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;HE NEWS & FARMER
tered as second class mail matter at the post office j
in Louis wile, Ga M under the Act of Congress,
March 8, 1879.*
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Published Every Thursday.
SS VIRGINIA POLHILL Editor
W. WHITE Associate Editor
t Year, in Advance $2.00
Months, in Advance f 31.00 |
LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922.
BITS OF LOUISVILLE
The chief function of sisters and brothers,
often seems—at least when we judge by j
-ir self-imposed censorship—is to break j
3 spirit of the “younger fry” who boast;
3 same parents. Not many of us resist j
3 temptation to keep subdued the young
>r who can pull one over on the public, j
i! When he returns to the bosom of the
nily he will receive the roasting he de
■ves and has escaped at the hands of the j
re gullible public. In a crowd he may
in a certain reputation as a wag and a
, but let him try his harmless joke at the!
■akfast table and the stony silence that j
■ets the witticism will make the hair rise !
his head, and will be as sand paper to his j
de. The best cure for a dudish college
, r is an older sister and we have been told I
it the only sure preventive for “Flappers” j
a younger brother. However that may j
wise is he that taketh heed to the words
his sister. One of the most popular
/s that ever lived here came home some
eks ago for a short vacation. His sister |
t him in Wadley and on the way home 1
■y discussed old friends, old times, and the j
town. One thing he forgot. He did
ask about the baby. Finally with the |
trough ness usual credited to sister when j
erections arc due, she informed him of the
•ivity of his offense, how hurt she was,
1 impressed on his mind the idea that he
st always inquire at once of the health of
> newest arrival. Some hours later he
Jed at the home of an old friend where j
• baby has long since ceased to be a nov- j
,v. As the follks came down the steps
meet him, before exchanging any greet
s, he burst out, “And do tell me—how is
> baby?”
1
A MOCKERY OF THE LAW
rite State Prison Commission will fall fai
|irt of its duty if it does not take effective
■ to prevent any repetition of the junket
which one of the most notorious prison
. at the Georgia State Farm was permitted
go a few weeks ago.
t is admitted by the superintendent of the
son Farm that John S. Williams drove
• official to the Williams farm—a place
nvn far and wide as the “murder farm”
ore a number of helpless negroes were
1 telly done to death, by the order if not
the hand of Williams.
■ The explanation given by the superinten
lt is that Williams is a “trusty” and made j
t. trip as a matter of accommodation to j
- • superintendent, who wished “to obtain
,and wheat, exchange some hogs and get
ie clover seed.”
the further details of the trip are not
nvn. It is simply denied that Williams
pt home to attend a barbecue and family
inion, which was the form in which the
tort originally gained currency,
j Williams was guilty of the crimes
irged against him, he was one of the most
olting monsters in human form this state
•; over produced, and the verdict of the
v was that he was in fact guilty of these
mes. They were committed not in sud
t heat of passion, but with cold, callous
iberation, one victim following another in
el succession. In all the criminal annals
the Stale of Georgia there has never been
. thing to surpass it.
i thousands of people of Georgia feel to
i that it would be logical to abolish capital
1 lishmont in Georgia altogether if a man
: Williams, upon conviction, is not eon-!
, nned to suffer the extreme penalty. Even
,L■ c countries where capital punishment
• ; been abandoned, solitary confinement!
■ life is often imposed, and but slight mod-j
ation of this rigor of law is perhaps the
G.
he world is getting away from forms
punishment that are so horrible that they
e a demoralizing and brutalizing effect
m society. This is not so much out of
derness for the culprit as for the interests
society. Thus the thumb-screw and the
i; and the galleys are things of the past,
tut it is making a veritable mockery of
law to inflict upon a convicted murderer
lishment so mild that he hardly realizes he
teing punished at all. To be able to re
n to his home, to mingle with his family
i such of his former friends and neigh
's who care to associate with him—in
>rt to he able to move about almost as
* ely as if a hideous crime had never been
a ved against him—is to offer a premium
homicide. A negro crap-shooter would
_ treated with greater rigor.
Vhatever may be the private view of any
ividual as to capital punishment, eer
ily it was never contemplated by anyone
■ authority that the man who took the life
a human being—of many human beings
this case—should feel the yoke of the
,■ so lightly. Nothing of the kind should
iitr again.—Macon News.
I. lie Savannah Morning News asks: “How many
iers can name off-hand a dozen crops from which
I farmers of South Georgia are now regularly
c dving cash?”
i/e are refreshed at the information from the
'any Herald that “the reason why relations be
en the United States and Mexico are never as
iial as are relations between the United States
i Canada may be said to be chiefly due to the
’ that Mexico is not Canada.”
“I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS”
The truest friends that a man can have
are his literary friends. The friends one
meets on the printed pages change not with
the passing years, waver not with our irri
tability nor make demands on our time and
attention. They make themselves at home
on our library shelves until the convenient
season arrives when ■we pull them out, blow!
away the dust and receive from them the j
| hearty welcome that has been ours since j
! the first meeting. Our moods are their
| moods, we browse through them at will find- j
; ing the passage that most appeals, the words |
that thrill and stir. A beloved book will j
never fail us. Our libraries offer the one
sure escape from reality, and to the imagin- j
ative, the desired spot of utter reality.
Should we be called on to name a library we
should suggest: “A hospitable for the mind.”
Arthur Brisbane expresses it like this:
“Mr. Birge, a Vermont farmer, was
excited yesterday. A doctor promised
him that he would be able to stand and
walk for the first time in 39 years. Sur
geons perform such wonders. You are
not surprised at the patience with which
Farmer Birge lies in the hospital endur
ing severe treatment.
“But you are surprised when you re
member that books in the libraries
would do for the minds of thousands
what the doctors are doing for Birge’s
legs. But thousands won’t take the
trouble to read them, although the books
are free. Better to have legs that won’t
walk than a brain that can’t think.
There are millions of such brains, and
the owners don’t worry.
The Georgia “Dig" Counties.
The “big” counties of the state have turned. The
Savannah News has taken up their case—“slips in
a plea” for them.
These big counties —half a dozen of them or such
a number—are forever being made the object of at
tack by somebody on some pretext for something.!
They “get too much of the road money,” there is
“too heavy a representation from them in the Legis- ;
lature, and this and that and the other criticism is
now and then poked at them. Before another fling
is taken at the big counties the following statement
from a recent bulletin from the Georgia taxpayers’;
league might, as the News says, be well digested: |
Last year 150 counties drew over .'53,000,000
more out of the state treasury than they paid
in. The ten which paid in more than they
drew out were: Fulton, Chatham, Dougherty,
Muscogee, Clarke, Richmond, Bibb, Glynn, De-
Kalb and Lanier.
For every dollar they paid to the state, Union
county drew out for pensions and schools $4.50;
Glascock, $3.46; Gwinnett, $2.47; Habersham,
$3.50; Barrow, $1.81; Wilkinson, $2.85; Baldwin,
$1.92; Butts, $3.20; Fayette, $2.95; Dooly, $1.81;
Troup, $1.36, and the rest of the counties from
$1.25 to $2.50 each.
For every dollar they paid in, Fulton drew out
for pensions and schools 47 cents, Chatham 51c
Dougherty 52c, Muscogee 55c, Clarke, 57c,
Richmond 70c, Bibb 75c, Glynn 76c, and Lanier
98c.
Of the state’s entire revenue schools and col
leges get 1 per cent., pensions 17 1-2 per cent,
and the highways nearly 14 per cent. These
three departments get three-fourths of the total
revenue of the state.
If it was not for the “big counties” other'eoun
ties would “pay more freight.” It is a fact, how
ever, that, in the general assembly, there are al- j
ways those who wish to array feeling against the j
“big” counties—the “city counties,” as some call
them. Many an injustice is done to the cities by
legislators who endeavor to create prejudice against
the cities in the matters of legislation.
Arraignment Of The Gossip.
Admitting that gossip is running full swing in
Albany, and urging its people to listen to no gossip
and to repeat no gossip, the Albany Herald makes
this arraignment, under the caption “Pitiless
scandal:”
God save us from the gossip and the scandal
spreader.
“We can bar our homes and places of business
against the midnight burglar. We can insure
our property against the incendiary. We can
place our money and gems in banks or safety
deposit vaults and feel that they are reasonably
secure. When threats to shoot us down on
sight arc made, we can at least put ourselves
on even terms with those who threaten us, for j
we can arm ourselves and shoot to kill, if need
be. Even the dog afflicted with rabies warns
us by its actions to give it wide berth, and the
venomous rattlesnake is fair enough to sound its
alarm when we approach its lair.
“But the gossip shoots a poisoned shaft out
of the enveloping darkness of anonymity. lie
or she who speeds it toward its mark remains
unseen, but the shaft itself strikes home in the
quivering heart of one who perhaps has been
guilty of nothing worse than a minor indiscre
tion, and who in all likelihood has not even been
I indiscreet.
“Most of the gossip that flies from lip to lip is
not inspired by maliciousness. Much of it may
be and doubtless is malicious, for there are
folks in the World who seem to be capable of
any infamy. But these, happily, constitute a
distinct minority.
“The trouble about gossip is that it does not
need to be malicious to hurt. It only needs to
be repeated.”
It is almost impossible, out of the maze of state
ments, to guess out just what are the steps which
are being taken to settle the shopmen’s strike.
The French arc obdurate. Germany most “toe
the mark” on payments, or must put up security,
its coal mines, for instance. France is determined
on this.
According to the Gordele Dispatch, work will start
at an early date on anew hotel for Gordele. It will
be a five-story brick building with modern conven
iences, and will be built as the result of a movement
launched some time ago by business men of the
city. The building 'is to cost SIOO,OOO, according to
I the Dispatch.
THE NEWS AND FARMER, LOU - _uRGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 24, 1922.
SURPRISE FACTORS IN
RAIL SITUATION
(Continued from Page 1.)
an impending industrial boom which
would put the railroads, with their
thousands of bar-order cars, more
than ever in need of their old re
pair forces.
“This \yage increase will put consid
erable fire into the veins of rail
road labor,” declared David Will
iams, secretary of the eastern strike
committee. “The railroad man will
find it hard to understand why he
should get $2.75 a day when he could
get $4 for the same work in the
steel mills.
“If the railroads don’t settle with
the shopmen, it will he doubly dif
ficult for them to hold the unskill
ed crafts in line.”
Rail heads refrained from discus
sion of the possible effect of the
steel companies’ move on rail strike
negotiations. They were, never
theless, quick to offer numerous rea
sons why the steel interests should
grant their men a raise at this criti
cal stage.
One was that some of the steel
corporation bankers who also are
large investors in the railroads,
took such means of making untan
able the position steadfastly main
tained by the eastern “die-hards”
headed by L. F. Loree, that the
strike he allowed to continue “as
a finish fight” rather than it be
settled by returning seniority rights
to the strikers.
In other quarters the raise to steel
men was interpreted as an attempt
to forestall a shortage of labor when
coal mines get into full action again,
and roads are called upon to take up
the additional burden of record crop
movements.
Although Mr. Loree today dis
claimed any intention of putting the
brakes on strike negotiations, after
declaring that “this talk of peace
is all hunk” other members of the
eastern presidents’ conference, voic
ing similar views, indicated clearly
that they will enter tomorrow’s con
ference as a bloc’ to oppose any ;
plan for restoration of seniority. j
Despite continued assertions of
rail chiefs that they will enter the |
conference tomorrow without hav- 1
ing before them any definite pro
posal as a result of their executive •
committee's two-day conference with
the big five last week, reports per- i
sist in labor circles that several
such proposals were laid before the
carrier representatives.
In each case full restoration of
seniority was said to have been the
outstanding feature. One such plan,
revealed in labor sources, tonight
was said to have been written by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, and
an official of the Rrotherhood of
Engineers, containing provisions
similar to President Harding's last j
proposal, cloaked in new words.
Wages, working conditions and j
farming out of shop work would he
referred to the railroad labor board I
for adjudication, according to this
plan, it was said.
On the seniority question, srtik-!
ers would return with full rights as
of July Ist. Loyal employes would!
retain former rights, plus rights'
since July Ist. New men, taken j
on since the strike was called, would
have rights dating from July Ist.
Under this plan, the strikers would
lose seniority rights for only the
eight weeks the strike now has been
in progress. **%
Most of the 148 rail men who will
attend the meeting at the Yale Club
tomorrow arrived in the city tonight,
and straightway began several in
formal caucuses in an effort to line
up votes for the balloting tomor
row. Meetings were unannounced 1
and in small groups and those in at
cndance declined to give any indica
tion of results.
Meantime, labor headquarters
again became active, with the ar
rival of officials of the sixteen shop
craft units who preceded the big
five leaders into the city.
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LOUISVILLE DRUG CO., Louisville, Ga.
N.C. TROOPS WITHDRAWN
AND TRAINSJtUN AGAIN
(Continued from Page 1.)
morning and voted to make formal
request upon the Southern officials
fy>r the withdrawal of the troops.
At noon the troops were with
drawn to their camps three miles
from Spencer, and the trainmen re
sumed their posts.
During the 12 hours from last
midnight no freight trains had been
sent out and no work had been done
on the yards. Meanwhile numbers
of freight trains which had been
side-tracked along the lines leading
into Spencer last night following
the walkout of the trainmen, were
held out on the lines and not allow
ed to proceed to the terminal. Pas
senger trains, however, were moved
through hut considerably delayed,
company officials, including officials
at the shops, taking the places of
trainmen. Crews also were called
from Winston-Salem, Greensboro,
Charlotte and other points, it was
announced.
General Manager Simpson told the
brotherhood representatives that he
would reduce the number of special
guards about the company's proper
ty at Spencer, and was promised
that the number of pickets on duty
would he curtailed materially.
The striking shopmen are said to
have joined the brotherhoods in de
finite promise to the company offi
cials to maintain order if the troops
were withdrawn, and are said to have
assumed full responsibility with the
brotherhoods for any disorders that
might occur.
In addition to the hundreds of
trainmen in the brief walkout, about
250 clerks also were idle.
The military remaining in Salis
bury is scattered, patrolling the
Southern passenger station, the post
office square and other places.
A public meeting at the court
house here tonight was addressed
briefly hv .1. M. Kllis, president of
the state federation of labor, who is
one of the strike leaders. He coun
selled all to keep calm and quiet
and within the law.
BLIND CHAPLAIN OF
HOUSE PASSES AWAY
Washington, Aug. 22.—Rev. I)r.
Henry N. Goudcn, aged 79, blind
chaplain of the house of representa
tives for 25 years until February
28, 1921, died today at his residence
at Fort Myer, Va. He had been ill
nearly nine months hut the im
mediate cause of his death was
bronchial pneumonia.
I)r. Couden was horn in Indiana.
He served more than two yeafs in
the Union army during the Civil
War, and was discharged because
of the wound which caused his
blindness. Re became chaplain of
the house in 1895 during Cleveland’s
administration. He was ordained a
Universalis! clergyman in 1878.
EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING
Thirty Years in the Business.
Do not send your watch to the city for
repairs but bring it to me. Modest
price, quick service, and all work guar
anteed.
I buy old gold and silver and pay spot
cash.
R. LICHTENSTEIN
LOUISVILLE, GA.
JUDGE DICK RUSSELL
FOR CHIEF JUSTICE
r
Kt( it Alt!) I!. KI SSKI.L
and his friends throughout Georgia,
announce his candidacy for Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court in the
Primary of September 13th, and ask
your active assistance in his behalf.
His judicial service thoroughly qua
lifies him. His service to all Geor
gia entitles him to your considera
tion. He and his friends thank you.
SITUATIONBECOMES
ACUTE ON SOUTHERN
Approximately 614 Miles of
Train Service Might Be
Discontinued.
Cincinnati. ()., Aug. 22. (By the
Associated Press.) R. N. Bird, su
i perintendent of mails of the south
tern division, announced here tonight
i that acting on advices from W. R.
! Waltz, chief clerk of the railway
i mail service at Louisville that the
situation on the Southern Railroad
was becoming “acute,” due to strike
conditions, and that train service
might be discontinued on approxi
mately 814 miles of the railroad, he
had taken steps to meet the emer
gency by handling local mails with
a thoroughly organized motor truck
service. *
Ihe lines affected, according to
Superintendent Bird arc from Lex
ington to Louisville and Danville
and Lawrenceburg, Ky.; Louisville
; and St. Louis. West Radon to Evans
ville, Ind. Lincoln City to Canncll
.on and Lincoln City to Rockport
I in Indiana and Illinois.
SOFT COAL MINERS IN
TWO STATES TO RETURN
Chicago, Aug. 22. —(8y the Asso
ciated Press.)—Soft coal operators
and miners In two more states made
peace today while anthracite oper
ators and miners’ representatives
meeting in Philadelphia adjourned a
joint conference subject to call with
out reaching an agreement.
Illinois and Indiana miners pre
pared tonight to enter the pits to
morrow, following Michigan, lowa
and Wyoming miners who yesterday
concluded agreements wits opera
tors. Southwestern operators and
miners were holding conferences at
Kansas City.
The peace negotiations already
completed caused the department of
labor to estimate the weekly bitu
minous coal production at 9,000,000
tons within a week.
All agreements thus far conclud
ed have been based on the settlement
made at Cleveland last week be
tween John L. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, and his associates and opera
tors from seven slates. Under this
agreement the miners return to
work at the same wage scale and
under the same working conditions
as when they struck April 1, 144
days ago. This agreement Is lo re
main In effect until March 31st with
provision for a fact-finding commis
sion to investigate the coal indus
try and the selection of a subcom
mittee of operators and miners at
a joint conference at Cleveland on
Oct. 2 to determine methods of ne
gotiating future wage scales.
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ShadowM Theatre
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA.
Three Shows Daily, Matinee at 4:30; Night
Shows 8:00 and 9:30.
Thursday, August 24th —
Alice Brady in “HUSH MONEY.” If you like a modern
play of a courageous girl who rebelled against her narrow
world—Acting by a star with a powerful emotional appeal
who wears clothes like an empress—don’t miss—“HUSH
MONEY.”
Friday, August 25th —
“FOOLS PARADISE”—A Paramount picture produced by
Cecil B. DeMille. This is what you will see: Thrilling
events on the Mexican border, seething with deeds of ban
dits, gamblers and soldiers of fortune. A vast and gorg
eous temple in a towered City Beautiful, built on teeming
lagoons. Dances Siamese, dances Parisienne, and marvel
ous skating dancers whirling through the Ballet of Ice. Hun
dreds of alluring beauties of the Orient, bewitchingly at
tired. Strange heathen rites of hordes of worshippers in
jewelled cloth of gold. Spectacular uses of elephants, bears,
snakes, peacocks, crocodiles and dogs. (The crocodile fight
is the most blood-stirring sensation ever shown on the
screen.) Revel scenes, street scenes, boudoir scenes, feud
scenes, theatre scenes, vision scenes, storm scenes, fire
scenes, war scenes, water scenes. And weaving these
wonders all together into far the greatest entertainment De-
Mille has ever made, is a poignant, glorious story of human
hearts.
Three shows: 4:30, 8:00 and 9:30. Admission 25c and 40c.
Saturday, August 28th—
Norma Talmadge plays in “Her Only Way.” Eugene O’Brien
plays opposite Miss Talmadge. This picture is made by the
same directors as “Smiling Thru.” Norma Talmadge is
the screen’s greatest star and Eugene O’Brien is no small
light himself. This is a good picture and all should see it.
Also a one reel comedy entitled “The Non Stop Kid.” Harold
Loyd is the star.
Tuesday, August 29th—
Thomas Meighan in “Conrad in Quest of His Youth.” The
good luck star in a happy romance of love and youth and
high adventure. A picture to appeal to the whole wide
world and to send it away with a smile. Margaret Loomis
is the leading lady.
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ShadowM Theatre
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, LOUISVILLE, GA.
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GEORGIAN INJURED.
Talladega, Ala., Aug. 22.—Three
persons were seriously injured and
13 others suffered minor hurts when
southbound Louisville & Nashville
passenger train No. 85 collided with
a freight train about two miles south
of here this afternoon.
J. McCullers, freight engineer of
Boyles, Ala., Mrs. Lula Watson of
Anniston, Ala., and Frank M. Brown,
of Cedartown, Ga., were those ser
iously injured. They were taken to
a local hospital.
