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VOL. XXXIV. ho.15.
TH0MA8VILLE* GEORGIA THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7/1922.
15.00 PER ANNUM
J. W. POWELL CONVICTED
SECOND DEGREE MURDER
FOR SLAYING LEGGETTE AT
LAKE IAMONIA RECENTLY
Havana. Fla., Man Who Kill
ed Young Cairo, Ga., Busi
ness Found'Guilty at Talla-
hassee.—Will Appeal for a
New Trial.
(By Aasoclated Proof)
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec.-7.—A rer-
dlot of second degree murder, war
burned by the Loon county circuit
court Jury here tpday In the case of
J. W. Powell, of Havana,' Florida,
charged with killing Jamea / Leggette,
of .Cairo, 'da.,' who was shot and *
ed at Iamonla Lake, near here
November-
Powell, admitted that he shot the
' Georgian, but claimed self-defense.
His attorney said that a motion for
a new trial would -be filed.
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
CRITICIZED FOR LACK OF
ABHJTY AT NEWBERN
Provisions'Affecting the As
sessments Against Stock
holders to Pay, Depositors is
Approved by High Court' in
Case Taken up FromAmer-
icus. — 50,000 People and
Many Million Dollars are
Involved, in Decision.
dir Auocuitfd Prwa,
Atlanta, Go., Dec. 7.—The consti
tutionality ofthe provisions of the
Georgia State banking law with refer
ence to assessmenta upon stockhold
ers of insolvent banks to pay deposi
tors, was upheld by the Supreme
Court lh a decision affecting the
rights'-of at least fifty thousand peo-
involving assessments of seven
si million dollars.
The decision came In a case origin-
ting |n Sumter county when an a»
lessment was ordered upon the stock
holders of the Commercial City Bank
of Amerlcua to pay depositors.'
Dynamite Discovered iri Ne
gro Homes and in One
Church.—Fire Fighters .AI-
1 to Have Lagged When
i Got Heaviest.
$465,000 AWARDED TO
VERMONT WOMAN FOR
ALIENATING AFFECTIONS
‘ (By
Raleigh, N. .C- Dec. 7.—Criticism
<?f the New Bern, N. €., fire depart
ment and a statement that many high
explosives were found in negro hous
es, sysh in a negro church, were made
In the state Insurance department’*
report on last week's disastrous fire
at New Bern, Issued here today..
The report charged that the Ure
department lagged *in fighting the
flames and asserted that dynamite
In one church. The loss which is
‘ was discovered In negro homes and-
, placed at two and a quarter million
dollars, with TrntT thirty-five thousand
dollars'insurance.
IFNABB FOUND WITH
SAWS IN LOS ANGELES
(By Associated Prtaa)
Los Angeles, OaL,. Dae. Six saws
were found in the possession of E. A.
* McNabb, held In the Los Angeles
{county Jail on three criming] charges,
' according td the Jailer today.
The saws ware discovered In' a
search of the Jail when, after the es
cape of Mrs. Cltrs Phillips, hammer
murderess, early Tuesday, a rumor
reached the Jailer that certain prison
ers were plotting a wholesale dellv-
erg,
RIVERS AND HARBORS
C0N0RESS ADJOURNED
(By Associated Prose)
Washington, D.C. Dec. 7—Delegat
es to the eighteenth convention of
gress wind their sessions here to-
4sy, after considering the question of
whether Congress should be asked to
change the name of the organisation
to the national tranpoitatlon associa
tion. , ‘ "
STATE BANKING LAW- DECLARED
~ CDNSTITimONAL BY SUPREME COURT
London, Dec. 7.r-PremIer Mussolini
of Italy has accepted an Invitation to
come to London for a conference of
allied premiers at the week-end, pre
liminary to the Brussells’ conference
reparations and war debts,' and
thereby has assured .full representa
tion. Premier MussplinI left Rome
this morning. He will stop at Lans-
but is expected to arrlfe In Lon
don tomorrow night.
(By Associated Pres*)
Berlin, VL, Dec. 7.—An
of $465,000 was made by a Tory
here, which for ipore than forty.
Milledgavllle, Ga.. Dec.
L. M. Jones, aged 72, Superintendent
of the Georgia State Sanltarldm-dled
here shortly after eleven oclock this
morning.
hours deliberated on 'the million
dollar claim of Mrs. Dorritt Stev
ens Woodhouse, against her
wealthy parents at law, Mr. and
jMrs. Lorenzo Woodhouse, of New
York, and this dty for alienation
of the affectlona of her husband,
Douglaa ’WoOdhouso.
SUPERINTINblNT (TATE
SANITARIUM CRITICALLY ILL
COLOMBIA TO GET
MONEY FROM U. S.
(By Associated Prsss)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.—Five
million dollars as the seoond Treasury
payment to the government of Colom
bia and half g million dollars for fur
ther prosecution of war fraud £ases.
are among the more important items
in the, 192S supply bill for the De
partments of State and Justice, In
cluding the-Judiciary, .were reported
to theiHouse today by Chairman Mad.
den of the appropriation committee
The.total carried in the bills is
$11,188,151.
FOUR CHILDREN
BURNED TO DEATH
(By Associated Press) '
Chicago, 111., Dec. 7.—Fdur children
of six' In. a family were - burned to
death, and tha parents of the two
other children were seriously burntd
fire early today that'partly de
stroyed their home.
WARTIME DRAFT PROPOSED
(By Associated Prsss) _
Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.—Repre
sentative Johnson, of South Dakota
kas introduced a bill In the Hduie
giving the President Authority of the
war-time draft over unorganized mill-,
tla without exemption of men from
age SI US SO. on account of Industrial
occupation.
I j k>uB noun t&fA
(omcroom nnybeyoanor
Die laddies, Imnffroom, din.
ing room or kitchen—Adhere
you'd like to duoge the
color, of the voodworle.
Hat’s the place and job foe
RVhit’smore, you cad-hive
your farored color scheme
.-mahogany, walnut, most
green, cherry, light or dark
- oak or any of six pitaaing
Come in euS let n kKomi ./ Sfil [wL.
u what you can do with it, v SHUmri, BHa
s the FIXALIi atom.
MUSSOLINI . TO CONFER
ON WORLD’S DEBTS WITH
the Allied premiers
Italian Premier Leaves Rome
Via Lausanne for London to
Sit at Preliminary Confer
ence to Brussels Meeting on
Reparations Matters.
(By Associated Prei
DR. JONES DIES AT
STATE SANITARIUM
(By Associated Prsss)’
Mllledgevllle, Ga., Dec. 7.—There
as no change today in tha condition
of Dr. L. M; Jones, Aged 72, Superin
tendent of the Georgia State Sanitarl-
i, who is critically Ill here, and doc-
a hold ont little hope for-the recov
ery of the aged man who Is suffering
with erysipelas. Dr. Jones has been
attached to the Sanitarium tor forty-
years.
president obregon
GREETS U. S. MISSION
(By J
latsd Frvsa)
Mexico . City, Dec. 7.—The special
commission* of the Southern Commer
cial Congress, which has been survey.
Ing business conditions in Mexico,
left ^oday for Washington. The mis-
received by President Ob
regon and various members of the
cabinet. «
STEAMER GEORdE
WASHINGTON DAMAGED
(By Associated Press)
London, 'Dec. 7.—The' steamer
George Washington, was damaged by.
collision with the British steamer
Clyde Rock, near Goodwin Sands In
the Straits of Dover last night, but
able to prqceed on Its Journey,
according to advices. .The Clyde Rock
was assisted Into Dover with Its stem
fjadly cracked. \
MAN INSANE TRIES SUICIDE
(By Associated Press)
Centerville, Team* Dec. 7.—A man
giving the nanje of Warren Simmons,
pf Fort Bragg, Cal., Is held here as a
result of his mental condition, follow
ing an attempt to end his life at a
hotel at Goodrich In this county, when
romance with a young woman in
that vicinity was ended by Informa
tion from the Mefophlo police,'ques
tioning bls'sanlty.
OPi PHUT
ON IRISH SOU
t THE HHEST
Liverpool Paper Says King
Would Acquiesce
People Should i Indicate De
sire to Welcome Him For
This Ceremony.
. (By Associated Press*
London, Dec. 7.—The suggestion
that King George may go to Dublin
open formally the new Irish par-
llampnt as advanced by the Liverpool
Courier, seems based partly on i
mlse and partly on private ruhiors.
Although the, possibility of
King’s presence has taken no definite
shape, it Is saf# to say that it Inland
should intimate that It would wet
vlslt by the- King,- he would
acquiesce.
PERRY CITIZENS CONTINUE
SEARCH FOtf NEGRO WHO
KILLED SCHOOL TEACHER
Posses From That City were
In Thomasville Last Night
Searching for.Negro Report
ed to Have Come This Way.
—No New Developments.
PEPPER CAMPAIGN DONORS
GET TEN PER CENT BACK
<B,
Perry, Fla.. Dec. . 7—Cltlsens and
Taylor county deputies today contin
ued thely search for Charlie Wright,
escaped negro convict, who Is wanted
here for the murder of Miss Ruby
Tendry,-whose body, with her head
crushed, and throat cut, was' found
ndar her home Saturday. Sheriff
Lipscomb said ^l»*rp had been no do
velopments today tn^he man hunt.
TENSION- TIGHTENS' AT PERRY
Perry, Fla-, Dec. 7—Tension which
has gripped this, -Taylor county town
since the murder Saturday afternoon
of Miss Rnby Hendry,’supposedly by
a negro named Charlie Wright, tight
ened perceptibly last, night -with the
belief that an armed party of approxi
mately 1M) men, headed .by Sheriff
Lipscomb, was closing in* on the fugi.
tive in south Georgia and by 'the
situation In the negro quarter of
Perry.
. Authorities left behind In yester
day’s chase ior Wright, assisted by
armed men, maintained a vigil over
the negro section because of warn
ings circulated during the day that
all white storekeepers must leave the
quarter before night. Three or four
merchants withdrew.
While there has been no outward
r»ve on the part of the blacks a close
watch wag being maintained.
The negroes are said to fell a keen
resentment for the burning of three
of their public building since Satur
day’s crime. The burning of such a
building has been almost a nightly oc
currence since Miss {fendry’s body
W«s found with her throat slashed on
the outskirts of the city. They Include
negro lqdge and school house and
building used by the ndgroea as an
ed yesterday'nt Greenville incident
the search for Wright could not
be confirmed.
It was thought likely the report
The n
ttatftn
... the road at the entrace
to town to Intercept Wright. ; •
Last reports from the party pur-
(Continued on Page 8)
South, However, is Not Feel
ing the Drop as Predicted
And No - Radical Changes
Are Expected Soon—Pacific
Coast Weather Bad.
(iiy Auocl.ted rr*«»)
Chicago, ill, Dec. 7.—There was
great relief today for the "Northwest
from the near zero temperatures as
the first cold wave of winter gradual
ly extended southward. While minus
'temperatures still prevailed in the
northwest, thermometers in Montana
did not drop as low ,as previously.
The Pacific slope Is In the grip of the,
first winter storm with snow In the
north.
COLD WAVE NOT YRT IN SOUTH
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 7.—Reports from
atl sections of the South today faUed
to show the arrival of the cold blast
from the northwitb, with moderate
bu cloudy weather prevailing It was
indicated thatwinter Is stQl as far-
i ever. The weather over
South Is sxpccted to be a bit unsettled
bijt with no decided drop in temper
_ (By Associated Press)
‘“■Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7.—Po.“
litlcal circles were-aurprised here
today by an announcement' that
all contributors of one hundred
dollars or more to the campaign
fund of 8enator Pepper, would re
ceive a refund of 10 per cent The
entire sum of money contributed,
not being spent, It was decided to
return what was left.
HARDING WILL RETURN
FROM CUBAN MISSION
Governor of Federal Reserve
System. Completes Work
Of Mission'Sent There.
(By Assoclat
Havana, Cuba, Dec. 7—W. P. G.
Harding, former Governor of the Fed
eral Reserve Board, has completed
the financial advisory mission which
brought him to Cuba five weeks ego.
submitting the ’ast of his reports to
President Zayas today, sad prepared
to embark tomorrow for Washington.
He delivered an address last night
i the successful working of the Fed
eral Reserve system before the Amer-
Chamber of Commerce.
PAPAL RELIEF WORKERS
WILL FEED RUSSIANS
(By AMOctetwL Press)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.—Four
central distributing and public feed
ing stations have been established -in
Russia “by the Papal relief mission,
which. It’was announced here by the
National Catholic Welfare CouncO,
has purchased foodstuffs sufficient to
feed forty thousand children for two
months. t ,
Reports from a representative of
the mission Indicate, it was said,
that seven million Russians face
death from starvation during the
winter. •
THOMASVILLE METHODISTS
PUN WELCOME MEETING
FOR NEW MINISTER •
Tommorow evening.-the mem
bers of the Thomasville Methodist
church are urged to he present at
the church at 7 o’clock, for the
purpose of welcoming the dew
minister and the new presiding
elder. It will be a very fine and
splendid welcome, for practically
all of this large congregation wIR
be present. It will not Wa web
come In the real sense and In the
real Thomasville way unless the
members come out on that occa
sion. The Board of Stewards are
going to take care of the refresh
ments and othar details. They'
want the membership to borne out.
every single one that possibly can
and the Tlmes-Enterprlse hopes
that the Methodists of the city -
will again demonstrate their will
ingness and spirit of cordiality
and fellowship by coming out on*
hundred per cent., * to extend
greetings to these splendid work
ers for God, who are 'going to
make Thomasville home. Fill the'
church with Methodists and let
the preachers feel that they have
truly come Into a fold that is mqre
.than' willing to do Its part of the
church’s business.
FARMERS MUST GROW
MORE FOODSTUFFS AND
BUY LESS FOR OWN USE
r Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.—The’
farmers should produce more of their
i foodstuffs and buy less that
it be brought by railroad, accord-
to a survey of opinion among 25,-
farmers, made public today by
the Department of Agriculture. r «-
, Nearly thirty per font of the food
consumed by the farmers and their
families Is generally not grown .by
them or in the Immediate vicinity, It
was shown, whereas tt was estimated
that 79 Instead of 70 per
TURKS MUST DECIDE
BETWEEN THE
AND RUSSIA IN PLANS
FOR DARDANE
Nationalists to Present'
Views on Matter and
Make Choice as To Align
ment tor or Against the En
tente and United States.
Lausanne, Dec. 7.—The /Turkish
delegates'to the Near East conferencs
faced today ,the difficult problem
deciding whether Turkey, In formulat
ing her plan for control of tho I
nelles should cast her lot with Rut
ela or- with the Entente powers and
the United State*. Turkey’s sugges
tion for solution of the Straits' que*
ion will be made public tomorrow-
TWEVE YEARS ADDED
TD AVERAGE HllMANEFE
BY MEDICAL SCIENCE
(By Associated Prsss)
Chicago, HI; Dec. 7.—Twelve
to fourteen years have been add
ed to the average human life in
tbe last half century by the prog
ress In neediest science, Dean
John Dodson, of the Bush Medl->
cal College said here today in an
address before the University ot
Chicago forum.
REBELS TAKE IRISH BARRACKS
(By Associated Press)
Cork; Ireland, Dec. 7.—Two hundred
rebels oaptured the barracks at Bally-
makeers yesterday, killing one man
and wounding fifteen. The attack
took place almost at the same time
tbe deputies.of tbe new Irish Free
State .were being sworn la at Dublin.
Tbe rebels took ninety prisoners after
their need, could M srodacA.Iocnjr. icnnl hour* light
THEATRE IN KANSAS
CITY DESTROYED
Fire Started When Gas Stove
Lit by Negro Exploded. —
Loss Hundred
fUr AMoclsted Praia)
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 7.—A the
atre building here was damaged to
day by an explosion which fire de
partment officials paid was caused
when a negro started to light a gas
beater, Tbe negro was injured. The
loss Is estimated at over one hundred
thousand dollars.
LINCOLN’S PERSONAL
FRIEND DIED TODAY
(By Associated Proas)
Bellingham, Wash., J. G. Stew
art, aged 88. neighbor and friend
ot Abraham Lincoln, in Spring-
field, m.. In the ’Fifties is dead at
his home In Hamilton.
Stewart was Lincoln’s pbolo.
grapher at Springfield and served
as photographer with the Union
army during the war between the
states. He has lived at Hamilton
since 1891.
of them after taking their equipment.
Two victims of the shooting were ,
on a jaunting car; proceeding along
the quays when tbey were' attacked
with revolvers. > -Deputy Q’Mallle’e
wound Is serious.
BOMB THROWN IN CORK.
Cork, Ireland, Dec. 7.—A powerful
bomb was thrown at a military car
this afternoon. The missile did not
reach Us mark but exploded nearby*
wounding two men and two women*
The bomb thrower escaped.
HINTON RESUMED
FLIGHT TO RIO
(By Aaaodatad Press)
Para, BifcxU, Dec. 7.—Lieutenant
Walter tynton resumed bis New York
to Rio de Janeiro airplane flight to
day. He took the air here at seven
oclock, setting out for Maranahao
dow nth# coast with the intention ot
stopping at Brsgsncs to replsntsh his
NEW SPANISH CABINET READY
(By Associated Press)
Madrid, Spain Dec. 7—A new Span
ish ministry ^as been formed by the
Marquis de Alhucemas as premier,
with Santlgo Alba, foreign minister
and Count Romanones, minister of
Justice.
MASH-MILTON DRUG. CO.
SHOP EARLY FOR XMAS
AND GET WHAT YOU WANT
GIFT SUGGESTIONS OF HIGH QUALITY MERCHANDISE
LOOK OVER THE LIST CAREFULLY
Men’s pure LINEN Hand-
kerchlefs, 35c to jl.25-
Men’s fine'Cotton Hand
kerchiefs, 15c to 35c.
Men’s all SUk Neckwear,
beautiful patterns 50c to $2.
Men’s extra'fine Knitted
Ties, “Berkely fadt,” $250
to $3.00 , • ' :
Men’s Silk Hosiery, plain
and clocked, 75c to $1.75.
Men’s Plain Lisle, "Hole-
proof” all colon 3 prs $1.00
Men’s Irish Linen weave,
Initial Handkerchiefs, box
ed 3 for $1.00
Men’s Smoking Jackets,
very handsome, $l(L00.
Men’s Bath Robes, Blan
kets and Crash, $750 to $10
Meta’s Pajamas, fancy and
plain. Outing and Madras,
Manhattan and' others,
$250 to $350.
Men’s Manhattan and
Needles’ Shirts, $250 to $5.
Men’s Kid and Felt Bed
Room Slippers, $250 to
$350.= •.
Men’s Belts, Buckles, Cuff
Links, Watch Chains,
Knives and Stick Pins.
Women’s Silk Hosiery,
Fancy Wool and Fancy
Mercerized Sport Hose,
$1.75 to $350
Women’s Black Traveling
Cases, $11. to $15.
Women’s and Children’s
Felt "COMFY" Slippers,
all colon, $150 up. .
Fine Shoes tor the whole
.Family.
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The Right Way to Buy Clothes
but wt’ra doing something more Important than that.
Our bualnoao la, firat of all. to have a good supply of tho right
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wo can at tha right prices; but chiefly to help you girt tha thing
. you want, the,thing that's "Just right- for you.
Helping men bay Is a lot more Interacting than just soiling ’em
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