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WEATHER FORECAST UNSETTLED. PROBABLY RAIN TO NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WARMER- Changes of Copy Roeoivod a Dim aro soheduled to i neat day. 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. 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Women’s and Children’s Felt "COMFY" Slippers, all colon, $150 up. . Fine Shoes tor the whole .Family. Smith=Harle 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 thfhga-to-woar for men; to buy thorn and toll thorn, aa nearly a* 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 ■ something. Just drop In and ate how will It works, NEW SUITS DAILY. FROM Hart Schaffner & Marx, Kfrscbbaum and Fitform LOUIS STEYER1N & SONS