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VOLUME 34—NUMBER 21.
WILL HU MED II
COHECTIi WITH
te HE SMITHS
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Commitment Trial Today of
Six Officers Who Were in
Party That Killed Alleged
Whiskey Runners.
Athens, Ga., June 6.—Six prohibi
tion enforcement officers who were
in the party that shot and killed Jeff
Smith and J. B. Smith, alleged whis
ky runners of Athens, and who were
charged with murder on tw>o counts
in warrants issued yesterday, will
report today to Sheriff E. C. Hixon,
of Green County, the sheriff an
nounced. He said he had communi
cated with the six men and said they
would appear. Pending commitment
trial, which is expected tomorrow the
officers will be held in Green county,
the sheriff said. The kiling of the
Smiths occurred in Green County
.last Friday night when officers fired
on the two men when, the officers
allege, the Smiths refused to halt
their automobile, which was suspect
ed of carrying liquor. The prohibi
tion officers declare the younger
Smith began firing. Obe Smith, fa
ther of J. B. Smith, in opening an
| investigation of the killing yester
’ day, asserted he had found witnesses
who deny his son fired on the of
ficers.
The officers named in the murder
warrants are I. T. Lovejoy, Green
County policeman; E. X. Brooks,
Union Point, chief of police; J. T.
I-. Darby, White Plains policeman;
W. J. Sturdivant, Sheriff of Talia
ferro County! Ed Howell, Crawford
ville policeman, and A. H. Gastley,
v depuiv United States marshal.
Atlanta, June 6.—The six federal
and county officers who are wanted
. in Green County on charges of mur
der in connection with the, killing
.list Friday night of .1. B. and Jeff
Smith, alleged rum runners, and who
were expected to report late today to
the sheriff of Green county, today
were understood to be concealing
their whereabouts under orders from
Fred D- Dismukes, federal prohibi
tion enforcement director for Geor
gia.
It was said at Dismukes’ office that
the men would surrender in a body
tomorrow at Greensboro, in Green
-isinty, at which time their release
.a! and be sought on habeas corpus
"proceedings, which would change
in the case from the
/state to federal courts.
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Representatives of Church
and Welfare Organizations
Called Into Conference to
Make Plans.
Washington, June 6. —Representa-
tives of church and welfare organ
izations called into conference here
today by the war department in I
connection with the moral and re- !
ligious training to be given in the
army were told by Secretary Weeks
that civilization was no longer as
stable a quantity as it was before
the great war.
“Nothing will hold mankind bet
ter together or be of much bene
fit to men of all nations,” Mr.
Weeks added, “as religion.”
“I feel personally, as all men must
do who have passed the meridian
of life, a growing inclination to
wards religion and religious life. I
speak in the broadest sense, of
course. 'I am fearful about the re
sults that have come and are com
ing from the late war. The civiliza
tion of the world is threatened.
“We wish to instill the religion
into the hearts of our young men.
There arc difficulties. We know
these in many cases and are pre
pared to meet them. I am confi
dent, however, that this conference
will assist to improve our influ
ence.
“I want you men to appreciate
that the war department is thor
oughly alive to the necessity of up
building, physically, mentally, mor
ally and religiously, those over
whom it exercises control and will
lend every effort to that end.”
WADLEY BOY SCOUTS
LEAVE FOR SEASHORE
Special to the News and Farmer.
Wadley. Ga., June 1. —Scoutmas-
ter W. Rumble and the following
Boy Scouts left Thursdaj* morning
for Tybee:
Bartow' Lamb, Thomas Lamb, Wil
liam Moxlcy, Sam Evans, Jr., Rob
ert West, Henry West, Will Evans,
Jr., Buster Edenfeld, Hartwell Lind
er, Cecil Sasses, Albert Peterson,
Walter Dukes, Roy Battle, T. A.
Maynard, Louie Amerson, Walter
Bedingfield, Jr., Walter Shuler and
Willie Lee Davis.
They will spend about ten days on
the island.
Mammoth Turnips Raised
A mamoth turnip raised by Mr.
Otis Stevens is being displayed at
Louisville Drug Cos. The turnip’s
which weighs eleven and one half
pounds was grown from Purple
Top Globe seed.
SOLID ALLIED FRONT
ON REPARATIONS OF
GERMANY FORECAST
Consequence of Meeting Be
tween Premier Poincare
and Premier Theunis and
Foreign Minister Jaspar.
FRENCH TO CONSIDER
A REASONABLE PLAN
Way Left Open for Stanley
Baldwin to Offer Solution if
Forthcoming German Pro
posals Fail.
Brussels, June 6.—A solid and
united allied front by France. Bel
gium, Great Britain and Italy on
the question of German reparations
with France and Belgium agreed on
a policy with regard to the Ruhr
appears tt> be forecast in conse
quence of a meeting here today be
tween Premier Poincare, of France,
and Premier Theunis and Foreign
Minister Jaspar, of Belgium.
A striking feature of the session,
according to both the French and
Belgians, was that a way was left
open for Stanley Baldwin, the Brit
ish prime minister, to propose a
solution should it prove impossible
to arrange a joint allied reply to
new proposals Germany is expected
to make almost immediately on the
question of reparations.
Will Meet Reasonajtf.e Plan
The French expressed willingness
to meet any reasonable German
plan in a spirit of conciliation and,
aside from insisting that payment
from Germany must be forthcoming
before the French soldiers march
out of the Huhr, M. Poincare de
clared he was ready and willing to
entertain settlement suggestions
from friendly quarters. It is assert
ed that when the French premier
made this statement, Mr. Baldwin
was particularly in mind-
The French, with the Belgians
supporting their view still held out
for a cessation of German passive
resistance as an inflexible require
ment before Germany’s new offer
; is examined; but M. Poincare’s at
titude on the whole nevertheless, is
construed here as decidedly less un
compromising than heretofore. The
two allies, France and Belgium,
again at today’s meeting reaffirmed
their decision to evacuate the Ruhr
only as (Jermany has paid. Grave
fears had been voiced that the
French and Belgian viewpoints
would prove irreconcilable; but af
ter a private talk of more than an
hour, between M. Poincare and M.
Theunis and M. Jaspar which was
considered the most important fea
ture of the day it was announced
officially “an understanding has
been reached.”
General Discussion.
The meeting of “the board of di
rectors of the Ruhr occupation com
pany, limited,” as the French pre
mier described today’s session prov
ed to be a general discussion of the
reparation question.
When the delegates met tonight
at the French embassy for dinner,
M. Poincare and M. Jaspar decided
that another meeting set for tonight
was unnecessary. M. Poincare,
therefore, will return to Paris about
8 o’clock tomorrow morning.
Anew German note, which some
thought arrived in Brussels today,
failed to make its appearance. The
premiers, however, were enabled to
outline their eventual reply. The
Belgians, while skeptical as to the
acceptability of Germany’s new pro
posals, expressed the opinion that
the offer shoulcQi'ie examined into
and answered. As the note will he
addressed to all the allies, the Bel
gians were of the belief it would
afford an opportunity to restore the
allied front by a joint reply. M
Poincare assented to this.
The plans agreed upon by the
conferees to increase the effective
ness of the Ruhr occupation as a
producer of returns, both in kind
and in cash, included the creation
of an international syndicate to ex
ploit tobacco and*aleohol monopo
lies in tHe occupation regions. This
measure in the Belgian plan, bears
the notation “must be submitted to
Great Britain.”
RESOLUTIONS FROM
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Whereas, the State Superintendent
of Schools has recommended that
the General Assembly extend the
borrowing power of the Governor to
$3,500,00, in order to insure the
prompt pay of the teachers of the
State, therefore:
Be it Resolved by the Jefferson
County Board of Education in
monthly meeting assembled June 5,-
1923, that we endorse the above rec
ommendation of the State Superin
tendent of Schools.
Jefferson County has lost in dis
count on school warrants for the
year 1923 about $1,800,000. This
works a great injustice to our teach
ers and school children and tends
to lower the morale of our teaching
force, w’hen salaries are not paid
promptly. It is not good business;
it is very humiliating for our teach
ers to wait for months on their pay.
Be it Resolved that a copy of the
above be sent to our State Super
intendent of Schools to present to
the attention of the Legislature, and
a copy published in our County pa
per, so that our people will urge
their senators and representatives to
co-operate at the next sission of our
Legislature to this end.
Office County Board of Education,
Milton R. Little,
County School Superintendent.
LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1923
\ast Counterfeiting Scheme Is
Broken Up When Thirteen Are
Arrested By Government Men
New York, June 6.—Alfred Mar
sino, called the head of a vast coun
terfeiting plot broken up by his
arrest with I*2 alleged accomplices
last night, was held in 310,500 hail
today when he pleaded not guilty
to a charge of counterfeiting. Mil
lions of spurious government rev
enue stamps, whiskey and cham
pagne labels with the plates from
which they were printed, were seiz
ed in two raids conducted by Joseph
A. Palma, chief secret service oper
ative.
Jeff Conrad, who was charged
with having designed the plates with
Robert Timroth and Antonio Voulo,
alleged go-bet weens, were held in
32,500 bail each and Barnet Mitchell,
a member of the band, was held in
31,000 bail. Others were paroled in
custody of their attorney.
Nation Wide Plot
A nation-wide plot to withdraw
liquor through bogus permits and
the flooding of the country with
imitation liquor in bottles bearing
the counterfeited stamps and labels
was declared by Chief Palma to
have been broken lip by the raid.
For months secret service operatives
had watched the men- The arrest
came when the agents were certain
of seizing the counterfeit plates.
The counterfeiters, it was said,
worked in several groups, one of
which manufactured illicit liquors,
another used counterfeit medical
prescriptions to deplete the supply
of genuine liquor, while the third
used forged withdrawal permits to
obtain legitimate liquor from ware
houses.
Shriners Fete
President and
The First Lady
Washington, June 6.—Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding had an
“old home day” at the White
House this afternoon when near
ly two thousand Ohio Shriners,
received on the south lawn, en
tertained their host and hostess
with concerts by their bands and
songs, by their chanters and
drills by' their patrols.
It has been a long while since
the white House has seen a more
informal gathering. It was not,
“Mr. President,” or even the less
dignified “noble” with which Mr.
Harding was generally greeted.
It was “How are you, Warren?”
“Am sure glad to see you, War
ren,” and similar salutations.
The president was just as in
formal as his visitors, shaking
hands with all present, clapping
old friends on the back, calling
scores by their first name, pos
ing with his visitors for snap
shots, and, with Mrs. Harding,
joining in the singing of songs
of somewhat jazzy nature.
Mrs. Harding, who remained
on the front portico, often ad
dressed the visitors as “You
folks,” talked with the band
leaders, and called out what se
lections she desired played on
her compliments after a partic
ularly pleasing one.
Altogether it resembled a lawn
party or church social such as
are common this time of year in
the middle west. The temples
received were those from Co
lumbus, “the president’s own,”
Cincinnati, Cleveland and Day
ton.
When the Ohioans departed
the scene shifted, for the Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding then re
ceived the temple farthest from
home, Aloha of Honolulu. Ac
companied hy James S. McCan
dless, retiring imperial poten
tate and a member of the tem
ple, the Hawaii delegation enter
tained Mr. and Mrs. Harding
with native songs, placed leis
around their necks and made
the president an honorary mem
ber of its temple.
P. T. A. NOTES
To correct the idea that P. T. A.
work is only school work I have
been asked to mention the different
departments of P. T. A. work.
Mrs. Jones, our state President
presented the entire work so beauti
fully at the district meeting held
here in March.
There are five general departments
of work which include in this cope
practically every thing any civic
organization might do. The depart
ments are: Organization and Effi
ciency, Public Welfare, Public
Health, Education and Home Ser
vice.,
There is talk of P. T. A. sponsor
ing a Girl Scout organization. For
several years the girls have been
without a leader. Mrs. Phillips in
Louisville Academy.
Plans for next year’s work will
be made during the summer months
so please mail membership dues to
Mrs. ,1. R. Phillips, treasurer, so that
committees can be revised.
Revival Meeting Begins at
Bartow Next Sunday
Revival services are announced to
begin at the Methodist Church in
Bartow next Sunday, June 10. The
pastor, Rev. .1. D. McCord, will be
assisted in this meeting by Miss
Emma L- Tucker of Enterprise, Fla.
Miss Tucker is well and favorably
known in this section. Several years
ago she assisted in revival meetings
in Louisville, Wadley, Sandcrsville,
Swainsboro, and Davisboro. Servic
es will be held twice daily, at 4:00
P. M. and 8:30 P. M. and will con
tinue two weeks. The public gen
erally is invited to attend.
Chief Palma said the entire coun
terfeit ring had been rounded up.
New York, June 6. Thirteen men
were arrested and millions of bogus
government revenue stamps, whis
key and champagne labels with the
plates from which they were print
ed were seized by operatives of the
United States secret service in two
raids here last night, it was an
nounced today.
“The gang had a manufacturing
and distributing organizatoin work
ed out on a standard business line,”
Palma asid. “The chief of the out
fit was Alfred Marzano, of Brook
lyn. Next in importance was Jeff
Conrad, the artist, who designed the
plates. Then came the photo en
gravers, who cut the plates. These
were given to Antoiipo Voulo, the
go-between, who took them to print
ships and had the stamps and labels
made.”
Seize Numerous Machines
The secret service men also seiz
ed numerous automatic stamp-num
bering machines, official govern
ment watermarked prohibition pa
per. government prescription lilanks
and fake confederate hills.
“This raid should act as a warn
ing,” Palma said, “to all those who
think they are getting something
when they buy bootleg liquor with
a fancy label. A well known name
does not cost any more to print
than a poor one. And federal bond
ing stamps can be turned out by the
million. \Ve have 500,000 right here
in the office.”
Greetings From
Editor of New
Bedford Paper
The following letter was received
from Zephaniah W. Pease, editor of
the New Bedford Mercury, New Bed
ford, Mass., in reply to a letter of
greeting sent to him by the editor
of The Chronicle and delivered,
along with fifty issues of The
Chronicle, by Lieutenants Greybeal
and Bleakley, commanding the two
giant Martin bombing planes which
last Monday carried two bales of
cotton to New Bedford to be manu
factured into Masonic aprons and
carried by air to the Shritiers at
the Washington convention of the
Mystic Shrine-
New Bedford Massachusetts.
June 4, 1923.
Mr. Thomas J. Hamilton,
Editor The Augusta Chroriicle.
Dear Sir:
Just before six o'clock this
afternoon, I heard the humming
of motors, and looking from my
office window, I saw the air
plane from Georgia settling to a
landing spot at the eastward. A
few minutes later your letter to
The Mercury was delivered by
the two gallant gentlemen,
Lieuts. Greybeal and Bleakley,
who had participated in an ex
perience never before achieved
by men, of looking upon the
cotton fields of Georgia when
the morning light was breaking
and viewing hours before sunset
the mills of New Bedford, the .
city of first importance in the
manufacture of cotton, which
rely upon the Southland for
their supply of raw material.
Very few people in New Bed
ford could have picked a spot
where an airplane might land
and it was a marvel that these
accomplished officers could
drop like the gentle dew from
heaven upon the earth beneath,
at the one point where a land
ing was feasible. We learned
later that during the war period
the air service had plotted this
spot with ranges of the water
tower and chimneys. We often
hear the achievements of our
air service belittled, .but in the
light of this extraordinary per
formance, we find much to ad
mire and give us pride.
The copy of The Augusta
Chronicle, the South’s oldest
newspaper, was placed in the edi
tor’s hands, and the date line of
the morning edition of a paper
delivered a thousand miles away
in the afternoon, excited the im
agination. The editor of the old
est newspaper in this section—
the Mercury was established 115
years ago—was impressed by the
fulfillment of the exploit as was
the editor The Chronicle at the
prospect. Truly today is not
yesterday and what tomorrow
may bring forth is past compre
hension . We cherish this novel
opportunity to exchange the
written greeting and to read the
current issue of The Chronicle.
We give our compliments to you
and to the gentlemen of the
Army Air Service who have made
this exchange of letters and
newspapers possible.
Very sincerely yours,
ZEPHANIAH W. PEASE,
Editor of the New Bedford Mercury.
REPORT ON LOUISVILLE WATER
State Board of Health
Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. A. P. Little, Clerk,
Louisville, Ga.
Dear Sir:—
I wish to make the following re
port on samples of water collect
ed on May 22:
Samples Nos. 1888 and 1890, from
taps as listgd, all show at this time
a very excellent water.
I am enclosing results of analy
sis.
Yours very truly,
H. C. Wood fall,
Director.
SMS HE Si BO!
RESEMBLING MOUNT
KILLED Gil SEPT, 11
Fisherman Quoted As Saying
He Saw Boy Killed By-
Three Others and His Body
Placed Under Pier,
NOTIFIED POLICE BUT
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN
Skeleton Believed By Au
thorities to Be That of.
Northwestern Student
Found Under Pier April 30.
Chicago, June 6.—John Strom, an
Evanston fisherman, was quoted to
day by the Chicago Daily Journal
as declared he saw a boy resembling
Leighton Mount, Northwestern l ni
versity freshman, killed and his
body placed under a pier in Evan
ston early in the morning of Sept.
22, 1921, the date of Mount's dis- 1
appearance after a class rush.
Strom's story as related by the
Journal was told for him by Harry ;
Cook, a chum of young Mount. |
Strom, who declared he had told
his story to an Evanston policeman
on that day and that no attention
was paid to it, testified recently in .
the state's attorney’s investigation
by auhorities and in Evanston said
Strom had told unusual stories at
other times and little credence was
attached to his statements.
Killed by Three Others.
“I saw a boy resembling Leighton
Mount killed by three others the
morning of Sept. 22, 1921, “Strom
was represented by Cook as having
said, according to the Journal. “I
saw them place his body under the
pier. I heard the tallest of the
three say, ‘My God, he’s croaked." ,
I told what I saw to an Evanston
policeman and asked I
the chief but nothing was
about it. I testified to this effect |
before the state's attorney.”
Strom also was represented as ;
having said he was fishing on that j
morning and saw and heard three
youths shouting and laughing on
the beach. He said they told him !
they had another boy imprisoned j
in a chicken house.
“Then the three said they would
get him and make him eat sand,”
Strom was quoted as having told
younk Cook who related the story
because of Strom’s somewhat in
coherency of speech.
Might Get in Lungs
“I protested.
“‘The sand might, get into his
lungs and kill hint,’ T said, but they
answered that we all had to eat sand
to keep healthy. Then they went
and got the boy. He was fighting
for all he was worth but there were
three of them and he did not have
a chance. They dragged him down
to the sand and threw him down
and sat on him. He was fighting
and struggling all the time. I
thought it was all in fun and didn’t
interfere.
“Then the two smaller ones held
him down while the taller one pull
ed open his mouth and stuffed it I
full of sand. The boy stopped strug
gling and lay still. I asked them
if they had hurt him and they told
me to mind my own business.”
Strom insisted he saw the trio
place the still form under Harrison
Street pier after prying up a
plank.
The skeleton believed by the au
thorities to be that of Mount was
found under the Lake Street pier
on April 30th and instigated the
grand jury investigation.
KIWANIS CLUB
HAS LUNCHEON
The Kiwanis Club held the regu
lar weekly meeting Tuesday at noon
in the Denny Building when lunch
eon was served to the members.
Those present were Messers. R. S.
Farmer, Frank Hardeman, Turner
Farmer. R- G. Price, R. V. Harris,
O. H. Beall, J. B. Polhill, Jr., R. L.
Bethea, W. 1.. Phillips, J. R. Phillips,
Larry Perkins, J. C- Ramsey, R. N.
Whigham, Phillips Ahbot, W. W.
Abbot, Jr., H. E. Boothe of Atlanta.
Carlyle of Atlanta, L. R. Farmer, J.
R. Murphy, Hoyt Haulbrook, and
Henry Culpepper.
Mr. J. R. Phillips read a letter from
Mrs. Albert Stapleton giving some
intor ting facts regarding the Jeff
Highway, Mrs. Stapleton stat
ed f.nat the President of the . con
federacy made his way from Hart
well, to Washington, Louisville and
Stapleton. Mrs. Stapleton stated
that Davis changed horses at Staple
ton, her father supplying the fresh
horses for the fleeing president. This
very interesting communication was j
referred to the Highway Committee
composed of R. V. Harris, J. R. Phil
lips and W. L- Phillips.
The Hotel Committee, one of the
most prominent and hardworking of
the organization, was appointed by J
the president, and a vote was taken ]
to authorize the committee to take 1
definite steps to erect an up to date j
hotel in Louisville. Those appoint-1
ed were: R. L. Bethea. W. W. Ab
bot, Jr., R. V. Harris,-R. S. Farmer,
and R. G. Price.
Mr. H. FI. Boothe of Atlanta, of |
the Georgia Cotton Growers Asso-;
ciation made an interesting and in-!
structive talk. Mr. Hancock, of the :
World Famous Magician furnished
entertainment of the Kiwanians.
FOR SALE—Two pure-bred
Duroc-Jersey Boar Pigs. Six
months old, 150 pounds eachJ
Guv W. Firor, Louisville,!
R. F. D. No, 5. I
OFFICERS SEARCH
FOR KING PURNELL
Have Warrant Charging Him
With Statutory Offense
Upon a 15-Year-Old Girl.
Could Not. Be Found.
St. Joseph. Tune fi.—Armed
with a w’arrantSs/ : ng" Benja
min Purnell chargihw with a
statutory offense uj on a*v s //| i 0 Aid
girl, George C. i
County sheriff and a dozen depuhes
raided Shiloh, Purnell’s residence at
the House of David colony tonight
seeking the vanished cult leader.
Purnell was not found at Shiloh or
any other building in the colony.
’The warrant, which was signed
Saturday by Judge Charles K. White
of the Berrien County circuit court,
was issued on complaint of a young
Detroit married woman once an in
mate of Shiloh. She charges Pur
nell assaulted her over a period of
three years, from the time she was
13 years old.
Issuance of the warrant was kept
secret until today to give Sheriff ;
Bridgman an opportunity to lay his
lines for the possible apprehension
of Purnell at someone of the var
ious i laces where it is suspected he
may lie in hiding.
The sheriff and his aides searched
each of the 100 or more rooms of
Shiloh, the adjoining structure
known as “Benjamin’s house,” and
the annex, which is connected with
“Benjamin’s house” by an enclosed
bridge.
The woman upon whose charges
the warrant was drawn went to
Niles, Mich., home of Judge White,
last Saturday from Detroit at the
suggestion of Judge Harry Dinge
man who is conducting the one-man
grand jury investigation into the
activities of the colony. Judge
White was asked to issue the war
rant to forestall any question of the
validity of the warrant if it were
issued outside of Berrien County.
Show For American Legion
A show, under the auspices of the
American Legion, will he given Wed
neseday night, June the twentieth,
in the School Auditorium. The
world Famous Magician, which show
ed here to a small audience on ac
count of the heavy rain Tuesday
night, will give a return engagement
and Mr. Lorry Perkins, who saw the
show, and who has this work in
charge, recommends it highly and
hopes to have the Legion realize
a neat sum on the entertainment.
Tickets will be on sale at the drug
stores the week preceding the twen
! tieth.
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Wrens, Ga., Jane 6.—The Georgia
& Florida Railway Community
League, which is being formed by
the railroad for the purpose of bet
ter co-operation between the farmers
on its line, received its first charter ,
member here tonight when the
Wrens Community League, at a mass t
meeting of citizens heartily indorsed
; the league. The local league pledged
its support to the railway league and
the citizens present pledged to work i
and abide by its rules.
The meeting was held in the Wrens <
collegiate institute, where a large:
• crowd of citizens of Wrens and rep
resentatives gathered to hear the
principles of the league explained to
them by W. A. French, industrial 1
, agent of the road. Talks were made
by W. A. French, and H. W. Purvis. 1
general manager of the G. & F.. and
1. S. Caldwell, professor at the insti
tute, and a local minister who also
presided over the meeting.
Purposes of League.
The league, as explained by Mr.
French, is for a united co-operation 1
for enforcement of general progres- *
, sive developments. Some of its ob
jects are as follows: To unite the 1
people and the G. & F. railroad to
gether as one, aiming and working
for the cause of progress; to elimi- (
nate any and all possible rivalry as ,
between any two or more communi- ‘
tics; to keep all farmers well satis
field; to secure more farmers to re- .
place our farmer losses; to stimu
! late and help increase agriculture;
! to foster hog, poultry, cattle and
fruit raising; to establish scientific
marketing methods; to encourage i
new industries and to encourage the i
building of better farm homes. The ,
league as organized and outlined, is
free for any communities and mem- i
hers and there is no cost to any per- 1
son to become a member. The lea- i
gue, as explained by Mr. French, is
not being organized for any finan
cial gain whatever. Its purpose is to
foster a better spirit among the
farmers and the towns along the G.
& F. Railroad.
BANDITS MAKE HAUL
New York. June 6.—Four armed
1 bandits entered the jewelry store
I of Barnett Goldstein at 97th Street
land Broadway today, held up the
son and a clerk and
i escaped with $70,000 worth of jew
' elry.