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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

of the stock to par. OF course such q
nronerty, with such a rapidly 1ncreas-
ing value, has been eagerly desired
nv more than one private lndlVlduai
or CORPORATION. Among those who
have attempted to lease the road was
Mr.. V. e. McBee, formerly General
Manager of the Seaboard halfway.
His first offer was declined py Gov
ernor Aycock. Mr.. McBee's next step
was, in conjunction with another rail-
road man, MIR. K. S. Finch, to ask the
Federal Court to throw the railroad
into the hands of a receiver on the
charge of incompetency in the man
agement of the road The clerk Oh
the Federal Court of that district was
brought to his Office at dead of night
to sign the necessary paper, ana
Messrs McBee and Finch, with their
attorneys, posted off from Raleigh TO
Norfolk, where Judge Purnell, Of the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
for Eastern North Carolina, was hold
ing court. Judge Purnell granted the
petition of Finch, who represented
himself as stakeholder holding forty
five shares, for a receiVerShlp, ana
McBee was appointed receiver. Inc
first intimation that the Governor or
any of the private stockholders mad
of the receiverShip was from the pa
perS which printed the ofdeT OIL JuISe
Purnen 1t was instinctlVely feit
throughout the State that this was a
reDrehensible and high-handed pro-
ceeding The matter was taken into
court by Governor Aycock, and it was
clearly shown that the receivershlp
proceedings had been farcical. Judge
Purnell, who shared with a colleague
in a rehearing of the case, expressed
himself as being highly indignant
at the way he had been imposed upon.
After some very able and energetic
legal proceedings on the part of the
State authorities, led by Governor Ay-
cock, Messrs. McBee and Finch have
been charged in the criminal court
with conspiracy, and will have to be
tried before a jury of their fellow
countrymen accused of a crime which
is punishable, according to the laws
of North Carolina, by term in the
penitentiary.
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FOUR THINGS SETTLED.

One of the greatest men in the South
is Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi. He
is eloquent. progressive, aggressive.
In his State, in matters that look TO
educational progress and good govern
ment, he is a leader among leaders.
He has given much study to the prob
lens of the South, as they are related
to the presence of the negro in large
numbers. In a strong address before
the Southern Educational Conference,
now in session at Birmingham, Bishop
Galloway said that in the study OF
this momcntous question:" these four
things may be considered as definitely
and finally settled:
1. In the South there will never be
any social mingling of the races.
Whether it be prejudice or pride Of
race, there is middle wall of parti-
ton which will not be broken down.
,. They will worship in separate
churches and be educated in separate
schools. This alike desired by bojh
races, and is for the good of each.
3. The political power of this sec
Here, as elsewhere, intelligence and
ton will remain in present hands.
wealth will and should control the ad-
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FEDERAL COURTS IN THE SOUTH.

The people of the South, hav-
ing recovered their State gov
ernments in 1876, have since
felt the spirit of reconstruc-
ton chiefly in Federal appoint
ments of unworthy or alien officials.
This has been particularly true OF
the majority of the Federal Judiciary,
most of the men named being men
who could not be elected to any office
by the people of their own State. In
some instances Presidents have i'm
ported men from other States, like
Judge Swayne, of Florida, now on
trial under impeachment charges. In
other instances they have been men
who were peanut politicians, knowing
little law. In other instances they
have been men who owed such allie
glance to great monopolies as to make
them render partial judgment. In
still other instances, rather few in
number, able and learned lawyers,
without being tied to any interests,
have been appointed. Until the Demo
| cratic Congress in 1894 repealed all
Federal laws regulating elections,
some Federal Judges made their
courts political clearing houses. In
nearly every case between giant rail-
road and an individual, the railroad
wins and the people feel they have
little chance of justice when they sue
a great corporation. In matters
where the State seeks to carry out its
sovereign rights to tax or regulate
common carriers, most Federal Judges
ruthlessly override the rights of the
States and deny them the power to
tax or to control.
The South does not hope for much
improvement until we can obtain an
elective Federal Judiciary-the only
sure way of securing able men who
1t is not alone in the South that the
incubus of an alien Federal Judiciary
upon this section is felt. The thought
full and well-informed men of the
North see and feel the wrong done to
the South by putting upon the Federal
bench men who could not be elected
by the people to any responsible po-
sition. A late issue of the Outlook
discusses this matter in a very frank
way, showing a knowledge of the true
conditions as they exist in the South.
The editorial is as follows:
1.-The State VS.. The Federal Courts"
Unfortunately there is a feeling in
North Carolina, as we'll as in many
other Southern States, that the Fed
eral courts in the South are always
on the side of the great corporations
and against the people. The Federal
Judges have nearly all been
appointed from the minority party in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE

There is no doubt that Greensboro
Female College will be rebuilt upon
the present beautiful site, unsurpassed
for the location of Il college for Wo-
men. That grove, not counting the
land, is worth an hundred thousand
dollars. While this paper favored
removing the institution to the capt.
tal now that the authorities have de-
cided to rebuild upon the historic site,
all friends of the higher education of
women will wish them God-speed in
their work of raising the necessary
money to the end that the college
may be opened in September of this
year.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate of
this week might properly be called a
Greensboro Female College edition,
for it is mainly devoted to communi-
cations from alumnae and friends of
the college, appealing to Methodists
to unite in liberal and generous gifts
toward the rebuilding. 1t would seem
from the interest manifested when
the cOllcSS WAS CIOStu idSI cctl c.llu
from the communications in the Ad-
vocate, that the church was never so
near unit upon any proposition as
perpetuating Greensboro Female Col
lege and rebuilding upon larger and
more modern plans. The education
al forces of the State, without refer
ence to UNCONVENTIONAL lines, will wish
the efforts of those in charge of re-
building the largest measure of sue
cess. The picture of the building as
it will appear is printed in today's
paper, thanks to the courtesy of the
Raleigh Christian Advocate When
that handsome and cOmmodious
structure is set in the centre of the
magnificent campus, it will be one OF
the most beautiful and elegant school
buildings in North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
JUDGE PRITCHARD SUCCEEDS
JUDGE SIMONTON.

When ex-senator Jeter c. Pritchard
was appointed to a position on the
bench in the District of Columbia, it
was understood that it was temper
airy assignment, and that he would
succeed Judge Simonton upon that
gentleman's retirement from the Cir
cult bench. The expected has happen
ed and yesterday President Roosevelt
sent Judge Pritchard's name to the
Senate. He will no doubt be promptly
confirmed, for his former associates in
the Senate will be glad to give a vote
of confidence to him.
Judge Pritchard has made reputa-
ton in his short experience as crimi-
nal judge in Washington city. The
bar and the people unite in common
dation. He has held the scales of JUS
tice evenly and known no favoritism.
In two or three important cases he has
particularly shown capacity and judi
cial firmness that have won respect
and popular approval. His course in
the trial of the postal thieves has beer
worthy of the highest praise. In TIE
higher position to which he has beer
elevated, the people of the district viii
look to see him follow the high line:
he has marked out for himself on tbs
district bench-to hold the scales o.
justice evenly, to know no favorite, bu
TO hold great corporations and the
humblest individual equal before the
law
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
GREATEST ACT OF FAMILIARITY

What is the greatest act of familiar
ity? What is it that brings men clos
er together than anything else? A GER
tain popular North Carolinian, when a
candidate for office, walked into the
hearts of all lovers of the weed, by
saying to a voter: ''Give me chaW
of tobacco" AS some men "chaw''
and spit, there seems to spring up a
feeling of comradeship between them
quicker than in any other way. The
Laurinburg Exchange has it's idea of
the greatest known act of familiarity
and thus gives expression to it:
The best thing about the candidate
is that he is such a genial cuss. You
may be as familiar with him as you
please-even eat roasted potatoes with
him, which is the greatest known act
of NATURALIZATION offence"
There is q tradition that in ''the
good old days when prohibition and
dispensaries had not been heard of,
the greatest known act of familiarity
was for two men to drink out of the
same bottle and make the same noise
as they smacked their lips.
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ELECTED BY THE
PEOPLE.

OF course. the new Circuit Judge
was an attorney of the Southern Rall-
way before he went on the bench. NO
lawyer except a railroad attorney can
be appointed on the Federal bench, ex-
cept by accident, or because no such
man of the right political faith is
available for the place at the time For
MANY years the new appointee
represented the Southern Rail-
way. It's political managers ia
vored him and he favored them.
Now that he has withdrawn from pol
itics and wears the ermine, his friends
outside the corporation fold believe
he will not be influenced by his past
corporation associations, but will so
hold the scales of justice as to win
the respect of the bar and the public,
and make a reputation for fairness,
Justice and ability. But if the vacan-
CIV could be filled by the voters of
the district, as should be the case, the
people would have chosen a judge of
another political faith.
One hundred years ago almost every
State in the Union had an appolnti"e
life judiciary. Now judges are eject
ed for a term of years by the people
in every State but three. The ten
dency, therefore, is in the line or an
elective State judiciary, with account
ability to the people, who may de-
cline to re-eIect a judge who was
biased or unjust. If the people could
elect Supreme Court Judges, there
would be new man to succeed Judge
Shiras, whose income tax somersault
transferred millions Of dollars of taxes
upon the consumers that ought to
have been paid by the idle holders of
idle wealth.
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How IMPARTIAL Outsiders View The "A
Il y. c. IL. IL. Matter.
The Outlook.


On the very day in which the Su-
preme Court of the United States rem
dered it's memorable decision in the
Northern Securities case, the State Of
North Carolina began making some
legal history on her own account. in
volving principles Of more than local
interest. Little mention has been
made of the North Carolina decision
outside of the State but for North
Carolinians it involves some dramatic
situations, and interest in its various
phases was absorbing and intense.
The Atlantic & North Carolina Kali
road runs from Goldsboro to More
head City. 1t is a part of system OF
railroads once owned by the State, the
rest of the system having been leased
by the State to the Southern Railway.
The Atlantic 81 North Carolina is own
ed partly by the State, partly by pri-
yate individuals. AS the State owns
1866 shares, out of total or H.
972 shares, the State has controlling
interest and the control is practically
vested in the Governor, who casts the
vote of the States stock at the meet
ing of the stockholders. The road IS
conservatively estimated at beng
worth $1,S00,000 While it has not
paid a dividend for many years, it
has recently shared with the other
railroads of the State and of the
South in the Astounding prosperity of
that section of the country. by APP
plying the profits to improvements the
condition of the road has been I'M
mcnsely improved during Governor
Aycock's administration. me Value OF
the stock has risen from $5O 10 $9o q
share, and a lease which will be made
in the near future will bring the value
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the South, a party that too often in
that section is lacking in available ma
terial for the higher offices, and
through the equally unfortunate in
tolerance of the majority party for
the minority, because of the race is
sue the Federal judge is often out Of
sympathy with the best interests of
the mass of the white population when
he takes his seat. The movement for
the impeachment of Federal Judge
SWayne, of Florida, and the threat
ened Impeachment not long ago
of Federal judge in North Carolina
are indicative of the friction existing
between the people of some of the
Southern States and the Federal
courts. The appointment by Presi-
dent Roosevelt of such men as Judge
Jones, of Alabama, and Judge Speer,
of Georgia, was long step in bring
ing the Federal Courts of the South
into sympathy with and understand
ing of the ideas and beliefs of tho
Southern people. The McBee case in
North Carolina is another instance of
the clash between the State authori-
ties and the Federal courts, in which
the State. happily for it's own interests
as we'll as for the ends of justice, APP
pears to have come out victorious. 1t
is not questioned that Judge Purnell,
who granted the receivership in favor
of McBee, was imposed upon by mis-
leading allegations. 1t is, however, as
serted, not entirely without reason,
that the Federal courts, which in the
South are to a large extent the crea-
ton of the Republican party, should
exercise especial care in proceedings
where State rights, q phrase full of
suggestion and association to every
Southern mind, are involved
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
Heartily Dufy's Pure Malt Whey Which Brought
Them of Suffering

From tic Son.
Mr.. C. Il. Updegraff, ;r., is Of the firm of
UpdegraH 81 BroWnen, proprietors and
managers Of the New Biiou Theatre at
Reading, and Of numerous other enter
prises. He says CT Dutfy's Pure Malt
Wkiskev:
E'For years I suffered from o bronchial
affection. Nothing the doctors gave me
seemed to do any good, and it kept getting
worse. Finally one Of the doctors advised
me TO Try Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey,
which ne had used for years in his practice.
My throat commenced to heal at once, my
cough grew better, and to-day am com
plctaly cured picture of robust, rugged
health. / cheerfully recommend Duffy's
tn all nv friends -
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
The C0lOne[s Letter,

Inc L0fO7lekS LCJt6Te
"It gives me great pleasure to state that
] have Just recovered from a severe attack
Of chronic Gastritis. Nothing could be re-
tanned on my stomach during my illness.
Not even milk. [ was reduced from lc5 lbs
to las in Z weeks. Nothing did me any
good. Ny son insisted that ! should try
DuffY's Pure Malt Whisky, which had
cured him. It stayed on my stomach, end
was able to take little milk with it. 1t
acted like magic, and i'll a few weeks was
able to take solid food without distress. I
soon regained my weight, my stomach is
sound, my general health was never better.
And l owe my cure to Dufy's Pure MalS
Whiskey."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

The Charlotte News is hitting near
home when it says it was Governor
Aycock's refusal to use his influence
in behalf of the Standard Oil. Com
pany that has really been the origin
of this slanderous story" of the oil
company Every time a charge of
corruption has SO far been promul-
ated it has emanated from a trust or
a CRATER or a sorehcad Or q Radical.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
Why Not Say "Bus;in'?'
Monroe Journal.

On the floor of Congress last Friday,
Representative Claude Kitchin, OF
North Carolina, charged that n pna "t
his books Mr.. Roosevelt lad adNccat'
ed lynchings as a fitting punishment
for the larceny of 'ragtail pony,
and not one of the FceSi euts many
defenders rose to deny if. I9' mir.
Roosevelt of late years takes spells
bursting his galluses about lynching
negroes for the highest crimes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

Because Judge Neal compelled the
commissioners of Ashe county, after
personal investigation, to spend more
money in caring for the poor. the Re-
publican chairman of the board is out
in card in Republican organ abus-
ing Judge Neal for compelling them
to do their duty by the unfortunate
poor. The people will applaud Judge
Neal for making such enemies.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

In the Nash county Republican
Convention the negroes walked in and
demanded one-half the delegates to
the State Convention, and took them,
too. The negroes are asserting them
selves and declare they will be in evil
dence in Greensboro. Streak of lean
and streak of fat
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
And Il Daily Organ, Too.

The State Liquor Dealers have de-
cided to make hard fight against the
Watts Act and the temperance cause
in general. Their managers met re-
Gently and prepared for a meeting of
the liquor dealers of the State at
Greensboro. They will have plenty of
money.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

Ex-Congressman Lentz, Of Ohio
asked what he thought of the New
York declaration, said: ut was 3 plat
form of superannuated platitudes that
have been used by all the parties OF
this country, for so many years tha'
the age limit of retirement on pension
surely has been reached. 1t was moth
ing more or less than lot of political
junk, evasive, hypocriticai, the essence
of humbuggery. The man VINO wrote
it must have thought all the while,
What fools these mortals be.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

News comes from Mississippi that
an unusually large number of negroes
have become Migrants and that Gov
ernor Vardeman is enforcing Mississ-
ippi's new vagrancy law to such good
effect that the work of public road
construction is going on with rapid
strides
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
A MORNING TONIC.
(Robert Louis Stevenson.)

Purge out of every heart the lurking
grudge. Give us grace and strength
to forbear and to persevere. Offend
ers, give us the grace to accept and to
forgive offences. Forgetful ourselves,
help us to bear cheerfully the forget
fulness of others. Give us courage
and gayety and the quiet mind!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

The unmarried temporary editor OF
modest reference to himself: 1.-THE
best looking man we know of is still
unmarried"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

Dalzell charged Bourke Cochran
with being bribed in 1898 because he
knows the Republican party purchas-
ed the presidency. They had plenty
of money to buy and they did buy
the election. as everybody knows. Mr.
Cochran didn't get their money, but
plenty of other folks did,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

mlnlstratlon of governmental affairs.
4. The great body of the negroes are
mere 10 stay. Their coerced colonial
uon would be a crime, and their de-
portation a physical impossibility. And
the white people are less anxious for
them to go than they are to leave.
They are natives and not intruders
Bishop Galloway, in a very able ad-
dress, elaborated each of these points
and established them to the satisfac-
ton OF all who heard him or who will
read his address. The man who tries
to reopen either of these questions,
whether he lives in the North or the
South, is wanting in wisdom.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
without q Doubt, the Best"
Wilson News

The News and Observer, that ably
edited and thoroughly Democratic Or
gan, comes out to-day in a spanking
new suit Without a doubt the News
and Observer is the very best eX-
change that comes to our office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

Buncombe Republicans deny that a
large fund has been sent to AshevIle
to pay the poll tax of Republicans on
Saturday. OF course. But, all the
same, the money is in hand from the
men who hope to Republicanize the
Tenth district
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

Hon. Charles Price has not yet sent
his congratulations to Judge Pritch-
ard. There is a story that Price was
to succeed Simonton, but
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
Among the Railroads.

The Seaboard Railway officials have
decided to put the buffet parlor cal
service on the line from Charlotte tt
Wilmington this year instead of from
Monroe to Wilmington, as it has beer
previously.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
Spirit of the Press.

Wouldn't Republicans Love Him?
Columbia State
If Mr.. Bryan should bolt from the
St Louis platform this year we would
hear the New York Tribune allude to
him as the great safe and sane Ameri-
can.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

1t might have been more decent to
have permitted Judge Simonton to
have been buried before naming his
successor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

Fayetteville has lately been compH-
mented by the demand for it's men in a
certain line of work. Following the
selection of Messrs. r. w Bidgood
and c. j. Ahearn, as expert account
ants, by the committee investigating
the affairs OF the Atlantic & North
Carolina Railroad, two kilograms were
sent to Mr.. Charles Haigh, Jr., a train
ed Office railroad man, and he left
here last night to reach New Bern to-
Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

Use only half the quantity of Blue
Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts.
Strongest ever made.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28
THEIR ONL.Y WEDlClNE

Nome
1000 hospitals exclusively
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Perhaps the biggest mortgage ever
recorded in Harnett county was that
recently given by the Atlantic "
Western Railroad to the international
Trust Company, of Boston, for $4,000
900. This road is being built from
Troy to Goldsboro, and when compiet-
ed will mean much to the people of
this section. I'VE learn that work on
this road will commence at once
Harnett County News.
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Political Chat.

Inc hlnSlCll fIS1 '1' N'''!'S ''Ie
North Carolina deleS tt.nn to inst! uCt
for Parker and Aycock.
-
Closing an editorial advocating
Parker for President, the Rutherford
Sun says:
ooh! farmer Of Esopus! You art
the mani"
The Hearst candidacy appears to
have gained several district delegates
in West Virginia, where the State con-
vention failed to instruct the delega-
ton as a whole to support any partic-
ular candidate or to vote as a unit.
West Virginia has large coal fields and
the miners appear to have responded
somewhat to the Hearst trumpetlngs.
The majority of the delegation will be
controlled by German and Parker.