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Trade Trade AT HOME AT HOME Always ! Always ! BY AL FAIRBROTHER AS TO LAWYERS To What Extent They Run the Courts. HEN, in commenting on the things which happen as the busy world spins round we have remarked that men representing some par ticular school or some particular interest were, rhap. allowed to go beyond the limits of their authority, we have occasionally been called by some member of the particular school or particular interest referred to. c print with pleasure, the following let ter from Colonel G. ".'Sam Bradshaw, of the local bar and of North Carolina. Mr. Brad haw is a lawyer and naturaly feels hurt, we take it. because we printed the extract which he copies in his letter. He sends us this: LAWVKRS CHASE THE COURTS AROUND A BIT. .,v. i n.,r i'm iir lias ordered a special term of court f,ir WilUts county to convene June 16 and to run two two The llW,v- ;.kf,l for it, because the docket was congested. Mid vet had the lawyers done their part there would iave 1 ten no congestion. The lawyers, knowing the e n,' iuanace to run the courts about as they please Vli. ii i; oiiit-s to postponing cases. The tax payer pays -.:. irii-ht - Kaily Kecord. Editor Everything: ...,! liui''n Shaw, ol ureensooro, win presiue. ioro. X. C. I'. ;ir sir: - ' Mu y ..f your 'friends in the legal profession feel that you aie n,.t always just in your references to the lawyers. The statement above quoted is manifestly undeserved and unjust, ami. I am persuaded, does jou aa injustice. In the .arkiing columns of the Durham Globe I met you twe:i:y-tivv years ago. With the zest and the enthusiasm of the small l"y who follows the circus -band I have fdl l. wcl ?n through', the intervening years. Wherever I iav- i un l your footprints I have been entertained and oftentimes li armed. At all times and in all places I have notfl a spirit of fairness running "like a thread of gold fA,v.--U all your "stuph." I am stlir following and read-; iug V 'U fi'.nv ilay to day with unabated zest, and I find that v ur pen touched by the mellowing hand of time has fufitiie.l and deals in gentler phrase. The heavy tax levied i.y these twenty-five years of struggle upon your r. -.:i; l. ns tended ' to sweeten your kindliness and to u i.ke y .11 i real and a kindlier lover of your fellow men. 1 must, therefore, believe that the above statement or referci;. e was unwittingly made. The ii vyers are without the power to "run the courts us tbey i.'.eas..." They are as completely under the con trol A the judge as the humblest litigant. Under our law th - judge Tuns the court." I do not mean to con-' tend that the lawyers when at fault should be exempt from their share of fair criticism, but I do contend that they . i...t ."chase the courts." The newspaper as a rule wit 'Ms ni-.r.-. -influence- with the average governor and the avei iu-e j : :'e than the lawyer. Your old pencil is more I-.'-.t than the voice of the average lawyer in riii- hi all other public matters. I note with pleas tre that y.rti try always to be just to your old friends la' k U . kefelier. I'.ui k Duke and Tom Ryan. I cannot e ni - ive that you mean to be less so to the lawyer who fears (i el ami takes his part. I am not pleading for the hiv.yer who ijiiits his profession, breaks into politics and pilars his picture on the front page of your "Album of s .i,-." 1 plead for justice for the lawyer who eschews he:,;, politics and' who modestly and faithfully devotes r.is life witli all 'of his em-rgeis to his noble profession. G. S. BRADSHAW. Hastening to assure Mr. Bradshaw that we have nothing in the world against the noble profession of which he is a member, we must remind him that in his profession, as in all organizations political parties, churches, and '".'communities' there are many spotted sheep. The lawyers are not wholly lost ; some of tntm arc among our best citizens some of tnem are our warmest triends, and we have nothin say, personally, concerning any of the Why we wrote what was written above is ea,sy to understand. It was not long ago in this county of Guilford that the bar associa tion relumed to make up a calendar because a certain judge was to sit and therefore there was nrj term of court when there should have en- -1 he lawyers in this case were running the court, or, rather kept the court from run-r'!n--- -r. Pradshaw recalls this incident no uoubt. Xot "very' long ago it was announced that the lawyers concluded they would have n civil term in Guilford and presto! there was no civil term. If that isn't the lawyers running the court, or, keeping the court from running ue would be delighted to have Mr "iUHMiaw miorm us what it is. J he average lawyer is all right. We insist upon this general proposition but we do also tnsist that many lawyers indulge in too much oul':'l' -zing. and brow-beating of witnesses ; some ot them roar and are insulting to inno- "l 1Tl"n on the witness stand, and to this we strenuously object, and think the court is run JV th- m, or it would call them down when they f;U exceed the rules of decorum and de cei" y- If it is Mr. Bradshaw's desire that we spccjfy vvc wiH be pleased to attempt details. his may be a matter of opinion, but we take n wi- have an undoubted right to offer sug gestion ' : -" ' he subject however, is concerning law ycrs Winning courts. In this state, and not necessarily in this county, we know where .yyers have postponed cases almost indefin itely regardless of the calendar and regard ess of the court, because they explained that finesses, "material witnesses," we believe is the vvord, were not ready. And in many ways tfle lawyer has things his way. Since receiv- SUBSCRIPTION fl.00 A TEAR, SINGLE COPY S CENTS guilford needs it A Sanitorium For Treatment Of T. B. Assured. INCE it has been urged that Guilford county needs a sanitor ium, exclusively for tuberculosis patients, it has been ; demon strated that tuberculosis patients who are rushed away to strange lands to be victimized by profes sional vultures who do abound in such places is against the patient ; that he is naturally despondent ; that he is stricken with nostalgia ; that his chances for recovery are lessened by reason of his isolation. And it has been further demonstrated that climate has very little to do with the disease. In the glorious climate of California each year tuberculosis develops and its victims are sent to other states. In the southwest thousands of men and women seek health and few of them find it. ; .;; : ; . . " . Therefore, with the brighter lights to guide us, it stands to reason that each county could with profit maintain its own sanitarium. The patient is practically at home ; expense is minimized; home-sickness is not to be fought, and we all know that the proper kind of living will put the Doodle Bug on the run. Guilford county can afford such a sani tarium. With characteristic enterprise they will not allow us to call it philanthrophy the ever helpful Cones of Greensboro propose to contribute $10,000 of the $30,000 needed to build such a sanitarium. The Kings Daugh ters have offered a site valued at $3,500 and Mr. John Dick, one time a victim of the dis ease, offers $250 in cash as his donation. With such a start it looks easy to complete the plans. '.. -v'... Tuberculosis can be cured. Laymen and professional propagandists have made the disease more terrible than it is. Rest, open windows, good food and a little nerve will rout it. And the place to get these things is at a sanitarium The people of the county should rally to a man and see that the sani tarium is built at once. ' - o- Good Enough. judge Charles M. Cooke who has been in a hospital for some time, sends the good news that he has about recovered and will take his place on the bench a week from Monday holding court in Raleigh. Judge Cooke is one of the old school gentlemen, and his many friends will rejoice to know that he has fully recovered. Right Now. - 1 his is the month when the old women used to get busy with their "yarbs" and their "syrups," and go out and dig up the sassafras root and mix it with something or other, and as night rolled her curtains down and pinned them with a star, caused the kidlette to drink a flagon or two of the "blood purifier." In these days these days of the eternal con flict with germs of low and high degree, we don't monkey much with the blood we pass up the old tonics and the golden past. How ever as each Spring Time comes with its elories of vernal bloom we cannot fail to feel anew the inspiration of the Boston poet who sang : ; V - : "- ' ( "O, sassafras, O, sassafras, Thou art the stuff for me! And inthe Spring, 1 love to sing. Sweet sassafras, of thee!" Whether the blood needs the dope or not, we know full well that such an effusion such courting of the Wall Eyed Muse furnishes to the intellect to the mind, a soothing syrup calculated to cause all grouch germs to take to tall timber. ;.!r Mr Bradshaw's letter a well known at torney of this city tells us he can give us a line of dope that would almost sustain our general charge. However we based our re marks on the two cases cited one of where thr bwvors noint blank refused to make a calendar for a judge and the other where they rnnr liidpd thev would hold no court. In cnPQUnn- nf this one lawyer of Greensboro said that had he been the judge he would have come and held court and disposed ot tne flnrt-pt insf thp same. : As to our boyhood friends and college chums you mention, 'tis true that now and then we stand up to defend them especially Wripn thev are assailed by the wind-jamming, foam-making, spell-binding, professional poli t;1 bwvprs. harraneuin? the "pee-pul" one especially whose voice has resounded this county, talking about putting one of these great constructionists in the "pcn-I-tentiary. fTnwpver. we have no more quarrel with lawyers than wtih any other class of men. We that if thev do things that nnrtc to he dplaved it is at the cost of all tax payers and all citizens, and it is proper to now and then, in a treinaiy way iu remmu them of their duty. Wow about n, aamr SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1916. is always liberal MR. CEASAR CONE, of Greensboro, ever helpful and alwavs to the front to do his part has lately become interested in the health condition of this section. After study ing the tuberculosis question he sees the need for a city sanitorium, and in order to show that he is in earnest proposes to give $10,000 towards its establishment if the county will give the additional $20,000 required. This is an act worth applauding. The men of Guilford who have money should not wait a day. The remaining $20,000 should be rais ed at once and we should have in this county a sanitorium to take care of those stricken with tuberculosis. It has been proven that the disease can be cured. It has been ascer tained that climate has little to do with it, and too many people die because they cannot get proper treatment. The sanitorium proposed would solve a great problem. Mr. Cone is to be complimented on his broad minded views and the people are to be congratulated be- cause sucn a nDerai sjnritea man is among our citizens. - -0- The Weaker Vessel. Those who oppose woman suffrage on the ground that woman is the weaker vessel, and should be satisfied with reigning as Queen of the Home are respectfully invited to study this item from a correspondent located at Ayden, North Carolina: While cutting stove wood to cook dinner. Mrs. Fred Bright, who lives in the Fork Swamp section, had the -misfortune to lose the sight of one eye. a piece of stove wood Hew up, piercing the lid and destroying the sight. Now of course the average man who insists that the woman's place is at home, will ex plain that she should not have attempted to cut wood. But the woman evidently felt that she must have dinner. Take thousands of wo men who are man's equal in intelligence, and his superior in morals, and when you read of them "reigning as Oueens of the Home" they are generally wrestling with pots and kettles in the kitchen helping hold the little family together. Woman is not the weaker vessel she is the equal of man whether in cutting enough wood to get din ner or furnishing the grammar as a steno grapher to her haughty employer. o : Glad Of It. We were glad to read that Lorimer was found not guilty. He was accused of wreck- in a bank, but it was proven that he really had nothing to do with it. Lorimer has been punished without cause. Taking him from the Senate was a frame-up cold blooded and political. The bank case took three months and a jury in thirty minutes turned him loose. Lorimer was elected to the United States senate by people opposed to another man. They spent great sums of money to defeat the objectionable character and because the money was spent without Lorimer's knowl edge he paid the penalty corruption being charged. After he was found not guilty the other day he announced that he would raise the money and pay back to depositors all they had lost. - William Lorimer has been a much persecuted man. -o- The Old, Old Story. Young Bradley, who goes to the roads for a year because he stole some money, writes a letter and warns young men against drink ing whiskey. There was a time when young men had to pass a dozen bar rooms a dozen times a day ; when the state and the city sanctioned whiskey drinking by giving whis key a license to do business. Then there was some excuse to throw the blame on the bi oad shoulders of Sir John Barleycorn. But in these d:ys when it is almost a crime to buy whiskey; when there are no saloons; when public sentiment is against drinking and temptation is largely removed, young men who go astray cannot excite the sympa thy they once could excite by romantically talking about "Wine, woman and song." However we hope that Bradley has awak ened. We regret it came too late to save him from the first offence. Perhaps he will come clean. And his warning should be heeded by other young men many- who are following his foot-steps in regard to illegal booze. ft j Ti " I -jff : - ON SALE AT THE NEWS STANDS AND ON TRAINS quart law again A Man, It Seems, Can Get All He Wants. ND SO it has been judicially de cided by our Supreme court Judge Clark dissenting, that the Sacred Quart stands not alone. We never suspected that it would come to this. The court holds, Judge Hoke speaking for a majority, that if a man sends to a mail order house for four quarts of likker he has a perfect right to receive the four quarts in one package. That we may not be mistaken let us quote the opinion as re ported by Walter Clark, Jr. He says: In State v. Little, Justice Hoke, for a majority of the court, decides that where the defendant brings into the State from South Carolina four quarts of liquor, intend ing one quart for his own use and one quart each for the use of thre other persons, he is not guilty of violating the prohibition laws of this State. Ue states that the liquor must be brought In separate packages, for if brought in one jug or oue package and distributed here, the defendant would be guilty. Chief Justice Clark dis sents, stating that it does not appear and besides it is immaterial whether the liquor was brought in oue pack age or four; that the statute forbids the briuging into this State of more than one quart, at any one time, for himself or other persons. , Now then. If this is the law why can't John Barleycorn again establish himself with headquarters on the public square? If a man can bring into the state more than one quart he can bring in a hundred quarts. What is the matter, under this decision, with John Doe or Richard Roe going from tavern to tavern as did Sir John Falstaff in years agone, and in each, tavern say: "Boys I am going to send out a mail order tonight how many do you want?" and the chorus that would greet his ears would be tremendous. It would take a stenographer to keep track of the orders. And the John Doe would send off his order and behold ! he would receive a freight train loaded with the liquid death and each one of those with the sublime thirst would come to the railroad yards and receive his package done a quart at a time. If this is now the law in North Carolina the jug business will again loom large. As wc understood it no person could receive oer a quart package from the express com pany. Each person must sign up and no per son could receive over a quart in two weeks. We copy the above from Mr. Clark who re ports these decisions as it appeared in the News and Observer. If this is right it is im portant and the law must be remedied at once. Because a gallon package will soon swell to a five gallon package and so on. In This World. In this world of woe; this world where all the big apples are on top where the pretty girls have the advantage of those not so good looking, and where men grown old wear whisker paint, it is always a struggle. Many of us curse the load we bear because it is made heavier by thoughtlessness on the part of others. Listen to this from the Lincolnton Times : We are sorry to find two or three of our readers a little wrought up because we had our representative send them a bill for their back subscriptions. Funny about some fellows and their bills. They go laughing and smiling as though to a wedding feast when they order something sent down "and charge it please" but when the innocent bill collector comes along they refuse to treat him with respect. He is guilt less. He simply is out trying to get a little cash to make things go, and because he asks you to come across you get mad and think the man is intruding. Not all of you but some of us. The man who owes an honest debt should never be offended when the bill is presented. He should treat a collector with cordiality, because the collector may be depending on his success to buy bread for his babies. The collector is not guilty of any wrong doing. The man who sent you the bill is within his rights you owe the money and you know you owe it, and why get a grouch and be mean about it? Suppose there is a mistake? Why not understand it is unintentional and go in a calm and peaceful manner and ex plain. Why rip and snort, swear and tear your hair and insist that you do not propose to stand for this sort of thing? Why get mad because you are asked to pay what you hon estly owe or what a man thinks you honestly owe? Why? Simply because you do not stop to think. Because you think it smart to go up in the air and frighten half to death a timid, innocent bill collector who never wronged you and wouldn't wrong you for the world. Old Henry In It. Henry Ford who wants peace at the price of a Ford machine has been sued by the Navy League for one hundred thousand cold and likely plunks. The League claims Henry has slandered it. This is some more of that pure reading matter advertisement, island position, not marked with signs. Henry is the best pure reading matter advertiser of the age. The newspapers do not get the coin but Henry gets the results. ESTABLISHED MAYt 1902. DISFRANCHISED Primary Law Leaves A Man No Chance. HE editor of this paper has been disfranchised because he told the truth. Under the new primary law a man, must tell the registrar his politics. If he is a free man, unshackled by the chains of a political party; if he dares to assume his inalienable right to think for himself and act for himself he cannot vote for his choice in North Carolina. The prim ary knocks him out. We explained how old we were ; where we came from ; where we lived and then was asked our politics. Happily we were proud to say that we owed allegiance to no poltical party. That God Almighty and the flag of our country was our only creed, and then we were in formed by Registrar Minor that we couldn't take part in the primary. In other words: We have been a resident of this state for some twenty-five years off and on and mostly on ; we have done as much as any other man to boost it, and to assist in its material growth ; we have tried to be a law abiding citizen, and have paid our taxes and bought property but because we dared to tell the truth to proudly say that we were independent in our politics we were at once disqualified as a voter. We would like to know, really and hon estly, what the true manhood of North Caro lina, that part not blinded by partisan politics, and the hope of pie, thinks of such an in famous proceeding. We .would like-to know-- how any party can justify such a law? We would like to know why a citizen cannot vote for his choice when the primary decides who shall run? It virtually says that you must stand up and be shackled. ou must sur render your independence ; you must do what the politicians tell you, or you can't express yourself. And if you do not want to sub scribe to the platform of some party and to day there are forty kinds of democrats and republicans, you cannot vote. You are put in the class with the nigger who couldn't locate his grandfather. In this state we have always believed it best to vote the democratic ticket in county and state elections, with a few exceptions. We supported Grover Cleveland for the presi dency because we believed him to be the big gest man of his time. We have twice sup ported Bryan in this state; we have support ed Brooks and Stedman and other democrats but have always reserved the right to vote for whomsoever we pleased. And it is, indeed, a pretty pass when a man. unless he swears allegiance to some political party; cannot vote for men of his choice to make laws to protect his person and his prop erty. It is, indeed, a pretty pass when a citizen is disqualified because he refuses to tell a he in order to enjoy the ballot. The democratic party and the republican party may think such a law a good one but so sure as a gun is iron one of these days the free thinking people will arise in their wrath and wipe out of existence such brazen meth ods. When you undertake to manacle and shackle a free born American citizen; drag him to the polls and tell him how he must vote you are going to find some opposition. The scheme may look good, but it isn't going to work, always. We would have been de lighted to have voted this year for Daught ridge; for Stedman; for Grimes; for Lacey for a whole crowd of mighty good fellows running but the law says you can't do it un less you belong to the "party." If that isn't the limit the most astounding exhibition of an attempt to make might right, then we don't know what it is. The night-riders of Kentucky the Red Shirts of North Carolina the White Cappers of Tennessee and the Ku Klux Klan of Kemper county, Mississippi, in their most palmy days never attempted anything more arrogant and high-handed. Perhaps we can get along without voting. Perhaps to disqualify us will make no differ ence but when the rights of citizenship are thus violated let us calmly ask Whither are we drifting? Pigs And Prosperity. North Carolina bankers are doing excel lent work in assisting the boy and the pig club. The live bankers proceed to buy a doz en pigs; give them to boys and tell them to raise pigs. The boys go to work. The in crease appears; the boys sell the pigs, start a bank account and one of these days the boys will be men of affairs and the live stocks industry will be increased an hundred fold. And all because the live bankers see that they can be useful in more ways than lending money. The Boys Pig Club is something that promises to be a great thing for many people-- -
Everything (Greensboro, N.C.)
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