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All share the benefits of this gain in oper ating efficiency. i /THStt ' i ' wffi# 4', ' . , / . ' j SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ’ r ’ V. ' y- \ » THE CONCORD daily tribune 0 LEGAL DEFENCE. Statesville Daily. The noted trial at Roekinttliam has presented several new features and there may be others before it is con cluded. First was the failure of the defense to object to the drawing of a rjury from another county ; second, N the shorf time occupied jn the selqctlon <>f a jury, which was completed when only 05 of the 200 'veniremen had berfl examined'; third, acceptance by the defense of a juror who said he had expressed the opinion that the defendant was guilty; fourth, and most notable to date, the dual defense —self-defence and temporary iusan ity. , The “brainstorm" theory was ex pected. That of itself is a good de fense, but not a legal one. Cole was greatly angered as well ns humiliat ed by the allegations against ' his daughter’s character , made by Or mond. The feeling was perfectly nat ural. Most fathers would have felt that way, and many of them would go gunning under the circumstances. It is possible for one greatly angered to control himself while the object of his hatred keeps out of sight. Many people have had that experience. But coming upon the object of his hatred all the latent anger blares out afresh and the urge to violence may be irre sistible. That is cullejl brainstorm, temporary insanity, in the case of ]>er sons who have much money and inflo cntial friends. In the case of the av erage man it is yielding to passions which one is expected to control and most •accept responsibility for failure to control. The brainstorm idea is that one knew what he was about just before the storm and immediately af terward. but was irresponsible at the time. Os course, if the jurors sympa thize with Cole’s cause for wrath, if one feels that under similar circum stances he would do the same, they may acquit. It is quite common to hear persons say. under .similar cir cumstances, that the provocation war ranted the act and it is therefore jus tified. But it is well to remember that the,re is- no justification in law for one avenging his own wrongs—none whatever. Any acquittal on that ground is simply licensing mob law, whether the mob be one man or a score. All lynchings, or near all. may be justified on the ground Mint the ac cused deserved death. And sq if one iR permitted to avenge his own wrongs the law is set aside; and one may be , the judge of whether tile wroug justi fies homicide. If private vengeance be justified in one case it must be justified in another, if all are to have the same privilege—the poor and humble as well as the wealthy and in fluential. A reflection will show that, followed to the logical conclus ion, one who felt the urge to slay could-first create his grievance, out of nothing, then be seized with brain storm, and the work is accomplished. All that will be necessary will be to show that he had felt himself so wronged that his passion overcame him apd he killed. Then he goes down to.hta house justified. '.Those who feel that under certain 1 circnmstnnces they would be warrant i ed in killing—and there are many such people—should all the time keep in mind that there is absolutely aDtl positively no warrant in the law for private executions. Therefore if one permits his desire to slay to overcome him, no matter what his grievance, he should accept the penalty of the law. He is a whining coward when he, does the deed and then comes claiming the protection of the law he has out raged and trampled under foot. It should be burnt into the brains of every man that self-defense, in defense of one’s own life, or to save life, is the only legal excuse for homicide. Those who create other causes to save themselves are demanding what they would deny others were the cases re versed ; and jurors who set aside the law and vindicate acts of personal vengeance on the ground that provo cation was .great, are guilty of per jury. They have no such authority in law. Just where Cole's self-defense comes in isn't clear. Os course it will be said that he shot because he was in fear of his life. But the dead man was makiug no attack and there was no indication at the time that he in tended attack. If there be lacking ev idence that Cole premeditated doing what he did, arid it is believed that he acted on the impulse of the moment, when the sight ■ of his enemy moved him to uncontrolled anger, he is either guilty of second degree murder or manslaughter. There can be no legal, excuse for his act in any aspect of the case. Size Paper Money May sJBe Reduced. A reduction in the size of pajtr money of all denominations is un der consideration by the National Government at a measure of eeon : only and efficiency. Assistant Secretary of-the Treas ury Dewey, jn charge of currency. f Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury Dewey, in charge of currency matters, has been directing a com prehensive study of the currency situation for the past.nipq months and is about to recommend several changes in the currency, j j One of these, it is learned, is a i dimuuition of tho* dimension of the 1 standard American, bill by about onethird to a size that would easily fit in the ordinary envelope. Another is a change in the color of the $2 bill from green to brown. Currency erperts calculate that by reducing the size of bills a saving of one-third under present expendi tures for the manufacture of paper money may be effected. Twelve bills would be printed on one Rheet of silk-'.ined paper as against eight bills at present. « Technique. don’t love me like you used to,” complained Ruth. “Well,” answered Paul, “don’t you expect me to keep up with the latest developments?” It was' a very cold day and Isaacs and Cohen Ijad walked about four miles without either making a single I remark. “Vy don’t you say some ting?” said Cohen. I “Freeae your own hand*!” said 1 Isaac*. m ■ ■ I .■■«■■■■■■■■ ini Ilka I a ii 111 MMik $i Mr. Cole’s Testimony and Attitude Mr. It. S. Pickens, editor of the Statesville I.edgcr. who is in Rocking ham reporting the Cole trial, has the following in Sunday's issue of his pa per : Cole undoubtedly felt that lie would never come to trial. The attitude of the entire Cole connection since the trial began has been one of annoyance. They apparently felt wheu Mr. Cole explained that he shot \Ormond for certain reasons , Rockingham and Nortli Carolina would resume its cus tomary poise and soy "that’s all right Bill. We knew you had n good rea son for the killing." The Cole connec tion lias been banked behind the press table during the trial and women have been overheard to remark "Bill i certainly doing splendidly." This When the accused was on the witness stand telling a story that meant his life or dentil. Today when Clyde Hoey began to, press Cole into an uncomfortable po sition regarding some of his one very large woman with an unus ually impressive f >nt was heard to say Thar lawyer i- the nastiest man I ever saw in my life. Why doesn't he let Bill alone?" It is generally reported around Rockingham that Miss Elizabeth Cole told a close friend a Week or so after the shooting that she thought it was about l ine people quit talking about , the killing. That lias been the atti tude of the entile connection since the killing, according to report, and certainly the attitude since the trial began lias been much the same as that of a family whose head had run , over a neighbor’s dog, and the neighbor was actually nasty about it. > When Cole took the stand early this morning he appeared calm and unmoved. He had much the same ap , pea ranee as he had yesterday when he told his story on direct examination. . When the first question of Mr. Hoey was fired at him he became the cotton mill owner and hard headed business . man. His first answer was snapped , back at Mr. Hoey much as if lie had been in conference with a group of men lie controlled in a business way. | His- answers continued to snap and at times he almost snarled at the j Smiling, questioning attorney who sat , directly in front of him. Mr. Hoey’x i examination was adroit, clever and) , piercing. Mr. Cole's answers were I evasive whenever possible and when , forced to answer directly lie did so with , impatience and annoyance. At times] , the minds of the two men clashed, but I j' notj often. r , Cole today repeated his statement ■ of yesterday that he had prayed for . three months and finally had reached a consciousness that he had a perfect t right to protect himself and his fam ■ Ty. Much speculation is in the ah* as i to what the verdict of the jury will i be. Numbers of.'., newspapermen have c asked their correspondents to give them i stories on the probable final decision in the case. Nothing more impossible j can be imagined. The jury is com posed of men far above the average , jury intelligence. In covering more ! than ten capital cases in the course I of the past seven years the writer SUBMARINE TRAINS | TO RUN ON STILTS? > Engineer Plans Tunnel Built on Great' ;* Concrete Piers Under the Chan nel. For more than a century, one of : the most fascinating problems tp the i European engineer has been the build i ing on a tunnel under the Channel, to link France and Eng-: land. One of the latest schemes, says Popular Science Monthly for Novem ber, is that of a Frenchman, Com mandant Yeyrier. He proposes that, instead of boring a tunnel through the bedrock of the Channel, a succes cion of great reinforced concrete piers shall b# anchored to the sea bottom by means of strongly ballasted caissons. » | . if they made Sure-Fit crowns Kings would get more pleasure out of life; as it is, all the fun is reserv ed for his Majesty, the j American Gentleman who Cail Ca \ L_r~ W* It' l adjustable A r Aw/y j , I Look for window displays Seek the label - Dont be fooled Made 8 PI aa O La*y. Inc.. ?*a Broadway, N- Y, has never Seen a jury half as Intelli gent. or seemingly more fair, liolnnd Beasley, who had edited the Monroe Journal for over thirty years, remark ed today that the rAse had a jury that would take the evidence and the judge’s charge and render a verdict on the merits. He said that it was noth ing unusual for Union county to fur nish juries and that Union County juries would not hesitate to convict and send to the chair a man proven gtrlty of a capital crime. Mr. Beas ley smiled regretfully as lie said it, for North Carolina has no stronger advocate of abolishing capital punish ment than Boland Beasley. He has fought the noose and electric chair for a quarter of a century, yet the Union county juries continue to send men across the “bridge of sighs.” If Cole thought he was not going to l>e tried for the killing of Bill Or mond he has most certainly changed s h : s mind since sitting through the court sessions the past week/ He has seen nine capable lawyers smash ing into his carefully built defense and has seen nine other capable law yers lighting back the tide that seems to be pouring in. The letters her alded as the major defense of Cole failed to create any great uproar. It seems that hundreds of copies of the letters have been typed and scattered carefully over this section of the statje in order that sentiment ..might be swung to (’ole. This is the open ac cusation of the state and efforts are going to he made to have this fact introduced into the evidence. Sev eral efforts already have been made. The letters failed to cause a great up rising of sent mien t for the defense. SomeVhave been heard to express the opinion that it might have been all right under the circumstances for Cole to have horsewhipped Ormond but to shoot him—never. Only one man has 4 been heard to remark that he would have done the same thing. He was a newspaper man from the land of the Ku Kjux Klau. The real sensation of the trial is j coming when the state re-opens its ; case Monday or Tuesday and intro-' duces as evidence the letters from Miss (’ole to*Ormond. There is little doubt as to Judge Finley allowing them to be introduced as he is letting anything that remotely touches on the subject of Ormond’s death, his family or anything else that might have a slight chance of being considered com petent evidence. The Judge seems to j bo determined to see that nothing re * mains under cover if there is any dis position on the part of either side to introduce it. That is the reason the tVial is being cluttered up with such stuff that makes but little difference either one way or another. That Miss Cole wrote letters to Or mond t’hat are considered to be “the hot stuff’’ is not doubted by anyone who has an inkling of wlmt the pack age contains. She penned him many letters during her affair with him, and they were all treasured by the (lead man. They came to light shortly af ter the killing. The Cole defense is up in the air over the probable contents of the let ters and the probable effect of the jury v and the young lady’s good name. J The piers would be sunk 340 feet from the surface. Once the piers | were anchored securely, Veyrier’s plan ' calls for a double-tube railway laid upon them, a section at a time, and fastened firmly to the supports. At the end of every section of the tube railway would be a Watertight compartment similar to the water tight bulkheads with which all mod i ern vessels are fitted. These com partments would insure greater safety in the tube, since if one tfart of it were flooded, the rest would be shut off immediately. 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