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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
BOB-rAIL PREACHERS.

We do not now refer to those preachers
who rattle around i'll the pulpit and are
called "bob-tail" preachers. They are few
IN number, are quarter horses, and usual
ly fall by the wayside. We refer now to
real preachers, thoroughbreds, who have
fallen into the habit of wearing bob-tal
cloth and therefore tend to economy, but
still some of the old fashioned folks prefer
the old fashioned, longtail clerical coat, if
it does cost more money.
The Greenbrier Presbytery of West Vir-
ginia that has been meeting at Lewisburg
has issued the following ultimatum against
the bob-tail coat to which some of the
preachers have been addicted:
Resolved. That it is the solemn and
painful conviction of this Greenbrier Pres
bytery that some of the ministerial breth-
rem are departing from the time honored
custom of the fathers by wearing bob-tail
ed coats, and the presbytery would here
by warn the brethren against conformity
to this costume of the dudes
Resolved, That the offending brethren
be warned of what may happen to them
Resolved, That we respectfully point
them to the vestures of the fathers and
brethren of the presbytery, the Revs. NJ.
Fl. Bttinger, w. T. Price and NJ. L..
Lacy, as having coats becoming in length,
in opposition to conformity to the fash
ions of the present day."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
THE ONLY WAY.

There is only one way to exclude the
gentry who rob people at the fairs, and
that is to license no games of chance The
scoundrels who attend the fairs are as
graceless set of scamps as ever cut a
throat or scuttled a ship. They go to the
officers and obtain license to sell chances
upon ten cent limit AS soon as the
backs of the officers are turned they are
ready for any scheme from simple stealing
to highway robbery. One young man in
Wake county, who was playing the fakir's
game and thought he was winning, lost
fifty dollars. When he had put his money
up. pal of the gambler grabbed it and
disappeared Nobody ought to be given
privileges to sell on the ground unless
they are known and have a permanent
abode. There will be plenty of such if
the thieves are excluded.
As to shows, the only rule is to permit
no show in which women exhibit them
selves. No decent woman will go about
the country with the gang of fakrs who
accompany that one whose dancing dis
gusted respectable people in one show In
Raleigh last week.
There are plenty of honest folks to sell
wares and respectable shows to meet the
legitimate demand at the fairs without
licensing professional thieves and coun-
tenancing disreputabe women. If not
let's go out of business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
A sOUTHERNER WILL BE CHOSEN

The selection by the Peabody Board of
Dr. Green. of Connecticut, as agent of the
Peabody Fund, was a surprise, for it had
generally been supposed that a Southern
man would be chosen The appointment is
merely temporary. DR.. Green has con-
scented to serve only a short time and the
trustees are determined that some prom
inent Southern educator shall be selected
as the successor of DR.. Curry and a COM
mittee composed of Dr. Gilman, Senator
Hoar and Hon. Hoke Smith has been APP
man and present it at the January meet
ing of the board. Indeed, according to the
Atlanta Constitution the man has already
been selected. The Constitution says:
This committee already has considered
the matter, and has practically made its
selection. The members will not divulge
the name of the one selected at present,
but it can be stated that he is one of the
best known educators in the Southern
States and is president either of the lead
ing college of this section or the leading
normal school. This much was stated by
one of the trustees, but he would not
make the announcement more definite just
now
There is no danger now that the Pea
body money will be withdrawn from any
State. Speaking of the future use of the
funds, Hon. Hoke Smith is quoted as say
ing:
81 believe that the Peabody fund will
sbe used in a manner to accomplish more
good in the South than before. The rural
schools will come in for a full share of
help, ana the result will be exceedingly
beneficial
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
FOUR FAIRS THIS WEEK.

Four big fair. in North Carolina are to
be held this weell--the one for the Cape
Fear, Pee Dee and Scotch people at Fay
etteville the one for the people of North
eastern North Carolina and Southeastern
Virginia at Weldon; the one for the dwell
ers in Piedmont North Carolina and the
Scotch Irish population at Charlotte and
the one for the mountain counties and
the sturdy sons of Western North Carolina
at Hendersonville.
Here's luck to every one and regretting
that this scribe cannot attend each.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
A FOOL PREACHER.

The pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist
as 1.-The Presidents pastor when McKin-
ley attended that church. He has been
preaching along pretty well as long as he
confined himself to the Word. but in
recent sermon he Swung loose" on poll
tics and gave incendiary advice, directly
contrary to the sort of admonitions he
finds in the Bible. Last Sunday he dis
cussed the race question and is thus re-
ported:
CDR. Bristol concluded with the state
ment that if any attempt is made to re-
scind the fifteenth amendment to the con-
stitution, the negro will be justified in
taking up a gum
If any fool negro should follow this fool
advice, the resultant shedding of blood
would be on the hands of this fool preach
er. When a preacher goes wrong, he
seems to descend more rapidly than the or
binary man. The preacher who would
give such advice as Mr. Bristol gave talks
without deliberation. He is doubtless a
mild-mannered, peaceful man, and his adj
vice to the negro to take up his gun
was doubtless given without meditation.
Men who tell other folks to take up guns
and shoot ought to be willing also to
take up a gun and do little shooting
with them. Is Rev. Bristol ready to do
that? If not, he ought not to incite others
to murder by his foolish and harmful in
cendiary talk
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25

determined and quick at Republican graft
and Republican plumber wherever Repub-
hcan politicians attempt to ask a vote
of confidence at the hands of the people,
(Applause)
my friends. the collapse and the ruin
which invariably follows attempts at plum
der has overtaken the promoters of bogus
enterprises Their shares have fallen, but
the capitalization remains, which capital
cation is in the shape of bonds, and the
interest on these bonds must be paid.
They can 10 longer raise money by float
ing bogus securities and plundering the
community, because the community won't
buy any chromos that they have to offer,
and there is but one way in which they
can try to repair the waste which they
have created, and that is by striking at
the wages OF labor
Il say, my friends, we find that start
| ing with the vicious example in Washing
ton, Republican graft reaches this munich
pality, where it has perverted even the
notions of right and wrong. This is what
complain OF as the chief injury of the
| system Against this Democrats owe a
sacred duty. 1t is true that Democrats at
least profess hostility and opposition to
1 p1NiiNNh c'AiN w Sidlb" IlcpuDHCanS only
| oppose it when it is small and insight
| ficant.
SCORES MARK HANNA.
Democrats have undertaken to plumber,
but they have always done it bunglingly.
| Republicans are always plundering, and
they are doing it efficiently.
when Democrat undertakes to deal in
graft he goes to Jail or into exile, while a
| Republican CRATER lands in the United
States Senate and becomes candidate for
the Presidency. Tweed divided about six
millions of dollars among his followers
| which he took from the city treasury. and
| he died in a prison cell, an object of uni
| versal infamy.
| But Mark Hanna proposes to take
more than that sum every year from the
Federal Treasury for the benefit of a wa
| terlogged trust, and he is today the idol,
| the leader OF the Republican party. He
would be its standard-bearer next year if
the real disposition of the members found
| expression in the convention. (Applause.)
| Il summon you here and I warn you
that if you do your duty now, if you de-
feat this combination of grafters, passing
as reformers under the mask of which they
| iAopC W NlCOP lIAOO pONCl, lACI yOo wiz
have struck the first blow for the enamel
patton of industry, for the regeneration of
| the country: then you will have opened
before you some opportunity of battling
next year triumphantly and decisively for
| the striking down of the conditions which
threaten our prosperity which darken our
horizon; and this year, 1903, will forever
be memorable in the annals of liberty as
the beginning of the greatest struggle for
human rights that ever was waged on the
American continent or ever won in the
history of mankind. prolonged appaluse)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
Spirit of the Press.
SHELDON IDEA IN JOURNALISM
SUCCESSFUL.

SfiELDON 11lEA in JOOIl-NhAtlO-'t
SUCCESSFUL.
Charity and Children.
More than year ago one OF the greaI
Of London, the Daily News.
adopted in a modified form, what IS
known in this country as the Sheldon
idea of journalism. The principle tea
ture of The policy adopted by that stald
old journal was the exclusion of all re-
ports of betting sports and all liquor adj
yertisements from its columns. The first
effect of the policy was heavy loss, more
than 500 900 worth of advertisements
being withdrawn the first year. Now, L
is stated, the paper is prosperous and its
circulation is growing rapidly. The Of
iectionable matter is excluded on prin
chile and not with view to greater
gain. the proprietor believing that bet
ting on sports and the liquor traffic are
an immoral alliance which is the source
oil great immortality. The success o1 this
experiment proves, once moro, the truth
OF the old axiom. that in the long run
Principle viii win
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25

a New York Medical journal says that
Dowie is the victim of delusion of re-
incarnation" and parallel eases are fourd
in nearly every insane asylum. He is
rather victim of get-rich-quick swindle
that does not stop even at blasplemy to
accomplish his ambition.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25

The Norfolk Landmark pays hand
some compliment to Hon. John H. Smith
and urges that he be placed on the Rivers
and Harbors Committee. There is no man
on the South Atlantic slope SO well quail
fled
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
4 MORNING TONIC.
(Browning.)

(Browning)
II YOU loved only what were worth your
love,
Love were clear gain, and wholly well
for you;
Make the low nature better by your
throes!
Give earth yourself, go up for gain,
gain above.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25

Col. W. c. P. Breckenridge, who 'jincd
the Radicals after his Madeline Pollard
escapade, has returned to the Democracy
That's the worst thing that has happened
to the Democratic party since 1896.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25

'Dowie roasts the press reads the
headline in a great newspaper. But the
press had already roasted Dowie to
turn. The mule blowed first"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
WANTED: A WHIPPING POST.

Washington Messenger.
noticeable fact in marching the dozen
or so prisoners from the Jail TO the court
house, is that they are all young negroes.
and could be better employed in earning
an honest livelihood for themselves. We
can not help thinking what potent fac
tor the whipping post would prove in the
OF petty crimes
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25

But the portion OF Mr.. Cochran's speech
that we wish to emphasize, and that
portion which deserves widest reading. is
tis arraignmcnt of the Republican party
as the party of graft. 1t Is true to the
letter and is an indictment that ought
forever to damn it, In the New York
campaign the chief argument against u
Democratic victory is that when DcYcly
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
PUBLIC SALE OF GRAFT.

This Is the graft of which we complain
and remember it is not graft which is
selzed in secret and divided in the dark
1t Is graft openly held and openly boasted
OF. Shares i'll it are actually sold in the
oren market. Every man who buys q
share of that stock purchases a right
to plumber and tax the American PEG.
pie, purchases a graft at the public ex-
pense. Now think of it? Has ANYTHING
like tins ever before occurred in the his
tory OF the world? Is there any parallel
to 1t IN human experience? Isn't it indie
scrlhable? Isn't it most inconceivable?
why when the Pretorian guards sold tic
imperial dignity In Rome that was sup
posed TO mark the very deepest abase-
ment OF political degradation and yet that
sale occurred only once 1t was a sale
OF the power to tax. But it was sold il
| may use the language of tho auction
room, in one lot and therefore the bid
ders were necessarily few. But our Re-
publican Pretcrians have made then
Roman predecessors look like thirty cents.
II / may use the expression They sell
the right to tax not once but every day
and many times every day. They have
brought it within the reach of everybody,
ii | may still continue to use the language
of the auction room. by disposine of il
in lots TO suit
Nov. think Of 1T. The degree to which
this corruption has pervel ted the public
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-25
SIGNS OF DISTRESS.

1--WE all remember the dsgraceful day
when there seemed to be a market for
everything under the sun except the work
of mans strong arm, when in every
great city, day after day, workmen throng-
cd the highways seeking a market for
their labor, and night by night were
driven back unsuccessful in their search,
driven back to their homes where the
fires of plenty had long since died out,
where the cold air of Winter filtered
through the door. where the spectre that
we call destitution crouched upon the
desoate hearth and hunger with its fangs
pulled at the breast of the mother
Everywhere the conditions of prosperi-
ty existed, but the prosperity itself was
absent. Distress was over the land; de
spar took hold of man, and disturbance
in the streets threatened our peace. What
was the cause of all this? 1t was not, rs
have said, that prominence averted its
face. but it was that the folly of man
perverted its blessings and robbed the
people of benefit of them. (Applause)
To-day the same portentous signs are
visible, but let us hope that the condl-
tons that these signs indicate may be
averted. They can be averted. But the
condition of averting them is vigilance
vigilance prompt and quick; the awaken
ing of this people to conception Of the
conditions which surround them; Il blow
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-07
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the undersigned and Mary Brown have
been duly appointed and qualified by
the 9Th Judicial District Court of the
State of Nevada in and for Humboldt
County as e%xecutrix Of the estate Of
j. r. Brown, late of said county, de-
ceased. All creditors having claims
against said estate are required to file
the same with proper vouchers, at
tached with the Clerk of the Court,
within three months of the first publ
cation of this notice. Dated November
24th, 1902.
ELLEN BROWN,
An Executrix Of said Estate.
n24-1mo
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-07
Interesting Items from all
the Diggings X X

many weeks now, until the Sheba mill
will be in commission and then the
grinding out of money will begin in
earnest.
Rich ore has been encountered in
the Sappho mine, in White Pine
ty.
There is more mining and prospec-
ing going on in the vicinity of Reno
today than at any time in the history
of the town.
Work has been resumed on the
Morris mine of the Giroux-Snedaker
syndicate, neal Ely. The ore being
broken in the bottom of the Giroux
shaft contains copper sulphides.
The Rocco-Homestake Company,
whose mines are at Hamilton, is re-
ported to have opened a large body of
carbonate ore, the best strike ever
made by the company. The ore will
u 36.5 silver and Ills lead. The thir-
teenth dividend of the company has
been paid, the company having paid
$69, 500 in dividends to date.
The Aspen, San Sabe and Black Dia-
mond claims, near Butler, were sold
last week to T. J. Lamoureaux of Oak
land, Cal. The group lies 1 mile north
from the central mines. The 25-foot
shaft on the Aspen is to be enlarged
and a hosting plant put up.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-07

H. Mead, who has been prospecting
between Lone mountain and Silver
Peak, reports locating five claims, one
of which produces high-grade ore. No
work has been done on any of the
claims. The veins are 8 to 4 feet
wide. Preparations are being made
to sack and ship the ore.
At Searchlight the Duplex Mining
Company is making some changes on
it's group of claims. The mill is on
the Searchlight ground. The Ella,
which lies over the hill to the east
of the Searchlight, and between the
Piute and l X l., will be connected
with the mill by rail via the Frac-
ton, from which point a spur will be
run to the New Years Gift. On the
Ella is a suaft and an open cut, which
exposes the lead for 60 feet. On the
New Years Gift a hoist is to be in
stalled and sinking COMMENCED. A cross
cut is started from the 40O-foot level
in the Searchlight towards the Frac-
ton and New Years Gift. In the
mill a centrifugal pump has been con-
nected with the settling tank to raise
the water back to the mill tanks. Man.
ager Swindler has thirty-fve men on
the payroll.
The Ell Dorado Canyon mine. idle
an eastern company that will shortly
for a number Of years, is owned bv
resume work.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-07
Cold Wave

The forecast Of sudden changes in the
weather serves notice that q hoarss
voice and a heavy cough may invade
the sanctity Of health In your homo.
Cautions people have a bottle of One
Minute Cough Cure always at hand.
e. H. Wise. Madison, Ca, writes: 81
am indebted to One Minute Cough Cure
for my present good health and prob
ably my life." 1t cures Coughs. Colds,
LaGrippe, Bronchitis. Pneumonia and
all Throat and Lung Troubles. One
Minute Cough Cure cuts the phlegm.
draws out the Inflammation, heals and
soothes the mucous membranes and
and strengthens the lungs. Brown Bros
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-07

A California mining paper has this
to say: Nevada, that grand old
stamping ground of mushroom mil
lionaires, who plucked enough wealth
from her prolific fields to build man
sions, banks and big hotels in San
Francisco, and palaces in Paris and
London, is again astonishing the en-
tire world by making more millionair-
es and by yielding millions in gold
and silver from a new field which ri
rails the old Comstock lode in the days
of it's pristine splendor. Not only in
Tonopah wnere within the past year
nearly ten millions have been expos
ed, are operations active and Nevada
ed, are operations active, but in every
mining district in the Silver State
are operations active and Nevada will
again take her place among the big
producers, the peer of any Of them"
Secretary Child of the Sheba COM
pany is in receipt of advices from the
camp which indicate that the new
year is being ushered in amid scenes
of the greatest activity, says the Salt
Lake Herald. The machinery with
which to equip the mill is now arriv-
ing on the ground.
The lower or new operating tunnel
on the Sheba is now in a distance Of
800 feet and work there, as we'll as
in other portions of the company's
great empire of ground. is progressing
most satisfactorily. 1t will not be
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-07
Fashion
Restaurant

Fine cooks. Meals at all hours
oysters in any Style. Fresh
oystere In cans always on hand.
Good accommodations for fam
lilies for Sunday dinners.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-07
Dentistry.

DR.. w. S. Porter. dentist. Office on
Bridge street.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-07
Fashion
Saloon
ID. J. HADLHY.

D.J. HADI-HY,
Proprietor.
Wines, liquors, beer and cigars
in the saloon as good as any one
has. Come and try as aud see
&. for yourself.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-17

n,vnlcIpaI IardeFB and plumbers the
people OF an entire state II mercy be
shoWn. I would havo Il extended TO.
those who know not whaS they do Whenl
they violate law.
The Tiehs to bail after conviction
should exist not IS matter OF right
but solely on the doubt thet may en-
list as TO the defendants guilt. A law
should be enacted providing that after
conviction for a felony there shall be
no stay OF execution on appeal unless
Judge OF the Supreme Court, upon
an Inspection of the record, shan de"
termine that there is a reasonabae
doubt OF bis guilt. and probable cause
for the appeal. When the evidence OF
guilt Ia plain and clear and there is no
error In the TRIAL, It is a mockery on
Justice to have a defendant Immediately
upon the verdict Of the Jury being an
nounced, merely sign bond and go his
way as II nothing had happened. There
are times when this looseness OF ju.
dIciaI proceedings breeds a spirit OF
mob violence in the people. Good gov
eminent demands q correction OF this
condition. There Is a statute on the
books now that evidently aimed TO &C
compiish this result, but II has been
rendered nugatory by other statutes
and judicial constructions.
The corrupt legislator traffics in the
honor Of sovereign people The soul
of the state Is its honor, when that is
gone all is lost Corruption costs in
civic honor; 1t costs TN money,
for every dollar paid corrupt
official must come cut Of the pe0-
pie in one way or another above
all, the cost OF corruption Is the In
eYitable decay Of the government
where It is tolerated. and the under
mining of the liberties Of the people.
Civic depravity cannot exist IL the
people make up their minds not to
permit it. There is nothing SO pow
erful as public sentiment. There can
be no stronger organization than the
hearts and consciences of the people.
The corruptionists cGnnot stand before
the sentiment of just, intelligent and
aroused public. Let that opinion hRVe
a free course; let it. be pronounced In
thunder tones; let IT. open the ears OF
the deaf; let it open the eyes Of the
blind and let 1t everywhere be- pro-
claimed what we of this great State
think of the principle Of civic right
eousness and Of that corruption we abb
hor. Let the decree be'announced aud
enforced, that the corruptionists. must
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-09-17
Find Murdered offiesr,s Body.

Richmond, Mo-: Saturday night the
floating body of man was removed
from the Missouri river near Floyd.
The body was CARRIED in police uni
form, wearing star of special police.
The corpse had been in the water sew
eral days. The man was feet tall
and wore a mustache. The one mark
for Identification is the left arm of
above the wrist. The indications point
to murder, as the skull was crushed
in three places. Every document that
might lead to locating his residence
had been removed from his pockets.
The remains were buried within a
hundred feet OF the river