The Orange Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 356, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1925 Page: 4 of 6
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was also the birthplace of WiRiaih
Jennings Bryan. By colncltjdhc*.
too, Bi-yan was Scope*' “boyhood
Jiero," and the ’'Great' Comonnar"
made the graduating address to My.
cepted. *
'this spurred the defense, i Rap-
pleypa, although the technical pros-
wae the champion of the
Immediately
eciitor
defense. He immediately fought
additional legal aM for his (friend.
His problem was solved when Clar-
ence1 Darrow, the' great Chicago
Criminal lawyer, arid Dudley Field
Ma|ntte of: New York and Baris,
volunteered . tftdir services and were
welcomed into the defense fold.
Sometime later Bainbildge Colby,
former Secretary, of state and a
Constitutional lawyer, was ad Aril to
the defense array. And then BnlO.
Mackenzie, attorney general of Tbn-
took charge of the pfosecu-
COtf DfcNBEi) STATEMENT OF TH*! CONDITION OF
rieHSee,
tlonf
In tho meantime a move was
launched In Chattanooga to Initiate
a etst case there, because “Dayton
was too small to hold the crowds
certain to be attracted.”
This aroused Dayton’s civic pride
oRsolutions were
OXaNOE, TEXAS ■
$1 m ' £$&■■■■• i#j
r of hnsinttM, Tuesday, J4*6 !«*■
heat-
to fever
at a town meeting denouncing Chat-
tanooga's cltiXehVy. Fearful that
the limelight might yet be stolen,
Dayton persuaded Circuit Judge Jphn
T.l Raulston to call a special session
of the Rhea County Orand Jury to
indict Scopes. This was done on
May 25 and the trial set for July
10th.
Scopes, the center of the contro-
versy, is n mild-mannered youth.
He cannot be classed as a radical
and he is a firm believer in the
Bible and the Christian religion.
On the other hand he has just as
t 1,140,III,II
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7.100.00
28.SH.7I
’ 'M.
80.II1.IB
16,141.14
1.216.00 >
4.641.41
6,601.16
1,412,644.08
Loans and Discounts____—
Overdrafts——2—-----
U, 3. Government Securitise
Stoc^T^affeSm"
I ioo,ooo.oo
150,000.00
IM.44.60
IS, 15 4.6 4
24,400.00
25,000.00
Bank
Bonds Borrowed
Stocks, Bonds and other
securities.-------J—
Banking House, Furniture
and Fixtures—.______-
Other Real Estate Owned._
Redemption Fund with V. 8.
Treasurer-------------
Accrued Interest-------—
Tax Fund ______________
CASH IN VAULT AND
WITH OTHER BANKS
By WIHlnlm K. Hutchinson.
Staff Torreapondciu INS.
DAY TON. Tenn., July 9.—A chance
(urguincnt in a country drug store
(developed into tho “buttle of the
oentury.” which opens here tomor-
row when John Thomas Scopes, a
84-year-ol<I high school Instructor,
goes on trial for alleged violation
pZ Tennessee's anti-evolution law.
Out of that careless debate there
Jmls grown a national issue. Befoiig.
|t is finally decided the United ,states
pupremc court may lay down for
fttture generations a legal guaran-
tee of educational freedom to rank
alongside the constitutional
2,974*41.79
4 4,420,456.93
| 1,420,464.93
into existence."
When .‘Scopes finished, his
Dr. Ueomge W. itappiyea. a
civil eiul.teei, arose to say;
“Any man teaching
r »n»c®o»w * .
a. stork t. o. SUM a. f L.
w.W IE 'i-wi c
F. 1. ranr.ll i. B. KhFgrlaad
“ iM. Brown, Jr.
‘ V L. t, Btno*4n6tOta
OFFldHHR
W. H. Stark, Prog. l. O. Sins, Ant*. V. PrM.
H. J. L. Stark, V. Pr*4. B. W. Brown, Jr., V.
Pres., F. H. Farweil, V. Prea.
L. F. Bencfceastetn, V. Pree.
a m icVm'ST'g-. cax
v A. M. Wilaon, Aaiutstat Cashier.
from that
book is guilty of violating the taw.
Why, Scopes, you’re violating the
guar-
■ fentee of religious liberty and the
xH IBmancipatlon proclamation of Abra-
■ Dam Lincoln.
Wm Blohigy^ Book Basts.
V Four young men. one of them
ym Rcopes, participated in that far-
9 ‘Reaching drug store argument. It
flf (Was he who started it by comment-
7 lag on the newly enacted antl-evo-
07 lotion law, just passed by the Ten-
v nassee legislature.
.ELECTION NOTICE
State of Texas, County of Orange,
City of Orange.
lu compliance with the require-
ments of the City Charter and Gen-
eral Law* of the State of Texas,
art" clecwui, uuv-j. called for the
purpose of electing two (2) city
commlsisoneie for Wards Two and
Four of the City of Grange, Texas,
said election to be held on the third
(3rd) Tuesday ln^Muly, being the
21st day of July, 1925.
Said election sliall be held at the
following places In the City of
Orange, Texait, to-wlt:
_____ The law forbad*
pny teacher to “teach any theory
that denies the story of the divine
creation of man as taught in the
Bible.”
“I don’t see how any man can
teach biology without violating that
law,” wild young Scopes. “t don’t
(pee haw I <an teach from Hunter’s
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF,.,THE CONDITioN OF
The ORANGE
BANK
OF. ORANGE, TEXAS
:ioee of Business, Ttaeejay, June
Cash tn Vault and with
t 4,144,198.61
200,000.00
100,000.00
28,472.18
10,714.91
» 3*0,810.42
880,000.00
1,240.810.22
1,084,884.26
„ NONE
136,140.00
C«U Loans v----------—
Total Cash --------------
Loans and Discounts
Overdrafts----—-----------
U. ft. Bonds and Certificates
Bonds, Stocks and Securities,
Capital f tock Pdld tn —
Surplus ftikjMI—>
Undivided ProfRs------
v; • f 1 ' ' l
Unearned DllcdOUt —-——-
Reserved tor Interest and
other than U. 8. Govern
ment Bonds and
Securities —a..—;—
Due from U. S. Treasurer__■,
Federal Reserve Bank Stock
Banking Rouse. Furniture and
whether
In fnrim
4,«»0.8O
80,000.00
12.011.00
i, it inv
9,004.00
shortei
but not
Is useful in thn
bucket or dinner
state Cotton.Oil
mpany, Sherman,
w-A- cA0MfrirL’c>8h,#r aod *****
». BATEMAN,"Actant Cashier ,
J. H. DAVJD, Assistant C|ahler and in’t
Trust Officer.
R. C. MARSH, Assistant Cashier
■mmmb
YOUR
AKIN(
) mes on
BAKINf
POWDK!
ipF
except SMerdar
Entered Orange,
on Rates;
MIL? HABER
mormlng at 206 From St. bjr tiro Orange
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—SI MlilllNAWMiy
A^SwSTSSSr*thT«AwaaB of
morning at BOO Frond St. by the
P<>-ioffli - «• Bad 'lu*» matter.
One month Bo cents; ono year, BB.OO.
character, standing or reputation of any person,
» of Bha Loader will be gladly corrected epee |
to the attention of the publiahers.
H. 1JKA TO OCMBERLAND.
W. E. Lm and his estimable fam-
ily left OfAnge this mornin* for
Lebanon, Tenn., where he wifi com-
plete a Course In law at Cumberland
University. They expect to J>e gone
Until next spring.
’A* this time It seems fitting to
pav a tribute to "Bill” Lea for
the’ years of unMclfish service that
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for everything thkt he believed to one trunk highways. Later in the
be for the best interests of Orange ***• <* <n th*
and Southeast Texas, and his efforts
have been directed in such a man-
ner tut to get the maximum of re-
suite He does not claim all th*
credit for the innny accomplishments,
as his efforts would have been in
vain If not .supported by the splen-
did co-operation of local men and
fas,,™
he har rendered to hta city, the ,i«rtUUtton«i,,and these same agencies
have been fortunate
Hiiblnc district and to the suite as j feel they
a whole. His service to the city J having such a champion as
. <of Orange began as a commissioner, ) Lr«.
t from w’hlch post he was elected J This i» nilt nn obituary-
in
’Bill”
'•Bill"
ttam.vdr in 1920 and .re-elected in 1922. j nut through—he is merely on
t it wb:. during the period Of hid leave to hotter equip himveif to fight
tenure is mayor that Orange really jthe battles of Orange and vicinity.
ffiaE1”. | became a progressive city. i The completion of hi» legal cduoa-
ER f Through the efforts of his arfmhD! «<•» wl» f""her enhance his prow-
; IMraliofi thnl n comprchensice (civ- 1 “ch, an<1^ rnske him more effeicitve
, in his efforts.
lng program was carried out, the ,
‘ municipal wharves and docks were ! Orungc wishes him and hia fam
built and Orange began its active *>'l well and will be delighted to
operation as a deep water port, Bo | welcome them home next spring.
*.'has been intensely interested in the r ’' 0“
development of the Sabine district
waterways and the intra-coastal ca-
nal. project, and while he Inis lieyii
associated vgjtb George Bliss of:
WILL
MAI* OUT HIGHWAY
PROGRAM.
_______ rrrrr V_____ Chairman Frank Lanham of the
Fort Arthur and George An.hi son State Highway Commission and his
of Beaumont in these projects, the | fellow commissioners is preparing
people of Orange will always feel'for the regular monthly meeting of
that “B1H" has been the prime fa'c- the commission on July 13, which
tor in securing tile neoestary fede- will start the all-important work
, rft Co-hperatiOn to properly pr«t*c» J of mapping out the road program
Iqcal intermits in tim matter qf ap- 'for 1928. Chairman Tsinhah says
■propriatlons and allocations. ’(the commissioners will have little
T6« Hatilne District Deep Water or no money, to aliott »t the com-
Committee. Composed of Lea, Bliss | tug session and their chief concern
and Anderson, has rendered yaluatde^wlll be the 192C program to con-
servUe to this section of the stale, nect and effect n cnrdlnary system
and The' Leader feels that the latter of highways In Texas,
xtyraed gentlemen WtR cheerfully lat-ij This Jcft them with out little
in iliA Ira lim n#’ T nn ’d anmrl.iA ‘ ■ v- - — - - - - W .» ., ^ n — - 4 - -A
tost to U>4 yahie of’Lea’s service.V: < money for new prpjecta,
^volunteered this inforhiadout ’"what
As presidepljof the Texas HlghwaF
delation heyhas secured the neqbsr
then he
B^ry co-qper^tion between the
al, Iaiutslana and Texas highv
its to a
ighway
psrtments to assure the cormtricr
Sabin.
Dn ’ of a bridge, across the Sabine
yer here, and the building of a
3 per connecting highway through
Sabine marsh on the Loulsiann
Id*, endi work will probably tb*
I think We will do with the t92U
funds njot allotted to to go us fnr
as wo can In connecting dor stato
system of highway and make it
worth while to thb whole state.
“This is In fhffberancc Of our
plan for a cardinal1 system of high-
vvn^B lor Texas. >. Chairmun lantmm
adaO. explained for the benefit of the
rted on these prelect* within -.SO j4«4>>e that, the l'620 alfbt.mcbta
e ha» beeifan aggressive fighter ’^(U|«,,,g.apn nnd prcmldlng contipm
year, n« whole program »S 192i>
const, i.< lion lo make these counce
tlons will be outlined In a statement
l°n\PUprod'icted that «**
muntidy aeheltms of the a’ate high-
ways .ommlssloner for noun months
to come will see very little money
allotted and very few new high-
way designations made and the com-
mission Will be . Concerned Ip com
pleting work already contracted for.
'And so It goes. ' ' 1
The outgoing commissioners left
a big hangover, and when their
successors go oiit there will be an-
other big hangover in the shape
of ailottments and designations ag
(negating millions of dollars. As
for the people, they demand one
hundred cents worth' of material
and labor for evePY dollar invested
in v. high way*. They demand the
competitive system in the awarding
of,, contracts. They demand real
roads or highways for the hard
earned money which is taken from
their pockata
O-
" "b.‘
LAME buck ai.lev to be
CROWDED.
lift
Lame duck alley is to be crowded t
in the hoar future. There is a new
prohibition enforcement officer, and
he has a hew policy. Re. has di-
vided thb country ttito 21 adminis-
tration districts with 22 chiefs. He
is going to drop . f 00 persons fgom
tho Washington prohibition head-
quarters staff.
There will be 200 general agents
employed instead of the 900 now on
tit roil.
AU the police court cases in
the 48 states are to be handled
largely by local enforcement agen-
cies operated by the state. Dr. Cool-
Idge is the head of the economy
department of the government. There
are to be no idiei-B at headquar-
ters, no ornaments, no parasites, no
strikers who are the henchmen of
the big political leaders.
And the tax payers will welcome
the new order of. things.
. Day fan, Term., Ready for
* “Mattie of Centur#, ” to
Test Ban on Euolution
JEDFPOfrn NOTE—^The Brom-s
anti-evolution trial opens in-Dx,,.
” w.„ i n lire
ton tgopoikos
lng article tho htstery of the case
Is traced. The Issues of the
trial will be explained in a sec-
. ond article tomorrow.
OR
vie Biology’ without bringing in
law, and we ought to make a test
out of this thing to show the law is
unconstitutional.”
The other two debaters—Wallace
C. Hnggard and Hue K. Hicks, young
lawyers—said the same thing. “Anil
w-e’li help to proaeeute you,” they
added.
Thus was born the Scopes trial
and the test of Tennessee’s anti-
evolution law. Ruppleyea swore
out u warrant; pottng Scopes was
arrested and released on. his own
Gain*** his point, .Soupes-gM 3a. recognintndl fo await a preliminary
coWf of the book and read to his
< umpJhnion* the tallowing passage:
Urology teaches that millions of
year* ago life upon the earth was
i cry simple anu that more und
ruure.complex tonirs of life appeared
in lime.
“ihe great English scientist Char-
les Darwin, from this and other ev-
idence, explained the theory or ev.
oiiitum. Thu is the belief that sim-
ple 11111116 o£ life on the earth slowly
and gradually gave rise to those
more complex and that thus ultl
mutely Uie most complex forms.came
magistrate’s hearing. He obtlaned
the services of Judge John L. Uod-
sey, a iiayton lawyer, to represent
HipM
At the preliminary hearing Scopes
was bound over for the grand Jury'
under $1,000 bond- His friend. Hap-
pleyea, was the plaintiff, nml his
other two friends, Haggard and Hicks
hud prosecuted him. They all thought
it was good fun.
In the meantime, the little fire
ignited iips-the village courtroom
inis spread across America. William
Jennings Bryan, one of the nation’s
leading fundamentalists as well aB
thrice the leader of the Democratic
party, came to Memphis and in a
speech upheld the anti-evolution
Jaw, while offering hta services fto
the state in the prosecution of the
Scopes case. His offer . was ac-
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Hicks, Robert E. The Orange Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 356, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1925, newspaper, July 9, 1925; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth642041/m1/4/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.