DOBSON COURT
Up Mack mi Gaartb
WANT MOURNING BORDER
ON COURT HOUSE REMOVED
la time to leawa for
4sg. Ths trial of
•fflk
of Mn. Gab* McCrtw wa»
for trial tho first of the m«k bat
mm of W. W. Carter,
for tho defendant, tho
permitted a continuous# until
waa scheduled to bo triad Monday
bat tho 4ay dragged by without tha
«aae befog called Wblttington is io
dfotod for killing hi. father-in-law by
striking Mm over the head with a
hour* later. He was lodged ia Jail
of the hearing about
- ago bat the court has al
him Ms freedom under a bend
of ttJM.
df'uktaT'NpCh
liquor. TIm officer*
ht them bringing Into EIMn la
' ear a 5-gaIloa can full of liquor
Titty did aot go on tha (toad bat
left it up to their attorney ta plead
gailty to the court for mercy oa their
l of the boys'
that they
did not aee whiskey B
nptod the n maading
ai he was inttrwtfd in
at tha eaaa and II
JU A. J-l-t, 11
did not arm* liquor .
It, what were they doing with <hra
aa to where they could
i found aaeh a large supply. Tha
, -J it. Ll-i ' -
i WM wzx open tno tae nine fivtn
to tha hoym that they had bettor give
aaatt aatiafactory explanation aa to
haw they came to >imi« the liquor
or they could expect vary little aer
cy at the handa of the court.
The Bowman family of Mount Ahry
had their day la court and all re-'
eehred road (ententes. Theae cam
weat up oa appeals from the Bat or d
ert Court where coarlctloas ware
aaaared against them for dealing la
Hqaor Hugh must serre 18 months
oa the roads, Moir six months aad
Baaaie six months. Hattia Bowaaan
with vagrancy aa aha was able to aat
M had a meana of
i. a. Epper*on paid the co»t in hb
triad and eoarictod In the Recorder'*
Coart Hvml month* t|« far rtm
ikv orrr a child fat front af tka
North Main aehool, and pthMIr In
juring It. Eye witnaaaaa to the ac
cUmt vara of dlffweat opinions u
to how tha accident Mnmd and the
atato allowed him to pay tha coat
Frial Vernon, of thla city, find* aar
aral road aeatencee hanging o*ar
Ma. Several month* aro ha wa*
aawfctod hi tha Baeordat'a Court far
thereafter he wa* caught at Mi eld
gaaw and Jndge Lewetlyn placed die
tonaar aentence of It montha on the
mat Into effect, fna thU ha ap
pealed to the Doheoa court aad want
ad a Jury trial, hat thla th* Jadga
denied him oa tha giaaada that ha
had accepted th* aa*p»a<»< aentence
hack reader, aad ee the eaa* wa* ap
pealed to tka hpnai aoiuL b the
naafhaa the effleen had aaearad
for thras fears and Am Hut ha has
Um a I «*tW »a m!
>ppmM to Mm wkm b pi—d
Hiihy and waa fined 978 u4 the coat.
Elfht Months a«o Jim Hawks was
convicted hi tha Recorder's Court for
M-lllnc liquor and liven eif ht Months
on tha roads. From tWs sentanea ha
appealed to Dohaan, and haiac un
ahla to lira boad has baan rapoahig
in jail all that tiase waitin* far his
trial. For economy's safes, sa Soli
ritor Gravaa erpreaaed it, a pol proa
was taken and ha was allowad to pi
im case m anocn waoo cnarged
with being drunk and disorderly «m
disposed of by Ilia paying • fine of,
<75 and the coat, including the mat
of tha court sending • doctor to da-'
tarmina Us physical condition. Wabb
■ant to tha eoort • doctor*! certifl
rata that ha »w unable to atton<?
to buaineea, which urtlflfta did not
orove satisfactory. TV court order
ed tha haalth officer to accompany
an officer and bring him into court
if his coalition wma not precarioua.
In additioa to the fine be ta to ap
pear at each April aad Oatobsr court
for two years aad show that ha has
besa of food behavior and that he ha <
carder's court, plead guilty at Dafc
110®. For a like offenae Ttaey BO
lines waa asat to Jafl far M days.
The outcome of Major Hodge's case
evidently leads a ray ai hope to thaee
defendants who haws beaa mtiTitled
in Judge LeweDyn's court aad ap-'
pealed their xaae to Dwbaaa. b most
<>f the instances the defendant* plead
guilty when they arrive ia the Su
perior Court, bat Dot so with Major.
He had beea ffeea a Jafl ssatencs
for being druak aad diaotderly aad
at Dobaon he calhd for a Jury trial
and, lo aad heboid! he waa acquitted.
In an effort to be acquitted at the
hands of the Jqry far driving a ear
while intoxicated H. F. Gwyn, of the
city, found htoiaelf aa tangled ap
that he had to accept $60 flae aad ha
taxed with tha coat. He was coavict
ed in the Roc order's Court aad took
the usual appeal to Dohaoa. The of
ficers arraated hha ea Sooth street
ta a druaksa aondttioa soon after
he drove up to the sidewalk to his
car. Gwyn triad to show that he was
not guilty of driving while druak
aad told how he had gottea oat of
his car, goaa around behtod a bill
board, token a couple of driaka aad
was arrseted before he riarhsd his
car, aad therefore he eras net guilty
of tha charge. At thia Juncture Hie
Honor iaterferred with the pretaed
iagn aad stated that tha defendant
had convicted himaelf of violatiag
the prohibition laws by his owa tea- j
timeay. His Hoaor quoted freas tha
law books: It h a violation of the
law to pcssisi liquor. Posseeaian of
liquor Inclodee takiag a drink froan
a bottle, etoa where tha bottle Is'
handed Hi-fr to another peraoa after
taking the drink." And ao ha was
fined IM aad the ceat for stag
liquor, fat this aa la aaaay ether
caaee the dafeadant could net satisfy |
tha court from whom he secured tha
liquor.
*. W. uantey. a w*ll
•" of the Ararat aactfao,
Ttftod of tha slaiMlar af
woman of Ma
h»r*H that Danlry had
•pan Um rHarartor of a
"4 a natara that ft
H WM
to ten
^9 So*
tlrely oat of keeping with today'•
modorntjrpa of Hring, mm! that such
* •"nation to entirely as fit far tfcaaa
unfortunates that time, iIIhihi and
proridanca haa toft te oar ear*.
Thwfnw wo recommend that mora
;iuartor* bo provide* tor thai
Ky additional roosaa to tha
building for tha f .
ten for tho keeper, thus allowing tha
present room now oaed hy tho lupvr -
intemtont to become quarters for tho
inmatoa of thl« institution. which
would give thorn fhro additional
rooms.
2nd. Wo find that soma of the
of woodan structure or atorv
or hoses of wooden hoards.
We tecommend that they ha disposed
nf and pots or hods of iron ha inetaO
"d in their stead, thereby adding
rraatly tn their sanitation especially
nit regards to vermin, tows, ate.
3rd. That quite a tot if not all of
the hod clothing appsars to ha prme
ticailv worn oat. We
new bedding ha aa
more especially tot
mind enough to uroperly
for
«n. Tnat mm» of the
rary dirty eepecially <m tMr
This ahoald He looked
rloaely and that they kt
in conduaion mIMtl
*11 well MtWM with
rot Mfordtd (Inhr bjr
keeper. Mr. Markm, ami we wiah to
rompliment hi* in the rery hi
Mat of the bol^lSaira wuh
0. B. Webb, D. C. BMwr. f M. Kor
ima. Com mitt**
ea CM'i Omw
We the wil.frif.i aafeafttoa of
the Grand Jury to inapact the dark
irf the Ibpenar Cmirt of lee report
th»t|*e find^eid Cterk'e xfflee Cpt
SSTta pro
John ft Gwyn, 8. 8. Lambert, J. D.
'% Ce
We the Grand Jury aa inatrurted
by the Jodre of April Term Surry
Superior Court vfaitod the Jail to a
body and 1** laawa to aobaait the fal
lowing report:
' let. That a drain pip* from kitch
en sink ha rrnanfcii and Anttoed a
reasonable diatanee from the Mldiar
M That a new roof ha put ea
hvUdto* at cm aa w« were inform
ed by the keeper that the pint cue
in eeveral plaew and be haa to
bocketa, etc.. under tha
Srd. That H ha renttered and
ronnaetad with drain pipee at groand
and drained auffioient dietoace from
build in*.
4th. That the floor, bacaoae of
lack of ventilation underneath and
weijrht of eella, haa given away in
juria* partition! in building and ren
» dangemua to the live* of
the inmatea. he replaced at once. The
and f^.
•***ur** ^CuSZ
*0
»
weight urom hU anklea. Mora*!* of
food, fop*, ekiaala and Iwwm. car
ried «• Mm diirint the early day* of
hi* entrapment ni foond hy Ma aid*.
It «m the work of bat a abort time
to (Int away thia dobria, and aoon
nftrrwarda the miner* had dtaggod
the body U> aafoty at the foot of the
TiMir nfTWtt l)Mt 111 mater by only |
• few minute*, for shortly
hody had (Men withdrawn th« lateral |
whvre they had bam working
whara tha cave nptenr (Had, ...
caved in and attd 1M feat ha-1
t* a dark pit TMa
Collin*' remark* te
who crawled to him in tha early day*
wmb behind bin
Tha body, according taV.E:
Central City. Ky.. engineer to
aI tha work, waa to
hapt *o bj
iy will ti. to state for a tow day*!
at tha Baptist ehurth here and than. |
to fnmpHiar* with tha original wk
a* of the aged father Lee Collina.
and Floy*, brothers, it w01 be
on * hill above Cryatal Cava.
•Terr discovered by CoHina.
Collins lost his Hfe while explor
ing Sand Cava, hopfar to ftad baa
tiful cava format ipsa which would j
attract tourists. It was while retur
iag from a trip into the pit to which I
part of the lateral fell y eater day that |
a boulder feD aad caught him.
SENATOR WHEELER AC
QUITTED"
Frmmd of,
Chart** of UalawfaUy
Using Hia lWlmamea
Great Falls, Most, Apr!
ator Burton K. Wheeler ws
tod of a charge of mhfh
hia influence aa 8aaator bafare
Department of the Intsrtor by a Jury]
in Federal Court hare tonight 11m '
jury waa out but three to
hW^prftUl4Jld'to'btrth to"l,J '
Wheeler of a daughter to
Ria
of the
wh«c* ha started
aga, a«i said he ftet tt tos
• particularly heinou* offenae. Tha
criminal* wwt dclibtrtU In nttitf j
out to slay a couple of prohibition en
forcement officers ami thejr were
brutal fat their ■ rthiiJ of killiBff tha
two MB. Tha fact thai offleara of
tha law wan alain .weighed greatly
with the governor. While the facta
wa» "in a tilting
to (lay
He dkL
re
There la an aaeociation Ja North I
Carolina which was organised far tha
purpoee of putting on aa orgaaisad
campaign to aacure the passage of a
law wiping capital punishment off the
books. Dr. Oecar Haywood, once a
prominent New York eraageliot
with a Calvary church connection—
and W. T. Boat well
kn
•ft* the! M off |
Stanbury. who wrote the
there la aa excuse for capital poa-|
'eel ttut another
r out the law ought to he |
I tK SATS DO AWAY
WITH DEATH
in
br him
A. Rtanborjr,
minister at Raleigh, who
the execution of Um Ste
flrat he had wltnsaaad, a
barbarous, owl and onJuaHflad."
A hoi it W of the (latWe chair to •
matter for tha (nwral assembly, the
'iKutivi reminded, tort ho araa firm
ly of the conviction, despita tha hk.~ -
fa) responsibility of deciding tha tJm
of condemned man, that It would to
unwise to abandon the death
Ha had before him tor
'ion the cases of thraa negrr a aw
of death. Last weak ha i
to art wfth finality hi 1
ease, hi aoa of tha m
hafora him today that at
Evans, Nash county negro whoaa ea
ten aet for May 1,
Rodman,
day of next
Fesperman, sen of Chief Vic P.
perm an, of the
lice.
The letter at Mr.
pastor of Raleigh**
church, submitted a
rnent of the death penalty, ft
received by Governor
"If the stark
of that seen# could ha
the Htfeenehip of the state,"
Mr. Staabary, who toa ghrsa |
irtions to the
"that Mcrotioo would be
Msti wonU
lawa aad bring them mora to accord
with modern cMHaatkni, not to aay
chriatton principle*. The
of the criminals would to
dplfcse am