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THE VliMI5TGT(XN MESSENGER TUESDAY MA Y i4; li 904 NO 3IORE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. There Is a movement on foot because of the congested condition of the civil docket of the superior court of -"Wake county to form a judical district of that county, alone. "We have seen,' it sug gested in the state press that for the same reason a district should t)e formed of the counties of New Hanover, Meck lenburg and Buncombe. "We know nothing of the condltons in any of the , above named counties except New Han over. There is need of relief here, and we suppose the same conditions exist in the other counties named. "We do not think though, that it is necessary to form a new district for the purpose of clearing and keeping clear the civil docket in this county. It certainly 13 not necessary to put the county and the state to the edditlonal expense of creating an additional district with another judge and solicitor. "What 13 needed is a rearrangement of the courts in this county. "What we want here is a separation of the civil and criminal terms of court to have cer tain terms for the trial of criminal cases and others for the hearing only of civil cases. As the courts of the county are now arranged no one ever knows at the beginning of a- term of court whether the civil docket will be reached at all. The. lawyers begin the term uncertain as to whether they will be able to try a single civil case and of course are inclined to comlnue the civil docket rather than jut their clients and their witnesses to the expense and trouble of waiting to see what can he done with the docket. "Were the above suggested change made the civil dock et would be taken up and cleared, or good progress made in clearing it at certain terms of court. Suitors and witnesses would know what to do. They would be saved much annoyance and expense and there would be a great saving to the county. There is no ne cessity for the appointment of addi tional Judges. The state ought not to be put to this extra expense. The truth Is there was no necessity for increas ing the number of superior court judges to sixteen -when that was done. "Were the courts arranged more systemati cally we could get along as well as we do now with fewer Judges and a smal lar number of Judicial districts. The Increase in the number of districts has been of little benefit -to suitors and of great and unnecessary expense to the state. VIOLATING FREE PASS LAW. There is a law In North Carolina .making it a crime for public officials to ride on free passes. The law is openly and notoriously violated. How? "When the railroads wish to get the in fluence of a public official by giving him. a pass, if he is a lawyer, they call him "an attorney" and issue the pass to him as an employe. Experi ence has shown that as a rule he is an "employe." too, and serves the rail road with more fidelity than he doe3 his constituents. If he is not a lawyer, they call him a "law agent" cr give some other designation that enables them to escape the literal violation of ' the law. News and Observer. "We wander to whom The News and Observer is referring in the above? Is it to some one of the thirty-four local attorneys of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad or to some one of that company's numerous members of the committee on proxies? We are surprised to see that The News and Observer admits that the law is ojen'.y and notoriously violated In this respect. Heretofore that parer has refused to believe any of the statements of this nature which have been made regard - ing the management of this road. Brother Josephus Daniels must have been given a peep at the advance copy of the report of the committee which the governor appointed to investigate the management of the road. We arc glad to find that he has come over to our way of thinking about this matter that there are some things regarding the management of this road which should be changed and that there is room for improvement along certain lines. Brother Josephus Daniels now no doubt realizes the fact that a news paper can criticise the management of this road and ask for an investigation thereof without being hostile to tha state administration or making person al attacks on any of the state officials. No one would even accuse him of doing either; still he declares there has bean wrong doing and violating of free pass es bv railroads. As the Atlantic arid .North Carolina is the only roacTagainst which proof has been made of violating the free pass law we are necessarily . forced to take his words above quoted as referring to It. TROUBLE IX REPUBLICAN CAMP. Things are getting pretty squally for the republicans in Illinois. The deal Jock in the state convention continues. Governor Yates is still in the lead for the nomination. He has expressed his .willingness to leave the selection of h candidate to the people, to be decided by a general .primary, but this does not suit the friends of the other candidates. It is now said that the national admin istration has attempted to buy off i- Governor" Yates by promising him the position of Minister to Mexico if he would withdraw from the gubernatorial race, but the governor prefers to stick to his chances for the governorship to (the certainty of the Mexican mission. In the state of Wisconsin the repub licans are in a worse condition. There . is a serious split in. the Party there. The bolters are going to hold an oppo sition convention. There seems to ho no chance of healing the breach. All sorts of overtures have been, made to the -bolters, but they will accept none of them, It looks as if the party in these two states had kicked clear out of the trac es, and the leaders are having great difficulty in bringing the bolters back into line. Mr. Roosevelt has made a very poor beginning in acting as his own campaign manager. The demo crats could not ask to have things Put in better shape for their success in this part of the country. Every thing is going their way. And it looks aa if it will continue to do so unless they make great blunder. The section of the country on which Mr. Roosevelt count ed most certainly seems to be the least inclined to blindly support him. AS ELECTIVE JUDICIARY. The following, which we clip from The Tarboro Southerner is additional evidence of the evils of an elective Ju diciary. The language of Judge Pee bles shows that he also recognizes the evils of the system "Judges Interested in politics" judg&s as candidates for office" This is all wrong. There should be no such thing. The Southerner says: According to the report published in The Raleigh Post giving the proceed ings or the contempt proceedings instl- tutea Dy Judge Peebles asrainst the Robeson county lawyers, commenting on a motion made by the lawyers to nave come other judge try the case, Judsre Peebles is reported to have said: "V ell. I mav find a judge who is not interested in politics or the Haywood case and is not a candidate for office. I don't know whether I can find such a one or not, so I'll overrule your mo tion for the present and let you except; then if I should discover a Judge wil ling to take the burden I'll let you choose between that judge and me." Such a speech would disgrace a jus tice of the peace, and for it to be utter ed by a judge of the superior court, who is then trying members of the bar for contempt of court, it is simply disgrace ful. a wholesale contempt of every su perior court judge in the state. Using the same words that the sher iff of Robeson county swore that Judge Peebles used with reference to the conduct of the Robesorv county lawyers, it is "the damndest thing that ever happened in North Carolina," and when he gets through with it, it will not happen any more. A few days ago Madame Carrie Na tion walked Into the rooms of the Anti Cigarette League in Chicago and there spying a portrait of President Roosevelt hanging on the wall she proceeded to punch holes in it with her umbrella, declaring at the same time that Mr, Roosevelt was "no good because he chewed and smoked tobacco. The charge was denied by the lady secre tary of the league. JWhereupon Mrs. Nation offered to bet fifty dollars that he did. The lady secretary, being anx ious to make fifty dollars for herself or for the league, as the case might .be, wrote to Secretary Loeb for Informa tion as to the president's smoking and chewing propensities. News came! back that Mr. Roosevelt never took a chew or smoked a cigarette or cigar in his life. In the meantime Mrs. Na tion had taken her departure without having put up the cash or the collateral on her bet, so we suppose the secretary of the Chicago Anti-Cigarette League will have to whistle (If she can) for the. fifty dollars she has won. Furthermore it is possible that a case of lese ma jesty may lie against Mrs. Nation for her violent and disrespectful action- to ward the president in mutilating his portrait, as would surely be the case' had such a thing been done in Germany) to the portrait of Mr. Roosevelt's friend the kaiser. " "With all his faults, alleged and other wise, iMr. Spencer Blackburn as a poli tician is a keen one. The people whom he whipped out at Wilkeshoro have called another convention to be held In Taylorsville when, presumably, they were to have their own way. But what does Blackburn do but get his ducks In a row and prepare to corral this convention also? He may not succeed but the fact that he Is contemplating the step shows the daring of the man Greensboro Telegram. It would be remarkable, and very funny also, if Mr. Blackburn were to capture the convention which is to meet June 1st to nominate a candidate m opposition to him in his own party and should secure the endorsement of this body. Our readers will remember that at the Wilkesboro convention the re publicans had a hot time. There was made a desperate effort to defeat Mr. Blackburn's nomination, but the com-! bination against him was not strong enough, so it decided to call another convention to nominate an opposition republican candidate. The above ex- m tract from the Greensboro Telegram shows that these bolters are not going to catch Mr. (Blackburn napping. He i is not going to allow It to split the party if he can help it. His scheme is to have this bolting convention endorse him and we expect he will succeed. If he does so it will only strengthen his position with his party. In such case the bolt, instead of weakening him will give him greater strength. This Is a peculiar case and one in which Mr. Blackburn has before him a stiff fight for his supremeacy as the leader of his! party in his district. It will be a great feather In his cap if he succeeds in capturing-both the regular convention and the one called in opposition to his nomination. A little life mav be sacrificed to a sudden attack, of croup, if you don't nave Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil on hand for the emergency. The more kicks from the ballet, the less the kicks from the baldhead row. Atlanta journal. , . : AVnOLtESAIiE MERCHANTS. T- . - . Organization of the Association of the Ca rolina ? Laying the Corner Stone of 3 lark Morgan HalL (Special 'to The Messenger.) Fayetteville, N. C, May IS. Last evening, in the parlors of the Hotel La Fayette, a large and representative body of the wholesale merchants and millers of North and South Carolina met, pursuant to call, nearly all of the principal points in the two states be ing represented, a permanent organi zation was effected by the election of officers as follows: J. F. L. Armfle'd. Fayetteville. president; B. R. Cooner. Columbia, S. c.. and J. J. Xorman; Winston, N. C, vice presidents; J. "W. Patterson, Greensboro, secretary and treasurer; J. D. McNeill. J. H. Cul breth, E. R. Mixam. C. C. McLean. B. R. Cooner. Advisory Committee. The, officials were urged to at once interest every wholesale buyer in the Carolinas to Join in this movement to benefit the commercial interests. The main object for which the meet ing was called was to endeavor to se cure a poper differential rate of freight between full car load and less than car load shipments from gate city points. After a full discussion, the following resolution was adopted as the sense of the members present at this time: Whereas, "We, the members of the "Association of Wholesale Merchants, Millers and Manufacturers of the Car olinas," organized by convention as sembled at Fayetteville May 18th, 1904. find that the railroads operating in our states propose to put into ef fect, on June 1st, a new tariff, provid ing for an Increased rate on classes B, C. D. -and F. from gate city points; and, not having fully investigated the effect said change will have upon our Dusmess interest, therefore we request and earnestly petition said railroads to grant a further postponement for .putting into effect said tariff until August 1st, 1904 as we desire to con sider the matter in every detail, and wish to present to them matters of vi tal importance to oui business inter ests." The social as well as the business features of the gathering from the sister states were exceptionally pleas ant. Captain J. D. McNeill, before the body entered upon the consideration of business, welcomed them in behalf of the city of Fayetteville, its munlcipai ty, its chambers of commerce and Its citizens, and tendered them the 'free dom" of the historic town. The local members of the wholesale trade hearti ly clinched this welcome by their entertainment, and yesterday afternoon the visitors were taken for a ride through the manufacturing, business, residence and nearer trucking sections. They expressed themselves much pleased with Fayetteville and their visit. Before adjournment, they pass ed the following: "We, the visiting members of our organization, just perfected, do hereby tender by a rising vote our heartfelt thanks and due appreciation of the courtesies and kindnesses extended to us by the people of 'Fayetteville, and especially to our president, and to Cap tain McNeill and Room No. 5." Yesterday the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina met at Red Springs for the laying of the corner stone of Mark Morgan Hall; and, in the ab sence of. Grand Master Woodell. the lodge was convened by 'Deputy Grand Master F. D. Winston. From the lodge room the Masons marched in a body to the auditorium of the "Presbyterian col lege for Women to attend the com mencement exercises, where an address appropriate both to commencement and to the laying of the corner stone was delivered by Deputy Grand Master "Winston. At the conclusion of the col lege exercises the Grand Lodge re-formed and marched to Mark Morgan Hall, where the corner stone was laid with 'the impressive ceremonial of the order. The Grand Lodge was then invited to the opera house, where the fair women of Red Springs bade them to a dinner typical. In its abundance, of southern hospitality,, and served by the gracious hands of the loveliest of hostesses. Mark Morgan, whose generosity has given to Red Springs the new Masonic hall by the contribution of $7,000, was present, an honored guest. The Grand Lodge was very fully represented, both In the number in attendance and In the number of lodges represented. News was received here yesterday of the serious illness of Mrs. E. T. B. Glenn at her home in Macon, 3a. Her mother, Mrs. J. A. Pembertou, who has been visiting Mrs. Harrall at Cheraw, S. C. went on to Macon yesterday. o n Like a Comet This in the sky comes tho star of health to the weak and famous remedy weary despon does for the stom dent dyspeptic. ach that which it curing all Is unabls to do for itself, even If but stomach troubles and slightly disordered or overburdened. digestive disorders. supplies the natural juices of digestion and does the work of the stomach, relaxing the nervous tension, while the inflamed muscles and membranes of that organ are allowed to rest and heal. It cures indigestion, flatulence, palpitation of the heart. nervous dyspepsia and all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying and strengthening the glands, I membranes of the stom ach and digestive organs.' Tcr Dealer CuSrofrTra. BotSet onfy. $1.00 S!za holding 2X times the trial slz, which sells for 50c tasarti kj E. C MITT 4 CO, CCICJLCO. For Sale by R. TL Bellamy. Der German Cobbler Q MaAes cm Empty Barrel said . Sin tw Source of Profit. OT little tailor comes in to see says i aon t nai no snocs to . repair for three days he shrugs his shoulders und replies: "VhelL if you don't haf some brains in your bead; how can I help It'" "But vhy don't I bjLL-some brains? I rays. - "I can't say. I guess you vhaa porn dot vhay. I tell you more ash one hooncrcd times dot you don't under stand der peoples of America. If you did, you shall haf plenty of work. Look at my case. I pegin peesness rait a cent, und I can now draw a check for ten t'ousand dollar. It vhas pe cause I understand der peoples. I knew how to draw 'em to ray place. It vhas better if you go und work In a coal yard. If I haf your cobbler 6hop one day I bet I bring, in ten pairs of shoes to be fixed oop. Foor Hans! Vby do you ener leaf Germany?" Iot niiit my wife cries, und I s!t down by der stove und think und "I VHAS NO MAN MIT CURIOSITY, BUT I LIKU TO LOOK INTO DOT BARKKL. think. Mnj-pe it vhas two hours, und den I vhas all right. In der morning I put an empty barrel in my sbo window, und on it 1 bang a sign dot teads, "Dis Barrel Vhas Empty." It don't scorn to be over ten minutes pc fore a man comes in und says: "Cobbler, you may fix oop my heel voile 1 wait, but don't be too long about her." He looks around vhile I work, und pooty queek he smiles und says: "I vhas no man mlt curiosity, but I like to look into dot barrel." "All right." He looks in and sees nottings, und he laughs und says: "Vhell, dot vhas a pretty good joke pretty good. It shows you vhas a smart man, und after this you shall haf all my work. Yes, it. vhas a good joke. Ah, ha,-ha!" I don't see where some joke conies in, but I laugh und wink at binv ui:d his heel vhas tixed, he pays me a quar ter und pats me on der back;- Xle vhas hardlj oudt doors pefore a wcrnau comes In mit some childrens shoc She vhas a womans who always goes by a dago cobbler, but she talks in it me ;;bout der weather nnd vhas worry pleasant. All at. once she pretends to fee dot barrel und says: "Say. now. I like you to spr.k to rr.e in confidence, und I don't gif it avlur. Vhas :t some rats in dot barrel?" -Oh, no." "Vhas it goat?" "No." "Vhas It a fox or wolf?" "No." "Come, now, please be a dear good mans und tell iv.e how it vbes. I pledge you my word I don't speak to some iivin;; soul about her." - "You may ivok iu." She pros c-fcr on tiptoe und looks in u?:l ii; rt sw nottings. SShe iooks mad at :t, but den she laughs und say-: V::t II. d I vhas der best joke for a year. If anybody takes you for a fool he gots left. From now on you shall fix o-.-p ali der shoes In my family, und I vl.ill send you all der customers I can. Ha, ha, bar I laugli, too. but I don't know vhat I laugh at. und In a leetle time a man stands pefore my shop und looks into der window for ten minutes. lie can't make dot barrel oudt. He shakes his head und talks to himself, und by und by be comes in und says: "Cobbler, I guess you may put a cement patch on my toe for feefteen cents. I vhas going to run for office next spring mebbe, und it vhas a good thing to keep my shoes in repair." "I begin to fix his shoe right avhay. und be speaks of der price of coal und politics und den says: -Cobbler, do. you know I haf met ten t'ousmd' liars cn my time? Yes. sir. I haf met ten t'ousand mans who lie to me like Texas. Dot vhas bad." I says. , I meet so many liars dot I don't pe lief nobody no more. If a man tells me he runs oafer a street car I know he vhas a liar, und I like to bang him in der eye. I see you haf a barrel in your window." '"Yes." "Dere vhas a s!gn dot says she vhas empty." "Yes." Vhell. I vbes going to look in, but I know yon vhas a liar." - He looks In und Jinds nottings. und he shakes bis Lend und sits down to think It oafer. After fife minutes be hold oudt his band to me. nnd dere vhas some tears in his eye ash he says: "Cobbler, I taf found one man In dis wide world who tbas not a liar,-- Dol I barrel vhas empty. : In one hour 1 shall send my boy mlt all my shoes to be fixed oop, und yoa can harge your own price. Keep right on telling der truth und you shall haf & funeral two miles long vhen you die." Der next person to come in vhas a womans. I see her looking at dot bar rel through the window, und she goes home und gets a pair of shoes und comes back to say: "Yon may fix dese oop if you wilL How much vhas potatoes a barrel V "I don't know," I says. "How much vhas apples T I don't know." "If you haf some alligator in dot bar rel he don't get out sometimes? -He vhas no alligator." "Den he vhas some chickens. "Xo; he vhas only nottings. Dot womans winks at me und looks la der barrel. Vhen she sees dot emptiness she keeps still for two min-' utes und den laughs und says: "I see how it vhas. Dere vhas some false bottoms to der barrel, und der poy gets oudt und hides down cellar if anypody looks in. II a, ha, ha! I like a mans who can make jokes, und I shall glf you all my work to do. How long vhas you in dis shop?" 'More ash fife years. "Und vhas yoa a Joker all der time? "All der time, -madam." "Dear me, und I don't know aboudt him! How many good things I haf lost! Vhell, I shall come in now every week, und I like you to haf a new Joke every time." In three days more ash feefty peo ples comes in my shop und brings me work nnd looks into dot barrel, und I ( haf work ahead for two weeks. Some-1 times a man gets mad vhen he don't see nottlngs, but most of 'em says It vhas a good joke und I haf brains. Dot little. tailor finally comes aroundt to see if I vhas in der poorhouse yet. und when I tells him how she vhas he goes -oop by dot barrel und strikes her mit his fist und shouts: "I tell you, Hans, you don't under stand der American public. If you do you haf plenty of work." "But I haf plenty of work now, und j caferypody says dot barrel vhas a ' joke." I "It makes no deeference. You vba? some pumpkin heads, der public vhas fools, und I vhill go right home und leave you to smell of your old wax und leather." I guess dot little tailor vbas no joker und he vbas jealous of me. M. QUAD. A Little Girl'. Lores. , Bessie, aged five, was accustomed to come to her mother's room before the ; family was up. One Sunday morning, i while making the customary visit, the ' odors of breakfast In preparation man- aged to reach the sleeping quarters. pAocta n-ui. or,a rn,i ,n, IIOOIC, )l fill 1-1 VT A, UlLiiO A UU1U AA A. LUVUA er's neck, gave one or two vigorous Bnms. luen, v. nu an air oi auucipa J - 1 AA ll. A. f j fi t M H.I ! tion, announced, "Mamma, there's two fings I dess love mos of enyfink in der world." "What are they, Bessie?" asked her mamma. "God and baked beans!" Bessie re plied, smacking her Hps. Lipplncott's Magazine. In tbe Jansjle. Mrs. Monkey Mrs. Snake, will you please bring your family over to my bouse? Mr. Monkey is drinking again. I want to stop-him. New York Even ing Jo:.:-a!. The War of Girls. "I don't see why Ethel obtained em ployment in the telephone exchange?" said Maud. "Why," explained Mamie, "you know she quarreled with Herbert and told him she was never going to speak to blm again." "But supposing she has to call his number:" "That's It. She doesn't want to break her word unless she is compelled to by accident." Washington Star. LoTfn' Qaarrfl. "Mary's young man has left already, and Mary's just gone up to her room in tear3," said Mary's mother. "I won der what tbe trouble is." "I know' chimed In Mary's little brother. "They bad a scrap. I heard 'em. Sis said she was givin him more kisses than he was a-glvln her, an be said it wasn't so. Then they both got mad.M Philadelphia Ledger. Boon For tlie Hea, "Did you say be grew rich through a patent of his own?" "Yes. He Invented something that made a woman think she was still monopolizing the conversation long after she had really stopped talking. Detroit Free Press. Ilesalt of Folly. Wife (after midnight) I'm sorry to see yon come home In such a state as this, Charles. Husband I knew you'd be sorry. Carrie, and that's why I told you not to sit up. Boston Transcript. By Proxy. Boarder No. 1 - What' that loed thumping nolst in tbe kitchen? Boarder No. 2 Hr the landlady ham merln tLe steak nnd wishing lt was the beef trust; -rChleago Tribune. SOfMOl SCHOOI FOR RALEIGH, X. G JULY 4 TO AC . ' " -GUST. 4. ' r Expert Opinion as to Talent and Course of Study. Attendance to be Probably Second iArgest of Any Summer School in Use South. As to work of the ichool last year, the resolutions passed by the student body at the close of the session speak for themselves. That the Agricultural and Mechani cal college with its breesy rooms, beau tiful campus and attractive surround ings is an Ideal place for a Summer School. - That the school here has been an ideal school, stimulating, attractive and power-givinff. That we commend Its methods and !t i teaching staff as in every way worthy tt the contTtdenc and support of the teachers in nd out of the state. That our hearty thanks are express ed to the President and other managers of the school and to the cltUeni of Ua !e!jrh for their courteous anl warm hearted hospitality. The scope of work fvr the current year I much more comprehensive than that of list. While the faculty and lecture list number about elchrj, which is more than double that of last ye.tr. A distinguished Northern educator writes as follows to the Secretary: "I speat last evening reading over your literature, and was forcibly wtruckWlth It. The writer has had occasion t.i or ganize Summer Schools for many years. You will please accent cur congratula tions on your most excellent pro- gramme. The talents you have secured aro equal to any In the United States. This is quite a compliment from a high authority. The attendance last yesr represented nine states an.1 fifty seven counties In North Carolina. A great many of the old students have reserved rooms for themselves and friends. Accommoda tions have been made to entertain com fortably 1.000. Keturn tickets for ont fare plus tw?n-ty-flve cents; board $10.00 to JU.OO per month. Tull information can be had by ad dressing the Secretary at Ra!elh. . C. niARLBS. J. iPARKKU. Secretary and Business Manager. DItOWXED NFL1R CIIAKLFKroX. Tv Visitors to the Confederate lie- union Capsized In Bat nnd It. Charleston, S. C.. May 19. Two visi tors to the Confederate reunion. J. D. Carmichael. of Dillon, S. C, and J. W. Harmon, a Confederate veteran of Lexington," S. C, were drowned th! afternoon in the harbor between Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie. Two other occupants of the small boat swam to Sullivan's Island and three others of the party were nearly drowned, being rescued just In time by men from the life savinsr station. The harbor was calm as a mill pond and the majl cat rigged boat capsized in an endeavor to put about. In order lo Pi up Ahe hat of one of the party which had loeen blown off i The resc ed men after being brought wer rarried to the flrmv honl. T . r tal and gien immediate attention by . . M . m . the 5urgep and hospital corps. 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