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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
King Who Never smiled Again.

zone of the questions asked ut "A re
cent tearhers' examination. says D
college professor. "Was. can you name
the monarch referred 70 IN EnSlisr
history as the king vino never smiled
again?
"The reply of one ~ the fair candi'
dates for license To teach WAS. king
William Rufus after liz was shot III the
forest
History records that the shot was
fatal'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Not an Authority.

"You don't pronounce that word
right" said the stranger, who was do
i'm his first fishing in northern Wis
consin lake. "WebStcr calls ii mus
kcl1nee.
Il never hccrl Of Webster" fierccly
rctortcl the old guide, but I'm willin'
TO bet hc never kc'chcd musky in his
lie. Co., Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
II Waa Different.

II dare say" she remarked acridly,
sitting up in bed when he stumbled In
at 2:3O in the morning, that you have
been sitting up with a sick friend or
attending lodge meeting"
Neither one" he replied. 'Tve been
playing poker and sloughed of
thirty-five good bones. Where's my
nlghtshirtY Y'-Washlngton Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Cont Versus wooden Legs.

There's a poor man at the door. Sir
as two wooden legs. sir, and e says
sir, would you be good enough. sir,
to-
"You 60 back and tell the poor man
with the two wooden legs that he's
blamed lucky. Tell him I've got the
gout In both feet."-BostOn Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

A Maryland Justice Of the peace IN
deciding an action against n railroad
company for killing a COW near road
crossing decided the case In favor oil
the plaintiff for the reason that 1.-THE
defendant had no sign up at the cross
ING"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
strategy.

But we haven't cockroach In the
house." interrupted the woman at the
door.
"Wel. you will have In n few days.
ma'am. They've got them next door TO
YOU. | sold a package Of this prepara-
ton there. and it always drives 'em to
the neighbors. "-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

"Tell me-" pleaded the artless maid.
wherein lies the secret Of the art OF
conversation?
The sage affected the attitude he was
wont to assume when in the act Of inl-
parting wisdom and said:
"My child listen"
Il am listening" brrathlessly she an
swered
"Well. my child" he rejoined, that
Is the art Of conyersing agreeably."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Wonderful Financing.

First Sport-Dickson Is a wonderful
financier.
Second SpOrt-HOw?
First Sport-He borrowed a nickel
from me this morning to take him up
town TO see man that he could bor'
row 81 from. and with that So he blew
off another man that he borrowed 500
frOm.-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
One Enough.

"But what Is your real objection to
polygamy?" insisted the argumentative
one.
"Oh. give us a rest!'' said the other.
Don't you know that man can't
serve two mastersY- Topics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Hint For the Flattcrer.

"She rejected him, then"
"Yes"
"He used to praise her beauty IN
glowing terms. should think that
would have made her fall In love Win
him."
eft made her fall in love with herself
and she hasn't had room for thought
about anybody else"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Inherited.

"And now" said Professor Long
hunter as he greeted Henry Peck.
what shall we make of your little boy
a lecturer? He has n sincere taste
for it,
ii know he has" replied the male
parent. ''IIe inherlts II from his MOTH
-Schoolmaster.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Sorry She Spoke.

Fanny-Tell me candidly. Charlie.
don't you begin TO feel sorry that you
gave up your old life OF freedom?
Charlie-Not n bit of II. | find mar
ricd life so delightful that II anything
were to happen to you I'd get married
again inside Of n month.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
No Disturbances.

Nangle-I hear there was disturb.
ance at tn meetin' last night.
FIummery-Ye heard wrong. thin.
for when MCGOWAN hit tn chairman
In tn eye we threw him out O. tn
windy. an that stopped all trouble.
Oh. no; everything was HARMONIOUS an
quiet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

"Oh, yes, | proposed. but when goi
through she shook her head"
"But surely that didn't discourage
you
"Well. no. not as much as the fact
that her father came along and shook
his st."--Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

"Ynlng Dr. Flcdgcling doesn't scein
ycry certain Of himself"
why. 10. think hc feels Ike
railing n consultation every time ne
has 20 make Il diagnosis "-Brooklyr
Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
A Pair.

"How does Mrs. Henry Peck manage
to keep that cook Of hers"
"She threatened TO leave. but Mrs.
Peck would not give n recommended
ton. and she wouldn't go without one
and they are both stubborn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
SnoiIed His nance.

George-I see nothing for us but to
elope. DO you think your father would
forgive usf
Ethel-I'm sure he would.
George-How can you be suref
Ethel felt N fittlc nervous on that
score and-I asked him.-Pick Me Up.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Internal Economy.

Two years ago Poiander out on
Nuhbin ridge swallowed a grain OF
wheat Last week he was attacked
with tit of coughing and coughed UP
fifty pound sack of flour and 100
pounds of bran. Truth is mighty and
will prevail.-Hartford Day Spring.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Trnsus nj nrOysyyilIe,

I'VE used to miss that accommoda-
tion train every morning"
"what do you do now that they have
taken II offr'
"why. we miss II more than ever
Chicago News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

The way of the transgressor IS soft.
bnt the destination is hard.-School-
master
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
~,t tbc Donkey lie Wanted.

81 see you advertise for donkey"
said the man who looked as If he had
something for sale.
"Oh. yes" said the busy man, stop
ping his work for minute TO look up,
but want one with four legs. ."-Bos-
ton Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
RENPng re.

"That fat man." complained the
scales. simply knocked me all out of
keller"
"Well." rcpli / the candy machine
near by. "now you can lie in weight
for the next one that comes along."-
Philadelphia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Rather Gave Him Away.

Fond Father showing off his or
springs intelligence)-Now, Elsie dear,
what is cat:
ElSie-Dunno.
Fond Fathcr-Well. what's that fun
nv little animal that comes creeping
up the stairs when every ones In bed!
Elsie promptly)-Papa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
Love.

When n man ceases to love he Is lost
Love implies a hope of higher, more
reverend things. Baseness despises
love. FOR love is good and is incompat-
Die with grOssnesS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
More Than Fa miIiar.

"Ts my daughter familiar with the
great composers" asked Mrs. Cumrox
madam" said the music teacher,
with n look Of desperation. "she Is not
merely familiar with them; she Is I'M
pertinent."- Washington Star
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

That's rather a sizable hoss you're
drivin'." said the man from tennessee.
"Yes. he is right smart Of critter,"
replied the man from Georgia. -Chica.
60 Record Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
A had start.

II guess" said the naturally weary
young man. Il was meant to be mil.
lionaire, but started on line where
they don't give transfers. Baltimore
American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19
tnutlous.

"Vhat kind Of weather do you thinS
we are going to lave tomorrow
.The Indications" said the protes-
s'oaal prophet, point to more ram
Int have IA personal opinion on the
srl,,c,, wb,.cvcr." Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

II You have built castles in the ali
your work need not be lost. That Il
where they should be. Now put foun
sations under them.-Thoreau
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

r. r. TIES WANTED.
will pay highest cash price for botk
OAK TIES.
d. 0RABILL.
Woodstock. VI.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

He-I offered to kiss her tears away.
She-Well?
He-She cried worse than ever.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

Mrs. Brown-So you were out again
last night. eh!
Brown--No: | was IN. and I'll give
you $40 for our share - Dctrr't Free
Press
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

No one looks well In his best clothes
who shows 10y his manner that he re-
members that he has them on.-Atchi
son Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

Tho talcn, nf success l. nothing more
,hau dining what you cs;n 10 well with
,u, n thou T.. OF fame l.onSselIow'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1903-06-19

rle w.n ,lry~,rs Ia So lance or tn'
poor viii ~ the eni with bone
to eli; - ...... So n i's.es.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-06
THE wAYNEsvILLE DIsPENsARY

1t is Just one month before the people
of Raleigh will vote on the proposition
to shut up the twenty-four saloons The
preliminary canvass has convinced the op-
The argument is with those who wish to
close UP the saloons and to remove the
temptation of drinking from the youths
of the city.
The oldest dispensary in the State is at
Waynesville, Haywood county. How has
it worked there? A gentleman in Raj
eigh, who wished to know the practical
operations in town that had given it a
good trial, wrote to DR.. j. Howell Way, a
prominent physician of Waynesville, who
is also secretary of the State Medical So
ciety, and asked for his candid opinion as
to the dispensary.
Writing under date of August 30th, DR..
Way makes answer as follows:
81 have received your recent enquiry as
to how the d1spensary works in Waynes-
vile. Briefly speaking, the dispensary in
Waynesville is the oldest in North Caro-
lima, being established by special act of
the Legislature in 1S94-'5, session, and
opened up April 1st, 1895. 1t has contlnu-
ed under the same general management
for eight and half years. We were a
prohibition town with liquors sold in the
drug stores, as I note is the usual case
with dry towns Granted the PROPOSE
ton, that people will have some whiskey,
the dispensary system, honestly Differed
and economically managed, is the best
plan l have yet seen for the curtailment
of the evils of intoxicants. But a dispen-
sary should be kept out of politics-ours
has been absolutely so-it should be man.
aged by a commission of responsible men
of moral standing who can and will con-
troll as far as possible.
But with dispensary, the hours of
closing and opening (and the days, too),
CAN BE ABSOLUTELY CONTROLL-
ED, the power of the saloon is ELIMI-
MATED FROM POLITICS OF YOUR
TOWN AND COUNTY, the profits are
ALL TURNED INTO SOME CHANNEL
FOR THE BETTERING OF THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY. With us one
half goes to our county school fund and
the other half virtually runs the city
graded school-a much better plan we
think that receiving a few hundreds for
two or three licensed bars which would
keep open at all possible hours (and Sun
days., and whose owners would be a
constant menace to the election of any
man to office who was not known to be in
sympathy with their interests, and who
would get the profits from the business
instead of its going to the taxpayers of
the town ana county. 1 think 1 am safe
in saying that if left to vote of our
citizens tomorrow, 10 out of 20 prefer the
present system to open bars or return
to so-called prohibition"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-06
WHAT TO DO WITH MIGRANTS

The Georgia Legislature has passed a
stringent vagrant law. 1t 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 vagrant law, but
lit 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 tramp, and punish
ed. by Imprisonment in the county Jail
mot more than six months
Sec. 1884 "Any person who may be
able to labor and who has no apparent
means of subsistence, and neglects to ap.
ply himself to some honest occupation for
the support of himself and his family; or,
Iif any person shall be found spending his
time in dissipation, or gaming, or saunt-
ering about without employment, or en-
deavoring to maintain himself or his
family by any undue or unlawful means,
such person shall be a vagrant and guilty
of misdemeanor, and punished by a
fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by I'M
prisonment 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 well known object of charity
shall be evidence that the person COM
hitting the same is tramp"
If 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 news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-06
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 III
todays 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 al
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 jails
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 news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-06
AS TO THE 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 it should
have been chiefly placed upon the rate.
Protests against too high assessments and
favoritism or discrimination cannot be
made too strong, but the evidence is
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
State rate is comparatively small and
cannot be reduced. The rate in the coun-
ty of Wake and the city of Raleigh can
be and should be reduced exactly to the
fraction of cent to the rate that
will raise the same revenue that has
been raised in the past City an6
county expenses ought to be KEEP
down. Now is the time to begin the
rigid economy If the present rate stands
for one year. pace of increased expendi-
lures will be inaugurated from which it
will be hard to slow up. Therefore. a:
soon as it is definitely ascertained 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 news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-06

sible. We say, to obviate the effect, re-
move the cause. No disease is durable
until the cause is removed. AS stated
above, as we'll as censuring the people
for illegal action, censure the brute who
allows himself to be the perpetrator of
such hateful crimes, and publish to the
world that you denounce crime and all
nefarious practices.
For the difficulties amove mentioned,
the negroes are advised by their Northern
brethren to leave the South. Lynching
is now about as general in the North as
in the South. We think giving the ne
groes of the South such advice is wholly
detrimental to their general progress.
Surely if the negro has not attained to
that position of social refinement, culture
and high standing which render him in
capable of making assaults upon helpless
and inoffensive girls and women, he would
not be welcome concomitant to the people
of the North. A change from one State
to another does not prepare for citizen
ship,and his condition remaining the same,
surely he would not forget his crimes. He
would still be ignorant of personal self
respect and would be found acting in the
thing to be done with the negro before
he can properly succeed anywhere is to
change his condition, so that he may have
proper ideas of life, and of what it takes
to constitute a man and what life really
is And when these conditions are brought
about the negro will be very acceptable
adjunct to society right here in the
South
''There may be many really hostile to
the negro, but they do not compose the
rank and file of the better class of white
citizens and as long as the negro can
justly satisfy the best elements of the
whites he is safe. We think the negroes
of the South are capable of thinking for
themselves and are better able to adjust
all things for their satisfaction so as to
give justice to themselves and the white
people without the interference of our
Northern brethren"
| The leaders of the negro race who preach
such doctrine to their people will be their
best and truest friends, and will build up
the race in ways of industry and useful
ness. The negro is treated better in the
South 'than anywhere else. He can get
home easier in the South than anywhere
else. He has better opportunities here to
develop the best that is in him than he
has anywhere else. Race prejudice is
found everywhere, but in Raleigh and in
all North Carolina, the negro who is in
dustrious and trying to improve his con-
dition knows that his best friends are his
white neighbors. His worst enemies are
men who counsel him to make demands
that are unreasonable and incite him to
make claims that conditions do not justi-
fly. The Smithfield teacher has given
good advice-the sort of advice that the
so-called leaders, who are much in the
public eye, as well as the rank and file
of the race, stand in sore need of receiving
and improving.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-06
MR.. WHITAKER "REMINISCENCES

''Old men for counsel; young men for
war;
These are piping times of peace when
lowing peaceful pursuits. 1t is 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,
D. D., who is now useful and honored
minister of the gospel, begins series OF
"reminiscences which will appear every
Sunday for some months in the News and
Observer and on Mondays in the Farmer
and Mechanic. Mr. Whitaker was re-
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 series of "reminiscences since he
came to Raleigh as 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 style
to make it absorbing interesting.