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VOLUME SIX
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Elti Watson’s Case
War Quashed By Court
United States Judge Foster Or
ders Case Thrown Out, Whole
Article, Not Extracts, Must
Be Obscene.
Augusta, Oct. 21. —Holding that
the indictment charging Thomas E.
Watson, historian, editor and form
er presidential candidate, with
sending obscene matter through the
mails, was illegal, Federal Judge
Rufus E. Foster today ordered the
case thrown out of court.
In ining the motion of the
defense made yesterday, asking that
llie indictment he quashed. Judge
Foster brought the trial to an ab
rupt and unexpected close. The
largest audience ■ve assembl 1 it.
the federal court room here, attend
ed today’s session, and when the
judge announced his ruling dismiss
ing the charges against the Georgia
editor, the spectators broke into
thunderous cheers. Judge Foster
paid no attention to this demonsta
tion, which quickly subsided.
It was solely upon the contention
raised by Watson himself that un
der the federal statute the entire al
leged obscene article and not por
tions of it, must be included in the
indictment tluit the court ordered
the case dismissed. Extended arg
ument upon the motion had been
made by S. G. McLendon, Wat-
sorPs principal attorney, and at the
close of this the defendant asked
permission to present what he de
scribed as “other phases” of the
■^matter.
This being granted, Watson ad
dressed the court briefly, laying
stress upon his claim that the in
dictment should not select certain
passages of the article written by
him, but should include the entire
matter. He said that unless this
were ture, it would be possible to
indict persons mailing copies of the
Bible or the criminal code of Geor
gia.
Argument against the motion by
United States District Attorney
Akerman was brief and limited to a
denfense of the government's posi
tion that the indictment need mere
ly indicate alleged obscene passage
- and not the entire article in which
they appear. He said that he had
decisions to support this but did
not produce them in court, and
Judge Foster at once ordered the
quashed. In annonne-
K-g his decision, Judge Foster said:
W “It appears in this indictment,
An all three counts, that the publi-
alleged to have been sent
through the mails in violation of
>the law is an extract from a com
pete article. This article is ob
scene as a whole or is not obscene
and we cannot take out a few para
graphs here ,and there and charge
ti.em as obscene t d make hem
the basis of an innictment. It may
®lje Codjran Journal.
COCHRAN. BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1913
BARGAIN IN A SEWING MACHINE!
For a few days we will sell\a $40,00 ballbearing , guaran
teed Sewing Machine for ssJxoo, and you need not keep it
if you are not satisfied.
You also get ticlxij on the $300.00 Free Piano.
JACKSON FURNITURE COMPANY
Miss Chap man
Visiting Washington
Miss Carrie Mae Chapman, is be
ing beautifully entertained in Wash
ington, I). C. These are clippings
from her home letters: “Washing
ton is the grandest and most beau
tiful place I ever saw. The first
day after my arrival here, we went
to Georgetown and saw the Univer
sity and the old Potomac. This
morning we went to the top of the
Washington Monumei t. 581 feet,
had a grand view of the city.
I have visited the Pan American
buildings and the D. A. R. Hall.
These building are all of white
marble and government build. 1
have also visited the War i.'nd Navy
buildings, the main corridor is four
mil' •< long and takes up two blocks.
We went to the Capitol where 1
met cousin Dudley Hughes, (Con
gressman Hughes.) With much
pleasure he had me to meet many
of his friends in Congress. W<
were shown through the Library of
Congress, said to be the grandest in
the United States, cost $6,000,000.
Went through both branches of the
House and heard the roll call in
Congress. Also went in the Presi
dent’s room and through the
White House. I failed to say the
President’s room is twenty-two
carot gold, just a dream.
The Capitol is the most beautiful
peice of architecture I ever saw.
We are goin to Arlington to
morrow and thet .o Mt. Vernon.
We are going to the Theatre to
night, to see, “The Years of Dis
cretion.”
be that a paragraph here and there
is sufficient to impress the whole
publication with obscenity, but the
defendant is entitled to be charged
with sending the complete article.
The publication is an entire thing.
It is not a part or an extract. We
would be able to indict a sender of
the Bible on this theory. We
might take the episode of Potiphars’
wife or the relations of Onan to
his brother’s widow, or something
of that sort, and indict just as well.
“I am not pretending to rule on
any other feature of this indict
ment. The question of whether it
is obscene if set out in a dead lan
guage is not passed upon. On this
view I will sustain the motion to
quash.
“No prescription will have run.
It is possible for the government to
re-indict and make these entire
articles part of the indictment. I
think that is due to the defendant
in this case. That will be my rul
ing.”
What course the United States
district attorney will pursue still is
in doubt, as he has refused, so far,
to discuss the matter. Mr. Wat
son before leaving Augusta for his
home at Thomson, exnressed him
seli is satisfied with the outcome of
the trial.
Mrs. Mullis Hostess
For Bride-Elect
One of the most delightful of a
series of parties complimentary to
the popular bride-elect, Miss Bessie
Smith, was the reception given by
Mrs. J. 11. Mullis, Jr., in her hand
some new home on Dublin Street.
The color scheme was yellow and
suggestive of the autumn, being car
ried throughout the house with dec
orations of golds'll rod, harmonizing
with the elegant rugs, draperies and
woodwork finish of brown and yel
low.
The guests were met by Mrs. J. C.
Urquhart, who in her usual charm
ing manner, urshered them to the
hostess. the receiving line were
Mrs. Mullis, Mrr. Geo«g‘ Morgan
Yates, of Macon, and Misses Fan
nie and Bessie Smith.
After greeting them the guests
were given small dolls to dress as
brides. The skill exhibited by the
ladies was wonderful and many'
leautifnl little brides were the re
sult. The one dressed by Mrs.
Zelner Duggan being declared by all
present, as a work of art and the
most perfect bride.
Puzzle menu cards were then
given out and the orders taken
from the answers, and served in the
nature of a delicious salad course
and iced tea.
Those assisting in entertaining
were Mesdatnes J. C. Urpuhart and
Guy D. Jackson and Miss Anne
Walker.
Floyd Watson of Fastman attend
ed the Smith-McCrary wedding.
I Telephones and Rural free Delivery
\ have put our store within Ezy Reach
■ of all our country friends.
\ Phone us your order by 7:30 a. m.
\ Well put it in your Mail Box
i the same dau.
i
No extra charge for packing.
■ Try Us, good country-men; you, the
\ backbone of Ble£l?ley county; we'll
■ delwer thPgoodsat your door within
■ 24 hours afibt/ordered.
: Phone No. 9
j Walter’s Pharmacy
\ ' . The Korner Drug Store
Smith-McCray
Brilliant Wedding
One of the most brilliant wed
ding' that has oemired in Cochran
it hat of Joseph H. Mc-
Crary to .Mis-, lb -ie Smith which
was solemn!/. I at the Methodist
church Wi - lay night followed
by an i- : ,t rveption given by
•Iml.. ■ at, ! Mrs \V. M. Wynne at
t!u4r Inline on Beech St.
W • i nr i into nor space
to do ju- to this al: iir in tins
is-m i but will give a full account of
it in next v. . k- pa; nr.
No • . ’ t say this couple wer
sp ! f I s mii'ii g the yonngi r
e. They I i Wednesday
1:; lit 'r l! iy-‘bm, t . . i-‘ of the
b . ■ w!i: ■a' r:■ bolt visit
i i"y v, dl tie iiom to iheir many
friends in (*oeltr:;:i.
Mr. Collins’ Home
Destroyed By I ire
Mr. I. T. Colli.ia, who lives a few
miles out from Coceran, had the
misfortune to lose his home and all
of his household effects, when his
home was destroyed by lire Friday
morning.
The blaze was first discovered on
the roof and : t is thought to have
started*; from falling sparks. Mi.
Collins carried no insurance.
Mr. Collins wishes to thank his
friends wMio contributed the $l3O to
aid in furnishing another home.
Grady Wynne or Atlanta is visit
ins his parents here this week.
The Safety Of
Railroad Traveling
New York, Oct. 22 —lnterestii g
illustrations of the great degree of
safety attending travel on Ameri
can railways are given by a promi
nent newspaper in an article based
on Intestate Commerce Commis
sion figures which show that during
the six year period, 1005-1911,
only one passenger out of every 74,
736 received injury of any kind and
only one out of every 2,22,5,123
was killed.
Commenting upon these figures
this paper says:
“A typical journal for all roads
in the country is now 34 miles, and
there are taken on the average 2,-
275,122 such journeys in safely to
each journey which results fatally.
If a man were to ride out these 2,-
375,122' safe journeys at two per
lay for each husinees day in the
year, it would take luin 3,792
years. To have begun in time to
meet his death in 1914, he would
have had to start in the year 1778
B. C., 453 years before Moses led
the children of Israel through the
Red Sea. By 750 B. C., when
Rem ulus was “regulating” Remus
by modern methods, the commuter
would have ridden 21,000,000 miles
and have had 56,300,000 yet to go.
When Phidias, in 460 B. C., was
carving the Olympian Zeus, our
wayfarer would have been one
third of the way towards his death;-
and even in the year 890 A. 1).,
when Alfred the Great was letting
the griddle cake burn, this traveler
would have spent the equivalent of
207 years on the trains running at
30 miles an hour, and would have
had 87 years more of actual travel
to spend before meeting his fatal
accident.”
A New Store
For Cochran
On the first of January The Uni
on Dry Goods Company with a paid
capital stock of $6,000.00 will be
gin business in the stores now occu
pied by the undertaking parlor of
the Cochran Mercantile Company
and Ljnton Wynne, the wall be
tween the stores will be removed
and a new glass front with modern
show windows will be erected. Mr.
B. M Stradley of Alabama has been
elected Manager. Mr. Stradley is
an experienced Dry Goods man.
Those seeking charter are; W. M.
Wynne, I. A. Willis, I). E. Duggan
J. S. Helms, R. E. Nichols, U. 11.
Patrick, A. C. Saffold, L. S. Phil
lips, T. W. Fisher, T. J. Young,
B. M. Stradley, and Will Stallings.
They have paid in capital of $6,-
000.00 with the privilege of increas
ing it to $15,000,00.
The Company is backed by some
of the best business men in our
County and that assures success.
NUMBER 11
Earliest Snow Falls
On Southern States
Weather Bureau Has Record Of
Only One Other October Snow
fall, Oct. 28, 1910.
Tennessee, North Carolina, north
ern Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina, Monday experienced the
earliest snow fall in the recollection
of oldest citizens. After a week of
comparatively warm weather the
temperature began to drop Sunday
and continued to fall during the
early morning hours Monday. As
Far south as Atlanta the snow began
to fall shortly after 2 o’clock yester
day morning. The precipitation
continued intermittently until after
daylight, at which time it had been
noticed as far south as Birmingham
Ala., and Athens, (Aa.
According to records kept in the
local office of the weather bureau
Monday’s snowfall was the second
recorded in the Month of October.
The first was experienced eight
days later than this during the year
1910.
That the states mentioned above
were generally blanketed by the
snow clouds is indicated from the
reports from different sections. In
South Carolina, the snow was noted
at Greenville, Union and Laurens.
In Alabama the precipitation was
evident at Huntsville and Birming
ham.
Snow fell in several Georgia cities
and towns, including Atlanta, Au
gusta and Athens. Reports from
Chattanooga and Nashville Tenn.,
and Ashville, N. C., indicate that
the snow flurry was heavier in that
section than in more southern
states.
i
Mrs. Ed. Reeves
Bitten By A Cat
Friday morning, Mrs. Ed. Reeves
was bitten on the foot by a cat,
which had been acting strange for
several days, and fearing the cat
was suffering with rabies, the cat
was killed and the head was taken
to Atlanta to he examined by the
Doctors at Pastuer Institute.
The doctors say that the cat was
not suffering with rabies, but as a
precaution they advise Mrs. Reeves
to take the treatment.
Change Of Schedule
No. 15 due 2:39 instead of 3:08.
No. 8 due 5:37 instead of 5:17.
No. 118 Leave here for Hawkins
villc 5: 10 instead of 5:30.
No. 117 Arrive from Hawkinsville
2:35 p. m. instead of 3 p. m.
LOST
LOST —Due large heavy Bet
pointer, blank arid white'spots, long
ears, with lettth<y>-'’collar. Reward
of $5.00 will be pi id to finder.
H. F. Bullard.