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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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FITTED
CHESTERFIELD
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may, oaiuraay
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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
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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/- .
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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 <
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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
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| 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
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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,
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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
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? mi* vi rauncii canned
roods. They are just what (heir name
implies. Try them. A. F. Davis.
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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. ;
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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
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Minor Jordan, assault and battery.
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.,.?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
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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, '
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Dewitt Allen, charged with house- 1
hroahing r.nd larcency. Plead guilty. >
Jess Taylor, Lireeney. Plead guilty. 1
Sentenced 18 months on the gang. t
Will Hnlley, charged with murder, f
Verdict manslaughter. <
Emmett Lowery, charged with as-1
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<ault and battery with intent to kill.
Fined $100 and freed on good behavior.
The ease which has attracted the
most attention during the term was
that of Steve Seegars and Abraham *
Lincoln, charged with the murder of
Sans and Relias Funderburk. This
?ase was called first thing Wedneslay
morning.
The first witness for the prosecution
was Laney Funderburk, brother
to Gans and uncle of Relia3 Funicrburk.
He told a straight forward
story of the killing of his hr-oher a"d
icphew ami identified Abraham L>n:oln
a prisoner at the l ar as one of
no men present just before the
;h >oting took place.
It will be remembered that in the
spring Gans Funderburk had killed
iVill Seegars, son of Steve Seegurs,
11 defense, it was claimed, of A rural
joliceman. 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
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