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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
Spirit of the Press.

THE BENCH AND THE PRESIDENCY.
New York Evening Sun (Rep)
Justice Goodrich said in his speech to
the Brooklyn Bar Association on Thurs
day night that no judge had ever been
nominated for President. Certainly no
man with judicial experience has been
elected President We have had in that
office, according to Townsend's ~. S.
eighteen lawyers, three soldiers, two pol
iticians and one planter, not including
Mr. Roosevelt. Such were the profess
sions or occupations of the candidates
when elected to office. In early life
thirteen of them were lawyers, four ~
them teachers one a doctor, two tailors,
one a tanner, one a farmer, one a sur
yeyor, and one soldier. Mr. Townsend
would probably identify Mr.. Roosevelt s
early vocation as that of a literary man,
but might well be in doubt as to whether
he should be called a politician or a lit
erary man when he was elected Vice
President. The politicians on the Town
send list were Monroe and Johnson.
1t Is certainly singular that of the
eighteen lawyers who became President
not one of them was taken from the
bench. But all it proves is that judges
have not been regarded by the contem-
porary parties as the best vote getters.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
A Tragedy at Wadesboro.
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Especial to News and Observer
Wadesboro N. c., March 6.-On the
afternoon of Tuesday last Mr.. John A.
Sullivan died at his home on the Lilies
VILE road, about a mile from this place,
from the effects of a pistol shot wound
inflicted here the Saturday night preced-
ing.
Just before his death Mr.. Sullivan
stated that his slayer was Will Boggan,
negro, who had shot him as he was
going through an alley between Williams
Bros. store and the Klondike Hotel. He
had spoken to the negro in greeting and
the latter had retortcd with foul oaths
Sullivan had turned back on the negro
who was following him, saying that he
did not care to take such abuse, when
Boggan fired. Later in the night or
rather early Sunday morning Boggan
surrendered himself to the authorities,
and by them was taken to Monroe for
safe keeping.
There had been bad blood between the
men on account of petty business trans
action. Boggan claims to be able, how
ever, to establish an alibi. On the other
Rand, Sullivans ante-mortem statement
is supported by the evidence of Mr.. ].
w. Starnes, who was With him when
shot.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
Negro Presidents of A & n, Colleges Urge IN
dustrial Education.
CBy the Associated Press)


Chattanooga, Tenn. March 6.-The con-
Vention of negro presidents of Agricul-
tuTal Colleges adopted the following de-
claration of principles this afternoon:
1--WE wish to emphasize the Importance
of the peculiar line of work to which our
efforts are committed. The development
of the negro along agricultural. mechani-
cal and democratic lines is of primary
importance. as it conduces to useful and
productive citizenship.
1--WE address ourselves to the members
of our race, most earnestly calling at
tention TO the opportunit~ offered by
noble farm life for the avoidance of idle
ness. poverty and squalor often i"cident
to city and town life.
1--WE are mindful of the wisdom of the
Federal government in providing for the
union of "A and NJ Colleges throughout
the various States; also we acknowledge
the supplementary aid extended to our
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
DEB aTERs FOR THE UNIVERSITY
s. A. Robbins and r. O Everett Will Meet Rep
resentatives of Johns Hopkins.
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Chapel Hill, ~ c., March 6.-Mr. S. 5.
Robbins. of Asheboro, N. c., member of
the junior class, has been chosen by the
Dialectic Society as the representative
in the Carolina ] Johns Hopkins debate,
which will take place in Raleigh the lat
ter part of this month or early in April.
Mr. Robbins, in securing this honor was
ably opposed by j G. Gold, who in every
sense proved worthy of his steel. Mr..
Robbins is one of the most brilliant
men in college. an able and logical
talker, and will discharge the high honor
reposed in him with credit to himself
and to the institution which he repre-
sentS
In the Phlanthropic Society Mr. r. O..
Everett, after a hard fought struggle,
was selected as a colleague for MI
Robbins winning over Mr.. Homer Win
ston. Mr.. Everett is a prominent mem
Der of the senior class, an earnest work
er. an accurate thinker and a pleasing
speaker and every one has implicit con-
fidence in his ability to bring victory to
the white and blue.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Rockingham. N. c.. March 6.-The
State made a motion to remove the case
of State against Henry Young, charged
with killing ]. H. Williamson, from this
county to some adjoining county on the
grounds that practically all the bar here
are employed by the defendant; that his
brother is a son-in-law of the sheriff OF
the county and keeper of the county Jail;
that the defendant is a resident of the
county, while the man whom he killed
was not: that these facts cause undue
sympathy for the defendant in this coun-
ty; that for these reasons the State can
not get fair trial in the county The
defense ha sheen given until Saturday
morning to file counter afffdavits. at
which time the motion will be argued.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
The Boards of Trade.

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Greensboro, n. c., March 6.-The eXecu-
tive committee of the Associated Boards
OF Trade, through Secretary Hunter, of
this city, are now making an effort to
secure conference with the authorities
of the Southern Associated Railways, to
be held in Washington, on March 10Th,
to come to some understanding regard
ing the alleged discrimination in freights
against North Carolina towns.
Every effort so far to have an amicable
adjustment of these matters or to even
get an authorized conference has signally
failed. and it would seem that if a
meeting is ever agreed upon it will
amount to nothing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
TO HIDE A W0MaN's SHAME,
Mother. Father and Daughter Jailed on Charge
of Numbering an Infant.

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Charlotte, N. c., March Geo King,
Julia King and Lula King, all colored,
were committed to Jail today charged
with the murder of Lula Kings infant.
The three defendants are father, mother
and daughter. The evidence before the
coroner's jury was that Geo. King the
grandfather of the infant, killed the child
by knocking it's head against the side
of the house. Lula King the mother, re-
Gently graduated from Scotia Seminary, at
Concord. 1t is supposed that the grand
father of the child committed the deed in
order to hide his daughters shame The
verdict of the coroner's jury is that all
three are jointly guilty of the heinous
crime.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
For Eight O'clock Closing Bill,

Especial to News and Observer.)
Wilmington, n c., March 6.-As the re-
suit of a meeting today the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce, through President
Chadbourn and tire entire executive com
mittee, sent a signed telegram to Rep
resentatva Morton and Senator Bellamy,
of the Wilmington district, urgently re-
qucsting Thorn to do all in their power
towards the passage of the Alexander
bill requiring saloons in the State to
close at s p. M, the request is also made
that the telegram be read in the House.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
OUR NEW SENATOR.

Hon, Lee S. Overman, our new Senator,
has taken the oath of office and entered
upon his new duties. He has had long
legislative experience in North Carolina,
as Speaker of the House and leader both
of majority and minority forces, and
in the higher body will feel at home
Mr.. Overman is a true and patriotic
North Carolinian, a genuine and unter-
rificd Democrat, an honorable and up
right man, in accord with The best tradi-
tions and hopes of the State, and will
have no ambition except TO serve every
interest of the Commonwealth. He will
worthily represent his State and will
have the support of men of all creeds
parties in North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
Stolen Horse and Buggy Recovered,

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Rocky Mount ~ c., March 6-Chief Of
Police Kicks has recovered horse and
buggy stolen from =. B. Stephenson, of
KcIford, n. c., by party who claimed
to be an optician of Norfolk, using the
name of DIR. II. Golden. Golden rented the
horse and sold him here to farmer
named Powell. Golden is about D feet
s inches tall, q or % years of age, has
bI own curly hair, blue eyes and round
clean shaver face The police are anX-
ious TO locate him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
HE sElZED a LIVE WIRE.
Two Thousand Volts Shot Through Him. A
Negroes Suicidal Folly.
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Especial to News and Observer
Wilmington, n. c., March 6.-While on
his way down town to work this morn
ing, Wright Stanley, a negro laborer, was
horribly electrocuted by running into a
guy wire of the street railway company,
which had fallen across an arc light line
and been charged with 1000 volts OF
electricity. The wire was suspended
across a vacant lot and the negro at
tempted to lift it up so he could pass
Under. Two of his fingers were burned
entirely off and one of his forearms. was
burned to the bone He died instantly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
THE FREE PASS BILL.

In the discussion of the bill to permit
railroads to give free passes to Confed-
crate soldiers, the chief evil in the bill
was emasculated when it provided that
this should apply only ito ex-Confed-
crate soldiers on the pension roll The
railroads now give passes to soldiers at
the Soldiers Home and as no man on the
pension roll can be worth over $500, this
pension bill will not do much evil.
The original proposition to include all
ex-Confederate soldiers was very proper
ly sat down upon
The free pass evil as practiced in
North Carolina had no redeeming fea-
ture. Before it was abolished, leading
citizen of the State had this converse
tion with a leading railroad man:
Citizen: Il am surprised that the rail
roads do not favor the bill prohibiting
giving free passes. Isn't it great tax
on the railroads.
Railroad Man: Eyes, but it is also
great help
Citizen: "How so?"
Railroad Man: 81 will strate: At
the last session of the Ii stature. so
/ am reliably informed a. member of
the House applied for passes from Raj
eigh to Ashevlle and return for him
self, his wife, two of his wife's sisters,
his wife's- neice. and two or three of his
children. 1t was a hog combine and
rather staggered the pass distributor, but
he issued the passes About three weeks
after the passes had been issued, and
the whole family had enjoyed a great trip
to the mountains, a bill came UP in
which the railroad had deep interest.
One Of its law agents or attorneys call
ed on the member who had applied for
so many passes, and requested him to
champion the side of the railroad. OF
course he did it. though it was a meas
ure that he had at home said was dan
serous. Those passes bought that mans
vote. Money couldn't have influenced him.
II railroad man had offered him $500
Tor his vote. the legislator would have
knocked him down. but the free passes
put him under such obligations that the
railroad owned his vote whenever it
needed it. Now do you understand why
some railroads oppose a bill granting
free passes TO public offcisls?'
The Legislature of North Carolina has
forbidden the use of passes by public
officers. and yet that law is made dead
letter often because men elected to the
Legislature and to important public po-
sitions get these passes as law agents
or attorneys" Sometimes the employ
ment is a fraud and a sham and the
pass-toter is not really employed. Even
when the pass-toter is actually employ
ed. he ought to respect the law and not
use his passes when he draws mileage
cut of the State Treasury.
New York-not a very Populistic State
and not governed by hostility to corpora
tions-has provision in its State Consti-
tuition by which any public officer, who
accepts pass, go instanter, loses his
office. Virginia and other States have
similar provisions in their constitutions.
They are not put there for any purpose
except wise and necessary one. There
ought TO be such a statute in North
Carolina
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
South Cardinals Claims Settled.
fRv the Associated Press.D

Washington, D. c.. March 6.-The
Treasury Department today issued war
rants aggregat:ng $3.50 1877 in favor of the
state of South Carolina in satisfaction
of it's claims growing out of the war of
1872. The payment was directed by the
General Deficiency Act. approved March
g 1903
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
Judge PEBBLES Did Right
(Monroe Enquirer.)

In sentencing that Sampson county
juror and sutton to Jail for thirty days
because the juror spent the night with
the sutton, Judge PEBBLES did right. 1t
is claimed that the juror was not to
blame, as he did not know he was doing
anything wrong III accepting the hospi-
tally of tn man who had a case in court.
Any man with sense enough to go to the
court house, knows that it is not right
for a juror to spend the night with a man
who has a case on trial.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Asheville. n. c.. March 6-Lo Wash
ington, an Indian about eighty years old,
of Wolftown, Jackson county. was found
dead in a hog bed in tho hollow of a large
chestnut tree, and most of his body eaten
by hogs and wild animals. The old man
Aa dset out to visit his brothers n Big
Cove, N. c., but unable to pass a swol-
len stream law down and frozcj during
the night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
O'Hanlon Able to Leave Hospital.

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Wilmington ~ c., March George
OHanlon, who was shet Tuesday after
neon by Capt. w. H. Pcmberton, is able
TO leave the hospital. Sensational re-
ports that he was mortally wounded
were given rise to by an attempt at first
to suppress the real facts in the case
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
RECOVERED SPEECH ANR HEARING

Messrs. Ely Brs.:-I commenced using
your Cream Balm about two years ago
for catarrh. My voice was somewhat
thick and my hearing was dull. My
hearing has been fully restored and my
speech has become quite clear. 1 am a
teacher In our town.
l.. G. BROWN, Granger, 0.
The Balm does not irritatue or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at so cts.
or mailed by ly Brothers, Sc Warren St.,
New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Halifax ~ c., March 6.-The case OF
the negro Jeffreys Hyman, who swindlei
Mcssrs. Bryant & Whitley, of Scotland
Neck, out of $500 in cash and 800 worth
of goods by means of forged checks, about
four weeks ago, came up for trial We'd
nesday. The jury brought in a verdict OF
guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to
four years at hard labor in the peni-
Tertiary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Greensboro, N c., March Col. John
N Staples, referee in the case Of Hun
ter, Receiver of the Bank of Guilford,
VS. Bogart, cashier and his bondsmen,
will resume the taking of testimony on
March 18th. This case involving over
$50 900 is a suit brought against the
cashier of the insolvent bank and his
bondsmen to make good the losses by the
bank. and has been very strongly con-
tested.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
Msyor Brown to Run for Reelection
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Charlotte, ~ c., March 6.-Mayor Pet
er Marshall Brown today announced tina
he would be a candidate for reelection
So far no other candidate has been AT.
nounced. 1t is understood tonight tina
Capt. T. S. Franklin will make the rae,
against Brown. Both are opposed t.
whiskey and both are in favor of tbs
reforms now in force in Charlotte.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Mr.. James W. Osborne. who has been
assistant district attorney of New York
counsel for the Universal Tobacco Com
pany, He has made national reputation.
North Carolnians at the metropolis stand
at the head.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

AS was to have been expected the $780,
coo appropriation bill to mark the graves
OF Confederate soldiers who are buried
in national cemeteries, failed to pass
combe."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Fayetteville, n c., March 6.-Andrew
Macarthur. who was shot by ex-senator
Warren Carver is still living, though
in critical condition. Mr.. Carver has
not yet been apprehended, and is said to
be out deer hunting.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
STATE NEWS.

Henderson, N. c., March 6.--There viii
be an educational rally at Middlobuvg
Friday. 9Th. from II to $3.50 o'clock.
Prof &. c. Crittenden will speak on con
solidation and Prof. Alderman will deliver
an address.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
The Hays go to ThomasVille.


Washington, d. c., March Secretary
Hay with Mrs Hay has gone TO Thomas
Vile. Ga, for a few days visit with their
daughter, Mrs Payne Whitney and her
infant daughter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

The most troublesome factors in rails
ing children are Coughs, Colds, Group
and Whooping Cough Always Group
Syrup is the only safe and certain cure
for these ills Try it and help baby to
pull through the spring months, zoe. at
Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

OF course the United States Senate
didn't pass the bill desired by independ-
ent tobacco manufacturers to prevent the
use of prize coupons or tags in cigarette
nan on deck to see that it was buried.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Goldsboro, n. c., March 6.-Mr. j. II.
Pate. a commission merchant of this city,
has become a convert to Dowieism. He
has sold his property here and will join
the colony in Illinois. founded by
Dowie These people hold their posses
sions in common.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
When The Grand CIimacteric
Period of a Woman'S Life
Arrives
Paine'S Celery
Compound
Takes Her Safely Into After
Lite Free from the Ailments
All DInger Common
to Her Sex

Change of life, which usually comes on
between the age of forty and fifty, is to
thousands of women a time of serious
constitutional disturbances. The danger
time is made known by Irregularities,
stomach arrangements, headache, nerv-
BUSINESS, pain in back and hips, liubs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

The individual lobbyist in Washington
is playing out. They have organized a
trust in the lobbying. and the individual
lobbyist is crying out against this latest
tiust.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

revenue doodles are happy. The Presi-
dent says that he will keep on letting ex-
Senator Prichard dispense the patronage.
That means that the old crowd will stay
at the trough.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Goldsboro. N. c., March 6-J. T. Foy,
member of House of Representatives from
Pender county. and J. w. Foy, of our
city. left today for Wilmington to at
tend the funeral of their brother-in-law
DR.. J. c. Shepard
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
MORNING TONIC.
(Zola.l

Above all, l must find a man in each
work, or the work leaves me unmoved.
My definition of a work of art, were |
to formulate it. would be: work of
art is corner of creation, seen through
a temperament.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
Under the Dome.

w. II. P. Jenkins, the "Demosthenes of
the House of 1901, as Mr.. Parker, of
Halifax, called him. was invited to the
privileges of the floor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Some people in Wisconsin have called
a convention Ito settle the race ques-
ton And now let us all wait for the
millennium. yrl
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
A HELP AND NOT AN INJURY

Durham Herald.
As the Southern was willing to spend
fifty thousand in the erection of a depot
in Durham, it cannot claim that it is
being imposed upon if it is compelled to
spend half of this amount in building
depot in conjunction with the other
roads.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
MIGHTY BUSY THESE DAYS

Elizabeth City Tar Heel.
The private phone connecting Colonel
Andrews office and that OF his Con
sentative Organ" must be kept busy
these days.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

A few days ago Col Jno. R. Lane, of
Chatham, the gallant head of the famous
Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regiment.
was invited to a seat on the floor of the
Senate. Here are some lines written
then:
TO COLONEL LANE.
Aye! old Confederate, the floor is yours.
Take the Senate from floor to dome
And give us credit on the debt we owe
For the service you gave in the years
that are gone.
You don't look so old; why. your walk
is straight,
Just dash lof grey has touched your
hair;
But, perhaps, your spirit has been worn
a bit
By the rust Of life with its wear and
tear.
But time will pass long. long in it's
course,
Before that spirit has gone to rest,
If passed through days of war and strife.
1t was worn and torn and stood the test.
So take the floor-it's not much to give,
just credit it on the debts that's due,
Not counted in its worldly worth
But measured by our love for you.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Hon. John d. Bellamy, who has been
in Raleigh to argue cases before the
Supreme Court, was a visitor to the
State Senate. of which he was a former
member. His friends are talking about
him as the next nominee for Lieutenant
Governor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

The Legislature has passed the bill
which was introduced by DIR. Stevenson
to prohibit the sale and manufacture of
liquor in Iredell and it is now a law 1t
VIII be remembered that the Watts
bill allowed the manufacture of brandy
and it's sale in packages Of not less than
five gallons, but since the enactment of
this law after the first of next July moth
ing stronger than wine and cider can
be made and sold in Iredell legally be-
cause the town of Statesville is going
to vote out saloons sure as the 18th of
March rolls round.-Statesville Mascot
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Most connubial ties seem to be bow
knots-at least they pull out easily.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

Judge Walter Fl. Neal, returning from
Wentworth where he has been holding
court, was visitor at the Capitol yes
terday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

There is a bill that has passed the
Senate and is now pending in the House
to provide for tax collectors ip every
township in Henderson county. Mr..
Charles F. Toms of the Hendersonville
bar, is in Raleigh and opposes the pass
age of the bill