The gold leaf., 1905-10-05
LETTER FROM RALEIGH.
lntere sting News Items Picked Up by
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State Capital.
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State (aplfai.
GuRMAN News BUREAU,
| Raleigh. y. C., Oct. 2, 1905.
| Although the four attendants connect |
ed with the Central Hospital for the In
! sane at Raleigh were arraigned in the |
| Superior Court the latter part of last |
| week, after the Wake county grand Jury |
| found true bill for murder in the first |
| degree against them, their cases were |
postponed till the January term of court |
| at the request of the lawyers for the de- |
| fence.
| Ex-Gov. Aycock, one of their lawyers, |
| in asking for the pOstpOnement, empha- |
| sized the fact that his clients are charged |
with a crime which has naturally excited |
and infamed the Indignation and pas
! sion of the general public, and that it |
would be almost impossible to secure a |
jury at this time that would not be preju-
diced against the prisoners That there |
fore, in the interest of justice, the trial of |
the case should wait till the excitement |
| cooled down and men could be secured |
for jurymen who would bring in ver
| dict according to the evidence produced |
| in court, and not a verdict based on |!
rumor and accentuated by prejudice and |
anger over general proposition that |
had not been legally proved.
| The Solicitor has announced that the |
men will not be tried on the charge of
murder in the first degree, however, but |
| for manslaghter or murder in the second
degree. 1t would be impossible to prove
the intent in this case-that is. that
the prisoners intended to kill the patient
| Nall; for they probably did not and were
scared worse than anybody when he
| died. But if it can be shown in court
| that the insane mans death was due
to the bad and rough treatment which
it is pretty clear that he did receive at
their hands, it is likely to go hard with
them.
The bitter fight here in Raleigh over
the liquor question has reached the
courts and will be finally disposed OF
soon. Raleigh has been operating a
municipal dispensary for the last two
| years, and the concern has proved to be
the greatest revenue raising machine that
was ever devised, the net profits latter
all expenses of every character are paid)
amounting at present to between S1 800
to s., 900 per week, or close on to $780,
600 per year. Half of the net profits go
to the city treasury, and as a cOnse-
quence the city administration has been
enabled to reduce municipal taxation to
some extent. and this fact has of course
served to popularize the dispensary
among certain people.
! But Notwithstanding these facts the
dispensary is not as popular as it was
when adopted two years ago by vote
OF more than two to one. The prohibi-
tionists who led that fight and who are
chiefly responsible for the existence of the
dispedsary in Raleigh today, are no
longer ardent advocates OF that institu-
ton, and a cOnsderab ble proportion OF
them have declared that they will never
again vote to perpetuatc the dispensary.
The cause of their changed position is
this: When the dispensary was first
adopted the prohibitionists and temper
ance people generally honestly believed
that it's advent here to take the place of
the saloons would result in greatly de-
creasing the amount of liquor consumed
by the people OF Raleigh and Wake coun-
; ty. 1t was their hope that the dispen-
sary would be operated, not as a money
i. making machine but so as to sell Just as
little liquor as possible. But just the op-
posite has characterized the present man
agement of the dispensary and it is now
claimed that even more liquor is being
sold over the counters OF the dispensary
than all of the more than 25 saloons that
, were in existence here when the dispen-
sary was adopted disposed of. This re-
SuIt lIGAS uISS uSlCu lIl6tHk VI IlC ldII
and honest prohibitionists and in the
coming fight between the dispensary and
the saloon advocates the temperance
people will largely stay away from the
polls, as they did in Asheville at the elec-
tion last spring when the saloons whip
ped the dispensary.
The board of aldermen here a month
ago refused to order an election on the
question, although petitions containing
the names of more than one-third OF the
? ';registered' voters, as required by the
Watts law, had petitioned for the cleo
ton. The reason given was because
enough OF the petitioners had failed to
pay their poll tax to reduce the ''quali
fed voters on the petitions to less than
one third. A mandamus was then ap-
piled for and Judge Justice last Thurs
day decided that the aldermen We're
wrong and must order the election The
l aldermen then appealed to the Supreme
Court. 1t is believed that the Supreme
, Court will sustain Judge Justice If so
it will be close
The State Fair begins two weeks hence
, and the greatest crowd that ever assem-
bled in Raleigh is expected to materialize
) here then, especially on Wednesday and
Thursday, Oct, 18th and 10Th.
President Roosevelt train is scheduled
? | to arrived here from Richmond soon
2 after midnight Wednesday night and he
+ will remain in the city and at the fair
grounds until one o'clock, and possibly
4 till two O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
| | About noon that day he will deliver an
address at the fair grounds and special
ly arranged stand has been prepared for
that purpose. So those who wish to hear
and see the President should arrange to
. get here either on Wednesday or before
noon Thursday. Nearly all the special
excursion trains will arrive here by or be-
fore eleven clock and all who come on
them will probably be here in ample time
j Those who can do so should make ar
y rangements for lodgings before they
s start, if they expect to stay in Raleigh
over night. For there will be great
rush for sleeping accommodations, and
. probably some will be unable to secure
, | them if the crowds are as large as ex-
I pected. The citizens have to large ex-
tent promised to open their private resi-
e dences to help care for the VISITORS the
ladies especially, but even then the de-
mand for beds is very apt to exceed the
s supply. \ splendid new grand stand has
been erected at the Playground and other
, | improvements made for the accommoda
ton of the public The free attractions
will be better than ever this year
The Republican daily newspaper which
2 is to make its initial appearance at
Greensboro next Sunday completed its
staff of editors Saturday at meeting of
| the directors. With one exception the
men selected to fill all the positions. ex-
cept the editor-in-chief, are brought here
from other Seates. Mr. >Howard \.
Banks declined to accept the position of
managing editor which was rendered him
a month ago, aud Philadelphia man
: Mr.. A. L. Parkhurst. was given that
3 place. Mr.. L. B. Eldridge of Raleigh,
formerly telegraph editor OF the Morning
: Post, was elected news editor. and he is
} the only North Carolinian holding any