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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-26
"BEST SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING"
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To the Editor We Raleigh people have
heard something of the modesty OF Green's
boro. 1t has taken the State Conventions
and is now casting covetous eyes at the
Capitol The latest claim is that Greens
boro has the best Sunday School building
on the earth" West Market Street
Methodist Church and the First Baptist
Church, of which DR.. II. w. Battle Is
pastor, have Sunday school apartments lar
above the average. The First Baptist
church has recently improved its Sunday
school rooms very much; but 1T is lett
to our brethren of the First Presbyterian
church to make the above modest claim.
l confess to have been little skeptIcal
about it, even though 1T came from such
good authority as my excellent friend, DIR,
Egbert w. Smith, pastor of the FIRST
Presbyterian church. Perhaps he detected
something of the doubling Thomas Ia
me and SO asked me to come and see for
myself ! went [ saw and was conquer
ed Sunday school experts have come
from various States North and South to
see it and all admit that they have never
seen anything to equal it. The building
when completed will have cost $4,000 90.
The pastor of the church felt the need
of a place in which lectures and enter
tainments of various kinds could be held.
The Sunday school had Outgrown its pres
ent quarters, and he conceived the idea
of erecting a sort of combination build
ing in which the Sunday school could be
conducted and entertainments, in the way
OF lectures be held. The new building
stands on the church lot a little way from
the church, the two being connected by
a corridor The architecture IS so similar
that the two present the appearance OF
twin sisters. In the basement there IS q
large room which can be used as a gym
nasium skating rink, children's play room,
banquet hall, and a dozen otner things.
In the rear Of this room there is a kitch
en- where refreshments can be prepared
Above the basement is the main audi
tcrium In front of that, however, there
is a ladies' parlor. in which missionary
society meetings, receptions, etc, Will be
held. Adjoining that there is a library
and reading room. This will be supplied
with the best papers and magazines, and
will be kept open every day and until
ten O'Clock at night. Passing from the
library we come into the auditorium.
This is semi-circular in shape. Every
thing corverges toward the platform. The
gallery forms a beautiful semi circle in
keeping With the interior. From
this gallery to the floor hangs
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To the Editor: That Mr.. Watson
is student of history can not
be denied. That he is an Impartial
writer of history, however, one after read
ing his article in last Sundays News and
Observer, may well doubt. 1t is simply
a rehash of Herman Husbands own story,
put in better language, and more dramatic
form In other words, it is merely
statement by party to bitter contro-
Sersy, a controversy IN which the strong
passions of human nature were arous-
ed, and, in his own defense. So IN TINS
particular it is not history at all. There Is
no calm, judicial statement OF facts as
they occurred, no impartial summing up,
no definite and distinct determination
upon all the facts. Instead, 1t is a spe
cial plea by an eloquent advocate and par
tlsan for the canonization OF the Regula-
tors.
Again, it is not history, because 1T IS
inaccurate In its statement OF facts, and
many OF these inaccuracies are ldentically
the same as those contained In Husbands
book These inaccuracies | will state N
the order that they appear IN the article
OF Mr.. Watson: 1st. Governor Tryon
put Husbands under arrest and dragged
him to Hillsboro The people rose to his
rescue and set him frae.' Nothing of the
sort occurred. End. he royal officer col
Iected a body of tn ,ers rode so miles
after Husbands, seis him and flung him
into jail" This st nent is misleading.
Husbands and VIM. utter were arrested
at Sandy Creek by sheriff of the coun
ty with the aid of posse of q citizens
of Hillsboro and its environs, and carried
to Hillsboro and placed In jail there
There was no royal officer nor troopers, OF
the posse, and the prisoners were released
on bail on the night of their arrival at
Hillsboro. Nor was an arbitrary or illegal
arrest The warrant was issued upon the
procurement of Tanning by Thomas
Lloyd, upon information that they We're
the instgators of the Hillsboro riot and
rescue of April, 1853. At the trial in
September, 1863, Husbands was acquitted
and Butler convicted.
3rd He" Governor Tryon, at the Sep
TENDER Court, 1868, ordered the Regula-
tors to dispense and demanded hostages
for the appearance of Husbands to stand
trial for riot" Nothing of this sort oc-
Cured As matter of fact. both Hus-
bands and Butler were excepted from all
the negotiations for that period.
4th. Husbands stood his trial and was
acquitted. other Regulators were less
fortunate; they were convicted, imprison-
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heavy curtain, making the seating ca
pacity of the lower floor, when the cur
tain is down, about two hundred and fifty
feet Here the mid-week prayer meetings
are held Behind this curtain there are
sixteen class rooms. These rooms are so
arranged as to directly face the superin
tendent's stand. In front of every room
there is an aperture in the curtain, so
that by simply pulling it aside the whole
can be thrown into the main auditorium.
The unique feature of the building is in
the gallery This part DR.. Smith de-
signed himself. The seats in the gallery
are in tiers rising row above row, so
that those in the rear can see as plainly
as those in front. These tiers are divided
into sections Between these sections run
narrow walk-ways from front to back of
gallery. which lead into class rooms in
rear of the gallery. Once back in these
rooms the classes are cut off and free
from everything that would disturb them.
Each class has its own room, and orna-
nents it as they wish. Each class is a
little society of its own. The teacher is
the president, they have a secretary and
l
general secretary. Of course there is an
electric beH in each room connected with
the superintendent desk, So that he can
touch a button and handle The whole
school at his pleasure. When the school
is opened in the morning, those who oc-
cupy rooms upstairs, take their seats in
the gallery, and at the tapping of the
bell pass back into their respective rooms.
There are twenty eight class rooms IN the
entire building, with a total capacity suf-
ficient for six hundred pupils. In the rear
of each room above and below there is a
large double window, making the ventila-
ton perfect. When the whole IS thrown
into the auditorium, the seating capacity
is fourteen hundred, and every one can
see the speaker with perfect case.
know this is a very poor description OF
this exquisite building, but it may con-
fvey some general idea. Those who are
interested in Sunday school work, and
especially those who may contemplate
building Sunday school apartments. should
go to Greensboro and see this house. DR..
Smith expects to take the best features
of the institutional church, eliminating the
Objectionable ones. and make this build
ing the centre for the moral social and
Intellectual culture of his people.
It should have been stated before that
this is memorial of Rev. J. Henry Smith,
u. d., for forty years pastor of the First
CONTINUED on Page Eleven.)
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ANOTHER VIEW OF REGULATORS

ed and made to pay fines of $250.O0." This,
too, is a misstatement. They Wre con
victed but Governor Tryon Immediately re-
mitted the imprisonment and suspended
the payment of the fines for six months.
And indeed, all the Regulators We're IN
1869 pardoned for all offences committed
before October Bird, 176S.
The acquittal of Husbands was accom-
plished with the aid of two lawyers, and
to them he gave his notes for their fees
They were afterwards compelled to sue
upon these notes. Husbands plead durers
and upon this issue the jury found against
him.
5th ''Col Edmund Tanning was tried
at the same term of the court on six dis
tlnct indictments charging HIM with ex-
tortion. He was found guilty in each case.
He was fined one penny in each
case" The truth is he was found guilty
in only one case. Bill of indictments were
probably sent against him in other cases,
but the court record shows only one case,
one trial and one conviction. On that mo-
tions In arrest OF judgment and Tor new
trial were made and argued and the court
took an advisory upon them until the
next term. Meantime Tanning submitted
the record to the Attorney General OF
England de Gray, and Mr.. John Morgan,
of London, and each gave an opinion sus-
taining his contention. In the subsequent
hurly-burly the case disappeared from the
docket Suffice it to say, if these learned
lawyers were correct, Tanning was wrong
ly convicted.
9th. Orange county, which had elected
Husbands, was cut into three counties. ,"
This, too, in the connection III which 1T Is
stated, Is misleading Wake, Chatham and
Guilford were erected at that session OF
the Assembly, first, because conditions de-
manded their rection; second, because the
Regulators desired it. There was no idea
of getting rid of Husbands in It, They
had already gotten rid of him because;
1st, he was a leader of the Regulators;
End, he had published a libel on Maurice
Moore; 3rd, he had lied to a committee or
the House about this libel; 4th, he had
threatened that if he should be imprison-
ed. an army would come to his rescue.
18th. Gathering a large force, Governor
Tryon marched into Orange county and
the Regulators with their families fed
in terror Their crops were destroyed,
their homes burned and they themselves
declared outlaws. The bolder spirits fin
ally mustered at Great Alamance Creek
to await the Governors little army, etc"
AS a matter of fact nothing of this sort
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docket, 81, with Tanning IN 10, and the
Trial dockets, So; with Tanning III 80.
Ana besides the March and September Su-
perior Courts, there were four county
courts, in each year. In the latter, Fan
ning's practice was enormous, and no
doubt very lucrative. Much more might
be said, but it would be tedious to pursue
the subject further.
The true history of the Regulator
troubles can not be written by one who
views them from the standpoint of the
Regulators only. There are two sides to
every controversy, and the bitterer 1T is,
the less reliable are the statements of
those who actually participate in it. Many
OF the Regulator leaders were men OF de-
cded natural ability, but all of them were
full of ignorances and prejudices. Their
followers had little education, "a great
many of them none), were desperately un-
safe when wrought upon by the appeals
of the artful agitator; the restraints of
the law sat lightly upon most OF them
and they were chockfull of that spirit
that makes the white man hate with saw
age hatred any real or imagined oppress-
and always ready to expend life and health
and property IN resistance of IT.
This is the spirit that makes the race
to which they belong dominant; the spirit
that made the commonwealth a possibility
and then a power; James III fugitive
and William and Mary, King and Queen;
that fired up the New World with those
flying from the injustices and expressions
Of the Old, and finally that made the Wan
OF the Revolution, a fact and then sue
cess But to say therefore that the
Regulators were the first heroes and mar
tyrs of that war, is to confuse the facts
OF history, to mistake an organized mob,
counting death and destruction by their
Iawless and unjustifable deeds. for q
great people in the first throes Of war
for political independence. Independence
was not their aim but a reform IN the
civil service of the province and the
means used were a refusal to pay taxes.
resistance to the officer, personal chas-
tisement of those who had offended them
and finally a staying of the courts-whol-
ly unjustifable means In a representative
government. History does not adjudge an
act right simply from the spirit that in
spires it; else it would say that John
Brown striking to free the shackled slave
was hero and a martyr, and that Henry
Berry Lowry, and his gang, firxst organ
ICED to resist enforced labor at Fort Fisher
were also heroes and martyrs. 1t goes
further and considers whether the object
of any particular movement. and the
means used to attain it, are justified by
existing conditions. Judged by these rules
the Regulators must be condemned. Their
grievances were real. such as ought to
have been removed, but they were immens-
Continued on Page Eleven)
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happened until after the battle OF Ala
nance, and even then the fields and farms
of the leading Regulators only were land
waste.
Sth. "And when Edmund Tanning, a
royalist carpet Dagger, came down ad-
venturously into their State became the
Governors pet, ran the fee for marriage
license up to SIS and charged one dol
lar for attesting a deed officially, growing
rapidly rich upon a system of plumber, of
which these two instances are but ex
amples, the people of North Carolina felt
the situation to be intolerable." The truth
is Tanning had nothing to do with marri-
age licenses, nothing to do with attesting
deeds. His office and the only office he
held in the county was that of Register to
record deeds Marriage bonds were exc
cuted before the clerk, then Francis Nash,
and the license was issued by the Govern
or. the fees for which were 20 shillings
currency. about $3.50 Very few of these
licenses were granted. Governor Tryon
reports only one for the year 1862 and q
copy of that one may be found in DR..
Vass' History of the New Bern Presby
terrain Church, at page 80. The people
were married by banns, or by dissenting
ministers without civil authority or by
a simple consent union It may be well
to mention here that the principal com
plant against Francis Nash was on ac-
count of excessive costs in court cases.
Governor Tryon states that he was con
victed of extortion at the same time that
Tanning was, September, 1868 But there
is no such record in the court proceedings.
There is bond for his appearance at the
next ensuing term, March, 1869 At that
term five or six indictments were sent
against him but the grand jury ignored
them in each instance. Husbands says
because it was packed. However this
may be, the general belief that Tanning
grew rapidly rich from the excessive fees
of his office, is absolutely without foun-
dation have taken the trouble to count
the deeds probated from the time that he
qualified, March, 1853, until and through
October 1853, and they were by actual
count 1886 1t appeared in the triel of
his case at September term, 1858, that he
charged 6 shillings for each deed, the
prosecution claiming that he was entitled
to only 2 shillings pence. The total re-
ceived then by him for 512 years work
was II $50 shillings, or 9564 less than
6 200, $4,000 per annum, and out of this
his deputy who did all the work, must be
paid. The truth is that he became rich
from his income as lawyer, which was
for the time very large. Take the Sep
tcmber, 1863, term of the Superior Court.
for instance. On the appearance docket,
where the attorney for the plaintiff only,
with few exceptions. is entered. there Were
81 cases. in SO of which Tanning was
marked as attorney; on the Reference
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-20
TOOK AN INVOLUNTARY BATH.
Pere Marquette Trainmaster Mistook Lime
Water for SNOW with Damaging Re
suits to His Wearing Apparel

o. J. Gallaher, trainmaster OF the
Grand Rapids division of the Pere Mar
quette, was in Alma last Saturday in
specting the tracks Of the company at
the sugar factory and the Alma Manu-
featuring Co.'S plant, and while here
had an experience that will cause him
90 remember his visit for some time,
and also that all is not snow that is
white.
In company with Freight Agent Don
aid, Mr.. Gallaher was walking along
the track near the sugar factory when
he stepped 80 one side onto what he
supposed was a small patch OF snow. the
ground being covered in some places
with the beautiful that had fallen dur.
ing the night previous. Instead Of snow
however, it proved TO be lime water
from the sugar factory and as there was
a deep ditch full of the stuff at the side
OF the track, the trainmaster found him
self standing up TO the waist In the
milky white fluid. The first freight
train bound for Grand Rapids carried
out Of town very Disguised railroad
official standing by the side Of the stow,
while the lower portion Of his wearing
apparel was hanging up to dry.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-20
WELL SATISFIED WITH RETURNS
Arcadia Farmer Who Believes There Is
Money i'm Raising Sugar Beets.

There is one man in Arcadia township
who Is convinced that there is money to
be made in raising sugar beets. There
are, undoubtedly number Of others who
are of the same opinion, but in this case
our personal attention has been called to
the fact.
II. A. Ely planted 10 acres of land to
beets last spring and has hired all the
work needed to properly cultivate, thin,
weed and harvest, besides delivering TO
the factory, and he figures that he will
be to the good on the crop about 5000.
What crop is there that the Michigan
farmer can do better on? Although the
season has not been all that could be de
sired, yet an increase in tonnage is sho wn
over last year on the same land. Mr..
Ely's beets will average l6 tons to the
acre and the per cent. of sugar test is
l4l%. On Monday he received his first
check from the Alma Sugar 90. and
found that il was $50 81 with 40 tons OF
beets yet TO deliver
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-20
COLLEGE NOTES.

The Y. M. q. A is this week holding
special prayer services at 6 80 in the
morning.
Messrs. Schenck and Adams and Miss
Gilbert entertained friends the first Of
the week.
The freshmen appeared this week in
CANDY red caps with the inscription
'07 Oh them.
The college team last the final game
of the season to Olivet College last Sat
urday by score OF IL o.
During the past week several valuable
books have been added to the Plum
M ltchell library Of political science.
The lights of both dormitories we're
of for two hours on Tuesday night and
there were an unusual number Of fiunks
on Wednesday.
The football season is now closed and
apparently just in time as the cold
weather would make practice on Davis
field almost an impossibility.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-20
. Churches and Societies

At the First Church OF Christ, Scient-
list, the subject for Sunday, Nov. %,
will be, "Ancient and Modern NEGRO.
NANCY; or, Mesmerism and Hypnotism. y"
The subject of the morning sermon at
the Presbyterian church will be, "The
Value Of Vision" The evening subject
will be, "Lifes Bargain Counter All
are welcome.
Services at st. Johns church on Sun
day at the usual time hours. Morning,
1890, subject OF sermon, THE Last Ser
mon in the Old Testament" Evening
1880, subject, Remember now Thy
Creator" Sunday school at l2 100
All are welcome.
"Alms's Calamity; the Saloon" will
be the Sunday evening subject at the
Baptist church. The morning subject,
Thanksgiving. Cottage prayer meet
ing on Tuesday evening and the regular
prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
The class in sacred literature follows
the regular prayer meeting. All are
welcome.
The first quarterly meeting of the
Methodist Episcopal church viii be held
next Sunday. Love feast at 9 80 a. IN.
DR.. Lewis DeL2marter will preach the
morning sermon. Quarterly conference
will be held Saturday evening. Sunday
evening the pastor will preach from the
subject, Half Baked People"
The Woman's Club will meet at the
home of Mrs A. j. Hall on Monday
next.
Special meeting of Alma Lodge No.
244 + e. A NJ tonight. Work in sec.
ond degree.
The Bay View club will meet at the
home Of Mrs Mills on Monday evening,
November 23rd
The ladies of St Johns church are
preparing for bazaar to be held in the
opera house, ON Dec. 18th
The New Century Club will hold les
next regular meeting with Mrs. Wilcox
November 25th, at o. clock, local time
The Ladies Guild OF st John,
church will hold their seventeenth an
nual bazaar in the opera house on Fri
day the 18th OF December.
Union Thanksgiving service Will b'
held on Thursday morning at 10:3(
local time in the Baptist church. Rev
w. X. Spencer, ID. D., OF the Presby
terrain church, will deliver the sermon
were entertained by the members OF tn
Twentieth Century Club at the home o
Mrs. Edward Hannah on Wednesday af
ternoon OF this week. Refreshment
were served.
Meetings are still in progress at tn
Seventh Day Adventist church. Sut
ject for Friday evening. 1.-THE Duty tina
Man owes TO His Maker" Saturda
evening, Relations OF Law to the Cos
pei" Sunday evening. 1.-THE Sabbat
Question" All are welcome.
Elder G.. w. Cline, Of Alma, wi
close his ministry for the Church c
Christ at Ooe, Isabella county, next Sur
day, 10:30 a. m, farewell discours,
Cor. 10 al; p. M, "Our Distinctiv
, Plea: LIST. What is Our Aim as RI
: ligious People? End, What Necessity
Laid upon us to Prosecute the Aim
3rd, Why in the Prosecution Of IL, al
We Compelled to remain q Separate
Religious People?" All are cordial
! invited to hear these sermons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-20
TWO DEATHS FROM OLD AGE.
MRS. JULIA A. SMITH.

Mrs. Julia A Smith died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Bart. Miller, in
this village on Saturday last of heart
trouble brought on by old age, the de-
ceased being 70 years old. She came to
Alma from Grand Rapids, where she
made her home with another daughter,
last August, TO visit her daughter here.
but had not been in very good health
since and during the last few weeks IL
was known that the end was near. She
leaves four children, Mrs Bart. Miller
Of this place, Mrs L w. Teevin. Henry
B Smith, Of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. G..
B. Scallinger, OF Big Rapids The re.
mains were taken to Big Rapids Monday
where the funeral was held and inter.
ment made
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-20
SCHOOL NOTES.

Mrs. Morrison visited school last week
Gretta Bagley visited school Monday
Celia Creaser Is new student in the
sixth grade.
Clyde Creaser Is a new pupil in the
fourth grade.
The English class are studying 1.-THE
Merchant of Venice.
Prof. j. w. Ewing favored our high
school with a visit last Friday forenoon
Miss Smith. formerly teacher Of music
in the Alma schools, visited school Fri
day.
Prin. Sinner witnessed the Michigan
Wisconsin game at Ann Arbor last Sat
urday.
Roy Lockwood has left school until
Christmas, and Miss Effie Boyer has
been appointed in his place
The sixth grade have organized lit
erary society called the Sunny Home
Club" with the following officers
President, Lola Sipe; secretary. Ruth
Cook treasurer. Bertha McLaren ser
geant alarms. Willie Club.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-20
mrs. GEORGE L. spIcER.

AT the home OF her son, Ohas. Spicer,
on Thursday afternoon OF last week,
Mrs. George l.. Spicer passed from this
earthly life in her 18th year, heart fail
ure, brought on by advanced old age the
cause. The funeral was held at the resi-
dence on Saturday and interment made
in Riverside cemetery. She was the
mother OF three children two OF whom
died few years ago. leaving her only
son, Ohas to survive her. She came to
Alma in 1867 where she resided up to the
time OF her death.