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6 CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER. FEBRUARY 28, 1909. How theNorth Regards the South By O wad some Power the gfftie gie u To see oursels as itliers see us' It wad frae monie a blunder free us. An' foolish notion " Last fall I had fMnc!li:-is m 'iv bout the attitude of I J -1 . r i ..vvai : the Negro In this ar'i. h- I t-hai. epeak of the attitude of th" North ern people I have known i, d '-'ii-fining it to Host inians- ".vards the white people ot the South And thi. iJ much lh tin. re . 1 1 :?U u ! stadv h.-. 'i ,s Jt if always hard. r to , i . - i nt nn.i one thinks f yxi and v.o.r kind lli.m what he thinks ..f a third ..th. The Northerner does u mm: 1 .-. I k : nsr '" Southerner al.mit the 'tT"- " liken to do it hut when it cmos talking to a Southern person ahout his own f-.lks. t!i it ; a net' d-h. ate matter. If to di-osn t like t tie c outii erners, p.i.it. ro ss does i . t i..imit til in or the no a.-mn does not ie.Uir him to say so; .f he i.-s like them very mu h. modesty re-trait.i' him. Therefore, the in jst valuable and -tl-most the only s.ar.e ot : nf. .r, nat h hi Is the hints that oie- hears and th--unguarded s:.h:ii!:ts that ot,.- -.ee-wh.ch hv. itisi.-ht , .o the o'her's real fe:ns M.a I,... ru.n.v other modes ot show h s eif.i to side by his uilo ,i"id t o t.'.e.s oie often Che ttu r Ih't i;. .:..' -n ... himself. What I shad s.. , i.- ::.. i. ii"t s tniich It o.-ti oi: "tsa-. .ti on ' he suh Ject H-. It os I . win t he general im j.ressi on :hat I have got 1iirnK near ly four ..,rs of as.-w tat Mil with young n. n from :l parts of th. North. 1 as: and W.-t and with th rcsidents of li.-l.i. an. I its vicinttv whom it has he n n, privilege to know As they have talked to me (bout my secto n and asked (juesti- iih about this and that phase of th. lite down there find made i. marks a'- - it the South, certa'n in-pi .-ssl-'tie have keen formed in mv rnitol As 1 said In sjieaklnK of the atti tude f Rnston towards the N'ero. It is d.th : ..It to CM at the leal state (! mind : a pe ,p.-. It Is th" von e ol the xtremist that Is most often Ilea t -1 , while the a . a -! o pe-ij, li the ones that in ike Ilie tvpe Ml, I do terinlne tlie real att.ti.de .-: a sc tlon cn any subject u on th.-n ,i in e.ldnc. "i he vl- oois atta. k .-. tll.it Keith' m newspapers ....ietin,..H make on the tfouth and ,nf' hlt'.r to plies that 'he N..u'he:n paper- inane no mini- express the ih! !. I.hk -f the people . ,f the two t M...-I the words ot a man under iiit..i;v - eitement express hi- - aim J-idKUo-nt It is the attitude of the auiiaf Northern man low. mis the ao-rai-Southern man thai 1 have an ainlo tlon to interpret The North has not K,,t a roiie notion "I ,, lltl.el I, le !... Its -e- ple live a- 1 move n n -I ha .- tl,.,i Co III.. It i. , r--n,es :,!,. tH l!i"i'Hh trie lact that. w hen tn.o-.i in a fir.oa;.- . - - m in ii u 1 1 y or art ot.n-rs tell ih--, It It. he seeks III.- p ' !ilfes. 1 i 1 .. -' t I . - -t I'liwl, V, llt he I - led used e, l.,-t in. i I ! i i -I ! .1 I- .. n ,s a if-- o . 1 t i ,e : in pi . ss. . . n d n.onlli I '.. it, a p. ii : . al.out stxtv thr-..,.', ftll'lo:' TI it h ls. and 1 Ma- !.. . '. S. the rrow d. most ..f 1 lie . New i : ' I -i n I . s V, .i l.dk and vv iii t'. ' p. t; i ma. North : ' -end '. e o i K , , i t , . , 1 hroiiK h the ml , v ; . i end 'P.-nnefsee i., isn.i! Ahitiaina a Httl.. u,, :t tone these ft lid. II t . I, a. I t-h.Utll. and ti:d ro I '!. . ions to io l i:n, ; . - n n .-: ttie oiill.ln i ' V .1 " i r - 1 ; I : . , its h ; i I I ..-.illtlll toil-hit. ti,.- ritl II III lll'l . I ,- a 1 1 v -, natl of Se era I of t ". !.. . - s HPIP l.l'.lllli.- ! . d' The ot hoi - n.i-l . : lookliiR ! r '..t. - tell Bh.-..' h- . ' n 1 'i dov. . '. ., a d ,;.,-t . i iii-.i i . . IM!.'- IIO' 1 ' oe.e.,1 1 ., I v tt h t ' k ..i . ;-. - (I i-!,. n- ! I pose t i ten...! I d II hollt It. know ti-at -h- e:,,., he ,. i-:.. ha-, .1 hiti . ..Itoa-i.- and p ,t h. d .( hi ks to ' , 11 . , s aid w 1 ! ui1 -I and p . ss. d a I'llli v. : n a h a I t" : !!- hi ir. n .' M t n o-o- -o-'PI ' II. e I tin ,,.l,ik ' , did II ! It...' Illst'l.el "' - ' . ,. to I ' i , ' . alio- I III' p I j . ' o ,s ly Set Oa. k III I'.' ' . iKht 'd t! - in ,'r - , through tow.,.-. ,,. -. the r.antr.'. ... Imufrs It'll plot til" s "! f III !lnd -. I t ' ' ,- . a t hey . ,-, lo.e from U i. . .if So.ll 1 - I 11 o- ti li I! Mas.-., o il.,.. I - . fu h m i.s i '; . - v the pi, i ii . s.p.o- o.n I I, nt se. , I . f - . ',' thr. S'. ". tia. k. "... .'!.. ' to no- m a ' i .. t n ri"t m ,-n , s : - . ' . I5ta le t . i.' i i !-. Th, -. : the N'.-m ' ' tisked , .- ' im press Da'. or,, '! -' ' I t,-t,,r. - !'. p: to. -v - I . n II 1 1 firm tltne. d ' '- - the !w- . . :, . . l.ut no I t i JlO'oi-eS at' frier, s , ' e.on t a . t :!.;. a . - 1 : a mat' . r ' t ! the un .. i: i ' ! ' In ahut I.,: tin tut all ; , . ; ,. the South. On the 'h r t , -comes t" !:, . . i taught 'ha; HI curio- t s nr., siitns of r Ii- ,s handsome t - ' buildinirs. in -', fearch of th-.-e. h. look the Fieif f p for that 'a Pen he : home? Th. S either: home w it h hts p.h t I . . T e - :. i x. I - t ,M I 1 1 . it a; ha. V d his trends make up th. r .mpresfinn of the North fr on then, Both the Northern and the South ern traveler hive f ..l! what th. y were looking for t i- pi- tuns-ii..-. Th Nwrthern man 'n th.- pi- was 3ook in it for the tisua ut lh.e Nesru. th Southern man m the N -rth was looking for the nitric of fai alo Jf Wftalth. Iloth forrned an erii-ne -us )4ea and left a wrong Imiirnju.-u upon their Iriends. H Is true that there is more poerty in the South than Jn the North and more magnifi cent building In fhe North than in tha South; 1ut there are wealth an t progress end poverty and slovenli neas In each section. I have some friends here who have pent one or more winter In Florida. Thejr have told me twice, if no more, of da white boy away up tn his teens they saw, who couldn't read or write and didn't know how old he was, Thcae mr fcroad-mlndsd people and were sot trying to Bad the defects in GILBERT THOMAS STEPHENSON I the South, but such an unfortunate h..y attracted their attention, they re- memhered the incident and told It to in repea'edly arid, 1 have no Joubt, to of hers as well. The average Northerner has a , harmliiKly erroneous idea of mun ti life in the South to-day. When vou say that you live on a farm In the South, if i; happens to he a girl, her la,e .Tightens and she exclaims. i h. how lovely"' or .".'mo other fin, mine expression of delight; if to a h-v. his expression, thoiiKh ea .p., taneoue. is norip the lens sin- e. You wonder at 'hi hurst of en th.Masm ov.-r I'fe on the larm. Hut it ",i wait awhile, you will unders'and it When you say farm, they Interpret it to mean one of thone ante-helium da I, t a t h.ns wi'h !"tiK avenue of on ttirv old oaku and colonial mansion, with attle standing knee ,lei, m clo ver, and stahi.s till, i with blonde 1 h'ii!,. They think that the white pen pie have a multitude of ji.i van's at their h.-ck and .all. that the voum,' ii-. n .have nothing more serious to do tl.nii ride to the mu.-i' ol the fox hounds and make love to the -jtweet-voii ed dauKhters of the old fashlon . 1 Soiitii ' In other words, they are tal'.nc the aettinxs from the books of Thomas X, lson l'ajie and Mary .! 1 n.-'on and the other authors who . a .. i;..-l the i leal i otintry life "f 'he So.it h before the war You sa. farm and they shroud It In all the .uxuries 'h.y have r.a.l about. As they urovv ent h iisl.ist ! about the charms f ttie plantations, one la amnaed as he wonders who they would think if th.-v could .- e those yountf white no n ,,r the South plovvlnR mules, di vlntr teams, and doltm all mannet .,f vvoik that they think the Xfurn aline do.s There Is a more whole some attra.tlon to the real life than thr one they Imagine we live, hut it h,.s not the same romantic charm for t h. m 1 mention these Instances to lllus 'riit, this point The people of the North, as a rule, have little or no run .option of the average Southerner or of til" everyday Southern life. They d i not know anything about the Miiall farmer and artisan and merchant -th- "average man'' us l'.rvan calls him. The Northerner thinks of the South as made up of the traditional "h.nial mansions anil the Negro .a.it.os penph-d by the colonels and lion fanilllea and the multitude of ,,ie, I .rvaiit'. In waiting. It Is the pi. ' ii res. i ue and romantic that they vv annul, the everyday life is a !-ol hook to them. A. 1 thus dwell upon the ways In nh'-li th. N'oith gats mi Improper n. ' no; of t In SuiPh, It Is not In t he spit It t iil'i. irnii but of Interjir-tu-,11 ,, us are guilty It' it he d look I II V 1 or t lie pl.t liresque .on , n , mil t le.s When we in - no W'-o, - or' l-o'kloir for i a- r. 1 . . Io , I . o vv '.oy with Ii ,s lea I tier I" ,1 . 1 -h,i red no. ker hod man loaded dovv knlv es se ited on ml To th 1 last. d'ner this Is apt t f the tar eji'erner K. I , p an. in 1 ki ,f an Cistern man s. r lot 10 ss If the a I'O asked II, all s stieetH of 1 1 1 - 1 1 a 1 1 a j" T. ,e est ern 1101 11 I ,, ,!d i; t st 1 nd Ih" o pl.e.l. 'Ill CO II r.' ' IC ,,! , ,,1 p. ...pi" '-. kO is vv el e pa . ed was talking to np'atlon and re ,t is the habit up In the early no tiling H" " 1 " ' ' In , Mai!, o m "i der to I 1 in.' for in ea k fast." Hunk '.r the Western 11,1-1 , ha nt i.n.l huado si break a bn k g -t up nn ap- e do not f a : me r and and proles. a! ti '- 1 who live and t as When t,e go. s abroad he Is look in .. f,,r the 1 nun d castles of a nt 1 -r v fwi 'he Clings he ranriot see at (..me I have talked t" people who nave spent months "f ttavel In K11 r, ,,,, ,j i icd I" learn from them of I,.. 1 , ;,! ,11.- of tin- poop!. . They . "Hid 1, ,, 1, . ..boat 1 lo pal. 1. ' s and , asfhs. ;, o .p,, knew litth nbo ut the farm I,, is. s and iid ad. 1 y vv orld over there. Tin v v. ere no! looking for p. m h. a use thv had plenty of such " l.o'iw .I'l'L-i ig Tom what 1 have ... ' a , ham ' I" it seens that V, 'harem. I'"' Ill hi- new- 1 k ,11 y Sent h-ri.et in hut. ." ha.s ,,,,,, I,,-.-! to i ,. ' el pi - t lllg 'lie real ,(,.,. '; ,. p,...p;.- 'J '1 I'd lie, we ill ust , , .... .a 1 1 . in' t s mis a nder- 1 , . g ; th'- ic.,1 . with, not as ., ,. , as n.it 1 1 . 1 and, in a sense, !, :n ,.- ti ' pt l-'tis what ) , 1 a ; . ; s- . il 1 . a I ! v t il ill k ,. 1 1 .. 1 -. n ' 1 11 1 tie lirst t k - il,..' w arc not v erv .., v I , l.e evil' ! This .nr.", nil his notion of ,Se WlMl the multitude of . greater rigidity, ot the .' '! i 1 It V of the Soil made ,. . sshv w ph the !"!'.- Vr'l,.-rn 1" . 'I' le This f.C I in the bone. I ire tlie I 1 , not a e I w hen 1 ".'as 'he II'llll- r.o l-.afers vvete I , ,, n New l-.ng la : 1 , , . , p la. - s iii vv h : 1 r .,!;....:. w ...lid g ... ; slat! .11 or .1 p-h-i I ling and r.-e'-d with ti." --'- ' N , alb v ed " In the s 01th. p. ,!, 'he -. illag'o. -Of - -1. ! p.. 1 . hes for t Io fpr. p ., , , of a. oinni'-i it t . ! - , With US tie ' Ill' a '. ' , , l-.e s. !l tn"!'' f e. t lb'. . . t 1--..I to he n.tl e ioit-'t in.; ! : - u 1 a r ' -dt wi'h ... P"f mil 1 sw vv ig'v up ... -l , I ., . f .. n.-ik' a Ii- lug Th.- Vol t h. 1 t.er .- ..p. to . 11 111 this v is loiret. W ate not. as a . a a- indus" nous a.- h Vou notice .' , m movements Vou w ant "o rem H The lady ot the hnise m. ets , a apt - cn" wi"h a ,v . 1 k apron ,., v... 1 "he Kr-etlt",-. l! I - n-'t I 1. as..'.! Ml. isn't 't "" h it Wh ,1 : f.,r vou " Time is ),re, h'U.s ,. is th- air . r ! usinesslik. m ss that . :n talking to j pie here .,., innk that we are the opposite '. ,.'E",ni? and ignorant of business An Interesting question is. What ... Northerner 'hliik of th" S -it he tier's a'tltude towards the Ne r. 1 have alreadv said what 1 think 'ho own attitude towards the Negro Is hat it is fuii.lHiii.'iiii'l'.y "he same .... Put he do.s not appreciate ,,f our preiu.li.es call them il.Hi on th- , '. Take the matter ...t ,,,",r.B with the. Negro With the ...u-herner. eating is distinctly a (,--!.! function; with the Northerner, It "Is orclnarilv more of .1 business i unc tion When a" Northern man goes Into a restaurant and sits down b a N'e (r u is with pre, Iseiv the ame feel-ir.k- that the Southern white man works beside th- Negro. Because he beside a Negro st sui h a dinner, i he no more thinks 'if social assocla I tlon than the white clerk who hand t ox of snuff across the counter to a t Negro The Northern man looks upon ! I ... . 1 110.1 as buying a suit of clothes, and he does not refuse to bjv because the customer next to hlrn is colored. On the other hand, the Southern man looks upon eating sa a social affair. He says, "I cannot I break bread with you and conslstent j ly refueo to Invite you into my parlor . to meet my family." 1 say the North docs not understand the South in this ! matter They think our precaution Is unnecessary. You see, they have few Negroes corn-pared with the number with us and they cannot appreciate the danger of friction that would fol low even that much association. When the matter of social association does arkie, I have show n In a, previous article that the North is as quick to draw the line as the South; for In mance. In hotels. Take our other dealings with the Negro the separation In the street cars, railroad trains, schools and oth er public placea. The Northern peo ple frankly say that they do not see th? ne'ii of such precaution against race friction. And they do not see the ri.ed. How can they be expected to see it when they have only a handful of Nrgroeg.' We in the South and Kast cannot appreciate the Chines.' and Japanese problems in the West he, aus- we have so few Mongolians. If we did not have our own race prob lem, we should be Inclined to say that California was taking unnecessary precautions in making the Japanese, i hildren go to separate schools and In trying to keep Mongolians from becoming land holders. Put while Northern people do not understand all the restrictions upon hsm" lation between the races that we make, they have not Impressed me as having the spirit of criticism. They say that, it the were In our plan. s. they should pmuahly do as we do And whin Ihey nun.' South, as we know, the) do soon come around to our way of thinking How do the Northern people feel towards the civil war? I o they still l.o'd It uP against the South that It h.lleved In ne.Hsalon? When 1 first . ami Into contact with the Nor'hera people. I expected to be constantly r.rnind d that I belonged to a se -ti'.u that had tried to disrupt th" I'iiioii and set up a government of rs own. that 1 belonged to a people .v ho ti.,11bked In human bodies, In oth(?r wolds, that I was an outsider I am glad to say that this lias not hien my .xperieme I wished to take a loor.-.e In tlia-rl, 111, hlstoTV. 1 h . I - titled through fear thul 1 should oft n,l od or have my ! c I t h" instructor's v le .vs on t 1 1 Sou t h's attitude t..v; h ut It. A, ni into the - outs- f-'o-l UK mvs-lf to stand anything. Mind i-n tin- ., sti.ntor vv a-s the son of a len-l;,i - I . I ' s ' . one who h. ip' d to op.-r-,',.,- the I 'inh-rci oiind Know-ay w hi It 1 ,. ,1 l e.l 1 ui. ai hi ,'d.i v es from I d ,tj, to Ca n, la and the N"I Co 1 1 1 s 1 an l.v In the co III se .p. -t h us .-, to the right "I a Stale '.. -- ' , 1 , d curs.-, n reswore. I a . or d 1 o 1 the unht Slates r Ik lit theory 1 had !,. n ,-nd ias surpiis-cd iaal 1 got as (......I glillie, a.-cordiiiK '" the in- 0 iir, ,d' 11, v ai Aliment, on 111'. answers as lhi.se lid who look the oilier and 1 lie ,l..y.lllll.K View When we I a ll' t.. ,'is, iiss th.- , aii.- s tha' led to the , iv il w nr. 1 expected to hear sta;-- ,,,, Ids t h, t W'OllId be off-nsive to 11 S , , 1 1 I,,-, ! , . 1 ' 1 11 ti'.- 1 1 ii 1 1 1 r v , the ar E nine ip s of both sob s vv ere jla-ii as I though:, fairly hen we . nine to tin cn 11 war. the lea lers oil , a 'h side A 1 I e ill.-,.' iMCll Will. 1 II h in Ii tribute whs paid im i, so o as we could b a v b, . n I mvis w if rec : n ' ; aid iil'i' man In' !i"t . 1 r t la 1 1 1 vn As Lee and asked Pres I as a strong n the same a.s I - e that til -1 .Pi' ksoii An 1 I I" -Smith re. ogtiin. s that . ..nil ,s far lson Is not unjust Alter ; , the , , 1 im . I wa s t a 1 k - , y,,rth Carolina boj one day ,,. a, 11 1 vv as phased l.y t lie Im - d l.ai t 1 dls 'shin IP- answered that. id the ins' r in tor talking 1 as and cn i r, ions 'nut il vv a' . he ti ! more like W I ol h. 1 t 1 1 led to tl !r, !-g than b.dt'g angi . I was ti..t a ft'. I' d 111 tha I v. a'. , hilt l w a - l.n pt..s...l wi'h th'' fairness "f 'he dth-cii.-slon. ' i s. in. time Infer. I had the chance ! t, hear Fighting Carson" Jones sp.ak before an ot ga ni.at ion of old Cn ion soldiers in Boston on Qettys- ' i.urg Im ijent.illv he paid his tribute to ho ksoii on who.-e staff he was -it i-,.,n, el.orsvliie nll.l to I-'"1 with vh-dii lo- was at ' o-t t sb ,1 rg. Not often have 1 se, u a more appreciative an- . ui.roe. (ine might say that th-v were att-ntive and generous through coiir ,,.v to a ci'Ml. H.'t I believe that one can u iallv 'ill gen.-ros.ty that spin. gs iron, Die heart, ai1 it seem ed to me that tlnvse old soldiers were h"tiestlv appreciative. 1-Cer still .1 intended a meeting of :!: i! A. H on Memorial Iay Strange o s.iv. the orator of the day was a y,.r,i'f!'i'iii Alabama. Rnscoe I'onk ,,! I111. .. He had an Ideal opportu- it. it seemed, to curry favor with I be old soldiers and their friend." by hailing abuse at the South Instead, I. delivered an address which mliht as w'l! have been delivered before a . or f-derate reunion. There was not a word that c. uid properly be offensive ,, the most sensitive Southerner. These few Instances are of occa- Cons when the question of the civil .ir were uppermost in the minds of ih- people. 1'ut on other occasions. In privi, 'e conversations-. I have been phased to rote the genuine masna eimitv of the people of the North on . ..uesttons arising out f the war In has magnificent address on the: N. w South before the New F.nghind h". ie:v of New York In lksfi. Henry W Cradv delivered this beautiful ppr ..rution: '"Now. what answer has New K .eland to this message? Will she prur,!- th" prejudice of -war to remain ' m the hearts of the conquerors when ' it is d- ad in the hearts of the con-i -,.f,-C Will she transmit this preju- . di. to the next generation that In! h. it hearts, which never felt the gen- j eroiis ardor of conflict. It may per- i pet uate Itself Will she withhold, save in strained courtesy, the hand which straight from his soldier's heart Grant ' offered Lee at Appcmattox? Will she j inaTi tne Vision HI w 1 envoi tvi happy people which gathered above the 1 om h of your dying captain, fill ing his heart with grace, will she make this vision on which the last sight of his expiring soul breatnen a ianedlcUon. a threat and a delusion? j, U she does, the South, never object ; in asking for comradeship, must ac-1 cept w ith dignity Its refusal; but if j sh does not. If she accepts In frank- ness and sincerity this mejwage of; good will and friendship, then will the prophecy of Webster, delivered in ; thin very society forty years ago amid j tremendous applause, be verified In 1 It? fullest and final sense, when . he j said: "Stsndlng hand to hand and I clssping hands, we should remain , united as we have been for sixty ! years, rltltens of the same country, immbers of the same government, united all. united now, and united for- ever." " ThU speech of Grady's did I much to restore good feeling between 1 the two sections. It haa been declaim- ; ed to death if tt can be bo killed ' by Southern school boys. Whan I cam I to New England, I found It one of the j favorites her. The North haa answered the qnea I Hons that Grady put and haa offered to Join hands again In tnaeparable union. It haa forgotten the pangs of t the civil war. Well it could have. It did not hare the hundreds of thou- i sands of new-made graves, the de- j vasted land, the demoralized govern- ( ment, the 4,000,000 freemen to serve as constant reminder of the war, aa i we In the South did. It it r.ot gen erally known that the years of the war were a period of great prosperity In tho North and that Northern men wanted to stop the war for fear that 1 It would interfere with their busi ness successes- No such political and Industrial revolution took place In the North as In the South. The Northern soldiers returned to their homes and took up the broken thread that they hrd dropped four years before. The Southern soldiers had. In most cases, to rebuild from the start. Therefore, I say that it was much easier for the North to forget the pangs of the war. Remember that in thus Interpret ing the feeling of the North for the South. I am trying to strike the aver age. Of course, there are those In tho North who can see nothing good in the South. Likewise, there are those in the South who are unreconstructed. Iiut the soldiers. North and South, burled what bitterness they felt to wards one anoth.ir at Appomattox and turned ba k to their homes with oniy the memory of the bravery and hop. sty of purpose of either side. The rising generation of the two sections is not far part in sympa tic, s Each feels differently from the other on some problems But they have agreed to disagree, knowing that he differences of opinion are due to . iseimllar surroundings and not dis similar human natures. They hnve anght fro- spirit of the words of I.ln . . In spoken shortly after his fHst election and before the wart "I.el us at all times remember that nil Amer icans are brothers of a oniimon coun try, and should dw.ll together in (he 1 onds of frnternnl feeling." (;H.Bi:itT TH' "MAS STKI'HKNSON Cambridge, M-ss., Keb. Jth. 1009. A Booze "Hatchery." Mills corr. spotiden. .' Fayette Lrnh x. Finhiy night, while chief of Hop- Poll he : McLean was on his way homo, ahead woods a v. agon in the road .t him. ami 'he hv'.t fintn a t ie reflected on soiii' thin on the wa-.- di whi-h resemble.1 u sllll. Captain ,M. Lean, always on th.- alert for law-' bre ikers. iitiiok'-noil t.i- pa. ,- t., over take the vehicle. As he dievv near ' - srtvv two men lump down, take the -till into 1 n , from th and carry It off tlie busln-s captain, a. or, vv i-nt " his blood she wa;i so K.i r nnpa xt morning I bv Mr. I'. He track, bra ii" h irioi-tiK-i' 1 on tin 1 n u; I ti a ,, the S ir found iii' iil'itl i Hush and Mr, nit u , hi. tWO 1 1 1 ' I, I it , 1 11 r f -till. v hith oUSI.V one -1 :sa p ; ea l ed I r " Miss Mary M , i his IS all vei l not f p In 1 11 It, d tho mooiishlli 1 a in 1 11 c . 1 h had best take mltry va'd of at At dins a.. sign nil v it.-h 'Coll 1 1 . - r s a f- Mc klenlmr.' the lea. licr Hiillillng. of Roail "CnKt The m rii in hv M. - h u 1 id I n M . 'id rilui e p. d ut. 'let! - 1- .liig r iit'N vv 'as! e . a : us 1 o 1 11 1 1 - 1 1 in m a 1- 1 111 'r Noitii ami. manv Slate- o vi d and 1 a t. at .'-!!. -Ills of this e , h 11 burg !''.'! I ' o I- the SUb'l-, t of ' c-i eroiis with s and all vvh" -, 1 satisfied W, lis vv a v t h a t 1 ! .I"al of g 1. he has helped o t I lo a li v . pel t'lji. t In M . 11,1 1 ,: ads , cts .1 : n -r - 1 1 n f y Hv liars helping - :na nv ot hers. ran 11 Co-operstlon Kansas Citv star. If tlie farmers and other dw. In the oiuii'ry login to nrgariize 'o-operate for t' ir n business it- ucotiopal. so. ia'. and sinritual go.nl. they will be f-d! iltig -he examil- t lo t together f" solve the groat and lu ll Irate problems flint have confronted thrm, and some of which still oon fr. nt 'hem. In this eg-- of organiza tion, th class whose individuals do not organize, do not exchange views for their common advancement, Jo not , (.-operate in the promotion of their common welfare, must Inevita bly fall into a itlatively backward posi'ion This country, which is f lti'la menta I!y an agricultural nation, wh.se strength is eculiarly founded In tho soil, cannot afford to let Its rural life fall behind For this reason the movement ncSw Inaugurated rhould have the most sv mpat hettic support of the whole nation, of the whole population whether rural or urban. !F"r The Observer. TO FI.OKA. Often a crimson r. se-Doi she Sometimes with tl rns beset. When gentler breejea whisper love She is my violet. When hope deferred or absence long My fondest plan? recant It seems my violet has transformed Into a century-plant. When pipe-dreams waft me far away Into some shady bower. All Is forgotten while I clasp My own, my lotus-flower. But pipe-dreams vanish nd I wake To find my fancies silly. As Ooundrlng past my depth In love I sought my water-lily. Like thistle-down by sophyrs bornt Her realms are fairy lanes. Whjfii" I feel like a csetus In Th desert's burning sands. But whether rose or violet. Or lotus-flower Is she In desert's sands or flowery lands. No ether blooms for me. SLEEP. "Canst thou. O partial sleep, give thy reoose To tfce wet seV-boy In an hour so rude. And In the calmest and most stillest night. With all appliances and means to boot. Deer it to a king? Then happy low, lie down! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown r 1 SHAKESPEARE. A1 VARIETY BT Alt FAIRBBOTHER. Among many other things of which I am guilty since quitting tha Tar Heel State, I went to acramento a week ago and looked In upon tha Legislature. I wanted to hear soma of the jingoism I wanted to bear eels luloid-collar statesmen paw the am bient air of imaginative assertion; I wanted to sea how a man looks who Is willing to throw a nation into war simply that he might win the plaudits of the free lunch contingent. Possibly those men bent upon pass ing anti-Japanese laws were sincere no doubt they were misguided. But when it came to handing out a , package with an inner seal; when it came to taking off the bark; when it came to the spectacular of grand stand fury, those California legislators were wildly and recklessly at home. I could think of nothing else than tho question Kllphaz, the Temanlte, propounded to Job: "Should a wlso man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly with the east wind?" Speaker Stanton, having a line from the President made an appeal to his "diisatistied fellow-countrymen," as Abraham Lincoln called those of the South whom he address ed, and Stanton had more strength j than either Governor Gillette or President Roosevelt. He talked like a man who had seen ghosts, or "lianta," as the colored brother would call them; ho Impressed the wlnd intniners, and while impressed liiey h st their nerve and to Stanton, rather than other people, is due the credit lor giving the Japs cards and spades in this last game. The average citizen out this way has it in his nead that Japan couldn't do u thing in the way of war with America, he Is convinced that the Uolu.-n uate, is so heavily mined that one press of un electric buttoh would my uesu-oy a wnoie neei oi war- snips put iiao. it would nrt tne water out of Sun Francisco and San Pablo Dajs to rnr ami iiijn mat tne Deas them could be used for agricultural pi. 1 poses, and a crop harvested before t waters returned. He also believes it I'm le Sam could whip Japan in ree miiiuu's, and thinks a war uid be a good thing, provided it -a, ted In ousting the little brown n from this coast. Therefore, when sham e is offered to use a little red e the man using it is certain to be a , patriot among his fellows and it n seek fume, "e en in the cannon's u 1 1 1 . ' as Mi. Shakespeare suggest . why not, 1 ask answering the ques 01 ol Lliphuz propounded to Job d unaiisu ei ed until now, why not 1 vain knowledge and till the liy with the east wind? Liy the way, I met, two or three w eek.s a"o. ill Pueblo, (.'ol., a gentle man who about a v car ago Just now", ii.t.'i iiiinh discussion, favorable aid .,111 1 a a un i 1 le. among the Kepubli , ins of North Carolina And 1 was i,.aii to ii.o t bun. lie made pal ticu Ui jmiuiiy niter some ot his old a. ipiain lances a. id told me to give his legal als lo both his it lends, and those who were nut friciidlv. It was the "Mysterious Mr. Wilson," v. ho opened up shop In Greensboro to manage the personally conducted aniioii boom. Fred n. Wilson and 110 other i was somewhat surprised to nn, into him but It was a pleasure, t me. 1'i' d 11 tells me he has quit -1 1 1 1 1 K 1'. uid ,s now 111 front ol Fight- b '-.vans- -representing the J. H. 1 ' id l.vfeuin Biiieau. id New York 1 "" as.sucia.uon, presiding oncer or ,. (eld Major Pond has long since the reception committee, to the nu ll m glory ;,ut th,e Mysterious Mr. tlonal contingent of visiting Salvation son tells me that in singing tip I Army lecruiteis und chief fugleman , Lvi'.ns the Ivacum made a ten!"1 a11 I'hhllo subscriptions for any ke. Fig-himir Bob gets five nun-1 cause whatever, Hnd all for a salary d plunks for each night's l.lk and um gets the rest and nothing , t a guarantee goes so It Is a -1 i inch. But sneaking of the Mysterious Mr. jiaon 11 is a good place here to tell a story, an "unpublished storj," that will be TVf general Interest 111 North irollna, and violate no confidence. hen it was decided by the reaction .else, those op-poned to Mr. Roosevelt, I., put several candidates In the field, ! w;is suggested that Uncle Joe might upture some votes Irum North Caro le a ( 'oii: essnidii Kosenberg, of i.ast St. Louis, vi as the avaunt courier, ih; voice in the wilderness, and b" ..ime down with Fred Wilson look over the field. It was agreed that while ex-Congressman Black en 11 was a good friend of Uncle Joe would not be good politics to let I ..11 kl'iini have anything to do with ; ir Cannon boom, because that would Ink more i ke an attempt to resus- - date a political corpse than to boom a Cannon Uosenborger knew Black 1 nn, bad served In Congress with hiirt. ami, therefore, he sought to .. void me ting him. Blackburn had P-en told at Washington that some thing would be doing in North Caro lina, so each morning he promptly materialised at the Benbow waiting tor the envoys extraordinary who were to come. A dozen of the faithful, those op posed to the Adams crowd, were in consultation hourly with Wilson; Wilson would see that the "coast was clear" In the lobby of the hotel before he ventured down stairs and as Blackburn was a statesman out of a job he would sometimes remain until late at night. Col. Bill Underwood, The Observer's : correspondent at Greensboro, was i wise as to what was going on; he was i told by yours truly that at the right J time he vnuld meet Mr. Wilson and 1 he could have the first story if any i stories went out. But secrecy was maintained and Blackburn never got next until fully two weeks had elasped. Out-of-town politicians were too numerous to suit Blackburn; he knew that a hen was on, and when he made an effort to discover -the nest he walked in. introduced himself to Mr. Wilson and from that date made Wilson's room his headquarters. But the story: One day. the next day after Blackburn found Wilson, he went to Mr. Underwood and in vited him up stairs. He took him to Wilson's room, told him he was a newspaper man; vouched for him and left Underwood alone with Wilson Blackburn w-ent down stairs, seated ! rUmself In a Urge chair .ami aitd..tent In. flimensioDi wojjja jhQptatJhe for Underwood to return. When Un- Idea; the moralist would say the of- derwood came down, Blackburn step-1 ped up to him and asked "What do you think of the young man I have brought down from York?" and while Underwood could hardly contain himself he explained to Blackburn that he thought ha had made a good selection. This is funny, for the Ay before Underwood had printed In The OK. ' server a story that headquarters were open, but that Blackburn had not been Invited In consultation and that there was a schema afloat to havs Blackburn shanghled and taken to the South Seas until after the national convention. "The young man I havs .brought OF THINGS down from New Tork"' was the best ever. Getting back to the Mysterious Mr. Wilson, of course he handed me some credentials that will make It possible for ma to hear Fighting Bob and meet him; he says they are only hitting the big towns and will not get into but one or two Southern States. I have looked in vain for the North Carolina Legislature to do something concerning 'mayors. In most all the towns tha mayor Is the chief justice of the police court; he simply con venes himself at a fixed hour; hears the plaintive tale of woe of a nlght before offender,, puts him under bond to appear at the next term of court and lets him feed off the county for a few months, or fines him five dollars and the trimmings. It la my delib erate opinion that a mayor of a town should have more dignity than the ornce now allows. 1 noticed in the dispatches the other day an account of where the wireless telegraph oper ator who was on the ship Republic during her collision o Nantucket last month was given a rousing reception when he got to his home in Eng land an Inconsequential town but the mayor "in his chains and robes of offlce" extended the welcome. Think of that, a mayor In his chains und robes of office and then look at Leon Brandt, of Greensboro, who slut up la the city hall In a sack coat und gravely listens to the recital of the story ofa nigger who sold a half pint of coifln varnish In the dark to a thirsty pilgrim who squealed next day. I wanted to see the Legislature make the mayor's office one of more dignity; an office where the cares of state would almost oppress and where the man with the title could hace , chains and robes and insignia that j would look like something. Suppose i the case that I were suddenly to con- elude that I was home-coming that 1 'would like to arrange a reception llt- opting the man und the occasion und 1 knew I would be received by a mayor in long robes and rv ari-colorcd gar ments, and chains and "hrlgillla," as the colored one would say don't you know that siuh a dream would have a tendency to make a fellow break away even troin the glorleus climate of California? Why should a man want to ride three thousand weary miles only to he received by a mayor in a sack coat and 110 braid or tinsel at. all? And another thing; A mayor wants to have the office more than utice, and II he aits ns police judge and lord high executioner of all the evil-doer.i 1.J tlie time he has atnt half of his beloved const II uefioy to the ju.l 111 the roads he is oohged to overcome many difficulties to he re-elected. The mayor of a town should be the one man who could dike out In what might be termed ollicial splendor. Ho should have nothing 10 do but receive distinguished people when they land ed in "bin midst;" he should lia'-o v oats of many colors; ho should have a salary that would justify spt t ailing himself officially when occasion sug gested that there should he something doing This tiling of electing a man Lord Mayor oi a town and then put him on the day shift to act as police Judge and head of the committee on organized charity, general manager of the sot lety lor Die prev ention of cruelty to animals, ex-otricio presi dent of the ladies' relief corps, 1 major general of the volunteer lire- not exceeding; one hundred bright ones a month why, siu h a presump tion is simply an absurdity. By the time this reaches the copy book I fear the Legislature will have adjourned and It will be too late to Introduce a lull defining the clothes a mayor should wear and the chores he should not do but It la a seed sown und some day I hope it will germi nate. In the mean time the spring elections will soon be on and there will be every place and everywhere plenty of fellows willing to try the trkk in a bob-tailed coat. We had a slight earthquake out here last Sunday morning all quakes out here are slight. The motion was from east to west and then a curve that was zlRr.ag and clocks stop,...! and all that but no damage was done and the papers mentioned it only as a half-Inch news item, (len erally speaking, it must twtnt pretty hard to evoke a single line because the average San Franciscan insists that earthquakes are necessary to promote health and happiness. For my part I Intend to take what conies, believing if a shake Is necessary I would rather have an old-fashion buck ague fit than a natural tremblor. Pickpockets are reaping a big har vest here, right along; thugs of all sorts are plentiful but tho must absorbing topic Is the blooder's trial, and it is expected that Pat Calhoun will know his destiny in a few weeks. It may seem strange, but because Calhoun fought the strike on the street car line, or, rather fought to a successful finish the strikers and knocked the union label off the car line, business men are, for the most part, in favor of not convicting him. Calhoun, or course, denies that he ever bribed a supervisor; the super visors swore they were bribed by Reuflt; two hundred thousand dollars were paid to them and the curious man naturally wants to know how a street car company could put up two hundred thousand dollars and not know for what It went. I do not think I ever defended a boodler in my life. I always felt that when a boodler was caught red-handed he should be punished, but I am always going to Insist that whea eighteen supervisors line up with out stretched Itching palms and demand gold and take it the corporation yielding mlrht pass over a lump sum for "expenses" and really not know what It went for. The logician would say that was folderol: -the man who thinks a dollar bill looks like a circus "ceri of the company, of coarse, knew that such a sum was used for Im moral and Illegal purposes, but I shall not agree with any of them. If at man lives in a city whexs ail the officials were bribe demanders; If that' was the custom of the times, it might havs followed ss a natural thing that Cal houn's company yielded, reluctantly, the swag, and didn't really, know whether tt was to help an Individual, a church fair or a corporation. . The Jury la all secured but tVo members and It ta confidently expect ed that thoaa two will soon b found and then the Jury will hear tho vfdenco and deliberate and return its verdict. This may not be of much Interest, but the case Is national,' an4 when 70a Ilva In an- sir surcharged with .anything you - - feeL somehow. : eailtef upon to writs about the fcloomin' thing;. 60 trie day when I ret back to North Carolina and havs a medium of my own I shall writ a fsw pages giving my opinion of Mr. Heney I know 1 could not do the subject Justice in the kind of language The Observer demands. I fegret that I am convinced that there are times when fenly profanity will do a subject justice. Writing In another man's paper I must observe his rules of de cency and decorum, therefore, I hold back my personal views concerning Mr. Heney and his manner of doing things. Looking over some old papers In a public library here the other day papers saved from the big Are ot three years ago I was pleased to see the statement that Colonel Balboa, who discovered the Pacitlo ocean, was a nattve North earoHnlan. cue -r-e San Francjsco, Feb. 18th, 10. HUlsboro's Source of Amusement. Hillsboro Observer. The mail train had stopped at the Hillsboro station for water. "What do you people do to amuse yourselves here?" aKed the pusenget-wlth the upturned mustache and thp bored look, who had stuck his head out through a car window. "Well, we git a lot of fun comin' to tho depot an" lookin' at the queer critters that goes through here on the k yars, replied the West Hillsboro man, who was lounging on the station platform. The passenger took In his head and slammed down the window. "CORN Fine Old Copper Distilled 4 Full Quarts, $2.65 8 Full Quarts, $5.00 Express Prepaid. Prompt shipment, plain packages. Write for complete price-list of all brands. Cousins Supply Co. M. I. HESS BERG & SON, Prop.., Richmond, Va. Carload Choice Heart Cypress Extra fine quality. B. F. WITHERS IMstributar Builders' Supplies Charlotte, N. 0. SPECIAL LOW RATES VIA INAUGURATION PRESIDENT EI.F.CT X. , II. Taff, March 4th. Washington, D. C. Special low rates from all Seaboard points, round-trip rate from Raleigh J9.20. Charlotte $12.25. Wilmington $11. 80. Durham $9.20, Henderson $7.35. Orford $7.3&. Rates on same basis from other points. Tickets to be sold February 28th, March lst-2d-3d and for fprenoon trains arriving in Washington March 4tli. Final return limit to leave Washington as late as midnight March 8th. For military companies or parties of 25 or more traveling oit one ticket, round trip from Raleigh will be $6.50, Charlotte $8.10, Wilmington $8.f.O. Durham, $6. SO. Henderson $5.60, Oxford $5.60. Rates on same basis from all other Seaboard points, limit n tickets same as for civilians. The Seaboard Is arranging to operate special service, provide extra coaches and Pullman cars from points on Its line where busi ness will justify, and application for Pullman reservations, touches or Pullmans for special parties should be made to the undersigned. In addition to this, the Seaboard has double daily fast vestibule train service from its principal stations to Washinrton. C. H. GATTI8. T. P. A., Raleigh, N. C JAMES KER. JR.. C. P. NORFOLK WESTIOtX'RAriAVAY NORFOLK WESTERN RAILWAY. L Schedule In effect October Mth,.J. T" . . . T .V rf"T. .Inl tX" PW- M - ltlM T- VII".WIIW, WW. V.?. 'WWIM Slid ptn Lv. Winston. N. & W. Ar. 2:09 pm 4:5 pm Lv. Martinsville, Lv. 11:4 am 7t2pmAr. Roanoke, pr. :ara Connect at Roaooa? via Shenandoah Valley Route for Hagerstown. and all points in Pennsylvania ffhtt New York. Pullman sleeper, Roanoke and Philadelphia-Through eoac'n, Charlotte to Roanoke. Additional train leaves Wlnstoa 7: a. ro. daily except Sunday. If you are thinking ef taking a trip yon want Quotations, cheapest rates, reliable and correct Information, as to rentes, train schedules, the most comfortable and quickest way.. Writs and the information Is yours for the asking, with on ot our complete map foiderm. -M. P. PRAOO, TjV. 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