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o ftaffrantlv violated; he urged
that the jurymen look after the
enforcement of this law. ne
also dwelt upon the crime of set
ting out fires without notice be
ing given to adjoining property
owners.
The Grand Jury as empannelted
and who will serve for 6 months,
consists of:
Cokm O'Brien A Z Williams
T H Rowan f'man Guy Wibb
E M Frazier M L Linker
W A McDonald L W P Webb
W D Hudson H S Haty
L S Covington Beal Davis
W E McNair W H White
A M Waddill A D WWiams
1 I. Mears B. T. Steene
Solicitor M. W. Nash at once
entered upon the docket of cases
and it has been years since
more actual work was turned out
in a Court here. The machinery
worked smoothly, and the Judge
hastened matters without appear
ing to be unduly doing so. When
Court adjourned at 5:30 Monday
afternoon, a big hole had been
eaten in the docket, and adjourn
ment was taken to 9 o'clock
Tuesday morning instead of the
customary 9:30.
The cases handled during the
day Monday were:
State vs Dan McRae, colored.
D? i was charged with gambling,
but failed to show -up at a pre
vious Court when his fellows
submitted. However, Judge
Webb let him off on payment of
a fine of $15 and costs, this be
ing the same as was imposed last
vear upon the others-
State vs Will Perryman; white
man; waives bill and pleads guilty
to larceny of property under $20.
Judgment suspended on payment
of costs. John Woodard, charged
with same offense, failed to ap
pear for trial. The two young
white fellows "took" a hen be
longing to Josh Bean at Hannah
Pickett one night last fall, and
carried the fowl to a neighbor's
and had it cooked. Ni si sci fa
and caDias was issued for
Woodard.
State vs Josh Bean, charged
with carrying a concealed
weapon. This case was outcome
of his being drunk at the Walter
Main circus grounds last fall.
The Judge ordered that he pay a
fine of $50 and the costs. In the
case against him fora. d. w., the
Judge fined him $10 and costs.
State vs Frank J. Price, alias
Daniel Belcher. First jury case,
but the jury finds him guilty and
the Judge sentences him to the
roads for six months. Belcher
was defended by Sedberry &
Phillips. He forged the name of
O. D. Wilson, the Hamlet under
taker, to a check for $10. Belch
er savs his mother is an Okla
homa full-blooded Indian and his
father a Frenchman.
State vs Kenneth and Jasper
Grant, F. W. Perdue,. Jess Rat
liffe, andM. H. Russell. These
five young white men were
caught gambling in the woods
near Hannah Pickett mill
fall, one Saturday afternoon.
Judge Webb allowed judgment to
be , continued on payment of
costs as to Perdue, Ratliffe and
Russell; but administered a lec
ture to the two Grant men, and
directed the Clark to enter the
following order as to these two,
namely, that "prayer for ju(g
ment continued for the present
upon defendants paying the costs,
and capias to issue when any of
ficer of the law notifies the Clerk
of Court he has reason to believe
that trie defendants are gambling."
State ys Foster Preyatt, white.
Pleads guilty to a. d. w. He as
saulted Frank Diinlap at Midway
with a cog wheel. Judgment
suspended upon payment of costs.
State vs L. Leak and Roman
Smith, two colored men. Iak
submitted to charge of stealing
auto tires from John Thomas
right of Sept. 31st, and is seu
tenced to the roads for six
months. But Roman Smith de-
receiving
found him guilty of receiving
stolen, properly knowing it to
have been stolen. The Judge
sentenced him to the roads for
four months, two less than the L.
Leak sentence.
State vs Leon Houle. This is
the young white man from Mas
sachusetts who on night of Dec.
12th slipped a roll of $118 from
the safe of the Jenkins Buick
Company here at Rockingham
while the manager, Mr. Barron,
had stepped out. He was caught
an hour or so later walking
towards Hamlet. The young
man is one-armed; said he lost it
in a laundry machine, but he told
a fetching story to the Post-Dispatch
some weeks ago of having
lost it in battle in "France. The
Judge had an entry made of six
months on the roads, but tnti
mated to Atty. Ozmer L. Henry
that if the boy's mother back in
Massachusetts would send him
railroad fare and pay the costs
he might change this and let the
man so back home.
J. C. Rush was called and failed
He was reported as being sick at
his home in Montgomery county
Doc McKay, colored, submitted
to rharee of stealing a tire from
T. Collier. Judgment sus
nended oendina good behavior
and payment of costs
State vs John Grant, alias John
Cash, colored. Charged with c
c. w. but after being arrested it
was found he had two living
wives, and so he also had to face
a bisramv charge. His Richmond
county wife, who he married 14
vears ago, and left some 9 years
ago, was present and testified, as
did his Anson counU wife who
he married about 8 years ago
and who has four children. She
too, was present and testined
Both the wives were quite friend-
lv with each other the first wife
. ,
said she cared nothing about him
and that the second wife was
welcome to him. The Judge sen
fenced him to five months on the
roads tor bigamy, and one month
for c. c. w.
State vs Raymond Davis, a co
ored vouth of not overly much
intelligence; submitted to charge
of stealing a cow from John
Watts, near Rockingham. The
Tndere was rather puzzled as to
what to do with him, but final
decided he would at least make a
water-boy and therefore sent him
to the roads for six months, but
instructed the Clerk and Sheriff
to request the convict camp offi
cers to watch over him and try
to help him.
In open Court Monday after
noon Atty. Boggan announced to
th"e Court that the appeal of Rich
mond Meacham had been aban
doned and that that he had Mon
day gone to the convict camp to
begin his two-year sentence. Bob
and Rich Meacham, two white
men of splendid physique, were
.convicted at January 1921, term
of Court of blockading and sen
tenced to "the roads for two
years each. Both appealed, but
Bob gave up the appeal and be
gan his sentence last Spring.
Rich's appeal waS ,never argued
before the Supreme Court, but
his objecKwas attained in that
it acted as a stay in beginning
his sentence; he was enabled to
make and gather a crop last year
Gov. Morrison before Christmas
refused to grant Rich a pardon,
and now he has gone to the gang
to begin the sentence.
Tuesday was another full day,
the Court mill grinding rapidly.
The case against Dewey Cox,
white, charged with cutting
James Hagan, a colored boy,
with a knife in front of Watson
King store in Rockingham one
afternoon in December, was
started. The Solicitor put the
Hagan boy on the stand, and the
defense had Walter Pate to testi
fy; at this point, Judge Webb in
terrupted the - proceedings by
suddenly telling the Clerk to
make an .entry of simple assault
against Cox. and letting him off
with the costs.
D. Robinson, a colored hunch-
i
for $5. Sedberry & Phillips con-1 Uecemoer on toe roaa in uppej
tested this sharply, and the jury Richmond by the Sheriff. Not
found the fnan not guilty. sentenced up to press time.
State vs Frank Manor, young Airrea wicKae, cnargea wmi
whitman who drives a jitney f. and a., went so tar as letting
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here. He submitted to tne tnree
charges of a. d. w. and c. c. w.
he evidence brought out for the
udge's information showed that
young Manor while intoxicated
had flourished a pistol and had
stuck same in the side of Arthur
Dove, colored, and when Mr.
ames Little remonstrated, he
leveled the pistol at him and
commanded him to "hands up."
udsre Webb then proceeded to
trive the vouth a genuine lecture.
He decried the tendency of blus
terers to tank up and play smart,
and act the bully. He cautioned
the young man to steer a clear
course, to let whiskey alone, and
his advice was for him to get out
of town and go to work on the
farm with his father. He then
had the Clerk to enter the follow
ing order: mat ne lurmsu
bond of $200 to insure his coming
to each April and Jseptemoer
term of Court for two. years to
show the presiding Judge that he
has been of good behavior, that
Up has let whiskev or any kind
of drugs alone, and to await any
urther order the Judge may
elect." Judge Webb then taxed
him with a fine of $50 for c. c. w.,
oavable on or before April' term,
mA nrdprpd him to DaV all the
costs before the end of this week,
The Judge as a parting word
told him he was making this
kind of order in order to give
him a rhanrp ' and it was UP to
him to make good.
An interesting case was start-
or) Tupsdav afternoon, but was
non- suited. L.C. Smith (no re
latioa-to the pistol manufacturer
of that name) was charged with
having an unlawful amount o
whiskev in his possession. He is
a newsbutch and on the night o
Dec. 17th was arrested in a room
in the Terminal hotel at Hamlet
ahnrtlv after he had come in
from a run on No. 2 from Savan
hah to Hamlet. Officer Miller
made the arrest on a State war
rant After arresting the mar
aud finding no whiskey on his
person, the officer then searched
the room, finding nothing in his
baggage, but in a bureau drawer
were found four quarts ot rugn-
ornHp whiskev wrapped m a
J . .
naoer. Upon the presentation ot
this evidence, the attorneys for
the defendant Smith moved that
the case be non-suited, thrown
out of Court, on the ground that
no evidence had been introduced
to show that the whiskey belong
ed to Smith, and in addition that
.. t 1 . 1-
the orncers naa no seaim war
rant and therefore had no right
to search the room. The Judge
ruled with the defense, and the
case was dismissed, and Smith
allowed to go. Judge Webb then
delivered a treatise upon the
necessity of all officers having
search warrants before search-
ving any one's room or premises,
though he took pains to make it
plain that he was not criticising
the Hamlet officers; rather was
he trving to make plain the law
to the end that search warrants
mav he secured in every case
hereafter. Judge Webb then or
dered the whiskey, three quarts,
to be placed in the custody of
the Sheriff to await the orders o
the Court.
Earl McKeathan paid $25 to
the Clerk, and is given until Apri
term to complet e payment of fines
and costs which now amount
to $65.00.
State vs Jess and Eben Ellerbe,
colored. Both plead guilty to
making whiskey. Each fined
$100 amj. costs.
State vs Eutha Leak. Charged
with a. d. w. upon another color
ed woman. After prosecuting
witness had testified, the Judge
stops the case by simply taxing
Eutha with the costs.
State vs E. M. Hurley. Pleads
guilty to driving a car while
drunk. Fined $50 to be paid by
Apri
iurv be empannelled before de
ciding to plead guilty. Not sen
tenced yet.
State vs Roxie Leak. State
had introduced its evidence, and
defendant had testined when
Judge directs a verdict of guilty
against her. Not sentenced yet.
State vs Lewis Frederick and
Elvis Thomas. Keeping and re
tailing. Nol pros taken as to
ewis. Elvis called and failed to
answer. Capias issued
State vs Fred Groom, from
ower Wolf Pit. Charged with
blockading. Jury finds hinrguil
tv. Not sentenced yet.
On Wednesday morning the
rase aeainst Fred Groom and
Wesley Chavis was started, and
this had an unusual and dramatic
ending. The two men were
charged with stealing soda from
T. C. Leak last June. Just be
fore noon Wednesday, Wesley
Chavis testified that he had
bought the soda from a man
Luther or "Coot" Bennett, who
ives in Marlboro county. At
noon the attorneys began argu
ing the case. In the meantime,
Atty. Bynum dispatched C. C.
Shores in a fast jitney to the
home of the man Bennett, six
miles beyond Cheraw, to bring
him here as a witness. The trip
of some 30 miles each way was
made in 2 hours and 10 minutes,
Mr. Bennett reaching here just
before Court reconvened after
dinner. Upon convening of
Court, Mr. Bynum requested the
Judge to temporarly let the jury
retire as he wished to make a
statement, to His Honor. The
jury went out, and then the law
yer explained to the Court that
it was only until just before din
ner that he had been able to
learn from whom Chavis claimed
he bought the soda, and that im
mediately he had sent after the
man Bennett in South Carolina
and that Mr. Bennett was present
in the court-room ready to testify
hat he had never sold any soda
t C havis in his life. The Judge
then had Bennett sworn, and af
ter hearing his evidence; he or
dered the jury to come back in
and directed that a juror be with
drawn and a mistrial. He then
directed that Chavis be taken in-
to custody on the charge of per
jury, and placed his bond at $500.
He made the mistrial in order
that it can be tried over again,
with the addition of Mr. Bennett s
testimonv. The case will come
nn afr Feb 13th snecial term
v - , - . .
State vs Walter Pate was med
Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Pate
is an asst. supt. at Hannah Pick
ett mill, and the charge against
him was that of c. c. w. The
State introduced John Woodel to
prove that Pate had drawn a
Distol on him at the Walter Main
circus grounds-near Rockingham
last October. After hearing this
testimony and that of Mr. Pate
that he had not drawr a gun but J
was merely trying to act the part
of oeacemaker, the Judge dis
missed the case, but taxed Pate
with the costs. In doing so,
Tudge Webb remarked that lie
admired the nerve of Mr. Wood-
ell, who was acting as a special
deoutv for the Sheriff that day.
But that apparently not much
harm had been done, and that
no evidence had come out to
show that a pistol was concealed
State vs John Woodell. This
case appears to be an outgrowth
of the feeling engendered by the
attempt of officer Wooder to ar
rest Josh Bean and Ed. Keller at
the. Walter Main circus in Octo
her when these two were drunk
and assaulted the officer.. The
charge against Woodell for shoot
ing Sam Melton. According to
Woodell's testimony, he went to
the Hannah Pickett store one
Saturday night about two weeks
after the circus .fracas, to get
some provisions, but before en
store he was accosted
ney got
was forced to run
'we'll get yob yet"
ears. He went h
jhot-gun and returr
way to tbv store to
Us
ig in his
got his
anWher
complete his
purchases; brought the gun for
protection. On the way he dis.
covered Sam Melton lying in
wait in the bushes beside the
path, with a pistol, and to pro
tect himself he shot Sam in the
eg. On the other hand, Mr.
Melton swore directly contrary
to this, that he was trving to
imooth out some unpleasantness
between them, that he had no
pistol and that he was not in the
bushes beside the path when
Woodell passed, nor had he chas
ed Woodell, and that Woodell
shot him without cause. Woodell
had testified that it appeared to
be a concerted effort on the part
Of a certain faction to run him
away. Atty. W. R.Jones defend
ed Woodell. The Solicitor and
he finished their speeches Wed
nesday afternoon, and the Judge
charged the jury first thine this
(Thursday) morning. The jury
staid out about 10 minutes, bring
mg in a verdict of not guilty.
Slate vs Alex Richardson and
Whitman Spears; after evidence
was partly in, they plead guilty
to an affray. Each is fined $15
and 1-2 the costs each, and Spears
must pay the Clerk $10 for use
of Richardson.
Ellison Williams. Pleads guilty
disposing mortgaged property
and cruelty to animals. Prayer
for judgment continued to April
term and placed under $200 bond
to appear, then, showing costs
paid, and abide fnrther orders of
the Court.
Richmond Sneed pleads guilty
to simple assault and is taxed
with costs.
Henry Rollins, o-lored, 18-yr-
old son of John Rogers, submit
ted to the charge against him,
and was sentenced to the roads
for 5 months in one case and one
month in another. His father
had to testify against him; he
stole a horse and otherwise mis
behaved around his home,
A hard fought case this morn
ing was that against W. Donald
son Thomas for aiding in block
ading. The State's witness was
Ananias Vuncannon, who is serv
ing a 6 months rond sentence for
blockading. Both men are white
and live near Hoffman.- He
swore that he operated the stil
for Thompson, After heanng
evidence and arguments, the
m . . f ..
jury returned verdict or not
guilty.
Paul Wheeler, a dairyman of
Durham, last week had two cows to
each give, hirth to twin calves.
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Dept. Store.
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Anyone wishing to exchange
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seed for one bu. ot long staple,
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We have plenty to exchange onl
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