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? ? , . ?. , w f - - 4. v ^ -\trCT . - -r-v v- . . > - \ '\ -*ry&M .. .. r..r-?r . rtrtr.- : :r" .*"r -jyv? - *e^- ? \ * * '* r VOL. 89?NQ 40 ~ CHESTERFIELD. S. 67. THTTRSTl a v QVDTLiAjnnr. ?1 GOVERNMENT j PEOPLE W The September term of crimina court convened Monday mornini with Judge E. Peurifoy, of Waltei * boro, judge of the 14th circuit 01 the bench, with Solicitor J. W. Spear in attendance. v A heavy docket of about 30 case was awaiting trial. These include* ' three murder cases, 15 violations o prohibition law and quite a numbe of house breaking and larcency, plaii larcncy and others. Up tb Thursday noon many case had been tried and a great effor ' made to cle^r up the docket. It it believed that when sentence is pro nounced that there will be an unusua number person sentenced. On opening court the judge im mediately proceded to charge th< ' grand jury. A synopsis of his charge appears below. He spoke i na con' versational tone almost throughout but made a profound impression upon his hearers. He said in part: t Charge To Grand Jury Mr. Foreman and gentlemen' of the Grand Jury, The work we have in hand is the dispensation of justice guaranteed to you people by the State and b> the United States, by punishing those who have violated the law. You arc engaged in a public service and a J - * * " snouia enaeavor to do justice to all that are put on trial, so that all may know that the innocent will be protected <tiiu the guilty will be punished?that all men may rest secure in i'neir rigid*, the rights guaranteed tx> us by the Constitution of the United States.; ^ This is my first visit here and I am not familar with conditions in Chesterfield county but I haVe enquired of some of .your citizens as to conditions deserving special attention at your hands. I find the opinion seems to be almost unanimous that the (neatest evil among yotr is the manufacture and sale of blockade liquor and law enforcement. This would seom to be true from the indictments at hand. I have here fifteen indictments under the prohibition law; three for murder; two for as~ aault and battery (forgery.stealing and housebreaking, thirty cases in all and nfore to come, I am told. There is certainly something wrong somewhere in this county?something fundamentally wrong, with a criminal docket like that. We hear a good deal about a crime wave just new and various causes for it are given. I have read with interest recent newspaper editorials bearing on this subject. I find one of the papers laying the whole blame to ignorance of the people and of the juries drawn from the people. This Dr. H. V EYES EX GLASSES V "V I * $ ' % " VX -'v. ^ |p>. ty^>.7V. WILL BE IN C Thursday, Fri And A September 29t\ IS GOOD A$ ANT SAYS JUDGE tl paper goes to great length to further ? place the blame for this irgnorancc uppon the - State for its unwillness to spend a sufficient money to wipe out that ignorance. 8 Other papers lay all the blame upon the juries; some blame the lawyers; s some the officers of the law and.othj ers call for more laws and find fault . with the legislature for not passing them. And so it goes. r But I want to tell you the fault is 1 with the whole people. There is a lack of t appreciation of the law and s of the rights of other citizens and a t failure on the part of the people to ^ express that appreciation in conduct. I frquer.tly find it hard to get capable men to serve on jury duty. It ' is the intelligent men, capable men who want to be excused from jury . duty. You would be surprised to . Unnw 1 %1 - vitv Airpouue ^ivcii uy yuviness > men. We have the best qualified men . seeking to he excused to attend to , business, leaving .cases to be tried . by dead oeats, properly cases to be trid by men who never owned anything more than a gun. That's one phases of the cau-.c of crime ai I see it. i Liberty is our most cherished , right?the liberty of every man to do as he pleases, to live in safety and ser curity of life aed property. It is :tie most ch invited of rights .that have , come down to us an.l guaranteed by the constitution of the United States. 1 When there is no respect for the rights of others, what safety hove you? Our's is a government by the people, of the people and for the people. All power is rested in the people. The people enact and enforce such laws as tbey wdnt. The laws and their enforcement are no better than the people want and I might say no better than they deserve. There, it goes back to the people. When law is disregarded and not enforced the people are the sufferers. Now, if you people want law and order you can have it. If you don't J want it there is no way to have it. What good are constitution and the I laws if not put into flesh and blood? -They must be more than the printed FaKe. They must be made to live? they must be lived. 5- Some people aay there ia no justice in the courts. There is nothing badly wrong with the law. It is the very best people have been able to evolve and it will continue to develop as the people develop. The moral law never changes. It is as great a crime to steal as it was when God first spoke to Moses on Mt. Sinai. It is as great ? vi me iu eummm muraer xoaay as it was in those early days when the law was first written on tables of stonei What can statute law do unless we have men who realize that crime is V. LEWIS [AMINED FITTED CHESTERFIELD ! J C . 1 1 may, oaiuraay Monday ' 4 ' # i and 30th ober 1st and 3d wrong We need first a proper con-1 ception in the minds of the people. We must have men Vho will testify;' i a jury that will convict and a judge I who will pass sentence. The. grand jury must have evidence and must decide on the evidence. The 1 petit juries usually do their duty, ' but they must have testimony. Guilt ' must be proven by testimony. The ' Magistrate must have evidence be1 fore he can bind a case over to court. ; There must be someone to come in ' and testify before the courts can be set in operation. It goes back to the people. If you people haven't got n\oral courage enough to tetsify to what you know to be true before the n* ??j.. i - luctKisuttLe, ueiore ine grand jury and in court how do you expect the' law to be enforced? Why even after an officer has gone to great pains, much labor and eVen risk of life, spending a whole night in I the woods getting evidence against criminals, some people attempt to have the case thrown out of court. They bring influence to bear upon the officors, the prosecuting attorney, the jury and even after convic- 1 tion come to the judge, bringing the women and children in the endeavor I to get a light sentence and have that su6pended. I have in mind the case of a man ( wiyo nacl sold liquor for ten years, dcbranding the youth of the community and causing untold misery. - He was convicted and a delegation cl j leading citizens waited on the /iudge , and plead for him. He was a good , citizen they said and this was the, first time he hu.l been caught. They . re {uested a light line that they might pay for him. They wanted to ncutra- j lize that conviction. They were lead-, ing citizens. Do you think there is | any hope for that community? God pity any community where the leading men want that kind of law enf orcement You wont have any better government thah you want. Every solicitor is frequently dis-1 gusted at the end of a trial to hear some say "Why, I could have told you so and so." Well why did?'t you? The fault is not with the law, the ourts or the jury, but the people. There is no need to get fanatical about the crime wave. We are responsible for what we have now. it is the product of Bur own conduct and ideals. We permit the conditions to exist that produce crime. Often the parents or neighbors are so . much to blame for the crime of a certain youth that they and not the youth oucht tr> rpooiva ?Kn o.. 1~\x/- . ??v OV...VI.VC, TIC reap what we sow. If you bring up ' ypur family in an atmosphere of vice and crime what can you expect? We are all under the operation of the moral law. I idleness a?d the desire stimulants are two leading characteristics 1 of the criminal. The maker of illicit liquor is seldom a mqn of industry. And about 75 per cent, of all crime is traceable to liquor. The history of our race is strewn with broken bodies, with sorrow, grief, desolation, des, troyed talents and ruined minds; the | jails, the penitenutiaries are filled ' with direlects and all twvceable di- ' rectly to this damnable stuff. What about your boy? Do you want hihrtA be subject to the temptation? Do you want him to grow up I in this envrionment thinking it is all right to make, sell and drink liquor The men who make and sell this stuff are the greatest enemies we have in the State, We must suppess this lawless crowd 1 M^ho care nothing for society or gov- 1 ernment, for your son or daughter, but only rejoice in the financial gain of their occupation. It is no tnore law?but men we need, < Occasionally men will whisper 1 evidence in the ear of solicitor and < then aav. "Rut Hnn'f imo ?*" i ? ? ?- ?J I do not believe that every citizen ; should constitute himself a detective, but he should have the courage to come into court and testify to what i he knows about the wrong doers. < Now there is not much hope of improving a man's character after he is settled. The best the law and the courts can do for him is to keep him down by punishment. Our hope is in I the younger generation. It is for the t young men and women, whose char- 2 acters are yet unformed tKat I plead, you, Mr. Foreman and men of the I grand jury, are responsible for the moral atmosphere of the community. When vou nermit crimfi-hrofrfinor c<->n. ditiona to exist in the community you may expect the young peopl to reflect those conditions in their lives. You must see that people responsible for unwholesohte moral conditions obey the law or get out. Parents are often to blame for con ditiona around the home. 1 knew a man who permitted unthout complaint to the grand j^ury a store on one side of his home where gambling and drinking were freely engaged in and on the other side a white man lived in adultry with a negro woman. In this atrostfphere he raised his children. One of his boys was killed in a brawl at the ^ftore, and his daughter were familiar with the facte regard(CONT1NUED ON LAST PAGE) ^ * * . v A | LIGHTS FOR CHESTERFIELD All Chesterfieldians will be glad to learn that the matter of electrio lights for the town has been settled. The town has negotiated th* purchase by lease of a 100-horsc powtr plant from Fairbanks;, Morse & Co. This outfit is the most modern equipment of its kind. It is thoroughly efficient and / economical to operate. The plant will be ol.sufficient sire to supply all possible needs of the town for years to come and additional unus can be added as needed jut a nominal cost. I ( Satisfactory .urangements Jiave been made' with .hr. Teal, ownfr of the poles, wires, etc., now in u>4 on the streets. It is intended to supply an- all | night current, and to run all (<y if! expenses for day current can befnet. ' Beginning to-night, ThuvsdayjSel- j lers Bros, will furnish -urraut until the new plant is in operation. According to the terms of ffpur-' chase the new plant will be pah for 1 in three years. During that pfiird' an extra tax levy will probably be necessary to meet the payments.' | VAUGHAN |1 i Rev. A. B. Smith was the dinner j d-iip<U rvf Mi- W T r-..-*.:- i e.?? 4.??, it. a. vui cis our.uay. ' i Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Therrefl of | Shiloh were the guests of Mr. and Ms. ' ] P. H. Short Sunday. 1: Mr. E. B. Vaughan and family of Anson county visited at the home of ! Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Allen Sunday. Mrs. J. Q. Adams and daughter, Miss Dessie, spent Saturday and Sunday in Patrick at the home of Mr. L. A. McLean. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Curtis and son. Lee, of Shiloh were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Curtis Sunday. Among the visitors here Sunday, were Mrs. James B. Rivers, and son; Thelma Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Rivers ami son; Mr. Clifton Eddins, / all of tne Pino Grove bvCiiur, J Mr. and Mrs. 1). M. /mums of the I Ebenezer sect It ;i were the ??<???*? ' Mr. and Mn. J 1>. Lisen'.jy Sunday. The 14tk chapter of St. John fur next Sunday night selected by Mr, ' Grady Watson of Chesterfield. . Mr. F. H. Short will read the first story of Annias, the liar, ia the prayer services next Sunday night. Everybody is invited to eoihe. " Misses Alduster and Maud Morriss of the Snow Hill section were in this community Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Evan D. Vaughan of Wadesboro, N. C.J were the guests of Mr. Vaughan's parents Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. David Vaughan. Mr. K. H Vauplmn nf tlio section spent Sunday at the home of Mr. F. H. Short. 1 Mr. Tommy Gulled#? was amor.# the visitors here Sunday- > Mr Roy Brond was^in this section Sunday afternoon. 1 am again carrying those matchlass Gardner Cakes. A. F. Davis UNVEILING 1 The monument erected by the W. W. 0. W. at Sov. William A. Poison's grave, will be unveiled Sunday, Oc looer Uth at 3 P. M., instead of October 2nd at the Patrick cemetery. ( CHURCH MEETING Hopewell Church will meet Sunday to call a pastor. Every member is requested to be present at 10 o'clock A.. M. NOTICE I have sold my interest in the firm Vauifhan and Crawford. The business will be conducted by Mr. Spender Vaujfhan, who will be responsible for all indebtedness of the firm. , utp-41 W. H. Crawofrd. J F..11 i: -r He...?i--? ? mi* vi rauncii canned roods. They are just what (heir name implies. Try them. A. F. Davis. . DR. HOWARD SMITH, EYE-SlGHT SPECIALIST ' Will be in his office in Monroe, N. C., Lhe week beginning Monday, Oct 3rd ind the first Monday to the following Saturday in each month thereafter. Glasses fitted and guaranteed to fit your eyes fit a reasonable price. Examination free. | rOR SALE?Fine pair mules, buggy, farming tools. Property of Sandy Rivers on E. T. Teal's place. Sale Saturday, October 1. ltp. TEACHERS EXAMINATION 4 By order of the State Board of Education, the regular Teachers' Examinations will be held at ">ach county seat Friday, October 7th ar.d Saturday, October 8th. This examination is given under the Certification Rules adopted* Tuly 1, 19*21. It embraces three groups of questions: the first for Primary Certificates; the second for General Elementary Certificates and the third for High School Certificates. i W. F. Young, Supt. of Education. ; - 'iu iLJi?iocjH ^u, ly^l COURT TRIES THR AND WAN Following the judge's charge to the Grand Jury Monday mornnig, the following cases were tried: . ' C. W. Highland, charged with murder; plead guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to serve two VPflfC in nvioon 1,:- * ? ... K..w?. trijs .sentence carried a recommendaton for pardon after three months service. It seems that Highland was responsible for the death of a child by the careless handling of a pistol. , Otis Hcug hand James Sturdvant transferred to contingent docket. Freeman Harris, charged with vio-, lating the prohibition law, failed to appear. Continued. J. T. Quick, assault and battery. Continued. John Kessiah, assault and battery. : Not guilty. This is the first case tried., < From testimony it seemed that a dis-, pute arose between W. J. Douglass, ( landlord, and John Kessiah, tenant, over the division t>f soda; that more soda had been delivered to Kessiah than the agreement called for; that when Mr. Douglass went to Mr. Kesi man? numc ana demanded a return I of part of the soda the latter became abusive and threatened Mr. Douplas.; with a prifn. I ! Henry Davis, Roland Funderburl:,' larcency. Failed to appear and bond ffcfeited. The white man who went N "As Cop We Come Wii The TllP Invi'ot!/ _ at t l%Uil\ I - 1 Such I f F< [ , Order By Mail?We Prepay t NEW FALL HATS Stetson, Trimbly, Cov/nctt $3.50 to $12.50 | 1535 MAI r oni oni I One [I All our |1 finest toba I CAMEL. |{ Into thi ?j Nothing is ti possible to [I Camel Q a exclusive * t j mellow-mil j I flavor of sj cigaretty i E] And ren [ J only?20 ci [ a saving in [J straight in is . can get Ci Ca 1 1 hjgffi r 1 n 1** - ? EE MURDER Y OTHER CASES i on their bond is very anxious to find ( them. * Minor Jordan, assault and battery. Verdict not guilty. Mr. Jordan's { vtnnl/ V*?wl -? * "* .,.?vn ..aw gAfiiun into Mr. Kirkley's corn and according to Kirkloy's estimate had destroyed about 190 ears. Mr. Kirkley sent word to his neighbor "of the damage done. When Mr. Jordan went over to see about it hard ( words were used, following which Mr. Kirkly used a hoe handle and Mr. * Jordan a piece of ion with the result that Kirkley was knocked down. James Grant charged with larcency failed to appear. 1 Tom Steen and Sam Woodard, ' charged with nVurder, killing a man ' named Smith, case continued. ' J. W. Patrick, charged with murder, having killed Hinson, near Mt. < Croghan. The jury was out until 8:30 ( Tuesday night, bringing a verdict ot * not guilty. It seems they considered it the result of drunkenness and ( therefore nobody was to blame. ( Emsley Ogburn, Perry Jenkins, ' n -X' 'r . - ouus is. night, Inrcency. Plead guilty. i Dewitt Allen, charged with house- 1 hroahing r.nd larcency. Plead guilty. > Jess Taylor, Lireeney. 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Gans was under indictlient for murder at the time he was iilled. Laney Funderburk told how 011 the noming of April IdOth when he with lunson and Relins Funderburk had tone to work about day light they net two strange negroes at the edge if the woods. They claimed to be rcld and hungry and told in explalation of their presence there of havng had trouble in North Carolina. ?or the benefit of the strangers a fire vus built and then he, Laney, went )tf to get some corn broad Whilo he houoe he heard a number of shots ired and on returning found Gans lead and Relia.i lying < n the ground (Continued on last pagi:> ~~n aid Invitation Are Here. i \?' l/C/ s As Exclusive Boys' Dept. SECOND FLOOR TAKE ELEVATOR IA, S. 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