The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-02-01
CIRCUIT COURT CON-
vENED LAST MONDAY,
Judge Rodgers Covers Wide Field in
Charge. Refers Most Happily to
American Flag and Disapproves In
harmonious Action with President.
Important Gases Before Court. Vol
Brock to Trial Friday.

The winter term Of the circuit
court Of Grenada county convened
at the court house in Grenada last
Monday morning with Judge II. H.
Rodgers on the bench and district
attorney J. F. Allen on hand to look
after the law violators in the inter-
csts Of the state. The first thing, of
course, was the cmpancling of the
juries. The grand jury was chosen
and Mr.. Ed Holcomb made foreman.
Judge Rodgers took great pains in
delivering his charge to the inouisi-
torial body. He discussed at length
the duty of grand jurors and that of
the law-supporting citizen and paid
his compliments to the shirker, the
Stacker and the slicker, which he, said
were found in almost every com
munity. He laid particular stress on
the duty OF the grand jury to indict
those who came into the grand jury
room and into the court house and
sworc falsely. He said that this was
time that every man should do his
duty and that if he didn't, there was
a way to make him perform it. At
this juncture, the Judge referred
most happily to the United States
flag and what the different colors
Of Old Glory meant, and he said that
he was glad to honor that flag and
that he was proud to live among the
people that wanted to follow the flag.
He paid his respects in no uncertain
terms to those who persisted in. fault
finding with President Wilson or in
persistently insisting that the Presi-
dent had made mistakes or that some
other way was better to do things
than the way the President urged.
He urged that cooperation and CO.
ordination was the thing needed Just
now among those in the legislative
halls of the Nation. The fellow, kick
ing against the war and the draft un-
doubtedly found little consolation on
the deliverance Of his honor from the
bench.
After the empaneling of the two
petit jurors, the court recessed for
the noon hour. On reconvening,
Judge Rodgers gladly consented to
give DR.. J. r. Countiss an opportunity
to address those present. DR.. Coun-
tiss had been requested by the War
Savings Committee to speak in be-
half of the War Savings campaign.
DR.. Countiss was presented by Mr..
Cowles Horton in few well chosen
words in which Ar. Horton took oc-
casion to utter few patriotic re-
marks about the war and the rea-
sons why this country could rot have
honorably kept out Of it. N Coun-
tiss talked for about forty minutes
during which time he brought Ger
man barbarities and atrocities vividly
before his hearers. He told them of
women in the districts Of France and
Belgium. overrun by the German
army, being ravished by German SOL
diers. He told them of how these
same Huns had tied Priests to the
ground and then from fifty to thou
sand men urinate in their faces un-
til death came. He told about little
children in Belgium being killed and
nailed to barn doors; he told Of chill
dren having their arms cut off and
women having their breasts cut off
and other barbarities beyond the
mind of civilized man to contemplate.
These things, Mr.. Countiss said. |
would come to the people of Missis- |
sippi. if we did rot awake ia the |
danger that canfronted the country
and get. every man. to doing some |
thing to win the lar. The speech was
well received and created profound |
impression. !
Sundary matters occupied the at
tention Of the court Monday after
noon. Tuesday morning the case of |
Oscar Lamb, charged with embez-
cling S1496.5O from what is now a
defunct bank at Sails, Miss, was !
called. Lamb was represented by |
Judge Robert Powell and Judge J. A.
Teat of jackson and Mr.. George Tcat
Of Kosciusko\and Mr.. Bruce D. New
som of the local bar. With this ar
ray of counsel, men not excelled for
legal ability in the state, it was at
once recognized that Mr.. Lamb would
have nothing put over'' on him.
District Attorney Allen was assist
ed in the prosecution by Mr.. Cowles
Horton of the local bar-a team for
ability and working powers indeed
hard to cope with. The first thing
in the Lamb case was demurrer
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