CAMERON NEWS
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of Borderlee the correspondent had
the pleasure of attending* services
there Sunday. Rev. Mr. Brown
preached an excellent sermon from
the subject, Joshua’s resolve, “Choose
ye this day whom you will serve. But
as for me and my house we will serve
the lord.’’ A practical sermon that
appealed to all who heard him.
We were dinner guests at the
pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown
Harrington, an ideal country home,
where peace and plenty abound. Mr.
Harrington invited us out to see his
cabbage plants that were peeping up,
and of which there were one hundred
square yards. He pointed to a field
of Green that were oats he had sow
ed two weeks ago. Mrs. Harrington
showed us her pantry where she has
several hundred cans of fruits, vege
tables and meats.
In the late afternoon we called at
the hospital home of Misses Ida
and Ella Harrington, two women who
will receive a high seat in Heaven,
according to the Lord’s promises. For
they have done much good all their
lives, and sacrificed much.
Pleased to receive the following an
nouncement:— Mr. and Mrs. James
McNeill Johnson have the honor of
announcing the marriage of their
daughter, Robin Nell to Mr. Frank
Mizell, on Wednesday, the eighteenth
of October, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-two, at Aberdeen, North
Carolina. Joys be many, cares be
few is the sincere wish of the cor
respondent.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. McDermott are
expecting to move into their new
home on McPherson street this week.
Miss Cattie McDonald is visiting
relatives in Waxhaw.
Miss Katharine Smith spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Lula Doss.
Mrs. James Briggs and Miss Treva
Briggs, of Rockford visited Mrs. J.
T. Doss last week.
Mrs. Harbour and son, M. W. Har
bour, of Rockford, are visiting rela
tives in this section.
Mrs. J. T. Doss has a wonderful
display of canned fruits in her pan
try that will make a fine exhibit at
the community fair. The canned
grapes and cucumbers are especially
fine.
HARRISON STUTTS ACQUITTED
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Mr. Lloyd Gardner, who started out
with a vain attempt to secure an ad
journment on the grotind of the ab
sence of two imi$ortant witnesses,
through one of whom the defence ex
pected to prove that the tire was not
worth stealing and, through the other,
to show that Mr. Wicker and his car
had not gone to the movies at all on
the night in question. Over-ruled on
this motion, Mr. Cason turned his
vigorous attention to fiercely assail
ing, in cross-examination, the evi
dence and the credibility of the wit
nesses for the State. He forced an
admission from two of them that they
were plumbers. He led others into
did not know anybody else who knew
anything about the prisoner or the
prisoner’s character.
Others of the defense’s witnesses
swore to an assemblage of first-class
facts or alleged facts in contraven
tion of the State’s case. The jury
was given a large number of defenses
to choose from. There were enough
of them to go around. Among them
was the statement that Mr. Stutts
did not leave his house on the night
of the crime, while others showed
he was in the movie house when the
felonious deed was committed. Fur
ther, evidence was offered to show
that the spare tire discovered in his
garage after the date of the theft
had been there right along for weeks,
and that none had been there or had
been discovred there after the theft;
and that the tire found there after
the theft had been deliberately plant
ed there by a revengeful colored boy
who had recently been fired by Stutts.
Further, that Mr. Stutts had never
been known to grab anybody else’s
tires when they didn’t fit his own
car. Taking it altogether, it was a
mighty complete, all around defense,
and if each of the jurors had
thoroughly believed all of the evidence
tendered by any one of these wit
nesses the jury would doubtless have
returned a verdict of acquittal with
out leaving the box.
However, after Judge Barrett had
passed the buck to the jury by turn
ing them loose on the case without
anv judicial comment on the evidence
offered by either side, the jurors took
a long time to arrive at their verdict.
Rumors, which yoitr correspondent
has as yet been unable to verify, have
it that the jury stood 9 to 3 in favor
of conviction on its first ballot and
finally compromised on a verdict of
“not guilty on the ground of insani
ty.” And that the foreman of the
jury was swerved from the strict
path of duty, after re-entering the
courtroom, by the sight of a half doz
en of the prisoner’s grandchildren
prattling together on a front bench,
and delivered the Not Guilty part of
the verdict without the insanity rider.
Be all that as it may, the fact re
mains that Harrison Stutts was dis
charged by the court and walked out
of the courtroom without a stain on
his character beyond the one incurred
through his admission, when on the
stand, that he had been leading a
double life, secretly caddying for
Bruce Cameron as an active vacation
and lending an occasional hand at un
loading bricks at the Pinehurst Ware
house on the side, as it were.
STATE AND COMMUNITY
FAIRS
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community fair. There w’as co-opera-
tion from the start to the finish. It
was held in the big packing house of
J. B. Voncannon and the people work
ed two days in preparing a real com
munity show.
There were 836 entries made and
they surpassed last years work by far.
The building had been decorated with
a maze of contradictory statements. | native shrubbery and each booth told
He made it appear likely that if the
tire had been stolen at all or had ever
existed, it must have been removed
from the car in front of the movie
house in full view of the entering
crowd, some five or ten minutes be
fore the car arrived there. But aside
these little injuries to the State’s
case it was left intact in its essential
details and, when the State rested,
Mr. Cason’s motion to dismiss was
over-ruled by Judge Barrett almost
before it was made.
The witnesses offered for the de
fense were J. F. Craig, Ellis Fields,
Floyd Medlin, True Cheney, Colin Mc
Kenzie and George Woods—the last
named being the only character wit
ness produced for the defense. Mr.
Woods’ evidence, while favorable to
Mr. Stutts to the extent that he had
known Stutts for eight years and had
never yet seen him actually stealing
an automobile tire, was somewhat
weakened by the crafty precaution
taken beforehand by Counsel for the
State, who had taken pains to elicit
from each of the State’s witnesses
that he had never heard of any such
man as George Woods in his life and
didn’t want to, and by the fact (elict-
ed from Mr. Woods by the State, on
cross examination) that the witness
a tale for itself. One man asked
“Where did they get it all from,” and
he was answered “They went out in
the highways and hedges and com
pelled them to come.”
Lunch was served during the day
by a local committee and after dinner
the whole school marched in a body
to the hall and sang songs that in
spired everyone. Games followed
that were conducted by the teachers.
No one else had assisted.
Bob Donaldson had cowpeas that
measured 40 ft. in length. There were
five of the prettiest Berkshire pigs
ever seen brought there by the pig
club members. The older farmers
could not compete with these young
sters. In fact if it had not been for
the pig club work there would not
have been any hogs to show. Mr.
S. L. Pulliam showed some mighty
fine poultry that will again be seen
at Pinehurst in November.
The exhibit was so immense and
interesting that the committee held
the hall open until 10 o’clock for the
people to see “West End in all its
Glory.”
A list of prize winners will appear
later.
Bring us your job work.
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If all North Carolinian
attended the little Comm
Vass, on October 26th,
have received inspiratio
sufficient to last a year.
Vass is a small town
ern edge of the Sandhi
known throughout this s
state as a town of b
boosters, little boosters,
sized boosters make up t
for every inhabitant is a
The Vass Community
success from every stan
livestock exhibits were g
exhibits were better, and
department was magni
The exhibits were sh
large tent, and were mo
ly arranged. The displ
products was a credit
munity. Excellent corn
tobacco; pumpkins as b
rel; collards which woul
lot; other things in pr
The curio department
ten up, and very inte
school department, di
work of the pupils of th
school, bespoke the ab
genuity of both faculty
of both faculty and stu
In the woman’s de
fancy work was good,
was thickest around th
partment. Pies, cake
candy, biscuit and brea
finest, made the passer
a second look.
The feature of the
was the parade, whic
pageant form the earl,
development of our e
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1. King Ferdinand a
bella of Spain.
2. Columbus and Cr
3. Queen Elizabeth.
4. Sir Walter Raleig
5. Priscilla and John
6. Puritans.
7. Dutch Colony.
8. Indians.
9. Scotch Highlander
10. Georgia Prisoners
11. Daniel Boone.
12. Georgia and Marth
13. Betsy Ross and M
14^ Columbia and Unc
15. Young America.
16. Merchants.
17. Farmers.
The large float re
Vass Cotton Mills brou
favorable comment.
There were about
visitors on the ground
If Vass continues to
the same time produ
she will soon be the 1
the Sandhills.
Prize Win
Best 10 ears corn:
Keith; 2nd, G. S. Ed
Best 5 stalks cow-pe
Pulliam; 2nd, W. T. P
Best Soy Beans:—1
am; 2nd, H. D. Keith.
Best peck Rye:—1st,
2nd, W. M. Blue.
Best peck Wheat:—1
Best peck Soy Beans
Best peck Cow Pe
Thompson; 2nd, A. A.
Best bunch Peanut
Hicks; 2nd, D. Canier
Best stalk Sorghui
McNeill; 2nd, Dan Ca
Best 5 stalks Mil
Cameron.
Best stalk Cotton
Cameron; 2nd, A. Ca
Best peck Cotton
Cameron.
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