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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
A NECESSARY STRIKE IN AN
ALABAMA COTTON MILL.

The fifteen hundred white operatives
In the Lanett cotton mills, who quit
work when negro women were employed
to work in the mills with them, did ex-
actly right. The new child labor law in
Alabama required the Lanett mill to dis
pense with the services of 125 small
white children. The managers of the
mill employed 125 negro women to take
the place of the children Then all the
500 operatives went on a strike. The
management soon came to terms, dis
charged the negro women, and the strike
was called off.
This was one strike that will be uni
versally commended in the South. There
is here and always will be plenty of
work for willing hands among the ne
gro race, but the conditions existing in
the South imperatvely call for the
separation OF the races In the cotton
mills as on the trains, in the schools, and
in the churches. The line of separation
should be built up higher instead of low
cred. and the racial instinct of the OPP
eratives in the Lanett mills in Alabama
was prompted by a feeling that was
superior to the business instinct of the
managers who thought to put the two
races working in the same cotton mill.
derstands the true conditions who would
not deplore such employment in any
textile plant. Those who most strongly
oppose this innovation are not the enc
mics of the negroes. They would not
deny them work. They would help them
get work and would protect them in
separation in such work is best alike for
both races, is essential for the continu-
alton of the friendly relations, and the
freedom from friction in thz Southern
Industrial life.
The Southern people are often misun-
derstood in such matters. They do not
wish to repress the negro or to keep
him down. They love to see him pro-
fitabiy employed and they give him en-
ployment in many avenues They love to
see him rise in self-respect, accumulate
property. and raise himself and his
family in those virtues that bring true
elevation. But the South knows that in
complete separation in mills, in cars, in
churches. as we'll as in schools, is the
only basis upon which the industrious
and educated negroes can rise.
The danger line in this essential sep
aration is the introduction of a few ne
groes into mills where white women and
children are employed. The Southern
people. employer and employee alike,
should in as determined manner resist
any attempt to change the existing or
der of complete separation in mills as
they do in schools.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

migrants to this country came from Ire
lana Germany and other countries of
Northern Europe. According to bulletin
issued by the Bureau OF Statistics
Italy has supplied 129 500 immigrants to
the United States in the nine months
ending March, 1908, Austria Hungary
123 .234 and Russia 1,791 During the
year 1902 these three nations furnished
to the United States I'll immigrants
while the total immigration from Eng
land. Ireland. Scotland and Germany was
but 1857.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
Judge Geo. H. Brown
(Franklin Tin1es.l

(Franklin Times)
Judge Brown has finished his Spring
courts in Franklin. He has gone home.
He has held two terms and dispatched
a great deal of business. Our court
docket is smaller than when he COM
menced and there are few If any, appeals
from his decisions 1t is very gratifying
to his many friends here to know that
there is a universal sentiment through
out the State in favor of his promotion
to the Supreme Court bench next year
to succeed Justice Montgomery. Pro-
motion is good Democratic doctrine and
Judge Brown deserves it. He is senior
Superior Court Judge in length of service
and his fifteen years on the bench have
no doubt been years of hard work. Dur
ing the Fusion regime of inexperienced
and we might add, incompetent judges,
the labors imposed on Judges Brown,
Hoke and other Democratic judges who
were left on the bench, were very great
indeed. AS will be remarked Judge
Brown was renominated by the Demo-
Gratis for the Supreme Court bench in
1896, but was defeated by the Fusion cy-
clone along with Watson, Avery and
others. Many thought he ought to have
received the nomination last year. AS
it was he lacked only Az votes, with
Mitchell county instructed for him, but
not represented. He should be nominated
next year by reclamation and the Times
believes that he will be, without opposi-
ton. $50 mote it be-"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

Men of great constructive minds, not
in public life, rarely obtain the fame to
which they are entitled. This was only
partially true in the case of the late
Irving NJ. Scott, famous as the builder
of the battleship Oregon. Its wonderful
trip during the war gave him fame, but
when he sought recognition to the Senate
by California the honor was denied him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

1t is said that at the coming Southern
Baptist Convention an effort will be made
to change the present basis of represen-
tation Now every church has one dele
gate for every $3.50 contributed to the va
rious benevolent enterprises of the con-
vention The advocates of a change say
that representation should rest upon the
number of members and not upon a finan-
cial basis.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

The trustees of the University of Vir-
ginia have decided to elect president on
the thirteenth of June. The salary is
fixed at $4,000 and the men chiefly men
toned are DR.. Moore, DR.. Alderman, DR.
Dabney. Present conditions demand a
change from the ideal system of century
ago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
MEN OF ALL SORTS OF VIEWS CAN
WORK TOGETHER.
New York Times.

New York Times.
The meeting in Richmond showed
clearly that there is now no serious mis-
understanding and tina there is very
general and intelligent interest among
all classes and in all sections of the
South in the work of education there.
Moreover, at that meeting, almost by
accident the negro question was raised,
and it was very frankly discussed. The
result of the discussion was to make it
plain that the question had nothing to
do with the educational movement and
would not be allowed to have. The
ground is now free for men of all sorts
OF views as to the negro question to
work together for education and there
is no doubt that they will do so more
and more effectually.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
DOING THE RIGHT THING NOW

Charleston News and Courier
Lyman Abbott" says the Newberry
Observer" was old enough in 1868 to pro-
test against giving the negro the ballot.
Did hep" We do not know. but we are
satisfied that if it We're all to be done over
again he would vote and work against
comforting the franchise on the negro. He
is doing the next best thing now-confess-
ing the Misrepresentation he has had as
to the fitness of the negro for citizen
ship, and urging upon his Northern fellow
citizens the recognition and acceptance of
the Southern view in the settlement of
the negro problem.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

The Charlotte News wants a union de-
pot and says there are no obstacles in
the way of a union depot except the
dilatoriness or perversity of the rail
roads" 1t adds: 1.-THE Seaboard can
easily run its trains around the corner
to the present location of the Southern's
terminal or the Southern could do vice
versa. The feeling of petty rivalry or
jealousy between the two systems should
no longer be allowed to stand In the
light of the interests of the people of
Charlotte. The depot will help the rail
roads as much as it will add to the
convenience of the city. Let's have that
union depot"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

We are glad to see that the Declara-
ton of Independence is to be under lock
and key. Having repudiated it in our
colonial policy. it is well to put it in
hiding.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

One of the most important decisions
ever rendered by State court is the New
York decision reversing the Appellate
court which had held that the franchise
tax could not be collected. The tax
amounts to SS4 upon valuation
bulk of all State taxes will be derived
from franchises and incomes and privi-
leges
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
THE WILKES VIEW OF THE WATTS
BILL

Wilkesboro Chronicle.
There seems to be a concerted action
of revenue officers all over the State,
if the paper reports are true, to pre-
JUDGE the Watts bill by telling that
blockading is increasing very rapidly I'M
der the workings of the bill-this too,
several months before the law goes into
effect One deputy collector at Dur
ham says the Watts law has increased
blockading so per cent and he finds it
awfully difficult to handle the situa-
tion. Why certainly. But he has no
difficulty in sitting idle and handling his
salary. While this argument against the
law is the general rule, the state of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

There has been "a pitched battle in
Marseilles over religion. Probably it
was due to lack of religion. Religion
Goes not produce pitched battles"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
AMORNIEG TONIC.
(AnieI.)

1t is not what he has, or even what
he does. which expresses the worth OF a
man, but what he is.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

We learned just before going to press
last night that by unanimous consent Of
the bar Judge Brown will adjourn Nash
Superior court next Saturday for the
term, which was two weeks term. This
is done for the benefit of farm work,
which is behind owing to the recent rains.
Rocky Mount Motor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
Spirit of the Press.
LABOR IS HIS SALVATION.

LABOR IS HIS SALVATION.
Golfers Weekly.
The negro's salvation is to come from
work Northern Adventures wronged
him equally with his white neighbor
when they turned his attention to social
equality and political right when his
first proper task was to make himself a
useful and necessary part of the COM
inunity in which he lived. Industrially
the negro has found the South more
friendly than the North The Southerner
is glad to see him in almost any useful
employment, where the North allows him
to do little except carry dishes and
shine boots. We shall do well to bother
ourselves very little about the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments and
contribute what we can afford of our SUI
perior wealth to the educational facili-
ties of the poorer South. We are begin
ming to understand, also, that the educa-
ton which teaches a negro to make
boots is better than the education which
tells him what is the capital of Switzer-
land or who was the author of Mar
mion." Nothing is more upsetting, more
shallow and deleterious, than accom-
plishments ''-mental acquisition which
rests on no solid foundation of useful
ness and necessity. 1t is fair to admit
that in the direction of sound progress
among the negroes, and consequently
among the whites, the South has been
distressed and held back by the mistaken
interference of the North, not only in
such gross cases as the carpet baggers,
the reconstruction doings of 1868 and
the long years of bloody shirt" but
also by the uncomprehending censure of
which she is still the victim. An attitude
like that taken by Mr.. Cleveland is as
friendly and as helpful to the negro as
to the white. He wisely waves away
remote consequences, which are ali
guesswork and futile, and speaks only of
the things which we can see. However
the negro may stand in the scale of hui
mainly when he has made for himself
this necessary foundation of skill and
thrift, it is to his honor already that
the man who taught Mr.. Cleveland his
doctrine, who has educated us all, North
and South, to see clearly in the fog of
passion and new conditions, is himself
a negro The greatest teacher today
alive in America is Booker Washington.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA IN
1902.
Fire Risks written. 81 1895, $4,000; Pre-
miums received, $16,S64.17.
Losses incurred-Fire, $4,040.47; Paid,
$4,040.47.
II. f. Wilson, General Manager.
New York Office 3S Pine Street. New
York NJ Y. Geo. w. Babb Manager.
General agent for service Martin S.
willard Wilmington, n. C.
Business Manager for North Carolina
managed from New York Office
State of North Carolina,
Insurance Department,
Raleigh, March %, 1903
I. James R. Young, Insurance Commls-
sioner, do hereby certify that the above,
is a true and correct abstract of the
statement of the Northern Assurance
Company, of London. filed with this De-
partment, showing the condition of said
Company on the 21st day of December
1902
Witness my hand and official seal, the
day and date above written.
JAMES R. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

AND THE JUDGE DOES KNOW.
Wilkesboro Chronicle
Judge Boyd endearingly calls distil
leries the "hatcheries of fraud and per
jury" The Judge ought to know
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

AS an osculator Hobson must take a
back seat. Roosevelt has distanced him
in that business during his Western tour
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
CONFIRMS THE soUTH's RIGHT

Baltimore Sun.
The opinion of the United States Su-
preme Court last Monday in the Alabama
suffrage case was delivered by Justice
Holmes, who, before his appointment to
that exalted tribunal, was Chief Justice
of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
This is most significant fact and it VIII
be regarded by broad-minded men in ali
parts of the country as a most encourag
ing one as we'll In the war between the
States Justice Holmes held a commission
in the United States Army, and made an
enviable record as soldier. The enfran
chisement of the negro was the direct re-
suit of that war. The South has been
compelled, in defense of it's civilization,
to place restrictions upon the exercise
of suffrage by the negro. Justice Holmes
opinion substantially affirms the legal
right of the South to do this without in
reference by the Federal courts. If the
negroes who are deprived of the voting
franchise have a grievance, they must
seek redress from the political depart
ment" of the Government. The Federal
courts cannot provide the remedy for po-
litical grievances of this kind.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

SMOKE Ga Josephine" and Young
Fritz"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
STATE NEWS.

Rev, f. G. Hartman has been installed
as Presbyterian pastor at Greenville.
Jackson, N. c., April 29.-Mrs Maria
Erickson, wife of Captain Peter Errick-
son, for many years connected with the
Atlantic Coast Line, died at her home
here Monday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
STATEMENT
Northern Assurance Co.
OF LONDON, ENGLAN

OF LUNDUN, ENGLAND.
Condition December S1st, 1902, as Shown
by Statement Filed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-07
ENTERTAIN VAIN O P

Those newspapers that are express
ing the hope that Miss Thaw and her
mother will have sufficient of the
American ~self-respect about them to
end the negotiations entered into be-
tween themselves and the Earl of
Yarmouth for the sale of the daughter
tC that disreputable fortune hunter
understand well that they are indulg-
ing in a hope that is vain. The mere
fact hat the daughter, with the con-
sent of the mother, has offered her.
self to the fellow and as an induce
ment to him to accept the offer they
have made tender of a generous an
nuity to be settled upon him should
be taken as proof enough that they
will accede to his demand for a great
er amount. They are bound to have
an earl in the family and though the
specimen on which they have secured
an option may not be all that is de-
sired they will accept it, rather than
go without such a piece of ~bric-a-brac
to adorn their household. His threat
to call off the dicker unless the
amount he demands shall be forth
coming will have the effect of bring
ing the two ome to time.
OF curse, the whole thing is dis
gusting and a sad commentary on a
certain class of people who claim to
be Americans, but the craze for posi-
ton and title that possesses a large
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-07
ALLISON ON THE TARIFF,

To those republicans who believe
that the time has come when some
changes can be made in the tariff
without endangering the fabric itself
but who also believe that such
changes should be made by the party
that created the tariff, the recent in.
terview given by Senator Allison to
the Chicago Tribune must come as
a promise of things to be expected
soon. The senator is noted for his
conservatism and extreme caution in
expression of opinion and the, re
luctancy with which he speaks on any
matter of a political nature likely to
be quoted subsequently with a pur-
pose Of making a point against him.
Therefore what he said to the Tribune
is to be considered as all the more
remarkable and significant, particu-
larly as what he did say may be con-
sidered as somewhat in accord with
the Iowa idea," to which it has never
been thought that he feels any too
~
friendly. e "a
He said that in his opinion the tariff
would be the principal issue in the
next campaign. AS to the next ma
tional platform he believed it would
be broad-guage and declare in favor
of a revision of the tariff to meet the
changed conditions. To make his
statement clearer he said: "That is,
if today a high-rate tariff is necessary
for the protection of a certain in
dustry that high rate will be impos-
but, if within a few years the
industry has thrived so well that the
high rate is not a necessity to its e x
istence. then the duty should be re-
duced to meet the changed condi-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-07
MAY HAVE THE WINNER.

Profiting by the experience they
gained on the occasion of their two
fcrmer efforts to take the Americas
cup, Sir Thomas and the men TO whom
ne gave the charge of building a new
shamrock seem to have paid particu-
lar attention to the construction of a
yacht for racing in light weather. In
this they have apparently succeeded
even better than they had hoped for.
According to the reports that reach
his side the recent trials of the new
challenger were remarkable in their
i&sults, and if these reports be true
the men who have assumed the re-
Saonsibility of defending the historic,
Did mug will find that at last they
nave to contend with a craft swifter
and ieeter than any ever before
brought into American waters for the
purpose of depriving them of the
trophy.
In this connection it may not be in
appropriate to say something of the
very evident Indifference that exists
in many quarters as to the outcome
OF the races which shall decide the
custody of the cup. The day was
when every person on this side was
interested and enthusiasm almost
went beyond reason whenever the
time for n of those international
contests approached and the bare
thought OF losing the cur caused sor-
row. Much of this is now changed.
While it is true that many would re-
greet sincerely should the tea mer-
chant succeed in his ambition, vet
there would not be that universal
feeling of sorrow, the national spirit
would not be hurt SO deeply as form
erly. The reason for this is the posi-
ton of exclusiveness the custodians
of the cup have assumed. Instead of
being a trophy that belongs to the ma
ton and to defend which n nan
with means and ambition has the
right. a few men have said that no
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-07
sponslble. what does It matter that

y sponsible. What does 1t matter thai
hardly n of the many alliances Of
American heiresses with titled scala
wags Of Europe has brought else than
heartache and misery, not to say any.
thing Of the disgust and shame they
feel, to those wing entered into them.
Foolish girls with ignorant but
+ wealthy parents care nothing for this.
Vulgarity's ambition must be graft.
fed and the love of position" must
be satisfied. To such it is happiness
to be but little more than the mis-
tr.ess to a man whose only claim to
their consideration and respect is the
possession of an empty title, even
though of a lecherous and depraved
line. Why sympathy should be wasted
on this sort of rabble is beyond COM
prehension, yet some people in the
goodness Of their hearts are heard
to express sorrow for the illbred, silly
creatures who turned up their
noses at honest, honorable men OF
their W nationality and took as hus-
bands men of the stamp of Yarmouth
and the Duke of Manchester, who
married the Cincinnati man thinner
mans daughter for no other reason
than that Daddy Zimmerman made it
such a financial object to him that he
could not we'll refuse To accent tho
girl for the sake of securing the mon
ey added to her own worth.
So long as pauper noblemen are
to barter themselves for wives
able to provide the means they them
lack to lead lives of profligacy
and shameless RIGHTEOUSNESS so long
will there be women on this side to
enter into bargains with them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-07

less q yacht flies the burgee st the
New York Yacht club it may not en-
ter into competition for the honor
OF defending the trophy. and 50 ex-
elusive is that society Of miliiofhaires
that to acquire membership in it is
next to impossible. This was evil
denced' in the case of Lawton and
several others who have in the. past
aspired to the place of defender of
the cup. The result is that a large
majority no longer care whether the
club or Upton has the cup, inasmuch
that the former has served notice
that instead of a national affair, a
race for it is now simply a contest
between the club and whoever may
challenge it. |"@+
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-07
Awarded
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. CHICAGO

halfway down the river and secondly
by peopling the region beyond the
river by men to whom the state sover-
eighty folly made no appeal, and
whose environment was thoroughly
and broadly national. Had our west
ern border ended with the east bank
of the Mississippi, this country would
be merely III Of a collection Of feeble
nations in the western hemisphere,
which would be dominated by Eng
land or some other European power
or powers, and the whole subsequent
history of the continent would have
been widely different.