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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
GOOD NEWS TO THE HEATHER.

The vexed question of the Rookie
Teller subscription to the Missionary
Society has been settled in manner
satisfactory to all parties. The So
ciety concludes that while it might
possibly not accept the tainted money
for itself, it would be unfair to with
hold it from the heathen-who are
not particular in their diet anyhow.
In the meantime the Society will adj
minister the fund-feed themselves to
the heather, as it were, but in a meth
Cd greatly in advance of that in use
at the time when the Chief of the Can
nibal Islands scratched his woody
head in perplexity as to whether he
desired his missionary boiled or fried.
He VIII now take him lied"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
ESSAYS OF LITTLE BoBBIE.
milwaukee Sentinel.l


Mayors. mayors is men that runs
the city the right way befoar elecshun,
and the way tnaY please after cleo
shun, when they so out to make a
Speach in the campaign they say Well
my deer people, il am elected to this
onorable otf1s shall do all in my power
to uphoald the morals of our CO.
munIty and make this city End to none
in the whole wurld. Tnay also say,
whatever else do, sinai make the
all mite saloons close up and stop the
slot masheens and the dance halls.
then after elecShun thay talk lit
tel rest befoar beginning to close the
tuff places, and while thay are talking
4 rest the men wich own the tuH
places git together and call on the
mayors and say If you doant be good
we will chase you to the woods and
yure naim will be mud. Then the
mayors doant know what to do so
thay doant do it.
We have about the nisest mayor Of
them all. when he starts out to be
elected again he jest tells the people
Well, how do you like my beautiful
city, isent it a hot old town and doant
YOU have a good time mites when you
are through with yure work, you bet
you do. Vote for me again and /
guess you will always be abel TO git
what you want for yure mummy Then
the people vote for him and he goes
back to the mine and says l toald
you SO.
wudent cair to be a mayor, thare
S too many people asking you for a
Job, and if thay doant all git job
thay vote for another mayor the next
time and then you are licked, and you
can't git a job yourself if you have
been a mayor unless you keep 1t dark.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
HAPPY SUGGESTION THAT
OUGHT TO BE ACTED
UPON.

Is Monroe still alive and the political
leader of the commemorative of Vir-
Ginia and North Carolina as he was a
century ago? 1t looks So for there
seems to have dawned new EZRA of
good feeling following the recent
disagreement about the inscription
upon a certain monument. The re-
suit justified North Cardinals faith
that Virginia was too broad to resent
the right of North Carolina to write
any inscription on it's monument it
thought proper to commemorate the
valor of it's Confederate soldiers. AS
a further evidence that Virginians
entertain the most friendly feeling to-
ward the people of North Carolina. the
following editorial appeared in yester-
days Richmond Times Dispatch:
''To the Press of North Carolina and
Observation-Disclosures:
1--WE have had a bout with our
North Carolina friends concerning the
claim which they set up for their
soldiers in the war between the States.
But the making-up is so sweet that
we are glad of the tilt. 1t is very
as we'll as we can remember. The
Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte
Evening Chronicle and the Raleigh
News and Observer all speak US fair,
and we return the greeting with in
tereSt.
1.-The brethren of the North Caro-
lima press are very pleasant to us, and
we wish that we knew them better.
Prompted by that desire. we make a
proposal. We move that the North
Carolina Press Association and the
Virginia Press Association hold a joint
meeting next summer. Why not? It
matters not to us whether the meeting
be held on Virginia soil or on North
Carolina soil, just so the brethren get
together in neighborly intercourse. AS
for that we might meet in one State
this year and in the other State next
year. for we feel sure that if the
brethren did but come together once
they would like to repeat the expert
ence.
what say the North Carolina
brethren, and what say the Virginia
brethren to the propOsal?"
That is a happy suggestion of the
esteemed Times-Dispatch. The News
and Observer seconds the motion.
What say you, President Warner and
Secretary Sheriff.?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
A CULLUD EXECUTIVE.

The Richmond News-Leader prints
an item concerning the appearance in
Richmond of the l.. X. Graham (ne-
gro) opera company. The opera pre-
sented is Emancipation Day" and it's
theme is the Inauguration of a negro
president, the scene being laid at the
White House, and there is a recep-
ton with the guests like a mosaic of
yellows, dark and light browns and
black. According to the News-Leader
the chief refreshment at the blanket
is Hamburg steak. More suitable
would be the famous historical brand
of Sambo-sandwich. Fanciful as the
idea of the "cullud" executive may
seem, the average plantation darkey
could at least make good in the mat
ter of the present standard of presi-
Dental teeth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
NORTH CAROLINA'S INDEBTED
NESS.

Elsewhere is printed a statement by
State Treasurer Lacy of the resources
and liabilities of North Carolina that
is timely and interesting. 1t will show
to all bond dealers and investors that
the $250,000 of bonds soon to be issued
by the State ought to bring a high
premium, because they are issued by
a State that owns stocks worth more
than its entire debt. The State could
today sell its stock in the Norh Caro-
lima and the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima railroad for seven million dollars,
while it's total indebtedness is s6,S71,-
$50.
If the States policy with reference
to the railroad property had been wise
it could pay off it's indebtedness and
have seven or ten million dollars to
the good. Beginning with giving away
the Western North Carolina Railroad
it has permitted the railroad corpor-
atoms to gobble up all it's property at
a song. The best illustration of this,
except the gift of the Western North
Carolina Railroad, was the midnight
lease of the North Carolina Railroad
by which the State leased property
earning twenty-five per cent. for
ninety-nine years for a beggarly seven
per cent, when. by holding on and
advertising for bids, it could easily
have leased the road on q basis of six
per cent on at least twelve million
dollars. If the State had been wise
enough to look out for itself and not
permit the transportation trust of the
South to gobble Up its property for
nothing, the st re Treasurer could to-
day point to a State out of debt with
a surplus of many million dollars. But,
with reference to railroad matters. the
State mas been guided by the trans
portation trust which has made mill
.ons because of North Cardinals mis-
taken policy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
a BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Peach Orchard Half a Mile
Long.
Stanford Express. }

NCdHlOIu GApI6So'J
at is worth q journey from the
North says the Southern Pines Tour
list, ito have been here last week to
see the coloring in the Niagara and
Van Lindley orchards. A peach or
chard half a mile long with solid mass
of pink flowers, fianked with acres and
acres of white pear and plum blossoms
is not permitted the people of every
where. Such things are reserved for
the favored regions of the earth.
Talk about the flower displays in the
Conservatives of the cities of the
North. If Philadelphia or Pittsburg
or Boston had such an exhibit of flow
ers as has been accessible at any of
the big orchards about Southern Pines,
excursion trains would be run from
all the country towns within radius
of one hundred and fifty miles One
of the events in Pittsburg at this sea-
son, or a little later, will be the visit
of thousands of country people to the
city to see the tulip exhibits at the
public flower Conservatives. What
would they think if they had the peach
orchards of Southern Pines, or the
arbutus or the wild viOlets TO see, to
say nothing of the myriads of other
wild flowers that will be coming on
from now until fall?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
TRYING TO GET COTTON.

The farmers have almost won their
fight. If they will hold on to their
cotton till June and reduce the acre
age twenty-five per cent this victory
is complete. But the bears are re-
solved to win if possible, as witness
this extract from a New York cotton
letter: T. -
Receipts are so full as to lead
many to believe that planters have
abandoned their holding policy. The
receipts at the interior towns were ac-
cepted on this change of opinion,
which, if continued, may break the
European markets"
Exactly. Because the bears wish
the farmers "to abandon their holding
policy they seek to convey the i'm
preston that they have actually done
so.
Farmers! Stand firm!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
Ex-sleriT Hughes No Better.
(Chanel Hill News

(CnapeI t1III NCWS.)
The many friends of ex-Shcriff
,ohn Knox Hughes, who has been in
loor health for a year or more. will
egret to hear that his condition is no
)etter. He was taken suddenly worse
few days ago and friends who are
,nxiously watching by his bed side
entertain grave doubts of his recoy-
Try. This venerable old gentleman
viii live in the hearts Of the people of
Orange county after he is gone, as
lance lives in the hearts of the people
# North Carolina today. Sheriff
hughes is a big hearted man, friend
o all. During his long term in office
he never allowed a man who went
o him for a favor. to leave without
-ranting it if it was in his power. We
rust that he NAV rally and be him
elf again soon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
Interesting and Valuable.
Greenville Reflector.

GreenViIIe REFLECTOR.
The Appomattox edition of The
News and Observer issued Tuesday o.
this week was one of the most inter
esting and valuable editions ever is
sued by that cntcrprising journal. The
articles, addresses and poems APP.
pearing in that issue arc of intense
interest to the old, the middle aged
and young of our beloved Southland.
No one who ever heard Governor
Glenn at his best can for one moment
doubt that he maintained the digni-
ty of his position and the honor OF
the State he loves. Editor Daniels
deserves the success he has won in
Journalism.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
Spirit of the Press
The Words Will Stay Until Gabriel
Blows His Horn.

Concord Times.
Yesterday the North Carolina monu-
ment at Appomattox was unveiled with
appropriate ceremonies. There has
been much discussion as to the wis
dom in placing on this monument in
large letters the following: First at
Bethel. farthest at the front at Get
tysburg and last at AppomattoX." The
Virginians have always claimed the
earth" during the war and ever
since. and we think it but Just that
the bravery of North Carolina SOL
diers, well known to all who partici-
pated in the war. should be told the
generations that follow in imperish-
able marble. 1t may create a little
friction. but it will do SO only where
too much has been claimed. There
is no voice of protest except from
Virginia. We deeply regret that any
thing should have occurred to mar
the good feeling between the old vet
Grams, who are fast dying out, but the
truths of history must be published
and perpetuated. Let the words re-
main as they are by all means.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
For Police Justice.

To the Democratic voters of Raleigh
After careful consideration and con-
stIltation with friends, / have con-
cluded to become a candidate before
the Democratic primary for Police
Justice of Raleigh.
This position offers to me a great
opportunity to be of value to my city,
and having some ambition to con-
tribute my mite to the advancement
of law and order, and believing that
because of my training and experience
as a lawyer 1 can fairly and justly
administer the law in our city, / ask
for your votes.
Respectfully,
u ~ RTsCISVVTqTI
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
STATE NEWS.

The North Carolina Christian Advo-
cate this week prints handsomely
illustrated paper in the interest of the
South Atlantic Missionary Conference
which is to convene in Asheville, May
18th, 18th, 10Th. 1t will be addressed
by Bishops Duncan Galloway and
other leaders in the Southern Mctho-
dist church.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

it is. Jeffersonian simplicity, how
ever, is far from being the main thing
for which the great American stood.
His hatred of inequality and injustice,
his interest in the single, humble
unit, and his consequent distrust or
too much delegated power, are the
main points in his nature and phil
oSophy."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
EminentIy Proper that North Caro-
Hnians Should Have Been First

Maj. H. A. London, in Chatham
Record.
The speeches of Governor Monta-
que were very eloquent and High
v appropriate. The North CAROLYN
lans present were very proud of their
Governor and they had just cause for
their pride, for many declared it
was the best speech Governor Glenn
lad ever made. An appropriate
speech was made by Major George
\. Armes, who had been q Union
officer, and had given the lot on which
he monument is erected. Forty years
before the blue ana the gray had
met on that spot in deadly combat,
)ut now they met in friendship and
Is citizens OF a common country.
There was not the slightest incident,
nothing was said or done, to mar in
any degree the hamony and pleas
ire Of the occasion. Virginians COM
olimented North Carolina, and North
carolina complimented Virginia. Ev
erybody was in a good humor, and
hose who predicted any unpleasant
hess were egregiously mistaken. And
hose who were absent because of
heir opposition to the inscription on
he monument were not missed. In
his connection this writer, as Chair
nan of the North Carolina Commits
ion is willing to bear all the respOn
ibility and censures for placing that
inscription on the monument and has
10 apology to make for so doing. The
success of last Mondays ceremonies
imply rapays him for weeks of I'M
easing efforts in erecting at Apo
nattoX an enduring testimonial to
he valor and herOism of North Caro-
mas soldiers, who followed with UNI
shaken fidelity the failing fortunes of
he ConfederaCy to that sad and final
scene enacted there forty years ago.
was emminently proper that North
Carolina should have been the first to
erect monument at SO historic a
llace
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
Negro Attending to His Business.

TI6pnSDOTO heCOIu,
Saturday afternoon a negro named
Price, who had been summoned on
the regular panel and had served a
week, walked into Judge Boyd's office
and in a most polite manner asked to
be excused from further attendance.
The request staggered the judge and
he asked why he desired to be ex-
cused. that he was getting $500 a day,
whereuopn the colored brother told
him he knew that, but he had farm
and it was busy time and he wanted
to look after his work. He was ex-
cused for the term. This is the first
time a negro has asked to be let off
from serving on a jury. 1t shows if
it shows anything. that the colored
man and brother is attending to bust
ness as we'll as the white man.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
NO SUBSTITUTE

has yet been found for cod
liver oil. There are so-called
extracts, wines and cordials of
cod liver oil that are said to
contain the active principles
but not the oil itself. This is
absurd on its face. You might
as we'll extract the active prin-
ciples of wheat and make
bread with them. The best
form of cod liver oil, that can
be digested and assimilated
most easily, is SCOTS Emul-
sion.
$500 Wen send you sample free.
SUIT q BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street, New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

"What is your PLATFORM" is the
proper questions to ask of every can
didate for mayor. do you wish to
return to saloons in Ra1eigh?" do
you favor city ownership of water or
water company dictation of city poll
ties"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

The new Police Justice in Raleigh
will exercise the powers of a City
Judge. He ought to be a man with
enough ability to sit on the bench. 1t
is way and above the Office of Justice
of the Peace.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

The Charlotte Chronicle, comment
ing on the discovery of Yale pro-
fessor that spinal meningitis is caused
when flea stays still long enough to
raise a family. When he has located
a point of safety at the dead centre"
of the pigs that sleep under the
church on week days.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
MORNING TONIC.
(Epictetus.)

Reason was given us to triumph
over every difficulty. A reasonable
person never says that there are diff
culties that he cannot overcome. The
thing is to look troubles straight in
the eye, and not to evade them. Our
soul is subject neither to parents, nor
masters, nor riches; it is subject
neither to our body, nor to death. 1t
is subject only to reason.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
Winston's Fine Hotel.

WINSTON RepuDI1can.
The Board of Trade met Tuesday
night. A proposition to build $780,
600 hotel on the site of the Hotel
Jones, with II. E. Friese, w. n. Rey-
nolds, II. r. Starbuck, f. j. Liftfort
and o. B. Eaton appointed as a COM
'mittee to solicit subscriptions, secure
articles of incorporation, etc. Mr.. j.
A. Gray started the list by a $10,-
900 subscription to the capital stock
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
One Thousand for Catawba.
(Newton Enternrise. )

INeWton EnterprlSe.D
DIR. G.. A. Snider, president of Ca
awba College, read to the students
letter Monday morning with which
Tas enclosed 2. check for $1,000. 1t
was from a friend in Philadelphia
who wishes his name withheld.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

The banket echoes have not yet
reached the point of printing the
speech of the Hon. A. H. Price re-
nominating the ubiquitous Spencer
Blackburn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

Make the Able Bodied Work or Git.
Clarkton Express.
The new vagrancy law is a great
thing. 1t has put the tramps to work
or sent them to other sections. One
is hardly ever seen in these digginGs
unless it is a cripple of some kind.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

They are making maple syrup out
of corn in Kentucky, and the Mem
phis Commercial-Appeal says that is
a new and an unprecedented use of
corn. The old way was not so sticky
or so sweet.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
Never Fails to Make a Hit.

OIIdIIOLIG NCWS.
The Appomattox edition of the News
and Observer was a most entertaining
paper, containing much interesting his
torical data. The News and Observer
never fails to make a hit with it's
special feature editions, like the one
published last Tuesday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

character is not good. He cannot be
trusted in public life, for if he cannot
control himself he is not fit to govern
others.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

When the candidates for the exec
to multiply, it is a clear indication
that General Apathy has gone to sleep
in the lap of spring.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

Arson and Union counties: Go up
ahead. While professional burglars
have escaped in most other counties,
alert and determined men have bag
ged them in these two counties. The
gentry will probably give these two
counties a wide berth in the future.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

Major General Julian S. Carr, COM
handing the North Carolina Confed-
crate Veterans will make his first
official visit west of the Blue Ride
May goth, when he Will deliver an
address before the Robertson camp
in Macon County
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

Goldsboro, N. c., April 14-Owing
to the increasing demand for their
output, the Virginia. Carolina Chemi-
cal Company have determined, it is
said, upon the immediate construction
of a large fertilizer plant at New
Bern.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
The Matter Is Ended.

Durham Herald.
The monument is there, inscription
and all, and TINS should end the mat
ter unIess somebody comes up with
some proof.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

Maine has a law to prevent any
person from being 'wantonly harassed,
irritated or vexed' by means of the
This means that there
will be only one telephone in a town,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
Mayor Springer's Good Work.
NNilnin pctnn MnCSnnonr.

wilmington MeSSenger.
OF the work of the present admin
istration deserving special notice and
commentator should be mentioned
the adoption of high license for sa-
looms breaking up gambling dens,
and blind tigers in the heart of the
city and the closing of other places
of immortality.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

the power to appoint to office. A man
may be capable of holding any office,
but if he is in the habit of tipping the
bottle, it is best not to give him office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
But it Kicked Back!
Durham Herald.

We would say that the case against
Mr.. Hill savors of spite work if we
were not afraid of bringing ourselves
in contempt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

Why are the Japanese so fond of
sake their national drink, made
from rice? Here is the reason, ac-
cording to national poet:
when you drink sake
You feel like the springtime,
And the loud voices of impatient cred
itors
On the outside sound
Like the voices of nightingales
Singing most sweetly."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

r. J. Miles has been nominated by
the Democrats of Littleton for mayor.
No nominations were made for alder
men.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15
AMONG THE RAILROADS.

The 2. o. & w r. r. is pushing its
work now. Col. Jas. A. Bryan phones
that he has iron enough on hand now
to lay the track into -Bayboro and
with the force he now has at work, he
expects to have the train running to
Reelsboro by the goth of this month.
if the weather continues favorable. A
force is cutting on the right Of way
between Alliance and Bayboro, an
other squad between Grantsboro ard
Goose Greek and another between
Goose Creek and Reelsboro and every
body is pleased with the outlook which
is encouraging to all of us.-Bayboro
Sentinel.
Mr.. Thorn, of Norfolk, who be-
comes chief counsel of the Southern
Railway, will move to Washington.
D. G. His salary will be $4,000 a
year. 1t will be hard to reduce pas
senger and freight rates to the poo
pie and pay such large salaries.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

The Carthage News this week well
comes the meeting of the Presbytery
with handsomely illustrated edition
containing valuable articles on Pres
byterian history and doctrine. Car
thage papers set the pacel
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

Children are the great destroyers
of home life.' says George Bernard
Shaw. If he had said "the only
makers of home life" he would have
hit the truth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-15

Owing to the fact that Mayor Powell
is not a candidate for reelection, the
vagrant vote is in state of indecision.