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Mt. Vernon, Georcia, Thursday Morning, July 15, J 909.
ONE REAL MENACE TO
THE TRIUMPH OF LAW.
Never hus the futile and nien
uemg rule of the legal technicality
I»eei 1 more strikingly exposed than
in a communication on the Ten
lieHHee supreme court’s reversal of
the night rider conviction*, pub
lished elsewhere in today's Con
hll Lilt ion.
As a citizen of Tennessee and n
rinse student of the indictment
and trial procedure at Union
(.lily, Mr. Harmaworth unnlyzes
the grounds upon which the
highest tribunal overturned the
finding* of the lower court. He
shows that at no time did the
supreme court question the validi
ty or convicting nature of the
evidence. Its only pretext for
nullifying the verdict, obtained
under the most arduous of con
ditions, was the presentation of
Iwo mechanical technicalities.
Ami Ins observations cast grave
doubt upon even these irrcvelant
quibbles.
It is small wonder that At
torney General Caldwell, despair
ing of obtaining justice over the
barriers of petty legal impedi
ments, meditates abandoning
further effort to secure convic
tions on the fifty-nix Reel foot in
dictments. It. is natural to hesi
tate over plunging the state into
heavy expense, when the balance
of probability indicates that hair
splitting-for-points will prove the
investment wasted and bring
justice into further disrepute.
As betwoen the outrage involv
ed in the murder of Captain Quen
tin Rankin and the legal outrage
whereby tin* escape of his assas
sins is rendered more probable
there is little room for choice.
Since the lutter is supported by
the majesty of legal formula, its
menacing significance is even
more sinister.
The primary and only excusable
function of law, and the courts
that administer law, is the deter
mination of the issue of guilt or
innocence. Society stipulates that
in the process of arriving at that
conclusion the rights and liberty
of accused criminals shall be am
ply safeguarded.
Not even the most violent of
partisans will contend that, these
two phases were not rigorously
enforced in the night rider trials.
Convictions were obtained upon
confessions of the culprits them
selves. There was not a (law in
the evidence; not even a reason
able doubt lifts up its plea for
extenuation. Guilt, confessed and
manifest, was the naked and un
qualified net product of the trial.
Surely, m the distinguishing
traits of Anglo-Saxon jurispru
dence, fortified by the traditions
iin.l the exacting safeguards of
centuries, it would seem that this
•■special case should have been u
needed and inexorable illustra
tion of justice vindicated.
Yet at the moment that the en
tire country was acclaiming a
precedent that promised to re
trieve a fast-accumulating na
tional contempt for law, tin*
highest tribunal of the state steps
in and. in effect, arraigns itself
<m the side of anarchy and chaos.
Tin* deplorable and gloomy out
look is bv no means confined to
Tennessee. As if in a spirit of
satirical ribaldry, the trial and
appellate courts of the country
seem often in conspiracy to give
meaningless technicalities the
right-of-wav over the merits of
the causes on their calendars. In
stead of tribunals to mete out
justice, many of them at times
give evidence of becoming, in
stead. agencies for the defeating
of justice by conjuring the in
tricacies of legal red tape, rather
than arbitrating right and wrong,
guilt and innocencw.
I .'nder the archaic and blunder
ing system, the people of the
United States pny out each year
millions of dollars for machmery
to dispense justice. And those
i in charge of the machinery con
centrate their energies on the cogs
and pinions rather than on the
all-important grist passing
through it.
Os all the hypothetical menaces
to the republic, this one is the
most real and abiding. It goes
down into the essence of those
principles upon which the repub
lic is founded. —Atlanta Constitu
tion.
FIVE THOUSAND GEORGIANS
SIGN A GREAT PETITION.
Atlanta, July 10.—A petition
205 feet, long and hearing more
than 5,000 signatures of represen
tative Georgians appealing for a
I compulsory education law in
| Georgia was presented to the
| house of representatives Friday
1 morning.
i Borne by pages of the house,
the huge petition was carried
down tin* aisle and placed on the
I speakers’s desk as the urgent
j voice of many of the host and
most influential people of the
| state to provide educational ad
|vantages for every child in the
| state, and compel attendance of
' all children.
The petition was referred to
the house committee on educa
tion, which will meet Friday af
ternoon to consider the bill offered
■ n the house by Representative J.
R. Littleton, of Augusta, and in
the senate by Senator VV. 8. Mor
ris, of the Eighteenth district, j
This hill is the measure to require
1 parents and guardians and others
standing in parental relations to j
send children between the ages of
is and 14 to school not less than
1(1 weeks each year.
No lull ever hud more powerful |
and uplifting backing. It has
| the indorsement of the State
! Federation of Women’s Clubs,
the State Federation of Labor, j
the Woman’s Christian Temper- j
; at ice Union, tin* Farmers’ Union j
in many sections, the Daughters
of the American Revolution ninl
J the United Daughter of the Con- ■
| federacy.
Mrs. Emma Garrett Boyd, j
whose work for this lull and in
| getting the petition has boon one
of devotion to a cause, was pres
j ent when the petition was pre
sented to the house. She was
very happy over the matter, and
believes tin* measure has an excel
lent chance for passage this ses- 1
| sion. She will attend the hear
ing Friday afternoon before the
committee on education.
The Littleton-Morris measure;
puts it squarely up to the parent
or those standing in that relation. ;
It makes excuse for children of
unsound physical or mental con
dition; also for a child living
three miles form it school bouse.
This last clause is meant to pro
tect counties with inadequate
school facilities and a a large
nuin l>er of negroes.
Attendance upon anv denonii
; national or private school is to
form part of the necessary com
pulsion.
GOVERNOR BROWN TO GREET
EDITORS EN ROUTE TO FALLS,
Atlanta, Ga., July 12. —The
Georgia Weekly Editors'Associa
tion will pass through this city on
Thursday en route to Tallulah
Falls, where they are going for an i
outing, after they have concluded
their business sessions at Douglas
this week.
While here they will be tender
ed an informal reception at the
governor’s mansion. The governor
expects to greet the editors be
tween S and 0 o’clock in the eve
(iiing of Thursday.
They will leave immediately
afterwards on their way to the
1 falls.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JULY I • IW.
PRISONS IN JAPAN.
Convict! Can Earn Enough Mane* tc
Support Thair Families.
, Most people imagine that a prison
| is a place where malefactors 'an
I punished for their crimes, it is no*
i to in Jafsin, however. There a con
vict may earn enough money while
in jail to maintain his family, hu.-
thc best of food and lodging, i
taught a trade and, if he wishes.
; pursues the study of foreign lan
guages. At Suniago a qualified
teacher instructs the younger pris
oners in reading, writing and arith
i metic. Prisoners of twenty :uid up
j ward who are in seclusion for the
first time are taught geography and
history.
If on entering the prison n man
states that he has a knowledge of
English he is carefully examined by
a linguist and the extent of his
knowledge fathomed. He is then
allowed to pursue his studies, the
necessary hooks being supplied bv
the authorities. When there are
several in together a teacher is ob
tained from outside, and hysons are
given regularly.
In the office a record of each pris
oner is kept during his stay. This
-erves to show whether the convict
is prompt to obey the officials,
whether he shows affection for his
parents and relatives, whether he
writes letters home and whether he
makes progress or not in his scho
lastic studies.
“It pays them to be industrious,”
said the warder. “The average con
vict makes 10 sen (5 cents) a day; 4
sen go into his own personal ac
count. A skilled worker will make
20 sen a day, 8 being his own again.
Some of these men actually support
their families on what they earn in
prison! As you know, the average
eooly can live on 50 sen a month.”
It was natural that after parading
this paradise I should doubt if Ja
pan’s treatment of her criminals led
to a decrease in crime. The officials
confessed that of robbers, burglars,
thieves and swindlers GO per coni
went back to the prisons. Os tlnwe
who had been twice imprisoned GO
per cent returned; of the first of
fenders 40 per cent found their wav
back.—Wide World Magazine.
Dinners In the Old Days.
Dinner was a substantial affair in j
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who j
was by no means indifferent to the !
pleasures of the table. The first
course on great occasions, says a ;
contemporary, would probably be j
wheaton flummery, stewed broth,
•pinnach broth, gruel or hotenpotch.
The second consisted of fish, among
which we may note lampreys, stock
fish and sturgeon, with side dishes
of porpoise. The third course com
prised quaking puddings, bag pud
dings, black puddings, white pud
dings and narrow puddings. Then
came veal, beef, capons, humble pie,
juutton, marrow pasties, Scotch col
lops, wild fowl and game; in the
fifth course, all kinds of sweets,
creams in all their varieties, cus
tards, cheese, cakes, jellies, warden
pies, junkets, sillabubs, and so on,
to be followed perhaps by white
cheese and tansy cake; for the
drinks, ale and beer, wine, sack and
numerous varieties of mead or rae
theglin, some of which were con
cocted out of as many as five and
twenty herbs.
Origin of “Hurrsh!"
The familiar exclamation, “Hur
rah!- ’ is probably a corruption of
“Tur aie” (Thoruid), a battleery of
the ancient Norsemen. Some phi
lologists, however, contend that the
word is derived from the Slavonic
“Huraj.” meaning “to paradise.”
Jn India and Ceylon the mahouts
and attendants of baggage ele
phusits cheer them on by perpet- i
ually crying, "Ur-re-rc!” The Arabs j
and camel drivers in Turkey, Pal- ,
estine and Egypt encourage their i
animals to speed by shouting:
“Ar-re! Ar-re!” The Moors in
Spain drive their mules with repe
titions of “Arret” In France the’
sportsman excites the hounds by
his shouts of “Hare! Ilare!” while
tha herdsmen of Ireland and Scot
land use "Hurrlsb! Ilurrish'” tc 1
urge on the cattle they are driving. I
—tendon Scraps.
Mors Than She Could Bear.
Marion was a little American girl
of six years. For three months her
mother and aunt had draggl'd her
through the museums and art gal
leries of Europe.
tills was made to look at the slip
pers of Marie Antoinette, the
prayer book of Catherine do’ Medi
ci, hats of Napoleon and endless
numbers of uninteresting Madon
nas. These, her mother told her
constantly, she must reniem l er. for
when she grew up she would realize j
how famous they were.
At last Marion rebelled. She re
fused to go to a world famed mu
seum. After much persuasion she
y iehled upon one condition.
‘Til go any place you like.” she
said, “if you'll promise rover again
to make me look at anything fa
pious.”—Youth's Companion.
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and he is authorized to return the price of the Art)
package (only) if it fails to benefit you.
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TAYLORS ON TRIAL iN
TIFT SUPERIOR COURT. :
:
Titton, Ga., July 12. —The sec- jj
on d week superior court for Tift 1;
county convened at 10 o’clock | !
to-day. The criminal (locket was ;;
taken up and the cases of Hemp- j
sey and Jesse Taylor, for the in nr- j;
der of Shahe Conger July f>th !
1008, called. Attorneys for both <
| sides announced ready. Solicitor J
j W. E. Thompson is being assisted j;
by R. A. Hendricks, of Nashville, jj
I (la., and C. \V. Fulwood and C.C. j
Hall, of Tilton. Attorneys for !
I the defense arc VV’.J. Wallace and <
J. S. Ridgdill, of Tifton, and J. <
It. Cooper, of Macon. At noon to- <
| b *
day only five jurors had been se- <
lected, and three panels exuusted. ;
The case of Dempsey Taylor <
i was tried July term, 1908, and 1
motion for ne.v trial made and <
carried to supreme court, which I
granted the new trial, and both.
are now on trial.
Sheriff Sale. !
tleorii!*—Mnntjjemerv County. 1
Will lit; H.>l l l li.T.iit ilit- r.mrt liim-o door in j
Mk.AVrnon on tin* first Tiii sil;-.;. iii August, <
Wot), I»**twpeii thf l<**ral hours of sale, to tin \
highont bidder for cnsli, rtain property, of <
which tin- following is a complete * 1 is«• iiptiou : ]
Two certain lots of lain I situated in the town »
of Soperfoii, Ga., and in the I*2*2lst district. O. \
VI. of said county and state. . »nt . ining one (
hundred and thirt.-sewn (137!*) and one- J
half feet each, and hounded as follows: On M
’ho north by lands of J. F. Mull is on tin* oast j J
by First street, on the south by lauds of Mrs ; (
d. F. Durden and on the \n< st by an alley, i |
Levied on as tin- property of \ l>. Holton ! J
t » satisfy an execution issued from the Jus- \ \
tice’s Court of the ItiH'ch <i M district. of J
said county in favor A. K .Morris, Agent, and <
against Mrs. A. I>. Holton, .said property be- J
mg in her possession, and pointed out fori i
levy by attorney tor plaintiff, the same- being J
flic land designated ii: tin* mot .age law \
made and return* <1 to me by c 1. Uraddy. J
constable, and writt« n notice of levy given as *
required bv law. 7'his the sth of .inlv, I'JO'J. J
JA.WKS MEsTkli, (
Shei iff .M. C. !
W. I*. Kent. Attv. tor IMfV. i
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