The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-04

superior Court they Jared No hottau
mere. Inc rest is matter Of record
- some time to convince the
LII" ny MS friends, meant what he
1 u wnen ne announced that the willy
tiSer must 60; but, being convinced
ne went; and Asheville stands ready
QUAY, mainly through the efficient ad-
Illustrator of Judge Adams, to an
sWer with a loud YES to the one,v.
Does prohibition prohibit
Not alone has the enforcement of
the llQuor law been a hard problem
out the police justice has had to deal
WIN every phase of crime, from the
of the mischievous
youth to the devious ways of the hard
ened criminal and perpetual law
breaker. One may gather some idea
OF the p~erplexities Of the police JUS
tlceshlp from the following facts
gathered from the records Of the
court:
During a period of fifteen months,
o May 81, 1912, to August 81.
1913. the police department made
4,2lo arrests, which cases were dis
posed of as follows: Convictions,
s:Ae1; mol pressed. 1913; not guilty,
5S6; appealed to Superior Court, 269;
sent to county home. So; sent to
training school, 20; took the pledge of
abstinence for n year, 101; SEN
fenced to county Jail. Sc; sentenced to
work on county roads, 421, a~ggregat-
ing q period of 141 years. 9 months,
and 3 days; fines, costs, penalties, and
bonds collected, $~20,1S4.35. Not ali
of the 269 appeal cases have been
ones which have been disposed of,
Melted the county and city about
$4,000 in revenue, and added more
then twenty-five years work on the
county roads, making in all some
thing over one hundred and sixty
three years service in the cause OF
good roads in Buncombe county.
Lenient With First Offenders.
Jurists h world over long e
learned that not every man who is
summoned before the bar Of justice
can, with reason, be treated as a
member of the terminal class" Gov
ernor Judson Harmon spoke the whole
truth when he said. guilt is personal"
Judge Adams rule is to be lenient
with first offenders. While h Ashe-
| vile police court does not maintain
a "rogues' gallery" a far better sys-
tenn of keeping tab on lawbreakers is
maintained. A complete RECORD OF
every case which is called, is care
fully indexed by the clerk, the records
being kept in a most systematic way.
I W Ill III VI lho I'll Oo
dexer," Frank H.. Hitchcock, as
chairman Of the Republican National
COMMITTEE, is not superior to Frank L.
lConder, clerk Of the police court,
when it comes to card ext BY
reference to the indexed card, Judge
Adams can tell at a glance the RECORD
Of any defendant, if perchance the
luckless one has at any time IN the
past faced his Honor. In the usual OF
-, -, ~~l dSCNVd0TIin nnnlSn-
ment for the first Offense is light, but
is Increased with every breach OF
IN Deace'' by the same Individual
a graduate scale Of punishment
One method OF dealing with the
weaker side of human nature is &c
hermit the drunk" to sign a pledge
to abstain from the use or ntoxlcan,s
for a definite period Of time. Ihat IS
If a defendant is hailed pe1ore ,ne
court on a charge OF orunheiinesa 49,
record Of similar of1enses is scanneo
NV the Judge, and If, in the oplnlor
of the court, the circumstances JUS
tifv il. the defendant is given an op-
nor+nnity to sign a pledge 10 dnslall
from the use of the "frewater, ane
thereunon Judgment is suspended ou
If the pledgor fails to keep 1altn WIZ
the court, Judgment may pc en,eIes
in his case. This is Judge Aua11 e
UoV OF giving a -
honce on the pledge-signing. a dls
tinorished authority has sa1o: =
pledge helps the person snow wh to sl < ma !,
~ stronger when he feels that ne can
!: not n Win honor ss :: a nat gs inyl' ta ee in n
.ri.aa' When a man is gwen ~
5 cho;ce between signing a pieuse ~ a.
. stain ron M the e. use ,ss Of r %5aieA he IS Us 8
: Ha,1v Quick 70 sign: and the recoru
u lay that about two-thirds OF theI
e IHaon he faith. If the object o. ~. ~
2 49, IL the reformation Oh u,
4 nr;minal Judge Adams mas cet'a,nr
hit upon a 5enefi naffnal n sSnnk o. pun
' Sh'' h social Evil" !
1,dee Adams handling OF ms -
y Lied social evil in Ashevliie IS oe:
: aId nv an editorial IN Harper
~ WoaLly' of March 5, 1912. ulloe, Ia
. Milan Race Problem ana sotl.
+ tS1plir' Combined" from wnlcn Tie -
. living is a partial %quotation:
'.TLo nanerS are quick ellouSh