THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1907.
EL A. LONDON, Editor,
? Es-Goy. Daniel Ii. Russell has
published a roasting arraignment
of Judge Thomas R. Purnell, the
judge of the Uaited States'Court
for "the Eastern District of North
Carolina. It is about the severest
denunciation of any judge in this
State .that we have ever heard of,
and greatereniphasis and impor
tance is given to it because of the
prominence of Gov. Russell. He
urges the impeachment and re
rf Pnrnell because of "of
ficial misconduct and delinquen
cies and incapacity."
Gov. Russell sets forth in detail
specific charges of official mis
conduct against Judge Purnell,
and exposes most fully the utter
unfitness of Parnell to bi a judge.
While all unprejudiced and intel
ligent lawyers, who have practis
ed in Purnell's court, have known
for some years that he is unfit to
be a judge, yet this denunciation
of him by so prominent a Republi
can as Gov! Russell has created
somewhat of a sensation.
One reason why the Republican
party is not more respectable in
this State is because of tue ap
pointment of such unfit officers as
Purnell to such high and respon
sible offices. Of course everybody
knows that Purnell was appointed
a Federal judge merely because
he was a Republican, and such
appoiatments are enough to bring
any party into disrepute.
There is quite a war of words
between Marion Butler, who wish
es to to be considered the Boss of
the Republican party in this State,
and Spencer Adams, who is the
chairman of the Republican State
executive committee.
In a published statement Adams
charges Butler with falsehood,
saying that Butler's statements
"areutterly untrue, u,uuiuo,u
as dead as a door nail in the Old
North State and cannot by this
means galvanize his political
corpse into life again." He adds
further that "any man, measure
or party will suffer by any alliance
or connection with him." The
truth of this has been fully proved
by Butler's career in recent years.
Butler comes back at Adams in
a published statement, in which
he denounces him very severely.
He says that when Adams was
elected State chairman he "was
too small for the job and uufitted
for it." He also says that Adams is
one of those 'who put patronage
and the personal machinery above
the principles of the party and its
growth and success."
If what Adams and Butler say
about each other is true (and we
think it is) then neither is fitted
to be the leader of any political
party that deserves the support of
respectable men. And yet the Re
publicans have been boasting that
their party in this State had be
come respectable enough for Dem
ocrats to join!
On the 2nd day of this month
20,728 immigrants arrived at
the port of New York, which is
5,000 more than ; ever before
arrived in any one day. Nearly
3,000 of them came from one city
(Naples) in Italy, and immigrants
from other cities in Italy swelled
the number of Italians to 5,533.
This increasing immigration,
and especially of Italians, is alarm
ing and must give serious concern
to all good citizens. It is becom
ing a difficult task to cope with
such a flood of aliens foreign to
our social, economic and political
life. It is becoming more difficult
to assimilate such' a horde of for
eigners with our people, and this
almost unlimited and increasing
immigration is a most perplexing
problem. Fortunately, our State
has a smaller., percentage of for
eign population than any other.
It seems strange to the average
citizen of our great Republic that
the birth of any baby should have i
.created such a sensatien in Spain S
-"JU 1 " A 1 . 1 1. 1 f 11. i
as uiu iuo uiitn lciai, ween ui me;
young king s son and heir. VVhen !
its. birth was announced cannons
boomed, bands played, trumpets,
blared and the people shouted with
joy. ii.ii opu.ni icjuwcu nuu my ut
most enthusiasm prevailed. And
yet just as fine babies are born
every, day in this, free land of
ours, and no oublic demonstration
whatever is ever made!
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An injunction has been issued by
Judge Pritchard restraining the
Corporation Commission from en
forcing the laws enacted by the
last legislature to reduce pas
senger and freight rates on the
railroads. Judge PritchardTa or
der is returnable before him at
Asheville on the 26th of June, and
it will probably then be coutinued.
So, our people will hardly ride
on the railroads this year ,t two
and a quarter cents a mile. '
Francis On Jamestown Exposition.
One of the most enthusiastic of
the visitors on the opening day at
the JamestoWn Exposition, was
px-Governor David B. Francis of
Missouri, who was at the head of
of the St. Louis exposition.
"I am delighted," said he, "and
there should be no room here for
any man to doubt the most prom
ising prospect and gratifying
success. I had heard and read
of the plan and scope of the
Jamestown Ter-Centennial cele
bration, but I had no idea you had
anything like I find. Success is
assured. There is no reason for
discouragement, in the fact that
some of the buildings are not
completed, some of the exhibits
are not installed and that some of J
the concessioners are a little be
lated getting their attractions
ready. What exposition has been
entirely ready at the opening?
How many have had to postpone
their opening?
"I admire the pluck of the Vir
ginians who have made this expo
sition what it is and what it is
going to be. Apparently there has
been no thought of the possibility
of a postponement, and I say that
the men in charge are worthy of
the greatest praise and credit for
the manner in which they have
gone ahead in the face of aggra
vating and impeding conditions.
The weather I am told has been
something of a record breaker for
this season of the year. That be
ing the case, it is not difficult to
understand the delay.
"There is no reason as far as I
can see why this exposition should
not be completed in four weeks.
From what I know of exposition
building 1 would not hesitate to
undertake the task in that time
and I am sure that the capable
man you have here can do it much
better than I could. Do not let
the delayed construction worry
you. It will be all right in a few
weeks, and by that time I am
sure that the delayed installation
will be as far advanced as is neces
sary to call the whole proposition
complete. In the mean Lime, the
beautiful grounds, the naval and
military features and the many
buildings and exhibits that are
already complete will satisfy most
visitors.
"The beautiful landscape effects
and possibilities together with the
waterfront, which no oilier expo
sition could have, struck me at
onee, and you have here the liber
al support of the government and
that counts for a great deal."
Mitchell County Shooting Affair.
.Special to Charlotte Observer.
Marion, May 13. A hack driver
returning from Spruce Pine,
Mitchell county, tonight, gives the
details of a most daring and fatal
attempt to resist officers. The re
sult is that two men, one dead, and
a woman are in jail at Bakersville.
Yesterday a closed carriage left
Marion in the direction of Spruce
Pine, which attracted more or less
attention. Soon the curious were
informed by two deputy sheriffs,
Boon and Buchanan, of Mitchell
county, who rode in town, stating
that they were after Massey Sar
rels.' They followed him and late
yesterday afternoon came upon
him near Spruce Pine. When the
officers were close enough Sarrels
opened fire on them. After an ex
change of shots Buchanan fell
dead, and in a moment Sarrels
was the victim of Sheriff Boone's
steady aim.
The officers were armed with a
bench warrant for Sarrels and his
wife, charging them with high
way robbery. The story goes that
Sarrels and his wife some months
ago conspired to rob Senator
Burlisoh, of Mitchell county; that
Burlison was invited to come to
the home of Sarrels and take a
deer hunt. He arrived just be
fore day and, after something of
unusual interest was shown him
by Sarrels' wife, Sarrels walked
in with a double-barrel shotgun
and told him to get ready to die
or give him $2,000. Burlison gave
him all the money he had, and at
the point of his gun, walked to
the bank and made good the de
mand. Sarrels and his wife then
came to Marion and bought a
farm near town and from here
went to Florida, where they haye
spent the winter in luxury, re
turning yesterday. Sarrels' wife
is now in jail.
Ninety Dead in Mine.
City of Mexico, May 13. Nine
ty men are supposed to have" lost
their lives in a fire which started
in Guggenheimer's ten-acre cop
per mine at Velardra, during last
Friday night, when one , of the
miners threw a cigarette into a
bucket of oil. The fire is stillr- be
yond control. Thirty-five bodies
have been recovered. Seventeen
men are known to have escaped.
Washington Letter.
rFromOur Regular Oorrespoadent.l '
Washington, May 9, 1907.
Speaking; of political possibili
ties, considerable amusement was
created this week by the rumor
that Thomas Fortune Ryan, the
boss of New York finance, and a
resident gf Virginia, was after the
Senatorship from the Old Domin
ion. Mr. Ryan has always-been
proud of hisnative state, and has
given a good deal of money there
first and last. His most recent
benefaction was the immense cath
edral just dedicated at Richmond.
Then came the news that the
Jamestown Exposition was in fi
nancial difficulties, and Mr. Ryan
subscribed to a large block of the
bonds that the company issued
and so helped them out material
ly. The5 story was immediately
started that he was after the
senatorship from that State, and
of course some of the yellow
journals went that rumor one bet
ter and said that he had his eye
on the Democratic nomination for
the Presidency. The story is al
most too wild to need denial. The
fact is that Mr. Ryan did not want
his name known in connection
with the Exposition bonds, and
as far as the nomination either
for the Senate or the Presidency
is concerned, he is not only too
busy to attend to either, but his
connection with most of the big
corporate iuterests of the country
would bar him from the least con
sideration as a matter of the
most elementary practical poli
tics. The Congress of American sur
geons and physicians has been in
session here this week, and while
the most of their deliberations
were entirely too deep to the out
sider to follow, there was one
branch of the discussion of the
most vital public interest. It was
the section of the congress devot
ed to the study and prevention of
consumption. Almost all of the
progress in popular knowledge of
this dread disease in ihe past few
years has been due to the Nation
al Association. It has branches
in fifteen states, will have them in
seven more states before the sum- J
mer is over, and is affiliated with
the international Society of the
same sort which will have an im
mense congress in Washington
next winter. The chief work of
the National Association now is
education. It has prepared a
number of simple volumes for
free distribution. These tell just
what consumption is, how it is
spread and show the best methods
of precaution against it. They
show that the disease can be
checked at almost any stage arid
entirely cured in the earlier stages
and in fact give a world of simple
and practical information that
ought to be known by everyone
in every community. The officers
of all the state societies are anx
ious to forward this work of edu
cation, and persons interested will
be furnished with literature and
suggestions on application to
them. Anyone interested and want
ing advice can get it by applying
to the health officer of the nearest
town, who will be able to put
them into communication with
the office of the nearest state so
ciety. A good deal was written last
"summer about the introduction of
the stingless bees to the United
States. There were a number of
colonies brought to the Depart
ment of Agriculture from Asia,
Smyrna and other places, and an
effort was made to acclimatize
them and cross them with the na
tive bees, which were better honey
makers, despite the fact that they
were armed with stings and were
therefore more difficult to liandle.
It is a remarkable fact that a large
proportion of these bees died oil'
in the winter, They came from a
warmer climate than the Wash
ington, but this was not the thing
that disagreed with them appar
ently. They were used to greater
humidity than they could find
here in the winter, and in spite of
the fact that they were provided
with warm quarters, the most of
them died. Some have been saved
to carry on the work this year,
and it is believed that the surviv
ors will furnish the nucleus for a
race of drought resisting stingless
bees. The .Museum of Natural
History in New York was less
fortunate. They imported a colo-1
ny of stingless bees from the warm
humid valley of the Amazon, and
they suffered in the same way
from the dryness of- the atmos
phere in winter, and every one
died.
Every now and then the ques
tion is raised of doing away with
the awful manual labor that cabi
net officers have to suffer in per
sonally signing their mail. The
matter has come up again, and it
is said that it will be recommend
ed for legislation by the Presi
dent in his next message. This
may sound like a joke Co the man
who has to sign his name only a ;
few times a day. But it is -no 1
joke to the cabinet officer. The'
law requires his personal sigua '
ture to all of the most important '
letters from his . department. A '
rubber stamp or a seal or n fac
simile signature will hot do . The
result is;that the heads of the"'
federal departments after putting
off on their subordinates . every 1
letter a'tfd document that they can !
possibly escape, have to spend
the bulk of Iheir time in signing
mail. Of course they cannot read
a tenth of the letters they sign,
and have to depend on the initials
of their subordinates on them to
be sure that they are correct. Ev
ery cabinet officer spends a solid
hour ia the morning signing mail
as fast as he can, and usually an
hour and half of two hours in the
afternoon at the same drudgery.
Signatures are cut down to the
bare name and initials without
flourishes, but it is still exacting
work. Wha'c is wanted is a law
legalizing a seal or an engraved
signature with certain penalties
attached to its improper use. If
such a law as'this can be passed,
it will be almost as great a relief
as it was to the Treasurer, and
registrar of the Treasury when
they were relieved by law from
personally signing all notes and
bonds.
Boy Killed Instantly.
Special to Charlotte Observer.
Asheville, May 13. A telephone
message from Marshall late this
afternoone told of a fatal accident
that occurred near Grape Vine on
Bull creek, Madison county, tms
mornius-. when Andy Hensley, 3
years of age, was shot and instan
tly killed by Aiobert liuckner, a
lad of i summers. The killing of
Mir Hnslev child was "accidental
and due to the desire of the Buck-
uer boy to monkey with a shot
gun.
It seems that the two cnuciren
were playing together in a room,
Kobt. Buckuer espied a shotgun
hanoiner asrainst the wall. He de
cided to inspect the weapon and
climbed on too of a table in order
to reach it. While taking the gun
from its place on the wall the lad
u some manner Uiscuargea tue
wemion. the charere of shot taking
effect in the little Hensley boy,
killing him instantly.
Af Urn bannuet to be eriven the
State Bankers' Association at
Winston on the night of May 2drd,
toasts will be resoonded to by
Senators Simmons and Overman.
President Finley, of the Southern
Railway, and Caldwell Hardy, ex
president of the American Bank
ers' Association.
One of the most tragic accidents
in flip, historv of railway construc
tion in western North Carolina
occurred on the South & Western
Railroad between Marion and
Spruce Pine, nine men being kill
ed and a number injured, due to
the premature explosion of dyna
mite.
The Southern Baptist conven
tion, embracing the states from
Maryland to Texas with a con
stituency numberiug nearly 22,
000 churches and a total member
ship of nearly 2,000,000, is hold
ing its G2od annual session in
Richmond, Ya , this week.
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FLAGS !N THE NAVY.
Each Vessel Must Have 250 on Hand
All the Time.
"Did you ever happen to think
when you saw a cruiser or battle
ship 'dressed' in its full outfit of
flags what a big item flags must he
to the navy?" an ofiieial of the na
vy department recently remarked.
"Just think of how many vessels,
large and small, there are and that
every one has to be supplied with
250 flags, which have to be renewed
every three years ! The annual cost
is about $G0,000, and a hundred wo
men are kept busy at the Brooklyn
navy yard the year around.
"The foreign flags are rather
elaborate as a rule, especially the
American republics, and their cost
is consequently considerable. Each
ship must have forty-three foreign
flags constantly on board, the stand
ard size being 25 by 13 feet. The
cost of making one will depend upon
the design. A simple flag, as that
of France, costs comparatively lit
tle, while to make that of Salvador
means just $53.50, it being a verita
ble landscape. China's flag amounts
to about $40 and that of Costa -Rica,
which runs to scenic effect, nearly
$50.
"The largest American flag used
is 19 by 36 feet arid costs $40. There
are eight sizes of the American flag
used altogether, and they are less
expensive than the foreign flags by
reason, of the fact that they are
largely machine made. There is a
special machine that cuts-out the
stars, stamping out 100 at every
stroke.
"Then, there are the special flags
of the president, the secretary and
of the flag officers. That of the
president, while simple, means long
and careful work. This flag is a
blue field, with the arms of the
United States in the center. The
design is entirely hand embroidered
with the finest silk and requires a
month of constant effort." New
York Herald.
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- Two Boys Killed at Crossing. -Fitzgerald,
Ga., May ll.Judd
Rook and John Rook, aged 9 and
11 years, respectively, were killed
by a train ou the Oeilla &Yildo&
ta Railroad this afternoon. The
boys were driving in a wagon. As
they approached a crossing they
failed to see the train, their view
being obscured by a warehouse
and some box cars on a siding.
Nor could the engineer see the
boys in the wagon. The train was
moving slowly and could the en
gineer have seen the boys he could
probably have stopped it in time
to mevent the accident. As it was
the wajron was struck by the en
gine and the boys were thrown
beneath it, one having his head
cut'oif, ami the other having his
body severed -at the middle. The
coroner's jury exonerated the
train crew.
Dr. Kemp Battle Honored.
Special to Charlotte Observer.
Chapel Hill, May 12. Dr.
Kemp Plummer Battle, L. L. D.,
who has for so many years served
the University with such efficien
cy as alumni professor of history,
and from 187G to 1891 as presi
dent,, has received the honor of an
annuity from the Carnegie Foun
dation for the Advancement of
Education, his annuity of $1,650
to go into effect whenever Dr.
Battle shall see fit to retire from
his duties in the University and
accept it.
Sleeping Over Forty Days.
Kansas Citv. Mo.. Mnv 13. T.
C. Webster, sixty 3"ears old, who
was taken unconscious from an
eastbouud train here on April 2,
and removed to the city hospital,
has sleDt constantly for the last
ft M
forty days and is still asleep.
rnysiciaiis say lie is suiienug
from acute melancholia. -He has
been aroused from time to time
sufficiently to take nourishment
but at no time has he Leen thoro
ugh I y awake.
Florida East Coast Canal Opened.
St. Augustine, Fla., May 13.
The Florida East Coast canal was
opened through from St. Augus
tine to Biscayne bay by finishiug
the cut between the Matanza and
Halifax rivers today, givinsr an
inside waterway for four feet
draught vessels.
U AND SALE: By virtue of an
-'order: of the Suuerior Court. r
Chnthaai County in the cause therein
penurg, entitled ".L. is. .McDonald
vs. Fior.i Soriell etals." 1 will, on Mon
day., rJO.h May 11)07, at the court
house dojr in t'ittsboro, N. C , expose
to puime sue a tract or lanu m Uliat-
uam jutity, in ovia Carolina, in Oak
land township, lying and being on the
waters of Aaron's creek near Deep
river, beginning at said creek in the
McQueen ro id and running with said
roa t northwardly G7 noles Stenhtn
Johnson's line, thence with said line
soiitii s east u.l poles to a stakf,
thence' south 41 east with Gilrnore's
line 113 poles to a stake in 11. 13urnV
lin", th ince with said line south 04
west 51 poles to a stake, his comer,
thence with his other line south 4.i
east" 3S poles to a. stake near a drain.
thence with his other line south 4'
Wfsl 7 p les to a branch, thence down
said bra'ich as it meanders on a direct'
line about 40 noles to Aaron's crplr
thene'e up said creek as it meanders
owl on a airect une about 170 poles to
the beginning, containing 100 acres,
more or less.
Terms of sale one-third cash, one
third in six months, one-third in 12
months; deferred payments to bear
interest from date of confirmation of
sale. Titl3 reserved till all purchase
money is paid.
This the 18th day of April, 1907.
11. II. II A.YES, Commissioner.
Womack, Hayes and liynum,
Attorneys.
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Travel by the Southern and you
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