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, - i W2 1 TiPl Thi." AkGC s o'er the people's rWntB, Oath au eternal vifiJ keep 'No toothing b trains of Mata'e eone Iriilitb burred evfto 1eer Vol. XV GOLlDSBORO. K. C THURSDA Y, OCTOBER 22. I903. NO 16 iilil JURIES. "OLD-TIME CITIZEN" ENTERS VIGOROUS PROTEST Against the New Fad of Hand shaking in the Temple of Jus tice, and Appeals for the Upholding of the Dig nity of the Law. Editor Argus: There are many new things transpiring in this new era that are not calculated to be of benefit to the peace, dignity and majesty of law. We see in the papers that when a man was recently declared innocent who had taken the life of another, he shook the hand of each of the jurors. We see also in another State, another man shot down on the street and killed and that when the jury paid the defendant the com pliment to say he had done no wrong, that the man whose hands had been stained with human blood should rise up and shake hands with the judge and jury. We are writing to enter a protest against any court or jury shaking the hand of any man whose hands j are damp with the blood of his mur- ! dered feilowinan in the court room ! that has just been ihe scene of such 1 horrible recitals. j II these things are to continue where money and influence are.to paint crime with many strokes of 4 radiance that dispel the awfulness of , the offense, let it go lurther and j hold a public reception, and at this ' banquet shake hands and congratu late in eloquent speech the safe de liverance from a law that was in tended to bear equally upon all. At : this public demonstration let no ' word be spoken by Court, jury, or mortal man that can jar the finer sensibilities of a man who has been outraged by being placed in jail for practicing at a human target. If this is going too far, would it not be well to implore the man who is planning murder in his heart, that when the hour for standing be fore the bar of justice is come, that he refrain from the new idea of i shaking hands with Court and jury, j thereby causing less respect for the '. dignity of our courts, that ought to be uppermost in the mind of every g-od citizen. On 1,119 occasion a man was being tried for murder: the evidence j seemed to convince everybody but : the jury of his guilt they said in- i uoceut. The defendant stepped up i to that able and dignified judge, the ! lamented John Kerr, and proffered his hand. With the refined nature ! that was always observant in this! gr ind "id niMti, he said: "You can- j not shake my hand, for yours aiej pollutdd with, human blood !" About ten years since, in one of o ir eastern counties, a negro by the name of Kinsey was charged with some misdemeanor. The jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. The negro got up and publicly thanked the Court and jury for clearing him and received a sentence of thirty days in jail for contempt of Court. This judge did not want such un seemly conduct witnessed before the Superior Court in this State. If men charged with grave offences I want to shake bauds with anybody j after the jury exouorates them, let ; them be content with shaking the j hands of their lawyer,-, who have, j for a consideration, done 'their best' for them, and then retire from the j temple of justice without acting dis-1 tasteful to people who sit on the out- j side, and sometimes do not agree with the jury. Juries are not always immaculate, but it is likely the best system for trials. It is for the purpose of maintain ing a dignified position by our courts that this article is written, so that this new fad of shaking hands will end. OLD TIME CITIZEN. Gfoidaboro, N. C, Oct. 20th, 1903. CLEVELAND'S ' SPEECH. There is no man in the world to day whose speeches are looked for or listened to with greater or more general interest than are those of G rover Cleveland. For coupled with the gift of eloquence he has the rare gift of silence. And as the one molds and gives direction to his thoughts, so the other is the watch guard upon them and tells him what not to say. ! Perhaps the curhwity as to whether ! he is going to talk politics or not as f sures him a part of his attention, but j the major portion of his audience is always attracted by the certainty that no matter what his subject may be Cleveland will have some mes sage well worth the listening to. His position in the wbrld to-day is uni que. His expenience, his position and his personality give a weight to his utterances and an importance, even when he speaks on general top ics, which even the official manifes toes of presidents and premiers are often lacking in. And he should be a happy statesman, though a retired one, who has won to the altitude where he maydeal in glittering gen eralities or not just as the fancy strikes him. Cleveland spoke in Chicago last week on the topic of "Good Citizen ship." It was a vivid and charac teristic setting forth of the truth that it is not only the privilege, but the duty of every citizen to become a politician. He said: "It is time that there should be an end of self-t-atisfied gratification, or pretense of virtue, in the phrase 'I am not a politician,' and it is time to forbid the prostitution of the word to a sinister use. Every citizen should be politician enough to bring himself within the true meaning of the term, as one who concerns him self with -the regulation or govern ment of a nation or State for the preservation of its safety, peace and prosperity.' This is politics in its best sense, and this is good citizen ship." There is nothing new in the thought. But it is one which can not be too often enunciated. The safety of the nation a some what shopworn phrase, but a good one lies in keeping politics from falling to the level of a struggle be tween crafty and cynical spoilsmen for the oppartunity of looting the people. The men in every plane of life must become politicians; practi cal politicians in the highest sense of the word. It is only by grappling with the grafters in actual hand-to-hand conflict that victories may be won for civic purity. Theories fired from the batteries of political eco nomists at long distance may ap pear like bomb-shells to those who throw them, but they explode with the harinlessness of puff-balls. It is the element of personal sel fishness that keeps many good men out of politics. It is much easier to stand by and say that all is wrong than it is to pull off one's coat and help to make it right. It is also the element of personal selfishness that makes for something of laxity in the moral fibre of many a man who entered politics with the highest mo tives and aspirations'. Politics will be absolutely pure when human nature changes. Never theless, it can l e made much clean er; and that only in the way which G rover Cleveland outlines. It is a good idea to keep agitated, and C eveland makes it the keynote of his speech. When we use the term "agitated" in connection with Mr. ; Cleveland, it is to be understood that we consider him an "agitator" as wo consider him a "politician" in the highest and best sense. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 15. George Duncan, a lawyer of New York City, was accidentally shot and killed near Russellsville, Ky., to-day while out hunting. He is a nephew of George B. Edwards, president of the Deposit ' Bank. HEROIC YOUNG OPERATOR. Threatened With Death Bv Masked Bandits, fie Telegraphs Train Not to Stop and Saves It From Being Held Up. Butte, Montana, Oct. 17. Two masked mounted men to-day rode up to the little station at Welch's Spur, 20 miles east of this city, on the Northern Pacific, and covering the operator with their revolvers, drove him inside his office and lock ing him in, they turned the signal light so as to stop the North Coast Limited, which was due in half an hour. The perator, F. K. Law, a boy of 20, threatened with death if he moved, crawled on his hands and knees to the telegraph key and reached from under the table, wired the operator at Homestake to tell the engineer of the .North Coast not to stop, as the bandits meant to hold up the train at Welch's spur. The train went through the latter place at the rate of 50 miles an hour and the bandits then rode off. A posse took the trail of the men at daylight. A COLD RECEPTION. John Alexander Dowie, in the very inception of his assault upon I Greater New York, met with a backset. This is but a foretaste of the bitter contest that is before the "Restorer" in his efforts to reclaim Manhattan from its state of degener acy. ; The Zion leader had hardly land ed at the railroad station before some irreverent Manhattanite, unimbued with restoration principles, filched a diamond and pearl brooch from Mrs. John Alexander. This was hardly the reception the great prophet could have anticipated. His visit to New York was planned for the purpose of scattering gems of truth and not diamonds and pearls. He roust feel very keenly this lack of appreciation of the object of his visit. The interesting question arises if the Zionites are robbed as soon as they arrive at the railway station, what will happen to them when they go through Wall street. Verily, it appears that Elijah Dowie has tackled a different proposition from that which confronted him in Chi cago. He will be fortunate if he escapes from New York- with his j flowing robes and his hirsute adorn ment. MILLIONAIRE MISSING. Bristol, Tenn., Oct. 17. A special to The Herald from Big Stone Gap, Va., says: "Though every foot of the country between here and Nor ton has been scoured by searching parties, every cave in the mountains explortd, there has been no tidings received from Mr. Edward Leisen ring Wentz, the young millionaire who disappeared Wednesday after noon from the mountains near Apa lachia, through which he was riding, en route to the home of Mr. Charlie Wax, his employe. Practically all of the miners in Wise county are to night searching the woods and some have even gone into the Stale of Kentucky. Mr. D. B. Wentz, brother of the missing man, was with a posse ail day and only relumed late to night. "Mrs. Wentz said to-day that none of the. family believed that Mr. "Ted" Wentz had been murdered, but were of the opinion that he was being held for ransom by some of mountaineers. "The report that Mr. Wentz is at his f ether's, home in Philadelphia is hooted at by, relatives here. . "A reward of $5,000 has been of fered for the recovery of his body, dead or alive." A wise man adapts himself to cir cumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. gossip of hie mm. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM DIVERS SOURCES. The Latest Telegraphic News of the Day Boiled Down to a Focus For Busy Readers. Teddy looks for a gamey winter. Doesn't he want nothing else? Perhaps if Attorney-General Knox could find a trust his size he would proceed to bust it. Winchester, Ky., Oct. 19. Ex Governor Peter Turner died here to day after an illness of considerable duration. The New Yorker, a newspaper, says Dowie is the most magnificent grasper in the world, and all New Yorkers certainly know a grasper when they see one in the middle of the road. . St. Loui, Oct. 19. The lifeless body of a man who registered as J. Y. Myers, New York, at the Port land, was found in his room to-day. He was about 40 years old, fashion ably dres ed, and carried letters. Charleston, S. C, O t. 19 The French cruiser Froude came into port this morning on the way to Now Orleans from Boston. The us ual courtesies were exchanged be tween the harbor fleet and the ship. Chattanooga, Tenn., "Oct. 15. Doc Barr a brakeman on the Virginia & Southwestern Railway, was literally ground toyieces in the yards of the company at Bristol last night. He was applying a brake when the staff snapped, throwing him under the wheels below. He resided in New port News, Va. Baltimore, Oct. 19. Baltimore ex perienced the shock to-day of , the suspension of two financial institu tions the Maryland Trust Company and the Union Trust Company. The Maryland Trust Company was the first to announce its suspension. This was followed a few hours later by the closing of the doors of the Union Trust Company. Richmond, Oct. 19. A head-on collision occurred on the Southern Railway between Keysvilleand Me herrin, Va,, about 6:15 o'clock this morning. Four trainmen were in stantly killed and five injurec'. Near ly all the dead and injured were from Rii-hmond. Each train was crowded with passengers, who suf fered from the shock The dead are: N. E. Williams, postal clerk; L. S. Dillon, flagman; Daniel Pineham, fireman; E. II. Atwell, engineer. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 19. By the breaking of the ropes carrying five bairns to their positions, letting tons of iron fall upon the movable crane at the Pittsburg end of the new Wab ash bridge being built by the Amer ican Bridge Company over the Mon ongahela River, almost a dozen workmen were hurled to death by a fall of more than 100 feet, striking the water and two barges beneath. Ten of the dead have been recover ed. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 19. Dr. John S. Wentz, father of E. L. Wentz, general manager of the Vir ginia Coal and Iron Company, who has 'mysteriously, disappeared, ac companied by his wife and youngest son, has gone to Virginia to aid in the search for the missing man. A statement, issued by Dr. Wentz's at torney, announces that E. L. Wentz was la-t seen in Kelly view, four miles from Appalachia, on a public road leading to Wise, the county seat of .Wise county, Va. He left his home at Big Stone Gap to visit one of his men and although a small army of men, assisted by dogs are scouring the woods and mountains, no trace has .been found of the miss ing man Richmond, Va., Oct. 15 An adopted foundling to which a promi nent couple here have become at tached shows negro blood as it grows older. They will keep the chi d. New York, Oct. 15. -Announcement was made t -day that the mar riage of United States Senator Thos. C. Piatt and Mrs. Lillian T. Jane way took place at the Holland House last Sunday. The senator said to-day hat he chose a private ceremony to avoid the crush and annoyance of a public wedding. Senator and Mrs. Piatt will leave the city this evening for a short trip. Helena, Mont., Oct. 15.- Six sticks of dynamite were found on the f Northern Pacific track near Byrds- eye, eight mues wc.-t of Helena to day. An extra freight, eastbound, passed over the powder during the night without exploding it. The dynamite was discovered by- section men. It had been placed under the rail, the fish plates of which had been removed. New York, Oct. 17. It was stated on the highest authority to-day that in consequence of the refusal of the Rock Island syndicate to take over the Seaboard Air Line, at this time, B. F. Yoakum, president of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, will take upon him-elt the personal direc tion of Seaboard affairs, and such a step will i..-rssitate his retirement from the 'Frisco presidency'. Trenton, N. J., Oct. 17. Fifteen persons were killed and about 40 more ii jured in a collision which oc curred to-day on the Belvidere divis ion of the Pennsylvania Railroad, j near Washington's crossing. The ; persons killed and injured were la borers who vkere at work on a train and on their way to work at Wash- i ington's crossing, to repair washouts along the road. j I Chicago, Oct. 15. After having been mourned as dead since early in September, Guy Jones, 11 years old, 1 has turned up alive and well. In a j grave at Graceland Cemeterv is the s body of a boy, which was buried as that of the missing lad. Taking of fence at a scolding by his father, the boy left home, a search by the po lice revealed a body resembling his floating in the river. The features were distorted but the parents be lieved they had identified their son and buried the corpse as his. A NARROW ESCAPE. D. J. N. Johnson, Narrowly Escapes Being Asphyxiated. Daily Argus, Oct. 16. Dr. J. N. Johnson, a popular young dentist of this city, had a nar row escape from asphyxiation last night. He was alone in his office trying to regulate a new gas machine which he uses for the painless extrac tion of teeth. lie placed the head gear apparatus on his head and over his nose and turned on the gas. He soon began to feel dizzy and his first thought was to turn off the gas, which he did immediately. He had in haled too much and when he tried to straighten himself up he fell for ward and struck his head against the plate glass window. In falling he broke the window and received sev eral slight cuts on his head and face. He remained unconscious for a very short time. He is at his office to-day and except for the few slight cuts on his face and head he is none the worse off for the harrowing experience which he went through with. . BREAKS RECORD. Wichita, Kas., Oct.. 19. Cresceus ? broke the world's trotting record for a mile this afternoon, going the dis tance in 1:59J, beating the previous record held by Lou Dillon and Maj. Del mar by a quarter of a second.-- Itch on human curd in 30 minu tea by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion This never fails. Bold by ftL E. Robinson & JJros.. 4m grists. THEOLD RELIABLE. 111 JlflpL Absolutely Pure THERE IS PIS SlfgSFjnTE SERIOUSLY HURT. Capt. Ross Williams, Conductor on the A. & N. C. R. R., Came Near Losing His Life Monday Morniug at Fields' Station. The many friends of Capt. Ross Williams, one of the popular con ductors on the A. & N. C. R. R., will regret to learn ihat he was pain fully injured on his freight train Monday morning,thatleft here going east, at Fields'. It seems that the train parted just before stopping at Fields, and when the engine with its parted section of cars stopped at the station, the rear section ran up and collided with the standing sec tiou just as Capt. Williams was com ing out of his caboose, neither he nor the engineer knowing that the train had parted. He was thrown violently from the platform, and narrowly escaped falling under the wheels. He received a painful cut on the head, a broken rib and some spinal injuries. He was brought to his home in this city, and at pres ent is resting easy, aud it is hoped that he is not permanently injured. SCORES JUD-'gE NEA L. A Newspaper View of the Collins Trial Jury Incident In This County. Wilmington Messenger. The Raleigh Times says something very pointed about the jury incident of the Collins trial at the recent term of the superior court. The incident was the suggestive manner In which Judge Neal so unceremoniously dis charged the jury which had returned a verdict of not guilty, which verdict was evidently not iu accordance with his own wishes, and The Times com ments as foilows: "We can see how a jude may, with propriety, and in the interest of justice, set aside a verdict where ex cessive damages or something of that sort is involved, but for a judge to digra'e and humiliate twelve men, who failed to find the facts ki accord ance with his ideas, is rather a rank proceeding, even for a ju.ige. It looks like this is notice to the public that the jury system, for which this country has had such . great respect, has failed, at least, in the estima tion of Judge Neal. It's to be hoped these were unusually sorry men not up to the average North Caro lina jury for when the evidence is all in, and when the lawyers have had their say and the judge has made his charge, the deliverance of the jury, whether it be to convict or set free, ought to be accepted, and the judge of ail men ought to pro tect, rather than discredit them, be fore the public." Relief ia Six Hours. Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease relieved in F.ix hours by "New Great South A merican Kidney Cure " It is a great surprise on ac count of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female. Be lieves retention of water almost im mediately. If you want Quick relief and cure this is the resfcedy, Sold by M. E. Eobinapn & B& fcuggiats, Goldsboro, IT-
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