The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
STILL A-CUSS|N' c
And Humping for Parker
and Judge Clark
Meanwhile the Dogwood Winter is
Past and They are Awaiting the
Advent Of Blackberry
Winter.
Winter.

TO the Editor: We have just pass
ed through dogwood winter and are
awaiting the advent of blackberry
winter.
Every man here who enjoys the re-
spect of his neighbors or that of the
stranger within his gates, regards the
grounding as sooth-sayer and
prophet, and believes implicitly in the
moon and almanac signs
To hold positions of honor and
trust in church or Sunday school, it is
further ordered that q man must scott
at the idea of the rotundity or revolu-
ton of the earth. but must religious
ly believe and reVerently swear that
the sun do move.
Cold weather has retarded the
growth of the crops, but recent warm
weather and local showers have
caused the cotton to sprout, and pres
ent indications favor good stand.
Corn is coming up pretty we'll, but
is small, and on account of cold
weather does not have vigorous APP
pearance. Wheat, while late, is fair
ly promising.
AS to religious, social and political
matters, we have to offer, first, that
nearly every churchyard in Clevelar \
county is preparing to decorate graves
and have memorial exercises. Re-
spect for last resting places of the
dead is meritorious, and the exercises
began yesterday. and will be at differ
ent places perhaps next week. In
many places the orators of the day
will be free school teachers of tender
years, sporting their first pair of gilt
glasses.
Their burden will be the glorifica-
ton of the good water, the deep-seat-
ed piety and the stern and unfiinching
bravery of North Carolina, present,
past and future.
Such benighted States as California,
Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Ohio
will be held up in solemn warning as
q den of ignorance and PROCLAMATION.
Then and thereupon, every clay-eat-
ing auditor, no matter how densely
ignorant, will thank God that his lot
was cast in land of Christian privi-
legeS.'
Seriously. this thing of fattering
ignorant people of this country has
been hardly overdone. The people of
this State are brave, hospitable, indus
trious, but certainly no more religious
and certainly not as progressive as
some others. Hence, all this platitu-
dinous rot about the Brave Christian
people of good old Cleveland county,
does no good and sometimes retards
advancement
We have execrable roads, we have
an inefficient school system in Cleye-
land, and if the people are continual
ly reminded that they are the best,
brayest and Wisest that live, move or
have being, things will get no better.
This is not offered in an unfriendly
spirit for God knows | want things
to improve; and / mean to stay on the
firing line or something happens.
AS to local politics, we have five
Democratic candidates for register OF
deeds, three for sheriff. one walk
ing delegate; and three for the Legis-
lature.
One is the Nestor of the Shelby bar,
who don't want the place but is go
ing to get it, one is horny-handed
son of toll. who wants the whipping
post, every man to pay his debt, and
the"sauares" to have more power. The
majority of squares" here have too
much power. Good men don't want
the office, and many of the incum-
bents have not sense or backbone
chicken dispute. The third candidate
for the House is as wise as a serpent
III statecraft, a postmaster in theolo-
CIV fine Stump-speaker. He is full
of energy and a fine campaigner. by
the unregenerate he is STYLED: 1.-The
Old Shis, of Zion" He has landed
many thousands and declares that yet
there's room for thousands more.
The Republicans here, after thank
ing Teddy for 15-cent cotton
drought5, floods and the boil weevil
have nominated every man capable OF
bearing arms, and many incapable OF
reading or writing their names, either
as a candidate for Office. or delegate