating home folks to leadership in
great undertakings.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
HANGING IN EFFTGY DOES NOT
HELP MATTERS.
Chapel Hill News.

Chapel Hill News.
The North Carolina editors were right
in condemning the actions of the Trinity
students, hanging a brother editor in
eff1gy, on account of the strong editorials
on the most disgraceful Bassett incident.
When Trinity College gets rid of her
targets the shooting will cease and not
before
DR.. Kilgo has been (and is YETI target
for Trinity, since his presidency, and now
since DR.. Bassett entertains such ideas
as he does about a negro ''professar, "
you cannot wonder at those students air
ing themselves by hanging in effigy-or
wanting to do so in reality.
There is a large family of editors in
North Carolina, representing her best in
terests at all times. and no set of men
on top of Gods green earth, are more
loyal to her institutions of learning than
the editors of North Carolina. And to
hang one in effigy does not help matters
little BIT
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
COLLEGIATE LAWLESSNESS
Windsor Ledger.

We have no criticism to make of the
trustees of Trinity College in retaining
Prof. Bassett in the institution. We
think he is unfit to teach North Carolina
boys. But with all the facts before them
that body has thought different. The
trustees of Trinity College are as good
men as the State has in it. They are
patriotic christian men and have acted
for what they think right. We hope they
have not committed an error. They put
their action on high ground-the free
thought and free speech. No men can
assail that ground of defense, provided
the facts fit. But it is certainly de-
plored that while the trustees of this
great Christian College were struggling
with this very momentous question, and
while they had decided with great labor
and with great hesitation to retain Prof.
Bassett, certain students of the college
hung in effigy figure in the name OF
one of the States foremost citizens. 1t
will not do to say that this was the work
Of thoughtless boys. It was the work
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LESSON FOR YOUNG MEN.

Nearly every paper in the State has
paid a tribute to the memory of the
late Mr.. John R. Morris, of Goldsboro
who was cut down in the prime Of his
Life. He was q successful drummer. a
good business man, an agreeable compan-
ion, a genial friend, writer of ability.
These characteristics of the dead man
have all been touched upon by his
friends.
There is one lesson that his life teaches
to boys and young men that needs to be
emphasized 1t is the value of wisely
employing time in learning Most boys
who go to work early say they have no
time to read or study, though many of
them devote hours to reading dime novels
and to Improbable conversation. Young
Morris, rs a mere boy, began life as
clerk in his fathers small hotel at Colds.
horo. He went to the depot as porter,
he was chief clerk and bell boy-did any
and everything that came to hand. At
forwards he became clerk in a hardware
store and sold axes and stoves ard plows
Just like hundreds of other North Caro-
lima boys have done and are doing. While
other boys were at school and college
he was attending the university of hard
work. But though he never left the hard
ware business, becoming a leading and
well paid hardware drummer, he was not
satisfied merely to master his own business
He did that, but all his life he was study
ing and improving his mind. As a. boy
ne spent hours listening to the talk of
the smartest men in Goldsboro, asking
them questions and reading the best
books. Though he did not thus learn the
rules of syntax or the double rule or
comic sections. his companionship with
intellectual men, his wide reading. his
contemplation and his power of abstrac.
ton. He would go into town. sell = bill
OF hardware, go TO his hotel and read
Shakespeare and others OF the masters,
IN the evening charm men graduated
from colleges and universities by his bril-
liant conversation, and in his leisure
hours he wrote poems of merit and nrose
that delighted many
How did Mr. Morris learn? Rv i'm
proving his odd moments. Instead of sit
ting about and gossiping with empty
headed and silly boys, he sought the COM
partnership of those from whom he could
learn something Of value and whose con-
versation would stimulate Investigation
and study. Instead of wasting precious
time reading sensational novels and do
grading publications, he read the works
, OF the masters of literature and went
to hear great preachers whenever oppor
tunity permitted. He meditated, as he
travelled from town to town. upon what
he read and the sermons and speeches of
great men. Such employment of his
| time and such contemplation made him
wiser, happier and more useful
More and more the exigencies of bust
ness compel men to travel much. TIE
natural tendency for men whose lives
are spent largely on the road is to read
only the news and light literature and
] to leave little time for study and refec-
ton. The example of Mr.. Morris ought
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13

pable of such conduct. We are sorry that
the Methodist church of the State is so
dominated over by Kilgo that he can force
the retention of a man like Bassett dn
the college belonging peculiarly to that
church. The good Methodist people all
over the State wished Bassett to go, and
would be glad, no doubt, to get rid of
1<ibgo along with him. We cannot think
that the action of the trustees in retain
ing Bassett will meet with the approval
of the Methodist people in the State
Senaor Simmons, as usual, was right.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13

BY mistake the name Of the great Bishop
Of Rhode Island, who is leading in the
fight to end the divorce plague of that
State, was incorrectly printed. His name
is William Nelson McVickar. He was
the most intimate friend of the late Phil
lips Brooks, they were inseparable in the
gatherings of their church, both being as
large in body as in brain and in moral
power.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
THE REPRIMAND DESERVED.

High Point Enterprise.
The action of the students IN hanging
in effigy editor Josephus Daniels, on the
campus Of Trinity College last week was
about as big fool thing as the writing
of the Bassett letter. 1t displayed a lack
of judgment at the time which is mex
cusable even in a lot of young enthusi-
asts. 1t is to be hoped that they know
better by this time.
Editor Daniels position as the head
e lie CT TIE dailles at the Capital OF
course could rot take cognizance of the
incident which we understand was con
fined exclusively to the students. The
reprimand by papers III the State Tor the
foolish act was deserved
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13

The affidavit by the Greensboro South
ern Railway official, to remove damage
case into the Federal court, is going a
"leetle" further than ever before. After
awhile some Federal Judge will be asked
to say that all North Carolinians are rob-
bers. And if the railroad bosses are per-
mitted to name the judges, they'll get
one who will so rule!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
WHITE PEOPLE.
Warren Record.

The conduct of certain students OF
Trinity College in hanging Jcsephus
Daniels in effigy because of the stand he
took in his paper on the Bassett matter,
was an outrage, and if the students were
known they ought to be expelled from
the college; but as it is probable that
the faculty had no previous knowledge of
the contemplated outrage, and are still
ignorant as to the identity of those who
perpetrated it, it would be unfair for the
public to hold them responsible for it.
We, in common with all the friends of
Trinity College, deplore this whole mat
ter, and in conclusion plead, Let us have
peace" But not at the expense of the
white people of North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
A MORNING TONIC.

New York Evening Post)
Some people cannot place their whole
trust in religion because the contribution
box does not give trading stamps.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
Spirit OF the Press.
JUST SUPPOSE YOU KNOW.

Louisburg Times.
Suppose Bassett should write another
article and give it as Ibis opinion" that
in order for Trinity College to become a
great and independent institution Of
learning, it must allow the negro boys of
the State to become students-along with
the other free thinkers?" Would a ma
iority of the Trustees still vote to re-
tain him? He would only be expressing
his freedom of thought you know.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
SHOWING THEIR CONSENT TO THIS
DISGRACEFUL AND OUTRAGEOUS
ACT.
Chatham Record.

Chatham Record.
Thus far we have seen no effort on the
part of Trinity College to detect or pun
ish the perpetrators among the student
body of the lynching in effigy OF the ed
itor of the News and Observer, thus show
ing by their silence that they have given
consent to this disgraceful and outrageous
action Of the students.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13

to inspire his fellow travellers to seek
found in reading and bordering upon the
inspiring thoughts of the greatest men
who have lived
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
WHY NOT HONOR BOTH :?

The magazine issued last month by
some talented Durham ladies, called
Trucks and Fuckers" contained not few
articles showing talent of high order,
and 1T discussed questions OF vital inter
est. One OF the articles that is not with
out point and truth is the following:
OVER-PRAlSE OF NORTH CAROLYN
lANS ABROAD.
We submit that there is a marked ten
dency IN North Carolina today TO Iail
GOWN ana worship the man who has gone
away. Just let one leave the State and
go elsewhere and We md III HIM thou
sand virtues ana intellectual qualities that
We denied MIN at home. Ii he goes 10
Chic or Nebraska and secures a little
Office, he is hailed as the Hon. So and
So or Judge this or that" Isn't this
all wrong? IL finds no warrant even IN
The parable or the Progldal Son. For,
III that allegory, the NEED OF praise was
at least withheld until the prodigal
started back home.
Why, we know North Carolina boys
today who practice medicine as faith
fully and successfully right in Our midst
as any New York physicians. We know
lawyers, who speak as well and manage
cases as adroitly as the apocryphal Phil
adelphia lawyer. We have preachers as
eloquent in North Carolina as those IN
Boston. Our acquaintance embraces col
lege presidents and school teachers,
whose success is greater than that OF
other men, with like opportunities IN any
ether State and yet so long as they re-
main at home. doing their duty in the
midst CT these whom they should serve,
they seem to waste their sweetness or
the desert air. But just let the same
man move away and his praises are
sung from county to county, is this
right? 1t was said Of old that prophet
is not without honor save in his own
land. Tucks and Fuckers rises to move
that we change in this particular.
Let us pay a little more attention to
cultivating our home talent and just a
little less TO cultivatirg our dispersed
friends 4 North Carolina boy has really
begun to feel that the mere fact OF leav-
ing North Carolina, and moving to New
York to practise law or medicine or to
preach is about as much glory as remain
ing at home and being the Governor OF
North Carolina.
This will not do. Let it be understood
that a great North Carolinian is great
at home as well as abroad; indeed let
it be further understood that home talent
is to be recognized to the fullest extent
North Carolina for North Carolinians'
is the motto of ''Tucks and Fuckers"
"Tucks and Fuckers should remember
that this has been reunion year. n
abroad of the sons of this State were
invited to join in a homecoming cele-
bration in Greensboro In preparing tor
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
SHOWS EFFECT OF BASSETS AND
KILGO'S TEACHING.
Eendersonville Hustler.

Hendersonville Hustler.
The burning of Josephus Daniels. in
effigy by the students at Trinity shows
where the Bassett and Kilgo teaching is
tending. Boys had better stay at home
and grow up in ignorance than have the
training at Trinity that makes them ca
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson hasn't
erologized yet, ard farmers are getting
good prices for their cotton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
TRUSTEES FAILED TO SEE

TRUSTEES FAILED TO SEE 1T.
Dunn Banner
Academic freedom may sound fine to
the trustees of Trinity, but it doesn't
alter the opinion of the people at large
that Bassett made an ass of himself and
the trustees failed to see it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13
WILL TAKE YEARS TO RECOVER.
Louisburg Times.

In voting as they did, We believe that
a blow has been stricken Trinity College
from which it will take years to recover
as a Methodist College.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13

DONKEY FILLED THE BILL.
The Harbinger.
That rebus in Sundays News and OBJ
server was poser. The donkey filled the
bill to perfection.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13

This will not do. Let it be understood
that a great North Carolinian is great
at home as well as abroad; indeed lei
it be further understood that home talent
is to be recognized to the fullest extent
North Carolina for North Carolinians'
is the motto of ''Tucks and Fuckers"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-13

power.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-15
BIG BERRY BUSINESS.
Exoress Companies Unload Many
Crates Here Each Day.

People who are at the Frisco depot at
s O'Clock a m, when the Frisco passen-
ger train comes in are astounded at the
number of crates of Strawberries sent 10
Wichita every day from southern Ms
souri, and Arkansas.
There are usually four 10 five hundred
crates and the express employees have 10
DO some active work 10 prevent delaying
the train. The J. d. McEwen Produce
company. Ross Bros, Il J. Arlington
Commission company. the Wichita Pro-
duce company and The Lampl Produce
company and others who handle berries
have their men at the depot 10 assist in
the unloading Some Of these firms Z
berries from several parties and each
order must be kept separate until they
are examined.
The Frisco runs a car for the purpose
Of carrying berries and it is called The
berry car. These large shipments of ber-
ries of course are not all used in this city
Some Of them are sent TO the surround
ing towns by the produce dealers. It viii
be seen from this that Missouri and
Arkansas Is now getting a good deal OF
money for strawberries as they supply
the trade in other sections.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-15
BALL GAME TODAY.
Friends and Emporia viii Play This
Afternoon.


After a weeks rest on account of the
rainy season, the baseball fans Will be
given another chance to get out and
split the air a few. The College of En-
poria viii play the Friends on the Hess
field today at o'clock.
For the next three weeks baseball in
this city will be in full swing if the
rain stays away and will give the boys
chance. The Quakers have tried to
keep in training in spite Of the wet
weather and will show up in almost their
old form. A week more will put them on
their mettle right
The Emporia team have had a little
training on the side and will be apt to
put up a good game. They have played
with a good record so far in the season
and think tht they can give the Quakers
a run for their money if anybody can.
The game will be called at 3 o'clock in
order TO allow the Friends to catch a
train south as they go to Saltwater 10
hold track meet there.
Nelson Will throw for the Friends and
will be i'll his best form, as the rest was
what the boy needed after the stiff work
in The beginning of the season. He has
kept his arm in practice and when he
unlimbers some of those twisters of his
the Emporia boys win begin TO wonder
why it was they didn't practice more
with the willow
The game will be called promptly at
o'clock on the Hess field.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-15
APPOINTED ADMINISTRATIVE.
Mrs. Van Mover to Have Charge Of
Husbands Estate

Mrs. Van Mover was appointed yester-
day by the probate judge as the admin
istratrix with the viii annexed % the es-
tate OF Wm. J. Van Mover. The deceased
in his viii named two brothers who live
in Ohio as executors. but according To
the statutes the executor must live in the
state in which the will IS nled. therefore
the persons named IN the viii could not
qualify.
Miss Della Ritter and Mr.. (. W. Nen
were married at the home OF the bride :
cousin. Mrs. J. A Taylor. sss North law
renSe avenue. at ! o'clock yesterday az
tcrnoon By Rev. Bruce Griffith They
viii be AT home 10 their many friends at
I72s North Emporia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-15
RAILROAD
TELEPHONES
Are Being Installed on This
Division of Rock Island
NEW IN THE WEST
They are lime Savers in Case
of Accident

The Rock Island Railroad company is
installing railroad telephone on the divi-
sion from Harrington to Caldwell. and the
system has just been completed and is
now il full operation. This is quite an
innnosaSioa in railroad circles, as the
railroad telephone is hardly past the ex-
periH.enIsl stage. Some of the roads in
tt e east have been conducting expert
gents with the system for some years
AMI have at last secured appliances which
.sae satisfactory The Rock Island is the
fist western road 20 adept the system.
In each Of the larger offices is installed
telephone with long distance apparatus.
I is not unlike those in common use here.
The small saJions have not been equipped
with the instruments. The wires in this
system are the regular telegraph wires
along the line and by a special arrange
ment the telegraph may De clicking away
and at the same time q man may be
talking with the same Office from which
Themessage is coming. 1t has been this
feature which the eastern roads have
been experimenting with With the ox-
ception Of the Instruments and an ar
rangement for the messages and tele-
Phone TO use the same wire at the same
time the system costs the company but
little
Each train running on the line is being
equipped with a portable telephone. If
an accident occurs on the road. between
two stations. or delay from some cause
or other the trainmen can climb tele-
graph pole. attach their instrument and
talk with any point they wish The com
pany has sent out instructions to their
trainmen as to how the telephone is to be
attached and operated.
Although the system costs some money
the company believes they will get many
times its cost in rapidly of reporting
accidents or condition Of roadbed Il is
possible for the trainment TO give much
fuller particulars concerning the accident
and what is needed to repair the same
than with the telegraph and especially is
this true of train while several miles
between stations. Thus a long walk is
saved and much time
The use of the telephone system viii
not dispense with the telegraph. how (
ever. Train orders and other important !
VIII still be sent with The key /
as the weather often fnterferes with the !
proper working of the telephones. This
system is intended more for emergencies /
than the general run Of business where :
the misunderstanding Of n word or two is
not liable to cause disastrous wreck