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Newspaper Page Text'Wf 9 1 i-l ; ;> WkJ' >HSIBJ|' VOL. XXII. NO. 35. SENATORS DEFER pact compromise I CONFERENCE AGAIN Leaders Are Prepared to ; Make Final Concessions in I I Desperate Effort to Peach: - an Agreement WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Post ponement until tomorrow of the bi partisan treaty conference was eaHsed today by the absence of Sen- ■ ator Lenroot, one of the Republican j conferees. Illness in Senator Len root’s family made it impossible for him to attend. Publication of the contents of the reservations- as they stood when I the conferences were interrupted last week caused a flurry of excite- ■ ment among the conferees. Mem bers of both sides accused those ! of the opposite party of having vio- ; lated a pledge of secrecy imposed on the conference when they began. ! Senators outside the conference j said, however, that publication ot | the reservations, showing that real I progress had been made and that j an agreement was in sight wheii: Senator Lodge issued his ultimatum [ would do much to convince the pub- i lie that there would have been a I compromise if certain influences had not been brought to bear to pre vent it. Both sides wepe anxious to adjust their differences so as to prevent the endless debate and parliamentary maneuvering which were believed inevitable should the treaty find its way back to the senate floor with out concrete recommendations for its ratification. Both factions also were known to be seeking to draw the fight to a close so that peace might be proclaimed before the pres idential campaign reaches its stride. With two days’ recess in which the conferes shall have had an oppor tunity to search out sentiment among their colleagues to learn ex actly where they stood, it was be lieved they would go into the confer ence prepared to stretch their pro posals until they reached a common basis for compromise. Should the bi-partisan conference result in compromise terms, it was believed the treaty would find an easy foad through the senate as a sufficient number of senators to in sure its adoption were expected to support the program of their lead ers. If the meeting Friday is the last. Senator Hitchcock probably will give notice that ten days hence he will move to take up the treaty in the open senate for general debate. Senator Hitchcock said today he plans to give this ten days’ notice so all senators will have an oppor tunity to be on hand. When the time comes, Senator Hitchcock said, he will simply move to proceed to consideration of the treaty. He is confident, he said, that a majority of the senate will support that motion. In voting to tajte up the treaty senators Will not, of course, be pledging themselves to any particu lar set of reservations, but only helping to get things moving. Senator Hitchcock said he plans to prevent a program of reserva tions as tentatively agreed upon by the bi-partisan conferees before the conferees were interrupted. This, he said, will furnish a basis to '. start working from. Senator Hitchcock said he will “go .to the senate with the treaty” in preference to supporting the Un derwood resolution for a concilia tion committee, if the bi-partisan conferences fail. Meantime it developed some Demo cr.itic senators'were inclined to the belief that nothing would be gained by throwing' the treaty back into the senate in the near future. These senators disagreed with Senator Hitchcock that a majority would be certain to support such a move, while among Republicans it was confident ly predicted it would fail. It was suggested should the un official bi-partisan committee come to , a final deadlock an effort might be made to put through/the resolution of Senator Underwood, Democrat, Alabama, to create an official con ciliation committee of the senators. Murderer Goes to Chair Without Aid of Clergy OSSINING, N. Y., Jan. 29.—■ Go rdon Fawcett Hamby, the twenty-six year-old confessed murderer, bank jobber and train bandit, will go to the death chair in Sing Sing prison r tonight without the aid of clergy, if ■his wishes are respected by Major FLewis F. Lawes, warden. A request I to this effect was transmitted to the warden for Hamby today by a mem ber of the death watch. The iron-nerved prisoner whose career of crime took him from coast to coast and ended in Tacoma, Wash., with his arrest for the mur der of-two bank employes during a §13,000 robbery of the East Brook lyn Savings bank in December, 1918, began his last day on earth with ap parent indifference to his fate. Von Reuter Released LONDON, Jan. 29.—Admiral von Reuter, who commanded the interned German fleet which was scuttled at Scapa Flow, has been released and allowed to return to Germany. Von Reuter was interned by Brit ish authorities following the spectac ular sinking of the German ships. Clothing Prices Reduced by Large Manufacturer. CHICAGO, Jan. 26th.—Mr. James D Bell, head of the Bell Tailors, Adams at Green st., Chicago, Hl., said to be the largest made-to-meas ure clothing establishment in the world, recently stated that his firm is now able to quote prices on spring and summer suits 35 per cent below what others ask. Tf> prove his point he showed the tVriter a very attrac tive piece of all wool cassimere for which they ask only §25 a suit, made to individual measure, whereas the same fabric is now being offered by t others at §35 to S4O per suit. Even larger savings are offered on their higher priced suits. Every reader of The Journal should write Mr. Bell *’for his price list and a free copy of his style book No. 492 which contains cloth samples of many beauti ful patterns.— (Advt.) Figures in Case of Five Socialists < ... - A ■ . ' '/ ' ■u- Ifar W g • '• A ; 4S f 1 F / Ek v "aU EOifl ji /WllL H fl A JI ALBANY, N. Y. —There are four principal figures in the case of the five Socialists who were recently ousted from the assembly here. Simon L. Adler (upper right), majority leader of the as sembly, introduced the resolution which resulted in the ousting. Charles D. Donohue' (upper left), minority leader, introduced a reso lution to feseat the five Socialists. Thaddeus C. Sweet (lower right), speaker of the assembly, has appointed a judiciary committee for the trial of the ousted men. Attorney General Charles D. Newton (lower left), chief counsel of the Lusk invfstigatng committee, will respresent the assembly at the trial. WHISKY CAN BE SECURED LEGALLY FOR MEDICINAL USE BY DAVID DAWBEIJCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.!! ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—It’s all • very well to permit hospitals to lay j in a supply of alcoholic liquors with I which to treat influenza patients, | but how about the thousands of i victims who are confined to their homes and wnose pnysicians have had and may have difficulty find ing drug stores with a stock of such, stimulants? Inquiry at the legal department of the internal revenue office there, where directions are given for the national enforcement of the prohibi tion law, yielded me some pertinent information as to the manner in which the law is being construed as well as the legal method by which tl.'e wants of anybody in the United States suffering from influenza or any other ailment for which a phy sician declares alcohol is necessary as medicine can be supplied. The process is this: Any physician who sets forth under oath that he needs alcohol, whether in the form cf a beverage or anything else and makes the proper affidavit before United States attorney can get the liquor. The United States attorney, of course, must apply to federal court in his jurisdiction for the necessary permission and if there is an available supply in the hands of the collector of internal revenue ob tained through confiscation, the court may require the collector to sell to the physicians or to drug stores who hold permits for sale or distribution of alcoholic medicines. Under the law the United States court may authorize the grant of liquor free of charge to any govern ment agency; thus the army or navy could get it from any collector of internal revenue who happens to be nearest any camp or port. Also it is quite probable that the American Red Cross would be construed to be a “government agency.” The Rel Cross hitherto has not supplied med icines to influenza patients, but has confined itself to the distribution of gauze masks and nurses, but it would appear to be possible for the Red Cross to obtain a supply of liquor ! for distribution in needy cases, al ; though this point is still under dis cussion at the headquarters of the Red Cross and at this writing no de cision has been reached. Clearly whether agents of the Red Cross or physicians obtained liquor from the federal courts, they would I be legally responsible for any abuse ! cf the privilege and subject to the • penaltxs imposed by the court. Bolshevism Is Scored By Samuel Gompers In the wu Federationist’' j WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Writing in the current number of The Feder ationist, official organ of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers condemns bolshevism “com pletely, finally, for all time.” The American labor leader de clares he doubts whether the propa ganda which emanates from the bol- I shevist organization itself is more tive than that conducted by ! those who claim to be entirely de ! tached. from Russian influence and i Russian payrolls. He says he j “doubts whether publications issued I by Russian bolshevist agents have I as\great an effect In America as ! those ‘which like to be known as i ‘journals of opinion,’ such as The • NaUui, The Dial and the New Re public.” Mr. Gompers makes an extended reference to the argument that the American people know little about what is going on in Russia and the argument that it is unfair and un wise to pass judgment. 150,000 Acres Sold in Savannah; $3,000,000 I SAVANNAH. Ga„ Jan. 29. The ; largest land sale consummated in i years took place here today, when ! 150,000 acres owned by Richard I Barons, was -auctioned off in one of I the public squares here. The. sum 1 realized from the sale will approxi- I mate $3,000,000. MIDDLEMEN PAY LESS AND RAISE PRICE TO PUBLIC Washington, d. c.—Middle men have accumulated vast profits during the five months of the gov ernment’s campaign to reduce prices of necessities, according to investi gations of two government depart ments. Since the middle of August, when Attorney General Palmer announced he was “going after the price goug ers,” reports show that: Prices paid farmers for principal crops decreased from 3.4 to 8.7 per cent each month, according to the agriculture department, and—• Prices paid by consumers increas ed continually until they reported the highest point in history in De cember, according to the labor de partment. These reports seem to indicate that middlemen are buying cheapei' than ever before but receiving the highest prices in history. According to tne agriculture de partment the level of prices paid producers of the principal crops at the farm decreased like this:| 3:4 per cent in August; 8.7 per ceht in September; 3.7 per cent in October, and 4.7 per cent in November. Part ! of this is due to a seasonal falling ; off in demand, agriculture depart- ; ment officials say. But, over a ten- i year period, the average decreases 1 due to seasonal demand were only 1 1.2 per cent, in August; 2 per cent I in September; 3.6 per cent in Oc- i tober, and 3.6 per cent in November. | Prices paid farmers for meat pro ducing animals also have decreased in the last five months in greater proportion than the average seasonal decreases for the ten-year period. In the month ending August, 1919, prices decreased .3 per cent as com pared with a customary increase of 1.8 per cent for the ten-year average; in September, 1919, 13.6 per cent de crease as compared with a customary increase of 2.6 pei- cent; in October, 9.1 per cent decrease as compared with a seasonal decrease of 1.8 per cent, and in November, 2.9 per cent decrease as compared with 3.8 per cent decrease for the ten-year aver age. The history of the increase in prices paid by producers for twenty two articles is shown by the labor department index numbers as begin ning in September. In that month the index figure of prices of prin cipal commodities was 188. In Oc tober it remained the same. But in November it jumped to 192 and in December had raised itself to 197. Thus from September to December, the index figure increased nine points. j What this means is soon in the labor department’s report from No vember 15 to December 15, which shows that retail prices increased as follows: Cabbage, 3 6 per cent; onions, 17 per cent; grandulated sug ar, 16 per cent; strictly fresh eggs, 11 per cent; potatoes, 10 per cent; flour, 4 per cent; butter and storage eggs, 3 per cent; fresh milk, 2 per cent, and lamb, evaporated milk, ole omargarine and rice 1 per cent each. Military Prisoners Make Escape From Camp Jesup Prison Six military prisoners made their escape from the guardhouse at Camp Jesup Wednesday night by breaking down the door and rushing over the civilian guard on duty, it was an nounced from the camp Thursday morning, following the arrest in At lanta of J.. E. Green, one of the prisoners who escaped. The remaining five prisoners are still at large and their names as given from the camp are J. J. Jack son, R. P. Booth, M. D. Sauley, C. A. Bendure and Walter Holtcelou. The prisoners were dressed in blue denim work clothes and were not in uniform. They were in confine ment for various military offenses, and it is said they made their escape by an organized Charge through the door of the guardhouse Wednesday night at about 10:30 o'clock. ATLANTA, GA.,'FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920. MINCE OH WILL BEEIMCEO. BEiETI DECLARES Superintendent Says Wash-; ington Boat cl Is Determin--' ed to Support Atlanta Re serve Bank’s Par Demand T. R. Bennett, state superintendent of banks, on Thursday returned from I Washington, convinced that the fed- • eral reserve board in that city has made up its pjind to enforce the • clearance of checks at par through out the country, and that its mind I is not going to be changed by any i arguments or efforts that may be put forth by the Georgia Country Bankers’ association in opposition to par clearance. Mr. Bennett went to Washington for the purpose of presenting to Gov ernor Harding and other members of the board the viewpoint and argu ments of the country bankers of Georgia, and for £he purpose of re questing the board to suspend the ‘ enforcement of its par clearance or- i der for the time being at least. “I found their minds made up,” i he said Thursday. “Mr. Harding j seemed to be under the impression | that country bankers of Georgia and I Alabama were asking him, a south- I ern man, whose home is in Alabama, | to do for them a thing he had pre- i viously refused to do for the bank- ) ers of other states. I explained to j him that this was not our position ! at all; that our position would be j the same if we were in Oregon in- : stead of in Georgia; that we would | have gone to him to present oui - | views if we had come from Oregon ; instead of from Alabama. “He and other members of the | federal reserve board made it clear that they had gone over the whole subject and were squarely behind the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in the enforcement of the ’ rule throughout this (the Sixth) dis trict.” Mr. Bennett believes an exchange charge for handling checks is a le gitimate charge. He believes it would be a legitimate charge for the banks in other states where the par clearance rule has been willingly complied with. He does not believe section 1316 of the federal reserve act, under which the federal reserve system is acting, was intended to give the system power and control over non-member banks. But while his view on the subject are based upon his own experience as a banker, he does not 'believe the Georgia County Bankers’ associations’ efforts to prevent par clearance are going to be successful. He acknowledges the practical and substantial power of the federal reserve system to en force par clearance, by sending agents with checks and presenting them at the teller’s window if neces sary, even though he doubts the in tention of congress in framing the act to go that far. The injunction proceedings brought in Fulton superior court by the Geor gia County Bankers’ association against the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta are temporarily held in abey anve until a question of jurisdiction is decided. Judge Ellis was to hear arguments on a permanent Injunction last Saturday, but postponed the hearing when the attorneys for the Federal Reserve bank moved a trans fer of the case to the federal court. Another hearing is to be had Friday before Judge Ellis. Hold-Up Man Foiled In True Movie Style By Woman’s Wit Mrs. A. S. Rittenberg, a stenog rapher for the Goldwyn Distributing company, had an exciting story to tell her friends Thursday morning, of a bold, bad hold-up man she foiled Wednesday evening in true “Mabel I Normand” style. According to Mrs. Rittenberg, the plot runs thus: She left the office on Walton street, just after dark, and started toward Peachtree. Under one arm was a folded copy of the Saturday Evening Post, and guarded closely in her right hand was a small pack age, securely wrapped and tied. Pro ceeding about a block, she noticed a stooped figure walking quietly along in the shadow of the tall buildings, just a few steps behind her. Fearing an intrusion, she quickened her pace, but before she had gone many feet, a rough hand grasped her arm, bringing her to an abrupt halt. Then, according to Mrs. Rittenberg, this conversation en sued: “Say, 'kid, where’re you goin’?” “I’m going home; leave me alone.” “What you got there—lemme see that package.” “Oh, don’t take my package,” re plied the girl, “it is my husband’s' and it is all he has in the world. I’m taking it to the jeweler.” Enough. He rudely grasped the precious packag'e, and then snatched a pin from Mis. Bittenberg’s dress. As she states, “I begged him not to take it. I told him that the pearls and emeralds had been handed down through my family for years, and the pin was priceless, but despite my struggle, he put the pin in his pocket.” Just then, it appears, a big tour : ing car turned the corner, flashing its glaring “spot-light” directly on the scene of the hold-up. The man turned, and ran off into the night. Let Miss Rittenberg tell the rest. “When I reached the lights on J Peachtree street. I unfolded the Sat urday Evening I’ost, and opened my purse. You see he had overlooked that. I found everything in it all right. There was about fifteen dol lars in money, and mv diamond en gagement ring. The pin was just a Cheap affair, valued at about two dollars and a half. Oh, the package? That was piece of lundry soap I was taking home. Wasn’t it just too funny for words?” Mrs. Rittenberg described the man as being short, dark, and walking with a distinct stoop. There was a scar on his left cheek. U. S. Casualties LONDON, Jan. 29.—The American casualties when one of General Sem enoff's armored trains was captured by an American railroad guard de tachment on the trans-Siberian line ! near Lake Baikal, on January 10, are I given by the war office here as two killed and three wounded. EFFOBTMMETII WIDE FOB IL S. AIR MAIL SERVICE i It Will Be Abandoned Unless ’ Appropriation Is Made.. Praeger and McKellar Urge System’s Adoption WASHINGTON. Jar.. 29.—-A fight ! io save the air mail service started i today in congress. The air mail must be abandoned i at the end of the fiscal year, June I 30, unless the senate restores to the i postoffice Vila an $850,000 appro priation for maintenance of this service, which was cut out by the house in line with its economy pro gram. Otto Praeger, second .assistant postmaster general, went before th< senate postoffice committee today to plead for the -ir mail. He is n i charge of it. j Frimds of the air mail said to | day that America led the world in i its development and that abandon | ing it at this juncture is a reaction- - I ary move. Its foes said they believ- > 'ed it was not worth the money it j takes- to keep it running. Mr. Praeger declared today that j ; if the senate does not restore the I appropriation, an extensive program lof air mail development, which ! would bring many new cities within | its scope, must be given up. “The plan was, during the next ! fiscal year,” said Mr. Praeger, “to I extend old air mail routes and create I j new ones so that the service would include daily mail deliveries by air over these routes: “New York to the Pacific, prob ably San Francisco. “New York to Atlanta, via Phil adelphia, Baltimore and Washington. “Pittsourg to Kansas City, via Cin cinnati and, Indianapolis. “St. Paul to St. Louis, through the Mississippi Valley. “These plans njust be abandoned as well as extending air mail routes whi-’i are New York to Chicago, via Cleveland, and Washington to New York. “Thirty planes now constitute the air mail fleet. They carried more than 22,000,000 pieces of mail from the beginning of the service to Jan uary 6.” The air mail as now operated can carry the mail it handles much cheaper than if carried by railroad, Mr. Praeger said. Thus, it now costs about $365,000 a year to operate. If abandoned it will cost $600,000 an nually, Mn Praeger figures, to carry the same quantity and class of mail by train. The new air routes plan ned for next year, Mr. Praeger as serted, would mean a saving of ap proximately $2,600,000 —seventy per cent in charges paid railroads and thirty per cent in salaries of train clerks. To open up these new lines the post office department is asking congress for a.53,000,000 appropria tion for equipment. More than 100 cities have applied for air mail routes, Mr. Praeger said, and interest in the service is rapidly increasing all over the country. Members of tho senate post office committee said they wanted Mr. Praeger to give them facts and figures showing how the air mail has worker out financially. Senator McKellar, Tennessee, said today, he will lead a vigorous fight i for return of the appropriation. He also is fighting to have eliminated from Senator New’s bill, creating an aircraft department, all reference to the air mall service. This bill is now pending in the senate, and Mr. McKellar has prepared an amend i ment to take out the air mail serv ’ ice and leave it under post office supervision. Money-Bearing Tree LONDON, Eng.—A Christmas tree i laden with treasury notes was the j feature of a Wesleyan bazaar at Surbiton. The notes were gifts to the bazaar funds. “Big Six” Special Subscription Offer The Semi-Weekly Journal, Alabama Times, au Six Papers f ONL} Southern Ruralist, Better Farming, Gentle- One Full 1 .49 woman and Household Journal ; Year Each ' I THE TWO BEST NEWSPAPERS, TWO LEADING FARM PAPERS AND TWO EXCELLENT MAGAZINES Two weekly newspapers, two fine farm jour nals, two interesting magazines that will appeal especially to the women of the family—all for $1.40. Such an offer is unprecedented in these times of the High Cost of Everything, and our friends and subscribers are showing their appre ciation of The Semi-Weekly’s offer by rushing in their orders for the “Big Six” combination, which, under ordinary circumstances, would cost you just twice as much as the price for which we of fer them in this special combination. Most of our readers feel that The Semi-Week ly alone is worth the price, as every issue is full of news, good fiction and interesting features. The Alabama Times is also a weekly paper from which you may gain an abundance of information on many subjects. The Southern Ruralist and Better Farming will interest every Southern farmer. Both journals, which are devoted solely to farm activi ties and related subjects, will prove helpful to every man and woman on the farm. The Gentle woman and The Household Journal will provide readable fiction and good articles of general in terest to women. Former Slave Pays Final Tribute to Confederate Fet er an He Had Served c ; A I lit. F Wwiy Jb I'k i si ‘‘TEN-CENT BILL” YOPP and his former master, Captain Thomas McCall Yopp, whose funeral oration ‘‘Ten Cent” Bill deliver ed Thursday morning. "Ten-Cent Bill” Yopp De livers Oration at Funeral of Captain Thomas McCall Yopp There were thirty old veterans from the Confederate Soldiers’ home in H. M. Patterson & Son’s chapel Thursday morning for the double funeral of their comrades, Captain Thomas McCall Yopp and William A. Johnson. There were ladies from the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the America.-. Revolution. There were men from the Grand Army of the republic. The chapel benches were filled and pea pie stood in the rear. Two ministers spoke—words of honor to the dead and of comfort' for the living. A quartet sang and there was prayer. But it was none of these whose mision it was to pay the last me morial tribute. The former slave of one of the dead, a man whose heart is as white as his wrinkled face is black, de livered the final funeral oration in the chapel, followed to the cemetery the twin caskets shrouded in the Stars and Bars, and above the graves at West View bowed his head In pain and love of the master he haJ served for more than half a cen tury. “Ten Cent” Bill Yopp, himself one of the fast-fading company whose comrades wait for them across the river, was the last and chief to tell these two goodbye. “Ten-Cent” Bill, who was “raised” with Captain Popp in Laurens coun ty, who fished with him and hunted with him as boys together, who went with him to the wars and fought for him and foraged for him through four red years, who came back with him to the ruin of his hopes and, I though separated often, never forgot him, coming each Christmas to the Soldiers’ home in Atlanta, with words of cheer and gifts for his greatest friend, gifts, too, as time passed, for his friend’s friends — “Ten Cent” Bill was servant rather than slave in the old days and more Comrade than servant always. It was fitting that he and none other should have preached the funeral ser mon. He sat, holding his black derby In his hands, his frayed overcoat tightened about his shoulders, on the front row of the chapel. By stretching one hand he could have touched the Confederate flag that draped the casket of his master. Be hind him twelve rows were filled with men he had befriended—the thirty veterans from the home. Some of them smiled at him and waved a knotty hand, but, such was the occasion, they were* mostly silent in that hushed hour. From the rear you saw thirty pairs of bent shoul ders, thirty bowed heads, with wisps of gray making what seemed a gen tle halo over each. In the dim light filtering through the stained glass windows you could see their hands cupped behind their ears, while they listened. “On the other side of Jordan In the green fields of Eden, Where the Tree of Life is bloom ing, There is rest for you ...” The quartet sang, while the list ening rows, first strained to catch the words, seemed to relax and be ar peace. It was very still as the Rev. R. F. Kirkpatrick, pastor of the West End Presbyterian church, of which Captain Yopp was a member, prayed. “That there cometh to all of us the eventide of rest —rest for the weary,” was his prayer of thanks giving, not of sorrow. Dr. A. R. Holderby, chaplain ot the home, read from the Bible: “]bet not your heart be troubled,” he or gan, and the verses, so simple and (Continued on Page 6, Column 7) The offer is unparalleled. It gives you.these six publications at just half the regular selling price. It is such an attractive proposition that those who wish to take advantage of it had best send in their subscriptions immediately, as we can not tell just how long we will be able to sell them at this price. Send in your order today. Then tell your neighbors and your friends about this splendid opportunity to get in touch with national and state news, advanced farming and general activities through the six publications offered. They will appreciate your having called their attention to the “Big Six” offer. Use the coupon below. No commissions are allowed on these orders. The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: Enclosed find $1.40 for rvhich send me your "BIG SIX” combination offer. Name » P. O R. F. D .' State S GENTS A ■ <>i*Y sl.* A YEAR MOTHEB COMPIBIS HOSPITAL ■ BEB CHILD OF IIIOTHEB Mrs. Garner, of West End, Says She Has Little Girl of Mrs. Pittman, of Haygood Avenue Which baby girl is the daughter! of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Garner — blue-eyed Mary Elizabth or brown eyed Loufee Elizabeth? And which of the two infants is, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Pittman—little Louise Elizabeth, who is cherished at their home an their own flesh and blood? Or little Mary Elizabeth, since birth sheltered at the Garner home, but whose iden tity as a daughter is denied by Mrs. Garner? The charge that a mistake at the, Grady hospital last May has given both Mary Elizabeth and Louise Elizabeth the parents which the other should rightly have had may be pass ed upon by Steve R. Johnson, super intendent of the hospital. His services in a role that requires a decision more difficult than Solo mon’s historic verdict have been ask ed by Mrs. Garner, a resident of Oak street. West End. She says thatt her baby was given to Mrs. Pitt man, who lives at 18 Haygood avenue. And she says that Mrs. Pittman’S, baby was given to her. Mrs. Pitt man is confident that no mistake has' been made. The hospital authorities, maintain that an error was impos sible. The hospital records show that ort| May 22, 1919, a girl was born to Mrs. | Garner. They show further that on; May 23 a girl was born to Mrs. Pitt man. Immediately after birth, ac cording to hospital routine, infants; are taken from their mothers and* identification tags are attached to! their wrists and to their cribs. Knew rzistake Was Made On the day after her child wasi born, which was the day on which! the Pittman child was born. Mrs. Garner called for her little one. she! says. No nurses were in the ward! at the time, according to Mrs. Gar-; ner, and a negro n\aid carried out her! request. When the child was brought! to her, however, Mrs. Garner insists,; she knew at once that it was not I her own. She says she told the maidi so, but her protest was futile. She! looked for the identification tag, she I says, but it was missing. Her own aby girl had brown eyes; this one had blue eyes, Mrs. Garner declares. On the following day, she says, the blue-eyed baby was brought to her by the nurses. She says its wrist bore a tag indicating that it was her. own. Mrs.. Garner says sbe-agaiu protested. But the nurses, sHe says, were firm in their belief that they were right and that she was wrong. So when the mother left the hos pital she took the blue-eyed infant with her. although still holding the. conviction that her own little daugh ter had been lost to her. Such is! Mrs. Garner’s story of the genesis’ of her complaint. Fifteen Fine Cows Burned Near Decatur On Wednesday Night Fire destroyed the dairy barn o£ J. G. Nash, ofi McDonough road, three miles below Decatur, Wednes day night about 11:30 o’clock. In the barn at the time was ai large herd of fine Jersey and Hol-! stein cows, which became panic-! stricken, and in a few minutes fit-j teen had been burned to death, and' ten others more or less injured by' the flames. There was also a largo! quantity of feed, worth considerable' money, which was a total loss. The barn itself was a completoj loss. The building is uncovered by insurance; however, the cattle were partially insured. The origin of the fire is not known.; An investigation is being made by! tho authorities.

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, January 30, 1920, Image 1