V Mm court entered upon >u i aeeood *Mk Monday ad »tfll had a V large criminal docket vo diapoae at. 4 W» Grave*. Ma of the Solicitae la . inomailiig thie »wk, oa iwwal of Ma father being called to Rockingham to hold a epacial tana. Tba docket ta ' that county had bMocaa m oongaatad k. that a epecial tana of criminal aMI R waa callad which waa found to aoaflfat f< with Mr. Graree' work in thia county Thia court ia notable for the ■mall . number of eaaaa tha Jury,la beta* callad upon to decide. The flrat weak of the court it waa called upon to decide only two or three eaaaa, moat of tha defendant* prtfering to plead rultty and bee the mercy of the court. , Sentence waa paaaad on John Grey, colored man of Elk in, who laat weak plead guilty to 2nd degree burglary. The Judge aentaneed him to 10 yean in the penitentiary. Robt. Wood entered a plea to tha charge of (ailing liquor and moat aerre tlx raontha on the road. Harden Bran nock, who Uvea at tha top of the Blue Ridge, waa before the ■ court and plead guilty to carrying a piatol He waa fined 1100 and the coat. The Judge told him he would man would Uring the pistol Into court and fire it up. Up to last reports this, however, had not been done. This same proposition was made to a young man last court who was fined for like offenie, and neither did he ever eome up with his pistol and get the $60 for it. Just why these people had rather keep their old pistol* rather than get 160 for them by tam ing: them over to the court is one of the mysteries of this dsy. H. L. White paid a 160 fine for carrying a pistol. The weapon on this occasion was captured by the officers and the Judge HWd the. Sher iff to break it up into small pieces and exhibit in open court which was dona one morning. It was proven against Ingle Goad that he sold a half pint of liquor to a minor—six months on the roads, too. Ernest Jenkins piead guilty to the larceny of a fine pistol. Jenkins' uncle is depot agent at Butch station where a 45 Colt's automatic is kept by the agent, which the boy stole one day when opportunity presented itaelf. Following a lecture to the boy by the Judge, sentence was suspended upon payment of the cost and his future good behavior. ' Elbert Bottomly and Charlie Sim mons. of Galax, plead guilty to the larceny of an automobile frooi the Mount Airy Dr*g Ce. a few w—ki ago. Sentence has not been passed. The young men are in Jail. Roby Barnes got on a big spree | M>ne weeks ago and drove his car through the town of Dobson in such a reckless manner that he got himself mixed up in the courts. TTiis was one of the few jury trials of this court and guilty was the verdict. Judge Harding has little sympathy for the fellow who tanks up and then geta out | on the highway with aa automobile endangering the livea of everyone who comes in contact with him. Twelve months on the roads was as light a sentence as the Judge would consider in a case like this. Johnny Snow plead guilty in three caaes to havirg liquor in his posses sion for the purpose of sale. Snow is the son-in-law*of W. A. ("Billie") Hawks of Lambsburg, Va. Sentence has not been pronounced and Snow is being held In jail by the judge until h« decides upon the sentences. • -Oscar Cook followed the course of *11 the others in pleading guilty to retailing liquor. Sentence has been -nrithheld. onaiui, WHIIDU uv; wiiu u>m j near Mount Airy, to in jail waiting for sentence for carrying too moeh liquor around on hto mule. The offi cers intercepted Nat one night riding mule back and attempted to atop him fcnt without succees. They did succeed however in dragging a sack •oontatntng several Jug* of liquor from the back of Nat's mule, while Nat and Mr mule changed their course down through the woods, leaving the road for the officers. Nat to in Jail await tag his sentence. The case against Tom Marshall was heard last week, he pleading guilty to the charge of larceny and store breaking. Marshall was charg ed Jointly with Grayson Banner wKh breaking into the store in this .city formerly owned by I. W. West, and stealing considerable quantities of morphine and cocaine. Marshall toek the stand and told hto story of (he affair. He said that he and Ban ner ««•« both dope users and that Banner told him how he could break • into the drug (tore of Mr. Wart and get all the dope they wanted and have plenty to eell at a big price. On two different occasions they succeed ed in prying open a window in the back of the drag store and supplying themselves. Marshall eays that they were to divide the dope equally bat on the first o tension Banner give Mm enly two bottles of morphine tablets and CMO in money aa hto sham of the loot. The second time he gol abort one third of the mirpMni and IN hi money. He told hew Basnet wailed oo th« ouukU of the ■tor* whit* h* went in ud found the |Mlk Mr. Wart told the wl that they had stolen on the two oacaatona about $000.00 woifk of morphine pad co caine Ha said that at tha price dope dealer* are repated to aatl H that what they had (token froa Ma store I vooM Ww them inond •I .000.00. Nona of tha medicine waa erer mo»ewd for It waa wufci after the theft helot* they were apprehend ad. Tha Judge haa not jmaitid any aentanca on Marshall, saying ha wanted to think over this eaae. Be said If it waa a eaaa of plain stealing he would know what to do, hot ha realised that one addicted to dope was more to be pKtied than blamed, for the oae of theae drags always brought oat the bad that la in a man. Banner la at liberty under a $1,000 bond and was not in court. Johnny Snow plead gailty in three cases of baring liquor In his poseea sion for the purpoae of tale. Snow is a son-in-law of W. A. Hawka, of Lambsburg, Vs., and la now in jail. He was sentenced to the road* for 12 months. Srbron Strange and Charley Jeaaup were placed in Jail fht« week waiting to be carried to the carepa. Strange wan convicted about two yeara ago for retailing, but sentence waa suspended on his good behavior. Before another court had come around he waa caught selling liquor again and the Judge at court last fall sent him to the roads for 12 months from which sentence he appealed to the Supreme Court. Charley Je4aup waa convicted and lent to the penitentiary some time ago for 14 months charged with the death of 0. N. Swan son laat summer when he ran into him on the public road with his automobile. It was claimed that Jeaaup was drinking at the time and driving his car in a reckless manner. He appealed hia case to the Supreme Court also. Both Strange and Jeaaup lost their appeals in decisions handed down about two weeks ago and the Judge this week ordered the former sentence of the court put into effect The case of C. W. Williams charged with an assault «rith a deadly weapon was settled soon after it started by Mr. Williams paying the cost in the action. Mr. Williams was superin tendent of Mountain Park school at the time this action was started. The trouble had ita beginning when he at tempted uf correct a boy who was attending his school. The young fellow was an orphan and had been sent to this school by his brothers who stated to Mr. Williams that be wenty perhaps hare to deal, firmly with the boy. The boy had not been there long before he and his teacher had trouble. When Mr. Williams at tempted to puniah the boy he resisted and fought back. During the time Mr. Williams called in some of the other boy students to assist him. As the result of this the boy enlisted the aid of some of the neighbors and had warrants issued for Mr. Williams, and also the students who helped to punish him, for an aaaault. Following this trouble Mr. Williams immediately placed the boy in an automobile and brought him to Dobson and turned him over to J. A. Jackao^ the Juven ile judge. After the evidence was all in the Judge ruled that Mr. William* had been within his rights in the punishment he inflicted on the boy at the school He however stated that a technical aaaault had been commit ted on the boy by Mr. Williams when ha brought him to Dobson against hia will as this power ia vested only in an officer. And ao Mr. Williama waa acquitted of the charge of an aaaault on the boy when ha whipped him, but was taxed with the cost for a simple aaaault on him for bringing him to Dobson against his will. The Judge gave the boy • little lecture, telling him that if he did not change his way he was destined to travel a rough and rocky road in this world. Mr. Wil liams waa defended by W. L. Reece and W. F. Carter, while some of the people of the Mountain Park section employed H. H. Barker and R. C. Freeman to aaaiat in the prosecution. Mra. Ethel Bauldwin Dead Mrs. Ethel Bauldwin wife of Robert B. Bauldwin died at heir home April 23rd after an illneu lasting two montha. Mr*. Bauldwin was twenty five yean of age, and a loyal and comiatant member of Oak Grave Method lit church. She is survtvad by her husband and a little seven year old daughter. She was a daughter of Mr. and Hn. Wm. Shelton of the Quarry section. The funeral was conducted by her | pastor Rev. G. W. Williams. The primary eoouaencement was hold in the Roclcford street school building Friday evening The teach ers and chtldrsn deserve a great deal of credit for the excellent program of songs, recitations drills, etc. \ A pageant, "The Coming of June" and an operetta "The Trundle Bed" directed by Mies Seay were eapeeially beautifal, the parents having provid ed beautiful costume, for the little folks. C«irtral M»Ai fwt fwilil psaSE F'rvpert* of C m* 4a the south : D. G. 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