Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-07-27

there are now but 4, murder, rape,
arson, burglary two against the
home, two against the person.
He dwelt upon various forms of
assault. hazing etc. Then touch
ed upon SANDER, and the conceal
ment or destruction of a will and
destruction of ungathered crops.
He spoke about mutilating build.
ings, and Just here mentioned
the fact that one time when he
was looking through the court
records at Asheboro to see where
Andrew Jackson took the oath to
practice law, he came across an
entry of a man being fined $50 in
Randolph court for riding a horse
through the courthouse. Briefly
here are some of the topics men,
toned: cutting or removing tim
Der, cutting timber within 400
yards of watershed. Putting
out fires; altering or defacing
landmarks, money or tombstones;
making unlawful connection with
telephone or telegraph wires: pro-
fame language on highway; steal
ing cars, perjury; wilful failure
of an officer to discharge his
duties; of mistreatment of pris-
oners while in custody; carrying
concealed weapons; of betting;
operating car while drunk; selling
cigarettes to minors under II
years of age; that parents allow
ing children under IL to have a
pistol should be indicted; mis-
demeanor for parent to expose
child under 7 years of age to fire;
of separation of six months old
babe from its mother; of mar
riage of female under IA yrs. age;
law against blindtigers and dis
orderly houses; of selling or Of
fering to SELF diseased meats; of
selling cotton between s1ndown
and sunup, or corn less than S
bu. between dark and day. He
touched on cruelty to animals,
mentioning the Efacti that Hast
Friday hesS,motored.. to Raleigh
and in passing "a construction
camp in Moore county he saw
half a dozen mules whose Shout
ders were bleeding and sore. He
urged that if anything like this
was found in this county for it
to be reported. He touched upon
folks obstructing roads and said
some folks were so mean that
they would even try to cut off a
man on the road TO God. He
spoke about petty stealing and
said some thief had even stolen
from this courthouse; that last
week he had several dozen fans
scattered about for the jurors
and witnesses, and that after
Court adjourned last Thursday
night someone entered through a
window and stole the fans. He
spoke of enticing servants away;
land Of influencing an agent or
employee to violate duty to en-
lployer. Then finally Judge Long
launched upon this era of unrest
and strikes. He referred to an
old Roman adge "in the midst of
arms the laws are silent" Every
man is guaranteed the right Of
liberty and life; he illustrated by
describing the conditions in
Rl.sia. In regard to strikes he
said no man or set of men had a
fright to keep other men from
working, either by force or in
timidation. That it seemed I'M
fair to the other 95,O00,0O0 of our
people for five per cent Of the
population to disorganize the
orderly conduct of business. He
said the thought of the world
should be turned to settling all
disputes, and that the Grand Jury
should look neither to the right
nor left, but if anybody violates
the law. due presentment should
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