CIVIL ACTIONS SET
AT ;Tfi
E
One Weeks' Term-, , f 6
Trial
Criminal Docket SmalL
Heard Mostly Negroes.
Judge cooke will. Preside.
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CRIMINAL OASES NOW ON THE DOCKET
WEDNESDAY, SE PTEMBERi 6, 1908.
G. W, Baker vs Walter'R. Brown ,
No. i.
No, 2.
No. 6.
J. M. Perry vs Jacob B.
Addie Freemali vs
Whit Freeman' - v
No. ii.
3STo. ax.
No 41.
No, 30.
No. 35.
SD No.
SD No.
James Joyner vs.
Annie Joyner
M. L, Rayner & Bro., ve, York Ses3oms
P. . Halze vs Edward Perry
A. T. Clark vs Lula CJark
Wade Clark v Emma'Clark
Patience Ruflbn vs, EM Ruffin.
i4t Thomas Trummell vs, Sallie F Trummell
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1908.
T P Smallwood aim wife vs W. & P R R Co. et ax
No 1?
Jo 16. Estus White vs E
:No 17. Einstein Bros vs
-L Galling':
oshua Brown
:No 18. G Fred Johnson ys John L Harrington
No 20 Redden Bond vs Roan Speller
No 12. Renfrow & Gams vs L. J& J W Spivey
.No 26, A S Rascoe vs Norfolk & Southern R R Co. et als
. ' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER iB, igoS ;
"No 27 Mary Ruffin vs Walter Ruffin
ISNo 28 William Wilkins vi Henrietta Wilkins.
."No 32. Edward Perry vs Henry Manly
Ko 33 Walker & Myers vs D W.Cooper -
No 34. J D SessoTis vs W T Blackstone et als
3NTo 37. The Dunning Co. J Agents vs F A Hollo well
No 38. J B Nicholls; vs G W Brown
:No 42. A Burden & Col. vs Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co
SD No 11. R L Teaster et al vs 1
MOTIONS
No 3. Elijah Rhodes and
No 10. H V Dunstan vs
No 39 Renfrow & Garris
wife vs
E R Outlaw and wife
vs WjT
No 40. Littie N Mizell et
&ls vs J
SD No 15
W D Robertson vs I
CONTINUED
The following cases have been continued by consent and will not be tried
.at this term of the Court:
Nos 4 and Richard Tayloe vs
No 7. W H Dampsey vs
Mary Dempsey
No S, W D Robertson vs Albemarle Steam Navigation Co et al
No 9. John T. Smith-vs bashie & (Jhowan R R & Lumber Co,
No 14, Carrie Sessoms vs Annie Eliza Tayloe etals
No 15. David Boone, vs bnowan & Aulander Railroad Co
No 19. Octavia Perry vs
No 22. Windsor Bargain
S T Perry
House vs
N02?. W Henderbdn Brbwn vs J
No 24. S Swain vs W W Outlaw et
No. 25. Henry C Speller vs Oscar J.
No 29. E H.Rice vs J H Matthews,
No 31, S Lipsitz Co vs
No -6. V H Freeman vs
Causes not tried on the days for which they are set, will gc over and take
'precedence ol all cases on the next day's calendar, Witnessss will not be
allowed to prove for attendance befoie the day set for, the. trial yfv the cases
in which they were subpoenaed, nor for attendance incases continued by con
sent. Cases to be heard on
mntinn mav
W. L.
THE CRIMINAL CASES
TO BE
TRIED.
Tim Smallwood assault
'iy weapon.
Joe Copeland- -a, dw.
Brit Gillam a f d. w.
With dead
York Sessoms disposing'of
racrl
gagid -property. ' -J'-Riley-Brown
a,d.w.
George Flood Jarceny.
W illie Lee buy i ng liq
or from
Windsor Dispensory Jor. minor;
Geo. Swain--two " cases-f-one -for
a. d. w.f and one for carryfil conceal
- 1 1-
eg weapon
George WaltonlarcenyJ
Lonnie White -a. di w:
George Wilkins larceny
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Elliot Ruffin car
:arrying
concealed
weapon.
'FOR TRIAL
SEPTEMBER COURT
of Crcmtna and Civil Cases.
Number of i Divorces' to be
No Capital Offenses asfYet.
. . ; :Vt ::
Perry et al
-1-t
C Joyner
Caroline Piland et al
Edwards
B Stokes, Sheriff , ,
WO Gravely- m
BV CONSENT y
,
Chas, Tayloe L
Frank Watson
Warren Lee
al
Speller et al
Administrator
ionah Williams '
Josiah Brown, Administrator .
hft railed at anv rimf
LYON, ClertiSuperior Court;
" Wm. Cherrylarceny of qlothing
from B Goldstein. ' ' - "-r
Willie.and Jos. Teaster and J. G.
Joyneranray.
Willie Deans assault with deadljH
weapon urjon CL. r Henry jof Cole
rain7Mr Henry was supposed to have
becrr.- seriously "cut;. later rnewsis
t ha t he 1 s. i m proving rapidly and -is
expectei tobe discharged from Sarah
Leigh-hospital in .Norfolk Jn the
course of ten days." : 7 " - - . .
HAS TYPHOID fcEVER
v Ke ws were recei ved here c Mo n d av
'that Solictor-rohn H. Kerr is ill with
typhoid fever at his home in Warden
ton: Mr; Kerr will not be able. tq at
tend the" Sepmber;term. "oflicburt,'
which convenes n Mbadav. the 4th
Jljut he has appointed an able -attor
J ney to take charge of the state'eases
I and who will: discharge his dutv fawh
Bertie hope ha will coon iccover.
Maj; S. Qi Kyan '
a Son of Bertie, ; ;
Dies r in "Raleigh
We record the death of another of
Bertie; Co's. talented Hons, who :grew
to - strengt h Nand in fluen ce in " another
part of our 'State. Maior S., G; Rva a
was born in: Windsor, in the bouse
Hfs,parents were David -Ryan and his
wife who as Miss Hannah Gr rlaud.
Ma jor Ryan's mother was first cousin
of Mrs. Hr O: Biddle and he was from
that relation kin to most of four peo
pie. Wr2 copy the following just fri
bute' to him from the News and Ob
server, r :
Samuel GaiJand ftyan, soldier,
teacher and lawyer, was a: native of
Berlie county and was ,born about
1840, He spent his early . youth : in
Bertie arriving it the age ol manliobd
just-as the Civil War opened. He en
listed jn Company G.f 281b North Car
olina Infantry, and served witn emi
h e n t .distinction sustaining three
wounds, received in exploits of un
common bravery and was orbmpted
to the rank of major. At the close rof
the war he returned vlo Norths Card
entering the State ''University v at
Chapel Hill, from"which he graduated
with honor . It was his ambition'to
become a lawyer and he selected) Ral
eigh as home. Accepting ja teacher's
position in the old Lovejoy schoof he
won a place in the esteem and affec
tion of he citizens of the city and
county. He read law under a promi
nent attorney, the lateS. fr. Philips,
and in 1875 teceived his license ; to
practice.; . ,
Being a man of versatile mind,
broad information and popular mould
and meeting success at the bar vbe
rose rapidly iu his profession until he
became one of the best criminal law
yers in North Carolina, figuring in
some of the moit famous ;casesi ever
tried in Wake county court He was
known of almost every' man in the
county and loved. He lived close to
the people's hearts and his death
bro'ught'grief to untofd numbers : Al
though 68 years of age Major Ryaj
was one of the most vigorous and en
thusiastic lovers of -sport 4n the city
Ih hls room: were fishing-tackle and
gun . which had helped rb prolong
a full ana useful life. -'--Major
R3an was married i n
1868 toMiss Mary Mason daughter
o( Rev Richard Mason D. D, rectorof
Cnrist church for a quarter of a cen-.
tury?. Only one daughter was born to
bless thd umorrbut she ' died when
still a child : ; Mrs Ryan died about
f jur years ago; since that time Major
Ryan , has been; occupying j alone V-his
rms.initherCdmmercii.I'!'';NatioDal
Bank building. , ; "
;v-r Major Ryanjs Survived by ; one
brother wlib lives m Galveston Texas
and - two listers Miss. Philips ;the
m at r 0 n of Rex Hospi t al w as h is n ea r
est f Native in this . State - being , his
first cousin- r , - ?
CLAY ROADS : MADE : QOOD;
By Mr. George Lassiter of Aulander s
'-;-'r -.;': l&
Mr; Editou.V ..PK r: : -l .7- ;'r' :Yi
hile" I am naturally most. interest I w
ed in my vocation. I don't forget, and
am only a little less, interested in royj
home. and county- people; ; therefore
when I find a gotd thiog,-;ejf herV o r i
ginal or from others, I Jike topresen1
itthrouh your columns. :
It h evidently uncrctc-u! tlir-t tv 5
Resolutions De
: plbring Judge Pec-
blesr Decision
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Whereas we believe :; the ; Sunday
school to be one of the leading spirit
ual forces at. work today in the spread
of Chribts Kingdom:' 7 " V
r vrAnd wh&reas we; believe it to be a
worshiping body, nd therefote emi
nently religious. .
Be it Tesol ved ( J sf) that iC U, the
desire ot the Sunday School? Con ven J
tion now'in session; at Kelford, repre
senting twelve tnou sand Baptist In :the
,West Chowan? Association, that the
recent decision rendered by Judge R;
B. Peebles 1 n S wain co un ty Superior
Court, to the effect Ihat theSuVday
school is not a religious Assembly, is
detrimental to tlie best interest of Sun
day scho)l "work;, and that the bod j
declarer against same f v ; I ,
2nd; We believe Jf urtherlhat such
a decision is not iicc6rd f with the
best interest or the well " being ofour
state and submission of all - good or
der ar d morality "and not in accor
dance with the best jurisprudence. .
3rd- That a copy of these jesblu
tibns be furnished the News &; Ob
server, the Biblical Recoivder, Chowan
Times and The Windsor Ledger. ; -
REV; M. A. APAMS, Chair. Com:
W. L. DavisSect. : 7
road machines are doing excellent
work, and in the level dirt districts
the roads will be perfectly O. K; , af
tera year, ox' two of mixing, and hile
the clay roads will be greatly- imorov
ea for the' middle of; the" road' will
not be the ditch, I fear they will muck
up some in rell.wet winter weathefj
unless some step Js taken other' than
simply gradjng r .
, Most of the, people think of , the
Macadam, or crushed . rock way to
improve tiie clay roads, but my idea
has been to economize the use of
sand oh clay?i oads,. and if Jieed be
put clay on rsandy - roads. , Even if
rock were to make much better roads,
we are too- far from the mountains,
and freight .would be too high : when
sand and clay wilNn ake eo od . roads;
V Sand would not have. to be hauled
five 'miles, any point t in the 'county.
. Tnese are not only my ideas, but
Mr. Albert, in thef Woman's World"
s js, that to haul a wagon ; load of
the average crop, on. a' good road of
mixed sand or rock, cost only 8 cents
while it cost 39 cents on a rutty and
muddy : road, and 64cts ? on dry . sand .
He said"that in Florida there were im
passioie ciay roads, - ana tnev sent
for a. civil engineer from' the depait
raent at Washington. Under his direc
tion, thexaiuddy ioad was plowed, and
san d "was sprin kled ; i n - the furrows,
and where it had been sand, clay was
sirewntfejn1hey.waited'for.;a'good
rain, after whicfi a1 negro was sent
back and forth with a harrow.- 7 "
v ? A lhtte judici ous use pfa d rag a nd
the farmers V of that section, make as
Scoff jr Enruljrion strcnfjtlicm. enfeeble:
nursing mothers tjr: increasing their flcrli c:i
ftp
4?
nerve" force.
It 'provider baby
(7 -
1 end nuncrcl feed
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Damage to the.
; . Crops on Roar
, ? noke EnormoiiG
:The damage T7rbught to crops in
Bettie county by the. fieshet in lthe
Roanoke $ river is enorra ous. Tz
river lands hear Lewiston arid Wood
ville were, totally submerged. ' Vast
acres of beautiful corn and cotton
were absolutelyJand entirely ruined.
Canoes' were paddled over' tops oi
corn tssel and cotton in many fields
Were from ten; to t emy feet v uuder
water, v Water was four feet deep in
Mr, A." J.OvertonV stablesr som
.'- -.- - - . - -' .
distance front ,the river. vand he was
unable to get hi team but for several
daj s; and (this is but a single instance.
The banks of the great river became
a mytr), . so. to peak, and for five
miles on the Halifax side and two on
the Beitie it was one great expanse
of water; covering acres and acres cf
growing a ad valuable crop. Cotton
that would have yielded a hale and z
half . to the acre now net worth ten
cents. 'The d am age j s indeed apall
mg. Not only, have many families
become destitute, but large land own-'
ers equally in proportion-suffer alonj
Pwith - thei r ; tenants. , Then loo. the
merchants who have been extending
long credits, come in for their share
of damage, which in toto. amounts to
axonsiderable sum. 7 ' ' '
, Ve were ia.Lew(ston, Kel(oid and
that section this , week and the dam
a?e in general, including Roxobet
and Woodville townships, was rouh
!y estimated to be much over $100,000
Lewiston more th?m any other placx
In the county suffers most.
has our sister town been swept away
by fire in the last few years,and twice
has it risen and taken on new life.
And despite this' lecent -and great
disaster, by water, we hope and es
pect to see v those - good people and
enterprising merchants again take err
new energy and '"continue to prosper
and succeed. '' '
good a road as any in the state. The
r ad wears well, and at the lait an
annual out lay of $t 2 a mile vW keep
it. in the best of condition.
In Virgima the sand and clay. road
proved a model for the county," over
a stone road which the VR. R. Com
pany had put down. '
While we gre at the road businecs
let's have good ones, and no country
loving citizen should murmur over the
litile increased taxes, when by good
roadThe saves vehicles, time,, end
horse' flesh, all of which is 'money,
ind causes his property to be- worth
tviice as much.. -
!r : ; GEO. W. LASSITFR.
HAS STOOD TUB TEST 25 YES
TheToId, original GROVE'S Tc.:t
fess. Chill Tonic. 'You know whr.t
yoUtare taking. It is 'iron, and qui
nine in a tasteless for.: No cure, r
pay ,
vilh t!:o nececcor C
fcr Iicnllliy rcvtli.