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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-24

The time has arrived when the
roads should be looked after. Though
it looks very much as if our road
overseers were like the man in the
song of the Arkansas Traveller,
whose house could not be shingled
while it was raining, and which
didn't need to be when it was dry.
Our roads become passable after a
rainy season as soon as they dry off,
and as long as they remain in that
condition there is no effort made to
apply the 'ounce of preyention."--
Potomac Proqrsss.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-24
A Thoughtful Man.

M. NJ. Austin, of Winchester. Ind. knew
what to do in the hour of need. His wife had
such an unusual case of stomach and liver
trouble physicians could not help her. He
thought OF and tried DIR. Kings Now Life
Pills and she got relief at once and was finally
cured. Only rs cents at Ellis @. Richardson's. s.
kHmarnock; Il. ]. Hayden & Sons, Iryingtop.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-24

as an act Of Northern interference, -
would work injury to the negro and
might disturb the peace Of the South
ana OF the country at large. Mr..
ogden's cogent and impassioned
defense of the best forces of the
South has called forth very general
approval.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-24
Makes a Clean swesn.

There's nothing like doing a thing thor
oughly. OF all the salves you ever heard of
Bucklcn's Arnica Salve is the best. It sweeps
away and cures burns, sores, bruises, cuts,
boiis, ulcers, skin eruptions and piles. It's
only 25 cents and guaranteed 20 give salts
faction by Ellis Q. Richardson, Knmarnock !
and I. J. Hayden s. Son, Irvington,
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
LAW AND ORDER MUST PREVAIL

believe the tide is turning
will be held
asserting
ernly unquesonaby right passion
lie
The broken
We needed all along
puaninous evidences
dy
decent determination
Police the
the they
Tuesday yesterday o
the
realizing that expression
maintain order would be effective besd
making
wokhouse
There silence
O the done.
TO keepo
nothing do
citizens
avoiding pos-
a o in streets
all
demanding
followed tted atooty.
Somebody the
Evening journal., 1903-06-25

guilty on the thousands who arc inno-
cent, There is not decent black man
or woman IA Delaware but who deeply
deplores the outrage at Prices Corner,
not one who had any sympathy with
the iiend who was executed by the mot,
lot they do not want TO feel that they
are all classed with him, or that they
are deemed less worthy uf respect and
confidence Than before the iiend com
mitted the deed
Evening journal., 1903-06-25

We find that the police feel outraged
by the intolerabe position in which
they have been placed. They declare
that there shall be no more infractions
Of the law without resistance to the
last ditch. There are brave men ON the
force, and they resent being placed in
a position where they must fold their
hands while lawless mob works it's
Will. We all are relying on them for
protection, and any man who doesn't
uuhold them In preserving order
doesn't deserve protection for himself.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
The FRUITS oE VIOLENCE.

The negro White is dead, but so is
Peter smith, the boy whose curiosity
led him TO watch the proceedings Of the
mob at the worlhouse. Those who took
part in the lynching Of the negro may
rejoice IN their grisy glory, but who
must assume responsibility for the
death OF the boy? II is a principle that
men must assume the consequences OF
their acts, especially when those con-
sequences may be easily foreseen. In
most States the law says that where
death results from the commission of
any crime, the person committing it is
guilty OF murder in the first degree. 1t
follows that the men who led the riot
those who followed and their abetters
have something very grave to answer
for.
They were fortunate that they had
no greater loss of life to their credit.
Had the men who We're charged with
the duty of protecting the workhouse
made the resistance that is generally
expected under such circumstances, there
would probably have been other deaths
chargeable to the mob. This taxing the
law into the hands Of an innamed pop>
ulace is bad business, viewed from amy
standpoint and in at least one home
there is mourning, and one death is
added to the list, with nothing to COM
pensate for it. The death of that poor
boy alone is sufficient to answer all the
ingenius exuses of the violaters of the
law ana public order. His epitapl
might be. Killed while Watching q
mob Of New Castle citizens stormins
the worlxhousc."
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
A sunshinx Woman.

She always seems SO pleasant that
l often wonder what good fairy.
BY magic of some wand's fiat,
Decreed her moods and manners airy;
And smiles--I marvel much thcreat
When cares great cross is hers to
carry.
Yet be dull grief or giadness present.
She hath the art of seeming pleasant
To beauty slight would be hcr claim
Likewise TO grace and lofty station,
And. though she bears an nonored
name,
Her hearts ne'er felt that quick pull
sation
That comes with picking fruits OF fame
And earning critics sweet obldtion.
Her placid life hath known no whimple.
Yet Smiles keep eer her checks
a-dimple.
think The fates or fairies must
have, when with graces they endow-
ed her.
Bethougat how beauty flies as dust
And fame doth crumble into powder,
While smiles live on, and, being just,
This greater boon than all allowed
her
A grace most sweet in queen or peas
ant
The one Of always being pleasant,
Roy Farrell Greene, in The House
keeper.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
JUDGE TOWNSEND'S SIDE
He Says His Client Was Not Treated
Right.

Arthur Corwell the man who is sus-
pected of being implicated in the burn
ing of White, and who was released
from the police station under $4,000
bail last night, was at the headquarters
Of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in the
Masonic Hall this morning with his
counsel. ex-City Judge Sylvester d.
Townsend, Jr. Mr.. Corwell refused to
be interviewed, and referred the Even
ing journal reporter to his attorney.
Mr.. Townsend was very indignant
over the stand taken by Magistrate
Hollls, before whom it is understood
the hearing viii take place at O'Clock.
He stated that he went to Hollis yes
terday afternoon and asked him when
the hearing would be held. The magis-
trate, he says, replied: You will have
to see Bob" meaning Deputy Attorney
General Robert II. Richards).
Mr.. Townsend says he next asked if
a warrant had been sworn out for his
client at that office, and Magistrate
Hollis said: Il won't tell you whether
ii was or was not"
He then demanded, as counsel for
the prisoner, to see the warrant and
any other papers with reference to the
case, which he said was nothing more
than his right. The magistrate, how
ever still refused to give him any in
formation whatever about the case, not
withstanding the fact that he is coun-
sci for the accused man.
Townsend stated to the Evening
journal reporter that he would make
an effort TO have the case come up be-
fore either of the city judges, instead
or before Magistrate Hollis on the
that Magistrate Hollis is
9reJldiced
MI Townsend still says thai his client
was at the Eagles carnival until 1880
O'Clock on the night of the lynching.
and that he cannot see how the State
can hole him at The hearing. II Corwel
had not done so much talking ana flour
ished charred stick he would not
have been arrested.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
THE COURT AND THE MOB.

The lawless element having wreaked
it's vengeance on the negro wretch
who was held in the custody of the
law are now seeking to place the blame
on the court. There seems to have
been an impression that the court can
convene at a moments notice, and dis
pose of cases off-hand, but the fact
that the certainty of justice depends
upon measure of deliberation is over
looked.
When the judges decided that they
would not call an extra session they
were guided by their ideas of justice
and order. We expect them to be calm
and 20 preserve judicial temper at
all times. and this is especially impor-
tant when the public mind is inflamed.
They had TO weigh the matter as guar
dams OF the law. Suppose they had
called an extra session, it would have
taken nearly a month under the legal
procedure. Suppose the court had been
held, could a jury have been formed
that would have been in "a condition
TO weigh the evidence and to give a
verdict in that calm and impartial
manner contemplated by the law
Then suppose the prisoner had been
brought from the workhouse to the
city and the whole story rehearsed be-
fore crowded court room, would the
court have been able TO offer him that
protection which the law was Obliged
TO give? Would it not have been put
ting him in a position to invite moi
violence? He might have b.en taker
to another county, but that would hav,
been especially dangerous.
II is said that there was no doubt
about his guilt. and that the cour
knew IL. But this is not true. At tn,
time the judges refused to call an ex
ira session they did not know OF am,
confession; neither did the Attorney
General Furthermore, there was no
the slightest doubt that fair tria
would have been had in due course q
time, and that under the evidence
speedy conviction and execution woul
have followed. That would have bee
more impressive than the act of III
mob, and we should then have II
cause TO feel the blush Of sham
Those who took part in the mob. an
those who encouraged them must be,
y the fun responsibility for their acti
q they cannot shift it on the shoulders
y the court
" We are told by the press that Il
y Constitution guarantees to a prison
A. speedy trial, which is true: but d
le the prisoner want a speedy trial? It
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
EDITORIAL OPINION
The Saving Remnant.

From Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The element OF the population of Del
aware which Matthew Arnold would
have styled the saving remnant is com
ing to the front, for the moment at
least Chief of Police Blach, Of Will
mingtOn, estimates IL at 10 per ccnt. Of
the entire community, leaving 30 per
cent as approving the barbarOus action
of the mob and adhering TO the Gospel
of Anarchy as preached by tlio lev.
Robert 4. Elwood. If this 1.-THE of the
population of Northern Delaware should
prove to be as aggressive as the up
holders OF lynch law. If it should prove
to POSSESS the courage of its conN ic-
tiOns, something may yet be done TO re-
habiitate the State In the opinion of
the country and the civilized world TO
remove the city of Wilmington from the
category of Kishineff and Belgrade.
It IS understood that other leaders
in the atrocious affair of Monday night
are TO be arrested, and that the con-
stituted authorities of the State are de-
termined to press their prosecution as
far as the law and public sentiment viii
permit.
The success Of this prosecution will
be entirely dependent upon the latter,
for conviction can only be secured at
the hands of a Delaware Jury. and i'm
the present situation no dependence
can be placed upon such a slender
chance. The Delaware authorities,
however, are deserving OF commenda-
tion for inaugurating this movement
to bring the leading spirits of the mob
to punishment. T. Ell II IL should not
be mcted out to them in slight measure,
they VIII at least be pilloried hefoie the
world by name, and the saving remnant
OF Delaware win accomplish something
will at least separate itself from the
of the God-dcfyins. law
blood Thirsty malorIty.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
What VIII Delaware Do?

From Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
If there is any sense Of law. justice
and public honor i'm the State of Della
ware, it now has an opportunity 60 dis
play itself. The commonwealth is
confronted with the duty of vindicating
its own laws and authority fiouted at
and trampled upon by one Of the most
savage mobs ever known in an Ameri-
can community.
A leader of the lynohrs is reported
to have been arrested on a warrant
from the Attorney GENERALS office and
promise is made that other warrants
will be served at once, but IL Is generally
believed at Wilmington that il will be
useless TO attempt bringing any of the
men TO justice, inasmuch as II will be
impossible to find a grand jury that
will indict or petit jury that will con-
vict
In other words. this is tantamount
to confession that an overwhelming
majority of the people are i'm sympathy
with the horrible lawlessless which pre-
vailed on Monday night and gave rise
to an act of cruelty which even tribe
of Tagals in the Philippine Islands
might have hesltated to commit In
famous and inhuman as was the crime
of which the negro was guilty, not less
Infamous and inhuman was the conduct
of the mob which not only overthrew
law and justice IN order to seize the
wretch, but which inflicted upon him
the most agonizing death 1t was pos
sible for them to devise.
What is Delaware going to do tC
wipe out or to counteract this supreme
| disgrace? or is she really Dowerless
TO assert her authority because hei
citizens who believe in law and order
and who know the bad and demoraliz.
ing effects which such a triumph oi
barbarism must ultimately have on tn,
whole community, if unchecked, ar,
too few in number to produce tn,
slightest effect in standing up for civ.
ilized justice?
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
WESLEY DAY At tPWORTH CHURCH
There Will Be Special Services in the|
Church All Day Sunday.

On next Sunday there will be special
services all day at Epworth NJ. L.
Church, corner Tenth and Lombard
streets. The Wesley bicentenuiai Will
be most fittinsly observed, and at the
morning services the subscriution
blanks which have been circulatin.
among the members and friends for the
purpose of liquidating the entire debt
of the church, will be received and read.
missionary program will be rendered
by the Sunday school at D. m.
In the evening there will be special
music by the choir and Junior choir
and platform addresses will be made as
follows: The Wesley Bicentennialn
Harry Keen; "Wesley's Parents" w 1.
Overdeer; "Wesley's Birthplace" David
Baker; "Wesley'g Childhood" Thomas
Jakes; 'Wesley's Schooldays," John
White. Jr., "Wesley's Early Ministry
Theodore ID. ShiDley; England as
Wesley Found It." John A. Booker.
Estimates of Wesley and His Work
George Witworth THE Growth of
Methodism," William p. White.
The subject OF the morning sermon
by the pastor, the Rev. DR.. Lihgtbourn.
Will be Wesley, and What He Stands
For;' the evening discourse viii be ON
The Message and Mission of Method
ISM A general invitation is extended
to all friends of Methodism to be pres-
ent at these services.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
The NEGRO AND The Moe.

Above all else these days there is an
urgent need that al men who are ca
pable of it should be just There is a
great deal of loose and wild talk that
should be treated with the contempt
it deserves. A colored man has COM
mitted an awful crime, and has met an
awful death. and the colored people
have had 10 listen to many harsh and
unjust WORDS. Il isn't fair toindict a
whole race because Of the conduct Of
one nend. There are colored men here.
just as there were in the South during
the war. who would sell their lives to
protect our women--white or black.
The logic which would condemn all per-
sons Of a black skin for the crime OF
one is not sound. He was a negro. but
so he was a man, but we cannot draw
an indictment against the whole hui
man race.
We say regretfully that under many
circumstances the colored people nav,
disappointed US; they have not regard
ed their citizenship or other privileges
as highly as we have wished, but it il
not often that such a crime as tina
which recently horrifed us stains thei
honor. Wnen IL does. we are preparel
to urge the application of any remed
the law has provided or any new la,
our Legislature can enact, but in ever
case men must be considered as mer
aud we must not put the blame Of tn
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
LAWLESSNESS OF BOYS
Crowds of Them Attack Defenseless
Colored People.

Crowds OF young men and boys are re-
sponsible for the outrages committed on
colored people last night. Every negro
that chanced TO get in their way was
forced to fly to escape a possible beating.
A colored band in~the vicinity Of Eighth
an dMarket streets took to their heels
when mob Of young men and boys made
a rush in its direction.
James Gale. colored, Of No. 7l6 Wilson
street was severely beaten by mob at
Fifth and King streets. He was passing
quietly along when the crowd espied him.
After being knocked down and beaten, he
managed to regain his feet and run to the
police station where his injuries we're
dressed.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
CORONER AND DEPUTY CLASH
Do Not Appear to Be on Friendly
Terms.

The inquest was scheduled to have
been held at o'clock. but because Cor
oner Mccormick and his deputy, John
r. Kilmer. do not work together as they
should, the affair proved a farce. The
Deputy Coroner appeared to enjoy the
predicament in which his chief was
placed, ana when asked if he had any
evidence to offe= said: Sam is run
ming things. l know nothing about the
thing"
The Deputy Coroner was absent when
The jury assembled, and the remains
OF White could not be found. They had
oeen collected by Mr.. Kilmer and put
away BY him.
Coroner and jury, with score 'of
spectators and newspaper men, then be-
gan "A search of the cellar, OF morgue,
for what was left of the body of w hite.
For an hour they searched every
nook and corner. Jibes and jests from
the searchers showed that the majority
of them were devoid Of any feeling
save that of complete satisfaction over
what had been done by the mob.
Finally James f.. McIvor, a local
newspaper man. who plunged his hand
cellar, pulled out a package wrapped
with newspaper. Unfolding 1t, half
burned human foot wds disclosed.
Further search revealed several
other charred pieces Of the remains OF
White, and the jury was then sworn in
over what was left Of a once human
being
we await the production Of wit
nesses,' said Foreman Brown
4 have no Witnesses" replied the
Coroner.
Then 1 move the jury adJourns un-
Ill the Coroner with evidence shall
deem it wise TO call us together" said
a member of the jury.
His motion was seconded and passed
As the crowd was leaving Levy
Courtman John Mealey, who was pres
ent said.
Boys, you've made a grave mistake
1 tell you, you certainly should have
reached a verdict"
Coroner Mccormick and his deputy
in the meanwhile got into heated ar
gument
I've selected and called this jury
and 1 want witnesses" said the coro-
ner.
Il haven't time to hunt them up said
the deputy. III you want them so bad
ly you can find men right here who
witnessed the lynching.
"rhe Attorney General asked the ia.
vor of me that he be permitted to picl
the jury and that we should swear tn,
men in, and l told him l would gran
his request"
We'll, I'm Coroner of this county
put here by the public to see justic,
done, and no man will run me-" replie,
Coroner Mccormick.
With this colloauy the jury dis
persed, after deciding to meet at
O'clock.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
Elwood Thinks Its Over.

The Rev. r. a. Elwood still stands
staunch that he has done right. In
speaking to an Evening Journal re-
porter this morning he said:
Il think the thing is over as far as
l can see. The public has learned a les
son. Men of similar passions will be re-
strained from giving vent 10 their feel
ings by this terrible warming"
The letters of congratulation are
still pouring in upon the pastor In one
mail this morning fifty letters were re-
ceived from prominent people in sew
eral States.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
Mob Not Good Natursd.

To the Editor OF the Evening Journal.
Sir: You are right; "the law has
broken down." and the officials who
should maintain it are overawed. l
hope that somebody will tell the truth,
and look TO the Journal TO do it, Our
morning paper i'm its news of the riot
ing and violence last night. glosses il
over and fails to give a true impression
of the affair. You are right as GER
tainly as the sun shines. When all
this is over. you will have cause to
congratulate yourselves. Keep telling
the truth.
"a Representative citizen"
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
journal Commended.

To the Editor of the Evening Journal.
Sir: / desire to commend you for
the noble stand which you have taken
regarding the unlawful burning of the
criminal on Tuesday evening. The mob
law is dangerous, and it becomes the
part of every good citizen TO stand by
the law. II becomes the part of every
good citizen to stand for righteousness
When the ministers met the other day
l was out of the city, or my name
would have been signed to the resolu-
tion which appeared in the paper.
Yours truly, j. j. Huston,
Pastor of the First United Presbyterian
Church
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
DOVER NEGRO RELEASED
Eugene Harris, of Kent County, Fur
nishes Bail.

Dover, June 25.-Eugene Harris, the
young negro farmer whose safety IN the
Jail here was threatened and who caused
the authorities some apprehension be-
cause he was only recently committed for
attempting to feloniously assault Mrs.
Ferris j. Davis, was taken from jail yes
terday by party Of friends.As Mrs. Davis
has fully recovered from the shock, Magis-
trate Wood fixed bail at $1,000 and today
James A. Hutchins, John W. Virdin, AL
fred Gordon, all prominent white men, and
George w. Dean. colored, entered security
for the accused prisoner to get him out OF
prison and back on his farm. He must ap-
pear before the grand jury in October.
Sheriff Melvin, who guarded Harris in
the Kent county Jail last night, received
bad scare when along about II O'Clock a
friend knocked heavily on the side door
Of the Jail and demanded admittance.
HAD he not answered quickly" said the
Sheriff yesterday, "he would have made
his reply while looking down on a gun
barrel"
Sheriff Melvin took every precaution af-
ter receiving messages from Wilmington
that a mob was being quietly organized to
lynch Harris. and had plans laid to take
the psssoner from jail TO a secure place.
Harris alleged offense was slight in
comparison to that Of White and he has
strong defense.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
JUDGE GRAY AT YALE
Delivered Address at the Commences
ment Exercises Yesterday.

OSilNSlNd R11iSoo a. NN~ OSHHCUSr-
ment Exercises Yesterday.
Judge Gray was a speaker at the
commencement exercises at Yale yes
terday. He called Yale the Queen of
Universities" and spoke of the great
influence an army of men embued with
the teachings and the principles OF
Yale can exert. He recalled the leader
ship i'm national affairs exercised by
her sons, mentioning especially Judge
william II. Taft, in the Philippines:
Governor General Hunt in Porto Rico
and United States Minister Bowen, in
Venezuela.
Judge Gray had been lauded for his
own efforts upon the Coal Striks Com
mission. and, referring to that COM
mission, he said he had personally been
impressed with the fact that if body
of seven such arbitrators appointed by
the President from widely divergent
sections of the country, hearing the tes-
timony, could arrive at a judgment
unanimously which the public opinion
and common sense of the people en-
dorsed there is not much danger that
public opinion will in this country be-
come so lax that troubles between labor
and capital will become vitality danger
ous though they be ever so threaten
ing.
Evening journal., 1903-06-25
coIored Man Attacked.

A disgraceful affair happened in
Front street near Orange about $50
o'clock last night. An apparently in
offensive colored man was walking out
Front street, when he was attacked by
four or five rowdies without the slight
est justification. He was knocked down
and evidently painfully injured. The
rowdies, however, succeeded in getting
away without being identified. such
disgracefuh affairs is something that
the better element win not stand for
Evening journal., 1903-06-25

his right, but not the right of the pub
lie. And what is speedy trial? Is IT
within day or a month or a year, and
is il for the courts or the mob to de-
eide? The men who participated in this
crime against the State and against
organized society, cannot evade the
fun measure of guilt that their act i'm
posed by attempting to shift the blame
on the court.