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THE greater offense (Continued from Fase Sis) A yeftrs. Btrt note that it could gjQt have occurred in the case of one of these youths. at all if he had had justice in the court in which he was sentenced, if the assertion attributed to the Charlotte News is true. The News, in launching the charge that the boy was sent to the chaingang when the charge against him was not substantiated, hurls a charge a<rainst some court that is dreadful to contemplate. Any. cituen may come before that court under cir cumstances that arouse suspicion. The inhuman treatment in prison Senator Dudley Begley A mail of ideas of whom The State’s Voice hopes to carry a sketch in its next issue. r-- —-— ■“ 1 "• can reach only the prisoners. The injustices of th,e court may reach just anybody who is so unfortunate as to be brought before it. Here we see a clear case, if true, of the denial of the inalienable right of the men accused to be considered innocent till he is proved guilty. But, maybe, sentencing to the cliaingang without proof of guilt is a privilege reserved by the court for Negroes only. Unfortunately for the court, the constitutions of the United States and of North Carolina make no dis tinction between white people and Negroes. If the action of the court is a resultant of race prejudice and innate barbarity on the part of the judge or the jury convicting a youth without proof, it is evident that at least one of North Carolina’s .courts needs to be reformed or abolished. Repi-essntative W. F. Scholl of Mechlenburg County. If there ever occur any real race troubles in N orth Carolina they will arise from just such inhuman.treat ment of the defenseless Negro and the too general disregard of consti tutional rights in cas^s in W-flich. their rights and liberties are con cerned. . t The practice in respect to the reg istration of Negroes qualified) for registration is indicative of a too general disregard of oaths to; sup port the constitution when c<?lored citizens are concerned Prejudice overrides the sworn doty of the reg istrar, as it may have overridden justice in the court that ‘sentenced the unfortunate boy to the chain gang despite the fact that they coukk*t prove that he had stolen the camera. Such practices cart but result in the lowering of the moral tone of the white people and in em bittering the' colored who are vic tims or even possible victims of" such unholy procedures. Of the sinners who sent the boy to the chaingamg under such cir cumstances and the convict bosses who adopted the course that re sulted in the loss of their feet and the endangerment of their lives, the former are the greater sinners < against the state and against htt* manity. Who can blame a poor 5 .Negro youth, sentenced, if innocent* if he should not be a model pris oner? The very offense which, in the eyes of the bosses, may have deserved a severe discipline could thus be traced to the court which, according to the News, sentenced a boy to the chaining withoiat proof of iris guilt.. It was an injustice even to the prison management to place thus under their charge a young fellow resenting an unjust* penalty ? ' ®he acrtomobile people got back the limitation of fee sales tax on any aw astkte batten, dollars on the that r.&sii 3.;:pet cent. ; would cause people to buyiu Other' stetesTi I guess feat idea of collect ing the, tax’ on such ’cars when. I£ ©ensrlsgaurchared had toubc drep^ ped because of its unconstitutional interference wife interstate trade,, since such a tax ®n a car bought in another state would be essentially a tariff tax. Nevertheless* it is unfair that- a- man w&o buys a $2,000 car .may- pay only a half of 1 per cent* tax, or the woman wh© buys a $500 coat will pay only a 2 per cent, tax, while the poor Negro who buys a pound of meat or a pound of lard will .pay a 6 per cent. tax. Even constitutions can work injustices. A merchant in another, town hu morously remarked the other day that more meat and flour had been sold in his town the past two years than in any five years previously* There . has been no sales tax on those two articles; Making the sales tax apply to all purchase* will make it much easier for the state to collect the.lull tax and will also considerably increase the sum that should be collected. That being true, a 2 per cent, levy should bring - . --.yij m a5 mttcfa nwnqr »the 3 pcr-teaL \j$g Jevy has bfW^ in the past year." -•-Bpk’Grtp Jiag k£m in ?‘ ' tW reeeat editorials in th* R%- ■ ^ ]eigh Times, judging from the stand&pint *of *>cahceptiti& ancV flu eneyr* If'!•%<$ the flaw.qt words that Mr. Gray discovered for him self i» his editorial on ^September Mom” and that an “Xotn Wolfe's Wordy Mwcathcm,” J would com piunent the Raleigh editor in'words as graceful *nd flowing a# that of the edkorials-ihemseivei. -Mr, Gvay . was sick sow* time agor but ia evi dently restored to his wonted edi torial vigor, : ; 1 • Well, it seewa solicitors are to ~ . have a $750^ raise, or a Uttle more than the full salary of the A'grade teachers, It; will be very gratify ing if we once see a legislature ' which does'not hold the age-loag opinion that' lawyers are a superior type of folk'and deserve higher awards than the ordinary run of people; ' Many solicitors could spend the nights at home if they de sired , 9§ the . judicial districts coin- • tain fl^y a few counties. The traveling expenses and board bills of solicitors should be much smaller than those, of judges. EVERY READER of The State’s Voice IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL UPON THIS BANK In ANY Of The FOL LOWING CITIES FOR ANY BANKING SERVICE- FROM CASHING A CHECK SAND DOLLARS: Benson, Beaufort, Burgaw, Clinton, Dunn, Fayette ville, Kinston, Loiusbarg, Morehead City, New Bern,
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