The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-13
THE SUFFRAGE OF THE PLow.

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| McEroe Journal.
| Perish the thought that we ever de-
sire the death of any citizen of the good
Ole county of Arson, our honored an
lcestor and present neighbor, but we do
lpiCad guilty of watching closely the col
umns OF the Messenger and Intellgencer
| to see if, q good man of that county
having unhappily died, Judge Bennett has
emhalmed the dead ones memory in a
few of his unique and immortal phrases.
The Journal has styled the Judge the of
| fetal biographer of Arson county, but
| he modestly disclaims this honorable
| title, and We have accepted his dis
clGimer. But the obituaries which he
| is moved to write when a faithful citl-
zen of Arson passes to his reward, are
none the less good The last and one
of the very best of these tributes paid
to departing neighbors is one TO the mem
DRY of CASTOR Penn Fort, who died on
the 9Th inst. The cause of Mr.. Forts
death is thus stated:
"a few weeks ago, in his daily avo-
cation, after gathering his crops, he
| was shingling his shed at the new
| livery stables on the east side OF
| Green street and of a sudden the
| roof gave way and this man was pre-
| cipitated II feet below. His neither
! limbs paralyzed by the concussion,
death came to his relief mercifully
when life proved intolerable."
| The intimacy of the deceased with the
writer was close. Il have" says Judge
| Bennett. known CASTOR Fort forty-five
lyears. He was "a dutiful son. His daily
life these fifteen years last past was in
Ialmost daily contact with mine. We
Harmed on adjacent tracts of land-he on
| the Dozier Cash land while | farmed
further in the country; also upon my
ancestral acres whsre the mortal parts
Eof my beloved father and mother have
Ireposed, while their spirits rested in the
bosom of Cod
| His characteristics are further described
lin language of unadorned virility:
| Castor was a man of pedestrian
gait He had sober judgment, calm
| spirit and sturdy character. He
| Joined the Methodist church in his
| early days.
Il have often talked to him of the
| great beyond. He thought every
| word of the Old and New Testament
| Inspired of God. Among the pictures
que experiences which have come to
me these later years, as l have tried
in humility of spirit with a bruised
| heart to commune with my gracious
Master was this man going to church
| in his best raiment smoking a Sally
| Mike pipe with a short stem or reed.
On dollars and cents he was hon
| est to a fault Maybe in these days
ofe wireless telegraphy and mind vi
brations he was not at the front.
"While accidents don't often strike
successfully at the same place, there
| is a sort of regularity in meeting
| folks as you come back where you
| met them going out. This man had
| a good judgment. Frequently l have
asked his opinion about where to
| put my turn rows, how to break
! wash and where my terraces should
go. He gave sound, sensible an
swers-practicable, pointed"
| What a character this old citizen must
have been! But the point of greatest
Interest, next to the facts that he was
| a man of pedestrian gait" and smoked.
\ sally Mike pipe with short stem
| Of reed" as ne went to church in his
best raiment, are his views on the sui
lfrage. These appeal to us strikingly
Gle believed in the suffrage of the
| pillow. That man who could run
| straight furrow with a scooter was
entitled to vote. if he had not forfeit
| ed his rights as a citizen by crime.
| wouldn't this test cut off the pluto
Gratis and bond clippers?"