The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
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chosen by Rhea county's sixteen
justices of the peace under the
existing archaic legal system.
Sheriff r. B. Harris left on a tour
of the county this morning to
notify the twenty-nine talesmen,
most OF whom are farmers.
With both the State and defense
limited to three, peremptory chal-
lenses apiece, it was generally be-
lieved the Scopes jury would be
chosen from the first panel. There
was also a feeling that the panel
favored the prosecution because a
great majority of the talismen are
stout church members. In fact,
one. J. NJ. Kinds, Of Grandview, is
a Baptist preacher, while another,
E. c. Byron, Of Dayton is a Sun
day school superintendent.
The panel includes twelve Meth
odists. nine Baptists, three Presby-
terians, one Christ Church mem
Der, one Seventh Day Adventist, all
Of whom have been regular attend
ants at their respective churches.
and three talismen, whose church
affiliations were not known.
81 am perfectly content to rest
my case in their hands" said Wal.
ter White, county superintendent OF
schools who is Scopes prosecutor.
They are conscientious citizens OF
high repute among their neighbors
and fully qualified to sit in Judg-
ment on a subject so vitality az
fecttne the education of their chill
dren."
Solid substantial business men
who have won hard wrung success
in the Cumberland hill towns, and
veteran farmers, whose battles with
the elements have been even more
severe, dominated the panel. There
were fourteen farmers and three fruit
growers, including E. w. Hall. sec.
rotary Of the Rhea County Farmers
Union, In the twenty-nine chosen.
There were seven merchants.
Dayton, at least, believed the
State of Tennessee had won the
first round with the naming of the
Jury panel and the defeat of the
defense move for a Federal injunc-
ton.
Bible Quotations Abound.
The fundamentalists. who dom.
mate this mountain community,
have given Dayton a religious touch
by painting Biblical quotations on
walls, fences and trees. Some Of
them instruct the visiting public
to read your Bible" and to "be
sure your sins will find you out"
One, attracting considerable notice.
read. You need God in your bust
ness
John T. Scopes and his counsel,
John r. Neal, returned to Dayton
at 3:30 this morning exhausted rrom
a 100-mile night ride from Cooke
vile. They had to run through a
thunderstorm high in the Cdmber-
land hills.
why Dayton of all places" is
the title of a pamphlet being sold
at Robinson's drug store, where
the whole thing started. Tile
booklet tells just why this colt
munity was fore-ordained to De ire
scene of the great authorization
trial.
The Dayton city commission
adopted an ordinance prohibiting
automobile parking on either of the
main streets. It was the first
time in the towns history that an
anti-parking ordinance was thought
necessary to handle traffic.
Souvenirs-Side Lights.
All manner of monkey" souve-
Mrs are flooding the town. A
watch fob, bearing the imprint of
monkey wearing a straw hat,
is the most popular with Day..
tonians.
Thirty visiting newspaper cor
respondents were registered at Day
ton hotels this morning, with
scores more due during the day.
The local reception committee an.
nounced that 1871 correspondents
had made reservations for the trial.
| The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company has erected
ten and one-half miles OF new wire
10 permit rapid broadcasting of
trial news to newspapers and news
services. The $1,000 feet OF wire,
it was said. wouI be enough to