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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
SOUTHERN COTTON MILL OPERA
TIVES,
Rockingham AnqIo-Savor

Rockingham Anglo-Saxon.
The agitators who are endeavoring to
Stir up discomfort among the cotton mill
people OF the South usually confine their
narrowing tales to the industrial slay-
cry OF the cotton mill people, but Miss
Mary Van Worst, a Northern woman who
CLAIMS to have spent some time as a
worker in disguise in a Southern cotton
mill, condemns the cotton mill people OF
the South not only as industrial slaves.
but as moral lepers as well. 1t is the
more surprising because her scribblings
and fabrica tions are printed in Golfers
Weekly, high-class publication, which
mas surely been imposed upon in this
case. The time which she claims to have
spent in working in a Southern mill must
have been spent inventing harsh things
to say about the mill operatives, for We
are convinced that it must have taken
some time to invent so much of it. She
says that lit will take more than one
generation to develop the indigenous
tribe known as poor white trash TO the
mental and physical stature of the
Northerner,' and pictures the cotton mill
girl as an animal" who was brought
forth from her cabin home in the hills.
where she was herded in immortality in
a one-room cabin with a family of eigh-
teen, and then takes her to the mill IN
Ignorance and stupidity, where she is
worked thirteen hours a day. poorly paid
poorly fed, and more poorly clothed, until
she meets an untimely death from some
of the numerous diseases which she says
infest the factory towns. But this is not
all, and we quote further:
IF she escapes disease and keeps
her robust health, there are other
dangers for her.
Unlike the more fortunate New
England mill girls, who find their
beauX for the most part chivaIrous,
Jennie has reason to fear her sport
She IS in many instances homeless;
she boards In the loft next to her
sleep five men. There is no door to
her bed chamber
After a year or two in the mills
her face has hardened; her eyes grow
vlgilant. If she has morals left,
she has become a fighter, a defender
of herself Whether yielding or i'm
pregnable Jennie in certain settle
ments carries a knife in the belt of
her wrapper"
The wonder is, We repeat that such
intolerable nonsense should be found in
a high-class publication like Golfers
Weekly. We will have to turn the mat
ter over to our friend Warburton fol
complete answer, as we understand he
recently came out first best in a spirited
encounter with Northerner who was de-
livering himself of some such views.
If Miss Van Worst came South looking
for immortality and misery, we have nc
doubt she could have found some o.
each in the mill villages, but she need
not have taken so long a journey to FIND
that We have no doubt it could BE-
discovered among the conglomeratC
working classes, herded together in the
most uninviting and over crowded tene-
mcnt settlements in the North. or even.
by way of notoriety at least, in the
fashionable society of her section, but
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
BRUTALITY AND FOOTBALL.
Finley Peter Dunno, in Golfers April
Household Number.

Finley Peter Dunno, in Golfers April
Household Number
A member of the Harvard Faculty who
has been connected with the athletic
committee of the university has caused
d great deal of discussion by suggesting
the ACCESSIBILITY of disseminating the an
nual Harvard Yale football game The
reasons he gives are that the contest has
become too exciting both to undergradu-
ates and graduates, that it upsets the Sc
rious work of the students and creates
unworthy antagonism between the uni
versities, and that football as it is now
played is too dangerous to life and limb
Of course these statements have been
disputed and Mr.. Hollis has been widely
denounced as a spoil-sport but we think
the general opinion of the country is
that the time has arrived for the uni
versity authorities to take action in this
matter. The game of football long ago
ceased to be a form of healthful recrea-
tion. At present it is a source of I'M
wholesome rivalry to the students and
4 spectacle of unciviliZed ferocity to the
general public Merely as a spectacle it
peal to a healthy love of sport. If the
spectator were unaware of the depth and
intensity of the rivalry it is doubtful
whether he could see anything properly
amusing in the pushing and smuggling that
,arries the ball down the field. But that
s beside the question. The chief com
plant We have to make against intercol-
egiate football relates to its effect be-
1ond the walls of the university. Rugby
ootball will always be played by small
colleges and schools as it is played in
the great universities. Harvard and
Yale practically dictate the rules for the
country. If they play fiercely. encourage
crushing formations" and minimize the
rewards of agility and presence of mind
the small fry will follow their example
Their well-trained men may be tenn
porarily disabled by a play which will
kill a half-grown youth. The rushing
hat knocks the breath out of a Harvard
entire may knock the life out of high
school boy. No one in the great univer-
sites has been killed or crippled by the
brutal plays now practiced, but year by
year the list of fatalities among the
teams of the small colleges and schools
grows. AS we have said once before, the
athletic committees of the universities
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
THE CHANGED CONDITIONS.
Biblical Recorder.

Biblical Recorder.
There is a college president in North
Carolina whose tongue never fails him.
His identity will be disclosed by a story
that has recently been told of him. Hav-
ing spoken at a certain place in his De-
culiarly enthusiastic strain of the need
of Industrial education, a young lawyer
none too harassed with clients. accosted
him. Doctor, do / understand you to
hold that the one thing, the only thing
the whole thing for North Carolina bows
row is to learn trades and practical in
dustries?" Yes sir. But, doctor. do
you know how | came to go to school
and become a lawyer?" No Well Won
came to this town a few years ago and
made speech just as you have today.
save with even more enthusiasm. You
told us that all that North Carolina need
ed was well-educated men, men prepared
to teach and preach, and practice law and
medicine. You pointed to our Industrial
life, our farming, and declared that our
one want was men of culture to lead us.
And l was induced by your eloquence to
go to school, leave the farm and become
lawyer Now, you see, here | am. and
according to you, I've made a mistake.
We all ought to be farmers and me-
chanics"
But the doctor was not daunted. Hold
on, my dear sir, what ! said few years
ago was all right. And what / said to-
day is all right There is no inconsis-
| tency. Too many of you fellows took
my advice, and now l must move heaven
and earth to get the farmers and me-
chanics able to support you. We shall
reach a balance in few years"
And. heaven knows, we do need men
who are cultivated, men Of the highest
culture, and men who are skilled men
who are masters of land and machines;
and happy shall be when these qualities
shall be found in each man. For there is
no reason why a farmer or an artisan
should not have the same basis Of Gull
ture as the preacher, or the lawyer or
the doctor or the teacher; nor is there
reason why teacher or preacher or lawyer
should be ignored Of practical industries
That is not effective education that ac-
quaints a man with the glow of letters
only to blind him to the light of nature.
BY the way, our school debaters will
find this a suggestive theme for discus
sion-Resolved, that there is more need
in North Carolina of Industrial Training
than Higher Education.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
Spirit of the Press.
TWO SERIOUS MISTAKES Or THE
LEGISLATURE.
Presbyterian Standard

LEGISLATURE.
Presbyterian Standard.
The News and Observer published last
week an edition of thirty-fve thousand
comics devoted TO the work of the recent
LEGISLATURE, We have already extended
our CONGRATULATIONS for the good work
that was done on moral lines and for
the educational advancement of the
State. We single out two things for crit
icism and condemnation, and the right
minded people Of this good commonwealth
should see that the next body elected by
the people for the solemn business of
making its laws do not lower its stand
ard of morality or make cloak for pi-
Gus frauds.
A divorce law was passed. providing
that if a husband deserts his wife for
two wears. she may marry again and
that the husband may marry again after
five years. 1t is true that this was a
retroactive law, and that assertions af-
ter January 1. 1903 are not to be includ-
ed under this law But the case sets q
bad precedent and it was an open secret
that the law was passed for the special
interests of one or more persons. 1t is
a bad thing for private laws to be passed
as measures for the public good. There
is only one righteous cause for divorce
and that is adultery. DeseTtion that is
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05

are the stewards of the game in this
country. and it is their duty either to
abolish the contests or do so modify the
rules that the sport will cease to be-
dangerous to the lives of the players 1t
is time the faculties took the decision
out of the hands of impulsive politicians
of athletics among the undergraduates
and the conservative statesmen among
the graduate coaches and give this mat
ter the treatment which its public inn
portance demands.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
FLIRTING AS A DIVERSION.
New York World.

New York World.
The tragical ending of the social diver
sions of a make-b believe 'smartset" in
Buffalo will point many a moral and
adorn many a tale. The net results TO
date of the intrigues are two men dead,
one by murder, the other under suspi-
c1on of suicide, and one woman killed,
double sacrifice; the reputation of wife
irreparably ruined; the lives of three
innocent children, one of them girl of
Is, clouded forever; and other men and
women waiting with quaking hearts for
the next development of the scandal"
And all for what? Headlong philander-
ing by men who had wives of their own
and were without the excuse of idleness
and luxury; reckless hirtations by women
of education and apparent refinement,
some of them mothers, all of them with
home duties; the pursuit of forbidden
pleasures on one side and silly and wick
ed "infatuation" on the other. Judged
by the IMPLYING consequences, did it
pay? Was the game worth the candle?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
THE HEROIC PILOTS.

Three pilots at Southport risked their
own lives to save the crew of the wrecked
schooner John II. Buttrick. Their names
ought to be known by everybody in North
Carolina. They are E. H. Adkins, ]. L.
Daniels and r. T. Bensel. Writing of
the perils they encountered and their
heroism, the Southport Leader says:
This was undoubtedly one of the most
heroic and praiseworthy deeds ever en-
acted in the history of marine disasters
on our coast These pilots have erect
ed a lasting monument to themselves
as fearless and noble men.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
THE JUDGE DID RIGHT.
Shelby Star.

Shelby Star.
Several negroes and one or two white
men were convicted OF retailing liquor.
Every one so convicted, save one young
boy. was sent to the chain-gang. In the
case of one white man he asked to be
allowed to pay fine, but Judge Shaw
remarked that he had sent all the ne
groes to the road and that there was
every reason why a white man ought to
do better than a negro. for more is eX-
pected of him, and when he defies the
law and sells liquor the punishment
ought to be the same-or If anything
more severe. People disposed 20 violate
the prohibition law had better take
warning, whether you are high up or
away down in the scale, won't make
much difference.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
A MORNING TONIC.
(Shakespeare.)

shakespeare
The friends thou hast, and their adop-
tion tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks OF
steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertain
ment
OF each new matched unfiedged comrade
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
HE WIRED IN AND WIRED OUT
Presbyterian Standard.


So the record to date is the closing of
a postoffce in Mississippi because of local
protest against "a negro postmistress; the
custing of an Alabama official because
he favored the ''lily-white" policy in
Alabama the appointment of a negro
collector at Charleston against the pro-
test of the business element that has to
deal with him, and the eviction of Wick,
supported by the decent element of Will
sen, N. c., as a good postmaster, but
convicted of opposing the "lilywhite'
policy in North Carolina. In view of the
record, the Presidents resolution not to
"swerve one hairs breadth from one side
or the other of the course / have con-
sistently followed in the past and SHAH
consistently follow in the future, is Just
triGe puzzling.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05

The article by Ex-Governor Jarvis in
the Greenville Reflector advocating the
establishment of a graded school in that
progressive town. is one Of the ablest
articles that has appeared in any paper
in North Carolina in this decade
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05

Roosevelt is learning his lesson. One
year ago he was talking about what he
was going to do to the trusts. Now he
thinks nothing can be done beyond his
pcp-gun bills. AS long as a trust lawyer
is Attorney General and no reduction OF
the tariff is made on trust controlled pro-
ducts, the trusts know they are safe
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05

Pistol toting seems to have become
common even among schoo!-boys in South
Carolina If the habit grows, teachers
will have to cause boys TO be searched
before they enter the class rooms.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05

If the Supreme Court judges wear
gowns in the day time, the Rhamkatte
folks go up to see that show when they
go to Raleigh. to see the performing
bears at the Carnival Wonder if admis-
sion will be charged to see the gowned
Justices ?-Rhamkatte Rooster.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05

We are told that the truth viii out
and it seems to be everlastingly out o.
some people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05

MOST OF THE OTHERS WILL BE
VOTED OUT.
WilkesborO Chornicle.
There are $50 registered distilleries in
the State, says our exchange, and the
News and Observer says the Watts bin
will close, at least calculation, 500 of
these. That's pretty good start.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05
MAY ALSO BE HIS SALVATION.
Standard.

The marked decline in drunkenness and
in the consumption of liquor in Swtzer-
land and Russia, since these govern
ments took entire control of the Iiauor
business has brought the French house
of deputies to recommend that France
adopt the same system. The time is COM
ing when the man who putteth a bottle
to his neighbours lips to make him
drunken will find not only the Divine
curse resting on him, but the additional
damnation of being put out of his lob
all over the world. That may also be his
salvation.
, 1903-06-17
Love of Nature.

The Boarder-By Jove, l think sun
set is the prettiest sight in the land!
The Hired Man-So do l, podner.
Thet's Their regular time fer to quit
workin', by hen!-Chicago News.
, 1903-06-17
HENRY D. MOORE

Henry D.. Moore, a large stakeholder
and director in the North Wildwood Land
Company came from the state of Maine
and settled in New Jersey shortly after
the Civil Wal in 1866.
His great business career has been
crowned with success in every undertake
ing as the result of hard work, careful
study and close application to details.
He is president of the Montana Railroad
and the Five Mile Beach Electric Rail
, 1903-06-17

road. He is vice president of the Security
Trust Co., of Camden, also president of
the West Jersey Electric Company and
the largest s~tockholder and director
in the American Snuff Co. He is a
director in the original Tonopah Mining
Company n is largely interested in real
estate and electric plants at several re-
sorts. Mr.. Moore is now having the plans
completed for the erection of a handsome
cottage at North Wildwood.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-25
City News.

A. b. Campbell left for ST. Paul
today via the Northern Pacific.
+. A. Duncan. cashier of the Cres-
cent State bank. is in the city.
II. 7. Jones Of Hartline. who has
of Hartline, Is in the city.
The w. II. c. II. A. club meets at
the home of Mrs. Alfred Goliath,
2527 Mallon avenue. tonight.
a lecture on the Cremation of the
Dead" will be given by Frank B. Glib
son at the Unitarian church Sunday
evening. ,
Mayor Byrne signed the ordinances
today appropriating $1,000 for the
Roosevelt celebration and $3.50 for
the G. A. r. celebration.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho arrived
in the city last night, en- route to his
home in Wallace. Since congress ad-
journed the senator has been attend
ing court in San Francisco. He ex-
poets to remain In Wallace some time
and will leave for that town to-
morrow.
The will of the late Edward +.
Rines was admitted to probate today
by order of Judge KEENAN,. Letters
of administration were, issued to w
c. Sivyer. The deceased is mem
Der of Rines Bros, of Portland. Me.
The Oregon Railway & Navigat ion
company has appealed to the supreme
court of the state from n Judgment
for s61T rendered in favor OF Dora
~ ~ .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-25
mar STRIKE ON
GREAT NORTHERN
Vote Being Taken will
DETERMINE Train
mems Action.

The st. Paul conference having pro-
Of the Great Northern are anxiously
waiting the result Of the vote now
being taken which will determine
whether or not a strike will be Or
dered. The men seem unconcerned,
and speak of a probable strike as a
person would mention any trifling
matter.
I'VE will wait until the vote IL
counted and will abide by the result
of that count" said trainman this
morning. 'It is expected that the
call for a strike as a means of set
thing the dispute will be made unani-
NOUS"
The double heading of trains is a
very important feature in this con-
test when 1t is known that James
J. Hills policy has been to allow a
little increase in wages and then pur-
chase heavier engines and add more
tonnage, thereby getting it back
without any trouble" as he ex-
presses it.
The heavy Great Northern engines
are sufficient to haul so and 75 cars
and the men claim that this is all
that two brakemen and a conductor
can control and keep off the time of
more important trains. Double head
ing trains on railroads is a thing of
the past The only object in it is to
increase tonnage and handle as many
cars with one crew as ordinarily
comes under the care of two. The
conditions of the line, the heavy
grades and tunnels makes the double
header proposition one that the men
have decided they can not overlook
and their protest against such opera
ton is final.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-25
YELLED H|CHWAYMAN
HAS Been Identified

description of the man who held up
and robbed II. j. Skinner of So night
before last.
1t developed in police court today
that Schlater, who appears to be
about Fl years of age, is the son of
n prominent business man of Walla
Walla. He came to Spokane several
months ago and worked for the
Washington Mill company under the
name of Stanley. Later he changed
the name to Schlater and the people
with whom he had been living made
him leave.
Just after he had been convicted
by Justice Hinkle for carrying con-
cealed weapons and fined $50 and
costs, Schlater was positively identi-
fed by Johnson as the man who held
him up last night. Johnson was held
up under an electric light and got u
good view of the highwayman.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-25

o. Johnson. who resides at Addison
street and Augusta avenue, reported
to the police that he was held up by
a lone highwayman at Addison street
and Mission avenue at 10 o'clock last
night. Johnson was relieved of
$12.95. The highwayman wore a
handkerchief over the lower part of
his face. Apparently he was a young
man.
Later in the evening Sergeant Sui
livan arrested Ed Schlater as a sus-
pect, Schlater carried a revolver, a
bicycle cap. wore bicycle shoes and
had about $1i in money in his pocket.
He could give no satisfactory account
OF himself, who he was or how he
came by the toys in his possession.
This morning Johnson identified
Schlater as the man who held him
up. Schlater also corresponds to the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-25
bYRNE LEADING FIELD
IN MAY0RALTY RACE
Ex-senator John l. Wilson and Arthur J. Shaw Kiss and
Make Up--Ldtter Will Receive Fat Job on the
Panama Canal Commission.

That Byrne will succeed himself as
mayor is all but admitted by his an
tagonists. His chances are growing
brighter as election day nears. The
concensus Of opinion is that the race
has narrowed down to Byrne or Acuff
and that the choice lies between ~
two
WNAon republicans say that It Is
either Boyd or Byrne, and Rasher no
longer seems to be considered fac
tor, though q few of his partisans
tell you that 1t Is either Rasher or
Byrne. In all partisan guesses, how
ever, Byrne il universally admitted
ms being one Of the two most likely
to win.
In the ranks of the republican party
today the most interesting matter
under consideration is that of the
truce which was patched up between
ex-senator John l.. Wilson and his
erstwhile enemy, exPostmaster Ar
thur J. Shaw. during the visit of the
senator to the city on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. Mr.. Shaw has
received the pledge that he is to be
made secretary of one of the i'm
portant labor bureaus having In
charge the construction of the Pana-
ma canal. Word of the position that
was proffered Mr.. Shaw ana accepted
by him has leaked out since the visit
of Senator Wilson to this city. TO
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-25

persons intimate with the two men
fiuence of Senator wilson among old
friends in Washington landed the job
for Mr.. Shaw.
As q result Of the agreement Mr..
Shaw hos spoken most respectfully Of
the ex-senator and is working tooth
and toe-nail to swing the Ankeny re-
publicans into a line Of support for
the present republican municipal
ticket. If this ticket is elected. it
means the preservation and strength
ening of the Wilson machine in Spo-
kane.
Another matter that affords keen
satisfaction to many members of the
republican party is the report that
mayor. has promised the position of
chief of police. in case he is elected,
to Colonel Tom Smith. Colonel"
Smith Us the man who rose tragically
in the convention, when 1t had been
agreed to wipe up the earth with Ed
Sanders, and threw 40 votes, the vote
of four preincts, to Colonel Boyd AS
to the position of chief of police, it
is said few men in the party are bet
ter acquainted with the people the
police would have to handle than
Colonel Smith.
At the meeting of the finance COM
mittee of the republican party yes