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SHALL THE NEGRO BE DEPORTtI)? Negative Wins at Wake Forest Anniversary. TWO SPLENDID ORATIONS Gov. A)ccck, Auditor Dixon and Archibald Johnson Judgtd the Dtbatt—A Bril liant Audience, Inc'uding Many Legisla*ors. (Special to News and Observer.) Wake Forest, N. C-, Feb. 14. —About twice in a generation the anniversary celebration falls upon a day when the clerk of the weather is in his finest hu mor. His smile was never brighter, his temper never blander than today. Ac cordingly, youth and beauty are all abroad, taking the sunlight and balmy air with a fancy which might be forgiven if it lightly turned to thoughts of love.' Visitors began to arrive yesterday, some doubtless attracted so early by Ihe announcement that the inimitable Dr. William E. Hatcher, of Richmond, would lecture before the special Pastors' class last night. The subject of the lecture was “The Sovereignty of the Pastor.'' Dr. Hatcher made a special plea for long pas torates and dwelt upon the sacredness and intimacy of the pastoral relation and upon the .steps by which the pastor rises ioto 'the severcignty of leadership of his people in all right activities- This morning at chane! Dr. Hatcher made an inspiring address and appeal to the stu dents. The Euzelian and Philomathesian Lit erary Soc ieties were organized February 14, 1835. an.] from that good day have been an inherent factor in the education of the thousands of young men who have sought the facilities of Wake Forest t’ollege. Indeed, some famous Wake Forest alumni hold that the training re ceived in these societies is hardly second to that of the lecture-room- The trus ters of the college recognize their im portance in the regulation against Greek letter fraternities in the student body to divert energies from literary to social ac tivities and to invade the democratic ideal of college life. It is not surpris ing, therefore, that the celebration of the organization of the societies attracts a large number of old students and friends of the college. Todav the gay throng which fills Wingate Memorial Hall re minds one of commencement times. The public exercises of this interesting oc casion embrace a debate upon some live question in the afternoon, and orations in the evening. In one respect the debate of. today struck cut a new policy. Instead of sub mitting the question to the audience as heretofore, the debaters asked a special committee to decide it. They secured the. distinguished service of His Excellency Governor Charles R. Aycoek, State Audi tor Dixon and Mr. Archibald Johnson, editor of Charity and Children- Tho thoroughly up-to-date question of the disposition of the negro was presented. Query: “Resolved, That, barring consti tutional objections, the deportation of the negro is desirable and feasible.’’ The discussion was one of the most animated and interesting which your correspondent has heard in recent years. THE DEBATE. At .‘5 p- in. Mr. W. H. Stephenson, President of the debate, called the house to order, and Mr. S. A. Seagraves. Sec retary, read the query and announced as the first debater on the affirmative Mr. T. A- Allen, of the Phi. Society The leading points of Mr. Allen’s ar gument are here presented: The population of the South is 16.000,- 000; 10,000,000 whites and 6.000,000 colored. We have a nation within a nation. No two races can keep separate and distinct while dwelling together and subject to the same conditions. Amalgamation in the South is impossible. Extermination is out of the question. The only solution is deportation. Is deportation feasible? ‘‘Feasible” means capable or being accomplished, practicable. Then is deportation prac ticable, and can it be accomplished? Great things have been accomplished which seemed impracticable, as the Re formation and American Revolution. It will require time, for all changes must come by degrees. Give us twenty years and we can deport the entire negro race. There is a place to which he can be deported, where the conditions are favorable to the prosperity of the negro. Liberia is the place. The climate is suitable, soil fertile, and they are making progress in Liberia. It is conveniently situated for deportation. Wo possess the means by which we can deport them. Our navy and the ocean steamers. The cost would be covered by expense of negro education in cas c the race remain with us. They will not increase fast enough to prevent deportation- This is not the home of the negro. He is in a condition to lead his race in other parts of the world. Recent public events have revived the race problem. The race has been in the way of Southern progress for decades. Mr. E. M- Harris (Eu.) introduced the following line of argument: Race prejudice is friction between dif ferent groups of people. It is the differ ence in aim. in feeling, and in ideals of different races. If tho difference exists touching territory, laws, language or re ligion. it is manifest that these people cannot live in the same country without collision; but if. on the other hand, there is a substantial agreement in laws, lan guage. and religion, then there is no reason why two races cannot live in the same country, especially when each race is dependent upon the other. Two races can live in the same count ry , the proper place of the negro is being recognized both North and South, and the period of violent sentiment is pass ing away. This is a national question and must be go regarded. He said: ‘'Depor tation is not desired by the negro- (1) Be cause hundreds of thousands of thrml own their homes that they do not wish For IndigestionlfAft AI Bad breath, sour risings, a sense of fullness after eating, belching of gas, heart |p3| Jiffy l|||§t MM ilj| A burn, no appetite and a loss of strength are some of the symptoms the person ||f| |gH BW Jgf JB must endure whose stomach and digestive organs fail to digest and assimilate the food they eat. If not cured catarrh of the stomach is the result.. Kodol represents the natural juices of diges- tnmg aran m gg© JL For a number cf years i was troubled with I ‘ion as they exist in a healthy stomach. It gpil iOIIL ICifS 1 Mk Dyspepsia and Indigestion. It grew into the cleanses, puriflCS and SVVeeteilS tile SlOnia.Cn, raj kgjjS PlP® Hi iU I iifflk worst form, nothing I used did rnc any good. i s positively and permanently all Wußff M. PL J& M 6L_T|f MIJTi&L Finally 1 tried Kodol and after using four anQ ClirUS positive! y i J . dUb mSS#* dHfc SSk bottles 1 was entirely cured. Kodol does all Stomach troubles, indigestion and U) SpC.pSKL that you claim for it. i recommend it to all j restores health to the stomach and strength to the body by enabling the *%ss***& stomach and digestive organs to digest and assimilate all of the wholesome W g MJO Mj 1 “Kodol digests what you eat" food that lna y bc eaten ' Makes the sick wcll and thc Weak Str ° ng ' %J jPL JO * _ _ only.—RrQulsr Size. JI.OO, bolding IV, tints« mcch is the trial size whkb sells #r 50 cuts. frtwrtd Mb by E.l. DtttllT i CO., CHICAGO, U. Si dW* dOrt'MSf to give up. (2) They can not rule for themselves —some race mus't guide them. (3) Their surroundings in the South are more favorable to their development than could be secured anywhere else. It is not desired by the white people: (1) Because we need them as laborers; (2) They keep the foreign immigrants from the South, who would inevitably bring contamina [ tion to the Anglo-Saxon blood, strife in our industry, disorder in the government and Atheism to religion. (3) It would ‘ cause an economic crisis in the South and retard the development of tho en ; tire country. Besides, deportation is not feasible: (1) Because w ( > have no place or way to carry them; (2) The negroes do ' not wish to go, and infinite power cannot j break the " ill of a free person; (3) Bc | cause of the great number, wide distri | bution and rapid increase j Mr. Wm. H. Whitehead (Eu.), came to i the support of Mr. Alien on the affirma j tive. He made a strong presentation of his view. Mr- Isaac N. Lofton (Phi.), followed for the negative. He maintained that the negro has some latent powers which is | our duty to cultivate. It is not desirable ,to deport the negro as shown by his j sense for poetry and pathos, not desirable J not feasible from a financial viewpoint. I We must pay for their property $158,- ! 000,000); pay their transportation, ($405,- (000,000, at $45 per capita). The neces sary time which deportation will involve j makes it not feasible. Two months is to 10,000 Santiago soldiers as x is to 9.000,000 negroes going to wherever the affirmative may decide to send them, in which equation x equals 1,800 months or 150 years! Besides, the rate of in- J crease is IS per cent; allowing a prnpor- I tional decrease for those deported, we can with safety calculate a 9 per cent increase for the next 130 years, which | gives 12,150,000 for whom we have counted j not time nor cost of transportation, and , these "ill bo on our hands at the ex | piration of the 150 years. From industrial considerations deportation is not desir able and feasible. Wo need him in our turpentine woods, lumber plants, brick kilns. cotton fields. The negro is better suited to the temper of the Southern white man than any other laborer we jean get. and will take tho position of the servile class among us with most ' advantage to us and least disadvantage to him. JUDGES’ DECISION. After spirited five-minute rejoinders, in which th e audience took manifest delight, the judges withdrew. They reported through Governor Aycoek, whose felici tous remarks met a warm response. Among other things he said that he had i heard many debates, but never a better one on any subject anywhere by college students. These young men had evident ly learned to think and one could look more hopefully into th<» future which ! would solve existing problems, when one (reflected that the generation of men now j coming among us were so splendidly i equipped for that grave responsibility. The decision (reached not without a “hung jury” resolved only by the peril of missing supper) was awarded the negative, and he was personally glad the negro was still to remain with us- The thing to do for the negro was to be humane and liberal both for his sake as well as our own, for the highest moral worth possible to a people could only be reached by doing the noble and generous thing by those beneath them. THE ORATIONS. A brilliant audience filled the hall to overflowing in the evening. The six o’clock special from Raleigh brought a large crowd, including a most interesting contingent from the Baptist Female University, and some forty members of the General Assembly. The orators re ceived the high compliment of interested attention from perhaps the finest audi ence which has at such an oc casion- w Mr. Earle B. Fowler, of Wake, the erator of the Philomathesian Society was introduced by Mr. Parham, of Granville, and delivered a clear and thoughtful ad dress on “America, The New-Born World-Power.” He said in substance that the rapid commercial and industrial development of the United States within the past de cade had aroused the serious concern of the European nations, for we had boldly invaded those countries with our capital and our manufactured products. From a political standpoint the battle of Ma nila, the rescue of the foreign Ministers besieged in Pekin, tho diplomatic vic tories of our government, during the peace negotiations with China and the birth of our new navy had demonstrated our eligibility to a seat at the council board of the great powers. Holding the destiny of the Anglo-Saxon race in its grasp, the United Stales had fought its way to a position from which it could not escape, but from which it might reach down and succor the weak and op pressed. For this work the South must supply the leaders, because neither in the West nor in the North, but only in i the South were we to find the purest ! type of the Anglo-Saxon American. Therefore, wo should rise (above the po litical provincialism. which had become * the bane of our civic life, and prepare for the South s return to national leader- j ship. Once this result was accomplished, i America's saver will be courted by the j nations; her commerce would take the wings of morning: her literature and life would be saturated with the beauty and passion of the Periclean Age; and, as she basked iu the sunlight of Divine THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, SUNDAY MORNING, FEB 15. 1003 approbation, the mighty heart of this ideal commonwealth would throb in uni sion with the soul of a re-awakened world. Mr. Whisnant, of Catawba, introduced the orator of the Euzelian Society, Mr. W. Scott Privatt, of Chowan. He made r.n earnest “Plea for the Southern Chiid.” Permit me, he said among other things, in behalf of our Southern children, to enter a plea for Liberty from the mills and factories, for the light of education, and for that strong, free life which springs out of these two. The South has been stirred several times by civil and political issues, but now it is stirred by a moral one, thc question is child labor. Nearly 10 per conj of the children in the South are in the factory. The toil to which they are subjected cuts short their lives and the stockholder in New England "counts” his dividends, laughs and grows fat.” Factory work in the South is producing a race of pygmies in body and in intellect. Thc mill owners seek to justify themselves by saying, “We must hire the children or lose the work of the parents.” The humane and Christian management of mills is the ex emption- Legislation is needed to con trol the unscrupulous. The South is to become one of the great manufacturing centres of th«' world. Every city is anxious to get its share of the incoming tide, but it would be bet ter to keep out of the race than sacri fice children on the altar of the God inarm fai lure. The achievement of liberty is but the beginning of our task. The child must be enlightened. Nortli Carolina has taken a step in the right direction She has placed ahead of the boy a goal towards which he must strive. The pub lic school, supported by an ardent and intelligent sentiment is destined to be come an important element in :>ur life. In what way could it be made most use ful? We have it serious problem with the la rents who under-value the education of their child, but we must repiember that the goal in education is always receding before the advancing contestant. We must train the child's taste for good lit erature and certain fundamental truths, which lie at the foundation of the demo cratic social theory. When the Southern child shall have been freed from bondage, and brought into that great and noble life, for which he was intended, then we can boast of the free life of the Southern States. The child of the South leads a life, but it can no more be compared with that of ! the child for which. I plead than the ■ life of the rnlseroscopic amoeba, whose I home is the ooze of the ditch, can be I compared with that of the eagle, which ! pierces thc clouds of tho roughest storm. Among the visitors present were His j Excellency Governor Aycoek, Dr. B. F. j Dixon, State Auditor; Dr. John Mitchell, j of Bertie; Principal John E- Ray, of the : State Institution for tho Blind; Rev. | Livingstone Johnson, Corresponding Sce j ret ary of the Baptist State Convention; j Mr. T. B- Wilder and Dr. R. H. Marsh j burn, if Louisburg: President F. 1’ Hob good and Dr. R. H. Marsh, of Oxford; | Rev. J T. Jenkins, of Georgia; Rev. S. jD. Swain, of Mocksville; Professors j Marion F. Dun woody. L D. Watson and S- G. Sackett, of the Baptist Female University; Prof. W. C. Riddick, of the A. and M. College; Principal J. A- Beam, of Bethel Hill Institute; Rev. C. T>. G. Parker, of Durham, and of the thirty-five ! members of the General Assembly your I correspondent noted Messrs. J. E- Vann, j Justice, Humphrey, Charles McNeill, j London and Gay. Altogether the societies have never | had a more successful anniversary cele bration. The local amateur band, which furnish ! cd thc music, won many compliments- One Minute Cough Cure cures Coughs, j Colds, LaGrippe, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, 1 and all Throat and Lung Troubles. An j ideal remedy for children. W. 11. King 1 Drug Co. Kellam lancer Hospital 12th and Bank St*., Richmond, Va. —WE CURE— Cancers, Tumors and Chronic Sores Without the Use of the Knife. ALL EXAMINATIONS FREE Come and see what we haTe done, and R’-e doing. If then you are not satisfied that we do all we CLAIM, we will pay ell of your U-vx'ENSES. JOHN W. HAYS, M AM- 800. C. K CIVIL ENGINEER. Water Powers, Water Supply. Sewerage No. 3 S. Adams street. Petersburg, Va. NOTICE. This is to notify the people of Nor! Carolina that Mr. J. A. Massey, of Eail Durham, N. C-. Is no longer authorized solicit business for The Washington Lbs Insurance Company. J. O. GUTHRIE, G A. j jp —THERE ARE MORE-- It “WALK-OVER” Cf j'r-TxJ sh° es Traveling 1 Around Town Ih;m An Other Brand. They are most numerous because man fools most at home In them. Best Shoes In the world for $3.50. Member* of Legislature are invited to make our store their headquar ters while in the city. . . . i THE CAROLINA SHOE CO. 130 Fayetteville Si. W. T. Harding’s Old Stand. If You Love Your Wife Cias Heats Your Room Give Her a Gas Stove. Well in Six Minutes. q l STANDARD GAS j p> OX ..» .. A IS ...... __ ♦ ELECTRIC CO | *•» jf *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Cheapest Heat and Best Love in wife's Eyes Cheapest Light & Best. Preserved by Gas Light. DISK IMPLEMENTS. MANUFACTURED BY Johnson Harvester Company. c i Continental and Diamond Harrows and Cultivators. Write for catilogue and prices. HART-WARD HARDWARE CO., AGENTS. RALEIGH, N. C- ITUSIC AND MACHINES We ship goods all over the U n ited States f: #> —IM on Credit, for a small MsmM caßh wu pl|gg prepay freight. Ship your goods direct m from Factories, Ail Goods Guaranteed. Organs, $35-00 to SSOO. 5 Drawer, Drop Head, $15.00 delivered; ... * 10 year guarantee. PIANOS. Wo sell several makes. Prices from $160.00 to SI,OOO. Send ua your orders. Write for Catalogues and full particulars. I.OUISBURG MERCANTILE CO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. LOUISBURG, N. C. The Eastern Insurance Company. Home Office: WASHINGTON, N. C. An old line company from thc foundation up. Most liberal policies with large cash surrender values issued. Profitable contracts in productive territory for energetic, reliable agent s. Address, D. T. TAYLOE, H. BUSMAN, President. General Manager, A. HOEN & CO. Lithographers, Hoen Building. RICHMOND, VA. I Letterheads, Billheads, Checks Certificates of Stock. Labels. Showcards and Car Signs. I SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. By virtue of a decree of the Superior | court of Wake county, mado and en tered on tho sth day of January, 1903, | in a civil action therein pending, enti tled, E. B. Barbee and C. B. Barbee, trus ties of G. B. Alford, and his wife, Tex anna O. Alford, vs. Burton Turner and his wife, and others,, being number 194, summons docket of said court. I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for j cash, at the court house door in the city i of Raleigh, N. C., on Monday, the 23rd day of February, 1903, at 12 o'clock m., the following described tract of land to wit: Situated In Middle Creek township, saiJ county and State, adjoining the j lands of E. B. Jones, George Sloan, Quinton Jones and others and more fully ! described as follows: Beginning at a pine, E. B. Jones’ corner, runs West 59 Lpoles to a post oak, thence North 171 poles to thc millstone branch to a stake, thence up said branch to tho head, the said E. B. Jones’ line, thence with the said line to the beginning, containing fifty acres more or less. WILLIAM B. JONES, Commissioner. 1-16-td* «i . . . f SPECIAL RATES VIA SEABOARD AIR \ LINE RAILWAY. ■ Account of Southern Educational Con ; ference, Richmond, Va. the Seaboard Air ; Line Railway will .sell round trip tickets . from Raleigh and all points at the rate ! of one and one-third fares for'the round ; trip. Tickets on sale April 20th and 21st ‘ with final return limit April 26th. Account of Anniston Chntauqua, An - !i niston, Ala., the Seaboard Air Line Rail ■ way will 11 round trip tickets to An s niston, Ala., at the rate of one first ’ class fare for the round trip. Tickets ' sold April 18th to 21th with final return limit April 26th. ! ; MARDIGRAS, NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE > and PENSACOLA, FEBRUARY 24. Account of the above occasion, the Sea board Air Line Railway will sell round trip tickets to the above points at the : rate of one first-class fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold February 17th to 23rd. Filial limit February 24th, but may be extended for a longer period. For further information apply to C. H. GATT IS, C. P. & T. A., Raleigh, N. C. H. S. LEARD, T. P. A., Raleigh, N. C. FOR SALK. One "Allis” five-saw board trimmer, j S2OO. One "Stearns” three-saw slab slasher, ; SIOO - Iparquahar, 20-horse-power Cornish : Boiler, with stack and all fixtures com plete. S2OO. One 35-horse-power locomotive, style : boiler with stack and all fixtures com plete, S2OO. i One 9x12 Skinner engine, $l5O. One Farquahar saw mill with carriage ! and track long enough to saw forty-five feet, four head ldock.s. One extra heavy swing cut off saw with thirty saw- One extra heavy swing cut off saw with forty saw. All this machinery is in first class con i dition and can be delivered promptly; can be Inspected here. PINE TOWN MASHING GO. Pine Town, N. C. 2-13-Fri. and Sun —lOt. SALE OF BONDS. $50,000.00 Mount Airy, N. C., Bonds. Scaled proposals, with certified check for $1,000.00, will be received by tho town of Mount Airy until, and will 1m opened at noon Tuesday, March 3rd, 1903, for the purchase of $50,000.00, thirty-year 5 per cent- coupon gold bonds, interest payable semi-annually on first day <»* January and July each year, principal and interest payable at place designated by purchaser. Bnrnds to bear date April Ist, 1903. This bond issue for water-works, elec tric lights and street improvements, is authorized by chapter 216, sections one and following, of Private Laws of North arolina, session 1901, and approved by favorable vote. Population, census 1900, 2,680; present 3,300. Manufacturing and prosperous. The right to reject any and all bids ia reserved- Full information as to financial status of Mount Airy and all else pertinent by addressing Jas. C- Hollingsworth, secre tary and treasurer, Mount, Airy, N. G. SAMUEL G. PACE. Mayor. JAS. C. HOLLINGSWORTH. Secretary and Treasurer Board of Commissioners of Mt. Airy. 1-23-30 t. ’ . . 11
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