Smyrna times., 1880-05-12

and the monthly paper, we'll composed
and reflective issue by Miss Mary Hough.
The item of especial interest, however, was
the "charades'' entitled mad Cap" par
ticipated in by Misses Elva Carrow, Kate
Bell and Allie Smith, and Messrs. E. Will
mer Collins and DR.. E. M. Cloak. 1t was
plsasingly rendered and highly enjoyed.
DECEAsED.-Our town sustained loss in
the death of S. f. Clark last night. He
was painter by profession, but a man OF
very versatile mind and deft hand that |
could be readily adapted to most any me- |
chanical pursuit. He was with all a man |
| fond of literature and veTsifier of no |
mean order, as our readers will recolect in
the frequent contributions in the TINES
! He was native of England, but came to
i this country some twenty years ago, during
the most Of which time he has resided in
this town. He enjoyed remarkably robust
health until some three years ago when he
was attacked with sciatica, since which
time he has been q great sufferer, finally
ending with paralysis Of the brain.
A FINE MONUMENTAL very handsome
and costly monument has just been placed
in the family lot of the late Major Black, at
St. Peters Cemetery, that cannot fail to at
tract the attention Of the passer by. 1t is
| Jour IceJ Ten lDCDeS SQUARE uI lnG buoO bhh
with the beautiful figure that surmounts it,
stands eighteen feet high. In the entabla.
ture above the sub base in block letters is
"Culbreth" and "Black." Above this again
the corners of the pile are so carved as to
form at each angle beautiful column with
ornamental cappings, one of the four faces
containing the following inscriptions: John
G. Black, born Dec. 3lst., 1902, died June
5th, 1878. Geo. S. Culbreth, surgeon U. S
Navy, lost in the wreck Of the us. s. Huron
! off the coast Of North Carolina, Nov. 24th,
! 1877, aged 81 years. On the west side is an
inscription (the graves in the lot number
, ing three) of Alice 6. Culbreth, who died
o last year, aged one year and four days.
d There is space on the marble for each
e member of the family as they may be in
d tered in the enclosure. Above this there
i is some very delicate chased work giving it
e a fine ornamental effect. This is sur
i mounted by q piece of finely wrought
e statuary six feet high representing the
lie figure Of an angel holding a trumpet in one
ar hand resting against the side, while the
Z other arm is uplifted, the hand partly
Of closed with the index finger pointing
ie heavenward. The face is handsomely cut
m and standing out from above the forehead
te is star. The design is very striking anC
Se beautiful in effect.
no THE LAWS OUTRAGE.-We publish else
IS where communication that came to us BY
~ ". mail, reviewing the laws outrage in tn,
Mary Polk case, a more fragrant act of in
- Justice than which to the person victimizeC
and the community who have suffered fren
her depredations, was perhaps never done il
e our courts of justice. 1t was not John j
Jones vs. Mary Polk, but him as the repre-
to sentative of our whole community with tn
State as the prosecuting attorney, and th
a. latter utterly failed to vindicate itself bG
~ fore law or justice. Mr.. Jones says tina
for more than thirty years he has cheerful
p- paid his taxes whenever called upon t
ss maintain the law necessary for protectio
- and government, that in all this time
iy has never given the county a cent of e1
- pense and when he does appear for th
first time with a culprit who has been rOl
rs bing himself and neghbors for years, b
er- himself is convicted Virtually and tn
thief dismissed in a manner as if dire
-, ted to go on in her robberies with impuI
a.. ity. "Why, gentlemen" says he, "it
'preposterous,' and so say others, but the
would have used a stronger word. 1t b
to came matter of curiosity to know whit
all was the turning point in this case of leg
outrage. Mr.. J. had lost whole nights
80. sleep in watching for the person who WI
-. aroused by the barking of his dog, he an
:" his colored man found her with the corn
'xt short distance from the crib where she hs
an pried off a slat and extracted it, Mr..
ed blames the indictment of the AttornC
General. A juryman who sat on the ca
o;r says that himself and another man we
Ied the only ones for conviction the other te
in were for acquital Immediately on enterir
the room, because the indictment said 70
bushels of corn '0orth tifty cents, 0hile the e
my dence 0as that she had t,oO bags Of corn in I
Fri ear. 1t is said again that the States
g is torney followed the form as sent down by Il
committing magistrate rather than the fac
nlv obtained from the witnesses. The Court d
i,Iy not charge the jury as is usual, nor did Il
an. States Attorney plead the States case, al
without any advice to the contrary the .ju
strained to its utmost limit the usual dire
ng' ton from the bench to adjudge the prison
use in the manner and form as indicted
lien The whole thing seems to have gone in
OF hap-hazzard sort of way taking convicti
for granted) and the whole court, it is sa
Who was astonished at the verdict of the 81
the lent jury. There is, however, q last rest
,ver left for the people if justice is to be cC
, an tinuously defeated by "technicalities," tn
will be compelled to take the law in tn
. E. -. D.
fire n oL w" tNo P1:U siA
des- ~ N1o".n0I ~ W % oiISnO Si'
was -" - ~ t- 49, - .e.eLi.s - ~ ~ :.
lght % 49, .H.S ~ W e S":J IN ,"isi ~.
O0~ times. But Saturday night set it all ba,
At late hour, within a half hour posi-
at of the holy Sabbath, when our places
pion business should have been closed and
vine people in thsir peaceful homes, a
fully turbance was kicked up from no cause
They the bad hour and worse whisky that
hay little short of riot. The accounts do
agree and who first created the disturbal
has not yet been determined. The best
formation seems to be that three men W
IhaS staggering along the street and in their
" certain gait the hat Of one was jostled
rpets ard ,vantad 70 1h;T min, Jnst tba,
ry at coIorsd naan came along with a has
when lunge was made at him with u ki
m an with such force as to sever the handle Of
from basket, On the opposite side of the str
Iii. as is usually the case on Saturday nights
- - the alley that leads to the rear Of BE,
The store, was large collection Of dark
,r on many of whom were, itis said, well charl
ars and only needed spark to set them
This unprovoked act furnished that sps
and set them in ferment. Shortly al
was as q man named Wood, who was belle
o to. to have been the first assailant, was pass
urch. | this alley an assault was made upoa
ers in from the rear. He naturally retaIiated
Those knocked down in quick succession fou
enter. five men, Brick bats began flying in
open crininately and heavy stcne, that Ct
within on inch Of Woods head, strusk