The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-02
OUR RALEIGH LETTER
Hearing of the Application of ,oh.,
Coyler for Receiver of the AM
z. R.-ihos. D. Meares Appoint.
Receiver and v. e. McBee Gov.
er by Judge Purnell-Other New
GoRMAN News BUREAU ,
RALEIGH, n. e., May 30 IooI !

NORMAN NEWS BrRF,r,
RALEIGH, N. e.. May 30. 1901
The hearing of the application of !,
Z. Cuyler, OF New Jersey, a private I'm. ."nh
| holder, for the appointment of y ra ss?ek-
for the Atlantic L N. c. Railroad ' n
taken up by Judge Purnell in the vas
District Court here Saturday. Conn;
representing the complainant and "n Hs
| railroad (the latter being employed I i
| the State to resist this second n,,o ar "
to place the road in the hands of npt
| ceiver) were all presented. They ;n",,5 e
the following: W. W. Fleming of VnI
York, W. W. Clark of New Bern r NV ;,
Argo and W. III. Day of Raleigh nh t ~.
the complainant; W. C. Maxwell Of 1bn aur
lotte. representing X. s. Finch (tba "a.
mer cc.t!'la; AT i'll a similar annie
tom; Any. nui'. tiimer, ex-Goy. lar
| h. ii. Battle, James H. Pou. C. n pns'
bee and W. c. Monroe, for the STATE onS
the railroad. Presd't Bryan, Sunt 8 H;d
ROadmaster Carlisle and other witn.saa'
We're also present. There was n wases
legal contest, but the result was 90 al
pected.
A receiver was appointed, and Thoms.
d. Meares OF Wilmington is the new 70
ceiver. He was formerly connected with
the Seaboard Air Line and is the MAN.
| whom former receiver McBee engaged 80
an expert to examine the books, etc =,
| the company. He will take char~r n,
once as a temporary receiver of the mr.
perty, filing bond in the sum of s5o
900. Lawyer S. G. Ryan of Raleigh wos
| appointed Special Master in the ease to
take evidence and report his findings 70
the court July Is, to which date the
| hearing was continued.
Counsel for the railroad took IN nm
peal to the Circuit Court and the appeaI
bond was at once given. Judge PurpelI
| stated that if the stockholders so desired
they could hold n meeting and vote on
| any propositions to lease the road: that
if they voted to accept an offer to lease
they could submit the proposition to the
court, and iffound satisfactory he would
dismiss the receivership. And thus the
matter stands at this writing.
The climax came Saturday evening in
the contempt proceedings against the
Lumberton lawyers when Judge PEBBLES
ordered chat the three men who made
| atfidavits, on their own knowledge
charging the Judge with drunkenness be
| committed to jail for 30 days and fined
$3.50 each for cOntempt-this sentence
being the limit OF the law They are F,
W. Kerr of Sampson county. {. F. Car.
roll of Duplin, and r. C. Switzerland Of
Sampson. They are to be arrested TODAY
(Monday). Their only relief is through
habeas corpus proceedings, and counsel
| will at once sue out writs before one Of
the judges of the Supreme Court. Previ.
GUS to this sensational turn in the pro.
| ceedings, it had been agreed to remove
the further hearing of the case to
Cumberland county, the date being set
for June IA, at Fayetteville. and that
Judge George H. Brown be asked to
hear the case, he to be the sole Judge and
pass on both the law and the evidence.
So the end of this unprecedented and
highly sensational case is not yet reach
ed
The Democratic State Convention is
only four weeks off, and as the time ap.
prOaches interest grows in the guberna-
torial contest. Canvassing the returns
from the counties that have chosen dele
gates up to this date, n simple SUN in
addition shows that Major Stedman is
unquestionably still holding the position
OF leading candidate, with Messrs. Glenn,
Turner and Davidson following in the
order named. Some Of the newspapers
and other friends OF Maj. Stedman claim
that he already has from 40 to 90 more
votes than Mr.. Glenn and contend that
this lead will be gradually and largely
increased from now on. Lieut-Gov
Turner adherents are not making much
noise. but it is plain to see that they re-
main hopeful of the final outcome
The race for the Lieut. Governorship
also proving to be most interesting. and
10 70 al | Nor
ton of New Hanover and Judge Francis
ID. Winston of BERTHE. The friends of both
appear to be sanguine of success The
personal popularity of both gentlemen,
coupled with their well known ability
and fitness, is makingssa very strong can
didate OF each of them.
The past week has been crowded with
commencement" events at the various
colleges. That of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College was one of the most
successful in the history of that great
and useful institution OF practical educa-
ton. There were 81 members Of the
graduating class this year, upon whom
the degrees were conferred as follows
Master OF Agriculture, 1.-THE first time
this degree has been conferred at the 4.
K NJ; bachelors of agriculture, 1; bacbe-
lors OF engineering; civil, D; electrical >;
mechanical, -; textile, >; bachelor oil
science, 1. Presd't Winston, assisted by
an able faculty, is accomplishing
work at this college of incalculabe bene
fit to the young men OF North Carolina,
the poor boys" and those of limited
means especially The demand for the
graduates is even greater than the sup
ply, and DR.. Winston tells me that there
is not a single graduate in the l. years
OF it's history that is not today IN pos
session of desirable and profitable po'
sltion, at some good business in the III
dustrial world.
Is it any wonder that so many people
refuse to credit many things that they
see published in the average newspaper
when so many instances of mlsrepreseh-
tation are constantly calling for corrtc-
ton? We ought to be more careful
Now comes the case of DIR. Hyde the
eminent divine and scholarly president
OF Bowdoin College, who is on next sun
day to preach the annual Commence,
ment sermon at Trinity College. Several
weeks ago a North Carolina paper
charged him with uttering sentiments,
in an address at Yale Collage, that were
alleged to smack strongly Of skeptlci'n
and heterOdoxy. Other papers COPIED II
and some of them denounced him ana 4
the authorities of Trinity for selecting
such man. to preach to \. e. boys,
DC. Those who know Dir. Hyde or are
familiar with his career knew the ASSET
tons were false and based upon msrep,,
resentation. Dr. T. n. Ivie, editor o.
the Raleigh Christian AdrOcate was Que
OF these. So he wrote to DR.. Hyde anu
a few days ago received just such an
answer as he expected. In this Iet't'
DIR. Hyde explains how the report orig
mated through the absurd statement
OF reporter who seized upon one "
four illustrations (omitting the othels
and ignoring nine-tenths OF the adares'
and lin an exaggerated iorpi,
published it as the sum and substance u
the discourse" thus completely mi7,rp-
resenting thei speaker. The BaccI iau,
rate address at Trinity will be dell'ereS5
Tuesday, June 6. by DIR. F. {. Woodwaia
OF Richmond. Graduating oratlons u