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(THE MORN 1NG POSTi SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21; 1 900 RALEIGH, NORTH, CAROLINA;1 .sMMti- j ; ' I, l! ;! 1 H 1 i hi i , . Ii One of the Most Practical and What it 7 nn srhnnl .nfiiml mns.IJi find Sfiirlifid Rtpnonranftn. but 1 1l6Vi - tr Ppfl.f Hnllpnfi Tt isi n nnnrJ SrhnnL T nm now emuloied til .Tin rjisvrne tn 7iA Sttnfa. and tin 7i least, irnuble in doinn mv Our nephew, Solomon Hanfi, studied Bookkeeping and Penmanship in Peele's Business College five 7iwnihs, attending the night sessions only. He has no trouble in keeping our books, and his penmanship is good. We Relieve it to be a good school. S. & D. BEEWANGEB. fell, at Mb (to, $11; T LLMAN fSprlrvsScld Republican.) The tribute to Senator Tillman by Sen ator Hoar, which apiars in a current leview, tnih; ll cause a smile, lie is "an houet, manly ami able states ' man, says our Massachusetts senator, ; after havinjr served with the South Caro linian fur. six years at Y ashictfton. A iuiier lcs, but not bi cause I5en . Tillman is unJcser inc of t'uo itimnifinla- l tion of Mr. Hoar. Another detested anarch," dcsiule his weaknesses and heresies, has been found to be a decent j t-ort of a manthat is the cause of the f bimie. The case of Mr. Tillman strikingly illustrates the extreme oT vilitication to . which a man of .honest jnti-nrions and worthy parts may W suJe-tetl. Vith the possible exceptions of Mr. Alrpeld ' and Mr. Uryan, he, more than any o'htr : leader of the "new Democracy," has lx-en the tars c of an unmeasured abuse. It is appalling to think of the jHisonal " injustice that may be doue to men through an unceasins campaign of de traction in the public press. On the . mher hand. Senator Hoar's frank ntowal that the South Care!:n!in is "an honest, mauly and able .-::'i-j.man indicates that, however oTcrwnelaiin.s tl.o abu-e of a man may be. in our time public opinion may be revised with comparative frwiftaes-s to serve the ends of righteous ness. The Re-publican note Senator Hoai's admission that Tillman is net wholly lad with the more interest because it vas undoubtedly the first Northern newspaper to attempt to do him any ort of justice. In the very liet of' the vampaign of lNOij a notable and sympa thetic sketch uf his career, written by a Southerner n ell quaiated with the subject, was printrd in this newspaper. In view of the alaria which the very nac.e of Tillman has for years lnri'-od r:'"oi Ilasr. in the conservative circles of the i: is interet:n-; to recall the essviiiial fa is of Mr. Tiilman's life and the chiei fe.tuivs f his character. ; When Til'mai tirt came into view ns a public man the impression spre-.d al .- a i was that here was an ut:euu taied. uucouth, braw!insr Southern farra T. who aspire! to m!e his State. This vras cno of the earliest misinterpreta tions of th man that were circulated ver the land. Benjamin R. Tillman came frfui one of tho most Intelligent, and it taht b s.iid anHtoirati.-. of the old South Carolina families. When he ras a hey. Kfort tb ar, he had for pverr.cs- nr. 1 tntv the sister of Ch--ter A. Arthur, w. afterwards leca:ne lsident of th- Fcitcd States. The Tillman family live.1 in luxur:.- until he -ar nvq-; away its pn p rty in slaves iid left it nothing bnt depreciate land. The present Miutor. on tha: account, di i r.t go to college, as nearly all the rich Soulhera yonth lid before the ee lon: uor did he stu !y law. He Uva.no a farmer on the ancstral f ate. and ever, during the twenty -ire years of ciat Ms'lawl , ii ii;ere ne staved, literally a tiller of the oil. nntil the great j-Mitical uprising of the farmers r,f the Wrt and Suith too place ia ISXX Mr. THIman. Iw.tv-. n sieauv lana nre.-wn an eager str.- idnrlr.g the past -Vw. Kvc-a if Brv-n Sf. fsi7hn;ld fafF::rS' a HoM W IVesid the Soulh !n;Vlh TlT oC a liniment four- t'amliaian wvdd prr.b,ib!T 'or the Cc a year Congressman, the cousin .f Sonar- rlnmWr witb 3r L PL ,t tK-rhaps the leading-lawyer nf the A!a- h , ' ibi cT' tfircT. 'of ma bar. and a near relative of oth r ferod to him. The Senate ml JV the tre fitting plafor o-' of Hs mm wm mmmm th. rnf'llK;'-'::" "J-r iitte that he has mare than or! 66 Promises to Do, that Student and Every ill. ml hi unusually strong: mental ca pacity. In the heat ami' bitternes. of the cam paign of 1MG Henry Warterson sail: ln Ctovernor AltKlil behld ltobe spk'm; in Tillman, Dantou." The iu temletl effect was alarmist to the last Uetriv, simv Kobespierre ami Dantou were iJentitiel with the darkest hours of the French Revolution. The com- ! parison of Tillman with Danton. absurd las it wh-, ,ild poses, lrOwever, one merit. lantou.was a natural leader of men through sheer strength of mind and lwdy. Tillmau also is a leader of men for the same reason. His powers wei lirst callttl into play in the remark able contst he waged for the supremacy in South Carolina against the old aris tocracy represented by Senators Wade Hampton and llutler. It was a politi cal revolution which he hd, and he was finally overwhelmingly successful against the combined forces of wmrnerce, the bar, the church and press. Tillman con ducted four of the fiercest rights ever known in the South so fierce that only a man of his perfect physical courage could have stood the ordea! and the last two of them planted hhn In the State capiial as governor and opened the pvay to the United States Senate. He nas serveti one n Tin as senator, anu has rtnvntly bei ;i designated by hi party ?s Ids own siu'cessor. Such a e:i"- tr would be impossible to a weak man. A IVffor can occasionally reach the Senate on a wave of radical ism, but only a man of much natural power can enter the Senate facing the party, pactional and class prejudices which Tillman faced, and at the end of his first term win Senator Hoar's tribute, as well as an admission from the New York Krening Post that on the Republican side of the chamber the South Carolininn has ,me to be re garded as "a good lawyer, a student, a man of irreproachable privatf life, hon est as th daylight, of rendy wit and real ability. a;id wirli Liarked capacity for the routine work ofN lgislaior." Senator Tillman's faults spring from the very intensity of his virtues. BoM as a lion, he -tssanlfs the objt of his aversion, whether it be a policy or a man. with fury,, amounting sometimes, it would seem, to hatred.. Absolutely candid in the expure of bis feedings cud onir.ions. his strength' of conviction and i'ictnreso'ie vigor of fcingnage often letray him intf lengthn of expression which impress others as harsh and .some times brutal. His shocking references to th? colors! race !n- politics are a case in point. While absolutely honest, a hater of wTongs. and devoted, accenling to his lights, to the public welfare, he seer.n to .b lathing iu charitableness and sympathy towartl -weaker peorlc. Fos0t! of a 1right. analytical mind, which enable shim to detect hvpocrisv, ho loves nothing Setter than to. exr-e shams in their nakedness; yet he lacks mercy. Senator Tiilmrfn ha become an im portaut figure ia American nsC-liLiwl life, and during the next six years he will more prominent in the Senate than 17 iMS talent, his ca- 9 twTcrsor iifmpntfrnttvi . a w - UdU Uptodate Business Schools in the Good TESTIMONIALS r learned it till I one of the larqest work satisfacto ihu THOMAS J. MAC KEY. l of this character is certainly capable of real service to his country, and it is to be hoped that, with increasing experience, his angularities of judgment will wear away, his sympathies grow, his conservatism increase, and a greater respect for the opinions of his opponents become a part of his equipment. UMPIRE WAS CROSSEYED (New York Sun.) "Well, sir, 1 went "to a profepsional baseball game the other day." The fat ex ma scot of the Lightfoot Lilies said this in a far-away tone that gave his friends tho impression that he had not thoroughly enjoyed himself. "And you didn't liki itT suggested one of them. "Oh, yes," the fat ex-mascot replied hastily, "It was an, exciting game, all right; it was one of the closest coutests I've seen. Why. they had to play four extra rounds, and at that it ended in a draw. The referee the umpire, I mean called the coiitest on account of a foul. Some one threw the catcher? mask at him and it struck below the belt. Oh, yes, it was a good game all right Some how, though, it seemed different from the old Jones county games. I sup pose it's political enlightenment that's doing it. In those days we poor farm ers didn't realize that we were free peo ple, more shame to us. Why, what earthly business has one pompous guy, calling himself umpire, to get up and dictate to IS free-born American ball spieler-? What right has he to decree that a man's, out when that man doesn't think that ho is? If it isn't the rankest kind of government without the consent of the governed why, then, gentlemen, I'll eat my shirtwaist. Do you know, it fairly makes. rae boil with indignation to think of the way we poor rustics hustled on and off bases at the beck and call of one lone tyrant. Why. we were so pitifully ignorant of our constitutional rights as free Americans that I don't think one of us ever even questioned the fairness of hold on. though. Yes, there was just one time that I'd almost for gotten abont. ' "It was rt one of the bi? ch?mnion- fhip contests between the Ringtail Roarers and the 1-iightfoot Lilies.: Old Doe Quackenbush had leen slated to do the oiHciating, but at the last moment he received a hurry call from out in the country twins or scarlet fever, I don't remember and there we were without an umpire. Ami in those days, you know, we weren't next to these modern referendum ami rough-house arbitration stunts. The umpire was considered a necessary evil to every bali game. So after a long discussion Capt. Slugger Burrows of tho Lilies and Capt. X'y. Triest of the Roarers agreed to pick some one from the crowd that could till the place. "They were walking np and down in front of the bleachers looking the gang over, when the Slugger's face suddtui7 lit up. " Hey.' he said, grasping Cy. by the arm. Do yon see that little cross-eyed gazabo np la the top row? Well. I choose him. " 'His peepers look as if they had beeji !y. and he scrambled down on to the field. . . "Slugger Bnrrows won the toss and chose outs. The little cross-eved umpire picked out a mask and took his place behind the catcher Bull Thompson always caught off ihe bat, whether there were men on base or no The first men up for the Roarers knocked a low om? to third, and Foote scooped it in wrthont leaving the bag. It looked a little hke a pick-up, to be sure,, but inhf i iprili at Bil M n 11. School Open Day ood 11 Mr M M 111, mm ttf - crosscu inwove, out it ne suits you, why I'm game. Hello, yon with the tangled lamps, he shouted: Will von umpire?' 'Sure. replied tho little fallow. BT1 Tl 99 slnioollo One Thing It Does. Every Graduate We have had in our employ two young men who hapb attended the Peele Business Co lege, both of whom hive given .us full satisfaction, Judging y the pro gnss made by these young men, we think Mr. Peele and his associates are doing very valuable work with their students. the umpire said "Out!' and no one had the face to kick. . The next man singled to left. " 'Out for running out of base line,' piped up the umpire. "What!' Cy. Priest roared. 'Why that man ran straight as a die! Do you ' " 'Out, repeated the little umpire, with a wave of his hand, and that settled it. Cy slunk back to the bench and picked out a bat. As he stepped to the plate I noticed a cunning twinkle in his eye, but thought nothing of it at the time. He tapped the first ball pitched for an easy little grounder down toward short. Tho Slugger gobbled it in and shot it over to first for an easy out. The crowd was just getting ready to let loose when to their amazement Cy started down the third base line like a scared Filipino. " 'Safe,' tho umpire said, as Cy. made third without any opposition. " 'Safe?' adlowed Bull Thomson, throwing his mask on the ground and turning on the umpire fiercely. 'Safe? Why, you gol durned sawed-off little shrimp, you, where do you think first base is, anyway? I've got half a mind to' "But he didn't. The umpire made one rush at him, and catching him round the legs stood him on his head as neatly as you please. That little runt shook the Bull until he was red in the face, and then setting him down proceeded to gather up the change that had fallen out of his pockets. " 'Five, ten, twenty-five, he counted. 'Twenty-five, fifty, fifty-one, two, three fifty-three. Is that all the money you've got? Well, then, you're fined 53 cents for abusive language. Now, get off the grounds. Hustle.' And .the Bull scrambled to his feet without a murmur and hustled. Now when Slugger Burrows picked that umpire out he thought he was a wily fox, never dreaming that Cy. Priest would get wily too. You see the little fellow was so cross-eyed that when he stood behind the bat. instead of seeing first with his right peeper, he saw it with his left, which. should have been aimed down toward third. Andis left looker. instead of having third has straight nueau or, was crossed over on to nrst base. Consequently he saw the whole diamond exactly reversed, and that's what caused his queer decisions. "Did we put a new umpire? Never even thought of it. We simply ran bases the wrong way round for the rest of the game. It was just as fair for one side as the ether, and we didn't want to hurt the umpire's feelings. That was the only time I ever knew of one of the boys really kicking against the umpire. Think of it! Game after game, year after year, and nothing but government without the consent of the governed. And pet." the fat ex-mascot said wistfully, "and yet, do you know, I'd kinder like to see one more of those old-fashioned games, where they weren't so strong- on constitution, and just play ed by. the rules." The Santa Fe railroad ha3 introduced free lectures for the education and enter tainment of its employes. Do.you think itis a man's duty to acknowledge alwavs he is in the wrong when he has' a difference of opinion with his wife?" effectively, "better late than never. But it rea.iv seems to me he ought to have! had sufficient perception to know that he was, in thex wrong before there was any discussion of the matter whatever." Washington'Star. Onr temperance meetin t-dnt prove The big success it oughter; The chairman tried to blow the froth . From off a glass o water. w Philadelphia Press. A' Country. Thoroughly Reliable. Its V J. Friend We Have Others. Ask for Them. MOTHER JQNtS' POWER (New York WTorid.) There is only .one Mother Jones. Her field is all her own. Clara Barton has her work of niercy, Susan B. Anthony has , her equal suf frage, Mother Jones has her "boys" the great, patient army that sweats and strives and suffers wherever there is labor to be done. It is a 'big brood she mothers a big, toilsome, troublesome brood, scattered all over the face of the land, delving m the earth and under the earth, swarming in mills and factories and sweatshops. ' There is seldom, a time when some part of it is not on the rag ged edge of hunger and in need of a mother's help. That is the, time for Mother Jones. She has been called the stormy petrel of industry.-- Her appearance is a signal for those ' Who grow rich by grinding the faces of the poor to "go slow," and if they disregard the warning so much the worse for 'them and the better for organized labor. For Mother Jones 3s the most success ful organizer and sustainer of strikers in the country. That is why she is at Wilkesbarre now. That is why the miners expect to win. That is why the mine owners accompany her name with anathemas. . How does she do it? By the greatest of all powers the power of love. She loves her "boys" be they Polish or Behemian or Irish or American and she teaches them to love her. The com bination is irresistible. The ranks of the toilers stands firm at her bidding, and the strategy dictated by her woman's intuition does the rest. It might be thought that she is an Amazon in physique and voice and gest ture; that she sweeps her forces along with her by the sheer power of her vitality. Or else that she is endowed with the youth and beauty and myste rious spiritual influence of a Joan of Arc. But no. Mother Jones fulfils none of these preconceptions of a woman leader of men. She 3s anything bat an Ama zon. Her physique is fraiL. True, she has an immense store of vitality, bat one would not suspect it if one did not see her when sh was warmed up to her self-appointed work. She is not young, and so far from being swayed by the supernatural in spiration of a Joan of Arc . her intel lectual processes are intensely practical and she is scornfully impatient of the religion that bid 3 men to be content in the sphere to which heaven has ordained them. . Nor Is she at the age whan her sex wields its greatest power. Mother in name, she might well be a grandmother, in fact. Her earnest face is crowned with a mass of silverv hair and spnmed I with lines of sympathy , and compassion. It is in the eyes that one reads her! among the blackness of the coai i d power blue, Irish eyes, heavily fringed rThey follow her with their with auburn lashs. probably would sit still for 'daya Combined in her are the spirits of thetmg to.her.if she did bnt tans o u. Celt and the Gael. Her grandfather was Irish, her grandmother Welsh. Their son, her x father," was an Irish piatriot who fled to this continent with a price on his head, and established a home almost in the shadow of the houses of Parliament at Ottawa. In Camda he found the freedom that he craved. He turned his attentioa te bettering His condition and to- educating his family. His - daughter, Mary, be came the intellectual flower of the fami ly. When she grew up she taught school ia Canada. The . changes that come to a "schoolmarms'V led her into different parts of the country and finally across into the States., Through the New Eng land States she taught in pnblie schools in country places acdtn private fami lies. ' . - -In a Main "city she met the man of -- - Wr M. tiKVUVtHTUJX & CO. her choice. His name, was Jones, and she married him. " At that time it was not part of her vocation to address labor unions, but she was interested in- the labor ques tion. The fact that six and ten year, old children were working in the oottoa mills of Lewiston, Lowell and Fall Hirer roused her .wrath. Writing to her bid father in Canada about it, she said thaft in America there were as great abuses of the poor as there were ia old Ireland. Drifting South and West with her husband, she became Interested in the nrst great battles of the Knights of Labojv Her husband encouraged her in the study of the labor statistics of the various States. While other women were poining wo men's clubs and discussing Shaker-pearo she was talking with the street-car con ductors in Chicago, the miners of llazle ton, the mill girls in- Fall River, telling them that it was their duty to strike and to drive their employers into giving them the wages-that they earned. The great coal miners', strike of 1S01 brought her into public attention, though . she had' before that been prominent in many affairs of the kind. In the Ameri can Railway Union strike she did a great deal of Campaigning, and . her strong womanly -voice rang from many a stage, and her white bead and bnt shoulders were seen in many places vt danger during the troubles. At Kilkesbarre just now Mother J-mes has full sway. She is the one ruler of the majority of the strikers. The mine owners and operators object to recog nizing her as the leader of the troub.e, but have to in order to hold auy com munication with the men. Her elo quent presentation of the wrongs suf fered by the miners has made many new members for the United Mine Work ers Union. "We want the laws of the State rec ognized," she said to the World re porter; twenty-two hundred and forty pounds of coal make a legal ton m.tlus State. The mine-owners oblige the r.iea to turn out 3,300 pounds for a ton. That is only one of the things. We are going to keep on, little by little, till 'we lve secured the - best conditions for t miners. , "Then the company storp i anorner--evil. If von hav to buv all your g,."l - from the man you work for, he tcy nvor t xt t-i.-o i- r amir rnur master. i "I want the people to own all p'i the chance to enjoy educative and civil izing things the same as the rich. Mother Jones is a resourceful' won aa. From reading of the troubles of tu laboring people she took to talking or them. Her hands are small, white aa-j strong. Her emphasis of a statm a. i made with the hand a gentle v- And there is nothing so convincir. the wave of a woman s white I especially to men whose days re,rs infant and cheering the mother or i as the reporter did this week, one readily understand how she gzm power over them. Gray They are beginning to hT' typewriters on the stage. . f . Black I know;, but it's a P.rVa fectation. No typewriter that invented can begin to write 118 Jr'03 as the average actor with the crn every-day pen.Boston Transcript. " "Yes, they tried to live on bread and cheese and kisses." "Didn't it work?" , . "No." she made the, breaJ aiw U af. furnished the Roquefort, n;MJiiUnJ nofoody wanted any kiscc -jV"' . Plain Dealer, , Jrfi i.V ) A
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