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THE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRO, GEORGIA.
GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS
S. R. Blanton & Son, Owners.
•S. K. Blanton, Editor.
Z. V. Blanton,{Associate Editor.
MisJ Addle Lou Powell, Local Editor
One Dollar Per Year, In Advance
Adverting Rates Reasonable and
Made Known on Application
Entered at Cairo, Ga., Postoffice
as Second Class-Mail Matter.
The Tongue Scandal
A scandal monger has come to
grief in Georgia; has gone to the
penitentiary, at least has been
sentenced the r e for twelve
months. And just so. This
young man, with his glib tongue,
went about his community utter
ing untruths about a young wo
man. The girl’s father sought his
indictment and punishment.
The case came up in Gwinnett
county. Readers of the Chronicle
will recall it having been given
in the news column at the time.
An extract from the telegram,
under an Athens date, is:
.“Scandal and careless talk by
men about women and by women
about other women will be mat
erially lessened in Georgia if
there are many cases in many
counties like the*one tried in the
adjacent county of Gwinnett this
week, when Luther Terry, a
white boy, was sent to the chain-
gang for twelve months, without
a chance to pay a fine, for de
faming the good name of a girl
who had, at her fathers’ com
mand, instructed him to'cease
paying attention to her. The
tales he told persistently were
damaging and in court proven
untrue. This is the first case of
the kind that lawyers of this sec
tion recall. The act was passed
in 1909.”
• Splendid! Of late days men—
especially young men—are be
coming tod, quick of tongue, too
free of speech, and two swift of
gab in speaking in detriment of
young women. This is true in
Augusta as it is true in other
communities of which we know.
There was the time in the
South—and it was an effective
way, even if in law irregular—
when sons, brothers and fathers,
with a cowhide, met this kind of
scandal monging with lashes and
slashes across the face, head and
body.
The chaingang sentence of
twelve months will have its in
fluence, for by fear of the law,
the assailant of woman’s fair
name must be checked in that he
has little of honor and little of
pride to which to appeal or which
to hurt or harm or shock.
We want to thank the Gwin
nett father, the Gwinnett judge,
the Gwinnett solicitor and the
Gwinnett jury in this case. We
want to reprint the news story,
and we want all the papers in
the state to print it, that the
scandal mongers may read it and
ponder it, and that, they may
know that their insinuations and
falsehoods will land them in jail
with ‘ ‘stripes across their backs
and shackles on their feet.”
It is high time that it be made
absolutely plain that the good
name of a good woman shall not
be at the mercy of the sneer, the
jest and the lie of the fool or the
knave. The Gwinnett court has
started the work. The penitenti
ary is big enough to hold all of
them. Let the law officers pro
ceed. We can afford to follow
Gwinnett in this. In every case
of the kind the law must be mer
cilessly applied, however hard it
may be for the young woman
and her relatives to encounter
the court ordeal necessary there
to.- Augusta Chronicle.
The Progress is making pre
parations to give the people of
Grady county a better paper in
the next two or three weeks.
Another employe will be added
to. the present force, whose duty
it will be to mix qnd mingle with
the people of the entire county.
Grady County’s Largest Store
Easter is at
hand, with its
new fashions for
spring and summer.
Sombre colors and heavy
weaves of winter must ,give
away to the novel colorings
and designs which will
have full sway during
the spring and summer.
Now is the time to plan for vour Spring apparel needs. And
naturally the first thing thing that suggests itself is a visit to this
Store for an inspection of the various garments that go- to make
up t’he Fashionable 1914 Toilette-
Suits and CoatB'in the new cuts and shapes—new sfvles in Hats
and in .Neckwear—fabrics in the latest weaves and colors—all are.
here ready for your selection,
A few moments in our store will give you an accurate idea of the
charming new modes for spring. Prices, as usual here, are
pleasingly moderate.
Millinery and Dry Goods
OPENING
Thurday, Friday & Saturday
THIS WEEK
The Legal Aspect Of
Leo. M. Frank’s Case
to
By THOMAS E. WATSON
will
From the sweyn testimony be
fore the jury, it was utterly im
possible for them to reached any
b: her verdict.
It is said that Junge Roan,
w ho presided, was not certain as
t the guilt ot Prank.
He did not have to be, That
was none of his business. His
duty was to see that the case
was legally conducted, and that
the jury was properly instructed
as to the law.
It was for the jury to pass up
on the evidence. If Judge Roan
had expressed any opinion, eith
er way, he would have commit
ted reversible error.
The jury having found Frank
guilty, Judge Roan refused a mo
lion forh new trial; the supreme
court affirmed his decision, and
Judge Ben Hill sentenced the
condemned man to die for the
awful crime which had been ju-
dicicially ascertained.
He had been defended by the
best of Atlanta lawyers. It
would seem that he even em
ployed lawyers before he was ac
cused.
Those lawyers exerted them
selves with desperate energy in
behalf of their client. I will not
say tnat some of their methods
were unprofessional; but every
one knows that things were done
in behalf of Frank that have
never been done in a murder oase
in Georgia.
In a practice at the bar which
covered 25 years of active exper
ience, I never knew any state’s
attorney to be so brutally, per
sistently and violently abused as
Hugh Dorsey was, by Reub Ar
nold,and Luther Rosser.
i That both the solicitor and the
dge bore with this unprofes
sional and prohibited personal
abuse, speaks loudly for the pa
tience of both Judge Roan and
Solicitor Dorsey.
There are some trial judges,
and some solicitors, who wou|d
never tolerate similiar brutality
from Arnold and Rosser.
After Judge Ben Hill sentenc
ed the defendant, was the case
ended? By no means. It has
just begun. ’
A vain, conceited, boisterous,
loquacious, pseudo-detective, one
W. J. Burns, was employed to
hunt for new evidence! To hunt?
If that was the purpose of his
employment, why wasn’t he en
gaged before Frank came to
trial? Or while the motion for
new trial was pending?
The lawyers’ announce that they
will file an extraordinary motion.
Very extraordinary, indeed.
And very expensive, too, no
doubt.
Must our whole judiciary be
held up to the scorn of the world,
as odious, despicable, ignorant of
law and dead to a sense of jus
tice?
If money enough can be raised
to make an exceptional case out
of Frank’s then every similiar
case will become exceptional, if
money enough can be raised.
The Journal says there will be
nothing lost by one more trial,
because Frank will be convicted
again, if guilty.
By that process of reasoning,
why should not every man, found
guilty be tried again? Y\ hy lim
it,the pridciple and the privilege
to Leo Frank?
The life of every man is sup
posed to be equally dear to him;
therefore, every man who is con
victed of murder ought to be
given another trial, because, if he
is guilty he will be convicted
again!
■ Then why not give him a third
new trial, if he is convicted a
second time? N’ny not a fourth
new trial, if convicted on the
third trial?
You never could convict a de
fepdant often enough to suit
him.' Neither could you convict
him often enqugh to satisfy his
lawyers. Their zeal would never
slacken, while the money lasted.
It seems a burning shame that
a leading newspaper should il
legally trespass upon that pro
vince of jurors and judges, de
nounce them, condemn their
oath-bound work, brand them as
false to law, to justice, to their
oaths; and then virtually issue
orders dictating the future dis
position of the case.
If that kind of thing; is to be
tolerated in Georgia, we don’t
need court houses, solicitors,
jurors, witnesses, judges, and
appellate courts.
What we need is a larger sup
ply of Arnolds and Rossers, a
larger supply of sensational de
tectives to work “angels,” a
larger supply of racial fanatics
who will say that because this
criminal is a German, the Ger
mans will not allow him to be
subject to customary legal meth
ods; becausehe is an Irishman,
the Irish will -not allow it; be
cause he is a. Greek, the Greeks
will not allow it; because he is
Italian, the Italians will not al
low it.
Under such a spirit and prac
tice, we Americans would be the
only people who would have to
submit to the prescribed process
es of our laws.
OF COMMERCE
TO ASSIST GEORGIA CITIES AND TOWNS
Atlanta, March 23.—Georgia
cities and towns are co-operating
through the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce in an effort to secure
new industries that will utilize
their natural resources and add
to the commonwealth’s develop
ment.
Nineteen cities and towns in
Georgia have written the Geor
gia. Chamber of Commerce that
they wanted additional Canning
Factories and Preserving Plants.
As a numper of other towns also
would support such an enter
prise, the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce is undertaking to in
crease the number of canning
plants around the State—espec
ially for the encouragement of
home-growing of fruits, potatoes
aud other vegetables, which are
very profitable to preserve and
can,- '
No canning plant can succeed,
however, without the co-opera
tion of the farmers and fruit
growers in the surrounding ter
ritory in producing sufficient pro
ducts to can. Dealers in Geor
gia and surrounding states say
they have no trouble in selling
canned goods and could easily
sell the products from many ad
ditional thousands of acres.
The effect of building up the
canning industry is also impor
tant in combating the boll wee
vil. When the people of Geor
gia-raise more gfain and food
stuffs, fruits and vegetables for
home consumption and for the
use of nearby manufacturing
plants, it means a quick market
for these products and a good
piofitfor the producers. It is
stated that Canning Plants are
successful when the people in the
surrounding territory plant and
produce something to can, If
such cities and towns think a
canning plant would pay and who
think that enough fruit and
truck would be produced in their
vicinty to keep such a plant in
active operation, will write the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
at Atlanta, that organization
will promptly put them in touch
with people desiring to build
canning plants. These factor
ies would give employment to
many people and would l<6ep in
Georgia large sums of money
now sent away.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
eeorgia, Grady county:
To Whom it may Concern, and
the Legal Voters of Whigham:
You are hereby notified there
be an Election held in ac
cordance with the following or
dnances, to-wit:
V Resolution for Electric Lights
Bonds: and for Water Woi ks
Improvement Bonds:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL: And
t is hereby resolyed by the au-
h'ority aforesaid, that it appear
ing to the Mayor and Council
that the Town -of Whigham is
very much in need of Electric
Lights, and to establish and erect
i system of filectric Lights, that
t will be necessary to make im-
irovements and repairs in the
Water Works System now in use
by the Town, so as to operate
both conjunctively together, be
lieving that it will meet with the
ipproval of every citizen and tax
payer-
(A) That a Bond issue of
■l>6,000.00 should be issued for the
purpose to establish and erect
in Electric Light System for the
Town of Whigham.
(B) That to meet this requir
ed improvement, that a Bond is-
me of the sum of $2,000.00
should be issued for the purposi
of improving and repairing the
Water Works System now in use
by the Town of Whigham.
Now therefore be.it resolved,
and it is hereby resolved by the
authority, the Mayor and Coun
cil, that there shall be an elec
tion held in the Town Hall, the
3ame being the only place where
elections are held for Mayor and
Council on the 31st day of March
1914, for the purpose to deter
mine whether there shall be oi
not be a Bond issue in the sum of
$6,000.00 for the purpose to es
tablish and erect an Electric
Light Plant and System for the
Town of Whigahm, That said
Bonds shall be of the denomina
tion of $375,00. Each, and Six
teen in Number, That said Bonds
shall draw interest at the rate of
Six per cent per annum, All in
terest shall be.paid anually, be
gining on the 1st, day of January
1915, and anually thereafter,
And there shail be One Bond of
the denomination of 8375,00. Paid
anually begining on the 1st, day
of January 1918. And anually
thereafter untill all Sixteen Bonds
shall be paid off in full on the 1st,
day of January 1933, All of
which shall be paid in lawful
Money of the United States at
any Bank in Atlanta Georgia.
And the same Election shall be
heid for the purpose to determine
wheather there shall be or not be
a Bond issue for the sum of 82000.
00, for the purpose of improving
and repairing the Water Works
System now in use by the Town
Whigham so as to opeaate the
Water Works and Electric Light
Plant togather, That said Bonds
shall be of the denomination of
8125,00, Each, And Sixteen in
number, that said Bonds shall
draw interest at the rate of Six
per cent per annum, All interest
shall be paid anually begining on
on the 1st, day of January 1916,
And anually thereafter, And
there shall be One Bond of the
denomination of $125,00, paid an
ually begining on the 1st, of Jan
uary 1918, and anually thereafter
untill all the Sixteen Bonds shall
be paid off in fulj on the 1st, day
of January 1933, All of which
shall be paid in lawful money .of
the United States at any Bank in
Atlanta Georgia.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
BY THE MAYOR AND COUN
CIL, That an Election shall be
held on the 31st, day of March
1914, By Three Free Holders of
said Town as Managers in the
Town Hall the only place where
the elections are held for Mayor
and Council in said Town, That
said Managers shall open said
Election for Voteing at 9, o'clock
A. M. And shall close the same
at 3, o’clock P. M. of • the same
day. All legal, voters shall have
on their tickets these words,
“FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS
BONDS OR AGAINST ELEC
TRIC LIGHTS BONDS.” And
shall vote for cr against these
Bonds, Also at the same time and
place at the same Election shall
have thete words on their Tick
ets, “FOR WATER WORKS
BONDS? OR AGAINST WATER
WORKS BONDS?” And Shall r
Vote for or against these Bonds,
That the Managers of said Eled- *
tion with the Mayor and k (joUfioiL;
togather shall consolidate the -
vote at said election and declare !ft
the results, And should the re*’
suits declared be the required-j
two thirds as fixed by law in\
favor of the Bonds issue for Elec- 1 ''
trie Lights Bonds, then these'
Bonds shall be and is hereby auv
thOriZed to issue as heretofore set, -
out in this resolution.
And should the results declared
he the required two thirds as fix
ed by law in favor of the Bond -
issue for Water Works Bonds.’
then these Bonds shall 6e and id
hereby authorized tc issue qs
heretofore set out in this resolu
tion. t
Be it further resolved by the
Mayor and Council, that the May
or is hereby authorized to call the
Eleation as set out in this resolu*
tion.
Read in full in open Council
and passed, This Febrruary 23rd,
1914.
R. R. Terrell, Mayor.
E. P. Trulock, Alderman.
D. G. Me Nair, Alderman.
J. E. Cobb, Alderman.
W, C. Bell, Alderman,
I certify the above to be true,
J. O. Harrell, Clerk, Town of
Whigham.
Louis WV Rigsby
Attorney-at-Law
Office with Col. M- L. Ledford
Cairo, - Georgia.
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See us for all kinds of .ferti
lizers, buggies and wagons.
W. G. Baggett & Son
Highest cash price for chickens
and eggs. Surprise Meat Mark
et.
FOR SALE—One good young
mule, Want'to sell at once. See
the Wight Hardware Co.
WANTED—Ten thousond
meal hull and oat sacks.
See us for all kinds of ferti
lizers, buggies and Wagons.
W. G. Baggett &/Son
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By HOLLAND. .
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Did yon ever write tide In
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nations of the business world
Is composed of publishers,
advertisers and manufactur
ers. They are uulted iu the
effort to see that, the public
gets vplue received. Their In
terests are identical.
No one of the trio can make
mouey without the others
share it Aud they cannot
make money for themselves
without making money for
the public. The interests ofi
nil are Interwoven so closely
as to be pracUcally identical.
You should join this combi
nation and enjoy the benefits
to be derived from It Take
full advantage of the adver
tising columns nod he sure of
getting a dollar’s worth for
every dollar you spend.
ADVERTISEMENTS
WILL KEEP YOU
FULLY iNI-'OltMED.
They will tell yon where to
buy, when to buy, what to
buy. It Is true economy to
read- the advertisements, for
■they will Insure your getting
the greatest value wheuyou
spend-your mouey.