The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-02-27
GREENSBORO NEWS BUDGET
A Baking Horse and a Fist Fight.
Marion Butler Surveying the PoIiti-
cal SituatiOn-Nental Anguish Suits

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Marion Butler Surveying the Politi-
cal Situation-Nental Anguish Suits
Greensboro, n: c., February 19.-N.
James Kernoodle, who took upon him
self this morning the responsibilities
OF whole society of the P. C. A., re-
ceived such a drubbing for his pains
that he straightway went 10 a magis-
traue and had a warrant OF arrest for
his assaflant, Charles Smith. He gave
these facts: "As [ was coming down
Asheboro street this morning | saw
Mr. Smith beating horse on the legs.
The horse was hitched To a plow and
at every few steps it would baIk, when
Smith would 60 round and give him a
terrible beating and then go back and
start him up, only for the horse to
stop again 1t looked cruel and re-
monstrated with Smith, who explained
at first that he had just bought the
horse Saturday and 1t was young and
ne was trying to break him. After a
while told Smith it was a shame and
a scandal. He then said he had laid
up for some time 10 give me a beating
ditu AC iCShOucu ILLS HdS dS SOOu q
tirne as any. And he came out anc
lit on me, and you see | was badly
bruised and beat up"
The case will come up for trial this
afternoon. Kernoodle is possibly the
only man who ever lived 20 see a
horse balk and couldn't get a dozen
different ways to make it go, none OF
them doing it. Major Watlington, who
is here looking hale and hearty, said
that he had to pay out eleven dollars
and thirty cents on law suit once
for telling a man how to move a balk-
ing horse. He said the horse had a
big load of fodder ON the wagon and
''jes nacherly" wouldn't 60 He ad-
yised the application of a burning
bundle of fodder under the horse. The
horse moved up just far enough
for the blazing fodder to rest UNDER
meath the whole load, which was a
mountain of roaring flames in a Elin-
ute
WAS the horse burned up?' was
asked
The horse? No, STREE He jest
craned his neck and looked back and
seed for certain what was coming and
kicked outen the wagon before he got
a hair singed. Talk about justice, We
paid lawyers $3.50 to keep from hav-
ing to pay for that kyart and fodder,
but We had it to do
Superior court opened this morning
with a plethora of stenographers.
These were three ladies all pretty,
taking notes, one of them being in
stalled on the bench at the elbow Of
the judge. The county commissioners
are trying to get a StenOgrapher 20
save the time of the court in writing
down SO slowly the testimony. The
ladies' are practicing to test their
qualifications.
The court is engaged today in trying
the suit of a young lady of Green's
boro against the Western Union Te,e
graph company for $4,000 mental an
guish damages for failure to deliver
telegram announcing the death of her
mother at Bear Creek, Chatham coun-
ty, some time last year.
Her brother from Reidsville, who
also failed to get a similar telegram,
has a similar suit.
From the latest reports, Mr.. B. F.
Sprinkle, of Reidsville, who was con-
victed some years ago in the federal
court in the celebrated Young, Sprin-
kle and Angle trial, will have to serve
his sentence in the Atlanta penIten-
tiary. The circuit court of appeals
some time ago affirmed Judge Boyd's
judgment in every particular. Counsel
who defended the case, MessrS. Bynum,
Justice and Bradshaw, of Greensboro,
and R. D. Reidsville, applied for
rehearing of the case. Saturday Mr..
E. J. Justice went before the circuit
court of appeals at Richmond and Sc
cured from the court an order for
rehearing of the case of Young and
Angle, but none was asked for Sprl1-
kle and the mandate stands as to him
The rehearing will be had at the May
term of the court.
Ex-senator Marion Butler was here
today, presumably looking into matters
connected with The Industrial News,
OF which corporation he is a leading
stockholder and director. It Is also
reported that President Roosevelt has
sent him as a kind of plenipotentiary
here to look into the matter as TO
whether Congressman Blackburn is a
bonafide resident of Greensboro Or not.
Upon the result of this investigation
is said to hang the fate of Professor
Frazier for the pOstOfice. There are
plenty of hackers here today for the
rumors that Editor r. D. Douglas will
get this nice plum after all, If any
body gets it from the present incum-
bent, who has not pretended to be a
candidate for re-appointment.-Speclal
to Durham Herald.