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i TT 5 VOL. XXVI. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY. JUNE 18. 1908. No. 23 EDITORIAL BRIEFS. The Democrats have held their last primary, but the bitter fight between Crag and K Itch in is still on. If- all the disappointed candidates fail to vote the Democratic ticket this year, the party Is certainly gone. The Democratic race for office In this State Is only for the rich. The others are financially disfranchised. The next Legislature should pass a law requiring the Governor to stay in his office at least half of his time. Craig has again announced that he is not the candidate of the trusts, but Home still think the evidence is against him. The Johnston Presidential boom should start four years in advance next time, if it wants to have a fair .showing with Bryan. The reason there are not even more Democratic office-seekers this year is probably due to the fact that the others could not afford the price. It might make interesting reading matter if all the Democratic candi dates were forced to tell where their campaign fund comes from. Wonder if the next Legislature will try to Impeach members of the Supreme Court for not upholding the State in every particular In regard to the railroad rate matter? Some of the Democratic politicians are having a great deal to say about the tariff. But what did they do when they had the matter in their own hands? The Governor is waiting to see If his party is going to send him to Denver before he says for sure whether he will second Bryan's nom ination. If all those who disapprove of the actions of the last Legislature vote as they talk, the next General Assembly will be composed of men of the party of progress and prosperity. It cost the State candidates from $1G to $25 to enter the Democratic primaries in Wake County. Some of them called it a "hold up." The oth ers held their tongues but probably took the same view of the matter. Up to last Friday night there were only twenty-six candidates for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Mecklenburg County. Of course, the number may grow some before the nominating convention is held in that county. The State Dispatch Is the name of a Republican paper which recently began publication at Burlington. It is a six column, eight page paper, is well gotten up and presents a very neat appearance. The paper has a good field and we predict for it much success. Kitchin is now. about fifty votes ahead of Craig in the Democratic pri maries, but this majority will not be sufficient to give him the nomination on the first ballot at the Charlotte Convention, and a long bitter fight will probably be witnessed before any nomination is made. "A Texas blacksmith has declared for 'Bryan in 1912.' Why shouldn't the Denver Convention just declare Bryan the nominee for life?" The above suggestion by the Bal timore Sun would save the Demo crats a deal of trouble and expense every four years. Since North Carolina has gone for prohibition by a majority of some thing like 40,000, it looks as if there was nothing that the Governors of the Carolinas could say to each oth er. Yellow Jacket. They may have something to say to each other, but it is certain that their conversation will not be for publication. Mr. Parker and other leading lights in the Democratic party ac cused the Republican campaign com mittee of accepting campaign contri butions from the railroads and other interest during the campaign of 1904. And now it appears that the Democratic committee was bleeding Thos. F. Ryan, the railroad magnate, at the same time they were accusing the Republicans. Murder wjll out. POWERS PARDONED Spent Eight Years in Jail and Stood Four Trials. THE END OF A NOTED CASE. 4ame Howard i Also Pardoned - Two Innocent Jlen Win Were Clinrgiii Witli the Munk-r of Wil liam Goetx-I of Kentucky Power IftMl Been Sentenced to be Hanged Will Xot Re-enter politic. Lexington, Ky., June 13. Caleb Powers and James Howard, charged with forming and carrying out a plot which resulted In the assassination of Senator William Goebel In 1900, were given full and free pardons to day by Governor Wilson and were immediately released. They have been confined in prison for more than eight years. Powers was in jail at Georgetown, while Howard was in the penitentiary at Frankfort, serv ing a life-sentence. Powers will go back to his old home in Knox Coun ty where his mother has fitted up the old place for his coming. This home was vacated early during Powers' fight for freedom by his mother who did al she could to help her son. Howard will go to Louisville where he will join his family and become an evangelist in prison work. Governor Wilson affixed his signa ture to the pardons after an exhaus tive study of the cases and a review of the testimony. It is said that Wilson even carried briefs of the most important testi mony with him to Washington two weeks ago when he went to attend the Conference of Governors, in or der to discuss various points with other Governors. He had been stead ily working on the records since he returned. Remarkable scenes were witnessed here, at Frankfort, Georgetown, Bar bourville, and other points to-day when news of the pardons came. Men grasped each others' hands and wrung them fervently as they almost sobbed out the news. Women wept openly on the streets when news of the pardons was flashed through the country. In Frankfort and George town where the men were confined crowds of friends were standing in the corridors of the jail and peniten tiary waiting for even one hand clasp. Both men were almost too overcome with emotion to talk. Pow ers said: "I am glad to have my freedom but would rather have had an acquittal by the courts. I am not guilty, and I hope that I would be vendicated. oil ward said: "I am glad to be free again. I am innocent." This marks the end of one of the most noted cases ever tried. Senator William Goebel, Democratic aspirant for Governor of Kentucky, was mur dered in January of 1900 in the State House yard at Frankfort. The shot was fired from Caleb Powers' office window, the latter being at the time Secretary of State to Governor Tay lor. For a time it looked as if civil war would result. Taylor and many of his friends fled the State, taking refuge in Indiana. Powers was ar rested here and found to have a par don for the murder of Goebel, signed by Taylor, in his pocket. He was found guilty three times, but the fourth trial resulted in a hung jury. Howard was convicted on the first trial and did not ask for a rehearing. It is stated that Powers will be re arrested in a few days on charges of subordination of perjury, but this re port is not taken seriously. Petitions for Powers' pardon (about one-half million in all) have come from every State in the Union and two from Europe. Powers wept when the pardon was received. "A TOWERING HICKORY.' And More Prominent Delagates From the Tar Heel State. York (Pa.) Gazette. The south and the west have sent large delegations to the Synod. Both sections are represented by men who have attained prominence in the work of the Reformed Church. The tallest man in the General Synod is Dr. J. L. Murphy, of Hick- pry, N. C. With his towering height he is a commanding figure among the delegates. Most of the Southern and Western delegates are tall, but as one delegate facetiously puts it, Dr. Murphy is , the towering hickory among his fellows. Another Southern delegate is Dr. Charles E. Wehler, of Newton, N. C. He is the superintendent of public schools of Newton and is a represen tative of the educational work of Ca tawba College. A third member of the Southern delegation is Dr. J. C. Leonard, pas tor of the First Church of Lexing ton, N. C, who is known through the turpentine State for his zeal and enterprise in mission work. Salisbury, N. C, sends Dr. Dut tera, who is accompanied by his wife. Rev. J. D. Andrew, of Burling ton, N. C, is prominent among the members of the Southern delegation. Endorsed by Men of All Parties. Senator Butler's views on Postal Savings Banks are endorsed by men of all parties. A large majority of all parties would favor it. Hickory Mercury. l.KTTKIl FROM KILKIX. Tlw ftuJjMt Doom The Politician Will Soon Require Strict Obedi ence PoUUrUA to Take Full Charge la Hrtigfcxt SUtirrw Tin . . Major Will I Mink Nothing Hat Hard Cider am m Irecatln -Billy Bryan. Correspondence of The Caucasian- Enterprise. Bllkinsville. N. C. June 15, 1S0S. I see that the Russian Douma, which iz sorter shaped up like our Congress, an which wuz formed a long time ergo fer the sole purpose ov making laws an givln other trou ble, hez passed a law requlrin dis tilleries or dealers ter place a skull an cross-bones on each bottle or lieker sold In that country. The la bel will awlso her a nice little warn in printed on hit sich as this: "Touch lightly, fer you know that you air failure;" or, "Drink not, taste not, handle not," or "Look out for headaches In the mornin'." No doubt that will do a grate deal ov gude. That orter be done in the United States so that when they git a fresh cargo In frum Kentucky or Vir giania the morally stunted evil know .what ter expeckt. Ov course, most ov them hev hearn how lickker does people. But they ain't nothin like getting sich things strate frum headquarters, an' hit iz more offisial. I hev long bin ov the opin ion that we hev too much freedom in this country. We git up In the morn in' an' read the weather signal an' kin tell exacktly what ter expeckt during ov the day. If hit says a cold wave iz cumin' we begin ter shiver an wrap up. If he says a warm wave iz on top we begin ter shed off our heavy clothes an' per spire. (The wurd "perspire" means the same az the old word "sweat," which wuz in use before tho Civil Wrar.) Yes, we air goin' ter git things in gude shape rite erway. This if .we don't do rite the polly tishuns will demand an explanashun. I expeckt ter live ter see the day when each sitizen will be required ter make a daily report ter the sher iff or other officers an' erlow sed of ficer ter smell hiz breth. The next thing ter stop iz the peach trains that go hurryin through the country. They may be awl rite. But they contain the material that damnation iz made ov an' we must avoid even the appearance ov evil. The Northern people don't use awl them early peaches fer makin pie. They iz a screw loose somewhar. see by the papers that the sub jeckt ov medical dispensaries iz still bein' agitated. Me an' Bill Moody wuz discussin' that yisterday. Bill iz a strong Simmons man, an' he sez that medical dispensaries air the very thing; that they air more important than the free coinage ov silver ov the publick school system. Hit does look hard ter cut a man off so he can't hev a chance ter git a little spirits fer barn-raisin's an' snake-bites. But I tell Bill that pollyticks air in a criti cal state with the people dissatisfied an' the preachers putty nigh help less. If the pollytishuno don't step in an' warm up things a bit in the way ov religious work hit will be hard on the country. This iz cam pane year an' I expeckt every polly tishun ter do hiz duty an' contribute sum ov hiz time ter camp-meetin's. When this perlitical religion gives out things may be in bad shape an' the peeple may be glad enuff ter go back ter the old-time religion. But the fite iz on an' we will hev ter wate an' see the finish. I see that the American Medical Association hez bin in session at Chi cago an' that the members air terri bly down on water. They seem ter think that purty much awl ov the water iz too bad ter drink, an' I don't see what we air ter use fer drinkin' purposes. Whiskey iz full ov pizen an' destruckshun, an' wa ter iz full of germs. I am goin ter do awl I kin ter solve the problem by increasin' the size ov my orchard an' then I'll drink nothin' but pure, hard cider durin' the balance ov my days. In the same grate wicked city ov Chicago they hev started a reform that ought ter do gude. They air es tablishin' what they call "courtin' rooms," which air matrimonial bu reaus in a new form. Hit seems that the matrimonial business hez sorter got mixed up in that city an hez got in sich a fix that a gude many ov them don't know fer certain whether they air married or not; if they air married, they can't figure out how often they hev bin through the exsit in' ceremony. So they air tryin' ter give the thing in sum sort ov shape an' find whar they air at. I guess the plan iz fer married peeple ter sorter hang erround the matrimonial bureaus when not busy an strike up a new acquaintance an' bury the hatchet by shakin hands an' agreein' that the cruel war iz over. That will do lots ov gude, I hope. I see by the papers that Mr. Billy Bryan iz erbout nomernated on the Dymakrat ticket fer Preserdent. He only lacks a few votes ov havin enough. I wanter congratulate my friend Billy an wish him a merry campane. Bill Bryan iz like my frend Bill Moody never happy on less he iz unhappy. That iz the main truble with Bill Moody. Billy Bryan hez a gude profession, an' bein' a silver-tongued orator, he orter do well az a lawyer. Then he iz a purty gude editor an' seems ter be able ter keep on hand a large list ov sub scribers. Az a farmer, he iz a suc cess, only he hez grate trouble in be ta abl ter bouse th Mf crop b grown. But he It eshappy -desperately nnhmppf as hit is twkae b this m mmh or ih ppl that be to wiillu ter lay down bis law book, hix pea an hit plow an go ter Washington an spend four year ov hi busy life scatterin silver dollar an" other evidence or g-ude gaverti meat ermong the jrplj who enjoy that sort ov thing. An Mr. Urwan wez smart- If started out with a direct path ter the hearts ov the American peeple lying strate before him. Many or the vot ers studied erbout htm durin the day an dreamed ov him at cite. Ev ery time Billy would make a speech they could hear silver dollar Jing 11 n in their pockets. Lots ov them were ready ter lay down their lives fer Billy Bryan, fer he talked like a patriot he talked dollars by the millions he struck the heart-strings ov brave men an be renewed the courage ov the weak. The farmer could see 20-cent cotton, $1.00 corn an" $2.00 wheat In evry wurd Mr. Bryan spoke. The mechanic could easily see hiz wages doubled an wurk more plentiful. An hit awl looked mity nice. But they wuz other speakers an writers In the country. They could not prove that an Increase in the number ov dollars in circulation did not mean a greater number ov dol lars. So they went at hit in a round about way; they proved beyond a reasonable doubt that more dollars meant cheap dollars a hundred cents would really be 60 cents or less an' the peeple jumped high into the air an' shouted, for their joy wuz awlmost beyond control. Happy! Why of course they wuz happy. Mr. Bryan had made them happy by hiz glorious promises ov more money, better prices, better wages. But hit wuz nothin" ter their grate joy when they awoke an' found that they had save'd the country by preventing the introduction ov a debased currency ov coin. Grate iz humbug! Perhaps free coinage would not have been worth awl Mr. Bryan claimed. On the oth er hand, it would not have caused one-tenth ov the damage claimed by the opposition. Hit wuz simply poli ticks. As ever, ZEKE BILK INS. TIME RIPE FOIl A CHANGE. The Voters Must Interest Themselves and See Tliat Only Good Men are Elected to Office. The average voter blames the Leg islature forfoqlish laws and lays all his woes at the door of that body, but still goes on electing men to the Legislature who he would not trust with his private affairs. The time is ripe for a change in this respect all over the State, and it will come if the citizens will only take hold of the matter and each one interest himself to see that good men, men with business ability, men who are nominated, and then when the nomi nations are made, turn in and work for their election, using every honor able means. Their election can be accomplished, and if this policy is carried out throughout the State we will not have to apologize, with a blush of shame (as we have had to in the not distant past) for illiterate and unbusiness like laws. Lincoln County Times. HANGED HIMSELF IN JAIL. Young man Charged With Unusual Crime Commits Suicide. Dan Moss, a young white man who was being held in jail at Columbus, N. C, charged with with an unusual crime on a negro boy, committed suicide Wednesday afternoon by hanging himself with blanket in his cell in jail. A Charge That Bryan Was Ryanizef The news concerning the $15,000 of Ryan money sent to Nebraska in 1904 to elect the Bryan candidate for Governor and a Legislature that would elect Bryan to the Senate, is increasingly interesting. A great sil ence has fallen on the usually vol uble one. He finds himself up against "a paying back" proposition similar to that which confronted men eminent in the insurance business. As Mr. Jerome would say: "Ain't it awful, Mabel, to be caught?" But even though Bryan, affecting ignorance as to the money of whose expenditure he gained the benefit, executes a retreat by sacrificing the profits of his last lecture tour, it won't help "Jim" Datilman, his po litical crony, or Brother-in-law Al len. Nebraska has a stiff law against failure to report political expendi ture. Six months in the penitentiary is one of the penalties. Neither Dahl man nor Allen, one Democratic Na tional Committeeman, and the other chairman of the Bryan State Commit tee, ever reported as to a cent of the money they landed in New York. Will Bryan go before a grand jury and demand the indictment of his friend and his relative? Or will he plead some benevolently screening statute of limitations to get them off, and thus escape the risk of their showing that his ignorance of the transaction was constructive rather than actual? No wonder Bryan breathes hard and postpones giving out a fuller ex planatory statement. Not since Mrs. Philo Bennett refused to carry out the instructions of that "sealed let ter" has he been so uncomfortable. New York Globe. A NEW BASIS For Rcprcstniatioa of States In National Con vent too. VOTES BASIS OF DELEGATES. Burke, Chief Knot Hoomrr, Asv ttittcr That Candidal Object to A! km lug Ntate Vhkt Nrrr are Carrifd for Ticket, and Never Try to Win a Victory, to Have Inrta ence in .VomJrtstlo-Ver iNdloy Would Karourmgw larfy Growth la tin? Sou f t -Figure Mhjw lXtro port foe. Chicago, Jus 13. Details of the plan of the allies to make a fight on the floor of the Republican National Convention to reduce the representa tion of Southern States were made public to-day by Representative Jas. Francis Burke, of Pennsylvania, manger for Senator Knox. The reso lution agreed upon by the allies, which will be offered on the floor by Mr. Burke, is as follows: "Resolved, That the basis of repre sentation in the Republican National Convention hereafter shall be as fol lows: Each State shall be entitled to four delegates at large and one additional delegate for each 10,000 votes, or majority fraction thereof, cast at the preceding Presidential election for Republican electors; and two delegates from each Terri tory, the District of Columbia, Alas ka, Hawaii. Porto Rico, and the Phil ippines, and that methods necessary for the enforcement of this rule shall be provided by the Republican Na tional Committee chosen by the dele gates to this convention." South Controls. The introduction of this resolution Is the direct outcome of the dissatis faction felt by representatives of the allies with the manner In which the recent contests before the National Committee were decided. The charge was made freely by the allies that the rights of Northern States, neces sary to Republican success, were be ing ignored in the interest of gain ing the delegations from Southern States, which never give the party any votes in the electoral college to the candidate who exercises control over Federal patronage. Ifr the resolution should be adopt ed it would result in a reduction of about 1 GO delegates from- Southern States, which Invariably go Demo cratic. An Increase of nearly 150 would be made in the delegations from Northern States and thus would be destroyed the possibility of a few Northern States, aligned with the solid delegations from Southern States, controlling Republican con ventions in the future Mr. Burke said: Republican Vote Disappearing. "The necessity for this change has become apparent in the light of re cent developments. In the present convention 250 delegates will be seated from States which in tweuty years have not even pretended to en gage in a contest for the election of a Republican candidate for the Presi dency. More than that, the Republi can vote in these States is rapidly disappearing, while their representa tion remains as large as ever. South Carolina is now entitled to a National delegate for every 136 Republican votes it casts, while Pennsylvania re ceives but one delegate for every 11,716, Indiana one for every 12, 276, Ohio one for every 13,046, and Colorado one for every 13,64 8 Re publican votes." The plan proposed by Mr. Burke is in all essentials the same as that introduced in the Republican Con vention at Philadelphia in 1900 by the late Senator Quay, of Pennsyl vania. No action was taken upon it at that time, the resolution being withdrawn by Quay before it reached a vote. DEMOCRATS FIGHT OVER EDI TORIAIi. Jolm R, Webster and J. Allen Holt Have Personal Encounter at Rail way Station. Industrial News. An echo of the warfare waged by Democrats in the Fifth District upon each other was heard last night in an altercation which took place between Col. John R. Webster, of Reldsville, and Prof. J. Allen Holt. Those who witnessed the encoun ter describe it as having happened In this way: Holt and Webster met at the Southern Railway station and started a conversation. Reference was made to some articles which ap peared in Webster's Weekly some time ago and Professor Holt is said to have characterized is at a dam nable outrage. Colonel Webster then struck Professor Holt In the face and Mr. Holt raised his arm to strike Mr. Webster when A. S. Galloway, of Reidsville, who was standing near, caught Mr. Holt's arm and stopped the fight. After talking to Mr. Galloway a few minutes' about the matter, Mr. Holt went over to Mr. Webster and apologized to him. Mr. Webster-accepted the apology and they shook hands. Rumors of the affair spread around town very rapidly and caused considerably comment. "TV Gam T& Lfl tta 44eD VaT K1U1 try 1Jm ntoasa&i M Xm ifat l tntmt cttrttMnas. Th Hickory TieMrris.ry, Wfeea tt "fto-(ro-U . W- if aft la 14 p04 gut fcttter. iksa fator4 ft, orpord it. N tf a bors fall oat rer it, Oe 4;r a crowd fT dicttwsc n. tUrta Side u-4 otf foolUh rgss&! A steall Iwjr was UUfciC. frliuU fe broke the dUcuMUoa by ateie. " already have th ao-frf&c; mil lack U the la. The prohibition law ban bnra n1 lied by a vol. Of coon, tb Demo cratic legislature Irtl it to a tote. Mr. Marshall Yount toted far sad helped to ta the law. We had l r hibition. Alt e lacked w- the law. We hate that now. And as mm a the folks can get abed. all wiH be well. Nigger and liquor are out of politics. Now the sober, hooet men can divide up on lue that ill help the State. If the dummies get one or two more legislatures. It is hard to tell what they will do. Theywlil have to keep up some excitement to keep the folks from thinking. It tuy be that they mil deride that the country will go to the devil. If the masses are allowed to vote as they please. One man says. they won't allow a fellow to t!h or hunt, or kill a pQK&utu without permission from the sheriff. One man says: "They will pais a law that two days in a week will be for elections, one for a holiday, one for Sunday and the other four to work for las money, and no pay day will be un der the statute, as there will be no money to pay with. And you have to pay your tax or you can't vote. I am going to ask Representative Yount about it." Some of the HMM) Method Again In augurated in IvdgeeomlH County. Union Republican. Dear Justice: Please give In The Republican the election laws in full, especially the Registration or Regis ter, as it seems that from the way they started up that the poor whites are really worse off than the negro, as 1 have from good authority that the registrar was paid 50 cents a head for every one that he failed to register or kept from voting, and 1, for one, wish to know If he has any right in any way to keep any one from voting, and it eems that there is nothing to prevent them? Why the poor white man Is up for barter and sale and really worse off than the negro ever was, and after 190$ what will become of him? Please give us all the law and facts that you can, for we are going to need all the help we can get this fall. Yours very respectfully, W. F. T. Tarboro, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. Replying to the request made In the above letter, I will say the whole election law is too long to publish and would be useless to the general public, as the greater part Is com posed of details as to the methods of holding the election, making returns, etc. The points this writer really wants to know are these: every white man over twenty-one years old is entitled to register and vote If he has the fol lowing qualifications: (1) He must be a native of the United States or a naturalized citizen thereof. (2) He must have resided In the State two years, in the country six months and in the voting precinct four months next before the day of the election. (3) He must be able to read and write any clause of the Constitution of North Carolina or be the lineal descendant of a man who was a voter before the war. (This last clause applies to this next election. It is what is known as the Grandfather Clause, and goes out the first day of December, 1908.) (4) He must have paid his poll tax on or before the rst, day .of May next preceding the Election.'. Any man possessing these qualifi cations is entitled to register and vote, unless he be an Idot or has been convicted of some infamous crime, and any registrar who refuses to reg ister such a voter is liable to Indict ment and should be handled at once. The writer of the above letter says he learns that certain registrars were paid 50 cents apiece for all the vo ters they kept from registering. This is the rashest kind of corruption, and I am sure there is not a State's at torney In the State who would not prosecute vigorously any registrar and the party paying him for such an act. ' The writer of this letter should, and I hope will, have this rumor looked into, and if true, furnish the next grand jury of his county with I the facts in order that the guilty par ties may be punisnea. Was the Oldest ex-Member of Con gress. John Vince Wright, the oldest liv ing ex-member of Congress, died Sat urday at his home in Washington City. He was nearly eighty years old . Cuts Wife's Throat and Kills Him self. Roanoke, Va.. June 12. Walter Wood, aged twenty-five years, a car penter, at midnight to-nSsht cut his wife's throat with a razor and com mitted suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. Mtn win: was PTnuR. A Jack (VM Hu tWtew ftt li4W4 .(! Mmry UK. Tfe f4ktsf U far su&e4 th f rs In si Cf !! St C: " W. 11 art. a. a fes'.iv ? J Csa?y. ,th C?Slt I kt t. 4s? BuU i5tiSt !i S?-f i ffrt as falk,- Tkat fc-e wa ?- tC ralater XtaU!a tta iU tfi4 InU CtUfe. 6f -4f I!. 4 4aricc tae a'kM h n !t tbe tmm afci Wafcd Sar J Um. Ms wife away fra feita "Aftef !!!-'& a4 trttC lUtft they tV, him && the HvMtetK side ua4 Dfi him ia a f?tf t4 fcsp. "He hung ru&4. feiilte In Uri buhe far thfe of tuttr d) . kit lC for bl wife, At li tu taltieers apre4 and tu!4 Ulta lht hi wife would meet him st t4 ltrabrh at sundown. "He waited throoch the r.Jght bat the did tool rome. o be ra4 fur Greenville on fool and retft4 hi tory to the Seers, who will lnieti Kte." HT. MIAMI AfVKITlUi iu:hati The Oil TruM I out. I fiulity la Ted eral IWrt ml ttrtetec, N. V. Rochester, N. Y.. June 12. tiuiU) a charged to the lt4Uim it the erdlcl brought In by the Kedrral Court Jury In the Standard Oil Com pany cae here to-night. The jur had been out aince the noun reee. Daniel J. Kennrk, of HuETaki, who conducted the drfrnae. tnuted fr a new trial and It u arrangea to have Judge Hazi hear argument u the ci j t Ion on July Ttb. Ul A- sUtant Attorne) -('corral WaHaie H. Venipey, the prosecuting attorney, gave notlve that he would mote fur Judgment and sentence on the ad Journed date. The oil company was placed on trial June 1st for an alleged violation of the Interstate Com turn e ltw in accepting a concession from the filed tariff on shipments of oil from Glean. N. Y., to Rutland and Bellows Falls. Vermont. There were forty counts In the In dictment, each representing actiou on a car of oil. The maximum fine n each count Is I2U.000. or a total fur the whole of the fthlpmeitl of $u0, 000. ;ieim 4eftiitC Right. Hickory Times Mercur).) Governor Glenn, on laat Hunday, In the Arlington National Cemetery, made a speech. He lauded every thing In sight. Said he had 110 hjwI ogy to offer for the part the 8uth took In the Civil War, aud said 'it would do so again under similar I r -cuuiKtatices." He said: "This nation should unite In caring for the Colt federate dead as well aa the Union dead." That's what Senator Uutler tried to enact Into law when In the United States Senate. He would have done it, too, bad not the South ern Democrats opposed it. They said: "We propose to pay our own eoldler for the great work they did." They are doing It, too, aren't they? Giv ing them in one year what they ought to have in one month. Pay them more. Governor, or quit boast ing of their great work. Don't praise them la word and slander them In deed. The Gosiicl of Smoke and Soda Water. Baltimore Sun. Religious services were held in East Orange, N. J., on Sunday last under free-and-easy conditions. They do not appear to have been entirely successful, although the participants were Invited to smoke and soda wa ter was served to the thirsty. These services were conducted In the open air, for fear that the worshippers might suffer if they were brought In to the more decorous surroundings of a church. Their comfort was con sulted in every detail. It was feared that the devotees might not be able to endure the physical strain of standing while the Do xo logy and the hymns were sung. So they were In vited to keep their seats. Divine worship with cigars and soda on the side Is an Innovation which ought to receive little encouragement. There used to be a time, before the era of street cars, when devout men and women would .walk along distances to attend service. In the country they would travel for miles to wor ship In their churches. In New Jer sey, in this advanced age, there are persons who seem to be unwilling to cultivate religion unless they can smoke and drink soda water while they hear the Bible read and ex pounded. After a while they will In sist upon having hammocks or cot beds so that they may lounge at ease while the minister is pointing the way to salvation. It is the preach er's duty, as well as his greatest joy, to supply his flock with spiritual sus tenance. But when the pastor has to reconcile his flock to the truths of religion by encouraging them to smoke and to Imbibe soda water we have, indeed, fallen upon strange days. All souls are worth saving, but. there are some sou la that seem to impose almost impossible condi tions for their salvation. Life without love and faith and hope is time without an Almighty and eternity without omnipotence. I i i , I I ' I 1:1 M ?j ! i Iff ! Ii 11 !i : i I I ? . ? - -1 I , t ! 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