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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
MIR. CORCORAN'S IDEA OF RE
SPONSIBILITY.

For half century the name of w.
w Corcoran in Washington was a
synonym of the highest honor and in
tegrity. The Corcoran Bank stood
among financial institutions like the
Rock of Gibraltar. He was the friend
of Daniel Webster and idolized the
great statesman, whose checks he paid
and whose notes he gladly protected
He had a conception of responsibility
that was the highest as the following
story by Senator Blackburn illustrates:
after Gen. Scott had extorted from
the City of Mexico a very large cash
payment in lieu of pillage, and this
sum had been set apart to establish
the present Soldiers Home, in a north
ern suburb of Washington, there re-
manned from the purchase of the orig
nal site a considerable sum to be so
invested as TO furnish an income to
provide for the running expenses of
the institution. The question of a safe
Investment was carried to Mr.. Corco-
ran, whose judgment on such matters
was believed to be very sound. He
looked the market over, and decided
that the State securities of Virginia
were as good as anything to be had
They were then commanding a pre-
MUM. The bonds were purchased
and placed in the proper custody But
the civil war came on, and all South
ern State securities went Gathering
down the scale. With the echoes of
the crash still ringing in their ears the
trustees of the Home, discovering that
they would need some additional land,
opened negotiations with Mr.. Corcoran
for the purchase of a farm he owned
adjoining their property. A price was
agreed upon, and then Mr. Corcoran
made a stipulation that they would
pay for his farm in Virginia State
bonds, reckoned at the value at which
the trustees had taken them for in
vestment. This made good all they
had lost on his advice"
That standard of an old-fashioned
responsibility explains the veneration
the people of Washington felt for Mr..
Corcoran. There was no legal or ethi-
cal obligation upon him to make good
the loss that had been sustained by his
advice When he gave that advice it
was wise He could not foresee war
or the results of war, but his act was
one that stands like a Mount Mitchell
in the mountains of lofty and noble
actions. In a day when too many
men excuse Sinking responsibility
upon the plea, "Well, business is bust
ness, you know" it is we'll to empha-
size the conception of responsibility
which was held by Mr.. Corcoran.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

within Democratic lines to control the
st. Louis Convention. Mr.. Hearst
wishes to be nominated for President
and Mr.. Bryan wishes to have the l9oo
platform Returned. Both have the
right to fight for these two things ana
no man has a right to impugn thelf
Democracy.
Mr.. Cleveland's new party was d
fiasco, but it accomplished the pur-
pose for which it was organized to-
wit: Secured the election of a Repub-
lican President. If Mr.. Bryan or Mr..
Hearst or Mr.. Hill or Mr.. Anybody
Else bolts at st. Louis, he may accom-
plish the same result this year. but the
party so organized would fail as did
the Cleveland party of 1896. There Is
room in America for two great parties.
There have never been but two ana
this generation will not see more. All
others are doomed to an early death.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
COL. ID. WORTHINGTON.

In the death Of the late Col. d.
Worthington, the State loses a patriot
VINO. served North Carolina well in
peace and in war He was but boy
in 1851 when the South seeded, but
he promptly volunteered and won
promotion by conspicuous bravery. He
served several terms in the General
Assembly was chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee, and bore consplcu-
Gus part as a leader He practised
law at Williamson, Rocky Mount and
Wilson and was an honor to that hon
ored profession. He was the author
of delightful book, depicting the
Southern life at its best For more
than a year, in failing health, he
made his home with his daughter
Mrs. Fl. II. Horne. at Hanover. n. II.
He passionately loved his State and
his friends. He closed an honorable
career in peace.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
DIR. WHTTAKER'S REMINIS-
CENCES.

In last Sundays paper Rev. II. H.
Whitaker stated that he has been re-
quested by those who have been read
ing his his weekly letters in this paper
to print them in book form so they can
be better preserved for use in days to
come. In response to that request DR..
Whitaker wrote:
II am considering the matter, and
will decide it when the readers have
been heard from. | do not suppose
that a book containing what. has al
ready been written could be sold for
less than $3.50, bound in cloth |
have no idea that enough could be
sold to give the writer any profit; but
if enough can be sold to cover the
cost of publishing. SO that the Incl
dents that have been written may be
put in better shape for future use, |
would be willing to edit the publica-
ton and prepare the matter for the
printer, as a contribution to the gem
erations which are to follow us.
With these statements | simply ask
that as many as would be willing to
take a copy of the book at $3.50, or
less, if it can be sold for less, to drop
me a postal card, so stating and to
do so at once. If the book is publish
ed, it will, of course, be greatly en-
HANGED in value by many striking il
lustrations. If you would like to have
copy of these "reminiscences say so,
if not why there's no harm done"
Quite u number of orders have al
ready been received. There are at
least three hundred people in Raleigh
alone who would be glad to own the
book and hand it down to their chill
dren. And there are hundreds of 9TH
ers in various sections of the state
who feel the same way. They shoula
write at once to DR.. Whitaker for IL
is not his purpose to print the sketches
in book form unless he receives sum
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
WILL NOT SUE THE RAILROAD.

1t is safe to say that the manage
ment of the Conway Seashore Rail
road authorities will do the handsome
thing by the family of the late w. T..
oliver, conductor of that road, who
died as a result of injuries received
by being run over by an engine on
that road The Wilmington Star says
1T is said that a dying request of
the conductor 10 Capt. f. A. Bur
roughs, president of the Seashore
Railroad, was that his administrator
bring no suit against the railroad ana
that Capt. Burroughs promise that
the wife and four children be provid-
ed for. The request was made on the
train as the dying man was being
brought to Wilmington, and with a
tear in his eye Capt. Burroughs is said
TO have promised the conductor that
his request would be granted
The day will come when railroads
will not wait to be sued, but will at
once make proper provision for the
care OF the family of persons killed by
their negligence. A scale will be ar
ranged, approved by law, fair alike
to fhe railroad and the family of the
man killed, and there Will be fewer
damage suits and a better feeling all
around Wise railroad men in some
States are already moving in that di-
rection.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
CONSISTENT ONLY IN INCON-
SISTENCY.

The Chicago Chronicle claims to be
the leading Democratic paper in the
Western metropolis. 1t occasionally
supports Democratic nominees and
rings clear now and then upon some
Democratic doctrines, but it is always
doing the most absurd things. For ex-
ample, it is the chief advocate of cut
ting down Southern representation in
Congress. The immediate result of
that high-handed action would be to
give the Republicans an advantage
that would destroy any hope of ma
tional success for the Democracy. In
all matters about the South, the
Chronicle seems to have the rabies,
and with characteristic inconsistency
it has been urging the nomination
of a Southern man for President. Its
latest fit is the following:
mo Southern newspaper should un-
dertake to construe the New York
Democratic platform. The only plat
form that any Southern Democrat
wants or needs is, TO -- with the
niger
The only pity about such paper is
that it should call itself Democratic.
There is no Democracy truer to fun
damental Jeffersonian principles than
Southern Democrats. How can a pa
per expect to serve the party by thus
unfairly damning the chief Democratic
section of the Republic?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
CUM GRANO SAILS.

1t will be well to take with many
grains Of allowance all the "yaller'
stories printed in sensational newspa-
pers to the effect that Mr.. Bryan and
Mr.. Hearst have planned to bolt the
Chicago Convention and launch a new
party. Those stories are manufacture
ed for two unworthy purposes: 1. To
try To decrease the influence of these
two Democrats, whose party record is
straight and honorable; 2. To try to
Justify the conduct of Mr. Cleveland
and his sycophants who bolted in 1896
and established new party. with
Palmer and Buckner as the nominees
The fair minded people of America
those who agree with Mr.. Bryan or
Mr.. Hearst, or who oppose one or
both Of them-will have no patience
with such 'cock-and- bull' stories.
Both these gentlemen are working
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
A Bid Tor Wall Street.


Fayetteville Observer.
The arch boiler and traitor of 1896
and 1900 has been making an open
bid for the support of Wall Street ana
the other centraliZationists, while still
posing as a Democrat. He has written
a couple of articles from Princeton,
where he is known as the sage or
that place, Boosting of his violation
of the law One was on the supJect
of his sending Federal troops INTO
Illinois in defiance of the plain Prov
sions of the Constitution when ne
had sworn to obey. The other was on
the subject of his bond issues, IN ms MS
letter Nv tbe way. he discreetly omits
reference TO his attempt to sell to
his friend. ]. p. Morgan. the bucca-
neer, the peoples securities for ten
million dollars less than their value.
1t is plain that this bolter is a candl-
date for the Presidential nomination.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Severe Arraignment of Republican In
tcTnal Revenue Administration
In North Carolina.
Judge Boyd.

Judge Boyd.
There must be an example set to
these rectifyers and manufacturers
who have grown to think it legitimate
to defraud the government and de-
bauch it's officers. These gaugers
have been at this business, many Of
them, long time, are at it right now,
and the whole business has to stop.
The manner in which these frauds
have been and are being perpetrated
against the government and honest So
ciety in this district is a crying shame
and disgrace. These frauds and ire
gularities are being carried on so
boldly and openly as to amount to an
actual defiance of the government and
it's courts of justice. Nearly every rec
tifyer and whiskey manufacturing IN
this District has been here during this
trial. either in person or BY T5eltN
watching this trlai, OF Tor other PuI-
poses less creditable. / know every
one of them and 1 have seen them
here in this court room. / wish they
were all here now to understand that
lust as certain as they continue In
fraudulent practices against the gov
eminent, they will be overtaken IN
their crimes, as have been these de-
PENDANTS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
The People Trust HIm Fully.
Aberdeen Telegram.

Aberdeen Telegram.
1t is very likely that the investiga-
ting commission Of the affairs of tie
Atlantic and North arolina Railroad
will make their report to the Governor
in a few days and then when The Guy
Ter receivership matter is settled ~
the court Governor Aycock will be N
a position to act for the best interest
of the State and people in the matter
of a lease of the property.
Aycock is a man Of sound sense "id
is with the interest of the stare and
people at heart, and he can be truste
to make such recommendations TO the
directors in regard to lease as Will
be right in every respect. Our Gov
ernor has been tried and found que
in too many instances, for the people
to have any doubts or misgivinSs az ID
the final outcome Of the matter mat
has caused such a stir in North Caro-
lima. Just let everybody be patient Tor
short time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

cient orders in advance to make it
certain that there is a demand for it's
publication.
writer with so much homely wit and
homespun philosophy has appeared
among us. His letters are read week
ly with pleasure and profit by thou
sands, and they will be quite as inter
esting and valuable to the next gamer
alton
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
THE CONTEMPT HEARING.

The case Of contempt brought by
and before Judge PEBBLES against the
bar Of Hobeson county has been
moved - Robson. II viii come for
hearing before Judge PEBBLES on
Monday
The News and Observer viii publish
fun reports Of this important case.
They win be furnished by Mr.. Robert
Lily Gray, . talented member Of the
Raleigh bar. Who had experience
IN journalism before he became an at
torney.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW II.

The world should know IHdI IHS III
dustrial activities of the South since
Appomattox, which made way for the
present prosperous conditions, were
manly carried on by men who wore
the Confederate uniform. In his Me-
mortal Day Grafton at hlnston. eN-
Governor Jarvis, himself leader in
Industrial craftsmanship, commented
fittingly upon this fact He is thus
quoted by the Kinston Free Press;
THE record of the Confederate SOL
diers made in the Civil war war Is
great, but the record of the Con1ed-
crate soldier to be made is still greater
When our flag was furled we returned
to homes in ruin and waste. we
did not plunder the Yankees but went
to work to rebuild this country OF
ours. No town in the state marks
the efforts of the Confederate soldiers
more than this, your town, kinston.
Forty years ago Kinston was little
village. Today it is full of wealth and
culture. Who has done it? The Con-
federate soldiers. We did not sit down
and mourn. We went to work TO
make our own country a great coun-
try. We are now ready to die Tor
the stars and stripes as we were then
for the stars and bars When a mod
ern historian comes to write a his
tory we will see that as much praise
must be given to this as to any other
country. Your record is SAFE.
The world has an idea that the men
who led the Confederacy were
dreamy, impractical, chivalrous type
of men who knew little or nothing
of
That idea should be exploded and
the world should know the truth Be
fore the war the chief brain and in
dustry of the South were employed in
profitable agriculture pursuits. After
the war these Industrious leaders had
no capital, and their success under
new conditions was not rapid. 1t may
be said that their efforts were almost
paralyzed by the hell of Reconstruc-
ton that followed the disaster of war.
But they were not idle, and they have
rebuilded the Souths industrial edifice
upon broader and more substantial
foundations. 1t was the Confederate
soldier who placed the mudsills. lie
and his sons and neighbors are entitled
to the chief credit of what has been
called 1.-The New South" In the rail-
road world, the three men who have
done most for North Carolina in max
ing three great systems were John G.
Winder, r. r. Bridgers and "A. B.
Andrews-all Confederate soldiers.
The three men who did most to make
North Carolina foremost in tobacco
manufacturing were W. T. Blackwell
Washington Duke and Julian S. Carr
all Confederate soldiers. The men
who made our primacy in cotton man
ufacturing possible were the Holts,
the Steeles, the Odells, the Leaks, the
Worths. the Walls, the Schencks, the
Moreheads, the Williamsons, whose
names are, found in the Roster OF
Confederate troops
Nine-tenths of the money invested
i'm manufacturing in North Carolina
is North Carolina money. Some pro-
gressive and excellent citizens from
the North have been welcomed to
share in the development of this
great industry, but home folks who
wore the gray first laid deep and
broad the successful foundations and
today own nine-tenths of the success
full plants
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Davis Would Fairly Represent the Re-
publican Party.
Greensboro Record.

# was charged by Judge Boyd from
tI,e bench at the recent term of the
Federal court here that it seemed that
there was regular conspiracy be-
tween certain revenue officers and a
rang OF liquor men to defraud the
tinted states government. This was
made i'm sentencing two or three men
convicted of sWindling at that term of
court. But on the heels of this con-
viction these men, who have beer
shaping the destinies of the Repub
Iican party" n the StateA show their
grit, their dampoolishness by sending
as delegate to the State convention
one of the men convicted and sem
fenced 10 the Denitentiary for de-
the government while anoth-
er under indictment has been chosen
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

There is an eternal fitness in the
fact that Mr. Sidney Robins son of
Hon. NJ. S. Robins, of Randolph, won
the David c.. Worth medal for the
best theme on Philosophy at the Uni
versity. The ancestors of Worths and
Robins men have been friends for
generations
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
No Reason Why any One Should
Steal 1t
Rockingham Anglo-Saxon.

IlUthIIlS IIUII NIIS IU-f9ttAUIIs
Suppose that the A. and n. G. Rail
way has been poorly managed and
too many people get free passes on it,
that is no reason why any one should
steal it. This reminds us of the old
negro who stole a fiddle He at first
denied the charge bitterly; but finally
he owned and Dragged about it-said
he was glad he stole it. for if he hadn' t
somebody else would.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
What southern Schools Need Badly.

DIR. c. d. McIver at Birmingham.
In my opinion the majority of the
schools of the south need ana need
badly:
/. Better houses and equipment
q Longer terms.
3. Stronger teachers.
4 More effective supervision.
Reducing these needs to a common
Denomination we have four distinct
calls for more money Not only IS IT
q call for more now--one time-but
for all time. 1t is a perennial call
And without discounting the very
great value of temporary stimulating
FUNDS. 1t is nevertheless true that no
man and no community was ever edu-
Gated into strength unless the man
or community contributed to the train
ing in self-denying drudgery and 9TH
erwise more than was contributed
from all outside sources.
1t is the salvation of democracy
that education cannot be bought or
given or inherited or sold, like clothes
and what we choose to call real estate.
The person educated must contribute
more to his education than all others
combined, though he cannot DO the
task alone Parents, teachers, tax
payers and philanthropists can ara
him, but all of them combined cannot
educate a man without his consent or
without his systematic, patient toll. II
is in this sense that every man IS the
architect of his own fortune.
1t is a fact, moreover, that the more
we can induce a man to do for himself
for his better training, the more VIII
he be able to do not only for him.
self but for others. The principle IS
as true for communities as 1t IS for
men.
In one sense the Southern educa-
ton board has the advantage of any
other philanthropic board. 1t has
nothing to give but advice and has no
work except to persuade the Judg-
ments and inspire the hearts and con-
sciences of men. It's high mission is
to teach adults TO know and practice
the truth that will make them and
their children free.
To persuade a man or a people to
tax himself or themselves TO the ut
most for education is a glorious work
1t is teaching them to sell all that they
have, if necessary, in exchange for this
pearl of great price, and / know that
the angels must rejoice over one civic
sinner who repents of his selishness
and hatred Of taxes and becomes an
supporter of universal
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
But One Inference.
Salisbury Sun.

SALISBURY Sun.
The aldermen of Gastonia have de-
cided to debar newspaper men from
their future meetings There is but
one inference to be drawn from this
determination and that is the Gastonia
aldermen are not willing for the pub
lie to know Of their proceedings in de-
tail
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
They Die In The Harness.

Asheville Citizen.
1t is a singular circumstance that
the great majority of newspaper
workers die in harness. Long hours
and a perpetual mental strain do not
have a tendency TO make the average
journalist long-lived.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

Whenever a man whose affiliations
indicate he is in sympathy with trust
and railroad graft wants to go to the
Legislature ask him two questions: /.
Why do you want to go? =. Who is
to foot the bill for your campaign ex-
penses?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

Elsewhere in today's paper we pub
lish the opinion of Chief Justice Clark
upon Sunday contracts 1t is not mere
ly legal opinion, interesting only to
lawyers. but a live discussion of an
important question.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

as delegate also. However, the
thing will not be complete unless thew
can get Davis, the storekecper who
has been convicted and is now in Jail
out on a writ of error and send him
along as a delegate. Efforts in this
direction are now being made and
ought to succeed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
MORNING TONIC.
(Robert L

(Robert Louis Stevenson.)
So long as we love we serve; so long
as we are loved by others | would al
most say that we are indispensable;
and no man is useless while he has
a friend.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Cleveland win Rule or Ruin.
Washington Post.

Some Eastern Democrats are asking
if Bryan will bolt in case Mr.. Cleve-
land is nominated. The question is
no more important than is that as to
whether Cleveland will bolt if Mr.
Bryan is nominated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Arc They Guilty of Contempt?

DUIHdIII IItTdIU.
When the bar passes resolutions en-
dorsing and commencing one judge
and fails to do it for the next one that
comes along, is this not a reflection,
and if so, are they not liable for con-
tempt?