The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-30

a... g when that Legisla-
.-.r5eation was going IN, and
,a-ea we're declining to an
recalled an incident Of an
'r witness. that came to my
..- some years ago.
...t. being held in an adjoin.
.... Judge shaw presiding
crooks, / think, was the So
s.. that time there were sew
1 ,f q rather exciting nature,
..l..us having been indicted
... ~.-earded as dangerous char
INST whom it was at the
d. life FOR a man to testify.
...@ could help it. no man
....uuuIty would be a witness
against them.
-...I4g evening [ stopped with
..H HuoWn ANA popular physi-
.. f.- southern part of thar
....H drove uD to the gate
...l. .ae listening to the story
'..... man who sitting on his
telling what had happened
.r# the day before. went on
I.. .44t-c. and met the ladies of
the young men still de-
fIa Doctor
.lMtIilr ne tdiitt III SIItlIfllS.
much amused at something
Hsai just occurred. Calling the
luuu.4 name, he remarked that
scared the worst he ever saw Il
and todd us that he came to see
aa bis physician to get q state
fuuu him. to the effect that he.
1uu. man, was too sick to attend
.tu, following Monday. Then the
DF .a.r as the nature of the
! fr.I.w'a trouble adopting his
E. OF trlIing it,.
l., ..e Doctor, they summoned
... fro curt: / didn't know what
IIciOned it was Some thing
rHr- hlllinB Of that niger, OF
Il .~puIcthing about Whiskey, and
made uD my mind that they
get any evidence Outen me.
4f know anything that | wanted
on anybody, and | sed to my
ac. aiut going to cit anything.
Was standing around there
court house, a fellow came up
aud tapping me on the shoulder
familiar way. said to me-:
name is Jim crackcorn, / be-
-cs, q |, that's what they call
home"
fcll,' SEES he. in a friendly way,
ointin& with his thumb oven his
Ter toward an open door, step
way. Jim"
thought he mout be a candidate
,mething. and nebbe he had q
hid in that room, SO followed
As soon as he got in the room
tmmcd the door, and locked it.
sure then that he had a bottle,
could almost taste the corr
before seeing it. But. Doctor, as
Is / am looking into your eyes,
was the SOlicitor-that fellow
9, himself: and turning to me he
Jim, they want YOU III the grand
and I just wanted to tell
lat | know what you know about
eViltry that's been going ON out
in your neiehborhood, and if
ont 20 in there and tell the jury
shole thing. III let You know
the law will do for a man that
$ to a lie.-NoW remember I
what you know about the case
is before the grand jury, and
forget the warning give YOU
,Octor, he scared me so bad |
know what else to do but to
ne whole business-"puke it all
| did-every bit of it. And
I'm spenied to go and testify in
court next week and they'll ex-
me to tell all | did before the
jury, and, you know Doctor,
do it. Somebody would Kill me
Doctor, can't YOU certify to the
that I'm sick?'"
ou don't seem to be sick this
lg," the Doctor replied, but come
early Monday morning and then
t how it is with YOU"
month after | was around in that
again. and | asked the Doe
bout Jfn-whether he went to
or not. My recollection is, that
!! me that Jim was sick, sure
II, Monday morning, which fact
to the Solicitor. Eyes
he Doctor, he had u high fc-
an explanation of Jim's fear
we're some dangerous charact-
/ that section, about that time,
would shoot and burn, and peo-
afraid of them. | am glad
that conditions have changed
ne better, in these latter years;
n it Will be a long time before
ountry will wholly recover from
lighting effects of that period;
at section, especially.
all the demoralizatiOnS, with
| the State and church have to
nd, there are none half SO de-
i've as blind tigers and moonshine
They are simply runious to
immunity and their blasting effects
1t be overcome in q generation.
teen years ago the moon sinners
ed their fires in Il certain COM
with which | was somewhat
United. Up to that time the peo-
regular church goerS, and
children attended the Sunday
bis. and when the August meet
came on each year, the young