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VOL. XXXIV. No.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1922
15.00 PER ANNUM
I.E.
MISS MACSWINEY
HEW WHIM
[ PRISON BY IRISH
1/0.000 1
'En eoi
CABINET Ilf EOS
MET WITH FILIBUSTER
THE TIGER OF FRANCE
M1DEOOF LEGGETTE
Many Changes Noted in Ap
pointments Made by Bishop
Ainsworth at Close of 56th
Session Yesterday in Way
cross.
(By Rev. W. A. Brooks)
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 2S.—The South
Georgia appointments announced yes
terday morning were as follows:
Amerlcus district—W. C. Lovett, pre
siding elder, Amerlcus: First Church,
John M. Outler; Amerlcus Lee street,
L. A. Harrell; Amerlcus circuit, A. G.
Brewton; Arlington, S. A. Hearln;
Blakely, J. P. Chatfield; Blakely clr-
cult, to be supplied; Bronwood and
Graves, J. J. Sanders; Cuthbert, J. S.
Grahl; Dawson. T. M. Christian; Edi
son, Marvin Vincent; Ellaville, B. L
Jordan; Ft. Gaines, W. H. Ketchum;
Leary, R. P. Jackson, supply; Leslie j
and Mt. Zion, J. P. Daugherty; Parrot; “
C. M. Infinger; Plains, Jason Shlrah; 1
Sasser, to be supplied; Shellman, W.
F. Buford; Shellman circuit, D. A
Lastlnger; Smithville, J. D. Snyder;
Springvale, H. C. Griffin; Missionary
to Czecho-Slovakia, D. P. Melson; Mis-
dom on Twenty-third Day
And Taken to Hospital. —
Annie MacSwiney Also in
Hospital.
(By A..oH»(,r1 Fre..)-
Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 28.—Miss
Mary MacSwiney, who was released
from Mount Joy prison yesterday, on
the twenty-third day or her hunger
strike, met her sister Annie, in a
private hospital last evening.
Annie, weakened by several da
fasting outside the prison gates «
lapsed when she saw her sister, !
quickly recovered and was taken
another hospital on a stretcher.
WITHOUT FOOD FOR 23 DAYS
Dublin. Nov. 28—Miss Mary Mao
Swiney, who has been hunger-striking
in Mount Joy prison was released
yesterday.
Her release came on the twenty-
bird day of her hunger strike. She
had refused to take food sln<
Nov. 4, when she was seized
| during a raid on a house In Aylesbury
j road by nationalists troops who were
j seeking Eamon de Valera.
I Miss MacSwiney was released at 7
| p. m. and was taken in an automobile
| to the Mater Hospital,
sionary evangelist to Amerlcus. Colum Her 8 | 8ter . Xnnie who ha8 been
bus and Thomasvllle districts, N. M. J fasting before the gates of the prison
Lovin. Conference secretary minis-: | n protest against Mary's lncarcera-
terial training, L. A. Harrell. . tion, made an attempt to see her but
Columbus district—J. N. Peacock, collapsed, and is being removed to s
presiding elder. Beuna Vista, K. [pursing home.
Read; Butler, R. A. Pafford; Colum-1 ..
bus. East Highland, D. G. Mann; Col- .liimAA innrflnrn nr\n
limbus. North Highland. II. L. Pcnr jMADOO ARRESTED FOR
son; Columbus, Rosehlll, Robert Kerr;
Columbus, St. Luke. C. R. Jenkins;
Columbus, St. Mark, J. E. Barnhill;
Columbus, St. Paul, W. L. Wright;
Cusseta, C. B. Ray; Hamilton, J. T.
Budd; Howard, W. E. Hightower;
Lumkin, O. L. Kelly; Marion, F.
Coleman; Mauk, L. R. Pilcher; Mid
land, K. H. MacGregor; Omaha. W. B
Cheshire; Reynolds, J. G. Christian;
(Continued on page 6)
N. V FLOODED WITH
LIQUOR FROM ENGLAND
(By Anst^UUtd Press)
New York, Nov. 28.—New Jersey
and New York cities are being flooded
with liquor from the Bahamas, Scot
land and England, according to the
prohibition department. It Is declar-
ed that a steamer cleared Scotland
last week with twenty-four thousand
cases of whiskey, bound for the
"whiskey armnda camping ground,”
four miles off the American coast.
SUMTER COUNTY CLERK
APPEALS FOR NEW TRIAL
(By J
ress)
, Ga., Nov. 28.—In an e.‘;
fort to retain Ills office as clerk ot
the superior court of Lee county. G. A.
Wallace, convicted of malfeasance In
office has appealed for a new trial
and a motion will be heard before
Judge Custer here on December 9th.
The verdict was based on an Item
amounting to $6,076. •
SPEEDING IN LOS ANGELES
(By Associated Press)
Fresno, Cal., Nov. 28.—William
Gibbs McAdoo, of Los Angeles,
former secretary of the treasury,
was arrested In Tulare county |
yesterday and cited to appear In
court to answer a charge of
speeding at the rate of 51 miles
an hour. McAdoo was enroute
to Fresno, where he addressed the
bar associations of three counties
last night.
WOULD“ADlT SYRIAN
AND ARMENIAN REFUGEES
Finding of New Source of
Production in the Belgian
Congo, Forces Price Down
And Causes Colorado Mine
To Close.
(By Associated Press)
Denver. Colo., Nov. 28—Radi
um baa dropped fiity thousand
dollars a gram in price and the
Standard Chemical Company has
been forced to close its proper
ties In Western Montrose county
throwing two hundred and fifty
men out of work, according to an
anouncement today
Discovery of vast deposits of
pitch blende in thu Belgian Congo
is said to be responsible for the
drop in price.
Radium used to sell for $120,000
a gram, but is now $70,000.
IRISH WIRES CUT
DYEI LKNCHli BIEL
EXECUTED TODAY
Tried by Court Martial for
Responsibility for Greek De
bacle in Asia Minor.—Eng
land Threatens to Break Off
Diplomatic Relations.
! Harrison of Mississippi Leads
I Effort to Stop Consideration
Now. — Railroad Bill Not
To Be Changed at This Ses
sion of Congress.
(By J
Nov.
-The
Dublin
(By Associated Pres.
Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 28.-
phlc communication betwee
and all towns in south and
land was Interrupted today because
widespread wire cutting.
BURIED CABLE MAY MAKE
IT EASY FOR AIRSHIPS TO
CROSS SAHARA DESERT
Delicate Apparatus Carried in
Airships is Affected in Man
ner by Electricity as to Give
Pilot Exact Location at All
Times on Trip.
-By r
Washington, D. C., Nov. 28. —
mendment of the immigration quota
w to permit the admission of Ar-
enlan, Greek and Syrian refugees
from Turkey, is proposed in a resolu
tion offered today by Senator Walsh.
TWENTY-SIX DIE
IN SPANISH SHIP
Barcelona, Nov. 28.—Twenty-six wo
en and children are believed to
have been drowned in the sinking
Sunday of a local passenger st
boat which was rammed by a cusi
it. Eleven bodies have been
It Is now possible for air-
ross the Sahara Desert safe
ly, the Academy of Sciences was told
j by Admiral Fourier.
Electric current flowing through
the cable influences a delicate appar
atus on a plane or airship so that tli-
pilot is able to tell his exact positioi
at a glance. The invention is. said t<
have been 'fully tested by army and
navy officers.
WEALTHYWOMAN ADMITS
SENDING POISON CANDY
(By AMorlatert Tress)
Chilton, Wis., Nov. 28.—Misa Anna
Lentz, aged 30, daughter of a wealthy
farmer, faced arraignment today on
charge of murder, followed an alleg
ed confession that she had sent the
poison candy which resulted in the
death Thursday of Mrs. Frank
Schneider.
According to the prosecutor, she ad
mitted sending the candy, but lntend-
lend it to a sister-in-law of the
dead woman who, she said, bad slan
dered her.
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ministers condemned to dt
military court In Athens,
i executed, says un Ext
Telegraph dispatch from Athen
afternoon.
was stated in official circle
afternoon, that immediate will
the British minister at ;
result from the executions
GREEK MINISTERS CONDEMNED
TO DIE BY COURT MARTIAL
Athens. Greece. Nov. 28.—AH but
two former cabinet members and
army officials, accused of high treason
in connection with the Greek debacle
In Asia Minor, have been sentenced
death by the military court martial.
A sentence of life Imprisonment and
military degradation was imposed 01
the two others.
BRITAINS THREATEN TO BREAK
OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
London, Nov. 28.—There 1s the
strongest possibility that Great Brit
aln will break of; diplomatic relation!
with Greece, if the death sentence)
imposed on former Greek cabinet o'
fleers, are carried out. it was stated
in official circles today.
Precedent for such action by the
British, it was said, would probably
be the break in diplomatic Telatioi
ith Serbia in 1903, as a result of ti
lurder of the Serbian majesties by
>• revolutionaries.
SOFT BOILED EGGS ARE
ROBETSON PLANS TRIAL
FOR ACCEPTING BRIBE
WHILE GOVERNOR
(By Associated Press)
Oklahoma City, Nov. 28.—Governo
Robertson, of Oklahoma was back a
esk today while attorneys began
shaping up the trial at Ada or
cember 12th, on a charge of accepting
bribe.
The Governor catered a formal plea
’ not guilty and a date for the trial
as sot yesterday at Ada after Spec
ial Judge Edwards had over-ruled a
se demurrer to the indictment
ngnlnst the Governor.
FIRE IN BARNESVILLE
(By /
J Press)
Barnesvllle. Ga., Nov. 28.—A fir*
of undetermined origin early todas
ttroyed John Middlebrook's garage
d repair shop and a livery stable
mltlng in a loss of ten thousnnd
Albany. Ga., Nov. 28.—The outspok
en friends of the city manager form
of government, were victors in the
ward primaries here yesterday, when
candidates for city, council in three
however, the result was so close tl
a contest has been filed by the lost
candidate.
FARMER-LABOR MEETING AT
SIOUX FALLS. N. D.. TODAY
Sioux No£*2S.—Iloftlal
steps toward formation of a Farmer-
Labor party in South Dakota,
taken at a meeting here today. £
tion of delegates to attend the n«
j al meeting at Chicago in Decei
was the main business to come b<
the session.
(By Associated Press)
Washington. D. C., Nov. 28.—When
Republican leaders sought to bring
before the Senate today, the Dyer
tl-lynching bill, they encountered op
position which speedily developed
signs of growing into a full Hedged
filibuster.
th the motion pending to pro
to consideration of the Dyer bill,
•erats. led by Harrison, of Missis
sippi adopted a policy of Insisting
that that Senate take up lu regular
order, all routine matters.
RAIL LEGISLATION PUT OFF
Washington, D. C-. Nov. 28.—Chair
man Cummings of the Senate Inter
state Commerce committee said to
day that he had abandoned plans for
railroad legislation this winter and
would not introduce his proposed Iblll
for amendment of the Esch-Cummins
transportation act until the next ses
sion of congress.
JOHN WANAMAKER STILL ILL
(By Associated Press)
Philadelphia. Pa, Nov. 28.—The
condition of John Wanamaker
who is confined to his died with a
heavy cold, remained ir.u hanged
today, a bulletin issued by physi
cians said. Wanamaker. who is
In his eighty-fifth year, has been
confined to his home for several
POLICEMAN AND BANDIT
KILLED IN PISTOL DUEL
(ny Aiiort-t-0 Fres.)
Columbus, O., Nov. 28—Two men
are dead, one a Columbus policeman
and the other an unidentified automo
bile bandit, as a result of the attempt
of two Columbus policemen to arrest
four men here this morning, who are
lad to have been driving an autoni
bile stolen In Cleveland last night.
MRS. HALL REFUSED
PERMISSION TO TALK
TO THE GRAND JURY
Widow of Murdered Rector
Went to Court House to Tell
Her Story, But Was Not Al
lowed to Do So.—Jury Soon
To Ballot on Indictment.
Somervnie, A *N. Cl J.* J Nov."*28.—Mr
Francis Hall, widow of the rector wh
lain with Mrs. Eleanor Mill:
appeared unexpectedly at the coui
this morning for the apparer
purpose of asking the grand Jury to
her story but her lawyer w*
an interview with the pre
counsel.
s. Jane Gibson, who claim:
witnessed the murders, passed
the widow without noticing her. It
Indicated that the jury may be
gin balloting on an Indictment this
afternoon.
FREE - STATEPUBUSHES
CAPTURED LIST TODAY
Dcvalcra Follower Had List
Of Cabinet Nominees and
It is Made Public.
Dublin,' Deiand^Nov. 28*—The Free
itate government today publishes a
ocument found in the possession cf I
captured member of the Irreg Ur
army council, in which Eamon Ueval-1
a, signing himself as President, an-1
ninces the cabinet n»mittatl >n*
The nominations Include Sean
O'Kelly. Robert Barton, who signed i
the Anglo-Irish treaty. Ersktne Chll-
ntly executed, Austin Stavk I
and Liam MeHowes.
Mansion Had Eggs for Sup
per and Again for Breakfast.
—Ate Eight for Supper and
Five for Breakfast.
(By AmocliK.a pre.,)
Chicago, Ill., Nov. 28.—Georges
Clemenceau's secret of longevity,
with retention of a vitality endur
ance, that would tax the energies
of a man half his 81 years, la
eggs. He ordered eight ©.' them
soft boiled for supper last night
and ate them. Before retiring
for the night, he asked for five
more soft ftolled eggs for break
fast at five thirty oclock this
morning.
night's
II., Nov., 28—Fresh from
it in the Potter Palmer
on Lake Shore Drive where
of Lake Michigan must have
tinged his dreams with visions oi his
ottage (by the sea in France. Georges
Clemenceau was tip before dawn
day, working on his third big message
i America.
The aged war premier confided
members or his party that his Chicago
iddress, which is scheduled for
•clock this afternoon was to
PBWELL INDICTED FDR
Man Alleged to Have Killed
Young Cairo, Ga., Business
Man at Lake Iamonia Re
cently Must Face Trial in
Florida City.
(By Associated Press)
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 28.—An in
dictment. charging murder in the first
degree was returned by the Leon
y grand today against J. L.
Powell, of Havana. Fla., in connection
Ith the killing of James Leggette, of
tiro, Ga., at Lake Iamonia near here
i November 18th.
Relatives of both Powell and Leg
gette and officials of Georgia cities in-
the (
the I
i returned.
LOANS FOR FARMERS
WITHOUT USE OF BANKS
IS NEW U. S. PROJECT
(By t
—Estib-
Washington, D. C., Nov,
lfshment of machinery of government
loans to farmers without the use of
banks as intermediaries, was urged by
Herbert Baker of Michigan. President
of the Fanners' National Counclt at
the Senate agriculture committee'.'
first hearing on rural credit legisla
tion today.
Baker endorsed the Norris bill to
create a government capitalized cor
poration to buy and sell farm prod-
STAY ON FARM
IS BATTLE CRY
Detroit. Mich., Nov. 28.—The battle
•y of the agricultural education ser
ce of the Federal Board of Vocation
raining. Is not "back to farm” but
.tay on the farm." C. H. Lana, chief
the service told delegates to the
national vocational education corner-
It will be remembered- by Thomas-
Mile people that this is the case which
esulted from the shooting of Mr. Leg
gette, young Cairo, Ga., business man
by Mr. Powell, at Lake Iamonia, on
Saturday night November 18th, from
which wounds he died in a Tallahas
see hospital the next clay. The events
leading up to and the immediate cause
of the shooting have never been fully
learned here, and the outcome of
the trial will be watched with interest
by citizens of this section.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN
LOS.ANGELES HOTEL ^
FISH STOP UP CHICAGO
WATER SUPPLY PIPES
Chicago, Ill., Nov. 28.—Fish,
varying from minnows to small
perch have clogged the jvat-jr sup
ply pipes of hundreds of residen
ces here since Sunday. Defective-
screens across the intakes per
mitted the fish to be drawn in.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY
FORM STRONG COMBINE
IN NEAR EAST PARLEY
Other Delegations at Lausan
ne Watching Movement of
the Representatives of These
Nations Which Plan Ag
gressive Fight in Conference
(By Associated Press)
Lausanne, Nov. 28.—Russia and
Turkey working together are expected
make a strong pair at Lausanne,
and other delegates to the Near East
conference are wondering what effect
the combination will have.
English and French circles show a
disposition to reject the demands for
warded by the Russian delegation, in
sisting that Russia be heard on all
questions. Whatever may be the de
cision, it is apparent there is no dis
position to shut out Russia.
FORTY PERSONS SHIVER
IN CLEVELAND FIRE
(By Associated Press)
Cleveland, O., Nov. 28.—Forty per
sons, ordered from their homes when
fire endangered an entire West Side
block, stood shivering In the snow-
covered streets early today, while fire
men fought flames that destroyed tho
Yoder-Thomas Manufacturing Com
pany, causing a loss of more than one
hundred thousand dollars.
today
Investigating the
ntenlay of a man \
■ath by
> regls
a hotel here as V. E. Boge.
of Portland, seeking to determine II
lurder or suicide,
inn told the hotel rlerk that
would follow him later and
ordered lunch for two sent to his
A short time later ho stagger-
om the room declaring he had
poisoned. Poison was found in
the dregs of his cofTee cup. His wife
yet appeared in the city.
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