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Merchants 1 Get Wise Let Ue Write You an Ad. and we'll open your eyea WITH INCREASED BUSINESS THE PEOPLE g l,'ll )UI m.,i I Thi Batumi^ Piihlkhiiw Til PiiMfahnn I I, HUM I-. , *.-?? MM ...I .11 t.J J. VOU V G. A. ROUSE. Editor, 1915 WAR IDE i COURSE TAKEN BY ABERNETHY . i Affidavits Made in the Case in Which Jutige Carter Held So licitor Abernethy for Contempt. Attorneys, Jurors and Citizen* Give Fact as they Saw Them. At a part of thQ statement of Solicitor Charles L. Abernethy in the matter of the contcmpt proceedings . against him by judge Frank. Carter, there was seat to this paper on Saturday night frofn New Bern a number of affidavits and statements sus taining the position taken by SolicitorAberoethy in the mat ter, these referred to in his state ment made in this paper in its New Bern correspondence yesterday. These affidavita and Statements are from persons, who were in the court at the time of the occurence of the . matters upon which the charge of con tempt was made, or from per sona who are cognizant of mat ters relating to the continaarice of the case of the State vs Baugham, the immediate matter out of which the. clash between Judge darter and Solicitor Aber nethy arose.? News & Observer. Affidavit cf A. D, McLean. McLean, an attorney of Washington, N. C., a member of the firm of Small, McLean, Bragaw 'and Rodman, made the following affidavit: "A. D. McLean, being duly sworn, t'ays: My firm, with Messrs. Moote & Dunn, nre at torney* for the defendent in the case of State vs. James H. Baug H?m, a young boy indicted for criminal homicide on account of ap unfortunate automobile acci dent. He and Hi* mother, (his father having died some yean ago) are also sued in a civil action for damages on the same account by a relative of Ihe dead mau, although a settlement satisfactory to him was made be fore his death, andthQieafter his widow and executrix ratified thit settlement under oath, and as I am reliably informed de nounced the criminal prose cution as unjust and un warranted. Both cases arc pend ing in Craven county, and as. I am also informed the attorney for the private prosecution in the criminal ense is at the same time tb? attorney for the plain tiffs in the damage suit It was hoped and expected by young Baugham and his mother that the criminal case might be tried in January became they were anuous to have the grave charge against the boy heard aad disposed of, and also be -causs the principal eye witnesses J to the occurrence were then available, but became of the ill. ness of Judge Connor no court was neld in Craven county dur ing January, and (a consoquence the case went over to Februaiy. The witnesses above referred to are a young man and two young . ladles who ware riding in the Abernethy by telephone and requested bim io aiaee to a con tinuance of the' case from tbe February term to tbe June term r* Y>un, stating to him as a fact iuat our three principal eye witnesses wece away attending school and tfydr parents object ed to bringing them back in February, not only because of the trouble and expense involved but also because it would seriously break into thejr school term, and besides which, 1 had no way of compelling tbe' atten dance of one of them who ' Was then out of the State. I further stated to Mr. Abernethy that these witnesses would be at home in June and that the ctoe could then be fried as well as How without prejudice to tbe State or .the defendent. After some persistence on my part Mr. Abernethy replied that it was up to tbe judge and not K> him to say whether the case should be continued and that in iany event Mr- Nunn, who represented the private prose cution, would have to; be con sulted; to which I yplied that I felt tare anyJjudge.-woilld see me reasonableness 01 nay re quest/and eteft the motion to continue, at^'T requested that he mention it to Mr. tfunn. Mr! Abernethy *' 1 finally stated he would consent to a continuance under the circumstances ir Mr, Nunn did not object, and Jater he informed tne that h? had] seen Mr. Nuhn and that they would consent. I therefore re garded the case practically con united i(om f eoruary to June, being confident that any judge would ratify and approve the Solicitor's consent under the cir cumstances, ana ao notified my associates. "I was away from borne until Wednesday of t\iU Week and saw no account of the trouble between' j udge Carter and Solici tor Abernetby until Wednesday forenoon, when X at once wrote Judge Carter the substance of the foregoing statement,, the receipt of which Judge Carter later acknowledged/'! mailed copy of my letter to Judge Car ter to my associates, Messrs. Moore & Dunn, but mailed so copy to Mr. Abernetby, and, so far as I am aware, he only today learned the contents of my letteq to Judge Carter. Statement of L I. Moon. Mr. L. 1. Moore, of lbe firm of Moore & Dunn, submitted lbe following statement concerning the matter of State vs Baugham pending in Craven County. "My firm together with Mr. McLean of Washington, repre sent the defendant in this crimi nil action, and in a civil actioii growing out of the same matter,, ?s folly set out in the affidavit of Mr.McL?an. JT "At the October Term of Craven Superior Court, on UU call oi the docket, by his Honor Ru B. PeeWes, judge, motion was made by Mr. William Dunn; Jr., to continue thi? dase op account of *he conflict of the court here and Sit Beaufort county. necea* toting tha presence in Washing ton of Mr. M6L<tan and Mr. tention of the State but hit Ilonc**' ieplied to the solicitor that be doubted under the cir cu instances whether the defen dant could be coovlcted of aoy grade oMtomicidebut certainly no greater offense than man slaughter should be contended for. The solicitor in open court stated that he would not prose cute defendant for a greater of fense lhan manslaughter. The judge granted the continuance and prescribed the bond, and bond was the same afternoon prepared and presented to his Honor by Mr. William Dunn, Jr., with- the defendant in person, and liis Honor directed that the bond should be filed with the clerk, whkb was done -by< Mr. Dunn. "Mr. psjpnv?me immediately to the <*$ce from the court house tfad;'related to the wnat hid trufaspirel. in court JUb sequently ttpon the controversy arising at this tenn of court con-: cerning this 'case, he reiterated the statement then made "On account of serious illness Mr. Dnnn was forced list night to go to Richmond to a hospital, and this -Aatement is made by t*e upon information given at Wttow is to" what had occurred, and reiterated to me during this week. / 'It wasundenfc<jd at the time the defendant present at court, at the October Term, tkt announcement being made at. that time,* that no greater of tense tnao ? UE all the circumstances then ap pearing, and thereby >tbe deten dant waived the right to require arraignment and the . actual plea o\ not gu illy, his plea of not guiity being ccidbidwaJ as ca tered; and he never at any time proposed or intended for him sell orby his counsel, to make any techioical plea to the bill of indktment, but intaifedaad dc sired to caa*st tfce cbatge upon its merits insisting qpon his in nocence of any crime. . ' ' ' 1 1 ..I i'& It* . Affidavit ot OnU P. Heart. David P. Henfy, one oi the regular jaror* at the court pre sided over by Judge Carter says in hit affidavit: "That qhwr; the Court had charged the Grand j Jury and whiie the docket was Mug called, my attention ?rai called to some mention eiistr hy the Court or the Solicitor, Mr. Charles L. Abernethy, I do not remember now which, to the case of State vs Baugham, the Court asking If <his was cae of those case* of influence, or words to that effect, in which the case was dragged along, stating that he bed called the at tention of the Grand lory to the lack of enforcement of law, acd the inewne of crim^.toentioil ing the percentage the jo] creese iu the last six years, and that be had expressed himself very forcibly to the Grand Jury upon this point ' ' "Whereupon Mis? Abernethy arose and nddressed the Court in (be most respectful terms and Ktrted th?? be felt that the ramarkt of the Codrt were a THE FARM WIFE HAPPY AS ANY Mo* For Her In Opinion of Farm ville Lady . W , - ? to the Editor: I. do not Uke up my pen except in a most ?a rnast desire to correct some mistake or misconception? to aay that word in defense of the right, which I fear no one else will take the trouble to say. With thiaapoloey please let me cor rect, aome statements which from to lime are' finding their war into the press. f pnr educators have wisely placfed into the hands of our ctipfren ^text-book on agricul ture, our legislators have pro vided for the establishment of tnt Life. School ?, our national government is extending a help ing hand In every direction; all trying to install into the hearts otttiur youth a love of farming anil farm life. These are good and wise measures, but how ut terly futile they will all prove if the press p resist in publishing such articles as directly refteft on the dignity, purity asd ^ihWi wuiKwsi 01 iarm me rtease let me quote from a recent arti cle in this paper: "We can con ceive of our town women of braver knowledge giving lec tures and conducting round Uble discissions, but we insdsctively thinVof the farmet's wile as a woman, with a careworn lace, rough hands and soiled dress, who is a mere tool on the farm to cook, to sew, to wash, to iron." Can OBTtlniKbe more humiliat ing to the thousands upon thous ands olwives whom this cutting criticism touches? It even goes down into the grave and places a stigma on our loved mothers sleeping there. This, however, de*& with the living? the hoys and girls who will succeed us. Ckn-we expect them to volun tarily take thuir places in a sphere where they are. to be singled out as an inferior class and pointed to as examples of ignorance and untidiness? Whai then? The coming gen eration of farm children, follow inr ?:? lead of %. majority of the intelligent men %nd women who lor tbfe last thirty year* have qoit the ftron.for the less strenu ous life in town, will tarn almost as a unit from the country, and thus more and more will . our fields be turned over to tensntry becoming lets and lets efficient utuQ famine and anarchy stalk Through theiand. An overdrawn Abernethy's taking, his seat the Court requested the clerk to take doWtS the Court'4 statement that he be lined 150.00 fibr con tempt and put in the custody of the sheriff until the fine watt paid and to be . treated th*' same at any - other prisoner, end unless the fine was paid by three o'clock bewd^itd appoint other counsel to fjrosccute the dockii Mr. Abernethy ksked fa* en appeal which was also pre-emptorily re-" * ? -? ?? " ' ' - ?: - v.W ? ' ? . v. ? ?: v fie Cured 4 'M 'y\ picture, alaa! no, just as surely as time moves these things will come unless the people and the press change thcjir attitude to ward the' country and '.country ways. Familiar with every phase of Eastern Carolina farm life, for two score and ten years, am I not able to speak with author it)- on these things which so vitally affect us? Having the good forture to be born and reared among some of the best people and in one of the most favored spots on the globe, I have no patience with the piteous wail decrying conditions in the "Rural Districts." With all respect and sympathy for the philanthropist, I feel that the majority of these would-be benefactors are not convctsant with the conditions they seek to improve. Progress in the right direction, is always good, but why pull down and ruin that which they claim to be trying to build up? , I have not spent all my years so remote from urban life that I have had no opportimity to learn something of its domestic ma chinery and culture. I find homes there more imposing and luxurious from the standpoint of the architect and upholterers, but their knowledge is 06 "brooder" than that of the intelli gent farming community. Konw ledge is not a product of social environment. Dr. Elliot's five foot book shelf well filled, to gether with King James' Ver sion of the Scriptures and a lib eral supply of common tense furnish ample means for a liberal education. , I do not question the good ? in tention of the writer of the arti cle quoted; I only wish to show to your many readers that all farmers' wives except the few whom she would ex trol are not the pitiful creatures she des cribes. A house to house canvass in this country would show the average farmer's wife just as bright and just as happy as the wives of other average men, be their calling or occupation what it may. MRS. JOHN L. McARTHUR. Farmville, N. C. . In the News and Observer. BANKS! rv . - ? ? ? . ? Id prosperous times the earn ings of banks are meagre; ita hard times,' the banks rekp ' a harvest. Many daily papers have recently displayed such headlines as "Notwithstanding Business Depression Banks Dis tribute Increased Earnings." Nearly all the depression this country has seen during the past twenty-five years has been due to financial power rather than to fundamental conditions. The very purport of the new cur rency law which directs the establishment of Reserve Banks & to prevent banks from inau gurating panics. Without de tracting from the useful and necessary functions of the banks it was the consensus of public opinion that too much power waf given them. Increased dividends cannot be made unless there is at ?li6 same time increased borrowing. A bank, is the only institution in the world that Makes you feel that ytw are under life long ob ligations to w?m for the giviog W your pfttfonaee. Let us hope lhat out banks hjve.seen a few rifrort and will itickitp n con structive s>-stM*v -? ?"> *??< i ; i -4 *)>to ,?v. - Faith in your husband will save fcim many explanations. MAGAZINE CLUB. Id response to a request from Mrs. M. H. Quinely, Chairman of Health of the State Federation, of Woman's Clubs, the Magazine Club's last meeting was devoted entirely to health topics. The program wa4 as follows; . "The Public School and Its Relation to Public Health" ? Mrs. W. C. Askew. "Why we object to the com mon drinking cups''? Mrs. W. J. Rasberry. "The importance of the teeth in mental and physical , ef ficiency" ? Miss Annie Perkins. "Typhoid? its causes? vacci nation"? Mrs. J. L. Shackelford. Community work of Spray, North Carolina"? Mrs. J. E. Warren. "What can the women of Farm ville do to prevent typhoid fever"? Mrs. J. Stanley Smith. The thoroughly interesting manner in which these subjects were discussed proved that the club women of Farmville realize the importance of good heidth in the development of the com munity. At the next meeting the club will continue the Bay-new course on South America. Dainty refreshments were servedihy Mrs. P. E. Jones aad Miss Annie Perkins. The club adjourned to meet next with Miss Venetia Morrill. Mrs. Anderson Entertains. On last Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. H. C Anderson charm ingly entertained a number of little folks, in honor of their neice, little Miss Annie Law rence Burnett. At eight o'clock the little oues began arriving; they were met at the door by Mrs. Anderson and taken to the sitting room where cach one relieved, themselves of cloaks, wraps, etc. They were then invited to the parlor to hear the beautiful music and forming into two lines, to the strains of "Gee Pee" march, they wound the stairway 'til each one, looked as if they had walked a goodly distance. After resting for just a short while Mr. and Mrs. Ander son took them out on the front lawn, and they ail engaged in fireworks for a while, which was greatly enjoyed by all. After the supply was exhausted they were ushered into the dining room, where Mr. and Mrs, Anderson, assisted by Mrs. W. E. Murphrey, Mrs. J. V. Johnston, Mrs. Geo. Windham, Mrs. Robt. Bclcher, Mrs. Mollie Flanagan and Miss Guila Flanagan did their best to make that part the most enjoyable period. The table was filled to the edge with just such things as it takes to make little hearts glad. As the clock struck ten the little merry makers bid good night to the guest of honor and voted Mr. and Mrs. Anderson to be grand ?;ntertainere. Those present were: Misses J Letha Belle, Lucy Ann and Lucile Flanagan, Miss Bonnie Belle and Geo. Jr. Windham, Miss Elisabeth Murphrey, Miss Annie Lawrrnce Buraette, Mat ter Cecil, lack, Robert and Miss es Lucy and )anie Johnston. Strange Rockfeller hasn't kicked about the hard times!
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