The news & observer., 1905-12-19
HIT WHISKEY MEN HARD.
Judge Ward Began the Session by
Sending Two To the Roads.

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, y. c., Dec. 1S.-Judge
Ward opened Superior court again this
morning. 1t is thought the docket Will
be cleared by 1uesday afternoon. he
began the session by 'socking 1t TO Il
couple % wnisKey men. John Brame
and Moses Milton plead guilty to re-
taiiing and blockading on the out
skirIs or the city. Ther lawyers put
up nice appeal. Judge Ward list
ened attentiveIy and sympatheticaliy
but said nothing, until mis- turn came.
Then he said Let Jonn Brame work
the roads thirty days, pay the costs,
1925, and pay fine or $500, the costs
and fine to De paid bv tonight. Let the
assistant Hosea Milton go to the roads
for sixty days
A most respectable looking young
man. named David Wilkerson from
Durham, was next tried for charge
of stealing an overcoat from a passen-
ger on train from Durham to Green's
boro this fall The trial consumed
the entire morning hour the jury
bringing in a verdict of guilty" just
| as court took a recess for dinner In
the afternoon Judge Bynum, counsel
for defendant made a motion for a
new trial Judge Ward refused this
and sentenced Wiikerson to one year
on the roads. An appeal was taken
! to the Supreme court.
Judge Garland $. Ferguson and Mrs.
Ferguson will make Greensboro their
home from January to July, next year,
while Judge Ferguson is holding court
| in this district He has engaged rooms
lat DR. Eberlee's where his son, @. ).
Ferguson, Jr.. lives.
News has been received here of the
death of Mr. A. c. Forster at hos
pital in Chattanooga. He was we'll
known railroad man, and has a sister
IGreensboro, leaving here for railroad
work in 1873. He was nephew of
| the late ]. a. Gray and near relative to
/ the Gilmers. He was almost % years
of age He was chief of an engineer
corps in Tennessee and last week got
caught between two cars, his leg be-
/ ing badly lacerated. and from which
| he bled to death. expiring a few min
utes after reaching the hospital.
Aunt Louisa Cotton, the faithful old
negress, who dropped dead from acute
indigestion on her way home last Fri
dav night from the Gilmer reception
to Mr. and Mrs. Armfield of Raleigh,
was not buried until today. 1t was
the biggest kind of a funeral. The de-
+ lay was caused by waiting for the ar
rival of numerous and imDortant kim
dred to her and her be -oaVGl husband.
| OF these 81 aunts and % uncles of the
| eleven children managed to be present.
| besides a great many other family
connections and friends, black and
white
William Caldwell. colored, was ar
rested here yesterday charged with
breaking in the wholesale grocery store
| of Messick & CO.. at Winston and
| stealing a lot of goods. An officer
carried him to Winston this morning.
A message was received from jack
sonvile, Fla, this morning, saying
| that year-old Greensboro boy.
named Mack Ridge. was in Jail there
| and would be returned to his parents
| here if they would forward transpor-
tation charges. They will probably
/ not do it. were they able, since the
| boy has been a confirmed hobo" for
r~nrn than two years. Thev have sim
| ply grown discouraged in having him
sent back home. for him to run away
again in a few days.