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The news & observer., 1905-11-05

long to be remembered by those who
attended.
The North Carolina Mutual and
Provident Association, of Durham.
held a splendid meeting.
The president is John Merrick and
the concern has an eXcellen record of
seven years experience. 1t has 26
branch offices in this State and five
in South Carolina.
Deserving especial notice is the
exhibit at the fair OF Oberlin School.
Raleigh. of which c. n. Hunter IS
principal. 1t is a model for other col
ored public schools, and this school
teaches the gospel of work, as we'll as
books. The scholarship of the school.
shown by the examination papers, is
fine; and the papers indicate neat
ness and cleanliness. and the chief
of Principal Hunter has been
the perfection of foundation work
in the character of his pupils.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
GREENsBORO's SOCIAL JOYS.
The Sorority Club Entertains-A Re-
ceptiOn to DIR. McIver.

Especial to News and Observer)
Greensboro, n. c., Nov. 4.-LaSt
night the Smith M emorial building OF
the firSC Presbyterian church the SOr-
orlty Club. composed OF about twenty
young ladies OF the church, entertain
ed in honor OF the Presbyterian
young ladies of the state Normal and
industrial College. The club mem
bers received in the hall of the church
Irom where the guests passed to the
church parlors and Sunday school
room, wnere old fashioned games
were played with zest and enthusl-
aSm.
After a period of delightful, if
alarmed curiosity, a goodly force OF
male re-inforcementS arrived. when
an adjournment was made to the
gymnasium below the hall, where ta-
Dies were spread for a hundred and
seventy-hve guests. The decorations
were cnrysanthemums and ferns, and
the refreshments consisted of salad,
and the pickle so dear to the heart
(and palate) of girlhood.
The young women OF the Sorority
were adorned with pretty blue badges
with the name of each in gold upon
her badge, and each showed charm
ingIy her talent as hostess.
What might be called reunion
of friends, rather than reception
took place i'll the Carnegie DullulllS
at The State Normal and Industrial
College last night, when the taculty
rendered a reception to DR.. MclVer,
President of the College. DR.. McIver
has recently returned from Europe
and the faculty of the institution
wished to express their gladness al
his return as we'll as their feelings
for him and appreciation of his ser
vices.
There was an unformal programme
of readings and old fashion songs, Sc
lected to serve as reminders to Dr.
McIver of the places from which ne
has so recently returned. The musi-
cal selections were rendered by Mrs
Sharpe, Miss Jamison ana professor
| Hammel.
Refreshments were served and DIR.
| McIver expressed his deep apprec1a-
ton of the honor done him and the
depth of feeling toward him.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
OFFICERS DESPERATE FIGHT.
He Kills One of Two Brothers Who
Attack Him and Wounds the
Other
CBy the Associated Press.)

Cordele. Cas- Nov. 3.-Rufus Burge
was shot and killed at 8 o'clock this
morning by Chief of Police T. H.
Johnson Will Burge, a brother of
Rufus, was shot three times in the
legs by the Chief while the brothers
were making an attack upon him with
pieces of scantling. The chief re-
ceived numerous cuts and bruises be-
fore his shots laid his assailants low,
Policeman J. II. Dorman, two
hours before, had attempted to ar
rest the two brothers; who had cut
J. p. Handley. wounding him serious
ly They resisted, striking Dorman
with scantlings and breaking his arm
and injuring him internally. 1t Is
said that still another man was
wounded during the fighting.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
WEEK OF PLEASURE.
\ Highly Endorsed Stock Company
at the Academy of Music.

1t is the public boast Of nearly
every repertoire company on the road
today the amount of special scenery,
the elaborate costumes and their
wonderful effects, but how many are
there who come up to the standard
in these respects and fulfill their
promises? Is it any wonder that the
play-going public are Skeptical? The
Woods Browning Stock Company,
which appears here for a weeks en-
gagement at the Academy of Music,
beginning Monday night, November 6,
is one of a few companies that make
this claim and are prepared at al
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
MAN FALLS FROM TRAIN.
j. p. CarsOns Skull Fractured and His
Condition Precarious
Especial to News and Observer.

Wilmington. n. c.. Nov. 81. p.
Carson, 25 years Old an itinerant
plumber, who is said to be from Nash
vile, Tenn, fell from the northbound
train out of Wilmington near BurgaW
last night, and suffered a fracture of
the skull and a number of contusions
about The head. He was brought to
the hospital here today and is in a
dangerous condition, though late to-
night it showed improvement. Two
brothers in ASheville have been noti-
fed of the accident and are on their
way to Wilmington tc be with the in
jured man.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
Officials and Press.
NEW TELLER APPOINTED.
j. Kemp Daughton, of Sparta, Ac.
cCpts Position in State Treas
urer'S Office.

Mr.. j. Kemp Daughton, of Sparta,
son of eX-Eieutenant Governor r. A.
Daughton, has accepted the position
of teller in the office of the State
Treasurer. Mr.. Daughton is a we'll
known and popular young man, and
already has many friends in Raleigh
to welcome him here.
Mr.. DaughtQn is professor of Eng
lish at Oak Ridge Institute, and will
arrive in Raleigh shortly to begin his
new duties
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
PART OF MANS BODY FOUND.
Discovered Near the Life Saving Sta
ton at Wanchese.
(By the Associated Press)

NDy IIIe ASSOCIoI ro5' ~, r..;
Washington, Nov. Sine ouperih
tendent of the Life Saving Service
today received a telegram from lne
Boddie Island Life Saving ota'Ion az
Wanchese. n G.. reporting the find
ing on the night of october 27 of the
lower portion of a mans body on the
beach about ten miles south of the
station. at It appeared tep M to have I'VE been z :;
in the water for considerable
length of time as the head arms and
trunk We're entirely gone ana tne
flesh had been eaten off so tnat only
the bones remained from the hlps
to the feet. The feet were Whole'
having been protected py the snoes.
In mere was nothing aeoul he ehG identifin5 i.5
and thew ware therefore buried on
the beach by the life saving crew.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
Bishop Hood Paralyzed.

Bishop Hood one of the gres test
negro preachers in the South, has
been paraIyzed at his home in Fay
etteville He is seventy-tive years
old and stands high among the best
leaders of his race.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05
Governor Montague the Orator.

Richmond, Va, Nov. 3.-Governor
Montague was the orator today at
the laying of the corner stone of a
splendid new dormitory building at
Randolph Macon College, at Ashland,
the gift of John p. Branch, of this
city, as a memorial to his wife.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

A lot of the high grade Shoninger
Pianos, almost the same as new, now
on special sale at our store. Darnell &
Thomas, Raleigh, n. c.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

See our ad. concerning slightly used
and shop-worn Shoninger Pianos in
this issue. Darnell & Thomas.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

Pure Food, Good Health and Bur-
nett'S Vanilla are synonymous. No
questions it's purity.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

roads will give a rate of one fare, plus
twenty-nve cents, from towns within
radius of 100 miles Efforts are
being made to run special trains from
Greensboro and Durham, and the
Seaboard Air Line Railway has al
ready announced that it will operate
special trains on the line from points
north and east of Raleigh
Officials and Press.
Mr. Ceburn Harris. graduate man
ager for the a. and M. College foot
ball eleven, has invited the State Off
GERS and the press Of the city to at
tend the football game Saturday the
18th, between the two State institu-
tions, the University and A. and NJ
Colle1e. Special seats Win be re-
served for the guests in the center of
the grand stand.
The news & observer., 1905-11-05

An average girl is never satlsned
until she acquires soh-lh-laW Ior
her mother.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
cuHNEL FAIRFAX or THE JAPS.

These Japs they arc sdttenly soldiers,
AS every old soldier admits,
And they've thrown the po' stupid Rus
slams
Into moughty disorderly fits.
There's only one thing that's against EN-
(Though it doesn't much count in d
feht:
Alive tried to TO get
But All haven't, as yet
That those fine little cusses amt white.
When All note that their pleasantest
pastine
Is to storm a wall eighty feet high
And reduce an impregnable fotress,
All can sea 'cely restrain a Banzai!
All do not take perfect delight
Fo' Ah cannot as yet Gho' Av tried to)
forget
That those great little fellows ain't
white.
When Togo can find Rojestvensky
And in less than an hour can rake
Him look like two bits an,. nic6el
We rrust bunch him win Nelson anc
Drake
Now. Ah have theory about it.
And All hope you'll agree it is right
They look yeiler, yet
Ah'm willin' TO bet
That they renlly and truly are white.
.--Rodman Glider In New York Times
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

taking too wide a range and was
getting away from the man fact-to
wit, that there is only one mint julep
for each man, and that can only be
had IN the South.
OF course the wordy war on the
subject is gaged mainly by those
who never tasted a real julep. OF
necessity the mercenaries who line
Up on one side or another are talking
about the vile drinks served at
gaudy restaurants and exclusive
clubs; but. as we have pointed out,
these are not mint iuleps at all
To those who think a mint julep
can be made by commercial hands
and in a merely perfunctcry way we
suggest that if their sense OF smell
is still good it is not necessary to
bruise good, fresh mint; il, however,
their olfactory nerves are not in per-
feet order a gentle crushing of por-
ton Of the mint will do. But that
distinction, white it does not define
mint julep. is the source of the dis
cussiCn.
Real mint julep appeals to the
soul--the spurious to the sense of
smell.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
TWO WOMEN OF TODAY.

VIII Lady Takahira, wife of the Jep-
anese minister. and Baroness Rosen,
wife of the Russian ambassador. forget
the war and fall on each others should
ers? The Baroness RoSen arrived here
yesterday and will be in Washington on
Friday. Years ago the two women We're
friends In Washington, but became great
chums in Tokyo later on, when Rosen
was the Russian minister there and
Kogoro Tahahira was first secretary to
the minister for foreign affairs. The
Baroness Roseo loves music and poetry.
as does Lady Takehira. Both are excel
lent nnguiStS and hive a wit which long
ago made them conspicuous in the diplo-
matte set The wife of the Japanese
minister is g dainty and gracious wo-
man, not above five feet. She can sing
like n thrush, loves to wesr ropes q
pearls, runs TO white in her gowns and
III her intensely black hair wears a
diamond sunburSt OF great beauty. In
Tokyo the Baroness Oy;-ma, Lady TAX
aEira and the Baropess Rosep were in
separable. All thres play chess.-Nev
York Press.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
DO NOT PUNISH CENTRAL.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times
The favorable comments which are
heard from all sides upon The Times, edi-
torial of last Sunday upon the school
imbroglio prove that it struck a popular
chord and that the school author ties
made a grave mistake in Tading an in
vestigation into the real causes of the
unfortunate state of affairs existing in
the Eastern High School.
The rising storm OF indigna ton from
the patrons of the Central High School
at the mere suggestion Of removing its
able and popular chief to another field,
is finding voice IN unexpected quarters
and 1t need occasion no surprise If the
entire situation does not pass under the
searching gaze of President Roosevelt,
who has a way of seeing things for him
self and solving just such problems as
this.
No friend of Mr.. Swartzell could wish
for him such a transfer as the one pro-
posed. The very agitation of the ques-
ton is creating new and unnecessary
prejudices and misunderstands in an
other section of the city against very
capable and higl-nnlnded scholar. For no
man has warmer friends among those
who know him, among the circle or grad
uate students and citizens, and 1t would
be q real misfortune TO the cause OF ed
ucation in the District should Mr..
Swartzell retire from the school system.
Many instances are related OF private
coaching done by him freely and gen
erously by which students have been en-
sbled to accomplish what would have
been otherwise impossible.
In my Judgment, as q parent the
Beard of Education should end the
present agitation by providing an honor
able exchange between some supervising
principal and Mr.. SwartZell, and leave
the status of the other high schools
alone 1t should never have been even
supceste. nor should Mr.. Swartzel
have placed upon him the burden of in
creased responsibilities in another
srhere where predictions naturally
center in the present capable incumbent
Such a solution would be as grotesque as
IL Is unfair to all concerned
A PARENT.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
The Machiavellian Harper.

tall story comes from Chicago.
1t is now explained, naively. that
President Harper, of the University
Of Chicago. has turned the greatest
trick of his diplomatic career in get
ting Mr. Rockefeller to give million
dollars to Yale, and, in fact, that Yale
received it without murmur other
than Of gratitude.
President Harper is certainly a
good manager, but he has not here
tofore been suspected of such
Machiavellian art as is attributed TO
him in this report from Chicago. The
story goes that Dr. Harper and his
institution have been embarrassed by
the disposition to attribute a taint
to- the university on account OF the
thick gliding OF Rockefeller gold that
has been spread over It. The money
was convenient in the extreme foI
building the plant and paying the
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
A rELLrALE PHOTOGRAPH.

There is scarcely any limit TO the
usefulness of photography IN practical
affairs said Senator Redfeld Proctor,
of Vermont, at the Manhattan the other
day, and as an example he related the
following:
"A friend of mine in Philadelphia has
recently taken his youngest son. a boy
OF fifteen, into his Office. The Lad has
sporting blood. One afternoon his faith
er irltrusted him with check for
large sum and important papers to de-
liver to a bank n few minutes walk
from the Office. The check and papers
were in big white envelope
We'll, about two hours later the boy
returned with the envelope still in his
possession, giving as the reason for its
non-delivery that he had found the
bank closed.
His father was surprised and an
noyed, as he had despatched his son
nearly three-cuarters or an hour before
the banks closing time. The boy stout
ly denied having played on the way.
THE following morning the fathes,
on looking over his morning paper. saw
a large photograph on the sporting
page depicting the crowd assembled in
/ front of q newspaper bulletin board the
! day before waiting for the suburban
winner to be posted In the picture ne
plainly recognized his sen IN the thick
/ of the crush and holding the telltale
envelope In his hand.
THE son couldn't deny his picture.
( AS to what followed WaSn I Informed" "
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
FRANCE MAY S{HE
ITS Own PROPERTY
Administrators Refuse to Pay Inherit
ance Tax on Art Which Eventu-
ally Goes to Government.

PARIS. July s.-A curious legal COM
phcation has arisen, as a result Of
y hich it seems likely that the state viii
seize its own property in payment OF
the Inheritance tax
Some time ago collection OF. objects
or art was bequeathed to the Union OF
Decorative Arts with the express stipu-
Uation that the collection was TO be ex-
h-bited only III the Museum of Deco
rative Art which belongs TO the govern
ment.
Anything which is exhibited there
cannot be removed without the consent
of the state, and By some complication
OF laws and bylaws, the union being
a seu1i-officiaI institution, its property
Teverts in fifteen years TO the state.
Now the government has called upon
the curator OF the Museum of Decora-
tive Art to pay 25,oGa francs in Inherit
ance dues. bsit the museum authorities
refuse to do this saying that the coll
lection is virtually the property OF the
government since it is only a question
o. time before it comes in possession
thereof.
The treasury insists that the Union OF
Decorative Arts is the nominal legatee,
and not the state, and that the admin-
istrators of the museum are responsible
for the payment of the inheritance
dues and that these are levied at the
! highest figure in view of the fact that
the legatees are in no way related to the
teStator
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Nicholas the JelIyfish.

Nicholas the Jellyfish. according to
by the reactionaries, who desire
stronger and more autocratic ruler
as Their servant in exploiting the
Russian people The poor man, for
all his titles and spIendor, is the
most abject slave in the world, and
his abilities are 80 mediocre that even
those who pity him cannot but mix
their sentimental commiseration with
profound and practical contempt.
He is slave to theory OF ecclesi-
astical and civil government for
which he is not personally RESPONSE
BILE, but which he should long ago
have brushed aside; he is a slave to
the bureaGcrats and priests who fat
ten under the old order; he is a
slave to the ambitions and rapac;ous
demands of his family dependents;
he is a slave to the weak promptings
OF foolish, unstable, unmasterful
nature; he is slave to the petticoat
rule of his immediate family; he is
slave to hope, TO fear, to fatal mis-
information. and to criminal incom-
petenc.. Ills reign has been unhappy
and his place in history will be con-
temptible. He is, it Is to be hoped,
the last Of the Romanoffs, and his
sole title to distinction will be an
unexampled series of disasters
Nicholas has throughout his life
worn the double aspect thst denotes
hypocritica1 cunning Or inherent i'm
becility, and even his apologists
| would acquit him of the charge OF
cunning. He has, like Janus, had his
face turned toward Peace and toward
| War at one and the same time. He
would preserve CARBON for his heir
and he would confer political rights
upon the people Of Russia He is
constantly blowing hot and cold in
the same breath.
Poor Nicholas! Poor man, fit only
to live decently on inherited wealth
in a quiet and respectable neighbor.
hood and to voice the selfish piety Of
! your soul in series of weak prayers
for personal safety You have the
profound pity of the world today, ant
you will have the contempt of al
! intelligences forever.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
DEFENDS SWARTZELL.

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
AS a constant reader OF The Times
[ cannot refrain from encroaching on
n bit OF your space, relative to the
Swartzell affair at the Eastern High
School.
| read an article in your columns
by Mr.. Agnew In which he spoke or
the injustice of placing Mr.. Swartzeii
a, the Central High School. Doubtless
MIR. Agnew Is right in the stand ne
takes as far as the displacing of Mr
Wilson is concerned, but, when 1t comes
to accusing Mr.. SwartZen OF unsattS-
factory service or incompetency, 1t IS
quite different. 1t seems TO me that
the whole trouble lies in the fact that
Mr. Swartzcll is to be transferred at
all; in other words, that the scnool
board intends to allow itself to be die
tated to by lot of unruly students:
that because Mr.. Swartzel did not see
fit to treat with a student body thai
had proved itself disobedient, he must
bow to the dictates of these same
children.
Had these children gone to Mr-
swartzell with an apology for their
conduct they doubtless would nave
been received. AS it was, they were
gy was intended, merely desire to
| show that tkey noble sons) bore nc
malice toward their principal
! No; it seems 10 me the proper course
! would have been for the school board
to have promptly upheld Mr. Swartzei
in his efforts to maintain discipline
| Doubtless If the matter could be gont
into closely enough, it would be founo
/ To. .y~lrl
! discipline among the school children ol
the Eastern is of less Importance thar
the grindlng of the axe Let the schoo
board display a little more backbone
| and justice and there will be LITTLE
trouble III placing Mr. Swartzell.
FRED c. HAYS.
30 Seaton street northwest.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Sheep Show Falling OFF.
WHY HE WANTED A TENNER.

Application was made at hall cozen
stores before the man could get one
$40 bill for his roll of ones
Il don't see said the mans compan-
ion, why you went TO all that trouble
You are going TO pay the money right
over TO your tailor. Why didn't you give
him TIE 81. btl!s?
Because il would make a bad impress
sion,' was the reply Il am broke, but
don't want him TO know IT. When
ever you get in that fix pay your debts
In the largest bills that you can get
hold of. 1t enhances your value In the
estimation of tradesnen and paves the
way for further credit. a fellow will
think heap more of you If you pay
with one IS bill than with FIVE ones A
handful of chicken feed indicates tina.
YOU have had to hustle around pretty
lively to get the money and that there
isn't much left where that came from
man who really has money can afford
to pay in pennies if he feels like il, but
ne who has little can keen UP his credit
only by using large bills.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
: Reform in Connecticut.

The lower branch of the Connecti-
cut Legislature has passed an act that
amounts to distins. departure for
an American State. 1t is a corrupt
practices act, modelled closely on the
English statutes that have been, on
the whole, productive OF great good
in Great Britain The measure
passed the lower houaa. after deal
of work had been expended on it, by
an almost unanimous vnte. 1t Is
said to be far from popular with the
politicians in general but the people
wanted it, and the politicians have
not discovered a convenient excuse
for opposing it.
The measure is designed to secure
publicity ii the conduct OF political
campaigns; to reduce amounts that
may be used; to prohibit certain cor
porate interests from making dona-
tions TO campaign funds, and to en-
force forfeiture of an Office If Illegal
practices in connection with the
campaign for it are established.
The workings of the new Nutmeg
State lew will be/watched with inter
est. In England the similar law was
at first regarded as of little effect. II
was easy enough for candidate fol
office to have his corporate friends
spend the money they were willing
to use in his interest They simply
didn't turn it into the formal cam
paign fund, but put it where 1t would
do the most good. But the courts
put stricter constructions on the
law; a few men forfeited their Of
fees, and, with amendments that ex-
perience proved useful. the measure