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Tuesday, January 31, 1928
Abuses oi Present Jury System Attacked
Recent surprising verdicts by juries
have caused much serious thought by
leading people. W. H. Washington,
a former attorney general of Tennes
see, speaking before an assembly of
lawyers in New Orleans, said: •
'There is no way to put intelli
gence in the jury box, unless you
strike off the shackles that kefcp edu
cated men from serving as jurors."
One of the greatest evils of the
present system, Washington said; is
the disqualification of a jurifr because
he has read accounts of the crime in
the daily newspa|>et>
"Must we limit ourselves,' he said,
"to the scum of the earth'? Must
we have imbeciles and fools to JMISS
on justice simply because we abhor
men who are interested enough in the
world's events to read the newspa
pers?
"If it is possible for a man to put
t Here Comes February—With An Extra Day
February swings in on the calen
dar tomorrow, ?t comes with more
pride than usual, because, it has
grown one day longer than last year,
We know of no special event to
happen in February, except,, of |
course, Henry Gurkin's birthday. A! j
though Henry is getting old, he has |
not had very many birthdays, since)
he can onfy have them on leap years, j
There was a time when the neg
lected maids were privileged to lie
forward, in a modest way, to the
bashful youths or the rich bachelors 1
Giving Fertilizer a Chance
Fertilizer is the basis of almost
all plants. It is the source of plant
life just as the food that men or
beasts eat is the 9ource of their lives.
Nature has provided almost aJI
lands with large quantities of fer
tility, eigther nitrogen, potash, or
acid phosphate, but in very few
place* JUTV these plant foods found
properly balanced.
the plant food found in one section
to other land, in ordertTßttsthe prop
erties required to grow and mature a
crop might be balanced Clay hauled
to sandy land supplies needed pot
ash; sand hauled to black land car
iINDIGESTION GONE
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rifcrafcljr Utffl, m Advice ti
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tmnmm. Taw.—Tor uvtril
ymn," aay Mr. J. L. Ha—U. ol thU
pUee, "I wiffwd coatinuoualy with
*■ aatora whan w* traded told
pa to try HaetDragiit. Bm mid
mhmmr o t it uttering indieestion.
•»IUcidad to give it a MA
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alao Smb4 it faa to bmkna a ]
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fess-weSF*!
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j aside the statement of a witness by
I direction from the l>ench, why
should he not be able to put aside the
; testimony of a witness as given to a
reputable gentleman of the press?"
[ The jury system of trial is no
I doubt the liesl yet devised, but un
| doubtedly it needs overhauling. The
I lawyers ought to lead out promptly
j for projier reform.
j The North Carolina judges in their
• meeting on judicial reform can do
much to raise the standard of jurors.
II is a serious weakness in our sys-
II em to set a man off the jury be
cause he can read and fill his place
I with a man because he can not read.
| It is hard for any man who can not
j read to understand a long case em
| bracing many figures, and as long as
ignorance is one of the chief quali
| tications for a juror, verdicts will still
be "wonders."
without being called "fast." It was
,i very happy thing to permit a girl
past 22 without a valid sweetheart
to lautich out and do a little modest
| courting to some worth-while fellow.
| I'hat day is done, however, and (We
| need leap years no more, because life
j is now one constant scene of dimpled
I knees, and girls have acquired the
right to court any day in any year.
Leap year now is no special bless
ing to the girls, and it is man who
gets the privilege and the pleasure of
1 being courted just one day more.
rit'» phosphate. Farmers in the
years long past succeeded by haul
Advance Showing of the
NEW_ SPRING MODELS
Every delightful phase of interpretation of
the new spring modes in millinery characterizes
this advance display.
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For sport wear, for afternoon occasions, or
evening events, you will find here an unusually
, irresistible assembly of the newest in spring mil- *
linery.
All of the new season's favored fashions in
the most wanted colorful shades at prices to suit
every one. '
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ing dirt and making comport.
Science has almost saved this gen
eration from that burden, since it
has taught us that certain crops can
I be grown that will bring some of the
most valuable fertilizing properties.
Good farmers are therefore rotating
crops in a systematic way and keep
ing their land in good condition. The
use of commercial fertilizers is one
of the most profitable investments
that the farmer can make when it
is applied to land that has been
properly rotated and prepared.
Vet many farmers fail to give it
a chance. They apparently think
the valuable secret in the use of fer
tilizers is to buy it on time, pour it
down on unprepared and undrained
land, then plant any kind of seed
Non-Taxable Property in Raleigh
The Raleigh Titnrs Is the first
' newspaper in the world, so far as we
know, to complain that the State
owns property in the city and does
not pay city and county tax on it,
claiming that it costs the citizens of
Raleigh 30 tier cmt on account of j
| the unlisted property in the city
Of course, if The Times is tired of
the State's buildings and the capitol, i
i it is in order to move them away to
some town that has had to grow on
its own mrt its and notr built up be- j
cause of the advantages derived from I
the fact that the capitol is located j
there. The Times should remember j
that practically everything in Ra-1
leigh went there because it was the
Capital City., and people moved in
Carelessness Continues To Take Its Toll
'i'ht' exciting scream of the fire
whistle was sounded Sunday morn- i
ing and again on Monday 'morning,'
both times as the result of some-1
body's carelessness
Sunday morning the call came i
from a colored residence on West
|Church Street. The fire caught from
a stove fllue, the top of which had
been taken >ff for repairs, and the
fire frym the Move blazer) against the
inside of the. roof. The fire was put
out without serious damage, however, i
The Monday morning fire caught in i
the, furnace room in the basement of
the Farmers & Merchants Bank, evi-,
dently because there was 100 much
kindling wood left too near the fire. |
It was no fault of the furnace. Evi-
The Case in Rock ingham County
How many secrets should a preach
er keep is a question much discussed
in Rockingham County these days.
The cause ol the discussion was
the secret divulged by Rev. Thomas
H. Pardue, who told of the confes
sion of Miss Alma Petty that she
had killed her father nearly a year
before the confession was made.
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they are able to pick up. The next
thing they try to do ia to cultivate
it just as little as they can and stop
early for fear it will injure the crop
to wofk it; lay it by, and let the
grass get their fertilizer.
Nearly every time such farmers
will complain of hard times, and they
are almost sure to have hard times.
February, March, and part of
April are preparation months. Then
comes fertilizing and cultivating.
With this system, prosperity usually
follows.
Martin County farmers are away
head of some sections, but better
preparation, better rotation, better
fertilization, and better cultivation
will put them further ahead.
to enjoy the rich trade coining from
the capital.
There is hardly a business in-Ra
leigh that would not languish and
| pine away if the State's property
| should be moved to Williamston,
! Greensboro, or (Durham. *
We wonder if The Times is will
| ing to say thai 30 per cent of the
property in Raleigh and Wake Coun
!ty is public untaxable property. It
really looks like they value the non
taxable property very higjh, whil*
j they assess the taxable property very
1 low.
j ' It seems to us that every piece of
the $32,528,680 worth of tax-exempt
! property in and around Raleigh is
an asset; in fact, the very biggest
asset Raleigh has.
dently the trouble was caused solely
by a large quantity of dry be
ling left too near the fire by the jani
| tor.
i This same case prevailed at the
graded school building a few months
'ago. The janitor cleaned the ashes
from the fire box of the heating plant
and threw them too near the kindling
wood. Fortunately, both buildings
were saved without much damage be
ing done. Yet two among the most
valuable buildings of the town came
very near destruction, all because the
' janitor left the wood and the fire too
close together.
Carelessness is generally the cause
of fires. Something should be done
to prevent carelessness, if possible.
-1 This young lady, who was one of
1 the most popular and most beauti
>■ ful in her community, attended a
s meeting held by the Rev. Mr. Par
s due and became sumewhat excited
- during the course of the meeting, and
e was led on by the preacher until she
r confessed the killing of her father,
describing the murder in detail, ac
WILLI AMSTON
NOHTHCAiOLINA
cording to the preacher's story. Since
that time Miss Petty has married a
Mr. Gatlin and denies all the things
the preacher claims she told him. The
question as to the guilt or innocence
of the woman is purely a matter for
the court to decide. But how about
the preacher? Should he have urged
the young woman, who was in a spir
it of religious excitement, to tell a
i story so gruesome, believing it neces
sary to the saving of her soul, and
then give the story to the police. It
rifould have looked better if Pardue
haa told the young woman that he
had no power to forgive sins, that
God only could do that, and urged
her to have gone to God for. forgive
ness; then the secret would have
been with her and her God and in
safe hands.
It seems to be the great desire of
some evangelists to so excite people
that they think it a divine duty to
harrangue all their evil doings into
I the ears of a curiosity-seeking world.
The preacher evidently led this girl
to believe her only way of escape was
to tell him all she had done that she
might be saved, and then he turned
the information over to the law to
destroy her, accepting her secrets and
betraying her trust.
* ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator of
the. estate of Mac> G. Roberson, de
ceased, late of the county of Martin,
Slate of "North Carolina, this is to no
tify all persons having claims against
the estate of the said deceased to ex
hibit them to the ulidersigneri at Ev
creits, N. C'., on or before the 25th
day of January, 192*'. or this notice will
Im- pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment.
This 24th day of January, 1928.
C. B KIDDICK,
Administrator ti the Estate of Mac.
G Koberson, j24 6tw
NOTICE OP SALE
Under and by vitr\je oT the authori
ty conferred upon the undersigned
trustee in that certain deed of trust
dated the 14th day of February, 1924,
and of record in the public registry of
Martin G/wnty, in book J-2, at page
40, said deed of trust given to secure
certain notes of even date and tenor
therewith, and the stipulation* con
tained in said deed of trust not having
been complied with and at the request
of the parties interested, the under
signed trustee will on the 10th day of
February, 1928, at 12 o'clock m., in
front, of tbe-'courthouse door in the
town of Williamston, N. sell at pub
lic auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described real es
tate: 7
A tract of landytn the town of Wil
liamston, N. C,", on the south side of
the Washington Koad or Street, ad
joining the property of W. V. Or
inattd, K A. Lloyd, and Millican. be
ginning at a stake on said Washing
ton Koad or Street, Millican's corner,
thence along the Washington Road or
street towards Washington, N. C., fif-
NOTICE TO
TAXPAYERS
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Many people apparently are putting off paying their State
and County taxes. Only a small percentage have paid their 1927
txes thus far. • ■
j
All taxes must be paid before the first day of May* 1928, or the
property will positively be advertised. The County authorities
have no discretion in this matter, and every county is obliged to
obey the State laws.
No discounts or penalties are imposed in connection with the
payment of taxes, but all taxes must be definitely paid by the
first of May. There will be no extension of time. The county
authorities are not permitted to give this extension and they
would be violating the law if hey did so. /
Pay your taxes now and avoid having your property ad
vertised.
, yy- 4 " '
A. L ROEBUCK
SHERIFF OF MARTIN COUNTY
Ity (50) feet toW. V. Ormand's cor
ner; thence along W. V. Ormand's line
a line at right angles with the Wash
ington Road or Street aboat 210 feet
to R. A. Lloyd's line; thence a line
at right angles to the last-named line
and along R. A. Lloyd's line fifty (SO)
feet to a corner, Millican's line, thence
along Millican's line to the beginning
on the Washington Road or Street.
This the 9th day of January. 1928.
WHEELER MARTIN.
jlO 4tw Trustee.
NOTICE OP SALE OP REAL
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in a certain deed of
trurt executed to the undersigned trus
tee by King David Smithwick and wife
Gracey Smithwick, on the 26th day
of February, 1920, and of record in the
public registry of Martin County in
Book A-2, at page 507, said deed of
trust having been given for the pur
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Tuesday, January 31,1928
pose of securing a certain note' of even
date and tenor therewith, and default
having been made in the payment of
the said note, and the stipulations con
tained 'in the said deed of trust not
having been complied with, and at the
request of the holder of the said note
the undersigned trustee wil, on Fri
day. the 24th day of February, 1928,
at 12 o'clock m., in front of the court
house door in the town of WtUiaawton,
N. G, offer for sale to the highest bid
der* for cash the *■ following described
real estate, to wit:
Bounded on the north by George
Williams, on the south by S. S. Had
ley, on the east by Henry Roddick and
on the west by the Andrews land, and
being same land bought of S. S. Had
ley and said to contain 15 acres, more
or less.
This the 23rd day of January, 1928.
R. G. HARRISON,
j24 4t» Trustee.
r Elbert S. Peel, attorney at law.