The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-06
BOYD SEALS LIPS
Federal Court Has the
Charm of Mystery.
Ewing, Who is WretchedIy III, Taken
From Prison. The Industrial
News and the Tar Heel
Daily.
Especial to News and Observer)

Especial to News and Observer)
Greensboro, n. c., Sept. 5.-There
isn't anything to be printed about the
session here. The injunctions of Sc
crecy by Judge Boyd has had the effect
of keeping officials, jurors, witnesses
and attendants silent as the grave.
The court rooms presents an unusual
scene. Sitting there chatting and
keeping quiet, this corr espondent
counted 145 men In the corridor
were 80, and scattered about the var
ous offices We We're at least %, while
fully so were grouped down stairs on
the sidewalks, or roaming about the
poStoffiS corridor. Of these visible
$50 witnesses. 156 or above There
is not dozen citizens of Wilkes coun-
ty on the grand jury. This body is
holding it's sessions on the third story,
the approach to which is carefully
picketed.
When witness is wanted, the
bailiff shouts his name from a large
oval glass transom at the top OF the
court chamber, and the witness gets
up and climbs up flight of stairs.
Somebody looking in on the silent
multitude sitting in the court cham
Der. asked what on earth they were
doing. waiting to see Judge Boyd
come out with his black shirt on" was
the disrespectful but honest Wilkes
county response.
The grand jury adjourned until
$3.50 Wednesday.
District Attorney Holton left with
the funeral party with the remains OF
his father-in-law. David Petty, for
High Point, at 1850. The burial took
place at Springfield Quaker church
at four O'Clock, Rev. J. Edgar Will
iams officiating.
The remains of Mrs. John Gatling,
who died in Decatur, H., passed
through here Monday for interment at
Raleigh.
The news Of her death created
profound sorrow here. As Miss Anna
Gales. she was greatly admired and
beloved by a large circle of friends
lin Greensboro, where she spent
large portion of her youth.
Judge Boyd this morning issued an
order directing the sheriff of Wilkes
county to. permit Walter r. McEWinS,
confined in Jail at WilkesbOrO under
a sentence from the Federal court for
blockading. to go up to his home un
til his health improved.
Messrs w. w. Barber and r. II.
Hackett. of Wilkesboro, appeared be-
fore Judge Boyd this morning with af-
tidavits from every reputable phySl-
clans and expert DR.. J. NJ. Turner at
Wilkesboro, appearing in person show
ing that McEwing was in a very sA-
ious condition. He has chronic Ca
tarrh of the stomach and acute ner-
vous prostration, resultant from close
confinement. He is so weak he can
not set off the prison bed without as
siStance Judge Boyd did not hesitate
to act saying he would have done so
sooner had the young mans condi-
ton been made known formally.
Mr. Ewing will be taken to the homo
of his brother-in-law in the country,
who is the sheriff j. H. Johnson.
The good news of mountain wild and
open air. with the cooling shade of
country oaks over a bubbling spring
was teIegraphed the sick man at once.
and ere this is written he is probably
lying in a hack Fastening to that par
adise of a Wilkes county country
home.
In this correspondence sometime
ago, it was mentioned that current
report had it that Judge Shaw had
exchanged terms of court with Judge
Ward having in view the holding the
next term of criminal court here,
which would be largely the liquor
court Judge Shaw states that the eX
change of courts was at the request of
Judge Ward, and that when it was
done, both he and Judge Ward
thought that this court was two weeks
civil term, and did not know it was
criminal term until after the arrange
ment had been made.
Our thriving neighbor. High Point.
nut need among its many accomplish
ments one more industry, to-Wit: an
industrious law and order league. y
prominent citizen from there today
said that at a prayer Meeting there
Wednesday night, brother being call
ed on for a prayer used the following
fervent and pathetic prayer: 80
Lord Thou art said to know all things,
but it does seem that Thou dost not
know that there is a blind tiger run
ming day and NIGHT next to my home
in this Christian city l hereby inform
you that / have appealed to the mayor
and the chief of police to stop it, but
they have turned deaf ears to my cry.
| now appeal to Thee as an individual
and in behalf of this community to
furnish us some agency whereby sucn
demoralizing conduct can be stopped"
The type for the Industrial News
Publishing Company arrived yesterday
and the Goss oRtary press came today.
The expert mechanic sent by the man
ufacturers to put the press in shape
will arrive tomorrow and so to work
on it Immediately. John p. ACkerly
the foreman. and electrotyper came in
last night The first issue of the pa
per is now promised October 1St.. hav-
ing been moved from September 18th
1t is now definitely known that az
the executive conference of the board
of directors of the Daily Tar Heel AS
sociation. held here Friday-night, as
sessments were made upon stock suf-
ficient to launch the publication of a
first class eight page weekly Republi-
can newspaper at Greensboro.
While not official the statement that
the first issue of the weekly Tar Heel
will ante date that of the Daily Indus i
trial News can be relied upon also,
that the name of Mr.. Sam G.. Braw-
shaw vii grace its editorial page as ed