Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-04-18
and some Democrats, and they
agreed to not tell on each otl.er.
Now don't you seethey we're not

Now don't you see they were not
good moral character men? l
againstany such con
duct as that tharjuryis guilty OF.
l beg and deplore Of you for the
sake of thegood name of Watau-
ga county to stop such mischief.
Stop right thar. There is q dis
position on the part of thegrand
jurys, the Legislature, the news
papers and every body to favor
lawlessness, and this is W h a t
makes the people so bad. The
war, the last Legislature, thepub-
lie press and the politicians have
all joined together and word or
connive atwhat is sright-they are
responsible fornearly all the mis-
chief. / will give it as my opin-
ion that crime is on the increase.
My experience since the " a r
shows that there is great need
and much room for doing better.
A great many OF offenses that
are now only a fine and imprison
ment will be penitentiary offenses
before long. This will have to be
done in order to improve society
| think the next Legislature or
the one following it will fix mat
ters all right. . +.
According to law there are four
capital offenses: Murder, Rape,
Arson and Burglary. If we had
laws like OF our fore fathers just
after the revolutionary war there
would be but little horse steal
ing and man numbering. T b e
people would be better, so they
would. Murder is the taking oi
life with malice and forethought.
When q man kills another with q
deadly weapon, a gun, pistol orr
big club thslaw presumes a n d
pronounces it murder. Then in
litigation it is for the accused to
prove to the contrary. Man.
slaughter is when one man kills
another in self defense without
malice or pre-meditation OF the
act-this is attributed to the weak
ness of mankind when in the heat
OF passion. Arson is the burning
ola house in the night time. Bur
glary is to enter a mans housein
the night time and carry of his
property.or do other damages.
To burn a barn, stable or any
other house is a capital offense, a
very high offense. The next thing
which this court will call yourat-
tention to and over which it has
jurisdiction is perjury and forge
~. The Legislature have lie d
thousands and thousands to com
NIT this sin against the law. l do
not speak OF political parties, for
A will swear for B and B will
swear for A, and away~it goes. /
want you to watch out for these
scoundrels who are always put
ting false names to papers, notes
and such. Stop right thar nowl
Let me tell you what these dirty
fellows in Caldwell have done.
They have changed the name oi
Turkey-cock mountain and now
call it H-i-b-r-i-t-e-n. The last
one of them should indicted. Now
watch out, watch out I say, OF
some Of them lovestruck puppies
will be running up here to Wa.
tauga and change the name ofthe
Grandfather mountain. The n
don'tyou see, here'll be the Grand
mother mountain standing alone
withouta a companion justlike the
Turkey-hen mountain in Caldwell,
This Is all wrong. It's got to be
stopped. Indict them. Brin 6
them into court. Let me tell you
q man came from Virginia to my
town some time ago, he carried
a cane, had a big mustache and
whistled very nicely. That fel
low was not there long till he
|courted one of our prettiest girls
and ran away and married. Now
this was wrong for..the very next
day a letter came from his State
ao v;,or that bo had q w;so onr