The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-01

been uSCtlIllUtl NI'N N''' mummy
that Co, ercs-man l.. + Livingston OF
the Finh District Of Georgia has been
very active 600 tho cause ot the coca
cola people tor some time past
Congressman Livingston is reported
as having attacked The integrity of
Sccrctar, of Agriculture Wilson. pre-
sumably because Of his action In ref
crcucc 10 Coca-cOla.
and the infinmiy OF age Is given
ns the cause Tor Mi, action Secretary
Wilson kccnly rcsents reflections upon
his integrity or age, and 1t Is we'll
known fact in Washington that he Is
anxious to bring to Justice criminal
ylolators OF the pure food Law or any
other laws involving his department. /
From birmingham Ala. under date
of March II. we learn of the prosecu'
tion of a case against the Celery Cola
Company for violations of the pure
food law The case was brought be-
fore Judge Grubb of the u. 5. Court
the evidence was interesting.
one physician sworc that two drinks
containing the mixture of cocaine and
caffeine shown to be In this drink
mi-ht XIII child oi five years old.
Several physicians swore that car
feline should not be taken unless un'
der the direction of a physician or
trained nurse. They pointed out that
when IL was possible for people -
ndiscrimnatcly but this drug in \
drink AZ soda fountains and consume
il great injury To health is Liable II
/ was shown under oath that the dr'nH-
| ing of caffeine indiscriminately in cola
drinks was liable 10 produce serious
results on people afflicted with orsanii
diseases for which caffeine was abso'
utely injurious. In ither words. peo-
pie having diseases needing drugs en-
trcly different from caffeine, we're lla
BILE to great injury by consuming this
drug in cola drinks AZ soda fountains,
This feature OF the trial came ls a
distinct surprise and produced Il sen
sation. l. must be borne in mind
that We are simply reporting the case
as it was presented. without prclu
= dice
After being out seven hour 'c wry
in the Governments case against In,
Celery Cola Company broueh' In
verdict of guilty on March II.
For some time the experts iron
Washington have been working hare
ON this case and il is known that tn'
y points involved have been considered
important because oi future prosecu
| tions. Il was in this case that ih'
experts showed for the first time tln
caffeine i'm such drinks is deleterioi
to health and the verdict OF guilt
= upholds the contention of the pur
u food department officials
, The principal fight of the defcns
= vas not to uphold the drink agam'
which the Government was max IA
crusade. but to keep a verdict q
guilty from being found against IN
prominent Birmingham men who We
: in he company one OF the dcten'
ants was excluded in the Judge
charge. ON the ground that he VI
g merely a stockholder and not an u
ficcr Of the company The other
u sought 20 escape by the plea that the
u had merely put money in the Celer
Il Cola Company and had left the maj
q arcment to an agent. who had bee
told To axe charge and run the Coz
pany
u The question for the Jury 10 decic
Was whether or not iris authority d,
r cgatcd to the manager of the compm
had been suucicnt to warrant u
10 shipping of the particular jug of sl1
Is "a New Orleans which had been seiz'
10 hy the Government and ON which Il
: prosecution was based
Heretofore the pure food otticla
'o have prosecuted manufacturers az co
drinks ON the ground that they We
ST misbrandcd by carrying labels Whi
re we're false and misleading or that th
d contained cocaine The feature in 1
Ia Celery Cola case ,ha' a d-letsrio
lS iusr-dlcnt had been added In the shs
sh of caffeine was new
H. That the cas-, WAS taken serious
~ 10y the cocaco,a officials ot Allan
al was shown by the presence in I
io. court of Harold HirsCh, OF the law fiI
OF Gambler Thompson Hirsch, {
Cu,aCola attorneys Mr. Hirsch's
Z pearauce in birmingham Was consid
: ed as significant by the Goyerum,
( experts from Washington,
! Mr. Hirsch consulted now aud ag'
! with the attorneys for the Celery O.
people and II was noticed that the