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ORGANIZATION. EDUCATION. ELEVATION.
Raleigh, N. C, Saturday January 31, 1903.
Mo. 4
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Poetry.
ST. PETER AND THE SCAB.
BY G.C. S. CHAROfcK.
t Peter stood guard at the golden gate
With solumn mien and an air sedate.
When up at the top of the golden stair
shrouded figure ascended Were,
pVied for admission. He came and
stood
efore St. Teter, so great and good,
Jn hope the City of Teace to win,
nd asked St. Peter to let him in.
VO thou who guardest the gate," said he,
;thave come hither beseeching thee
olft me enter the Heavenly Land
nd play a harp in the angel band.
f me. St. Peter, there is no doum.,
here's nothing from Heaven to bar me
i out-
've been to meeting three times a week,
And almost always I'd rise to speak.
K've told the sinners about the day
IVhen they'd repent of their evil way ;
I've told my neighbors I've told them
all
Of Adam and Eve and the primal fall.
yw faltPl to them loud : I've talked to
it them long,
For my lungs are good and my voice is
I strong.
I've marked their path of duty clear,
tlio nlnn of their whole
AUU JlllM i
j career.
So, good St. Peter, you'll clearly see
That the gate of Heaven is open to me.
ree's the company's letter of recom
mend, Which I hope you'll read before you send
n, tVm nmrel uuide to the Throne of
Vf v- o o
Grace
it might gain for me a higher place.
You'll find I was always content to live
On whatever the company was content to
"j give.
And I ought to get a large reward
For never owning a union card.
Pve never crumbled, I've never struck,
J've never mixed with union truck.
Bit I must be going my way to win,
So open, St. Peter, and let me in."
t eter sat and stroked his staff,
espite his office he had to laugh.
Raid he. with a fiery gleam in his eye,
Who is tending this gate, sir, you or I?
I've heard of you and your gift of gab ;
Vou are what is known on earth as
scab.' "
thereupon he rose in his stature tall
knd oressed a button upon the wall,
And said to the imp who answered the
!1 , .bell, '
'Escort this fellow around to Hell.
j'Tell Satan to give him a seat alone
fin a red-hot griddle up near the throne
. -D..4. the Devil can't stand the
2? 4 smell
Of a cooking scab on a griddle in Hell.
$ would cause a revolt, a strike, I know
if T sent vou down to the imps below.
Go back to your
masters on earttt anu
' , tell
That they don't even
want a scab in
Hell."
yNARCISO GENER GON
ZALES.
Columbia State.
j The knightly soul of the brave
man, loyal friend and devoted
brother, whose name has graced
these columns since the birtn o:
ihe State twelve years ago, has
tossed the river and the paths
(lis willing; feet have trod shal
&nw him no more. But along
heir ways, from the seed he sow
ed flowers are blooming and the
lir he loved to breathe, the air o:
lUnative State, is sweet with the
ineense of his noble words and
leeds.
To die for his State, even by
he loathy hand that struck him
l6wn, was sweet to him. During
Ce four days of mortal agony
hat followed his cruel wounding
to words save those of love and
frinpathy for his bereaved -.kin-
his lies. He died
J;""" i
ith his face to God's, a gentle
ifan unafraid.
X With heavy hearts his work is
aken up by those who loved him
well, in his name the State is
pledged anew to the principles for
which he gave his life.
Ambrose E. Gonrales.
THE PRESS ON THE SLAY
ING OF GONZALES.
Having reference to the assas
sination of Editor Uonzales by
Lieutenant-Governor Tillman, the
Durham Herald says:
"The people of South Carolina
now have an excellent opportu
nity to shake off at least a part of
the Tillman element.
"And what makes it worse, the
people of South Carolina and of
the South are held partly respon
sible for the conduct of ruffians
of the Tillman stripe.
"There can be no respect for
the law when men, with a full
knowledge of what they are talk
ing about, boldly make the claim
that a cold-blooded murderer will
go unpunished.
"The bullet of the assassin,
Tillman, accomplished no more
than he inter, ded it to accomplish,
and if he is not hanged for his
crime the decent people of South
Carolina should string up the
jury.
"Of course Ben Tillman is not
directly responsible for the crime
of his nephew, but he is almost
.vholly responsible for the politi
cal conditions in his State, and
this condition is responsible for
the crime."
Commenting on the assassina
tion of Editor Gonzales by Lt.
Gov. Jim Tillman, the Florence
(S. C.) Times of the 16th says :
"The sympathy of the people
was all with the stricken editor,
who was recognized as having
been made a martyr to his ideas
of public duties. The indigna
tion of the people reached its cul
mination in the hanging in effigy
of Jim Tillman."
The Henderson Gold Leaf, in
commenting on the above, says
"He ought to be hung in reality,
but under the present regime in
South Carolina it is doubted if
Jim Tillman gets his deserts, not
withstanding the death of his vic
tim." The Times addsfuither:
"The fear has been generally
exoressed that the offense will
j
not be punished, and that the of
fender ought to be summarily
dealt with by the enraged people."
WILL BE WATCHED .WITH
INTEREST.
Mr. Gonzales, the Columbia
editor, is dead.
There can be no two opinions
as to the character of the crime
for which his slayer must answer.
This disposition of this case
y South Carolina will be watch
ed with deep interest. The atro
cious crime is the culmination of
a condition which has developed
in that State within recent years,
Will it have the effect of stem
ming the current of violence
which has disgraced our southern
neighbor? Let us hope so.
Raleigh Post.
The Gold Leaf has this to say
in comment :
"If justice is not vindicated in
this case if the strong arm of
the law does not right the wrong
that has been done by legally
hanging the cowardly assassin
then an outraged public should
do the work instead. As long as
trees grow and telegraph poles
stand Jim Tillman's neck should
not go unbroken.
"We do not believe in mob vio
lence unless the law proves a
farce and a failure. In this case,
then, we believe that justice
be done without invoking the aid
of the law.
"The people of South Carolina
have something to be thankful for
in that they did not nominate a
cold-blooded assassin for Govern
or when he was a candidate last
year. It was bad enough that
such a fellow as Jim Tillman
ever got to be Lieutenant-Gov
ernor. "
To which The Harbinger
adds :
"Lay on, McDuff,
And d d be he
Who first cries hold ! Enough."
A WORTHY GIFT.
Fifty car-loads of coal from the
Birmingham district will be sent
to New York and Chicago to as
sist in relieving the distress in
those cities caused by the coal
famine. Twenty-five car loads
of coal will be sent to New York
and twenty-five to Chicago.
Mayor Drennen originated the
idea and was successful in the un
dertaking. He sent the follow
ing telegram to Seth Low, mayor
of New York, and Carter Harri
son, mayor of Chicago :
"The citizens of Birmingham,
Ala., have donated fifty car-loads
of coal for the poor of New York
and Chicago. Can you aid me
in securing transportation ?
"W. M. Drennan,
"Mayor of Birmingham."
"In reply to a request of the
New York World the mayor said:
"The coal contributed was do
nated by citizens of Birmingham
and corporations in this district.
I secured the donations with lit
tle effort, but fear lack of trans
portation may prevent prompt de
livery. Ask your assistance in
having shipment expedited. Out
of the unprecedented prosperity
of this section, it is a pleasure to
our people to be able to contrib
ute for the relief of suffering else
where a product so inexhaustible
in supply and mined at so little
cost.
"W. M. Drennen, Mayor."
It is thought that transporta
tion will be arranged and the coal
sent forward within the next two
weeks. Nothing further will be
done in the matter until replies
have been received from the may
ors of New York and Chicago. It
is estimated that the nrty cars
will carry about 1,500 tons, or 750
tons to each city. Birmingham
Labor Advocate.
Three men forced David Church
a grocer at Birmingham, Ala., to
open his safe, and after taking
$69, tied him in bed, set fire to
thej house and nearly burned
Church to death.
Union men, patronize the mer
chants whose ad. is in this paper.
BEAUTY AND AMIABILITY.
The women who can control
herself under the most trying cir
cumstances is the woman who
holds the strongest power over
men.
The average man prizes per
manent peace and content above
tne Happiness and possessing a
beautiful, attractive creature for
a wife, and he knows that a bad
tempered woman and peace go
not together.
The assertion from a woman
that she has a bad temper, and is
proud of it, lias kept more than
one worthv man from asking her
to share his future as his wife.
No matter how beautiful and
brainy and fascinating the bad
tempered woman may be, or how
lengthy her bank account, her
power is infinitesimal compared
with that of her amiable sister.
And amiability is not only pow
er, it is mental progression and
health and happiness and long
life to one's self and to one's
friends and family New Yoik
News.
MISSING THE STITCH
IN TIME.
An interesting illustration of
low great and costly strikes may
result from the action of an em
ploying co. poration on misinfor
mation was given by one of the
speakers at the Civic Federation
eeting. , A railroad strike tying
up tne intercommunication 01
three counties, lasting seven
months, involving the presence
of State troops and costing the
counties involved about $45,000,
.1 c
in addition to the losses inciden
tal to the suspension of travel, be
gan with the discharge of a man
who had run a train off at a switch.
When the matter was finally set
tled, this company investigated
the accident, discovered that the
1 , 1 t 1 1
man aroitrarny mscnaTgea was
not in any sense at fault and
promptly reinstated him. To have
found this out when the accident
happened would have been an im
portant economy, N. Y. Times.
ANSWERED BY TELE
PHONE. Parker "What's wrong? You
seem worried."
Streeter "I am. I wrote two
notes one to my brother, asking
him if he took me for a fool, and
the other to Miss Golding asking
her if. she would be mine. While
I was out somebody telephoned
yes, and I don't know which of
'em it was." Chicago News.
A VICTIM CF CIRCUM
STANCES. "I can't help feeling that you
have a rather ignoble view of the
use of money in politics."
"My dear sir," answered Sena
tor Sorghum, "like other well
meaning people, you wrong me,
I'd be only to glad to get on with
out spending a cent. But the
people who control the votes
won't let me." Washington Star,
Notice scabs, rats and ; strike
breakers. The cowboys and sheep
herders are going to form a union.
In case of trouble better keep off
the grass.
UNIONS HAVE COME
TO STAY. I
In an address before the New
England Society of Scranton, Pa., 1
Rev. Dr. W. A. Stryker, Presi
dent of Hamilton College, said :
Unions of labor have come to
stay. Combination and "commu
nity of interest" are their inhe
rent right also. They are a fact
and a factor. They must be rec
ognized. Thev are recognized
even in denying them recognition.
Fingers in one's ears is an ulti
matum that two can play at. To CHILD LABOR,
hide under the bedclothes may A remarkable revelation of
comfort the child, but will not child labor is about to be made,
stop the thvnderstorm. Even to which many who have studdied
a criminal the law does not deny the matter declare will show that
the right to choose his own attor- more child laoor exist in New
ney. The credentials of any j York than in all the States of the
spokesman are from those who ( South combined,
send him, not from those to whom j The facts on which the revei
lle issent. The principal accredits ation is based have been gathered
his agent.
O" gauized capital speaks through
its delegate. Labor lias the same
right. Jf a given envoy is dim
cult, austere or effensive, so much
the worse for those who commis
sion him. unner party may re
quest a different delegate, but to
prescribe how he shall be chosen
or to refuse all is to break off dip
lomatic relations. The right not
to deal through self-sent meddler
does not mcdify the duty to rec
ognize those who are properly
indorsed. Only fatuity challenges
the right of men to act and to
speak collectively and by whom
they will. Obviously 100.000
workmen cannot state their cause
separately to ten executive boards.
The question, gentlemen, as to
Mr. Baer, or as to Mr. Mitchell,
is not whether he is in the em
ploy of those to whom he goes,
but whether he is authorized Ly
those from whom he conies.
The contention of the operators
that they may dictate just how
their men shall approach them,
cannot hold its giound before
American common sense and fair
play. It will fall, it falls already,
for that public which does not
quibble knows that practically
the United Mine Workers as such
and in the person of John Mit
chell are before the commission
and the country. The arbitrary
precept issues so far only in mu
tual exasperations and furnishes
the prolific opportunities of mar
plots. Any genuine effort to agree
must listen to all parties claiming
to be such.
As to the alleged nonresponsi
bility of the miners because they
are not incorporated, remember
that since they cannot be enjoin
ed they cannot enjoin, it is,
even further, remember, that their
adhesion to their word given is
their whole capital. They know
that the country watches them in
this to see if they be men. Under
immense temptation they have
this summer past kept their word
It is much. It is enough. In
corporation may be a wise device,
but it is not the first and great
commandment.
As to "compulsory arbitration,"
who wants it? It is a contradic
tion in terms. The essence of
arbitration is voluntary consent
to take advice. If its obiter dicta
are amicably accepted, it is excel
lent. If it can compel, it is but
a new court, and we are where
we started. Agreement and" liti
gation are two opposite ways. If
arbitration could be compulsory,
it would be superfluous.
But, and moreover, not only
must corporations give the free
dom they take, not treating equity
as a thing to be settled by an ex
parte dictum ; they must also ad
mit and rectify their errors.
in the last six months by the
child labor commission of New
York. Since May 1,000 cases
of child labor in the tenement
region have been personally in
vestigated by skilled workers.
Public school teachers, factory
inspectors, keepers of boys' lod
ging houses and the children and
parents themselves have furnish
ed the facts.
HE CONVINCED HER.
"Yes," said the young man, as
he threw himself at the feet of
the pretty school teacher, "I love
you and would go to the world's
end for you."
"You could not go to the
world's end for me, George. The
world, or the earth,as it is called,
is round like a ball. Slightly
flattened at the poles. One of
the first lessons in elementary
geography is devoted to the shape
of the globe. You must have
studied it when vou were a boy."
"Of course I did, but -"
"And it is no longer a theory.
Circumstances have established
the fact."
"I know, but what I meant was
that I would do anything to please
you Ah, Angelina, if you but
knew the aching void "
"There is no such thing as a
void, George. Nature abhors a
vacuum. But, admitting that
there could be such a thing how
could the void you speak of be a
void if there was an ache in it ?"
"I meant to say that my life
would be lonely without you :
that you are my daily thought
and nightly dream. I would go
anywhe e to be with you. If
you were darkest Africa or at the
North Pole I would fly to you.
I".. -
"Fly ! It would be ; another
century before man can fly. Even
when the laws of gravitation are
successfully oveecome there still
remains, says a late scientific au
thority, the difficulty of balance
"Well, all at events," exclaimed
ihe youth, "I can get over that !
I've a pretty fair balance in the
bank, and I want you to be my
wife. There!"
"Well, George, since you put
it in that light I will." Chicago
Journal.