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THE Hoke county journae
RABTO^./ H. C„ FRID AY, DECEMBER 5. 1980.
fl.50 YEAR. IN ADVANdE
WAGIilHPim
President: of ■ Univerklty Telle/ Muir
dlenpd That Crteli Pfoyee-
of Cttlaeiphlp.^Praleee iCotietf^
tive Mifoe^ of'8outh..i , -
President Frank Grabaiiil ot ;€be
TJnlyorslty df North CiartAlha,' c^iBa-
-Ing to lUeford as a^^est bf me.j^b.
man’s* €iub, spoke t^'ak 'Ji^xe*te4
.audience' a the School . build-
■lug Wednesday .night, NoTember rZe.'
The engag^ent to isjjeak hesre’ jras
made by Presild^t fitahaSn ‘In*' the
.Spring before the high honot^ ol'pres-
■Idency of the UnlTefsl]^ jfas, cop,-
1 lenred ujpon him, but Rtiefotdfljrlends'
ann admirers were glad to
‘Is has i: not become to, bsey^/fe*' A®
the mgggement - ••
. ' Mr®- P* hlcCaln, ptesldeht' of
■the Raeford Woman’s Club/* trfiS in
,Aargecbl the meeting. ' - Before the
Address of the evming a vobal trtb,
“The Bella of St. Mary’s’’ wasglyen
hy Mrs. Marshall T^bmah'. Mrs. W.
R. Barrington, and Mrs. Ina .Bethuho,
Mr. John W, McLauohlln latTtdnced
Dr. Graham to the audience, com
menting upon the service that he and
other members of bis family . have
contributed to North Carolina edu
cation.
Beginning with remarks upon the
subject near to the Interest of all his
hearers, Dr. Graham presented the
challenge of the present depression.
In comparing the present crisis with
that in the South subsequent to the
Givll War, he told of the trying
times at Chapel Hill, describing
to the audience the scenes at the
university when a body of colored
soldiers were in charge of the town,
when cattle and swine grazed
on the campus and cavalry mounts
were stabled in the dormitories. ."The
future of the University was the
■problem on every heart. end;, al-
Fii ' Fw^ llePhinM ' lElp^d pWrarian of.
Mtyif' of C(miiTM«olonor»T«>J>
' to’ Co« Attomyw
'; ttolueatioti Did Not. Modt
_. ; -i -; ^ ’ (■
T%Bt affbfrs of Hokb -Cbanty 'pMsed
into tob'h®p4s ,oif ,th® olected
f^r tha. nnzt tyro years' on 'Monddy
when .the neV'blficbrs’,. Vwb, sworiv
in. , ,T^e^ retiring.. Itoardv bfr county
commlstiioners'.'.met' and- i^und up
their hlfaito'fqr'’ton,.term and'about
ndom totiring Clerk - of -the* Court
W. L. Poole ddminlslerbd''thb oath
of office to the new board of .com^.
V-f.- '• '■•- .' ■ •
; ipiesipners. This new board orggn-
laed by efectelng F.. ' Mcl^haui
chairman and Currie County
Artbrney. They then swore in all
of the otbei* county .onicers and. pror
ceeded with regular business.- Jt. A.
McGobgan, who has been auditor for
a number of years, was retained in
this position for the remainder of
the fiscal year which expires bh July
Ist, 1931.
J. A. McPbaul, Jr., wak> named as
County Tax Supervlsort The board
adjourned to meet again to°iprrow
(Saturday) afternoon. No action was
taken 'With reference to the County
Road. Superintendent.
The County Board of Elducation
did not have a meeting on Monday,
as wah erroneously predicted in
these columns last week, this board
serving in office until next Spring.
Fernand Goii^ ef ..Taxaa, Believed to
Kave^Shoi Hereqhel . Mbeee And
‘Than Killed Self-Tragedy le Be-
‘ling iQVMttgatad.
'Dr. J. M. Arnett, Paster. Spring HIH
"-. Baptist Church, Jumps, or,.Fails
From Moving Truck and P'recturet
Skull. ' .
,
FayettevlUe, Dec. IJ—^^Prlvatb Fer
nand Gbnz, El /’Pabo, .Texas, is dead
a „ jSelt-ipflicted . - bullet wound
and priTai^-..Iiersobel E. Moses, Cher-
ryvfljd, Is 'In the Stetibn i^papitgl
iurlth tofee wounds, apparently from
the -game weapon, as the result of at
my^rlous shooting' affair whjpb oc-
itonrpd' at Fort Bra,g«'last! night.
TBe tragedy Is being ^investigated
hy a military board api^ointed by the
commanding 'o^cef.
Srbhz and Mcses were battery
mates, both being members of bat-'
tery D., 16th field artillery Moses
was walking poet,. In the stable area
when he saw a suspicious shadow
under' a gun shed, he stated from
his hospital bed today. When be
advanced to' Investigate he heard his
name shouted and a gun flashed.
The sergeant of the guard found
Gonz in civilian clothes, dead with
/a bullet between the eyes. Beside
him vuras a .45 calibre pistol, stolen
from a supply room, frbm which four
bullets had been fired.
Captain Samuel. White, proyost
marshal at Fort Bragg, deGlared the
motive, for the shooting has not
been, ascertained. r
Dr. J. M. Arnett, pastor of fiprtug
Hill . Baptist Churoh at (Wagraln,, was
fafi^iy 'injured on Tuesday Of last
veek when he jumped from 'a truck
loaded with tobacco -at. Ashley
HelghtsV It seems that he, was ..ild-
jpg toi tkte truck with his feet wrap
ped in a robe and that the robe was
ignited from the exhaust of thp en
gine. In trying to extrlctte him
self from the burning robe he either
fell or Jumped from the truck and
his skull was fractured. He was
carried to Aberdeen for first aid
and then to the Moore^County Hos-
pimi at Plnehurst where he suc
cumbed to his Injuries that night.
Dr. Ameer was 58 years of age
WIUJiUllUHiHinilEN
KuiD BY Acmir
Cumberland County Farmer of flat
ToVnieiiiPf Diet When Gun Die-
chargee While Scaling Fence—
‘ Charge Enters Heart
Fayet^^lle,' Daq. . I-,' "” to^lWam
Hplgb, 45, one of t^e fore
most- farmers pf Cumberland coun
ty, accidentally shot add Ulled him
self ‘thlk afternoon when a shot
gun kb was carrying was discharged
while he .was climbing over a fence
on farm In 71st township. Ac
cording to memberq of his family,
Mr. .Owen-had started to go down
to his cow^^pasture, in company
■with one or more' negro farm hands.
He had decided to Carry his gun
with him, saying that he might get
an opportunity...to shoot some blrdk.
The gun was. an old-one, and Mrs,
and a native of Moore County. He remonstrated against his tak-
had been'serving the Baptist church ' ~
at Wagram lor a number of years
and was well known in this section.
He was also a teacher of Bible In
Bolling Springs College. He was a
a graduate of Wake Forest College,
and had studied at the Southern
Baptist Seminary and at the Duke
University of North Carolina.
, Funeral ser'vlces ■^ere conducted
frpm the Spring Hill Baptist Church
last Thursday at eleven o’clock, with
Rev. J. R. Miller, of this place, ReV.
Job'll Arch McMillan, of Thomasvllle,
and Revl. J. L. Jenkins, of Boiling
Springs', officiating.
MR
J,, S. JACKSON, NEAR
L08E$ HOME BY FIRE
Tuesday morning . abput eleven o’-
^ clock Mr. j S. Jackson, who lives
though the history books do not tell | near, Arabia,Vlbst his home by fire
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News
ROCKFI^H SCHOOL NEWS.
it, the guiding spirit of the restor-jof undetermined ort41ii>tihough it hi
ation of the University was a -wom-
.hh, in whose heart burned a spark
of love and determlhation.
Continuing hiS- theme that a crisis
4 brings out the latent courage and
^ heroism of men and women. Dr. Gra-
* ham told in a few. words the stirring
stories of the heroes who supplied
the vtolon and the energy for the
Vestoration of the South; Lee, whose
^ -honor and retiring spirt refused
money and honor to spend his last
days in educational work; Coker, who
came back from the Civil War with a
shattered hip, yet laid the founda
tion for the Southern agricultural
revolbtion; Duke, who contributed
• so greatly to the rlSe of the South
to Ini’jistrial independence. Each
- man in tu-^' was shown to he a
man whom hard times worked a mir-
■Jjacle of development and each man
' A ‘ was one who realized the value of
f books, “not bookt^h men, but men
-,v^ho had taken the knowledge and
■Jpspiratlon that books will yield to
uavery boy.”
^peaking of the . Coun’-y Library
Jhogram which is being inaugurated
,*fll over the State, Dr. Graham told
rof the achievement of Mecklenburg
.county, where one of the first com
plete county library programs has
recently been carried out, where six
■ :sub-statlons carry the books from
'- ylthe central library throughout the
i county. He pointed out also the ea-
w* gerness of the county people for ac
cess to a library, recounting an in
cident of library work in Durham.
“The North.” said Dr. Graham,
A “has goitdq rich upon the cotton
that has made us poor here in the
South. Ever since the plantation in
the South ha*s been supplanted in
ppoVer by the corporation in the
North, the South has been tributary
(o the . Industrial North. In North
Carolina 1,600,000 people have no
local access to libraries. In Massa-
Chussetts, there is not a .Soul who
-does not. The resourceful mind is
i- trained on books. We. must make
books available, to the boys and
.giyls of Nonh Carolina.”
“I believe,” Dr. Graham concluded,
“That Hoke County i will have a li
brary, bdt .you rpiist be - patient in
getting it. Things of this sort do
-not come pvernlghti., ..You -will have
-alibrary, and It . will he a., .jpounty-,
wide library. It will callv,Qmt>tb6
^ toiWtttlve gepiuS, the Inyieirof bedu;
ty,'' and the heroism -of Jour hoys
and girls. It will lead to*niOvqi
-coonomioally so'und kifd.. more,' spllr-
itually beautifolly ’ civilization.''
^ Dr. Graham’’^’wlic t®? onjoyed by
« nxeltt&m sized, audiipQc most of
’wjio^' ^emalaed ‘after «the meeting
to iheet and talk to ,[hlm. -After
th^lie’left^for/Oliarlotteb-
wUle, Va., to see the CarbUna-Vlrglii-
to’''OOt1ilU gaai«- "ItedE
lugWfrom the klt-
T^e house ^d ; all
thought thak:lt'
Chen stove fliu
its contents toSo'Hlito with'his sipoke
house and a^quantiy^f meat were a
total loss. It is nop known whether or
not Mr. Jackson ihad any insurance.
CUMBERLAND SEEKS $300,000
FROM GASTER BONDSMEN
Efforts of Cumberland County to
recover more than $300,000 from Da
vid Gaster, former county treasurer,
and his bondsmen are expected to
reach a head this month with a
hearing here before a referee, Judge
J. C. Clifford, of Dunn. Fifteen or
sixteen bond signers are involved.
Trial of Mr. Gais-ter on. criminal
charges resulting from ;his adminis
tration of the county finances over
a ■ period of 10 years recently result
ed in a hung jury and a mistrial.
The civil action against Mr. Gas,-
ter and his bondsmen la expected
to be even more complicated and
technical than the crlmlqal action
because there have been many dif
ferent sets of .k-lgners on' the differ
ent bonds given by Mr.i Gaster from
year to year..
Not only will the county be oblig
ed to prove the alleged shortages to
the satisfaction of the referee iJiit
the county must also allocate the
alleged shortages tp the differen
years- of iMr„ Gaster’s tenure of
flee in order they may be charged
against the bond signers fftr those
years. ^
It is exepected that the cost of
the recent mistrial of Mr. Gaster in
Cumberland superior court will
amount to about $3,600. This does
not include the cost of flie audit
6n which charges Mr. Gaster were
based. The audit cost around $40,-
000.
Diincan\Shaw, county attorney, and
W. O. Downing are expected to rep
resent tile county in the referee’h
hearing here. The date of the hear
ing has not been -announced but
every effort is being made to have
it set this month.
FAYETTEVILLE Y. M. C. A .
VERSUS BATTERY
Friday night at the AiTlibi’y,. Bat
tery. P,.. .will, meet the • strdng ;haske.t
liall ■ te&m from the yt of
;PayettevlIle!
- This
'B»t4ery
ils^ Mll'be 'thq.'Bqcoqfi^gajn?© ion
eryfF^ 'i’hey .^egte^l thh
Rockhto. Dec. 2.—Thanksgiving
interruption is past hq,w and indica
tions : are that pur third month of
school, is going to be one o( marked
improvements over the proceeding
two. We are expecting the enroll
ment tq climb, up considerable and
the attendance to be much better.
Our children are doing fine work
and we feel that there is not a finer
bunch in the county. The little
“tots” remind you of real merchants
in the way tjiey sell their goods and
compute their account's' behind their
toy counter. And as one passees
by the wigwams of the third grade
he looks- for the little papooses, but
to his surprise there peeps out the
ever alert boys and girls'. The
grammar grades, / besides- carrying
along their regular work, are busy
preparing and rendering :society
programs. Early in the school year
these boys and girls organized a
literary society, and if is operating
nicely under the leadership and
direction of the following officers;
Howard Wiodd, president; Elizabeth
Croley, secretary; Hazel Wood, vice-
president; Wilie E. McKeithan, su
pervisor; Trade Monroe, chorister;
Dazie Mae Ad^ox, pianist. This So
ciety n^l^ta, regularly twice per
month on Friday afternoon. The
next and last regularly meeting be-
fQ*e the Christmast holidays will be
the 12th of December. The lead-
ng number on this program will be
a debate by the sixth grade, on the
query: Resolved, “That good roads
are more beneficial to the farmers
than to the city people.”
The social -which the teachers hgd
been planning for some time for
the patron's- and citi^ier^ o” ::he dis
trict came off in good style on last
Wednesday Evening. There were
about fifty or sixty fatljers and
mothers and several young men and
■women present. After a word of
welcome by the principal and a short
resimnse by the chairman of the
local committee, the crowd -was. en
tertained by stunts and games inter
spersed by .k-trli>g music of local tal
ent. Every one present enjoyed the
occasion, and* we feel that the school
1 is bigger and the community closer
^together by our having had this
F 1 meeting.
'I „ . s
. Op or -aboul? the ISth"' of Deceifi-
ber. .the-. tesloriisrs ■with the ' assist-
ance^bf several- youpg men .a,nd -wm-
men of'tb'fe cqmmuijity/
to - give- file lj|ay—Deacob ' Dubbs—
fpr ’tlj.e benefit tif the school. This is
.dp ^•toceptlonally good play and we
McFadyen, Robert' Matheson, Lopuie
Teal, Jr.,. Homer Thames* Helen
toatrlcia Stewart, Anpie Lee Camp-
‘beil, Marjr ToEias Carswell.
Second Grade—^Yvonne Baucom,
Palsy Blue, Mary Lewis, Emma
Brooks Tapp, Christine -McQueen,
Howard Baucom,. Dan Cox. Jr.
Third Grade—Tom McLauchlin,
Kathleen Campbell, Douglas McNeil.
. Fourth Grade—William McKay,
Jimmy Green, Lawrence Campbell,
Ben Campbell, Agnes Mae Johnson,
Mary Shaw McDiarmid, Robert Vea-
sey.
Fifth Grade—Watton Gillis, Frances
McFadyen, Flora Alice Peterson.
Sixth Grade—Mary Elizabeth Mc-
Bryde, Lena Blue McFadyen.
Seventh Grade—Allie May Davis,
Nannie Russell Harris, Irma Jordon,
Deane Mattson, Rober't Weaver, v
High School—Elaine Meinnis, Sarah
Yarborough, Mary Ann Clark, Ethel
Epstein, Margaret Kirkpatrick, Chris
tiana McFadyen, Dora Snead, Gray
Currie, Tliaddus Koonce, Billy Max
well, Junius Riley, Clennie Cook,
Caroline Patoer. Mary Isabella Ray,
Doris Robinton, Ruth Scull, Jack Mc
Duffie, Mabel Akins, Marghret
Koonce.
lug it, ak she did not believe
it was safe.
As' he attempted to scale the
fence the gun went off, and the
charge entered his heart, killing him
Instapily. The accident occurred
about 4:30 o’clock.
Mr. Owen is survived by his
wife, formerly Mibs Katie Shaw,
three sons. Dr. Duncan Owen, of
Baltimore, Haigh Owen and John
Ray. Owen, and one daughter. Miss
Catherine Owen. He also leaves one
brother, John M. Owen, of this
County, and a sister, Mrs. Maggi
Blue, of Aberdeen:
UDEilS COUBT
Book Week in the Seventh Grade.
November 16-22 was book week in
the United States. . The seventh
grade joined with other grade's in
observing the week. We observed
it-'in various ways.
During. the first pf the Week we
s.tndied some quotations about tli©
value of reading gOod books. Then
we wrote compositions on, “The
Value of Good Books.”
Opr teacher helped us to observe
book ..week by reading, “Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm” to us. We en
joyed the book -and wanted her to
read at ^^very spar?' mcn.etit.
During 'irawing pei'i'j'i we made
book marks and pa'sfiers. Prizes were
offered ts the boy and girl who
made the beest posters. Sam kpr-
ris and Allie Mae Davis won the
prize.'?. . ’
We enjoyed book week and we
think our observation of it was prof
itable. . .
Miss' Andrews Honored.
Misses Maiw Elma McFadyen and
Mildred McDuffie delightfully enter
tained in honor of Miss Lorena An-
drew.'s at the home of Miss McDuffie
Thursday,'. NoY^r-^T.'Mhe'toccaejqn -be-
Jpg'.the' hirth-dky of MiW-- -Aldfews-.
•dpst time hy..thA;^tar®c 81-^-'^Pthat we’
then they hartre be«n. itractlclng hard crowd to see It. '
aiid are'in better shape. They hope
to come out.rtctol^ous'over Fayette-
rtlle.
(The gttme t^U .btart'^proniptly at
eJsto o’clock and . tba pabUo'is -urged
to^opme oatj. and root , for: the homh
RAEFORD SCHOOL'
^Sholjirahlp Honor Roll, Third Month
i First Grade—l/ils • Alexander,; Mil-
Campbell, Lee-
ter Baker, Thonua Gilley, Le-wls
Dancing' and. bridge were enjoyed
during the evening after which a dch
, llcious -sweet ‘ 'course ■'^at served*
Thpse present were: Misses Lorena
Andrews, Mary Morris, Mary Mon
roe, Lily Cox', Dora Snftad, Libby
. Margaret Morris, Floreda
Campbell, ^ary Elma McFadyen and
Mildred McDnffie. Me^era Malcolm
Campbell, Gaston McBryde,' Marlon
OatUh. fiolht»Betlraiie,^'millaiii'‘'OnI-'
(Continued on Page 4}
In Recorder’s Court Tuesday an
unusually large . npmber of cases
were.;tried, this being the first ses
sion of court for the nqw term and
the first court of the new toos^utlng
attorney, Arthur D. Gore and the
.new Clerk, Ex-Sherlff Edgar Hall.
Both were old hands at court, how-
even and the business was not new
to thenn
George Blythe, white, plead guilty
to a charge of driving a ckr under
the influence of whiskey and was tax
ed with the costs, fined fifty dollars
and ordered not to drive a car on
any public road in North Carolina
for ninety days.
Duncan MePhatter, colored, plead
guilty to a charge of stealing wheat
from Burly Crouch and was sentenc
ed to the county roads for a term
two years. He completed a twelve
months sentence for larceny in Sep
tember and had since that time serv
ed one month' on the city streets
for a violation of a city ordnance.
Wilkin 'Thomas entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of breaking and
entering the -home of Doug Bronsaii
and stealing a pistol; to entering
the home of J. Dl Kemp, Jr., and
stealing a pair of slippers and of
entering the home of Caleb Pigot
and stealing shoes. He denied tak
ing any ,^yrup from the- home oF
Kemp. He was bound over to the
January term of Hoke County Su
perior Co'art.
R>. H. Swanson, white, entered a
plea of guilty of stealing. a pistol
from John Maultsby, Jr., last Satur
day morning. . It was charged that
he went into the rear room of
Maultsby Filling Station at Mont
rose last Saturday morning and that
while sitting on the edge of the bed
ill which young Maultsby Was sleep
ing he pioked- up a pistol lying
tliere and.- got away with it. The
pistol was, found a little later in
the day in the possession of a young
white mail named Bill Everette, a
companion of Swanson’s, who enter
ed a plea of,guilty of carrying a
concealed wekpon and • was taxed
the costs and a fine of fifty doHk's.
Swanson was bound over to Superior
Court under bond of two hundred
dollars.. . ' "
Mack Daniels’ colored, 'v'lio lives
on the Graham farm of the late
L J. Bright, near Red Springs, was
indicted on thj-ee counts of stealing
seed ■ cotton-., i lit was charged thqt
he took two: hundred pounds from a
-Mr. McMinnis pi^ the Autry farm in
An.entole T(||wfi^ip.
ty pounds fr^ou'"'^', colored man named
MISffUllHilD
IN GilinBI IM
Jury Failed to AgrM After Havliia
Case for Soventom Hour*—Gastor-
Waa Former Cumberiaad County
Treasurer. ^
After being out for sterhr ieirai-
teea hours a Hoke Cosnty jury Sun
day reported to JodsepR. A. Nuoa
in the superior court in Fajr«CtdTni»
that they were unable to agrae on a
verdict concerning the state’a chargds
against, David Gaster, -former ' Cum
berland County treasurer, and the
jurors were discharged- by the iudg»
and the case declared a mletrlaL
The Issued were given tt the iury
Saturday'night at 11:1(7. After hold
ing the court In session for an hour
without ,a verdlcL Judge Nunn or
dered the jurors locked up for the
night, and adjourned. Sunday morn
ing the jurymen came Into the oonrt
and asked for further li^orma^mk.
on one point. This conceragd the al
leged excessive pa(p»ent8 totaRlne
$196,000 w-hleh the- state charged
that Gaster made tp himself- The
foreman asked if the state had te
show “where the money” wwiL”
Judge Nunn then (diargad the'
juroi*, as he had done before, that
the state must prove beyond a rea
sonable doubt that the defehdaat
converted this money tp his own-use-
It was close to 4 o’clock' Sttndny
afternoon when the jurymen retam
ed again with the report of fallnra
to agree. They were discharged at
3:55 p. m., the jurymen stPod 9 ta
3 for acquittal.'
Whether or not the case will ba
tried agin depends oh the .solicitor:
The hearing ptarteid ' Tue^y. af
ternoon, op 'the'second day of, a ape-
cial term Of Cambeflahd Superior
court. A specialvenire 6f fifty torn ,
was draiyn. from Hoke. County toif
the selection of ». jtiry, oh motiop of-
Solicits .T. A. McN^ the defense
resisting tho raothm and' maiiitaining
that a fair triak could be given by
Cumberland. county juyors;
'The State charged .misapplication
and misappropriation of public
funds, the indictment resting on th»
public officials statute The princi
pal state witnesses were the aadi«
tors who spent a year in auditing
the county record. The defense con
tented itself with character -wlt-
nesse.'s' and the testimony ' of two
auditors who claimed to find large
discrepancies in the figures presenW
ed by the state’s accountant.s.
The following twelve men from
this county were members of the
jury: L. M. Andrews, Arch Graham*
T. B. Lester, Lu-ke McFadyen, Henry
Gordon, N. A. Wright,' H. V. Guin.
A. V. Ray, W. W'. MaxweU, John
Davis, Lacey McNeill and D. P.
Gillis. >
AGED COLOf^ED WOMAN
DIES THANKSGIVING DAY
Katie McDougald, colored, aged
1, died in McLauchlin Township on.
thanksgiving Day, November, 2Tth,
her death being due to heart trou
ble. Her remains were bureid at
Galatia last Fridav.
LOVETT BRATCHER, COLORED
DIED LAST SATURDAY
Lovett Bratcher, a colored man
who liVed on Mrs. Sarah McNeill’s'
farm near here, died last Saturday
of heart trouble at the age of 59. Hia .
remains were buried last Sunday at
Silver Grove cemeterv.
lowing it into the home of Daniels
where he placed Daniels under ar
rest. "raking Daniels with him. he
pursued the truck for some time lon
ger, finally losing th.’ trail on the
hard surfacqii^ hig;iw;u' between Red
Springs Maxtou One of rive par
ties losing cotton stated that if the
sheet that he,lost coukl be located
that he could identify it by it hav
ing some burnevl cotton in it. When
shown the cotton at Daniels' house
he immediately pointed out the sheet '
and when opened tkfs.^heet ccutain--
ed bumetl cotton.' 'i^fimse witnesses
sought te* prove, that seme of the
cotton which Daiiieis had in his pos-
S6ssito a hard'fighlbt-
was niad4 by the.defendants for ac
quittal but h^ was found J ” ' ^
county'roads for thiw months.
'Counsel ■ gave notice of appeal to •
Superior Court and bond was fixed at
one hundred dollars in each case.
A*case,against Junius Slier, Wil
lie und Arch Blue -was nol pressed
with leay^' Blue having evaded ajr> .
rest so f&r.
A caee'^ptnst Jl c. Jtttdna chax»>
Ing the dispoeal of' mortgaged prop*
•rty wai 'dlspoaed ot tta aama waifL
$ s
N§iU;§,.
area ponds from a colored, nam
ed John‘McBryde of . the.'term 6f Mr.-
Everie^. Ma Mctnnte was the first
to miss any cotton, last FrWtor night,
and h^ immediately bent Itor Mr.vW.
R. Barrington, deputy sheriff, who
picked up the trail of a truck which
igd from to® Ptece whwe the cotton
wan’ taken and followed this trail
nearly all nlpht; daring the time tol-