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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
Spirit of the Press.
THE DIVORCE EVIL.
The Outlook.

Bishop Doane, who made one of the
most notable addresses at the Conference,
is one OF the leaders of the movement
to amend the canon of the Episcopal
church which now recognizes divorce for
the statutory reason, and TO place the
church unequivocably On record as
against divorce and any remarriage Of
divorced persons. The assertion that the
conception OF marriage involved in this
position is too ideal was met by Bishop
Doane with the statement that the one
steady aim of religion is TO lift men
up to the ideal and not to let the ideal
down to men" He declared that under
the present law sin was committed for
the very purpose of furnishing ground
for divorce, and he believed that if the
marriage tie were made irreyocable there
would be fewer cases for divorce. He
urged that the alarming increase of d.
vorce in this country seriously threatens
morality; that the canon law of the
church ought to be still more stringent
than it is; that it is impossible for any
one to affirm that the language in the
nineteenth chapter of st. Matthew is
absolutely certain either in it's authority
or IN It's Interpretation; that this record
is at variance with other statements OF
Christ upon the same subject; that ST.
PauPs statement In the Epistle to the
Corinthians and the Epistle to the Ro-
mans shows that the position was that
only death dissolves the marriage bond
that for the first three hundred years
in the history of the primitive church
remarrlage after divorce was unknown;
that the church of England from the
time of the Norman conquest forbids
such marriage by canon law; that the
whole spirit of the marriage service of
the church maintains the dssoluble sane
tity of the marriage bond; that the fact
that this is sometimes n hardship is not
an argument that Is not right. It is
reported that the majority of the bishops
were strongly of Bishop Doane's opinion;
and it was proposed to put that opinion
into the form of q resolution. This ac-
ton, however. was strogly opposed by
Bishop Potter, Bishop Mackay Smith and
others, on the ground that it would
be unwise 10 take advantage of the
presence OF a large majority who favored
more stringent divorce legislation, and
that it would be more considerable and
just to permit the matter to 90 over
ops i'll Boston in q year hence Bishop
Sweatman, OF Montreal, made very r-
terostng statement in regard to the sit
uation in Canada. He declared that there
was practically no divorce evil in Canada
the laws being so stringent that il is very
difficult to procure divorce on any ground
The only ground recognized by the Cana
dian law as cause for absolute divorce
is adultery proved" and remarriage of
the innocent party is permitted only ct
he option of the Senate, to which ali
applications for divorce must be made.
the legal fees amounting to 81, 200. As a
result of this law, during the last twelve
years there have been an average of
only three and 4 half divorces a year
No remarriage after divorce, even OF
the innocent party, is permitted by the
Episcopal church in Canada
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
HIS NOBLE ACT.

The thing that Col. w. r. Blackwell did
that was most worthy of him and that win
cause him to be remembered longest, was
his large gift to start the Durham grad
ed school when it was first opened. He
gave his check and simply said: II want
every little boy and girl in Durham to
have chance to be educated" And that
was IN a day when there was no popular
wave of enthusiasm for public education
and when few North Carolina towns had
graded schools.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
THE FREAK PERIOD.
CLARITY and Children.


We have reached it In North Carolina
Let no man become ALARMED or discour-
aged. There is a feeling nong coter1e
OF small minds that the t1ing 10 do now
is to belttle our good Stats. and di.scredit
the progress that has been made. But
Ike the frogs in the bottom of the
pond, their noise Is greater than their
number. We are roundIv abxlsed because
we glorify our State. This is the way
with the freaks. They are as conscien-
tious as men of their mould can be. They
imagine they arc suffering persecution
and that they are the victims of their
own heroic convictions; but nobody IS
hirdering them and they ARP enjoying
all the liberty they could ask of rushing
into print. To be sure they are being
roasted alive, but they have ;all the op-
portunity they could desire of defending
themselves. They, no doubt, fall back
on the assurance that they are the only
mon brave enough to tell tn truth
when in fact they are not tel ling the
truth at ALL but they thing trey are,
and so it is all the same to than. The
freak is a curious animal. He is so very
SELF confident He smiles at Satan rage
and faces a frowning world. He bares his
bosom to the storm and invites the
darts of the malicious and the Ignorant.
He IS a daisy all around. HoweIer the
staid and sober sentiment OF North Caro-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
KILGo's DUTY AS TO BAssETr.
Burlington News.

Burlington News.
The editor of this sheet is a Methodist
and he feels that he can speak his senti-
ments in regard TO the recent article of
DR.. Bassett, of Trinity College, in which
he says he considered that Booker Wash
ington was the greatest man born in the
South In a hundred years with the excep-
ton OF Lee. 1t seems to us that Trinity
College, or rather DR.. KLlgo, is unfortu-
nate to say the least of it. i'll always ap-
pearing before the public in some sensa-
tional gulse. DR.. Bassett has simply act
ed the fool and if DR.. Kilgo don't use
his influence in having his connection with
the college severed, he ought to be forced
to resign as president. If Bassett was
simply an individual, and wrote his fool
article, as an individual we would not so
much as notice him, but as he is a mesn-
Der OF the faculty of one of the greatest
colleges in the State. that institution
must suffer with him. Every man com
nected with an institution of this kind
either brings honor or dishonor, as his
life may be, and Prof. Basssett has GER
tainly swamped our college in disgrace
so far as he could.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
THE LITERARY AND HISTORI.
CAL ASSOCIATION.

The recent meeting of this Association
in Pullen Hall at the A. and M. College,
was very inspiring. The noble hall, sur
rounded by the buildings of the college;
the large audience of fully a thousand
people, including practically all the coun-
ty superintendent of the State, the solid
body of A. and NJ. students, and hundreds
of the cultured people Of the city, pre-
scented q picture calculated to arouse to
the fullest pitch enthusiasm in this great
work. The address by President Poteat
was noble and inspiring. Mr.. Peele's pa
per on the Career of Sir Walter Raj
eigh" was classic in its brevity, compre-
hensiveness and pointedness. "a Study of
North Carolina Poetry Rev. High c.
Moore's paper, was rare treat
1t is matter of regret that the pro-
gram was so long. 1t was fully three
times too long. 1t was so long that the
last two papers had to be omitted. We
hope the program committee will not err
in this respect again. The college is an
ideal place for this and future meetings
of the association, but Pullen Hall should
be completed. The lights were dim, the
room smoky from stove fires, and scores
of students sat in the windows for lack
of seats. This is splendid auditorium,
probably the largest in the State, and its
early completion is greatly to be desired.
On the whole the meeting was very sue
cessful Much praise is due the associa-
ZION. 1t has already done great work
and greater work lies before it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15

Men-editors as well as teachers-who
look to lead the people must keep their
lives clean. Honest men despise the pre-.
tence of public virtue affected by the
editor or other teacher, whose private life
cannot bear the calcium light No such
man can lead in the right direction. A
moral le9er in private must be corrup-
ZIONIST in public affairs, no matter how
much he prates of superior virtue.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION
Hustler.

Who but Governor Charlie" Aycock
,ould have dictated more sensible. brief
md appropriate thanksgiving proclama-
ion? 1t is forceful, felicitious and ex.
elusive. ''The State is at peace" be
avs. There is abundance in the land
fhe people have been blessed. Even those
n whose lives have come disappointment
md sorrow can find cause for tbant-
illness in the patience which has been
wrought out of suffering" The Stats
vas not at peace when Governor Avcocl
md the party he represents came into
over. A feeling of unrest and uneasi-
Tess pervaded the atmosphere PIT
thanks to his honesty, ability and conr.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
AS HE OUGHT TO BE.

Scotland Neck Commonwealth.
To be sure, the press of the State and
the whole South Is excoriating DR.. Bas-
sett for his mistaken views and ill-timed
expressions. He has been drubbed on al
sides and that vigorously, and he ought
TO be.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
THE PRODUCT OF HIS, OWN INsT1-
TUITION.
Lenoir Topic.


We are waiting with breathless interest
to see if the two Methodist conferences,
who control Trinity College expect to al
low the remarks OF Prof Bassett of that
institution to pass unnoticed. This same
Bassett says that Booker Washington
is the greatest man born in the South
since Lee" No reply to his argument
is necessary. His remarks are too foolish.
But our Methodist people should chastise
him for being disgrace to his race and
to their church.
But since Trinity has been tobacconized,
Kilgoized and republicanized with Duke
for ruler we can probably look on the
gatherings of this idiot with less CON
tempt. He is the product OF the theory Of
his own institution.
Maybe change will come some day
maybe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
GEORGIA AND ENGLAND.
A Georgia Judge.

A Georgia Judge.
Human life in Georgia is getting too
cheap. Statistics show that there are
more homicides in this state than there
are in the whole British empire. There
are 1872 people killed in Georgia to ono
killed in England. Here one person in a
hundred is convicted and punished, while
there one in three is made 10 suffer. hence
the difference in the number of crimes
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
IN A WORSE LIGHT.

Charity and Children.
Without a single exception, so far as
we have seen, the papers have protested
against the views of Prof. Bassett. His
explanation" puts him ina worse light
than if he had allowed his original propo-
Sition to stand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
FAITH IN OLD MORGAN.

Charity and Children.
Old man Morgan stills pleads for the
Nicaragua route for the canal, and he
gives mighty good reasons for it; but
The President appears to be bent on TIC
Panama scheme if he has to ride through
l revolution to get it. We have always
depended on the old man in this matter
md our faith in him is mistaken.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15

A WHOOPING AND \ H0LLERING.
The Anglo Saxon.
The Anglo-saxon is for Cleveland AND
Mcclellan with gloves oif--a whooplns
and q hollering.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
The Press on Bassett.

GETS DEEPER INTO THE MIRE.
Henderson Gold Leaf
DR.. Bassett's explanation doesn't ex-
plain Instead of lettering the matter
he gets deeper into the mire by a partial
repetition of his original offensive utter
ances.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
GHOSTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
low York EVENING Post

NCN IoIh INCnluG IoSl.
love to think Of the gaunt form of
lincoln walking through these rooms
Theodore Roosevelt.
Shade of Lincoln-''What is this T
rear? The recognition of seeding states?
Why. this can't be the White House I've
rot into. This must be the British for
ign office, and that young man in eve.
glasses must be Lord John RUSSELL"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
EXPLANATION LEAVES HIM IN NO
BETTER LIGHT.
Lincoln Journal.

Lincoln journal.
Prof. Bassett is welcome to his private
opinion, but for our part we fail to see
either reason or precedent for his state
ment. AS to his public expression, which
we would call unguarded but for his eX-
panatlon which leaves him in no better
light, it merits fully the criticism given
it on every hand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15

age, better days have come to the people
and there is Just cause for rejoicing.
Let us all give sincere thanks on Nov
twenty-six.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
HE WOULD DIE NASTY.

Washington Post.
a Bowery beggar dropped dead when
the police ordered him to take q bath,
and the yellow journals are telling OF
the passing of another dynasty.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
A MORNING TONIC.
(John Ruskin.)

There is no action so slight, nor so mean,
hut it may be done to a great purpose,
and ennobled therefore; nor is any pur
pose so great but that slight actions may
help it, and may be so done as to help it
much.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
800 REWARD.

/ have lost a valuable horse-In the
past he carried me over many dangerous
places-was sure-footed and went all the
gaits. Had to use big spur at times, but
didn't mind that. His color was yellow
with some black spots. His right eye was
out and his back is very sore and WIND
bad, caused by hard riding and packing
heavy loads. His fore legs have some big
knots on them-main and tail very thin
and gray. Has been OF value in cam
paigns. The horses health has been de-
clining for six months. but can't think he
is dead. Will give the above reward for
him dead or alive. If dead, want him TO
have decent burial What 1 VIII do Tor
young, fresh horse, I do not know. The
name of the lost horse is prosperity. -
Romulus Blackburn.
In the Star, printed on the 18th OF No
vember, the following answer as made to
the advertisement:
"Mr. Romulus Blackburn, Dear Sir:-I
notice your reward of 500 in the last
weeks issue of the Star for that good old
horse Prosperity l have made diligent
search and he cannot be found In these
parts When I last saw him he was In
desperate plight, and we all feel sure
he is dead and are mighty melancholy.
Our depression is getting worse on ac-
count of the very low price we are get
ting for our "bull Calves" and we have
no ''tan bark" for sale, but we still have
great hopes that you will turn the for
tune wheel so as to make us feel better
Some of the people about Bull Head and
around are blaming you for all this, and
say that you promised them when they
voted for you that nothing should happen
but good times if your party was elect
ed. Now wont you write us few lines
and tell us you have found "Old Pros
perity' and that you will soon look after
the "bull calf market?
JESSE M'COIN."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
THE PRICE OF BULL CALVES.

During the last campaign, IN his cam
paign in Allegheny and other counties IN
Northwestern North Carolina, Spencer
Blackburn, then member of Congress,
had much to say about prosperity, claim
ing that his party had raised the price OF
bull calves and tan bark, and that the
good times and high prices for these two
commodities would continue provided the
Republicans were continued in power.
Well, the Republicans are still in power
and yet bull calves in Allegheny county
bring about one half the price paid last
year, and sit is hard for our people TO
sell their cattle even at the present low
prices" writes a citizen of Allegheny
county. 4
Referring to Blackburn's promises
about prosperity in his campaign last
year, the Allegheny Star of October goth
had the following advertisement (so-call-
y
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15
THEY STIR UP FIRES THAT OUGHT
NOT TO BURN.

Christian Sun.
Such utterances, we contend, are calcu'
lated to do absolutely no good, and in
stead of quenchihg, they serve to stir up
fires that ought not to burn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-23
MILES FEAT IN VAIN.
He Must G We Way to Amateurs Wood
and Funston.

New York. July 23.-The World
says Gen Miles dash Of ninety
miles on horseback in fun campaign
uniform NJ der a blazing sun. followed
by horseback review of cavalry at
Fort sill. daring jump across a ra-
vine and a four mile canter to catch a
train, was pure waste of a magnificent
feat of skill and endurance. Suppose
It had happened in war II would live
in history with sheridan's rfde to
wincheste' twenty miles away" in
poesy with the ride from Client to AK
described ly Browning
But Gen. Miles by his exploit merely
proves thai he Is sound and fit for
command. and that every one knew.
Our system Of reti~'~o high army Of
fcers at sixty-four 5surd A line
leader who must go wiz Ia men may
at that age have passed his greatest
usefulness "a strategist IL high rank
mas only reached IT, Moltke planned
the fall OF Louis Napoleon at seventy.
Bucher at seventy-three made his
famous march to relieve Wellington
at Waterloo suvaroff at seventy beat
Moreau and Macdonald in Italy, with
the prestige of the young Napoleon be
hind them
II Gen. Miles and Gen. Young and a
few other veterans after him, could
be retired at seventy. say, reducing by
six years the period which the anna
teurs Gen Wood and Gen. Funston
will unde~ the proposed program OF
promotion spend at the head of the
army, the country would applaud. But
as such a reasonable extension of the
active period can only be made by the
same commander-in-chief who is re
ported TO be planning Gen. Woods
elevation 1T the expense Of experienc
ed men, Cen. Miles plucky feat was
doubtless performed in vain.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-23
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-23
eooKKEEpER STOLE THOUSANDS
Used Employers Money to Speculate
in Real Estate.
fRy AhaocIated Press. }

Buffalo, n. ", July 23.--Mrs. Frank
V. LaBounie, wife Of the confidential
clerk and toolkkeeper for the law hrm
OF Wilson & Smith who, it is alleged
used hundreds of thousands OF dollars
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-23
TO ABANDON TT. RENO.
Rumored that Troops are to Be Re-
moved to IT. Sill.

Special to Daily Leader
Lawton. okla, July 23-While no
official order has yet been issued. word
comes upoI excellent authority that
Fort Reno Us soon to be abandoned,
and thar the troops now stationed
there are to be quartered at Fort sill
This emiraies from Col Maus, aide
decamp Of General Miles, and there
fore may ~ taken as something more
than a mere rumor. It is expected
that within the next six months the
contract will be let for remodeling the
post. 1t will have to be enlarged to
accommodate $4,000 men When Ft.
Sill has been made a regimental post
It will ba three times larger than it
now is Along with the additional
troops Of cavalry another battery of ar
tillery viii be stationed at the Co
manche county post.
No reason for the abandonment Of
Fort Reno is known except that the
cost Of maintaining one large post will
be conside' ably less than to maintain
both Of them as they are at the pres
ent time
While a. Fort sill General Miles
stated tia in his opinion Fort Sill
would rem ain a post as long as there
were Indipbs in Oklahoma. This post
Is his favorite one of all the forts in
the union.
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SLICK swINoLER.
Raised Money Orders and Worked the
Scheme Extensively.
rRy Associated Press.l

Joplin, Mo-, July 23.--J. T Coggins
a civil engineer of Ohio, is under ar.
rest in Colorado charged with passing
large number of S25 bogus money
orders in this city. The orders we're
issued in Kansas City and called for
25 cents ard, instead of forwarding
them to Tansas City, it is alleged he
changed the amount to $25 and cashed
them in Joplin. E, F. Martin a postal
inspector. states that Coggins worked
this scheme all over the country.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-23
death FROM TIGHT
LACINo" is THE VERDICT


Chicago, 49,, July 23.-Chicago wo-
men we're surprised yesterday to learn
that coroner's jury believed a wo-
man could die through tight lacing.
Physicians doubted me correctness Of
the finding and averred that similar
case had never come under their own
observatior nor had they met with
such an distance in their studies.
The verdict returned yesterday in
the case Of Miss Della Ackerman, the
young woman who died at the Cook
county hospital sunday was as fol-
lows
Death IS a result Of tight lacing,
It was shown thai tight lacing had
resulted in construction Of the vital
organs Of The body which had caused
septic poisoning The poison had at.
fected the siood and brought about the
death Of the young woman.
Il never heard Of snch a case be
FORE" said Dr Sara Buckley, and
never encountered one in my studies.
"stn. can't say that such state
could be Impossible Il the girl wor
her corset very tight for long time
she could cause a stoppage Of the
bowels. suppression Of the urine. and
septic polaon might then result"