Jl'DCE MOORE'S CHARGE
TO THE GRAND JIR"\
I Continued from page three. )
if u>u want i,i gt> out ancj have a
good time. I ll lake vou and [ know
a flirl that you ran pet t,i gQ ujt|,
Y'li. tin get together and so out
driving at rtii;ht- and if the\ are
brought I., t ore the court ihev can
!?? broker, up. arid if ion can get
till- irian that i- aiding and abettim
in >n.-h thing" and bring hint before
the court we . an put a stop to thi.
conduct, and the men who gel drunk
and drive automobiles art. killing
tolk?: automobile* are killing peo
!?'? irr North Carolina al lire rate of
?' ??"t ,hre?? ?' dav and injurins
man\ |M'ople bv drivi?L.
ie. klessiv. not .faying on his side of
1. 1" road, exceeding the speed limit
ai d dru ing carele.slv and reckles*.
\ "ran cannot drive reckles-K
at am rale of speed whether it is
' or l.tlv or twentv miles an
h""r: m,is? *tav on his side on
nrves an.) intersections of roads: if
a mm i- uoing at the rate of fifty
? r ~i\t\ miles an hour and meets ai
half drunk, he is |ja|,|,- be
Killed or kill somebo.lv i|,at he|
s.nie woman who is
'1'iMtig into town |i(||e fho
1* - u itli her children. a re, kless.
careles. driver might kill them all
'I h? onlv killed himself. J, would
not he bad. he might meet a fool I
"?>?? he is running , at eiiiw-r drunk '
"r -"id of ,,.,irs.- there is 1
wt k and somehoilv hint or killed.
" : 'ds were built f..r hie safe
?> l tl ? people and for the com en
' : "1" pie ?? iraveiing. ,
V'>'li < arolina has made -reat pro
that iliri rtion. and the
' j a" h-np ?' rig) ,,s,. the roads
l n ,r.'lw | siil'elv. and to
, " I1 'I'-'ds -ale if depends large
* up. i the grand jury to <cc that
"? oheved in that respe, t :
; i,ave ?' r'?'it l,. the road
and have a right to use if i? pcrfpi.t
-vil.H. the roads are built for the
pleasure .m. I eonvenienee of ||?
I ' "''1"- ""d il -i man rid.-. ,|,e road
'""-I II- I appropriate it all to hi
7 r-*p?l the rights
; r'?-se are some of ||?
tli.it |,ave come along latch,
last f.-w V, ars. because of ||?.
I'rrT, .l'1' * 'arolina ha- made
roau l)in It iiii: .
? mother thing that!
"" ?"""?"?l'ih is doing. Some
stars '?!' "V "irl a,,d
, , 1 fa,1",l> a,,d I he first thing
-he knows the j. driving aruond
I! ' ,-',r w'll? some ,,h
r irl he has u|> ,vi|h lefnj
. . V e a< !io: . to lake , are of the
:;;,,lr"Y v1, u ",M * -on,,.
- ' "!' afl" iw hile .he I in, I. i,
1 d"n*i b.;??:: ci
nave !;;:d .1 ?.
,.|??. I , "" rl is I I i I 1 1
1? 1 h.i\r ,.f .
1 , " t?| \ OU||<r Hifii
?d-i>id..n,?g ,|? famili,...
d. splendid
!'?"? a?d uki. . ,??r
Pros,,,,,-. .. and , |
:l r,'""u lik-' I bat. he won',
,ro:i,,d in -oei.-u and
the people long. 1 il put him
l<> w??rk. and l??t> ? I times while he
is out clri\ insc wilh other women, his
wife i- doing the -ame thins with
other men. and when he finds it out
there is auolher divorce or adan
donnicnt.
Now. gentlemen, t prohibition
laws of the Stale arc or, tin- >iatute
books, and it is our duty to enforce
them whether we agree with the laws
or not. it is our duty as sworn offi
cers, your duty as well as mine, to
enforce these laws whether we agree
with them or whether we endorse the
law as a whole or not, as long as
they are on the statute hooks it is
our duty to enforce these laws, and
\ou gentlemen of the grand jury
are men who are selected and sworn
to do your duty, and you are to in
vestigate these matters that come be
fore you and if you find evidence to
convict them, we can break it up in
a <rreat measure.
Another thing, gentlemen, that I
want to call your attention to is
cigarette smoking among little boys:
it is getting to be fearful. No man
nor merchant can give away or give
to or sell a cigarette or cigarette
papers to a minor, a child under
seventeen, or give him tobacco and
paper to. make one. and if he does,
he violates the law. Think of the
consequences. ^ hen these young
boys l>egin to smoke cigarettes my
the time they are twenty-one can
hardlv hold their hand still enough
to write their names, their nose and
mouth are stained with the nicotine,
their lingers are yellow and their
lungs fillet! with nicotine: when
they take a boy who has smoked
igarettes and operate on him. they
f ind liis lungs are covered with this
nicotine, and the girls are the same
wav, and what do you expect the!
harvest to be? You can expect j
nothing but frivolous empty minds j
we are raising a generation of ;
weak, delicate, tubercular imbeciles,
tlut is the report you get from the;
\u -? medieal science and authorities
It we would follow the laws of ni
tu: in Western North Carolina andj
tea *i the voung men and young wo- j
m? to obey and respect the laws wej
would raise a generation that wej
would he proud of and one that
. , whip the world, a generation!
of ??< rfect manhood and woman
hood. and as 1 sav a generation of
me*: md women that would be the
pride of anv nation on earth it we
\ the laws ? ?f nature, and it i
vour duty to teach that spirit among,
the \"Ung people.
1 do not think I will charge you
longer von remember the crimes,
and when you pass upon the bills.
von will examine the witnesses, audi
if there is probable eause ? do not
argue the matter ? there are . some j
men who think they are lawyers, andj
want to argue, kind of chimney-cor
ner lawyers, who want to argue, but;
that isn't what we want you to do?
we want vou to investigate to see it
there is probable cause only ot a
man being prosecuted, and it vou
find that from one witness, you cam
mark the bill a true bill, but it not
and it takes two or three witnesses
to find probable cause, examine
them, or examine all the witnesses
that are marked, but do not ignore
the bill or mark it not a true bill till
vou have examined all the witnesses
market! on the bill.
Now. gentlemen, before you con
clude v our duties, it i^ your duty to
vi-it ill the office*, in the court house j
and see if the officers are doing their
duties, vou will visit the Clerk * of
fice ami the office of the Register
of Deeds and the Treasurer, if you
(have a treasurer in the county, and
i see if the\ arc all doing their duty
and that the offices are properh
kept. You will see that the magis
trates in the county have all made
their reports: they must report at
??very term of the court what has
been done since the last term, and
whether anything has been done or
, i lot. the law requires them to make
a report, and if a magistrate has not
had any criminal cases, or if he has.
lie must report it. and it i- your du
;v to sec that tli* \ have made these
reports and that these reports are
1 1?: ouuiii before die Solicitor wlieth
r the justices of the peace are do
itur anything or not. according to
law I hex must i ike these reports
.oid it i> vmir ibil\ to see the\ arc
tiled, and vou will \ i-it the jail and
that it i> kept in a proper condi
; The inmal? - ? ?! the county jail
are entitled to hue a comfortable
iilacc to stav. comfortable bedding
land xvholesome food. I don't mean
luxuries, as >ome of the welfare
workers think thex should have, but
I mean that thex are to have clean,
comfortable beds and bedding and
good wholesome food ? some of the
I welfare worker? think the inmates
| of the jails ought to be fed on the
! highest diets and have desserts and
things of that kind, but that isn't the
law. and the welfare people have
done some harm in that respect in
North Carolina. I think when a
man is sent to the road to work, that
is what he is sent there for and he
ought to work, and some of these
people think that he ought not to be
touched at all, that the guards must
not touch him if he does not obey
and the consequence is that some of
the judges are holding now that
they ought not to be touched, and I
was told that a guard took a force
out to work on the roads one day
and thev sat down on the bank of
the road and the overseer told them
to go to work and they would not do
it. and he had to stand there all day
and could not force them to go to
xvork. and in dhar^fing the grand
jury. I charged that the overseer
ought to turn them across a barrel
:ind give them about nine licks with
a cat-o-nine-tails and the newspa
pers made sonic coninifnt on the
charge and the o\er-eer told me the
next morning he read that article in
the newspaper to the convicts and he
said he never had had a better day s
w .rk out of thrrn in his life. They
are sent there t- .v?-rk as a punish
ment and - uld be made to
work. Now : -ive no convict
camp in yonr mty. hut vou will
\ i<it vour jail. a- i -ay. an?l see that
it i- well kept. mnot l?e kept in
a condition like ;r own home,
because the rit t of the world
sometimes get ii 're and they are
so nasty and v litary that it is
hart! to keep a n good condi
tion. but it mil- kept the best
\ou can. Then. -t of all. so to
xour countv h? and Investigate j
.hat. that is th- r -t important j
home, and it i- * 11' duty to 20 l? ?
that, and in vi>i; that to see that
it is properly k<-: because that j
ought to Ik* the - home in the
ounty. the coin: me belongs to|
all the people ar ought to be
kept in such a 111. and condition I
that am citizen ? i go there any j
day and take a ir. al with those old
people and get a -mtortable good
meal. We want ? -e old people
to I>e cared for: : ? people who go'
to the count) lion tie unfortunate
people ami the\ entitled to bej
taken care of and provided a com
fortable place to and havc(
comfortable bed<l:? and goodi
wholesome food. I'.ike f? ?r instance
some old man who raised a fain-.
il\ and worked ha all his life but
he did not have t! ? gray-matter in j
his head to take raf- of his earnings
ami somebody took advantage of 1
him. somebody reaped the benefit of I
his labor all these <ars. and he did 1
not have the capacity and ability to!
take care of hini>eli and someliodvj
got the benefit of what he made
and he comes down to old age when
lie can work no longer it i- a trac-j
edy. about one of the saddest trace- j
'dies of life to come down to old ape
and ha\e no home and no place to
20 and no place to lay his head and
nobodv upon whom he can depend
except the couuty. and when he
comes to that lie ought to l>e taken
[care of bv tin- county. He may have
l?een profligate and not what he
oupht to have been, hut that is a mis
fortune of nature, a misfortune we
are all heirs to. hut if he comes
down to want, the county ought to
take care of him. and there may 1m1
some old mother who has labored
hard all her life ?o raise her family,
and her back is bent from stooping
over the washtub. and her hands cal
loused from hard labor, and when
she" comes down to old ape and
want, and her children are pone
God knows where and she is left
alone- it is a sad fact and we have
pot to take care of her: it is our du
l\ to lake care of her and we want
to see that she i- cared for, so pen
tlemen. \ou will visit the county
home and see that it is properly
kept and these unfortunate people I
properly taken care of.
Now. gentlemen. I have gone over
about what I wanted to this morning,
and if there are any further instruc-l
lions at any time that you want. I
want >ou to ask me. and I will be |
plad to gi\e you an\ instructions.
We want to work in harmony, anil if
a witness fails to answer any ques
tions. just send the name of such wit
ness up here to the court, and I will
see that he answers anv questions,
and I hope we can work in perfect
harmony throughout the term of
this court and do some pood for the
county and make it feel that this
court has l>een worth somethinp to
Cherokee County and put it on bet
ter footing and make it a better and
safer county to live in: it is a good
county and you can make it a better
county and a countx where people
will love to come and live. There
i- no condition that exists in this
county that could not be m a.
ter. and you can make it a
county and a county where
will love t.> come and make J ?
homes, and vou can do thi, j;
will do our dut\ . 1 *
There is anoth? r thing. gently
vou are sworn to -rcrerv. anju
does not mean ju~t during t)* .
of the court, but it im-ans on lJ
ice of your days keep v?ur .
gel. the State's counsel and thj. -
\our fellow-man and when
want to know how the grand
report was. that i- none of ^
business, sou 11111-1 keep it , ?
. r a yjjj
always. 1
\nd then there ;- another t]
gentlemen of the md jury,
want to be prompt. be |vJIlctuj
and if you promise (?> be at a o-n^
place at a certain hour, be tin,
don't be ten minut > late, but U
there on time, becaus lime is
money these ilays. and we will r??
pentlenien at 9 o'clock in the
ing.
CANTON Hi'WAY
LINK IS OPENED
SATURDAYP.nl
Opening of the new Carta.
Asheville Highway which ha- Hm
under construction b\ the State Hii
wav Cominision for -cveral months
was opened S at nrd a \ aftcrn'ion 1
?1 oVliK'k. according in annouw*.
ment made b> J. ' '? Miketalha.
Commissioner for the *>th District
Completion of this link of high
v/av gi\es a "high grade route ill
the wav from Ashexillf to Murphy.
\ small section of it at the undo
p;iss on the Murphy branch ot tie
Southern Railway will not he fori
surfaced al present in ??r<ler to per
mit tin fill to settle.
Only Buick~^
coy Id give such value
Only SJuick ?
could buildx/zi^acar
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Two-poascngcr Business Coupe . $1195.00
Five-passenger 2-<loor Sedan .... $1220.00
Five-passenger Phaeton ........ $1225.00
Four-passenger Special Coupe . . $1250.00
Five-passenger 4-door Sedan .... $1320.00
121 Inch Wheel Base
Four-passenger Sport Roadster . $1325.00
Two-passenger Business Coupe . $1395.00
Four- passenger Special Coupe . . $1450.00
Five-pass. Close-Coupled Sedan . $1450.00
Five-passenger 4-door Sedan .... $1520.00
129 Inch Wheel Base
Five-passenger Phaeton $1525.00
Five- passenger Coupe . ....... . .$1865.00
Five-pass. Qooe-Coupled Sedan ? $1875.00
Four-pass. Convertible Coupe ... $1875.00
Five-passenger 4-door Sedan ? ? . .$1935.00
Seven-passenger Sedan $2015.00
Seven -passenger Limousine ..... $2145.00
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