The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-11-14
WHISKY CASES ARE
SUMMARIZED BY
JUDGE|N HIS CHARGE
THINKS THE RECORD HAS BEEN
GOOD COMPARED WITH THE
OPPORTUNITIES.
high GROUND FOR HEALTH
Civil Docket is Taken Up on the For
nation of the Grand Jury, the Mt.
Pleasant Cash Store Damage Suit
Being Called.

The new matter which entered into
the charge Of Judge Turner to the
grand jury Monday morning has &C.
casioned some very favorable COM
ment. Principal among the items
was the emphasis of the duty of citi-
zenship, and he likened the citizens
who professed to be interested in the
enforcement of the law and do moth
ing toward the turning up of violators
of the law or assist in the procuring
,of evidence as sounding brass and
tinkling cymbals." The Judge refer
red to the fact that at one time during
the present year there was not a fed
eral license in the entire district for
the sale of whisky, and summarized
the whisky cases in the county since
the passing of the act placing all the
liquor violations in the county in the
county criminal court. There have
been about one hundred of these
cases, some Of the defendants never
having been found, but Of the num-
Der that have been tried seventeen
cases have been appealed to the cir
cult court, one defendant escaped
from the workhouse, one case was
mol prosed, and one other nollied aft
er the defendant had been in Jail
seven months, two were dismissed on
payment of all costs, nine punished
by fine and Imprisonment, and the
others continued to the present term
of the court. The court stated that
when it is remembered that in all of
these cases the state had to rely upon
unwilling witnesses for the convicting
testimony, the results should be con-
, sidered good.
,, In reference to the duration of life
in the different countries Judge Tur-
ner showed where the laws of health
were properly observed that the ay-
erage was much longer, and said:
"The presence of communicable dis
: eases should be promptly reported
and the health officers should exer-
else all their powers under the law
to suppress them Laws have been en-
acted governing the operation OF
canneries, bakeries, butchershops, and
other food distributing establish
ments. The object of these laws is
to guard the public against impure,
diseased and unwholesome food.
Laws have been enacted regulating
the operation of hotels, and to pre-
vent the pollution of streams and wa
ter sources and various distributions
of disease germs. Where any OF
these laws have been criminally vio-
lated the guilty person should be
punished. We must take stand
upon higher ground for the enforce
ment of all laws, particularly laws
enacted TO pTOIeCI anu pieooi We 'he
public health. These laws effect
every citizen and should be en-
forced"
Immediately upon the charging OF
Jury the civil docket was taken VI
and the first case called was the
Mt. Pleasant Combination Cash
Store VS.. C. S. Jackson. The jury
chosen to try this case is Jim Mar
shall, Yves Hayes, Will Greene, Kirh
Foster, ]. H. Moore, RUDE Smith, J
S. Hickman, R. w. Thomas, Arthur
Murphy, Lowry Craig, Jerome Os
born and James G. Moore.
Trial No. Gordon Brown, Jonas
r. Amis, Jerome Osborn, James u
Moore, Arthur Murphy, Lowry
Craig.
Other names will be drawn and
this jury filed when necessary