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^NIEL E. 82. ATKINSON.
Mr Daniel Emmett Atkinson
Hied Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 2:30 p.
at the home of his daughter,
1 the Water
j h. Green, on
Oak Plantaion near Tallahassee,
Fla. funeral service was held
The morning at 11 o’clock
Jwhiddon’s with Funeral the Rev. Chapel H. R. in
Thom asville fol
Mincey in charge. Interment
lowed in Laurel Hill Cemetery,
Thomasville. Sam Pettigrew,
Pallberers were
Christie, R. O. West, Vernon
Bather, David Green and Aaron
Hall deceased born in Leon
The was
County, Fla., on June 15, 1867,
the son of the late Daniel R. and
Sophie Van Brunt Atkinson. A . His
wife was the former Miss John
nie Sherrod Van Brunt.
Mr. Atkinson was well known
in this section where he spent his
life: he had made his home here
in Cairo with his daughter, Mrs.
j. A. West, for several years, and
made many friends who are sad
dened to know of his passing.
Surviving are six daughters,
Mrs. F. J- Ferrell and Mrs. J. H.
Green, Tallahassee, Fla., Mrs. J.
A. West, Cairo, Mrs. W. A. Hall,
Jr., and Mrs. Mattie Anders, Lake
City, Fla., and Mrs. J. L. Wells,
Jacksonville, Fla., four sons,
Frank and Emmett Atkinson,
Auburndale, Fla., Lamar Atkin
son, Arabia and Charles A. Atkin
son, of Thomasville.
MRS. HORACE C. GLEASON
(FANNIE KNIGHT) 71.
The many friends of Mrs.
Horace C. Gleason were grieved
to know of her passing which
occurred at her home in Pine
Park at 9 a. m. Sunday, Feb. 19,
after an illness of about eighteen
months.
The funeral service was held
at Bold Springs church, at 4
o’clock Monday afternoon with
the Rev. R. A. Bowen and Lee
Long officiating. Interment was
in Bold Springs cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were Joe
Connally, Warren A. Cook, Harry
Knight, Tom Knight, Preston
Ward and Lloyd Hisks.
Mrs. Gleason spent her life in
this community; she was born in
Thomas County, now Grady, on
Dec. 29, 1878, the daughter of the
late George Washington and Liz
zie Stallings Knight; she was the
former Miss Fannie L. Knight.
The deceased is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. D. N. Thompson,
Pine Park; four grandchildren,
Mrs. Warren Cook, Ramer, Ala.,
Mrs. William Cook, Valdosta, Miss
Grace Connally, Chicago, Ill. and
Joe Connally, Decatur; and two
great grandchildren, Bobby and
Shirley Ann Cook, Ramer, Ala.
Mrs. Gleason was a member of
the Pine Park Baptist Church and
devoted to its causes and activi
ties. She was an estimable wo
man an d had many friends who
empathize with her loved ones
a t this hour of bereavement.
Arrangements by Forsy '.h -
Bearden Funeral Home.
HRST METHODIST CHURCH
■ G .N .Rainey, Pastor
The Sunday School meets at
l , 0 °’ clock Sunday morning next
unday, the fourth Sunday in
ebruary fa “Laymen’s Day” in
Methodist Church. Z______ It is the
Purpose that a christain layman
speak in every Methodist pul-
1 America this Sunday,
on
i ‘ r ' Julian Webb, a christain
' man of Donalsonville, will be
the speaker for this church at the
ed f' that en o’clock hour. It is expect
an exceptionally large
crowd will be present to hear
him.
•Jf ea 16 rsal “ 0udl at 6 ohoir will have its
The p. m.
Youth Fellowship will
mept meet at 7:00
p. m .
ln ^ worsk ip will begin at
P Z, m ' The Pastor will speak
fr ^ 0 m the theme:
“The Dream of
C This Man will ' s be Son story Comes
ZJZZ a ser
ZZ 6 youth children ch oir and young
and aii 0 , ^ Juniors will sing
mediate. and Inter '
The are expected to attend,
nine tower chimes will ring at
remind C ° Ck Sunda y morning to
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The Time The Amti-Trust Lawyers
Killed Their Own Case!
For ten years the anti-trust lawyers have been attacking the business methods that
make it possible to give the public the best quality food at the lowest prices.
In our last ad we told you how Federal Judge W. H. Atwell, at Dallas, threw the anti
trust lawyers and all their inflammatory charges against A&P right out of his court.
But the anti-trust lawyers were not satisfied with decisions against them by three
federal judges.
They still wanted to destroy A&P.
They Appealed to New Orleans They Quit in Dallas
So they appealed Judge Atwell’s decision to the three-judge Circuit On February 26th, while the judge was still waiting for his answer, and
Court at New Orleans. without any previous notice to him, the anti-trust lawyers gave a story
One of the three, Judge Curtis L. Waller, agreed with Judge Atwell that to the newspapers in Washington, announcing that they were dropping
the should be dismissed. the case in Dallas.
case
The other two members of the Circuit Court, Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, They said that it was their intention “to file a substantially similar suit
Jr., and Judge Allen Cox, although saying the case should be tried, agreed in an appropriate jurisdiction at an early date.”
that the indictment was vague and contained many allegations which were The “early date” turned out to be the day.
inflammatory. same
They decided that Judge Atwell at Dallas should protect A&P from these As soon as one anti-trust lawyer killed the case in Dallas, another anti
inflammatory allegations and could order the anti-trust lawyers to supply trust lawyer filed a new case in Danville, Illinois. This new case made
the defendants with a bill of particulars. most of the same allegations that had been made and dropped in Dallas;
So the case was back in Dallas again. and that are being made against us today.
Judge Atwell, carrying out the decision of the Circuit Court, struck So now, according to the anti-trust lawyers, all four judges who had
out the inflammatory matter. ruled on the Dallas case were wrong.
He said that without this inflammatory and prejudicial matter the Grand Despite defeats in three federal courts in widely separated parts of the
Jury might never have returned the indictment. country, they continued their campaign to destroy A&P.
Judge Atwell said to the anti-trust lawyers: When Judge Atwell heard of their action he ordered the anti-trust lawyers
“There are many statements in the indictment which are not at all to order for his signature dismissing the Dallas case.
in violation, and are highly prejudicial and inflammatory.” prepare an
The anti-trust lawyers objected. They advanced an amazing argument. In signing this order he said to the anti-trust lawyers:
They said that the removal of their inflammatory allegations (which all four “This nolle prosequi does not have the sanction or approval of this
judges had agreed did not belong in the indictment) destroyed their case. court. That is not necessary, nor that the government ask for the
Judge Atwell instructed the anti-trust lawyers to furnish the court court’s approval.
with a bill of particulars. In short, he wanted specific charges instead that be presented to the other court and
of vague generalities. He set the deadline for furnishing this material “It is, however, a matter may
at January 15th, 1944. may be of interest to the people at large.”
When the anti-trust lawyers twice asked for more time, pleading sickness 3o after their efforts to destroy A&P had failed in Washington, D. C.,
among their staff, Judge Atwell extended the time to February 25th because vVilson, North Carolina, and Dallas, Texas, the anti-trust lawyers moved
he believed that they were honestly trying, in good faith, to prepare the an to Danville, Illinois.
material he had requested.
Actually, it developed, they were using the time to get ready to drop the "hey were still determined to destroy this company which had brought
in Dallas and start it in another court. ore and better food at lower cost to millions of American families.
They Were Wrong Three Times Before!
Three times the anti-trust lawyers went into federal courts and made serious and damaging charges against A&P.
Three times federal judges said the anti-trust lawyers were wrong and rendered decisions against them.
In previous ads in this series we told you about these other anti-trust “cases” involving us, which the judges said were not cases at all.
We think you should know about these previous cases, because once again the anti-trust lawyers are making damaging “allegations” that
could seriously affect our business if they were believed by the public.
There the time in Washington, D. C., when they There was the time in Wilson, North Carolina, they There was the time in Dallas, Texas, when they made
was said and other good American citizens conspired . practically the same “allegations” they are making
said we and other good American citizens conspired fix we prices paid farmers for their potatoes. today.
to fix the price of bread in that city. ’ to
This was the time Federal Judge C. C. Wyche directed This was the time Federal Judge W. H. Atwell ruled
This was the time Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough the jury to bring in a verdict of “not guilty”. that the case should not even be tried. He said that the
ruled that A&P and the other defendants did not even indictment contained inflammatory statements that he
put in defense. He instructed the jury to bring It was the time Judge Wyche said to the anti-trust would not permit to be presented to a jury.
need to a lawyers:
in a verdict of “not guilty”. It was the time Judge Atwell said to the anti-trust
“In my opinion there is no testimony produced from lawyers:
It was the time Judge Goldsborough said to the anti- which it can reasonably be inferred that the de- “I know of no American rule, and l wish I had the
trust lawyers: fendants entered into a combination to depress or power to underscore the word ‘American,’ which
record to experienced lower the price of potatoes. permits us to try a man because of his size.
“jf you were to show this any “I might that I never tried a case in my life l presiding court and that
trial lawyer in the world, he would tell you that where say greater effort, work, more investi- “If / thought was over a
there not any evidence at all. a more with fine- I might have to sentence some person because he
was gation had been done, combing almost a was a great big fellow, or because he was a Lilli
“Honestly, I have never in my over forty years’ ex- tooth comb to gather evidence. putian, l would feel like resigning. God knows we
perience seen tried a case that was as absolutely “Hut, as was said a long time ago, you can’t make don’t want it ever to occur in America that the size
devoid of evidence as this. That is the honest truth. brick without straw, and you can’t make a case is going to determine whether a man is guilty or
like it.’’ ’ithout facts.” innocent.”
/ have never seen one
THE GREAT ATLANTIC & » PACIFIC TEA COMPANY
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THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950.
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