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Tho News Printery 111 equipped to do your next order of Job Printing promptly Don't end your work out of town we will do It to suit you. let us convince you The Lenoir News. lis the very bMt Advertising Medium, becanM it if read by the Largest Niaber of the people of Caldwell County. : ONLY 9 l.OO 1HKYKAH on6 Irtibays & H.C. MARTIN, Editor and prop. published Tuesdays and Fridays. price si.oo the year. VOLUME Xi: .LENOIR, N.C., SEPTEMBER 10, 1909. 1STO. 89 JURY'S VERDICT, "NOT GUILTY OF ANY CRIME" Amazing Announcement to the Crowded Court Room. To say that the verdict of the jury, rendered last Tuesday in the Pritchard, homicide case, was a stunning surprise, is placing it mildly. The court house was crowd ed with people and wheu the juiy stood np and said "not guilty," the large audience was for a few moments completely dumfounded. Even the judge, who is of such quiet and composed disposition, was as completely stunned as the audience and after a mo- ments hesitation, as if to make sure he had heard the verdict correctly, said, "you find them gnil ty of uo crime!" Then as the fact of what had leen done dawned up on the crowd, a restless sense of impatience spread over the house. How the jury arrived at the ver diet, with the testimony so con vincing as it w as, remains one of the unsolved mysteries of criminal procedure. The killing was never denied and no one in the entire com mnnitv. who heard the testimony. , . , . . t thought for a moment of a verdict of less than murder in the second degree, while a large numler of persons expected murder in the first degree. II criminals who shoot down an officer in the discharge of his duty, am at the same time kill a man in the custody of the official, are pro nounced not guilty of any crime. by a Jury, and turned loose upon a defenseless public, as far as the jury is concerned, it is certainly time to make some amtnds in the jury system or abolish it altogeth er. If it is possible to select a jury in whose estimation human life is f no more value than it ap peared to have beeu in this case, then the mode of selecting a jury, or the jury system, has become a glaring farce. Far better would it b for society and the public good, that all such cases be tried and de termined by the judge alone, or at most three judges, sitting as a court, than to put them in the hands of such juries. This jury has brought on itself the unan imous condemnation of the people ! and tax payers of the county, as Empty Coffin Buried. A queer story of a burial with out a corpse comes from Bvrenex: An old man who was an inmate of a hospital at Bugles died and ar rangements were made for his fu neral. The Cortege left the hospit al and proceeded to the church for the funeral service, and theti to the cemetery. The last prayer had been said and the coffin was lower ed into the grave. The bearers thought the coffin was very light, and became alarmed. Oue of the men let a stone fall on the birr. A hollow sonnd was the result. There was no longer any doubt in the minds of the bearers that thwy were interring an empty, eoffln. The grave diggers went to the Eos far as we have been able to learn the seutiment. When an officer of the law cannot be protected, in the discharge of his duties, by the ju ries of the county, we have indeed fallen upon evil times. Fortunately the Solicitor had pre pared another bill for assault up on an officer, against the men, and to this they submitted and the judge gave them both the limit of the law for such an offense, two years each on the roads. Our readers will rememlwr that these men, Kobt and Keith Prit chard, were indicted for the killing of their brother in law, W. W. Honeycutt, last January. The killing occurred in the north west ern part of the county, near Morti mer, and Honeycutt at the time was in the custody of deputies, F. S Garland and S. A. Smith. They had arcested him for retailing liquor and his wife, sister to the I'ritchards, went for her brothers, to secure them to make lond for her husband. The officers agreed to wait at a I""4 th roatl fr Uhe woman to return with the londs r j men and did wait tor two or three Ihoiux. During the wait they made I a an(, (ina,ly Mrs r0luiy(.lltt j returned with her brother Dolph I'ritchard. In a short time in answer to a whistle or signal from Mrs. Honeycutt, a voice came from the bushes near by. demanding the releaseofthe prisoner and threaten ing to kill the officers if the release was not made. The officers drew their guns and prepared to defend themselves and called to the parties in the brush to come on iuto the light and they would try to adjust the matter. After more demands for the release of the prisoner and further threats, the Pritchards tired on the officers, killing Honey cutt instantly and seriously wound ing Garland. The officers return ed the tire but without effect as the Pritchards were in the darkness. Later Keith Pritchard came nearer and took a second shot at Garland, while he was hand-cuffed to the dead prisoner, but fortunately a stump or clump of bushes, broke the force of the charge of shot and Garland only received part of the load. After this it was with diffi culty, that Dolph Pritchard and Garland succeeded, by begging in preventing Keith from shooting again, or clubbing the officer to death with his gun. pital and to their amazement found the body of the old man on the marble slab in the mortuary cham ber It had been forgotten. The liody was removed to the eemete tery, the route being through de sorted streets. An inquiry as to how the coffin was allowed to leave the hospital without the my has been opened. Bishop Ward Critically III. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 7. Bishop Seth Ward of the Metho dist Episcopal church, south, is critically ill at Yokohama, Japan. This information was received here today in a cable to Dr. W. R Lambeth, missionary secretary of tiechuroL. A Precious Old War Relic In May 1862 a red plush covered bible was found on the battle field near New Berne, N. C. On a fly leaf is written "Sidney P. Dula, Farm Hill, Caldwell Co. N. C. This old bible is now iu the cafe and keeping of Dr. W. H. An derson of Highlands Macon Co. N, C. who will take pleasure in send ing it to Sidney P. Dula, if living or any one of his family who may be entitled to it. Address: Dr. W.H.Anderson, Highlands, N. C. Mr. Sidney P. Dula wasa citizen of Caldwell county and lived in 18 02 near Lenoir in the house now owned and occupied by J. R. Er vin, and was one among the first men from this county to volunteer in defense of the South. He was first Lieutenant in company I. 2tth North Carolina regiment, and was in the battle of New Beru, N. C. and other battles. Mr. Dula was a big hearted man and a brave sol dier. A few years .alter the war, Mr. Dula with his family moved to Misssouri, where he lived un til his death. He has several chil dien living, two in New York, one in Virginia and one or two in Mis soun. lie also nas one granauaugn ter living in Lenoir, Mrs. S. S. Jennings. The A. & M. College at Raleigh has Big Opening. All the rooms in the dormitories and all the rooms in the town of West Raleigh are literally packed with sturdy young men bent, even at the expense of comfort, on secur ing such training as will fit them for successful ashievements in the opportunity filled industrial world. Rooms meaut for only two men have three in them and rooms built lor three have four or more. I'pto mid-day Sat u "day new students to the numlM'r ol one hundred and ninety-three had re ported for admission. I lie large number of new students will insure the largest enrollment sine the college was established. I'he rapidly awakening interest in agricultural education, an inter est to which the college has con tributed, is shown by the immense increase in the numlier of agricul tural students. TIIK WOKK l OI KNK. An olfer was made d urine the summer to take twenty live 1kis to work on the farm, in the orchard and in the dairy, barns, and green- h uses. Over one hundred and fifty young men applied. Of this large number twenty-live stout boys were selected, and they are at work : one week at class, one week atQwork. These earnest and am bitious young men have taken hold with zeal and efficiency. United Daughters of the Confed eracy. The North Carolina division of the United Daughters of the Con federacy will hold its next meeting in Wilmington October ISth. Mrs. I W. Faison, of Charlotte, is president of the North Carolina division. In a letter she urges every chapter to have a representa tive present at the State meeting. The national meeting of the United Daughters will lie held at Reach Auditorium, Houston, Texas on Octoler 10. The organization now has !() chapters, with a membership of 40,000. "The News will be glad if the Zeb Vance chapter, can by oue oi more of its members, be represented at both of these meeting Will it!" After a man came woman, and she has been after him ever siuee. Big Summer Travel. The Citizen. The passenger traffic department of the division of the Southern Rail way has been rushed during the past few days in accommodating the crowds who have been return ing to their homes at the expira tion of the mountain excursions and also in making their reports of tke traffic during the past month. With the aid of several additional agents the men have been able to make out a preliminary report. Jndging from the part of the re port already completed the busi ness of the department in Ashe ville has surpassed all records for the mouth of August. The num ber of extra trains during the month coming into tho city aud go ing ont of the city has been greater than at any time in the 'city's his tory. The number of extra Pull mans run on the regular trains has also been far in excess of the usu al number added during August in any preceding years. At the same time tiles of tickets now in the office of the district pas senger agent show that the long dis tance travel to Asheville has leen greater, which is convincing proof of the publicity of this city as a re sort. During the past week alone more than twenty five Pullmans have Ihh'ii added to trains to accom modate the crowds. Several extra trains have leen put on during the past seven days for Jacksonville and New Orleans as well as other Southern pounts. Swiftest of all Creatures. A homing pigeon Hew, July 12, from North Bay, Ontaiio to Balti more, 510 miles in an airline and the total time was it hours and 17 minutes. Racing pigeons are the fleetest of all creatures. They have maintain ed a -speed of a mile and a half a minute for 100 miles and they have flown 700 miles U'twcen the rising and sett ing of t he sun . : ,ono uuies Pigeons have Mown back to the home loft. In 1!iJ a bird covered that distance in lour days, two hours and 1." minutes, proving how unerring is the toys terious homing instinct that will drive them across a continent with out swerving. The birds simply hurl themselves against time and space till they are played out. They cm never race again. The racing bird weigns from 1'2 to 14 ounces, and measures 11 to 12 inches in length from tip of tail to leak. It stands strongly, is full chested and has broad flightr feathets, well protected by second ary feathers. The racer rises into the air with heavy, slow wiug pulsations, thence once poised over the starting point there is a swifter, shorter beat, and aud then the time its hit up to the "third and permeated wing rhythm rapid and steady as a pulse beat, which sees them homed before dark." They fly 300 feet high over land but low over water. They do all their .flying between sunrise and sunset. If caught out overnight they fend for themselves till dawn. The homing ;nstinct is life long, during the Franco Prussian war the Germans caught a homing pig eon which was on its way into be leagnred Paris. The bird was kept prisoner for ten years. It was then released and immediatelv returned to its old home. Why the Tears Came. She offered an explanation of her tearful mood. "I've been to a wedding," she said. "I always cry more at a wed ding than I do at a funeral. It's so much more uncertain. " WE are unloading another carload of genu ine Geo. E. Nihkkn Wagons. It is profit- able hauling time for the next few months. jYou can't do lietter than to buy the time tried Gko. E. Nisskn Wagon. Be Sure Your Good Will Find You Out. What has made the name of Price stand for mi much in the harness woildf Price has always tried to build a harness a little I iet ter than everybody else. It will pay on just as well to use Prices' harness as it has paid Price to make them well. "WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!" An Old Vehicle, Wilkes Patriot. A vehicle passed through town Tuesdav which eci!ed more inter j ,.si an, attention than all the new I autoiuo' oinbined. It was an old fashioned rockaway. Ix'ing driven from Palmvra. the Patter son home, np in the 'Happy Val ley," to Winston Salem. The vehicle first lielonged to General Patterson aud later to the late Samuel L. Patterson. It is now being taken to Hon. Lindsay Pat terson, grandson of the first owner, who becomes the possessor of it. It is Mr. Patterson's intention, said r f it l ' 1 1 1 I ..I. .. Ml. .1. IV. iiiwif, wily uuu iimit- of the vehicle, to have it repaired and to present it to the State museum. The bed of the rockaway is at least four feetfrom the ground. It is suspended from swan neck shaped springs by huge leather straps, which gives the rider, in addition to an up and down one, a motion like a swinging churn. To enable the occupants to enter and dismount there are folding brass steps on each side, which, when not in use, are folded up into the bed. There is a high seat in front for the driver aud one behind for an attendant. Itis of superb work manship and was doubtless in its day one of the finest vehicles in the wbole country. From Mrs. Lan ds iy Patterson's easy and delight ful pen, it is hoped that more of the rockaway 's personal history may be made known. - - - Long and Short. On September tith, in Wilkes bant, Pa., Mr. Thomas E. Lewis, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. was married to Miss Annie Elsenheith, principal of ihe St. Clair High School. Mr. Lewis is only 3 feet six inches high while Miss Elsen heith is 5 feet 9 inches high. The marriage is said to be a happy one. How to Cure Peavine Hay. Hv Prof. W. '. Mussev. In curing- peavine hay I start as soon as the pods show yellow. Mow iu the morning only, and put j a tedde after the mowers to toss the hay and hasten the wilting. Hake into windrows that after noon and the next morning turn the windrows with the rake,and in the afternoon cock the hay into as tall and narrow shocks as willstaud If rain comes,turn the cocks and remake. As soon as you can take a handful and givie a hard twist, i and can rnn no sap in the twist, haul into the barn and pile it with ! 4 t : 1..4-4: :t . ! L J ! out tram,ing,letting it settle while the leaves are still limp. Then let it alone even if it heats some, and keep the I tarn open, and it will cure bright and sweet. Bat if you turn it when heating, it will let in the germs of mold and will injure th hay. Don't start out with the idea that you are going to revolutionize all the ways ol doing business. There are plenty of old, established, well-grounded principles that can never be supplanted with modern ideas. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that seieuce ha been able to cure iu all its triages. and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, req aires a constitutional treat iiieut. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood aud mucous surface of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75o. Take Hall's Family Pilla for onsti-pation. - r
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