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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18
Assess Public Utilities at $1,tt2,74s.41

Trenton. N. j.. Nov. 16.-The assess
ments against street railways and 9th
err public utility companies were COM
pleted under the Voorhees, franchise
tax act by the state board OF asses
sors. and the total assessment Is ST.
l12,743.41. an increase over last years
valuation of 1885, IL.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18
Court InvaIidates Virginia Game Law

court tnVaHudteS virginia 1dme Law.
Norfolk. Va, Nov. 16.--The Virginia
law rigidly restricting the shipment
of game from the state was practically
rendered void by a decision handed
down by Judge Waddill in the United
States district court here. It Is be-
lieved that under this decision pot"
hunters, who were put out of business
by the Virginia law. will be able to
ply their trade again
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18
Mad Dog Bites Man and is Killed.

Bordentown, n. j., Nov. 16.-Georga
n. Wood, baggagemaster for the Penn
sylvania railroad here, was attacked
by a mag dog and bitten several
times while fighting him off The dog
was killed by Fred Smith.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18
Home from EIkins.

Rev. DR.. F. NJ Woods returned
home last evening from Davis-Ekins
College. at Elkins, where he was in
attendance at a meeting OF the board
OF regents OF which ne Is a member.
He reports the school to be In very
fourishing condition.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18

Seyfert, Pa. Nov. 16.-Berks eoun-
TVS champion corn husker is Milton
Epler, OF Seyfert, who in nine hours
husked Ill shocks Of corn. record
SO far unchallenged
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18

Jackson, Miss. Nov H. Both
houses OF the Mississippi Legislature,
have just passed bill granting I'm
munity to those tsstifying In bribery
cases
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18
Accepts Position.

Miss Dora Cody. East Martin street
has been appointed as operator at
the American Union telephone ex-
change
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18
Canadian Pacific, Bio Outlay.

Winnipeg Nan, Nov. 1.-THE Ca
madam Pacific railway announced it's
intention OF laying out new railroad
yards six miles west of this city at an
expenditure of 100000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-18
The Sick.

Mary Jane little daughter of Col.
End Mrs. James F. Thompson, has
Pneumonia.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07
THAT REMARKABLE DALLAS
COUNTY GRAND JURY REPORT

The Dallas county grand jury for
the April term Of the criminal district
court made the following report to
Judge R. B. Seay:
We were organized on the eth day
of April and have been in session al
most continuously since that date.
We have served se~venty-three days,
have investigated in all 16S cases, ex-
amined - witnesses and have re-
turned into this honorable court rs
true bills, being SO felonies and %
misdemeanors.
We find that the criminal district
court lin the transaction of it's bust
ness has enough cases on the docket
at present to consume three years
time; that it can try about 200 cases
per year; that the grand juries are
returning upon an average Of 100
bills each every three months; that
as fast as one grand jury completes
its labors another is organized and
proceeds to business, thereby keeping
the grand jury at work continuously
throughout the year, and returning
about 400 bills, thus precluding the
possibility of the criminal district
court ever catching up with its docket,
but, on the contrary, falling further
behind each year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

thereby secure a reversal. The rec
ords show that because of this prac-
tice, together with errors that might
otherwise be committed, about 20 per
cent of cases which go back to the
court of appeals are reversed or sent
back for a new trial.
We are told by the judge that it is
getting to be a hard matter to get
good men to serve on the jury in this
court. We answer that we are not
surprised. Two reasons contribute to
the making of men Of business decline
to serve on the jury in criminal cases,
and we find that many good men, who
ought to be willing to serve on these
juries, disqualify themselves in many
cases even to the extent of commit
ing perjury, because, as they say,
whats the use If We are drawn
from our homes and business, locked
up in the courthouse, to do Il duty
faithfully and honestly, and convict a
criminal, the chances are 20 to so per
cent that the case will be reversed
and our labor go for naught."
The other is that men have been
brought to understand that in the trial
of many of these cases hundreds of
witnesses who know nothing of the
case have been permitted to be sum
moned and examined to consume
time; lawyers have been permitted to
waste days in arguing frivolous points
raised for the sole purpose of wearing
out the case, and the cases have been
permitted to drag along and consume
four, FIVE, six and seven weeks of the
time of the court and jury that ought
to have been tried in a less number of
days, and hence the business men of
the district, and men of affairs, in re-
sentiment of this character Of prac-
tice, decline to serve on the jury.
1t is but Justice, however, to say
that this practice has not been in
dulged in by our present criminal dis
trict judge, further than is demanded
by a code fastened upon a people by
a tyrant king when more than one
hundred petty offenses were punish
able with death, and a system of tech
nicalities was instituted by the Judges
on the bench to save the people from
the atrocities perpetrated by their
bloodthirsty rulers.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07
Procedure Of our

To add to the already slothful con.
ditions Of conducting criminal cases,
and the protection of the defendant
in the criminal district court, we find
three characters OF cases-murder,
rape and robbery by firearms, provid.
ing that special venires may he had,
and after 10, $50 and $50 jurors have
been brought from the body of the
county, weeks consumed in the selec-
ton of a jury, trial is lad and the
defendant convicted. The court OF
criminal appeals takes up the record
in the case, and forgetting that so.
ciety has a right to have ito laws en-
forced against the criminal, forgetting
that the private citizen and the tax
payer have rights in the matter, pro-
ceeds to investigate the record to dis
cover some technical error committed
by the grand jury in its proceedings,
by the sheriff upon his return, by the
judge upon the bench, By some error
of omission or commission, even to
the extent that his counsel may have
lain in wait for the judge and in some
manner drawn him into error, that
this case may be reversed and that,
instead of the criminal and the people
getting their just deserts, he is turned
loose upon society.
In this connection we desire to say
that we mean no reflection either upon
the members of the present court or
their predecessors, but in plain and
digniIied language we desire to ex-
press our supreme Indignation and
contempt for a system which permits
and demands that such gross injustice
be pe%rpetrated. AS business men we
are constrained to view the admins
tration of the law as a business prop
osition and not exclusively as a tech
meal science to be understood only
by men IF the cloth, and when the
system under which the administers
ton of the Law Is conducted ceases to
reflect common sense and common
Continued on Page g.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07
NOT A MoTToBUT AN INVITATION

Bryan, Texas, has a motto which
reads stop and see Bryan grow"
That does not sound progressive; it
should be Hustle and help the town
grow" The trouble is too often that
local people stop to see things grow.
Keep notwithstanding Herald.
The Herald is thick-headed; doesn't
know the difference between an invi-
tation to passengers on trains and a
motto for citizens. The motto, or
Slogan" adopted by the Commercial
Club as a guiding principle for the
citizens of Bryan is: God first; fam
lily second; Bryan third"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07
Criminal Code Relic of Barbarism.


We further find, to our amazement,
establishment and surprise, that We
are operating under a code of Grim
inal procedure that belongs to the
Dark Ages, if not to prehistoric times,
a code which was in vogue in England
200 years ago, but which has been
abandoned for at least $50 years; a
code which recognizes the rights of
the criminal, but absolutely fails to
recognize the rights of society, the
private citizen or the taxpayer.
We find that in the trial of cases
in the criminal district court counsel
for the defendant is not required to
call attention of the Judge to any
errors about to be committed, to ask
for any special charge or assist in
any manner in keeping the record
straight; but that he may lie in wait
or in any n lead the court into
error, and, if conviction is had, raise
any question of commission or omis-
sion upon the part of any officer Of
the court in a motion for a new trial,
and upon failure of the Judge to grant
such motion may go to the court of
appeals with these questions and
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07
One Instance Is Cited.

We are informed that in a Grim
inal ease now pending lawyers for
the defense asked a few days ago that
500 witnesses be s%ubpoenaed as char
acter witnesses, men who knew moth
ing about the case, but the examina-
ton Of whom would probably take
weeks Of time.
In the case of a prominent individ-
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

Governor Colquitt is not promoting
political peace" by his Haunting chal-
lenge to former Governor Campbell
to enter the race for governor. Even
he may feel sure that the ex-
governor will not take up the gauge
battle, buster and bravado i'll be-
comes the governor of ag reat state.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

The press report says the sensation
of the Texas Bar Association meeting
at Waco was a paper by II. N. Atkin-
son, of Houston, calling for swift
trials, impartial action and speedy
punishment of murderers and other
.lawbreakers, adding that Judge Akin
son vas overwhelmed with congrat-
ulations by his fellow lawyers. II the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

dence should his mind from the read.
ing of an account of a crime receive
an impression, he is disqualified from
sitting on the jury. Hence we find,
practically speaking. that in the Sc
lection Of juries to try cases in the
criminal district court, We are driven
to the selection OF juries from men of
three classes. First, men who never
read the papers, or having read them,
have not enough gray matter upon
which an impression can be had; sec.
ond, men who are not concerned
about whether the laws are enforced
or not; and third, men without EN-
ployment and looking for a job.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

Some of the pros ridicule those who
plead for peace and ~deprecate strife.
The Eagle pleads guilty. We can see
no good to anybody in stirring up
strife by making unproven assertions
and by denunciation. If these are left
out there will be very little strife or
bad feeling in the campaign.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

There are t~hirty-four democratic
senator's and twenty-three republican
senators who favor reciprocity. The
opponents will probably be able 10
about thirty votes, all Of whom
are republicans except Senator Bailey
and one or two others who still call
democrats.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

There were few Fourth of July
casualties, but the five days heat
wave claimed about five hundred VIC
tins. If given their choice, probably
a majority would have preferred to
die celebrating.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

LAYERS Of Texas are sincere in their
p~rofessed desire for reform of court
procedure there is nothing in the way
Of securing it speedily. They and they
alone are responsible for the present
unsatisfactory conditions.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

In 1887 the statewide prohibition
election hinged on the personal lib
erty Of the citizen. Now we hear little
of that, but instead local self-govern-
ment seems to be the focal point.
Wonder what it will be twenty-three
wears hence?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

ual to be tried in Travis county for
the crime of perjury not many months
ago, counsel for the defense presented
to the Judge on the bench a directory
of the county, having some 1000
names contained therein, and asked
that a subpoena be issued for every
man in the county. What could be
more certain than that this procedure,
without regard for justice, the rights
of society or the taxpayers of the
county, was asked, not that a fair and
impartial trial should be had, but that
through the long delay incident to the
examination of these witnesses, JUS
tice should miscarry?
We take no stock in the theory that
because a man is intelligent, reads
the daily papers, keeps abreast of the
times, he is to be disqualified from
performing the duties Of a citizen in
the jury box. We find that in certain
rules, promulgated by the courts and
never dreamed of by the Legislature,
practically every intelligent man is
disqualified from serving on the jury
in a criminal case. The law contem-
plates that every man shall be tried
by his peers and that he shall have
a fair and impartial trial. under the
law and the evidence adduced in the
case. Every lawyer who practices at
the bar has taken an oath to support
the constitution and laws of the state
of Texas and of the United States, and
to see that his client has a fair and
impartial trial under the law and con-
stitution. He never took an oath to
suborn witnesses to perjury, to run
witnesses out of the country, to be a
party to the courts committing an
error, or to resort to 'skullduggery of
any kind in order that a criminal
might be turned loose upon society.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

1t is a matter for mutual c%ongratula-
ton among citizens that the mean"
temperature is not as mean as 1t was
the rain.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

Subscribers win confer a favor on
the management by telephoning the
office promptly when carriers fail to
deliver the paper, or when change of
residence occurs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07
The Criminal Lawyer, the Criminal.


Yet We find men practicing at this
bar under the nom de plume of lawyer
who are guilty of all these crimes and
more, and we hereby beg to suggest
and recommend that it is the duty Of
the bar association of this county to
investigate and disbar any such indi-
vldual from further practicing before
this or any other bar in Texas.
The construction by the courts
placed upon the statutes which direct
that if a man from hearsay or other
wise has formed such an opinion as
to make his rendering upon a jury a
fair and impartial verdict impossible,
every man who has a mind capable of
receiving any impressions from what
he reads and without regard to
whether or not, with that impression,
he can lay it aside and go into a jury
box and render a fair and impartial
verdict under the law and the evil
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-07

Continued on Page g.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-21
Raudenbush Pianos

Raudenbush & Sons, Piano Man
ufacturers, St. Paul, Mimi.
Pianos direct from the factory to
the consumer! Why pay the middle
man an extra profit Of hundred or
hundred and fifty dollars when you
can save this by buying through US
direct from the factory? The Raud-
enbush & Wesley Pianos have no
superiors.
We have sold a dozen Of these in
struments in River Falls in the past
two months Mrs. Elsie Gates
Fletcher, one of Wisconsin's finest
musicians and teachers, has just
purchased Raudenbush piano from
US. Others who have recently pur-
chased our pianos are Judge A. P.
Weld, Henry Elliott, Francis Valen-
tine, Frank Laramy, Pearl Currier,
Clara Lun9er and others.
Old pianos and organs taken in
trade. Pianos sent on approval, at
our expense.
Address, Raudenbush & Sons,
Piano Manufacturers, St. Paul,
MINI, or c. T. Gleason, Gladstone
Hotel, River Falls, Wis.
c. T. Gleason, Wholesale Mgr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-21
Red Cross Seals in 1911.

In spite of rumors that the Red
Cross seal has been barred by the
postal authorities, preparations are
being made for record-breaking
sale in Wisconsin this Christmas
season by the state anti-tuberculosis
association. The design of the new
1911 seal has been approved of by
Postmaster-G General Hitchcock. AS
in 1910, the use of the seal will be
restricted to the back of mail matter
where seal properly belongs. If
put on the front side, letters and
parcels bearing them will not be
carried through the mails. This rul-
ing of the postoff1ce department was
necessitated by the fact that many
have used the seals as postage
stamps. With this restriction the
department has fully sanctioned the
use.
The national tuberculosis assoCfa-
ton will this year handle the nation
al end of the sale for the first time.
Formerly the American Red Cross
association had been the national
agent. The national office, newly
opened in Washington, has placed
an order for 100000 seals, though
total sale of twice that amount, or
three times the number sold last
year, is anticipated, showing the
interest that is being taken by the
country in the campaign against
tuberculosis.
During the 1909 and 1910 sales
Wisconsin easily led all of the states
in per capita sale, selling last year an
average of 1.18 seals per person, as
compared with the 70 of the next
state, New York. Ohio was third
with go. Nearly 100000 were sold
in this state, which gave Wisconsin
third place in total sale, though it's
population is less than one-half that
of New York, which sold the great.
est number.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-21
Central Teachers Institute
Pierce County

High School building, Ellsworth,
Wis, Saturday, September 80, 1911.
PROGRAM
1000" Practical Agriculture,
c. j. BREWER
11:OO-Demonstr of Babcock
Milk Tester and other exper-
iments, w. CLARK
1880" Plays and Games in
School,"
(a) Value of Supervision.
(b) Good Games.
(c) Your experience in deal
ing with this problem.
Discussion will be opened by
Blanche FIesher and Frank Laugh
nan. Others will be called on.
12:0O-Noon.
1:15-Business meeting.
1880" Points for Beginners"
c. ]. BREWER
2:15-Plans and Suggestions for
the year, SUPT 0. F. MATTsoN
2:4O-Rol1 Call. Be ready to re-
spond with suggestion or a ques-
ton on some phase of school work.
Come prepared tc take part in
the discussions and to make known
your trou bles in school.
Every teacher in the county
should make a special effort to be
present.
The N. w. T. A. meets in Eau
Claire on Oct. 20 and Il. Plan to
go if you possibly can. School
boards are permitted by law to give
you the necessary time off without
having to make it up.
OSCAR F. MATTsoN,
County Supt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-21
AT THE NORMAL

The complete report of the last
examinations, which is not yet out
will be awaited with interest to COM
pare results.
Miss Nealie Nelson, who has been
teaching in Lacrosse has entered
the Normal school with the inten-
ton of completing the full course.
The Epworth League andChristan
Endeavor societies will give rec
option at the Methodist church Fri
day evening of this week for the
faculties of the Normal and Public
schools.
The attendance at the local Nor
NAL at present is 285, there being 81
high school graduates, 179full course
students, 4 elementary course stud
ents, So in the rural course, and 5
in the college course.
The breadth of work in the lang
uage department makes it necessary
to engage another teacher for this
department. A new teacher will be
engaged as soon as possible to as
sist Miss linn in teaching the lang
uages.
The attendance at the different
Normal schools of this state at the
end of the second week of school
was as follows: Lacrosse 315, Mil
waukee 604, Oshkosh 489, Platteville
292, River Falls 279, Stevens Point
272, Superior 358, Whitewater 282.
The various literary and musical
organizations have organized and
begun work. The Aurelia Literary
Society met Friday evening and
elected the following officers: Pres.
Edna Johnson; Vice Pres. Kathryn
Johns; Sec. Lalla Robinson; Treas.
Hazel Ceon.
The Glee Club has begun practice
under the direction of Miss Willett,
and the orchestra organized for the
year with Miss Jennie Strong Pre-
sident andVollorg Jensen, Secretary
The orchestra is practising under
the direction of Prof. Reed and will
play Friday evening at the Method
list church.
The standings Of the students of
last years graduating class received
in the Regents examinations, have
been received at the Office. The
highest averages were received by
Amy Larson, SO per cent, Harold
Walker, 92H per cent, and Ethel
Kolb, 92H per cent. In the Regents
examinati in June, 1910, the SEN
Tors of the local normal averaged
highest in the state.
The first social gathering of the
year was the reception given the
students and faculty in the gym
nasium. A cheerful atmosphere of
cordiality prevailed andsduring the
evening a program was given. Solos
were sung by Miss Willett, Miss
linn and ProfessorW Wright. andDor-
othy Fletcher and ElvaRitchey sang
a duet;Miss Schlosser read two sell
ections and Mr.. Ames, as Acting
President, made a brief address.
Refreshments were served in the
music room.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-21
West Wisconsin Conference

The West Wisconsin Conference
just closed very important session
at Sparta, Wis. ]. w. Hamilton, of
Boston, gave general satisfaction
as presiding bishop. Two new dis
trict superintendents-L. A. Bren-
ner for the Lacrosse district, and
S. A. Bender, for the Eau Claire
district. Mr.. Bender takes up the
work of F. w. Straw, whose term
had expired, and who is appointed
pastor at Sparta. Rev. 5. A. Bend
er had been pastor of the M. E..
church at Mineral Point for four
years and is recognized as one of
the abelist preachers in the confer
ence. The people of River Falls
will have the opportunity to hear
him in the near future. No changes
were made in the immediate vicinity
of River Falls. David R. Dunn, of
Menomonie, and James Benson, of
Grantsburg, were exchanged.
Delegates to the General Confer
ence at Minneapolis, in 1912, were
elected as follows:
Ministerial-E C. Dixon, Madison;
F. w. Straw, Sparta; J. w. Irish,
and F. w. Harris, Chippewa Falls:
Laymen:-A. p. Nelson, Grants
burg; Frank Jackson, Menomonie;
S. E. Wakefield, Reedsburg; O. E.
Gibson, Platteville.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-21
FARMERS NOTICE

Max Fem will give you good
weight and fair prices in buying
your junk, scrap iron, rubbers,
rags, metals, hides and furs. High
est market price paid in cash.
Don't make any sale without seeing
him. Be sure that the name Max
Fem is on the wagon before making
any sale. MAX Fem,
River Falls, Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-21

Don't fail to hear Thomas Nc
Clary at the NJ. E. church Friday
evening September 80.