The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-28
PICKPOCKET
GOES FREE
Very Peculiar Law in North
Carolina.
WHIPPING SUGGESTED
Governor ,Ayeock Goes on an Educa-
tlonal Lecture Trip-People Ate
Much Beef During Tho State
Fair at Raltlsh.
tspeo,al to rae !. .mes-plspateh.l.

Special to The times-pispatch.l.
RALEIGH, N. c.. Oct. 27.--lt seems that
the only piokpoeket captured during the
fair. the ono caught by the hair. by SEN
ator N. q. Broughton as he slipped his
hand into the Senator's pocket, will 60
scot free at last. He has been bound
over to court. but the concensus OF legal
opinion Ia that ha should not DO held
for the reason that there is no statute to
fit a case In which man merely puts
a hand in another's pocket, when there
L. no money or other articles In 1t to
be stolen.
Pickpockets must be tried for common
larceny In this State. Tho pseSpocAets
uame Is II. Wilson alias William Hayes.
NoN-MEDIcAL DOCTOR. --.'1.
N,nth District cases are being argued
In tho Supreme Court. one OF unusual
interest heard to-day was Stats vs.. Bigss.
Dr.. A. c. Bigs.. OF Greensboro. so-called
NOR. med. cal physician" was convicted
In the lower court for practiclng without
a license, and appealed on the, ground
that the clause OF the statute pleaded
against him. that part OF tho staiuta
regulating the Issuance of medical licenses
is unconstitutional In that It dsprives the
defendant Of his -rigu. to enjoy the fft*fs
Of an innocent calling. And also that q
tends TO create a monopoly OF allopat tho
doctors, before whom such as he. csteo-
paths and such schools. are obliged u be
examined by State board composed OF
aliopaths-
GOVERNOR On EDUCATION.
Governor Aycock left tnis morning for
Hartsville. s. c.. WHARF, he wiz deliver
an educational address.
A charter was issued to-day to the
Pantego and Belhaven Real Estate and
Investment Company, the principal oft1cH
to be In Pantego, Beaufort county. Con-
gresham John Fl. Small Is one Of tie
stockholders. others are c. 2. Aycock, +.
n. Hines The capital Is $4,000.
The Marietta Lumber Company. OF Ma
netta. Robson county, was chartered
with $4,000 capital authorized. and slooo
subscribed by W. J. Edwards and others.
Judge J. C. McRae. dean OF law at the
University OF North Carolina. spent yes
terday here. and In speaking OK Ine
great number OF pickpockets that IN
tested the recent State Fair. expressed
the opinion that the old practice OF CIV
ing them thirty-nin lashes should DE
revived.
ATE MUCH BEEF.
During the state Fair three restau.
rants alone used over $500 pounds OF
jbeef. so when the fact Is taken INTO con.
sheraton that the hotels hundreds Of
boarding. houses and lunch counters
were crowded for four days. the amount
o, food consumed by visitors to the tair
assumes enormous proportions. one
fashionable restaurant used four hun
drsd ana fifty dozen eggs.
During the final drawings at the Ma
sonic Fair last night two fine ougsies.
among the most valuable articles raffled
OF during the fair. were drawn by Mr..
John c. Drawry. Grand Secretary OF the
Grand Lodge OF AIasons.
FREE FROM DEBT.
Rev. Livingston Johnston. secretary OF
tho Baptist State Convention. says he
confidently expects to report the con-
vention free from debt when It cnnvenes
IN Charlotte December 9th.
Or. Thomas E. Skinner. father OF Lud-
low Skinner. who was shot by Ernest
Haywood. offers his handsome residence
hera for sale and announces that he will
90 to Arden. near .asheville. to live. He
Will build there, and his daughter. Mrs
George Mecca. OF New York. will 1--we
with him., y
Dr.. Skinner was for many years pas
tor Of the First BAPTIST Church. and is
greatly beloved by Baptists all over the
State He Is In very feeble health