The Franklin Times
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James A. Thomas, Editor Prop'r.
Ttxpir,- Apart, 22, 1837.
ABSTOBTt OF TUB PBESr
Under this - above heading the
Wilmington Star hae the following
weryenslble article;
If men wocld4 only reflect they
would not regutf With satisfaction
the feature of trial by Jerry which
requires twelVe men to agree in 6r
derta find a verdict. Those who
have studied the tinman rabid nlth
the most care know how rare it la
that yea find twelve men to agree
upon any one subject. Tou cannot
get twelve Intelligent men to agree
upon the doctrines of a church of
vhich they are all members -Ton
cannot find twelve really intelli
gent voters ',tn Wilmington that
agree as to the principles and poli
cy of the . party with which they
profess to affiliate. It is absurd to
put twelve honest intelligent, men
in a Jury box and say to them yon
most agree or undergo privation
and suffering. To thus force men
to agree is not a sensible way ot
arriving at an honest verdict.
When you secure entire, so-called,
agreement, it Is done at the ex
pense of Justice and truth and fair
ness often. - Let nine or ten men
agree and constitute the nnmber
necessary to settle the case.
The New Orleans States has been
discussing the Jury system in sev
eral editorials. It says la Its last
discussion?
"The I tact, indeed, is Uat trial
by Jury has outgrown its use? .and
some Judicial form less expensive,
less vexatious, less dilatory and
less' cumbrous, something more in
tinslon with the spirit of modern
business methods and with require
ments of modern life, "will have to
be substituted for its obsolete ma
chinery. A glance at the trial of
boodle ex-Alderman Cleaiy now
going on in New York will suffice
to show the monstrous abuses of
which the system is capable. A
Judge, a clerk of the tourt, a sten
ographer, six Inwyers, a sheriff and
two deputies, besides sheals of law
yer's clerks, of messengers, atten
dants, etc., having been engaged
for fifteen days in impannelling
twelve men to try the alleged crina
nal. The waste of time and the
expense of this perliminary opera
ation speak for themselves, with
out comment. But let us look a
little further. In the course of
these fifteen days over 1,000 tales
men had to put in an appearanee
in court to compete for the honor
of a place among the "twelve men
in a box."
But you can find a thousand
examples of the defects of the sys
tem. They are constantly occur,
ing and will continue to occur.
The system needs repairing badly,
and unless the needed work is
promptly done the opposition to
the entire system will increase tm.
til the people cease to respect snch
n system worked by such instra.
mentalities. To convict three cor
rupt men in New York city byjtrry
cost the people $50,000.
The Star insists that Improve
ment is imperative. Ignorant and
bad men mast not be allowed to
try cases requiring intelligence and
integrity. There was a need of
trial by Jury when the system was
adopted. In cases of trials of per
eons for crimes, A c, there ought
to be a trial by peers, but the peers
should not be mean and corrupt
enough to go to the penitentiary.
When the strong arm of tyrants
was too strong for the individual
citizen there great reason why
a Jury of countrymen should be
inipannelled to hear the case and
adjudge according to law and testi
mony. In the beginning men
tried cases of which they had heard
of which they had some infor
mation . . Now, as in ? New r York
one thousand men must -, be suns-
znoned in ordei to pick twelve
who had not formed or expressed
an opinion as to . the. gnu or in
nocence of the person ? to be, tried
This too in an age newspapers
and in a city where crime is dished
op in its most glaring, minute, and
sensational' particulars ad nauseam
through twenty columns of . small
type. The States says of this feat
ure of Jury trial;
II is the man whose mind is a
taouia rasav - wno nas xormea no
impression respecting the matter
in dispute, who has never read of
it nor heard of it. let ; alone speak-
ing of it or discussing that is the
wan who Is nuntea up nowadays
to serve in the jury box ! And the
man of these days of widespread
education and of the ublqaitions
newspaper, who can Honestly say,
a wte& ni tci..a ui" uD-tiivv
has been committea in ros locality.
iuai tie ia uut uamitu wi-ii uw
salient eircnmslauces of the case,
as laying suspicion at any man's
door is concerned, must be an oddi
ty indeed a survival from days
when information was slow of
travel I The bullying and badger
ing and browbeating and bulldo
Ihg by counsel, of applicants (?)
for a place on the Jury, constitute
the biggest premium to ignorance
or to perjury or to both combined,
that the nineteenth century has
yet offered,"
Let xxi have a change. Elevate
the Jury box. Keep out ignorance
and viciousness as far as possible.
Let men of character be selected
Who have sense to understand ev
idence, comprehend the application
of la w and render an intelligent
and Just Verdict.
Gov. Hill, ofKew York, refused
to sign the high -license bill recently
y passed by the Legislature of that
State. His reasons are because it
was "local and partial," applying
only to New York and Brooklyn.
The Bledavllle (N. C.) Tim.es
says:
"A man who was convicted at
the last term of Columbus County
Court for slandering- an innocent
woman pleaded drunkenness as an
excuse, but Judge Clark sentenced
him all the same to the pavtnent
of $1,000 fine and also to a month's
imprisonment."
This opposition to the Inter
state Commerce law is not by any
means confined to the South, If we
are to believe the Washington
Post. That Journal say: "From
the Northwest, too, comes a growl
of disapproval of tho Inter-State
Commerce law. The growers of
Minnesota and Dakota are trp In
arms against it, declaring that its
enforcement means their ruin;
that the addition of a few cents a
bushel on wheat to New York ia
Just, the difference between raising
wheat and not raising it. They af
firm that, instead of making the
farmers rich, it will impoverish
them and drive them to the wall.
It seems as If that were Just exact
ly what it would do,"
Tux Wilmington Star says:
We observe that two leading Re
publican papers think that the
Socth will be annoyed, if not in
jured ia a way not expected by the
advocates of the Inter-State Com
merce law. sThe question of tbe
right of negroes to ride in any ear
is to be settled by the law. The
New York Times says;
tpIhe Ihter-State Commerce aet.
for years before it became at law.
has been demanded with great vig
or by the representatives of the
South. Its main princiole is that
the same payment shall in all eases
secure the same service. An.
effort will now be made for tho ap
plication ot tms principle to the
case of a colored man nut off a
train on tbe Western and Atlanta
Railroad at DtUtoa,"
The Philladelpfria American
says the South was tbe first to seek
and it is first .to rue the law. We
quote:
"It finds that the bffl re-enacte
a part of the Civil Bights law in a
shape which the rMrpreme Court
will hardly find to be unconstitu
tional. It forbids all discrimina
tion betweeen individuals by tbe
railroads. A this applies fro -
sengers as well as freight traffic,
no railroad will be free te drive to
its smoking ears colored women
who have paid for a first-elans pas
sage, in fact it will break down
all discrimination on account of col
or."
That law may yet prove a per
fect Pandora's Box or a Wooden
Horse, or something else equally
startling and unexpected. It may
hurt the sections that were most
eager for Ha passage. Who knows?
WE Y THE TARIFF WAS2TT RE
DUCED.
Two conspicuous attempts to take
the Toit ial step1 in this dii ection re
ducing the tarifl by considering a
tariff bill were made during the Forty-ninth
Congress--) tbe first ses
sion oa the 17th ef June, 1835, and
in the second, on the 18th of Decem
ber. On these oecasieus the varttes
dittdod as follows:
' 3 ' ' TOR OHSIDKBATWK
June Democrats, 135
Republicans, 4
AOAXN8V OOKSKUSBAXlOU.
Joae Democrats, 35
' BepublicaNs, 133
FOR CONSIDEaA'nOJr.
December Democrats, 143
. . iiepuolieaus, ft
AOAINf? OoKSIDE&ATtO.
December Democrats, 35
" KepuDlicans 139
It thas appears that on the ques
ton of taking ',he Initial step, .80 per
j cent, or toe Democrats voted yea the
I nrst ume, nuu oo per ceow tne sec-
I ni i vhi nniw ihrn
0j me ifepuouoans stooaon tbe rieht
1 ptde in June and hut I i per cent; m
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
Why the Ikterxal Bet exits Tax
Was Not ' Rxhu&ed. . ... -
March 3rd, 1387, Speaker Carlisle
recognised Mr. Ilendersou (Demo
crat) of North Carolina, who offered
a resolution providing far the aboli
tion of the tax on leaf tobaceo and for
the abolition of the tax on leaf tobac
co and for liberal modifications of the
restrictions now laid oa the distiller
spirits and the producer of fruit
brandy, cna of the moit important of
these modifications being the forbid
ding of revenue officers to destroy
stills comiug into their I possession. ;
Under the rules, a two-thirds rote
wu required for tho passage of this
resolution. The number of mem
bers toting was 251, of whom 136
were Democrat and 115 were Repub
licans. The vole was oa follows;
TOB IH BESOMJTIO.
Democrats, J31
Republicans, a
AQATJfST TEDS BESOfcUROR.
Democrats,
Republicans, 107
168 rotes two-thirds being re
quired for the, passage of tbe resolu
tion, bod tbe fire Democrats changed
their rotes, ttill tbe resolution eoaid
not bare beau adapted. But had on
ly twenty nine more Republicans, or
only thirty-seren in all on of 115 Re
publicans, Toted for it, it wool J have
passed. More than 98 per eez.i. of
the Democrats Toted for tbe resolu
tion, whilst more than 93 per cent, of
the Republicans rosing votod against
it IRichmond State,
A RARE OPPORTUNITY.
HOTEL It t SALE.
We oSer for sale the large Eagle
Hotjsi, in LouUbnrg, and to any one
who desires to in rest, a rare opportu
nity is offered. Tbe present proprie
tor desires to change his business,
hence his reason for selling. Tbe en
tire hotel lot will de sold, or it will be
diyided to salt purchaser. Foe terms
and farther information apply to.
AiASSKNBUKO & THOUA&,
Real Estate Agents.
X-ouisbursr. 2f. (i. Oct. 8,
ATTENTION I !
Having sufficiently recovered my
health to resume business, I take
this method to inform my friends
that I have commenced a drug bus
iness at the old stand of Furman fc
Cooke, and will bo pleased to wait
on them at all times.
Bespeetfully,
W. H. Furman Jr.
Executors Notice
qtmliusd at eieautor on the aa-
htte of Mrs. Laedn
Tinberlaka thia m
aottfy Ml paraona owing said eatate to
om forward sad settU b utm aad all
persons hvig 1um agaiast saij mUU
are aotifiad to preaat tho sm far par
Qftat bfor Fekk.3, 188S or thianetice wtil
b pleaded ia bat o thwr reeoTer.
J. & TlMBBKAKB. xr
Fab. 3k m, C. M. CoJLt, aU'y
THE C OMMOIC
Lift and Foroe Pump
Mftfces a complete Fire Department
for any Country Home out of a com
mon wood pump, at a rerr small eost.
Worth fire times its cost if you meed
it to put out a fire; and extremely
handy for lots of other things.
Beady for action in one-eight of a
minute.
Energetic bnsiness men who will
giro it proper attention are wanted
to handle this pump in every town in
Pennsylvania, New Jersy. Maryland,
Delewarc, Virginia, North Carolina,
and will be accord ed control of suita
ble territory not already oscopied.
CnAs. O. Blatoote,
MANUFACTURES
Of all sizes andstylesof wood pnraps.
Office: 25 N. E. City Hall Square '
OposiU Broad St. Station p. b. b..
1 j mm
u If 03 7 9Jlf. Win
... - -
THE
Dollar,
"THE MAW AVE TOO FEW- THE FEW TOD
JfAJYY"
Buying merchandise is a busi
ness, and the most important
part of the mercantile trade, buy
ing is everything, for goods cheap
enough will sell -themselves any
where. In opening a "Racket
Store" in Louisburg, I wish to say
that I have all the advantages to
accrue from buyers always m the
market, buying in large quanti
ties for cash, from men hard up,
failing, broke, wherever dollars
will count most and best. Just
so long as men go in debt, they
will get hard up, will fail and
their boasted credit valuations
will have to measure arms with
the 'Almighty dollar I buy from
the many disasters of the credit
system, and having bought my
goods cheap, I shall live up to the
second essential of my business.
I Ada But a SMALL PROFIT, Regardless of Cost.
I make my bargains make my
business, believing in "Quick Sales
and small Profits"
c
A
VS.
Credit
Is the Motto of the "Raoket Store."
I propose to Inangnrate a srntem of morchanfliso band on DOLLARS, to
see how loog I can sell Roeds for cash, instead of bow high for credit. Tbe
masses bare suflertd long and fearfully from the terrors of tbj eredft
Um, suffered ontil it is taking crerj other dajs labor, er erery other hill of
corn or bale of cotton grown to meet its exaet'ons. How rroch do yon sap
hose ereJit eoet you t Did you ever figure it op t If all tbe oopaid aeceunts
contracted in Louisbttrz for tbe past twenty years, were spread one upon
ledgers, I danbt if any dray in lonlsbnr would be strong eaocgh to bael the
load. Who paid far this loot? Did the nterehaat lose it, cr did he
charge those who paid enough to make it op ? All the irregularities of tbe
system mast be yetd by. thoee who pay, oust eosse nl
of the hard earned dellars ef tbe people, Thoee who pay meat pay for those
who neter pay. The merchant wbo buys on time nraefr pay tor credit fust as
he rauat make yoa pay for it. II you buy owt ot the system, your eash muei
help fool up the losses.
A dollar's worth nf goods for a dollar can only corns throaffb tbe medium
ef dollars. Ifo'maVs credit is effaal to hard eash. The eredit system is a
bad ajstsro, it is nil hope deferred A system which measures the poor
man's dollar by tbe ri-h man's credit. A system of sleepless . Bights, of
heart vending exactions, of widows' wail and orpbaa tsara. A sjsiera
which makes the poor man poorer, and brings hira to want instead of breaA
I handle all lines of goods, for the reason men get hard up aod fail In aril
lines. A a merchant. I am entitled to one reasouable profit on ay goods,
aod when that profit falls, I stop
I nerer make an item 8 cents, if I ean afford to take 7 cents, and really, If I
can afford to take 7 cents, I am not entitled to 8 cents. Each item in my
stock is marked in plain figures at tbe lowest price I caa aiford to take, and
from this there will be no deTiatioa.
If rou would know all about the difference between Ufa eash-ralaea. val
ues clean cat against cost at eyery stags, and the yaluallooa of ertdit, mcr
cnanoise,
Go To tbs "Racist Store,"
A9X
E.
hi
ClXL OK-
C. JONES,
a! a
Allen
Are Headuqarters
fralMt aarthUi; roa wmat. tmrrr m eooplett lias of TUrdrmr of
description. DakB. Stonew&ll sad CtrlfMemii n,tnd nln i
sfe and PaUy Cultlrstorm, Cotton IIoe.
Carpenters Tools,
flet of sTery kind, Tsne sod PUae btU. brsees sad bit. .Br, sod Mr UaiJt9
Oy Hint of kiaaw, hstskeU, saws (hsad aad
IT
to salt ail. Coots to m and lt hi abow
UNR
That Goods are Being Sold by
M. H. ATOOCKE.
ns haF In stock, a fulllrae ef IIeTy o4 Tmnty Ooeri, aod
alway endeavors tw koop jtMt what tba rpie ani s4 mnt has s,
I -New Truces Fauilv Flwirat 51.75. nrrt be kv at In th!
or mny oiher mrkt. M Ptai)c Sepals tits Mns M (jw!
can bo h.nd anywlirre. anf I will ;numke i rrjct cherr than
it ca be tghtin any retail (or tbiaaidSi of lJaltisaort To will
tniss it if you fail to gitre oi a caXL
ftry rearwtnilly
M. n AjcocXcv
m
he Champion
J? ertiiizer
EDDY
EVERY FARMER RTT
USE THE BEST.
It can be bought on reasonable
erms. bv calline: on t.bn nnni
signecL wno is
section.
Bsd what r. Z.T. TtrrU aayi of It
-l d Flytoat Tabaeeo Guano on my tobaoo cr.
aide by -e with oUyr Uboeo faaa.4 UkeplsasVr.
la aayiof I tSiak Cddyateae a prbr tobaero rssao tar
ylilr" ' 1 K as other fer Ui rtaYt
Others who haTc ael U jak blrtly af Z T Tnmmu
Very Respectful y
THOS. J IT aR"rtci
Louisburg, N. O.
FRANKLINTON'S NEW
DRUG STORE.
1 1 mil k
We keep constantly on hand,
iwti mm
"PURE jDRUG S j FRES H
SS wl; mm J a
Aa firatclaae quality Medicines ony are seed . fbr retail aod
the prescription busineee and no Inferior dross are kept In stock
we an offer a full guarantee to physicians irtto realde la the
country, that their (orders will be filled to Ubtir fbU tatlifacilon
In regard to quality nod eharjee,
DRUQ3, '
CHEMICALS,
. aod
. i EaazirriALoiLs,
Medicines of all kinds. YCTftftne, Fancy Oooda, Palnta.
OIla,lye Btafe; Ac. Our fine Rod Fountain will be open Tery soon.
, Oardea 8eexls fromtbt wtp Lnowa seed fro wars, BobfBals
lat, tad iJ. m. Ferry
UTta always exareUad the fteai ears ia Iks seleetioa af tha erada saat.
rials tuployed and ataklnc all pharmoaesaUeal preparaUoas of sUadaM
straagth ta strict aeoordanea with aatabUahad aad raecraUed onn-aW w
Jlo sot (psj aay bea(iAoey l ukf th paU sa fa m atHaU
. . - ' . -C JJV 99pK CO
err
forks, hor.l., fkes, sAts asdelo.rM4!l
yoa osr coodu - F".
ft i roiy
Ckmsitaw, Hicks Aitxw.
IYALELD
STONE.
sole aermif: fn-r
a eetnplcte stock of
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