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PREVENT HIS ARREST
GOVERNOR SMALL MAY DO THIS
IF COURT DECIDES AGAINST
HIM.
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Springfield, 111., July 22.—.Whether
or not Governor Len Small, indicted
by a Sangamon county grand jury on
a charge of embezzlement of interest
on state funds while state treasurer,
is immune from arrest, was to be de
cided by Circuit Judge E. S. Smith to
day.
To Resist Arrest.
Governor Small’s attorney advised
him to resist arrest on the grounds
that he would violate the constitution
and betray the people by submission.
If th ecourt decides the governor is
immune from arrest as the state’3
chief executive, the capiases for his
arrest now held by the sheriff of
Sangamon county, would probably be
withheld until the expiration of Gov
ernor Small’s term of office, three
and one-half years hence.
May Use Troops.
REQUEST LIBERTY OF
MAN SERVING FOR LIFE
His Fourth Recommendation W ill Go To Hardwick Soon—Plea
Goes in Brief Form—Convicted By Circumstantial Evi
dence of Old Murder—Hero of “Flu” Epidemic—Made
Trusty On Arrival and Has Had Clean Record Since.
Notice of Sidewalk
Contractors
Milledgcville* July 23.—Dr. W. J-
McNaughton, hero of the “flu" epi
demic at the Georgia State farm dur
ing the winters of 1919 and 1920. who
is serving a life term for the alleged
murder of Fred Flanders, ha? been
recommended by the Prison Commis
sion for a pardon. It is the fourth
time that the Prison Commission has
recommened pardon, Governor Dorsey
being the only governor to pass upon
the recommendation. He has served
eight years at the State Farm and
previous to that was in jail for three
years and four months.
The recommendation will go to Gov.
Thomas W. Hardwick at once in the
form of a printed brief “The story
of Georgia’s Famous Prisoner." in
death of Flanders. It is shown in
the brief that Dr. McNaughton en
deavored to have other doctors attend
Flanders, but the latter insisted that
he continue. Dr. Green Bell was call
ed into consultation and diagnosed the
case as had Dr. McNaughton.
One week after the death of Flan
ders, his wife received an anonymous
lettei stating: “We are making up a
crowd to lynch Dr. McNaughton and
if you are there we will lynch you
also.”
Mrs. Flanders and her father and
ster departed at once for Bartow,
Ga., and after consulting with friends
Dr. McNaughton consulted attorneys,
coming to Macon to meet W. W. Lar-
The City of Bainbridge, Ga., will
receive at the City Hall at 11 o'clock,
Central time, on August 29th, 1921,
sealed bids for the construction of
approximately forty thousand(40,000)
square yards of concrete sidewalks.
Plans, specifications and profiles
may be seen at the City Hall or in
the office of 0. H. Lang, engineer,
Moultrie, Ga. Copies of same can be
secured for $5.00 from the engineer.
Each bid must be accompanied by
certified: check for $1,000.00. The
city reserves the right to accept or
reject any and all bids.
M. E. NUSSBAUM, Mayor.
J. A. REID, Clerk.
O. H. LANG, Engineer.
Moultrie, Ga.
Notice of Teacher
Examinations
If the decision is adverse to the,f ew d a y S . it ; s an a ppeal that opens
governor, it is expected the sheriff of
Sangamon county will be instructed
by the state’s attorney to serve the
warrants^ In the latter event the
situation is fraught with possibilities
ranging from peaceable surrender by
the governor to the calling out of
state troops to forcibly resist serving
of the warrants.
The Same Everywhere.
The editor of Paisa Akbar, a native
newspaper of Lahore, Indiana, says,
“I have used Chamberlain’s Colic and
Diarrhoea Remedy many times among
my children and servants for colic and
diairhoea and always found it ef
fective.”
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Loans made in the Counties of Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas
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Surplus and Undivided Protits $100,000.00
Invite accounts of merchants, manufacturers,
firms, corporations and individuals.
OFFICERS:
E. J. PERRY, J. W. CALLAHAN. L. E. FENN,
President Vice-President Vice-President
J. J. WALTERS, Cashier C. F. CROSBY, Asst. Cashier
—— DIRECTORS:
J.M. SIMMONS, ). W. CALLAHAN. CORDON CHASON E. J. WILUS
J.M. LAINC. E. J. PERRY. R. B. COLEMAN
with the following quotation from
Shakespeare:
“But mercy is above this seentered
sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of kins;
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show
likest God’s
When mercy seasons justice.”
Dr. McNaughton was convicted on
circumstantial evidence at a time
when it is alleged that public senti
ment had been aroused against him,
by enemies he had made prior to the
death of Flanders, and according to
the appeal “the most fair-minded jury
must have been psychologically af
fected and subconsciously prejudiced
against him.
Member of War Family.
Dr. McNaughton was born in Ker
shaw county, South Carolina, on Oc
tober 12, 1869, of Scotch parents. His
father was killed in battle at Peters
burg, Va., in 1861, leaving a wife and
seven small children. Nine of Dr.
McNaughton’s uncles served in the
Confederate army.
Handicapped by the death of his
father, Dr. McNaughton obtained his
early schooling in a country school
and later he worked and attended the
high school in Lumber Bridge, N. C.
After leaving school, he followed the
occupation of contractor and builder,
and for a number of years operated a
store in North Carolina. In 1893 he
sold out his North Carolina interests
and moved to Augusta, where he pur
chased a drug store, entering the med
ical department of the University of
Georgia, graduating in 1898. In Feb
ruary, 1901, he married Miss E. M.
Bohlcr, of Augusta, from which union
two sons were born.
While attending her dying mother,
Mrs. McNaughton contracted tuber
culosis and died.
The McNaughton home at Covena,
near Swainsboro, was acquired by
Fred Flanders, it appears, with the
understanding that Dr. McNaughton
was to continue to reside there and
to board, with others, with the Flan
ders family. This was shortly after
the death of Mrs. McNaughton.
Bright’s Disease Contracted.
Two years later, Flanders entered
the sawmill business in Brooks and
Thomas counties. The history of the
case that will go to the governor
shows that Flanders was in bad health
that he suffered from gastric trouble,
and by being constantly in water, con
tracted Bright’s disease.
It was this and not poison, Dr. Mc
Naughton insisted, that caused the
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Then came the disinterment of the
body of Flanders and the analysis of
the stomach. Dr. McNaughton’s brief
shows that he was refused permis
sion to have a representative present
from the Augusta college at this ex
amination.
The trial and the events that have
followed in an effort to obtain the re
lease of Dr. McNaughton are well
known to the people of Georgia.
Prisoner is Model Trusty.
Upon his arrival at the State farm
Dr. McNaughton was made a trusty.
Prison officials say that he has never
violated any trust. He has never re
ceived a reprimand and he has been
cn duty day and night, caring for the
sick.
The case was never carried to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
as had been reported, but did get to
the Supreme Court of Georgia. The
writ to the Supreme Court of the
United States was withdrawn and an
application for pardon was filed with
the Prison Commission of Georgia.
Governor Joseph M. Brown was the
first executive to whom the applica
tion was made. He is quoted as say
ing that he did not think Dr. Mc
Naughton should hang, but would not
pass upon the application until Mrs.
Flanders was tried. She was never
brought to trial.
The case next went to Gov. John
M. Slaton, who commuted sentence to
life imprisonment, Gov. N. E. Harris
passed the application to his succes
sor.
Dorsey Reviews Case.
The unanimous recommendation of
the Prison Commission next went to
Governor Dorsey, who stated as fol
lows, after reviewing the case: “The
jury trying this ease evidently con
eluded that the applicant and wife of
the deceased for whose death the ap
plicant had been convicted of mur
der, were infatuated with each other
and criminally intimate. I think that
the evidence demanded such conclu
sion. I can not escape the conviction
that Dr. McNaughton’s infatuation for
the wife of Flanders led him to do
away with Flanders. I do not believe
that there should be any pardon, com
mutation or parole, and I, therefore,
decline to approve the recommenda
tion of the Prison Commission and
deny clemency.”
Friends of Dr. McNaughton who be
lieve that Governor Hardwick will ap
prove the recommendation of the
Prison Commission, show that he ha'
served twice the number of years fixed
by law as a minimum term. He is
eligible for parole even if guilty, they
point out, and they show that his
conduct before and since his inearce
ration has been exemplary.
In 1913 Mrs. Flanders gave out an
interview in which she demanded that
she be placed on trial in connection
with the charge that her husband was
murdered. This interview is made a
part of the brief that will go to
Governor Hardwick.
Reasons For Relief Given.
These reasons were given as to why
Dr. McNaughton should be released:
First, the fact that only seven-
eighths of a grain of arsenic was
found in the viscera of the deceased,
which any reputable physician knows
is insufficient to produce death.
Second, that the woman, who was
jointly indicted with Dr. McNaughton
was never brought to trial or allowed
to testify. This is a very significant
fact, involving the innocence of Dr.
McNaughton.
Third, the fact that the dead man,
a few days before his death, had
eurreptiously and without the knowl
edge of Dr. McNaughton. purchased a
patent medicine, said to contain ar
senic.
Fourth, the sophistry that Dr. Mc
Naughton wanted to have access to
thu wife is exploded by the knowledge
that Flanders was away much of the
time and the woman could have am
ple opportunities to have been witn
the accused man if she so wished. To
given an opportunity to clear her
name by appearing as a witness when
McNaughton was tried.
Hero of Flu Epidemic.
Fifth, that McNaughton could not
reasonably be charged with trying to
get possession of the affairs of Flan
ders, as he well knew that Flanders’
affairs were in bad shape, as his
liabilities equalled his assets before
his death.
Sixth, McNaughton has earned a
pardon, even if he was guilty as Sa
tan. During his many years impris
onment- he has saved hundreds of
lives. This was demonstrated during
the epidemic of Spanish Influenza
during the winters of 1919 and 1920
at the State Farm and the Boys’ Re
formatory, when, unaided, he fought
the epidemic and maue a record that
any free physician in the world would
have been proud of.
Seventh, the fact that the three
members of the Prison Commission,
following an exhaustive inquiry into
all phases of the case, which lasted
for many months, and gave oppor
tunity for full knowledge upon which
to base a recommendation, have rec
ommended that clemency be granted
to McNaughton, remembering that the
members of the Prison Commission
may be considered as experts in deal
ing with matters of this kind and are
not to be easily swerved from a full
compliance with their oaths of office
either in favor of or against a peti
tioner for clemency. p
Dr. John A. Rose, of Crawfortkville,
Ga., saw Governor Hardwick a few
days ago in the interest of a pardon
for Dr. McNaughton. In a letter re
ceived by Dr. McNaughton today it
was indicated that the governor ap
peared to be favorably impressed with
the appeal made in behalf of the phy
sician.
The Annual Examination for Tei
ers will be held in every county i n
State—usually at the Court H 0 J
on July 29th and 30th. The Readi
Course for the renewal of Profess
al and First-Grade Certificate consi
of the following:
1921 Reading Course for Teacha
Primary and General Elementa,
1. Manual for Georgia Tcachei,
County Superintendents—Free
2. Woofter’s Teaching i n j.
Schools (Southern Book Deposit,,
121 Auburn Ave., Atlanta Gal
$1.20. '
3. Dressler’s School Hygiene (So,
em School Book Depository, |
Auburn Ave., Atlanta, Ga.)_ju
High School and Supervisory,
L Manual for Georgia Teachr 1
County Superintendent—Free,
2. Raneer’s Consolidated
School (Southern School Book
pository, 121 Auburn Ave., Atlu
Ga.)—Postpaid $1.75.
3. All the Children of All the Pq
—Smith (Souhern School Book
pository, 121 Auburn Ave., Atla
Ga.)—Postpaid $1.05.
Superintendents should also
notice that the completion of j
professional courses at any six *
standard summer school will also
new these certificates for three j
New Manuals.
Teachers desiring one of tile
School Manuals, may obtain san
calling at the Superintendent's i
Notice of Office Days.
The County Superintended
Schools will be in the office espet
on Tuesdays, Fridays and Satui
of each week, and only on Moi
Wednesday, Thursday of each
when not visiting schools.
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