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February 25, 1910, at the posofllge
at Ahoakie, North Carolina, under
the Act of March 8, 1878.
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I THE AMERICAN PRESS AMLOATION
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FRIDAY, FEB. 2, 1923
A STRONGER JUDICIARY?
A group of lawyers in
North CaroUna are sponsoring
a bill that would give broader
powers to a trial judge.' A bill
has been introduced in the leg
islature looking to the restora
tion of the common law right
and duty of the judge in a jury
trial to express his opinion on
the facts, contending that this
is an essential of the "ancient
mode" of jury trial guaranteed
by the constitution and that our
statute depriving the judge of
this function is one of the
causes for the depreciation in
public opinion of the value of
the jury system.
F. W. Thomas, writing in the
Asheville Citizen, calls upon ]
the sober-thinking business :
men of the State to get behind '
the movement that will give 1
the trial judge more latitude in !
expressing his opinion on the j
weight of the testimony, and <
giving him the right to suggest ?
to the trial jury what it shall
find. He refers to the judges {
today as "dignified dummies on ,
the benches," so far as the as- t
certqinment of the facts is con- 1
cerned.
Those who have followed up ,
to any appreciable extent trials '
in courts of justice have at
times been shocked at the ver
dicts brought in by juries.
Many times a plain miscarriage
of justice seems apparent. Mr. 1
Thomas believes this is partly 1
due to the statute which pro- '
hibits the judge giving his ]
views as to the weight of the ,
testimony, and the lack of a 1
proper understanding by the i
jury. j
Often, no doubt, that is en
tirely true. However, so many
times the conscience of the in
dividual junor and his inward
attitude towards the law an
aceased is being tried for to a
large extent guide his verdict,
Wl no amount of faets or per
suasion can change the man in
his views. There are instances
hot so infrequent when persons
charged with criminal offenses
ere allowed to get off with a
nominal verdict simply because
the men on the jury are not in
clined to back up the law
which the defendant had brok
JfM- '"'T.--' ?
la civil cases it is often nec
essary for the judge to go more
into detail and give the jury
specific instructions, on account
of the jurors' lack of under
standing of the law and facts.
The. broadening of the judge's
powers in this particular would
certainly help to lessen the
chances of miscarrying justice.
After all, one of tthe surest
and best ways ^to make our
courts stronger and to guard
diligently against errors and
verdicts directly opposite to
good government is to pay
stricter attention to the select
ion of juries. Jurors may not
necessarily be highly Educated
persons, but they should be
good citisens; and they ou>;ht
to be generally regarded as
persons of intergity, common
sense, and favorable to law en
OFFICE CAT)
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Publication of Ahoakie's ordi
nances in the last issue of this sheet
has caused many citizens to sit up and
wonder why all the law. "Whew",
one fellow ejaculated when he had
looked over the imposing list, which
he said were more numerous than any
set of laws he had ever seen. But,
he didn't know what he was talking
about, for along came a councilman
and explained that the list published i
hardly equalled the former town
code, and was about 80 per cent of
the usual length of small city codes.
"Why don't you enforce some
thgm", another inquired. "Yes,
why not enforce soma," an
swered the commissioner. "It's |
as much your business to see |
that they are enforced as it is |
mine. The town's police head
is the fellow to whom you must
look for enforcement, and he
must have the sentiment of the I
folks behind him before he can 1
make any headway at carrying t
out the law." I
In fact, everybody in Ahoskie !
knows law enforcement here is lax t
at the very best, and there has not
been any-tendency on the part of the
police officer to rigidly enforce laws. 1
But, it is also true that many citisens 1
?f this very town discountenance any '
attempt to enforce laws, that is a 1
great many of them. There is des- <
respect for the law by some, and it (
Is these fellows for which a special 1
ordinance should be framed and exe- 1
:uted. <
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The "smoothing over" process has
been much in vogue in this town when
snforcing the law would have done i
the thing up right. The CAT believes i
the majority sentiment in Ahoskie i
favors law enforcement, and thinks
there is plenty of room for improve
ment in the police regulation of the ]
town. ]
Since Mr. Vann of Como has dh
rected his Are at the CAT and Mr.
Eley, the former member of that duo ?
would advise him that the motion to i
which he refers would necessarily be i
lost, if the Speaker had previously
voted as a member, and there was a
tie vote. Even that does not paral
lell the example in Hertford County
where only six commissioners were, on (
the board. The House has a member- i
ship of approximately 126, and could i
Invoke the double voting power with
better grace. However, the CAT
does not believe it would do it It 1
would be a lost motion, Mr. Vann. <
At least that's my answer to your 1
question.
"I would like to see your people be
gin producing a larger amount of '
track and vegetables for market"
Said Mr. E. B. Conger of Edentou in '
a recent interview with the CAT. J
"The section around Elisabeth City 1
made wonderful success at it within
three years, especially in the produc- 1
tion of peas which have been a great
revenue producer. Your lands I be
lieve, can be adapted to peas, pota
toes and other truck, and the pro
duction of these articles would add
greatly to the revenue of your farm
ers". the Edenton man continued.
Junius, who. bought an expensive
automobile last week, waa bragging ;
to torn of hia friends about the won
derful purr in the motor. He lifted
up the heed and found the Oflce Cat
underneath It
Speaking of rare coins?they're
the only kind' we have after Christ
ID&8.
HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED
(By AmoaTaah) .
1 can remember when a plunk
quite a lot of kick to it; when you
could take an old, thin dime and go
and have a fancy time. } can remem
ber when two-bits would Shock a bell
hop into lite, and when -you could
produce a half and even make a bar
ber laughs
I can remember when a plunk and
would purchase for you quite a hunk
of porterhouse or let you go and have
a seat at some good show. I can re
member when two bucks would buy
for you a brace of ducks, and when
if you could show a "V," you were
hi good society.
And I can e'en remember when I
proudly flashed a new-laid ten, and
on a modest twenty-five for one whole
month I'd stay alive. And yrhen a
bird had fifty beans he had a fortune
in his jeans. A hundred berries was
a price beyond.the dream of avarice.
I've seen the tides of commerce
flow. I've aeen those moneys come
and go. They used to be a husky
bunch and e'en a niekle packed a
punch. Yes, I remember when a jit
had quite, a lot of kick to it. There's
just one answer to be told? I must
be getting pretty old.
Judge: "Why do you want your
name changed, madam T"
Applicant (Pathetically): "Please
your Honor, It's Lizzie Tinford."
The Episcopal bishops say the be
havior of the young comes from their
desire to be natural. Ain't Nature
grand!
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They claim the bobbed hair craze j
is creating a demand for switches.
Hair, or hickory?
When a woman hater marries it's
apt to make him the same?only more
so.
Little Bo-Peep, she lost her sheep,
How careless not to mind 'em
For Bo-Peep had no HERALD ad
That would help her to And them.
But just think how long Methualah
might have lived, says Ras Wooten, if
there had been somebody to remove
his tonsils, and his appendix.
PERFECT EXAMPLES
Teacher: "We borrowed our num
erals from the Arabs, our calendar
From the Romans, and our bariking
system from the Italians. Can anyone
:hink of any other exfftnples?"
Willie: "Our lawn mower from the
Smiths and our vacuum cleaner from
.he Thompsons."
There is always something. If
rou are riding on the train just about
vhen you get to a place where you
hink you are going, you see soihe
hfng interesting, you pass a string
>f box cars a mile long. If it is an
>pen air meeting, about the time you
hink the speaker is going to say
lomething a fool passes with the cut
>ut open. We insist, there is always
lomething.
rne Dungatow type ol arcnitecture j
? now quite prominent among states- *
nen. A bungalow is a house without -
ui attic.
There was one test to which the "
patience of Job was never subjected.
Be didnt have to teach his wife to
?un an automobile.
"Can I be of any assistance?" ask
:d the sympathetic motorist of a man
vho was looking unutterable thoughts
it a disabled car.
"How is your vocabulary?"
"I'm a minister, .sor."
"Drive on."
The optimist hopes to inherit a
million; the pessimist starts a savings
iccount.
If the crusade to prevent the tip
ping of hats during cold weather suc
ceeds it will be the first anti-tipping
campaign that ever did. jf
CARFARE
' For hours they had been together
in her Parlor. The moon cast its
tender gleam through the window on
the young and handsome couple who
?at strangely far apart He sighed,
?he sighed, finally:
"I wish I had money, dear," he
?aid, "I'd traveL"
Impulsively, she slipped her hand
into his; then, rising swiftly, she
sped out of the room. Aghast, he
looked at his hand. In his palm lay
a nicker.
The paragrapher with one wife who
criticises doubtless wonders how
Solomon managed his writing.
No wonder the bride's mother
Weeps. She, better than any other,
knows what is going to happen to the
groom.
MR. VANN WANTS
SOME INFORMATION
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MR. EDITOR?I see in the News
and Observer of January 24th that
there wm a roll call rote in tha legis
lature on the McKimmon bill and that
the Speaker of the House was the
drat man to rote. Am writing to aok
that yon, or some of your subscribers
who claim to know parlimentary law,
would tell through your columns,
what would hare been the way out, if
there had been a tie and tha speaker
confined to one vote and have ruled
that there was a motion before the
house and be could not entertain any
other, and have ruled further, that
the member could not withdraw the
motion after it had been voted on?
It looks to us, (we are from Missouri)
that the legislative proceedings under
such conditions would need soma
thing like our old-fashioned law,
which Judge Manning, whose judg
ment (on a point of law) is worth all
of the county combined (except the
lawyers) says will hold and which has
been practiced in our county (and
has never brought any serious
trouble) to let their speaker vote
twice and get them out of the mud.
It seems that our legislature has not
learned much about parlimentary
rules which Mr. Eley says are prac
ticed in Congress, or it may be that
they like some other way better and
find it more convenient and equally
efficient
At any rate, I am asking that you,
or someone, make it clear to us as to
what legal course the Legislature
could have taken to clear up the sit
uation.
An early reply is the wish of,
T. E. VANN. -
Como, N. C.
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