The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-24
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peals from the first and second dis
tricts one of special public interest
was J. S. Johnson VS.. the Wilson Coun-
ty Board of Education, involving the
right of Johnson's four children to at
tend the public schools for white, chill
dren, in spite of the fact that the
children lad negro blood in their
veins to- the extent of possibly less
than one-sixteenth. The Supreme
Court, Judge Walker writing the opin-
ion for the court, reserves the lower
court and holds that neither these
children, nor any others with any mix
ture of negro blood have any right to
attend the schools for white children.
The trial judge in the Superior
Court held that since the State Con-
stitution legalized the marriage of a
white person to one who had not
more than one-eighth negro blood, the
Legislature exceeded it's authority In
specifying that children of such pa
rents could not attend the white,
schools.
However, the Supreme Court holds
that while the Constitution did legal
ize the marriage of white man to
a woman with one-eighth negro blood,
it did not intend to abolish any of the
distinctions based on color and social
relations as distinguished from pure
ly political equality with which the
Constitution was dealing.
The full list of opinions delivered
follows:
O'Neal VS. Dunston, Currituck, no
error; Elliott VS. Norfolk Southern
Railroad, Perquimans, affirmed; I'm
derwood VS. Motor Car Company, Per
quimans, no error; Hinton VS. Cohoon,
Camden, no error; Basnight VS. Small,
'erquimans, no error; Chance VS. Ice
Coal Co., Pasquotank, new trial;
linton VS. Canal Company, Camden, in
plaintiffs appeal no error, defendants
appeal reversed; Darden VS. Town OF
Plymouth, Washington, error; Trus-
tees of the Colored State Normal
School VS. State Board of Education,
Pasquotank, reversed; Brinkley VS.
Lumber Company, Washington, az
firmed; Campbell VS. Washington
Light & Power, Co., Beaufort, no error;
Hornthall VS. e. & S. Railroad, no,
error; Sawyer VS. Wilkerson, Hyde,
affirmed; Bachelor VS. Norris, Cam
den, no error; Keech VS. Roper Lum-
Der Company, Beaufort, 10 error; Nc
Aztec VS. Manufacturing Company,
TyrreN, no error; Taylor VS. Wilson
Camden, no error; Fowler VS. Whitley,
Beaufort, no error; Gregory VS. Wal
lace, Currituck, no error; Jewelry
Company VS. Jones, Edgecombe, no
error; Jewelry Company VS. Pittsmar,
Edgecombe, no error; Johnson VS.
Board of Education, Wilson, reversed;
Tayloe and Williams VS. Norfolk
Southern Railroad, Beaufort, no error;
Singleton VS. Cherry, Beaufort, court
being evenly divided in opinion, Judge
Brown not sitting, the judgment
stands affirmed; Forbes VS. Davis
Pasquotank, affirmed; Park VS. Critch.
ner, Martin, appeal dismissed for non
compliance with rule 10.
Print Amendment to Constitution.
The Secretary of State has had
printed 100000 copies of the State
Constitution with the proposed amend
ments that are to be voted upon in
the approaching fall elections, and 1t
is the purpose to get copy into the
hands of every voter in the state. To
this end 1000 copies are being mailed
to each of the county registers Of
deeds and an additional 1000 to each
of the chairmen of the county boards
of elections in the counties. Further
more, the Secretary of State wants 1t
understood that any voters applying to
the c apartment Of state here can have
mailed to them at once any number
of copies desired. 1t is desired that
every voter be given every opportunity
to thoroughly master the matter OF
the changes proposed to be made In
the State Constitution through the
pending amendments.
Fight For Tobacco Dealers.
Washington.-Repr Claud
K:tchin as a member of the ways and
means committee made successful
fight for leaf tobacco dealers. He pre-
vented the committee from doubling
the Spanish-American war tax on
them The purpose of the secretary
of the treasury was to tax a man who
does $4,000 business $12 instead OF
S. one who does between $4,000 and
100000 $24 instead of $12 and over
100000 $48 instead Of $24.
Charter to Do Automobile Business.
A charter is issued for the Piedmont
Automobile and Truck Company, of
Salisbury, capital $4,000 authorized
and SIS 900 subscribed by
Requisition on Secretary of Navy.
Governor Craig issued a reuuisiton