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VOLUME 33—NUMBER 50.
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, MUIERS ANOTHER
pLucy Huntley Totally Stabs
Willie Thompson In Coon
ville Tuesday Afternoon.
MLucy Huntley a negro girl about
Hi or 18 years old is in jail, having
stapped Willie Thompson, a
negro woman, in a negro section of
Louisville late Tuesday afternoon-
The daughter of Willie Thompson,
it is understood, approached Lucy
Huntley and Will Curtist and im
mediatey attacked Will Curtiss with
a razor. Will Curtis ran and then
the daughter of Willie Thompson
made an assault upon Lucy Huntley
with the razor and Lucy Huntley
brandished a knife and cut her as
sailant several times. Willie Thomp
son attempted to separate the two
negro girls who were about 17 years
of age and in the mixup that follow
ed. Willie Thompson was killed.
Lucy Huntley, who did the stabbing,
was arested immediately.
HVEEK OF PRAYER OF W\ M. V.
1 lie \\ . M. U. of the Louisville
Baptist church will observe the an
nual wck of Prayer for foreign mis
sions during the wck of December
31.si January 8. These meetings
wil be held for one hour every af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. W. S.
Murphy.
LANDLORD JAILED
New York, Dec. 26—Charged with
failure to warm the homes of his,
72 tenant families, Jacob Solotor- 1
off, owner of four East Side apart- i
incut houses, today was sentenced
to t’ne Tombs for 60 days when he
was unable lo pay a $609 fine impos
ed by Magistrate George W. Simp
son.
The magistrate refused to enter
tain the landlord's plea that he*had
liven unable to buy coal.
“It is apparent,” he said, “that
tiiis defendant did nothing hut wait
until winter was upon us. It is e
nor*'enough for a landlord to say
that he cannot get coal now. The
question, is ‘Did lie make any ef
fort when he first learned that there '
was going to he coal shortage?’ The
evidence indicates that his landlord
gave no thought whatever to these j
tenants.”
TELEGRAPHERS TO STRIKE
St. Louis. Dec. 26.—Prediction of
a telegraphers’ strike on some west
ern railroads unless lhe railroad la
bor hoard acts favorably by Janu
ary Ist on a petition for a rchear-
Hg on the decision of the hoard
■hich recently reduced the wages of
Hnoo operators about $1,500,000 a
E|ir, was made tonight by Edward
H Mari ion, president of the Order
Telegraphers.
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THE NEWS AND FARMER
Stanley Baldicin Sails For
United States.
(By The Associated Press)
London, Dec. 26—Stanley Bald
win, chancellor of the exchequer
and the members of his mission
which is going to the United
States to discuss the British debt
to the United States, will sail
tomorrow for New York.
The Times prints an interest
ing character sketch of Mr. Bald
win, laying emphasis on his
simple and modest nature and
“hiding beneath a placid exterior
a highly sensitive personality and
a highly trained and equipped
mind.” He is a very typical
Englishman, simple and quiet in
his tastes, direct in his address
and possessing broad and scintil
lating wit.
MONETARY ASSOCIATION.
Madison, Wis., Dec. 26. —Organiza-
tion of the National Monetary As
sociation to stabilize and safeguard
ihe purchasing value of money was
announced today by John H. Com
mons, professor of economics at the
University of Wisconsin, ils presi
dent.
l’rof Commons in a statement,
said the organization has no spe
cial interests to serve and no pre
conceived ideas regarding its pro
gram. “It lias been organized,” he
said, “by those who feel that the
most important economic and so
cial problem of the present-day is
the great injustice brought about by
both the fluctuation and progressive
changes in tile price level and the
tremendous economic and social
losses represented by idle men and
machinery in the recurring periods
of business depression.”
BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Fairburn, Ga., Dee. 26.—James
Coleman, 13-year-ol dson of C. C.
Coleman, living on the banks of the
Chattahoochee River about eight
miles north of here, accidentally
shot himself through the brain with
a .22-calibre rifle near his home late
today and died before medical aid
could reach him.
Young Coleman was in the woods
with his playmate. James Brown.
Just how the accident occurred is
nol known, but it is supposed that
the trigger caught in the underbrush
as the hoys were walking through
the woods.
COLUMBUS MERCHANT KILLED
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 26.—Sidney H.
Odom, a merchant, is said to have
been waylaid by two highwaymen
and fatally shot here early tonight.
Odom was en route from his store
to his home when lie was approach
ed by two men, who ordered him
to “Stick ’em up." Tffc merchant
said thal when he held up both
hands, the two men opened fire
upon him. Odom died an hour af
ter he was shot. The polire feporf
no arrests.
HIT STORMS US#
MSOFMTIC
14 Ships Put Slowly Into
Quarantine; New Gignatic
Liner, Caronia, Puts In At
! Halifax To Dodge Fight.
New York, Dec. 26 Battered and
scarred by heavy w (her, fourteen
ships plowed slowly into quarantine
today, the skippers of them all re
porting a vicious never-ending bat
tle with a series of lashing hurri
canes which seemed to shake the
Atlantic to the bottom.
One ship—the gigantic new liner
Caronia -put in at Halifax because
she was steadily losing her fight.
Another liner reported she would be
two days late. A third flashed that
she couldn't reach New York un
til tomorrow, although she appar
ently has gone safely through most
of the storm.
The center of the storms which
have been ruling the waves for
three weeks, was about 1,000 miles
i off the European coast. Skippers
said they crashed into them at this
point and fought steadily through
terrific gales until within 500 miles
of the United States.
All the ships that came into quar
antine today were freighters. Some
of them had parts of the bridges
gone. Deck boats were crushed and
lorn. In one or two instances
hatches were pounded in, and all
reported their crews had been in
oilskins for from five to fourteen
| days.
! Even with fourteen ships report
ing in, quarantine did not have as
many as expected. Five ships, in
-1 eluding LaSavoie, were overdue. La-
Savoie reported she would be in
Thursday but nothing was heard
from the Lord By rah, the Eastern
City and the Yorkcifstle, all of which
were expected today. The President
Monroe will arrive tomorrow.
Cable and wireless messages told
of the ravages on the European side.
Falmouth, England*, reported three
ships had put in there with broken
machinery and another went to St.
Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, her en
gines also damaged.
The Belgian steamship Lonelier,
doing to Norfolk, Ya., had to stop
ia Queenstown for repairs. Hali
fax reported that the Norwegian
freighter Lorentz \Y. Hansen, which
sailed from Swansea, Wales, Decem
ber 14th, with a load of coal, had
put hack to Liverpool, leaking and
with her bridge swept away.
DIVERGENT VIEWS OI\I
BOCILIIi
Italian Press Had Different
Views As To Meaning Of
Important Parts Of Pope
Pius's Document.
Romo. Dec. 26—Divergent views of
the meaning of important passages
hi tlie papal encyclical arc express-
I *?d by various of the Dome news
papers in their comment today on
the document, delayed by the holi
day interlining since its publica
; lion.
The Tribuna commenting on the
! utterance from the Vatican, empha
sizes the passage construed a* con
demning the peace of Versailles, but
takes the view that Pope Pius did |
not desire to urge its annullment, j
his hopes evidently being, it con
cludes, that the treaty he given |
a conciliatory and charitable inter- j
pretation.
Regarding the passage alluding to
the relations between the Vatican
and Italy, the newsaper says this
shows that while the pontiff feels
no hostility against the present
regime he thinks the country is not
yet ready for a complete reeoncila- j
tion.
The Epoca, on the contrary, con-i
siders that an accord between the,
Homan Catholic and Italy to be a
necessity of the times, without j
either party being obliged to re-j
liounce its own political or spiritual,
convictions, while tPie Giornale cl’lta-j
lia considers the words of the pope j
“an invitation towards the conclusion ;
of a definite undertaking with Italy, 1
indicating the road to be followed.” !
The Giornale d’ltalia, neverthe
less, thinks the most important '
passage in the encyclical to he the|
announcement of the possible convo
cation of an ecumenical council,,
which Pius IX and Leo ZIII pro-}
claimed to he impossible, on ac-|
count of the fact , that temporal
power was lacking. It recalls the fact
that the Vatican ecumenical council
of 1870 was suspended in July of
that year because of the sudden de
parture of 150 French and sixty Tier
man bishops as a consequence of;
the Franco-Prussion war.
The resumption of the council
now. immediately after another war|
which so profoundly changed the
conditions of these two countries,”
it adds, “might he dangerous to the j
serenity of the discussions, and this,!
perhaps, was the thought of the i
pope in not taking a definite decision
regarding the convocation of the
council.”
MANY DEATHS FROM AUTOS
Chicago. Dec. 26.—The automobile j
caused a higher number of sudden j
and violent deaths in Chicago and i
Cook County during the past year i
than any other agency, according to
a report of the coroner's office
made public today.
Six hundred and forty-one per
sons were killed during the fiscal
year ending Oct. 31, the figures
showed. Disease cases acted on by
the coroner came a bad second with
a toll of 495 during the same pe
riod. while suicide stood third with
468 deaths.
Three hundred and sixty-eight .
deaths resulted from homicide, ac- j
cording to the report, J
LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1922.
“The Best Is Yet
To Be—"
Despite the joy and gladness that cling to our happiest
days there is a touch of sadness that hovers around all anni
versaries—for memory brings to mind the joys of happy
days that are in the past, dear faces that used to glow in
the firelight and little hands that reached for the Christmas
stocking. This week seems to be the time of looking back
ward, for the old year is almost gone and the New Year that
waits to be welcomed in, seems such a stranger that we feel
shy before this maiden so airily sure of herself, so expec
tant and yet so unafraid. The old year, with shattered
dreams that cling to her gaunt frame like tattered and rain
soaked skirts—suddenly seems very near and dear and we
fain would keep her longer. Just so did we feel at the
death of the last old year—and just so, perhaps, will we
feel when we bid the year 1923 goodbye. Adieus are hard
to say—and a strong heart is needed to forever press for
ward. but the first day of the year is the Day of Good Reso
lutions and to resolve anew is to he anew. Buried in the
months that are gone, are mistakes, blunders, miserable
failures, perhaps. Just in front live three hundred and
sixty-five shining new days wherein shattered hopes may
grow anew and ambitions may spread wings and thrive. Our
souls, our selves, like the chambered Nautilus, may leave the
low-vaulted past, “amend what flaws may lurk, what strains
of the stuff, what wavings past the aim.”
The News and Farmer desires to thank the people of
Jefferson County for their kind patronage and considera
tion during the past year and to extend all good wishes
for the New Year. Times will he better, we are told, and a
glorious year is just over the hill. We feel sure that
The best is yet to be,
The last of life for which the first was made.
Our times are in His hands
Who saith, “A whole I planned,
Youth shows but half; truest God; see all nor be afraid.”
TURKS PROTEST AGAINST THE
ARMENIANS BEING ALLOWED TO
APPEAL FOR NATIONAL HOME
Declares Egyptians Have As
Much Right to State Their
Case Against England As
Armenians Against Turkey.
ALLIES HEAR ARMENIAN
PLEA WITHOUT TURKS
Assyro-Chaldeans Make Ap
peal To Be Let Alone and
Left In Peace; Want To
Maintain 0w ; Language.
Lausanne, Dec., 26—Armenia was
the storm center of the Near East
conference today. The Turks refused i
to attend a meeting of the sub
commission which had arranged to
hear the pica of the Armenians for
the establishment of a national home
in Turkey, and both Ismct Pasha
and Riza Nura Bey strongly worded
communications protesting against;
Ihe decision to allow the Armenians
to stale their case.
They declared that if the Armen
ians. who had no official standing
and represented no independent gov
crumet, were heard, there was no
reason why the Egyptians or the
Irish should not be allowed to pre
sent their demands.
The so-called irregular Egyptian
delegation lias been here for more
: than a month waiting for perniis
j sion to voice a demand for the in
dependence of Egypt and with
; drawal of the British army.
In consequence of the Turkish
protest the meeting of the sub
commission was postponed, and the
representatives of the inviting
powers. Great Britain, France and
Italy, sitting atone, listened to the
Armenian spokesman, who suggested
that a home be established in north
east Turkey, which should include
historic Mount Ararat or a section
in Lilcitia. It was impossible, he de
dal cd, for the proposed Armenian
home to amalgamate with the
Armenian republic of Erivan. which
had been taken over by the Moscow
soviets. The Armenians would will
ingly accept the same relationship
with turkey as the dominions with
England. In conclusion lie asked for
exemption from military service for
the Armenians and urged mainten
ance of the Orthodox patriarch in
Constantinople.
The entente delegates took the
Armenian petition under advise
ment, as they did also petition* from
the Bulgarians and the ancient peo
ple known as the Assyro-Chaldeans.
Noradunghian Pasha, once Tur
kish foreign minister, presented the
Armenian plea.
Widely Separated
He said that the tragic events of
1915 had widened the gulf between
the Turks and the Armenians. The
young Turk government at that
time had not only used unspeak
able methods in dealing with those
Armenians who were loyal subjects
of the Ottoniore empire, he assert
ed. but they also tacked the most
elementary understandings of the
interests of their country. Although
Armenians were serving in the Turk
ish army, there were many deporta-1
tions of Armenians and suppression
of a great part of the Armenian pop-|
illation without the slightest pro-’
text.
“We deeply regret that mutual
distrust still exists between the
l urks amt the Armenians.” he con-j
tinued, “and that nothing is being;
done by Turkey to diminish the
gravity of the situation. It is im
possible for us to consider as a
solution that the refugee Armen
ians who are in foreign countries
should return to Turkey, as Ismet
suggests.”
It was only by the creation of an
Armenian home that the Armenian
problem could be solved, lie in- j
sisted.
The Bulgarians requested that 160-i
oon Bulgarians who had fled from
Oriental Trace should tie permitted
to return to that country, which
had become Turkish territory, and
said they were ready to accept Hie
same treatment as Turkish citizens.
Biblical history came before the
meeting when the representatives of
" -is*'ro-(.haldtaus arose. Their
I people live in Mesopotamia, between
Mosul and the Turkish frontier;
they wish to maintain their own lan-
I guage and customs and to be allow
: cd to dwell in peace. General Aghpi
jtros, their chief spokesman said with
■ dignity that his territory had proved
j that Adam and Eve were horn in
! their country, and the early chpa
| tors of early life moved about the
| Assyro-Chaldeans.
Hopeful progress was made today
on the problem of the Greek pat
riarch. The French suggested as a
i possible solution that permission be
granted the patriarch to remain in
: Constantinople as an autonomous
j archbishop with the understanding
Jthat he would in no way represent
political or administrative matters,
or voice the ambitions or incarnate
aspirations of Grccncc; he would
exist as a religious figure.
The French argued that tile Brus
que removal of the Christian leader
would cause an unpleasant feeling
abroad towards the new Turkish
state. The Turks later will give their
views on this suggestion.
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DIVORCED WIFE
Jones Intends To Support
Case of Wife Who Shot and
Killed Man Who Had Ruin
ed Her Happy Home.
I/Ouisville. Ky„ Dec. 26. Disclos
ure today by C. H. Jones, of Cin
cinnati, of plans for the remarriage
January Ist of his divorced wife,
Mrs. Olive L. Jones, and himself,;
was one of the major developments
in the investigation of the slaying !
of O. 1.. Black, sales manager of a i
Louisville automobile company, in
Mrs. Jones’ apartment Sunday after-j
noon.
Mrs. Jones went to police head
quarters Monday morning and sur
rendered. She declared that after
shooting in self-defense, she had
covered Black’s body and kept an
all-night vigil, unable to summon
courage to call the police. She was j
charged with murder.
“I do not know whether the kill
ing of Black, who broke up my home !
four years ago, will interfere with
our plans,” Jones said today in Cin
cinnati, in telling of arrangements j
for the remarriage. “I shall try j
to sec her and find out.”
Jones reiterated his intention of
standing by his former wife.
While counsel for Mrs. Jones main
tained today that she shot in self
defense follosving a quarrel, police
insisted that the fact that Black
was wounded in the back, apparently
as he was attemping to climb j
through a window, contradicted this t
theory.
It was intimated by Mrs. Jones' ;
counsel today that when she was J
called for a preliminary hearing on
Friday she would waive examination
and the case would be submitted to
the grand jury for action. 11l this
event, it was said, motion for bond
would probably be made.
CHILD DIES FROM BURNS
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 26.—Thehna
Ray, 5 years old, died this after
noon as a result of burns sustained
this morning from electric spark
lers which she had received as a
Christmas .present.
FIND MEMBER OF
MISSING TOO CREW
Condition of Mike Paytosh
Leads To Belief That Tug
Gilmore Sank After a Boiler
Explosion.
Erie. Pa. Dec. 26—The hod' of
Mike Paytosh, .1 member of the
crew of Ihe mising tug Cornell, of
Cleveland, was brought into port
here late today by the tug Gilmore.
The face was scalded and marine
men said the Cornell went to the
bottom, carrying the seven members
of the erew, alter a boiler explo
sion.
The Gillmore picked lip the yawl
about 15 miles off Port Colburn.
Pay Josh’s body, lightly clad, was
lying in the bottom of the little
craft. Marks indicated he had been
scalded and burned, leading the res
cuers to believe that the Cornell
was the victim of a boiler explosion.
Ihe Gilmore was searching for
wreckage, but reported that the yawl
was the only sign of the Cornell.
Cleveland, Ohio. Dec. 26—With
the finding today of the lifeboat
and the corpse of one of the eight
members of the crew of the tug
Cornell, which disappeared Thurs
day, the mystery surrounding the
exact fate of the Cornell remains
unsolved. Search for the vessels and
the other members of the crew will
be continued tomorrow.
The lifeboat containing the body
of Michael Paytosh, fireman of the
Cornell, was found on the Canadian
side of Lake Erie by the searching
tug. Q. A. Gilmore today. The body
covered with ice and lying face down
and frozen to the planks of the
life boat's bottom. Ice coated the
rest of the hull. In order lo remove
the body it was necessary to saw off
one of the seats of the yawl. In fhls
mute trace of evidence there was
nothing to indicate definitely
whether the tug sank after a boiler
explosion, burned, ran afoul of
hea\y ice floes, or foundered in a
heavy sea.
Scores of motorboats and tugs and
a mail airplane which conducted a
search along the American shore of
the lake returned late today without
having found any trace of the craft.
It was thought a seaman aboard
the Gillmore had solved the mystery
as the face of Paytosh was badly
marked. These scars were at first
believed to have been the result of
scalding but were later said by an
undertaker in Eric to he probable
bruises and the aftermath of hitter
cold weather.
This added to the mystery, as
local marine men declared they arc
at a loss to determine what happen
ed to the tug after it was said the
marks on Paytosh's face were not
caused by scalding.
ORGANIC EVOLUTION
STRONGLY ENDORSED
Association For Advance
ment Of Science Adopts
Resolution Ad v o eating
Teaching Of Doctrine In
| Schools.
Cambridge, Mass.. Dec. 26. A res
olution affirming that “no scientific
generalization is more strongly sup
ported by thoroughly tested evidence
than is that of organic evolution,”
was adopted today by the Council
j of the American Association for the
! Advancement of Science. The reso
lution expressed the conviction that
any legislation attempting to limit
the teaching of the doctrine of evo
lution would lie “a profound mis-
I take.”
It cited an attempt in several
states to prohibit the teaching of
evolution in the public schools and
the wide publicity given to asscr
i tions that the theory of evolution
was a mere guess which leading
scientists were abandoning. It call
ed attention to the tact that the
: American association had a member
ship of more than 1 i ,OOO persons,
; including the American authorities
I in all branches of science.
“There is no ground whatever,”
! the resolution said, speaking of the
i scientific evidences of the evolution
of plants and animals and man, “for
the assertions that these evidences
I constitute a ‘m?rc guess'.”
It affirms that the evidences in
favor of the evolution of man are
“sufficient to convince every scien
tist of note in the world,” that the
theory of evolution is “of the most
potent of the great influences for
good that have thus far entered the
human experience,” and that to lim
it its teaching “could not fail to in
jure and retard the advancement of
knowledge and of human welfare by
denying the freedom of teaching
and inquiry which is essential to
all progress.”
The resolution was drafted hv a
committee consisting of Edwin
Grant Conklin, of Princeton Univer
sity, chairman; Henry Fairfield Os
horn, president of the hoard of
trustees of the American Museum
of Natural History, and Charles B.
Davenport, director of the Cold
Spring Harbor station of the Car
negie Institution. The council con
sists of the president of the Amer
ican association, the permanent sec
retary, general secretary and treas
urer; the vice-presidents and the
secretaries of the various sections,
representatives of eaeh of the forty
or mor affiliated societies and eight
elected members.
The council is empowered to make
formal pronouncements on behalf
of the association. It is not cus
tomary for the delegates to take
further action on any such resolu
tions.
Delegation To Visit IVilson
On 66th Birthday
New York, Dec. 26—A delega
tion of five from the Woodrow
Wilson foundation will await on
former President Wilson at his
home in Washington Thursday
lo extend birthday greetings to
him on the 66th anniversary of
his birth. Those in the delega
tion will he Hamilton Holt,
executive director; Babbi Step
hen S. Wise, Mrs. E.
Simonson. Mrs. Charu'Tif
fan\ and Mrs. Carolina // 4 z-
Rees
MORE VIOLATIONS PROHIBITION
LAW
\tlanta. Dec. 26—Records for the
six month* of 1922 show that the
number of violations of the national
prohibition law in northern district
of Georgia to he far in excess of any
previous half-year in the period of
tlic district, according to a report
made today to \ttorncy-General
Daugherty by Clint W Hager, federal
district attorney. The report dis
closed that approximately 801) cases
of liquor violations are on the docket
for tin federal court term beginning
January Bth. next.
The report disclosed that a total
of 313 cases invilving violations of
the \ olstead act have been tried
since July, resulting in 221 convic
tions, and 37 nolle prosequics. The
court imposed fine aggregating *lO,-
576 and a total of It 8-12 years in
prison sentences s .
Accompanying the report to the
attorney-general was a summariza
tion of prohibition cases for the
fiscal year ended June 3<f. H 122,
showing the total of cases reported
for the year to have been 1.084. Of
this number 420 were tried. 26 nolle
prossed. 329 convictions; $19,157 im
posed in tines and a total of 30
years in prison sentences assessed.
MORE THAN 50 POISONED
Boston. Dec. 26—More than 50
persons were in hospitals here today
suffering from alcohol poisoning as
a result of drinking liquors obtain
ed during the holidays. Two deaths
due to this cause occured. Eighteen
of the patients were (listed as in a
critical condition.
LAST SURVIVOR DIES
New York. Dec. 26—John Martin.
69. who claimed to he the last
survivor of the (luster massacre on
the Big Horn, will he buried tomor
row in Cypress Hills. Cemetery. He
died in a Brooklyn hospital Sun
day.
Mr. Martin was a trumpeter and
pispatch hearer for General Custer
and one of the little handful of men
who escaped when Bain-in-thc-face
and Sitting Bull sent their braves
against Custer’s men.
Mr. Martin enlisted in the seventh
calvalry in 1874, serving through
much of the Indian fighting and
through the Spanish war. He is sur
vived by his widow and eight chil
dren.
pr , w
Thankm g our loyal friends for a most pleasant
and successful Christmas, we extend to all
our best wishes for a
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR.
9
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Louisvi Ding Cos.
Louisville, Georgia.
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CHRISTMAS TREE
GREAT SUCCESS
Every Child Receives Gift
From Junior Red Cross—
Entire Student Body Pres
ent.
The Christmas tree given by (lie
Junior Bed Cross last Frida.v in the
"bool auditorium was a beautiful
°ss. The entire faculty and
body >f the Louisville Aca
demy 7 /’ re present and joined in
singing Christmas carols that added
much to the beauty of the occasion.
Rev. Pressly and Uev. Mallory had
parts on the brief program that pre
ceded the presentation of the gifts
Santa Claus appeared in person,
made a little talk and as is his cus
tom. entered into the business at
hand of scattering fun.
Ihc Junior Red Cross furnished
the gifts on the rice. The tree,
which was unusually large and
shapely, was secured through the
kindness of Mr. Willie Poole and
Tommie Holton. Every child in
the first seven grades received a
stocking filled wth nuts, raisins and
fruit, and a gift selected for each
individual child. The teachers of
the grades rendered very efficient
help in the selection and wrapping
of the gifts, and in the artistic dec
oration of the tree.
The Junior Bed Cross presented
their leader, Mrs. W F. Little, with
a dainty box of handkerchiefs in
token of their appreciation of her
untiring and enthusiastic efforts for
the organization.
BARTOW MASONS HOLD ELEC
TION.
Bartow. Ga.. Dec. 21.—T. C. Jor
dan was elected worshipful master of
th Bartow Lodge, \o. 462. F. and
A. -M.. at the annual meeting of the
lodge at Bartow last night.
Other officers chosen were: J. R.
Murphy, senior warden; !)• A. McMil
lon. treasurer; Loring P. Evans, sec
retary; ].. L. Kendrick, senior dea
con; H. X. Camp, junior deacon; H.
B. Morris, senior steward; K. C. Sal
ter, junior steward; L. B. Claxton.
chaplain; J. E. Grcnway, tylcr.
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the News and Farmer
Publishing Company will he held at
the Court House at seven-thirty p. m.
Wednesday. January the third, for
th e pur pose of electing directors,
ami such other business as may be
necessary.
KING EXPELS EMBEZZLER
London.—King George has ordered
the expulsion from the army of Ma
jor W. S. Mastcrman. who was con
victed of embezzling government
funds.