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The Chatham Record ■ —■■■■— - ■ . .... SEPTEMBER 19,1878. 0 SINGING CLASS From The Masonic Orphan- H«« September 19. X S'on,c Ph Orph S iLfe S at l Ox 3 -’ (ro» the . pjttsboro, at the Court &* 1 '! Wednesday night, Septem at S o’clock, to give a pro ber l 9 , he public. ~ , gran 1 - 10 POD | e have heard this class Man Li to vear as they have pre from veai ■> in pitsboro and in fcntcd fitv P lt’k worthy of the attend- Siler f any one and every one will be to “"tended one of If y°\ S* you should not fail th f Insert when they leach here to be , T , vour arrangements V“all means and hear a ytSf&Tt* at a very small cost. nroceeds from this en- The to the suport of the tertainment goe. v lodges orpha S-s given liberally in addi- K'tn the'amount raised by the class. UO ,Un and Siler City lodges both a f?ood offering each time the rCs visits the towns. C The Oxford Orphanage is not an Masonic Institution. While “f steml principally by the Ma ll' of North Carolina, there are less f'Js 0 f Masons than any other. ®ton of every denomination are there and the orphans of many who were neither church members or af filiated with any fraternal organiza- Singing Class the big gest audience this year that it has ever had. _ need of fire apparatus. Pittsboro has no water nor hose reels to fight fire. Has not even a bucket to carry water to a fire, and oerhaps it has not the means to put in water works or buy hose reels and j buckets. But some plan should be studied out by which property comd be protected. The Record man noticed at the fire last week that the only j thing that could be scraped up there that would hold water was a few bor-i rowed tubs and buckets. It is a wonder that the church, j which stood near the parsonage, had i not burned. Probably a few bucketi of water thrown on the side of the building saved the church. One man remarked that a church seldom, if ever, burns. But they do. This paper has time and again rec- \ ommended a very simple way to keep fires from spreading. The town should buy a rope 75 or 100 feet long and' have a big hook fastened to the end j of the rope. This hook could be stuck into a window and a lot of men get hold of the rope and pull the burning building partially out of the way. The writer has seen this done in a much larger town than Pittsboro. The cost of the hook and rope would be very small and it might be the means of saving a lot of property, AN EARLY EVENING FIRE. Wednesday night of last week the parsonage at the Stanton Memorial Temple, a colored church in the north western part of Pittsboro, and occu pied by Rev. J. R. Easeley, the pas tor, was destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire came from the explosion of a lamp, it is believed. Very little of the furniture was saved and not even the clothing of the family. The church was in close promimity of the burned building but was saved by the heroic efforts of a bucket bri gade. It was badly scorched on the end next to the house, but the con stant throwing of water saved it. The white citizens of the town worked j hard to save the furniture and the building and but for their direction and effort the church would have been destroyed. There was no insurance on the de stroyed building. AN ELECTRIC STORM. Bid you hear the thunder and light fng during the electric storm last p-fsday night? was asked by a. ttsboro citizen Thursday. Os course one answer ed yes. They heard „, eav 7 thunder claps, if they were nino- 1 V( J' !l , e storm reminded the world war in r ans the terrible times over spwi ft* 1 *? 6 ’, ."’hen the Germans would tj ‘‘ ' ieir hig shells over among them. 8r un d lightning was some- j ah J, aer< r e an d a fine rain fell for j an hour. Strange to say, there u ; ° Wln d accompanying the storm. BASE ball notes. wlS e / ittsboro Baseball team, or cou *d pick up here and Satnwi. 16 vv , a V> went to Hillsboro last th e j w^erc they met defeat at town V’ 0 team of the latter of Mm ’ 6 SCOle being 6 to 2 in favor win i-,^ 010 * B'd' the Pittsboro boys Sahmi.,, ea c< ? me back at their victors if thpv ' i September 22nd, when they wa t°b their p’s and q’s them 1 lave the tables turned on is expected here next Sat «'■* team Pittsbor ° ana a season y team ended their on o£ ba seball last Saturday. Ht^3 SS j5^ never ? £ te Sevmour, of Apex, in Pi’tAnl 3 Vl | lt to Mrs - E - D - Carr, liso^om a ndto Miss Maggie El- MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS Chatham Road Commissioners Meet August 13th—Routine Affairs. The road cimmissioners for Chatham county met in regular session on Mon day, August 13th and passed on many road accounts. The following were al lowed: Alfred Johnson, pay roll S4OO. W. P. Petty, salary to date, $35.40. Rufus Johnson, two pair wagon lines SB.OO. Robt. Johnson, 3568 feet of lumber $117.74. Frank Gattis, July salary $75.00. Ernest Henderson, July salary $52. F. P. Nooe, 16,190 feet bridge lum ber $526.18. W F Crutchfield, shop work $5.82 A. G. Campbell, 1870 feet lumber $56.10. Ivey Lasater, 7 days driving truck $14.00. Otis Hamlet, 18 days driving truck $36.00. W. F. Jones, 1330 feet lumber $41.25. D. H. Ellis, 45 pounds nails $2.25. W. H. Stout, gas and oil $5.75. D. T. Brooks, oil, shovel, nails, etc., $12.80. S. W. Walters, rent for gas tark $9.46. Bonlee Motor Co., gas, etc., $9.16. E. M. Snipes, July salary $75.00. J. W. Andrews, July salary $75.00. W. H. Hilliard, 15 hours work $3.00. Birch Phillips, 14 1-2 days work $29.00. J. E. Phillips, 25 hours work $5.00. Staley Phillips, 12 hours, work $2.40. Rossie Scott, 20 hours work $4.00. Melloway Smith, 10 hours work $2. Aaron Kidd, work on bridge $2.50. H. E. Stewart, 10 hours work $2. C. T. Smith, 20 hours work $4.00. Harmon and Williams, lumber $74.41. J. W. Harmon, pay roll $587.03. i Wilson Bros., 13 days road work, $26.00. J. W. Harmon, salary for July $125.00. | Hamer Luther, 3 days work on road $6.00. I O. B. Fitts, 81-2 days service to I board and 292 miles traveled $57.10. i E. V. Laurens, gas and oil $32.25. I Ironton Manufacturing Co., sheet roofing for bridge $195.40. E. E. Wilson, 16 days service to board and 804 miles traveled $120.20. Hammock & Harper, shop work ! $4.00. ! Chas. Cole, 3834 feet lumber, half ■! to be paid by Moore county $122.36. ; L. D. Johnson, July salary, express : and repairs $192.84. i George H. Brooks, Jr., 25 days woik $37.50. D. C. Beard, July salary, $65.00. Alfred Johnson, pay roll, $1,355.27. Leon Wilson, July salary $40.00. J. W. Thomas, labor on Gum Springs road $127.85. Chatham Motor Co., repairs, etc., $ll.OO. I Conell & aFrrell, supplies to road ! camp $295.24. George W. Perry, 25 gallons gas ! $7.00. Asheboro Wheelbarrow Co., 10,802 feet lumber $351.06 and 664 feet lum ber $19.92. Kirk-Holt Hardware Co., points and mold boards $21.90. Chatham Hardware Co., oil, gas, dy namite, etc., $226.75. J. T. Mills & Bro., gas, oil, etc., $13.32. W. M. Scott, 39 gallons gas $10.14. J. W. Hobby, 117 gallons gas $20.42. B. D. Thrailkill, gas $11.64. Standard Oil Co., statement cover ing invoices to July 17, 1923, $168.66. E. F. Craven, repairing road ma chine $5.30. j NEWS NOTES FROM FALL CREEK (Too late for last week.) Bear Creek, Rt. 3, Sept. 3. —Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sanders, of near Coleridge, and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Burgess, of near Liberty were visitors at the home of Mr. E. C. Brewer Sunday after noon. . Mr. E. C. Brewer is in very feeble health at this time, his friends will be i sorry to learn. Miss Leota Phililps and Mr. James Allen Tally motored to Goldston yes terday to preaching. Mr. N. H. Brewer and daughter, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. J. W. Brewer. Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips spent Saturday night in the home oi Mr. E. P. Spoon, at Asheboro. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Powers spent Sun ! day in the home of Mr. Sphinx Hill.' Miss Eula Brewer spent Saturday night with her sisier, Mrs. Roe Gard ner. . Mr. E. P. Hill was a visitor m Ram seur Sunday afternon. Off On His Vacation. Dr. W. B. Chapin left last week for Townsville, Rosemary, and Roa noke Rapids on his annual vacation. He returned to Pittsboro Friday. In the afternoon he left for Sanford wher he boarded the train for another trip for Leesburg, Tampa and other cities in Florida. He will return this week. AUDIT REPORT OF THE STATE. We are in receipt of a copy of th2 recent much talked of state audit, in a book that required 162 pages. W. N. Everett, the secretary of state, has mailed a copy to every newspaper in the state. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1923. A MEXICO FARMER Visit of Mr. Richardson Home—Local Items From Browns Chapel. Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Sept. 10. —His many friends were glad to greet Mr. Willie Richardson last week, after an ab sence from Chatham of more than 14. years. He is well remembered at Browns Chapel, having grew up in the Sunday school there. At the time that Mr. J. T. Mann was superintend ent of the school, Mr. Richardson was secretary and made a good one. He has come on a visit to see his many relatives and friends and especially his foster mother, Mrs. Fannie A. Richardson Dark. He said, with tears in his eyes that it hurt him badly to see her in the physical condition that she now endures. Mr. Richardson is a big farmer in New Mexico. He also operates a dairy there. He says that no fertilizer is used in New Mexico. Taxes run $5.00 an acre, including irrigation. He has 125 acres, practically all of which are in cultivation. He feeds practical ly 150 tons of alfalfa each year and nearly as much is put on the market. One cow he has, when fresh, has giv en as much as 9 gallons of milk and none of the cows give less than five gallons per day. There is a 9 months compulsory school for all under 14 years and 6 months for those more than 14. Mr. Richardson is greatly impressed with the great improvement on our roads in Chatham county and the de velopment in the towns. Fie visited at the home of W. R. Perry and H. F. Durham last week. Mr. Richardson married a sister of the late Mrs. W. R. Perry and has four children, three boys and one girl. Quite a number of our young peo ple motored to Bynum on Tuesday of last week and had a good time, ac cording to reports. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clegg, Sr., vis ited their daughter, Mrs. W. C. Hen derson, last week. Miss Irene Burns, who is taking a training course in a hospital in Rich mond, Va., spent a few days last week with her aunt, Mrs. Henry F. Durham. Mrs. Clyde Bland and children and Miss Mary Bland were visitors at the home of Henry F. Durham last week. Mr. I. A Durham carried his daugh ter, Miss Berta Durham to Mr C| W. Lutterlohs to meet the picnic crowd. Mrs. John R. Goodwin and baby, ac companied by W. W. Lutterloh, called to see Dr. P. W. Lutterloh last week. Mr. Fred Perry has been home, on a visit to his mother some time. Mr. Ward Perry is recovering from a severe attack of yellow jaundice. Mr. P. T. Farrell and family visit ed the home of G. F. Perry and W. C. Henderson last Thursday Mr. H. M. Marshall’s family vis ited in the home of Mr. C. W. Lutter loh last Thursday. Mrs. Annie Huske visited in the home of J. L. Self and F. R. Hender son last week. Little Harold Dark spent the week end with his uncle, H. F. Durham. Junius, Jerome and Catherine were glad to have thier little cousin with them. Almost every Sunday and sometimes two or three times a week, the same car holding two young Pittsboro gents, wends its way above here. It is said the two young ladies know the car by the noise it makes. Mr. C. N. Justice and Mrs. W C. Henderson have purchased some white Leghorn chickens for egg production, from Mr. Henry F. Durham. Owing to his physical condition Mr. Durham has decided not to enter the poultry business so extensively and he has a number of pullets and roost ers for sale. His many friends will be glad to know that Mr. J. Frank Durham has been able to abandon the use of his crutches. It will be remembered that he had a leg broken at a saw mill early in the spring. BACK FROM BAR MEETING. Mr. Henry M. London, State Ref erence Librarian, returned to his home in Raleigh last week, after at tending the meeting of the American Bar Association in Minneapolis, Ind. North Carolina was represented by nine members of the Bar Association. They were A. B. Andrews, Henry M. London, A. L. Brooks, George Roun tree, Judge Owen G. Guion, R. A. Nunn, Larry, I. Moore, T. C. Guthrie and Miss Julia Alexander. A GOOD LIST OF GOOD FOLKS. The following good people of Chat- ! ham county have subscribed for the | Record since we corrected our list last week. We highly appreciate every one of them: Mrs. Wm. J. Myers, Paul L. Elkins, C. B. Crutchfield, J. T. Goins, E. A. Clark, A. L. Blake, C. E. Bland, Sam Griffin, Raeford Journal, Oran J. Ty sor, J. W. Pennington, W. B. Web ster, Mrs. J. M. White, Emiline Alst- , ton, Morse Int. Agency. A Few Changes. Miss Margaret Womble left for Chapel Hill this week where she has accepted a position in a bank. Mr. David Womble goes to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he will live with his daugh ter Mrs. G. W. Blair. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Barber and Mrs. Mary Barber have rented the Womble home on east Salisbury street and will move there until Mr. Barber’s house is built. They are now at the Exline hotel. Mrs. A. P. Dark, of Roscoe, was a visitor in town Tuesday. NEAR EAST RELIEF. Chatham Raised over Eight Hundred • Dollars Last Year. Chatham county raised $809.89 for Near East Relief this year, according to official figures just announced from ■ Raleigh by Col. Geo. H. Bellamy, state : chairman of this great humanitarian organization. This is 97 per cent of the county’s quota, SB4O. In announcing these figures Col. Bellamy paid tribute to W. R. Thomp son, of Pittsboro, county chairman who was in charge of raising this sum, and all those who helped him. Official figures were $238.39 in cash, $285 in unpaid pledges on June 30, last and $286.50 in clothing. Mr. Thompson had many difficulties to ov ercome, the foremost of which is the misconception in the public as to the continued needs in the Bible lands. As the Near East Relief in its def inite child-saving program, works from year to year, results of work from July 1 to the following June 30, are announced. During the past fiscal year, Mr. Thompson endeavored to raise SB4O required to feed, clothe and educate fourteen little children now in North Carolina orphanages in the Near East and dependent on Chatham county for their very lives. Sixty dollars takes complete care of a child for a year, so efficient is the work of the Near East Relief over seas. The report will show also that North Carolina greatly oversubscribed its quota. Over 1,000 volunteer workers, good Christian men and women, mar shalled together and directed by Mor ris A. Bealle, state director, made pos sible the raising of this magnificent sum. Col. Bellamy declared. He stres ed the fact that the end of this great work is yet—that until the Allied Pow ers make some provision for these homeless wandereres who made such great and successful sacrifices during the world war and were abandoned to a fate worse than death by their former allies, they cannot become self supporting. The spectacle of an entire nation be ing saved by a people 3,000 miles away is without parallel in history, Col. Bellamy pointed out. In conclu sion he declared that if America does not feed them and keep them alive now, they will starve and our splen did work of the last five years will have been in vain. No other nation in the world appears to be humane or Christian enough to do this, he stated. THE CARTER FURNITURE CO. While in Sanford last week, we were taken through the Carter Furniture Co.’s, establishment. We visited every department and they have a complete stock in every particular, from the cheaper goods to the very finest man ufactured. They have a large stock, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth, and they are supplying many Chatham county homes with their needs. We also went through the Under taking section and here we found ev erything modern and up-to-date, with every facility for handling the work demanded of them. The prettiest part of the whole thing is that this enterprising firm handles North Carolina products and fully ninety per cent of their stock is man ufactured in the old North State. It is interesting to look through and we highly enjoyed the privilege. JOINS COAST ARTILLERY. William Hilliard, of Siler City, jwas recently accepted at the U. S. Army recruiting office at Greensboro and for warded to Ft. Bragg, N. C., for enlist ment. After enlistment Hilliard elects to take service in the Coast Artillery in the Phillipines. The sergeant in charge of the sta tion at Greensboro has informed The Record that he would like to get in communication with Reserve officers of Chatham county with a view to securing their cooperation in assist ing the Army to secure good men. The War Department has issued a circular letter requesting all reserve. officers to aid the Army recruiting j service. j KILLED BY HIS CAR. Some of the citizens of Pittsboro j especially the younger men, remem-; her Mr. George Hendricks, who was; employed around Pittsboro sometime ago as a civil engineer, under Mr. C. V. Edwards. A short time ago, Mr. Hendricks ! was driving his car along the road in the western part of the state when the engine went dead. Forgetting to ( put on the brakes, he started to crank the Ford when it suddenly started,j knocked him down and ran over him. His neck was broken. He was a clev er young man and made many friends while in Pittsboro. •REVIVAL~CLOSES IN GOLDSTON. ■ ■— The revival conducted by Rev. C. H. Matthews closed Sunday night. In the morning Rev. Mr. Broom preach ed, Rev. Jonas Barclay preached in the afternoon, and Mr. Matthews closed the services on Sunday night. This series of meetings has done a; wonderful lot of good and Mr. Mat-j thews has endeared himself to the people of this entire section. He is a forceful preacher, a splendid man and commands large audiences wherever he goes. It will be a delight to many people to know that he will begin a meeting at Siler City today and will continue there for some three weeks. ANOTHER BIG MILL GILDING Burlington Home of the . First Colored i Piece Goods Mill. Burlington Sept. 7.—Burlington is the home of the first colored piece goods mill erected in the South, is soon to have a new textile mill. This became definitely known a few days ago when it was announced that the Queen Anne Textile Co., had been in corporated under the laws of North Carolina with the authorized capital of One Million Dollars. The officers of the new corporation are W. H. Moreton, Adams Mass., President and General Manager; John M. Cook, Burlington, N. C. Vice-Pres ident; R. N. Cook, Graham, N. C. Sec aretary and Treasurer, J. E. Eck, Gas tonia, Auditor. Mr Moreton has been a successful Textile operator in Massa chusette but seeing the trend of the times he has come to Burlington to take advantage of the undoubted man ufacturing possibilities of this section of the South. The corporation has al ready acquired the brick building formerly occupied by the United Fin ishing Mills situated on the edge of the city limits. Contract for remodel ing and making the necessary repairs to the building has been awarded and the contractor is expected to begin work in a few days. The building with a few changes will be admirably suit ed for a textile mill. The order has been placed for initial equipment consisting of one hundred 6 by one, four by four, thirty harness Doby looms with 46 byl-2 “reed” space. The new mill will weave fancy dress goods and extreme novelties. January 1, 1923, is the date announ ced for the opening of the mill. The location of this mill places it in the oldest textile manufacturing center of the south. This is the third manufacturing en terprise to be launched in Burlington within the past few months. The Mo hawk Hosiery Mills commenced opera tions a few weeks ago and is now run ning on a full twenty-four hour sche dule. The Patriot Handkerchief Man ufacturing Company. R. H. Therrell, Manager, organized about 8 weeks ago is now operating on a full time basis. Plans are now under way by.Mr. Ther rell to enlarge his plant to care for the increase of business. DEATH OF MR. J. A. ELKINS. Other News of Interest to the Record Readers. Bear Creek, Rt. 2, Sept. 10. —After an illness of more than two weeks, Joel Absolam Elkins, (more common ly known as “Jack”) died at his home on this route last Wednesday, Sept ember sth. He developed blood poison from a sore on his toe. Then follow ed pneumonia, which rendered his case hopeless. Mr. Elkins was a son of Joel and Sallie Harris Elkins, was born Dec ember 27th, 1851, being 71 years, 8 months and 8 days old. He was a member of a family of 12 children all of whom, except one brother, J. F. Elkins, of Siler City, and one sis ter, Mrs. R. S. Clark, of Siler City, have preceded him in death. On June 2nd, 1875, he was married to Affiah Smith. To this union were bora 11 children, 6 girls and 5 boys. Three boys and two girls survive. Mr. Elkins was a good neighbor and he will be sorely missed. The writer heard him say before he died that he felt that he was saved, there fore we feel our loss is his eternal gain. May God comfort the bereaved family and may they lean heavily upon the strong arm of God, feeling that “the Lord is good and a strong hold in the day of trouble.” He is survived by his wife and five children, Messrs P. L. Elkins and J. B. Elkins, of Bear Creek route, H. J. Elkins, of Greensboro, Mesdames C. W. Holt, Kemersville and C. E. Gem ing of Browns Summit. He also leaves 18 grand children. The many friends of J. D. (Buck) Willett will learn with deep and inex pressable sorrow that he had the mis fortune to lose his home by fire last Friday night. Very little was saved. ‘ Most out of two rooms on the first | floor of the main body was saved, but j all in the second story and other parts of the house was consumed by the fire. It was an unusually beautiful home and now only the chimneys, pil • lars and ashes and embers remain to ; show where it stood, makes one feel , sad. Our sympathy goes out to them in their hour of great loss. Mrs. W. I. Williamson, of Sanford, was a Sunday afternoon visitor in the j home of T. B. Beal. Mrs. Fannie Crump, of Covington, | has been visiting her brother, J. W. Pierce. PHIL. Arrested for Speeding. Pittsboro young ladles should re member that other towns have speed laws, even if Pittsboro has not. The three lassies who went over to Siler City Monday, and tried to show tho people there how to speed on their streets, will not forget what Mayor Speight Wrenn, said to them when » policeman brought them before him. They were let .off with the admonition to go and speed (or sin) no more^ Read Every One of Them. There are announcements of Fall openings in this paper, and a varied lot of advertisements of many busi ness concern; even the Wants ads are very interesting. Read every one of them and receive your rewards ac cordingly. NEW GAME LAW Outsiders Must Pay Tax—Squirrel Law Repealed. As so many people have made in quiries about the game law of Chat ham, The Record makes a synopsis of the law passed at the last legisla ture. The county commissioners are con stituted game protection commission ers. Any non-resident of the state who desires to hunt, shoot or trap birds or other game in the county must pro cure a license from the clerk of court and pay a tax of ten dollars for the hunting season and fifty cents for clerk’s fee. Any non-resident of Chatham coun ty, who lives in the state, must pay a tax of five dollars and fee of fifty cents to the clerk of court. This does not include land owners of the coun ty. The law relating to killing squir rels in the county, enacted at the special session of 1920 is repealed. Any person violating the game law in Chatham is guilty of a misdemean or, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding SSO or imprisonment more than thirty days. NEWS FROM BYNUM FRIENDS. Bynum, Sept. 10.—Mrs. Orphia Wil liams has returned from Watts hos pital much improved. Mrs. Lonnie Oldham and Miss Bell Burke are visiting relatives in Elon and Burlington. Miss Margaret Atwater and brother John Atwater, have returned to their home in Greensboro after an extend ed visit to the Misses Lambeth. Mr. Floyd Riddle, of Sanford, spent a few days with relatives here last week. Master Bruce Ward has been suffer ing considerably from the effects of a fall which he received some time ago. Cary Durham left last week for Raleigh to enter a business college. Nell Page and Bobbie Atwater en tered school in Durham Monday. School opened Monday with an en rollment of 126. Short talks were made by Mr. J. B. Atwater, Rev. J. R. Edwards and several others. Prof. Townsend seems to have great inter est in the school and we feel that with efficient principal we are go ng to have the best school we ever h~u. The young people of the village are practicing a play which will ba presented sometime soon. POLLY. Heavy Electrical Storm. One of the worst electrical storms of the year passed over Pittsboro Monday night about 12 o’clock. It was accompanied by hail, wind and a down pour of rain, lasting' nearly an hour. No damage has resulted from tha storm, so far as we have learned, ex cept that done to the cotton in beating it on the ground and damaging the stalks. This, however, was light. Chapter to Meet. Winnie Davis Chapter D. of C., will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock with Mrs. C. C. Poe. Subject will be: “The Confederate Navy.” PROTECTION OF WITNESSES. Raleigh Times. Judge Thomas J. Shaw of the su perior court announces his intention of affording witnesses a fuller meas ure of protection from the brow-beat ing by lawyers. The promise will be heartily welcomed by those whose on ly fault has been the misfortune to be called into court to assist in the administration of justice. Some witnesses, it is true, are pure partisans, in court for the purpose of helping a friend or satisfying a grudge against an enemy; but most of them come to court unwillingly. This unwillingness is increased by the feel ing that any lawyer if it serve his purpose may impugn the witness’ mo tives, attack his character or subject him to any sort of ridicule. Pretty generally anything gees in the cross-examination of the average witness, who doesn’t know how to de fend himself. Judges have grown so accustomed to the lack of courtesy of the legal profession as regards any body connected with the court save its presiding officer that they seem to take the badgering of a decent citizen who is trying to tell what he knows or doesn’t know about a case ' as a matter of course. We have often wondered what would happen if a witness would in ; sist on being treated courteously; if he refused to answer a question of a lawyer who snarled at him and de , manded the respect of a cross-exam • iner? The lawyers, even the most vic ious, are always prompt to demand the protection of the court against a witness who talks back. The #itness has some rights, too; but they seldom receive recognition. It is to be hoped that Judge Shaw gets somewhere with his proposed re form of court conduct The lawyers themselves have the most to gain Not all of them attempt to win all their cases' by assaulting the character of the witness. Perhaps as large a per centage of lawyers are gentlemen as members of any other profession. But the boob, the thug, the ass, has at present freer rein in the trial of a case in the superior court than any other place we ever visited. Which, of course, does not add to the respect of the people for the courts. NUMBER 14.