The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

as to what I should do, and l am here | tonight at his command. l know these lawyers we'll enough 10 know, and those
 of you who have had the experience J have had with them know, there are
 times when you must do what they say,
 and almost sometimes swear what they l say, in order to prove their case" Unfortunately for such noble sNnti- ments, courts of justice. like great com mcnwealths, sometimes make allowances for that point of view. See, for example the final decree of Judge Grubb, district judge, in the case of Mrs. Adelaide Ever hart against L. B. Musgrove, in the dis trict court of the United States, Jasper division, in which the court found that
 the defendant Musgrove had violated his fiduciary obligations to the stockholders
 of the Walker County Mineral and Land Company, and rendered decree against him as a trustee, ex maienclo, requiring him to disgorge to the plaintiff to the extent of her interest in the company'S { lands which Musgrove, a director of the company, had bought for less than t-scir value without disclosing that he had ne- gotiated for resale to the Adlcrs. See final decree in Minute Book A, page 45S,
 in the office of the clerk of the United States district court. Musgrove paid the judgment on the 22d day of June, 1916 without appealing from the decree. OLD MAN MURPHY JOKE Next in the spech of the candidate fol- lows long story (over 300 worlds about
 how old man Murphy settled Mu1phy's valley, where everybody was happy hay ing the doctor away until
 "by and bye there came along a damn little fellow with a book under his arm and called himself a lawyer"
 The candidate next asserts that after much persuasion, and months and months
 .f .nff nca1' hn xxrac rc1fn dod finally agreed to make the race for the i Senate.
 "A great many people took it as a joke and published it as a joke, and said I wouldn't stay in. They thought I was monkeying with the game, balling up the game. and Mir. Chairman, 1T you will pardon me, 1 wouldn't mind telling another story"
 THE MONKEY FARM JOKE Here follows the well known monkey
 story" which constitutes Mir. Musgrove's chief claim to distinction. He began tell ing it in boom days in Birmingham about 1SS4-and has told it at countless festal boards, where convivial spirits held high carnival. The story ran on for over $50 words a-se constitutes one of the longest single topics in tae can didates speech in behalf of his title to seat in the Senate of the United States. As it is given a large part in the can didate's apology for his candidacy, it is
 fair that the substance of the joke should be indicated.
 l The monkey story dealt with some of his associates in the early days of Bir- mingham who had made some money with Mr. Musgrove and were apparently willing to trust him in anything he would recommend. He refers to them a | Hebrew syndicate" He claims that he got them to give him $50,00o, whereupon says he T raced around to the bank to place it to my credit so they couldnt t | get it away from me
 The candidate then told how he worked l up a hoax as to a monkey farm to raise monkeys (starting with about 5000 fe- male monkeys and 10000 male monkeys) ! to pick cotton. When the member of the I Hebrew syndicate was advised of this use of the money, he protested In the space of ten lines concluding the monkey l joke, the speaker made use of tue word 1 damn" three times, with great affect.
 l The monkey farm" is vay good
 story indeed for those old conviwal day: when mems sympathy for the Hebrew | syndicate' willing to trust Musgrove with
 $5o.o00 is slightly ossified by flagons of "one-h half of per cent" plus
 "FOSSILIFEROUS OLD ASSES" Immediately following this feat of eruditon and statesmanship the "moraP l candidate recovered his equilibrium with the following chaste declaration;
 Now, MT. Chairman, we have started