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I THURSDAY June 9, 1901. a." A. LONDON. Editor. The "contempt cases" have all been dismissed and peace prevails in judicial circles, both State and Federal. In all these cases the "prisoners" hare won a decisive Yictory, and certain of the judicia ry are "exhausted." After Judge Purnell, "of the Fed eral Jcpurt, had sentenced Editor Daniels to pay ft fine of $2,000 and had illegally refused an appeal, a writ p. habeas corpus was issued by Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, it being his first official act after qualifying as U. S. Circuit Judge. He came to Kaleigh and on last Friday, - after a brief hearing, promptly released Mr. Daniels, saying that he had done nothing to warrant his arrest. This sum mary reversing Purnell's arbitra- and unlawful usurpation of power must have beer very hu- iniliating to him. On the same day Judges Con nor, Walker and Douglas, of our Supreme Court, after a brief hear ing released the prisoners whom Judge Peebles had attached for contempt. These judges very prop erly decided that the affidavits filed by Messrs. Kerr, Carroll and Southerland did not render them liable for-contempt, and even if it did thejT could not be summarily punished without a hearing. It is surprising that any fair-minded man, and especially a judge, could have thought otherwise. It is not only forbidden by our organic law, but it is repugnant to every idea of common justice and fair-play that a man can be summarily im prisoned without any hearing or being confronted by his accusers. "We venture the prediction that no such arbitrary and despotic act will again be attempted by any judge in this State. Too much praise cannot be giv en Editor Daniels and the Lum berton lawyers for their success ful resistance to such . unlawful and despotic usurpation of judicial power. They have won a victory in which all liberty loving men are deeply interested, and the ben eficent results of which will in ure to the better protection of the inalienable rights of every citizen. It is therefore very natural, as em inently proper, that all good citi zens rejoice at their release and sympathized with them in their resistance to judicial tyranny. Mr. Daniels could easily have paid his fine, for thousands of dollars were gladly offered him, but he firmly declined all such offers, and de termined to vindicate the freedom of the press, even if he must go to jail. It has been suggested that by these high-handed acts of Judges Purnell and Peebles the people have diminished their respect avid confidence in our judiciary. We think this is a nrstake. While many persons may lose their re spect for these two judges, yet the respect for the judiciary in general has been increased by the prompt and most proper action of Judges Pritchard, Connor, Walker and Douglas. While particular judges may occasionally become obnoxious and try to be petty ty rants, yet our judiciary as a whole is the surest bulwark of our liber ties, and is ever ready to protect the rights of the humblest. J udge Purnell deserves all the censure that has been bestowed on him. He was guilty of two most arbitrary and despstic acts. He not only sentenced a man who had been guilty of no unlawful act, but he tyrannically refused even to hear any argument or any author ities cited to convince him that Mr. Daniels was entitled to an ap peal. Like a cowardly and vin dictive tyrant he gloated at the opportunity (as he thought; of punishing an editor who had cour ageously exposed his disgraceful acta. He well knew that no im partial judge- would sustain him, and of course he was unwilling to have his sentence appealed from! CHIEF -Justice. Fuller, of. the Upited States Supreme Court, has reversed Purnell and restored the A. & N. C. railroad to the keeping oi its owners. Again has "Con spirator MeUee been ousted and defeated. The'idea of Purnell ap pointing McBee a3 receiver ot custodiatfof a property, after be ing indicted for conspiracy to wreck it! It is like placing a lamb in the care of the wolf. While Bir. Daniels was m cus tody of Marshal Dockery (who discharged his unpleasant duty like a gentleman should) they oc cupied room No. 28 at the Yaibor? ough Hotel, instead of a cell in the iail as Purnell wished. While there distinguished State officials i a rnvoI.nnr nrl TlnVf (mcluding the Goveinor and Chief Justice) and hundreds ot promi- nent men called on Mr. Daniels and expressed their hearty .sym- . . . t pathy with him The room be- came the most popular place in Raleigh and was called "cell No. 28 on criminal row," for by a strange coincidence Judge Pee bles' prisoners occupied the ad- joining loom. We suggest to the proprietor 6f the hotel that he reserve "cell No. 28" for special occasions (as itlias become so historical) and charge an extra price for its occu pancy. Or he might charge an admission fee for visitors desir ous of seeing it! The 109th annual commence- ment exercises at the University done even before the nominating of North Carolina were held last convention of July 6. Mr. Cow week, and were much enjoyed" by herd will go to St. Louis in two n T, ii. ,1 ,1 rri, or three weeks to get ready for all who attended. There weie , . , . T1 mit fifty-seven graduates. The speeches of the students were unusually good, and very annrnnri-itelv were on practical appropnately weie on practical .uuja.ia txou. - terest. xnere were reunions "V two classes, the class that grad- uatedinl879 and the class that srraduated in 1899 alumnus present W .Uroadnax, ot ltocKingnam ( county,, who graduated in 1841. was conferred on Gov Aycock and was coniei eaon uov. Aycockaua i-ror. varies xj. xucxver. Thomas Ruffin resigned as asso- ciate professor of law- and Mr. Lucius P. McGee his place. was elected in; The successful resistance of Elitor Daniels and the Lumber ton lawyers to judicial tyranny proves that which we have always believed, and that is, that the Press and the Bar the editors and the Uwvpvs-are the truest and most and most faithful champions of the liberties of our people, which will ever be safe in their keeping. We are pleased to note that our good friend, Robert M. Philips, has become editor-in-chief of the Morning Post, to succeed the la mented Furman. The readers of The Post are to be congratu lated. The gubernatorial contest be tween Glenn and Stedman is quite close and interesting. The friends of each are confidently predicting the nomination of their favorite. Davidson aud Turner are far be hind. Ate 37 Bananas. Raleigh Times. Mr. Marshall Howell, of Prince ton, an attendant upon the Feder al court last week, is the champion banana eater in the State. Devouring 37 bananas and drink ing a "-lass of lemonade within 30 minutes was the record Mr. How ell made yesterday as he stood in the grocery store of Mr. C. L. McCullers, corner of Martin and Dawson streets. Mr. Howell, who is of rather small stature, profess ed a fondness for bananas and bargained with Mr. McCullers for a few of the fruit for lunch. Then he proceeded to strip the bunch and not until 37 had slipped down his throat was his appetite ap peased. He left Raleigh yester day promising to wire back today if he is alive. Against The Blue Jay. Greensburg, Ind., June 3. A jury ot twelve men in Squire Creath s court has decided that the blue jay is a bird of prey and that Clyde Stagg was not aniltv of a violation of the statutes nro- tecting song birds. Several weeks ago Stagg shot a blue jay and an affidavit was made out ao-ainst him by Deputy Game Warden Guilfer. The defendant demanded a trial by jury. " . For over five hours the jury was instructed concerning the obser vations of noted ornitholoo-ists on the habits of the blue jay, and several local students of bird life gave the-results of their study. After being out only -ten minutes the jury decided that the blue jay is a bird of prey and found that Stagg was not guilty. Tornado In Oklahoma. Lawton," Oklahoma, June 3. A tornado demolished part of the town ot Walters, near here. One man was killed and twelve iuiur- lcu- - imaged crops about here many thousand dollars and, heavy, rains in this part of Kiowa and Comanche Na tions turned all streams into tor rents and valleys are inundated. Ar t i this summer, is Claude Ivitchm s was Major John , ei, n. t -i Washington Letter. From our Regular Correspondent. J Washington, June 3, 1904. The air resounds with the first mutterings of .the', November storm, and until the chief person- age of the campaign betakes him- self to Oyster Bav Washington ' it j! i 1 i "I win De tne centre oiipomicai in- terest. He will go somewhat ear- & .g thorougL; j of tryiug. to bring harmo- ny out of discord and he'does not enjoy life so well since he volun- tarily put a restraint upon Ins own speech-making. To let day after day and week after week pass without irrigating the arid country with the fountains of his speech is very trying to him, the President suffers keenly in behalf f c ai is on andhe remem- , . f cv;na. ava wnrfia too much Zacharias was condemn- ed to forty weeks silence, The Democratic National Com- mittee under Senator Jones arid Representative Cowherd, is now completely organized in its head quarters at the liiggs House, where it occupies seven fine rooms on the first floor up. Your cor respondent ascertained this morn- ,-nr, th!li 0Tiai(lfirable work will be tee is now makin selections of and from the Democratic speeches of the winter of which it intends to circulate millions. Meantime ,., , , , . Miller, is irrigating the parched places with invigorating streams of eloquence. One of the most startling documents to go into tial Candidate," in which he quotes Col. Roosevelt as arguing sity of ch law, and of saying of 4thouh whpn drunk on viniauous whiskey thev cufc maci antics, they are 'much better fellows and pleasanter fel- lows than the small farmers or. agricultural laborers, nor are me-1 chanics and workmen of the great eitv to be mentioned in the same breath." Mr. Cortelvou has tackled the business of managing the Repub lican campaign aud the President "ives him full support. It is said that a fortnight ago Senator Quay ! from his sickbed sent to the Pres-1 Udeut a kindly remonstrance ; against call in in Mr. Cortelyou ; as campaign manager. He stated that his warning was based not merely on the youth aud iuexpe- rieuce of the new incumbent, but on the fact that this was to be the "most important, difficult, and trying campaign for many years," and that its direction required the; services of the most sagacious and discreet politician. Augustus C. Buell is dead the last of the brilliant trio who from 1870 to 1885 made the "Washing ton Capital" one of the best American weeklies his associates being Doun Piatt and George Rutler. They were Bohemian bon vivauts, and Butler aud Piatt have been dead for years. Wash ington is full of reminiscences and anecdotes of their wild capers, es pecially of Butler, the most irreg ular of the three. One day after haviug borrowed all that his friends would leud him and spent it in the usual way, and having pawned his clothes until he look ed like a tramp, he tiptoed into Chamberlain's and struck him for "a quarter." The prince of gour ments replied ''No, not a quarter, nor a drink, nor a cent. Ueorge, you are a miserable loafer, get out of here. Butler side-stepped to open the door, grabbed a beauti ful ormolu clock from the mantel aud made off with it down the street on a fulf run, shouting be hind him "All right, John: Time is money." - Perhaps the gentle reader will not be glad to know that your cor respondent was slightly mixed up in this mess. In 1868 1 was a repor ter on the New York Tribune. Amos Cummings was city editor and John Russell Young man aging editor. One Saturday I was greatly surprised by Young's inviting me to dine with him next day at his hotel. While at dinner he offered me the position of night editor, and I eagerly accepted the promotion. . Next day I found a stranger sitting at the night edi tor's desk. When Young came in he said to him, "Young man, I shall have to have this desk, I guess." ' "How's this, Mr. Gree ley," said the managing editor, looking through the open door at the big editor sprawling on his desk in a cockedup chair. Mr. Greeley came in and said, "Mr. Young, this is Mr. Butler, neph ew ot the General. -The General was in here last night and I agreed to try him. jrive lur. some other place." I was angry and disgusted and left the paper' that lay. Butler shortly followed suit, for The Tribune came out one morning in .an alarming condition and when Young searched for the cause, he-found :a great handful of the tissue paper news of the As sociated Press crumpled up and lying under an empty bottle in the waste basket. m -. 1 c n. i xne lawyers oi mis city are very angrv at the President be cause he has appointed a Justi of the District Supreme - Court ... . . 1 I " ' wit nou t taking mm irom amoho- them. The oldest car-loads through the country Cut To Pieces and Buried. Pee Dee Advocate." A horrible tragedy was brought to light' Sunday afternoon by the discoTery of - pieces of the- dead body of Mary Hightower in the bay a mile south of Tatum. Nearly two hundred negroes had hAn PAnwnlnn nil dfllT TrtT . t hO oc.aiV, ;1 TJ "5 corpse m all the woods and. nu- merous bays in that section. They were about to despair when a man tked into a pile of shavings, where shingles had been made, uucuvereu sums wuuuv tn?J- mg- ne commeueeu . iou around and a few steps away his foot sank m a soft place. He dug down and found the upper part of the body of a woman, cut off at the waist, and the arms off at the shoulder ioints. The throat t had been cut and the neck unjomted, but the head had not been severed from the body." A crowd quickly assembled and they began to search for the rest of the bodv. About sixty yards away another spft spot was found and another portion of the corpse was exhumed. This time it was the part from the waist down t o the knees. The lower limbs had been taken off at the knee joints. .c urt-her search tailed to hnd the arms and .legs. ? They had been disjointed and cut off as well as if it had been done by a surgeon. The coroner and sheriff were notified and went out and held an inquest over the- portions of the remains that had been recovered. Thef.wa identified as that of Mary Hightower, reputed wife of Tom Hisrhtower. who had been living auoiu a mi e and a half from where the body was found. Hightower and his wife had been heard quarreling and fight ing and were afterwards seen go ing together toward Tatum. In an hour or so Hightower was seen returning home alone. He told some one that his wife had gone to visit her aunt near McColl. He afterwards left home, saying that people were accusing him of kill- ins Mary and that he was to bring her back. This aroused suspicion and searching parties were formed with the above re sult. Hightower has not been ar rested. The parties were colored. Wreck on Crossing. Special to The Morning P09t, Sauford, N. C, June 3. Today at 5:30 a. m., as No. '31, S. A. L. southbound mail was pulling out from San ford a bad wreck occurr- ed at the junction of the Seaboard Air Line and 'the Atlantic Coast Line. It seems that the conduc- 'tor of the Seaboard Air Line ! train thought he had the right of j way. The engineer had blown the j starting sigual and the train was moving, out, haviug gone ahead j about one hundred feet and the en ri tie was just on the crossing ot the two roads-, when the Atlantic Coast Line local freight, which was shifting near by, preparatory to leaving at 5:55 a. m., was sig nalled back, ramming the caboose of the long height into the left side of the Seaboard Air Line en gine," wreckiug the cab and break ing a large part of the running gear on that side. The Seaboard Air Line fireman jumped out oi his cab, but the engineer stuck to his post, escaping unhurt. No one was hurt on the passen ger train, aud the only damage done to the freight was to the rear of the caboose, which was smashed into splinters. No one can explain whose error it was that led to the wreck. The Sei; board Air Line mail w?ts still here at 9 a. rn., but was preparing to go south palled by an extra en rine sent from Raleigh. A Terrible Explosion. Victoc, Colo., June 0. Three hundred pounds of dynamite, placed in a mine by unknown ae- sassius under tne tiepot oi t e Florence and Cripple Creek rail way station,- exploded at 2 o'clock this morning, while twenty-five non-union miners employed at the Finlay Mine, located on Bull Hil1, weie standing upon the platfornr. Fifteen were instantly killed and eighteen"1 others were fatal!' in jured. The mine' Was discharged by electricity and the- man who discharged it was concealed in a shaft in a house of the Delmonico mine. The deadly wire had been traced to this building aud a piece of chair leg was used with which to pull the wire. As soon as tie news was received here a compa ny of militia was ordered out and a special train sent from Cripple Creek with doctors, nurses and police officers. The scene about the depot was horrible in the ex treme. Black Snakes. Kutherfordion Sun, A certain young man in this community started to Henrietta with a load of wood a few days ago and on his way met up with an army of black snakes. Fear ing that he might be overpowered he leaped from the wagon and made, down the road as though he were a jack-rabbit, the snakes fol lowing him for some distance. The snaices nnally gave up the .chase and scattered into the woods. Af ter taking sufficient rest, he re turned to the wagon, and after peering through the load of wood to see that there were - no more snakes wanting to ride, he drove on unmolested. The young man did not learn whether or not the snakes had started to Henrietta, for he didn't stay long enough to find out. Just Let U Carry Your Wool to' BYNDM And get the Hard to Please. From The GreeDsboro Eecord. "In your issue of the 30th, I see that D. A. Kirkpatrick is kicking about the turkey eggs he bought of me, hatching out ducks. This man is always kicking about some thing. He don't know a good thingr when he sees it. I have spent large sums of money and a great deal of time in the last few years breeding just such a fowl as Mr. Kirkpatrick describes. It is a cross between a Pekia duck and a white Holland turkey, and it makes a most excellent bird, far superior to either fr r lab'e ue and much hardier and easier to raise. Turkeys, as you know, can not stand dampness and wet. The cross with the duck obliterates all this and makes it a fowl much ea sier to raise than the turkey, and when matured ismuch larger than the duck. In further proof of my statement that Kirkpatrick is hard to please, I will state that last season I sold him a stand of bees that were crossed with lightning bug or fire-fly, giving them the advantage of seeing how to work all night. He was not pleased with these. Now judge for your self whether Kirkpatrick is hard to please or not. "Siucerely vours, "T. M. AlUiASMIlH." A Fatal Explosion. Peoria, 111., June 4. An explo sion which occurred in the eleven story warehouse of the Corning distillery, the second largest in world, this afternoon completely wrecked the building. The ruins immediately took fire and com municated to three adjoining buildings, burning them to the ground. Ten men were buried beneath the ruins aud burned to death, and six others were serious ly injured. The loss on buildings and whis key and spirits stored will ap proximate 1,000;000. The' fire spread to the stock yards district, where a llozen large cattle barns, tilled with cattle for market burn ed. The man who insures his life is wise for his family. The man who insures his health is wise both for his family and himself. You may Insure heslth by guard ing it. It is worth guarding. At the first attack of disease, which generally approaches through the " LIVER and mani - fests itself in innumerable ways n A r mm s And save your hoalth. "domestic' - Better Than Ever. "ThsStar Thai LsaasTheiii All" The sewing machine fprthe home; to be used by the mother, wife, daughter, seamstress. That's our s pecialty. Either Chain or Lock Stitch. Write for cire-ulars and prices.. - Domestic Sewing Made Co., V NEWARK, N. J. Kindly mention this paper. Receiver's Notice. In pursuauce of an order of the Buperlor court of Chatham county, rendered , at the May term 1904, all creditors of the Egypt Hallway Compa ny and the Kaleigh & Western B&llway Company are hereby notlfed to present their claims and make proof to m aa receiver on or before the 15ih day of July, 1904, or they will be barred from participating In the distribution of the assets of the said corporations, May 11, 1901. W. J. TALLY," Receiver. Curouock, N. o. s Tell you ft Highest Market 16 to 1 Selling Sixteen Buggies Dealers Sell op HEADER My stock is going fast, so if you wish one of the finest Buggies or Harness at cost come in and take your choice. Tyson & Jones Cort land, N. Y., Brockway, N. Y., Watertown, N. Y., Corbett, Any Biurirv or any Harness at Cost. Not one Buggy, One Set Harness, but Six CarLoads At Cost! $15 to $25 saved on Carriage. $5 to $10 saved on Buggy, $3 to saved on Set Harness. a Collar 'Pads 10 cents, & jff Cow Chains 40 cents. Felt Collar Pads with four hooks on for 25 cents. "500" Bridle Bits for 5 cents each for choice. Hames, Traces, Single Trees, Back-bands Plows and Plow Points at cost, 2500 Mower Sections at 3c each , rivci ncc. ; : : ; : : ; ; : . ! I wish to close this stock out soon; these will not always be here at cost, and you will have to pay for the Buggies and Harness when my stock is all gone. 0 1 You May Never Have Another Such Chance J to get pick of my stock. Some dealers may tell you I am not selling hi. vi. m jv mitt ." vim mcci Buggies and Harness. You pay your N. S Cardwe WORLD'S FAIR RATES VIA Seaboard Air Line Railway To St. Louis, Mo., and Return. On account of the World's Fair.St. Louis, Mo.,the Seaboard Air Line Railway, in connection with the C. & O. Route via Richmond and the; N. C. & St. L. Route, via Atlanta, will sell round trip tickets to St, Louis, Mo., at greatly reduced rates from all stations. Rates from principal points as follows. Season 60-Day 15-Day Tickets Tickets Ticket Charlotte via Atlanta $36.10 $30.10 $24.65 Durham via Richmond -. 34.10 28.40 23.30 Durham via Atlanta 38.75 32.30 26.30 Henderson via Richmond 34.10 28.40 53.30 Henderson via Atlanta.. 38.75 32.30 26.30 Maxton via Atlanta 38.65 32.25 26.25 Raleig-h via Richmond 35.60 29,90 24.8Q Raleigh via Atlanta 38.75 32 30 26.3Q Hamlet via Richmond 87.60 31.90 26.25 Hamlet via Atlanta 37.60 31.90 26 25 Wilmington via Richmond 38.65 32.25 25.25 Wilmington via Atlanta . . 38.65 32.25 26.25 LIMIT OF TICKETS SEASON TICKETS. Good to leave St. Louis up to December 15, 1904, wil be sold daily ommencing April 25th. SIXTY DAY TICKETS. Good to leave St. Louis up to and including 60 days from date of sale. Will be sold daily commencing April 25th. FIFTEEN DAY TICKETS. Good to return up to and including 1 5 days from date of sale, com mencing April 25th, and continuing during Exposition. COACH EXCURSION TICKETS. On May 9th and 23rd, 10-day coach excursion tickets will be sold at ery low rates from Raleigh $18.50 via Richmond and $20.80 via At lanta. Tickets not good in Parlor Sleeping Cars. Tickets good to leave St. Louis including ten days from date of sale. MILITARY COMPANIES. Special low rates for Military Companies and Bands. Quickest schedule, direct routes, first-class coaches and Pullman Sleeping and Dining Service. For further information, call on or address us. Same will be cheer fully furnished. Z. P. SMITH, T. P. A., : " C. H. GATTIS, C. P. and T. A., Raleigh, N. C, Raleigh, N. C. Important Mill Sale. By virtue of an order ot the Superior Court of Chath im County, the undersigned, aa Receiver ot the Bynum Milling & Mercantile Company will sell at public auction on the premises at 1:30 o'clock p. m., " 31 ON TUESDAY, THE 28th DAY OF JUNE, 1904, all that valuable n ill property at Bynum, ou Haw river in the county ot Chatham, con talnlng about eight acres and known an the "By num Mill Property," described as follows. Beginning at Bynuxi's old corner near Bynum bridge, running thence north C8 east 9 ptJes to a sycamore, thence north 3 east 6 poles to a post oak. thence north 68 east 12 poles to a small cedar, thence north 33 west llXf poles to a white oak on the Chapel Hill road, thence north 38 east 11 poles to the middle of the spring, thence down the spring braucb to the race, thence up the race to the dam, thence down the river to the beginning. " On this lot are a valuable roller and grist mill, cotton gin, store-house, workshop, blacksmith shop, etc., and all water rights and privileges thereto belonging, lying on Haw river. This property will be sold as a whole or in sep arate lot as the purchasers may desire. Terms of sale, one-third cash.one third in three months one-third In six months with interest on deferred payments from date of sale. Title reserved unti. purcnaae-money is paid. This sale subject to comlrmatlon by the court. May 18th, 1904. W. L. LONDON, H. A. London. - Becelver. R. H. Hayes. Attorneys. Something: Price for it SALE! and Harness Where Other me pucci x am maicing on rine money and take your choice. H The Farmer's BURUN&TONr N. C. Illinois Central RAILROAD. Direct Route to the , ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION TWO TRAINS DAILY - FROM Geonia, Florida mi Tennessee : ROUTE OF THE FAMOUS Arriving at St. Louis in the - Morning. Season tickets with limits Dec. 15 th, sixty days, 15 days and 10 days. Low rate coach excursions in June. For rates from your city, also for book showing Hotels, Boarding Houses quoting tbeir rates, write to FRED D. MILLER, Trav. Pass- Agent, No, l Brown Bldg, Atlanta, Ga, 111
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