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VOLUME XIV.
LANSING ASSERTS
SOUTHERN SEAS ARE
SWEPT By CRUISERS
IN SEARCH OF RAIDER
Alter Sinking Ships atiu Car
goes Worth $20,000,000
Raider Is Said to Be Work
ing Northward
“By Asso‘i*t*d Pres* '
VKW YORK. Jan. IS.—With the pos
sibility that the* German sea raider
wMeh sank'or captured from fifteen to
a score of allied ships is still continu
ing her depredations, steamship owners
•nd nfarine underwriters were tn a state
of nervous tension today. The * losses
tn ships and cargos thus far represent
from JU.000.000 to »2«.«00.000.
A cordon of British cruisers, reported
to number fifteen. *ts believed tq be
sweeping the southern seas in search
of the raider, which according to one
report may be the auxiliary cruiser
Vineta; according to another the cruiser
Moewe. the same sea rover which play
ed havoc with allied shipping about a
year ago 8 ‘
Steamship circles were especially con
cerned today over a wireless warning
that the German raiser was working
northward to more frequented lanes of
steamship travel. The possibility that
•the raider may have armed and manned
one or more of her prizes and dispatched
them also on commerce preying mis
sions was another source of anxiety to
day. One report was that the British
•iteamer St Theodore was thus trans
formed.
Definite news of the fate of this ves
sel and of the Yarrowdale reported to
• have on board some of the creWs of the
other captured vessels, wan still lacking
today.
Prospect of Capturing
Raider Is Believed Slim
* <By Associated Fraas.)
LONDON. Jan 18.—.N0 definite news
of the operations of the German raider
in the South Atlantic is published here
this morning beyond the official an
nouncement in regard to the loss of
ships. The statements of the admiral'y
and Uoyds are given a prominent place
in the morning papers, which otherwise
print nothing but comment and specula
tion.
If is generally admitted that the
-aider may possibly enjoy a long im
munity as ft is recognized that it is
easier to find a needle in a hay stack
than a ehip bent on eluding capture
in ts!% Atlantic. Anxiety is expressed
over the fate of cargoes of grain and
meat from Argentine and steel from
the United States. It is admitted that
the loss of such cargoes may be severe
ly felt coming on top of the depreda
tions of the submarines.
A nurilber of steamers, distinct from
the victims of thg raiders, are posted
at Lloyds as missing. The raider ’s
assumed to be identical with the vessel
reported on December 4, but there is
nothing to indicate whether it dpdged
the British cordon in the North sea or
started its career from some neutral
port.
It was announced that the Garfield.
*a British steamer of 1.574 tons, .had
been sent to the bottom
A steamer has arrived in port with
eight-four members of the crews of the
Auchencrag. Omsk and Kinpurney. The
steamer was forced to follow the
German submarine from January 13 to
15 when the vessel was ordered to dis
charge hee cargo.
With the, exception of four members
of the crew of Uje Aachen crag the
rrews -of the vessels sunk were saved.
Russian Troops Still
Keeping Up Offensive
(By Ayvw*!*Press.)
NEW YORK. Jan. 18.—The Russians
apparently still are on the offensive
along the Rumanian front. Berlin in
its official report :oday reqoros no ag
gressive activities by the Teutonic
forces, except for a raiding operation m
the Meldavlan frontier, while mention
ing the repulse of a strong attack by the
Russians in the Oituz valley region.
On the Fra neo-Belgian front, the driv
ing back of the British near LO9S after
an advance in connection with a mine
explosion is reported by the German
staff. The recent British attack near
Serrs was made upon an advanced posi
tion which had been evacuated by the
Germans, it is declared, the British at
tacking after the empty trenches han
been bombardd so% several days.
Petrograd's statement on the opera
oom in Rumania chronicles a Ruman
ian success southwest of Pralea. on the
Moldavian western front, where a height
was surrounded and a large number of
prisoners and four machine funs cap
'ured by Rumanian troops. Nd gains
for either side resulted from the fight
ing on the remainder of the front.
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R. F. D STATE
RAIL fIUARO TO ASSIST
111 80LL MIL FIGHT
»Plans Special Commodity Tar
iff on Peanuts and Vel
vet Beans
Owing to the combat now on between
the middle and south Georgia cotton
planter and the boll weevil, the railroad
commission will meet at an early date
to consider making a special commod
ity mileage tariff for velvet beans
and peanuts, which farmers in those
sections are turrong to instead of cotton
as a money product. _
Peanuts and velvet beans arc being
planted in many districts in south and
middle Georgia as away to fight the
boll weevil and they have proven good
money makers.
The commission has set aside Feb
ruary 14. at 10 o’clock, in their chamber
at the capitol. to hear representatives
of the farmers and the carriers and io
j go into the question of providing rea
i sonable and just rates for transporta
' tion of these commodities
The tentative schedule prescribed by
I the commission follows:
SPECIAL COMMODITY MILEAGE TARIFF.
Applicable cn •
Apply
t dm mod i ty
Group. .
Beans. soya, in sacks or barrels, any
•nantitT. or in bulk. in. carloads,
min. wt. 30,000 lbs No. <l>
Beans, velvet, in sacks or barrels, any
quantity, or in bulk. In carloads,
mtn. wt. 30.000 Us. No. (1»
Beans, velvet, ground, straight or when
mixed with ground velvet bean hulls
or stalks, in sacks or bags, any
quantity No. <ll
Feed, mixed, composed of two or more
of the following articles, vis.: Alfalfa
meal, grain, grain products, includ
ing earn cob meal. bay. velvet <w soya
beans, velvet or soya bean meal, cot
ton seed meal, peanut meal, cotton
seed hulls, peanut hulls, soya or vel-
Ivet bean bulls, corn shucks or busks,
whether treated with blackstrap mo
lasses or not. when in bags or sacks,
any quantity No. (1)
Hulls, velvet bean, in sacks or bale*..
L. C. C„ and in the sems packages
er in bulk. C. L.. min. wt. 24.000 lbs.
C L. No. <3»
L. C. L. No. 12,
Peanuts, raw. in hull, in sacks or in
barrels or in bulk. C. L., min. wt.
24.000 lbs v No. (1,
Peanut man I and cake, ami soya l>e*ii
meal and cake. t’. L. min. wt.
30U0O lbs.
_ C. L No. <4l
L C. L. No. (3,
I‘eanyt bulls, soya bean bulla and vel
vet bea n hulls, in sacks or "bale'.
1.. C. 1... and in the same packages
or in bulk. C. L. min. wt. 24.000 tbs.
C. L. No. to,
L. C. L. * No. (2)
HERE ARE'RATES ORDERED.
Gem. Com. Com. Com.
Group Group Group Group
Mileage. No. tl). No. (2). No. (3). No. (4t.
5 5 5 2*4 4
10 6 514 3
15. , 7 •; 3*4 5 1 -
20 8 tt% 3% * 5%
25 9 73% • «
30 914 7% 4 6%
35 10 8 414 7
40 lOi- 814 4% 7«4
45 11 9-4% 714
50 1114 " 914 •"» 7%
55 12 10 514 8
60 12’, 101* s*, 814
65 13 131, 5% 814
70 13*, 10% 6 8%
75..., 14 11 6J4 «
80 14*, 111, d>, 914
85 141- 11*4 «% 9%
90 15 ’ 11% 79%
05 15 12 7% 10
100 15% 12', 7’. lO<4
110 16 12*- 7% , 10'i
120 16 12% 8 10%
130 16’, 13 B’4 11
140 16’- 13'« 1 Ik,
150 „. 17 13% 8% 11%
160 17 1314 9 11%
170 17% 13', 91, 12
ISO 17V. '13% . 9*- 12%
190 IS ' 13% »% 1214
.OO 18 14 IO 12%
210 19 .14 101, 13
220 19 14 10U 13
230 19 15 10% 13
240 2” 15 11 13
250 20 1.. 11 14
300.....' 30 IK 16 16
270 21 16 15 11
280 ~.. ?1 18 12 14
290 21 16 12 14
300..... 22 1« 12 15
310 22 17 12 15
330 22 17 12 15
330 22 17 1.3 15
340..: 23 17 13 • 15
350 23 17 13 15 1
360 23 17 1.3 16
•370 23 18 13 18
3.80 24 18 13 16
350 24 . 18 14 16
«» 24 IS 14 Irt
410 24 18 14 16
420 25 19 14 . 16
430 -25 19 14 17 *
440 *25 19 14 17
450. 25 19 15 17
40’ 28 19 15 17
170 ’ 2« 20 15 17
A£cve rates apply In cents per 100 pounds.
Blue and Gray Join to
Preserve Grant Home
(By Associat'd Press.)
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Jan. 18.—Union and
Confederate veterans joined forces at a
meeting of the Dent-Grant Memorial as
sociation in an effort to preserve the
home of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, where
she married General Ulysses Grant in
1847. Tne house stands at the corner
of Fourth and Cerre streets. The owner
of the property has offered to deed it to
the association.
J-
LEAGIIE TO ENFORCE
PEACE SEEN IN NOTE
OF ENTENTE TO U.-S.
American Officials Feel Much
Encouragement After Perus
ing Document From British
Foreign Minister
WASHINGTON? Jan. 18.—Great Brit
ain's supplementary sole amplifying the
entente reply to President Wilson’s
peace note ha# given much encourage
ment <0 American,officials who are look
ing forward to some sort of league of
nations to preserve peace.
Although the principal portions in
Foreign 'Minister Balfour's note, del
hvered to the stale deparlmcit yester
day, are designed to justify the severi
ty oi’ tfie terms set forth by the entente
in their reply to the note of President
Wilson, the formal acceptance in prin
ciple of same sort of national Sanction
of force behind treaties and interna
tional law. is regarded of great impor
tance.
It has teen stated officially .that
President Wilson’s next step has not
been e’etermined upon. Many officials
believe the terms of the British note
may attend the opportunity for a move
toward the establishment of some such
national sanction, even if it be with the
view of having it come into force after
the close of the war.
Officials are watching carefully for
public expressions abroad on the sub
ject. Any steps will of necessity be
most carefully chosen, and while it is
admitted that the perfection of any such
arrangements may be well in the fu
’ ture, the references of Minister Bal
four’s note are regarded as encouraging.
Those who think the future peace of
the world may be insured by interna
tional treaties and international laws,
the note says, have ill-learned the les
sons taughts by recent history. After
charging that German influence in Tur
key had resulted in conditions as bar
barous and more aggressive than were
known under Sultan Abdul Hamid, and
that it had been shojvn Germany can
not be expected to respect treaty pbli
gations. Mr. Balfour says:
“So long as Germany remains the
Germany which without a shadow of
justification overran and barbarously
ill-treated a country it was pledged to
defend, no state can regard its rights
as secure if they have no better protec
tion than a solemn treaty.”
"REIGN OF TERROR."
Asserting that Belgium was not Ger
many’s only victim, and that “neutrals
were intended to note outrages which
accompanied its conquest,” the note re
cites the “reign of terrof” attendant
upon Germany’s method of warfare, and
in that connection says:
"The war staffs of the central pow
ers are well content to horrify the world
if at the same time they can terrorize
iL”
The people of Great Britain, Mr. Bal
four says, share President W'ilson’s de
sire for peace, but do not believe it can
be durable unless based on the success
of the allied cause. Such a peace, it
is regarded, cannot be expected unless
these three conditions are fulfilled. Ex
isting causes t>f international unrest
shall be as far as possible removed or
weakened; the aggressive aims‘and the
unscrupulous methods of* the central
powers should fall into disrepute among
their own peoples; and, finally, that
behind international law and behind all
treaty arrangements for preventing or
limiting hostilities some forms of in
ternational sanction should be devised
which would give pause to the hardiest
aggressor.
It is recognized that these conditions
may be difficult of fulfillment, but the
belief is expressed that they are in
general harmony with President Wil
son's ideas. The note declares confi
dence’that so far as Europe is concern
ed. none of the conditions can be sat
isfied, even imperfectly, unless peace
is secured on the general lines indicated
by the allies’ joint note.
Officer and Robber
Killed in Gun Battle
OKEMAH, Okla., January 18. —One de
puty sheriff and ’one alleged bank rob
ber were killed and a second robber
wounded and captured today in a gun
fight between an Okfuskee county posse
of ten men and the robber*.
The men are believed to be two of
those who held up the State Bank of
Harah last Friday and since then have
been pursued and engaged in several
clashes with possemen.
The clash occurred, near the McKer
non ranch between Boley and Castle,
several miles northwest of Okeman. De
puty Sheriff M. Boulware was killed by
a single shot fired, by one of the robbers.
Clarence Arnold was the robber shot to
death and Jess Little was captured after
being wounded. The fight lasted only
four or five minutes.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1017
HE NEVER MET BARUCH
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1 _ I • nXI LEAK-
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“BONE DRY” LAW NOW OR
NEVER, PERSONS' VIEW
President of Senate Says Dor
’ sey’s Platform Precludes
Change During His Term
Unless "bone dry” legislation is en-
I acted by the 1915-1916 legislature at
a special session called by the gover
nor for that‘purpose, the platform dec
laration of Governor-elect Hugh M. Dor
sey precludes the possibility of secur
ing such legislation by the 1917-18 leg
islature, is the position taken by Sen
ator Ogden Persons, president of the
state senate, in a letter to the Macon
Teiegrapn replying to a recent interview
by Joe Hill Hall, representative-elect
from Bibb county, in which Mr. Hall
vigorously opposed the suggestion of
an extra session.
“The members of the incoming leg
islature may be staunch prohibitionists,”
says Senator Persons in his letter to
the Telegraph. "But Mr. Dorsey declared
that he will not permit any change in
: the present law unless it as first ascer
tained that it meets with the approval
of a majority of the white men of Geor
gia. If he is taken literally and is a
man of his word, it would necessitate
a liquor election before the ■incoming
legislature could pass a dry law.”
MR. DORSEY’S DECLARATION.
The campaign declaration to which
Senator Persons evidently refers was
enunciated by Mr. Dorsey in the news
papers of June 18, 1916, in which he
said:
. "I favor, and if elected governor
shaJl enforce in letter and spirit, to
the full limit of the powers vested
in that office, the laws prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of intoxi
cants in this state. I sha*l oppose
any change or modification of the
present laws unless such change or
modification first has been declared
to be the expressed will of the white
voters of Georgia.”
Mr. Hall in Tiis interview declared
that the governor is without authority
to. call an dktra session of the legisla
ture to pass on prohibition legislation,
because the constitution limits him to
calling an extra session only to deal
with an emergency.
In his letter to the Telegraph Senator
Persons takes issue with Mr. -Hall on
this point, claiming that the constitu- •
tior. leaves the question of an extra
session entirely to the discretion of the
governor. His letter says:
PERSONS’ LETTER.
"Mr. Hall is in error. Governor Har
ris has the power io convene the present
legislature in extraordinary session for
the single and express purpose of pass
ing a dry prohibition law. -This power
is granted him as the executive of the
■state under the provision of paragraph;
13, section 1. article 5, of the state con- I
st it ut ion in these words: 'He have
the- power to convoke the general as- i
sembly on extraordinary occasions; but
no law shall be enacted at call sessions
of the general assembly except such as
shall relate to the objects stated in
his proclamation convening them.’
"This is all the constitution says on i
the subject and it is final. It is left
entirely unto the wisdom of the gov
ernor as to what may be the extraordi
nary occasion that will justify him in
making the call. Therefore in the
vernacular of the day it is up to the
governor to decide what 4e such an ex-
MORE “LEAKS”
Miswsonoin
WML CASE IT MUIEHICUS
Dr. C. K. Chapman Must Face
Another Trial—Jury Out
Forty-Eight Hours
AMERICUS, Ga_, Jan. 18.—The jury in
the case of Dr. C. K. Chapman, jointly
indicted with several others on the
charge of having murdered Walter Wade
here on August 17, was disbanded by
Judge Littlejohn late Wednesday, after
being out more than forty-eight hours.
No verdict was reached.
The trial has been In progress -here
for a week, during which time senea
, tional testimony, involving well-known
people, was given. The defense was bas
ed chiefly on efforts to prove alibis. Ef
forts of some of the witnesses was in
direct contradiction with that of others.
The status of the five indicted men
in the Wade case including Dr. C. K.
Chapman, W. I. Johnson, Walter John
son, John Ethridge, and C. K. Chapman,
Jr., is the same as before the trial of
Dr. Chapman. After the Chapman case
went to the jury, H. A. Harp was re
leased on a small bond.
It ns believed that the state again will
choose* to arraign Dr. Chapman first
and that he will be tried again before'
the cases of the other four men are
called.
Judge H. A. Hixon, leading counsel
for the state, had no announcement to
! make today and the other attorneys
I also are reticent. Judge Littlejohn is
| expected to adjourn his court this week
and results of a conference on the Wade
I case to be held some time soon may
. mean a special term to dispose of the
cases.
traordinary occasion as will authorize
him under the constitution to convoke
the general assembly in extraordinary
session.
NO “EMERGENCY REQUIRED.”
“There is nothing said in this sec
tion of the constitution about there
being any emergency for the call as Mr.
Hall repeats in his statement. Tills'-is
a phrase of his own coinage and cannot
be written into the constitution for the
convenience of his objections to Gover
nor Harris at this time convoking the
T egislature in session tor passing a dry
law.
“Mr. Hall further contends that the
present legislature. has no right to be
convoked into extra session unless there
is a vacancy in the office of the gov
ernor. He is in error.
“In 1914 the people of this state rati
fied the constitution as follows: That
members of the general assembly shall
be elected for two years and shall serve
until the time fixed by law for the con
vening of the next general assembly.
"The present legislature has gone on
record as favoring a dry prohibition
and the only thing" that stopped it in
1915 was the fact that too many people
did as Mr. Hall is doing now, cried un
constitutional. The members of the in
coming legislature may be staunch pro
hibitionists. But Mr. Dorsey. Governor
Harris’ successor, has declared that he
will not permit any change in the pres
ent law unless it is first ascertained
that it meets with the approval of a ma
jority of the white men of Georgia. If
he is to be taken literally and is a man
of his word it would necessitate a li
quor election before the incoming legis
lature could pass a dry law.”
AIR TIGHT PROHI LAWS
ENACTED IN TENNESSEE
Measure, in Hands of Govern
or, Would Abblish All
Wholesale Houses
(By Associated Press.) •
| NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Jan. 18.—Bills
reinforcing Tennessee’s prohibition laws
oy prohibiting lockers and making it
unlawful for any person to have intoxi
cating liquor for sale in his possession
were sent to Governor’Rye yesterday b<
the legislature. They will become ef
fective as soon as the governor\affixes
his signature, probably today, and, ac
cording to dry advocates, practically
eliminate liquor from the state.
The measures previously nad passed
the house and were approved by the
senate. They were designed to make
the state absolutely dry, but the gover
nor in a special message yesterday call
ed attention to the means for further
protection offered by the supreme court
decision upholding the Webb-Kenyon
law, and asked that a measure be passed
prohibiting more specifically all impor
tation of liquor into the state.
The new liquor laws are largely the
result of the recent state supreme court
decision that the farmer prohibition law
did not prevent locker clubs from oper
ating where intoxicants were not sold
for profit. The former prohibition
measures made illegal the sale of liquor
within four miles of a school house in
the state. The recent decision of the
United States supreme court on the
scope of the Webb-Kenyon law appar
ently had no effect upon the action of
the legislature here. It seems probable
that an effort will be made to enact a
law prohibiting the importation of liquor
into the state during the present ses
sion.
The clause in the new laws prohibit
ing the storing of liquor in the state
is expected to put the interstate ship
ping houses out of business. The law
is specific in its provisions and is said
to have- been framed with the object
of closing the wholesale houses ' that
have operated so extensively in Tennes
see for the past several years.
Physicians Hope for
Recovery of McMath;
Simmons Is Arrested
• Special Dispatch to The Journal.!
STATESBORO. Ga., Jan. 18.—The con
dition of H. E. McMath, who was shot
yesterday at noon, was today said to be
satisfactory, although McMath spent a
restless night. He has never lost con
sciousness and is at Statesboro sanita
rium being attended by Doctors Floyd
and Whiteside, of Statesbord; Dr. Rider,
of Americus, and Dr. White, of Savan
nah.
Paul Simenons, charged with the shoot
ing. Is being held in Statesboro jail
awaiting the result of seven separate
pistol wounds in McMath’s shoulders,
arms and body.
Mrs. McMath, the wounded man’s
wife, together with her father, her
brother, and Dr. Rider and McMath’s
father, arrived here this morning about
daylight.
Simmons is a brother of Brooks Sim
mons, who is president of the First Na-
NUMBER 51,
DENIES STATEMENTS
W HE HAD OFTEN
DINED WITH BROKER
Intimation That Secretary of
State’ Had Given Away
State Secrets Is Branded as
Malicious Scandal *
f ßy Associatell Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.—Secretary
Lansing today denied statements made
at the “leak” •hearings that h« had
breakfasted several times at the Bilt
more hotel in New York with Bernard
Baruch. He* said he did not know Mr
Baruch and never had any conversation
with him.
Secretary Lansing’s authorized state
ment was as follows:
“While I* dislike very much to dignify
by denial false and malicious scandal
at the same time the publicity which
has been given to some of the reports
warrants me in saying that, in regard
to the statement that I breakfasted sev
eral times with Mr. Baruch at the Bilt
more hotel, implying, I assume, that I
gave him advance information concern
ing the note to the belligerents, I never
! to my knowledge saw Mr. Banish at any
time. I do not know him and never
had any conversations with him. and I
have been out of Washington only once
since election, and that was to attend
the Army and Navjt game in New York.
November 25.”
CONFERENCES HELD.
Postmaster General Burleson and So- •
licitor General Davis conferred today
with Democratic members of the rules
committee, discussing the future con-*
duct of the leak inquiry.
Mur. Burleson frequently conveys to
congressional leaders personal messages
and the wishes of President’ Wilson re
garding legislation.
Chairman Henry declined to say what '
feature of the discussion brought either
Burleson or Davis into the conference.,
A dozen widely known attorneys were
under consideration for the position of
counsel to the committee. No decision
was reached.
Lindley M. Garrison, former secretary
of war, is being urged by many mem
bers of the house. ESmployment of Mr-
Garrison, it was learned, is being sert-*
ously considered.
Thomas W. has -left Wash-
ington, but will return whenever ' the
committee desires his presence.
Doubt was expressed in some quar
ters whether the hearings would be re
sumed next week. Counsel, it was
pointed out, would have to acquaint
himself with the case. Some members
of the committee desire, however, that
minor witnesses be called and examin
ed. Out-of-town witnesses, including
Frank A. Vanderlip, Pliny Fisk and
other New York financiers, who ap
peared yesterday, were permitted to re
turn home under direction to come at
once if summoned.
It was regarded as probable that in
vestigation of- Wall street conditions
and the market fluctuations during De
cember when the alleged peace note
leak occurred will be made in New York.
• MEMBERS WORK LATE.
Committeemen worked until late last
night trying reach an agreement, but
without result. The difficulty is over
the selection of counsel satisfactory
alike to Democrats and Republicans.
As soon as a selection is made by the
emocrats they will submit the name
to the Republicans for approval. The
committee had before it today a num
ber of prominent lawyers to select from.
Actioif by the houhe in granting coun
sel followed statements on the floor by
Democratic members of the committee
that they already were embarrassed as
investigators in view of the dragging
in of names of high government officials.
Representative Garrett, speaking for the
committee, announced that, for this rea
son the committee henceforth would as
sume a judicial attitude with special
counsel to direct the investigation and
to interrogate witAesses.
HENRY NOT PRESENT.
Deliberations In the house and in the
committee were conducted in the ab
sence of Chairman Henry, whose veraci
ty regarding his confidential conference
with Thomas W. Lawson, was challeng
ed yesterday by the Boston financier.
Representative Pou acted as chairman.
There was an hour’s discussion in the
house when the committee presented its
resolution providing for the employment
of counsel and extension of time.
Representative Focht, of Pennsyl
vania, Republican, assailed the inquiry
as a‘"co!losal farce,” denounced Lawson
as a Wall street tout and declared con
gress ought to wash its hands of the
whole affair and "throw out the evi
dence as worthless, damaged goods.”
Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin,
a Republican member of the committee,
strongly advised a thorough investiga
tion with competent counsel. There had
not been the slightest suggestion from
any member that Untermyer might bo
the counsel, he said.
JAMES F. WOODALL IS >
NAMED DEMONSTRATOR
TALBOTTON, Ga. Jan. 18.—James F.
Woodall, a Citizen of this county and
a graduate of the State College of Ag
riculture. has been elected farm derron
trator for Talbot county. - .
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tional bank here. He is also the son of
Rafe Simmons, known throughout Geor-'
gia as the "Sea Island cotton king.”;
Both Rafe Simmons and Brooks Sim
mons own and operate separately the,
two largest mercantile establishments!
here.
It is understood that the defense has l
already retained counsel. Deal and Ren
froe. Anderson and Jones; R. Lee Moore,
former solicitor general of this circuit,
and Fred T. Lanier, all of the local bar.
together with J. K. Hines, of Atlanta,
Ga, and Thomas E. Watson, of Thom
son. •
Mr. McMath has only lived here about;
tyo years and while not so well known
was generally liked. He moved here
from Americus. He and his family are 1
reputed to be wealthy and prominent.
Mr. McMath is about 32 years old. mar
ried and has one child about two months
old. Mr. Paul Simmons is about 241
years old and unmarried.
