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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07
WANT WILCOX PARDoNED.
The Slayer OF Miss Nellie Cropsey Will
Ask for Pardon.

The family and friends of James
Wilcox, who is serving a term in the
penitentiary. will make application TO
the governor for a pardon The law
requires that public notice be made
of such application and the following
is running in the Eliza
beth CITY Economist
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= .. BLEAK DECEMBER
Just try an appIicotio
KINGS
MYRTLE CREAM

the other side unprotected
when you the cold wind
this will with us that N.Y.
tie Cream the breath the winds
o
gloves
Immediately applying it, Price % cents.
Nearly Raleigh ladies used Myrtle Cream last
winter: this winter them all TO use it.
A limited pies viii be distributed this
week. No apply.
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jamestown Tercentennial.

In 1907 there viii be held at Hamp-
ton Roads the tercentennlaI ceiebra-
ton of the settlement at Jamestown,
Virginia. with which the history Of
what has now become the United
States really begins. / commend this
to your favorable consideration. 1t is
an event of prime historic significance.
in which all the people of the United
states should feel, and should show,
great and general interest
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07
Oriental Markets.

The importance of securing roper
information and data with view t.
the enlargement of our trade with
Asia is undiminished. Our consular
representatives in China have strongly
urged a place for permanent display
of American products in some prom
inent thade center of that Empire,
under government control and man
agement, as an effective means or ad-
vancing our export trade therein. /
call the attention of the Congress to
the desirability Of carrying out these
suggestions.
Immigration and Naturalization.
In dealing with the questions of i'm
migration and naturalization 1t is in
dispensable to keep certain facts ever
before the minds of those who snare
in enacting the laws. First and fore
most, let us remember that the ques-
ton of being a good American has
nothing whatever to do with man $
birthplace any more than 1T has to do
with his creed. In every generation
from the time this government was
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07

Four per cent interest paid on de /
A. ]. RUFFIN, President.
H F. SHIT ]
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National Quarantine Law.

It is desirable to enact a proper
national quarantine law. 1t is most
undesirable that a State should on its
own initiative enforce quarantine reg
ulations which are in effect a restric-
ton upon interstate and international.
commerce The question should Drop-
erly be assumed by the government
alone. The surgeon-g general of the Ma
tiOnal Public Health and Marine-Hos-
pital Service has repeatedly and con-
vincfngly set forth the need for such
IerfSIatiOn
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07
Extrarngance in Printing.

1 call your attention to the great
Extravaganza in printing and binding
government publications. and especial
~ to the fact that altogether too
many of these publications are print
ed There is d constant tendency to
increase their number and their vol
ume 1t is an understatement TO say
that no appreciable harm would be
caused by. and substantial benefit
would accrue from, decreasing the
amount Of printing now done by at
Ct cna-ho1f
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-07
Consular Service.

Our consular system needs improve
ment. Salaries should be substituted
for fees, and the proper classification,
grading, and transfer OF consular Off
GERS should be provided.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27
al Extensive Levee System

construction of the levees had been
made. A law was passed at that time
forming this territory into a district
and DR.. o. p. Robinson of his city, s.
y. Virgins. now deceased. and Capt.
Geisreiter of Pine Bluff were named
as commissioners. Provision was
made for levying taxes and it was
thought there would be no obstacle in
the way. However, after spending a
considerable sum of money in making
the preliminary survey. some OF the
land owners, who thought they were
being taxed TOO heavily, secured an
Injunction to prevent the work being
done and the courts held the law ere
ating the district unconstitutional
The sentiment of the land owners
has changed since that time, however,
and it is not believed there will be
any objection to the plan if it is pro
posed again. 'The owners of land
along the Arkansas river have been
gwen lesson by the floods OF the
last two years." said Col. John G
Fletcher, who is much interested in
the proposed plan. yesterday, "and
do not believe that there will be any
objection to the passage of a law
providing for the new levee system.
T. has been learned that something
must be done to prevent the disas
trous overflows such as those Of the
past spring. The planters along the
river between Little Rock and Pine
Pluff lost more than enough this sum-
mer to pay for the building Of the
levees. When the levees are built the
country below Little Rock will be
saved from any repetition of these
disastrous floods and will become one
of the most productive spots in the
state"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27
WHEN is SUCCESS A FAILURE?

When you do not overtop your voca-
ton; when you are not greater rs a
man than as a lawyer. a merchant, a
physician or a scientist.
When you are not cleaner, fine,
larger man on account of your life
work
When you have lost on your way up
t, your fortune your selfrespect, your
courage, your self-control, or any
other quality of lanhood.
When it has ms. lie conscience an ac
cuser. and shut he sunlight out o:
your life.
When the attainment of your ambl
ton has bighted the aspirations and
crushed the hopes of others.
When your highest brain cells have
heen crowded out Of business by greed
When all sympathy has been crush
ed out of your nature by your selfish
devotion to your avocation.
When YOU plead that you never hae
time to cultivate your friendships. po
li,eness or good manners.
When you have lived double life
and practiced double dealing.
When it brings you no message Of
culture, education, travel or of oppor
tunities to help others.
! When it dwarfs, cramps or inter
feres with another's rights; when i
blinds you to the interest of the mar
az the other end of the bargain.
When there is dishonest or a de
ceitful dollar in your possession; whe,
your fortune spells the ruin Of widows
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27

A complete system of levees which
will protect the land on both sides of
the Arkansas river between Little
Rock and Pine Bluff is the goal to-
ward which a number of large land
owners along the river are working,
says the Little Rock Gazette. A start
has already been made and it Is ex-
pccted that before the end Of the pres
ent winter stretch Of about six miles
c. levee will have been completed on
the north side of the river. This levee
will extend from Pleasant Point. the
plantation owned by DR.. Shinault, in
Ashley township. Pulaski county, to
Plum Bayou, about six miles lower
down the river. Over $4,000 has al
ready been raised to prosecute this
work and the contract has been let
to Memphis firm Of contractors.
Work has already been begun and will
be pushed as rapidly as possible.
This stretch Of levee will be built by
private subscription. but plans are be-
ing made for more extensive sys-
tenn and to accomplish this end the
general assmebly will be asked at its
next session to pass a special act au-
thorizing the building of levee in
Pulaski, Lonoke and Jefferson coun-
ties with power to levy taxes for its
construction and maintenance. Among
those interested in this movement
are Jesse Core, county clerk Of Jeffer-
son county; DR.. w. B. Beakley and J.
r. Wait, all of whom own large plan
tations along the river.
This action will be taken in spite
of the fact that similar attempt to
secure system Of levees on this same
territory was defeated four years ago,
after district had been formed and
all preliminary arrangements for the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27

very tired little girl reached the
schoolhouse.
Little Fraid Girl did not mention
the lion to any of her schoolmates
for she feared their ridic"Ie That af-
ternoon as she was going home a
! / eighbor on his way to town gave her
ride on his wagon. AS they passed
the place where Little Fraid Girl had
seen the lion she looked to 500 if he
were still there, but the lion had dis
appeared. She gave sigh OF relief.
"But the next morning there stood
Mr.. Lion, as big as life, in the same
spot. Little Fraid Girl stood by the
gate for a few minutes, trying to de-
eide what to do. She would about as
soon be eaten by a lion as to brave
the terrors of those awful woods
! again, and she felt, way down in the
bottom of her heart, that this was no
lion at all. All the lions she had ever
read about walked back and forth and
switched their tails and roared until
YOU could hear them a mile. She de-
ci(,Sd to walk very close to this mys-
tcrious looking thing. and, if it moved,
she would turn and run home as fast
as she could.
almost tiptoeing. Little Fraid Girl
stole softly down the lane, scarcely
daring to breathe, as she drew near
the object of her fright The lion
never moved. At last she was close
enough to see what this terrible crea-
ture she had been running from
was
WAS it COW, srandma?' said
Winnie.
Nothing so dangerous as poor.
innocent COW, even,' said grandma.
'It was nothing but an old blackened
fence rail sticking up from clump
Of bushes by the side of the road. Lit
lie Fraid Girl fairly skipped for joy,
sc great was her relief. and she ac-
tually forgot to be afraid once be-
tween the fence rail and the school
house.
"And after that. when Little Fraid
Girl saw anything she did not under
stand shealways investigated the mat
ter before running away, and she
/ found that the most of her big fraids
wera very small fraids' indeed"
Winnie studied a moment. then she
said:
What was the Little Fraid Girls
real name, grandma?'
"TIer real name was Lydia Kemp,
said grandma, with twinkle in her
eyes
"Why. that was your name when a
little girl, cause mamma told me So
And Winnie clapped her hands joy
fully.
Il am not going to be afraid any
more" she said.
That is right my dear, and now
run along to bed and if you see big
, flad.' don't forget to examine it be-
[ fcre you run. Il. FitZGerald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27

and orphans, or the crushing of the
opportunities of others.
When the hunger for more money,
r1ore land, more houses and bonds has
grown to be your dominant passion.
When it has dwarfed you mentally
and morally, and robbed you of the
| spontaneity and enthusiasm OF youth.
When it has made you a physical
wreck-a victim of nerves and
moods
When it has lowered your standards
ard made you a traitor to all your
highest and noblest impulses.
! When it has hardened you to he
needs and sufferings of others, and
made you a scorner OF the poor ana
unfortunate.
When you rob those who work for
! you of what is justly their due and
then pose as a philanthropist by con-
tributing a small fraction of your un-
just gains to some charity Or to the
endowment of some public institution.
When the world is not the better
and richer for your life; when you
have boarded every dollar you have
made, and have refused to help your
less fortunate fellowmen.
When you have used others as step
ping stones to fortune and ignored
their existence when your selfish ends
were attained.
When in your climb to power you
have trampled on duty, friendship
love, honor, patriotism and all the
most sacred feelings of humanity.
| When your example has dragged
others down; when your injustice and
!, tyranny have driven men and women
! to desperation, and destroyed their
! faith in God and man.
When your absorption in your work
has made you practically stranger
! to your family
When your children do not look up
on you as their best friend next tf
their mother.
When the nervous irritablity engen
dered by constant work, without an,
relaxation, has made you brute il
your home and a nuisance to thos
who work for you.
When your greed for money ha
darkened and cramped your wife's lif'
and deprived her Of needed rest ant
recreation, or amusement of any kind
When your narrow spirit makes yo'
cry out, What was good enough TO
me is good enough for my children.
and you refuse to give them the ed,
cation they crave, and which you ca
amply afford.
When you have met your children
Icaresses with repulses, and have dc
led them the help of your compar
icnship and loving encouragement
and guidance during their formatiy
ears.
When the dissolute lives of you
sons cry out against you as the on
" no, either by direct example or b
complete neglect Of them. has pointe
their downward path.
When you are gloomy and pessimi
/ tic; when you spread discouragemer
and despair wherever you go; whe
you can see no good in any one. n
. success in any achievement but in pi
) ing up dollars, then. no matter ho'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27
LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS AFRAID.

"Oh, dear me, l don't want to go
way off upstairs to bed by myself,
said Winnie, fretfully, one night when
bedtime came and there was no one to
20 upstairs with her. All the family
except grandma had gone to recep-
ton, and grandma slept downstairs.
"Why, what's the matter?" grand
ma asked.
.'I'm afraid" whined Winnie.
"There is nothing to be afraid OF,
nv dear child. l will be down here
and nothing can get up to you without
first passing me. What are you afraid
of"
81 don't know exactly. but-the
rk-and-and-just everything,
Winnie replied.
"That reminds ME of little girl l
once knew" said grandma. would
YOU like to hear the story of one OF
her big fraids' that turned out to be
a very, very little fraid'?'
"Oh, yes, grandma, you know such
nice stories, just love to hear them. y
And Winnie brought her little rocker
and seated herself in it at grandma's S
feet. prepared to enjoy herself thor
pughly.
."This little girl l am going to tell
you about lived away out on the prai-
rie in the west, many years ago. She
was afraid of almost everything, just
as YOU are. The little boys at school
caHed her Little Fraid Vrr,' and
when they wanted to tease her very
much they called her 'Scaredy-cat.'
"When Little Fraid Girl heard the
coyotes bowling on the prairie al
night, and the wind go WOO. Woo, as
il swept around the corners OF the
house and ratified the windows, she
would cover down under the bed
clothes and just shiver With fright.
She was so afraid Of the dark tnat
she always covered her head up tight
course this was very unhealthy for
her and people used to wonder what
made her so pale and delicate look
ing.
~Little Fraid Girl had to walk a
Eoile and half to school. and there
we're two ways she could go. One leo
down a lonely lane and across tn
prairie where strange cattle herded
and the other way took her through
= narrow strip of woods and dow
irto a hollow. AS she was very, v9r'
much afraid of the woods. she usual!
went to school by way of the lane.
"But one morning as she stared It
school she happened to glance dow
the lane and there, only !, few yard
awav. near a clump of bushes, sh
WAS sure she saw a big lion. He va
standing perfectly motionless, sann
across the road. 1t would never do t
e down the lane and run the RISK
being eaten by a lion, AMI yet sh
would not go back to the hoIse an
saw that a lion was standics down tn
lane. for it might not De "A hon, an
then her uncles would laugh at hc
They had enough to tease her abo'
.aceadv. So she went to school this
morning through the woods.
"Every minute she expected get
ain to chase her or big Indian I
lean from behind tree and grab ne
she would run until almost out
breath. then she would walk a iittl
rh;le until rested, then run agar
Tho way seemed endless. but hnall
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27

profitable that is dishonest.

Men VINO Will De DIS uoucol III oiAi0sAi
things as in great things.
Men who will maks no compromise
with questionable things.
Men whose ambitions are not con-
fined to their own selfish desires.
Men who are willing to sacrifice pri-
vate interests for public good.
Men who are not afraid to take
chances, who are not afraid Of failure.
Men of courage, who are not cow
ards in any part of their nature.
Men who are larger than their bust
ness, who overtop their vocation.
Men who will give thirty-six inches
for a yard and thirty-two quarts for
a bushel.
Philanthropists who will not let
their right hand know what their left
hand is doing.
Men who will not have one brand of
honesty for business purposes and an
other for private use.
Young men who will be true to their
| highest ideals in spite Of the sneers
and laughter of their companions.
Clergymen who can hear louder
call than that of public applause,
larger salary, or a fashionable church.
Statesmen who will not pack eau
cuses, pull wires or be influenced in
their policy by personal motives.
MagnanimOus souls who do not look
upon everybody they meet for the pos
sible use they may be to them.
Men who are true to their friends
through good and evil report, in adver-
sity as we'll as in prosperity.
Single-hearted people who do not
look at every proposition from the
point of view of What is there in it
for me?"
Journalists who will not write sour
rlous, scandalous articles merely be-
cause their editor.in-chief wishes them
to do SO.
Young men and women who can
stand erect and independent while
others bow and fawn and cringe for
place and power.
Men who do not believe that
shrewdness, sharpness, cunning and
long -headedness are the best qualities
for winning success.
Merchants who will not offer for
sale English woolens" manufactured
III American mills, or Irish linens"
made in New York.
Lawyers who will not persuade
clients to bring suits merely to
squeeze fees out of them, when they
know very we'll they have no chance
of winning.
Men who have the courage to do
their duty in silence and obscurity
while others about them win wealth
and notoriety by neglecting sacred OBJ
legations
Physicians who will not pretend to
know the nature of a disease when
they do not, or experiment on patients
with drugs with which they are not
familiar.
Men who are not afraid or ashamed
to stand for the truth when it is lln-
popular, who can say mo- with en-
phasis, although all the rest of the
world say Eyes"
Men who have the courage to wear
threadbare clothes and to live simply
and plainly, if necessary, while their
competitors revel in luxury purchased
by crooked methods.
Men who have gained such complete
control of themselves that they can
pass through the most exasperating
situations without doing or saying an
unpleasant things, without losing
their temper or flying off their center.
Men who can stand before a dem.
And scorn his treacherous flatterles
without winking."
SWEET Marden in Success"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27
great your apparent success, you are
a colossal failure.-Orison SWEET Mar,
den in October Success"
Cures Chilis and Fever.

G. w. Writ. Nacogodohes, Texas
says: His daughter had chlls and
fever for three years; he could not
find anything that would help her till
he used Herbine. His wife will not
keep house without it, and cannot sa,
too much for it," soc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27
WHAT THE WORLD WANTS.

Men who can not be bought.
Men whose word is their bond.
Men who put character above
wealth.
Men who see the divine in the com
mon.
Men who would rather be right
than be president"
Men who will not lose their individ
aality in a crowd.
Men who will not think anything
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27

1t is said pinking is to replace the
strapping SO long popular as a trim.
ming.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-27

A half-hearted servant always has a
hard-hearted boss.
Evening journal., 1904-10-31
THE KlNo JANIS vERsloN.

THE action Of the delegates to the
l. General Conference Of the Epis-
copal Church in refusing to sanction
the use Of the revised version OF the
Bible, ciinging to the King James YER
sion. has occasionaed much comment
even among the COMMITMENTS Of the
Episcopal Church.
Undoubtedly the King James YER.
sion was an admirable translation. and
an are willing TO acknowledge that
it helped to fix the standards Of Eng.
lish which have been maintained ever
since. All are willing to admit tina
the translators who held the roya
commission We're scholars and devou
men, and that they made their grea
translation when English letters wer'
at their highest.
Yet it Is not necessary to conelud,
that the King James version cannot b,
improved upon For there is breadl
lof knowledge as wen as depth: am,
while the older translation was mad,
at time when English scholarship
was profound, yet since then the worl,
has amassed a vast store Of knowledge
Evening journal., 1904-10-31
THE LEVY COURT.

TIE a PARTY deserves success he
Il cause It has done well i'm a partlcu-
lar line. then the Republican party is
entitled to select the members Of the
next Levy Court our county govern
ing body since It came into Republican
hands has done splendid work. This
cannot be questioned. The Old debts
have been wiped out current expenses
paid, the tax rate reduced and there is
money in the treasury
And. more than this, nobody now
suspects this body of fraud, manipula-
ton or ineniciency It's record is good
and a pattern for future bodies. The
members should have the credit, and
the party should have the credit; and
there is absolutely nothing but which
argues for a continuance Of the con-
troll Of this body by Republicans.
When we get down to individual
candidates. there may be objections to
one Republican on account Of the
methods employed at the primaries,
However that may affect voters it is
certain that the Democrats have as a
candidate one who by every considera-
ton deserves defeat-the man who
once before was a member of the Levy
Court
Evening journal., 1904-10-31
LARGE SHIPS ON THE DELAWARE
Trust Prepares to Increase Its Ocean
FREIGHT Service.

Seeking to increase the ocean freight
service at Philadelphia, the international
Mercantile Marine Company, beginning In
January will put three large steamships
in the Philadelphia trade. They are the
Etonian. Lancastrian and the Oxonian
vessels that can carry 1000 tons Of freight
beside having quarters for dressed meats
and cattle on the hoof.
These ships will take the places Of the
red star liners Belgenland, ALREADY with
drawn. and the Rhynland and Switzerland
which are TO be taken out of the Philadel-
phia service. These ships have a carrying
capacity of about 5000 tons.
The Etonian will be the first Of the new
liners to sail from Philadelphia. She will
leave here on January 26 for Antwerp
London and Liverpool From that date
on the sailings will be fortnighty. The
new service viii be able TO handle foui
times as much freight as the vessels
withdrawn.
Already large cargo orders have beer
booked.
Evening journal., 1904-10-31
An EthieaI code Eor citizens.

From tho Chicago Tribune
Just because "a man is a physician he
has professional code of ethics. Why
shouldn't man have professional code
of ethics Just because he is "a citizen?
Here are three principles which might
be said to constitute part OF the primer
Of such code. See If you can live up tC
them this week.
j. Don't spit I'm public places It gives
your neighbor tuberculosis and IL oncour.
ages him TO go on splitting til he gives
you tuberculosis.
:. Naccinato yourself and your son and
your daughter and your man servant and
your maid servant and the stranger that
is within your gates. Some of the most
carefully secluded persons I'm the city arc
now suffering with small pox
3. Keep your dog muzzled or leashed.
The ordinance commanding you to do this
extends through the winter as well as
through the summer. So does rabies. So
does moral responsibility.