The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-03
''DEY|L" PIED A LINE
Wilson People Want Neither
Wick nor BCykin.
Spears Will Soon be 0usted. Many Of the
Faithful Want 10 Succeed Him. Mr..
John-sing Wants His Reward.

The local man prepared a story for
yesterdays paper in regard to Col.
"Jeems" H. Young's ambition to repre-
sent Uncle Sam as Minister to Liberia
While we make no claims of being gifted
in poetry we had made a little verse to
represent Col "Jeems'" plea to the
President But yesterday when we read
the second edition We said words that
would not look well in poetry for we
found the devil had pied a line in our
pie story" The verse should have read:
Teddy, Teddy, while ON others thou art
smiling,
Do not pass me by;
For that foreign mission l am splitting,
And 1 want my pie.
(Yes, deed l do).
And, again, comes the rumor that the
Lilly Whites" are going to establish, a
morning newspaper at Greensboro It is
now said that the necessary amount has
been subscribed and that the business
manager 1--WE promised our informer not
to give the name) will go North in a few
days to complete the arrangements for.
the press service and to purchase the.
office material.
who has officiated at so many newspaper.
funerals in Raleigh is preparing to take
up his headquarters in the Gate City.
The Secret Ambassador of President.
Roosevelt is said to have completed his
investigation and reported to the Presi-
dent that he finds that the appointment
of neither Wick, the present incumbent,
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Prtchard will be received with any de-
gree of favor by the citizens of Wilson
And man who ought to know says,
Senator Pritchard will ask that Mr.. J.
T. Shape, now clerk in Marshal Dock
ery's office, be appointed to succeed Wick.
Mr.. Sharpe's appointment, so it is said,
would be entirely agreeable to the peo-
pie of Wilson. However, the President may
not look at the matter in this way as
Mr.. Sharp is not patron of the Wilson
office, though he is a resident of Will
son county.
AS soon as Senator Pritchard is dis
charged from the hospital in Washington
it is said that he will at once take up
the matter Of appointing a successor to
Oscar j. Spears, as Assistant District
Attorney for this district. The applicants
for this place are many, among those
mentioned are: ]. A. Giles, of Pittsboro:
F. H. Seawell, of Carthage; Major George
Butler, of Clinton; F. II. Whitaker, of
Halifax county; Will H. Marlborough, of
Louisburg. The names of Claude NJ Ber-
nard and Judge E. w. Timberlal1e have
also been mentioned but they have both
given out statements to the effect that
they would not accept the appointment if
rendered. 1t will be noticed that only
one man in the race, J. A. Giles, of Pitts
boro, has been a member of the Republi-
can party for over six months. Judging
by past appointments this will be used
greatly to Mr.. Giles discomfture-some
new rescruit will be the winner-and they
do say that it will be Mr.. Marlborough. of
Franklin.
A gentleman from Burlington also in
forms us that another new recruit, the
Hon. Norman Hightower ohn-sing, late
Of Warren. but later of Alamance, will
in few weeks pack his grip and go to
Washington to see the "Heep High Chief"
He will take his seat at the counter and
call for pie. He has not yet decided
what kind he wants but if there is any
showed at him--let it be apple, peach or
mince he will pounch down on it, for he
has acquired the same longing that al
ways, sooner of later. comes to the new
recruit and nothing but pie-big pie or
little pie; no difference just so its pie
will satisfy this appetite.
And yet, the world moves round.
"JITNTITS LA NOME"