Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-17
that town, neither of whom has had de
sire to take drink since using the medi-
cine. The terms are, no cure no pay.

sire 10 take drink since using the medl~
cine. The terms are, no cure no pay.
Duty OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFs AND
CoNsTABLEs. Tourgee gives the
duties of Sheriffs, Constables and Justices
of the Peace under the new law
In some instances, it seems to have been the
practice for the Sheriff Constable TO take the
execution, make the levy, sell the property, pay
the cost settle with the plaintiff, Tor the party
recovering and give the Judgment debtor his
execution, or make some other unauthorized dis
4; POSITION OF the samo. little attention to the
plain words of the law will sh ow any one that this
course is an incorrect one. The officer should ia
all cases retuln the execution to the Justlce to
! pay over the money to him. II Is then the JUS
tees duty to tax the costs, settle with the Judg-
nient creditor, take his receipt upon his docket,
and relieve the Judgment debtor. Should the Of
fcer neglect to do thle 1t ls the duty OF the JUS
! tice to compel him to do SO If necessary by at.
! tachnlcnt for contempt.
Magistrates whose appointments expire or VINO
have to turn their dOckets to successors.
should TO it that proper entries of return OF
execu ton payment of funds, &c, appear upon
their dockets in ali cases, and thereby avoid the
danger OF future trouble.
! JUDGE WATTS on HIS HIGH HORSE AGAIN.
Several weeks since we gave IN the South
! erner a specimen Of one of 'Greasy Sam )
wonderful judgments in hostility to our
sister State Of South Carolina, but it seems
he was not satiSlie with his operations at
; Oxford, but the next time he gets Il chance
he hits her again At the recent term OF
Warren Superior Court, Lucinda, Celia,
Selma, Eliza and Louisa Boyd were tried
! for burning the barn Of John f. Boyd,
some time ago. The jury did not agree on
a verdict in the case, thoug gh'the presump-
tion was strong against them. In this
dilemma 8: Greasy Sam struck out a plan
of his own-he b0niSAed The accused 10 Ihe
State of South Carolina! THE Living Pre-
sent" gives the following as the order
which His sapient Honor had entered Oh
the docket "Ordered by the Court that
an officer of the Court escort the defendants
to the southern border of the State and
there leave them
| We would like to know under what clause
OF the Code Of Civi! Procedure that sen
tence was ed.-Tarboro' 'Southe1Uer.
The Board of Education, at an adjourned
meeting held yesterday in the Executive
Office, Governor Holden presiding as
Chairman en odicio, the following series of
text books were adopted for the Public
Schools
l. National Series of Readers A. s. Barnes Il
| 2. Wilson's Fifth Reader Earpers, Publishers.
B. Parker and Watsons SpeIler Barnes 90,
| Publishers.
! 1. Davies Arithmetic Barnes Il Co, Pub.
| fishers.
S. Montieth'4 Biographies Barnes Co, Pub
| fishers.
g. McNally's Complete Geography-Barnes u
| Co., Publshers.
Z. Guyot's Common School-Scribner & Co,
! Publishers
| 8. Harvey's Grammar-Wilson x Binkle Pub
! fishers.
! g. Montieth's First History of the United States
Barnes Co., Publishers.
10. Baers System OF Pennlanship--Barnes K
| Co., Publishers.
| Ii. Whites Graded School Regster-Wilson 4
| Hinkle, Publishers.
The selection of the higher branch text
books was postponed for further considera-
tion. -Ral. Standard
The folio wing statement of the Assets
an Liabilities of the Mechanics Building
au Loan Association of this City, shows
that it is doing a safe and profitable bust
ness.
| RECEIPTS.
Amount paid on Stock ck...............$ $3.50 CO
| Cash NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 145 81
s11,741 2j
| ASSETS.
Loans on mortgage (tax valuation $25, ..
OOO) 600 90 90
| Expenses NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 141 Is
81 741 25
| Present value of q share. 81 90.
| WAI. SImpsoN, Secretary.
| Raleigh Sentinel.
PERSONAL. Col. Ed. D. Hall, late Dem
ocratic candidate for Lieutenant G Governor,
was in the citp yesterday.
Raleigh Sentinel.
STATE FAIR-PoULTRY.- j. G. Ar
rington, of Nash, will, at the request Of the
President, read paper before the Agricul-
tural Society during Fair week in October
on Poultry Raising.
Raleigh ,Standard.
RICHARD HODGE, colored, sentenced at
the last term of Warren Superior Court to
the Penitentiary for robbing store at the
Junction of some articles, and who broke
jail and escaped, was arrested Tuesday in
this place by Constable Beckham, who
turned him over to Capt G. Ledbetter,
town Constable, for delivery to the proper
authorities. Lnder
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