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The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29
CONNER

'~~ Conner. March 29.-We are having
plenty Of rain and the farmers are
busy planting their crops.
Mr. A. p. Sewefl is just recovering
from a severe attack of measles.
Mrs Owens of Palmetto has just re-
turned home from visit to her sister,
Mrs T. w Randall.
We are glad to see Mr.. Freddie Well
homer home again. He has been study
ing telegraphy in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. T. w. Randall visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Randall last Sun
day.
We are sorry to say Mr.. Fred Well
homer. Sr., who is in the crosstie busi-
ness, is crippled with rheumatism.
Whooping cough and measles are
raging in this community.
We are sorry to report the death OF
, Mrs. Hale. which occurred on March
23rd. She leaves five children and 9
host of friends to mourn her death.
The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29
OUT Of HIS Element


Chicago. March 2S.-The race ques-
tion came up in the Chicago Art Insti-
tute yesterday and threatened 10 dis
rupt the class.
\ young white woman, who is en-
ployed as a model in the institute.
refused TO pose while a negro student
who recently entered the institution
for instruction remained in the room.
The teachers tried to persuade her to
pose. but she fatty refused and a ma
jority of the students supported her in
the matter.
Finally the negro withdrew from
the room. relieving a situation that
had become very embarrassing for the
institute.
There was an effort made 10 prevent
the matter becoming public property.
for fear il would create prejudice. The
story leaked out, however, and there
is a great deal of feeling in the matter.
The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
County

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The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29

Cincinnati. March 29.-Becauss q
melodrama which she witnessed in
which the heroine lacked the guidance
of mother love portrayed almost exact
ly her own life, Elizabeth Cook. aged
81, committed suicide last night. When
she returned from the theater she was
greatly depressed.
Il have just seen a sad show, she
told her husband. Il never knew what
il was to be without mother until
now. Good-by."
Grasping a bottle of carbolic acid
she drank its contents. She died in an
ambulance on the way TO the hospital
The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29
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The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29
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The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29
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The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29
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the many friends. the mound of earth
that marked her last resting place,
covered with wreaths OF choice low
ers, was left alone TO await the resur-
rection.
The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29
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The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-29

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derson & Valentine, Leesburg, Fla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08

prised by an adverse ruling on a ques-
ton of pleading A trial can
be so protected and enmeshed in such
a complication of pleading and evil
dence as to result-not in every case
oh, no! but in the majority of cases,
in error which, under this pernicious
doctrine of presumed prejudice, will
nullify a conviction"
Speaking for the new law proposed
by the American Bar association, Pres
ident F. w Lehman said:
THE purpose of this bill is TO make
an end to those things which bring
the law into contempt and make me
and you ashamed of it when We are
arraigned at the bar of the common
sense of mankind"
Dean Wigmore of the Northwestern
University Law school, referring to
the Missouri decision cited above
said:
I'VE do not doubt that there are
hundreds of lawyers whose profes.
sional habit of mind would make them
decide Just the same way if they were
elevated to the bench of Missouri in
the place of those other anachronistiC
jurists who are there. The moral is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08


was dismissed because the word
father" was spelled farther"
In Alabama another indictment
was quashed because the letter 'f"
was left out in spelling the word
malice"
In North Carolina cause was found
to reverse decision because
breast" was spelled "brest."
In West Virginia a horse thief
gained a new trial because In the
Indictment the name of the state was
once abbreviated as "W. Virginia"
And these cases could literally be
multiplied by hundreds OF others!
In Missouri the court of appeals
set aside the verdict in a peculiarly
aggravated case of rape, although the
guilt OF the defendant was clearly
proved because the indictment closed
with the words against the peace
and dignity OF state" instead OF "the
state" as prescribed by the constitu-
ton.
Commenting upon this decision,
Hon. Frederick w. Lehman, in an
an address as president of the Amer
lean Bar association, said, with bit
ter scorn:
Had a mob assembled to lynch
the fiend in this case, and had ap-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08

peared upon the scene and pleaded
with them to let the law take its
course, they would have said: We
have no respect for law which puts
the definite article the in sanctity
above the chastity Of our wives and
daughters
Moreover, this decision was In the
face of the Missouri statutes, which
declare that mo Indictment shall be
deemed invalid or unprotected which
does not tend to the prejudice OF the
substantial rights Of the defendant
upon the merits"
Concerning this same phrase, pre-
scribed also by the constitution OF
Wisconsin, the supreme court OF that
state had held, on a similar conten-
ton that:
This formula is a mere rhetorical
flourish, adding nothing to the sub
stance of the indictment, and it is
dificult to see why the mandate for
] its use was inserted in the constitu'
ton. or course, the accused cannot
possibly be prejudiced or in any way
misled by the commission Of for
mula from the indictment"
The broad-minded court Of Mis-
souri, said: ''It is not a satisfactory
solution Of the proposition to say that
we know that was intended by the
conclusion in the case at bar, and
that 1t was a mere matter OF form
AS an instance of the medieva
condition of the law in this same
state of Missouri it is worth while Il
quote in extenso an indictment found
in the Woodward case for murder II
1905. This priceless document read
THAT G. W., and c. w, late of thu
the county of P and state Of Nilsson
ri. on the 10th day Of January, 1904
at the county of P and state of Mis-
souri,, did then and there, in and up
on the body of one E. P, then ant
there being unlewfully, willfully, fel
oniously, premeditatedly, on purpose
/. and of malice aforethought, make al
. assault, and with a dangerous ant
deadly weapon, to wit, club, whicl
, said club was then and there Of tn
length of four feet, of the breadth o
two inches, and of the weight Of i
pounds, and which said club the sal,
G. w. and c. W., did then and Their
unlawfully, willfully, feloniously
premeditatedly, on purpose, and o
Z malice aforethought, strike and bea
him, the said E. p, at and upon tn
right side of the head of him, tn
| said E. p, with the club aforesaid
and inf1icting on and giving to him
{ the said z. P, in and upon the RICH
side Of the head of him, tn
+ said E. P, one mortal wound
! which said mortal wound was of tn
/ length of four inches and of tn
y breadth of two inches, of which sal
= mortal wound the said f. P, fror
J said 18th of January, 1904, the yea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08

scrupulousness of the defending at
torney!
l believe that there can be no re-
form worth the powder until the whole
question Of crime and punishment is
taken from the hands of prosecuting
attorneys, of defending lawyers, of
jurfes, judges and courts of appeal,
and put into the hands of men trained
to utterly different ethics and ideas
that is. sociologists, criminologists
and physicians.
No man commits crime because he
wants to. There is no man, whether
he be the most hardened criminal or
the most brazen grabber of franchises,
who does not dread the sting Of being
branded as felon. The vast majority
of criminals, Of course, are simply
mental, moral and physical detectives,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08

which a more intelligent social organ
ization Of the future will largely elm
mate
For the present they probably cost
the healthy, decent people OF the
United States half billion dollars
year or more-that is, every family of
the nation pays a tribute Of $25 per
year or more to crime land needless
ly). This criminal class Is growing
in numbers and in expense yearly, and
this largely because, in spite of this
tremendous outlay, the administration
of criminal justice in America has be-
come a travesty and farce.
There is probably not tribe Of saw
ages anywhere on earth where there
Is not more even-handed justice and
better enforcement of the tribal law
than in the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08
DIED SUDDENLY.
"Acute Indigestion the Cause" How
Often do we Read this Heading
i'm Our Daily PAPER.

Dear reader. If your food does not
digest properly, but stays in your
stomach, causing much misery, short
ness of breath and fermentation, you
are the one that should constantly
have with you box of MI-O-NA
stomach tablets.
Two little MONA tablets taken
at the first sign of distress would
have kept many a death notice out
of the papers.
II you have stomach trouble of
any kind, start to get rid OF it to-
day. One so cent box OF MONA
stomach tablets will make you feel
like a new man. Two weeks treat.
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order stomach strong and vigorous
Guaranteed. mind you, for indiges
ton, dizziness, biliousness, bad
dreams. They clear the skin and
brighten the eyes. A box for only
so cents at Harper House pharmacy
and druggists everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08
Simple Observation-Disclosures

In her anxiety to set a good table
many housewife often incurs needless
expense. For example: in the maxim
OF pastry, butter will often be used
which, at its cheapest, is expensive and
gives no better results than can be OBJ
tanned by the use of Cottolene-tbe
vegetable-oil cooking fat; yet Cottolene
costs about. the same as lard, and one
ihird less IS required than either but
Ter or lard. Lard is still more exoen-
;ive because it contains hog fat and
leads to indigestion. You can save on
your Doctors bills, as well as on your
cooking fat, by using Cottolene in ali
your shortening and frying.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08

that our profession must be educated
out of such vicious habit of thought"
Judge Lindley, president of the Bar
association of California:
THE standard of professional ethics
is low, and the spirit of commercial
ism has invaded the professional ranks
and the lawyer himself has justly
earned some of the opprobrium which
stands at the door of the profession"
These are strong and brave words:
But they are from the few, the rery
few. They could have been said, and
probably were said, but with no
greater force, 20, 80, 40 years ago. But
what good has it done? What good
will it do now?
Twenty-Five years ago England
found itself face to face with condi-
! lions like to those in medieval, Chi
nese America now. 1t swept them
away with ruthless stroke, and is to-
day pointed to as "the leader of the
world in swift and accurate Justice
But consider for a moment the
storm of protest which would arise
from every shyster in the land if our
criminal judges were denied the right
of granting new trials And this
brings US, believe, to the root of the
whole evil. That Is the existence In
the community Of a body of men
whose business and profit 1t is to
cheat, obstruct and nullify the law.
How many members of the legal
profession are there In the United
States who would refuse, or have re-
fused, to defend at the bar men whom
they knew to be guilty, for crimes that
they knew to be vile?
A MOVEMENT FOR REFORM.
Under the lead Of men of high char.
acter, there is in the profession itself
a strong effort toward reform. This
has crystallized In the American In
stitute of Criminal Law and CriminoI
ogy with headquarters in Chicago. Al
ready, through its conferences, this or
ganization has done notable service
and l wish that its admirably edited
Journal, a bimonthly review, NIGH
be found In every library In the United
States.
But will this movement prove less
fitful than that Of 20 years ago?
1t was the late Goodwin Smith who
said bitterly:
You might as well expect tigers tc
clean the jungle Of their hiding places
as to expect law reform from law
yers."
Is 1t possible to conceive OF any
thing more fantastic than that the is
sue of justice should depend verl
largely upon the wit and skill, and, 4
may often be added, the utter un
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08

This is total Of 1924 for one state,
and in these IS years the number of
| cases tried has more than doubled
In the same period the population of
Alabama did not increase SO per cent
But does the reader imagine that
this imbecile mania of reversing and
upsetting decisions is the growth of
the last few years? Note, then, the
fact cited by Judge c. Caldwell, late
of the federal bench, that a work pub
lished in 1873, "Bigelow's Overruled
Cases" gave a list of nearly 10000 in
stances in Which the appellate courts
/ had overruled their own. decisions.
This was nearly 40 years ago, and
the business of the courts has easily
quadrupled since. l venture to say
that a list of $4,000 such instances
could be prepared now.
| In a volume of the reports OF the
supreme court of Nebraska, an official
list of III cases previously decided by
that court have been overruled by that
same court. In other words, what is
law one year with one set OF judges
is not the law the next year with an.
other set. What is justice one day is
injustice the next. Is it possible to
conceive of anything more chaotic, an.
archie and supremacy idiotic?
And the conditions and practices
which indict our courts, and especially
the courts of appeal, as simply an in
fernal machine for the obstruction OF
justice, pervade the whole profession
and practice of law in this country.
Let those speak who know best
Judge Emory Speer, from whom
have already quoted, says:
"a skillful or crafty attorney
though guilt is plain, though sentence
has been pronounced, though the su
preme appellate court may have con
f1rmed it, may, by repeated motions
on the same point which has already
been decided, renew his appeals ant
thrash over the old straw until a hor
rified people stand aghast that law
made for the administration of justic,
are utilized for it's shameful obstruc
ton"
Dean Lawson OF Missouri:
AC boi has WING " lCSdIu liz
successful practice of law to consis
in avoiding and interposing obstacle.
to a trial on the merits, notwithstand
ing that the shibboleths of the code
are fthat pleading should contain plail
statements OF facts, and that thes
should constitute actions and defenses
and that they shall be fairly and prop
erly construed in the interest of jus
tice. This is not saying that the,
relish this style Of success, but merel
that it is the only way open to Their
under the lawlese law that is to b
administered"
LAWYERS SEEK ONLY VICTORY,
Judge Amidon of the federal bench
I'm so far as / have been able to oh
serve, there are two motives that AM
mate every lawyer in the trial of
case In our courts; get a victory
you can. but under no circumstance
fail to get error into the record.
have in mind quite a distinguish
lawyer who spent three months pre-
pairing himself to be properly SUI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08

aforesaid, in the county of aforesaid,
until the 18th day OF January. in the
year aforesaid, in the county afore-
said, did 1anguish, and languishing,
did live, on which said 18th day Of
January, in the year aforesaid, the
said z. P, in the county and state
aforesaid, Of the mortal wound afore-
said died; and so l. L. c., prosecut-
ing attorney, upon his official oath as
aforesaid, doth say that the said G..
w. and c. W., him the said e. P, in
the manner and by the means afore-
said, willfully. unlawfully, felonious-
ly premeditatedly, on purpose. and Of
malice aforethought. did kill and
murder, against the peace and dig
nifty of the state
Although the jury found the accused
guilty OF murder, on evidence fully
proving the same, yet the supreme
court set aside the verdict on the
ground that the indictment did not
clearly say whether the mortal wound
was inflicted with the club!
These are not from the proceedings
of lunatic asylum, but from the su-
preme bench Of a great state.
Nor are these isolated instances In
exceptional states. In a strong mes
sage to the legislature of Florida,
Governor A. w. Gilchrist drew a Wig
orous picture OF the almost limitless
possibilities for delay in the techni-
calities by which the courts defeat
justice.
"DUE PROCESS OF LAW
Among the cases cited by Governor
Gilchrist was that of Mobley VS.. State
In which the defendant was convicted
in the trial court Of the larceny of 6
COW. The supreme court of Florida
reversed the judgment of the lower
court and awarded a new trial on the
grounds that the case charged the de
PENDANT with stealing a COW, whereas
the evidence introduced was that he
had actually stolen a steer.
This was held by the court to be g
fatal variance between the allegations
and the proof!
!, Governor Gilchrist added: 1T could
! get up enough data for pretty good
I SlNCu DOSA uCSlclOAS ny "AlSl
due process of law has run rough
, shod over right and Justice"
This is the law as it is administered
Consider now the effect. 1t is aston
/ ishing that it is extremely difficult tt
; obtain any illuminative figures TO
: crime in the United States as a whole
We actually do not know whether i
Is on the increase or decrease in thi
country. But here Is the record TO
. one state:
The supreme court of Alabama ha
= furnished perhaps more scandalous de
2 cisions than that of any other stat,
! in the union, save, perhaps, Missouri
] and Texas. And here is the logica
r effect as supplied by the report of tn
attorney general of Alabama as to tn
number of homicides put On trial il
that state in the last IS years:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08
THE INDUSTRIOUS
BREAKDOWN OF
THE CRIMINAL LAW

CONTINUED from Page Ten.)
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AT last took the advice Of friends
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Anxiously Waiting.

II do hope things will take turn
DOR the better soon. If stocks would
only go up!"
why, have you been investing in
stocks, my dear?"
mo, but father has promised that
he would buy me a duke as soon as
A. G. & w. touches 120."