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THE MORNING POST: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY I I93 t: i will be forever prohibited at the A. and M. M I ; 8 -.1 .! ; t. ! r 3 4 U :i! i I : ; l ii! 1 i ' ( i ( M ! M'l I, ;l ! f i 1 i ; I 1 - I e 1 '1 1 r J kt nr r v i v. . " , - - CM T College rraTernmes . A4 Timely Topic THat is Still a Live Question An Argument in Rebuttal J Wrltua ftrTk 7Iralac By Student - the article In last Sunday Post neemed to solicit a reply, it gives the "student" unprecedented pleasure to reply to the statement made by the "city editor." or at least to the few which would seem plausible. Indeed there Is but little hypothesis to what he affirms and as any one can eee who will compare the two articles from an argumentative standpoint, that his re plies are but little mere than flat de rials. How well those denials were ground ed. I will leave to the reader to de termine after he has perused this ar ticle. For the benefit of the "editor" the student" will say that he has had no dslr to belong to Greek letter fra ternities and has therefore not tried to enter and failed. But. Indeed, he hopes he has the claim of being a gen tleman and could be an object of trust. Institutions of prominence have Greek letter fraternities. I would be? to call' his attention to nearly all the military institutions as well a3 techni cal, to nearly all the great western universities and colleges. In fact the south and east was their birthplace. Here It Is. with several Institutions in the neighborhood of Tale and Har vard, that fraternities are of the least notice. As my reference to them as a thread bare aristocracy Is not quite as replete as I wish It. I would refer the readers to Johnson's Universal Encyclopedia, where the Kappa Alpha, the mystic nonenity to which our friend, the edi tor, referred, is stated to have origi nated at Union College, where it was , much opposed by the faculty and stu dents on account of its fostering a col lege aristocracy. Tet he tells us that to say "they are undemocratic In prin- Shall he have them? The boys of the A. and M. who stand' for democ racy, merit and manliness say No! nol! And they are in the i majority. Can not the good people of the state give us their support? I am sure they do, and we appreciate It. Too.' we appre ciate the kindness of The Morning Post in allowing us its ! time and space. We can assure it . that it will not be forgotten. We are glad the fra ternity cause has some one who can fight its battles. How well they are succeeding I . will leave for the readers to judge. We will be - glad to have further parries. Publicity is what we wish. However, we doubt if publicity will be good for fraternity life. I will not detain you longer, for fear I will wpary your patience, but- will be glad to give them more. . Raleigh, N. Ci Jan..30. , though I suppose they would not likciple" is hypocrisy. Certainly it is not ''for their cause to be left to his dis-j undemocratic in principle to Invite ere U on. - It is with all candor that I can assure the readers of this article that I am rot writing from prejudiced view of the subject, but try to lay the bare facts before you for observation. "Snd hence I at least attempt to view them in an impartial Hsht. It is far from my Intentions to call what the "ed itor" has said hypocrlcy. undisguised; but can treat him with a little more deference, even If we are writing un der assumed names. One mark of the gentleman Is due regard for the statements he makes and the effect on the feelings of others. , In answer to the statement "that the 'student must have failed to Join a fraternity." it would seem very ap propriate for me to state again why any one who is for true democracy of principle would not care to Join an organization of the kind. "They are undemocratic In principle" Is not hvoocrisv. It would be a good comparison to compare Greek letter fraternities to a thread-bare aristocracy. The princi ple upon which our government, the truest type of the republic on the globe. Is based, is that "all men are . born equal." A man is what he mattes himself. The principle of the Greek letter fraternities is antagonistic to this principle of which all Americans should be proud. View our Lincoln. Hayes. Garfield. Jackson, Grant, Franklin or Edison. These men. who rose from the bottom to even the loft iest pinnacle of fame, give evidence that all men are born equal. What true American Is not proud of our Lincoln or our Grant? And I said that Greek letter fraternities are an tagonistic to a principle that is the very foundation of our pride. Hut can you prove it? Mr. Editor might ask. Well I will ask you a ques tion in return: Can you deny the statement that one of the chief essen tials of the fraternity man is that he must have "blue blood" In his veins? At least I am quite sure that the larg- rr fraternities make such pertentions. IZeaders Is not this undemocratic in principle? However, money seems to be a good substitute for the "blue blood" and with both requisites, to what honors can not the possessor as pire in the wonderful, the obscure realm of secrecy which envelopes and mystifies the Greek letter fraternities. The Greek leter fraternities have a special attraction for the man of the "blue blood." he of the spare cash; even the "dead game sport" has suc cessful aspirations, for here Is whtfe the man of "blue blood" does not have to assosclate with the unpretentious pleblan. or the man from his father's estate who can not aspire to the illus trous realms (?) of the fraternities, and he of the spare cash with his handsome, lovely dollars can "boot his way Into the fraternity" where he can spend n1 money which will turn him out more advantages than ever before, for here he can be with that charm ing man of "the' stock of the Flum mers, the Vcnces, liansoms and Joneses." So he can meet all those beautiful sirters of the illustrious, who before seemed oh so distant; the "dead game" sport, what of him? Why "doncher" see that tall collar, that faultless tie, and those Invincible 5hoes. and that graceful bow when he meets a lady. thee surely entitle him to very great consideration as a per spective mmtxT of-at least some fra ternlty. And one and all. if there be any such, very much foster the idea that if. they can only belong to a frHtr nlty. that Prof. or Prof. will give tlini very great consideatlon, for they are, fraternity men. And again, it appeal o much to these different types which I have mentioned to know that in the fraternity they are brought out distinctly from ihe boy who has merit for his mark, zeal, wisdom and manliness for his safeguard. These and bese only ha he to commend him. and do we wonder that such as he In our A. and M. College today is the man of honor? It Is he who has the rupport of the faculty, the recom "mendation of the president, and the admiration and esteem of alL Institute fraternities and immediately you will see the types which I have shown giv en the preference, even as they are now, when the preference will not be too marked. ' Our friend, the Editor, states that all one's friends home to dinner, or to marry the woman of his choice, as he would make my arjrument appear; but anv organization is undemocratic which prefers money, birth or preten tious array to manhood, merit and true sterling worth. - I do not make this statement for mere argument's sake. Ask any one who Is acquainted with college frater nities and who does not belong to one. They will tell you that they are organ izations for strictly social and political purposes, and not as the "editor" says, "an organization for the promo tion of their , moral welfare." I think this statement "Is meant In veracity about like he means when he says that a fraternity would reduce rather than lncrea5e college expenses. There are, indeed, new phases of a college fra ternity. However, the first of the two may not be an extreme exaggeration; for what man. If he sees one of his J fellows falling: low in vice, will not lend a warning word or a helping hand to lift him from degradation? But I hardly think that they are at all for moral advancement. If they were we would see more of their members be longing to young men's christian asso ciations or other institutions of re ligious features. I think our friend was rather inclined to verbosenesr: when he made that statement; even as he was when he would bring in as one of the features of the Greek letter fraternity, that they may be the means of diminishing one's exp?nses. It is said that there are exceptions to all rules. If a Greek letter fraternity has ever diminished the expenses of one of its members, that was an exception. For there is first the expense of "boot ing." then the initiation fee. the monthly dues, the receptions whih must be given, the fraternity ball, etc., etc., all calling for money. Well, rather a category. And how do you know these things? the "cltj editor" asks. Well, these "appendices" are there, you admit, unless they are, as a friend suggested to me. "Institu tions kept up by charity." They cer tainly must le maintained at the ex pense of their members. Mr. "Editor" again states that fra ternity men are always kind and con siderate to the other students, whether they are fraternity men or not. Doubt less he again reverts to levity. Here is a very great objection. Fraternity men and non-fraternity men are hard ly respectful toward each other at in stitutions where fraternities exist. The fraternity men try to Ignore the exist ence of those who are not with them and for them, however praiseworthy they may be. They are ever seeking to forward their own interests and to down those of others which do not ac cord with their3. - Of course they have to do this very discreetly; indeed, they can be lauded for the wisdom thev show in these things. Any one can see the inflence they have over facul ties where they exist. They also mak-s themselves felt in other ways which uiu jiui uesiraoie tor tnose wno are for merit and for democracy of spirit. Yet the "city editor" says there is nothing In fraternities which Is an tagonistic to a composite body. He gave you the expressions of men who wrote, as he says, praising fra ternities. .More than likely they are fraternity men If they are true state ments at alL I have looked for litera ture of this kind in three libraries in Raleigh, but could find nothing in their favor. It would be well to state here that the "editor" reference to an article In November Century by Dr. Charles W. Thwing. part of which he claimed favored fraternities, is ground less; for he does not write at all in the November number or any other number that I could find. Probably the rest were of the rame kind. "Editor" also state3 "that where once they have been allowed to enter a col lege, they are never barred by the faculty. That Is Just the point. If they are once established here we have them for weal or woe, for they are lawful organizations once allowed, are fstlll allowed. It Is said, on good au thority, that the present president of Davidson would be glad, if it were pos sible, to. abolish them. He has been a member of one and should know of their many blessings. A present state senator says he has belonged to one. and says also that they are a bad lhing for a college, and hoprs that they Cott (Tarboro Southerner.) On a basis of 20,000 bales of ' cotton raised in this county ' last year the value of the cotton. seed: is" no inslg nlficent item. After allowing -S0.C00 bushels for seed there" would remain to be sold, or exchanged for meal and hulls, about 530,000 bushels, which at the present prices are worth $163,000 or more. This is what these seed were worth to the farmers. If the oil were ex tracted froin all it would" be worth 5100,000. The meal as much more. These figures are of course approxi mate, but they show that the cotton seed and their products ' are worth to this county over $200,000. .7 Were this oil manufactured Into lards and other products before leav ing the county the valua thereof would be very" greatly increased. The residuum from refining would make the soap of commerce. GOTHAM CITY GOSSIP New YorK Notables in the Newspa-pers-A LooK at tHe Automobile x Show-BisHop Potter on tbe Bargain Counter Speelal Crrpndfaee of Th Mornlas TP out By EMEL JAY Merchaiit'T lor, Greensboro, N. C. Our line for this spring Is compo sed of-all the latest goods, both for n We shall be pleased to serve you, guaranteeing perfect u:. and domestic Isfaction. York society, is presumedly merchant in articles wrought from the wo New iorK society, is presuuieuv muiam ' j. v,o I vers- life-blood of the poor. The sp ghast over the annaunced fact that n rnlydressed Thea Too Said Somnhlns (Durham Herald.) As a result of the disposition of the people of this town to sue the com pany we know of one Important enter prise that has been lost to7 the town and nobody has been materially bene fited. The man who has . money will be slow to invest it where he is liable to be held up at any. time when he can invest it to Just as good advantage romewhere else. . . New a Mr. !Dyer will after the present season no longer lead the cotillions. The papers state that those gentlemen have so de clared themselves. But New York pa pers state so many things. They seem not to hesitate to affix the most aston ishing facts to the names of notables. One chatty .column recently Veferred with the most engaging candor to the condition of the curtains at the front windows of Mrs. Ogden Goelet's Fifth Avenue residence." 'and advised the mistress of the house to at least have them washed. Another paragraph announced to the many interested that Miss Van Allen, who wore mourning for her fiance, dy ing so tragically at Newport last sum mer, was out in colors again; and then added, m a spirit of kindly advice which Miss Van Allen doubtless fully appreciated, "she : should never have put" on Iblack at all." Another intimate newspaper writer makes bold to criticise American roy alty., and says confidentially to the readers: - - "I must tell vqu about the funny little headdress which the Countess de Castellans , wore at-Mrs. Astor's ball, on Monday night. She appeared first Harry Lehr and Mr. Somebocy , . , th League, banded together for the betterment of hu manity, for the purchase of hj-gieni-cally made clothing, for improved con ditions imong wagcearners, s for en forcement of the law azainst child labor. And yet . many of those very women will rush to the bargain coun ter at the big department store, and eagerly buy undergarments ,made by slck and weary fingers at the rate of 25 cents a dozen. That was what Bishop, Potter meant, and it was a lesson worth impressing upon his hear ers. .V - Julia Marlowe did a very graceful and popular thing last week when ' she read before the Consumers League, at Assembly Hall, Mrs. Browning's poem, "The Cry of the Children." Her rich beautiful voice and fine interpretation gave ' new meaning and force to the poet's thought. The reading followed a paper ;by Florence Kelly calling at- j tention -.to the vast number of little children' at work in New York cash at school and at play. The poem read by Miss Marlowe fitted in eloquently, and was at onca a sermon and a song to the listeners. The actress appeared to remarka- Good Men Wanted Salaries Guaranteed for One Man in Each County in North Carolina Argument to Follow (Salisbury Sun.) In passing it Is not amiss to remark, and In no spirit of idle of compliment. that but for the. appointment of a man who thoroughly understands the needs of ths Insurance department and with ability to execute the laws, the department would of necessity have been a failure. Commissioner James R. Young was elected chiefly on the ground of merit and his election has been abundantly vindicated. In the selection of other public officers the Democratic party would always do well to pattern After this instance. at the opera, and.was the observed of ; ?f uvauiec ..... 7 . ,1 ,7; all observers because-of two feathers "'V1 w rw .hnrolflti ml- waist partially arapea wun one oi me q.t th wwf. jinfl'thnvl cape-collarettes now so, fashionable. seemed to grow out of the centre of ' Her hat was black, large arid richly V,on rry.0r r.ro nSmif sir nr : JJIUIIICU. QI1C 1 graven v.UttlliliubV Stepped Into Coal "When a child I burned my foot frightfully," writes W. H. Eads, of Jonesville, Va., "which caused horrible leg sores for S0N years, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured s me after everything else failed." Infallible for Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Sores, Bruises and Piles. Sold by all druggists; 23c. Ti Inter XvnrUt Katf a via S. A. I Commencing October 13th and contin uing until April 30, 1903, the Seaboard Air Line Railway will sell winter tour ist tickets to all principal points in Georgia, Florida and the Southwest, in cluding winter resorts in Texas and the City of Mexico. Tickets will be sold daily '.up to and including April SOtb, with a .linal return iimit May 31, 1003, and same bear a transit limit in each direction of 15 days, which permits of stopover within the transit limit. For farther infermatioaas to rates, schedules and ceneral information ap ply to C. II. G ATT IS, C. P. & T. A.. her head. They seven inches curled over toward the front, and were fastened to her hair with a jeweled pin. They bobbed about with every motion of her head, and all I could think Of as I looked at them was a small sized feather duster. 'Mrs'.' Boni was "dres sed in pink satin fussed up with white tuelle an4 lace, and' bands of sable. It was old enough looking in ' its style for her grandmother, ;and' I couldn't help hoping that she would'decide to pat ronize some of our New York dress makers while here, and take back with her to Paris some stylish American frocks." , ; ' Would not Paris smile and shrug her shoulders at that? And would not the high, and at the top f"luutw Bu"La"cu" anucc uea.uiii.ui . uuu;ueu It was. interesting to see the admir ing interest manifested by two of Miss Marlowe's company who were present during her reading. Her leading man, Harry. Worthington, was there an at tentive listener, . and a young fellow hardly out of his teens was "the smil ing escort to and-fffom the stage. Speaking of Julia Marlowe, how de lightful' it is that genius and gold are ofttimes "wedded here in New York, and Fashionable Society is some times the priest who mates them. There are the Whitneys and the Goulds, for in stance; who but recently employed the talent of Kocian and Eames to make No man wanted who cannot furnish best , '" references and prove his ability to work. Men , will be placad on salaries and not on commission. ' 1 V7 ' & If you have a good mind and want to' , make money, address at once J D. BOUSfiALL, Manager iEtna Life Ins. Co., Kaleigh, N. C. Quality, Not-'.; Price.-. Is tbe ehlef consideration with as In baylnj oar drags. The best fnest can buy is used in compounding prescriptions at this store. You may b t-ure of always getting what the doctor prescribes If you buy of us, l'a'jili minute and you'll see how im portant this If. BOBBITT-WYNNE DRUG CO., S3 Fayettevilic Street i : . . UALEIGIf, 1. 1. Count say something runprintable? But an evening of enjoyment for the guests, nnr Tnrk cribMira : eo on unmo- Paying the artists $2,000 for their trou- lested and unafraid. -iTfie freedom of i Ple" Kocian, a very wizard of the vio-J the rress is sustained! - i"n' aaNto come, to New York from Wp-iwa th AutomnhilP Show at ' Chicago , and his train being delayed, Madison Square Garden, and one of the ;,hne di? not reach the Whitneys' until --f 7? rf-t Jy of Awards at tbe Pan-Americas Exposition appaiub el to pass upon the merits of tat artlcln exhibited have pronounced : nderwood TM U "Eh. isn't this the same girl whose picture Ave used the other day?" "It's the same girl, "but it isn't the same picture." " "Why not?" "We are using the other picture in the second part of the paper as a por trait of that Montana female desper- Sal r Valuablo Lands North Carolina Wake County. . By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Wake county' made and en tered In the special proceedings in said court entitled J. C. Marcom. adminis trator of B. T. Honeycutt,- deceased, vs. Rebecca Honeycutt and others, it being No. 1027 of the special proceed ings docket of said court 1 will offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder for case at the court house, door in the city of, Raleigh, N. Co on Monday, the 2d day of March, 1903, at 12 o'clock m., the following described tracts of land, to-wit;" First tract, lying and being in the county of Wake, said State, in Mark's Creek township, adjoining- the lands of W. B. Medlin and-others, and more fully described as follows: Bounded on the north by the lands of W. B. Med lin, on the east by .W. H. Richardson, on the south by Isaiah Hall and Willis Honeycutt and on the west by J. tK. Todd, containing 140 acres, more or less. - Second tract, situated In Mark's Creek township, said county and State, adjoining the lands of Isaiah Hall, the laAda of B.- T. Honeycutt, deceased, and others, and bounded as follows: Beginning at sn oak. Isaiah Hall's line, thence running north 140 yards with B. T. Honeycutt's lands to a stake and pointers, thence west 140 yards to a stake and. pointers, thence south 140 yards to Isaiah Hall's line, thence east 140 yards -with Ihalah Hall's line to the beginning, containing four acres, more or less. J. C. MARCOM, Commissioner, etc. January 27, 1903. . i polite exhibitors whose tongues go. as smoothly and swiftly as their machines was telling us things "The highest priced automobile here? Why, it , is of French'makev. a Foun nier, said to be worth. $15r$00. It has been bought by that fellow that, runs a New York paper and one in Chicago; yes, Hearst. Tne machine itself you will find in another part of the build ing, on the other side of the curtains you see over there." ; We wended bur way' along aisles bor dered rirrht . and left with autos of every srot, from mammoth fire-engine to light runabout. There were crowds of . men and women looking, talking, buying. Finally, we' came within sight of th'e big machine denominated the costliest in the building. It is called "The Mors" and it has been bought by a man named ' Hearst (very nearly Hearse) all quite fitting perhaps, con sidering the death-dealing record of this toy of the modern Croesus, byt rather a ghastly cognomen for a jaunt ing car to be devoted to pleasure out ings. Big enough for, a large party it is, accommodating . pight or ten per sons in Its luxurious seats an ('im mcns3 thing, but with' a 60 horse-pdwer, enabling it to speed with . the wind. And woe to the person or thing. that stands in the way of "Mors." ."Eight or ten years ago there were' only about two makes of automobiles in the world," rernarked a man stand ing by. "Now, look this big building filled, 142 different manufacturers rep resented, I believe. Oh, it's a great in-f vention. And like all these inventions which at first appear to benefit only the rich ,the ultimate benefit is for all the people. These interested rich folk will see to it that the country i$ threaded with fine highways for their machines. Then after a bit autos will be-sold at popular prices, and the peo ple will come Into the enjoyment of both the good road and the horseless i 10 o'clock on the evening of the enter tainment. But he made his $2,000 for all that. - v. As for Eames, she would not conde scend to open her mouth for less than $1,000. These popular prima donnas are like the girl of the fairy tale who at every' word had diamonds and pearls 'falling from her Hps. Fame is a hard ladder to climb, but once you reach its-top there you are! New. York, Jan. 20. carrif-?." "Yes, there is a beautiful pregressibn in all these things," said the woman who was with him. "Observe the evo lution suggested bright there," and she smiling pointed to the auto made by the White Sewing Machine Company. "That suggests, you see, the emanci pation cf woman from much of. her old-time drudgery, and her coming forth now into fresh air, freedom; and a broader horizon."- "And a faster life," laughed her com panion; and then added with an ab sorbed business-like look"did you know that $2,000,000 worth of these ma chines had been sold at this show?" Bishop Potter must have startled Hi nno sx-ri Muviuuiacr ail iiiiiiihii inn Special RateS by V. A Z. Railway $25.50 to New Orleans, La. $23.50 to Ilobile, Ala. $22.95 to Pensacola, Fla.. account Mar di Gras Celebrations February IS to 14, 1903. TirVets on sale Feb " ruary 17to 23 inclusive, final limit February 2Sth. On payment of fee 50 cents tickets wil be extended until March 14th. $25.50 to New Orleans, La., and return, account American Medical Asso ciation May 5 to 8. Tickets on sale May 1, 2, 3 and 4, final limit ten days from date of sale. On pay ment of feeaof 50 cents tickets can be extended until xMay 30th. For further information apply to C. H. GATTIS, C. P. & T. A., " Raleigh, N. C. II- S, LEARD, T. P. A., Raleigh. N. C. &fte Fastest, Strongest, CTic Simplest, Z5te most Completes and the Most Practical Typewrite Mad UltlTEt in nuur Tor Catalogue writ to R. L. LINDSEY, ' " State Agent. . DURHAM. X. Ok 3 Agent Wanted In - i E Towa' rvery Pat. March x6 and Nov. 9, 189 v Pit in Caarcla Nov. a, 1837. SLtho Writo For Infot mation And Terms. TO SELL THE Non-poisonous Potato, Squash and Other Plant-eating Pests Insecticide. H ARTWA RD HARDWARE CO., RALEIGH, N. C. The TFT Rv T T MUTUAL '.LIFE I MS.--COMPANY Of Philadelphia. ' ASSETS OVER FIFTY MILLIONS. SURPLUS OVER SIX MILLIONS. . 7 Commenced Doing Business in 1847; in North Carolina in 1874. THE BESTCOMPANY FOR THE INgngn, " THEREFORE, THE BEST FOR THE ARTlW. Several Special Aarents ''Wanted thar MOST LIBERAL CONTRACTS TO DESERVING MEX- f ST fld T.re husiness for THE jPENN than for any other company. POders in North' Carolina, carrying oVer seven mil other afternoon, when he said gravely Anere is nothing bought from the bar gain counter which if looked at closely enougn win not be found to bear the stain of blood." The Bishop was speaking at the an nual meeting of the Consumers' Lea gue, and was inveighing against the present rage for- cheapness a rage Which IS met. bv mamifnrtnrer K Gold Bonds. Endowments, Life, low rates with largeuarantees, a -V . 1 : t' Term and all other approved policie: annual or deferred dividends.- r . ' 1 R.- B. FANEY, General Agents for fsorth Carol!;.!. RALEIGH, N. C.
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