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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
Embracery Must be Broken Up.

WaXndW EnltIpIlSS.
During the progress of the trial or
a civil cause in court at Monroe last
week the fact was developed that Mr..
Moses Hinson. party to the suit. had
privately approached two of the jur-
ors and tried TO influence them in be-
half Of his side of the case. BY some
means the matter reached the Judge s
ears and Mr.. Hinson was promptly
arraigned on the charge of contempt
of court and fined one hundred DOL
lars. The Monroe correspondent of
the Charlotte News, in reporting the
matter to his paper. concludes with
the following sentence: 1T is not be-
lieved that he (Hinson) had any cor
rupt intent or bad motives in talking
to the jurors" But why such con-
clusion? What could have been Mr..
Hinson's only object in talking to the
jurors privately concerning his cause
in court? Most everybody would
naturally conclude that in one way or
another he wished and hoped to in
huence their verdict in his favor Is
there any corrupt intent or impure
motive about that?. If not. why may
not any man who has a cause in court
approach jurors privately and present
his side of the case to them? Any eff
fort at embarrassing Mr.. Hinson's
intentS and motives in this case Is
only lending SO much encouragement
to the dangerous practice of tamper-
ing with jurors who are sworn to sit
together, hear all the evidence. and
| render Just and true verdict accord
ingly. And whatever Mr.. Hinson's
standing in the community, Judge
Neal has only indicated the cause of
| justice and rendered an invaluable
| service to the people by making the
| example he has in this instance
| Whether the intent and motives are
/ pure or impure, the fact remains that
if even handed justice is to be admin
| istered by our courts, this practice
of tampering with jurors will first
have to be stOpIied. 7
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
The Raleigh Middle,
Salisbury Post.

Salisbury Post.
Raleigh just cant shake that l0ca'
option agitation. Once doWned it will
bob up in some form or other. Just
now there is a dispute as to wheA-
er or not such persons as have no
right to vote, owing to their failure
to pay poll tax as required by law, in
the event of an election this fall
should be recognized as qualified pc
titioners in asking for an election.
The News and Observer takeH and
we think very properly, the negativ e
view. If a man feels so little inter-
est in his right to vote aS to forfeit
his franchise by neglect we do net
understand why his interest should be
suddenly aroused in a matter with
which only the legally qualified voters
will have to do. So ia" as results
at the polls are concerned and as
the individual voter is affected he is
on the same footing with women and
children. The matter will be taken
into the courts and unless some fool
law is unearthed the probabilities are
that the names of these non-Voters
will be ordered stricken from the Pc
ttion.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
HOW A j. T.. TREATED CONTEMPT

The press of the whole State.
yoicing the sentiment Of the people,
applauded the splendid self-repression
shown by Judge Ward when attacked
at Durham for an act in his discretion
as a Judge. The attorneys for the
man who assaulted the Judge asked
for a habeas corpus which the Su-
preme Court denied.
Judge Wards course in withdraw
ing and not resenting the attack was
undoubtedly the only course consist
emf with his position but the Monroe
Enquirer tells of a Justice of the
Peace who lacked the power to re-
press himself when he was abused for
his decision. The story is thus told
by the Monroe Enquirer. after re-
punished a man for contempt of court
for stepping on his corns while the
Judge was looking at a public per-
Torrance of a dancing bear:
Another and a richer contempt
case was in the village of Big Lick.
Stanly county, a few years ago. Jesse
Sasser was brought before Wilbur
Honeycutt, justice of the peace. on a
charge of carrying a concealed wea-
pom. Sasser was bound over to court
and after the trial the witnesses and
the defendant were sitting on the
magistrates porch when Sasser turn
ed to the magistrate and with an oath
told him that justice had not been
done in his blankety BANKED old
court The magistrate seized a chair
and said. 'LOOk'ee here. Jesse SaSSer,
blankety blank your blank skin. that's
contempt of court" and as he said
the words the irate magistrate knock
ed the offender off of the porch with
a chair"
The method of the Stanly Justice of
the Peace was effective and strenuous.
and it may be inferred cured Sasser
of the habit of speaking disrespect-
fully of the court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
A Rash Remedy.
Norfolk Landmark.


Referring to the terrible accident
near Norfolk Va, in which an eX-
cursion train plunged into an open
draw" the Springfield (Mass.) Union
makes the criticism that the safe
guards upon which the railway de-
pended were not sufficient, and adds:
There should have been de-
railing switch, SO interlOcked with
the draw that the latter could not
have been opened without opening
the switch. That is the only real
safeguard against such an acct
dent, and the management of the
railway is at fault because no
such precaution existed. There is
entirely too much trusting to
luck on the part of too many
American railway officials
If the train was in charge of an
engineer who had never been over the
route before, as has been asserted, the
railway company is to be censured for
carelessness in putting the train in
such hands The greatest safeguard
which the railroad provides in its
regulations is that all trains shall
come to a full stop within three hum
dred feet of a draWbridge. Unless
the engineer did not know the road
he is absolutely inexcuSable in having
ignored this rule; and if he did not
know the bridge was there, the road is
likewise inexcusable in having given
him the engine to run. Ae to the de-
railing-SWitch suggestion, what would
have become of the train if it had been
derailed while going at good speed?
The result might have been worse than
the plunge into the open draw.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
THE TRUST TAKES THE TURKEY

The Southern Tobacco Journal
prints a letter addressed to it by
Greenvine tobacco warehouseman
from which these extracts are taken:
II am sending you by todays ex-
press, prepaid, three samples OF bright
tobacco, which ] took from the sale
on my floor today. l have tagged
each sample with the price at which
it sold, and if you are judge of bright
tobacco, which l think you are, l
want YOU to closely inspect these three
samples and tell us through the Jour-
nal if you think the farmers OF East
ern North Carolina are getting any
thing like a good price for their to-
bacco, especially in view OF the very
extremely small per cent of this class
Of tobacco to be found in this crop
Tobacco, it seems to me, has sold
extremely low throughout this entire
season, but I had hoped and believed
that it would gradually get better. Ihe
common grades, which take up about
ninety-five per cent of this crop, are
selling at an average or ABOUT SIX
cents while the very best tobacco is
hardly averaging ten cents, and under
these conditions, while l am not a
prophet and may not be able to fore
cast a correct expression of the peo-
pie on this question, yet L am Wiling
to go on record and stake my reputa-
ton that unless there are changes Tor
the better very soon fifteen or eight
cen counties which now constitute all
the new belt will in q year or two De
teeming with negroes in the cotton
fields and tobacco will be crop OF
the past
The gist of the answer of the Jour-
nal is as follows:
1.-THE samples of tobacco referred to
by him was duly received and care
fully examined by US. We pronounce
them of excellent quality, and very
cheap in prices. We, however, are
not able to judge the crop of the east
nor present prices by these samples
We have had a great many reports
from the bright markets, and nearly
all of them say that the crop is COM
mon in quality, and that prices are
good The samples sent us by our
friend does not indicate good prices
for the grades represented by the sam
pies.
1--WE have been under the impression
for a long time that the present crop
would bring good prices. If not we
do not know why. AS to bright to-
baccos grown in the cotton belts, we
are of the opinion that with ten cent
cotton farmers will from year to year
curtail their tobacco crops, unless the
weed should sell high enough to JUS
tify farmers to produce it,
Last years crop of tobacco was
small The crop this year is also
small. If the law of supply and de-
| mand that governs in cotton gov
erned in tobacco, the bright weed
would now be bringing remunera-
:. tive prices. About the time the to-
bacco farmers are so dissatisfied
! that they are ready to quit growing
! the weed. the Tobacco Trust will pu
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
Spirit of the Press.
Not Fit Persons to Occupy the Posi-
SitiOns They Hold"

Wilmington Messenger.
Men who will treat an insane pa
tent under their charge in such man.
ner are not fit persons to occupy the
positions they hold. Their conduct
should have been thoroughly investi-
gated and if found to be as testified
to they should have been dismissed
Immediately. Butt so far as the public
knows, DR.. Mckee, the superintendent,
though he saw the condition OF the
man on his return. and though the
latter died i'm a short while, took no
further notice of the matter than 10
listen to the reports of the men VINO
brought the patient back in such de-
plorable condition. And after the
mans death there was no further no.
tice taken by the superintendent UNI
til the press and the public began to
demand an investigation of the affalr
When he finds that the state ami
county authorities are going to make
a searching investigation into the mat
ter then comes his belated request to
the coroner and solicitor that they
shall make investigation.
There can be no other SuppOSition
than that had not Dr. Mckee found
that the mans death was to be looked
into by authorities other than those
of the asylum he never would have
asked for it.
Had Dr. Mckee, the day after NalFs
death. notified the coroner and the
solicitor and asked them to take the
matter in hand people today would
have much more confidence in his
management Of the asylum. AS 1t Is,
his conduct is liable to be construed
as condoning the offence of his subor~
dinates and wishing to shield them
and keep their misdeeds from the
knowledge of the public, Had he act
ed as he should have done it would
have increased the peoples confidence
in him; have created the impression
that he considered his chief duty to be
the welfare of the patients under him
and not the fostering of the interests
of his employees.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
Advice to Parents.

Now, Pa, initiate your manly chest,
Swell out it's greatest measure
And strut around, for you must take
Your final sip of pleasure.
Lay down the law on this and that
TrOt out your little knowledge,
You'll never have another chance
Bill starts this year in college.
And Ma discourse by night and day
On science, dress and fashion;
Expound your veiws on Henry James,
On art and Loves young passion.
Let naught escape you, for today
She listens to your knowledge,
You'll never have another chance
Jill starts this year in college.
-McLandburgh Wilson i'm New York
Times.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

Charlotte News from Hickory, n. c.,
tells of IAN elopment and runaway
that has caused great sensation in
this city Mr.. Frank Pollard ran
away with Miss Claude Campbell
1t turns out that Miss Campbell is
about seventeen years of age, while
the clipping Romeo in the case is a
sprightly old gentleman of IA years,
already possessed of a wife and sew
eral children. Marshal Field is put to
shame; he is not so old by four years
as his North Carolina rival; he did
not run away with his happy and
hlushing bride; nor did he leave
grass widow" to mourn his loss. All
the 'honors unquestionably go to the
young old gentleman of the Tarheel
State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
Nature Tells You
As Many a Raleigh Reader Knows
Too We'll.

When the kidneys are sick,
Nature tells you all about it,
The urine is natures calendar.
Infrequent or too frequent action;
ANY urinary trouble tells of kidney
ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills.
w. r. Hood, formerly of 81 South
Bloodworth street, employed in Whip
pie & Co.'S grocery store, says when
I got my first box of Doan's Kidney
Pills at the Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Com
panys store my kidneys had been CIV
ing me considerable trouble for a long
time l had q constant dull aching
pain in the small of my back ana
across the hips, and my urine was very
irregular. Sometimes / had to get out
Of bed a half dozen times during the
night. Then again it would be very
scant. That was when l had the most
pain and worst pain in my back The
sections were very dark and contained
a heavy sediment. Since using the
pills l have not had the pains at all
and the secretions have been cleared
up to their normal state"
For sale by all dealers. Price sc
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
WHY OUR DREAMS OF LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE HAVE BECOME
IAN UNKNOWN SYMBOL"

An expert civil engineer, writing to
the Manufacturers Record deriding
Mayor DUNES public ownership,
uses this expression in the course of
a four column article:
THE dream of liberty, fraternity
and equality may be we'll enough for
a Fourth of July speech or an emo
practice it is simply an unknown
symbol, like many other DESIRES
If these dreams for which the
for the establishment of which many
gave up their lives, have come to be
IAN unknown symbol" thoughtful
men will ask "Why?" The answer is
because 1.-The government by the peo-
pie of the people and for the people"
has been too largely replaced by gov
eminent in which special interests
grab special privileges for the enrich
ment of the few. This is done largely
through the transportation trust.
Though the president secured the de-
struction of the open transportation
trust known as the Northern Securi-
ties Company, the same men by nm
ancial legerdemain are operating most
of the railroads as a monopoly in de-
fiance of law. There is no way TO
reach this evil systematically except
to give the Interstate Commerce
Commission the same power over rail-
roads that North Carolina has given
the Corporation Commission. The
Presidents zeal is the only hope for
comforting such power and thus
starting to make the principles upon
which our government was founded
more than IAN unknown symbol
The belief has grown that the Presi-
dent is not as determined to secure
such legislation as he was last winter
when all the influence of the admin
istration was brought to bear to pass
the Esch-Townsend bill through the
House. and when he declared that he
would call an extra session of Con-
gress so as to insure its passage by
the Senate. The passage of that bill,
or better one, is of an hundred-fold
more importance to America than the
agreement for peace at Portsmouth to
which the President contributed SO
largely, and for which action he has
received worldwide and deserved
praise. That bill is as dead as a
door-nail unless the President is re-
solved to use every power of his great
office to secure it's passage. The Sen
ate is peopled largely by men who
owe great obligations to the trans
portation trust Many of the Senators
were railroad lawyers or officials be-
fore their election, many others owe
obligations to railroads for their cleo
ton. and many of them-perhaps
most-ride on free passes and take
passes for their sisters, their cousins
and their aunts. They will never
move to put restraint upon the trans
portation trust unless public senti-
ment and the administration acting
| together puts the strongest sort OF
pressure-a pressure that a Senator
will resist at his peril. Will Mr..
Roosevelt work as hard for this great
| matter vital to every producer and
consumer In America, as for the rati-
| fication of the Panama treaty? Unless
he does, the transportation monopoly
will be able to continue to make our
dreams of liberty, justice and equality
ian unknown symbol"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

The rioting in Japan has surprised
the world. but the dispatch from
Toxic shows the cause of the rioting.
Not a feature of the negotiation has
been communicated officially to the
people" In the absence of informa-
ton. the people are the prey to all
sorts of rumors. Japan cannot build
a great nation if it thus treats its
brave soldiers like children.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

Referring to the rioting at Toxic
Mr.. Sato said: 1.-The people are not
always the best judges of what is best
for a country" to which the New YORK
Times happily replies. THAT is per-
fectly true. but we must at once add
the corollary that the Government is
not always the best judge of what il
best for the people,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
Result of Investigation.

New YORK Herald.
The investigation now begun shout
result in really effective insurance laws
administered by a competent depart
ment. 1t should result in the aboli-
ton of the corrupting big surplus and
in vastly cheapening the cost of life
insurance to the people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
MORNING TONIC.
oliver Wendell Holmes. }

NoHNci "ChcCii
There is continual tendency In
men to- fence in themselves and rev
of their neighbors who agree VIII.
them I'm their ideas as if they were an
exception to their race. We must not
allow any creed or religion whatsoever
to confiscate to it's own private use
and benefit the virtues which belong
to our common humanity. The Good
Samaritan helped his wounded neigh
Dor simply because he was a suffering
fellow creature.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

To show the farce of mutual
management in the big life insurance
companies. the Philadelphia Public
Ledger notes that though there are
100000 policy-holders of the Mutual
Life. at the last annual election only
199 votes were cast.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

1t is said there will be peace in the
Republican circles in Delaware. Ad-
dicks cannot pay a copeck as indem-
nifty or for anything else The gas
man has gone broke" and his erst-
while followers have no use for a pol
itician who has no "Wad
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
HERE'S THE ROAD TO WEALTH.

OF course North Carolina gets much
money from converting its cotton into
cheap cloth and it's tobacco into cigar
cites, smoking and plug, but the profit
i'm this big manufacturing is not near
ly so great as when the products of
the farm are converted into the small
things upon which there is much
skilled labor. Charlotte has factory
that makes SIX hundred dozen hand
kerchiefs out of cotton every day. thus
converting a bale of Mecklenburg
cotton for which the farmer receives
fifty dollars into handkerchiefs which
it is estimated. bring several thousand
dollars. Other cities and towns are
building up small industries. The
Gastonia Gazette notes that Newton
has q successful factory for making
pasteboard boxes. the kind that
hosiery and other knit goods are
packed in.
There are hundred different sorts
of small factories that will pay well
and they can be established with
small capital. The chief capital
necessary is brains and knowledge of
the needs of a particular world. The
young man who knows one thing we'll
and is ready to put his life into it need
not wish for capital. 1t can be- had
as soon as he demonstrates his ability.
In the direction of multiplied small
industries lies the road to wealth in
North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
THE MINIMUM WANTED.
(Rhamkatte Roaster.)

.NINIIIIINdIIt INUdSNtI.J
Raleigh Cotton Buyer: What will
you take for your cotton?'
Rhamkatte Cotton Chopper: "Eley-
EN- centS-beSt | can do
Raleigh Cotton Buyer: "Will give
you ten and a quarter
Rhamkatte Cotton Chopper: "Nope!
Good evening"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

Franklin county is going ahead in
every good way. Ten years ago there
was not a bank in the county This
week the Louisburg Times contains
the statement of the condition of two
banks in Louisburg, one in Franklin
ton and one in YoungSville.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
Notre Dame Of Maryland

COLLEGE FOR WOMEN and PRE-
PARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Chartered i'm 1864. Conducted by
School Sisters of Notre Dame. Conn
plete equipment. Beautiful suburban
surroundings. Physical training. lndi.
vdual supervision. Charles st. Avenue
Baltimore. Md.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
Not Excessive.

Salisbury Post.
Judge Wards judgment in the Nc
Gown case was not excessive and it
is to be hoped that the defendant
will find no loophole of escape in the
law.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

If the present estimate of TINS
wears cotton crop-less than ten mil
lion bales-is correct. every pound OF
cotton produced this year ought IL
bring over eleven cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
Gave Him What he Merited.
Lumberton Argus.

LUmDtTIOn Argus.
Judge Ward gave the fellow Nc
Gown only what he merited. If an
attack of the kind made by McCown
is not of a nature tending to bring
the court into disrepute, we are no
judge of the matter, and since our
running with the attorneys here last
year we have considered ourself a
pretty good lawyer on that subject.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

Lenoir, April S.-Mr. w. H. Bower
has been stricken with paralysis. He
is doing as we'll as possible. The at
tack was in the left side and did not
affect any of the limbs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

That mob in Toxic has evi fently
not heard that Japan gets seVenty-nVe
million dollars from Russia for feed
ing Russian prisoners.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

Sanford, N. c., Sept. S.-The graded
school will open Monday. A large at
tendance is expected.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

Oxford, n. c., Sept. S.-Oxford is
to have another mandatory to be
known as King Bros, Buggy Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

Fayetteville, n. c., Sept. S.-Chas.
Edy, col, who escaped from the in
sane asylum at Goldsboro last week,
has been recaptured here by Deputy
Sheriff Pate and taken back to Colds
bOrO
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09

Texas ought to raise more cotton and
less he'll was the famous remark OF
q Senator. 1t is raising plenty of cot
ton now and too much of the warm
article, as is seen in burning the negro
rapist The law would have hung the
negro and the barbarity shocks the
civilized world.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
STATE NEWS.

Statesville is to have a wagon fac
tory Mr. w. r. Stronpe is at the
head.