VOLUME 33—NUMBER 29.
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JfflTS IN DEITH
OF SIX PKEHBS
six Dead, Nine Seriously In
jured and Half Hundred
Painfully Hurt—One o f
Crew Burned to Death.
Cincinnati, 0., Aug:. 1— Six dead,
nine seriously injured, including
two who may died, and more than
fifty badly bruised and shaken up
was the toll today 'when Cincinnati,
Lebanon & Northern train No. 11 m:t
in head-on collision with a negro
Sunday School excursion train carry
ing more than 200 persons, at Lester
station, a surburb of Cincinnati.
The wreck occurred at a sharp
curve in the road, making it impos
sible for either engineer to see the
of the other train.
Coroner I). C. Handley announced
late today lie would hold an inquest
to determine responsibility for the
wreck. While Ohio courts have ruled
that inquests may not be held in
railroad cases, he said that he be
lieved circumstances in this case
justified an official inquiry.
Of the dead, two were members of
the train c e* . F'rcd Seilinger, fire
man of the excursion train, was
found burned to death in the engine
cab of the excursion train and Horace
R. Fite, brakeman on the same train
was crushed to death.
The scene,, as the work of rescuing
the dead and injured progressed, was
one of horror. Many were pinned
beneath heavy timbers, badly maim
ed and shrieking for help. Others,
stunned into unconsciousness, moan
*cri piteously for help as firemen lift
ed the crushing weight from their
imprisoned bodies.
GLENN PLUMB DIES
Washington, August I.—Glenn E.
Plumb, counsel for the sixteen lar
ger railroad organization and au
thor of the celebrated “Plumb
plan” of railroad operation and
ownership, died tonight. Death was
due to an affection of the heart
from which he had suffered for
several months.
S LYNCH NEGRO
I y Hot Springs, Ark., August I.—Pat
tering its way into the city jail here
t<&iay, a mob estimated to number
about 500 men, forced a police guard
to surrender Gilbert Harris, a negro
under arrest in connection with the
fatal wounding of Maurice Connelly,
an insurance solicitor. After hauling
the negro on a truck through the
streets they hanged him to an elec
tric light pole near the center of the
downtown business district.
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THE NEWS AND FARMER
Germany Insists
She Can Not Pay
Note Reasserts That it is
Impossible to Continue
Monthly Payment to
France.
Berlin, —The German reply to the
French note regarding payments by
Germany to the allied clearing house
on account of debts contracted by
German nationals with allied citi
zens prior to the war was tele
graphed to Paris last night for pre
sentation of the French government
today. The note reasserts that
Germany finds it impossible to con
tinue the monthly payment of 2,-
000,000 pounds sterling.
Germany’s argument is that the
reparations transactions and the
clearing house process constitute
one indivisible whole, and that the
German financial situation makes it,
impossible for the government to
continue payments either on account
of reparation or to the clearing
house under present conditions.
The note furthermore is under
stood to argue that German pay
ments to the clearing house should
not be made until the German pri
vate claims on German sequestrated
property had been settled. The Ger
man standpoint is that the whole
question must be settled jointly by
all the governments concerned.
Germany also protests against
what it terms “the preemptory and
dictatorial” policy of the French
government, the note saying that
a world catastrophe is inevitable if
under the pressure of the entente
policy conditions in Germany con
tinue to develop as at present.
DIAL'S CHARGE IS
PUT INTO RECORD
Washington, August I.—Senator
Dial, democrat, South Carolina, put
into the congressional record today
a statement charging Joseph W. Tol
bert, republican natioual committee
man of South Carolina, with selling
patronage in the state, stating that
he hoped his action would in a mea
sure at least stop some of what he
termed, the corruption in regard to
public offices. j
Senator Dial said he was not con
cerned with “the debauching of na
tional conventions” but in matters
of patronage where he felt his state
was directly by appointments, he had
the right to speak. In the statement
placed in the record, Senator Dial
charged Mr. Tolbert participated in
the sale of federal patronage and
that in its distribution he had dis
criminated against former service
men and women.
Senator Dial is fighting the no
mination of Mr. Tolbert to be United
States marshal for the western dis
trict of South Carolina.
HI WM. LITTLE
CLAIMED BY DEATH
One of Louisville’s Oldest
and Most Substantial Citi
zens Passes Away.
Our community was saddened last
week by the death of Honorable
William Little, one of our oldest
and most substantial citizens.
He was boru and reared in Jef
ferson county, bis father before him
being one of our most respected
and prominent citizens. The little
family is one of the oldest in our
county. The grandfather of Mr. Lit
tle lived vin the upper part of Jef
ferson county and was a large land
owner long before the civil war. Mr.
Robert Little, his father, represent
ed Jefferson county in the state leg
islature and was largely responsible
for the first prohibition law ever
passed for Jefferson county. Mr.
Robert Little and Mr. Marcus A.
Kvans were the representatives of
Jefferson county and they had pas
sed in the legislature a local law
prohibiting the sale of whiskey in
Jefferson county. This was some
time before the prohibition ques
tion of the state was thought about.
Mr. William Little, the subject of
this notice also represented Jef
ferson county in the legislature
along with F. A. Sinquefield and
they were warm friends during their
their life. Mr. Lit Ite also represent
ed the Kightenneth Senatorial dis
trict in the state senate from Jcffer
soncounty. He was a large and suc
cessful farmer, and was also engaged
in the livery and stock sales busi
ness for many years. He will be miss
eded in the community and leaves a
large family connection to mourn
his loss. Me was an elder in the A.
R. Presbyterian Church and has al
so served as mayor of the city of
Louisville.
GOVERNOR SIGHED
Eli PHI BIEL
Hardwick Affixes Signature
to Augusta Bill Providing
Two Platoon System.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. I.—Gov. Hard
wick today signed the local bill pro
viding for the two platoon system
in the Augusta fire department.
While there was at no time any
danger that the piece of union test
ed local legislation would not be ap
proved, there was an added local in
terest in the fact that Capt. Shipp,
of the fire department, and several
other Augustans were present when
the bill was signed.
The pen with which the hill was
made a law, was presented by the
governor to Capt. Shipp.
LAST CHANCE
Says Winburn in Asking Old
Employees to Return to
Work.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. I.—L. A.
Downs, vice-president and general
manager of the Central of Georgia
Railroad, received today the follow
ing wire from President W. A. Win
burn, who is in New York attend
ing the meeting of railroad execu
tives from all over the country:
“The roads whose men have lost
their seniority decline to restore
these rights. Please urge again
upon our men the wisdom of re
turning to their work while their
rights remain unimpaired, saving
themselves and families further
hardships and relieving us of dis
agreeable duty of commencing on
Thursday of employing men. They
occupy unusually advantageous po
sition and should not forfeit it hj
vain effort to support an unfortu
nate and losing contest.”
Mr. Downs tonight has communi
cated the message to the chairmen
of the shop crafts and urges the
striking men to return hv the usual
smarting time Thursday, Aug. 3.
He said that new men employed
after Thursday morning will have
seniority over all old men who may
come back after that time.
NEW BISHOP
Expected in Savannah Soon
to Look Over His New
Charge.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. I.—The Right
fit. Father Michael Keyes, designat
ed by the pope recently to be bishop
of the Catholic diocese of Savannah,
which comprises the state of Geor
gia, is expected to be in Savannah
about tile middle of the month. He
will come from Washington city,
where he is a teacher in the Marist
School, to consult with local clergy
men and make a general survey of
his prospective work. No plans base
been made for his consecration
which will be in Washington.
DISCHARGE JURY
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 1. —The
jury in the case of Madalynnc Obcn
chain, charged with the murder of
.1. Belton Kennedy here, late this
afternoon was discharged because of
failure to agree.
COTTON shipped to BAT
TEY & CO., The Efficient
Cotton Factors of Savannah,
Ga., yields satisfaction as is
evidenced by the large vol
umn of business entrusted to
them. Isn’t it to your interest
to try them? Do it now and
be convinced.
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 1922.
Methodist Revival in Full Swing;
Eloquent Preacher Draws Crowds
The revival meeting in progress
ai the local Methodist church is well
under way and each day a good
crowd attends the morning and eve
ning service to enjoy the preaching
and the singing.
Rev. (). B. Chester pastor of the
Cordele Methodist church is con
ducting the services and he is noted
through out the state for his strong
Gospel sermons and his pleasing
personality. Mr. Ralph W. Porter
field of Comer, has organized the
local talent into a splendid choir and
RAIL HEADS WILLING TO
ACCEPT TWO PROPOSALS
BUT BALK AT THIRD ONE
Washington, August I.
President Harding had the
rail strike problem back on
his hands tonight as a result
of the refusal of the railway
| executives, at their meeting
in New York, to accept the
administration s e ttlement
plan so far as the seniority
issue is concerned.
There was no indication at
the White House as to what
move, if any, the government
planned to make in the situ
ation it was considered
probable that Mr. Harding
would study carefully the
text of the executives’ reply
and that expected from the
labor leaders meeting in
Chicago before reaching a
decision.
New York, Aug. 1. Railway
executives of the nation today
firmly but courteously reject
ed the program advanced by the
Harding administration for set
tlement of the rail strike.
Willing to accept conditionally
two suggestions put forward by
the White House—that both
sides abide by wage decisions of
the railroad labor board and that
lawsuits springing out of the
strike be withdrawn—the heads
of 148 roads declared imphatical
ly that it was impossible to rein
state strikers with unimpaired
seniority rights, the third pro
vision in the president's plan.
After being told by Robert S.
Lovett of the Union Pacific that
there was no moral or practical
reason for budging from their
position, the executives disband
ed, caught the first trains for
their respective headquarters,
and indicated that they were go
ing ahead and would operate their
roads with the forces they had
assembled since the shopmen
walked out on July Ist.
The decision not to yield on the
question of seniority was made
known to tile White House by tele
graph after the rail heads had list
ened to a 20minute address by Secre
tary of Commerce Hoover, who, as
direct representative of the presi
dent, told them, in effect, that ’the
administration held the seniority
question of minor importance in
comparison with that of upholding
the railroad labor hoard.
This action was taken in the face
of a letter from President Harding
addressed to T. DeWitt Cuylcr, chair
man o£ the American Association of
Railway Executives, embodying “the
terms of agreement, as I understand
them, upon which the railway man
agers and united shop craft workers,
are to agree, preliminary to calling
off the existing strike.”
President Harding had closed his
Second Government Report On
Cotton Condition-Georgia 54
and South Carolina 60 Per Cent
Washington, Angnst I—This year's
cotton crop was placed at 11,449,000
bales of 500 pounds gross weight in
the second forecast of the season,
announced today by the Department
of Agriculture, basing its estimate on
the condition of the crop July 25,
which was 70.8 per cent of a nor
mal.
The final outturn of the crop,
the department announced, may be
larger or smaller than forecast to
day as conditions developing during
the remainder of the. season prove
more or less favorable than aver
age.
drops of previous years and the
July 25 condition in those years fol
low:
Condition
Year. Crop. July 25.
1921 7,953,841 64.7
1920 13,439,603 74.1
1919 11,420,763 67.1
1918 12,040.532 73.6
1917 11,302,375 70.3
1914 (record) 16,134,390 76.4
1912-21 (av.) 12,279,348 72.9
The condition of the crop on July
25 by states follows:
Virginia 80
North Carolina 78
South Carolina 60
Georgia 54
Florida 65
Alamaba 70
Mississippi 74
Louisiana 70
Texas 72
Arizona 86
New Mexico 85
Tbit portion, of asreas.'w i n the
contributes much to the programs
by his solo work.
In addition to the regular services
on Sunday a children’s mass meeting
was held in the afternoon that was
attended by the young people of
th three demnominations here.
The meeting which opened on July
23rd, will close on August 3rd, and
will prove, wc believe, of inestima
ble benefit to the town and sur
rounding community.
All arc invited and urged to at
tend the remaining meetings.
| letter with these two sentences:
“I need hardly add that I have
reason to believe these terms will he
accepted by the workers. If there
is good reason why the managers
cannot accept, they will he obligated
to open direct negotiations or as
sume full responsibility for the situ
ation."
In addition. Secretary Hoover had
urged upon the executives at their
morning session, when the text of
the Harding letter was read, that
settlement of the rail strike was im
perative in view of the complicating
condition introduced by the coal
strike.
It became apparent from the very
opening of today’s conference that
the seniority question would be the
wedge which would divide adminis
tration and railyaw executive.
After setting forth the reasons
why they held this an insurmount
able obstacle, the railroad chiefs
ended their reply to President Hard
ing as follows:
“It is submitted that the striking
former employes cannot be given
preference to employes at present in
the service, without doing violence
to every principle of right and jus
tice involved in this matter and
without the grossest breach of faith
on the part of the railroads to the
men at present in their service. Un
der these circumstances, it becomes
apparent that the railroads cannot
consider any settlement of the pres
ent strike which does not provide
protection in their present employ
ment, both to the loyal employes
who remained in the service and to
the new employes entering it.”
The only question which arose
during the short period during
which the president's proposal was
under active discussion was how
emphatically the reply rejecting his
plan should be worded.
In tlie balloting each road was
given one vote for each 1,000 miles
of track it operated. The reply,
drafted during the noon recess by
the standing committee, was adopted
by a vote of 265 to 2.
This, however, represented unan- |
irnous disapproval of the president’s
plan, the two dissenting votes be
ing cast by L. F. Loree, chairman of
the eastern conference, representing
the Delaware & Hudson and the
Kansas City Southern, with the ex
planation that he wished the senio
rity proposal turned down even
more decisively.
Only two roads operating in the
United States were not reported rep
resented at today’s conference. They
were the Atlanta, Birmingham & At
lantic and the Gulf & Ship Island,
both of which were declared to have
been unaffected bythe shop craft
strike.
President A. H. Smith of the New
York Central apparently crystallized
the sentiment ofthe rail chiefs when
in the midst of their discussion he
threw upon the conference table a
bundle of 400 telegrams from fore
men and supervisors of the road, an
nouncing they would have to resign,
if the seniority ranking of the strik
ers was returned.
various states now infested by the
boll weevil was reported in percent
age of state’s acreage as follows:
State Agri. Agts. Rep'ters. Agts.
Com’r. Cos. Cotton Bureau
Va 0 0 0 0
N. C 40 20.7 36.2 40
S. C 92.0 94.1 ' 100
Ga. ov. ’2l 50 97.0 93.0 100
Florida ..100 95.5 95.4
Ala 100 92.2 89.7 100
Miss 100 85.4 88.1 100
La 95 95.0 92.5 90
Tex 80 82.8 62.5 68
Okla 59.0 57.0 80
Ark 70 82.5 63.6 70
Tenn. ... 15 60.5 44.6 5
Mo. ... Trace 0 Trace Trace
U. S 80.2 71.3 ...
Kstimatcd per cent of damage to
cotton crop caused by boll weevil:
Com’r. Cos. Cotton Bureau
State. Agri. Agts. Rep’ters. Agts.
Va 0 0 0 0
N. C 1.4 5.3 8.2 1.4
S. C 21.0 30.7 10.0
Ga 40-60 32.4 39.5 28.0
Florida .. 50.0 30.3 48.0 ...
Ala 25.0 15.7 21.4 25.0
Miss 5-10 21.0 21.9 23.0
La 30-40 27.0 31.0 28.0
Tex 30 14.5 19.7 ...
Okla 14.0 20 2
Ark. ...;. 8-10 12.9 16.9 ...
Tenn. ... 10 7.2 11.1
'Dependent entirely on later
weather. Local estimates range 1
to 90 per cent.
"Too small to estimate at this
date.
iUGUSTtNS WANT TO
BE-OPEfi PBIMIBT
Delegation in Atlanta to Ob
-1 tain Ruling for Re-Opening
Primary Entrance Dates.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1. Citizens of
j Augusta are here today to discuss
the question and endeavor to obtain
| from the state committee
i a ruling that V* pri
! inary entrance dates n." -
j candidates for solicitor
! the Augusta circuit may an in the
! September primary. The matter will
j be, it is understood, presented to
| Chairman \Y. J. Vereeu, who could
not be reached today.
The statement is made Hiat Hon
i A. L. Franklin, the solicitor gen
eral, who will become judge to sue
; ceed Judge He.try C. Ilanimona, will
I tender his resignation as solicitor
| general about Oct. 1. h the pri
I mary is riot reopened for candidates
lit will mean that the race for his
; successor will have to run in tlu
i general election, when the vote
i would be open to participation by
; negroes as well as whites, and it is
j the desire, so it is said, that such
i a contingency be averteo h\ placing
j the race in the September primary
CHIEF JUSTICE FISH
MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
Chief Justice William H. Fish, of
: the Supreme Court of Georgia has
made his announcement for re-elec
i tion of that high office.
1 Judge Fish says:
ITo the people of Georgia:
I am a candidate to succeed my
! self as Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, subject to tlu*
Democratic primary of September.
| l3th.
I My duties arc such that I will not
he able to make an active campaign
for re-election. My entire time, is
taken up by the requirements of my
position and therefore I have little
time to look after my own interests.
I will greatly appreciate your in
fluence and support, and assure you
if re-elected I will endeavor to give
you the same faithful service that
I have rendered in the past. Being
in perfect health with my long ex
perience I feel that I can do more
efficient work than evfr before.
I will regard another endorsement i
from you as a crowning honor of a
life spent practically in your ser
vice.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM H. FISH.
TWO ANNOUNCE
For Term of Late Judge Ben
Hill Subject to Election.
Atlanta, August I.—Announce
ment is made today by quite a num
her of the friends of Judge Harper
Hamilton, member of the House of
Representatives from Floyd county,
that he will in a few days announce
his candidacy foi the court of ap
peals for the unexpired term as well
as the successive full term of the
late Judge Ben H. Hill. Judge R.
C. Bell of Cairo was appointed by
the governor to fili that vacancy
until the next election, and is stand
ing for election to the place in the
approaching primary. Judge C. W.
Smith, formerly of the Stone Moun
tain circuit and later of the court
of appeals, also has announced his
candidacy for the vacancy caused
by death of Judge Hill.
Judge Hamilton, who is now com
pleting his second successive term
in the House, is one of its most be
loved members, and has a connec
tion and acquaintance extending
all over the state. He was on the
bench eight years, and voluntarily
retired.
PEAKE IDENTIFIED BY
WITNESS AT TRIAL
Winston-Salem, N. C., August I.
In tlie trial today of .1. L. Peake,
charged with the murder of M. B.
Ashburn, superintendent of a loeaL
branch of an insurance company,
Mrs. Frank I). Shaw, bookkeeper in
a telegraph office in Greensboro at
the time of the alleged crime, iden
tified Peake as the person who gave
her a telegram to Ashburn, purport
ing to be signed by the president of
the insurance company, .1. F. Thomp
son, and urging Ashburn to be at
his office in Winston-Salem for a
conference at 11:45 on the night of
December 7, 1021. It was on the
morning of December Bth that Ash
bum was found dead in his office.
FOR SALE
Ancona Cockerels for one
dollar. H. C. Perkins.
Negro Slayer of
Byrd Is Lynched
John Glover Caught on Train
Near Griffin and Lynched.
Body Taken to Macon.
Macon, Ga.. Aug. 1. Prompt clos
ing of the negro business section of
Broadway this morning, immediate
1> after news was received of the
capture of John 1 Cockey) Glover,
prevented a serious race clash this
afternoon, the police say. when Glov
-1 jf body, riddled with bullets, was
_>ed into the down town street
.it i o’clock this afternoon by a mob
that had lynched him.
Scenes resembling those of Satur
day night when Deputy Sheriff Wal
ter C. Byrd was shot to death as he
was leaving a negro poolroom in
the same block, were duplicated.
Men of all ages jammed their wav
into Broadway and those who readi
ed the body of (Hover fought for
souvenirs. During the excitement
the body was hurled against a hill
board at the entrance to a negro
theater where it remained half-up
right until the police rushed in and
carried it away to Forsyth, Ga., for
an inquest.
Glover was shot to death by a mob
at Holton. Ga., ten miles away, at
l o’clock this afternoon. He was be
ing returned here by officers who
had captured hint on a railroad train
at Griffin, Ga. Policeman T. F.
Phelps, who was shot by (Hover this
morning, at tlu* time of bis capture,
may lose one arm.
Officers say that Glover begged
the Griffin police to “Kill me, now :
don't take me back to Macon. I
know wliat you want me for."
While threats have been made
against the lives of several well
known negroes late today, tlu* po
lice are trying to avert further
trouble. The better negroes aided
in the capture of Glover, it was
stated. There were two negro spot
ters from the sheriff’s office in the
same car with Glover, trying to get
tlu* negro to Atlanta, where Macon
officers were waiting for him. Plans,
miscarried, however, ami the arrest
was made at Griffin, Ga.
BOLAND DIES
Former U. S. Sinn Fein
Representative Succumbs
to Wounds.
Dublin, —Harry .1. Boland, former
representative of the Sinn Fein in
the United States died tonight in a
hospital here of wounds received
early Monday morning in the Grand
Hotel in Skerries, a fishing village
north of Dublin, while attempting
to evade rapture by troops of the!
national army.
We have in stock the genuine Krementz Col
lar Buttons, m six different shapes, and we
sell them with our own and the manufactur
ers guarantee to replace one free if it proves
unsatisfactory from ANY cause whatever —
even if it be stepped on and broken you can
bring the pieces back and get anew button.
The price is only 25c per button.
Why not drop in and get a pair today— or
phone us while you think of it.
-THE-
Louisville Drug Cos.
REXALL STORE
Louisville, Georgia.
“Going Since 1896-Growing All the
Time.’’
$2.00 A YEAH IX ADVANCE
COMPLETE PUN OF
i PROCEDURE OF COIL
EMERGENCy RATION
j
Fuel Distribution Spencer
Completes Organisation and |
Federal Fuel Distribution j
Begins Today.
Washington. —Plan of procedure 1m I
der which the government’s emer
gency fuel control it*:• bine will be I
operated was completed today at at j
meeting of the central cc 1 .. it- J
tee with Fu< 1 Distributo r * B* j
Spencer presiding. It vs er- j
stood that the plan woi < ib-I
mitted to Secretary Ho*\*j * mor- j
row a | I
would thereupon become.) . i!!\ cf-J
feet i ve. j
At the same time, it v is said tile j
personnel of tlu* region eon mit-l
tecs to be placed in ll o. mg
mine fields as agents *h. *en
ral body will be placed iet.tre Mr.
Hoover for approval tht* wilt*
a draft of the detailed nsi • ions
which will govern the activities ot’l
thosi ?anizati< ns in combatting!
profiteering and insuring a ready!
distribution of fuel. I
Mr. Spencer made public the fol- j
lowing appointments of southern |
state fuel agencies which have been!
reported to the central committee:!
Florida Florida railroad com mis* I
sion, Tallahassee, Fla.; North Caro
lina, state corporation commission,
Raleigh, X. (..; South Carolina, Hon.
B. K. Geer, chairman, governor's coal
: committee, Greenville, S. C.: Yir
| ginia, Maj. Alexander Forward, coal
; administrator, Richmond, Vu.
CUTTS REFUSED
To Run for Congress from
First District—Overstreet
Unopposed.
Savannah, Ga.. Aug I.—Another
effort to get a Savannah man into
the race for Congress from the
first failed today when Ernest A.
Cults, past imperial potentate of
the Mystic Shrine of America de-l
dined the proposal of many friends!
to offer. He declared ht* could not
make the sacrifice of business
necessary to run.
John L. Cabell, Mayor pro tern,
recently declined to run, as did
I former Congressman Charles G.
I Edwards. The field is left to Con
gressman J. \V. Overstreet of Syl-
I vania, Screven County, who is op
posed by Lee Moore of Statesboro
Bulloch County.
