The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-12


All old man about whose personality
there elung the iudeauable charm e
"a life that had been lived to the very
1 drees OF experience
/ In his later days be vas distin-
| gulshed chiefly by the aualutnegs Of
/ his slight figure IN ita old.time suit
1 of black with its long. Tapping tails.
1 ts rig aiouch hat and the grey curls
| that fell struggling from beneath the
| bfim OF it 20 frame q
wasted face which bore ia
| each of it's myriad lines the
/ impress Of passion and a viii that
/ marked him the Man OF All Bfa stun.
/ there was little ia the Joe Turner who
carne year after year upon BIZ
euhiai pilgrimage 20 the Legislature
/ from which q stranger might have
read his history. The brave have al-
ways a certain shrinking uodesty in
I times of pearn-Hnd Joe Turner was
4 brave 90 n fault. and the stage ~ hts
/ action wns that ~ civil and polUcaj
/ war. No man eyer fought harder or
/ more perrdstent1y. and IL wus tntH
/ quality of inHfafeuce that kept him.
au old man ntiIl jouueytug to Eal-
eiah 10 demand what be ever cor-
aiaered his rights. the latter being III
the particular case the technical diff
ference between quad EN- ana an
tract for lac states printing having
beeu written one way and payment
/ having been made another. the
Transportation OF the terms amounted
to something like tweufg thousand
dollars. and while clear a. a printer.
II was nothing Jess than weritable
swapping turtle grasp Df contention
that sgoula have led any one "a hope
to convince the average legislator Of
the seriousness ~ the proposition. so
that the fact that. only q gear or 50
before his death. ne forced q comprc-
mise of his claims wss a potent II
nanor evidence OF a determination
that never tagged.
Nevertheless. 30 thorough is the
afaaurp of time. IL was rarely Of re-
cent Neaxm that Jee Turner--on @h0fn
ln his day had ceutered the very heart
beats of = people cropping for free
dom-attracte0 even passing atteu-
ffon ii was only at the nudge ard
the whispered "Old Joe Turner" of
aofne Older member that he WAS oc-
easlomally marked from the idIe
fhrong 81 0n-Eookers and w@uid~be
fathers of Little Bilis' that encurn-
bers the lobbles Of the two houses
of the General Assembly.
Eut ~ those y hO approached near
er a. thfS old mar, pweu lK his latter
dagE-t0 those who cgaEed tbe RENE
iuiprent FIRE into hls still bright eyes
Who noted the mobile strength a.
tas jaw ard responded - the saving
grace ~ hBmor In the smile that
earue ard wenf HEe Skinner lightning
0ger the habitual grimnass ~ hls
fana44ahe history ~ his deeds lacked
little more ~ explanation. the Hefl-
springs 81 strength remained. slow
~ ~ the stream ~ his vitality had
eofne TO rUH.
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roarea defiance ib the path and
aszs4fv iha4 z0r8teJ fHe bleeding
aanks 81 au organized ard fr5uw4-
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and eppres sss3oa4 which. uugfialea, and
unasfamsea, was tapping the very iife
bEe.fs8 ~ mm ALREADY Impoverished
fse-gF@e. THae Legislature. recruited
from the lowest stations 81 @pe1ety.
literally black and tan. q streak
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both colora eQuaglg greedy and Un-
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fnanab 0f that aF3nee o1 graff@rT.
General Tfff1e&efG ard bic carpet
Fzg aasnt4ntag had yeeu converted
sgfe ore vast ard ever grinding naai1
ffsg fhA manufacture u state @ee8Fl-
ttee ARD the imposition ~ taxes once
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