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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-11
Social Joys at Newton.

Newton, n. G. Aug. 10.-(SpeciaI)
One of the most enjoyable recep-
ton of the season was given at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. w. G.. Womble
on last night, in honor of their guests,
Misses Isabel Tobey and Mary Sander,
of Lincolnton. There were number
of visitors present besides the young
people of our town.
The long porches and the parlors of
the parsonage were filled with a crowd
of happy youths and maidens engaged
in conversation. while the host and
hostess used every effort to make the
evening one of unbroken pleasure,
and every guest bore grateful witness
of their success. Melons and fruits
in abundance were served during the
evening,
The young men present were Messrs
George Cochran. w. ii. EYerhart
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Argument for Diversification.
nam Morning Herald.

durham Morning Herald.
The farmer who sold $t40 worth of
peaches in this town last week is not
worrying about the price of either cot
ton or tobacco.
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It's easy for an editor to drop into
poetry; all he has to do is to sit down
in his waste basket
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Society is human nature on dress
parade.
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Literary
C.
of
president W. T. WHTSETT
TI. ID, N. c.
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Long a Peaceful World Power

We are not a military people, bent
on conquest, or engaged in extending
our domains in foreign lands, or de-
srous of securing natural advantages
however great, by force; but a peo
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A woman fiatters with her eyes;
man with his tongue.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
UNCLE SAM ASKED
TO CHECK RUSSIA
Protest Made by Owners Of
Cargo Of Flour on Arab
American Shippers
Feel Wronged.

Washington, July 27.-The
state department has finally re-
ceived formal protest against
the action of the Russian navy in
selling American goods and as
the result of the precedents
governing the subject it is pre-.
pared to act theoretically and
promptly This protest relates
to the. seizure of an American
cargo on board the Hamburg
American line steamer Arabia
bound from Portland, Ore, for
a Hongkong, China, firm.
J. H. Mitchell, an attorney of
Portland, telegraphed the state
department a statement of con-
ditions under which the Arabia
carried out his cargo. Mr.. Nit
che1l stated that he represented
the Portland Milling Company,
which had shipped on the Arabia
for Hongkong 10000 sacks of
flour worth about 100000.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
CAR MULES THE
RUSSIAN PAPERS
Not a Word About the Diff
Guilty With England is
Allowed Printed.

st. Petersburg, July u. The
Russian press has been signif-
cantly silent for two days past
regarding complications over the
acts of the Red Sea cruisers.
Not a single word of comment
appears in this mornings papers
concerning the sinking of the
British steamer, Knight Com
rander, and there is no doubt
that the government has request
ed the papers to refrain from
printing their views on the af-
fair. The government depre-
Gates the provocative attitude of
the British press and probably
does not desire that Russian pa
pers shall add fuel to the flames.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
ALL SHIPPING NOW
AT A STAND STILL
Under the Russian Declaration
Of Contraband Every Ship
Approaching Japan
May be Seized.

Toxic, July 27.-Foreign and
domestic shipping is today
practically at a standstill, and it
is possible that on account Of
future uncertainty it will be only
partially resumed when the pre-.
sent raid Of the Russian Viadi-
vostok squadron comes to an end.
The sweeping list of articles
declared by Russia to be contra
band of war renders almost every
vessel approaching Japan liable
seizure. American and British
shipping and commercial inter-
ests generally are deeply con-
cerned at the osses already sus-
tanned and the probable future
impairment of trade; they are
anxious also that their respective
governments reach an under
standing with Russia concerning
contraband of war without loss of
time.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
The Proposed Stock-Law Election IS
Opposed by Citizens Of This District

The people of Fitzgerald al
most to man oppose a stock
law for this MALTA district.
They believe that it would be
hurtful to Fitzgera1d's business
to have the district fenced in,
with gates on all the roads lead
ing to the city.
At a mass meeting Monday,
July 25th, a committee was ap-
pointed to get up remonstrance
to said petition and go to Irwin
vile and appear before the Ordi-
nary and file their objections to
the calling of said election, as it
would tend to injure the city by
having this district fenced in.
Committee appointed:
VIM. Mccormick, Marcus
Luke, and w. r. Paulk.
Tuesday evening, July %, the
Chamber of Commerce appoint
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28

Upon Two Gambling Outfits
That Were Runuing
Right Briskly.

Americas, Ga, July 24.-The
police today made the most sue.
cessfu1 raid in years upon the
sporting fraternity, raiding two
games and rounding up fourteen
men, eight whites in one game
and six negroes in another.
Assisted by an alderman, the
policemen secured ladders and
climbed into the room, after first
watching the game for consider
able time. The officers declare
that the sports we're caught with
the goods, among them being
one employe of the city. All
fourteen were marched before a
magistrate and required to give
bond in the sum of $500 each.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
"PulI For Fitzgerald or Pull Out. y

Mr.. L. F. Husson, who left the
city rather Unexpectedly, and
without taking the public into his
confidence, writes to a friend
from the Puget Sound country,
in which he states that as the
slogan is here, Pull for Fitzger-
aid or pull OUT" he decided to
pull out.
Mr.. Husson was typical anti
law and order man, at least he
was intensely anti-Enterprise or
anti-Mercer, and rarely ever lost
an opportunity, particularly with
strangers visiting the city, to say
what he could unkind and un-
complimentary about the editor
of this paper, and as there was
never anything unpleasant be-
tween US personally, we have al
ways believed that it was our law
and order policy that disp1eased
him.
We trust that Mr.. Husson will
find things more to his liking in
the newcountry of the northwest
and we sincerely wish him good
health and success,
The sheriff has disposed of his
stock of goods to Vardie Adams,
who by dint of honesty, energy
and frugality will build himself
a nice trade at the old stand
opposite the Hotel Wilson.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28

ed committee of three, 1. Gel
ders, Marcus Luke and J. H.
Harris, to prepare a protest
against the calling of an election
for fence or no fence election
in this district and to cooperate
with the committee appointed at
the mass meeting.
These gentlemen will have in
charge the work of opposing the
election, but if the election is
forced on the district we will all
have the matter in charge and
take a hand in the skirmish.
The people will, of course, set
down hard on the proposition to
fence in the district, should the
issue come to the ballot box, but
the Enterprise prefers to avoid
the unnecessary strife and ex-
pense. We therefore hope the
ordinary will refuse to call the
election.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28

knight Commander, the ambas.
sador not having received advices
from St. Petersburg on the sub.
ject, nor is it seen by the Russian
diplomats how it is possible for
their government to make
prompt answer to the British de-
mandsl
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BRITISH LION Reused to Fiercest Anger Roars
War Challenge in Face Of the RUSSIAN BEA]

The ahnyge
Rua dGeaB
frHRh
d eHmta
~ tk
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
GEORGIA GOODS
FOR THE CHINESE
Columbus Factory Is Running
Night and Day to Fiji
a Large Order.

Columbus, Ca, July 26.-The
cotton mill of the Columbus Man
ufacturing Company is running
several hours each night, push.
ing work on big export order,
The order is 1000 bales of brown
goods for shipment to China,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
$4,000 REWARD.

will $4,000 reward for the arrest of John Land and dev
into the hands of the sherof Irwin county,
the murder of his father the part this county,
Ashburn, Thursday evening" July 21st
He just 20 years age, medium height will weigh
16 pounds red headed light complexion suen disposition
quiet Has ugly nose When
last he carried Remington shot gun
S. W. CONE.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
Wdrlikc Note Sent to
Russia from ENGLAND
Sharpest Sort Of Language is Used IN Regard
to Sinking Of Ship---Apology Asked
and Salute to British Flag.

London, July 27.-The British
government is sending instruc-
tons to Sir Charles Hardinge,
the British ambassador to Rus
STA, today, to theoretically pro-
test against the sinking of the
British steamer Knight Com
mander by the Russian Vladivos-
tok squadron. Until the presen-
tation to the Russian government,
the greatest secrecy will be
maintained regarding it's con-
tents, but it is known that
Premier Balfour and his collea-
CUES have decided to demand
that the fullest reparation shall
be made by Russia, or measures
will be taken to follow up the
diplomatic demands.
The British note as Sir Charles
Hardinge will submit it, will not
mention the amount of indemnity
Russia must pay the owners of
the ship and British subjects
having goods on board the YES
sells, but all that will be sought
will be the establishment of the
principle of indemnity and apollo
gy. A salute of the British flag
must also be conceded and the
future protection of neutral ship
ping assured.
NO JURISDICTION.
The attitude of the British
government is the result of the
thorough consideration given to
the reports received from Sir
Claude Mcdonald, the British
minister at Toxic, and the exam
ination of international law au-
thorities by legal experts. The
dispatches from Sir Claude Nc
Donald confirm the reports that
the Knight Commander had no
contraband of war on board for
Japan. The governm ent and all
the British authorities, it is as
serted, are united on the point
that there was no justification
for the sinking of the vessel.
It is felt in government circles
that the knight Commander in
cident overshadows the Red sea
seizures, which practically have
been adjusted, but which have
failed to settle the question OF
the rights of neutral commerce.
In the light of the declaration OF
the Russian government respect.
ing contraband of war, made
three weeks after hostilities com
menceds no representations have
been made by Count Bencken.
dorff, the Russian am AMBASSADOR tc
Great Britain, to Foreign Secre
tary Lansdowne, regarding the
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
JAPANESE DESTROY
TORPEDO BOATS
Three Were Sent to Bottom
at Port Arthur on the
Night Of July Is.

Cheefoo, July 27.-Russian ref.
ugees who have arrived here re.
port that the Lieutenant Burk-
off and two other Russian torpedo
boat destroyers were torpedoed
and totally destroyed by the
Japanese on the night of July Is.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
vLADIvosToK SQUADRON WAS

VLADIVOsTOK SQUADRON WAS
SIGHTED OFF COAST OF Japan
Toxic, July 27.-The Russian
,Vladivostok squadron was seen
80 miles off Toxic at dawn this
morning. 1t then moved to the
south.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-28
Russian Army Fled
Before Jap AttdC1
japanese Rushed Russian Position During /
Night--Russians Reiterated IN Good
Order by Moonlight.

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night attack against !
fleet force estimated Al
ions with 100 guns.
succeeded in drivin
from their strong
south to Te-Tche
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PRISONERS ESCAPE
At DIVINE SERVICE
Dash for Liberty as Students
Enter Corridor.
Two Get Away, One After Being
Tackled by a Football
Player.

DOVER Del. Nov. IA jan freak has
stirred all Dover, and men. boys. and
dogs are on the roads and fields engag-
Ing Ia the man hunt
Divinity students from the Whining
ton Conference Academy filed into the
jail yesterday TO conduct the Sabbath
worship. bat they were not all IN when
a crowd Of prisoners standing near the
corridor door made a dash for liberty
Momentarily the students and jaiIers
were bewfldered. but they recovered
their senses IN time TO recapture all ex-
cept two. no darted into the street al
brealzneck speed.
Ned Shcckiey. one OF the Jail breakers,
was felleG near the baseball grounds by
Jailer's revolver and was supposed 10
be dangerously wounded. shockley az
terward admitted 20 the jail physician.
who had come 10 probe for the ball. that
ne had only pretended he was shot be-
cause they were running him into a
ditch.
Samuel Barrett sentenced TO seven
years, and Louis Clark. also a ing term
prisoner, VINO participated in me Ken
ton riot In which man was killed. es-
capped Both are desperate prisoners.
Clarke was OTerLakeu by one Of the
students. q football athlete. who tackled
razor and broke away from his captor.
Barrett was seen tonight, IL is reported
near CoWgills, three miles northwest Of
Dover
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Campaign Funds.

To know the exact truth about cam
paign funds would be interesting.
Nobody does know it except the peo-
pie who attend 10 collection and dis
bursement. That the amount is much
less than common report makes il, is,
however, the teaching Of plain, com
mon sense. Nor is there the slightest
reason for suppOsins that individual
contributions approach the magni-
tude usually accorded by gossip. For
instance. Senator Clark was credited.
in the public mind, with giving a
million dollars to the Democratic
committee. In all probability he did
give a large sum, but not this
The Clark contribution seems to
conflict with the confident Democratic
denial that any help has been received
from trusts Mr. Clark is interested
in mines and railroads and banks.
How many trusts he helps direct is
not known. but he practically is the
copper trust, one of the most power
ful of the lot.
AS explained in a recent editorial.
lie is nonsense to assert that the trusts
have not contributed 10 both cam
paign funds, and folly 20 claim that
this gives to them any undue in
huence, or immunity, If the latter be
needed. When there is a call for a
large sum or money, TO be made up
Of voluntary offerings. the money
must come from the people who have
il. The rich men OF this country are
in trusts. and the matter has no bear
ing upon their politics. They are in
the habit of responding to the call
OF the committee, and would be con-
siderably meaner than they are if
they refused TO respond And when
the members OF any committee aver
that they have refused trust money.
they show unwarranted faith in
human credulity.
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Cabinet Duties.

The present custom is for members
of the Cabinet TO take the stump
during a campaign. To say that it
is a habit that well might be abated
utterly is no reflection upon the pres
ent Administration. 1t has merely
followed a precedent Endorsed by
either political party that happened
10 be in power.
Members Of the Cabinet are APP
pointed for performance of specific
duties There is nothing in the pre-
scribed routine that suggests that
each shall assume the role of spell
binder during a certain part of his
term, and turn the work Of his Office
over 10 a subordinate. Possibly the
subordinate may be so competent that
this thrusuing upon him of an extra
responsibility involves nothing in it,
self Objectionable, T% objection
arises from the principle.
The position Of Cabinet officer is
one of dignity and importance. The
member belongs to The Executive
family. He is close to the President.
III is true that his utterances may be
regarded almost as official, and thus
have a weight deemed desirable for
promotion Of party interests.
But while the President names his
own Cabinet, the chosen men become
public servants. 1t is an incongruous
rule that TURNS them loose in the
heat Of campaigns TO demonstrate
how wise was the choosing of them.
and what excellent servants they are
The SECRETARY Of State holds an ex-
allied place, while he IS Secretary. He
steps down when he acts as a party
orator. Or a Secretary of the Navy.
selected because Of business acumen.
is out Of his element, and ought TO
be out OF it, when he faces an audi
ence and paints for it the glories Of a
party record and cause.
Most satisfactory. and in c0nson-
ance with nice ethics. would be an
uHwTitten law keeping the Cabinet
member from the stamp. There are
other ways Il appeal 10 the public
intelligence.
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They Won't Learn.

This case is the result OF the
abolition Of the canteen. II is typical
OF the trouble chat exists now at all
posts since the anti-canteen law went
into effect"
Such is the comment of an army
officer upon a contention between the
military authorities and the saloon
keepers whose places are near Fort
Myer. Soldiers have been ordered by
their colonel TO keep out Of these
saloons. The keepers object The
colonel desires to have his men sober
So do all other commanding officers.
1t is for this reason they depIore the
absence OF the cauteen.
An unfortunate thing about the
canteen was the name. Doubtless
some Of the good people who worked
so hard 10 bring il under the ban
still think the canteen a receptacle
for liquor. and that the soldier haV-
ing access TO IL had merely 10 pull a
cork. AS has been explained to them
many times, the canteen was the sol
dlers club. There he could obtain
many little luxuries, and a moderate
quantity of beer. Nothing more in
t0Ecatiug was TO be had. The place
was orderly, and the soldier was con-
tent The good people took away the
beer privilege. and the soldier, partly
from indignation at the meddling,
sought the GROCERY, which had been
al once started for his undoing. There
he spent all his money, and came into
degrading associations.
There was a triumph in the achieve
ment, 10 be sure. 1t demonstrated
that the good people had a pull.
which was something. But the larger
share of the victory was with the
proprietors of dives and deadfallg.
They proved that they did not need
a pail, with the good folk so strenu-
ousIy pulling for them. All this is
exactly so; but the good people won't
learn.
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The Lost Chance.

1t is not rash TO affirm that Judge
Parker has lost what seemed TO be
q chance. When he openly charged
President Roosevelt and Chairman
Cortelyou with blackmail although
avoiding the use of this term, he
created ! feeling Of uneasiness among
friends fof the Administration.
There had been no such feeling as
this when certain papers had made
similar charges. repeating them until
possibly inclined to have a sort of
faith in the accusations they brought
Nor was 1T thought for an instant
that the position taken 10y Judge
Parker could be sustained. The fear
was that ne had that which seemed
To himself Ia be proof. and that when
il should be laid before the people
there would be lack of time in which
TO tell the whole truth about it, ex-
pose its real character, and thus de-
priye il of power 10 work harm.
All the perturbation was unneces-
sary. Judge Parker could not rise
10 the occasion his speech had Great
ed. He could demonstrate only that
he had been speaking rashly. and that
there was nothing TO corroborate mis-
assertions. The papers that inspired
him have claimed from the beginning
TO be able TO substanJiaJe allegations
that now must be regarded by fair
men as wsntOnIy slanderous. Then
followed the assumption that the
glory of making the revelation should
be a climax 10 the personal campaign
OF their candidate. It was to be a
bewildering dazzle.
The moment arrived. Alas! There
was no climax; no dazzle, but a futile
raZZle-daZZle
For the reputation of Judge Parker
fl is TO be regretted that he was led
into an error so gross.
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Theatrical "Verdicts.

New York city is -arbed because
fits hrst-night audiences have changed
ia character. he New York Herald
has gone TO some lengths TO record
the most pronounced deterioration in
sts respect observing:
Jlst as the dT8ucIaI axiom tells us
that cheap money VIII drive out the
better that au undue proportion OF
silver currency VIII Danish gold from
The land 50 me undesirable classes IN
tHe New ork theutars have bauisHed
the socially distinguished SET from
-nrsI-night Derformauces a, many
houses
The innocent wonder of the metrop-
oils at this condition viii provoke a
smile the country over. That the
situation is deplorabIe will be adj
mitted everywhere but that it, is
new and an occasion for sudden regret
IS preposterOus.
New York hrst-night audiences are
exactly like New York audiences OF
any other night-trivial. blase, and
dissipated Their only interest in
pure drama IL 10 sniff at ii and laugh
But no musical comedy was ever
devised which was so Indecent, so vac
uous, 50 driveling that its managers
could not expect To make money with
IL ia the metropolis. IL is not New
York's frst-night audiences that have
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note, as many times before, that
while the army is enlisted from typi-
cal American young men the navy
has recruited it's seamen largely from
other nations
A great many explanations are Of
fered OF this fact The heads of
bureaus in the Navy Department are
prolific in explanations when they
choose to explain at all But one of
the most potent reasons, according
to the younger officers Of the service,
is rarely even limited. They refer to
the utter failure of the regulations
to reward capable service in the regu-
lar routine of the ship labor. Punish
ments are numerous, say the young
officers. Battles of Manila and the
rescue Of drowning men at risk of life
are about the only occasions when the
department and Congress recognize
efficient service. Capable and willing
attention to duty are expected, but
not noted.
Accordingly. the landsman OF char
acter and American enterprise is lOath
to re-eniist. Every time his ship
touches port he observes the unen-
listed men whose workday is shorter
whose pay is little. if any, less, and
whose freedom is vastly greater. No
matter how attentive and well be-
haved the seaman may be, under pres
ent regulations his shore leave is
held down to the lowest allowance
possible. II does not seem to have
occurred to the navy authorities that
occasional recognition Of duty well
done in the form of increased priv
tleges would accomplish more for the
personnel OF the navy than all the
Dunishments for duty neglected which
the navy can devise.