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VOLUME 34—NUMBER 12.
DEATH FOLLOWS IN WAKE
OF LOUISIANA TORNADO;
NORTH CAROLINA SUFFERS
Pineville, Louisiana is Sewpt By Terrific Wind Storm That
Leaves Dead and Injured, Many Are Missing—Wendell,
North Carolina Suffers Damage Estimated at Over
SIOO,OOO, Two Persons Injured.
I
Alexandria, La., April 4.—The known dead in the tor
nado which early tonight struck Pineville and vicinity across
the Red River from Alexandria, reached fourteen, with the
arrival here at 10 o’clock of a train bringing the bodies of
eight persons killed at Pineville and a sawmill settlement
about a mile east of that town. Fifty or more persons were
reported injured. Search was being made tonight of the
wrecked homes in an area of approximately a mile square in
the eastern section of Pineville for the dead, injured and
missing.
The dead:
Harry Marrus, merchant; Enoch Williamson and his 15
months old infant; Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Gates; J. M. Morrace
and Mrs. Alvin McCann, Miss Belle Jenkins, Mrs. Ed. Smith,
Mrs. Burnett and four negroes.
Pineville bore the brunt of the blow and suffered heavy
property damage. Several persons were injured here.
Some of the injured were report
ed to be in a serious condition,
among them being Homer Boren,
whose arm was torn off by flying
debris. The most seriously hurt
were taken to the United States Vet
erans’ Hospital at Camp Stafford or
brought to local institutions.
The main street in Pineville is
fltrewn with wreckage from destroy
ed houses and tlephone and tele
graph wires. Citizens of Alexan
dria and Pineville are assisting in
clearing the streets tonight.
Wendell, N. C., April 4.—A score
or more persons were reported in
jured and property damage esti
mated at SIOO,OO was caused by a
tornado that originated on the edge
of Johnson County late today and
zig-zagged its way for some seven
to ten miles through the western
portion of Wake County.
The chief damage was caused by
destruction or damage to buildings
east of Wendell and one house was
reported blown down at Zebulon
which was cut off from wire com
munication as a result of the storm.
Physicians from Wendell and ad
jacent settlements were working in
the stricken district tonight and a
negro woman and phild were sent
to a Raleigh hospital in a serious
condition.
HEAVY RAIN IN S. C.
Greenville, S. C. April 4—The
hardest rainfall of the year was re
corded here today. The official tabu
lation was .42 inches in ten minu
tes. Very little wind accompanied
the dowpour.
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THE NEWS AND FARMER
AIKEN COUNTY MAN
HELD FOR KILLING
Special to The Chronicle-
Aiken, S. C. April 4.—Simon Lucas
of the Perry section of Aiken coun
ty is in the Aiken jail, charged with
the murder of his brother, Joe
Lucas, whose dead body was found
this morning near Simon Lucas’
home. The latter first told neighbors
that his' brother had committed
suicide, a pistol with one exploded
cartrige was found lying beside the
body when found.
The body had been lying in the
rain all night. This morning Sheriff
Howard and coroner Tarver went
to the scene and Simon Lucas is
said to have confessed to them after
a severe grilling, that he killed his
brother. Admitting that after the
fatal shot was fired he removed a
cartridge from his brother’s pistol
and replacing it with the exloded
one, the charge from which took
his life.
Both are young white men and
are married. No motive for the al
leged crime is known.
COTTONSEED FOR SALE
King s Extra Early and Cleveland's
Big 8011. One year from North Caro
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boll weevil. At Gamble’s McKinne
Place, near Louisville. Only $1.50
per bushel long as they last. W. E.
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ARRANGE FOR REUNION
OF CONFEDERATE VETS
Brig.-Gen. Walker Smith
Jones in Augusta Last Week.
Brigadier General Waller Smith
Jones of Louisville, Ga., commander
of the Eastern Georgia Brigrade,
Confederate Veterans, was in Augus
ta last week for the purpose of mak
ing final arrangements for the trip
to the Confederate Reunion which
is to be hel dat New Orleans.
General Jones was one of the V.
M. 1. students who left the school
room at the beginning of the war to
enlist in the Confederate Army. He
fought valiantly in the battle of New
Market and received five wounds in
his first engagement. Mrs. E. C.
Crim, of New Morket.. Virginia, will
be an honored member of General
Jones’ party. She was known to the
V. M. I. cadets during the war as!
“Mother Crim,'’ for during the bat-1
tie of New Market Mrs. Crim, who |
was a very young matron during this
memorable battle, at the risk of her
life visited the battlefield to give aid j
and comfort to the young soldiers j
lying wounded on the field.
There are eight survivors of these |
whom "Mother Crim” ministerd to j
after that historic battle, and Gen
eral Jones has been appointed by j
these men to act as escort to the j
“Mother of the New Market Cadets.” j
General Jones has appointed the |
following ladies to the sponsors:
Maids of Honor, Miss Ruth Weiglc,
Augusta: Miss McHenry, Madison;
Miss Hilda Anderson, Hawkinsvillc;
Miss Marion Weigle, Augusta; Miss |
Scruggs, Burke County; and MissJ
Garrett of Louisville. The matron j
of honor will be Mrs. C. C. Burk
halter of Louisville.
NEW YORK WOMAN IS
KIDNAPPED AT MACON
Police Claim Ku Klux Klan
is Responsible.
Macon, Ga., April 4.—A band of
eight masked men, believed by po
lice to be members of the Ku Klux
Klan, kidnapped Mrs. Frederica
Pace, of New York, and Lynwood
L. Bright from the former’s automo
bile, at Second and Arch Streets, at
1U o’clock tonight, carried them to
a lonely spot beyond Ocmulgee park,
a negro section, four miles from
the city and there beat Bright al
most into insensibility. Mrs. Pace
was not horsewhipped as at first
reported, but was forced to look on.
Bright was given twenty-four hours
to leave the city, under the penalty
of death.
According to the police, Bright
and Mrs. Pace were in an automo
bile on one of the main thorough
fares here when another automo
bile drove up and several men
jumped on the running hoard of
the Bright machine. A struggle is
said to have taken place. When
the police arrived the Bright ma
chine was empty and eye-witnesses
said the other automobile made a
dash for the city's outskirts.
Deputy sheriff’s automobiles and
policemen on motorcycles are scour
ing all roads for some trace of the
couple. The police say the kidnap
ping tonight was even bolder than
that of Dr. William Schreiber, of
Boston. Mass., here several mouths
ago.
Mrs. Pace, who is reported to be
wealthy, arrived here Monday from
Palm Beach, Fla.
LUMBER CO. AT WRENS
CHANGES NAME
The planing mill at Wrens will
be known in the future as the Bar
wick Lumber Company, succeeding
the Clark Lumber Company, Mr.
Clark having sold his interest in
this lumber business by the name
of Clark. It became necessary to
change the name of this company
to prevent confusion.
The Barwick Lumber Company is
doing a thriving business and has
meant much to the town and com
munity.
PRESIDENT OF ERSKIXE COLLEGE
CONDUCTS SERVICES AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
IN LOUISVILLE ,
Dr. R. C. Grier, president of Er
skine College, Due West, S. C., de
livered two delightful sermons at
the Presbyterian Church Sunday.
Dr. Grier is a nephew of Rev. Paul
Pressly. He has the distinction of
being president of a college at the
age of thirty. It is also a great honor
to be at the head of a college that
has furnished the world with so
many good, honorable and distin
guished men.
President Buys
Farm In Ohio;
Was Birthplace
Mount, Gilead, Ohio, April 4
President Harding today pur
chased his birthplace, a farm in
North Bloomfield township, Mor
row, County, where, as a hoy,
he spent his childhood days.
The deal , was consummated
through French Crow, postmas
ter at Marion, Ohio, a life-long
friend of the president who act
ed as his personal agent. The
deed was delivered to Mr. Crow
by Harry Erickson who has own
ed the farm for a number of
years.
Plans now under consideration
it is understood, call for a com
plete rearrangement of the pre
mises including a modern bunga
low and a golf course. Friends
close to President Harding stat
ed he contemplates spending
much of his time after retire
ment from the White House on
the “old farm” in writing and
‘geeting back to nature.”
LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY. APRIL 5. 1923
TO THE PATRONS AND FRIENDS OF
THE LOUISVILLE DISTRICT SCHOOL
We are publishing below a list of plants and
shrubs needed to complete the plans of our school cam
pus. Please look over this and if you have any of them
to divide, or give, help us this much. Don’t take up
your plants, just notify any one of the Campus Com
mittee and we will call you when reach’.
We will thank you for assistance in this.
Rotinospora Plumosa
Abelia
Buxus
Wild Olive
Euonymus
Cape Jasmine
Commellia Japonica
Xmas Honeysuckle
Tea Olive
Privet
Veburnumtinus
Boston Ivey
English Ivey
Mrs. J. R. Phillips
Mrs. R. L. Bethea
Mrs. Ernest Clark
Mrs. W. G. S. Rowe
Mrs. Julia Ramsey
KU KLUX CAS
IS CHARGED WITH
EMBEZZLING FUNDS
Warrants for Arrest of N. N.
. Furney Issued By Associate
of Emperor W. J. Simmons.!
Atlanta, Ga„ April 4. —• Warrants!
were issued late' today for N. N.
Furney, cashier of the Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan, charging him
with embezzlement of SBO,OOO and
for J. T. McKinnon, chief of investi
gating department for $20,000, ac
cording to the sheriff’s office. The
warrants were sworn to by E- J.
Jones, an associate of Emperor Wil
liam J. Simmons.
Atlanta, Ga., April 4. —When Im
perial Emperor William J. Simmons
and Imperial Wizard ’ H. W. Evans
started counter-drives for control of
the Ku Klux Klan through the
courts members of the order began
reaching Atlanta today as a result
of the fray. In the meantime Sheriff
J. I. Lowrey, of Fulton County, rul
ed over the imperial palace, general
headquarters of the klan, and Judge
E. I). Thomas will resume hearing
in the case tomorrow afternoon.
Klansmen arc reported arriving
from all sections of the nation, some
flocking to the standard of Emperor
Simmons, while others were rallying
around the faction headed by the
imperial wizard.
At the height of the arrival of the
various delegations Captain J. K.
Skipwith with 33 klansmen repre
senting the Morehouse Parish, Loui
siana, klan stepped from a train
and reported immediately to Emper
or Simomns’ headquarters, Klan
krest.
Captain Skipwith who admits he
is exalted cyelops of the Morehouse
klan. a short time later emerged
from a conference with the emperor,
cocked his pearl-gray felt hat over
his right eye and exclaimed:
“If there is to be a break between
Colonel Simmons and Dr. Evans then
I will support Simmons 100 per cent
and the klan in my section will
stage a strong fight in his behalf."
The old war veteran figured prom
inently in the state of Louisiana’s
investigation into black-hooded band
activities in Morehouse Parish. Two
grand juries have failed to ifcturn
indictments, and the klan leaders
charged that the state’s investiga
tion was actuated by political mo
tives.
Shortly after Judge Thomas order
ed Sheriff Lowery fo continue at his
post at the imperial palace two war
rants were issued by N. N. Furney,
cashier at the imperial palace, charg
ing him with embezzlement of 880,-
000, and for T. J. McKinnon, chief
of the investigation department,
charging embezzlement of 820,000,
according to the sheriff’s office.
The warrants were sworn to by E.
J. Jones, an associate of Emperor
Simmons.
Other warrants arc expected, the
emperor’s headquarters announced.
A statement was issued by Simmons’
leaders that the warrants followed
a day of investigation at the im
perial palace, while the emperor and
his faction was temporarily in
charge yesterday. This faction was
ousted early today by a court order
and the sheriff placed in charge.
According to the Simmons’ faction,
the cashier and the investigator,
when the emperor’s coup d’etat of
yesterday became known, were in
structed by major officials of the
klan to leave town with all the
available cash and important records
to prevent them falling into the
hands of the incoming faction. The
sheriff’s office tonight said neither
Furney nor McKinnon could be lo
cated.
Early today Imperial Wizard Evans
secured a modified court order dis
possessing the Simmons’ faction
from the imperial palace, the lat
ter having gained control yesterday
by securing a temporary injunction
against Wizard Evans and his staff.
At a scheduled hearing this after
noon Judge Thomas denied a mo
tion by counsel for Emperor Sim
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Speria Van Houttei
Speria Thumbergii
Speria Reevesiana
Speria Anthony Waterer
Crepe Myrtle
Mock Orange
Jasminum Nudiflorm
Flowering Almond
Jap Quince
Lilac
Snowball
Dogwood
Commuita
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Mrs. W. S. Murphy
Mrs. John Murphy
Mrs. Oliver Beall
Mrs. Herbert Mcßride
Mrs. J. B. Polhill, Sr.
Mrs. C. W. Powers.
DISCOVERER OF
KING "TOTS" TOMB
DIES FROM POISON
Earl of Carnarvon Succumbs
to Blood Poisoning from In
sect Bite—Explorer Dies
Peacefully.
BROUGHT IN LIMELIGHT
BY DISCOVERY OF TOMB
First Report of His Illness
Made in March—Survived
By Hi3 Son and One Daugh
ter.
——
Cairo, April s.—The Earl of Car
narvon died peacefully at 2 o'clock
this morning. He was conscoius al
most to the end. His death was due
to blood poisoning through the bite
of an insect with the later develop
ment of pneumonia.
The death of the Earl of Carnar
von comes soon after the culmina
tion of the exploit that brought him
chiefly into public notice —the dis
covery of the rich tomb of the
Pharoah Tutankhamen in the Valley
of the Kings in Egypt by the arch
aeological expendition which he
headed.
While the press of the world was
still devoting no small amount of
its space to the notable contribution
to the world art and history which
Lord Carnarvon and his fellow ex
plorers had uncovered came the
news that he bad been suddenly
stricken down and was lying seri
ously ill in Cairo front the bite of
an insect.
By the public at large the mis
fortune which the earl had met was
regarded as a lamentable incident of
what might happen in a tropical
clime such as that of Egypt but to
the credulous students of Egyptian
mysticism the news did not come
as a surprise.
Even before Lord Carnarvon was
stricken with blood poisoning, an
nounced as due to an insect bite,
there had been talk of the curses
laid by the ancient Egyptians with
mystic incantations on any who dar
ed to disturb the sleep of a Pharaoh.
After he was stricken, the old leg
ends spread and hundreds were to
be found, not before superstitious,
who were ready to believe that the
old Egyptian curse had fallen on
the rich and famous Englishman.
There were some who even ques
tioned whether it was an insect that
had dealt him the poisonous stroke.
It was suggested that he might have
touched some poisoned object in the
tomb itself set thirty centuries ago
to revenge the dead king on any who
might disturb his rest-
Marie Corelli, the noted writer,
recently declared that she called the
attention of Lord Carnarvon to the
beliefs of Egyptian mysticism and
also expressed herself as not sur
prised at an accident occuring to
“those daring explorers who rifle
the tombs of dead monarchs.” She
cited from an ancient book on Egyp
tian history which gave long lists
of the treasures buried with some
of the kings, among these “divers se
cret potions enclosed in boxes in
such wise that they who touch them
shall not know how they come to
suffer.”
Lord Carnarvon was first report
ed ill on March 19th. His wife start
ed by airplane from London to his
bedside in Cairo, but was brought
down in Paris by a sudden illness
that seized her in mid-air. She fin
ished the trip by boat and rail, ar
riving to find her husband somewhat
better. He was unable to fight off
the poison, however, and soon suf
fered u relapse.
This was followed by pneumonia.
The fifth Earl of Carnarvon was
born June 26, 1866, and succeeded
his father to the earldom in 1890.
His mother was a descendant of the
famous Lord Chesterfield, author, I
statesman and man of fashion. 1
VICTOR INNES MOST
SERVE FIVE YEARS
Figured in Famous Case of
Dissappearance of Nelms
Girls in 1914—Now Sent
enced for Defrauding Mails.
Atlanta, April 4.—Sometimes the
law is relentless.
Ten years it lias been seeking to ;
exact full justice from the man it
believe responsible for the unsolv- 1
cd mystery of the Nelms girls Mrs. j
Kloisc Nelms Dennis and Miss Bea
trice Nelms —daughters of the last i
Sheriff Nelms of Fulton County and
his wife. Both the parents have
passed to their final rest, the father
preceding tlie ill fate that befell the
two daughters who were his pride.
Ten years ago those girls dropped j
from existence as far as knowledge
of humanity goes. The law lias
evolved its theory of their fate, and
its painting presents two kinds of
a horrible picture. First playing
on the credulity of a woman by a
man for the purpose of ’robbery;
second the most diabolical of all
murders.
Victor E. Innes, lawyer, who came
to this state from somewhere else
years ago; trailed almost around the
world by Marshal Nelms, brother of
the ill-fated sisters; the nemesis
of Innes, has escaped even trial on a :
charge of murder—that is a trial
in which any murder evidence could
he adduced—hut has served seven
years of a state sentence, and to
day goes back to prison again, this
time for five more years as con
vict of the Federal government.
The relentless power behind the
operation of the law in the Nelms-
Inncs case has been Hugh M. Dor
sey, lawyer, solicitor-general, gov
ernor and again a lawyer, hut
through it all relentless for two rea
sons, his conception of a horrible;
wrong to he properly punished, and •
an undying friendship for his now !
dead friend Sheriff Nelms, whose!
daughters had been foully done!
away with after being robbed.
It was Dorsey who guided Marshal
Nelms in combing the country for
evidence of the Nelms girls; in
gathering the evidence which weld
ed the hands about Victor Innes,
and upon which the courts of Texas
declined to try Innes on a charge
of murder because of failure to pro
duce the “corpus dilicti” which in
that state is essential the proof of a
charge of murder. The evidence
! gathered and pieced together, as
i told to the public by those who
; had, to their own satisfaction, solv
ed the mystery of the girls* disap
pearance, was that Innes, after lcav
j ing Atlanta, lured the girls to a
house in Texas, poisoned them, dis
| integrated their bodies by the use
| of red lye and chemicals, ground up
the human mass in a sausage mill
and dumped the product into a cess
pool.
Innes. his wife and Mrs. Dennis
were thrown together in Atlanta,
Mrs. Innes being made known to
Mrs. Dennis as an aunt of Innes.
Mrs. Dennis’ friendship was fann
ed by Innes into love. She had
money, and bit by bit it was turned
over to Innes for investment, as he
claimed. When he left Atlanta let
ters were exchanged and the “in
vestments” were continued. Early in
j 1914 Mrs. Dennis, accompanied by
her sister, Beatrice Nelms, left
their home. They were traced to
San Antonio, and a house which
had been taken by Innes and his
I wife, and there they simply dropped
from existence. Innes presistently
and continuously denied they ever
entered the house. Lye and chem
icals, though, in large quantities,
were delivered to Innes there, and
the prosecution holds it was used
to destroy the bodies.
After months of search, that
charge was brought home to Innes,
and a stiff fight was put up. He
won the murder charge on failure
to prove the corpus deliciti, then be
gan a fight to bring Innes back to
this state and try him and his wife
on the lesser charge of larceny. He
resisted extradition to Georgia, and
every angle of that case was fought
before he finally was turned over to
Georgia authorities. Trial and con
viction followed in this state, and
Innes was given seven years on the
changang. His wife was given a
shorter sentence at the state farm,
part of which she served before be
ing taken away by her son, upon
showing that she was in advanced
stages of tuberculosis.
Several weeks ago Innes complet
ed his state sentence and stepped
from the Fulton county chain gang,
only to be immediately taken in
custody by federal officers on
charges of using the mails to de
fraud. That indictment was await
ing his release. His trial in the
federal court was ended yesterday.
He himself, with his lawyers, fought
that case as hard as he fought the
several other stages of this rather
unique legal battle, but time had
not tempered determination, nor had
it dwarfed the recollection of his ne
mises. Once again Marshall Nelms,
the brother, told the story from the
witness stand. Once again Hugh
M. Dorsey unleashed all the power
of wounded friendship, all the abil
ity of a lawyer, all the experience
of a prosecuting officer and that of
a state’s executive and he demanded
of the law 1 that it exact its pound
of flesh; that it collect from Innes
to the last farthing his payment of
his debt to society. He probably
has never constructed a case in
court in which he so double-riveted
every joint in the process of con
struction.
There were two counts in the in
dictment against Innes. The federal
court jury returned a verdict of
guilty against Innes on both counts.
HEAVIEST RAINFALL
Spartanburg, S. fL, April 4. —The
season’s heaviest rainfall fell today.
From noon until 2:30 p. m., accord
ing to local Weather Recorder F. P.
Robinson, the fall was 1.27 inches.
HUGE GELEGITION
IT 0.1 H. MEETING
Memorial to Mrs. Wm. L.
Peel Founder of Joseph Hab
ersham Chapter is the First
Business of the Convention.
Atlanta, A. The morning
session of the 'on vent ion of
Daughters of the A, *n Revolu
tion w*as largely dcvA. a me
morial to the late Mrs V s Law
son Peel, founder of thCs^'/ f *>h
Habersham chapter, hosts to ti. *v
vent ion. Impressive resolutions .
adopted by the convention, following
an address depicting the life work
of Mrs. Peel, who was a sister of
the late Phillip Cook, fro so many
years secretary of state of Georgia.
The event of the afternoon was a
beautiful luncheon, given at the
chapter house of the Atlanta chap
ter, in honor of the visitors, the of
ficers of the Atlanta Cahpter and
members of the various committees
of the local D. A. H. acting as the
reception committee. From 5 to f>
o’clock the delegates to the conven
tion were guests at a tea given by
the Atlanta Women s Club.
More htan 250 delegates from all
over the state were present at Taft
Hall when the convention was open
ed, the first business being the re
port of Mrs. W. S. Coleman, chair
man of the credentials committee.
In the afternoon session reports
of the chapter regents were made,
Mrs. Julius Talmadge, state first vice
president presiding.
At the morning session interesting
talks were made by Mrs. W. J. Vc
reen on the “Welfare of Women and
Children,* the “Old Trails Road.” by
Mrs. J. L. Walker; “Children of the
Republic” by Mrs. Walter Hodges;
“Educational Moving Picture Filins,”
by Mrs. Clarence Miles; “Conserva
tion of Our Natural Resources,'* by
Mrs. W. C. Mitchell; the “D. A. R.
Magazine” by Miss Maude Clark
Penn; “Conservation and Thrift” by
Mrs. E. It. Kirk; “Forestry” by Mrs.
I). B. Small; the “Historical Pro
gram” by Miss Mamie Ramsey; “La-
Favette Day * by Miss Mamie Mer
ritt; “Georgia Day” by Miss Julia
Sparks; “Correct Use of the F'lag,”
by Mrs. W. H. Devoc; “The Press”
by Mrs. Jack Hill; “Meadow Garden,”
by Mrs. Harriet Gould Jeffries; “Me
morials.” hv Mrs. C. O. Stone.
CHILDREN OUT OF WILL
New York, April 4.—Three chil
dren of the present Mrs. George J.
Gould are not the issue of George
J. Gould “within the meaning” of
the will of Jay Gould and have no
interest in his estate, four heirs of
Jay Gould declared in an answer
filed today to the supplemental
amended complaint of the estate
trustees in the Gould accounting
proceedings now pending.
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Chocolate Covered Cocoanut
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We have a shipment of the above candies, ipl
which we believe to be the best bulk candy HE
ever sold here at a special price of 45c per ||
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Also Nunnally’s Famous Candies, ranging |s(
in price from 85c to $1.50 per pound.
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MIKES HIS ESCIP!
Gerald Chapman, Shot Nesl
Athens, Ga., After Escaping
Atlanta Pen, Gets Awaj
from Bed in Hospital,
Athens, Ga., April 4—Gerald Chaj
man leader of the gang who stag*
the *1.000.0(10 mail robbery in Naj
York in 1921, escaped from the 3
Mars’s Hospital here tonight. Chas
man staged a sensational esearf
from the Atlanta federal penitef
tiary last week and was capurij
near here following a gun battj
with officers which resulted in hj
being badly wounded.
A nurse took Chapman’s temperj
ture at 9:10 o’clock ami found it i
register 100. Deputy Sheriff Mj
Garthy, who was detailed to guar
Chapman, stepped from the mon
The prisoner got out of bed. put cj
a suit of clothes belonging to Mj
( arthy tied bed sheets together art
leaped from the window. MeCa
thy’s clothes were in a handbaj
From all indications Chapman ws
fully dressed witli tile exception j
a hat when he leaped out of tlj
window. Doctors do not belies
Chapman is strong enough to exej
himself to any extent. 4 nless n
was furnished with an automobi
they say he w'ill be unable to prij
cced on foot.
Atlanta, Ga.. April 4.—Federal peiH
itentiary officials tonight begaff
boardcasting from its radio statirS
a description of Gerald Chapmag
the prisoner who escaped during tlj
night from a hospital at Athens, Gi
Prison guards and local depufl
sheriffs immediately left for Atheifl
to join the man-hunt.
LARGE BUILDING SOLD
Greenville, S. C., April 4. Arfi
nouncement was marie here todal
of the sale of the Milled buildinS
corner of Main and Court streetl
by W. I). Workman to the SoutKj
eastern Life Insurance CompanS
The consideration was not named. B
The property is situated in tlj
heart of the city and is one of til
most valuable pieces of realty ol
Main Street. The insurance co a
pany has not announced their plan
for the property.
“CARETAKER” PROFESSION
London.—Several women closel
related ton nobility have adoptc
the profession of “caretaker” r
town houses. Among them are th
Hon. Juliet Gardner and Lord Stou.
ton’s sister.
BRITISH GOLD LOOSENED
London—Customers can now hai
their change in gold instead of cu
rency, for the first time since tt
war began in 1914.