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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-11

that they, more than all others in the
community, are horrified at the commls-
sion of such a crime and are peculiarly
concerned in taking every possible meas
ure top revent it's recurrence and to
bring the criminal to immediate justice.
The slightest lack of vigor either in de-
nunciation of the crime or i'll bringing
the criminal to justice is itself. unpardon-
a bile
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-11
PRESIDENTS REPORT.

To the Stockholders of the News and OBJ
server Publishing Company:
The business of your company for the
year closing July 31st 1903 has been bet
ter In every respect than IN any year of
the history of the corporation. The cash
receipts from both subscriptions and adj
vertising have been larger than in any
previous year. This is particularly true
of cash receipts from subscribers. 1t
was over three times as large as in 1894,
the first year the paper conducted by
the present company, and $1,000 larger
than in 1902, the best of previous years
OF the life of the paper.
In the great cities the dailies depend
much more for their income from adver-
tisements than from subscriptions 1t IS
not so with the News and Observer. The
management has given its chief energies
toward extending the circulation Of the pa
per with most gratifying success, as the
following statement of the steady growth
of the subscription list of the daily News
and Observer during the nine years the
present company has owned the paper
shows
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-11
BEST YEAR FOR THE
NEWS AND OBSERVER
New Plant Costing $1,000
Nearly Paid in Full.
GROWTH OF CIRCULATION
Nine Years Ago the News and Observer Had
1900 Subscrlbsrs--- Today it Has 8.040
big Increase In Cash
Receip's.
Recsiip's.

The annual meeting of the directors of
the News and Observer Publishing Com
pany was held in the office of the COM
pany yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Carey j.
Hunter presiding. The report of the of
ficers showed that the business of the
year has been the best in the history Of
the company.
The stockholders elected as the board of
directors for the next year the present
board. composed of the following r. t.
Gray, C. NJ Busbee, w. N. Jones, H. w.
jackson, A. W. Haywood, N B. Brough-
ton, and Cary j. Hunter.
The following resolution offered by Mr..
r. T. Gray was adopted:
"Reoslved, That the thanks of the
stockholders be extended to the president,
officers and employees of the corporation
for the gratifying and excellent results
of the operations of the company for the
past fiscal year as shown by the presi-
dents report"
After the detailed statement of the re-
ceipts and disbursements for the year end
ing July 31st, 1903, had been read and con-
sidered, the presidents annual report was
read as follows:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
"WOUNDED" STATUES.

In connection with injuries that
IIoudon's statue of Washington has suf.
fcred from time to time. reference has
been made to the chipping off of a
piece of the tassel attached to Washing
TOMS cane by a bullet fired from an
editors pistol but tho names of the
editors engaged In that rencounter were
no! given,
The parties to the difficulty were Henry
Rives Pollard, tho post-bclum editor OF
tho Richmond Examiner. and Nat Tyler
and w. d. Coleman of the Enquirer. The
trouble arose from a newspaper publica-
ton Tho ball from l'ollard's pistol
clipped II fragment from the tassel OF the
marble cane, but the humiliation was re-
paired TO some extent Computation" was
no, necessary
In the case OF Henry Clays statue In
our Capitol Square. some of the fingers
on one hand having been broken by
stones thrown by boys. the hand was
sawed off at the wrist and u new one
put in It's place. The sculptor's model
Was found In the studio lie mad occupied
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
SOME OF THE FINEST.

Richmonders who went to New Orleans
by tho Southern Railway under the escort
of Captain c. w. Westbury fell very much
In love with that courteous and efficient
railroad man. ana Mt the regular meeting
&C Lee Camp night before last resolu-
ton was adopted fairly showering him
with compliments.
Richmond Is lucky In having such a
tno lot Of men In charge OF her railroad
affairs Taylor, of the Richmond. Fred
ericksburg and Potomac; Wnrthen. OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio; Smith, of the Sea-
board; Campbell. of the Coast Line; Wng-
ner, of the Norfolk and Western. and
Westbury, OF the Southern, will measure
man for man In intellect, In efficiency. IN
hustllng qualities, in courtesy ana In al
other respects with any like number OF
railroad men in tho land. 1t Is good
thing for Richmond to have men like
these as citizens and representatives OF
tho railroads. They come In contact Win
large numbers of visitors, and they make
a fine impression for the city They are
publio benefactors, and the recording an
gel credits them from year to year with
many an act of genuine charity. May
their life's journey be made on comfort
able schedules and without accident. and
may their last run bring them In peace
and Joy to the resort OF the best,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
MISSOURPS SHAME.

Tho st. Louis grand Jury, which has
been taking evidence concerning legisla-
tive boodling in the State Of Missouri,
says that tho testimony has shown
state of affairs most amazing. We
have listened" says the report, Ito the
confessions of State Senators, nnd were
wo at liberty to make known NIL we have
heard, tho recital would appall tho citi-
zens of this State. The venality exist
ing among the makers Of our State laws
Is alarming to those who believe In free
government. Our investigations have
gone back for twelve years, and during
that time tho evidence shows that cor
ruption has been the usual and accepted
thing in the State legislation. and that,
too, without interference or hindrance.
The tendency has been to hide or ignore
rather than to expose and punish this In
famous crime
But It is comforting and reassurlng
that at last an investigation has been
made, and some. ut least of the guilty
parties brought to Justice. That Is tho
only way to prevent n recurrence ofathe
corrupt practices. Whenever there Is a
suspicion, certainly whenever there Is a
charge, there should be prompt inves-
tigation, and nll the facts brought out.
TO cover up and to conceal is but to en-
courage the boodlers and corruptionists
to keep at It.
The st. Louis grand jury recommends
that laws be enacted making 1t unlawful
for lobbyists to "ply their profession In
the manner that some OF them now ope-
rate, and providing for the forfeiture OF
franchises procured by corrupt methods"
That IS we'll enough as far as It goes
Tho corruptIonists should be prohibited
as far rs possible from tamperlng with
the lawmakers. But II we would have
honest laws, we must have honest law
makers, who are incompatible and proof
against the Vaccinations Of lobbyists.
There Is one other recommendation,
however, which we commend to the law
makers of Virginia. The report says that
some indictments for bribery have been
found, and that there would be many
moro were 1t not for the statute of liml-
tatons, and it is recommended that this
should be extended to seven years from
the date Of tho crime This question has
recently been brought to the attention OF
the people of Richmond. MS there Is rea-
son to believe that the statute OF limlta-
J lions will serve to shield some boodlers
in this community.
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part as recognition OF the good and laWs
abiding character OF our Jewish cltl.
Gems this being tho first serious caee
people"
Judge Briggs. of Philadelphia, in sen.
t!evneing JeW to prison for burgiary: s a,os
seen convicted OF crime" No. jew was
convicted OF murder in tho United States
during the first century Of the nations
When Mordecai Noah, on his accession
70 ,e oil tvs Of sheriff Of New York was
aulre hangink at ALL Tin the q stat. statistics
Of crime" says Mr.. Clemens, "iiis press
ence is conspicuousy rare--in oil coun-
tries. With murder and other crimes OF
violence he has little to do: ho Is n
stranger to the hanBman. In the police
sHurts daily lonE Iol Of assaults and
pears"
And oil this, Mr.. Clemens might have
added. in spite OF the rough handling
which tho jew has received at tho HANDS
of tho world.
calling, and IN every calling he exceis.
physician, musican-tlero Is not" says
Walter Bcsant, "a branch of learning, art
or science In which the jew Is not in
the front rank Two thousand years OF
oppression. have left no mark upon his
mighty spirit. TT, stems from the lowest
th ere sfRhhd e IN the fss hs he s st4 fh
nave done. Give me-, too-me q plucs
among the 1mmortnlsr" M
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

always. or else In some other secure
place. and was easily duplicated.
our recollection IL that the joining
OF tho new hand to tho original arm
was done by Mr.. John T. Rogers, long
a famous marble warker here, but we are
not sure, We know that to him was en-
trusted the work OF taking down
Houdon's statue and rebuilding the 1ouh-
dalton. which had been thought to be
weak, and was made very strong
Messrs. Pollard. Coleman and Tyler
were brought before the Legislature Tor
contempt, for shooting pistols so near
to the solons as to disturb their pro-
ceedings but they were released after
proper explanations and apologies.
Mr.. Brooks, who was then tho cores
pondent of the New York Times In Rich
mond, wrote a sensational account OF
the shooting affair to that paper, do-
scribing Pollard as "bushwhactlng III the
Capitol rotunda," whereupon Pollard con-
sidered himself greatly aggrieved, ana
wrote q letter to Mr.. Raymond. editor or
tile Lines, IlOlulllB llllII ICSpoAioiD'S, '.''S
challenging him to aduel. Pollard proposed
that they should meet Mt Bladensburg and
fight 1t out. Raymond declined. but wrote
a letter expressing his regret at the pup
LEGATION, and there the matter ended. Inc
affair between the three Richmond edi-
tors seems never to have been resumed.
A thing that surprises sensible men
IS that the Legislature of Virginia per-
mits Houdon's statue to remain where
1t is-exposed to ruin at the hands of any
crank or sanely malicious person.
From the fact that this statue was
made by the most distinguished French
sculptor OF his age, from casts taken
from Wnshington's own person. 1t Is
thing of nestimnblo artistic value. And
n hundred years hence, If we'll preserved
It will possess also a vnst commercial
value. BY that timo 1t will be worth In
the market hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars, If our country continues to prosper,
and the minds of men are not changed
with respect to what is great In history
and art.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
From the Church Papers.

We love the hills. they are SO aspiring
It Is not only that they have forms OF
boldness and lines
GLORIOUS HILLS. Of beauty. or that
the coloring Is so
pleasing to the eye. the green that shades
off on 1t ascends into the blue that IS
forever above; but that they stretch up
from the world Of mans toll and pain.
OF sin and tears. and do ever reach up
after tho things that are above. There
is the wider view. and the clearer vision;
there Is the relief from wearlness, and
tho rest and peace OF solitude. There Ia
tho companionship with the blue sky. and
with stars and all things heUvenward.-
Central Presbyterian.
1t would be calamity to have oil
your prayers answered; and II God did
UNANSWERED PRAYERS. lie could al.
ways send to
you that for which you pray. But
while lie hears all your prayers, as
loving Father. He answers only those
that will be best for YOU Would you
take tho matter out Of Ills hands? You
do not know what - best for your mo-
you cannot see step beyond the pres
ent, so thick are your tears and so little
do you know of what lies beyond, But
GOD Is Infinite In knowledge and Infinite
In His love. Therefore. while you pray
4 for that which you most desire. fall not
to add. "If 1t be Thy will" God loves
you Whatever else you forget, still re-
member this. You are precious in His
sight. You are His child and that Which
Is best for you lie will do, and here you
may rest your soul,-Southern Church.
man.
Not what we are, but what we would
be, Is our measure In Gods sight. We
may not be responsible
AIMING HIGH, for our failure to reach
high attainment, but
we are responsible If we fail to striye
toward that attainment. One who takes
to do better than one who only wants
to he as good as tho average. 1t Is in view
of this truth that Lowell says, mot fail
ure. but low aim, is enthusiastically
School Times.
No man has right to assume that his
conduct Will exert no Influence upon
others. He cannot live to
INFLUENCE, himself II he would. His
life will touch other lives
for good or Ill and for tlsa, inlluence thus
eXerted lie will be held accountable In
the great day when all Men shall be
Judged according to the deeds done IN
tho body.-The Examiner,
Nor should any one think Of the flesh
life and the Spirit life as referring respec-
lively TO the life
THE SPIRIT LIFE, here and the life
hereafter. This Is
not the apostles contrast, Life In the
flesh means life that moves within the
realm of SELF self-Interest and Indulgence.
with q present world motivei while me
to
Christ motive and within the sphere of
the Ciristly. II is here and now,
Speak to him, then, for he hears.
AS Spirit with spirit may meet.
Closer Is he than breathing,
And nearer than hands or feet"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
THE TIMES DISPATCH: RICHMOND SUNDAY

exposing 1t we make an ugly picture and
produce The impression that the word Is
growing worse. but in point of fact there
is no one human agency that Is doing
so much to put down evil doings. espe-
cially political corruption. as exposure
through the public print. Bad men fear
exposure worse than they fear the law,
and that to-day is the great power OF the
press
The world is not growing worse. Those
who think 30 should read history and
make comparisons
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
THE WORLD GROWING BET

In reply to tho statement often made
by pessimists that the world Is growing
worse, each year. the Bedford Democrat
we'll says that this erroneous idea grows
out OF tho fact that In this day of 'tele-
graph and telephone and newspapers
there is n much wider dissemination Of
news than ever before. Ono of tho dis
tingulshing characteristics Of this age
IA publicity. In the dark ages they kept
their evil doings dark; IN this day we
expose crime wherever II Is found, In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

league with gang OF desperadoes, who
hdnap girls and hold them for ransom.
The distressed parents OF the girls go to
tho fortune tellers to consult them, and
those acute old women pretend to cast
n horoscope, which ''reveals" the infor-
nation sought. Then negotiations are
opened, and IL the money demanded Is
produced, the missing girl is sent home.
This nefarious method Of earning money
is not approved by the public authorities.
and tho police are now engaged In break
Ing up the band OF conspirators. male and
fnfna la.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Ex-Congressman White. of North Caro-
lima, contrary to what his name might
imply, is q colored man and his head Is
kinl5y. but that head is filled with ideas
lie Is not now an otilceholder, and the
principal business in which he Is engaged
is that of solving tho negro problem. To
that end he Is going about making
speeches to large audiences of colored
people. TO one of these large audiences
before which he appeared few days ago,
ex- Congressman White said: Gown your
own railroads. Buy stock In railroad
lines; obtain controlling interests, and
mako tho policy OF those roads to suit
yourselves, In accordance with your own
views Now that Is good. No one can
deny that as soon as tho negroes buy up
all the railroads In the South and get
we'll In the work of running them to
suit themselves, the race problem Will
be settled but In the meantime what is
going to become of Pierpont Morgan,
George Gould\ Samuel Spencer john
Shelton Williams and the poor, Wander
bits? Surely the e1-Congressman does
not mean 10 turn them out W o'e ~ '1'e
barren fields.
---.--=--===
The Southern Railway Is to be double
tracked from Washington to Atlanta,
but the work Is to be done very gradu-
ally. attention being first given to those
localities where the pressure or traffic
and travel is the greatest. Tho Chesa-
peake and Ohio Company has been pur-
suing this plan for some years ana has
made fine Roadway. The Fredericksburg
road is proceeding with its work much
more ,cxpeditiously. and Will BIO the first
double tracked road. completed In Vlr-
GINA, The Coast Line has also double
tracked "a part OF its road, and is making
progress every day.
=-=-------------- T-----t---s7.
Fortune telers are still in vogue IN New
York. Some Of them are said 70 be "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Persons leaving the city for the summer
SHOULD order The Times Dispatch mailed
Ao5 them. Price 80 cents per month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Your last years Panama will do II you
can't stand this years price, and can
smooth out the creases.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Senator Tillman, Of South Carolina, has
also gone fishing. At least he 10 keeping
unusually quiet this season.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

There has not been SO very much rain
SO far, but is has como In such an nc
commodating way for the farmer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
SUNDAY, MAY 81, 1903.

| beginning with the first of June. the
,hrice of Tho Times-Dispatch, within the
Incorporate limits of Richmond and Man
lchester, and their suburbs. where de-
Aivered by carrier, will be IL cents per
week, or 80 cents per calendar month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Holding court IN JACKSON, hy.t IIluSI 10
picturesque affair. Artillery and imam
try are camped near tho courthouse.
IIotchkiss and Calling guns command the
public roads. Cavalrymen are scouting
the country. Newspaper men send their
dispatches to the telegraph office by n
messenger who has military escort,
and n fury from another county is to be
brought in to try Jet. and White. who
are charged with shooting down tho
latest victim In the feud. which disgraces
and dcpopulates that country.
--====--==--T
Chairman 1lllyson says the State pri-
mary election system should DO given
d fair trial. SO It ought 1t Is difficult
to SEQ why it cannot be innde success
here. as 1t is in other Southern States
where 1t has been tried.
s--=-==-.---:====
Atlanta's effort to get tho earth has
met will, two setbacks. Tho general
offices OF tho Southern Railway will re-
main In Washington and the shops OF the
Seaboard Air Line in Portsmouth.
=---------z--==-==
Tom Watson, of Georgia. who claims
to DO the parent OF the rural free de-
livery system, d,sclaims parentage OF the
scandals that have followed In Its wake.
-------------=---==--=
Neither Hill. German, Cleveland nor
Roosevelt engineered tho waters that
overflowcd tho Commoner Office and the
balance OF tho State of Nebraska
-====------E=
Tho world changes and everything
changes with 1t, except tho college and
school commencements. They arc just
as they were fifty years ago.
-=----=---===
Tho statute Of Limitation hos closed the
door Of the penitentinry against many q
fit subject, and history keeps on re-
peating itself.
IL ===-=====-5
Everybody must admire Mr.. Hanna'H
agility In handling the back pedal when
tho emergency comes.
ssa -===---=-=-=
Among tho many things to be thankful
Tor to-day is the fact that We do not
1.-Two in Nebraska.
--.:-==--======
Tho esteemed Commoner gets flooded
with something besides subscribers some
time-wnter. for instance.
is.a>435a--
! With no Ohio candidate to go before
1t, the next National Republican Conven-
ton will be tame affair.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
II Marconi or somebody else will invent
yoiceless speech, shy lovers will arise and
call him blessed.
=--=--==-=-=
Concy Island is greatly enjoying Bos-
tock's press agent, tho boss feature Of
the show.
Tho regular snlutation in the rural dis.
tricts Of Virginia IS :"Good morning: have
you been urged to run for anythingT
=---=----------=--
There has not been SO very much rain
SO far, but is has como in such an nc
commodating way for the farmer.
=------------==--=-
Your last years Panama VIII do II you
can't stand this years price, and can
smooth out the creases.
-=--=-===G
Senator Tilman, Of South Carolina, has
also gone fishing. At least he IL keeping
| unus,Ially quiet this season,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

II Marconi or somebody else will invent
svoiceless speech. shy lovers will arise and
call him blessed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Atlanta's effort to get tho earth has
met with two setbacks. Tho general
offices OF tho Southern Railway Will re-
main in Washington and the shops OF the
Scaboard Air Line in Portsmouth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

With no Ohio candidate to go before
1t. the next National Republican Conven-
ton will be a tame affair.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Concy island is greatly enjoying Bos-
tock's press agent, tho boss feature OF
the show.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Among tho many things to be thankful
Cor to-day is the fact that We DO not
live in Nebraska.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Tho regular snlutatlon in tho rural dis.
tricts Of Virginia IS :"Good morning; havr
you been urged to run for anything2"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Tom Watson, of Georgia. who claims
to DO the parent OF tho rural free de-
livery system, d,sclaims parentage OF the
scandals that have followed In It's wake.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Everybody must admire Mr.. Hannas
agility In handling the back pedal when
tho emergency comes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Tho statute of Limitation hos closed the
door Of the penitentinry against many q
fit subject, and history keeps on re-
peating itself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Chairman Ellyson Gays the State pri-
mary election system should DO givcn
d fair trial. So It ought. 1t Is difficult
to SEQ why it cannot be nndc success
here as It is in other Southern States
whero Il llns been tried.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Tho world changes and everything
changes with 1t, except tho college and
school commandments. They arc just
as they were fifty years ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Tho esteemed Commoncr gets flooded
with something besides subscribers some
tlme-wnter. for instance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Neither Hill. German, Cleveland nor
Roosevelt engineered tho waters that
overflowcd tho Commoner Office and tho
balance OF tho State Of Nebraska
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
UNANSWERED PRAYERS.

1t would be calamity to have oil
your prayers answered; and If God did
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31

Fortune tellers are still in vogue i'm New
York. Some Of them are said 70 be In