The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-04-07
tuberculosis Among The Herd Il
State Central Hospital
SHERWOOD UPCHURCH CASE
Supreme Court Makes Important
Rulings-state Hospital Board
Hold Annual Meeting--A Pardon
Granted Dave Parrish-Jidges Al.
len and Justice Exchange Courts.

Raleigh. April 6--The board of
directors Of the Central State Hos
pital for Insane here, has just held
its annual meeting and reorganized
with the election OF DR.. r. II. Stancil,
of Margaretsyille, as chairman, and
DR.. ]. d. Biggs. secretary Execu-
tive committee was named consisting
Of DR.. S. o. Middleton. DR.. E. G..
Moore, Elm City; S. G. Daniels, Lit
tleton. Other members Of the board
are DR.. Mcdonald, Carthage: DR.. II.
B. Marriott. Battleboro, and DIR. Var
borough. OF Franklin county.
tuberculosis Among Cows.
tuberculosis has second time In
vaded the fine dairy herd at the state
hospital for the insane here. There
have been fifteen fine Holstein cows
killed the past few days, six of them
this forenoon. The expectation is
that there are a number OF Others in
fected among the 40 odd cattle the
institution has. 1t was only a couple
of years ago that herd of nearly so
fine cows had to be killed for similar
infection.
Case Will Go 10 Jury.
In the noted damage suits of ].
Sherwood Upchureh and others
against Mayor ]. Stan wynne and
Chief of Police stell for seizing the
Academy Of Music, ejecting the man
ager and his assistants and imprison-
ing two of them for refusing 10 sur
render keys in order TO prevent the
presentation OF the Girl from Rec
tors, as too indecent to be presented
in Raleigh, the supreme court yes
terday affirmed the lower court in
disallowing demurrer TO the bill OF
Indictment This action has the
effect of establishing cause of action
against the mayor and chief of police
so that the case must now 90 to a
jury.
Ruling Of Supreme Court.
The supreme court IN Carson vs..
Bunting and Southern Oil company,
from Pitt, rules that the state law
giving a penalty OF SiO for every
bag OF fertilizer not branded to show
the contents, the penalty to be recoy-
cred by any citizen suing. The case
was one in which there were 1876
bags and the aggregate penalties ag-
gregate sl,960. Justice Brown dis
sented in this case.
In deciding an appeal in Tart VS..
Tart. from Sampson county, the SUI
preme court rules that allowances
by parent to child are not charge
able with interest in settling up an
estate.
Pardon 90 Dave Parrish.
Dave Parrish receives a condi-
tional pardon from Governor Kitchin.
He has served 20 months OF three
years sentence in Henderson county
for larceny, having plead guilty.
The governor says Il appears that the
prisoner. was led into the crime by
another shrewder man, who was sub
seQuently sentenced by another
judge to only two years imprison-
ment. The prosecutors and many
citizens ask for the pardon. includ-
ing the trial Judge.
Exchange Of Courts.
Governor Kitchin today authorized
an exchange or courts between Judge
Allen and Judge Justice so that
Judge Allen will hold courts on reg
ular calendar dates at Gates. WASH
ington. Tyrrell. Hyde and Beaufort
counties. and Judge Justice will hold
Anson. Scotland. Chatham, Moore,
and Richmond, there being two
terms for Scotland in the series
This exchange Is purely a personal
matter between the two Judges.