The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
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AN OLD We TEXAN
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Lower Courts Action Affirmed,
and He is Given Twelve
Years.
WILL OF slAMEsE TWIN
Chief Justice Clark Considers a
mans Poverty III Giving
Him a New Trial.
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RALEIGH, N. c., November i6.-The
Supreme Court affirms the conviction Of
John Hocner, an old Confederate soldier.
for murder in the second degree, and
sentenced TO twelve years in the peniten-
tary. He killed p. j. Nichols. a deputy
sheriff in Orange county, while the offi-
Ger was attempting to arrest him.
In the noted case OF Bunker vs.. Bunker.
from surry county, involving the Will
OF Chang Bunker, one of the famous
siamese twins, the Supreme Court re-
verses tho lower court. The case In
VOWED costs in litigation over the wilf
that was begun in the courts OF Surry
county in 1866.
POVERTY vs.. POWER.
That the plaintiff was poor and aged
man and the defendant the powerful
Southern Railway was the reason de-
clared by Chief Justice Clark, Of the
Supreme Court, why new trial should
DO allowed in the appeal of kearns vs..
Railroad, from Davidson county. The
majority court had delivered nm opinion
n ffirmlnr n non-suit In tho trial below,
and Chief Justice Clark wrote dissent-
Ing opinion Insisting that tho plaintiff.
being an old and very poor man. and the
defendant a powerful corporation, the
trial fudge should not have allowed a
non-suit. but given the case to the Jury
instead.
Governor Glenn said, in speaking OF
the Imperative necessity for providing
additional accommo dations for the Insane
in the State. that $5.0o000D would be re-
qured to provide the additional room at
A,1n t,% fhnro or a
least OoO urgent cases and not less than
1000 are In great need OF being cared
for In such institutions.
NEW COTTON MILL.
The Icemanlee Cotton Mill Company,
o, Monroe, Is chartered, with $685. COO capt.
tai. subscribed by Charles Iceman and
w. s. Lee and others; the Charlotte
House furnishing Company, capital 5000.
by A. p. Barron, W. T.. Nicholson and
others: the Charlotte Peps-Cola Boiling
Company, $4,000, by George II. Broken
borough and others; the ASHORE Depart,
ment store, $500 capital. w. NJ. Parrish.
The Atlantic Christian College Com
pany. of Wilson. changes It's name to the
Atlantic Christian College Qncorporated.
Fire destroyed the store building on
Hillsboro Street, occupied by Edward w.
King; also his residence in the rear. The.
kitchen. The loss on store and stock
was 5000, and on residence, $1,000. A
reservoir of oil in the store ignited and
made 1t impossible for the firemen to do
more than prevent the spread OF the
fire to adjacent buildings, one OF which
was the residence OF ex-a1ayor Powell.
55$ Y. P. I. CANNOT PLAY.
The management OF the Virginia Poly
technIc Institute football team notifies
the Agricultural and Mechanical team
that it will be impossible for them to
accept the challenge for a game here
next Saturday, because a few days there
after they are scheduled for a game
with the Naval Academy, and don't want
to cripple any OF their players. They
promise a game next season, possibly
on Thursday Of fair week. However.
Agricultural and Mechanical has ar
ranged game next Saturday with WASH
ington and Lee, and the indications are
that this will be highly important con-
test as Washington and Lee made a
better showing in their game with Vir-
gina Polytechnic Institute than did
Carolina.
The State Library to-day received the
first volume OF w. L. Geissom's History