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Evening journal., 1903-07-01
Wednesday. July 1, 1908.
MR.. MAYOR. coop MORNING.

Good morning, Mr.. Mayor. We rise
on this auspicious occasion to extena
the glad hand. and to drain goblet
TO your health and the success OF your
administration. We wish we might
congratulate you on your election as the
result Of a majority vote, but as this is
the occasion of rejoicing we will not
be nasty by referring to that again.
why don't you so in and make rec
ord for yourself? You can do il. and
TO be frank about the matter. we
shouldn't be surprised il it turned out
that way. You have hardly gotten ac-
customed TO the seat OF your new robes
nor comfortably settNd on your throne
ere you extend the scepter and in COM
manding tones say: Peter come here"
and Peter comes and kneels. Then you
cry. Rise up. Sir Peter Ford, Water
Commissioned" And the first man to be
ennobled goes forth from your pres
ence.
II is well done. Sir Peter win set
more OF hustle on that Water Com
mission than people ever dreamt Of.
During every moment OF his term there
win be something doing, and ii viii
keep the editors hands full TO prevent
the attendance Of his whole stan at
each meeting. Why the new commits
sioner viii be able 60 smite any rock
along the Brandywine TO have a stream
OF filtered water gush FORTH
We wish the Lord Mayor all success,
and we trust that he viii so crown his
administration with honor that there
will be the same quiet when he goes
tout as when he came in-but we hope &
will be the quiet of regret.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
EDITORIAL OPINION
Enforce the Law.

From Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
The only safety TO a state or a COM
munity lies In Just and fearless en-
forcement of law. Give criminals am
inch and they will take a foot. Permit
a minor law 20 be violated and IL will
lead to the violation of greater ones.
Wink at the law against gambling. and
IL will encourage the crlminally dis
posed TO do something worse; close the
eyes TO the Illicit Sunday saloon and
those who may mediate larceny may
conclude that the officials are indiffer-
ent genrally. Steal an election and
men conclude that they may steal
other things, without committing a
greater crime. Stick to the law. En-
force II and punish offenders without
regard to their wealth or social posi-
tion. Render law-breaking unpopular
and law-breakers of every sort infam-
GUS. When this Is done. there viii be
no such demonstrations as we have
witnessed in Breathlit county. and no
more violations that bring terror TO
communities and disgrace TO States
and cities.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
Destiny of the Negro.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Clark Howell, editor Of the Atlanta Con-
stitution, in response ITO a request from a
Chicago manufacturer asking MIR. Howelrs
aid in manning a Northern factory with
negroes, says that having something more
than a monetary regard for the colored
people OF the South he would hesitate long
before advising them 90 go North for work
at this tise. Reference. Is made to the in
hospitality OF the skilled trades to negro
labor In Northern cities, and to other
considerations which should deter the
negro from leaving the South.
IL IS the opinion of many ahoughtful
Northern men that the destiny of the
negro must be worked out in the South.
II Is his natural habitat. His progress
industrially may be slow there. but 1T
Will be slower I'm the North, owing to the
competition of cheap foreign labor, If for
no other reason. The vast majority Of the
hundreds Of thousands of immigrants now
entering the country remain in the North
mainly In the larger cities. Southern ne
groes hasten TO these cities with an e,cag-
gerated impression or notion respecting
the opportunities awaiting them. Very
many OF them are doomed to disappoint-
menf Numbers come North for no better
purpose than to recruit the criminal
classes. There can be no hospitality for
crime anywhere.
No statute can prevent the migration OF
the inhabitants of the country from one
State to another. The negro possesses this
right but II is open TO question whether
1t is eNpedlent for him to seek his fortunes
"a. a..
ington has well said industry Is the ne
gro's real emancipation. This emancipa-
tion must be first attained i'm the South,
where the climatic environment is suited
to the race. Laws enacted by nature as
sign the southern portion Of the country
as .he most congenial home for the negro.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01


The tax rates were fixed i'm the
adoption of the following resolutions;
Resolved, That the sum of So cents
per one hundred dollars be levied as
the tax rate for county purposes and
the sum Of 10 cents per hundred dollars
be levied for poor purposes for the year
1903.
Resolved, That the sum of 80 cents
per hundred dollars be ordered to be
levied upon the real estate and per-
sonal assessment of colored people for
school purposes in the several hum
dreds of New Castle county for the
year A. d. 1903"
AS compared with the old fiscal year
the new appropriations show these
changes:
The item for funding floating debt
No. ?, $4,000. is new.
The trustees of the poor receive
S31 900 instead of $4,000 for the
county hospital and a new item of So
900 for the pest house. Public roads
get $4,000 instead of $4,000, and good
roads, under the new law. $1,000.
Interest on bonds drops from 5000
to $4,000.
The item for public buildings, for
which $4,000 was appropriated last
year. is cut out. as the county has
about $1,000 to the credit of this ac-
count from previous years.
The two Wilmington districts get
S17 900 instead of $4,000; the Third
district s2,5OO instead of $4,000; the
Fourth, $4,000 instead of $4,000; the
Fifth $4,000 instead Of $4,000; the
Sixth, $4,000 instead of $4,000; the Sew
enth. $500 instead of $4,000.
The allowances to assessors is
pared from $4,000 to $1,000. and to cor
oner and physicians is raised from ST.
500 to $4,000.
Magistrates and constables are cred
tied with $4,000 instead of $4,000;
printing and stationery, $4,000 instead
of $4,000; court expenses, 100000 in
stead of s25.OOO Ferris Industrial
School, $500 instead of S7,400.
A new item is that of mill dams, S3,
600.
The unappropriated funds are ST.
511.91, as against s21, ,17S last year, and
the grand total is $313,211.92, as
against 1881 ,473.42 last year.
Chairman Hopkins. of the Finance
Committee. said:
"The county finances are in a splen-
did condition. Improvements on al
county property are up to date.
There are practically no unpaid
bills, and we close the year with bal
ance of approximately 100000. The
tax rate has again been lowered, viii
prospects of another reduction in an
other year. AS real estate value !.
increasing, the assessment a yeal
hence will probably show a million in
crease. and then We may be able t
make a further decrease in the rate
We want to get down to 60 cents. Their
is one thing we would like to empha
size. namely, that appropriations hav
been made this year to the amount o
$4,000 which have never been calleI
for I'm the past. They are good roads
$4,000; mill dams. $4,000; increase il
salaries. about S3,50O; the stone crush
er for the workhouse. $4,000, and Othe
smaller appropriations. In the face o
that we have been able to reduce tn
tax rate"
Evening journal., 1903-07-01

civilization. The colorcd race is al
most fresh from the African forests.
The colorcd man against his viii was
brought to America to become a
bearer. Only the other day he
was a slave. denied the advantages Of
education and OF mental uplifting such
as the white man enjoyed He is not
emancipated yet Before him are CEN
turtles Of struggle. During that time
the peace and concord OF the whole
people depend upon the conduct Of the
better element OF both whites and
blacks. The white man cannot be kind
to himself unless he is kind and just
to that race which must still have n
part in the cares and concerns Of all.
We have been kind to the colored
man in many ways, but in others We
have not. We think Of his education
and we help him TO build churches. and
then we allow the political adventurer
to undermine his manhood, and assail
his integrity by Offering him bribes. We
place on our statute books laws intend
ed to make these transactions possible;
and an Of this is the greatest crime
against the negro race. There are men
who delight in influencing the colored
man TO sell his vote. who are the first
TO join in any demonstration against
his race on the slightest provocation.
There would be no negro Iproblem II
a majority Of both races were always
just and had they that Christian charity
which Tom. Hood declared was the
rarest thing under the sun.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

rhe Louisville and Nashville tram to
Maysville was held at Lexington, Ky, one
day while a passenger who got into a fight
on the train was arrested. taken to the
station house, tried, fined, paid the fine,
and was allowed to catch the train, which
had waited ten minutes.
A few weeks ago at book auction held
in London scotchman paid the sum OF
S.25 for a copy OF the first edition OF
Defoe's Robinson Crusoe," published in
London in the year 17l0.
Holmes Conrad, who is TO act with
Charles J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, as
special attorneys for the Government in
the IcstOfiice prosecutions, is a native Of
Virginia and one Of the ablest lawyers Of
that State. His home Is in Winchester,
although az present he has offices in Bal
timore. returning to his family in Win
chester every Friday to spend Sunday in
the historic old Conrad mansion.
DR.. LeBaron r. Briggs, Dean of the
Faculty of Arts and Science of Harvard
University. Who has been chosen President
of Radcliffe College for Women, succeed
ing Mrs. Louise Agassiz who resigned re-
Gently, is the man characterized by Presi-
dent Eliot, of Harvard. as patient. tender
discerning, candid, just and cheering, be.
cause convinced of the overwhelming pre-
ponderance Of good I'm the student world.
The Rev. Charles +. Grimm, for nifty
five years a preacher in the Methods
Episcopal Church. New York city, dice
on Wednesday morning.
The Rev. Morgan A. Peters, a brother o
the Rev. Madison c. Peters, has Resigned
his charge in POttsville and will go u
Philadelphia to begin mission work for tn
Reformed Church IN that city, havini
charge Of the church at Twenty-hrst an
! Tasker streets.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01

Alfred Belts retires from the Water
Commission with the respect and es-
TEEN OF all citizens Of Wilmington. He
represents the highest traditions OF the
board. No man ever expected from
him anything but honesty and eff
cheney, and no man has been disap-
pointed. Should the new member OF
the board prove as competent as Mr..
Belts. Wilmington viii have cause for
conzratulation.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
Lynchina is Anarehxl
ne Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Anarchy is the rejection of government.
Il does not consist only OF the raving of
the ied-mouthed professors Of the cult.
or plotting against kinds and presidents.
or in the actual killing of the head OF the
State. All that is necessary to produce
anarchy is for any number Of persons 10
conspire to overthrow the law, or ignore
dt by their conduct Sovereignty in this
country does not inhere in persons. but
in the codes and statutes enacted by the
people.
IL was anarchy In Georgia when the
mob at Newton, in Baker county, on
Thursday night raided the Jail and lynch
ed three murderers safely imprisoned and
awaiting trial before a lawful and reliable
court and jury. While it is true that there
appears little II any doubt OF their guilt.
that fact alone should have inspired good
citizens to await with patience and conf
dence the outcome OF a lawful trial.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
CALVIN AUSTIN HAS TRIAL
Big Steamship Tested for Speed in
Delaware River This Morning.

The large steamer Calvin Austin left
the cock of her builders, the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Company for her official
trial trip on the Delaware river this morn
ing, before leaving for Boston late this
afternOOn.
The boat eft the dock at $50 this morn
Ing and about thirty-five persons who had
received invitations went out to the boat
in the steamer Ulrica.
superintendent Lockhart, Of the local
plant, was In charge of the boat and the
trials. which took place off New Castle,
were successful. Those who were ON the
boat during the trials were brought back
to he city.
Last night the electric lighting appart-
uses were tested. Many people visited the
steamer and the search light playing
through the sky led many 10 believe a
war ship was in the Christiana.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
WHITE AND coLoREp.

We are pleased to print below let
ter from one OF our colored preachers,
which contains so much sense and truth
that it is worthy Of the perusal Of all
classes of citizens:
To the Editor OF the Evening journal.
wish to commend you for your eX-
crcise OF excellent judgment which was
so very evident in the editorials of the
Evening Journal during the week OF
our disturbed and confused community.
For several years l have been pa
tron Of the Journal, and must confess
that I have never seen it lack moral
courage nor fail to furnish 5udicious
and wise sentiment TO its readers, es-
pecially when the occasion warranted
or demanded il. Truly It is through
the almost suDerhuman efforts of the
press that the pulse Of our city has
again become normal.
II is to be regretted that so many
of our ministers apparently delighted
10 add fuel TO the smouldering embers.
which otherwise would have been short
lived II is extreme folly for the citi-
zens of this city TO fly at each other
with murderous intentions on the ac-
count OF the disposal Of a desperate
brute.
Let the parents white and black
give their children some attention for
few days and all viii be well. Let
all preachers stop slandering and
preach the gospel OF Christ.
]. with all other men of sense, agree
that the self-respecting white man Is
the negro's benefactor Down on the
farm. when the negro during the win
ter is cold and hungry. the whit,
farmer helos him.
All negroes are not alike, and III,
better class do not want the
better class OF white men for one mo-
ment TO think that they uphold thu
raoist
There are some colored people in thi
city who are a credit to it. law-abid
ing, self-respecting people, none O
whom viii be a Tracy" or a claw unit
himself" Not any Of them believes IN
white man 10 be a heather" demon,
imp" or monster incarnate." TIL
epithcts may be applied TO a part of a
races Of men, but TO apply them gen
orally Is absurd.
The negro of America will live n
where without the white man is theI
also. He needs the help of higher civil
zation. which is found in the white
and, though they quarrel occasionall
there never was quarrel so cuicli
made ~.
Meanwhile the Lord, God omnipotel
reigneth.
The Rev. :. Albert sterrett
O1r correspondent realizes that Il
two races must live together. and In
IL is for the welfare Of all that the be
relations should be sustained. /
makes it clear that in common with
the respectable element Of his race,
wishes nay demands swift and certa
punishment for all who violate I
laws. and though there has been vi
lence, he still regards the decent VII
man as the colored mans benefact
This must be true frors the necessit
Of ise case. The white is the domin,
race. back OF it are many centuries
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
The oId.rims Rslinion.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
The old-time religion that DR.. Torrey
breaches is the religion Of st. Paul. and
the other apostles, of St. Augustine. Mel
ancthon. Luther Knox. whiteheld, Wes-
ley IL was the religion Of the evangels, of
the martyrs. Above all, It was and is the
religion of the Carpenter Of Nazareth.
1t does not need revising II Is as true
today as 1t was two thousand years ago.
And !. is needed today as much as IT ever
was to help humanity in right living: to
guide us toward fair dealing with one an
Other; TO advance a common brotherhood:
TO teach patience, charity. to queli strife.
to cousel respect for law and order-in
short, to help us to deal fairly and rightly
with the many perplexing problems which
confront u.s.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01

Many well-informed people believed
that the increased expenses Of the
county would justify or necessitate an
increase OF the rate. II is for this rea-
son that the reduction OF the rate TO 65
cents. or nearly 10 per cent, was un-
expected, and therefore gratifying to
the voters and taxpayers OF the coun-
ty. With the exception OF the bonded
debt Of the county, which is being rap
idly reduced by the present administra-
tion Of the Levy Court, the county does
not owe a single dollar. There are no
debts outstanding OF any kind what
ever, while on the other hand the coun-
" has In bank a surplus of nearly $780,
900. This most excellent financial con-
dition OF the county is not an accident,
but Is entirely due TO the careful man
agement and excellent financiering OF
the present administration under Presi-
dent Philemma Chandler. In large
measure is due to him the excellent
and unsurpassed financial condition Of
the county. His administration is un-
questiOnably, 10 to the present time.
one of the best the county
has ever had. His selection OF
Mr.. Hopkins and Mr.. Armstrong
as member OF the Finance
Committee has been justified in many
ways. Chairman Hopkins has proved
himself TO be able and painstaking, and
one of the best-fitted men for the re-
sponsible position he holds that has
ever been in that position. Great praise
is due to both President Chandler and
Chairman Hopkins for their most ex-
cellent work They have already made
many improvements and, It is not inn
possible tnat they may produce stll
better results for the county than they
have already done during the first half
OF their administration.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
The New Woman.

She was "swagger' and bold,
She was heartless and cold,
An Amazon, body and mind:
He, a white-livered youth:
Fuzzy Tipped and uncouth,
OF the goody-good, mammals boy
kind.
She was laying her plan
To annihilate man
And build a new world, but one day
He said: win you wed?"
And she Dillowed her head
On his breast in the old-fashioned way.
The Smiler I'm Town Topics.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
CAN DEFEND HIMSELF.

The following from the New York
World. Democratic, is a pretty good
defense OF Charles Emory Smith:
No honester man than Charles EN-
ory Smith has, we believe ever filled
the Office of Postmaster General. What
nc says in explanation OF his own rec
ord is, we have no doubt. perfectly true
For that reason II is to be regretted
that SO clean and upright man should
feel himself called upon to belittle and
make light, as he does. of the "irregu-
larities" sanctioned by Heath. ana for
which several of Heath's tools are be-
ing very properly pursued to the peni-
tenuary.
Those who have jumped 10 the con-
clusion that they could make a scape-
goat OF Charles Emory Smith will
probably find that they are entitled to
another guess. In the first place. Mr.
Smith has not lived al Of these years
in large measure in the public eye
without having established a reputa-
tlon, and that reputation is not OF the
kind to be blasted without very much
more evidence than we have at pres
ent.
And then Mr.. Smith is not the kind
Of man TO stand on his dignity TO draw
around him the mantle of reserve, and
suffer In silence. When defense is
needed we shall not have to await q
champion. Mr.. Smith viii take his lit
tie pen in hand and ere he concludes
his detractors viii learn what the WORD
humiliation means.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
WANT NEW TRIAL
Anderson & Co. Are Not Satisfied With
Recent Verdict.

Application for new trial in the
case of Anderson & Co., of st. Louis.
VS. Ross Bros, of Seaford, was made
this morning in United States Court by
John Percy Nields, counsel for the
plaintiffs. Judge Bradford set the lat
ter part OF next week in which to hear
the agreement
judgment of $3.50 was awarded
to the pldintin company by a jury sew
eral days ago, but The verdict was not
satisfactory TO the petitioners.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01

original occupant. beginning to betray
signs of interest.
My wife is Mrs Freeman" with
some signs OF pique.
Never heard of her. Literary shark,
is she? My wife's strong for Mrs.
Wigs. You see-er. why. she wrote IT.
My dear sir" shouted the quondam
critic, there seems to be a fatal mis-
understanding somewhere. Let me
introduce myself again as Mr.. Mary e.
Wilkins Freeman"
And l." grinned the man with the
book, am Mr.. Alice Caldwell Hogan
Rice, of course. Why didn't we do this
before? Happy to know you"
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
LIE LEvY couRTls eoop WORK

A correspondent OF the Evening
Journal sends the following, which
voices our sentiments:
The action Of the Levy Court yes
terday in reducing the county tax rate
from 20 TO 65 cents on the Si0O is a most
gratifying and unusual surprise to the
taxpayers OF New Castle county. Under
excellent administration of the present
Levy Court in having paid off so many
old floating debts of the county and
made a number Of expensive improve
ments. the most the public hoped for
was that the present low county tax
rate of 20 cents fixed by the Levy
lCourt last year, would be continued
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
FROM THE PEOPLE

To the Editor Of the Evening Journal.
While we admit that a terrible crime
has been committed in our fair little
State, and while suspicion pointed to
one George White, negro, we, as
men and citizens Of Delaware, deeply
regret that one OF our color should
stoop so low. one awful crime on top
of another does not seem to better con-
ditions, for people Of my race, are COM
PEELED to listen to many hard things
said about them. IL strikes me that il
is hardly fair to insult and assault the
entire negro race throughout Delaware
simply for what one man has done.
There is today men I'm Delaware-negro
men--just as loyal to the laws of the
state OF Delaware, men that have Just
as much respect for the Anglo Saxon
race today as they had in the early
COS. Yea, we have negro men I'm Della
ware who, IL called upon, would lay
down their life as quick to defend a
white woman as they would to defend
a negro woman. Please don't class us
all with the wretch who paid dearly for
his folly for we are not all alike. While
all the white race are not classed with
the fiend that shot down out late Ia
mented President, William Mckinley.
neither should all the negro race be
classed with George White. So far as
the negro citizens OF Delaware are con-
cerned, he was in a class by himself.
and as he has paid his own debt, why
not let the innocent alone. one speaker
In addressing n graduating class said
educate the negro and such things
would not happen. l agree with the
gentleman, and I say educate the white
man and lynching will cease. and then
the law can attend to its own business.
Weston.
Loves Del Julv
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
Enqine Attracts Much Attention.

Engine No. 40. which pitched into the
bank while drawing the newspaper spe-
cial on Monday, was taken TO the shops
for repairs today The engine is al
most total wreck. and is covered with
mud, gathered during its somersault in
the bank. II was stopped at the end
of the shed at French street station
and was viewed by many people. The
top of the cab, which was cut away to
let Engineer Paris escape, was par
ticularly noticeable.
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
BY Their wives W Shall Know Theu

From the Princeton Tiger.
The unknown man walked down the
aisle OF the smoking car and stopped
before a seat where another unknown
man sat reading voraciously.
May l sit by you?" he asked, meek
ly.
Certainly" replied the occupant,
without looking up. May as we'll be
sociable. Rice is my name"
And Freedman is mine. May / ask
what you are reading?"
Certainly
We'll. what are you reading?'
Mrs. Wigss. OF the Cabbage
Patch"
Pure trash; 1 have my wife's word
for it,"
who's your wife," inquired tn,
Evening journal., 1903-07-01
Attending Summer Schools.

Dover July Nearly 100 teachers
have been enrolled at the Summer
School for Teachers. now being held at
the Wilmington Conference Academy,
and the number will be increased dur
ing the remaining three weeks. Teach
ers from all parts of Delaware are in
attendance.