The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-26
BEFORE
TERM IN PRISON
How Come (. [. Davis
Enjoying His Liberty.
HEAVY BOND GIVEN
Developments Subsequent 10 tlic Nd
Journiiicnt Of Court-La:.c and
Enthusiastic Convention Of
6uiiford County SUNDAY
school Workers.
BY A\DHI.N JOINER.

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good many here, who had been in the
Federal Court yesterday afternoon
when Attorney L. y. Hackctt made
such d magnificent plea for ~leniency
Tor e~X-licvcnuc officer T.. l.. Davis.
Of Wilkes county, by producing j ply
sician who testified that confinement
in the Atlanta p~enitcntiary might -
SUIT fatally, owing to q very serious
case of catarrh of the stomach. ana
hcafd Judge Boyd refuse 10 give Da-
! US even q few LAYS in which to -
nome anu arrange his business affair
before leaving for Atlanta, We're sur
pflScd TO meet Davis on the strcn.s
Just before night in company with his
StatesVIllc friend. Mr.. Clint Wagner.
DAVIS had been in jail since Thursday
still there awaiting being taken 10
Atlanta 10 begin service of his one
years sentence.
Inquiry revealed the fact that soon
after Judge Boyd had adjourned
come to his private office. It ma
been discovered that the minimum
punishment for the case in which
DAVIS pleaded guilty was one year SEN
fence, or 4 fine of FIVE thousand dol
iarS or both. Mr.. Hackett had plead
ca to be relieved of the sentence ana
It had been thought that both 4 fine
ana imprisonment was the feast that
could be imposed. Judge BOYD then
permitted Davis t. give 4 bond OF
five thousand dollars for his appeal.
ance here on Jun first. to then go t.
Atlanta. h fine of n thousand dol
lars being remitted.
That is why Davis. to the surprise
Of everybody was a free man, ana
why some Of the newspaper men here
who were relying upon the proceed
IN DG in nlpn on fGont 1nTt - rTy,;-
correspondent only got wind Of thc
developments by meeting Mr.. Davis
on the street, and thereby being led
TO investigate as to .shoW Gomez
Since Davis was the only man of
the whole Dush who received q penI-
tertiary sentence, it is confidently
predicted by many to whom the wish
is father to the thought, that judge
Boyd will yet grant Mr.. Hackett's
forcible and earnest plea that the SEN
tence to Imprisonment be stricken
out at the last and the fine Of one
thousand dollars be substituted.
Sunday SchOo Convention.
The semi-annual convention of the
Guilford County Sunday school Assoc
citation was held in the Sunday school
room Of the First Baptist church yes
teldaN morning. afternoon and last
night Rev. L. F. johnson presiding
and Rev. :. NJ. Rankin at the sccre-
g = tSSh IlltIf We = IIllCc nun
dred sunday school workers present
at the morning session. and the large
auditorium was crowded at the scs-
sion last night. The addresses were
enthusiastic. helpful and enjoyable,
II the reports Of officers showed
considerable gains in membership and
were otherwise encouraging. There
were three sessions during tho day.
The GROWING evcnt being the meeting
last night, when y. Il. Broughton. OF
Raleigh. spoke to d large gathering of
Sunday school workers of the city
and county Officers for the ensuing
ear were elected as HuiinWs: PrsSi-
dent, l." l.. Hobbs, of Gdilford Col
leSe; vice-presidcnt. Rev. Melton
Clark. of Greensboro; secretarE. Pro
lessor Judson Pcelc. of Greensboro:
treasurer. r. c. Barnau, Of Green's
boro: executive committee. Charles
II. ireland, John TroHler. G.. WI
White and J.. Norman Wills.
n SecretarN's report showed re-
turns from Is townships. Out Of al
t"tal OF lU2 schools - had sent in re-
Forts. In these schools there are SIG
Cticefs and teachers and 1854 pu-
pli5. making a total of $500 officers.
teachers and pupils. During the past
year go Sunday school scholars have
beer added TO the various churches.
Tn" fetal number in the homo de-
Iaftment Of the schools in tho counts
= -:'. Nearly every township had
1eid 2 convention during the wear and
have held two. This is 4 large
over the Wear 1906 as shownI
pN the reports. The finance r~r:urt
tl'cn lteG and it showed that the
association lacked s35 Of having
i cash on hand to meet the
cog" Of $50 made FOR State work
Inc last State convention. The
mount was raised and GuI.f,l coun-
y VIII be enabled to make good its
hedges made to the State work at the
''Nt State convention which Will be
held i'll Reidsville on April ,. 3. ,,Gd ]
The board Of directors of the Cen
rat Carolina Fair Association in ses-
ION last night changed the dates Of
re 1dlf TINS wear to October Is to
>. inclusive. The change in the
'ates Is to prevent a break in the stake
aces IN the circuit. In order to give
ne puDilc a finer exhibition Of racing
the coming fair. it was decided re-
'ier $4,000 IN purses, which is near
) uouDIe the amount offered N pre-
NlouS Years. h greatest mount eyer
;2.100.
1t vas further decided to give 10
'ef cent Of the gross receipts of the +,
.ataI"Sue TO the daughters Of the
oltleuefacE h association is now {
y correspondence with owners OF I
tidSS midway attractions. a num- :
'ef 81 Whncn have already been 90 !
uteo. II i the Intention Of the as J;
ociaiioil 70 make the fair this year :
he best Greensboro has ever had ana :
secretary Daniel say that he thinkS's
n" event viii be successful in everv },
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