The Monroe journal., 1922-12-15
A. w. MCCALL,

W. X. Scott, attorneys for the prose-
cut.on, and NJ. w. Wall and o. F.
McRary, attorneys for the defendant
opposed many objections to the per-
sonnel of the jury. r. w Scott was
disqualified because he was connect
ed with the North Carolina agricul-
tural association; Franklin Sherman
was disqualified under suspicion of
being bug hunter; and E. W. Gath
er was disqualified because he was
connected with State College. Finally,
the following jury was picked: J. n.
Jeffries, R. +. Tubble, w. B. McLel-
land, B. I. Furgeson, A. 7. McCallum,
W. g. Yeager, A. G. Hendren, R. l..
Woodland, J. J. Harris, F. S. Walker.
j. NJ. Watt and w. B. Mercier. T.
ID. Mclean acted as clerk of the
court.
Pure Bred Brings More
The trial opened with l. NJ. Smith
witness for the prosecution testify
ing that calves of scrub parentage
could be sold for only S5 while calves
of pure bred parentage brought
from $50 to $50. The defense sought
to disprove his testimony by forcing
him into an admission that he had
some pure bred calves that he
might want to sell. f. P. Latham
another witness was asked if he
didn't consider scrub bull in the
same class as bootlegger. The de-
fense objected to this and the OBJ
lection was sustained. Mr.. Latham
testified that he never heard anybody
trying to sell calf trying to boast
Of its scrub ancestry. When asked
in the ross-examination if he had
ever owned scrub bull he was in
formed by Judge Harris that he
didn't have to answer that question
if he thought it would incriminate
him.
Double Milk Production
j, A. Arey, a dairy expert put on
the stand by the prosecution testified
that there were 6,556 scrub bulls in
North Carolina and that if they
should be supplanted by pure bred
bulls that the milk producers of the
29O,293 cows in the state would more
than double their production of milk.
He testified that it would be possible
to replace the scrub bulls with pure
bred sires at once.
W. B. Pace, the sole witness for
the defense of the prisoner at the
bar, testified that he owned a scrub
COW which he claims to have bought
through the farm demonstration
agent. He testified that the COW
gave four gallons of milk a day and
was worth $S0 When the attorneys
for the prosecution got too hot on
his trail with questions about the
of the cow, Judge Harris
came to his rescue and ruled that
the prosecution had no right to bring
the ancestry of an innocent COW into
the lime light.
"The great livestock raising ra-
tions are the predominant nations of
the world" said w. X. Scott, attor.
ney for the prosecution as he open-
ed his argument. He held up to laugh
ter the pitiable condition of NJ. w. |
Wall, attorney for the defense who
halls from Moore. county and who
Scott claimed had to walk eighteen
miles for a glass of milk on account
Of the scrub. bull. He told how ouye
bred bulls made cows produce more
milk, and stated that the people who
we're opposing the pure bred bulls
we're the same people who had oppos-
I'd good roads, good shcools and the
iraft law. He entered into a scathing
of the prisoner and des-
'ribed him as the worst sort of thief
md bootlegger.
Prisoner Creates Scene
Up until this outburst the scurb-
'ull had been peacefully resting in his
'tall on the platform, but when he
heard the things being said about MIN
le leaped to his feet in protest.
The attorney pointed the finger of
corn at him and stated that if he
md his like were allowed to remain
t liberty that very soon everybody
n North Carolina. would have to walk
Eighteen miles to get a glass of milk
lie advocated that no stay of execu-
ion be granted but that the defer.
ant be found guilty and lead away
o an immediate doom.
o. F. McRary, attorney for the de.
ense followed with a warning that
milk fed people were but feeble prey
o rice fed people, witness the Japa-
ese menace who wants to drink
nilk anyway? eulogized the scrub
ull as noble animal, decried pure
red bulls as vicious and dangerous
casts, and read a piece Of poetry
ttacking the scrub bull which he
lrned into documentary defense of
he animal.
Wrapped in Sentiment
"How many of the great men of
he State, started their careers plow-
" behind a scrub-bull?" the attor.
ey asked. "Why, gentlemen, the
nimal is wrapped up in sentiment,
, kill it would be statewide dis
race" He stated that the scrub-buil
as as innocent as a new o "a
nd that he was hpinu fr' Il .-t "a,