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i xms, apace is .sold; to the - Prohibition
FRANKLIN SUPE'R COURT
HIS HONOR 'JUDGE C. C. LYON
PRESIDING.
Committee.
An Insult to Farmers Rtited !
GLEIIII IOT- LOUISBURG.
1 I
t
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A Small Criminal Docket No
Cases of Very Great Import
tance SolIcltor.Danlels Ably
Represents the State. - '
The April term of ITranklin Sup
erior Court convened on Monday,
with Judge C. C. Lyon on the bench.
It was the Judc;eV second appear
ance on the bench in Franklin, - and
having made a rery favorable im
pression on his former appearance
here, our people ;were prepared for
the very courteous manner in which
he dispatches the " business of the
Court. '' ' s "
Solicitor Daniels was promptly on
hand and ably represented the State.
The following were drawn as
G.anl Juros: J. D. Speed, Fore
man, J. J. Allen, W. H. Wood, C. E.
Richards, K. J. Perry, R. F. Bunn, S.
M. Washington, W. E. White, H. A.
Xewton, J. H. McGhee, Z. T. Mc
Gh3e, R. D. Pinnell, R. H. Stricklandy
M. D. Smith, W. A. Benton, W. B.
Wright. .
W. 0. Stone was sworn as officer
to Grand Jurr.
J. W. Woodlief, E. Odom, P. R.
White, T. K. Allen, Wh.t Hayes and
K. A. Perrj were excused as jurors
for the term.
The State docket was taken up and
the following cases tried or disposed
of-. .
State vs Eb Finch, nol pros with
leave.
Stata us J. W. Pully continued.
State vs. Erastus .StaUirigicontin'
t under former ordfer.v
State vs R. Bergeron, discharged.
State vs J. W. Pearce, continued
under former order.
State and McKinne Bros, vs Isac
Harris, nol pros, prosecutors to pay
coats. ' ......
State vs L. R. Peterson, nol pros.
State vs Willie Kearney, noi pros,
with leave.
State vs Ham Debnaoo, assault,
not guilty. t
State vs Joe Neal, c. c. w., con
tinued and clerk ordered to f ore-
clo8 mortgage. -;' .-
State vs Ham Debnam, c. c. w.
submits, jug ment suspended on pay
ment of eosts.
State rs Percy Shaw, c. c. w;, de
fendant pleads guilty; $5 and costs.
State vs John Pippin, continued
under former order.
State vs Ressie Alston, larceny,
one year on roads. "
State vs Arthur Ruffin, larceny
defendant pleads guilty 18 months
on roads r .- J
State vs Wm. Moseley, assault,
pleads guilty, $25 and costs.
State vs E. T. Griffin, two cases,
By Clarence H. c,-Editor Progressive Farmerof Raleigh,
uie Most Widely Circulated Fam - : ;
: Baltimore and Atlanta. ' " : ?
I SPEAKS TO A LABGB CROWD IN
U 1? ;ain preparing TaerVsareiEally a- full and dispas
sionate review of the obiections made to Stata rvrnhihitinn in run-
na, but there is one matter about which 1 cini no- longer keej silent, and
wmch it may be as well that l must omit from my review, as I am lesain
clined to treat it dispassionately. v -
T I refer to the statement which liquor leaders have made over and over
again, in substance if notn wordsr
Makes a Strong Plca for Prohi
: oi tlon an k Predicts a BIc if-
;;Jorlty InlStateWllI not be
; Candldato Vor tJS. Senator;
K Governor JVB. Glenn filled his ap.
pointinent here- lift Monday T and
spoke to . larj crowd of people- la
the Opefi House! i" The -houte vu
full and 'qtds' '' number" could : not
"The strength of the liquor interests is in the country! We admit that 8 H'rf : " "Tj I "
prohibitionists will carry the towns, but we are going to sweep' thcTfii- 'TPice Chairman of the
you
ral districts.
We used to have the negro to stand by whiske v and ' save" it I proDition Campaign Committee,
in every election, but while we haven't got'the negro; any longer, we have ca? A"meetidg to order and altei
got the farmer and we are banking on him to take the negro's plaoe." ' 'nWngmfeirannomiocmentijhe stated
This is the claim, farmers of North Carolina, that the liquor men have tial MrVTt tt' Baffin had ben ,.; re
made, from the beginning of this campaign. What do you think 1 of it? ucte lqt1 the Governer.
w nat ot this studied and oft repeated insult that the farmers, tha intAlii! uuma came torward and- in
snag uxn good u doe liter; it dt-rnfC
depends and degrafe the boy by
r.iOYlIIG ; PEOPLE
in
OUT C?
And Those Who Cain and C?l
Scmo for Pleajarc, Soma fr-?
Bcsliicisaii4a L&rz Kczr--
ber Bccauso Thor lire It. :
dpt. vr. b. sitw.u OtXorj;
gent country people of North Carolina, belong body and soul te the ' whis- ew well'cajsea remarks presented
key sellers, and may be counted upon to step into the poor, ignorant, venal tno QTor to the Urge aadlence
negro's shoes as the 'great refuge and' stand-by of the liquor interests? . that gathered to hear him djicosa
For this reason, if for no other, the farmers ot the State should redou 106 S068011,!.0 M
ble and then redouble again, their efforts in behalf of prohibition. - Let the ttPP"ooat the minds of the people.
country vote be so decided, so over whelming, that never again will friends 1 ne l,OTenlV - received quite an
nm? liAl!nM t V. m.Taa J ' Z j.1 'm. 3 1 P . -i . . . i OVUtlOfl wHaaTia Truxa tn rLaV rA I - . .
ouu uucuugu yi wo ooiuuiuare uisuib wie Bburuy i arm era oi me uia iNorta I 7 ; " f atui in our micut lor tome Urn to
fitnta Kit anoti n unfl.A. ik'i:. ..L..J I ill" 't " I III fiLP.t- Jill lllTfYTI (T?l f " I 1 - . . . .
Kjvabc wj au.bu a touwuuu upuu li-lCU. uiauuuuu UUU. IU61T QODOr. I T e -v- " I 0009 qui WO XVOw 11 It W1L lOf US
It was the farmers of North Carolina who won immortal renown at I lasted or om nourmd fifty minutes, 1 to do our bt to atamn ihetn out sA
Mecklenburg Court House. fJt was the farmers of North Carolina whe he wt frequeqtly; applauded: by; the keep them as for from u at all tin m
gave to "Alamanee and ore's Creek and King'a Mountain their undying k'g number; who approved his m poatlble. .
iame. -it was tne tarmers.ot JSorth iJarolma largely in the Civil War who ' . I ... Let us use our forces tffaJatt this
lowirbg the moral iaflasnoe o! thejTHIHII EOVXiniiaS
( ?o tiy that man are going to driak
njway and the school may is wtH
get the money ti the moon-ihintt
and Uie hlind-tleri'does not atule
the question. " In tVe first plioe "men
art cot going to driak any waj; they
will drink only x their mcr Intel
fr trial mr.A KV1 l.t ' I
www, jQTAba votci oy reaoTraffl ' .
Umputicn.br enooun-incf rrrJc-l 15. uoasru ntoxr tjr
- r - - j. a . - -
tare industry and by miking the lar-l"713 T"11 to ci;Ucr.
rounding influenocs good. I 'S3- , r' V
. Intoxicants may ooatlnoe to Vel w. Umn iM ife. cf
sold In the state, unlnrfollf. even if- I-Jton, X iar tLek':
tAT firohinitlnn ! rirriw? mm A nVtl I heTi th)S VML
g- - w ' - ' - 1 WWMWII '
wm oe to some extent, tut that I Uu Minha Mica rtsm4 Ui
does not mike a tight, course wrong I week from a ruit c( fesrenl wedbv.
nor miae the work fauio, for the b-lto frkdi ta Flcnis.
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noence 01 tins work is good. The Mr. F. a SptxZI irrirl Si!cri:
Kw w iuo oomM 10 us ta propcruoa to attend coui aal his fa2y tl
m wu won iot ii ana eru ts rawatd f arrived ca . Moadiy. - They
ana lessened -in proportion u vf ntt i t. il
su.iu vwrampuoo. tsiiii- uicre rttsnus ta Kky Uvzsi.
L:,7J -v.; T . Miss Lilua Craisp, wha Us Ucct
-u4 Mwuw.0,e or prow LfT b .
foreotae Uoe, his rtUr&i aad wI'
taiay frknis ulsai a' Ltuty rcU
oome.
IBsbotlcf frkada
were lad ta:
won for North Carolina4he glory of beinfffirst at Bethel and last atv Ad, iMUovtmor, as nearly everyone drinkinc of whkksv is a htrtnV w '
pomattox." To say that the sons of such sires have now degenerated into ia thu opows, is one; of the Jdose the bir-rooms, if it gU Into 1 , 1 Hcr5?f
the willing slaves pi saloon-keepers and whiskey interests, and that they I njoaiproetuj spear
era in
the state, dispensary, doe thir. tf to abi. )?. " :
may be counted on to take te negroe's place as the tool and caCs paw of Md"he'did.xtfan to inataiahia re tiger fight it thwe, 'tf to the woods
these men this is a sndeiwhich,as their spokesman, I cannot too bit- ntAlion onis occasien. Whether try and drWe it out. Thsre is much
uwsiuiuooriBoi, ne u to be gotten from otrtlyi
uouau w.jpreiie nis earnestness Utririog for the right
mo; givrnim credit tor tne sincere
manner. in which he . discusses. , the
greitqueltlcnr
no- openea nt tpoecn oy saying
that when his term f office as Gov
terly deny nor appeal to them too strongly to hurl back at its originators.
A few months 'ago I Vtood on' the old battle-ground . at Lexington,
Mass., and saw theBtattie of the plgaghman there that marks the spot - .
Where once the, embattled-farmers stood ; :
To the farmers of North Carolina I would now appeal to repeat the
deed of their f eUows-in Massachusetts a hundred years ago and more. A
world-wide movement is now " on against intemperance .and
darkness. On the other side of earth the Celestial Empire
making a determined, heroic effort to shake off the galling chains
opium habit, one ftf the worst forms of intemperance. - In far-away Eng- against Senator Overman for U. S
land the growth of temperance sentiment is only less, pronounced than! Senator. This was heard with much
here. Lfcour own land, North, South, East and West are agitated as never pleasure by the friends of both ot
before. t these two men, as they were -almost
, But North Carolina, remember is the first State in the present tem-! I PJR these great .DemH
perance revival sto vote by ballot on prohibition. In allthe othr SEtes" would not be . eppoeed fto
the question has been decided by legislative act, and how vthe whiskey each other. V " - ' ,
interestSL-are claim in sr that North Carolina a vote will show .that tha uco I 1 uovernor wa civen a meal
ple, that; the .country, people, are . not -.behind this movement
leaders,-North Carolina, therefore, is- . the toach-atonax
eagerly awaited in. all parts of America, the reverberation
to Europe and . Cathay, and if our rural , population will
the utmost, it may belaid of North Cafolina in 1908
chuetts in.1775, that . , . ' ' weU as a great many
' , ".Here once the embattled farmers stood -The advocate of prohibition say
And fired the shot hear J, round the world." that the Governor's speech did the
..ocou iu 'iw iaiu.o Bu:uuivauv uiciuuio. tuo mar uiiu cicvuuu UiWius I : r
not only the occasion tor a crushing rebukelo the .most, violent recent
insult to the farmers of this (State, but it is also the supreme moral obpor
tunity offered trem in this generation.
Geo. S. Bixxa.
A Uoth la rj-CarmerrC--
Mb. norroii: Aa the
prohibition seems to
rtosnuy aootua a possess
M fcleno-CTstoer wita Hz F. !3L
5pTI)iTjiofi Coaaitl f th .
Ccnst'Iint, and will cik Us hoot
la Ilocky Moaat, (Hi ptrM t
gret to loet him as a
Mr. lTtr.AI!ifl itrdt wL'f tceogwy-
pin a T irty cl jo?cg .11
the .abject f W!agtoa CSrr tVxs tV. Tfety
its Dowers of I ernor expired, it wis-his intenUon'of fj v . 7" 7 . W V were Uh Old Ptdt Htt
of China is retiring to private f life, and 'stated " DsrU, Miry 0rf ;
chains of the that he would not be a candidate " ta to ,l m Tbomn, Wit AHta
the Timiui.
Tv hu whukty bit been a "taoih
in my own girmnt" and theiddr"
VTtZU Loev
Joe Pis roll
and Mit Ldt Gudotr, fcf Mioocl) .
Ttty vet tdTvtra Lut eVrsJbr
00 the lut train. Ia tUs crsntJaa
his stung m. so strong, (dituing oy di? fg tht KrT
deir wlte to se 10 much trouble.) OUcrr, wUch wis WtU hb
I don t think I ot any other goudmin Wnhfagtoa Wt-u Scaa.
should vote tn allow, the poiaoncras tor Orermia btrodu lUIW
. but exert iteelf to I O0Yraor know exactly bow tQ( tajl T.,, J Ji ti . i.t.1 " ' '
ft w6flU1 ? twos, f tUMr-7J"-"J . ' - . - : .
other (olke. ' . : 7 zn8i5oei r . rrxatna
J O TW
at nicrht with ehln hrt wn.r. I ""
, I m a . . -
bov was. And th.n ulk Wt Moaif, tbluhed at t wirk, X. J
boy was. And then talk to ne aboct
Hri Baker Gives His View.
rr-. . 1 .
cilUnffltliUoffawar libertr. whrnL neo
kroteloknthrUonoc. MinS conieapcrtrr, th. Ix Brined
Is it true that prohibition will hurt Wn ihr month' On Mn. I. IwMf a bg oae cf the imrm.
That they will prove themselves worthy sons of their sires when the! the echDols of the state by catting utl I if I vote against the sale or miaafio-rtaea du.Jee.cl u4 lu,
c c,
$15
w and a. d. w.
20
test comep, I have no doubt.
W. HoUmgs worth to, pay costs. ' and best kept books we haye ever
and oosts in one" ease
and costs in the other. ."
State vs Jake and Sam Jones,
toceny, not guilty. - . Chr&
State vs S.'A. L. Railway, running
weight trains on Sunday, guilty,
$500 and costs; appeal to Supreme
Court.
State vs Henry MortQn, perjury,
defendant enters a plea ot nole com!
"Mere, judgment suspended on pay
of costs. . '. t-;:i
State vs Will Shawarceny, pleads
ty, two years on roads, v ;:4 i;
State vs Hal StricUandussaulione
dq roads.
n .
otatevs Signa Banp
wien goods, not guilty.
&tate vs Rnznr ' Griffin. . w
pleads guilty, 6 mononJIM
State vs Wilhe Kearney "aiid I. H.
Kearney, scifa, judgment absolute.
tate vs L. It Peterson .and I.' H.
earney, scifa, judgmatute5
state vs Morris vJeahfoeip
mite; ten years in penltentkry.
fetate vs J. H. Wmiainaon
001 Jwtices Court for cndf5
v
rece
State ys Lonnie Jackson, larceny,
noi pros with-leave.. ,
State vs William Wilder arid
others, scifa, judgment absolute.
State ?vs Bignanx , Dnnston and
others, scifa!,; to be discharged, upon
payment of $25 and; costs. ' -IStete
vir. T.Holden and A . L;
inston, acifa, judgment absolute.
y Retrial of state Jdooket ) wai fin
Ished Wednesday evening, and 1 the
grand jury haying completed V their
work Was discharged, with the thanks
oie;'Cour is their
irt:S'f:;fe
LWe hive bassebV on all Bills giv.'
en hs in charge and have .transacted
all other business that has come ;to
our knowledge which it was our duty
vOurmmittee have' yisited: the
Home tor the Aged and Infirm 'and
indthesamefe
in a bytimd: findit in,
'ConffionMvfS
A We have visited the oicea ,of4he
Sheriffreasurtr,
examined.
Respectfully submitted,
J! D! Speed, Foreman '
' v " " ' - Grand Jury
vu v. j.c uuk iiuwu m i tare oi wntsKey, ana any oi my
the support ot the schools , from tU children or grand children fill by the
sale of liquor?, wayaide on account ot the staff, I cm
beemg no turtnet than the dollar raise my ere to God and sit. I bite
piisV:down in thisnray U wouloVserral dono all I could to voU it from ihx
uuc, uui wiav uuot gvuug xix enoujgii. i ... . JfnXXK JOTUXJL
The amount of tcxea ; a community!
ccrdisg to the lift cl Ixtcr Ola
la the Kew Ycflc Ilml. Tlk
oocapliaiiat ts wH deetrred and
the taste, note worthy , btosm Cm'
Loog Brirh lU-ccrd la the jvziijjuX
ot the duliu eneocriit!.. .The Ca-
tiaouoa which Mr. (XV hrspa trpc -
Tne cased on' the cevil- docket set
" 1 I . a a . . -
can use toils own advancement and ' A pntiiraH.B.
. - ' , v - welfare is. based epon iu productive- V f . - " god work of Mr. ltmicia li. ki-
for ThTirsday, , Lenisbtirgii to hive a new toUrJueyw . to.rVjv,
t. : : 1 t..-:.. uunuor: iqu m i rw i . ' . r tt. J .1 . 1 r ' Z -
iu.mu5 uwu wuuuuouw uuiwwiHi . v. - - . ' rpru,ina Air. ixsnry u. lajior, vu j r
uupwtu w .ug vuuko vwwtm I - . , - .. . . . . .- I W UX UUI. US Oil OpcnSQ S
.VeceM. bo i UVenr-nn ttai
-' I i; j , . - - .
will be taken up.
u A' trur bill'was found by the grand
jury .against-Joe lino! i James Smith,
charged with ldlling Henryw.Perry,
Prohibition Speakinsr.-.
Mesrs..T; W. Blckettnd ; BBtJ proportidn as these are strong.
Whte . JvwilTspeak to thef people at say that the sale of lvquor. builds', up
fFV10 or keeps up the school nntrue ;tor
upon f tiie subject i of Prohibitibri -on this buaweis beaxa downwards' always1
Sunday ; April 26th at i.lvUjM. ind therefore is in direct'' Opposition
Ryerybody,? to)t To have to buy the education
of -a ckUd.with the aotd of a maaVa
;0)anttXXr.r l-necuhir DroDostUon-f th dvll nut
". .., .. -.-
have laughed when, he ? floated this
tAifrtA. Vlkm em-atAr m .
.' - f . f I if ow: wigotia and boggWs modeled,
.ane uquor uaoo dos tM.t prepuce repaired, reprinted '.and -mido. new.
but consumes, that ia,mW ls ktl Mr.:Tsyfor isa fifu diss wwkmsa
that is helpful to rnan: ; Our schools jQ Xikm : eoc rrila.
owe uar existence, xo rorws Utet Pop!t upon thU new ea-
inatDearupwaras ana courwi niy in terprxw In Louisbarg.
To
ntot JusttceV Court affirmlfin
MrsIt, G, J usticej of. Chlrlotte, idea.and watched f men. ;ti to . it;
and Hiss Xary :J uatice, of ;.Franklir There is no need for money! to.; psu
ton, are visiting1 at ;Mrr.vW.ustiee over the saloon connUr on . Its, way
at'-'Elm't: Grove, isit milea - irora ta the school, the harm done In tha
vv- I first lcitiaca,mcie than' counurbil-
i . . i , - ....
; The Hew Schedule.
v Trains leave Locubarg , now as
follows: ;
' 7.50 ani X LSO i ti, and ' (LAO p.
m. illc'tttrntag ai D.tO, 1.' , and
ZJtO and ZA0 p, ta. Tho raiH clocks
at the port oGoe 10 mbotej lffs
Cie deprtare cf each tnia - - -
" Tay no 'm ore -aii i get the hot
glaicfromDr. S. "Iltj-pcrt -.si; tL
Looulur Hotel TccsJiy tsi VTcd.
nclay, AprU.2? irA , . , '
fir Uycod lis ynra. His rj"nsJi4--
ty.edUoriils raike burtiUr; tm& -
Ing every iflcrcoco, whitt lis Jadi "
meat ta the tmtri7ct ci r tUia tZ
tiira ccoiasoJLs tisx to aa trtz-ra
lag csrdle of rtixx. . Yfm ra-igw
stiad thai Wcapiicg dlTcis hire Wtt
xaideto Mr. BotUll KTini tl-ac.
by eooe of the ttrryiua jr i;cccr
WfcHu Locg Bnach wedd U earry
to lose Ha, It Is brriuUe that fc
shpll o wUcT tells b his cIho
ea pre f oa sea. , lie. hti r li-i tha
Lor.g Branch lltfcri ca ah' r liaa
a atrxiot te te W;I cf thxt thrive
lag ciiy oy the es. . .
It gircs the cf the Torn
cdbh pitutre t cie the rr-
wbch his U'.ilUz Mr.-.BUO.
He is a FnaU;a t-jlcj, is t-1
to a cl Dr. II 1L Dcll cat cf
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fa
m
irTi ur f:ar t!.a