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WHILE THE ORLD AGS. By B. Mcßee. It is just as well, perhaps, though not just, that the judge ruled against the introduction of testimony and ev idence by scientists in the Tennessee “evloution case;” for it probably has tened materially the conclusion of the trial without affecting the outcome. Such testimony and evidence would have been “irrelevant and immateri al,” to employ a stock phrase of law yers, because it would tend only to prove or disprove the soundness or weakness of the Darwinian theory of evolution of species and have no bear ing whatsoever upon the only question that the jury should consider: That of whether the defendant did or did not violate the Tennessee law. that forbids the teaching of the theory of evolution in an educational institution that is maintained wholly or in part by the state. The pro-evolution forces should take their scientists to the legislature of Tennessee and there try to prove that the anti-evolution law is all that they contend it is and endeavor to have it repealed, if they don’t like it; but so long as it is law it should be enforced, and any alleged violator of it should be tried solely on the issue of whether he did or did not violate the law, not on the issue of its merits as a law. * * * When, if ever, the merits of the law itself are to be adjudicated the evi dence for and against it should be submitted to a tribunal more com petent than is a jurv of 10 farmers, one cabinet maker and one shv ing clerk. It is one thing to be able to weigh and appraise evidence bearing upon the guilt or innocence of an al leged law-breaker; quite another to be able to give intelligent considera tion to evidence in support of or op posed to the principles upon which a given law rests, especially if those principles involve questions of a high ly scientific and technical nature. The probabilities are that an Agassiz or a Darwin or a Huxley could spend a week testifying as to the soundness of the theory that the first form of animate life on earth was algoea, and a Spurgeon, a Jonathan Edwards could spend a week testifying in refu tation of that theory and in defense of the Divine theory, and at the end of it the Scopes jury would know no more about the reasonableness or truthfulness of either of the two theories than it knew in the begin ning. But any ordinary jury, if the minds of its members are not muddled and befuddled with too much scien tific and theological matter that they cannot possibly grasp and understand, is abundant!'’ competent to decide whether a defendant did or did not violate a law that forbids the teach ing of the theory of evolution. • * • After having permitted his court to be used in the Scopes case for the trial of the evolutionary theory, in stead of excluding all testimony or argument that did not bear upon the guilt or innocence of the accused, it seems haidiy fair and just for the judge to forbiu the introduction of testimony in support oi th-t theory. But that suited the defense lawyers, because it gave them an additional grounds for appeal in the event of the conviction of their client—which, it is understood, they hoped for. So everybody ought to be happy—-but not so happy as everybody will be when this fiasco, -this travesty on the tra ditional dignity of the court, is an event of the past and forgotten. Speaker “Nick” Longworth, of the national house of representatives, aa vocstes a marked reduction of taxes “vn big .ncor.ics” in order, he says, “to discourage investment of capital in non-t xable securities.” That will please the recipients of big incomes. It would please them better, however, to free them enirely from tax-bur den. But whet about thosi whose in comes are mt cig? It wit! be rather hard on then. >. t they’re used to it. * * * Im-tead of reducing taxes for the rich as a means of discouraging in vestment in tax-free securities, why not legislate taxation upon securities that are tax-free? Invested capital should be taxed, regardless of what character of securities it is invested in. There should be no hiding places for wealth —places in which rich men put their wealth beyond the reach of the tax gatherer. » * * Tax reduction should come, but it should start from the bottom and work upward, instead of at the top. Il w uid be a fc«.d thing to exempt from taxation all little incomes, not the big ones, and the homes and prop erty of those who are poor and strug gling to improve their condition and to educate and properly equip their children. But when one talks that kmd of doctrine he is hooted down for talking “red” and squelched be cause he is a “bolshevik.” CITATION GEORGIA, WILKINSON COUNTY. Notice is hereby given that David Staten Island. N. Y.—Miss Jane Phenix, writes:—“l am from the West, for many years I suffered «from auto-intox ication due to torpid liver and constipation, my system was so badly - poisoned that my face was swollen to twice its natural size. I was con tinuously tired, weak and de pressed, had no appetite. I read your Tutt’s Liver Pill advertisement and tried them. After a few doses I began to improve. Tutt’s Pills have kept me free from a return of the Illness, and I feel like a new per son. Am never without them."^ At all druggists. Brookins, as administrator of the es tate of AnriTe Brookins, deceased, having applied to riie by petition for leave to sell the following real estate of the said Annie Brookins, deceased, to-wit: All that tract or parcel of land lying, being and situated in the town of 'Gordon, said state and coun ty, consisting of two acres together with one four room dwelling house and one store house thereon, and bounded as follows On the North by Colored Baptist church; South by M. C. Nelson; West by Amanda Scott, and East by M. C. Nelson, and that such endeavors as rum-running, prop order was made thereon at the July term, 1925, for citation, and that cita ion issue; all the heirs at law and creditors of the said deceased, will take notice that I will pass upon said application at the August term, 1925, of the court of Ordinary of Wilkin son county; and that unless cause is shown to the contrary, at said time, said leave will be granted. This the 6th day of July, 1925. (July 11-4 t) J. B. BUTLER, Ordinary, Wilkinson Co., Ga. Notice of-Examination of Teachers This xeamination will be given on Friday, July 31, and Saturday, Aug. 1. All who are interested in obtaining county license, state certificates, or having same renewed should write the county superintendent for particulars. While the regular forms of licenses, good only in the county where is sued, may still be obtained or renew ed, as heretofore, yet the new form I of state certification, which is rapidly taking the place of the county license, has some features that are perhaps not yet well understood. A circular of complete information on this will be mailed upon application to the county superintendent. J. T. DuPREE, Jr. Supt., Wilkinson county. Notice of Local Legislation. To Whom it May Concern: Take notice that a local bill will be introduced in the 1925 session of the neral Assembly of Georgia, the caption of which will be substantially as follows: A bill to be entitled an Act to pro vide for the exemption of Certain । Industries from County or City ad । valorem taxation in Wilkinson county, ' the city of Irwinton, the town of Gor | don, the Gordon school district, for ; a limited time; to provide for holding i a special election in connection there ■ with and to declare the result thereof and for other purposes. ' Gainesville.— Many improvements are being made on Gainesville & Northwestern railroad, including lay ing of 7,000 crossties and bridge re pairs. Notice of Local Legislation. To Whom it May Concern: Take notice that a local bill will be introduced in the 1925 session of the | General Assembly of Georgia, the i captiy^ of which will be substantially . as follows: ' A bill to amend the charter of the ' town of Toomsboro providing for an ' extension of the city limits of said town; to levy a city tax not to exx : ceed ten mills; that prisoners for violation of the city ordinances can be sentenced to the county chaingang in exchange for work by the count., gang on the streets of said town and the power to sentence convicts to Labor for a Violation of said town of dinances a period up to 90 days. SHERIFF’S SALE GEORGIA, WILKINSON COUNTY. Will be sold before the court house door in said county on the first Tuesday in August, 1925, during the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the following describ ed property, to-wit: One 50-horse steam power boiler and fixtures, manufactured by Con vinental Gin Co., and located at Toomsboro, Ga. Said property levied on as the property of A. Traxler, defendant in fi fa to satisfy an execution issued by the superior court for court cost of said county in the case of W. P. heavy and expensive to move, the Duncan vs. A. Traxler. Said property being machinery and same will not be exposed before the court house for sale, but any pros pective purchaser can see the same at Toomsboro, Ga. This the 7th day of July, 1925 L. P. PLAYER, Sheriff Wilkinscn county, Georgia SHERIFF’S SALE GEORGIA, WILKINSON COUNTY. Will be sold at the court house door in said county on the Ist Tuesday in August, 1925, within the legal hours of saie, towit: All tnat tract or land lying and be ing in Irwinton Militia district and containing five hundred and thirty acres, more or less, and known as the VY. P. Vinson Home Place and bound ed as follows: On the North by the Irwinton 'an Gordon public road; on the East by the lands of J. T. Dupree, Sr.; on tin South by the Ned Burney lands; on the West by lands of Sam Lavender and said land will be sold by me aftei legal advertisement of same and a. such a time and place as requireu by law .Levied on as the property of W. A. Jones to satisfy two executions, in favor of Atlanta Nation-1 Ban’ FOR SALE A large quantity of pulp wood, several thousand feet of original short leaf saw timber. Also large quan tity Clay Write or see MBS. C. H. RYLE GORDON, GA. THE WILKINSON COUNTY NEWS. JULY 25. 1925 against W. A. Jones, John Lowe, C. H. Cates and S. R. Owen; and W. A. Jones, Will Lowe, C. H. Cates and S. R. Owen, respectively. This July 8, 1928. L. P. PLAYER, Sheriff Wilkinson county, Borgia Victor Davidson, Atty, for Plaintiffs. GEORGIA, Wilkinson county. Under and by virtue of an order granted by the Ordinary of Wilkin son county at the June term, 1925, of the Ordinary’s court of said county, I will sell before the court house door in said county, between the lagei ‘hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in August, 1925, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described real estate, to-wit: One four room dwelling house and one-half acre of land lying, being anu situated as follows: On the west by public road leading fror rden to Cobbs Bridge; north . . Sun King; East by colored school, and South by street. The said tract of land known as tne Peter Massey home lot. Axso one rot m me town of Gordon consisting of two seres, more or less, .ui two 2-roum houses on it, and bounded as follows: -West by public road leading from Gordon to Cobb Bridge; north by Sol xsenberg; East by the lands formerly owned by Jordon Woodall, and South by A. M. E. church Jot. The said lot being known as the Mary Scoyners lot. This the 2nd day of June, 1925. (4t-July 9) O. M. HALL, As Administrator of the estate of Peter Massey, deceased. SHERIFF’S SALE GEORGIA, WILKINSON COUNTY. Will be sold before the court house door in said county on the first Tuesday in August, 1925, during the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the following describ ed property, to-wit: 1 Gasoline engine No. U. 8., 1 1771E 20 horse power, 3 clay presses and fixtures No. 4072 located on the property of W. P Dunean at Tooms boro, Ga. Said property levied on s the property of the defendant in .» fa issued from the superoir court of said county in the ease of W. P. Dun- & JOS \ L U&hi IL. 03 'J ■* BEAV ER HATS A Tailor-Made Hat For You A hat made-to-your individual measure could not assure you a more comfort able fit—a more becoming style—than you will find right here in our extensive showing of Beaver Hats. There’s a Beaver Hat here made for you to fit your head, vour personality and your pocketbook. And we’ll be glad to show it to you any time you call. FOR SALE BY E. M. BOONE TOOMSBORO GA. STANDARD BRED—BLOOD TESTED CHICKS REDUCED PRICES FOR MAY AND JUNE (Diarrhea tested chicks best for May and June. Cost on’- a penn more 'han ordinary kind. Seven practical varieties. Big hatches Mondays and Wednesdays, postpaid, 97 per cent live delivery guar. Write for in structive catalog or order from this ad. Satisfaction guar. OHest and 'argest poultry farm in South. per 25 50 100 500 1000 Anc„ Wh. & Br. Leg. $3.75 $6.75 sll S4B $95 Rocks. Reds & Buff 0.-ps. . 4.00 7.50 13 60 ' 110 White Wyandottes 4.25 8.00 14 65 120 Mixed & left-overs 3.25 6.00 10 45 90 You will be pleased with Norman’s chicks. Over three thousand cus tomers reordered from me last season. Get our neighbors to order with you and get quantity prices. C. A. NORMAN, Drawer 1440 G-10, Knoxville, Tenn. (5,000 pullets for sale. Mention kind wanted.) • can vs. L. U. Campbell to satisfy court cost in said case. This the 7th day of July, 1925. L. P. PLAYER, " Sheriff Wilkinson county, Georgia YEAR’S SUPPORT GEORGIA, WILKINSON COUNTY. Notice is hereby given that Mrs. J. W. Kingry has made application to me to set aside to her a year’s sup port out of the estate of her hus band, J. W. Kingry, deceased, and that the same will be heard at the Court of Ordinary, of Wilkinson coun ty, on the first Monday in August, 1925, and if no legal objections be filed thereto that the said application will be granted. (July 10-4 t) This the 6th day of July, 1925. J. B. BUTLER, Ordinary, Wilkinson Co., Ga. SHERIFF’S SALE GEORGIA, WILKINSON COUNTY. Will be sold before the court house door in said county on the first Tuesday in August, 1925, during the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the following describ ed property, to-wit: One house and lot located in the city of Gordon, and bounded as fol lows: On the East and North by the >public road; and on the South and West by the property of M. C. Nelson, said property levied on by virtue of a fi fa issued from the justice court of the 331st district, G. M., said state and county, to satisfy the claim of J. H. Bloodworth and Co. in the case of J. H. Bloodworth and Co vs. David Brookins, and levied on as the de fendant in fi fa. Tenant in possession and defendant in fi fa notified in terms of the law. L. P. PLAYER, Sheriff Wilkinson county, Georgia This the 20th day of June, 1925. 666 is a presci ption for Malaria, Chil s and Fever, Dengue or B Jious Fever. It kills tl j germs. CITY SHOE SHOP AND PRESSING CLUB Suits Cleaned and Pressed. AU work neatly and satisfactorily done. Shoes repaired at reasonable Prices. Phone me your order and I will send far and deliver promptly. T. J. MONROE, Proprietor. YOU WILL always find the Freshest and Sweetest Candies, the best Toilet Articles, a large assortment of Fountain Pens and a f ull and complete line Drugs at our Store. Visit our Ice Cream and cold drink parlor where you will be given the best. Prescrip tions filled by epert Druggist day or night. Only the purest drugs. GORDON DRUG COMPANY TYPEWRITERS J New, Rebuilt, Second-hand. Reming ton Portable with Standard Keyboard Typewriters for Rent. REMINGTON TYPEAVRITER m R. V. SHEPHERD, Salesman Gordon, Georgia P. O. .Box 146 FIRE. FIRE. FIRE Are you protected if your home should be destroy ed by fire tonight? If not you are making a great mistake by not having it insured in some good re liable company. I represent some of the oldest and safest in the United States and will be glad to talk it over with you at any time. Let me write a Policy on your home. Others consider it better to pay alittle for Insurance than to lose a lot by Fire. F. S. ENGLISH, Gordon, Ga. SuRE-fM PROCUCING ,MORS MUX Ar LESS < SAY-YOUR MILK 1 " CHECK^ GETTWG 0 \ x—| ' ko | v" I Vl Lu |H ty? 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