The enquirer southerner., 1874-05-01

OF tIltlf own race. We near, however,
that O'Hara will carry Warren, Halifax
and Wayne, which almost secure his clcc-
ton let Edgeeomhe do as i please The
negroes ought to claifn the Congressional
candidate
THE GRAND JyRY.-No true citizen cf
Edgccymbc can look 1t tie Grand Jury
selected for this jum Of our cou. without
a sense of pam anI 1nortiGcGtion- We
mean 70 o.ten>c aea.u>, the in'iTidual
character Of any one Of its members, for
there me several worthy men upon it
whom we know, aad doubtless. there arc
Others among the negroes as well as
whites who will lconscientiously cndcayoT to
! do their duty, but, with tie general iGnor-
| ancc Of tie colorej race, q grand jury is a
stigma and disgrace to any refined and
cultivated county that has ten, over half Of
it's numLcr, of that race upon i, ten men
who may try to 10 what is right, lat who
ale So little used to the rights OF freemen,
50 Vrcjld;coI to Tie white race and Of
! such Hmited Information and education,
hat they are totally unqualified for the
position. The duties OF a grand-juror are
li@h and responsible, and should Not le
imposed upon any but GOOD ami lawful
citizen, and it is liAtl upon III" age when
political preju5lices are permitted to fill
the jury boxes with men who arenot fitted
o agbitgate in the most irs:cni,,cant mat
ters.
| We regret to say it, but, in our opinion,
Judge Moore is responsible for this dis
grace upon our county. He has On several
! occasions enforced upon the county officers,
Who have the control Of the jury lists and
that too beyond tic dictation Of tLe Judge
Of the district, their duty to place more
names Of colored people upon the roll Of
! iury-mcn The law regulates The quail
! tications of a jury-man and leaves it to the
county commissioners to forln tie list OF
men who are to serve "a such, and the
Judge has no right to interfere in the mat
Ter unless tie commissioners are indicted
| for mal-feaslnce in office and brought BE-
fore him for trial. Yet Judge Moore ha,
taken the authority, the commissioners
nave yielded to his mandates and our
present GRANDEUR is the result. Prob
Pudor
SUPERIOR CoUrr-The Spring Term OF
Cdgecombc Superior Court commenced it.
son here on Molay judge ". a. Moore
presiding.
The following names compose 4 List OF
the Grand jury; Jas. ". B:'idgers, Robt
Brideers, Robt Walston, Noses Bcllamy,
t. B. Knight, Ned W. Jones, William
Gay, w. II. Jones, b. T. Dunn, Jane:
Hunter, Henry Winbourne, john Battle
Abraham Lawrence, J. II. Price, Jew,
Hargrove, Lafayette Long, and Granvill,
Dancy. Mr.. B. 7. Dunn Wa, appointed
Foreman.
The Grand-jmy having Lecn dul.
charged, the charge being the usual re
hcars2l Of our criminal lar with no espe
cal point Of cntcras3, the following name
were then drawn as the petty jury for tn
first weock: r. II. Treya!han, }. X
Bradley, Boston Armstrong, ]. l.. Ihone
I. W. Toler, Geo. L. Nim5crly, r. {
Brown, Edward Brown, Gray Bryan
Henry Hutchins and JOS I. Porter.
There being but little business ready 70
; transaction, tie court adjourned Monda
, morning until Tuesday.
Up to this time no case of SPECIAL i'll
portancc has been tricl, but much bushes
, has been disposed Of. E-
Tlcre are 115 cases on the Civil Issu
Icclses, and SO on the Appearance docke
+ which includes those previously hrougl
hut in which issie has not Lcen joined.
We notice the following lawyers il a
tendance: Our home bar, includ'H
Messrs. VIM. II. johnston, Hon, Ge'
Howard, Fred Philips, J. NJ. Perry, in
8 L. Bridgars, il, ]. B. Cheshire, Jr., an
n II. /. Station, Jr; Me+srs. b. II. Bum
d Dossey Battle and sam1. T. Williams,
e Rocky Mount, Jos. Waldo, Esq, of Wi
i liams.on, Geo. ". Bloant, Esq, of Wi
= son, and - O'Hara, (col.) Of Halifax.
e The following compose the jury for ne
+ week: Richard Wilkins, ". B. Edward
John Branch, John 8. Dancy, W. L. vi
{ liford, Rufus McNair, Ephram Killebrc,
VIM. Dicken, Luke Dickcn, Amos Pric
Jordan Sp:cer, w. B. Harper, Dav
d Worsley, j. A. B. Thornc, Robin Ga.
, Augustus Lyman, L.T Wemack, j.
Robin.