The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-25
ARGUMENTS WILL
Be ENDED TODAY
North Carolina Supreme Court
Expects to Adjourn for Term
Next Week.
BOWERS SENTENCED
School Children Must Be Vacci-
nated-Other Raleigh
News.
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Raleigh, n. c.. May 24.-The SUI
preme Court delivered to-day opinions
in hfteen appeals, and expects to con-
clude all arguments for the term to-
morrow. 1t Will be possible TO have
final adjournment certainly by Mon
day or Tuesday OF next week. The
opinions delivered to-day follow:
Williams VS.. Southern Railway,
Mecklenburg. new trial; State vs.
Hawkins. Burke. no error: Roberts
Us. Baldwin. Henderson, no error;
Berry VS.. c., c. & o. Railway Com
pany. Mcdowell no error Piedmont
Springs Lumber Company vs. Chris
tiansburG, Burke reversed. State VS.
Boynton. Buncombo, no error: Whit
mire va. Heath, Pennsylvania. new
trial; Eplee VS.. Southern Railway,
Buncombe, no error; Smathers vs.
Western Carolina Bank. Buncombe,
reversed as to both appeals Sircey
vs.. Rees. Buncombe, affirmed: Ed
wards VS.. Town of Rutherfordton, ap-
peal withdrawn; Bennett VS.. Southern
Railway. Burke. affirmed: SUNNI erro~'
vs.. Southern Railway, Mcdowell. at
frmed : Chambers vs.. Southern Rail-
way. Buncombe affirmed: State VS..
Colvert, Polk. appeal dismissed and
motion to reinstate denied
In the Federal Court this afternoon
j. l.. Bowers was convicted of using
the mails for fraudulent purposes.
He was sentenced 10 ono year and a
day In the Atlanta prison. He ordered
furniture and other goods from mail
order houses. to be paid for on the
instaiment plan. and sending orders
in a number of fictitious names from
Rosemary, Halifax county. Whining
ton and Norfolk. He is known to
have obtained over $500 worth Of goods
In this way He has wife and chill
dren In Wilmington.
The Raleigh school committee has
passed an order prohibiting the at
tendance of any child in the public
schools of the city unless there has
been vaccination, with results salts
factory 10 the city physician. The
appearance Of two cases Of smallpox
In the schools a few weeks ago
brought about this order.
At the same time the city authori-
ties have determined to keep up rigid
quarantine OF smallpox cases and per
sons exposed, as in the past. In spite
OF the recent repeal of the State law
requiring quarantine. a change that
was brought about by the State Board
OF Health. on the much criticized
ground that vaccination is the proper
preventative OF the spread OF smallpox.
and that quarantine Is an expensive
protection Tor the Few who wilfully
stand out against being vaccinated.
There are 175 public high schools in
-orth Carolina. employing probably
more than 500 teachers. and 1t Is for
the filling OF these positions as teach
ers that the examinations are called
for each of the county seats in the
State. July IS an Il. to be held by
the county superintendent, the oues-
tons to be prepared by the state Board
OF Examiners. There is to be at the
same time examinations for the Ave
year public school certificates roytded
by law for teachers. to avoid the ne
cessity OF annual examinations.
Preliminary Proceeding.
AS preliminary proceeding 10 en-
tering upon the actual trial of the
famous Ware Kramer suit against the
American Tobacco Comany for ST.
100000 damages on June 1a, in the
Federal Court here, United States Judge
II, G. Conner has directed that con-
tending counsel appear June 6 and sub
nit all arguments on pending motions.
preliminary to the actual trial, SO that
all these may be cleared UP before the
jury trial comes up. Among the mo-
tons to be thus disposed OF are that
each side present certain books, and
letter files. not yet drawn into the iiti :
cation. The dispositions taken in this
case already constitute a record OF
1000 or more typewriter pages, and
there are numerous exceptions noted
that are to be disposed of, SO far as
Judge Connor's rulings are concerned,
before tha trip