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Darrow Pronounced Not Guilty
Must Face Second Indictment
Jurors Embrdce Acduitted Man and With Tears Stream
ing, Declared It Happiest Day of Their Lives---
Judge and Other Officials Join in Demonstration
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 17.
Clarence S, Darrow, the Chicago,
lawyer, who was found not guilty
today on tbe charge of having
bribed a prospective juror in the
dypamiting trial of James B. Mec-
Namara, must stand trial on a
second indictment, according to
an announcement by District At
torney Fredericks immediately af
ter the acquittal.
Darrow apparently was uxncon
cerned over the stutement of che
prosecutor. He was deluged with
telegrams from all parts of the
country which began pouring in
within an hour after the verdict
bad been given.
SCENE IN COURT ROOM. -
The court room scene following
the reading of the verdict, thirty
four minutes after the jury had
retired, was one that has had no
parallei in this city. Jurors em
braced the acquitted man and with
tears streaming down their cheeks
declared it was the happiest day of
their lives. Court officials includ
ing Judge Hutton and the half
dozen bailiffs, joined in the con
gratulations and Mrs. Darrow, to
whom the trial was a continuous
nervous strain, stood speechlessly
happy with one hand in her hus
band’s and the other wringing
those of the jurors.
For two hours the court room
scene was practically unchanged
except for the grouping about the
erstwhile defendant and his wife,
A half dozen of the jurors, forget
ting their long weeks away from
Pianola Discovered
‘ Internals of Rat
Paris, Aug. 17.—The wonders
of science will never cease. Paris
has been givena delicate jolt by
the exhibition of a rat which car
ries around a pianola in its inter
nal organism. A touch of its
tail produces airs from the opera.
M. Bertrand Lebaudy, the
French Zoological expert and sa
vant, discovered that the ribs of
the rat give out rythmic tones
when properly tickeled. Making
experiments, he found that these
tones could beregulated by nerve
pressure. The nerves of the rat,
like roads to Rome, all lead to
its sensitive tail, which does
many duties besides acting as
whiskbroom in ratland. He tam
ed a fine specimen of the regular
Barisian rodent, got it so
that it would answer to his
least eommand; fed it on a spec
ial diet and then charged its
nerves from an electric battery.
) 'The rat became exceedingly sen
sitive and the notes from its body
when tweaked by the tail, quite
audible. By degrees M. Lebaudy
accustomed it to a set repretoire
of selected classical pieces. Now
when he pinches its tail it starts
an indicated tune and the music
keeps going until the pieceis fin
ished. Pianissimo and fortissi
g Mo are regu]ated by pressure.
# “Ratiphon’ is the name of this
new animated instrument.
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Royston Prohibits Sun
day Sale of Gasoline
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19.—When
Tyrus Cobb, the world’s greatest
baseball player, comes home 10
Royston this winter and briugs his
automobile, he will be confronted
with the proposition that gasoline
LAnnot be sold on Sunday.
The city council of the little
town made famous by the ‘“‘Geor
gia Peach” recently enacted an
MRrdinance to this effect, and the
Royston Record, being a progres
sive newspaper of liberal views,
redicules it unmercifully.
~ «[Jpless we repesal this little
saet,” declared the Record, “‘And
" do it befors it gets out on us,
we'll become & laughing stook all
over the country. |
home, remained throughout to
participate in the impromptu re
ception.
Stopped at every step by pe
destrians who wsnied to shake
hands with him, it required near
ly 2 half hour for Mr. Darrow to
make his way two blocks to a cafe
where he and a small group of
friends went for luncheon.
ONLY ONE BALLOT TAKEN.
The jury was virtually unani
mous when it left the box.” Chief
Counsel Earl Rogers, for the de
fense, said, ‘“The jurors themselves
say that only one vital ballot was
taken, although it was preceded
by two others cast as ‘feelers.”
Mr. Darrow’s attorneys express
ed incredu'ity when informed that
there would be another trial on
the Juror Bain indictment, [hey
asserted that all of the evidence in
the Bain case had been submitted
in the trial just ended. Two o’clock
next Monday bas been fixed as the
time for the trial on the second
indictmer t.
District Attorney Fredericks
spoke bitterly lite today of the
verdiet of acquittal.
““We simply could not overcome
the damnable atmosphere that
counsel on the other side created
in the court room,” he said, **As
long as the court allowed them to
do it we were helpless.”
The jury that acquitted Darrow
was eomposed chicefly of ranchers,
a third of its members being
orange growers and a majority of
the twelve independently wealthy,
The New Dog Tax.
Atlanta, Aug. 19.—1 f you own
a dog worth $lOO you are due the
state $1 per year taxes; or if your
dog is onlv worth $5O you are due
the state only 50 cents. DBy the
same token a $25 dog is liable for
25 cents per year taxes.
Such are the provisions of the
new ad valorum dog law tax law
which the legislature enacted and
which the governor has signed.
The effect of the law will be to
abolish the dog tax of $1 per year,
which was so objectionable to dog
owners throughout the state that
it became a political issue in a
great many counties. Also the
effect of the new law will be to
deprive the state of about $150,-
000 per year.
Governor Brown was opposed
to repealing the dog tax and
would probably have vetoed the
bill, had not a number of legisla
tors who voted for it gone to him
afterwards and asked him not to
veto it. The governor considered
this one of the nerviest proposi
tions he has encountered while
chief executive. It reacted on
him and he approved the bill.
A. 8.& A. Road Will
Use Heavier R ails
" Brunswick, Ga., August 17.
‘A number of improvements are
to be made along the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad
between Brunswick and Atlanta,
chief among which will be the
placing of new steel rails along the
road between Cordele and Fitzger
ald. This stretch is now the only
portion of the road which is not
equipped with 80-pound rails, The
old 60-pound rails are to be replac
ed at once with the heavier ones.
With this completed, the line will
have heavy rails in use over the
entire system. It isalso announced
considerable other work is to be
done all along the line.
The road has just placed an or
der for several new freight engines,
which will be the largest and most
powerful in use in the south.
These engines will be used for the
uphill pulls in the mountainous
sections and will be delivered in
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The Army Worm
and its Control
The Department of Agriculture
is using all the means at its dis
posal to meet the emergency
caused by the very great destruc.
tion of crops in the South by the
fall army worm. The insect is
present in unprecedented num
bers from Louisiana and Arkan
sas eastward to the Atlantic
Ocean, and is destroying corn,
cotton, sugar cane, rice and other
crops to such an extent as to
cause great anxiety on the part
of planters and others. By means
of an emergency appropriation
by Congress it is possible for the
Department to render quick as
sistance.
Plans for this work, in co-op
eration with the States concern
ed, are being rapidly perfected.
The insect will undoubtedly con
tinue its ravages for some time
unless checked. In all probabii
ity another brood will appear
after the present one transforms
in the ground. For these rea
sons immediate action toward de
stroying the worm is strongly
advised.
The Department recommends
the use of arsenicals. Among
these are arsenate the lead, Paris
green and London purple. In
most cases it will be best to ap
ply these poisons in dry forms
instead of with water. Dry ap
plications can be made by sifting
the poisons upon the plants
through light cloth sacks, by
means of blowers or dusting ma
chines. Liquid applications must
be made with spraying apparatus
to be effective. For this reason
the dry applications meet the
present emergency better than
liquid ones.
Arsenate of lead in powered
form is recommended above ali
other arsenicals because it will
not injure the foliage of any of
the field crops of the South. It
may be applied without the addi
tion of any carriers, Paris green
is next in effectiveness, but
should be mixed with its weight
of air slacked lime or flour to pre
vent burning of the foliage, which
is likely to occur if it is applied
undiluted. London purple may
be used, but should be applied
with air slacked lime or flour, as
recommended in the case of Paris
green, Wherever it is feasible
to use liquid sprays, arsenate of
lead in powered form should be
used at the rate of three pounds
per barrel of water. Parisgreen
should be used at the rate of
about 10 ounces per barrel. It
is best in case Paris green is used
in this way to add 2 pounds of
freshly slacked lime to prevent
burning.
Whether dry or liquid prepara
tions are used it-is extremelv
important that the applications
be made with thorvughness. In
the case of corn, some of the
poison should be placed in the
heart of the plant, where the
greatest damage is donme. A
small amount is all that is requir
ed to kill insects. In the case of
cotton, powered arsenate of lead
should be applied at the rate of
about 5 pounds per acre, The
usual method of utilizing cloth
sacks carried through the field
on horseback is perfectly adapted
to this crop.
} On forage crops and others
in the case of which unfortunate
’results might follow the use of
arsenicals, other expedients must
be adopted. In pastures and in
some instances alfalfa many of
the worms can be destroy’d by the
use of rollers or drags. In alfal
fa that would be injured by roll
ing or dragging, the plants should
be cut for hay. When the worms
are forced from the fields by this
means, many can be_ killed byi
means of drags or by plowing
them under when they make their }
way to other fields. Immediately
after cutting, alfalfa fields should
be thoroughly disked. This will
kill many of the worms before
they ean leave and will break up
pupation. ’ '
The method of destroying the
insects when they are in the quiet
stage in the ground, to which ref
ence has just been made, is of
importance next to the use of
arsenicals in checking the pests.
In fact, in many cases it is by far
the most effective means that can
be followed.
For fields threatened with in
vasion but not actually attacked,
a deep furrow should be plowed
out around the entire circum
ference of the field; into this the
catapillars will fall, when they
may be crushed by dragging a
heavy log through the furrow,
If the soil is such as to be some
what impervious to water, this
furrow may be kept partly filled
with water; on the surface of
which a small quantity of kero
sene may be poured. which will
kill the worms almost immediate
ly when they come in contact
with it.
Since the worms seem invaria
bly to consume the grass and
other vegetation growing in fields
before attacking either corn or
cotton, it should prove an impor
tant methed of protection to spray
or dust grass or weeds in corn
fields threatened with attack with
arsenate of lead according to the
methods advised above.
Throughout the greater part of
the South there is lkely to be
another destructive brood of.the
army worm which will come from
the transformation of the pres
ent generation in thesoil. There
fore every effort should be made
to break up the papal cells, so that
the next brood will not appear.
This can be accomplished by the
use of plows, cultivators and har
rows. Wherever any crop which
can be tilled has been injured by
the fall army worm it is advised
that further injury be prevented
by the use of cultivatorsand har
rows. Much good can also beac
complished by plowing fields or
portions of fields where all of the
crop has been destroyed. The
treatment of bare places about
cultivated fields in this way will
be of assistance.
To summarize thesituation, the
Department recommends the
speedy application of arsenical
poisons and the working of the
ground wherever practicable, in
order to prevent further damage.
WARNING.—Great care should
be taken that cattle and other
stock are kept from pasturing in
the field where the grass or other
crops have been poisoned with
arsenicals; also, that poisoned
plants are not fed to stock.
. JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Washington, D. C., July 29, 1912.
Alderman Arrested for
Cruelty to Animals
Atlanta, Aug. 19.—A promi
nent society woman living on
Peachtree street had an alderman
arrested a few days ago on the
charge of cruelty to animals, and
he was fined in the recorder’s
court, the society woman appear
ing against him, and on the heels
of this incident another member
of the general council of the city
will introduce today an ordinance
prohibiting the use of heavy
whips on draft animals.
The ordinance was drawn at
the direction of the county hu
mane officer, and is supported by
the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.
It prohibits the use of a wbip
of more than 18inches in length;
prohibits any material except
'eather with rounded edges, and
prohibits any material for the
“cracker’”” of a whip except
leather or rope fiber. The pen
alty is a fine of $25 or imprison
ment for 30 days. |
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The City Pressing Club
Phone 459. Work guarranteed.
Cleaning ladies skirts and men
and women hats a specialty. 598 t.
B. B. Watkins Mgr.
- Mrs, Malae*Craddock is spend
ing this week in Cordele. .
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SKETCH OF GRAY'S LIFE B B e
Mr. Gray, Being an Expert Transpor- ' j S
tation Man, is of Great Assistance [‘,.fl D fiug‘ ¥LR S e
to His Colleagues on the ! g ; &’,é’ i i b §l7l
Railrcad Commission, 00l g:, TR S ;
JOSEPH F. GRAY, of Savnnah, JOSEP HF. GRAY
candidate to suceed himselt as Rail- . .
road Commissioner of Georgia, Candidate for Rmh“d Com
is a native Georgian, born in . missioner
Atlanta. He started his ocareer in the railroad business in-1888, and wp
to 1909 served various railroad lines, all in Georgia, with signal ability
and success, and with rapid promotion from clerical tc executive posi
tions. In 1909 at the invitation of the business men of Savannah, whe
desired a highclass man, with recognized executive ability, to take the
heim of its Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Gray gave @p
his railroad career for . pukjic life. The position which
he occuples in Savannah is the highest evidence of his standing
in his own community as to character and citizenship. In the sam
mer of 1909 a vacancy occurred on the railroad commission, The Gow
ernor in looking over the State for a man thoroughly qualified to fill the
vacancy tenderéd the office to Mr, Gray. Mr. Gray, therefore, is
not a professional office seeker. In his case the office sought the man
and not the man the office. In the primary of 1910 Mr. Gray was elect
ed by the people to fill the unexpired term which up to that time h®
had been filling under appointment. Mr, Gray now seeks a full term at
the hands of the people. Naturally, as a matter cf perscnal pride, Mr.
Gray asks for an endorsement by the people of his record durimg the
past three years, to which he poirts with pride. It is conceded withouwt
cavil or question throughout the State that Mr. Gray is one of the
ablest men on the Ccmmission. His long transportation experience
gives him an Irsight into the practical side of the problems that con
front the Commissio4 As a transportation expert Mr. Gray has be=m of
tremendous help to his golleagues on the Commission, who have timme
and again expressed their recognition and appreciaticn of his ‘assist.
ance in the solution of problems requiring practical transportation knowi
edge. Not a single, solitary one of Mr. Gray's opponents has his ©=-
pert transportation knowledge, and he is the equal of any of %hem.
in all of the qualities that make for high character and exaited citizew
ship. The railroad commission represents the State at large and nod
any particular section thereof, and Mr. Gray’s past record oo the Cam
mission is in entire accord with this principle. It is fitting, howeven,
that in the selection of Railroad Commissioners a proper regard should
be had for geographical considerations. South Georgia, because of her
rapidly increasing commercial importance, and Savannah, Georgia’s aoeam
gateway, the greatest seaport onthe South Atlantic—are certainly en
titled under every principle of political equity, to representation om the
Railroad Commission, Mr. Gray enjoys the unique distinction of heimg
the first Savannahian to serve on the Railroad Commission during its
entire existence of thirty.three years. Ignoring the efforts of his oppon
ents to raise purely political or “vote.catching” issues in this campaiges,
Mr. Gray recognizes but one issue “fitness for the job,” and on that issue
Mr. Gray has all his cpponents “skinned a mile.” qln seeking re-elec
tion at the hands of the people, Mr. Gray announces a very brief and sig
nificant platform:
Fitness, the Oath of Office and Record on the Commission during the
Past Three Years.”
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Improvements in past year:
New Bt sy, ' K. G. MATHESON, LL. D., P-esident
$75,000; Dormilaries, reasonable cost.
Another Whole Week
: 0f Good Stows
' The Maddocks-Field Players,
much to the delight of their many
friends and admirers in Fitzger
ald, have arranged with Msssrs.
Miller & Ricker to stay this en
tire week in the city, rendering
their excellent plays at the Grand
Opera House. |,
The company played here the
last three nights of last week,
and the fact that they will be
here this week, will prove a
source of rhuch pleasure to thea
tre-going element of the city,
which practically includes every
body. They are introducing this
time an entirely new repretoire
of plays and specialties, and you
can go out with the assurance of
not seeing some old play rehash- ‘
ed and dished out again—but
something new and novel. The
array of lovely costumes at last
night’s performance, ‘‘The Moths
of Society,”’ is the talk of the
ladies of the city, and the play
itself was splendid. For this
week the managers have agreed
to make bargain prices of 10
and 20c to everybody with reser
veqd seats free. -
How a Cigar Costs
Raiiroads Some Money
. Atlanta, Aug. 13.—Senator W.
J. Harris ‘‘put one over’’ on Sgn
ator Morris, of Bugusta. in seod
shape today. It wason a Senate
bill to require all railroads to put
cinder deflectors on all passenger
coaches which the House passed
but changed the date. It was
necessary for the Senate to com
ruc (in the amendment. When
‘Senator Harris got the bill up,
Senator Morris objected to its
consideration as he is opposed to
'the measure.
- Then Senator Harris quietly
&Went over and invited Senator
'Morris out to a committee meet
ing. Senator Morris wanted to
smoke anyhow and he went.
Just as he got outside, Senator
Felker moved that the same
measure be taken up and the
amendment agreed to. ;
This was done without objee
tion and the bill now only needs
the Governor’s signature to be
come a law. e
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Miss Allie Mayes bas returped
from a lengthy visit with relatives
st different points of Middie
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