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KALKIGII, X. if., SUNDAY MOHNING, DECEMHKU lSvf1fiOS
PBICE 5 (pENTr?
xaids all North Caroliea Daillies in New
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O WILL OPEN IT?
EWOLSH S0C1L O.NiR
SEIERELY ARRAIGNED
A v V
VJILL TAFT PROMOTE
"PRIVATE CAR" LURTON?
His Action in Filling Vacancy on Supreme Court Bench Will ?c
Mvealthe True Character of the President, Will Show
'K i- v?f Whether he is Hand in Glove With the
Interests or the PeopleRecord
. s'i-Nv of Tennessee Judge
: 'An execuUve shows the trend of his
tijlnd better In the 3wracter' and xpln-
l;ns of the men he appoints ; ta; thii
bfcnch tlian'ln"an'ytKer
Taft must ;Boon jM "a vacancy.; on the
Supreme Court bench.- -vThe public
seems to be divided as to "whether Miv
"Taft is aii?atffnipt.T hU.'.VweeTlnk.
? endorsement : 6t AWrlch.'mado , since
his election, would ijidlcatc, of wheth
er he U , devoted,; to Roosevelt ; poll
clcs" as he w. particular, to; declare
v before hewas nominated and 'during
tlje campaign. He Is trying to ptease
both faetlohV of hls partr. lut o far
he " has given. praise and place . to the
reactionists iind only words . and jtairr
- t the protisrfvesr'iiVr:'-'',:-Y
rrhe public 'will gete real Taft
Attitude when he inames . the Associate
JUfdice cf Uh yi?'prem6-Court. It Is
now believed that he will name Judge
Lurton. of Tennessee, a Democrat who
was appointed to the Circuit. Court by
' Cleveland, an;I a Uffycr wh '
lrd, has tever doubted tliedlvihe
right of railroads' and trusts, to rule
this cotsntry ;Het:enlly prominent
North Carolina a Democrats' ' have, re
ceived letters xrginK them, to, endorse
Judge Lurton Tor the VHcancyvXatur
' oily Con t hem Democrats - would like
tc cej Drnrat named ',if ''he Js a
ncunu .Democrat and is not a reaetlori
'bU : "udjre Lurton's record such as
; uia'-O '.iIh jpiMlRtment .desirable tb
1 Di v. o wish to regulate .railroads,
' ci'scclva Irusts and put an end to gov
y.'A.i.Z by the dollars? GUson flard
Cte.;, 1 newspaper- .correspondent, de-t-'In
Zo 'learn. the views and stand
ing ct Zydz L'-irton, recently visited
Xa3bv;i:e and here is the result; of his
i hAVeilr.tlon i3;lublihed In the. At-
!out this section " of the South about
Judge burton's habitual use 'of pri
vate cars furnished by the railroads.
;Up to the passage of the Hepburn law,
Judge Lurton scarcely moved without
the private car.'
! '"True enough. everwhert T went I
found tales of burton's private, cars.
iXot'for business merely did he use
them, but he Kave private ear par
ties.1 Once he took a party of young
t friends;' men and women, through t.h
West, Including a visit to the uiiow
stone. On such occasions the rail
roads furnished not only the curs, but
the" chef, the provisions and ail. the
little extras that go to make a Junket
lof .lhis sort complete.:
"It should be understood that the
expenses of these curs were borne by
rallrojidK which were actual or poten
tial litigants In hi court. At one time,
1 am Inrormed,j there was a rec;iver
shlp -which, brought tl?e management
of ,n railway into JudKe Lurton's court.
and the judge simply indicated, to the i
'receiver his. desire to have a private !
car. "TJhe receiver naturally obeyed.
": -either , Judge Iurton nor his ;
friends ever have denied his frequent :
habitual wse of private cars. Xor have 1
they tried to Justify It. I was talking J
to a gTitzled, corporation lawyer wnu :
was most rnenmy to ine juage
: -I ' don't think that tory
cctcd Justice reck
;tcd. Utatea Suprtmb
l.'!rv'' vi.'
1 xv-
co;. ' . ;r:t-:::;v--.';r
"'ri, ;v.i!ro.iii snf- the 'corpora-tl-jn.:
y. ffctinc Will be-entirely sat
1inec: v.ih ' JudfT-:ljurlon's eppoint
mcaV cald the first man I asked. Tie
TMjs n.Tod. them horeln TenTiesseo
1 tnz and faithfully, and they -will be
;Uf ;o him promoted to. the lar
se. .ii.c.' : . ;:' '; . . -: .
,'T. ru-.li:m -A-hat "evidence there - was
c? fr!':icll!;ics'a between Judge Lurton
n:C "-'i- vuilroada. . Thc familiar des
ijnr l'cv: .'I'rivato. Car Lurton.'.' the
".fiswered. suppose you've
. what everybody knows through-
utory should .
tie. brought up at this time,' raid th-
lawyer..." 'Judge -Lurton has reformed
and seen' the error of his ways. Why;
not forget the past? '
"He" went on to say . that this pr- '
vate car- nffair had - alreody lost the
Judge a promotion to the Supre rn i ;
Court. . , , ; 1
v ,V'it: wasPresident RooseveltV pur- ;
pos to appoint. Judge Lurton to sue-
ceed Justice : Ilrown,' the. lawyer ,sad, r
Judge; Taft '.who was then Secretary
ui v u.r. tyu prvmiiis uirwn a nunv.
Iluk Roosevet got; the story, of Judge
Lurton's use of " private; ears.1 and
heard about his general rail road, lean
ings, and he dropped that name frqni
his list.!' :r'K '-W :J,
V VIresIdent - Taft and Judge Lurton
were on i the bench together; At one
timo the court -was made up of. Taft,
Lurton h nd ,,JDayv the latter ' being Mr.
'iVnrt T rime here tt "new u . wuiibu oi.wr r"
ive to Judse Horace II. -Michigan, fOhlo;;KentucUr, atid. Ten
The British Budget, Which Has Flanged the Country Into One ol
i i
its Greatest Political Struggles is Really of Secondary
ImportanceThe Supreme Question is
Whether the Old Relic of Feu-
Hal flavc ifiaf Cnnlinu f A
J,
r
That there is u grreater fjuestlon In- the ceiling." The effect of the social
volved in the controversy over tho hierarchy, of which the country houmt
British budget than any mere question is the apex. Is to breed ja cringing?
of finance can be understood readily deference to thosw above, and a pat-r
enough by any one who has viewed ronizlng condescension to those belor
English society, even from the most one. It is noih ng to the purpose that
detached point of view. The American the people who Buffer from the syn-
who for the first t4 me drives through tern do not realize It that;' they seem .
the magnificent estate, say of the dule tof be content, Tho Important thlnu !
of Westminster, can not help cherish- if 1 that the ffeot of it all Is to makoCii
inf a hdpo that, no matter .what men less men. to breed snobs ' and! :
changes may come, "this great fortified sycophants. The American whoreadu i
post of the barbarians" may long be Ihackeray's "Rook o'f - 8pob" i
held againet all attack, f So lovely and , though he has met snobs til this coun - '
Imposing is it that even the fiercest ! try can hardly picture to himself 1
democrat cannot but sympathize With HUth types as are therein portraifed.
those who would preserve it. At least They seem to be well known itt Kng-
lana, seem to be a necessary . part oz
too. The people were protected, and and t he political system npnly found
thelr protectors we're the loaders In ed. 1 here wa much to be said In sup
war. But what do the great dukes do , port of the theorj- Thejse Is muh
now?. Hundreds of thousands of acres to tx said in support of the present
are kept out of cultivation In order system. A contented -pe-asantry. a
that I noblemen may have parks and prosperous mercantile - class,- and a
preserves for hare and deer and gol- bravo and Just aristocracy, make
i nn nhcnunti and m n v nnvo tnem inr-mii
The Washington Star.
pointment to .' President Cleveland,
A leading member of the Nashville
bar -and himself - a corporation lawyer
is. John J. - YeHrees. What; he had
to eay of .Judge Lu,rton takes .on added
significance from the fact that he is
personally -. and . ? -, irof essionally . the
judge's friend. . . : -' i
t " 'In .these, days," eaid. JJr Vcrtrees,
'Judges- and lawyers are apt. to be
classIQed under two heads;' those who
place the emphas's on property,rights
and those who place the emphasis on
personal rights, ,To the former, class
belongs Judge Lurton,' , ..
i ,;The attorney, went on to argue that
this position is the correct one. and
that stability: of. property should, be
made paramount. ;I talked with law4
yers in Cincinnati and Memphis, and
found nothing-to Icontradlct the im
pression am to Lurton's corporate and
railway., leanlntfs.- ;; ,
' 'If Judge Lurton lias ever decided
a TOttlon or- a case iBr'a-Tay distaste
rui to the ... LouUnllUcand ,Nastvllle
yanrbad,'. sal J a ill mphls attorney.
I ha ve . never heahct of the cn se.' and
he added: This. mar -rnean that the
'L. ft X.. rond is"! always right; but
if that; is what It means it is singular
to say the least. ( ' .
"Judge Lurton's pro-railroad and
pro-corporation record covers ' a pe
riod of about thirty years. If began
when the. firm was Lurton & Smith,
and be was local attorney for the L.
& N.- It la made up on many learned
decisions. weIl.MTiti.en and Tully "but
tressed'" by hoary 'precedent, and all
tending to the . weakening of personal
and the' strengthening of property
rights." . They - have contributed to the
defeat of personal Injury claims
against railroads, and to the breaking
(Continued oxi Page Three.)
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B1PTISTS CLOSE
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1 are spirit. Ideals and . equipment.
The spirit no-one can tleflne. but it
lis contagious in the atmosphere of the
campiw and recitation . rooms. It
Iuts men to work for others. -The
Wake Forest spirit; ! la ? tiemocratJc.
There is .ne spot .oo the, giobe where
a stronger, - purerpirlt of democracy
exists ihan in the AVako, Forest crro
pus. There manhood- counts. The
ideals of the college-are two- t Im
nart culture, to develon character.
Reports 'on Vake .Forest i M-UkT?
'spoke or the. victory or Wake Forest
debaters in' eleven contests out of fif
teen. The college trains men not to
.rant but reason. Not to soar but to
serve. As to scholarship, the. "sons
1 of the college are In prominent places
' avAMmfVaM Thaa ei sAf'aaAas e-ftjt
fellows from Wake Forest in Cornell,
in Harvard and all the great unlver-
sities. But the, college, crowns .cul
ture with character noble, true,
! Christian character.
! The ideals, of the' college are noble
(Continued on Page Five.)
the traveler hopes to visit England
again, and what would England be
without such homes as that which
shelters his grace of Westminster?
And yet ho knows in his soul that
what he has seen is a survival of feud
al. .sm. which Is as out of ptace In the
modern world as armor and chivalry
and the Round ;Table. In the old
days the men who lived In these lordly
homes performed a real service to
the people, though they robbed them.
the system and they are , not ex
tinct Unless, therefore, Ir. Wells Is
wholl" wrong, the persistence of tho
feudal social ideal in England is a
thing to be deplored. If jhc U right,
the ideal can not survive, Ought Pf.
to survive? In the days qf the greajt
reform bill fight it was- contended that.Y
though the rotten borough' system waaJ
bad a,nd corrupts the gentry governed!
tho cpuntry well, eociet y was stable.
and Meredith Colleges
FLU S i
SHAPE
Prof. Carl j I Spoke Accentuating the
Parity of the Wefce rarest Ideal and
fulling fr l.awr euipmeiit Dr. 1
VsniiN Jtrporl h .Meredith ColUrge
Keptirt tm NeiMTiiiiry tntThoobt nd
AMrcKi in Thir Ititerr WacPr;
lioro HofpUalUy Spoktnt cr tn Il'ih
TenivJU-I Mi of Thank.
( liiy".'.Z :n t .Uitl Obscryt-r.
Wi.d.-!ru.-e. 1rt. 10. T.C lia.pt 1st
. Huitt :iv ntion eon venod, again thi.
moinir.R f another '.uy day. Hen:-;drsonvi;b-
h:w been chosen Ojs the
int-ctina piacL ol tl.c invention next
, veer.
den Pheasants, and may have them
practically free of taxes. It is of
course clear that this state of things
can not continue. . It is against it that
the new scheme of taxation is prin
cipally directed. Hut looking a little
further into the situation it will be
found that a whole social order is
built up about these great landed es
tates, which is also threatened. list
again the American traveler can. not
but . be pleasantly Impressed by the
apparent stability and solidity of, Eng
lish society, its ordered life, its Sharp
differentiation of rank, and the seem
ing Contentment of each man' with his
state la life. When you first hear an
Englishman say-"thank yon!' -for be
ing permitted to render youa ser
vice and then recall the "say feller
of' firur; supposedly, lower classes,, you
almost "wish ths fortune had decreed
tha you should ave been born an
English geiujeman. i ou xorget tne ser
vility ' the courtesy, 7 and : your
thought of your . own' countrymen , la
"1'
not
flattering.
society which It is not easy to stam
pede, much less to overthrow. . . t
Protest of l)emoctacf V ' -
But is it a t sound socty? -Ther
are Englishmen -who d"o notthlnk so.
Matthew Arnold contrasted vtho En g
lish ' peasant unfavorably ' with his
French brother, and aecounted;for tho
inferiority o' the Englishman '-on- the
ground that he had no sense of equal .
ity. lie aas free; but he was subordl- ;
nate and lnfesior ta menj'and classes
that might - be no t better than' ho. or
the class to which he belonged. And v
in Mr. Do Morgan s ; netii: book, ; "It.
Can Never "Happen Again,." we hava
this: . '- "' '- -'1 .!.-.,- J- ::
The model grodhi, 'BullHt,'.ho had
driven the; trap- to the ; station, had
Just, time to- establish himself on 'the
back seaChen. the gadel mareiyas
off lit a spin, and an agricultural popu-
y uuion,, whose con vie tiot8.' s&nd diet
cnangea very nuie-siac jtheuar ot
William" the orrrtan, were ; abasinjr
themselves in a. humiliating planner
unworthy ' of the' age wo live tn un
covering male. heads and bobb'ng-- fe
male skirts -at the doors .of .'Cottages .
whose hygien'c arrange roenta were a
dlsgrace to a Christian country and a
reflection on civilization.- j So said the
r Social Hierarchy. ,
ni r yet. is the English system
right? 'Can it be permanent? Burely
notj If - democracy is to prevail. Two
.. i ; Grime Sentinel fn an editorial: and
the landed gentry system. Mr; Wells, !i kB though thj editor had
In his Tono-Bungay" condemns it , pj'd thso arrangements and found .
utterlycondemns, not simply the tbenv wanting, no doub. It was.rlcht. -r
s-stem. hut the whole social ideal ? 11 ,"",mP!"IW.jit tQ el'ri'ethat ;
which la Its protauct. The people of th editor, of the Grime pentlnel ac-io-f
oIamm h iu An eurately reflects-the op'nlons of, 'Mr.
the neonle of "The Hall" as like Ood . D Morgan. It is quite Certain that
in that they live somewhere "above 1 " (Continued ou Page Two.)
fu
J.
J. 11 a i!. D. D.. Js to
' preach uw coi.v.-ntloir ernion. U:.
Jff-i:-.!- i .';,. up. ..lit-: n:ike. The fol-
'ov.'tn? 1 r-f.cl ltifii vjas . adapted:
l:vlvt"l. 'rfhMt we li-iii- Kvith "pU-a: ure
rf th'.- py.'viKTfiy or Oxford Hemiilary
and 'XTjT;d Tt'. irid. nt Hogond -our
hK.rf yi t wfslu-j for tht- t-ntli;u d
:-i.h-s of .his "h-IwmiI." On motion
ii thai j alov
j. Sirinvii'!.!.
: r 1 coif V
At . --'? y vj in luded
inlorrt'iH'.'il. tcv. (.
v.-'." notable .work
' jlie v c ivral yt-ju-x
II.'-- ot5vritlo: thi-
u: wit:
virty r"v ill-i;
inonrrt;
i
' t.pr:lr:C th: .-jr.'Titi'.'lt o th-. ;i
I veutiotj f. j- ute-t3inir."rrt a -
c.jrded by the Wadesbor-V -hur-b.
Hat? the -.itizi p.- f Wad-s'.x.ro gen-
rally. v. 'r. W. vkur-j-dl v.'as w-jt'-if
1'y ri. nil-.r.t J in h, r;olt as
hH lr.4 st;v r.ufvcl ti-.f utrtInrn rt of
.the . oif . in i: .wh piiici-nl raau
. ncr. q .il.l.'v of th? rnt; rtam-we.it.
Mr. X.1'.. Urouifhton aJ-i that 't had
ben t i ) est ra .nagfl convention in
. this tt-i,i-ct in many year. Leol'..
.ions .r mU. thuhkinx the
?.;jv.-.i,"i ,'n,- r-ourt-sics In trsnspjrt-tl-n
ejtd lb KuiloUr- un-i RuI.IrV
i,-s for taeir r-portj of the eoii-
nt'or -onfll l ir I'olu.nn.
"; l o if; jj v f i- :ipolntd '
inui-c e;ort nxi tur t'r th -ni-venti'in.
on Kor i?nt ilixlony. Dr. J.
11. Fst ; Hc?v. AJiKsions. Dr. W. M.
v;n .: tirplani.' .-. Prof. J. A. Camp
1'1!: ur.cjy Schools, Hev. W. M.
Meadl ;y; i. 'tiitu!irla. V. J. Taylor;
tat'i ifWicTs'. . fcl. iVIaddry; Biblical
HwnnJf, J. W. Pai'.tiy; Minti-teriai
Education, T. W. t'hambliss. Thn
hi Bid of Trust?a Wke Forest
i t nt'or
' ''Mi
-. ': !' through Pre?!
i"lv rvy r rtaied that
' . , pr';cr!n. The
tu-int hij be-n good.
PROBABLE XEW SCPHlbl lL COCRT jX'SllCE; MIS F-HLY A 'D HOME LV NASimLLE.
S-..vej.-ty g-auitea fast fora-
Jritm ment, 7 i"1'- "in. of students
;nd chuivh rm:i!;-'3. Th 75th an
nivMary ol ths follegi na cele
brated this yvar. li has hriLl ovei
1 10b graduutjT. it ha abuin -000
In t-ndowiro'nt nd property at
other klijd: ftudeuts have en
tered tM-war: l" are tlrst yes : en;
"3 are mlnist-rial students. Tui to
tal ccJection ; endowment ar oVe
J40.000. . Thort :s :v large part ot tb
, jbsTlJiioi'j endowment yetjun
j Paid- , ' I
i ttvtt tho important-things Ja. a colleto
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