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w.,,.,4 Arnin.t Motorman Healy.

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Dalton
yesterday issued warrant chargmg Nelson
degree. Heaiy was the rnotorman Of the
olive street car which ,II inflicted fatal fatal IN, n,
iuries to Policeman William j. Boka az
Christni;iS night.
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REPUBLIC SPEC

Memphis. Tenn. u ii ,A.nd.
2.5 feet on the san = All of ~ 81 in.
IN. Ior vicksburE N Dsss dspfts9 p:
Lee departed at Ren. fos ftiars Is The
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gregated 50. .427. .327 ,SG7, a decrease of over
sI37 612 go compared with last years opera
lions. Customs receipts amounted to $lSI,
iSl. 1884, an increase of more than $20,0OO,VO0
over last year.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-01

CHICAGO-More than 100 delegates, repre-
AIpha Tau omega fraternity. were present
at the onening session of the eighteentni
biennial congress. The convention WILL last
three daVS.
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TELEGRAPH NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD,

GAINESVILLE TEX.-The business sec
ton OF Valley View. ten miles south OF TINS
city, this morning was partly destroyed py
fire
sWAsHINGToN-Th American Physical
Society elected the following ofncers JOE
1868; President Arthur G. Webster. Wor-
cester. Mass: vice president. Ehhh 1thsca rhom-
y; treasurer, William Hallock-
MONTREAL-A rear-end collision oc,
CURED on the Victoria bridge OF the Grano
Trunk Railway between two freight trains.
Conductor Octave Trembley was killed. The
wrecked cars took fire. and all trathc was
blocked.
BAL.TMoRE-The Modern Language
Association of America has closed its an
nuai convention Professor HeoTge ,a. m.
elected president. Professors w. II;
Carrutir of the University of Kansas and and
sonyi Tay ihv were elected - members of the Execu-
tive Committee.
cussion OF the question of loanine the Greek
letter badges to nonmenbers, the Grana
Chapter Of Phi Kappa Sigma DECIDED ,ia;s al,
versely. l. Hartley Merrick OF Phiiadelphia
was reelected grand alpha
SAN FRANCISCO-Congres Julius
Kahn. defeated for reelection in the Fourth
California Confessional District by f. ].
Livernash, has served notice of contest.
9CHICAGO-Edward S. Dreyer. former
banker ard treasurer of the West Park
Board has been taken to Joliet to begin a
long -delaved sentence for withholding $Sl6.-
900 of park funds Nearly four years have
passed since Dreyer's conviction.
SCAPE TOwN-A detachment Of 100
Roers who have volunteered for military
service In Somaliland. will sail next week
4vIENNA-An imperial decree under arti-
Gle H. the emergency clause OF the Constr
tuition has been gazetted authorizing a
provisional budget for the period ending
June So 1903.
ST. PETERSBURG-The Americans who
are going to Bairam Ali, Transcaucasia, 70
install cotton oil machinery in the Imperial
domain there, have arrived at MOSCOW
SRoME-The Pope has refused to appoint or
Ab5e Klein to be Bishop of Monaco. The
kbbe IS a professor in the CATHOLIC In
stitute at Paris, propagation of Father
Hecker's doctrines and translator of Bishop
$palding's works.
NEW YoRK-Total receipts and pay
Enents by the Subtreasury for the year as-
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IDENTIFIES ESCAPED CONVICT.
Conductor Says Chat Is the Man
Who Shot Me-"

Louisville. Dec. 3.-Eron photograph
shown Linn at the hospital to-day. JEFF
Keene. the Louisville and Nashville pas
senger conductor. who was wounded In q
fight with a robber yesterday as bis train
was entering South Louisville, identined
tary at Nashville some time ago. as his
assailant Il the robbery.
The conductor said: without Doubt fhat
Ms the man who shot me. cannot be mis-
Naken."
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ct. PETERSBURG-The Americans who
are going to Bairam Ali. Transcaucasia, 70
install cotton oil machinery in the imperial
domain there, have arrived at MOSCOW
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-01

.EIENNA-An imperial decree under arti-
Gle IA, the emergency clause of the Constr
tuition. has been gazetted authorizing a
provisional budget for the period ending
Iupe 20 1903
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MONTREAL-A rear-end collision oc,
Cured on the Victoria bridge of the Grand
Trunk Railway between two freight trains.
Conductor Octave Trembley was killed me
wrecked cars took fire. and all trathc was
blocked.
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SCAPE TOWN-A detachment Of 100
Roers. who have volunteered for military
service In Somaliland. will sail next week.
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er and Business.
d;cat,ng q yesterday marked 80 feet; In
Business q 1.6 feet in "a hours.
Weather he Levee yesterday was shsh''
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GAINESVILLE TEX.-The business sec
ton of Valley View. ten miles south OF TINS M
city, this morning was partly destroyed py
fire.
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STEAMBOATS,.


81. Louis and Tennessee River Packet CO.
- l. Ship all freight for landings eu Ten.
" nessee River between Paducah, Ky.
and Waterloo. Ala. via Iilinois csn-
tral or Louisville and Nashville railroads. Rsgu-
lar tariff rates win apply:
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Generally 10y. weather.
ad warmer.
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'er and Businesi

RIver Forecast.
Est. Louis viii fall.
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3cHICAGO-Edward S. Dreyer, former
banker ard treasurer of the West Park
Board. has been taken to Joliet to begin n
long -delaved sentence for withholding SSl6.-
900 of park funds. Nearly four years have
passed since Dreyer's conviction.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-01

zXASHINGTON-Th American Physical
Society elected the following officers Tor
1868: President, Arthur G. Webster. Wor-
cester. Mass: vice president. Eihu Ihom-
son; secretary. Ernest Merritt. Ithaca. n.
Y: treasurer, William Hallock-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-01

SAN ANCIsCo-Congressman Julius
Kahn, defeated for reelection in the Fourth
California Congressional District by E.. j.
Lvernash, has served notice of contest
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-01

PITTSBURG-After an animated dis
cussion OF the question of loanina the Greek
letter badges to nonmembers, the Grand
Chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma decided ad-
versely. l. Hartley Merrick Of Philadelphia
was reelected grand alpha.
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NEW YORK-Total receipts and pay
nents BY the Subtreasury for the year as-
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RIVER NEWS.
Rise and Fan Of the Rivers

For "a hours ending at / a M:
! st. Louis. Wednesday. Dec 81, 1902
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
The Excursion.
Charlotte Observer.


Says the Gastonia News:
"Have you ever been on an eXcur-
sion? Did you ever see a man on an
excursion out of humor? The eNcur-
sion is a good thing when we'll con-
Quoted. They afford an opportunity
for a cheap trip and the monotony
of daily toll is broken"
All of which is very true. The eX-
cursion is a good institution, when
all on board are sober and orderly.
1t gives a chance to people who
rarely ever get away from home and
never get far-for hard-worked men
and pallid women whose lives are an
unbroken history of toll. For many
of these an excursion of Il hundred
miles is an event to be remembered.
1t could be wished that both eXcur-
sions and circuses were more frequent
and cheaper They reveal the big
world to people who never see it
otherwise, and who, while in it, are
happy in the change of scene and
freedom from the daily grind. Let
no one ridicule the excursion or
circus-goer. Enough of our people
become insane through the monotony
of their lives and the depression which
comes from preying upon themselves
it is wonder that more do not,
particularly more women. The men
generally come to town once a week,
and this is break in their order of
existence. But tile women-hardly
any diversion is in their reach. except
going to church. Long life, there
fore. TO the excursion and the circus.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
THE ACT DIVIDING MURDERS.
Judge Allen Defends the Act Divid
ing the Crime into Degrees but Sug-
gests Amendment.

Judge W r. Allen. in Raleigh News and
Observer.
As intelligent citizens are advOcat-
ing the repeal Of the act of 1893,
dividing murder into two degrees,
and as introduced it in the Legisla-
ture, | have thought it might be
proper to suggest IL reason for its
passage and retention.
Prior to the act ii one man met an
other and without cause grossly in
suited him by use OF the vilest Ian
guage known to II man with reference
to mother, wife, daughter or sister,
and the party so insulted at once
drew deadly weapon and killed the
other, it WAS murder in the first de-
gree and punishable with death
Juries knew this was wrong and
upon the slightest pretext acquitted
as they had no choice between a con
viction with the death penalty at
tached and an acquittal.~ When the
insult was not so great those who
served on juries believed there was a
distinction between the man who shot
and killed face to face upon II sudden
quarrel when no blow was struck and
the man who shot from behind and
from ambush 10 crafty a revengeful
heart. The law made no distinction
between the two and said that both
were guilty OF murder and that the
punishment for each was the same
death.
Men who deserved some punish
ment frequently escaped and the ad-
| ministratiOn Of the law suffered
because Jurors themselves became
violators of the law. The cry was
raised then, as it is now. that the law
was not being enforced and that the
people would take the law into their
own hands aud the act of 1898 was
the result.
The act first came before the SUI
preme Court for construction in
State vs.. Fuller, | II n G., $50. The
Superior Court Judge who tried that
case charged the Jury that ''premed-
itatiOn (Which is an essen tial element
OF murder in the first degree) may be
inferred or presumed from the Use OF
a deadly wcapon,' but the Supreme
Court said this Was error, and that
there must be evidence OF premedita-
tiOn outside OF the use of the weapon.
All OF the cases in the Supreme
Court since then in which it has been
held that there was not sufficient evi-
dence to support IL verdict OF murder
i'll the first degree are based on the
Fuller case The conditions now are
| submit. as they were before the act
| of 1898 became a law, and the reason
| which caused its enactment iustifes
| its retention.
Ii Il change should be made | sug-
gest amendment and not repeal, and
the evils complained of with which
if they exist | do not think the act has
| anything to do.) may be remedieG
| by an amendment providing that d
killing with deadl v weapon shall
be evidence of generalization and de
| liberation.
If this were done no Judge coul(
say when there was Il killing with {;
deadly weapon, that there was nc
evidence of murder in the first degree
and i'll cases which justified it jurie:
would convict of the lesser offense
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
RAISE MORE HOGS.
The Scarcity and High Price of Meat
and the Low Price of Money Crops
NeceSsitate it.
Lumberton Robesonian.

Lumberton Robesonian.
Dealers tell us that meat is scarce
and can be obtained only with diff
Guilty. This means prices will be
higher. 1t is Il fact which should ap-
peal to our people and encourage
them to make their own meat. This
we believe every progressive farmer,
barring accident, does. 1t also indi-
Gates that there is an opportunity
open to him to make money in this
line. Hog raising can be made one
of the most profitable industries in
this country, and there has never
been Il time to our knowledge, when
the market has been glutted with
North Carolina Bacon. By hog rails
ing, we do not mean that those en-
gaging in the enterprise should rely
on raising corn as the entire food for
hogs; this, we do not believe would
be profitable; but a variety of crops,
cOwpeas, potatoes, ,chufas, artichOkes,
peanuts, rye and Others, which the
hogs will harvest for themselves,
should be planted for them. In this
way the DuSlueSS titil NE Ildtie pEOl-
liable. The outlay for getting in
shape is not great and every farmer
can do something along this line il
he will try. Some of ourpeOple have
already tried this industry with most
satisfactory results, and among the
number of those who have been most
successful, we might mention Mr.
Graham MckinnOn, OF fRowland. He
is so well satisfied with the results
already made that he proposes to
conduct the business on a much lar
ger scale than heretofore. There is
no reason why others should not
90 into it. We believe it offers better
returns for the amount of labor ant
the amount OF investment than any
othe enterprise which our people car
| engage in. We should be glad to
have for publication the experience
of some who have tried it success
fully.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
Importance of the Battle of Fort Fisher

Raleigh Post.
The Ship Explosion at Fort Fisher,
the scheme devised by Gen. Butler to
destroy the fort by the force of con
cussion when the federal feet was as
saulting that point, was most gra-
phically described in Sundays Post
by our townsman, Col. William }.
Saunders, who was one Oftheimmor-
tai band whose sublime courage dur
ing the terrific siege has never been
surpassed and scarcely equalled.
We trust on next Sunday to give
another sketch from Col. Saunders
of the bombardment and vigorous
assaults by land which followed the
| explosion on board the ship. These
sketches are peculiarly interesting at
this time in view of the reunion O
the survivors to be held on the site
of the fort on August 18th, and Col
Saunders relation OF the incidents il
most felicitous. Fort Fisher and the
heroism displayed there shor Id be az
dear to the hearts of the people o
all the country as is Gettysburg. foI
| it's successful resistance to the enemy
had the greatest bearing upon the
conduct of the war, while its surren
der had more to do with the defeat
of the South than the result on Tho
| Pennsylvania battle field.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
The Cleveland Babies.
Burlington {N. j. Gazette.


Ex-President Grover Cleveland has
received congratulations from all
parts of the country on the advent
OF his fifth child, the son who arrived
at Gray Gables, July 18th. The boy
baby is doing nicely, and Mrs.
Cleveland is rs we'll as could be ex-
pected.
Grover Cleveland and Miss Frances
Folsom were married in the Blue
Room of the White House June 2nd,
1886. Mr. Cleveland was born March
18th, 1887, and is now iii his 9th
year. There are four Cleveland chill
dren-Ruth, Esther, Marion and
Richard Folsom. Ruth was born
October 3rd. 1891, at S16 Madison
Avenue. New York She was named
after Mrs. Cleveland's grandmother,
and as Baby Ruth ruled Washing
ton society during her fathers second
term in the White House.
Esther Cleveland was born Septem-
ber 9th, 1898, and is the only child OF
a President born in the White House
Marion Cleveland was born at Buz-
Yards Bay, July 7th, 1895. Richard
Folsom Cleveland was born October
2Sth, 1897, in Princeton. He is a
sturdy, good looking little chap, and
has been adopted by Princeton Col
lege students as their own special
mascot.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
Growth of Religious liberation.


Charlotte Observer
The growth OF religious toleration,
as evidenced i'll the interest OF Chris
tendon in the sickness and death Of
Pope Leo Nil. is very generally re-
marked. The Protestant world shar-
ed the solicitude of the Catholic over
the venerable Pontiff, and there was
no expression from any quarter that
was not kindly sympathetic. I'm
doubtedly the amiable qualities of
Leo himself had much to do with the
abatement of bitterness during his
pontiticate He was ever concilia-
tory and his amiable traits won upon
the world. gaining more charitable
consideration for his Church as it
was seen typified in him. The day
of Church unity is remote; the day
when sectarian jealousy and dislike
shall end is not near: but in the sOf-
tening OF religious asperities and the
larger tolerance as made manifest in
the attitude of the world to the late
head of the Church OF Rome, is seen
.promiSe of the coming of the time
when ''Ephraim shall lnot envy Judah,
and Judah shall not veN Ephraim .
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
HENDERSON, n. c.. THURSDAY, AUGUST g. 1908.
Gov. Aycock and His Critics.
Messenger and Inteliigencer.

Wadesboro Messenger and Inteliigencer
If there is anything easier to do,
and more congenial to the average
person than giving advice, it is criti-
cising the acts and motives of others.
We are led to this reflection by the
storm of criticism that has been hurl-
ed at Gov. Aycock recently. Most of
these criticisms have been bOuse of
his exercise of the pardoning power.
Some of them, notably that of the
Statesville Landmark anent the Me-
haffey case, have been wellconsidered
and sincerely made, we believe, but
many of them have been i'll advised
and carping.
The Governor has given excellent
reasons for most of his pardOns but,
being a kind hearted man, it is prob
able that he has, in some instances,
been imposed upon. Perhaps there
have been times when he should have
given more weight to the consider
alton that only in notable cases does
any one take the trouble to oppose
Il pardon. Generally speaking the
only person who takes any particu-
lar interest in the matter is the law
yer who has been employed by the
person who seeks the pardon, or his
friends, and oftimes, probably, the
lawyer is working on q contingent
fee, that is if he does not get the par
don he gets no pay.
Another thing to be remembered in
this connection it that nearly every
time the Governor pardons a crimi-
nal the fact appears that he has been
petitioned to do so by the Judge
who tried the case, the solicitor who
prosecuted and the jury that con-
victed. In the name of common sense
what is he to do under such circum-
stances? If he does not pardon he
will be blamed for refusing to take
the advice of those who are supposed
to be perfectly acquainted with the
circumstances of the case; and if he
does pardon he will be criticised for
undoing the work of the courts. 1t
seems to be "a clear case of you'll
be damned if you do, and you'll be
damned if YOU dOn't.'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
ANOTHER VIEW
OF the Effect of the Pardoning Power
as Exercised by the Governor in
Certain Cases.
Statesville Landmark.

Statesville Landmark.
A correspondent of the Charlotte
Observer, writing from Newton, says
that in discharging the jury of Ca
tawba Superior Court Saturday
Judge Shaw said:
"Gentlemen of the jury, before dis
charging you / want to thank you
for your faithful work. The court
approves every verdict you have rem
dered but one. A young man was
indicted for an assault with intent to
commit rape. Ofthat crime he should
have been convicted. You convicted
him of a simple assault. You may
be right and the court wrong. But
the court thinks that you made a
serious mistake, and that a great
wrong has been done the State. This
much wanted to say and | wanted
to say it in your presence"
Spoken like man and was to be
expected from Judge Shaw. This
correspondent, who was an attorney
for the defence in the Mehaffey case,
goes on to say that "many people
nave Sillu tillS case was tel t11IleS
worse than the Mehaffey case, and
yet the jury said he was not guilty"
He then goes on to make an igen-
iOus defence of the Governors action
in the Mehaffey case and argue that
Mehaffey's wealth and influence did
not affect this case, as the defendant
referred to by Judge Shaw, who was
poor and obscure, was acqitted.
1t depends on how you look at it.
We have no doubt the jury was in
fuenced to acquit in this latter case
by the Governer' S action in the Me.
haffey case. The jury could well
argue that in a similar case the Gov.
ernor had set aside the finding of the
court and they were thus Influenced
to render verdict which Judge Shaw
says was wrong. Furthermore if this
defendant had been convicted he had
no money to pay into the schoo
fund and would have gone to the
penitentiary. This also doubtless in
fiuenced the jury to acquit.
| How much influence the Govern
or 5 pardons and communications have
in securing acquittals in similar cases
| that come after them cannot be es
timated. This is one of the evil
effects OF his course not heretofore
considered.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
VOL. XXI.
&RSSS EOR WOMEN
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Their financial responsibility is we'll
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-08-06
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