The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-09-06
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GROCER WillTE FoUNpIaulLTY
OF VIOLATING OHIO, IS lPI,Re
FOOD LAWS.

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| Interesting Facts Concepatnm tins
NOnstIng OF Coffee Drough, ont Ii
6eicntlnc Dxperts-Prcgtacco OF Bac.
tariu.
TOLEDO, o., Aug 3.-Thc Jury III Judge
Mcck's court in this city has tonn,l
james White, II local grocer, guilty. oj
selling ndulteratGd coffee Tho prose,
cution was based on Il package Of Ar-
buckles Ariosn coffee.
Tho State Of Ohio, through, the Pure
rood Commission, prosecuted Wl,itr.
Iho caso was OIL trial for lieurly Il
month and attracted national utton-
tlon.
The manufacturers Of hriosa coffcc
conducted the defense for Grocer
White. The best attorneys III tbo
country were retained to defend him.
but, after short consultation, II vcr-
diet OF guilty wns returned E1y tlia jury
The State OF Ohio considers this i nie
victory. Pure Food Commissions,
Blackburn has bern wasug Il wnri.t,e
OH spurious food articles ,.n1 The de-
pnrtmcnt has been SUCCESSFUL
The complaint Of the state OF Ohio
was that Ariosa coffee wa9 con tea with
substance which conccalcd dcfcciB IN
the coffee and made 1t appear better
than 1t Is. The State charged this
contitg or glazing was a filVolAliG NO.
,lium for the propagation of 5actorin
Prof. G. a. Kirchmnicr. Of ths cstN,
well known chemist, ,Gas the pilna-
pal witness for the State 10 llad
made scientific examinations of Suiu,
pies OF Arlosa purchased igoui Grocer
White In the open market lIc found
that each Arlosa berry contained an
average Of 800 bacteria Mr Khch-
mailer further testified shot Other cot
fees he examined contained fcw bactc,
ria or none at nll. He declared thai
the glazed coffee was not Il wholesome
food product
Chemist Schmidt, Of CineiM>un, coy.
roboratGd the testimony ol Prof. lIirch.
liaiur. The Stutu titi nUt present Eur.
tllcr testimony.
The defense through the Arhucklca.
who prepared this glazed coffee, So
cured some Of the most eminent chpin.
lists and scientists In tho Gnitcd states
to give testimony In their bchnls Prof.
II. w. Wiley, Of the United Sin;cA Xxx
rlcultural Department; Prof Vaughn OF
Ann Arbor University; piofs Hlc!o
and Wcbber. Of the Ohio state Ilnlver-
slty, were called to defend Ariosa. ~.
Wiley had made careful cxafninat!on
Of the method Of manufacturing Aria.
ST. lie told Of tile 10000 coo eggs used
by the Arbuckles yearly IN the prrparn-
ton Of this glazing. o. thlS noint IN
cross examination, the States attorney
deftly drew from him the information
tlat these eggs might bc kept ii cold
storage by tho Arbucklcs for a year or
two at time.
testimony were pleased to be milo TO
"catch" SO famous chemist The doe.
tor ut one point In his tcstlmony cx-
plancd very clearly how Il is shat tie
egg put into the coffee pot by The. house
wife settles tho coffee, ilo said ;hat
the heat congulatcs the rgg, ana as lt
sinks 10 the bottom Of the pot II caiiles
the fine particles Of coffee VITA, Il, and
thus clarifies the drink. II IS tho net OF
cCnGU'nticn IN Tho coffne noi S'i,, noes
the work. Later on III his cross eN0nn.
lac Ion, he llnd 10 admit th0t " hp> ,hp
egg WaS put on Ariosa coffee ut tht
faciory It became o0D&nlatGd, Nnd lis
| esq cannot be coaguated bus nlpt ihat
the coNtln& on cpitecswiae plsts. 4 \ W; K!
valuc, as q NJatt'er2. Wnen II reached
tho coice BOT, 4a
prof, Wiley acknoWledged chat tNc
glaIing Dlight Da fQv a.8i tul
for tho propagation OF UuctelG,. III
though he would not testify positively
either way because he wa1 not,a bac.
teriologlst.
Prof. Vaughn. Of Ann Arbor also a
witness for the Arbucllcs. sall he
found bacteria on Ariosa coffee
Prof. Blclc, another wilucSa FOR tie
defense. found any numbcr OF lively
bacteria on Arlosa coffee no cxamIucd,
and he agreed that glazed cofoe surely
was Il more favorable medium for the
propagation OF bacteria than uupia2Gd
coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says: "Ihe State Is very much elatod
over It's victory against tins corpora.
ton. We are now considering the ,l-
Visibility OF Informing every grocer IN
ton OF the laws to sell ArioSa. n at
the same time give warning 70 con.
sumcrs that the coffee Is IN adulterat.
cd food article"
The verdict Of the jury In this case ! /.
OF rational Importance because great
many other States have pure food laws
like that OF Ohio. ind 1t - natural 10
suppose that similar action viii be
taken by other Pure Food Commits.
s!oncrs TO prevent the snlc of glazed
coffccs.
sVnshfngton's EastidiOur fiinnn,an.
Lawrence. earl OF Ferreis 4 distant
relative or George Washington, had n
most tyrannical temper. and one day III
Il I'll or passion he cut down with his
sword his steward, an old gentleman
named Johnson. The latter had given
no proyocation for the decd ana tie
crime was an act Of brutality iuoxcusa.
BILE save that the earl may not lnYe
been well balanced mentally. lie was
brought to trial for kIiling johnson
and demanded and received the pIiyi-
lcgc Of being tried by his pccrs.
The house Of lords was thronged DUR
Ing the hearing. The evidence proved
TO be conclusive, and Fcrrers was zen
fenced to be hanged at Iyburn. Ap.
peals were made to the king for elem.
cncy, but In vain. Fcrrcrs met his f& te
with considerable bravndo. lic wus
cnrcfully attlrcd for the occn$lon ana
insisted on providing sIlkpn cord Tor
tho pprNmOOV fro thfa w HIM il,n ~ nn,i