The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-30
In THE SUPREME COURT
Kenneth BeasIeY kidnapping case
Argued
Appeals From First District Taken
Uptown Creek Votes SDeciaa Tax
for Sci1ools-Death OF Rev. H.
Whitaker.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, Aug 2Eth, 1907
| The regular term of the SUPP eme
court began this morning, all the jus
| tices being on the bench and first dis
| trict appeals We're taken up. Assistant
| Attorney General Hayden Clement was
| present, representing the state and so
were many attorneys. The following
| lawyers from the first district being
| present, William NJ Bond, E. F. Ay6-
| lett, NJ P Goodwin, B G.. Crisp, Ii. S.
| Ward, L. L. Smith. w. c. Rodmau.
| Others present were Ex-Governor Ay-
cock, William B. Rodman and Joseph
| G. Alexander
The most interesting case argued
dring the day was that of the state
VS. Joshua Harrison from Pasquotank
! in which Messrs. Aycock and Aydlett
] appeared for Harrison conviced in tE9
! court below of kidnapping and killing
! the nine year old son of State Senator
/ 5. NJ. Beasley in Currituck county III
February 1905. Mr.. Clement appeared
for the state in this extremely inter
esting and sensational case The brief
OF the defendant is long one.
The following are the other cases
from the first district before the court;
stare VS.. Bowser, Clemson VS. Walter &
Myers; SwfndeIf VS. Nathan; Bowser
Wescott;' Carlson VS. Lumber Co. Rid
! dick vs. Dunn; City of Washington Us
Lumber Co.; Daniels VS. Himer: Type
Founders Co VS. Publishing Co.; Alex
ander vs Morris; Rogerson VS. Leggett;
Nicholson VS. Dover; Sawyer VS. Lum-
ber Co.
A few minutes before ten O'Clock this
morning deputy clerk of the Wake
Superior Court appeared in the Super
ior court clerks office and filed tie
transcript of the proceedings in the
notable case Of the state vs. the SOIL
thern Railway, IN which Judge Long
imposed d fine of $50 900 upon the
Southern FOR not obeying the law as
TO making the passenger rate IA
cents per mile OH and after July 1st.
having further imposed a fine on
Thomas E. Greene, the ticket agent Of
5he Southern at Raleigh for selling
tickets above the legal rate after the
date named Governor AycOck was
present this morning to make a mo-
riOn to advance this case OF the S30,-
O06 fine SO that it could be heard neat
week. Attorneys W. B. ROdman, and
James II. POu We're present for the
Southern anR they requested Cover
nor Aycock to- WITHHOLD his motion until
Nov n n
had time to look over the transcript:
that Judge Long had ordered the latter
to be filed this morning before court
opened, and P6u said he was reading
it III the office of the clerk of Wake
court when the deputy clerk took 1t
the time having arrived to file it; Rod
man asked Aycock not to make motion
until tomorrow in order that they
might have time to look over the
papers which covered several hundred
pages and so Aycock consented and
he will make the motion tomorrow
morning at ttie opening of court
The state superintendent of puSic
instruction is Informed that Town
Creek School District, Brunswick
county votes for special tax for it's
public schools
The governor orders a special term
of Wilson Superior court to try civil
cases, October, TIN, for one week, Judge |
W. R. Allen to preside.
The governor offers reward Of $tG0 |
for the arrest of the unknown person
who Killed Mangum Martin few days
ago, at Concord
Rev. r. Fl. Whitaker died last night
at his home here after an illness of d ]
few weeks, at the age of 49, He had
long been in public life in North Caro-
lima as a Methodist minister and editor
and was for many years the editor OF
the Tearing temperance paper in the
state. He was vigorous and pleasing
writer. For many years he had done
local work as minister
This afternoon the funeral of Mr.. w.
F. Jackson, associate editor. the Eve
ming Times, was held. His home was
at Fuquay Springs near here and mis-
death occurred there. after two weeks
illness OF pneumonia:
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