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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
THE LATE BISHOP HARGROVE.

Southern Methodsm loses a strong
and influential leader in the death OF
Bishop Robert Kennon Hargrove, in
tive of Alabama and served as circuit
rider, college president and presiding
elder before he was elected bishop liz
1882 He was not d preacher OF the
type of Doggett, or Pierce or Marvin.
but he was an able preacher and q
successful man CT affairs and effective
executive. 1t was due to his business
Judgment that a plan was inauSurated
early after his election to the bishopric
that saved the Methodist Publishing
House at Nashville He also originated
the woman's work which made provis-
ion for itinerant clergymen. In May,
1889, he succeeded Bishop McIyiere as
president of the board of trustees OF
Vanderbilt University and has since
been largely occupied with the man
agement of its affairs. retiring in June
because of failing health.
Bishop Hargrove had often visited
North Carolina, spending one whole
summer in the State holding district
conferences and preaching at various
places. He was a man of deep piety,
full of zeal for the spread of holiness.
an agreeable and entertaining com>
panion, and served his church with
great usefulness, going to his reward
from a life as near perfect as is given
10 rfaI
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
To Encourage Writing History.
Chatham Record.

Chatham Record.
An act was passed by the last Leg
islature to promote the production and
publication of school books relating
to the history and literature of this
State.
For this purpose an appropriation
of $4,000 was made to be used as
may be deemed needful by the State
Board of Erucation, to encourage the
publication of such school books as
in the judgment of the Board relate
to the history, literature of govern
ment of North Carolina. The Board
of Education is given the power to
fix the prices of such books as are
published under authority of this act,
and the proceeds of such sales shall
be part of the public school fund.
We hope that tbs act viii encour-
age some competent person (fOr in
stance, like Capt S. A. Ashe) to pre-
pare such books, so that all the chill
dren in this State may be taught a
true and complete history of our good
old commonwealth
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
MIGRANTS NEARLY
CRIMINALS.
ALWAYS

The vagrant is nine times out of ten
criminal Asked how to prevent
drunkenness an old time temperance
lecturer said: There is but one eff
fective way. Quit making drunkards
of the boys" How shall we prevent
or lessen crime? The answer is, first
of all, put an end to vagrancy If you
be. greatly decreased by that very &C,
alone. IAN idle mind is the devils
Workshop If a man will not work he
must beg or steal. People have quit
giving to able-bodied beggars and
stealing is the straight road that va
grants follow Some steal by gambling,
like the high class Migrants. Mayor
Powell drove out of Raleigh. All hon.
or to him for it! Most of them steal
in the common way of raiding tn:
pantry, the money drawer or the hen
roost AS proof that idlers become
criminals, the following statement is
taken from the Clarkton Express:
whenever you see boy, white or
black who never has any work to do,
and still nobody to support him, you
may put him down as being wrong III
some way. Take for example the two
negro boys who are now in Jail await
ing the Federal court to be tried. the
one for stealing from the postoffice
and the other for opening letter and
taking a check that didn't belong to
him. They have been loafing around
all summer and could have been taken
up for Vagrancy. There are others loaf
ing around now, who will sooner Oh
later be caught up with and placed
behind the bars, where they justly be-
long"
The object lesson is printed here to
urge all officials to pause and contem-
plate their responsibility for crime if
they fail to put the Migrants to work
They are to be found in nearly every
town-good for nothing parasites
white and black, who either live by
gambling or theft, or upon the labor
of their fathers or other relatives. The
law is plain. There is need of better
roads and better sidewalks. The Off
GERS of the law should put them to
work AS soon as two or three of
those Migrants ego after gamblers and
pimps firsD are put to work on the
road, the balance will go to work Oh
the roads or "skeedaddle.'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
Until you see LUMINA you haven't
seen the SOuth's greatest pavilion.
EVEN BEES GO ON STRIKE.
In Cuba Nature Is so Bountiful-They
Do Not Store Honey.

(Some of the readers of the follow
ing will remember with pleasure
Bill Russ's story of his visit to Cuba
in company with his friend, the late
Jack Slappy, as heard by a quiet list
ener:)
The fact that bees refuse to work
in Cuba nearly cost me some money
to learn, says an American just re-
turned from that country. | was down
there a little while ago and / noticed
that while the whole island was a
flower garden, and while the natives
were very fond of all kinds of sweets
there did not sem to be a stand of bees
in the whole republic. This, said | to
myself, is where l get in my fine work.
1t is strange that no one ever thought
of importing bees, but / will be the pi-
oneer In this industry and make close
on to a million a minute.
Well, 1 came mighty near trying it.
/ was out walking around Havana and
found that there we're numerous bees
that looked like good honey makers in
the fields. and this only confirmed me
in my desire to open the eyes or the
Cubans to the possibilities of home
made honey.
Some nights after that. sitting with
a friend, l tentatively broached the
subject of bees, and as he was pretty
SOOQ IFl0nu ana a lOflS iColuChI VI ZIG
islands l suggested to him the proprie-
ty of his getting in on the ground
floor He laughed and said:
81 guess you are about the milllonth
man since the beginning of the Ameri-
can invasion who has figured on MAX
ing his fortune that way But III just
put you next and tell you why 1t won't
work The bees that are brought down
here from the north-and there have
been a good many brought in the last
SO years-are industrious brutes when
they first land. They find all the con-
ditions favorable, and they work like
Trojans stocking up their hive with
honey so as to be prepared for the
winter, as they do in the colder chimes.
They keep on working. and then the
winter don't come, and in very little
while they get on to the game: They
, find that it is a good deal easier to
pick up a hand to mouth living with
out working themselves to death over
honey making, and they just go on
strike.
you can find plenty of bees down
here. But work? Not any more thar
a Jamaica coon when he has Sc in his
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
COTTON GROWERS IN BUNCoMBE
One Who Has Been Experimenting
Has Three Acres of Plants.
baskerville Citizen. }

An Asheville man quotes DR.. I. A
Harris, of Jupiter, as authority for a
remarkable story of development OF
cotton plants SO that they can be
profitably grown in this county.
The statement is made that several
years ago a resident Of north Bun
combe began to experiment with cot
ton seed. He first planted them in
a hot house, and then gradually ac-
customed the plants to colder weather.
Each year the seed produced plants
which were more hardy than those
from which the seed were taken, until
now the scientist is so well satisfied
that he has produced variety which
will bear in this climate that he has
now under cultivation three acres of
plants. The plants, it is said, show
a big crop of undeveloped cotton, be-
ing necessarily of slower maturity
than further South, and the owner
expects to pick a bale or two from
them
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
Spirit of the Press.
Our Governors Piety.
Mount Olive Tribune.

Mount Olive Tribune.
| 1t was the pleasure of the writer to
be at Wrightsville Beach on Sunday,
July 22nd, and enjoy a few hours of
quiet recreation at that splendid and
popular summer resort. The state
Guards were in camp there at the
time, and Governor r. B. Glenn and
his staff were present. The Governor
and his staff were dined at the larry
moore hotel that day. We were placed
at a table near where they sat. AS
the distinguished visitors came into
the dining room everybody present
almost multitude-arose and re-
manned standing until the governor
and staff had been seated. An elderly
gentleman, whose name we did not
learn, arose and in a few choice words
told how delighted the people were to
have the Governor as their guest on
that occasion 1t was with Governor
Glenn's short response that we were
most impressed. He expressed his
appreciation for the many courtesies
shown him, and appealed to those
present to remember that they were
then i'm the midst of the holy Sabbath
day Let us not forget, he said,
while enjoying the many pleasures of
the seashore life that above all things
we should reverence and respect this
day which God has blessed and hall
lowed His remarks appealed to the
writer for they were indeed timely.
Everyone present seemed to pause for
a moments reflection, as if they had
been listening to new and strange
doctrine. When people go pleasure
seeking at a place like this they APP
parently forget the best things of lie,
and it is more strikingly noticeable on
the Sabbath day Governor Glenn evil
a naio Al II
advantage of the occasion to remind
them Of it,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
The President at Home.

Charleston News and Courier.
Takahira, the Japanese minister at
Washington, made an official call on
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay one
day last week, and found that he had
just returned from his second camp
ing expedition with his boys and their
chuns in the woods. 1t is caid by
the New York Sun that before he
would discuss their diplomatic bust
ness the President insisted that he
must tell Mr.. Takahira all about the
fun he and the lads had had. What
beautiful life!" the japanese states
man exclaimed when the President
told his story. and SO it is" says the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
BATHROOMS ARE OUT TO STAY
OUT.

The majority of the people of Raj
to permit bar-rooms with their Sc
ductive sinful influence to again open
their doors in the capital or North
Carolina. That determination was ex-
pressed two years ago when they were
driven out. There is minority IN
Raleigh that want the return of the
saloons, but they are impotent TO
open again these dens that exist to
steal away the brains of boys and
men.
If left to themselves, this minority
could not have obtained one fourth
of the voters in, Raleigh to order an
election. The petition toters were paid
with money. VINO contributed the
money raised to procure the petition
Not the business men of Raleigh, the
return of bar-rooms. 1t was contrib
uted by men who hope to open saloons
i'm Raleigh and by wholesale dealers
who hope to sell liquor to these sa-
looms, Raleigh is a pivotal point Ill
the whiskey forces can restore par
rooms in Raleigh they feel that II
will help them to secure victories
elsewhere. Therefore they would put
UP ten thousand dollars or twice that
amount to secure a for saloon VIC
tory in the city of Raleigh. The at
tempt is to let outside liquor forces
determine what policy Raleigh snail
adopt The people of Raleigh will re-
sent such interference and rebuke it
in telling way.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

Sun. 'The home SIDE of the Presi>
dents life is the most winsome.'
We can all agree to that. The best
thing about the President after all is
his domesticity. Possibly his friends
make a little too much of his home
virtues at times, but in spite of their
disposition to insist that he shall 1--WE
his private life under the public gaze,
he is nearer to the heart of the Amer"
SCAN people on account of the gllmpseS
they have had of his domestic estaD-
lishment than he is because OF any OF
his achievements in var or pohtlcs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

chatham Record.
The last Legislature passed a law
that will expedite the collection of
claims against railroad companies for
loss or damage to property transport
ed by them. Everybody who has ever
presented such claim will testify to
the long delay in it's settlement, oft
times delayed for many months.
This new law provides that every
such claim shall be paid within six
ty days if the shipment is wholly with
in this State, or ninety days if it 81
from without this tSate. 1t not paid
within that time the claimant, if ne
sues and RECEIVERS the FIJI amount
claimed by him, may also recover a
penalty of fifty dollars in addition.
1t is to be hope. that this law will
stimulate. common carriers to a more
speedy settlement of all claims for
loss or damage to property entrusted
to them
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
Saloons and Blind Tigers.
Charity and. Children.

Charity and. Children.
We know nothing about how prohi-
bition works in cities but we know
how it works in brownsville. We
have the blind tiger, and it is said to
be an easy thing to get whiskey, but
there is all the difference in the world
between blockade liquor and liquor
that the law makes respectable. We
are free from the devlish influence OF
the open bar-room, and the town owes
much of it's great prosperity to the fact
that liquor cannot be sold in it accord
ing to law.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
A LONG TIME OFF.
But Franklin Would WhOop it Up F'oI
Judge Cooke.
(Louisburg Times.)

We get the following little piece
of political news from the Charlotte
Observer of the 2nd
1T has been reported here that
Judge C. M. Cooke, one of the ADLER
judges of the Superior court of the
State, will be a candidate for Cover
nor"
Nineteen hundred and six is a long
time off, and folks in this neck of the
woods are not talking much about the
next candidate for Governor, but
should the judge decide to become
candidate for that high and honorable
position, his people would whoop II
up for him, as they have always done
when he has offered for any position.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
Cotton Put Up Without Begging and
Ties.
(Statesville Landmark. }

Mr. W. f. Dickerson, who lives in
Yadkin county, sold three bales OF
cotton at the Statesville cotton mills
last week that attracted considerable
attention. The bales had been put up,
APPARENTLY, on hand press and the
cotton was held together by wooden
Stats tied with ropes. Mr.. Dickerson
lives in a part of the country where
little cotton is raised and it is sup
posed that bagging and ties were not
convenient when the cotton was
packed, or else this method was chosen
as a matter of economy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

pocket. No, your scheme is all right.
But forget it. 1t has been tried be-
fore.
Now, wouldn't that make you take
a back seat? Talk about Jerry Simp-
sons scheme of crossing bees with
lightning bugs so they could work
nights. Maybe you'd think that i'm
practicable But think of bees hiring
a walking delegate and going on strike
just because they have acquired Cuban
citizenship
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
Keep Out the Saloons.
Clarkton Express.

Clarkton Express.
The terrible effect of liquor was
again felt in Wilmington last Satur-
day night when a bar-keeper became
involved in an alteration with half
drunken customer and killed him.
Such things are going on every day
and yet men will drink it and sell it
right on.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

The prices for tobacco at the open
ing sale ranged from $500 to $3.50
per hundred for common Jugs, with
scrap bringing from $3.50 to $500.
The farmers-and there were many Of
them present-seemod well pleased at
the prices their weed brought.-Smith-
field Herald.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
TO EAT

But no appetite, well describes the
condition of thousands of persons.
Their stomachs have gone back on
them but it only requires a fair trial
of the famous
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
SAVING UP THE PINES.
Mills Want Old Field Pine or ANY
Other Sort to Meet Demand.
Stanford Express.)

A man here the other day from the
Deep River section of this county said
that within a radius Of six miles of his
home are located twenty saw mills.
One man, eX-Sherin Laster, of Ram
dolph county, has a sort of steamboat
for hauling lumber from his mills
down the river TO Carbonton, where Ii
it loaded upon the cars of the Durham
& Charlotte Railroad and shipped to
Greensboro and other points. In that
section the saw mill men are saving
UP not only the short-leaf pine, but
the old field pine as WELL Any sort of
pine that will make a stick of lumber
finds ready sale. The timber on some
of the land up there sold for more
money than the land itself would
bring.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
MORNING TONIC.
IF. w. Robertson

Sorrow is not an incident occurring
now and then. 1t is the wool which
is woven into the warp of life, and
he who has not discerned the divine
sacredness of sorrow and the profound
meaning which is concealed in pain
has yet to learn what life is.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
A Field Song.

De white man got me gwine,
En- plowin' up de Ian;
Dis worl', it amt no fr'en' ter grace,
En- none ter de cullul man.
l hear de black crow holler:
You des ez black ez me,
But you can't git way fun 20 work
today.
En- YOU amt one-half ez free!
So I gwine-Oh, ] gwine
Whar de hot sun bun de san,
Dis rough worl' amt no fr'en' ter
grace,
En- none ter de cullud man.
F. L. Stanton.
Ahout the hardest cron RI raise on
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

to restore this important organ 20 its
wonted vigor Then why not start to-
day? For over SO years it has been
curing Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Costive-
ness, Biliousness, Poor Appetite,
Cramps and Diarrhoea. Try it and
see.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
HON. ROGER Q. MILLS.

The Texas folks seem to get more
aggressive as thew grow in years
Judge Reagan, as Chairman. of the
Texas Railroad Commission, did his
best work after he was sixty. 1t is
now said that Hon. Roger Q. Mills. OF
Texas, wishes to re-enter public life
and may run for Governor. He has
the Senate that some people thought
he was dead He is very much alive
as his opponents will learn if he Ell
tiers the race He is one of the ablesl
men Texas has produced.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

The Economist of Elizabeth City is
authority for the statement that new
steamboat line is to be started soon
between that place and New Bern.
Large capital has been invested apd
it is anticipated that the boats used
in the service will have the capacity
of the Neuse. 1t is said that one boat
has already been purchased and that
one or two others may be built.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

Several members of the extensive
and we'll known Stephenson family, OF
Elevation and Pleasant Grove town
ships, have been here this week trac-
ing the family history in the county
records They have been informed
that a fortune of 100000 awaits
them in Smithfield Herald.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

Mr.. Rockefeller boasts that he has
never been addicted to strong drink;
"but it is questionable whether a
blood-sucker is not a worse citizen than
a booze fighter" says the Charleston
News and Courier.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
Watch Out!
Rockingham Headlight.

Lookout for Independent papers,
so-called-a thing which cannot exist
in politics. The paper will represent
publican.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
STATE NEWS.

The Elizabeth City Economist quotes
Mr.. j. A. Litchfield. of Columbia, as
saying that the people i'm Tyrrell are
determined to break up the blind tig-
erS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
LUMINA is the talk of the State

About the time a man does get a
little money saved up some fool friend
comes along and borrows it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
Hard on Morgan and Rockefeller.


1.-The world is owned by dema-
gogues'' says Mr.. John j. Hill, with
out explaining why he should want
to call Mr. Rockefeller and Mr.. MOT
ton names like that.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

After you are married, young lady,
it is lust as well to remember that
cooking is a greater art than thump-
ing piano.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
Among the Railroads.

The new depot at Broadway, on the
Atlantic & Western Railroad, is nearly
finished. Manager Edwards says a
depot for his road will soon be built
in Sanford. 1t will be located near tha
cotton platform.-Sanford Express.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

There is some probability that the
Norfolk G Western Railroad will ex-
tend it's line from Virginia to this
place. The road is already graded 10
the top of the mountain. 1t is our
opinion that it would be the greatest
timing that could happen 1cr thG;
town. The future of Mount Airy is
already established and all we need
are better railroad facilities to reach
the outside world.-Mount Airy News.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

The name of "Bonsal is given to
the junction point of the Durham &
South Carolina railroad with the Sea-
board Air Lien, between Merry Oaks
and New Hill. This name was given
i'm compliment to Mr.W. r. Bonsal, the
chief promoter of the new road, al
though he protested against IL.
This new railroad from Bonsai TO
Durham. will be graded in less than
two months and the track will al
be laid shortly thereafter. The track
is already laid about six miles from
Bonsal to where the road crosses New
Hope near the old Baldwin mill:
About 1875 men are laying track ana
surfa cling it up.-Chatham Record.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05

About the hardest crop to raise on
| farm is the children.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
ROYAL
ELASTIC
FELT
MATTRESS

in just a moment, but
what we would like to do
is to secure your attention
long enough to impress
upon you the importance
of buying the B E S I
M AT TRES S made.
Remember, you have 80
days trial, and if not sat
isfactory r e turn to us.
If not sold by local dealer
order direct from us.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-05
USTaMOMENT

We do not expect to tell
you all the good qualities
and point S o f o u r
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-17
JApAN's EARNED LAURELs.

There is not a white nation Whlch
would not regard such army ana navy
triumphs as the Japanese have won
as emitting ii to the very first rank
among great powers.
Neither the American Civil War nor
the Franco German war revealed such
uniformly brilliant generalship as the
Japanese have shown on land and sea
The greatest battles of modern times
have been fought by the little brown
men. each one with success. In few
months the japanese fleet wiped out
the Oriental naval force of a first
class power while the army captured
its greatest fortress and drove its
forces out of all their strong positions.
If either England, Germany or the
United States had done such things,
what epics would have been written
and what anthems sung. Remember
that Russia has bluffed the world for
generations and look at her now.
Viewing the events in the Far East
isn't it time to stop Dragging of the
Spanish war with it's American loss
from wounds in battle of 26S?