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VOL. XXXIV. No. 11.
TH0MA8VILLE, GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 1, 1922.
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Texas Town Set Afire While
Bandits Raid Post Office and
Other Buildings.—Bassfield
Miss., Also Infested by Rob
bers Who Get Money.
(By A.aocl.t.d Tren)
Port Worth, Tex., Dec. 1.—First set
ting lire to the business district, ban
dits robbed the postofflce at Bronfleld
yesterday, according to Information
received here today. The bandits bat
tered their way into the postofflce and
smashed the cash drawer and fled as
citizens fought the flames. Later a
posse captured two of the bandits, r»
covering much of the money.
This is the second time recently,
that the business district of this town
has been fired by bandits.
SOIl GEORGIA OLDER DOTS' CONFERENCE
CONVENES 111 TH01SVILLE LATE TODAY
About 100 Boys From This Section of State Will Attend
Meeting at Presbyterian Church at Five Oclocfc This
Afternoon in Interest of Stimulating Youths to Chris
tian Purposes and Citizens hip.—Banquet at Y. M. C A.
At Seven Oclock This Evening.
The South Georgia Older Boys’ Con-. quainted meeting at the Presbyterian
ference will be convened in Thomas- church,
vllle this afternoon at the Presbyter ( a ) Song service,
ian church. There are expectea t obe ()» Devotion.—Mr. J. 0. Johnson ol
between seventy-five and a hundred Albany.
BANDIT8 ACTIVE IN MI8S.
Hattiesburg, Miss., Dec. 1.—Report*
of a gun battle in which a storekeep
er engaged two bandits at Bassfield
near here yesterday, reached the au
thorlties here.
Bandits at four oclock this morning
removed the post office safe and took
it with them and blew it a few miles
from town, obtaining four hundred
dollars in stamps and currency. Then
returning to town, the bandits blew
the safe in the store of O. T. Haw
thorn. Hawthorn fired on the ban-
dita, being wounded In the hand. The
bandits escaped.
ONE DIED IN CHICAGO RAID
(By AuocUt
Chicago, Ill., Dec. 1.—One man is
dead and a policeman was seriously
wounded as a result of the invasion
early today of the Union Waiters'
Club, by fifteen armed men. The
dead, Frank Ragen, was a former
president of the union. The wound
ed officer was assigned to the waiter'*
meeting when trouble was feared.
Ragen told the police that while the
meeting was in progress, the men
walked into the meeting and pulled
their guns ond opened fire. Three
men were arrested.
FOUR DIE IN HOTEL
FIRE IN PORTLAND
(By Associated Press)
Portland, Ore., Dec. 1.—Four men
lost their Uvea in a fire early today
In tho Ben Hur hotel in the business
district here. None of the dead hnd
been identified several hours after the
fire. All others guests are reported
to have escaped, most of them tn
their night clothing. The building was
destroyed.
Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. 1.—James
E. Mahoney, was hanged at the State
penitentiary here today for the mur
der of his aged wife at Seattle, in
April of last year. Mrs. Mahoney was
beaten to death and her body stuffed
into a trunk. The trunk waa recover
ed from Lake Union more than a year
boys from this section of the state,
running from Savannah to Bainbrldge,
Albany, Cordele and intermediate
cities.
The objects of the conference
well known. It is for the purpose of
stumulating the Christian life of these
boys and giving them • finer and
higher perception of their duties, both
Christians and citizens. Its wor
thy appeal la being met with encourag
ing interest throughout this section of
the state and has become one of the
most potent factors in the T. M. C. A
activities among boys, especially those
connected with schools and institu
tions of that kind, whose lives might
entitle them to leadership and influ
ence for good.
The program will start with a ban
quet at 7 o’clock tonight at the Y. M.
C. A., at which time Rev. James Baxter
Turner of the Baptist church of Al
bany, will deliver the keynote address.
The boys are being taken care of in
Thomasvllle bomes.
The full program for the conference
Is as follows:
Friday, December First
2 to 4 p. m.—Registration and horns
assignments at the Y. M. C. A. build
ing.
n.—Organisation and get-ac-
(c) Election of officers.
Note—Singing at all sessions led by
Mr. J. F. L'Hommedleu.
7 p. m.—Banquet at Y. M. C. A.
Toastmaster—President of confer-
Greetings—Ten minutes each.
(a) From the city —Hon. Hugh Mao
(b) From the churches—Rev. F. C.
Symonds.
(c) From the Y. M. C. A.—Mr. Wm.
Watt
(d) From the boys of Thomasvllle—
Mr. Chas. Pittman.
Response—Mr. Mayo Livingston ol
Albany.
Address—"Tho Message of tha
Torch.’’—By Dr. James Baxter Turner,
pastor First Baptist church of Albany.
Saturday, December Second
10 a. m.—Presbyterian church-
Song service.
Devotions—Mr. A. II. Richer of Sa
vannah.
10 a. m.—Group conferences.
(a) High schools boys from schools
with Hi-Y Clubs—Mr. W. F. McCanleas
of Jacksonville, Fla.
(b) High school boys from high
schools with HI-Y Clubs—Mr. H.
HOOVER CLAIMS HARDING
MAN FOR PRESIDENT 1924
Palalto, Cal., Dec. 1.—The Re
publican candidate in 1924, "ob
viously will be Warren G. Hard
ing," Secretary of Commerce
Hoover, said In an interview at
bis home here today.
“Moreover by that time the
public will be highly appreciative
of the sanity and progressive
character of the policies that will
have brought the country through
the reconstruction period," Hoov-
r said.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE WILL
OPPOSE COMMISSION TO
DETERMINE LIQUOR
WIFE LEFT THIRTY-TWO
YEARS AGO BUT HUSBAND
GAVE HER ALL IN WILL
California Man Had Contri
buted $75 Monthly to Wife'!
Support and in His Will, in
Affectionate Terms, He Left
All Property to Her.
(Continued on Page Four)
KAISER’S WIFE PLANS TO
CHANGE HOUSEHOLD IN
THE NEAR FUTURE
Von Moltkc Already Has Del
parted and the Court Physi
cian is Slated for a Leave of
Absence, According to An
nouncements From Doom.
(By Associated Press)
Doom, Holland, Dec. 1.—The first
change in the Kaiser’s household
Inco the Princess Hermine took
the reigns is the departure of Count
Moltke, court marshall. The
empress has signified her Intention of
instituting a regime which will he di
rectly opposed to the policies of Von
Moltke. Another change in the house
hold regime la the prospective depar
ture of the court physician.
KAPP REVOLT LEADER
ARRESTED IN BERLIN
(By Assoclsl
Berlin, Dec. 1.—Official reports from
Munich state that Captain Erhardt, a
prominent leader in the Kapp revolt
arrested yesterday at the request
of the supreme court and transferred
to Lelpsic.
MEXICO CITY BUILDING
BADLY BATTERED AND 17
KILLED IN BIG BATTUE
Aldermen Responsible for the
Water Conditions, Were Be
ing Sought by the Populace
When Firing Started—Fam
ine Threatens.
(By Associate*
Mexico city, Dec. 1.—Federal troops
-day guarded the badly battered mu
niclpal building, while the city count
ed the casualties of a pitched battle
which occurred between tho police
and a mob which attempted to atorm
that building last night. Tho death
result of the fighting stood
at 17 early today, whiln 51 persons
ere injured.
The trouble which lasted for
than six hours started when a crowd
marched to the City Hall to protest
against the aldermen who are held
sponsible for the condition leading to
famine.
(By Associated Press)
Oakland. Cal., Dec. l.-y-His wife
from whom he parted thirty-two
years ago and never saw again,
was mentioned in affectionate
terms in the will on file here be
queathing the estate of George
Nutting, aged 62, a motorman, to
his wife. The executor said that
Nutting’s papers Indicated he had
sent ills wife seventy-five dollars
monthly throughout the thirty-
WILLIAM G. ROCKEFELLER
DIED OF PNEUMONIA
New York. Dec. 1.—Members of
family attributed the death last night
of William Goodsell Rockefeller, son
of the late William Rockefeller, and
nephew of John D. Rockefeller,
cold, which was contracted at the
Yale-Harvard football game last Sat
nrday.
For several years prior to 1911 when
he resigned Rockefeller was treasui
of the Standard Off Company of New
York. •
The Country Does Not Need
Muddling That Will Bring
About a Recurrence of Pro
hibition Fight for Modifica
tion of Volstead Law.
(Hr a.,
Washington, D. C., Dec. 1.—The
Anti-Saloon League is opposed to the
proposal in Congress with a view to
possible amendment of the Volstead
act to appoint a ’scientific commie
sion,’’ to determine what Is intoxicat
ing liquor.
Genera] Counsel Wheeler of the
League, announced today that repre
sentatives of the League and prohibi
tion workers In the forty-eight states
and the District of Columbia had vot
ed unanimously to fight such a resolu
tion, declaring that tho findings ol
such a commission would serve no
heip'ul purpose in determining what
legislation is necessary to enforce the
eighteenth amendment.
NEWBERN, N. C., HAS
BIG FIRE AND MANY
HOUSES DESTROYED
Negro Section Caught Fire
While Department Was En
gaged at Another and Gained
Rapid Headway—Dynamite
Used to Stop Flames.
(By Associated Press)
JlESIJliDIED
mam
Noted Legislator, for Many
Years in Congress, Passed
Away Last Night,—Wife at
Bedside When End Came.-
Loss is Mourned.
Newborn, N. C., Dec. 1.—Fanned by
high winds, fire had destroyed a scoi
of houses In the negro section west <
Newborn and additional houses wei
toeing dynamited this afternoon in a
effort to check the flames.
When the fire broke out In the n
■o section, the entire city fire depar
ent was engaged In fighting another
■e that practically destroyed the
Roper Lumber Company
across town and the flames gained
headway before the fire fighters could
arrive.
GENERAL CARRIES
STONES FOR ROADS
AS MOOR PRISONER
BURCH MAY BE TRe
FOR FOURTH TIME
THOMSON MAIL CARRIER DIED
FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
(By /
Thomson, Ga., Dec. 1.—Brooks Mo
i Corkle, rural mall carrier at this place
who was injure: In an automobile
wreck at Conyers Wednesday night,
died in a hospital at Lltlionia yester
day a'ternoon. Hunter Clary another
occupant of the car, was thrown clear
of the wreck and escaped with minor
bruises.
TWO DIE IN PISTOL DUEL
IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY
(By Associated 1
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 1—Two men,
one white and the other a negro, are
dead as a result of a pistol duel which
ended a Thanksgiving day party early
today, when the two quarrelled over
a borrowed phonograph.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 1.—Wbethei
Arthur Burch will be triod a fourth
time and Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain.
third time, for the murder of J. Bel
ton Kennedy, young Los Angeles bro
and former aweetheart of Mrs
Obenchain, will be decided in-a day
or two, according to District Attor
ney Wool wine. Recently Woolwinr
said he would try Burch and Mrs.
Obenchain ten times if necessary.
CLEMENCEAU AT ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 1.—George
Clemenceau arrived this morning, ex
pressing high enthusiasm for his mis
■ion, and declaring the results to be
"much better' than he had expected.
Because of anonymous threat*
against the Tiger, sent to the Mayor,
extraordinary precautions were taken.
The Tiger did not alight from the
at the Union Station, but at the
western terminus, whence he was
rushed in an automobile to the home
of Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the
Post-Dispatch, whose home guest the
Tiger will be.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 1.—Death
last night ended the career of Repre-
lentative James R. Mann, of th<
ond Illinois district, long rated the
giant of the House, and news of his
death by pneumonia came as a i
to the House.
He had served in the House for thir-
en consecutive terms, over a period
' 26 years. His wife and physician
ere at the bedside when the
Washington, D. C., Dec. 1.—Repre
sentative James R. Munn of Illinois
died at his home here Inst night af-
r a brief illness.
Mr. Mann was stricken with a chill
and it was believed at first that he
an attack of pleurisy but later it
realized that pneumonia had de-,
veloped, both lungs being affected.
Mrs. Mann was constantly at the
bedside while physicians were in
frequent attendance. He was 66
years of age.
No plans were made for the
funeral last night, but it was said
that the ocrgcant at nrms of the
House would be communicated
with to-day to assist in making tha
arrangements. It is understood that
funeral service in Chicago is in
contemplation- and thnt Mr. Mann
will be buried there beside his son
who died four years ago. He it sur
vived only by his widow.
The veteran legislator, an ardent
advocate of the shipping bill, sent
Escaped Spanish Sailors Re
port All Prisoners Including
High Officers, at Wort Car
rying Stones for Roadway
Construction.
(By J
London. Dec. 1.—Ail Spanish prison
ers in tho hands of the Moors, includ
ing General Araujo and General Na
varro, are now employed In carrying
stones for road making, according to
a report from Mellila to Madrid which
In printed in the Times today. The
story Is based on the statement of four
Spanish sailors who escaped from
the Moors.
ROBBERS IN A1AC0N HOME
Macon, Ga., Dec. 1.—Robbers Iasi
night ransacked the home of Mrs. A.
R. Haynes and took Jewelry and other
valuables said to be worth three
thousand dollars.
SEVEN DIE IN SHIP
WRECK ON LAKES
(By J
Calumet. Mich., Dec. 1.—Captain
Nason Bernard, and six members ol
:rew of the Canadian steamer
Maplehurst, lost their lives early to
day, when the ship broke up a mile
of Portage Lake Canal during a
7 gale. Nine other members of
rew were^escuod one at a time
by jumping from the bridge to a life-
FORD ENGINEER TO
BUILD FOOD PLANT'
TO IW (MINES
Englar, Nationally Known
Engineer Will Electrify His
Railroad, Bridge Ohio River
And Double Track System
To Coal Fields.
(By Associated Press)
Fort Pierce, Fla., Dec. 1—F. M. Eng
lar ol this city, nationally known en
gineer, has been selected by Henry
Ford to take charge of the projected
electrification of Ford’s railroad, the
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, the brldg-
ing of the Ohio river at Ashland, and
itruction of a double track lir.i»
> Ashland to Ford’s newly acquir-
oal in the Big Sandy region, ac
cording to word received by Mrs. Eng
lar today.
NEGROTAKESUPTHE
America Said to be the Objec
tive of the Next Campaign
For the Purpose of Bringing
Negro Equality.—Third In
ternationale Meeting.
(By j
Moscow, Dec. 1—The Third Inter
nationale has adopted a resolution de
claring that the United States is des
tined to play an important part in
struggle of the African race fo*
liberty, and that inasmuch as America
Is today the center of negro culture
world, it is in that country that
the Communist campaign to bring
freedom to negroes of all countries,
should bo concentrated. One member
of the commission drawing up* tha
reslution was an American negro who
has been vary active in championing
the canse of his race.
ALLIES FINE GERMAN
CITIES FOR ATTACKS
(By Asaoclat
Paris. Dec. 1.—The allied govern
ments have sent a note to Berlin, no
tifying the German government of the
imposition of fines of live hundred
thousand gold marks each, against the
cltleB Golstadt and Pas3au, Bavaria,
in consequence of attacks upon the
allied missions, which visited those
places in search of concealed arms.
VOLCANO OFF SICILY ACTIVE j FRENCH MERCHANT MARINE
(By i
London. Dec. 1.—Tht
Strombolion island, of that name off
of SIcIHy Is In violent erup
tion. says a Central News dispatch
from Romo.
TO BE SOLD AT B1Q LOSS
knowledge of legislation pending and
past. There was nothing too little
word to the House lenders early in I to escape his eye; there was no man
the week nnd again Wednesday that or measure he feared to attack. '
while he wns ill he would go to the , , ,
Capitol nnd help in tho fight if need-
urged to stay at home,!
Paris, Dec. 1.—France's costly
merchant marine soon will be dis
posed of, the Under-Secretary of
the merchant marine told the Sen
ate last night, prior to its ratifica
tion plan for disposal of the fleet.
The books will be closed, he said
with a deficit of a billion franca.
JOHN WANAMAKER
RESTING QUIETLY
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 1.—A Lulle-
n on the condition of John Wana-
maker, merchant and former post-
3r general this morning, said he
had passed a comfortable night with
mlinucd loss of strength and vltalt
though none of his friends realized
that his condition wns serious. One
of his colleagues, Representative
Sabftth, Democrat* Illinois, /against
the bill, wns paired with him, and
Mr. Mann was recorded in the vote.
In the words of friend and foe, Mv.
Mann wns the best informed mi
the details of government that
sat in the halls of Congress.
The outstanding fcnturcs of hi*
lone career as a member of the
House of Representatives extend
ing over n period of more than a
quarter of a century was abso
lute courage and independence and
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