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COCHRAN. PULASKI COUNTY. GA., THURSDAY JUNE 1, 1911.
IN MEMORY
of our little darling, John Mark
Clements, who was horn April 20,
10 10; and whose little soul took its
(light to the Cod who gave it May
11, 1011, after twenty-one days of
sufferering. Cod only loaned him
to us two years and twenty-one
days. He was so bright and sweet
that we feared he was only loaned
to us for a while He hore his suf
fering so patiently and sweetly, it
was heart-breaking to hear him
call “Mamma” so many times dur
ing his illness, as tho he thought
mamma could relieve him. But
all was done that loving hands
could do.
Our little darling’s gone to rest,
to reign with God forever blest.
His little tongue will always praise
his Savior’s love, redeeming grace.
Oh Lord, it seemed good to Thee
to take him away! We hope it will
work good for us and cause us Thee
to fear. To show us that we should
prize nothing so highly as Thee, the
Sovereign Lord of all that rules the
earth and sky, Oh Lord, our follies
we have seen; and grief lias filled
our heart! Our troubles rose when
Thou didst call our darling from us
to part. Oh cease, fond nature,
cease to mourn, and let our Savior’s
will he ours in all all things here
below, then should we fear no ill.
Now Lord, we humbly would re
sign ourselves into Thy care. Pre
pare our heart to worship Thee with
Godly fear. Oh, may we meet our
darling in Heaven among the blest
that we may praise Thy holy name,
who saved its soul by grace!
Written by a heart-broken father
and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clements.
the day with Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Scarborough Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Wynne was the guest
of Mrs. Arch Floyd Saturday night.
Weave sorry to know* that Mrs.
Emmer Berryhill is* sick. Hope
that it will not be long before she
will be enjoying health again.
Rev. S. M. Anderson filled his
regular appointment at Limestone
last Saturday and Sunday to the
pleasure and profit of all who heard
him.
Miss Susie Hill and her brother
Alonza were the guests of Miss Eflie
Smith and brothers, Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. G. M. Smith made a trip to
Macon Monday.
Monroe Benfoe and Miss Rosa
Belle Legg were the guest, of Miss
Eva Scarborough Sunday.
Black Eyes
JUDGE SPEER DECLARES LABOR LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL—JURY FREES
ALL FOUR DEFENDANTS.
Thus Ends Long-Drawn Trial—Judge’s Charge
Unfavorable to Defendants—Witty play
on Words During the Exceptions.
“We, the jury, find the defend
ants not guilty on each and every
count,” were the words which were
littered by the foreman of the jury
yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock,
transforned the court rcom of the
United Stases district court from
somber tribunal that it has been for
the last eight days into a scene of
rejoicing and handshaking when a
score or more men pressed forward
to wring the hands of the four Pu
laski County men, William Cliaun
eey, Luke Dupree, John Ross Ro
gers, and Joab Horne, who for over
a week have been in the grill to
answer to the charge of peonage.
The trial has been of almost record
length, the issue depended on the
decision of delicate legal technicali
ties, and the nerves of everyone
concerned were strained to the
breaking point. The verdict came
like the lifting of an onchanging
cloud.
This verdict was returned in spite
of the fact that in his charge to the
jury Judge Speer seemed to lean to
ward conviction and declared un
constitutional the labor contract
laws which the defence had sub
mitted as their authority for the
arrest of the two negroes which had
brought down on them the charge
of peonage. This statute, which T.
S. Felder, attorney for the defence,
had been instrumental in framing,
Judge Speer nullified, as far as the
federal court of this district is con
cerned, for the reason that it made
provision for the arrest of the labor
ing class for an offense not punish
able in other circles of society and
made more possible the crime of pe
onage, he contended, on which the
government is waging relentless war
now.
After the court had completed its
charge, Mr. Felder rose and entered
seventy-one exceptions to different
points in the charge, many of
which were relative to the referen
ces of the judge to the tilt of sever
al days ago, when the court took
exception to his use of the words
“nigger,” “liar,” and “perjurer,”
and to other points which the attor
ney claimed were prejudicial to the
cause of bis clients.
The argument of attorneys for
flic defence and prosecution had
been completed on Tuesday and it
was expected that the charge of the
court to the jury would he given at
the opening this morning, and that
the verdict might he known before
adjournment of the session. But
on the opening of the court, Judge
Speer announced a recess of an
hour, so lie did not get started on
the charge until after 10 o’clock.
The charge was finished about 12,
and considerably more than half an
hour was taken up by Mr. Felder
in filing his numerous exceptions to
different points in the charge. At
10 it was seen in all probability the
jury would not return their verdict
until late in the afternoon, or possi
bly not until this morning. The an
nouncement later in the afternoon
that the result of the jury’s finding,
whether for or against the defend
ants, would be made known at 5; 30
was a welcome bit of news to the
defence, prosecution, and the ma
ny outsiders who had become inter
ested in the fate of the four men
from Hawkinsville.
The charge of Judge Speer was
lengthy, consuming the better part
of two hours, dealing with the
crime of peonage, its origin and ef
fect and tracing the history of the
transactions at Hawkinsville, which
had brought down the United
States officers on the two farmers
and the sheriff and his deputy, but
the most significant part of the dis
sertation was that in which the
court made its pronouncement on
the unconstitutionality of the labor
contract law which the defence had
given as its authority for the arrest
of the two negroes in question.
The party composed of Messrs.
Chauncey, Dupree, Rogers, and
Horne left last night at 7 o’clock
in tiie car of Morgan Thompson, a
citizen of their city, for Hawkins
ville, repeated expressions of grati
tude at the treatment they had re
ceived at the hands of Macon dur
ing their trial here. —Macon Tele
graph.
TICKET EXCHANGE
STILL HOLDS GOOD
Contracts already in force and
those made prior to January 1, 1912,
not operative after that date, eon
siunmated between the publishers
and railroads of Georgia for the ex
change of advertising for mileage,
will be held legal by the* state rail
road commission. This is the sub
stance of a verbal ruling handed
down by the state’s court Wednes
day morning, closing the first phase
of the tight, (he Georgia Weekly
Dress Association lias been making
to retain the advertising and mile
age exchange custom.
This is only the first chapter. Ac
cording to the representatives of the
Weekly Press Association, a peti
tion will he filed shortly with the
commission asking that the clause
of the Hepburn act, which was
made operative by the railroad com
mission through the recent decision
of the supreme court, making it il
legal to barter advertising for mile
age on a dollar-for-dollar basis, he
accepted or abrogated.
Then if the association fails with
the railroad commission—this hear-:
ing is requested before the conven-J
ing of the state legislature—it is
more than likely that the matter
will he put up to the law-makers in
an effort to secure the continuance
of the custom.
Action before the state legislature
has by no means taken definite pro
portions and some of the members
of the committee are against the
move.
The preference of the majority
was to put the matter squarely be
fore the railroad commission with
their arguments to show why they
believe the enforcement of that sec
tion of the interstate act, now a
part of the Georgia railroad law,
would work a hardship on the
weekly publishers, be unjust, and
be discrimination in favor of the
city dailies.
The publishers secured exactly
what they asked for Wednesday,
after a short hearing, and a decis
ion was handed down within 30
minutes after the hearing adjourned.
In ruling, the commission held that
the contracts now operative were
made in good faith, and while a
violation of that certain section of
the Hepburn act, neither the rail
roads nor the publishers were aware
of the violation. To abridge the
existing contracts would be mani
festly unjust.”
The committee of the Weekly
Press Association was composed of
G. B. Toney, Fairburn News; C.
K. Stout, Hamilton Journal; Colo
nel J. Lindsay Johnson, Rome Tri
bune-Herald; C. M. Methvin, East
man Journal; J. P. Shannon, Com
merce Fews; A 1 Sweat, Nashville
Herald; T. L. Bailey, Cochran
Journal; L. B. Russell, Cedartown
NUMBER 52.
BASEBALL
Cochran and Eastman, Friday 2.
A good game of ball is promised
between these teams, and the boys
hope to have a good crowd. The
game with Hawkinsville was no
lair exhibition of what the boys can
do, and since then the buys have
put in some good practice and will
lx* considerably stronger. So, let
everybody come out and lend their
support. Game starts at 3:30
sharp.
Standard; Judge B. 'l'. Mozley,
Dauielsville Monitor; H. X Stan
ley, Dublin Courier-Dispatch; A.
S. Hardy, Gainesville News; 0. F.
Mcßae, Telfair Enterprise; L. J.
Whitehurst, Abbeville Chronicle;
and L. H. < Ippenlicim, Atlanta
Deutsche-Zietung—Atlanta Geor
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