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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-01

comfy was further strengthened BY the
sending Of special embassy to the
coronation Of King Edward Of Eng
land and the visit of Generals Coxbin,
Young and Wood to Europe.
An event of special qualification to
the civilized world was the ending OF
the Boer war in May last after nearly
three years of armed conflict, the most
persistent and costly in blood and treas
ure in recent history. With the re-es-
Enlistment of peace In South Africa
the world is without war of any con-
siderable proportions for the first time
in many years. There are, of course,
disorders in various parts Of the world
such, for instance, as the uprising Of
the Mad Mollah against British rule
in Somaliland, our own difficulties in
the Philippines, the oppression and de-
nationalizati ton Of the Films by Russia,
and the situation in Venezuela, but
these may not yet be regarded as at
tanning the proportions Of actual war.
For the moment at least the passing Of
1902 and the birth of 1908 see the world
practically at peace.
Proving National Claims.
The suggestion coming from the Eu-
ropean allies that President Roosevelt
act as arbitratx of the claims which
the British, Germans and Italians have
been trying to collect in Venezuela at
the cannon's mouth Is significant. 1t
goes some distance toward the estab-
l1shment by arbitration Of the princi-
pie that the European powers are not
at liberty to swoop down on even the
meanest American republic and col
lect bills which rest entirely on their
own accounting.
Perchance the claims against Vene-
zuela are just and should be promptly
paid, though they appear not yet to
have been definitely proved. History
1s not wanting in instances where the
unjust and exorbitant claims Of pow
erful nations have been pressed with
undue ngor against weak and impotent
powers.
A case in point was that of the Ital-
ian government, which succeeded in
enforcing the payment by Brazil by
dint of the compulston Of the cruiser
Garibaldi Of a claim which rested on
the matchmaking operations of n COM
pany Of Italian Adventures. This COM
pany succeeded in getting a concession
to build railway out Of Rio de janet
70. Having no funds with which to
construct it, they smartly began by at
tempting as preliminary matter to
tear down historic and much loved
fountain in the city Of Rio. The mu-
ntcipaltty naturally held up the pro-
ceeding. The company instantly de
manded Indemnity" for the interfer
ence with its plans, and this demand
was supported by the warship. Rath
er than have serious trouble, the Bra
lillian government paid the indemnity
and enriched several Italian adventur
ers. 1t goes without saying that the
railroad was never built.
While the United States assumes NJ
responsibility regarding the debts o.
American republics and should not b.
drawn into any such responsibility, WI
will do well If we bring about re
quirement that the debts sought to b.
collected shall be proved or ut leas
provable before some accepted arb
traitor or court of competent jurisdic
ton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-01

For SALE-G Good second hand cook
stove. o. E. Hull.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
HOW TO SUCCEED.

Russell Sage, in New York American.
A young man to succeed must neces-
sarily have a definite idea of what he
wants to do, and must continually keep
it before his mind. He must work as
hard as he can to accomplish it, and
must not be dismayed or turned from
his course by encouragement. What
measure of success may have been
reached in my long life has been due
almost entirely to these four things:
I have been a very busy man for al
most 20 years, and / am absolutely con-
WINGED that a young man who makes
up his mind to succeed almost invariably
will do so, if he is made of the right
material and concentrates all his efforts
with the one purpose in view.
l have one sincere word of advice for
any young man who desires to succeed,
and it is this: That under no circum-
stances should he yield to the tempta-
ton of gambling in stocks. No, l do
not mean by this that he should never
seek success through the medium of
speculation, but rather that he should
always observe some business method
in all his dealings. When sound, good
paying stocks are low, he might do well
to buy them, as an investment only,
but not otherwise The fever of specu-
lation has been the ruin of thousands of
young men and the wreck of many for
tunes, and it will continue to cast wrecks
by the wayside as long as most of us,
are mad to get rich quickly.
young man who really and earnestly
desires 20 succeed should never waste
any time in dissipation. He should, of
course, allow himself the necessary
amount of recreation and rest, and he
should try to live a healthy, regular life,
He should try to acquire regular habits
that is, sleep and eat at the same hours
each day and night. so as to keep in
perfect physical health. Then he should
make rule to put by certain amount
of his earnings each week, and acquire
the habit of saving. There are very few
men who are not able to make dollar,
but the making of a dollar is not the,
most important thing. 1t is far more i'm
portant to know how to save. it.
All young man has to do is to work
hard and save money. That may sound
every easy, but it is the main point. 1t
is not saving alone that counts; it IS
knowing how to save. No one should
stint himself of anything really need
full This is the great art of saving. The
fault of most of our young men of today
is that they do not stick close enough to
business The man who always tries to
get off as easily as possible, and When
working for others does as little as pos
sible for the wage he receives, will never
get ahead and never amount to anything
in life.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
NO BOLTER NEED APPLY.

Senator Carmack spoke a parable when
referring to several aspirants for the
Presidential nomination in 1904, he said:
mo man will be nominated next year
who did not support the ticket in 1896
and 1900. | don't think there is any
thing proscriptive in that at all. 1t is
merely matter of party policy, but an
important one and it has become all the
more important since some of the peo-
pie who have been urging the nomination
of man who left the party are them
selves trying to bar the nomination of
any man who did support the ticket"
The man who is to lead the hosts in
1904 must not only appeal to Democratic
principles, but to Democratic loyalty as
well. How can he do so with success
when he did everything in his power in
1896 and in 1900 to dsorganiZe, disrupt
and defeat the party when more than six
million loyal Democrats were working
day and night TO achieve success? There
are plenty of good men in the party, not
extremists, who were true and loyal al
ways, who never lent assistance to the
Republican party and helped it's leaders
disorganize their own party, without even
considering the nomination of bolter
New York has a dozen such men, Mary
land has conspicuous loyal leader,
Pennsylvania has such man in Patter-
son. and the ablest Democrats in Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and other Western
States were as true and loyal in 1896 and
1900 as in 1892.
The suggestion of Mr.. Cleveland or any
member of his cabinet who followed his
chief in trying to defeat the party in
1896 is gratuitous insult to the consist
ent and military Democracy.
The Democrats will select capable
and conservative leader in 1904. But
they will not invite qualification and de-
feat by placing a bolter at the head OF
their ticket.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
THE EMOTIONAL IN METHoDIsM
Richmond Christian Advocate.

Richmond Christian Advocate.
President Eliot, of Harvard University,
in a recent address before company OF
Methodist ministers in Boston, under
took to criticise the emotional IN Metho-
dsm, which he thought had probably peen
INDUCED in at the expense or the intel
lectual. 1t may be that the atmosphere
of Boston condoned the indelicacy OF THIS
criticism. Everybody there is supposed
to stress the intellectual above every
thing else 1t is no discredlt 10 Meth-
odism that it has been noted from the
first for its religious zeal and ferVor
The great Chalmers designated 1t Chris
tianitv in earnest" The enthusiastic ar
dor it has infused into all it's movements
has under God, been largely the secret
of it's phenomenal success. 1t has i'm
PEELED it along lines of aggressive and
evangelical enterprise that have placed
the Methodist church numerically, and,
in many respects, potentially, ahead of
all other Protestant denominations,
though much younger than most of them
If in times of great religious excite
ment the emotional has run into extrav-
agance, it has been only the exhuberant
overflow of that which is essentially vi
tai to all true piety. The danger in this
day of worldiness and Journalism is not
TO excess in this direction, but to the
other extreme.
In proportion as Methodism declines
in religious fervor will she decline IN
spiritual power and effect.
Nor has she neglected to cultivate the
intellectual side of mans nature. No
church has, from the outset. done more
or is doing more, for the cause OF edu-
cation. In this respect she may safely
challenge comparison with any of her
sister churches.
The best reply we have seen to DR.. Eliot
is in a secular paper, the New York
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
JUDGE PRITCHARD.

Now that he has been appointed Asso-
the District of Columbia, the people OF
all parties in this State will wish for
him long and successful judicial career.
He is man of ability and with applica-
ton viii grow into an able Judge His pri-
macy in the Republican party in North
Carolina entitled him to recognition
from the national administration. His
temperament is more in the line of poll
teal warfare than judicial, but il he
abandons the field of partisan politics
line of judicial honors, he has the ca
pacity to acquit himself we'll.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29

American and Journal. 1t is put in this
pertinent and pungent form:
President Eliot, of Harvard Univer-
sity. has been lecturing the Methodists
for being to emotional.
Lets see. President Eliot belongs,
we believe. to that -eminently re-
spectacle company of Christians known
as Unitarians.
Unless We have been misinformed.
the Unitarians and Methodists began
bushes sat about the same time-that
is to say. about one hundred and twen-
ty-five years ago.
and here are the results, which speak
for themselves:
1.-The Methodists now have 56,lOl
churches, with SO, 935 ministers and 1866
600 members, and a property worth $202,
GIG 900.
THE Unitarians have 453 churches,
with 544 ministers and $1,000 members
and a property worth s10,S00,O 900
1.-The Methodists have had the emo
tion,. the Unitarians have not had it
and the result in the two cases needs nc
comment.
president Eliot would do well to point
out some other Methodist defect"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
THE sERMoNIC KITCHEN.
Christian Advocate.

Richmond Christian Advocate
The art on a platform uses terms read
lily absorbed. Granite logic, 1.-The major
of the minor premise" and 1.-The undis-
tributed middle" is mere sand on the
palate, juiceless and without nourish-
ment-a repulsive diet Metaphysics III
the pulpit is a forage of flint for the
sheep. ''They look up and are not fed"
Crack out the kernel. Don't grind the
wooden hull and the meat" toge her.
Salt the almond. 1t is appetizing. Every
speaker ought to be a "chef." His
dishes will invite dyspeptic. The pull
pit ought to catch the ear of the idle and
Indifferent /lditor
1t is said of certain sermons. There
is nothing in them" They are not choice
cuts, but bulk meat" A thin soup, if
enjoyed and taken into the circulation
has a food value far superior to the
diamond back terrapin"-too rich for
digestion. The sermon counts only as it
is assimilated. Let every thought be
worked over" till it is well nigh self
digesting. The druggists advertise that
certain preparations are so welcome to
the tongue that "the children cry for
them" Happy and clever the preacher
who can treat his herbs, quinia, oil, art
fully enough to gain wish for them
ever afterwards, in an illness of soul
A limited bill of fare. if set on clean
table, with tasteful china and few choice
buds, is preferred to a huge mass and
mess of half-cooked dishes on dingy
table linen amid vile queensware. A
bushel of a Brunswick stew without sea-
soning, and underdone, cannot count with
one fat sora on a neat toast.
A single thought presented with vary
ing views till it becomes masticated
thoroughly will nourish the listener 1t
is successful sermonk, speech or treatise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
A MORNING TONIC.
Bishop 0. 2. Fitzgerald. }

What a small fraction of a man is one
of these little society men, pleasure
seekers, money grubs, or small politi-
cianSi
If you would succeed. be not like unto
them.
Find out what is your special gift, the
one thing you can do best of all.
In doing that special work you will
achieve not only larger success, but also
find the true happiness of your life.
That which a man can do most success
fully he does with most delight
The best way is to follow nature; she
never deceives us. her hints are infallible,
Having the capacity, it was just as
much the duty of Fulton to invent the
steamboat. of Morse to invent the mag
netic telegraph, of Mccormick to invent
the reaper. as it was the duty of Mil
ton to write poetry or of John Wesley
to preach.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29

He spread eagles the constitution in
vain-without the newspaper. His clarion
voice wakes up the universe in vain
without the newspaper. His scientific
researches and achievements are vain
without the newspaper. His wireless
telegraphy would be an accomplishment
of small merit-without the newspaper.
His moving sermons. rafting hell fire
in the faces of sinners, are vain-with-
out the newspaper. His success in every
walk of life is vain-without the news
paper The newspaper is the fame
maker of the age. OF course, some of
the fame is cheap. but it satisfies the
living wearer of the cloak. even though
posterity may change it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
The Greatest BenefaCtOr OF
Man.

To the Editor What greater monu-
ment can man erect for himself than
the establishing and donation of splen-
did school for the education of all the
children in his community?
Fifteen years ago, at the age of "a,
Mr.. Sidney ]. Bartholomew, of this place
came out of the public school here ana
began his business career with ten dol
lars in money. By merchandising ana
farming he has accumulated an estate OF
several thousand dollars. He has not
lost a day from his work during TINS pc
riod. But what we intend to specially
mention is his great love for UNIVERSAL
education.
In 1899, laughed at by some OF his
neighbors and discouraged by Others he
donated grounds and erected handsome
school building with four large reclIa-
ton rooms, and furnished them with the
most modern school furniture. lie is
now erecting on the same grounds
splendid dormitory for the accommoda-
ton of the boarding patronage When
this is completed he will have given TO
his community school property to the
amount of 5000 This money has been
made by the sweat of his brow
A quiet and an unassuming man, whose
good deeds would never be known out
side of his community unless some one
else tells them.
This year he has rejoiced to see 140
children enrolled in this school Those
who opposed are now among the best
and most enthusiastic patrons
With a man like Mr.. Bartholomew in
every community, how long would it be-
before the large per cent of the illiterate
children of this commonwealth would be
in a good school?
Yours very truly,
r. II. BURNS.
Castolia n c. March 81
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29

Welt comedy ad nauseum, we are now
to be satisfied with a grand scramble as
to who will succeed Pritchard as Re-
publican boss. AS a matter of fact. it
doesn't make the slightest difference,
except with pie-eaters or hunters,
whether Jim Young or Holtcn or some
other Radical is chosen The same old
anti amendment, scandal breeding, negro
trading, State disgracing gang will be in
the saddle.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
DRAWS THE CONTRAST.
.shvterian Standard.

Presbyterian Standard.
The Christian Advocate draws the con-
trast between Paul and one of the Apos-
ties successors thus:
BISHOP POTTER
"How can 1 blame him if now and
then he introduces little variety into
his life by getting drunk?'
ST. PAUL.
Now the works of the flesh are mani
fest. which are these: adultery, fornica-
ton. uncleanness, lasciviousness,
drunkenness neither drunkards
shall inherit the Kingdom of God.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
A CREDIT TO NORTH CAROLINA's
GREATEST NEWSPAPER.
oxford Public Ledger.

oxford Public Ledger.
The News and Observer, always prog
ressive, almost excelled itself in its last
special edition-The Legislative Edition.
This large edition which was handsome
ly illustrated, gave a careful resume of
the work Of the Legislature just ad-
tourned, together with a picture of the
Senators and Representatives. This edi-
ton is of special interest to the people
as it will be some time before we get
the laws printed
The edition was model of neatness
as of usefulness. We congratulate
Brother Daniels on this very artistic
edition.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
AN HONOR TO THE STATE.

Waynesville Courier.
The mammoth and magnificent edition
of the Raleigh News and Observer of last
Sunday, containing a full and complete
account of the proceedings of the General
Assembly Of North Carolina with a pic
ture gallery of its members, is an honor
both to the State Legislature and the
management of that popular journal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29

The pie eaters, having bounced Roscoe
Mitchell as editor of the Elizabeth City
Carolinian, have put in Mr.. IT. G. Babb
as editor. Is he any kin 70 the ex-Rev.
Babb who was the chaplain of the Fus-
ion gang when they were alsgracing the
State? If so, his paper will be popular
with the Republicans.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29

A writer in Medical Talk asserts that
lettuce is a preventive OF small-pox and
says he will stake his professional repu-
tation on the broad statement that il
person eats lettuce daily ne or she will
be immune from that disease. This will
be good news to the lettuce growers of
Eastern North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29

the race problem. So far as North Caro-
lima is concerned, its people all know
that Governor Aycock, State Superin-
tendent Joyner and DR.. Charles d. Nc
liver Will do nothing to impair the strict
social and school separation necessary in
the South, and they are not troubled
about the attempts to hold the Boards
responsible for the mistakes of two of
its members.
All the same this Is true land those
Northern gentlemen who are sincerely
DESTROYS of aiding in the educational re-
viyal in the South must learn this truth:
If they do not wish to throw obstacles
in its progress they should refrain from
doing anything that offends the tradi-
tional sentiment OF the Southern people
They must know that the hostility Of the
South against anything like social equali-
ty is based upon sound reason and cor
rect principle. Living in a section where
negroes are not numerous they may not
understand the necessity of perfect and
complete separation, but they should re-
spect it. Indeed, they must respect it
if they wish to be helpful in the largest
sense in the educational revival of the
South. Roosevelt had a right to dine
Booker Washington at the White House.
but the day he decided that he cared
more for exercising that personal right
than for respecting a sentiment that
every wise and sensible man in the
South holds as essential for the preser
walton of Southern civilization, that very
day he deliberately cut himself off for
ever from the hope of helping the South
in any way, if he ever had any such
desire.
The members of the Southern and Cen
eral Education Board must respect the
strongest conviction and dominating SEN
timent in the South if they hope to help
in the war against General Illiteracy. II
they prefer to offend Southern sentiment
by attending banquets with negroes they
deliberately shut the door of hope and
opportunity which is open to them and
impede the progress of the work upon
which they have entered
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
A LOGICAL RESULT.
Duplin Journal.

The recent legislature not only grant
ed a charter to a small town in Bruins
wick county for the purpose of the man
ufacture and sale of liquor but also gave
the county permission to issue bonds to
the amount of $4,000 to build Jail and
county home for the aged and infrm.
Jails and poor houses generally follow
in the wake of liquor and Brunswick
is evidently no exception to the rule,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST
NEWSPAPER.
Chapel Hill News.

The Legislative Edition of $4,000 copies
was another big undertaking by North
Carolina's greatest newspaper. the Raj
eigh News and Observer. 1t has forty
pages and they are full of interesting
matter relative to the Legislature of 1903
some of the most important laws, pic
lures and sketches Of every member and
of other prominent North Carolinia1s.
1t is a valuable publication, splendidiy
@otten up.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
(sanford Express.l

r. L. Burns, Esq, of Carthage, was
in town Wednesday and went from here
to Greensboro. Mr.. Burns was showing
a large nugget of gold which was found
in the gold bearing region of western
Moore county. He says the gold fever
has struck that section. and that mines
will probably be opened soon. A great
deal of gold was taken from mines in
that secti9h years ago
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-29
STROKE OF JOURNAL
ISM.
Sanford Express.

The News and Observer of last Sunday
was in the shape of a large and attractive
Legislative Edition. Ii was a splendid
stroke of journalism, characteristic of
the enterprise of our able contemporary