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G. A. ROUSE. Editor,
1915
WAR IDE i
COURSE TAKEN
BY ABERNETHY
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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
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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-"
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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!