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BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—The plan of
the administration to distribute from
$20,000,000 to $50,000,000 among the
banks of the south and West, to fa
cilitate the movement of crops, was dis
cussed in all. its phases at a confer
ence this morning before officials and
100 leading southern bankers.
When luncheon recess was taken at 1
o’clock the bankers, among them, Rob
ert F. Maddox, of Atlanta, expressed
deep gratification at the attitude of
tjie administration as conveyed to the
bankers by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and Assistant Secretary John
Skelton Williams.
Other Georgia bankers attending the
conference are:
Eugene Stetson, L. P. Hillyer, C. F.
Lewte, F. L. Mallory and Henry Jones,
of Macon; William Davant and Sigo
Myers, of. Savannah; A. S. Hatch. Wil
liam Schweingert and Paul Mustin, of
•Augusta.
After luncheon the bankers, at the in-
•vitation of Secretary McAdoo, went in
a body to the White House where they
were cordially received by. President
Wilson. The‘conference was resumed at
3 o'clock today and by invitation Sena
tor Owen and Chairman Glass, in charge
of the administration currency legisla
tion, will discuss the details of the
pending bill for the benefit of the
southern bankers.
The feature of the morning session
was Secretary McAdoo’s speech to the
bankers. Mr/ McAdoo was received
with enthusiasm and his remarks met
with hearty approval as was evidenced
by the applause.
Secretary McAdoo told the bankers
that the country is now face to face
with the well-worn. annual "bogey
about a money stringency to move the
crops of the south and west. He de
clared that fear and not fact was the
basis of this annual condition and that
the Wilson administration feels that it
should usfe all of the resources it le
gitimately, can to dissipate these fears
and conduce to the business welfare
and material prosperity of the nation.
He stated that the treasury depart
ment had worked out a plan to re
lieve the situation. He gave it as his
opinion that the plan in its general as
pect 4s entirely feasible, and that
by hearty co-operation between
the treasury department and the
—banks the last vestige of the “annual
bcrogy” will be wiped out. He urged that
tile bankers attending the conference to
^>peak out in meeting” and assured
/them that their views would be care-
fuHy considered by 'the. department in
making its allotment.
TO HELP COUNTRY BANKS.
Secretary McAdoo impressed upon the
bankers that the department, in deposit
ing these funds in city banks, would ex
pect these institutions to take care of
their country correspondents on a fair
and reasonable basis so tnat the benefits
of the distribution will be general
throughout the agricultural section.
Secretary McAdoo, whose whole time
is occupied with the affairs of the de*
partment, left to Assistant Secretary
Williams the detailed explanation of the
plan. The meeting was held behind
closed doors. Mr. Williams declared
that the department had not decided
upon a hard and fast rule concerning
the transfer of the money to the south
ern banks and that the purpose of tne
conference was to obtain from the bank
ers themselves their ideas as to the gen
eral scheme. He emphasized the invi-r
tation of Secretary McAdoo that the
bankers present take the department
into their confidence concerning their
idea as to the most practicable and ef
fective means of rendering real Service
to the country through the distribution
of the fund. He emphasized also the
purpose of the department to require
the city banks participating in the fund
to take care of their country corre
spondents on a reasonable basis.
The basis of security for the deposits
was discussed by Assistant Secretary
Williams and he suggested that the
, bankers in their statements indicate
their ideas as to the class of commer
cial paper that should be accepted by
the department. Practically all of the
morning session was devoted to the
speeches of Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Wil
liams, and at the afternoon session the
bankers will speak with perfect freedom
concerning their ideas as to how the
fund should be distributed. The re
marks of the bankers will be reported
stenographically and will be considered
by the department in its allotment of
the fund.
Mr. Williams asked all bankers who
have not already made written requisi
tion for a part of the funds to indicate
the amount their respective banks
can handle effectively and the general
demands of the section in which they
are located.
While n6n of the requests of the
southern banks have been given out as
yet, and it is not likely will be published
until the list is complete, it is under
stood that the requests from the south
alone are sufficient to exhaust the entire
fifty million that the department'intends
to distribute in the south and west.
SMITH ANXIOUS.
Senator Hoke Smith called yesterday
and again today upon Secretary Mc
Adoo and Assistant Secretary Williams,
and urged that the number of places
in Georgia in which money is to be
deposited by 'the treasury department
should be increased so as to more
thoroughly - meet the needs of the state
in handling the cotton crop.
The secretary said that the banks
which receive money in the Georgia
cities would be advised that the pur-
• pose of the treasury department was
to aid in moving the crops and that
they would be expected to utilize these
funds furnished by the treasury de
partment as far as possible to con
tribute to this end.
He has not finally decided whether
lie will be able to enlarge the number
of places in Georgia where money can
be deposited. He is very anxious to do
so, but fears his lack of proper fa
cilities under the law as it now
stands.
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(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Further de
mand for passage of his resolution for
investigation of Mexican conditions by
the foreign relations committee was
made today by Senator Clark, of Wyom
ing. Chairman Bacon asked that the
resolution be referred to his committee
before being acted on, but Senator Clark
objected.
‘The administration probably has a
policy, but we don't know what it is,”
said Mr. Clark. “Now the president
has sent his third confidential repre
sentative to the republic, but we are
left without information, while Ameri
can lives are being lost and American
property destroyed. I see no reason for
delaying action. There can be an in
vestigation by tl^s committee as well
as by the administration.”
OPPOSED BY BACON.
Senator Bacon said that conditions in
Mexico and relations between the two
countries are such that no hasty action
should be taken by the senate.
“Beca"ase of the importance of this
subject there is no higher duty resting
upon us than to approach it wtih the
utmost gravity and consideration,” he
declared.
Senator Bacon declared that notwith
standing reports from Mexico City giv
ing the Huerta government’s formal an
nouncement that it would not receive
John Lind unless he came with proper
credentials and prepared to recognize
the Huerta government, the senate
should not act until there was some
actual development.
BACON’S SPEECH.
“There has been no communication re
ceived by the Mexican government from
the United States,” said Senator Bacon.
"Not until the message has been deliv
ered and the Mexican government has
had a chance to act upon it we should
not undertake to deal with the situation.
It is entirely possible that when Mr.
Lind gets to Mexico and delivers ‘ his
message there may be a different reply.
“The president has openly sent a per
sonal representative to Mexico to bring
about some arrangement by which
peaceful results may be secured. It is
his desire that orderly government be
restored in Mexico.
PEACEFUL MEANS, t
“One way is to attempt to do so by
peaceful means; the other is oy tne
strong arm, by force. Who will say
that the latter should not be the last
to which we should resort7“
Referring to the report from Mexico
that Governor Lind 'would not be re
ceived, Senator Bacon said:
“Here is a message sent by one who
claims to be an official. It was sent
evidently in a moment of temper. I
ask you to consider whether there is a
condition to require such haste that
we cannot permit this representative
to deliver his message and receive a
reply? When we do receive a reply
then will be the time for us to deter
mine whatever is necessary to be done
by the government, and whatever nec
essary will be done.”
OPPOSES HASTY ACTION.
The senator declared hasty action
on the Clark resolution would not help
the situation any, in so far as life or
property being imperiled. Such an in
vestigation as Clark proposed, he said,
would take time and be of no effect
in an emergency.
“The president of the United States
is face to face with the gravest emer
gency that has confronted us since I
have been a member of the senate,’
said Senator Bacon. “It is much graver
than that which faced us in the Cuban
situation. That was a tempest in a tea
pot compared with what we may be re
quired to do, to establish order in Mex
ico, and maintain it for a generation
or two.
“And when the president stands face
to face with this tremendous responsi
bility, when he, a man man whose integ
rity and good faith we all recognize,
seeks to settle it, for us to adopt this
resolution which can bebase d on no
other basis than the failure of the pres
ident’s plan, is nothing but to flout him
in the face.”
“LET WILSON GO AHEaD."
Members of the foreign relations com
mittee without regard to party, had
agreed, said Chairman Bacon, to “let
the president go ahead with his attempt
peacefully to solve the Mexican situa
tion and not to interfere until the pres
ent efforts have had fair trial.”
The Clark resolution finally was
forced aside and can be taken up again
only by a vote of the senate.,
FOR CUSTOMS COLLECTOR
President -Wilson Sends His
Name, to Senate for Con
firmation as Ga, Collector
BY RALPHSMZTH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7.—Presi
dent Wilson sent to the senate today the
nomination of David C. Barrow, Jr , of
Georgia, to be collector of customs for
the district of Georgia.
R. A. MALLORY, PROMINENT
MASON, DEAD AT PELHAM
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
PELHAM, Ga., Aug. 7.—R. A. Mal
lory, who was secretary and treasurer
of the J. T. Lane company of this
place, died last night. lie was a large
farmer and land owner; was prominent
ly connected with the Masons. He was
forty-three years old and leaves a wife,
two children, several brothers and sis
ters.
He will be buried at 3 o’clock today
by the Masonic order. J. J. Hill, C. C.
Baggs, J. N. McKenzie, E. N. Wilson
and W. N. Drake will act as pallbear
ers.
AT DEPT. OF
Borah Declares Special Agents
Have Investigated Judges to
Influence Decisions in WhL.ch
Government Was Interested
Aeroplane Drops, Killing Soldier
of Fortune and His *Companion
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, -Aug. 7.—The flat
charge that department of justice
agents had investigated federal judges
to influence their action in cases in
which the government was interested
was made in the senate today by Sena
tor Borah, and inodrsed, partially at
least, by Senator Norris.
Senator Borah’s charge was brought
out by a report from Attorney General
McReynolds, responding to a senate
resolution asking whether federal
agents were investigating judges.
STARTED BY SPEER.
The resolution reflected some senti
ment aroused in the case of Federal
Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia, whose
court had been investigated and who
had attacked the department of jus
tice in a public speech.
The attorney general’s reply to the
inquiry was that any report that the
federal department of justice was main
taining a system of espionage over
judges “was entirely without founda
tion.”
SENATOR BORAH’S CHARGE.
Senator Borah responded with his
charge.
“I know this is a very serious
charge,” he said, “but I am so reliably
informed that I make the statement
that within the last four or five years
special agents have carried on such
investigations with a view to influenc
ing judges.”
Senator Norris declared he did not
have all the information Senator Borah
had, but that he believed his statements
were based on fact.
M’ REYNOLDS’ REPORT.
The attorney general’s report declared
that only three judges had been inves
tigated ,one of those being Judge Rob
ert W. Archbold.
Senator Works, who introduced the
resolution, denounced the attorney gen
eral’s report today as “evasive,” and an
nounced he would make a further de
mand for information.
Senator Borah’s charge was charac
terized as ‘startling” by Senators Craw
ford and Sutherland. The latter declar
ed it “needed investigation,” and that
if such “sinister influences” continued,
the "end of the republic was in sight.”
HOKE SMITH TAKES HAND.
Senator Hoke Smith asked Senator
Borah for the exact time when federal
agents had been making these efforts to
influence judges in behalf of govern
ment cases.
“I think it has been going on more
or less continually for the last four or
five years,” said Senator Borah.
“These judges are practically under
the control of the department as far as
promotion and demotion is concerned,”
he continued. “They have been made to
know what the government desires in
cases and even what kind of a decision
the government desires handed down. If
we are going to have a judiciary sub
ject to secret influences, I am in favor of
popular election and recall of judges.”
IN NEW ENGLAND.
Senator Colt, of Rhode Island, declar
ed that in his thirty-one years’ experi
ence on the federal bench in New Eng
land an attempt had never been made
by the department of justice to influ
ence the judges.
He knew, however, that special agents
had been sent to New England.
No final action was taken on the at
torney general’s report.
Picturesque F, S, Cody, En
glish Aviator, Dies in Smash-
up at Aldershot
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 7.—Colonel F. S.
Cody, the famous Anglo-Ajneriean avia-
to , was killed in an aeroplane accident
at Aldershot todfcv.
F Cody was tryhftg out a new aeroplane
when he met his death. In the ma
chine with him was a passenger named
Evans who also was killed. They
were flying over the open country in
the Aldershot district and had reached
the government house when their aero
plane began traveling badly and final
ly, with a crash, fell to the ground.
; Several officials hurried up and found
the bodies of Cody and Evans beneath
t.ie aeroplane.
Cody was the most interesting figure
in aviation in the British Isles. He
was a real soldier of fortune with a
; varied career behind him. He was
well known to the public in England
and very popular. He wore a som
brero, a long moustache, an imperial
an’’ long hair, looking strikingly like
; “Buffalo Bill.”
He came to England a number of
| y—rs ago from the United States,
where he had beep a cowboy. He had
a severe struggle to obtain a start in
England. After living precariously for
a while he attracted the attention of
experts in the British war office on
!account of his display of natural gifts
of construction, particularly in aerial
machines. He was said to be able to
ouild anything in the way of a flying
machine or balloon.
His first experiments were made with
box kites. These he developed on the
British military training grounds at Al
dershot, where 30,000 of the finest troops
In the British army always are kept In
readiness to march off at a moment’s no
tice on any expedition. He achieved such
success with his kites that the British
war office attached him to its aviation
staff.
His theatrical appearance and methcos
created some prejulice against him,
which, however, was largely dispelled
when he foreswore American allegiance
and became a British subject. The public
in England only began to take him seri
ously when he carried the military prize
of $20,000 open to the world at Salisbury
Plain in August, 1912.
Following that triumph, he built several
machines and was constantly experiment
ing with improvements. All of his aero
planes were heavy biplanes which his
rivals considered crude in their construc
tion but he nevertheless made successful
flights with some of them.
Evans was a member of the Indian
civil service who had obtained leave of
obsence to come to England to study av
iation.
The aeroplane was ffying at an altitude
of between 200 and 300 feet when it fell.
Members of the Royal Flying corps re
moved the bodies to the military mortu
ary and an inquest is to be held tomor
row.
Cody leaves a widow and son in Eng
land.
The machine used by Cody was a
new hydro-aeroplane which he was tun
ing up for the forthcoming race around
England and Scotland for a prize of
$25,000. The machine weighed over a
ton. The secretary of state for war in
telegraphing his condolences to Mrs.
Cody today, said:
“The service of aeronautics owes
much to his mechanical genius and
courageous perseverance.”
TO BE DFFERED SENATE
Gas for Fuel
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7.—For the
purpose of reducing the operating ex
penses, the management of the United
States mint in this city will use gas as
a fuel instead of oil, as heretofore.
Provides for State Assessor
and a Department of Tax
Equalization
The finance committee of the state
senate met Wednesday night and con
sidered a tax equalization bill which will
be submitted to the senate as a substi
tute for the Shepard substitute to the
Lipscomb bill of the house.
The new bill was drawn by President
Randolph Anderson and Senator B/ S.
Miller, chairman of the committee. It is
said that the measure provides for coun
ty boards and for a state tar assessor,
the latter to be appointed by the gover
nor. He will gerve for a term of six
years, and his duties will be those of
the state board, as provided in the Lips
comb bill.
The bill also provides that a state
department of tax equalization be cre
ated, with offices in the capitol.
The Miller-Anderson bill will be print
ed, together with the house bill which
it substitutes, and will be presented to
the senate as soon as the committee can
meet again and pass upon it definitely.
There is a strong probability that the
finance committee will favor the bill
unanimously, and that it will receive
the support of the majority of the senate
members.
Whether the house will accept such a
bill, or will amend it so as to exclude
the state assessor feature, is a matter of
speculation.
TEMPERANCE BILL TO •
BE PASSED ON NEXT YEAR
NO. 91.
STATE FINISHES TESTIMONY
AND DR. LEROY CHILDS BEGINS
EXPERT EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE
/
Dr, Childs Characterizes Conclusions Similar to Those
Made by Dr, H, F, Harris and Dr, J, W, Hurt as Remarkable
Guesses-He Says Cabbage Is Most Indigestible of All Veg
etables and Might Stay in Stomach for Many Hours
When recess was ordered at 12:30 o’clock Wednesday In the trial
of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of little Mary Phagan, Dr.
Leroy Childs, called by the defense as fts first witness, was on the
stand. Dr. Childs had already testified in answer to a Hypothetical
question framed by Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, that a post mortem
examination nine days after death would not show whether a blow
on the head, such as that described by Attorney Arnold, had produced
unconsciousness, or whether It had been delivered before or after
death. Dr. Childs declared that such a blow as that described by Mr.
Arnold might even have produced death. He characterized any state
ment to the effect that such a blow procured unconsciousness and that
it could not have produced death, as nothing short of a remarkable
guess.
Dr. Harris also declared that cabbage was the most Indigestible
of all vegetables and that it might remain in the stomacn as long as
four hours and a half. Looking at the cabbage taken from the stomach
of Mary Phagan and submitted as evidence at the Frank trial, Dr.
Childs said that it was impossible to tell how long this food had re
mained in the stomach.
Dr. Childs followed Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the state board
of health, who was the concluding witness for the state. At the close
of Dr. Hams’ cross-examination, tlip state rested. Answering the
questions of Attorney Arnold, Dr. Harris reaffirmed tne testimony
given by him previously; namely, that Mary Phagan was killed within
less than an hour after eating the cabbage and bread found in her
stomach, that the cause of her death was strangulation; tnat the blow
on her head produced unconsciousness but could not have produced
death and that she had suffered violence immediately before sue was
killed.
It is the evident purpose of the defense as shown by the testimony
already drawn from Dr. Childs to vigorously dispute the evidence of
Dr. Harris fixing the time of the little girl’s death. Other medical
experts, no doubt, will follow Dr. Childs.
It is now believed that the defense will put Frank’s character
in evidence, as the state has already succeeded in making an attack
upon it through the testimony of Jim Conley, the negro sweeper, and
C. B. Dalton. Should the defense put up witnesses to prove Frank’s
good character, the state will he permitted to rebut this testimony wltfi
•any evidence it may have that is detrimehta] to Frank's character.
C. B. Dalton was the first witnesscalled by the, stats Thursday
morning. Attorney Reuben R. Arnold objected to each' and every
question and each and every answer of Dalton’s testimony on the
ground that it would be irrevelant, prejudicial and unjust. The ob
jection was entered before Dalton began to testify and was overruled
by Judge Roan. Dalton swore that he had visited the ’National PFencll
factory with Daisy Hopkins, that Jim Conley, the negro sweeper, was
always present and that Frank had received women visitors in his
office. Dalton gave no specific dates. He was cross-questioned by
Attorney Rosser.
When Thursday’s session started Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor,
in charge of the court room, and his several assistants announced
that every spectator who disturbed the court by applauding any de
cision or any action in the ssase, would be promptly ejected. The dep
uties are determined to prevent a reoccurrence of the scene of Wed
nesday. when Judge Roan announced his important ruling .on tne tes
timony of Conley.
If there is any more applause it is probable that the court room
will be cleared. < \ ■ •
KILLED BY THE SENATE
NO COMMISSION FORM
IN ROME FOR PRESENT
ROME, Ga.. Aug;. 7.—Ther ewill be
no commission government in Rome for
the next year at least. Floyd county’s
representatives in the legislature have
not agreed upon a charter for the city,
and this session of the general assem
bly is now so near its close that no
more new legislation will be passed. It
was intended to submit the proposed
new charter, embodying commission
government, to a ote of the people for
acceptance or rejection, and it is not
a certainty that the new charter would
have been carried should it be sub
mitted.
House Also Passes Resolution
Providing for Filling Vavan-
cies in (J, S, Senate
The attempt to have the temper
ance committee make an immediate re
port on the Serrcy-Hixon bill
v/as ruled out of order by the chair as
it was not in the order of the day.
Representative Kidd, of Baker, who
has been contending for the report, was
the author of the resolution. He de
manded that a report be made to the
house Friday by the temperance com
mittee.
FOR SENATOR’S ELECTION.
A resolution under which the people
shall elect United States senators was
passed unanimously in the house Thurs
day. It was introduced by Represen
tative Hardeman, of Jefferson, and is
in accordance with the federal law
passed several years ago providing for
the election of senators by popular
vote.
If this resolution becomes a law it
will be possible for a United States
senator t<j be elected to fill a vacancy
caused by death before the legislature
convenes. The other condition has pre
vailed heretofore in Georgia and at
times 'Georgia has had only one repre
sentative in the national senate.
KILL TAX INCREASES.
The* bill introduced by Representa
tive Fullbright. of Burke, to add an
additional mill to the ad valorem tax
in 1915 for the school fund and an ad
ditional half mill in 1916 was lost by a
99 to 70 vote. The bill not only failed
to obtain a constitutional majority
but fell short of a house majority.
Permanent Registration Bill
Passed and Bill Abolishing
County Treasurers
The state senate passed two bills on
Wednesday afternoon, killed one, and
postponed action on another.
The bill of Senator Watts, abolish
ing the office of county treasurer, but
leaving such action to the majority
vote of the qualified voters of the
county concerned, was passed by unan
imous vote.
Senator Stark’s bill providing for per
manent registration was passed by vote
of 3 Oto 2, Senators Harrell and Tyson
opposing the measure. By its provi
sions a voter is registered for life, pro
vided he is registered once, does not
die or move from his county, is quali
fied under the provisions of the state
constitution in regard to qualifications
of electors, and is registered under the
provisions of the code known as the
“grandfather” clause.
The senate killed two resolutions in
regard to the executive mansion. That
of Senator Watts, proposed by substi
tute, left it in the power of a commis
sion to sell or exchange the property.
It was voted down 21 to 19.
Senator McNeil bitterly opposed the
resolution, characterizing it as giving
too much power for possible “land
schemes.”
The senate considered a bill making
a wife compatible but not compellable
to testify against her husband, but ac
tion was postponed on the measure.
BALKAN STATES WILL
TREATY T
Bulgaria, Intimidated by the'
Threat of Invasion, Agrees
to Terms of Peace
WOMAN BOARDING TRAIN
STRICKEN BY PARALYSIS
WASHINGTON, Ga., Aug. 7.—Mrs. T.
J. Appleyard, of Tallahassee, Fla., wife
of Florida’s state printer, was stricken
with paralysis Wednesday afternoon as
she boarded a train for Atlanta, where
she intended joining her daughters, who
are at a house party.
Mrs. Appleyard had been orf a two
weeks’ visit to relatives in this city and
had complained of soreness in her right
arm all morning, believing it a cold.
No sooner had Mrs. Appleyard taken
her seat in the train than she was
stricken. She is reported as resting
easier this morning.
(By Associated Press.)
BUCHAREST, Aug. 7.—Peace was
concluded late last night between th9
Balkan states and the preliminary
treaty will be signed sometime today
by the delegates of Servia, Greece, Mon
tenegro, Rumania and Bulgaria. The
agreement was arrived at only after an
other exhibition of the utter helpless
ness of Bulgaria to face her ring of
enemies.
Wednesday the discussions in the
peace conference threatened to become
intermination, but M. Majoresco, the
Rumanian premier, and president of the
conference, clinched matters by threat
ening that unless Bulgaria accepted the
modified frontier proposed by the al-|
lies, Rumania’s army would occupy
Sofia next Saturday.
The new frontier is a deep disappoint
ment to- the Bulgarians, who still nurse
hopes for Its eventual revision by the
powers.
The second Balkan peace conference
having concluded peace on a basis of
compromise which is unsatisfactory to
all the states concerned except possibly
Rumania, the question is being asked
how soon a third Balkan war will break
out.
NO NEWS FROM ARMIES
OF GOMEZ AND CASTRO
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—The presi
dent of the government council of
Venezuela. Senor Gil Fortoul, is acting
as president during the absence from
Caracas of President Gomez, who has
placed himself at the head of the army
advancing to do battle with former
President Castro, state department ad
vices said today.
There is no wire communication be
tween Caracas and the western coast
wher ethe Castro forces have made. a
landing, so the American legaton at
Caracas has no informaton as to the
deevlopments of the revolution.
ELOPE IN AUTO; FRIENDS
RETURN TO TELL PARENTS
ALBANY, Ga., Aug. 7.—Marriage of a
former Albany girl, Miss Ruby Mason,
occurred in Dawson last night, when she
| was wedded to Mr. Leland S. Bussey, of
Cuthbert. With her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John C. Mason, Miss Mason moved
from Albany to Cuthbert about a year
ago
Last night in company with two or
three friends, they drove from Cuthbert
to Dawson in an automobile and were
married by the Rev. Mr. Ivey. After the
wedding the young couple came to Alba
ny, the remainder of the auto party re
turning to Cuthbert to inform the rela
tives of the two young people of their
marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Bussey left here today at
noon for Atlanta and ether Georgia points
to Cuthbert to make their home about the
for their honeymoon. They will return
first or Septcmoer.
FIVE HUNDRED KILLED
IN FIGHTING AT CANTON
CANTON, Aug. 7.—Five hundred were
I killed or wounded in the fighting, be-
| tween the northern government troops
and the Chinese rebels at the gate of
Canton, which was attacked by divisions
of the northern army yesterday. The .
position of the city is regarded as seri
ous.
Reinforcements consisting? of a de
tachment of an Indian regiment from
Hong Kong, have arrived to guard the
lives and the property of foreigners in
the Shameen district.
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