Henri Waterson
Parker Presidential Boom
ti,p course of Judge Alton
Brooke '
pu kerin resolutely declining to lend
himse
elf to tffe movement to make' mm
,(ie Democrat.
UUIUIUCO '1U( 1 1C3IUCUU
in 1904, has been the occasion of mer
jtej commendation from one end of
country to the other. Nothing
c0uid more clearly indicate Judge
Parker's lltness for high office. He is
the chief justice of the court of ap
peal of the State of New York; though.
,f he sat upon a lower seat, the obliga
tion would be the same. That obliga
tion, stated briefly and broadly, is, as it
were, to keep the ermine off the
ground.
The lesson should impress itself not
only apoo every judge in the land, but
upon the people as well; for, if there be
one dangerous symptom among the
many lowering signs of the times, it is
the tendency of the courts of the land
to forget the noble nature and the ven
erable claims of their calling, its rela
tion to justice and truth, its duty alike
to God and to the State.
Unfortunately, the profession of the
law seems to be gradually sinking
from the old standards of learning
from the lofty foundations of exact
science to the dead level of -simple
every-day trade and barter. The law
yer is a less professional man than a
man of business; especially at the
counters, where wealthy clients, parj
ticularly rich corporations, in selecting
an attorney, seek less a master of juj
risprudence than an expert in com,
mercial methods and legal artifice. A
spirit of decadence inevitably follows
such a descent from the elevation on
vfhichthe world was wont to place its
famous jurists, and, as a consequence,
both the bench and the bar have felt
its evil influence; though, as may be
seen by a perusal of the proceedings of
the Bar Associations of the Nation and
the Stated, there are lawyers left to
combat the downward tendency and to
hold the greatest of all professions true
Jp&n -oFviWar
Rjussia Maintains Position.
London, July 23 The Daily Mail's
Tokio correspondent sends rather an
alarming view of the situation in the
oast -to his paper.
He says that Russia's retention of
' MnnfhiiriM tlio InnroncD a( hpr flfft. t.hft
desuatch of rein force oi en ta to Manchu
ria, the Southward movement of the
occupying army in Manchuria and the
defiant conduct on the frontier alarmed
the Japanese, many of whom are con-
viffpfl that it urrtnlrl Vo Kiit tor In ficrht
now than risk the eventual lossj of Co
reaandtbo releuation of Japan to a
secondary place.
He says the Japanese are accumulat
ing stores and negotiating for the pur
chase of ships; that a squardon is oft
Vladiviostock, to which port Russian
vessels have been sent as a precaution,
and that both fleets are ready for ac
tion at any moment.
He says that perual of the Siberian-)
Look For L&st Time
, Upon Remains of Pope
Korae, July 23. PVom sunrise until
sudet today thousands passed before
the body of Pope Leo XIII. lying in
state in the Basilica of St. Peters. It
was originally intended that this op
portunity to publicly view the remains
should extend through three days, but
tonight the Associated Press correspon
dent learns that the time "is likely to be
curtailed and that the funeral may oc
cur Friday instead of Saturday night,
owincrtothe eidence9 that decompo
sition is aetting.in. This is due today's
severe heat from which no embalming,
however perfect, could completely, pro
tect the body. ' ' ;
The will of the dead Pope was open
ed at today's meeting of the congrega
tion of cardinals. It consists of thirty
S1 pages, in the hand writing of Leo
AUI.and leaves all the property of
which he died possessed to his successor
for the use of the church.' To each
member of his family he leaves a pres
ent to be chosen from the valuable "ob
jects in bis apartment. Similar pres
ents are bequeathed to his physicians
J be total amount of tbe property which
Qe left is not yet known. -1 '
The prevailing impression of those
who today passed before the iron ates
af the ohapel of "the sacrament to view
the remains was one of intense pity,
j xmbt tied with a certain sense of Jjnr
ro. The body was tilted up on the cat
afalque In order that all might see the
terribly shrunken face. An ordinary
kull in a frame of gold, lying in a mass
on
to its better traditions.
We do not need Coke to tell us that
Law is Reason, nor
is the embodiment
Bick.to0e that n
of the sentiment of
the people; but how shall this law con
tinue to maintain its ascendency to
keep in the public obedience and re
spect if its votaries become little other
than mercenary gladiators, whilst they
who sit in judgment rise thence and
reaching their dangerous eminence
through dabbling with the pitch 0f
nolitica-insLst still nnn i.hhiin. itK
this pitch ?,
The Courthouse is the people's Tem
ple, the poor man's Casile It ought to
be as sacred as the House of God. The
man , who would desecrate it is the
basest of wretches. He should be
scorned of all men. The . party which
ior any reason can bring itself to
countenance the diversions of the
courts of law from the functions of
justice to those of political influence, or
convenience, to that extent forfeits Its
claim to the popular confidence.
We are aware that both the Re-
publican and the . Democratic parties
alike have sins of this description to
answer; for; but no true Democrat, no
true Republican If he be an honest
man and loves his country can or will
defend the usage. It is thoroughly
vicious. The judge who is willing to
step down from his high estate upon
the bench to the more or less dirtv
work of partisan activity shows himself
by his act an unworthy - judge, an unfit
1 nrl eta f acafxri r rr tVta nnnUmnt rv all
j.i a ' ...
goedcltlsens. He does not in reality
help his party, nor benefit himself. He
hurts his party and degrades himself.
Hence it is that the reserve of Judge
Parker, with the presidency itself
before hirn, U the subject of universal
econium. Amid a dearth of public vir-
me me people are quicic to see a
shining example, to warm to it and ap
plaud it. Courier-Jouraal.
Psttk
press reveals the aggressive spirit of
the Russian military party; that the
Russian believe they will lose prestige
if tbey give 'way now, with the result
that their far eastern empire will be
lost and Japanese influence will become
predominant.
The appointment of Marquis I to. as
president of the privy council, the cor
respondent says, is favorable to peace,
but that Russia must retreat or there
will be very grave danger of War. Ke
says the Japanese believe that France
and England will join in the expected
conflict, which diplomatists at Tokio ;
think mifirht If once begun, continue
for years, involving disastrous results
to Japanese finance, and the creation of
a sort of balk a n difficulty in Corea. He
adds that confidence is shown in the.
Anglo-Japanese alliance.
.. -
of red roses could
scarcely i hav been
,th. j
more tvplcal of death
Except at sunrise when tnq crusn
threatened a panic, all those wbo wish-,
ed it, had an opportunity of entering tempt, Mrs. Jardens sald:f "My biis
Rf. Ptfirsi ! Dunner the day kiany of I band Is well connected. ' ,He travelled
those who passed lo stopped before the
nataifalmiA to sav a hurried braver.1
Huudreds of the women and evin some
f tvo mpni mVrlAd children in their
arms.
Rev. "Cherry Tree" Briaht
Helen
Alone.
The Sylva church having wi hdrawn
her acceptance of the reportj oi ne
Presbvtery called in the case M Rev.
Tobias Bright,
a vatnA ninnuaA
his ordination, he stands now in tbe
V 1
relation of church-member. Mhls ac
tion followed Brother Brlght'sSvelun
tarv withdrawal from the ministry. It
. . . IT
seems to us mat our oroi.uer u.ay oe
' . .. . 1 ii - l 1
left now In peace. He has pail tbe
penalty pi me court, auu uo uu luuur-
ed tbe loss of his standlog as a mltlster
Well may we pause to estimate the
Dane's that he has
endured. ' ttx the
course t of time U will i become his
bretb ren to voice their present sympa-
thy for him In making way for his
restoration to his work. It may re-
Quire more courage to forgive than to
condemn; but we men must do each lnv
its time. Biblical Recorder. ,
The
Bell People Sutoiit.
Will Not Violate
Negroes to be Employed
1-
-rir is neacnea.-mcuuson Citizens Have
Things Their XVy.
That is a most remarkable situation
ffhlp.h nht.Hlna In "Kit a At
' . u AUHUIOVU VUUUVJl
where tho citizens have i decreed that
heRroes sbal1 not be employed by the
construction corpsof the American Bell
Telephone company. It was stated
this morning that Sheriff Reed had
been approached with the statement,
from an unofficial source, that he might
be called upon to assist in: 'guarding the
men, while at work, and that the Bell
people would build the line, with their
present help, if it meant trouble and an
expenditure of six million dollars.
Later, however, the information -was
vouchsafed from a more advised source,
that the Bell people would respect the
unwritten law of the natives of Steele
creek, and would employ! only white
men on the long distance line until the
Tennessee mountains were: reached.
"Booze," the well known negro who
worked about the Bingham school for a
number of years, was among those wbo
com posed ; the camping party, 'and he
tells a vivid story of the ! experience of
his dusky companions. The" negro
camp was stationed about a mile ' in ad
vance of that occupied by the white
men. It was during the Btill watches
of the night that the "vigilance" com-
inlttee, composed of about fifty moun
I. . T ,. . n . -A
taineers, arrived; Only I a few! words
were spoken. In fact,vit was a situation
which called for but few: words. The
spokesmen of the nocturnal! visitors
wanted to know if tlfut was "Mr.
i j "
Niggahs' camp," and receiving a halt
ing, but affirmative reply
supplement
ed the query with the information that
Two tlorth Carolinians
. AUeGpl Suicide in Hewcrky
New York, July 22. -Gerald Jardens,
forty-two years old, and
pis beautiful
youDgr wife Laura, attempted j suicide
at their apartments In this city this
afternoon by taking laudanum.;;
Mr. and Mrs. Jardens! came from
North Carolina. Jardens is a promoter,
but recent financial reverses led to the
attempt of the couple to end their lives.
They also had attempted suicide last
night, but the supply of laudanum was
insufficient. 1 !
This morning George Gordon, Battle,
a native of Asheville, and a prominent
lawyer here, received a letter from Mrs.
Jardens, saying she was going to die.
Battle notified the police, i A detective
rushed around to the Jardens'; apart-
menu and found the couple in bed.
Velther showed signs of illness and tte
detective left. U K
This afternoon they renewed : the at
1 i'
tempted at suicide, but Mrs. Jardens be
came frightened and notified the doctor
that her husband was ill. The doctor
at once divined the trouble and sum
moned an ambulance and the husband,
who was unconscious, was taken to the
hospital. Mrs. Jardens followed on
foot, but upon her arrival; at the hes-
I pital became overcome from the effects
I of the drug. They were 'treated and
soon recovered.
J,
I Tonight in explanation; of the
I over the world, tried to get Into the
dlnlomatic service but failed, i A tivr
months ago he was in India and return
I ed to England, where he met me. we
came to this country; and our funds be
ginning to get low ' we wrote a death
agreement and sealed itj Then Ve
bought laudanum. He drank first A
" . . ....... , t ., . 4:
be lay unconscious I wanted tp join him
in death, but was afraid. , Then I de
piA'f-A to drink the druff. 1 1 I went to
s,eep but upoQ Waking iip-1 nb' lpnger
i wshed to die and wanted; toy husband
to live. I am glad we are both alive,
I ior we loveeacu umer ueani,- nuu i
kind fortune will give us av little help
we may yet be happy.'' J! J. j j
Stirred Up Over Double Lynching
fjhevenne. YVvo.. July 21. Governor
I ' " .)
Ch9uvUm declares he will call j on the
prosecting attorney of Big Born bounty
i vu wftc uw9.bkp r
justice the raen concerned in 0 the
double lynching at Basin.! j The: troops
I ordered out to assist Sheriff Fenton
IB
transferring Hill McCluJ, charged w
th
the murder, of Ben Mennlck, from
ThermopoUs yesterday.' j! people are
leaving for their homes, and it js now
' believed that no attempt will be made
to interfere with Sheriff Fenton. i Quiet
preraus a rsiu
Unwritten Law.
Only After Tennessee
.
the occupants of the. camp had only
fifteen minutes in which to vacate
L"half of which time have already been
consumed. " Forty negroes made a
break for tall timber, and it was stated
this morning that some of them have
not quit running yet. Some of the
negroes arrived in Asheville yesterday,
foot sore and weary, as they did not
have time to put on - their shoes.
"Booze," and two other negroes had
the temerity to return to camp the next
day for their effects, and found that
the tent had been literally perforated
with bullets. The highlanders had
evidently felt uncertain whether all
the negroes had left, and had shot into
the tent to make certain that no one
remained. : ( I
By virtue of a special dispensation
from the white natives one black face
is now seen with the construction
corps. He does the cooking for the
camp, and being an artist in his line,
was allowed to remain. This fellow,
however, is sore afraid, and never
ventures from the tent in , which the
cooking is done. Whenever he wants
water from the spring, it is brought to
him by some white hand, and in this
way the culinary department of the
camp will be conducted for a couple of
weeks, until the disputed Doggett
mountain territory Is left far behind.
In this connection it will doubtless be
of Interest to state that there are not
only sections of Madison, but of Mitch
ell county, wherein the negro enters at
his peril Evening" News.
Farmers Ileet
Ralelgb,' N. C, July22. The farmers'
State convention at the Agriculture
and Mechanical College began at noon
to-day. General Matt W. Ransom pre
sided. He arrived this morninar and
looks extremely well. Many farmers
arrived during the day, among them
being E. F. McRae, of Max ton; Geo. N.
Ives and William Dunn, of Newbern; J.
B. Dawson, of Kinston; Wm. A. Gra
ham, of Lincoln county; W. C. New
land, of Lenoir; H. W. McAllister, of
Charlotte. The attendance at to-day's
session was gratlfyingly large. About
400 were present at the ppening. The
exercises were held in the Pullen Mem
orial Hall. Dr. George T. Winston
made the opening speech and Governor
Aycock extended a welcome on behalf
of the State. The feature of the day
was the striking strong speech, of an
hour's length, by Gen. Ran9om, ' the
president of the convention. It was
pitched in a high key and dwelt upon
the industrial developement, as well as
the agricultural awakening of North
Carolina.' There was singing by a
South Carolina lady, who is attending
the summer school for teacners, while
another lady from the Palmetto State
played tbe accompaniment. There was
a call on the singer for "The Old North
titatet " but she did not know the air or
the words, so the North Carolinians had
to sing it themselves.
Running Ilepes'Oot
Yas Very Profitable.
Kecent amvaia from Madison say
there was method in the seeming i mad
ness of the good citixen8 of Steele Creek,
who decreed that the negro should be
employed by the construction corps of
the Bell Telephone company.
This will be apparent when the fact
is mentioned that the white men, - who
displaced the negroes who had entered
tbe forbidden precincts, are receiving
wages at tffe rate of $1.40 a day, where
as, tLe negroes were only receiving
pay at the rate of $1.25 per day. In
short, the Steele Creek citizens chased
off the negroe help and ' then made it
known that only home people could be
employed, and that they must receive
an increase over the amount heretofore
paid for such work., It was a fine "stoke
of latter day commercialism, v remarked
a gentleman this morning when the
Madison citizens gave their hatred ior
the negro race expression in fire arms.
Corn bad been laid by, and aa tbey had
little to do but hunt squirrels, the $1.40
a day will come in at a most seasonable
time..-
It will take a couple of weeks to build
tbe line through tbe Doggett mountain
section, and then the negroes, who are
waiting 'for the opportunity, will re
sume their work on the Tennessee side
of the line. Evening News. v-,. ,
Capital
Mil Erf),
(In Constitution.)
The saddest and the sweetest things ever I
wrmcu were concerning aeacn ana love,
Montgomery, Scott, Longfellow, Lindley
and Bourdilion and many others found their I
tenderest sentiments on these subiects. I
Linnley wrote his sweetest gems on the
death of a young lady. Just such another
would he have written had he lived until
our loved one died.
Thou art gone from our gaze like a
beautiful dream, '
Thy grace and thy beauty no more will be
: seen; i
Tbo' lost to sight, to memory dear,
Thou ever wilt remain;
The only hope our hearts can cheer
The hope to meet agaiu."
Longfellow says:
"Thealr is full of farewells to the dying
And mournings for the dead,
There is no flock, however watched and
teuded, ; - "
But one dead lamb is there; ,
Thee is no fireside, however defended,
But has one vacant chair."
Montgomery says: ' v
4 'Friend after friend departs,
Who has not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end."
And Longfellow says,
by way of con-
isolation: v i i
'There is no death. What seems so is
transition;. .
This life of moital breath
Is but a suburb of tbe hfelysian,
Whose portal we call death." $
All this Is very solemn and very sad,
but it has Its counterpart when they wrote
of love, i Scott says:
"In peace love luncs the shepherd's reed,
In war he mounta the warrior's steed,
In courts is seen iu gay attire, ,
In hamlets dances on the green.
Love rules the camp, the court, the grove,
And tneo below and saints above, t
For love is heaven and heaven is love."
i
4 -
I
8ojotnon
says, "Love is as strbng as
death and
K30d from m CeSSltV . la love"
andTxive" thy neighbor wthyself;"
And Ward8worth' savs. "A mother'
love is the holiest thing alive."
A mother's love! I was watching the
eagerness with which our neighbor, Mrs.
Munford, was cheerisbing the memory of
her lost daughter, the sweet girl who had
charge of the library books committee and
whose. memory now seems like a beautiful
dream a dream; to us, but not to the
mother who never will forget. When the
Cherokee Club prepared to make a mem
orial for Mary she pleaded for the privi
lege of placing it; where Mary was wont
to sit and have sweet companionship with
those she loved. Her beautiful home was
nothing and! money was - nothing. She
said the library is in debt five or six hun
dred dollars. Please let me pay it off, for
Mary felt like it was her debt. Let me
have the floor varnished and have chairs
instead of benches, and I want some nicer
tables for Mary's sake. Please let me
have a memorial for Mary here and give it
heir name The Mary Munford Memorial
library?" And so it was done. Who
could refuse a mauler's tears for the me
mory of her loving daughter, and so it was
done aud the sign oyer the door will be tbe
Alary juumuru xtiemonai uomry. uu inis
is not all of a mother's love. Sbe is going
to buy the bonks that Mary would have
bought and make a. donation each and every
year. , L '.'.;-v"", 1
Now, good people, all who tarry or pais
through Cartersville stop a little while and
see what love has done a mother's kve.
I wisfi that 'committee appointed on Mr
8tovallV. bid would come and see this
model library and go back , and plead ' for
that $6,000 wherewith to build the Win
me Davis Memorial hall. The patiotic
Women want it and so do . the veterans
whose time is nearly ouU May it be your
last and best work for Miss Winnie, whom
we all loved.
BILL ARP.
St, LiislxhliF
Fund Growing.
Greenesboro, July 25. Col. F. B. Aret-
dell was here today, returning to Raleigh
liTiui a mp in iuc music ui uw Diaies
contribution to tbe St. Louis Exposition.
He said there was no doubt but what the
enterprising manufacturers and bankers of
the State would see that a splendid show
ing was maae. ue r was eutnusuutic over
he public spirited gen erosity of the bust
ness men of High Point, Last night begot
them together, made a speech of 20 minutes
and in five minutes more they had subscrib .
ed (2,500. "One hundred dollars a minute
for 25 minutes beats the world In that
sort of business, said he, "and High PoUtf
is going to be the biggest town in $?tfc
Carolina in five more years if ' kteps up
iUlick."
v
Bull Bats, Are ;
to Be Protected.
i as heretofore Btated, a law ' was
passed by the last legislature prohibit-
ing the shooting of bull bats in North
Carolina.. If this law. whioh is viewed
with disfavor by some sportsmen, bad
been passed . years a&ro, conditions in '
the bull bat section would be much bet
ter off, some declare, because the bats
are deadly enemies of ' pestiferous in-
stcts.
In some sections of the State bull bats
are very numerous and in such locali
ties inseote are the more numerous. In
the Mills River section, a distance of
16 miles from here, one can see in the
bull bat season, late in the afternoon,
thousands of these birds darting .
through the air in hot pursuit , of the
insects, which are so troublesome in
the month of August. For a number of
years Asheville men who love gun
ning have considered bull bat shooting
a great sport. They were more numer
ous last season than in any season of
late 'years. At that time Asheville
sportsmen would drive out to the su
burbs of the city and kill from 25 to 50
bats In one evening.
Since tbe law was' passed some have ''
disregarded - it in several sections of
this county, but hereafter the game
warden'of the Audubon society will see
that no bull bats are shot They feel
that bull bats are among the most user
ful of all birds, and that every -one
should do their part in seeing that the
state law is not violated. Asheville
News. -i-v .'v":r-; .: !.
Advice to Catholics ' "
of llorth Carolina.
'To the Reverend Clergy and Catholic
People of North, Carolina:
4The sad hews was announced to the
world yesterday that our illustrious
Pontiff. Leo XIII. passed the portals of
eternity. . 1',a- '
i " we, tne smallest portion or ms
mighty flock were most stnffularlv fa-
I vored. asn'nlv taw aVini-t wwlra Atrn
omrHteloved.-bfehon, . kneelinsr at his
feet,, . received - Pppe Leo's , apostolic
benediction T6r the priests and people
of this State. Bearing then this great
affliction In bumble submission to Di-
V A. VV AUUVUt 1DU LAS Li LI 1 Lit? V L LLI LilIH .
millions of Catholics and pray for our
beloved Holy Father. Leo XIII.: and
w j f : r
with the Protestant world alike, bewail
the loss of a great man who understood
every ailment of human society, and
uimu puureu uu upon xurDUient seas.
'As a token of respect the 'Catholic
churches and ecclesiastical buildings la
the vicariate should , be draped in
mourning until the happy day when tbe
name of a new 'Father of Christendom':
Is announced to the world. . :,-
"A solemn mass of requiem should be
said wherever possible, and at, a time
most convenient to the various congre
gations. That the Holy Ghost may di
rect jthe conclave about to assemble in
Rome, let the priests insert' into the
mass as 'OraUbmperata,'; the oration
from the 'Missa uro eli&rendo summo
Pontifico' whenever rubrics permit. -
'A portificial requiem mass assisted
by the entire clergy of the vicariate
will be celebrated at the abbey upon
tbe return of our beloved ordinary.
'F. FELIX O; S. B., Adm'r.
Rilmnnf.. TJ. CI ' .Tnlv 91 ion?
ED UC ATIONAL RALLIES.
Dates When Prominent Citizens
Will SpeaJc
The following educational rallies
have been arranged by ? the executive
committee, for Western. North Carolina;
; HON. j. y. joyner. v
Franklin, Macon county. August 28.
Highland, " . ' August 29.
. . , PEOF. J. B. CARLYLE.
Montreat, Buncombe county, July . 25
Clear Creek, Henderson county.
July27. , , , . t . tr .
Cross Roads Henderson
county,
J j1
Mills
River,
Henderson county,
August 1.
Green River, Henderson
coa&ty,
August 3.
pi DR. Q. T. WINSTON ' 1
Hot Springs,' Madison oxwjfctr, July 28.
.Marshall, lladison 'txSatikfr July ,30.
Mars Hill, adis eounty Julj; 31.
Haywood CQJ week epding Aug.
Brevard ; xmsy Jvanla county, Aug.
I Hog PsfilKJTraosvlvanla countv Ausr.
OIWWV H. C. August... , ;
8184 Jackson county, August.
Webster, Jackson county ;
. - DB. B. P. 'DIXON.' ' , :
Columbus, Polk county Aviritfl'iJ
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