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The Washington times., 1920-06-04

Before the trial OF COckrell began,
Mrs. Brown gave out an interview In
which she admitted she had received
messages from the spirit OF her dead
daughter asking her TO save shir-
ley" She told also OF a message re-
ceived telling her TO warn her dsugh-
ter. Mrs. Gay o'Donnell. not to take
the stand 20 testify against Cockrell
lest she 40 into a swoon from which
she would never recover.
Mrs. O'Dohnell did take the stand,
and she didn't swoon.
For four weeks now Mrs. Brown
and her daughter. Mrs. ODonnen,
have been sitting side by side In the
courtroom listening to the testimony
In the case, one hoping for acqutttal,
the other for conviction.
Hear Verdict Together.
Yesterday afternoon they sat side
by side and heard the verdict. And
after they had heard Il. one said,
Justice shall be done. the spirits
will not fail me-"
The other said; Justice has been
done. There are no spirits"
Mrs. Cay O'Donnelt can say IL now
with a laugh. She said il several
times yesterday afternoon. There
are no spirits--there are no spirits
She said II before the trisl--but she
said IL To convince herself Now she
says II because she iS convinced
Thank God, there is justice in the
District OF Columbia" she said yes
terday afternoon when the verdict
had been announced.
81 trembled lest justice should be
defeated when ! saw witness after
witness, expert after expert. take the
stand and swear that Cockrell was
Insane when he kSred my little sister,
Pearl.
But | could hardly keep from clap
ping my hands right there in the
court room when Assistant District
Attorney O'Leary riddled their testi-
mony and proved that the insanity
defense was a fake. III never forget
him for defending my little sisters
name against the slsnderous remarks
OF Cockrell and his friends,
with Judge Gould on the bench
and common sense jury in the box.
and Assistant District Attorney
OLeary prosecuting, thank God there
is justice in the District of Columbia" 4"
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
SON AND DAUGHTER GET
+ GEN. DAVIS ESTATE

The will OF Brig. Gen. John NJ. X.
Davis. dated January Z. 1915, was
filed for probate today. The testator
directs that the estate be held by
the Washington Loan and Trust com
pany In trust. TO be divided into hve
equal parts. three OF which are 10
20 TO the daughter. Mrs. Fanny q
Davis Hero. and two parts 10 the SON
John IA. X. Davis. The Washington
Loan and Trust Company was named
executor. TestAtor died May 70 last
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

q. Il. Lswlor. hailing from Wheel
ing, w. Va, is the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company's new
district manager in Washing ton. He
succeeds l.. ID. Mshon, recently trans
ferred 10 a similar position with the
company in Baltimore.
Lawlor has just arrived in Wash
ington. His telephone experience
covers a period OF seventeen years,
during which he has successfully
held numerous positions with the c,
and p. Company and the Bell Com
pany of Pennsylvsnis.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
VAN SCHAICK SILENT
ON TALK OF QUITTING

John Van Schaick, jr., president OF
the Board OF Education, today refused
10 either deny or affirm persistent
rumor that he had or would soon
hand in his resignation as a member
OF the board.
II have nothing to say" was all
Van Schaick would answer to ques-
tipns put to him regarding school
matters.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
ST. JOHNS TO HOLD EXAMS

Scholarship examinations Tor 81,
Johns College will be held at y
o'clock tomorrow morning at the col
lege, 1925 Vermont avenue northwest.
Brother Denis Edward. president or
the Institution. announces.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
COCKRELl MOVES
TO GET NEW TRIAL
Convicted Of Second Degree
Homicide, Slayer Files Mo-
tion for Rehearing.

Motion Cor a new trial in the case
OF Philip Shirley Cockrell. who yes
terday was found guilty OF murder
in the second degree for the death OF
This wife. Pearl. Hortense coci>fell. is
expected TO be argued before Justice
Gould in District Supreme Court next
Friday.
James A. O'Shea. counsel for Cock
rell, has announced that he will nle
motion for new trial, and the mo-
tion must be nled within four days
from the rendering OF the verdict.
should no appeal have been hled SEN
tence will be imposed on Cockrell next
Friday.
CockreII, according TO the law, must
serve a Sentence OF from twenty years
to life Imprisonment, withln the uis-
cretion OF the Judge.
Spirits. operating against the 'old
machinery OF the law, failed 10 save
Cockrell. who, according TO testimony
introduced at the trial, had been leo
TO plead insanity through mes5ages
from the other world. The case was
prosecuted by Assistant District Al
torney James j. OLeary.
The jury was out six hours-thelr
verdict of second degree murder be-
ing brought in about $50 o'clock
Yesterday II was received by the
defendant with the same calm spirit
of Indifference which has character
! lied his actions throughout the trlsl'
which has consumed almost month
having begun May u.
Mrs. Cora Cockrell. mother OF the
/ convicted man, swooned when the
verdict was brought in and had 10 De
/ carried from the courtroom. Mrs
I Coclrell was not in the courtroom
during the last few days OF the trlal
being kept away ~ nervous condi-
ton brought on by the strain or the
trial. She came into the room short
" after the jury went out.
Quietly she slipped in and took her
seat among the crowd OF curious on
lockers. 1t was not until she fainted
that those in the courtroom realized
that she was among them.
Insanity Was Defense.
The trial OF Cockrcll. Justice Gould
told the jury in his charge yesterday
was allowed to be drawn out because
Of the plea of insanity, upon which
the defense built it's case, and the
technical questions involved. Almost
a hundred witnesses were examined,
among them being three experts VINO
testified that Cockrell was insane.
Mrs Gertrude Brown, mother OF the
dead girl, whose spirit, she told the
court in her testimony, had urged her
to save shirley" was not in the court
room when the verdict was an
nounced, II was Mrs. Brown who
frat suggested to Cockrell, according
to the court record OF the case. that
he pIcad insanity. She said that
CockreIl at first said he. wouldn't do
it," but had later consented.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
HELP MAKE THE SOUTH "fflE
LAND OF THE GRAPE MYRTLE" /"

A reader asks where she can buy
Grape myrtle plants. Every Southern
ntrseryman we believe. sells them
and many Northern nurserymen also.
We have before us now IA Northern
catalogue In which the following para
graph appears Under the heading
"Lagerstronia- Grape Myrtle:
This is one of he prcttiest shrubs
and while hardly south Of the Potomac,
requires protection IN this latitude.
All. however. that Is necessary IL to
winter the plants i'm n cellar or similar
location where tthey will be protected
from very severe weather. Grown in
large pots or tubs, specimens six to
eight feet high can be produced with
little ditliculty. and which for two or
three months in the SUMMER will he
covered with flowers
If the people IN northern states apprc
ciate Grape myrtles so much that they
are willing TO try 10 grow them even
when il is necessary to plant them in
tubs In order to store them away il
winter. surely our southern people
should make more LIBERAL use of this
wonderful Southern shrub, Natures
special gift of beauty to our section
Here one can plant n Grape myrtle
sprout anywhere in the open ground In
late fall or winter. and ii will go ON
blooming summer after summer for
half IA century without calling for one
hours attention for cultivation, spray
ing. pruning or housing We know no
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
MOST IMPORTANT STUDY-MEN

Management today is thinking about
men-thinking about them as il has
never done before. More than year
ago one of the greatest electrical en-
cineers and inventors i'm this country
said TO group of us seated around II
long table in his executive Offices
Il came in from New York today. |
had asuitcase full of books: a lot of
them about animals BY thunder. you
can find out almost anything you
want to know about an animal-why
'posSum plays dead. why hunting
deg points. why Il devilfish sGuirtS
ink. and why cat has whiSkers. Why
don't we know more about men-men
in industry? What do they think. what
do they feel and what do hey want
Why is one perfectly satisfied to run n
grinder all day and another wouldn't
take the job for movie actors salary
When men strike what do we say?
Wages and hours. wages and hours
| | don't believe ii. I'll bet you half the
time there is something else in 1t, and
most likely it's more important than
either wages or hours.
You fellows think some of your
stuff is mighty complicated. but the
most intricate experimental set-uf
you've got is IA joke compared to the
mental machinery inside one of your
! factory workers. Find ont what's go
! ing on in his head. That's your jo
and 1t comes mighty close to he most
important job you have or ever will
have = Joseph W. Hays in Golfers
| Weekly.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
THE GLORY OF FIRST THINGS.

Adams glory was in being the first
man. and Ewes in being the first
woman. They have been talked of
through all the centuries for nothing
EXCEPT that they were the first to
live. the first 20 he tempted and the
first 10 fall.
And so it is with many other per-
sons and events that find their places
in history. Always it is the beginnings
of things that shed glory on the part;-
ciuants Chris oprcr Columbus has
lust been honored again because he
was .hc first to discover America. and
the landing of the Pilgrims is eele-
brated because they were the first to
coloniZe Massachusetts. Harvard re-
ioices in being the first institution of
learning inwhat is now The United
States and having set up The first
nrinting press. The first settlers of amy
community are always persons OF
prime interest. and the first man to
wear pan.aloons or carry an UNI
brella. il he were living today, could
coin money by putting himself ON exhi-
bi.ion.
If one wants to he remembered, one
has only to pick out the spot where
grcnt ETY. is to he built, or connect him
self with an industry that IL bound ia
grow, or to do something that Is bound
@ become the fashion. He Is at once
immortalized Generation after gener-
alton will speak his name and ON ami
yersary occasions orators will sound
his praise. He may he individually nd
greater than thousands who have come
after. but the glory of having been the
first will he upon him forever and a
day Columbus Dispatch.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
PILL PARSONS HORSE.

BiH Parsons of NJ. Pleasant, Idaho.
has II horse and he dosn't know
whether 10 trade him. Kill him or buy
him an ear trumpet. The horse Is Il
fine looking animal and he can travel =
The other day Archie Carson. the
mail carrier on X. +. ID. No. /. passed
Bill on his out trip and Bills horse
was Standing stock still in the road. AZ
Archie swung back to town again, he
passed Bill and the horse was sand
ing still i'm the road. A. Archie drove
home to dinner he passed Bill on the
edge Of town again and stopped.
lis that horse sick. Bil:' asked
Archie.
Not that know OF, answered Bill.
II amt noticed no symptoms.
Does he balk:' continued Archie
No he don't halk. But he's so darn
afraid III say wrca aud he wont heas
me. that he stops every once I'm n while
TO listeen. From Bulletin Of United
States Treasury Savings Department
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
PRESCOTT'S
NEW PASTOR
Rev. J. A. Sage Comes to Pres
colt as the Pastor of the
Methodist Church
REV. J. II. CUMMINGS
IS PRESIDING ELDER

Rev. J. y Parker. who served as
pastor here for four years. will 90 to
DeQueen. while our presiding elder.
Rev ], A. Henderson will go 10 FL
Dorado as pastor of that church. We
extend TO these two good men our very
hest wishes IN their new fields We
welcome our new brethren and trust
that their sojourn in Prescott will be
pleasant and useful to our citizenship.
Below we give the appointments for
the Prescott District:
]. II. Cummins. presiding elder
Amity and Glenwood. B. +. Mullins :
Bleyins, $. T. Baugh: Bingen. J. c.
Williams; Caddo Gap and Rosehoro,
l. y. Gade, supply; Center Point. y.
w. Hamilton: Columbus. :. 4 Mann :
Delight. Jesse Galloway: Emmet. 7.
H. crowder: Gurdon. W. W. Nelson,
''' W Berry, supernumery) Hope.
Achzo Monk; Hope mission. !. W.
anderson, supply; Murfreesboro, and
'apahy' j. II. Rushing Mount Ida and
"omole j, ~ Hamilton; Mineral
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
PRESCOTT, NEVADA COUNTY. ARKANSAS
TO ACCOMPANY
LEGISLATORS
q Governor-Elect McRae Accepts
Invitation to Visit Agri-
cultural School.

Governor r. c. McRae will ac-
kansas legislature ON their tour of the
Northern agricultural colleges starting
next Monday, it was announced yester-
day by Representative ]. r. Alexander
Of Pulaski county. originator of the
plan for the tour Mr. McRae def
nitely accepted Representative Alex
anders invitation yesterday.
Mr.. Alexander announced that he
had received 30 acceptances from seaa :
tors and representatives He said that
counties that plan to send their solons
on the tour should notify him not later
than Wednesday because it will be
necessary for him TO place his order
for Pullmans and dining car Wednes-
day night. After Wednesday night. it
will he impossible to add any names to
the list
The party will leavt Monday morn
ing at 9 o'clock over the Missouri Pa
Gifts railroad. Mr.. Alexander an
nounced that he will be in the lobby of
the Hotel Marion Sunday night from
6 to 10 O'Clock to meet the solons and
10 give them such information as they
desire. He will appoint committee
to be in the Missouri Pacific station
Monday morning from s 80 until the
train leaves. Members of the party
will get their railroad and Pullman
tickets from members of this commit
tee and are cautioned not to buy rail
road tickets Members of the commit
tee will wear badges SO that they may
be located easily.
A few of the members who are going
ON the tour have informed Mr.. Alex
ander that they will board the train at
kensett. HoXie and Newport and other
stations in Northern Arkansas-Arkan-
sas Gazette.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
M'RAE INFORMED
OF u. OF A. NEEDS
Governor-Elect Meets Board
of Trustees and Hears
Their Requests.

Governor-elect Thomas G. McRae.
Harry l.. Ponder of Walnut Ridge,
and Frank Pace of Little Rock, yes
terday were selected by the Board of
Trustees of the University of Arkansas
to represent the state at meeting
of educational representatives of Ar
kansas. Tennessee. Mississippi. Ala
bama. Louisiana. and Texas. at Mem
phis ON December IL. called by L. L.
Claxtou, head of the Bureau of Edu-
cation Of the Department of the In
terror AT Washington.
The Board of Trustees of the Uni-
versity met here yesterday morning,
of the University to discuss conditions
at the institution and its future needs.
MIR. McRae was given an outline of
the university's program for the next
two years in order that he might reach
a decision as to his recommendation To
the legislature when he assumes office
in January.
A resolution containing recommen-
da tions to the legisla ttre was pre-
sented to Mr. McRae. The resolution
asks that the mileage tax for main
tanning the University he increased
from four ninths of one mill to one
mill that special tax of two-thirds
of one mill be levied to provide funds
for IA mill;ondollar building program
and that two-ninths of one mill he
levied to maintain the University eN-
pertinent station and its sub-stations.
Arkansas Gazette.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25

other plant which for SO little trouble
will produce such a wealth of blossom
for sO many years and for such long
tine each year.
In view of all these facts, why
shouldn't every Southern farmer plant
at least one Grape myrtle this fall or
winter? AS we have said before II old
England. or japan, or France. or New
England had the monopoly Of such "a
plant, ii would long ago have become
famous az '''rhe Land OF The Grape
Myrtle" and travellers from all parts OF
the earth would tell Of seeing IL In bloc
som there. Why then should not oar
own South become famous as "rhe
Land of tho Grape Myrtle?
Put In nm order for one or two plants
when you order your fruit trees, grape
vines. and pecan trees this fall.-Thc
Progressive Farmer.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
SPREAD PROPAGANDA ON COINS

Propaganda. like surgery, has made
some remarkable advances during the
war A correspondent in Berlin sends
us a curious example of one develop
ment. 1t consists of two 1-mark notes
10th of which have been torn through
the center aS Il result of being folded
too often. They have been joinecd to-
gether by strips of adhesive paper.
and each strip bears legend printed
in red ink
The translation of one runs: Why
is the mark worth 10 pfenning: ASK
| I.udcndorff and Ebert - The other
inauires. why is the mark so tat
tered? Because the state finances are
.attered.
No private person is likely to have
taken the trouble to equip himself with
masters that are at once adhesive and
controversial. Presumably they are a
issue of the banks. 50 that
WORKOUT paper money may be puf on
It's legs again for fu5her circulation
and at the same time blow he dealt
To the governments old enemies
Manchester Guardian.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
COTTON Is CHgEF-BUT YOU
NEED HOGS.

Cotton should remain the CHIEF
money crop Of the South and OF the
average farmer. but the most ecoiomi-
cal production of cotton or any either
crop can only he obtained on rich so'l.
Therefore the growing Of other crops,
particularly iegumes, Is essential to
economical cotton production. But
when legumes and other feed crops
are grown. even when the legnincs are
grown for the purpose Of increasing
the organic matter and nitrogen In the
soil. livestock are essential, because
they offer the most economical method
Of disposing of the crops without fhe
removal of the plant foods they con
tain from the farm.
This is why the Southern farmer.
even cotton grower. should Increase
rather than decrease his hog crop. -
The Progressive Farmer.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25

Springs. j. Il. Sims: Nashville, f. L.
Doak; Orchard View. o. L. Walker
Prescott. J. \. Sage: Prescott circuit.
s. l.. Durham Washington and Ozan,
l.. c. Gatlin; Wheelen Springs. q. VI
Brooks. supply.
Students in Southern Methodist Uni-
versity. W. C. Martin and Paul {.
Stephenson.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
GAMBLING VS.. SOUND INVEST
MENT.

Twenty ON the red" says the man
who puts his money into speculative
chances "Aii Of IL where ! can get
II back with interest" says the mau
who buys government securities. War
Savings Stamps are always worth NOR.
than paid for them.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
A DAMAGING FALL

$50 Bill h broke. Is he? How did
that happenT"
~ rich friend dropped him - B1s
ton Transcript.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25

Household Note-~To preserve Lib.
crty Bonds. keep ia determination,
flavor with American pride AMI piacs
In dry place with time lock en- the door
for safe keeping.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-02
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You KnoWD Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young isto feel
young-tod do this you must watch your
liver and bowels-there's noneedse
having a sallow complexion-datkI rings
under your eyes-pinlples-als bilious
look in your face-drl eyes@W1th no
sparkle. Your doctor will teHtyou
ninety per cent of all sickness comes
from inactive bowels and liver.
Or. Edwards, a well~known physician
in Ohio, perfected Il vegetable COM
pound mixed will olive oil to act on
the liver and bowels, which nc gave to
his patients for years.
Or. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel. are gentle IN Their
action vet ALWAYS effective. They bring
about that natural; buoyancy which all
should enjoy by tonmg up the liver anu
clearing the system Of impurities.
Or. Edwards Olive Tablets are knoWp
81 their olive color. 1Oc and 25c.
Evening star., 1920-03-28
SOCIETY

in Washington. will leave this week
for a several months visit in Europe.
Mrs. Parkinson was formerly Miss
Edythe NJ. Fuchs. and was marie d
when Mr.. Parkinson was Intelligent q
officer In the naval aviation service.
Mrs. Parkinson Is an attorney at law
In Salt Lake. She will sail on the
Lapland on April 3.
Miss Ellen Frances Barton and Miss
Katherine Osborne Barton, daughters
of Col. Frank A. Barton. United States
Army, and Mrs. Barton of Ithaca, n.
V, are visiting their uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs Isaac Cans, at the Iowa
| apartment. They will spend the Eas-
ter holidays here.
| Mrs. Norman H. Davis, wife of the
assistant secretary of the Treasury
who, with their children, Miss Chris
tine Davis, Miss Martha Davis and
| Hugh w. Davis, has been at White
, sulphur Springs, returned to Wash
! ington Thursday and Joined Mr.. Davis
| at the Shoreham.
! There will be a tearoom in connec
| tion with the annual rummage sale
for the Children's Welfare Society. at
141O II street, on Saturday, April 3,
and Mrs. Jack Rogers will preside as
hostess. with number of well known
women to assist her. Articles con-
| tributed must be sent to the H street
address.
Mr. and Mrs. James w. Tinsley an
| nounce the engagement of their
i daughter, Irene Watkins, to Mr.. Will
son Selden Washington of Alexan-
dria, Va. The marriage will take
! place in April. Both Miss Tinsley
! and Mr.. Washington are well known
in the capital, the former being the
| sister of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Graves
| Adams and Mr.. Washington is the
son Of Mrs. Lawrence Washington.
| Special Singer at League Ball.
! At the Woman's Army and Navy
League Easter ball, on April Z. at the
New Willard. Washington people will
gladly welcome their first opportunity
of hearing Mrs. David Rose, who will
come to this city to sing on that occa-
sion.
| Mrs. Rose comes to this country after
! her great success in Europe, where she
sang in many cities and in several
cpurts, and where applause followed
her everywhere. Lieut. Santelmann,
Evening star., 1920-03-28

dies covered her birthday cake. The
grandchildren furnished music dur
ing the evening. Mrs. Hefiin is the
mother of nine children, of whom five
survive. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. r. II. Hefin and daughter Mar
guerite. Mr.. and Mrs. James a. Hefiin
and sons. Edison and Victor: Mr.. and
Mrs. Belfeld and daughter. Matte
Beale: Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C. Heflin and
daug hter Catherine, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hamilton. her two grandsons. s. l..
Hefiin and Curtis Heflin, and great
grandsons. Master Curtis and Charles.
Other friends We're Rev. DR.. Hayes
of Douglas Memorial Church, his
daughter EiiZabeth: Mr.. and Mrs.
Imblay, Mrs. Walter Kaye. Miss Laura
Evening star., 1920-03-28

Kaye. Mr.. and Mrs. Cook, Mr.. Har-
desty and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Har-
vey.
The American solidarity bali. the
last of the series OF three announced
last November as having been plan
ned by Washington Camp. No. 3o5.
Sons of Confederate Veterans. for the
season, Will be held In the big ball
room OF the New willard Hotel on
Wednesday evening. April 2l. This
ball will be given for the benefit of
the Confederate Memorial Home.
The ball committee is planning to
make the American solidarity bsll
the largest and most interesting that
has ever been held by the local camp