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The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THE DIVORCE
CRISIS IN FRANCE OF PRESENT DAY

find that he was tenderly and devOtedly
brought up by this second husband Of
his mothers. who was a fine fellow in
spite OF being a free-thnker. and all Of
whose noble and generous ideas he shar-
cd Moreover. the true interest of the
play Is not in the lads sorrows Yet he
says he has been unhappy and the au.
dience is begged 10 pity him. Thirty-two
years ago, on the stage Of this samo
Vaudeville, in Madame Caverlet." Emile
Augier invited our compassion for the
plight Of two young people, brother and
sister. whose happiness could be secured
only by the divorce of their mother and
her marriage to the big-hearted man who
had formerly wooed her and who had
brought up her children after she had
been abandoned by an unworthy husband
I'm Divorce" is widely applauded-which
proves that NJ. Paul BOurget has much
genius, Madame Caverlet" was ap-
plauded equally wildly Emile Augier
also had genius. We must draw no argll-
msnt, then. from plays supporting either
the partisans or the adversaries Of di-
vOrce. Its adversaries get a hearing to-
day because divorce exists and because
there is talk of abolishing It, But once
do it away and you viii soon behold in
all the Partisan theaters vigorous and
eloquent plays demanding its re-estab-
lishment. The drama. you see. is bit
like statistics, you can make 1t prove
anything you choose. All you have 10
do Is to clothe your plea or your protest
in the raiment Of a sufficiently interesting
dramatic action.
The thing worth serious attention In
the present movement and In the vogue
Of the plays. the novels. and the news
paper articles against divorce is that pub
lie sentiment has been aroused by the
increase in the number OF divorces and
that it regards the symptom as alarming
this on the belief that the practice of
divorce Is becoming more and more a
factor In our social existence and men
aces the ancient institution of marriage
But that Is so merely in appearance
1T is always the same fellows who get
killed." remarked some general or other
after a battle. You might almost sing the
same thing here. Ii is always the same
people who get divorced Look beyond
Paris and the great cities and see what
is going on in the provincial towns and
the rural hamlets; there divorce remains
what IL ought TO be, the exception. the
rare exception, heroic treatment to un-
tangle inextrcable difficulties and put an
end 20 intolerable evils. IL is the 9TH
ers-the neurotics Of the froth-who
falsify statistics by making divorce a
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
From the London Globe.

From the London Globe
Two names have been put forward for
the new cruiser that is to be built at
Devonport this year. one Of them the
York, worthy on account Of the territorial
connections associated with the name. the
other the Warspite. worthy on account
OF the long and glorious record OF service
associated with seven Warspites in Brit
ish naval annals Unlike all the other
vessels whose names have recently head
ed this column, Warspite has no Nehsonic
tradition. The only links between War
spites and Nelson are two captains OF the
fifth ship OF the name, Sir Henry Black
wood and S.r William Parker, the last
OF Nelson's captains" Yet the battle hon
ors Of the Warspite make a longer list
than those of any other name in British
naval annals. with the one exception OF
the Swiftsure. The Swiftsure took part
in the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Warspite only came into existence as a
result Of that engagement.
In Thomas Heywood's IF You Know
Not Ne. You Know Nothing" first pub
lshed in 1905, is a scene showing the man,
ING OF the uESl w dISlllt- Nluteu EllLd-
beth is at Tilbury Camp with her court,
receiving the news Of the defeat OF the
Armada. A post comes to tell OF the
skirmish of the Eddystone. second
tells Of the battle of Portland and reports
the death of Martin Frobisher A third
post" fast upon the heels Of the second.
contradicts the report and says that "the
undaunted Frobisher, though round be-
set" had
Made their stCutost ships
Like drunkards reel and tumble side BY side
Thus. In wars spite and all the Spaniards' scotf
He brought both ships and soldiers bnvely of.
The Queen replies:
Wars spite. indeed and We. to do him right
VIII call the ship he fought in the War sSpite.
In point of fact, however, II was the
next ship launched for the Royal Navy
that was named Warspite and for near
ly forty years she served. flying the flag
Of Raleigh, in the expedition against ca
diz and against the Plate fleet. To Ra-
leigh's Warspite succeeded vessel that
bore a big part in the Dutch wars. Sent
aEoat in the spring Of 1906. the second
Warspite made her entry among our ships
Of war Just after the Four Days Fight.
and just in time TO take part Ia the St
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14

popularity with publishers that undoubt-
edly has added materially 70 his bank
account
Among the new generation Of humorists
George AIDE has probably earned more in
single year than any OF his colleagues.
and his steady income probably ranks
second only 20 that enjoyed by Mark
Twain. Since he became a successful
playwright there have been several years
when from his plays, books. and news
paper humor Mr. Ade has enjoyed a year
~ income topping the salary given by
the nation 10 the man Il calls President
Though he has never engaged In play
writing. Mr.. Dunno has at times en-
joyed an income comparable in amount
10 Mr.. AIDES. Each Of these men. by the
way, IS the creator Of new style Of
humor. AIDE is the daddy" Of slang fun
and Dunno Of philosophical fun The fact
that each is a creator OF peculiar brand
OF humOr that Is close TO the great mass
OF people doubtless accounts in large
measure for the big earning powers Of
each
Legend hath il that when Ade began
his newspaper career in Lafayette. Ind
following his graduation from Purdue
University. he received part of his small
salary In meal tickets on a cheap restau-
rant. Il Is a fact that while he worked
In Lafayette he helped get up a city di-
reCtOry. AIDE became 4 reporter in 1857.
Three years later his salary had risen
10 SO a week-and then AIDE struck out
for Chicago
The ensuing decade Ade spent in the
employ Of one Chicago newspaper. BY
the time the decade was pretty we'll spent
he had managed 20 acquire a local repu-
taton as a writer OF light short stories.
Then. one day. after reading an old
fable he conceived the idea OF dising up
slang IN fable form. This happy thought
speedily brought him fame and fortune,
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
LOVE AND MARRIAGE ABROAD.
BOy-and-girI Friendships OF Amer
lea Unknown I'm Europe.
Prom Eyeryboty's Magazine.


lea Unknown I'm Europe.
From Evepbocy's Magazine
The European man thinks he knows
the American girl, but he judges her by
the girls of his own country and there
fore entirely misunderstands her. He
cannot comprehend the healthy. unroman-
tic friendships that exist in America be-
tween boys and girls, who see each other
under all sorts Of informal circumstances
and yet have no thought Of love or senti-
ment He thinks the American girl has
had long experience in the ways Of men.
and that she is as well versed IN the
manner of lovers as the experienced
married hirts Of Partisan and Roman So
ciety. Used TO men she is; but not TO the
sort OF men she meets for the first time
abroad. She Is used to the type Of boy
that she has known all her life" She
can fathom what he thinks on pretty
much any subject, and whether he Is in
love with her or not Is a matter that
she can decide without much danger OF
mistake Above all, the American youth
is OutspOken and frank He has no hid
den or Interior motives; he spends little
time IN discussing what he thinks. He
likes best to show his muscle and his
skill in athletics. and the intimacy be-
tween boys and girls Is founded on doing
things together. riding. swimming. play
ing tennis, or coasting and skating, not
on talking OF ideas.
Yet-and this is very important and also
very difficult TO express: In the minds
OF American young men love and mar
riage are synonymous. To the European,
love is love. and marriage is marriage:
the two have not Of necessity any cyn-
nection.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14

At present, Il appears. there is a mar
riage crisis. II is condemned. that crisis,
on every hand-at the theater, in the
newspapers. even from the tribune Of the
Senate And it is invariably attributed
70 the divorce laws which were so i'm
prudently. as they say, re-established in
France about a quarter Of a century ago
says Hlppolyte Lemaire in lie Monde
Illustre.
The grim moralists. natural enemies Of
n change. determined cOnservators Of all
traditions. toss their heads with an Il
told you so" air and enjoy the bitter con-
ISOLATION Of having predicted what has
come about. 1T was inevitable say
they, from the time you first began to
lay irreverent hands upon the absolute
indissolubilty Of marriage. A single gen
Grafton has sufiiced 20 demonstrate that
the more and more lax practice Of d.
vorce brings us face TO face with free
union"
There IS nothing more startling than
these peremptory but improved declara-
tIons. When they are formulated by
aged and solemn persons respectable
withal. whose saddened spirits seem 20
attest their sincerity while augmenting
their authority, II is difficult 70 make
answer. Thus there has spread abroad
an alarming impression that the institu-
ton of marriage. that fundamental basis
Of the family and Of society, is threat
ened with approaching extinction
For my own part, 1 was at first as
scared as any one. Free union--is not
that an end Of all we have learned 10
love and respect an end OF fireside dig
nifty. of family affection. Of the indul-
gent authority OF parents, OF the trust
full security of the children? Does Il not
mean a regime OF moral anarchy-the
abomInatlon OF desOlaton? Later, how
ever. I began TO have my doubts about
the marriage crisis. Is II really so threat
ening as they say7 Let US look into II
and see.
The number OF divorces is unQuestion-
ably increasing. but this increase. when
examined closely. Is far from possessing
the sweeping proportions attributed 10
1t and far from involving the conse-
quences predicted. II affects only
small and turbulent minority OF society,
which is perpetually on the go and Is
taken for elite because it is continually
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
ENGLAND HAS HAD SEVEN VESSELS
NAMED WARSPITE ON HER NAVY LIST

shipbreakers just before Trafalgar. while
the fifth Warspite was launched two
years after Nelson's death. This one was
the longest lived Of the Warspites. for she
served seventy years. and during the last
twelve was a training ship for boys at
Charlton, where she was burned in 1873.
In the following year the old Waterloo
was handed over to the Marine Society 10
take her place and her name, while the
seventh Warspite. still in existence. is a
frst-class protected cruiser over twenty
years old, and ready TO pass out OF
snrrica-
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appearing al the surface. In reality IL
is not an elite, IL is only a sort of froth.
In that little world there is no denying
that divorces are increasingly common.
But what does that prove? All these
neurotics have a conception of life so
unusual so artificial. 80 manifestly false
that their very misbehaviors are a les
son rather than bad example to the
masses. They inspire contempt for d.
vorce. just as the spectacle of the drunk
en- Helots in olden times inspired con-
tempt for drunkenness
But although the contagion Of example
might be something 10 fear in the case
Of opium eaters who become enslaved by
the drug, has any one ever refused 10 al
low the use Of Opiates as a remedy 10
assuage intense pain? Here Is the whole
question in epitome Divorce is nothing
but a legal remedy In measure an in
contestIble social malady. To be sure the
ideal Is indlssoluble marriage and the
peaceful progress Of the family That is
not only the ideal of the moralists and
the theologians, but also obviously the
ideal of society and Of the law itself.
But religion and the law are powerless
in practice to assure the infallible real
ization of that ideal Now when a
catastrophe or the stress Of events has
rendered this realization hencegorward
impossible. when an irremedial moral
rupture has occurred, between the two
persons united in marriage, and when
the pair can no longer look al each other
save in anger and hate to recognize each
other holding each other in abhorrence
common existence can be for them
only an uncomfortable tyranny, and the
law must afford them some way of escape
from II.
It is the fashion. in these days of d.
vorce, 10 write plays to show we did
wrong to re-establish It, Thirty years
ago other plays were staged, equally
convincing. to prove that such re-estab-
lishment was imperative. And the plays
OF those days were as loudly applauded
as those Of to-day can be- Why? Pre-
cisely because, in its very essence, di-
vorce is only a great remedy for a great
evil-a remedy to be used only in rare
and desperate cases and because those
cases involve dramatic situations whose
interest can be exploited for or against
divorce according to the point OF view
one elects to assume.
NJ. Paul Bourget, at the Vaudeville
shows us son who declares himself TO
have been made exceedingly wretched
because his mother obtained a divorce
and married again. I confess that his af-
hrmation astonishes US a little, for We
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14

of laUghable stories He frankly admits
that the idea nf the story with which he
made his first pronounced hit was sup
piled by a magazine editor; that all he
did was 10 write the story. However that
may be, the story itself has netted its
author a small fortune and gained him a
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
Different.


Mrs. Gramercy-You always told me
you couldn't see anything in socialism?
Mrs. Park-But my dear. 1 didn't know
then it was going to become a fad.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30

Some days ago Sheriff Sears sent
to the authorities of Iredell County a
warrant for the arrest Of ]. X. Early,
young white man of Elmwood,
twenty years of age, charged with
seduction under promise of marriage.
Deputy Sheriff Ward, of Statesville.
carried the warrant TO Elmwood
Tuesday afternoon of last week eff
fecting the arrest and sent the pris-
oner to Raleigh. On the arrival Early
and the Deputy Sheriff in Raleigh,
with the consent of the Wake County
authorities, he was taken TO where
the girl, in the case, Miss Bessie
Medlin, was stopping with her faith
er,, Mr.. p. p. Medlin, a well-to-do
Wake County farmer, and after a
conference between the young peo-
pie, they decided to settle the mat
ter by marrying, and it was so an
nOunced to the officers and to the pa
rents and relatives of the young wo
man.
Mr.. Medlin then informed Sheriff
Sears that Early would marry hi!
| daughter. The license was secured
| the ceTemaHy performed and the case
was thus ended.
Mr. Medlin is a farmer Of Mark
| Creek Township.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
Governor to Hear Application for
Pardon for III. Ii. Register.

Gov Glenn set last Monday as the
day to hear application for the par
don of H. B. Register, of Columbus
County who is serving life sentence
in the penitentiary for accessory be-
fore the fact of the murder of Jim
Staley and Jesse SOles, but on Mon
day the Governor continued the hear
ing until August 18th when he will
hear the application at Laurinburg.
Jesse SOles, a white man, and Jim
Stalpy, a negro, were murdered in
Columbus county in 1904, and the
house in which they were murdered
was burned. The object of the MUIR
der was robbery. label Register, a
son of the prisoner, was hanged in
February, 1904, for the murder and
the father was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment Registers family were
in Raleigh the past week to see him
The Governor was presented with 6
large petition asking for the pardon
while many of the citizens of Column
bus have written and wired the Gov
ernor protesting the pardon.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
Gen. r.. f.. Lee Born After Burial of
His Mother.

The one hundred and first ami
versary of the birth of Gen. Robert
E. Lee, recalls the little known fact
that he was born more than year
after his mother had been buried,
furnishing to the world one OF the
most astonishing cases revlvlscence
on record.
General Lees mother was by no
means an entirely healthy woman
and the physician at Stratford, Va
the home of Henry Lee (Light Horse
Harry, was kept in constant at
tendance. Mrs. Lee suffered from
catalepsy, and during prolonged
| trance she was pronounced dead.
| The body was prepared for 1ntermehI
and the morning of the third day
after her supposed death the remains
we're laid in the family vault In the
| graveyard of that pretty little VIZ
| ginian village.
| Members of the family made ire
| cuent visits to the vault, and Wnlie
the sexton was cleaning up and ar
ranging some flowers to be placed on
Tho casket. he heard a faint voice, as
though of some one calling for assist
ance. Of course, the old man wa:
somewhat alarmed, but as he mac
seen many years of service in the
city of the Dead" he did not leave
the vault. He listened closely ane
the voice was distinctly heard again
becoming satisfied that the voice
came from within the casket he a
l once set to work and opened 1t, dis
I covering that Mrs. Lee was alive
: Releasing the poor woman from ne
e awfA fate, assistance was soon sum
n moned and within a short time sh
h was safe in bed at her home.
|. Mrs. Lees recovery was slow, ou
S she did regain good health, and
S little more than year after she wa
hurled alive her youngest son, ROT
ert E.. was born and thus came int
n the world one of her bravest men,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
Local M a t ters

The Democrats Of Wake County
have called their primaries for Aug.
9Th.
Mr.. George s. Terrell, a grocery
man Of Raleigh, has made an assign
menr.
We will send The Caucasian from
now until Nov. 18th for only Is cents
in clubs of four or more.
Mr.. J. w. Fuquay, of Fuquay
Springs, has been mentioned as a
randidate for the Senate from Wake
Thirty Wake County teachers stood
the examination before the County
superintendent Monday and Tues
day.
News was received in Raleigh Mon
day of the serious illness of Capt. o
II. Dockery at Duluth, MINI. Capt
Dockery lived In Raleigh at one time
and is a brother of Mr.. Claudiu'
Dockery. of this city.
Lonnie Rogers was killed a
kuightsdale, Wake County, las
Wednesday. He was overseeing tn
cutting of some pine trees when on
fell upon him, killing him instantly
He was a brother Of Mrs. Joe. G
Smith of Raleigh.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
THE sEABOARD EXCURSION
VIII he Operated from Raleigh and
Durham To Norfolk Tuesday.

The Seaboard Air Line will oper-
ate an excursion from Raleigh and
Durham and Intermediate points to
Norfolk Tuesday, August 4th. The
train will leave Raleigh at $40
Tuesday morning and returning will
leave Portsmouth at 8 q. m, Aug.
9Th, giving one whole day and two
nights in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Old
Point Comfort. Pine Beach, or where
ever you may choose TO spend your
time. The fare from Raleigh Is s3.0u
for round trip. Pullman cars will be-
provided for those who reserve theia
seats in advance. Seat rate frogs
Raleigh and Durham Use. For fur
Their information address Maj. G. II.
Gattis, Raleigh, n. c.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30

The Seaboard will operate their
next Seashore, popular excursion 10
Portsmouth Norfolk and Virginia
seashore resorts, leaving Raleigh
and Durham at $50 a. m. Tuesday.
July 18th, making connection with
trains from oxford and Louisburg.
and taking on passengers at all
points to Weldon, arriving at $50
D. m, allowing a day and half and
two nights in Norfolk. Returning
to leave Portsmouth at 800 a. m.
on Thursday, July 18th. Round
trip rate from Raleigh and Durham
$500; Louisburg. $500; Oxford
$3.50: Henderson, $3.50; Weldon
s2.00.>
See your agent or address under
signed for further information.
c. H. GATTIS, T. P. A,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
Shooting in Wake County.

Allen Jones, of Houses Creek
township, came to Raleigh Monday
and swore out a warrant against w.
II. Chopin. charging him with at
tempted murder The hearing was
set for August 4th. Jones was farm
ing for Chopin and they had a dis
pute over some of the farm work
when, according to Jones story,
Chopin drew a revolver and began
shooting at him. One load scorched
Jones neck and another entered his
left side. Mr.. Chopin claims that
Jones was very abusive and struck
him with q rock.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
Now is the Time.

Now is the time to get up a large
club of subscribers for The Cav
casian. The campaign, both State
and National will be on in earnest
next month and every voter will want
to keep posted. Remember The eau
casian will be sent in clubs of four
OF more from now until Nov. 18th
for only 25 cents for each subscriber
Can't you get up club and send US
and help out the cause? Write fol
sample copies and subscription
blanks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
1t Can't Be Beat.

The best of all teachers is expert
ence. C. M. Harden, of Silver CITY
North Carolina, says: Il find Elec-
trio Bitters does all that is claimed
for it. For Stomach, Liver and Kid
ney troubles, it can't be beat. I have
tried it and find it most excellent
medicine" Mr.. Harden is right; II
is the best of all medicines also for
weakness, lame back, and all run
down conditions. Best too for chills
and malaria. Sold under guarantee
at all druggists. so cents.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
Raleigh and Southport Railway
Notice to the Public.

Effective at once, the one-dollar
Saturday and Sunday round-trip
rates are withdrawn.
Effective Saturday. November 16.
and each Saturday thereafter until
further notice, tickets will be sold
from all stations to Raleigh and
Fayetteville at rate OF one fare for
round-trip, with Minimum rate OF rs
cents.
Tickets will be on sale for and
honored only on the morning trains;
and will be good to return only on
date of sale. Passengers purchasing
tickets on trains when starting from
agency stations will be charged ten
cents extra. J. A. MILLS,
President.
Raleigh, N. c.. Nov. II. 1907.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
County Convention August is.

Remember that the Republican
County Convention will be held IN
Raleigh August 9Th to name a coun-
ty ticket and name delegates to the
State Convention. The primaries IN
the county will be held August oth
and in the city the night of the 14th.
Let every one attend their primaries
and send your best men as delegates
to the County Convention.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
\. III. ElIer Chairman Democratic
Committee

The Democratic State Executive
Committee met in Raleigh last
Thursday night and elected Mr.. A.
H. Eller as their State Chairman.
Mr. Eller is from Winston-Salem, IN
the Fifth District, and was the choice
OF Mr.. Kitchin, the Democratic
candidate for Governor. Mr.. Alex. j.
Field was reelected secretary.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
A Cotton Oil Company for Zebulon

A charter has been issued to the
Zebulon Cotton Oil Company OF Zeo-
ulon, Wake County, to manufacture
cotton oil, meal and all products from
cotton seed; to manufacture and deal
in fertilizers and to manufacture ice.
The authorized capital is $50, 900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
DIR. ID. III. Hill Elected President A.
& Nj. College.

At meeting of the board OF trus-
tees of the A. & M. College, in Raj
eigh Thursday afternoon, DIR. d. II.
Hill was elected president to succeed
DR.. Geo. T. Winston, resigned. Prof.
Hill has been connected with the
college since it was first opened.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-30
Congressional Convention of Fourth
District September 2.

The Republican Executive Com
mittee of the Fourth Congressional
District met in Raleigh Monday and
called the Convention to meet IN
Raleigh Wednesday, September End,
for the purpose of nominating can
didate for Congress.