The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-15
souE RALEIGH NEWSPAPERS
OF DAYS THAT ARE GONE
. ioisCerlces and Anecdotes of the Star tl,e pe,=
ister, the Standard, and Their
Editors.

OF being able to purchase their license |
In his stentorian voice Mr.. Badger SAID |
to them: Come over here, We lovers and /
we II ax you up" They came smiling, the |
fifteen cents was made up, the license
secured, magistrate called over from tie
old Lawrence Hotel, and the twain who
few moments before were looking so for
Iorn, We're duly married. The magistrate
remarked that to kiss the bride was al
he ever charged for marrying people but.
IN that case he thought Mr. Gales ought
TO have the honor we'll as the pleasure
OF saluting the bride, as he was the man
who made the first move toward raising
the fifteen cents. The bridegroom said he
thought so, too, so he led her toward Mr.
Gales, who. after handing his hat to the
magistrate to hold, very solemnly per
formed that part OF the ceremony. that
completed the marriage.
Speaking of the Register we must not
overlook Stephen, the colored pressrnan
for, III his opinion, if not in the opinion
OF the balance Of mankind the Register
could not move a wheel unless he were
about. stephen was a very consequential
negro, took on the airs Of Chesterfield
when in the presence of white gentlemen.
but assumed the character Of autocrat,
adviser, admOnisher and dictator when
among his own color. He was the press
man OF the Register Office, and IN his
estimation, that fact placed him on the
roll of honor, and Governor Morehead
| then the occupant of the Governors Man
sion, could not have felt the burden of
party responsibility any more than he
! did. Stephen heard all that was said in
| the office by the editor, and the politicians
! who went there to discuss the questions
of the day, but he told nothing. He CON
sidered himself one Of them, and his idea
was, that everything he heard discussed
! was secret that should be kept from the
ears of Loco Focos.'
After the death Of Weston r. Gales,
/ Major Seaton Gales, his son, became the
! editor, but later on John w Syme, of
, Petersburg, Va, purchased the paper and
published it up to and during the war.
I never knew much of the Star, except
! that Rev. Thomas ]. Lemay, the editor
was a conscientious Christian gentleman,
and not caring to be harrassed with poll
! ties and politicians, he sold his paper in
the early fifties to VIM. G. Doub, Esq,
son of Rev. Peter Doub, one of North
! Caronna's most distinguished diyines. Mr.
! Doub soon found that his new life was
not congenial to his refined, retiring ma
ture, and while he endured rather than
enjoyed the eXcitements of a political life
and made, withal, a first class paper, he
availed himself of the first opportunity
that presented itself to get away from
scenes that he could not take interest in
Were L writing history, instead OF
more methodical and pay greater attention
TO accuracy as to dates. But, as l an
simply bringing into review events that
occurred half a century ago, | make nc
effort to write of those events in the order
in which they transpired. but take then
up as memory recalls them. In 1916 the
temperance question became a popular
movement in Raleigh, drawing into il
men OF all classes and conditions Of SO
ciety and laid the foundation, in part, O.
the very decided movement which we arr
row witnessing in this city. In the Benne
han grove, the square lying between Nor
gan and Hargett and between Person ant
Bloodworth streets, we heard the frs
temperance address to which we had eve
, listened The occasion was a Temperance
mass meeting and barbecue, and the prin
cipal speaker was a gentleman by tn
l name of Zei igenfuss-U don't know that
=, spell his name right)-who came her
from Baltimore, and represented th
Washingtonan Temperance Society. 9th
ers made speeches and enthusiasm RAJ
: very high. Some of the men who Wer
, taking an active part in the moVemen
were William T. Balm James NJ. ToWles
Patrick MCGOWAN, James Patrick, ]. d
Royster, William Stronach, e. Colburn
l Sylvester Smith all of whom, as well a
nearly, if not quite all, who We're presen
? that day, have long since gone to tn
3 land Of spirits, but the movement 0
which the men of that date were the lead
? ers. has continued to leaVen public ser
e timcnt until we have now the pr0spec
/ of seeing that of which they but faintl.
J, dreamed.
/ Eerv soon after that Washingtonla
movement. the Sons of Temperance, Sc
+ cret order, swept over the country an
Y "Old Concord Division No. L. was char
e tered here in Raleigh, of which dlvislo
c the writer became a junior member, Q
:. rather a Cadet Of Temperance, in 1874
II I was nothing but boy, but the goo
d Influence of that organization has nc
: heen forgotten in the fifty six years tina
q have gone by ] was a country boy, hef
+ at school, and temptations to drink We1
: presented on every turn, and seeing tina
@ town boys could drink and play cards,
: felt indeed like a green horn when ma
o. TO decline because I did not know no
i alcoholic liquors tasted nor know one car
q from another. [ cannot say how long
: might have held out against these teml
> tations if I had received no attento
from those citizen who were trying
: save the boys. Suffice 1t to say, VIZ
" led into the temperance society ana ther
!. after. while here at school, 1t was an eaS
! matter to resist the temptations, Whle
otherwise might have overcome me-
!. In 1847, I think it was, A. M. 20
, man. ESQ, the foreman of the Reglst
q office began the publication OF TT
; Snirit of the Age as the organ or u
10 Sons of Temperance IN this state. ~ '"
20 small sheet at first, but was enlarS'
II from time to time until it became one
- no loroest fOur-page papers III MOI