The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-09
OUR RALEIGH LETTER,
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD AT
THE STATE CAPITAL,

Judge Pritchard Oisposes of the Con.
tempt Case Against Editor Daniels
in Short Order-Affair Between
Judge PEBBLES aud the Robson
Lawyers Settled-The Contest for
Gubernatorlai Honors-Other News
GoRMAN News BUREAU
RALEIGH, N. G., June 6, 1904
Well, that judicial pair OF Ps did NOT
succeed in throwing anybody into ail
after all.
Another and bigger p Of the L. S. Cir
cult Court, towit: Judge Pritchard. put
Quietus on the lower case p of the
district court in short order after his
arrival here Friday afternoon, and not
only released editor Daniels from the
custody, or cOmpanionship, of deputy
Marshal, but discharged him absolutely,
,.out day" las the lawyers say and
dismissed IA. against him, on the
ground that the editorial utterances
complained of by Judge Purnell did no,
constitute a case of contempt within the
meaning of the statute.
Thereupon, editor Daniels vacated the
luxurious apartments iat the New Var
boro hotel, in which he had been linear.
cerated" for three days, and returned to
the bosom of his family and friends
many Of the latter turning out to give
him an ovation, such as should be graft
flying to any man.
Result: Joe Daniels is today bigger
man" than he ever was before in his life
and his friends owe Judge Purnell n
vote of thanks. As for Judge Pritchard.
he is now heralded as 1.-THE great liberia.
ha
printed q ing picture of him on it's first
page. Judge Purnell in the mean time
is said to be feeling like thirty cents
whatever that means.
And Judge PEBBLES famed out, too,
when his superior officer called him to
the bat. Each of the three strikes was
| aimed at one or the other OF THE three
affidavit makers (Kerr. Carroll and
Southerland) whom he had sentenced to
jail without giving them an opportunity
to show cause in court why they should
| not be punished for contempt That
omission was fatal in law to Judge
PEBBLES action. and the .habeas corpus
petitioners were discharged by Supreme
Court Justice COnnor.
The contempt case OF Judge PEBBLES
VS.. the Robson county lawyers has also
been settled, as a result OF this hearing
before Justice ConnOr-Justices Douglas
| and Walker sitting with him ut his re-
quest. These Judges handed down an
opinion, soon after discharging Kerr,
ct al, in which they made it clear that
| they did not think that the action of the
lawyers in declining to prepare a calen-
dar matter for proceeding against
them for contempt of court. Counsel for
Judge PEBBLES and the lawyers then con-
ferred and agreed upon plan to put an
| end to the case.
Counsel for the lawyers agreed to
amend their answer by adding the words,
cor personal integrity" making the
sentence read: The respondents deny
| that it was their purpose, SO far as they
| then knew or now know, to reflect upon
| the official character or personal integri-
ty of Judge r. b. PEBBLES or to bring
him into disrepute or contempt" Judge
PEBBLES very properly holds that this
language "purges'' the lawyers of all
contempt, and he stops the criminal pro-
| ceedings against them. So the case is
dismissed, apparently to the satisfaction
of both bench and bar.
| The A. 4 N. C. Railroad is again re-
stored to it's officers and they are now in
possession OF the property. When re-
| ceivers Meares and McBee intimated that
they would not recognize the order OF
Governor Aycock to Supt. Dill to take
possession latter Chief Justice Fuller $
decision was rendered) the Governor
threatened to "call out the troops" and
| wired Attorney GuiOn to take the sheriff
| of Craven with him and take possession
by force if necessary. When shown that
prescription the "a hours-old receivers
| concluded to take their medicine quickly
and vacated the offices of the railroad
company.
The primaries held in this Wake
county Saturday, and in Raleigh Satur-
day night, show that Stedman beat
Glenn two to one in both city and coun-
ty. In one city and two country pre-
cincts Stedman received every vote In
the city the vote was 43S for Stedman
and 249 for Glenn. Wake is entitled to
| 3S votes in the State Convention and
Stedman will get 25 or 26 of these. Win
stOn for 1t. Governor will receive nearly
the whole vote of Wake. and Hoke Tor
Asso. Justice Supreme Court will get
about 80 of the 80. Railroad Conn
Rogers will receive the entire 3s. Tur-
ner received votes in many OF the pre-
cincts, but his strength lies in the Tact
l tiht uc Is scCoHu CuOlCc vi "''
gates-if it comes to that in a prolonged
contest or deadlock
A large number OF distinguished visi-
tors (some from the North. who came IN
special carl and big crowd OF North
Carolinians are in Durham attending
Trinity College commencement. The an
nual sermon preached yesterday by Dr.
Hyde. Presd't OF BOwdOin College, was
a magnificent one. DIR. Kilgo received a
hearty welcome home from the General
Conference at Los Angeles, Calf, where
he made such a favorable impression by
his learned and eloquent address az ira
ternal messenger from the NJ. +. Church.
South. An oil portrait of the late |. +.
Avery is presented to the college by the
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, OF which
Mr. Avery was a member
The selection of Mr.. Robert NJ. Phillips
to succeed the late r. NJ. Furman as edl,
tor of the Morning Port is a deserved
compliment. Mr.. Phillips has been at
tached to the staff Of the Post for two
or three years. He is an all round news,
paper man-filling with equal facility the
position of reporter, telegraph editor or
editorial writer. His genial manners
make him popular personally, and his
friends predict that he will prove a sue,
cess in the new and elevated editorial
chair to which he has been called.