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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-17

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-17
RAILROAD 1NVtST1GAr1oNs.

'rhc state board of railroad commits.
.ioncrs. O. +. Howard Of Craftsbury. f..
e. smith OF st. Albums. and II. :. bingham
If Iicnuin.tOu. hold u meeting in Rutland
Friday morning to hear testimony rcla-
tive TO tho death oi f.. " Nyatt. who
was Killed in q railroad accident at Bran
dou in October last. several witnesses
wore "X>miund. f.. i. Otmsbcc Of Bran
don ~ 1carcd for the Rutland railroad. In
the afternoon the board went 10 West
Rulan5 to take testimony relative TO tire
death ~: Angelo Genovcsi. killed in Jan
uary by a Delaware & Hudson train
POOR SUGAR SEASON PREDICTED
In response to an inquiry of what the
coming sugar season was likely to he, {.
s. Grimes Of Wilmington says that the
coming sugar season which is liable to
open at any time. has every indication
of being the very poorest one We have
had for years Mr.. Grimes says he has
sugarod each season for the past % years,
and he bases his prediction on conditions
as he has seen them. lie says: "Whcn
the ground freezes early in the fall. as ii
did last year. and it stays frozen without
oven a slight thaw. there is no moisture
in the ground and without moisture there
can be no sap. The best sugar weather
We ever had WAS seasons whom ii began
to thaw carly during the day and freeze
solid again at night
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
A STORY THAT TELLS THE TALE,

The following story, said to have orig
mated with Clement Manly. Esq, was told
on yesterday by his former law partner,
o. H. Guion, Esq. as appropriate to the
result of the Finch McBee fiasco.
IAN excellent woman living in Jones
county went to her spring house one
morning to get some milk Entering the
spring house, she discovered rat swim
ming around in large crock of her
freshest milk. Indignant at the sight she
grabbed the rat with the fingers of her
right hand and held him up in the air
above the milk. She then stripped him
with her lcf! tana from his ears TO the
extremity of his tail of all the milk that
had collected on him. AS the last drop
fell from the tip of his tail back into
the crock of milk, she held him still
higher looked at him a moment and
then dashed him to the ground, saying:
go way from here, you miserable crit
ter. You brought nothing here. and you
shan't carry nothing away
The crock of milk is the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad Company; the
rat is McBee; and the woman is the
Governor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
THE TRUSTS GET THE WINK.

Justice Holmes, in his dissenting opin-
ion in the Northern Securities Company.
SAID that the decision should logically
be followed by criminal prosecution and
says, 1T Is in vain to insist that this
is not a criminal proceeding" The peo-
pie of the country applaud the decision
and regret that it was not unanimous,
but they are quite as clearly of the opinion
that it should be followed by criminal
prosecutions. The court has upheld the
Sherman Antitrust law, and if the adj
mlnlstration wishes to make the victory
valuable it will institute proceedings
against j. Pierpont Morgan, j. J. Hill and
the others who violated the law in their
transportation trust. The law is manda-
tory. Here it is:
Every person who shall make any
such contract, or engage in any such com
bination or conspiracy, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic~
ton thereof, shall be punished by fine
not exceeding five thousand dollars, or
by imprisonment not exceeding one year,
VI DY Dotn Sdlu DuUlSIIUeUlSs Ill the ais
erection of the court
The decision protects against a trans
portation trust if the officers of the law
enforce it, but hardly had it been render
ed before news was sent to Wall street
that the great transportation trust folks
had nothing to fear Mr.. Henry Clews,
banker, assured them that 'the Attor-
ney General is not going to run about
with searchlght looking for more trou-
ble," and Attorney General Knox hasten
ed to declare that ''the administration
does not mean to run amuck. OF course
every trust in America understands that
this assurance means that Knox will not
run at all, but will crawl like q snail. and
will do nothing in the way of proceed
ing against any trust actually robbing
| the people, or enjoying the bonus of pro
| lection, or may contribute to the cam
paign fund, or will punish the men guilty
of organizing the illegal transportation
| trust. The election is coming on. The
magazines and papers are now full of de-
scribing Roosevelt as a rough rider. de-
molishing the transportation trust. While
such matter as that is being prepared for
popular consumption, Root and Aldrich
are assuring the. trusts that they have
| nothing to fear in the administration, and
the Attorney General winks one eye at
the trusts and cries out 1.-THE administra-
| ton does not mean to run amuck.
The Foraker amendment to the anti
Sherman law was introduced to be ready
to press in this emergency. His amend
mcnts emasculates the law. 1t the Re
publican leaders think it will be safe to
pass the Foraker amendments and pass
them before the campaign. they will soon
be adopted. If, however. they think it
might endanger Roosevelt's election, they
will give assurance the trusts and post
pone action until December.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
Spirit of the Press.
HE WHO CAME TO SHEAR is HIMSELF
SHORN.

Ashevllle Citizen.
The latest developments in the A. and
N. c. receivership case are sufficient evi-
dence that no conspiracy can flourish on
North Carolina soil. 1t proves that the
fingers OF avarice can never be extended
to grasp that which belongs to the peo-
pie, while watchful iurists are alive to
the requirements of their duties
The causes which led I'D to the receiv-
ership steal and the fragrant manner in
which it was rushed through are now mat
tiers of ancient history. The majority of
the papers of the State are united in de-
nouncing the would-be robbers who sought
to lay unholy hands on State property.
The coupe which had evidently been
planned for some length Of time failed
almost at its birth. We have known
many notorious instances of graft" and
robbery, which have been engineered with
more or less success. but the McBee-Finch
deal deserves a prominent place in his
tory for is gigantic effrontery.
Last nights dispatches indicate that
Judge Purnell. who issued the receivership
order. was victimized by the representa-
tons of the oily McBee. 1t is stated that
had he been fully cognizant of all the
facts in the case he would hace acted diff
ferently. Doubtless that it true, but we
are free to suggest that in matter of
such vital interest to the people of the
State it is the duty of legal officials to
fully acquant themselves with the true
state of affairs before taking judicial ac-
ton.
The highway robbery which was accom-
pshed in the darkness of the night merits
swift punishment McBee has admitted
that he fully desired to carry out his re-
ceivership scheme without any notice be-
ing given to the State and private stock
holders. The tactics of the thug and the
midnight marauder were employed to
wrest from the State and people a valua-
BILE property. But, thanks to men who
have a full consciousness OF right he
who came to shear is himself shorn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
GENEROUS DONATIONS.

Yesterday we printed that Mr.. Mark
Morgan, prominent cotton mill manu-
facturer of Scotland county, had given
81 500 to erect a new building for the Pres
byterian Conservatory formerly called
Red Springs Seminary at Red Springs,
Robson county That was a very gen
erous gift to a noble cause. The growth
of the interest which North Carolina peo-
pie feel in the education OF women is
the best product of the better educational
sentiment of the State. Money invested
in the immortal mind of woman is the best
educational use to which it can be put.
Mr.. Morgan has builded wisely foli all time
in promoting the education of the future
mothers of the Commonwealth. No edu-
child. The only sure way to eradicate
iliiteracy in the next generation is to
educate all the women of this genera
ton.
Today we print telegram from Will
mington that Mr. William Sprunt, of that
city has given ten thousand dollars to
the Walker Memorial Hospital. 1t is one
of the most useful agencies in the South
and Mr.. Sprunt has provided for enlarg-
ing and perpetuating it's blessed influ
ences. The benefits conferred by well
equipped and we'll managed hospital are
beyond computation. 1t is only in recent
years that men of wealth and municipali-
lies have provided hospitals where the
poorest can have the best medical treat
ment and the tenderest care without mon
ey and without price. Money used to allie
waite pain, to put the best medical skill
IN the reach of of all who stand in need
OF it, is applied to the hottest of pur-
oses. All Wilmington of today and all
the future is the grateful debtor to Mr.
Srrunt, and the people of all the State
congratulate the metropolis of North C
DINA upon having a citizen of the la
mind and noble impulse to make do
tion SO generous and so helpful.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
LESE MAJESTY IN WASHINGTON.

Almost every day some news comes
| from Washington showing some absurd
and ridiculous action on the part OF the
Rough Rider who careers around in the
White House. He seems to think he is an
Emperor, an uncouth schoolmaster and a
dictator all in one.
| The last case of lese majesty is con-
tanned in a letter from Washington to
the New York Evening Post. A delega-
ton from oklahoma visited Washington
to protest against what they deemed a
wrong. Prior TO going to Washington a
public meeting was held at Lawton and
Mr.. Cunningham criticized the Secretary
OF the Interior with great bitterness
Reaching Washington the delegation, in
GLIDING Mr.. Cunningham, called to see
the President, but before the memorial
could be presented, the President, upon
being introduced to Mr. Cunningham,
showed his teeth and said
Mr.. Cunningham, so far as any show
ing you might make on this committee
is concerned, you can have no influence
with me. You have removed yourself
from any consideration at my hands in
this matter, and my dealings must be
with the other gentlemen of the commit
tee.''
This brutal and brusque attack upon
q gentleman, who had done nothing but
criticize the public acts of public SER
want, shows that lese majesty is regarded
as a grave crime in Washington. 1t is a
warning to people who wish to petition
to the President against wrongs done
them, that they cannot be heard, or even
treated with common politeness, ii they
dare to speak plainly about some Cabinet
| officer, raised to high position from OBJ
security because of some big campaign con
| trbution or other service to the party
of trusts and imperialism. By. the way,
who is Secretary of the Interior? Where
| is he from? What has he done that no free
American citizen can criticize him with
OFT being insulted ii he calls at the
White House?
| 1t is not printed what Mr.. Cunningham
said or did. He was probably so astound
| ed he was dumb, and so outraged al
slum manners in the White House that
he did nothing. There was nothing tC
do except to resent the insult by knocking
the teeth of the man seeking to humiliate
him down his throat and that would prob
ably have been such an aggravated case
OF lese majesty that the secret service
spies, who hang around this imitator OF
the German Emperor, would have muir
dered him on the spot. Instead, he showed
the New York President that the Okla
homa gentleman could control his tenn
per and refrain from infiicting merited
punishment upon the accidental occupant
of a great office. But no American can
read the incident without blushing for the
decadence of White House deportment
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

Just suppose Russell had been Chief
Justice on Tuesday. 1t was for such emer-
gencies as this that the Posts gang want
as this, when courageous man is need
ed on deck. that the people elected Clark,
though the Post exhausted its billings
gate in abuse of him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
THE ZIG IS UP.
Franklin Times.

The Zig is up After the conclusion
If the hearing before Judge Clark, Judge
PurncTl. of the Federal Court, declared
that his court had been imposed upon,
that he was indignant and the receiver
ship would be dissolved without any fur
Their hearing. Rah for Governor Aycock,
the News and Observer, our nervy Chief
Justice and Able Attorney General Gill
mer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
FORTUNATE FOR THE STATE.

Roanoke Chowan Times.
Governor Aycock and Attorney General
elmer are doing their full duty in pro.
tecting the States interests in the A. and
N. c. Railroad which outsiders are trying
to gobble up. 1t is fortunate for tn
State that we have an Aycocll i'll ,nG
Gov ernors chair at this time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

The Republican Steering Committee
decided to sidetrack the HepburnDoll
anti-jug law. The beer and whiskey Il
has been very active in Washington la
and has carried its point. The Rep
cans trade with the Mormons and
whiskey crowds, with Zulu and graf
and then prate of having a conscienc
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
The, smitbfield Times denies it i,

negro organ We judged by it's conten,
and it seems to be a white paper will
black principles. Anyway it was cheel
by jowl with the Post in standing by tn,
conspiracy. 1t also tried to help he Pos
make Russell Chief Justice. Birds o
feather
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
GOOD DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT
4 sheville Naws-GaZette.

AsheviIle News Gazette.
The penitentary has at last been made
to pay, under its present able manage
ment, bu. not TO be outdone the Nash
county poor house comes to the front
with a record of not only supporting itself
but of paying surplus into the county
treasury. Industrial development is going
forward by leaps and bounds in North
Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
A MORNING TONIC.

(Robert Browning.}
The years at the spring,
And days at the morn:
Mornings at seven:
The hillside's dew-pearled.
The lark's on the wing:
The snail's on the thorn:
Gods in his Heaven
Ais right with the world!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
A. AND N. G. TWINKLINGS.
Wilmington Star.


Governor Aycock seems to have Ret
vizaned the McBee receivershiD for the
A. and n. c. Railroad.
Ones Charley Aycock has railroad to
lease at his leisurc!-to the right man.
Don't all apply in Bunch.
Nobody shall run the hog over North
Carolina, for the pig might get caught
by the hind leg while he is doing his
stunt.
Governor Charley Aycock seems to think
that the Code of North Carolina still pro-
vides for the punishment of the receiver
OF stolen property-accessory before and
after the fact, also, nevertheless.
We have heard of peoples being rail
roaded" to the penitentiary. but it would
be strangely and selfshly strategic for Il
fellow to railroad himself into hard
labor in this age of radium, wireless
telegraphy, identical notes to the powers
and constructive recesses.'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
NORTH CAROLINA sHAKEsPoKE.


Wilmington Star.
Enter McBeeth. looking askance at
Judet Purnelli; To be McBee. or not
to be McBee! All! That's the question,
Enter Finchesque, armed with a Petard
EFT tn Brute, BY the whiskers of the
terrible Blackstone I trow not twas
loaded!
Enter Aycockolorum. bearing aloft a
Moon with blood on it: Bubble! bubble!
Toll and TROUBLED Let Prometheus be
seized and bound with chains of Steel
Common-aye, with chains of Common
Steel! Inski Hockski signovitch vinces-
witch Let the whole Bunch" be taken
to the rock.
Enter Blacksmiths and Solutions. All
exeunt scrambling. Sounds of chains rat
Ting and 'sickening thuds' as of some
one hitting the celing!)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
A WARNING TO FEDERAL JUDGES

Wilson Times.
This is all very we'll Judge, Judge Pur-
nell's statements that he is highly indlg-
nant,') and may in measure clear your
skirts, but it should be a warning to you
and all other federal judges not to notice
every little fellow with grudge or an
axe to grind, who comes trottng to you
with shore or two of stock ready to
wreck an institution, without first gong
exhaustively in the matter and allowing
the other side to be heard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

Asheville has begun work on new
for an auditorium that will seat $500
people on the 18th day of March, 1905,
and it will be ready for occupancy for
that year. Coma up to the dedica-
ton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
Water.

Marion, N. c., March 1S.-A young wo-
man who spent the night in the woods
with Will Bailey, blacksmith of this
place was burned so madly while in
drunken sleep that she will die. Bailey
was also badly injured but his burns are
not deemed serious.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

Durham, N. c., March 1S.-Mr. Berniee
Walker, one of the oldest Masons in the
State, having arrived at the age of ninety.
is dead at the home of A. M. Jones, in
Brassfield township, Granville county
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

North Carolina has cause to be proud
of Hannis Taylor, formerly minister to
by the University of Edinburgh the de-
gree of LII. d. The same honor was
conferred some time ago by the Univer-
sity of Dublin. Mr.. Taylor will receive
the degree at Dublin the last of June and
at Edinburgh early in July. His text
books are used in both universities.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

WE'LL, IT'S THERE, ISN'T IT?
Winston Republican.
The, News and Observer is doing all it
can to get the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima Railroad back into the control of the
State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

n'he Sultan of Sulu has ninety-nine
wives. If the Republican party can swal-
low that camel, why strain at the gnat
of seven wives in Utah? That State was
lifted by Republicans to get party
re and Smoot was elected by re-
de with Republican national
wouldn't be in his seat
'shonorable trade.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
NO CORPORATION WOULD BE SAFE.


If the methods employed to secure this
receivership were iustifable then a
stranger might land in Asheville. buy a
tenth of per cent, of the stock of one
of our banks. complain of the manage
ment, go before a Federal court judge,
and have a receiver appointed. without
saying a word to the other stockholders.
We do not understand why Judge Pur-
nell was so ready TO grant this appica-
ton for a receivership. He is now repre-
scented as being very angry at the means
brought about to effect the receivership,
which would seem to indicate that he ret
CARDS himself as being victimized. a judge
should be very careful in making a deeis-
ion in an important case like this. and
it looks as if Judge Purnell had acted too
hastily.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
SAYS IT FITS THE CASE.
Concord Times.

DOUCUTU IIIIts.
The editor of The Times is not re-
sponsible for the following (Which is hand
ed him by one of his good friends) but
he submits that it fits the case pretty well:
When Gov Aycock called your ora
tor" he had only a bob tailed flush"
Any poker player knows what that is
worth on a show down."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

the best interests of the State In their
desperate and underhand methods to get
control of the road than has the Governor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

CAN ROUGH RIDE HIMSELF.
Winston Sentinel.
Governor Aycock is not to- be run over
rough-shod either.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
NO pREJrrD1CE AMONG JURORS.

NO PREJUDICE AMONG JURORS.
Taylorsville Scout.
Some papers say that jurors are preju
diced against railroads II the railroad at
torneys would contend for honest, intel
lgent men on the juries they would soon
see that there was no prejudice among
our Jurors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

ONE THAT STINGS.
Greenvlle Reflector.
McBee struck bee when he run up
against the State
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
SHOULD TEACH HIM \ LESSON.
Wilson Times.

McBee should receive severe punish
ment for his attempt to have a receiver
ship appointed for the A. and N. Z. K. r.
and tie it up, thereby injuring its credit
without notice to those who are handling
its affairs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS
LAST.
Southport Leader.
Stock iii the "anti-receivers" went
down when the stock i'll the A. s. N. c.
went up recently
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
NO ASSETS FOUND.

Durham Herald
Judge Clark also wanted to appoint
receiver for Mr.. McBee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
LAUPELS OF VICT(

LAUPELS OF VICTORY.
Winston Sentinel
The Raleigh News and Observer wears
proudly the laurels of the victor
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

and
while a
seem to ha,
getting that u,
courts in the land.
are facing a serious l.
unpleasant possibilities.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19

RUNNING ON A FAST SCHEDULE.
Norfolk Landmark
They are not at all slow down in North
Carolina, as Capt. McBee has discovered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
A MESS OF IT,

A MESS OF IT.
Durham Herald.
After discovering that he had made a
mess of it, the best thing Judge Purnell
could have done was to correct it.