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FRANK LIKELY
TO TESTIFY AT
Urges Enforcement of Laws Regulating
Locker Clubs and Against Sun
day Lippling, Questionable Houses
and Carrying Concealed Weapons.
/ Judg* W D hillm. of th* Superior
/Court, delivered the following ad
dr*** lo the new (irand Jury, and
touched upon the Phagan ease:
‘Under our system of judicial pro
cedure. we ha «ie in the Superior
Court of this county six terms each
year. Grand jur' are drawn and
Impaneled at each term, but the du-
tiea of making Investigation* into
matters of a general nature, such as
the inspection of the office*, the
hooka, papers and records of the
Clerk of the Superior Court, of the
Ordinary and of the County Treas
urer. the duty of examination of pub
lic buildings and their condition, the
examinations of the lists of voters,
and the examination of convict
camps, the inspection of the jail and
such other matters concerning the
public welfare, the peace and good
order of the county at large, are re
quired at the March and September
terms
While such matters are
after by the grand jurie. of the
terms named, vet you are not pro
hibited from inquiring into such mat
ters if you deem it necessary, or if
our people me good and virtuous, but.
like all other communities, there are
bad people in it. The reputation and
progress of Atlanta attract* to it
large numbers of people from all
party of the country and some of
the worst people fiom other places
coiou here and add themselves to the
bad element, of our county, Let the
Grand Jury g**« aflrr the bad element
You indict all violators of the law
In Fulton County and the court will
see that speedy trial* will follow snd
that certain puniahtnent will be in
flicted on the guilty.
Should Net Exploit Crime.
I do noi sympathize with ths com
mon cry that humanity la all bad. I
do not believe that the tendency of
humanity is for the bad 1 believe
that it is unfair to cry out in * sort
of wail of despair because crime is
committed. I doubt if the holding out
to public view of all the frailties of
the human tide i* conducive to the
public good
"There Is no perfect* community
anywhere, and probably never ^ill be
upon the face of this world of ours;
but in trying to elevate and promote
looked good citizenship, In trying to suppress
‘crime and disorder, we should not be
led into the error of bringing reproach
upon the people of one of the best
communities jp the world by exploit-
j lng the misdeeds of a few
Continued From P ••• 1.
brought to vour attention by the! Let us rat her contend for reaching
, .... Solicitor General ,0 th * hi,h levfti of honesty and virtue
or the Solicitor General. [ «„d ul the same time ferret out and
Cites Violation of Liquor L*w. k punish the guilty who are upon us.
Von are impaneled at this ihe) and who. by their conduct, violate the
Ma\ term specially to inquire into which condemn the vicious and
• which give praise to and provide for
«nd take action upon cases of viola- t th „ well-being and safety of the good.
non of the penal .ode While you R.c.ll, Oath of Sacraay.
,re to consider all violations of the, w ,„t to remind vou of vour duty
Uw and bring to trial by presentment J un to matter* which occur in the
•r indictment all who are probably > Grand Jury room Your oath is to
keep secret the State's counsel, your
fellows and vour own. unless called
aiiilty of crime, I will call your ape
■ ial attention to some matters
Look to the violation of the law
against the sale of intoxicating liq
uors. Find true bills against all
who conduct clubs, which are run
for the purpose of selling liquor. Un
der the law. locker clubs can be oper
ated. but if a club is organized or
maintained for the purpose of mak
ing money by the sal? of intoxicating
liquors, those who operate or main
tain it are violators of the law
If a locker club, organized for so
cial pleasure, is conducted as such an
organisation, it is permitted that the
members may keep liquor as u part * f
the social establishment; but if the
sale of intoxicating liquor is the pur
pose and the social feature only an
• xcuse for the organization or opera
tlon. then those who run such nn al
ieged club are guilty and should oe
brought to trial
Defines Tippling Houses.
I want again to call your special
attention to keeping open tippling
houses* on the Sabbath day. Evei v
ub, no matter how’ well organized
snd operated within the Tew-, is a tip
pling house if the members are per
mitted to assemble there on Sunday
and drink intoxicating liquor*. Even
* private citizen would be guilty of
keeping a tippling liana* on the Sab
bath day if he allows hi* friends and
on to give evidence thereof in a court
of justice.
The object of the law Is to allow
the utmost freedom in the Grand Jury
room, in making honest and fair In
vestigations It is had faith, and a
violation of hi* oath, for a grand juror
to tell what transpire* in their delib
eration* but it Is not nn uncommon
thing for the general public to be In
formed of things that transpire during
the investiga tion of alleged (‘rimes
"Look to this and Ff there is a vio
lation of it. you should investigate,
find out who has betrayed the confi
dence reposed, and report to the court
the offending person "
Police Hunt Missing
Tallulah Falls Man
Mystery Shrouds Whereabouts of
Thomas Smithson, Who Die
appeared Laet Wednesday.
Mysteriously missing since last
Wednesday. Thomas Kmithson, chief
mechaak: at Tallulah Fall*, is being
sought Monday by the police.
. ... Smithson disappeared in Atlanta,
neighbors to assemble in his parlor J and hi* wife, w ho is here aiding in
and drink intoxicating liquors on 1 the search, fear* harm may have be-
Sunday. and this w ould be true even i fallen him.
f he furnished the liquor free or al . Smithson came here TusmImn to
owed those who assemble to bring h ] », a ve some repair work done on a
w.th them. I charge you to look .house he own* at 180
closely into this matter.
‘I wish to invite your careful at
tention to the law against carrying
on< ealed weapons. No man, und*r
the law. has a right to carry a con-
ealed weapon Officers of the law
may open1> carry them and private
persons may carry them openly by
obtaining a license, but nobody has ,\
right to carry a deadly weapon oon-
ealed. This is a free country, and
life and person ought to be safe in It.
"Good people d*o not go armed, but
the vicious and desperate do go armed.
The good citizen is certainly ns cour
ageous as the bad. and he 1* entitled
to w’alk in the pathways of life with
out being ai the disadvantage of b«-
ng shot down by some cowardly vll
lain who walks about armed ami
equippedi for slaughter.
Law Bars “Gun Toters."
If all men are to have an equal
showing, all ought to be allowed to go
armed or all ought to be compelled
o ro about unarmed. The law lias
de. id<Hl which equality shall ex’s:,
and it declares that no man shall go
about with concealed weapons and
none shall carry pistols even openly
unless he shows some reason for it
wul publicly procures a license
"It is claimed that public houses of
prostitution have been abated in thi«
county. Of course, it is desirable
•at prostitution should cease, but
i he abatement of the evil of lewd
houses in known localities makes it
most probable that assignation houses
will soring up. snd that the illicit
intercourse will be sniftea from
ljnown localities to dark and secret
i Jaees.
"A thousand such cases are not in
the aggregate so revolting as one case
of seduction of a virtuous girl or the
rape and murder of little Mary Pha
gan. I charge you to look carefully
and deliberately into all these mat
ters, and especially to investigate sus
pected places of assignation or houses
or places run for the purpose of pros
titution under the nanu> of rooming
houses.
“The Mary Phagan case call*
for your immediate and vigorou*
attention. The power of the
State is behind you. What ap
pears to be an awful crime ha*
been committed and the welfare
ef the community, the good name
o ( Atlanta, public justice and the
majesty of the law demand at
of this Grand Jury and
of all officers of the law the most
searching investigation and the
prompt bringing to trial of the
guilty party.
This i* a good community There
are thousand* of intelligent and law-
abiding people, a vast majority of
own* Hi 180 Hampton
Street. He visited this place Wednes
day, made all plans for the work,
and than vanished. He is f>I y*-ars
of uge.
Mrs. Smithson i* hi the home of
her half-brother. Alva Murdock. i»6
Howell Street.
Debts Paid by Mother;
Martin May Return
It Is Beliaved Missing American
Will Sail from London
This Weik.
I Speem Oable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 6 Although the .1.
Wilberforce Martin mystery remain*
unsolved, it is said here that his di»
appearance was arranged by hiacred
itors, to whom he owed about $300 -
000.
Scotland Yard received word fr.un
Memphis that Martin* debts had
been settled b\ his mother. He now
is at liberty to return home it is be
lieved Martin has returned to Lon
don and will aail for America this
week.
Gompers' Sentence
In Bucks Case Cut
Court of Appeals Reduces Punish
ment for Contempt to Thirty
Days in Jail.
WASHINGTON. Ma\ 6 The Dis
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals
to-day reduced the sentence of Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, in the Bucks
Stove and Range Company contempt
case to 30 days in jail.
The sentences of John Mitchell, vice
president, and Frank Klorrison, secre
tary, were remitted and fine* of $300
imposed.
Chief Justice Shepard d t.•-•son leu
Ik
HE THRIVES ON POlSON
CHAMPAIGN. ILL.. May 6.—Henry
Peter*, aged 60. a farmer, was alive
and we ! to-da\ Last night he drank
more than an ounce of nitric acid.
Ten da> s ago he swallowed two ounces
of au'phuric acid and recovered.
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detectives have been searching in a
young woman who I* said to have
been with Mary Phagan when Mary
went to get her pay envelope Satur
day noon at the pencil factory. The
Identity of the myslerloiiB girl has
not been disclosed The report is tha
she wsh overheard to remark that she
waited outside the factory while Mir;,
was in getting her envelope and that
after she had waited about half an
hour a man came out and told her sue
needn't wait any longer, a* Marv
would be detained by some work she
had to do.
The detective* immediately eiarted
a search for the young woman in the
hope that *he would be able to give a
good description of the man who toll
her she need wait no longer Miss
Beuiah Daniel, daughter of G. T. Dan
te] of Mabletoti, Ga wav in a Mari
etta store when she overheard the
converaatlon. but little importance wa*
attached to If until she repeated it to
her father He then notified the au
thorities and the aearch was taken up.
Bloodstain Teats Kept Sooret.
Dr Claude A. Smith, City Bacteri
ologist. to whom the shirt found in a
barrel at l.ees home w'a* given fur
un analysis of the blood-stains, would
not make public the result of hi* in-
veetigation this forenoon. Chief Dan-
ford said that he would receive til
report later
Chief Lanfoid.* secretary, G. C
February, was occupied thi* foreriom
in compiling ail of she statement*
made thus far to the detectives and
In making a review- of all the clew*
that had been received and follow** i
to their original source. The com
pilation will be added to a* new de
velopments occur.
Efforts to rap Lee Fail.
Hoping to catch Newt Lee in soot
admission that will signify that he ha*
more knowledge of the killing of Mary
Phagan tha he ha* been willing to
tali. Deputy John Owen, who has been
stationed al. the jail night*, has kept
a very close watch on the prisoner
and has questioned him repeatedly.
After talking with Lee for some
time last night, Owen posted a man
behind the watchman's cell to learn
what he would sayy to his cellmate.
Daw berry, who is waiting to hang f »r
murder.
"They seem to think you know- mori
about the murder than you have toM
them.' Dewberry was heard to sav ‘o
Let.
"I've told- them everything I know,
was t he reply
"They seem to think you’re try in ,
to protect some man, Dewberry con
tinued
"I declare, if 1 knew who did it. .
would tell quick enough and get im
self out of this." I^ee said.
Pastor Urges Inspectors
To Protect Working Girls.
Dr. Andrew R Holderby, of Moore
Memorial Presby rerian Church, re
ferring to the Mary Phagan tragedy,
yesterday urged that the city of A -
tanta provide women inspector* to
look after the working girls of the
city. He also warned parents not to
discus* the details of the affair wlMi
their children.
"Atlanta has been excited and torn
by the sickening crime," said Dr.
Holderby. "and the whole community
has become demoralized. But why
should we wax hysterical because
one demon has committed a. das
tardly deed? The crime has been
perpetrated, but it might have been
done in any other community. Ef
fort is being made to clear tlv mys
tery and punish the criminal, so why
should not the public be satisfied?
“This city is no worse than others
simply becau.se one such crime has
been enacted The people and the
police department are not to blame
for the deed.
Girls Exposed to Dangers.
"One note of warning however, may
be sounded. Atlanta can not be too
careful of her working girls, many of
whom are exposed to ihe most insid
ious of dangers
"I believe it is ihe duty of the city
to afford the very best protection for
these girls, and. of course, it is tne
duty of every familv to guard them.
Young girls who come in contact with
t lie public daily face untold dangers.
Mothers and fathers, after all, mus:
give them their greatest protection.
• Hut the city should provide inspec
tors to look Into conditions that sur
round working girls and the treat
ment accorded them. If this were
done efficiently, there would- not like
ly occur any such hideous crim *s
against pure and innocent git's."
‘Gigantic Joy Jag’
For Ad Men’s Club
Cafe Denechaud Will Be Closed to
Public Tuesday Night During
"Get Together Spree."
The Atlanta Ad Mens Club nas
announced a "Gigantic Jag of Joy"
at the Cafe Denechaud Tuesday at 7
o’clock It is to be a get-together
meeting of all of the members, and
the cafe will be closed to the public
during the dinner.
The following program, printed on
brown wrapping paper with red ink.
has been mailed to al! the members;
Regular three-ring circus and va
riety show.
‘(1) Da Riga Uaruso-Italiano-Spa-
gaiteo Dinner
"(2> Get - together - and - get - ac
quainted meeting
"(3) Smoker and vaudeville: corn
cobs. coffin tacks and perfectos—take
your choice Music, sud*. fun and
frolic and cabaret entertainment "
Governor Brown on Phagan Case
+•+ •!•#+ +•+ +•+ +
Let Law Take Its Course, He Says
+•+ +•+ +•+ +o+ 4**+
‘Guilty Will Pay, Innocent Escape’
From The Sunday American.
Joseph XI. Brown, Governor of Georgia, on Saturday night
gave to Hearst’s Sunday American ihe following ringing and sig
nifxcant interview in respect of the Phagan murder mystery:
By JOSEPH M BROWN, Governor of Georgia.
UES1KE to commend, with all the ernplmsi* at my command
The Hears) newspapers' suggestion to the people of Atlanta
and Georgia that they remember
the sanctity and majesty of the
law of the laud, and the sure op
eration of justice through the
courts,, ill contemplating a recent
horrible and unspeakable crime
committed in our midst.
t commend all newspapers,
and persons, and influences, and
things that hold fast lo the law
in times of anxious suspense, aod
when wild and irresponsible ru
mor runs not in a community.
We must hold ever in mind
that the people have established
the processes of law, and that
those processes work through
the courts, with judges and
juries.
Trials of criminals must not be
conducted in the newspapers, on
the street corners, in the cafes—
not even in the homes.
Trials must be conducted in
the authorized temples of justice,
and not elsewhere. They must
not be based upon suspicion or
hearsaj', but upon competent evi
dence, sworn to by the mouths
of creditable witnesses, or estab
lished upon such combinations of
circumstances as legally prove
QQy ff BROWN K'tilt or innocence of the ac
cused.
No elements of class favoritism or race prejudice should op :
erate either for or against a defendant or suspect.
The law requires, and jealously, the couviction of a criminal
beyond a reasonable doubt, and neither disconnected nor frag
mentary evidence will do in cases involving the life and liberty
of persons charged with infractions of the law.
A recent dreadful crime in Atlanta has shocked the entire
State beyond expression. *
It is known that a young girl, fresh iu the flower of youth,
has been foully murdered. That fact, and the place and some of
the primary circumstances of the crime are settled, beyond dis
pute—but no more.
Certain suspects are in jail—within the State's custody, safe
and secure. As yet no one has been indicted by a Grand Jury.
That point in the consideration of the matter will he reached in
its place.
Suspicions, street gossip, rumor, it makes no difference how'
seemingly plausible, have no place in shaping a verdict for or
against anybody now'.
The process of the State’s law' has been promptly inaugurated
and is proceeding in order.
There is no reason whatever to doubt that it will go forward
in dignity, and with all due haste, to the conclusion of the investi
gation.
'I'he Coroner’s jury now has the Phagan case in hand, and
is intelligently and fairly sifting the testimony. Where the Cor
oner leaves otf. the Solicitor will take it up, and thus on. through
the Grand Jury, to the court house, the judge and the jury.
This process lias been evolved of the long experience of the
Anglo-Saxon race the highest type of humanity on earth—and
the ultimate aim of that process is. and ever has been, the firm
and certain establishment of the truth, and consequently the in
telligent ami thorough application of justice.
In passing, and in further emphasis upon the necessity of pre
serving calm ami poise in the situation discussed, I desire to offer
the Hearst newspapers a word of praise in that they—leading
newspapers of the South—while being brave enough to print the
news as it developed from day to day, still were brave enough to
caution their constituency that it was. after all. merely the news
of the day, and not evidence that might be considered competent
in a court of law.
That was a manly thing to do. It reuewed and rejuvenated
my persistent faith in the fairness of Georgians, and in their ever
present desire to work justice to all and injustice to uoue. uo mat
ter how high or how low, or of whatever creed or cult, sect or
faith, color or condition.
The law holds the scales evenly between the Stale and the
accused, and at all times its eventual aim is justice. The State
exacts justice for herself and accords it to the accused.
I have been moved to say this much to you, and through you
to the public, in. the interest just now of fair play, of law and or
der all so dear to my heart, and to the hearts of a vast majority
We must hear in mind that the State is quite as anxious to
tix upon the right party the responsibility for this great crime as
any man can he. and that the State is infinitely better equipped
to do this than any individual, of his own motion, could be.
Relatives Left Only Small Share
of $115,000,00 Property of
Wealthy Atlanta Woman,
Bequeathing the bulk of her eetate,
•mounting from 1116,000 to J120.00C,
to Mercer University, the will of the
late Mrs. Barbara C. Dodd, who died
here April 80, was died for probate in
the Fulton County Court of Ordinary
Monday.
To the Grady Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Dodd bequeathed the proceeds of
a 82.000 fund for the maintenance .f
the infants' ward at the hospital. This
amount was left in trust with the
Centra] Bank and Trust Corporation
together with a like amount for the
Georgia Baptist Orphanage at Hap ■
ville.
A sum of 81,600 was left in trust
for the maintenance of her grave, any
excess in its earnings to go to Met
re’'.
Mi's. Fannie T Ackerman, of New
York, sister of Mrs. Dodd, receives
85,000 outright, while tier brother,
Henry E. Dibble, of,Campbell County,
was left the earnings of 85,000 placed
in trust with C. E. Currier, executor
of the estate. Barbara E. Dibble, a
niece, living in Montgomery, receives
82,000 and a handsome marquis ri.;<t
set with nine diamonds.
A11 her other jewelry is to be sold
by the Central Bank and Trust Cor
poration. the proceeds to go to the
Home for Old Women in Atlanta.
This will amount to several thousand
dollars.
The remainder of the Dodd estate is
bequeathed to Mercer University,
which, it is estimated, will comprise
an immediate donation of practically
8100,000. At the death of her brother
an additional 85,000 will go to the
Baptist college, it having been made
residuary beneficiary.
Mrs, Dodd was the widow of Phii'p
Dodd, a wealthy wholesale grocer of
Atlanta, reputed as a man of great
wealth. She had but the two near rel
atives. None of their children, except
the niece in Montgomery, was named
as beneficiary in the will. It is said
that in 1809 Mrs. Dodd destroyed a
will by which she had bequeathed
most of her property to relatives
JURY IN SMITH SLAYING SIXTY NEWSPAPER MEN ARE
OHIO AVIATOR KILLED.
AKRON. OHIO, Max 5. -In di,»»
of 200 feet Charles Carlson, aged 24. j
an aviato: for the Silver Lak»* Avi
ation Company, was killed to-day H
was crushed- under the engine.
TRIAL UNABLE TO AGREE
SPRINGFIELD. OHIO May o—The
i.ir> rj !he case of P Arthur Smith,
■ barged nith ihe murder of his wife,
disagreed to-day The jury had beer
■ ml a nee Saturday afternoon
ARRESTED IN MEXICO CITY
MEXICO CITY May 5—Sixty
newspaper men ©re under arrest, here
fora demonstration protesting against
the suppression of the radical news
paper* 131 Voto and Vox de Juarez
Expect Hawthorne
To Ask for Parole
Prison Board Probably Will Consider
Hit Plat With 109 Others
Monday Afternoon.
Julian Hawthornes plea for parole
probably will be among the 109 ap
plication* considered when the At
lanta Federal Prison Pardon Board
meets Monday afternoon. The fact
that a ruling of the presiding judge
*et the technical beginning of his sen
tence of a year and one day for us
ing the mails to promote a fraudu
lent mining scheme for November,
instead of March, when he was in
carcerated, makes him eligible to pa
role at this time.
The failure of R. V. LaDow. presi
dent 6f the board, and Sewell Key, its
secretary, to arrive early Monday
morning delayed the session, sched
uled for 9:30 o’clock.
Members present when the meet
ing was called and adjourned were
William H. Moyer, warden of the
prison; J. Calvin Weaver, prison phy
sician: M. L. Covington, parole offi
cer. and Frank Rodgers, clerk.
No. 1 Takes Children
As She Honeymoons
Back From Her Second Wedding
Trip. Mrs. Ted Mooring Accuses
Her First Husband.
Mrs. Ted A. Mooring, a bride of two
weeks, is endeavoring to locate J.
Thomas Long, of Monroe, Ga.. once
her husband, who, she says, enticed
away their two children during her
honeymoon. Police aid has been
sought, but no action could be taken
because Mrs. Mooring was unable to
produce the court order which gave
her the custody of her little girls,
Faye and Margaret, aged 8 and 10
years.
Returning to the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Edward -McDonald, 116 East
Fair Street. Sunday night, Mrs. Moor
ing was told that Long had called
Sunday morning and asked permis
sion to take th$ children out for a
stroll. They have not been seen since.
The American-Georgian
Pony Contest Vote Coupons
Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian
PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1913
GOOD FOR 5 VOTES
Voted for
Address
Voted by
CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT.
Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian
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SCHOOL BOYS' AND GIRLS’ BALLOT.
POTEAT DELIVERS
El
Furman University President De
clares Religious Despotism Has
No Place in Arnerica.
Forces Way in Jail
And Shoots Prisoner
Montgomery Lawyer Tries to Avenge
Slaying of Uncle—Crazy. ,
Says Father.
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. May 5.— W.
J. Fuller, widely known lawyer, rush id
by the turnkey at the county jail to
day. and. drawing a pistol. flr?d
through the bars of a big cage where
negroes were confined. A negro,
changed with some minor crime, re
ceived a painful flesh wound in tne
leg. Fuller intended the bullet for
another negro, Bud Hannon, charged
•with the slaying of his uncle, Consta
ble Thurman, here last week, bit
Hannon escaped unharmed.
Fuller's father*appeared at the 1ai
shortly afterward and' stated he would
sue out a writ of lunacy for his son.
the latter himself now being held as
a prisoner, charged with assault with
intent to murder.
Dr Edwin* M. Poteat. president of
Furman University, Greenville, S. C.,
delivered Sunday night at the Baptist
Tabernacle the address which he at
tempted to make before the Sociologi
cal Congress last week and which was
stopped by the presiding officer. Dr. A
J. McKelway.
"The National Stewardship" was
Dr. Poteat'* subject. He disclaimed
snv intention of attacking either Jew s
or Catholics, but stated that a discus
sion of his theme necessitated men
tion of the part played in history by
the Jewish race and the Catholic
Church; how that mission had been
fulfilled, and that now' the American
people were intrusted with the charge
of fostering democracy, both in gov
ernment and religion.
Dr. Poteat. in part, said
"America is commissioned of God to
guarantee personal liberty, both relig
ious and civic. Tn its final analysis
the struggle of the world from the
beginning of history has been one be
tween despotism and democracy. Rus
sia. Turkey and Germany—the latter
in lesser degree—are about the only
countries in the world where despotic
governmental rule still sways. China
is the latest convert to the rule of de
mo ora c*y.
Founded on Raligious Liberty.
"In religion it is the same Amer
ica is founded on ihe principle of re
ligious liberty, and the Catholic
Church, which represents the hardesr
and most stringent despotic rule, has
no place in America.
"As an American citizen, 1 claim
the right to fight a church that strikes
at the foundation of democracy in re- 1
ligion. The priest is exactly 2,000
years out of date. When the veil of
the temple was rent, the function of
the priest was destroyed and the indi
vidual was given personal access to
God.
"The Catholic priest is the most
enormous anachronism in the world
to-day And while we are bound to
recognize the right of every individual
to worship God as he chooses, the
American nation can not, and will not,
submit to the encroachments of the
despot, even in religion.
"The Jewish race lost its divine
commission when it rejected Jesus as
the Saviour. Up to that time it had
been the leader in religion. Every
great idea contributed to the thought
of the w r or Id came from the Jews; in
fact, the Jews were chosen of God. but
they rejected the stone that is the
keystone of the arch.
Jews’ Mission to Prepare.
"The Jews’ mission was to prepare
a soil for the reception of the Chris
tian religion, for they were the first
people of the world who conceived a
God or deity who was moral. In busi
ness and commerce the Jews* are lead
ers; in fact, there is but one city in
ithe world w’here the Jew is not at the
very top in business He met his
match in the Scot of Edinburgh.
“In America to-day. the immediate
conflict is between the bosses and the
people. The whole country is watch
ing Woodrow* Wilson in deepest anx
iety to see what he w'ill do with the
situation. But America’s world mis
sion is to establish and preserve a
•kingdom in which the people rule,
both in religion and in the national
Government."
ADJUDGED DEAD, COMES
BACK AFTER EIGHT YEARS
TOPEKA. KAN.. May 5—W. H.
Caldwell, who was adjudged legally
dead by the Kansas Supreme Court in
a s*uit by his wife for his life insur
ance iias returned to Topeka after
an absence of eight years. He Wt
Kansas on account of his domestic
trouble, he says.
The judgment for the insurance
probably will be set aside.
CHANGE OF H
LAIN GIN TEST
In King Slaying Case Supreme
Court Hears Argument Against
New Statute.
The Supreme Court is hearing to
day tne appeal case of Nick Wilburn,
accused jointly with Mrs. James King,
in Jones County, of the murder of
James King, her husband.
This case was the first heard in
Georgia under the Folker law, passed
by the Iasi Legislature, which gives
defendants a right to apply for a
change of venue in cases where there
is fear of mob law.
Wilburn has applied to Judge Parks
for a change of venue under the Felk-
er law. but his petition was denied on
its merits. After the case w ent to the
Supreme Court on appeal the consti
tutionality of the Felker law was at
tacked in an oral motion by Solicitor
General Joseph E. Pottle. As the con
stitutionality was not attacked in the
original hearing, the Supreme Court
is hesitating to consider the question
now on appeal.
A curious feature of the case is that
the Attorney General has joined the
defendant’s counsel in asking the Su
preme Court to rule on the law’s con
stitutionality. notwithstanding that it
was not attacked in the original hear
ing. The court has asked all attor
neys to the case to submit within a
week such briefs as bear upon the
point raised.
CRAZED RUSSIAN FANATIC
KILLS 2, FATALLY HURTS 3
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 5.—A
Russian religious pilgrim, who had
been given shelter last night by a
farmer living near Pskov, went in
sane during the night and attacked
the family with a hatchet killing the
wife and a child and fatally wound
ing the farmer and two other chil
dren.
The maniac then tried to commit
suicide. He was arrested.
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