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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
TO WASH OR NOT TO WASH.

Young America rarely enjoys keeping
clean. This shows that to be unwashed
is the natural state of man. From baby
hood till they have sweethearts, boys
hate to wash. How many birch trees
have been required to compel boys 20
apply the needed soap and water since
the time of Adam! During all the years
ot conflicts between parents and sons
as to the efficacy and desirability OF
soap and water, the parents have had
on their side the opinions of physicians
and have been able to quote all the max
inns and proverbs. 1t seems now that
the boys will have an authority to justify
their belonging to the ''unwashed' hri-
gades. Prof. John Dill Robertson at the an
Eual meeting of the Chicago Electrical and
Surgical Society at the Auditorium, made
this sweeping statement:
'sWhen people leave off kataing there
will be little or nothing for the doctors
TIC do. Pneumonia, colds and hltA'rcd
other ills result from the foolish habit
OF washing the body. To battle is to be
dirty, for you thereby make sewer Of
the skin. Blood, attracted by the skin.
gives UP products that should be left %
seek a natural outlet. and soils the skin
Professor Robertson asserted that the
theory that the closing of the pores
the skin would result in death is fal
He said that all physiologies which made
such an assertion were wrong. The habit
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
-
The Week Before Christmas.

IT'S the week before Christmas and all
through the store
I. trouble and tumult and hustle and
roar,
And mother seems weary, and father is
vexed
And sister is wondering what to buy next:
There's the rattle of drums and the
squeal of the fife; #
To reach the toy counter, you venture
your life.
The salesgirl smiles weakly, most ready
as the crowd surges by, still determined
to shop
The street cars are crowded, the ladies
must stand
And packages loom up on every hand.
And people are figuring hard midst their
woe
On how far dollar bill ought to go:
You are jostled and pushed, you are
crowded. and damned,
You are caught in the door injudiciously
slammed.
And you envy the people so wise as to go
On their Christmas excursion some two
months ago.
And when on your couch you at last
lay your head.
A nightmare of toys comes to fill you
with dread,
And you long for the day Of the reindeer
and sleigh, n
When Sanity came round in the cld-fash-
Toned way.
Washington STAR
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
A Timely Story.
Norfolk Landmark

About the most timely story we have
seen this year is contributed to the De-
cember number of Harpers Magazine by
Mary Wilkins Freeman, it is in her very
best New England vein and teaches with
great humor a lesson on Christmas giving
by telling how an elderly aunt, driven
to wrath by the inappropriateness of
many wedding presents which had been
made to her young niece, bundled up the
foolish gifts and returned every one of
them to the astonished and finally repent
ant donors.
The young girl had no money herself,
and her destined husband had nothing
but his moderate daily earnings; yet
well-to-do and even wealthy neighbors
selected wedding gifts that would have
been suitable for a couple starting out in
life with ample financial means. Yearn-
ing for gifts that would be OF some use,
the poor bride was afflicted with all
sorts of costly trinkets and plutocratic
ornaments Though neither she nor her
husband knew a thing about chess. some
old goose with more money than brains
contributed fortydollar outfit, explain
ing that it would look so we'll in the par
lor, even though the recipients didn't
play!
Make your Christmas gifts appropriate.
Try to find out what your friend or rel2-
tive wants, and thus contribute to gen
uire pleasure Do not give silver
match-case to a five-year-old boy, or
box of cigars to a man who never smokes,
or a set of fnger-bowls to the cook, or the
Encyclopaedia Britannica to a pretty
young girl who would like to have some
furs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20

and marshes and small islands is great
ducking ground. See that long line of
white stretching for two miles, resting
low on the water and making a snowy
horizon. Many thousands of swans arc
nesting there when the law stays tho
gunners hand. That dark cloud is flock
of geese. And again that swift flying mass,
quick as lightning is the priced canvas
back, the succulent red head, the BOBBY ard
dozens of other ducks that bring to these
waters hundreds OF sportsnen. But / nm
IL hearing of the dinner call, and ono
duck on the plate is worth two on the
wing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF KILLING.

There is a world of wisdom in a recent
Tammany Hall, which is another addi-
tional proof of the good sense OF the new
leader of the Democracy of New York
city. For some years there was feud
breach was widened by the talk OF mutual
friends. It seems that there are still
Democrats in New York who are thinking
more about getting even'' with other
Democrats than winning victory in
1904. AS evidence of this, a New York
Democrat is quoted as follows by the New
York Sun:
81. know Of my own knowledge of a
Democrat formerly very friendly to David
B. Hill, who called upon Mr.. Murphy OF
Tammany the other day and said: Mr..
Murphy, we should all get together and
kill David B. HILL
Mr.. Murphy replied: My friend, I am
not engaged in the business of killing
Democrats. I am trying to kill Republi
cans If Mr.. Hill desires to go as del
egate-at-large to the national convent on
there will be no objection; at least, none
from me-.
The Democrats would have won a great
victory in 1896 if that spirit had prevailed
in the party. 1t has an opportunity to
win in 1904 if it will unite all elements
of the party. 1t cannot win by barking
back to the past, by factionalism, by pro-
scription. 1t can win only by adopting
a Democratic platform that states the
creed of the party and burying factlonal-
ism. It would not do to nominate either
Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Cleveland, or any other
man however good and able, who has
borne a conspicuous part in the differ
ences that have divided the party since
1882. An able Democrat who can COM
mand the support of all factions must be
chosen and all men who profess the faith
of jefferson must be invited to help win
the victory.
In New York, Indiana, Illinois, Con
necticut New Jersey and the other doubt
full States there have been sharp divisions
in the party. There is every indication
now of reunited party. The spirit CT
Mr. Murphy is needed in those States par
ticularly, and all good Democrats every
where hope it will spread.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
The Baptist Female University.

Mr. Editor: I fear that your kindly
reference to our school in last Sunday S
edition left the impression that this debt
had been removed. This is net the case.
Pledges were taken at cur recent conveu-
ton, to cover thirty-six hundred dollars
oil the debt, but these pledges cannot be
counted until they have been REDEEMED.
in cash. and this means much labor and
sacri fee. However, IN the ten Thousand.
dollars which ! was to raise, payable Oh
condition that the debt shall be cancelled
By January, I am still fifteen hundred
dollars behind; and none of this last
amount is good until the whole has been
secured.
No, We are not yet out of the woods.
but we are in sight of success; and with
laue final pull on the part of our friends,
s>all win out.
Very sincerely yours,
r. T. VANN.
Raleigh, Dec. 10, 1908.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
Christmas.

Youth, in the heart of faith now wearing
old,
Hope in the DARKNESS of this doubt and
fear,
Love, in the law inexorably severe,
Home, in the cosmic exile! l, in the cold,
Soon dusk of this, my latest year, behold
The beauty of thy coming, and the
cheer
Familiar, mystical, divine and dear.
Feel as in all the years that have been
told.
About thy forehead ana within thine
eyes
The innocent wisdof of the sage and
child
Experience with expectance reconcilec-
Shines, with ineffable prescience: the Sta
misc
Of being, when the years no longer
come,
Eternal in youth, and hope and love,
and home.
William Dean Howells, in Harper's
Weekly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
HIGH COTTON A BLESSING TO MANUFACTURERS
AS WELL AS TO FARMERS.

that they have already come to realize
that the high price has come to stay,
with the result that they are meeting
the price Of the manufacturers much
more freely. It is only question of a
very short time when this parity be-
tween the price of manufactured goods
and the raw material will have been
established as a new basis which will
be as profitable as heretofore. You will
find many mill men taking this view.
have heard some of the best cotton man
ufacturers express this view.
After writing this interview, I Glanced
to meet prosperous young manufacturer
from Piedmont North Carolina, and he
said: Il am sure that this interview is
correct. l believe the best thing in the
long run for the manufacturers, as we'll
as the farmers, is high cotton. Within
sixty days l think every manufacturer
will take this same view
The whole South--cotton grower, cotton
manufacturer, and everybody else-needs
high cotton to guarantee general prosper
ity. The interests of the whole people are
high and above the temporary interests
Of the few. j. D.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20

A few years ago the Lilly Whites in
Louisiana numbered over twenty thous-
and. The news now comes that they have
almost all returned to the Democratic
party. The hope that some people enter
tain of "a respectable Republican party
in the South is IAN iridescent dream"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
SeasonabIe Thoughts.
Baskerville Citizen.)

Baskerville Citlzen)
Again / hear the Christmas bells
Across the silent snow.
Again the Christ-like spirit tells
Ger waiting earth below:
Again Old Santa takes his steeds
Of reindeer fleet and strong,
And hardening to the children's needs
he speeds his freight along.
IT'S not in gifts or giving
The Christmas spirit dwells.
Ali life is worth the living.
AS love eternal tells;
And like fountain flowing
In freshening fullness free
It's thus in beauty growing
The Christ-like spirit see.
NIB. L
nocarphpr TX 100?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
A MORNING TONIC.
(Henry Van Dyke.)

Are you willing to believe that love is
the strongest thing in the world-stronger
than hate, stronger than evil, stronger
than death-and that the blessed life which
began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred
years ago is the image and brightness CT
the Eternal Love? Then you can keep
Christmas. And if you can keep it for ii
day, why not for always? But you can not
keep it alone.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20

of taking ''dry'' baths was also de-
nounced. The rubbing of rough towel
over the skin, according to DR.. Robertson,
removed the natural scales of the skin
or the false skim This, he said, con-
duced to the growth of bacteria on the
skin
The doctor cited the case of an Eskimo
brought from Greenland to Boston, who
had never been i'll in his life.Iie was
given a bath, contracted pneumonia, and
died IN two days.
MORAL: Don't take a bath!
Now let us take look on the other
side. A New York paper has been print
ing a symposium of views upon How
to Keep Young by celebrated actresses.
Sara Bernhard recommends taking a
frequent bath. Here is her view:
when 1 am tired 1 take hot bath.
When l an nervous l take a hot bath
and massage. When I am depressed moth
ing exhilarates me and puts me in form
SO soon as hot bath. Every night when
am playing as well as when l am at
leisure, / take a hot scrub before going
to bed. Yes scrub my face with soap
and hot water twice and sometimes three
times in the twenty-four hours. There
is no beautifier like soap and water, and
no preservative against illness, nerves and
age that compares with hot water"
We are inclined to side with Sara
Bernhard instead of with the Chica go
professor. She says she has tried taking
frequent baths. There is no evidence
that he ever tried it!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
Spirit of the Press.
THE WAY OF 1T. q
Salisbury Sun

/ Salisbury Sun.
TIC y an who makes s6s00O on gambling
| Is tai.cd fnancier. The negro who plays
SCI el up for cents game goes to the
chain gang.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
December Is, 1903.

"UNCLE JOE CANNON'S PICTURES
QUE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Uncle Joe" Cannon, Speaker OF the
House of Representatives once dictated
his autobiography as follows:
"Mr. Cannon was born of God-fearirg
and man-loving parents. He made him.
self. and did darned poor job OF 1t. -
The Worlds Work.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
STRAINED THEIR LITTLE THRoATs
Elkin Times.

ALI honor to Trinity College because she
refused to turn down Prof. Bassott on ac-
count of the article he wrote in which he
said some good things about the negro.
A few papers in the State are always
ready to cry down any man who sees a
future for the negro race and they have
strained their little threats in their efforts
to down Prof. Bassett. There are enough
sensible men left to save the ship and
we are glad they came to the front in
this case.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20

the season:
CHRISTMAS COMES WITH ITS MIS-
TLETOE.
(By Celia Myrover Robinson.)
IT'S said no longer is Cupid bold
To WOO with kisses, to win Or die;
Today is love for lucre sold,
And hardened hearts his shafts defy.
But something good I can yet desery.
While maidens smile on an old time
beau;
Fen youth, itself, can J. out-vie,
While Christmas comes with its mis-
tletoe.
Maidens are wary, am told,
And will not hearken to Cupid's cry;
The little blind god waits out in the
cold,
While they list to a rich suitor's Sigh.
They barter a heart to who will buy:
This may be true-I do not know;
But to beauty and bliss l can certify,
While Christmas comes with it's mis-
tletoe
My heart flies back to the days of old,
And things are not yet all awry.
While mirthful lips / still behold,
And catch the glimpse of laughing
eye.
To the bloom of the lip can testify,
IT'S sweet as ever it was, l trow.
That love will live, do 1 prophesy,
While Christmas come with its mis-
tletoe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
ENVOY.

Fortune, you Jade, you've passed NE by,
But I give you thanks for the crumbs
you throw;
A grateful beggar still am I,
While Christmas comes with its mis-
tletoe. ."*
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
THE WORLDS WORK FOR DECEMBER

The Christmas number Of "The Worlds
Work interprets timely phases of Our
national and insular development, and
rounds up year of distinct magazine
achievement. Of vital significance is Scr
emo S. Pratt's article, "Who Owns the
United States in which concrete facts
and figures show the Capitalization OF our
financial power and how all the wealth
Of the country is in the control of COM
paratively few people. The second or
the series of articles on 'The Post-office
and the People" by NJ. G. Cunnif, shows
how and why our post-office is made
quate, and how it is the true and per-
manent postal scandal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
In the Literary World.

The January Century
brings to American readers
a story full of excitement
and fascination, the accoun,
by the Rev. Ekai Kawag-
dchi, a priest OF the Zea
sect of Buddhists, OF his
long wanderings through
Tibet, of his final entrance
into Lhasa, of his long resi-
dence there, nearly all of
the time in the home of a
Tibctan official, of his ma!
forced departure, laden with
n 0 m a ton concerning
Lhasa, learned under great
difficulties. The story of
now exclusive American
publication of so valuable
a narrative was secured
adds to its interest.
1t was in the early spriag
CT 1873 that Miss Eliza Ru-
hannah Scidmore, author of
CHINA: The Icno-T .iva1
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
A Christmas DiIema.

have two new dollies, and what shall
I do?
am like the old woman who lived in a
shoei
With my eight dear children-four oo
each knee
My lap is as full as full can be,
And now these new ones-their hearts
will break
Yet an inch more sitting-room how can
make?
sympathize truly-indecd. I DO
With the famous old woman who lived
in a shoe!
c. Dowd. in the December House
keeper.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20

Mrs. Kicker-Did you tell yNr husband
what you wanted for Christmas?
Mrs. Bocker-Dear me. no. I1oniy nad
time to tell him what I didn't Want.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
A BaIlid About an Old Beau.
Fayetteville Observer.)

Here are some pretty verses by
gifted Fayetteville woman, appropriate to
the season:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20

CHRISTMAS COMES WITH IT'S MIS-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-04
c. s 0. CONDUCTOR
LOSES BOTH LEGS
MIR. c. W. Cosby. Possibly
Fatally Hurt Near Walkers.
Brought to Richmond.

Conductor g, ". Cosby. of the chesa.
peake and Ohio Railway was the victim
of an accident about midnight last night
as a result of which he will lose both legs
ana probably his life also.
Particulars are meagre, but 1t is sup
passed that in trying to board his train he
fell under the wheels and was run over.
both legs being severed between the
knees and ankles. The sad accident oc-
Cured near Walkers. station on the
eastern division of the road, half way TO
williamsburg, The injured man was
brought to this city early this morning.
He has wife and several children. all
a, whom are away from home at present
spending the summer. The news of tho
terrible accident TO the husband and
father will be great shock to them
when they learn OF it.
Captain Cosby b. we'll known in this city,
where he has Y friends. and all
the eastern linz he road
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-04
To Be Gradually Eliminated
From the Service
No MORE TO BE ENLISTED
In this Way Uncle Sam Viii In Few
Years Have White Force on His
Ships-Reasons for this
Move.
fsn.c,a1 TO The Times-D,spatch.> !

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., August S.-The
negro Is no longer to be q part of the
United States navy. He is to be quietly
but effectively eliminated, and hereafter
1t Is to be the policy OF the recruiting
agencies Of the navy to discourage the
enlistment Of black men for serving on
American war vessels
A system of elimination Is to be insu-
tuted, and while it is to be put into opera
ton gradually, 1t will eventually weed
out every negro serving before the mast.
and the enlisted force OF the navy will
be composed exclusively of white men.
There are now about 1900 enllsted
men in the navy. It is estimated that
about 600 of these men are black 1t is
probable that only a few enlistments of
negroes will be made during the next
three or four years, and as soon as the
terms Of those now serving expire they
will be allowed to go. Thus the number
leaving the service will be greater than
those entering It, and In time all the
negroes will disappear.
The white enlisted men object especially
to being obliged to mess with the negroes
on board ship. They also object to other
forms of the service which compel them
to regard the negroes as their equals in
every respect.
From time to time there have been
rrumblinRs and evidences OF discomfort,
and officers of the service have come to
the conclusion that 1t would be In the
in nterest OF the good order and discipline
to organize white navy aud allow the
blacks to go,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-04
srATD OF THE THERMOMETER
Average ............................. !
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
RICHMOND.

r. G. williams factory TO be Wipsa
from list of great plants-R. a. Pattsr, .
ron and Co come boldly to front WIN
greatly Increased ca apacity--Commoih on
Council hold busy session---Mr PoilocK
hot on trail Of those who forget their per
eonal property when preparing list Of Ia (.
able possessions-M More bonds may be
OF higher rate Of interest--Well known
minister may lose eye. being. struck pS q.
green apple thrown by urchin---Drulds
preparing to take Beach Park by storm
Thursday--Flreman against Wnom re-
ports had been circulated given nearing
by Fire Commissioners and dischdIs,eui-1
Promotions among flremen-PlcKe,t
Camp to hear DR.. Jones discuss JACKSON ~
Christian character; will attend churcn
in a body---Postnlaster Knight HES 70
the ains---Federal Court to pc N
session several days longer.-soldlers
have now nearly all been paid off
Young couple In West End have almost
sunrise weddlng--Afr. Wyndham Bollihs
has not returned: no definite idea can oe
gotten OF liabilities. assets also unknown
Tobacco men delighted with me iIng
g. & O.. loses both legs n accIden, L q, late
last night--Desth Of Philip B. Jones:
burlal in Hollywood to.day-EdifSoGs foG
Mullen acquitted of carrying concealed
weapon---King seems contented, cohsld.
ers himself no scape-goat but. victim OF OF
circumstances; nicely fixed on and 1,,,11Il VII
have his own furniture. MANCttESIER
Middle District Baptist ASSOCIATION
meets to-day in Bainbridge-Street Chnrcn
piciously near .street-car line d!sehar geo
Clear Water Committee visit Ja~.Rs
Pond and drink clear water.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-04
HIS WIFE
PROVES THE
BEST SHOT
Killed Her Husband with
His Winchester.
HE HAD FAILED
TO KILL HER
He Fired Three Shots at Her
with Pistol.
THE WOMAN WILL
PLEAD SELF-DEFENCH
Says She Saw Her Husband Reloading
His Revolver, and She Knew He
Meant to Kill Her-she Has
Surrendered Herself
to the Author
tiles.
THE WOMAN WILL
PLEAD SELF-DEFENCE
fRv Associated Press.>


A1ATTEWAN, w. VA, August 3.-Wil-
liam Adair, a prosperous farmer and lum-
Der dealer was shot and killed by his wife
in front OF their home on Pidgeon Creek.
In this county. Adair. who had been in
Cincinnati disposing Of some timber. re-
turned here rather Unexpectedly and
found his wife away from home. He went
In search OF her. and finding her in the
home Of neishbor, became Jealous and
pulling revolver from his pocket fired
three shots at her, all Of which went
wild. Mrs. Adair ran into her house,
seized her fusb bands Winchester and re-
turned to the yard Just as he was enter-
ing the gate. He ATTEMPTED to escape by
running toward the woods near by. but
q bullet from the Winchester In the hands
a. the infdtiated woman laid him low.
He fell to the ground mortally wounded,
and died without uttering a word. The
woman rode horseback 10 Williamson,
where she surrendered lni is now in
Jail.
Mrs Adair comes from one OF the
wealthiest families Of Mingo county. She
will enter plea o. self-defense. as she
claims she saw her husband reloading his
revolver, and she realized he meant to
kill her.