The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-25
Funny How Mary Ann
Got SqnOZe.
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from rage OIiS'J
| because he was afraid of a civil suit
for damages. Then he was so afraid
Of civil suit he would not even allow
himself to get mad, and that instead
of the clerk getting his hurt by
rock thrown by little Moses, he got
| it by hitting his chin against post
as he ducked to pick up telescope TO
| fling at him, Stadiem. Mr.. Stadiem
asked the justice to COrrODOrate ms
statement by calling attention TO the
| fact that every time he was hauled
up for a fight with one Of his Gentle,
| if not gentle clerks, he dldn prove
| that he wouldn't fight because ne was
afraid, not of the man but or ceeVlI
suit Mr. Stadiem proved by othef
witnesses that instead of fighting he
was standing in the middle of the
| floor, and the clerk was standing at
the door, hurting hat boxes, Valises
| telescopes, shoes and other dangerous
1 missiles at the stout proprietor, VINO
| was standing his ground, catching
what projectiles were not dangerous
with his hands and when one a little
| more dangerous in shape would ap-
| proach him, he had shield IN the
shape of a "feeve tOllar" suit case by
his side, which he would catch up
and hold between him and whatever
| might be coming. AS for lettle Moze,
| he said he was of his flesh and blood
and might not be so thoughtful as
TO think of q "ceevil suit at this early
age, but Moze was really standing IN
safe place, right by the sale, and
never had no rocks at all nor made
his little breeches an arsenal as a
| habit The judge told the three to
pay the costs and quit, and they quit.
| Showing his braWny arm and careSS-
| ing his rotund stomach, Mr.. Stadiem
smiled and remarked that anybody
could look at i'm an den look at de
| one arm gentlemen cluck wat ut
| nit i'm, an see eef ee admit been
erfwerd ov er ceevil suit fer tie tam
ergess, koot er vent frought der gen.
| tlemen nit eeze as NIT er Skyllght.
Prohibition Law Strongly Endorsed.
At the session of the Greensboro
! District Conference of the M. r..
| Church, held in Ramseur last week.
and which closed Friday night, the
| following resolution was adopted, with
| request that the papers of the State
publish the same:
We rejoice i'm the fact that the
| State by statute law is coming to the
| position of the church on the great
| temperance question. We congratu-
late the Christian citizenship of our
| commonwealth, and eSpet tally that
section embraced within the bounds
| of the Greensboro district upon the
wonderful success which they have
achieved in their efforts TO suppress
the legalied liquor traffic.
1--WE record our grateful apprecia-
| ton of those secular papers which
have stood nobly by us in this fight,
| and the vigilance of our public Off
cials in their efforts to enforce our
prohibition laws. We pledge them
our sympathy and our support i'm their
! commendabl work.
We urge all of our people to use
| their influence in securing men for
official positions who are in hearty
sympathy with our prohibition laws
| and believe it possible to enforce same.
| 1--WE commend the systematic tenn
perance instruction given in our
Sunday schools and day schools, and
| that our preachers preach on the sub
| ject as often as practicable.
C. II. IRELAND, Chairman.
IRA ERWIN! Secretary.
New Tobacco Warehouse.
The new warehouse to be built here
for the sale of leaf tobacco, will be
! called the "Plapters'" and Will be To-
Gated on Greene Street two blocks
north of the Farmers Warehouse.
Messers S w. Fulk & Son, archi-
tects have completed plans for the
building, and it will have all modern
! conVeniences Seven comforts for the
accommodation of the farmers who
bring tobacco, and wish the best at
! tention for themselves and their
teams, over night.
Appreciate Home Talent.
| Yesterdays News and Observer,
WAS universaU.' read here, and ap-
plauded All Fnews-stands reported
che Of fresh
ders for more. The illustrated arti-
Gle on Greensboros Office buildings,
was one of the incentives for the
stimulated interest. but several here
who are not regular purchasers of
the paper have said that they found a
surprising quantity and variety of eX-
ccllent home talent in the papers
make w. One man said that the
best article he has read in q long
time was the one written by Percy
J. Olive of the country neighborhOod
in Wake county, and he wished more
good writer's would work on the same
lines. 1t was more interesting and
would be more valuable in inducing
immigration of the right kind into the
South than all these glazing headline
write-ups of the towns and cities.
A prominent minister here declared
that the letter from Col. Osborn ha1
been of great service to him, as it
opened his eyes to some things he
had never thought of before in deal
ing with tho drink evil. Each depart
ment of the paper has been praised,
none more than the editorial
Mr.. A w. Vickery left this morn
ing for Randolph county to attend
the funeral of his stepmother, Mrs.
Parmeta Vickery, relic of the late w.
B. Vicery. who died at her home
near Providence church yesterday at
the age of rs.
Mrs. ViCkery was an estimable wo-
man of strong character, and had
raised four sons and four daughters
who are doing we'll the worlds work.
She was the daughter of Ezekiel Will
liams, of Chatham county, and was
twice married her first husband be-
ing William Crutchield, of Chatham.
She was buried today in the grave
yard of Providence church, in Ran
dolph county
Rev. DR.. H. w. Battle, pastor of the
First Baptist church, left this morning
for Asheville to join a party of friends
for a mountain trip, having been
granted a three weeks vacation by
his congregation. Rev. Mr.. Doan, of
Petersburg, Va. will act as his sup