The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-08-09
SIDELIGHIS OF INTEREST
ON YOUNG MAILMAN TRIAL
Good Evening, Judge" Said One
Nafshville Witness When He
Took the Stand Friday.
ONE OLD CITIZEN WAS AROUSED
BY L. +. Hinson.


On Friday while court was in ses-
sion and the crowd that packed the
main room and balcony was cough
ing and increasing and reerosslng
their legs and shutting their feet,
an amusing incident occurred. Sher-
i'll Fowler had called the name of q
witness. As the witness on the
stand was retiring, the gentleman
called was making his way toward
the stand as fast as he could and
when he passed, the sheriff asked
him if he had been sworn. He nod
ded yes" He then stepped upon
the stand and with polite nod said.
Evening Judge" and the Judge
nodded Good evening" without Q
smile.
No one thing the chamber of
commerce has ever done in this coun-
ty meets more approval than the
maintenance OF rest room in the
court house. During this event I
have noted the number of ladies and
children passing in and out of it, and
on questioning the kind old nanny
who is in charge. found that she
had all she could do to keep things
in shape. Say, Mister" she said,
how much longer is dis court going
on?" | told her it would probably
end by Tuesday. She gave me a good
look over and breathed a deep
breath and said, "Oh me-" and grab
bed her broom.
One fact is more observable than
anything else in this county. We
may not be advancing as fast on some
lines, but in one particular respect I
am confident that we have got the
state beat, that is in the number of
bald-headed men. am told that bald
ness comes with sense and if that be
true, We have got the world beat on
intelligence. Standing near the
Judges bench, took look across
the court room Friday. There were
so many bald spectators that the
benches looked a like clothes lines
loaded with white shirts hung out to
dry. | had always looked on Editor
Asheraft as the dean of bald men.
but there, lives man near Marsh
vile whose whose hair looks like
young hedge on a vast prairie peak
covered with snow.
A Marshville man was on the stand
and was giving testimony on what
he saw. He seemed intent on telling
one part that Mr.. Cansler did not
want as evidence. The witness made
several starts to arrive at what he
wanted to tell and each time when
he reached the subject object
t4snpl1 tha att III
nally he gave 1t ~ in despair and
leaned back on his chair. The law
yer kept saying "go on. go on"
Judge Finley. who surely sympa-
thized with him. turned to him and
said. Tell what you saw" The wit
ness replied quickly, they won't let
ME tell it, Judge
The spectators have certainly lis
tened intently at the evidence in the
Halman case and what disturbance
was made was was by the people who
was going on. And so great was the
fear that the Judge would clear the
room as Judge Ray had, that the
slightest signal from the sheriff was
needed quickly. One old gent got
squarely in front of a prominent
Goose Creek farmer who called to
him to move and as he did not heed
1t he struck at him with his hat, and
hitting the old gentleman's hat,
knocked IL on the floor. STOPPING
down | replaced the hat in his hands.
The old gent quickly turned on the
farmer. his face afame. The farmer
who was seated waved for him to
move over. The old gent turned
around muttering. "By CAD this is as
much my court house as his" But
the Sheriff came along soon and made
him get back to where he was on q
line with the rest