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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER
GEORGIA, JANUARY 26, 1934.
NEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
Hon. John T. Boifeuillet, secretary
of the stute senate, a recognized
Georgia historian and writer of
newspaper articles, was in a serious
" I condition in a private institution in
j Atlanta Tuesday. He had been con-
Dawson’s total fire loss for 1933, fined j n the hospital for
less insurance paid, according to an- weeks,
nual report of Fire Chief lvenney, was |
only $658. I
10 ESCAPED PRISONERS
CAPTURED SUNDAY
Powersville, Ga., Jan. 22.—Only
one of the 11 prisoners who escuped
i Saturday night from the state prison
several i catll p near Powersville was at large
| Monday, 10 of them having been rc-
The ministers of the Methodist, I captured Sunday, two near Byron,
Baptist, Presbyterian and Episcopal! ond * be "V'um. nea . r l ' ajl e y- A
O. T. Davis, 53, prominent Cairo | churches of Ft. Valley have formed ; were found hiding in wooded sections
banner and large property holder of a n organization, the purpose of which i an< * tbe brush was beaten Monday
that section, died Tuesday of a stroke ig to cooperate ani correlate the uncover th « eleventh man.
ol paralysis.
W. P. Wilson, of Fort Valley, was
elected president of the Georgia ho
tel association at the close ol its an
nual convention at Macon Friday.
work of the churches in that commu
nity and to counsel and fellowship
with one another. The organnization
will meet once a month.
I. E. Denson, 26 year old bookkeep
er at the Citizens and Southern
BANK’S BOOKKEEPER
ADMITS EMBEZZLING
$15,000 AT AUGUST.!
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 20.—Inman E.
Dewitt H. Roberts has disposed ol jsfational bank of Augusta at a hear-
his stock in the Valdosta limes and j n(f b( ,f orP jj. S. Commissioner C. J. ,
resigned as editor. Associated with skinnor, Jr., Friday entered a plea I Augusta, h-as pleaded guilty to
the news department in future will be ;,f guilty to u charge of embezzling' ~ r ' ' *
C. R. Griffin. j approximately $16,000 of hank
Dr. J. M. Sutton Friday lost his | funds and was ordered held for fed-
suit to regain by injunction the sal- o ra > c °urt under $6,000 bond,
ary and authority ol state veterinari- N w Green, 37, Bibb county
an, but his attorney announced an , dairyman, Saturday morning was
appeal would be taken to the supreme f oum j hanged in a cell in the Bibb
court immediately. county jail, where he had been held
Three Cedartown prisoners were' f or two days awaiting a sanity hear-
Tuesuay overcome by smoke and had >"«• A coroner's jury investigated and
to be curried to a hospitul as the re- 1 found that the man came to his death
suit of a jail fire. The lire occurred f rnm a broken ne.-k and In the opin-
in the county jail where the city 1 J on °f the jurors he took his own
prisoners were also lodged. i *" e-
Bargain prices on motor vehicle Si f district engineers hereafter
tags will be increased after Feb. 1. '" ust u P»!‘ 0Ve CWA j )r . 0 J ec t ts f b . efo " e
aL th-t ,!,.»« motorists rtrivino i the >' W 'H ba .considered by state head
ers, Miss Gay Sliepperson, state
director announces. The six engineers
are J. T. Durrett, Jr., Albany; J. C.
Holmes, Wuyeross; Gerard Swarthout
Dr. Ulrich 'Donnell Phillips, 56, na- I Swainsboro; T. J. Blount, Macon; H.
tive of LaGrange, Ga., professor of j A. Glass, Athens and J. H. Watkins
American history at Yale University Marietta.
EVANGELIST FLEES
WITH POKER PROFITS
REV. PERCENTS FAILS TO MAKE
SCHEDULED LECTURES AT
MACON WHEN DETECTIVES
DISCLOSE SATURDAY NIGHT
ACTIVITIES IN MOKE FERTILE
FIELDS OF CARD PLAYING.
The Macon Telegraph of Tuesday
tells the following unusual ur.d most
interesting story;
Stern silence on the part of
churchmen und irate muttering on
the part of “honest gamblers” weie
After that date motorists driving i
cars purchased before Feb. 1 will I
have to pay a penalty of $1.60 maK- .
ing their tags $4.60 instead of $3. |
and an authority on the history of
his native south, died Monday at
New Huven, Conn., of a cancer of the
throat.
More than 2,000 carloads of cab
bage will be shipped from Colquitt
and six nearby counties next April
and May, truck growers of that sec
tion estimate. This will be by far the
biggest cabbage crop ever produced
in this area, it is said.
The Atlanta Ice and Brewing Co.,
of Atlanta, was robbed of $1,300 Mon
day by two men who looted an open
safe while three employes were held
harmless at a pistol’s point. The huge
brewery, was navigated knowingly by
the two bandits, who made their way
to the office unnoticed.
Gudger Lloyd Harper, 22, Macon
shipping clerk, “came to his death
from shock while taking an electric
treatment from the diathermy ma-
DOOLY COUNTY GETS
*65,000 PWA FUND
Washington, Jan. 21.—The PWA
Sunday announced allotments totaling
$2,930,200 for non federal projects in
18 states. Included was Dooly county
Georgia, school, $65,000.
BLACK HOME DAMAGED
Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 20.—Fire of
undetermined origin damaged the
roof and upper floors of the residence
of Dr. C. M. Black Wesdr.esday to an
estimated amount of $4,500. The loss
is partially covered by insurance.
MRS. LULA HUNT
Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 20.—Mrs.
Lula Hunt, 79, died January 15, from
burns when her clothing caught
charge of embezzling approximately
$15,000 of bank funds. He was or
dered held for Federal Court under
bond. M. H. Barnes, Savannah audi
tor, testified that Deason changed
customer statements and bank ledg
ers.
EDITOR JACK MAJOR
CRITICALLY INJURED
Griffin, Ga., Jan. 18.—Editor Jack
Major, of Pike County Journal, was
taken to a hospital at Griffin Thurs
day morning in a critical condition
ns a result of- an automobile accident
Tuesday.
Mr. Major was injured about the
head in the wreck which occurred
near Thomaston. His condition was
so serious that no visitors were al
lowed in his room.
Denson, 26, bookkeeper at the Citi-1 all that was left to Macon yesterday
zens and Southern National Bank of | of Rev. Joe Pereente, whose sched
uled evangleical lectures in two
churches Sunday were spoiled by his
poker profits.
Rev. Joe, who displayed newspaper
dippings that told how he had given
up a life of champion boxing, boot
legging, card sharping, and gangsters
glory to turn to the Lord, came to
Macon more than a week ago, and
after some negotiations, made ar
rangements to speak in Mikado Bap
tist .''hurch Sunday morning, and in
the Baptist Tabertnacle Sunday
night.
While biding his time till Sunday,
he nosed about the city’s poker par
lors, perhaps to take salvation to the
gamblers there, according to detec-
! tives’ reports.
Rev. A. C. Baker, pastor of the
Baptist Tabernacle, hecame suspicious
of his conduct and asked city detec
tives to watch him, with the result
that despite advance publicity, Rev.
Mr. Baker announced to his congrega
tion Sunday that the itineiant evan
gelist “will not preach here tonight or
at any other time.”
Detectives learned after several
hours work Saturday night that Per
eente, scenting local gamblers, left
his hotel early in the night and made
95 VIOLENT DEATHS IN
MACON DURING
1933
chine at the Y. M. C. A., and in our ■ ” u ‘
opinion the same was an accident,” a ! £ re at tb f residence of her grandson,
rn-e-.rs iurv found Saturday after j Henry Adams, in Peerless Mill village
, .. .. _ . Funeral services and interment were
an investigation of the fatality. | he , d from the Kraveside at Zio „«s
Roy Smith, former star athlete at Chapel Jan. 16, with Rev. Mr. Bailey
the University of Georgia, was con- ! officiating,
victed on a charge of muruer at Win-1
der Tuesday in the slaging of Bran- J DECLARE MISTRIAL
non Williams, widely known Winder
cotton buyer, the shooting occurring
Nov. 25 last. The jury’s verdict car
ried a recommendation for mercy.
IN WYNE’KUOP CASE
Chicago, Jan. 22.—A mistrial in tho
case of Dr. A. Lindsay Wynekoop was
A mother and her two daughters, 1 declared in Chicago Monday by Judge
one of who, ', was described as a pret-J. II. David, owing to illness of the
ty 23 year old blonde, were in custody aged woman physician. The judge
Friday- of Cecil Cowart, Whitfield ruled that continuing the trial would
county'jailer, who said they were be- “constitute a very rea. danger to the
ing held pending an investigation defendant’s life.”
into the fatal shooting of Jake Bart- |
EX-MAYOR OF COLUMBUS
SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
Macon, Jan. 21.—Of the total of
937 deaths in Macon in 1933, acciden
tia and violent deaths numbered 95,
according to a statement issued ‘by Dr
J. D. Applewhite, city and county the rounds, stumbling into games on
physician at Macon Saturday. tips from various sources.
the list of violent and accidental Sleuths were still in the hotel
deaths included the following: when the rotund evangelist returned
Homicide, 24; suicides, 12; burns, to lest himself for his sermons at
12; automobile accident, ll; accidental 11:46 a. m. Sunday. They had not
injury with firearms, 6; accidental been able to catch him with his cards
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21.—Funeral
enfleld, restaurant owner of Dalton.
A burglar who broke into the home
of Miss Jeanette liorochon, a bride to
be, in Atlanta Monday night
stoic her entue trosseau. The ’ services for David L. Palmer, former
loot consisted of a silk comfort, four ’ mayor of Columbus who died at his
dozen pair of sheets, four dozen pairs residence late Friday night, were held
of pillow cases, night gowns, pajamas Sunday at the family burial plot at
lineeiie and a number of other arti- Smith Station. Mr. Palmer had been
cles. • ill for about seven years but his con-
. _ . „ , . . dition was not considered serious un-
1-ranklin county is preparing to t „ few hours before his (ieath .
ceieuruce its uuu anniversary, liu.h He waE born in Greenville, Ala., on
Burton, editor ol tne Davon.u nines Dec- j 1863 . He wag the son of a
blstol,an • *»»“»• lawyer and was admitted to the bar
will contribute a special edition oi in Zeb ulon, Ga., at the age of 23. He
his paper, reviewiu tne county’s hie practice- in Woodbury, Ga., and later
‘V»*! 113 b y a legislative act move d to Columbus to enter the firm
of Feb. 25, 1784, up to tins year oi ( of Smith & Pa ] mer with . j. B> K .
falls, 9; automobile and trpin collision
4; other railroad accidents, 6; acci
dental electrocution, 1; other acci
dents, 5; nature unknown 5; suffoca
tion, 1; and drowning 1.
PETER S. TWITTY IS
APPOINTED SPECIAL
ATTORNEY FOR NAVY
Atlanta, Jan. 23.—Peter S. Twitty,
for eight years commissioner of
game and fish in Georgia, has been
appointed a special attorney for the
U. S. Navy Department according to
dispatches from Washington.
His appointment to the federal post
came through Congressman Carl Vin
son, of the Sixth Georgia District
who is chairman of the naval affairs
committee of the house.
Mr. Twitty, who will assume his
new duties March 1, relinquished his
post as game and fish commissioner
on Jan. 1, 1934, being succeeded by
Zach Cravey of McRae.
FORMER POSTMASTER
AT McRAE SENTENCED
TO FEDERAL PRISON
Dublin, Ga., Jan. 19.—Edison Har
bin, former postmaster at McRae,
was sentenced to serve a year and a
day in the federal penitentiary at
Chillicothe, Ohio, after conviction in
federal .court at Dublin of misuse of
postal savings accounts.
R. Roland, Wrightsville attorney,
was sentenced to four months in jail
and pay a $600 fine on conviction of
charging an exorbitant fee for repre-
tenting a veteran in the collection of
war risk insurance.
T. J. Trammell, of Dublin, was ac
quitted on a charge of violating the
war risk insurance act.
grace.
Smith.
McWHOUTER NAMED
SENIOR ENGINEER
Mrs. Fraklin D. Roosevelt arrived
at Warm Springs Friday for a week
end ox rest. Her visit was so unex
pected that few of the residents of
the community aside from officials at ,,,,
the Warm Springs Foundation where •^ t ' anta ’ .,® - jl McWhor-
she is staying knew of her arrival J er ’ wb ° fig ure d in the dispute be-
untn several hours after she had tween Governor Talmadge and the
been there ! state hl K"way board, has been
! named senior highway engineer foi
Funds will be raised to build a “Co- the Southeastern district of the U. S
lumbus porch” as an addition to Geor- Bureau of Roads, with headquarters
gia 11a,i, oi tilt Warm Springs foun- at Montgomery, Ala., according to the
tlatior,. George Foster Peabody sug- , Atlanta Journal,
gested the movement at a conterence I Insistence of Governor Talmadge
with Jas. W. Woodruff, chairman of on the discharge of McWhorter as
arrangements for the birthday ball to chief state highway engineer and four
be hthld onoring President Roosevelt’s other executive engineers led to the
birthday on Jan. 30. Proceeds from breach between the chief executive
the ball will go to the Warm Springs and the old highway board which re-
Foundation. I suited in the governor under martini
I law -ousting Capt. J. W. Barnett and
Policeman J. E. Roughen, of Sa-: W. C. Vereen of Moultrie.
vannah, was shot and killtd about 3 I
o'clock Monday morning while on du- I
ty in the negro section known as “The
on the table, but they reported wtiat
they could to Rev. Mr. Baker.
Rev. Mr. Baker a;d others arose
Sunday and confronted Pereente with
their accusations at the hotel. The
self styled former boxing champion
then beat a hasty retreat from town
closely followed by messages to all
southern Baptist churches asking
that his appearance as an evangelist
be barred. He took with him, however
a sum variously estimated from $300
to $8,000 from the pockets of Macon
card players.
The part Italian, part Indian card
artist, who dressed in the latest race
track fashions, had been in this vi
cinity for more than a week, making
short excursions to neighboring towns
including Dublin, where he is said to
have fleeced unsuspecting card play
ers.
Detectives said local gamblers be
came suspicious and “squealed” when
they saw his picture in the paper and
learned that he posed as a minister
He had been giving them other
namse.
No report of the amount of money
he obtained here has been learned and
detectives would not divulge names of
the victims. Ready to drop to his
knees and pray at a moment’s notice,
Pereente told church audiences
throughout the country that his con
version came after the suicide of a
bank employe whom he had hood
winked of several thousand dollars
in a crooked card game.
JUDGE JOHN B. HUTCHESON
TO FILL VACANCY ON GA.
SUPREME COURT BENCH
Atlanta, Jan. 22.—John.B Hutche
son, of Jonesboro, veteran presiding
judge of the Stone Mountain superior
court circuit, Sunday was appointed
no nurr a v- vpid nriTu associate justice of the state supreme
m am HO^PITAI court lb Y Governor Talmadge. He suc-
IN AN ATLANTA HOSPITAL ceeds the , ate Justice H Hill( who
died recently
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 22.—Dr. M. L.
Duggan, former state superintendent
In annountcing the appointment
Sunday, Gov. Talmadge said he was
ANNOUNCEMENT!
L isten to the good news, folks! We are now
1 authorized distributor of Purina Chows. They’re
here at our store—all those good Checkerboard
feeds for chickens, turkeys, mules, hogs, cows,
calves, dogs, horses, steers and sheep.
In taking on the Purina Line we sincerely feel
that we are offering something which will do a
better and more profitable feeding job for you at the
lowest feeding cost. These feeds are proven money
makers—laboratory tested and farm proved—and in
times like these it is more important than ever to
make every animal and chicken on the place pay.
We will be happy to serve you and tel! you more
about Purina Chows. Drop in and see us.
Cash Grocery Company
Butler, Ga.
Phone 19
of schools, and widely known through- | no ^ y e j- reac jy to name Judge Hutche-
condition at the Georgia Baptist hos- S the St . oae Mountain
pital, according to physicians. appointment will
The educator was admitted to the be „ lew . da > . s -. Ju ^ e
hospital Wednesday and physicians I ^ cb « so . n ’ " as selected in No-
said Sunday that little hope Was held , ““j bad tb « e t fa ”
for his recovery. Dr. Duggan was t<> serve on his present term.
recovery.
brought to Atlanta last week from
Brunswick and Sea Island, where he
had spent most of the last year for
his health. He is suffering from an
aggravated bladder trouble.
S O IT T H GEORGIANS HOLD
CELEBRATION AT QUITMAN;
The new supreme court justice, who
is 73, has been on the Stone Moun
tain superior court bench for more
than 14 years, having been appointed
Sept. 12, 1919, by Gov. Hugh Dorsey
after Judge Chas. Smith had been
elevated to the court of appeals.
TALMADGE MAKES ADDRESS POSTAL CLERK ARRESTED
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Magazine,” in the eastern part of the
city near the Tybee depot. The officer
was uparentiy shot without any warn-
BYRON PHILLIPS
HELD AS KILLER
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 19.—Byron
ing that his life was in danger, as Pillips, Waycross automobile me.
when his body was found his pistol I chanic, who was paroled a short time
wsa in its holster and his club was ago after being sent up for partiei-
fastened to his hand by its strap. | pation in a plot to dynamite rosin
docks at Brunswick several years ago
Atlanta may entertain in the sum- Friday was bound' over to Pierce
mer of 1939 the sixth Congress of j county superior court on a charge of
the Baptists of the World, one of the ] murder, in connection with the fatal
largest and most important assem- shooting of English Bagley and Frang
blages ever invited to Georgia. The Pead, both of Waycross, at Roe Mur-
fifth Congress of Baptists is to meet I ray’s roadhouse, several miles north
this year in Berlin and will be at- 1 of Waycross.
tended by a representative delegation
of ministers and laymen from the
southern states, including Dr. Louie
D. Newton, of Atlanta, who will pre
sent Atlanta’s invitation. Among
other cities which also will extend in
vitations to the Baptists of the
World for five years her.ee are Shang
hai, Prague, Rio de Janeiro,
Francisco and London.
Bagley and Pead were shot to
death by a masked gunman on the
night of Dec. 9, and Jim Manning, an
other occupant of the roadhouse, was
shot through the arm.
Phillips was given a commitment
hearing Friday before Judge E. J.
Bowen at Blackshear, who declined to
San I fix bond for the defendant, at the con-
(elusion of the trial.
Quitman, Ga., Jan. 19.—Gov. Tal
madge. delivering a R. E. Lee birth
day address at Quitman Friday told
Macon, Jan. 22.—A trap worked
smoothly by five widely separateu
the throng attending the observance i postal inspectors landed \V. A. King,
that “If the legislature refuses to
adopt a $3 tag they’ll have the bail
iffs and deputies sheriffs running all
over the state” in 1935 trying to col
lect the difference between $3 and the
regular tag prices.
It was announed by the governor
35 year old Tampa, Fla., railway mail
clerk, in the Bibb county jail on
charges of embezzlement of tlie con
tents of mail and destruction of a
letter.
Flank C. Ellis of Atlanta and H. H.
HuUson of Macon, inspectors, made
at the outset of his speech that he 1 the arrest in Macon' early Sunday
didn’t plan to talk politics but the ' morning as the climax to a well laid
crowd yelled “Let’s hear it,” and the ; plan which included the mailing of
governor obliged. six test letters at Tampa by Inspec-
He appealed for the election of a | tors J. A. Miller of Jacksonville, Fia.
legislature responsive “to the man- and R. A. Ward of Tampa; a check up
dat of the people” but said he did not at Americus Ga., by Inspector Frank
want members who would go to At- Sanford and the arrest at Macon,
lanta “to do my bidding.” Confronted with the accusation that
“I don’t want that kind of a legis-1 one of the test letters containing
lature,” he said, “hut T do want one j three marked one dollar bills had been
that will obey the mandate of the I missing at Americus, King, inspectors
people.”
An appeal was made for more gen
erous support forthe public schools by
several thousand school children in a
said, admitted he had taken the moil
ey and destroyed the letter.
At a preliminary hearing before
Commissioner W. E. Martin bond was
parade as a part of the celebration. | set at $1,000. The next term of U. S.
The streets were packed with thous-, district court convenes at Macon the
ands of perso-s fro-' the surrounding first Monday in May.
territory as the children marched in King has a wife ‘and three children
a slow rain. at his home in Tampa.
Huge Ready-to-Wear Mart
In Atlanta Will Have 200
Exhibitors; Opens Jan. 29
Formation of a merchandise mart
in Atlanta to serve ready-to-wear
merchants ,of the Southeastern States
has been announced by a group o£
southeastern business men and their
associates, headed by W. R. C. Smith
former president of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce.
The mart will be a buying center
for merchants throughout the south
east and will display merchandise
from northern and eastern manufac
turers at the same time like merchan
dise is displayed in New York, thus
saving buyers a journey to New
York.
It will open Jan. 29, with an elabo
rate style snow, to continue as a
permanent establishment.
Ira A. Stone, Charlotte textile
manufacturer, is president, and E. P.
Minogue, Charlotte, is vice president
and general manager. Mr. Minogue,
formerly assistant district manager
for the department of commerce at
Char Latte.
The Southeastern Merchandise Mar
ket, an institution of vital interest to
the readytowear stores of the South
east, is to open on Jan. 29, 1934, in
Atlanta.
The mart will contain perhaps trie
most comprehensive display of ready-
to wear, textiles, and hosiery ever
assembled in the southeast, and will
take over the selling problems of a
representative group of northern and
southern manufacturers.
The tremendous strides made by
southeastern retailers and buyers of
ready to wear in the past six years
has caused clients of these institu
tions to recognize that the South-
esatern section of the United States
is style conscious. It is therefore es
sential that ready to wear stores,
both large and small, be in a position
to inspect new lines of merchandise
and provide for their customers that
which is available to residents of
other buying areas in various s ec-
tions of the United States.
In commenting on the opening of
this great merchandise market Mr
Smith said: “It is difficult to esti
mate the incalculable value such an
institution of this sort will have for
southern merchants. This is the New
Deal at its best" he continued “for it
means that the southern merchant
who takes advantage of the market’s
facilities will be on a par with any of
his competitors no matter how large
or diversified tha competitor’s buying
organization may be.
“But it means much more than that”
said Mr. Smith, “for it is the inten
tion of the mart to sponsor trade
shows of all descriptions; style shows
and seasonal showings, and to main
tain close contact with the ready to
wear stores of the southeast through
advertising media, to the end that
they may receive first hand informa
tion with respect to style changes
and style trends.
During the past few years, manu
facturers of ready to wear, for rea
sons of economy, have discontinued
sales offices in various sections of the
country. Retailers, too, have found
it necessary to curtail and limit ex
pensive buying trips to northern mar
kets. Retailers of the southeast recog.
nize that similar institutiors in other
1 parts of the country have had the op
portunity to inspect and purchase
ready to wear merchandise.
“Already we have more than 150
manufacturers who have sent down
exhibits,” said Mr. Smith. “These in
clude manufacturers of furs, cloaks
and suits, dresses, lingere and acces
sories, men’s and boy’s wear, textiles
and hosiery.
“Invitations have been sent to the
governors of all southeastern states
asking them to join us in celebrating
the opening of the market and we
have every assurance that they will
do so.”
Mr. Smith laid particular emphasis
on the fact that the Southeastern
Merchandise Market is being estab
lished for the benefit of southern
merchants and urges their attendance
at its initial opening on Jan. 29.
SON-IN-LAW SUES
PARENTS-IN-LAW;
WIFE SUES HUBBY
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 19.—M. H. Ack
erman, postal inspector assigned to
open President Roosevelt’s mail at
Warm Springs last fall, Friday won a
suit brought by his son-in-law charg
ing Ackerman had accused him of
kidnaping the inspector’s daughter for
their second marriage.
Court records show O. B. Bur-
rroughs, III, married Ackerman’s at
tractive young daughter at Aiken, S.
C.. in July, 1932, when she was 17
and he was 20 years old. The marri
age was annulled by Judge Hayne
Rice of Aiken circuit court, following
testimony that Burroughs had "kid
naped” his bride.
They were married for the second
time at Aiken, Feb. 1933. This led to
the filing of a suit by ' Burroughs
against his father-in-law on the
charge that Ackerman had accused
him of kidnaping his daughter for
that marriage.
During the trial about 30 letters
from the girl to Burroughs were in
troduced. She is seeking a divorce at
the present term of court and Bur
roughs is contesting it. A suit also is
pending against Mrs. Ackerman,
Elizabeth’s mother.
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at the tenant house and she went In
while he went to pay off his hands.
He said young Hawks approached
him with an ax handle, threatening
his life.
The committeeman said he called
to the elder Hawks to come and get
his son, but that the older man
sought to take a knife from his pock
et and called to George to “go on
and kill him.”
Arnold s “>d he backed away, but
the younger man kept coming, and lie
fired one shot from his gun.
The sister of the dead youth was
said to be an eyewitness to the affair
and she testified at the coroner’s jury
hearing. ’
Arnold Is Freed by Court Order
Watkinsville, Ga., Jan. 22.—J. "•
Arnold, chief of the Republican force!
in Georgia, was released Monday
after the Oconee county grand jury
refused to indict him for the killing
of George Hawks, young ten ?',i
farmer on his plantation. A no
was returned by the grand jury afte.
a two and one half hour study of evi
dence presented by witnesses at *.
investigation which required a great
er part of the day. )