Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-17
!, p,,iIT'Ei,lI IIC Appeal.
THRILLS COURT

We may just as we'll face the
facts, said Judge James E. Boyd
uurlng the course of his charge to
ne grand jurors in the United |
states District court yesterday I
Morning. There IS 10 use to whip
the devil around the stump. Every i
man must know that we are at war
with the must cruel, heartless and
damnable set of people the world
mas ever seen. But the danger is
not in France, where the brave men
OF England, France and the United
States a, , ia ;ag the onslaud1ts of
Germany, bu; IRE in this country
the uanger is ho~a unless we back
them Up. ullless every one of us
does our art. ;,.l any man who
fails CT refuses to aid our brave boys,
or who is Stacker when it comes
to joining the army or lending the
COVER lment his money, is a con-
: temptible coward and traitor and
t should be driven out of the country"
The Federal court room was
crowded to it's capacity when Judge
Boyd delivered his charge. The
regular seating space was filled with
T jurors, defendants, witnesses and
e spectators, while the inside of the
a bar was filed with court officials,
e memo3~s of the bar and large
q number OF ladies who took this op-
n poiiuGity to hear the charge of the
learned jurist. And one and all
q present eelt we'll er paid for their
S. attendance, for the reason that
d Judge Boyd, justly famous for hi:
e learned and interesting lectures, wa:
ID at his best, and his stirring remarks
H. stirred the patriotism and Ameri
* canism of ali present. The health!
manner in which he "lambasted
% the kaiser C"Colonel Bill as h
10 called him) was really refreshing
II. and every statement along this lin
us was Justify cl.eered by the larg
III gathering present.
w Lille this war lasts don knoy
democrat flcrn republican
There ,lould be tut one party
g United America, the purpose {
~ which is to destroy the militar
element of Germany. When tn
a people of any nation want a popl
he lar form of government we are d.
ne termined that no autocratic pow'
pie like those Potsdam rapers shs
eW interfere" declared the judge,
lad the large gathering expressed
um approval of he statement wi
he prolonged a1rlause. This idea
ars. now beginni 1g to permeate the e
'cal tire world" continued Judge Boy
ook "and is sprec iing even in German!
lais "Sometim 5 you hear people s.
the this is rich mans war and pc
Ned mans fight" stated the judge.
man who makes Il statement Ii
pee that is either liar or fool, a
play you may tell him 50 when he So
it, tell him he is as big c liar as
emperor of Austria, who learn
bow to lie under the direction
nG Bill of Potsdam, who is the cha
isu pion liar; he won't resent it-L
too cowardly,'
l,n I,u.' Judge Boyd then told of the {
the ficulties being confronted by
unity empe or Of Austria, and OF the ms
d in lies he has been forced to tell
ano square himself with the Slav
9o the Latin population of that co
cling try on TWO sues ana Oo'olel
izens liam" colonel in the English ar
unity. by courtesy, before the wary On
carce other, and of how every lie he
oadly dot him that much more mixed
sac Judge Boyd declared that had
thlS death sentence invoked upon
to be nan;as and Sannhira for the lie
noun told about the price received
nltted their land been. in force since
thOSe war began the kaiser and the