VOL. XLVIII
Matters o5 Moment to
be Legisla'.td Upon.
Preposition to Cut Out Capital
Punishment —To Help Small Farm
ers Buy Farms —Gasoline Tax to
Replace License Fee—Water Power
Fight in Sight.
t;OV. MORRISON'S >1 RSS.VGE
TEEMS WITH BIG SUBJECTS.
3*
(BY MAXWELL Ci 'KMAN.)
Raleigh,N. C., Jan. 0, 1923.-
The legislators who went home to j
spend the "weekend" returned!
Monday nigh' when the fir-r rea'
ses; ici -ince 'ast Friday wis heh t '
and il e lawmaking m ush'-itry is
amin lnnciioi in?,* aud 'tl ac
celerating speed. The *. \. >?a-|
ture lias th« J 1 or iirthn aite,.lioi
of tiie public, not only in Ri'l 'igh,
Inu with the pcop'e of the tstilire
StaU', and it id proper to devote j
uinch of thes > Raleigh Lereis
• (>■ «h week to thi-t body tor ; he,
presen:. This writer has lueu j
reporting the N >r'.h Car.>l iin j
Legislature along wi i his news-
T»a,ier correspondence and other
journalistic work for the last;
t.ven'y years, and I aiu making;
the statement now, that there!
have lieen few sessions of the law- j
i la'.ing body that ha *e offered
s'"ch opportunities to any politi-j
ca! pavtv for doing many wrong
things. Going a step farther a;,
this jene'jire, I make the state
men' that some of the wisest and
ablest and best men up here this
time, especially among them arei
experienced, like Doughtou ot |
AUeghany, Senator J. A. Brown
of Columbus (and a dc/.en others
of that class that I could name, |
for I talk with them every day) j
keenly sense the danger already. |
I referred briefly last week to j
the predicti )n of all deliberative)
bodies, especially n nugress and
the legislature the various j
states, .-when composed of top |
neavy, overwhelming majorities!
,to overdo things—to their dis
position to carry ou in an unealu- ,
tious and defiant manner, to run
decidedly to the radical in enact
ing legislation, aud on the partj
of some, to run roughshod over
things they do not approve of and ;
to flaunt the disposition to let the ]
State's good and the public weal j
be damned.
Dynamite and T. ■>". T. Under the
Capitol Dome.
There is already enough explo-|
_ sive matte/-, typed into "little
bills" or fermenting >u the water;
contained in the head?! of some of
the fellows nosing around the j
capitol, "interested" in legisla-j
tion, t > blow the dome off the old j
State House and into Kingdom
Come—and the session is only a
week old.
Somo of the member.' this'
Legislature who ought to be muz
zled are said to.be ".cont rij la.--
iug" attempts at the enr.cU.entj
of certain legislation that would
disgrace the State and placj tliej
Democratic party, with a'l its
• 80,000 majority, in the hospital
lor an .udetinato period, ami that:
would work untold harm to ihe
p rt j "and the Stata. More deti; j
nite reference to these matt :r.->
will be made as the session
advances.
The hope of the stale and the
party h! present rests in t.ie po-si
bility that tiie conservative
a >d dependable eleni "it of the
Legislature will be able to curb
tin wild men and radicals and
de)e»t most of the dangerous
attiiiipts at unwise legislation
iWiiT worse.
A* to Capital I'u.'ilshmeiit.
I Oi.e measure uf mil h ,nti rest
that i; this week claiming atten
tion >1 all sides is the renewed
attempt to abolish c-tpital punish
ment. One member who needs
* v raying has propose' singly a
bill to a (Mil is !i death ss the pe:,jl\
lor r-ipe in this S'ate.
V(liin the measure coi.j;s up for
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
debate it ought not to consume
much time'to convince everybody
that practically all similar at
tempts that have been made in
oUier states have proved rank
I failures. In a number of states
I that tried it tho death penalty
was rest .red after a short trial
that couvinced other legislatures
| that the noose or the chair could
not be dispensed with for any
length of lime, as heinous crimes
of the worst variety increased so
| rapidly that it became apparent
i that more penitentiaries would
become increasingly necessary .J
So electrocutions were resumed.
| Attempts to abolish the death
penalty in North Carolina havts 1
| boobed up several times here dur
ing the last decade. But there,
was nothing doing. The record
land argument was so overwhelm-1
I ingly against the proposed chauge
li it ill'* met* I .' >i were l"-*t >ver
,vi eb r fgly \\' en t'ie r >.i ■>•).s
ia n -inch house. Tie s>'me
re: nil will be icached this ime,
,t is pri'suuie ~ out not iiH alter
| some olitid men have spi'.hd tin ir
mist ir 'Ct .'d ideas all over t.iv at
mosplier.
Morrison'* Mew^r
Gov'irr.or Morrison'' i; ( s.'i.-e
was hoard Tnwlaj, and wd-foe
i followed by a flow of the bills
that, will develop the big sub
jects ot' v'onver-ation aud in'onjst.
Mis sti amship line bill will c'oselv
follow his message, bills covering
ot ltr re on neudations of the
executive will go in, the various
departments of the State will
have their deas presented for the
(Assembly's consideration through
I their bills. The many organiza
tions, associations and federations
will begin dumping their legisla
tive wants into the two houses,
and the House and Senate cham
pions of a multitf'e of State-wide
ideas will begin to s'.'r.
Farm Loan *n nlssioii.
S.uator D. F. Giles of Mc
j Dowell, in his proposal to form a
farm loan coin mission for the
purpose of aiding the small farmer
ito buy land, is one of the most
[significant pieces of legislation
j among th. proposals announced.
The bill provides for'loansi from
| t.he State to small farmers in their
j efforts to purchase land.••" "The
! purchaser will have 20 years in
which to repay the loan and the
I State will see that improvements
compatible with proper agricul
i tural development are made oil
I the pr perty. Its chief 'purpose
is to g've tenants an opportunity
i to buy their farms, thereby elimi
jnating farm tenancy in North
jCarobua and uiikiug the Stale
I oue of many small farms owned
Iby those occupying them. A
; three-mi lion dollar bond issue is
j proposed to finance the loan i.lau,
| out Senator Giles believes securi
ties on the purchased land could
| bo turned into ready cash through
i the banks and eliminate the reces
; sity for the sale of bonds by the
| State.
Would Make Motorist* Pay.
Senator A. E. Woltz of Gaston
is proposiug a bill to "make those
j pay who ride." He would make
I the license fee ou automobiles
rominal and put tiji the tw on
|l voline. Hie «oy lite big 'i; "i
j .'o Id p:.y .nure.iiid taxes
hi nigl tlie purchase of gasoline,
vh.ie tiie faun-r >vho comes io
i lown once o. - twice a we« k in !u-
'flivvor would piv only a small
tax through his jntrequent p u
|chases of gasoline. The license
tags now are so d in accordance
| with the horse-power of the ma
le!. iuo. • Judec Senator V/ Jtz's
plan the size of the vehiclw M'onld
■jia t -uake any difference; through
an increase 1 tax on gasoline lie
womd re; -h tiie.se •inaclrifies
'hrjug'i '.heir ho ivy purchases in
| hi frequent operations of the
| cai - or trucks.
II Another Water Power I'tght.
' The !)i la.d bill to repeal the
, It gislat. ve charier granted in I!>UU
'iioltie t'arolina-'lVnuessee Power
' : Company of Cherokee
(seen as the bit of oxpl isive that
j «iil ignite the wat'-r power fight
L| for the General Anhembly.
-j As it now stc *, the bill has
1 ihe aspect only »f a local meas
-I lire, but witli i n listory of thf
famous power tiahl of the l!) 21
se»?iwn vividly before uritiy of the
t 1 nieuibers a revival >il Tftiiueßsef
a:.d h gi-lative' ium ilt is seen at
r a possibility in the bill iutro
GRAHAM, N. C.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 11.19',>3
> duced by the Cherokee repre
• sentative.
■ i Mr. Dillard wants the repeal of]
the l'.lO'J charter because he con- 1
1 siders it so sweeping in its pro-j
i visious'tliat the 'beneficiary can
exercise dominion over all the
wate' ower interests,
of North Carolina. to
* i
western representatives, the move
| for the repeal pf the Carolina
.: L'ennessee* Power Company idiar;
ijteris but a continuation of the
! primary fightof Cher okee coiintj'.
.lit was ono of the contributing
J factors to tho defeat of the lie
publican senator in tha' erstwhile
ll'pu blican stronylv ■*•'., Mr.
Dewar, it is claimed.
The people up there are said to
j strongly favor the repeal of tho
law granting the charter. What
' interests legislators here iswheth
>ler it will go through'tis strictly
• a! ': I Ml 'i-it :t ' • v'i -t i r t . iI
. ft. i-ci . i t n aii r i i
V" i' i'l'p- -Wi'! 1 '.'it •• •• ' « i
!i >1 •'i irs i'i w-.t "n C- r i in.
• north CA'iOL'NA (?J:
I>LS 'io l i'J I i'. )i* v. l.'v. .
its Ro i''s,Schoai •ystcr.i Educational
no Slaii ?as:*tu ioa;. i
i' A' au'a Cons tut lor.
I The r)ad s;. s'ea. in Aor'b 'ar.«-
1 lina's oriy one evi ei c-i >•' '
Ca l oH ua s gciora |-n.-pi-ri v 11. •
appals to the oeoole of - i! liei
' states, and particularly to 'ln
people of G'wsri-i, wliose "ia t ral
'conditionso ;i V;i % are pnu- -ally .
I the same.
North C.u'o 1 .i.a's public selt \ 'I
"|system is ma'n ained pi -
' gressively than is that of ( eorgia,:
i through no fault of Ce-orgia'*!
'! most excellent depart ui'Mi of edu
■ r .• ' i
; cation.
'j The higher educational instil ti-
{ lions of North Carolina are ade
quately maintained, while those'
_ J in Georgia are admit iedly starved |
| The state contributes more to lie
university system in that stat- in
,ione year than Georgia does in
| four.
| The same can bo said of the
|other institutions —the eleemosy-
I nary, the cormitive the penai.
' Why is all this?
H North Carolina has relatively a
quarter of a million less
, | tion than Georgia.
. All of the largest cities
_ Combined, wil. scarcely exceed in
l population the one city of At lanta.
Wilmington, the seaboard nie
"itropolis, is a much smaller cily
_ I than Savannah.
"I Charlotte, the largest trading
center, is not as large as Macon.
J Neither Wins, n-Salem nor
Durham nor her
great tobacco manufacturing
cities, is as large as Augusta.
'[ And yet it is a state ol sinallj
j t cities and towns, each (Hied with
j j the stacks of irdustry, and each
the center of prosperous rural,
9 ! communities,
j The reason for it all is—not
i that North Carolina h•« my bet
ter people than Georgia, for there
!are no better; not that North
I Carolina has any more natural
than Georgia, for in
e these both states are practically
S ib|essed alike—but that North
i 1 t- • t t i .
, i.ar il:im u»» revi e- ;i**! >.u r r*
mi tiiM.ati' I t a." v-t ■ ti. -i i i - a ■
' sta' .s pn ritli'd will, t •' s -u
' fi. r.* i ) ca: ry j, t " io* s
of goverhment. u .e-.pi with ti •
"! deman'ls of i progr :m« -
,'vnd the pe • pie *'te et'e-s i i l ',
tiie towns and I In- e uu'r li.i .'r
prospered as the ha- p:•>s
; per d.
" Norl' f'ai' ibi i Ts i MI - an f>-
? jeci lesson itiattl e o. . r\>al'» s
latlire should hei ■.!.
i
3 | When c >s - ceni- pr
r.oz'f i a chick w: p odi.e" ' by
in ' |l>.it oil fo: 1i.1.e Cellth Hill
when the eg.- c«i-1 ■■■'. .->* t'nr a s.i.
j ting of 15, I ie ' a e ; i eiet ,11 "'•!:! >
each, repor ' r !1. F. Kip
L* j
i,!" A awl niHv _'. i '■) i'i days vi'h
r out r plerindi
8 1hens our test at j to evierimei..
t station were in per.fwci lieaith
t and good llesii at he em: of this
i time,
s j '
i- When Senator-elect Clarence C.
e Dill of Washington takes his seat
1 March t, Senator I'ai fiarrtson rf
e ' Mississippi widreiin'iuisi hi* tit le
e'of "baby of the Senate." * "si'iia
s .iiir Dill is :>8 and Sena! >r 'imri
i- sion 41.
WEBSREAP
j HUGE HARVEST
Take Annual Levy of $30,000,-
000 From Careless Check
Writers in United States.
IS ARISIOCRfIT OF CRIMINALS
Introduction of Modern Protective
leasiyes Only Hampered Crook'*
Plans for Time—Safety Paper
Is Best Precaution.
New York.—Formers nnd penmen
•re exacting ti ton of between $30,-
ono.ooo 'inil s3r>,ooV>oo a venr /rem
I ,t; i !(> •• !i« r t I ■>lilKC *
' " •: r .ess in. Ii ii r .'i v. I i- I i e'
nil'; '.s u '■ vui if" nnd ha:n It"', s >
in.. g to I'.IT i'?s M-rt i i-x-iiivi»-1 «»r
I 'll' le In i-nl VI r 1 In ll •> lii.'il 5.;.-.e'
I H re I .II .T.i il .ri ; ii viler
■
' «':.n It ■ i.'-'C le • i ■ nL t'lO
, V o 'iatioc of Manufi o
' t i •! '.
k. d '»y 'clenti'c irvertirs- ,n
; el i>• > ee .n;.' l.'v.i'i s nail in e'.iec .
I 1' i •( r t' it. 1.1*: s nl t;i i i: , rli •■!;
ri ' r".- ■ >,i" "diing ri I I ■'
I 'H. j r .p«'•}• iii l ■ u'i" •i ■ i t
:• ci !•' s w ; ri not ' i f e-
C ir 1 . T i. re> utliins arc be-
II • i'lii o oxtenshc. tlu> writer says,
j tint ir m : do nut rinke public
an;- noii> »'i • amount o; losses being
j susta'ned.
'"N.n -tv-flv * per cent of llif; busi
ness i In' niuion Is i| ii" by check
I anj draft," siiys Fu> v.'rlter. "Uuring'
the i , ear . total of approximately
»H »,o>-I.'''o,o'«> In checks anil drafts
> i ioii through the clearing houses
I of tl.e nation, based on a total cur
' rene.v issue in circulation of about
S." 'H 10,0(1(1, KJ(\ In other words, checks
I nnd drafts n circulation constantly
exceed curri r y nnd bullion at the i
| rate of eighty to ode.
"It Is only natural, therefore, that |
tin- most as'iite minds of the criminal
, world should turn their attention to- |
ward a form of crime which yields
great profits with little chance of de
tection and convic'lon—all because of
the innate carelessness of Individu
als."
Grow With Use of Checks.
Tracing,, the rapid development of
the use of credit Instruments the
world over, particularly within recent
years, Mr. Smith shows how losses
from forgery have increased with the
Increased use of checks and drafts,
"The Idea of the hank check Is as
old as Egypt," the writer says, "but It
was only a half century ago that the 1
word 'check' meant little or nothing j
fn the Ci.lly life of the average Amer
ican business man. Such a thing as a
forged or raised check was ah lost tin
thought "f. AVhere today the losses
from for. ry nr Increasing at the
rate of SI.CHjO annually, with more
| than s3/,U'M,OOO estimated as last
yenr's figures, the total annual toll
thirty years ago was only $1,000,000.
"The methods employed by the forg
er embrace a cunning nnd skill that
Is seldom found In other forms of
crime. The forger and penman Is the
■ aristocrat of the underworld. He Is
I one of the 'hlgher-uns' In an « ganiza
j tlon that is conducted In a most busi
ness-like way. First, there Is the
' hi ;,i r, who backs the gang with his
wealth and who, usually lias i. >
elated with him an expert criminal
i lawyer. Then there Is the forger him
self, who lives In some secluded out
of-the-way spot, where lie has his
' t' ora'or". Tfser*, with pens nnd !aVs
j? I .ii ; all iMoi" ; t i' r a >'n*' '
i . i • its ;I ' r ■ s _-r. i ,'ir*
ii. i, r t s■w 11 uif vl i su 'i ; ii a
' d" r>" o dr a y :td r 't*f i th>r t l . t
; t , t . ■ , , •,i I,r e' ' tie
i ry, #r. ti lit • ••• flel tl »
Ip.-I.'t-' pp! i' • protection. « n-i- i
1,1 .'it 1 .. tli"i - are tfie 'gn-biSW'.'ea
lUI I > Idr. flic*is til r 1 • :na '
ibo , ii" ! it .•« nt -s to '[ :i dnwa
th fo' ;ei ; hi 4 T' i r. r r - - r
' CO. .. ~ • out «i I 11. ' I " i
| if, ■ t i. t . t > ■ ' .b
--f '•!' »• i I' O! • / ' S i •'• ' ''*
tl'
1 / -,ti" Viil.il r 3b s Point.
' m t'ii- i• du"(i :■ of modern
I pro ! e' i:\e- i;,i .ijfi'H, 'o, .'fry and
nller-a'ior lid bp.o.ne so simple it j
• !■ .i a not •--i.i*l bi-lnz i-rr'li I i n art. j
In r. 4 i I'll ct; from id 'lit to eighty .
I «!.l!rr, nil tils - cnmlual had •
to i' • ' » to dt a '} to the T and ]
1«• a. oih -r 71 n to the numeral*. To j
r 1: • ,x t sixty, seven to seventy or j
, n.nt to ninety was Just as easy, and ;
1 : to chung" five to fifty or to tack some i
'. tilnf word to fifty, sn.v 100 or 1 ,(**). j
! v as equally The wor*l 'anil' ,
'■ has always > -a .i most vulnerable
point of Httacu. and in many typical ,
enses of forger*.* it In s been made to
• «nil for thoisamLs by writing 'thous'
, before it.
"For itiany years the forger hud as
his greatest' foe th*- dfe'gnT i t check
writing ryaMdnes t'lat sltrr*! the
ninoujit In colors and at the same time
Impregnate the paper with fnsolußTe
nk. The introduction of these de
vices only hampered Hie crook's plans,
however, lie could still, with the.
use o r his adds, erase the payee,.life
nnd substitute for names f e
'cnsii' or 'hearer.' And, likewise, he
could '-bnnge the ntimb'ir anil (late '
lines.
"To meet thia new move of the
check raiser a safety pnper thnt could
not be erased or nlternted in any way
without detection was needed, and
by a gradual evolution wit' h led i
nearer and nearer to perfection the
manufacturers have only recently
oeen able to produce a safety paper I
which iias thus far withstood all tests j,
of the criminal/ Thus, the check !
forger has again leen defeated, and
check users'.who today employ the
modern measures of protection af
forded—the modern writing machine,
as well as the safety paper—have no
reason to fear that their checks will
be altered."
How to B» Doubly Safi.
T i like ci ck i so. :t .*• --nfe
n th Je "edi;tlor-s if fo gers
iii i-.il.er.'. M Mn .th suggetts the
i• v I!i'wii / ti I'asu *s:'
\V-i f .in tie !*s o > tup •" thnt '
de es a! ii, oil >y ii HI - chl i'ca'; 4.
. \'e ■ • tyi "V .'lt*- a ci .ek -r per
-111 tai i i t. _U :i\v your otV.ce that
' r ■ ii .si e.
3. i 'lt- iai• i f t!"i pt e ind
he ,h- at ,i -1 I. i'li .if .• nd
a't I. ii I uv an ai" it* ie.-
) i t |i ni.i i t w ti :il
-(. ,i .>• ir a. t • ii i.-'.*
IfM.'k e > '.. i n vlier • i v ",v
1 one f I • li> _t' >os. Tli,' are worth is
run it • le. ■( your credit once they
htne y• ir i.at le In the right-hand j
corner—and some one may be able to
deceive n ban* or n storekei ;ier into
beli'«lng that n check with a forged
signature Is yours.
"i. finally, to be doubly sure. Insure
yourself against loss by forgery or
check alteration. The makers of the
best safety check paper arwl check
writing machines are so sure their de
vices defy the efforts of the most in
genious criminals that they carry
i their customers' insurance themselves
at a merely nominal cost.
COURT GIVES BOY HIS DOG
Orphan's Pica for "Rags" Wins Jus
tice and Pais Won". Be
Separated.
i
New York. —Justice Boyle, in Chil
dren's court, set a legal precedent
when he yielded to the pleading of a
homeless boy, eleven years old, that
his dog "lings" be permitted to ac
company him to the Mission of the
Tmmaeulate Virgin, Mount Loretta,
S. 1., when he is committed to that in
stitution.
When the boy was told he would
, be sent to the mission, he plucked
nervously at the little round Jacket
! given I !m by ofticlnls of the children'
society for his appearance lr. couit.
Observing this nervous gesture, Jus
tice lioyle asked whether there wns
anything he wished to say.
"Well," whispered Tommy, "I'll be
awful lonesome If I can't have 'ltngs.'
Mn.vbe he'll die, Judge. There ain't
nobody to look after him."
Questioning by the court de*. doped
thnt "Hags," a mongrel fox terrier,
had been Tommy's close .companion
and faithful friend through more thnn
five yenrs of an adventurous child
hood. The boy snld he considered
"Rags" the best friend n boy ever had.
Judge Boyle hesitated a moment and
then ordered papers executed commit
ting "Itags," as well as Tommy, to
the mission.
OWES $8 41 YEARS; PAYS $4
8' t F n't rut' C'e'ue-r "e> r f.e--
t .nt T. il' /f er S«t!ir(j
Olt 1 3 I.
\ 'in'*' « ' —: I" vi ek* ag j
J,i (* V I re, iinl ni i „*ha got I
rlit II .I ha l,i ngdon. «'h • ll*.-s j
1 T.o,' A.' 1 W'.'li, " rsh.. widen said:-)
"lV r; or t years ago veil
! inde 'l.ici -t *ti! fo ii I
v i t,. i: * t .( '1 ;ig i .in n xt
\ e' . ' ll ' ll h m* ■ i' ;h
t ||V Ml n fl. I. ' • a « HI 1 e
r, ' «• ,e ir «a: "■
n-t h- I! '• i '' I* .i ; I* e
; nciMU'.t >r vi it id I"r. -, b'i :'■ » I
| aidv ,0 ,t *i ' b yt r- ago. It *'.' s '
iSi p -n _ • .> i.
M- I Alpirif ooked Ir. tip and found
i fH was due on lie I'rlnoe Albert suit,
j lie sent the biil to Langdon. A letter
I cam • from I.ens:don which said
"l'm sending $4. The suit never fit
! ted very well and I think this Is
I enough."
and Congeqaence.
AH showing how the combination of
, drink and driver works out, we give
i the terse 'i-port of Hen Qulnn, an In
; (Han of Kansas. He snld: "First n}JJc
, too slow took drink of booze; next
mile faster, took another drink, last
1 mire "Very fast, took another drink;
j then saw bridge In road, turned out
for I'." v
lier. Is now Lu the hospital with a
oroki ti arm. —Boitoa Ev aiug Trao
i actlpt. : . ;.. i
HEALING "WOUNDS" IN STEEL
Frenchman Hr.A DOVUJJ Machine
Which Is Really a Marvel of
Inventivo Ingenuity.
.Very remarkable indeed la a ma
chine set up In France for making re
paira to alriilanes, remarks the Wash
ington Starj «ils machine Is said to
be the only one of its kind, and Is duf
to the Ingenuity of Oustave ltabtn. It
may be described as a device for caus
ing "wounded steel" to "heal" Itself in
something like the wny that wounded
flesh heals.
The device Is almost automatic, Is
'operated by electricity and Is based
upon the galvanic principle. It needa
only one or two men to watch It, they
being guided by a chart, showing In
many colors the piece of metal to be
repaired, the exact repairs necessary,
the composition of the galvanic bath,
the current needed, the diameter of
the conducting wires and the time of
ii.i n--rf.i.>.i, AJI this is worked out
niuilietiiaiically to.the frac
tion. * *
Tin* mi ih c Ik nip' yed to restore
v.-1 *n er .ii en j .iru of d l'.cate m>-
i !t, ii os iif viilc har ■ difn ul f to :e-
I'iace. hen nn Aterl •in observer
:.;! A it TIE 'E were lying en a futile BE;
I' - l* iis In 1 Jus r pill ed
* ilc', v. !i\ • COM 3,1* 0 i.nd |
I'.uc' th i nee. I: th * week j
■r >v ojs . d 1 n■ I .mt :;oc pie es.
t 1 ' t t r: n f.nr •!, ill.
t : • I.' I ' 111 :t.
TO BELIEVE HIM
Jury Foreman's Remarkable Explana
tion for Declining to Credit De
fendant's Plea of Guilty.
Some years ago In a Western state,
then a territory, a popular citizen be
came involved with un influential and
overbearing character and killed hln».
Public sentiment leaned toward the
defendant, but the law WHS against
him, and when the day of trial came
the defendant, his counsel and friends
held a consultation, and, fearful of the
consequences, they decided that the
defendant should plead guilty and beg
'he court's ntercy.
The Jury was charged by the court
retired. Presently It returned, and j
the foreman said:
"We find the defendant not guilty."
The judge viewed the Jury In sur
prise and said:
"Gentlemen of the Jury, how be It?
This defendant pleads guilty, and you
find him not guilty?"
The foreman answered:
"Well, your honor, the defendant la
such a liar we can't believe him un
der oath."—Progressive Grocer.
Beggara' Trade Union.
A new terror has been added to con
tinental traveling. A recent report
from Conatantln pie --tales that the
beggars of Statnboul have formed
themselves Into a trade union, aays
London Answers.
The members go to work quite me
thodically. Knch morning they hold a
meeting In the open space In front of
the P.nyuzld Mosque—they canrot
afford other offices, altlAiugh some of
the members are said to he rich —and
here they discuss the hunlnesa of the
day. Then after the agenda has been
read and approved, the brother* In
beggary disperse, and set about the
business of collecting alms.
Just ns other trade unions forbid
their members to work for less
certain prescribed wages, so the beg
gars are not allowed to beg for any
sum less tliun one hundred paras. Any
smaller gift Is spurned as detrimental
to tlielr dignity.
Do; E.ises Family; OTe« in Fire.
Mount Sterling, Ky,—Awakened bv
t'n l - |« * i Thomas Richardson and
fio ill nei ■ K v.t Hldpi, Montgomery
•i it fi T *!ie!r li >irn; id iltime*
a li.,l*|. El'Hped with their nlglit
cii thing oi. '."lie dog hrf saved the
I live* r i « imster anil mistress diet
•I |n •hi ll.i i"-s The loss was 5-,. f >oo,
' v ' ti io fi i ran •.
Fin !«■ yr'er *»h»lt->.
I r .•>. ■ i ir foss't «• s
i. •• el by r.ent his to be more
I , i • '.mki years o'.d and some of
i i "vasti ripg more than three, fe*t
, Iti I -t (f'li, iiave been discovered In u
clay I ai k In Starr county, Tex., near
a petrified forest.
? ?
J Children Saved When ;
; Cat Attacked Rattler ;
—" ' '
( A house cat, the pet of the t
' children of Judge A. K. Does of J
, Haliinger. Te*., saved the chll- ,
J dren from being bitten by a rat- J
I tleanake when It attacked the t
* snake Just ss the reptile vas J
i about to strike the children. The t
' eat Jumped at the snake, struck J
» with Its claws, and retreated be- *
J fore the snake could strike. It J
« continued to attack until the rep- J
' tile was killed. #
I ' '
i
NO. 49
Three Burned to Death
in Raleigh Fire.
Raleigh experienced its most
horrible fire in many years, last
Saturday morning.
Mrs. I. W. Simpkins, her foar-
I year-old son I. W., Jr., and Caro-
I Una Hill, a "mammy" nurse, wore
burned to death in the early
"morning in a fire that destroyed
the Simpkins garage, about 6T
automobiles, badly burnid the
feet of Mr. Simpkins, and caused
the breaking of Fireman J. C.
Beck's arm iu his effjrt to rescue
the family.
Mr. Simpkins had apartments
over his garage ,aud near 5 o'eloek
iu the morning he was arousod by
the breaking of a window and the
bursting flames. He waked Mrs. •
Simpkins and they planned their
escapo. Mr. Siiiipkins, telling
the .-Lory at the lio-pitf-.1, said ho
decided to take their baby of six
months down by tlio gutter. It
troKP on after he 'ft th apart
ment ai d they fell ! eavily to the
pavement, though tho child was
u'lhurt. He the i »egged Mrs.
Siui] tci' s to jump, ' it a stream
i and ;tnt ami slie ad lost con
j - J ..eas tlie -ck smoke.
" liremes t tutv j Mers on the
.s of th" "'tiding id Mr. Beck
ir.« th" ider, bu, an explosion
bU'W iii.i to the ground, bieakirg
his ;inu. The inmates ;f the
room- 1 , how overcjiu , >ere soon
caught iu the ten - ' >t»* b!»z* and
ourned. Many iuuividtiult aud
businesses lost their entire auto
mobile stpck in the fire. The
losses in autos alone will go be
yond 81l)0,u00.
The fire was held strictly to toe
garage, notwithstanding the oils,
gases, and other i .fLtutmabU-s.
No blaz.i in the city everOi a
piece of destruction witli grea or
expedition. The firemen cou.d
do noihiug with the burning
building, but any let-up would
have threatened the whole High
way Commission building.
The losses complete will gu »s
high af 1.50,000, and am. reach
l s2oo,uOu. The death c' ue child
I aud the mother moved former In-
I surauce Commissioner James K.
Young to suggest legislation pre
venting the use of garages as resi
dences, owing to 'he peculiar
hazards required.
666 quickly relieves Colds
and LaGrippe, Constipation,
Biliousness and Headaches.
feuck For Hire.
Let us do your hauling of every
i kind, moving, etc. Have a now
! truck. Terms reasonable.
Bradsiuw & Fuller,
' Phone 650 Grahaui, if. CV
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
LOVICK H. KERNODLE,
Attorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM, N. C.
Associated with John i. Henderson.
Office over National Hauk ut Alamance
THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Couosellor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with W. 3. Coulter, '
I Nos. 7 and 3 First National Bank Bldg.
I S. C. SPOON, Jr., PL BK
OraUam N. C.
Office over Ferrell Drug Co.
1 Hours: 2 to 2 aud ? to yp. m., and
by appom m nt.
l'lioiie t>7
I ( 1 riAIV TARL EN, M. D.
njjton, * , C.
I 'fflre iotlrs: tt U 11a.m.
, to ■ nil by appointment
O.i c« Over Acitu: Drue Co.
ii
r Telephone.! Office 440—"c dence'264
iIOUN J. HENDERSON
3 Altorney-at-Law
' I GRAHAM. N. C.
t
J Olllcc over National Alanumet
j J, S- COOK,
Attornay-nt- Laar
J GRAHAM. .. .. N. 0
omoe Patterson Bnlldlrg
t Second Flsor. . . . '
| DR. W ILL S. LOSG, JR.
J ... DENTIST : S S
J Graham .... North Cara.lna
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