I ! * 4 nm ■■■II.. MORROW r GUILTY; Judge Gori%b Law More Cieirij IT'cL^ad On Cor •?: - cj '■VtK’V&H FORMER CCNCPESSf'AN DENOUNCE* PCtJ.'CF. Lil.'EF Ch»rwkrr..i, j'.ud Call* Page Kind V.’ext Resented Criticism Of Conduct Of His Department. . • Moinv/. prlare theatre osnt., v/c* /aund ca. iy ot (l‘»onicriy rn.i« uct and carry!** o co.iruulcd we-po.* !n « j naLfon w*.tU hid affray with Oi>f of Pol*ce V. 8. Page Aid PalrDiniii i \\* f** Nipper in the Dunn Cafe n? !i c*c!-cV. ChristaiAj Rve night w’.n*i* t-Vi! before Reord er Robert L. Go ! v> yt«ts?day. Ap |>mI from the *)•.**!*!mi »n each ca.* eloquent a* it vtu.« b tier u.*id he said that no man ha I ever bc<*n mo;*e bru tally and hihrm.'iieiy lAsud than had Mr. Morrow. Judge uo«r*m a dtf:» on a* to car >yin* the weapon eo'ccu’cd rnv«n tb.it the weapon was rspoee.t u> v'ew of , everybody behind Mr. Morrow, but that It was improbable that Mr. Pago —a possible advent ry—could too it. guilty as a matter of law. desiring that it he carried to higher courts for an opinion ‘'.-.a: will throw light on future iimilcr rases. The law. as it now stands, is not specific on tills point, the judge con tends, and should be denied up. The case a drd n» 1 o'clock last night, after had co-itunud two hours of an afios :oou . on and an hour end a hnU it nljlu. Throogh nut the '.xamirvfen of witnesses and the a;guru nt c.f c„ur.7el the little rourtroom wt 'eis»,l In ruC-icaiiou by interested Ki-ncst Y. Young, senior cou '<*eH from tr.j city. Judge Godwin would allow a continuance only to 1:30 o’clock In the afternoon when Solicitor M. A. Tsqasoiil i.i* airted en Irancdiaic trial. Sir. Town •e id pointed out that the case iind orce befO/O been continued nt the request of counsel for the drfenre ami that, even with the nbro -.ee of Mr. Young Mr. Marrow hr.d sufficient representation In .oe perrons «r Han nibal I* Godwin, Ji-rnlguu ucd ju-ue» Best When Iho cnir was exiled at |:S0 Ihe defense still wanted n cintixu a«cc, this time for t'.io added reason of the sber-ncr f'*m court of W. Blackman Lee, on Unpoitant witliesa. However, the cano proceed'd. *-•»# to.tino. U 8- P»|«. chief of police, one of the arroatin* policemen, «v the Brit wltn«a* colled. Hr tlotrrl thM hn oil »*at«d in eh* cn.*o with Po liceman Nipper, Ih* ether a.K-jCnj; officer, when Mr. Murmw earn* tc Ihcir t*t'* and hi» “Srhy ir tolT* had he m>l »*H*“eld lt«nn" t< arrow him thlr CtarWms*-, that !i< had Mhed Mr. Morrow if itc wortati tj be ar reeled; that Mr. Mourn* Mated that no “d«on r.*a.i” a««ld arror him, and that Mr. .Morrow 0»-> team *d to roash toward b’l hip peclrot. At tfclt June: jtro, M>. Pt'iro teetrfl rd. Mr. Nipper Mtiflhl n f*-" f«nn Mr. Honew'i pocket and atloaiptw to place him under a> rut. foe*. Mr Pare continued, Mr. Morrow “p«ke« me la the eye and w* went fejrethor.' Oa cram axanrfaat'.on Mr. Pay* elated that Mr. Mo to.v'a turn w«' toncvalod, that Mr. Morrow had corn* Into the eoT* la hi!* hbr, thi.t hr ** drunk and disorderly n-id r**‘ele< armtl He aeglf ml rlate whrlhc •r not ha had beaten Mr. Motm one Ike head with a flab or blarl NV w Bank U Organized By SmithField Citizens -niilhflald, Jan. 4—Whan tho First v. .'on*l Bonk anil the Citizen* N» C't..ini I hi.ik cciiaolld.ncil rot long i! vrm predicted by meny that tfctre vould soon be soother bank tv oncaniac and open op here. This i» being non.'. A car.raw ha* been made ! «•<•! stock hn* been taken ior (he co.t |Ua.»k. An organization was effected. Mr. U. C. Gillette was elected presi dent wish Mr. It. L. Fitzgerald as [ Wrr-prcsldent. The diiectora are: A. W. Johnson. X. E. Woodtll, John W. Bl-rkman, James l>. Parke, and W. H. Flower*. Dr. Poobles Lom* C*m Against His Wife’s Sons Dr. Peebles, veterinarian, was tax ed with the routs and adjudgvd guilty of malicious and frivolous prosecu t>on when two cases started against Lemon and Carson Lee, sons of hie wife, were tried before Judge Robert L. Godwin in Recorder's Court yes terday. He appealed from tha decis ion of the court, however, and will take tha matte*' to Superior Court in Lillington next creek. The Lee boys were charged with trespassing on tha land which, until Dr. Peebles married their mother_ the widow Kate Lea—in November, wo* owned hy their mother and tend ed by them. Dr. Peebles in the mean time has acquired title to the proper ty. lie leased it to a new tenant aud forbade Ihe boys to enter thereon. They paid little attention to hla in structions. Judge Godwin ruled that thry had been in possession all the white. The boys were charged also with threatening th* life of their mother. She refused to testify against her «ona and stated that (he felt that she Lad nclhing to fear from them. jack. Marrow Taker Stood At idr. Page left the stand tho Stole looted and live defense rsIM Mr. Morrow. Although still weak from Mr experience with the police* seu rail nervous from'the ailment unit.i uar given him trouble for years. Mr. Morrow told hit story quietly end without hesitation. He bad, he said, been searching JAtJgtM and fltcaar fur xovyal ■WrTtteoweo St rtre floEeWSThSi? duct ef a negro la his theatre, and when he sow Page and Nipper In the • c,rtaurant he went in to tell them about tho trouble and remonstrate v.-h them for their apparent inat oiit-on to iloty. He admitted that he ■vus aimed w,th Uio gun Mr. Nipper le alleged to ham taken from him, •mt staled that ho had boon in the t :oi. of carrying It about with h.m. •at concealed, ever since lie had boon 'n Dunn. Of this fact, he raid, all policemen were cognisant. When he .tpiiroached Mr. Page, he raid, he ask 'd him where he had been a*l day. The policeman, he declared, naked Km who he thought was running the .•oliee department, and He raplied that It looked like nobody was mn n'ng it. Skirt Blood Saakad Then. Mr. Morrow Unified, Nip ■v e matched his revolver and I'age ■ united for him. The next thing he knew ho waa on tho floor and the loi'remon were beating him. He did not remember much more until he regained conaeiooxncvt in the city jail. Then, ho raid, he was Moody and n ihow that he had bled profusely. The roller and a largo part of tho ■ >sck Of the shirt waa soaked with lood. ■Mr. Morrow dented that be waa :•!tiier drunk or disorderly or that ho !y the story Hat the an kind wind* JUw them‘late North Carolina, lWo fjpt .tats u go dry by popular vote is • l*ew»dii« UH* Why- the gamier of Peace Ic on Sl cK-ir.-^a-Hud tho t-tal<- b« cr.n la adminigrr on the car* > and found quite a tonnage of beeai. To* boat ia goog fir about *0 ton* and VIf it* caparr^ «aa in bottled Joy. There wai« I**r standard brnida. 1-oo-thlrd. of tlpa erhidkey was Marjr l*-.d Kye by tab], but thorn ia noth ing ia a name, Thera wai a goodly percentage of £ri*h whiskey and n limited amoudto of two well-known brand*. Mr. Kshlom took aaaaplee of all and *ant Ugfeto Washington. Oh old fiddle* *r« BtadWarluaa* and not ill tnmbWdown furniture ia antique. All-that men* i* not part rya mada iq 191*. Tho BalUbnry leader had bia tribu lation* reaching the Mi-merger of TVr.re. Tha wind blows down there and Kttlc- boats cat all sort* of didoes. The trip was made Friday night af ter the rail Jeumcy ended at New *;n It Is S* miles from them to the Messenger of Peace and Mr. Koh l«ii finished bi» Joamay, which ha continued from New Bent In a gov ernment boat without getting In the Xcmongeref Peace that night. A heal from' Portsmouth. N. C.. took him to tho liqaor vessel aad ha went ahorrd her. Two whites and seven blacks manned the schooner. She waa a rcaworthy dhlp. Tho whiskey am her was made In tondry parts ef America. 11 had been consigned ta San piers with the Bahama Islands as a setting cat point. But that awful wind came no md rant her Into North Carolina. Mr. Kohlor* on investigation, found that the wind* her* had a habit of Mowing Cassis. Coleman end his sa ne late* Into that part af North Car ol'na. Hitherto tha galea have been a Utile atom considerate and have not scat tha shlpatan aground. Bat Ihc Messenger of Peace waa aot In an nnchartered tee. It mada Itself very orach at Hemo. Joknaon Ga*« To Jail From HoapHal Today Jamco Joknaon, alleged (layer ef Frank Stone tn upper Harnett county eeveral weekf ego, will be reloaaed from Harnett Central Hnepltal at LIlKngton today and aent to Harnett Jatl to await* trial. It t« impossible that his cat* wiH be tailed In the criminal term o( Superior Court to op on in LflHnyton Monday. Johnaen badly wonndad at lb# time Stone was killed. He hat been •n 'be hospital cerr since. A coron er's jary bold him roaponalblo lee I Stone** death. (.Iqaer Is auppaaed to .havo been at the bottom of the tray lady. 1 Min Halbai IU<«mt Ault C«« Ut Prom Auta A auM t»d loat tram an antama kilo wfeiab .*d» taking Mia* Xatblaan Holland to Mhoal at 8alaabvrg wai raeaaerad yadarday by Dctaattat Langley and Mn. W. D. Holland Mlat Holland'* mother, wban tboy da •nan dad if of a nogro girl who wai known fm hat* picked It up. The gW had lacked tba nh caae In bar (rani jand loft h*. at which Km H b Mitnt the turn ctuiahm w4U ha able to »grce Ml a rho ice Three wm were Man tha caw misricasr* Tuesday. C. X. watt, «f Birbeyeflts. *. C., J. 9. 4km, af Raleigh, and D C. % . sf Dunn, wsr* tha TlgglffllTn _ jMaia Jomsb Goldstein and P. A. Las wsr* ^haaaT *CMtaLaMr rr" r" ■ewaasr. was af cha oyiaioe that the mWm abosld Is to aa oat 44w far the I m believe a local sms a the law with the I_ gkat an ewt ster, who had n* friends her*, canid. Commissioner K*wholly was silent n aU the Vinwn while the dlseat *iou was going on, hot hoard want into ha ded to Mr. Warns*a of stsar. aotten W the rrtMl. tot to eoxatetom touted earlier. Ttor be to» the rlrmUUen at Ip m. in tto afternoon, it wa* Noted. H m pre dated ihordy after 4, jut u tto meeting woo called to order. Since tto Tueodny It to mdtntosd that seven uplr ant* for tto job haw < a de 'ire to plane their application* with tee board. Frlaada of Kyle Mottoowo. one of tto moot ectlw of W. H. Ter tinptoB’e dopatleo white ho woo (her « of Harnett Ceoaty, hove Moot ed bio appointment. It it not known however, whether or not to will ap Mf. Ben that at are and town Wtomu H i« orprowd own to fawr the appointment of o awn known to tto ovopte of Dana. Boom exp rear the Botov that teeal men to yfren prefer tore, and they lay that afauo It la hemeeWee who pay tto taxes for tto itnanelry of the manfalpal gevam m»nt their wloto* tooold to < rider •4 by the heard. On (the Vlth la expmmod to emto ■ ioaen may get aani aneualy decide opon a ma > wiU enforce the low without favor. Tto now police ehlof will to given v (alary of only |1M a month and to employed for the ported of Mo *et 1-ftrtlon to tto board. Nr. toga b toiry paid «17> o month and ratil to poor wm employed by tto poor. Since hie laet appointment. however, to ha* tooa employed bp too month. I mrreo ami etUaam af Dm gamarally | m the Sanaa) moettog of the cham ber mat Wriaariir sight. Colonel Kirkpatrick la paoeSieM of tha Chan lotta chamber of i twice ii Mi w*i mayor of Chore Ate antn) yoaco ago. Iia ia ana af tha 9ta*«‘a moat oat!*# workers for goad rood a ami (or tha general program of the Hat a. arffl aloe olaet Ma itrootoro ami e*» Newport Nows, Vo, Urn. A—An eomaa aai giiltiopko eoaatlao af Virginia are Urn riOhaat nmoll 11 for their aloe la the United Itetae. an rpri'.ng to ftoeaee which have bean cnmoOai by Bmry K. Taytar, af tha i aaspton aannty per earn ia lltLfl Mi to An amor IlllJt.