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VOLUME Xii.
ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1913.
NO. 101.
FULL PI
FOR DR. M1UGHTGN
TRIAL IS BEGUILE
AFTER HOT FIGHT
. J.
E
Bob Adamson, Former At-
Reportto Governor Slaton Rec- Attorneys for Accused Woman News Received by Wireless by
ommending Physician’s Full
Pardon After Carefully Con
sidering Application
Made Plea After Plea for
Postponement-Judge Ham
mond Overrules Each
A full and complete pardon for Dr.
W. J. McNaughton, the Swainsboro phy
sician, who ie now in the Chatham
county jail under sentence of death on
October 5 for the murder of Fred Flan
ders, of Emanuel county, has been rec
ommended to Governor Slaton by the
state prison commission.
Commissioner T. E. Patterson does
not agree with the recommendations of
the other two commissioners, Chairman
R. E. Davidson and E. L. Rainey. He
has sent along with the commission's
recommendation to the governor his
views on the case, in which he favors
a commutation to life imprisonment
for' Di. McNaughton.
Under the^Jaw^a decision reached by
two ‘members of the commission forms
its report and there is no such thing
as a minority report. However, Judge
Patterson desired that the governor be
acquainted with his position on the case
and tor that reason he drafted a mem-
f oranaum outlining his views.*
The McNaughton case is one of the
most famous in the history of the
state. In the spring of 1910 Fred
Flinders, a well known farmer and bus
iness man of Covena. Emanuel county,
died under suspicious circumstances.
Dr. McNaughton, Flanders’ family phy-
eican. Mrs. Mattie Flanders, the wire
ot tne dead man. were indicted for mur
der, it being contended that because of
their alleged illicit relations they had
entered into a* conspiracy to kill Flan
ders, and that Dr. McNaughton had ad
ministered arsenic in the form of pu.
scriptions.
McNaughton was convicted of mur
der and sentenced to hang. He ap
pealed to the supreme court which af
firmed the verdict. Then he took an
appeal to the United States supreme
couit with the same result. An extra
ordinary motion for a new trial was
made and declined.
In the meantime the case against
.~rs. Flanders was not pressed. Court
after court was held and no effort was
made to bring her to trial. Governor
Brown, acting upon the recommenda
tion of the prison commission, several
times respited Dr. McNaughton in or
der that Mrs. Flanders might be put
on trial before the prison commission
took up Dr. McNaughton’* etitioiv for
clemency. Last July the case against
Mrs. Flinders was nol prossed by the
Emanuel county superior court, afte"
which pr. McNaughton applied for a
pardon. --- -
TWO DEAD IN BOILER
EXPLOSION ON CRAVEN
Wrecked^ Torpedo Boat Is
Towed Into Savannah and
Casualties Announced
SAVANNAH. Ga., Sept. 11.—-The Unit
ed States torpedo boat Craven, which
was damaged yesterday afternoon at
sea. when the forward boiler exploded,
and which reached Fort Screven. Tybee
Island, after two men had died of their
injuries and four others were so badly
scalded th^.t they were sent to the post |
hospital, reached Savannah shortly after j
noon today. The Craven came into port j
for inspection. It was in tow of the i
Shubrick. a sister torpedo boat, and a |
tug. The official report of the accident
contains the names of the following |
dead and injured:
Dead:
CHIEF WATER TENDER M. M’CAF-
FREY.
WATER TENDER W. O. MILTON.
Seriously injured:
Fireman T. Gabbitt, first class.
Water Tender J. C. Dalton.
Chief Machinist’s Mate S. Schwind.
Slightly injured:
Water Tender D. B. Smith.
THAW SEEMS GONTENTEO
TO WAIT PATIENTLY
Prospects Are He Will Remain
in New Hampshire for
Some Time
(By Associated Press.)
COLEBROOK, N. H.. Sept. 11.—The
case of Harry K. Thaw, prisoner today*
of Sheriff Drew, assumed this afternoon
the familiar aspect of uncertainty and
delay. Counsel working for and against
his return to Matteawan agreed not to
arraign him before a police magistrate
until 4 p. hi., and then to adjourn the
case until fcftnorrow.
He is charged with conspiring with
others to bring about his escape from
Matteawan. and it is upon this charge
that William Travers Jerome will seek
Ms extradition. Failing in this. Jerome
will contend that Thaw is insane and
should be turned over to an attendant
from Matteawan.
Two VA'omen, Aeed
75’and 22. Held
For Manslaughter
iBv Asp^r atod Pres*.'
CORRY. Pa.. Sept. 11.—Mrs. Phoeba
Wright, sevnty-five years old, today j
faces a prison sentence that may cover)
the remainder of her life. Mrs. Wright
and Miss Pearl Kelly, twenty-two years
old, were accused of killing Frank
Lynch last June and a jury last night
rourned a verdict convicting both of
manslaughter. Lynch was found shot
dead in the yard behind Mrs. Wright’s
house. The defense was that the shoot
ing was accidental.
BY HAROLD W. BOSS.
Journal Staff Correspondent.
MILLEN, Ga.. Sept. 11.—After the
defense had waged a strenuous but fu
tile three hour and a half fight for
postponement of the trial of Mrs. Edna
Perkins Godbee, accused of the murdrr
of her divorced husband, Judge Walter
S. Godbee, and his bride, formerly Miss
Florence Boyer, Thursay morning a
jury was selected in the record time of
one hour. When court adjourned at
12:30 o’clock Solicitor General Robert
Lee Moore was ready to begin the pre
sentation of evidence by which he ex
pects to obtain a conviction.
In asking a delay Attorney T. F. Saf-
fold. chief counsel for Mrs. Godbee.
contended he had not had sufficient
time to assemble the evidence in favor
of his client, nor to examine thorough
ly into the merits of her case. He also
said that Congressman, Thomas W.
Hardwick, chosen at the last moment
to represent the accused woman, was
unable to be present.
Later he attacked the legality of the
grand jury which indicted the defendant
and of Solicitor Moore on the grounds
that the act of the legislature passed
a few weeks ago transferring Jenkins
county from the middle judicial circuit
to the Augusta circuit was in violation
of the constitution.
His efforts to gain a delay were in
vain, however. Judge H. C. Hammond
overruled all motions and demurrers
without even hearing arguments\from
the prosecution against it.
Mrs. Godbee surrounded by her law
yers. relatives and friends, and with
her young daughter constantly by her
side, sat through the morning appar
ently imperturbed. The state, as was
rumored, based the trial on the indict
ment charging the defendant with kill
ing Mrs. Florence Godbee. No matter
what is the ^outcome of this case, it is
said, she must face a jury ag^in for
the slaying of her former husband.
A crowd wMch filled every available
seat in the court room and overflowed
Into the aisles heard the first half-
day’s session of the trial. Half a dozen
automobiles and scores of buggies and
wagons were parked in the vicinity of
the court house.
THOSE WITH ACCUSED.
Mrs. Godbee came into court promptly
at 8:30 ‘clock in the custody of a deputy
sheriff. Her face showf^_jjo.^mopuitL.
was dressed all in^white. She took a seat
among several women relatives who had
preceded her to the scene. Thesfe were:
Mrs. T. F. Bargerson. Mrs. W. L. Bar
gerson. sisters: Mrs. Annette Leonard.
Mrs. F. M. Godbee and Mrs. W. K. Gort-
bee, daughters-in-law: Miss Sarah God
bee. her daughter: two friends. Mrs. H
H. Perkins and Mrs. F. W. Perkins: her j
son. King Godbee. also were present.
W. B. Boyer, a brother of the slain
Mrs. Godbee. occupied a seat inside of
the railing around the desks of the
principals. As soon as court opened At
torney Saffold announced that the coun
sel wanted time to confer with the de
fendant This was granted by the
judge.
The principals then resumed the wait
for the return of the defense lawyers.
The court room was taxed to its ca
pacity. A third of those present wer^
women w^o evinced intense interest.
At 9:25 o’clock the three attorneys,
accompanied by Y. E. Bargeron and
Charles G. Reynolds, two more lawyers
who. it was announced had been added
to the defense, returned to the court
room.
Judge Saffold announced that he de
sired to move for a continuance and pre
sented a motion, which evidently had
been drawn during the consultation. He
read it to the court.
SAYS DEFENSE WAS DELAYED.
It set forth that preparations for
the funeral of Judge Godbee following
the shooting and the lingering death of
Mrs. Godbee’s second victim had occu
pied the attention of her two sons and
that they had been delayed in making
preparation for her defense; that when
they finally hdd found the time to plan
for her representation that Judge Saf
fold had been called in, and that he had
done all in his power to prepare an
adequate defense for the defendant, but
had not had a “sufficient or a reason
able time.”
The motion contended that the cir
cumstances upon which the defense
planned to make i‘s case were hard to
assemble and that not enough time had
been allowed for the woman’s represen
tatives to get in communication with
important witnesses to her side. It de
clared *hat not until the present week
had Mrs Godbee’s counsel become aware
of the testimony of C. L. Schaff, who. it
was stated, could testify that Judge
Godbee had made a threat to kill his
former wife, and that he had been re
strained from carrying it out by SchafT.
It said that a subpena for a Mr.
Dukes, who could testify that Mrs. God
bee’s presence at the house without her
daughter on the morning of the tragedy
was purely an accident, remained un
served.
The motion also contained the infor
mation that Congressman Thomas W.
Hardwick had been retained by friends
and relatives of Mrs. Godbee in Wash
ington coun‘y. It was impossible for
him to be present, it stated.
“On account of serious and varied
criminal acts happening in this county
during the last few days.” concluded the <
motion,“a state of high public sentiment I
exists and the rumors if somebody was !
not convicted there was no telling what |
would become of the county, and that
this defendant alleges ‘hat a trial at !
this time means that her right to a
fair and impartial trial guaranteed un-
der the contstitution is virtually taken
from her.”
Attorney SafTold followed the reading:
of the motion by a few remarks, which
contained the declaration:
“We contend that this woman has
committed no crime—that she is morally
justified in the eyes of God and man/’ ;
When the defense attorney completed j
the reading of the motion Judge Ham- j
mond asked the state if they desired to
make any comment. Solicitor General
Moore arose and moved simply that the
motion be overruled. The judge did so
speaking briefly on the motion. He
was in receipt of a telegram from Mr.
Hardwick, stating that he could not be
present, he. said, but he did not con
sider that, .combined with the other
points made by the defense, sufficient to
warrant delay.
lantian. Who Is Mayor’s Sec- j
retary, at His Brooklyn Home
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Mayor Gaynor
died on the steamer Baltic, in mid-ocean
at 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, ac
cording to a wireless received here today
from Rufus W. Gaynor, his son.
News of Mayor Gaynor’s death was re
ceived here in a message sent by wire
less and cabled to Robert Adamson, his
secretary, by Rufus W. Gaynor, his son, !
who sailed with him.
The message read as follows:
“Father died Wednesday at 1 o'clock ;
due to heart failure. Notify mother." I
Lacking details of the manner of the !
mayor's death his friends here believed j
that the heart attack spoken of in
Rufus Gaynor’s cablegram was brought!
on by a, return of the coughing fits that [
had, recurred at intervals since he was'
shot.
EXPECTED DEATH.
Although the mayor had no presenti
ment that his trip would end fatally,
he had at different times within the
last year or two told his secretary
that the violence of these attacks were
a great strain on his heart, and he fear
ed that at some time or other one of
them might result seriously.
Just before he received notification
of his nomination by the popular
demonstration at • the city hall, the
mayor had been in bed off and on for
about a week.
Mrs. Gaynor and one of her unmar
ried daughters are. at their country
place. Tne other two unmarried daugh
ters are at a boarding school. Tne
mayor’s other son is at. the mayor's
Brooklyn home.
The mayor had two married daugh
ters, Mrs. W. Seward Webb and Mrs.
Harry K. Vingut. .
At 11 a. m., Greenwich time, the wire
less said the Baltic was 250 miles west
Queenstown. Sue was due at
•STA/zVq
TO
Mom/a/aT/Oaj
WILL HISTORY REPEAT?
of
Queenstown about 2 a. m. Friday.
Mayor Gaynor sailed away from New
lork a fast failing man on the morn
ing of September. 4. An hour before he
sailed but one man, Jiis secretary, knew
— •»**. pi^ps outeic
iafe^'TSiniiy. The mayor’s an
nounced purpose was a brief vacation
on the ocean. He felt that the tonic ef
fect of the salt air would restore him
in some measure to health.
Th^ Baltic was due at Queenstown Fri
day. The mayor died as she was near
ing the other side. The news of
TZ 'Only. Laconic, Report, Announc-
■ ' ' rh “ — mg Arrival, Has Been Re
ceived From U, S. Cruiser
«
Supreme Court Judge in
Decision Strips Sulzer
Of All Executive Powers
(By Associated Press.) !
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11.—In the ab-;
_ _ fjj s sence of advice from the commander of i
death was sent by wireless to Crookhav- the cruiser Des Moines, officials today 1
en by Rufus W. Gaynor. from Crook- were inclined to believe that American
haven to New York by cable. lives and property in Santo Domingo
Mayor Gaynor left New York at a were not in any imminent peril from’
time when the city was seething in one the revolution said to be convulsing i
of the strangest municipal political cam- the island
paigns in its history. The day belore nouncing its arrival at Puerto Plata, on
his departure he was notified on the the north coast of the island republic,
city hall steps by representatives of in- . no word had been received from the
dependent political organizations that warship up to an early hour today,
they had chosen him as their standard | The Washington authorities are tak*
bearer in the mayoralty campaign. A ing no chances, however, and all prepar-
throng that crowded city hall park as- ations have been made for the dispatch
sembled to hear him accept. He had of a force sufficiently powerful to pro-
prepared a speech of acceptance, but tect the customs houses and American
was so weak that he was unable to de- \ property and lives if they are threaten-
liver it, and his secretary read it for ed. The gunboat Nashville i3 prepared
him, the mayor standing beside him. j to sail at an hour's notice to Dominican
Before the mayor sailed his secre- waters, and other vessels are in an
tary issued a statement denying re- equal state of preparedness. The Nash-
ports of the mayor’s serious illness. I ville is now at Puerto Cortez, Honduras
Supreme Court Justice Decides
Governor ’is Regularly Im
peached and Is Divested of
Powers Awaiting Trial
(3y Associatet Piet,)
KINGSTON, N. Y.. Sept. 11.—Justice
Beyond a laconic report an- Hasbrouck, of the state supreme court,
today decided that Governor Sulzer was
regularly impeached and while awaiting
impeachment trial was divested ot the
right to exercise his executive func
tions. including the power to pardon.
II
PLANNING BIG WELCOME
Friends of Leader of English
Suffragette Don’t Think She
Will Be Barred From U, S.
IT
M TARES STANO
Testifies This Time at Trial
of Diggs and Attorney on
Conspiracy Charge
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 11.—
Marsha Warrington, whose testimony in-
LEAD TO
if OF HOE!
New York Police Search for
Carpenter and Daughter
Who May Solve Mystery
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—-Friends and ad-
The question of the legality of Sul- j mirers of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst,
zer's impeachment came belore J ustice 1 Bngllsh militant suffragette leader, are so
Hasbrouck In connection with habeas * , , , . „ ’
corpus proceedings brought to compel the sure s ■ w not excluded from the
New York City authorities to honor Gov- j United States as an undesirable that
ernor Sulzer’s pardon of Joseph G Rob- t they are planning to give her a big wel-
. ijlf banker convict. He decided that come when she reaches here next month
Robin s pardon was invalid, quashed .- „ _ _ , , . .
the writ, and sent Robin back to prison. , Mrs ' °- H ' P ' Belmont has arranged to
-attorneys representing Sulzer and i Slve Mrs. Pankhurst office room at the
Rooin had argued that the impeach-' home of the Political Equality associa-
ment was illegal because voted by the tion during her stay here,
assembly at a special session which J Mrs. Pankhurst is scheduled to visit
was not called expressly to decide that! two southern cities—Louisville, on Octo-
questiom Th eoourt refused to sus- j her 30, and Nashville, on November 1.
tain this contention. The decision up- | Mrs. Pankhurst will arrive here about
held the argument of the New York j October 18
corporation counsel who maintained! Advance advices are to the effect that
that the assembly when it impeached; Mrs. Pankhurst will refrain from any-
[acted in a Judicial and not a legislative thing ln the nat ure of advocacy of mili-
| capacity and was properly in session. tant metho ds among suffragettes in this
e assembly voted to impeach Gov- j ooun t r y, her whole purpose being con-
ernor Sulzer August 13. Although it 1 fmed t0 the history and future of the
T m lm ™ ed , iately ‘ hat th * Gov- milltanoy of the cause ln England .
X * oil TTi, overturn *A e The itinerary of Mrs. Pankhurst is
sembiys action by recourse to the announced ^ fo!lows:
Justice Hasbrouck s decision to-
NEW YORK. Sept. 11.—Discovery of
discolored shirt in a New York laun-
fluenced the conviction of Maury I. ( dry today set detectives on a search
Diggs and F. Drew Caminetti for viola- for H. Bolian, an Armenian carpenter,
tion of the Mann white slave traffic act, and his daughter in the hope that they
took the stand again today as one of j could shed light on the identity of the
the government’s principal witnesses in young woman whose torso recently was
courts
day was the first ruling made by any
court on the legality of the impeach
ment.
Argument on the validity of the writ
of habeas corpus was heard Monday.
The points raised were Governor Sulzer
impeached and, whether he was di
vested of his power* pending trial.
the trial of Diggs and his former at
torney, Charles B. Harris, of Sacra
mento, for alleged conspiracy to suborn
perjury.
Miss Nellie Barton joined with the
fo v und in the Hudson river. A laun-;
dryman who said the shirt came from j
Italian's home, thought the stains,
might be blood.
The Bolians lived within a block
from the store at which was purchased
Government to Start
Magazine Publishings
For Help of Farmer
(By Associated Press }
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—The
Uni-
Warrington girl in supplying the chief the pillow and paper wrapped about
to .1,0. ,h„, D,„. ,00 Harri, i boor £ “r' '■“““"■J““{iTi. 'Z T
asked Miss Barton to intercede with Another lead the detectives followed ' btnelit of the f a rme ^s. This is the an-
Miss Warrington in order that she might todaA wL the finding o/ a Mood" '“ZmV‘addsThai
so color her testimony that Diggs would stained woman’s undershirt which was L firH * whlch adds * hat
escape the consequences of his trip to washed to the river bank not far from ^ this month 0
Reno with her. -c,«... out thls month and that other issues
The government expected to conclud
its case before the afternoon adjourn-
October 21, two meetings in New
York; 27, two meetings in Chicago; 30,
Louisville; November 1, Nashville; 4.
Cincinnati; 7, Cleveland; 10, Buffalo; 13,
Boston; 15, Providence; 18, Philadel
phia; 20, Baltimore; 22, Washington; 25,
New York, sailing for England.
LONG TEXAS DROUTH
on
BIFLED0F5M
Officials of Company Refuse
to Talk, but Savannah Bank
er Confirms News of Rob
bery in Which Bank Lost
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Sept. 11.—Probably
the greatest robbery in the history of
the Southern Express company came to
light ln Savannah yesterday morfftng
when a sealed safe supposed to contain
*71.900 ln currency consigned to Sa
vannah, Brunswick and Valdosta banka
was opened here and found to be empty.
Of the stolen money *50.000 was con-,
signed to the Savannah Bank and Trust
company from the Chase National bank
of New York. It is not known here to
what banks in Valdosta and Brunswick
tne additional sum was consigned, as
the Express company officials reiuse to
talk.
Mr. W. F. McCauley, the president of
the Savannah Bank and Trust company,
confirms the loss of the *50,000. It was
shipped out of New York on Monday on
train No. 89 of the Atlantic Coast Line
rallroa<r and should have reached hero
yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. When
the sealed steel trunk in which It wae
supposed to have been shipped wae open
ed It was found that the money had dis
appeared.
“All that I know about it," aatd
President McCauley, “is that the money
was started to us from New York and
that it never reached here."
The Southern Express company has
hurried its best men to Savannah to un
dertake the recovery of the money or to
locate the thieves. Mr. W. J. Houcka-
day. general manager of the company,
an da representative of Pinkerton De
tective agency, of Atlanta, reached Sa
vannah this morning and are now work-
Irwer on the case. The name of the mes
senger on the train has not bten ascer
tained here at this time, because of the
reticence of the Express company of
ficials to permit any information to
get out.
The seals on the outside of the steel
trunk or safe, it is understood, did not
show that they were tampered with, but
t hesealed envelopes in which the money
was contained when It left New York
were either slit open or otherwise tam
pered with.
The shipment was sent out of New
York by the Adams Express company
and delivered to the c ’'>i>them Express
company at Washington, D. C.
Loss Falls on Express .
Company, Declares*Bankef
• (By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 11.—Samuel C.
Miller, president of the Chase National
bank, said today his bank had shipped
a large amount of currency to banks in
Georgia by the Adams Express.
“If this money has been stolen.” he
said, “and Is not recovered. the loss
will fall not upon the bank, but upon
the express company.”
Mr. Miller said that the $50,000 pack
age was only one of those in the ship
ment made by the Chase National.
The safe containing the $71,900 in
two packages was delivered by the Ad
ams Express company to the Southern
Express company in Jersey City, ac
cording to W. W. Pendleton, general
agent of the Adams company. The
transfer was made last Monday night,
Mr. Pendleton said, and at that time
th- safe and Its con^nts were Intact.
The package containing $21,900. he
added, was composed of a number of
consignments to separate banks in
Georgia.
One of the envelopes in the smaller
pr ‘kage contained mone- from the Coal
and Iron National bank, of New York,
to a consignee in Albany. Ga.
T STEP MADE TO
PLAGE II,000,000
„ .. .* vms monm ana tnat otner issues
e Tnnnl y w111 fol l°w regularly at monthly inter-
vals. The puublication will be devoted
principally to a detailed review of crop
LAWRENCEVILLE NEGRO
TO BE HANGED OCT. 10
Frozen Eggs Are
Endorsed By U. S.
~' WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Frozen
Sentence Pronounced for Ne- :fresh esss have the lndorsement ° r the
conditions natoinally and by states.
“This Informatoin will be prepared
In a purely popular way.” Assistant Sec
retary Galloway declared, “with a view
to enabling the farmer to determine at
a glance just w'hat plant crop and ani
mal crop conditions are prevaling in his
own state as compared with other states
For the First Time in Two
Months Rain Falls Gener
ally Over State
gro Now Being Held
Fulton County Jail
in i ® hemifi,;r y’ and the country at large, and impor-
111 which today placed its seal of approval tant fore , producln ai . eas .-
?ond (ft V f ,nn / wholesome | It ls the department's propose to
' “ a ~ series of expen- j mabe the periodical, which will bear the
ments the government chemists found
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
LAWRENCEVILLE. Ga.. Sept. 10.—
William Gathright. the negro convict
ed of the killing of George L. Seay.
near Duluth, last May. today was sen-! down two invincible rules:
tenced to be hanged on October 10 at 9 “Beware of bad eggs!”
o’clock. The negro still denies his “Keep ’em frozen!”
guilt. These rules observed, the experts de-
Sheriff Garner and one deputy brought dare, there is no reason wns t oz
the condemned negro from the Atlanta eggs should not become popular, espe-
jail Saturday, and he has been in jail cially with bakers and other extensive
here in charge of Sheriff Garner since • users of the product. The chemists
his arrival. ' dislike to dwell upon what might hap-
(By Associated Press.)
DALLAS. Tex., aept. 11.—The first
generally soaking rains in Texas in two
months were reported today. There has
not been one storm covering the 265,000
square miles of the state, but a scries
of heavy downpours here and there all
over the state since Sunday.
With a few exceptions, farmers ad
vise crop prospects, including cotton,
improved, but at some points rain
stopped cotton picking.
Amarillo reported today that the en
tire panhandle, the staked plains coun
try south of that region, and western
Oklahoma have been thoroughly soaked
... title, Tne Agricultural OutlooK, a «.uuiuusiny s>uaKeu.
that eggs may be broken, canned, and magazlne of from eighteen to twenty! a,1 <l that excellent feed crops, the main
then frozen without losfng their flavor; nnppfi lt wI11 deal not a i OTie w jth the| reliance of those sections, are assured.
Texas, about Houston,
will instruct the farmer as to market
ing his wares.
pages. - _ _ _
or deteriorating in any way. In thus; pl .o duct ion and condition of crops but!
preserving them against the day of
scarcity, however, the chemists lay
3,000 MINISTERS AND
LAYMEN TO MEET SOON
(By Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 11.—More
than 1,0000 men already have registered
XT „ — ---*- where for the na‘ional convention of
No excitement does, or did prevail; pen to a can ot eggs that had become j Methodist men which is expected to
during^the two days trial and convic-J “unfrozen." however. They decline to-: bring 3,000 ministers and laymen to
1 day to discuss the subject.
tion of the negro.
j Indianapolis, October 28-31.
ln southeast
nearly three inches of rain has fallen,
filling streams which haff recently dried
up. These rains extended westward to
San Angelo.
Central and north Texas points have
sent in continual reports of rain for
tour days. About Fort Worth the pre
cipitation today was the heaviest since
ebruary.
Other points reporting rain are Sher
man. Marshall, Stamford and scores of
places scattered in between these points
which embrace the state's richest agri
cultural belt.
Six Atlanta National Banks
Tender Securities That Are
Accepted by Committee
The first step locally toward the dis
tribution of *1,000.000 of United States
treasury funds among the national
banks of Atlanta, “to facilitate the
movement and marketing of the crops,"
was taken Thursday morning. The At
lanta securities committee, approved by
Secretary of the Treasury W. G. Mc-
Aaoo, met In the rooms of the Atlanta
Clearing House association and accepted
the securities tendered by the six At-’
lanta banks which are to participate in
the distribution.
A second meeting of the committee
was called for 4 o’clock Thursday aft
ernoon. At that meeting the securities
will be delivered formally to the Trust
Company of Georgia, designated by
Secretary McAdoo upon recommenda
tion of the Clearing House association
as Atlanta custodian; and the trust com
pany In turn will forward them to the
secretary at Washington. Jpon his ap
proval of them, the funds will be avail
able and soon thereafter they will be
ready for circulation from the local na
tional banks.
All Cops In Town
On Strike Because
Pay VVa?n’t Lrompt
PINE BLUFF, Ark., Sept. 11—Pine
Bluff's police force went “on strike” last
night and while Chief of Police Stewart
and his assistant patrolled the business
section of the city, Mayor Bioo mtook
charge of the police station.
Inability to cash warrants for their
pay, designated as *75 a month for more
than two-thirds of their face value, ls
given by the men as reason for lefusing
to continue their duties Mayor Bloom is
quoted as expressing himself in sympa
thy with the striking blue coats. Unless
volunteers come forward today the three
officials will constitute the police force
again tonight.