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FRIDAY, KOV 2,. 1917' PAGE TWO THE REVIEW: KEIDSVILLE, N. Q 7f I1 CCA7 The Right Medicine in Many Cases ' Does Better than the Surgeon's Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. Doctor Said Operation or Death But Medicine Cured. i!AHimjii Des Moines, Iowa. "My hu.sLand s.iys I would nave been in my grave today had it not been tor Lydia E. Ilnkham's Vegetable Compound. I .suf fered from a serious female trouble and the doctors said I could not live one year without an operation. My husband objected to the operation and had me trv Lvdia K l'inkham's Vegetable Compound. I soon commenced to get better and am now well and able to do my own housewofk. I can recom mend Lydia E. l'inkham's Vegetable Comiwund to any woman aa a wonderful health restorer." Mrs. Ulanchk jEFFEitsoN,703 Lyon St., Des Moines, Iowa. Another Operation Avoided. Richmond, Ind. "For two years I was so sick and weak from female troubles that when going up stairs I had to go very slowly with my hands on the steps, then bit down at the top to rest. The doctor said he thought I should have an operation, and my friends thought I would not live to move into our new house. My daughter asked me to try Lydia E. l'inkham's Vegetable Compound as she had taken it with good results,, I did so, my weakness disappeared, I gained in strength, moved into our new home, do all kinds of garden work, and raised hundreds of chickens and ducks. I cannot say enough in praise of Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound." Mis. M. O. JonNsjON, lioute D, Box 100, Kichmond, Ind. i Of course there are many serious cases that only a surgical operation will relieve. We freely acknowledge this, but the above letters, and many others like them, amply prove that many operations are recommended when medicine in many cases is all that is needed. If you want special advice write to Lydia K. Pinkham Medi cine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. 11 fllP w i IF JUDGE BYNUM'S SPLENDID SPEECH AT GREENSBORO c I feci that I should offer' Your Hon or nemo apqlogy for ifrotraetr'ing this discussion at this late hour, when the quefction 'involved has been so thoroughly presented both for the plaintiff 'and the detfendant. I do not hope In few words I shall say throw Bny additional light uijKn the propo sition. I shall try to avoid repeat ing, so far as I can, the -arguments which hav. i been presented upon our side, and I TeuJiLy think I thould say nothing at bII, if It were not for the fact that my learned brethren upon the othr sldici see-m to think that be fore this 'in Junction should be con tinued it Is neceasary for Your Hon or to find thut some corruption had been committed by, the defendants, not rart('cuarly by the Public Utili ties (Company, but ofHainly, as they hve co earnestly pmsitently stree;d In their arguimrint, that It Is necessary, in order that the plain tiffs should succeed in this action for them to provie to Your Honor that what has hern done by the Board of Commissioners of Readsville was, done cori-uptly. Now, there is no such allegation In the rtunirtaint. There Is no such contention TiiWe by the plaintiff's, nor ie it neaa-sary that such alTega tloiift should have been made, or that there should have been proof to that effX't. Net ven the honesty of these de- say," nd that is all the Indictment fendants is involved In thus controdid say, that they bold them at a very. No one questions their good grossly inadequate price, and they character; no one' questions their f asked the trial judge to instruct the honesty Or their integrity. Some of ; jury ihat unless' they found this trans them I know personally and have ' action was made with a corrupt in known for years, and no mi would ! tent, they should acquit the defend- Um-m-m! That IS Coffee ft X) THAT "'"IIMHWH'i" The Luzianne Guarantee: It, after ueing the content of a can, you are not aatiafied in every reaped, your gro cer will refund your money. It's got the smell and the smack that make you say, "Set 'em up again." For it's always fair weather when good folks get together over a cup of steaming, staving-good Luzianne. You don't buy a pig in a poke when you buy Luzianne Coffee. No, Ma'am. It clearly states that if it doesn't meet your idea of a better coffee, you're entitled to your money back and get if. Buy a can of Luzianne and re adjust your ideas of what good coffee must be. Ask for profit-sharing catalog. IJHANNEcoffee The ReilyTaylor Company, New Orleans 1 li OUR MACHINERY FOR REPAIR WORK (is most complete. We are in ' a position to repair any knd or machine, to replace. worn or de fective parts. Such work is always wanted in a hurry for an idle ma- chine eats its head off in lost time , and business. If you have a jionworkbi(g (machine let us put It back oh its Job again. . WOMACK MOTOR CO. Croup. It your children are subject to croup get a bottle of Chamberlain' Cough Remedy, and when the attack comes on be careful to follow the plain printed directions. You will be aur prised at the quick relief which It at lords. ' Leaf tobacco on hund October 1 was less than on July 1 but more than in October a year ago. The Census bureau's quarterly report shows 1,314,056,034 pounds on hand October 1, of which 840,678,229 was chewing, smoking, snuff and export types, 262,705,209 cigarettes types, and 5.,672,536 Imported types. 'f M1MII OERE are rugs that will surely please you. Our new stock of rugs it certainly generous enough in size and assort ment to afford most ample opportunity for the indi vidual fancy of careful purchasers. Tapestries, Body Brusaels, Velvets, Axminsters and Royal Wiltons are all represented in the very best of their respective weaves. The designs are as attrac tive and handsome as you could find anywhere. As to values well, we'll leave that to your good judgment when you see the rugs themselves and compare the prices to the qualities. more gladly be.ir testimony to their high &ianding and to their honeslty and Int grMy than I would myseX The allegation here is that j the defendants acted arbitrarily and partially, and thut the- effect of the..' action was to perpetrate a wicn;? upon the town of ReidevilUe ' nd its (taxpayers, or to ue the iierm which the liaw applies to partlafl ac tion of -that kind, what they dfld worked what the law calls a fraud upon the town and the taxpayers. I do not know whether Your Hon or, in your ye'airs as a practicing' law yer, or since you have been upon the Hench, ever stopper! to inquire what is meant by this word fraud, but I nny remark in passing th"t it has not been well defined. i Fraud Is a consequence of action. A fraud may be the consequence of honest action just as much bs it may l)e the consequence of dishonest ac tion. If the act of a trustee works a wrong upon tha beneftWalry, the tew cal'is that .i fraud; the wan who do? the act may be perfe't!l honeait hi it, but the effeft of the act ft ,what the law regards. r i We nwift, in order to determine whether there has been prop:r or Itn ents. The tite Judge npd to give the Instruction, and held that the&e county comimissiioners, as trus tees jnl public servants, were charg ed with the duty of getting the very best market price for those shingles, and if they did not u& ordinary care or were guilty of wiant of exercise of ordinary cai'e in doing, they violated sec. 1090 of the old code, now sec 3925 of the R'Visal. That section declares that any office who willfully omits or neglects or refuses to discharge any duty of his office is guilty of a iuisdemeanor.lt does not say corruptly j but if h& is guilty of wilful neglect, j he is guilty of a misdemeanor, and tnan tne pnintuTs testify it was worth. In one case the loss to the county was only a few dollars, the difference betwten $21.00 and $70.00, $49.00, yet a jury of Chatham county convicted those commissioners, and the Supreme Court of North Carolina said they were properly convicted be ofUEe they had failed to exercise reas onable effort and care in securing for that little pile of shlng'les the highest market price. "It would seem clear,' says the court, "that this was an abuse of their powers. If it was not, than it would hardly be possible to find ;n instance in which the common law, or the first part of section 1090, ftvould apply. Police officers would be liable, for no malfeasance except in cases where corrupt intent was al leged and provsd. This cannot be the lUw. Whether such .conduct is an admission or neglect of duty which comes within the1 first clause of sec- ti i .. i. t . i .) . 1 ii k A uie jury in wu uv.oieu Uon i,)9u of the Code, or is a neglect ueienuanis. The case of duty at'coniiinon law, is immaiteriai. went to the Supreme ' , .. . t,. ' 1 11 luc J1 C ill C UU ULtl L J .-1 11 V. JJ v ourc, ana mere our L;ourr. sets up the standard b' which we are to intent are not a full defense." Ma,v, It nllqs Ynnr Honor: If hon- measure the conduct of puMc officials and d ,ntent flre not a defensp in Noiih CaroiMna ail those who take ! u,)m. ...u Imii j charge is preferred, how can it be a defense where no crime is charged, where we merety charge that these gentlemen had acted arbitrari ly, that they hiive been (partial In the disposition of this property? If hon- fKtv finI trnnd Intpnf nrp nft a fiiH Ha- The conviction is not for selling . oo . Qtt injrMm oath of office, and all these commis sioners take an oath of office when ! they enter upon their duties. W.'lut i does the Com t say ? This is the legal proposition invevved and the question then follows whether these defend-j ants come within this rule. ' at private sale nor tt a lower price, but for wilful negligence in not car- proper ration on the pal.t of the may or and oomiinissionif rs of thi3 town, n . , i . a L. .1 1 Inn. f Vi rt Win nti. nniviutrtw Ki. aalllillr ! nrst aeciae wnai is ine wuiiiuaru i " mo wuuy jiuiicn; u; "u"6 conduct nrarked out for them by the at a grossly inadequate price and at law. What exercise mut they make ! much less than by reasonable effort rii1rfl K o va hear) nihta I n isl rti.f of the (flowers conferred upon them j could have been obtained." by virtue of thej'T office cs commls- loners of the city; to wh.t extent do they have to abuse those powers in order to render their action il irgal and void? We need not go out of the State to find that standard. We need not go to other States, be au.fi'' our own Supreme Court has Is what thev were convicted for. They did not try to get any more, and they might hiave gotten more if they had tried. "The county is entitled to b protected not only against dis-' nonesty in the sale of pub-, lie property, but against want of reasonable effort to obtain a fair j They h ve price." That is the standard. "Want i n . .1 . : .. .. . ....i ..... j. ' ..DnKlVilTn,4' ' nM.l n . , ttlimUIlllUS III siondrs or town commissioners or price." It is held here to be such a any otner officers "in North Carolina fraud as renders those who are guil who hava to ttake an oath of office ' ty of the neglect, u'ndictuble. They before entering upon the discharge go back, to the old case of State vs. of their duty, are guilty of failing to 'Hawkins, 77 N. C. 494. and there exerefse ordinary care in the per-j they held tliat both at common law formance of: those' duties in the dis- and by statute in this State any puu- position of public propei ty, their ac-jiic officer iway be indicted for n'g tiona are not onily voidable, but they lecting to perfonn the duties of his lame indirtsa'ble, and beVome a crime. 1 office. The Hawkins case is cited, In ether words, such action fs not where it is held that "any public of only a civil fraud but a criminal fleer is indictable at common Saw for fiaud. Take the case my Brother 'any neglect of his duties or ony abuse IValton cafed o your attention this 'of his powers." the sale of shinglej tmmil'ng, a case which I found upon in question was a matter entrusted the criminal docket of Chatham the to the1 defend ents as public officers. Or.iit court I ever a,ttended there, ori- They did not Bell them corrupt iy 'ginated by my predecessor in office, we do not allege that these gentlemen There the three county commission- sold this property corruptly, the word ers of Chlaithajn County had i certain!! affi my learned brothers have siaid here today about the exalt ed character of their clients, whic h nobody dilutes; about their honesty and integrity, which nobody disputes, was a mere waste of words, because such things are not involved in an inquiry of this kind. "However honest the defendants ii:'a be," says the Court, "aal their honesty is not called in question, the public have a right to be protected against the wrongful conduct of their servants, if there is cUrlessness a wilful want of care In the discharge of their official du ties." ; That is the standard of officlaQi con duct prescribed by the Supreme Court of North Carolina for all public offi cials in this State, and that case, may it please Your Honor, has been cited not only with appiovat but with BE WISE AND INSURE FURNITURE,. HOME or BUSINESS Before Nov. 1 and save the war tax on your fire policy as it goes into effect that day. We repre sent only the best company. PET TIGREW Real Estate, Rental & Ins. Agency "I DONT NEED Life lBSuranceM "You Can't get it when jou need it, You will be uninsurable then." It's better to have it and not need it than to nied it and not have it. FRANCIS WOMACK, The Experienced Agent Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. RHGHKHHHHHCHKHCHW s- o s- o o O: O O. a a a o ' i '. O: O g & o o g a a a a a Plumbing Contractor (Continued on Page Three.) When Croup Comes nri- . r . f it ireat Lxternaiiy All kinds of Plumbing Roofing, Guttering, Etc. First-class Workmen. All Work Guaranteed. Specifications Gladly Fur nished. R. (j. Gladstone. The old method of dosing delicate littla stomachs with nauseous drags is wrong and harmful. Try the external treatment rexov- corruption is not to be found in the tilt over the throat and chest. The Ta- : ": .WANTEOr : " OLD JUNK FOR CASHJ We want to exchange for CASH for your Scrap Material, such as Bags, Bones, Feed Bags, Scrap Bagging;, Brass Copper, Lead, Zinc, Ola Rubber Boot ana Shoes, Auto CasiDgs, Inner Tubes, Carriage Tties, and all kinds of Scrap Metals and Iron. Bring us your material. ;y". ' - "' FOR SALE 1 One ton Truck Win ton r 1 Five passenger Ford. 1 Runabout with Truck Body Tort All In good running condition. ! er for sale or will trade. Walker Hide & Junk Co. J Dry Prizery Bldg. Opp. Depot ered the bridge across Deep River t complaint, nor the word corruptly, Mcxnoure, and after they finished re- put, says the Court: covering it, they found they had a' "It is found by the jury that they niHn.il)ef of s,hingle left over, which ' negligently eold them at lesj than had to be deposed of tf'n some way. on-thlrd their cost and a price grosa They looked at them. There they y Inadequate end less than could were, piled up "beside the road, and with reasonable effort have been ob- BURTON-CHANGE WALKER CO. FTirniture and Undertaking thiey came to a conclusion as to about how much they thought they were wrth about $21.00 and they found a man who said he would give $21.00 for Jh;m, and they sold them to him for 421.00, ami he p ld $21.00 for thenV They made no advertise ment that the shingl:s were for sale, they sought no bidders, but they dis- fposed of them at a private sale, and for a price whVh the grand Jury in the presentment scid was a totally ln ead equate price. My prttdeoesisor as Solicitor had -drawn the indictment, and there the bill was, charging thiit 'hey had sold thqse shingles at an in Adequate price, thout using reason able care end nfrklng diligent efforts o get a better price. They sW just precisely what my iearnd brethern said to Your Honor when th:y c:e In to make their defense. They said. "You cannot get i long here, because you charge no orrupt intent; you simply say we '-Ave boW these shingles at onei price, bere Ue grand jury thought we jaght to get more. Thit is all you tained for them." The Coutt puts the qutstion: ' Was a sale made by them without such reasonable' effort, thereby devolving loss on the county. a wilful neglect or abuse of powers and duties intrusted to them?" And they say clearly it was. So there. Your Honor, we have what const! turtes an abuse of power on the part of public officials in N'orth CiroHna; there is the stan dard, whether as to county commis sloners.or town commissioners.or.any of other public officers of thia State there is the measure of diligence re quired ia reference to the disposition of public property. Some evidence went to the Jury that the shingles were worth $70.00, and there was evidence they cost the county $87.50. In the case at bar these two taxpayers, the pTuintiffs In thjs case, allege that the property in question here is worth $75,000.00 or more, and we have the affidavit of the electrician who operates it that it Is worth thit much at least. 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