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EDITORIAL BRIEFS
Ye, there are many things for
which we are thankful.
A Democrat convinced against his
ulil is of the same opinion still.
just suppose the election law
should be enforced la Halifax Conn
ty.
South Carolina Democracy and dis
pensary grafts seem to go hand in
band.
It is about time for them to turn
that penitentiary "surplus" into the
State treasury.
Better buy your w vwash early.
Another Democratic 1a .lature will
meet in January.
The Democrats will not
to run Republican politics w.
next Congress opens up.
time
their
It will soon be time for the Demo
crats to show their hands but It is
to be hoped that they will wash them
first.
The only time the Democrats are
able to buy an election is when they
have enjoyed an era of Republican
prosperity.
If South Carolina 's State Treas
ury had all the money it has lost by
dispensary grafters, it would be a
Tery rich State.
It is noticed that the Governor has
the pardoning mill running again.
They must have gotten some more
Democrats in jail by mistake.
Even if the next Legislature
should pass an anti-trust law that
had any teeth, they would immedi
ately pass another law to have it
muzzled.
They are using chemicals to puri
fy Democratic politics In Baltimore.
It would certainly take a strong solu
tion to purify the Democracy down
here.
Those fellows who voted the Dem
ocratic ticket this time, but hoping
that the Republicans would win, will
know the next time to vote the way
they pray.
All who think there is Democratic
harmony in North Carolina will only
have to wait until the politicians be
gin talking of a successor to Sim
mons in the Senate.
Just to show how much damage a
Democratic politician can do, Nation
al Chairman Mack voted the Repub
lican ticket on November 8th and it
queered the whole election.
The National Democratic chairman
made a mistake and voted the Re
publican ticket, but that was offset
by the mistake many others made in
voting the Democratic ticket
The Democrats are now trying to
unload Dr. Cook on the Republicans.
The Democrats had as well under
stand right here and now that there
are some things we will not stand
for.
A Democratic exchange says there
has been a decline in food products.
That will hardly be welcome news to
the farmer who has food products to
sell. ' ' '
An exchange says New York is try
ing to break up the traffic In bad
eggs. From this distance New York
politics smells just as bad and should
given attention along with the
stale eggs.
The Greensboro Telegram says the
Democrats are divided on the wisdom
of the proposed conference of lead
ers in Baltimore. As a matter of fact,
are there any subjects on which the
Democrats are not divided.
Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist,
who stumped the State of New York
in behalf of the Democratic ticket,
is now suffering from a nervous
breakdown, and the rest of the coun
try will be suffering from the same
complaint before that- Democratic
Cons?;efts 'through with 'its Job.
Ian. ROOSEVELT
GETS
A Genuine Oration When
He Appears at the Na
tional Capital.
MAKES A GREAT
SCIENTIFIC ADDRESS
In Cheered by Great Crowd at Union
Depot First Trip to Washington
Since He Wm President Visits
the National Museum and Sees the
Blany Fine Specimens He Secured
in Africa for United States Has a
Great Reception at the Residence
of His Daughter, Mrs. Longsworth
The Reception Continued Last
Night and This Morning.
(The Washington Times.)
Colonel Theodore Roos67elt was
given a great reception Friday after
noon at theunion depot when he
President Not only many distin
guished people but also a large popu
lar gathering greeted him and he was
hearty and enthusiastic in his greet
ing to every one.
He was given a great ovation at
Convention Hall on Thursday night
when he delivered his lecture on Af
rica. The great hall holds over 5,000
people and there were thousands out
side who could not get in.
He had a most strenuous twelve
hours to-day.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt lived
over again to-day his experiences in
the heart of Africa and on the Afri
can game trails.
About 11 o'clock this morning he
went to the United States National
Museum and there spent an hour or
more inspecting the collections made
by the Smithsonian African expedi
tion of 1909 and 1910. He was ac
companied by Dr. C. Hart Merriam,
head of the Biological Survey, the
man who first suggested to Colonel
Roosevelt that he make the African
trip. With him in making the rounds
of the museum, and seeing the feat
ures of the collection, too, was Ed
mund Heller, one of the naturalists
who was along with the expedition,
and who is a warm- personal friend
of the Colonel, and also Col. E. A.
Mearns, who, like Mr. Heller, was a
member of the scientific staff of the
expedition.
Like a Reunion.
Forgetting for the time the toil
and moil of the late campaign and
all the attacks that have been made
upon him by his enemies, the Colonel
entered into his visit to the National
Museum with the ardor of a boy.
It was with him lik"e unto a re
union with old friends. He saw there
such old colleagues of the Dark Con
tinent as the bongo, the gnu, the ga
zelle, the giraffe, the lion, the hippo,
and the rhino, the gemsbok, and the
waterbok, and what not among the
members of the African faunal tribe.
Likewise, he saw the magnificent
ornithological collection which the
expedition secured in Africa, and
with the enthusiasm of one trained in
bird lore he told stories of the weav
er birds, the ibises, the storks, the
ostriches, and countless species that
have been secured for the Govern
ment exhibit.
' Many His Own.
Many of the specimens, especially
of big game, the Colonel had himself
shot, or Kermit had shot, or he was
able . to : recall under what circum
stances they had been shot by other
members of the party. He recount
ed numberless anecdotes with rela
tion to these. In going through the
collection of African birds, which is
said Jo be the finest in the world, he
told of .having shot several of the
specimens on the wing.
In the collection of big game ani
mals, he was especially interested In
seeing the heads and skins of the
bongo, the giraffes, the hippos, the
rhinos, the elephants, and the ante
lope. With Dr. Merriam and the sci-
lentists he talked about the various
animals, their characteristics, and
their habits with the eagerness of a
born hunter, and with the accuracy
of a man trained in scienticfic knowl
edge of such matters. -
Lectured From Ladder.
On arriving at the National Mu
seum,' the Colonel, before he had
hardly set foot into the building, got
into an animated but , good-natured
argument with Dr. Merriam on the
subject of protective coloration, in
animals. Recently Abbott H. Thayer
has been here and has been giving
voice to his views on protective colo
ration In which he is a great believer.
Colonel Roosevelt doesn't think
much of the business of protective
coloration. He doubts If Nature .has
been embarking In the protective col
oring scheme, to any "great, extent. He
said so, and in his energy stood on
top of a Udder from which, fee was f
surveying the exhibition of Africa!
animals, and gave aa asiasted ' kc -
tore on th rah.
- Flag FresctstaUaaL
A pleasing incident of the visit to
the National Museum was the pre
sentation to the museum of the Unit
ed States Sag that accossf anted the
expedition. During the entire trip in
Africa the Sag, carried by a matlf
preceded the column wees the expe
dition was on the move, and when at
rest, it was planted in front of the
Colonel's tent.
The depositing of this interesting
relic was due to Colonel Uearns.
One of the most satisfying features
of . Colonel Koosevelt's villi to the
museum was the assurances he re
ceived from officials that tha collec
tion from Africa was certain to prove
of great scientific value. .
"By George!" said the f Colonel.
"I'm, glad to hear you say that. I'm
glad to hear the trip did gt&d.
Colonel Roosevelt had nothing to
say on politics. v
He is a guest at the Longworth
home while here. This morning he I
received a number of old friends at
tne ixmgworth house. worK, witnm the next three years.
3Iet General TVood. : I Congressmen and Senators from
i every quarter of the country are ar
Among them was General Leonard riving here daily, and all are looking
Wood and a number of the Govern- j forward with more than usual inter
ment scientists. After that, as soon j est to the return of the President
as he could break away, he headed
for the Museum; where Secretary
Walcott, of the Smithsonian and oth
er officials, received him warmly.
After the visit to the Museum, Col.
RooseYelt went to lunch at the home
of Gilbert H. Grosvenor, editor of the
Graphic Magazine.
This afternoon at 4:30 Mrs. Long
worth opened her home to a number
of officials and their wives. Including
Cabinet members and their wives.
Colonel Roosevelt wanted to call on
a large number of old official friends
while here, but he found it impossi
ble to do. bo. Hence Mrs. Longworth
arranged to have this informal recep
tion at her home.
To-night the Colonel will be the
guest at a dinner at Rauscher's, giv
en by Charles D. Walcott, Secretary
of the Smithsonian. Any number of
old friends were insistent on seeing
the former President to-day. He saw
all he could find time to. but It was
impossible to meet all of them. He
will go to Oyster Bay to-morrow
morning. His visit to Washington is
the first he has made since he left the
White House.
Met Genuine Welcome.
The Colonel had a typical Roose
veltian time after his arrival in
Washington at 4:20 yesterday after
noon. At the Press Club he met a
hundred or so Washington newspaper
men, many of whom had been inti
mately associated with him during
the seven years Mr. Roosevelt spent
in the White House. At night he told
the most distinguished audience ever
assembled in Convention Hall about
"Wild Man and Wild Beast in Afri
ca." At both receptions the Colonel was
enthusiastically greeted; the welcome
was genuine and the Colonel express
ed his appreciation that It was so.
There was hardly breathing room at
the Press Club and the guest privi
leges had to be curtailed. There was
not a seat left at Convention Hall,
which was not filled with diblomats.
jurors. Cabinet officers, and men and
women prominent in the official, so
cial, and commercial life of the Cap
ital. Careful on Politics.
. Those who expected the Colonel to
break his silence while in Washington
concerning the recent elections were
disappointed. At the Press Club and
at the National Geographical Society
address the contributing editor and
faunal naturalist let slip just a sen
tence or so, clothed with ambiguity,
which possibly hnight be construed
as a reference to politics., Every one
pricked up ears, only to have the
Colonel dart oft upon another sub
ject without explaining what he
meant. " : " .
These Be Full of Meaning.
'Ido not want to make and com
ments," he said at the Press Club.
"I was thinking of one, however, that
would be sufficiently inclusive. I
wish to say that every dog has his
day, hut the nights belong to the
cats."
What did the Colonel mean? Must
one infer that the Colonel already
has had his day, or that it is yet to
come? And who are the cats? The
old guard the reactionaries? Ev
erybody is entitled to a guess.
Again, at Convention Hall, the Col
onel, discussing an African Judge:
"I don't think the most sensitive
could object to me calling that judge
'fossilized. " And, once more:
"A titled bureaucrat will keep the
rules, though the heavens falX."
That is about the sum total and the
substance of everything the former
President of the United States has
had to say since his arrival in Wash
ington relating to politics and, kin
dred - subjects.' VHie soft .pedal that
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GOOD ROADS CONGRESS
National Association WUt Mm ta
Washington To-day and YVU1 Be
Addftsseed by lreslSst Taft Vpom
His Arrival Vnm Pnmmsi later
est tn Ilepabllraa PUnk far InO
age of Swamp Lands la This Stat
Colonel Roosevelt's Great Re
ception tn Washington.
(Special to The Caucasian.)
Wsjhington, D. C, Nor. 21. IS 10.
The news which has reached here
from Panama as a result of the Pres
ident's trip respecting the Canal has
been of unusual Interest. In oSelal
circles it is now definitely beliefe that
the Canal can be completed inside of
the estimate made for this gigantic
from his trip to Panama. No little
interest was shown to-day in the
wireless telegraphic reports of the
severe storm which the President's
party experienced on yesterday and
their safe arrival at Hampton Roads
later.
The Good Roads Congress.
For the last two days the dele
gates from every part of the country
to the Good Roads National Con
gress have been pouring into Wash
ington. The meeting of this Con
gress was scheduled to occur imme
diately upon the return of the Presi
dent from Panama, and while most
of the delegates are here ahead of
the President's return, there will be
nothing done by the Congress In an
official way until the President ar
rives here on to-morrow and official
ly, greeta the delegates:
In this connection, a prominent
Republican from North Carolina to
day said: "It is noticeable that a
plank was placed in the Republican
State platform of North Carolina this
year In favor of good roads, while no
reference to this great progressive
movement was made in the Demo
cratic State platform."
The Drainage of Swamp Lands.
There has been, within the last few
days, more or less comment here
among Republicans, not only from
North Carolina but from other parts
of the country, as to the fact that the
Republican State platform of North
Carolina contains a plank in favor of
the drainage of Southern swamp
lands, while there is no reference to
this constructive development policy
in the Democratic State platform,
and also as to the fact that a meet
ing of delegates from all of the
Southern States is now being held in
Wilmington, N. C, to discuss the
necessity " of the drainage of South
ern swamp lands, a project which it
is admitted by every one is as com
mendable of National support as the
irrigation of arid and semi-arid lands
in the West.
Roosevelt's Great Reception Here.
It is also a matter of comment,
and has been for several days by the
people of Washington, which has
been supplemented by the arrival of
Congressmen and Senators from
every quarter of the country, that
former President Roosevelt's recep
tion here was remarkable. His re
ception at the Union Depot was noth
ing less than an ovation. His lec
ture at Convention Hall was also an
ovation. That great hall was not
only packed, but there were hun
dreds outside clamoring for admis
sion. Indeed, his whole stay here
was a continuous ovation, and even
those who do not like President Roo
sevelt have been forced to speculate
upon the meaning of this reception
at the National Capital where every
body is supposed to be more or less
of a political chameleon.
Northern Methodists Bay Tract of
Land at Black Mt. for Chatanqna.
Charlotte Observer.!
Three hundred of four hundred
acres of land near Black Mountain
has been selected by the Methodist
Episcopal Church, commonly known
as the Northern Methodist Church in
contradistinction to the Southern
Church, and will be used for Cha
tauqua purposes. This decision was
made Monday by the Cdnf erence
committee appointed by the Gener
al Conference, with Bishop Andrews,
of New York, chairman. Plans for
the building of homes and the lay
ing off. of a community similar to
Montreat will he begun soon.
There are 3,500,000 persons rep
resented by the Nosthera Church.
The Southern organisation . recently
selected: property near Waynesvflle
for similar purposes."
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ICnea h&4L
I Tha morals mt lha v t far -
Ofc Crtpp:? cmtSda aTrd4 ttef
fo oTersssg tha city asd traSe was f
at a standstill.
j The -aaaoaacat fef the sacn
I tion from the $fisa was aecSLanlf4
jby the Informal sutemtat t&at Dr.
j Crlppea made bo tutaaent cr cn
f fessloa whatsovtr httotm featng
) hanged.
Dr. Crlppea aa4 Ills Ortia. j
The execution f Dr. HaaWy Har- i
tey Crippea la London to-day corn-
Dieted the criminal retard f
the most sensational of recent a8r,
der cases. The brutality of the crime, j cattrprtsa )
committed by a man who had Ua lUIkiasTilla, N. C. Nov. JL Tt
known as of a gentle and kindly as- j Vest authcr!Ua4n;it thai tae an
jture. th murderer's spectacular ! titat history ov Austria la a tittle
i fiisht to his native land, and the fact ! mise4. Slit is t4 that the Romans
that the ta against the doctor was ! aa$uUfce4 the Ncrricost la the y tar
j purely circumstantial combined to 1 32. and got pcse.loa cv thtir
make the tragedy of absorbing later-1 try and the Danube river. They held
i ct. not only in England, where the out till a&out the Sih csaury. Is
murder was done, but as well in j?)l Charlemagne conquer! the
j America, where both Crippcn and his j Avars and united the tsrrtlory with
j wife were bom. ! Germany. In the year 100 the 1U-
j Crippen, slight la figuie, was Jutt ) gsrians invaded Germany and tsty
! past fifty years of age. He was born held Austria (then called Avails!,
in Michigan, and after studying rned-jfor fifty-odd year. In 104 J Austria
j Icine, practiced in the United States was united with Germany. la 1191
! and Canada. In 190$ he married j the Austrian ruler must hev bin feat
I Cora Mackamouki, of Brooklyn, ajin purty gude fer he caused the ar
1 vaudeville actress, whose stage name j rest an Imprisonment ov the King of
j was Belle Elmore. They removed to England, who. if I understand, was
London, where the doctor engaged
In dental manufacture. Soon there
was domestic Infelicity, due, Crip
pen alleged, to the attentions his wife
received from other men. Then Ethel
Clara Leneve, a prepossessing wo
man, now about twenty-seven years
of age, entered Crip pen's employ as a
typist. She sympathized 'with the
doctor and the two fell in love. Mean
time Crippen and his wife were es
tranged. Nearly a year ago Miss leneve,
feeling her position keenly, became
jm paticatJsith the situation; te "Abou I
the same time the doctor was in need
of money. Mrs. Crippen disappeared
suddenly last February. Her hus
band inserted a death notice in the
papers, saying that she had succumb
ed to an illness while visiting in Cali
fornia. Actress friends of Mrs. Crip
pen persuaded Scotland Yard to
make an Investigation, and the police
officials interviewed Crippen on July
12th. He threw the police off the
scent, but on the following day fled
from London in company with Miss
Leneve, who was disguised as a boy.
Subsequently their presence on board
the steamer Montrose was made
known to Scotland Yard through
wireless messages, and as the Mont-
rose was approaching the harbor of
; Quebec, Crippen and Miss Leneve
1 were arrested. This was on July
131st.
j In the meantime the police had
j visited the Crippen home in Hill drop
, Crescent, and in the cellar unearthed
parts of a woman's body. The medi
cal experts who examined these parts
were never able anatomically to prove
that they were from the body of Belle
Elmore. Nevertheless the ury that
heard the Crippen case were satis
fied that they were.
Crippen was Indicted and convict
ed of the murder of his wife, the evi
dence including testimony that he
had bought and administered poison,
after which he dismembered the
body. Te was sentenced to be hang
ed on November 8th, but secured a
stay of execution until to-day. An
appeal on his behalf was denied by
the Criminal Court of Appeals, and
a petition for a reprieve was rejected
by Home Secretary ChurchllL
Miss Leneve was indicted and
charged as an. accessory after the
fact, but was" acquitted.
Ethel Leneve to Sail for America.
London, Nor. 22. Ethel Leneve
has booked passage on the steamship
Majestic which sails from Southamp
ton for New York to-morrow.
Durham County Will Ask the State to
Build a Canal to Ncnse.
Durham, -N. C, Not. 23. -The spe
cial meeting of the coutny commis
sioners, called for Wednesday of
next week. Is to further a project la
which there will be some general
State Interest.
It was not known until to-day what
would be the purpose of that meet
ing, hut it turns out that the' farmers
living along Ellerbe Creek, which
empties Into Neuse Elver, will peti
tion the commissioners txi ask the
State to dig a canal for six miles,
changing the course of the stream
and widening It- The city's disposal
plant continually overflows and floods
the lowlands with a sediment that is
believed to be the producer of the
worst ; sort ' of health. There have
been a suits against the county, and
others are pending. It Is said to
make the land more and more sterile.
7 The cost of this project will he
something like $75,0001
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CwJ Xhn tttU C3cfa4 ta
them Clttl tTsr RruW aa4
4ga War lYrwcmt.
CCorrwondfaca cf Tat Cac!a-
passin through the country on bis
wsy home from a visit to the "Holy
Land." But times sir different now.
Most rulers would think twice before
they would arrest the King of Eag
land.
In Austria there existed a rule by
which certain honors could bo enjoy
ed by purchase. In 1229 Leopold VII
purchased a part ov Carol oi for
1CS0 marks and left hit to his thrta
sons. We her in America potlytUb
uns who air said to be will In to pur
aeeficr Eat In "Austria there
wus more to hit. The buyer ov a
position not only got the honor but
he got a gude deal ov money out
ov the taxes, rents, etc, which came
from the citizens who happened to
live In hts territory. This wus goln
into politics some when a msa could
land such bargains ax that lilt wus
Just like pullln money off trees. An
I judge that some ov the politicians
had plenty ov labor to gather the
money crop labor paid for by the
publick the taxpayers. The old
time politicians certainly had every
thing their way. If any body ob
jected to the record made by the poli
ticians they, the politicians, simply
killed them killed them at the ex
pense ov the government an that
ended hit. There wux no newgpspers
to take care ov the people in the old
times, consequently graft wux not ex
posed. Late in the 12 th century Albert
elected himself ruler ov Austria. He
didn't wait for the Diet (Congre?)
to say yss, but took the bull by the
horns an loudly proclaimed that he
wux elected. But the people de
clared that another citizen must be
emperor. Adolphus, ov Nassau, wus
chosen. Albert soon saw his finish
an turned over the Job to Adolphus,
an' took the oath ov allegiance. Adol
phus lost out at the end ov five or six
years and Albert, by appesrin more
humble, regained the throne, which ix
further proof that the people do not
awlways know what they want In pol
itics, and do not awlways get the
best a-goln when they change ad
ministrations. The' people' ov these
United States might tell some in ter
es tin stories along thls'llne!
But while Albert had regained a
claim to the throne, he had not got
hlz seat. Adolphus would not resign.
The armies controlled by the two men
met, but there wux no general battle.
The leaders met In a band to band
struggle. Adolphus said to his ad
versary: "Thon shalt at once lose
thy crown and thy life. Xeavea
will decide,4 said Albert, and he rue
eeeded in knocking Adolphus from
his horse with hix lance and the sol
diers finished Adolphus.
In the general mix-op which fol
lowed there were many changes. Ia
some cases oScials and would-be of
ficials were killed before the ink with
which their announcement! were
written had time to dry.
- Another fact looms up Tery promi
nent in the history ov Austria. Hit is
made plain that the rulers bled the
country, at every opportunity. But
this wax awlways done legally; In
other words. If they didnt her a law
that would Justify a certain crime, a
political crime, they passed the law,
or rather, made a law that would fit
the ease, for hit did not awlways suit
to wait the slow process ov the law
makin' power. An hit might happea
that the law-makers weald vast to
make a few Inquiries," thossh 1 they
probably knew better than to Investi
gate legislation dedred 'by tie til-
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