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5c PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAR ■NTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THB POSTOFFICB AT TRYON, N. C- UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 THE mm MILT MfllEM The World's Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor. Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON. N. C., TUESDAY, JAN. 26, 1943 CURB REPORTER Weather Monday (a perfect spring day) ; high 75, low 49. Mon day was also my first day in court. I now can easily understand why I never could find out from any one what the judges said on open ing day of court. I remember once asking Judge Bobbit for a copy of his charge to the Grand Jury. He said he didn’t write it down. Mon day morning while trying to listen intently to what the judge was saying it was impossible to hear a fourth of it. People kept com ing in and out, talking to one an other, lawyers rattled papers, the swinging doors squeeked just about like static when you are trying to get something good on the radio. This column suggests courtesy to the judge, if not consideration for those who wSnt to hear him, that all persons, lawyers and court officials be re quired to keep their seats while the judge is making a speech, and not allow any people to enter the room during that time. If this be not possible then we suggest that a mimeographed copy of the judge’s charge to the jury be sent in advance to every man called to jury service. Ho would have a better understanding of his duties and would be able to take back home with him an intelli gent report of the judge’s mes sage. He could keep it with his valuable papers and it would in spire future generations with the Continued on Back Page Polk Superior Court Opened On Monday Polk County spring term of i Superior court opened Monday | morning at 10 o’clock in Columbus ! with Judge Felix Alley of Way nesville presiding, and Solicitor C. O. Ridings, representing the | state. I The grand jury was drawn as i follows: W. S. Green, foreman; F. D. Lawter, W. Belton Jackson, I S. Prince, H. G. Flynn, J. C. | Davidson, E. W. Barber, G. Harri ' son Bridgeman, J. M. Henderson, ! Willie H. Haynes, Zeb Kuyken dall, James E. Johnson, Hoyt Pack, Hugh Jack, D. F. Shields, T. P. Clarke, A. A. Atkins, W. E. McDade. In his charge to the grand jury, Judge Alley stressed the impor tance of the duties of the grand jury system in being a part of our American way of life which after all is the spirit of the Declar ation of Independence that ac knowledges that all men are creat ed equal. Among the lawyers attending the court were noted James E. Shipman of Hendersonville; Fred D. Hamrick, Sr., Fred D. Ham rick, Jr., W. W. Jones, M. L. Ed wards, and Senator Stover Dunna gan, all of Rutherford; E. B. Cloud and John Burgess of Co ' lumbus; M. R. McCown and J. T. j Arledge of Tryon. ! A large number of cases were | hurriedly disposed of in the I morning session by defendants pleading guilty and asking for mercy of the court. A number of defendants and witnesses? were in the army and their cases could not be tried.
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