The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-18

paramount obligation in the pro.
n1ises."
Winter received its regular Of
ficiai recognition in Atlanta yester-
day, citizens Seeing their breath"
early in the frosty morning and
digging their overcoats out Of the
cedar chests, Clothing dealers
filled their windows with heavy
garments and the Georgia rail-
way and Power Company turned
on the strap heat.
Atlanta has a central heating
system not enjoyed by many
.SouthL.n cities. Steam from the
-big-city plant of the electric COM
.pany is piped all over the busi,
mess section of the city and sup
piled to customers by motor, just
like gas or water. Comparative
.ly few business houses bother with
having their own, furnaces, prefer.
ing to purchase steam heat by the
pound. The turning of the CEN
trail steam every fall is consider
ed official recognition of the ar.
rival of cold weather.
A farmer named S-ruggs from
South Georgia reports the killing
of a queer spotted snake as biz
around as his leg and twenty-five
feet long. A rope was thrown
around the reptiles neck and i,
was choked to death. None of
the neighbors could tell what kind
of snake the monster was but /,
may have escaped from a circus.
Being attorney on both sides of
a case and hardly being able to
tell whether he won or lost it is
the queer experience of Charles
y. Graham an Atlanta lawyer this
week. Mr. Graham was defend
ing Will Leroy, charged with as
sault and battery, in the court of
Judge Andy Calhoun, and So!ici-
tor Lowry Arnold was prosecut-
ing the case.
Mr.. Graham had made his eIo-
quenf address in behalf of the
prisoner and then his partner, At
torney Winchester, rose to add his
eloquence to the defense. Mr.
Winchester spoke ut length, and a
little bit more. Judge Calhoun
retired to his private chambers and
still The lawyers spoke. FinafiyiI
Solicitor Arnold looked at his
watch and remembered an engage
mem,
::i've got to go,'' ne said.
s.So;;e Some of yooaa yooaa lawyers SUIT: ssgH;n:t Up for
me? Say, Graham, you do it.'
why, I'm for the defense, >,
said Graham.
"That doesn't matter,,,' return
ed Arnold. "Say something, any
way 3
So5when Mr.. Winchester ran
out of words and breath Mr.. Gra-
ham got up, this time acting for
the State, and said:
eMay it please your absent hon
or. speaking for the State, adj
nit that the State hasn't proved
its case and therefore, on behalf
of the State, ask that you let the
defendant go.p
Then the jury went out and
came hack with a verdict off,
Guilty. 5"
Dalton, Ca, has two hunters.
R. H. Sapp and Sam Berry, who
brag that their hound Is the wis |
est and most valuable hunting dogl
IN Georgia. His name is Caesar. |
and his speciality consists in round-
ing up an the game in patch of /
woods and running it up ono tree,
saving his owners the trou-
be of climbing or cutting several
pieces of timber. |
I; Caesar was given q try-oat sev.I
eral nights az ) BY skeptiesl per-
IONS, and he chased four cc0ns up
1ne tree. When these mad iseli /
Killed the hunters beat the, woods
thoroughly but Caesar had IeftI
lary 4 posSIini at large.
The question Of peTnistingi
Georgia CONFLICTS pick cotton ifi
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