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Twice-a-Week VALDOSTA, UA. t TUKSDa'V, THE VALDOSTA TIMES. A PHIL 23, 1011, 4 The Unwritten Law Unmasked. 4 4 “I will here add that to the 4 4 thoughtful* citizen one of tho 4 4 moA danserouB ovli 8 menacing ^4* ^ our Institutions is lawlessness 4 4 The mob executing In wild dia- 4 4 order its- victim and the intflvid- 4 4 ual wreaking his own revenge 4 4 for wrongs real or imaginary, 4 4 the man or interest * Duty Stands Above Sympathy. 4 4 "I have profound sympathy 4 4 for the family of the unfortu- 4 ,4 nate man who is the subject 4 |4 of tills decision -there Is in 4 4 their condition and In his a 4 4 pathos which awes the heart 4 4 and stills tho tongue—and I 4 4 hold in high respect the impuls- 4 4 es of many valued friends who 4 4 have appealed for a pardon In 4 4 the case under review; but sym- 4 4 pathy and personal friendship 4 4 have not the right to supplant an 4 m. oath-hound duty to execute tho 4 ^ tfPiat of 04orgia. 1 c* 111101 sac_ * 4 rifice nty'obligation to the laws 4 4. upon the altar of emotionalism. 4 4 By the test of such cases, there- 4 4 fore, we must say whether the 4 4 Constitution is of force or 4 4 whether It and the statutes are 4’ 4 meaningless."—Gov. Brown, in 4 4 the Stripling case. 4 4444444444444444 Farmers Free List Strikes Duty Off of .One Hundred Important Articles. One of Atlanta’s Oldest Members May be Sent to Prison for Drunkenness. Governor Brown Refuses to be Governed by Sentiment in Enforcing Laws. A Bill Will be iajjgfehiced to Change thwMethod of Trying Lunacy Cases. treating 4 j with contempt tho laws of the 4 land an dtruutisg to gold or 4 “ifcfuence" for safety are strik 4 ing manifestations of this spirit 4 of lawlessness. 4 "That which is peaaed to robe 4” itsel(f in the euphemism,*' tho 4 unwritten law," when unmasked 4 presents the hideous features of 4 anarchy/’—Gov. Brown, in the 4 Stripling case. 4 Washington, April 24.—The big tariff battle began this afternoon when the house took up tho farm ers free list bill, striking the duty off of more than one hundred arti cles. The' debate is expected to last one hundred days or more- j The Canadian reciprocity bill was received In the Senate today and was referred to the finance commit- teen which has not yet concurred, owing to the .troublo between the stand-patters and j>rogreB8ive re publicans. The meaayjre will likely not bo reported ijljUnSuSiBPQP for two 7,r three weeks, or more.^'*—*- Credentials to Senator Bryan, of Flor*da; end Kenyon of Iowa, were presented, they taking their oath. Atlanta/ Hk'n, Cfrjynjyr Jos. M. Brown has declined prove the recommendation of the prison commission for a pardon for Thomas Edgar Stripling. With almost merciless logic he tore to tatters every bit of tenable ground upon which the lawyers ana frienda of Stripling had builded the plea for executive clemency. That Governor Brown arrived at hia conclusion only after most ex haustive, the most thoro ugft e most searching Investigation and study is amply evidenced. Weeks ago h© spent aeveral nights reading and digesting the testimony and re cords of the trial i n!897 It is to bo doubted if anyone of tho attorneys engaged in the caso gave it more profound and painstaking study. Following the hearing before tho prison commission Governor Brown spent a part of ten evenings read ing every shred of matter submitted, which was* an herculean task, for the material would' have almost Ail ed a hamper basket. I Then, after the lawyers had again threshed out (ho case before him last Monday he hag given a week of profound thought to a complete re view of tho entire case. It is prob able that no governor ever gave any case.more exhaustive study That he arrived .it his conclusions after tre- hufndoUs mental strain Is evidenced by the exhaustive manner in which he has gone Into reasons for declin ing Stripling a pardon. This document will stand as a classic in Governor Brown’s^ state papers, because of Its cogent reason ing its clear analysis of the case, Its high conception of duty, and for murage In ruling against such an overwhelming mass of sentiment ^.—Protesting ftgalnst tfcf Georgia system of trying supposedly insane peoplo by Jury, a bill amending the presentt law on the subject will be Introduced in the leg- isature this summer. Georgia Is one of only seven states in the union which still retains tho system of Jury trial for lnsano people. The amendment will also seek to do away with the present system of confining 'iwane people in county jails' for as longSs ten <1a** after they have been declared in sane, before sending them to tho state sanitarium. The bill provides that tho ordinnry of the county In which the alleged Insane person lives shall appoint a commission of two or three regular., licensed physicians to fill out a fore mutated blank, convey th|« blank to the ordinary under signature and oath, and that the ordinary shall then pass upon tho same, and If | justified commit tho alleged Insane | person at. once. A trial by Jury, however, Is re- Iserved if the alleged Insane person, his relatives or his friends demand it. lanta send one ot her city council- men to'So chaingang for hfbltual drunkenness*; Tho question has been put up to tho city government In a way It can't dodge, by a peculiar series of (Jrc'umstanees. Dr. S. D, Warnock, a highly re spected physician and for years a member of the council from tho 4th' ward, waa arrested about three months ago on ancggrirmt0U»rharg<i of drunkenness. It appeared thaf President Gompers Says Fed eration Will see That Ach cused get Fair Trial. Valuable Books From the Library of the Late Robert Hoe are put on Sale. MINISTERS ARE NOMINATED President Taft Sends Names of Now .Ministers to Senate. ■Washington, April 24.—President Taft sent to the senate today tho Boutell, of i New York, April 24.—The sale of tho great library collected by the late Robert Hoe, to which book col lectors and dealers throughout the world have 'been looking forwartl with eager Interest, was commenced today at the rooms of the Anderson Auction Company In this city. The library comprises 16,000 ihooks and manuscripts and It Is ex pected the sale will bring tho high est aggregate totals of any collection ever sold at auction, not only- In America, but in the world. The most notable work In the collection Is tho celebrated Qutenberg Bible, the first book printed from movable type, and probably the last vellum copy that will ever ibo offered for sale. It Is In two volumes ln'-contempo- rary oak boards, covered with pig skin. This famous work was sold In London fourteen years ago for 920,000, and those familiar with such books place Its valuation today at no less than 940,000. nomination of Henry Illinois, as Minister to Switzerland; Edwin Morgan, of New York, Min ister’to Portugal; and L. V. Swen son, of Minnesota, os Minister to Norway. ) Old Atlanta Phyalelnn Then Marriott a Girl of Seventeen. Atlanta, Ga„ April 24.—With one wife only six week* In her grave. Dr. Thoa. H. Cqx,a well known prartb-- iljig pKi^lclanfo! this county »i.u t 'between 60 and 60 years of ar\ line ! Just been married by a justice of tho peace to Miss Tolbert, a pretty soventeon-year-old country girl, tho daughter of a neighboring family. Tho romantic wedding was a sur prise to the friends of both rontracl- lng parties. It wob performed at the Fulton county court hou'ss, im- Cumberland, Md„ April 24.—Ten mediately after the license had been en wore ontombol by a dust ex- procured, by Justloe Edgar H. Orr, oslon In the coal mine near Elk whose office la In the 'basement of irden, W. Vn., today. It Is feared that building. Dr. Cox and his bride at all havo porishod. will continue to reside here. '&k n Xff* nn ' r * Q g°. and InT Wnrihock, wjth a petition 'Icon -. netting forth that ■ r v chan been "perpetually since the tlmo of that trial, time he has ON CHARGE OR PERJURY. lnnoci to Havo Perjured Herself. , Atlanta, April 24.—A one armed white woman, Mrs.' Eva Warren, will be tried -for perjury in the criminal court today, as the result of evidence sho gavo In a recent blind tiger case, before the re corder. She gave’testimony that would have sufficed to send ten men to the cbalngang, but It wa« proven, appa rently, that what she said was tm- true. Tho solicitor general hopes to secure a straight conviction and send her to the penitentiary, and that during the treated her With cruelty, (Mrs. Warnock declares that her husband baB become more and moro enthralled by alcohol, and has let bis once splendid practice slip from jh1» grasp until now practically nothing of It Is left. 10 ENTOMBED IN A MINE. I Turps Market Today, rannab,' Oa„ April 24.—Turpen- Is Arm at 71c, rosin 7.85 to iso under review; but sympathy ad personal friendship have not the ght to supplant an oath-bound duty > execute the laws of Georgia, I innot sarlcAce my obligation to the ws upon the altar of emotionalism.” Governor Brown says that 8,000 ■onle signed the petition for Strlp- ig'e pardon but had 1t been 100 meg 8,000 It would not served him om bis conception of bis duty In a case. . v "One of the most dangerous evils snaring our Institutions 1s lawless- 88,'■ declares the governor. "The lb executing in wild disorder Its ■n revenge .for wrongs, . real or aginary, the man or lnterect treat- ; with contempt the laws of the id and trusting to gold or ”ln- ence" for safety, are striking nlfeatatlons of this spirit of law- sness.” ‘Above tho rolling tide, and ob- ring fog of sympathetic pleas I emotions we cannot fall to see rock of th6 record which shows t Thomas Edgar Stripling, by a y of his peers. w*e convicted of murder of a fellow man” con ics the governor, “that ho after- •ds violated a second law of ■rgla by breaking Jail and fleeing another state, and that, someth in the complications of his crime, own brother-in-law, Terrell Huff, cent to the penitentiary, within eh he was confined at hard labor I. through doubts as to his guilt, < was set free n recommendation he prison commission, I greatly ] et, therefore, that under the eon- i ins- I do not feel Justified in la- I Arrest of McNamara and Others has Changed Feel ing, Says the Detectives. McManigal’s Confession has Been Flashed to all Sec tions of the Country. ritoner on Way to Los Angeles Predicts Train Will be Blown up on Way. Tiffin, 0„ April Burns, John -Detective the arrest of and James McNamara, Orto and two others, declared today that the reign of terror under which Chicago, April 24.—While copies ot the astounding confession, which la said to have been made by McManlgal while he waa held as a prisoner with McNamara, la closely guarded enough Information was flashed to the police of large cities, where dynamiting has occur red, to give valuable aid for new arrest! which are expected. McManlgal la. reported to have confessed that one hundred and twelve deaths have occurred and Kansas City, April 24.—Absolute secrecy os to all of the movements ot McNamara and other prisoners passing through'here this morning was preserved. The prisoners were being carried through here to Los Angelo#-where they are being taken to answer the charge of blowing up The Times building some months ago. The prisoners were locked la state rooms and tho curtains were drawn. Absolutely'no communication with them was allowwd. (The detectives aboard the train •ay that McNamara declared; "The officers will never get us to Loe Angeles I wtll die a martyr to unionism." McNamara Is said to have added: "This train will either be wrecked or blown up before we reach Loe IS Y0U& MEDICINE CASE WELL 5 SUPPLIED ? The country will be startled when the story becomes public,- said Detective Burns. No false moves will be made. It Is alleged that stupendous plots have been revealed. Are You Ready for Emergencies? If one of your famly should be severely burned do you know what to dot Are you prepared for sprains, bruises, cuts, and the thousand and oat every day accidents that seem so trivial and yet may nut he la the long run. We will be glad to help yon select a few "emergency aids." tell yon how to nse them, and the cost Is so small compared to their Importance. It’s 1 hardly worth. mentioning. Sooner or later the time Is sure to come whoa you will be thsnkfnl you took our advice. law. Is fined once for opprobrious language (profanity) and once for violence, toward yet other men. But this Is Stripling's record since be killed Cornett. I do not say that he was not within the scopo of his du ties In each ot the tragic Incidents marking bis career since he fled from the etate; but I submit that they Impair the power to claim that his life In. Vrglnla Is above suspicion and per se entitles him to a pardon in Georgia." Three American Soldiers Were Among Those who Perished. Manila, April 24.—Fifteen per sons, Including three American sol diers. were drowned'when a steam launch was foundered No Tract Derisions Today. Washington, April 24.—No trust decisions were handed down by tbe superior court this morning though several Important derisions are look ed for at any time. Ingram Drug Company Cor. Hill Ave and Patterson St.B off Cavite, Government tugs are searching for the bodice. r ..0f=^pr^ riH/WWW j}