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terrible crime in which Jesse Pome-j to j, a lad of 14 year* of tie, mur dered t*o little children. The crime! was a particularly atrocious one, bo brutal ? Ad horrible that the boy was sentenced to solitary confinement tor lift. * - ? ? ' ?" * The case is now brought to notice through an application made now by the may of 49 yea re to be allowed to work and mingle with the other pris oners in the Cbarleetown. Mass., pen itentiary in which he is confined. The Baltimore Sun says: ? "For thirty-five years, more than a generation, this prisoner haqftoeen denied all Intercourse with his kind. If he spoke a word to one who pasted hie celU the persoh addressed wen* not hoar the sound at a human voice, his flftjala being fent to him through an opening In "the grating of his cdL "H. Is difficult to understand how a child of 14 years could be con sciously guilty of s crime that deeerr ?d such punishment as this. It would seem that one who did as he did must be {responsible or mentally snd mor ally abnormal. In either case he should hare been treated according ly. Nowadays science snd mercy wontd deal with such a ease differ ently from the msnner In which the law dealt with this boy of 14 thirty five years Ago. "The constitution of tjje United 8tates and d qubtless those of near ly all of the states of the Union protect citizens from cruel and un usual punishments. If Jesse Pome roy has ndt been subjected, to cruel and unusual punishment, then the tern is ateanlnglAr To ahve been burned at the suite, or broken on the wheel, or ton(^apert by wild horses and so to have made an end to it qt opce, been gen tle Zoerejr compared with the punish ment thlt prisoner baa. endured.. Sol itary confinement in absolute, idle ness,. without even, the companion ship of a brAte beast, without human aympathyv without jfWe, with' no oc cupation for Mad or hands, for SB years, covering the greater part of childhood, the whohMpttfod of youth and middle life! The Imagination is staggered In contemplating such pro longed 'agony and despair. "The legislative cemmtttae were the only persons who had a legal right to speak to this prisoner, and to theat ha made file petition. He pleaded ?or liberty and psrdon. He had forgotten how to hope for them, fllvsdrd fir the blesa ed privilege of occupation, ?< h.i d labor Rmonxtb, o?h^r, cooTtett, of IW ptiKMI." : < 8?cb'U the theme of the Sherlock H6tmn complete detective atory to ttj-Ctren. la booklet form, free, wltji cop(?H_o? next Stmdajr'a New Tqrk World. Thtfae who tare heeo reading the preceding .torlee of this (eaclnatlnK aeries being glvea with the Sunday World will sorely get this on* and the eight others to follow, a com plete narrative each week for eight -consecutive Sundajra. You will remember Sherlock Holmes 'as the great detective char-: ?icter made famous the world over 4>y the great English author. Sfr A. I Cohan Doyle. These are his newest and best stories. Order your Sunday ; World in advance. fCv < A DR. P. W. COVINGTON TO FIGHT HOOKWORM IMSHJUSp :-s Dr. P. W- Covingtori. of Rocking ham, has given up bit private prac tice to auume the duties of District Director of the campaign against bookworm disease. PoeUt Cfrvtog ton it to be congratulated on receiv ing this Important appointment, and on baling t?e opportunity for ing hit valuable work orar a largo territory. Ha, like the other three district directory already In the work In the state, is well fitted to fill hit office. He received hit academic edu cation at Davidson Colleg^. and hla medical . education at the Unlvertity of North Carolina and the University of Maryland. After serving as hospital reside physician for one year be located i Rockingham. There he ,bas built up a splendid practice, has held Import ant medical appointments, and wo? the esteem of til* country at targe^ The three physicians already hold ing positions as district directors are doctors B. W. Page. C. F. Strosnlder ^nd C.-*L. Prldgen. These, with Dr. J no. Ferrell, the state director if. the campaign, make four phytl clant giving tbelr entire time to the bookworm campaign. Besides the physicians there ire six microscope hits In the laboratory of Hyblene at Raleigh devoting* tbelr entire tllne to making the examinations for the hookwpnn infection. ? Since the beginning of the palgn.joore thafi 20,000 people In the* state have availed. themselves of the opportunity for' having free examin atlont made for the disease. Approx imately one-third of them have shown infection. The rapid progress made Iri. educating the people on the e ind ication of the disease and generaf [t^tiltstion and. their splendid retpoMe point to the ultimate eradication of kbit and allied dltjaa*. The work j.era thou Id fcave the hearty co-oper ation of every cltisen. ! ram inula , Washington People Sboeld Leant to] Kid Hp s ?ml, to M. J Edmlaton Mr' Jan uary Jtb. 1W4. recorded In Boo* II. page 611. merit of Beaufort COOB *4tb: A tract ka Ml u the iSilec ttaee. .Beginning on the Fe? Rldw Public Road, at the 8. W. corner of the Edralston mace or Old Ilarref Place running duo E along tbo soutft. eVmoat line of said place to tfce fork or iwaap Held ditch; thence 8 alone the said, ditch and the Baiters Ftorfc of l/pper Dower y Creek! thence N and W. along the meandering! at ?aid creek to Jonea* creek or W. fork ot Upper Dowery Craffc; thence Wy along Jones' Creek or W fork. of Up per Dower? Creek to where the aald land, adjoins the Wm \VIIkln#n or old ljiban Wllkluon land; thence \v along the latter to Pun no Chapel land: thence W. along the latter to Pea Rldga Public Road; thence N along Pea Ridge Pnbllr JE^pad to plsca of beginning, containing 1I? acres more or lass, being name land conveyed by Caleb F. Clark and wife to M. J. Edmlston March 4th. 1S70 Book 16. Page 489 and conveyed by M. J. Bdmlston and huebadd Feb. 19. 1*74 to Oeo. W Bible.' Baok 40, page 571. and CO???Tad by (Jao W. Bible to George F. Edmlston, Jan. loth 1876. BoSk 42, page-Jll-4. aU of record! of Beau/ort county and than Inherited kg M. J Kdml.ton, kptbeirtrom said Oeo. p. F.dmlston. ? *tk: A triet known as the Old Barsey Plaoa and the , Old Darts plaee: beginning at Ue B. W cotW ot Pea Ridge Public Road, the Waab togton and Tyeeehvllfe Public road, thence E along WashlnKtoa* Leech vllle Public Road to Teller Martin'. Dean Iwlfl m* twc~k. -Mofccatlon la oil IkUw" l? tlx beat pVeot tor ererydaj life Tbera H a rwJ atoty about Dm Swift (the Ttlni of knr a laM cook *na daj oremaataft Mtton Hot dinner, and la aba wiM ?anunoiad to . "poo*.- nid !ba blamed M* waiting for btm or elM it* tnrprlae retarr toM finished xrr > .la ? ' . WLatwor TDltlg?toM <b? rrr,^ or In tto hnpplnew. of otb^r. \n ? t' ".Wb#t wuj la at .ontence die .hf hm.pln?. of o.Drt. Hi aJ Ju?t -rlter** ?*go<xlnw<. ati'J u hii? ?rar lu.ltirr-" ? --l-tj- at lane or .. iry ltxHrMm.1 It, lit I- >1 "Tltortiei ?' I.I Wnllj- <1 tie *ll?ul4 not im.rr.-i Tltlit a dim rr|lli.m( ?* reason mm- linl "i u" -71 flticp. I I? 4 1 FARMER'S WIFE mptwr w fln. Shepherd was h Bad Wbca She CmMIM Sttnd ? CHOICE
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