EVOLUTION THEORY.
THE DAYTON FARCE.
LAWYER IN THE PULPIT.
(Reuter.) CHICAGO, July 12
The Chicago Tribune's correspondent at Dayton, Tennessee, states that the school teacher, John Thomas Scopes, who is being tried on a charge of teaching the Darwinian theory of evolution, is as good as convicted unless a miracle happens. The accused's leading antagonist, Mr. \Y. J. Bryan, in his shirt sleeves; preached at' a service on Sunday. He said: "I fear the aristocracy of wealth; 1 respect the aristocracy of learning; but I revere the democracy of Cod." The oration was punctuated by a chorus of "Aniens'' from the congregation. Judge Roulsfon, who is trying Scopes, was sitting in a front pew.
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Waikato Times, Volume 99, Issue 16545, 14 July 1925, Page 5
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