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THOS. M. BELL AND THE NEGRO BALUS
MERCK.
B.iius Mei. . a Ji 4 cowry j. gro, was
se •< h.-ing for t..c brut.i. mm of his
wife, and was suspected of a criminal assault
on a white woman.
Did Thus. M. Bell appear before the Gov
ernor in the negro's behalf? Here’s the proof:
Georgia, Hall County.
In person appeared John H. Martin, who
being duly sworn deposes as follows:
That on the day a delegation consisting
of Hon. Thomas M. Bell and others visited At
lanta to see the Governor in behalf of a com
mutation of the sentence of death which the
court had passed on one Balus Merck; depo
nent saw Mr. Bell before he left Gainesville;
that he told Mr. Bell that he was his friend
and had always been and begged him not to
go to Atlanta on that mission; that he in
formed Mr. Bell that the negro, Merck, had
been accused of raping a white woman and
that he certainly deserved no mercy on ac
count of the brutal manner in which he had
murdered his wife and that to change the sen
tence of death to life imprisonment would be
an outrage on society. Deponent called Mr.
Bell’s attention to the fact that he was a Con
gressman and that it was unfair to the people
of the district for their Congressman to ap
pear before the Governor to try to get the sen
tence of a negro wife murderer and suspected
rapist changed, and deponent then told Mr.
Bell that if he persisted in going to Atlanta
on that mission that he would cease to give
Air. Bel] his support. In spite of the pleading
and begging of deponent Mr. Bell told depo
nent he had promised to go to Atlanta in be
half of said negro and he intended to go. The
above conversation occurred in the city of
Gainesville on the public square. Deponent
followed Mr. Bell to the railroad station and
still begged him not to go but notwithstand
ing this Mr. Bell went to Atlanta in the in
terest of said negro.
J. H. MARTIN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
16th day of July, 1914. T. W. SIMS,
Notary Public, Hall County, Ga.
Statement.
Hon. Thomas M. Bell asked me to give
the facts, as I recalled them, in reference to
the Balus Mervck case. The facts are sub
stantially as follows: Balus Merck (col) was
indicted, tried and convicted at the July term,
1911, of Hall superior court tor the murder
of his wife, Leah Merck. The death sen
tence was pronounced July 25th, 1911. A
motion lor new trial was made and filed and
the case carried to the supreme court. The
judgment and sentence of conviction stood af
firmed. Afterwards, on December Ist, 1911,
he was re-sentenced and the date of his exe
cution fixed on December 29th, 1911.
As attorney for Merck, I appealed his case
to the Board of Pardons, and sought to have
his sentence commuted to a life term in the
penitentiary. Both the Board of Pardons and
the Governor refused to change the sentence.
About three or four days before his exe
cution, in conversation with Mr. W. A. Crow,
the sheriff. Merck stated that he was not pre
pared to meet the issues of eternity. This
aroused the sympathy of Mr. Crow and several
others to whom the fact was communicated.
It was determined, as I now recall it, by Mr.
Crow and I to ask the Governor to grant Merck
a respite for a period of thirty days. Several
citizens were asked to join in the request. Mr.
Bell was in Gainesville at the time. I went
to him. laid the facts before him and asked
if he would accompany a delegation of gen
tlemen to Atlanta and join in a request to the
Governor to grant Merck a short respite. I
explained to Mr. Bell that we were merely
seeking a short respite and were not seeking
a commutation of Merck’s sentence. Mr. Bell
kindly consented to go.
The next day, December 27th, 1911, the
following delegation appeared before the Gov
ernor in Merck’s behalf: W. A. Crow, B. P.
Gaillard, Jr., attorney for Merck, Thomas M.
Bel], Geo. W. Walker, W. B. Sloan and F. M.
Johnson. These gentlemen did appear before
the Governor on the morning of Dec. 27th.
just two days before the date of execution,
and joined in a request for a short respite.
After a very brief interview a respite was em
phatically refused. The date of execution re
mained fixed. At noon, December 29, Merck
was bung.
These are the facts as I now recall them.
Now in order that there may be no misappre
hension as to my position in this matter I
desire to state that I am a supporter of Col.
W. A. Charters. I desire to state further
that Col. Charters approves the course I have
adopted in reference to the foregoing state
ment. Respectfully,
B. P. GAILLARD, JR.
BELL WITH THE TRUSTS. OPPOSED
GENERAL PARCELS POST.
Congress passed a general parcels post
measure. It enables the man in the country
district to buy and sell in distant markets .un
der practically the same advantages as be has
in writing leters now. The cost is very small.
Mr. Bell opposed this parcels post two
years ago in his speeches, opposed it in Con
gress, and is not satisfied with it now.
He favored a parcels post which provided
that packages could be sent only on the rural
route where rhe package might be mailed.
Congress was fighting the express com
pany trust. Mr. Bell was with the express
company trust.
Mr. Charters has all the time, and does
now. favor the general parcels post.
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STUMPS AND STUMPS.
Bacon—This paper says that a
western railroad lends stump-pullers
to farmers at a nominal rental as one
way of encouraging business.
Egbert—Encouraging business? I
should think it would hurt the
dentists’ business.
UNDOUBTEDLY.
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her dog?”
“I didn’t hear, but I know what
he is.”
“He’s a cur.”
“Sure, a squaw-cur.”
“'Then a saloon dog is a bar-cur.”
SOMETIMES.
Teacher—Tommie, this great man
about whom we have been reading
is called an unconscious humorist.
What is an unconscious humorist?
Small Boy—A joker that’s fainted
away.—Life.
WHERE SHE GOT OFF.
“Wther says mother’s an old cat
and mother says father’s a silly owl.”
that ain’t nothing to cry
for.”
“Yes it is. What am I?”
Disillusionment.
A woman had three caskets to give
to a man. One day she read in his
eyes that he could take but the near
est and lowest, and that instant arose
from her heart the wailing cry, “The
king is dead.” —Will Levington Com
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OLDEST OF ALL SCHOOLBOOKS
Nippur Tablets at University of Penn
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I
; Professor Langdon of Oxford,
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i has discovered that one group of the
I famous Nippur tablets stored at the
university are in reality the oldest
schoolbooks known to exist. They
show that the children of the an
cients learned much that the boys
and girls of today have to study. Ac
cording to these tablets the children
of 5,200 years ago were taught arith
metic, geography, history and gram
mar just like the children of today.
The multiplication tables are re
markably distinct, and in plain nu
merals show the incontrovertible
fact that three times one are three
and five times one are five. On one
tablet the schoolboy has been given
a lesson in phonetic signs corre
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authors of these tablets at the Penn
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the use of writing syllables and com
bining them into words, being the
first step toward the alphabet.—The
Christian Herald.
WHY HE WANTED TO KNOW
Theatergoer Had Reasons for Inquir
ing as to the Length of Scene
That Was Coming.
When “Monte Cristo” was first
produced at the Adelpha theater,
London, many years ago, it did not
appear in the abbreviated form that
playgoers have since become used to.
It is said that, as originally shown,
it took three nights to give. Natu
rally, pruning and condensing were
very much in order. But even at
that, on occasion of which reference
is about to be made, the perform
ance was scarcely half over as the
bells tolled the hour of midnight.
The late George Belmore was playing
Caderousse and the audience was in
a supersomnolent state when he came
in and said:
“Listen 1 I have a tale to unfold.”
A bright young chap sitting in
front was awakened by the exclama
tion. Quickly he got to his feet and
in a most plaintive voice said:
“Will it be long, sir? For if I
miss the last ’bus to Putney I’ll have
to stay all night or walk home, sir.”
LOOKING AHEAD.
Francis B. Sayre condemned di
vorce in a New York interview.
(C We should select our wives with
prudence,” said Mr. Sayre, “having
a proper regard for the the perma
nent character of marriage. We
should look far ahead. We should
foresee.”
He laughed, and added:
“Yes, look ahead, foresee—that’s
the idea—like the private in the
shoeless regiment.
“During the Civil war, you know,
there was a regiment called the shoe
less because its men had no foot
gear.
“In this regiment it was customary
for every man, after taking careful
aim at an enemy, to shout before he
fired:
“ ‘Them’s my shoes.’ ”
RAPID WORKER.
“My friend Chamberton turns out
four novels a year.”
“A literary celebrity, eh?”
“Say, rather, a literary celerity.”
THE OLD LADY AGAIN.
Mrs. Kawler —Is it true that your
cousin, Mr. Perkins, is married?
Mrs. Blunderby—Yes. Robert has
joined the benedictines.
TURNED DOWN.
Playwright —Then you think my
play would take too long.
Manager—On the contrary, I’m
afraid it wouldn’t take at all.
APT DESCRIPTION.
An affinity is generally a woman
with blonde hair who has more of
the home-breaking instinct than a
burglar.
BOUND TO MAKE ENEMIES.
Marriage is indeed a serious prob
lem to the girl who has sixteen dear
friends from whom to select eight
bridesmaids.
PESSIMISM TRIUMPHS.
When failure comes along and up
sets our plans it isn’t every man who
can save a few chunks of hope for
the future.